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* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
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* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
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* FinalDeath: Parodied in a Photoplasty. Inability to start a new game after having lost all lives is the [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_381_22-terrible-ideas-that-would-have-ruined-great-video-games/ #22 terrible idea that would have ruined]] ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros]]''.
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** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17674_how-to-make-jokeless-comedy-studying-epic-movie-guys.html this]] article, the writer is under the impression that Superhero Movie was made by Seltzer and Friedberg. It wasn't. It was made by [[{{Airplane}} Zucker, Abrams, and Zucker]]. He also mistakenly claims that a scene from ''Film/EpicMovie'' is in it, although there is an editor's note recognizing this.
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** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17674_how-to-make-jokeless-comedy-studying-epic-movie-guys.html this]] article, the writer is under the impression that Superhero Movie was made by Seltzer and Friedberg. It wasn't. It was made by [[{{Airplane}} [[Film/{{Airplane}} Zucker, Abrams, and Zucker]]. He also mistakenly claims that a scene from ''Film/EpicMovie'' is in it, although there is an editor's note recognizing this.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18438_6-movie-monsters-that-just-wouldnt-work.html This article]] seems to be under the impression that the face-huggers in the Film/{{Aliens}} series ''literally'' impregnates people, which is just MemeticMutation, and that everything on [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]] is impossible simply on the basis that its wildlife is similar to Earth's.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18438_6-movie-monsters-that-just-wouldnt-work.html This article]] seems to be under the impression that the face-huggers in the Film/{{Aliens}} Film/{{Alien}}s series ''literally'' impregnates people, which is just MemeticMutation, and that everything on [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]] is impossible simply on the basis that its wildlife is similar to Earth's.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19279_5-inventions-that-prove-the-terminator-upon-us.html A recent one]] claimed that a solar probe that could stand up to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit (1430 C) would laugh in the face of the molten metal of {{Terminator 2}}, except that melting iron takes at least 2790 F (1530 C). Melting ''carbon'' (the other part of steel) is even higher (6500F/3600C)
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19279_5-inventions-that-prove-the-terminator-upon-us.html A recent one]] claimed that a solar probe that could stand up to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit (1430 C) would laugh in the face of the molten metal of {{Terminator 2}}, ''[[Film/{{Terminator}} Terminator 2]]'', except that melting iron takes at least 2790 F (1530 C). Melting ''carbon'' (the other part of steel) is even higher (6500F/3600C)
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html Robert Evans]] using Dan Savage as a source to analyze bisexual behaviour. [[http://www.afterelton.com/oysters-04-28-2011-dan-savage-biphobic Dan Savage]] may be a respected advisor on sex, but he is also infamous for being extremely prejuduced on this particular subject.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html Robert Evans]] using Dan Savage as a source to analyze bisexual behaviour. [[http://www.afterelton.com/oysters-04-28-2011-dan-savage-biphobic Dan Savage]] may be a respected advisor on sex, but he is also infamous for being extremely prejuduced prejudiced on this particular subject.
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** '''S'''tutter. '''W'''ow. '''A'''wkward! '''I''' am so sorry. '''M'''oving on.
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* PromotedFanboy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19836_5-celebrities-who-got-famous-by-being-obsessed-fan-boys.html 5 Celebrities Who Got Famous by Being Obsessed Fan Boys]]
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* EnhanceButton: Parodied in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15849_7-viral-videos-you-didnt-know-were-staged-and-how-they-did-it.html 7 Viral Videos You Didn't Know Were Staged (and How They Did It)]]:
-->'''David Wong:''' [W]e turned the ["How I Got My Camera" viral video] over to the 30-man Cracked.com video analysis team, who spent six months processing every pixel of the original upload. After enhancing the image to a level of clarity more than 6,000 times that of the original, they reported that there was a prominent watermark for a site called wittkopp.net in the upper right.
-->'''David Wong:''' [W]e turned the ["How I Got My Camera" viral video] over to the 30-man Cracked.com video analysis team, who spent six months processing every pixel of the original upload. After enhancing the image to a level of clarity more than 6,000 times that of the original, they reported that there was a prominent watermark for a site called wittkopp.net in the upper right.
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*** Which means that DOB has both [[spoiler: fucked and fought himself.]]
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* BurnTheWitch: Being burned is MaryPoppins's nightmare according to a Photoplasty: [[http:// www.cracked.com/photoplasty_334_24-nightmares-famous-fictional-characters_p24/#8 24 Nightmares of Famous Fictional Characters]]
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* BurnTheWitch: Being burned is MaryPoppins's nightmare according to a Photoplasty: [[http:// www.[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_334_24-nightmares-famous-fictional-characters_p24/#8 24 Nightmares of Famous Fictional Characters]]
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* HeroicBystander: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-superheroes-in-clutch.html 5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch.]]
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* HeroicBystander: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-superheroes-in-clutch.html 5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch.Clutch]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19766_6-nobodies-who-turned-into-superheroes-without-warning.html 6 Nobodies Who Turned Into Superheroes Without Warning.]]
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* OrangeBlueContrast: Called the #4 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html annoying trend that makes every movie look the same]].
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* BlockPuzzle: The reason "interior design" is #3 on [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-real-skills-video-games-have-secretly-been-teaching-us/#ixzz1aa4xYJ1T 5 Real Skills Video Games Have Secretly Been Teaching Us]]. Apparently, all that moving blocks around is great training for knowing just how to arrange furniture to make it easy to get around.
** You'd think he'd mention the LightAndMirrorsPuzzle as well. I know I'd hire a ''Deflektor'' veteran to set up the lamps and mirrors in my study so the light was just right.
** You'd think he'd mention the LightAndMirrorsPuzzle as well. I know I'd hire a ''Deflektor'' veteran to set up the lamps and mirrors in my study so the light was just right.
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* ActionPet: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19578_5-most-badass-soldiers-ever-happened-to-be-dogs.html This article about 5 soldier dogs]].
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* AutomatonHorses: Photoplasty advertises a [[WarpWhistle whistle]] to summon one in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#5 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
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* AutomatonHorses: Photoplasty advertises a [[WarpWhistle whistle]] {{w|arpWhistle}}histle to summon one in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#5 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
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** Yet it goes on to explain why ''Film/HomeAlone'' and ''Film/DieHard'' are [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4445-home-alone/ the same movie]].
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* ClassicCheatCode: [[VideoGame/{{Doom}}]] VideoGame/{{Doom}} "idspispopd" referenced in a Photoplasty: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#18 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]]
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18438_6-movie-monsters-that-just-wouldnt-work.html This article]] seems to be under the impression that the face-huggers in the {{Aliens}} series ''literally'' impregnates people, which is just MemeticMutation, and that everything on [[JamesCameronsAvatar Pandora]] is impossible simply on the basis that its wildlife is similar to Earth's.
** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking says that it's 9'11" instead of 9'10"]].
** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking says that it's 9'11" instead of 9'10"]].
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18438_6-movie-monsters-that-just-wouldnt-work.html This article]] seems to be under the impression that the face-huggers in the {{Aliens}} Film/{{Aliens}} series ''literally'' impregnates people, which is just MemeticMutation, and that everything on [[JamesCameronsAvatar [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]] is impossible simply on the basis that its wildlife is similar to Earth's.
** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking says that it's 9'11" instead of 9'10"]].
** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into
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* FakeNationality: Resulting accent dissonance called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The Single Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
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* FakeNationality: [[invoked]] Resulting accent dissonance called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The Single Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
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* IncrediblyLamePun: From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever]], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[HeroicSociopath Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
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* LifeImitatesArt: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
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* LifeImitatesArt: [[invoked]] One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].
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* OldShame: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]] in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
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* OldShame: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]] {{Convers|ationalTroping}}ed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].
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** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also
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** Bucholz is one of the only columnists who paints himself as someone with at least a little common sense and morals, however the ''subject'' of the articles themselves are some of the craziest of the bunch, including: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-things-you-learn-breaking-into-p.-diddys-house/ things learned breaking into P. Diddy's house]], guides for [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/using-occupy-wall-street-to-pick-up-chicks/ using occupy wall street to pick up chicks]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/so-youre-accidentally-stalking-helen-mirren/ people who are accidentally stalking actress Helen Mirren]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-tips-properly-attacking-animals-with-bicycle-chain/ attacking animals with a bicycle chain]], and [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/11-steps-to-crashing-royal-wedding/ crashing a royal wedding]].
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** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking says that it's 9'11" instead of 9'10"]].
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** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also also
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* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: In the 2011 AllCGICartoon ''Film/{{Rio}}'', Blu is the last blue macaw left. The article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19796_6-disturbing-unanswered-questions-from-childrens-movies_p2.html 6 Disturbing Unanswered Questions from Children's Movies]] shows what would probably happen in the next generation: BrotherSisterIncest in the next generation would result in infertility.
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* YoungestChildWins: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19762_7-random-things-you-wont-believe-are-shortening-your-life.html #6 on this list]] shows that the older children will have more health problems than the younger ones based on order of birth.
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* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
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* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, JustinBieber Music/JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
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[[http://www.cracked.com Cracked.com]], founded in 2005, is a website spin off from the defunct ''{{Magazine/Cracked}}'' Magazine, founded in 1958.
Relying largely on (ostensibly) humourous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone, are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour, dispensing interesting historical and scientific trivia surrounded by dick jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to Choose Your Own Adventure Gonzo-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.
Small time celebrities including {{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}, White Ninja and DaisyOwl), and has its own caption contest. It has taken on the "Cracked Wikipedia Project" now known as Cracked topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from Steven Seagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).
For tropes related to the original mag, see Magazine.{{Cracked}}.
For a rundown of who's who on the current column writers:
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/ Jack O'Brien]] (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'') (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/robertbrockway/ Robert Brockway]] (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chris-bucholz/ Chris Bucholz]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/codyjohnston/ Cody Johnston]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/gladstone/ Wayne "Gladstone" Gladstone]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/soren-bowie/ Soren Bowie]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/dan-obrien/ Dan O'Brien (or DOB)]] (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/seanbaby/ Sean "Seanbaby" Riley]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/michael-swaim/ Michael Swaim]] (Though his current priority is videos.) (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/John+Cheese/ John Cheese]] (2008-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/LukeMcKinney/ Luke McKinney]] (2007-)
* Adam Brown, a frequent poster promoted to columnist. (2007-)
* Brendan [=McGinley=], a person recently added to be a columnist.( 2011-)
With frequent non-columnist posters:
* Kristi Harrison (also editor)(2007-)
Formerly:
* Ross Wolinsky (2006-2008)
* Ian Fortey (2007-2010)
They also have video content. The videos range from cultural to just random topics:
* ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18066_6-types-youtube-videos-there-are-waaay-too-many-of.html Cracked TV]]'' (now ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18184_does-not-compute-worst-lessons-psas-accidentally-taught-us.html Does Not Compute]]'') hosted by Michael Swaim, whose content comes primarily from lists compiled by the Cracked forums.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston]] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos.
* ''AgentsOfCracked'', Cracked's main comedy web-miniseries starring Michael Swaim and Daniel O'Brien.
* ''WebAnimation/AfterHours'', set in a diner where Soren Bowie, DOB, Swaim and Katie Willert discuss pop culture.
* Other regular contributors include ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18124_worst-morning-person-ever.html BriTaNick]]'', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16496_why-all-cool-kids-want-dark-knight-action-figures.html Black 20]]'', and ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16937_when-tech-support-goes-horribly-wrong.html Those Aren't Muskets]]''.
On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account and then post in [[http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/27006/i-want-you-to-make-comedy-cracked this thread]] to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles are written by denizens of ThisVeryWiki.
If you're going to add tropes that have to do with Agents of Cracked please put them [[AgentsOfCracked here.]]
Reading and/or general association with Cracked.com will also make you irresistibly sexually attractive.[[superscript:[citation needed] ]]
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!!'''Tropes present on the website:'''
* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: A common source of comedy, especially in the articles that centre on charts and graphs.
* AccidentalHero: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-photos-capturing-moments-spontaneous-badassery/ 10 Photos Capturing Moments of Spontaneous Badassery]].
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The entries in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18538_5-superpowers-we-all-had-as-babies-according-to-science_p1.html 5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies (According to Science)]]
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Pops up on occasion.
* AIIsACrapshoot: In [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18167_39-astounding-celebrity-and-one-cracked-tv-reboots.html 39 Astounding Celebrity (And One Cracked) Reboot]], Clippy attempts a HostileShowTakeover, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler:Swaim's memory being erased, him being [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] by Joanna Angel and going into a new season.]]
* TheAlcoholic: John Cheese is a recovering alcoholic. More than one article has been written about how much of a struggle it's been.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The 2nd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe (for lack of a better term). One article has an [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html alternate interpretation]] of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda the Good Witch]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18417_the-lighter-side-dark-side-5-villains-who-were-good.html 9 Famous Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19336_6-beloved-characters-that-had-undiagnosed-mental-illnesses.html 6 Beloved Characters That Had Undiagnosed Mental Illnesses]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19673_6-insane-but-convincing-theories-childrens-pop-culture.html 6 Insane (But Convincing) Theories on Children's Pop Culture]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19496_6-classic-kids-shows-secretly-set-in-nightmarish-universes.html 6 Classic Kids Shows Secretly Set in Nightmarish Universes]].
** What {{Seanbaby}} did to old Popsicle Pete comics, reimagining him as a harbinger of death and despair.
*** '''''[[color:red:NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE.]]'''''
* AmbiguousDisorder: Spoofed in [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18175_why-batman-secretly-terrible-gotham.html Why Batman Is Secretly Terrible for Gotham.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/seanbabys-brockways-choose-your-drug-fueled-adventure/ Do not trifle with the Adventure Master]].
* ApocalypticLog: A common format.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-internet-prescribed-cleanses-that-made-me-immortal/ 5 Internet Prescribed 'Cleanses' That Made Me Immortal]] is a good example.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Sometimes, the #1 spot of a list is relatively less extreme than the ones before it.
** Also, the unwritten law seems to be to reserve the last spot for the second (or somewhere close) most triumphant example as an 'appetizer'. So if it's a list of [[Webcomic/{{XKCD}} 17 worst haircuts in the Ottoman Empire]], it would be like; 2-17-16- ... -4-3-1.
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18775_5-popular-safety-measures-that-dont-make-you-any-safer.html 5 Popular Safety Measures That Don't Make You Any Safer]]":
-->"Let's face it, cities can be terrifying. They are, after all, filled with people like us. The modern metropolis is a teeming hive of strung-out dope heads, rapists, home invaders and fine regional cuisine."
