History YMMV / ImpracticalJokers

* IAmNotShazam: The show is called ''Impractical Jokers'', but the name of Herb, Joe, Q and Murr's comedy troupe is the Tenderloins. That being said, they apparently don't object to being referred to as the Impractical Jokers.

** Cranjis [=McBasketball=] [[labelnote:explanation]]A common challenge that occurs is referred to as Cranjis [=McBasketball=]. It involves the jokers, as receptionists in a waiting area filled with people, calling for made-up and ridiculous names without having to laugh.[[/labelnote]]

** Whose phone is ringing? MINE! MINE! Whose phone is ringing? MINE! It's MINE! Whose phone is ringing? MINE! MINE! My phone-ph-phone-phone-phone! My phone-ph-phone-phone-phone![[labelnote:explanation]]The eponymous ringtone from the punishment of "Who's Phone is Ringing?" [[https://lesvinyl.bandcamp.com/track/whose-phone-is-ringing It can actually be purchased to make it your own ringtone.[[/labelnote]]

* OneSceneWonder: Pretty much any time a customer reacts in a way ''no one'' saw coming, it's this. Notable examples include the kind old man who helped Murr learn the meaning of the word douche, the crazy shirtless dude who frightened Q half to death while he was pretending to be a clerk, and a guy actually named [[RunningGag Larry]] who caused much joy for the Jokers when they learned his name. Also, Murr's old downstairs neighbor and the woman who shared she loved colonics.

** During his punishment as Flatfoot the Pirate, Herb had to drink breast milk which had been left out in the sun for hours in one punishment. He promptly threw it up. Not helping is earlier in the punishment, he had to lick a lollipop that previously been licked by all the children who made up his crew.

*** In the "Sashay Away" challenge, the Jokers' goal was to get someone to dance with them without talking. Q got a win overturned when it was discovered that he begged two girls to dance with him under his breath. The second time they tried this challenge, they changed the rule from "No talking" to "No talking about dancing." Despite repeated warnings from the other Jokers, Q still tried to verbally convince someone to do the hokey pokey with him. He was disqualified again, and eventually lost the episode.
*** Another Q one comes from "Bigger in Texas." During the final challenge, in which the jokers must do and say what they're told while wearing the famous blackout sunglasses, Murr is told to tell an elderly couple that they clearly remember the Alamo. Q, so sure he wouldn't say it, volunteered to take the loss on the whole episode if Murr said it (Murr was the first to go). Guess what was the next thing to come out of Murr's mouth? To make matters worse, no matter how the challenge played out, Murr would've been the one to be punished; he had already lost the previous two challenges, while Q had only lost one. At worst, Q would have been in a double punishment with Murr if he chickened out during his turn. All he did with this bet was save Murr from being punished.

** For his part, Q has admitted to being bewildered that there are women who find him attractive, particularly women who are about half his age.

** For his part, Q has admitted to being bewildered that there are women who find him attractive.

--> '''Q (in disbelief):''' Have you seen me?

*** In the "Sashay Away" challenge, the Jokers' goal was to get someone to dance with them without talking. Q got a win overturned when it was discovered that he begged a girl to dance with him under his breath. The second time they tried this challenge, they changed the rule from "No talking" to "No talking about dancing." Despite repeated warnings from the other Jokers, Q still tried to verbally convince someone to do the hokey pokey with him. He was disqualified again, and eventually lost the episode.

*** In a challenge where the jokers scooped mashed potatoes onto the plates of unsuspecting customers, Q dumped his entire bowl onto one plate. Murr and Joe told him that the object was to avoid having the fewest amount of scoops, so Q having done only one giant scoop lost the challenge.
*** The jokers did a challenge whose goal was to get someone to dance with them without talking. Q got a win overturned when he begged two women to dance with him under his breath. The jokers tried the same challenge, except they changed the rule from "No talking" to "No talking about dancing." Despite repeated warnings from the other jokers, Q still tried to verbally convince someone to do the hokey pokey with him. Q got disqualified again, and he wound up doing the punishment for the episode.
*** Another Q one comes from the Texas episode. During the final challenge, in which the jokers must do and say what they're told while wearing the famous blackout sunglasses, Murr is told to tell an elderly couple that they clearly remember the Alamo. Q, so sure he wouldn't say it, volunteered to take the loss on the whole episode if Murr said it (Murr was the first to go). Guess what was the next thing to come out of Murr's mouth? To make matters worse, no matter how the challenge played out Murr would've been the one to be punished. He had already lost the previous two challenges, while Q only had one (from the challenge where he teamed up with Murr). At worst, Q would have been in a double punishment with Murr if he chickened out during his turn. All he did with this bet was save Murr from being punished.
** Murr asking if two school children were over 18[[note]]They are not allowed to be shown on the show, if they are below the age of 18.[[/note]] ''right in front of a police officer.'' He needed to blow his cover and lose the challenge in order to avoid getting in trouble.

