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The first part consists of Daniel showing a string of videos (and occasionally images) found on the internet with humorous commentary about each one. Usually he'll pick one picture or video from the bunch and "put 20 seconds on the clock" <ref> Though, as Daniel himself has pointed out, the time is usually nowhere near 20 seconds. "It ends when I'm out of jokes."</ref> and see how many funny comments he can make in that time. Daniel ends the segment by looking at the last clip more closely in the "Video Breakdown", where he pauses the clip while showing it and shows parts in slow motion to dissect it and give himself time to make more quips.

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* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: At one point Daniel decides to quit the show, and holds auditions for his replacement. [[Chris Rock]] ended up getting the gig and didn't even make it anywhere close to ten minutes before getting fed up, saying the show was stupid, and giving it back to Daniel.

{{quote|'''Daniel''': Welcome to Tosh.0, the most pro-transgender show on all of cable!

<nowiki>*audience cheers*</nowiki>

* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: The so-called "gay writer" (a name given to the writer by Daniel in the skit where his writers were given the chance to throw a football at him to try to hit him) in season one and two; it didn't help that said writer frequently wore outfits that made the issue less than clear. The season three premier finally gave viewers a shot of him that made it clear he was a man in the "[http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/2011/01/12/angry-birds-in-real-life/ Angry Birds In Real Life]" skit (his decision to wear a more typically masculine outfit certainly helped), and was also the episode where it was revealed that his name is "Nick", putting the matter to rest.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Daniel himself, though it is by his own doing. Lampshaded when, after filming a skit with Tommy Lee in which Daniel wore a bra, Daniel showed an e-mail he received from Lee's assistant, asking, "With all due respect, Tommy would like to know, is Daniel gay or straight?" Daniel replied, "With all due respect, Tommy Lee, I prefer to keep it a mystery; I don't want to be [[Typecasting|type-cast]] as a "straight"." Later in the episode, he danced in a rather suggestive way during the web remix of "What What in the Butt" with duct tape over his mouth and "NO H8" written on his cheek, eventually dancing ''quite'' close to [[Camp Gay|Samwell]] at the end of the song. After the segment was over, he said, "There's your answer, Tommy Lee."

* [[Aside Glance]]: Daniel has a distinctive look he gives the camera any time he makes a joke that he knows is a bit too nonsensical or unbelievable compared to the rest of his humor, such as the above mentioned joke about being type-cast as a "straight".

* [[Audience Participation]]: An involuntary example. Daniel wanted to show [[Shock Site|2 Girls 1 Cup]], but the network (obviously) wouldn't allow it, so he instead filmed his audience's reaction to it and showed ''that''.

* [[Author Filibuster]]: Daniel usually gives a short monologue before every web redemption, loaded with a lot of [[Take That|Take Thats]].

* [[Groin Attack]]: Frequently seen on the show. Inverted with the "Game Ovaries" segment, in which Daniel hoped to "introduce a new genre of video to the internet", i.e. the female groin attack.

* [[Hookers and Blow]]: One of the commercials for Season 3 had Daniel claiming that all his new fame and wealth hasn't changed him, [[Blatant Lies|while using a giant razor blade to cut a massive pile of cocaine]].

* [[Insult Backfire]]: "I never knew my mom had so many fans!"

* [[Irony]]:

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Daniel himself. He will usually not hesitate to crack a joke at the expense of the person he is redeeming during a Web Redemption, but he is occasionally very respectful of those he is redeeming, either because they are older than him (like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etla7UzT2Qc Afro-ninja]), because they were genuine enough enough to earn his respect (like Scarlet or the balloon guy), or because they were young (like David or the Phillies fan's daughter). And even when he does make fun of them, he ''is'' giving them another shot at whatever they messed up at.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Invoked in a Web Redemption, when a video shows a man attempting to do a complicated slam dunk falling into a garbage can immediately after littering. In Daniel's words, "That would be some fast-acting karma."

{{quote|'''Daniel''': Whoa! And he flips the switch from "boyfriend" to "[[Jason Statham]]"!}}

* [[Life Imitates Art]]: In episode 10, after that episode's web redemptiom, Daniel did a montage of clips of people he would like to have come on the show for a web redemption (under the assumption that none of them would), including the reporter from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no Boom Goes The Dynamite], A news reporter who [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8MNH7JuR7I swallowed a bug], and David of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs David After Dentist] fame. David came on for a web redemption in the season 2 opener, while the reporters came on in Season 3.

