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* ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' has a few: Kid Flash's habit of picking up souvenirs, Robin's backformations and prefix removal, Superboy's hatred of monkeys, and Artemis nearly drowning has officially been repeated three times, so it counts, too. They're starting to play around the various gags, as well, with Kid Flash complaining about forgetting a souvenir and Robin using one of his created words in a deadly serious context.
* On ''[[Doug]]'', Mr. Dink always says things are "very expensive". Subverted in an episode where he notes something was "surprisingly cheap".
* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''
** One can always tell when a
{{quote|'''Boris:''' SHUT UP YOUR MOUTH!}}
:* This running gag even gets a little shout-out during the Oogle Bird adventure, when Boris yells to the bird, "Aw, shut up your beak!"
:* "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!" (In case anyone hasn't seen the cartoon, Bullwinkle would attempt this trick twice on the show, only to pull out a tiger, lion, or rhinoceros, followed by some bit of humor like "Don't know my own strength", or Rocky telling him "Wrong hat!" with him saying, "I take a seven and a half." He would try again a third time before the final skit, only to pull out... Rocky, and then say, "Well I'm gettin' close!")
::* This one was even expanded in a comic book adaptation, where he pulled out a ferocious [[Killer Rabbit]]; Rocky congratulates him for ''finally'' getting the right hat, even if he got the wrong rabbit.
* ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]]'': Batman was missing from Gotham {{spoiler|and really under Braniac mind control}}. After Superman as Batman leaves after talking to Gordon, one of the cops standing around remarks "Did he look taller to you?". This is carry-over from the print comic running gag where characters often expect Batman to be taller.
* 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.
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