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10->''"The idea was to make the scene funny, then drag the joke out so it was no longer funny, then drag the joke out even longer to make it funny again."''
11-->-- Writer '''Al Jean''', on [[https://youtu.be/2WZLJpMOxS4 this scene]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
12
13A gag that goes excessively far and beyond a tolerable length. The concept is that something happens repeatedly, to the point of boredom. Then it ''keeps going'', to the point where it, in theory, actually becomes funny again. Essentially, the sheer length of the gag ''becomes'' the gag. This is very difficult to pull off well — there has to be the sense that the characters are themselves helpless to end the gag, and as exasperated as the audience.
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15Most uses of BrokenRecord might end up becoming this.
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17It's sort of like CrossesTheLineTwice, [[{{Dissimile}} but boring instead of offensive]].
18
19Compare OverlyLongName. Not to be confused with OverusedRunningGag. May invoke the RepeatCut. May be invoked by RhymingList.
20
21Contrast with RapidFireComedy, which is built on multiple jokes and gags with very short span and little or no setup.
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23Not to be confused with [[HehHehYouSaidX Overly long gag]].
24
25The serious version is LeaveTheCameraRunning (or EndingFatigue, if the prolongated section is the closure). An overly long gag with a lot of tension built up as an actual story is a ShaggyDogStory. When IncrediblyLongNote is played for laughs, it might reach this.
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27If the ''gag itself'' isn't overly long, but the ''distance between the setup and the payoff'' is, it's an OverlyPrePreparedGag or BrickJoke.
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30!!Example subpages:
31[[index]]
32* OverlyLongGag/AnimeAndManga
33* OverlyLongGag/{{Comedy}}
34* OverlyLongGag/ComicBooks
35* [[OverlyLongGag/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
36* OverlyLongGag/LiveActionTV
37* OverlyLongGag/{{Music}}
38* OverlyLongGag/{{Theatre}}
39* OverlyLongGag/VideoGames
40* OverlyLongGag/WebAnimation
41* OverlyLongGag/{{Webcomics}}
42* OverlyLongGag/WebOriginal
43* OverlyLongGag/WesternAnimation
44** ''OverlyLongGag/FamilyGuy''
45** ''OverlyLongGag/SpongeBobSquarePants''
46* OverlyLongGag/RealLife
47[[/index]]
48
49!!Other examples:
50[[foldercontrol]]
51
52[[folder:Advertising]]
53
54* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rZdAB4V_j8 This ad]] for Democratic Alaska Senator Mike Gravel's 2008 presidential campaign consists of him staring into the camera for seventy seconds, dropping a rock into a pond, and then walking away for the last eighty seconds. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRwizmuCnOw Another ad]] has him lighting a campfire, followed by seven consecutive minutes of footage of the fire.
55* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ8Iw0dTMm0 This CareerBuilder ad]] from the [[SuperBowlSpecial 2009 Super Bowl]]. (The koala was the turning point between tedious and funny.)
56* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ync-5K1-Eo This Viva Pinata ad]] (although one could argue it never reaches the "becomes funny because of being overly long" stage from being simply boring).
57* The commercial to the 3D ''Film/KingKong'' attraction at Ride/UniversalStudios where the kid screams nearly the entire time after a quick glimpse of Kong.
58* The [=FedEx=] commercial with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1UzSn1LSro AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Auto Repair]], who really wanted the first listing in the phone book. The coworker suggests that they use [=FedEx=] to make their business more prominent. The boss says, "Great idea. You know, you've got a bright future here at AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
59* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrv9CSOQRA This commercial]] for Red Stripe beer.
60* [[https://youtu.be/i_5HLjCwnL0?t=30 MBS! MBS! M.B.S!]]
61* From the 2017 Super Bowl: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7XMvq3NLTU BUSCHHHHHHHHHHHHH]].
62* In the Atlanta area, there's a home improvement company whose ad campaign centers on a girl mispronouncing the company's name. It was cute when the girl was young enough to believably talk like that, but it dragged on for ''years'', going from "cute" to "annoying" to "just stop it already!" Later ads tried to circle back around to "funny" with copious amounts of LampshadeHanging, but with little success.
