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:''"Quote from a particularly noteworthy example of the trope."''
::--'''[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=dnbiczai&trope=TropeName attribution]'''

[[Word Cruft|Statement about something else]], ending with firm assertion that the trope is not this.

[[Example As A Thesis|Elaborate introductory example or reasoning behind the trope]], ending in <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[This Trope|Trope Name]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.

Definition of the trope, explaining that '''the trope occurs when specific lines of dialogue are replaced by general and generic descriptions, giving the appearance of a [[Trope Entry Template|template]].'''

Explanation that the trope is often used in parody and [[Deconstruction]] to highlight patterns and clichés.

[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=dnbiczai&trope=TropeName Origin] of Trope Name. References to [[Deconstruction|other, relevant tropes]]. Justification of reason trope was split from older, less well-written trope.

See also [[Deconstructor Fleet|related tropes]]. Compare [[Blah Blah Blah|some]] [[Post Modernism|similar]] [[Shaped Like Itself|tropes]]. Contrast [[Trope Entry Template|conflicting tropes]].

Mild warning that this trope is [[I Thought It Meant|not to be confused with]] [[Trope Name Injokes|similarly-named non-trope page]] or [[Trope Namer|similarly-titled and easily confused page]]. Neither is it [[This Troper]] (''This Trope'' redirects here).

On TV Trope Mirror, since the coding differs from TV Tropes, linking the [[Trope Name]] to its own page will give a bold unlinked text, instead of a blue link... to the same page. Sometimes it may be linked to "This Trope" so it may become blue.

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;Examples:

==Advertising==
* There's a new brand of tampons that uses this trope to show [[Irony|how different]] they are [[We Suck Less|from the competition...]]
* Carlton Draught's Big Ad. It's a big ad. Very big ad. This ad better sell some bloody beer.
* There's a new Anti-Drug ad by the Partnership for Drug Free America that depicts an argument between a mother and daughter that is entirely made of this trope.

==Comics==

* About three pages of Paul Cornell/D'Israeli's ''[http://www.2000adonline.com/books/xtnct.php XTNCT]''.

==Erotica==

* ''Title of Comic'' from Milk! Issue 16.

==Film==

* Steven Soderbergh's ''[[Schizopolis]]'' contains a scene with a conversation between husband and wife that consists solely of this. "Generic greeting!"
** The movie plays with language a lot, including a character that speaks entirely in seemingly random phrases (like "nose army"). The conversation in genericspeak is repeated later from the woman's point of view, where the man's dialogue is dubbed in Japanese, which contrasts with her lover's dialogue, which is in [[Latin Lover|Italian]].
* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhrz1-4hN4 Movie Title]''
* The ''[[Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]'' movie had a ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I trailer]'' like this beginning with the iconic "[[Title Drop|The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]] has this to say about...".
* The ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' Jonah movie contains the memorable Song Which Goes Under The Credits
*: [[This Is A Song|This is the]] [[Title Drop|song that goes under the credits]]
*: [[Captain Obvious|These are the credits]], [[Redundancy Department Of Redundancy|so this is where it goes]]
*: [[BLAP|Has nothing to do with the movie]], so we'll say
*: Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey!

==Literature==

* The [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/lizard18apr02.html Condensation of All Game Fiction] published on rpg.net.
* The "[http://imago.hitherby.com/?p=431 Adjective Noun]" story, from ''[[Hitherby Dragons]]''
* "[[This Is The Title Of This Story|This Is the Title of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times in the Story Itself]]" by David Moser.
* The first chapters of Italo Calvino's ''[[If on a winter's night a traveler]]''.
* Not strictly self-referential, but ''Naked Pictures of Famous People'' by Jon Stewart contains a "recipe" for an entertainment awards show, with lines like "Expression of gratitude to Supreme Being and to members of honoree's blood lineage".
* [[Exactly What It Says On The Tin|This Is]] [[Captain Obvious|A Book By]] [[Demetri Martin]].

