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* In the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fanart by webartist emwhatnott, every single piece contains an Alpha Legionnaire (a Traitor SpaceMarine Legion whose hat is sneakiness and spycraft) either in PaperThinDisguise or not even bothering with it, even in places where there really shouldn't be one like a Necron ship, the Chaos Gods' domain or Holy Terra. They're just ''that good'' at sneakiness and spycraft.

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* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' rides this trope like a mechanical bull. [[spoiler:No pumpkin here, go away.]]
** MSPA has a ton of these. They have their own page in the [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags wiki]].

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* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' rides this trope like a mechanical bull. They have so many that it's easier just to link their own page in the [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags wiki]]. [[spoiler:No pumpkin here, go away.]]
** MSPA has a ton of these. They have their own page in the [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags wiki]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Rain|2010}}'':
** Fara always gets Jessica's name wrong. This eventually [[https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/RAIN-p402-Job-402637400 reaches a point]] where [[GotMeDoingIt Jessica somehow gets her own name wrong]] at a job interview.
** When she still had long hair, Rain usually had a hairstyle which covered one of her eyes, as such, when a character saw her with a hairstyle that showed both of her eyes, they ask "Did she always have two eyes"?
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** Mulder expressing his theories in the most ludicrous and unsupported-by-evidence manner possible, followed by a panel with a caption saying "BUT OF COURSE, MULDER IS RIGHT!"
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** [[WhatAnIdiot Ethan]] (a few comics later, mixing up an outfit his roommate got him for his [[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger]] [[Literature/BattleRoyale Royale]] Video Games Bowl... Games): (essentially) [[TooDumbToLive What kind of shirt is this?! Is this a trick? Well I'll show him, give me the pants-diaper!]]

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** [[WhatAnIdiot Ethan]] Ethan (a few comics later, mixing up an outfit his roommate got him for his [[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger]] [[Literature/BattleRoyale Royale]] Video Games Bowl... Games): (essentially) [[TooDumbToLive What kind of shirt is this?! Is this a trick? Well I'll show him, give me the pants-diaper!]]
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* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' has [[http://bobandgeorge.wikia.com/wiki/Running_Gags tons]] of them, from the line "What? I'm evil, I lied." to Acapulco to Level 10 alerts to the F-word being used on December 1st. It even has a RunningGag of characters ''complaining'' about Running Gags..



* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': Lagertha keeps [[ToiletHumor getting pooped on]] by the messenger bird of the royal castle, with the fit of rage that ensues usually resulting in her throne getting destroyed. Even on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUBNeONYmg&feature=emb_title postcard portrait of her]] that was available for a limited time, the bird is present and in the process of pooping. Amusingly, this ended up saving her life at one point, [[spoiler:as the bird peed in her drink instead of dropping poison in it]].

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* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': Lagertha keeps [[ToiletHumor getting pooped on]] by In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', whenever the Other Warriors show up, at some point Berserker will end up mauling Thief.
** There's also the Cornerian
messenger bird of who we see every so often, always fleeing the royal castle, with the fit of rage Royal Guard that ensues usually resulting King Steve set on him. Even in her throne the last comic.
** "Akbar's Discount (Insert Useful Item Here) Store(Definitely Not Useless Items)."
** Oh, how could anyone forget the little child Black Mage keeps emotionally scarring?
** ILikeSwords
** The fine folks of Onrac must have eventually given up on their poor community after it kept
getting destroyed. Even on destroyed.
** Summoning circles which are actually squares, hypercubes which are actually spheres, and a snow cone which is 'no cone'. (It's actually a seven-sided cube,
the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUBNeONYmg&feature=emb_title postcard portrait of her]] 'stube'. The seventh side is the ''inside.'')
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresofDrMcNinja'', Dr. [=McNinja=] likes to punch things in the face. For example: snakes, ''Velociraptors'', zombies, Dracula... It was even used in a banner once.
** Did the good doctor die or have something equally horrible happen to him? Congratulations! It's an anniversary strip!
* In ''Webcomic/AkumaTH'', [[BigBad The Undertaker]] (No, not [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker
that was one]]) can read minds... And it's never useful, ever. To the point where "What's the point of being able to read minds if I can't see this coming?" practically became his CatchPhrase.
* In the last strip of every season of ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', no matter what, Zexion will order Chinese food.
* ''Webcomic/{{Bard}}'': Every morning of Vas's work week, Shelia (or whoever else is
available for a limited time, at the bird is present and moment) [[GroinAttack kicks Vas in the process nads]] to wake him up. It's been played with multiple times.
* One
of pooping. Amusingly, the main ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' cast is repeatedly lead into saying "Hi, I'm Daisy," much to the amusement of her [[VideoGame/MarioKart Double Dash]]-playing friends.
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' has [[http://bobandgeorge.wikia.com/wiki/Running_Gags tons]] of them, from the line "What? I'm evil, I lied." to Acapulco to Level 10 alerts to the F-word being used on December 1st. It even has a RunningGag of characters ''complaining'' about Running Gags..
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has a number of these. It's quite amazing how many gags it gets out of the premise that Kirby transforms into whatever he eats.
* In the later run of ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'', "Bob was there, too" was added randomly to stories or recollections. Said stories were usually complete by themselves, but Bob shows up to provide an extra character. Casey and Andy killing each other. Repeatedly.
* ''Chainmail Bikini'' is an example that ''would'' have had a running gag if its creators hadn't given up on the comic. Said running gag, they explained later, would have been TheRoleplayer's characters being repeatedly killed off. They were two characters in when the comic ended, and mentioned that the readers saw the "gag" as more [[DroppedABridgeOnHim mean spirited]] than funny.
* Pants seem to be an [[InherentlyFunnyWords inherently funny word]] for ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'':
** [[WordSaladHumor Chef Brian:]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I are pant!]]
** [[IdiotHero Ethan]] (fearful that his mysterious roommate is a SerialKiller): [[TearOffYourFace I don't want to be pants!]]
** [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs Ethan (after snorting various dry food mixes)]]: [something something] obelisk '''''pants.'''''
** [[WhatAnIdiot Ethan]] (a few comics later, mixing up an outfit his roommate got him for his [[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger]] [[Literature/BattleRoyale Royale]] Video Games Bowl... Games): (essentially) [[TooDumbToLive What kind of shirt is this?! Is
this ended up saving her life at one point, [[spoiler:as a trick? Well I'll show him, give me the bird peed pants-diaper!]]
* The early ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'' strips had [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_270.php Azlan's severely accident-prone wife, Neni]].
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has Jim (Qui-Gon's) big fish and hilarious [[{{Malaproper}} malapropisms]], the funniest of the latter so far being "Ratatouille" for "Tatooine".
** Regarding malapropisms, Jim came up with so many names for the Lost Orb of Phanastacoria that by the end of Episode 1, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0205.html even the GM wasn't sure what it's name was.]]
** Calling Jedi Knights "Cheddar Monks".... Also, "I cast SummonBiggerFish."
** Whenever the [=GM=] introduces a new term, somebody will ask what it is and Jim will quickly supply a completely inaccurate definition.
* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' often has characters assume that King is royalty when
in her drink instead reality that is just his name.
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' has quite a few gags, considering [[LongRunner how long it's been going.]]
** Every time Dejah show's up Luna gets slimed. Every time.
** Spark's alliteration.
** Donovan's [[spoiler: feigned]] inability to speak a simple coherent sentence in Orcish.
** [[GagBoobs "She's going to have lower back problems...]]
* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'':
** Even when he's got the outcome
of dropping poison the match wrapped around his finger, Yamcha ''cannot'' get past the preliminaries of a tournament.
** "Ugghh... Heal me!"
* ''Webcomic/DragonSanctuary'' has Dean introducing himself to nobility
in it]].a very casual manner, much to everyone's either consternation or amusement.
* ''Webcomic/{{Dregs}}'': "We'll lose our streak!" in reference to how many days it's been since the last corpse sighting.



* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': Lagertha keeps [[ToiletHumor getting pooped on]] by the messenger bird of the royal castle, with the fit of rage that ensues usually resulting in her throne getting destroyed. Even on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUBNeONYmg&feature=emb_title postcard portrait of her]] that was available for a limited time, the bird is present and in the process of pooping. Amusingly, this ended up saving her life at one point, [[spoiler:as the bird peed in her drink instead of dropping poison in it]].
* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', the neighborhood moms are named Jane, Joan, June, Jan, Jin, Jenny, and Ginny. The single dads are John and Jean (pronounced "zhawn"... [[BlatantLies he is from France]]).
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' has got the daemon-possessed toaster.
* In one ''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}'' strip, a guy who's been shot asks Sylvia for help and she assumes it's an April Fools prank that Lemmy set up. After she pranks Lemmy, the last panel is the guy's funeral. The casket and the funeral director in that panel would then be copied and pasted directly into later strips.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': "He threw a bomb at me!"
** Othar getting thrown off airships/high ledges: "FOUL!"
* In ''Webcomic/{{GirlsInSpace}}'' Faye's [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/tag/faye-loses-her-dress/ red dress is ripped]], lost or destroyed in (almost) every story.
* ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'': Edith likes to mock Chen's name, ''Chen''.
* ''Webcomic/GoodTickleBrain'': The sub-series "A Stick-Figure Hamlet" has several of its own running gags, including Horatio complaining that his studies didn't include how to deal with ghosts, and every mention of the arras being followed by "--or large hanging tapestry--" "I know what an arras is!"
* In ''{{Webcomic/Greg}}'', Greg and Ted repeatedly gets petrified by a nude Medusa as they repeatedly fall for her charms.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'' makes a lot of "But can X see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?" jokes in the AltText.
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': TheRant saying "[[SarcasmMode Mystery solved!]]" whenever the current events in the strip reach the peak of confusion and incomprehensibility.
** Or, after some fans misidentified Eglamore, the first strip of every scene with Eglamore in it will point out that it is, in fact, Eglamore -- except for one scene that identifies the protagonist instead (as the character standing next to Eglamore). Occasionally the author will instead point out that the (generally non-human) character appearing is not, in fact, Eglamore.
** "Jones is not a robot." Tom took great delight in skewering, roasting, and in general stomping on that particular theory any chance he got. This particular running gag seems to have died ever since TheReveal about Jones.
* In ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'', the nameless character (usually referred to as Zombie or {...}) is constantly being renamed by his parter Hanna. Some of these names are pretty ordinary, but Hanna comes up with some peculiar ones too, like Gallahad, Imhotep, Socrates and, perhaps the best yet, Ringo.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Too many to list here, [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags the wiki does a better job.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'':
** Peanut waking Grape up loudly.
** Zach's unwanted title of being The Opener of Ways.
* The major one in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is the WeirdnessMagnet which causes anything weird to [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/3 crash]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/68/ into]] or [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/137/ land]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/274 on]] the roof of the title character's house. Also see panel 4 of [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/78/ this strip]].
* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has a long-standing joke about characters being killed by "insanely overpowered fireballs" -- and a character called Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs (who has been promoted and demoted on several occasions).
** There are also the deaths by giant frogs. Variants include being sat on, choking on and getting stared at angrily by one.
** Then there are the "Hobbit" puns, which are so [[SoBadItsGood groan worthy]] the author has a self-imposed limit of one every 100+ strips.
** Nazi science sneers at running gags!
** Steve wrestling something to death, even once happened to the ''Death Of Being Wrestled To Death By Steve''.
* In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', Mary keeps complaining that their roleplaying game doesn't have {{Ninja}} in that setting.
* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'':
** "... and then I bought the horse a prostitute."
** "I love this guy!"
* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'': Anytime people are introduced, or reunited, Richard will pop up with "I'm Richard." Also [[BattleCry "For Pony!"]]
** Cale sometimes cannot stop himself from making a "Dick" joke about Richard.
** Richard's ever-increasing number of titles:Chief Warlock of the Brothers of Darkness, Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black, Lord of the Undead...Lord of the Dance... The Mistress of Magma...and the mayor of a little village up the coast.
*** It's very scenic during the springtime.
** For a long time, Richard's pet rabbit. In the midst of a dramatic fight scene...the bunny is tagging along behind the panther. And it is ''not'' a KillerRabbit.
** "you think you know me"
** Tim the Troll's pet name for Cale, screamed every time he reunites with him. '''"CHICKEN!"'''
* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' has several {{running gag}}s. Ben alone has quite a few, such as [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/61 his (inadvertent) line of choice when talking to chicks]], the [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/12 fork in the eye]], and [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/30 his zombie obsession]].
* ''Webcomic/MagicalTwelfthGraders'': Yeorum getting an eyeful of manparts due to a wardrobe malfunction, nude transformation sequence, or what have you.



