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** [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath The descriptions of botched executions]] in the Death Penalty episode. Pre-lethal injection anaesthetics not working properly, hanging where the victim's neck don't get snapped (both leading to strangulation) and the electric chair with the victim's flesh melting off, not much different from a certain execution in ''Film/TheGreenMile''. Not to mention the medieval execution they mentioned on the side.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Some time after an episode debunking the use of chiropractors (not all forms, mind you), 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.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Some time after an episode debunking the use of chiropractors (not all forms, mind you), you; the main expert on their side was himself a chiropractor), 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.
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* ValuesDissonance: Considering that P&T often deal with the extreme fringe of many ideological groups, this comes up a lot. For instance, the duo believes violence is only justifiable in defense or self or of innocent people, so much horror and disgust ensues when interviewing someone who thinks violence is excusable to advance political causes, like environmentalism or animal rights.
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Violence for the sake of ideology is only the \"default position for most people\" that are within such groups.
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* ValuesDissonance: The pair strongly believe that violence is an absolute last resort to be used only in self-defense. Guests who don't share this view and consider use of force for other reasons justified are treated as if they'd said something insane instead of what most people consider the default position. The most obvious is in the PETA episode, where one of the interview subjects (who whether you agree with him or not thinks he's trying to ''free slaves'' with millions of lives in the balance) casually mentions that he considered violent and non-violent tactics to be a tactical choice and not an ethical one; from the hosts' reactions you'd think he had endorsed genocide.
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* ValuesDissonance: The pair strongly believe Considering that P&T often deal with the extreme fringe of many ideological groups, this comes up a lot. For instance, the duo believes violence is an absolute last resort to be used only justifiable in self-defense. Guests defense or self or of innocent people, so much horror and disgust ensues when interviewing someone who don't share this view and consider use of force for other reasons justified are treated as if they'd said something insane instead of what most people consider the default position. The most obvious is in the PETA episode, where one of the interview subjects (who whether you agree with him or not thinks he's trying violence is excusable to ''free slaves'' with millions of lives in the balance) casually mentions that he considered violent and non-violent tactics to be a tactical choice and not an ethical one; from the hosts' reactions you'd think he had endorsed genocide.advance political causes, like environmentalism or animal rights.
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** Penn has told of his original pitch to the executives, which came 2 weeks after 9/11. As a part of it, he said that although he himself wasn't psychic, he could reasonably predict that within 6 months, psychic John Edward would announce a broadcast where he would channel the spirits of those who died in 9/11. It only took 3 months for Edward to do that, and the execs were impressed enough to greenlight the show.
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* ValuesDissonance: The pair strongly believe that violence is an absolute last resort to be used only in self-defense. Guests who don't share this view and consider use of force for other reasons justified are treated as if they'd said something insane instead of what most people consider the default position. The most obvious is in the PETA episode, where one of the interview subjects (who whether you agree with him or not thinks he's trying to ''free slaves'' with millions of lives in the balance) casually mentions that he considered violent and non-violent tactics to be a tactical choice and not an ethical one; from the hosts' reactions you'd think he had endorsed genocide.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: The study they used as a reference for the second-hand smoke episode was a corporately funded exercise in LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics, and had already been discredited when they made the episode.
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* TearJerker: The episode "Mount Rushmore" ends with one. Throughout the episode one of Penn&Teller's people was soliciting signatures on petitions at the National Mall in Washington D.C. The petitions start out questionable, the first one is for a declaration of the supremacy of the United States to be brokered at the United Nations, but get progressively darker, with the last one essentially eliminating free speech. No matter how bad the proposal was, there were people who would sign the petition. At the end Penn notes that the people signing the petitions in the footage were the only people who actually signed; the vast majority of people refused to sign the petitions when they realized what they said.
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The guy from Whale Wars. Explains a lot.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Since the show, being quasi-documentary in nature, went out of its way to find people in the public eye willing to talk about a particular subject the show was covering, it's likely you'll recognize someone who appeared on this show on other news or information programs (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!]]"
