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1	%%Don't mess with the list, it's the first ten examples that were put on the page and is just a fun way to make this a self-demonstrating article.
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3	->'''Caboose:''' In a Top Ten list, five is better than six.\
4	'''Church:''' We're not a Top Ten list!
5	-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'', "Reconstruction", Episode 4
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7	We love to have lists, and having the list as a top ten seems to be one of the most popular forms.
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9	Frequent when it comes to things like sales, box office, critical favorites, popular favorites, etc. Very large overlap with NumberOfObjectsTitle because a work based around the list usually mentions the length in the title.
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11	!![[JustForFun The Top 10 Examples of This Trope]]:
12	%%This section is just for fun, not about actually ranking any list.
13	* '''#10:''' In the Music/WeirdAlYankovic parody "Living with a Hernia", the bridge section names several forms of the ailment. In the video, a top ten list accompanies it, despite the list having only nine elements.
14	* '''#9:''' ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Wayne's World]]'' did a top ten list once in a while. One was the TropeNamer for WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell, with such gems as: having to memorize new maps, never going to "find out what that thing on Gorby's head is", and the worry that [[SpyFiction "spy stuff" is gonna suck"]].
15	* '''#8:''' In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode, Bender was rigged with a bomb that would go off when he said his favorite word. This was explained by revealing a list of his top ten most common words (presented in the same style as Letterman's), although he has only actually said a few of them.
16	** He said every word on the list in that specific episode, resulting in a few odd lines like "hot diggity daffodil", although the majority of the list has ''only'' been said in that episode. Also, 4 of the words appear in his {{Catchphrase}}.
17	* '''#7:''' ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' is pretty much all Top N Lists. In fact, they have claimed to be the world's leading producer of list-based humor.
18	* '''#6:''' ''Website/GameFAQs'' posts a new user-created top ten list on the homepage every day.
19	* '''#5:''' [=GameTrailers=].com had an occasional top ten list of things about gaming.
20	** ''Website/ScrewAttack'', which was hosted on [=GameTrailers=] until that site's demise (today, [=ScrewAttack=] is part of Creator/RoosterTeeth), has its own Top Ten List section, but they generally like to mix things up a bit, for instance having Best and Worst of... (5 each). And then there is the Top 10 [=PS3=] exclusives... which doesn't start until number 7 because there just weren't enough titles around at the time that qualified.
21	*** Two years later they redid the list with a full 10.
22	*** [=ScrewAttack=] also has a couple of top-20s.
23	* '''#4:''' In one episode of ''WebVideo/MrDeity'', Mr. Deity, Jesus and Larry are coming up with a "Top Ten List" that turns out to be the Ten Commandments.
24	* '''#3:''' [[http://www.csittl.com/ Christian and Scott's Interactive Top Ten List]] was one of the longest-running Internet examples, updating about twice-weekly for roughly twenty years.
25	* '''#2:''' One episode of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' revolved around Garfield interrupting the action repeatedly to present a top ten list relevant to the episode's events.
26	* And the '''#1''' example of a TopTenList: Creator/DavidLetterman's top ten lists. Started as a DeconstructiveParody.
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28	!!Honorable Mentions:
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32	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
33	* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} once did a top 10 ways to mispronounce 'big fat hairy deal'.
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36	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
37	* The many, many "Top Five" lists of ''Film/HighFidelity''.
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40	[[folder:Literature]]
41	* Literature/TheBible: There were actually several hundred commandments. The famous ten are just the top ten. A [[AuthorsSavingThrow different version]] is listed at [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus 34]], a very literal case of FlipFlopOfGod.
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44	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
45	* The UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} sketch-comedy show ''Series/AlmostLive'' inverted this with a sort of Bottom Ten: "The Lame List, or what's weak this week!"
46	* ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann'' is a top five list of U.S. political news stories with commentary, with a separate top-three list embedded inside it. (Used to be two top-three lists - Best Persons is dead, long live Tea Time!)
47	* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', referencing David Letterman, Barney makes one of names for the moving van to which he would bring women from the bar. Names include "The Ford Explore-her" and so on.
48	* BBC sitcom ''Series/HowNotToLiveYourLife'' frequently interrupts the plot to enumerate "6 things not to say at a job interview", etc.
49	* Charlie from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has a "Top Five" list of his favorite moments in his life in the Season 3 episode "Greatest Hits":
50	--> #1: The night I met you.
51	* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al once made a list of top 10 ways Marcy could make herself more attractive, such as: "Hire attractive woman to stand in front of you at all times."
52	* The main gimmick behind the Creator/AnimalPlanet series ''Series/TheMostExtreme''
53	* ''Series/MostExtremeEliminationChallenge'' features the end of episode's "Kenny Blankenship's Painful Eliminations of the Day" which counts down the 10 Painful moments from the episode.
54	* Nat X from ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (played by Creator/ChrisRock) had a Top 5. The exact reason changed from episode to episode, [[EverythingIsRacist but it was always because "The Man" was keeping him down]].
55	-->Why Top 5? Because the man would never give me ten of anything! I'm lucky to get five!\
56	Why five? Because ten would make the man [[RougeAnglesOfSatin loose]] sleep!\
57	Why 5? [[DoubleEntendre 'Cause 10 would make the Man nervous.]]
58	* ''Series/SportsCenter'' finishes up most episodes by counting down the ten best plays from the day in sports that's being recapped. On Sundays they also have the Not Top 10, the worst/most blooper-worthy 'highlights' from the previous week.
