History RunningGag / WebAnimation

** Whenever [[Videogame/HalfLife2 Isaac Kleiner]] says "THIS IS MADNESS" Franchise/{{Sonic}} [[GroinAttack kicks him in the nuts]] while yelling "[[Film/ThreeHundred THIS IS SPARTA]]".

** Episodes involving a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' character have a gag of episodes never actually involving anyone dying. "[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Starscream]] VS Rainbow Dash" [[spoiler:ends with Dash winning, but she technically never actually kills Starscream due to his immortality]]. "Deadpool VS Pinkie Pie" [[spoiler:has the two becoming friends and abandoning the fight, resulting in a draw where no one loses]]. And "[[ComicBook/RavenDCComics Raven]] VS Twilight Sparkle" [[spoiler:has an AmbiguousEnding where it's left unclear if Raven killed Twilight or Twilight survived with AmusingInjuries]].

** Boss has two {{catchphrase}}s: "[[WithAGoat NE BASZ LOVAT]] A GARÁZSBAN" ("DO NOT FUCK HORSES IN THE GARAGE") and "VIZIPÁP" ("AQUATIC POPE").

* The {{machinima}} series ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' practically operates on these and many a BrickJoke. So many in fact, it has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdTIWPx-mTI 49 minute video]] listing off all of them. The more popular ones are:
** When Red Army first acquires their jeep, its radio is blasting loud polka-style Tejuano music without any way to shut it off. Throughout the series, polka music gradually rising in volume becomes an indication that Red Army is about to appear.
** Also, anytime the tank fires a shot, any character nearby will shout "SON OF A BITCH!"
** Tucker replying to any possible innuendo with "Bowchickabowwow".
** Sister's odd stories ending with somebody else responding by saying "Yeah! Wait, what?"
** Sarge attempting to get Grif killed for the team.
** Church's inability to hit anything with a sniper rifle. He can't even shoot down a guy point blank.
** Tucker's inability to actually obtain a sniper rifle.
** "That doesn't seem physically possible!"
** Grif and Simmons feuding over the shotgun seat of the Warthog (despite the fact that Grif usually drives and Simmons takes the mounted turret, leaving Sarge for shotgun).
** Caboose persistently claiming he is Church's best friend.
** Caboose accidentally killing his own teammates.
** Sarge's passionate hatred of everything blue-coloured, leading to some very InsaneTrollLogic plans.
** Donut making anything that can be misconstrued as a double entendre sound like one.
** Lopez never being understood by anyone due to speaking in robotic monotone Spanish.
** [[GroinAttack Tex taking exception to Grif's balls.]]
** The Reds getting their Warthog blown up in nearly every battle it's in.
** Attaching towing cables/harpoons to peoples' codpieces.
** The skull that keeps popping up from time to time is exactly the same one. Apparently Tex pulled it out of Private Jimmy's head and beat him to death with it.
** "Memory is the key" seems to walk a tightrope between this and ArcWords. First it's a serious phrase, and then it's a joke, and then it's serious again...
** The ongoing debate over whether or not the Warthog looks more like a Puma.
** The ongoing debate over whether or not you can pick up chicks in a tank.
** [[RuleOfThree The ongoing debate over]] [[ArcWords why we're here.]]
*** Notable in that it was effectively ''weaponized'' once. [[spoiler: Grif encounters Gene fighting Simmons in Season 15, and the two look and sound alike. It's only after Simmons correctly answers with "It's still one of life's great mysteries" that Grif blasts Gene off a cliff.]]
** In "The Singularity", MentalTimeTravel allows Donut to go back to any point in history. Naturally, he ends reliving the moment Agent Washington shot him at the end of "The Recreation" quite a few times.

* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Whether or not Ashley Katchadourian is supposed to watch the door, Brittnay being told she gives sub-par hand jobs, stuff happening in the 3rd grade, among ''lots'' others.

