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1	[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/ [Citation Needed[=]=]]] is a blog on Website/{{tumblr}} run by [[Podcast/RiffTrax Conor Lastowka]] and [[Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon Josh Fruhlinger]] dedicated to hilariously bad Website/{{Wikipedia}} writing. Excerpts may be chosen because of poor grammar/spelling, triviality or irrelevance to the article, or just because they seem strange. While in the beginning excerpts were presented without commentary, Conor and Josh soon began [[{{MST}} adding snarky commentary]] to each entry using the tags at the end.
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3	The blog also has a [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/thepodcast podcast]] hosted by Conor, where entries are expanded upon and turned into skits. There is also a [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/book book]] featuring various entries from the blog with added comments.
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5	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] the ShowWithinAShow [''citation needed''] in ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'', nor the British Website/YouTube PanelShow [[WebVideo/CitationNeeded of the same name]].
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10	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
11	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/2389541285/irrumatio From Irrumatio]]: However, the passive partner might experience certain difficulties compared to less-aggressive fellatio, such as feeling as if they are abused, boredom, uncomfortable reflexes, coughing up saliva, vomiting, being unable to breathe, etc.
12	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/12483998280/if-day If Day]]. "If Day included a staged firefight between Canadian troops and volunteers dressed as Nazi soldiers, the internment of prominent politicians, the imposition of Nazi rule, and a parade."
13	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10315780152/100-monkeys The band]] states that their greatest influences are David Bowie, The Devil himself, and Gary Busey."
14	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/18444118406/guinea-pig-film-series The film]] takes the form of several ‘sketches’ in which she treats her patients (often mutilating, killing or introducing them to novelty show acting careers in the process)."
15	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/23229827756/john-cooper-serial-killer Serial killer John Cooper]] "had a history of crime, including 30 robberies and violent assault, and a May 1989 appearance on the TV game show ''Bullseye''."
16	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/128405394683/raphael-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles Raphael]] "is generally the most likely to experience extremes of emotion, and is usually depicted as being aggressive, sullen, maddened, rebellious, and from Canada."
17	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/131620951599/shrug Shrugging]] by coping with indifference and indecision, psychotherapeutic or psychoanalytic the effectuated unconditional aspect can indicate anxiety and numerous psychological disorders: a solute example is schizoid personality disorder. It can also be represented through keystrokes as ¯_(ツ)_/¯."
18	* {{Bathos}}: One of the commonest forms of humour.
19	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10557132841/ha-ha Ha-ha]] is a term in garden design that refers to a trench, one side of which is concealed from view, designed to allow an unobstructed view from a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, while maintaining a physical barrier in one direction, usually to keep livestock out that are kept on an expansive estate or parcel. Ha-ha is also what Nelson from the hit show “The Simpsons” says a lot."
20	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "Asimov received frequent criticism about his books that they never included aliens or sex, so Asimov included in [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/1506239802/the-gods-themselves this book]] aliens, sex, and alien sex."
21	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
22	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/129283160831/san-pedro-prison San Pedro Prison]]: "Significantly different from most correctional facilities, inmates at San Pedro have jobs inside the community, buy or rent their accommodation, and often live with their families. The sale of cocaine base to visiting tourists gives those inside a significant income and an unusual amount of freedom within the prison walls. Elected leaders enforce the laws of the community, commonly through stabbing."
23	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/131221050783/balloonfest-86 Balloonfest '86]]: "Outcome: World record for simultaneous release of balloons. Two dead."
24	** [[https://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/16063996932/marion-indiana Marion, Indiana]]: "Marion is also noted for being the birthplace of legendary actor James Dean and famed cartoonist Jim Davis, though both were raised in nearby Fairmount. It was also the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993. The city is also the site of a famous lynching of two African Americans"
25	* CaptainErsatz / {{Expy}}: In the podcast: The Professor and Crispin are [[LampshadeHanging self-aware]] parodies of [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Peabody and Sherman]].
26	* CaptainObvious:
27	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/2779937074/bareback-sex Intercourse without prophylactic devices was universal before their invention.]]
28	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/831645562/in-flight-entertainment At first, in-flight entertainment consisted of looking out the window]].
29	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/7081937783/paper-bag Paper Bag]]: They are very useful for carrying things.
30	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10642588294/cheese-sandwich A cheese sandwich]] is a basic sandwich made generally with one or more slices of any kind of cheese on any sort of bread.".
31	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/14315749858/baked-potato A baked potato]] is the edible result of baking a potato.
32	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/128708801465/novelization When the feature film The Saint]] was released in 1997 the creator of this character (Leslie Charteris) had already been dead for four years. Hence its novelization had to be written by another author."
