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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E22PoppasGotABrandNewBadge Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]" has Homer [[LongList listing all the jobs he's had]] to Marge whilst sitting in bed. Marge goes into their en suite and comes back in with him still talking.
-->[[ContinuityNod You know, I've had a lot of jobs. Boxer, mascot, astronaut, imitation Krusty, baby proofer, trucker, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carnie, mayor, grifter, bodyguard for the mayor, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary. But protecting Springfield, that gives me the best feeling of all.]]

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E22PoppasGotABrandNewBadge Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]" has Homer [[LongList listing all the jobs he's had]] had up that point in the series]] to Marge whilst sitting in bed. Marge goes into their en suite and comes back in with him still talking.
-->[[ContinuityNod -->[[ContinuityCavalcade You know, I've had a lot of jobs. Boxer, mascot, astronaut, imitation Krusty, baby proofer, trucker, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carnie, mayor, grifter, bodyguard for the mayor, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary. But protecting Springfield, that gives me the best feeling of all.]]
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E11WereOnTheRoadToDohwhere We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]" had Flanders singing the final line of "Joseph's Coat" from Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat while watering his flower boxes. It actually manages to make what is already an Overly-Long Gag ''even longer'' by a) having Flanders momentarily stop singing while he moved from one window to the next and then carrying on where he left off, and b) instead of finishing with a final "-and BLUE!", he ''loops back to'' "-and red and yellow and..." ''and carries on.''

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E11WereOnTheRoadToDohwhere We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]" had Flanders singing the final line of "Joseph's Coat" from Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' while watering his flower boxes. It actually manages to make what is already an Overly-Long Gag ''even longer'' by a) having Flanders momentarily stop singing while he moved from one window to the next and then carrying on where he left off, and b) instead of finishing with a final "-and BLUE!", he ''loops back to'' "-and red and yellow and..." ''and carries on.''
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E11WereOnTheRoadToDohwhere We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]" had Flanders singing the final line of "Joseph's Coat/The Coat of Many Colors" while watering his flower boxes. It actually manages to make what is already an Overly-Long Gag ''even longer'' by a) having Flanders momentarily stop singing while he moved from one window to the next and then carrying on where he left off, and b) instead of finishing with a final "-and BLUE!", he ''loops back to'' "-and red and yellow and..." ''and carries on.''

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E11WereOnTheRoadToDohwhere We're on the Road to D'ohwhere]]" had Flanders singing the final line of "Joseph's Coat/The Coat of Many Colors" Coat" from Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat while watering his flower boxes. It actually manages to make what is already an Overly-Long Gag ''even longer'' by a) having Flanders momentarily stop singing while he moved from one window to the next and then carrying on where he left off, and b) instead of finishing with a final "-and BLUE!", he ''loops back to'' "-and red and yellow and..." ''and carries on.''
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-->'''Blarney''': If I were a bunny, I'd...'''[[SuddenlyShouting HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!!]]''' If I we're a rhino, I'd... '''STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!!''' If I were a fish, I would '''SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!!''' Okay, lads and lassies. Now, let's all join in! If I were a log, I'd '''ROLL!!! ROLL!!! ROLL!!!''' If I were a ball, I'd '''BOUNCE!!! BOUNCE!!! BOUNCE!!!''' If I were a rake, I'd '''RAKE!!! RAKE!!! RAKE!!!''' If I were a hammer, I'd '''BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!''' If I were a candle I'd-\\

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-->'''Blarney''': --->'''Blarney''': If I were a bunny, I'd...'''[[SuddenlyShouting HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!! HOP!!!]]''' If I we're a rhino, I'd... '''STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!! STOMP!!!''' If I were a fish, I would '''SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!! SCREAM!!!''' Okay, lads and lassies. Now, let's all join in! If I were a log, I'd '''ROLL!!! ROLL!!! ROLL!!!''' If I were a ball, I'd '''BOUNCE!!! BOUNCE!!! BOUNCE!!!''' If I were a rake, I'd '''RAKE!!! RAKE!!! RAKE!!!''' If I were a hammer, I'd '''BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!''' If I were a candle I'd-\\
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** When Wander finds his hat with Hater in "The Bad Hatter", the two repeatedly exchange "Okay!" over and over until Sylvia breaks it up.

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** When Wander finds his hat with Hater in "The Bad Hatter", the two repeatedly exchange "Okay!" over and over for quite some time until Sylvia breaks it up.Wander finally gets the hat back.
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** "I Was a Teenage Gary" has the squeamish [=SpongeBob=] repeatedly pull Gary away and shout "WAIT!" whenever Squidward tries to inject him with snail plasma.

