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1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Brick really "dumb"? Or is he just incredibly socially stunted but otherwise functional? While he demonstrates incredible social awkwardness, he does show skill as a weatherman.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The gorgeously animated "Pleasuretown" sequence.
3	* AwesomeEgo: Ron Burgundy himself. His first line of the movie is him calling everyone into the room to see how good he looks!
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The news team's spontaneous acapella rendition of "Afternoon Delight," complete with four-part harmony.
5	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The "Pleasure Town" sequence.
6	** The parking lot brawl, basically an excuse to use some fun cameos, and ends rather suddenly. Even though they do somewhat acknowledge it in a funny way afterwards. Though it does at least lead to a nice BrickJoke where [[spoiler: Luke Wilson's OTHER arm gets torn off by one of the bears]].
7	--> "Brick, I've been meaning to talk to you about that, you should probably find a safe place or a relative close by; lay low for a while, because you're probably wanted for murder..."
8	** Ron, Brian, Champ and Brick, while having a private conversation, spontaneously break out into an acapella rendition of "Afternoon Delight," complete with four-part harmony. The second they're done, the just as immediately return their attention to their work.
9	* CrossesTheLineTwice: The movie seems to be an instructional manual of how to make horrible things incredibly funny.
10	** Ron's beloved dog gets murdered? Sounds like a tear jerker. Ron's dog gets drop-kicked off a bridge by Creator/JackBlack? Hillarious. The following scene with Ron in the phone boots further cements this as one of the funniest part of the movie. Especially since [[spoiler: Baxter actually suffers a DisneyDeath.]]
11	** Brick killing a guy with a trident? Horrifying. The whole news crew talking about it, and the legal trouble Brick will be in, as if they were talking about the weather? Gut-busting hilarious.
12	* DiagnosedByTheAudience: The film describes Brick InUniverse as "mentally retarded", but it is how people in the 1970s referred to people who are now diagnosed as autistic.
13	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Brick was a quirky kind of fun that won many fans over.
14	* FountainOfMemes: Brick. See below.
15	** Ron has also proven to be endlessly quotable.
16	* HilariousInHindsight:
17	** Ron insults Wes's mother during the first movie. A DeletedScene reveals they're brothers.
18	** The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue reveals that Brick (played by Creator/SteveCarell) went on to become a top advisor at the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]] White House. Carell would go on to play Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in ''Film/{{Vice\|2018}}'', also directed by Adam [=McKay=].
19	* HoYay: When Champ talks about how the News Team needs Ron, he starts going on about how he misses everything about Ron, including "his musk" and most importantly his butt, and suggests that when this is all over, they move into an apartment together. Everyone else is ''quite'' uncomfortable.
20	* MemeticBadass: Brick, for somehow procuring a hand grenade, killing a guy with a trident, not getting eaten alive by bears, and being a Bush White House advisor, is often described by many fans as a living god.
21	* MemeticMutation: There's enough that it now has [[Memes/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy its own page!]]
22	* OneSceneWonder:
23	** Creator/JackBlack as the biker who [[KickTheDog punts Baxter]].
24	** Creator/TimRobbins, Luke Wilson and Creator/BenStiller all make the most of their short screentime.
25	** The lady bank teller in ''Wake Up, Ron Burgundy'' that question the choice and meaning of the masks worn by the members of The Alarm Clock, played by Creator/AmyPoehler.
26	* PeripheryDemographic: The movie and especially the character of Ron himself are extremely popular in the rap community, mostly owing to Ron's AwesomeEgo, enough to earn him his own podcast on [=IHeartRadio=]. Music/KanyeWest is a notable fan and even got a cameo in the sequel.
27	* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SethRogen has a minor role as the Channel 4 cameraman at the San Diego Zoo.
28	* SignatureScene: The "That escalated quickly" scene following the brawl.
29	* SongAssociation: Just ''try'' listening to Starland Vocal Band's original recording of "Afternoon Delight" and [[CantUnhearIt don't imagine Ron either singing the song with his news team or making silly perverted interjections]]. It doesn't help that the song is already considered [[{{Narm}} one of the cheesiest of '70s AM pop]], to the point that many can ''only'' listen to the "joke" version from the soundtrack. As its entry in CondemnedByHistory notes, ''Anchorman'' sealed its fate as a gag song for generations to come.

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