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18967_6-famous-movies-with-mind-blowing-hidden-meanings.html 6 Famous Movies with Mind-Blowing Hidden Meanings]]":
-->"We tend to find Spider-Man easier to identify with than other superheroes. He's not an alien, like Superman, or the son of a major Norse god, like Thor, or a Canadian, like Wolverine."
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18443_6-famous-movie-wisemen-who-were-totally-full-shit.html 6 Famous Movie Wisemen Who Were Totally Full of Shit]]"
--> We are ''not'' blaming bad teachers for [[CompleteMonster Adolf Hitler]], [[WesternTerrorists Timothy McVeigh]], and [[{{Jerkass}} Spencer Pratt]]
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16785_7-retarded-food-myths-internet-thinks-are-true.html 7 Retarded Food Myths the Internet Thinks Are True]]:
--> We love the way the writer crammed in every scary word they could think of: rape, war, cancer, emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, blindness, Canada.
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19535_6-animals-with-better-memories-than-you.html 6 Animals with Better Memories than You]]
--> We tend to think of ourselves as the smartest animals on Earth. After all, we've built such technological wonders such as the internet, the internal combustion engine, and sneakers that light up when you take a step
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18894_6-real-historic-battles-decided-by-divine-intervention.html 6 Real Historic Battles Decided by Divine Intervention]]:
-->[The rebels] were trapped, outnumbered, ill-equipped, poorly trained, freezing and starving, ''and'' it was raining.
* AuthorAppeal: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19137_6-artists-whose-weird-fetishes-defined-pop-culture.html 6 Artists Whose Weird Fetishes Defined Pop Culture]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time_p5.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time]]. Counts as a WeAllLiveInAmerica too.
* AutomatonHorses: Photoplasty advertises a [[WarpWhistle whistle]] to summon one in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#5 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Staff Sgt Max Fightmaster.
---> "Where do you go when your name is already Staff Sgt. Max fucking Fightmaster? Oh, wait, there you go. Just make "Fucking" an official part of the name. We think it's almost impossible to say the name without it anyway."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18646_the-5-most-insane-improvised-weapons-that-were-animals_p2.html Testosticor Fantastiballs.]]
* {{Badass}}: Several lists commit themselves to talking about the most badass things found in that subject. Most notably, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_5-most-badass-presidents-all-time.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time]].
** Jack O'Brien, the "boss guy" of Cracked. He's possibly an insanely hardened criminal badass who likes to make time for "Jack's Rock Hour". The fact that he's the superior to ''the columnists'' say something about him.
** BadassGrandpa: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19242_6-old-people-who-could-kick-your-ass.html 6 Old People Who Could Kick Your Ass]]
** BadassMustache: If the subject of one of their articles has awesome facial hair, they ''will'' point it out.
** BadassPrincess: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19478_5-real-princesses-too-badass-disney-movies.html ...who are too badass for Disney movies.]]
* BadBoss: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/89_the-6-most-horrific-bosses-all-time/ These six]].
* BagOfHolding: Photoplasty advertises jeans with such a pocket in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#13 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* BaitAndSwitchComment: This is a not uncommon format for article titles, such as "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-for-traumatizing-children.html 10 Awesome Ads (For Traumatizing Children)]]".
* {{Batman}}. Seriously. He's the [[FrankMiller god-damn]] Patron Saint of this site. If ''anything'' can have a Batman reference, it will.
* BehindTheBlack: In Swaim's normal series you never see his legs, and he once claimed to not have any.
* BerserkButton: Seanbaby has a HUGE one in the "romance" guides of one Gregory JP Godek. Every article he even tangentially features in devolves into Seanbaby cursing his birth.
** Cody and TwoAndAHalfMen. If the show comes up at any point in one of his articles, expect it to devolve into pure bile.
* BetterByADifferentName:
** Discussed in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** Yet it goes on to explain why ''Film/HomeAlone'' and ''Film/DieHard'' are [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4445-home-alone/ the same movie]].
* BetterThanCanon:[[invoked]] Invoked: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/ 6 insane fan theories that actually make great movies better.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19266_5-movie-fan-theories-that-make-more-sense-than-movie.html 5 Movie Fan Theories That Make More Sense Than the Movie]].
* TheBigGuy: Compared to the other columnists, Seanbaby is this physically, Robert Brockway is [[HotBlooded this in personality.]]
** Also, Michael Swaim. He doesn't look that big until he's placed next to his coworkers in video sketches, when it becomes readily apparent that he is a full head taller (or more) than everyone else.
* BilingualDialogue: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 5th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* BlackComedy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/188_7-great-products-telling-world-youre-rich-dick/ 7 Great Products for Telling the World You're a Rich Dick]].
-->"Perhaps you could pretend the people out in the street begging for food are orcs!"
* BlatantLies: "America's Only Humor & Video Site, [[AnachronismStew Since 1958]]". This date refers to Cracked's beginning as a magazine rivaling ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' in 1958.
* BMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_235_b-movie-posters-classic-films/ B-Movie Posters for Classic Films]].
* BitingTheHandHumor: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/#ixzz1jTJ2Dlkn "It's the stupidest idea for someone to sink money into ever since somebody decided to start a website based only on the name recognition of a magazine that no longer existed."]]
* BodyHorror: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_175_when-human-evolution-adapts-to-modern-gadgets_p1 This]] Photoplasty contest.
* BottomlessBladder: Photoplasty advertises undergarments and supplements that make this possible in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#20 #20]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#4 #4]].
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18508_6-terrifying-diseases-that-science-cant-explain.html#ixzz0q9xtIEL6 This article]]. "In severe cases, the condition results in difficulty breathing, problems swallowing, ''muscle ruptures and fucking broken bones''."
** And zig-zagged in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19410_5-absurdly-expensive-pieces-junk-food.html this article]]: "Ramen is a bowl of noodles, broth, spices and [[PerpetualPoverty destitution]] that you'll find in college dorms and poverty-stricken homes across the U.S. "
** And the final entry in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-worst-behaviors-public-transportation/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module this article]] about bad behavior on public transport is [[spoiler:getting raped by your rickshaw driver]].
* BreakableWeapons: Photoplasty advertises a product that dulls weapons in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#9 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* BrickJoke: A while back, Daniel O'Brien wrote [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ this article]], about what to do when alone in a room with your doppelganger. In Agents of Cracked season 2 episode 3, he finds himself in that exact situation, and the doppelganger brings up the article.
** While the article itself is not brought up, the meet-your-doppelganger scenario showed up in Agents of Cracked season 1 episode 7 "Curse of the Idol".
*** Which means that DOB has both [[spoiler: fucked and fought himself.]]
* BuddyCopShow: Combined with TheyFightCrime in ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ Why Crimes Would Never Get Solved At A TV Police Station]]''
* BurnTheWitch: Being burned is MaryPoppins's nightmare according to a Photoplasty: [[http:// www.cracked.com/photoplasty_334_24-nightmares-famous-fictional-characters_p24/#8 24 Nightmares of Famous Fictional Characters]]
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/this-is-why-you-dont-steal-from-cracked/ "This Is Why You Don't Steal From Cracked"]], DOB doesn't know WHO retaliated against the plagiarist, but is probably someone handsome and witty and with just a hint of Spider-Man-like qualities.
* ButItReallyHappened: Happens in almost every article. Especially in the "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped" articles.
* CanadaEh: Chris Bucholz has a "babbling, near-unintelligible Canadian accent" and apparently, because of the sound of it, birds won't land when he's nearby.
* CaptionContest: The daily [[http://www.cracked.com/craptions/ Craption Contest]], where users submit captions for a silly picture and get votes on which one is the funniest.
* CatchPhrase: "Oh shit, we went there", for when the article is about to slam a beloved character, such as {{Batman}} or [[StarWars Obi-wan]].
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/what-happened-to-ross/ What ever happened to columnist Ross Wolinsky?]]
* ClarkKenting: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18617_the-9-stupidest-superhero-secret-identities.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback The 9 Stupidest Superhero Secret Identities]]. The TropeNamer is #1.
* ClassicCheatCode: [[VideoGame/{{Doom}}]] "idspispopd" referenced in a Photoplasty: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#18 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One article bashes {{Boastful Rap}}s for being ''unrealistic.''
** You can expect the idiots in the comments section to do this quite a bit- the people who genuinely took the "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-steps-to-staying-relevant-as-bully-in-modern-world/ Four Steps to Staying Relevant as a Bully]]" article as serious advice are a notable example.
* ContinuityNod: If a writer thinks something is particularly funny, they'll probably throw it in to whatever situation they feel is remotely appropriate. See [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-unintentionally-depressing-self-help-books-on-happiness/ this]] article where Seanbaby takes a potshot at Bullet Ball, the inventor of which you may recall being number one on Seanbaby's list of the greatest failures in the history of talent shows ever.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Discussed in the final entry of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18862_6-deadly-injuries-you-think-youd-survive-thanks-to-movies.html 6 Deadly Injuries You Think You'd Survive (Thanks to Movies)]].
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many articles are plagued by this trope. See DanBrowned entry below.
* CrazyCatLady: Parodied by Christina H., whose column is called "Let Me Tell You About My Cats."
* CreatorBreakdown: Several of John Cheese's articles, particularly his recent ones, have been informed by his less-than-happy childhood and personal issues stemming from this.
** DOB's gotten in on this trope, too, on occasion, though not nearly to the extent Cheese has.
* DanBrowned: Often times their articles, even if they're cited, end up being either gross misrepresentations of the facts or even flat-out lies. A particularly {{egregious}} example is in their article "If Oscar Speeches Told the Truth" where they claim the screenplay to ''GoodWillHunting'' wasn't really written by MattDamon and BenAffleck, and the citation they link to ''directly contradicts their entire point''.
* DangerousWorkplace: Apparently the Cracked headquarters is a hellish place run by deranged lunatics lead by a rockstar-like figure with NoOSHACompliance whatsoever where writers prefer dangerous reporting missions than to writing in a wooden cage while DOB is out with a working lighter.
** In ''AgentsOfCracked'', it's a somewhat deranged workplace run by a [[FaceFramedInShadow mysterious badass]], whose requirements for employment involve killing a man, and terrorists and ''Michael'' are allowed to roam.
* DeathWorld: Having grown tired of jokes about Australia, Cracked has now gone on to imply we live in a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html Death universe.]]
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: Michael Swaim consistently refers to himself as "your Host Droid".
* DeconstructorFleet: Frequently, the themes for the photoshop contests amount to "Show what X would be like in the real world."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment : "Now it's time to check in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into, in a segment I like to call 'Checking in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into.'"
* DescriptionCut: Quite common. Sometimes an entry will end with something along the lines of 'The only thing crazier than that would be if x happened.' with the next entry being x.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Because much of the content is done by freelance contributors, the lists tend to vary between this and ShownTheirWork. Some of the apparent research failure can be chalked up to RuleOfFunny.
** This writer is under the impression comic books [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14789_8-least-threatening-comic-book-villains.html stopped updating their villains since the silver age]]. Some of those characters have been updated to the point where the fans think that they are some of the better villains like The Riddler and The Penguin.
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17674_how-to-make-jokeless-comedy-studying-epic-movie-guys.html this]] article, the writer is under the impression that Superhero Movie was made by Seltzer and Friedberg. It wasn't. It was made by [[{{Airplane}} Zucker, Abrams, and Zucker]]. He also mistakenly claims that a scene from ''Film/EpicMovie'' is in it, although there is an editor's note recognizing this.
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18606_8-historic-symbols-that-mean-opposite-what-you-think.html this]] article, the writer blames Guy Fawkes of being a "fighter for Spain and the Catholic Church" and "trying to install an evil theocracy in place of the slightly more egalitarian Protestant revolution". In truth, the gunpowder plot was in part motivated by Spain washing its hands off of the situation, which is ''the opposite'' of what the article says. This is generally a one-sided account of a decidedly GreyAndGrayMorality situation- for one thing, Catholics were persecuted in this "egalitarian" England.
** Jacopo Della Quercia and Rohan Ramakrishnan are usually the biggest offenders at times.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18438_6-movie-monsters-that-just-wouldnt-work.html This article]] seems to be under the impression that the face-huggers in the {{Aliens}} series ''literally'' impregnates people, which is just MemeticMutation, and that everything on [[JamesCameronsAvatar Pandora]] is impossible simply on the basis that its wildlife is similar to Earth's.
** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking says that it's 9'11" instead of 9'10"]].
** [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The writers regularly call spiders "insects"]] and commit similar mixups.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html This]] article confuses the Paralympics with the Special Olympics.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19279_5-inventions-that-prove-the-terminator-upon-us.html A recent one]] claimed that a solar probe that could stand up to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit (1430 C) would laugh in the face of the molten metal of {{Terminator 2}}, except that melting iron takes at least 2790 F (1530 C). Melting ''carbon'' (the other part of steel) is even higher (6500F/3600C)
** Apparently one of the Cracked writers thinks [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18520_the-7-worst-things-that-can-and-did-happen-at-funeral_p2.html the Stonewall Riots]] were caused specifically because of JudyGarland's death upsetting gay people.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19154_the-6-most-ridiculous-things-ever-taxed.html This one]] calls PeterTheGreat a wimp because he didn't have a beard and was skinny. He was also almost seven feet tall and incredibly strong.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html Robert Evans]] using Dan Savage as a source to analyze bisexual behaviour. [[http://www.afterelton.com/oysters-04-28-2011-dan-savage-biphobic Dan Savage]] may be a respected advisor on sex, but he is also infamous for being extremely prejuduced on this particular subject.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18513_5-insane-file-sharing-panics-from-before-internet.html 5 Insane File Sharing Panics From Before The Internet]]
* DisabilitySuperpower: Someone with no legs would make a better fighter pilot because G forces wouldn't drain blood to the legs, according to the article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18624_5-people-who-turned-awful-disabilities-into-superpowers.html 5 People Who Turned Awful Disabilities Into Superpowers]].
* DiscreditedTrope: Several articles discuss tropes deemed discredited. One is [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Clippy [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/clippy-finally-messes-with-the-wrong-word-doc/ taunts Brockway]] about his grammar and writing skills. In return, Brockway murders his wife, mentally destroys his children, mocks Clippy's failed suicide attempt following that, and finally summons Cthulhu to drag Clippy's bleeding body away for infinite torment. [[ComedicSociopathy Harsh, yet hilarious.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-obnoxious-behaviors-that-should-be-punishable-by-death/ And here]], 7 Obnoxious Behaviours That Should Be Punishable By Death.
