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| 3 | ->''"Jake and Amir are two best friends that work together, live together, and play together. We're not really best friends, so don't type that. Yes we are. No we aren't, and we also don't live together. Whatever. Not whatever. Dinner tonight? Nope."'' |
| 4 | -->'''Description from the official website''' |
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| 6 | ''Jake and Amir'' is a popular internet series of short videos by ''[[Creator/{{Dropout}} CollegeHumor]]''. Like ''WebVideo/HardlyWorking'', they are filmed in and around the College Humor office and revolve around Jake Hurwitz, a ''usually'' normal guy, and his co-worker, Amir Blumenfeld, an unstable, unbalanced and generally ''weird'' ManChild who is obsessed with Jake and determined to prove that they're "best friends". |
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| 8 | In 2020, Headgum (the podcast network where both Jake and Amir work) uploaded an unofficial "Jake and Amir" episode, where the two played basically the same roles as in the original series. In 2021, they regained the rights to their sketches, and all the J&A [=YouTube=] videos were transferred from [=CollegeHumor=] to [[https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeandAmir/ their own channel]], on which they later [[UnCancelled started making new episodes]]. |
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| 11 | !!'''Tropes''' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * AbandonedCatchphrase: [[LampshadeHanging Acknowledged]] in "Journal": |
| 14 | -->'''Amir:''' Dinner tonight? |
| 15 | -->'''Jake:''' Wow, please don't start saying that again. |
| 16 | -->'''Amir:''' I barely say it anymore! |
| 17 | -->'''Jake:''' You used to say it all the time. |
| 18 | * AbusiveParents: Amir's parents, assuming he's telling the truth. By his account in "Driving Lesson", they forced him to take driving lessons when he was four, and they threw knives at him. |
| 19 | * AccidentalHero: In "Baby Bjorn," Amir brings a baby of unknown origin to work and Jake tries to call the police on him, only for a cop to show up and hail him as the HeroicBystander who took his son off his hands so he could apprehend a shooter. It's pretty clear to Jake that Amir just took advantage of the situation to steal a baby [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]], but when he offers a text from Amir as evidence to that effect, the cop [[LetOffByTheDetective destroys his phone]]. |
| 20 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Jake has his moments. |
| 21 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(rapping)'' Because you [[UsefulNotes/SarahPalin Palin-comparison to Sarah]]! ...So, I dunno. |
| 22 | -->'''Jake:''' That was—that's actually clever. That was kind of clever, you should write that down. |
| 23 | -->'''Amir:''' I actually already just forgot it. Something about "Dick...Dick Cheney in your..." |
| 24 | -->'''Jake:''' —No, all right, no, no. |
| 25 | -->'''Amir:''' —Yeah, forget it. |
| 26 | * AdamWesting: |
| 27 | ** Rick Fox plays himself in several episodes as an egg-obsessed tractor thief. |
| 28 | ** Ben Schwartz's career switching oddball character is highly speculated to just be Ben Schwartz himself. In the [[GrandFinale finale]], [[spoiler: Ben Schwartz shows up as himself and all the other Schwartz appearances are revealed to be separate identities.]] |
| 29 | * AerithAndBob: To some extent, Jake and Amir, though Amir is a very popular name in Israel where he was born. [[RunningGag More commonly]], Amir's friends will have blatantly made up names like Tracyn, Den, or Wideley. |
| 30 | -->'''Jake:''' [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who names your friends?]] |
| 31 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Dave, who owns a motorcycle and boasts of kicking in his ex-girlfriend's teeth, effortlessly wins over Sarah, to Jake's distress. |
| 32 | * AllGuysWantSororityWomen: This is Jake's motivation in "Frat." |
| 33 | -->'''Jake:''' Have you ever hooked up with a sorority girl? |
| 34 | -->'''Amir:''' No. |
| 35 | -->'''Jake:''' Well you know what, pretty soon that's something you and I ''won't'' have in common. |
| 36 | * AllJewsAreCheapskates: Amir has taken it as far as demanding to be paid back for a single stick of gum or an 80-cent bag of sandwich cookies shared between four people. {{Inverted}} with his personal spending, which tends to be unwise to the tune of dropping 40k on a vacation with someone who never agreed to go. |
| 37 | * AllJustADream: [[spoiler: [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/56822320/zombie Zombie]] has Jake dreaming about Amir chasing him down and biting a chunk out of his shoulder. [[OrWasItADream Subverted]] when he sees that his shoulder is actually bleeding, and then double subverted when Sarah tells him that Amir was gnawing on his shoulder while he was asleep.]] |
| 38 | ** {{Subverted}} in "Rapping" with the introduction of one of Amir's weirder [[{{Catchphrase}} catchphrases]], in response to Jake questioning the logistics of the story in his latest PissTakeRap: |
| 39 | --->'''Amir:''' —Oh sheesh, y'all, 'twas a dream! |
| 40 | --->'''Jake:''' Was it really? |
| 41 | --->'''Amir:''' [[ThatWasNotADream ...Nay, it actually happened]] and it cost me a lot of grief and money. |
| 42 | ** "Away Message" and "Work Out Clothes" [[spoiler:are both Amir's dreams.]] |
| 43 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Jake will never be Amir's best friend. If Jake likes a girl, she will probably end up hating him, [[spoiler: apart from once, and then she died.]] There's also Jake's long-standing crush on Sarah, and later, Emily's absurd advances towards Jake. {{Downplayed}} with Murph and Emily: although she's openly attracted to Jake and Murph [[CrazyJealousGuy doesn't handle it well]], they're otherwise a ([[MakeoutKids way too]]) happy couple. |
| 44 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: To be fair, the wrath of the office toward Amir is more than deserved: it's earned. They occasionally take it too far even for Jake, though, like when they attempt a VigilanteExecution at the office Christmas party. |
| 45 | * AlternateContinuity: Acknowledged in the intro to "Donald Trump": |
| 46 | -->'''Amir:''' I thought we [[spoiler:got fired]]. |
| 47 | -->'''Jake:''' Right. [[RuleOfFunny Don't overthink it]]. |
| 48 | * AlternateRealityEpisode: Though generally considered part of ''Jake and Amir'', the two-episode series "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate" has Amir as a ghost haunting Jake's house rather than his coworker, with the dynamic still playing out in exactly the same way. |
| 49 | * AmateurFilmmakingPlot: The "Ace and Jocelyn" episodes. |
| 50 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: In "[[http://vimeo.com/273038 Mom]]", Amir rudely reprimands his mother for "embarrassing" him because she wants to bring cookies up for him and his coworkers. |
| 51 | * AmbiguousEnding: The finale ends with [[spoiler:Amir pulling out his AbandonedCatchphrase to [[MeaningfulEcho invite Jake to dinner one last time]]. It's unknown whether he accepted.]] |
| 52 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Aside from his StalkerWithACrush-type behavior toward Jake, Amir's [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dfoirGzBk7c on Grindr]] and has apparently been with quite a few guys. However, a gay coworker who assumed that he and Amir were an item thanks to his obsessive and overly-friendly behavior quickly found out that he [[PingPongNaivete didn't even have a concept of homosexuality]]. |
| 53 | * AmbiguousSyntax: |
| 54 | ** When Amir brings his dating coach to the office: |
| 55 | --->'''Dating Coach:''' For your two thousand dollars, I'm gonna get you to have sex with any girl you want in here. |
| 56 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(uncomfortable)'' I don't want to have sex with girls in ''here'', so... |
| 57 | ** "Rap Teacher 3": |
| 58 | --->'''Jake:''' Hey-hey! Y'all losers can't record a song without a bomb ''(record-scratching sounds)''-ASS CHORUS! |
| 59 | --->'''Amir:''' What's an "ass chorus"? |
| 60 | * AmusingInjuries: Happens often, most commonly when either of them accidentally hit their head on their desks. |
| 61 | * AnalogyBackfire: |
| 62 | ** "Graveyard," when Amir shows up [[spoiler:at Lerona's grave]] with a bigger [[FlowersOfRomance bouquet]] than Jake's: |
| 63 | --->'''Jake:''' I wanna fight you now! |
| 64 | --->'''Amir:''' Good, then, I hope it's a flower fight because then we got a real [[DavidVsGoliath David and Goliath]] thing going on. |
| 65 | --->'''Jake:''' Okay, well, David actually ''wins,'' so... |
| 66 | --->'''Amir:''' Okay then, let's switch bouquets then! |
| 67 | ** In "Deals" as Amir is trying to remember the TongueTwister slogan he came up with for his cousin's website: |
| 68 | --->'''Amir:''' Once you say it once you always remember it, okay? It's like a lockbox like that. |
| 69 | --->'''Jake:''' You must've said it once! |
| 70 | --->'''Amir:''' Yeah I know, and I freakin' lost the lockbox too! So...the metaphor doesn't hold! |
| 71 | ** "Driving Lesson": |
| 72 | --->'''[[DrivesLikeCrazy Amir]]:''' I know how to drive, okay? I'm a regular Creator/JamesDean. |
| 73 | --->'''Jake:''' Jesus. |
| 74 | * AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: {{Parodied}} in "Drugs. No They're Not." and "Gay Marriage." |
| 75 | -->'''Jake:''' Hey, Jake and Amir here, that might have been a silly video, but it did have an important message. |
| 76 | -->'''Amir:''' That's right, [[SpoofAesop there is nothing funny about sharting]]. |
| 77 | * AndThenISaid: {{Parodied}} in "Half-Birthday," which opens with Amir apparently deep into telling a story to Jake. Jake then tells him that he can't start his stories in the middle. |
| 78 | * AnOddPlaceToSleep: Amir has been seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDKnEkKGny0&feature=relmfu sleeping]] at his desk, on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnkGJZqmdw0 floor]], curled up on a [[http://vimeo.com/855920 stone table]], and on a toilet in the office restroom. |
| 79 | * AppealToFamilialWisdom: "Interpreters 2 (Cheer Up)": |
| 80 | -->'''Pat:''' ''(to Jake)'' I'm gonna tell you what my dad told me, and it's gotten me through some of the hardest times— |
| 81 | -->'''Amir:''' ''SHOTS!!!'' |
| 82 | -->'''Pat:''' ''—[[DrowningMySorrows THANK]]'' [[DrowningMySorrows you!]] |
| 83 | * ArgumentOfContradictions: A few of Jake and Amir's arguments devolve into this. "Pizza" ends with them both just yelling "Ass!" [[NoYou at each other]]. |
| 84 | -->'''Amir:''' ''You're'' a bitch! |
| 85 | -->'''Jake:''' ''You're'' a bitch. |
| 86 | -->'''Amir:''' ''You're'' the bitch. |
| 87 | -->'''Jake:''' You're a ''bitch's'' bitch. ''({{Beat}})'' Nothing? |
| 88 | -->'''Amir:''' [[LameComeback You're a...bitch. ...'s bitch]]. |
| 89 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: |
| 90 | ** "[[VitriolicBestBuds Jake knows everything on that list about me]], [[https://youtu.be/e5Hmrf3mCRM don't you, Jake?"]] |
| 91 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/czkp5oQ5GKc Who is obsessed with who here?"]] It takes a few more episodes to sink in. |
| 92 | --->'''Jake:''' Hey, so I've been thinking about what you said, about who's obsessed with who. [[BelatedLoveEpiphany And I may have stumbled across something interesting, believe it or not]]. |
| 93 | ** "[[https://youtu.be/M5dsDue3ZOw Why do you hate yourself?"]] |
| 94 | ** {{Subverted}} in "Brother Part 2": |
| 95 | --->'''Jake:''' [[ContinuityNod You've kept me from my own surprise party, you've spied on me in the bathroom, you've poisoned my food]]...but ''this'' is a new low. |
| 96 | --->'''Amir:''' Yes, but have I ever ''lied'' to you? |
| 97 | --->''(Long pause.)'' |
| 98 | --->'''Jake:''' [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder ...Yeah, sure. You told me you had sixty beers once, you said you never drop anything, you said you had some new girlfriend—]] |
| 99 | --->'''Amir:''' Okay, ''shut up!'' |
| 100 | * AscendedExtra: Murph and Emily. |
| 101 | * AttentionWhore: Amir. |
| 102 | * AudienceSurrogate: When Jake and Amir are ''both'' acting weird, Pat tends to take on the OnlySaneMan role. |
| 103 | * AuthorAppeal: Jake and Amir write the episodes according to what they find funny, which changes over time. |
| 104 | * AuthorFilibuster: At the end of "Journal", the writers respond to criticism for changing the series and using catchphrases less by having Jake represent them when Amir tells him, "In a perfect world, nothing would ever change." |
| 105 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Averted in that it's the kind of OddCouple pairing where you'd expect to see it a lot, but one of them always ruins it because they're both pretty [[JerkAss terrible people]]. However, Jake [[ShipTease sometimes shows hints of caring for Amir secretly.]] |
| 106 | * AxCrazy: |
| 107 | ** Amir has threatened Jake with a hammer, stabbed him in the abdomen, [[TongueTrauma kicked his tongue off]] and smacked him around countless times, all with little or no provocation...and that's the guy he ''likes''. Early on, he also reacted violently to [[BerserkButton any real or perceived slight toward Jake]], to the point of putting at least one coworker in the hospital. In the finale [[spoiler:he publicly castrates himself offscreen]], proving that even Amir isn't safe from Amir. |
| 108 | --->'''Amir:''' ... I stabbed the therapist in the eye with a tack! ''And I'd do the same to you!'' |
| 109 | ** Keeping all of the above in mind, Jake is far more scared of ''Murph'' than he is of Amir. 'Nuff said. |
| 110 | * BackhandedApology: |
| 111 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, I apologized for that. |
| 112 | -->'''Jake:''' You said "Sorry you don't have a sense of humor, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]." |
| 113 | -->'''Amir:''' And I genuinely meant that. |
| 114 | * BackToFront: "Baseball." |
| 115 | * BadImpressionists: Jake has a tendency to do impressions when trying to impress people. He sucks at almost all of them. |
| 116 | * BadLiar: Amir. On the other hand, [[NotHelpingYourCase he's an equally bad truther]]. |
| 117 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Amir's treatment of Rotem the dog. [[ChronicPetKiller Other animals in his possession haven't fared much better]]. |
| 118 | * BaitAndSwitchComment: Quite a few of Jake's NotSoAboveItAll moments go like this, as, for instance, when he finds out that Amir's plan to date a celebrity has gotten as far as procuring Amanda Bynes' email address. |
| 119 | -->'''Jake:''' Jesus, dude. ...Why didn't you tell me you had an in with Bynes?! ''(Maniacal laughter.)'' |
| 120 | * BarbershopQuartetsAreFunny: Amir arranges his own in "Barbershop Quartet." All very HollywoodToneDeaf. |
| 121 | * BattleRapping: In the "Rap Teacher" series, Jake [[CompetitionFreak becomes determined to beat Amir in a rap battle]]. He doesn't lose so much as fail to achieve liftoff. |
| 122 | * BavarianFireDrill: Amir has successfully pretended to be a CEO, a train conductor and a speaker at a marketing seminar. |
| 123 | * BeachBury: Amir tries to encourage Jake to do this to him in the episode "[[http://vimeo.com/1570313 Nantucket]]". He starts by piling a handful of sand onto his belly. |
| 124 | * BedsheetGhost: Seen in "Costumes" and "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate." |
| 125 | * BehavioralConditioning: Amir [[ImplausibleDeniability denies that he did this on purpose]] when he kept a dog in his basement for weeks feeding her live rabbits and beating her while showing her pictures of other dogs, then brought her to "Bring Your Dog to Work Day," where she ate two other dogs. |
| 126 | -->'''Amir:''' ...I inadvertently trained the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment she-bitch]] to hate the sight of other dogs and to love the taste of blood. |
| 127 | -->'''Jake:''' How was that inadvertent? It was ''precise.'' It was ''methodical.'' It was ''illegal!'' |
| 128 | * BelatedLoveEpiphany: After Jake takes a new job in California, he talks incessantly about Amir to his new coworker until she demands, [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "Who is obsessed with who here?"]], causing him to realize that he's having a hard time letting go. |
| 129 | * BenevolentBoss: "Who's the Boss?" does a lot to explain why Amir stays hired, as Ricky is perhaps the only person laid-back enough to have put up with him for that long. He's also on friendly terms with his employees, or at least with Jake. |
| 130 | * BetweenMyLegs: A variation in "Corduroy Pant" when Jake puts his foot on his desk to display his ill-fitting pants, perfectly framing Amir's horrified reaction in the crook of his knee. |
| 131 | * BigBrotherBully: Jake's older brother Kumail. |
| 132 | * BigNo: Among Amir's catchphrases. |
| 133 | * BigShutUp: Amir at the end of "Hallie Part 3" when Jake [[OtherMeAnnoysMe starts acting exactly like him]]. |
| 134 | * BilingualBonus: |
| 135 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JZow5QyZM Trouble]] has a Cantonese man loudly accosting Jake and Amir for [[NoodleIncident an incident]] that Amir described as "the second duck thing." |
| 136 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC7NXjWtVTA Mickey]] has Amir briefly speaking to his friend Mickey in Hebrew. |
| 137 | * BitchSlap: Amir's signature move. |
| 138 | * BizarreTasteInFood: Amir. In "Lunch" and "Lunch Meeting" he makes [[ContinuityNod the same lunch order]]: "Jam, tuna fish, cracked pepper and vinegar on a chocolate croissant" with "a keg of what Coke is made of" (the syrup). |
| 139 | -->'''Amir:''' Oh! Um, and do you guys...you know how turkey pastrami is like, turkey with a pastrami seasoning around it? Do you have that, but with Twinkies? With the seasoning? No. Okay. So that was just a dream of mine, then. That's fine, I was just checking. |
| 140 | %%* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: "Dog." |
| 141 | %%* BlackComedyRape: "Interrogator Part 2." |
| 142 | %%* BloodyHilarious: "Tongue." |
| 143 | * BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: While [[PrivateEyeMonologue monologuing]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxx4EsoYmfk Snowstorm]], Amir blackmails Jake by revealing he knows about a crime Jake committed in 1999. |
| 144 | * BluntYes: Amir, when all else fails. |
| 145 | -->'''Jake:''' [[HypocriticalHumor So you're insulting my intelligence while you're stuck in the vending machine]]. |
| 146 | -->'''Amir:''' ...Yes. |
| 147 | * BookEnds: The [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6232700/jake-and-amir-girlfriend first]] and [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6264649/jake-and-amir-girlfriend-part-8-funeral last]] episode of the "Girlfriend" arc each have Jake and Amir arguing over whether worms can be considered cannibals. |
| 148 | * BoomerangBigot: Amir complains about his perceivedly ethnic facial features and alludes to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about media control. |
| 149 | -->'''Amir:''' I'm a loser ''and'' a Jew! |
| 150 | -->'''Jake:''' ''(uncomfortable)'' That's true, but don't...say it like that. |
| 151 | * BoundAndGagged: "Sandwich Email" opens with Jake finding Amir tied to his office chair in this fashion after annoying his coworkers with a lengthy email thread, in the last email of which he told them that [[TemptingFate they would have to bind and gag him if they wanted him to stop]]. |
| 152 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In "Jake and Amir's Dream": "What time is it? 4 am? 5 am? 4:05 am?" |
| 153 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Ice Breakers", with a heavy dose of DissonantSerenity: |
| 154 | -->'''Amir:''' My name is Amir Valerie Blumenfeld, I am an unpaid consultant for this company, I once killed an innocent child, and I love mini-golf. It was not on purpose, but it's something that I live with every day. |
| 155 | -->'''Streeter:''' What? |
| 156 | -->'''Amir:''' That's right, I once shot three [[BaitAndSwitch holes in one in a row]], it wasn’t an accident either, the killing. |
| 157 | -->'''Julie:''' YouMonster |
| 158 | -->'''Amir:''' I ''am'' a monster. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint On the golf course, I take no prisoners]]. Also, I will never unsee that child's face. Every blink is a reminder and every time my eyes are open, she's just in my mind's eye, taunting me. |
| 159 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: |
| 160 | ** From "Happy Holidays”: |
| 161 | --->'''Amir:''' Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Jake and Amir! |
| 162 | --->'''Jake:''' Who're you talking to? |
| 163 | --->'''Amir:''' Nobody... |
| 164 | ** From “Cousins”: |
| 165 | --->'''Linford:''' That's me! ''(winks at camera)'' |
| 166 | --->'''Jake:''' Who the f**k are you winking at? |
| 167 | * BriarPatching: In "New Girlfriend" when Amir brings his [[spoiler:([[FakeRelationship fake]])]] girlfriend to work: |
| 168 | -->'''Amir:''' Ugh, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial don't take a photo of us and photoshop a heart around us and send an email to the company with that photoshopped heart picture with the subject "Lovebirds."]] |
| 169 | -->'''Jake:''' ''Each'' of those steps is something I wouldn't do. |
| 170 | * BridalCarry: Amir does it to a knocked-out Jake in "Sleeping Pills" and manages to bang his head against a computer in the process. |
| 171 | * BrutalHonesty: Jake's usual approach to Amir. Amir's usual approach to everybody. |
| 172 | * BullyTurnedBuddy: Murph's first few instances of HairTriggerTemper were ([[TheFriendNobodyLikes naturally]]) aimed at Amir, but he increasingly became protective of him, causing him to target Jake instead. Amir often takes advantage of this. |
| 173 | * TheBusCameBack: [=CollegeHumor=] cofounder Ricky Van Veen, who became CEO of Notional in 2009, reappears for 2014's "Relocation" with the explanation that he's spent the last five years in Ibiza but was "[[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything accessible via email]]". |
| 174 | * ButHeSoundsHandsome: |
| 175 | ** Amir's reaction to incriminating security footage. |
| 176 | --->'''Jake:''' All right, so that's not you dancing? |
| 177 | --->'''Amir:''' Ah, wow, no. That looks like me though, so I can see... I'm not offended because that guy's handsome and so am I. But, holy... that was awesome, or I was ... that is... [[BadLiar that is an awesome dance, whoever that is]]. |
| 178 | ** Subverted in "Vandalism." [[spoiler:Amir actually just admires the unknown office vandal, who turns out to be Will.]] |
| 179 | ** Milkman "Charles Crooshtoost" denies that he's the guy who [[BlackComedyRape molested Jake]] in "Interrogator Part 2," but says that if Jake finds the person he's looking for, he should tell him, "Nice milkman outfit." [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope They genuinely are different people, but they know each other]].]] |
| 180 | * ButThouMust: {{Invoked}} in "Bathroom Break." |
| 181 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, should I chill out here or you want me to wait for you? |
| 182 | -->'''Jake:''' Just chi—''(sigh)'' okay, I see what you did. |
| 183 | * ButtMonkey: Pat Cassels is frequently the target of Amir's shenanigans, and Amir often goes out of his way to call him a loser. |
| 184 | * CallBack: In the 8-part "Girlfriend" episode Jake talks to Lerona for a while about flying a kite. He says almost the exact same thing as he did in "Kite" three years earlier. |
| 185 | * CannotTellAJoke: Both Jake and Amir suffer from this. |
| 186 | * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Despite his constant frustration, Jake ''will'' miss Amir's annoying presence if it's withdrawn. Particularly visible in the storyline beginning with "Sick Day," when Jake [[spoiler:gets a new job in California, but quits and moves back solely for Amir.]] |
| 187 | * CantTakeCriticism: Amir, as demonstrated beautifully in "Suggestion Box" and its sequel. |
| 188 | -->'''Jake:''' You're not gonna like what people have to say about you, okay? You don't take constructive criticism well. |
| 189 | -->'''Amir:''' [[IResembleThatRemark What the hell's that supposed to mean, I don't take "constructive criticism" well, okay, who are]] ''[[IResembleThatRemark you]]'' [[IResembleThatRemark to tell me this—this]] ''[[IResembleThatRemark poison?!]]'' [[IResembleThatRemark I, I, I—I won't hear it!]] |
| 190 | * CaptainObvious: |
| 191 | ** In "Eighty Cents," Dan says of Amir, "You guys noticed he's weird?" |
| 192 | ** Amir has his moments too, of course. |
| 193 | --->'''Amir:''' You know, I feel like soup is just a bowlful of ingredients mixed up, blended right and served to order. |
| 194 | * CaptiveDate: Jake becomes a captive ''double'' date after Murph invites him to date alongside him and Emily and then threatens him into sticking around when Jake's half of the date proves a dead end. |
| 195 | * CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: In "Quitting," after Jake has manipulated Amir into [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt quitting in a huff]], he finds him gathering his stuff in a box and makes the natural assumption, only to find out that their boss doubled his salary to keep him on. |
