History RunningGag / Fanworks

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* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon reminds himself he has a very special hell waiting just for him after [[spoiler: kissing Haruhi, the older Mikuru and Yuki.]]

** Every time anyone pisses Sakura off, they hide behind Naruto first, on the assumption that [[ButtMonkey she's hit him a lot so he's really good at taking it.]]

** Soundbite interrupting Cross [[spoiler: whenever he tries to start the SBS]]. And after that, other people start [[SerialEscalation interrupting Soundbite interrupting Cross]]. So whenever Cross is not interrupted, that's when [[spoiler:those listening to the SBS]] know the Strawhats are going to enter a serious situation.

** Ash's Charmander always trying to pick fights with ''everything''. [[spoiler: And the two times he evolves, he's so dissapointed in having done so against a small bug, he tries to make up a more badass story.]]

* ''Fanfic/ADifferentMedius'' has Iratu constantly being compared to a "Fragarian Scythe-Dog". Eventually, Buwaro and Sam [[spoiler: actually ''meet'' one in a flashback.]]

* In ''Fanfic/BeAllMySins'' Natalie, a Slaaneshi cultist, keeps getting into situations or making misstatements that convince the people around her that she's a cannibal. [[spoiler: in a darker twist, this becomes less and less false as time goes by, but she never stops being embarrassed by it.]]

** Misaka-11111 complaining about Misaka-10901, who is on a beach in Hawaii, while 11111 is in the cold and the rain.

*** ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'': So, ''so'' many. [[NoSocialSkills Jaune]] complimenting people's knees, Jaune's humanoid Grimm form gaining something of a fanbase (which eventually includes ''Ruby'') because of its tentacles, no-one remembering Sun as anything other than Blake's stalker, Cardin's obsession with first putting Jaune down and then exposing his Grimm true nature being perceived by everyone as Cardin being an ArmoredClosetGay, Vacuo's ruling council practically being stoners, Ruby and Yang often landing in awkward or inappropriate situations involving Jaune, and every student in Beacon praying to high heaven not to get paired against [[TheAce Pyrrha]] in the Vytal Festival matches (to Pyrrha's exasperation).

* ''Fanfic/PurpleDays'': Whenever [[GroundhogPeggySue Joffrey]] abdicates his right to the Iron Throne and runs away from King's Landing to travel other parts of Planetos at the start of a loop, Robert assumes that Joffrey is setting out to "Make the Eight", at which ''Cersei and Barristan'' end up working together to physically stop Robert from trying to make it a race to see who can "Make the Eight" first.

*** ''Fanfic/CaptainDragon'': The Faunus that Team VSPR captures and interrogates refuses to give his name, so Yang gives him the moniker Mark. Unfortunately for him, the moniker sticks, and his every attempt to correct it gets shot down.
*** ''Fanfic/NotThisTimeFate'': Jaune and Weiss getting referred to as the "mom" and "dad" of their team by Yang, and eventually also by their sister team; Jaune dunking on Roman's mascara; and Jaune's eccentric sister Coral, for a little mischief, letting Jaune's teammates believe that she's Jaune's fiance, and the misconception sticks among them ''for the entire story'' with Jaune none the wiser.

*** ''[[Fanfic/WhiteSheepRWBY White Sheep]]'': So, ''so'' many. [[NoSocialSkills Jaune]] complimenting people's knees, Jaune's humanoid Grimm form gaining something of a fanbase (which eventually includes ''Ruby'') because of its tentacles, no-one remembering Sun as anything other than Blake's stalker, Vacuo's ruling council practically being stoners, Ruby and Yang often landing in awkward or inappropriate situations involving Jaune, and every student in Beacon praying to high heaven not to get paired against [[TheAce Pyrrha]] in the Vytal Festival matches (to Pyrrha's exasperation).

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13213469/1/Pineapple Pineapple]]'', after Jaune is the only student to pass Initiation (by being the only one to realize the giant chess pieces were the relics they were after), he tells everyone who failed "You should have tried harder".

* Every RWBY story by Creator/CoeurAlAran has someone mistaking Neo for a tween, to her irritation.