** Seen again in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/greatest-note-ever-left-dented-car/?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module this article.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DOB considers the hair-braid USB in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to be basically rape.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After churning out article after depressing biographical article, [[TheWoobie John Cheese]] gives us [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-life-actually-does-get-better/ this.]]
** Which then eventually leads into [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-you-know-its-time-to-get-married/ this.]] Awwwwwww.
* EldritchAbomination: Popsicle Pete.
** [[AC:[[color:red:None of you are safe!]]]]
** [[ItGotWorse He's only the herald]]. And he walks among us already.
** [[RunningGag Spiders.]]
** Gustave the Giant Crocodile. Robert Evans describes him as "a living, breathing, scream-eating dinosaur that is so sick of his own immortality that he passes the time by destroying life whenever he sees it."
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Several articles list [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18387_5-ways-world-could-end-youd-never-see-coming.html things that can end the world]], things that can end the world [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16817_5-cosmic-events-that-could-kill-you-before-lunch.html when you don't expect it]], and things that can end the world ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_17562_5-horrifying-apocalyptic-scenarios-that-have-already-happened.html that already happened]]''.
* EnforcedMethodActing: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19693_5-amazing-performances-from-actors-who-werent-acting.html 5 Amazing Performances From Actors Who Weren't Acting]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19099_12-classic-movie-moments-made-possible-by-abuse-murder.html 12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: "Here at Cracked, one of our specialties is "not making jokes about the rape of Nanking"".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19393_7-ruthless-criminals-who-turned-good-when-nobody-was-looking.html 7 Ruthless Criminals Who Turned Good When Nobody Was Looking]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ever since Soren Bowie's headshot was posted in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrifying-things-movies-dont-tell-you-about-los-angeles/ this article]], most of the comment threads in his recent columns have consisted of both male and female readers fawning over him.
* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Lots of lists involve various animals/places and how they can kill/maim/burn/harm you without even trying. Australia shows up a lot on these lists, apparently you need to kill five species of poisonous spider just to get to the bathroom.
** Also Brockway's book, ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead]]''.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-best-kinds-monkeys-drunk-column/ The 7 Best Kinds of Monkeys]].
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: The final entry in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18550_5-true-war-stories-that-put-every-action-movie-to-shame_p2.html 5 True War Stories That Put Every Action Movie to Shame]]. We'll just let it speak for itself.
* ExperimentedInCollege: One of the myths in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html 5 Ridiculous Sex Myths Everyone Believes]].
* FakeNationality: Resulting accent dissonance called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The Single Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* FamousFamousFictional: This is #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]], the example being "Newton, Einstein, [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Sulak]]".
* FantasticRacism: An article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions how Middle-earth is segregated in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': "There are no humans or elves living in the Shire, and if a hobbit is going to live in Rivendell, he'd better be a big goddamned deal."
* FetishRetardant: In-universe (lacking a better term). [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-misguided-attempts-at-sexy-videos-youtube/ The 8 Most Misguided Attempts at 'Sexy' Videos on YouTube]]
* {{Filler}}: The major columnists for the site almost never update on Saturday, so the site tends to link to images from older Photoshop contests to pad out the front page.
** Which [[FanDumb some readers]] ''still'' bitch about like it's a new thing.
* FlippingTheBird: Some pictures show people doing that a lot in top-number lists.
* ForeignQueasine: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World]].
* ForScience: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16301_6-most-badass-stunts-ever-pulled-in-name-science.html 6 Most Badass Stunts Pulled In The Name Of Science]]
* FreudianSlip: From [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18193_white-people-rapping-about-rape-what-could-go-wrong-5Bdnc5D.html this video]]: "I've been your boobs, Michael Boobs. Allow me to boobs you tits".
* FridgeLogic: Invoked in quite a few articles which consist of thinking about the surprisingly gruesome implications of popular TV shows and movies. %%%Don't move this to the Fridge Namespace, since it's an in-work discussion of the concept.
* FunWithAcronyms: Michael Swaim starts off every episode of Cracked TV with '''S'''ome '''W'''eird '''A'''cronym '''I'''nstead of a '''M'''onologue. His official blog on the site is called "'''S'''lander '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''I'''nherent '''M'''eaning".
** Also '''S'''pelling '''W'''as '''A'''ever a '''I'''uge '''M'''riority.
*** And '''S'''waim (s)'''W'''imulates '''A''' (human) '''IM'''otion.
** For SesquipedalianLoquaciousness value, he had '''S'''omnambulists '''W'''ainscot '''{{A|ntidisestablishmentarianism}}'''[[{{Antidisestablishmentarianism}} ntidisestablishmentarianistically]] '''I'''respective of '''M'''alapropisms.
** ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/your-3rd-grade-science-textbook-as-written-by-gary-busey/ Gary Busey's Explorations of Science]]'' has a bunch:
*** "[This textbook] might contradict what your eyeballs tell you, but that means it's working. '''EYEBALLS''' stands for '''E'''vents '''Y'''ou '''E'''xperience by '''A'''lien '''L'''aser '''L'''ieRay '''S'''atellites."
*** "If everyone wasn't special, no one would be. Which is why '''SPECIAL''' stands for '''S'''unny '''P'''als '''E'''xtremely '''C'''hromosomed and '''I'''mmune to '''A'''pes and '''L'''ightning."
*** Gary Busey even manages to plan an acronym around his own death: "'''LEARNING''' stands for '''L'''eading '''E'''xcitement! '''A'''rgh! '''R'''eality! '''N'''o! '''I'''-- '''N'''o! '''G'''AAAAHH!!!!"
* TheGenericGuy: Bucholz isn't very generic, but compared to all the other columnists, he's notable for being Cracked's foremost "columnist with no outstanding warrants".
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In-universe again. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18895_7-things-from-america-that-are-insanely-popular-overseas.html "7 Things From America That Are Insanely Popular Overseas."]] And yes, the {{Trope Namer|s}} is at the top of the list.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18672_the-6-creepiest-things-ever-slipped-into-childrens-cartoons.html "The 6 Creepiest Things Ever Slipped Into Children's Cartoons."]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19271_8-filthy-jokes-hidden-in-ancient-works-art.html 8 Filthy Jokes Hidden in Ancient Works of Art]].
* GiantFlyer: ''Argentavis'' is #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18445_7-thankfully-extinct-giant-versions-modern-animals.html 7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals]].
* {{GIFT}}: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/hey-lets-fix-internet/ Hey, Let's Fix The Internet]]
* GoodCopBadCop: Parodied [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ here]] along with TheyFightCrime, RippedFromTheHeadlines and countless other CopShow clichés.
* GrailInTheGarbage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-to-be-invaluable-artifacts.html 5 Pieces of Junk That Turned Out To Be Invaluable Artifacts]]
* GrowingUpSucks: Daniel O'Brien has written two articles about why growing up sucks; however, both Gladstone and Brockway have written articles explaining why it ''doesn't'' suck. John Cheese, meanwhile, has written at least one from each perspective.
** This is increasingly a focus of the articles; possibly because at least two of the columnists are now parents. There have been at least two articles on the subject of the economy and how tough it is to be not poor anymore.
* HealThyself, HealingFactor, HealingHands, HealingPotion, HealingShiv: Among the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* HeroicBystander: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-superheroes-in-clutch.html 5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch.]]
* {{Heroic Dolphin}}s: Cracked deconstructs this by listing dolphins in both [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16762_the-6-biggest-assholes-in-animal-kingdom_p2.html The 6 Biggest Assholes In The Animal Kingdom]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_the-6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You.]]
* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: Someone who is especially out of their mind is often described as "GaryBusey crazy."
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: They like to do this to Theodore Roosevelt.
* HistoryMarchesOn: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19404_6-terrifying-sci-fi-predictions-about-year-1997.html Six terrifying sci-fi predictions (of 1997)]]
* HomePornMovie: It's a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18392_6-reasons-homemade-porn-worse-idea-than-you-think.html worse idea than you think]], according to Ian Fortey.
* HumanoidAbomination: Brockway, over the course of a drug-addled gossip-magazine-sponsored day-long interview, slowly comes to learn that this applies to [[spoiler:[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/extra-mario-lopez-has-no-soul/ Mario Lopez.]]]]
** See Popsicle Pete? That is ''not'' the voice of a Down's Syndrome-looking ginger in a marching band outfit.
** [[spoiler:Mario Lopez]]'s nature as a creature not meant to walk this Earth [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-monster-inside-mario-lopez-warning/ has been further documented]].
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-best-movies-where-people-are-hunted-for-sport/?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=blog&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=flashback 6 Great Movies Where People Are Hunted for Sport]].
* HyperactiveMetabolism: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* HypocriticalHumor: A subtle and recurring theme of "Cracked TV" is that the RealLife Michael Swaim is just as guilty of all the things that [[AlterEgoActing his character]] criticizes about everyone else. This was dropped in "Does Not Compute", where the focus is on more "out there" topics.
* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Titles]]: "''X Normal Description (Weird Criteria)''"
* ImmortalProcreationClause: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions Middle-earth in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', claiming that "no one in the Elfish kingdom is getting any, anywhere."
* IncrediblyLamePun: From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever]], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[HeroicSociopath Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
* InfiniteFlashlight: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#24 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* InNameOnly: There's literally ''nothing'' carrying over from the magazine save for the title.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16]].
* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* IntercourseWithYou: Discussed in an article about [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19657_4-evolutionary-explanations-modern-annoyances_p2.html modern annoyances with evolutionary explanations]].
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Constantly referenced. Two notable uses: Swaim watching pornography and describing what he sees to the viewer (because Cracked is ostensibly a family website and they won't host actual porn), and in The Web Of Sites, part of the Agents series, Swaim finally learns that the internet exists and says:
--> ''"I typed in porn, and porn came up! I typed in breakfast, and porn came up! It's the perfect system!"''
* IntrepidReporter: Sometimes the columnists write out 1st person stories, sometimes it's about them doing article research. Special mention goes to Chris Bucholz, who seems to do hands-on reporting 80% of the time.
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The #6 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]]
* IWantMyJetpack: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15756_3Cem3E20013Cem3E-to-3Cem3Etimecop3Cem3E-8-movie-futures-already-proven-wrong.html 8 Movie Futures Already Proven Wrong]]
* JustAStupidAccent: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 4th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Robert Brockway mentions killing an old woman for her eyeglasses in FalloutNewVegas, having taken the Four-Eyes trait and didn't find glasses anywhere else; however [[spoiler:the woman sold a pregnant woman into slavery and would have been killed in a quest anyway.]]
* TheKrampus: Mentioned [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html here]].
* LanguageEqualsThought: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5-insane-ways-words-can-control-your-mind.html 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind]]
* LifeImitatesArt: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the "6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes".
--> "In {{Marvel}} world, the odds of winding up with super powers are less than half the chance of being hit by lightning (although to be fair, being hit by lightning in the Marvel universe would probably give you superpowers).
* LockedInARoom: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/most-horrifying-writers-room-ever The Most Horrifying Writers Room Ever]].
* LoopholeAbuse: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18753_the-6-most-creative-abuses-loopholes.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended The 6 Most Creative Abuses Of Loopholes]]. Highlights include buying 12,000+ cups of pudding to earn millions of free airline miles.
* MadeOfExplodium:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17561_6-things-that-shouldnt-explode-but-did-anyway.html Things That Shouldn't Explode But Did Anyway]] lists things that seemingly were made of explodium at some point, even an office chair!
** Photoplasty advertises lots of explosive things in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#10 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MagicAIsMagicA:
** Even fantasy stories need some consistent ground rules on which to build a conflict. [[HandWave Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of BellisariosMaxim is discussed in #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html 8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes]]: "at least follow the rules you freaking made up."
* MagicalDefibrillator: When used by a teammate in a video game, one of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Spoofed [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18307_the-most-overly-dramatic-break-up-ever.html here]] in a TropeOverdosed video that also includes a SpitTake, ItsNotYouItsMe, VictorianNovelDisease, IncurableCoughOfDeath...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html This sketch]] mocks this trope thoroughly. Bonus points for actually using the exact name of the trope.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Discussed in a couple articles.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science_p2.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]], #1: Immortality.
** One of ''WebOriginal/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19598_6-horrifying-implications-classic-christmas-movies.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies]] is that in ''Film/FredClaus'', Santa Claus's immortal immediate family suffers from what the article calls the "Highlander Complex": "They will have to watch their friends and relatives wither and die right before their callous, eternal eyes."
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie Willert from After Hours.
* MightyWhitey: Cracked loves to accuse film and other entertainment companies of racism and sexism, despite the fact that their writing staff has always been composed almost exclusively by white males. As such, they both satirize and play this trope straight [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time]].
** When a Chinese-American woman joined the team, each of her articles' comments have been filled with almost nothing but contempt for her for being non-white and female.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Explained ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]]'' in David Wong's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html Monkeysphere article.]]
* MirrorScare: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19361_the-14-ways-to-be-scared-by-mirror-in-movies-5Bchart5D.html 14 different kinds]].
* MistakenForRacist: The author of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19036_too-stupid-satire-how-media-branded-me-as-racist.html this article]] explains how a video he made (called "Straya Day") came back to bite him after this happened because of too many people watching it not realizing it was satirical.
* MoodDissonance: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18980_the-5-most-badass-musical-instruments-ever-built.html "The 5 Most Badass Musical Instruments Ever Built"]]: "If you could kill Bond with your Nanoguitar pick, you'd use the Laser Harp you'd to wipe out the rest of MI6 in one hellish afternoon of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fire, blood, and inappropriately mellow tunes]]."
* MookMaker: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#19 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sometimes results in a staggering lack of perspective, both discussed and within the articles themselves.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19611_6-things-movies-love-to-get-wrong-about-workplace.html 6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About the Workplace]] discusses how Hollywood films get other professions wrong by extrapolating from the experiences of Hollywood writers.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html This article about intellectual property]] (which it calls Forced Artificial Scarcity, or [[FunWithAcronyms FArtS]]) uses only copyrighted works of authorship (that is, media) as examples, failing to mention potential examples of patented works of engineering (that is, inventions) that arguably power more of the economy.
* TheMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_249_if-flash-games-got-their-own-movie-adaptations/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=photoshop&wa_user4=recommended two]].
* MrFanservice & EvenTheGuysWantHim: Swaim for his [[ShirtlessScene lack of a shirt]] and DOB for his boyish looks. [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd John Cheese]] too.
