History Creator / JohnMulaney

* GlassesOfAging: "The Xanax Story" ends with a TimeSkip where he goes back to the same clinic where he humiliated himself a year prior, and sees the same nurse he had then, pointing out that the nurse is wearing glasses as proof that time had passed.

** Deconstructed during a routine wherein he talks about a friend saying (apparently apropos of nothing), "So you wouldn't kill Hitler if you saw him walking down the street?" John points out that realistically, a situation where he saw Hitler walking down the street would mean that "Hitler" would either be an actor in costume or an ''extremely'' old man... and John doesn't really want to kill ''either'' of those people (especially since he doesn't know what Extremely Old Hitler would even look like and he doesn't want to kill the wrong extremely old man).

** His "Chase Through the Subway" had him accidentally come across like he was trying to grab a woman in the New York subway. He initially thought the woman was running because she heard a train, only to realize "she's running from me because adults sometimes rape each other".

-->'''Chip:''' I didn't kill her! Whoever did kill her only did it to protect her from this world!"

* AdoptionDiss: In "Baby J" he says his older siblings convinced him he was not only adopted but that his mother was murdered by Miss America. Complicating things is at the time he thought Miss America was the Statue of Liberty.

* MeaningfulName: The Comeback kid special is titled that as a moniker for Bill Clinton and John Mulaney himself returning from the very public failure of his sitcom.

* RhymesOnADime: referenced in ''New In Town'', when he encounters an old gay man in a public bathroom:

John Edmund Mulaney (born August 26, 1982) is a stand-up comedian, actor, comedy writer, Irish Catholic, and, oh yeah, [[MemeticMutation the Salt and Pepper Diner guy]].

* AdoptionDiss: In "Baby J" he says his older siblings convinced him he was not only adopted, but that his mother was murdered by Miss America. Complicating things is at the time he thought Miss America was the Statue of Liberty.

** He performs his 2023 special ''Baby J'' in a suit, telling stories about pathetic and insane things he did during his drug relapse.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: More to be liked than loved. It comes up in nearly all of his specials, with him saying that he's gotten over it towards the end of ''Baby J''. In the 2010s this mostly manifested itself in stories about his meekness, but in ''Baby J'' he talks about how he wasn't showing a lot of his personal darkness on stage because he was worried how his audiences would feel.

John Edmund Mulaney (born August 26, 1982) is a stand-up comedian, actor, comedy writer, Irish Catholic, and oh yeah, [[MemeticMutation The Salt And Pepper Diner guy.]] Born in Chicago, Mulaney became a huge comedy fan at an early age, and he and his best friend would act out skits in junior high for his class. He is a graduate of Georgetown University in English Literature, and shortly after he moved to New York for a career in comedy.

After serving as an office assistant at Creator/ComedyCentral, he became a writer for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', where he remained for six seasons (and came back to host four times, the most an ''SNL'' writer who never crossed over to being a cast member has done and only one of three ''SNL'' writers who were never picked to be cast members to come back and host, joining Creator/ConanOBrien and Creator/LarryDavid). He occasionally cameoed on Weekend Update, and you can also thank him and Creator/BillHader for the character of Stefon gracing your screen. Mulaney is a Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward winner for his ''SNL'' work. Unfortunately, his FOX sitcom ''Series/{{Mulaney}},'' which debuted in 2014 and co-starred fellow ''SNL'' alumni Creator/NasimPedrad and Creator/MartinShort, didn't fare well in the ratings and barely managed a single season.

Most of you reading this, however, probably recognize John Mulaney more for his stand-up comedy, which is characterized by a theatrical, energetic delivery and a real knack for storytelling. He has five specials thus far: ''The Top Part'' in 2009, ''New in Town'' in 2012, ''The Comeback Kid'' in 2015, ''Kid Gorgeous'' in 2018 (which earned him another Primetime Emmy for writing), and ''Baby J'' in 2023. Famous bits include, of course, "The Salt & Pepper Diner," his love of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', and his bits on his past as a [[TheAlcoholic blackout drunk]] and continued struggles [[FunctionalAddict dealing with drug addiction]]. He's also done the special ''Film/JohnMulaneyAndTheSackLunchBunch''.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2018): Andrew Glouberman
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' (2018): ComicBook/SpiderHam
* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'' (2022): Chip
* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' (2022): Jack Horner.

Most of you reading this, however, probably recognize John Mulaney more for his stand-up comedy, which is characterized by a theatrical, energetic delivery and a real knack for storytelling. He has five specials thus far: ''The Top Part'' in 2009, ''New in Town'' in 2012, ''The Comeback Kid'' in 2015, ''Kid Gorgeous'' in 2018 (which earned him another Primetime Emmy for writing), and ''Baby J'' in 2023. Famous bits include, of course, "The Salt & Pepper Diner," his love of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', and his bits on his past as a [[TheAlcoholic blackout drunk]] and continued struggles [[TheAddict dealing with drug addiction]]. He's also done the special ''Film/JohnMulaneyAndTheSackLunchBunch''.