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11	->''"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."''
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13	Robin [=McLaurin=] Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian of stage and screen.
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15	Born in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, he grew up in the city's northern suburbs and the suburbs of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} before graduating high school in Southern California. He began his performing career studying drama at the Juilliard School in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity before moving to the UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Bay Area.
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17	At Juilliard, he demonstrated a gift for accents[=/=]dialects and amazed everyone by showing that he could turn off his dynamo energy and fully disappear into a character (and also improvise X-rated Shakespeare using both period-appropriate language and iambic pentameter). He left before graduating after his instructors, some of the leading actors of their generation, told him they had nothing more to teach him.
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19	While at Juilliard, he was roommates with Creator/ChristopherReeve, with whom he became fast friends, and the two swore to each other they'd support each other through thick and thin[[note]]it was Williams who helped Reeve find the will to live after becoming paralyzed, and he further unhesitatingly offered to cover Reeve's medical expenses[[/note]]. Another roommate was Creator/KevinConroy, who recalled overhearing conversations between large groups of people in their apartment, only to realize that it was Robin practicing voices and characters. Somewhat ironically, considering his reputation as a MotorMouth, he supported himself during his studies by busking as a mime in Central Park.
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21	Although he was classically trained and had a knack for serious theater, Robin's preferred stage was to be found in stand-up comedy clubs. There, he was discovered (several times) by TV producers and agents. Technically first appearing on TV in a failed revival of ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' and ''[[Creator/RichardPryor The Richard Pryor Show]]'', Robin rose to fame as the zany alien star of ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', a role he quickly got in a way that was so distinctively him. When producer Creator/GarryMarshall asked him to take a seat for the audition interview, Williams immediately sat on his head on the chair. At that move, Marshall needed no more convincing that he found his alien.
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23	In that series, his [[RapidFireComedy comedic brilliance at improvisation]] was so irresistible, the writers decided to bank time in the scripts for [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny Robin to cut loose]]. During this time, he struggled through addictions to cocaine and alcohol, and made his first major movie, ''Film/{{Popeye}}'', in 1980 -- which proved to be a TroubledProduction and a box-office disappointment. (His first film was actually a sketch movie called ''Can I Do It Till I Need Glasses''. His scenes were cut out after the film's first release but restored for re-release just before ''Popeye'' came out.)
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25	After ''Mork and Mindy'' was cancelled, Robin still struggled on the big screen, through ''Film/TheWorldAccordingToGarp'', ''Film/MoscowOnTheHudson'', ''Film/TheBestOfTimes'', and the ''very'' poorly-received ''Film/ClubParadise''. It wasn't until ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam'' that people started taking this comic seriously, and he got his first MediaNotes/AcademyAward nomination for [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInALeadingRole Best Actor]]. He was nominated again for ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' two years later, and yet again for ''Film/TheFisherKing'' two years after that, and didn't win for any of them. He continued to churn out classic roles, like a grown-up Literature/PeterPan in ''Film/{{Hook}}'', the Genie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' (which helped establish the CelebrityVoiceActor as the "star" of an animated film) and the title role in ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''. He also starred as the older Alan Parrish in 1995's ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', the title character of Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's 1996 {{dramedy}} ''Film/{{Jack\|1996}}'', and Armand Goldman in the hit 1996 comedy ''Film/TheBirdcage''. In 1997, he finally won his rightfully-deserved Oscar (for [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInASupportingRole Best Supporting Actor]]) for ''Film/GoodWillHunting''. After that, he went through a period of starring in films that were regarded as [[{{Glurge}} overly maudlin]], such as ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'', ''Film/PatchAdams'', ''Film/JakobTheLiar'' and ''Film/BicentennialMan''.
