You've seen it frequently on television, so it likely was started here or named from one of these TV shows.
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[[index]]
!!{{Series}}
* ''Series/TwentyFour''
** JackBauerInterrogationTechnique
** TrappedByMountainLions
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* ''Series/TheATeam''
** ATeamFiring
** ATeamMontage
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* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''
** {{Moonburn}}
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* ''Series/AfterMash''
** AfterShow
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* ''Series/TheAmazingRace''
** EliminatedFromTheRace
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* ''Series/{{Angel}}''
** CavemenVsAstronautsDebate
** EmergencyImpersonation
** FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire
** ScrewDestiny
** WeHelpTheHelpless
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* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''
** WeShouldGetAnotherTape
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* ''Series/ArtAttack''
** ArtAttacker
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* ''Series/BabylonFive''
** AllLoveIsUnrequited
** DeathOfPersonality
** NothingIsTheSameAnymore
** TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot (via a question posed to series creator J. Michael Straczynski)
** TouchedByVorlons
** VoiceOfTheResistance
** WhamEpisode (also coined by J. Michael Straczynski when describing certain episodes)
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* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''
** ToTheBatpole
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* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''
** TheBattlestar
** ComingInHot
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* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''
** TheyLookLikeUsNow
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* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''
** TheOtherDarrin
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* ''Series/TheBionicWoman''
** {{Fembot}}
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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}''
** TheCavalierYears
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* ''Series/{{Bonanza}}''
** CartwrightCurse
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* ''Series/TheBradyBunch''
** CousinOliver
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* ''Series/BrothersAndSisters''
** DinnerAndAShow
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** AppliedPhlebotinum
** BigBad
*** BigBadDuumvirate
*** BigBadEnsemble
*** BigBadFriend
*** TheBigBadShuffle
*** BigBadSlippage
*** BigBadWannabe
** BreakawayPopHit
** BuffySpeak
** ButtMonkey
*** IronButtMonkey
** CameBackWrong
*** CameBackStrong
** InsaneTrollLogic
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* ''Series/BurnNotice''
** AndSomeOtherStuff
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* ''Series/CandidCamera''
** CandidCameraPrank
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* ''Series/CharliesAngels''
** AngelsPose
** AssKickingPose
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* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''
** PersonalGainHurts
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* ''Series/TheCiscoKid''
** OhCisco
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* ''Series/TheColbertReport''
** ColbertBump
** INeedAFreakingDrink
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* ''Series/{{Community}}''
** CampingACrapper
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* ''Series/{{CSI}}''
** TheCSIEffect
** FingerprintingAir
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* ''Series/DawsonsCreek''
** DawsonCasting
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* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** AliensOfLondon
** BiggerOnTheInside
** TheBrigadier
** ChangedMyJumper ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead The Unquiet Dead]]")
** DoctorWhomage
** EmergencyTemporalShift ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]")
** EverybodyLives ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances The Doctor Dances]]")
** FiveRoundsRapid ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Dæmons]]")
** ImmuneToBullets
** MindProbe
** TheMissusAndTheEx ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion School Reunion]]")
** TheNthDoctor
** PerceptionFilter
** ReversePolarity
** ASharedSuffering ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter The Doctor's Daughter]]")
** TheSlowPath ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace The Girl in the Fireplace]]")
** TimeAndRelativeDimensionsInSpace ([[FunWithAcronyms TARDIS]])
** WMG/TimeLord
** TimeyWimeyBall ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink Blink]]")
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* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}''
** IAmVeryBritish
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* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris''
** EverybodyHatesHades
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* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond''
** FeeFiFauxPas
** SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond
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* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife''
** RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts
*** AdamSmithHatesYourGuts
*** KarlMarxHatesYourGuts
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* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''
** EEqualsMCHammer
** HumanityIsSuperior
** {{Microts}}
** TranslatorMicrobes
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers''
** FawltyTowersPlot
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* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** BigDamnHeroes
** EarthThatWas
*** EarthThatUsedToBeBetter
** FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother
** TheFireflyEffect
** ICallItVera
*** ICallHimMisterHappy (shared with Music/WeirdAlYankovic)
** IllBeInMyBunk
** TrainJob
** TheVerse
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* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks''
** SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}''
** FriendsRentControl
** ItTastesLikeFeet
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones''
** {{Sexposition}} ([[http://cultural-learnings.com/2011/05/29/game-of-thrones-you-win-or-you-die/ via a reviewer]])
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* ''Series/GetSmart''
** MissedHimByThatMuch
** ShoePhone
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* ''Series/GilligansIsland''
** AndTheRest
** GilliganCut
** JustEatGilligan
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* ''Series/HappyDays''
** ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
** JumpingTheShark
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* ''Series/HermansHead''
** IdiotBall (coined by actor Creator/HankAzaria)
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* ''Series/{{Heroes}}''
** FutureMeScaresMe
** FromNobodyToNightmare
** GoodThingYouCanHeal
** HeelFaceMindScrew (fandom term)
** SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld
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* ''Series/HomeImprovement''
** TimTaylorTechnology
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* ''Series/{{House}}''
** FindingJudas
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''
** TheBroCode
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* ''Series/JoanOfArcadia''
** AFormYouAreComfortableWith
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* ''Series/KungFu1972''
** WhenYouSnatchThePebble
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* ''Series/{{Lassie}}''
** TimmyInAWell
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* ''Series/LawAndOrder''
** RippedFromTheHeadlines
** SchiffOneLiner
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* ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''
** GeneHunting
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* ''Series/{{Lost}}''
** TheConstant
** EpilepticTrees
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* ''Series/MacGyver1985''
** LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard
** MacGyvering
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* ''Series/{{MASH}}''
** AfterShow (from Series/AfterMASH)
** GungHolierThanThou
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* ''Series/MaxHeadroom''
** {{Blipvert}}
** TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture
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* ''Series/MissionImpossible''
** ImpossibleMission
** ThisPageWillSelfDestruct
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* ''Series/{{Monk}}''
** DefectiveDetective
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* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''
** AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent
** DoesNotLikeSpam
** DropTheCow
** ExtraOreDinary
** MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels
** NoOneRespectsTheSpanishInquisition
** SillyWalk
** SomethingCompletelyDifferent
** ThereIsNoRuleSix
** UpperClassTwit
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* ''Series/MorkAndMindy''
** GettingCrapPastTheRadar
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* ''Series/TheMuppetShow''
** GroupieBrigade
** TakenForGranite
** {{Tropes IN SPACE}}!
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* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
** AndHisEyesOpen (from the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] take on ''Film/SpaceMutiny'')
** DullSurprise (from ''Film/AlienFromLA'')
** TheFreelanceShameSquad (from ''[[Film/{{Morozko}} Jack Frost]]'')
** JustEatGilligan (directly referencing ''Series/GilligansIsland'')
** KeepCirculatingTheTapes
** KungFoley
** TheLoad (from the episode ''Film/TheMolePeople'')
** MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds
** TheMountainsOfIllinois (from ''Film/BeginningOfTheEnd'')
** {{MST}}
** MST3KMantra
** NextSundayAD
** NightmareFuel (from ''Film/SantaClaus1959'')
*** NightmareFuelStationAttendant
** RailingKill (from the ''[=MST3K=]'' take on ''Film/SpaceMutiny'')
** RobotRollCall
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* ''Series/TheOfficeUK''
** BadNewsIrrelevantNews
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* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''
** DuringTheWar
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* ''Franchise/PerryMason''
** ThePerryMasonMethod
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* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
** MakeMyMonsterGrow
** ThePsychoRangers
** RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude
** RookieRedRanger
** SealedEvilInACan
*** LeakingCanOfEvil
*** SealedArmyInACan
*** SealedBadassInACan
*** SealedCastInAMultipack
*** SealedEvilInADuel
*** SealedEvilInASixPack
*** SealedEvilInATeddyBear
*** SealedGoodInACan
*** SealedInAPersonShapedCan
** SixthRanger (shared with ''Franchise/SuperSentai'')
*** SixthRangerTraitor
*** EleventhHourRanger
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* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967''
** YouAreNumberSix
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* ''Series/ThePowersThatBe1992''
** PowersThatBe
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* ''Series/{{Profiler}}''
** TheProfiler: {{Inverted|trope}}
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* ''Series/{{Psych}}''
** ThisBearWasFramed
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* ''Series/PushingDaisies''
** BadHabits
** TheFunInFuneral
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* ''Series/QuantumLeap''
** SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
*** MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight
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* ''Series/{{Rawhide}}''
** HellBentForLeather
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* ''Series/RedDwarf''
** TheAce
*** AcePilot
** CrapolaTech
** EverybodysDeadDave
** HardLight
** MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
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* ''Series/RemingtonSteele''
