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* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
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* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);bird;
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* ''Night Driver,'' a parody of ''Series/KnightRider'';
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* ''Night Driver,'' ''The Airhornsman,'' about a parody man who uses an air horn instead of ''Series/KnightRider'';talking;
* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
* ''FUCK Hospital'', an ultrasexy MedicalDrama;
* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
* ''FUCK Hospital'', an ultrasexy MedicalDrama;
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* ''FUCK Hospital'', an ultrasexy MedicalDrama;
* ''Franchise/{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a vengeful elementary school student;
* ''Franchise/{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a vengeful elementary school student;
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* ''The Airhornsman,'' about a man who uses an air horn instead of talking;
* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
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* ''The Airhornsman,'' about ''Night Driver,'' a man who uses an air horn instead parody of talking;
''Series/KnightRider'';
*''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between ''Franchise/{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);vengeful elementary school student;
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* BlandNameProduct: Kurtz and Straub travel to the digital world of [[Franchise/{{Tron}} Fron.]]
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* BlandNameProduct: BlandNameProduct:
** Kurtz and Straubtravel to the are pulled into a digital world that they assume is Franchise/{{Tron}}, but are quickly corrected in that TRON is "bullshit" and the real deal is called "FRON." Instead of [[Franchise/{{Tron}} Fron.]]Light Cycles, they have Glow Bikes, "but you have to pedal them."
** Straub offers to celebrate with Capri Moon and Fruit by the Length.
** Kurtz and Straub
** Straub offers to celebrate with Capri Moon and Fruit by the Length.
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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: ''Monster Nash'' is presented as a thriller about a man who needs to avoid looking at or hearing any mention of the moon/bandages/blood/bats/pyramids/etc. or else he'll turn into ''all monsters, simultaneously''.
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* InspectorJavert: The Major, a General Ross {{Expy}} who wants to find out Nash's connection with all these monster attacks.
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* LimitedAnimation
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* InspectorJavert: The Major, Major in ''Monster Nash'' is a General Ross {{Expy}} who wants is sure Nash is hiding secrets.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: ''Monster Nash'' is presented as a thriller about a man who needs tofind out Nash's connection avoid looking at or hearing any mention of things associated with all these monster attacks.
stock movie monsters (bandages, bats, blood, the moon, pyramids, etc.) or else he'll turn into ''all monsters, simultaneously''.
*LimitedAnimationLimitedAnimation: There's very little animation besides characters snapping into new poses like they're in a storyboard or animatic.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: ''Monster Nash'' is presented as a thriller about a man who needs to
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* RightfulKingReturns: Parodied in ''Deep King.''
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* RightfulKingReturns: Parodied in ''Deep King.''King'' where the heir to Atlantis is an average Joe who nonchalantly leaves in the middle of a crisis situation because his air tank is running low.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Pee-poops.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Pee-poops.A frat boy uses the term "pee-poops" to describe going to the bathroom, which everyone around him finds bizarre. Especially since he has no problem cursing out the guy who bumped into him at the urinal.
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* RecycledINSPACE: ''Get Sharper,'' in which a cyborg Red Sharpe solves cybercrimes on a Moon colony.
** Perhaps the most literal playing of this trope, as the pilot episode is completely identical to the pilot of ''Get Sharpe,'' with words like cyber and digital inserted into lines and [[Anime/DragonBallZ scouters]] and antennae added to everyone and everthing.
** Perhaps the most literal playing of this trope, as the pilot episode is completely identical to the pilot of ''Get Sharpe,'' with words like cyber and digital inserted into lines and [[Anime/DragonBallZ scouters]] and antennae added to everyone and everthing.
