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** In Karl's world, seals are "between dogs and fish".
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Ricky is a master of this trope when it comes to Karl's insane ramblings. This becomes particularly prominent over time during Karl's Monkey News -- Ricky frequently foresees the incoming twist -- granted, something which is not exactly hard given that it nearly always involves something previously suspected to be a human turning out to be a monkey -- and repeatedly points out how ridiculous certain events would have to be to reach that conclusion in the hopes of making him see how absolutely unbelievable his stories are. Karl always ignores him, of course.
{{quote|'''Karl''': (Telling a story about a gangster buying a racehorse, the jockey of which turns out to be a monkey) [[The Comically Serious|So anyway, this big race is coming up, and he's like, "I've got to be involved in this, because I can make a lot of money out of my horse here--"]]
'''Ricky''': Choose the jockey wisely, then.
'''Karl''': So he says to his, like, mate, "Look, I've got myself a horse and that, so we just need a jockey. Get someone to sort it out and what-have-you, so I can get in this race."
'''Ricky''': [[Deadpan Snarker|Go to the Jockey Club. Loads of 'em.]]
'''Karl''': So his mate's like, "Alright, I'll have a word and that, have a look 'round and that, see if there's anyone decent knocking about--"
'''Ricky''': (Cutting across Karl) The good thing about jockeys is that there's never going to be a shortage of jockeys, because a lot of them don't make the grade. There's always too many jockeys to go around.
'''Steve''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Always too many human jockeys.]]
'''Ricky''': Yeah! There's '''never''' a problem getting jockeys. (Turns back to Karl) [[Jade Coloured Glasses|Go on.]] }}
* [[Life of the Party]]: Repeat contributor Paul "[[Insistent Terminology|The Party Animal]]" Parker. Stephen and Ricky are convinced that it's an [[Informed Ability]].
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* [[Rage Breaking Point]]: Happened a few times, but the most notable is when Karl is talking about two monkeys who got 'married' during one of the Monkey News segments. Ricky's reaction when Karl finishes the story is mental.
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Many people accuse Karl of being 'a character, since no one can possibly be that weird in real life.' Ricky and Stephen have constantly denied this, stating that not only is Karl for real, but Ricky and Stephen ''hopelessly wished'' they could write something half as funny as what Karl says in all seriousness. And Stephen has said that if Karl ''was'' a character, Ricky and Stephen certainly wouldn't have wasted him on a podcast.
* [[Recursive Reality]]: One of Karl's movie ideas involves a failed actor (in earlier versions a plumber, according to Ricky) called Bryan, who would be played by Ted Danson, who gets his mind put into the body of [[Tom Cruise]] when both are involved in serious accidents simultaneously, with Bryan going on to take Tom Cruise's place in a later ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' sequel. Stephen is highly amused to point out that this would eventually result in a situation where Tom Cruise would be playing Ted Danson playing 'Bryan' playing Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: At one point, the trio discusses remaking movies in the style of [[The Muppet Show]] (Including, of all things, ''[[Schindler's List]]''). This leads to Stephen yelling, "Schindler's List '''IN SPAAAAAACE!'''"
* [[Retraux]]: The [[Animated Adaptation]], which uses a very [[Hanna-Barbera]]-esque style. Ricky supposedly emphasized that his animated self should look like Fred Flintstone.
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