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* RampJump: Daredevil Dan does ramp jumps over schoolbuses. Sometime he misses the jump and needs an ambulance. It's also varied, where Dan sometimes jumps over torches or pirhana tanks, or where a monster truck drives over the busses, or a bus jumps over motorcycles.
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* NintendoHard: Rodger Dodger (in ''After Dark 4.0'') can get pretty brutal in later levels. As can Lunatic Fringe (''After Dark 3.0''), if your spaceship's engine and steering go out of whack, as well as when [[LightningBruiser the Slicer]] shows up.
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* WordSaladHumor: The "Nonsense" screensaver, which randomly generated English sentences that, while grammatically correct most of the time, described absurd or bizarre situations involving various celebrities or fictional characters. Thus, you get sentences talking about how Franchise/{{Batman}}'s nose doesn't like an orange's house or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] riding a boat with a Republican silly cheeseburger. (The people and characters used could be changed in a text file, adding to the fun.)
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* WordSaladHumor: The "Nonsense" screensaver, which randomly generated English sentences that, while grammatically correct most of the time, described absurd or bizarre situations involving various celebrities or fictional characters. Thus, you get sentences talking about how Franchise/{{Batman}}'s nose doesn't like an orange's house or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] riding a boat with a Republican silly cheeseburger. (The people and characters used could be changed in a text file, adding to the fun.)
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* CatsAreMean: Averted with Boris, who simply runs around the screen being cute and chasing butterflies. Basically the polar opposite of Bad Dog.
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** Guy in the "Super Guy" screen-saver contained in After Dark 4.0, who runs around on a playground pretending to be a superhero while his fantasies are lost to his peers. Sounds remarkably like [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]].
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** Guy in the "Super Guy" screen-saver contained in After Dark 4.0, who runs around on a playground pretending to be a superhero while his fantasies are lost to his peers. Sounds remarkably like [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]]. The screensavers were released while that strip's popularity was at its height.
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* HeroicCaninesVillainousFelines: While "heroic" and "villainous" are probably a stretch, this is still [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. Boris the Cat is an adorable kitten who just runs around chasing butterflies. Bad Dog, on the other hand, is exactly what his name implies.
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* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The "Guernsey Madness" screensaver in ''After Dark 4.0'', featuring multi-colored cows wandering around the screen.
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Numerous of these compilations were released over the 1990s. The first After Dark edition was released in 1989 (with a version for Windows released in 1991), followed by the second edition in 1992, the third edition in 1995, and the fourth edition in 1998. There were also packs of screen savers themed after everything from Disney, Marvel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', and other well-known properties released as well.
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Numerous of these compilations were released over the 1990s. The first After Dark edition was released in 1989 (with a version for Windows released in 1991), followed by the second edition in 1992, the third edition in 1995, and the fourth edition in 1998. There were also packs of screen savers themed after everything from Disney, Marvel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', and other well-known properties released as well.
well. ''The Simpsons'' has returned the favor by giving the Flying Toaster a cameo in a couple of episodes.
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* BlackComedy: "Mowin' Boris", among other screen savers in the ''Twisted!'' module. The screen saver is the famous "Mowin' Man" screen saver, but with Boris the cat running around in it. Not for those who have an aversion to seeing cute things getting mowed by a lawnmower.
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* BlackComedy: "Mowin' Boris", among other screen savers in the ''Twisted!'' ''Totally Twisted!'' module. The screen saver is the famous "Mowin' Man" screen saver, but with Boris the cat running around in it. Not for those who have an aversion to seeing cute things getting mowed by a lawnmower.lawnmower.
* BloodierAndGorier: ''Totally Twisted!'' features modules involving both. Its version of the "Messages" module even lets the message be squirted out in blood from a dismembered man.
* BloodierAndGorier: ''Totally Twisted!'' features modules involving both. Its version of the "Messages" module even lets the message be squirted out in blood from a dismembered man.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Version 1.0 did not have Flying Toasters.
** In general, pressing Caps Lock can be the key to finding Easter Eggs, although not all of them.
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* GrossoutShow: ''After Dark Twisted!'' which featured this in some of its screensavers, such as the Flying Toilets screensaver (mentioned below under ToiletHumor). These screensavers also featured a heaping helping of BlackComedy as well.
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* GrossoutShow: ''After Dark Totally Twisted!'' which featured this in some of its screensavers, such as the Flying Toilets screensaver (mentioned below under ToiletHumor). These screensavers also featured a heaping helping of BlackComedy as well.
