History Quotes / RunningGag

-->-- '''Nermal''', ''{{Garfield and Friends}}''

->Yep, that about does it for this series. RIP, ''Enterprise. ''When all you have left is juvenile gags about the science officer's tits, [[FranchiseKiller you've reached the end of the road]]...It would almost be funny, if it weren't so sad.\\\
You know, I really think they should have gone farther with this whole [[FreudianSlipperySlope Freudian slip angle]]. In fact, I just got a boffo idea for an episode! ''Enterprise'' should have had an entire ''hour'' of nothing but Freudian slips!\\\
'''Archer:''' Lie back and spread your thighs--I mean, let's get back to the ''Enterprise!''\\\
'''Trip:''' What you need is a hot beef injection--I mean, what this ship needs is a plasma injector!\\\
'''Reed:''' I'm gonna stick my cock in your mouth—I mean, I'm gonna stick my cock in your '''''ass!'''''
-->--'''''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''' on ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', "A Night in Sickbay"

->The very first actual scene, the one that plays over the credits, is Anderson dancing around and flopping out of her top on a strip club stage... One of the most vocal patrons calls her 'babe' and she severely injures him by throwing her shoe at his forehead. I can only guess all the paying, theater-going viewers of this film, seeing everything they had paid to see, left right after the credits.

->I hope you like one joke because that is all this movie has to offer. The joke being repeated is how [[Creator/WoodyAllen Woody (Allen)]] stares blankly in the distance instead of looking someone in the face and he also trips over things. I’m sorry I don’t have much to dissect and analyze but that is the long and the short of it. We have Woody Allen stumbling around for two hours. You know, one of the things I admired most about Allen prior is his sense of timing for a movie. I said before he was probably hard wired by his experience as a stand up to get in and out with the material as fast as possible. Most of his movies hover around 90 minutes as a result (with some comedies barely at 80 minutes) and I am very grateful. There is usually no fat on his movies and they move at a very brisk pace. Real life Woody Allen must have suffered a brain injury because he thought this movie had so much material, he couldn’t possible trim this from 112 minutes. Just for some perspective, ''Crimes and Misdemeanors,'' a philosophical musing about morality and justice in the universe is about 100 minutes. This movie about Woody bumping into chairs is 12 minutes longer than that...we have to sit through nearly two hours of this unlikable asshat as he makes everyone’s lives miserable through unfunny physical comedy? Oh joy! No no, please Woody, I want the three hour extended edition please.

'''Rocky:''' '''AGAIN?!'''

->I hope you like one joke because that is all this movie has to offer. The joke being repeated is how [[Creator/WoodyAllen Woody (Allen) stares blankly in the distance instead of looking someone in the face and he also trips over things. I’m sorry I don’t have much to dissect and analyze but that is the long and the short of it. We have Woody Allen stumbling around for two hours. You know, one of the things I admired most about Allen prior is his sense of timing for a movie. I said before he was probably hard wired by his experience as a stand up to get in and out with the material as fast as possible. Most of his movies hover around 90 minutes as a result (with some comedies barely at 80 minutes) and I am very grateful. There is usually no fat on his movies and they move at a very brisk pace. Real life Woody Allen must have suffered a brain injury because he thought this movie had so much material, he couldn’t possible trim this from 112 minutes. Just for some perspective, ''Crimes and Misdemeanors,'' a philosophical musing about morality and justice in the universe is about 100 minutes. This movie about Woody bumping into chairs is 12 minutes longer than that...we have to sit through nearly two hours of this unlikable asshat as he makes everyone’s lives miserable through unfunny physical comedy? Oh joy! No no, please Woody, I want the three hour extended edition please.

'''Rocky:''' AGAIN?!

->''"I hate [[DoesNotLikeSpam jelly babies]] but at the time it was such a joke. And a joke that worked, you work it to death and finally you grow to hate it."''
-->--'''Tom Baker''', [[http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/05/qa-with-%E2%80%98doctor-who%E2%80%99-stars-the-five-doctors/ "The Five Doctors"]]

->''"There’s a line of critique against Monty Python’s musical ''{{Spamalot}}'' -- really [[MoneyDearBoy just Eric Idle’s musical]] -- that amounts to the accusation that a troupe whose comedy was once about transgression and surprise now amounts to nothing more than delivering lines that the entire audience has memorized and calling it comedy."''

->''"Look, I'm not proud of what I did -- but I needed an easy recurring joke to cover my getaway and there were no [[ButtMonkey flumphs]] available, OK?"''

->''"Good grief, it's a running gag!"''

