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** After a ship crashes into a dock, the woman filming the incident says "Oh my gosh!" Gilbert Gottfried comments that it would have been acceptable to say "[[AtomicFBomb HOLY FUCKING SHIT!]]"
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** The girl who sings "Wilder" is apparently so bad that her music can be used for audial torture:

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** The girl who sings "Wilder" (Gnesa) is apparently so bad that her music can be used for audial torture:
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--->'''Wes Denning:''' Don't show this clip to frank Stallone. He'll have a stroke.\\

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--->'''Wes Denning:''' Don't show this clip to frank Frank Stallone. He'll have a stroke.\\



'''Frank Stallone:''' Is Frank Stallone being set up? You know, I'm gonna start forwarding this hate mail over to you at ''World's Dumbest''.

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'''Frank Stallone:''' Is Frank Stallone being set up? You know, know what, I'm gonna start forwarding this hate mail over to you at ''World's Dumbest''.
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** All the other commentators know how Frank typically reacts to clips involving Russians, and will even imitate his probable reactions.
--->'''Wes Denning:''' Don't show this clip to frank Stallone. He'll have a stroke.\\
'''Michael Loftus:''' ''(as Frank Stallone)'' [BLEEP]ing Russians. They're so stupid. That's why they'll never [BLEEP]. Yeah.\\
'''Frank Stallone:''' Is Frank Stallone being set up? You know, I'm gonna start forwarding this hate mail over to you at ''World's Dumbest''.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Several children walk out on a religious puppet show for it being boring and lackluster.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
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Several children walk out on a religious puppet show for it being boring and lackluster.lackluster.
** Sometimes a commentator will bail on a clip that's too disturbing to watch, such as Kevin [=McCaffrey=] refusing to watch a girl sew her name into her tongue.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: They regularly comment on how they've never shown a clip of someone successfully stealing an ATM on the show. This is despite the fact that there have been at least two videos of [=ATMs=] being successfully stolen, one involving a large group of people working together, and the other featuring a man loading an ATM into his car via a forklift, though he failed to steal a ''second'' ATM.

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* CanonDiscontinuity: They regularly comment on how they've never shown a clip of someone successfully stealing an ATM on the show. This is despite the fact that there have been at least two videos of [=ATMs=] being successfully stolen, one involving a large group of people working together, and the other featuring a man loading an ATM into his car via a forklift, though he failed did fail to steal a ''second'' ATM.
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** One "Brawlers" episode featured a clip titled [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros "Super Mario."]] The video featured a guy who accused his friend, Mario, of stealing some cash and starts beating him up. When one of their other friends says "get him Mario," Mario gets his HeroicSecondWind and puts the other guy in a headlock. When the first guy tries to restart the fight, they tussle for a minute, until Mario ends it with a single hit to the other guy's face.

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** One "Brawlers" episode featured a clip titled [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros "Super Mario."]] The video featured a guy who accused his friend, Mario, of stealing some cash and starts beating him up. When one of their other friends says "get him Mario," Mario gets his HeroicSecondWind and puts the other guy in a headlock. When the first guy tries to restart the fight, they tussle for a minute, until Mario ends it with a single hit to the other guy's face.

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* CaughtWithYourPantsDowns:

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* CaughtWithYourPantsDowns:CaughtWithYourPantsDown:

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* CaughtWithYourPantsDowns:
** Invoked in some clips where whoever is shooting the video gets so excited behind the camera, the cast imply that the person is really enjoying themselves more than they should. One clip in particular of a group of friends jumping off a small cliff into a lake, the final guy about to jump is introduced by the cameraman as, "175 pounds of ''sexy'' muscle!" Cut to Michael imitating the videographer by gushing over said 175 pounds of sexy muscle, followed by miming jerking off, to which he apparently catches a bystander's attention:
--->'''Michael:''' Uh, I'm just encouraging him.
** In an "Inventions" episode, where a device can be used to cut hot dogs into figures with smiley faces, some of the cast insist they don't need help playing with their wieners.
** In another "Inventions" episode, we have The Man-Bib, a bib made specifically for men to keep from making a mess. The cast cannot believe it.
** The guy who called 911 because he wanted the dispatcher to help him jerk off.
** There's a clip featuring a tortoise and a shoe. It has to be seen to be believed.



* WeaponSpecialization: One Turkish competition has two guys whipping each other. One guy then starts whipping the spectators.



* WhoWritesThisCrap: Todd Bridges' opinion of the cast pretending to be the cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.

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* WhoWritesThisCrap: Todd Bridges' opinion of the cast pretending to be the cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'':
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* KidsDrivingCars: A few car thieves aren't even at double-digits.

