| 1 | Here's a JustForFun list of Tropes that would make a cool title for a TV Show (any kind), with a brief description of what the resulting show would be like. |
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| 3 | To any writers or TV executives who may be reading this, you are free to help yourself to these pitches (or turn them into ShowWithinAShow examples in your projects) under these conditions: |
| 4 | # No changing the titles (unless, of course, you really, REALLY want to). |
| 5 | # No {{Screw|ed By The Network}}ing. |
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| 7 | Compare JustForFun/TropeNamesAsEpisodeTitles, JustForFun/TropeNamesForABand, JustForFun/TropeTitleVideoGames, SugarWiki/TVTropesSuperheroTeam, DarthWiki/TVTropesSupervillainTeam and JustForFun/TVTropesNeutralTeam. |
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| 9 | %%As per Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness, please do not pitch ideas for graphic pornographic works, though works about sex are permitted. |
| 10 | %%If a trope is renamed or moved, it can stay here; just remove the link, and specify "(now defunct)" if needed. |
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| 12 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: A power-mad leader in a tiny incredibly obscure country annoys his citizens to no end with his crazy edicts. Somebody should depose him, but nobody's willing to replace him because they know their country sucks and that would mean having to rule it. |
| 13 | * TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: American sitcom about a bunch of Bronies. |
| 14 | * TwentyFourHourPartyPeople: Comedy series about a bunch of ravers who show up in unwanted places to party, and nobody seems to be able to get ''rid'' of them. |
| 15 | * AbridgedForChildren: A host reads shorter, cleaner adaptations of popular literature to kids. The segments inside the book are 2D animated, but the rest is live-action. |
| 16 | * AbsurdPhobia: A RealityTV series starring [[TheShrink a renowned psychotherapist]] who specializes in the study and treatment of phobias. Every segment focuses on a patient who is suffering from an embarassing, exaggerated, uncommon, or otherwise unusual fear that is causing difficulties in their everyday life. During their sessions, they discuss the [[DarkAndTroubledPast potential origins]] of their phobias and attempt [[MentalHealthRecoveryArc varying methods of treatment]] depending on cause and symptoms. Gained some controversy due to [[NeverTrustATrailer advertisements giving the false impression]] that the premise [[PointAndLaughShow was to make fun of people with weird fears]], but has since become praised for helping to normalize discussion about mental illness. |
| 17 | * AcademiaElitism: Parody series set in a snobby, upper-class college: the Academia Elitism. All the classes simply involve bragging about how you got into such a good school. |
| 18 | * AcademyOfEvil: Up-and-coming supervillains have to go to school to learn how to be evil. |
| 19 | * AcmeProducts: A parody of ''Series/HowItsMade'' set in the world of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', illustrating how the titular improbable products are made. Narrated by WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, with other ''Looney Tunes'' characters playing the part of production line workers (with all the AmusingInjuries and [[OhNoNotAgain resigned frustration]] on their part that implies). |
| 20 | * ActingOutADaydream: Inspirational film with a "dreams come true" message. |
| 21 | * ActionDad: He's just a normal dude raising his two kids alone, but when the kids get taken away, he must become an action hero to get them back. |
| 22 | * ActionDressRip: Rip Parker, a somewhat [[CloudCuckooLander peculiar]](but very very competent) superspy-- and [[WholesomeCrossdresser transvestite]]-- in his never-ending struggle to save the world from the evil forces of S.N.E.E.R. while doing his damnedest to develop a pinafore that can survive his being blown out of a six-floor plate glass window... again. |
| 23 | * ActionGirl: She is a superpowered girl that is a TeenSuperspy. Can she [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld survive in High School]]? |
| 24 | * ActionHorror: A group of action-survivors try to live through an apocalypse where 80% of the population [[WorldGoneMad have snapped]] and turned into [[OurSlashersAreDifferent Slashers]], animals are mutating into rabid monsters and monsters that have existed since before the apocalypse (vampires, werewolves, products of mad science) have come out of hiding. The show is famous for its dark sense of humor and its {{Gorn}}, a heavy dissonance compare to the dark as hell premise. |
| 25 | * ActionMom: Comedy cartoon, where a woman juggles being a superhero with being a mom. |
| 26 | * ActionBomb: A superhero cartoon about a talking bomb. Not very successful. |
| 27 | * ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Comedy show about a workplace assistant who does everyone's work and is arguably the most qualified one there, and his attempts to get recognition. |
| 28 | * AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: A talk show of the openly hostile variety. |
| 29 | ** KarlMarxHatesYourGuts: The left-wing equivalent. |
| 30 | * AdorableAbomination: An EldritchAbomination appears on our planet to destroy mankind, but ends up taking on the form of a naive young woman who is unsure of what it is like to be a human. By the end, she has a boyfriend and a baby on the way. |
| 31 | * Adult Fear (now defunct): Horror anthology series about the fears of parents and guardians. |
| 32 | * AerithAndBob: She's a [[HalfHumanHybrid half-elven]] soothsayer from the forests of [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Lothlórien]]. He's an AmbiguouslyJewish insurance salesman from [[{{Joisey}} Wayne, New Jersey]]. They meet in an online chat room, arrange to meet in person and marry impetuously. Can they get over the culture shock and live HappilyEverAfter? |
| 33 | * AesopEnforcer: The main cast struggles with a newcomer who keeps forcing events to have morals. |
| 34 | * {{Aesoptinum}}: a retelling of Aesop's fables, [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]] |
| 35 | * TheAfterafterlife: A man dies and winds up in Hell. He finds out that his wife who died in the same car crash as he did is not there in Hell with him, he escapes to Heaven through Purgatory and finds out that while his wife ''is'' dead, no one knows where she is. The plot thickens... |
| 36 | * AfterTheEnd: A group of DisasterScavengers search for-and (try to) profit from-LostTechnology from before a nuclear war. HilarityEnsues. Similar to ''Manga/DesertPunk'', but set in America. So, more or less "VideoGame/{{Fallout}}: The Animated Series." |
| 37 | ** Alternatively, a ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' clone. |
| 38 | * AgainstTheGrain: The arduous tale of one man's battle against the farming industry. |
| 39 | * AgonyOfTheFeet: The main character's feet are cursed. |
| 40 | * AirplaneArms: Young boy Billy Bailey wakes up one morning and finds that his arms are now airplane wings, allowing him to take flight and see the world! Aimed at a young demographic. |
| 41 | * AlienAmongUs: 8 people are put into the same group. One of them is an alien. They have to find out who it is. |
| 42 | * Alien Lunch: A ''Series/FearFactor'' style show where they start with odd delicacies such as bugs and worms, and move on to animal genitalia, and eventually, monkey brains. |
| 43 | ** Alternately, an alien cooking show. |
| 44 | * AliensAreBastards: Sitcom about a foul-mouthed couple and their obnoxious alien neighbours. |
| 45 | * AliensOfLondon: A sitcom about aliens living in London. |
| 46 | ** AliensInCardiff: Regional {{Spinoff}} where the EnsembleDarkhorse moves to Wales. |
| 47 | * AliensStealCable: Aliens do a mixture of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''-style riffing and flat out {{Gag Dub}}s of horrible, flash in the pan cable shows. ''Series/{{Manimal}}'' features as the sole [[PunyEarthlings Earthling]] cultural representative. |
| 48 | * AllAmazonsWantHercules: A HaremAnime loosely based on Myth/GreekMythology. |
| 49 | ** Alternatively, a ''Series/WonderWoman'' episode in which Diana is tasked with procuring a Lockheed C-130 “Hercules” cargo aircraft for her home island, and investigates government contract corruption. |
| 50 | * AllGhoulsSchool: Cartoon about a silly cast of fictional creepy creatures having ordinary adventures at school. |
| 51 | * AllMenArePerverts: A woman struggles with perverted male coworkers. |
| 52 | * AllTrollsAreDifferent: A sitcom about ethnic minority trolls (The mythical creatures, not [[{{Troll}} the internet ones]]) living in the same neighborhood. |
| 53 | ** Alternately, a family of mythical trolls find themselves living next to a group of internet trolls. HilarityEnsues. |
| 54 | * AllegoryAdventure: TrueArtIsIncomprehensible anthology series. Each episode focuses on a story that subtly represents something going on in the world. |
| 55 | * AlphabetNewsNetwork: Kids AllCGICartoon about living letter blocks who manage a news station. |
| 56 | * AlternateRealityGame: A FiveManBand of teenagers find a new PC game and put it in their computer. They begin playing, and then they find that the game actually transports them to different dimensions, and a new dimension is featured each week. Despite its popularity, it is cancelled [[TheFireflyEffect Firefly-style]], but also gathers a huge cult following and gets its own [[TheMovie Big Damn Movie]] as well as several sequels. |
| 57 | * AmazonChaser: An action-packed series about a CIA agent chasing after a SuperVillain who is hiding out in the Amazon rain forest. |
| 58 | ** Alternatively, a man is sent on a quest to find an Amazonian princess. |
| 59 | ** A ''Series/{{Survivor}}''-esque RealityTV show set in the Amazonian rain forest. |
| 60 | * AmazonianBeauty: Two geeks try to flirt with a hot buff girl in this sitcom. |
| 61 | ** Alternatively, an Amazonian beauty pageant that's ''supposed'' be based on five criteria: talent, intelligence, inner beauty, physical beauty, and badassery. However, the judges usually end up choosing the winner or Miss [[TitleDrop Amazonian Beauty]] based on physical beauty alone. |
| 62 | ** Alternatively, a female bodybuilding contest which actively opposes the idea that [[RealWomenDontWearDresses femininity equals weakness]] or that [[BrawnHilda muscular women are automatically ugly]]. |
| 63 | * AmbiguouslyGay: A peppy film featuring a man's ComingOutStory as he checks off all of his subconsciously "gay" behaviors. |
| 64 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: A series where the underlying plot is the mystery of whether our protagonist has alien blood. |
| 65 | * AmbiguouslyTrained: A BuddyCopShow about a cop being promoted into the AmateurSleuth partner of a HardboiledDetective that always gets his perp. Throughout the show, details about the Detective’s past are kept secret, with his partner doing everything he can to investigate the truth. The series ends before the truth is revealed, but he show implies that he was either a Highly-Trained Black-Ops War Veteran, Master Criminal who's identity was never revealed, a Nazi, an Immortal, an Alien or a Superhero from the Golden Age of Supers. |
| 66 | * AmericansHateTingle: Wackiness ensues as a shampoo company tries to come up with a product Americans will buy. |
| 67 | * AmIRight: A GameShow where contestants don't know their score until the very end, leaving them guessing their standing as they solve the questions. |
| 68 | * AmphibiousAutomobile: A family of frogs take their CoolCar on [[RoadTripPlot the road]]! Animated kids movie. |
| 69 | * AmusementParkOfDoom: Documentary about Ride/ActionPark. |
| 70 | * AndroidsAndDetectives: A team of pro detectives faces off against some hyper-intelligent robots to see who can solve crimes faster. |
| 71 | * AngelsDevilsAndSquid: The angels want to stop the demons from taking over the world. The demons hate the angels for spoiling their fun. Can they put aside their differences when Cthulhu awakens? |
| 72 | * AnimalsHateHim: A man seeks to find out why animals seem to hate his guts and if he can change their minds. |
| 73 | * AnimalWrongsGroup: A documentary on PETA. |
| 74 | ** A show about FunnyAnimal terrorists, like WesternAnimation/UrbanVermin. |
| 75 | * AntiSue: MadScientist and SuperHero Sue Smith attempts to make a clone of herself. So she can pull off an IdentityImpersonator, instead ends up with not only a clone but her very own {{evil|counterpart}} [[{{foil}} opposite]]. It has very well rounded 3-dimensional characters and is considered a CultClassic because of it. However, much like HerCodeNameWasMarySue, people still like to make fun of the name. |
| 76 | * AnyoneRememberPogs: A Creator/{{VH1}} series that acts as a SelfParody of their C-list celebrity shows and ILoveTheExties specials from the 2000s. A group of aspiring comedians looking for their big break and washed-up celebrities in desperate need of a paycheck attempt to make snarky comments about stuff from prior decades, the key word being "attempt". In an installment that covered the 2000s, they actually got meta and covered the ''I Love the...'' specials. |
| 77 | * ApocalypseAnarchy: A sitcom taking place AfterTheEnd starring a family who [[SleptThroughTheApocalypse were on vacation in Thailand during the apocalypse]] living in a nearly empty Arkansas. The family lives with their pet CatGirl, who was mutated from their pet cat and has a VerbalTic of saying "Nya" almost every sentence a la Japanese neko girls, and a Lovecraftian demon voiced by Creator/JohnCleese. |
| 78 | * ApocalypseHow: A documentary about weapons of mass destruction. |
| 79 | ** Alternatively, a TV show on the Discovery Channel about end of the world scenarios that slowly reveals itself to be a parody as the more insane ones are discussed. |
| 80 | * ApocalypseNot: A documentary on Harold Camping's May 2011 rapture prediction and the effect of the aftermath on his followers. |
| 81 | ** Alternatively, a drama about the Mayan doomsday prediction (or the discovery of an ancient prophecy "foretelling" the end of the world) and the chaos that ensues... only for nothing to happen. |
| 82 | ** Alternatively (again), a WorkCom set in New York City ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in California]]) about the sons of Jesus Christ and Satan working in a undisclosed location to plan the fight between Good and Evil in Armageddeon. HilarityEnsues as things such as one of the Four Horsemen calling in sick and God holding a debate with an atheist (of whom He kills afterwards) proceed to happen. |
| 83 | * ApocalypseWow: An End Of The World show, similar to ''Literature/{{Aftermath}}''. |
| 84 | ** Alternatively, a spoof of ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' from the producers of ''Series/ChildrensHospital'' and ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}''. |
| 85 | * AppropriateAnimalAttire: Animated sitcom about a nudist colony in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals. |
| 86 | * ArmedWithCanon: A historical drama set during the Crusades. A small band of soldiers struggle to reconcile their Christianity with the horrors of war being committed in the name of their God. |
| 87 | ** A {{fanfiction}} where the canon characters put aside their differences to either begin a merciless crusade to slay every OriginalCharacter that has entered their [[TheVerse 'verse]], or (if it's a MadScience setting) build a giant can(n)on which will revert their world to a canon-only version, while a group of sympathetic {{Original Character}}s try to escape or stop them. Was written as a TrollFic by the writer just to see who would take it seriously. |
| 88 | ** A web show where geeks tear apart disliked sequels and spin-offs of popular media and point out parts that don't fit with the canon of the original story. |
| 89 | * ArgentinaIsNaziland: A sitcom taking place in Argentina ([[CaliforniaDoubling but is shot in]] UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}) following the shenanigans of an elderly Adolf Hitler and his Argentinian wife. Most known for the show's most famous line "Buenas noches, mein Fuhrer!". Cancelled after one season. |
| 90 | * AscendedExtra: An extra on a TV show longs to become a major character and tries every episode to make their way to the top. |
| 91 | * AscendedHouseRules: Suburban housewife Mrs. Miller just can't seem to get her bratty, disrespectful kids under control. But when she gets elected mayor, now everyone in the county has to eat their vegetables and clean their rooms! |
| 92 | * AsianCleaverFever: A [[SadisticGameShow Japanese Game-Show]]/CookingShow where contestants from various sushi restaurants compete to create the perfect dish. The title itself is a mistranslation of its actual Japanese title, something weebs canceled it over in the States. |
| 93 | * {{Asmodeus}}: A {{Mockumentary}} documenting a day in the life of Asmodeus, Demon-Prince of {{Lust}}, as he grows older and starts suffering from age-related performance issues and a midlife crisis. |
| 94 | * AthleticallyChallenged: A WorkCom about America's most inept baseball team and their idiot management. |
| 95 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: An AffectionateParody of monster movies. Its sequel is GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere. |
| 96 | * ATeamMontage: A cable access show featuring nothing but {{Fan Vid}}s devoted to ''Series/TheATeam''. Becomes the highest-rated cable access show ever in its local area. |
| 97 | ** Alternatively, a show where teams have to build working assault vehicles and rigs out of parts they find lying around. |
| 98 | * AuthorAppeal: Writers try to defend their work to a hostile crowd of fans. Those RunningTheAsylum don't go on there anymore after a couple were beaten up. |
| 99 | * AutoKitchen: A man hates his cooking job, and hires a robot duplicate to work for him instead. It turns out to be better than he could ever dream... but eventually automates the entire kitchen, putting his co-workers out of their jobs. |
| 100 | * AwfulBritishSexComedy: Early-season ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' with ordinary characters in their early 20s, having as much sex as average people in real life. Produced in the UK on a comparatively small budget. |
| 101 | ** Alternatively, an [[StylisticSuck intentionally]] SoBadItsGood parody of {{Sex Comed|y}}ies. |
| 102 | ** Alternatively, a TV stand up special [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin where most of the jokes are about awful sex]], [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating humor]] about [[CulturalCringe Great Britain]], [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin or both]]. |
| 103 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: A show about a bunch of people raising a baby, and they've not a clue how. The baby is smarter than they think, and has detailed internal monologues. |
| 104 | * BabysFirstWords: A sitcom about a BrainyBaby who can speak in full sentences. |
| 105 | * BabyPlanet: A PreschoolShow about an alien daycare center and all of the wacky adventures its attendants go on. |
| 106 | * BabysittersNightmare: ''Series/{{Supernanny}}'' clone. |
| 107 | * BackfireOnTheWitnessStand: Comedy film about an inept lawyer who is desperate to prolong a trial by continually calling in witnesses: ranging from his parents, his pets, and even people he doesn't know. |
| 108 | * BackToSchool: A RealityTV show where 20 high school drop-outs compete for a single degree. Remembered for its EliminationCatchphrase, "I'm sorry, [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes You Fail Biology Forever]]". |
| 109 | ** Alternately, a reality show in which adults of various ages return to high school and live as present-day teenagers do. Basically, a concept flip of the British reality show ''That'll Teach 'Em''. |
| 110 | * BadassPreacher: The first self-parody flick from Pure Flix, wherein a ''Film/{{Dolemite}}''-esque pastor seeks to rid his church of fundamentalists and extremists via a "holy army" of martial artists. Was controversial with both sides of the aisle, but it later gained fame as a midnight movie. |
| 111 | * BadBoss: A RealityTV parody, specifically of ''Series/TheApprentice'', where the contestants believe themselves to be in a simple clone show. The Boss, who is always [[TheFaceless shown as a silhouette]], sets them ludicrously impossible tasks every week. Cancelled after the first season when the 'winner' sued the TV company that made it. |
| 112 | ** But probably would have been cancelled anyway, unless the contestants were told the title was something other than BadBoss. |
| 113 | * BadDate: Reality show about some of the worst dates people have been on, and how they got out of them. |
| 114 | * BadlyBatteredBabysitter: A drama regarding stressed out members of Child Services and other public servants that work with children. |
| 115 | ** Alternatively, a sitcom or cartoon show about a cranky babysitter having to watch the children of a mad scientist and other villains; she has to try to keep them under control while also protecting them from vigilant "heroes" who WouldHurtAChild. |
| 116 | * BadHumorTruck: A reality show on the Creator/FoodNetwork about ice cream truck drivers in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}. The ice cream men include a winner of ''Series/TheNextFoodNetworkStar'' from Toronto, a middle-aged man also from Toronto, a really hot chick from Ottawa, a [[Series/That70sShow Fez]]-esque Indian immigrant from Dharamshala, a Quebecois independence activist from Montreal, a Haitian-Canadian from London, a Stratford Festival actor from Hamilton, a retired school bus driver from Thunder Bay, an American expat from South Carolina, and a on-parole-convict from Winnipeg. Later had [[WestCoastTeam a spinoff set in Los Angeles]] and a foreign remake set OopNorth in the United Kingdom. |
| 117 | * BaldOfEvil: a reality show where flowing-locked heroes are shaved and sent into difficult situations to test their moral fiber. |
| 118 | * BalkanizeMe: WhatIf scenario about a state's people trying to see how many smaller locales it can divide into. |
| 119 | * BallsOfSteel: After one GroinAttack too many, a man gets a metal implant to shield his private parts. Known for its incredibly crass humor. |
| 120 | * BangBangBANG: A dramedy about a bisexual male prostitute and a female assassin navigating the seedy underworld together. Despite the title, they are PlatonicLifePartners. |
| 121 | ** Alternatively, a "weapons exhibition" show copying (the late) Creator/RLeeErmey's "''Mail Call''" or ''WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons''. |
| 122 | * BarbarianHero: A SwordAndSorcery epic series about a band of warriors who are all candidates for the role of TheChosenOne, set to unite all of their tribes against the EvilOverlord. |
| 123 | * TheBardOnBoard: A [[FishOutOfTemporalWater medieval bard]] finds himself on board a modern luxury cruise. HilarityEnsues. |
