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* Fake "This Video Has Been Removed Due To Copyright Violation" notifications (e.g. "This video has been removed due to a copyright claim by the Marx Brothers" when Sonia did the ''Film/DuckSoup'' mirror-frame bit).

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* Fake "This Video Has Been Removed Due To Copyright Violation" notifications (e.g. "This video has been removed due to a copyright claim by the Marx Brothers" MarxBrothers" when Sonia did the ''Film/DuckSoup'' ''DuckSoup'' mirror-frame bit).
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* When animation/script inconsistencies cause one character's mouth to move during another character's lines, annotations will make the latter call out the former's rudeness.

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* When animation/script inconsistencies cause one character's mouth to move during another character's lines, annotations will make the latter call out the former's rudeness.rudeness.
* Fake "This Video Has Been Removed Due To Copyright Violation" notifications (e.g. "This video has been removed due to a copyright claim by the Marx Brothers" when Sonia did the ''Film/DuckSoup'' mirror-frame bit).

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* Every time a character looks stoned (i.e. with droopy eyelids), someone adds some variation on "420 smoke weed erryday".

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* Every time a character looks stoned (i.e. with droopy eyelids), someone adds some variation on "420 smoke weed erryday".everyday". If the character is also smiling or frowning, it may be "feels good/bad man" instead.



* When a full moon appears in a shot, it will often be given a face to resemble the moon from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', with an accompanying caption like "Dawn of the Final Day, 24 Hours Remain".
* Kootie Pie in the Mario 3 cartoon. As soon as she got noisy, a Kootie Pie tolerance meter would appear. It wouldn't take long to max out.

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* When a full moon appears in a shot, it will often be given a face to resemble the moon from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', with an accompanying caption like "Dawn of the Final Day, 24 Hours Remain".
* As soon as Kootie Pie in the from ''Super Mario 3 cartoon. As soon as she got Bros. 3'' gets noisy, a Kootie Pie tolerance meter would appear. appears. It wouldn't doesn't take long to max out.



* But quite possibly the grandest, most continuing, most unabated, most returning, most tantalizingly reoccuring, must unstoppable, most-(AW SHADDUP! We'll never get started!) dynamic juggernaut of all running gags is the PULL. MY. FINGER. one whenever someone points.

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* But quite possibly the grandest, most continuing, most unabated, most returning, most tantalizingly reoccuring, must reoccurring, most unstoppable, most-(AW SHADDUP! We'll never get started!) dynamic juggernaut of all running gags is the PULL."PULL. MY. FINGER. one " whenever someone points.



* ''Sonic Underground'' tends to open with narration from Queen Aleena foreshadowing the plot/moral of the episode. This is typically made into a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop by mocking her [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Annotated interpretation]].

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* ''Sonic Underground'' tends to episodes open with narration from Queen Aleena foreshadowing the plot/moral of the episode. This is typically made into a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop by mocking her [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Annotated interpretation]].



* Cargo nets deployed to capture characters are automatically labeled as "Nasty Nets".

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* Cargo nets deployed to capture characters are automatically labeled as "Nasty Nets".Nets".
* When animation/script inconsistencies cause one character's mouth to move during another character's lines, annotations will make the latter call out the former's rudeness.
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Couple more I forgot to add


** Annotators take notice of vertical pan shots and assume that all subjects are implied to be female, due to the prevalence of female characters introduced with full-body pans.



* Giving Robotnik dialog making him out to be an annotator, mainly to use him as a vehicle for SelfDeprecation.

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* Giving Robotnik dialog making him out to be an annotator, mainly to use him as a vehicle for SelfDeprecation.SelfDeprecation.
* Cargo nets deployed to capture characters are automatically labeled as "Nasty Nets".

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* Most episodes end with a male character being made to ask "I still get laid tonight, right?"

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* Most Up until sometime during ''Captain N'', most episodes end with a male character being made to ask "I still get laid tonight, right?"



* THE UNBREAKABLE ANNOTATION. Which always ends up broken.
** Finally does its job successfully, surviving Kevin's Zapper in the Captain N Season 3 Intro.

