History WhoseLine / TropesAToC

* BellyDancer: A few examples in the American version:
** Season 2, Episode 33 featured a Newsflash segment where Colin was receiving clues related to an Arabian Nights-esque short film, where belly dancers were entertaining for a large throng of men. The scene was made even more hilarious when Colin signaled that he understood the clues by attempting to dance like the belly dancers behind him.
** An episode in Season 5 had attractive twin belly dancers with snakes. The comedians snakes show up for a game of Duet. Both Wayne Brady and Chip Esten kept alternating between humor and terror throughout the whole scene. Especially scene due to the snakes, especially when one of the snakes tried to get very personal with Wayne Brady.
** In an episode of Season 10 (with new host Aisha Tyler), a segment for Greatest Hits has Ryan and Colin suggesting Wayne Brady to perform a bellydance-esque musical number about evicting a roommate. Kudos goes to Wayne for managing to pull off a number of moves that a real-life dancer would use in a performance.

* AffectionateParody: "The Millionaire Show" is a run-through-a-question in the format of ''[[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire]]' but with a more direct phone-a-friend to a cast member that is planted in the audience.

* AffectionateParody: "[[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire The Millionaire Show]]" is a run-through-a-question in the format of ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire'' but with a more direct phone-a-friend to a cast member that is planted in the audience.

** In one Scenes From A Hat game a suggestion said "Things that would make the audience boo." Ryan made a short skit about [[BlackComedy pushing an old lady into the street]], but to his horror the audience [[CrossesTheLineTwice merely laughed at the implication]]. Jeff caught on to the angle they had to go with, pretended to be at the Academy Awards and said "[[[[DullSurprise And the Oscar goes to]]... Creator/KeanuReeves" which got the desired response.

* CrossPromotion: Since Drew and Ryan were working on both the original American version of ''Whose Line?'' and ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow"' Creator/{{ABC}} heavily involved them in the promotion of both.

*** And, during this whole episode, [[http://youtu.be/A8Q10g_Mov4 they continue to mock his mistake, bringing it up whenever they can. Drew gets his revenge at the end though.]]

** Given how multiple episodes were filmed in one sitting, it's possible to see audience members familiar from one game in an entirely different episode. For example, Melissa (she of the infamous underwear) can be prominently seen prior to the game of Duet sung to Derek (or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Derrick]]) the Diesel Guy.

* AnythingThatMoves: In between games in one episode, Wayne randomly makes this comment:
-->'''Wayne:''' Sometime tonight during the show, I'm humpin' someone in the audience. ''[audience cheers]'' That's all I know. That's all I know.

* CargoShip: Invoked, in one game of Let's Make A Date, where Ryan has an entire relationship with the stool Colin is sitting on. Up to and including having kids.

** Inversely, one of the earliest Colin and Ryan scenes back in the UK version treated them as an annoyance at best. The style they were supposed to be doing? [[IncrediblyLamePun B-movie.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Invoked during one "Greatest Hits" when Ryan said that one of his favorite bands was Kid Rock. Drew (and most of the audience) began laughing, and Ryan naively asked, "Am I saying something wrong here??" Drew threw him a bone: "It's just one guy."
--->'''Ryan:''' Of course it is! Y'know, one of my favorite ''bands'' is Kid Rock! He's just one man, but he's ''large!''
** Averted by Wayne during the "Greatest Hits" of international spies, who apparently wasn't well-versed in Film/JamesBond and lampshaded this: "Well I'm just chillin' / Blofeld, I'm assumin' he's a villain!" Yes, Wayne, Blofeld is a Bond villain.
** In "Songs of the Motorcycle", Ryan was convinced Colin didn't know anything about them:
--->'''Ryan:''' For instance, this CD pack is loaded with songs of the motorcycle.\\
'''Colin:''' Vrum-vrum-vrum-rum-rum-rum-rum-rum! That would be--\\
'''Ryan:''' Apparently, Colin's never ridden one.
** When they did "Greatest Hits Of The Mechanic", Colin starts to suggest Pat Boone as a style for the next song for Wayne to sing in. Wayne looks around confused, having no idea what he sounds like. Colin then switches by saying no Pat Boone songs are on the CD, and gives a Stevie Wonder suggestion instead.
** In a "Whose Line" parodying ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Drew didn't seem to realize that the heroine's name is Belle, not Beauty. Colin ran with this and said his name was Beauty Smith.
** One on the part of the crew instead, during the episode with [[Series/TheBradyBunch Florence Henderson]]. One of the props in "Helping Hands" is actually a photo of Creator/DavidCassidy from ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''. Signs of CrossoverShip maybe?
** In the revival series, "Scenes from a Hat" brings up the suggestion "disturbing people to sit next to you in an airplane". Ryan chooses to act as ''the pilot''. Of course most laymen would argue that these airplanes tend to have ''two pilots'', so it's not really that unsafe, but after 9/11, the pilot cabin ''is often sealed from the rest of the plane'' for safety reasons.
** Even Ryan can tell something is off when the icing bag is filled with ''custard'' instead, in one "Helping Hands".
** Sadly Ryan scores another fail in a recent "Secret", when he forgets that Snow White really was the only one keeping house during the dwarves' working hours.

