Actor Allusion: At the start of one episode, the cast takes questions from the audience. Dan Schneider appears and is referred to as "the guy from that old show Head of the Class."
In a "Cooking with Randy" sketch, Chef Farley (Chris Farley) warns Randy about the dangers of his chocolate addiction in a manner similar to Farley's SNL character Matt Foley.
Adults Are Useless: Subverted in Good Burger, played straight in everything else on the show.
Affectionate Parody: "What Do You Do?" Parody of fellow-Nick show Figure It Out, on which most of the All That cast appeared at least once... Bynes, Denberg, & Tamberelli were even regular panelists. The name itself sounds like an older Nickelodeon game show, "What Would You Do?"
Always Someone Better: Baggin' Saggin' Barry experience this when meeting his rival and later-girlfriend Baggin' Saggin' Mary. Old man Clavis even pointed this out while giving Barry some encouragement.
Arson Murderand Jaywalking: After Super Dude's intro, he always talks about his personal likes. "That's right... I'm SUPERDUDE! The teenage superhero with powers that amaze the stupid!"..."I also enjoy stuffed animals, riding my bike on the beach, and talking on the phone long distance!"
Repairman...man...man... who doesn't really care about property damage and is actively a danger to pretty much everything.
Mark Saul's most common character - an Ax Crazy kid named Stuart who ties up people and [takes over their jobs with insane gusto. It started with him as a nutso hall monitor and just grew more psychotic from there.
The Backstage Sketch: The show began each episode with the cast getting up to wacky hijinks in the green room before the show. The sketches even had their own Catch Phrase, with the panicked stage manager informing them they have five minutes until the show starts.
Bag of Holding: Baggin' Saggin' Barry had a baggy pair of pants that functioned like this. He had everything in his pants which could possibly fit, and several that couldn't (e.g., an airplane when he kept tripping the airport metal detector until the plane left without him.) In the last sketch featuring him, he found a rival, Baggin' Saggin' Mary, who had the same gimmick, and became his Love Interest. Surprisingly, there was rarely any Rummage Fail situation with either.
Bank Toaster: In a Superdude skit involving the superhero having to thwart a bank robbery by an evil Costume Copycat, when Superdude is incapacitated and the the villain has taken all the bank's money, the villain turns around at the last minute to steal one of the bank's free toasters, as well. The villain's balked escape gives Superdude enough time to recover and defeat his foe with his magnetic butt that pulls the toaster (and the villain who won't let go of it) back to him.
Superdude: You should've let go of the toaster, but you HAD to be greedy, didn't you?
Bat Deduction / Insane Troll Logic: Anything involving Detective Dan, if he even decides to go that far before arresting people.
Berserk Button: Disrespecting, derogating, or deriding peas in front of Ms. Piddlin.
Don't ask Ashley a stupid question, and DO NOT ask her why she is so mean to everyone.
Borrowed Catchphrase: As the show went on, more and more characters and cast members started borrowing Ask Ashley's "Thaaaaat's me!" including Coach Kreeton and Danny.
Breakout Character: Cast-wise, Kenan, Kel, and Amanda were the breakouts of the cast. They eventually got their ownspinoffs.
Good Burger's main character Ed (played by Kel) originally appeared in a sketch called "Dream Remote" where a boy (Josh) uses said remote to order a large amount of pizzas. Ed was the delivery guy and the creators loved Kel's voice for the character so much that Good Burger was created.
Breast Expansion: In one sketch there was a firefighter who forcibly inflated a woman via an oxygen tank and mask. Her breasts started blowing up briefly before she became a huge blimp and then exploding. In another sketch, a superheroine called Megabutt who, as her name suggests, inflated her butt like a balloon.
Butt Monkey: Stage Manager Kevin, Danny Tamberelli (when playing himself), Coach Kreeton.
Just about anyone can be this depending on their role, but the above three especially fall into this trope. A lot of Josh Server's characters do as well.
Christy Knowings acknowledged in an recent interview that Josh and Danny were the cast members whose characters were tortured on a regular basis.
Don't forget Fuzz of Have a Nice Day with Leroy and Fuzz.
Played straight: In seasons 1-5, Kel Mitchell, repeatedly. In the 10th-anniversary special, Chelsea Brummet, Lisa Foiles, & Kianna Underwood, all at once.
Subverted: Every time Lori Beth Denberg or one of her characters sang.
Or really anybody except the straight examples listed.
Catch Phrase: Like the number of stars in the sky.
If there is only one thing originating in this show that will endure in our popular culture for decades to come, it is: "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, may can I take your order?"
If not that one then this one: "Five minutes! Five minutes! The show starts in five minutes!"
"You're hurtin' me in ways I can't understand!"
"REPAIR MAN MAN Man man man...."
"REPAIR BOY BOY Boy boy boy...."
