Running Gag/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

** Movie Optimus Prime wants YOUR FACE.

** The infamous "Know that I am ''Razorclaw''" speech from the Universe comic. There are multiple characters named "Razorclaw", and ''all'' of them get a reference to it.

** Zuko's ship being damaged in Season 1: being buried under an avalanche (ep. 02), being set on fire by Zhao's catapult (07), losing the miniboat over a waterfall (09), being struck by lightning (12), a Shirshu ripping a hole in the deck (15), and finally being ''blown up'' in the season finale.

** [[Yuppie Couple|The Cabbage Guy]] getting his [[Fruit Cart|cabbage cart]] smashed. ("My cabbages!", lapses for the second season before making a surprise return late in the third season when the playwright traveling the world interviewing people to research the Avatar's journey met 'a surprisingly knowledgeable merchant of cabbage'.

'''Drake:''' You never clean your room.

''(...)''

'''Gosalyn:''' I never pick up my room! You're gonna have to do better than that! }}

* An episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' had a similar joke to Darkwing's literal running gag, only with a clown (making it even more literal).

** Buster and Babs "No relation" gag.

*** [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Let's hope not.]] [[Animaniacs|This is a family show!]]

** On a few occasions, the pizza restaurant has even changed mid-episode.

* A "Treehouse of Horror" episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' had a running gag where Groundskeeper Willie was given the axe. Right in the back. In every story. He acknowledged this in the third story as he was killed.

* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' frequently has Yakko, Wakko, and Dot running by in the other characters' segments, pursued by Ralph the Guard. [[Pinky and The Brain]] would also frequently appear in the background in other segments doing the same thing they do every night. Other characters occasionally get into the act as well.

** And;

'''Dot''': Boys. Go fig. }}

** or:

* On ''[[Histeria!]]'', Pepper Mills constantly bothers historical celebrities for their autographs, not realizing until after she's gotten it that the person in question is not the pop cultural celebrity she has mistaken them for.

* [[Da Chief|Captain Fanzone's]] car getting destroyed in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''

* The size of Dib's head on ''[[Invader Zim]]''. The people who worked on the show never got tired of it; in fact, the staff [http://www.zimwiki.com/index.php?title=God_save_the_Dib subtly modified the proportions of his head over the run of the show just for that gag!]

** [[I Take Offense to That Last One|My head's not big!]]

** "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!"

** "I'm gonna need about tree fitty."

** Remember that running gag, Al?

** {{smallcaps|..."WHAAAT?"}}

* The chief weakness of ''Planet Sketch'' was that it tried to make ''all'' its jokes into running gags. In the end, there was very little incentive to watch multiple episodes, since they were all exactly the same.

* Hot dog stands being knocked over in ''[[Ben 10]]''. The joke made a brief reappearance in one of the sequels.

** Background pony "[[Fan Nickname|Bon Bon]]" ''always'' has a completely different voice in every single speaking appearance she makes. So far, this comes to five different voices.

** Twilight's [[Super OCD]] has led to chaos on multiple occasions.

** "Father Crime"

{{quote|'''Croc Bandit:''' We caught that tiger dude.

 

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