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What Is This, X?

One time, Alice did something that has nothing to do with the show's scenery, and Bob replies "What is this, Alice and Bob's Obscure TV Tropes Adventures?"

This usually happens when someone does a wrong thing, and it annoys you because it has nothing to do with anything, so you say "What is this?" and then mention a funny custom title of a show or movie. It may or may not be Leaning on the Fourth Wall.

Examples

Web Original

In The Angry Video Game Nerd episode "Game Glitches", the Nerd is distracted by the Glitch Gremlin messing up Rocky Balboa (Bug-Eyed Balboa) and Spider Rico (Spider Rico with no jaw) on the Rocky PS2 game:
AVGN: They're like zombies! What is this, "Rocky: The Undead Edition"? You are really one sick fuck, you know that?

Western Animation

In one episode of FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, Ruff does this when he sees Chet pasting an underwater wallpaper on the studio wall:
Ruff: Chet, an under-the-sea motif? What is this, "FETCH! with Ruff Rumblefish"? Come on!
Family Guy gives us this example:
Pearl: *spits* "What is this, spit soup!?"
Brian: "Tomato bisque."
Pearl: *spits* "What is this, snot soup!?"
Brian: "It's tomato bisque."
Pearl: *spits* "What is this, diarrhea soup!?"
Brian: "Look I'm not going to make you anything else, so just eat it, OK?"