33	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/130749520010/traffic-enforcement-camera Traffic Enforcement Camera]]: To avoid detection or prosecution, drivers may: Drive at or below the legal speed.
34	** [[https://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/154466657563/scottish-national-antarctic-expedition Piper Kerr (right)]]; the other figure in the photo is a penguin.
35	* CatchPhrase: It's Time Traveling Time, Bitches! (TTTB)
36	** PhraseCatcher: Gary, [[GetOut get the hell out of my office]]!
37	* ClicheStorm: [[invoked]] Acknowledged in the article for the RomCom "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10726472644/whats-your-number What's Your Number?]]"
38	-->''Bostonian[1] Ally Darling (Anna Faris) looks back at the past twenty men that she has had relationships with and wonders if one of them might be her true love. To revisit them, she enlists the help of her neighbor, Colin (Chris Evans).[2] [[ForegoneConclusion She obviously ends up with Colin]].''
39	* ClosingCredits: In a shock twist, ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland'' "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/8605495678/the-adventures-of-elmo-in-grouchland ends with credits appear and roll.]]"
40	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: From [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/8906774898/dulcinea Dulcinia]]: "early in her career, decades prior to creating this canine heroine, the author wrote a critical essay on the novel Don Quixote entitled “Cinco personajes fugaces en el camino de Don Quijote” early in her career."
41	* DontExplainTheJoke: ''[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/12842659107/fly It is often considered humorous]] if a person is caught with his or her fly down.[citation needed]''
42	* DoubleEntendre: On the Wikipedia page for DoubleEntendre itself: ''An example might be if one were to say "It’s too big to fit in my mouth" upon being served a large sandwich, someone else could say "[[ThatsWhatSheSaid That’s what she said]]," [[DontExplainTheJoke as if the statement were a reference to oral sex.]]''
43	* FanWank:[[invoked]] A slight PlotHole in a 1979 SaturdayMorningCartoon? Don't worry, [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/9629840580/fangface Wikipedia's got the answer]].
44	* GrammarNazi: Someone's clearly unhappy with the phrase "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/9001523224/glass-bottom-boat glass-bottom boat]]".
45	* GreekChorus: "Throughout [[https://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/8605495678/the-adventures-of-elmo-in-grouchland the film]], Ernie and Bert appear, conversing about what happens onscreen."
46	* IntercourseWithYou: Supposedly, "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10196229787/lets-do-it-lets-fall-in-love Let’s do it]] is the pioneer pop song to declare openly that sex is fun." In fact, "The phrase Let’s do “it” is actually a euphemistic reference to a proposition for a sexual intercourse."
47	* LargeHam: In the podcast: The film producer, in complete contrast to Gary.
48	* LogicBomb: "The town [of [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10446173615/oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus]]] was named after a species of fish of the Nile River which was important in Egyptian mythology as the fish that ate the penis of Osiris, though it is not known exactly which species of fish this is."
49	* LongList: Given that Wikipedia articles are prone to Administrivia/EntryPimping, many entries suffer from this.
50	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/13301016925/herbert-morrison-announcer Herbert Morrison (announcer)]]: A list of every use of "Oh, the humanity!" in media ever, from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' to ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' to ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' to Music/WeirdAlYankovic to ''Series/PeepShow''. And it's all one run on sentence.
51	** What facilities does a [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/12037174062/balneario Balneario]] include? What facilities ''doesn't'' it include?
52	** What made [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11562979520/beanie-baby Beanie Babies]] so successful? Someone on Wikipedia is glad you asked.
53	** ''[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11273783025/while-heaven-wept WHW]] has had numerous line-up changes over the years.''
54	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/9834341935/andre-birleanu Andre Birleanu gets around]]
55	** Have you ever wondered what shapes gummi candy comes in? [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/32946626835/gummi-candy Wikipedia has the answer]].
56	* {{Magitek}}: [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11737094155/chaos-magic Chaos Magic]]
57	* MoodWhiplash:
58	** The Dog Fancy skit is full of dark humor, and is legitimately creepy. However, the light-hearted music used to end all the other skits is still used; this is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Conor afterwards.
59	** The skit based off of "WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark" ends with Quick Draw [=McGraw=] and Peter Potamus crying and cutting up their friends' bodies, who had committed suicide after they made seemingly-innocent remarks. This is followed by a goofy announcers saying that they'd be right back after commercials.
60	* MovingTheGoalPosts: Only at Wikipedia could [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11996397516/moving-the-goalposts an explanation of this phrase]] end up with someone trying get the fleas off a dead cat.
61	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11105477876/pleaser Pleaser]] "has provided sexy shoes to about 40 to 50 countries including Sweden"
62	* NonIndicativeName: [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/8643207657/mothman Mothman]].