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27	When these films became critical failures (and even gave him a disturbingly sizable {{Hatedom}}), he went into another period in 2002, one no one would have expected: [[TomHanksSyndrome his dark period]]. ''Film/DeathToSmoochy'', ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'', and ''Film/OneHourPhoto'' established that he wasn't always so cute and cuddly, and all but ''Smoochy'' got rave reviews. Although he returned to the stand-up stage that same year, he continued to make films of all sorts of genres. Dramas like ''House of D'', comedies like ''Film/{{RV}}'' and family films like ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'' and ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' proved that he could somehow still make terrible movies better and good movies amazing.
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29	Williams battled depression and struggled with substance abuse throughout his life and turned to video games and intense exercise[[note]]he was a cycling enthusiast who owned dozens of bicycles and hung out with Lance Armstrong and his cycling team[[/note]] as an outlet alongside semi-regular stints in rehab to help maintain his sobriety. Towards the end of his life, he began exhibiting physical and mental symptoms that were eventually diagnosed as Parkinson's disease in May 2014. His then-wife Susan noted this aggravated his depression, as he knew he was deteriorating and that there was no cure. Williams later committed suicide in his Paradise Cay home on August 11 of that year. An autopsy revealed he really had [[https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lewy-body-dementia/symptoms-causes/syc-20352025 diffuse Lewy body dementia]], [[https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-lewy-body-dementia-gripped-robin-williams1/ an even nastier condition]] which was misdiagnosed as Parkinson's[[note]]Lewy body dementia is related to Alzheimer's but can't be properly diagnosed until after death because an autopsy is required[[/note]]. He was 63 years old.
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31	His daughter Creator/ZeldaWilliams (yes, named after the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda video game character]]) is an actress and model.
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33	!!Robin Williams' works provide examples of:
34	%%As with all Creator/ pages, trivia tropes about the creator specifically are to be posted here, not a Trivia/ page, as they technically are InUniverse in the case of the person's career.
35	%%However: As with all Creator/ pages, items that could go on a specific work's trivia page go there, not here.
36	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: During his ''Live On Broadway New York 2002'' special, he does a segment where he jokes about what it'd be like if Jesus had a brother... which he did. Four, in fact; James (author of the book of the Bible of the same name), Joseph, Jude, and Simon. He also had an unspecified and unnamed number of sisters.
37	* TheAlcoholic: He was open about his struggles with alcohol and drugs and joked about it frequently in his stand-up, with such quips as "it's always good to go to rehab in wine country, just to keep your options open," "being blackout drunk is like sleepwalking with activities," and "cocaine is God's way of telling you that you're making too much money".
38	* AmbiguouslyJewish: While Robin wasn't Jewish (he was Episcopal, which he once described as "Catholic lite. Same religion, half the guilt."), he often sprinkled a bunch of Jewish references and Yiddish in his comedy act and in his film characters. In one of his last tweets, he dressed up as a rabbi and suggested a career change. In Dave Itzkoff's 2019 biography, it is mentioned that some Jewish friends of Robin's claimed him as an "honorary Jew".
39	* BlackComedy: His stock in trade. Many of his stand-up routines involved adultery, sex, addiction, and what he considered to be the terrible state of the USA.
40	* CarpetOfVirility: One of the most luxuriant in Hollywood, visible as many of his films have a ShirtlessScene. Notably absent from his Peter Pan scenes in ''Film/{{Hook}}'', though. One hell of a wax job that must've been. Also missing in the film version of ''Film/TheWorldAccordingToGarp,'' where Robin played a college-age Garp. Twenty years later, author Creator/JohnIrving fondly recalled the matinal screams of Robin being waxed in his trailer.
41	--> ''(showing arms covered with hair)'' "I've had women in New York say, 'Don't wear fur!' I mean, look at me! 'This isn't politically correct!' Throw red paint. Fuck off, lady, it's me! I'm a fuckin' Chia Pet! Come on!"
42	* ClusterFBomb: His stand-up routines were ''very'' salty.