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* THE UNBREAKABLE ANNOTATION. Which always ends up broken.
** Finally
broken. It finally does its job successfully, successfully by surviving Kevin's Zapper in the Captain N ''Captain N'' Season 3 Intro.

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Combining Street Fighter and CAD gags under one main bullet


* One of the very earliest, mainly applying to CAD, was [[WallOfText WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS]]
** Along with that is the running gag of whenever the show used copyright infringing materials by quoting a line from [[{{Hypocrite}} Tim Buckley.]]

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* [[WebComic/CtrlAltDel CAD]] jokes are common in general:
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One of the very earliest, mainly applying to CAD, earliest was [[WallOfText WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS]]
** Along with that is Whenever the running gag of whenever the show cartoon used copyright infringing materials by quoting a line from [[{{Hypocrite}} Tim Buckley.]]



* In ''Street Fighter'', "Bathe in Ice Cream". [[OverusedRunningGag At some point was discredited]].

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** Making a crack about Lilah's miscarriage occasionally pops up.
** Claiming that everything was made by "Blind Ferret Entertainment."
* In Gags originating from/mainly used in ''Street Fighter'', "Bathe Fighter'':
** Bathing
in Ice Cream". ice cream. [[OverusedRunningGag At some point was discredited]].It got discredited pretty quickly.]]
** Because of reused music, one particular cue spurred a "YESSSH!" every time.
** Escher is the subject of remarks about constantly relocating his offices, as well as responding to any quip from Guile with "This is where I pull out my gun."



* "laugh_track .wav not found", among other wav related gags.
** Similar gags also apply with images, usually with the ".gif" extension.

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* "laugh_track .Gags involving use of file formats for audio or video, such as "laugh_track.wav not found", among other wav related gags.
** Similar gags also apply with images, usually with the ".gif" extension.
found" and "reused_animation.gif".



* Making a crack about Lilah's miscarriage sometimes pops up.
** Claiming that everything was made by "Blind Ferret Entertainment."
** CAD jokes are common in general.



* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter's'' use of the same music over and over spurred a "YESSSH!" every time a certain music cue played.
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* Exclamation quotes and other HUD elements from the MetalGearSolid franchise are borrowed wherever a stealth attempt is thwarted. Iconic quotes from the series are also common.

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* Exclamation quotes and other HUD elements from the MetalGearSolid Franchise/MetalGear franchise are borrowed wherever a stealth attempt is thwarted. Iconic quotes from the series are also common.
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* The narrator of ''Captain N'' often introduces scenes with "On the <adjective> world of <video game>...", so this gets extended to pretending that expository shots are depicting other video games -- or even works from entirely different media.

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* The narrator of ''Captain N'' often introduces scenes with "On the <adjective> world of <video game>...", so this gets extended to pretending that expository shots are depicting other video games -- or even works from entirely different media.media.
* Giving Robotnik dialog making him out to be an annotator, mainly to use him as a vehicle for SelfDeprecation.
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* From Sonic Underground, providing unit conversions to and from [[{{Catchprase}} "Mobius minutes", "Sonic seconds"]] and similar things.
* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[Film/{{Dredd}} when the episode]] title is presented.

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* From Sonic Underground, ''Sonic Underground'', providing unit conversions to and from [[{{Catchprase}} [[{{Catchphrase}} "Mobius minutes", "Sonic seconds"]] and similar things.
* Every few Super Show ''Super Show'' episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises watching]] what new movie he]] [[Film/{{Dredd}} when could have been watching]] on the episode]] episode's title is presented.card.



* Having someone on the crew noticing an error only for them or the director to not care and proceed to some fun activity/drink/have sex/take drugs with DiC cartoons most often getting this riff.

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* Having someone on the crew noticing an error only for them or the director to not care and proceed to some fun activity/drink/have sex/take drugs with DiC cartoons most often getting this riff.riff.
* The narrator of ''Captain N'' often introduces scenes with "On the <adjective> world of <video game>...", so this gets extended to pretending that expository shots are depicting other video games -- or even works from entirely different media.

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* Another early gag that has largely died off is simulating a TV station's watermark with an annotation in the lower-right corner of the video. Similarly, joke content ratings occasionally appear in the upper-left corner.