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* ''Monster Nash,'' a thriller in the same vein as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'';
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* ''Monster Nash,'' a thriller in the same vein as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'';''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'';
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A joint production by Kris Straub (of ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'') and Scott Kurtz (of ''Webcomic/PvP''), now appearing on ''Webcomic/PennyArcade TV,'' ''Blamimation'' is a monthly series of comedic [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] shorts. Each episode generally consists of a couple of brief [[SketchComedy sketches]] bookended by a FramingDevice about Straub and Kurtz's adventures. Recurring sketches include:
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A joint production by Kris Straub Creator/KrisStraub (of ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'') and Scott Kurtz (of ''Webcomic/PvP''), now appearing on ''Webcomic/PennyArcade TV,'' ''Blamimation'' is a monthly series of comedic [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] shorts. Each episode generally consists of a couple of brief [[SketchComedy sketches]] bookended by a FramingDevice about Straub and Kurtz's adventures. Recurring sketches include:
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* BlandNameProduct: Kurtz and Straub travel to the digital world of [[{{Tron}} Fron.]]
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* BlandNameProduct: Kurtz and Straub travel to the digital world of [[{{Tron}} [[Franchise/{{Tron}} Fron.]]
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** Perhaps the most literal playing of this trope, as the pilot episode is completely identical to the pilot of ''Get Sharpe,'' with words like cyber and digital inserted into lines and [[DragonBallZ scouters]] and antennae added to everyone and everthing.
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** Perhaps the most literal playing of this trope, as the pilot episode is completely identical to the pilot of ''Get Sharpe,'' with words like cyber and digital inserted into lines and [[DragonBallZ [[Anime/DragonBallZ scouters]] and antennae added to everyone and everthing.
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Watch them [[http://penny-arcade.com/patv/show/blamimations here]].
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Watch them [[http://penny-arcade.com/patv/show/blamimations [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0C55786227221983 here]].
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A joint production by Kris Straub (of ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' and ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'') and Scott Kurtz (of ''Webcomic/PvP''), now appearing on ''Webcomic/PennyArcade TV,'' ''Blamimation'' is a monthly series of comedic [[AdobeFlash [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] shorts. Each episode generally consists of a couple of brief [[SketchComedy sketches]] bookended by a FramingDevice about Straub and Kurtz's adventures. Recurring sketches include:
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* ''Night Driver,'' a parody of ''KnightRider'';
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* ''Night Driver,'' a parody of ''KnightRider'';''Series/KnightRider'';
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* ''{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a vengeful elementary school student;
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* ''{{Saw}} ''Franchise/{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a vengeful elementary school student;
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A joint production by Kris Straub (of ''{{Starslip}}'' and ''{{Chainsawsuit}}'') and Scott Kurtz (of ''Webcomic/PvP''), now appearing on ''PennyArcade TV,'' ''Blamimation'' is a monthly series of comedic [[AdobeFlash Flash]] shorts. Each episode generally consists of a couple of brief [[SketchComedy sketches]] bookended by a FramingDevice about Straub and Kurtz's adventures. Recurring sketches include:
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A joint production by Kris Straub (of ''{{Starslip}}'' ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'' and ''{{Chainsawsuit}}'') ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'') and Scott Kurtz (of ''Webcomic/PvP''), now appearing on ''PennyArcade ''Webcomic/PennyArcade TV,'' ''Blamimation'' is a monthly series of comedic [[AdobeFlash Flash]] shorts. Each episode generally consists of a couple of brief [[SketchComedy sketches]] bookended by a FramingDevice about Straub and Kurtz's adventures. Recurring sketches include:
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* CreditsGag: The season 1 finale ends with a credit reel, complete with "corrections" from the series so far. PennyArcade business guru Robert Khoo is listed under "Special Thanks", followed immediately by "Thanks Redacted".
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* CreditsGag: The season 1 finale ends with a credit reel, complete with "corrections" from the series so far. PennyArcade ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' business guru Robert Khoo is listed under "Special Thanks", followed immediately by "Thanks Redacted".
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Moved to trivia.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: There are only two primary voice actors. It was bound to happen.
** Mike Krahulik, AKA [[PennyArcade Gabe]], does two quick lines in Episode 9. He returns in Episode 15 to propose and make Blams.
** Also in Episode 15, Jerry Holkins AKA [[PennyArcade Tycho]] appears for a quick what's up. He returns as a guest in Episode 17.