63	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Two from the podcast:
64	** In the tortellini skit, the first Italian they meet has no accent; however, the second Italian has [[JustAStupidAccent a stereotypical one]]. This is [[HandWave handwaved]] by Conor, who says that it's the Professor's language serum wearing off.
65	** After the ''WesternAnimation/YogisArkLark'' skit, he says that it took place during the "great voice actor strike of 1972", so that instead of the iconic voices of the various Creator/HannaBarbera characters, they just had a couple guys talking normally.
66	* {{Oktoberfest}}: "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/12197124969/eszett it is still simply unimaginable]] for a non-Swiss [German speaker] to enjoy alcohol “in Massen”, probably leading to old use where necessary."
67	* OneHitWonder:[[invoked]] [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/9957317217/daniel-powter Daniel Powter]] "is known for his number-one hit “Bad Day”. Since that hit he has seemingly dropped off the face of the music industry."
68	* OverlyNarrowSuperlative:
69	** [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/12115673766/fuckin-ell-its-fred-titmus Fuckin’ ‘Ell, It’s Fred Titmus]] is "The funniest song ever written about an England and Middlesex cricketer".
70	** "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11966875917/albert-pyun Nemesis]] is the 37th highest grossing Cyborg - Robot -Android movie since 1980 grossing $2,001,124 in its theatrical run in 1993"
71	* OverUsedRunningGag: Each episode of the podcast starts with of list of bizarre or over-specialized podcasts that ''Citation Needed'' has supposedly outlived. By episode 8, one of the podcasts named is "Running Gags To Start Your Podcast With That Are Becoming Increasingly Hard To Think Of".
72	* PreciousPuppy. The producers of ''WesternAnimation/BebesKids'' apparently believe that "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10890944872/bebes-kids if the film featured cartoon dogs, it would’ve been more successful]]."
73	* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: In episode 4 of the podcast, Conor Lastowka and Kevin Murphy reenact a skit from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' about "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Kevin alternates between saying "singing" and "normal voice"; Conor says everything in a normal voice regardless.
74	* RecycledInSpace: Acknowledged in the [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/138928278086/baby-island Baby Island]] example, which is summed up as ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' but with four babies along for the ride.
75	* RuleAbidingRebel: [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/12451755834/nick-kroll Nick Kroll]] "gave a contentious graduation speech in which, contrary to widespread belief, he did not expose his genitals, although he did gently chastise the school administration" [[invoked]]
76	* RulesLawyer: Wikipedia claims the drug [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11680141002/methylenedioxypyrovalerone MDPV]] is legal in Ohio... because the law banning it contains a spelling error.
77	* RunningGag: Each podcast episode begins with Conor listing the podcasts that didn't last as long as Citation Needed.
78	* SeriousBusiness: Chicken coops, Bubble O'Bill ice cream, and Corgies, among other things.
79	* ShapedLikeItself: The protagonist of [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/62063418717/nekromantik Nekromantik]] brings a romantic gift of a corpse to his girlfriend "like a husband returning with a romantic gift for his awaiting wife".
80	* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[invoked]] [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10203685787/chessie-sea-monster Chessie the Sea Monster]] is not looking her best.
81	* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/9207873726/honky-tonk-badonkadonk Honky Tonk Badonkadonk]]. "It is assumed that the lyrics refer to buttocks which are pleasing to the narrator."
82	* SturgeonsLaw: "However, because of the very nature of unmoderated newsgroups, [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/11571277424/alt-sex-stories alt.sex.stories]] soon found itself a repository for a great number of poorly-written, sometimes barely coherent [[PornWithoutPlot “stroke” stories]] consisting of a few sentences or paragraphs."
83	* TakeThat: From the podcast:
84	-->"Your screenplay is M. Night Shyamalanesque in its vapidity, brainlessness, utter incoherence, and soul-deadening effects. Also, I guess because it has a twist ending."
85	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: "[[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10854105980/list-of-sabrina-the-teenage-witch-characters Kenan comes back and sees that Kel is eating the sandwich and he got sad.]]"
86	* TheEndOrIsIt: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committed_%282000_film%29 Committed (2000 film)]]
87	-->''Eventually Joline is committed, hence the title, and her belief in true and lasting love is broken… or is it?''
88	* VomitChainReaction: "It is quite common that, when one person [[http://citationneeded.tumblr.com/post/10277061751/vomiting vomits]], others nearby become nauseated, particularly when smelling the vomit of others, often to the point of vomiting themselves."
89	* YourHeadASplode: At the end of one of the movie pitch skits for the podcast, the producer's head explodes after Gary responds to a plot hole with "never mind".

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