** TheRealRemingtonSteele
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
** AmbiguouslyGay
*** AmbiguouslyBi
** CommonKnowledge
** ElNinoIsSpanishForTheNino
** EveryYearTheyFizzleOut
** GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff
*** AmericansHateTingle (combined with ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.)
** HappyFunBall
** WhiteLikeMe (parodies BlackLikeMe)
** WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell''
** TheGameNeverStopped
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* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''
** InsultToRocks
** MomentKiller
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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
** KavorkaMan
** NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat
** RiddleForTheAges
** SeinfeldianConversation
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* ''Series/SesameStreet''
** BroughtToYouByTheLetterS
** ForgetfulJones
** OneOfTheseDoorsIsNotLikeTheOther
** SesameStreetCred
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* ''Series/SixFeetUnder''
** {{Narm}}
*** NarmCharm
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* ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan''
** WeCanRebuildHim
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* ''Series/{{Smallville}}''
** GreenRocks
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''Franchise/StarTrek''
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
** GrowingTheBeard
** KlingonPromotion
** LowerDeckEpisode
** PatrickStewartSpeech
** ResistanceIsFutile
** WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep
** WhoopiEpiphanySpeech
** TheWorfEffect
*** TheWorfBarrage
*** WorfHadTheFlu
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''
** BeamMeUpScotty
** CaptainsLog
** JustForFun/ChekovsGun (not to be confused with ChekhovsGun)
** ComputerVoice
** DeflectorShields
** FascinatingEyebrow
** TheFederation
*** OneFederationLimit
** HesDeadJim
** IAmNotLeonardNimoy
** IAmNotSpock
** ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder
** InertialDampening
** InTheOriginalKlingon
** TheKirk
** KirksRock
** KirkSummation
** KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect
** KlingonsLoveShakespeare
** MarySue[[invoked]] (via a 1973 ''Star Trek'' FanFic that parodied the trend of making these.)
*** MarySueTropes
** TheMcCoy
** MirrorUniverse
** NerdsSpeakKlingon
** TheOriginalSeries
** PardonMyKlingon
** PlanetOfHats
*** PlanetOfCopyhats
** RedShirt
*** RedshirtArmy
*** MauveShirt
** ScottyTime
** ShutUpKirk
** SlashFic (From Kirk/Spock)
** TheSpock
** SpockSpeak
** StarTrekShake
** StrawVulcan
** TheissTitillationTheory
** {{Trekkie}}
** WagonTrainToTheStars
** WeComeInPeaceShootToKill
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''
** AttackPatternAlpha
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Franchise/StargateVerse
* ''Series/StargateSG1''
** AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
** EngagingChevrons
** OpenTheIris ([[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample although it's not an example]])
** RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
** MetallicarSyndrome
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* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
** {{Sentai}}
** SixthRanger (shared with ''Franchise/PowerRangers'')
*** SixthRangerTraitor
*** EleventhHourRanger
** SuperSentaiStance
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* ''Series/{{Survivor}}''
** VotedOffTheIsland
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* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''
** AliensInCardiff
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* ''Series/ThatSeventiesShow''
** ThatNostalgiaShow.
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* ''Series/{{Tremors}}''
** {{Planimal}}
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959''
** ToServeMan
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* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''
** DistinctionWithoutADifference
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* Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace
** TwoGirlsAndAGuy
** TwoGuysAndAGirl
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* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''
** UltramanCopy
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* ''Series/VeronicaMars''
** IntrepidReporter
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* ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''
** CordonBleughChef
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* ''Series/{{Victorious}}''
** PromWrecker
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* ''Series/TheWestWing''
** BlondeRepublicanSexKitten
** IWantMyJetPack
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* ''Series/WhiteCollar''
** TheBeCarefulSpeech
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* ''Series/TheWire''
** JustAGangster
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* ''Series/TheXFiles''
** AgentMulder
** AgentScully
** TheChrisCarterEffect
** MythArc
** ScullyBox (production lingo; named for the boxes on which actress Gillian Anderson had to stand during scenes with David Duchovny)
** ScullySyndrome
** {{Shipping}}
** UnresolvedSexualTension - At least according to Website/TheOtherWiki, which claims that the term was invented on ''X-Files'' internet forums in the 1990s.

!!{{Game Show}}s
* ''Series/DoubleDare1986''
** GameShowPhysicalChallenge
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* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''
** JeopardyIntelligenceTest
** JeopardyThinkingMusic
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* ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''
** MontyHallProblem
** MontyHaul
** {{Zonk}}
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* ''Series/PressYourLuck''
** {{Whammy}}
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* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''
** AfricanChant
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* ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''
** {{Lifelines}}
** WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire?
[[/index]]
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