History Series / TheSmokingGunPresentsWorldsDumbest

** In a more literal sense, a clip shows a pair of elderly men who were rival football players in high school, and ''still'' hold a grudge against each other to this day. One of them held it to such an extent that he tells the people attending their ceremony that he had a dog he named after his rival, "And I kicked the shit out of that dog every day." After he says that, someone's cellphone can be heard ringing, to which Roger remarks, "I think that's PETA on line one!"

** One of the world's dumbest criminals went on a tirade full of insane troll logic after being pulled over for suspicion of DUI. He claims that "I understand I been driving under the motherfucking influence, but I understand that I wasn't also driving" and that if the officer wanted him to take the field sobriety test, that she had to do the test as well.

-->'''Jaime:''' I can't wait to have my own children... ''to torture!''
-->'''Ted:''' That's what you get for acing that test, you little nerd!
-->'''Michael:''' ''[as the boy's father]'' Your mother and I just took a big shit on all your hopes and dreams... now eat it... ''eat it!''

-->'''[[spoiler: Gary]]''': When you get slapped and knocked out, guess who wins? The guy that got knocked out! Ha HA!
** From the clips, one drunk pulled over for driving on the wrong side of the road is so blitzed he tries to claim he is tired. Because he works 130-150 hours...In ''one day''.

-->'''[[spoiler: Chuck]]''': I think that's the way rap battles work. Like, when a guy punches you in the face, you win.
** In one episode of Performers, Brad sarcastically commented that "The Earth seems to be moving a lot more dramatically for him," in reference to a man losing his balance ''after getting kicked in the face'' by a martial arts "trick" gone wrong.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nft9Y51IOfc One clip]] features a cantankerous old man rambling about a reporter who needs to get from Huntsville, Alabama to Guntersville, Alabama. He tells the reporter to simply walk there-- in the old man's own words, "It ain't a far walk. It's just 38 miles." Although he does get credit for knowing [[https://www.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&gl=us&daddr=Huntsville,+AL&saddr=Guntersville,+AL&panel=1&f=d&fb=1&geocode=KRWFmt3B-ImIMbx9Gb-dTZAl;KY2Jos1na2KIMWtWBMiJfiya&dirflg=d&sa=X&ei=SyGFVNPENcmvUfDbgvgP&ved=0CCgQox0wAA the distance]] almost on the dot, that's still an absurdly long walk. Hell, that would be a long ''drive.''
** "Partiers 13" features a woman at a fast food restaurant who becomes belligerent when her four-piece chicken nugget order doesn't finish as quickly as she wanted. As she starts to make a scene, the manager offers her a ten-piece box of chicken nuggets. She refuses to accept it on the grounds that it wasn't what she ordered. In her words, "I want what I want! [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch It wasn't no ten-piece, bitch]]!"

* [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Intentionally Missing the Point]]:
-->'''Jaime:''' Come on, if a rock is considered a, "Dangerous missile," then Frank Stallone is a "Funny comedian."
-->'''Frank:''' Thank you.

* AmericanDream: Mike T., on the fact that the breaking of the world's largest piñata was called off due to potential crowd hazards:
--> '''Mike T:''' This is bullshit! There is candy inside that freakin' brightly-colored papier-mâché donkey, and we're gonna fuckin' eat it! 'Cause this is America!

** One duo attempted to rob a convenience store, but the cash register was empty and the safe could only be accessed by the store's boss, who wasn't due to arrive for several hours. As such, they came up with an idea-- leave a phone number so the store owner can call them when his boss arrives, so they can presumably come back to the store to steal the money. As if it needs to be said, when they were called back to the store, plain-clothes police officers were waiting, and they were booked.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Sort of. During the first season, the show not only featured comedians and actors as commentators, but also real life judges, cops, private investigators, security guards for the "Dumbest Criminals" episodes. Throughout the second season they were progressively phased out and later completely gone by Season 3. Every now and again, Ron Kuby makes a random appearance, but that's about it.
** Most of those dropped commentators appear on another [=TruTV=] franchise, Disorder in the Court. Possibly the move towards LighterAndSofter prompted them to shift their more sober commentators to a more sober show.