==Television==

* The theme to ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'':
*: ''This is the theme to Garry's Show''
*: ''The opening theme to Garry's show''
*: ''Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song''
*: ''I'm almost halfway finished''
*: ''How do you like it so far?''
*: ''How do you like the theme to Garry's Show?''
*:
*: ''This is the theme to Garry's Show''
*: ''The opening theme to Garry's show''
*: ''This is the music that you hear as you watch the credits''
*: ''We're almost to the part''
*: ''Of where I start to whistle''
*: ''Then we'll watch [[Title Drop|"It's Garry Shandling's Show"]]''
*: ''(whistles)''
*: ''This was the theme to [[It's Garry Shandling's Show|Garry Shandling's show]]!''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4 How to Report the News]

==Music==
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281ax7Ovlsg Title of the Song]", by Da Vinci's Notebook.
*: ''Title of the song
*: ''Naive expression of love
*: ''Reluctance to accept that you are gone
*: ''Request to turn back time
*: ''And rectify my wrongs
*: ''Repetition of... the title of the song.''
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=281ax7Ovlsg Songwriting Workshop]", by Tom Smith.
*: ''This is the verse that sets up the premise
*: ''Of why you have written a song.
*: ''Say what you want, it's your song after all,
*: ''But do try not to make each individual lyric line too long.
*: ''Because it might not scan.
*: ''Properly.''
* "[http://enterthevoid.blog.co.uk/2005/11/23/this_is_the_chorus~332242 This Is The Chorus]" by Morris Minor and the Majors.
*: ''''And this is the chorus,
*: ''This is the chorus.
*: ''It goes around and around and gets into your brain.
*: ''This is the chorus,
*: ''Our fabulous chorus,
*: ''And thirty seconds from now you're going to hear it again.''
* From an unidentified folk singer overheard on the radio:
*: ''''This is the chorus.
*: ''It's the title of this song.
*: ''This is the chorus.
*: ''And it won't go on too long.
*: ''It's sometimes called the refrain
*: ''And it will come back again.
*: ''This is the chorus.
*: ''It's the title of this song.''
* Hook by Blues Traveler is a song about generic songs. Read just the first verse:
*: ''''It doesn't matter what I say
*: ''So long as I sing with inflection
*: ''That makes you feel that I'll convey
*: ''Some inner truth of vast reflection
*: ''But I've said nothing so far
*: ''And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
*: ''And it don't matter who you are
*: ''If I'm doing my job then its your resolve that breaks''
* The Heeby Jeebies, parodying [[The Beatles]]:
*: ''''And now we come to the second verse.
*: ''Which I'm singing right now.
*: ''I don't know what I'll say in it.
*: ''Ah well it's over anyhow.
* The [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Genericflipper.jpg cover] [[Minimalistic Cover Art|art]] of Flipper's ''Album - Generic Flipper''.
* "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" by [[Weird Al Yankovic]].
*: ''Couldn't think of any lyrics
*: ''No, I never wrote the lyrics
*: ''So I'll just sing any old lyrics
*: ''That come to mind, child
* And similarly, [[King Crimson]]'s "Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With".
*: ''Then I'm gonna have to write a chorus
*: ''We're gonna need to have a chorus
*: ''And this seems to be just as good as any other place to sing it 'til I'm blue in the face.
* "Coin Operated Boy" by The Dresden Dolls
*: ''"This verse was written
*: ''To make you feel smitten
*: ''With my sad picture
*: ''Of girl getting bitter"
* "The Grunge Song" by Radio Free Vestibule ([[Misattributed Song|NOT]] [[Weezer]])
*: ''"This is the part of the song that's really quiet
*: ''we play very soft, it sounds like a ballad
*: ''AND THIS IS PART WHERE WE PLAY REAL HARD
*: ''IT'S MUCH LOUDER THAN AT THE BEGINNING
*: ''and we go back to the quiet part. Again."
* "Punk Rock 101" by Bowling for Soup
*: ''"Don't forget the delay...lay...lay
*: ''On the very last word...word...word..."
* From [http://tvskyleband.com/gukgukguk.html "Arica"] by Tv's Kyle:
*: ''Arica, this is totally the bridge
*: ''To this musical pep-talk
*: ''It really sounds romantic and self-important....
* Brandon Muller's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYNRhzX6gw8 Linkin Park Parody] is a mix of this and very pointed satire.
* [[Psychostick]]'s #1 Radio $ingle.
*: ''"Well this is the part of the song where I talk about emotions
*: ''And this is the part of the song where I sing about how I feel so cold inside.
*: ''And this is where my producer told me to say "yeah.""
* JonLajoie's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr4rwb2WbE parody] of typical pop songs, called "Pop Song":
*: ''And now the token rap verse
*: ''That doesn't make any sense
*: ''But helps to get a small percentage of the urban music market"
* Orange Goblin's ''Tosh Lines'':
*: ''This is the first line of my song
*: ''Second line didn't take me all that long
*: ''Third line and I'm about to lose control
*: ''Fourth line is a lesson in rock and roll
*: ''Fifth line is very much like the third
*: ''Line six is the best you've ever heard
*: ''Seventh line and we're getting near the end
*: ''Eight line and that's your lot, my friend.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_%28Black_Keys_Album%29 This] is an album by The Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers.
* The [[Swirling Eddies]]: "[http://www.danielamos.com/swirly/themidget/thisisthetitle.html This is the Title]"
* An awful lot of [[Mitc hBenn]] songs use this as a form of satire, mixed with [[Hypocritical Humour]].

