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* ShapedLikeItself: In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories_p2.html 5 Little Known Sequels That ruined Iconic Stories.]]
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** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories_p2.html 5 Little Known Sequels That ruined Iconic Stories.]]
--> ---> ''Casablanca'' is literally the ''Casablanca'' of movies.movies.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-creepiest-things-ever-done-with-fake-medical-degree The 5 Creepiest Things Ever Done With a Fake Medical Degree]]: "A healthy booty is attractive to some people, but an ass that looks like Billy Barty with his ankle clamped in someone's asshole trapped in a net of yoga pants looks like exactly what I just described."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-most-horrifying-product-recalls-in-china The 6 Most Horrifying Product Recalls in China]] begins, "China has a population of all the people in China, and that is a hell of a lot."
** Adam Tod Brown's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-biggest-lies-everyone-tells-about-super-bowl_p2/ The 5 Biggest Lies Everyone Tells About the Super Bowl]]" cites a Nielsen poll stating that the Super Bowl is not even among the top five alcoholidays despite that "football and beer go together like football and beer."
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories_p2.html 5 Little Known Sequels That ruined Iconic Stories.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-creepiest-things-ever-done-with-fake-medical-degree The 5 Creepiest Things Ever Done With a Fake Medical Degree]]: "A healthy booty is attractive to some people, but an ass that looks like Billy Barty with his ankle clamped in someone's asshole trapped in a net of yoga pants looks like exactly what I just described."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-most-horrifying-product-recalls-in-china The 6 Most Horrifying Product Recalls in China]] begins, "China has a population of all the people in China, and that is a hell of a lot."
** Adam Tod Brown's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-biggest-lies-everyone-tells-about-super-bowl_p2/ The 5 Biggest Lies Everyone Tells About the Super Bowl]]" cites a Nielsen poll stating that the Super Bowl is not even among the top five alcoholidays despite that "football and beer go together like football and beer."
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies]] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[TropeBreaker broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies]] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[TropeBreaker broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cellphones.phones.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_777_26-hilariously-inaccurate-predictions-about-future 26 Hilariously Inaccurate Predictions about the Future]] even includes the quote listed at the top of the trope page itself as an example.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies]] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[TropeBreaker broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_777_26-hilariously-inaccurate-predictions-about-future 26 Hilariously Inaccurate Predictions about the Future]] even includes the quote listed at the top of the trope page itself as an example.
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* PeripheryDemographic: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-most-unexpected-fan-bases-in-pop-culture/ The 4 Most Unexpected Fan Bases in Pop Culture]]
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* ItsEasySoItSucks: Invoked in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-insane-ways-video-games-changed-during-my-9-year-hiatus 4 Insane Ways Video Games Changed During My 9 Year Hiatus]] by showing [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns games]] that [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros beat]] the [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} level]] for [[VideoGame/RyseSonOfRome you]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword spoon-feed]] everything [[VideoGame/FableII so you know]] exactly [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII what to do]] without [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps having to]] think [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 for yourself.]]
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* RammingAlwaysWorks: #2 in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20178_the-5-most-badass-movie-scenes-that-happened-in-real-life.html The 5 Most Badass Movie Scenes That Happened In Real Life]], complete with a link to the trope page.
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* StupidSacrifice: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19898_5-heroic-movie-deaths-that-didnt-actually-help-anyone.html 5 Heroic Movie Deaths That Didn't Actually Help Anyone]]
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* {{Scandalgate}}: Named the number four thing [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18416_5-things-media-loves-pretending-are-news.html the media loves pretending are news]]. Parodied in the same segment by "Gatesgategate", a hypothetical scandal involving then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates misappropriating public funds to install a new gate on his property.
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* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Soren!]] Whenever Soren Bowie is mentioned by another columnist, or, in fact, anyone, this seems to come up a lot.
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-->'''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}:''' I think the moral of the story is that human life was cheap in the '40s. Batman and Robin crack jokes over a dead body while it's still twitching. Also, Batman brags every time he counts to 10.
-->'''Creator/{{Seanbaby}}:''' I think the moral of the story is that human life was cheap in the '40s. Batman and Robin crack jokes over a dead body while it's still twitching. Also, Batman brags every time he counts to 10.
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* PietaPlagiarism: #10 of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_763_20-annoying-modern-trends-that-are-older-than-you-think_p2/ 20 Annoying 'Modern' Trends That Are Older Than You Think]] illustrates how both DC and Marvel comics rip off Michelangelo over and over.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20744_5-surprising-ways-your-language-affects-how-you-think.html 5 Surprising Ways Your Language Affects How You Think]] starts by citing a study that found the correlation between grammatical gender in the language (''der'', ''die'', ''das'', or ''el'', ''la'') and a measurable lack of female workforce participation in the culture. It goes on to mention more studies about how use of a particular language by a bilingual speaker leads to more analytical thinking, shifting of ethnic prejudices, and shifting of expectations of family unity.
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** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20744_5-surprising-ways-your-language-affects-how-you-think.html 5 Surprising Ways Your Language Affects How You Think]] starts by citing a study that found the correlation between grammatical gender in the language (''der'', ''die'', ''das'', or ''el'', ''la'') and a measurable lack of female workforce participation in the culture. It goes on to mention more studies about how use of a particular language by a bilingual speaker leads to more analytical thinking, shifting of ethnic prejudices, and shifting of expectations of family unity.
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* TemptingFate: A frequent source of humor. For example, in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20769_5-hilariously-awkward-meltdowns-hidden-dvd-commentaries.html 5 Hilariously Awkward Meltdowns Hidden on DVD Commentaries]], after citing Creator/RoddyPiper rambling about ''[[{{Mockumentary}} The Bronswik Affair]]'' as if it were a genuine documentary during the DVDCommentary for ''Film/TheyLive'':
--> We can't rightly extrapolate that out to say "Roddy Piper thinks ''They Live'' was a documentary." He's never said anything of the sor-\\
''(screenshot of [[https://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper/status/383693269068050432 this]] Website/{{Twitter}} message from Piper)''\\
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--> We can't rightly extrapolate that out to say "Roddy Piper thinks ''They Live'' was a documentary." He's never said anything of the sor-\\
''(screenshot of [[https://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper/status/383693269068050432 this]] Website/{{Twitter}} message from Piper)''\\
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an InsideJoke that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''Film/{{Rocky}} IV'' or ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'' is to find a discreet way to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain the reference]] in the setup.
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* RedOniBlueOni: In "The 5 Most Seemingly Sinister Google Behaviors," Host Breandan Carter splits into blue and orange shirted versions of himself, in order to debate the pros and cons of Google.
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* NetworkDecay: In-universe. Subject of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18449_the-tlc-experiment-just-how-dumb-learning-channel.html The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?]]
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** They've been aiming to avert this as of late 2013. They had a call in the forums to ask their members for information about their life experiences, so they can get the story from people who have experienced things firsthand.
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* IsntItIronic: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20759_the-6-most-inappropriate-song-choices-in-advertising.html The 6 Most Inappropriate Song Choices in Advertising]] mentions a few of the more prominent examples listed on the trope page itself, including Music/JanisJoplin endorsing Mercedes Benz, and Chevrolet using John Mellencamp's heavily-veiled anti-patriotic songs that sound extremely patriotic.
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-->Of course, you will have to worry about the slightest arm motion sending your frictionless mac-and-cheese Frisbeeing off your plate and across the living room -- but hey, just [=LiquiGlide=] the walls and you're all set. And the floors. And the couch. [=LiquiGlide=] everything. [=LiquiGlide.=] ''Everything.'' [=*Shows a picture focused on a male underwear model's crotch*=] '''EVERYTHING'''.
-->Of course, you will have to worry about the slightest arm motion sending your frictionless mac-and-cheese Frisbeeing off your plate and across the living room -- but hey, just [=LiquiGlide=] the walls and you're all set. And the floors. And the couch. [=LiquiGlide=] everything. [=LiquiGlide.=] ''Everything.'' [=*Shows a picture focused on a male underwear model's crotch*=] '''EVERYTHING'''.
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* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Titles]]: "''X Normal Description (Weird Criteria)''"
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Gladstone lists [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-douches-who-amazingly-dont-seem-to-know-they-suck/ 4 Douches Who Amazingly Don't Seem to Know They Suck]]. These include people who use a handicap tag for parking without actually needing one, people who grow weary of their customer service job, drivers who honk at other drivers merging onto a highway, and people who overreact to minor inconveniences.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Not everyone does. One of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-awkward-people_p2/ 4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Awkward People]] is that people with NoSocialSkills necessarily want to be cured.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions Middle-earth in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', claiming that "no one in the Elfish kingdom is getting any, anywhere."
* InfiniteFlashlight: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#24 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* InNameOnly: There's literally ''nothing'' carrying over from the magazine save for the title.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Marvels of the Science.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16]].
* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* IntercourseWithYou: Discussed in an article about [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19657_4-evolutionary-explanations-modern-annoyances_p2.html modern annoyances with evolutionary explanations]].
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Constantly referenced. Two notable uses: Swaim watching pornography and describing what he sees to the viewer (because Cracked is ostensibly a family website and they won't host actual porn), and in The Web Of Sites, part of the Agents series, Swaim finally learns that the internet exists and says:
--> ''"I typed in porn, and porn came up! I typed in breakfast, and porn came up! It's the perfect system!"''
* IntrepidReporter: Sometimes the columnists write out 1st person stories, sometimes it's about them doing article research. Special mention goes to Chris Bucholz, who seems to do hands-on reporting 80% of the time.
* IntimateHealing: [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-doctors-who-just-gave-worlds-worst-medical-advice/ 5 Doctors Who Just Gave The World's Worst Medical Advice]] retells a [[http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/sacramento-doctor-reprimanded-for-suggesting-oral-sex-to-patient/ CBS13 Sacramento story]] about a doctor who saw a woman with an oversensitive gag reflex and prescribed giving fellatio to her husband. [[Memes/{{Nasuverse}} PONOS to MOOTH]], indeed.
* InUniverseGameClock: Taking 10 minutes to climb a stairway is the #11 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series and ''VideoGame/FarmVille'' is #6.
* IronicHell: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_427_16-appropriate-punishments-everyday-annoyances/ 16 Appropriate Punishments for Everyday Annoyances]]
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The #6 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]]
* IWantMyJetpack: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15756_3Cem3E20013Cem3E-to-3Cem3Etimecop3Cem3E-8-movie-futures-already-proven-wrong.html 8 Movie Futures Already Proven Wrong]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Cracked.com has much to say on the subject of jerkasses, both their habits, how to fight them, what animals/baseball players/famous presidents were actually jerkasses, and how to tell whether [[TomatoInTheMirror you actually are one]]. See [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18468_6-reasons-assholes-are-healthier-according-to-science.html 6 Reasons Assholes Are Healthier According To Science]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/really-mad-science-5-scientific-explanations-for-the-angry-dickhead/ 6 Scientific Reasons People Act Like Assholes]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-simple-steps-to-not-being-total-asshole/ 5 Simple Steps to Not Being A Total Asshole]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-nerd-hacks-that-make-you-less-jerk/ 5 Nerd Hacks That Make You Less Of A Jerk]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]], and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20132_6-things-that-secretly-make-you-act-like-jerk.html 6 Things That Secretly Make You Act Like A Jerk]]. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
* JumpPhysics: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* JumpingTheShark: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 6 TV Shows That Completely Lost Their Shit]].
* JustAStupidAccent: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 4th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Robert Brockway mentions killing an old woman for her eyeglasses in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas, having taken the Four-Eyes trait and didn't find glasses anywhere else; however [[spoiler:the woman sold a pregnant woman into slavery and would have been killed in a quest anyway.]]
* TheKrampus: Mentioned [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html here]].
* LamarckWasRight: Grandchildren of people who had lived through famine were less likely to catch diabetes. Mice exposed to enriched learning environments had offspring with improved memory This apparent Lamarckian inheritance is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19161_the-6-creepiest-things-hiding-in-your-dna_p2.html third creepiest thing hiding in your DNA]].
* LamePunReaction: From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever]], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[HeroicComedicSociopath Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
* LanguageEqualsThought: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5-insane-ways-words-can-control-your-mind.html 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind]]
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20318_the-5-most-popular-ways-statistics-are-used-to-lie-to-you_p2.html The 5 Most Popular Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You]] covers some fallacies commonly used to lie with statistics.
* LifeImitatesArt: [[invoked]]
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
** And comic books too. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html 5 Important Things You Won't Believe Comic Books Invented]] shows how Music/ElvisPresley's appearance, ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', and even ankle bracelets for monitoring criminals came from old comic books.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the "6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes".
--> "In {{Marvel}} world, the odds of winding up with super powers are less than half the chance of being hit by lightning (although to be fair, being hit by lightning in the Marvel universe would probably give you superpowers).
* LimitBreak: The #5 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is that one in five men can transform under stress.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]] mentions the "Fregoli delusion" that several distinct people that someone meets are one person who quickly changes clothes, named after a stage actor famous for quickly changing into different costumes.
* {{Lobotomy}}: Lobotomies scored number 6 on the list of "10 Most Insane Medical Procedures".
* LockedInARoom: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/most-horrifying-writers-room-ever The Most Horrifying Writers Room Ever]].
* LonersAreFreaks: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-misleading-assumptions-you-make-about-quiet-people/ 6 Misleading Assumptions You Make About Quiet People]]."
* LoopholeAbuse: Dan Seitz has described [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18753_the-6-most-creative-abuses-loopholes.html The 6 Most Creative Abuses Of Loopholes]]. Highlights include buying 12,000+ cups of pudding to earn millions of free airline miles.
* {{Lunacy}}: #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] explains moon fear as the result of a rise in lion attacks on the first few days after the full moon once the lions have become hungrier.