** Seanbaby gets fairly frequent comments from straight men who'd like to have his children.
** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]).
* MusicalEpisode: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_234_if-everything-got-adapted-into-broadway-musical/ If Everything Got Adapted into a Broadway Musical]]
* NetworkDecay: In-universe. Subject of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18449_the-tlc-experiment-just-how-dumb-learning-channel.html The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?]]
** Another one was done on the History Channel.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TheNicknamer: [[PungeonMaster DOB]] tends to give nicknames to everyone that change every time he refers to them in rapid succession. The nicknames are either puns, insults, terms of endearment, or a disturbing combination of all three.
** And they're all usually directed at his boss Jack O'Brien. To name a few: Jaxploitation, Jack to the Future, Jackbook Air, Jacts of Life, etc.
* NintendoHard: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15696_the-10-most-irritatingly-impossible-old-school-video-games.html The 10 Most Irritatingly Impossible Old-School Video Games]].
* NoodleIncident: The opening of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/ this]] article says:
---> "[A]nd Jack O'Brien plus a huge bag of X gave us a Cracked office party that we're still not allowed to blog about."
* NoOSHACompliance: OSHA is mentioned by name in #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_the-7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever]], one of the cheaters looks so much like one they have to use this trope.
** On a MazesAndMonsters cover; "This is not Photoshop."
** They use this when talking about Mr. Kellogg's use of circumcision and Corn Flakes to combat masturbation.
** On RealLife supervillians; [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18931_6-supervillains-from-history-that-make-joker-look-subtle.html#ixzz1ABV0h4Cn Mussolini's evil lair. Seriously. That is not Photoshop.]]
* OldMediaAreEvil: Though most Cracked writers are [[RuleOfFunny perfectly willing]] to make fun of the internet too, articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html 6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact,]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17318_7-clearly-fake-news-stories-that-fooled-mainstream-media.html 7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media,]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article/87_5-awesome-cases-internet-owning-mainstream-media/ 5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media]] show a pretty strong bias. Old entertainment media fares no better than news media, with articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html 5 Reasons The Oscars Matter Even Less Than You Thought]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17608_6-cheap-acting-tricks-that-fool-critics-every-time.html 6 Cheap Acting Tricks That Fool The Critics Every Time.]]
* OldShame: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]] in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
* OncePerEpisode: A bust photo of a large-breasted woman with only a single button closed on her shirt and [[VaporWear nothing underneath]] is shoehorned into the majority of the lists, which usually hang a {{lampshade|Hanging}} on it when she appears.
** They eventually ID'd her in [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ this]] article. Her name is Kate, and she [[http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/jeff_bennion/Cracked/cleavage1.jpg has a face.]]
** It stares into our souls.
* OneManArmy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War]].
* OneOfUs: Seeing how [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html this page]] mentions TV Tropes twice and links to it three times, this is a safe bet of at least one editor.
* OneSizeFitsAll: Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* OscarBait: Discussed in the "ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver", and also in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html this article]].
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-overused-jokes-internet/#ixzz1bYF8pemD Edouard Manet? Best.19th Century French Impressionist Painter Whose Last Name Is One Letter Away From Another French Impressionist. Ever!]]
* PerspectiveFlip / POVSequel: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_214_28-great-movies-from-perspective-minor-characters/ 28 Great Movies From the Perspective of Minor Characters]]
** And now [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_267_26-great-movies-from-villains-point-view/ 26 Great Movies from the Villain's Point of View]].
* PinkProductPloy: Mocked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-pointlessly-women-specific-products/ The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products]]".
* PlanetOfHats: This is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* ThePresidentsDaughter: There used to be an article called "6 Helpful Tips for Kidnapping the President's Daughters," which was taken down after the person who wrote it, DOB, was confronted by the ''FBI and Secret Service''.
* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Seanbaby is possibly the worst offender.
* QuoteSwearUnquote: Claims adding swearing to the lyrics of "You're the Best Around" would make it even better.
* RapeAsComedy
* RashomonStyle: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ "Who Killed Ian Fortey?"]] Was also Ian's last article as a columnist.
* RatedMForManly: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-manliest-images-on-the-internet/ The 8 Manliest Images on the Internet]]
** And let's not forget [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html The 9 Manliest Names in the World]]
** Pretty much everything Seanbaby does, but especially his "Man Comics", and its even manlier spinoff "Fuckin'-A Comics".
** Brockway's column is titled "Robert Brockway: '''Word Puncher'''".
** And then there's Seanbaby's column, "Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle", the art for which features him ''dropkicking Hitler in the face''.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: They have so far published no fewer than 6 lists of "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped".
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]].
* ReversePolarity: This is #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* RibcageStomach: The #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop whose decoration invokes this.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Swaim, evidently.
* RubberBandAI: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_the-15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html Listed as the number 2 most annoying video game character (Anyone who does it).]]
* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: Cracked has refined these into a logical heuristic, frequently stating that given a lack of concrete evidence as to what happened, we are forced to assume the most bizarre, awesome, and/or ridiculous scenario.
* RunningGag: Many themes recur over similar articles, usually referencing particularly popular articles.
** Praise of Theodore Roosevelt's super-human powers in the art of violence now spans topics, articles and lists.
** Many of the articles feature an outlandish assumption on the part of the writer, in the formula: "Reports do not say if [X crazy thing] happened, so we're forced to assume it did."
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15963_5-works-art-that-can-probably-kill-you.html The text does not mention whether [the sculptures] have evolved cavernous maws and a dark, endless hunger, so we are forced to assume they have.]]
** ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [Citation needed].]]''.
--> [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17612_p2.html ...which means if you put a jellyfish in the space shuttle, and it fired its stingers at the moment of takeoff, it would travel back in time [citation needed].]]
** The word "Baffling" is often used in titles of articles.
** Similar to their love of Roosevelt is their love of NikolaTesla, and their complete and utter ball-crushing hatred of Thomas Edison. Like Roosevelt, this is because the things you could make up about either man in favor of their position on said man are only slightly less exaggerated than real life.
** Have we mentioned Australia yet? Well, Cracked does a lot...
** Can be taken to exasperating extremes when the writers [[CultureClash start taking potshots at other cultures' idiosyncrasies]] [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of a laugh.]] One or two jokes is one thing, but... [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18567_6-japanese-subcultures-that-are-insane-even-japan.html well, see for yourself.]] Worse, the cultural jokes aren't just annoying, [[DidNotDoTheResearch they're frequently wrong.]]
*** At least it's ''justified'' whenever they're [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17165_6-reasons-north-korea-funniest-evil-dictatorship-ever.html bashing North Korea]].
** Ke$ha's debauchery is becoming a fairly common theme...
** "Gary Busey crazy" was often used when mentioning something they considered insane. Often including an image of the man himself.
** Whenever they are in doubt of what picture they should use for an article, they will frequently use reuse the same photo of a woman's large [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/0/6/19106.jpg cleavage]].
** Several articles have been devoted to the over-the-top mean, weird, or just plain laughable antics of world dictators, especially North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
** They also [[SarcasmMode love]] spiders.
** Also, they have a running gag where they'll explain that X does (''action'') because ''fuck Y, that's why.''
** Additionally, AlGore [[MemeticMutation invented the internet]].
** And among the columnists, Brockway's drug use, Soren's social superiority, Swaim's freaky kinks, Dan's nicknaming, and Bulchoz's Canadian roots.
* ScienceIsBad: "7 Ways Science will kill you by X" is practically a template. Only matched by the number of articles about horrifying animals.
* ScrewYourself: Mentioned in a few articles, including one by Dan O'Brien that's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ almost entirely about the subject]]. Said article is referenced when Dan meets his counterpart from Broked.com's SimilarSquad in ''Agents of Cracked''.
-->'''BOD''': You know, I remember reading somewhere that there are only two truly meaningful things you can do with your doppleganger when you're locked in a room. You can [[MirrorMatch fight them]]... Or f*** them.
-->*Dan takes a fighting stance*
-->'''BOD''': Wrong answer.
* ScunthorpeProblem: Seen in the comments section, due to a word filter that targets a given word sequence even as part of a larger word. For instance, the racial slur "Jap" is rendered as "J*p" so that it'll also catch "Japs" and turn it into "J*ps", and consequently the comments on an article about Japanese subcultures talked about "j*pan" (in lowercase). This makes writing "j*panese" a bit of a problem. "Cum" is also banned, so you can't say "doc*mentary". "Cock" is banned as well, which is a problem since most of the site is made of dick jokes. "Spic" makes it a problem writing the word "susp*cious". We could list a whole bunch of examples. Basically, their filter s*cks d*ck.
** The main problem is that the article will usually curse up a storm, while the comments section is censored. The problem is why they would ''need'' to censor it at all when the site's main demographic is 18-34 year old males who wouldn't be offended by cursing. Now you can say that it's the server's policy not to host foul language, but again: why is it that the article can say "fuck shit piss" all they want while the community is treated like children? Do they really think that a site like that is going to be visited by 8 year olds?
* SeinfeldianConversation: The series ''After Hours'' is built on this trope.
* SelfDeprecation: Everyone who contributes to Cracked are always most likely to take a cheap shot at people that are like them, or Cracked itself. The main contributors are also likely to talk about how much of an asshole they are, the sad fact that they write internet articles, and that they work at a headquarters that serves gruel-like slop and doesn't have indoor plumbing.
** Christina H frequently laments how fat and ugly she is, even while explaining why women tend to have artificially low opinions of themselves.
* SelfInsertFic: A good amount of Dan O'Brien's stuff is this, depicting himself as a Jerkass fond of annoying the protagonists and lampshade hanging.
* SerialKiller: There are [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19737_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended two]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended lists]] of serial-killer ''animals''.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SexyWhateverOutfit: Parodied.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: ''Pick up [[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 "Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody"]] on book stands now.''
** Shared when other Cracked columnists also help with promoting Brockway's book.
** And of course, David Wong will never let us forget that [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd he wrote a book once]].
** And now with the release of the first ''Cracked.com'' book they've been even more blunt with no less than two full articles advertising it.
* SingleBiomePlanet: Part of #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-people-you-should-have-to-face-in-hell/ Apparently]] Adam is Gladstone's.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The articles are, for the most part, quite cynical.
* SkewedPriorities: "[Circumcision] can result in death, [[FateWorseThanDeath or even worse]], loss of the penis."
* TastesLikePurple / MushroomSamba: "...and when you're walking down a road made out of wind and purple, you'll know you're tripping ''just'' the right amount of balls."
* TheSmartGuy: Gladstone, compared to DOB or Swaim.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Pretty much all the articles have a hint of this, especially those by the main contributors.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]]
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Mentioned by name in #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
* SpikyHair: Photoplasty advertises hair gel that makes it possible in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#17 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SprintShoes: Photoplasty advertises 30 Second Energy in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#8 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* StealthParody: The article "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19420_6-classic-songs-that-were-supposed-to-be-jokes.html 6 classic songs that were supposed to be jokes]]" discusses several examples from music.
* StockFootage: Swaim's co-host in Cracked TV, "Clippy", which consists of out-of-context clips from films or viral media, such as "Orientation guy from ''The Hudsucker Proxy''", "Still-lives of fruit alongside Holocaust survivors", and "Clips of chips."
** Chips clips? ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment TOTALLY RAAAAAAAAAAANDOOOOOOM!]]''
** Not to mention "Clips of ''[=CHiPs=]''".
** Gladstone changes his shirt in one episode to match stock footage.
** As of Swaim's new series, his "co-host" is stock footage of various bad Youtube bloggers. Clippy, meanwhile, is having a new body built for him - which, at this time, consists of [[NoodleImplements a can of Monster, a cell phone, a light bulb, and Doritos.]]
** And then Clippy came back.
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Soren!]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: The Strid is a segment of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire that will murder you. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19705_the-5-most-spectacular-landscapes-earth-that-murder-you.html This article]] compares it to "exactly how water works in a video game".
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Robert Brockway loudly and repeatedly interrupts [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ Ian Fortey's last article]] to insist that he did not kill Ian Fortey, had no reason too, didn't make sure he had the opportunity to and ''certainly'' had made no detailed plans to kill him. [[spoiler: So much so that he's still insisting it immediately after someone else matter-of-factly confesses to it.]]
* TakeThat: The tendency to mock MadMagazine has continued, especially since the magazine's sales figures have been in decline whilst "Cracked" has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success as a website. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/cracked-eases-mads-transition-into-obscurity/ This article]] is a good example, which, upon closer reading, can be seen as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Mad.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-its-time-to-stop-paying-attention-to-lady-gaga/ This,]] aimed squarely at Music/LadyGaga.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19493_4-reasons-zooey-deschanel-can-stop-pretending-shes-dork.html Kristi Harrison]] seemed to start the [[TheScrappy whole attitude]] the other writers have towards Zooey Deschanel. [[invoked]]
* TestosteronePoisoning: Mentions of anything remotely {{Badass}} will [[RunningGag generally]] include comments relating to testicular fortitude completely unironically. [[RuleOfFunny Probably intentional]].
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-images-too-badass-to-be-real-that-totally-are Punched your eyeballs right in the dick]]" is one of the more extreme examples.
** Many of these HarryPotter [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15661_harry-potter-book-disguises.html book disguises]] is retardedly manly.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/24-video-game-covers-that-will-double-your-testosterone/ These]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-hilariously-badass-magazine-covers-ever/ And these]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Most of the videos on the site have a single female.
* TheTetrisEffect: AKA [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/when-video-games-get-stuck-in-your-head/ "When Video Games Get Stuck In Your Head"]]
* TimeIsDangerous: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18564_6-time-travel-realities-doc-brown-didnt-warn-us-about.html 6 Time Travel Realities Doc Brown Didn't Warn Us About]].
* TimeStop: Declared to be the ultimate super power in After Hours' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo "The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think)"]]. Specifically, the Zack Morris "Time Out" from SavedByTheBell.
* TimTaylorTechnology: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* TopTenList: ''"The leading source of list-based humor."''
* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback Mocked]].
* TranslatorMicrobes: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 3rd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TraumaInn: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* TreeBuchet: #4 on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18702_5-greatest-escape-artists-ever-were-animals.html 5 Greatest Animal Escapes]]
* TropeName: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html This]] [[ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver video]] takes generic and turns it UpToEleven for roughly three-and-a-half minutes.
* TropeOverdosed: This is largely because of their numerous media related articles. Many lists feature tropes.
** They even occasionally ''link to this website''. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife So after you're done reading Cracked]]...
** And then came [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation_p1 TV Tropes: The Movie]]...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ The TV Tropes topic]].
