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* [[Exploding Fishtanks]]: The joke starts with him talking about going dynamite fishing with his buddies and ends with, "We blew the aquarium at the dentist office sky high!"
* [[Fan Disservice]]: He likes to do a lot of shirtless scenes in movies and shows, doesn't he?
* [[Hollywood
* [["Just Joking" Justification]]: "Lord, I apologize" is one of his ways to assure his listeners that he is only joking. He often adds, "Be with the starvin' pygmies down in New Guinea. Amen."
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The character of Larry is rarely, if ever, portrayed as an actual cable guy anymore. In fact, his first starring role is in the film ''Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector''. Is he a cable guy or a health inspector?
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Larry's books are filled with spelling errors, but he will also launch into surprisingly [[Shown Their Work|well-researched]] arguments about things that bug him. He even explained Darwin's theory of Natural Selection properly. He is also one of the highest celebrity winners on ''[[Are You Smarter Than a
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Since starting ''Only In America'', he's been put in startling or scary enough situations that he's dropped character a few times. Probably surprising for people that don't realize it ''is'' just a character, which dovetails nicely into:
* [[Poe's Law]]: Larry pisses off an impressive number of self-professed intellectuals who seem to be completely unaware that he's just a fictitious character played by a comedian. [[Andrew Dice Clay]] pulled off a similar ruse years before.
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