History Creator / DaneCook

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He once wanted to break into somebody's house at steal something. It was only after he'd kicked in the front door to a stranger's house (and an unlocked closet door) that he realized how bad an idea that was, and ran off.

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: His jokes go into deep story telling and exaggerates a slew of this. Case and point: He made a joke talking about masturbation, saying that he imagined having sex with a woman who turns into a dragon, and then is taken away to a laboratory for testing. The ending is that he's too busy imagining that to jerk off anymore.

** In a bit about ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', Dane says that the Big Wheel is actually filled with blood, and that Bob Barker is actually a zombie who's been dead since 1987.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The [[TropeNamer trope name]] comes from one of his routines in which he discusses the trope's premise in detail, even giving examples (it's often women named Karen, or men named Brian). He also states that if you don't know which one of your friends is this, then that's because [[IResembleThatRemark it's you]].

* CloudCuckooLander: Has a very hyperactive imagination, which can lead to some very strange tangents. For example, a story about Dane confronting an atheist that sneezed on him takes a brief detour where he discusses lining up a Windex bottle properly.
* DoWrongRight: When talking about how much he wanted to do a B&E (breaking and entering), all he did was just kick in two doors and leave. Dane laments that he didn't take anything, since it must be psychologically destroying the family to figure out what he took from their house. Or, at the very least, left something there that they didn't have before ("Nothing appears to be missing, but there is a lava lamp here now, not sure what that's about"), all for the sake of really messing with the family's heads.
* EpicRocking: Has several tracks over 10 minutes long ("At the Wall", "The Chicken Sangwich The Heckler and The Kabbash", "Cheater 2.0", "Cinematic Adventures", "DJ Diddles") as well as some slightly below that ("B&E", "Truth About Lying", "I Did My Best", "The Atheist", "Bonus Track"). His longest track, "The Game of Love and How To Destroy It", is over ''[[SerialEscalation 20 minutes long]]''.
* FlippingTheBird: Discussed in "Fuk and the Finga". Some guy flipped him off in New York, leading to Cook wondering who invented the middle finger as an insult. He eventually created the super-finger, or "su-fi", which is the middle and ring fingers both up with the thumb pointed out. The "su-fi" eventually became a symbol of his.
* FriendlyTickleTorture: Discussed, saying that it "started fun [and] ended horribly" by turning into actual TickleTorture.

* ''Film/MrBrooks'' (where non-fans have the delight of seeing him killed with a shovel)

* AnachronicOrder: "At the Wall", in which Dane tells the ending first, and then proceeds to tell the whole story. He even [[ShoutOut mentions]] a famous aficionado of this trope: Creator/QuentinTarantino.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The trope name comes from one of his routines in which he discusses this. He finishes it by stating that if you don't know which one of your friends is this, then that's because [[IResembleThatRemark you yourself are this trope]].
* {{Gaslighting}}: Played for laughs and discussed. After kicking in the front door and a closet door of some stranger's house, Cook admits that it must have been bizarre for that family to come home to find nothing missing. Cook then imagines a scenario where he keeps randomly kicking in the front door for no reason whatsoever, psychologically destroying the father of the household into wanting a divorce.

* HeelRealization: Played for laughs. In "B&E", Dane kicks in the door to a stranger's house in order to commit breaking and entering. However, as soon as Dane kicked the door, he realized that he didn't want to do a B&E after all; he just wanted to kick a door in.

* PersonAsVerb: In "At the Wall", Dane decides to [[Creator/QuentinTarantino "Tarantino it"]] by telling the ending first and then going back to the start to tell the full story.

Cook is well-known for his stage persona, which he reportedly based upon his parents, and which involves a great deal of long-form storytelling, surreal tangents, and babbling non-stop like he's constantly almost out of breath. He was also popular for being one of the first stand-up comics to rise to fame by capitalizing on the Internet, which he did through a personal webpage and a Website/MySpace account, as well as uploading clips from his sets to Napster for free. This gave him a sizable fanbase, primarily among college students, and contributed to impressive album sales.

