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5[[caption-width-right:300:'''Statler (right):''' They're still here! Don't they know [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife this site will ruin their lives]]?\
6'''Waldorf (left):''' You can't ruin [[SelfDeprecation what you don't have]]!\
7'''Both:''' ''Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!'']]
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9->'''Waldorf:''' The internet is a completely different culture, isn't it?\
10'''Statler:''' You said it. Everything here is immediately followed by sarcastic comments and nasty responses.\
11'''Waldorf:''' Yup, we're finally where we belong.\
12'''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!
13-->-- ''WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSDj7bjAv2s "Meh"]]
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18Statler and Waldorf are [[ThoseTwoGuys two snarky side characters]] from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' whose entire purpose is [[TheHeckler to heckle and insult the rest of the cast]], along with each episode's guest (and sometimes even each other). They're the GreekChorus for the Muppet universe, best known for TheStinger that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14njUwJUg1I they drop]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R3ZYnu04rI at the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNxj1FdKuo end of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK6TVqbsKVk&feature=related each episode]], almost always containing yet another crack at the show followed by their [[CatchPhrase signature]] [[SignatureLaugh "Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!"]]. You can find the tropes associated with them on [[Characters/TheMuppetShow the character sheet]] for ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.
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20As the first page quote indicates, they have discovered where people like them reside. Finding their places in the world, they choose to lurk among them.
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22Good snark being a precious inspirational resource, it's no surprise then that Statler and Waldorf have been appearing in other media. They've set up shop in [[https://www.youtube.com/user/heckleu247 YouTube]], as well as here on Website/TVTropes. Though not nearly as well known, this pushes them into the group of memetic characters who inhabit the wiki along with JustForFun/TropeTan, '''Creator/BrianBlessed''', Tropers/TheAdvertisementServer, AliceAndBob, JustForFun/ReportSiht and many others.
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24Oh by the way, do you know where they got their names from? The two largest hotels in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, the Statler (now the famous Hotel Pennsylvania -- the one right across Seventh Avenue from Penn Station -- known for its world-famous phone number from the 1940s Music/GlennMiller tune of the same name, [+ 1 (212)] '''[=PEnnsylvania=] 6-5000'''), and the Waldorf (now the Waldorf-Astoria). In [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Astoria fact]], Astoria is Waldorf's wife (who [[YouLookFamiliar looks an awful lot like Statler]]). A little bit of trivia, exclusively for TV Tropes readers.
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26If you wish to have them visit a page, please bring it up in one of the discussion pages (either [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=JustForFun.StatlerAndWaldorf here]] or for the page in question).
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29!!!Pages upon which Statler and Waldorf wish to make their opinion known:
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31[[AC: Here Be Insufferable Old Guys]]
32* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''
33* AnalProbing
34* Fellow Muppet SelfDemonstrating/{{Animal}}
35* AnimatedCreditsOpening
36* BearsAreBadNews
37* BeigeProse
38* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''
39* BestKnownForTheFanservice
40* BizarroUniverse
41* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
42* BrickJoke
43* BuiltWithLego
44* BulletHoleSpelling
45* UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}
46* JustForFun/CandleJack
47* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset
48* CliffHanger
49* UsefulNotes/CricketRules
50* Series/TheDailyShow
51* ''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]''
52* ''VideoGame/{{Deltatraveler}}''
53* Music/DepecheMode
54* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck
55* DoubleDontKnow
56* EditorialSynaesthesia
57* EdutainmentShow
58* JustForFun/{{Egregious}}
59* ''Series/ElmosWorld''
60* EndingTheme
61* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
62* EvilOverlord
63* ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition''
64* FanFic
65* FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes
66* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
67* FoodPorn
68* UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}
69* TheHeckler
70* HeHadAName
71* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''
72* [[Recap/HildaS2E9 ''Hilda - Chapter 9: The Deerfox'']]
73* ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' [[Recap/HugttoPrettyCureEp32 Episode 32 - "Is This Magic? Homare is a Mermaid Princess!"]]
74* InadvertentEntranceCue
75* ''Literature/InstrumentOfGod''
76* UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}
77* JewishComplaining
78* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
79* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath''
80* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''
81* LongRunners
82* MadBomber
83* MadLibsCatchphrase
84* ManlyTears
85* Creator/MediaMolecule
86* [[Memes/TVTropes Memetic Mutation (TV Tropes)]]
87* ''Film/{{Monster}}''
88* MonsterClown
89* MooseAreIdiots
90* Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld
91* MST3KMantra
92* ''Series/TheMuppetShow''
93** ''Film/TheMuppets2011''
94** ''Film/MuppetsHauntedMansion''
95** WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos
96** Ride/MuppetVision3D
97** VideoGame/MuppetRaceMania
98** ''Advertising/AVeryMuppetPortalCampaign''
99* Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord
100* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
101* NameAndName
102* UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands
103* NoEnding
104* PigLatin
105* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
106* ''Anime/PrettyCure''
107* ''Series/RedDwarf''
108* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''
109* RidingIntoTheSunset
110* ''Literature/RieselTalesTwoHunters''
111* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue
112* Website/RottenTomatoes
113* RunningGag
114* RussianHumour
115* ''Franchise/SailorMoon''
116* ''Series/SisterSister''
117* SlowClap
118* ''Literature/TheSpectralChronicles''
119* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' [[Recap/SuitePrettyCureEp02PrettyCureIsInDangerOfBreakingUp Episode 2 - "Gaga~n! Pretty Cure is in Danger of Breaking Up Already-nya!"]]
120* Music/TalkingHeads
121* ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''
122* ThankingTheViewer
123* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo
124* ThoseTwoGuys
125* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
126* ''WebVideo/{{Trolled}}''
127* JustForFun/TropeNameInjokes
128* {{Tsundere}}
129* UnCanceled
130* ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief''
131* TheUnintelligible
132* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''
133* Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars
134* WhenIWasYourAge
135* Platform/YouTube (er, sort of)
136* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''
137* {{Zipperiffic}}
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139->'''Statler:''' What was that?\
140'''Waldorf:''' That was very strange.\
141'''Statler:''' It was very weird.\
142'''Waldorf:''' It was peculiar.\
143'''Statler:''' It was kinda amusing.\
144'''Waldorf:''' Yes, it was rather funny.\
145'''Statler:''' It was incredibly funny!\
146'''Waldorf:''' I loved it!\
147'''Statler:''' Hilarious!\
148'''Both:''' [[InvertedTrope More! Encore! Encore!]]
149[[note]]The preceding quote comes from the Spike Milligan episode of "The Muppet Show".[[/note]]

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