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* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: Subverted: The Skulls and Bones are said to have failed in their bid for world domination, and now spend all their time masturbating and tending to the pterodactyls on their private island. The Masonic symbols allegedly hidden in Washington DC's architecture are also parodied.
* [[Attack of the Killer Whatever]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]].
* [[Beware of Hitch
* [[Brian Blessed]]:In the BBC adaptation, in the role of "Old John Hodgman, After He Accidentally Becomes British".
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: "Idiosyncrasies of the Great Detectives", parodying:
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** When describing the correct manner of raising rabbits, Hodgman describes the phenomenon of [[Watership Down|El-Ahrairah worship]]
** When building a snow fort, "watch out for [[Star Wars|wampas]]."
** Repeated references to ''[[
** Repeated references to the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' series, such as the claim that George W. Bush has a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] for [[Arm Cannon|a hand]]. John Hodgman was Bruce Campbell's literary agent, and Campbell is listed as an expert consulted on the subject of fake blood [likely not a joke].
* [[Joisey]]: Listed as the "Too-easy-to-Mock State".
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* [[The Roaring Twenties]]
* [[Running Gag]]: [[Our Werewolves Are Different|The different varieties of werewolf]], [[A Date With Rosie Palms|masturbation]], eels, zeppelins, cheese, [[Hair Tropes|haircuts/facial hair]], distrust for people who use pseudonyms, Henry David Thoreau, giant Brazilian monkeys, Alexander Graham Bell, Yale University, crabs and lobsters (although the term "lobster" originally referred to a type of sea otter), the non-existence of Chicago, getting either [[Intoxication Ensues|"very high or very autistic"]], common flammable gels, Percoset, and, of course, the hoboes.
* [[Shout
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Ironically enough.
* [[Serious Business]]: "If you wish for sports information, might I kindly refer you to every other aspect of our culture?"
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| [[Save Our Students|Teacher v. Unruly class; both learn lessons]] || [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud|Hunted by tornadoes]] || Self-satisfied loner flouts irrational laws, reveals [[Strawman Political|absurdity of society]], congratulates self || [[Amnesiac Dissonance|Past life reasserts itself]] || [[Enemy Within|Cyborg fights the man within]]
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| [[Les Misérables|Pursuit throughout life]] by [[Inspector Javert|a French constable whose determination exceeds his reason]] || [[Convection, Schmonvection|Volcanoes come to town]] || [[Torches and Pitchforks|Hero is chased by townspeople bearing torches]] || [[Divide and Conquer|Hero wonders if closest friend is actually his archenemy, then lives in fear]] || [[I Know You Are in There Somewhere Fight|Man seeks control of his own cybernetic brain]]
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| [[Country Mouse]] v. [[City Mouse]] || One partially blinded by bear seeks [[Revenge]] || [[Stylistic Self Parody|Person living in two-dimensional world]] encourages [[Conspicuous CG|embrace of third dimension]] [[Flatland|and is shunned]] || [[The Grotesque|A horrible physical deformity is overcome]], only to be revealed that [[All Just a Dream|it is all in the protagonist's imagination]] || [[Only Sane Man|Only the hero can see the cyborgs]] who [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink|secretly run our government and media]]
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