* LyricalDissonance: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports]] describes an incident in the 1990s when the Canadian Football League was attempting to expand into the United States. At one game, the Canadian national anthem was sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
* MadeOfExplodium:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17561_6-things-that-shouldnt-explode-but-did-anyway.html Things That Shouldn't Explode But Did Anyway]] lists things that seemingly were made of explodium at some point, even an office chair!
** Photoplasty advertises lots of explosive things in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#10 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MagicAIsMagicA:
** Even fantasy stories need some consistent ground rules on which to build a conflict. [[HandWave Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of BellisariosMaxim is discussed in #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html 8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes]]: "at least follow the rules you freaking made up."
* MagicalDefibrillator: When used by a teammate in a video game, one of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* MagnificentBastard: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by this article on [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-ballsiest-living-cheater-who-never-broke-rule/ The Ballsiest Living Cheater (Who Never Broke a Rule)]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Spoofed [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18307_the-most-overly-dramatic-break-up-ever.html here]] in a TropeOverdosed video that also includes a SpitTake, ItsNotYouItsMe, VictorianNovelDisease, IncurableCoughOfDeath...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html This sketch]] mocks this trope thoroughly. Bonus points for actually using the exact name of the trope.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Discussed in a couple articles.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science_p2.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]], #1: Immortality.
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19598_6-horrifying-implications-classic-christmas-movies.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies]] is that in ''Film/FredClaus'', Santa Claus's immortal immediate family suffers from what the article calls the "Highlander Complex": "They will have to watch their friends and relatives wither and die right before their callous, eternal eyes."
* MayanDoomsday: "[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18511_the-embarrassing-aftermath-mayan-apocalypse.html The Embarrassing Aftermath of the Mayan 'Apocalypse']]"
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Johnny Depp and others in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20413_5-heartwarming-stories-to-restore-your-faith-in-celebrities_p2.html 5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities]].
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie Willert from After Hours.
* MethodActing: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20172_the-5-craziest-ways-famous-actors-got-into-character.html The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got into Character]] mentions Adrien Brody, Tom Cruise, and more.
* MightyWhitey: Cracked loves to accuse film and other entertainment companies of racism and sexism, despite the fact that their writing staff has always been composed almost exclusively by white males. As such, they both satirize and play this trope straight [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time]].
** When a Chinese-American woman joined the team, each of her articles' comments have been filled with almost nothing but contempt for her for being non-white and female.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6-insane-stereotypes-that-movies-cant-seem-to-get-over.html This article]] notes this trope in TheLastSamurai.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Explained ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]]'' in David Wong's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html Monkeysphere article.]]
* MirrorRoutine: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]] mentions a mental disorder called mirrored-self misidentification, in which someone looking into a mirror believes that the [[MirrorMonster monster in the mirror]] is an intruder performing a Mirror Routine, not oneself.
* MirrorScare: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19361_the-14-ways-to-be-scared-by-mirror-in-movies-5Bchart5D.html 14 different kinds]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]] lists tools used to [[AvertedTrope prevent]] this reaction.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20543_the-5-most-insanely-misunderstood-morals-famous-stories.html The 5 Most Insanely Misunderstood Morals of Famous Stories]]
* MistakenForRacist: The author of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19036_too-stupid-satire-how-media-branded-me-as-racist.html this article]] explains how a video he made (called "Straya Day") came back to bite him after this happened because of too many people watching it not realizing it was satirical.
* TheMockbuster: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18516_the-6-most-psychotic-rip-offs-famous-animated-films.html?page=full The 6 Most Psychotic Rip-Offs of Famous Animated Films]].
* MoodDissonance: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18980_the-5-most-badass-musical-instruments-ever-built.html "The 5 Most Badass Musical Instruments Ever Built"]]: "If you could kill Bond with your Nanoguitar pick, you'd use the Laser Harp to wipe out the rest of [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] in one hellish afternoon of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fire, blood, and inappropriately mellow tunes]]."
* MoneySpider: Monsters having internal gold sacs is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ 27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games]] and one of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]].
* MonumentalDamage: The Statue of Liberty is the #1 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction]] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
* MookMaker: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#19 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sometimes results in a staggering lack of perspective, both discussed and within the articles themselves.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19611_6-things-movies-love-to-get-wrong-about-workplace.html 6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About the Workplace]] discusses how Hollywood films get other professions wrong by extrapolating from the experiences of Hollywood writers.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html This article about intellectual property]] (which it calls Forced Artificial Scarcity, or [[FunWithAcronyms FArtS]]) uses only copyrighted works of authorship (that is, media) as examples, failing to mention potential examples of patented works of engineering (that is, inventions) that arguably power more of the economy.
* TheMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_249_if-flash-games-got-their-own-movie-adaptations/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=photoshop&wa_user4=recommended two]].
* MrFanservice & EvenTheGuysWantHim: Swaim for his [[ShirtlessScene lack of a shirt]] and DOB for his boyish looks. [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd John Cheese]] too.
** Seanbaby gets fairly frequent comments from straight men who'd like to have his children.
** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]). Also, almost-naked-stripper Soren in a military uniform in the "Worst Bachelorette Party Ever" video.
* MundaneLuxury: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-great-joys-in-life-that-healthy-people-never-experience/ "5 Great Joys in Life That Healthy People Never Experience"]]. Glasses that mean you can actually see, a diagnosis that explains why your body fails in strange and inexplicable ways, and other beautiful moments that aren't understood or appreciated by people who are healthy.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ "If Mundane Jobs Got the Indiana Jones Treatment"]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ "25 Propaganda Posters For Everyday Annoyances"]].
* MundaneUtility:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_116_idiotic-real-world-uses-awesome-fictional-technology/ Idiotic Real World Uses of Awesome Fictional Technology]], a Photoplasty collection depicting such things as [[IronMan Tony Stark]] using his Ironman Repulsor ray...to toast bread.
** A later Photoplasty added more. [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology]] include using a ''Franchise/StarWars'' lightsaber to chop a cucumber, or using [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Doc Ock's tentacles]] to serve food to customers at a restaurant.
* MusicalEpisode: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_234_if-everything-got-adapted-into-broadway-musical/ If Everything Got Adapted into a Broadway Musical]]
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19479_the-6-most-mind-blowing-things-ever-discovered-in-space.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Things Ever Discovered in Space]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html 7 Horrible Ways The Universe Can Destroy Us Without Warning]]
* NetworkDecay: In-universe. Subject of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18449_the-tlc-experiment-just-how-dumb-learning-channel.html The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?]]
** Another one was done on the History Channel.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* NiceGuysFinishLast: Being too nice is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20197_5-innocent-things-that-science-says-make-people-hate-you_p2.html 5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You]].
* TheNicknamer: [[PungeonMaster DOB]] tends to give nicknames to everyone that change every time he refers to them in rapid succession. The nicknames are either puns, insults, terms of endearment, or a disturbing combination of all three.
** And they're all usually directed at his boss Jack O'Brien. To name a few: Jaxploitation, Jack to the Future, Jackbook Air, Jacts of Life, etc.
* NintendoHard: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15696_the-10-most-irritatingly-impossible-old-school-video-games.html The 10 Most Irritatingly Impossible Old-School Video Games]].
* NoBudget: A Photoplasty considers what would have happened [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets/ If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets]].
* NoExportForYou: Invoked in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19447_6-arcade-games-too-awesome-to-get-released-in-west.html 6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West]].
* NoPronunciationGuide: Until the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FWC8FiKZo Why Stupid YouTube Comments Are Older Than The Internet]] video was released, the majority of readers pronounced Soren Bowie's surname as "BOW-ee" like in Music/DavidBowie, or even "BAW-ee". The video revealed that it was, in fact, pronounced "BOO-ee".
* NoodleIncident: The opening of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/ this]] article says:
---> "[A]nd Jack O'Brien plus a huge bag of X gave us a Cracked office party that we're still not allowed to blog about."
* NoOSHACompliance: OSHA is mentioned by name in #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* NonIndicativeTitle: Many times a Photoplasty will have a title with a vastly different title from the original topic where viewers posted the entries, explaining why some entries do not fit the description and are thus criticized in the comments (i.e. Artsy Posters for Low Brow Films -> [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_711_28-artsy-posters-crappiest-movies-ever/ 28 Artsy Posters for the Crappiest Movies Ever]]).
* NonstandardGameOver: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose in Popular Video Games]] details such [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bizarre ways to lose]] like [[VideoGame/SonicCD Sonic the Hedgehog]] jumping to his death if you forget to pause the game, having your dog maul the Mayor to death at the start of VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS, or watch Commander Shepard [[DeathBySex go out with a "bang"]] in VideoGame/MassEffect2.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_the-7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever]], one of the cheaters looks so much like one they have to use this trope.
** On a MazesAndMonsters cover; "This is not Photoshop."
** They use this when talking about Mr. Kellogg's use of circumcision and Corn Flakes to combat masturbation.
** On RealLife supervillians; [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18931_6-supervillains-from-history-that-make-joker-look-subtle.html Mussolini's evil lair. Seriously. That is not Photoshop.]]
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html 5 Animal Rights Campaigns That Managed to Screw Over Animals]], about the dogs rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting ring:
--> One of the survivors was put in a program called Paws for Tales, where kids too shy to read aloud to human audiences practice their reading skills in front of dogs. No, really. That's not a sarcastic fake program we made up. (And that's not a stock image. That's Jonny Justice, the actual dog we're talking about.)
* NotSoDifferent: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-rock-stars-teen-pop-stars-are-exactly-same/#ixzz2dHRPLmWv 4 Ways Rock Stars and Teen Pop Stars Are Exactly the Same]]".
* NotTheNessie: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] depicts an elephant swimming and putting its trunk above the water as a snorkel, forming the famous photo of the Loch Ness monster.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-dumb-celebrities-who-are-way-smarter-than-you-think/ One article]] paints [[TheOReillyFactor Bill O'Reilly]], Flavor Flav, Dr. Oz, and a several others as playing this trope to the absolute fullest.
* ObviouslyEvil: Discussed with Joffrey from ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-problems-with-living-in-game-thrones-universe/ this article]].
* ObviousRulePatch: Plenty of them resulted from events described in Xavier Jackson's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20717_5-dumb-ways-people-have-won-at-sports.html 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports]].
* OlderThanTheyThink: {{In-universe}}
** Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18631_7-modern-conveniences-that-are-way-older-than-you-think.html 7 Modern Conveniences That Are Way Older Than You Think]], which mentions Persian air conditioning, Roman shopping malls, Neanderthal medicine, and more.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-forms-modern-depravity-way-older-than-your-grandpa/ 6 Forms of Modern Depravity (Way Older Than Your Grandpa)]] shows late medieval Scottish rap battles, Japanese Edo period celebrity culture associated with the Kardashians, the FurryFandom in ancient Rome, medieval Catholic acceptance of gay marriage, and late medieval treehuggers in India.
* OldMediaAreEvil: Though most Cracked writers are [[RuleOfFunny perfectly willing]] to make fun of the internet too, articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html 6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact,]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17318_7-clearly-fake-news-stories-that-fooled-mainstream-media.html 7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media,]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article/87_5-awesome-cases-internet-owning-mainstream-media/ 5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media]] show a pretty strong bias. Old entertainment media fares no better than news media, with articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html 5 Reasons The Oscars Matter Even Less Than You Thought]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17608_6-cheap-acting-tricks-that-fool-critics-every-time.html 6 Cheap Acting Tricks That Fool The Critics Every Time.]]
* OldShame: {{Convers|ationalTroping}}ed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
** Also [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19287_10-movies-that-famous-people-dont-want-you-to-see.html 10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16959_5-classic-cartoons-they-dont-want-you-to-see.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See]].
* OncePerEpisode: A bust photo of a large-breasted woman with only a single button closed on her shirt and [[VaporWear nothing underneath]] is shoehorned into the majority of the lists, which usually hang a {{lampshade|Hanging}} on it when she appears.
** They eventually ID'd her in [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ this]] article. Her name is Kate, and she [[http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/jeff_bennion/Cracked/cleavage1.jpg has a face.]]
** It stares into our souls.
* OneHitKill: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "no matter how strong and powerful you are, some scrub will take you out with a death spell."
* OneManArmy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War]].
* OneOfUs: In-universe. Seeing how [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html this page]] mentions TV Tropes twice and links to it three times, this is a safe bet of at least one editor.
* OneSizeFitsAll: Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: In the 2011 AllCGICartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu is the last blue macaw left. The article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19796_6-disturbing-unanswered-questions-from-childrens-movies_p2.html 6 Disturbing Unanswered Questions from Children's Movies]] shows what would probably happen in the next generation: BrotherSisterIncest in the next generation would result in infertility.
* OpenSecret: It's been pointed out that if ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' gunned for realism, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2d5QVq3aKM this video]] shows, Bruce Wayne's "secret" identity as Batman isn't so secret any more. In this case, it's kept hushed by having Commissioner Gordon go to some gossiping teenage girls and forcing them to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
* OrangeBlueContrast:
** Called the #4 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html annoying trend that makes every movie look the same]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-new-hunger-games-movie-orange-blue/ Why the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Orange and Blue]] discusses this color scheme in the second ''Hunger Games'' film.
* OscarBait: Discussed in the "ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver", and also in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html this article]].
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-overused-jokes-internet/#ixzz1bYF8pemD Edouard Manet? Best.19th Century French Impressionist Painter Whose Last Name Is One Letter Away From Another French Impressionist. Ever!]]
* ParallelPornTitles:
** Video: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_16737_do-you-have-what-it-takes-title-porn.html Do you have what it takes to title porn?]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16355_the-10-most-misleadingly-pornographic-movie-titles.html The 10 Most Misleadingly Pornographic Movie Titles]] lists movies that could be mistaken for their ''own'' parallel porn title. It even lists which scenes could be kept unchanged.