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* FollowTheLeader: Many, many other companies took to making their own wacky screen savers after After Dark's became such a hit.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: As mentioned before, the cartoon based on the Bad Dog screensavers.
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* AnimatedAdaptation: As mentioned before, the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/BadDog'', based on the Bad Dog screensavers.
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Originally created in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh computer line, After Dark is a series of interactive and non-interactive screen saver compilations created by Berkeley Systems for numerous operating systems. (Notably those made by Apple and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Microsoft]].)
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Originally created in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh computer line, After Dark is a series of interactive and non-interactive screen saver compilations created by Berkeley Creator/{{Berkeley}} Systems for numerous operating systems. (Notably those made by Apple and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Microsoft]].)
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* DeadlyGame: Correctly answer trivial questions in ''You Bet Your Head!'' to dodge the hammer!
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* ExcusePlot: The description of the screen saver game "Rodger Dodger" states that the color-shifting ball you control in the game is a lazy computer programmer named Rodger who was transported into the form of said ball in the game he was supposed he was supposed to be working on by his manager (who happened to be a witch). No reference is made to this in the screen saver or game, aside from the instructions labeling the ball as "Rodger", and finishing the last level [[AWinnerIsYou simply takes you back to the first one without any mention of Rodger's fate]].
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* ExcusePlot: The description of the screen saver game "Rodger Dodger" states that the color-shifting ball you control in the game is a lazy computer programmer named Rodger who was transported into the form of said ball in the game he was supposed he was supposed to be working on by his manager (who happened to be a witch). No reference is made to this in the screen saver or game, aside from the instructions labeling the ball as "Rodger", and finishing the last level [[AWinnerIsYou simply takes you back to the first one without any mention of Rodger's fate]].
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* TheStoic: If and when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_rRTJu6yk0 Daredevil Dan]] gets hurt (by way of falling off his bike, flying into a bike ramp, getting caught on fire, or even ''[[GroinAttack slamming crotch-first into a bike ramp]], his response is to simply sit there and spout a deadpan "Ow!" one or more times until an ambulance comes to pick him up.
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* TheStoic: If and when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_rRTJu6yk0 Daredevil Dan]] gets hurt (by way of falling off his bike, flying into a bike ramp, getting caught on fire, falling into a piranha tank or even ''[[GroinAttack slamming crotch-first into a bike ramp]], ramp]]'', his response is to simply sit there and spout a deadpan "Ow!" one or more times until an ambulance comes to pick him up.
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Numerous of these compilations were released over the 1990s. The first After Dark edition was released in 1989 (with a version for Windows released in 1991), followed by the second edition in 1992, the third edition in 1995, and the fourth edition in 1998. There were also packs of screen savers themed after everything from Disney, Marvel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and other well-known properties released as well.
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Numerous of these compilations were released over the 1990s. The first After Dark edition was released in 1989 (with a version for Windows released in 1991), followed by the second edition in 1992, the third edition in 1995, and the fourth edition in 1998. There were also packs of screen savers themed after everything from Disney, Marvel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', and other well-known properties released as well.
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* WordSaladHumor: The "Nonsense" screensaver, which randomly generated English sentences that, while grammatically correct most of the time, described absurd or bizarre situations involving various celebrities or fictional characters. Thus, you get sentences talking about how ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s nose doesn't like an orange's house or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] riding a boat with a Republican silly cheeseburger. (The people and characters used could be changed in a text file, adding to the fun.)
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* WordSaladHumor: The "Nonsense" screensaver, which randomly generated English sentences that, while grammatically correct most of the time, described absurd or bizarre situations involving various celebrities or fictional characters. Thus, you get sentences talking about how ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s Franchise/{{Batman}}'s nose doesn't like an orange's house or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] riding a boat with a Republican silly cheeseburger. (The people and characters used could be changed in a text file, adding to the fun.)
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* BlackComedy: "Mowin' Boris", among other screen savers in the ''Twisted!'' module. The screen saver is the famous "Mowin' Man" screen saver, but with Boris the cat running around in it. Not for those who have an aversion to seeing cute things getting mowed by a lawnmower.
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* CatsAreMean: Averted with Boris, who simply runs around the screen being cute and chasing butterflies.
* {{Crossover}}: In some of the screensavers released in the fourth edition of After Dark, characters from one screensaver often appear in other ones, such as a flying toaster swimming by in the fish tank screensaver or a flying toaster in the Flying Toaster screensaver borrowing a hula hoop from the "Hula Girls" screensaver.