** Shaenon freaking out whenever the black oil makes an appearance

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** Shaenon freaking out whenever the black oil makes an appearanceappearance.
* In ''Webcomic/MSFHigh'', Rainer's penchant for Exposition has slowly moved into running gag, complete with a warning sign!
* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' rides this trope like a mechanical bull. [[spoiler:No pumpkin here, go away.]]
** MSPA has a ton of these. They have their own page in the [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags wiki]].
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Celestia's]] Servant Interview'', Queen Chrysalis is always trying to win Cloud Swarmer's loyalty. FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' has one in regards to Dave's smoking habit -- which was [[TimeTravel edited out of the continuum accidentally]] in a fairly early story.
* Other NC running gags include the spontaneous explosion of Earth, lampshading of Luigi being even more neglected than the rest of the cast, & close-ups of Dr. Donez whenever he's addressed by name, among others.
* ''Neglected Mario Characters'' used to do a literal running-gag similar to ([[OlderThanTheyThink but earlier than]]) ''1/0'', but with an actual character, Churro, running, not the word "Gag."
* Webcomic/{{Niels}} has Niels and Agent 300 taking each others clothes during kidnappings.
** Agent 300 doesn't realize that he and Niels are flirting with each other for real.
*** The other characters getting annoyed by the flirting and 300's oblivious-ness to it.
** Agent 300 bringing up what 250's daughter did to him.
** 250's conversations with God.
** Duncan is an AngryBlackMan
*** Who nobody considers part of the threesome.



** '''"Detect evil/good!"''' - *lifts lead sheet* - ''"Stop oppressing my culture, you ethnocentric bitch!"''

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** '''"Detect evil/good!"''' - -- *lifts lead sheet* - -- ''"Stop oppressing my culture, you ethnocentric bitch!"''



* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has a long-standing joke about characters being killed by "insanely overpowered fireballs" -- and a character called Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs (who has been promoted and demoted on several occasions).
** There are also the deaths by giant frogs. Variants include being sat on, choking on and getting stared at angrily by one.
** Then there are the "Hobbit" puns, which are so [[SoBadItsGood groan worthy]] the author has a self-imposed limit of one every 100+ strips.
** Nazi science sneers at running gags!
** Steve wrestling something to death, even once happened to the ''Death Of Being Wrestled To Death By Steve''.

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* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' has In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', Commander Bismun Volborth created a long-standing joke about characters being killed by "insanely overpowered fireballs" -- platoon full of [[ElementalPowers T-Pacificators]]... without realizing that he had [[NeverLiveItDown created a platoon full of girls]]. It was [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH01P087.html lampshaded often]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P141.html enough that]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P142.html it's now a]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators2/MangaPacisV04n167.html Running Gag]]. (At the moment, four volumes out of thirteen are out. We can expect more "Harem Platoon" jokes to come.)
* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'':
** When Bud encounters Roddy, he often says "Roddy! What are you doing here?" And boy, does he [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/14 spin]] it
and a character called Death of Insanely Overpowered Fireballs (who has been promoted [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/15 spin]] it - until it is [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/12/09 spun right back]] at him, at long last.
** Running gags involving Autumn
and demoted on several occasions).
** There are also the deaths by giant frogs. Variants
her family include being sat on, choking on jokes about her family reproducing via cloning and getting stared at angrily by one.
[[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/10/04 library science]].
** Then there are In the "Hobbit" puns, which are so [[SoBadItsGood groan worthy]] the author [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/03/16 "internEt" mini-arc]], Rule #4 (first introduced [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/07/29 in this strip]]) has become a self-imposed limit of one every 100+ strips.
** Nazi science sneers at
running gags!
** Steve wrestling something to death, even once happened to
gag and is regularly used in the ''Death Of Being Wrestled To Death By Steve''.comments section.
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Mimic's proposed plan: the group "disguise ourselves as common, unassuming pieces of furniture".
** Or Rusty's proposed plan, AKA just about the only words he ever says: "Eat [metal item]?"
* The squirrel Sid from ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' is friends with the raccoon Woo and the fox Shadow which does not stop them from trying to eat him on a constant basis.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' has sexism. Frequently. The longest they've gone without sexism is about 6 comics.
** Also: Fatass



* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' has several {{running gag}}s. Ben alone has quite a few, such as [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/61 his (inadvertent) line of choice when talking to chicks]], the [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/12 fork in the eye]], and [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/30 his zombie obsession]].
* In ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'', the nameless character (usually referred to as Zombie or {...}) is constantly being renamed by his parter Hanna. Some of these names are pretty ordinary, but Hanna comes up with some peculiar ones too, like Gallahad, Imhotep, Socrates and, perhaps the best yet, Ringo.
* The major one in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is the WeirdnessMagnet which causes anything weird to [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/3 crash]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/68/ into]] or [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/137/ land]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/274 on]] the roof of the title character's house. Also see panel 4 of [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/78/ this strip]].
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has Jim (Qui-Gon's) big fish and hilarious [[{{Malaproper}} malapropisms]], the funniest of the latter so far being "Ratatouille" for "Tatooine".
** Regarding malapropisms, Jim came up with so many names for the Lost Orb of Phanastacoria that by the end of Episode 1, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0205.html even the GM wasn't sure what it's name was.]]
** Calling Jedi Knights "Cheddar Monks".... Also, "I cast SummonBiggerFish."
** Whenever the [=GM=] introduces a new term, somebody will ask what it is and Jim will quickly supply a completely inaccurate definition.
* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' rides this trope like a mechanical bull. [[spoiler:No pumpkin here, go away.]]
** MSPA has a ton of these. They have their own page in the [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags wiki]].
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' - [[FieryRedhead Quant]] [[SmallNameBigEgo Blitz's]] face is on every possible product, making him the Tower's greatest corporate whore... or not. WordOfGod explains that [[ManipulativeBastard Yu Hansung]] got the portrait right to his image and is using it to make money after he was fired (Quant cries every time he sees one of them).
* ''Chainmail Bikini'' is an example that ''would'' have had a running gag if its creators hadn't given up on the comic. Said running gag, they explained later, would have been TheRoleplayer's characters being repeatedly killed off. They were two characters in when the comic ended, and mentioned that the readers saw the "gag" as more [[DroppedABridgeOnHim mean spirited]] than funny.
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/75/ has]] [[http://xkcd.com/174/ its]] "[[http://xkcd.com/259/ My]] [[http://xkcd.com/37/ Hobby]]" [[http://xkcd.com/60/ joke]]...[[http://xkcd.com/148/ I]] [[http://xkcd.com/168/ needed]] [[http://xkcd.com/326/ more]] [[http://xkcd.com/296/ words]] [[http://xkcd.com/236/ to]] [[http://xkcd.com/331/ which]] [[http://xkcd.com/389/ I]] [[http://xkcd.com/437/ could]] [[http://xkcd.com/287/ add]] [[http://xkcd.com/451/ examples]]. [[http://xkcd.com/605/ Even]] [[http://xkcd.com/590/ mo]][[http://xkcd.com/559/ re]][[OverlyLongGag .]]
* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'':
** "... and then I bought the horse a prostitute."
** "I love this guy!"
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' has got the daemon-possessed toaster.
* The early ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'' strips had [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_270.php Azlan's severely accident-prone wife, Neni]].
* In ''Webcomic/MSFHigh'', Rainer's penchant for Exposition has slowly moved into running gag, complete with a warning sign!
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has a number of these. It's quite amazing how many gags it gets out of the premise that Kirby transforms into whatever he eats.
* In the later run of ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'', "Bob was there, too" was added randomly to stories or recollections. Said stories were usually complete by themselves, but Bob shows up to provide an extra character. Casey and Andy killing each other. Repeatedly.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' has sexism. Frequently. The longest they've gone without sexism is about 6 comics.
** Also: Fatass
* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', the neighborhood moms are named Jane, Joan, June, Jan, Jin, Jenny, and Ginny. The single dads are John and Jean (pronounced "zhawn"... [[BlatantLies he is from France]]).
* In the last strip of every season of ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', no matter what, Zexion will order Chinese food.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' has several {{running gag}}s. Ben alone has quite a few, such as [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/61 his (inadvertent) line of choice ''Webcomic/SecondEmpire'': No one ''ever'' listens to Grexzol... [[spoiler: but this becomes downright heartbreaking when talking to chicks]], the [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/12 fork in the eye]], and [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/30 his zombie obsession]].
* In ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'', the nameless character (usually referred to as Zombie or {...}) is constantly being renamed by his parter Hanna. Some of these names are pretty ordinary, but Hanna comes up with some peculiar ones too, like Gallahad, Imhotep, Socrates and, perhaps the best yet, Ringo.
* The major one in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is the WeirdnessMagnet which causes anything weird to [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/3 crash]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/68/ into]] or [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/137/ land]] [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/274 on]] the roof of the title character's house. Also see panel 4 of [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/78/
this strip]].
* ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' has Jim (Qui-Gon's) big fish and hilarious [[{{Malaproper}} malapropisms]], the funniest of the latter so far being "Ratatouille" for "Tatooine".
** Regarding malapropisms, Jim came up with so many names for the Lost Orb of Phanastacoria that by the end of Episode 1, [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0205.html even the GM wasn't sure what it's name was.]]
** Calling Jedi Knights "Cheddar Monks".... Also, "I cast SummonBiggerFish."
** Whenever the [=GM=] introduces a new term, somebody will ask what it
is and Jim will quickly supply a completely inaccurate definition.
* ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' rides this trope like a mechanical bull. [[spoiler:No pumpkin here, go away.]]
** MSPA has a ton of these. They have their own page in the [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags wiki]].
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' - [[FieryRedhead Quant]] [[SmallNameBigEgo Blitz's]] face is on every possible product, making him the Tower's greatest corporate whore... or not. WordOfGod explains that [[ManipulativeBastard Yu Hansung]] got the portrait right to his image and is using it to make money after he was fired (Quant cries every time he sees one of them).
* ''Chainmail Bikini'' is an example that ''would'' have had a running gag if its creators hadn't given up on the comic. Said running gag, they explained later, would have been TheRoleplayer's characters being repeatedly killed off. They were two characters in when the comic ended, and mentioned that the readers saw the "gag" as more [[DroppedABridgeOnHim mean spirited]] than funny.
* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/75/ has]] [[http://xkcd.com/174/ its]] "[[http://xkcd.com/259/ My]] [[http://xkcd.com/37/ Hobby]]" [[http://xkcd.com/60/ joke]]...[[http://xkcd.com/148/ I]] [[http://xkcd.com/168/ needed]] [[http://xkcd.com/326/ more]] [[http://xkcd.com/296/ words]] [[http://xkcd.com/236/ to]] [[http://xkcd.com/331/ which]] [[http://xkcd.com/389/ I]] [[http://xkcd.com/437/ could]] [[http://xkcd.com/287/ add]] [[http://xkcd.com/451/ examples]]. [[http://xkcd.com/605/ Even]] [[http://xkcd.com/590/ mo]][[http://xkcd.com/559/ re]][[OverlyLongGag .]]
* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'':
** "... and then I bought the horse a prostitute."
** "I love this guy!"
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' has got the daemon-possessed toaster.
* The early ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'' strips had [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_270.php Azlan's severely accident-prone wife, Neni]].
* In ''Webcomic/MSFHigh'', Rainer's penchant for Exposition has slowly moved into running gag, complete with a warning sign!
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has a number of these. It's quite amazing how many gags it gets out of the premise that Kirby transforms into whatever he eats.
* In the later run of ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'', "Bob was there, too" was added randomly to stories or recollections. Said stories were usually complete by themselves, but Bob shows up to provide an extra character. Casey and Andy killing each other. Repeatedly.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' has sexism. Frequently. The longest they've gone without sexism is about 6 comics.
** Also: Fatass
* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', the neighborhood moms are named Jane, Joan, June, Jan, Jin, Jenny, and Ginny. The single dads are John and Jean (pronounced "zhawn"... [[BlatantLies he is from France]]).
* In
the last strip of every season of ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'', no matter what, Zexion will order Chinese food.thing that is ever said when Grexzol rejoins his former regiment and goes off into the afterlife.]]



* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' has one in regards to Dave's smoking habit -- which was [[TimeTravel edited out of the continuum accidentally]] in a fairly early story.
* ''Neglected Mario Characters'' used to do a literal running-gag similar to ([[OlderThanTheyThink but earlier than]]) ''1/0'', but with an actual character, Churro, running, not the word "Gag."
* Other NC running gags include the spontaneous explosion of Earth, lampshading of Luigi being even more neglected than the rest of the cast, & close-ups of Dr. Donez whenever he's addressed by name, among others.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', whenever the Other Warriors show up, at some point Berserker will end up mauling Thief.
** There's also the Cornerian messenger who we see every so often, always fleeing the Royal Guard that King Steve set on him. Even in the last comic.
** "Akbar's Discount (Insert Useful Item Here) Store(Definitely Not Useless Items)."
** Oh, how could anyone forget the little child Black Mage keeps emotionally scarring?
** ILikeSwords
** The fine folks of Onrac must have eventually given up on their poor community after it kept getting destroyed.
** Summoning circles which are actually squares, hypercubes which are actually spheres, and a snow cone which is 'no cone'. (It's actually a seven-sided cube, the 'stube'. The seventh side is the ''inside.'')
* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresofDrMcNinja'', Dr. [=McNinja=] likes to punch things in the face. For example: snakes, velociraptors, zombies, Dracula... It was even used in a banner once.
** Did the good doctor die or have something equally horrible happen to him? Congratulations! It's an anniversary strip!



* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': "He threw a bomb at me!"
** Othar getting thrown off airships/high ledges: "FOUL!"
* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' has quite a few gags, considering [[LongRunner how long it's been going.]]
** Every time Dejah show's up Luna gets slimed. Every time.
** Spark's alliteration.
** Donovan's [[spoiler: feigned]] inability to speak a simple coherent sentence in Orcish.
** [[GagBoobs "She's going to have lower back problems...]]
* One of the main ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' cast is repeatedly lead into saying "Hi, I'm Daisy," much to the amusement of her [[VideoGame/MarioKart Double Dash]]-playing friends.
* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'': Anytime people are introduced, or reunited, Richard will pop up with "I'm Richard." Also [[BattleCry "For Pony!"]]
** Cale sometimes cannot stop himself from making a "Dick" joke about Richard.
** Richard's ever-increasing number of titles:Chief Warlock of the Brothers of Darkness, Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black, Lord of the Undead...Lord of the Dance... The Mistress of Magma...and the mayor of a little village up the coast.
*** It's very scenic during the springtime.
** For a long time, Richard's pet rabbit. In the midst of a dramatic fight scene...the bunny is tagging along behind the panther. And it is ''not'' a KillerRabbit.
** "you think you know me"
** Tim the Troll's pet name for Cale, screamed every time he reunites with him. '''"CHICKEN!"'''



* ''Webcomic/{{Bard}}'': Every morning of Vas's work week, Shelia (or whoever else is available at the moment) [[GroinAttack kicks Vas in the nads]] to wake him up. It's been played with multiple times.
* The squirrel Sid from ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' is friends with the raccoon Woo and the fox Shadow which does not stop them from trying to eat him on a constant basis.
* In ''Webcomic/AkumaTH'', [[BigBad The Undertaker]] (No, not [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker that one]]) can read minds... And it's never useful, ever. To the point where "What's the point of being able to read minds if I can't see this coming?" practically became his CatchPhrase.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Bard}}'': Every morning of Vas's work week, Shelia (or whoever else is available at the moment) [[GroinAttack kicks Vas ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' has '''loads'''.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=332 began]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=335 a]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=337 series]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=398 of]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=411 derivatives]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=486 featuring]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=487 Garfield]] replaced
in the nads]] to wake him up. It's been middle panel by [[{{Pun}} someone or something (usually) rhyming with "Minus"]].[[PlayingWithATrope This has since been]] inverted, subverted, parodied, deconstructed, averted, played with multiple times.
* The squirrel Sid from ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' is friends with the raccoon Woo
for laughs, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 lampshaded]], defied, discussed, and the fox Shadow which does not stop them from trying exploited. Needless to eat him on a constant basis.
* In ''Webcomic/AkumaTH'', [[BigBad The Undertaker]] (No, not [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker that one]]) can read minds... And
say, it's never useful, ever. To seen ''very'' extensive use. It was finally killed with [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 #625]] in an impressive ShoutOut to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 But]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 however]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with
the point "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=975 Also]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=826 beginning]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=908 to]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=939 trend]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=867 is]] "Garfield's X Theater"
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=392 Another]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=404 recent]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=767 one]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=413 is]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=564 Change]][[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1036 field]], which resulted in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=820 this hilarious blend]].
** Several running gags were combined in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1049 Strip #1049]].
** Now the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120402.gif Garfield smashes Jon's phone with a sledgehammer to shut up the ringtone]]" strip is [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 reaching]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1135 this]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1193 point]]. This has been lampshaded [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1285 more than]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1142 once]].
** Along with the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif Stephano has entered the chatroom]]" strip, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=164 as]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1272 seen]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1284 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1335 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1344 here]].
** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1421 Two Often Used Square Root Of Minus Garfield Memes Combined To Make a Strip of Square Root of Minus Garfield]]" combines the Donut Wars and Stephano memes.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1074 Garfield Minus Panel Boundaries]], editing the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120102.gif 2012-01-02]] comic, in which Garfield declares "I seek truth, but a cookie will do.", [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1121 has]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1348 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1440 "Uncomfortable Truths"]]. #1440 [[ForcedMeme even declares it's now a meme in the title]].
** Aversion: The title and author's notes of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=722 Found By: Zalgo]] implied the author was either going to or [[ForcedMeme trying to]] make a running gag editing a strip
where "What's Jon's father finds him and Garfield hiding in the point closet so that various fictional characters found him instead. However, nothing else came out of being able it.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1532 How misanthropic]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1656 can Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2058 be?]]
* In ''Webcomic/StarMares,'' Fettlock's [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badflank]] status is constantly lampshaded by one character declaring him
to read minds if I can't see this coming?" practically became be 'so cool' and another not understanding why.
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' -- [[FieryRedhead Quant]] [[SmallNameBigEgo Blitz's]] face is on every possible product, making him the Tower's greatest corporate whore... or not. WordOfGod explains that [[ManipulativeBastard Yu Hansung]] got the portrait right to
his CatchPhrase.image and is using it to make money after he was fired (Quant cries every time he sees one of them).
* [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry puns]] in ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}''.



