History Funny / AfterHours

** The RunningGag with sugar packets [[AmbiguousDisorder and Asperger's.]]

--> '''Soren:''' [[ChessWithDeath Dogs can't play]] ''[[ChessWithDeath Clue]]'', Katie!

** Katie then brings up ''{{Series/Frasier}}'', pointing out that Frasier's son was 4 years old at the time of the series premiere, and yet [[BrotherChuck Frederick's existence really isn't brought up in spite of the divorce]], and in fact only appears ''nine times'' throughout 11 seasons, making Frasier a DisappearedDad.

--->'''Mike''': I want total, unavoidable [[Film/{{Armageddon}} armageddon]], like in that movie ''Film/DeepImpact''. It's [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world as we know it]], and I feel like [[EveryoneHasLotsOfSex sticking it in stuff]].

--->'''Dan''': (groans; clearly done with this) ''I promise you'', it's not "[[{{Mondegreen}} Autistic girl]]". It's "''[[Music/KatyPerry I kissed a girl]]'' [[Music/KatyPerry and I liked it]]".

** And the ending, where [[spoiler: Soren and Kate give in to FoeYay and make out passionately, interspersed with the pair doing so while dressed as [[DatingCatwoman Batman and Catwoman]]]].

*** Soren points out that [[spoiler:by sticking with the ''Waterworld'' scenario, Michael [[{{Squick}} would have to drink his pee]]]], prompting Michael [[CompletelyMissingThePoint to cheerfully state]] [[BileFascination that Soren's on board]].

-->'''Kimia''': I was raised on a boat, so, I learned from my parents, out at sea. Although I didn't really need to be taught [''winks''], exactly. Boats are small, so there's not a lot of room for secrets or privacy, on a boat. You grow up real fast on the sea. [''[[ThousandYardStare stares into middle distance]]''] ...Yarrr.

** The start of the discussion has Katie detailing some rather... odd fantasies about Indy, but this is followed up by [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Soren's and Michael's adolescent fantasies]] involving [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Adult!Nala]][[note]]He liked her being "all self-possessing and assertive[[/note]] and [[WesternAnimation/ChipnDaleRescueRangers Human-sized Gadget]] respectively.

-->'''Katie''': Crash time comes, and you fall apart faster than the car at the end of ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''.

-->'''Katie''': ...If you know what I'm saying-
-->'''Dan''': '''''Nobody knows what you're saying!'''''
-->'''Michael (guiltily/haunted expression)''': I know...
** The start of the discussion has Katie detailing some rather... odd fantasies about Indy, but this is followed up by [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Soren's and Michael's adolescent fantasies]] involving [[Disney/TheLionKing Adult!Nala]][[note]]He liked her being "all self-possessing and assertive[[/note]] and [[WesternAnimation/ChipnDaleRescueRangers Human-sized Gadget]] respectively.

--->'''Katie''': So, all of our favorite TV writers are just writing episodes of ''Series/StElsewhere'' without knowing it.
*** Michael then backs up the conversation to something that'd been criminally neglected to that point - that Creator/DickWolf's name [[HehHehYouSaidX is Dick Wolf]].

** And it ends with Dan [[TheEeyore being Dan]] and pointing out that, thanks to SixDegreesOfKevinBacon, [[spoiler: every modern-day TV show is somehow related to ''Series/StElsewhere'', meaning they're [[AllJustADream all in the mind]] of autistic child Kevin Westfall]].

*** ''Specifically'', Michael advocates for living in a Creator/ChuckLorre sitcom... which ''swiftly'' falls apart the second Katie brings his attention to ''Series/{{Mom}}'', [[DarkerAndEdgier the show involving alcoholism, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, cancer, and homelessness]].

--->'''Katie''': ''[[MediumAwareness (yelling at the ceiling) I expect nothing from you! You host "Fake SportsCenter"!]]''

* From ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwk-wvVlvEE Living Inside a TV Show]]'', Michael advocates for living in a comedy universe, leading to this exchange.
-->'''Michael''': It's ''heaven''! It's 100% healthy people living in nice homes. Everything works out at the end, [[UglyGuyHotWife even homely fellas get a golden ticket to the poon-train]].\\

--->'''Dan''': (groans) (clearly done with this) ''I promise you'', it's not "[[{{Mondegreen}} Autistic girl]]". It's "''[[Music/KatyPerry I kissed a girl]]'' [[Music/KatyPerry and I liked it]]".

*** Soren points out that [[spoiler:by sticking with the ''Waterworld'' scenario, Michael [[{{Squick}} would have to drink his pee]]]], prompting Michael [[CompletelyMissingThePoint to cheerful state]] [[BileFascination that Soren's on board]].

** Ultimately, Dan [[RageBreakingPoint goes off on this rant]] about how much Peter's life is shit compared to everyone else due to Peter being ''forced'' to not actually grow as a character[[note]]which is clearly also doubling as Dan projecting about his ''own'' life[[/note]], causing Michael to snap back that he should just ''[[ToughLove grow up]]'' [[ToughLove and get over it]], [[PetTheDog since he's an adult now with a awesome job]]... and then he awkwardly [[BlatantLies clarifies]] that [[CouldSayItBut this is what he would say to Peter]].

* [[https://youtu.be/UHWM2r-UWzs ''The Only Eight Types of TV Shows That Get Made'']] is one of these by virtue of the constant pop-up ads each time a character suggests a series--and sometimes even when they ''don't.'' "Screw the protagonist!"[[note]]Cue a pop-up of [[TheJock Soren]] in a white shirt, standing in front of a giant love heart, smirks at the viewer.[[/note]]

* [[https://youtu.be/UHWM2r-UWzs ''The Only Eight Types of TV Shows That Get Made'']] is one of these by virtue of the constant pop-up ads each time a character suggests a series--and sometimes even when they ''don't.'' "Screw the protagonist!"[[note]]Cue a pop-up in which Soren in a white shirt, standing in front of a giant love heart, smirks at the viewer.[[/note]]

-->'''Kimia''': I was raised on a boat, so, I learned from my parents, out at sea. Although I didn't really need to be taught [''winks''], exactly. Boats are small, so there's not a lot of room for secrets or privacy, on a boat. You grow up real fast on the sea. [''stares into middle distance''] ...Yarrr.

** Michael likes how simple everything is, citing CoincidentalBroadcast before musing about how nice it'd be [[DrinkORder to say "Hey, gimme a beer, buddy!" to a bartender]] and just receiving your drink. As he says this, the waitress puts one in front of him, which Soren and Katie notice and DoubleTake to.

--->'''Katie:''' Your... Parents named your dog "Soren's Replacement"?
--->'''Soren (sounding completely genuine):''' They loved her second most.
* In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMvzYZx2h0 14 Super Powers Every Character Secretly Has]]", Michael likes how simple everything is, citing CoincidentalBroadcast before musing about how nice it'd be to say "Gimme a beer, buddy" to a bartender and just receiving your drink. As he says this, the waitress puts one in front of him, which Soren and Katie notice and DoubleTake to.

* The ''The Only Eight Types of TV Shows That Get Made'' is one of these by virtue of the constant pop-up ads each time a character suggests a series--and sometimes even when they ''don't.'' "Screw the protagonist!"