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* This is practically the calling card of Hiroyuki Imaishi (''[[Dead Leaves]]'', ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'')
* ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]'' is the very essence of this trope. Summary?: A man who can communicate with all body hair sets out on a quest to stop the bald overlord from "bald-ifying" everyone on the planet. Bo-bobo fights many bizarre enemies along the way, but explaining it can't do it justice.
* ''[[Excel Saga (
* ''[[Papuwa]]''
* ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu]]''
* ''[[Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai|Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi]]''
* ''[[Cromartie High School]]''
* ''[[Super Milk-chan]]''
* ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]''
* ''[[Nichijou]]''
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' runs on a combination of this, [[Satire]], and [[Affectionate Parody]] of Victorian Moralism.
* John Hodgman's ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'' series has this in spades, though it manages to remain intellectual throughout. In fact, most of the humor comes the juxtaposition of incredibly bizarre happenings with an [[Deadpan Snarker|utterly deadpan presentation]].
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* ''[[Green Wing]]'' has moments like this most noteably when Sue White manually takes Mac's sperm whilst he's in a coma so [[Stalker with a Test Tube|she can have his baby]] and gives birth to {{spoiler|a baby lion}}. Most of the other scenes involving Sue White are also surreal.
** There is an episode where doctors create a human pyramid at different windows throughout the episode to show a picture of Jesus' face to confuse everybody.
* ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]'' is made entirely of this trope.
* ''[[This Is Jinsy]]'' seems to be another one.
* ''[[Danger 5]]'' has a bit of this. For one thing, the team, upon returning to base, receive a dressing-down from their boss, who happens to have an eagle's head. They later get attacked by Nazi apes, and stumble across a rock band in tropical Antarctica composed of hipster Neanderthals.
* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'', of course. [[Noel Fielding]] gave the probably most accurate definition of the series: "If Dali made a show, hopefully it would look like this."
== [[Music]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8BWBn26bX0 The video for The Avalanches' "Frontier Psychiatrist".] A geriatric hip-hop group lip-syncs to old movie clips while the lyrics are illustrated by almost everything imaginable? Oh hell yes.
* Some works by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band ("Doo Dah" was originally "Dada"), who appeared in the pre-[[Monty Python|Python]] show ''Do Not Adjust your Set'' and were cited by Eric Idle as a major influence on Python's surrealism.
** Founder Bonzo Vivian Stanshall went on to record solo songs and comic monologues which were, if anything, even weirder.
** Another singer/raconteur in similar vein was Scotland's Ivor Cutler.
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* Radiohead released a DVD called "The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time," which, among other things, features hilariously surreal interviews with the band members.
* [[Jon Lajoie]] song ''F**k Everything'' gives us:
{{quote|''I don't even give a fuck about "not giving a fuck"
''So I do give a fuck
''Wait, what?
'''''I don't give a fuck.'''''}}
== [[New Media]] ==
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** Taken to another level by the [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|remixes]] people have made of his commentary. [[Raocow]] is surreal; the remixes are so insane they can fully replace hallucinogens.
* [[Jittery Dragon]]'s videos all fall into this, the exact opposite of [[The Land Before Time]] sequels it mocks. {{spoiler|The [[Dinosaur Train]] parody verges on [[Surreal Horror]] as well.}}
* The ''[[Hardly Working|College Humor]]'' guys dip into this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEDz3t3CKA at times.]
* Most of [http://meganamram.tumblr.com/ Megan Amram's] funniest moments.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The whole point of ''[[Mountain Time]]''.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Garry's Mod]]'' videos like this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_TY8qq-MPE&feature=channel\] and this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqDaMSk00wA&feature=related\]
* ''[http://kansattica.livejournal.com Awesome in Kansattica]'' is like this sometimes.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130524143918/http://www.somethingawful.com/series/57.php Lauren's Cartoons]'' fall very nicely into this category; it helps that the writer (and narrator) is ''[[Better Than It Sounds|five]]''.
* ''[[Sad Panda Q and A]]'', although anything he does tends to be as strange as a
* The fake [["Previously On..."]] segments on ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' take this form.
* The [[Asdfmovie|ASDF Movies]] by [http://www.youtube.com/user/TomSka TomSka] combine this trope with [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]. There're currently five "movies" out.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4 Nyan Cat] and a lot of other stuff you'll find on [[YouTube]].
** Like ''[[YouTube Poop]]''?
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' has this kinda stuff all over the place. The email [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html virus] notably, begins with Strong Bad getting an email comprised of demented code, which mocks him when he tries to delete it, and get weirder throughout the toon.
== Western Animation ==
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** The spiritual father of these shows, ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' started out as campy parody but especially in the latter half of the series tilted heavily into this camp. Often, Space Ghost seems barely interested in doing his job as a talk show host and if it makes him look bad in the process, Zorak and Moltar are there to help him.
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'', a show about a thirteen year old boy and his best friend who is also a dog with elasticity powers fighting multiple threats to their kingdom, comprised almost entirely of talking candy, at the behest of a princess made of bubblegum, makes a living off of this kind of humor.
* [[Reality Warper|God of Chaos]] Discord, from ''[[My Little Pony:
== [[Real Life]]/Other ==
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