==Theatre==

* "[http://www.allmusicals.com/lyrics/spamalot/thesongthatgoeslikethis.htm The Song That Goes Like This]", from ''[[Spamalot]]''.
*: ''''Once in every show
*: ''There comes a song like this
*: ''It starts off soft and low
*: ''And ends up with a kiss
*: ''Oh where is the song that goes like this?''
* [''[[Title Of Show|title of show]]''] follows the spirit, if not the letter, of the trope. It's a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical.
* In musicals, an eleven o'clock song is a show-stopping number which comes late in the second act, shortly before the show's finale. ''Ankles Aweigh'' has one titled "An Eleven O'Clock Song."
* The Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies have the traditional "Welcome, Welcome" and "Goodbye, Goodbye" speeches. Each is two words long.

==Video Games==

* The Rubikon from ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' uses this trope to [[Deconstruction|deconstruct]] the concept of a dungeon.
* ''[[Sam And Max]]'': Season One: Episode Six: [[Colon Cancer|Bright Side Of The Moon]]:
*: '''Sam''': ''Random, but innocuous, comment.''
*: '''Max''': ''Irreverent reply hinting at mental instability!''
*: '''Sam''': ''[[Catch Phrase|You crack me up, little buddy.]]''
* ''[[Duty Calls]]'', a parody FPS game, also an elaborate advertisement for [[Bulletstorm]], uses these for pretty much every line of dialogue.
* [[XMen Sentinel]] in MarvelVsCapcom3 does this.
*: ''[[I Shall Taunt You|UNDERMINE TARGET CONFIDENCE.]]''

==Web Original==

* [http://bash.org/?23396 This bash quote.]
** Ironically, ranked #1 of all the quotes in the bash quote database.
* [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Insert_title_here This] article.
* The [http://community.livejournal.com/efw Existential Flame War] [[Blog|LiveJournal]] community.
* [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/7/25/03646/9549 This] deconstruction of a typical [[Daily Kos]] diary.
* This [http://community.livejournal.com/fanficrants/5702541.html fanficrants post].
* [http://www.theonion.com/content/video/breaking_news_series_of This video], though only tangentially.
* [http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/MadBomber80/Sexxors/sexxors11.jpg This] [[College Roomies FromHell|CRFH rescript]] [[NSFW]]
* ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'''s [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/117/quantum_documentary Quantum Documentary].
* This [http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2006/04/07/4991 blog post], and the thousand plus comments following it.
* Another [http://faultline.org/index.php/site/item/incendiary/ blog post]... [[For Science]]!
** [[Memetic Mutation|Continuation]] of joke on a more popular science website.
* [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=448494 This RPGnet thread] (log-in required)
* [http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/17928_Innovations_Extra_The_Template.html This] [[Magic The Gathering]] article.
* [http://consc.net/misc/moser.html This] self-referential story.
* [http://faultline.org/index.php/site/item/incendiary/ This] typical incendiary blog post, and its [http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/01/chris_clarke_broke_into_my_hou.php followers].
* ''[[A Trailer For Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever]]'', a [[Cracked]] [http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html video] based on [[Oscar Bait]] movies.
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/24/1 This] news website article about a scientific paper.
* [http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/41976/question-title-that-doesnt-describe-the-problem This question] on Meta Stack Overflow.
* [http://www.kimmok.com/514799/THE-MANIFESTO-MANIFESTO The Manifesto Manifesto].
* [http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2011/02/go-sports-team.html This] Facebook exchange.
* [http://bakalaureate.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/the-anime-everyone-is-talking-about-the-latest-episode-related-secondary-title/ This] anime blog post.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg0J5d3Ezcw Stupid AMV Title]. Pointless comment about not naming the link "This."
* [http://9gag.com/gag/538734 This] 9gag strip [[Playing With A Trope|with a twist]].

