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{{quote|'''Sam:''' When a bound and naked prisoner has electrodes attached to...
'''Jon:''' ''(interrupting)''' Okay, Sam, Sam, Sam...
'''Sam:''' Oh, I'm sorry. To his T-E-S-T-I-C-L-E-S... testicles.
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Jon can never seem to resist a good [[Skyward Scream]] or [[Big No]].
** '' '''[[Gladiator|ARE YOU NOT]] [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-10-2011/indecision-2012---mercy-rule-edition ENTERTAINED?!!]''' ''
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* [[Citizenship Marriage]]: Parodied [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=173868&title=Here-Comes-the-Pride here]. Poor John Oliver...
* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: In the [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-17-2010/health-con1---the-mediscarening 3/17/2010 episode], John Oliver frantically implores Jon and the studio audience to do this to save the life of [[It Makes Sense in Context|a rose named Reagan, the final breath of American freedom.]]
** And at the Rally to
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Done quite humorously while discussing [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-28-2010/speech-therapy Obama's first State of the Union] address.
** Not to mention his tirade towards [[Fox News]]: "Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself! Go fuck yourself!..."
*** Repeated for the terrorists that threatened the creators of ''[[South Park]]''.
** The segment ''Clusterf#@k to the [insert adjective] House''.
** Done several times by John Oliver when discussing the 2010 World Cup.
* [[Commie Nazis]]: Jon's discussion of the 2012 Greek elections, which somehow elevated both Socialists and
* [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]]: Robert Novak, frequent target of [[Take That|Take Thats]] due to his role in the Valerie Plame affair, was asked in an interview whether he'd ever seen ''The Daily Show'' or any of its material on him; he said no, then promptly went on to describe Jon as "self-righteous" and a "phony" and so forth. The old incident of Geraldo Rivera ranting to Bill O'Reilly about how TDS and TCR "exist in a small little place where they count for nothing" is most likely also an example, since he cited their supposed use of [[America's Funniest Home Videos|"video of old ladies slipping on ice and people laughing
* [[Content Warnings]]: On the Global Edition only, as it airs on serious news channels in some countries.
{{quote|The show you are about to see is a news parody. Its stories are not fact checked. Its reporters are not journalists. And its opinions are not fully thought through.}}
* [[Continuity Nod]]: You know how Jon made Kristen Schaal depressed by revealing that the Chinese "one baby" rule [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-15-2008/olympic-mascots had some bad consequences to female babies]? Well, apparently he learned his lesson when she expressed how nice it was that Hugh Hefner "lives with his three grand-daughters."
{{quote|'''Kristen''': Why, what do you mean?
'''Jon''': ...nothing.
* [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much]]: In Russia, one of Putin's fiercest critics, Boris Nemtsov, was seemingly assassinated.
* [[Corpsing]]: Jon tends to giggle a lot while trying to report. One of the greatest examples is when he and Stephen completely lose it while reporting the [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-10-2003/prince-charles-scandal Prince Charles Scandal.] He does it often during the tosses to the Colbert Report as well, or whenever one of his correspondents says something he wasn't expecting. Jon rarely tries to keep a straight face during his reporting, however.
* [[Couch Gag]]:
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* [[Crossover]]: Applied liberally during the writer's strike, culminating in a brawl between Stewart, [[Stephen Colbert]], and Conan O'Brien.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Crouching Comic Hidden Badass]]: A good portion of the show could be construed as cutting, but pretty average, criticism of subject X. But, interviewees beware: if you try to weasel out of, [[Blatant Lies|outright deny]] or [[Tempting Fate|fire back at]] the allegations raised, you will get ''schooled''.
** With elements of [[Badass Bookworm]], [[Awesomeness By Analysis]], and [[Beware the Silly Ones]]. Yes. He has read your damn book. He knows what you've said. He also knows what you said three weeks ago. And what you said to the NRA in 2003. And where you worked when you said it. So answer the damn question.
