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A [[Satire|satirical]] newspaper devoted to all aspects of American life and culture, frequently parodying tropes mentioned on [[This Very Wiki]]. Started in 1988 as a print newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin (by a pair of students at the University of Wisconsin), it has since branched off into the internet, including video clips supposedly originating from the [[CNN|Onion News Network]].
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* [[Get a Load of That Square]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38778 Area Father Must Have Read Some Drug-Slang Brochure Or Something]".
* [[The Ghost]]: Clifford Banes, the [[Informed Ability|supposed host]] of ''In The Know''. The various reasons given are Troperiffic:
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"I'm sitting in for Clifford Banes, who is battling his nemesis to the death on top of a [[Evil Tower of Ominousness|clock tower]]."<br />
"I'm sitting in for Clifford Banes, who is regaling the interns with [[The Storyteller|tales of his days at sea]]."<br />
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* [[Must Have Nicotine]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29141 Smoking Now Permitted Only In Special Room In Iowa]".
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/mall-justice-is-swift-and-harsh,10892 Mall Justice Is Swift And Harsh]".
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As I lean against the counter, shooting the breeze with Gail, I hear a distinctive clap-clap sound coming from the direction of Electronics Boutique. That sound can only mean one thing–running. Past Waldenbooks, Eddie Bauer, Lane Bryant and Sbarro runs a young Caucasian male. Paul, the assistant manager of Electronics Boutique, is pursuing him. I give chase, but I am too late. The perpetrator has escaped with a brand-new copy of Madden '96.
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. I was young, damn it. YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED HIM. I am a human being, not a god. HE IS OUT THERE STILL. I don't know that." }}
* [[Narm]]: [[Invoked]] with "Study: Children of Divorce Twice As Likely to Write Bad Poetry" (no longer available online but can be found in the book ''[http://www.amazon.com/Dispatches-Tenth-Circle-Best-Onion/dp/0609808346 Dispatches from the Tenth Circle]'').
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* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/playboy-centerfold-has-big-dreams-tits,1019/ Playboy Centerfold Has Big Dreams, Tits]".
* [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy]]: [http://www.theonion.com/personalities/herbert-kornfeld,1019/ Herbert Kornfeld], Accounts Receivable.
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** Not all that fly. Kornfeld was a big fan of [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]].
* [[Product Placement]] / [[Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEFL4mZa8ys Should More Americans Get In On The EZ-Go Juicer Craze?]"
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: [[In-Universe]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/somebodys-got-to-save-this-country-from-certain-do,21135/ Somebody's Got to Save This Country From Certain Doom, And Let's Face It, That Person Is Me]".
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: [http://www.theonion.com/personalities/smoove-b,1022/ Smoove B.]
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* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]:
** The entire point of Roger Dudek's "[http://www.theonion.com/personalities/roger-dudek,1027/ Write On The Funny!]"
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* [[Viewers are Morons]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/microsoft-word-now-includes-squiggly-blue-line-to,19739/ Microsoft Word Now Includes Squiggly Blue Line To Alert Writer When Word Is Too Advanced For Mainstream Audience]".
* [[Villain Has a Point]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-authorities-cant-really-fault-alqaeda-for-deadl,19105/ U.S. Authorities Can't Really Fault Al-Qaeda For Deadly Bombing Of Carnival Cruise Ship]"
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* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/pr-firm-kills-innocent-child,20226/ PR Firm Kills Innocent Child]".
* [[Visual Pun]]: "[http://www.theonion.com/articles/guy-who-normally-holds-up-letter-d-sick-this-week,18404 Guy Who Normally Holds Up Letter 'D' Sick This Week]".
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