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* ''SpongebobSquarepants'' after the movie.
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** [[PokeThePoodle You can't say that!]]
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* The CollegeHumor guys dip into this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEDz3t3CKA at times.]]

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* The CollegeHumor [[HardlyWorking College Humor]] guys dip into this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEDz3t3CKA at times.]]
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* The CollegeHumor guys dip into this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEDz3t3CKA at times.]]
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* ''[[http://www.somethingawful.com/series/57.php Lauren's Cartoons]]'' fall very nicely into this category; it helps that the writer (and narrator) is ''[[BetterThanItSounds five.]]''

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* ''[[http://www.somethingawful.com/series/57.php Lauren's Cartoons]]'' fall very nicely into this category; it helps that the writer (and narrator) is ''[[BetterThanItSounds five.]]''
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* ''[[http://www.somethingawful.com/series/57.php Lauren's Cartoons]]'' fall very nicely into this category; it helps that the writer (and narrator) is ''[[BetterThanItSounds five.]]''
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*''[[http://kansattica.livejournal.com Awesome in Kansattica]]'' is like this sometimes.
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* JitteryDragon's videos all fall into this, the exact opposite of TheLandBeforeTime sequels it mocks. [[spoiler: The DinosaurTrain parody verges on SurrealHorror as well.]]

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* MSPaintAdventures. Probably moreso with ''ProblemSleuth'' than ''{{Homestuck}}''.

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* MSPaintAdventures. Probably moreso more so with ''ProblemSleuth'' than ''{{Homestuck}}''.



* TheGoonShow, one of the earliest examples, and maybe even the UrExample.
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* ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' is largely made of this trope.
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** Taken to another level by the [[StupidStatementRemix remixes]] people have made of his commentary. {{Raocow}} is surreal; the remixes are so insane they can fully replace hallucinogens.

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** Taken to another level by the [[StupidStatementRemix [[StupidStatementDanceMix remixes]] people have made of his commentary. {{Raocow}} is surreal; the remixes are so insane they can fully replace hallucinogens.

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* The [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] {{Raocow}} lives for this trope (and TalkativeLoon). When not being overly frustrated by the [[NintendoHard difficult]] [[PlatformHell levels]] that he plays, his commentary is so [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs bizarre]] that it becomes hilarious.
** Taken to another level by the [[StupidStatementRemix remixes]] people have made of his commentary. {{Raocow}} is surreal; the remixes are so insane they can fully replace hallucinogens.
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* ''JungleWaItgsumoHaleNochiGuu''. 'Nuff said.

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* ''JungleWaItgsumoHaleNochiGuu''.''JungleWaItsumoHaleNochiGuu''. 'Nuff said.

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Compare WidgetSeries and SoBadItsGood.

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Compare WidgetSeries and SoBadItsGood.
SoBadItsGood. Contrast SurrealHorror.
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** Just to recap on what videos they've done. [[TheCloak A sentient cloak who fights communism with his disembodied head sidekick Robert Mitchum]], A mad scientist who is in love with a swiffer mop and sends an elephant to hell [[ForScience in the name of science]], [[LlamasWithHats two hat-wearing llamas who argue about ethics]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice (one of which is a cannibal)]], [[AnimateInanimateObject and a civilization of spatulas at war with evil spoons]] and the closest thing said spatulas have to an afterlife is [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys "new France"]]. [[BeyondTheImpossible And that's just scratching the surface.]]
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* Many of Satou's more delusional moments in ''WelcomeToTheNHK''.

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* Many of Satou's more delusional moments in ''WelcomeToTheNHK''.
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* ''JungleWaItgsumoHaleNochiGuu''. 'Nuff said.
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* GarrysMod videos like this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_TY8qq-MPE&feature=channel]] and this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqDaMSk00wA&feature=related]]
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-->"''This guy has walked out of a venue and collapsed in the middle of a public bar. His best mate who's the only doctor in the building has been picked up and carried away by security. His girlfriend has stepped over his prone body to ask me for an autograph. And now Bart Simpson is telling him to come away from the light! THAT IS SURREAL!''" - Adam Hills


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-->"''This guy has walked out of a venue and collapsed in the middle of a public bar. His best mate who's the only doctor in the building has been picked up and carried away by security. His girlfriend has stepped over his prone body to ask me for an autograph. And now Bart Simpson is telling him to come away from the light! THAT IS SURREAL!''" SURREAL!''"
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Hills, on what is and is not surreal.