* In ''{{Webcomic/Greg}}'', Greg and Ted repeatedly gets petrified by a nude Medusa as they repeatedly fall for her charms.
* Pants seem to be an [[InherentlyFunnyWords inherently funny word]] for ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'':
** [[WordSaladHumor Chef Brian:]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I are pant!]]
** [[IdiotHero Ethan]] (fearful that his mysterious roommate is a SerialKiller): [[TearOffYourFace I don't want to be pants!]]
** [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs Ethan (after snorting various dry food mixes)]]: [something something] obelisk '''''pants.'''''
** [[WhatAnIdiot Ethan]] (a few comics later, mixing up an outfit his roommate got him for his [[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger]] [[Literature/BattleRoyale Royale]] Video Games Bowl... Games): (essentially) [[TooDumbToLive What kind of shirt is this?! Is this a trick? Well I'll show him, give me the pants-diaper!]]
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': TheRant saying "[[SarcasmMode Mystery solved!]]" whenever the current events in the strip reach the peak of confusion and incomprehensibility.
** Or, after some fans misidentified Eglamore, the first strip of every scene with Eglamore in it will point out that it is, in fact, Eglamore - except for one scene that identifies the protagonist instead (as the character standing next to Eglamore). Occasionally the author will instead point out that the (generally non-human) character appearing is not, in fact, Eglamore.
** "Jones is not a robot." Tom took great delight in skewering, roasting, and in general stomping on that particular theory any chance he got. This particular running gag seems to have died ever since TheReveal about Jones.
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Mimic's proposed plan: the group "disguise ourselves as common, unassuming pieces of furniture".
** Or Rusty's proposed plan, AKA just about the only words he ever says: "Eat [metal item]?"
* [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry puns]] in ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', Commander Bismun Volborth created a platoon full of [[ElementalPowers T-Pacificators]]... without realizing that he had [[NeverLiveItDown created a platoon full of girls]]. It was [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH01P087.html lampshaded often]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P141.html enough that]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P142.html it's now a]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators2/MangaPacisV04n167.html Running Gag]]. (At the moment, four volumes out of thirteen are out. We can expect more "Harem Platoon" jokes to come.)
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Too many to list here, [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags the wiki does a better job.]]
* ''Webcomic/SecondEmpire'': No one ''ever'' listens to Grexzol... [[spoiler: but this becomes downright heartbreaking when this is the last thing that is ever said when Grexzol rejoins his former regiment and goes off into the afterlife.]]
* In one ''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}'' strip, a guy who's been shot asks Sylvia for help and she assumes it's an April Fools prank that Lemmy set up. After she pranks Lemmy, the last panel is the guy's funeral. The casket and the funeral director in that panel would then be copied and pasted directly into later strips.
* Webcomic/{{Niels}} has Niels and Agent 300 taking each others clothes during kidnappings.
** Agent 300 doesn't realize that he and Niels are flirting with each other for real.
*** The other characters getting annoyed by the flirting and 300's oblivious-ness to it.
** Agent 300 bringing up what 250's daughter did to him.
** 250's conversations with God.
** Duncan is an AngryBlackMan
*** Who nobody considers part of the threesome.
* In ''Webcomic/{{GirlsInSpace}}'' Faye's [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/tag/faye-loses-her-dress/ red dress is ripped]], lost or destroyed in (almost) every story.
* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'':
** When Bud encounters Roddy, he often says "Roddy! What are you doing here?" And boy, does he [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/14 spin]] it and [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/15 spin]] it - until it is [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/12/09 spun right back]] at him, at long last.
** Running gags involving Autumn and her family include jokes about her family reproducing via cloning and [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/10/04 library science]].
** In the [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/03/16 "internEt" mini-arc]], Rule #4 (first introduced [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/07/29 in this strip]]) has become a running gag and is regularly used in the comments section.
* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'':
** Even when he's got the outcome of the match wrapped around his finger, Yamcha ''cannot'' get past the preliminaries of a tournament.
** "Ugghh... Heal me!"
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Celestia's]] Servant Interview'', Queen Chrysalis is always trying to win Cloud Swarmer's loyalty. FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
* In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', Mary keeps complaining that their roleplaying game doesn't have {{Ninja}} in that setting.
* ''Webcomic/MagicalTwelfthGraders'': Yeorum getting an eyeful of manparts due to a wardrobe malfunction, nude transformation sequence, or what have you.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'' makes a lot of "But can X see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?" jokes in the AltText.
* ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'': Edith likes to mock Chen's name, ''Chen''.
* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' has '''loads'''.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=332 began]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=335 a]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=337 series]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=398 of]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=411 derivatives]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=486 featuring]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=487 Garfield]] replaced in the middle panel by [[{{Pun}} someone or something (usually) rhyming with "Minus"]].[[PlayingWithATrope This has since been]] inverted, subverted, parodied, deconstructed, averted, played for laughs, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 lampshaded]], defied, discussed, and exploited. Needless to say, it's seen ''very'' extensive use. It was finally killed with [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 #625]] in an impressive ShoutOut to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 But]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 however]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=975 Also]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=826 beginning]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=908 to]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=939 trend]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=867 is]] "Garfield's X Theater"
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=392 Another]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=404 recent]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=767 one]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=413 is]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=564 Change]][[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1036 field]], which resulted in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=820 this hilarious blend]].
** Several running gags were combined in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1049 Strip #1049]].
** Now the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120402.gif Garfield smashes Jon's phone with a sledgehammer to shut up the ringtone]]" strip is [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 reaching]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1135 this]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1193 point]]. This has been lampshaded [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1285 more than]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1142 once]].
** Along with the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif Stephano has entered the chatroom]]" strip, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=164 as]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1272 seen]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1284 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1335 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1344 here]].
** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1421 Two Often Used Square Root Of Minus Garfield Memes Combined To Make a Strip of Square Root of Minus Garfield]]" combines the Donut Wars and Stephano memes.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1074 Garfield Minus Panel Boundaries]], editing the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120102.gif 2012-01-02]] comic, in which Garfield declares "I seek truth, but a cookie will do.", [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1121 has]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1348 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1440 "Uncomfortable Truths"]]. #1440 [[ForcedMeme even declares it's now a meme in the title]].
** Aversion: The title and author's notes of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=722 Found By: Zalgo]] implied the author was either going to or [[ForcedMeme trying to]] make a running gag editing a strip where Jon's father finds him and Garfield hiding in the closet so that various fictional characters found him instead. However, nothing else came out of it.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1532 How misanthropic]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1656 can Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2058 be?]]
* In ''Webcomic/StarMares,'' Fettlock's [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badflank]] status is constantly lampshaded by one character declaring him to be 'so cool' and another not understanding why.