43	** One side-splitting EasterEgg on his ''Live from Broadway'' DVD was a rapid-fire montage of all the cuss words he used in the routine.[[note]]To find it, scroll all the way down through the menu screen then hit the right arrow button at the last option (or click [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqS_g2RYrFE here)]]; if a Parental Advisory symbol comes up, have fun.[[/note]]
44	** In one routine, he notes that the parents in his audience apparently ignored the "18 and up" label on the performance flyers.
45	--->Kids, you're going to learn some new words today!
46	** Creator/PierceBrosnan, in remembrance, told of how Robin would watch his language around the children on the set of ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' but when the kids left, it was like a switch was flicked on and Brosnan knew that there was no way he would be able to keep a straight face because Robin would launch into the most profane and obscene routines simply to mess with the cast and crew.
47	* DeadpanSnarker: Definitely. It went with being a comedian. When his characters weren't devouring scenery or shouting at the top of their lungs, they were usually throwing out witty remarks and barbed comments.
48	* DirtyOldMan: Often referenced sex and porn in his later stand-up routines. The final stretch of his last televised special, 2009's ''Weapons of Self Destruction'', has him imagining what porno versions of some of his own movies would be like! (i.e. ''Good Will Humping'' and ''Snatch Adams'')
49	* DrugsAreBad: A staple of his later stand-up shows, often drawing from his own experiences (particularly involving cocaine and alcohol).[[note]]Even after getting clean, he routinely went for rehab "check ups" later in his life.[[/note]] One exception seems to be marijuana: while he brutally mocked stoners in 1986's ''Live At The Met'', in ''Live On Broadway'' and ''Weapons of Self Destruction'' he was more favorable towards pot (one routine in ''Broadway'' is about how pot is less harmful than alcohol). One of his one-liners in particular stands out:
50	-->Cocaine is God's way of telling you that you're making too much money.
51	* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: The TropeNamer. Williams' off-script riffing meant several of his kid-oriented roles were rife with references only the older viewers would get; hence, the trope references his Creator/JackNicholson bit in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
52	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: He peppered his stand-up with many different languages (including Spanish, Yiddish, and French) for comedic effect. He'd also do it on ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', hiding dirty jokes in foreign languages under the guise of speaking Mork's alien language to try and get as much inappropriate material past the censors as possible[[note]]It got to the point where ABC had to hire people fluent in the languages he regularly used just to monitor what Williams was saying[[/note]].
53	* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Several of the movies and television shows he was cast in had scripts that said stuff like "Robin can go off here" at numerous intervals. In particular, ''Aladdin'' had numerous outtakes of extra footage where the animators let him ramble on unscripted so they could later cull the best bits to animate for the film and the opening sequence (where he shills to the camera as a travelling salesman) was entirely unscripted (they simply recorded him as a studio hand gave him random objects and had him describe them).
54	* HeAlsoDid: Everybody knows of his comedic and dramatic skills, but he also can sing, and his first recorded stand up event in San Francisco ends with a song. He also sang in ''Aladdin''.
55	* ICallHimMisterHappy: TropeNamer. ''A Night at the Met'' has a whole routine based solely on his penis.
56	* {{Improv}}: A consummate master of it. Creator/BillyCrystal once said that you couldn't take Williams anywhere, because he would riff on ''everything.''
57	** Every single one of his stand-up specials has at least one point where Williams addressed an audience member. Many of them involved people who came in to the show late.
58	** During the filming of ''Film/TheBirdcage'', he and Creator/NathanLane were so thoroughly into bouncing off of each other with improvised dialogue that they started annoying the crew. Williams and Lane were eventually forced to promise that they would do at least one take for every scene exactly as scripted.
59	** Much of the Genie's dialogue in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' was improvised by Williams. Due to his reputation for BlackComedy, the directors couldn't use most of it.
60	** His speech about his wife's flatulence in ''Film/GoodWillHunting'' was made up on the spot. You can actually see a shot of Will go out of focus due to how hard the cameraman was laughing.
61	* {{Irony}}: Known as a MotorMouth, he also spent time as a mime. He actually spent his weekends while attending Juilliard doing mime performances on the steps of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in order to make money.
