* BileFascination: The main reason for Desert Bus's popularity.
* CultClassic: While ''Desert Bus'' was considered by many to be long and boring, it nevertheless mustered a cult following, even spawning the charity group ''WebVideo/DesertBusForHope''.
* DancingBear: The only appeal of ''Desert Bus'' is that it goes on forever with nearly nothing happening.
* HilariousInHindsight: ''Desert Bus'' was mostly constructed as a means of creating [[MisaimedRealism a boring, long game that simulates]] RealLife to a T. Come several years later, and try counting the amount of "Simulator" games that serve almost exactly the same purpose. Or counting recreations of the Desert Bus in various other platforms such as ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
* MemeticMutation: ''Desert Bus''. To such an extent that it's the only reason some people know of ''Smoke and Mirrors'' in the first place.
* SoBadItsGood: [[SoOkayItsAverage None of the games in this collection are really great]], but the trademark humor coming from Penn and Teller brings joy into them.
* WatchItForTheMeme: ''Desert Bus'' is by far the most well-known game in the collection.

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