| 124 | * BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Talk show. The host comes up with a story incorporating both real events that happened to them and false details, and the interviewee has to pick out which is which. |
| 125 | * BattleCouple: Two gladiators must balance out their work lives with their relationship. Known for its awesome fight scenes depicting the two of them working together to attack enemies. |
| 126 | * BattyLipBurbling: A Young Children's animated series meant to help children with grammar. Stars a talking bat with a lisp that likes to end his sentences with "squeak squeak". |
| 127 | * BecomeARealBoy: A family comedy about a boy who is bullied for being too girly, so he enlists the help of [[VisitByDivorcedDad his father]] to teach him "manly" skills and hobbies. Notable for presenting the contrast between toxic (the bullies) and not toxic masculinity (the boy and his father bonding over fishing, hiking, and fixing cars). |
| 128 | * BecomingTheMask: Behind the scenes documentary about ''Film/TheMask''. |
| 129 | * [[{{Beergasm}} Best Beer Ever]]: A British game show about holding your liquor. Japanese execs sue because they had a similar show planned, and claim elements were stolen. |
| 130 | * BeyondTheImpossible: An action comedy series that is based around extremely over the top antics. Much Artistic License is involved due to supposedly impossible stunts. It requires a strong SuspensionOfDisbelief since the antics are absolutely unrealistic. |
| 131 | * BigApplesauce: Cooking show from a studio inside the Empire State Building. |
| 132 | * BigDamnHeroes: {{Superhero}}es work at a sandwich shop on their off time. |
| 133 | ** Alternatively, a show about a group of fledgling superheroes trying to make it big... while working in a sandwich shop? |
| 134 | ** Also the behind-the-scenes comedy that involves a group in charge of the logistics necessary for heroes to always be where they need to be JustInTime (so it's a double-meaning title, in a "TheRealHeroes" sort of way). |
| 135 | * TheBigRottenApple: A newlywed couple must deal with having to live in New York in the 1970's. |
| 136 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: A ''Series/KitchenNightmares''-esque show where a expert therapist travels across America helping very dysfunctional families in an effort to keep them from falling apart. |
| 137 | * BigTownBoredom: A girl lives in the largest city in America, but she longs for somewhere smaller. Trouble ensues as she tries to break free from her family to live in another town. |
| 138 | * BishonenLine: A reverse harem show about an innocent girl surrounded by beautiful men from various transportation companies. |
| 139 | * BitPartBadGuys: Saturday morning cartoon about a bunch of tiny brick-shaped villains. They can assemble themselves to form different shapes, relevant to whatever evil plot of the week they're doing. |
| 140 | * BizarreAlienBiology: A medical drama set in the far future in a fledgling human colony on a distant planet. The human doctors in the emergency constantly receive alien patients from passing ships, nearby planets, and the planet's native communities, and they struggle each week as they try to figure out how to diagnose and treat such unusual beings. |
| 141 | ** A bit like the ''Literature/SectorGeneral'' novels. |
| 142 | ** Or, like ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' through the eyes of Zoidberg. |
| 143 | * BladeEnthusiast: A man shows off his collection of rare swords, giving detailed historical facts about where they came from and who used them. |
| 144 | * BlindIdiotTranslation: A ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''-style game show where contestants [[InvertedTrope are given such a phrase, and must figure out what the original phrase was]]. Feature the {{title|Drop}} as one of the phrases of the first episode. |
| 145 | * BloodySmile: 90s anime about a {{Yandere}} vampire. |
| 146 | * BodySushi: A new sushi restaurant opens up, but horror ensues as it turns out that it's made from people. |
| 147 | * BombersOnTheScreen: A [[PeriodPiece period drama]] centered around the lives of [[UsefulNotes/PeaceThroughSuperiorFirepower U.S. Strategic Air Command]] personnel throughout TheSeventies and TheEighties ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in]] UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}). Received multiple accolades for its [[ShownTheirWork exceptionally accurate representation of the period and U.S. nuclear doctrine]], as well as managing to make the plot legitimately tense despite the ForegoneConclusion of "the UsefulNotes/ColdWar ends peacefully". |
| 148 | * BonusSpace: The discovery of an entirely new solar system sends astronomers into a frenzy. |
| 149 | * BossBonanza: A group of {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s throw a party together. |
| 150 | * BossButton: {{Sitcom}} about the life of a man known as Mr. Button (named for his many {{Berserk Button}}s), who manages a WackyStartupWorkplace. He does his best to be reasonable and keep a good relationship with his employees, but even the slightest mishap will set him off. |
| 151 | * BothSidesHaveAPoint: A PointAndLaughShow wherein a debate between two people of differing political or ideological positions is overdubbed with a laugh track that grows louder each time one of them states a more strawman-like thing. Creator/RichardDawkins once debated a creationist on the show, thinking it was a normal Christian vs. Atheist debate he'd "win". When he found out it had been overdubbed with a laugh track, he unsuccessfully sued the producers. |
| 152 | * ABoyAndHisX: |
| 153 | ** An alternatively amusing and harrowing look at the rave culture of TheNineties. |
| 154 | ** A reality show about kids and the unusual pets that they have. |
| 155 | ** A ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' rip-off with a twist... Homaging [[Literature/ABoyAndHisDog one of the greatest examples of a story with this kind of title]] (thanks to Creator/HarlanEllison) and thus setting it in a ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''-esque post-apocalyptic wasteland. |
| 156 | * BrainsEvilBrawnGood: A comedy about a KnightTemplar who assumes all smart people are evil and deals with them accordingly. Speaking which, anyone uses a word longer than 2 syllables is a witch and according to the main character, problems are best solved by brute force. Always. |
| 157 | ** Alternatively, {{AntiIntellectualis|m}}t propaganda |
| 158 | * BrainyPig: He's a pig on a farm. He's also a genius. His biggest problem he needs to solve is avoiding being cooked and eaten on Christmas. |
| 159 | * TheBreakfastPlot: Kids comedy cartoon. A group of mice plot to steal their owners' breakfast, using a different plan in every episode. It never works out for them, though. |
| 160 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: |
| 161 | ** A documentary on [[TheSiege sieges]]. |
| 162 | ** A talk show for fledging writers. |
| 163 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: A cooking show where the contestants are presented with multiple ingredients picked more or less randomly and challenged to come up with a dish that incorporates all of them at once. |
| 164 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: A ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''-type game show. Each round, contestants are given four items; three are ordinary, and one is weird and doesn't fit. No lifelines. |
| 165 | ** Actually, there was a game show based on the premise of finding the odd one out of 4 things way before Millionaire. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic2CMrNknFg It's called Odd One Out.]] |
| 166 | * BreastPlate: Pile fruit cocktails, whip cream, and whatever else, on a lovely girl's bare breasts, and see which guy can eat fast enough to expose both her nipples. A show that's only officially aired in Sweden, and an American pastor was forced to retire when he was caught with recordings of this show. (Close to the idea of BodySushi. From Japan, naturally.) |
| 167 | ** Alternatively, a show about the first openly female knights in a traditionally male-dominated kingdom who strive to prove that they can kick ass and still be feminine. |
| 168 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: A successful attorney wakes up one morning to find that he has sprouted bunny ears. He then decides to start defending {{Mad Scientist}}s as he searches for a cure. |
| 169 | * TheBurlesqueOfVenus: A light-hearted {{Sitcom}} about a free-spirited woman that likes skinny-dipping and is an expert matchmaker. |
| 170 | * BusyBeaver: AllCGICartoon aimed at young children. Teaches general life lessons, such as how to get along with others and knowing when to make time for fun. |
| 171 | * ButWhatAboutTheAstronauts: The apocalypse strikes Earth, and it's up to astronauts to unite and find a way to restore society. |
| 172 | * CainAndAbel: A GenderFlipped [[TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]] between two brothers named Cain and Abel, known for its use of [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] references and {{Lampshade Hanging}}s and was actually made by a theologian[=/=]troper. |
| 173 | * CallBack: A RealityTV program which randomly pairs up [[LoserProtagonist Loser Guys]] with {{Alpha Bitch}}es. The guys ask the women out, and the women all tell them to wait by the phone because they'll call "sometime before Saturday night" to let them know. In an inversion of the usual "endurance" contest, the first guy to realize he's [[ButtMonkey being played]], gain self-respect and do something more productive with his time, is the winner. |
| 174 | * CameraAbuse: Ever wonder just what cameramen go through to get that perfect shot? Watch as courageous film crews risk life and limb to bring the action to your living room. Reality TV, along the lines of ''Deadliest Catch'' or ''Dirty Jobs'', but with cameramen, and focuses on the lack of respect or recognition as well as the discomfort and physical danger. |
| 175 | * CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: 80s superhero cartoon. Was widely successful when it was new, but is regarded as a ClicheStorm now. |
| 176 | * CaptureBalls: We'd love to go into this one, but it wouldn't be appropriate. |
| 177 | * CardsOfPower: Superhero show about a group of heroes who draw their strength from a deck of cards: each one gives them a new weapon or power to use. |
| 178 | * CareerNotTaken: A Reality TV show where the hosts help a downtrodden volunteer [[LivingOutAChildhoodDream live out a childhood dream]]. |
| 179 | * CassetteFuturism: A hard ScienceFiction series about a crew of space-junkers who find themselves banished to a far-off part of the galaxy that TheFederation, TheEmpire and MegaCorp were forced to abandon after a three-way galactic war unleashed something terrible, all three sides erasing all evidence of what had happened that caused it. The show is done in a {{Retraux}} futuristic style the evokes 80's pop culture; MagicFloppyDisk, giant bulky screens instead of holograms, {{Zeerust}}, FantasticPlastic, MutagenicGoo, a UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} soundtrack, EightiesHair, VHS tapes, cartridge-based 8-bit video games, aliens and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s done in gooey practical effects. |
| 180 | * {{Catfight}}: Like a fancy cat show, except the cats compete in claw-to-claw combat. Mysteriously cancelled after one episode. |
| 181 | ** Alternatively, a sitcom about a "normal" girl being forced to move in with her CrazyCatLady friend, OddCouple style arguements and shenanigans ensue. |
| 182 | ** Or, a sitcom taking place in Florida ([[CaliforniaDoubling but shot in]] UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}) about an anthropomorphic cat girl who lives with a middle-class family and her shenanigans which are almost just scene-by-scene remakes of [=AlienMyth64's=] "Squidward's House in the House" videos. |
| 183 | * ACatInAGangOfDogs: A FishOutOfWater comedy revolving around a student from a preppy private high school adjusting to life in an inner-city public school, where she stands out awkwardly among her friends. HilarityEnsues. |
| 184 | * CatsAreMean: A ''Series/MyCatFromHell'' clone. |
| 185 | * CatsAreSuperior: A show that televises cat shows. |
| 186 | * CatScare: A mischievous cat tries to scare all the humans in the neighborhood. |
| 187 | * CattleDrive: |
| 188 | ** [[FunnyAnimal Farm animals]] form a racing team. They end up fighting crime. |
| 189 | ** A ''Rawhide'' modern-day clone. |
| 190 | * CaughtUpInARobbery: Our protagonist, an innocent man, finds himself on the scene of a robbery. While trying to stop it, he is mistaken for being the thief, and must [[ClearMyName clear his name]]. |
| 191 | * {{Cephalothorax}}: A MedicalDrama about strange, [[ArtisticLicenseBiology unrealistic]], but [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief believable]] illnesses, where the main character is a doctor suffering from the titular birth defect, making his head part of his chest. And his patients are all weirder. |
| 192 | * CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: A character quite literally titled Character Name must search for the {{Macguffin}}, the Noun Phrase. |
| 193 | * ChekhovsGun: A western about a bloodthirsty outlaw who escaped from a Russian prison and fled to America. Almost everything that appears in the first few episodes turns out to be significant. |
| 194 | * JustForFun/ChekovsGun: A ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' rerun block counterprogrammed against ''Chekhov's Gun''. |
| 195 | * ChildrenAreAWaste: Dystopia where children are made to work due to their lack of employment being seen as "wasteful". |
| 196 | * ChildrenDoTheHousework: A very biased talk show where the host believes ChildrenAreAWaste. Every week, he brings on some unhappy parents who wish that their kids would help out more. |
| 197 | * CIAEvilFBIGood: A ''Series/GetSmart'' rip-off starring FBI agents having to clean up stupid CIA projects that are resurging nowadays, long after the Cold War is over, and are more dangerous (or embarrassing) that they would be useful in the current world state. The BigBad (or at least most reccuring one) is a GeneralRipper CIA higher-up that has probably seen ''Franchise/TheBourneSeries'' [[WrongGenreSavvy way too many times]]. |
| 198 | * CityOfAdventure: An animated fantasy anthology series in which every episode tells the story of a different character in the eponymous city. Becomes an instant cult smash hit due to being a true love letter to classic fantasy adventure, but its failure to achieve a mainstream audience leads to an early cancellation before we're able to learn the true identity of the one recurring character - the enigmatic barkeep (whom [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep everyone calls Barkeep]]) who seems to know far more than a humble tavern owner should. |
| 199 | * TheCityVsTheCountry: A reality show where they take 5 music artists who haven't had success in quite a while or became one/two-hit wonders, make them record covers of country songs and have the audience determine which will win a recording contract with a top Nashville label. |
| 200 | * ClearMyName: Drama movie. An UnluckyEverydude, upon learning that [[BetterIfNotBornPlot the world would be better if he never existed]], tries to erase every trace of himself and everything he has done. |
| 201 | * CloserToEarth: drama about a retired jet pilot |
| 202 | * {{Cloneopoly}}: A city is run by clones who fight over ownership. |
| 203 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - A documentary series about Music/{{Devo}}, complete with a score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Wins 5 Emmys and a Teen Choice Award. |
| 204 | * CluelessAesop: A KnowNothingKnowItAll tries to learn a lesson from everything that happens to him. |
| 205 | * ColonelBadass: The TV prequel[=/=]{{Spinoff}} about [[Film/InglouriousBasterds Col. Hans Landa's]] exploits in Nazi-occupied France. |
| 206 | * ComedyGhetto: The hilarious exploits of a group of poor people in a dirty slum. |
| 207 | * CommieLand: A satirical sitcom depicting the Soviet Union in the early 1980s ([[CaliforniaDoubling but is shot in 2010s Southern California]]). Many say it's even more hilarious than the Thembrians from ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. |
| 208 | * CompanionCube: The exploits of a little kid and his inanimate cube sidekick. |
| 209 | * TheComplianceGame: A SugaryMalice parent uses disturbing-yet-wholesome techniques to get her children to behave. Mostly amounts to LightmareFuel. |
| 210 | * Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike: Brought to you by Website/SomethingAwful and featuring panelists Simon Cowell, Maddox (of The Best Page in the Universe) and John Solomon (of Your Webcomic Is Bad and You Should Feel Bad). Cancelled after the mid-2010s concluded. |
| 211 | * {{Continuity}}: A show about fiction, and one man's attempt to sort out the [[TitleDrop Continuity]] of '''[[ExaggeratedTrope all fiction ever written]]'''. Also, he's trying to stay sane. A shocking twist came in the second season when he realized the existence of the [[BreakingTheFourthWall the fourth wall]] by [[AwesomeByAnalysis recognizing that his theory can't work otherwise.]] Takes place in the Literature/YoungWizards sub universe. |
| 212 | * ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: Our host and a crack team of designers help relocate businesses that have lost their building due to fire, condemning, or foreclosure by taking a standard, empty (but structurally intact) building and designing it to the business's needs. |
| 213 | * CookingTheLiveMeal: A web series where the host streams himself cooking meals. Viewers in the chat vote on ingredients that he has to use. |
| 214 | * CookingMechanics: An old auto repair garage is renovated into a short-order restaurant. HilarityEnsues. |
| 215 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Game show in which contestants have to watch people undergoing fake tortures and choose which one to endure for themselves. Cancelled after the "[[NoodleIncident iron maiden incident]]" in the second episode. |
| 216 | * CoolCar: A car-decorating competition. |
| 217 | * CoolGarage: Celebrities and other people showing off their rides. The first episode features Jay Leno. |
| 218 | * Cool Pet: A teenage boy realises his dog has superpowers and they go on to fight crime. |
| 219 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Japanese live-action sitcom about a straight couple in their late 30s, both with corporate jobs, constantly getting into trouble, only for the day to be saved by their neighbor, a Japanese [[HollywoodHomely male college student]] obsessed with American popular culture, known only as Cowboy Bebop. |
| 220 | * CrisisOfFaith: ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' clone where atheists attempt to answer ridiculously easy questions about religion. The "good" losers (who got all the questions right) are given a copy of a Richard Dawkins book, the "bad" losers (those who either deliberately or actually got most or all of the questions wrong) are forced to convert (or if they just de-converted, forced to ''re''-convert). Some fans consider the "bad" losers being forced to convert to be the best part of the show. Controversial with both sides of the argument the show shines a light on, and the leader of a well-known atheist group was forced to step down after he appeared on the show. Appears on either the Game Show Network or a religious TV channel ([=TBN=], Daystar, [=EWTN=], etc.) |
| 221 | * CriminalConvention: A RealityTV series centered around the various contraband and illegal substances (weapons and drugs) commonly found on the BlackMarket. |
| 222 | * CryingAfterSex: A RecordedAndStandUpComedy special by a loud and obnoxious American comedian. |
| 223 | * CryingCritters: A documentary about animal sounds. |
| 224 | * CrystalDragonJesus: A [[TheMoralSubstitute Christian Fantasy show]], where the hero sees the gospels of Jesus after trying to steal a sacred statue from a temple. He then goes about converting everyone, human or otherwise. |
| 225 | ** Alternatively, a ''parody'' of a Christian Fantasy show about a staunch priest who gets transported into a ''Dungeons and Dragons'' type fantasy world as punishment after he persecutes a groups of kids playing a roleplaying game, and him trying to figure out how to get home in-between trying to convert people and dealing with the fact that there are a bunch of active gods in this world and none of them are his. Contrary to popular belief, the show's creator is a devout Lutheran with a positive attitude to Christianity, which turned off many atheist and humanist fans. |
| 226 | * CureYourGays: A fifties sitcom about a cynic who thinks everyone else should be as jaded as he. HilariousInHindsight due to HaveAGayOldTime. |
| 227 | ** Alternatively, a conservative Christian TV show seeking to find an actual cure for homosexuality, on a weekly basis. Extremely controversial outside its target demographic. |
| 228 | * CuteAndPsycho: A nature show about animals which are cute, but dangerous. |
| 229 | * CuteBruiser: That's the English name for it, anyway. It's a gag manga about a normal kid who finds out a girl is moving in next door. She's cute. She's smart. She has a thing for manga. She can...punch holes through reinforced steel??? Yes, wouldn't you know it, she's actually a superhero in disguise. She fights crime, giant monsters and the Vice Principal of the high school by night and as the author would have it, our poor protagonist is caught up in the craziness with no hope of escape. |
| 230 | * CyberNinja: |
| 231 | ** An early 2000s cartoon about a regular teenage kid who also happens to be an elusive and infamous hacker known only as the [[TitleDrop Cyber Ninja]]. He has balance his social life with hacking into Evil Corporations to save the day, all the while hiding his identity from his dad, the chief of police. Used excessive amounts of HollywoodHacking and CyberSpace. |
| 232 | ** A retro-style Anime that essentially melds ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Robocop}}''. Hiro Sanada, ninjitsu student, is secretly kidnapped by EvilInc and turned into a NighInvulnerable cyborg with a variety of ninja-based integral weapons (rapid-fire shuriken launcher, laser katana, holographic projector, etc). Things start to go bad for them when Hiro breaks free and swears to bring them down. |
| 233 | * {{Cyborg}}: A sitcom about a man whose college roommate is a cyborg. |
| 234 | * CycleOfVirtue: An UnluckyEverydude goes about town trying to help people, in hopes of kicking off other good deeds. |
| 235 | * DarkerAndEdgier: A ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''-type show, spun off JustForFun/RecycledInSpace. Basic premises to crappy tv shows turned into FilmNoir dramas. |
| 236 | * DarkestAfrica: Documentary about the {{goth}} scene in Cape Town. |