| 196 | -->'''Jake:''' Why are you putting your stuff in a box? |
| 197 | -->'''Amir:''' [[SubvertedTrope Because I have money now, I can just buy new stuff]]. |
| 198 | -->''([[IHaveNothingToSayToThat Jake is silent]].)'' |
| 199 | * CasanovaWannabe: Jake. |
| 200 | * CasualDangerDialogue: Jake trying to talk Amir out of hitting him in the head with a hammer. |
| 201 | * CatchPhrase: Several: "Dinner tonight?", "Oh sheesh yall! T'was a dream!" and later on, "Another day at the races..." for Amir, with "Wow..." and "You gotta learn how to be funny, man," for Jake. |
| 202 | ** "[[SayMyName Jake.]] ([[BrokenRecord Jake. Jake. Jake. Jake]])." |
| 203 | ** ''(in a high-pitched voice)'' "'Sup?" |
| 204 | ** "Wha'eva." |
| 205 | ** "Gorsh-dam-nit!" |
| 206 | ** "Let me FINISH!" |
| 207 | ** "[[KickTheDog Mickey!]] [[RunningGag My friend!]]" |
| 208 | ** "Wow, ''that'' was hard." |
| 209 | ** "Excuse." / "Excuse me." / "Excuse you!" |
| 210 | ** "Exactly right." |
| 211 | ** "I'm serious!" |
| 212 | ** ''[[LameComeback "Weak!"]]'' |
| 213 | ** "Ass!" |
| 214 | ** "You want to know ''my'' name?" [[spoiler:Technically a shared catchphrase between [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals the characters played by Ben Schwartz]].]] |
| 215 | ** From Doobs, ''[[LargeHam "CURSE YOU!"]]'' |
| 216 | ** Even some of the extras have catchphrases: Will ("I know it's not my place") and Dave Rosenberg ("[[HesDeadJim He's dead]]"). |
| 217 | * CelebCrush: |
| 218 | ** Jake's is Cindy Crawford. Amir claims his is Megan Fox, [[LoonyFan though he seems to be more interested in Shia LaBeouf]]. |
| 219 | ** In "Movie Date," Doob's [[ConstantlyChangingName latest name change]] is to "Penis Scarlett Johansson Anal." [[ComicallyMissingThePoint To his dismay]], Amir promptly nicknames him "[=ScarJo=]". |
| 220 | --->'''Jake:''' [=ScarJo=]'s not bad! You know, if you took out Scarlett Johansson your name is just Penis Anal! |
| 221 | --->'''Doobs:''' Oh, I would ''love'' to be just Penis Anal. |
| 222 | --->'''Amir:''' And I'd love to take out Scarlett Johansson. |
| 223 | ** In "Celebrity Date," Amir plots to [[SocialClimber succeed in LA]] by dating a celebrity. Jake is dismissive until [[NotSoAboveItAll Amir reveals that he's obtained Amanda Bynes' email address]]. |
| 224 | * CensorshipBySpelling: In the episode featuring Music/JuliaNunes, Amir thinks that singing in front of her will work this way and fesses up to the scam he's pulling on her in song. |
| 225 | -->'''Jake:''' Amir, she can understand you when you sing, it's not like spelling things in front of a toddler, or you. |
| 226 | * CharacterBlog: [[https://chicaqueenvixenstyle-blog.tumblr.com Amir's fashion blog]] (with contributions from Jake) and the [[https://twitter.com/USARice USARice Twitter.]] |
| 227 | * CharacterDevelopment: Jake starts out the series as a calm average guy and Amir as a nerd with no confidence. As Jake begins to give him attention, Amir gets more and more confident making Jake more and more angry. As for Jake, he starts to reveal deep-seated insecurities halfway through the series, becoming less of a straight man and more of a defensive douchebag. |
| 228 | * CheekCopy: Amir's attempt in "Copier" is more of an ordeal than the standard representation. |
| 229 | * ChekhovsGunman: Caused by RealLifeWritesThePlot. From 2008–09 Sam Reich, [=CollegeHumor=]'s then-Director of Original Content, made fairly regular appearances as a {{Sidekick}} and IgnoredEnamoredUnderling to Amir. After he was promoted to President of Original Content, his appearances were limited to a single fourth-wall-breaking gag at the end of the All-Nighter episode "Hoops" (in which he [[WhoWritesThisCrap complains about the sketch]]) before his character reappears for a major role in the finale, [[spoiler:finally firing Jake and Amir once and for all]]. Despite his vast shift in status, a ContinuityNod makes it clear that it's still the same character. |
| 230 | * ChessMotifs: PlayedForLaughs in "Movie Date 2" when Doobs proposes to Jake's date: |
| 231 | -->'''Doobs:''' Julie. Will you marry me? Knowing full well that you will be used in the ongoing chess match that is the life between Amir and myself: you the pawn, and I the ''[[ThatCameOutWrong queen]].'' |
| 232 | * ChewBubblegum: In Amir's script in "Table Read 2," his main character Darryl [=McMillionare=] opens by saying, "I only care about [[TwoWordsICantCount one]] thing: pussy, money, and cash. And I'm almost out of cash." |
| 233 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Jake [[AllLoveIsUnrequited is unsuccessful]] at starting one of these with Sarah, who he claims has been his friend since they were kids. |
| 234 | * ChristmasEpisode: One each year, "Christmas", "Happy Holidays", "Santa" and "Toy Drive". |
| 235 | * ChronicPetKiller: Amir. |
| 236 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay, you shouldn't own pets, man, you can barely keep yourself alive. |
| 237 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, don't tell me I shouldn't own pets, I've had like, ten owls in the past year. |
| 238 | -->'''Jake:''' What happened to them? |
| 239 | -->'''Amir:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint They're frickin' dead!]] |
| 240 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: When Sarah Schneider and Streeter Seidell left [=CollegeHumor=] to write for SNL, their character's absences were never explained (for comparison, two extras who left the company in RealLife were explicitly killed off in-universe, with site developer Kunal Shah's "death" being a RunningGag). They did [[BackForTheFinale appear in the finale]], though. |
| 241 | * ClassClown: Amir thinks of himself as this at the office, but has a hard time understanding when ''he's'' the joke. Definitely a SadClown to boot. |
| 242 | * ClosetGeek: Jake is a secret ''Lord of the Rings'' obsessive. |
| 243 | * ClosetSublet: In "Cousin," Jake is [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight not as surprised as he should be]] to find out that Amir has recently been living in his closet without his knowledge. |
| 244 | * ClothingDamage: Jake and Amir lose their shirts fighting each other in 'Godfather', which leads to being MistakenForGay. |
| 245 | * ClothingSwitch: The actors sometimes wear the same shirts from other clips. Noticeable in the flashbacks of "Happy Holidays" and "Record Breaker." |
| 246 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: |
| 247 | ** Amir is a particularly deranged example, but he almost looks sane compared to Ben Schwartz's characters. Quite a few of Amir's associates qualify too, including Doobs, Den and Cheryl. |
| 248 | ** ''Fired'' has [[TheWonka CEO Alan Avery]], who is constantly exposing himself at the office and prank-calling people, wears roller blades at all times and insists that Jake replace all verbs related to ambulation with verbs related to rollerblading. |
| 249 | --->'''Jake:''' So I wanted to run something by you. |
| 250 | --->'''Avery:''' ''Blade'' something by me? |
| 251 | --->'''Jake:''' Sure. |
| 252 | --->'''Avery:''' Say it. |
| 253 | --->'''Jake:''' I wanted to...blade something by you. I ran into Amir last night. |
| 254 | --->'''Avery:''' ''Bladed'' into Amir? |
| 255 | --->'''Jake:''' I didn't, I ran into him. |
| 256 | --->'''Avery:''' Bladed. |
| 257 | --->'''Jake:''' We were wearing shoes. |
| 258 | --->'''Avery:''' Blades. |
| 259 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Jake is constantly trying to explain social norms to Amir and encouraging him to straighten out his life, with limited success. He's even [[BigBrotherInstinct protective of Amir]] on occasion, usually when others gang up on him. |
| 260 | -->'''Pat:''' ''(to Jake, about Amir)'' Has he done this before? |
| 261 | * {{Cloudcuckoolanguage}}: Amir's is elaborate, consisting of [[ElSpanishO needless suffixes]], [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker odd arrangements]], various [[RhymesOnADime rhymes]] and [[PungeonMaster puns]], deliberate mispronunciations and PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy slang. Jake is fluent, much to his own shame. |
| 262 | -->'''Amir:''' I do nay have a legal birfday, and I def do not have a social securitay numbre, comprende, so-ay, helpay on dat-ay. |
| 263 | -->'''Jake:''' God, I'm so mad I understood all of that. |
| 264 | * ClusterBleepBomb: Amir several times. |
| 265 | * ComedicSociopathy: Amir behaving like a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] is the show's bread and butter. |
| 266 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: So many examples. To list one from "Elevator": |
| 267 | -->'''Amir (to Jake)''': We should call our loved ones and say goodbye. [[ShortDistancePhoneCall [pulls out his phone and calls Jake] ]] |
| 268 | ** A RunningGag has Jake [[TooMuchInformation confessing to an inappropriate sexual action]] when his intended point was to brag about ''where'' he was when it occurred. |
| 269 | * TheComicallySerious: Paul Greenberg, the CEO. Also NotSoAboveItAll. |
| 270 | -->'''Paul:''' Look, I think you guys know why I called you in here. ''(Jake and Amir look ashamed.)'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment I heard you can get 200 coins in Tiny Wings?]] |
| 271 | * CompetitionFreak: A game of office ping-pong, rock paper scissors, or ''Angry Birds'' is enough to set Jake off. |
| 272 | * CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: In "Translator," Amir goes TrollingTranslator while speaking Hebrew to a girl on Jake's behalf, until [[spoiler:she reveals, not only that she speaks perfect English, but that she told Jake and he refused to accept it]]. |
| 273 | * ConnectedAllAlong: |
| 274 | ** In "Dating Coach," we find out that Hallie, ex-girlfriend of Jake and brief love interest to Amir, is also [[spoiler:Sarah's sister, which kind of gives some context to Sarah's lack of interest in Jake.]] |
| 275 | ** "Double Date" establishes a particularly weird backstory between Amir and Murph: [[spoiler:Amir has been Murph's butler his entire life because Amir's father was employed as a butler to Murph's father and backed out of a SuicidePact with him, causing him to owe the family a life debt.]] |
| 276 | * ConspicuousConsumption: {{Parodied}} in "Grill," where Amir claims that he got a mouth grill because "I like flaunting that I make cash," but not only did he not earn the cash in question, he didn't make any purchase at all, instead [[spoiler:[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext trading his real teeth for a bedazzler which he used to bedazzle a set of dentures he stole from a dying goose]].]] |
| 277 | * ConstantlyChangingName: |
| 278 | ** Doobs [[RunningGag keeps changing his bizarre name]] (Penis Anthony Doubineux) in ways that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint keep the bizarre part intact]], whether by simply switching the last name out (i.e. "Doubineaux" for "Hudson") or just adding on a string of non-names just as absurd as "Penis." Amir unfailingly manages to [[MaliciousMisnaming make a nickname he hates out of the new name]], forcing him to change his name again on his next appearance. |
| 279 | ** Ben Schwartz's appearances [[spoiler:are a subversion, as each actually represents a different character.]] |
| 280 | ** Amir uses a different name on each of his scrolls, such as "Amir Raymond Blumois," "Amir [[Creator/JudyBlume Judy Blume]]nfeld," and "Roderigo O." |
| 281 | * CooldownHug: Jake attempts this in "Nuggets" when [[SeriousBusiness some other employees eat Amir's lunch]]. |
| 282 | * CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Amir sees his relationship with Jake this way. Subverted in that Jake doesn't (always) [[FriendshipDenial see it as a friendship]], and to everybody else it's just two losers. |
| 283 | * CoordinatedClothes: Amir often tries to [[IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery dress to match Jake or obtain clothes that Jake already has]], while Jake is horrified by the idea that people might think he coordinated with Amir on purpose. In "New Shirt" Amir admits that [[ClothingSwitch he's trying to ease his way into just sharing a wardrobe with Jake]]. |
| 284 | * CouchGag: The "Hey, you're watching ''Jake and Amir"'' voiceover in the opening sequence, which typically features a quick exchange or argument between the characters. The gag is usually random but occasionally ties into the episode's content. |
| 285 | * CrazyJealousGuy: |
| 286 | ** Early on, Amir with regard to Jake's other friends. |
| 287 | ** Murph. Unfortunately for Jake, Murph's girlfriend Emily has a thing for him too. |
| 288 | * CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: In "Wingman," Jake, at a party with coworkers, says that it's good to get away from work and is promptly called out [[RealLifeWritesThePlot by one of the site programmers]] for complaining about his easy job. |
| 289 | * CreepilyLongArms: An occasional gag with Amir is that he can reach Jake across about ten feet of desk space. |
| 290 | * CringeComedy: The earlier episodes relied on this, feeling less like comedy sketches and more like awkward, unscripted conversations between coworkers. |
| 291 | * CrosswordPuzzle: Jake and Amir put their heads together to solve one in the episode of the same name. |
| 292 | * CruellaToAnimals: Exaggerated by Amir in "Fur" when he goes on a "morbid spending spree" that ends in him wearing an outfit comprised of a fur hat and coat, a mink scarf, two dead doves for shoes, a wallet made from a dead rat, and just for the hell of it [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals an iguana that he strangled to death sticking out of his pocket]]. |
| 293 | * CryingWolf: This happens to Amir a lot. |
| 294 | -->'''Jake:''' Hey, all right, I'm going to call 911, okay? |
| 295 | -->'''Amir:''' No, it's not going to do anything, I prank-call them all the time! |
| 296 | -->'''Jake:''' I'll call it from my phone. |
| 297 | -->'''Amir:''' I ''do'' it from your phone! |
| 298 | -->'''Jake:''' Well, I'll just tell them you legitimately burned your face this time! |
| 299 | -->'''Amir:''' I crank-yanked them last night with that exact line! I said, "Please come, I legitimately burned my face this time!" |
| 300 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Some of Amir's most apparently checked-out babbling ends up fully checking out. In "Instagram" he correctly predicts that [[spoiler:[[ProperlyParanoid Facebook's attainment of Instagram and the resultant changes to its policy will result in his photos being sold to advertisers]].]] See also "Wise," in which the apparent fortune cookie [[spoiler:really is not a cookie at all but a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext "sand nut"]], or [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a nut made out of sand]]]]. |
| 301 | * {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Amir. |
| 302 | -->'''Dan:''' I'm trying to give you constructive criticism. |
| 303 | -->'''Amir:''' Ha, yeah. More like ''destructive cynicism.'' |
| 304 | -->''(Dan and Jake look at Amir.)'' |
| 305 | -->'''Jake:''' ...How'd you learn those words? |
| 306 | * CuttingTheElectronicLeash: Parodied in "The Moment," when Amir encourages Jake, who's taking pictures of the skyline, to put away his phone and enjoy the moment. When Jake actually takes this advice, he decides he ''himself'' wants a picture, borrows Jake's phone so he can take one, and immediately throws it into the water. |
| 307 | -->'''Amir:''' Disconnect, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]] |
| 308 | * DamnedByAFoolsPraise: The entire point of "Donald Trump." |
| 309 | -->'''Amir:''' And by the way, Trump wants to put a lid on immigration, illegal or otherwise, which I actually like as a moron with high standards. |
| 310 | * TheDandy: Jake. |
| 311 | * DaydreamSurprise: |
| 312 | ** [[http://vimeo.com/431325 My Boy]], which starts out with Jake praising and hugging Amir and then reveals that Amir was daydreaming the whole thing. Also an example of FaceDoodling, since we see that someone drew a dick on Amir’s face while he was zoned out. |
| 313 | ** "Couples Therapist Part 1" details how Amir ''hopes'' his therapy session with Jake will go as he explains it to the couples therapist. Part 2 is a nearly shot-for-shot remake of Part 1 where the appointment goes about how you'd expect. |
| 314 | * DeadAllAlong: In "Zombie," [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream Jake has a dream]] in which he finds out that Amir died the day before he was hired, and everyone else has been seeing him [[ISeeDeadPeople arguing with an empty desk]].]] |
| 315 | * DenserAndWackier: Gradually becomes a GagSeries suffused with SurrealHumor after starting out as a comparatively down-to-earth, if demented, WorkCom. |
| 316 | * DefensiveWhat: Amir, unsurprisingly; see "Music Box." |
| 317 | * DemotedToExtra: Dave after his first few appearances as a {{Jerkass}} rival to Jake. |
| 318 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: |
| 319 | ** Amir slips into this from time to time ("food restaurant," "book library," "group orgy") and generally repeats himself a lot. |
| 320 | --->'''Amir:''' Wait, Jake Jake Jake Jake! Can you buy these for me? I am ''strapped—'' ''(holds up [[PungeonMaster guitar straps]])'' for cash! I don't have cash on me. I wish I had cash and I don't have cash and I'm |
| 321 | --->'''Jake and Amir:''' [[FinishDialogueInUnison —strapped for cash]]. |
| 322 | ** According to Murph in "Double Date," "you only YOLO once." |
| 323 | * DescriptionCut: After Amir, who's tangled in a giant net, unaccountably goes missing in "Mountain Hiker Part 2": |
| 324 | -->'''Jake:''' ''(to Stanley)'' Shut up, okay? Amir's really scared right now! |
| 325 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(holding a smoothie while talking cheerfully on the phone)'' Hello hello, yes! Uh, I'm gonna need another smoothie, please! Basically, you need to freshen me up. Yeah, same guy in the net. |
| 326 | * DialogueReversal: In "Pizza," first between Amir and Jake and then the other way around: |
| 327 | -->"Forget it." |
| 328 | -->"Forget it 'cause you're dumb?" |
| 329 | -->"Forget it 'cause you don't know what the fuck you're talking about...ass!" |
| 330 | * DidYouJustHaveSex: |
| 331 | -->'''Jake (to Lerona)''': Did you just take a shower? |
| 332 | -->[Amir appears] |
| 333 | -->'''Amir:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvn6RszROQ8&feature=relmfu Yes we did!]] |
| 334 | -->'''Jake:''' F**k! |
| 335 | -->'''Amir:''' Yes we did! |
| 336 | * DirtyCoward: The defining character trait of Amir's offscreen father. According to Amir, he went AWOL during the Vietnam war by FakingTheDead three times in 18 months and sold out [[ExaggeratedTrope over 1000 of his companions, receiving the "Black Heart congressional medal of dishonor" for his efforts]]. Since then he has been dealing with problems ranging in scale from embarrassment over his son's actions to a SuicidePact he made with Murph's dad by [[RunningGag moving away]]. |
| 337 | * DisproportionateRetribution: |
| 338 | ** Amir put Rosie in the hospital for laughing at Jake. |
| 339 | ** Jake broke Amir's ribs over a game of Rock Paper Scissors. |
| 340 | ** In "iPhone Case," Amir tries to jack an iPhone on the subway, to which [[TorchesAndPitchforks the other passengers]] not only beat him up but force him to lick his victim's shoes and take turns stepping on his face and flicking his genitals. |
| 341 | * {{Dissimile}}: In "Taste Test" Amir tries a pineapple and describes it as a "cold ... sweet ... wet chicken nugget." |
| 342 | * DistinctionWithoutADifference: |
| 343 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, ever heard of a GetRichQuickScheme? Well these are ''[[RhymesOnADime wet bitch thick creams]],'' 99 ways guaranteed to get us paid ASAP! |
| 344 | -->'''Jake:''' So they ''are'' get-rich-quick schemes. |
| 345 | * [[DoesNotLikeSpam Does Not Like Yams]]: Amir. |
| 346 | -->'''Jake:''' No, I'm well aware that you hate yams. |
| 347 | -->'''Amir:''' I hate em. I hate yams. |
| 348 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: |
| 349 | ** Amir sometimes comes off as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling to Jake. Particularly visible in "Angry Birds" when he gets Mom (in this case, a weary Streeter) involved when things don't go his way. |
| 350 | --->'''Streeter:''' Jake, can you just let him play? Please? |
| 351 | --->'''Jake:''' He can get his own phone, Streeter. |
| 352 | --->'''Streeter:''' Can you let him play? |
| 353 | --->'''Jake:''' Streeter, he can get his own phone! |
| 354 | --->'''Streeter:''' You can ''share!'' |
| 355 | ** In "Nuggets," the loss of Amir's chicken nuggets is treated like a classic cinematic DisposableWoman situation, with direct references to ''Film/MysticRiver'' and ''Film/Contagion2011''. |
| 356 | ** The [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle end tag]] of "Gay Marriage" [[SpoofAesop veers into a discussion of how people who shart deserve equal rights]]. |
| 357 | ** Notwithstanding all the past occasions that Jake has expressed a desire not to work near Amir, in "Gum" his declaration that "I wanna switch desks" is given all the weight of a request for a divorce. |
| 358 | --->'''Amir:''' This is such a small thing in the grand scheme of things. I-i-it's infinitesimal! |
| 359 | --->'''Jake:''' It's small, maybe, in the grand scheme of things, but the grand scheme of things is what I'm worried about, okay? It's a lot of little things, like this, adding up. Also...[[BreadEggsMilkSquick you know you]] ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick stabbed]]'' [[BreadEggsMilkSquick me once]]. |
| 360 | * TheDogBitesBack: At the end of “Couch for Sale”, after years of being trolled and jerked around by Amir, Mickey finally snaps and trashes Amir’s apartment. |
| 361 | * DontExplainTheJoke: Amir explains a joke while telling it. "A guy walks face first into a bar. A metal bar. Ouch." |
| 362 | * DontYouDarePityMe: Amir alternates between this and ''angling'' for Jake's pity, which Jake points out in "Split Pea Soup." Jake isn't much better. |
| 363 | * DoppelgangerDating: [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/54928054/ace-and-jocelyn-episode-7-space-twins-watch Space Twins]] has Jake dating a female Amir lookalike, appropriately named [[SdrawkcabName Rima]]. |
| 364 | * DorkInASweater: Doobs. |
| 365 | * DoubleDate: The "Double Date" series has Jake double-dating with Murph, his terrifyingly flirtatious girlfriend Emily, and the couple's completely wordless and non-responsive friend Nico. As if the pressure on him isn't bad enough, it turns out Murph only invited him because he's planning to propose to Emily that night. |
| 366 | -->'''Murph:''' I mean, I want it to be intimate, so I figured, "What's more intimate than a double date?" |
| 367 | -->'''Jake:''' [[OnlySaneMan ...Single date!]] |
| 368 | * DownerEnding: The finale [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall refers extensively]] to the real production of the show through a plot about the fictional Jake and Amir trying to mastermind a web series about themselves. [[spoiler:Unlike their real counterparts, though, the fictional Jake and Amir [[EpicFail fail in spectacular fashion]] and are fired from their jobs at [=CollegeHumor=]. While clearing out their desks, [[HopeSpot they briefly seem to be onto something]] when they toy around with a low-budget camcorder shoot of one of their scripts—the actual early episode "Beer"—before deciding [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs that it's not very good]] and throwing in the towel.]] |
| 369 | * DoYouTrustMe: {{Parodied}} a few times, since Jake really ''doesn't'' trust Amir. See "Ransom." |
| 370 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: Amir is continuously distracted and feels totally free to take both hands off the wheel at any time. If ''Podcast/IfIWereYou'' is to be believed, this may be one of the few characteristics he has in common with his real-life counterpart. |
| 371 | * DrunkenSong: Amir and Pat sing "Tubthumping," "Piano Man" and "Lady in Red" as they get increasingly deep into the drink supply in "Interpreters 2 (Cheer Up)." |
| 372 | * DudeNotFunny: Jake's typical reaction to Amir's attempts at humor, which include rickrolling an email thread about funeral arrangements. |
| 373 | * DrowningMySorrows: Pat tries to help Jake do this in "Interpreters 2 (Cheer Up)," but he and Amir go through all the alcohol themselves. |
| 374 | * DuckSeasonRabbitSeason: Amir tries this on Jake in "Los Angeles." It doesn't work. |
| 375 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earliest episodes involve Hurwitz and Blumenfeld messing around with video editing, improv comedy, and brief gags, many involving MediumAwareness and NoFourthWall. The characterization of Amir as socially inept, attention-seeking and obsessed with Jake began to emerge with "Tattoo" and "Practical Joke," and the classic opposite-desks formula officially debuts with "Beer." |
| 376 | * EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster: Amir [[{{Manchild}} still]] has this kind of relationship with his mom, to Jake's bemusement. |
| 377 | -->'''Jake:''' You know, when you're an adult it's actually ''not'' cool to not love your mom. |
| 378 | * EasyAmnesia: Amir in "Amnesia." |
| 379 | * EatingLunchAlone: |