"Dear Ashley," That's ME!
"Jupiter!"
"I'm Detective Dan."
Cloudcuckooland: Ishboo's "foreign land" has some seriously bizarre traditions.
Cloudcuckoolanders: Half of the recurring characters as well as the cast itself
Why are you throwing sponges at a wall?
Because I ran out of pork chops.
Clumsy Copyright Censorship: The '90s Are All That airs this show without the musical guest performances. Since this necessitates the additional removal of sketches leading into the performances, and the cast saying goodbye after the song, several episodes end abruptly.
Mother (Lori Beth): THIS IS OUR HOUSE! WE LIVE HERE!
Detective Dan: So if you live here, then why are you robbing your own house?!
2nd to Detective Dan is Ed.
Ed: "One Good Burger with Good Cheese and all the money in the cash register!" (Watching all the other customers flee) Hey, where're you going, dude? (Turns back to robber) You're number 73. That'll be eight bucks.
Robber: No! This is a robbery!
Ed: Okay, $2.50.
Companion Cube: The Big Ear of Corn predates the Cube by at least a decade.
Cousin Oliver: Kianna Underwood, Denzel Whitaker, & Lil' JJ, all new cast members for the final season of the show.
Crossover: Sometimes characters from certain sketches make appearances in sketches that otherwise have nothing to do with them (examples include Superdude saving Good Burger from a robber, Jack Campbell showing up on Cooking With Randy and eating all the chocolate and Stuart kidnapping Ask Ashley so he can take over her show).
Taken to it's extreme during the 10th anniversary special in which Coach Kreeton, Abby Rhodes, Principal William Baines Pimpell, Jack Campbell, Detective Dan, Buzz, Caffy, and Randy Quench end up in the same skit. As Principal Pimpell puts it toward the end...
In the Season 7 episode where Amanda Bynes guest stars, Penelope Taynt, her number one fan please from The Amanda Show breaks into the All That set to meet her.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Ms. Fingerly is a teacher who makes too many bad puns and sings songs clearly meant for preschoolers. She is also capable of matching Ishboo's father at Hookey-Doo (A type of duel from the Foreign Land), out-rocking a popular punk band, and teaching a class with an arrow in her gut.
Department of Redundancy Department: "I'm Detective Dan." Often inserted randomly in sentences despite him having introduced himself already.
Descended Creator: In the first six seasons, writer/producer Kevin Kopelow played the show's abused stage manager in the openings. Writer/producer Dan Schneider played the exasperated manager of Good Burger.
Destination Defenestration: A favorite gag across the entire run of the show. Be it hapless people being thrown out of windows, accident prone fools falling out of windows, or most often particularly off-kilter characters throwing themselves out of windows, the writers seemed to think that flying out of a window among the funniest ways you could write a character out of a scene. This occasionally carried over to Kenan & Kel and The Amanda Show as well.
Hypnopants: (After revealing his Hypnobot) Thats right, Boring Man. Stare into my bot. Get it? Because that's a robot and bot is short for "robot" and normally, I would say, "stare into..."
Boring Man: You know what, yes, I get it, I get it, I get it. Bot, butt, yes, yes. Who's the Boring Man around here?
Duck Season, Rabbit Season: One of the Baby Chat sketches did this so Chester could trick Lulu into expressing disapproval of public funding of private schools.
Edutainment Show: Completely subverted: "Everyday French," "Vital Information," "Don't Do This @ Home/School," "Peter & Flem," "Leroy & Fuzz," and every classroom sketch.
Although "Everyday French" was peppered with real french words.
And to an extent, "Cooking with Randy & Mandy".
To be fair, every kid knew what "lactose intolerant" meant after every Super Dude sketch... thanks to Amanda Bynes (and before her, Katrina Johnson).
I bet a lot more kids knew who Ross Perot was after seeing the Earboy sketches.
Expository Theme Tune: The gist of the lyrics is "sit down and watch this show, because we are here to entertain you".
Flanderization: Detective Dan started off as a by the books police officer who happened to be incredibly stupid. As the show went on, he became a lot more insane, doing things such as going to the bathroom in an air vent and tickling the crooks he was arresting.
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Although most of the translations for Pierre Escargot were pretty innocent sounding, quite a number of them could seem a bit dirtier.
There was one USS Spaceship sketch where after Officer Ulcer failed to get the ship running, he says, "Piece o crap". So, they literally got crap past the radar.
One Baggin', Saggin' Barry skit includes this piece of wisdom.
"You gotta reach down deep in your pants and pull out things you never knew you had."
The background posters during Vital Information were actually quite dirty (I.e. "To Milk cow: Kiss cow, grab udder, yank.")