** Another Q and Murr one: during Murr's skydiving punishment, where he was so terrified that he was legitimately in tears, Q saw how distressed he was and wanted to change course, but Herb and Joe wouldn't budge. Considering that, not too long ago, Q was just fine with Murr getting turned into a human pinata, its nice to see he does feel concern for his buddy.

** Q and Herb both get these moments in "Bidder Loser" on the first challenge that has them get someone to help bury a random item. Q buries the sex robot without any qualms (and even chatted up the girl he buried the robot with) but won't bury a bag full of still living goldfish since he's a dedicated animal lover (he has three cats). Herb was supposed to bury his niece and not only does he refuse to bury her but tells her to never conspire with the guys ever again.

** [[https://youtu.be/nPpHDzG2UL8 Joe announcing to the other Jokers that he and his wife were expecting.]] Has the standard jokes and ribbing, [[TrueCompanions but each one are clearly happy for him and they all hug him.]]
** "The Coward" manages to sneak in a couple sweet moments in between Herb dry heaving. Q encourages the viewers to call their mothers, and Herb, despite still being extremely grossed out, takes a moment to pet the newborn calf and tell it "everyone loves you."
** During "Silence The Lame", Murr strikes up a conversation with a bystander as part of a bit. After the gang insists that he invite the bystander to a broadway showing of Aladdin, Murr does. The guy actually shows up, and it legitimately seems like they had an enjoyable time.

** The episode when Q is pretending to be a bouncer and is told to ask a woman if she believes in God. When she says yes, he is supposed to scoff and walks away, which he does. Q later confirmed on Twitter that he is an atheist in real life, though he wouldn't laugh at anyone's beliefs.

** In early Season 1, a challenge required the Jokers to convince people to get inside the trunk of a car. Herb was the only one to do it. Come Season 3, and getting inside the trunk of a car where the driver doesn't know he's there and he doesn't know where he's being driven is one of Herb's punishments.
** When Murr had his head shaved for a punishment, Q remarks how he would quit if he was the one receiving the punishment. Several seasons later, Q ''does'' get his head shaved...''voluntarily'', as it's to create a wig that ''Murr'' has to wear for a punishment.[[labelnote:note]]That said, when Murr was shaved, they took literally ''all'' the hair from his head (particularly his eyebrows), whereas Q sacrifices just enough hair to make the wig, so they're not perfect comparisons. Not to mention Q's propensity for hats.[[/labelnote]]

** In the first episode, a customer at Costco got so fed up with Q calling him "Mustache" that he resorted to calling Q "Clown". Q eventually became a clown for a Season 4 punishment.

* IAmNotShazam: The show is called ''Impractical Jokers'', but the name of the group that Herb, Joe, Q and Murr are a part of is the Tenderloins.

** Another Q and Murr one: during Murr's skydiving punishment (where he was so terrified that he was legitimately in tears), Q saw how distressed he was and wanted to change course, but Herb and Joe wouldn't budge. Considering that, not too long ago, Q was just fine with Murr getting turned into a human pinata, its nice to see he does feel concern for his buddy.

*** Ironically, when the plane lands, ''Q'' is the one that Murr chases to deliver a punch to in retaliation for his punishment!

* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the other Jokers making fun of his appearance, particularly in the earlier seasons, Q has a significant number of female fans. He has admitted to being bewildered that there are women who find him attractive.

*** Another Q and Murr one: during Murr's skydiving punishment (where he was so terrified that he was legitimately in tears), Q saw how distressed he was and wanted to change course, but Herb and Joe wouldn't budge. Considering that, not too long ago, Q was just fine with Murr getting turned into a human pinata, its nice to see he does feel concern for his buddy.

