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Probably an essential key to understanding Gen-X American college humor, ''[[The State]]'' was [[MTV]]'s first true [[Sketch Comedy]]. Featuring a cast/crew of eleven twentysomethings which first coalesced as an improv/sketch group at NYU, it brought some of the most gleefully Dadaistic comedy in history to the airwaves. The show ran for four seasons before the creators made an ill-advised decision to jump to CBS (who canceled them after one special). A surprising number of the group have since gone on to greater things, frequently working together on such shows as ''[[Reno 911]]'', ''[[Viva Variety]]'', ''[[Stella]]'', and Stella's spiritual successor ''Michael And Michael Have Issues''.

* [[Home Version Soundtrack Replacement]]: Since ''The State'' was on MTV, they got to use a lot of popular songs during their run. Most of it had to be replaced with sound-alikes when the DVD came out. There was even an insert written by the members of the group about how they worked to make it as close as possible.

* [[I Am Who?]]: Parodied with a sketch where the proprietors of an orphanage tell an orphan that he's actually a super-powered alien named Tozog. {{spoiler|He's not. They ''never'' are.}}

* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: "Maybe you should try... pants!"

* [[Inner Monologue]]

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Totally inverted in the "Where's The Mousey?" sketch, where we see ''what'' happened, as a huge stuffed mouse crashes onto a family's dining room table, while they keep shouting about "the mousey" but admitting they don't know why.

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]?: Lampshaded with poor Aquaman.

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