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5	[[caption-width-right:300:'''Statler (right):''' They're still here! Don't they know [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife this site will ruin their lives]]?\
6	'''Waldorf (left):''' You can't ruin [[SelfDeprecation what you don't have]]!\
7	'''Both:''' ''Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!'']]
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9	->'''Waldorf:''' The internet is a completely different culture, isn't it?\
10	'''Statler:''' You said it. Everything here is immediately followed by sarcastic comments and nasty responses.\
11	'''Waldorf:''' Yup, we're finally where we belong.\
12	'''Both:''' Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!
13	-->-- ''WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSDj7bjAv2s "Meh"]]
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18	Statler and Waldorf are [[ThoseTwoGuys two snarky side characters]] from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' whose entire purpose is [[TheHeckler to heckle and insult the rest of the cast]], along with each episode's guest (and sometimes even each other). They're the GreekChorus for the Muppet universe, best known for TheStinger that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14njUwJUg1I they drop]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R3ZYnu04rI at the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNxj1FdKuo end of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK6TVqbsKVk&feature=related each episode]], almost always containing yet another crack at the show followed by their [[CatchPhrase signature]] [[SignatureLaugh "Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!"]]. You can find the tropes associated with them on [[Characters/TheMuppetShow the character sheet]] for ''Series/TheMuppetShow''.
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20	As the first page quote indicates, they have discovered where people like them reside. Finding their places in the world, they choose to lurk among them.
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22	Good snark being a precious inspirational resource, it's no surprise then that Statler and Waldorf have been appearing in other media. They've set up shop in [[https://www.youtube.com/user/heckleu247 YouTube]], as well as here on Website/TVTropes. Though not nearly as well known, this pushes them into the group of memetic characters who inhabit the wiki along with JustForFun/TropeTan, '''Creator/BrianBlessed''', Tropers/TheAdvertisementServer, AliceAndBob, JustForFun/ReportSiht and many others.
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24	Oh by the way, do you know where they got their names from? The two largest hotels in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, the Statler (now the famous Hotel Pennsylvania -- the one right across Seventh Avenue from Penn Station -- known for its world-famous phone number from the 1940s Music/GlennMiller tune of the same name, [+ 1 (212)] '''[=PEnnsylvania=] 6-5000'''), and the Waldorf (now the Waldorf-Astoria). In [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Astoria fact]], Astoria is Waldorf's wife (who [[YouLookFamiliar looks an awful lot like Statler]]). A little bit of trivia, exclusively for TV Tropes readers.
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26	If you wish to have them visit a page, please bring it up in one of the discussion pages (either [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/remarks.php?trope=JustForFun.StatlerAndWaldorf here]] or for the page in question).
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29	!!!Pages upon which Statler and Waldorf wish to make their opinion known:
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31	[[AC: Here Be Insufferable Old Guys]]
32	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''
33	* AnalProbing
34	* Fellow Muppet SelfDemonstrating/{{Animal}}
35	* AnimatedCreditsOpening
36	* BearsAreBadNews
37	* BeigeProse
38	* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''
39	* BestKnownForTheFanservice
40	* BizarroUniverse
41	* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine
42	* BrickJoke
43	* BuiltWithLego
44	* BulletHoleSpelling
45	* UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}
46	* JustForFun/CandleJack
47	* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset
48	* CliffHanger
49	* UsefulNotes/CricketRules
50	* Series/TheDailyShow
51	* ''[[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]''
52	* ''VideoGame/{{Deltatraveler}}''
53	* Music/DepecheMode
54	* DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck
55	* DoubleDontKnow
56	* EditorialSynaesthesia
57	* EdutainmentShow
58	* JustForFun/{{Egregious}}
59	* ''Series/ElmosWorld''
60	* EndingTheme
61	* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
62	* EvilOverlord
63	* ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition''
64	* FanFic
65	* FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes
66	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
67	* FoodPorn
68	* UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}
69	* TheHeckler
70	* HeHadAName
71	* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''
72	* [[Recap/HildaS2E9 ''Hilda - Chapter 9: The Deerfox'']]
73	* ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' [[Recap/HugttoPrettyCureEp32 Episode 32 - "Is This Magic? Homare is a Mermaid Princess!"]]
74	* InadvertentEntranceCue
75	* ''Literature/InstrumentOfGod''
76	* UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}
77	* JewishComplaining
78	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
79	* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath''
80	* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain''
81	* LongRunners
82	* MadBomber
83	* MadLibsCatchphrase
84	* ManlyTears
85	* Creator/MediaMolecule
86	* [[Memes/TVTropes Memetic Mutation (TV Tropes)]]
87	* Wrestling/MichaelCole
88	* ''Film/{{Monster}}''
89	* MonsterClown
90	* MooseAreIdiots
91	* Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld
92	* MST3KMantra
93	* ''Series/TheMuppetShow''
94	** ''Film/TheMuppets2011''
95	** ''Film/MuppetsHauntedMansion''
96	** WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos
97	** Ride/MuppetVision3D
98	** VideoGame/MuppetRaceMania
99	** ''Advertising/AVeryMuppetPortalCampaign''
100	* Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord
101	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
102	* NameAndName
103	* UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands
104	* NoEnding
105	* PigLatin
106	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''
107	* ''Anime/PrettyCure''
108	* ''Series/RedDwarf''
109	* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''
110	* RidingIntoTheSunset
111	* ''Literature/RieselTalesTwoHunters''
112	* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue
113	* Website/RottenTomatoes
114	* RunningGag
115	* RussianHumour
116	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon''
117	* ''Series/SisterSister''
118	* SlowClap
119	* ''Literature/TheSpectralChronicles''
120	* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' [[Recap/SuitePrettyCureEp02PrettyCureIsInDangerOfBreakingUp Episode 2 - "Gaga~n! Pretty Cure is in Danger of Breaking Up Already-nya!"]]
121	* Music/TalkingHeads
122	* ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''
123	* ThankingTheViewer
124	* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo
125	* ThoseTwoGuys
126	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
127	* ''WebVideo/{{Trolled}}''
128	* JustForFun/TropeNameInjokes
129	* {{Tsundere}}
130	* UnCanceled
131	* ''VideoGame/UndertalePapyrussBelief''
132	* TheUnintelligible
133	* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''
134	* Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars
135	* WhenIWasYourAge
136	* Platform/YouTube (er, sort of)
137	* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''
138	* {{Zipperiffic}}
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140	->'''Statler:''' What was that?\
141	'''Waldorf:''' That was very strange.\
142	'''Statler:''' It was very weird.\
143	'''Waldorf:''' It was peculiar.\
144	'''Statler:''' It was kinda amusing.\
145	'''Waldorf:''' Yes, it was rather funny.\
146	'''Statler:''' It was incredibly funny!\
147	'''Waldorf:''' I loved it!\
148	'''Statler:''' Hilarious!\
149	'''Both:''' [[InvertedTrope More! Encore! Encore!]]
150	[[note]]The preceding quote comes from the Spike Milligan episode of "The Muppet Show".[[/note]]

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