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Fan Works]]
66* Crow, Servo and Joel's description of Swift's ColdBloodedTorture in the [=MST=] treatment of ''Fanfic/TomSwiftAndHisWarTank.'' Justified in that it lasts as long as it takes for Mr Damon and Ned to realize that Tom Swift, inventor extraordinaire and tank engineer, may have ''possibly'' been kidnapped by the German spies they know full well are prowling around Shopton.
67* Calvin describing the maze he's set up in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''. Lampshaded:
68--> "... You may want to be taking notes."
69** Then there's the ICantHearYou exchange in "The Black Turning Funnel Part 1".
70---> '''Calvin:''' I'M GOING INTO THE HOUSE! AND IF YOU WANT TO STAY HERE, AND BABBLE LIKE A MORON ABOUT [[ItMakesSenseInContext POURING MICE INTO A POWER BOX]], BE MY GUEST!
71* The ''WebVideo/PoniesTheAnthology II'' skit "Fallin' in Love" features the same clip done six times with different music before [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Monty Python]] tells them to "get on with it."
72* In ''Fanfic/TheUnexpectedLoveLifeOfDuskShine'', Dusk and Fluttershy go on a picnic together. This leads to 21 pages of awkward silence, represented by "..." repeated over 700 times, which continues for two hours after the two had finished eating.
73* In the ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6457024/12/England-s-Amazing-Cookbook England's Amazing Cookbook]]'', it's a RUNNING gag.
74--> "Being stuck in a hospital is soooo boring. I mean, very boring. Very, very, very, very...(cheese)...very, very, very, very (3+ screens of scrolling later)...very, very, very, boring."
75* When "Harry" gets hold of a Time-Turner in ''Fanfic/ThinkingInLittleGreenBoxes'', he spun and spun and spun and spun and spun and spun and the reader has to scroll past several pages of "and spun" to get on with the story.
76* In ''Fanfic/PowersOfInvisibility'', after Adrien tells Nino that he's Chat Noir, he starts dropping what should be fairly obvious hints at Ladybug's secret identity. Thanks to the {{glamour}} that protects Miraculous holders identities, (probably), Nino keeps missing the point until Adrien tell him straight out:
77-->'''Nino''': Why didn’t you just tell her (''Alya'') at the same time? Would have been so much more convenient.
78-->'''Adrien''': (''exchanging a glance with Juleka'') Oh, Marinette wanted to be the one to tell her.
79-->'''Nino''': Marinette knows too? Aw, come on, man. Why am I the ''last one''?
80-->'''Adrien''': Well, I had to ask Ladybug before I told anyone else.
81-->'''Nino''': Yeah, I get that. But I’m better bros with you than Marinette.
82-->'''Adrien''': (''blinks, then looks at Juleka, who shrugs, before looking back at Nino'') I had to ask ''Ladybug''.
83-->'''Nino''': Yeah, dude, you said. And then you told Marinette before telling me.
84-->'''Adrien''': No, I told ''Ladybug''.
85-->'''Nino''': Dude, I heard you the first time. Ladybug, then Marinette, then me.
86-->'''Adrien''': No, ''Nino''- (''{{facepalm}}s, then turns to Juleka'') I apologize for every conversation you’ve ever had with me.
87-->'''Juleka''': Apology accepted.
88-->'''Nino''': What am I missing here?
89-->'''Adrien''': I didn’t tell Marinette my identity ''after'' telling Ladybug my identity.
90-->'''Nino''': Wait, you told her first? That’s messed up.
91-->'''Adrien''': Oh my- I didn’t tell her ''after'', because Marinette found out when Ladybug did.
92-->'''Nino''': (''blinks, then narrows his eyes'') Like… a joint reveal?
93-->'''Adrien''': Nino, Marinette ''is'' Ladybug.
94* The [[FixFic Fix-It]] ScriptFic series ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/470182 Once Upon a Time in Kingdom Hearts]]'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a]] [[Series/OnceUponATime OUaT]]/[[Franchise/KingdomHearts KH]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin crossover fic]] where Henry is the analogue to Sora, features an "arc" where Emma and Henry TimeTravel to find a DismantledMacGuffin they need in the present. Once there, Emma, sticking with [[Recap/OnceUponATimeS3E21SnowDrifts her "Princess Leia" alias]], opts to call Henry "Sora" (the InUniverse explanation being that his father was a Franchise/{{Digimon}} fan); from then on, ''[[InformedFlaw every single person]]'' [[InformedFlaw they meet makes some comment on him having a girl's name]].[[note]]It's actually a unisex name[[/note]] [[NotHyperbole EVERY.]] ''[[NotHyperbole SINGLE.]] '''[[NotHyperbole PERSON.]]'''''