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* In ''{{Webcomic/Greg}}'', Greg and Ted repeatedly gets petrified by a nude Medusa as they repeatedly fall for her charms.
* Pants seem to be an [[InherentlyFunnyWords inherently funny word]] for ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'':
** [[WordSaladHumor Chef Brian:]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I are pant!]]
** [[IdiotHero Ethan]] (fearful that his mysterious roommate is a SerialKiller): [[TearOffYourFace I don't want to be pants!]]
** [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs Ethan (after snorting various dry food mixes)]]: [something something] obelisk '''''pants.'''''
** [[WhatAnIdiot Ethan]] (a few comics later, mixing up an outfit his roommate got him for his [[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger]] [[Literature/BattleRoyale Royale]] Video Games Bowl... Games): (essentially) [[TooDumbToLive What kind of shirt is this?! Is this a trick? Well I'll show him, give me the pants-diaper!]]
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': TheRant saying "[[SarcasmMode Mystery solved!]]" whenever the current events in the strip reach the peak of confusion and incomprehensibility.
** Or, after some fans misidentified Eglamore, the first strip of every scene with Eglamore in it will point out that it is, in fact, Eglamore - except for one scene that identifies the protagonist instead (as the character standing next to Eglamore). Occasionally the author will instead point out that the (generally non-human) character appearing is not, in fact, Eglamore.
** "Jones is not a robot." Tom took great delight in skewering, roasting, and in general stomping on that particular theory any chance he got. This particular running gag seems to have died ever since TheReveal about Jones.
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Mimic's proposed plan: the group "disguise ourselves as common, unassuming pieces of furniture".
** Or Rusty's proposed plan, AKA just about the only words he ever says: "Eat [metal item]?"
* [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry puns]] in ''Webcomic/{{Underling}}''.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'', Commander Bismun Volborth created a platoon full of [[ElementalPowers T-Pacificators]]... without realizing that he had [[NeverLiveItDown created a platoon full of girls]]. It was [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH01P087.html lampshaded often]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P141.html enough that]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV02CH09P142.html it's now a]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators2/MangaPacisV04n167.html Running Gag]]. (At the moment, four volumes out of thirteen are out. We can expect more "Harem Platoon" jokes to come.)
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Too many to list here, [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_gags the wiki does a better job.]]
* ''Webcomic/SecondEmpire'': No one ''ever'' listens to Grexzol... [[spoiler: but this becomes downright heartbreaking when this is the last thing that is ever said when Grexzol rejoins his former regiment and goes off into the afterlife.]]
* In one ''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}'' strip, a guy who's been shot asks Sylvia for help and she assumes it's an April Fools prank that Lemmy set up. After she pranks Lemmy, the last panel is the guy's funeral. The casket and the funeral director in that panel would then be copied and pasted directly into later strips.
* Webcomic/{{Niels}} has Niels and Agent 300 taking each others clothes during kidnappings.
** Agent 300 doesn't realize that he and Niels are flirting with each other for real.
*** The other characters getting annoyed by the flirting and 300's oblivious-ness to it.
** Agent 300 bringing up what 250's daughter did to him.
** 250's conversations with God.
** Duncan is an AngryBlackMan
*** Who nobody considers part of the threesome.
* In ''Webcomic/{{GirlsInSpace}}'' Faye's [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/tag/faye-loses-her-dress/ red dress is ripped]], lost or destroyed in (almost) every story.
* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'':
** When Bud encounters Roddy, he often says "Roddy! What are you doing here?" And boy, does he [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/14 spin]] it and [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/07/15 spin]] it - until it is [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/12/09 spun right back]] at him, at long last.
** Running gags involving Autumn and her family include jokes about her family reproducing via cloning and [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/10/04 library science]].
** In the [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/03/16 "internEt" mini-arc]], Rule #4 (first introduced [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/07/29 in this strip]]) has become a running gag and is regularly used in the comments section.
* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'':
** Even when he's got the outcome of the match wrapped around his finger, Yamcha ''cannot'' get past the preliminaries of a tournament.
** "Ugghh... Heal me!"
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Celestia's]] Servant Interview'', Queen Chrysalis is always trying to win Cloud Swarmer's loyalty. FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
* In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', Mary keeps complaining that their roleplaying game doesn't have {{Ninja}} in that setting.
* ''Webcomic/MagicalTwelfthGraders'': Yeorum getting an eyeful of manparts due to a wardrobe malfunction, nude transformation sequence, or what have you.
* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'' makes a lot of "But can X see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?" jokes in the AltText.
* ''Webcomic/{{Godslave}}'': Edith likes to mock Chen's name, ''Chen''.
* ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' has '''loads'''.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=268 Garfield Linus Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=332 began]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=335 a]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=337 series]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=398 of]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=411 derivatives]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=486 featuring]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=487 Garfield]] replaced in the middle panel by [[{{Pun}} someone or something (usually) rhyming with "Minus"]].[[PlayingWithATrope This has since been]] inverted, subverted, parodied, deconstructed, averted, played for laughs, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 lampshaded]], defied, discussed, and exploited. Needless to say, it's seen ''very'' extensive use. It was finally killed with [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=625 #625]] in an impressive ShoutOut to ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=755 But]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=836 however]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=783 it's]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=791 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=777 all]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 over]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=817 again]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=774 with]] [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2008/ga080426.gif "I glued a blender to my face."]] Which is itself crossing over with the "pudding pops" strip used for the "Garfield ___ Garfield" meme.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=975 Also]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=826 beginning]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=908 to]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=939 trend]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=867 is]] "Garfield's X Theater"
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=392 Another]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=404 recent]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=767 one]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=413 is]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=564 Change]][[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1036 field]], which resulted in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=820 this hilarious blend]].
** Several running gags were combined in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1049 Strip #1049]].
** Now the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120402.gif Garfield smashes Jon's phone with a sledgehammer to shut up the ringtone]]" strip is [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1084 reaching]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1135 this]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1193 point]]. This has been lampshaded [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1285 more than]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1142 once]].
** Along with the "[[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1999/ga991203.gif Stephano has entered the chatroom]]" strip, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=164 as]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1272 seen]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1284 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1335 here]] and [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1344 here]].
** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1421 Two Often Used Square Root Of Minus Garfield Memes Combined To Make a Strip of Square Root of Minus Garfield]]" combines the Donut Wars and Stephano memes.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1074 Garfield Minus Panel Boundaries]], editing the [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2012/ga120102.gif 2012-01-02]] comic, in which Garfield declares "I seek truth, but a cookie will do.", [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1121
''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/75/ has]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1348 started]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1440 "Uncomfortable Truths"]]. #1440 [[ForcedMeme even declares it's now a meme in the title]].
** Aversion: The title and author's notes of [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=722 Found By: Zalgo]] implied the author was either going to or [[ForcedMeme trying
[[http://xkcd.com/174/ its]] "[[http://xkcd.com/259/ My]] [[http://xkcd.com/37/ Hobby]]" [[http://xkcd.com/60/ joke]]...[[http://xkcd.com/148/ I]] [[http://xkcd.com/168/ needed]] [[http://xkcd.com/326/ more]] [[http://xkcd.com/296/ words]] [[http://xkcd.com/236/ to]] make a running gag editing a strip where Jon's father finds him and Garfield hiding in the closet so that various fictional characters found him instead. However, nothing else came out of it.
** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1532 How misanthropic]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=1656 can Garfield]] [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2058 be?]]
* In ''Webcomic/StarMares,'' Fettlock's [[MemeticBadass Memetic Badflank]] status is constantly lampshaded by one character declaring him to be 'so cool' and another not understanding why.
[[http://xkcd.com/331/ which]] [[http://xkcd.com/389/ I]] [[http://xkcd.com/437/ could]] [[http://xkcd.com/287/ add]] [[http://xkcd.com/451/ examples]]. [[http://xkcd.com/605/ Even]] [[http://xkcd.com/590/ mo]][[http://xkcd.com/559/ re]][[OverlyLongGag .]]



* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'':
** Peanut waking Grape up loudly.
** Zach's unwanted title of being The Opener of Ways.
* ''Webcomic/DragonSanctuary'' has Dean introducing himself to nobility in a very casual manner, much to everyone's either consternation or amusement.
* ''Webcomic/GoodTickleBrain'': The sub-series "A Stick-Figure Hamlet" has several of its own running gags, including Horatio complaining that his studies didn't include how to deal with ghosts, and every mention of the arras being followed by "--or large hanging tapestry---" "I know what an arras is!"
* ''Webcomic/{{Dregs}}'': "We'll lose our streak!" in reference to how many days it's been since the last corpse sighting.
* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' often has characters assume that King is royalty when in reality that is just his name.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'':
** Peanut waking Grape up loudly.
** Zach's unwanted title of being The Opener of Ways.
* ''Webcomic/DragonSanctuary'' has Dean introducing himself to nobility in a very casual manner, much to everyone's either consternation or amusement.
* ''Webcomic/GoodTickleBrain'': The sub-series "A Stick-Figure Hamlet" has several of its own running gags, including Horatio complaining that his studies didn't include how to deal with ghosts, and every mention of the arras being followed by "--or large hanging tapestry---" "I know what an arras is!"
* ''Webcomic/{{Dregs}}'': "We'll lose our streak!" in reference to how many days it's been since the last corpse sighting.
* ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' often has characters assume that King is royalty when in reality that is just his name.
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* The major one in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is the WeirdnessMagnet which causes anything weird to [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060509.html crash]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061005.html into]] or [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070421.html land]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080812.html on]] the roof of the title character's house. Also see panel 4 of [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061028.html this strip]].

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* The major one in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is the WeirdnessMagnet which causes anything weird to [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060509.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/3 crash]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061005.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/68/ into]] or [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070421.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/137/ land]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080812.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/274 on]] the roof of the title character's house. Also see panel 4 of [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061028.html [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/78/ this strip]].
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* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'' : Lagertha keeps [[ToiletHumor getting pooped on]] by the messenger bird of the royal castle, with the fit of rage that ensues usually resulting in her throne getting destroyed. Even on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUBNeONYmg&feature=emb_title postcard portrait of her]] that was available for a limited time, the bird is present and in the process of pooping. Amusingly, this ended up saving her life at one point, [[spoiler:as the bird peed in her drink instead of dropping poison in it]].

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* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'' : ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': Lagertha keeps [[ToiletHumor getting pooped on]] by the messenger bird of the royal castle, with the fit of rage that ensues usually resulting in her throne getting destroyed. Even on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUBNeONYmg&feature=emb_title postcard portrait of her]] that was available for a limited time, the bird is present and in the process of pooping. Amusingly, this ended up saving her life at one point, [[spoiler:as the bird peed in her drink instead of dropping poison in it]].
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* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'' : Lagertha keeps [[ToiletHumor getting pooped on]] by the messenger bird of the royal castle, with the fit of rage that ensues usually resulting in her throne getting destroyed. Even on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUBNeONYmg&feature=emb_title postcard portrait of her]] that was available for a limited time, the bird is present and in the process of pooping. Amusingly, this ended up saving her life at one point, [[spoiler:as the bird peed in her drink instead of dropping poison in it]].
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* ''Webcomic/{{Dregs}}'': "We'll lose our streak!" in reference to how many days it's been since the last corpse sighting.
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** Ryk demonstrates two different types of RunningGag [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-05-23 here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' has several [[RunningGag running gags]]. Ben alone has quite a few, such as [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/61 his (inadvertent) line of choice when talking to chicks]], the [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/12 fork in the eye]], and [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/30 his zombie obsession]].

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** Ryk demonstrates two different types of RunningGag [[http://www.Running Gag [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2004-05-23 here]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}'' has several [[RunningGag running gags]].{{running gag}}s. Ben alone has quite a few, such as [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/61 his (inadvertent) line of choice when talking to chicks]], the [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/12 fork in the eye]], and [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/30 his zombie obsession]].
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* ''Webcomic/GoodTickleBrain'': The sub-series "A Stick-Figure Hamlet" has several of its own running gags, including Horatio complaining that his studies didn't include how to deal with ghosts, and every mention of the arras being followed by "--or large hanging tapestry---" "I know what an arras is!"

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