| 380 | ** An early episode called "Lunchtime" has Jake making fun of Amir for doing this. |
| 381 | ** Averted in several episodes, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ean7ZR6XmG4 Rock Paper Scissors]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-iTlA0A3Y Choking]] where Amir invites Jake to lunch to avoid "eating" alone, despite the fact that he has no food. |
| 382 | * EatingShoes: In "Milk Man" Amir suffers symptoms of what's assumed to be food poisoning until Jake follows the advice of a 911 operator to punch him in the stomach and an entire shoe comes up. |
| 383 | -->'''Amir:''' That actually makes sense...[[TooDumbToLive because literally a second before I started complaining of pain...I ate a shoe]]. |
| 384 | * EdibleThemeNaming: In "Stock Market", it's revealed that two of Amir's colleagues are named Hamburger and Lasagna. |
| 385 | * ElevatorFailure: "Elevator." |
| 386 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: {{Subverted}} with "Doobs," who is [[EmbarrassingNickname deeply embarrassed by the nickname]] and would prefer to be known by his full name. Only Jake sees the redundancy in attempting MaliciousMisnaming on a guy whose given name is "Penis." |
| 387 | -->'''Jake:''' And the nickname you gave him to make fun of him was "Doobs." |
| 388 | -->'''Amir:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Pretty funny, right? It's like his last name, but shorter.]] |
| 389 | * EmbarrassinglyPainfulSunburn: |
| 390 | ** Jake gets one in [[http://vimeo.com/708555 Sun Tan]] after falling asleep in the tanning bed (and Amir forgets to wake him up). |
| 391 | ** Amir gets one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO61znpw7kQ Staycation Part 2]], where he gets sunburned so badly that he spends the next couple of episodes peeling. |
| 392 | * EmbarrassingMiddleName: Amir Valerie Blumenfeld. |
| 393 | -->'''Jake:''' You know you can change your middle name, right? |
| 394 | * EmbarrassingNickname: |
| 395 | ** Jake hates it when Amir calls him "Jakey." |
| 396 | ** A RunningGag is that Doobs keeps changing his name to increasingly outlandish, embarrassing "names" in an attempt to avoid Amir's highly innocuous MaliciousMisnaming. |
| 397 | * EndOfSeriesAwareness: The GrandFinale ends with Jake and Amir [[spoiler:finally getting fired]], with plenty of LeaningOnTheFourthWall ([[spoiler:"You guys are ''done'' at [=CollegeHumor=]!"]]) |
| 398 | * EnragedByIdiocy: Jake, often. In "Time Saver" his attempt to keep a cool head in the face of Amir's latest manifestation of InsaneTrollLogic results in the pressure building up until he leaps over both desks and physically attacks Amir. |
| 399 | * EntendreFailure: |
| 400 | ** When Mike, Jake's replacement at work when he briefly changes jobs, mentions a former "partner" and asks Amir if he's ever had a "BF," [[OneDialogueTwoConversations Amir thinks he's referring to his best friend and talks about Jake]]. He then suggests that Mike should be his "partner" and is put off and confused when Mike responds flirtatiously. Mike apologizes for assuming he was "out" and Amir confirms that he's not out, [[LiteralMinded because they're both indoors]]. |
| 401 | ** In "Fashion Tips," Jake confronts Amir with the fact that the fashion advice he's been following is [[UnplannedCrossdressing clearly from women's magazines]]: |
| 402 | --->'''Amir:''' If they were really girl's magazines, would I know "Fifteen Ways to Freak ''Him'' Out in Bed"? |
| 403 | --->'''Jake:''' ...You wanna freak ''guys'' out in bed? |
| 404 | --->'''Amir:''' Yeah! I like scaring people, and now I can do that in bed! |
| 405 | --->'''Jake:''' Scaring people like "boo"...? |
| 406 | --->'''Amir:''' No, scaring people like licking their toes? Okay, really freaking them out. |
| 407 | --->'''Jake:''' I think this is the most you have ever ''not'' gotten it, and that's saying a lot. |
| 408 | ** In "Wingman," Amir introduces himself to a girl Jake likes and is confused by the fact that she can see, as Jake used the word "blind" to describe how hard he'd go at it with her. Similarly, in "Movie Date": |
| 409 | --->'''Jake:''' How on Earth is this a double date? You didn't bring anyone. |
| 410 | --->'''Amir:''' I thought you said you were gonna split this chick in half? |
| 411 | * EpicFail: While shooting the ShowWithinAShow web series in the finale, Amir [[spoiler:publicly castrates himself with the slate, then [[LeftItIn leaves the footage in for the premiere]].]] |
| 412 | * EroticDream: When Amir describes one in "Bagels," he manages to simultaneously offer [[TooMuchInformation too much]] and [[NoodleIncident too]] ''[[NoodleIncident little]]'' information. |
| 413 | -->'''Amir:''' Imagine every koala ever in a bikini. |
| 414 | -->... |
| 415 | -->'''Amir:''' Do you know what it's like to grow up on the street? To be ''hood?'' Or would you rather just suck off Uncle Sam and swallow what he gives you? [[LiteralMetaphor By the way, that was my dream last night.]] |
| 416 | * EroticEating: Emily attempts this in the "Double Date" series. [[ParodiedTrope Her target, Jake, can only focus on the fact that she's eating branzino with her hands]]. |
| 417 | -->'''Jake:''' You know that's not hot. Your hands probably smell like fish now. |
| 418 | * EstablishingShot: The classic episode formula set in the work area of the office always opens with a wide shot of the opposite-facing desks belonging to the title characters. |
| 419 | * EurekaMoment: Unsuccessfully {{invoked}} by Amir in "Podcast Ideas." |
| 420 | -->'''Amir:''' What's the one thing we're good at? Like, as men? |
| 421 | -->'''Jake:''' You're not good at anything. |
| 422 | -->'''Amir:''' That's it. [[RepeatWhatYouJustSaid Wait, say that again]]. |
| 423 | -->'''Jake:''' No. |
| 424 | -->'''Amir:''' It's perfect! It's absolutely perfect! |
| 425 | -->'''Jake:''' You're forcing an epiphany, okay, but you're not actually having-- |
| 426 | -->'''Amir:''' Whoa, fuck you for a second. |
| 427 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: When the lawyer in "iPhone Case" apparently tries to racially profile the mob that attacked Amir, Amir replies, "That's in poor taste." |
| 428 | * EverybodyLaughsEnding: "CEO" [[{{Parodied}} has a particularly contextually-inappropriate one]]. |
| 429 | * ExcrementStatement: In "Celebration," Jake finds out that Amir [[NoSocialSkills has no idea how to express positive emotions]]. When he asks him how he'd celebrate if he won the lottery, Amir pulls down his pants and yells "GRRR! SHIT ON YA!" |
| 430 | * EyeScream: {{Invoked}} by Jake when Amir cites LASIK as the reason he's ditched his glasses. When Jake describes what the procedure actually entails, Amir's horrified reaction makes it obvious that he not only never had it done but had no idea what the word meant in the first place. |
| 431 | * FacePalm: Jake, frequently. (On a meta level, this is Hurwitz's go-to way to hide evidence of {{Corpsing}}). |
| 432 | * FailedPilotEpisode: A series pilot was produced for [=TruTV=] in 2015, though it was never released to the public. |
| 433 | * FakeCharity: The Amir Blumenfeld Foundation for Not Giving a Shit, which in fairness makes no attempt to hide it. According to Jake, the reward for a $10 donation to said organization's Kickstarter is a shirt that says, "[[AndAllIGotWasThisLousyTShirt I donated ten dollars to a fake charity and all I got was this lousy dick]]." |
| 434 | * FakeTwinGambit: In "Graveyard," [[spoiler:Lerona, now a ghost, pretends to be her own surviving twin sister and is disappointed when both Jake and Amir instantly hit on "Jessica" and insult Lerona in the process.]] |
| 435 | * FastForwardGag: Seen in "30 Second Debate"; Amir asks Jake a question, Jake’s answer is fast forwarded, and Amir tells him to slow down because he’s talking too fast. |
| 436 | * FearOfThunder: See "Storm," in which Amir is so cripplingly afraid of thunder that he [[BringMyBrownPants wets himself]] after a loud thunderclap. |
| 437 | * FightingIrish: Murph. |
| 438 | * FinishDialogueInUnison: Jake frequently does this to [[ImprobablyPredictable Amir]]. [[VerbalTic It seems to have slipped out to the way he interacts with other people]]. |
| 439 | -->'''Sarah:''' Yeah, you do do that, Jake. You cut people off like, a lot. It's really— |
| 440 | -->'''Jake:''' "[[IResembleThatRemark —annoying]]," I know. [[HypocriticalHumor But you're interrupting, and that's]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor my]]'' [[HypocriticalHumor pet peeve]]. |
| 441 | * FiringDay: The finale opens with [[spoiler:a rolling shot that moves through the entire office depicting the exasperated reactions of Jake and Amir's coworkers as the two argue in their trademark style at full volume in the middle of the work day. They're subsequently called in by their boss and fired, not only for being constantly disruptive, but [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything for barely accomplishing anything else in eight years]].]] |
| 442 | * FleetingPassionateHobbies: Amir's various obsessions. |
| 443 | -->'''Jake:''' You're so fast at being dumb. |
| 444 | * FloweryInsults: In "Angry Birds," a fed-up Jake explodes at Amir, "[[SophisticatedAsHell You are an anus of the highest caliber]]!" Amir remembers the insult and eventually fires it back, sort of: |
| 445 | -->'''Amir:''' Yeah, you can share with me, you anus of the highest [[{{Malaproper}} calendar]]! |
| 446 | * FoodSlap: In "Embarrassed" Amir gets deeply emotionally invested in what he doesn't realize is an entirely one-sided conversation with Jake, who's on the phone with someone else. Upon finally catching on, he throws a cup of water in Jake's face, to Jake's confusion. |
| 447 | * FootsieUnderTheTable: Emily manages to divest Jake of his ''shirt'' this way in "Double Date." |
| 448 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9p8YZonU2k "Hospital"]], Amir tells Jake he won't let "some quack in a van hack him up in a can". A year later in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CukOsybUBL8 "Nose Job"]], that's exactly what happens. |
| 449 | * ForgedMessage: In "Ballgame," Jake deals with the unwanted company of Amir while watching a baseball game at his apartment. The end reveals that Jake invited a whole group of coworkers over, but they never showed up because Amir left a note on the door "from" Jake saying that the event was cancelled. |
| 450 | * ForgetfulJones: Amir tends to forget how a discussion started in the middle of the conversation or fail to remember something he or another person just said. He's also repeatedly left the house without his shoes. |
| 451 | * ForgottenBirthday: |
| 452 | ** Amir refuses to learn Sam's birthday because he's worried it will make him forget Jake's. |
| 453 | ** In "Jacuzzi", Amir calls out Jake for forgetting his birthday and Jake legitimately feels bad about it. |
| 454 | * FourthDateMarriage: |
| 455 | ** [[spoiler:Jake's engagement to his blind date Nico]] in the "Double Date" series [[spoiler:is the result of a twisted hybrid of ShotgunWedding and AccidentalProposal. Specifically, [[CrazyJealousGuy Murph]] threatens Jake into proposing to Nico so that he'll be off the market and out of the LoveTriangle with Emily, and Jake acquiesces on the assumption that Nico, who hasn't spoken a word to him or interacted with him in any way all evening, [[TemptingFate will never accept]]. Guess what...]] |
| 456 | ** In "Movie Date," Doobs proposes to and ''marries'' Jake's date Julie on the spot after finding out that she likes Amir. Since the guy hitching them is movie theater usher Sulu Candles, Jake questions the legality of this. |
| 457 | * {{Fratbro}}: [[HiddenDepths In general, Jake is this]] and arguably [[StraightMan only looks buttoned-up]] compared to Amir. |
| 458 | * FreakyFridayFlip: Amir tries to force this to happen in "Freaky Friday” by tackling Jake, hoping that their bodies will somehow switch in the process. |
| 459 | * FreezeFrameBonus: In several episodes if you pause at just the right time, you'll be able to see one of the photos of Jake that Amir keeps on his desk. |
| 460 | * FreudianExcuse: Amir's family life is [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood ridiculously terrible]], to say nothing of [[spoiler:the five years he spent being kidnapped and living entirely on chicken nuggets]]. |
| 461 | * FriendlyTickleTorture: Amir likes doing this to Jake, who has responded with violence more than once. |
| 462 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Amir at the [=CollegeHumor=] office. And increasingly, Jake too. |
| 463 | -->'''Streeter:''' Nobody likes you guys. |
| 464 | -->'''Jake and Amir:''' We know! |
| 465 | * FriendshipDenial: Jake with Amir. [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Not always]]. |
| 466 | * FriendshipMoment: |
| 467 | ** The conclusion of the "Sick Day" story arc has Jake returning to his old job and retaking his desk opposite Amir. He then agrees to take Amir to UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} for dinner, and the episode ends with a hug. |
| 468 | *** There's also the ending to Part 3 that was cut from the [=YouTube=] upload. [[spoiler:Amir is crying too hard to accept Jake's departing handshake, so Jake gives up and walks away. Amir catches the elevator at the last second and holds out his hand, to which Jake puts his stuff down and wraps him in a hug instead. When they get to Jake's floor Amir refuses to let go, and Jake agrees to [[OverlyLongHug ride the elevator with him two more times]].]] |
| 469 | ** Throughout the 4-part "Brother" series Jake, who is being scammed for money by his older brother Kumail, [[BigBrotherWorship is only angered by Amir's repeated attempts to warn him that the guy isn't trustworthy]], cumulating in his accepting an invitation to go with Kumail on a "weekend camping trip," all while Amir knows firsthand that Kumail plans on ditching him that night. Jake turns up subdued to the office on Monday and talks to Amir about the fun time he and his brother had camping. In a rare moment of sensitivity, Amir doesn't call him on the lie, instead asking him if he'd like to go camping with him when he's not "camped out" from the supposed first trip. Jake eagerly jumps on the chance to go camping "again," but quietly thanks Amir, showing that he's aware of, and grateful for, what Amir is doing for him. |
| 470 | ** Almost in "Business Card”. Amir gets his own business card, but it’s completely worthless; it’s written in invisible ink, and even then, it only says, “Tweet at me, bitches!” with no contact info listed. Just to be nice, Jake sends Amir a tweet complimenting him for the card. Amir’s response? “Don’t fucking pity me!" |
| 471 | ** At the end of ''Fired'' [[spoiler:Jake finally calls Amir his best friend. Amir ruins it by insisting that they're ''best'' best friends.]] |
| 472 | ** Subverted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60zq1y-TCFI Feast]]; Amir tries to have an impromptu Thanksgiving dinner at the office with Jake, because he doesn’t have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving. Jake says, “I can’t believe I’m about to do this,” and then… locks Amir in the office so he can’t crash Jake’s Thanksgiving dinner. [[spoiler:Played straight in the immediate follow-up "Driving Home," which reveals that Amir somehow managed to make it to Jake's Thanksgiving anyway; after realizing that [[ParentalAbandonment Amir's family refused to tell him where they were]], Jake ultimately decides he's glad it happened.]] |
| 473 | * FunnyAnsweringMachine: Amir's outgoing message in "Voicemail" (on his office phone, no less): |
| 474 | -->"Hey, it's Amir. [[NoodleIncident I know this is a prank call, Leron]], so don't f—king bother leaving a message because I ''won't believe you!"'' |
| 475 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: See [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5062942/jake-and-amir-the-godfather The Godfather]], in which Pat and Sarah’s conversation is accompanied by Jake and Amir getting into a wrestling match in the background. |
| 476 | * FunTShirt: Several recurring ones, including the actual Jake and Amir shirts from [=BustedTees=] (the in-universe explanation for their existence is that Amir pitches them himself). |
| 477 | * GagPenis: Amir is implied to have one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0dRIXMw39E Brother Part 1]], when there’s a brief shot of him completely bottomless and the censor bar goes past his knees. |
| 478 | * GarrulousGrowth: Amir tells an insane story about one in "Day After Thanksgiving." |
| 479 | * GeekyTurnOn: Jake falls for Amir's girlfriend Lerona because she's into ''Lord of the Rings.'' There's clearly a bit of LovingAShadow in play, though: |
| 480 | -->'''Lerona:''' Jake and I were just talking about ''Lord of the Rings.'' |
| 481 | -->'''Amir:''' Those [=DVDs=] own ''hard.'' |
| 482 | -->'''Jake:''' Yeah, only we were talking about the ''books,'' you f—ing ass. |
| 483 | -->'''Lerona:''' ...I was talking about the movies. |
| 484 | * GenderFlip: The All-Nighter sketch "Jake and Amir's Dream" has several guest comedians briefly playing the roles of Jake and Amir, including a sequence where they're respectively played by Abbi Jacobson and Creator/IlanaGlazer of ''Series/BroadCity'' fame. |
| 485 | * GenreSavvy: Jake becomes more savvy to Amir's ways over time...but it very rarely helps him in the end. |
| 486 | -->'''Amir''': Jake, meet my [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6542554/jake-and-amir-daughter daughter]], Emily. |
| 487 | -->'''Jake''': [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Ok, I'm going to work from home today]]. |
| 488 | ** At the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1isDbw8Cufg Videos]] he has finally learnt how to shut Amir down when he gets too overexcited. |
| 489 | ** Jake [[BorrowedCatchphrase will invite Amir to dinner]] or offer him chicken nuggets if he needs to distract him, bribe him [[CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem or just plain steal back his attention]]. He also uses Amir's tendency to take childish games [[SeriousBusiness very seriously]] (Opposite Day, "If I flip this page you're a nerd," etc.) to his advantage, and learns to play along with the Ace and Jocelyn videos, inventing plot points on the spot to get Amir to do what he wants. On his own end, Amir occasionally shows a startlingly well-developed sense of how to manipulate Jake. See "Couch" for an example of their respective Genre Savviness clashing. [[spoiler:Amir wins.]] |
| 490 | * GetRichQuickScheme: "Get Rich Quick Schemes" (or as Amir would have it, "[[RhymesOnADime wet bitch thick creams]]"). |
| 491 | * TheGhost: Quite a few characters in Amir's NoodleIncident-rich life, most notably his dad and his friend Mickey, [[spoiler:[[UnseenNoMore the latter of whom briefly appeared in the finale]].]] His cousin Leron is typically also this despite making one appearance (two if you count the real [=YouTube=] video discussed in "Gallon Challenge"; three if you include his [[TheVoice offscreen line]] in "Restricted"). |
| 492 | * GilliganCut: "Resume" opens with Jake sitting to the far left of an otherwise empty couch, to which Amir arrives and tries to squeeze in to the left of Jake. |
| 493 | -->'''Jake:''' What are you doing? Sit there! Amir! ''Sit there!'' We have an ''entire'' couch, and I'm not gonna move, because I was— |
| 494 | -->''(Abrupt cut to Amir sitting to the left with Jake on the right.)'' |
| 495 | * GirlfriendInCanada: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in "Girlfriend," when Jake only ''thinks'' Lerona is this (understandably, as her name happens to be [[ContrivedCoincidence Amir's cousin's name with an -a suffix pronounced as "uh," "like you're confused"]]). |
| 496 | * TheGlassesComeOff: When Murph takes off his glasses it's a sure sign that Jake is about to get his ass kicked. In "Table Read 2" Jake [[GenreSavvy pleadingly motions for him to put them back on]], to no avail. |
| 497 | * GlassesCuriosity: In "Glasses" Jake wears Amir's glasses while Amir looks for them, having forgotten that he let Jake try them on. |
| 498 | * TheGlomp: Amir is a frequent dispenser of these and can be seen jumping on Jake's shoulders in two of the intros. |
| 499 | * GodwinsLaw: Touched on in "Election": |
| 500 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, so red state is Nazi? |
| 501 | -->'''Jake:''' Republican. |
| 502 | -->'''Amir:''' Same thing. |
| 503 | -->'''Jake:''' ...I can't decide if you're being poignant or stupid. |
| 504 | -->'''Amir:''' ...Same thing. |
| 505 | -->'''Jake:''' Got it. Stupid. |
| 506 | * GoodCopBadCop: In "Good Cop, Bad Cop" Amir decides to attempt this on the interns and goes [[RabidCop instantly off the rails]], having to be restrained by everybody in the room within less than two minutes to prevent him from killing someone with a hammer. [[spoiler: He was shooting for "good cop."]] |
| 507 | * GotMeDoingIt: Jake's tendency to slip into Amir's [[VerbalTic Verbal Tics]] and other mannerisms. When he briefly takes a job in California during the New York era, his new desk partner assumes he's using East Coast slang she's unfamiliar with. |
| 508 | * GrossOutShow: Blood, urine, vomit and excrement in abundance. |
| 509 | * GroupHug: See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhs2netIX_I&feature=relmfu Group Hug]], in which Amir initiates one with a crowd of strangers. |
| 510 | * HairTriggerTemper: Both Amir and Murph. |
| 511 | * HalfwayPlotSwitch: "Freaky Friday" and "Bake Sale" devote the length of the episode proper to their [[TheStinger Stingers]], which both involve Pat calling his mom to tell her about some money he stole from Jake while pretending that he earned it himself. |
| 512 | * HamAndDeadpanDuo: Guess. |
| 513 | * HammyHerald: In "Shia," Amir ushers Mike Fink, an intern he's convinced is Shia [=LaBeouf=], around the office by singing a rewrite of "Prince Ali" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. |
| 514 | * HandWave: In "Compost," Jake tells a story about how one of Amir's canine teeth fell out the week before and adds, "I guess you got a veneer later?" |
| 515 | * HashtagForLaughs: A few memorable ones, such as "[[RhymesOnADime #douchebag]]" and "[[TheStoner #hashbag]]." Then there's Murph taking [[MoodSwinger a sudden emotional dive]] as he updates [[MakeoutKids his and Emily's "kiss Twitter"]]: |
| 516 | -->"#openmouth, #amazing, #shewaslookingatjakethewholetime!" |
| 517 | * HasTwoThumbsAnd: Amir misuses the phrase several times, applying it to others instead of him. |
| 518 | * HatesBeingTouched: Jake with Amir. Lampshaded in “Keys”: |
| 519 | -->'''Jake:''' What did Ricky say about touching me? |
| 520 | -->'''Amir:''' He said, “Maybe sometimes, if you ask politely." |
| 521 | -->'''Jake:''' No, he said ''never''. |
| 522 | * HeadbuttOfLove: Amir inflicts a very unwanted one on Jake in "Keys." |
| 523 | * HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Jake's go-to tactic for ignoring Amir. A lot of their coworkers do the same thing, understandably given their constant bickering. |
| 524 | * HehHehYouSaidX: "Taxes": |
| 525 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay, do you have any other source of income besides your salary, like do you do freelance? |
| 526 | -->'''Amir:''' Ha, you said doodoo! |
| 527 | -->'''Jake:''' I didn't actually— |
| 528 | -->'''Amir:''' "Do you do"! |
| 529 | -->'''Jake:''' Yeah well, there's a "you" in there. |
| 530 | -->'''Amir:''' Still. |
| 531 | * HesDeadJim: A minor RunningGag has Dave Rosenberg saying "He's dead" at the end of an episode. (He's always wrong about it.) |
| 532 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Or Amir wishes they were at least. He repeatedly tries to enforce the idea that he and Jake are best friends, even when Jake makes it explicitly clear that he wants nothing to do with Amir. Nevertheless, Jake ultimately spends more time with Amir than just about anyone else, sometimes willingly, and has made at least two major career decisions based on wanting to continue working with him. In "Real Estate Agent" they even shop for an apartment together, although [[spoiler:by 2020's "Social Distance Scroll" [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall they haven't seen each other in five years]].]] As of "Podcast Ideas" [[{{Uncancelled}} they're back together for the foreseeable future]]. |
| 533 | * HilariousOuttakes: The youtube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/JakeAndAmirOuttakes?feature=watch JakeAndAmirOuttakes]] with {{Corpsing}} being the most promient. |
| 534 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Amir (see “Abusive Parents” above). |
| 535 | * HiMom: Amir does this in ''Fired'' after thinking he's the victim of a CandidCameraPrank. |
| 536 | * HollywoodHealing: |
| 537 | ** Averted with “Bozo”; Amir ends the episode by jumping out the window, and in the following episode, “Tampon”, he’s seen in a wheelchair. |
| 538 | ** Also averted with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ean7ZR6XmG4 Rock Paper Scissors]] (in which Jake punches Amir in the stomach, breaking his ribs) and the next episode Bake Sale (where Amir is seen to still have the rib fracture). |