95* ''WebAnimation/TheMandelaMagazine'': Partway through their phone conversation, Cesar's Alternate starts making "eeee" sounds at random, much to Mark's confusion. The two arguing about the source of the "eeee"s, along with Mark asking if Cesar is mocking him and the Alternate denying he's responsible while continuing to make the noise, carries on for a full minute.
96[[/folder]]
97
98[[folder:Films — Animation]]
99* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'': When singing the title song, Panchito hits an incredibly long note at the end, with Donald and José Carioca trying everything they can think of to shut him up.
100* ''WesternAnimation/{{Boogie}}'' has the HotPursuit scene where a fifteen-second stream of police vehicles chases after the titular character in a stolen cab.
101* Near the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', a bit of witty banter between Metroman and Megamind eventually degenerates into them [[{{Metaphorgotten}} throwing tortured metaphors]] at each other.
102* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' gave us over one minute of Roddy landing crotch-first on various objects. And just when you think the gag is over...he gets hit with one more object.
103* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' has the scene where Emmet first meets Wyldstyle, and ends up DistractedByTheSexy: "I'm going to have to report [[StupidlyLongFillerSound yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]]..." Also, there's an off-screen variation of the trope when Emmet [[spoiler: falls through an abyss during the five minutes his friends are out saving the world]].
104* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': Emmet lets out a nearly thirty-second long gasp when he realizes that Wyldstyle was the lead singer of the pop band that recorded "Everything is Awesome".
105* In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', Baymax becomes curious when he sees tape, and inflates his arm to the point of popping three holes in it, to which he ''very slowly'' plugs the holes one by one.
106* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'':
107** In the opening, the Boov in charge of the stadium messing with the stage height, much to Captain Smek's annoyance.
108** The back and forth between Oh and Smek, with Oh pleading that he won't screw up again and Smek arguing there's a chance that he might.
109* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has the entire scene at the Department of Mammal Vehicles. All the employees there are sloths who do ''everything'' very slowly, from stapling papers to typing to laughing at one of Nick's jokes.
110* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', RJ the raccoon's description of the traps surrounding the suburban house. This sequence goes on for at least 30 seconds, which in cartoon time is forever.
111-->'''RJ:''' There are traps here, here, here, here...and here. And some here, here, here...and all over this area here.
112* ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'': Stubbs the clown's resignation. WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic went through bursts of "SHUT UP!" halfway through (and for once, he wasn't extending the gag himself...it really was ''that long'').
113* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Yzma pretends to be a relative of Pacha. Just like the ''Manga/DragonBall'' example above, Pacha's son Tipo follows Yzma around the house, saying that Yzma couldn't possibly be his great-aunt, but she ''could'' be his "great-great-great-great-great...(''and he goes on'')"
114-->'''Yzma:''' All right! Are you through?
115-->'''Tipo:''' ...great-great-aunt.
116** In ''Kronk's New Groove'', we are introduced to [[IAmSpartacus Mrs. Kronk...and Mrs. Kronk...and Mrs. Kronk...]]
117* ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'':
118** Carl descending the staircase on his Stair Lift.
119** Russell getting dragged against the outside of Muntz's airship windshield.
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Literature]]
123* There's a story by the brothers Grimm which goes like this: [[TheFool Hans]] goes to his girlfriend Gretel. Gretel gives Hans something. Hans goes home, transporting X in a way you shouldn't. His mother tells him how he should've done it better. Hans promises to do better next time. Next day, he visits Gretel again, this time he gets an Y and does with it as he should've done with X. Rinse and repeat.
124* John Hodgman's lists:
125** 700 hobo names in ''Literature/TheAreasOfMyExpertise''.
126** 700 Moleman names in ''Literature/MoreInformationThanYouRequire''.
127** 700 Ancient and Unspeakable One names in ''Literature/ThatIsAll''.
128* ''Literature/{{Cryptonomicon}}'':
129** A page is dedicated to Randy Waterhouse thinking about his love of breakfast cereal and the creation of a spoon that would repeatably create the perfect bite, where the cereal is introduced to the milk at the very last moment. It humorously establishes how he sees the world.
