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* [[If I Had a Nickel]]: "You know, if I had a nickel for every time Bush has mentioned 9/11, I could raise enough reward money to go after bin Laden."

* [[I Know Kung Faux]]:

{{quote|'''Jon:''' You can't be a dick to (Newt) Gingrich. He's a master of [[Foo Fu|dick fu]]. He will use his opponents' dickishness against ... Newt studied it in the mountains of Tibet with the [[wikipedia:Dalai lama|Dicky Lama]].}}

{{quote|'''Jon:''' You can't be a dick to (Newt) Gingrich. He's a master of [[Foo Fu|dick fu]]. He will use his opponents' dickishness against... Newt studied it in the mountains of Tibet with the [[wikipedia:Dalai lama|Dicky Lama]].}}

* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: Alluded to during the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning.

* [[Implausible Deniability]]: They get sitting heads of state, major government officials, Hollywood stars, scientists at the top of their field, and ''actual news anchors'' as guests. They've earned Emmys and Peabody Awards(!), and can get celebrities to drop by unannounced for a cameo and good joke. Their news is at ''least'' as insightful as the regular stuff put out by the networks and the 24-hour news channels (though people like Fareed Zakaria and Christiane Amanpour are probably better). But as he said when it was still true (and people were even treating the show as serious news), "The show leading into mine is puppets making crank phone calls."

* [[In-Joke]]/[[Noodle Incident]]: Jon comes out to chat with the studio audience for a bit before the show starts, and then during the show he will often make a [[Call Back]] to something that one of the audience members said, leaving the home audience scratching their heads at the seeming [[Non Sequitur]].

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: He warned the ~~Audience~~ after they laughed at this that, because it was positive reinforcement, he would use more of these in the future.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: He warned the audience after they laughed at this that, because it was positive reinforcement, he would use more of these in the future.

** Kristen Schaal pulled one of these in a <s>[[Dead Baby Comedy]]</s> [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-3-2010/sarah-palin-s-mama-grizzly-coalition never-have-baby-comedy] moment. After talking about [[Sarah Palin]]'s new group, "Mama Grizzlies", she mentioned that she'd "never be a Mama Grizzly."

{{quote|'''Jon Stewart:''' I'm sorry Kristen, I... why, why, why is that?

'''Kristen:''' Well Jon, you might just say... I'm "bear-en". }}

'''Kristen:''' Well Jon, you might just say... I'm "bear-en".}}

** Jon criticized the news media's habit of using lame puns in a segment called [[Hypocritical Humor|You're Not Punny]].

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Jon begins his interview with Mike Huckabee about abortion by pouring them both shots.

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** But for the most part Jon subverts that trope. He clearly knows his Judaic lore and customs, but chooses to make part of his act about his choice to live as an ultra-assimilated, intermarried New York Jew.

* [[In My Language, That Sounds Like...]]

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: An open-shirted Jason Jones was on Chat Roulette looking very relaxed while his arms were making jerking motions. He turns out to be playing Wii Craps {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|while masturbating]].}}

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: An open-shirted Jason Jones was on Chat Roulette looking very relaxed while his arms were making jerking motions. He turns out to be playing Wii Craps {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|while masturbating]]}}.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Played brilliantly straight in the manner of Glenn Beck. [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-5-2009/the-11-3-project Watch it on video here.] Comes complete with spoofing [[Hitler Ate Sugar]].

** Topped on the March 18, 2010 episode by taking it even further in a ''fifteen minute'' segment that concludes that Bert from [[Sesame Street]] is actually Hitler. Perhaps he is in cahoots with his colleague, Gitmo.

** Topped on the March 18, 2010 episode by taking it even further in a ''fifteen minute'' segment that concludes that Bert from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' is actually Hitler. Perhaps he is in cahoots with his colleague, Gitmo.

** On June 27, 2011, the Moment of Zen showed a clip from Fox News:

{{quote|"I'm going to say it right now, Jon Stewart is a racist. I don't believe that to be true, but I'm saying it."}}

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: In a sketch introducing the newest correspondent, Aasif appears from behind a piece of greenscreen down to his waist.

{{quote|'''Jon Stewart:''' Uh, Aasif, how did you do that?

'''Aasif:''' I'm ''Asian,'' Jon. I'm a ''ninja!'' }}

'''Aasif:''' I'm ''Asian'', Jon. I'm a ''ninja''!}}

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: John Oliver/Orangutan OTP!

* [[Irishman and a Jew]]: [[The Daily Show]] is headed up by Jon Stewart ([[Stage Names|born]] ''Jonathan Liebowitz''--and no, [[Do Not Call Me Paul|you're not allowed to call him that]]); its sister show, [[The Colbert Report]], stars [[Stephen Colbert]], who self-identifies as Irish-American, despite the French-sounding name. Like many other instances of such pairings, the Jewish half is [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic]] and exasperated with [[Crapsack World|a world gone mad]], while the Irish half is blustering and [[Ted Baxter|self-assured]], but [[Too Dumb to Live|oblivious to the problems around him]].

* [[Irishman and a Jew]]: ''The Daily Show'' is headed up by Jon Stewart ([[Stage Names|born]] ''Jonathan Liebowitz''--and no, [[Do Not Call Me Paul|you're not allowed to call him that]]); its sister show, ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', stars [[Stephen Colbert]], who self-identifies as Irish-American, despite the French-sounding name. Like many other instances of such pairings, the Jewish half is [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic]] and exasperated with [[Crapsack World|a world gone mad]], while the Irish half is blustering and [[Ted Baxter|self-assured]], but [[Too Dumb to Live|oblivious to the problems around him]].

** Also happens during the many times Jon's good friend [[Denis Leary]] is on the show.

* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: A staple of the show is Jon recapping the basics of a story and assuming a result, then cutting to a clip of a reporter or speaker saying the exact opposite.