** In a "Showstopping Number" about accountants, Wayne (playing the boss) smirked at his own line: "Now normally, I'd fire someone for their [[UnEntendre impudence,]] but..."

* CasualDangerDialog:

* AmbiguousGender: During an "Award Show" about the best bitter divorce, Ryan brought a random man from the audience on-stage and said he brought his lawyer with him. Colin remarked that it won't do any good because he's been sleeping with the lawyer. After Ryan allowed the man to return to his seat, Ryan mumbled to Colin under applause, "You're gonna be the woman?" Apparently, Ryan had started the scene with the intention that he was going to play the woman, but Colin turned the tables on him very quickly.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked by Ryan in a playing of "Hollywood Director": Colin announced the next style should be ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''. When Colin yelled action, Ryan bent down as if getting in a [[VisualPun Gremlin car]].
** Similarly, in a playing of "Weird Newscasters", Ryan had the quirk of "The Rise and Fall of a 1940s Boxer". Instead of imitating the sport of boxing, Ryan acted like a boxer dog.
** Likewise, in one British episode's "Film, TV & Theater Styles" game, "Japanese Noh Theatre" came up. One of the performers began [[LargeHam energetically spouting]] [[GratuitousJapanese mock Japanese]] in the style of a samurai film; the other simply looked at him and said [[{{Pun}} "No!"]] repeatedly.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Questions with Wigs]], Questions Only [[InSpace WITH WIGS]].
** Anytime the performers play an uncommon game, such as "Ballad Of", "Survival Show", "What Are You Trying To Say?", "Ice Skaters", or "Really Bad Hangover".
** In the first season of the British series, there actually was a round called "Different Games"- which actually was a game or two that were not in regular rotation on the show, and only used once. Later, they would just introduce those types of games the same as every other.

-->'''Wayne:''' Hey, how come I gotta do the African Chant?
-->'''Drew:''' Because Colin would screw it up.

---> '''Ryan:''' What comes to mind when I say the word "sting"?\\

-->'''Wayne:''' Sometime tonight during the show, I'm humpin' someone in the audience. (audience cheers) That's all I know. That's all I know.

--> '''Ryan''': ''(irritated)'' Oh, it's startin' ''already'', is it?

* BackToFront: "Backwards Scene".

-->''"I was riding my donkey, up a stoney pass / I fell off... onto the grass..."

--->'''Colin:''' Hello, I'm [[BiggusDickus Quite Hung.]]

** The 7x10 episode from the U.S. run ended with the cast reading the credits as the Village People whose song gets faster and faster. Of course, this is a reference to ''four seasons prior'' in the 100th episode [[note]]but from the same taping [[note]], when a playing of "Song Styles" had the cast singing as the Village People whose song accidentally starts playing at double speed.

* AbsenteeActor:
** The fourth and seventh episodes of the 2013 series' second season don't feature Ryan Stiles[[note]]He was sick with the flu at the time of their taping[[/note]]. This was the first time Ryan had not been in an episode since ''the sixth UK season'' in 1994. Just let that sink in. This now means that Colin Mochrie is the only cast member left who has been in every single US episode.
** Wayne Brady was absent from a couple of 2016 tapings (episodes eleven and twenty) due to taking part in ''Film/KinkyBoots''.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: During a “Scenes From a Hat” featuring Robin Williams, the cue was “What Robin Williams is thinking right now.” Robin immediately came up and said, “I have a career, what the hell am I doing here?” Despite the inherent insult to both the comics and the show, the cast loved it.

** Wayne Brady was absent from a couple 2016 tapings (episodes eleven and twenty) due to taking part in ''Film/KinkyBoots''.

* AccidentalInnuendo: Invoked. "Motown Group" has the unfortunate habit of every song beginning with "Do the ____". This will become an innuendo when the three performers playing the game are grossed out by the name of the song, since it could have a double meaning to intercourse. (ex: "Do the Sewer Worker")

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: During a “Scenes From a Hat” featuring Robin Williams, the cue was “What Robin Williams is thinking right now.” Robin immediately came up and said “I have a career, what the hell am I doing here?” Despite the inherent insult to both the comics and the show, the cast loved it.

* AerithAndBob: Wayne's idea of space-themed stripper names: Galileo, Copernicus and... Tim.

* AffectionateParody: "[[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire The Millionaire Show]]" is a run through a question in the format of ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire'' but with a more direct phone-a-friend to a cast member that is planted in the audience.