** ''Girth, Wind and Fire''. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15830_15-most-sexually-unappealing-porn-titles.html An article about unappealing porn titles]] notes that a much better title would have been ''Sperm, Bend & Tie Her''.
* ParodyOfEvolution: The #14 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is an allusion to Rudolph Zallinger's illustration "The March of Progress" done with game sprites.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Not always, but M. Asher Cantrell's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make]] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[LineOfSightName time pressure]].
* PercussiveMaintenance: "I've even seen people who insist that their televisions or vehicles require [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ a special touch that only they know]], a touch that usually turns out to be a pretty substantial punch or kick, which I guess makes their superpower physical abuse?"
* PerspectiveFlip / POVSequel: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_214_28-great-movies-from-perspective-minor-characters/ 28 Great Movies From the Perspective of Minor Characters]]. Such films include ''[[Film/HarryPotter Vernon Dursley and the Ungrateful Nephew]]'', ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings I'll Just Pass Him]]'', ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Terror on Endor]]'' and its related film ''The Sarlacc: The Day of Much Feasting'', ''[[Film/MenInBlack Why Can't I Remember Anything That Happened Last Tuesday?]]'', ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Why Can't I Do That: The Story of a Truck That Was Destined to Just Be Itself]]'', ''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Abe Froman: The Mysterious Sausage King of Chicago]]'', and ''[[Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord The Assassination of]] [[Film/ANewHope Greedo By The Coward Han Solo]]''.
** And now [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_267_26-great-movies-from-villains-point-view/ 26 Great Movies from the Villain's Point of View]], which has such titles as ''[[Film/{{Titanic}} Iceberg]]'', ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Terrible Shepherds]]'', ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Saviors of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord The Assassination of]] [[Film/DieHard Hans Gruber By the Coward John McClane]]'', ''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ed Rooney's Day At Work]]'', ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Jewelry Thieves: Give It Back, You Bastards!]]'', ''[[Film/TheDarkKnight Lighten Up]]'', ''[[Film/HarryPotter Tom Riddle And His Magic Diary]]'', and ''[[Film/{{Inception}} Holy Shit I Slept Through The Entire Plane Ride: WTF It Was A 14 Hour Flight]]''.
* PetTheDog: "Give Them a Dog" is #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* PhonyVeteran: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20418_the-5-most-ridiculous-lies-ever-told-to-impress-woman.html Roger Day.]]
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: It used to be [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19780_5-gender-stereotypes-that-used-to-be-exact-opposite.html 5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite]] is that pink being for girls is a [[NewerThanTheyThink recent idea]].
* PinkProductPloy: Mocked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-pointlessly-women-specific-products/ The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products]]".
* PlanetOfHats: This is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* PoesLaw: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20203_the-5-most-epic-backfires-in-history-bad-jokes.html The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes]]. From the lead: "The problem with sarcasm is that you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking."
* PoliceAreUseless: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
* ThePollyanna: What Pollyanna calls "the glad game" and others call "counting their blessings" is a coping mechanism that Felix Clay calls "trivializing adversity" in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-we-dont-realize-we-suck-at-coping-with-adversity/ 4 Ways We Don't Realize We Suck at Coping With Adversity]].
* PopCulturalOsmosis:
-->'''Current Generation:''' There was a ''magazine''?
* PornStash: Stashes of erotic magazines and VHS tapes are one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19753_7-ridiculously-outdated-assumptions-every-movie-makes.html 7 Ridiculously Outdated Assumptions Every Movie Makes]].
* PowerUpFood: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "weakling + ''Amanita'' mushroom = bodybuilder."
* ThePresidentsDaughter: There used to be an article called "6 Helpful Tips for Kidnapping the President's Daughters," which was taken down after the person who wrote it, DOB, was confronted by the ''FBI and Secret Service''.
* PromotedFanboy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19836_5-celebrities-who-got-famous-by-being-obsessed-fan-boys.html 5 Celebrities Who Got Famous by Being Obsessed Fan Boys]]
* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Seanbaby is possibly the worst offender.
* QuoteMine: "[[UnfortunateImplications HITLER = MLK]]" - [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18577_the-horrifying-truth-about-life-inside-movie-musicals.html Daniel O'Brien, 2013]]
** "Hitler was right" and "Hitler...was saving the world" - [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-humanity-desperately-wants-monsters-to-be-real/ David Wong, 2012]]
* QuoteSwearUnquote: Claims adding swearing to the lyrics of "You're the Best Around" would make it even better.
* RaceLift:
** "Make Them American, Even if They're Not" is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html "6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy"]].
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ "The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism"]], J.F. Sargent defends the casting of black actor Michael B. Jordan as the normally white Johnny Storm in the 2015 Comicbook/FantasticFour remake.
* RashomonStyle: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ "Who Killed Ian Fortey?"]]
* RatedMForManly:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-manliest-images-on-the-internet/ "The 8 Manliest Images on the Internet"]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html "The 9 Manliest Names in the World"]]
** Pretty much everything Seanbaby does, but especially his "Man Comics", and its even manlier spinoff "Fuckin'-A Comics".
** Brockway's column is titled "Robert Brockway: '''Word Puncher'''".
** And then there's Seanbaby's column, "Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle", the art for which features him ''dropkicking Hitler in the face''.
* RealityEnsues:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]] [[DefiedTrope defies]] just about everything that would lead up to a ZombieApocalypse.
* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** They have so far published no fewer than nine lists of "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19999_5-true-stories-cut-from-movies-being-too-unrealistic.html "5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic"]] lists "mind-blowing moments from real life that Hollywood decided were too fantastic", such as John Dillinger taking three people hostage in ''Film/PublicEnemies'' but seventeen in {{real life}}.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19668_6-scientific-discoveries-that-laugh-in-face-physics.html "6 Scientific Discoveries That Laugh In Face Of Physics"]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Most of David Wong's articles consist of this due to his habit of writing almost exclusively in the second person. It's one of, if not the biggest, reasons he's such a divisive figure among readers.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Discussed in:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19037_7-movies-that-ignored-world-changing-discoveries.html "7 Movies That Ignored World Changing Discoveries"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20004_5-powerful-sci-fi-technologies-wasted-by-their-own-movies.html "5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article/138_6-magical-movie-items-they-wasted-bullshit/ "6 Magical Movie Items They Wasted on Bullshit"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20503_5-famous-movie-characters-who-wasted-awesome-superpowers.html "5 Famous Movie Characters Who Wasted Awesome Superpowers"]].
* RegeneratingHealth:
** The regeneration in first-person shooters since ''VideoGame/FaceBall2000'' is the #23 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is to "duck and cover and stay put until you are fully healed."
* RequiredSecondaryPowers
** Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]].
** Implied by [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)]]. For example, being able to throw lightning would require immunity to effects on sight and hearing similar to those of stun grenades, and force fields would need immunity to NotTheFallThatKillsYou.
* {{Retronym}}: One of Winston Rowntree's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-reasons-we-fall-in-love-with-piece-pop-culture_p2/ The 4 Reasons We Fall in Love With a Piece of Pop Culture]] is that it's "porn", which he defines as any cultural work "that you seek out to animalistically fill a specific need." He runs through a bunch of [[ItsNotPornItsAnIndex things jokingly called porn]], coining the retronym "Sex Porn" in the process.
* ReversePolarity: This is #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* RibcageStomach: The #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop whose decoration invokes this.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Swaim, evidently.
* RivalsTeamUp: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports]] calls the Steagles, an alliance of longtime rival NFL teams from Pennsylvania when most of their regular players were drafted to fight WorldWarII, "too stupid even for a sports movie".
* RockBeatsLaser: "Make Them Technologically Inferior" is #5 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* RubberBandAI: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_the-15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html Listed as the number 2 most annoying video game character (Anyone who does it).]]
* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: Cracked has refined these into a logical heuristic, frequently stating that given a lack of concrete evidence as to what happened, we are forced to assume the most bizarre, awesome, and/or ridiculous scenario.
* TheRuleOfFirstAdopters: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology]] is using a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' replicator to make a sex toy. It wouldn't be a stretch from [[http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/scanning-the-future-of-3d-printed-sex-toys-nsfw real-life 3D printed sex toys]] though.
* RulesOfTheRoad: Several in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_390_32-alternate-interpretations-common-warning-signs/ 32 Alternate Interpretations of Common Warning Signs]]
* RunningGag: Many themes recur over similar articles, usually referencing particularly popular articles.
** Among the columnists, Brockway's drug use, Soren's social superiority, Swaim's freaky kinks, Dan's nicknaming, and Bulchoz's Canadian roots.
** Praise of Theodore Roosevelt's super-human powers in the art of violence now spans topics, articles and lists.
** Many of the articles feature an outlandish assumption on the part of the writer, in the formula: "Reports do not say if [X crazy thing] happened, so we're forced to assume it did."
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15963_5-works-art-that-can-probably-kill-you.html The text does not mention whether [the sculptures] have evolved cavernous maws and a dark, endless hunger, so we are forced to assume they have.]]
** ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [Citation needed].]]''.
--> [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17612_p2.html ...which means if you put a jellyfish in the space shuttle, and it fired its stingers at the moment of takeoff, it would travel back in time [citation needed].]]
** The word "Baffling" is often used in titles of articles.
** Similar to their love of Roosevelt is their love of NikolaTesla, and their complete and utter ball-crushing hatred of Thomas Edison. Like Roosevelt, this is because the things you could make up about either man in favor of their position on said man are only slightly less exaggerated than real life.
** Have we mentioned Australia yet? Well, Cracked does a lot.
** Can be taken to exasperating extremes when the writers [[CultureClash start taking potshots at other cultures' idiosyncrasies]] [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of a laugh.]] One or two jokes is one thing, but... [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18567_6-japanese-subcultures-that-are-insane-even-japan.html well, see for yourself.]] Worse, the cultural jokes aren't just annoying, they're frequently wrong. At least it's ''justified'' whenever they're [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17165_6-reasons-north-korea-funniest-evil-dictatorship-ever.html bashing North Korea]].
** Ke$ha's debauchery is a fairly common theme.
** "Gary Busey crazy" was often used when mentioning something they considered insane. Often including an image of the man himself.
** Whenever they are in doubt of what picture they should use for an article, they will frequently use reuse the same photo of a woman's large [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/0/6/19106.jpg cleavage]].
** Several articles have been devoted to the over-the-top mean, weird, or just plain laughable antics of world dictators, especially North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
** A searing hatred for and fear of spiders.
** X does (''action'') because ''fuck Y, that's why.''
** AlGore [[MemeticMutation invented the internet]].
** They tend to bring up the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0 "I'm Han Solo"]] from ''Kinect StarWars'' whenever possible.
** Whenever nerds are brought up, there's a good chance [[http://harkable.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/super-computer-nerd.jpeg this]] will be the accompanying picture.
** Pretty much every time the word boobs shows up in an article, it links [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs here.]]
* SaveScumming: How time works with this in play is the #17 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* ScienceIsBad: "7 Ways Science will kill you by X" is practically a template. Only matched by the number of articles about horrifying animals.
* ScopeSnipe: In the VietnamWar, Carlos Hathcock landed the #3 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19750_the-5-most-impossible-sniper-shots-ever-made.html Most Impossible Sniper Shot Ever Made]].
* TheScream: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* ScrewYourself: Mentioned in a few articles, including one by Dan O'Brien that's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ almost entirely about the subject]]. Said article is referenced when Dan meets his counterpart from Broked.com's SimilarSquad in ''Agents of Cracked''.
-->'''BOD''': You know, I remember reading somewhere that there are only two truly meaningful things you can do with your doppleganger when you're locked in a room. You can [[MirrorMatch fight them]]... Or f*** them.
-->*Dan takes a fighting stance*
-->'''BOD''': Wrong answer.
* ScunthorpeProblem
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct]] tells how Microsoft banned an Xbox 360 user from Xbox Live for being from Fort Gay, West Virginia.
** Seen on ''Cracked'' itself in the comments section, due to a word filter that targets a given word sequence even as part of a larger word. For instance, the racial slur "Jap" is rendered as "J*p" so that it'll also catch "Japs" and turn it into "J*ps", and consequently the comments on an article about Japanese subcultures talked about "j*pan" (in lowercase). This makes writing "j*panese" a bit of a problem. "Cum" is also banned, so you can't say "doc*mentary". "Cock" is banned as well, which is a problem since most articles are made of dick jokes. "Spic" makes it a problem writing the word "susp*cious". We could list a whole bunch of examples. Basically, their filter s*cks d*ck.
* SecondVerseCurse: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20557_5-insane-lost-verses-that-change-meaning-famous-songs.html 5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs]]
* SeenItAll: Losing the ability to be surprised by entertainment is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-warning-signs-that-youre-finally-getting-older_p2/ 5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older]]. Entertainment will ruin your life [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife with or without TV Tropes]].
* SeinfeldianConversation: The series ''After Hours'' is built on this trope.
* SelectiveGravity: [[FollowTheMoney Levitating coins]] are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* SelfDeprecation: Everyone who contributes to Cracked are always most likely to take a cheap shot at people that are like them, or Cracked itself. The main contributors are also likely to talk about how much of an asshole they are, the sad fact that they write internet articles,r and that they work at a headquarters that serves gruel-like slop and doesn't have indoor plumbing.
** Christina H frequently laments how fat and ugly she is, even while explaining why women tend to have artificially low opinions of themselves.
* SelfImposedChallenge: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20063_the-6-most-mind-blowing-and-pointless-gaming-achievements.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Video+Games&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=companion The 6 most mind blowing and pointless gaming achievements]] details a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' player who has racked up over 30 ''THOUSAND'' kills using nothing but a knife to stab enemies in the back or by throwing them from halfway across the map with extremely deadly precision, a ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' player who went around punching ''everything'' to death and never so much as ever picking up another weapon or used magic, and two ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' players who reached maximum level by never killing a single creature, among others.