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Since the show, being quasi-documentary in nature, went out of its way to find people in the public eye willing to talk about a particular subject the show was covering, it's likely you'll recognize someone who appeared on this show on other news or information programs (Jack Thompson from the "Video Games" episode or episode, Richard Cohen from "Family Values" Values", or Paul Watson from "Endangered Species" are particularly visible individuals, not to mention Sheriff Joe Arpaio). Given the show, you could call this trope, "[[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, it's that asshole!]]"
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* FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the Season 4 intro, when Penn and Teller get hanged, Teller's feet are twitching. Teller is smaller than Penn, so of course it would take longer for him to hang.
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* FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the Season 4 intro, when Penn and Teller get hanged, Teller's feet are twitching. Teller is smaller than Penn, so of course it would take longer for him to hang. [[note]] This is even brought up in the Death Penalty episode. The point with hanging is having the victim's neck snap so they'll die instantly, but if you're too light, the neck might not snap so you'll suffocate instead.[[/note]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it. In fact, according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years has escalated ''over 90%.''
** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it. In fact, according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years has escalated ''over 90%.''
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** One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
** *** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it. In fact, according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years has escalated ''over 90%.''
** One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
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** Their episode on Vaccinations was incredibly important and brought to light some info that is much needed about vaccinations and autism. But as of February 2015 the Anti-Vaccination movement has seen a return and measles are coming back.
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* 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.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: In the episode on old people, when discussing right-to-die issues, they say that, even though they're opposed to the physician who wants to keep physician-assisted suicide illegal, it's hard to call him an asshole when all he wants to do is ''not kill people''.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it.
*** And according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years has escalated ''over 90%.''
* HarsherInHindsight: The NASA episode blamed government cost-cuttig for the Discovery and Challenger disasters, and implied that such things would be less likely under private corporations such as Virgin Galactic. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash Then came 2014...]]
** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it.
*** And according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years has escalated ''over 90%.''
* HarsherInHindsight: The NASA episode blamed government cost-cuttig for the Discovery and Challenger disasters, and implied that such things would be less likely under private corporations such as Virgin Galactic. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash Then came 2014...]]
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the "Apocalypse 2012" episode, while discussing the idea that a brown dwarf star will destroy the world in 2012, they cut to Penn & Teller going up to Gary Coleman and asking if he's planning on destroying the world in 2012. He says yes. Coleman died unexpectedly in 2010.
* HarsherInHindsight: One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it. \n*** And In fact, according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years has escalated ''over 90%.''
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** The NASA episode blamed governmentcost-cuttig cost-cutting for the Discovery and Challenger disasters, and implied that such things would be less likely under private corporations such as Virgin Galactic. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash Then came 2014...]]
* HarsherInHindsight: One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
** In that episode they already noted that PETA actually ''euthanizes'' most of the animals it rescues, making their stance for animal rights seem hypocritical. This extermination plan just adds to it.
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** The NASA episode blamed government
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* MissingEpisode: Purchasers of the Season 7 DVD set were likely surprised to discover small text that read: "Does not include The Vatican episode." The description for the episode has also disappeared from Showtime's official episode guide. No official reason has been given for the CanonDiscontinuity, which would seem to point to ExecutiveMeddling, and even Penn and Teller have stated they don't know. Odds are the only reason the warning appeared on the DVD set was that recent seasons of Bullshit! include references to all the topics covered that season in the opening credits of each episode. Ironically, the episode was largely about the Vatican's various censorship attempts.
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unfortunate implications need citations.
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* 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!" Which 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.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The NASA episode blamed government cost-cuttig for the Discovery and Challenger disasters, and implied that such things would be less likely under private corporations such as Virgin Galactic. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSS_Enterprise_crash Then came 2014...]]
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Why was this one deleated earlier? That part freaked the hell out of me.
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** The shots of the baby receiving the operation in"Circumcision". "Circumcision".