* From Sonic Underground, providing unit conversions to and from [[{{Catchprase}} "Mobius minutes", "Sonic seconds"]] and similar things.



* Another early gag that has largely died off is simulating a TV station's watermark with an annotation in the lower-right corner of the video. Similarly, joke content ratings occasionally appear in the upper-left corner.
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* Every time a character looks stoned (i.e. with droopy eyelids), someone would say "420 smoke weed erryday".

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* Every time a character looks stoned (i.e. with droopy eyelids), someone would say adds some variation on "420 smoke weed erryday".
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* Another early gag that has largely died off is simulating a TV station's watermark with an annotation in the lower-right corner of the video. Similarly, joke content ratings occasionally appear in the upper-left corner.

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* Another early gag that has largely died off is simulating a TV station's watermark with an annotation in the lower-right corner of the video. Similarly, joke content ratings occasionally appear in the upper-left corner.corner.
* Having someone on the crew noticing an error only for them or the director to not care and proceed to some fun activity/drink/have sex/take drugs with DiC cartoons most often getting this riff.
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One more gag I got reminded of going through old videos


* "Don't try <verb>ing in Brooklyn! *Wheeze*" Luigi had a line like this back in the days of beeupyou's channel and now it can pop up just about anywhere to describe anything that characters are doing on-screen.

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* "Don't try <verb>ing in Brooklyn! *Wheeze*" Luigi had a line like this back in the days of beeupyou's channel and now it can pop up just about anywhere to describe anything that characters are doing on-screen.on-screen.
* Another early gag that has largely died off is simulating a TV station's watermark with an annotation in the lower-right corner of the video. Similarly, joke content ratings occasionally appear in the upper-left corner.
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* [[Creator/HarryPartridge "And the prom's tomorrow!"]]

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* [[Creator/HarryPartridge "And the prom's tomorrow!"]]tomorrow!"]]
* "Don't try <verb>ing in Brooklyn! *Wheeze*" Luigi had a line like this back in the days of beeupyou's channel and now it can pop up just about anywhere to describe anything that characters are doing on-screen.
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* In general, if someone has a memorable one-liner, it will be quoted repeatedly. Examples include "Haha! Shocking!" from Street Fighter, "How about a ''fencing'' lesson?" from Captain N, and "Going out with a '''bang!'''" from Sonic Underground (the latter two gaining points for ''not even making sense in context'').
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* From an [[DrugsAreBad anti-drug PSA]] by Lou Albano, "(Do X and you'll) go to hell before you die."[[note]]Please?[[/note]]

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* From an [[DrugsAreBad anti-drug PSA]] by Lou Albano, "(Do X and you'll) go to hell before you die."[[note]]Please?[[/note]]"[[note]]Please?[[/note]]
* [[Creator/HarryPartridge "And the prom's tomorrow!"]]
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** Also inverted; the prominent appearance of an exclamation mark may prompt something along the lines of "BUBSY ALERT."[[note]]At least once, a prominent question mark has led to [[SdrawkcabName YSBUB]] ALERT[[/note]]
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* From a PSA by Lou Albano, "(Do X and you'll) go to hell before you die."[[note]]Please?[[/note]]

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* From a PSA an [[DrugsAreBad anti-drug PSA]] by Lou Albano, "(Do X and you'll) go to hell before you die."[[note]]Please?[[/note]]
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* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[Film/{{Dredd}} when the episode]] title is presented.

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* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[Film/{{Dredd}} when the episode]] title is presented.presented.
* From a PSA by Lou Albano, "(Do X and you'll) go to hell before you die."[[note]]Please?[[/note]]
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* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[Film/{{Dredd}} when the episode]] title is presented.

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* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[TheDarkKnightRises [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[Film/{{Dredd}} when the episode]] title is presented.
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* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[FilmDredd when the episode]] title is presented.

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* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[FilmDredd [[Film/{{Dredd}} when the episode]] title is presented.
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* Exclamation quotes and other HUD elements from the MetalGearSolid franchise are borrowed wherever a stealth attempt is thwarted. Iconic quotes from the series are also common.

