History Main / WidgetSeries

* The six-episode variety show ''Vermilion Pleasure Night'', which Wiki/TheOtherWiki compares to a Japanese version of ''Series/{{SCTV}}''. Recurring skits included a drama about a family of mannequins, a spaceship boarding house with a tortured alien, and a bunch of actresses being Barbie dolls. These are then interspersed with one off stories about cannibal cuisine, bondage nurses, and things that just take a sharp left turn halfway through a given sketch. This show hits you with weird repeatedly and never lets you up.

Until around the introduction of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Manga/DragonBall'' to American pop culture in the [[UsefulNotes/TheNineties mid-1990s]], most anime was out of the American mainstream, with only (very) few exceptions, principally ones that were and are considered to be of extraordinary quality in storytelling or artistry (such as ''Manga/{{Akira}}'') – and ''every'' anime could be considered a Widget Series. [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles Or something worse.]] Incidentally, even now many Japanese series are never ported over precisely because the original creators ''know'' it's weird and don't think there's a large market for it.

Until around the introduction of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Manga/DragonBall'' to American pop culture in 1996, most anime was out of the American mainstream, with only (very) few exceptions, principally ones that were and are considered to be of extraordinary quality in storytelling or artistry (such as ''Manga/{{Akira}}'') – and ''every'' anime could be considered a Widget Series. [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles Or something worse.]] Incidentally, even now many Japanese series are never ported over precisely because the original creators ''know'' it's weird and don't think there's a large market for it.

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* ''Animation/LastYearsSnowWasFalling'': A {{Claymation}} short about a narrator desperately trying to find a story to tell, before settling on a nameless small-town idiot and [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny ADD-plagued]] CloudCuckooLander who is ordered by his wife into the woods to find a christmas tree. He comes across Literature/BabaYaga's house instead. What [[MindScrew comes next]] [[NoFourthWall challenges even the narrator's endurance]].

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* The ''WebAnimation/TouhouM1GrandPrix'' features a MonsterMash of characters, including many from Myth/JapaneseMythology, from a {{shmup}} [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} video-game]] doing [[BokeandTsukkomiRoutine stand-up comedy]].
* Creator/AAPessimal uses the canonical country of Agatea as the launch-pad for all those things Japanese which Western observers find to be culturally strange or impenetrable. There is a fashion in Ankh-Morpork, for instance, for imported Agatean illustrated novels of the sort popularly known as [[Main/{{Manga}} Man-Gi]] comics. The canonical character of Miss Pretty Butterfly (Koukouchou-sama), now Principal Tutor in Agatean Studies at the Assassins' Guild School, who is used as a walking illustration of stereotyped "Japanese" culture and society. Depending on her mood, her hair can go through all the classic Japanese styles, such as HimeCut, OjouRinglets, OdangoHair, and many others, from day to day.

--> A Note: The Irish film industry is very small, even the large scale local films are only comparable to most US Indies. As a result, most domestic films don't bother toning it down for foreigners, and just make movies for ourselves. Expect profuse swearing, GreyAndGrayMorality, a propensity for offbeat characters and very, very dark humour.

** ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'': A metal RockOpera set AfterTheEnd featuring musical contributions by [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki]].

** ''Film/HotRod'': A film about an UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel wannabe wanting to raise $50,000 in order to get a heart transplant for his {{Jerkass}} stepfather, solely so he can mercilessly beat him, all set in a warped AffectionateParody of 80s [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielbergian]] Suburbia.

** The strange Spanish movie ''Amanece, que no es poco'' (At least it's dawning). The title itself refers to the last scene, where [[spoiler: the sun rises.... from the WEST. Cue TitleDrop from the no-longer-caring main characters.]]

** All the movies starring the Mexican luchador Wrestling/ElSanto also definitely qualify as a Mexican Example Of Weirdness (MEOW). Any and all movies featuring him (or any ''luchador'', for that matter: ''El Blue Demon'' had a few films of his own) can be best described as "the [[Series/{{Batman1966}} sixties Batman tv series]] but sillier, and Mexican". They have [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff a cult following in Japan]], presumably because of this.

