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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Parodied with the [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/03/18/subway-art-gallery-opening/ Subway Art Gallery Opening]].
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** [[http://improveverywhere.com/2005/12/10/suicide-jumper/ Suicide Jumper]]...threatening to jump off a four-foot ledge.

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** [[http://improveverywhere.com/2005/12/10/suicide-jumper/ Suicide Jumper]]... threatening to jump off a four-foot ledge.
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** John Gemberling of ''Series/BroadCity'' and ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet'' took part in several early missions, most prominently when he did a striptease during the [[https://improveverywhere.com/2003/10/18/the-amazing-hypnotist-redux/ Amazing Hypnotist Redux]] mission.

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** John Gemberling Creator/JohnGemberling of ''Series/BroadCity'' and ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet'' took part in several early missions, most prominently when he did a striptease during the [[https://improveverywhere.com/2003/10/18/the-amazing-hypnotist-redux/ Amazing Hypnotist Redux]] mission.

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** Creator/AubreyPlaza was an agent in a few pranks.
** Eventual ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' and ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' writer Katie Dippold was also an agent in the early missions.

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** Creator/AubreyPlaza was an agent in a few pranks.
pranks, including [[https://improveverywhere.com/2008/02/25/mobile-desktop/ Mobile Desktop]].
** Eventual ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' and ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' writer Katie Dippold was also an a frequent agent in the several early missions.missions.
** John Gemberling of ''Series/BroadCity'' and ''Series/FatGuyStuckInInternet'' took part in several early missions, most prominently when he did a striptease during the [[https://improveverywhere.com/2003/10/18/the-amazing-hypnotist-redux/ Amazing Hypnotist Redux]] mission.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Many of the early agents were Upright Citizens Brigade players, and later became famous in their own right.
** Creator/AubreyPlaza was an agent in a few pranks.
** Eventual ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' and ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' writer Katie Dippold was also an agent in the early missions.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKB7zfopiUA Who You Gonna Call?]] features one of the Film/{{Ghostbusters}} theme.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKB7zfopiUA Who You Gonna Call?]] features one of the Film/{{Ghostbusters}} ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme.



** Also with the [[http://improveverywhere.com/2011/01/31/worst-ice-skater-ever-2/ Worst Ice Skater Ever]], at first. Then he subverts it.

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** Also with the [[http://improveverywhere.com/2011/01/31/worst-ice-skater-ever-2/ Worst Ice Skater Ever]], at first. Then he subverts it.
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* DudeNotFunny: [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever.]] [[spoiler: Parodied; it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site's fanbase, and the blundering media.]]
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKB7zfopiUA Who You Gonna Call?]] features one of the Film/{{Ghostbusters}} theme.
** Similarly, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9iq9gdeIE4 Invisible Dogs]] uses a suspiciously similar (and more grammatically correct) version of "Who Let The Dogs Out" by The Baha Men.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Going to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado a city]] that was 90.94% white and setting up a booth where people could [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ9zOyzI4w Meet A Black Man.]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Going to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado a city]] that was 90.94% white and setting up a booth where people could [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ9zOyzI4w com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VyRwrrggxok Meet A Black Man.]]
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* YourMileageMayVary: Some people don't find Improv Everwhere's missions amusing, and regard them as impositions on average citizens. Nor do [[http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/286/Mind-Games the Ghosts of Pasha]].
** Maybe. While one might doubt the veracity of the band's reaction on Improv Everywhere's site, the remaining members of the band ''did'' play at IE's fifth anniversary show, and there was a quote from IE on the band's website for a while after the mission.
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* DudeNotFunny: [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever.] [[spoiler:Parodied; it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site's fanbase, and the blundering media.]]

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* DudeNotFunny: [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever.] [[spoiler:Parodied; ]] [[spoiler: Parodied; it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site's fanbase, and the blundering media.]]

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Funnier and less self-contradicting that way.


* DudeNotFunny: [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever.]]
** Averted; it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site's fanbase, and the blundering media.

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* DudeNotFunny: [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever.]]
** Averted;
] [[spoiler:Parodied; it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site's fanbase, and the blundering media.]]
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** [[http://improveverywhere.com/2005/12/10/suicide-jumper/ Suicide Jumper]]...threatening to jump off a four-foot ledge.
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does it still go here if it\'s a parody?

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Parodied with the [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/03/18/subway-art-gallery-opening/ Subway Art Gallery Opening]].

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* CrossesTheLineTwice - Going to a city that was 94.9% white and building a booth where people could [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ9zOyzI4w Meet A Black Man.]]
* DudeNotFunny - [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever]]
** Averted, it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site' fanbase, and the blundering media.
* YourMileageMayVary - Some people don't find Improv Everwhere's missions amusing, and regard them as impositions on average citizens. Nor do [[http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/286/Mind-Games the Ghosts of Pasha]]

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* CrossesTheLineTwice - CrossesTheLineTwice: Going to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado a city city]] that was 94.9% 90.94% white and building setting up a booth where people could [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ9zOyzI4w Meet A Black Man.]]
* DudeNotFunny - DudeNotFunny: [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/04/01/best-funeral-ever/ Best Funeral Ever]]
Ever.]]
** Averted, Averted; it was an April Fool's joke played on the site, the site' site's fanbase, and the blundering media.
* YourMileageMayVary - TheWoobie: Done intentionally, of course:
** First, with [[http://improveverywhere.com/2006/08/30/rob!/ the]] [[http://improveverywhere.com/2009/11/30/wheres-rob/ two]] Rob missions. Poor lost Rob.
** Also with the [[http://improveverywhere.com/2011/01/31/worst-ice-skater-ever-2/ Worst Ice Skater Ever]], at first. Then he subverts it.
* YourMileageMayVary:
Some people don't find Improv Everwhere's missions amusing, and regard them as impositions on average citizens. Nor do [[http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/286/Mind-Games the Ghosts of Pasha]]Pasha]].

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