59	* One of the special categories on ''Series/TicTacDough'' was called "Top Ten" which dealt with Top Ten lists. The contestant who gave the higher answer won the symbol on the board. It was renamed "Top This" when Jim Caldwell took over.
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62	[[folder:Music]]
63	* Music/TheNotoriousBig's ''Ten Crack Commandments''
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66	[[folder:Radio]]
67	* Radio program ''Radio/AmericanTop40'' is a TopTenList X 4.
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70	[[folder:Theatre]]
71	* ''Theatre/TheBibleTheCompleteWordOfGodAbridged'' has a reading of the Top Ten Rejected Commandments, most of which are topical jokes depending on the year of the production.
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74	[[folder:Web Animation]]
75	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Inverted with one WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail, where Strong Bad lists his [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE133Bottom10 "bottom 10"]].
76	* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'': While Yahtzee ends each year with the best, worst, and blandest 5 games of a year, he did make a video of the 2010s' most significant games, the end of which consisted of the best and worst games of each year from the last 10 years retrospectively ranked.
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80	* ''Literature/BusterGirls'': In-universe example. The Buster Force regularly ranks its current top ten strongest members.
81	* ProfessionalWrestling humor site Scoopthis.com used to do Top 9 lists, "because with a top 10, there's always one that sucks".
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84	[[folder:Web Videos]]
85	* The "Top 10 Worst/Best Hit Songs of [year]" videos by ''WebVideo/DiamondAxeStudiosMusic''.
86	* ''WebVideo/TheDuelLogs'' makes top 10 lists about ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh''.
87	* ''Creator/LindsayEllis'': [[https://youtu.be/NeuLEu9ZePc?t=170 "Reevaluating The Little Mermaid before Disney horks up another live action remake"]]:
88	--> The top something or other
89	* Website/ChannelAwesome contributor WebVideo/PawDugan has been known to do Top 9 lists.
90	* ''WebVideo/CityNerd'': Many videos are top ten lists of cities rated by affordability, transit or other things such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mh1UctlSOg "On the Right Track: The 10 Most Improved Cities In the U.S. for Transit, Walking, and Biking"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qzePci2N6E "Affordable Cities: 10 US Metro Areas With Underrated Livability, Walkability and Transit"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQRqvfqpPe4 "Is "Small City Urbanism" an Oxymoron? 10 Undervalued Cities to Ponder"]]
91	* ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'''s RunningGag of Amir writing these on scrolls. All the items [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]] and are written more to suit the rhyme scheme and his AttentionDeficitOohShiny sensibilities than the topic. For example, #7 on his list of "Top 10 Fish to Fry" is "[[Creator/KevinBacon A Bacon named Kevin]]."
92	-->"That's right, this ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star has gone too far! [[ImAHumanitarian I say we dip him in oil and serve him to a horde of his angry fans!]]"
93	* ''WebVideo/MittenSquad'': The video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWWawQInctQ "Top 10 Most Terrifying Stories In The Wasteland"]]
94	* WebVideo/MrCoatAndFriends, will do top eleven lists as well as just plain top ten.
95	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick did 10 for one of her own countdowns, "because you guys need to watch ''[[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Spinal Tap]]''".
96	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic has the market cornered on Top 11 lists, because he likes to go one step beyond.
97	** During his review of ''Film/{{North}}'', the line "Here, loosen his pants" prompted him to create a list of the top ten jokes he could make about that scene.
98	** He did bump it up to 12 for the Top Christmas Specials and Next Best Christmas Specials. Why? BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS!
99	** He does a Top 10 Bear Jokes he could make for Creator/NicolasCage [[Film/TheWickerMan2006 punching a woman while wearing a bear suit]].
100	* ''WebVideo/{{Pikasprey}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AhepXyTnpI "Top 6 Jerks in Pokémon"]].
101	* ''WebVideo/PokemonTalk'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqH7uGU5BI0&list=PLAF4vERAnCkNhdM1Wf_CvW8xBFuS3Q9hB "Top 50 Pokemon Talk Moments"]].
102	* WebVideo/TheRapCritic does annual Top Ten Worst Lyrics he heard that year, which at times was top 9 "because these songs deserve to be taken one step below".
103	* WebVideo/TheRealJims: As supplements for his "Season Retrospective" videos for each season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Jim does top 10 lists for his favorite episodes of the season.
104	* ''WebVideo/TheSpiffingBrit'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v03YIJy55bY "Top 5 Hearts Of Iron 4 Exploits to cheat the game in Iron man!"]]
105	* ''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'''s year-end lists, which contain his top 10 best and worst hit songs of the year. He has also made a few "Worst Hit Songs of [random year]" lists and a "Top Ten Songs about Mediocre Romance" list.
106	* [[https://www.youtube.com/c/TeamTripleJump TripleJump]] has many Top 10 lists, including a series with the worst games of a given year.
107	* ''WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling'' and its SpiritualSuccessor ''WebVideo/{{Cultaholic}}'' feature this kind of lists alongside most other content.
108	* [[https://www.youtube.com/@WatchMojo WatchMojo]]'s content is almost exclusively Top Ten lists, although they have since branched out into other forms of content.
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112	* The cover for the finale of Marvel Comics' run of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' had the hero on the David Udderman show delivering the top 10 reasons to buy that issue. Number 1: No teenagers, no mutants, no ninjas, no turtles.
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115	[[folder:Real Life]]
116	* America's Social Security Administration produces perennial Top Ten Lists of given names for boys and girls. "Michael" has been at the top the boy list for decades.
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