| 237 | * DarkestHour: A psychological reality show where in 20 real people are unknowingly trapped in a large building. The electricity, internet and phone lines are cut-off from 9pm to 7am, all exits are locked from the outside, and one of them may be a serial killer. Tension between the contestants rises and suspicion mounts as the contestants slowly begin to disappear. The worst part? None of them know it's all just a show. Cancelled after the contestants sued the producers for emotional trauma and deception. The controversy promptly ruined the career of the host and the show's creator. |
| 238 | ** Alternatively an ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' clone/spin-off where all the stories are set or have their climax happen around midnight. |
| 239 | * DarkReprise: |
| 240 | ** A fantasy novel series about a generic evil corrupting the modern world, reverting it to a past era, yet darker, to better suit the evil's tastes. |
| 241 | ** A mini-series spin-off of a highly-acclaimed fantasy anime, giving the villains ADayInTheLimelight, because the writers couldn't find a good way to shove these episodes inside of the regular arcs without turning them into unwanted {{Filler}}. |
| 242 | * DarkIsNotEvil: A documentary by [=metalheads=] for [=metalheads=] with a StopBeingStereotypical moral. |
| 243 | * TheDeadGuyDidIt: Horror-Drama series about a homicide detective who, after solving a crime, sets out to murder the perpetrator -- and soon begins to question his own morality. |
| 244 | * DeadlyGraduation: A Horror-Drama series where, due to a clerical error, the US Government believes that a High School in Wisconsin is secretly a terrorist training camp and has the entire campus walled off and turned into an internment camp with below-standards living conditions. The series runs on HanlonsRazor; there are laws that slow down the due process of the situation out of America's paranoia towards terrorism, there are parents who genuinely believe that their kids are terrorists with no proof because of their warped sense of patriotism, the man overseeing the whole operation -- GeneralRipper -- wants to send his men in to massacre all of them before it goes to trial but can't because of "Woke Washington", and the whole thing is one big metaphor for America's foreign policy, the Uvalde Mass-Shooting Incident and Law-Enforcement. Think ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' in a post-Trump America. |
| 245 | * DeathByFallingOver: Protagonist dies from a fall and the show follows his ghost, who tries to get the living people to stop seeing him as "the guy who died from falling over". |
| 246 | * DeathOfPersonality: A documentary show about how much it sucks to have a SoulCrushingDeskJob. |
| 247 | * DeathTakesAHoliday: A dramedy about a doomsday prediction going sour when it is discovered the GrimReaper has retired and nobody is able to find a replacement in time for everything to go according to the prediction. Think ''Series/{{Salvation}}'' but if the giant space rock missed due to an error in God's algorithms. |
| 248 | * DeathIsASadThing: Adult animated sitcom about a chronically-depressed GrimReaper. |
| 249 | * DeathIsCheap: A sitcom about the personification of Death having to deal with roommates who constantly complain about Death's miserliness or frugality, depending on who's describing Death's penny-pinching. |
| 250 | * DeathThrows: A CopShow about a PD trying to uncover a FightClubbing conspiracy. |
| 251 | * DeathWail: A HistoricalFiction mini-series set during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles where people begin to go missing because a banshee is kidnapping people on both sides of the conflict. |
| 252 | * DeckOfWildCards: Anime about a group of superheroes whose powers switch at random. |
| 253 | * DefaceOfTheMoon: Kids' comedy film about a MadScientist who wants to colonize the moon for himself, but his bumbling lackeys ruin his plans at every turn. |
| 254 | * DemotedMemories: Drama series. After a detective is fired from his job, he sadly resigns to erasing every trace of his old life and starting over. |
| 255 | * DepravedKidsShowHost: A British biopic of Jimmy Savile. Ends with a psychiatrist analyzing [[Recap/DoctorWho1985JFIGSAFixWithSontarans the Doctor's dream]]. |
| 256 | * DiagnosisKnowingTooMuch: A doctor subtly murders his patients whom he suspects to be [[TheMole moles]] working for his enemy. |
| 257 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Cthulhu's very own boxing match show. Professional boxers get to fight him. |
| 258 | ** Alternatively, superheroes versus Lovecraftian horrors. |
| 259 | * DisappointingPromotion: A reality show interviewing white-collar workers who have been KickedUpstairs into worse positions. |
| 260 | * DiscountLesbians: An independent romantic comedy about the owners of a retail store, who start to see each other as more than just business partners. |
| 261 | * DisguisedInDrag: A Fundamentalist Christian is trying to prosecute the LGBT community by infiltrating various bars and clubs in-disguise as a trans woman to find evidence of illegal practices, only to become enamored with their lifestyle and becoming lovers with a recurring patron. Known for its use of [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] references and its mockery of fundies ''and'' vocal atheists (two of the side characters are NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Creator/KirkCameron and Creator/RichardDawkins respectively); it was created by a devout Christian who is also a theologian ''and'' troper. Won five Emmy Awards and was nominated for six more. |
| 262 | * DishDash: Who can wash and dry the dishes fastest? Short-lived GameShow that was criticized for basically focusing on watching people do chores. |
| 263 | * DontTryThisAtHome: A game show where people perform various dangerous stunts... which weirdly enough, is a premise of a Creator/{{ITV}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAEzdog2RUgame game show that aired in the late 1990s]], with that exact name. What a coincidence! |
| 264 | * DoomTroops: A SteamPunk show set in the trenches of an alternate-reality UsefulNotes/WorldWarI ([[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in modern-day]] UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}), following a squad of UsefulNotes/{{Imperial German|y}} SuperSoldiers, and their efforts to end a war that's gone on for fifty years. Comparable to Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion in it's use of {{Deconstruction}} and CerebusSyndrome. Needless to say, quite the TearJerker. [[AllMusicalsAreAdaptations Adapted into a Broadway]] JukeboxMusical, which was well-remembered for TheLancer's heartbreaking rendition of Music/{{Sabaton}}'s ''The Hammer Has Fallen''. |
| 265 | * DrFakenstein: Comedy movie, in which Frankenstein's great-great nephew has to live up to his legacy, but isn't that good at the whole "bringing monsters to life" thing. |
| 266 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: American spinoff of ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver''. |
| 267 | * DrivingStick: A GameShow filmed in real-time, with one contestant at a time and only one prize - a brand-new car equipped with a manual transmission. To win it, the contestant must drive it over an urban course to a predetermined finishing point, to driving-test standards, within the show's 22 minute runtime. |
| 268 | * DudeNotFunny: |
| 269 | ** CausticCritic makes snarky comments of other comedians' failures. Cancelled after one season. |
| 270 | ** Talk show with a central gimmick of people analyzing how current media is full of insensitive jokes. Low ratings because many people believe that the hosts are running on PoliticalOvercorrectness, but has a strong political presence. |
| 271 | ** A biopic of Creator/SethGreen. Begins and ends with a psychiatrist analyzing various skits from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', and features interviews with staff of the shows & films he's worked on and the creators of the material parodied in ''Robot Chicken''. |
| 272 | * DudeShesLikeInAComa: A hippie is mistaken for a doctor and asked to treat a comatose woman. He ends up joining an emergency ward dealing with comatose patients. This {{meme|ticMutation}}y CultClassic was cancelled after 15 episodes, but was later {{Uncancelled}} for Amazon Prime Video years later. |
| 273 | * DyingTown: |
| 274 | ** Docudrama about a small Midwest factory town ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in California]]) where the sole factory has shut its doors. Cancelled after one season, despite being critically acclaimed. |
| 275 | ** A mystery thriller set in a small Midwestern TownWithADarkSecret ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in]] UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}) that has seen a sudden uptick in unexplained deaths, prompting newly-arrived teen Tom Locke to find out what the heck's going on. |
| 276 | * EasyEvangelism: A DIY show for missionaries. |
| 277 | * {{Eagleland}}: |
| 278 | ** A man reads government press releases with a LaughTrack added. |
| 279 | ** Or, a documentary about eagles that live in America. |
| 280 | ** Creator/MichaelMoore's newest talk show. The title is meant to be highly ironic. |
| 281 | ** A PerspectiveFlip of ''Literature/WarriorCats'', from the point of view of the eagles which share the mountains with the Tribe of Rushing Water. |
| 282 | ** A {{Sitcom}} about an American soldier who was discharged due to incompetence and moves to the quant little villa of EverytownAmerica ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in California]]). The soldier possesses an obsessive PatrioticFervor and every episode has him expressing it in some way (hosting the best July 4th party for his neighborhood, becoming a tour guide at the local History Museum, protesting an Anti-Nationalistic work of art) with hilarious results. |
| 283 | * EatThat: GameShow where contestants are forced to eat gross things for money. Competes in the same timeslot as Alien Lunch. |
| 284 | * EcoTerrorist: A documentary about the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. |
| 285 | * EnemyInTheSchool: A group of delinquient high school students are convinced that someone is cheating off their tests, and it's up to them to find out who. |
| 286 | * EscalatingWar: A CandidCameraPrank show similar to ''Fameless'' where people are pranked in situations usually involving celebrity guests. Cancelled after 6 episodes. |
| 287 | * EEqualsMCHammer: Educational program in the same vein as ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'', but with added urban youth appeal. |
| 288 | * EightDeadlyWords: An execution method for the worst of the worst criminals involves a tightly guarded spell eight words long. However, someone has stolen the spell, and now they must find whoever it was. Whether it's a ripoff or spiritual successor to ''Manga/DeathNote'' is hotly debated among fans and haters. |
| 289 | ** Alternatively, a drama series which focuses on a tightly guarded eight-word long spell that is a method for stopping doomsday from happening, no matter the ApocalypseHow class/doomsday scenario. However, in the midst of a growing ZombieApocalypse, someone has stolen the spell, and a team of U.S. secret agents go WalkingTheEarth ([[CaliforniaDoubling despite the entire series being filmed in]] UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}) trying to find it. They fight crime and slay zombies on the way as well. The finale ends with them finding the spell and deciding to team up with the person who stole it and various others, and they use it and ThePowerOfFriendship combined to wipe the zombies clean off the face of Earth. |
| 290 | ** ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' rip-off. The central plot is that the Joel/Mike/Jonah rip-off is a ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''-level apathetic jerk and a lot of his jokes revolve around how he doesn't cares about the dumb people on the screen (and everybody else. The Mads are trying to literally torture kindness into him). |
| 291 | * EightiesHair: |
| 292 | ** A battle of the best hair metal revival bands. Cancelled after one season by [=CBS=], but was {{Uncancelled}} successfully for [=VH1=] a year later. |
| 293 | ** A ''Series/That70sShow'' (well, would be more like ''That 80s Show'', but it wasn't as good) clone that has most of its characters work at a barber shop during TheEighties. Cancelled after one season despite critical acclaim, but was {{Uncancelled}} for Amazon Prime Video several years later. |
| 294 | * ElegantGothicLolita: A magical girl anime about a refined PerkyGoth girl named Lolita, who proudly fights evil with her magical FrillsOfJustice. |
| 295 | * TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Society goes down the tubes (war, famine, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking cyanide-flavored ice cream]]) to the point somebody decides to destroy everything. Cancelled after 20 episodes ''and'' before he could have one last go at trying to annihilate everything and everyone because it was just that bad. |
| 296 | * EnforcedMethodActing: A down-on-his-luck actor by the name of Jim Malcolm has just gotten a small acting gig, and his DeadpanSnarker roomie, Razz Foredhoeder soon finds out that Jim has a bizarre form of Dual-Personality Disorder, in which his secondary persona becomes whomever he is playing! HilarityEnsues. |
| 297 | * EnslavedElves: A dark fantasy about a race of elves enslaved by humans and the cruel, inhuman treatment they suffer, as well as their attempts at slave rebellions and slave liberation. Despite critical acclaim, ratings remain low due to TooBleakStoppedCaring. |
| 298 | * {{Epiphora}}: An anthology series where viewers can submit ideas for the plot of the episode, but it can only be a sentence long in 30 characters or less. |
| 299 | * EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: A sitcom about a top-notch wicket-keeper who is {{Omniglot}}. |
| 300 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: TV series about cars that are just now being seen as classics. It originally focused on cars from the 70s (hence the title) and went on to cover cars from the 80s, 90s and the 2000s. Was originally cancelled after it's original network, Speed, was converted to Fox Sports 1, but subsequently Discovery bought the rights to the show and had it uncancelled, and it moved to Velocity[=/=][=MotorTrend=] where it has stayed since. |
| 301 | * EverybodyHatesHades: A British WorkCom set in {{Hell}} where Hades, Greek God of the Underworld has to act as the assistant to {{Satan}} when the Greek Underworld gets bought out by him. Now Hades is forced to be someone else's underling and high-jinks ensue. |
| 302 | * EverybodyLovesZeus: |
| 303 | ** A High-Concept FantasticComedy where Zeus was banished from Olympus after a drunken bender and ends up becoming the honorary member of a NuclearFamily in Minnesota ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in California]]). He acts as the womanizing self-important jackass he was in [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the original myths]] and the family just wags their fingers and give him an "[[MinnesotaNice oh, you]]" followed by a laugh track. Cancelled after three seasons despite positive reviews from critics, but gained a cult following. |
| 304 | ** A romance film in which Zeus, King of the Gods, takes on human form and seduces a particular group of friends in the big city, all the while avoiding the notice of his wife Hera. |
| 305 | * EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: A couple of televangelists try to find religious subtext in numerous pop culture franchises and use these revelations to convert people. |
| 306 | * EveryoneIsSatanInHell: A virtuous spirit is wrongly sent to Hell and must find a way to get to Heaven before becoming as bad as Satan. |
| 307 | * EverythingDances: SweetDreamsFuel kids' show. A CheerfulChild lives in a house where all of his furniture dances, and every episode ends with a big musical number. |
| 308 | * Everything's Better with Cows (now defunct): A sitcom about a neurotic city boy who inherits a large cow farm from his eccentric uncle. |
| 309 | * Everything's Better With Penguins (now defunct): An animated parody sitcom involving anthropomorphic rockhopper, yellow-eyed, and little blue penguins. |
| 310 | * Everything's Better with Spinning (now defunct): Who can be spun around in various ways the longest without getting sick? |
| 311 | ** Alternatively, a show about people whose job it is to "spin" stories for politicians and large companies to make them look good to the public. |
| 312 | * EveryPizzaIsPepperoni: A pizzeria is frustrated with their customers' repetitive orders of only pepperoni pizzas. The head of the restaurant adds a variety of weird ingredients to get them interested, while his employees do ridiculous marketing stunts. |
| 313 | * EvilFeelsGood: A family of {{Villain Protagonist}}s who run a WretchedHive with TotalitarianGangsterism are struggling to keep their foothold on their territory due to a mix of uncorrupt politicians being voted in (and their assassination attempts failing), benevolent vigilante gangs fighting back and the FBI closing in on them, Season 1 ending with their criminal empire in shambles and the family being on the run. Season 2 is about them trying to find a safe place out in the country, ending with them vowing to return to reclaim the throne, and Season 3 has them returning to find that the city is now in the grips of a gang war from the remnants of their VestigialEmpire. |
| 314 | * EvilPrincipal: Comedy show about a very strict principal who enforces ridiculous rules that his students have to follow. |
| 315 | * EvilTowerOfOminousness: A DarkFantasy miniseries where various misfits from all-over try to scale the ruins of a long-dead EvilOverlord, the land supposedly cursed to drive any who walk there to go mad. Are the characters all being driven mad by this curse, or are they all trying to kill each other over {{Greed}}, paranoia, envy, survival, etc? |
| 316 | * EvilWeapon: Documentary on [[StupidJetpackHitler nazi superweapons]]. |
| 317 | * TheExactCenterOfEverything: Fantasy drama. A man and his wife ponder existence and the meaning of the universe. Their religion says that it's contained in the "[[TitleDrop exact center of everything]]"... but it may be [[MagicFeather closer than they think]]. |
| 318 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - A hard-hitting documentary about what's ''really'' going on in the canning industry. The conclusions are dismissed by all but a die-hard fringe of vegans. |
| 319 | * ExpoSpeak: a news show about conference and convention management. |
| 320 | * FacelessGoons: Ever thought about [[WhatMeasureIsAMook all those rank-and-file bad guys who get gunned down]] by {{Action Hero}}es during badass fight scenes or chase sequences? Well, here's your chance to see a few of them, [[PunchClockVillain trying to earn their paycheck]], showing CharacterDevelopment... and then desperately attempting to survive as the heroes show up and it all inevitably goes to hell. AnyoneCanDie is a given, and characters who manage to stick around for a whole season are considered extremely lucky. The original title for the series was "MookHorrorShow", but was rejected for being [[{{Narm}} too cheesy]] for the intended mood. |
| 321 | * TheFairFolk: A reality show about the people who put on Renaissance Fairs. |
| 322 | ** AlienFairFolk: Spin-off focusing on sci-fi conventions. |
| 323 | * FairyDevilmother: |
| 324 | ** An anthology show adapting famous fairy tales, with an Evil Fairy acting as its narrator who tends to walk into the stories and ruin everybody's day. |
| 325 | ** Anime BlackComedy about how an UnfazedEveryman is saddled with a sadistic, unreliable fairy godmother who won't leave until she gives him one single good wish, but she is way too used to twisting them around for her own good. |
| 326 | * FalseCredit: |
| 327 | ** A man becomes famous for supposedly "acting" in an action film. This is despite the fact that he had no involvement in it. He tries to take advantage of his fame, but since he's never actually seen the movie he was apparently in, it's harder than it looks. |
| 328 | ** ConMan tries to buy as many things as he can with an expired credit card. |
| 329 | * FanDumb: Protagonist is the OnlySaneMan in a group of {{Loony Fan}}s. |
| 330 | * {{Fanservice}}: Exactly what you think it would be. |
| 331 | ** Alternatively, a show about different recipes and types of [[StealthPun cheesecake]]. |
| 332 | ** Alternatively, a show made by fans for fans. Fans submit their {{Fan Film}}s to the show. The show later got their own team of actors after some [[FanCommunityNicknames Fan-Servers]] asked to see live-action reenactments of FanFic {{Web Serial Novel}}s. |
| 333 | ** Or, a show about a repair shop that people go to when they need their fans and air conditioners fixed. |
| 334 | * {{Fanfare}}: A {{Loony Fan}} of an IdolSinger also works as a bus driver. |
| 335 | * FancyCamping: Reality TV stars use all kinds of modern gadgets to revolutionize the "roughing it" experience, defeating the point in the purpose. |
| 336 | * FantasticPlastic: A documentary on the history and science of plastic, the kind of thing British public schools and old people would watch and no one else. |
| 337 | ** A {{Mockumentary}} about a MadScientist who uses his new MagicPlasticSurgery procedure to turn costumers into literally anything they want, including animals, robots, vehicles, plants and other things. |
| 338 | * FantasticRacism: ClipShow commends audacious acts of discrimination. Cancelled after one episode, ended several careers. |
| 339 | ** Alternatively, an adult cartoon comedy about a fantasy world where the races - Elves, Dwarves, Humans, Orcs, etc. - all hate each other but have to trade and ally with each other in the face of a greater threat. |
| 340 | * FastFoodNation: Animated comedy about different types of living fast food living in a city. Protagonists include Benny Burger, Frieda Fry, and Tiffany Taco. Runs on FlintstoneTheming. |
| 341 | * FatAndProud: Show focusing on a group of [[BigBeautifulMan big, beautiful men]] and [[BigBeautifulWoman woman]]. |
| 342 | * TheFatEpisode: Talk show featuring overweight people who discuss body positivity. |
| 343 | * FemmeFatale - French action thriller show about a professional killer woman starring Isabelle Adjani as the killer. |
| 344 | * FinishingMove: A family of four ends embarks on a cross-country move... only for the evil moving company to have stolen their stuff. Now, they have to survive while fighting their way to the company's CEO. |
| 345 | * FireworksOfLove: SugarWiki/AHallmarkPresentation. A lonely fireworks operator falls in love with a NiceGirl he meets at a Fourth of July festival. |
| 346 | ** FireworksOfVictory: The more comedy-oriented sequel; the two get married and raise their young kid, who turns out to be an unstoppable InstantExpert at everything he tries. |