| 539 | * HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: In "CEO," Amir is narrowly rehired moments after being fired when [[spoiler:his BrutalHonesty wrings a confession out of an intern who pretended to be dealing with an unplanned pregnancy so that she could get out of work to attend a rave. She concludes that he's [[SeeminglyProfoundFool highly perceptive]], but in fact [[JerkAss he really thought he was being pointlessly cruel to a pregnant young woman in a terrible situation]].]] |
| 540 | * HugAndComment: The ending line of the "Sick Day" arc: |
| 541 | -->'''Jake:''' Hey, did you make out with a guy? |
| 542 | -->'''Amir:''' Yeah, it was weird. |
| 543 | * HurricaneOfExcuses: "Game Ideas": |
| 544 | -->'''Jake:''' You're invading other people's privacy. |
| 545 | -->'''Amir:''' No I won't! Again. Or for the first time. I won't, and I didn't. And I haven't. Again. Or ever. |
| 546 | * HurricaneOfPuns: In "iPad": |
| 547 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, this is A to B conversation, so C your way out of it, right? C your way out of D room. That's right, get E-way. Get the F away. G, you're still H...-ere? I don't know why, because [[IJustWantToBeYou I, J,]] told you to K— |
| 548 | -->'''Jake:''' He's gone. |
| 549 | -->'''Amir:''' ...L. |
| 550 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: The standard logic gets [[InvertedTrope inverted]] by Amir in "Traffic": |
| 551 | -->'''Amir:''' It's like how you can make fun of my mom, but I can't. |
| 552 | -->'''Jake:''' That's not how that works. |
| 553 | -->'''Amir:''' It's 'cause I'm too close to her, but you have a lot of material to work with. [[YourMom She's dumb and short]]. |
| 554 | * HypocriticalHumor: Often; Amir has no sense of irony, and Jake has been known to criticize Amir for attitudes, behavior and failings that closely resemble his own. |
| 555 | * ICanExplain: Subverted in "Come Again”. Pat’s date catches him getting mounted by Amir, and when Amir tries to explain, Pat cuts him off and says that it’d just be easier to break up with her. |
| 556 | * IceCreamKoan: "April Fools Soup": |
| 557 | -->'''Murph:''' It's funny, you know? You're always wondering what to expect...maybe you should start expecting what to ''wonder''. |
| 558 | * IdiotSavant: Amir has a serious literary and poetic talent, to the point where Jake is sometimes reluctantly compelled to consult him for help with a love letter or Mother's Day missive. He can also [[RubiksCubeInternationalGeniusSymbol solve a Rubik's cube]] in ''seconds.'' |
| 559 | -->'''Jake:''' ''(on [[RunningGag Amir's latest Mickey monologue]])'' ''God,'' that was impressive. |
| 560 | -->'''Amir:''' Thank you. |
| 561 | -->'''Jake:''' [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic Do you plan that out]], like the "Go outside and pretend it's not Thanksgiving, feast your eyes on this," you plan that out? |
| 562 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(indicating paper on desk)'' Yeah, yeah yeah yeah, it's all scripted. |
| 563 | -->'''Jake:''' ...''Wow,'' [[PingPongNaivete learn the alphabet!]] |
| 564 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: Amir feels this way about Creator/ShiaLaBeouf. |
| 565 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: In his initial role as Amir's {{Sidekick}}, Sam's "friendship" with Amir was even more pathetically unrequited than Amir's with Jake. |
| 566 | -->'''Sam:''' Remember that Jake-themed birthday party I threw for you on my birthday? I was thinking about having a sequel. |
| 567 | -->'''Amir:''' Dude, I don't even know what your birthday is. |
| 568 | -->'''Sam:''' It's July 22nd! |
| 569 | -->'''Amir:''' Don't tell me! Now I might forget Jake's! |
| 570 | * IgnoredEpiphany: |
| 571 | ** In "Friend Quiz" Jake comes to the horrified conclusion that [[spoiler:[[VitriolicBestBuds he and Amir really are best friends]]]]. Aside from a cursory attempt to bond with him that doesn't end well, the relationship pretty much continues as usual. |
| 572 | ** Amir has had several moments of either realizing that all his actions are counterproductive or [[ComicallyMissingThePoint coming just wide of the mark]]: |
| 573 | --->'''Amir:''' Your attitude almost makes me not want to write a song and perform it for you at work! |
| 574 | * IJustLikeSayingTheWord: Amir seems to enjoy saying "yams" even more than [[DoesNotLikeSpam he hates eating them]]. |
| 575 | * IJustWantToBeYou: Amir to the point where he will sometimes refer to himself by Jake's name. |
| 576 | * IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhvTvKCx1es&list=UUAELm3dsSYLTMOtIOgEVW8w&index=22&feature=plcp Unknown Co-Worker]], both Jake and Amir are fretting over the fact that they don’t know any of their co-workers’ names. Amir claims he has a great idea, and then it cuts to him enjoying a sandwich. Then he says he has ''another'' great idea, and after the cut, we see him eating the same sandwich, only with ketchup. |
| 577 | * TheIllegal: Amir. He was seemingly born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. |
| 578 | * IllKillYou: Kelly, the girl from "Sunday Football," at the end of the video when Amir finally hits her RageBreakingPoint. |
| 579 | * IllTakeTwoBeersToo: In "Profile Pic" with the standard roles reversed: |
| 580 | -->'''Amir:''' Can we get two waters and—do you want anything? |
| 581 | -->'''Jake:''' So both waters are for you? |
| 582 | -->'''Amir:''' Four waters, please. |
| 583 | * ImagineSpot: In [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3206060/jake-and-amir-office-fantasy Office Fantasy]], Amir fantasizes about seeing Jake get hit on by a hot co-worker, only for Jake to tell her that he doesn't go anywhere without Amir. |
| 584 | * ImAHumanitarian: Creator/KevinBacon is on Amir's list of Top 10 Fish To Fry. |
| 585 | * ImmediateSelfContradiction: Amir, often. |
| 586 | -->'''Jake:''' Why do you even keep a diary? |
| 587 | -->'''Amir:''' [[InsistentTerminology It's not a diary, it's a journal]]. Now gimme my diary back, please. |
| 588 | * ImplausibleDeniability: |
| 589 | ** In [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3811415/jake-and-amir-fourth-of-july Fourth of July]] Amir denies being in the office that weekend, but everything is CaughtOnTape. |
| 590 | --->'''Amir in videotape:''' Hey, security? Hey, it's Amir. |
| 591 | --->'''Amir:''' ...See, that could be any Amir, he just said "Amir." |
| 592 | --->'''Amir in videotape:''' [[InstantlyProvenWrong It's Amir Blumenfeld, specifically]]. |
| 593 | --->'''Amir:''' ...That? Oh, that ''is'' me, but...I think that wasn't Fourth— |
| 594 | --->'''Amir in videotape:''' —And it's the Fourth of July weekend. |
| 595 | --->'''Amir:''' You know, th-this is—[[BlatantLies that is my house]]. |
| 596 | --->'''Amir in videotape:''' ...And I'm in the office. [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat I AIN'T AT HOME, BITCHES!]] |
| 597 | ** In "Thai Menu," Jake confronts Amir with the folder where he's been keeping a list of every outfit Jake has worn since he started work, to which Amir claims that it's a takeout menu. |
| 598 | * ImpossiblyTackyClothes: |
| 599 | ** Jake's attempts to be fashionable. |
| 600 | ** Amir's [[IconicOutfit Looney Tunes jean vest]]. |
| 601 | * ImprobablyPredictable: Amir, to Jake. |
| 602 | -->'''Amir:''' ... I ''will'' get out of here, right away, if you answer me this. |
| 603 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay, ''Series/ShastaMcNasty.'' |
| 604 | -->'''Amir:''' Uh. |
| 605 | -->'''Jake:''' And it wasn't the best show ever on television. Now leave? |
| 606 | -->'''Amir:''' Double or nothing. |
| 607 | -->'''Jake:''' French fries! |
| 608 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(getting up)'' Okay, never mind. |
| 609 | * ImStandingRightHere: {{Downplayed}} via SelectiveObliviousness in "BFF": |
| 610 | -->'''Sarah:''' Listen, you and Amir being best friends is not a big deal. Why don't you just try hanging out with him and you might actually like him? |
| 611 | -->'''Jake:''' I don't see how that's possible. I mean, he's so fucking annoying. |
| 612 | -->'''Sarah:''' I know, I know, but just give it a shot. You never know. |
| 613 | -->'''Jake:''' I guess. I mean, I'll try it, whatever. ''(Pan out to show Amir slumped next to him on the couch.)'' All right, let's go. |
| 614 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, ''finally!'' That was boring as hell! [[ObliviousToHisOwnDescription Who were you talking about?]] |
| 615 | * InadvertentEntranceCue: "iPhone Case": |
| 616 | -->'''Jake:''' That's a disgrace. [[RhymesOnADime If it's a disgrace, then you've got a case!]] |
| 617 | -->'''Amir:''' You think I've got a case? |
| 618 | -->''(A lawyer pops out from under Jake's desk.)'' |
| 619 | -->'''Lawyer:''' Did someone say they had a case? |
| 620 | * IncomingHam: Pretty much any Ben Schwartz role. And Doobs. |
| 621 | -->'''Doobs:''' ''IT IS I!'' |
| 622 | * IncrediblyLameFun: "Kite." |
| 623 | -->'''Jake:''' So pimp. It's just so fucking pimp. Soaring like a majestic eagle or something. Like—that's it, right up in the air, that's my kite. I'm not even explaining it right cause I'm so amped still. Like your adrenaline is pumping, it's just in the sky, you just don't let go, you can't let go of the kite. It's just the...it's the best feeling when you just see it. The wind blowing and shit. The unraveling spool. So phat, you don't even know. The phattest fucking thing in the world. Flying that kite, I owned it. It's like I owned—I was owning, all day long, all morning, and then—starting in the morning then to the afternoon, just owning the kite. Owning the sky. It was so fucking sick. Sprinting across the grass. Picturing it now it almost brings a fucking tear to my eye. |
| 624 | * InelegantBlubbering: Amir’s [[ProneToTears frequent crying jags]]. |
| 625 | * INeverSaidItWasPoison: {{Parodied}} in "For the Wolf" when Amir tries to set Jake up so he can invoke this. This being Amir, he doesn't understand the logic well enough to pull it off. |
| 626 | -->'''Amir:''' I never ''said'' that a wolf ate my dog, huh?! |
| 627 | -->'''Jake:''' You did, it was the only thing you said to me, actually. |
| 628 | -->'''Amir:''' ''Did'' I?! |
| 629 | -->'''Jake:''' Yeah. |
| 630 | -->'''Amir:''' Yeah! Yeah. Right. Right. ...You have to admit that would have been pretty clever, though. |
| 631 | * InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: [[spoiler:Ben Schwartz's various characters are in fact different people who all appear together in the finale.]] |
| 632 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Both Jake and Amir suffer from this to varying degrees. |
| 633 | * InfiniteSupplies: Particularly in earlier episodes, Amir regularly throws large amounts of money around. It's explained once or twice that his dad is funding him in addition to his salary. |
| 634 | * InitiationCeremony: Jake's frat Upsilon Upsilon Upsilon has a particularly insane hazing process of which a few of the milder items include eating socks, chugging absinthe and [[SlaveBrand getting branded with a branding iron]]. |
| 635 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: When Murph apologizes to Emily for his violent CrazyJealousGuy outbursts, she interrupts him and urges him to be ''more'' crazy. He's only too happy to oblige. |
| 636 | * InnerMonologue: "Thoughts" depicts Amir's profound meditations on his efforts to photograph a record-breaking bowel movement without setting off the motion censor on the toilet. |
| 637 | * InnocentInaccurate: "Dave Part 2": |
| 638 | -->'''Jake:''' What's that? What's "nose candy"? |
| 639 | -->'''Amir:''' Me and Dave snort sugar at lunch and it makes us happy for a little time and then we sort of flatten out and get a little depressed. |
| 640 | -->'''Jake:''' Sugar? |
| 641 | -->'''Dave:''' It's cocaine, dad, relax. |
| 642 | -->'''Jake:''' You guys do cocaine during work?! |
| 643 | -->'''Amir:''' What's cocaine? |
| 644 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Amir runs on this. For example, in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k304wFc17fo Time Saver]]" he uses bizarre logic to argue that you can save time by wiping before you shit. |
| 645 | -->'''Amir:''' All I’m saying is that if you wipe before you shit, there’s not a lot of shit there so you don’t have to wipe as much! |
| 646 | * InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: "Gallon Challenge" and "iPhone Case." {{Subverted}} in "WebVideo/AutoTuneTheNews"; Amir acts embarrassed by Music/TheGregoryBrothers' {{sampling}} of his needy Facebook video messages to Jake, but it gradually comes out that [[spoiler:he paid them to do it.]] |
| 647 | * InstantSedation: |
| 648 | ** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBhj20nbvps Sleeping Pills]], Amir tries to knock out Jake by spiking his coffee with sleeping pills. Jake says that he doesn’t drink coffee, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] we see a guy take a sip from his coffee mug and instantly pass out. |
| 649 | ** A RunningGag throughout "Private Eye." |
| 650 | * InsultBackfire: |
| 651 | ** Amir does this so often that Jake [[GenreSavvy anticipates it]] and tries to get around it. |
| 652 | --->'''Jake:''' All right, don't take this as a compliment— |
| 653 | --->'''Amir:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Thank you]]. |
| 654 | --->'''Jake:''' That's your best app idea yet. |
| 655 | --->'''Amir:''' Appreciate it. |
| 656 | --->'''Jake:''' It's still terrible— |
| 657 | --->'''Amir:''' Danke. |
| 658 | --->'''Jake:''' —it's just all your other ideas are ''so'' bad. |
| 659 | --->'''Amir:''' Gracias. |
| 660 | --->'''Jake:''' Okay, don't take this— |
| 661 | --->'''Amir:''' Todah rabah! |
| 662 | --->'''Jake:''' ''Fuck'' you! |
| 663 | --->''(Beat.)'' |
| 664 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(under his breath)'' Ouch. |
| 665 | ** Hilariously subverted in "Movie Date 2" after Doobs proposes to Jake's date, Julia, on the spot just because he found out she had a thing for Amir. |
| 666 | --->'''Doobs:''' I'm gonna hit it, [[ThatCameOutWrong and every time I hit it, I'm gonna think of Amir!]] |
| 667 | --->'''Jake:''' No, I don't think that's the insult that you want it to be. |
| 668 | --->'''Amir:''' ''([[ComicallyMissingThePoint actually insulted]])'' ''Yes''. It is. |
| 669 | * InsultMisfire: "Meeting Invitation": |
| 670 | -->'''Jake:''' ''(on the phone)'' Sorry, there's just this idiot yelling in my ear right now. |
| 671 | -->'''Amir:''' Apology accepted! But if you don't want someone yelling in your ear, I suggest you put down the phone! |
| 672 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Amir's "oldest friend" Cheryl is in fact [[OlderThanTheyLook an absurdly youthful-looking 50-year-old]] that he met yesterday. There's also Mickey, who has a daughter old enough to be getting married in "DJ Business" (taking place in 2014, when Amir is 31 years old). |
| 673 | * IRejectYourReality: Amir's approach to life. |
| 674 | -->'''Amir:''' You know how you have a weird love affair with coupons? |
| 675 | -->'''Jake:''' I know how you make up realities to justify the weird, stupid things you do. |
| 676 | * IResembleThatRemark: Frequent. |
| 677 | * IrishmanAndAJew: Two sets [[{{Catchphrase}} for the price of fun]] with the Irish Pat and Murph as frequent supporting players to the (respectively) half-Jewish and Jewish main duo. |
| 678 | * IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: Amir's attempts to emulate Jake. |
| 679 | * IronicEcho: Parodied in "Meeting Invitation" when Amir attempts this by quoting something Jake never said. |
| 680 | * IsThisAJoke: In ''Fired'' when the new CEO confronts Jake and Amir with their misdeeds, Amir becomes convinced he's [[CandidCameraPrank on]] ''[[CandidCameraPrank Punk'd]]'' and smashes a wall clock he assumes is a hidden camera. |
| 681 | * ItIsDehumanizing: Amir and Jake discussing the "Big Brother" program: |
| 682 | -->'''Amir:''' What if I get one...and it can't talk? |
| 683 | -->'''Jake:''' ''Please'' don't call them "it." |
| 684 | * ItsAllAboutMe: By his own admission, Amir [[NotHyperbole literally]] thinks the world revolves around him. |
| 685 | * ItsBeenDone: In the episodes where Amir pitches ideas to Jake, his concepts tend to be either hilariously bad or this. |
| 686 | -->'''Jake:''' You think you invented ''milk?!'' |
| 687 | * JerkAss: |
| 688 | ** Jake becomes one of these as the series goes on. His behavior towards Amir is typically justifiably harsh, but there are plenty of times where he acts like a completely self-centered jackass who'll exploit Amir or grandstand around others, as well as sometimes disagreeing with or mocking Amir for the sake of it (or in spite of actually being the wrong one). |
| 689 | ** Amir starts out as obnoxious, but mostly harmless, but his antics and overall personality become increasingly malicious as the series progresses. |
| 690 | ** The few times [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA1-o0K3pg0 Dave]] appears, he exhibits JerkAss tendencies - reminiscing about domestic abuse and pursuing Sarah [[NiceGuysFinishLast even when he knows Jake is interested]]. |
| 691 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Amir, to Jake's eternal disappointment. |
| 692 | * JewishComplaining: Amir. |
| 693 | -->'''Amir:''' I honestly feel like God owes me money at this point for dealing me ''more'' than a shit hand. And I'm not talking about being paid back karmically, like, uh, like with a good career opportunity, or a LoveInterest. I'm talking about [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Him! Owing! Me!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Cash!]]'' |
| 694 | * JewsLoveToArgue: If either Jake or Amir were capable of letting the other one slide, there would be no show. |
| 695 | * JumpingTheShark: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Amir in "Facebook Redesign," though he alternates between the correct expression and "jumping the carp." |
| 696 | * JustJokingJustification: Amir often claims that he did something "as a goof." Jake similarly tends to defend himself by claiming that everybody else needs to "learn how to be funny." |
| 697 | * KavorkaMan: {{Downplayed}} but still visible with Amir, who easily charmed Diana, Hallie and Lerona and on the whole has an edge on CasanovaWannabe Jake when it comes to the opposite sex. His problem seems to lie more in ''maintaining'' relationships than in achieving them. |
| 698 | * KickTheDog: Amir is [[RunningGag constantly]] doing this to his friend Mickey. |
| 699 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Lerona]] in the "Girlfriend" arc. |
| 700 | * KissingCousins: |
| 701 | ** Jake brags about getting into a club by blurting out that he kissed his cousin there. |
| 702 | ** Amir once french-kissed Leron in front of a security camera "as a goof." It's worth noting that Leron is not a blood relative. [[TangledFamilyTree Probably]]. In another episode Amir claims that he and Leron aren't cousins anymore as "he freakin' divorced me." |
| 703 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: Amir. |
| 704 | * KubrickStare: Amir, more than once. Jake also gets one at the end of "Valentine's Day" when Sarah gives Amir a hug. |
| 705 | * LameComeback: Amir is given to comebacks of the NoYou variety, but it's Jake who is the true master. Particularly evident in the "Rap Teacher" series and in any clash with [[TheBully Murph]]. |
| 706 | -->'''Jake:''' You know what, Murph? I've been working out, so I got news for you: you come at me, I'm gonna run away so fast that I'm gonna ''tell'' on you. |
| 707 | * LapPillow: At the end of "Ground Rules," Amir rests in Jake's lap while recovering from a PsychicNosebleed. |
| 708 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: The thumbnail for "Finale Part 3: Ben Schwartz 2" shows [[spoiler:that Ben Schwartz's characters are [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals different people]]]] as revealed at the end of "Ben Schwartz 1." |
| 709 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Many times. |
| 710 | ** "Auto Tune the News": |
| 711 | --->'''Jake:''' All right, focus. Focus, okay? You're in an internet video. |
| 712 | --->'''Amir:''' What? |
| 713 | --->'''Jake:''' Lots of people are watching it, and you look like a needy loser. |
| 714 | --->'''Amir:''' You look like a jerk! |
| 715 | --->'''Jake:''' I'm not even in the video, and trust me, if I were in an internet video, nobody would think I was a jerk. |
| 716 | ** ''Fired'', which involves Jake and Amir trying to pitch ''[[ShowWithinAShow Ace and Jocelyn]]'' as a web series, ends with Amir suggesting that he and Jake "keep this up" ("Just the two of us, making videos together at our desks. [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs Sounds really boring]]"). There's also a reference to the short-lived ''[=CollegeHumor=] Show'' ("Huge news, everyone, we're on MTV!") and a subtle nod to audience reaction to the [[PersonalitySwap role reversal]] episodes: |
| 717 | --->'''Jake:''' Just try to be yourself. |
| 718 | --->'''Amir:''' Why don’t ''you'' be myself, huh, and I'll be you. |
| 719 | --->'''Jake:''' Yeah, people don’t seem to like that. |
| 720 | ** In "Pizza," Jake complains about Amir's [[CharacterizationMarchesOn characterization shift]] in a way that seems ripped right from the comments: |
| 721 | --->'''Jake:''' [[CatchPhrase Stop saying "ass" so much. Okay? You're using it as a crutch, and it's not as funny as you think it is.]] Just...go back to being the needy weirdo that you used to be. All right? |
| 722 | ** In "Last Day" Amir [[InvokedTrope tries for a]] MeaningfulEcho and only makes Jake uncomfortable. |
| 723 | --->'''Amir:''' [[ContinuityNod It was a callback!]] |
| 724 | --->'''Jake:''' It's a deep pull! |
| 725 | ** The exchange at the beginning of "Printer." [[note]]For context, a week's gap in uploads after the "Road Trip" storyline had caused speculation that the series was over.[[/note]] |
| 726 | --->'''Amir:''' Where the fuck have you been? |
| 727 | --->'''Jake:''' What are you talking about? |
| 728 | --->'''Amir:''' What am I talking about? You weren't here last week, so I assumed you'd be gone forever! |
| 729 | --->'''Jake:''' Why on earth would you assume that? Didn't I make a pretty big deal out of staying here? |
| 730 | --->'''Amir:''' I guess not clear enough! |
| 731 | --->'''Jake:''' [[TakeThatAudience Holy shit, dude, I take one week off. One week off in the last eight years, you put me on blast for that.]] |
| 732 | ** In several later episodes, Jake comments that Amir is [[SelfDeprecation running out of material]]. |
| 733 | --->'''Jake:''' ''Poster'' ideas. |
| 734 | --->'''Amir:''' Yeah. |
| 735 | --->'''Jake:''' Don't you think we're scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point? |
| 736 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(defensive)'' I think I can make 'em funny! |
| 737 | ** "Costumes Part 3," chronologically the last HalloweenEpisode, has this almost [[Creator/SamuelBeckett Beckettian]] exchange (which turns out to be Amir doing a "gay prisoner" character while Jake responds seriously): |
| 738 | --->'''Amir:''' Jake, I'm exhausted. I'm tired of this! |
| 739 | --->'''Jake:''' Me too. |
| 740 | --->'''Amir:''' It's year in, year out, and it wears on you. |
| 741 | --->'''Jake:''' It really does, every day. |
| 742 | --->'''Amir:''' It's fatigue. |
| 743 | --->'''Jake:''' It is. |
| 744 | --->'''Amir:''' That's what it is. I feel...drained. |
| 745 | ** The finale consists of virtually nothing but this, as Jake and Amir attempt to make a web series based on their lives called ''Amir and Jake.'' |
| 746 | * LeFilmArtistique: Doobs and Amir's film ''A Bridge Over River Queer.'' |
| 747 | * LeftItIn: Amir has no idea how to cut video. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in the finale.]] |
| 748 | * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Murph lampshades this in “Grandma”. The episode begins with him talking about his grandma’s failing health, when all of a sudden the ''Film/AustinPowers'' theme starts playing, bewildering him, Jake and Dave. |
| 749 | * LessEmbarrassingTerm: |
| 750 | ** Amir insists that his diary is a "journal," but begins each entry with "Dear Diary." |
| 751 | ** "Muscle Tee": |
| 752 | --->'''Amir:''' Whoa, cool tank top. |
| 753 | --->'''Jake:''' Whoa, cool wrong word for it! |
| 754 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: Emily likes to see Murph [[FightingIrish get violent]] on Jake, to the point where she starts masturbating in public in "Table Read 2". |
| 755 | * LifeEmbellished: A web show about two [=CollegeHumor=] employees named Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, made by two [=CollegeHumor=] employees named Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld. More so early on when the two were actually employed as writers for the site, and the desks they filmed at were really where they worked; as the show was picked up by the site and gained popularity, it eventually became their full-time job, making their desks effectively just the set where they filmed their skits. Some viewers were confused about where the line was, to the point where Hurwitz was frequently asked if Amir was "really like that" (he isn't: the two are best friends in RealLife). |
| 756 | * LiteralMetaphor: |
| 757 | ** At the end of "Beer" when Jake [[MoodWhiplash suddenly starts talking about his dying cat]], Amir responds, "[[StealthPun So sick]]." |