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** The ending of "Be A-Fred, Be Very A-Fred"; when Grim is forced to spend a day with Fred Fredburger because he won a contest that only he entered, the two of them go on a saucer ride and it launches Fred to the arctic. When the board of directors hear what happened, they beat Grim with wooden clubs and tell him he's fired. They all leave, until one of them comes back with a flamethrower and sprays Grim with green fire for several seconds, then they all dump coffee on him.

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** The ending of "Be A-Fred, Be Very A-Fred"; when Grim is forced to spend a day with Fred Fredburger because he won a contest that only he entered, the two of them go on a saucer ride and it launches Fred to the arctic. When the Underworld board of directors hear what happened, they beat Grim with wooden clubs and tell him he's fired. They all leave, until one of them comes back with a flamethrower and sprays Grim with green fire for several seconds, then they all dump coffee on him.
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** In "Applebuck Season", Twilight tries to present a speech at Applejack Appreciation Day, but she keeps getting interrupted by Rainbow, Pinkie, and Fluttershy, in order. Once they've gone off, Twilight asks the crowd if anyone else wants to speak. She gets no response and is about to finally talk, but then the Mayor appears near her, prompting Twilight to drop her speech cards and give up, leaving the Mayor to take her place.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry[[RecycledInSpace : Blast Off to Mars]]'', the Martian King falls down a ridiculously-long flight of stairs. After a few bounces it cuts to some of the guards playing cards. Then back to the king, still on his way down. Then to a couple of the guards flirting. Then back to the king. Then to the guards [[UpToEleven getting married]]. Then back to the king. Then to the guards [[SerialEscalation holding several small children]]. Then he finally hits the ground.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry[[RecycledInSpace ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace : Blast Off to Mars]]'', the Martian King falls down a ridiculously-long flight of stairs. After a few bounces it cuts to some of the guards playing cards. Then back to the king, still on his way down. Then to a couple of the guards flirting. Then back to the king. Then to the guards [[UpToEleven getting married]]. Then back to the king. Then to the guards [[SerialEscalation holding several small children]]. Then he finally hits the ground.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Child Fearing" parodies this when the girls watch some children's programming. A cartoon dinosaur named [[ShoutOut Blarney]] sings a song about animals and how he'd behave if were one of them... then he just starts mentioning pretty much anything that seemingly comes to his mind.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''
** "Imaginary Fiend" has Ms. Keane telling Mike Believe to sit and Mike responding "But..." five times in a row, which stops when Buttercup cuts in.
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episode "Child Fearing" parodies this when the girls watch some children's programming. A cartoon dinosaur named [[ShoutOut Blarney]] sings a song about animals and how he'd behave if were one of them... then he just starts mentioning pretty much anything that seemingly comes to his mind.


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** "Dexter and Computress Get Mandark" ends with a long string of Dexter berating Computress by saying "You are stupid!", as Computress walks away in shame.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has a minute-long gag in "Katz Kandy" involving Courage and Katz [[StaircaseTumble falling down the stairs]].

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'': "Al! Buddy! Al! Don't leave me hanging! Al! Al? Al? Al! Al! Al! Al!"

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** After Duncan's elimination in ''Island'', he's taken off on a boat as usual, except a sasquatch is piloting the boat, causing him to scream. It turns out to just be Chef in a costume, much to Duncan's relief... but then Chef takes off another mask to reveal the sasquatch again, then another mask to reveal Chef, then the sasquatch... The episode ends with Duncan alternating between screaming and sighing in relief as an endless stream of masks gets tossed out the window.
** In ''World Tour'', when the plane is breached and Owen is hanging for dear life, he calls out to Alejandro;
"Al! Buddy! Al! Don't leave me hanging! Al! Al? Al? Al! Al! Al! Al!"Al!" as Alejandro's eye twitches with each repetition of the nickname he despises.
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** Wander pushing the buttons on the soda machine to make a substitute Thunder Blazz in "The Nice Guy".


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** There's also a scene in "The Battle Royale" where a villain named [[HarmlessVillain Something the So-and-So]] begins hawking on and on over what he could do with the ring of invincibility upon finding it; [[{{Padding}} said scene was added in when the episode came in a minute short during production.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': In "The Hole... Lotta Nothin'", there's a long stretch where Wander stands around on a barren planet with his finger stuck in a black hole, with nothing to do but wait for Sylvia to come back with help.

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* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
** In "The Picnic", we get Wander taking quite some time to slowly slide down the crater where his picnic will take place, scooching his butt against the ground while uttering "Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh...".
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In "The Hole... Lotta Nothin'", there's a long stretch where Wander stands around on a barren planet with his finger stuck in a black hole, with nothing to do but wait for Sylvia to come back with help.help.
** When Wander finds his hat with Hater in "The Bad Hatter", the two repeatedly exchange "Okay!" over and over until Sylvia breaks it up.

