History WesternAnimation / RobotChicken

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: (dork voice) Technically speaking, the eponymous fowl is actually a cyborg and not a robot, technically speaking.

Most sketches are {{Dark Parod|y}}ies involving "mashups", a collision of two pop-cultural items (one innocent, and the other "mature") degenerating into chaos, like [[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario and Luigi]] travelling to [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]], WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead joining the WesternAnimation/TeenTitans, the team from Franchise/ScoobyDoo encountering [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs doing their version of ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', or [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd]] reenacting a rap battle from ''Film/EightMile''.

* TookALevelInDumbass: {{Justified|Trope}} in the "WesternAnimation/ToyStory 4" sketch, where Buzz actually becomes ''mentally retarded'' as a result of a college-aged Andy [[ItMakesSenseInContext turning him into a makeshift bong]]. Suffice it to say that the way he acts afterwards is a far cry from the noble, heroic and decently intelligent space ranger he was beforehand.
-->'''Retarded!Buzz:''' "Hello, Woody! (gasp) Do you know what my daddy did? ({{Beat}}) Poop! He pooped! Poop-de-doop-doop-poop! Ah, somebody left some poop in his pants."

* ATeamFiring: Invoked in one of the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' shorts. A soldier hits three perfect shots, two to the center body, and the third to the head. The Joe was shocked by the shooting, saying, "If you shoot like that, your enemy could [[ThouShaltNotKill end up dead!]]." It later bites the Joe [[RealityEnsues in the ass when a suicide bomber isn't scared off with the missed bullets]].

* RealityEnsues: [[RealityEnsues/RobotChicken Nearly every episode has at least one instance of a cartoon's characters coming face to face with a problem that would be faced by ordinary people, and having no idea of what to do. See this page for these examples.]]

* GambitRoulette: The ''Manga/InuYasha'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7k-BbwVqxo sketch]], where a father goes FAR out of his way to make his daughter hate Inuyasha so that he can watch football, which is on at the same time, in peace.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Spoofed during the DC Comics special. The audience is reminded that [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/B%27dg_%28New_Earth%29 an alien squirrel Green Lantern named B'Dg,]] a douchebag with no fashion sense named Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kurt_Filpots_%28Earth-S%29 Mr. Banjo]] actually exist, all while the show mocks them right in front of their faces. Firestorm doesn't take too kindly to it.

* BreastExpansion: In the "No Need For Glomer" sketch (based on the animated version of ''WesternAnimation/PunkyBrewster''), where Punky asked an abused Glomer to make her [[BiggerIsBetter boobs bigger]] except Glomer kept going to the point where it was absolute BodyHorror. This actually happened to Soleil Moon-Frye. She developed breasts so huge she had to have breast reduction surgery.

** Averted with the {{Trope Namer|s}} where despite having a series of rescues in the ocean, Superman still rejects the idea of letting Aquaman tag along since he could still handle the situation fine without him.

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** While Palpatine is for the most part portrayed as FauxAffablyEvil, there are times where he shows genuine camaraderie and/or appreciation with a select few individuals. This is demonstrated especially in his interactions [[NiceToTheWaiter with his barber Alphonso]], in which he outright calls the guy a lifesaver for coming up with the idea of Bounty Hunters after Vader failed to capture the Rebels. He is also seen joking around with Mas Amedda and Sim Aloo about his battle with Yoda, and there is no evidence to suggest any underlying malice in either of the two examples.

* TheAfterafterlife: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPDoHk1Ifk Super Heaven]]", Jesus files a complaint to {{God}} about how impractical TheGrimReaper (both in his appearance and [[{{Pun}} execution]] of his job) is after he unceremoniously reaps an old lady. When that old lady is asked her opinion, she says that she finds that death is scary enough without a skeleton coming at her as she's dying, prompting the Grim Reaper to reap her ''in Heaven''. When Jesus questions this, God remarks that this means that she has now gone to Super-Heaven.

'''Gladice:''' ''Super-Heaven is awesome!''

* BaitAndSwitch: In "I Know What the Bratz Did Last Summer," the Bratz (accidentally) kill Barbie by running her over, and are soon hunted down and killed one-by-one by a shadowy figure in a pink trench coat. We're led to believe that it's Barbie, either BackFromTheDead or NotQuiteDead in the first place, but it's actually [[spoiler:Draculaura from ''Toys/MonsterHigh'']].

As of September 2020, it's currently the longest-running series on [adult swim], following the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. Other networks have ordered more serialized stop-motion comedies from Green and company’s Creator/StoopidBuddyStudios; the medieval peg-people epic WesternAnimation/CrossingSwords came out on Hulu in 2020, and AMC has picked up the urban baby-doll “Mega City Smiths” for 2021.

As of September 2020, it's currently the longest-running series on [adult swim], following the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. Other networks have ordered more serialized stop-motion comedies from Green and company’s Stoopid Buddy Stoodios; the medieval peg-people epic WesternAnimation/CrossingSwords came out on Hulu in 2020, and AMC has picked up the urban baby-doll “Mega City Smiths” for 2021.

** One sketch involves three cowboys holding down their buddy and sticking him with a branding iron that says "jew lover". All because he bought a jar of picante sauce in New York City.

** In a sketch involving ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' investigating [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Crystal Lake]], they naturally run into Jason after the split up. When he confronts Fred and Daphne, Fred pushes Daphne into Jason for him to kill while he escapes. Scooby himself does this when Jason stabs at the barrels Shaggy and he were hiding in and manages to hit Shaggy. He tries to run, but Jason grabs his tail before he can get far.

** Their lone Series/DoctorWho sketch amounted to them openly hating on the entire franchise, and the writers have dropped a few mentions in various sketches that they also do not like Series/NCIS.

* VictorySex: In ''Welcome to the Golf Jam'', Cleo promises Tiger Woods a blowjob if he wins, she has a little "Oh crap" moment when she realizes she has to keep her promise.

->'''Retarded!Buzz:''' "Hello, Woody! (gasp) Do you know what my daddy did? ({{Beat}}) Poop! He pooped! Poop-de-doop-doop-poop! Ah, somebody left some poop in his pants."

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In the Bitch Puddin' Special, a new character named Raspberry Parfait appears to be a replacement for Strawberry Shortcake. American Greetings ''has'' gone after people who they feel have misused the character in the past, or alternatively the licensing fee might have gone up.

* LampshadedTheObscureReference: Spoofed the ending to ''Film/SleepawayCamp''. The director of ''Sleepaway Camp'' was amazed that anyone would decide to spoof the movie, or even remembered that it even existed.