| 758 | ** In the Bacardi spot "Unknown Coworker," Amir tries to figure out who he "ran into" in the elevator. [[WorseWithContext It gradually becomes clear]] that he actually collided with the guy while running into the elevator at full speed. |
| 759 | * LiteralMinded: One episode has Will helping Paul come up with a new password, and Paul tells him that it has to be something that he will remember, but Will won't. Will suggests using a loved one's birthday, and Paul changes his password to "A Loved One's Birthday". |
| 760 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Jake to Amir (and arguably [[CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem Amir to Jake]]). |
| 761 | * LivingLieDetector: Amir has an uncanny knack for [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight calling people's bluff]]. |
| 762 | * LIsForDyslexia: Amir has claimed to be dyslexic several times, and much of his spelling is [[CatchPhrase more than wrong]] ([[PingPongNaivete though it's fine whenever it needs to be]]). Notable examples include "Jjkae" ("Jake"), "swyuidkaayce" ("suitcase") and "ozenenz" ("odds and ends"). |
| 763 | -->'''Jake:''' Then you reply, again: "I'm in tears. I am a baby in each one of your arms. Let me suckle on your tit and drink that sweet, sweet confidence juice." ''None of those words, not a single one, was spelled correctly''. |
| 764 | * LiteralistSnarking: As if Jake didn't have enough material from Amir without this. |
| 765 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(on the phone)'' I have a proposition for you, Mickey. Yes, how would you like a new roommate, my friend? That's right. That's right, I am quiet, I am clean, and just between you and me, I bake a mean frittata. |
| 766 | -->'''Jake:''' Why would you want to keep that a secret just between you two? |
| 767 | * LockedInARoom: Amir hopes that the ElevatorFailure in "Elevator" will go this way, [[SubvertedTrope but they're seemingly only stuck there for a matter of minutes]]. |
| 768 | * LOL69: Whenever Amir has to provide a number, you can expect this. |
| 769 | * LonelyBachelorPad: "Amir Faces the Harsh Reality of Dating" shows Amir going home to a one-room furnished with a mattress, a lamp, and [[StalkerShrine a lot of pictures of Jake]]. |
| 770 | * LookBothWays: [[spoiler:Lerona's demise.]] |
| 771 | * LoonyFan: Amir. Besides his fixation on Jake, he's worshipful toward Mike Fink, an intern whom he mistakes for Shia [=LaBeouf=]. |
| 772 | * LoveHungry: Amir. |
| 773 | * LoveTriangle: |
| 774 | ** The Jake and Amir: Girlfriend series starts out as a Type 4, as Jake falls in love with Amir’s girlfriend Lerona. [[spoiler: Eventually the roles of Jake and Amir switch after Jake confesses to Lerona and she chooses him over Amir ...and then gets promptly run over by a bus.]] |
| 775 | ** The "Interpreters" series kicks off one between Jake, Sarah and Pat after [[spoiler:the latter two have a one-night stand from which [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Pat emerges smitten and Sarah indifferent]]]]. Jake later finds a [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys more formidable rival]] in new guy Dave. |
| 776 | ** Emily is happily dating Murph but is also blatantly trying to ensnare Jake. Jake wants nothing to do with her, [[CrazyJealousGuy but Murph doesn't believe him]]. |
| 777 | * LowerDeckEpisode: In "Password," which depicts an exchange between Will and Paul the CEO, Jake and Amir get precisely one second of screentime. (The episode interacts with "4th of July Scroll," in which they hear the argument going on offscreen and turn their heads to look; the same footage is reused in "Password.") |
| 778 | * TheMadHatter: |
| 779 | ** Amir is [[HiddenDepths surprisingly self-aware]]. |
| 780 | --->'''Jake:''' —I'm not gonna relax, why were you checking my voicemail?! |
| 781 | --->'''Amir:''' ''Because'' I'm crazy, all right, you know that, for two years I've been annoying you and I've been insane, how can you be surprised right now?! |
| 782 | ** [[PsychoSupporter Cheryl]]. |
| 783 | --->'''Jake:''' This isn't gonna happen, right? |
| 784 | --->'''Cheryl:''' No. I'm insane. ''(SlasherSmile)'' |
| 785 | * MadLibsCatchPhrase: |
| 786 | ** From Amir, "Bad [noun]? Nah, [[NoYou bad you]]," "[phrase]? Nah, [rhyming phrase]" or "[phrase]? More like "[rhyme or pun]." |
| 787 | ** "How's that for [adjective]?" |
| 788 | ** "How is that X?" Used by both Jake (when questioning Amir's InsaneTrollLogic) and Amir (when complaining, ex. "How is that fair?", "How is that normal?") |
| 789 | ** "Last time I checked, [statement]." |
| 790 | ** "A [noun] for this [rhyming noun] makes [plural noun] [verb] [something]" ex. "A Zinfandel for this infidel makes me think, don't ask, do tell," or "A chinstrap for this thin chap makes the fat booty go clap." [[NonSequitur For some reason]], this tends to get followed up with a TooMuchInformation confession, Jake's preferred format being "I [past-tense verb] my [family member] at a [place]." |
| 791 | ** Jake frequently defends his fashion choices with "Or was [person] at the [event or place] ''not'' stylin'?" |
| 792 | ** Amir often describes people in the form of "a [noun] and a [noun]," ex. "a pimp and a philosopher," "a coward and a fool," "a loser and a Jew." |
| 793 | ** [[https://youtu.be/jSohqed3koA Right off the bat.]] |
| 794 | ** "Holy guac, these [noun] things are ridickydonkey! I need one b-b-b-bad!" |
| 795 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In "Fish Scroll", Jake throws a pencil at Amir, accidentally spearing him through the throat... and Amir just continues reading his scroll. |
| 796 | -->'''Jake:''' We have to go to a hospital! |
| 797 | -->'''Amir:''' I'll go in a bit. |
| 798 | * MakeOutKids: Murph and Emily. |
| 799 | * {{Malaproper}}: Amir, and to a lesser degree Jake. |
| 800 | * ManChild: Amir. He, among other things, still believes in Santa Claus despite the fact that he's in his late twenties (and, for that matter, [[EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas Jewish]]). |
| 801 | * ManHug: "Decision" has a particularly authentic one. |
| 802 | * MarijuanaIsLSD: In [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/20489177/brownies Brownies]], Amir goes on a surreal psychotic bender after eating a handful of pot brownies. [[spoiler: Subverted in that the whole thing was just his idea for an anti-drug PSA.]] |
| 803 | * MeaningfulEcho / {{Foreshadowing}}: In the Girlfriend episodes: |
| 804 | -->'''Amir:''' Kinda crazy, huh? |
| 805 | -->'''Jake:''' What is? |
| 806 | -->'''Amir:''' One minute you're here; the next ''(simulates a crash with his hands)'' you're worm food. |
| 807 | ** [[https://youtu.be/CVKf8EWe4TI "You're]] [[https://youtu.be/xvkQfoXKHFk my]] [[https://youtu.be/oQH5M2t6Zmo boy."]] |
| 808 | * MediumAwareness: In "30 Second Debate," "Shred" and "High Five," Jake and Amir immediately react to and discuss edits made to the videos. |
| 809 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: "Finale Part 1: The Idea": |
| 810 | -->'''Amir:''' Yeah, because opinions are like assholes: you are one! And they stink, and so do you! |
| 811 | -->'''Jake:''' Nice! You butchered that phrase! |
| 812 | * MileHighClub: A RunningGag in "Airplane" is that Amir keeps lowering the bar when the other passengers ignore his request for someone to join the "Mile-High Club," establishing the "Half-Mile High Club," the "Quarter-Mile High Club" and finally the "Zero-Mile High Club," with steadily lessening levels of interaction (in the last case, none at all). |
| 813 | * MindScrew: Amir drags in a Christmas present for Jake wrapped in a giant box and asks him to open it. Jake pulls it open and finds Amir inside, who is no longer standing beside him. |
| 814 | * MirrorRoutine: |
| 815 | ** In "Mirror Image," Jake and Amir coincidentally sneeze at the exact same moment, which spurs Amir to start mirroring Jake's movements until [[StopCopyingMe a fed-up Jake]] manages to get him to spill water on his own keyboard. |
| 816 | --->'''Amir:''' You're a jerk! |
| 817 | ** {{Parodied}} in "Cereal Thief": Jake plays along for a few seconds before abruptly taking back the bowl of cereal Amir was trying to sneak out of the kitchen. |
| 818 | * MissConception: In "Baby," Amir is convinced he's pregnant after suffering from body aches and "morning sickness" (due to food poisoning) and "passing" a pregnancy test (that he didn't take out of the box). |
| 819 | * MistakenForGay: |
| 820 | ** In the "Sick Day" arc, Jake's replacement at work thinks that he and Amir are ''dating'' after Amir eagerly befriends him as a [[ReplacementGoldfish substitute for Jake]] while having no idea that gay people exist. |
| 821 | --->'''Mike:''' I mean, we went to the movies. |
| 822 | --->'''Amir:''' Yeah? |
| 823 | --->'''Mike:''' For like five nights in a row! |
| 824 | --->'''Amir:''' So? |
| 825 | --->'''Mike:''' We ''french kissed!'' |
| 826 | --->'''Amir:''' Is that what that was? |
| 827 | ** In "The Godfather," Sarah and Pat discuss the nature of Jake and Amir's relationship, oblivious to [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the discussed parties beating each other up in the hallway behind them]]. Sarah speculates that the two may be lovers, a suggestion Pat rejects until [[NotWhatItLooksLike Jake and Amir emerge from the hall, panting, sweaty and shirtless]]. |
| 828 | --->'''Pat:''' ...Okay, ''that'' was—''[[SmashToBlack (Ending screen)]].'' |
| 829 | ** In "Dating Coach," Amir's dating coach doesn't so much mistake Jake for gay as [[InsaneTrollLogic arbitrarily decide he's gay]], to Jake's irritation. |
| 830 | * ModestyTowel: "New Apartment,” Amir shows up in just a towel at Jake’s apartment. |
| 831 | * MoneyToBurn: In both "Economic Crisis 2" and "One Almond," Amir tries to use 100-dollar bills to light cigars. |
| 832 | * MoodSwinger: Amir gets worse with this over time. In addition to having a HairTriggerTemper, it doesn't take much for him to start crying about something. Other times, he'll switch immediately back to being upbeat. |
| 833 | -->'''Jake:''' [[LampshadeHanging You change moods so quickly, it's obviously a problem]]. Right? A version of psychosis, I think. |
| 834 | * MortonsFork: Amir characterizes Jake's question about whether he deleted all of his computer files this way. |
| 835 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, let's say I say, "Yes, I did delete all your computer files." Then I'm like a big meanie, so. |
| 836 | -->'''Jake:''' The other way? |
| 837 | -->'''Amir:''' Uh, I guess the other way would be like, "All right, no, I didn't delete any of your computer files." Then it's like, ooh, I'm the asshole who deleted all your computer files and then lied about it to cover it up or something. |
| 838 | -->'''Jake:''' Gotcha. |
| 839 | -->'''Amir:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic You're damned if you do, damned if you don't]]. |
| 840 | * TheMovie: [[http://www.collegehumor.com/jakeandamirfired Fired]], a half hour-long special about Amir getting fired and trying to get his job back. |
| 841 | * MovieMakingMess: The finale, [[EpicFail and how]]. |
| 842 | * MultipleChoicePast: Good luck getting the randomly tossed-off details of Amir's backstory to hang together. Done deliberately in the two installments of "[[AlternateRealityEpisode My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate]]," in each of which he has a different explanation for how he died. |
| 843 | * MundaneObjectAmazement: |
| 844 | ** "Kite." |
| 845 | ** Amir attempts this while trying to stay in-character as astronaut accountant Jocelyn in "Ace and Jocelyn - The TV Pilot," but he doesn't really think it through: |
| 846 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(examining office phones)'' Oh my gosh! What a find—what are these weird plastic rods? Who am I supposed to call with them, I have no idea— |
| 847 | --->'''Jake:''' You know they're for calling people, but you don't—but you think they're foreign rods. But they're for calling people, definitely. |
| 848 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: "Kite." |
| 849 | * MurderByInaction: In a spoof of the famous scene from ''Series/BreakingBad'', Jake attempts this in "Standing Desk" when Amir chokes on nachos. |
| 850 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Occasionally Jake's reaction upon physically hurting Amir. |
| 851 | * NarratingThePresent: "Poker": |
| 852 | -->'''Amir:''' I like this one. Her skin's a little greasy and her eyebrows are way too thick, but she's fun, and I think she likes me too. |
| 853 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay, you were just narrating that entire thing. |
| 854 | -->'''Amir:''' [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud It was then that I realized I've been narrating aloud the entire time]]. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Did the grease princess hear what I had to say about her eyebrows?]] We may never know. |
| 855 | -->'''Stella:''' Yeah, I did! |
| 856 | -->'''Amir:''' ...My mind was racing. |
| 857 | * NasalTrauma: In "Nose Job" and "Lottery." |
| 858 | * NaughtyBirdwatching: In "Sunday Football," Amir talks about his recently-acquired taste for this in a monologue that gets [[TooMuchInformation increasingly disturbing]] in response to the efforts of those around him to focus on the football game in front of them. |
| 859 | * {{Neologizer}}: |
| 860 | ** "Ace" has Jake admitting that he made up several words and used them in front of Amir just to see if he'd steal them. "Ace" (meaning "cool") and "gullies" (seemingly meaning "friends") [[ContinuityNod remained part of Amir's vocabulary for the rest of the series]]. Oddly enough, [[AccidentalTruth the word "ace" really is used this way in British slang]] (a more specific translation would be "excellent"). |
| 861 | ** In "Laundry" Amir introduces the verb "beef" (ex. "beefing," "having a beef") as an UnusualEuphemism for ManlyTears. This word also appears in subsequent episodes and is used by both Amir and Jake. |
| 862 | * NeverMyFault: Amir. |
| 863 | -->'''Jake:''' Everyone who thinks you're an asshole—''everyone'' who thinks you're an asshole for posting mean comments and linking to porn, ''they're'' a circlejerking diva, and nothing's wrong with ''you?'' |
| 864 | -->'''Amir:''' Yeah, exactly right. |
| 865 | * NewJobsAsThePlotDemands: [[RunningGag The various characters played by Ben Schwartz]] [[spoiler:are a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], as they're actually [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals different people]].]] |
| 866 | * NiceGuy: |
| 867 | ** Pat is usually portrayed as a well-meaning, good-natured guy who is [[ButtMonkey the hapless victim]] of Jake and Amir's shenanigans. [[SubvertedTrope That said]], he has an occasionally-seen unscrupulous side, at one point withdrawing money from Jake's bank account after he hears Amir announcing his PIN number. |
| 868 | ** Murph is this when his HairTriggerTemper isn't activated. Unfortunately, the man is a walking BerserkButton. |
| 869 | * NoJustNoReaction: Jake, often, with Amir. |
| 870 | -->'''Jake:''' [[BuffySpeak You are no]]. |
| 871 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 872 | ** In "Snowstorm", apparently whatever Jake did on March 15, 1999 was bad enough that it could put him in prison. |
| 873 | ** "Trouble" is about a series of noodle incidents that Amir's dad is angry about and thinks Jake was responsible for. For example, "the duck thing, the high school track fiasco, and the second duck thing". |
| 874 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted several times. In "Jake's Cousin”, when Jake brings his 13-year-old cousin into work, the first thing Amir says to her is, "Ooh! Somebody's gonna get their period soon!" |
| 875 | * NoseShove: In "Dinner Tonight" Amir sneezes a penny out of his nose, to Jake's disgust. Similarly, in "Tissue" when Jake asks him why he has a tissue up his nose, he pulls it to reveal [[spoiler: a plastic army guy tied to the other end.]] In neither case does he know how the items got there. |
| 876 | * NoSocialSkills: Amir has no conception of social norms. In "Celebration," his behavior bewilders Jake to the point that he calls him "alien". |
| 877 | * NostalgiaFilter: [[{{Discussed}} Memorably articulated]] by Amir in "Facebook Redesign." |
| 878 | -->'''Jake:''' You ''just'' said it was perfect. The same version you hated two years ago. You just called it perfect. |
| 879 | -->'''Amir:''' ''Garbage'' becomes ''perfect over time as you get used to the garbage and forget what made it so bad.'' |
| 880 | * NoSuchThingAsHR: Pushed to its surrealist limits. Actions like firing a gun in the office merely count as a strike against the title characters. On one occasion the CEO nearly fires Amir on the spot when he catches him exposing himself to the office, only to demur when Amir explains that [[SeriousBusiness it's Opposite Day]]. |
| 881 | * NoSympathy: Amir and Jake frequently inflict this on each other. See "Gross Websites" and "Corduroy Pant." |
| 882 | * [[{{Not}} NOT!]]: A favorite of Amir's. |
| 883 | * NotHelpingYourCase: |
| 884 | ** In "Kobayashi," [[spoiler:Jake forces Amir to cut to the end of the story he's telling, to which Amir tells him [[OrphanedPunchline that world record hot dog eater Kobayashi is in the staff kitchen because Amir owes him lunch]]. As Jake gets up to catch Amir in the lie, Amir stops him and says, "If you trusted me you don't even have to verify it with your eyes, you would just believe in your heart that it's real and you don't have to go see it." Jake is unimpressed and keeps walking. Cut to Amir feeding Kobayashi hot dogs in the kitchen while a stunned Jake watches.]] |
| 885 | ** In "Vandalism," [[spoiler:Amir praises the office vandal as a hero ([[ButHeSoundsHandsome while wearing a cape]]) and insists that if he happens to be in the security cam footage, it's only because he was trying to stop the crime. He's not in the footage, and the vandal is Will, who was trying to frame him.]] |
| 886 | ** Ben Schwartz's characters [[spoiler:[[RunningGag always]] [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty hesitate conspicuously]] when asked their names, and often assure Jake and Amir unprompted that they've never met them before. [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals They really are different people, and those really are their names]].]] |
| 887 | --->[[spoiler:'''Jake:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why do you introduce yourself like you're just figuring out your name for the first time?]]]] |
| 888 | * NotHyperbole: Jake doesn't think it's funny that Amir [[ItAmusedMe taunted a starving snake]], but Leron "was dying." Literally, because the same snake bit him the week before. |
| 889 | * NotMeThisTime: |
| 890 | ** In "Brother Part 1" Jake's brother Kumail throws Amir's cell phone against the wall to stop him from calling Jake. [[OhNoNotAgain Since Amir's already done this to his own phone]], everyone easily believes that he did it again. |
| 891 | ** In "Vandalism," [[spoiler:Will, not Amir, is the office vandal.]] |
| 892 | * NotSoForgottenBirthday: "Amir's Birthday" and "Jake's Birthday." |
| 893 | * NotWearingPantsDream: Amir seemingly [[DerailedTrainOfThought transitions into describing one of these]] while he's explaining how he managed to find out that the United States caught Osama Bin Laden without also finding out that he was dead. |
| 894 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: In "Toilet," Jake's response when he's caught talking to Amir while the latter is sitting in a bathroom stall with the door wide open. |
| 895 | * NoYou: Frequently used by Amir, though Jake gets off perhaps the series' most memorable example in "Fedora" when he not only excuses a series of embarrassing selfies on his phone by telling Amir [[ImplausibleDeniability they're pictures of him]], but promptly tries to embarrass Amir by showing them off to the entire office. |
| 896 | -->'''Murph:''' Uh...Jake, these pictures are all of you. |
| 897 | -->'''Jake:''' [[HurricaneOfExcuses I was reenacting it, dude! You gotta learn how to be funny! These pictures are of you!]] ''(Murph shakes his head.)'' |
| 898 | * NWordPrivileges: Cheryl's BerserkButton is Jake casually using the word "pussy" as an insult, to the point where she [[AxCrazy pulls a knife on him]]. As Jake points out, she constantly says it herself ("I'm allowed to say it") and has no problem with Amir doing the same. |
| 899 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: In "Couch" Jake and Rosie torture Amir for a laugh by egging him into continuing a physical comedy routine that's obviously hurting him, until Jake takes it to the point of [[KickTheDog inviting him over to repeat the performance when he's in too much pain to move]]...at which point [[spoiler:Amir springs up, happy, relaxed and completely unhurt.]] |
| 900 | -->'''Rosie:''' [[GenreSavvy He's getting smarter]]. |
| 901 | -->'''Jake:''' Yeah. |
| 902 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: {{Subverted}} in "Scissors" (Jake is immune) and "For the Wolf Shirt" (he's not, [[spoiler:but the guilt-slinging is deliberate]]). Played straight in ''Fired.'' |
| 903 | * ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Many times with Amir. |
| 904 | ** Subverted in "Mom": |
| 905 | --->'''Amir:''' It's like...do you have anyone in your life that just pisses you off, annoys you so much you wish you could just tell them off? |
| 906 | --->'''Jake:''' Yes. |
| 907 | --->'''Amir:''' ...But you secretly love them? |
| 908 | --->'''Jake:''' No. |
| 909 | ** In "Online Joke," Jake gets a message from Rosie that makes him laugh, so Amir goes to Rosie's computer to find out what he wrote. He doesn't get what's funny about the line "Like a retarded chipmunk with glasses." |
| 910 | ** In "Ace and Jocelyn Episode 7 - Space Twins!" Jake tries to talk his [[DoppelgangerDating new girlfriend Rima]] out of various stylistic choices that make her resemble Amir, which Amir agrees with because "only nerds wear glasses" and "spiky hair is for homos." She gets fed up and leaves. |
| 911 | --->'''Amir:''' Honestly, Ace, I think I did you a huge favor, because if you think about it, she looks. A lot like. [[BaitAndSwitchComment Shiiiiiiiiiiat]]. And I wouldn't be caught dead in public with someone who looks like that. Let's go to the D's! |
| 912 | ** "Video Chat": |
| 913 | --->'''Amir:''' What did that creepo Murph do this time? |
| 914 | --->'''Jake:''' Oh, not much, just set up this iChat thing to watch me while I work. |
| 915 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(gasp)'' Gross! |
| 916 | --->'''Jake:''' Yeah. [[HypocriticalHumor Only it wasn't Murph, it was you]]. |
| 917 | --->'''Amir:''' ''Was'' it? |
| 918 | ** In "Mountain Hiker Part 2," Amir orders several fast food deliveries to pass the time while trapped in a giant net. The second time he specifies that he's not "the freak nerd in the net" but "the cool guy in a net" and is mildly surprised by the coincidence of two guys being trapped in nets in the area. |
| 919 | * ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: |
| 920 | ** Nobody has any idea what Amir's job is, least of all Amir himself. It's variously implied that he fills a hard-to-replace role and gets paid more than Jake, that his cousin is pulling strings to keep him employed, and that he's a glorified intern who never moved up from tasks on the level of refreshing the site's homepage repeatedly so that he can tell the programmers if it breaks. ''Fired'', "Table Read" and its sequel, and "Relocation" imply that he's a writer. |
| 921 | ** By the show's revival on the Headgum channel, this applies to both stars, as the only thing clear about their current working life is that it's no longer unfolding at [=CollegeHumor=]. |
| 922 | --->'''Amir:''' You ever expense, like, haircuts or beauty treatment as part of our job? |
| 923 | --->'''Jake:''' [[LampshadeHanging What is "our job"?]] |
| 924 | --->'''Amir:''' What's that? |
| 925 | --->'''Jake:''' What is our job? What did you write as, like, our employment? |
| 926 | --->'''Amir:''' Yeah, I don't know. It's like—I usually just write "content" or something. |
| 927 | --->'''Jake:''' I don't know. |
| 928 | --->'''Amir:''' I don't know. |
| 929 | --->'''Jake:''' I don't know. |
| 930 | --->'''Amir:''' Marketing? |
| 931 | * ObsessedAreTheListmakers: Amir is constantly writing bizarre lists and seeking feedback on them from Jake. In "Date Ideas" Jake speculates that he sits up at night writing them. While it's unclear what impulse drives this behavior, what ''is'' clear is that he's perfectionistic about it by inexplicable standards of his own, going as far as [[RunningGag writing the rhyming top 10 lists on scrolls]]. |
| 932 | -->'''Jake:''' Why are you pitching me anything? |
| 933 | -->'''Amir:''' I like lists. In fact, can I pitch you a list of list ideas that I have? |
| 934 | * ObsessiveLoveLetter: |
| 935 | ** "Moving Part 2" has Jake and Amir stumbling on the first draft of a letter Amir wrote to Jake on their second day working together. It looks to be at least 50 pages long and quickly devolves into [[WaxingLyrical a transcription of "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas]]. |
| 936 | ** In "Snack Attack," Pat seeks Jake's advice on what to write in an email to Sarah and ends up intently transcribing what he doesn't realize is just a standard clash between Jake and Amir, leading to lines like "I'm watching you, so don't steal anything from me" and "I'm going to break your fucking neck." [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch She loves it]].]] |