{{quote|''"Ugh, it hit him right in the vagina!"''}}

** A lawyer in a courtroom taps a woman with a manilla folder, who instantly starts screaming for dear life, gets up, and then throws herself on the floor.

* [[Morality Pet]]: Daniel is "the proud owner of a gayish dog", an adorable Shih Tzu. The dog is often referred to and will make occasional appearances, such as during Daniel's mock roast during which the dog sat on his lap, or during a bit where he says that rocking his dog in a basket hung from his penis is the only way to get him to fall asleep, which he proceeds to show.

** It ought be noted that his dog's name is Castro. Being that this is ''[[Ambiguously Gay|Daniel]]'', and that he lives in California, one can [[Gayborhood|only speculate as to where he got the name]].

* [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope]]: The likely reason for the exaggeration of [[Don't Try This At Home]] listed above, as well as the likely reason that Daniel began his "Celebrities I Could Beat In a Fight" segment by saying that it was purely hypothetical and that he had nothing personal against any of the celebrities mentioned and did not want to actually fight them.

** Season 3 now has a disclaimer at the beginning of the episode.

* [[Overly Long Gag]]: "If you never heard of the double-jump, it's the trampoline version of "the Speedball." If you've never heard of the Speedball, it's what killed [[John Belushi]]. If you've never heard of John Belushi, he's the brother of Jim Belushi. If you've never heard of Jim Belushi, he's the star of ''[[According to Jim]].'' If you've never heard of ''According to Jim''... [[Take That|good for you!]]"

** This was also used in a segment in a season 2 episode in which Daniel said goodbye to casual jackets by singing, "It's so hard--", cutting it off there and saying, "That's as far as I can go before I have to cut a check to Boyz II Men."

* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]: The show's signature style, especially during the first part of the show. Exemplified by the "20 Seconds on the Clock" segment.

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: In-universe example (for lack of a better term). See [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]. Inverted in that the studio audience clearly prefers Chris over Daniel, and when Daniel comes back they boo him and chant "Bring back Rock!" until the commercial break.

* [[Running Gag]]: Tons.

*** "You're welcome."

*** In a Season 3 episode which featured a vomit clip Tosh commented that he was getting back to his roots.

** Before the third commercial break, rather than saying, "We'll be right back with more Tosh.0," Daniel says, "Well be right back with more [name of some canceled [[Comedy Central]] show]." This too has been lampshaded, twice.

{{quote|We'll be right back with more--ugh, I'm not happy about this one--of [[The Sarah Silverman Program]].

** '''TRUST FALL!!'''

** "And your friends ignored your pain long enough to keep recording this video. And for that, we thank you."

* [[Shout-Out]]: After showing a video of two giraffes fighting by banging their necks against each other, Daniel goes, "Ow, my neck. Ow, my back. (Singing) My pussy and my crack!"

** Daniel loves making references to [[Professional Wrestling]] in the '80s.

* [[Special Guest]]: The growing popularity of the show can be seen in the fact that the guests for the Web Redemptions have gone from people in relatively obscure videos to more well-known personalities, like Chris Crocker and Scarlet of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIwTYL1fwJk Scarlet Takes a Tumble]".

* [[Speed Run]]: After watching an actual [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] speedrun video, Daniel does a speedrun of his own show - essentially, walking on stage, showing [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot|vomit indiscretion]], and ending.

* [[There Are No Girls on the Internet|There Are No Girls Watching Shows About The Internet]]: After showing the Surprised Kitty video and thanking the kitten for "helping that old woman feel less alone", he paused, cupped his hand around his ear and said, "Do you hear that? That's the sound of our last female viewer changing the channel."

* [[This Trope Is Bleep]]: One segment showed a bunch of "perfectly innocent" words that were bleeped because they sounded dirty in context, including "Hair Diaper"<ref> "What could I have possibly said that would make hair diaper sound dirty?... It was about Demi." </ref>, "Slop Hole"<ref> "Slop hole sounds like it should still be bleeped." </ref>, "Monkey Cancer", "Tumor Juice", "Slut Baby", "Rape Dungeon"<ref> He claims it sounds more like a video game level</ref>, and "Handy".

* [[Too Soon]]: Lampshaded during a video breakdown.

{{quote|Does he let himself down slowly? Nope, flails around like Saddam at the end of a noose. <nowiki>*audience groans*</nowiki> Is it too early for Saddam jokes?... [[Deconstruction|Do you guys miss Saddam?]]"}}

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