* SelfInsertFic: A good amount of Dan O'Brien's stuff is this, depicting himself as a {{Jerkass}} fond of annoying the protagonists and lampshade hanging.
* SerialKiller: There are [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19737_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended two]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended lists]] of serial-killer ''animals''.
* SeriousBusiness: ''Film/{{Rad}}'', where the entire culture of a town is built around BMX, is cited in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us/ The 4 Weirdest Lessons '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]]" as the most ridiculous example of a hobby that saves the world.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SexyWhateverOutfit: Parodied.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: ''Pick up [[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 "Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody"]] on book stands now.''
** Shared when other Cracked columnists also help with promoting Brockway's book.
** And of course, David Wong will never let us forget that [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd he wrote a book once]].
** And now with the release of the first ''Cracked.com'' book they've been even more blunt with no less than two full articles advertising it.
* ShapedLikeItself: In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories_p2.html 5 Little Known Sequels That ruined Iconic Stories.]]
--> ''Casablanca'' is literally the ''Casablanca'' of movies.
* ShopliftAndDie: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."
* SingleBiomePlanet: Part of #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-people-you-should-have-to-face-in-hell/ Apparently]] Adam Tod Brown [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-ways-sci-fi-universes-treat-black-characters/ is]] Gladstone's (with a side order of VitriolicBestBuds, since they seem to hang out plenty of times regardless).
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The articles go all the way to cynicism [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ This]] one, however, is much more idealist than the rest of the site. [[spoiler:Too bad it's a HopeSpot.]]
* SkewedPriorities: "[Circumcision] can result in death, [[FateWorseThanDeath or even worse]], loss of the penis."
* SmallReferencePools: When Cracked says "5 Greatest ___ in Films", those films will inevitably be limited to sci-fi fare and other products related to the geek subculture, e.g. ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', or Franchise/{{Batman}}. "Greatest Trilogies" must mean ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' or ''Film/TheMatrix'', never, say, Creator/ParkChanWook's Vengeance Trilogy. {{Justified|Trope}} because of their base of readership. After all, if they do cover all media, unfamiliarity will make the articles far less interesting.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] points out a study finding that intelligence and education are somehow correlated with nearsightedness in real life.
* Sugarwiki/{{Sweet Dreams Fuel}}: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ 6 True Stories that Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity]]
* TheSmartGuy: Gladstone, compared to DOB or Swaim.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple:
** Most of the videos on the site have a single female.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games]] describes a pub in the game ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' as containing "Havelock the leader, Piero the geeky inventor, and Callista the woman."
* SnakeOilSalesman / AllNaturalSnakeOil: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awesome-things-with-inexplicably-bad-reputations/ 5 Awesome Things With Inexplicably Bad Reputations]] tells of how the whole snake oil concept comes from the Chinese immigrants from the 1800s. They used Chinese Water Snakes to make the oil from, which is incredibly high in Omega 3 fatty acids, good for use as an anti-inflammatory. Since it was a tad difficult to obtain a snake not native to North America, they had to use poorer substitutes like rattlesnake oil and cow fat.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Pretty much all the articles have a hint of this, especially those by the main contributors.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]]
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Mentioned by name in #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SpaceMadness: This seems to be happening to Marcus in this series of videos, starting with [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18630_the-horrible-truth-about-life-as-an-astronaut.html this one.]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]] Christina H., an animator by trade, explains [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-common-cgi-screw-ups-explained/?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=companion some common CG examples]].
* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, Music/JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
* SpikyHair: Photoplasty advertises hair gel that makes it possible in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#17 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SpringtimeForHitler: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail]] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''Film/{{Marty}}'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''Film/TheProducers''."
* SprintShoes: Photoplasty advertises 30 Second Energy in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#8 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* StealthParody: The article "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19420_6-classic-songs-that-were-supposed-to-be-jokes.html 6 classic songs that were supposed to be jokes]]" discusses several examples from music.
** Cracked has done some of their own. For example, Soren Bowie's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lessons-you-learn-growing-up-rich/ 5 Lessons You Learn Growing Up Rich]]" and Robert Brockway's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-learn-from-lifetime-screwing-up/ 5 Things You Learn From a Lifetime of Screwing Up]]" are probably parodies of David Wong and John Cheese articles.
* TheStinger: As of 2012, all of Cracked's videos when posted to YouTube have added at the end of them humorous messages from Cracked's staff asking people to subscribe to the channel. Highlights include DOB failing at impressions, "[[StupidSexyFlanders Sorenrotica]]", and Cody acting wacky and ending with "Cracked you later!"
* StockFootage: Swaim's co-host in Cracked TV, "Clippy", which consists of out-of-context clips from films or viral media, such as "Orientation guy from ''The Hudsucker Proxy''", "Still-lives of fruit alongside Holocaust survivors", and "Clips of chips."
** Chips clips? ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment TOTALLY RAAAAAAAAAAANDOOOOOOM!]]''
** Not to mention "Clips of ''[=CHiPs=]''".
** Gladstone changes his shirt in one episode to match stock footage.
** As of Swaim's new series, his "co-host" is stock footage of various bad Youtube bloggers. Clippy, meanwhile, is having a new body built for him - which, at this time, consists of [[NoodleImplements a can of Monster, a cell phone, a light bulb, and Doritos.]]
** And then Clippy came back.
* StockholmSyndrome: ''Cracked'' accuses ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' of this in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]].
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Soren!]] Whenever Soren Bowie is mentioned by another columnist, or, in fact, anyone, this seems to come up a lot.
* SuperDrowningSkills: The Strid is a segment of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire that will murder you. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19705_the-5-most-spectacular-landscapes-earth-that-murder-you.html This article]] compares it to "exactly how water works in a video game".
* SurpriseCreepy: Pops up in quite a few articles, such as [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight/ "The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight"]].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Robert Brockway loudly and repeatedly interrupts [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ Ian Fortey's last article]] to insist that he did not kill Ian Fortey, had no reason too, didn't make sure he had the opportunity to and ''certainly'' had made no detailed plans to kill him. [[spoiler: So much so that he's still insisting it immediately after someone else matter-of-factly confesses to it.]]
* TacticalSuicideBoss: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "it may take a few tries, but life gets easier once you figure out the patterns." The example is from ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
* TakeThat: The tendency to mock ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' has continued, especially since the magazine's sales figures have been in decline whilst ''Cracked'' has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success as a website. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/cracked-eases-mads-transition-into-obscurity/ This article]] is a good example, which, upon closer reading, can be seen as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards ''Mad''.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-its-time-to-stop-paying-attention-to-lady-gaga/ This,]] aimed squarely at Music/LadyGaga.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19493_4-reasons-zooey-deschanel-can-stop-pretending-shes-dork.html Kristi Harrison]] seemed to start the whole attitude the other writers have towards Zooey Deschanel. [[invoked]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-insane-pieces-my-little-pony-fan-art-by-grown-men/ 4 Insane Pieces of 'My Little Pony' Fan Art (By Grown Men)]] has this to say about bronies:
-->The children's cartoon ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' inexplicably has a legion of obsessively weird adult male fans who proudly refer to themselves as "bronies," because the Internet has made it much easier for people to confuse "individuality" with "being a sociopath."
* TastesLikePurple / MushroomSamba: "...and when you're walking down a road made out of wind and purple, you'll know you're tripping ''just'' the right amount of balls."
* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies]] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[TropeBreaker broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Mentions of anything remotely {{Badass}} will [[RunningGag generally]] include comments relating to testicular fortitude completely unironically. [[RuleOfFunny Probably intentional]].
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-images-too-badass-to-be-real-that-totally-are Punched your eyeballs right in the dick]]" is one of the more extreme examples.
** Many of these Literature/HarryPotter [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15661_harry-potter-book-disguises.html book disguises]] is retardedly manly.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/24-video-game-covers-that-will-double-your-testosterone/ These]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-hilariously-badass-magazine-covers-ever/ And these]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-to-enjoy-nature-according-to-insane-old-magazines/ This article]] has the author talk about old-timey magazines suffering from this.
* TheTetrisEffect: AKA [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/when-video-games-get-stuck-in-your-head/ "When Video Games Get Stuck In Your Head"]]
* ThrowItIn: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20096_6-iconic-movie-scenes-that-happened-by-accident.html 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident]] cites Viggo Mortensen's broken toe in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', among others.
* TimeIsDangerous: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18564_6-time-travel-realities-doc-brown-didnt-warn-us-about.html 6 Time Travel Realities Doc Brown Didn't Warn Us About]].
* TimeStop: Declared to be the ultimate super power in After Hours' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo "The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think)"]]. Specifically, the Zack Morris "Time Out" from SavedByTheBell.
* TimTaylorTechnology: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: How [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight_p2/ The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight]] ends.
* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-simple-tasks-that-no-one-in-commercial-can-do-right/ 9 Simple Tasks That No One in a Commercial Can Do Right.]] Including actual blankets.
* ToothyBird: The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature]].
* TopTenList: ''"The leading source of list-based humor."''
* ToughActToFollow: [[invoked]] "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]]" calls ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', DavidBowie's ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', ''Film/FightClub'', two BobMarley albums, and ''Film/AnimalHouse'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.
* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback Mocked]].
* TranslatorMicrobes: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 3rd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TraumaInn: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* TreeBuchet: #4 on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18702_5-greatest-escape-artists-ever-were-animals.html 5 Greatest Animal Escapes]]
* TreeTopTown: The Korowai tribe of Papua New Guinea live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators, according to [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed]].
* TropeName: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html This]] [[ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver video]] takes generic and turns it UpToEleven for roughly three-and-a-half minutes.
* TropeOverdosed: This is largely because of their numerous media related articles. Many lists feature tropes.
** They even occasionally ''link to this website''. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife So after you're done reading Cracked]]...
** And then came [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation_p1 TV Tropes: The Movie]]...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ The TV Tropes topic]].
* TrumanShowPlot: ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' is called one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20031_6-movies-that-accidentally-recreate-real-mental-illnesses.html 6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses]] because its plot resembles the real-life delusion that one's life is a reality show, a mental illness investigated by doctors Joel and Ian Gold.
* TruthInTelevision: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] explores the real-life counterparts of five tropes that are more realistic than they [[RealityIsUnrealistic may sound]].
* TurnsRed: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19260_5-soldiers-whose-horrific-injuries-only-made-them-angry.html 5 Soldiers Whose Horrific Injuries Only Made Them Angry]]
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-internet-in-11-days-epic-online-odyssey/ An Epic Online Odyssey]], TVTropes plays the part of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis Charybdis]], with Website/YouTube serving as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla Scylla]].[[note]][[AllBlueEntry Blueness]] not in original; that would have just been cruel.[[/note]]
--> ''"TV Tropes [[WikiWalk is a veritable black hole of hyperlinks,]] [[BrowserNarcotic each leading further into the center of oblivion.]] [[GoAmongMadPeople The entire site is made up of a community that spends its life]] [[WildMassGuessing collecting patterns and commonalities between fictional worlds.]] [[SuperOCD It applies names to every plot device, every story arc and every cinematic tool ever captured by a camera]] [[PotHole and then links them to one another.]] [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy The result is like being in the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic deciphering hidden codes in newspapers.]] [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Clicking on one link will ensure that you click on another, and another]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain until you have lost your way back home]] [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget and forgotten who you are.]]"''
** Chris Bucholz did [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/something-called-science-claims-internet-makes-us-dumb/ an article]] where he claimed he "once logged in to TVTropes and didn't come out for eight days."
** "I was gonna shoot you an email, but then I got on TV Tropes, and suddenly 12 years later ..." [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20202_6-hilariously-failed-attempts-at-making-comics-more-diverse.html#ixzz2J7d2JMgn 6 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Making Comics More Diverse]]
* TwentyFourHourArmor: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "real men sleep in their armor."
* TypeCasting: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20208_6-actors-who-play-exact-same-role-in-multiple-movies.html 6 Actors Who Play the Exact Same Role in Multiple Movies]] mentions similarities among multiple roles of Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, James Earl Jones, and more.
* UnacceptableTargets: [[invoked]] One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "It Was About Something They Won't Laugh About, Ever".
* UndignifiedDeath: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-humiliating-ways-wilderness-can-kill-you/ "The 5 Most Humiliating Ways the Wilderness Can Kill You"]].
* UnfortunateImplications: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct]] gives a bunch of examples of how attempts to avert MonochromeCasting by including Black people in promotion campaigns ended up tripping over stereotypes about fried chicken, watermelon, and wanting to be white.
* TheUnintelligible: Depending on the article, people either understand what Chris Bucholz is saying or see him as entirely unintelligible as no one can decipher the gibberish language he calls ‘Canadian English.’
* UniversalAdaptorCast: Mario's numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* UnproblematicProstitution: TheOldestProfession may be older even than humanity, as it appears to emerge in the presence of money. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19388_6-things-you-wont-believe-animals-do-just-like-us_p2.html 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us]] describes several experiments in which researchers introduced money to communities of monkeys. In one, a female monkey ended up trading sex for money so she could buy some grapes.
* VendorTrash: Photoplasty advertises a vendor that [[WeBuyAnything buys everything]], specifically naming items that substitute for MoneySpider, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* VideoGame3DLeap: Parodied as the #25 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] which teaches that the third spatial dimension was discovered in 1996 (the year ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' was released).
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Mocked [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ here]], then [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment paid back]].