| 347 | * JustForFun/FightsCrimeWithX: A documentary on the evolution of crime-fighting TV shows and the strange gimmicks they have based their characters around. |
| 348 | * FiveManBand: They've been together since they were a teenage garage band, but it's ten years later, and their failure to break out of the local scene is slowly causing the band to fall apart. Can they make it big, or are they doomed to lose their dream, and the best friends they ever had along with it? |
| 349 | ** That, or a Monkees rip-off. |
| 350 | ** Or, ''Film/AnvilTheStoryOfAnvil.'' |
| 351 | * FiveSecondRule: A man is determined to fix all of his city's corruption and bring it back to its former glory. His campaign is a hit... until it turns out that due to odd legal loopholes, he can only be president for five seconds. He must make a plan of action to do as much good as he can in that short timeframe. |
| 352 | * FiveTokenBand: {{Spinoff}} of ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Fed up with Finn and Rachel always getting the solos and wanting to try an edgier sound, Kurt, Mercedes, Artie, and Tina quit show choir and form their own garage band along with a blind drummer. Didn't sell as many copies of the soundtrack(s) as the show it spun off from and was cancelled after 2 seasons. |
| 353 | * FleshAndBombs: A surgeon and a demolitions expert. They fight crime. |
| 354 | * {{Flight}}: Documentary about the history of aviation. |
| 355 | * FlyingBrick: |
| 356 | ** A {{Sitcom}} about a stone golem trying to make it as a pilot in the airline industry. |
| 357 | ** A superhero TV show. The twist: it's a CapePunk and the protagonist, a SupermanPastiche, is practically homeless because people think his powerset is too cliche. |
| 358 | * FlyoverCountry: A documentary on either a premium cable network or a streaming service on the space between the Northeast Megalopolis, California and Chicago and how politicians (especially conservative ones), activists and the media use their distrust of "coastal elites" and feelings of being ignored for their own gain. Known for its BrutalHonesty and BothSidesHaveAPoint message, especially in regards to politics in the region, and relatively fair and sympathetic treatment of those in the stereotypical "flyover country" regions, it earned several Emmys. |
| 359 | * AFoggyDayInLondonTown: Victorian era crime drama. |
| 360 | * FollowYourNose: GameShow where contestants are put in a room with a distinct odor, and have to figure out what they're smelling to win a cash prize. |
| 361 | * Foot Focus (now-defunct): A crime show about a brilliant investigator who is able to [[SherlockScan deduce minute details]] about people simply by looking at their feet. To make the plot work, the show is set in Hawaii and practically all the characters encountered wear sandals. After too many complaints about people being forced to have bare feet by fans, the detective becomes proficient in shoes as well, leading to a higher rating when the plots become more original. |
| 362 | * ForeignerForADay: Reality show in which one person is granted diplomatic immunity for 24 hours. |
| 363 | * ForTheEvulz: An {{Animesque}} French cartoon about a teen general who gets all his plans for invasion by playing RTS and FPS games and defeats the EvilEmpire... to promptly take the empty spot of emperor and run down the field the other way [[FaceHeelRevolvingDoor (and proceeds to switch sides whenever they win)]]. The good and bad guys are dumbstruck and an under-the-table plan begins. Said to be a comedy, but political intrigue keeps the Anime/CodeGeass fanbase watching and allows the first story arc to finish. |
| 364 | * ForScience: Dystopia where science is illegal, but our protagonist is a scientist anyway and must hide from suspicious law enforcement. |
| 365 | * TheFourChordsOfPop: ''Series/TopGearUK'' for music fans, hosted by four music geeks (hence the title) covering every known music genre in existence, and then some. Known for having the Rock 'n Pop Board, where they place covers for albums the hosts think are the coolest, and Star with an Mini Strat, where celebrities see how well they can perform each EpicRiff from a set of famous rock songs with a standard Squier Mini Strat. Suprisingly, {{boy band}}s, {{girl group}}s, NuMetal and HairMetal are not among the acceptable targets (TheBigGuy[=/=]Jeremy Clarkson equivalent lists ''[[Music/MotleyCrue Dr. Feelgood]]'' as among his favorite albums ever, and TheHeart is a fan of the Music/BackstreetBoys), and TheBigGuy[=/=]Jeremy Clarkson equivalent shows a dislike of Music/{{Nirvana}} and frequently interrupts the other presenters' praise for the band with objections, such as calling them a "glorified Music/NeilYoung cover band." |
| 366 | * FourPointScale: About a group of four [[HystericalWoman hysterical women]] who are obsessively concerned with their weight. |
| 367 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Monsters from horror movies come to life and start wreaking havoc on a city. |
| 368 | * FoxNewsLiberal: MSNBC's latest political commentary program. |
| 369 | ** Fox News but with a LaughTrack added to the lines of their "liberal" news reporters. |
| 370 | ** A {{sitcom}} about a man who is forced to reconcile his liberal beliefs with his job. |
| 371 | * FranchiseZombie: A [=Zomedy=] ScrewedByTheNetwork {{Spinoff}} in the vein of ''Literature/TheBookOfBunnySuicides'', featuring "Those shows that clearly want to lay down and die, but The Network keeps ressurecting them 'cause they're so popular" as zombies wearing their show's costume. Cancelled after 3 episodes because it wasn't funny. |
| 372 | * FreePrizeAtTheBottom: Documentary exploring the history of cereal prizes and giveaways. |
| 373 | * FridgeBrilliance: An eccentric scientist builds machines out of old refrigerators. |
| 374 | * FridgeHorror: |
| 375 | ** A horror series about a boy who, upon opening his refrigerator, was exposed to a ray of pure energy that boosted his intelligence and caused him to realise how [[CrapsackWorld cruel the world he lives in is]]. Now, he has to live everyday life knowing all the horrors of it. |
| 376 | ** DarkerAndEdgier ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' copycat that had the gateway to the monsters' world [[ItCameFromTheFridge changed to refrigerators]] because of SerialNumbersFiledOff legalese. |
| 377 | * FrillsOfJustice: Designers try dressing up cop uniforms. Only good for the laughs. |
| 378 | ** Alternatively, hard-boiled female cop has to join a team of younger [[MagicalGirl anime Magical Girls]] to help fight monsters on a crime spree. Takes place in Japan ([[CaliforniaDoubling but is shot]] in [[UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Chinatown, Toronto]]). |
| 379 | ** In a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, a police force composed of LawfulStupid frill lizards attempts to combat crime. HilarityEnsues. |
| 380 | * FrivolousSummoning: A man can summon all sorts of magical beings, such as elves and dwarves, to do his bidding. The thing is, he's not going on any sort of quest that would ''require'' such assistance, so he just has them do mundane tasks and household chores. |
| 381 | * FrogNinja: Action cartoon aimed at young kids. Our hero, the Frog Ninja, fights off villains sent by the evil Frightening, Loathsome, Yucky (F.L.Y.) organization. Local TagalongKid, the Tadpole, sometimes joins as well. Has become a CultClassic for its creative character designs and surprisingly good writing. |
| 382 | * FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Gardening-cooking show combo. Very lighthearted and mainly watched by the elderly. |
| 383 | * UsefulNotes/FromRussiaWithNukes: A BombersOnTheScreen {{spinoff}} shining the light on [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets the other side]] of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar and [[PerspectiveFlip demonstrating the perspective]] of the USSR's Strategic Missile Troops and Air Defense Forces throughout TheSeventies and TheEighties ([[CaliforniaDoubling also shot in]] UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}}). ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov The Man Who Saved Humankind]]'' is considred to be the single most tense episode of both series, and pure NightmareFuel, for showing just how close the world came to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt complete nuclear obliteration]]. |
| 384 | * FruitOfTheLoon: ''WesternAnimation/CoconutFredsFruitSaladIsland'' ripoff. |
| 385 | * FurAndLoathing: Two roommates decide to get a dog, but the dog and one of the protagonists don't get along. |
| 386 | * FurriesAreEasierToDraw: A {{mockumentary}} about abandoned, poorly drawn cartoon characters whose artists switched to drawing {{Funny Animal}}s because they're harder to mess up. An "absurdist metaphor for ParentalAbandonment". |
| 387 | * FurryConfusion: A debate game show with furries pitted against their critics. Losers (always the critics) get mocked for getting every fact wrong. One of the first contestants was a Website/SomethingAwful user. Very few people from that website have been on since. Counterprogrammed against ''Complaining About Shows You Don't Like''. |
| 388 | * [[DenialOfAnimality Furry Denial]]: A sitcom about a strict stepmother who is kicked out of her own home by her abused children and transformed into an anthropomorphic cat (of the FurryFemaleMane variety) who lives with a middle class family. |
| 389 | * GadgeteerGenius: Animated show based on ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', but with anthropomorphic animals. Starring [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers Gadget Hackwrench]] as Agatha. Goes on to get a BigDamnMovie. |
| 390 | ** How'd you get the Krosp character to work? |
| 391 | *** He is now a small human, and emperor of all humans, but since humans are so independent-minded, none of them actually listen to him. |
| 392 | * GaiasVengeance: |
| 393 | ** Game show in which five [=CEOs=] are thrown into the wilderness for three weeks. Whoever avoids injury wins. Appears either on MSNBC or a Ted Turner station. |
| 394 | ** A copycat of ''Apocalypse How'' revolving around "nature-gone-mad" events. Lasted less than the other series because 1) it had less scenarios to choose from and 2) it was a lot less even-handed in terms of GreenAesop talking heads. |
| 395 | * GainaxEnding: A [[WesternAnimation western-animated]] adventure show about a [[PluckyGirl optimistic young girl]] with [[MindOverMatter psychokinesis]] and her pet lizard-bird, who is on a journey to stop the intergalactic MadScientist from destroying her home world, Gainax. Is an AffectionateParody of the shonen fighting genre which is, fitting enough, filled with [[QuirkyWork weird imagery and nonsensical characters]]. Produced by [[WesternAnimation/MegasXLR George Krstic]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} C.H. Greenblatt]]. |
| 396 | * {{Gayborhood}}: A wacky indie comedy where an UnluckyEverydude moves into a new apartment and realizes too late that he's in the local gay neighborhood. He eventually befriends a group of gay guys, falls for one of them, meets a sweet girl at his new job, and discovers his own bisexuality. The film becomes a Sundance darling. |
| 397 | * GenderBender: |
| 398 | ** Reality show, where a guy or girl goes on five dates on five nights (nothing further), and wins a prize by correctly guessing who always was this gender and who wasn't. Some exec keeps it on, no matter how low the ratings, [[WordOfGod admitting it's just to piss off the gay community]]. |
| 399 | ** Alternatively, a show where people are transformed by make-up artists and have to live as the opposite sex for a day. |
| 400 | ** A ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' copycat aiming to cater to the "alternative lifestyle" crowd more. The main character is not only bisexual but also more okay with having become genderfluid. |
| 401 | * GeniusBruiser: UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts action with Creator/WilliamShakespeare, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, Creator/{{Aristotle}} and other giants of history fighting it out in the cage for the gold. |
| 402 | ** Alternatively, a show hosted by intelligent martial artists who teach the audience fighting moves and the science and reasoning behind why they have to be or should be done a specific way and will sometimes debates about which technique is better. |
| 403 | ** Alternatively, a kid named Bruiser aspires to become a MadScientist or might just already be one. |
| 404 | * GenreSavvy: Unpopular Platform/YouTube series where the [[CausticCritic smug, obnoxious host]] inserts himself into the protagonist's position in popular movies, TV shows, anime and videogames, and explains how he would effortlessly solve every problem they face through MediumAwareness, LoopholeAbuse and TakingAThirdOption. After some initial success, presently languishes at only a couple of thousand views per episode. |
| 405 | * GeographicFlexibility: A hilarious game show that reveals just how inept many people are at finding locations (including their own country) on a map. Thrill to the sight of contestants searching for Chicago in Antarctica, or trying to find the edge of the world on a globe. |
| 406 | * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A spoof comedy about a desperate burglar who enlists the help of a idiotic policeman to help him rob people's houses. |
| 407 | ** Alternatively, a show where people try to test security officers and devices by trying to smuggle in things they're not supposed to have. The team includes an inventor, a magician/sleight-of-hand expert, and a smooth-talking con artist. |
| 408 | * GhibliHills: Fan-made animated sitcom with characters from Creator/HayaoMiyazaki films living as neighbors in the suburbs. Pulled off Platform/{{YouTube}} after the second episode. |
| 409 | * {{Ghostapo}}: |
| 410 | ** A {{Nazisploitation}} movie from Italy about a Jewish community defends itself from an army of undead Nazis. |
| 411 | ** A World War II WeirdWorldWar drama in which Allied spies check out the supposedly supernatural research the Nazis are doing and destroying it whenever it seems to be making headway into creating an actual weapon. Praised (and occasionally ridiculed) by audiences as attempting to be "''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'': TheSeries" with a pinch of ''Series/TheXFiles'', even when some of the crazier Wonderwaffen [[AluminumChristmasTrees are based on actual research the Germans tried to make work]]. |
| 412 | * GhostButler: Lady Reverencia keeps finding her dishes cleaned and her pillows fluffed even after the tragic death of Jeeves... and things only get weirder from there. |
| 413 | * GhostCity: A fantasy/horror show about a city inhabited by spirits and how they torment the living who enter their domain. |
| 414 | * GhostTown: People investigate towns for possible hauntings. |
| 415 | * GiveGeeksAChance: A ''Series/KitchenNightmares''-esque show where a expert convention organizer rescues failing comic cons and other fan conventions. |
| 416 | * GodIsDead: An UrbanFantasy Drama (a live-action American show in one universe, an Anime in another) where an object falls to Earth. That object is revealed to have been the corpse of {{God}}, having died from old age. Overcome with despair that their creator is gone, TheArmiesOfHeaven and TheLegionsOfHell throw down their weapons and call off their ForeverWar, deciding to emigrate to Earth among humanity. |
| 417 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A ComicFantasy where the King suddenly dies and, thanks to his syphillis-riddled mind, he accidentally made his unwed daughter his heir, something everyone finds horrifying because it's the Dark Ages and women are considered subhuman. |
| 418 | * GodwinsLaw: AlternateHistory where UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler joins a law firm. It's only because of the combination of RefugeInAudacity and making him an extreme ButtMonkey that the show lasts at all. Creator/MelBrooks playing Hitler sure helps matters.domain. |
| 419 | * GoodOldRobot: Parody of those schmaltzy 80s family shows, except the entire cast is robots. |
| 420 | * TheGogglesDoNothing: A magazine programme testing the effectiveness of safety equipment and [[NoOSHACompliance investigating work safety scandals]]. |
| 421 | * GrandTheftMe: A man kidnaps himself for a large sum of money and tries to see how long he can keep up the ruse. |
| 422 | ** Alternatively, a reality contest show where people who are good at the game try to pull off fake heists and challenges based on ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. Critics hated it and it was cancelled after one season. |
| 423 | * GreedyTelevangelist: An ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''-style sitcom about a group of "friends" managing a megachurch. They try to franchise it with faith-healing tents, selling "holy artifacts" they make themselves, protest pride parades while one of them is secretly renting male prostitutes, spreading rumors about a local soup kitchen because their manager is running as a Democratic candidate, etc. |
| 424 | * GreenAesop: ''Literature/AesopsFables'' as retold by a Martian, in a Martian setting. HilarityEnsues. |
| 425 | * GuyOnGuyIsHot: A Teen-Comedy ComingOfAgeStory Netflix-original about a nerdy introvert that makes fanart and fanfiction who conspires to hook up the two guys she likes with each other to make her sexual fantasies a reality. |
| 426 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Late night talkshow with Music/MCHammer as the host. |
| 427 | * HaveYouSeenMyGod: One day, the Holy Trinity disappears from heaven and the apostles and archangels (who are next in the chain of command) send a ragtag team of misfit angels to find them, believing they'll never complete their mission. The misfit angels wander through alternate dimensions, large and confusing cities, and even go to Disney World as they go on their quest. |
| 428 | * HatedByAll: An AffablyEvil supervillain wants to make his mark on the world by being the most hated villain worldwide. |
| 429 | * HateDumb: A documentary series about members of the furry fandom, made to attack critics of the fandom. Cue Encyclopedia Dramatica closing down, unable to make fun of the series' attacks on them. |
| 430 | * HealingBoss: Drama series. An overworked employee hates his job and just wishes that his boss was dead. When his boss, through sheer happenstance, winds up in the hospital, the employee has to cope with his guilt and help his boss recover. |
| 431 | * HealingShiv: A Prison Drama starring a doctor, on HBO. Has to deal with Prison politics, and mysterious diseases and injuries. Critically acclaimed. Contains [[ClusterFBomb at least one F-word per minute]] in an average episode. |
| 432 | * HeartDrive: 80s anime. A college-aged woman falls in love with a hot new student, who turns out to be a professional racer. She enlists in super hardcore races to win his respect. |
| 433 | * AHellOfATime: Office comedy series set in Hell. Came out at the same time as ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and was accused of being a ripoff. |
| 434 | * HelicopterParents: Mom's a Boeing and Dad's a Sikorsky. You'll never be late to school again! |
| 435 | * HerCodeNameWasMarySue: A surprisingly well written spy drama, with a [[CharacterDepth three-dimensional]] protagonist, who stays competent, and only turns into TheAce several seasons in, when it's clear she has the experience to be this good. Fans still mock the title, though. |
| 436 | * HereThereWereDragons: Gritty HBO drama. Our [[TheStoic stoic]] protagonist and his clan of badasses set out to explore the ruins of their civilization, which was ravaged by violent and destructive dragons. |
| 437 | * HeroicMime: A show about a superhero who doesn't talk, and has the power to create any invisible object he can think of (usually boxes). He battles his arch nemesis, who has the ability to control the wind. |
| 438 | * HiddenDepths: Exploration show featuring deep dives to the bottom of the ocean. |
| 439 | * HideYourLesbians: A tacky reality show about trying to pass off gay women as straight. Those who ''don't'' think it's offensive are just unimpressed. It's canceled after just a few episodes. |
| 440 | ** HideYourLesbians: Girl moves away and gets into an all-female LoveDodecahedron. HilarityEnsues when her intolerant family comes to stay. |
| 441 | ** Alternatively, a sympathetic nun who works at a Christian all-girls boarding school tries to help her students keep their love secret from the other students and workers. |
| 442 | * HighClassCannibal: Meet Caledonia [=McCalabaza=]: she's got a taste for fine dining, a fancy dress for every day of the week, and she's chewing on your right arm. How will Caledonia hide her uncouth cravings and maintain an air of sophistication when she's taking her boyfriend out for dinner to the fanciest restaurant in town? Find out in ''High-Class Cannibal''! |
| 443 | * TheHighQueen: A story about a royal who has to hide her un-queenly addiction to... [[DrugsAreBad marijuana]]! |
| 444 | * HijackedByJesus: Christ returns to Earth and commandeers a bus of unloved young misfits bound for summer camp, so that he may recruit them as his disciples. HilarityEnsues, as well as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]]. |
| 445 | * HilarityEnsues: SoapOpera about a stand up comic... diagnosed with [[SoapOperaDisease Hilarititus]]. {{Dramedy}} that quickly develops a BrokenBase since nobody can determine which situations are deliberate parodies and which [[{{Narm}} are not]]. Particularly the series finale, wherein the comic has a psychotic breakdown on stage and dies. |
| 446 | ** Alternatively, a show where a team sets up funny scenarios based on viewer suggestions and waits to see if hilarity does indeed ensue. |
| 447 | * HilarityInZoos: Reality show about the amusing antics of zoo animals. |
| 448 | * HitlerAteSugar: |
| 449 | ** LighterAndSofter take on Nazi Germany, yet a ''very'' ill-advised short that explains that Hitler started World War II just as an excuse to invade Poland to get a box of sugar cereal, after a selfish Pollock stole the last box in all of Germany, thus ruining his breakfast, and he decides to invade Poland for more. Surprisingly, no deaths or mentions of the Holocaust. |
| 450 | ** Yet another documentary about Hitler, his life, and how his horrors live on. Kinda heavy-handed in the "things we take for granted were developed by Germany during wartime" department, and [[GodwinsLaw definitely not]] in the "you should deem this fact interesting" way. |
| 451 | * HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: A group of time travelers come up with a different way of killing Hitler in every episode, but they always fail. |
| 452 | * HiveCity: A {{Cyberpunk}} drama set in a MegaCity run on class-disparity. |
