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* One ''{{Wings}}'' episode has Fay retire and the Hackett brothers hire Casey to replace her as Sandpiper's ticket agent. When Fay wants to come back, neither Joe nor Brian has the heart to tell her no, but they can't bring themselves to fire Casey either, so they let them both run the counter, even though the job can easily be handled by one person. Roy comments on the situation.

'''A''' One screws in the lightbulb, while nine others mark the ways he was similar to other [[EntendreFailure lightbulb screwers]].

'''A''' One screws in the lightbulb, while nine others mark the ways he was similar to other [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean lightbulb screwers]].

* [[http://xkcd.com/841/ XKCD #841]]: How many audiophiles does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

* How many [members of bureaucratic organization] does it take to change a lightbulb?
** Three to fill out the necessary forms, five to process them [etc etc], and one to turn the lightbulb.

** Also featured in the ''[[http://www.cheerycomic.co.uk/ch33.html Adventures of Cheery Littlebottom]]'' webcomic.

** One from ''[[JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'':

* Agent Laburnum of ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum drunkenly told the dirty variation at a party at the OfficialFanfictionUniversity of {{Redwall}}. ("How many vermin does it take to screw in a lightbulb? It would take two but they can't both fit in a lightbulb.") The listeners were luckily too drunk to be offended.

* ''IrregularWebcomic'' gives us the [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1087.html ur-lightbulb joke]].

* ''DinosaurComics'' had "Inverse light bulb jokes" to reveal his friends' prejudices. The strip is [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001145.html number 1145]].
* In the ''{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "The Reckoning", Fang uses this joke - and unless I'm just hearing things, his inflection must have been skirting the radar: "How many gargoyles does it take to ''screw'' in a light bulb?" (Emphasis his.) The question is never answered, and the creator, GregWeisman, eventually turned it into a contest on his "Ask Greg" website.
** He gets another in the ''Bad Guys'' sequel in comic form. "How many mutants does it take to change a lightbulb? Three to sit there and one to hang [around]." [[spoiler:Cue him nearly getting his head cut off because Yama considers making a joke about traumatised victims, one of whom hanged themselves, of a mad scientist seriously ''not cool''.]]

* From ''ABugsLife'': "How many roaches does it take to screw in a light bulb? Can't tell. As soon as the light goes on, they scatter."

* The {{Discworld}} novel ''Discworld/{{Sourcery}}'' has [[HoldYourHippogriffs lamp-wick jokes]] (no [[{{Pinocchio}} relation]]):
-->'Do you know any lamp-wick jokes?' he said, settling himself comfortably on the sand.\\
'I don't think so,' said Nijel politely, tapping a slab.\\
'I know hundreds. They are very droll. For example, do you know how many trolls it takes to change a lamp-wick?'\\
'This slab moves,' said Nijel. 'Look, it's a sort of door. Give me a hand.'
** Also featured in the ''[[http://www.cheerycomic.co.uk/ch33.html Adventures of Cheery Littlebottom]]'' webcomic.
* Mitch Clem of NothingNiceToSay [[http://www.mitchclem.com/mystupidlife/97/ went self-referential]] in his journal comic.
* [[StarWarsExpandedUniverse Jacen Solo]], in his humor-loving young Jedi apprentice days, attempted to piss off some Imperial captors with the question "How many stormtroopers does it take to [[HoldYourHippogriffs change a glowpanel]]?"
--> Two, one to change it and the other to shoot him and take the credit.
** One from ''[[JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'':
---> How many Corellians does it take to change a glowpanel?
---> None, it's easier to cheat at Sabacc in the dark.
** To say nothing of one devised by one of the "Star Wars Kids" magazines:
--->How many Wookiees does it take to change a lightbulb?\\
Ten. One to hold the bulb, and nine to turn the house around.
* From ''{{V}}'':
-->'''Q:''' How many Visitors does it take to change a light bulb?\\
'''A:''' None, they ''like'' the dark!
* DominicDeegan has Donovan crack one off to the orc shaman Thuen Gor: "How many Callanians does it take to install a lamp post? One - he sticks it in the ground and waits for the world to revolve around him."
* ''IrregularWebcomic'' gives us the [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1087.html ur-lightbulb joke]].

** The same joke is promptly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] later when the episode's SerialKiller approaches Reid and tells him that an existentialist wouldn't change the light bulb, but would instead sit in the dark and wonder when it would decide to light again.

** [[DontExplainTheJoke Jinxians are fairly short and freakishly strong, having come from a high-gravity world.]]

* See more [[http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/writing-editing/MAR_WED/235528-17367510 here]] and [[http://mypregnantpauses.blogspot.com/2006/11/screw-lightbulb.html here]].

* The book [[http://www.michaeldemeritt.com/ "Poetry and Prose from the Director's Ass."]] ends with multiple Light bulb jokes about workers (such as Production Assistants, teamsters, stunt people, etc) in television based upon the author's experience as an Assistant Director on Star Trek.

* The Star Trek novel The Final Reflection has these in the form of "Rom Jokes," which Federation and Klingon crewmembers swap at a peace conference. The only one related to teh reader is "How many Romulans does it take to change a transtator coil. Answer: 1 to change the coil, 150 to blow the ship up out of shame."

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* A classic one among {{Anime}} fans: "How many [[DragonBall Saiyans]] does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just one, but it takes [[InactionSequence five episodes]]."

'''A''' One screws in the lightbulb, while nine others mark the ways he was similar to other lightbulb screwers.