* TurnsRed: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19260_5-soldiers-whose-horrific-injuries-only-made-them-angry.html 5 Soldiers Whose Horrific Injuries Only Made Them Angry]]
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-internet-in-11-days-epic-online-odyssey/ An Epic Online Odyssey]], TVTropes plays the part of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis Charybdis]], with YouTube serving as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla Scylla]].[[hottip:*:[[AllBlueEntry Blueness]] not in original; that would have just been cruel.]]
--> ''"TV Tropes [[WikiWalk is a veritable black hole of hyperlinks,]] [[BrowserNarcotic each leading further into the center of oblivion.]] [[GoAmongMadPeople The entire site is made up of a community that spends its life]] [[WildMassGuessing collecting patterns and commonalities between fictional worlds.]] [[SuperOCD It applies names to every plot device, every story arc and every cinematic tool ever captured by a camera]] [[PotHole and then links them to one another.]] [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy The result is like being in the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic deciphering hidden codes in newspapers.]] [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Clicking on one link will ensure that you click on another, and another]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain until you have lost your way back home]] [[EasyAmnesia and forgotten who you are.]]"''
** Chris Bucholz recently did [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/something-called-science-claims-internet-makes-us-dumb/ an article]] where he claimed he "Once logged in to TVTropes and didn't come out for eight days."
* TheUnintelligible: Depending on the article, people either understand what Chris Bucholz is saying or see him as entirely unintelligible as no one can decipher the gibberish language he calls ‘Canadian English.’
* UnproblematicProstitution: TheOldestProfession may be older even than humanity, as it appears to emerge in the presence of money. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19388_6-things-you-wont-believe-animals-do-just-like-us_p2.html 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us]] describes several experiments in which researchers introduced money to communities of monkeys. In one, a female monkey ended up trading sex for money so she could buy some grapes.
* VendorTrash: Photoplasty advertises a vendor that [[WeBuyAnything buys everything]], specifically naming items that substitute for MoneySpider, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Mocked [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ here]], then [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment paid back]].
** Seanbaby took this UpToEleven with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ this]].
** Robert Brockway has gotten in on the action with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18645_6-great-novels-that-were-hated-in-their-time.html 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time]]
** And [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]].
* WaterIsAir: An underwater lake is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19557_the-5-most-mind-blowing-things-that-can-be-found-underwater.html #5 most mindblowing thing found underwater]].
* WaxingLyrical: Brockway is fond of this. ''Especially'' if the song in question is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Life is a Highway]]''.
* WeBuyAnything: Photoplasty advertises such a shop in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].
* WhatIf: Many of the Photoplasty contests.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Robert Brockway is a horrible person according to [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Explored in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death_p1.html this article]].
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Many authors of articles express their hatred and fear of spiders.
* WikiWalk: OK, they're not actually a wiki, but it is really easy to get trapped for a '''long''' time just by clicking the links at the end of each article. If they were to drop the last two letters, their name would be almost chillingly appropriate. It's a good thing [[CrackIsCheaper Cracked is free]].
** The addition of the '''Random Article''' button does ''even more'' to add to it.
* YouCanPanicNow: A staple article topic is a list of mundane items and activities that can kill/maim you.
** And conversely, things which are hyped as dangerous by films/television/news media etc., and in fact are not nearly as dangerous as made out to be.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Photoplasty advertises hair dye in impossible colors in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#7 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* ZeroGSpot: Shot down in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18547_6-reasons-space-travel-will-always-suck.html 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck]].
* ZombieApocalypse: One of ''Cracked'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html favorite]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/ subjects]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/126_5-popular-zombie-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/ for]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/164_6-characters-who-show-up-in-every-zombie-movie/ lists]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16717_6-signs-youre-about-be-attacked-by-zombies.html and]] [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-38-zombies/ parodies.]]
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[[http://www.cracked.com Cracked.com]], founded in 2005, is a website spin off from the defunct ''{{Magazine/Cracked}}'' Magazine, founded in 1958.
Relying largely on (ostensibly) humourous list articles, Cracked has become rather famous on the internet. Its lists, which can be written by anyone, are rooted in fact (usually) and coated in humour, dispensing interesting historical and scientific trivia surrounded by dick jokes (always). It has about a half dozen full-time columnists on payroll, who dish out weekly and biweekly articles on serious subjects from the cultural effects of the Internet, to Choose Your Own Adventure Gonzo-styled articles about visiting the zoo while on an amount of drugs capable of killing most men, to action reporting while getting kidnapped by pirates.
Small time celebrities including {{Seanbaby}} and Michael Ian Black have written articles for Cracked, with Seanbaby now part of the column staff. The website plays host to numerous Internet sketch groups, webcomics (such as Webcomic/{{Subnormality}}, White Ninja and DaisyOwl), and has its own caption contest. It has taken on the "Cracked Wikipedia Project" now known as Cracked topics, where Cracked readers submit articles on a variety of subjects, from Steven Seagal to PunkRock (including one about [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ TV Tropes]]).
For tropes related to the original mag, see Magazine.{{Cracked}}.
For a rundown of who's who on the current column writers:
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Jack+Obrien/ Jack O'Brien]] (Editor-in-Chief) (2005-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/davidwong/ David Wong]] (Senior Editor, also the author of ''JohnDiesAtTheEnd'') (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/robertbrockway/ Robert Brockway]] (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/chris-bucholz/ Chris Bucholz]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/codyjohnston/ Cody Johnston]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/gladstone/ Wayne "Gladstone" Gladstone]] (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/soren-bowie/ Soren Bowie]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/dan-obrien/ Dan O'Brien (or DOB)]] (2007-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/seanbaby/ Sean "Seanbaby" Riley]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/michael-swaim/ Michael Swaim]] (Though his current priority is videos.) (2006-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/John+Cheese/ John Cheese]] (2008-)
* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/LukeMcKinney/ Luke McKinney]] (2007-)
* Adam Brown, a frequent poster promoted to columnist. (2007-)
* Brendan [=McGinley=], a person recently added to be a columnist.( 2011-)
With frequent non-columnist posters:
* Kristi Harrison (also editor)(2007-)
Formerly:
* Ross Wolinsky (2006-2008)
* Ian Fortey (2007-2010)
They also have video content. The videos range from cultural to just random topics:
* ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18066_6-types-youtube-videos-there-are-waaay-too-many-of.html Cracked TV]]'' (now ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18184_does-not-compute-worst-lessons-psas-accidentally-taught-us.html Does Not Compute]]'') hosted by Michael Swaim, whose content comes primarily from lists compiled by the Cracked forums.
* [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18129_if-every-popular-musician-released-their-own-holiday-song.html Cody Johnston]] produces somewhat esoteric standalone videos.
* ''AgentsOfCracked'', Cracked's main comedy web-miniseries starring Michael Swaim and Daniel O'Brien.
* ''WebAnimation/AfterHours'', set in a diner where Soren Bowie, DOB, Swaim and Katie Willert discuss pop culture.
* Other regular contributors include ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18124_worst-morning-person-ever.html BriTaNick]]'', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16496_why-all-cool-kids-want-dark-knight-action-figures.html Black 20]]'', and ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16937_when-tech-support-goes-horribly-wrong.html Those Aren't Muskets]]''.
On top of the regular columnists, Cracked accepts articles from anybody who wants to write one: all you have to do is create a forum account and then post in [[http://www.cracked.com/forums/topic/27006/i-want-you-to-make-comedy-cracked this thread]] to get access to a forum where you can pitch your own potential articles. As such, some of their articles are written by denizens of ThisVeryWiki.
If you're going to add tropes that have to do with Agents of Cracked please put them [[AgentsOfCracked here.]]
Reading and/or general association with Cracked.com will also make you irresistibly sexually attractive.[[superscript:[citation needed] ]]
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!!'''Tropes present on the website:'''
* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: A common source of comedy, especially in the articles that centre on charts and graphs.
* AccidentalHero: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-photos-capturing-moments-spontaneous-badassery/ 10 Photos Capturing Moments of Spontaneous Badassery]].
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The entries in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18538_5-superpowers-we-all-had-as-babies-according-to-science_p1.html 5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies (According to Science)]]
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Pops up on occasion.
* AIIsACrapshoot: In [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18167_39-astounding-celebrity-and-one-cracked-tv-reboots.html 39 Astounding Celebrity (And One Cracked) Reboot]], Clippy attempts a HostileShowTakeover, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler:Swaim's memory being erased, him being [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] by Joanna Angel and going into a new season.]]
* TheAlcoholic: John Cheese is a recovering alcoholic. More than one article has been written about how much of a struggle it's been.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The 2nd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-universe (for lack of a better term). One article has an [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html alternate interpretation]] of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda the Good Witch]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18417_the-lighter-side-dark-side-5-villains-who-were-good.html 9 Famous Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19336_6-beloved-characters-that-had-undiagnosed-mental-illnesses.html 6 Beloved Characters That Had Undiagnosed Mental Illnesses]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19673_6-insane-but-convincing-theories-childrens-pop-culture.html 6 Insane (But Convincing) Theories on Children's Pop Culture]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19496_6-classic-kids-shows-secretly-set-in-nightmarish-universes.html 6 Classic Kids Shows Secretly Set in Nightmarish Universes]].
** What {{Seanbaby}} did to old Popsicle Pete comics, reimagining him as a harbinger of death and despair.
*** '''''[[color:red:NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE.]]'''''
* AmbiguousDisorder: Spoofed in [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18175_why-batman-secretly-terrible-gotham.html Why Batman Is Secretly Terrible for Gotham.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/seanbabys-brockways-choose-your-drug-fueled-adventure/ Do not trifle with the Adventure Master]].
* ApocalypticLog: A common format.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-internet-prescribed-cleanses-that-made-me-immortal/ 5 Internet Prescribed 'Cleanses' That Made Me Immortal]] is a good example.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Sometimes, the #1 spot of a list is relatively less extreme than the ones before it.
** Also, the unwritten law seems to be to reserve the last spot for the second (or somewhere close) most triumphant example as an 'appetizer'. So if it's a list of [[Webcomic/{{XKCD}} 17 worst haircuts in the Ottoman Empire]], it would be like; 2-17-16- ... -4-3-1.
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18775_5-popular-safety-measures-that-dont-make-you-any-safer.html 5 Popular Safety Measures That Don't Make You Any Safer]]":
-->"Let's face it, cities can be terrifying. They are, after all, filled with people like us. The modern metropolis is a teeming hive of strung-out dope heads, rapists, home invaders and fine regional cuisine."
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18967_6-famous-movies-with-mind-blowing-hidden-meanings.html 6 Famous Movies with Mind-Blowing Hidden Meanings]]":
-->"We tend to find Spider-Man easier to identify with than other superheroes. He's not an alien, like Superman, or the son of a major Norse god, like Thor, or a Canadian, like Wolverine."
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18443_6-famous-movie-wisemen-who-were-totally-full-shit.html 6 Famous Movie Wisemen Who Were Totally Full of Shit]]"
--> We are ''not'' blaming bad teachers for [[CompleteMonster Adolf Hitler]], [[WesternTerrorists Timothy McVeigh]], and [[{{Jerkass}} Spencer Pratt]]
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16785_7-retarded-food-myths-internet-thinks-are-true.html 7 Retarded Food Myths the Internet Thinks Are True]]:
--> We love the way the writer crammed in every scary word they could think of: rape, war, cancer, emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, blindness, Canada.
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19535_6-animals-with-better-memories-than-you.html 6 Animals with Better Memories than You]]
--> We tend to think of ourselves as the smartest animals on Earth. After all, we've built such technological wonders such as the internet, the internal combustion engine, and sneakers that light up when you take a step
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18894_6-real-historic-battles-decided-by-divine-intervention.html 6 Real Historic Battles Decided by Divine Intervention]]:
-->[The rebels] were trapped, outnumbered, ill-equipped, poorly trained, freezing and starving, ''and'' it was raining.
* AuthorAppeal: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19137_6-artists-whose-weird-fetishes-defined-pop-culture.html 6 Artists Whose Weird Fetishes Defined Pop Culture]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time_p5.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time]]. Counts as a WeAllLiveInAmerica too.
* AutomatonHorses: Photoplasty advertises a [[WarpWhistle whistle]] to summon one in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#5 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Staff Sgt Max Fightmaster.
---> "Where do you go when your name is already Staff Sgt. Max fucking Fightmaster? Oh, wait, there you go. Just make "Fucking" an official part of the name. We think it's almost impossible to say the name without it anyway."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18646_the-5-most-insane-improvised-weapons-that-were-animals_p2.html Testosticor Fantastiballs.]]
* {{Badass}}: Several lists commit themselves to talking about the most badass things found in that subject. Most notably, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_5-most-badass-presidents-all-time.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time]].
** Jack O'Brien, the "boss guy" of Cracked. He's possibly an insanely hardened criminal badass who likes to make time for "Jack's Rock Hour". The fact that he's the superior to ''the columnists'' say something about him.
** BadassGrandpa: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19242_6-old-people-who-could-kick-your-ass.html 6 Old People Who Could Kick Your Ass]]
** BadassMustache: If the subject of one of their articles has awesome facial hair, they ''will'' point it out.
** BadassPrincess: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19478_5-real-princesses-too-badass-disney-movies.html ...who are too badass for Disney movies.]]
* BadBoss: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/89_the-6-most-horrific-bosses-all-time/ These six]].
* BagOfHolding: Photoplasty advertises jeans with such a pocket in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#13 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* BaitAndSwitchComment: This is a not uncommon format for article titles, such as "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-for-traumatizing-children.html 10 Awesome Ads (For Traumatizing Children)]]".
* {{Batman}}. Seriously. He's the [[FrankMiller god-damn]] Patron Saint of this site. If ''anything'' can have a Batman reference, it will.
* BehindTheBlack: In Swaim's normal series you never see his legs, and he once claimed to not have any.
* BerserkButton: Seanbaby has a HUGE one in the "romance" guides of one Gregory JP Godek. Every article he even tangentially features in devolves into Seanbaby cursing his birth.
** Cody and TwoAndAHalfMen. If the show comes up at any point in one of his articles, expect it to devolve into pure bile.
* BetterByADifferentName:
** Discussed in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** Yet it goes on to explain why ''Film/HomeAlone'' and ''Film/DieHard'' are [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4445-home-alone/ the same movie]].
* BetterThanCanon:[[invoked]] Invoked: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/ 6 insane fan theories that actually make great movies better.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19266_5-movie-fan-theories-that-make-more-sense-than-movie.html 5 Movie Fan Theories That Make More Sense Than the Movie]].