| 937 | * OddCouple: Oh yes. |
| 938 | * OddFriendship: [[HairTriggerTemper Murph]] and [[{{Troll}} Amir]] are a combination unsuitable for anything except [[RuleOfFunny making Jake's life hell]]. That, and [[spoiler:[[ConnectedAllAlong a lifelong feudal lord/vassal relationship, apparently]].]] |
| 939 | * OddNameOut: In "High School Play," Amir claims that his nieces and nephews are named "Ryan, Brian, Cryin, Fryin, and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd Sandra, the Little Engine that Can't]]." |
| 940 | * OfficeGolf: Alan Avery in ''Fired''. |
| 941 | * OffscreenRealityWarp: |
| 942 | ** In [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6554438/jake-and-amir-carbs Carbs]], Amir starts the video by claiming that [[BlatantLies he’s not eating any carbs this month]]. From that point on, every time the camera cuts back to him, he’s seen with a different carb-loaded food in his hand- first a sandwich, then a bagel, then a slice of pizza, then a bowl of pasta, then a plate of brownies. |
| 943 | ** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGnr-jVOxO8 Los Angeles]] and other episodes, Amir is able to put on and take off sunglasses quickly between shots, which Jake then points out. |
| 944 | * OffscreenTeleportation: |
| 945 | ** Done in "Sick Day 3: Goodbye”. We start with Amir at home calling Jake while he’s at work; Jake tells him to come into work, and a few seconds later, Amir’s right next to Jake. |
| 946 | ** Done again in “Commute”, when Amir calls Jake on the way to work, and he somehow appears right next to Jake before he hangs up. |
| 947 | * OhNoNotAgain: In the finale when Jake's date jumps out of a moving limousine to get away from him, he complains that out of the six total dates he's been on in the past few years, she's the fifth to jump out of a moving car in mid-date. |
| 948 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Amir's oldest friend, Cheryl, who's played by then-24-year-old Creator/AllisonWilliams. |
| 949 | --> '''Cheryl''': We met yesterday. |
| 950 | --> '''Jake''': He said you were his oldest friend. |
| 951 | --> '''Cheryl''': I'm fifty. |
| 952 | * OminousObsidianOoze: The ghost version of Amir in "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate" gets this all over Jake's keyboard. |
| 953 | * TheOner: Several episodes consist mainly or entirely of a single take, including "Phone Call," "Music Box," "Angry Birds," "Tiny Wings" and "Driving Lesson." |
| 954 | * OneSteveLimit: |
| 955 | ** Several [[{{Averted}} aversions]] among the extras due to the cast mostly consisting of actual [=CollegeHumor=] employees using their real names, ex. Dave [Young] and Dave Rosenberg. There's even at least one other Jake and one other Amir, site designer Amir Cohen. |
| 956 | ** {{Discussed}} in "Script Notes" when Dan questions Amir's decision to name every character in his script "Jake." Amir replies, "We don't want to spoon-feed our audience." |
| 957 | ** In Ben Schwartz's first appearance, playing Amir's dating coach, he introduces himself as "Amir Blumenfeld." Amir points out that this is ''his'' name. |
| 958 | --->'''Dating Coach:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic Everybody's name is Amir Blumenfeld, it's not a big deal]]—what's your name? |
| 959 | --->'''Jake:''' Jake. |
| 960 | --->'''Dating Coach:''' [[NoTrueScotsman Bad example]]. |
| 961 | * OneWordTitle: Most episode titles are one or two words. It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in Part 1 of the finale (which incidentally ends with one of the series' handful of [[{{Averted}} aversions]], "The Last Jake and Amir Episode Ever!"): |
| 962 | -->'''Amir:''' See? That's an episode! [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Another one could be, is if I'm, uh, a mime, or...I get a dog, or, uh, if I, one c—one could be if I have a snake or bread]]. |
| 963 | -->'''Jake:''' You're just saying nouns. |
| 964 | * OnlyFriend: Amir considers Jake this. It's pretty much voluntary since he's highly dismissive of his other coworkers, particularly Pat and Sam, and tends to regard them as obstacles to his relationship with Jake. He also has plenty of bizarre friendships outside the office. |
| 965 | * OnlySaneMan: Jake whenever Amir plays RabbleRouser or when another bizarre character shows up to supplement him, particularly any time Ben Schwartz is on board. "Double Date" and "Movie Date" push his StraightMan role to its limits by surrounding him with casts [[CastFullOfCrazy so weird]] that Amir's presence is practically a footnote. The finale's "Ben Schwartz 2" takes the cake by putting him in the same room with [[spoiler:every single character played by Ben Schwartz over the series' run.]] |
| 966 | -->'''Jake:''' This is the worst day of my life. |
| 967 | * OpinionFlipFlop: |
| 968 | ** Amir, as seen in "Opinions," has a compulsion to agree with every opinion Jake has. Jake deliberately changes his stated opinions repeatedly, leading to Amir tying himself into knots as he tries to agree with him every single time. |
| 969 | ** Amir on the 2008 presidential election: "I don't know, I'm like conflicted because one guy says the other guy is bad and then the other guy says the other person is bad, so, like, I think I'm just going to vote for the last person I hear talk." |
| 970 | ** "Chinstrap Beard": |
| 971 | --->'''Jake:''' This chinstrap, it's obviously a goof, I'm shaving it as we squeak. |
| 972 | --->'''Murph:''' I don't know, man, I think it looks pretty cool. |
| 973 | --->'''Jake:''' So do I. It does make me look quite "strapping." |
| 974 | --->'''Murph:''' Haha, uh, I was joking. It sucks. |
| 975 | --->'''Jake:''' Dude, I was joking too. ''(Laughs.)'' ...Tell me what to think. |
| 976 | * OppositeDay: Amir falls victim to a LogicBomb when Jake says it is Opposite Day on [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/86143557/ground-rules Ground Rules]]. |
| 977 | %% * OurGhostsAreDifferent: See [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/7348668114/graveyard Graveyard]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYj_1rDeFM My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate.]] |
| 978 | * OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: |
| 979 | ** In "Fur": |
| 980 | --->'''Jake:''' You know, there's also a dead iguana in your pocket. |
| 981 | --->'''Amir:''' Or am I just happy to see you? |
| 982 | --->'''Jake:''' It's a dead iguana. |
| 983 | --->'''Amir:''' I’m also happy to see you! |
| 984 | ** Amir tries this line again in "Costumes Part 4" and [[DontExplainTheJoke winds up overexplaining it]]. |
| 985 | * OrphanedPunchline: In "Audition," a number of actresses audition for a fictional [=CollegeHumor=] sketch by reading the line, "Oh wow, so I guess ''that's'' why they call it the blues." It's eventually revealed that the sketch is called "Elton John Blows Papa Smurf," so [[NothingIsFunnier do the math]]. |
| 986 | * OverlyLongGag: Amir (dressed as a pirate version of Music/{{Psy}}) repeating the word "Nyop" at the end of "Costumes Part 2." |
| 987 | * OverlyLongHug: The uncut ending of "Sick Day Part 3 (Goodbye)." |
| 988 | -->'''Jake:''' All right, this is [my floor]. |
| 989 | -->'''Amir:''' No! |
| 990 | -->'''Jake:''' All right, one more elevator ride. |
| 991 | -->'''Amir:''' Two more. |
| 992 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay. |
| 993 | -->'''Amir:''' And the stairs. |
| 994 | * PaintedOnPants: Jake tries to play off his corduroy pants this way. He actually just bought them in the wrong size. |
| 995 | * PassThePopcorn: Amir while interrogating Rosie in "Rosie's Appointment." He also messily eats cookies while he's rickrolling the office in "Rick Roll." |
| 996 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Jake isn't above taking advantage of Amir or hitting him with a SuicideDare. |
| 997 | * ThePenIsMightier: Over the course of "Sunday Football," Amir attacks [=CollegeHumor=] video editor Kelly Hudson twice with a pen. By the end of the short she [[IllKillYou snaps and grabs the same pen]], only to be intimidated out of stabbing when [[DeathSeeker he actually offers her his throat]]. |
| 998 | * PersonalitySwap: Any time Jake's insecurity is triggered, he will begin to act like Amir, leaving Amir to take on his StraightMan role. |
| 999 | * PhoneyCall: Amir attempts this in "On the Phone," but blows it by talking in the phone about how he's pretending to be on the phone to trick Jake. [[spoiler:Downplayed in that he does have a listener, as it turns out he's leaving a really long message on Leron's answering machine.]] |
| 1000 | * PickyEater: Amir, particularly early on, when he ate virtually nothing but chicken nuggets. |
| 1001 | * PingPongNaivete: Amir's competence and general intelligence vary from episode to episode. In "Realizations", he can't even spell "carrot" correctly, while in "Mother's Day", he shows far more proficiency in English than Jake, and even mocks Jake for his lack of poetic talent. |
| 1002 | * PiratesWhoDontDoAnything: |
| 1003 | ** Amir is far more interested in having Jake as a captive audience than in working and, in fact, [[ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation has no idea what his own job entails]]. The finale reveals that Jake isn't much better, having done pretty much nothing but argue with Amir in eight years of working at [=CollegeHumor=], with the work we saw them do on-camera ("two auditions" and "one or two table reads") being their most palpable contributions to the company. That, and they've been coming to work "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall mainly only on Tuesdays]]." |
| 1004 | ** [[ShowWithinAShow Ace and Jocelyn]], the astronaut accountants from outer space, are never shown doing anything related to accounting. Justified by the fact that Amir likely doesn't actually know what accountants do and just wanted to do [[InSpace some kind of sci-fi show]].[[note]]And even there, his knowledge may be limited.[[/note]] |
| 1005 | * PissTakeRap: Although Amir is given to this, the "Rap Teacher" series shows that he's actually quite talented, as real-life indie rapper Hoodie Allen helps him to refine his craft. Jake's attempts to retaliate are [[LameComeback less successful]]: |
| 1006 | -->Nothing makes me laugh more than the GEICO lizard, |
| 1007 | -->I like Gandalf 'cause he's a chill wizard |
| 1008 | * PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Amir has made several over the series. In "Road Trip" he's less than successful at getting Jake to return it. |
| 1009 | * PlatonicLifePartners: Amir and Cheryl act like a textbook illustration of this trope [[SubvertedTrope despite having known each other for only one day]] in "Cheryl." |
| 1010 | * PlayingHardToGet: |
| 1011 | ** In "Ex-Girlfriend," Jake's ex advises Amir to do this in order to get closer to Jake. It's comical how fast it works. |
| 1012 | ** In "Snack Attack," Pat thinks this is what Jake is advising him to do in his letter to Sarah. Jake actually [[RepeatAfterMe just broke off from dictating to him to yell at Amir]]. |
| 1013 | ** In "Tinder," this is how Jake explains his Tinder match's lack of effusiveness over chat. In fact, "she" is very clearly a bot who's scamming him for his credit card info. |
| 1014 | * PlotHole: In a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot induced by [=CollegeHumor=] moving its video production to LA, the "Road Trip" storyline explains how Jake and Amir wind up at the LA office, but clearly indicates that in the context of the series they're the only ones who go, with much of the plot revolving around Amir [[TheFriendNobodyLikes being singled out for departure]] [[spoiler:and Jake ultimately deciding to go with him]]. However, in subsequent episodes the New York cast appear at the LA office with no explanation. (Elsewhere, ''WebVideo/HardlyWorking'' explains that they moved offices by accident.) |
| 1015 | * PottyFailure: Amir, [[RunningGag with such regularity]] that it's fair to wonder if he's even continent. |
| 1016 | * PrankCall: Amir tends to take this to RefugeInAudacity levels. In "Hotel Room" he calls room service until he's confronted by staff, cries until the hotel clerk leaves out of boredom, then immediately starts dialing again while still in tears. |
| 1017 | * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Amir. |
| 1018 | * PreviouslyOn: Occasionally done during a story arc or multi-parter. PlayedForLaughs with the captions in "Brother Part 4": |
| 1019 | -->PREVIOUSLY ON JAKE AND AMIR |
| 1020 | -->SLIGHTLY LESS PREVIOUSLY ON JAKE AND AMIR |
| 1021 | -->STRAIGHT UP THE LATEST EPISODE |
| 1022 | -->THIS IS [[Film/GhostbustersII GHOSTBUSTERS 2]], YALL |
| 1023 | * ProductPlacement: The two have done videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wHxHQkDTz0 Adobe]], ampm, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfcbzdWMqGY Bacardi]], [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6648232/jake-and-amir-ace-and-jocelyn-shirt BustedTees]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnicAOZjGJo Call of Duty]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92H8RTkJVpk Coca-Cola]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyWcxJG39iQ Experian]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9OuC5tzyBw Fiat]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJ8nLXnO9w Ford]], and [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6585890/jake-and-amir-the-hot-date-presented-by-gears-of-war-3 Gears of War]]. Spotify was also mentioned in a run of episodes, to the annoyance of some fans. |
| 1024 | * PromotedToScapegoat: In ''Fired'', [[spoiler:this happens to Jake, as the new CEO promotes him and then uses him as a cover to embezzle company funds, making him manager of a checking account and then having him transfer the money and cash the checks.]] |
| 1025 | * ProneToTears: Amir. Frequently pointed out by Jake. |
| 1026 | * ProperlyParanoid: |
| 1027 | ** In "Instagram" Amir is convinced that the changes to Instagram's privacy policy will result in Mark Zuckerberg selling his photos to outside advertisers. Jake points out that his pictures aren't very marketable, citing one of him "planking at a candlelight vigil" as an example. [[spoiler:It ends up on a can of Red Bull.]] |
| 1028 | ** In both "Swine Flu" and "Ebola" Amir is concerned about contracting the aforementioned viruses, which seems irrational until further questioning by Jake reveals that he took specific, unlikely actions that could plausibly have led to viral transmission, such as [[TooDumbToLive french-kissing a pig while it sneezed]]. |
| 1029 | * PsmithPsyndrome: In "Beerd" the word "beerd" (used by Amir to describe a beard made out of beer) is pronounced the same as "beard," but Jake can apparently hear the difference ("What's a beerd?" "Well, you know what a ''beard'' is, right?") [[NoFourthWall The two then break character to discuss whether this makes any sense]]. |
| 1030 | -->'''Jake:''' [[LampshadeHanging The joke—the joke is in the spelling of "beerd," it's not gonna work]]. |
| 1031 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(pouring beer on his face)'' It's—look at me, it's too late! It doesn't matter if it's in the spelling, it's too late! |
| 1032 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide: Jake attempts this on Amir in "Horoscope." |
| 1033 | * PsychicNosebleed: Trying to figure out the logistics of OppositeDay has this effect on Amir. |
| 1034 | * PsychicStrangle: Amir strangles Doobs through a ''prerecorded'' video in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXlNlmSpco Finale Part 5 The Auditions]] |
| 1035 | * PsychopathicManchild: Amir. |
| 1036 | * PsychoSupporter: |
| 1037 | ** In earlier episodes, Amir physically attacked coworkers, including his own boss, for [[BerserkButton any real or perceived insult to Jake]]. |
| 1038 | ** Cheryl to Amir in her two appearances. |
| 1039 | ** In later episodes, Murph to Amir. Amir only has to hint that Jake has wronged him in some way to unleash hell. |
| 1040 | * PungeonMaster: Amir all the time. Jake when he's insecure. |
| 1041 | * RabbleRouser: For someone so obnoxious and unpopular, Amir has a rare knack for this and can start a CrowdChant at the drop of a hat. |
| 1042 | * RageQuit: "Monopoly" and "Jake and Amir and Catan" both end with Amir suddenly disarranging the board. |
| 1043 | -->'''Amir:''' Don't act like you didn't expect that to happen. |
| 1044 | * RapidFireComedy: Most episodes clock in at under three minutes. |
| 1045 | * RapidFireTyping: Amir can type [[RuleOfFunny improbably quickly]], at one point writing and sending thirty-one Facebook comments while Jake is [[EnragedByIdiocy counting to ten to calm down after reading the last batch]]. |
| 1046 | * RashomonStyle: "DVD," in which Amir, Jake and Rosie each recount a different version of how a DVD that Pat lent to Jake got broken. It's implied that Rosie's version is the most accurate. |
| 1047 | * ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: |
| 1048 | ** In "Movie Debate," Amir pays Pat to help him have a normal conversation with Jake by listening in on their back-and-forth and feeding him lines over chat. It backfires badly when Pat gets a phone call. |
| 1049 | --->'''Amir:''' Oops. Sorry. Phone's ringing. Burb. BRB. It's my stepbrother, I need to take this. [[RepeatAfterMe Stop talking. You're an idiot. I'm an idiot. Amir Blumenfeld is an idiot.]] |
| 1050 | ** Similarly, "Jordan" has Jake sending an actor to pretend to be him at the office. |
| 1051 | --->'''Jordan:''' If you mess up, just tell him that best friends have to trust each other now more than ever. |
| 1052 | --->'''Amir:''' What? |
| 1053 | --->'''Jordan:''' "...Best friends have to trust each other. Now more than ever." |
| 1054 | ** In "Screenplay," Amir writes a 400+-page screenplay in which the only line of dialogue is "Interior—I don't give a flaming fart." Jake's speculation that this is a typo, given that it's identical to all of the scene headers, is called into question by the reveal that [[spoiler: [[NotSoAboveItAll Jake himself auditioned for the lead and didn't get the part]].]] |
| 1055 | * RealEventFictionalCause: "Q" reveals that Amir [[spoiler:is the author of the 4chan posts that gave rise to [=QAnon=].]] |
| 1056 | * RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: The show's style of verbal comedy almost did a complete 180 over the course of its run, from heavily [[AvertedTrope averting]] this trope in earlier episodes to eventually [[ExaggeratedTrope playing it up]] [[PlayedForLaughs for humor]] with Amir's stagey, intricate monologues (some of which he admits InUniverse to [[JustifiedTrope scripting in advance]]) and Jake's tendency toward improbably detailed SecondhandStorytelling. |
| 1057 | * ReallyMovesAround: {{Exaggerated}} with the RunningGag of Amir's dad moving away in response to [[TheAllSolvingHammer any difficulty whatsoever]]. |
| 1058 | -->'''Amir:''' All right, lemme tell you a story. In sixth grade, I was bullied so hard that my dad almost moved. Instead, my teacher called a parental mediation session. So it was just me and my dad, the tormenter and the tormenter's foster mom? They all ganged up on me so hard that my dad moved. |
| 1059 | -->'''Jake:''' Sorry, your dad ganged up on you so hard that ''he'' moved? |
| 1060 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Amir has been on the receiving end of several. Jake actually manages to get through to him with one in "Grill." |
| 1061 | -->'''Jake:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Why do you hate yourself?]] |
| 1062 | -->'''Amir:''' Excuse? |
| 1063 | -->'''Jake:''' You're on this twisted quest to change your body, mind, and spirit, you're constantly adopting new hobbies, you've had countless plastic surgeries—[[DanceOfDespair stop dancing!]] None of it is ever to any avail! At the end of the day, [[HisOwnWorstEnemy you're still you]]...and ''you'' suck! |
| 1064 | * RecklessGunUsage: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tw2CK1XpBs Ransom]] shows what happens when Amir gets his hands on a gun. |
| 1065 | * RecurringExtra: The two interns Vickram and Cassidy have been seen in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dihPq9SaPY Rick Fox 3]]," "[[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6644953/jake-and-amir-the-bet The Bet]]," "Nuggets," and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SJ2f2tgvf0 Barbershop Quartet]]." |
| 1066 | * RecycledTitle: Two separate episodes are named 'Laundry'. |
| 1067 | * RepeatAfterMe: "Movie Debate." Also, "Tissue," when Jake films Amir for the benefit of his friends back home: |
| 1068 | -->'''Jake:''' Say hi, Amir. |
| 1069 | -->'''Amir:''' Hi, Amir. |
| 1070 | -->'''Jake:''' ''(to camera)'' He doesn't know that's a joke. |
| 1071 | * RepeatedRehearsalFailure: [[OverlyLongGag Amir struggling to say "Get the DVD today"]] in the "Fired" commercial. The gag was repeated in "Vote Part 2" with "Vote for your favorite candidate today." |
| 1072 | * ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Immediately prior to "Costumes," Amir has disappeared for two days and been presumed dead by everyone. |
| 1073 | * RhymesOnADime: Amir does this frequently, sometimes with startling proficiency, sometimes [[PainfulRhyme not]]. |
| 1074 | * RhymingWithItself: Amir is called out [[ContinuityNod on two separate occasions]] for rhyming "movies" with "movies." |
| 1075 | -->'''Jake:''' So "movies" twice, then. |
| 1076 | -->'''Amir:''' Second time it's spelled differently. |
| 1077 | -->'''Jake:''' Then you spelled it wrong. |
| 1078 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: |
| 1079 | ** Throughout "Pizza," Jake is [[EnragedByIdiocy frustrated by Amir's speculation]] that Peyton Manning did his Papa John's advertisements for free. Although Amir's argument is that he might really like pizza that much, Will points out that Peyton Manning owned 21 Papa John's locations at the time and therefore had a significant stake in the endorsement, meaning that [[DumbassHasAPoint Amir is probably right]]. |
| 1080 | ** In "Compost," Jake loses a bet with Amir about whether or not "gid" (Amir's answer to the question "What's twelve minus three?") is a real word. Jake's mistake is in not specifying that the word should mean anything in a mathematical context, because it ''is'' a real word, referring to a disease affecting sheep. |
| 1081 | --->'''Jake:''' Congrats, dummy. You've accidentally stumbled upon a word. |
| 1082 | * RippedFromTheHeadlines: A number of episodes have Jake and Amir discussing then-current events, such as the 2008 stock market crash, the swine flu epidemic, and the BP oil spill. This trend lead to the characters being pulled out of retirement for "Donald Trump" in 2016 and "Social Distance Scroll" in 2020 (the latter on the [=HeadGum=] channel). |
| 1083 | * TheRival: [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6500252/jake-and-amir-doobs Doobs]], Amir’s lifelong arch-nemesis—who’s even weirder and less competent than Amir, if you can believe that. |
| 1084 | * RoadTripPlot: The "Road Trip" storyline, in which Jake rents an RV drive Amir to California after he's transferred to [=CollegeHumor=]'s LA office. |
| 1085 | * RockPaperScissors: In an episode of the same name, Amir cheats against Jake by turning his rock into paper at the last minute. Jake then [[DisproportionateRetribution breaks his ribs]]... |
| 1086 | * RomanticWingman: Attempted unsuccessfully in "Wingman" and "Girls." |
| 1087 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: |
| 1088 | ** In "Movie Debate," this is Jake's first clue that [[spoiler:Pat is feeding Amir his lines in the conversation over IM]]: |
| 1089 | --->'''Jake:''' See, this is the kind of shit we should be talking about, none of this weird "go take me to dinner," all that, you know. Movies. |
| 1090 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(laughs)'' Defiantly. |
| 1091 | --->'''Jake:''' ...What? |
| 1092 | ** Naturally, [[StylisticSuck Amir]] isn't immune to this type of writing either: |
| 1093 | --->"Moira Fudge can't take it anymore. She organisms." |
| 1094 | * ARoundOfDrinksForTheHouse: In ''Fired'' when Jake takes Amir out drinking to try to soften the upcoming blow of getting him fired, Amir buys everyone a round in honor of "[[ObliviousGuiltSlinging working together forever]]." |
| 1095 | * RubberHoseLimbs: To hear Doobs tell it, Amir's dad has these. |
| 1096 | * RunningGag: Numerous, they tend to evolve with the tastes of the writers. |
| 1097 | ** Since [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDOTYEdfjQ 2011]], Amir has taken to writing "Top 10" lists. The tamest of these include date ideas, beers, and cars to [[TheStoner hotbox]]. |
| 1098 | ** Amir will use a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn-7Az0jEVE&t=0m15s grating high voice]] until Jake yells at him to stop. |
| 1099 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zBesY1FTGE&t=2m8s 2013]] saw the introduction of a new extra Will, who [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTfae73dIpk&t=0m7s eats his own shit]]. Both characters [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WzpGJjGReo&t=1m48s bring]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu3cmQApg6A&t=2m50s this up]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=graSAOJUaKg&t=1m11s discredit his opinions]]. |
