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* ManChild: Hilariously, ''Q'' was told to be this as an Ikea salesman, wearing a nightshirt, tugging around an oversized stuffed monkey, and asking a customer to read him a bedtime story.

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* ManChild: Hilariously, ''Q'' was told to be this as an Ikea salesman, wearing a nightshirt, tugging pajamas over his uniform, lugging around an oversized stuffed monkey, and asking a customer to read him a bedtime story.
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* PantyThief: Murr's punishment was to go in to a laundromat, steal other people's underwear, and, ultimately, wear it on his head. It did not go unnoticed.

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* PantyThief: One of Murr's punishment punishments was to go in to a laundromat, steal other people's underwear, and, ultimately, wear it on his head. It did not go unnoticed.
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*ButtMonkey: All four of them take turns being this--essentially the premise of the show--but most especially during the punishments.
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* TheTeetotaler: Joe, as discovered during the nightclub challenge.
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** The show is ''full'' of this. It's especially likely to happen if one of the victims reacts in a way none of the jokers expects.
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Welcome to White Castle, bitch."
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* PillowFight: Begun in an Ikea showroom, no less.
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* ManChild: Hilariously, ''Q'' was told to be this as an Ikea salesman, wearing a nightshirt, tugging around an oversized stuffed monkey, and asking a customer to read him a bedtime story.
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* MilkingTheGiantCow: Joe as a horoscope reader, culminating in somersaults and cartwheels.
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* DeathGlare: Though this happens often enough when the guys say something truly insulting, nothing reached the levels of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDCCAflsVi8 Klepto Buffet]].


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* ToiletHumour: Shows up occasionally, but nothing reaches the level of Joe's punishment of opening up a public bathroom door while on the can, and asking for a little help with his paper shortage emergency.
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* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Doesn't happen in-show, but is referenced in Sal's past as a delivery boy, having a door answered by a topless woman.


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* {{Transsexual}}: Sal is tasked with admitting to a woman that he's a woman trapped in a man's body, and in the nightclub challenge Joe asks a woman with fairly prominent cleavage "Male or female?" Her reaction was a pretty good DeathGlare.
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* ProductPlacement: Happens pretty obviously with Kellogg Granola Crunch in one challenge.
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* LargeHam: Q and Joe dip into this fairly frequently.
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Murr Has Standards]]: He'll ask someone on their way to a funeral "Who kicked the bucket?", but him and the others have a hard time being outright degrading to women.

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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Murr [[EveryoneHasStandards Everyone (Even Murr) Has Standards]]: He'll ask someone on their way to a funeral "Who kicked the bucket?", but him and the others have a hard time being outright degrading to women.
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* HonestJohnsDealership: The intro to the car lot challenge invokes this, as does Q's entire outfit and demeanor.
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* {{Squick}}: The rich minefield of Sal's germophobia does not go unplumbed when he loses, being forced to dig through elephant feces for a nonexistent key and holding (fresh) dog poop for twenty seconds.
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* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Sal has an unfortunate one from a heavier time that keeps cropping up as Employee of the Year, or a background picture to a photo booth.
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* RunningGag: If there's someone to be called for offscreen, it's Larry. If it's a woman, it's (that bitch) Irene.
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* YeOldeButcheredEnglishe: Q's ''"WELCOME TO THE CASTLE OF WHITE. WHAT IST THOU CRAVING?"'' comes to mind.

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* YeOldeButcheredEnglishe: YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Q's ''"WELCOME TO THE CASTLE OF WHITE. WHAT IST THOU CRAVING?"'' comes to mind.
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* HotMom: Shows up and is usually noticed by the guys, especially by the "MILF alert" woman in Costco. Special mention must go to the college student who apparently thought her own mother fit the bill and signed up for "My Mom is a MILF" club.


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* YeOldeButcheredEnglishe: Q's ''"WELCOME TO THE CASTLE OF WHITE. WHAT IST THOU CRAVING?"'' comes to mind.
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* PantyThief: Murr's punishment was to go in to a laundromat, steal other people's underwear, and, ultimately, wear it on his head. It did not go unnoticed.
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* BriefAccentImitation: In the shoe-store challenge, Murr is instructed to (and does, shamefacedly) put on a Jamaican accent to a Rastafarian customer.


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* PrecisionFStrike:
-->Murr: "Would you like any fucking shoes today?"
-->Customer: "I'm making up my fucking mind."
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* ClipShow: Has had two already, one in the middle of season one, and one as the second episode in season two.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Most commonly seen in the "Don't I Know You?" challenges, the most outrageous claims (such as Murr getting ''molested by an octopus'') get usually nothing worse than polite confusion.
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Murr Has Standards]]: He'll ask someone on their way to a funeral "Who kicked the bucket?", but him and the others have a hard time being outright degrading to women.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Joe is choleric, Q is melancholic, Sal is phlegmatic and Murr is sanguine.
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* {{Squick}}: The rich minefield of Sal's germophobia does not go unplumbed when he loses, being forced to dig through elephant feces for a nonexistent key and holding (fresh) dog poop for twenty seconds.

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* {{Squick}}: The rich minefield of Sal's germophobia does not go unplumbed when he loses, being forced to dig through elephant feces for a nonexistent key and holding (fresh) dog poop for twenty seconds.seconds.
* ThrowItIn: Q's tooth unexpectedly falling out during the speed-dating challenge only provided fuel for him to act like a pirate.
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[[caption-width-right:300: Q, Sal, Joe, Murr. Unpictured: LARRY!]]
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Joe's common trick of "nosing" (touching his nose to someone without them noticing) is a variant, although sometimes they're just challenged to get as close as possible.
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''Impractical Jokers'' is a hidden-camera series from [=TruTV=], featuring four friends (Q, Murr, Sal, and Joe) challenging each other to act outrageously in public. [[CatchPhrase You refuse, you lose]].
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!!This show provides examples of:
* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: The mission was to get people to comment on bogus news stories in Times Square, and when approached two women commented "We don't speak English." It was promptly lampshaded.
* {{Squick}}: The rich minefield of Sal's germophobia does not go unplumbed when he loses, being forced to dig through elephant feces for a nonexistent key and holding (fresh) dog poop for twenty seconds.

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