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=== The Top 10 Examples Of This Trope: ===
* '''#10:''' In the [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] parody "Living With A Hernia", the bridge section names several forms of the ailment. In the video, a top ten list accompanies it, despite the list having only nine elements.
* '''#9:''' ''[[Saturday Night Live|Wayne's World]]'' did a top ten list once in a while. One was the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Why We're Bummed Communism Fell]], with such gems as: having to memorize new maps, never going to "find out what that thing on Gorby's head is", and the worry that [[Spy Fiction|"spy stuff" is gonna suck"]].
* '''#8:''' In a ''[[Futurama]]'' episode, Bender was rigged with a bomb that would go off when he said his favorite word. This was explained by revealing a list of his top ten most common words (presented in the same style as Letterman's), although he has only actually said a few of them.
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=== Honorable Mentions: ===
* [[
** His [[Distaff Counterpart]], [[
** During his review of ''[[North]]'', the line "Here, loosen his pants" prompted him to create a list of the top ten jokes he could make about that scene.
** He did bump it up to 12 for the Top Christmas Specials and Next Best Christmas Specials. Why? BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!
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* The many, many "Top Five" lists of ''[[High Fidelity]]''.
** They're also the specialty of Five-O-Rama. [http://www.fiveorama.com\]
* The main gimmck behind the [[Animal Planet]] series ''[[
* Some [[I Love the Exties]] shows are lists.
* BBC sitcom ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'' frequently interrupts the plot to enumerate "6 things not to say at a job interview", etc.
* The Notorious B.I.G.'s ''Ten Crack Commandments''
* In ''[[Married...
* Charlie from [[Lost]] has a "Top Five" list of his favorite moments in his life in the Season 3 episode 'Greatest Hits'.
** [[Tear Jerker|#1: The night I met you.]]
* ''[[Countdown
* The [[Seattle]] sketch-comedy show ''[[Almost Live]]!'' inverted this with a sort of Bottom Ten: "The Lame List, or what's weak this week!"
* Nat X from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (played by [[Chris Rock]]) had a Top 5. The exact reason changed from episode to episode but it was always because [[The Man]] was keeping him down.
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