** Seanbaby took this UpToEleven with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ this]].
** Robert Brockway has gotten in on the action with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
** All of the articles relating to dick moves done by players in online gaming discusses how people take this trope and ran with it to grandiose and creative heights. At least one or two on every list so far has mentioned ''Videogame/EVEOnline''.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an InsideJoke that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''Film/{{Rocky}} IV'' or ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'' is to find a discreet way to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain the reference]] in the setup.
* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18645_6-great-novels-that-were-hated-in-their-time.html 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time]]
** And NevilleChamberlain.
* WaterIsAir: An underwater lake is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19557_the-5-most-mind-blowing-things-that-can-be-found-underwater.html #5 most mindblowing thing found underwater]].
* TheWatson: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.
* WaxingLyrical: Brockway is fond of this. ''Especially'' if the song in question is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Life is a Highway]]''.
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Usually this is justified in that they are an American site, but their list of the lamest JamesBond puns commits the double fallacy of A: mocking the use of [[TheSixties 1960s]] humor... [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece in 1960s movies]] and B: mocking that the British James Bond, a British secret agent, who speaks BritishEnglish, often to other British people for the heinous crime of...using British idiom! Apparently, "nobody talks like that". [[SarcasmMode Because English-speakers only exist West of Maine.]]
* WeBuyAnything: Photoplasty advertises such a shop in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* WeHaveReserves: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html This]] article details that this was pretty much Ancient Rome's primary tactic for warfare. The first war against Carthage resulted in 100,000 troops being lost in a single day, and the war lasted for more than a decade and a half after that. The 2nd Carthaginian War resulted in over 400,000 Roman soldiers lost before the enemies finally lost, and Rome didn't give a damn.
-->''The Roman Empire wasn't really interested in outwitting its opponents -- it just outlasted them. If Rome had a problem, it kept throwing troops at it until it stopped causing trouble.
* WelcomeToCorneria: "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* WhaleEgg: Franchise/{{Pokemon}} coming from eggs is the #27 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked in Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[invoked]] In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-aggressively-crazy-websites-internet/ The 5 Most Aggressively Crazy Websites on the Internet]], Mark Hill compares ''Boohbah'' to "the findings of a scientist adding LSD to baby food."
* WhatIf: Many of the Photoplasty contests.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Robert Brockway is a horrible person according to [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Explored in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html 5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death]].
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Many authors of articles express their hatred and fear of spiders.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The video "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh5OpZ2EDw Why Supervillains Always Keep the Good Guy Alive]]" provides a deconstruction of this trope with an excerpt from Albert B. Celery's fictitious William Blonde film ''The Malice of Regret''.
* WikiWalk: OK, they're not actually a wiki, but it is really easy to get trapped for a '''long''' time just by clicking the links at the end of each article. If they were to drop the last two letters, their name would be almost chillingly appropriate. It's a good thing [[CrackIsCheaper Cracked is free]].
** The addition of the '''Random Article''' button does ''even more'' to add to it.
** #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us]] is "The Irresistible Impulse to Follow a Link Chain".
* WrongInsultOffence:
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20122_6-ill-advised-marketing-campaigns-that-backfired-hilariously.html#ixzz2F91J3OuU Somehow, lazy racism is more offensive than intellectually rigorous racism.]]
* YouCanPanicNow: A staple article topic is a list of mundane items and activities that can kill/maim you.
** And conversely, things which are hyped as dangerous by films/television/news media etc., and in fact are not nearly as dangerous as made out to be.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Photoplasty advertises hair dye in impossible colors in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#7 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* YoungestChildWins: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19762_7-random-things-you-wont-believe-are-shortening-your-life.html #6 on this list]] shows that the older children will have more health problems than the younger ones based on order of birth.
* ZeroGSpot: Shot down in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18547_6-reasons-space-travel-will-always-suck.html 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck]].
* ZombieApocalypse:
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html favorite]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/ subjects]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/126_5-popular-zombie-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/ for]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/164_6-characters-who-show-up-in-every-zombie-movie/ lists]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16717_6-signs-youre-about-be-attacked-by-zombies.html and]] [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-38-zombies/ parodies.]]
** Deconstructed in David Dietle's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]]. For one thing, maggots and gut flora would devour the undead.
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* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Titles]]: "''X Normal Description (Weird Criteria)''"
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Gladstone lists [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-douches-who-amazingly-dont-seem-to-know-they-suck/ 4 Douches Who Amazingly Don't Seem to Know They Suck]]. These include people who use a handicap tag for parking without actually needing one, people who grow weary of their customer service job, drivers who honk at other drivers merging onto a highway, and people who overreact to minor inconveniences.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Not everyone does. One of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-awkward-people_p2/ 4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Awkward People]] is that people with NoSocialSkills necessarily want to be cured.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions Middle-earth in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', claiming that "no one in the Elfish kingdom is getting any, anywhere."
* InfiniteFlashlight: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#24 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* InNameOnly: There's literally ''nothing'' carrying over from the magazine save for the title.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Marvels of the Science.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16]].
* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* IntercourseWithYou: Discussed in an article about [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19657_4-evolutionary-explanations-modern-annoyances_p2.html modern annoyances with evolutionary explanations]].
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Constantly referenced. Two notable uses: Swaim watching pornography and describing what he sees to the viewer (because Cracked is ostensibly a family website and they won't host actual porn), and in The Web Of Sites, part of the Agents series, Swaim finally learns that the internet exists and says:
--> ''"I typed in porn, and porn came up! I typed in breakfast, and porn came up! It's the perfect system!"''
* IntrepidReporter: Sometimes the columnists write out 1st person stories, sometimes it's about them doing article research. Special mention goes to Chris Bucholz, who seems to do hands-on reporting 80% of the time.
* IntimateHealing: [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-doctors-who-just-gave-worlds-worst-medical-advice/ 5 Doctors Who Just Gave The World's Worst Medical Advice]] retells a [[http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/sacramento-doctor-reprimanded-for-suggesting-oral-sex-to-patient/ CBS13 Sacramento story]] about a doctor who saw a woman with an oversensitive gag reflex and prescribed giving fellatio to her husband. [[Memes/{{Nasuverse}} PONOS to MOOTH]], indeed.
* InUniverseGameClock: Taking 10 minutes to climb a stairway is the #11 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series and ''VideoGame/FarmVille'' is #6.
* IronicHell: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_427_16-appropriate-punishments-everyday-annoyances/ 16 Appropriate Punishments for Everyday Annoyances]]
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The #6 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]]
* IWantMyJetpack: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15756_3Cem3E20013Cem3E-to-3Cem3Etimecop3Cem3E-8-movie-futures-already-proven-wrong.html 8 Movie Futures Already Proven Wrong]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Cracked.com has much to say on the subject of jerkasses, both their habits, how to fight them, what animals/baseball players/famous presidents were actually jerkasses, and how to tell whether [[TomatoInTheMirror you actually are one]]. See [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18468_6-reasons-assholes-are-healthier-according-to-science.html 6 Reasons Assholes Are Healthier According To Science]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/really-mad-science-5-scientific-explanations-for-the-angry-dickhead/ 6 Scientific Reasons People Act Like Assholes]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-simple-steps-to-not-being-total-asshole/ 5 Simple Steps to Not Being A Total Asshole]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-nerd-hacks-that-make-you-less-jerk/ 5 Nerd Hacks That Make You Less Of A Jerk]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]], and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20132_6-things-that-secretly-make-you-act-like-jerk.html 6 Things That Secretly Make You Act Like A Jerk]]. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
* JumpPhysics: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* JumpingTheShark: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 6 TV Shows That Completely Lost Their Shit]].
* JustAStupidAccent: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 4th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Robert Brockway mentions killing an old woman for her eyeglasses in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas, having taken the Four-Eyes trait and didn't find glasses anywhere else; however [[spoiler:the woman sold a pregnant woman into slavery and would have been killed in a quest anyway.]]
* TheKrampus: Mentioned [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html here]].
* LamarckWasRight: Grandchildren of people who had lived through famine were less likely to catch diabetes. Mice exposed to enriched learning environments had offspring with improved memory This apparent Lamarckian inheritance is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19161_the-6-creepiest-things-hiding-in-your-dna_p2.html third creepiest thing hiding in your DNA]].
* LamePunReaction: From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever]], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[HeroicComedicSociopath Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
* LanguageEqualsThought: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5-insane-ways-words-can-control-your-mind.html 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind]]
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20318_the-5-most-popular-ways-statistics-are-used-to-lie-to-you_p2.html The 5 Most Popular Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You]] covers some fallacies commonly used to lie with statistics.
* LifeImitatesArt: [[invoked]]
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
** And comic books too. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html 5 Important Things You Won't Believe Comic Books Invented]] shows how Music/ElvisPresley's appearance, ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', and even ankle bracelets for monitoring criminals came from old comic books.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the "6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes".
--> "In {{Marvel}} world, the odds of winding up with super powers are less than half the chance of being hit by lightning (although to be fair, being hit by lightning in the Marvel universe would probably give you superpowers).
* LimitBreak: The #5 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is that one in five men can transform under stress.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]] mentions the "Fregoli delusion" that several distinct people that someone meets are one person who quickly changes clothes, named after a stage actor famous for quickly changing into different costumes.
* {{Lobotomy}}: Lobotomies scored number 6 on the list of "10 Most Insane Medical Procedures".
* LockedInARoom: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/most-horrifying-writers-room-ever The Most Horrifying Writers Room Ever]].
* LonersAreFreaks: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-misleading-assumptions-you-make-about-quiet-people/ 6 Misleading Assumptions You Make About Quiet People]]."
* LoopholeAbuse: Dan Seitz has described [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18753_the-6-most-creative-abuses-loopholes.html The 6 Most Creative Abuses Of Loopholes]]. Highlights include buying 12,000+ cups of pudding to earn millions of free airline miles.
* {{Lunacy}}: #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] explains moon fear as the result of a rise in lion attacks on the first few days after the full moon once the lions have become hungrier.
* LyricalDissonance: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports]] describes an incident in the 1990s when the Canadian Football League was attempting to expand into the United States. At one game, the Canadian national anthem was sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
* MadeOfExplodium:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17561_6-things-that-shouldnt-explode-but-did-anyway.html Things That Shouldn't Explode But Did Anyway]] lists things that seemingly were made of explodium at some point, even an office chair!
** Photoplasty advertises lots of explosive things in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#10 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MagicAIsMagicA:
** Even fantasy stories need some consistent ground rules on which to build a conflict. [[HandWave Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of BellisariosMaxim is discussed in #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html 8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes]]: "at least follow the rules you freaking made up."
* MagicalDefibrillator: When used by a teammate in a video game, one of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* MagnificentBastard: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by this article on [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-ballsiest-living-cheater-who-never-broke-rule/ The Ballsiest Living Cheater (Who Never Broke a Rule)]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Spoofed [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18307_the-most-overly-dramatic-break-up-ever.html here]] in a TropeOverdosed video that also includes a SpitTake, ItsNotYouItsMe, VictorianNovelDisease, IncurableCoughOfDeath...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html This sketch]] mocks this trope thoroughly. Bonus points for actually using the exact name of the trope.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Discussed in a couple articles.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science_p2.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]], #1: Immortality.
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19598_6-horrifying-implications-classic-christmas-movies.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies]] is that in ''Film/FredClaus'', Santa Claus's immortal immediate family suffers from what the article calls the "Highlander Complex": "They will have to watch their friends and relatives wither and die right before their callous, eternal eyes."
* MayanDoomsday: "[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18511_the-embarrassing-aftermath-mayan-apocalypse.html The Embarrassing Aftermath of the Mayan 'Apocalypse']]"
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Johnny Depp and others in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20413_5-heartwarming-stories-to-restore-your-faith-in-celebrities_p2.html 5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities]].
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie Willert from After Hours.
* MethodActing: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20172_the-5-craziest-ways-famous-actors-got-into-character.html The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got into Character]] mentions Adrien Brody, Tom Cruise, and more.
* MightyWhitey: Cracked loves to accuse film and other entertainment companies of racism and sexism, despite the fact that their writing staff has always been composed almost exclusively by white males. As such, they both satirize and play this trope straight [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time]].
** When a Chinese-American woman joined the team, each of her articles' comments have been filled with almost nothing but contempt for her for being non-white and female.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6-insane-stereotypes-that-movies-cant-seem-to-get-over.html This article]] notes this trope in TheLastSamurai.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Explained ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]]'' in David Wong's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html Monkeysphere article.]]
* MirrorRoutine: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]] mentions a mental disorder called mirrored-self misidentification, in which someone looking into a mirror believes that the [[MirrorMonster monster in the mirror]] is an intruder performing a Mirror Routine, not oneself.
* MirrorScare: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19361_the-14-ways-to-be-scared-by-mirror-in-movies-5Bchart5D.html 14 different kinds]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]] lists tools used to [[AvertedTrope prevent]] this reaction.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20543_the-5-most-insanely-misunderstood-morals-famous-stories.html The 5 Most Insanely Misunderstood Morals of Famous Stories]]
* MistakenForRacist: The author of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19036_too-stupid-satire-how-media-branded-me-as-racist.html this article]] explains how a video he made (called "Straya Day") came back to bite him after this happened because of too many people watching it not realizing it was satirical.
* TheMockbuster: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18516_the-6-most-psychotic-rip-offs-famous-animated-films.html?page=full The 6 Most Psychotic Rip-Offs of Famous Animated Films]].
* MoodDissonance: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18980_the-5-most-badass-musical-instruments-ever-built.html "The 5 Most Badass Musical Instruments Ever Built"]]: "If you could kill Bond with your Nanoguitar pick, you'd use the Laser Harp to wipe out the rest of [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] in one hellish afternoon of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fire, blood, and inappropriately mellow tunes]]."
* MoneySpider: Monsters having internal gold sacs is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ 27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games]] and one of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]].