* TheBigGuy: Compared to the other columnists, Seanbaby is this physically, Robert Brockway is [[HotBlooded this in personality.]]
** Also, Michael Swaim. He doesn't look that big until he's placed next to his coworkers in video sketches, when it becomes readily apparent that he is a full head taller (or more) than everyone else.
* BilingualDialogue: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 5th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* BlackComedy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/188_7-great-products-telling-world-youre-rich-dick/ 7 Great Products for Telling the World You're a Rich Dick]].
-->"Perhaps you could pretend the people out in the street begging for food are orcs!"
* BlatantLies: "America's Only Humor & Video Site, [[AnachronismStew Since 1958]]". This date refers to Cracked's beginning as a magazine rivaling ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' in 1958.
* BMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_235_b-movie-posters-classic-films/ B-Movie Posters for Classic Films]].
* BitingTheHandHumor: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/#ixzz1jTJ2Dlkn "It's the stupidest idea for someone to sink money into ever since somebody decided to start a website based only on the name recognition of a magazine that no longer existed."]]
* BodyHorror: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_175_when-human-evolution-adapts-to-modern-gadgets_p1 This]] Photoplasty contest.
* BottomlessBladder: Photoplasty advertises undergarments and supplements that make this possible in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#20 #20]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#4 #4]].
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18508_6-terrifying-diseases-that-science-cant-explain.html#ixzz0q9xtIEL6 This article]]. "In severe cases, the condition results in difficulty breathing, problems swallowing, ''muscle ruptures and fucking broken bones''."
** And zig-zagged in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19410_5-absurdly-expensive-pieces-junk-food.html this article]]: "Ramen is a bowl of noodles, broth, spices and [[PerpetualPoverty destitution]] that you'll find in college dorms and poverty-stricken homes across the U.S. "
** And the final entry in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-worst-behaviors-public-transportation/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module this article]] about bad behavior on public transport is [[spoiler:getting raped by your rickshaw driver]].
* BreakableWeapons: Photoplasty advertises a product that dulls weapons in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#9 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* BrickJoke: A while back, Daniel O'Brien wrote [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ this article]], about what to do when alone in a room with your doppelganger. In Agents of Cracked season 2 episode 3, he finds himself in that exact situation, and the doppelganger brings up the article.
** While the article itself is not brought up, the meet-your-doppelganger scenario showed up in Agents of Cracked season 1 episode 7 "Curse of the Idol".
*** Which means that DOB has both [[spoiler: fucked and fought himself.]]
* BuddyCopShow: Combined with TheyFightCrime in ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ Why Crimes Would Never Get Solved At A TV Police Station]]''
* BurnTheWitch: Being burned is MaryPoppins's nightmare according to a Photoplasty: [[http:// www.cracked.com/photoplasty_334_24-nightmares-famous-fictional-characters_p24/#8 24 Nightmares of Famous Fictional Characters]]
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/this-is-why-you-dont-steal-from-cracked/ "This Is Why You Don't Steal From Cracked"]], DOB doesn't know WHO retaliated against the plagiarist, but is probably someone handsome and witty and with just a hint of Spider-Man-like qualities.
* ButItReallyHappened: Happens in almost every article. Especially in the "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped" articles.
* CanadaEh: Chris Bucholz has a "babbling, near-unintelligible Canadian accent" and apparently, because of the sound of it, birds won't land when he's nearby.
* CaptionContest: The daily [[http://www.cracked.com/craptions/ Craption Contest]], where users submit captions for a silly picture and get votes on which one is the funniest.
* CatchPhrase: "Oh shit, we went there", for when the article is about to slam a beloved character, such as {{Batman}} or [[StarWars Obi-wan]].
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/what-happened-to-ross/ What ever happened to columnist Ross Wolinsky?]]
* ClarkKenting: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18617_the-9-stupidest-superhero-secret-identities.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback The 9 Stupidest Superhero Secret Identities]]. The TropeNamer is #1.
* ClassicCheatCode: [[VideoGame/{{Doom}}]] "idspispopd" referenced in a Photoplasty: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#18 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One article bashes {{Boastful Rap}}s for being ''unrealistic.''
** You can expect the idiots in the comments section to do this quite a bit- the people who genuinely took the "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-steps-to-staying-relevant-as-bully-in-modern-world/ Four Steps to Staying Relevant as a Bully]]" article as serious advice are a notable example.
* ContinuityNod: If a writer thinks something is particularly funny, they'll probably throw it in to whatever situation they feel is remotely appropriate. See [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-unintentionally-depressing-self-help-books-on-happiness/ this]] article where Seanbaby takes a potshot at Bullet Ball, the inventor of which you may recall being number one on Seanbaby's list of the greatest failures in the history of talent shows ever.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Discussed in the final entry of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18862_6-deadly-injuries-you-think-youd-survive-thanks-to-movies.html 6 Deadly Injuries You Think You'd Survive (Thanks to Movies)]].
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many articles are plagued by this trope. See DanBrowned entry below.
* CrazyCatLady: Parodied by Christina H., whose column is called "Let Me Tell You About My Cats."
* CreatorBreakdown: Several of John Cheese's articles, particularly his recent ones, have been informed by his less-than-happy childhood and personal issues stemming from this.
** DOB's gotten in on this trope, too, on occasion, though not nearly to the extent Cheese has.
* DanBrowned: Often times their articles, even if they're cited, end up being either gross misrepresentations of the facts or even flat-out lies. A particularly {{egregious}} example is in their article "If Oscar Speeches Told the Truth" where they claim the screenplay to ''GoodWillHunting'' wasn't really written by MattDamon and BenAffleck, and the citation they link to ''directly contradicts their entire point''.
* DangerousWorkplace: Apparently the Cracked headquarters is a hellish place run by deranged lunatics lead by a rockstar-like figure with NoOSHACompliance whatsoever where writers prefer dangerous reporting missions than to writing in a wooden cage while DOB is out with a working lighter.
** In ''AgentsOfCracked'', it's a somewhat deranged workplace run by a [[FaceFramedInShadow mysterious badass]], whose requirements for employment involve killing a man, and terrorists and ''Michael'' are allowed to roam.
* DeathWorld: Having grown tired of jokes about Australia, Cracked has now gone on to imply we live in a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html Death universe.]]
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: Michael Swaim consistently refers to himself as "your Host Droid".
* DeconstructorFleet: Frequently, the themes for the photoshop contests amount to "Show what X would be like in the real world."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment : "Now it's time to check in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into, in a segment I like to call 'Checking in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into.'"
* DescriptionCut: Quite common. Sometimes an entry will end with something along the lines of 'The only thing crazier than that would be if x happened.' with the next entry being x.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Because much of the content is done by freelance contributors, the lists tend to vary between this and ShownTheirWork. Some of the apparent research failure can be chalked up to RuleOfFunny.
** This writer is under the impression comic books [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14789_8-least-threatening-comic-book-villains.html stopped updating their villains since the silver age]]. Some of those characters have been updated to the point where the fans think that they are some of the better villains like The Riddler and The Penguin.
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17674_how-to-make-jokeless-comedy-studying-epic-movie-guys.html this]] article, the writer is under the impression that Superhero Movie was made by Seltzer and Friedberg. It wasn't. It was made by [[{{Airplane}} Zucker, Abrams, and Zucker]]. He also mistakenly claims that a scene from ''Film/EpicMovie'' is in it, although there is an editor's note recognizing this.
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18606_8-historic-symbols-that-mean-opposite-what-you-think.html this]] article, the writer blames Guy Fawkes of being a "fighter for Spain and the Catholic Church" and "trying to install an evil theocracy in place of the slightly more egalitarian Protestant revolution". In truth, the gunpowder plot was in part motivated by Spain washing its hands off of the situation, which is ''the opposite'' of what the article says. This is generally a one-sided account of a decidedly GreyAndGrayMorality situation- for one thing, Catholics were persecuted in this "egalitarian" England.
** Jacopo Della Quercia and Rohan Ramakrishnan are usually the biggest offenders at times.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18438_6-movie-monsters-that-just-wouldnt-work.html This article]] seems to be under the impression that the face-huggers in the {{Aliens}} series ''literally'' impregnates people, which is just MemeticMutation, and that everything on [[JamesCameronsAvatar Pandora]] is impossible simply on the basis that its wildlife is similar to Earth's.
** In the making of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19087_the-9-most-offensive-911-references-in-pop-culture.html this article]], Fletcher W. seems to have neglected to do any research into ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' beyond the fact that the creator based Unova off of New York. He believes that Route 4 is Ground Zero and was somehow caused by Team Plasma and Kyurem, the latter of which resides in a cave about ten routes away. He also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking says that it's 9'11" instead of 9'10"]].
** [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The writers regularly call spiders "insects"]] and commit similar mixups.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html This]] article confuses the Paralympics with the Special Olympics.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19279_5-inventions-that-prove-the-terminator-upon-us.html A recent one]] claimed that a solar probe that could stand up to 2600 degrees Fahrenheit (1430 C) would laugh in the face of the molten metal of {{Terminator 2}}, except that melting iron takes at least 2790 F (1530 C). Melting ''carbon'' (the other part of steel) is even higher (6500F/3600C)
** Apparently one of the Cracked writers thinks [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18520_the-7-worst-things-that-can-and-did-happen-at-funeral_p2.html the Stonewall Riots]] were caused specifically because of JudyGarland's death upsetting gay people.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19154_the-6-most-ridiculous-things-ever-taxed.html This one]] calls PeterTheGreat a wimp because he didn't have a beard and was skinny. He was also almost seven feet tall and incredibly strong.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html Robert Evans]] using Dan Savage as a source to analyze bisexual behaviour. [[http://www.afterelton.com/oysters-04-28-2011-dan-savage-biphobic Dan Savage]] may be a respected advisor on sex, but he is also infamous for being extremely prejuduced on this particular subject.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18513_5-insane-file-sharing-panics-from-before-internet.html 5 Insane File Sharing Panics From Before The Internet]]
* DisabilitySuperpower: Someone with no legs would make a better fighter pilot because G forces wouldn't drain blood to the legs, according to the article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18624_5-people-who-turned-awful-disabilities-into-superpowers.html 5 People Who Turned Awful Disabilities Into Superpowers]].
* DiscreditedTrope: Several articles discuss tropes deemed discredited. One is [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Clippy [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/clippy-finally-messes-with-the-wrong-word-doc/ taunts Brockway]] about his grammar and writing skills. In return, Brockway murders his wife, mentally destroys his children, mocks Clippy's failed suicide attempt following that, and finally summons Cthulhu to drag Clippy's bleeding body away for infinite torment. [[ComedicSociopathy Harsh, yet hilarious.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-obnoxious-behaviors-that-should-be-punishable-by-death/ And here]], 7 Obnoxious Behaviours That Should Be Punishable By Death.
** Seen again in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/greatest-note-ever-left-dented-car/?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module this article.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DOB considers the hair-braid USB in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to be basically rape.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After churning out article after depressing biographical article, [[TheWoobie John Cheese]] gives us [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-life-actually-does-get-better/ this.]]
** Which then eventually leads into [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-you-know-its-time-to-get-married/ this.]] Awwwwwww.
* EldritchAbomination: Popsicle Pete.
** [[AC:[[color:red:None of you are safe!]]]]
** [[ItGotWorse He's only the herald]]. And he walks among us already.
** [[RunningGag Spiders.]]
** Gustave the Giant Crocodile. Robert Evans describes him as "a living, breathing, scream-eating dinosaur that is so sick of his own immortality that he passes the time by destroying life whenever he sees it."
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Several articles list [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18387_5-ways-world-could-end-youd-never-see-coming.html things that can end the world]], things that can end the world [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16817_5-cosmic-events-that-could-kill-you-before-lunch.html when you don't expect it]], and things that can end the world ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_17562_5-horrifying-apocalyptic-scenarios-that-have-already-happened.html that already happened]]''.
* EnforcedMethodActing: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19693_5-amazing-performances-from-actors-who-werent-acting.html 5 Amazing Performances From Actors Who Weren't Acting]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19099_12-classic-movie-moments-made-possible-by-abuse-murder.html 12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: "Here at Cracked, one of our specialties is "not making jokes about the rape of Nanking"".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19393_7-ruthless-criminals-who-turned-good-when-nobody-was-looking.html 7 Ruthless Criminals Who Turned Good When Nobody Was Looking]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ever since Soren Bowie's headshot was posted in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrifying-things-movies-dont-tell-you-about-los-angeles/ this article]], most of the comment threads in his recent columns have consisted of both male and female readers fawning over him.
* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Lots of lists involve various animals/places and how they can kill/maim/burn/harm you without even trying. Australia shows up a lot on these lists, apparently you need to kill five species of poisonous spider just to get to the bathroom.
** Also Brockway's book, ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead]]''.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-best-kinds-monkeys-drunk-column/ The 7 Best Kinds of Monkeys]].
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: The final entry in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18550_5-true-war-stories-that-put-every-action-movie-to-shame_p2.html 5 True War Stories That Put Every Action Movie to Shame]]. We'll just let it speak for itself.
* ExperimentedInCollege: One of the myths in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html 5 Ridiculous Sex Myths Everyone Believes]].
* FakeNationality: Resulting accent dissonance called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The Single Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* FamousFamousFictional: This is #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]], the example being "Newton, Einstein, [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Sulak]]".
* FantasticRacism: An article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions how Middle-earth is segregated in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': "There are no humans or elves living in the Shire, and if a hobbit is going to live in Rivendell, he'd better be a big goddamned deal."
* FetishRetardant: In-universe (lacking a better term). [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-misguided-attempts-at-sexy-videos-youtube/ The 8 Most Misguided Attempts at 'Sexy' Videos on YouTube]]
* {{Filler}}: The major columnists for the site almost never update on Saturday, so the site tends to link to images from older Photoshop contests to pad out the front page.
** Which [[FanDumb some readers]] ''still'' bitch about like it's a new thing.
* FlippingTheBird: Some pictures show people doing that a lot in top-number lists.
* ForeignQueasine: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World]].
* ForScience: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16301_6-most-badass-stunts-ever-pulled-in-name-science.html 6 Most Badass Stunts Pulled In The Name Of Science]]
* FreudianSlip: From [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18193_white-people-rapping-about-rape-what-could-go-wrong-5Bdnc5D.html this video]]: "I've been your boobs, Michael Boobs. Allow me to boobs you tits".
* FridgeLogic: Invoked in quite a few articles which consist of thinking about the surprisingly gruesome implications of popular TV shows and movies. %%%Don't move this to the Fridge Namespace, since it's an in-work discussion of the concept.