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* Exclamation quotes and other HUD elements from the MetalGearSolid franchise are borrowed wherever a stealth attempt is thwarted. Iconic quotes from the series are also common.common.
* Every few Super Show episodes an annotator will complain about what new movie he could be [[TheDarkKnightRises watching]] [[FilmDredd when the episode]] title is presented.
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** Along with that is the running gag of whenever the show used copyright infringing materials by quoting a line from Tim Buckley.
---> [[{{Hypocrite}}"The thing about copyrights that I guess you don't quite grasp is that whether you're doing it just for fun, or for profit, using somemone else's work without their permission is against the law."]]

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** Along with that is the running gag of whenever the show used copyright infringing materials by quoting a line from [[{{Hypocrite}} Tim Buckley.
---> [[{{Hypocrite}}"The
Buckley.]]
--->"The
thing about copyrights that I guess you don't quite grasp is that whether you're doing it just for fun, or for profit, using somemone else's work without their permission is against the law."]]"
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** Along with that is the running gag of whenever the show used copyright infringing materials by quoting a line from Tim Buckley.
---> [[{{Hypocrite}}"The thing about copyrights that I guess you don't quite grasp is that whether you're doing it just for fun, or for profit, using somemone else's work without their permission is against the law."]]
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* A NoFourthWall line annotated into a character that [[AsideGlance spontaneously looks at the camera]], lampshading the background events, which invariably ends addressed to the "viewers at home".

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* A NoFourthWall line annotated into a character that [[AsideGlance spontaneously looks at the camera]], lampshading the background events, which invariably ends addressed to the "viewers at home".home".
* Exclamation quotes and other HUD elements from the MetalGearSolid franchise are borrowed wherever a stealth attempt is thwarted. Iconic quotes from the series are also common.
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* A NoFourthWall line annotated into a character that spontaneously looks at the camera, lampshading the background events, which invariably ends addressed to the "viewers at home".

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* A NoFourthWall line annotated into a character that [[AsideGlance spontaneously looks at the camera, camera]], lampshading the background events, which invariably ends addressed to the "viewers at home".
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* Also in ''Sonic Underground'', mocking the [[{{Mooks}} SWAT-bots]] for their [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy incompetence]] and [[MadeOfExplodium fragility]].

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* Also in ''Sonic Underground'', mocking the [[{{Mooks}} SWAT-bots]] for their [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy incompetence]] and [[MadeOfExplodium fragility]].fragility]].
* A NoFourthWall line annotated into a character that spontaneously looks at the camera, lampshading the background events, which invariably ends addressed to the "viewers at home".
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--> ''Annotator'': "My special ability is deadbeat mothering!" (and variants thereof)

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--> ''Annotator'': "My special ability is deadbeat mothering!" (and variants thereof)thereof)
* Also in ''Sonic Underground'', mocking the [[{{Mooks}} SWAT-bots]] for their [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy incompetence]] and [[MadeOfExplodium fragility]].
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The Annotated Series has mocked the entirety of several cartoon series, plus quite a few intermissions as well. It was fairly inevitable that a large amount of running gags would result.