--> "I was expecting the silly karate, CGI monsters, and lots and lots of talking. Like any good Ghana Film. But nothing, absolutely nothing could prepare me for the [[spoiler:cat mouth missile]] at 0:44"

* ''Literature/TheMoomins'' is often difficult to describe to people who've never heard of it before. It's a slice-of-life series about a family of [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] who look like anthropomorphic hippos and occasionally go on adventures. The author of the books, Tove Jansson, was an [[UsefulNotes/{{Anarchism}} anarchist]] and it often shows. What's really unusual is how much of a classic the series is considered in its native Finland, being nowadays an institution of national identity with TheMerch of it being about as omnipresent as ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''. Again, it's about anarchist hippo trolls. It's also [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff big in Japan]], which is unsurprising.

* ''Series/TwinPeaks'' features an FBI agent with a sweet tooth as the main protagonist, a quirky soundtrack, an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch-wearing]] woman with SuperStrength, and [[spoiler:a dimension populated by strange beings who have the ability to [[BodySnatcher control other peoples' bodies]]]].

* ''Series/TheSpoilsOfBabylon'' and its SpinOff ''The Spoils Before Dying''. [[AffectionateParody Affectionate Parodies]] of bloated, pretentious miniseries from the 70s and 80s that were based off {{Doorstopper}} novels, acted out by an AllStarCast playing actors playing characters.

-->'''[=MrKitchenSink=]''': After watching this show for a while, you kind of forget how weird it is. But every so often, you get a moment like this one where a dude in a rooster costume leads [[spoiler:Kermit the Frog, Logan Paul, Caitlyn Jenner, Danny Trejo, and Nick Cannon]] in a performance of [[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} "Never Gonna Give You Up"]], and you're just struck by the realization that this show really is a total fever dream.

*** The 3rd and meant to be the FinaleSeason, og Legenden om [[{{Pun}} Atlant-is]](and the Legend of Atlant-ice), TheNarrator finally [[BreakingTheFourthWall appears on camera]], being more [[UnreliableNarrator unreliable]] than ever. The brothers are [[ButThouMust forced]] to find a sacred sami vase. In this season is it a WorldOfPun, and refferences to popular TV-shows at the time with stuff like ATeamFiring, and a tent that's BiggerOnTheInside, etc. Near the end the Narrator takes a [[BusmansHoliday vacation]] to Mallorca and refuses to narrate anymore. In the end the brothers submit their adventures to have books written about them. On the way out they meet the Narrator who has [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie wrtitten himself as the hero as the story]].
*** The 4th season and the FinaleSeason, og mysteriet om Karl [=XII=]s gamasjer(And the mystery of Charles XII's gaiters), was made on request from the King of Norway himself. Made as a tribute to it being 100 years since the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. It's about TimeTravel yet again. This time they have to find Charles XII's gaiters or else Sweden will force Norway into union with them again at the day of the 100 years anniversary. This season makes a SeriesContinuityError, with the brothers living together again, and Brummund having a [[SecretOtherFamily Secret Wife]] who lives in his room, who regulary comes down and steals the other brothers' breakfast, she also is a giant ParentalBonus by [[SmokingIsCool smoking]] a lot, her often being ReadyForLovemaking, and even being implied to be a [[ReallyGetsAround whore]]. And why does even Brummund keep her as a secret, and often locked up in his room? It was even made in 2005! To make this season even weirder does their [[TwoGuysAndAGirl 2 nephews and niece]] come. The brothers doesn't remember the brother who's aparently is the father at all (might be the Narrator's or even Brummund's kids, or not). The three of them do not serve any real purpose to the story, and who their parents are is never told either.

* ''[[Series/{{Nanalan}} Nanalan']]'' is another Wicket for kids. A green little girl with a speech impediment visits her nana and plays in the backyard. For some reason, us Canadians thought that both this and ''Series/{{Telefrancais}}'' were educational. Have fun trying to find out what her dog's name is. [[https://youtu.be/NPnJuHN24xU Here's one short]].