* FunWithAcronyms: Michael Swaim starts off every episode of Cracked TV with '''S'''ome '''W'''eird '''A'''cronym '''I'''nstead of a '''M'''onologue. His official blog on the site is called "'''S'''lander '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''I'''nherent '''M'''eaning".
** Also '''S'''pelling '''W'''as '''A'''ever a '''I'''uge '''M'''riority.
*** And '''S'''waim (s)'''W'''imulates '''A''' (human) '''IM'''otion.
** For SesquipedalianLoquaciousness value, he had '''S'''omnambulists '''W'''ainscot '''{{A|ntidisestablishmentarianism}}'''[[{{Antidisestablishmentarianism}} ntidisestablishmentarianistically]] '''I'''respective of '''M'''alapropisms.
** ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/your-3rd-grade-science-textbook-as-written-by-gary-busey/ Gary Busey's Explorations of Science]]'' has a bunch:
*** "[This textbook] might contradict what your eyeballs tell you, but that means it's working. '''EYEBALLS''' stands for '''E'''vents '''Y'''ou '''E'''xperience by '''A'''lien '''L'''aser '''L'''ieRay '''S'''atellites."
*** "If everyone wasn't special, no one would be. Which is why '''SPECIAL''' stands for '''S'''unny '''P'''als '''E'''xtremely '''C'''hromosomed and '''I'''mmune to '''A'''pes and '''L'''ightning."
*** Gary Busey even manages to plan an acronym around his own death: "'''LEARNING''' stands for '''L'''eading '''E'''xcitement! '''A'''rgh! '''R'''eality! '''N'''o! '''I'''-- '''N'''o! '''G'''AAAAHH!!!!"
* TheGenericGuy: Bucholz isn't very generic, but compared to all the other columnists, he's notable for being Cracked's foremost "columnist with no outstanding warrants".
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In-universe again. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18895_7-things-from-america-that-are-insanely-popular-overseas.html "7 Things From America That Are Insanely Popular Overseas."]] And yes, the {{Trope Namer|s}} is at the top of the list.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18672_the-6-creepiest-things-ever-slipped-into-childrens-cartoons.html "The 6 Creepiest Things Ever Slipped Into Children's Cartoons."]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19271_8-filthy-jokes-hidden-in-ancient-works-art.html 8 Filthy Jokes Hidden in Ancient Works of Art]].
* GiantFlyer: ''Argentavis'' is #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18445_7-thankfully-extinct-giant-versions-modern-animals.html 7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals]].
* {{GIFT}}: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/hey-lets-fix-internet/ Hey, Let's Fix The Internet]]
* GoodCopBadCop: Parodied [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ here]] along with TheyFightCrime, RippedFromTheHeadlines and countless other CopShow clichés.
* GrailInTheGarbage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-to-be-invaluable-artifacts.html 5 Pieces of Junk That Turned Out To Be Invaluable Artifacts]]
* GrowingUpSucks: Daniel O'Brien has written two articles about why growing up sucks; however, both Gladstone and Brockway have written articles explaining why it ''doesn't'' suck. John Cheese, meanwhile, has written at least one from each perspective.
** This is increasingly a focus of the articles; possibly because at least two of the columnists are now parents. There have been at least two articles on the subject of the economy and how tough it is to be not poor anymore.
* HealThyself, HealingFactor, HealingHands, HealingPotion, HealingShiv: Among the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* HeroicBystander: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-superheroes-in-clutch.html 5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch.]]
* {{Heroic Dolphin}}s: Cracked deconstructs this by listing dolphins in both [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16762_the-6-biggest-assholes-in-animal-kingdom_p2.html The 6 Biggest Assholes In The Animal Kingdom]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_the-6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You.]]
* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: Someone who is especially out of their mind is often described as "GaryBusey crazy."
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: They like to do this to Theodore Roosevelt.
* HistoryMarchesOn: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19404_6-terrifying-sci-fi-predictions-about-year-1997.html Six terrifying sci-fi predictions (of 1997)]]
* HomePornMovie: It's a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18392_6-reasons-homemade-porn-worse-idea-than-you-think.html worse idea than you think]], according to Ian Fortey.
* HumanoidAbomination: Brockway, over the course of a drug-addled gossip-magazine-sponsored day-long interview, slowly comes to learn that this applies to [[spoiler:[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/extra-mario-lopez-has-no-soul/ Mario Lopez.]]]]
** See Popsicle Pete? That is ''not'' the voice of a Down's Syndrome-looking ginger in a marching band outfit.
** [[spoiler:Mario Lopez]]'s nature as a creature not meant to walk this Earth [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-monster-inside-mario-lopez-warning/ has been further documented]].
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-best-movies-where-people-are-hunted-for-sport/?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=blog&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=flashback 6 Great Movies Where People Are Hunted for Sport]].
* HyperactiveMetabolism: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* HypocriticalHumor: A subtle and recurring theme of "Cracked TV" is that the RealLife Michael Swaim is just as guilty of all the things that [[AlterEgoActing his character]] criticizes about everyone else. This was dropped in "Does Not Compute", where the focus is on more "out there" topics.
* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Titles]]: "''X Normal Description (Weird Criteria)''"
* ImmortalProcreationClause: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions Middle-earth in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', claiming that "no one in the Elfish kingdom is getting any, anywhere."
* IncrediblyLamePun: From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever]], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[HeroicSociopath Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
* InfiniteFlashlight: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#24 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* InNameOnly: There's literally ''nothing'' carrying over from the magazine save for the title.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16]].
* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* IntercourseWithYou: Discussed in an article about [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19657_4-evolutionary-explanations-modern-annoyances_p2.html modern annoyances with evolutionary explanations]].
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Constantly referenced. Two notable uses: Swaim watching pornography and describing what he sees to the viewer (because Cracked is ostensibly a family website and they won't host actual porn), and in The Web Of Sites, part of the Agents series, Swaim finally learns that the internet exists and says:
--> ''"I typed in porn, and porn came up! I typed in breakfast, and porn came up! It's the perfect system!"''
* IntrepidReporter: Sometimes the columnists write out 1st person stories, sometimes it's about them doing article research. Special mention goes to Chris Bucholz, who seems to do hands-on reporting 80% of the time.
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The #6 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]]
* IWantMyJetpack: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15756_3Cem3E20013Cem3E-to-3Cem3Etimecop3Cem3E-8-movie-futures-already-proven-wrong.html 8 Movie Futures Already Proven Wrong]]
* JustAStupidAccent: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 4th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Robert Brockway mentions killing an old woman for her eyeglasses in FalloutNewVegas, having taken the Four-Eyes trait and didn't find glasses anywhere else; however [[spoiler:the woman sold a pregnant woman into slavery and would have been killed in a quest anyway.]]
* TheKrampus: Mentioned [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html here]].
* LanguageEqualsThought: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5-insane-ways-words-can-control-your-mind.html 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind]]
* LifeImitatesArt: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the "6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes".
--> "In {{Marvel}} world, the odds of winding up with super powers are less than half the chance of being hit by lightning (although to be fair, being hit by lightning in the Marvel universe would probably give you superpowers).
* LockedInARoom: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/most-horrifying-writers-room-ever The Most Horrifying Writers Room Ever]].
* LoopholeAbuse: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18753_the-6-most-creative-abuses-loopholes.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended The 6 Most Creative Abuses Of Loopholes]]. Highlights include buying 12,000+ cups of pudding to earn millions of free airline miles.
* MadeOfExplodium:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17561_6-things-that-shouldnt-explode-but-did-anyway.html Things That Shouldn't Explode But Did Anyway]] lists things that seemingly were made of explodium at some point, even an office chair!
** Photoplasty advertises lots of explosive things in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#10 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MagicAIsMagicA:
** Even fantasy stories need some consistent ground rules on which to build a conflict. [[HandWave Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of BellisariosMaxim is discussed in #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html 8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes]]: "at least follow the rules you freaking made up."
* MagicalDefibrillator: When used by a teammate in a video game, one of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Spoofed [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18307_the-most-overly-dramatic-break-up-ever.html here]] in a TropeOverdosed video that also includes a SpitTake, ItsNotYouItsMe, VictorianNovelDisease, IncurableCoughOfDeath...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html This sketch]] mocks this trope thoroughly. Bonus points for actually using the exact name of the trope.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Discussed in a couple articles.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science_p2.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]], #1: Immortality.
** One of ''WebOriginal/{{Cracked}}'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19598_6-horrifying-implications-classic-christmas-movies.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies]] is that in ''Film/FredClaus'', Santa Claus's immortal immediate family suffers from what the article calls the "Highlander Complex": "They will have to watch their friends and relatives wither and die right before their callous, eternal eyes."
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie Willert from After Hours.
* MightyWhitey: Cracked loves to accuse film and other entertainment companies of racism and sexism, despite the fact that their writing staff has always been composed almost exclusively by white males. As such, they both satirize and play this trope straight [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time]].
** When a Chinese-American woman joined the team, each of her articles' comments have been filled with almost nothing but contempt for her for being non-white and female.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Explained ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]]'' in David Wong's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html Monkeysphere article.]]
* MirrorScare: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19361_the-14-ways-to-be-scared-by-mirror-in-movies-5Bchart5D.html 14 different kinds]].
* MistakenForRacist: The author of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19036_too-stupid-satire-how-media-branded-me-as-racist.html this article]] explains how a video he made (called "Straya Day") came back to bite him after this happened because of too many people watching it not realizing it was satirical.
* MoodDissonance: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18980_the-5-most-badass-musical-instruments-ever-built.html "The 5 Most Badass Musical Instruments Ever Built"]]: "If you could kill Bond with your Nanoguitar pick, you'd use the Laser Harp you'd to wipe out the rest of MI6 in one hellish afternoon of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fire, blood, and inappropriately mellow tunes]]."
* MookMaker: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#19 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sometimes results in a staggering lack of perspective, both discussed and within the articles themselves.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19611_6-things-movies-love-to-get-wrong-about-workplace.html 6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About the Workplace]] discusses how Hollywood films get other professions wrong by extrapolating from the experiences of Hollywood writers.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html This article about intellectual property]] (which it calls Forced Artificial Scarcity, or [[FunWithAcronyms FArtS]]) uses only copyrighted works of authorship (that is, media) as examples, failing to mention potential examples of patented works of engineering (that is, inventions) that arguably power more of the economy.
* TheMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_249_if-flash-games-got-their-own-movie-adaptations/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=photoshop&wa_user4=recommended two]].
* MrFanservice & EvenTheGuysWantHim: Swaim for his [[ShirtlessScene lack of a shirt]] and DOB for his boyish looks. [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd John Cheese]] too.
** Seanbaby gets fairly frequent comments from straight men who'd like to have his children.
** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]).
* MusicalEpisode: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_234_if-everything-got-adapted-into-broadway-musical/ If Everything Got Adapted into a Broadway Musical]]
* NetworkDecay: In-universe. Subject of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18449_the-tlc-experiment-just-how-dumb-learning-channel.html The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?]]
** Another one was done on the History Channel.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TheNicknamer: [[PungeonMaster DOB]] tends to give nicknames to everyone that change every time he refers to them in rapid succession. The nicknames are either puns, insults, terms of endearment, or a disturbing combination of all three.
** And they're all usually directed at his boss Jack O'Brien. To name a few: Jaxploitation, Jack to the Future, Jackbook Air, Jacts of Life, etc.
* NintendoHard: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15696_the-10-most-irritatingly-impossible-old-school-video-games.html The 10 Most Irritatingly Impossible Old-School Video Games]].
* NoodleIncident: The opening of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/ this]] article says:
---> "[A]nd Jack O'Brien plus a huge bag of X gave us a Cracked office party that we're still not allowed to blog about."
* NoOSHACompliance: OSHA is mentioned by name in #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_the-7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever]], one of the cheaters looks so much like one they have to use this trope.
** On a MazesAndMonsters cover; "This is not Photoshop."
** They use this when talking about Mr. Kellogg's use of circumcision and Corn Flakes to combat masturbation.
** On RealLife supervillians; [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18931_6-supervillains-from-history-that-make-joker-look-subtle.html#ixzz1ABV0h4Cn Mussolini's evil lair. Seriously. That is not Photoshop.]]
* OldMediaAreEvil: Though most Cracked writers are [[RuleOfFunny perfectly willing]] to make fun of the internet too, articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html 6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact,]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17318_7-clearly-fake-news-stories-that-fooled-mainstream-media.html 7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media,]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article/87_5-awesome-cases-internet-owning-mainstream-media/ 5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media]] show a pretty strong bias. Old entertainment media fares no better than news media, with articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html 5 Reasons The Oscars Matter Even Less Than You Thought]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17608_6-cheap-acting-tricks-that-fool-critics-every-time.html 6 Cheap Acting Tricks That Fool The Critics Every Time.]]
* OldShame: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]] in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
* OncePerEpisode: A bust photo of a large-breasted woman with only a single button closed on her shirt and [[VaporWear nothing underneath]] is shoehorned into the majority of the lists, which usually hang a {{lampshade|Hanging}} on it when she appears.
** They eventually ID'd her in [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ this]] article. Her name is Kate, and she [[http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/jeff_bennion/Cracked/cleavage1.jpg has a face.]]
** It stares into our souls.
* OneManArmy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War]].
* OneOfUs: Seeing how [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html this page]] mentions TV Tropes twice and links to it three times, this is a safe bet of at least one editor.
* OneSizeFitsAll: Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* OscarBait: Discussed in the "ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver", and also in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html this article]].
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-overused-jokes-internet/#ixzz1bYF8pemD Edouard Manet? Best.19th Century French Impressionist Painter Whose Last Name Is One Letter Away From Another French Impressionist. Ever!]]
* PerspectiveFlip / POVSequel: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_214_28-great-movies-from-perspective-minor-characters/ 28 Great Movies From the Perspective of Minor Characters]]
** And now [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_267_26-great-movies-from-villains-point-view/ 26 Great Movies from the Villain's Point of View]].
* PinkProductPloy: Mocked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-pointlessly-women-specific-products/ The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products]]".
* PlanetOfHats: This is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* ThePresidentsDaughter: There used to be an article called "6 Helpful Tips for Kidnapping the President's Daughters," which was taken down after the person who wrote it, DOB, was confronted by the ''FBI and Secret Service''.
* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Seanbaby is possibly the worst offender.
* QuoteSwearUnquote: Claims adding swearing to the lyrics of "You're the Best Around" would make it even better.