* MonumentalDamage: The Statue of Liberty is the #1 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction]] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
* MookMaker: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#19 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sometimes results in a staggering lack of perspective, both discussed and within the articles themselves.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19611_6-things-movies-love-to-get-wrong-about-workplace.html 6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About the Workplace]] discusses how Hollywood films get other professions wrong by extrapolating from the experiences of Hollywood writers.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html This article about intellectual property]] (which it calls Forced Artificial Scarcity, or [[FunWithAcronyms FArtS]]) uses only copyrighted works of authorship (that is, media) as examples, failing to mention potential examples of patented works of engineering (that is, inventions) that arguably power more of the economy.
* TheMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_249_if-flash-games-got-their-own-movie-adaptations/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=photoshop&wa_user4=recommended two]].
* MrFanservice & EvenTheGuysWantHim: Swaim for his [[ShirtlessScene lack of a shirt]] and DOB for his boyish looks. [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd John Cheese]] too.
** Seanbaby gets fairly frequent comments from straight men who'd like to have his children.
** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]). Also, almost-naked-stripper Soren in a military uniform in the "Worst Bachelorette Party Ever" video.
* MundaneLuxury: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-great-joys-in-life-that-healthy-people-never-experience/ "5 Great Joys in Life That Healthy People Never Experience"]]. Glasses that mean you can actually see, a diagnosis that explains why your body fails in strange and inexplicable ways, and other beautiful moments that aren't understood or appreciated by people who are healthy.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ "If Mundane Jobs Got the Indiana Jones Treatment"]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ "25 Propaganda Posters For Everyday Annoyances"]].
* MundaneUtility:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_116_idiotic-real-world-uses-awesome-fictional-technology/ Idiotic Real World Uses of Awesome Fictional Technology]], a Photoplasty collection depicting such things as [[IronMan Tony Stark]] using his Ironman Repulsor ray...to toast bread.
** A later Photoplasty added more. [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology]] include using a ''Franchise/StarWars'' lightsaber to chop a cucumber, or using [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Doc Ock's tentacles]] to serve food to customers at a restaurant.
* MusicalEpisode: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_234_if-everything-got-adapted-into-broadway-musical/ If Everything Got Adapted into a Broadway Musical]]
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19479_the-6-most-mind-blowing-things-ever-discovered-in-space.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Things Ever Discovered in Space]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html 7 Horrible Ways The Universe Can Destroy Us Without Warning]]
* NetworkDecay: In-universe. Subject of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18449_the-tlc-experiment-just-how-dumb-learning-channel.html The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?]]
** Another one was done on the History Channel.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* NiceGuysFinishLast: Being too nice is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20197_5-innocent-things-that-science-says-make-people-hate-you_p2.html 5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You]].
* TheNicknamer: [[PungeonMaster DOB]] tends to give nicknames to everyone that change every time he refers to them in rapid succession. The nicknames are either puns, insults, terms of endearment, or a disturbing combination of all three.
** And they're all usually directed at his boss Jack O'Brien. To name a few: Jaxploitation, Jack to the Future, Jackbook Air, Jacts of Life, etc.
* NintendoHard: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15696_the-10-most-irritatingly-impossible-old-school-video-games.html The 10 Most Irritatingly Impossible Old-School Video Games]].
* NoBudget: A Photoplasty considers what would have happened [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets/ If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets]].
* NoExportForYou: Invoked in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19447_6-arcade-games-too-awesome-to-get-released-in-west.html 6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West]].
* NoPronunciationGuide: Until the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FWC8FiKZo Why Stupid YouTube Comments Are Older Than The Internet]] video was released, the majority of readers pronounced Soren Bowie's surname as "BOW-ee" like in Music/DavidBowie, or even "BAW-ee". The video revealed that it was, in fact, pronounced "BOO-ee".
* NoodleIncident: The opening of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/ this]] article says:
---> "[A]nd Jack O'Brien plus a huge bag of X gave us a Cracked office party that we're still not allowed to blog about."
* NoOSHACompliance: OSHA is mentioned by name in #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* NonIndicativeTitle: Many times a Photoplasty will have a title with a vastly different title from the original topic where viewers posted the entries, explaining why some entries do not fit the description and are thus criticized in the comments (i.e. Artsy Posters for Low Brow Films -> [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_711_28-artsy-posters-crappiest-movies-ever/ 28 Artsy Posters for the Crappiest Movies Ever]]).
* NonstandardGameOver: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose in Popular Video Games]] details such [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bizarre ways to lose]] like [[VideoGame/SonicCD Sonic the Hedgehog]] jumping to his death if you forget to pause the game, having your dog maul the Mayor to death at the start of VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS, or watch Commander Shepard [[DeathBySex go out with a "bang"]] in VideoGame/MassEffect2.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_the-7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever]], one of the cheaters looks so much like one they have to use this trope.
** On a MazesAndMonsters cover; "This is not Photoshop."
** They use this when talking about Mr. Kellogg's use of circumcision and Corn Flakes to combat masturbation.
** On RealLife supervillians; [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18931_6-supervillains-from-history-that-make-joker-look-subtle.html Mussolini's evil lair. Seriously. That is not Photoshop.]]
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html 5 Animal Rights Campaigns That Managed to Screw Over Animals]], about the dogs rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting ring:
--> One of the survivors was put in a program called Paws for Tales, where kids too shy to read aloud to human audiences practice their reading skills in front of dogs. No, really. That's not a sarcastic fake program we made up. (And that's not a stock image. That's Jonny Justice, the actual dog we're talking about.)
* NotSoDifferent: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-rock-stars-teen-pop-stars-are-exactly-same/#ixzz2dHRPLmWv 4 Ways Rock Stars and Teen Pop Stars Are Exactly the Same]]".
* NotTheNessie: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] depicts an elephant swimming and putting its trunk above the water as a snorkel, forming the famous photo of the Loch Ness monster.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-dumb-celebrities-who-are-way-smarter-than-you-think/ One article]] paints [[TheOReillyFactor Bill O'Reilly]], Flavor Flav, Dr. Oz, and a several others as playing this trope to the absolute fullest.
* ObviouslyEvil: Discussed with Joffrey from ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-problems-with-living-in-game-thrones-universe/ this article]].
* ObviousRulePatch: Plenty of them resulted from events described in Xavier Jackson's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20717_5-dumb-ways-people-have-won-at-sports.html 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports]].
* OlderThanTheyThink: {{In-universe}}
** Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18631_7-modern-conveniences-that-are-way-older-than-you-think.html 7 Modern Conveniences That Are Way Older Than You Think]], which mentions Persian air conditioning, Roman shopping malls, Neanderthal medicine, and more.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-forms-modern-depravity-way-older-than-your-grandpa/ 6 Forms of Modern Depravity (Way Older Than Your Grandpa)]] shows late medieval Scottish rap battles, Japanese Edo period celebrity culture associated with the Kardashians, the FurryFandom in ancient Rome, medieval Catholic acceptance of gay marriage, and late medieval treehuggers in India.
* OldMediaAreEvil: Though most Cracked writers are [[RuleOfFunny perfectly willing]] to make fun of the internet too, articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html 6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact,]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17318_7-clearly-fake-news-stories-that-fooled-mainstream-media.html 7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media,]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article/87_5-awesome-cases-internet-owning-mainstream-media/ 5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media]] show a pretty strong bias. Old entertainment media fares no better than news media, with articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html 5 Reasons The Oscars Matter Even Less Than You Thought]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17608_6-cheap-acting-tricks-that-fool-critics-every-time.html 6 Cheap Acting Tricks That Fool The Critics Every Time.]]
* OldShame: {{Convers|ationalTroping}}ed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
** Also [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19287_10-movies-that-famous-people-dont-want-you-to-see.html 10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16959_5-classic-cartoons-they-dont-want-you-to-see.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See]].
* OncePerEpisode: A bust photo of a large-breasted woman with only a single button closed on her shirt and [[VaporWear nothing underneath]] is shoehorned into the majority of the lists, which usually hang a {{lampshade|Hanging}} on it when she appears.
** They eventually ID'd her in [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ this]] article. Her name is Kate, and she [[http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/jeff_bennion/Cracked/cleavage1.jpg has a face.]]
** It stares into our souls.
* OneHitKill: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "no matter how strong and powerful you are, some scrub will take you out with a death spell."
* OneManArmy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War]].
* OneOfUs: In-universe. Seeing how [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html this page]] mentions TV Tropes twice and links to it three times, this is a safe bet of at least one editor.
* OneSizeFitsAll: Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: In the 2011 AllCGICartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu is the last blue macaw left. The article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19796_6-disturbing-unanswered-questions-from-childrens-movies_p2.html 6 Disturbing Unanswered Questions from Children's Movies]] shows what would probably happen in the next generation: BrotherSisterIncest in the next generation would result in infertility.
* OpenSecret: It's been pointed out that if ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' gunned for realism, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2d5QVq3aKM this video]] shows, Bruce Wayne's "secret" identity as Batman isn't so secret any more. In this case, it's kept hushed by having Commissioner Gordon go to some gossiping teenage girls and forcing them to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
* OrangeBlueContrast:
** Called the #4 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html annoying trend that makes every movie look the same]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-new-hunger-games-movie-orange-blue/ Why the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Orange and Blue]] discusses this color scheme in the second ''Hunger Games'' film.
* OscarBait: Discussed in the "ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver", and also in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html this article]].
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-overused-jokes-internet/#ixzz1bYF8pemD Edouard Manet? Best.19th Century French Impressionist Painter Whose Last Name Is One Letter Away From Another French Impressionist. Ever!]]
* ParallelPornTitles:
** Video: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_16737_do-you-have-what-it-takes-title-porn.html Do you have what it takes to title porn?]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16355_the-10-most-misleadingly-pornographic-movie-titles.html The 10 Most Misleadingly Pornographic Movie Titles]] lists movies that could be mistaken for their ''own'' parallel porn title. It even lists which scenes could be kept unchanged.
** ''Girth, Wind and Fire''. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15830_15-most-sexually-unappealing-porn-titles.html An article about unappealing porn titles]] notes that a much better title would have been ''Sperm, Bend & Tie Her''.
* ParodyOfEvolution: The #14 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is an allusion to Rudolph Zallinger's illustration "The March of Progress" done with game sprites.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Not always, but M. Asher Cantrell's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make]] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[LineOfSightName time pressure]].
* PercussiveMaintenance: "I've even seen people who insist that their televisions or vehicles require [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ a special touch that only they know]], a touch that usually turns out to be a pretty substantial punch or kick, which I guess makes their superpower physical abuse?"
* PerspectiveFlip / POVSequel: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_214_28-great-movies-from-perspective-minor-characters/ 28 Great Movies From the Perspective of Minor Characters]]. Such films include ''[[Film/HarryPotter Vernon Dursley and the Ungrateful Nephew]]'', ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings I'll Just Pass Him]]'', ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Terror on Endor]]'' and its related film ''The Sarlacc: The Day of Much Feasting'', ''[[Film/MenInBlack Why Can't I Remember Anything That Happened Last Tuesday?]]'', ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Why Can't I Do That: The Story of a Truck That Was Destined to Just Be Itself]]'', ''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Abe Froman: The Mysterious Sausage King of Chicago]]'', and ''[[Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord The Assassination of]] [[Film/ANewHope Greedo By The Coward Han Solo]]''.
** And now [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_267_26-great-movies-from-villains-point-view/ 26 Great Movies from the Villain's Point of View]], which has such titles as ''[[Film/{{Titanic}} Iceberg]]'', ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Terrible Shepherds]]'', ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Saviors of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord The Assassination of]] [[Film/DieHard Hans Gruber By the Coward John McClane]]'', ''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ed Rooney's Day At Work]]'', ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Jewelry Thieves: Give It Back, You Bastards!]]'', ''[[Film/TheDarkKnight Lighten Up]]'', ''[[Film/HarryPotter Tom Riddle And His Magic Diary]]'', and ''[[Film/{{Inception}} Holy Shit I Slept Through The Entire Plane Ride: WTF It Was A 14 Hour Flight]]''.
* PetTheDog: "Give Them a Dog" is #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* PhonyVeteran: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20418_the-5-most-ridiculous-lies-ever-told-to-impress-woman.html Roger Day.]]
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: It used to be [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19780_5-gender-stereotypes-that-used-to-be-exact-opposite.html 5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite]] is that pink being for girls is a [[NewerThanTheyThink recent idea]].
* PinkProductPloy: Mocked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-pointlessly-women-specific-products/ The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products]]".
* PlanetOfHats: This is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* PoesLaw: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20203_the-5-most-epic-backfires-in-history-bad-jokes.html The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes]]. From the lead: "The problem with sarcasm is that you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking."
* PoliceAreUseless: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
* ThePollyanna: What Pollyanna calls "the glad game" and others call "counting their blessings" is a coping mechanism that Felix Clay calls "trivializing adversity" in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-we-dont-realize-we-suck-at-coping-with-adversity/ 4 Ways We Don't Realize We Suck at Coping With Adversity]].
* PopCulturalOsmosis:
-->'''Current Generation:''' There was a ''magazine''?
* PornStash: Stashes of erotic magazines and VHS tapes are one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19753_7-ridiculously-outdated-assumptions-every-movie-makes.html 7 Ridiculously Outdated Assumptions Every Movie Makes]].
* PowerUpFood: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "weakling + ''Amanita'' mushroom = bodybuilder."
* ThePresidentsDaughter: There used to be an article called "6 Helpful Tips for Kidnapping the President's Daughters," which was taken down after the person who wrote it, DOB, was confronted by the ''FBI and Secret Service''.
* PromotedFanboy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19836_5-celebrities-who-got-famous-by-being-obsessed-fan-boys.html 5 Celebrities Who Got Famous by Being Obsessed Fan Boys]]
* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Seanbaby is possibly the worst offender.