* ''Exploitica'' was a late-night Channel 4 equivalent of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', except without actors, just text commentary in the letterbox space or superimposed on characters as thought bubbles. Subjects dryly mocked included B-movies, [[ExploitationFilm exploitation films]], outdated educational reels, and a Music/GeneAutry serial, for some reason.

--> "What if [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gritty_(mascot) Gritty]] walked out on a soundstage made to look like an arena concert, belted out Music/SamSmith's 'Stay With Me,' was described as ‘a professional’ by Creator/JennyMcCarthy, took off his head to reveal he was [[Music/NSync Joey Fatone]], and the entire experience felt three clicks away from an episode of ''Series/BlackMirror''?”

* ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats'' is, to put it simply, a series of videos describing the adventures of a psychopathic llama who visits and devastates a South American city, sinks a cruise ship, and [[spoiler: nukes an entire city]]. All the while, his squeakily-voiced friend with a flowery hat voices his concern and condemns the madman's orphan-dooming actions by crying CAAAAAAARL! Repeatedly.

* The ''WebAnimation/ASDFMovie'' series is a rather odd series of sketches not tied together at all that involves potatos with guns, throwing cheese at aliens and "doing an internet".

* Some Japanese Website/YouTube channels that review toys for kids are widgets, because the reviewer will often put the toys into weird situations. If the channel is hosted by children, sometimes it shows the kid hosts doing weird things. For example, [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=WrcVhSiV54c this video]] features a young girl named Mari watching an episode of ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' enacted by plush dolls involving a unicorn Oshimaida that defeats not only the main team, but the ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' girls. Cure Yell [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] and tells Mari (who Yell somehow knows the name of) that the show cannot continue until the girl buys the new merchandise from the show. After a brief scene where the girl goes shopping to find the merchandise, she is sucked into the show and defeats the unicorn. [[spoiler: It's then revealed to be AllJustADream, and her dad surprises her with the merchandise she got in the dream]].

* The Website/YouTube channel ''[[https://www.youtube.com/c/Berdboi/videos Berd]]'' consists of short (ranging from one ''second'' to just over 1 minute) StylisticSuck animations, starring [[WebAnimation/{{Kiwi}} kiwi-esque]] bird characters and a large dose of SurrealHumor. If you're wondering about the 1-second videos, they're mostly from the "skunk second" series, where each episode is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just a picture of a skunk with a second-long voiceover of someone saying "skunk."]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Lookism}}'' a WOK, where to begin. Most of his life Park Hyung Suk [[KidsAreCruel has been bullied]] for being [[{{Gonk}} fat and unattractive]]. After his mother shows up at school and sees that he's bullied, she takes all the money she got and lets him transfer schools. It's a school with 7 departments, and he's enrolled to the [[TheFashionista fashion]] department. But On [[HumiliationConga his way]], the hairdresser cuts his hair to look like Kim Jong Un, and after being beat up on the street, he locks himself into his new apartment. After crying himself to sleep, ha awakens again due to a PottyEmergency. When done and washing his hands, he sees a {{bishonen}} in the mirror. It's him, with a HeroicBuild! But in the bedroom, his old body is sleeping. It's not a FreakyFridayFlip and can best be described as LiteralSplitPersonality as he changes between bodies each time he sleeps. Instead of taking the normal path of revenge, [[MiseryBuildsCharacter he decides to befriend as many as he can]]. So it's a [[FightingSeries fighting]], [[GagSeries gag]], PsychologicalHorror, RomanticComedy, and possibly more series with [[MrFanservice male fanservice]](the same way some AnimeAndManga has female fanservice for no reason what so ever all of sudden), while aimed at the same age and gender group as {{seinen}} manga.

* Where do we even ''start'' with ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' and its magnitude of WHAT-ery? The basic premise alone is already bizarre; the adventures of a Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog / [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] hybrid and [[AuthorAvatar his real life creator]], and only gets more wild from there; with one of the main villains being a witch based on one of the author's college deans, TimeTravel, and [[Webcomic/{{Asperchu}} rival webcomic creators]] being put on a [[KangarooCourt show trial]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' If you're a newcomer to the show, and not tearing your hair out in frustration, crying "WHAT!? THE!? HELL?!?" by the time the [[CouchGag chimpanzee]] line rolls around in its ''opening theme'', then you should probably check yourself into the nearest psychiatric ward. And that's just ''one'' of the many, '''''MANY''''' oddities that this show likes to throw at you.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'', which has surreal, rambling plots and often outright insane characters.

