History Series / ImpracticalJokers

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Almost every episode up to the first half of season 9 is named after the punishment inflicted on the losing Joker; each episode since is named after the celebrity guest.

* IntentionalMessMaking: * A few games involve making messes in supermarkets. One requires each Joker to convince a customer to join him in making a mess, while another has the Joker making a mess of a display while faking an injury and trying to get a customer to support his story to the "manager" (played by real-life former store manager John Szeluga).

** The season 2 episode "The Alliance" has Sal, Joe, and Murr form the titular alliance in the final challenge to vote Q into taking the challenge repeatedly. Eventually, Q suspects that something's afoot and demands that if he succeeds one last time, the other three automatically lose the episode. They agree, and no points for guessing what happens next.

** In "Remember the Pact", Murr would lose if the other three did not get a thumbs down so they made a pact to make Murr lose, everytime the joker doing the challenge would get a difficult task, they would say "Remember the Pact", at the end, they told Murr about the pact.

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* CruiseEpisode: One episode is filmed on a cruise ship.

'''Murr:''' ''(walks away)'' That didn't work at all...

* NoodleIncident: How did Q's tooth get so jarred? All we know is that it involves a German police officer punching him in the face...[[note]]On Tell' Em Steve-Dave, Q said that he was in Germany during Oktoberfest when he got in a fight. He felt someone grab his shoulder, and thinking it was one of the guy's friends, he punched him. Turns out that the person that he hit was a cop. Q was then relentlessly beaten and taken to jail, then quickly let out because of the ludicrous police brutality.[[/note]]

** In "X Man", Q is told to paint a red X on one canvas during the art-class challenge. When he can't do it, Joe tells him that he just lost the episode and punishes him by making him paint an X on ''every'' canvas. Q later considers it one of the worst punishments he's ever suffered.

* SadisticChoice: One of Sal's punishments involved a series of these for him. He was told that he would get to keep two nice pairs of sneakers sponsored by [[UsefulNotes/NotablePlayersOfTheNBA Anthony Davis]], by making increasingly difficult decisions that would determine if they'll be damaged in some way, or remain in good shape. This quickly became a HumiliationConga for Sal, as he agreed to have his pants cut short, sold his soul to Murr by signing a contract with his blood, poured a bottle of wine all over his mother, and stepped over hot coals barefoot. It culminated with Sal being told to either keep the sneakers, or have them given away to a boy who won Anthony's basketball shootout contest. After giving a flimsy justification, Sal [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere promptly bolted]] with the display case that contained the shoes (mercifully, Anthony gave his own shoes to the boy).

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Almost every episode up to the first half of season 9 is named after the punishment inflicted on the losing Joker.

* {{Catchphrase}}: After Joe rode the top of the Roosevelt Island tram and yelled "Suck It" with a pelvic action, the phrase and action occurred in following episodes.
** "Up your ass and to the left!" This is the answer given if someone asks any of the Jokers for directions.
** It's also a thing for one of the jokers (usually Joe) to sing the last four notes of the opening theme.

* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: During Sal's punishment with Anthony Davis, the latter preceded every scene transition by saying "Swipe".

** The most literal version is [[Film/IndianaJones Indiana Murr's]] punishment in "Prince + Charming", where he has to charm a fake snake by playing a flute while sitting in a pit of REAL snakes.

** Later invoked in one challenge set during the shooting of a golf club commercial, when Joe is repeatedly told to punch ''his own'' nuts.

* JabbaTableManners: Q in the "Eat and Run" challenge uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40iM8j8-964&list=PL022ECC5B7E117A56 this approach]] and [[RefugeInAudacity it works]].