* {{Crossover}}: In some of the screensavers released in the fourth edition of After Dark, characters from one screensaver often appear in other ones, such as a flying toaster swimming by in the fish tank screensaver or a flying toaster in the Flying Toaster screensaver borrowing a hula hoop from the "Hula Girls" screensaver.
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* CatsAreMean: Averted with Boris, who simply runs around the screen being cute and chasing butterflies.
butterflies. Basically the polar opposite of Bad Dog.
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** The flying toasters would sometimes appear in licensed editions of After Dark, including [[https://youtu.be/jh_ft7blyTo?t=11m25s this screensaver]] from the Creator/{{Disney}} themed module.
** In some of the screensavers released in the fourth edition of After Dark, characters from one screensaver often appear in other ones, such as a flying toaster swimming by in the fish tank screensaver or a flying toaster in the Flying Toaster screensaver borrowing a hula hoop from the "Hula Girls"screensaver.screensaver.
** In ''After Dark 3.0.'', Boris can sometimes appear in that edition's version of Bad Dog if certain conditions are met.[[note]] Namely, if Bad Dog has exited the Program Manager window when it's maximized, sometimes he may startle Boris off-screen and cause the cat to run across the screen.[[/note]]
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** The flying toasters would sometimes appear in licensed editions of After Dark, including [[https://youtu.be/jh_ft7blyTo?t=11m25s this screensaver]] from the Creator/{{Disney}} themed module.
** In some of the screensavers released in the fourth edition of After Dark, characters from one screensaver often appear in other ones, such as a flying toaster swimming by in the fish tank screensaver or a flying toaster in the Flying Toaster screensaver borrowing a hula hoop from the "Hula Girls"
** In ''After Dark 3.0.'', Boris can sometimes appear in that edition's version of Bad Dog if certain conditions are met.[[note]] Namely, if Bad Dog has exited the Program Manager window when it's maximized, sometimes he may startle Boris off-screen and cause the cat to run across the screen.[[/note]]
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* TheStoic: If and when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_rRTJu6yk0 Daredevil Dan]] gets hurt (by way of falling off his bike, flying into a bike ramp, getting caught on fire, or even ''[[GroinAttack slamming crotch-first into a bike ramp]], his response is to simply sit there and spout a deadpan "Ow!" one or more times until an ambulance comes to pick him up.
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* NintendoHard: Rodger Dodger (in ''After Dark 4.0'') can get pretty brutal in later levels. As can Lunatic Fringe (''After Dark 3.0''), if your spaceship's engine and steering go out of whack, as well as when [[LightningBruiser the Slicer]] shows up.
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This series of screensavers is notable for its quirky and wide variety of screen savers, which included everything from fish tanks, bustling crowds, men mowing the grass, and many more. The most famous screen savers are the Flying Toasters, screen savers depicting winged toasters and baked goods flying through the sky [[MundaneMadeAwesome while a song celebrating them plays]], and Bad Dog, where a small dog wreaks havoc on the user's desktop. The Flying Toasters proved popular enough to be included in every installment, while Bad Dog received a [[ShortRunners short-lived]] AnimatedAdaptation that aired on Fox Family (now Creator/{{Freeform}}). These screen-savers are fondly remembered by many people who grew up in the 90s.
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This series of screensavers is notable for its quirky and wide variety of screen savers, which included everything from fish tanks, bustling crowds, men mowing the grass, and many more. The most famous screen savers are the Flying Toasters, screen savers depicting winged toasters and baked goods flying through the sky [[MundaneMadeAwesome while a song celebrating them plays]], and Bad Dog, where a small dog wreaks havoc on the user's desktop. The Flying Toasters proved popular enough to be included in every installment, while Bad Dog received a [[ShortRunners short-lived]] AnimatedAdaptation that aired on Fox Family (now Creator/{{Freeform}}).[[Creator/ABCFamily Freeform]]). These screen-savers are fondly remembered by many people who grew up in the 90s.
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* ByTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: The "Nocturnes" screensaver, which featured pairs of illuminated eyes popping up over a black screen.
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* LotusLevitatingPosition: Done by ''refrigerators and washing machines'' in the "Om Appliances" screen-saver.
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* LotusLevitatingPosition: LevitatingLotusPosition: Done by ''refrigerators and washing machines'' in the "Om Appliances" screen-saver.
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Originally created in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh computer line, After Dark is a series of interactive and non-interactive screen saver compilations created by Berkeley Systems for numerous operating systems. (Notably those made by Apple and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Microsoft]].)