62	* IWantMyMommy: In his comedy skit "Shakespeare (A Meltdowner's Nightmare)" from ''Reality, What A Concept'', his character (a night watchman at a nuclear power plant) cries out "WHERE IS MY MOTHER?" when he inadvertently creates a chain reaction by pulling the control rods of the reactor core.
63	* JewishSmartass: Robin discussed stereotypical Jewish sarcasm when he made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UihUqDzAJ18 a joke]] about the Jewish origins of UsefulNotes/JesusChrist, making quips about Jesus and his apostles going out for Chinese food, and Jesus inventing "Jewish Sarcasm" by repeating Judas' question about if he was the traitor in a mocking tone of voice.
64	* LargeHam: All the time. The man just didn't seem to have an "off" switch. Perhaps most noticeable when he appeared as the bit character Osric in Creator/KennethBranagh's ''Film/{{Hamlet}}''.
65	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Williams was known for his wide range of voices, as demonstrated in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''.
66	** Creator/KevinConroy, who was one of his roommates at Juilliard, described in interviews how Robin would spend hours in the middle of the night practicing accents and developing new characters. It got to the point where Kevin would often mistakenly believe there was actually a group of people in the room with Robin, when he was actually alone.
67	* MoneyDearBoy: His starring in ''Series/TheCrazyOnes'' and a large number of low-budget films towards the end of his life was primarily because of financial reasons.
68	* NeverTrustATrailer: Whenever he starred in a {{dramedy}}, you can bet the trailers would play up his comedic scenes.
69	* OddFriendship: With Creator/ChristopherReeve, who he met at Juilliard, and a more mismatched but [[TrueCompanions deeply close]] pair you would never find. One of the first times anyone got Reeve to laugh after his injury came when a bearded Eastern European doctor barged into the hospital room and started jabbering in an indecipherable accent about all the rectally invasive procedures they were going to perform on Reeve - who then burst out laughing when he realized it was Robin.
70	* JustForFun/OneOfUs: He was a huge fan of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and mecha in general, as [[https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/m/image/1526/50/1526504626569.jpg his own mecha toy collection can attest]]. During ''Film/OneHourPhoto'', his character gives a young boy a stock model of one of the EVA units; the model was from Williams' own collection. He also lobbied for the role of Gendo Ikari in the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies. And, of course, he named his daughter [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]. He was also a big comic fan; when filming ''The Final Cut'', he became enthralled with ''ComicBook/{{Kabuki}}'' and bought copies for the rest of the cast directly from writer-artist David Mack (through an ordering form printed in the initial run).
71	* PaintingTheMedium: As he does his bit about Dock Ellis and LSD in ''Weapons of Self Destruction'', the screen blurs out and adds motion trails to him to simulate the effects.
72	* ParodyReligion: His comedy album ''Reality, What A Concept'' has a segment where he plays the character [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Reverend Earnest Angry]], imitating popular televangelists of the day and promoting the religion of Comedy.
73	* PlagiarismInFiction: His brain was like a sponge that would absorb jokes and bits from other comics and his freewheeling rapid-fire style of comedy meant he'd often blurt them out on stage without attribution. The originators didn't mind too much, because they knew he wasn't intentionally stealing from them and he'd pay them immediately once he realized what he'd done.
74	* PlayingWithCharacterType: ''Film/OneHourPhoto'' subverted his cheery, friendly persona to disturbing effect. Williams commented in the commentary track that it was the only movie of his that he was ever able to watch, because the character was so unlike himself that he was able to see performance, and not himself.
75	* PromotedFanboy:
76	** Williams was a fan of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' video games and even [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous named his oldest daughter Zelda]]. He and his daughter were both later given the opportunity to star in the commercials for ''Ocarina of Time 3DS'' and ''Skyward Sword'' for Western releases, and Creator/{{Zelda\|Williams}} herself was invited to the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Invitational Tournament at E3 in 2014. Creator/{{Nintendo}} had also told him he would be their only choice to play Professor Oak if a live-action ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie were ever made. In VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild, there's an NPC character named Dayto who has a striking resemblance to Williams. In the same game, the Sheikah researcher Robbie appears to be named after him and modelled after his personality.
