Citation Needed is a blog on tumblr run by Conor Lastowka and Josh Fruhlinger dedicated to hilariously bad Wikipedia writing. Excerpts may be chosen because of poor grammar/spelling, triviality or irrelevance to the article, or just because they seem strange.The blog also has a podcast hosted by Conor, where entries are expanded upon and turned into skits. There is also a book featuring various entries from the blog with added comments.
From Irrumatio: However, the passive partner might experience certain difficulties compared to less-aggressive fellatio, such as feeling as if they are abused, boredom, uncomfortable reflexes, coughing up saliva, vomiting, being unable to breathe, etc.
If Day. "If Day included a staged firefight between Canadian troops and volunteers dressed as Nazi soldiers, the internment of prominent politicians, the imposition of Nazi rule, and a parade."
"The band states that their greatest influences are David Bowie, The Devil himself, and Gary Busey."
"The film takes the form of several ‘sketches’ in which she treats her patients (often mutilating, killing or introducing them to novelty show acting careers in the process)."
Serial killer John Cooper "had a history of crime, including 30 robberies and violent assault, and a May 1989 appearance on the TV game show Bullseye."
"Ha-ha is a term in garden design that refers to a trench, one side of which is concealed from view, designed to allow an unobstructed view from a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, while maintaining a physical barrier in one direction, usually to keep livestock out that are kept on an expansive estate or parcel. Ha-ha is also what Nelson from the hit show “The Simpsons” says a lot."
Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: "Asimov received frequent criticism about his books that they never included aliens or sex, so Asimov included in this book aliens, sex, and alien sex."
Bostonian[1] Ally Darling (Anna Faris) looks back at the past twenty men that she has had relationships with and wonders if one of them might be her true love. To revisit them, she enlists the help of her neighbor, Colin (Chris Evans).[2] She obviously ends up with Colin.
Department of Redundancy Department: From Dulcinia: "early in her career, decades prior to creating this canine heroine, the author wrote a critical essay on the novel Don Quixote entitled “Cinco personajes fugaces en el camino de Don Quijote” early in her career."
Intercourse with You: Supposedly, "Let’s do it is the pioneer pop song to declare openly that sex is fun." In fact, "The phrase Let’s do “it” is actually a euphemistic reference to a proposition for a sexual intercourse."
Logic Bomb: "The town [of Oxyrhynchus ] was named after a species of fish of the Nile River which was important in Egyptian mythology as the fish that ate the penis of Osiris, though it is not known exactly which species of fish this is."
Long List: Given that Wikipedia articles are prone to Entry Pimping, many entries suffer from this.
Mood Whiplash: The Dog Fancy skit is full of dark humor, and is legitimately creepy. However, the light-hearted music used to end all the other skits is still used; this is lampshaded by Conor afterwards.
The skit based off of "Yogi's Ark Lark" ends with Quick Draw Mc Graw and Peter Potamus crying and cutting up their friends' bodies, who had committed suicide after they made seemingly-innocent remarks. This is followed by a goofy announcers saying that they'd be right back after commercials.
In the tortellini skit, the first Italian they meet has no accent; however, the second Italian has a stereotypical one. This is handwaved by Conor, who says that it's the Professor's language serum wearing off.
After the Ark Lark skit, he says that it took place during the "great voice actor strike of 1972", so that instead of the iconic voices of the various Hanna-Barbera characters, they just had a couple guys talking normally.
"Nemesis is the 37th highest grossing Cyborg - Robot -Android movie since 1980 grossing $2,001,124 in its theatrical run in 1993"
Over Used Running Gag: Each episode of the podcast starts with of list of bizarre or over-specialized podcasts that Citation Needed has supposedly outlived. By episode 8, one of the podcasts named is "Running Gags To Start Your Podcast With That Are Becoming Increasingly Hard To Think Of".
Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud: In episode 4 of the podcast, Conor Lastowka and Kevin Murphy reenact a skit from MST3K about "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Kevin alternates between saying "singing" and "normal voice"; Conor says everything in a normal voice regardless.
Rule-Abiding Rebel: Nick Kroll "gave a contentious graduation speech in which, contrary to widespread belief, he did not expose his genitals, although he did gently chastise the school administration" invoked
Rules Lawyer: Wikipedia claims the drug MDPV is legal in Ohio... because the law banning it contains a spelling error.
Running Gag: Each podcast episode begins with Conor listing the podcasts that didn't last as long as Citation Needed.
Serious Business: Chicken coops, Bubble O'Bill ice cream, and Corgies, among other things.
Sturgeon's Law: "However, because of the very nature of unmoderated newsgroups, alt.sex.stories soon found itself a repository for a great number of poorly-written, sometimes barely coherent “stroke” stories consisting of a few sentences or paragraphs."
"Your screenplay is M. Night Shyamalanesque in its vapidity, brainlessness, utter incoherence, and soul-deadening effects. Also, I guess because it has a twist ending."
Vomit Chain Reaction: "It is quite common that, when one person vomits, others nearby become nauseated, particularly when smelling the vomit of others, often to the point of vomiting themselves."
Your Head A Splode: At the end of one of the movie pitch skits for the podcast, the producer's head explodes after Gary responds to a plot hole with "never mind".
is a blog on tumblr run by Conor Lastowka and Josh Fruhlinger dedicated to hilariously bad Wikipedia writing. Excerpts may be chosen because of poor grammar/spelling, triviality or irrelevance to the article, or just because they seem strange.The blog also has a podcast
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