130** Von Hacklheber's organisational chart of the German High Command.
131* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
132** ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', the game's audience comes up with a chant for visiting Professor Bengo Macarona, which starts out as a fairly standard football chant. Then he [[InsistentTerminology insists that they include his full name and]] [[LongList all his academic titles]]. What follows is over a page and a half of the revised chant, including each title ''every'' time his name is mentioned. It is ''so'' long in fact, that anyone listening to the audiobook version is liable to think their copy is broken.
133** In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', Dios repeatedly recites all of the Pharaoh's titles before relaying (or "interpreting") His words.
134** Also, in ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', there's the villain's dying rant against opera, including a complaint that [[NotQuiteDead "everyone takes such!!! ...a!!! ...long!!!! ...time!!!! ...to!!!!!]] [[KilledMidSentence Argh!]]"
135* In a parody book called ''[[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy The Dragon With The Girl Tattoo]]'', Kaal interrupts Vagner's story to correct him on the pluralisation of the word "sheep". This leads to three and a half pages of argument on the subject.
136* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', there's a character whose ''entire existence'' is this, given that each of his incarnations is killed by the same man, unknowingly.
137* ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheNecromancer'': When Johannes confronts the warlock Rufus Maleficarus, Rufus begins to cast a death curse whose [[MagicalIncantation incantation]] is so long that Johannes can deliver a four-paragraph TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, retrieve his HandCannon from his suitcase, and shoot Rufus dead.
138* Lampshaded in the second book of ''Literature/TheMalloreon'' where [[DeadpanSnarker Silk]] continues to make complaints about having porridge for breakfast and enjoying any breakfast that isn't porridge...until Polgara suggests his [[RunningGag incessant repetitiveness]] could be a sign of limited intelligence.
139* In ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' book ''The Reptile Room'', Lemony Snicket warns the reader that you should "never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever..." [repeat until it fills up the entire page and creates a WallOfText] "...fiddle around with electric devices. ''Never.'' Unless you happen to be Violet Baudelaire."
140* ''Literature/SnowCrash'': The novel features a multi-page office memo of what remains of the United States government that admits the government doesn't have the budget to stock toilet paper in the bathrooms, warns employees against wiping their asses with [[RidiculousFutureInflation low-denomination bills]], and recommends the creation of a toilet paper fund.
141[[/folder]]
142
143[[folder:Podcasts]]
144* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', Magic Brian takes ''so goddamn long'' to actually die after being thrown into the pit that it quickly circles back around into being hilarious. He continues to monologue about how he's dying for almost two straight minutes before Taako finally casts Magic Missile at him again to finish him off (and shut him up).
145--->'''Merle:''' [[LampshadeHanging How deep is that pit]]?!
146* In the second episode of ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'' the party gets ambushed by bandits. Cacophony has to rouse everyone from their sleep to fight back, and Jylliana spends a good five minutes waking up and gathering up her stuff. It almost lasts into the fight itself!
147* ''Podcast/MomCantCook'': Luke's description of the plot of ''Cow Belles'' towards the end of that episode consists of him robotically repeating lines about how much money the dairy needs and how much people can supply. Given that he's trying to make the point that the film is boring to watch, it's quite effective.
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
151* Wrestling/ChrisJericho promo [[Funny/ChrisJericho number 170:]] [[RunningGag armbar!]]
152** Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]................Juventud Guerrera..........
153** [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor "Yeah baby!"]]
154* Possibly unintentional (but probably not): during a short WCW Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan match, play-by-play commentator Tony Schiavone claimed that Hacksaw was "a very intelligent man." Color commentator Wrestling/BobbyHeenan proceeded to laugh uncontrollably. For the ''[[http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/11/Bobby-Heenan-Loses-His-Mind-401325.html entire three-minute match]].'' When Schiavone brings up Duggan's college football career near the end, Heenan yells "COLLEGE!" and starts laughing even harder.
155* The [[BigWhat WHAT?]] chants. Can also be considered a 10-year-long running gag considering it's still very much alive today.
156* My name is Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis, Executive Vice-President of Talent Relations and General Manager of Raw and Smackdown.
157* One episode of ''Raw'' had [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] doing his signature "YES!" shout for a good minute or so after deciding his submission move would now known as the "YES!" Lock rather than the [=LeBell=] Lock.