| 453 | * HomePornMovie: An Indie flick about a bunch of teens who want to make of movie are talked into writing, directing and filming a low-budget pornographic production in the garage, desperate to make sure their parents don't find out. Expect to see a lot of casual nudity, softcore sexual content, use of marijuana and teens being awkward because low-budget teen dramas that talk about sex are popular among [[CausticCritic artsy critics]]. |
| 454 | * HonoraryPrincess: A {{Edutainment}} cartoon show created by the same person as MoleMiner about a ordinary American girl who gets teleported to Ancient China and becomes a honorary princess for a village magistrate. She has adventures while teaching the audience elementary school-level knowledge about Chinese history and culture. Think of it as ''Anime/DreamStarButtonNose'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat''. Was initially cancelled after one season due to pitifully low ratings but was {{Uncancelled}} after a ChannelHop from Playhouse Disney to [=PBS=] (which also resulted in the show [[TheOtherDarrin switching it's voice recording location from Los Angeles to New York City, resulting in the entire cast getting replaced with]] Creator/FourKidsEntertainment [[TheOtherDarrin dub regulars and various well-known NYC-based voice actors]]). |
| 455 | * HoYay: |
| 456 | ** A show about rap and hip hop. Never gets why people laugh at the name. |
| 457 | ** A chaste but attractive woman accidentally enters a brothel and, due to a series of noodle incidents, is mistaken for a [[TheOldestProfession prostitute]]. This causes her to discover her awakening sex drive, and also develop feelings for one of her coworkers. Starts out as being plot-driven with some nudity, but due to ExecutiveMeddling is gradually derailed into pure {{Fanservice}} bordering on outright [[PornWithPlot porn]], with the protagonist becoming a WalkingShirtlessScene. This culminates in the last episode, which is entirely taken up by an orgy involving all the prostitutes and their clients. The second half of the show is banned in most countries due to excessive nudity. |
| 458 | ** FoeRomanceSubtext: A dark comedy on Creator/{{Showtime}} where a superhero and a supervillain are forced to share an apartment. Over the course of the series, they discover that they could be [[UnresolvedSexualTension more than just enemies]]. |
| 459 | * HolierThanThou: GameShow in which religious fundamentalists compete to answer trivia questions about their holy books, deliver impromptu sermons, and convert atheists. WildMassGuessing is a Catholic-specific {{Spinoff}} in which Catholics have to answer questions regarding the most obscure points of their church's theology and practice. |
| 460 | * HollywoodAtheist: Atheist tries to become a Hollywood star. |
| 461 | * HollywoodChameleon: Animated sitcom about an [[FunnyAnimal anthromorphic chameleon]] acting in Hollywood films. |
| 462 | * HonoraryPrincess: What happens when a fairytale princess decides to go to a university? |
| 463 | * HonorBeforeReason: A group of Vikings, one of whom tries to play the voice of reason but the others never listen. |
| 464 | * {{Horrorscope}}: Horror drama series about astronomists who discover [[CosmicHorrorStory something strange in the galaxy]]. |
| 465 | * HowWouldYouLikeToDie: An AffectionateParody of {{Gorn}} movies. |
| 466 | ** Featuring Creator/EliRoth as a recurring character. |
| 467 | * HumanJungleGym: Horror BMovie. A new playground is built, but it turns to have a [[HumanResources dark secret]]... |
| 468 | * HumansAreBastards: History channel show chronicling the lowest points of human brutality, torture, mistreatment, genocide, and other general bastard-ness. Each episode has at least one segment about the Nazis. It's the History Channel after all. |
| 469 | * HumansAreCthulhu: An epidemic breaks out where people across the globe inexplicably start transforming into {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. Can our heroes figure out how to stop it? |
| 470 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: A {{spin off}} show of ''HumansAreMonsters'', which focuses on current events, psychology, and sociology as well as history and much like its precedessor has a example involving nazis at least OncePerEpisode. But unlike ''Humans Are Bastards'', it also focuses on stupidity just as much as cruelty and has many {{Take That}}s at the series ''RousseauWasRight''. It had started as an environmentalist show which usually talked about dangerous animals being hunted near extinction. |
| 471 | ** Alternatively, a show about monsters trying to survive against mobs of angry humans. |
| 472 | * IHateYouVampireDad: A sitcom about [[Series/YoungDracula a vampire single father and his rebellious teenaged son]]. |
| 473 | * IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: The DarkerAndEdgier version of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. |
| 474 | ** Alternatively, a WesternAnimation/SouthPark episode in which Cartman shoots Starvin’ Marvin and brags about it. |
| 475 | * ILoveTheDead: Horror movie marathon channel. |
| 476 | * InThatOrder: Comedy movie about a {{Perfectionist}} who's made a plan for his life since kindergarten, and is insistent on following it to a T. |
| 477 | * IncompetenceInc: A WorkCom set in UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} ([[CaliforniaDoubling but shot in]] UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}}) about people who work at a family-run department store. Everybody is so incompetent the facts on how it's stays in business are highly classified by the U.S. government. Was a critical flop on Creator/{{ABC}} and lasted only 1 season of 45 episodes there but was [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular enough in the United Kingdom]] to allow Creator/TheBBC to fund three more seasons, all of which aired stateside on Creator/AdultSwim to great success. |
| 478 | * IncompetentGuardAnimal: A wholesome SaturdayMorningCartoon from UsefulNotes/TheNineties about an overly nice (and incredibly naive) puppy living at a boot camp designed to train dogs into {{Angry Guard Dog}}s run by a DrillSergeantNasty. The Sergeant does everything he can to turn the puppy into a savage beast, but all attempts hilariously fall flat or end up redirected at him. |
| 479 | * InfernalFugitives: A WorkCom mockumentary series about a group of inept mercenaries hired by {{Satan}} to hunt down demons, {{Fallen Angel}}s and other rogued damned that escaped Hell and are out causing havoc. |
| 480 | * TheInspectorIsComing: [[TheDreaded The health inspector]] is coming, and it's up for Mr. Hunker, the leader of the local GreasySpoon, to whip his restaurant into shape or risk being shut down! |
| 481 | * InstantWristwatch: Comedy series about the life of a clockmaker, who does everything very fast and doesn't tolerate his workers lollygagging. |
| 482 | * InvisibleAliens: The studio was a little short on funds. |
| 483 | * InvisibleMainCharacter: A goofy {{Sitcom}} about a protagonist who is always invisible to both their peers ''and'' the audience, so their voice is the only evidence of their existence (other than the large amounts of junk food that go missing from the pantry). |
| 484 | * ItsASmallNetAfterAll: Prequel series to ''Series/SiliconValley'' set during the mid-to-late-1990s/early-2000s. The show's final season depicted the consequences and fallout from the dot-com bubble's bursting in great detail. |
| 485 | * [[{{Headscratchers/Headscratchers}} It Just Bugs Me]]: Participants in this wacky show think they're entering a support group for their entomophobia... until they look inside the snack box! Cancelled after 5 episodes. |
| 486 | * ItTastesLikeFeet: A game show where people have to eat cooked animal feet. |
| 487 | ** Alternatively, a really bad TLC show about sexual fetishes. |
| 488 | * ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: A ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' spin-off where Cricket cleans up his act and moves to New Orleans, only to end up forming his own Gang. |
| 489 | * JackOfAllTrades: A sitcom about a man named Jack who will trade absolutely anything for wealth. HilarityEnsues as this leads to some complications. |
| 490 | * JailBake: Prison-themed sweets cooking competition. |
| 491 | * TheJailer: A {{Mockumentary}} series done in the style of ''Series/{{COPS|1989}}''-style RealityShow set in a PoliceState where the cops arrest innocent people on bogus charges and nonsensical laws. Sometimes they are brought to a KangarooCourt that evokes [[Creator/FranzKafka Kafka's]] ''Film/TheTrial'', other times they play sadistic games with the people they're "arresting" before executing them on sight. As the show goes on, we get a peek into the {{Dystopia}}n world the show is set in and we learn bits and pieces of how it became the way it is. |
| 492 | * JokerImmunity: TV {{Spinoff}} of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (ignoring [[DiedDuringProduction Death During Production]]). A ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''-esque TV show that focuses on the [[Film/TheDarkKnight Joker's]] antics in Gotham City (but filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}). The twist is that the Joker is immortal and dies in increasingly creative ways at least five times an episode and tries to hide it from his FiveManBand of followers as they wreak havoc in Gotham. James Marsters makes appearances as Mr. J's ex-boyfriend, with whom he has a torrid affair behind Harley Quinn's back. |
| 493 | ** JokerImmunity: One million dollars. One simple rule.... You laugh, you ''lose''. Do you have... ''[[TitleDrop Joker Immunity]]''? |
| 494 | * JunglePrincess: A pulpy, late-90's SwordAndSorcery adventure series in the same vein as ''[[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Hercules]]'', ''[[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]]'' and ''Series/{{Beastmaster}}'' about a scantily clad, leopard-skin clad {{Warrior Prince}}ss deep in the jungle who defends her adoptive tribe from all who threaten it, including [[FrazettaMan Ape-Men]], evil spirits and gods who seek to be freed of their imprisonment, {{Adventurer Archaeologist}}s who seek to steal their sacred (and very dangerous) mystical artifacts for profit, etc. |
| 495 | * KentBrockmanNews: A ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' {{Spinoff}} that actually happens. |
| 496 | * KensingtonGore: Produced in the 2010s but stylized like a 1960s show. The titular protagonist is a high-class SerialKiller in an old London town, and must stay undercover lest the police find out. |
| 497 | * KickedOutOfHeaven: Adult comedy film. An angel is [[TitleDrop kicked out of heaven]] for his sins, and has to do good deeds on Earth to get back in. |
| 498 | * KillerGameMaster: TabletopRPG [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Franchise/{{Jumanji}}''. |
| 499 | * KingOfAllCosmos: The life of a former royal living in Cosmos, Minnesota (filmed in Rural UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}). |
| 500 | ** Alternatively (or expanding on that idea), a wacky sitcom about a quirky all-powerful alien king and his family moving to earth and their dealings with their ordinary next-door neighbors. |
| 501 | * LampshadeHanging: A game show where contestants have to hang as many actual lampshades as possible before time runs out. The losers then have to explain why they didn't win. |
| 502 | * TheLegionsOfHell: An apocalyptic comedy about a band of demons sent to destroy earth and their wacky hijinks that occur as they try to complete their mission. |
| 503 | * {{Lesbian Vampire}}s: Bravo series about... lesbian vampires. Gets criticized by the media as "exploitative fluff" but quickly spawns a series of related franchises. |
| 504 | ** Goes on HBO and breaks ratings records, as the plots boil down to "90% GirlOnGirlIsHot, 10% vampire stuff." |
| 505 | * LethalDiagnosis: A medical drama, set in twelfth-century Europe, in which a team of physicians diagnoses every case, from ingrown toenails to cancer, as "imbalanced humours" and invariably prescribes massive doses of emetics, laxatives and leeches, or torturing out the demons. |
| 506 | * LetsSeeYouDoBetter: Viewers who are convinced that a job is easy or talentless are made to do it themselves, often realizing the levels of effort and hard work involved. |
| 507 | * LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: For some reason, I'm thinking Japanese game show. |
| 508 | * LittleMissBadass: A six-year-old girl must battle monsters before it's time for her dinner without her parents knowing. |
| 509 | * LittleMissConArtist: DeliberatelyCuteChild and UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, Emma Timsonners is a {{Jerkass}} HighSchoolHustler. DependingOnTheWriter, she's either a JustifiedCriminal JerkWithAHeartOfGold, a {{Karmic| Thief}} LoveableRogue, or a downplayed VillainProtagonist. |
| 510 | * LittleJimmy: A self-aware parody of those "wholesome family values" sitcoms. |
| 511 | * Lone Dalek: ''Series/DoctorWho'' {{Spinoff}} starring one of the Humanized Daleks from ''The Evil of the Daleks''. |
| 512 | * LoserProtagonist: A movie franchise detailing an unpopular dude [[AtrociousAlias nicknamed Loser]]. |
| 513 | ** LoserBuysLunch: Loser is too incompetent to pay for his bill at a restaurant and gets hired to WorkOffTheDebt. |
| 514 | ** LoserLeavesTown: In the sequel movie, Loser has become so infamous for his bad service that he's run out of town. But what kind of place would want him as a resident? |
| 515 | ** LoserGetsTheGirl: In his new hometown, Loser meets a girl who's perfect for him... except she doesn't like him back. Has a SurprisinglyHappyEnding. |
| 516 | ** LoserSonOfLoserDad: They get married and have kids. However, Loser's son is ridiculed for his similarity to his dad, who has to shape up to save his son's reputation. |
| 517 | * LoveConfessor: Two people are perfect for each other, and do have feelings, but never directly speak to each other. EveryoneCanSeeIt, and their mutual friend takes it upon himself to get them to confess. |
| 518 | * ALoveToDismember: A serial killer usually enters relations just for the sake of murdering the unlucky victim... until he falls in love for real. |
| 519 | * LovecraftCountry: AlternateHistory series where Creator/HPLovecraft tries to balance running the USA with saving the world from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. |
| 520 | * LumberMillMayhem: A ZanyCartoon about a group of silly people working in a lumber mill. |
| 521 | * [[{{MacGuffin}} [=MacGuffin=]]]: A PI who can solve any crime from just one clue. It's just a matter of finding that one clue. |
| 522 | * MachineBlood: A man has to cope with the horrifying discovery that he's part-cyborg. |
| 523 | * MachoCamp: A group of super tough men go through brutal training at a boot camp. |
| 524 | * MadeOfIndestructium: A reality-TV documentary on the incredible survival stories man's best-manufactured products. |
| 525 | * MadeOfIron: A warrior deals with the emotional weight of becoming a cyborg after an accident. |
| 526 | * MadeOfPlasticine: A ''Series/MythBusters''-type show, where the hosts test out horror movie deaths. An HBO original, since Discovery Science Channel turned it down. |
| 527 | * MagicPants: The misadventures of TheCasanova and a CasanovaWannabe in Vegas ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in]] UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}), trying to pick up as many chicks as they can. |
| 528 | ** Alternatively, a show about a pair of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin magic pants]] that grant their owner's (a ragtag bunch of students) wishes - the catch is that the pants shrink a size for every wish you make in a 24 hour period so you have to BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor. |
| 529 | * TheMagicPokerEquation: A small group of poker-playing witches and wizards travel the globe and use their magic to win poker games in the world's swankiest casinos. |
| 530 | ** TheMagicPokerEquation: A camera crew follows Antonio Esfandiari (aka The Magician) around as he wins obscene amounts of money playing poker. |
| 531 | * MagicalGirlfriend: 80s anime about a TagalongKid who falls in love with a MagicalGirl and comes along on her adventures. |
| 532 | * MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest: It's a known fact that every up-and-coming magic girl must pass their test to be crowned an official MagicalGirl. But how will our {{Tomboy}} hero pass? |
| 533 | * MagicallyDelicious: About a SupremeChef who uses his magic to make his food taste good. |
| 534 | * MaidCorps: Think ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' but with Japanese maids. |
| 535 | * MailmanVsDog: A crafty mailman and a rabid dog duke it out in short animated skits. To keep the show interesting, both of them tend to win an equal amount of times. |
| 536 | * MakeAnExampleOfThem: A SadistTeacher props his students up to get in trouble, leaving them in [[ParanoiaFuel constant fear]]... until one of them decides to fight back and give the teacher a taste of his own medicine. |
| 537 | * MakeGamesNotWar: An analysis on MurderSimulators, talking about games that teach positive ideals and messages rather than just being pointlessly violent. |
| 538 | * MandatoryLine: Construction workers appeal for their transportation line to be installed to run everywhere. |
| 539 | * MarsWantsChocolate: Comedy cartoon. A chocolate company seeks to expand their market, so they begin selling to aliens on other planets. |
| 540 | * MartialArtsAndCrafts: He's a karate instructor looking to open his own dojo. She sells crocheted cats on Etsy and wants a brick-and-mortar shop. They share commercial space - [[WillTheyOrWontThey will they come to share their lives]]? |
| 541 | * MaskedLuchador: An action show about the exploits of a Lucha Libre wrestler who uses his strength and righteous heart to clean the mean-streets of Mexico City. |
| 542 | * MasterRace: Who can win the grand circuit around the globe and prove themselves the best racer in the world? |
| 543 | * MathRock: A sentient rock teaches kids about math. Not the most exciting program. |
| 544 | * MayContainEvil: Supervillains run a delivery company to infiltrate heroes' secret lairs. |
| 545 | * MayDecemberRomance: Romantic Anthology series on the Hallmark Channel. |
| 546 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: Christmas love story where the characters are mayflies. |
| 547 | * {{McNinja}}: Advertising/McDonalds-sponsored SaturdayMorningCartoon about a ninja who lurks in the shadows... ''of deliciousness''! He's always trying to sneak [=McDonald's=] food into other peoples' meals. |
| 548 | * MeaninglessLives: A FollowTheLeader style SoapOpera. Ridiculously depressing, featuring excessive {{Wangst}} and asinine plot twists. Unpopular with the [[{{Demographics}} Primary Demographic]], has a cult following with [[PeripheryDemographic College Students.]] They think its hilarious. |
| 549 | * MeatVersusVeggies: Educational short film about healthy eating, where some sentient meat fights against sentient veggies to see who should really belong on kids' plates. In the end, they come to realize that both are important for a balanced meal and form a truce. |
| 550 | * MedicinalCuisine: When an amateur doctor is in danger of losing his license, he confides in his wife, who's a world-class chef. She comes up with the idea of [[TitleDrop Medicinal Cuisine]], a food that can cure common illnesses. It strengthens their relationship, but could this "medicine" actually be a sham? |
| 551 | * MedievalMorons: A {{sitcom}} where 3 {{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s from medieval times stumble upon a time machine and are sent to the present. HilarityEnsues. |
| 552 | * MegaManning: the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}}'' metaseries retooled as a half-hour TV cartoon. The show would spend time on major events in the series such as Dr. Wily betraying Dr. Light, Haruka Hikari giving birth to twins and the oldest one (Hub) dying, and finally, Sonia Strumm being blackmailed into working for the bad guys. |
| 553 | ** Alternately, a story about hitting Peyton Manning with a [[MakeMyMonsterGrow gigantor ray]]. |
| 554 | ** More alternately, Peyton Manning's weekly NFL talk show on {{Creator/HBO}}, featuring himself, always wearing turtlenecks and suit jackets, and a weekly alternating guest in [[{{Camp}} wing chairs]] in front of a [[{{Minimalism}} black wall]]. |
| 555 | * MegaNeko: A documentary on cats, including the various roles, and ways they have affected mankind throughout history. |
| 556 | ** Alternatively, a documentary specifically about the history of cats in Japan. |
| 557 | ** Alternatively, a wacky anime about a normal family and their size-changing cat who fights kaiju in Tokyo. |
| 558 | ** Alternatively, a Japanese version of WesternAnimation/CliffordTheBigRedDog, [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE but with a giant cat instead of a dog]]. |
| 559 | * {{Meganekko}}: {{Spinoff}} of Action Girl, showing that a woman can wear glasses, look beautiful and still kick ass. Takes the "guys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses" myth and destroys it. |
| 560 | * TheMentor: A comedic series about a man who makes his living mentoring epic heroes and superheroes and how it stunts his personal life. An instant cult classic. |
| 561 | ** Alternatively, a heartwarming series about a Big-Brothers-program volunteer who helps at-risk kids, most of whom don't make it easy for him, and the lessons he learns along the way. (But the other one sounds better.) |
| 562 | ** Or an old, very highbrow and dry BBC comedy about an obscure character from the Iliad, who has developed such an ego that he Spells His Name With A The. (Canceled after a few episodes.) |
| 563 | * MetroidVania: An installment of both franchises in which [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] inherits the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Vampire Killer]]. Like Metroid Prime: Pinball but with the grapple beam taking centre stage. |
| 564 | * MiddleManagementMook: an ordinary guy is put in charge of... a low-level corporate office. What madness will occur next? |
| 565 | ** ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''. |
| 566 | * MightyWhitey: A racist superhero show that folded after a single episode. Ruined the director and the regular cast. |
| 567 | ** MightyWhitey: A cartoon on Adult Swim. 100 years ago, a small white alien who looks like Play-Yan-Kun visited Earth. Now, he came back, and discovered the Creativity Movement. Thinking that the religion was founded because they thought he was a deity after seeing "The White Man's Bible", he decides to become the title superhero to live up to his standard as a superhero. Of course, as it is in real life, the Creativity Movement is a white supremacist religion, and both his superhero identity and his human identity, Sam White, spread the idea that Creativity isn't racist. Hilarity Ensures. |
| 568 | * MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: A {{Sitcom}} about a kindergarten teacher who accidentally becomes a high school principal. HilarityEnsues. It's the second-highest rated TV show on it's network. |