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** Two from "All That Glitters":
*** [=SpongeBob=] crying to everyone in Bikini Bottom after his spatula breaks.
*** [=SpongeBob=] smashing piggy banks one by one to appease the salesman.

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** Two from "All That Glitters":
*** [=SpongeBob=] crying to everyone in Bikini Bottom after his spatula breaks.
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From the same episode, [=SpongeBob=] smashing piggy banks one by one to appease the salesman.


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** In "Someone's in the Kitchen With Sandy", Plankton-as-Sandy keeps flubbing at putting the top bun on the patty by barely a few inches, prompting [=SpongeBob=] to say over and over, "Ohhhh, try again."

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** "Squid's Day Off" has scenes where [=SpongeBob=] repeats the line "Have you finished those errands yet?" in part or in whole over twenty times.

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** In "Bubblestand" when Squidward requests peace and quiet during his clarinet practice while [=SpongeBob=] is building a bubblestand, this results in [=SpongeBob=] hammering rather slowly and looking right back to Squidward's house between beats.
** "Squid's Day Off" has scenes where [=SpongeBob=] repeats the line "Have you finished those errands yet?" errands?" in part or in whole over twenty times.



*** And this isn't even mentioning the second half of the [=SpongeBob=] part of the episode, the majority of it having them trying to steal the fire from eachother in various ways.

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*** And this isn't even mentioning the second half of the [=SpongeBob=] part of the episode, the majority of it having them trying to steal the fire from eachother each other in various ways.



** The episode "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" has almost no gags- other than "Squidward ends up next to litter, and is sentenced to Community Service whether it's his or not." [=SpongeBob=] gets CS once, Squilliam gets it once, and Squidward gets it ''8 times...'' (He almost got it 9, even!)

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** The episode "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" has almost no gags- other than "Squidward ends up next to litter, and is sentenced to Community Service whether it's his or not." [=SpongeBob=] gets CS once, Squilliam gets it once, and By the end, Squidward gets has gotten it ''8 times...'' (He almost got it 9, even!)even!), and one was not even for littering, but for putting a trash-absorbed [=SpongeBob=] in a trash can that ''isn't his.'' At the end of the episode, Squilliam gets CS, and even ''[=SpongeBob=]'' gets CS too.



*** There's also [=SpongeBob=] smashing piggy banks one by one to appease the salesman.

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** Two from "All That Glitters":
*** There's also [=SpongeBob=] crying to everyone in Bikini Bottom after his spatula breaks.
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[=SpongeBob=] smashing piggy banks one by one to appease the salesman.



** In "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired", [=SpongeBob=] gets a pebble stuck in his hand while crawling, causing him to yell "OOOOW! WOOOOW!" nonstop.



---> '''Viking:''' This is Olaf. And this is Olaf. This is Olaf. Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, and um...\\

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---> '''Viking:''' This is Olaf. [[OneSteveLimit And this is Olaf. Olaf.]] This is Olaf. Olaf, Olaf, Olaf, and um...\\
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** Actually subverted in "Bender Gets Made", {{the one w|ith}}here Bender joined the Robot Mafia. After seeing that the Robot Mafia are going to be attacking the Planet Express Ship, Bender does an extended SpitTake that, just as it looks like it is going to become an overly long gag, cuts to commercial.

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** Actually subverted in "Bender Gets Made", {{the one w|ith}}here Bender joined the Robot Mafia.Made". After seeing that the Robot Mafia are going to be attacking the Planet Express Ship, Bender does an extended SpitTake that, just as it looks like it is going to become an overly long gag, cuts to commercial.
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--->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': "A customer ordered a medium soda, and I gave him a large! I GAVE HIM A LARGE! I've soiled the good Krusty Krab name! Soiled it, soiled it, soiled it, soiled it! Soiled it, soiled it, soiled it, soiled it! Soiled it..."\\

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--->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': "A customer ordered a medium soda, and I gave him a large! [[FelonyMisdemeanor I GAVE HIM A LARGE! LARGE!]] I've soiled the good Krusty Krab name! [[BrokenRecord Soiled it, soiled it, soiled it, soiled it! Soiled it, soiled it, soiled it, soiled it! Soiled it..."\\]]"\\
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* Shows up time to time in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':

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* Shows up time to time in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'':''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'':
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* ''The Amazing World of Gumball''.

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* ''The Amazing World of Gumball''.''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E3SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Enemy]]" has Ralph Wiggum try to play "Duck Duck Goose" at a party, or rather "Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck..." (etc.)

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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E3SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Enemy]]" has [[TheDitz Ralph Wiggum Wiggum]] try to play "Duck Duck Goose" at a party, or rather "Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck..." (etc.)
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** "Picture This" has two. First, after Candace takes a photo of Linda so she can teleport her to the backyard with the photo transporter the boys built, she repeatedly looks at the picture and shows it to her while saying "Aha!" over and over. Then when the transporter is destroyed in the end, Candace is stuck on saying "Bu-bu-bu-bu-but..." ad infinitum, and the boys create a rap out of it.