--->'''Daniel:''' Let me tell ya something... ''Grey Gardens'' got nominated for 17 Emmy's... ''Series/{{30 Rock}}'' got nominated for 22, Alec won. Billy? Billy's wife makes all the money, she's a big singer-songwriter! And Stephen? Stephen's a faggot, he wouldn't do this show, and we wouldn't have him! I rest my case.

--->'''Daniel:''' Let me tell ya something... ''Grey Gardens'' got nominated for 17 Emmy's... ''Series/30Rock'' got nominated for 22, Alec won. Billy? Billy's wife makes all the money, she's a big singer-songwriter! And Stephen? Stephen's a faggot, he wouldn't do this show, and we wouldn't have him! I rest my case.

* ArtisticLicenseAnatomy: This is PlayedStraight with a drunk driver, and PlayedForLaughs with the cast in a "Partiers" clip of a drunk driver being pulled over, but claiming he has a defect in his knee:

** The number one clip of "World's Dumbest Motorheads 6" features a man who decided to let his nine-year-old daughter drive him home since he'd had too much to drink. They pull into a gas station, and not only does he tell the attendant everything (also while being recorded by the gas station's surveillance camera), he actually seems proud of himself. Eventually, a bystander calls police and the father is arrested for child abuse.
*** "Listen... we're leaving. And she's driving!" It's almost like he wanted child protective services to take his daughter.
*** Admittedly, being able to drive at nine years old ''is'' an impressive feat. However, it only worsens the case, as it implies this wasn't the first and only incident.

** Most of the time it'll be either be Danny or Brad, but a few other male commentators do it a few times as well. Frank only did this once (somewhat), and it was the whole episode of World's Dumbest Brawlers 10. If John has his shirt off, expect him to [[PecFlex bounce his pecs.]]

** Various cast members regularly poke fun at Judy for her height (she's 6'3''), and for not being a smoking hot model like Ali. Judy is openly gay, and this probably only makes her even more prone to these jokes.

* InsistentTerminology: Tonya, of all people, plays this straight on occasion:
-->'''Tonya:''' Women don't fart, we toot.
-->'''Tonya:''' Women don't fight, we brawl.

** One clip of a southern gentleman who politely (yes, politely-- used "Ma'am" and ) robs a convenience store, Chelsea finds that the man's way of saying "Regi-shure," [[note]]"register"[[/note]] repeated over and over again is soothing enough to lull her to sleep.

* JerkassHasAPoint: One of Frank's postscripts, where he rants about women with tattoos and body piercings.

* NiceHat: Leif, who has lost a lot of his hair (compared to the long hair he had when he was younger), almost always wears a hat, bandana, or some kind of garment on his head. He even lampshaded this in one episode, telling Brad that the footage of him from a 1970s Japanese potato stick commercial was filmed "Before I grew the bandana."

* {{Hipster}}: During a clip featuring a party in a laundromat, Kevin imitates one of the dancers as a hipster:

* TheBadGuyWins: Played straight (sort of) during a clip featuring a ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' stage show in Japan. One of the actors of the Gekirangers, GekiRed to be specific, falls hard after an acrobatic flip and is unable to continue the choreography. As the "bad guy" ad-libs due to the botch, it appears, if one ignores the fact that it wasn't supposed to happen, that the bad guy has won.

* TheBadGuyWins: Played straight (sort of) during a clip featuring a Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger stage show in Jpan. One of the actors of the Gekirangers, GekiRed to be specific, falls hard after an acrobatic flip and is unable to continue the choreography. As the "bad guy" ad-libs due to the botch, it appears, if one ignores the fact that it wasn't supposed to happen, that the bad guy has won.

* TheBadGuyWins: Played straight (sort of) during a clip featuring a performance in Japan of a Power Rangers-like battle. One of the actors on the "good" team falls hard after an acrobatic flip and is unable to continue the choreography. As the "bad guy" ad-libs due to the botch, it appears, if one ignores the fact that it wasn't supposed to happen, that the bad guy has won.