| 569 | * MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: A ''Film/TheDisasterArtist''-esque miniseries about the making of ''Film/MeganIsMissing''. |
| 570 | * MistakenForAliens: A mix-up at a maternity ward leads to some human babies and alien babies being switched. |
| 571 | * MistakenForDying: BlackComedy, where the world is convinced that our protagonist has a terminal illness and he tries to set everyone straight. |
| 572 | * MistakenForGay: Documentary about how assuming that a man must be gay because of his job, interests, etc is unhelpful to both straight and gay men. |
| 573 | * MistakenForMurderer: Our protagonist is wrongly jailed after being framed for murder. |
| 574 | * MistakenForRomance: CringeComedy about a pair of PlatonicLifePartners who everyone else assumes are a couple. |
| 575 | * MisterMuffykins: SubvertedKidsShow about a [[KillerRabbit adorable golden retriever]] who turns out to be murderous. |
| 576 | * SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: An [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic]] show about a boy named Awesome gets crowned king after a series of tests. |
| 577 | ** Alternatively, a show hosted by Creator/ChuckNorris, Creator/BruceLee, and [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Nick Offerman]] where they interview martial artists, boxers, wrestlers, and heroic badasses after showing a bunch videos of badass stunts. Noteworthy examples include a [[MamaBear woman saving her son]] by fighting off a [[BearsAreBadNews bear]] with a [[NoodleImplements zucchini and a roll of toliet paper]] and a guy wrestling a tiger with a knife in its mouth. |
| 578 | ** A ''Series/FearFactor''-style stunt contest. |
| 579 | * ModelMuseum: Comedy-drama about a married couple: he's a humble museum tour guide, she's a world-famous model. When the museum's attendance dwindles, his wife takes it upon herself to save the business. |
| 580 | * MoleMiner: An {{Edutainment}} AllCGICartoon about an [[FunnyAnimal anthropomorphic]] mole [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin miner]] who works the mines in a mineral-rich region alongside other moles and at the same time teaches the audience middle-school-level knowledge about geology, engineering, history of mining, and industrial uses of different minerals. Was canceled after one season in the US due to low ratings, but was [[{{Uncanceled}} subsequently revived]] with a SequelSeries [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff made in Germany]]. |
| 581 | ** Alternatively, a series about counterintelligence operatives who “dig out” moles. |
| 582 | * MonsterCloset: A [[DefangedHorrors Kid-Friendly]] Horror Anthology, with the Boogeyman as the HorrorHost. He lives in an old closet with his neighbors; a monster under the bed, a monster under the stairs, a monster in the attic, a monster in the basement and a GenkiGirl that actually owns the house. |
| 583 | * MonsterFangirl: LoonyFan the series. |
| 584 | ** Alternatively, a documentary about female fans of serial killers and other criminals real and fictional. |
| 585 | *** Alternatively, a documentary about girls who are fans of Toys/MonsterHigh and other series/toylines where the characters are weird and different. |
| 586 | ** Alternatively, a horror/comedy show about a perky girl who becomes a fan of a monster after he unintentionally saves her from a human bad guy. He is forced to live with her when he gets injured and the monster hunters come after him, and then his monster "friends" show up and move in with them too. HilarityEnsues. |
| 587 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Nostalgic documentaries about famous fictional monsters, from Japanese rubber suits to B-movie legends. |
| 588 | * MoralGuardians: {{Animesque}} action/adventure series in which a FiveTokenBand, all Christian [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalists]] armed with the power of faith, fight the forces of Satan, [[ScienceIsBad science]], sex, drugs, and [[RockMeAsmodeus rock'n'roll]]. HilarityEnsues. |
| 589 | * MoreDakka: ''Series/TopGearUK'' with guns. Known for having the Gun Board, where they place guns the hosts think are the coolest, and Star with an Average Gun, where celebrities see how accurate they can be with a bog standard pistol. |
| 590 | ** Alternatively, a long advertisement put together by the Tourist and Visitor Board of [[UsefulNotes/{{Bangladesh}} Dacca, the capital of Bangladesh]]. |
| 591 | * MostCommonSuperpower: Hero derives his powers from having no class. His weaknesses are culture and sophistication. |
| 592 | * MostWritersAreAdults: Child novelist struggles to be taken seriously. |
| 593 | * MostWritersAreHuman: A show about a group of writers, but one of them might actually be an alien. |
| 594 | * TheMountainsOfIllinois: One day, mountains randomly appear in the middle of Illinois, and a FiveManBand of plucky, quirky, but incredibly attractive people decide to investigate why it happened. Eventually, they fight crime in the mysterious mountains while they search for their cause. |
| 595 | ** Terry Bisson wrote a story about an "Uplift" where this happened. |
| 596 | * MultipleChoicePast: Every character has conflicting backstories and the mystery is finding out which ones are true. |
| 597 | * MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: DefangedHorrors comedy film. In ancient Egypt, a family of mummies prepares for their boss coming over for dinner, and the BumblingDad wants his family to be on their best behavior. |
| 598 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: A parody of [=YouTube=] reviewer shows which involves reviewing extremely normal things. All the critics are {{Caustic Critic}}s with a HairTriggerTemper. |
| 599 | * MuseumOfTheStrangeAndUnusual: An [[GenreAnthology anthology series]] with stories based on an artifact or exhibit housed in the titular museum. |
| 600 | * MurderousMannequin: An evil mannequin breaks free from a store display and tries to kill the employees. |
| 601 | * MurderDotCom: TheNewTwenties horror/sci-fi mashup film. Our protagonist, an anonymous hitman for hire, organizes a website as an easier way to get requests while not exposing their identity. |
| 602 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: Members of a nightmarish street gang learn trigonometry. |
| 603 | * MurderSimulators: To vent their rage and frustration, teenage students as a specialized school are allowed to enter "Murder Simulators". Conflict ensues as one of our leads begins taking his violent impulses outside of school, while another suspects that they might ''really'' be killing people instead of just using simulators. |
| 604 | * MurderWater: BMovie about a water monster who tries to kill people who swim in the public pool. |
| 605 | * MyBelovedSmother: There's actually a movie based on this trope, titled, of course, ''Smother''. Maybe a followup sitcom? |
| 606 | * MyCarHatesMe: A comedy about a group of auto mechanics. |
| 607 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A drama about a fundamentalist Christian who changes his interpretations of his faith to reconcile with his estranged family members. |
| 608 | * MyHeroZero: A crossover of ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' and ''Anime/CodeGeass'' that involves Zero and Lelouch teaming up saving the world. |
| 609 | * NakedInMink: Any lady can win a fur coat of her choice if she is willing to wear nothing else (save for shoes, jewelry, a purse, and panties if it's a jacket), in public for a certain amount of time, depending on the value of the coat. Bodyguards for the contestants stay mostly off screen, unless PETA harasses her, or if some guys try to rough her up. Some fans consider the bodyguards beating up those people to be the best part of the show. |
| 610 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: A series about the high school adventures of Maximilien Robespierre, Typhoid Mary, Joseph Stalin, and Ted Bundy, drawn together by their unfortunate names and the social isolation as a result. |
| 611 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: A BlackComedy about a gang of neo-Nazis travelling to different European countries, trying to dupe people into joining their cause by dressing up their goals in fancy rhetoric and pretending to be more heroic and respectable than they really are. Very unflattering in its portrayal of nationalism and authoritarianism. |
| 612 | * NeuroVault: a modern-day series which uses the resident JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind phlebotinum on a minimum of OnceAnEpisode basis, for various reasons: to communicate with comatose individuals, to act as a MindProbe, all sorts of things. Could become very imaginatively-used Phlebotinum. |
| 613 | * NeverSayDie: Horror-comedy about perseverance during a zombie apocalypse. |
| 614 | * NeverSleepAgain: Horror film about a group of friends who must survive a sleepover with a SpreeKiller going after them. |
| 615 | * NewHouseNewProblems: An unlucky family that are HatedByAll try to live in houses all over the world, but everywhere they go, someone recognizes them from their past and tries to kick them out. |
| 616 | * NewspaperDating: Serialized drama. A newspaper editor uses his position to send hidden messages to his LoveInterest. |
| 617 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: A reality show about ex-cons who run a house flipping business. Airs on either [=HGTV=] or the Mangolia Network. |
| 618 | * NiceKitty: Anime where the main character is a cute house cat. |
| 619 | * DarthWiki/NightmareFuel: A look at cars that are supposedly cursed or haunted. But after the retool, it's just a ripoff of ''Series/PimpMyRide'', but the cars are "scary". |
| 620 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: A group of small town people fight monsters while led by the mutilated ghost of the local gas station owner. |
| 621 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: An animated version of ''Series/{{The Odd Couple|1970}}'', just with four characters. So popular, it's remade in Japan, just with a Ninja chick, a MagicalGirlWarrior, an {{Ojou}}, and a RobotMaid. |
| 622 | ** FighterMageThief: A spin-off of the above. Similar premise, but more [[FantasticRacism kobold abuse.]] |
| 623 | * NoFourthWall: A lucky couple wins a free house... little realizing the incompetence of the architects building it! But the fine print says they must stay in their new home for at least two years before moving out. Will they survive when the neighbors can see everything that goes on in their family? And more importantly, will their marriage? |
| 624 | * '''[[NoIndoorVoice NO INDOOR VOICE]]''': Comic wackiness where '''EVERYONE IS AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE!''' |
| 625 | ** After a {{Crossover}} with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, it becomes '''BIG WORDS IN ALL CAPS!''' |
| 626 | * NoPartyGiven: High school AlphaBitch Tasha Tanner's parents won't let her hold her big end-of-the-year graduation bash! To avoid disappointing her posse, it's up to her to find a way to host it in secret. |
| 627 | * NoPlotNoProblem: A reality game show where contestants have to perform a heist in a maximum security vault using only their wits, their strength, and their improvational skills. |
| 628 | * NoRulesRacing: ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' with the SerialNumbersFiledOff. |
| 629 | * NoWomansLand: In a dystopian future where heterosexuality is considered a criminal offense and the genders have been divorced from each other on a national scale. One day, a man ends up discovering a woman far into male territory looking for her husband, eventually striking an [[StarCrossedLovers illegal sexual-relationship of their own]]. She discovers that her husband has long since died for being a political prisoner and the man tries getting her back to the Female territory for her own safety. |
| 630 | * NoisyDuck: An EdutainmentShow aimed at younger viewers. The protagonist, Noisy Duck, always makes noise that interrupts others. His friends tell him that there's a right time to be loud, and he becomes more considerate. |
| 631 | * NoodleImplements: People are challenged to cook using unorthodox tools. |
| 632 | * NoodleIncident: Documentary about Music/GunsNRoses. |
| 633 | ** Alternatively, a sitcom set in an Italian restaurant. |
| 634 | * NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion: People send in deep questions and the hosts of the show answer, interpreting the question in a mundane way. |
| 635 | * NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Reality TV series about helping people overcome their fears. |
| 636 | * NotInMyBackyard: Documentary on the NIMBY phenomonon. |
| 637 | * NotSafeForWork: A TV-MA rated rapid fire SketchComedy show presented as a collection of internet clips that REALLY push the boundaries of its rating. Cancelled after two seasons, and often considered a cult classic. |
| 638 | * NotSoAboveItAll: A sitcom about a teenage princess who must act prim and proper but is secretly a huge goofball. |
| 639 | * NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Sitcom in which an UnluckyEverydude moves to a neighborhood full of assorted weirdos and has to carefully avoid offending them at every turn. |
| 640 | * NowHowMuchWouldYouPay: ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' clone. |
| 641 | * OdeToApathy: A reality show about people talking about struggles they had with not being interested in various popular things (such as asexuals with sex, non-smokers with smoking, unathletic people with sports, etc). |
| 642 | * OdeToFood: A musical about food. |
| 643 | * OminousTelevision: GenreRoulette channel of horror shows that are themed around TV and technology: usually analogue horror and found-footage style films. |
| 644 | * OneBadMother: A family of MassiveNumberedSiblings are bossed around by their incredibly controlling mother. One day, they find that she's gone too far, and the siblings (and their BumblingDad, who gets [[TheDragAlong dragged along]]) have to take her down and restore equality in the household. |
| 645 | * OneWingedAngel: An anime/ manga in which a minor angel loses one of her wings in a battle with a powerful demon. her wing is shattered into seven pieces, and placed in the care of Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Wrath, Envy, Sloth and Greed. Can she defeat not only the SevenDeadlySins, but the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, regain her wing, save the world, and the ghosts caught between their final rest and their UnfinishedBusiness? Spawns a videogame. Considered quite noteworthy in that the creator is aware that [[AnimeCatholicism Christianity isn't shinto with crosses and Jesus held on with glue]]. |
| 646 | ** [[JesusTaboo And sometimes, not even Jesus]]. |
| 647 | ** BrokenAngel: [[MarketBasedTitle The english dub]] |
| 648 | * OneWheeledWonder: A game show where two teams of professional engineers compete in building {{Rube Goldberg Device}}s, with one caveat: the teams are only allowed to use one wheel per machine. |
| 649 | * OnlyInFlorida: Sitcom set in Florida ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in California]]) about a neighborhood full of {{wacky| guy}} neighbors and [[OnlySaneMan one sane family]] to provide a StraightMan for the comedy that follows. |
| 650 | * OnlySaneMan: Sitcom about a successful stockbroker who accidentally gets on the wrong bus one day and ends up in an insane asylum. HilarityEnsues as he tries every episode ([[StatusQuoIsGod and fails]]) to either escape or prove his sanity. |
| 651 | * OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Nerdy teenaged boy gets abducted by a group of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe alien space-babes]]. They tell him that all of their men have become infertile and that they have chosen him (humans possessing the right chromosomes to breed with them, he himself matching the specific parameters they are looking for in a male) to be the savior of their species. |
| 652 | * OurMonstersAreDifferent: A HorrorComedy show about a team of [[MadScientist mad scientists']] attempts to create and/or modify various monsters, ForScience! |
| 653 | * OrionDrive: The Kessel family appear to be a regular nuclear family who just moved into the house next door on the eponymous road in Neptune, Florida ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in California]]). But they're actually three extra-terrestrials and a human scientist who worked together to escape a government holding facility, trying to lay low for a while until they can figure out a way to return the extra-terrestrials home. The second episode establishes their home system to be somewhere in the Orion constellation. |
| 654 | * {{Paladin}}: A crime scene procedural drama like ''Series/{{CSI}}'' or ''Series/{{Bones}}'' for some reason. |
| 655 | ** A show like ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', but [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace reworked in]] a [[HeroicFantasy Swords and Sorcery]] setting. |
| 656 | ** The syndicated title of ''Series/HaveGunWillTravel'' |
| 657 | * PardonMyKlingon: CBS does a sitcom about Trekkies. |
| 658 | ** Alternatively, a sitcom set in the actual Star Trek universe about a bunch of average people of different races working on a space station. Think ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' meets ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''. |
| 659 | * ParodyCommercial: A SketchComedy show on Creator/AdultSwim. As the name would imply, each episode is "sponsored" by a fake product. |
| 660 | * PatrickStewartSpeech: Patrick Stewart reads out text suggested by the audience and proves that Shakespearean training can [[MundaneMadeAwesome make anything sound dramatic]]. |
| 661 | ** The audience is especially fond of [[MundaneUtility ingredients lists found on food packages]]. |
| 662 | * PersonalGainHurts: Would you expect any less from spitting cobras? But while you're avoiding their painful venom, don't forget to watch out for the spikes, tigers and other hilarious hazards as you attempt to grab dollars from a pile of money before it sinks into the quicksand (smart players realize it just makes the money wet, and it's still legal tender). |
| 663 | * PestController: Show about a supervillain of the same name, who can summon and control bugs to do his bidding. |
| 664 | * PickyEater: Cooking show where the contestants must cook for picky toddlers. |
| 665 | * PimpedOutCape: Some superheroes need help to make their CostumeEvolution as grand as possible. |
| 666 | * PimpedOutDress: The style channel's answer to ''Series/PimpMyRide''. {{Socialite}}s and [[BlueBlood noblewomen]] appear to have their dresses be the most outstanding at their next event. |
| 667 | * PlayerCharacter: A ComicFantasy series where various random people find themselves trapped as their characters at the latest MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame. |
| 668 | * APlotInDeed: A man suddenly inherits a plot of land for reasons he can't quite grasp, and uses it to build his dream house. His jealous family members try to prove that he got it fraudulently. |
| 669 | * TrollingCreator: A documentary about Internet trolls. Includes a rare interview with Creator/HansVonHozel. |
| 670 | * ThePlague: HBO medieval historical drama set during Black Death. Critics adored it, but many viewers complained that so many likable characters rather anticlimactically succumbed to bubonic plague. The producers later admitted it was made as a StealthParody of historical dramas. |
| 671 | * PlasticBitch: Like ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'', but a particularly disagreeable woman who's made out of cheap materials. |
| 672 | * PlatformingPocketPal: A cartoon set within a FictionalVideoGame from the perspective of the {{Player Character}}'s sidekick, who feels like his partner is an IdiotHero and that he himself gets no respect from anyone. |
| 673 | * ThePointsMeanNothing: A comedy [[GameShow Quiz Show]] where contestants answer questions from a variety of subjects with the host constantly reminding them that [[TitleDrop the points mean nothing]] and that the questions they answered are irrelevant. The method of choosing a winner is different each episode. |
| 674 | * PolarBearsAndPenguins: Cute animated show in which adorable creatures from both poles team up to fight global warming and its causes with ThePowerOfFriendship and snowballs. Second only to WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers in the GreenAesop department. |
| 675 | * PolarPenguins: Animated kids' comedy show about a family of penguins who live in Antarctica. |
| 676 | * PollyWantsAMicrophone: A sitcom about the daily life of a family that owns a wise-cracking parrot with dreams of stardom and making it as a big comedian in Hollywood. HilarityEnsues. The parrot is portrayed by a puppet a la ''Series/{{Alf}}'' and voiced by a famous RealLife comedian. |
| 677 | * PonyTale: An attempt to cash in on the popularity of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', that didn't quite work as well. |
| 678 | * PoorPredictableRock: In an anime where EveryoneIsASuper, the protagonist is maligned for having DishingOutDirt powers, something considered BoringButPractical in a world full of more interesting powers. Part of the anime's appeal is him discovering that he actually won the SuperpowerLottery and he's smart enough to be the first to figure it out, uncovering new and impressive utility for his ability. |
| 679 | * PosthumousCharacter: {{Mockbuster}}[=/=]AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/TheCrow''. |
| 680 | * PowerUp: A Japanese attempt at creating an American-style {{Superhero}} drama. An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent transforms into a superhero by shouting the show title as his CatchPhrase and fights crime ([[MonsterOfTheWeek and sometimes monsters]]). |
| 681 | * ThePowerOfApathy: A ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''-esq SitCom starring the OnlySaneMan in [[WorldGoneMad a world otherwise exclusively populated by the insane and the stupid]]. |
| 682 | * ThePowerOfLove: Similar to MoralGuardians above in that a FiveTokenBand of devout Christians take on the forces of Satan. However, science and rock are not classified as such--in fact, [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]] has a degree in biochemistry and TheBigGuy is a big rock fan. Furthermore, the heroes and villains alike are complex characters. |
| 683 | ** AlasPoorVillain: Delves into the late [[BigBad Doctor Demonic's]] backstory. A cautionary tale about bitterness. The writers intended that you pity Doctor Demonic, and you will. |
| 684 | ** ImposterForgotOneDetail: An episode about Satan disguising himself as an angel of light. |