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** "Picture This" has two. First, after Candace takes a photo of Linda so she can teleport her to the backyard with the photo transporter the boys built, she repeatedly looks at the picture and shows it to her while saying "Aha!" over and over.over (which Linda misinterprets as giving up her busting obsession to get into the spirit of things). Then when the transporter is destroyed in the end, Candace is stuck on saying "Bu-bu-bu-bu-but..." ad infinitum, and the boys create a rap out of it.
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** Also happens in "SB-129" with Squidward opening the door revealing [=SpongeBob=] asking him if he's ready to go jellyfishing with him and Patrick.
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*** There's also [=SpongeBob=] smashing piggy banks one by one to appease the salesman.

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* Some of the lazier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' use this trope excessively, often to the point that an episode will actually ''become'' this trope. Examples include: "Slide Whistle Stooges", "Blackjack", "Funny Pants", "A Day Without Tears", "Face Freeze!", and "Grandpappy the Pirate".
** While this is true, many older episodes had slightly more brief examples of this, such as the line "Have you finished those errands yet?" being repeated in part or in whole over twenty times in "Squid's Day Off", and [=SpongeBob=] screaming no less than 25 times in a row in "Graveyard Shift".
*** He goes on to laugh repeatedly when Squidward says he was joking.

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* Some of the lazier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has various examples of these:
** Some of the lazier episodes
use this trope excessively, often to the point that an episode will actually ''become'' this trope. Examples include: "Slide Whistle Stooges", "Blackjack", "Funny Pants", "A Day Without Tears", "Face Freeze!", and "Grandpappy the Pirate".
** While this is true, many older episodes had slightly more brief examples of this, such as "Squid's Day Off" has scenes where [=SpongeBob=] repeats the line "Have you finished those errands yet?" being repeated in part or in whole over twenty times in "Squid's Day Off", and [=SpongeBob=] screaming times.
** In "Graveyard Shift", Squidward scares [=SpongeBob=], making him scream
no less than 25 times in a row in "Graveyard Shift".
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row, while Squidward attempts to explain himself. He goes on to laugh repeatedly when Squidward says he was joking.



*** And another lampshade on this: as the "How to make a Krabby Patty" part of the video it was intro-ing was about to begin it was cut off by the EPISODE ENDING.

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** [=SpongeBob=] ringing Mrs. Puff's doorbell for about 30 straight seconds in "Pet or Pests", without any dialogue. This continues ''[[WhatAnIdiot even after Mrs. Puff opens it]]''.

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** [=SpongeBob=] ringing Mrs. Puff's doorbell for about 30 straight seconds in "Pet or Pests", without any dialogue. This continues ''[[WhatAnIdiot even ''even after Mrs. Puff opens it]]''.it''.



** And from "Whatever Happened to [=SpongeBob?=]": "Idiot boy, idiot boy, idiot boy, idiot boy..."
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** "Mom's Birthday": "It's I good thing I play the (random instrument that starts with B)!" (Instrument shrinks and disappears thanks to Doof's Shrinkspheria.)

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** "Mom's Birthday": "It's I good thing I play the (random instrument that starts with B)!" (Instrument shrinks and disappears thanks to Doof's Shrinkspheria.)) This goes on for 5 minutes, even though there aren't enough instruments that start with B for it to take that long, but RuleOfFunny is in place here.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': "A Glitch is a Glitch" has a "1 second later" time card that held on screen for a good minute (incredibly long especially on a show that is only 11 minutes long), boosting the absurdity.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** "Power Animal" has the scene where Jake [[LaughingAtYourOwnJokes laughs at his own joke]] for a ridiculously long time, so long it just cuts to the next scene. When it cuts back to Jake, it turns out he laughed for so long he passed out.
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** "Mom's Birthday": "It's I good thing I play the (random instrument that starts with B)!" (Instrument shrinks and disappears thanks to Doof's Shrinkspheria.)
** In "Ready for the Bettys" when the boys stumble upon Perry's secret lair and end up on a mission with him, Phineas thinks Ferb put the whole thing together; Ferb tries to tell him he didn't, but gets interrupted every time he tries to explain. A similar treatment is used in "Hail Doofania" when the boys build a Rainbow-inator so Isabella can see her first rainbow, and she tries to tell them she's never actually seen a ''unicorn'', but keeps getting interrupted.
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* ''Rugrats'': In "The Perfect Twin" Lil keeps telling Phil to do something that makes him keeps asking "Why?".

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* ''Rugrats'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "The Perfect Twin" Lil keeps telling Phil to do something that makes him keeps asking "Why?".

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