History YMMV / PennAndTellerBullshit

* FanDisservice: A man showed his formerly circumcised penis in the "Circumcision" episode (he got its foreskin restored).

* SeasonalRot: Seems to have set in after season 5, as they've run out of (or simply avoided) substantive targets, and the series has been reduced to thinly-veiled [[AuthorAppeal libertarian soapboxing]] and TakeThat {{Author Tract}}s against anyone who think otherwise.
** They still do some substantive targets each season even if they are a much smaller percentage than they used to be.
** In the astrology episode they lampshaded this as simply having run out of big easy targets (except for astrology). They flat-out admitted that the show was preaching to the converted back in the Ghosts episode in the third season.
* UnfortunateImplications: In a second season episode, Penn and Teller bring on their friend, the musician Jonesy, who says his one-step (as opposed to 12 Steps) plan to lose weight was: "Just stop fucking eating so much!" This could be construed as promoting anorexia and resulted in a backlash. [[AuthorsSavingThrow They returned to address this]] in the seventh season episode "The War on Obesity," where they mention, essentially, if it really was just that easy, there would be no such thing as the weight-loss industry.

* BrokenAesop: Though Bullshit is a libertarian show, their episode on bottled water argues that ''private companies'' are ripping us off because ''government'' utilities offer equally good water at a much cheaper price - although they focus on the fact that many of the private companies are ''using'' the government water consumers already paid for once with taxes.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the 2005 episode on government surveillance, they're impressed by the competence of a Kenyan immigrant compared to the other agents they study. "Yep! You gotta go to Kenya for a real American who can follow fucking directions![[hottip:*:No, President Obama is not really a Kenyan. It's still funny.]]"

* FridgeBrilliance: At the end of an intro, when Penn and Teller get hanged, Teller's feet are twitching. Teller is a small guy, so of course it would take longer for him to hang.

* FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the intro, when Penn and Teller get hanged, Teller's feet are twitching. Teller is a small guy, so of course it would take longer for him to hang.

* WhatAnIdiot: Some time after an episode debunking the use of chiropractors, a group of chiropractors ''bought tickets to their live show'' just to tell Penn and Teller that they were offended by the episode and are boycotting them.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the 2005 episode on government surveillance, they're impressed by the competence of a Kenyan immigrant compared to the other agents they study. "Yep! You gotta go to Kenya for a real American who can follow fucking directions![[hottip:*:No, Obama is not Kenyan. It's still funny.]]"

* RetroactiveRecognition: Since the show, being quasi-documentary in nature, went out of it's way to find people in the public eye willing to talk about a particular subject they were covering, it's likely you'll recognize someone who appeared on this show on other news or information programs discussing the subject. (Jack Thompson from the "Video Games" episode or Richard Cohen from "Family Values are particularly visible individuals, not to mention Sheriff Joe Arpaio.) Given the show, you could call this trope, "[[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, it's that asshole!]]"

* UnfortunateImplications: In a second season episode, Penn and Teller bring on their friend, the musician Jonesy, who says his one-step (as opposed to 12 Steps) plan to lose weight was: "Just stop fucking eating so much!" This could be construed as promoting anorexia and resulted in a backlash. [[AuthorsSavingThrow They returned to address this]] in the seventh season episode "The War on Obesity," where they mention, essentially, if it really was just that easy, there would be no such thing as the weight-loss industry.

* UnfortunateImplications: In one episode, Penn and Teller say that if a person is overweight they should "Stop fucking eating so much!" This could be construed as promoting anorexia and resulted in a backlash that they addressed in their episode "Eat This!"

** The main flip between this depends on whether they're debunking people who are accidentally (or intentionally) using faulty scientific claims and/or simple DidNotDoTheResearch, and when they're talking about things that, to a degree, boil down to little more than opinion and cultural values.

* MemeticMutation: (You need...to) [[ThisIsSparta SHUT.]] [[NoIndoorVoice THE FUCK.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaHcZUHI00 UP!]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: Although [[YourMileageMayVary some would argue]] that SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* SeasonalRot: Seems to have set in after season 5, as they've run out of (or simply avoided) substantive targets, and the series has been reduced to thinly-veiled [[AuthorAppeal libertarian soapboxing]] and TakeThat {{Author Tract}}s against anyone who think otherwise. YourMileageMayVary.

** In the astrology episode they lampshaded this as simply having run out of big easy targets (except for astrology). They flat-out admitted that the show was preaching to the converted back in the Ghosts episode in the third season.

* BrokenAesop: Though Bullshit is a libertarian show, their episode on bottled water argues that ''private companies'' are ripping us off because ''government'' utilities offer equally good water at a much cheaper price - although it's worth noting that many of the private companies are ''using'' the government water.

** In the astrology episode they lampshaded this as simply having run out of big easy targets (except for astrology). They flat-out admitted that the show was preaching to the converted back in the Ghosts epidode in the third season.

** Penn & Teller might be libertarian, but they are definitely ''not'' conservative. There is a huge difference. They're for government services, but against government limiting personal freedoms.

* MemeticMutation: [[ThisIsSparta SHUT.]] [[NoIndoorVoice THE FUCK.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaHcZUHI00 UP!]]

* BrokenAesop: Though Bullshit is a libertarian show, their episode on bottled water argues that ''private companies'' are ripping us off because ''government'' utilities offer equally good water at a much cheaper price.

* FanDisservice: Like a man showing his formerly circumcised penis in the "Circumcision" episode (he got its foreskin restored).