Overly Long Gag: Difference between revisions

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A gag that goes excessively far and beyond a tolerable length. The concept is that something happens repeatedly, to the point of boredom. Then it ''keeps going'', to the point where it, in theory, actually becomes funny again. Essentially, the sheer length of the gag ''becomes'' the gag. This is '''[[You Keep Using That Word|inconceivably]]''' [[Don't Try This At Home|tricky]] - there has to be the sense that the characters are themselves helpless to end the gag, and as exasperated as the audience.

** And in the original game, the scene in the unseen room of the governor's mansion.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', at one point Cloud's group infiltrates Shinra HQ, and is given the option of either barging in via the main entrance, or climbing the emergency stairs all the way up to the 67th floor. ''All'' the way! Hilarious dialogue ensues during the stair-climbing, such as:

** An NPC in the same tower, if you talk to them, gives you somewhere around 6 pages of ellipses.

* ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''/''Emerald'' has a random trainer hinting that the reason the bike shop gave you a freebie is because the bike is plastered with the bike shop's name.

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