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** In the episode "Not Safe For Work", Murr's nudity is so funny that it causes Q to laugh so hard he has to puke in a bucket.
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* AsideGlance: He and Joe often use one of these whenever the challenge is ridiculous.


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* AsideGlance: He and Q often use this whenever a challenge is ridiculous.
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* {{Acrofatic}}

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* {{Acrofatic}}{{Acrofatic}}: According to Joe, when Sal's dancing his body moves like jello.



* TheCastShowoff: Has gotten to showcase his dancing skills in various episodes.
* DeadpanSnarker: If the other guys are being sarcastic, count on Sal to be the one with a witty comment.

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* TheCastShowoff: Has gotten to showcase his dancing skills in various episodes.
* DeadpanSnarker: If
Sal is the other guys are being sarcastic, count on Sal to be best dancer amongst the one with a witty comment.four.
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* InTouchWithYourFeminineSide: The aforementioned episode with the lie detector punishment revealed Murr's love of boy bands.

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* InTouchWithYourFeminineSide: InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: The aforementioned episode with the lie detector punishment revealed Murr's love of boy bands.
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* InSeriesNickname: The guys say that Murr resembles a ferret.

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* InSeriesNickname: InTouchWithYourFeminineSide: The guys say that Murr resembles a ferret.aforementioned episode with the lie detector punishment revealed Murr's love of boy bands.
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* TheSouthpaw: Is the only left-handed Joker.

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* TheSouthpaw: Is Murr is the only left-handed Joker.



* WeirdnessMagnet: Murr always seems to encounter the ''oddest'' people during the challenges. For example, the guy who had been dating a Macedonian who apparently was a "bit of a slut."

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* WeirdnessMagnet: Murr always seems to encounter the ''oddest'' people during the challenges. For example, the guy who had been dating a Macedonian who that apparently was a "bit of a slut.slut" and cheated on him with a guy that looked like the "new fat kid dictator of North Korea."
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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The other guys fondly treat Murr this way.

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The other guys fondly treat Murr this way.always seems to be the odd man out (a.e. the episode where he is the only one not wearing a Staten Island T-shirt).
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* TheSouthpaw: Is the only left-handed Joker.
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Sal's Sensitive Guy.


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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Joe's Manly Man.


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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Murr's Sensitive Guy.


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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Q's Manly Man.

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* LeadingMan: According to Joe, Q was this in all of their high school plays because they went to an all-boys school and the only way to meet girls backstage was to join the theater group.


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** A notable example is the punishment for "Human Pinata." Even though both Joe and Murr lose, the guys decide to give the punishment to Murr for no apparent reason, other than because it was funny.

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* OhCrap: After losing an episode, Murray gets dressed as a pinata and hit with bats by the other Jokers until candy comes out. Unfortunately for Murr, they decide to bring in a ringer: Joe's brother-in-law, a muscular man who wasn't exactly pleased about Murr groping his wife, Joe's sister, during a raunchy political correctness video on a previous episode. Murray is understandably terrified when they hand him a bat and let him go to town.



* PrecisionFStrike:
** "I gotta be honest. I fucking hate the French."
** "Would you like anymore fucking shoes today?"
** "Who needs more fucking paint?"
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Make it rain, bitch!"



* PolitenessJudo: His method of choice.

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* PolitenessJudo: His method of choice.choice during challenges.
* PrecisionFStrike: "What the fuck are you looking at?"


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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Welcome to White Castle, bitch."

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* NervesOfSteel

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* NervesOfSteelNervesOfSteel: See FearlessFool.


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* ScrewySquirrel


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* {{Troll}}: When it comes to picking on Murr.
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* TheLeader: Most likely, as Joe is featured most prominently in the ''ImpracticalJokers'' merchandising.

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* TheLeader: Most likely, as Joe he is featured most prominently in the ''ImpracticalJokers'' ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' merchandising.

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The other guys fondly treat Murr this way.



* ThePolyanna: Murr always seems to have dropped whatever hell the guys put him through by the next episode.

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* ThePolyanna: ThePollyanna: Murr always seems to have dropped whatever hell the guys put him through by the next episode.

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* ThePeteBest: Q replaced Mike Boccio in 2007 as the Jokers' fourth member.



* ThePolyanna: Murr always seems to have dropped whatever hell the guys put him through by the next episode.



* BigEater



'''Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano'''

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'''Salvatore E.A. "Sal" Vulcano'''



* [[MysteriousMiddleInitial Mysterious Middle Initials]]: According to the ''Impractical Jokers Wiki'', Sal's middle initials are E.A.

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* [[MysteriousMiddleInitial Mysterious Middle Initials]]: According to the ''Impractical Jokers Wiki'', Sal's His middle initials are E.A.



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* PolitenessJudoPolitenessJudo: His method of choice.

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'''Brian "Q" Quinn'''

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'''Brian Michael "Q" Quinn'''



* NervesOfSteel: Q usually remains the most straight-faced during the ridiculous challenges.



