History Series / TheChasersWarOnEverything

* MegaphoneGag: A recurring segment in which one of them, usually Julian, makes bizarre and/or satirical unauthorized announcements with PA systems in businesses and public places.

The Chaser's stunts have gotten them into trouble a few times, culminating in an incident during the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) being held in Sydney in 2007: despite their expectations that the stunt would go no further than the outer boundary, their fake motorcade [[GoneHorriblyRight entered the Red Security Zone]] (the highest level security zone), despite having 'JOKE' and 'It's pretty obvious this isn't a real pass' stamped on their "passes", and with a person dressed as Osama bin Laden in one of the vehicles. Chas, Julian, and a number of the crew for the show got arrested. It was this prank alone that started international buzz and later a bidding war for American syndication, eventually won by Creator/{{G4TV}} in late 2008.

The Chaser's stunts have gotten them into trouble a few times, culminating in an incident during the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) being held in Sydney in 2007: despite their expectations that the stunt would go no further than the outer boundary, their fake motorcade [[GoneHorriblyRight entered the Red Security Zone]] (the highest level security zone), despite having 'FAKE' and 'This is obviously a joke' stamped on their "passes", and with a person dressed as Osama bin Laden in one of the vehicles. Chas, Julian, and a number of the crew for the show got arrested. It was this prank alone that started international buzz and later a bidding war for American syndication, eventually won by Creator/{{G4TV}} in late 2008.

''The Chaser's War on Everything'' was an Australian half-hour comedy show produced and broadcast by Creator/TheABC (the Australian one) and hosted by comedians Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, collectively referred to as Creator/TheChaser.[[note]]Members of the team not usually mentioned are Dominic Knight (who prefers to remain behind the scene as a writer) and Charles Firth (who went solo in 2007).[[/note]] The show has aired in many countries across the world, from Israel to the UK, Poland to South Korea.

* SelectiveStupidity: Possibly the best example being asking Americans about the 9/11 attacks and them getting pieces of information wrong that even an Aussie who doesn't watch much news knows.
** Particularly, getting the date wrong, which raises the question, what did these people think 9/11 was named for?
*** The 9th of November?[[note]]:from an Australian perspective, [[DontExplainTheJoke this is what the date "9/11" looks and sounds like to those unfamiliar with the day itself]], though Americans don't have that excuse[[/note]]

The Chaser began as creators of a satirical newspaper, called ''The Chaser'' (not dissimilar to ''Website/TheOnion''). After a slow start, sales skyrocketed when they published then Prime Minister John Howard's phone number. This got the attention of Australian interviewer and TV star Andrew Denton, who got them a spot on the ABC, Australia's government-funded network; the result was ''Series/TheElectionChaser'', a short series covering the 2001 federal election and taking the piss out of everyone involved. They then went on to do the news parody show ''Series/{{CNNNN}}'' (Chaser Non-stop News Network), mostly mocking Creator/{{CNN}}, Creator/FoxNews and Australian current affairs. They followed this with more coverages of elections, a stage show, and then their most famous work: ''The Chaser's War on Everything''.[[note]]Rejected names for the show include ''Hey Hey It's The Chaser'', ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour'', ''Thank Allah It's Friday'' and ''The Chaser is Right''.[[/note]]

* ButtMonkey: Current affairs shows ''Today Tonight'' and ''A Current Affair'' provided a seemingly ceaseless source of {{narm}}ful and [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer incorrect]] material to be satirised; when they dabbled in international stuff, Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} was given the same treatment for the same reasons.

* FiveManBand: (Feel free to change it)
** TheHero: Craig
** TheLancer: Chris
** TheBigGuy: Chas
** TheSmartGuy: Julian
** TheChick: Andrew
** SixthRanger: Charles Firth
** NonActionGuy: Dominic Knight

(For the Korean film which [[NamesTheSame shares its name]] with the group, see ''Film/TheChaser'')

It returned to air in 2009, this time with only ten episodes. Only two episodes in, it caused controversy over a sketch about terminally ill children. This also led to questions about whether it has [[JumpTheShark jumped the shark]]. In case you were wondering, it didn't; they even managed to handle their own shame in a funny (but in no way disrespectful to the victims) way. This turned out to be their last season, for several reasons - among them, they were getting too easily recognised by the public and so, couldn't pull fast ones on them. They spent 2010 touring Australia with ''The Age of Terror Variety Hour''. They also covered the 2010 Australian election with their mini-series ''[[PunnyName Yes We Canberra]].'' This was the first time their election coverage was actually ''watched'' by anybody - the previous years it was held a week before the election was held, and the week after it was over. They covered the 2013 election with ''The Hamster Decides'', a five-episode series which turned out to be just as popular as ''Yes We Canberra''.