158** A similar gag was done on an episode of ''[=SmackDown=]'' where it went to commercial with Daniel Bryan and Wrestling/AJLee doing dueling "YES!" chants. The comes back from commercial with them still at it, and a tired-sounding Michael Cole says, "They've been doing this the entire break."
159* In case you want to boo something, Wrestling/PaulHeyman would like you to boo this: his client, Wrestling/BrockLesnar, conquered [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker the Streak]]! His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak! [[RuleofThree His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak!]] His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak! [[RunningGag His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak!]] His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak! [[BrokenRecord His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak!]] [[ExaggeratedTrope His client, Brock Lesnar, conquered the Streak!]]
160[[/folder]]
161
162[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
163* Franchise/TheMuppets' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY "Bohemian Rhapsody"]]... more specifically, Animal's ''entire solo''.
164* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'': The show has one in "The Cat in the Hat's Big Birthday Surprise" when the Cat in the Hat tries to tell Terrence [=McBird=] that it's a day other than his birthday.
165[[/folder]]
166
167[[folder:Radio]]
168* ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' used this trope repeatedly. No, the camera is not required. Several episodes used this, presented as a minute or more of dead silence "For the safety of the performers", footsteps, or Minie Banister's ramblings...
169* The ''very first'' episode of ''Radio/HancocksHalfHour'' began with a character hitting the keys on a typewriter ''very'' slowly, until after a while Hancock interrupts and suggests that it would be quicker if he took off the boxing gloves.
170* Australian radio presenter Graeme Gilbert once suffered [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koqZsr40pPc a ridiculously long series of prank callers]], all giving the same nonsense answer ("India!") to his phone-in quiz questions.
171* Radio show and podcast ''[[http://www.earwolf.com Comedy Bang Bang]]'' features an overly long Renaissance-style musical introduction to the game "Would You Rather," with host Scott Aukerman admonishing any guests who try to speak over it to "shut the fuck up."
172* In one episode of ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'', during a dispute over the rules of [[{{Calvinball}} Mornington Crescent]], chairman Jack Dee decides to go and look them up. So we hear him leaving the studio, going down a corridor, opening a creaky door, thumping a book on a table, leafing through it, putting it back on the shelf, going back through the creaky door, up the corridor again, back to the studio (cue audience applause, suggesting he did actually leave for the sake of this) and announcing "[[ShaggyDogStory It doesn't say.]]"
173[[/folder]]
174
175[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
176* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' :
177** A published adventure for 3rd edition has a character who greets the party and advises them that "while on the premises it would be unwise to use any...", then lists everything offensive the party possess. Given how characters in this game tend to be the speech frequently fulfills this trope.
178** Another adventure had the reading of the president's last will and testament. Given that the president was a millennia-old dragon, even though it's hilarious, it's almost impossible to read all in one sitting just from raw length.
179* [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/daily/mr41 This article by Mark Rosewater, lead designer of]] ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. In fact, he spells it out.
180[[/folder]]
181
182[[folder:Theme Parks]]
183* The beginning of Ride/UniversalStudios' ''[[Theatre/UniversalsHorrorMakeUpShow Horror Make-Up Show]]'' has one of the hosts coming on stage "dying" from being impaled in the heart. Their "death" goes on for a while, with them dying a slow death as they constantly scream to the point of sounding bored and spend a large portion of time specifically asking one person in the audience for help.
184* The Disneyland California stage show of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' featured Genie doing this in the last performance. Normally, when Jafar gets the lamp, Genie just makes one or two jokes before moving on to granting his wishes. For the last performance he goes on and on, making jokes about past masters and comparing Jafar to other Disney villains (and even [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]!) Part of the gag is Jafar's increasingly frustrated expression and BigNo when Genie asks ''him'' "are we done here?"
185[[/folder]]
186
187[[folder:Visual Novels]]
188* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'':
189** Damon Gant bursts out into manic laughter when you [[spoiler:out him as trying to frame Ema Skye for murder. And prove he killed a prosecutor. And a detective]]. Even better is his stare, which he does quite often. It lasts for so long, one would think their game had frozen if it wasn't for his occasional blinking.
190** ''Trials and Tribulations'' has Furio Tigre's scream of rage when you first meet him at the park: [GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA] [AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA] (for about seven boxes of text) [AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA] [AR!]