-->'''2003 Raphael:''' Was that a mutant... ''banana''?
-->'''2003 Michelangelo:''' This [[AlternateUniverse dimension]] is seriously messed-up.

** The show's third movie, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun'' features two rather bizzare characters: a tumbleweed with a human's face and a human who lives in an underwater version of Atlantic City.

* ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' If the name alone didn't tip you off, how about spoonfuls of DerangedAnimation, excessive [[ArtShift Art Shifts]], MediumBlending, and just all-out weirdness.

--> '''Eat the ghost cake! Eat the ghost cake!'''

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** ''WesternAnimation/ThePresentators'' is one of these; an extremely short-lived series about a trio of otherwise-normal [[CartoonCreature Cartoon Creatures]] hosting a TV show, featuring theme parks based on countries, hats that make music when lifted from the table, and reality-warping weather maps that can crush people with giant pencils.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'' is a wabbit ([[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} sort of]]) about a man solving mysteries in a live-action world with an [[RogerRabbitEffect animated doggy sidekick]] in the small, titular village. You'd think it sounds awfully a lot like ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' (and you're right), but what's especially weird about it is what it contains. From [[FlyingCar flying bikes]] to [[EverythingTalks talking handbags and singing letter stamps]], and with the main cast comprising of a [[{{Pirate}} pirate]] and [[WizardsAndWitches wizard]], this show is nothing short of a Welsh MindScrew.

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* Most American Christian media can come across this way to secular people, or even other Christians. Sometime in TheSeventies, evangelical Christians in the US became deeply enraptured by the concept of [[TheMoralSubstitute creating alternatives to "secular" pop culture]]. This grew to encompass literature (the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series is one of the most visible examples), [[ChristianRock music]], movies, video games, dating sites, and more, to the point where it eventually became an entire separate subculture. [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Chick Tracts]] also fit the bill.

* One Japanese show called ''Susunu! Denpa Shonen'' [[note]]''Don't Go For It, Electric Boy!''[[/note]] took an unsuspecting volunteer (who they told was going on an "important show-business related job", but that was it), then had him live in a small apartment, naked, with no supplies other than a pen and magazines. Then he had to live off of prizes won by magazine sweepstakes until he had the value of a specific amount of money. All this time, the guy was on TV and didn't know it, since he had been told it would be broadcasted ''after'' he was done. It seems almost pointless to mention that this is something that could only exist in Japan; in many countries the makers of the show would probably face criminal or civil penalties, and in the US (and maybe elsewhere, but ''especially the US''), they'd be sued six ways from Sunday.

** ''Funky Forest: First Encounter'' is a surrealist collection of vignettes, some of which interact with one another and none of which make much sense at face value. For a taste of the madness, head [[https://youtu.be/q5SZzFaAZyY here]].

** ''Taxidermia'' is a Whit (Weird Hungarian Thing) possibly-generational epic featuring three extremely different but equally gross segments that go, in full GenreBusting mode, from weird historical sex comedy to puke-filled inspiration sports film parody, finally arriving at ultra-gory horror film territory.
** ''Film/TheLure'' is a Whippet ('''W'''eird '''P'''olish '''T'''hing) about two mermaids winding up in [=1980s=] Warsaw, Poland and joining a band that plays at a dance club. One falls in love with a musician, and the other one's a cannibal. It took Sundance Festival by storm... and the Polish critics are confused why. CompletelyDifferentTitle must have helped, though.
** Judging by the trailers of movies like ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZo59DeZY9g Obonsam Besu]]'' [[note]]''Devil May Cry'', may or may not be a ripoff of the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry game]][[/note]], ''[[https://youtu.be/iXYmFqEkCGQ&feature=share&list=ULiXYmFqEkCGQ 2016]]'', and ''[[https://youtu.be/GRi9qHi1VIs&feature=channel&list=UL The Godfather]]''[[note]]It seems that Don Corleone is a zombie now.[[/note]], the entire movie industry of Ghana seems to run on this trope. It's a '''SWAG''' ('''S'''urreal and '''W'''eird '''A'''rriving from '''G'''hana). And special mention to ''[[http://youtu.be/wfdSx1YX_3w Nkrato]]'' for this comment:

** Judging by the trailers of movies like ''[[http://youtu.be/uZo59DeZY9g Obonsam Besu]]'' [[note]]''Devil May Cry'', may or may not be a ripoff of the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry game]][[/note]], ''[[https://youtu.be/iXYmFqEkCGQ&feature=share&list=ULiXYmFqEkCGQ 2016]]'', and ''[[https://youtu.be/GRi9qHi1VIs&feature=channel&list=UL The Godfather]]''[[note]]It seems that Don Corleone is a zombie now.[[/note]], the entire movie industry of Ghana seems to run on this trope. It's a '''SWAG''' ('''S'''urreal and '''W'''eird '''A'''rriving from '''G'''hana). And special mention to ''[[http://youtu.be/wfdSx1YX_3w Nkrato]]'' for this comment:

** The films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet

* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': First off, God in this universe is a corncob. Next, Santa Claus is a school principal. Video games are referred to as "videos game" [sic], there's a talking sun, a strawberry girl, a robot barber, a Real Magic Skeleton (yes, he's called that), a guy with cobras for hands, a salesman with cookies for eyes, and everyone has their own trading card and "Hero Level". Not to mention the OffModel animation, and all the very specific anime and Creator/CartoonNetwork jokes that only a few people will get.

* Another Whippet ('''W'''eird '''P'''olish '''T'''hing): old Polish movie posters have earned a reputation for mind-blowing weirdness on the Internet, with places such as Cracked or Something Awful doing articles on their content or parodies thereof. In the modern day, a typical movie poster to be seen in Poland is probably the same one as published internationally. However, it used to be so (especially in the commie times) that they were created from scratch by artists who never had much to do with popular art, and frequently had no access to the film beyond the title and perhaps a summary; not to mention, in those days, the market was never buyer's so if you went to a cinema the question was "what is" rather than "what to pick". As a result, they created artsy images that would suit an art gallery perfectly, but with nary a thought given to whether or not would they make a viewer actually watch the film they were supposed to advertise.

** ''Valerie and Her Week of Wonders'' is a surreal, allegorical 1970 Czech movie set perhaps in the 1800s about a 13-year-old girl's sexual awakening. Seemingly, every character who interacts with her is infatuated with her and/or a vampire. Or secretly her parents. Cut to cheery GainaxEnding.

** On the international front, ridiculous little dinky cars and hatchbacks from all around the world are perceived this way by Americans.[[note]] This is starting to lessen somewhat in more densely-populated American cites like New York City, due to the sheer impossibility of finding reasonably-priced parking there. Also this American attitude is viewed with puzzlement in nations where there are less roads, more cars, or massive tax duties on fuel. Small cars become essential and everyday.[[/note]] The ultimate example is the autorickshaw, a demented little car-thing built around a ''motorcycle''.

** Microcars/small cars in general and Smart cars in particular may also be seen this way in North America. This is caused by Japanese and European car makers not bothering to sell their microcars and more left-field models in North America in a [[SelfFulfillingProphecy self-fulfilling cycle]] of lack of demand from lack of products from lack of demand... Conversely, a lot of places in the rest of the world perceives their relative absence and the preponderance of big sedans, pickup trucks, [=SUV=]s and even ''American muscle cars'' for city dwellers as just as strange. Especially the American muscle cars, whose the idea of shoving an EnormousEngine in a box-shaped family car comes off as ridiculously huge and thirsty for the rest of the world (with rare exceptions like Australia). The last few years have however seen [=SUV=]s getting commonplace ''everywhere'', from America to Europe to even ''Japan'', so the trend might be changing.