===TV Tropes===

* ''This.''
** And for that matter, [[Trope Name In-Jokes|this]].
** And the subpages below.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=g0v962wnkzbvbgqzy5z10gjl Controversial statement.]
* "Silly Pun, Often on Another Trope Name" in the [[Title Bin]].
* All [[This Trope Name References Itself]] examples... including ''itself''.
** [[Divided By Zero|Cosmic]].
* The template for quoting dialogue in examples in the [[Trope Entry Template]] does this for typical three-line banter. (If you don't get the difference between that page and this one by now, I give up.)

====Headscratchers====
* Really whiny rant that [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] [[They Changed It Now It Sucks]].
** Retort that a Troper thinks is witty, but isn't.
* Denial of [[Fan Dumb]].
** Direction to a website full of it.
*** [[Canon Discontinuity]] declared on website.
* [[Straw Feminist]] or [[Strawman Political]] bullshit.
** Just-as-bad retort.
* Rant over really, really, REALLY insignificant thing.
** Lame attempt to [[Handwave]] it.
** A well thought-out, researched, comprehensive explanation that unfortunately serves to demonstrate that the person composing it has no life outside his fandom or This Very Wiki.
*** Blunt and rather rude dismissal of said well thought-out, researched, comprehensive explanation, complete with pedantic nitpicking over certain minor points.
** Exasperated retort, intended to demonstrate that the Troper in question is a lot more relaxed about the issue than the initial poster but which instead comes off as slightly hypocritical, given how they've expanded a similar effort to respond.
** Indication of MST3KMantra.
*** Indication that the MST3KMantra is pointless from a [[Watsonian Versus Doylist|Watsonian]] perspective.
* Rant that this entry even exists and that people are complaining about it, with sub-rant that [[TV Tropes]] is [[Jumping The Shark]].
* [[Flame War]]
** [[Edit War]]
*** [[Cut List|Page Cut]] And [[Locked Pages|Lock]]
* Whine about a [[Ship Sinking]].
** Sinking my ass. [[Wild Mass Guessing|We all know that both of those characters are]] [[WMG/Time Lord|Time Lords]] anyway!]]
* Whine about how much people whine.
** Pointing out that someone is whining about whining, in a fashion the Troper presumably thinks is witty but instead comes off as rather smug.
* Write something that is [[Fridge Logic|genuinely puzzling]] or [[Fridge Horror|disturbing]], but is then buried under pages of people who whine, people who whine about whining, and [[Arson Murder And Jaywalking|the color of]] [[It Just Bugs Me|goldfish.]]
* Example complaining about how bad in general this show is.
** Angry rebuttal by fan!
* A question about something that was [[Department Of Redundancy Department|already asked and answered above.]]
** [[Berserk Button|Overly aggressive answer.]]
* Valid complaint
** Nitpick over minor detail of said complaint.
** [[Me Too]].
* Expression of fury about why Tropename is even still on.
* <small>Entry quietly censored out by defensive Fanboy as an alternative to unleashing their [[Nerd Rage]] on it.</small>
** Entry updated to replace obsolete markup.
* [[Just Eat Gilligan]]
* '''''OVERLY''''' ''emphasized'' example TALKING '''about''' how this thing fucking sucks and ''getting AIDS'' would be better than this. This example will eventually be cut or it will lead to the page getting cut.
** Understated response encouraging the complainer to chill.
** '''OVERLY''' ''emphasized'' response '''''SCREAMING''''' '''about''' how the complainer is a complete ''string of ad-hominem'' '''''PROFANITY''''', and that this is the ''best'' '''thing''' '''''ever''''', and would '''''cure''''' AIDS, if people like the ''complainer'' didn't '''turn everyone against it'''! This example [[Edit War|will quickly be restored]] if the header example is cut.