* ''{{RunningGag/Eddsworld}}''

* ''Machinima/DarkSecretsOfGarrysMod'':

* ''Machinima/FreemansMind'': Gordon repeatedly...
** ...commenting that he misses [[HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic his suit helmet]].
** ...killing barnacles and getting showered by gore.
** ...channeling his inner monkey.
** ...wishing his suit had a grappling hook.
** ...realizing he's just gone through a DoorToBefore.
** ...contemplating hocking a loogie into various deep pits.
** ...trying to kill all of the cockroaches.
** ...getting frustrated by dead ends and trying to open them by hitting them with his crowbar (even the metal ones).
** ...checking whether someone is following him.
** ...ruminating that things are okay because he has a ''gun''. (Emphasis his.)
** ...stating "I should have been a _______."
** ...commenting on the facility being a Franchise/JamesBond SuperVillain company.
** ...mentioning his friend Eddie who could either supply him with certain [X] or could buy certain [X] from him. ([X] being the not very easily legally obtained good of discussion)
** ...witnessing [[UnfriendlyFire the soldiers blowing each other up]].
** ...being startled by scientists or guards suddenly talking or appearing in front of him.
** ...complaining about [[NoOSHACompliance flimsy, easily-broken catwalks]].
** ...fancying whether he would be able to explain all the kills he made as N+1 cases of self-defense and getting increasingly sure that he won't.
** ...entering an [[TheElevatorFromIpanema elevator with background music]].
** ...missing his throws with hand grenades about as often as he makes them.
** ...intentionally avoiding areas where he could find a new weapon and avoiding picking up certain new weapons when he finds them. To be fair, he usually has a good reason for doing so.

* The {{machinima}} series ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' practically operates on these and many a BrickJoke. So many in fact, it has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdTIWPx-mTI 49 minute video]] listing off all of them. The more popular ones are:

* In ''Machinima/SpriggsAHalo3Machinima'', there is [[RoadrunnerVsCoyote Willy's eternally unsuccessful quest to kill Spriggs.]]

* ''RunningGag/Max0r''

* There are several running gags in the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' line of work, enough for the Homestar Wiki to [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Category:Running_Gags break them down into seperate categories]]. To name just a few examples:
** Characters will make a soap-box speech of some kind from atop an actual soap-box, which has a label with an ever-increasing number on it: "ELEVEN SOAPS", "TWELVE OF THEM", "THIRTEEN, Y'ALL", etc.
** Strong Bad napping on the couch, and [[TalkingInYourSleep mumbling the names of video games in his sleep]].
** Strong Bad kicking The Cheat.
** A soft-spoken middle-aged woman [[PhraseCatcher being told]] "[[BigShutUp Shut up, lady!]]"
** There was a whole string of episodes of WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail that included a random reference to "DNA evidence". A cartoon was eventually produced tying them all together.
** Characters, most commonly Strong Sad, over-enunciating or mispronouncing foreign words and names in an attempt to pronounce them properly, like "anime" in "Trogdorcon '97", or "Creator/ToveJansson" in "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerTheHomestarRunnerEntersTheSpookyWoods The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods]]".

* In ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'': It was Walpole. (Referring to financier Robert Walpole, who may have very well been the first Prime Minister from his influence.) He shows up in among other things the Crusade videos, and as the assasin of one of the Roman Emperors during the 3rd Century Crisis.
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'':
** Every appearance of Adeptus Mechanicus is accompanied by some reference to toasters.
** Horus is always referred to as "F*cking Horus".
** Karamazov replies to his right hand man's every sentence with "Be quiet, Dominique!"
** Dominique ''really'' wants to get some sandpaper cigarettes, and no one ever has any or want to fetch them for him.
** Every time Fabulous Custodes appear, they want to take over Kitten's position as Emperor's caretaker. Every time, the Emperor is freaked out by the possibility.

* ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom:''
** Hal isn't paid to work for Bowser.
** Steve almost always says "HI GUYS!" when he first appears in an episode.
** The Inaudible Thwomp's subtitles will usually change into "???"
** Paul Hammerbro throws hammers when angered.
** Kamek constantly calls Jeff and Hal (mostly Hal) gay.