** In [=S2E2=], MC Frontalot is the dungeon keeper.
** Mike Krahulik, AKA [[PennyArcade Gabe]], does two quick lines in Episode 9. He returns in Episode 15 to propose and make Blams.
** Also in Episode 15, Jerry Holkins AKA [[PennyArcade Tycho]] appears for a quick what's up. He returns as a guest in Episode 17.
** In [=S2E2=], MC Frontalot is the dungeon keeper.
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* OldShame: ''Deep King'' was the earliest (non-PVP-related) Blam, created long before Straub and Kurtz had figured out ''Blamimation'''s unique voice. The creators maintain it goes on far too long and doesn't contain any real jokes. (Although Straub is apparently still pretty proud of the Creator/MalcolmMcDowell voice he used for the narrator.)
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* OldShame: ''Deep King'' was the earliest (non-PVP-related) Blam, created long before Straub and Kurtz had figured out ''Blamimation'''s unique voice. The creators maintain it goes on far too long and doesn't contain any real jokes. (Although Straub is apparently still pretty proud of the MalcolmMcDowell voice he used for the narrator.)
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* OldShame: ''Deep King'' was the earliest (non-PVP-related) Blam, created long before Straub and Kurtz had figured out ''Blamimation'''s unique voice. The creators maintain it goes on far too long and doesn't contain any real jokes. (Although Straub is apparently still pretty proud of the MalcolmMcDowell Creator/MalcolmMcDowell voice he used for the narrator.)
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A joint production by Kris Straub (of ''{{Starslip}}'' and ''{{Chainsawsuit}}'') and Scott Kurtz (of ''Webcomic/PvP''), now appearing on ''PennyArcade TV,'' ''Blamimation'' is a monthly series of comedic [[AdobeFlash Flash]] shorts. Each episode generally consists of a couple of brief [[SketchComedy sketches]] bookended by a FramingDevice about Straub and Kurtz's adventures. Recurring sketches include:
* ''Night Driver,'' a parody of ''KnightRider'';
* ''Get Sharpe,'' a DetectiveDrama set in a town full of morons;
* ''FUCK Hospital'', an ultrasexy MedicalDrama;
* ''{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a vengeful elementary school student;
* ''Monster Nash,'' a thriller in the same vein as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'';
* ''The Airhornsman,'' about a man who uses an air horn instead of talking;
* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
* ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Cop,'' a CopShow about a grizzled Z-block who refuses to play by the book
Watch them [[http://penny-arcade.com/patv/show/blamimations here]].
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!!''Blamimation'' contains examples of:
* AccidentalTruth: Discussed in the commentary.
-->'''Scott:''' We're sorry that our ''ridiculous premise'' of people throwing away cats is what people actually do.
* ArtShift: Each sketch is drawn in either Kurtz's comic-booky style or Straub's signature [[TheNoseless noseless]] style. Each creator is also drawn in his own style, even when both appear together.
* BiggerOnTheInside: Kris' butthole, as discovered by MC Frontalot's uncle.
* BlandNameProduct: Kurtz and Straub travel to the digital world of [[{{Tron}} Fron.]]
** The second Alliday episode features B1 sauce, which apparently goes well with human flesh.
* BodyHorror: Nash's transformations are pretty grotesque.
* CowboyCop: [=McTetris=] ends up with a lot of {{Dead Partner}}s, and DaChief is getting too old for this shit.
* CreditsGag: The season 1 finale ends with a credit reel, complete with "corrections" from the series so far. PennyArcade business guru Robert Khoo is listed under "Special Thanks", followed immediately by "Thanks Redacted".
* DisproportionateRetribution: The entire concept behind Saw Babies. Subverted in that it usually backfires.
* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: Parodied in one Blam, where the air conditioner cuts out during a heatwave. Kris buys Scott some freon for the air conditioner, which Scott has sold in order to buy Kris a snow cone. Alas, Kris is unable to enjoy the snow cone because he traded his head for the freon.
* HeyItsThatVoice: There are only two primary voice actors. It was bound to happen.
** Mike Krahulik, AKA [[PennyArcade Gabe]], does two quick lines in Episode 9. He returns in Episode 15 to propose and make Blams.
