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** Although, in one episode where Timmy wishes himself out of existence, we get to see Crocker as he would have been if not driven fairy-mad. He is seen as a highly appreciated philosophy teacher, yet still spasms as he says "EXISTENTIALISM!!"
** ''Timmy'' spasming in Crocker's [[Day in The Limelight]] special when he finds out that Crocker had fairies as a kid, immediately followed by him asking his fairies to hit him if he ever did that again. He does, they do.
** Another Butch Hartman series, the new ''[[T.U.F.F. Puppy]]'', has some running gags, too. Running gags are apparently Butch's bread and butter for his comedy shows.
** Every single episode in this show has its own running gag!
* D'Nerd from ''[[The BOTS Master]]'' is a robot that serves as a large databank, and often times would kick into "dictionary mode" to explain the definition of something when the question was meant to receive a more casual response.
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*** Nagging Wife: "What did you expect, that a [object] would fall out of the sky?" And then it does.
*** (insert character name) is out, peace!
*** People mistaking Doofenshmirtz for a pharmacist.
*** "What if a satellite falls out of the sky?"
*** The Lice Duo, Olga and Chicago Joe, are in (or at least mentioned) in several episodes. [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|Never really explained, though...]]
*** The [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|talking Zebra that calls Candace Kevin]] shows up a lot, usually when Candace is dreaming or hallucinating. It's even been [[Lampshaded]]. She realizes she's dreaming, and says so. Jeremy says that it would explain the talking zebra, but she says that she sees him all the time.
* There's a running gag in the series ''[[Kim Possible]]'', regarding faithful sidekick Ron Stoppable's [[I See London|disappearing pants]]. They regularly get slashed open or pulled off of him, exposing his [[Goofy Print Underwear|rather colorful collection of boxer shorts]]. There's even been some [[Lampshade Hanging]] on it; in "Showdown at the 'Crooked D'", when confronted with the fact, he claims it's only happened "six or eight times;"; in "Exchange," when it happens once again, Ron bemoans his misfortune with a "Oh, man! Even in Japan!"
** This itself is almost becoming a running gag; in the episode "Ill Suited", his reaction is "Oh, man! Even as a senior!" This however was lampshaded and solved in Season 4 as Wade made an unbreakable titanium [[Phlebotinum]] belt for Kim to give Ron.
** In "Clean Slate", where Kim gave Ron the belt, he later used the belt to close a steam pipe, thus making his pants fall down again.
** Which culminated in a montage of previous falling-pants incidents, as Kim (who was suffering from [[Easy Amnesia]] at the time) finally remembered her relationship with Ron, and declared "I love you" to him for the first time. [[Kim Possible/Heartwarming|Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming]]? Yeah.
** Without exception, at least once each recurring villain from the [[Rogues Gallery]] in ''[[Kim Possible]]'' has forgotten Ron's name. Senior Sr. and Monkey Fist remember his name a bit better than everyone else, however Dementor and Dr. Drakken have NEVER''never'' remembered his name.
** Ron himself commented on this in one episode, speaking to Monkey Fist: "You know, you're the only bad guy who ever remembers my name. I respect that."
** Whatever the plot-relevant class, sport, or administrative duty is, Mr. Barkin will be covering it today as [[Two-Teacher School|the regular teacher is unavailable]].
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'''Cyborg:''' We're in Raven's room. We should not be in Raven's room.
'''Raven:''' That's ''my'' room! '''''Nobody''''' goes in my room! }}
** Others can be said to be Starfire's culture and its... oditiesoddities.
** Or Cyborg's obsession with food.
** Or Beast Boy's obsession with tofu.
** Or Starfire's love of foods no-one else would eat. "This tangy yellow beverage is most delicious!" "Uh, Starfire?" "That's mustard." "Is there more?"
** The episode "Spellbound" has Raven's obsession with a book she was reading. Each time she read, the scene is visualized for the audience. And every time she's interrupted, the scene would stop/freeze/burn as it would if it were an old-school projector film. It got worse every time Raven is interrupted, as her temper grows shorter.
** Beast Boy has very little resistance to hypnosis. And the only thing to get him out of it is to make him laugh. Something that's a running gag in Mad Mod episodes.
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** Consuela the maid's "No,...no...", and "more Lemon Pledge"
** "[indrawn hiss]...aaaahhhh...[indrawn hiss]...aaaahhhh..."
* A key element of the humor in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law|Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law]]'' is the numerous running gags, from Phil Ken Sebben's "Ha ha... [[Double Entendre]]", to Peter Pottamus' "Did you get that thing I sent ya?", to Mentok's mindtaking, to Reducto's paranoia and obsession with small things... It's a long list.
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' wiki often follows up something that makes fans happy with "and there was much [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|rejoicing (yay...)]]". There are also a multitude of jokes about various incarnations of Ultra Magnus dealing/not dealing with things (based on a line from [[The Movie]]). Also, whenever there's a picture of [[Transformers Animated|Animated]] [[The Starscream|Starscream]] or one of his [[Cloning Blues|clones]], it's almost inevitably accompanied by a relevant quote about [[Red Dwarf|Arnold Rimmer]].
** Bonecrusher hates that he was forgotten on this list.
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** Any image of a bird alternate mode, some sort of flying alternate mode or just tangentially related to flying will be accompanied by the [[Signature Style|Furmanism]] "like a vast, predatory bird...".
*** Furmanisms as a whole.
** Movie Optimus Prime wants YOUR''your FACEface''.
** 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.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a few running gags.
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