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{{quote|"If this show's going to mean anything at all, somebody has got to die!"}}
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: One ''The Quiz Broadcast'' sketch has the Test Card Girl writing "Revelation 6 13 15" [[Freeze-Frame Bonus|on the blackboard]].
{{quote|'''[[The Bible|Revelation 6:13-15]] reads:''' "and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains."
(remain indoors) }}
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The doorbell replacement product, a cannon that fires small dogs at your window with a note attached to their collar. If you visit multiple people in one go, you may need to carry more than one dog.
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{{quote|"Pre-Event sources talk about "hope". What was hope?"}}
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Parodied in one of the [[Camp Gay|Party Planners]] sketches, in the middle of an extended [[What the Hell, Hero?]] aimed at Bond.
{{quote|'''Mitchell:''' Everyone's in shock, except for [[James Bond|James]], who strolls over to the window, glances down, and says "What a piercing bore"
'''Webb:''' "A piercing bore"? There's no such expression!
'''Mitchell:''' Well, right ''next'' to the railing was a rock crusher. It's pretty clear he'd wanted to say "what a crushing bore" but missed and was making the best of a bad job... }}
** The 'Agent Suave' sketch revealed that all of the titular superspy's quips and [[Double Entendre|Double Entendres]] came from a pair of lazy comedy writers sitting in a van outside reading from a book called '1001 Super Spy Jokes'. {{spoiler|They were also providing this service for the villain. This backfired on them.}}
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* [[Government Conspiracy]]: Parodied in a series of sketches which deconstruct conspiracy theories around Roswell, the Moon landing and Princess Diana's death, lampshading the inherent ludicrousness of them by having a trio of government spooks play them perfectly straight.
{{quote|'''Agent 1''': So we're all agreed, that's the best way to do it.
'''Agent 2''': Absolutely. [[A Simple Plan|It's so simple]]. No messing around with [[Professional Killer|poison-tipped umbrellas or snipers]] -- [[British Royal Family|we just get a chauffeur drunk]].
'''Agent 1''': ''Slightly'' drunk.
'''Agent 2''': And just assume he crashes the car. }}
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: A boss who [[Disproportionate Retribution|shoots his staff dead]] when they make errors. Ironically, his misuse of the word "acronym" goes unnoticed.
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* [[Superpower Lottery]]: [[Reality Warper|Angel Summoner]] and [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|the BMX Bandit]].
* [[Surreal Humour]]: Numberwang's hilarity derives from the complete lack of sense, not just in the rules, but in ''everything''.
{{quote|'''Host''': Joining me tonight are Julie, who's from Yorkshire, and Simon, who's from a factory and [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|made of a special metal]]. So, Julie, ever killed a man?
'''Julie''': No.
'''Host''': Simon?
'''Simon''': ''Yes''.
'''Host''': Great! Let's play [[Spin-Off|Wordwang]]! }}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylz-uUIBuqY Reports Mode]
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