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  • Awesome Music: Naturally, Russell Brand's impromptu serenade to Brett Baker.
    • The background music does a lot to heighten the tension in an episode.
  • Broken Base:
    • For guests who can't make it through all ten wings. Are the episodes still funny regardless, or does their defeat keep the episode from being funny?
    • DJ Khaled's episode. Is it a defining moment in the series' history, or a lame excuse for a Season 1 finale that should have been scrapped and replaced?
    • And how much of a wing to eat off. Guests that strip their wings clean compare favorably to nibblers.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse: Taraji's bodyguard "Security Dave" is quite popular for stepping in and finishing her wings after she tapped out.
  • Fandom-Specific Plot: A more tragic example than the rest, but fans often lament that Hot Ones never had a chance to do an episode with Anthony Bourdain prior to his untimely suicide.
  • Friendly Fandoms: Hot Ones, Binging with Babish, and Bon Appétit all share more or less the same audience due to their respective irreverent yet informative looks at food, and they've each crossed over with each other multiple times. Logically, this also overlaps with fans of the Food Network and cooking shows in general, particularly when Hot Ones has had guests like Alton Brown and Gordon Ramsay.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: N.O.R.E. mentions that he really wants Seth Rogen as a Drink Champs guest, and Sean says he wants him on his show as well. Seth and Dominic Cooper would later appear to close out season three.
  • Just Here for Godzilla: Since it's the premise of the show, most people tune in to see the guests reacting to the spiciest sauces, most notably Da Bomb.
  • Memetic Loser: DJ Khaled's early quit has made him the butt of many jokes among the show's fans. It's gotten to the point that other guests have named him during their own interviews as the example they don't want to follow.
  • Memetic Mutation:
    • Shaq's faces during his interview have become an ongoing meme on Twitter, YouTube, and Reddit.
    • Idris Elba coughing up a storm.
    • Paul Rudd's entire interview is a meme of its own due to it being Paul Rudd, but otherwise this exchange between him and Sean gained the most traction:
      Paul Rudd: Hey. Look at us.
      Sean: Look at us. Who would've thought?
      Paul Rudd: Not me!
    • A panicked, bewildered Jennifer Lawrence repeatedly asking "what do you mean?!" as she watches Sean perform The Last Dab.
    • A teary-eyed Millie Bobby Brown sipping her milkshake after finishing almost instantly started circulating as a reaction image.
  • The Woobie:
    • Poor Sean has to deal with ten hot wings every week, plus whatever shenanigans a guest can get up to.
    • Cara Delevingne has the unfortunate distinction of being the first guest in the Hot Seat to try The Last Dab, which is made with a special pepper hotter than the Carolina Reaper. She handles it fairly well, all things considered.


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