| 1100 | --->'''Amir''': You know that guy eats his own shit? Why aren't more people talking about that? |
| 1101 | ** Jake has had homosexual encounters offscreen with his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2dnEAcPgEI&t=1m24s cousin]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jXpkHu7NMg&t=0m52s nephew]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w88CFMv67Ok&t=1m3s father]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2xLlxiaNo&t=2m42s and his brother]]. |
| 1102 | ** Whenever Jake becomes insecure, he and Amir undergo a full PersonalitySwap. |
| 1103 | ** Jake [[SecondhandStorytelling giving a detailed description of something Amir did offscreen]]. |
| 1104 | ** Jake offering to take Amir to the hospital. |
| 1105 | ** Amir's shit-stained khaki pants. |
| 1106 | ** Also, Amir's terrible odor and eating habits. |
| 1107 | ** Many of the early videos ended with [[HereWeGoAgain Amir saying Jake's name as if to start another conversation]]. The joke extended to Jake's computer software reading Amir's [=IMs=] aloud in "Instant Messages," Jake reading a note Amir left him in "TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}", and Jake reading through Amir's attempts to use Google (using the address bar) in "Jake's Computer." |
| 1108 | --->'''Jake:''' "Shithescomingclosecloseclose.com." Then "Jake.com." [[LampshadeHanging You try to sneak one in there]]. |
| 1109 | ** Jake complaining about Amir's hands. |
| 1110 | * SanityBall: While Jake usually has it, Amir [[ConservationOfCompetence catches it effortlessly]] whenever he goes off the rails. |
| 1111 | -->'''Jake:''' [[LampshadeHanging Hey, you come into the office any other day of the week and he's the weird one!]] |
| 1112 | * SarcasmBlind: In "Sarcasm," Jake is able to stretch his sarcastic reply to Amir over the whole short because Amir just won't catch on. |
| 1113 | * SayMyName: Jake's name is one of Amir's catchphrases. This is also a recurring characteristic of his phone conversations with Mickey. |
| 1114 | -->'''Jake:''' [[LampshadeHanging He knows his name!]] Okay, you don't have to say it so ''fucking'' much! |
| 1115 | * SchoolIsForLosers: Amir has this attitude. He even writes a [[PissTakeRap terrible rap]] about it in "Survey." |
| 1116 | -->Math? Ha! Math was crap, |
| 1117 | -->[[WordSaladLyrics If you wanna know why, then steal a hen]]. |
| 1118 | -->Learning shit is for nerds and jocks, |
| 1119 | -->Don't believe me? Ask my uncle. |
| 1120 | -->Green, blue, brown, and red, |
| 1121 | -->Go to school and you'll regret it, |
| 1122 | -->[[Music/JayZ I got ninety-nine problems and a bitch]] ''ate one.'' |
| 1123 | * TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: In "Amnesia" Jake describes Amir as a "paranoid schizophrenic," and he does act in a way befitting the description in "Instagram" and "iPhone 6," though it's worth noting that in the former [[spoiler: he's [[ProperlyParanoid completely right]].]] |
| 1124 | * ScoldingTheFourthWallBreaker: In "Hoops" when his coworkers chase him [[VisibleBoomMic into view of the mics]]: |
| 1125 | -->'''Jake:''' Hey—you’re breaking the fourth wall! Sam's not gonna like this. Sam's not gonna like this! |
| 1126 | -->''(Cut to Sam and Jake watching the episode.)'' |
| 1127 | -->'''Sam:''' I don't like this. Go home, Jake. |
| 1128 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Announcing that he's going to work from home for the day is roughly Jake's CheckPlease |
| 1129 | * SecondhandStorytelling: |
| 1130 | ** A common setup has Amir telling Jake a bizarre story about his life, often altering the story under Jake's questioning. |
| 1131 | ** Quite a few episodes involve Jake describing Amir's recent offscreen actions ''to'' [[AsYouKnow Amir himself]]. Amir's [[IRejectYourReality relationship to reality]] is tenuous enough to [[JustifiedTrope justify]] it, but the show still gets some fun out of [[LampshadeHanging being aware of it]]: |
| 1132 | --->'''Amir:''' Why are you rehashing this shit? All right, I was there. |
| 1133 | --->'''Jake:''' I know you were there. |
| 1134 | --->'''Amir:''' So you don't have to repeat it, okay, just move on! |
| 1135 | --->'''Jake:''' Okay, fine, I'm— |
| 1136 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(chanting)'' MOVE ON! MOVE ON! MOVE ON! |
| 1137 | --->'''Other passengers on bus:''' [[CrowdChant MOVE ON! MOVE ON! MOVE ON!]] |
| 1138 | --->'''Jake:''' ''How can you start chants this easily?!'' |
| 1139 | * SeeminglyProfoundFool: Amir has had some luck with this. See "CEO." |
| 1140 | * SeinfeldianConversation: Many episodes qualify. |
| 1141 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Amir pretty much knows that Jake is frequently dismissive of him, but there's a lot he chooses not to hear. |
| 1142 | * SelfDeprecation: In ''Fired'': |
| 1143 | -->'''Jake:''' Isn't this that TV show you tried to make a few years ago? |
| 1144 | -->'''Amir:''' Yeah, it's called ''Ace and Jocelyn: Astronaut Accountants From Outer Space,'' and it's better than a TV show: it's a web series. |
| 1145 | -->'''Jake:''' Why is that better? |
| 1146 | -->'''Amir:''' 'Cause less people watch it. ''(Jake nods.)'' |
| 1147 | * SelfServingMemory: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUiWixSCaiY "Explanation”]], Jake arrives at the office to see his Xbox 360 destroyed, and he demands Amir to tell him what happened to it. Amir’s recap of the events ends with him smashing the Xbox with a baseball bat, and then Jake showing up and saying, “This is ace! Dinner tonight?" |
| 1148 | * SeriesFauxnale: "The Finale" is this as of 2021, when (the real) Hurwitz and Blumenfeld bought back their IP from [=CollegeHumor=] and revived the show on their own [=YouTube=] channel. |
| 1149 | * ShadowArchetype: Amir is a needy, insecure, self-centered, desperate tryhard, all traits that Jake both despises him for and shares with him in spades. |
| 1150 | * ShameIfSomethingHappened: "Storm": |
| 1151 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay, what if I don't wanna stay? |
| 1152 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, what if I wanna write Sarah a love letter and say it's from you? We can all ''do'' different things. |
| 1153 | * ShapedLikeItself: |
| 1154 | ** "Typewriter": "If ya have to ask...then you don't know." |
| 1155 | ** "Split Pea Soup": |
| 1156 | --->'''Amir:''' I feel like I'm being burnt alive in a cauldron, or like a bowl of hot soup was dumped on my face! |
| 1157 | --->'''Jake:''' [[ForgetfulJones Have you already forgotten]] that that ''is'' what happened? |
| 1158 | ** Amir on the Grand Canyon: "She is grand and she is canyon." |
| 1159 | * SharePhrase: Most of Amir's [[CatchPhrase Catch Phrases]] fall solidly in this camp, with Jake picking them up and using them freely. |
| 1160 | * ShellGame: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uue_lvpCUEk&feature=relmfu Magic Trick]], Amir tricks Jake with one of these, and Jake gets increasingly frustrated that he can’t figure out the trick. |
| 1161 | * ShortDistancePhoneCall: In [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5947349/jake-and-amir-chat-roulette Chat Roulette]], Jake goes on Chat Roulette at work, and against all odds, sees Amir. It’s then revealed that Amir was contacting him from under his desk the entire time. |
| 1162 | ** In "Elevator," Amir calls Jake to say goodbye to him while they're both stuck in the same elevator. |
| 1163 | ** PlayedWith in "Hang Up," in which Amir [[CloudCuckoolander talks to Jake as if they're on the phone while they're both seated at their desks]]. |
| 1164 | ** "[=VideoGames=]" has Sam and Amir gaming while talking through headsets [[spoiler:in the same room, in Jake's apartment.]] |
| 1165 | * ShowWithinAShow: Ace and Jocelyn, a series about astronaut accountants that Amir makes. |
| 1166 | * SilentTreatment: It's a RunningGag that Amir is very unclear on the concept, in terms of both employing it himself and understanding where it applies to him. |
| 1167 | -->'''Amir:''' And for that, I deserve this, this...silent treatment? |
| 1168 | -->'''Jake:''' Why do you think everything that happens to you is the silent treatment? |
| 1169 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Doobs, to Amir. |
| 1170 | * SituationalSexuality: Amir, where the situation is that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he can't find any girls on Grindr]]. |
| 1171 | * SkewedPriorities: In "Copier," Amir shatters the glass of the office copier while attempting a CheekCopy, but refuses Jake's attempts to help him and keeps going with the prank. |
| 1172 | -->'''Jake:''' Dude, you're clearly in a lot of pain right now. |
| 1173 | -->'''Amir:''' It's gonna be ''worth'' it! When it starts copying my ass! |
| 1174 | -->'''Jake:''' You're not gonna ''have'' an ass when this is all done! |
| 1175 | * SleepCute: In "Driving Home," Jake and Amir fall asleep in the backseat of a car with Amir leaning on Jake's shoulder, only for Amir to startle them both awake by bellowing out the opening chant from ''The Lion King.'' |
| 1176 | * SleevesAreForWimps: Parodied in "Muscle Tee." |
| 1177 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: {{Inverted}} with Amir, who's [[SchoolIsForLosers actively proud of underachieving]]. |
| 1178 | -->'''Amir:''' Would a nerd get oh, I don't know, a 1.26 GPA in college? |
| 1179 | * SmashCut: Lampshaded in "Los Angeles": |
| 1180 | -->'''Jake (to Amir)''': You are ''not'' coming [to L.A.] with me. |
| 1181 | -->[Cut to Jake and Amir next to each other on a plane] |
| 1182 | -->'''Amir''': Deal! |
| 1183 | -->'''Jake:''' Why did you just say "deal"? |
| 1184 | * SmokingIsCool: Amir attempts to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this in "Smoking," but Jake calls his bluff when he offers to light the cigarette he's holding. |
| 1185 | * SophisticatedAsHell: |
| 1186 | ** "[[CatchPhrase Oh sheesh y'all, 'twas a dream!]]" |
| 1187 | ** In "Voice," Amir complains that "my vibrato is still weak as shit." |
| 1188 | ** Murph explaining his appreciation for elephant trunk wall sconces in "Trust Fall 2": "They're ''tasteful'' as ''fuck,'' bro!" |
| 1189 | * SourOutsideSadInside: Amir. |
| 1190 | -->'''Amir:''' We're all basically on a level playing field, right? So I make people feel worse about themselves, suddenly, "Hey, this is pretty neat. I'm like a good guy all of a sudden." I feel better about myself when I put ''other'' people down. It like, masks my insecurities. |
| 1191 | -->'''Jake:''' I'm depressed that you get it, yet you still wanna do it. |
| 1192 | * SpaceX: Amir on his "Ace and Jocelyn" spiel. |
| 1193 | -->'''Amir:''' We're here alone in the...space office, and I have a feeling Ace will be back, because you can’t get very far without your space wallet. Or, more specifically, his space subway card. |
| 1194 | * SpinTheBottle: In "Double Date," resulting in a horrified Jake being [[ForcefulKiss forcibly kissed]] by Emily ''and'' [[spoiler:Murph]]. |
| 1195 | * StalkerShrine: Amir's to Jake can be seen in "Amir Faces the Harsh Reality of Dating." |
| 1196 | * StalkerWithACrush: Amir to Jake. |
| 1197 | * StalkerWithATestTube: When suffering a bout of EasyAmnesia in "Amnesia," Amir [[QuestForIdentity goes through his own pockets for clues to his identity]] and finds a lock of Jake's hair with a note detailing a plan to clone him. |
| 1198 | * StealthPun: |
| 1199 | ** Unlike the other videos, "Letter" is in {{Letterbox}} format. |
| 1200 | ** "iPhone Case" has nothing to do with a phone case and instead deals with an attempt by Amir to jack an iPhone on the subway. The real meaning of the title only becomes clear at the end of the episode when Amir finds out that he has a "case" against the other passengers for their subsequent DisproportionateRetribution. |
| 1201 | * StepfordSmiler: It can be argued that Amir is one of these, at least some of the time. Most obvious example being in the episode "Blowing Up”; he acts bubbly and gregarious when he’s with Jake, but whenever he goes into the other room to take a phone call he starts screaming at the top of his lungs, [[BilingualBonus occasionally in Hebrew]]. |
| 1202 | * TheStoner: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDOTYEdfjQ Amir]] makes a list of the top ten cars to hot box (although half the items on the list are, “It doesn’t matter”). Jake is also a wannabe stoner, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU_ajj7ho-0 though it's implied he's never smoked actual weed]]. |
| 1203 | * StopOrIShootMyself: PlayedForLaughs in "Ransom." |
| 1204 | * StraightMan: Jake has this role down to an art form. Seen best in one of his few solo interviews with "Let's Talk About Something More Interesting”. However, certain episodes can switch this role to Amir. These episodes are mostly made to show how insecure Jake is. |
| 1205 | * StrangelySpecificHoroscope: In "Horoscope," the horoscope for Sagittarius says to "be on the lookout for [[PsychicAssistedSuicide hypno-killers]]." This saves Amir's life even though he's a Capricorn. |
| 1206 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Amir and Pat both pronounce "Kindle" with a long "i." |
| 1207 | * StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Amir has been known to use adjectives and adverbial forms as nouns ("a dumb," "a famous," "[[{{Neologizer}} a bitchly]]") and otherwise tends toward baffling constructions. |
| 1208 | -->'''Jake:''' You know what? Talk normal. Okay? "Nuclear bomb of me"? "Smile of you"? |
| 1209 | * StrictlyFormula: A few recurrent episodic themes, including Amir's rhyming scrolls and Jake's bouts of insecurity, follow predictable RunningGag patterns. |
| 1210 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: Amir. Pat comments on it in "Bathroom" when Amir manages to get past him while he's guarding the door for Jake. In "Bless You" it takes the entire office to tackle him. |
| 1211 | * StylisticSuck: Amir's video editing and scripts. |
| 1212 | * SubvertedCatchphrase: |
| 1213 | ** In "Ex-Girlfriend," Amir makes a (successful) [[PlayingHardToGet play for Jake's attention]] by suddenly announcing, "No dinner tonight." |
| 1214 | ** In "Ground Rules" after Jake declares OppositeDay: |
| 1215 | --->'''Amir:''' ...Breakfast tomorrow? |
| 1216 | --->'''Jake:''' Yes. |
| 1217 | ** "Oh sheesh, y'all..." gets the MadLibsCatchPhrase treatment a few times with "dream" being replaced with something else ("'tis a nightmare!", "'twas a road trip!") In "Hebrew" Amir starts it in English and finishes it in Hebrew. |
| 1218 | ** In "Relocation" Will announces triumphantly, "This is finally my place." |
| 1219 | * SubvertedPunchline: Amir making puns about the candidates in the 2012 presidential election: |
| 1220 | -->'''Amir:''' Mitten Romney? I'm smitten, [[PerfectlyCromulentWord homney]]. [...] And Paul Ryan? We ''are'' tryin', but nobody's ''bidin''' their time quite like [[UsefulNotes/JoeBiden our Vice President...Joseph]] UsefulNotes/DanQuayle. |
| 1221 | * SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Jake will occasionally call out Amir on missing an obvious rhyme. |
| 1222 | * SuddenlyShouting: |
| 1223 | ** Amir's HairTriggerTemper has an alarming tendency to activate in midsentence. |
| 1224 | --->'''Amir:''' I don't even know why we're making a big deal of this and not talking about what type of ''JEANS YOU'RE WEARING RIGHT NOW!!!'' |
| 1225 | ** Murph alternates between this and SoftSpokenSadist to make it extra alarming. |
| 1226 | * SuddenlyVoiced: Nico from the "Double Date" series doesn't utter a single word until [[spoiler:Jake proposes to her at Murph's insistence, figuring [[TemptingFate she won't say "yes" anyway]].]] |
| 1227 | * SuddenNameChange: Over the original run of the series on [=CollegeHumor=], Amir has the EmbarrassingMiddleName "Valerie." As of the 2021 revival it's been changed to "Shmuel," the same name as his real-life counterpart. |
| 1228 | * SuicideAsComedy: In "Bozo" Amir almost jumps out the office window because [[MinorInsultMeltdown Jake photoshopped his head onto a picture of Little Bo Peep and put it on the staff fridge]]. |
| 1229 | * SuicideByCop: A possible reading of "Ransom" is that Amir was attempting this. The other possibility is that [[TooDumbToLive he's really just that dumb]]. |
| 1230 | * SuicideDare: Amir is almost a PhraseCatcher for this kind of statement. In "Reddit Part 2," a Reddit post petitioning him to kill himself ends up on the front page after being upvoted 150,000 times. |
| 1231 | * SuperGullible: Poor, poor Mickey. |
| 1232 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: |
| 1233 | ** Amir, often. |
| 1234 | --->'''Amir:''' You think I just stood in the middle of a pharmacy and peed on a box and then they made me buy the box because they saw me pee on it? |
| 1235 | --->'''Jake:''' ...I didn't think that till ''now.'' |
| 1236 | ** Rick Fox frequently insists that he is ''not'' a chicken. Such an egregious example that despite being very visibly true, eventually even Jake starts to suspect the contrary. |
| 1237 | * SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: At the end of "Lottery" [[spoiler:[[SpidersAreScary a family of spiders]] crawls out of [[NasalTrauma Amir's nose]].]] |
| 1238 | * SwallowTheKey: {{Subverted}} in the Bacardi video "Work Less" when Amir claims he did this but [[BadLiar gestures with the key still held between his fingers]]. PlayedStraight in the "Road Trip" series when [[spoiler:Amir tries to forestall the end of the trip by swallowing the key to the RV.]] |
| 1239 | * SynchronousEpisodes: "Fourth of July Scroll" and "Password". In the former, Jake and Amir are briefly distracted by Paul's outburst in the latter. |
| 1240 | * TakeOffYourClothes: In "Bus," Jake notes that Amir tried to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this by pretending to be a train conductor and announcing that there was anthrax on board. |
| 1241 | * TakeThatKiss: Amir from time to time. Jake in "Tiny Wings." |
| 1242 | * TalkativeLoon: Amir is among the looniest. |
| 1243 | * TalkingInYourSleep: |
| 1244 | ** Seen briefly in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWg4ljeZTU8 "Dave Part 2"]]: |
| 1245 | --->'''Amir''': I don’t wanna hug you, grandma... |
| 1246 | ** Again in "Jake and Amir's Dream" and "Road Trip Part 1." |
| 1247 | * TalksLikeASimile: Amir whenever he gets into a prepared standup-style monologue. In "Boot Camp" after Jake shuts him up he insists on listing just the metaphors because he worked hard on them. |
| 1248 | * TangledFamilyTree: Amir's familial relationships are as inexplicable as [[NoodleIncident everything else about his life]]. |
| 1249 | -->'''Jake:''' You can have female cousins! |
| 1250 | -->'''Amir:''' No, I can't, okay? Both my parents are only children, you ''knew'' that! |
| 1251 | -->'''Jake:''' You have a cousin named Leron! |
| 1252 | -->'''Amir:''' He's adopted! |
| 1253 | -->'''Jake:''' [[VoodooShark By who?]] |
| 1254 | * TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: |
| 1255 | ** In "Loud Movie," Amir watches a movie that Leron shot with him as the lead. His character in the movie keeps saying lines that are perfectly-timed responses to things Jake is saying to Amir. This comes right after Amir himself has repeatedly ''failed'' to predict what Jake was about to say, leading Jake to comment, "He's better at it than you are." |
| 1256 | ** In a few of the "Scroll" episodes, Amir's rhyming Top 10 lists progress into comments on the situation unfolding in real time, as in "Fish Scroll" when Jake throws a pencil that [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction spears him in the throat]] (something even Jake didn't predict). |
| 1257 | --->'''Amir:''' "Number Two: Nah, it’s tuna. Forget tilapia, whitefish and speck. A deep-fried tuna will help you forget the pain in your neck." |
| 1258 | --->'''Jake:''' Did you ''know'' this was gonna happen? |
| 1259 | --->'''Amir:''' It’s a fortunate coincidence. "Number One: This pencil’s no fun." |
| 1260 | --->'''Jake:''' You're ''absolutely'' freestyling. ''(Amir holds up scroll to reveal the words "1. This Pencil's no fun!")'' ...You wizard. You warlock. |
| 1261 | ** In "Finale Part 5: The Auditions," Amir manages to not only argue with but [[PsychicStrangle strangle]] Doobs through his pre-recorded audition tape. |
| 1262 | * TapOnTheHead: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9tP4LKhmBs&feature=relmfu Wake Up]] has Jake slam Amir’s head on the table, instantly knocking him out. |
| 1263 | * ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: |
| 1264 | ** Amir from time to time. |
| 1265 | ** Jake loses his filter to almost HollywoodTourettes levels when he's self-conscious. |
| 1266 | --->'''Amir:''' Do you think that's a normal thing to wear around the office? |
| 1267 | --->'''Jake:''' You think I'm not going to go to the park during lunch? I don't commit to wearing something that makes me feel vulnerable without having an airtight excuse for every line of questioning. Does that make me insecure? You bet your ass it does. |
| 1268 | ** Amir's writing naturally contains a lot of this. |
| 1269 | --->"I can't believe my eyes are rolling back in my head. [[FlatJoy I'm ecstatic to feel this]]. This is sex, and I am cash." |
| 1270 | * ThatSatisfyingCrunch: Amir [[ReflexiveResponse reflexively]] attacks things and [[BitchSlap people]] in response to the emotions of the moment. In "Drawer" when he walks into the open drawer of a filing cabinet, Jake tries to talk him into laughing it off. He tries it for about three seconds and then starts attacking the cabinet with a baseball bat. |
| 1271 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(suddenly realizing that Jake is still watching him)'' ...What's up? Uh— |
| 1272 | * ThatWasNotADream: In "Karate" [[spoiler:Amir, after stabbing Jake, wakes up at his desk and starts to tell Jake about the weird dream he had, only to find him being treated by paramedics.]] |
| 1273 | -->'''Dave:''' [[LampshadeHanging How could you have possibly fallen asleep during all of this?]] |
| 1274 | * ThereIsOnlyOneBed: {{Invoked}} by Amir in [[http://vimeo.com/851522 April Fools]], when Amir follows Jake to L.A. and insists on sleeping in Jake's hotel room (which has only one bed). This has also apparently been the end result of Amir's tendency to break into Jake's house uninvited. |
| 1275 | * ThereWillBeToiletPaper: [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/7891643072/shaving Shaving]] exaggerates this, as Amir cuts himself so deeply and so frequently that he passes out from blood loss at the end. |
| 1276 | * TearsOfBlood: In a teleplay Amir writes about how he hopes Jake will react to his gift of a Rolex watch, he repeatedly uses the phrase "[[TearsOfJoy tears of soy]]." [[spoiler:It's not a typo.]] |
| 1277 | * TearOffYourFace: Implied in one of the spoken intros: |
| 1278 | -->'''Amir:''' You're watching ''Me and Amir.'' |
| 1279 | -->'''Jake:''' You ''are'' Amir. |
| 1280 | -->'''Amir:''' Not for long! |
| 1281 | -->'''Jake:''' Oww, my face! |
| 1282 | * TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: |
| 1283 | ** In "Interpreters" Amir [[LoopholeAbuse circumvents Jake's order not to speak to him for the rest of the day]] by getting Sam to talk to Jake for him. Jake counters by enlisting Sarah to talk to Amir for ''him'', only to insult her repeatedly while trying to deny that he's interested in her until ''she'' utilizes Sam to tell him not to speak to her again. |
| 1284 | ** Taken to heights of absurdity by Amir in "Silent Treatment" when he tries to have an entire conversation with Jake through Sarah, only to fight with her, extend the silent treatment to her and continue trying to negotiate the conversation: |
| 1285 | --->'''Amir:''' Jake, will you ask Sarah if she heard a draft? |
| 1286 | --->'''Jake:''' You're talking to ''me'' again. |
| 1287 | --->'''Amir:''' Sheesh Loueesh! Okay, Pat, will you let Jake know that Sarah is now suffering my silent wrath, and that you'll be the one who— |
| 1288 | --->'''Jake:''' Pat's not here. |
| 1289 | --->'''Amir:''' Oh, ''fine!'' Uhhh, Quincy, will you let Pat know that if he's not gonna be here anymore, then he should tell me because— |
| 1290 | --->'''Sarah:''' There's no one here named "Quincy," Amir. |
| 1291 | * TerriblePickupLines: "The Club" and "Girls." In the latter, Amir uses one that actually makes sense ("Are you Enterprise? 'Cause I'll pick you up!") before using several others based on advertising slogans that are less relevant ("Are you a Volkswagen? 'Cause ''drivers wanted!")'' He blames his lack of success on "this DVR culture that we live in." |
| 1292 | -->'''Jake:''' Hey, why don't you dump your iPhone boyfriend and go out with this Mandroid? |
| 1293 | -->'''Girl:''' Oh my god, that is the dumbest thing I have ''ever'' heard. |
| 1294 | -->'''Jake:''' [[BigOMG Oh my god!]] [[LameComeback Stop being mean to me!]] |
| 1295 | * TheyChangedItNowItSucks: In-universe example. Amir feels this way about the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KvZ-KQWuJM Facebook redesign]]. |
| 1296 | -->'''Amir''': It's ''different''. Which means it's ''bad''. Which means I'm ''pissed''. |
| 1297 | ** [[CouchGag "Hey, you're watching]] ''[[CouchGag Jake and Amir,]]'' [[TakeThatAudience even though the old videos used to be funnier. Why don't you just watch the old ones?"]] |