*** Stephen Colbert noted in a Rolling Stone interview that he doesn't understand where Jon finds the time to do it, but yes, he reads EVERY book that people are there to promote on his show... every word. Colbert notes that obviously this gives Jon a formidable advantage in an interview, as most people do not expect the host to have gotten past the summary or "cliff notes" that a staffer gave them.
*** One of the rare exceptions was when Jon was interviewing Jeremy Scahill for his book ''Blackwater'' (about the [[Private Military Contractors|PMC]]), Jon clearly ''hadn't'' read the book and the interview came off confrontational, while failing to discuss the novel's main themes <ref>
{{quote|'''Jon''': Sometimes I can be unexpectedly confrontational, and other times...it’s almost as though I don’t know what the f**k I’m talking about at all.}}
*** It also happened that all the terrible things surrounding ''Blackwater'' began to appear in the news which completely validated Scahill's argument.
** There is a very, ''very'' good reason that Lawrence O'Donnell once said:
{{quote|"The bottom line: don't pick a fight with Jon Stewart. ''Do not do it. You cannot win.''"}}
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{{quote|'''Jon:''' Very cute. The kittens lack the capacity to understand the horror of this story.}}
*** [[Playful Otter]]: In fact, kittens playing isn't enough to take the whole of the scandal so a baby otter is thrown in too:
{{quote|'''Jon:''' Aw, now the baby otter is playing with a kitten.
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* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: Jason Jones claims Geraldo Rivera is [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-12-2007/was-it-murder- this.] To be fair, he does have the mustache for it.
{{quote|'''Jason Jones''': Plus, what is with that ridiculous disguise? I mean, come on. I'm surprised he didn't put on a cape and tie [Anna Nicole Smith] to a railroad track!}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Almost the entire staff.
** [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-26-2009/brian-williams Any interview Jon has with Brian Williams turns into a deadpan-off.] Brian can hold his own.
** Aasif gets extra points for getting the people he's interviewing to not realize he's making fun of them (such as a republican strategist about science) and getting them to say honest and crazy things as a result.
* [[Deconstruction]]: On Thursday, March
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Stewart to John Hodgman in a "You're Welcome" segment - "Why, [[Crazy Enough to Work|that's so crazy]] - it [[Averted Trope|might just be fucking crazy.]]" (
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: When Congressional Republicans voted down a bill that would give healthcare to those to who helped out recovery efforts during 9/11. Aside from being legitimately pissed off about it, the whole spiel was detailed in a segment called, "I GIVE UP
** The bill was finally passed near the end of December 2010. A week earlier, Jon had four 9/11 responders as guests on the show (and the first segment was another lambasting of Congress for still failing to get it passed, while the primary guest was Republican Mike Huckabee, who also agreed the bill should be passed, going against the majority of his party), who all gave their stories. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/business/media/27stewart.html?_r=2 Many major sources credited Jon and that episode] for being influential in [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|spurring congress to finally get it done.]]
* [[Detournement]]/[[The Tag]]: "And here it is, your Moment of Zen."
** Since the election of Barack Obama, a common gag has been showing the blatant hypocrisy of Fox News by airing their defenses of George Bush immediately before/after the exact same circumstances with a Democratic president (
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=185177&title=daily/colbert-just-a-quickie Here's] a fairly good example of it.
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: On "Back in Black" discussing the power vacuum in Al Qaeda following bin Laden's death.
{{quote|'''CNN Anchor''': [Al-Zawahiri] is more of a no. 2 than a no. 1
'''Black''': I dunno, Al Qaeda's former no. 1 seemed like more of a no. 2 to me. ([[Beat]]) I'm talking about poop, Jon.
'''Stewart''': Yes, I know.
* [[Double Entendre]]:
** Perhaps the best yet, lifted directly from a senator's rant to Anderson Cooper: Jon Stewart and Anderson Cooper Have Their Fun Looking At Gaping Holes.
** During a segment inviting former president [[George W. Bush]] to, er, be a guest on the program: "Come On Jon Stewart!"
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