** Wayne can get this role either deliberately (as "an old drunk who used to do the sports" in ''Weird Newscasters'') or by accident (he was supposed to be mimicking a carousel horse in ''Living Scenery'', but Colin deliberately misinterprets Wayne's actions as a drunk named "Crazy Ted"). Unfortunately he winds up sounding like Creator/BillCosby...

** Chances are, if Ryan's making up the name, the first name will be either Phil or Gary (Greg makes fun of this once during a UK credits reading), the last name either Phillips or Johnson, or, if he's playing Alphabet, "Xavier Hollander." (Rarer, but still present, was the female equivalent, Xaviera: Xaviera Hollander was the author of a bestselling 70s memoir of her life as a call girl, ''The Happy Hooker''.)

* AllMenArePerverts: When an attractive and/or famous woman appears on the show, Ryan and Colin usually flirt with her and if they're playing Living Scenery, they'll spend the whole game finding suggestive poses to put her in. Wayne also sweet talks some of the female audience members during the Song Styles game.

** Also occasionally [[InvokedTrope invoked]] in "Living Scenery" when the performers who are pretending to be certain things are interpreted differently by Ryan and Colin. An example in the "Living Scenery" with Whoopi Goldberg: Ryan and Colin were at a carnival and suddenly, Wayne hopped around on one foot, humming a carnival-esque tune. He was supposed to represent a carousel, but Colin remarked: "Hey look, it's Crazy Ted!"

* AmbiguousGender: During an "Award Show" about the best bitter divorce, Ryan brought a random man from the audience on-stage and said he brought his lawyer with him. Colin remarked that it won't do any good, because he's been sleeping with the lawyer. After Ryan allowed the man to return to his seat, Ryan mumbled to Colin under applause, "You're gonna be the woman?" Apparently, Ryan had started the scene with the intention that he was going to play the woman, but Colin turned the tables on him very quickly.
** In the "Greatest Hits" about songs of marriage, one of the songs was "I'm the Groom" in the style of Music/TheBeachBoys. The only line of the song was Wayne's confused, "I'm gonna get married, I'm gonna find myself a guy..." Apparently, Wayne forgot that he was supposed to be a ''guy'' singing about marrying a ''girl'', which immediately cracked him up when he realized it.

** In a "Film, TV & Theater Styles", Drew buzzed at a moment where both Kathy Greenwood and Ryan were in awkward poses. Drew told one of the two to just hold that position for a second (Kathy was holding her breasts, so you think he was talking to Kathy), and Ryan wanted clarification who Drew meant. Drew replied "Both of ya."

** Narrowly averted in one "World's Worst" session for "talent acts" - Jeff Davis ''folding all his fingers together'', which looks like the sort of thing grade-school kids do to gross out their parents. So, yknow, he's clearly past the age for that.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_p-gxkhPes During a playing of "Reunion" where all three were drill sergeants]], Greg said "At Ease". Colin and Greg did the appropriate "at ease"/"Parade Rest" stance, but Ryan put his hands on his hips, before noticing the other two and quickly switching. Cut to Drew (who served in the Marine Corps), mocking Ryan's mistake, though according to the official regulations, Ryan's initial stance was still acceptable.

** There are also the cases where the audience cheered or whoop along in the style of whatever the actors where doing. One time Ryan called them out for it, for spoilering the answer of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEq3KaCBGs this "Newsflash".]]

--->'''Colin:''' As he reached for his gun, several emotions ran across my face: Fear, happiness, sadness. I knew I was going for an Emmy, but knew I'd never get one. ''[beat]'' ''Man.''

** Greg also was fairly good at guessing what the party quirks are, but more of his got onto the show because they often gave him extremely hard to guess ones.

** An audience member was brought in to play a game where Colin has to animate "dead bodies" in a story. She not only did a fantastic job, she never broke character even when Colin accidently put her hand over Ryan's crotch.

** When a Greatest Hits performance is based on playing as Music/TheWho, the men like to end it with acting as if they're about to smash (imaginary) guitars Who-style, then gently place the air guitar on a imaginary rack.

** Inversely, one of the earliest Colin and Ryan scenes back in the UK version treated them as an annoyance at best. They style they were supposed to be doing? [[IncrediblyLamePun B-movie.]]

** Before the "Duet" where Wayne and Brad sang to Franchise/{{Lassie}} the dog, Wayne remarked that Lassie looks so pretty. Drew agreed, then gave Wayne a smart aleck look. Wayne seemed annoyed that Drew took his comment in a sexual direction.

** In a post-commercial joke, Drew said to watch for Colin's new show, a combination of ''[[Franchise/CarmenSandiego Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?]]'' and ''Theatre/{{Hair}}''. It's called "Where in the World is My Hair?"

** There's also the game of ''Secret'' with Ryan and Colin as BatmanAndRobin, who find two large female wigs in the box, and get the idea to fight crime as upper-class women. In a later ep they reuse the Batman and Robin suggestion for ''What's in the Bag'', and Ryan and Colin with women's bags made the callback inevitable.