** In a "Drivers" clip, a SassyBlackLady is confronted about tax evasion, and she runs over the foot of an older man with a large bushy mustache who was trying to repossess her car.

** In the HilariousOuttakes of one episode, Chelsea positions a blow-up doll to imitates Creator/MacaulayCulkin's iconic ''Film/HomeAlone'' poster face, and even says, "Oh no, my parents left me home for the holidays!"

--> '''Mike B:''' Awwwwww... now why the bear gotta be black? [[SubvertedTrope I'm playin', this whole shit is stupid]].

*** Again, in an episode of "Outlaws" that featured a clip of thugs ransacking an Apple store, and having trouble fleeing the scene, and eventually being apprehended by the police: dissolve to an insert of Mike B. standing there, holding tablets and iPhones.
----> '''Mike B:''' Oh, 'cause I'm black, I stole this.
*** In two other clips, Mike B. objects to the names of two people: "Blackaman" and (the somewhat well-known) Kelly Crosby Heyniger (guess how the part of her last name after "Hey" is pronounced).

--> '''Mike B:''' Awwwwww... now why the bear gotta be black? I'm playin', this whole shit is stupid.
** Again, in an episode of "Outlaws" that featured a clip of thugs ransacking an Apple store, and having trouble fleeing the scene, and eventually being apprehended by the police: dissolve to an insert of Mike B. standing there, holding tablets and iPhones.
---> '''Mike B:''' Oh, 'cause I'm black, I stole this.

** From "World's Dumbest Holidays", a clip of a community hunting a leprechan in Alabama includes an excitable fellow exclaiming about witnessing the alleged man in green.
-->'''Bystander:''' To me, it looked like a leprechan to me!

''truTV Presents: World's Dumbest...'' (formerly titled ''The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...'') is a program on [=truTV=], "highlighting" [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the world's dumbest criminals, drivers, brawlers, encounters, etc]] with celebrity commentary. Originally produced by The Smoking Gun - a site profiling known criminals and many celebrities such as Creator/DannyBonaduce and Creator/LeifGarrett, who also were regular emcees on the show. Other emcees include Bryan Callen, Frank Stallone, Tonya Harding, Judy Gold, [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Todd Bridges]], Brad Loekle, Gary Busey, Ted Jessup, Nick [=DiPaolo=], Daisy Gardner, Chelsea Peretti, John Enos, Chuck Nice, [[Series/BlindDate Roger Lodge]], Loni Love, Daniel Baldwin, Mike Trainor, Kevin and Tom [=McCaffrey=], Jaime Andrews, Marianne Sierk, Michael Loftus, Mike Britt, Brendan Walsh, Greg Wilson, Billy Kimball, Chris Fairbanks, Rachel Feinstein, and Jamie Lee. In 2013, the series experienced an [[ReTool overhaul]], letting go a number of the above mentioned emcees, and bringing in new additions to the roster, including Amanda Landry, Mike O'Gorman, and Gilbert Gottfried.

As noted above, the show was formerly known as ''The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...'', until [=truTV=] assumed control over the show starting with its tenth season in 2011. [[OrwellianRetcon All previous episodes have been retroactively rebranded under the [=truTV=] title]].

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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Chelsea claimed, of a man who botched a cliff dive, "All this guy wants is love... and I'm the girl to give it to him. Oh, wait-- I forgot my New Year's resolution. Nevermind." \\
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Then, superimposed on the screen next to her is a list of "Chelsea's New Year's Resolutions": Don't date idiots, [[LonersAreFreaks make more friends,]] recycle more, stop killing hobos.

* NamesTheSame: An "Inventions" episode that features a reimagined version of a jock cup called the Nutty Buddy.
-->'''Roger:''' I thought the Nutty Buddy was an ice cream cone with nuts. Isn't it?
* NationalStereotypes: The show uses a lot of footage from non-US countries, so naturally, stereotypes (sometimes extreme) run rampant, such as Kevin claiming that murder is legal in Australia, and Frank's overall xenophobia (usually targeted at Russia). The cast tends to poke fun at Europe in general, either for country-specific stereotypes (British food/teeth) or just for being backwards culturally (mostly third-world countries).