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Examples from ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'':
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
** Hobbes [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere running away from danger.]]
** Everyone calling Dr. Brainstorm [[DoNotCallMePaul "Frank".]]
** Hobbes calling Sherman "Vermin".
** Every time something odd happens, the same guy will always witness it and comment "Mm-hmm".
** Calvin dressing himself by climbing inside the top drawer of his dresser, going down, and emerging from the bottom drawer fully clothed.
** In Season 1, Calvin and Hobbes would often argue about some minuscule thing that Calvin had done (possible {{padding}}). This didn't return in the second season.
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'':
** Tracer not loading his gun and being questioned about it when a fight breaks out by whoever.
* ''Fanfic/RetroChill''
** The aliens freaking out believing there's a ghost on the ship.
** "How could a little fur ball build something so big?"
** Bob being startled by the aliens.
* ''Fanfic/WhichWayIsWhere'':
** Socrates seeing something odd or important going on while sipping a milkshake, [[DullSurprise and simply comments about how weird the neighborhood he lives in is before walking away.]]

** Hiashi using his sword against Naruto. Or Neji.

%%* [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Germany.]] [[WhipItGood Whips.]] [[VideoGame/HetaOni Discuss.]]

* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': During the final part of the Konoha Chūnin Exams, there's Ibiki constantly being annoyed every time Anko is loudly cheering for one of her students.

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--> [[PrecisionFStrike I swear, your]] ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' [[PrecisionFStrike family...]]

* ''Fanfic/WonderfulMazinja'': When [[AntiHero Sophia]] wears the [[PoweredArmor Sentinel Suit]], a mask materializes over her own mask. As a result of it, people keep asking: “… Shadow Stalker? Why are you wearing a mask over your mask?”

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--->'''Cross:''' I love this thing.
--->'''Everyone else:''' ''WE KNOW!''

** Pokemon evolution is mysteriously accelerated around Ash. Pokemon frequently evolve just by being in his presence. This is something of a MythologyGag referencing the TV series.

* In ''Fanfic/PokemonOpalAndGarnet'', there is a common running gag in which Kaylie's Touceet, Clopin (yes, he's named for the character in the Disney version of HunchbackOfNotreDame), continually gets his name mispronounced, usually as "klop-pin." He will always be quick to correct them: "kloh-PAH~(n)," with the name ending in a Kalosian (French) nasal vowel. Many people and Pokemon have trouble with this, so usually "kloh-PAH" is accepted as being "close enough"- or, in [=PokeLatin=], "künek sjine." However, he will explain to them the (approximately) correct pronunciation of the Kalosian nasal vowel, as shown in this scene from "A Very Rocky Start":
--> '''Clopin''' (''to Rocky''): Don't get it? Allow me to show you, then. Take the ending- that "PAH" part that you said- and give it a sort of nasal pinch. Another way you could think of it is like the word "pang," but without the "-ng" at the end. Go on, just try it.
--> '''Rocky''': "PAH."
--> '''Clopin''': Good, but with a pinch. "PAHHH~~." Did you hear how that was tightly nasal? That's how it should sound, with a slight bit of nasality at the end, almost as if you're holding your nose while saying it. Just remember that it should sound like "pang" without the "-ng." Then, all you have to do is push the air out through the nasal cavity while saying it and you're good to go! [[note]] You DON'T actually push air through the nasal cavity to pronounce a nasal vowel. You instead have to lower the soft palate in order to do so. [[/note]]

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* ''Webcomic/AskTheRyans'' really runs with the WeightedGloves trend set by the game, with numerous jokes regarding characters stuffing their gloves with horseshoes, cheeseburgers, and firecrackers.

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** Naturally when 'Ending Happy' rolled around, the author got as much mileage out of the 'no signs of sexual trauma' running gag that was shown onscreen as possible. (Dave: Still no signs of sexual trauma!)

* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': During the final part of the Konoha Chūnin Exams, there's Ibiki constanly being annoyed every time Anko is loudly cheering for one of her students.

* Hinata in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12742973/1/For-My-Brother For My Brother]]'' has a tendency to kill-steal, much to Naruto's and Sasuke's annoyance.

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* ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndNoir'': Kagami pointing out that Chloe's vocal disdain of Marinette is actually her covering her own admiration and envy towards the other girl, with Chloe denying it and their classmates finding it hard to believe.

* ''Fanfic/FlamingFrost'': A ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Chaunacops]]'' anglerfish / Sea Toad appears as a RunningGag in the Dark Forest.

''Chris:''' Why thank you Beth, here have a cookie.
** it was a sad day when Chris ran out of cookies