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* [[Butt Monkey]]: He
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*** At first played straight, then the man himself subverts it in this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb7303ukNtk Crowning Moment of Awesome.]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: For the most part he
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: His stand-up routines
** One side-splitting [[Easter Egg]] on his ''Live from Broadway'' DVD was a rapid-fire montage of all the cuss words he used in the routine.<ref>To find it, scroll all the way down through the menu screen then hit the right arrow button at the last option (or click [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqS_g2RYrFE here)]; if a Parental Advisory symbol comes up, have fun</ref>.
** In one routine, he
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: A staple of his later stand-up shows, often drawing from his own experiences (particularly involving cocaine and alcohol). One exception seems to be marijuana: While he brutally mocked stoners in 1986's ''Live At The Met'', in ''Live On Broadway'' and ''Weapons Of Self Destruction'' he
* [[Harpo Does Something Funny]]: Several of the movies and television shows he
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: He guest starred on a particularly memorable episode of [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]].
* [[I Call Him "Mister Happy"]]: Trope namer.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Does this really need justification? We're talking about Robin Freaking Williams here.
** Perhaps most noticeable when he appeared as the bit character Osric in Kenneth Branagh's ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|HAM]][[Hamlet|let]]''.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: When he
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Whenever he
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Williams
* [[Throw It In]]: Known for fighting with the directors over how far he can vary from the script. Often it
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* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' Celebrity Jeopardy sketch in 2000. Robin is played by Jimmy Fallon who does a pretty good voice impression.
** Robin actually engaged in some self-mockery in a 1986 episode he hosted in a sketch where he played himself as an Shakespearean actor who can't stop going into his improvisational routines, enraging [[Shakespeare]] himself.
*** And of course, there was the skit where [[Dana Carvey]] played his hyperactive son.
*** To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''[[Back to The Future]]'', there was a sketch of previously unseen "audition tapes" for the film, in which [[Jon Hamm]] played Williams, auditioning for the part of Doc Brown.
* Robin popularized the [[Ink Suit Actor]] trope with ''Aladdin'', so when ''[[The Critic]]'' had to suffer through a remake of ''Pinocchio'' with an [[All-Star Cast]] of such, it was only natural that he be spoofed with the "Beige Fairy". Said Fairy is the Genie in all but name and color, [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] in the name of [[Parental Bonus]].
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' episode "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian": In a rather dated reference, [[Hook|Robin as]] [[Peter Pan]] is seen flying around outside Amblin studios. He says "I can fly. Look ma, no wires!" before crashing into something offscreen.
** A short in "Henny Youngman Day" had Babs going to a local club's Open Mic Night to try to spark a career in [[Stand Up Comedy]], only to find out that [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|The in-world version]] of Robin Williams had stopped in for a surprise engagement. Babs choked out on stage until Robin (Who had been told he was the final
** Robin (the "real" Robin) had a cameo at the very end of "[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]". Still dressed as Peter Pan.
* Sketch comedy ''[[In Living Color]]'' featured a 1994 sketch where [[Jim Carrey]] played an obnoxious, hyperactive Robin at the [[Academy Awards]]. He was seen to make light of the Oscar statuette and the late film producer Irving G. Thalberg and interrupting actors playing James Earl Jones and Whoopi Goldberg (the latter of which grows tried of Robin's annoying antics and beats him about the head with an Oscar). [[Hilarious in Hindsight]], as this skit aired just after Carrey's own career took off.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': The episode "Special Edna" had a brief scene parodying ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' with a John Keating lookalike appropriately voiced by Dan Castellaneta, [[The Poor Mans Substitute|who replaced Robin as The Genie]] in ''Return of Jafar'' and the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' TV series.
** The episode "Mypods and Boomsticks" featured [[Aladdin (Disney film)|The Genie]] in Homer's dream sequence (voiced by Dan but obviously a caricature of Robin's version).
** In one of the comics, the family has just gotten a new satellite dish and is channel
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'': Xandir's genie boyfriend is an obvious parody.
{{quote|"[[Large Ham|Hey-hey-hey!]] [[Marx Brothers|I'm Groucho Marx!]] [[You Bet Your Life|What's the secret word?]] [[Popeye|Now I'm a wacky sailor!]] [[Mrs. Doubtfire|Now I'm a cross-dressing nanny.]] [[Patch Adams|And now I'm a wacky doctor who kills cancer with laughter and a big red nose!]] [[Jumanji]]! [[Mork and Mindy|Nanu nanu!]]"}}
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