77	** He was a humongous fan of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', in particular the work of Creator/ChuckJones. Not only did he present Jones with his honorary Academy Award in 1996, but he also had him direct an animated introduction for ''Film/MrsDoubtfire.''
78	* RapidFireComedy: It was often said of him that "his mouth moved as quickly as his mind." Williams is widely recognized as a master of this craft, almost all of which was improvised.
79	* RepeatedRehearsalFailure: One of his stand-up routines relates an encounter with the police while stoned. He psyches himself up by repeatedly rehearsing the line "what seems to be the problem, Officer?" before the cop walks up to his window. When the cop actually gets there, Robin just unleashes a random string of gibberish. Lucky for Robin that it was just a [[MushroomSamba marijuana-induced hallucination]], and he was actually still lying on his couch.
80	* SelfDeprecation: He did this a lot in his stand-up and interviews.
81	** One bit from TheEighties had him imagining an argument with his future son.
82	--->'''Robin:''' What, ''Film/{{Popeye}}'' isn't good enough for you?\
83	'''Son:''' ''Popeye'' wasn't good for anybody! Who are you kidding?
84	** Jimmy Fallon recalled a time when he was on a bus with several other comedians when it got pulled over to search for bombs. Robin's immediate response was to tell everyone to throw all the copies of ''Popeye'' in his luggage out the window.
85	** A bit from ''Weapons of Self-Destruction'' has him recall the time his GPS told him to make a right turn [[SuicideDare while he was in the middle of driving over a bridge]]. Quite the HarsherInHindsight moment these days, but at the time it was merely yet another joke mocking one of his {{Box Office Bomb}}s.
86	--->'''Robin:''' No can do, [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL]]. Not that depressed, really.\
87	'''GPS:''' Really, Robin? I saw ''Film/BicentennialMan''.\
88	'''Robin:''' Shut the fuck up!
89	* SesameStreetCred: Along with his appearances on the trope-naming show, he did plenty of family-friendly roles and works alongside the more adult ones, particularly in TheNineties.
90	* SophisticatedAsHell: Was frequently like this when doing stand-up.
91	* StimulantSpeedtalk: Demonstrated a lot of this during his skit on drugs in ''A Night At The Met'', having personal experience with cocaine use. Among other things, he wonders if there are any professional athletes who ''don't'' end up on HookersAndBlow and suggests that golfers are among them. He then follows up by imagining a coked-up golfer furiously charging through a course at lightspeed, and then descending into a gibbering rant about the commentator talking too slowly, interrupting himself to warn people that there might be snakes in the holes.
92	* TheDeadRiseToAdvertise: Knowing of this trope, he left strict instructions in his will that prevent his use in advertising.
93	* ThrowItIn: He was known for fighting with directors over how far he can vary from the script. Often it came down to "One good take done straight, then you can have fun." As such, all of his works feature at least some ad-libbing on his part, and guessing where he went off-script makes for a fun game.
94	* TomHanksSyndrome: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]] -- he showed in later years that he could definitely carry serious drama, but comedy was still what he was most famous for, and he still did comedy flicks regularly up until he died. Even his posthumous releases are a mixture of comedy roles and dramas.
95	** He did like to joke that whenever people expressed surprise that he could act, he would remind them that he did attend Juilliard.
96	* UnexplainedAccent: During a stand-up routine on recycling, Robin imagines what raccoons would think about it now that their favorite food supply (i.e. trash) has been cut short. He then does a brief bit where he plays talking raccoons with stereotypical {{Oireland}} brogues. Immediately after, he admits "[[LampshadeHanging I don't know why I made the raccoons Irish]], [[RuleOfFunny but it works!]]"