* QuoteMine: "[[UnfortunateImplications HITLER = MLK]]" - [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18577_the-horrifying-truth-about-life-inside-movie-musicals.html Daniel O'Brien, 2013]]
** "Hitler was right" and "Hitler...was saving the world" - [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-humanity-desperately-wants-monsters-to-be-real/ David Wong, 2012]]
* QuoteSwearUnquote: Claims adding swearing to the lyrics of "You're the Best Around" would make it even better.
* RaceLift:
** "Make Them American, Even if They're Not" is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html "6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy"]].
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ "The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism"]], J.F. Sargent defends the casting of black actor Michael B. Jordan as the normally white Johnny Storm in the 2015 Comicbook/FantasticFour remake.
* RashomonStyle: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ "Who Killed Ian Fortey?"]]
* RatedMForManly:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-manliest-images-on-the-internet/ "The 8 Manliest Images on the Internet"]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html "The 9 Manliest Names in the World"]]
** Pretty much everything Seanbaby does, but especially his "Man Comics", and its even manlier spinoff "Fuckin'-A Comics".
** Brockway's column is titled "Robert Brockway: '''Word Puncher'''".
** And then there's Seanbaby's column, "Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle", the art for which features him ''dropkicking Hitler in the face''.
* RealityEnsues:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]] [[DefiedTrope defies]] just about everything that would lead up to a ZombieApocalypse.
* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** They have so far published no fewer than nine lists of "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19999_5-true-stories-cut-from-movies-being-too-unrealistic.html "5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic"]] lists "mind-blowing moments from real life that Hollywood decided were too fantastic", such as John Dillinger taking three people hostage in ''Film/PublicEnemies'' but seventeen in {{real life}}.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19668_6-scientific-discoveries-that-laugh-in-face-physics.html "6 Scientific Discoveries That Laugh In Face Of Physics"]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Most of David Wong's articles consist of this due to his habit of writing almost exclusively in the second person. It's one of, if not the biggest, reasons he's such a divisive figure among readers.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Discussed in:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19037_7-movies-that-ignored-world-changing-discoveries.html "7 Movies That Ignored World Changing Discoveries"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20004_5-powerful-sci-fi-technologies-wasted-by-their-own-movies.html "5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article/138_6-magical-movie-items-they-wasted-bullshit/ "6 Magical Movie Items They Wasted on Bullshit"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20503_5-famous-movie-characters-who-wasted-awesome-superpowers.html "5 Famous Movie Characters Who Wasted Awesome Superpowers"]].
* RegeneratingHealth:
** The regeneration in first-person shooters since ''VideoGame/FaceBall2000'' is the #23 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is to "duck and cover and stay put until you are fully healed."
* RequiredSecondaryPowers
** Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]].
** Implied by [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)]]. For example, being able to throw lightning would require immunity to effects on sight and hearing similar to those of stun grenades, and force fields would need immunity to NotTheFallThatKillsYou.
* {{Retronym}}: One of Winston Rowntree's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-reasons-we-fall-in-love-with-piece-pop-culture_p2/ The 4 Reasons We Fall in Love With a Piece of Pop Culture]] is that it's "porn", which he defines as any cultural work "that you seek out to animalistically fill a specific need." He runs through a bunch of [[ItsNotPornItsAnIndex things jokingly called porn]], coining the retronym "Sex Porn" in the process.
* ReversePolarity: This is #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* RibcageStomach: The #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop whose decoration invokes this.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Swaim, evidently.
* RivalsTeamUp: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports]] calls the Steagles, an alliance of longtime rival NFL teams from Pennsylvania when most of their regular players were drafted to fight WorldWarII, "too stupid even for a sports movie".
* RockBeatsLaser: "Make Them Technologically Inferior" is #5 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* RubberBandAI: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_the-15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html Listed as the number 2 most annoying video game character (Anyone who does it).]]
* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: Cracked has refined these into a logical heuristic, frequently stating that given a lack of concrete evidence as to what happened, we are forced to assume the most bizarre, awesome, and/or ridiculous scenario.
* TheRuleOfFirstAdopters: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology]] is using a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' replicator to make a sex toy. It wouldn't be a stretch from [[http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/scanning-the-future-of-3d-printed-sex-toys-nsfw real-life 3D printed sex toys]] though.
* RulesOfTheRoad: Several in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_390_32-alternate-interpretations-common-warning-signs/ 32 Alternate Interpretations of Common Warning Signs]]
* RunningGag: Many themes recur over similar articles, usually referencing particularly popular articles.
** Among the columnists, Brockway's drug use, Soren's social superiority, Swaim's freaky kinks, Dan's nicknaming, and Bulchoz's Canadian roots.
** Praise of Theodore Roosevelt's super-human powers in the art of violence now spans topics, articles and lists.
** Many of the articles feature an outlandish assumption on the part of the writer, in the formula: "Reports do not say if [X crazy thing] happened, so we're forced to assume it did."
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15963_5-works-art-that-can-probably-kill-you.html The text does not mention whether [the sculptures] have evolved cavernous maws and a dark, endless hunger, so we are forced to assume they have.]]
** ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [Citation needed].]]''.
--> [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17612_p2.html ...which means if you put a jellyfish in the space shuttle, and it fired its stingers at the moment of takeoff, it would travel back in time [citation needed].]]
** The word "Baffling" is often used in titles of articles.
** Similar to their love of Roosevelt is their love of NikolaTesla, and their complete and utter ball-crushing hatred of Thomas Edison. Like Roosevelt, this is because the things you could make up about either man in favor of their position on said man are only slightly less exaggerated than real life.
** Have we mentioned Australia yet? Well, Cracked does a lot.
** Can be taken to exasperating extremes when the writers [[CultureClash start taking potshots at other cultures' idiosyncrasies]] [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of a laugh.]] One or two jokes is one thing, but... [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18567_6-japanese-subcultures-that-are-insane-even-japan.html well, see for yourself.]] Worse, the cultural jokes aren't just annoying, they're frequently wrong. At least it's ''justified'' whenever they're [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17165_6-reasons-north-korea-funniest-evil-dictatorship-ever.html bashing North Korea]].
** Ke$ha's debauchery is a fairly common theme.
** "Gary Busey crazy" was often used when mentioning something they considered insane. Often including an image of the man himself.
** Whenever they are in doubt of what picture they should use for an article, they will frequently use reuse the same photo of a woman's large [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/0/6/19106.jpg cleavage]].
** Several articles have been devoted to the over-the-top mean, weird, or just plain laughable antics of world dictators, especially North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
** A searing hatred for and fear of spiders.
** X does (''action'') because ''fuck Y, that's why.''
** AlGore [[MemeticMutation invented the internet]].
** They tend to bring up the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0 "I'm Han Solo"]] from ''Kinect StarWars'' whenever possible.
** Whenever nerds are brought up, there's a good chance [[http://harkable.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/super-computer-nerd.jpeg this]] will be the accompanying picture.
** Pretty much every time the word boobs shows up in an article, it links [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs here.]]
* SaveScumming: How time works with this in play is the #17 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* ScienceIsBad: "7 Ways Science will kill you by X" is practically a template. Only matched by the number of articles about horrifying animals.
* ScopeSnipe: In the VietnamWar, Carlos Hathcock landed the #3 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19750_the-5-most-impossible-sniper-shots-ever-made.html Most Impossible Sniper Shot Ever Made]].
* TheScream: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* ScrewYourself: Mentioned in a few articles, including one by Dan O'Brien that's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ almost entirely about the subject]]. Said article is referenced when Dan meets his counterpart from Broked.com's SimilarSquad in ''Agents of Cracked''.
-->'''BOD''': You know, I remember reading somewhere that there are only two truly meaningful things you can do with your doppleganger when you're locked in a room. You can [[MirrorMatch fight them]]... Or f*** them.
-->*Dan takes a fighting stance*
-->'''BOD''': Wrong answer.
* ScunthorpeProblem
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct]] tells how Microsoft banned an Xbox 360 user from Xbox Live for being from Fort Gay, West Virginia.
** Seen on ''Cracked'' itself in the comments section, due to a word filter that targets a given word sequence even as part of a larger word. For instance, the racial slur "Jap" is rendered as "J*p" so that it'll also catch "Japs" and turn it into "J*ps", and consequently the comments on an article about Japanese subcultures talked about "j*pan" (in lowercase). This makes writing "j*panese" a bit of a problem. "Cum" is also banned, so you can't say "doc*mentary". "Cock" is banned as well, which is a problem since most articles are made of dick jokes. "Spic" makes it a problem writing the word "susp*cious". We could list a whole bunch of examples. Basically, their filter s*cks d*ck.
* SecondVerseCurse: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20557_5-insane-lost-verses-that-change-meaning-famous-songs.html 5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs]]
* SeenItAll: Losing the ability to be surprised by entertainment is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-warning-signs-that-youre-finally-getting-older_p2/ 5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older]]. Entertainment will ruin your life [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife with or without TV Tropes]].
* SeinfeldianConversation: The series ''After Hours'' is built on this trope.
* SelectiveGravity: [[FollowTheMoney Levitating coins]] are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* SelfDeprecation: Everyone who contributes to Cracked are always most likely to take a cheap shot at people that are like them, or Cracked itself. The main contributors are also likely to talk about how much of an asshole they are, the sad fact that they write internet articles,r and that they work at a headquarters that serves gruel-like slop and doesn't have indoor plumbing.
** Christina H frequently laments how fat and ugly she is, even while explaining why women tend to have artificially low opinions of themselves.
* SelfImposedChallenge: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20063_the-6-most-mind-blowing-and-pointless-gaming-achievements.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Video+Games&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=companion The 6 most mind blowing and pointless gaming achievements]] details a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' player who has racked up over 30 ''THOUSAND'' kills using nothing but a knife to stab enemies in the back or by throwing them from halfway across the map with extremely deadly precision, a ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' player who went around punching ''everything'' to death and never so much as ever picking up another weapon or used magic, and two ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' players who reached maximum level by never killing a single creature, among others.
* SelfInsertFic: A good amount of Dan O'Brien's stuff is this, depicting himself as a {{Jerkass}} fond of annoying the protagonists and lampshade hanging.
* SerialKiller: There are [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19737_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended two]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended lists]] of serial-killer ''animals''.
* SeriousBusiness: ''Film/{{Rad}}'', where the entire culture of a town is built around BMX, is cited in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us/ The 4 Weirdest Lessons '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]]" as the most ridiculous example of a hobby that saves the world.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SexyWhateverOutfit: Parodied.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: ''Pick up [[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 "Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody"]] on book stands now.''
** Shared when other Cracked columnists also help with promoting Brockway's book.
** And of course, David Wong will never let us forget that [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd he wrote a book once]].
** And now with the release of the first ''Cracked.com'' book they've been even more blunt with no less than two full articles advertising it.
* ShapedLikeItself: In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories_p2.html 5 Little Known Sequels That ruined Iconic Stories.]]
--> ''Casablanca'' is literally the ''Casablanca'' of movies.
* ShopliftAndDie: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."
* SingleBiomePlanet: Part of #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-people-you-should-have-to-face-in-hell/ Apparently]] Adam Tod Brown [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-ways-sci-fi-universes-treat-black-characters/ is]] Gladstone's (with a side order of VitriolicBestBuds, since they seem to hang out plenty of times regardless).
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The articles go all the way to cynicism [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ This]] one, however, is much more idealist than the rest of the site. [[spoiler:Too bad it's a HopeSpot.]]
* SkewedPriorities: "[Circumcision] can result in death, [[FateWorseThanDeath or even worse]], loss of the penis."
* SmallReferencePools: When Cracked says "5 Greatest ___ in Films", those films will inevitably be limited to sci-fi fare and other products related to the geek subculture, e.g. ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', or Franchise/{{Batman}}. "Greatest Trilogies" must mean ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' or ''Film/TheMatrix'', never, say, Creator/ParkChanWook's Vengeance Trilogy. {{Justified|Trope}} because of their base of readership. After all, if they do cover all media, unfamiliarity will make the articles far less interesting.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] points out a study finding that intelligence and education are somehow correlated with nearsightedness in real life.
* Sugarwiki/{{Sweet Dreams Fuel}}: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ 6 True Stories that Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity]]
* TheSmartGuy: Gladstone, compared to DOB or Swaim.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple:
** Most of the videos on the site have a single female.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games]] describes a pub in the game ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' as containing "Havelock the leader, Piero the geeky inventor, and Callista the woman."
* SnakeOilSalesman / AllNaturalSnakeOil: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awesome-things-with-inexplicably-bad-reputations/ 5 Awesome Things With Inexplicably Bad Reputations]] tells of how the whole snake oil concept comes from the Chinese immigrants from the 1800s. They used Chinese Water Snakes to make the oil from, which is incredibly high in Omega 3 fatty acids, good for use as an anti-inflammatory. Since it was a tad difficult to obtain a snake not native to North America, they had to use poorer substitutes like rattlesnake oil and cow fat.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Pretty much all the articles have a hint of this, especially those by the main contributors.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]]
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Mentioned by name in #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SpaceMadness: This seems to be happening to Marcus in this series of videos, starting with [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18630_the-horrible-truth-about-life-as-an-astronaut.html this one.]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]] Christina H., an animator by trade, explains [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-common-cgi-screw-ups-explained/?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=companion some common CG examples]].
* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, Music/JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
* SpikyHair: Photoplasty advertises hair gel that makes it possible in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#17 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SpringtimeForHitler: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail]] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''Film/{{Marty}}'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''Film/TheProducers''."
* SprintShoes: Photoplasty advertises 30 Second Energy in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#8 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* StealthParody: The article "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19420_6-classic-songs-that-were-supposed-to-be-jokes.html 6 classic songs that were supposed to be jokes]]" discusses several examples from music.
