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* ''[[Groo the Wanderer]]'' has to be one of the kings of this trope: from defining "mulch" at every opportunity (or just randomly defining it for no reason at all) for five years straight, the titular character's ridiculous exclamations ("Hah! You take me for the fool I am!" "As any fool can plainly see."/"I can plainly see that!", "Groo does what Groo does best!", "Did I err?", etc.), ships sinking the instant Groo gets anywhere near them (unless his dog is with him), the name of the Sage's dog, Groo getting chased out of the city by every single person ''in'' the city, Drumm continually wanting to know "What pirates?" (and, later, alternating that with "You never bought ''me'' a house..."), Groo's dog never quite realizing how stupid Groo actually is, Captain Ahax going insane every time he's exposed to Groo (since the latter has a habit of continually sinking the ships under the former's command), "Must be stupid."/"Must be Groo."... and that's not even touching the 25 years worth of running gags in the letter columns.

** Every issue also had a {{spoiler|hidden message}}.

* Even ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' gets one in: Rorschach repeatedly [[Open Says Me|breaking]] Nite Owl II's door.

** Which becomes [[Fridge Brilliance|subtly important later]] as it gives them more time when {{spoiler|the police are trying to break down Dan's front door}}.