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** Often, one additional discussion point and the Big Finish will be moved to the ''[[Sports Center]]'' immediately after ''PTI''.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Reali does this a lot during Odds Makers.
* [[Double Entendre]]: The show usually opens with Wilbon mentioning an interesting news story (usually non-sports related) and asks Kornheiser a relative question about it tying into his personal life ("Have YOU ever..."), usually resulting in Kornheiser giving [[Dirty Old Man|an easy double entendre answer]].
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Heads on Sticks]]" for "Role Play."
* [[Follow the Leader]]: You see those other shows up in the intro? ''All'' of them exist because of the success of ''PTI''. The format has also been used in segments of local and regional sports shows around the U.S.
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Kornheiser and Wilbon's chemistry and years of running the show have proved them one of ESPN's few examples of this trope. It's hard to think of one of them without the other.
** Listening to Kornheiser's radio show, it sometimes seems likely that Wilbon is Kornheiser's only friend.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Kornheiser has been suspended from ''PTI'' numerous times for making inappropriate comments on his radio show, [[What an Idiot!|usually about his other ESPN colleagues.]]
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The show's theme tune is a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] of [[Pavement]]'s "Cut Your Hair".
* [[Large Ham]]: Both hosts, as well as most of the guest hosts, LeBatard in particular.
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* [[Salt and Pepper]]: Kornheiser is white and Wilbon black, but both subvert the trope by being rather knowledgeable (or as the show's [[Hatedom|detractors]] believe, not so much) about most of the topics they discuss.
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: Pardon them interrupting their sponsors, as ESPN does a quick cut back to their studio after the first commercial of every break.
* [[Title Drop]]: Twice, to open and close the show. The show opens with Wilbon dropping the full title (see the page quote). When the show closes after the Big Finish, Kornheiser holds a ''PTI'' logo sign over his face; after a [[Fade to Black]], the show's logo is shown while an offscreen voice whispers "PTI."
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