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* Creator/NickNolte. Any given shot of alcohol, garbage, rambling or flailing madmen/drunkards, people lying unconscious, derelict or crumbling buildings, people squatting, muddy pools, cars speeding... there lies an insanely high chance of an elaborate joke about how utterly drunk and revolting Nolte is.
** More recently, this is often accompanied by Mike's Nolte impression, with which he delivers a brief explanation/monologue as to why he's in whichever scene the riffers are mocking (e.g., finding himself in [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Oz]] after being flung there by a tornado made of his own excrement, or appearing in a town overrun with zombies in order to siphon an overturned truck full of benzine). This was also a running gag within ''Curse of Bigfoot'', which features three or four rants.

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* Creator/NickNolte. Any given shot of alcohol, garbage, rambling or flailing madmen/drunkards, people lying unconscious, derelict or crumbling buildings, people squatting, squatters, [[Film/TheHouseOnSororityRow muddy pools, pools]], cars speeding... there lies an insanely high chance of an elaborate joke about how utterly drunk and revolting Nolte is.
** More recently, this is often accompanied by Mike's Nolte impression, with in which he delivers a brief explanation/monologue as to why he's in whichever scene the riffers are mocking (e.g., finding himself in [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Oz]] after being flung there by a tornado made of his own excrement, or appearing in a town overrun with zombies in order to siphon an overturned truck full of benzine). This was also a running gag itself within ''Curse of Bigfoot'', which features three or four rants.



* Bill or Kevin getting bored and browsing Website/{{IMDb}} or editing Website/{{Wikipedia}}, much to Mike's annoyance.

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* Bill or Kevin getting bored and browsing Website/{{IMDb}} or editing Website/{{Wikipedia}}, much to Mike's annoyance. Most notably during the pod racing scene in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.



* Someone's wardrobe (or, in the case of ''Film/TheApple'', an extensively choreographed musical number '''during''' an orgy) is "an ''Film/EyesWideShut'' party".

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* Someone's wardrobe (or, in the case of ''Film/TheApple'', an extensively choreographed musical number before and '''during''' an orgy) is "an ''Film/EyesWideShut'' party".
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** Pickaxe wielding martian lllllllady...[[note]]''Flight to Mars''[[/note]]
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* Whenever a horse appears in a scene, one of the guys will impersonate it in the style of Series/MisterEd.
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* Having someone sound stupid(er) by saying "[[MemeticMutation I LIKE TURTLES]]!"

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* Having someone sound stupid(er) (more) stupid by saying "[[MemeticMutation I LIKE TURTLES]]!"
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** [[Film/CreatingRemLezar Mmmmmmadonna...]]
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* ''Spy High'':
** The superior never stops crossing his arms.
** The super long office hallway.
** Making fun of the late '90s/early 2000's technology, such as Iomega Zip Drives.
** One of the characters supposedly being an ephebophile.

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*** This gag is also picked up throughout ''Twilight'' and other works with supernatural elements. For example, at Edward and Bella's wedding, they remark that the priest's Bible burst into flames, and when the wedding guests disappear so that Bella and Edward can have a surreal romantic kiss, their "unholy union must have caused the Rapture".



*** This gag is also picked up throughout ''Twilight'' and other works with supernatural elements. For example, at Edward and Bella's wedding, they remark that the priest's Bible burst into flames, and when the wedding guests disappear so that Bella and Edward can have a surreal romantic kiss, their "unholy union must have caused the Rapture".
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** For the first two films, when Creator/RichardHarris plays Dumbledore, they constantly make wheezing, old-man noises whenever he speaks to emphasize how elderly he is. This ceased after he was replaced by Creator/MichaelGambon following Harris' death, who gives Dumbledore a significantly more energetic performance.
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* In ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle'', they get a lot of mileage out of how the [[DesignatedHero title character]] wanted to marry a women whom he thought [[BrotherSisterIncest was his own sister]].