* One of the very earliest, mainly applying to CAD, was [[WallOfText WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS]]
* In ''Street Fighter'', "Bathe in Ice Cream". [[OverusedRunningGag At some point was discredited]].
* "laugh_track .wav not found", among other wav related gags.
** Similar gags also apply with images, usually with the ".gif" extension.
* Making a crack about Lilah's miscarriage sometimes pops up.
** Claiming that everything was made by "Blind Ferret Entertainment."
** CAD jokes are common in general.
* If a series has a noticeable catch phrase, a counter will appear every time.
** If a character has a particularly memorable line, it will be ''made'' a catch phrase.
** "PRECISELY!" From ''Ratatoing'' became this shortly after it was uploaded, but it was used less and less frequently. It has started to pop up again as of late.
* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter's'' use of the same music over and over spurred a "YESSSH!" every time a certain music cue played.
* The audience booing and throwing rotten food as the curtain came down in the ''Super Mario 3'' cartoon.
** There was a callback to this during ''Mortal Kombat'' while the characters were exploring an empty theatre.
* The [[EnsembleDarkhorse purportedly unlikable]] Simon Belmont of ''Captain N'' often has bad things happen to him for comic relief. When he doesn't deserve them, some variation of "Haha, that'll teach you to (innocent or helpful action)!" will appear. [[invoked]]
* Every time a character looks stoned (i.e. with droopy eyelids), someone would say "420 smoke weed erryday".
* Since ''Captain N'', whenever a pop culture reference is made, the word "Topical" would appear.
* [=URLs=] to various tropes on this very website.
* "The joke is Yoshi eats everything" every time Yoshi eats something in ''Super Mario World''.
** "[[DontExplainTheJoke The joke is]] (insert obvious statement)", in general.
* "I fell for hours!" (from ''Super Mario World'') whenever someone is falling for a long time, especially after a CommercialBreakCliffhanger. It's also occasionally [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with very short falls, where instead an annotation will be made along the lines of "I fell for-- oh, never mind."
* Duke, the dog from Captain N, quoting the Duke Nukem games.
* Whenever a mummy appears or someone gets wrapped up like one: "WHERE'S MY SON?!", referring to a character-of-the-day from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Heck, when the setting is just a desert or contains pyramid-shaped structures, the line will be attributed to her off-screen.
* Any time a character appears to twitch due to jumpy animation causes a comment to the effect of "Oops, I'm having a seizure".
* "I am pleased by this turn of events" when a character has a happy or content expression in circumstances where [[DissonantSerenity it looks out of place and they really should be showing at least some concern]].
* "Paused" or "Loading" annotations when the flow of events is disrupted by slow character responses or other lack of onscreen activity.
* Most episodes end with a male character being made to ask "I still get laid tonight, right?"
* "AreWeThereYet" "How many times are you going to ask that, missy?" These two often appear in tandem during any traveling scene, and come from an episode of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. The second question also sometimes appears as a response to the gag in the previous bullet.
* When a full moon appears in a shot, it will often be given a face to resemble the moon from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', with an accompanying caption like "Dawn of the Final Day, 24 Hours Remain".
* Kootie Pie in the Mario 3 cartoon. As soon as she got noisy, a Kootie Pie tolerance meter would appear. It wouldn't take long to max out.
* THE UNBREAKABLE ANNOTATION. Which always ends up broken.
** Finally does its job successfully, surviving Kevin's Zapper in the Captain N Season 3 Intro.
* "I am the <Title> of <Alliterating Action Or Adjective>!" Most notably used whenever Cheatsy was in a scene (due to his infamous "Emperor of Eavesdropping" line), having fallen off significantly upon moving to other series but sometimes it will make a come back for an episode.
* HORSE CUM! (whenever something liquidy shows up; most typically "water" that seems surprisingly white)
* But quite possibly the grandest, most continuing, most unabated, most returning, most tantalizingly reoccuring, must unstoppable, most-(AW SHADDUP! We'll never get started!) dynamic juggernaut of all running gags is the PULL. MY. FINGER. one whenever someone points.
* [[ArtisticLicensePhysics PHYSICS]]
* "Weapon Dickery" counts for when someone engages in WeaponTwirling or other flourishes with their weapon. Variants have included "key dickery" and "horse dickery".
* "Hoops" in the context of a bad pun/bad writing in general, after [[{{Smurfing}} Captain N S3E2]].
* Referencing Kevin's lack of desire to clean his room.
* Any electronic console will have a button labeled "Peach Hookers", in tribute to ''Captain N'' [=S2E9=] (the scene in question is actually the thumbnail for the third part's video!)
* "TINGLY FEELINGS" from the first Dr. D video will pop up if a character has some sort of a rape face.
* [[LikeABrokenRecord GIRL YOU KNOW ITS GIRL YOU KNOW ITS GIRL YOU KNOW ITS GIRL YOU KNOW ITS]]
* ''Sonic Underground'' tends to open with narration from Queen Aleena foreshadowing the plot/moral of the episode. This is typically made into a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop by mocking her [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Annotated interpretation]].
--> ''Queen Aleena'': "We all feel proud of our special abilities and accomplishments."
--> ''Annotator'': "My special ability is deadbeat mothering!" (and variants thereof)

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