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''[[Web Soup]]'' is a [[Clip Show]] that aired on [[G 4]]G4 from 2009-2011, and is hosted by Chris Hardwick. It's a [[Spin-Off]] of [[E!]]'s ''[[The Soup]]''; rather than TV clips, a variety of clips taken from around the internet are snarked upon.
 
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Common segments on this show include:
* "FIRSTIES!" -- The first clip or two doesn't have a theme per se; it's just a [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|term borrowed from the troll practice of racing to be the first to respond to a post on a message board]], [[YouTube]], etc.
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* [[Audience Participation]] -- [[Twitter|Twittershots]], in which a clip is posted online for viewers to snark upon via Twitter; the best three make it to the show.
* Webcam Junction -- Videos of people getting on their webcams and ranting about anything on their mind. Even if that anything is nothing at all.
* [[Web Soup]] Sports -- Sports-related [[Hilarity Ensues|hijinks]].
* That's Unincredible! -- A video was intended to be awesome, but fell short.
* Is That Really A Thing? -- Rule 36 in video form.
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* THE GREATEST WEB VIDEO EVER! <ref>this week</ref> -- The last video of the show, which has elements from one or more of the tropes listed on this page.
 
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Tropes used:
* [[Blah Blah Blah]]: A girl gets hit in the face with a soccer ball. Chris' response is, "[[Blah Blah Blah]], balls-to-the-face joke."
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: Oh so much.
* [[Collective Groan]]: All over the place!
* [[Couch Gag]]: The operator in [[Operators Are Standing By]] and the hillbilly in Webcam Junction. As of Season 3, the opening sequence has Chris doing something strange on his way to the stage -- delivering a baby, making a sandwich for a bystander, etc. -- and the "FIRSTIES!" intro has the announcer in different odd situations as well (such as a [[Bond Gun Barrel]]).
* [[Dueling Shows]]: With ''[[Tosh 0 (TV)|Tosh .0]]'' on Comedy Central.
* [[Precious Puppies]]: Which is why they so often show up in the "Palate Cleanser" segment.
* [[Groin Attack]]: So many have appeared that in one episode, he consulted a special thesaurus to find fresh slang terms for the affected parts (he chose "Fraggle Rocks" and "Harry and the Hendersons").
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* [[Recycled Set]]: The show began to use the E! News set in the third season, the first time a ''Soup'' series wasn't shot in front of a [[No Budget|green screen in a broom closet]].
* [[Running Gag]]: Many.
** Several of Alison Brie's appearances have ended with her being offended by Chris' behavior and running off to tell [[The Soup|Joel McHale]], her ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' co-star.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Hardwick is pretty much stuck on knowing most people still remember him only as the host of ''[[Singled Out]]'' and ''Shipmates'' eons ago and plays it for laughs.
* [[Share the Male Pain]]
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