====Playing With====
'''Basic Trope''': A trope (a common convention that you can expect to show up in certain works).
* '''Straight''': The trope, played out normally.
* '''Exaggerated''': The trope, taken almost [[Up To Eleven]].
* '''Downplayed''': The trope, played to a smaller extent than normal.
* '''Justified''': The trope has a logical [[In Universe]] explanation.
* '''Inverted''': The trope happens the other way around.
* '''Subverted''': We come upon a scenario where the Trope would normally be played straight, but it isn't.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...And then it is soon thereafter.
* '''Parodied''': The trope is mocked, spoofed or straight to ridiculous levels for specific humour value.
** The trope in the form of a [[Visual Pun]].
* '''Deconstructed''': The trope is played in such a way to show various logical and moral problems with the trope as normally played.
* '''Reconstructed''': The trope is played straight, but with the problems brought up by the Deconstruction dealt with or addressed.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The trope is Played With several times over until it becomes a [[Mind Screw]].
* '''Averted''': Neither the trope nor the situation in which it would occur is ever brought up.
* '''Enforced''': Something in [[Real Life]] that causes [[Executive Meddling]] and/or the authors to use the trope.
* '''Lampshaded''': A [[Genre Savvy]] Character points out that the trope will be used and/or the ridiculousness of the trope being used in the current situation.
* '''Invoked''': A [[Genre Savvy]] Character sets up a situation where the trope can occur.
* '''Exploited''': A [[Genre Savvy]] Character takes advantage of the fact that the trope will occur, possibly-- but not necessarily-- Invoking it in the process.
* '''Defied''': A [[Genre Savvy]] Character tries to prevent a trope from happening.
* '''Discussed''': [[Genre Savvy]] Characters talk about the trope in a situation where it is likely to happen.
* '''Conversed''': [[Genre Savvy]] Characters talk about the trope in a [[Show Within a Show]].
* '''Played For Laughs''': The trope is played in the most comedic way possible.
* '''Played For Drama''': The trope is played in the most melodramatic way possible.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The (normally unintentional) trope is used quite intentionally.

====Wild Mass Guessing====
;Theory about how this character is a [[Time Lord]].
* Really bad explanation with no mention of what his TARDIS is...or where it's extremely obvious that the theorist [[Did Not Do The Research|has never even SEEN]] ''[[Doctor Who]]''!

;Theory about how this character is [[Haruhi Suzumiya]].
* More really bad explanations go here.

;Just a theory and no explanation.
* Sarcastic response implying a preference for elaboration.

;Claim that the show is [[All Just A Dream]] of one character.
* Another really bad explanation.

;Related theory that the entire series either takes place within Ikari Shinji's mind, or takes place during Instrumentality.
Because everything has to be somehow connected to ''[[Doctor Who]], [[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', or ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.

;Blatantly canon WMG.
* Convoluted explanation.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|Saracastic]] expression of disbelief.

;[[Jossed]] WMG.
*...that a Troper posts [[Did Not Do The Research|not knowing it's been Jossed]].
** Indication and example showing that the WMG was [[Jossed]].
** Statement of embarrassment.

;Claims most of the plot is a [[Xanatos Gambit]] of the [[Plucky Comic Relief]].
*: Half-assed explanation for this.

;Claims that something awesome is powered by Spiral energy.
* Explanation that since it is awesome, it must be powered by Spiral Energy.

;Claims that good guy is a traitor.
* Extremely convoluted explanation including things not actually in the work and taking everything they do as evidence against them.

;Claim that shy nerd on show has autism.
* Long explanation using circumstantial evidence that could describe anybody who is shy or has low self-confidence.

;[[Shipping]] claims.
* Made by someone who desperately wants these characters to be together.

;Interesting, original, and plausible theory.
* With lots of explanation that makes it easy for this to be believed. On the other hand...

;Theory related to above theory.
* Which proposes that the complete opposite is also true.
** Corollary proposing a similar theory.

;Theory contradicting the above theory.
* Convoluted, yet easy-to-believe theory about how this is possible.
* [[WMG|Improperly coded example]] made by somebody who doesn't know what they're doing.