One early sketch had Alisa having a sneezing fit. Kel asks what's wrong, and it turns out Alisa is allergic to wool. They think it might be Kel's socks, so he takes them off and tosses them off. Alisa's still sneezing though- so they think it might be Kel's shirt. No good- maybe Kel's pants. At this point, Kel's in his boxers and Alisa's still sneezing. Turns out a Little Bo Peep-like lady brought her sheep to the taping.
Amanda asks for a flashlight. Josh Server says "Oh, I have one in my pocket." Later in the same skit, Amanda Bynes stands over Danny Tamborelli in a suggestive manner, before ripping out his still beating heart. She is then nearly groped by one of the other guys, as she tries to pull out Danny's Tonsils.
A customer asks Ed "Change for a dollar?" and he replies "Okay" and starts performing a striptease.
In one sketch, Coach Kreeton calls his son a "misfired chromosome".
Informed Judaism: Josh Server tells Santa he's Jewish during the Christmas episode. Not that that stops him from asking him for a new computer.
Inherently Funny Words: Lampshaded in a sketch celebrating the show's millionth use of "cheese" (& 30 seconds after that ceremony ended, the millionth use of "pants")
Insistent Terminology: Lester Oaks, Construction Worker insists on being called by both his name and his occupation.
Ed: Goodbye, Lester Oaks. Lester Oaks, Construction Worker:Construction Worker!
Likewise, REPAIR MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN insists on everyone doing the fake echo when saying his name.
Muppet: Fuzz, Dead Spice, Oswald, Cheeseburger Doyle
Nepotism: Lampshaded and Double Subverted when Jamie Spears enters the cast: Shane accuses her of having no talent, but she is able to shrink him down to the size of an avocado just by thinking, as well as styling Lisa's hair by breathing on it. When her powers fail to impress the cast, however, she simply bribes them with $5000 each.
Obfuscating Stupidity: Somewhat implied with Ishboo in the early episodes. Whenever he gets someone to do some of the more ridiculous customs, he will look at the camera and give the audience a "Just as Planned" smile.
The Other Darrin: A season 9 "Good Burger" sketch cast the new (& tiny) performer Ryan Coleman as Ed. The fans did not react well.
Possibly lampshaded in the 10th anniversary reunion. Kel reprises Ed, who (among other things) inadvertently and horribly injures a co-worker. Said co-worker is played by Coleman.
Also, in the Superdude sketches, Penny Lane was originally played by Angelique Bates. However, after she left the show, Alisa Reyes filled in the role. Also counts as a Race Lift, as Bates was black, and Reyes was latino. Later African-American cast member Christy Knowings played Penny Lane.
Also in the Superdude sketches, Katrina Johnson played the little Ms. Exposition and Amanda Bynes took this role after she left.
Real Men Wear Pink: Superdude who makes it a habit of letting villains and civilians know about his favorite hobbies during his introduction.
Superdude: I also enjoy...three-bean salads and...clipping coupons and...shopping for shoes.
Reunion Show: Two of them, both still during the show's run:
During season 5, the "100th episode" was a live broadcast with Lori Beth Denberg reprising Vital Information one last time, plus interviews with ex-cast Angelique Bates, Alisa Reyes, & Katrina Johnson.
Just before season 10. Server, Thompson, Mitchell, & Tamberelli performed with the current cast. Cannon made a videophone cameo, & several other ex-cast appeared in backstage party segments.
Rule of Funny: The green room sketches have this a lot. An example from Season 4 is the scarecrow:
Kenan: Aw, man. That scarecrow wasn't supposed to protect the Big Ear of Corn from crows, it was supposed to protect the Big Ear of Corn from Elvis and professional wrestlers!
Lori Beth: Elvis and professional wrestlers?
Everyone except Kenan:Huh?
(An Elvis impersonator and two professional wrestlers storm into the room and steal the Big Ear of Corn)
And an example from Season 10, Truth or Bear?:
Christina: Kianna. Do you have... a hamster in your pocket?
Kianna: Hah, no.
Christina: You have to tell the truth.
Kianna: Ok... (fishes a hamster out of her pocket)
...
Kyle: I'll take dare.
Kianna: Sorry Kyle, we're not playing Truth or Dare.
The Okrah sketches usually had three guests per sketch.
The Good Burger sketches had three customers per sketch.
Repair Man (MAN MAN MAN) usually tried to repair three things.
Lori Beth/Danny usually gave three pieces of Vital Information.
Ashley would usually answer three questions.
Pierre Escargot would give three French phrases.
"Life with Peter and Flem" gave three contrasting examples of what Peter and Flem would do.
In the "Complaint Department" sketches, three customers would complain about what they bought.
"Know Your Stars" gave three "facts" about the star.
"Vocabulary With Lisa and Oswald" from the later seasons had three vocabulary words.