97	* VerbalTic: He uses a series of low-pitched mumbling noises and half-finished sentences/words to transition between different characters and topics, and a big part of what makes him a MotorMouth. It is almost guaranteed to be part of any parody of him.
98	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
99	** He was supposed to play "Dr." Berlinghoff Rasmussen in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "A Matter of Time", but he was busy working on ''Film/{{Hook}}'' at the time.
100	** There were plans to do an actual ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' sequel before his death nixed it.
101	** Had it not been for his death, he was Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s first choice to play Professor Oak if they ever made a live-action ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie.
102	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He was on his school's wrestling team and was reportedly very capable, giving him a leg up when he played a wrestler in ''Film/TheWorldAccordingToGarp''.
103	* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: He used a lot of Yiddish in his comedy, both because the words sounded funny and he could sneak profanity and obscenity past TV censors. On ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', it got to the point where Creator/{{ABC}} had to hire a Yiddish-speaking censor expressly to monitor what he was saying.
104	-->'''Williams:''' They finally had to get a Vietnamese censor who spoke Yiddish, 'cause the other censors are just going, "I dunno what he's saying! He's saying things that are obscene, I just don't know what they are!"
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107	!!Like any celebrity, Robin Williams has been parodied or caricatured a lot in popular media:
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110	* Non-parody example: In Creator/{{NBC}}'s MadeForTVMovie ''Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy'', Robin was portrayed by Creator/ChrisDiamantopoulos, who did an uncanny vocal impersonation.
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113	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'':
114	** In a "Celebrity Series/{{Jeopardy}}" sketch from 2000, Robin is played by Creator/JimmyFallon, who does a pretty good voice impression. (When Williams died, Fallon, who by then was hosting ''Series/TheTonightShow'', paid tribute to him on the show that aired the night after, including excerpts of Williams' first ''Tonight Show'' appearance in TheEighties.)
115	** Robin actually engaged in some self-mockery in a 1986 episode he hosted in a sketch where he played himself as a Shakespearean actor who can't stop going into his improvisational routines, enraging Creator/WilliamShakespeare himself. In another skit, Creator/DanaCarvey played his hyperactive son years in the future.
116	--->'''Elderly Robin:''' I don't have the heart to tell him he's adopted.
117	** To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', there was a sketch of previously unseen "audition tapes" for the film, in which Creator/JonHamm played Williams, auditioning for the part of Doc Brown.
118	* ''Series/InLivingColor'' featured a 1994 sketch where Creator/JimCarrey played an obnoxious, hyperactive Robin at the Academy Awards. He was seen to make light of the Oscar statuette and the late film producer Irving G. Thalberg and interrupting actors playing Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg (the latter of which grows tried of Robin's annoying antics and beats him about the head with an Oscar). HilariousInHindsight, as this skit aired just after Carrey's own career took off.
119	* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
120	** It featured a teacher who thought he was John Keating, telling the class to "seize the day", "carpe diem" and the like. His class assignments are things like "tell 10 people you love them today". The kicker? He's an ''accounting'' teacher.
121	** There's also a point in that same episode where Jeff is wearing a [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork]] costume.
122	---> '''Jeff:''' ''Shazbot!''
123	* An episode of ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob!'' had Eric giving Tim his own Robin Williams (played by professional Robin impersonator David Born), who goes out of control and runs away.
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125	[[AC:[[MusicTropes Music]]]]
126	* In 2015, Music/IronMaiden dedicated the song "Tears of a Clown" from their 16th studio album to Williams.
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129	* Frank Caliendo has a very brief Robin Williams impression that he's been known to do. It goes something like "Joke not working, just switch voices." He even did a whole routine where Williams is in a remake of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' starring him (in ''all'' the roles) and directed by Creator/QuentinTarantino.
130	-->''"And the tornado comes! Sucks up the house, it's in the air, spinning like Barishnikov [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on amphetamines]]-I don't care if you didn't laugh at that joke, ''[[AuthorAppeal I did it just for me!]]''