* RapeAsComedy
* RashomonStyle: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ "Who Killed Ian Fortey?"]] Was also Ian's last article as a columnist.
* RatedMForManly: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-manliest-images-on-the-internet/ The 8 Manliest Images on the Internet]]
** And let's not forget [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html The 9 Manliest Names in the World]]
** Pretty much everything Seanbaby does, but especially his "Man Comics", and its even manlier spinoff "Fuckin'-A Comics".
** Brockway's column is titled "Robert Brockway: '''Word Puncher'''".
** And then there's Seanbaby's column, "Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle", the art for which features him ''dropkicking Hitler in the face''.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: They have so far published no fewer than 6 lists of "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped".
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]].
* ReversePolarity: This is #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* RibcageStomach: The #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop whose decoration invokes this.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Swaim, evidently.
* RubberBandAI: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_the-15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html Listed as the number 2 most annoying video game character (Anyone who does it).]]
* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: Cracked has refined these into a logical heuristic, frequently stating that given a lack of concrete evidence as to what happened, we are forced to assume the most bizarre, awesome, and/or ridiculous scenario.
* RunningGag: Many themes recur over similar articles, usually referencing particularly popular articles.
** Praise of Theodore Roosevelt's super-human powers in the art of violence now spans topics, articles and lists.
** Many of the articles feature an outlandish assumption on the part of the writer, in the formula: "Reports do not say if [X crazy thing] happened, so we're forced to assume it did."
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15963_5-works-art-that-can-probably-kill-you.html The text does not mention whether [the sculptures] have evolved cavernous maws and a dark, endless hunger, so we are forced to assume they have.]]
** ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [Citation needed].]]''.
--> [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17612_p2.html ...which means if you put a jellyfish in the space shuttle, and it fired its stingers at the moment of takeoff, it would travel back in time [citation needed].]]
** The word "Baffling" is often used in titles of articles.
** Similar to their love of Roosevelt is their love of NikolaTesla, and their complete and utter ball-crushing hatred of Thomas Edison. Like Roosevelt, this is because the things you could make up about either man in favor of their position on said man are only slightly less exaggerated than real life.
** Have we mentioned Australia yet? Well, Cracked does a lot...
** Can be taken to exasperating extremes when the writers [[CultureClash start taking potshots at other cultures' idiosyncrasies]] [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of a laugh.]] One or two jokes is one thing, but... [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18567_6-japanese-subcultures-that-are-insane-even-japan.html well, see for yourself.]] Worse, the cultural jokes aren't just annoying, [[DidNotDoTheResearch they're frequently wrong.]]
*** At least it's ''justified'' whenever they're [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17165_6-reasons-north-korea-funniest-evil-dictatorship-ever.html bashing North Korea]].
** Ke$ha's debauchery is becoming a fairly common theme...
** "Gary Busey crazy" was often used when mentioning something they considered insane. Often including an image of the man himself.
** Whenever they are in doubt of what picture they should use for an article, they will frequently use reuse the same photo of a woman's large [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/0/6/19106.jpg cleavage]].
** Several articles have been devoted to the over-the-top mean, weird, or just plain laughable antics of world dictators, especially North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
** They also [[SarcasmMode love]] spiders.
** Also, they have a running gag where they'll explain that X does (''action'') because ''fuck Y, that's why.''
** Additionally, AlGore [[MemeticMutation invented the internet]].
** And among the columnists, Brockway's drug use, Soren's social superiority, Swaim's freaky kinks, Dan's nicknaming, and Bulchoz's Canadian roots.
* ScienceIsBad: "7 Ways Science will kill you by X" is practically a template. Only matched by the number of articles about horrifying animals.
* ScrewYourself: Mentioned in a few articles, including one by Dan O'Brien that's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ almost entirely about the subject]]. Said article is referenced when Dan meets his counterpart from Broked.com's SimilarSquad in ''Agents of Cracked''.
-->'''BOD''': You know, I remember reading somewhere that there are only two truly meaningful things you can do with your doppleganger when you're locked in a room. You can [[MirrorMatch fight them]]... Or f*** them.
-->*Dan takes a fighting stance*
-->'''BOD''': Wrong answer.
* ScunthorpeProblem: Seen in the comments section, due to a word filter that targets a given word sequence even as part of a larger word. For instance, the racial slur "Jap" is rendered as "J*p" so that it'll also catch "Japs" and turn it into "J*ps", and consequently the comments on an article about Japanese subcultures talked about "j*pan" (in lowercase). This makes writing "j*panese" a bit of a problem. "Cum" is also banned, so you can't say "doc*mentary". "Cock" is banned as well, which is a problem since most of the site is made of dick jokes. "Spic" makes it a problem writing the word "susp*cious". We could list a whole bunch of examples. Basically, their filter s*cks d*ck.
** The main problem is that the article will usually curse up a storm, while the comments section is censored. The problem is why they would ''need'' to censor it at all when the site's main demographic is 18-34 year old males who wouldn't be offended by cursing. Now you can say that it's the server's policy not to host foul language, but again: why is it that the article can say "fuck shit piss" all they want while the community is treated like children? Do they really think that a site like that is going to be visited by 8 year olds?
* SeinfeldianConversation: The series ''After Hours'' is built on this trope.
* SelfDeprecation: Everyone who contributes to Cracked are always most likely to take a cheap shot at people that are like them, or Cracked itself. The main contributors are also likely to talk about how much of an asshole they are, the sad fact that they write internet articles, and that they work at a headquarters that serves gruel-like slop and doesn't have indoor plumbing.
** Christina H frequently laments how fat and ugly she is, even while explaining why women tend to have artificially low opinions of themselves.
* SelfInsertFic: A good amount of Dan O'Brien's stuff is this, depicting himself as a Jerkass fond of annoying the protagonists and lampshade hanging.
* SerialKiller: There are [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19737_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended two]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended lists]] of serial-killer ''animals''.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SexyWhateverOutfit: Parodied.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: ''Pick up [[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 "Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody"]] on book stands now.''
** Shared when other Cracked columnists also help with promoting Brockway's book.
** And of course, David Wong will never let us forget that [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd he wrote a book once]].
** And now with the release of the first ''Cracked.com'' book they've been even more blunt with no less than two full articles advertising it.
* SingleBiomePlanet: Part of #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-people-you-should-have-to-face-in-hell/ Apparently]] Adam is Gladstone's.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The articles are, for the most part, quite cynical.
* SkewedPriorities: "[Circumcision] can result in death, [[FateWorseThanDeath or even worse]], loss of the penis."
* TastesLikePurple / MushroomSamba: "...and when you're walking down a road made out of wind and purple, you'll know you're tripping ''just'' the right amount of balls."
* TheSmartGuy: Gladstone, compared to DOB or Swaim.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Pretty much all the articles have a hint of this, especially those by the main contributors.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]]
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Mentioned by name in #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
* SpikyHair: Photoplasty advertises hair gel that makes it possible in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#17 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SprintShoes: Photoplasty advertises 30 Second Energy in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#8 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* StealthParody: The article "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19420_6-classic-songs-that-were-supposed-to-be-jokes.html 6 classic songs that were supposed to be jokes]]" discusses several examples from music.
* StockFootage: Swaim's co-host in Cracked TV, "Clippy", which consists of out-of-context clips from films or viral media, such as "Orientation guy from ''The Hudsucker Proxy''", "Still-lives of fruit alongside Holocaust survivors", and "Clips of chips."
** Chips clips? ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment TOTALLY RAAAAAAAAAAANDOOOOOOM!]]''
** Not to mention "Clips of ''[=CHiPs=]''".
** Gladstone changes his shirt in one episode to match stock footage.
** As of Swaim's new series, his "co-host" is stock footage of various bad Youtube bloggers. Clippy, meanwhile, is having a new body built for him - which, at this time, consists of [[NoodleImplements a can of Monster, a cell phone, a light bulb, and Doritos.]]
** And then Clippy came back.
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Soren!]]
* SuperDrowningSkills: The Strid is a segment of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire that will murder you. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19705_the-5-most-spectacular-landscapes-earth-that-murder-you.html This article]] compares it to "exactly how water works in a video game".
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Robert Brockway loudly and repeatedly interrupts [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ Ian Fortey's last article]] to insist that he did not kill Ian Fortey, had no reason too, didn't make sure he had the opportunity to and ''certainly'' had made no detailed plans to kill him. [[spoiler: So much so that he's still insisting it immediately after someone else matter-of-factly confesses to it.]]
* TakeThat: The tendency to mock MadMagazine has continued, especially since the magazine's sales figures have been in decline whilst "Cracked" has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success as a website. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/cracked-eases-mads-transition-into-obscurity/ This article]] is a good example, which, upon closer reading, can be seen as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Mad.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-its-time-to-stop-paying-attention-to-lady-gaga/ This,]] aimed squarely at Music/LadyGaga.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19493_4-reasons-zooey-deschanel-can-stop-pretending-shes-dork.html Kristi Harrison]] seemed to start the [[TheScrappy whole attitude]] the other writers have towards Zooey Deschanel. [[invoked]]
* TestosteronePoisoning: Mentions of anything remotely {{Badass}} will [[RunningGag generally]] include comments relating to testicular fortitude completely unironically. [[RuleOfFunny Probably intentional]].
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-images-too-badass-to-be-real-that-totally-are Punched your eyeballs right in the dick]]" is one of the more extreme examples.
** Many of these HarryPotter [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15661_harry-potter-book-disguises.html book disguises]] is retardedly manly.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/24-video-game-covers-that-will-double-your-testosterone/ These]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-hilariously-badass-magazine-covers-ever/ And these]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Most of the videos on the site have a single female.
* TheTetrisEffect: AKA [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/when-video-games-get-stuck-in-your-head/ "When Video Games Get Stuck In Your Head"]]
* TimeIsDangerous: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18564_6-time-travel-realities-doc-brown-didnt-warn-us-about.html 6 Time Travel Realities Doc Brown Didn't Warn Us About]].
* TimeStop: Declared to be the ultimate super power in After Hours' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo "The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think)"]]. Specifically, the Zack Morris "Time Out" from SavedByTheBell.
* TimTaylorTechnology: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* TopTenList: ''"The leading source of list-based humor."''
* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback Mocked]].
* TranslatorMicrobes: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 3rd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TraumaInn: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* TreeBuchet: #4 on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18702_5-greatest-escape-artists-ever-were-animals.html 5 Greatest Animal Escapes]]
* TropeName: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html This]] [[ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver video]] takes generic and turns it UpToEleven for roughly three-and-a-half minutes.
* TropeOverdosed: This is largely because of their numerous media related articles. Many lists feature tropes.
** They even occasionally ''link to this website''. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife So after you're done reading Cracked]]...
** And then came [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation_p1 TV Tropes: The Movie]]...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ The TV Tropes topic]].
* TurnsRed: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19260_5-soldiers-whose-horrific-injuries-only-made-them-angry.html 5 Soldiers Whose Horrific Injuries Only Made Them Angry]]
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-internet-in-11-days-epic-online-odyssey/ An Epic Online Odyssey]], TVTropes plays the part of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis Charybdis]], with YouTube serving as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla Scylla]].[[hottip:*:[[AllBlueEntry Blueness]] not in original; that would have just been cruel.]]
--> ''"TV Tropes [[WikiWalk is a veritable black hole of hyperlinks,]] [[BrowserNarcotic each leading further into the center of oblivion.]] [[GoAmongMadPeople The entire site is made up of a community that spends its life]] [[WildMassGuessing collecting patterns and commonalities between fictional worlds.]] [[SuperOCD It applies names to every plot device, every story arc and every cinematic tool ever captured by a camera]] [[PotHole and then links them to one another.]] [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy The result is like being in the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic deciphering hidden codes in newspapers.]] [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Clicking on one link will ensure that you click on another, and another]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain until you have lost your way back home]] [[EasyAmnesia and forgotten who you are.]]"''
** Chris Bucholz recently did [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/something-called-science-claims-internet-makes-us-dumb/ an article]] where he claimed he "Once logged in to TVTropes and didn't come out for eight days."
* TheUnintelligible: Depending on the article, people either understand what Chris Bucholz is saying or see him as entirely unintelligible as no one can decipher the gibberish language he calls ‘Canadian English.’
* UnproblematicProstitution: TheOldestProfession may be older even than humanity, as it appears to emerge in the presence of money. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19388_6-things-you-wont-believe-animals-do-just-like-us_p2.html 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us]] describes several experiments in which researchers introduced money to communities of monkeys. In one, a female monkey ended up trading sex for money so she could buy some grapes.
* VendorTrash: Photoplasty advertises a vendor that [[WeBuyAnything buys everything]], specifically naming items that substitute for MoneySpider, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Mocked [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ here]], then [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment paid back]].
** Seanbaby took this UpToEleven with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ this]].
** Robert Brockway has gotten in on the action with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18645_6-great-novels-that-were-hated-in-their-time.html 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time]]
** And [[TheChamberlain Neville Chamberlain]].
* WaterIsAir: An underwater lake is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19557_the-5-most-mind-blowing-things-that-can-be-found-underwater.html #5 most mindblowing thing found underwater]].
* WaxingLyrical: Brockway is fond of this. ''Especially'' if the song in question is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Life is a Highway]]''.
* WeBuyAnything: Photoplasty advertises such a shop in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ pictures]].
* WhatIf: Many of the Photoplasty contests.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Robert Brockway is a horrible person according to [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Explored in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death_p1.html this article]].
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Many authors of articles express their hatred and fear of spiders.
* WikiWalk: OK, they're not actually a wiki, but it is really easy to get trapped for a '''long''' time just by clicking the links at the end of each article. If they were to drop the last two letters, their name would be almost chillingly appropriate. It's a good thing [[CrackIsCheaper Cracked is free]].
** The addition of the '''Random Article''' button does ''even more'' to add to it.
* YouCanPanicNow: A staple article topic is a list of mundane items and activities that can kill/maim you.
** And conversely, things which are hyped as dangerous by films/television/news media etc., and in fact are not nearly as dangerous as made out to be.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Photoplasty advertises hair dye in impossible colors in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#7 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* ZeroGSpot: Shot down in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18547_6-reasons-space-travel-will-always-suck.html 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck]].
* ZombieApocalypse: One of ''Cracked'''s [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html favorite]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/ subjects]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/126_5-popular-zombie-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/ for]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/164_6-characters-who-show-up-in-every-zombie-movie/ lists]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16717_6-signs-youre-about-be-attacked-by-zombies.html and]] [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-38-zombies/ parodies.]]
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