** "The Coward" manages to sneak in a couple sweet moments in between Herb dry heaving. Q encourages the viewers to call their mothers, and Herb (despite still being extremely grossed out) takes a moment to pet the calf and tell it "everyone loves you."

*** Joe also mentions that none of the jokers are married in "Human Pinata". As of 2021, he and Murr have wives.
** During the wedding proposal segment of "Speech Impediment," Murr scoffs at the cost of an engagement ring and says that it's the reason why he's never getting married. Come 2021, and Murr is happily married to his wife, Melyssa.

* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the other Jokers making fun of his appearance, Q has a significant number of female fans. He has admitted to being bewildered by young women telling him that they think he's hot.

--> '''Q (in disbelief):''' I mean, have you seen me?

* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the other Jokers making fun of his appearance and his own remark of "Have you seen me?" (in reference to his disbelief when young women tell him that they think he's hot), Q does have a significant number of female fans.

* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the oft-circulated picture of a younger and huskier Prince Herb and Q's own comment of "Have you seen me?" (in reference to his disbelief when young women tell him that they think he's hot), both boys have a significant number of female fans.

*** Another Q one comes from the Texas episode. During the final challenge, in which the jokers must do and say what they're told while wearing the famous blackout sunglasses, Murr is told to tell an elderly couple that they clearly remember the Alamo. Q, so sure he wouldn't say it, volunteered to take the loss on the whole episode if Murr said it (Murr was the first to go). Guess what was the next thing to come out of Murr's mouth? To make matters worse, no matter how the challenge played out Murr would've been the one to be punished. He had already lost the previous two challenges, while Q only had one (from the challenge where he teamed up with Murr). At worst, Q would have been in a double punishment with Murr if he didn't chicken out during his turn. All he did with this bet was save Murr from being punished.

*** Another Q one comes from the Texas episode. During the final challenge, in which the jokers must do and say what they're told while wearing the famous blackout sunglasses, Murr is told to tell an elderly couple that they clearly remember the Alamo. Q, so sure he wouldn't say it, volunteered to take the loss on the whole episode if Murr said it (Murr was the first to go). Guess what was the next thing to come out of Murr's mouth? To make matters worse, no matter how the challenge played out Murr would've been the one to be punished. He had already lost the previous two challenges, while Q only had one (from the challenge where he teamed up with Murr). All Q had to do when it was his turn is not chicken out and he'd be safe from any punishment. So all he did with this bet was save Murr from being punished.

*** Another Q and Murr one: during Murr's skydiving punishment (where he was so terrified that he was legitimately in tears), Q saw how distressed he was and wanted to change course, but Herb and Joe wouldn't budge. Considering that, not too long ago, Q was just fine with Murr getting turned into a human pinata, its nice to see he does feel concern for his buddy. In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Q pats Murr's shoulder right before he (Murr) and his trainer take the leap.

*** Another Q and Murr one: during Murr's skydiving punishment (which he was terrified of), Q saw how distressed he was and wanted to change course, but Sal and Joe wouldn't budge. Considering not too long ago Q was just fine with him getting turned into a human pinata, its nice to see he does feel concern for his buddy.
** Herb and Murr are each tasked with trying to convince a stranger coming in for an apartment tour to come and live with them. Herb does a piss-poor job, but when it's Murr's turn, he instantly picks up on the guy's friendliness and matches it, both of them quickly getting more and more enthusiastic, high-fiving and hugging and excitedly running around the apartment looking at all the rooms, and even jumping on the couch, they're that giddy at the idea of living with each other. It's nice to see a challenge go genuinely well for both people, and the rest of the jokers abandon all other potential commands for Murr, they're so ecstatic at the fact that the two of them are getting along so happily.

* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: Though he has kept his beard, Q's new short haircut has more or less put a stop to the other Jokers ragging on his supposedly looking homeless.

* IAmNotShazam: The show is called ''Impractical Jokers'', but the name of the group that Herb, Joe, Q and Murr are are a part of is the Tenderloins.