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133	* A posthumous tribute to Williams was added to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', where a genie-like character based on him can be found on an island off the southern coast of Draenor's Nagrand.
134	* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Nintendo honored Williams in two ways. First, with a semi-plot-relevant NPC with several comedic tendencies by the name of "Robbie", a Sheikah scientist who helps you understand Ancient technology and has a machine that is able to craft Ancient armor and weaponry with the right materials. Second, via a generic NPC named Dayto that wanders the region, but who bears an uncanny resemblance toward the late Mr. Williams. Unlike Robbie, as noted, he is simply a generic NPC [[WelcomeToCorneria who simply repeats stock lines when interacted with.]]
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137	* Though he doesn't appear on-panel, ''Webcomic/DorkTower'' had him as a member of The League of Extraordinary [=GentleGamers=][[note]]Along with Creator/WilWheaton, Curt Schilling, and Creator/VinDiesel[[/note]], pestering game store owners about his tabletop gaming characters.
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140	* ''Website/TheOnion'' poked fun at him occasionally -- he vanished on a "free association" bender during the shoot of a movie version of ''Series/MyThreeSons'' when his improv got out of hand, and in the book ''Our Dumb Century'' we learn that scientists warned the U.S. government about "encroaching Robin Williams body hair" in the late 1970s.
141	* When the orcs attack Balin's Tomb in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', the Podcast/RiffTrax claims that they're actually something worse-"Morks! Hundreds of Robin Williamses!"-and goes into a brief impression.
142	* In Season 6 of ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' he makes a surprise appearance at the end of "Creator/GeorgeCarlin vs. Creator/RichardPryor''. [=EpicLloyd's=] impression was widely praised as being totally spot-on, and he became one of the show's few characters to get an overwhelming majority of votes to win, even up against four opponents.
143	* Actor Jamie Costa performed as Robin in a 2021 short film, with Sarah Murphree as Pam Dawber. The film depicts Williams in 1982, learning of the death of John Belushi. Costa's performance was widely praised, although Zelda Williams understandably took umbrage at fans constantly spamming her with links to the short: "Jamie is SUPER talented, this isn’t against him, but y’all spamming me an impression of my late Dad on one of his saddest days is weird." Noting the distress it had caused her, Costa subsequently removed the video.
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145	* Robin popularized the InkSuitActor trope with ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', so when ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' had to suffer through a remake of ''Pinocchio'' with an AllStarCast of such, it was only natural that he be spoofed with the "Beige Fairy". Said Fairy is the Genie in all but name and color.
146	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
147	** In "Buster and Babs Go Hawaiian", in a rather dated reference, [[Film/{{Hook}} Robin as Peter Pan]] is seen flying around outside Amblin studios. He says "I can fly. Look ma, no wires!" before crashing into something offscreen.
148	** A short in "Henny Youngman Day" had Babs going to a local club's Open Mic Night to try to spark a career in RecordedAndStandUpComedy, only to find out that [[LawyerFriendlyCameo the in-world version]] of Robin Williams ("Robin Killems", voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche) had stopped in for a surprise engagement. Babs choked out on stage until Robin (who had been told he was the final performer of the night) comes back out to give her an assist. Doubly touching, since it was the kind of thing Robin himself would have actually done in that situation.
149	** Robin (the "real" Robin) had a cameo at the very end of "[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html It's A Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]"...still dressed as Peter Pan.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
151	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E7SpecialEdna Special Edna]]" had a brief scene parodying ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' with a John Keating lookalike appropriately voiced by Creator/DanCastellaneta, [[ThePoorMansSubstitute who replaced Robin as The Genie]] in ''Return of Jafar'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.
152	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E7MyPodsAndBoomsticks MyPods and Boomsticks]]" featured [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} The Genie]] in Homer's dream sequence (voiced by Dan but obviously a caricature of Robin's version). This was mainly a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar,'' in which Dan Castellaneta took over the role of the Genie when Williams refused to sign on due to contract violations on Disney's part.