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* In ''Film/AtorTheFightingEagle'', they get a lot of mileage out of how the [[DesignatedHero title character]] wanted to marry a women woman whom he thought [[BrotherSisterIncest was his own sister]].
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* Responding to unimpressive, incompetent or disgusting shots and scenes with an appreciative "Ahhh, the ''cinema''."

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* Responding to unimpressive, incompetent or disgusting camera shots and scenes with an appreciative "Ahhh, the ''cinema''."
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* They make a lot of jokes about Minnesota, since Mike, Bill, and Kevin all lived there at one time or another. And if Wrestling/JesseVentura is in a movie they're doing, they will frequently remind the viewers that he was once Governor of that State.
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* Responding to unimpressive, incompetent or disgusting shots with an appreciative, "Ahh, the ''cinema''."

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* Responding to unimpressive, incompetent or disgusting shots and scenes with an appreciative, "Ahh, appreciative "Ahhh, the ''cinema''."
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* Weirdly, many of the shorts cite anti-Semitic propaganda whenever someone starts reading or learning something, although it's clear that they're just mocking it.

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* Weirdly, many of the shorts cite anti-Semitic propaganda whenever someone starts reading or learning something, although it's clear that they're just [[DeliberateValuesDissonance mocking it.]]


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* Mike has a distinctive "StandardFiftiesFather" voice, which he loves to break out during works that were produced around that time. From the "Dining Together" Thanksgiving short:
-->'''Mike''': ''(unbearably hearty and upbeat)'' How's that turkey, kids?\\
'''Kevin and Bill''': ''[[LethalChef (coughing and gagging noises)]]''


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** His earlier, uh, escapades also get referenced sometimes. In the "Drugs Are Like That" short, when one kid asks the other what he would do if he "had to" take drugs, Mike adds, "You know, like if Phil Spector forced you to."

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** [[Film/PrisonersoftheLostUniverse Oppressed lllllladies...]]

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** [[Film/PrisonersoftheLostUniverse [[Film/PrisonersOfTheLostUniverse Oppressed lllllladies...]]



** [[Film/McBain Gun lllllladies first...]]

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** [[Film/McBain Gun lllllladies first...]][[note]]''[=McBain=]''[[/note]]



** [[Film/VoodooMan Zzzzzzombie lllllladies... Voodoo zombie llllladies... Confiscated lllllladies...]]

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** [[Film/VoodooMan Zzzzzzombie lllllladies... Voodoo zombie llllladies... Confiscated lllllladies...]][[note]]''Voodoo Man''[[/note]]



* In perhaps another holdover from ''[=MST=]'', whenever a character says "What's happening?", Bill will break into the strains of the ''Series/WhatsHappening'' theme, on at least one occasion being soundly silenced by Kevin.
** Happens twice in less than two minutes during ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}''.
** Kevin takes the reins on this gag during ''Film/TheGrudge''. Granted, Bill is absent.
** This arises in the form of "What's going on?" during ''Fairy King of Ar'' and towards the end of ''Yesterday's Target''.
** It all culminated in a short called "What's Happening?", wherein Bill was allowed to indulge himself, spending the ''entire'' runtime humming the theme song while Mike and Kevin completely ignore him.



* In perhaps another holdover from ''[=MST=]'', whenever a character says "What's happening?", Bill will break into the strains of the ''Series/WhatsHappening'' theme, on at least one occasion being soundly silenced by Kevin.
** Happens twice in less than two minutes during ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}''.
** Kevin takes the reins on this gag during ''Film/TheGrudge''. Granted, Bill is absent.
** This arises in the form of "What's going on?" during ''Fairy King of Ar'' and towards the end of ''Yesterday's Target''.
** It all culminated in a short called "What's Happening?", wherein Bill was allowed to indulge himself, spending the ''entire'' runtime humming the theme song while Mike and Kevin completely ignore him.

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