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* KidsDrivingCars: A few car thieves aren't even at double-digits.clips have children taking cars on joyrides. On one of those clips, Gary Busey chastises the car's owner for leaving the doors unlocked, allowing a kid to take it.
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* WhipItGood: One Turkish competition has two guys whipping each other. One guy then starts whipping the spectators.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Invoked in some clips where whoever is shooting the video gets so excited behind the camera, the cast imply that the person is really enjoying themselves more than they should. One clip in particular of a group of friends jumping off a small cliff into a lake, the final guy about to jump is introduced by the cameraman as, "175 pounds of ''sexy'' muscle!" Cut to Michael imitating the videographer by gushing over said 175 pounds of sexy muscle, followed by miming jerking off, to which he apparently catches a bystander's attention:
--->'''Michael:''' Uh, I'm just encouraging him.
** In an "Inventions" episode, where a device can be used to cut hot dogs into figures with smiley faces, some of the cast insist they don't need help playing with their wieners.
** In another "Inventions" episode, we have The Man-Bib, a bib made specifically for men to keep from making a mess. The cast cannot believe it.
** The guy who called 911 because he wanted the dispatcher to help him jerk off.
** There's a clip featuring a tortoise and a shoe. It has to be seen to be believed.
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* FreeWheel:
** In one segment, for no discernible reason, a wheel bounces off a truck (subverted by the fact the vehicle didn't crash or explode) and hit a car's windshield, leading the gang to [[FollowTheBouncingBall sing along with the "bouncing tire"]].
** In another one, a tire bounces into a gas station and knocks over some guy who's refueling his car.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: One episode of "Criminals" features a woman on hidden camera in a car, soliciting a hitman, who's really an undercover police officer, to kill her husband. Instead of simply busting her right there, the police use at least a whole day to stage a fake murder and present the charade to the woman. They go through all the trouble of showing her pictures of the "assassination," bringing her into the station, and then breaking down everything that supposedly happened. Perhaps surprisingly, no one on the cast mentioned the fact that all of this may have been [[{{Pun}} overkill]].[[note]]They probably did approach him with the intention of cutting off her scheme right then and there. However, when they ask the husband why she wants him dead, he explains that he had things happen to him to get him into an unprecedented amount of trouble. The crux (before the hit) was being pulled over by cops following an anonymous tip and being arrested after they found drugs in his car. He had never had any history with drugs, and he never found out who made the call. Impractical? Probably. Awesome? They put the fear of God into that woman, the cherry on top being the husband walking in, coldly explaining his outrage with her, and just as coldly walking out. Hell yes![[/note]]

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* AwesomeButImpractical: One episode of "Criminals" features a woman on hidden camera in a car, soliciting a hitman, who's really an undercover police officer, to kill her husband. Instead of simply busting her right there, the police use at least a whole day to stage a fake murder and present the charade to the woman. They go through all the trouble of showing her pictures of the "assassination," bringing her into the station, and then breaking down everything that supposedly happened. Perhaps surprisingly, no one on the cast mentioned the fact that all of this may have been [[{{Pun}} overkill]].[[note]]They probably did approach him with the intention of cutting off her scheme right then and there. However, when they ask the husband why she wants him dead, he explains that he had things happen to him to get him into an unprecedented amount of trouble. The crux (before the hit) was being pulled over by cops following an anonymous tip and being arrested after they found drugs in his car. He had never had any history with drugs, and he never found out who made the call. Impractical? Probably. Awesome? They put the fear of God into that woman, the cherry on top being the husband walking in, coldly explaining his outrage with her, and just as coldly walking out. Hell yes![[/note]][[/note]]
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* TitleConfusion: As the series progressed, some episode topics were introduced that were pretty much just synonyms for other topics ("Outlaws" instead of "Criminals", "Motorheads" instead of "Daredevils", etc.), likely due to some episodes reaching topic numbers up into the twenties, and the producers feeling that may turn some viewers off.
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** The most blatant example is in the first "Daredevils" episode where a man in a mascot costume is so hard to understand that the subtitles simply translate him as "Inaudible nonsense."
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: One of the running gags throughout the series is how much all the commentators hate each other. Special mention goes to Brad and Judy's rivalry, Danny and Leif's rivalry, and pretty much everyone against Tonya.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The series was already clearly starting to run out of ideas towards the later seasons, especially with the introduction of more scripted segments and speedrunning the episode list with barely any commentary, but the {{Retool}} in the middle of season fifteen completely took away any lingering sense of the original premise, dropping almost all of the classic commentators and not focusing on any dumb criminals, which was where the series got its popularity in the first place.

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-->'''Jaime:''' He has since recovered from the injuries, or religion...?

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-->'''Jaime:''' He has since recovered from the injuries, injuries or religion...?



** Comments are occasionally made about how nice looking Tonya was when she was younger.

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** Comments are occasionally made about how nice looking nice-looking Tonya was when she was younger.


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* LemonyNarrator: Chip makes just as many quips as the on-screen comedians, and since he's just a voice he has to go extra hard on the performance to get the point across.
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--> '''Vincent Pastore:''' ''(in commercial)'' Wise guys don't carry that wallet. Wise guys don't carry that briefcase.\\

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--> ---> '''Vincent Pastore:''' ''(in commercial)'' Wise guys don't carry that wallet. Wise guys don't carry that briefcase.\\



* CurbStompBattle: Is shown occasionally such as the 78-year-old man vs. a 20-something pickpocket. [[CoolOldGuy Said 78-year-old man was a former Marine, iron worker, and Golden Gloves boxer]].