** Microcars/small cars in general and Smart cars in particular may also be seen this way in North America. This is caused by Japanese and European car makers not bothering to sell their microcars and more left-field models in North America in a [[SelfFulfillingProphecy self-fulfilling cycle]] of lack of demand from lack of products from lack of demand... Conversely, a lot of places in the rest of the world perceives their relative absence and the preponderance of big sedans, pickup trucks, [=SUV=]s and even ''American muscle cars'' for city dwellers as just as strange. The last few years have however seen [=SUV=]s getting commonplace ''everywhere'', from America to Europe to even ''Japan'', so the trend might be changing.

* ''Series/Jam'' was another late-night Channel 4 program designed to make you think the next morning that you probably hallucinated it. Deeply surreal BlackComedy specially aired with no intro, end credits, or ad break.

* ''Xou da Xuxa'' is a Brazilian Oddity (BRAZO), which was hosted by model-turned-singer & TV presenter Xuxa Meneghel, wherein she dressed in scantily-clad outfits while presenting games & various special guests' acts as well as performing musical numbers, while assisted by a mosquito named Dengue and a turtle named Praga. Surprisingly, it became a huge hit and led to two Spanish-speaking versions being produced with Xuxa at the helm (''El Show de Xuxa'' produced in Argentina for Latin America, and ''Xuxa Park'' for Spain) as well as an American version (''Xuxa''). It got weirder with the Brazilian version of the Spanish ''Xuxa Park'' series (mainly known in the English-speaking world for the series-ending fire on the set), which began every episode with Xuxa ''emerging from a spaceship'', and ended each episode with her leaving in the same spaceship.

* WesternAnimation/WhatsTheBigIdea is a Wabbit mainly because the concept of a philosophy show for preschoolers is rather unheard of.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'' who knew that a show about two secret agents going on adventures could be so crazy, going from explosive boogers to a sentient evil brain that feeds on fear.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzai_%28television_show%29 Banzai]]'' was a British parody of Japanese game shows, deliberately designed to be strange and incomprehensible. The show's greatest stunt? Pitting several ventriloquists against each other in the Puppet Petrol Pump challenge - the vents themselves had to put petrol in a car blindfolded, and the ''puppets'' had to shout to tell them when to stop. Closes to £20 worth won.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' veers off into Wabbit territory every so often, especially when they make jokes based around British humor or accents. (The "lots of planets have a [[OopNorth North]]!" joke, for one, only works if you understand what a Northern English accent sounds like.)
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]" had Rose Tyler trying to get the Queen of England to say "We are not amused." Hilarious for British audiences (and probably several Western audiences familiar with that real-life meme) but to Asian audiences, it would be odd-sounding and out-of-context.
%%* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh''.

*** The 1st season, og Profesor Drøvels Hemmelighet (and Prosfessor Drøvel(Uvula's) Secret) is for them to search for a friend who has something important to tell them. It has a ton of refferences to different Norwegian culture, pop-culture and some European fiction. Most similar to [=KLM=] having small shorts as SomethingCompletelyDifferent changes.

* WART ('''W'''eirdly '''A'''wesome '''R'''ussian '''T'''hing)

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* ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza'': The adventures of [[ABoyAndHisX a boy in a superhero costume and his dog (which looks more like a giant cat's head with legs and a tail)]]. They're best friends with a girl who has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]], their teacher has two heads [[PunnyName (one named Polly, the other Esther)]], the villains include a guy with feet for hands and another with a giant green head... and that's just the ''premise.''

** ''Film/WildZero''. Japanese punk rockers, bikers and [[UnsettlingGenderReveal traps]] fight zombies, aliens [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and evil managers wearing short shorts.]] And it is GLORIOUS.

Japanese cultural differences are the reason this trope exists ''and'' the reason it's not more popular. Japanese storytelling conventions embrace a number of elements that are much less commonly found in media produced by most other societies – some common examples include extreme absurdist humor (with a particular penchant for untranslatable puns) and a fondness for ambiguity and open-ended conclusions. Simply put, Japanese culture can be refreshing to an outsider, but too much may cause a feeling of overload.

* The SCP Foundation's NewWeird trappings regularly lead it into Widget territory. Among the less strange things the titular organisation deals with are [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3081 a species of giant human hands that can be milked like cows]] to an [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-426 alien disguised as a toaster that forces people to refer to it in first person]].