153	** In one of the comics, the family has just gotten a new satellite dish and is channel surfing with Bart. They come across a show called ''Celebrity Alien Autopsies'' and features, you guessed it, Mork on the autopsy table, wisecracking as usual.
154	** In one episode, a hole in the ozone layer forces everyone in Springfield to stay indoors. Kent Brockman reports that the only people who're safe enough to go outside without risk of being harmed are extremely hairy people, bringing up Williams as an example.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'': Xandir's genie boyfriend is an obvious parody.
156	--> "[[LargeHam Hey-hey-hey!]] [[Creator/MarxBrothers I'm Groucho Marx!]] [[Series/YouBetYourLife What's the secret word?]] [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Now I'm a wacky sailor!]] [[Film/MrsDoubtfire Now I'm a cross-dressing nanny.]] [[Film/PatchAdams And now I'm a wacky doctor who kills cancer with laughter and a big red nose!]] Film/{{Jumanji}}! [[Series/MorkAndMindy Nanu-nanu!]]"
157	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' often mocked him.
158	** Pre-renewal, ''Recap/StewieGriffinTheUntoldStory'' had a man in the future get an episode of ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' beamed into his brain, and he laughs in amusement.
159	---> "Ha ha ha! Oh, Mork, that's not how you sit in a chair."
160	** Not a portrayal, but "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E26Petergeist Petergeist]]", the first thing Peter does with the dead Native American skull is to use it as a puppet, saying thusly:
161	---> "Hey, check it out, Chris, it's Robin Williams. 'BlahBlahBlah, black preacher voice. Blah blah blah, gay [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Elmer Fudd]]."
162	** "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS6E8McStroke [=McStroke=]]]" showed Peter as Robin's "Jumping off point".
163	** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E4BabyNotOnBoard Baby Not on Board]]", a cutaway shows Robin as Patch Adams, doing his routine. One of the kids in the hospital pulls his IV out to kill himself.
164	** Stewie outright says he hates Robin Williams in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E9TheJuiceIsLoose The Juice is Loose]]".
165	*** As fate would have it, that episode aired as previously scheduled on TBS the night Robin died.
166	** "You knew it was going to be a touching comedy because Robin Williams had a beard." - Brian in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS7E1LoveBlactually Love, Blactually]]"
167	** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E4BriansGotABrandNewBag Brian's Got a Brand New Bag]]", ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'' is one of the [=DVDs=] that no one wants to buy.
168	** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E22FamilyGuyViewerMailTwo Family Guy Viewer Mail #2]]", Peter gains the ability to turn everything and everyone he touches into Robin Williams. HilarityEnsues.
169	** It is worth noting that in spite of all the parodies and digs at him, [[https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/499063991617212416 Seth MacFarlane did join in the mourning]].
170	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has had two sketches with Mork in them. The first is a brief appearance during "[[http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/48339/detail/ Swedish Chef's Jaunt]]" (cute), and the second is in "[[http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Top_100_Final_Episodes_Ever The Top 100 Final Episodes Ever]]".
171	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
172	** "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E13BendinInTheWind Bendin' in the Wind]]" featured robot Patchcord Adams. Bender wanted to kick his ass.
173	** The movie "[[Recap/FuturamaM3BendersGame Bender's Game]]" featured a scene where Mork from Ork is referenced with [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs as Mork]]. Then the party kills them while telling them to shut up. It doesn't work.
174	* The first episode of ''Bob & Doug'' (the animated series about [[Series/{{SCTV}} The McKenzie Brothers]]) had yet another spoof of [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety John Keating]], who does the typical shtick before two police officers show up to take him back to "the home".
175	-->'''Teacher''': They can't catch me, not while I have this! ''points to shoe, leaps out the window'' CARPE DIIIEEEEM!
176	----
177	-->''"[[TheStinger You ain't never had a friend like me.]]"''

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