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* CurbStompBattle: Is shown occasionally such as the 78-year-old man vs. a 20-something pickpocket. [[CoolOldGuy Said 78-year-old man was was]] [[RetiredBadass a former Marine, iron worker, and Golden Gloves boxer]].
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* FunnyFanVoice: Mike Trainor sometimes uses a fan to make his ROBOT VOICE. ROBOT VOICE.
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** And then there's Miss Hannah, from one of the "Performers" clips, for [[BuxomIsBetter obvious reasons]]. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even Judy Gold silently approved.]]

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** And then there's Miss Hannah, from one of the "Performers" clips, for [[BuxomIsBetter obvious reasons]]. her [[BuxomBeautyStandard buxom figure]] that [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Even even Judy Gold silently approved.]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In World's Dumbest Daredevils 4", during a clip involving the Cincinnati Bearcats mascot, Brad states that bearcats don't exist. In reality, bearcats (aka Binturong, aka ''Arctictis binturong'') do exist -- they're related to civets and genets and are native to South and Southeast Asia.
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* AssumedWin: A few clips feature races where the leader assumes that he's going to win, but ends up sabotaging himself and losing.
** One race-car driver enters the home stretch with a commanding lead. He starts celebrating...and loses control, spins out, crashes into the wall, bounces off, and comes to a stop ''inches'' from the finish line. He ends up pushing his car across the line after everyone else has passed him, finishing dead last.
** A roller derby racer starts celebrating his upcoming win...and fails to notice the guy behind him catching up and passing him just in time to win. Mr. Second Place then becomes a SoreLoser and gets himself disqualified.

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** Many episodes feature little skits in which John and Loni play lovers.

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** Many episodes feature little skits in which John and Loni play lovers. Brad and Judy also get paired up several times (the joke being that they're both openly gay).


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* SafetyGearIsCowardly:
** {{Lampshaded}} numerous times whenever some idiot neglects to wear a helmet, padding, or whatever else would lessen a severe injury.
--->'''Mike Trainor:''' ''(as a cyclist who performs a jump without safety gear)'' Helmets? What are ''those''?
** On the other hand, {{inverted}} when a motorcyclist gets into a crash while wearing safety gear. His helmet sustains considerable damage, but his ''head'' doesn't.
--->"Always wear your gear."

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* LegFocus
** The examples are infrequent, but they are there. Marianne regularly wears hot pants and miniskirts, but it's only if she's used in a skit or super-imposed into a clip in full-bodied shots that we see this.
** This also happened with Jaime once when she's inside a plastic bubble while wearing a bathing suit.
** A clip example involves two teen girls brawling while wearing short shorts, which Chelsea comments it's a good idea to wear them to give people more bang for their buck.
** A rare male example includes a clip where a man is pulled over for drunk driving, and is wearing unusually short (for men) shorts; Brad and Chelsea like what they see.



* ShesGotLegs:
** The examples are infrequent, but they are there. Marianne regularly wears hot pants and miniskirts, but it's only if she's used in a skit or super-imposed into a clip in full-bodied shots that we see this.
** This also happened with Jaime once when she's inside a plastic bubble while wearing a bathing suit.
** A clip example involves two teen girls brawling while wearing short shorts, which Chelsea comments it's a good idea to wear them to give people more bang for their buck.
** A rare male example includes a clip where a man is pulled over for drunk driving, and is wearing unusually short (for men) shorts; Brad and Chelsea like what they see.
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->'''Brian Callen:'' (''as the puncher'') Oh, right. The rest of the team. Didn't really think about that.\\

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** One duo attempted to rob an auto repair shop only to find out that the cash register was empty and the safe could only be accessed by the shop'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 shop can call them when the boss arrives, so they can presumably come back later to steal the money. As if it needs to be said, when they were called back to the shop, plain-clothes police officers were waiting, and they were booked.

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** One duo in "Criminals 5" attempted to rob an auto repair a muffler shop only to find out that the cash register was empty and the safe could only be accessed by the shop's boss, who wasn't due to arrive for several hours.hours since the store had just opened. As such, they came up with an idea-- leave a phone number so the shop can call them when the boss arrives, so they can presumably come back later to steal the money. As if it needs to be said, when they were called back to the shop, plain-clothes police officers were waiting, and they were booked.booked.
** This is exemplified in #19 of "Brawlers 12" during a clip where a man runs onto a Romanian soccer field to punch a player from the rival team doing a penalty kick. He gets in a punch to the back of the player's head, but them promptly gets beaten up by the player's teammates.
->'''Brian Callen:'' (''as the puncher'') Oh, right. The rest of the team. Didn't really think about that.\\
''[Rolls around on the ground getting kicked by the players]''
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* TheWrongWayOnTheEscalator: Several idiots on try to force their way on escalators in the wrong direction, usually while drunk and/or fighting people riding them the right way.

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