'''James "Murr" Murray'''

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'''James Stephen "Murr" Murray'''



'''Joseph "Joe" Gatto'''

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'''Joseph Anthony "Joe" Gatto'''



* NervesOfSteel



* [[MysteriousMiddleInitial Mysterious Middle Initials]]: According to the ''Impractical Jokers Wiki'', Sal's middle initials are E.A.



* NervousWreck



* TokenMinority: Sal is the only Hispanic member of the group, with Cuban background.

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* TokenMinority: Sal is the only Hispanic member of the group, with Cuban background.half Italian and half Spanish/Cuban/Puerto Rican.



* ImaginaryFriend: [[SarcasmMode Maybe not...]]

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* ImaginaryFriend: [[SarcasmMode Maybe not...]]]]
* NoLastNameGiven

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] because this is reality TV, but Q once revealed to a woman during the elevator challenge that she was on a hidden camera show.



* LeadingMan: According to Joe, Q was this in all of their high school plays because they went to an all-boys school and the only way to meet girls backstage was to join the theater group.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In the picture where he and Murr are in bed with Sal's sister, and during the "Sweat the Small Things" home invasion.



* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Strip High Five." Promos for the upcoming second half of the second season depict him winding up in this situation yet again.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Strip High Five." Promos for It happens twice more in the upcoming first three episodes of the second half of the second season depict him winding up Season 2, both of them as part of a joke on Sal: pictures of Murr and Q in this situation yet again.bed with Sal's sister, and Murr, Joe, and Q hopping around naked in Sal's house.



* BellyDancer: He got hit with this in the punishment at the end of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Bellydancer."]]



* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Strip High Five."

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In Narrowly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in "Strip High Five."Five", where he narrowly survives humiliation in front of hundreds by ending up in his underwear. Also in "Down in the Dump", when he's wearing only Q's cap in front of his crotch, and during the "Sweat the Small Things" presentation for Sal's home invasion.


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** In the first episode as well, when he screams a White Castle customer's order back to him.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic


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* NoodleIncident: Why did Q's tooth fall out? Apparently, it has something to do with a German police officer...


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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: His weapon of choice when it comes to challenges where he has to speak a different language.


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* TheBigGuy



* ICantDance: According to Sal, Q isn't a very good dancer.



* InSeriesNickname: The guys say that Murr resembles a ferret.
* TheLancer: To Joe.




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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Joe.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Murr always seems to encounter the ''oddest'' people during the challenges. For example, the guy who had been dating a Macedonian who apparently was a "bit of a slut."



* ChewingTheScenery
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}



* FunPersonified



* ImaginaryFriend: We have yet to find Larry.



* TheLeader: Most likely, as Joe is featured most prominently in the ''ImpracticalJokers'' merchandising.



* NoIndoorVoice: "LARRY!"




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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Murr; Joe always seems to make fun of Murr the most, although it's clear both men are best friends and even roommates, as we learn in one episode.
* WackyGuy



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* TrueCompanionsTokenMinority: Sal is the only Hispanic member of the group, with Cuban background.
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'''Larry'''

* BreakoutCharacter: Many fans talk about Larry as if he's a fifth member of the group.
* TheGhost
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Larry has yet to make an appearance on the show.
* ImaginaryFriend: [[SarcasmMode Maybe not...]]

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* FaceOfAThug: Q is a nice enough guy, but the fact that he looks like a big slob is often poked fun at by the others.

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* FaceOfAThug: Q is a nice enough guy, but the fact that he looks like a big slob hobo is often poked fun at by the others.



* TheCharmer: Murr is probably the most sincere when it comes to women.



* ButtMonkey: At 11 (as of August 8, 2013), he has received the most end show punishments, in comparison to Murr's 10, Joe's 8, and Q's 7. Also, the most recent punishments have hit Sal more personally, such as his fear of cats, putting him on a boat with his worst nightmare (a heap of trash) and (not a punishment) pictures of Murr and Q in suggestive positions with his sister.

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* ButtMonkey: At 11 (as of August 8, 2013), he Sal has received the most end show punishments, in comparison to Murr's 10, Joe's 8, and Q's 7. punishments. Also, the most recent punishments have hit Sal more personally, such as his fear of cats, the other Jokers dancing around naked in his house, putting him on a boat with his worst nightmare (a heap of trash) trash), and (not a punishment) pictures of Murr and Q in suggestive positions with his sister.
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* FaceOfAThug: Q is a nice enough guy, but the fact that he looks like a big slob is often poked fun at by the others.

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* LargeHam

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* LargeHamLargeHam: Not to the extent of Joe, but he does have his moments.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Too many to list.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: There is particularly humiliating one of a younger, hairy-chested Murr wearing nothing but his favorite blanket, which once popped up in a live theater in front of a hundred people.