** Also in Episode 15, Jerry Holkins AKA [[PennyArcade Tycho]] appears for a quick what's up. He returns as a guest in Episode 17.
** In [=S2E2=], MC Frontalot is the dungeon keeper.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: ''Monster Nash'' is presented as a thriller about a man who needs to avoid looking at or hearing any mention of the moon/bandages/blood/bats/pyramids/etc. or else he'll turn into ''all monsters, simultaneously''.
* HilariousOuttakes: ''During'' the sketches. Sometimes they'll redo flubbed lines, mock each other for mistakes, or scribble out animation errors.
* IdiotBall: Held by everyone apart from the Sharpe brothers in ''Get Sharpe.''
* ImAHumanitarian: Kris and Scott discover that, during the Alliday festivities, they killed and consumed someone.
* InspectorJavert: The Major, a General Ross {{Expy}} who wants to find out Nash's connection with all these monster attacks.
* LimitedAnimation
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction:
-->"Thank God we got out of ''there'' in one piece!"
-->"Ha ha, Scott, speak for yourself! Check out what's going on down there! (camera pans to reveal that Straub has a basketball-sized hole where his crotch should be) Whoa-ho-ho augh ugh." (dies)
-->"Heh heh heh oooooh! Eh, guess my friend's dead. Heh heh."
* MotorMouth: The so-called "Blam Cadence" used by both Blamimators in their interstitial bits is as follows: [=A SERIES of PHRASES, PUNCTuated at RANdom=], [[superscript:aSCENDing in pitch]] and then suddenlydippingbackdownthehillconstantlygainingspeeduntilyouretalkingfasterthanyoucanthink. It's basically engineered to guarantee slip-ups. Mike Krahulik made a huge effort to match the style in his guest appearance, whereas Jerry Holkins deliberately broke it.
* OldShame: ''Deep King'' was the earliest (non-PVP-related) Blam, created long before Straub and Kurtz had figured out ''Blamimation'''s unique voice. The creators maintain it goes on far too long and doesn't contain any real jokes. (Although Straub is apparently still pretty proud of the MalcolmMcDowell voice he used for the narrator.)
* RecycledINSPACE: ''Get Sharper,'' in which a cyborg Red Sharpe solves cybercrimes on a Moon colony.
** Perhaps the most literal playing of this trope, as the pilot episode is completely identical to the pilot of ''Get Sharpe,'' with words like cyber and digital inserted into lines and [[DragonBallZ scouters]] and antennae added to everyone and everthing.
* RightfulKingReturns: Parodied in ''Deep King.''
* TakeThat: The Airhornsman is patterned after cartoonist Ted Rall.
* TheSpeechless: The Airhornsman is a champion debater despite "speaking" with an air horn.
* UnreadablyFastText: Some of the gags can't be seen unless you pause the animation.
* UnusualEuphemism: Pee-poops.
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* ''Night Driver,'' a parody of ''KnightRider'';
* ''Get Sharpe,'' a DetectiveDrama set in a town full of morons;
* ''FUCK Hospital'', an ultrasexy MedicalDrama;
* ''{{Saw}} Babies'', which reimagines Jigsaw as a vengeful elementary school student;
* ''Monster Nash,'' a thriller in the same vein as ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'';
* ''The Airhornsman,'' about a man who uses an air horn instead of talking;
* ''Fin & Feather,'' depicting an OddFriendship between a renaissance-era fish and a modern-day bird (TheyFightCrime);
* ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Cop,'' a CopShow about a grizzled Z-block who refuses to play by the book
Watch them [[http://penny-arcade.com/patv/show/blamimations here]].
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!!''Blamimation'' contains examples of:
* AccidentalTruth: Discussed in the commentary.
-->'''Scott:''' We're sorry that our ''ridiculous premise'' of people throwing away cats is what people actually do.
* ArtShift: Each sketch is drawn in either Kurtz's comic-booky style or Straub's signature [[TheNoseless noseless]] style. Each creator is also drawn in his own style, even when both appear together.
* BiggerOnTheInside: Kris' butthole, as discovered by MC Frontalot's uncle.