191[[/folder]]
192
193[[folder:Meta]]
194* The DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment.
195* Every trope with an entry on [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Major Alex Louis Armstrong]] has THIS TROPE HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR ''GENERATIONS'' in it. Every. Single. One.
196* The GrapplingHookPistol page contains an entry about ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' in ''every'' entry.
197** Likewise, ThisIsADrill with ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
198** And {{Wormsign}}, with ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''.
199* Egregious use of the word "egregious". See AuthorVocabularyCalendar for a really JustForFun/{{egregious}} example ([[DrinkingGame/TVTropes that's three sips in a single line, BTW]]).
200* The page for LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading.
201* The article on ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' used to mention the fact that they weren't wearing any pants more or less every entry, until the GenreShift of the show itself prompted deletion.
202* The {{Filler}} example on the page for ''Series/AmericanIdol'' used to be duplicated on the page, including such trope entries as "More {{Filler}}" and "EngagingChevrons, just to break up the monotony of the {{Filler}}", to mock Idol's constant usage of it.
203* On the page for UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, "Filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}."
204* The entry for ''Creator/MontyPython'' on this very page used to be so much, much longer, having been reduced to a shameless parroting of favorite lines from various sketches or the movies.
205* The page for ''Anime/RozenMaiden'' has every trope example ending in ''desu'' to demonstrate Suiseiseki...and [[Website/FourChan /b/'s]] constant MemeticMutation of it.
206* Several profanity tropes overuse their respective curses; ThisIsForEmphasisBitch uses the word "Bitch" after every sentence and header (Bitch), ClusterFBomb is covered in profanity (though not as much as it should), and SymbolSwearing has, well, symbol swearing in every sentence and header.
207* The article about JustForFun/CandleJack, where sentences don't complete. Remember what was said about 'losing' its entertainment value? Seriously, it gets really old really fa
208** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=Main.CandleJack Moved to the discussion page.]] Now, don't sta
209* ''Series/CSIMiami'' *puts shades* likes some Music/TheWho. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
210* Remember kids: On the DarthWiki/HowNotToWriteAnExample page, always be sure to add an entry saying how one should always duplicate examples in case someone missed it.
211* The pages describing the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games use increasingly ludicrous adjectives to describe the popularity of the series with each numerically subsequent game.
212* The SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds entries of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' consist of two parts: The actual description of the game and a convoluted explanation of where the game falls in the ContinuitySnarl that is its timeline.
213* CanadaEh has every sentence ending in "eh", eh?
214* No real life examples, please.
215** There is similar case with "All spoilers are unmarked."
216* Many, ''many'' examples of MemeticMutation.
217* The beautiful useful notes: Brazil page has a beautiful example of this with the beautiful word, "beautiful".
218* The entry for the ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' movie (which had a soundtrack by Music/{{Queen|Band}}) would like to remind you that the movie had a soundtrack done by Music/{{Queen|Band}}.
219* The entry for the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial (of Rassilon) ''[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]'' (of Rassilon) made sure (until clarity [of Rassilon] became compromised) that every trope (of Rassilon) was a Trope of Rassilon. Now the tradition (of Rassilon) and gag (of Rassilon) has been moved to the article (of Rassilon).
220* The jokes about zombies in the comments section of [[http://mushroomgo.com/comics/138 this]] WEbcomic/MushroomGo page. The jokes start about halfway down the page and keep going.
221* In the (now deleted) [[Headscratchers/HomePage Headscratchers]] page describing "School", someone asked "Why ''do'' kids hate school? Can anyone give me some legit responses." After someone gave a bunch of responses... someone else responded to every single point, often repeating "Learn to box". This prompted somebody ''else'' to respond to every "Learn to box" comment with "You get expelled for that."
222* The intros for Characters pages for ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', when read in sequence, walk the reader through a no-frills meal, starting with a not-too-unusual "get a sandwich, this may take a while" gag, and continuing through three more courses (another sandwich, an enchilada, and desert), beverage, intermission snack, and toothpick.
223* Zendaya has gone from the name of a singer to a tired joke that has shown up in every Marvel affiliated WMG page, as well as random pages unconnected to Marvel at all. This is most often done by suggesting that a character will be played by her ([[RuleOfFunny Especially if the character is a man]]).
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