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Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001
1st Jan, 2011 07:39:12 PM
My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn.
WackyMeetsPractical
Since: Oct, 2009
1st Jan, 2011 09:22:23 PM
We have Rule of Three, as well as Running Gag and Brick Joke.
phantommangagirl
Since: Dec, 2010
2nd Jan, 2011 06:23:19 AM
OK, thanks. What I'm thinking of is apparently just as I thought: a subversion of both Running Gag and Rule of Three. I was just wondering if there was a separate trope for it.
Maybe I'm in the wrong section for this, but is there a trope for a three-part joke? It's a joke in an episode of a TV show that will appear three times: once in one context, then later in another context, then come up near the end of the episode/sequence. Basically, Running Gag meets Rule of Three.
Example: My Life as a Teenage Robot, "Labor Day" (It Makes Sense In Context) 1.) Jenny: "Well, it's hard work, but it beats digging ditches." 2.) Courier: "Hey, it beats digging ditches!" 3.) Millionaire: "Make sure those ditches are nice and deep!"
Edited by phantommangagirl