** Cracked has done some of their own. For example, Soren Bowie's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lessons-you-learn-growing-up-rich/ 5 Lessons You Learn Growing Up Rich]]" and Robert Brockway's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-learn-from-lifetime-screwing-up/ 5 Things You Learn From a Lifetime of Screwing Up]]" are probably parodies of David Wong and John Cheese articles.
* TheStinger: As of 2012, all of Cracked's videos when posted to YouTube have added at the end of them humorous messages from Cracked's staff asking people to subscribe to the channel. Highlights include DOB failing at impressions, "[[StupidSexyFlanders Sorenrotica]]", and Cody acting wacky and ending with "Cracked you later!"
* StockFootage: Swaim's co-host in Cracked TV, "Clippy", which consists of out-of-context clips from films or viral media, such as "Orientation guy from ''The Hudsucker Proxy''", "Still-lives of fruit alongside Holocaust survivors", and "Clips of chips."
** Chips clips? ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment TOTALLY RAAAAAAAAAAANDOOOOOOM!]]''
** Not to mention "Clips of ''[=CHiPs=]''".
** Gladstone changes his shirt in one episode to match stock footage.
** As of Swaim's new series, his "co-host" is stock footage of various bad Youtube bloggers. Clippy, meanwhile, is having a new body built for him - which, at this time, consists of [[NoodleImplements a can of Monster, a cell phone, a light bulb, and Doritos.]]
** And then Clippy came back.
* StockholmSyndrome: ''Cracked'' accuses ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' of this in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]].
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Soren!]] Whenever Soren Bowie is mentioned by another columnist, or, in fact, anyone, this seems to come up a lot.
* SuperDrowningSkills: The Strid is a segment of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire that will murder you. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19705_the-5-most-spectacular-landscapes-earth-that-murder-you.html This article]] compares it to "exactly how water works in a video game".
* SurpriseCreepy: Pops up in quite a few articles, such as [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight/ "The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight"]].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Robert Brockway loudly and repeatedly interrupts [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ Ian Fortey's last article]] to insist that he did not kill Ian Fortey, had no reason too, didn't make sure he had the opportunity to and ''certainly'' had made no detailed plans to kill him. [[spoiler: So much so that he's still insisting it immediately after someone else matter-of-factly confesses to it.]]
* TacticalSuicideBoss: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "it may take a few tries, but life gets easier once you figure out the patterns." The example is from ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
* TakeThat: The tendency to mock ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' has continued, especially since the magazine's sales figures have been in decline whilst ''Cracked'' has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success as a website. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/cracked-eases-mads-transition-into-obscurity/ This article]] is a good example, which, upon closer reading, can be seen as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards ''Mad''.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-its-time-to-stop-paying-attention-to-lady-gaga/ This,]] aimed squarely at Music/LadyGaga.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19493_4-reasons-zooey-deschanel-can-stop-pretending-shes-dork.html Kristi Harrison]] seemed to start the whole attitude the other writers have towards Zooey Deschanel. [[invoked]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-insane-pieces-my-little-pony-fan-art-by-grown-men/ 4 Insane Pieces of 'My Little Pony' Fan Art (By Grown Men)]] has this to say about bronies:
-->The children's cartoon ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' inexplicably has a legion of obsessively weird adult male fans who proudly refer to themselves as "bronies," because the Internet has made it much easier for people to confuse "individuality" with "being a sociopath."
* TastesLikePurple / MushroomSamba: "...and when you're walking down a road made out of wind and purple, you'll know you're tripping ''just'' the right amount of balls."
* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies]] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[TropeBreaker broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Mentions of anything remotely {{Badass}} will [[RunningGag generally]] include comments relating to testicular fortitude completely unironically. [[RuleOfFunny Probably intentional]].
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-images-too-badass-to-be-real-that-totally-are Punched your eyeballs right in the dick]]" is one of the more extreme examples.
** Many of these Literature/HarryPotter [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15661_harry-potter-book-disguises.html book disguises]] is retardedly manly.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/24-video-game-covers-that-will-double-your-testosterone/ These]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-hilariously-badass-magazine-covers-ever/ And these]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-to-enjoy-nature-according-to-insane-old-magazines/ This article]] has the author talk about old-timey magazines suffering from this.
* TheTetrisEffect: AKA [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/when-video-games-get-stuck-in-your-head/ "When Video Games Get Stuck In Your Head"]]
* ThrowItIn: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20096_6-iconic-movie-scenes-that-happened-by-accident.html 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident]] cites Viggo Mortensen's broken toe in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', among others.
* TimeIsDangerous: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18564_6-time-travel-realities-doc-brown-didnt-warn-us-about.html 6 Time Travel Realities Doc Brown Didn't Warn Us About]].
* TimeStop: Declared to be the ultimate super power in After Hours' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo "The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think)"]]. Specifically, the Zack Morris "Time Out" from SavedByTheBell.
* TimTaylorTechnology: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: How [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight_p2/ The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight]] ends.
* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-simple-tasks-that-no-one-in-commercial-can-do-right/ 9 Simple Tasks That No One in a Commercial Can Do Right.]] Including actual blankets.
* ToothyBird: The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature]].
* TopTenList: ''"The leading source of list-based humor."''
* ToughActToFollow: [[invoked]] "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]]" calls ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', DavidBowie's ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', ''Film/FightClub'', two BobMarley albums, and ''Film/AnimalHouse'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.
* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback Mocked]].
* TranslatorMicrobes: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 3rd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TraumaInn: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* TreeBuchet: #4 on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18702_5-greatest-escape-artists-ever-were-animals.html 5 Greatest Animal Escapes]]
* TreeTopTown: The Korowai tribe of Papua New Guinea live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators, according to [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed]].
* TropeName: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html This]] [[ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver video]] takes generic and turns it UpToEleven for roughly three-and-a-half minutes.
* TropeOverdosed: This is largely because of their numerous media related articles. Many lists feature tropes.
** They even occasionally ''link to this website''. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife So after you're done reading Cracked]]...
** And then came [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation_p1 TV Tropes: The Movie]]...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ The TV Tropes topic]].
* TrumanShowPlot: ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' is called one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20031_6-movies-that-accidentally-recreate-real-mental-illnesses.html 6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses]] because its plot resembles the real-life delusion that one's life is a reality show, a mental illness investigated by doctors Joel and Ian Gold.
* TruthInTelevision: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] explores the real-life counterparts of five tropes that are more realistic than they [[RealityIsUnrealistic may sound]].
* TurnsRed: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19260_5-soldiers-whose-horrific-injuries-only-made-them-angry.html 5 Soldiers Whose Horrific Injuries Only Made Them Angry]]
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-internet-in-11-days-epic-online-odyssey/ An Epic Online Odyssey]], TVTropes plays the part of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis Charybdis]], with Website/YouTube serving as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla Scylla]].[[note]][[AllBlueEntry Blueness]] not in original; that would have just been cruel.[[/note]]
--> ''"TV Tropes [[WikiWalk is a veritable black hole of hyperlinks,]] [[BrowserNarcotic each leading further into the center of oblivion.]] [[GoAmongMadPeople The entire site is made up of a community that spends its life]] [[WildMassGuessing collecting patterns and commonalities between fictional worlds.]] [[SuperOCD It applies names to every plot device, every story arc and every cinematic tool ever captured by a camera]] [[PotHole and then links them to one another.]] [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy The result is like being in the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic deciphering hidden codes in newspapers.]] [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Clicking on one link will ensure that you click on another, and another]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain until you have lost your way back home]] [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget and forgotten who you are.]]"''
** Chris Bucholz did [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/something-called-science-claims-internet-makes-us-dumb/ an article]] where he claimed he "once logged in to TVTropes and didn't come out for eight days."
** "I was gonna shoot you an email, but then I got on TV Tropes, and suddenly 12 years later ..." [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20202_6-hilariously-failed-attempts-at-making-comics-more-diverse.html#ixzz2J7d2JMgn 6 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Making Comics More Diverse]]
* TwentyFourHourArmor: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "real men sleep in their armor."
* TypeCasting: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20208_6-actors-who-play-exact-same-role-in-multiple-movies.html 6 Actors Who Play the Exact Same Role in Multiple Movies]] mentions similarities among multiple roles of Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, James Earl Jones, and more.
* UnacceptableTargets: [[invoked]] One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "It Was About Something They Won't Laugh About, Ever".
* UndignifiedDeath: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-humiliating-ways-wilderness-can-kill-you/ "The 5 Most Humiliating Ways the Wilderness Can Kill You"]].
* UnfortunateImplications: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct]] gives a bunch of examples of how attempts to avert MonochromeCasting by including Black people in promotion campaigns ended up tripping over stereotypes about fried chicken, watermelon, and wanting to be white.
* TheUnintelligible: Depending on the article, people either understand what Chris Bucholz is saying or see him as entirely unintelligible as no one can decipher the gibberish language he calls ‘Canadian English.’
* UniversalAdaptorCast: Mario's numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* UnproblematicProstitution: TheOldestProfession may be older even than humanity, as it appears to emerge in the presence of money. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19388_6-things-you-wont-believe-animals-do-just-like-us_p2.html 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us]] describes several experiments in which researchers introduced money to communities of monkeys. In one, a female monkey ended up trading sex for money so she could buy some grapes.
* VendorTrash: Photoplasty advertises a vendor that [[WeBuyAnything buys everything]], specifically naming items that substitute for MoneySpider, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* VideoGame3DLeap: Parodied as the #25 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] which teaches that the third spatial dimension was discovered in 1996 (the year ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' was released).
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Mocked [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ here]], then [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment paid back]].
** Seanbaby took this UpToEleven with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ this]].
** Robert Brockway has gotten in on the action with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
** All of the articles relating to dick moves done by players in online gaming discusses how people take this trope and ran with it to grandiose and creative heights. At least one or two on every list so far has mentioned ''Videogame/EVEOnline''.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an InsideJoke that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''Film/{{Rocky}} IV'' or ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'' is to find a discreet way to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain the reference]] in the setup.
* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18645_6-great-novels-that-were-hated-in-their-time.html 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time]]
** And NevilleChamberlain.
* WaterIsAir: An underwater lake is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19557_the-5-most-mind-blowing-things-that-can-be-found-underwater.html #5 most mindblowing thing found underwater]].
* TheWatson: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.
* WaxingLyrical: Brockway is fond of this. ''Especially'' if the song in question is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Life is a Highway]]''.
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Usually this is justified in that they are an American site, but their list of the lamest JamesBond puns commits the double fallacy of A: mocking the use of [[TheSixties 1960s]] humor... [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece in 1960s movies]] and B: mocking that the British James Bond, a British secret agent, who speaks BritishEnglish, often to other British people for the heinous crime of...using British idiom! Apparently, "nobody talks like that". [[SarcasmMode Because English-speakers only exist West of Maine.]]
* WeBuyAnything: Photoplasty advertises such a shop in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* WeHaveReserves: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html This]] article details that this was pretty much Ancient Rome's primary tactic for warfare. The first war against Carthage resulted in 100,000 troops being lost in a single day, and the war lasted for more than a decade and a half after that. The 2nd Carthaginian War resulted in over 400,000 Roman soldiers lost before the enemies finally lost, and Rome didn't give a damn.
-->''The Roman Empire wasn't really interested in outwitting its opponents -- it just outlasted them. If Rome had a problem, it kept throwing troops at it until it stopped causing trouble.
* WelcomeToCorneria: "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* WhaleEgg: Franchise/{{Pokemon}} coming from eggs is the #27 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked in Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[invoked]] In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-aggressively-crazy-websites-internet/ The 5 Most Aggressively Crazy Websites on the Internet]], Mark Hill compares ''Boohbah'' to "the findings of a scientist adding LSD to baby food."
* WhatIf: Many of the Photoplasty contests.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Robert Brockway is a horrible person according to [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Explored in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html 5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death]].
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Many authors of articles express their hatred and fear of spiders.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The video "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh5OpZ2EDw Why Supervillains Always Keep the Good Guy Alive]]" provides a deconstruction of this trope with an excerpt from Albert B. Celery's fictitious William Blonde film ''The Malice of Regret''.
* WikiWalk: OK, they're not actually a wiki, but it is really easy to get trapped for a '''long''' time just by clicking the links at the end of each article. If they were to drop the last two letters, their name would be almost chillingly appropriate. It's a good thing [[CrackIsCheaper Cracked is free]].
** The addition of the '''Random Article''' button does ''even more'' to add to it.
** #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us]] is "The Irresistible Impulse to Follow a Link Chain".
* WrongInsultOffence:
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20122_6-ill-advised-marketing-campaigns-that-backfired-hilariously.html#ixzz2F91J3OuU Somehow, lazy racism is more offensive than intellectually rigorous racism.]]
* YouCanPanicNow: A staple article topic is a list of mundane items and activities that can kill/maim you.
** And conversely, things which are hyped as dangerous by films/television/news media etc., and in fact are not nearly as dangerous as made out to be.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Photoplasty advertises hair dye in impossible colors in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#7 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* YoungestChildWins: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19762_7-random-things-you-wont-believe-are-shortening-your-life.html #6 on this list]] shows that the older children will have more health problems than the younger ones based on order of birth.
* ZeroGSpot: Shot down in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18547_6-reasons-space-travel-will-always-suck.html 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck]].
* ZombieApocalypse:
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html favorite]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/ subjects]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/126_5-popular-zombie-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/ for]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/164_6-characters-who-show-up-in-every-zombie-movie/ lists]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16717_6-signs-youre-about-be-attacked-by-zombies.html and]] [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-38-zombies/ parodies.]]
** Deconstructed in David Dietle's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]]. For one thing, maggots and gut flora would devour the undead.
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