* BlandNameProduct: Kurtz and Straub travel to the digital world of [[{{Tron}} Fron.]]
** The second Alliday episode features B1 sauce, which apparently goes well with human flesh.
* BodyHorror: Nash's transformations are pretty grotesque.
* CowboyCop: [=McTetris=] ends up with a lot of {{Dead Partner}}s, and DaChief is getting too old for this shit.
* CreditsGag: The season 1 finale ends with a credit reel, complete with "corrections" from the series so far. PennyArcade business guru Robert Khoo is listed under "Special Thanks", followed immediately by "Thanks Redacted".
* DisproportionateRetribution: The entire concept behind Saw Babies. Subverted in that it usually backfires.
* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: Parodied in one Blam, where the air conditioner cuts out during a heatwave. Kris buys Scott some freon for the air conditioner, which Scott has sold in order to buy Kris a snow cone. Alas, Kris is unable to enjoy the snow cone because he traded his head for the freon.
* HeyItsThatVoice: There are only two primary voice actors. It was bound to happen.
** Mike Krahulik, AKA [[PennyArcade Gabe]], does two quick lines in Episode 9. He returns in Episode 15 to propose and make Blams.
** Also in Episode 15, Jerry Holkins AKA [[PennyArcade Tycho]] appears for a quick what's up. He returns as a guest in Episode 17.
** In [=S2E2=], MC Frontalot is the dungeon keeper.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: ''Monster Nash'' is presented as a thriller about a man who needs to avoid looking at or hearing any mention of the moon/bandages/blood/bats/pyramids/etc. or else he'll turn into ''all monsters, simultaneously''.
* HilariousOuttakes: ''During'' the sketches. Sometimes they'll redo flubbed lines, mock each other for mistakes, or scribble out animation errors.
* IdiotBall: Held by everyone apart from the Sharpe brothers in ''Get Sharpe.''
* ImAHumanitarian: Kris and Scott discover that, during the Alliday festivities, they killed and consumed someone.
* InspectorJavert: The Major, a General Ross {{Expy}} who wants to find out Nash's connection with all these monster attacks.
* LimitedAnimation
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction:
-->"Thank God we got out of ''there'' in one piece!"
-->"Ha ha, Scott, speak for yourself! Check out what's going on down there! (camera pans to reveal that Straub has a basketball-sized hole where his crotch should be) Whoa-ho-ho augh ugh." (dies)
-->"Heh heh heh oooooh! Eh, guess my friend's dead. Heh heh."
* MotorMouth: The so-called "Blam Cadence" used by both Blamimators in their interstitial bits is as follows: [=A SERIES of PHRASES, PUNCTuated at RANdom=], [[superscript:aSCENDing in pitch]] and then suddenlydippingbackdownthehillconstantlygainingspeeduntilyouretalkingfasterthanyoucanthink. It's basically engineered to guarantee slip-ups. Mike Krahulik made a huge effort to match the style in his guest appearance, whereas Jerry Holkins deliberately broke it.
* OldShame: ''Deep King'' was the earliest (non-PVP-related) Blam, created long before Straub and Kurtz had figured out ''Blamimation'''s unique voice. The creators maintain it goes on far too long and doesn't contain any real jokes. (Although Straub is apparently still pretty proud of the MalcolmMcDowell voice he used for the narrator.)
* RecycledINSPACE: ''Get Sharper,'' in which a cyborg Red Sharpe solves cybercrimes on a Moon colony.
** Perhaps the most literal playing of this trope, as the pilot episode is completely identical to the pilot of ''Get Sharpe,'' with words like cyber and digital inserted into lines and [[DragonBallZ scouters]] and antennae added to everyone and everthing.
* RightfulKingReturns: Parodied in ''Deep King.''
* TakeThat: The Airhornsman is patterned after cartoonist Ted Rall.
* TheSpeechless: The Airhornsman is a champion debater despite "speaking" with an air horn.
* UnreadablyFastText: Some of the gags can't be seen unless you pause the animation.
* UnusualEuphemism: Pee-poops.
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