** There's also the chiropractor operating on a little girl in ''Alternative Medicine''. Penn even stops the film and sincerely warn us about the content beforehand.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Gary Coleman's cameo in the "Apocalypse" episode probably wouldn't have qualified, except that he was explaining how he'd destroy the world in December 2012, a month everyone expected him to see.
** One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Gary Coleman's cameo in the "Apocalypse" episode probably wouldn't have qualified, except that he was explaining how he'd destroy the world in December 2012, a month everyone expected him to see.
**One of the jokes in the [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA]] episode is about the logistical problems of 'freeing' all the domestic animals in the world and the point that if they have rights they have social responsibilities. Since the episode aired it came to light that PETA actually has a plan to deal with this: ''utter extermination'' of domesticated animals.
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* 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![[note]]No, President Obama is not really a Kenyan. It's still funny.[[/note]]
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* 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![[note]]No, President Obama is not really a Kenyan. It's still funny.[[/note]]"
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* 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![[note]]No, President Obama is not really a Kenyan. It's still funny.[[/note]]"[[/note]]
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* MemeticMutation: (You need...to) [[PunctuatedForEmphasis SHUT.]] [[NoIndoorVoice THE FUCK.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaHcZUHI00 UP!]]
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* MemeticMutation: (You need... to) [[PunctuatedForEmphasis SHUT.]] [[NoIndoorVoice THE FUCK.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PaHcZUHI00 UP!]]
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* MissingEpisode: Purchasers of the Season 7 DVD set were likely surprised to discover small text that read: "Does not include The Vatican episode." The description for the episode has also disappeared from Showtime's official episode guide. No official reason has been given for the CanonDiscontinuity, which would seem to point to ExecutiveMeddling, and even Penn and Teller have stated they don't know. Odds are the only reason the warning appeared on the DVD set was that recent seasons of Bullshit! include references to all the topics covered that season in the opening credits of each episode. Ironically, the episode was largely about the Vatican's various censorship attempts.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Since the show, being quasi-documentary in nature, went out of its way to find people in the public eye willing to talk about a particular subject the show was covering, it's likely you'll recognize someone who appeared on this show on other news or information programs. (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!]]"
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Since the show, being quasi-documentary in nature, went out of its way to find people in the public eye willing to talk about a particular subject the show was covering, it's likely you'll recognize someone who appeared on this show on other news or information programs. programs (Jack Thompson from the "Video Games" episode or Richard Cohen from "Family Values" are particularly visible individuals, not to mention Sheriff Joe Arpaio.) Arpaio). Given the show, you could call this trope, "[[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, it's that asshole!]]"
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** The Young girl recieving chiropraction in ''Alternative Medicine''. Penn pauses the clip and sincerely warn about the content beforehand.
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* FridgeBrilliance: At the end of the Season 4 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.
** Teller's 5'9", which is just barely below average height for a male in a developed nation. He just looks short next to [[TheBigGuy Penn]].
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*** And according to the state of Virginia, the percentage of animals euthanized by PETA the last few years have escalated ''over 90%.''
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** There are three main positions they argue from: skepticism, atheism, and libertarianism (both social and economic). Since, in America at least, the first two are associated with Liberal politics episodes dealing with the third tend to be the ones that divide the fanbase.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Penn's (and occasionally Teller's) use of profanity instead of straight out accusations of corruption and lies is meant to protect them against lawsuits. As weird as it may sound, it is safer to call someone a 'motherfucker' (which expresses an opinion, and thus is protected by Freedom of Speech) than a 'liar'. Though, since they gave away the "code" during the first episode, they still have to be a little careful.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Penn's (and occasionally Teller's) use of profanity instead of straight out accusations of corruption and lies is meant to protect them against lawsuits. As weird as it may sound, it is safer to call someone a 'motherfucker' (which expresses an opinion, and thus is protected by Freedom of Speech) than a 'liar'. Though, since they gave away the "code" during the first episode, they still have had to be a little careful.careful. Seeing as how no one managed to successfully sue them over the show, [[CrazyEnoughToWork it seems to have worked]].