Sadist Show: The appropriately named game show "You Can't Win!" (which actually was the title of a game show parody done on Saturday Night Live during the 1979-1980 season [season five])
Another game show had the loser (Danny) punished in various ways, such as being covered in honey and "tickled" by a bear, or being strapped to a rocket and shot into space.
The Channel 6 1/2 News sketches tended to see Josh Server playing an on-location reporter being consistently abused by whatever surroundings he happened to be in. (For example, nearly freezing to death in the North Pole and being attacked by a polar bear.)
Scary Librarian: Well, not really scary. Just really loud enough to startle everyone.
Severely Specialized Store: A variation appears in a skit with a retail store that sells only a single pair of pants.
Shout Out: In addition to the countless pop culture references: Amanda Bynes' father is a dentist; at least 2 green room sketches featured Amanda performing oral surgery, plus 1 "Ask Ashley" has her screaming at the audience to brush their teeth, & a one-off sketch features Josh Server as a crazy dentist called "Dr. Bynes."
One sketch featured Ishboo going to the doctor's. When taking a look in his ears, the doctor briefly saw none other than Ren and Stimpy.
A later sketch shows doctor checking Ishboo's nostrils and again seeing the cartoon duo.
One Coach Kreeton sketch was filmed on a set forGullah Gullah Island. Coach Kreeton acknowledges this after several failed attempts to rescue a cat from a tree.
"Crazy Gullah Gullah tree!"
Special Guest: Only season 7 had them weekly (including return episodes with Bynes & Thompson). In the other 9 seasons, though, Chris Farley, Sinbad, Sherman Hemsley, Dr. Joyce Brothers, & post-Amanda Show Drake Bell all appeared, amongst numerous others. And every single episode had a musical guest.
Spinoff: Though several shows (listed above) exist because of All That, the only true spinoffs are Kablam! (via Action League NOW!) & The Nick Cannon Show (via the LaTanya character).
The Amanda Show is also a spinoff of All That, due to the combined facts that it was created by Dan Schneider (who produced All That), stared Amanda Bynes, and had frequent crossovers with All That when both shows were on the air.
Spiritual Successor: So Random!, which was produced by Brian Robbins, one of the creators of All That and Incredible Crew, created by Nick Cannon, a former All That cast member.
Parodied in one Superdude sketch, where a tiny white girl attempted to impersonate him and demonstrated her super-strength by tearing a piece of paper in two.
Stunt Casting: Danny Tamberelli was already a Nickelodeon icon (mostly from The Adventures of Pete & Pete) before joining All That in its 4th season. Also in season 8, Jamie Spears, the younger sister of Britney Spears was added.
Speaking of Parental Bonus - Penny Lane, Abby Rhodes, "Heeeere's Johnny!" after Superdude chops a hole through a door,....Nickelodeon has always been chock full of this trope.
The sketch when Kel fell in love with a goat featured a rather cheap version of "Close to You".
Suspiciously Specific Denial: In every Stuart sketch when Stuart was confronted by law enforcement, he would deny kidnapping the real employee, tying them up and hiding them somewhere.
Police Officer: (after all the customers complain about the crazy things he did) Is all of this true?
Stuart: Of course not. I wouldn't dream of kidnapping the real checkout guy, tying him up, stealing his uniform, and hiding him underneath that counter.
Take That; After a caller continuously tries to get the cast to fall for the "Is your refrigerator running?" prank, Kyle angrily tells him to "try your dumb prank on some Disney Channel show 'cause we're too smart to fall for it!"
"De la pootay le c'est il y a signe de la pootay poo de pootay de Patrick Duffy angion Patrick Swayze a la boonyaie de c'est soir nightcourt." Translation
"How are you?" Ohhh! Ohhoho! Ohhoho!
Too Dumb to Live: The people who write letters to Ashley always ask her about blatantly simple things. She lampshades it by screaming about how moronic they are.
Useless Spleen: Averted in sketch where a character shows and tells about his friend's recently removed spleen. He ends his presentation with something along the lines of "Humans are incapable of surviving without their spleen," at which point his friend gets worried and then collapses.
Weaksauce Weakness: Superdude is lactose-intolerant. Naturally, his foes include Cow-Boy, Butter Boy, Yo-Girl, the Dairy Godfather, & Arch-Enemy Milkman (the former 3 all played by Kel Mitchell & the latter 2 both being Josh Server).
Word Salad Humor: In "Everyday French with Pierre Escargot," most of the "educational" French phrases are word salads, such as "Please remove your banjo from my belly button."
Yank the Dog's Chain: Josh and Kenan tried to help Kevin pull a prank on the girls for once, only for it to backfire when the girls attack him while he was hiding in the giant object he was supposed pop out of.
You Look Familiar: Superdude's equivalent of "It's a bird! It's a plane!" features variations like "It's Ishboo! It's Miss Piddlin! It's Pierre Escargot!" and once, even "It's Kenan!"
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