History Creator / PennAndTeller

** In the ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' movie Penn makes a cameo as a carnival barker. An out-of-focus Teller can be seen behind him.

** In the ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' movie Penn makes a cameo as a carnival barker; An out-of-focus Teller can be seen behind him.

** In the ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' movie Penn makes a cameo as a Carnie Talker
** ''Series/TheWestWing'', where they performed one of their stage tricks, involving a flag-burning, in the White House
** ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'', where they presented the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment

-->'''Penn:''' I am more than half of Penn and Teller by weight. I am less than half of Penn and Teller by talent.

* TheAnnouncer: Penn was Comedy Central's announcer for much of TheNineties.

* BeeAfraid: They did a trick once where they produced 100,000 bees, without using gloves or masks. The producing was a trick, but they really did handle all those bees without protection; they just made sure they weren't allergic to bee stings so they wouldn't suffer any permanent ill effects and sucked it up. Penn still got stung in some [[GroinAttack nasty places]] (Teller escaped with only three stings, mostly because he poured all the bees on Penn).

** In their Masterclass, Penn recounts how they once did a trick for Creator/StevenSpielberg, who abruptly picked one of the cards before they could go through any of the stuff used to force which one he took. Except by pure chance, he actually picked the one they were going to force him to, which meant the trick looked even better as there was clearly no way they directed him toward that card.

* ''Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary and Underhanded'', an upcoming Virtual Reality game for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR, slated for a Summer 2019 release.

* RuleAbidingRebel: Penn likes to play up that all the other magicians ''hate'' he and Teller, that they've been banned from the Magic Castle because they reveal all their tricks... in fact they're held in very high esteem by other magicians, both because of their consummate skill and showmanship and also because (unlike, say, the Masked Magician) they only reveal tricks they themselves have developed for that purpose (or tricks so old and basic you can learn them in any beginner's magic book).

** One of the tricks in ''How to Play in Traffic'' is about choosing between two potential sex partners and opens with a lengthy disclaimer about how since magicians are socially awkward nerds who are the antithesis of sexy, the trick is pure SpeculativeFiction as far as they're concerned.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: {{Invoked}} in ''How to Play with Your Food'', which features a chapter purported to be a story for children. It starts with an extremely overly sugary opening to a Halloween story... before breaking off to explain that now that the grown-ups have all left they can get to the point, which is of course a [[BloodyHilarious bloody trick to play on one's parents]].

** Of course, this is subverted any time he does an interview on his own. He actually has a rather nice speaking voice, and a lot deeper than you'd except from someone of his build.
** At the end of Film/PennAndTellerGetKilled, [[spoiler:after Teller accidently shoots Penn, and kills him.]]
** Teller's acting gig in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' has him playing the mousy, downtrodden father of Amy Farrah-Fowler, a man rendered largely voiceless by his shrewish domineering wife, who glares at him every time he tries to open his mouth. [[note]]he does get to speak - when he is away from Amy's mother.[[/note]]

** ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', with various appearances from Penn as Drell, head of the Witches' Council, and some from Teller too

** Semi-regular appearances on ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' during the Whoopi Goldberg era, including the infamous "[[YouFool YOU FOOL!]]" episode; Penn said it first, then Gilbert Gottfried borrowed it and things escalated from there

** They guest starred in episode 7 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndGuessWho'' , where they work with the gang in solving the mystery of the ghost of Professor Madds Markson, a scientist magician who's haunting a casino in Las Vegas. [[spoiler: It was all a scheme by Teller, who speaks at the very end, who wanted to impress Penn with a genuine scare.]]

* ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit'', a highly successful Showtime series that ran from 2003-2010, where they call out various pseudoscience and political causes they [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin consider to be bullshit]].

** A story element in the "Water Tank" trick; after the trick starts apparently going wrong, Penn tries to call it off and let Teller out of the tank, but Teller insists on continuing before he gave his word not to come out until the trick is finished. During his mock eulogy, Penn says that you have to respect a man prepared to die for what he believes in, even if the thing he believes in is just a dumb card trick.

* ManipulativeEditing: Inverted with Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End has some spectators told that their scenes will receive ManipulativeEditing and give some impressive reactions to non-existent tricks; they are actually shown unedited.

* TheVoiceless: Teller's on-stage persona[[note]]developed because he began his career performing in front of drunk frat boys and staying silent helped with his nervousness[[/note]]. He does actually speak on stage and on camera, albeit very rarely, but it's usually hidden one way or another, to maintain the illusion that he never does.

** ''Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}}'', where they presented the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment

* SuddenlyVoiced: Teller talks about the magic on the linking rings on an episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsNqOYY4Jeg Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour]].

* Film/TheThreeStooges: They have performed a stage version of a Stoogesque sketch.

** On a celebrity edition of ''Series/FearFactor''; Penn and Teller maintained their stage personas over the course of the competition, but after Teller completed the final stunt and Joe Rogan told him that he had taken the lead, a happy Teller pumped his fist and whispered, "Yes!" rather audibly.

** In a live television card-knife trick, Teller audibly tells Penn, "shut up."

Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is the tall, talkative one with dark hair and glasses. [[OnlyOneName Teller]] (born February 14, 1948) is the short one who [[TheVoiceless never speaks]] and makes [[SilentSnarker amusing facial expressions]] on the frequent occasions when Penn exposes him to danger. They were introduced to one another by a mutual friend in 1975. Ever since then, they've done most of their work together, developing their own rather quirky style of magic.