* ''WebAnimation/TheNekciMenijShow'' elevates ShamelessSelfPromotion to an artform as a RunningGag. There's also [[Music/KatyPerry Kety Perr]], who has 90% of her dialogue revolve around how she wants everyone to see her film, Pert of Me.
* ''WebAnimation/DeclineOfVideoGaming'': "OHMYGODIMONFIRE!"
* The ''WebAnimation/NapsterBad'' short "Metallica Millionaire": every time the ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' ditty plays, Regis Philbin dances to the tune.
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' uses "14 Hours Later..." for scene transitions, even where it makes no sense. Also, every time FantasticRacism comes up in the series, the subtitles assure us "I swear I'm not racist." Every time Mayor Mare gives a speech, a mysterious voice calls from the crowd to heckle her.
* In ''Machinima/SpriggsAHalo3Machinima'', there is [[RoadrunnerVsCoyote Willy's eternally unsuccessful quest to kill Spriggs.]]
* ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'': Generally speaking, anyone who smokes onscreen is guaranteed to die. [[spoiler:[[AscendedExtra Deimos]] was no exception]].
* Characters in WebAnimation/PeteraDzive that drink (or sometimes even touch) a bottle of booze will often pass out and wake up naked in inexplicable places. DoubleSubversion occurs in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot9DlcGpNxY episode 16]], where the main character Peter wakes up naked and grabs a bottle of booze. He suddenly wakes up fully clothed, only to pick up another bottle and wake up naked again.
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Whether or not Ashley Katchadourian is supposed to watch the door, Brittnay being told she gives sub-par hand jobs, stuff happening in the 3rd grade, among ''lots'' others.
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': [[BigBad Ridiculously Epic’s]] “Evil Mobile” is not an armadillo. Except for when it does turn into a real armadillo when [[TheDitz Ridiculously Epic Fail]] drives it... [[AchievementsInIgnorance for some reason.]]
* ''WebAnimation/The30SecondBunniesTheatre'' has bunny ears on everything. Fighter jets, penguins, sharks, ''xenomorph'', ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the Genesis planet]]''...
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has a few.
** The same elderly shopkeeper who keeps changing jobs and [[ButtMonkey keeps getting screwed]].
** Weiss being bamboozled by someone {{Flash Step}}ping in front of her. First with Ruby, and then with Penny. Also with [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Weiss]], everyone except her being greeted normally - most characters call her "IceQueen", or "Snow Angel" if they're feeling gracious.
** Breaking legs. First suggested by [[BloodKnight Nora]] as a way to deal with a bully, then by [[TheAce Pyrrha]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes more seriously]]. [[spoiler:Played again in "Fall" by Yang, but [[TearJerker this time the circumstances push it as far from funny as it could possibly get.]]]]
** Jaune getting launched into the air, either by catapult, by [[ScaryScorpions Deathstalker]], or by rocket locker.
* [=TheInvertedShadow=]'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHK43TJoVNRJ85mxMLzWT9bDTViWzNHUM Lyrish]]'' series: If there's a TV screen in the room, eventually it will start playing anywhere from three to five random video clips in a row that never last more than two seconds. Material ranges from ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' to Starlight Glimmer yelling [[Film/SuburbanCommando "I was]] ''[[Film/SuburbanCommando frozen]]'' [[Film/SuburbanCommando today!"]]
* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVSAnimation'':
** Alan's Required Essay getting wrecked. It gets burnt in ''2'', used as a battlefield in ''3'', and blown up in ''Animation VS Minecraft''.
** The [[OurSloganIsTerrible terrible]] vacuum ads in ''Animation VS Youtube'' that, on one occasion, managed to [[AntiClimax interrupt the action]].
** In the ''Animation VS Minecraft'' shorts, almost every time Green wins a build contest, [[SoreLoser at least one person throws TNT at it.]]
* In ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'', whenever Wilkins, the program coordinator of Minilife Studios, tries to tell anyone his job title, a knight appears and announces it for him.
* ''WebAnimation/RagdollLogoBloopers'':
** Characters saying "Judas Priest!"
** Characters throwing tantrums.
** Characters barfing.
** Characters getting punched in the face.
** Scary logo appearing.
** Characters laughing by saying "lol", "rofl", and "swa".
** "Shush the sheesh!"
* Many episodes of ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'' will advise the readers to shoehorn a LoveTriangle in whenever possible.

* ''RunningGag/{{Hololive}}''

* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Whether or not Ashley Kachadorian is supposed to watch the door, as well as Brittnay being told she gives sub-par hand jobs, stuff happening in the 3rd grade, among ''lots'' others.

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* In WebAnimation/ExtraCredits: It was Walpole. (Referring to financier Robert Walpole, who may have very well been the first Prime Minister from his influence.) He shows up in among other things the Crusade videos, and as the assasin of one of the Roman Emperors during the 3rd Century Crisis.

In WebAnimation/ExtraCredits: It was Walpole. (Referring to financier Richard Walpole, who may have very well been the first Prime Minister from his influence.) He shows up in among other things the Crusade videos, and as the assasin of one of the Roman Emperors during the 3rd Century Crisis.