This series of screensavers is notable for its quirky and wide variety of screen savers, which included everything from fish tanks, bustling crowds, men mowing the grass, and many more. The most famous screen savers are the Flying Toasters, screen savers depicting winged toasters and baked goods flying through the sky [[MundaneMadeAwesome while a song celebrating them plays]], and Bad Dog, where a small dog wreaks havoc on the user's desktop. The Flying Toasters proved popular enough to be included in every installment, while Bad Dog received a [[ShortRunners short-lived]] AnimatedAdaptation that aired on Fox Family (now Creator/{{Freeform}}). These screen-savers are fondly remembered by many people who grew up in the 90s.
Numerous of these compilations were released over the 1990s. The first After Dark edition was released in 1989 (with a version for Windows released in 1991), followed by the second edition in 1992, the third edition in 1995, and the fourth edition in 1998. There were also packs of screen savers themed after everything from Disney, Marvel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and other well-known properties released as well.
!!''After Dark'' and its screen savers contain examples of:
* AnimatedAdaptation: As mentioned before, the cartoon based on the Bad Dog screensavers.
* AnimationBump: Very noticeable with the flying toasters as you go on from the first Flying Toaster screensaver to the next ones. It's especially evident when going from the 3.0 screensaver to the 4.0 screensaver, which introduced a more vibrant color scheme and smoother animations for the toasters and items.
* ByTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: The "Nocturnes" screensaver, which featured pairs of illuminated eyes popping up over a black screen.
* CatsAreMean: Averted with Boris, who simply runs around the screen being cute and chasing butterflies.
* {{Crossover}}: In some of the screensavers released in the fourth edition of After Dark, characters from one screensaver often appear in other ones, such as a flying toaster swimming by in the fish tank screensaver or a flying toaster in the Flying Toaster screensaver borrowing a hula hoop from the "Hula Girls" screensaver.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The "Guernsey Madness" screensaver in ''After Dark 4.0'', featuring multi-colored cows wandering around the screen.
* ExcusePlot: The description of the screen saver game "Rodger Dodger" states that the color-shifting ball you control in the game is a lazy computer programmer named Rodger who was transported into the form of said ball in the game he was supposed he was supposed to be working on by his manager (who happened to be a witch). No reference is made to this in the screen saver or game, aside from the instructions labeling the ball as "Rodger", and finishing the last level [[AWinnerIsYou simply takes you back to the first one without any mention of Rodger's fate]].
* {{Expy}}:
** Guy in the "Super Guy" screen-saver contained in After Dark 4.0, who runs around on a playground pretending to be a superhero while his fantasies are lost to his peers. Sounds remarkably like [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]].
** The eponymous character of the Daredevil Dan screen saver is clearly a parody of Evel Knieval.
* FollowTheLeader: Many, many other companies took to making their own wacky screen savers after After Dark's became such a hit.
* GrossoutShow: ''After Dark Twisted!'' which featured this in some of its screensavers, such as the Flying Toilets screensaver (mentioned below under ToiletHumor). These screensavers also featured a heaping helping of BlackComedy as well.
* LotusLevitatingPosition: Done by ''refrigerators and washing machines'' in the "Om Appliances" screen-saver.
* MadeOfExplodium: The unfortunate character in the "Bogglins" screen saver, who bounces around making farting noises and explodes at the drop of a hat.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Many of the screen savers are this, but especially the Flying Toasters and their theme song. The slide show screensaver in After Dark 4.0 was done in the form of an art critic examining pictures on the computer in a museum.
* NoFourthWall: Bad Dog, who tears holes in the wallpaper, chews up computer icons, and in general makes a mess on your computer. Fortunately, moving the mouse brings everything back to normal.
* SpinoffBabies: After Dark 4.0's Flying Toaster screensaver introduced baby flying toasters and had a setting to exclusively feature them, complete with a retooled version of the usual toaster anthem.
* ToiletHumor: The Flying Toilets screen saver, which has winged ''toilets'' and toilet paper flying around as opposed to toasters and toast. You can put people (or cows!) holding newspapers on them.
* WordSaladHumor: The "Nonsense" screensaver, which randomly generated English sentences that, while grammatically correct most of the time, described absurd or bizarre situations involving various celebrities or fictional characters. Thus, you get sentences talking about how ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s nose doesn't like an orange's house or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] riding a boat with a Republican silly cheeseburger. (The people and characters used could be changed in a text file, adding to the fun.)
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Originally created in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh computer line, After Dark is a series of interactive and non-interactive screen saver compilations created by Berkeley Systems for numerous operating systems. (Notably those made by Apple and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Microsoft]].)