| 1298 | * TheyJustDontGetIt: When Amir gets transferred to LA, it takes him a while to internalize what that will mean for his relationship with Jake. |
| 1299 | -->'''Amir:''' Just 'cause I'm gonna be in LA doesn't mean that we're not gonna work together anymore. |
| 1300 | -->'''Jake:''' Yes it does! |
| 1301 | -->'''Amir:''' How frickin' so? |
| 1302 | -->'''Jake:''' How not? You're moving across the country. You're gonna be in a different office. |
| 1303 | -->'''Amir:''' ''(shouting)'' I ''know!'' But we're still gonna be in the same ''office!'' |
| 1304 | * ThinSkinnedBully: Amir, very much so. |
| 1305 | -->'''Jake:''' By the way, you name-call a ''lot'' for someone who doesn't like it! |
| 1306 | -->'''Amir:''' I hate it when it's used on ''me.'' I ''like'' it when it's used on ''other people...dillweed!'' |
| 1307 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Amir uses this frequently. Jake gets in on it from time to time. |
| 1308 | * TongueTrauma: "Tongue." |
| 1309 | * TookALevelInDumbass: |
| 1310 | ** Jake with the development of his "insecure" persona. |
| 1311 | ** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Jake with regard to Amir in some of the later videos. |
| 1312 | --->'''Jake:''' How are you getting ''dumber?'' |
| 1313 | ** Amir's cousin Linford makes only two appearances and is far goofier in the second one, after being more of a StraightMan in the first. |
| 1314 | * TooKinkyToTorture: In "iPhone Case," Jake watches a video of Amir getting mobbed on the subway after trying to steal a passenger's phone: |
| 1315 | -->'''Jake:''' ... Eight people are carrying you to the front of the train right now, laying you at the feet of the woman that you robbed, making you not only return her phone, but...God, lick the bottom of her shoes, which...you almost seem ''too'' willing to do. |
| 1316 | -->'''Amir:''' Kinky. |
| 1317 | -->'''Jake:''' It's not kinky! |
| 1318 | * TooMuchAlike: This is Jake's analysis of the SitcomArchNemesis relationship between Amir and Doobs. |
| 1319 | -->'''Jake:''' Okay, you know what? Maybe you guys don't hate each other because you're so different, but you, in fact, hate each other because you're ''actually'' really— |
| 1320 | -->'''Amir and Doobs:''' ''[[IResembleThatRemark (Start repeating the word "no" in increasingly weird cadences)]]'' |
| 1321 | * TooMuchInformation: A staple of Amir's attempts at social interaction. |
| 1322 | * TopTenList: Amir's ongoing efforts in this vein are notable for prioritizing [[RhymesOnADime rhyme scheme]] over subject matter, containing items that don't fit the theme, and being written on scrolls. |
| 1323 | * ToughLove: Although Jake has no issue with being mean to Amir for its own sake, some of their interaction is clearly this, with Jake pointing out his faults in an effort to make him improve. |
| 1324 | * ToughRoom: Notwithstanding {{Corpsing}} from Jake Hurwitz, the only character who ever laughs at Amir's antics is [[OnlyOneFindsItFun Murph]]. |
| 1325 | -->'''Vincent:''' Hey guys, thanks for coming. Let's start the table read. |
| 1326 | -->'''Amir:''' Oh, you mean the ''[[RhymesOnADime anal bead]].'' |
| 1327 | -->''(Long silence.)'' |
| 1328 | -->'''Murph:''' ''(Suddenly bursts out laughing, then whispers to Emily)'' [[DontExplainTheJoke It rhymed]]. |
| 1329 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Amir is mostly known for eating [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} Chicken McNuggets.]] In fact, he claims to have spent five years of his childhood living on nothing ''but'' chicken nuggets. However, [[UnreliableNarrator the accuracy of this statement is dubious]], and in later episodes, this gag was dropped entirely. |
| 1330 | * TranslatorBuddy: Jake is occasionally exasperated by his own capacity to serve as this to Amir. Particularly evident in "Pictionary." |
| 1331 | -->'''Pat:''' He's drawn a picture. |
| 1332 | -->'''Jake:''' Nah, those are words. "Jake: can nay find markers. Got hot. Thought I'd take a snooze. Wake me up pre-''Hercules'' on TNT premiere." |
| 1333 | -->'''Pat:''' How did you read that? |
| 1334 | -->'''Jake:''' I don't know. |
| 1335 | * TrivialTitle: Several episodes, such as "Gross Websites," "Water," "The Godfather" and "Homeland," open with a fleeting conversation about the subject matter indicated before immediately veering into something unrelated. |
| 1336 | * {{Troll}}: Amir. |
| 1337 | * TrollingTranslator: Amir in "Translator." |
| 1338 | * TroubledFetalPosition: Rosie in "Crazy" after [[NoodleIncident a story that Amir tells offscreen]]. |
| 1339 | * TrustBuildingBlunder: [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/2336586/trust-fall Trust Fall]], in which Amir spontaneously tries a trust fall in front of Jake, and Jake fails to catch him. It got a sequel five years later with "Trust Fall 2," with Murph getting involved. |
| 1340 | * UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness: Amir, to horrifying levels. |
| 1341 | -->'''Jake:''' ... We don't want your apology, we want you to take a shower. |
| 1342 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, this is catching me way off-guard. |
| 1343 | -->'''Jake:''' Is it really? Because last week a bunch of people chased you with a hose and soap. |
| 1344 | -->'''Amir:''' I thought that was a goof! |
| 1345 | -->'''Jake:''' Why would that be a goof? You whispered something to Sarah and she got an ear infection! |
| 1346 | * TheUnfavorite: Amir is this in his family. In "Bucket List" he mentions that [[SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome both his siblings are doctors]]. |
| 1347 | * UnfazedEveryman: When Creator/BenSchwartz appears AsHimself in the finale, he turns out to be a legitimately normal guy. [[spoiler:Then it's revealed that all the absurd characters he played throughout the series are his roommates, and he's completely unbothered by their weird behavior.]] |
| 1348 | * UngratefulBastard: Amir. Particularly evident in the "Road Trip" series. |
| 1349 | * UnplannedCrossdressing: Amir, several times. |
| 1350 | * UnprovokedPervertPayback: Jake has no interest in Emily, but Murph violently lashes out at him for everything from being cast as her boyfriend in a skit (written by Amir) to Emily's own attempts to hit on him. |
| 1351 | * UnreliableNarrator: Amir. Particularly highlighted by "Amir Faces the Harsh Reality of Dating," which depicts the type of incident that we'd typically only get through SecondhandStorytelling [[spoiler:and shows how Amir changes it after the fact]]. Still, the bizarreness of a story is no metric as [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight several have proved completely factual despite Jake's skepticism]]. |
| 1352 | * UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: When Amir and Hallie get together, [[spoiler: Jake becomes the obsessive one who wants Amir's attention. Naturally, [[StatusQuoIsGod as soon as he gets it again he defaults to pushing him away]].]] |
| 1353 | * UnseenNoMore: In the finale, [[spoiler:Mickey is played by Creator/EdHelms.]] |
| 1354 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Jake any time he achieves even a nominal victory. |
| 1355 | -->'''Jake:''' ''(shouting after his retreating ping-pong opponent)'' Hey! Bow to me! Bow—come on! Hey! |
| 1356 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Both title characters qualify. |
| 1357 | * UnusualDysphemism: Amir is given to this. In "Double Date" he and Murph go into [[VulgarHumor a lurid description]] of how Jake "raw-dogged" them by [[TheScapegoat failing to warn them about his blind date's dietary needs]], while Jake is [[ImStandingRightHere standing right there]]. |
| 1358 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Almost everything that occurs in the series happens [[NoSuchThingAsHR in broad daylight in the middle of a busy office]]. This includes (but is not limited to) a crazed milkman walking in singing and pushing people over before getting loudly denounced as a rapist by one of the employees. |
| 1359 | * VerbalBackpedaling: In the recent episodes Amir does this often, Jake calls Amir out on this in [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/16530758684/jacuzzi Jacuzzi]]. |
| 1360 | * VerbalTic: |
| 1361 | ** Amir has many, including frequent [[RhymesOnADime rhyming]], [[HurricaneOfPuns use of puns]], stammering demonstrative pronouns ("this, this, this, this") and (especially in earlier episodes) using the word "sauce" for emphasis ("Sorry for the lie-sauce"), ending sentences with "so," muttering the word "stupid," and saying "nay" in lieu of "not" or "no" ("I did nay"). These tendencies are picked up by Jake any time [[PersonalitySwap the roles are reversed]]. He's also in the habit of describing something as "more than [adjective]" for emphasis, even where the end result is nonsensical (i.e. describing a door as "more than locked"). Jake acknowledges it ([[GotMeDoingIt before doing it a bunch of times himself]]) in the "Road Trip" series. |
| 1362 | --->'''Jake:''' You know, not everything has to be ''more than'' something just to drive your point ''past'' home. |
| 1363 | ** Jake frequently uses short sentences beginning with "Bad" to refer to anything Amir is saying, doing or wearing ("Bad joke," "Bad vest"), [[FinishDialogueInUnison finishes Amir's dialogue with him]], or acknowledges Amir's effort with the word "Nice." He also ends many of his assertions with a question, right? |
| 1364 | * VerbedTitle: ''Fired.'' Also, a few episodes including "Notified" and "Restricted." |
| 1365 | * VitriolicBestBuds: |
| 1366 | ** Jake's precise reaction to Amir varies anywhere from acknowledging and treating him as a friend to trying to murder him in cold blood. It's [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] at length by Sarah and Pat in "The Godfather." |
| 1367 | --->'''Pat:''' You know, it seems like they hate each other, but I think recently it's like, they're like, legit best friends. |
| 1368 | --->'''Sarah:''' I don't know, I mean, Jake still gets ''really'' annoyed. |
| 1369 | --->'''Pat:''' Yeah, but—yeah, I mean, [[WorthyOpponent there's definitely an underlying respect that they have for each other]]. I sense it. |
| 1370 | --->'''Sarah:''' That's true, and I mean...Amir, like, sleeps over Jake's house ''constantly.'' |
| 1371 | --->'''Pat:''' Yes, and then—remember Christmas? They went home together! |
| 1372 | ** [[BullyAndWimpPairing Murph and Jake]]. Jake is mortally terrified of Murph's HairTriggerTemper, and Murph constantly targets Jake as the object of his wrath, even when it should more reasonably be directed at somebody else. They still consider each other friends, to the point of Murph having Jake over to back him up when he intended to propose to his girlfriend, and even Murph's bullying sometimes turns out to have been a bizarre TrustBuildingBlunder on his part. See "Trust Fall 2": |
| 1373 | --->'''Murph:''' [[spoiler:''I will always catch you, Jake!'']] |
| 1374 | --->'''Jake:''' [[CurseCutShort What the fu—]] |
| 1375 | * VoiceChangeling: Amir can do a very good impression of Jake, see 0.55-1.10 of [[http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/50762820/friend-quiz Friend Quiz]]. |
| 1376 | * VomitChainReaction: In "Road Trip Part 4 (New Mexico)." |
| 1377 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: |
| 1378 | ** Quite a few instances throughout the series, with Amir being the most frequent offender. |
| 1379 | ** Jake's (real) vomiting can be found in "Ace and Jocelyn Episode 4." |
| 1380 | * VoodooShark: |
| 1381 | ** When Amir says he has no cousins because both of his parents are only children, Jake brings up Amir's cousin Leron only to be told that he was adopted. ("By who?") |
| 1382 | ** In "Barbershop Quartet" Jake finally gets to ask one of Amir's friends WhoNamesTheirKidDude, which clears up absolutely nothing. |
| 1383 | --->'''Jake:''' Sorry, who named you "Larence?" |
| 1384 | --->'''Larence:''' A fisherman found me when I was nineteen years old. He named me "Larence," and he raised me. |
| 1385 | --->'''Jake:''' You know, by nineteen you really should have been pretty much raised. |
| 1386 | --->'''Larence:''' Yeah, but... |
| 1387 | --->'''Jake:''' ...And named. |
| 1388 | --->'''Larence:''' [[NonAnswer That's fair. That's more than fair!]] |
| 1389 | ** On the further subject of Leron, Jake is flabbergasted to find out that seven of his nine children are the same age. |
| 1390 | --->'''Jake:''' He had—that's ''septuplets.'' |
| 1391 | --->'''Amir:''' Seven different moms, ya idiot. They choreographed. |
| 1392 | --->'''Jake:''' That seems ''less'' likely! |
| 1393 | * WakingNonSequitur: [[ItMakesSenseInContext We actually get the context for one]] in "[[AllJustADream Away Message]]": |
| 1394 | -->'''Amir:''' "[[UnusualEuphemism Brown babies]]" [[StealingTheCredit is mine]]. |
| 1395 | -->'''Jake:''' What are you talking about? It's 9:30, go home. |
| 1396 | * WallPinOfLove: Amir does this to Jake in "Wingman" and slams Pat's arm against the wall when he gets too close. |
| 1397 | * WaxingLyrical: Lampshaded in "Master Cleanse": |
| 1398 | -->'''Amir''': Keep on hating, J. Witz, because what you say strengthens my resolve, okay? [[Music/ChristinaAguilera Thanks for making me a fighter.]] |
| 1399 | -->'''Jake''': That's Christina Aguilera lyrics. |
| 1400 | -->'''Amir''': [[ImplausibleDeniability Naaaaah.]] |
| 1401 | ** Amir does this enough that it almost qualifies as a VerbalTic. One of the more memorable examples occurs in "Couch For Sale" as [[TheDogBitesBack Mickey trashes his apartment]] while they're still on the phone: |
| 1402 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(distressed)'' ... What are you doing, Mickey? Don't do anything you can't take back, Mickey! Oh, Mickey, I'm begging you! |
| 1403 | --->'''Jake:''' [[SayMyName You say "Mickey" so much when you talk to him, it's crazy]]. |
| 1404 | --->'''Amir:''' ''(still distressed)'' Mickey! Oh, Mickey, you're so fine! You're so fine, you blow my mind! Hey, Mickey! |
| 1405 | ** In "I.M's" we see this exchange in response to a particularly intense instant message from Amir: |
| 1406 | --->'''Jake:''' ''please tell me thats a song lyric'' |
| 1407 | --->'''Amir:''' ''it is.'' |
| 1408 | --->'''Jake:''' ''good'' |
| 1409 | --->'''Amir:''' ''But it's a song I recorded about you.'' |
| 1410 | ** "Milk Man Part 1": |
| 1411 | --->'''Jake:''' What are you even doing here, man? Milkmen don't exist anymore. |
| 1412 | --->'''Charles Crooshtoost:''' How dare you? Remember [[Series/FullHouse the milkman, the paper boy, the evening TV?]] |
| 1413 | --->'''Jake:''' That song's about how they don't exist anymore. |
| 1414 | --->'''Charles Crooshtoost:''' What song? I haven't heard a song in my life. |
| 1415 | * WeakWilled: Amir is so suggestible that Jake hypnotizes him by accident while talking about how suggestible he is. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} in that he nonetheless resists Jake's post-hypnotic suggestion.]] |
| 1416 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Amir is desperate for his father's approval. The "Brother" series shows that Jake is also this with regard to his older brother Kumail. |
| 1417 | * WhatDidIDoLastNight: Played straight in "Last Night," but invoked and subverted in "Last Night (The Prequel)," where Jake convinces Amir that he got blackout drunk the night before and tells an elaborate story about the insane night they had, the upshot of which is that Amir owes Jake money. Amir forks over the cash without question. |
| 1418 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Jake's reaction to meeting Amir's girlfriend Lerona. |
| 1419 | * WhatTheHellAreYou: in [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6965218/jake-and-amir-poster-ideas Poster Ideas]], Amir just appears in a chair next to Jake at the beginning, leading Jake to ask this. |
| 1420 | * WhatsAHenway: Done by Amir sometimes, but subverted in "Headshots": |
| 1421 | -->'''Jake:''' Sorry, did Terry Richardson take these? |
| 1422 | -->'''Amir:''' Actually, they were taken by a Brazilian photographer. Nunya? Ever heard of him? |
| 1423 | -->'''Jake:''' "Nunya Business"? |
| 1424 | -->'''Amir:''' No, Nunya Luiz Ricardio. He's actually pretty famous in Rio. |
| 1425 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The RunningGag that Amir's friends have bizarre names has caused Jake to ask some variation on this question more than once. Also a trademark of Ben Schwartz's personas (Carrot Slat, Sulu Candles, Cherry Dude et al.) |
| 1426 | * WhosOnFirst: |
| 1427 | ** {{Invoked}} by Amir in "Election": |
| 1428 | --->'''Amir:''' I mean honestly I'm leaning towards voting for both. |
| 1429 | --->'''Jake:''' Can't do that. |
| 1430 | --->'''Amir:''' Michael Both. The Libertarian candidate. |
| 1431 | --->'''Jake:''' Is that—is that a real guy? |
| 1432 | --->'''Amir:''' [[SubvertedTrope I don't—I don't know, I don't know what I just said]]. |
| 1433 | ** "Fashion Blog": |
| 1434 | --->'''Amir:''' Widely agreed that that was the best slogan I ever came up with. |
| 1435 | --->'''Jake:''' Who agreed with that? |
| 1436 | --->'''Amir:''' My friend [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Widely]]. |
| 1437 | ** "Mountain Hiker Part 2": |
| 1438 | --->'''Jake:''' I haven't seen which way he went, but he's dragging a net, he couldn't have gone far. |
| 1439 | --->'''Stanley:''' Who is Annette, by the way? |
| 1440 | --->'''Jake:''' No, not the name, he's dragging a net. |
| 1441 | --->'''Stanley:''' Yeah, and I'm asking you who's Annette, 'cause I would love to meet her. I don't have a girlfriend right now. |
| 1442 | ** In "Meeting Invitation," Amir, who doesn't understand that Jake is on the phone and not talking to him, is further thrown off when he mistakes the words "I'm here" for his own name. |
| 1443 | ** In "Frat" when Jake reveals that he has the initials of his fraternity Upsilon Upsilon Upsilon burned into his arm SlaveBrand-style: |
| 1444 | --->'''Amir:''' [[BigWhy Y-Y-Y!]] |
| 1445 | --->'''Jake:''' Why not? |
| 1446 | ** "Poster Ideas": |
| 1447 | --->'''Amir:''' So it's a poster so shiny and reflective that it shows you a mirror image of yourself when you stare at it. |
| 1448 | --->'''Jake:''' [[ItsBeenDone A mirror]]. |
| 1449 | --->'''Amir:''' Yes, Jake? |
| 1450 | --->'''Jake:''' I didn't say your name. You're pitching me a ''mirror''. |
| 1451 | --->'''Amir:''' ...Yes, Jake? |
| 1452 | * WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: In [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3795810/jake-and-amir-new-website New Website]] Amir creates a website about him and Jake, and, as Jake puts it, "it just seems really boring." |
| 1453 | ** Both ''Fired'' and the finale end with an exchange between Jake and Amir in which Jake dismisses the premise of their own web series as not very good. |
| 1454 | * WhoWritesThisCrap: In TheStinger of "Bathroom Break", Amir seems to go straight from questioning his behavior to [[MindScrew actually questioning the way his character is written]]. |
| 1455 | -->'''Amir:''' It just doesn't—I don't buy it, man. I'm sorry, it doesn't make sense. Why would I—why would I do this? Like, it doesn't, it—it doesn't help. You don't like me! It just drives you away even more, and then we're all in the—in the bathroom? That's so—it's ''cold,'' man. This is a waste of time. |
| 1456 | * [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Puppets]]: See [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5700742/jake-and-amir-puppet-part-2 Puppet Part 2]], where it’s revealed that Jake is deathly afraid of puppets. |
| 1457 | * WildCardExcuse: Attempted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ZAYxALgb8 "Bucket List"]]. |
| 1458 | -->'''Amir:''' Ever heard of "because I was carsick"? |
| 1459 | -->'''Jake:''' Yeah, you said it like minute ago and it didn't make sense. Maybe that's an excuse that worked once before, and you just keep using it? |
| 1460 | -->'''Amir:''' Just pull over, man. |
| 1461 | * WildChild: According to his cousin Linford, Amir [[spoiler:was kidnapped at the age of six and returned five years later completely unable to speak, having apparently been fed nothing but chicken nuggets in the interim]]. It explains a ''lot.'' |
| 1462 | * WimpFight: In "Airline Scam," Jake has a LamePunReaction that [[FisticuffProvokingComment compels him to challenge Amir to a fistfight]] even though neither of them is really up for it. |
| 1463 | -->'''Jake:''' Put up your dukes, I guess! |
| 1464 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Literally all of Amir's interactions with his "friend" Mickey consist of extensive and unprovoked KickTheDog antics on Amir's part. It's lampshaded at the end of the first episode referencing the character, when he and Amir get in a spat after Amir scammed him on [=eBay=]: |
| 1465 | -->'''Jake:''' Why even pick up the phone? |
| 1466 | -->'''Amir:''' Because it's Mickey, I wanna talk to him. |
| 1467 | -->'''Jake:''' But why answer it? |
| 1468 | -->'''Amir:''' Because he's my friend! |
| 1469 | * TheWonka: Alan Avery in ''Fired'' is a parody of the type, [[spoiler: and a massive subversion too since he's embezzling the company.]] |
| 1470 | * WordSaladHumor: Already frequent enough with Amir, but in Ben Schwartz's presence it tends to become the entire script. |
| 1471 | * WordSaladPhilosophy: "Create your own reality, and don't wait for happiness. It is only by creating that that that that that that that joy that you can be in the zone." |
| 1472 | * WorkCom: [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative One of the few]] to take place at the actual workplace of the actors involved. |
| 1473 | * WorseWithContext: Often, usually with Jake providing the context. |
| 1474 | -->'''Amir:''' Okay, you know what, I don't get it. Because "stay-at-home mom" is the politically correct term. |
| 1475 | -->'''Jake:''' Right, but you yelled "Stay at home, mom!", and you were talking to ''my'' mom. |
| 1476 | * WorthyOpponent: Despite their (equivalent levels of) absurdity and ineptitude, Amir and his SitcomArchNemesis Doobs take each other highly seriously, overreacting to each other's [[LameComeback lame comebacks]] and respecting one another to the point where Amir will defend Doobs against Jake's scorn. It borders on FriendlyEnemy at times. |
| 1477 | * WouldHitAGirl: Amir, as demonstrated in "Hilary." In "Birfday" his birthday coupon book for Jake includes a coupon for a free punch in the face delivered to the victim of Jake's choosing, "females allowed/encouraged," which he quickly alters to "females only" when Jake tries to cash the coupon against Murph. |
| 1478 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Amir tries this in "Split Pea Soup," [[spoiler:severely burning himself on purpose in an attempt to get invited to stay at Jake's house so Jake can nurse him back to health. It doesn't work until he admits to the ploy, which makes Jake pity him enough to actually invite him over.]] |
| 1479 | * WrongRestaurant: |
| 1480 | ** In "April Fools II," Amir is furious at Jake for describing In-N-Out as being "like [=McDonald's=]," which got him laughed at by the staff when he [[LiteralMinded tried to order McNuggets]]. |
| 1481 | ** In "Coupons," Amir thinks every restaurant in the city has a one-time-only deal where "you order something that they don't have on the menu but they'll still give it to you if you openly weep and you, like, throw a fit." |
| 1482 | ** In "Thanksgiving Scroll," Amir suggests getting "a Whopper from Wendy's and Dunkaroos from the D's." |
| 1483 | * YawnAndReach: |
| 1484 | ** Amir attempts this in "Snack Attack" while trying to take Jake's cookie before abandoning the pretense and grabbing it. |
| 1485 | --->'''Amir:''' [[NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse You know, I'm just gonna straight-up eat this]]. |
| 1486 | ** A more standard example with Amir [[ImplausibleDeniability pretending to be stretching]] after Jake rejects his hug in "Costumes Part 2." |
| 1487 | * YeahShot: |
| 1488 | ** Amir and Jake high-fiving each other with the "rock on" hand gesture in "Song." |
| 1489 | ** Performed and then discussed in "High Five". The camera freezes right before the high five while “Torn” by Natalie Imbruglia plays in the background, and afterward Jake asks why Amir chose such a depressing song for the moment. |
| 1490 | ** "Grandma" ends with one between Jake, Amir, Rosie and Murph. |
| 1491 | * YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Amir tosses off an "Oy vey iz mir!" in "Milk Man Part 2." |
| 1492 | * YouAreFat: Amir is constantly doing this to Streeter. |
| 1493 | * YoureJustJealous: A frequent response by Amir to Jake's criticism. [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight He's sometimes even right]]. |
| 1494 | * YourMom: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujwuyi2de7g "Thanksgiving Scroll"]] has Amir read a ([[RhymesOnADime rhyming]]) list of the top ten alternatives to turkey on Thanksgiving. Item number four? “Dave’s mom’s a whore!" |
| 1495 | ** In "I.T. Guy," the I.T. guy takes [[ThinSkinnedBully Amir]]'s abuse for a while before mildly replying "Your mom?", [[MinorInsultMeltdown sending him plummeting directly over the edge]]. |
| 1496 | * YourOtherLeft: In "Girls" this causes Amir to turn in a full circle in an attempt to see the girl that Jake is trying to point out to him. |
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