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* CunningLinguist: As reveals the challenge where the guys have to teach foreign languages to students.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Too many to list.
list; the guys seem to always give Murr the worst punishments.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: There is a particularly humiliating one of a younger, hairy-chested Murr wearing nothing but his favorite blanket, which once popped up in a live theater in front of a hundred people.



* HumilationConga: The Lie detector punishment.

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* HumilationConga: HumiliationConga: The Lie lie detector punishment.



* {{Omniglot}}: Is apparently this among the four, demonstrating at least a passing familiarity with Armenian, Dutch, and Chinese.

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* NiceGuy: Out of all four, Murr is the most sensitive when it comes to outright insulting a pretty girl.
* {{Omniglot}}: Is Murr is apparently this among the four, demonstrating at least a passing familiarity with Armenian, Dutch, and Chinese.



* FearlessFool

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* FearlessFoolFearlessFool: Joe is constantly described as by the other guys because he apparently has no fear. Although, there are barriers even he wouldn't reach. For example, Joe will shake his rear end in a woman's face, but couldn't work up the nerve to insert the word "circumcision" into a sentence. A case of EveryoneHasStandards, according to Joe himself.



* LargeHam

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* LargeHamLargeHam: Joe will do just about anything, no matter how embarrassing or awkward it may be, and stretch it out to lengths.



* The Pervert
* TheTeetotaler

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* The Pervert
* TheTeetotaler
TheTeetotaler: As revealed in the nightclub challenge.



* ButtMonkey: Has probably Recieved the most end show punishments.

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* ButtMonkey: Has probably Recieved At 11 (as of August 8, 2013), he has received the most end show punishments.punishments, in comparison to Murr's 10, Joe's 8, and Q's 7. Also, the most recent punishments have hit Sal more personally, such as his fear of cats, putting him on a boat with his worst nightmare (a heap of trash) and (not a punishment) pictures of Murr and Q in suggestive positions with his sister.
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* HumilationConga: The Lie detector punishment.


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* PerpetualSmiler: His smile never seems to cracked even under the worst punishment.


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* DeadpanSnarker: At times, whenever he's being sarcastic to the other guys.

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* TheChewToy

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* TheChewToyTheChewToy: Murr's such a chew toy, a lot of the show's greatest laughs comes from the rest of the guys making fun of his looks, personality, clothes, etc.



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The four stars of the hit comedy reality TV series, ''Impractical Jokers.''




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* ButtMonkey: The worst offender.

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* ButtMonkey: The worst offender.offender in general, and not just during the challenges.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Too many to list.




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* EmbarassingOldPhoto: There is particularly humiliating one of a younger, hairy-chested Murr wearing nothing but his favorite blanket, which once popped up in a live theater in front of a hundred people.

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* NoSenseOfSpace: His common trick of "nosing" slips into this category.

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* NoSenseOfSpace: NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: His common trick of "nosing" slips into this category.



* EmbarassingOldPhoto: The guys like to pull this one on Sal, a picture from a heavier time that has been displayed in a movie theater, a photo booth, and an Employee of the Month picture.

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* EmbarassingOldPhoto: EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The guys like to pull this one on Sal, a picture from a heavier time that has been displayed in a movie theater, a photo booth, and an Employee of the Month picture.
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'''Brian "Q" Quinn'''

* GagHaircut: Bright red curls, in the Season 1 finale.
* JabbaTableManners: In the "Eat and Run" challenge.
* LargeHam
* NiceHat
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* OnlySaneMan: Well, the ''sanest'' of the bunch.

'''James "Murr" Murray'''

* BowtiesAreCool: Count on Joe to immediately yank the bowtie off and toss it aside.
* ButtMonkey: The worst offender.
* TheChewToy
* EmbarassingOldPhoto: There is particularly humiliating one of a younger, hairy-chested Murr wearing nothing but his favorite blanket, which once popped up in a live theater in front of a hundred people.
* GagHaircut: Shaved except for a tuft in the front, in the Season 1 finale.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Strip High Five." Promos for the upcoming second half of the second season depict him winding up in this situation yet again.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PantyThief: As part of his punishment in "Panty Raid."

'''Joseph "Joe" Gatto'''

* FearlessFool
* GagHaircut: A mullet, in the Season 1 finale.
* LargeHam
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In "Strip High Five."
* NoSenseOfSpace: His common trick of "nosing" slips into this category.
* The Pervert
* TheTeetotaler

'''Salvatore "Sal" Vulcano'''

* {{Acrofatic}}
* TheCastShowoff: Has gotten to showcase his dancing skills in various episodes.
* DeadpanSnarker
* EmbarassingOldPhoto: The guys like to pull this one on Sal, a picture from a heavier time that has been displayed in a movie theater, a photo booth, and an Employee of the Month picture.
* GagHaircut: Two bleached horns, in the Season 1 finale.
* {{Gasshole}}: During the boardwalk massage challenge.
* NiceGuy
* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Referenced in his past as a delivery boy, having the door answered by a topless woman.
* PolitenessJudo
* TheSmartGuy

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