| 685 | ** MysteriousPast: The one foray into the creation debate, where the moral is that anybody can have their own opinion on how the Earth was formed, whether it be science-based or religion-based. Scentific skeptics (and New Atheists like Creator/RichardDawkins), young-earth creationists, old-earth non-evolutionists, and old-earth theistic evolutionists alike were dissatisfied. |
| 686 | ** RedemptionEqualsDeath: The Holy Week episode from season 4. |
| 687 | ** StopBeingStereotypical: A VerySpecialEpisode attacking the HolierThanThou attitude and [[TheFundamentalist depictions of all Christians as fundamentalists or politically conservative]]. |
| 688 | ** MyGodWhatHaveIDone: One of the regular non-Satantic enemies of the FiveTokenBand, a werewolf, undergoes a HeelFaithTurn and defects to the good side. |
| 689 | * PretendWereDead: ThoseTwoGuys are mistaken for dead after an insane accident. They just roll with it to freak people out. |
| 690 | * PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Which princess can plan, organize, and supervise the building of her new palace: her ''power house''? |
| 691 | * PrincessClassic: A European princess takes a day job as the conductor for her country's orchestra. Although a drama, it draws in a lot of viewers for its biting humor in the vein of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' (the SmallReferencePools inversion, not the screwball plots). |
| 692 | * TheProblemWithPenIsland: A series set in a provocatively named GayBar near Penn Island in [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} New Brunswick]]; focuses on the difficulties of being gay in such a rural setting. |
| 693 | * ThePromPlot: Teen comedy movie. A group of teenagers try to ruin the school prom for the resident AlphaBitch and her obnoxious boyfriend. |
| 694 | * ProfessorGuineaPig: A professor accidentally turns himself into a guinea pig. HilarityEnsues. |
| 695 | ** This sounds a lot like what happened to Kanoi Watanabe in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' |
| 696 | * ProtectThisHouse: A woman inherits a house and must prevent anyone from getting in, lest they uncover a dark secret about her family history. |
| 697 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: A ComicFantasy series about a stereotypical {{Horny Viking|s}} trying to live the 21st-century ideal of a Viking (pillaging, [[HornsOfBarbarism wearing horned helmets]], excessive drinking) in a more historically accurate Viking village who finds his antics annoying. |
| 698 | * PsychoForHire: Docudrama about the challenges faced by the mentally ill as they try to find gainful employment. |
| 699 | * ThePublicDomainChannel: 24/7 public domain footage. |
| 700 | * PungeonMaster: A man in a clown suit cheers up strangers he thinks look depressed by haranguing them with a non-stop barrage of puns. The only way to make him stop is to laugh. Which do you value more... your sanity, or your dignity? |
| 701 | * PureEnergy: Stereotypical "manly" show where a group of crazy guys take basic appliances and try to add [[TimTaylorTechnology MORE POWER.]] Occasionally features Tim Allen. |
| 702 | ** A product placement laden 90s cartoon made by Pure Energy brand batteries about a superhero who fights crime by using said batteries to power himself up and transform into the grotesquely muscular powerhouse of a man that was depicted on the packaging of the batteries at the time. |
| 703 | * PutOnABus: A bunch of people get on a bus and realize that while it's always moving, it never actually goes anywhere, leaving them stuck in a state of limbo. At the end of the series, they finally get to their destination to find that no time has passed in the outside world, but they've [[CharacterDevelopment changed a lot]]. |
| 704 | ** 1996 Argentinian film ''Moebius'' [[spoiler: minus the ending]]. |
| 705 | * RatherInnAccessible: |
| 706 | ** Reality show discussing the best places to build fledging lodges, cabins, and hotels. |
| 707 | ** A man tries to check into every hotel in the world, until he finds one in a far off place that leaves him stumped. HilarityEnsues as he tries to get there. |
| 708 | * RealMenCook: a cooking show with manly macho men learning to cook on a ranch in the woods, culminating in a competition of the skills they learned. The first edition's winner was chili-and-beer pork ribs. |
| 709 | * JustForFun/RecycledInSpace: A documentary about recycling methods in the future. |
| 710 | ** A ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''-style show where basic premises to bad TV shows are turned into sci-fis. Sci-fi's are turned into fantasies. |
| 711 | * ReasoningWithGod: Gritty drama show. In a dystopian world where religion is outlawed, an agnostic man hopes that one day, he'll be convinced of God's existence. |
| 712 | * RedLiveLobster: Indie comedy film. A man aims to put Red Lobster out of business by sneaking dangerous living things into peoples' food, only for his plans to backfire every time. |
| 713 | * RedShirtArmy: A comedic sci-fi show about a small, quirky, MildlyMilitary platoon of soldiers aligned with would-be heroes, but otherwise wouldn't be memorable. Occasionally [[AnyoneCanDie someone gets killed off]], but a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute new person]] joins the group. The cast changes completely at least three times. |
| 714 | ** Alternatively, a sports drama about a “redshirted” plebe football playing West Point cadet. |
| 715 | * RedheadsAreUncool: A KidCom about the life and times of a ginger-kid who's bullied and ridiculed for having hobbies and interests that would be common-place in RealLife, but are typically short-hand for losers in the world of fiction. |
| 716 | * RefugeInAudacity: A show specifically designed to give MoralGuardians aneurysms. After cancellation, it lives on in internet distribution. |
| 717 | * ReligionIsWrong: A documentary on the New Atheist movement. Two leaders in the movement were charged with fraud relating to use of Patreon for their blogs after broadcast. |
| 718 | * RetailTherapy: A series about a psychiatrist who lost her license, her marriage and all her life savings over a costly misdiagnosis, and is now forced to work as a store clerk to make ends meet. She observes people’s shopping habits, identifies any psychological issues they might have, and helps them deal with it. |
| 719 | * RewardingVandalism: A game show set in a [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding Conveniently Empty City Block]], where contestants aim to commit over-the-top acts of vandalism (up to and including torching parked cars and shattering windows with explosion shockwaves) in order to rack up points while avoiding the attention of the show's "policemen". Folded after three episodes due to massive outcry from {{Media Watchdog}}s and law enforcement agencies. |
| 720 | * RoboFamily: Faux-retro domestic {{Sitcom}} starring a family of RealLife ''non-humanoid'' robots. Dad's a welding arm in a car factory, Mom's a bread slicer, teenage son's a ''FIRST'' competition 'bot and the baby of the family's made out of Lego. |
| 721 | * RobotReligion: Comedy show focusing on a group of robots who have a bizarre religion. The pilot episode is called "ThankTheMaker" and introduces the idea that robots worship and pray to "the Maker" rather than God. |
| 722 | * RocksFallEveryoneDies: A drama about the end of the dinosaurs. |
| 723 | ** RocksFallEveryoneDies: A ''Wipeout''-inspired game show. [[FiveManBand Five contestants]] work together to navigate a giant maze. Another contestant works the traps and sends in the monsters. If the navigators complete the maze, they win. [[TotalPartyKill If they "die"]], the dungeon-master wins. Ten thousand dollars per winner on the line. |
| 724 | *** So basically ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' Deathrun? |
| 725 | * JustForFun/RoleAssociation: A game show where actors with long credit lists recreate scenes from movies or TV shows they were in, using the characterization of a ''different'' character they played. Contestants have to guess the movie/show for cash and prizes. |
| 726 | * RousseauWasRight: A show focusing on random Heartwarming/ActsOfKindness both from history and current events. It features psychological and sociological facts. DuelingShows with HumansAreTheRealMonsters. |
| 727 | ** Alternatively, evidence (or propaganda depending who you ask) for Rousseasu's philosophies. |
| 728 | * RubberFace: A SliceOfLife anime about a boy that's an expert at making funny faces and his adventures with his fellow misfit friends. |
| 729 | * RuinsOfTheModernAge: A docu-series made by a Right-Wing Think-Tank explaining why the West is dying due to "degeneracy". |
| 730 | * RuleOfFun: An AllLovingHero becomes the leader of a {{Cloudcuckooland}}. Plots deal with his visits from ambassadors of other, more normal countries, and how he gets along with the other members of his cabinet. |
| 731 | * RuleOfFunny: A comedian competition show, where three comics compete OnceAnEpisode to find out who will be the King of Funny. Notably tanked because the comics weren't very good. ExecutiveMeddling demands that this be {{Retool}}ed as RuleOfCool: a show about people pulling outrageous stunts instead of telling jokes. |
| 732 | * SugarWiki/RuleOfSeanConnery: Creator/SeanConnery is named King of the World. Do you need any more? |
| 733 | * RunningGag: A struggling comedian becomes a fitness guru. |
| 734 | ** RunningGagged: The HotterAndSexier sequel. |
| 735 | * RunningTheAsylum: An animated sitcom about a group of committed lunatics who overpower the orderlies and [[TitleDrop run the asylum.]] Think ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in a loony bin]] and with more ComedicSociopathy. |
| 736 | ** Or a show about the people who work at [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Arkham Asylum]] and their interactions with the villans/patients. |
| 737 | * RussianReversal: A series about the Russian Olympic Wrestling Team. |
| 738 | * SafetyFreak: A comedy movie. The eccentric safety inspector of a power plant goes to drastic-yet-hilarious measures to make sure it's up to code. |
| 739 | * {{Santabomination}}: The ChristmasEpisode to a particularly dark FantasticNoir where various murders of high profile criminals are happening around Christmas, evidence pointing to Santa Claus murdering them, only to reveal that it is TheKrampus doing all of the killing. |
| 740 | * SantasExistenceClause: A group of children are having their doubts about Santa's existence, but are worried that it makes them bad people. |
| 741 | * SavePoint: An anime about two boys, a girl, and a robotic dog who travel into '[[XtremeKoolLetterz The Elektrik Network]]', a realm in cyberspace under attack from a mysterious type of virus known as Virek. Getting into 'The Elektrik Network' is done through use of computer terminals known as '[[TitleDrop Save Points]]'. |
| 742 | * ScareChord: A special looking at some of the best horror film tunes. |
| 743 | * ScienceMarchesOn: History of science. |
| 744 | * ScrewTheRulesItsTheApocalypse: A zoomer-centric HorrorComedy series where mismanagement cascades into the collapse of the society and while the old people wind up killing each other out of paranoia and general human idiocy, the younger generations realize that their futures are no longer doomed from the start and start their own rad society full of punk-fashion, music, art and TotallyRadical slang. Much of the conflict comes from military and law enforcement trying to regain their former ranks and glory in a world that no longer acknowledges them and does all the wrong things (like unprovoked aggression) to regain it, only for it to fail from a mix of bad luck and a lack of empathy. |
| 745 | * ScrewedByTheNetwork: Documentary series about TV shows which fell victim to this trope. |
| 746 | ** ScrewedByTheNetwork: a porn parody of "those awesome shows you loved as a kid, but they got f**ked by The Network." Shows are represented by hot girls in the show's most reconizable costume (skintight, semitransparent, and crotchless, of course), and The Network is represented by [[PointyHairedBoss an old guy with a pointy hairdo.]] A show that's only officially aired in Belgium, and a production staff member for ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' was fired when he was caught with recordings of this show. |
| 747 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ''Series/FearFactor'' meets ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''. The longer you stay on the show, the more prizes you get. But to get them, you have to face frightening, gross, or embarrassing, etc. situations. Make it to the end, and you get them all. Fail any of them, and you lose some or all of them. [[TakeAThirdOption Or]] you can say, [[CatchPhrase "Screw This, I'm Outta Here!"]] and [[ThrowTheDogABone get a well-deserved consolation prize]]. |
| 748 | ** Alternatively, a documentary on the 2019 Platform/YouTube [=COPPA=] kerfuffle and how some content creators quit the site in protest of being forced to mark their content as either "for kids" or "not for kids" |
| 749 | * SecretaryOfEvil: Action comedy series. The secretary of a surprisingly civil group of villains assigns them evil plans, arch-nemeses, and gadgets to use. |
| 750 | * SecretProjectRefugeeFamily: Anime about a family of genetically engineered super soldiers that escaped from a top secret government facility, and must stay one step ahead of their pursuers. Often called "''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' [-[[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE AS AN ANIME]]-]" by the people doing the dub (4Kids, who else?), though few of its actual fans, who feel that comparison is looking at the "family" aspect and nothing else (not the least of which is the decidedly non-kid-friendly subject matter, necessitating the {{Macekre}} to end all Macekres). |
| 751 | * SerendipitousSurvival: ''Series/IShouldntBeAlive'' clone interviewing people who survived in the wilderness. |
| 752 | * SexinessScore: Game show where contestants are ranked by how attractive the judges find them. Was called out for being "inappropriate, sexist drivel" and canceled after its first episode. |
| 753 | * ShowWithinAShow: A series where the actors in it put on a different performance in every episode. Sort of like WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans, but they do actual stage plays on occasion. |
| 754 | * SiblingsWanted: Kids' comedy movie. An only-child girl is desperate for younger and older siblings to hang out with, and puts out a newspaper ad without her parents knowing. As new "siblings" keep showing up and moving in, she has to hide them all from her real family. |
| 755 | * ASideOrderOfRomance: Drama movie. She's a humble, soft-spoken waitress at the [[MyLocal local restaurant]] who can't resist the charming bad-boy regular... and the way to a man's heart is ThroughHisStomach, right? |
| 756 | * SignatureStyle: A documentary on the historical significance of Signatures. Hosted by Will Smith, John Film/{{Hancock}} himself. |
| 757 | * TheSnarkKnight: A bitterly (some might say acidly) sarcastic, [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking chain-smoking]] KnightInSourArmor swordsman and his TooDumbToLive ManicPixieDreamGirl [[MagicalGirlfriend sorceress companion]] fight generic evil. HilarityEnsues. Think ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' if Goury was an asshole and Lina was an idiot, [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with a little bit of]] ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY for spice]], made by a western animation firm. |
| 758 | ** If you replace the ManicPixieDreamGirl with a {{Manchild}} with SuperStrength, it sounds like the premise of ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}''. |
| 759 | ** Alternatively: A ThatNostalgiaShow-type sitcom set in mid-to-late-2000s/early-2010s Lincoln, Nebraska, [[CaliforniaDoubling but filmed in early-2020s California]]. The show revolves around a snarky online CausticCritic, like the many that thrived at the time, who runs the titular [=YouTube=] channel and tries to make it big via viral fame. HilarityEnsues. Features guest appearances by many 2000s celebrities and online figures, such as Music/FiftyCent and Creator/{{Seanbaby}}. |
| 760 | * SolveTheSoupCans: BlindIdiotTranslation of a TV show about kitchen pantry organization. |
| 761 | * SovietSuperscience: A GenreBusting TV series about a group of Soviet {{Reluctant Mad Scientist}}s in a 1947 [[UsefulNotes/ClosedCities closed city]], doing research into secret technologies that could allow the USSR to win the UsefulNotes/ColdWar... or cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Mixes the historical, the speculative, and the fantastic to the point that it's not clear where AluminumChristmasTrees end and HollywoodScience begins, and features the [[RussianHumor period political jokes]] and GallowsHumor [[RussianGuySuffersMost aplenty]]. Despite taking place in the Soviet Union during the Cold War era, [[CaliforniaDoubling it's filmed]] in [[UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} post-Cold War Toronto]]. |
| 762 | * SpaceWhale: The long awaited ''Franchise/StarTrek'' {{Spinoff}} about that probe from ''The Voyage Home''. |
| 763 | * SpaghettiAndGondolas: A {{Sitcom}} set in 1960s Italy, [[CaliforniaDoubling but actually filmed in 1990s Southern California]]. Lasted for three seasons, and is mainly remembered for being SoOkayItsAverage. |
| 764 | * Spike Of All Trades (now-defunct): A fantasy show about a magical pointy rock gets passed down through the ages and lives of its numerous owners. |
| 765 | * SpitefulSpoiler: Two white-collar employees are looking forward to watch a new movie, but their killjoy boss attempts to spoil the ending for them. |
| 766 | * SpringtimeForHitler: Adapted from the play of the same name in ''Film/TheProducers'', a [[SoBadItsGood hilariously bad]] musical that becomes an immediate cult hit. |
| 767 | * SpyFiction: A prestige-television ConspiracyThriller about various espionage organizations -- an antiquated Cold War-era GovernmentAgencyOfFiction, a modern tech-savvy NGOSuperpower, a thought-to-be-dead SinisterSpyAgency and TheSyndicate -- are all duking it out on ideological principles and trying to dismantle each other's operations. As the series goes on, the main characters all realize that all of these organizations all secretly work for the same ShadowGovernment. |
| 768 | * StableTimeLoop: A man tries to go back in time to change history, but every time he does, he comes back to find that nothing has changed, so he starts losing his sanity. Cancelled after three episodes. |
| 769 | * StepOneEscape: Two bitter rivals are mysteriously [[LockedInAHouse locked in a strange house]]. They have to work together to escape, but [[TeethClenchedTeamwork refuse to put aside their differences]]. |
| 770 | * Stock Dinosaurs (now-defunct): Animated show for kids from the early 1990s about dinosaur heroes whose hobby is 8-figure racing. CattleDrive knock-off. |
| 771 | ** Would have happened if only [[UsefulNotes/IndyCar Tony George]] had [[PoesLaw destroyed everything]] five years earlier. |
| 772 | ** Stock Dinosaurs: Animated show about intelligent, articulate dinosaurs working [-[[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE IN THE STOCK MARKET!]]-] |
| 773 | * StockFootage: A show about guys who film their crazy stunts for Platform/YouTube, as a "guide" for others. |
| 774 | ** Alternatively, Renfaire attendees get their feet tickled while trapped in stocks. |
| 775 | * StarshipLuxurious: [[Series/PimpMyRide Pimp My Spacecraft]]. |
| 776 | * [[StrawmanHasAPoint The Strawman Strikes Back]]: An action drama about a former secret agent, codename Strawman, ending up back in the field after a TenMinuteRetirement. |
| 777 | * [[StrawCharacter Strawman Political]]: A comedy about a scarecrow who runs for president. He runs into a lot of prejudice and many, many ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' jokes ([[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Yes, he has a brain!!]]). |
| 778 | * StuntCasting: A reality show about trying out to be the next Hollywood stuntman. |
| 779 | * StupidJetpackHitler: An animated TwoFistedTale take on UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, with the plucky cartoon heroes fighting ThoseWackyNazis all over the globe. Both sides utilize {{Dieselpunk}} technology, and the catchphrase of the show is, of course, "Oh, stupid jetpack Hitler... not again!", spoken whenever another doomsday weapon is rolled out for the heroes to thwart. |
| 780 | * StupidSexyFriend: A blonde, promiscuous woman is best friends with a BrainyBrunette, but she starts to fear that everyone else just sees her as the brunette's bimbo friend. |
| 781 | * StylisticSuck: A mid-2000s Creator/{{VH1}} show where a bunch of fashion critics and designers bash any dresses they don't like. The audience rarely agrees with them unless it's a dress from TheEighties ([[HePannedItNowHeSucks usually]]). Cancelled after one season. |
| 782 | * SummerSchoolSucks: Live-action Creator/DisneyChannel comedy series from the 2000s. A rebellious boy and his brother are sent to the worst summer school in the state, and try everything to make it more interesting. |
| 783 | * SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: They're adorable RobotMaid girls... who patrol the city looking for parking violations. Mostly a SliceOfLife show that focuses on the main cast of robots: [[{{Tsundere}} Deka]], [[ThePollyanna Nixie]], [[{{Yandere}} Neo]], [[TheWorkaholic Coro]], and [[{{Dandere}} Kath]]! |
| 784 | * [[WordSaladTitle Super Punk Octo Pudding Gas Mark Seven]]: A TwelveEpisodeAnime about a CombiningMecha with seven pieces and seven different pilots, including the lead pilot, [[SevenIsNana Nana]], who is involved in a LoveDodecahedron [[EveryoneIsBi with both genders of her fellow pilots]]. Super Punk Octo Pudding Gas Mark Seven, the titular combined mecha, fights a EldritchAbomination. Spawned a manga {{Spinoff}} and drama CD's in Japan. |
| 785 | * SuperSpecialMove: A {{Shonen|Demographic}} anime AffectionateParody about a martial arts prodigy competing to be the StockShonenHero, having over a dozen rivals who are themselves potential protagonists of their own ongoing stories. |
| 786 | * SurferDude: Wilson from [[HollywoodCalifornia Orange County, CA]] is riding the waves when a thunderstorm moves up. He is hit by lightning while still surfing, but he survives and discovers he got super powers which he uses to fight crime, and at the same time, he's working on winning the heart of the girl he loves who until then prefers to hang out with [[ValleyGirl her friends]] and the [[JerkJock jocks]] from school. Either animated or a sitcom. |
| 787 | * SurvivalHorror: A how-to/ documentary on making survival horror games. |
| 788 | ** A {{Mockumentary}} about the adventures of a Survival Horror protagonist, the wierd stuff they encounter and the Cult/Corporation that orchestrated all of it. |
| 789 | * TakeThat: A late-night talk show featuring sharp criticism of whatever currently has the attention of the masses. Also known to frequently [[YouBastard wonder what kind of sick people actually enjoy watching them bashing people and things]]. Cancelled after their bashing of ''Literature/WarriorCats'' caused the books' fanbase to riot against the producers, the controversy promptly ruined the career of the host and his sidekicks. |