;Theory that Fandom A and Fandom B take place in the same universe.
* Including theory that character from Fandom A somehow became character in Fandom B. Similarities between Fandom A and Fandom B pointed out.

;Theory that sounds really cool and brilliant in the mind of the Troper who posted it.
* Troper is deeply disappointed when no one comments on the theory.

;Theory that really fits a particular fandom.
* Troper realizes after the fact that he just edited the wrong tab...

;Theory that the hero is actually a villain and vice versa.
* Convoluted reasoning that ignores big chunks of canon and invents several other facts out of whole cloth. A number of the invented facts directly contradict established canon.

;Theory related to an above theory.
* Which proposes the exact same thing as a result of not checking the page thoroughly enough.


;Theory that all of the above theories are true.
* No matter how contradictory and absurd said assertion would be.

===Web Animation===

* The Show's ending chant from [http://www.videlectrix.com/storeflash/nonsequitur.swf this] ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' short.
** To a lesser extent, [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail79.html this email toon.]
** Homestar's "TV joke" in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/answer4.html this] Answering Machine.
** The "prank call" Strong Bad leaves in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail69.html this] email.
** Homestar's grocery list in [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail195.html this] email.
**: ''Amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing!''
** [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Nondescript_Nouns This] list.
* ''[[Arfenhouse]] 2'' starts off with a parody of badly-made Flash-animated versions of ''[[Eight Bit Theater|8-Bit Theater]]'' that flooded Newgrounds at the time of its release:
*: '''Fighter:''' ''Blatant ripoffs!
*: '''Black Mage:''' ''[[Voice Of The Legion|Terrible echo effect]]!
*: '''Thief:''' (garbled) ''Really bad voice-acting!''
* [[Awesome Series|Metal Gear Awesome]] has this.
*: ''Cryptic metaphor!''

===Web Comics===

* The [http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20000515.html Story Title] arc of ''[[Bruno The Bandit]]''.
* The [http://www.partiallyclips.com/index.php?id=1331&b=1&c=1 Women With Tea] strip of ''[[Partially Clips]]''.
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0295.html This illusionary halfling] from [[Order Of The Stick]]. Who does not also appear [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0403.html here]].
* [http://www.drunkduck.com/Stickman_and_Cube/index.php?p=251951 How to create] a ''[[Stickman And Cube]]'' comic.
* ''Legendary'' has [http://legendary.comicgenesis.com/d/20061117.html this] strip, where the commentary follows this trope.
* Here's [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/05/25 Penny Arcade's take].
* [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=030513 This] ''[[Bob And George]]'' comic.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' gives us the [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1087.html Ur-Lightbulb Joke].
** [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2077.html Another joke from the same comic].
** And also [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/polls/poll0061.html a poll question].
* Similarly, ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'' offers a barrage of [http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000596.html Profession Jokes].
* [http://www.explosm.net/comics/586/ This] ''[[Cyanide And Happiness]]'' episode.
* [http://tcs.snafu-comics.com/?strip_id=161 This strip] from ''This Comic Sucks''.
* [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/archive.php?name=140 This strip] from ''[[Multiplex]]''.
* The song titles in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=791 this] ''[[Questionable Content]]''.
* [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/000609 This] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip.
* The last panel of [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/07/01/episode-436-peek-a-boo/ this] strip of ''[[8-Bit Theater]]''.
* [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=932 This] ''[[One Over Zero]]''.
* [http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/04/03/strip-188/ This] ''[[Chainsawsuit]]'', and the commentary below as well.
* [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=613 This rousing wake-up call] from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''.
* [http://kvts.smackjeeves.com/comics/365462/insert-title-here/ This] one from ''[[Kirby Vs TheSqueaks]]''.
* [http://xkcd.com/688/ This] ''[[XKCD]]'' strip.
* [http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=478 This] ''[[Mezzacotta|Square Root Of Minus Garfield]]'', of the strip's running gag of ''[[Garfield Minus Garfield]]'' puns.
** Also, [http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=713 Garfield Abridged].
* [http://deadmarlo.blogspot.com/2010/09/catchy-title.html This] ''Dead Marlo'' strip.
* This [http://www.khaoskomix.com/cgi-bin/comic.cgi?chp=7&page=38 insult] from ''[[Khaos Komix]]''.

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