History YMMV / Conan

** "BEES ARE COMING!!!" - a line from an early sketch where Oprah Winfrey opened a prize box and bees flew out. [[labelnote:Note]](she was actually yelling "THESE ARE COMING!!!"). Many casual viewers didn't even realize this meme came from ''Conan''.

** "This isn't Mike Matei": A frequent comment for "Fan Corrections" videos. Mike Matei of Cinemassacre.com (the site where ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' is seen, and which Mike can frequently be seen in various videos) made a Fan Correction, but to date it hasn't appeared on the show. Many Cinemassacre fans want Matei's Fan Correction to air, hence the quote.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Conan earned a lot of popularity in Finland, mainly due to his resemblance to Finnish president Tarja Halonen (a fact that he [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] a few times on ''Series/LateNight''). The show finally started airing in Finland as of mid-August 2011, to much rejoicing.

** The RunningGag with Creator/WilfordBrimley grumpily answering "Dammit, I'm still alive!" in Celebrity Survey is now this, due to the actor's death on August 1, 2020. Same goes for the Creator/LarryKing "ancient" jokes.

** The RunningGag od Creator/WilfordBrimley grumpily answering "Dammit, I'm still alive!" in Celebrity Survey is now this, due to the actor's death on August 1, 2020. Same goes for the Creator/LarryKing "ancient" jokes.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a December 2017 episode with Creator/JamesFranco and Ari Graynor promoting ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'', the former mentioned how inspired he was to make the film upon reading [[Literature/TheDisasterArtist the book version]], to which Conan jokes "You actually read a book? You're kicked out of Hollywood!" Less than two months later, Franco appears to be on his way to this due to exposure of his past sexual misconduct.
** The RunningGag of Creator/WilfordBrimley grumpily answering "Dammit, I'm still alive!" in Celebrity Survey is now this, due to the actor's death in 2020. Same with the Creator/LarryKing "Ancient" jokes.

** [[https://youtu.be/uXyWVenIiHg This sketch]] featuring Andy bungling answers on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' with inappropriate answers became funnier after Richter appeared on the real deal with ''Celebrity Wheel of Fortune'' in 2021. (For the real show, Andy didn’t bungle any answers and even won one of his two rounds.)

* HilariousInHindsight: When the April 5, 2011 episode went OffTheRails Conan used his standard line that "This show will never air." This was eerily accurate for the west coast TBS feed that night, which showed dead air, about 20 minutes straight of commercials, and then parts of the show completely out of order.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: More than once, Conan's said during his "Conan Without Borders" episodes that no matter where you go in the world, people are all the same (in the good way, of course).

** For years, Conan joked about Caitlyn (then Bruce) Jenner with two recurring themes: his plastic surgeries and him looking particularly feminine. Come 2015, and it turns out only one of those is supposed to be a joke.

** The RunningGag of Creator/WilfordBrimley grumpily answering "Dammit, I'm still alive!" in Celebrity Survey is now this, due to the actor's death in 2020.

* FridgeBrillance: Wiki-Bear's schtick is giving fun facts about any given subject, only to go off and mention a subject that's marginally connected to the previous subject and is very inappropriate and disturbing. Wikipedia is well-known for users of the site to end up reading about a subject completely unrelated to what they searched for by clicking on the links of the webpage and for how easy it is for young children on the internet to come across pages with NSFW subjects.

** Wiki Bear, whose schtick is answering questions, and then twist the subject to say something incredibly disturbing and doubling down from there.

* EarWorm: Minty the Candy Cane's theme song. "Minty fell on the ground / For just a moment or twooo". Invoked when Conan kept saying he couldn't get it out of his head.
** The 'War Horse' music. Invoked by Conan and Andy, and played again on the following show due to its popularity.
** "Nick Offerman from ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' Reads Tweets from Young Female Celebrities."

** Wiki Bear, whose shtick is answering questions, and then twist the subject to say something incredibly disturbing and doubling down from there.

* JumpingTheShark: Invoked by Conan, who said the jeggings episode was the moment, and claimed that because he had jumped so early (3 weeks in), he could just coast for the rest of his career.