| 790 | * TanLines: A contestant-style RealityShow about surfers and surfer culture. |
| 791 | * TearJerker: ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' beat me to this one. |
| 792 | * TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats: ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''-esque intended-for-adults cartoon ''TMNT'' parody starring a quartet of... well, read the title. |
| 793 | * TheTeetotaler: Comedy movie following a guy who doesn't drink who lives in a college dorm with a bunch of guys who do. |
| 794 | * TenorBoy: The life and times of a boy in music class, who is known for his beautiful singing voice. |
| 795 | * ThatOneComponent: Comedy movie about a MadScientist going to the ends of the Earth to find the last thing he needs to finish an invention. |
| 796 | * ThemedWedding: A RealityTV series about unorthodox weddings. |
| 797 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: HorrorComedy movie about letting TheAntichrist crash on your sofa. |
| 798 | * They Fight Crime: GenreAnthology of procedurals, cop shows, etc. |
| 799 | ** That sounds like a really awesome premise for a show! |
| 800 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A procedural about a private investigator who specializes in faked life insurance claims. She [[TitleDrop drops the title]] at least OnceAnEpisode, usually while digging up an empty casket. |
| 801 | * ThirtySuePileup: A tense legal drama about a group of associates in a big shoe law firm, trying to defend their client from a class action lawsuit brought about by survivors of a massive traffic pileup. |
| 802 | * ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: Aspiring inventors and artists pitch their upcoming creations. |
| 803 | * ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: Advertisement vignettes created to advertise shows. It takes shows and a drug or two, recommended on the internet, and show what X show would look like if on Y drugs. Not necessarily if all the characters are on those drugs, but sometimes. |
| 804 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Sitcom about two men named "Guy" and their run ins with amazing people in an ordinary town. |
| 805 | * ThoseWackyNazis: A sitcom with Nazis as main characters. Idiot Nazis. Lasted maybe half a season, and considered lucky to last that long. |
| 806 | ** Partly sounds like the 1960's tv show ''Series/HogansHeroes.'' |
| 807 | ** Alternatively, a failed reboot of ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome'' that was somehow even worse than the original. |
| 808 | * ThreeShorts: An anthology series. Each episode tells three stories around a specific topic. |
| 809 | * ThrillerOnTheExpress: A murder mystery set aboard a train. There are six suspects with their own alibis, and a detective tries to figure out who's telling the truth. |
| 810 | * TipisAndTotemPoles: A sitcom set on a Native American plantation in New Mexico ([[CaliforniaDoubling but is shot in California]]), featuring actual Native American actors and actresses. |
| 811 | * {{Timber}}: ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' spinoff where Munchy Beaver goes to live with his father, who's working for a tree-cutting company. |
| 812 | * TimeAndRelativeDimensionsInSpace: A dry-as-hell show about Physics from Creator/TheBBC. |
| 813 | * TimePolice: A late-90's Creator/{{Syfy}} show about a police officer who nearly dies trying to stop a criminal with access to advanced technology. She winds up being recruited by the Time Police, an NGOSuperpower tasked with protecting the space-time continuum from criminals who mess with history, with a MythArc surrounding the machinations of a Moriarty-esq Mastermind. |
| 814 | * TooDumbToLive: This show invites the audience to nominate their less than intelligent acquaintances, then sets lethal traps in and around the home and office of the chosen candidate! Will Bob fall for the "Do Not Step On" signs marking the new minefield in his backyard? It doesn't matter, there are so many he can't help but trigger one sometime! Cancelled after one season. |
| 815 | * TooKinkyToTorture: A game show on HBO that tests just how far peoples BDSM tastes can go. Based on a Swedish show with a completely different name... and a sexier host. |
| 816 | * TooSexyForThisTimeSlot: Lighthearted {{Fanservice}}-fueled SketchComedy wackiness that, unfortunately, lived up to its name, as it couldn't find an acceptable spot on a network. Ended up on Creator/{{Cinemax}}. |
| 817 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: A cooking show hosted by everyone's favourite eldritch horror, Chef Cthulhu, specializing in Szechuan, Tex-Mex and Indian cuisine. Much more successful than his previous cooking shows, BreadEggsMilkSquick, ItTastesLikeFeet, and [[SickeninglySweet Tastes Like Diabetes]]. |
| 818 | * TorosYFlamenco: American sitcom that takes place in Spain ([[CaliforniaDoubling but is shot in]] UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}). Doesn't really have the budget to show actuall bull fights. |
| 819 | ** Alternately, a Telenovela about a family of bullfighters, whose youngest son wants to quit bullfighting to marry a beautiful flamenco dancer. HilarityEnsues. |
| 820 | * Totally18: 2000s sitcom about a bunch of middle school students who try to hang out with high schoolers. |
| 821 | * TotallyRadical: Reality show in which people with radical political and religious views (such as the leader of an AnimalWrongsGroup, a far-left NewAgeRetroHippie, a gun-loving Libertarian CrazySurvivalist, a StrawFeminist, an Al-Qaeda terrorist, a HardOnSoftScience skeptic, a pro-Palestinian activist, a Zionist, a ConspiracyTheorist, a conservative fundamentalist Christian preacher, a liberal "Jesus freak" Christian hippie, an anti-globalization activist, an anti-vaxxer, a [=psuedoscience=]-promoting quack doctor, a fat shaming anti-obesity activist, a Creator/{{Banksy}}-esque culture jamming artist, a EcoTerrorist, Creator/RichardDawkins, and [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick]]) are made to share a house and hold nightly roundtable debates on current issues. Cancelled after Jack Chick's death but later {{Uncancelled}} with Li Hongzhi in his place. |
| 822 | * ToyTales: SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel kids' show about living toys. |
| 823 | * TranslationConvention: An inside look at what ''really'' goes on at linguistics meetings... mostly, erudite discussions about how to render the word "Schaudenfreude" in nearly-extinct Native American languages. |
| 824 | * TheTreacheryOfImages: A 90's-era HBO drama about the Seattle Art Community, including the staff of an art museum, an up and coming gallery and many of the starving artists there. |
| 825 | * TrickedOutTime: The adventures of a [[TotallyRadical radical skateboarder teen]] and his snarky dog sidekick as they travel through time. |
| 826 | * TrojanPrisoner: A sci-fi series about technologically advanced aliens and the prisons that contain them ("Mr Warden... one of these new men is actually an android from Mars. You have less than a week to find out which one.. and you'd better not break procedure.") |
| 827 | ** Alternately, an O.J. Simpson biopic. |
| 828 | * Administrivia/TropeRepairShop: A group of pretentious art critics discuss how to make media better by using better tropes. |
| 829 | * TropeyTheWonderDog: Low grade Franchise/{{Lassie}} knockoff, sadly. |
| 830 | * TrueLoveIsAKink: |
| 831 | ** A cheap [[RomanticComedy Rom Com]] about a group of sex addicts going into rehab to cure themselves of their appetites and getting into zany shenanigans along the way. Also they find love. |
| 832 | ** A Cinemax romantic drama that's a bit of a comeback to the "Skinemax" era and is loaded with hard-core sex scenes. The twist (if it could be considered to be one) is that the title is not ironic: the production does take incredible care to keep the romantic plot at a high quality and when a sex scene occurs it's between two people who truly ''love'' each other and the sex is a bonus and not two people who fuck and can barely do anything else. It's gotten some surprisingly good reviews because of this. |
| 833 | * TurnOfTheMillennium: Early-2020s sitcom set in the 2000s that's a bit of a pastiche of the reality shows of that era. Was originally promoted as "''Series/TheGoldbergs'' [-[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace BUT SET IN THE 2000s]]-]!" by the network, but the show would eventually come into it's own by the end of it's first season. |
| 834 | * TuxedoAndMartini: British animated show about an [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService [=MI6=]]] super-spy couple. Produced by the same people as WesternAnimation/CountDuckula and WesternAnimation/DangerMouse. |
| 835 | * UncertainAudience: A SliceOfLife {{Dramedy}} about 5 young adults who are chosen to be part of a TV focus group. Through each show they watch, they discover something about themselves, and each other. |
| 836 | * UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: Just your average Japanese game show. |
| 837 | * UnfitForGreatness: Pre-teen comedy show. A delusional high school student is convinced that he's going to be the world's next hero, but [[LordErrorProne fails at everything he tries]]. |
| 838 | * ValuesDissonance: A knockoff on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. |
| 839 | * VampiresHarem: An {{Erotic|Fiction}}-Drama Creator/{{Max}} original miniseries starring {{Dracula}} and his three wives and all the drama being that sort of family. The series begins when Dracula shows interest in a fourth bride (Mina Murray) and the other brides feel conflicted about it, feeling unappreciated by their domineering husband. Recurring arcs includes: one of the brides shows interest in a human man who doesn't know who she is, [[LesbianVampire the second bride being sexually attracted to the first bride, but is reluctant to admit this to her sister wife]], the origins of the three brides, the vatican sending a cavalry of vampire slayers to kill them and so on. Don't let the premise fool you, the show takes itself very seriously. |
| 840 | * {{Vaporwave}}: A drama about the Techno music scene. Kids wanting to become a DJ, a jaded professional DJ on a downward spiral, the emergence of dubstep, etc. |
| 841 | * VegetarianCarnivore: A sketch-comedy [=YouTube=] VlogSeries about a commune of hippies trying to train carnivore animals to take up vegan diets. Naturally, it usually ends horribly [[BlackComedy and it's hilarious]]. |
| 842 | * VictoriousChorus: A spoof of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' from the producers of ''Series/ChildrensHospital'' and ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}''. A high school teacher named Mr. Clarkson (played by Creator/JeremyClarkson) "attempts" to direct a high school glee club, which is full of people with tragic pasts, people with disablities, minorities who suffer racial abuse, LGBTQ+ people, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] Creator/AndrewRannells AsHimself. HilarityEnsues (as well as mocking of the average ''Glee'' plots). Oh, and all the students are played [[DawsonCasting by 20-to-50-year olds]]. |
| 843 | ** StrawCritic: An episode where Creator/LeonardMaltin AsHimself becomes the high school principal, angering Creator/AndrewRannells AsHimself. Meanwhile, one of the students is discovered to be blind and if her myopia was to be corrected she'd go on a murderous rampage. |
| 844 | ** PopStarComposer: An episode where the members of Music/{{Metallica}} team up with Mr. Clarkson's glee club to "[[Series/{{Community}} write some original songs]]". Head-banging ensues. Meanwhile, there are 10 gay weddings (including a wedding between two of the cameramen and two lesbian weddings). |
| 845 | ** YouAreGrounded: An episode where the cast sings songs from old Canadian cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCountryMouseAndCityMouseAdventures'', ending with them singing the ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' theme (and getting grounded by Platform/GoAnimate!Boris as a result, hence the title). Creator/HollyGauthierFrankel makes a guest appearance as WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat. Meanwhile, one of the students (Andy X.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.Z.; played by Paul Scheer) finds out he has Syphilis, which Mr. Clarkson declares "the best of the sexually transmitted diseases" (a CallBack to a episode of Jeremy's old show ''Series/TopGearUK''). |
| 846 | * VideoGameTools: Openly mocking documentary about gamers... [[SelfDeprecation made by gamers]]. |
| 847 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: [[SugarWiki/VillainWhitewashingService Showing off the lighter side of everyone's]] favourite villains. |
| 848 | * VillainBall: A villain-centric sitcom about a group of lovable but idiotic villains who try to take over the world using only leftover sports balls. HilarityEnsues. |
| 849 | ** Alternately, a reality show where prisoners play dodgeball in exchange for parole. |
| 850 | ** Alternately, a cartoon about a ball that wants to become a super-villain. |
| 851 | * VisualCalculus: Math experts use visual simulations to explain complicated calculus procedures. |
| 852 | * WalkingTheEarth: |
| 853 | ** A group of cartoon and video game characters consisting of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash Ketchum]], [[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Luna Platz]], [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Bulkhead]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Shikamaru]], [[WesternAnimation/DragonBooster Kitt Wonn]] and [[Franchise/FireEmblem Princess Tana of Frelia]] decide to go on a long journey around the world. Some of their destinations include [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Cerulean City]], [[Franchise/FireEmblem Caelin]], and [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Dinobot Island]]. Before starting out, they elect Ash as the leader and Tana as the second in command of the group. |
| 854 | ** [[FridgeLogic But if Bulkhead is there, why are they walking?]] |
| 855 | *** Now if you were Luna or Kitt or even Tana, would you want to be riding in a army vehicle? |
| 856 | ** Alternatively: An outdoors activity channel "edutainment" show about living on the road -- Everyday Carrying Gear item reviews, safety lessons, tips for budget-stretching, articles on interesting travel destinations. |
| 857 | * WanderingCulture: A traveling group of friends report on the culture of every country they come across. |
| 858 | * TheWarOnStraw: a FiveManBand travels the world fighting the little-known menace of walking scarecrows. "StrawmanPolitical" is an episode wherein one of the scarecrows [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent becomes President]] and gets his own spinoff. |
| 859 | ** When several cast members from ''[[Series/DoctorWho Human Nature/The Family of Blood]]'' appear in the same episode, [[HilarityEnsues Jokes Ensue]]. |
| 860 | ** It could also be a documentary about the banning of plastic straws following [[Creator/DavidAttenborough Blue Planet II]]'s broadcast. |
| 861 | * WastedBeauty: Drama about a washed-up beauty pageant winner, who has fallen from grace and become an alcoholic. |
| 862 | * WeirdnessCoupon: Reality tv show in the style of Trigger Happy TV, whoever picks up the coupon has entered the game and will spend the next hour suffering in ways inexplicable to them at the hands of the show's crew |
| 863 | ** While wildly popular the show gets canceled after one season due to legal troubles |
| 864 | *** Or, GenreBusting TrueArtIsIncomprehensible craziness where weirdness is actually a commodity and the WeirdnessCoupon helps characters save money on...WEIRDNESS! ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] SketchComedy. [[MindScrew Maybe.]] |
| 865 | * WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: A Canadian WorkCom about a small family-run TV station in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}. Think ''Series/{{KYTV}}'' meets ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' with a dash of ''Series/SchittsCreek''. There is a KitschyLocalCommercial before each of every episode's commercial break. |
| 866 | * WeddingSmashers: A ''Series/QueerEye''-esq RealityTV series where the hosts try to give engaged couples their dream wedding. |
| 867 | * WhamLine: |
| 868 | ** Authors discuss some of the most impactful lines they've read on this talk show. |
| 869 | ** A wrestler starts working at a railroad company. |
| 870 | * WhatAPieceOfJunk: A reality TV show about a "buy here, pay here" used car lot. |
| 871 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: A documentary series on HBO that talks about famous Hollywood projects that were/are stuck in DevelopmentHell, and the lives of actors and directors that didn't make it big there. Won a Peabody Award and was nominated for an Emmy. |
| 872 | ** Alternatively, a TV show that looks at different events in history and what the world might be like if things went different. Was panned for being a derivative of ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' and was cancelled after 6 episodes ([[ShortRunInPeru the unaired 15 other episodes were shown only in Israel with Hebrew subtitles]]). |
| 873 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls: A documentary about sexism in raising girls. |
| 874 | * [[QuirkyWork What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]: A documentary on Creator/TerryPratchett. |
| 875 | * WheelOfPain: Game shows. Medieval torture. Two great tastes together at last. |
| 876 | * WhenTreesAttack: Are we certain Fox didn't actually air this one? |
| 877 | * WhiteDwarfStarlet: An UrbanFantasy about an albino dwarf trying to make it big in Hollywood. |
| 878 | * WhoWritesThisCrap: An {{Improv}}/SketchComedy show where panelists act out scenarios suggested to them by viewers, no matter how outlandish and[=/=]or insane they are. |
| 879 | * WhoYouGonnaCall: A live-action sitcom based on ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''. |
| 880 | * WhyAmITicking: [[BrickJoke Because you're on]] ActionBomb! |
| 881 | * WitchHunt: A controversial documentary on [[PaedoHunt pedophile hunting]]. The even more controversial sequel focuses on the [=#MeToo=] movement. |
| 882 | * WildMassGuessing: A game show where the three players complete against the audience to guess how many items are in a large clear box. |
| 883 | * WildWilderness: A comedic PerspectiveFlip spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' focusing on the lives of the other inhabitants of the Great Forest such as Hera, Morton, Medea (who speaks in TontoTalk as well as her normal bird noises), Erebus, Calypso, Barnaby, Orpheus, Cleopatra, and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. Each day, the animals attempt to do some activity, only for something such as Erebus and Medea chasing the Toad Patrollers causing issues, and HilarityEnsues. |
| 884 | * WorstNewsJudgementEver: A documentary about fake news, with conservative-oriented news outlets and the Taboola and Outbrain advertising platforms as heavy focuses. After the documentary was released, the aforementioned advertising platforms filed for bankruptcy. |
| 885 | * WordOfGod: A televangelist show. |
| 886 | * WorldOfFunnyAnimals: A show similar to ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'', but focusing exclusively on animal videos. |
| 887 | * WrestlingMonster: {{Dracula}}, FrankensteinsMonster, WolfMan, the {{Mummy}}, [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] and others take it to the mat. |
| 888 | * WroteTheBook: A talk show interviewing famous authors. |
| 889 | * JustForFun/XMeetsY: It's a dating show, of course. |
| 890 | * {{Y2K}}: A ThatNostalgiaShow-type sitcom set in the very-late-1990s/very-early-2000s in Birmingham, Alabama ([[CaliforniaDoubling filmed in 2020s Southern California]]), hence the title. |
| 891 | * YouCantMakeAnOmelette: ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' rip-off that specializes in breakfast foods. |
| 892 | * [[ArtisticLicenseBiology You Fail Biology Forever]]: ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanAFifthGrader'' clone with [=psuedoscience=] supporters attempting to answer the most ridiculously easy questions on biology. Side perk: Cheapest prize indemnity insurance ever. Counter-programmed against CrisisOfFaith. |
| 893 | * [[LogicalFallacies You Fail Logic Forever]]: A debate game show. Losers get mocked for being so dumb. One of the first contestants was a fox news commentator. No one from that channel has been on since. |
| 894 | * YouKnowWhatTheySayAboutX: A documentary about the rise and fall of [[VideoGame/MegaManX the Maverick Hunters]]. |
| 895 | * YourMom: Mothers deal with negative judgments from strangers (being told off for breastfeeding in public, being labelled a "soccer mom", etc.) |
| 896 | * YouShallNotPass: Can genuine footage of actual crossing guards make for exciting programming? Tune in and find out! |
| 897 | ** YouShallNotPass: Highschool slacker comedy. |
| 898 | ** Alternately a comedy about a group of nerds in high school who have problems getting good grades despite their intelligence. |
| 899 | * [[ThisLoserIsYou You Suck]]: Sitcom about anthropomorphic vacuum cleaners. Got stale really quickly and died after the first season. |
| 900 | * YouWillBeBeethoven: Educational kids show where each episode transports the viewer to a day in the life of a famous artist or composer. The first episode is about Beethoven. |
| 901 | * YourSizeMayVary: A show helping obese people lose weight. Highly successful on American TV. |
| 902 | * YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: A documentary about the Irish Republican Army. [[BannedInChina Banned in the UK]] |
| 903 | * YourTomcatIsPregnant: A bizarre medical show where a team of [[MadScientist experimentally-minded doctors]] tries to impregate a different male organism every week. Lasts two seasons, much longer than anyone expected, what with all the protesting from the Religious Right. |
| 904 | ** And the environmental left. |
| 905 | * YodelLand: American sitcom that takes place in Switzerland ([[CaliforniaDoubling but is shot]] in [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories British Columbia]]). Doesn't have the budget to show people yodeling, so the producers use stock footage from whatever stock footage archive websites they can find. |
| 906 | * ZenSlap: Adult comedy show. A wise old man seems like a trusting guru... but it turns out he ''hates'' being asked questions and dishes out violence instead, wanting everyone to just solve their own problems. |
| 907 | * ZombifyTheLiving: A {{Mockumentary}} about a HollywoodVoodoo Witch Doctor showing off his zombie-making enterprise. |
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