History WesternAnimation / OffTheAir

** "Coping" had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3uQYMIwWE0 This Homage.]] to Freddy Got Fingered

** In "Clowns", A man on a bike's face is blurred out. The motion tracking of the blur is very poor, though, and goes off the person's face multiple times. The blur also tries (and fails) to follow the person even after the datamosh rather then simply being put onto the image beforehand, implying that it was a last minute change.

[[caption-width-right:350:"We'd like to thank you for watching. And please... Don't... Die... Tonight."[[note]]Said in the opening short of the pilot episode "Animals"... [[NightmareFuel/OffTheAir and is immediately followed by a jumpscare.]][[/note]]]]

* OnceAnEpisode: Pretty much every episode contains at least one "Datamosh" transition, or where the image of the first clip is applied to the movement of the next clip, similar to getting a low signal on broadcast TV. The only exceptions were "Technology" and "Paradise", both of which were the only episodes that were guest curated rather then edited in-house.

The show was created by Dave Hughes, who was known for editing shows like ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'', ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', and various Creator/AdultSwim shows.

** WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost has appeared in every episode, usually as a FunnyBackgroundEvent. Zorak also appears in several episodes starting with "Falling", and Moltar joins in starting with "Robots". All three at once appear during the credits of "Nightmares".

It comprises [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] WebOriginal shorts centered on a particular theme and released on a rather infrequent basis. Following a psychedelic nature, these shorts tend to be [[MindScrew very bizarre]] and/or [[NightmareFuel disturbing]].

It comprises [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] shorts centered on a particular theme and released on a rather infrequent basis. Following a psychedelic nature, these shorts tend to be [[MindScrew very bizarre]] and/or [[NightmareFuel disturbing]].

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* SurrealHumor/SurrealHorror: A good number of shorts switch between the humor part and the horror part.

''Off the Air'' is an American anthology series of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s that's been airing on Creator/AdultSwim since 2011. It comprises [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] shorts centered on a particular theme and released on a rather infrequent basis. Following a psychedelic nature, these shorts tend to be [[MindScrew very bizarre]] and/or [[NightmareFuel disturbing]].

If you're looking for the SMPTE color bars (which this wiki doesn't have a page for), please consult [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_color_bars the other wiki.]]

!!Tropes | [[TitleDrop Off the Air]] | Creator/AdultSwim :

!!Tropes:

[[caption-width-right:350:"We'd like to thank you for watching. And please... Don't... Die... Tonight."[[note]]Said in the opening short of the pilot episode "Animals"... [[NightmareFuel/OffTheAir and is immediately followed by a JumpScare.]][[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"We'd like to thank you for watching. And please... Don't... Die... Tonight."[[note]]Said in the opening short of the pilot episode "Animals"... [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/OffTheAir and is immediately followed by a jumpscare.]][[/note]]]]

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** "Patterns" got so bad during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-wEvzqdDZg the last video]] it actually aired with an epilepsy disclaimer during it's premiere, and was the first ever adult swim show to do so outside of toonami.
** The version of "Animals" on adult swim's website is notably darker then the version on youtube. It was likely made darker sometime after the episode was uploaded onto youtube to prevent seizures for the flashing lights during the title card.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* RecycledAnimation: The #disrupt short from "Trash" was originally a short for Adult Swim's "Smalls" series [[labelnote:Note]](1 to 2 minute shorts that play during commercial breaks and in-between streaming shows)[[/labelnote]], later reused here. Unlike the other shorts, however, it wasn't uploaded to their Youtube.

''Off the Air'' is an anthology series of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s that's been airing on Creator/AdultSwim since 2011. It comprises [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] shorts centered on a particular theme and released on a rather infrequent basis. Following a psychedelic nature, these shorts tend to be [[MindScrew very bizarre]] and/or [[NightmareFuel disturbing]].

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: A few of the animated shorts tend to have people with odd skin-colors, like lavender, blue, red, green, etc.

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Averted. One of the shorts in "Patterns" blatently contains a sound effect from Super Mario 64.

''Off the Air'' is an anthology series of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s that's been airing on Creator/AdultSwim since 2011. It comprises [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] shorts centered on a particular theme and released on a rather infrequent basis. These shorts tend to be [[MindScrew very bizarre]] and/or [[NightmareFuel disturbing]].

''Off the Air'' is an anthology series of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s that's been airing on Creator/AdultSwim since 2011. It's essentially a series of [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] shorts centered on a particular theme. That being said, [[MindScrew the shorts tend to be very bizarre]] [[NightmareFuel and/or disturbing]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: And for a show like Off the Air, that's saying something. The first few episodes always opened up on old stock-footage from the 60s, accompanied by a mysterious voice whispering something ominous. By "Body" the stock footage was replaced with a regular clip and the voice spoke much less, and by "Death" the voice disappeared completely.

''Off the Air'' is a series of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s on Creator/AdultSwim. It's essentially a series of [[MediumBlending animated (and sometimes live-action)]] shorts centered on a particular theme. That being said, [[MindScrew the shorts tend to be very bizarre]] [[NightmareFuel and/or disturbing]].

* {{Gorn}}: Many shorts have this.

* [[Gorn Gorn]]: Many shorts have this.

* Gorn: Many shorts have this.