* CloudCuckooLander: Has a very hyperactive imagination, which can lead to some very strange tangents. For example, a story about Dane confronting an Atheist that sneezed on him takes a brief detour where Dane discusses lining up a Windex bottle properly.

* SchmuckBait: After telling the audience to always line up a Windex and never put it halfway, Dane lampshades that someone will probably try doing that when they get home. He then wonders what would happen if a ghost came out of the bottle.

Cook is well-known for his stage persona, which he reportedly based upon his parents, and which involves a great deal of long-form storytelling, surreal tangents, and babbling non-stop like he's constantly almost out of breath. He was also popular for being one of the first stand-up comics to rise to fame by capitalizing on the Internet via a personal webpage and a Website/MySpace account, which gave him a sizable fanbase among college students and contributed to impressive album sales.

He's the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]] for TheFriendNobodyLikes, based off a memorable routine of his in which he discusses the trope in detail.

* MemeticHandGesture: The "su-fi" (short for "super finger"), something of an "upgrade" from the regular middle finger gesture that includes both the middle and ring fingers. [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Su-Fi It has two different meanings.]]

However, Cook [[NeverLiveItDown is nowadays inseparable from his reputation]] as the household name of famously unpopular comedians among other stand-up comics and comedy writers, not least mentioning the [[MemeticMutation memetic status]] it's gained among the public. This includes an infamous rant by Dr. Cox on ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.

Notably, with the exception of ''Dan In Real Life'', Cook's films tend to be received ''very poorly'' by movie critics. He also appeared as himself in a 2011 episode of ''Series/{{Louie}}'', where he discussed a plagiarism controversy involving allegations that Cook stole bits from Creator/LouisCK

Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is a stand-up comedian and film actor. While he's still active today under both professions, a mention of his name is likely going to bring back memories of his heydays in the mid-[=2000s=].

Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is a stand-up comedian and film actor. While he's still active today under both professions, a mention of his name is likely going to bring back memories of his heydays in the mid-[=2000s=], when he really got popular.

He is well-known for his stage persona, which he reportedly based upon his parents, and which involves a great deal of long-form storytelling, surreal tangents, and babbling non-stop like he's constantly almost out of breath. He is also popular for being one of the first stand-up comics to rise to fame by capitalizing upon the Internet, via Website/MySpace, which gave him a sizable fanbase among college students and contributed to impressive album sales.

-->'''Dane:''' He starts shooting up the place. ''(mimics shotgun firing)'' But he gets to my office, he's gonna be like... ''(cocks shotgun, gasps)'' "Thanks for the candy." Yeah, '''you're gonna talk to that guy, now.''

-->'''Dane:''' He starts shooting up the place. ''(mimics shotgun firing)'' But he gets to my office, he's gonna be like... ''(cocks shotgun, gasps)'' "Thanks for the candy."

He is well-known for his stage persona, which he reportedly based upon his parents, and which involves a great deal of long-form storytelling, surreal tangents, and Cook babbling non-stop like he's constantly almost out of breath. He is also popular for being one of the first stand-up comics to rise to fame by capitalizing upon the Internet, via Website/MySpace, which gave him a sizable fanbase among college students and contributed to impressive album sales.

* ''Film/EmployeeOfTheMonth''

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Invoked by his "Creepy Guy at Work" story. The set-up is that every workplace has that one creepy employee everyone avoids... except for him, who goes out of his way to talk to him and even buy him candy bars, so when the guy inevitably [[GoingPostal goes nuts and shoots up the office]], he'll be spared for being so nice.
-->'''Dane!Creepy guy''': (''whispering'') Thanks for the candy.
* BeeAfraid: Defied. "Would You Rather?" starts with him making fun of people who die from bees, stating that he'd retaliate against this by punching every bee he encounters in the face.

** "B&E" is all about committing breaking and entering on some random stranger's house by kicking in their front door. After fleeing the scene of the crime, Dane realizes he actually felt guilty about ''not'' stealing anything, as stealing something would have at least provided the family closure, and he imagines that the family must've been haunted by it for years wondering [[ParanoiaFuel "What the hell did he take?"]].[[invoked]]

* FlippingTheBird: Discussed in "Fuk and the Finga".