** Q in "Birds and the Bees," "The Lost Boy," "Make Womb for Daddy," "Car Sick," "Bidder Loser," "Spider Man," and ''especially'' in "X-Man," one of the show's most sadistic impromptu punishments ever [[spoiler: (drawing a big red "X" on every drawing made by an entire class of children after refusing to do one turned him into the episode's big loser and just made things even worse, which left Q feeling beyond terrible and was enforced by the sound of Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor playing as he did it.)]]
** Joe in "Uncool and the Gang," "Psuedo-Sumo," and "Cruisin' for a Bruisin.'"

*** In a challenge where the jokers scooped mashed potatoes onto the plates of unsuspecting customers, Q dumped his entire bowl onto one plate. Murr and Joe told him the challenge was about whoever had the most scoops, so Q having done only one giant scoop lost the challenge.

** While Q is a badass who loves [[LoopholeAbuse bending some of the rules]], there were times when he pulled a move that was completely idiotic. From betting an episode loss if another joker said a line he thought would never say ("Bigger In Texas") or dumping an entire bowl of mashed potatoes onto one diner's plate when he had to make a number of scoops from it ("Everything's Just Rosie.")
** The jokers did a challenge whose goal was to get someone to dance with them without talking. Q got a win overturned when he begged two women to dance with him under his breath. The jokers tried the same challenge, except they changed the rule from "No talking" to "No talking about dancing." Despite repeated warnings from the other jokers, Q still tried to verbally convince someone to do the hokey pokey with him. Q got disqualified again, and he wound up doing the punishment for the episode.
** Another Q one comes from the Texas episode. During the final challenge, in which the jokers must do and say what they're told while wearing the famous blackout sunglasses, Murr is told to tell an elderly couple that they clearly remember the animo. Q, so sure he wouldn't say it, agreed to take the loss on the whole episode if Murr said it (Murr was the first to go). Guess what was the next thing to come out of Murr's mouth?
*** To make matters worse, no matter how the challenge played out Murr would've been the one to be punished. He had already lost the previous two challenges, while Q only had one (from the challenge where he teamed up with Murr). All Q had to do when it was his turn is not chicken out and he'd be safe from any punishment. So all his bet wound up doing was saving Murr.

** Taken UpToEleven in the punishment where he had to find his new phone in a ''trash barge''; the first thing he said when he started going through it was, "Is that diarrhea?" and eventually, the barge [[OhCrap left the dock and headed out to the river.]] The guys told him to call them when he found his phone and they'd come get him. After freaking out when he realized the ship was getting further and further out, he found his phone and called Joe...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments who sent him straight to voicemail,]]

** In the first episode, a customer got so fed up with Q calling him "Mustache" that he resorted to calling Q "Clown". Q eventually became a clown for a Season 4 punishment.

** And [[UpToEleven Up to Twelve]] when the guys snuck into Herb's house while he was away on vacation. Q rubbed a cat on Herb's bed, Murr went through his fridge and soiled his food, and Joe slept naked on his sofa, took a massive shit in the toilet, and rubbed his hands on everything in the restroom (including Herb's toothbrush.) Finally, all three stood naked in his window and pelvic thrusted, where all his neighbors could see. After, the stressed-out Herb (as part of a stress-relieving seminar, no less) declared he had to move because he now probably had "Hepatitis A through Zed."
** ''[[UpToEleven Up to Thirteen]]'' when Herb was forced to help give birth to a cow. He gagged through the entire process.
** Herb also drank breast milk which had been left out in the sun for hours in one punishment. He promptly threw it up. Not helping is earlier in the punishment, he had to lick a lollipop that had other kids' spit on it.

** While Q is a badass who loves [[LoopholeAbuse bending some of the rules]], there were times when he pulled a move that was completely idiotic. From betting an episode loss if another joker said a line he thought would never say ("Bigger In Texas") or dumping an entire bowl of mashed potatoes when he has to make a number of scoops from it ("Everything's Just Rosie.")

* EstrogenBrigade: Despite the oft-circulated picture of a younger and huskier Prince Herb and Q's own comment of "Have you seen me?" (in reference to young girls approaching him and telling him that they find him hot), both boys have a significant number of female fans.

** EstrogenBrigade: Despite the oft-circulated picture of a younger and huskier Prince Herb and Q's own comment of "Have you seen me?" (in reference to young girls approaching him and telling him that they find him hot), both boys have a significant number of female fans.