->''"Garfield, let me out! I don't like running gags!"''
-->-- '''Nermal''', {{Garfield and Friends}}

->'''Bullwinkle''': Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!
->'''Rocky:''' AGAIN?!

->'''Grover:''' Hello there!
->'''Mr. Johnson:''' Oh no, it's '''[[YouExclamation YOU!]]'''

->''"At the risk of sounding like [[OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]] (I can think of worse role models!) ‘I don’t ''believe'' it!’ The episode was cruising along harmlessly enough and I was actually congratulating the writers (in my head of course) for avoiding the trap of having Tom Paris turn up and crack that ''hilarious'' gag about Harry [[FatalAttractor falling for the wrong woman]] again. I should have known better than to dish out credit [[TemptingFate before an episode is over.]]"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/voyager-season-six.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Ashes to Ashes"

->''"The very first actual scene, the one that plays over the credits, is Anderson dancing around and flopping out of her top on a strip club stage... One of the most vocal patrons calls her 'babe' and she severely injures him by throwing her shoe at his forehead. I can only guess all the paying, theater-going viewers of this film, seeing everything they had paid to see, left right after the credits."''

->*start scene*
->''[[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie]] walks into (location): School/Police Station/Old Navy/Nightclub and [[TheUnsmile looks creepy]]''
->''Actor initiates dialog to find out why Eddie Murphy looks like a creepy bastard.''
->''Eddie remains silent and creepy/will mimic the actor in an annoying game of mirror mirror.''
->''Actor defies all reason and continues to talk to the creepy man [[MemeticMolester instead of calling police.]]''
->''Eddie continues to try to milk the joke.''
->''[[SuckinessIsPainful I die a little inside.]]''
->*end scene*
-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/meet-dave-2008-brian-robbins/ on]] ''Film/MeetDave''

->''[[Creator/EddieMurphy Eddie]] walks in and looks creepy''

->''"At the risk of sounding like [[OneFootInTheGrave Victor Meldrew]] (I can think of worse role models!) ‘I don’t ''believe'' it!’ The episode was cruising along harmlessly enough and I was actually congratulating the writers (in my head of course) for avoiding the trap of having Tom Paris turn up and crack that ''hilarious'' gag about Harry [[EveryoneIsSingle falling for the wrong woman]] again. I should have known better than to dish out credit [[TemptingFate before an episode is over.]]"''

-->--'''''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'''''

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/03/you-ask-me-to-appreciate-it-arc-of.html Phil Sndifer]]'''

-->--'''''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'''''

->''"The very first actual scene, the one that plays over the credits, is Anderson dancing around and flopping out of her top on a strip club stage while guys spray her with hoses. One of the most vocal patrons calls her 'babe' and she severely injures him by throwing her shoe at his forehead. I can only guess all the paying, theater-going viewers of this film, seeing everything they had paid to see, left right after the credits."''

->''"Splinter cheers Mike up by putting a lampshade on his head, which is both terrifying and completes the three-movie streak of Splinter ruining the movie by making a “funny” at the end."''
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''Matt Wilson''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-3-review-movie-part-two/ on]] ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''

->''"That's not funny. But don't worry; it's a running joke, so they'll repeat it several times until you have no choice but to find it funny."''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', ''SuburbanCommando'' review

->''"Sheesh, it's a running gag!"''

->"''Everyone knows that everything's funnier the sixth time.''"
--> -- '''The Average Brony''', ''[[Blog/{{Bronyism}} -Trollvorlord]]''

->''Look, I'm not proud of what I did -- but I needed an easy recurring joke to cover my getaway and there were no [[ButtMonkey flumphs]] available, OK?''
-->-- '''Haley Starshine''', ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0680.html #680]]

->''Sheesh, it's a running gag!''
-->-- '''Kermit the Frog''' in TheMuppetMovie, after the reappearance of the "Myth Lady" (played by [[ThePrincessBride Carol Kane]])

-->-- '''Kermit the Frog''' in TheMuppetMovie, after the reappearance of the "Myth Lady" (played by [[ThePrincessBride Carol Kane]]

-->-- '''Haley Starshine''', ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0680.html #680]]

-->-- '''Haley Starshine''', ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0680.html #680]]

->''That's not funny. But don't worry, it's a running joke, so they'll repeat it several times until you have no choice but to find it funny. But who am ''I'' to argue with running jokes? BigLippedAlligatorMoment, [[TheBurgerKing Elephant]], ChuckNorris.''
-->-- '''TheNostalgiaCritic''', ''SuburbanCommando'' review