* LargeHam: '''Dear god is it''', since his jokes go into deep story telling and exaggerates a ''slew'' of this. Case and point: He made a joke talking about masturbation about him having sex wit a woman who ''turns into a dragon'' and then is ''taken away to a laboratory'' before ending that he's too busy imagining to even jerk off. Wot.

* NoIndoorVoice: He once worked at Burger King, and hated people who would yell at the drive-thru for no re'''''WHOPPER NO ONION!''''' Though they were slightly better than people who [[TheUnintelligible talked too quiet to hear through the microphone.]]
* ParanoiaFuel: Lampshades this during his routine about breaking into somebody's house. He didn't steal anything, because he realized five seconds after kicking in their door that all he wanted to do was kick in their door. Later he wondered whether he'd unwittingly shattered the homeowner's psyche when they came home to find the door busted in but no apparent theft. He goes into a routine where the family's life falls apart because the dad is worried about another door getting kicked in.[[invoked]]

* RapidFireComedy: One of the key elements in Dane's style.

* ThereWasADoor: His routine about Kool Aid Man's tendency to burst through walls.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "My Son Optimus Prime", in which Dane says that he'd like to name his child "Brrrrr" (pronounced onomatopoeically, no less).

* ''Film/MyBestFriendsGirl''

* ParanoiaFuel: Lampshades this during his routine about breaking into somebody's house. He didn't steal anything, because he realized five minutes after kicking in their door that all he wanted to do was kick in their door. Later he wondered whether he'd unwittingly shattered the homeowner's psyche when they came home to find the door busted in but no apparent theft. He goes into a routine where the family's life falls apart because the dad is worried about another door getting kicked in.[[invoked]]

** "B&E" is all about committing breaking and entering on some random stranger's house by kicking in their front door. After fleeing the scene of the crime, Dane realizes he really wanted to induce some ParanoiaFuel in the family of that home. He says that he would do that by either by leaving something that wasn't there before instead of stealing, or randomly coming back every so often to keep kicking the door in.[[invoked]]

Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is a stand-up comedian and occasional actor. He is well-known for his stage persona, which he reportedly based upon his parents, and which involves a great deal of Cook babbling non-stop like he's constantly almost out of breath; for being one of the first stand-up comics to rise to fame by capitalizing upon the Internet, via Website/MySpace; and for being quite unpopular among other stand-up comics and comedy writers.

Cook has quite a few fans, particularly college students, and his comedy albums have all sold remarkably well, but his not being funny has achieved a [[MemeticMutation memetic quality]] all its own. This includes an infamous rant by Dr. Cox on ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.

Notably, with the exception of ''Dan In Real Life'', Cook's films tend to be received ''very poorly'' by movie critics. He also appeared as himself in a 2011 episode of "Louie," where he discussed a plagiarism controversy involving allegations that Cook stole bits from Louis CK.

* AnachronicOrder: "At the Wall", in which Dane tells the ending first, and then proceeds to tell the whole story. He even mentions Creator/QuentinTarantino, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools a master of this trope.]]

* CallBack: "The Chicken Sangwich The Heckler and The Kabbash" references "The BK Lounge" via its title, much to the audience's satisfaction.

-->''[[RunningGag Where's the van?]] The van was supposed to be here!!!''

* FriendlyTickleTorture: Discussed, saying that it "started fun, ended horribly" by turning into actual TickleTorture.

* PersonAsVerb: In "At the Wall", Dane does the act of [[Creator/QuentinTarantino "Tarantino-ing it"]] by telling the ending first and then going back to the start to tell the full story.

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Creator/{{NBC}} axed the Dane Cook comedy Next Caller after filming four out of its six-episode order, citing creative differences.

-->Fuck drinking out of him; if that was me, I'd be like, "No, no, no, you fix that wall before my dad gets home from work! He's gonna beat me with a belt; he's not gonna believe a talking bowl of fruit punch came in here." You stupid idiot. Yeah, coming through the wall is real fucking cool! ''Using the front door is cool!''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''