This series of screensavers is notable for its quirky and wide variety of screen savers, which included everything from fish tanks, bustling crowds, men mowing the grass, and many more. The most famous screen savers are the Flying Toasters, screen savers depicting winged toasters and baked goods flying through the sky [[MundaneMadeAwesome while a song celebrating them plays]], and Bad Dog, where a small dog wreaks havoc on the user's desktop. The Flying Toasters proved popular enough to be included in every installment, while Bad Dog received a [[ShortRunners short-lived]] AnimatedAdaptation that aired on Fox Family (now Creator/{{Freeform}}). These screen-savers are fondly remembered by many people who grew up in the 90s.
Numerous of these compilations were released over the 1990s. The first After Dark edition was released in 1989 (with a version for Windows released in 1991), followed by the second edition in 1992, the third edition in 1995, and the fourth edition in 1998. There were also packs of screen savers themed after everything from Disney, Marvel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and other well-known properties released as well.
!!''After Dark'' and its screen savers contain examples of:
* AnimatedAdaptation: As mentioned before, the cartoon based on the Bad Dog screensavers.
* AnimationBump: Very noticeable with the flying toasters as you go on from the first Flying Toaster screensaver to the next ones. It's especially evident when going from the 3.0 screensaver to the 4.0 screensaver, which introduced a more vibrant color scheme and smoother animations for the toasters and items.
* ByTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: The "Nocturnes" screensaver, which featured pairs of illuminated eyes popping up over a black screen.
* CatsAreMean: Averted with Boris, who simply runs around the screen being cute and chasing butterflies.
* {{Crossover}}: In some of the screensavers released in the fourth edition of After Dark, characters from one screensaver often appear in other ones, such as a flying toaster swimming by in the fish tank screensaver or a flying toaster in the Flying Toaster screensaver borrowing a hula hoop from the "Hula Girls" screensaver.
* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The "Guernsey Madness" screensaver in ''After Dark 4.0'', featuring multi-colored cows wandering around the screen.
* ExcusePlot: The description of the screen saver game "Rodger Dodger" states that the color-shifting ball you control in the game is a lazy computer programmer named Rodger who was transported into the form of said ball in the game he was supposed he was supposed to be working on by his manager (who happened to be a witch). No reference is made to this in the screen saver or game, aside from the instructions labeling the ball as "Rodger", and finishing the last level [[AWinnerIsYou simply takes you back to the first one without any mention of Rodger's fate]].
* {{Expy}}:
** Guy in the "Super Guy" screen-saver contained in After Dark 4.0, who runs around on a playground pretending to be a superhero while his fantasies are lost to his peers. Sounds remarkably like [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]].
** The eponymous character of the Daredevil Dan screen saver is clearly a parody of Evel Knieval.
* FollowTheLeader: Many, many other companies took to making their own wacky screen savers after After Dark's became such a hit.
* GrossoutShow: ''After Dark Twisted!'' which featured this in some of its screensavers, such as the Flying Toilets screensaver (mentioned below under ToiletHumor). These screensavers also featured a heaping helping of BlackComedy as well.
* LotusLevitatingPosition: Done by ''refrigerators and washing machines'' in the "Om Appliances" screen-saver.
* MadeOfExplodium: The unfortunate character in the "Bogglins" screen saver, who bounces around making farting noises and explodes at the drop of a hat.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Many of the screen savers are this, but especially the Flying Toasters and their theme song. The slide show screensaver in After Dark 4.0 was done in the form of an art critic examining pictures on the computer in a museum.
* NoFourthWall: Bad Dog, who tears holes in the wallpaper, chews up computer icons, and in general makes a mess on your computer. Fortunately, moving the mouse brings everything back to normal.
* SpinoffBabies: After Dark 4.0's Flying Toaster screensaver introduced baby flying toasters and had a setting to exclusively feature them, complete with a retooled version of the usual toaster anthem.
* ToiletHumor: The Flying Toilets screen saver, which has winged ''toilets'' and toilet paper flying around as opposed to toasters and toast. You can put people (or cows!) holding newspapers on them.
* WordSaladHumor: The "Nonsense" screensaver, which randomly generated English sentences that, while grammatically correct most of the time, described absurd or bizarre situations involving various celebrities or fictional characters. Thus, you get sentences talking about how ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s nose doesn't like an orange's house or [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] riding a boat with a Republican silly cheeseburger. (The people and characters used could be changed in a text file, adding to the fun.)