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* In ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' the "Numberwang" sketches rely on this. A gameshow that adheres to no comprehensible rules, but which appears to mostly consist of saying random numbers. And everything not related to the game itself is equally bizarre.
-->Host: Joining me tonight are Julie, who's from Yorkshire, and Simon, who's from a factory and made of a special metal. So, Julie, ever killed a man?
-->Julie: No.
-->Host: Simon?
-->Simon: ''Yes.''
-->Host: Great! Let's play [[{{Spinoff}} Wordwang!]]

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* Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, as seen in ''VicReevesBigNightOut'', ''TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer'' and ''ShootingStars''
* ''TheGoodies''


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* ''TheGoonShow''. Practically the UrExample, at least if you're British.

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* Oh wow. Too many for me to list.




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* MSPaintAdventures. Probably moreso with ''ProblemSleuth'' than ''{{Homestuck}}''.
* ''AxeCop'' is this trope in its purest distilled form.
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--"''This guy has walked out of a venue and collapsed in the middle of a public bar. His best mate who's the only doctor in the building has been picked up and carried away by security. His girlfriend has stepped over his prone body to ask me for an autograph. And now Bart Simpson is telling him to come away from the light! THAT IS SURREAL!''" - Adam Hills


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There are several genres dedicated to this trope. It's the main selling point of GagSeries, surreal comedy and DadaComics, and a main feature of PostModern comedy. This type of humor has exploded in all forms with the rise of the internet.

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There are several genres dedicated to this trope. It's the main selling point of GagSeries, surreal comedy and DadaComics, and a main feature of PostModern comedy. This type of humor has exploded in all forms with the rise of the internet.
internet; many {{meme}}s take this form.
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* ''PennyArcade'' (TwispAndCatsby)

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* ''PennyArcade'' (TwispAndCatsby)
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* [[http://mountaincomics.com/ Mountain Time]]

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* [[http://mountaincomics.''[[http://mountaincomics.com/ Mountain Time]]
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* ''CtrlAltDel'' (Chef Brian)
* ''PennyArcade'' (TwispAndCatsby)
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** That kid actually comes back later in the film when seen by the main character who is dying in a hospital. The kid is with a man in a bunny suit who is holding a plate full of... PANCAKES. And he has syrup in the other hand! According the end credits, said bunnyman is played by "We'll Never Tell".

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** That kid actually comes back later in the film when seen by the main character who is dying in a hospital. The kid is with a man in a bunny suit who is holding a plate full of... PANCAKES. And he has syrup in the other hand! According to the end credits, said bunnyman is played by "We'll Never Tell".
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* The entire Monkees film ''Head'', full stop.

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* The entire Monkees [[TheMonkees Monkees]] film ''Head'', full stop.
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* There once was a DisneyComics series ''Goofy as [insert historical person here]'' (from Italy, I think). Mainly it was the life story of a famous man, retold as TheThemeParkVersion, with Goofy as Leonardo da Vinci / Marco Polo / Casanova / whomever, Micky as his sidekick, Pete as an antagonistic character and occasionally other Disney characters too. But inbetween, this series often brought sheer absurd gags which weren't commented or lampshaded: A royal guard driving a unicycle, a woman wearing a fried egg on her hat, a spaghetti salesman making his noodles dance, just like a snake charmer... lots of it.

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* There once was a DisneyComics series ''Goofy as [insert historical person here]'' (from Italy, I think). Mainly it was the life story of a famous man, retold as TheThemeParkVersion, with Goofy as Leonardo da Vinci / Marco Polo / Casanova / whomever, Micky Mickey as his sidekick, Pete as an antagonistic character and occasionally other Disney characters too. But inbetween, this series often brought sheer absurd gags which weren't commented or lampshaded: A royal guard driving a unicycle, a woman wearing a fried egg on her hat, a spaghetti salesman making his noodles dance, just like a snake charmer... lots of it.
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* TheGoonShow, one of the earliest examples, and maybe even the UrExample.

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