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* JumpOffABridgeRebuttal: In "King Baby", when Jim presents a hypothetical scenario where Abraham's wife notices he circumcised himself after getting out of the shower:
--> '''Jim''': (as Abraham's wife) If God told you to jump off a bridge-- if God told you to sacrifice our firstborn son-- (as Abraham) Actually, I have to talk to you about that.
--> '''Jim''': (as Abraham's wife) If God told you to jump off a bridge-- if God told you to sacrifice our firstborn son-- (as Abraham) Actually, I have to talk to you about that.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: During his long routine on bacon in "King Baby":
--> '''Jim''': I even like the ''name'' "Bacon"! You can't tell me that the success of Creator/KevinBacon isn't somehow tied to his name. No one's going to a Kevin Hot Dog movie. "Who's in this? Kevin ''Bacon''? Sounds gooood."
--> '''Jim''': I even like the ''name'' "Bacon"! You can't tell me that the success of Creator/KevinBacon isn't somehow tied to his name. No one's going to a Kevin Hot Dog movie. "Who's in this? Kevin ''Bacon''? Sounds gooood."
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--> '''Jim''': Eating while you're lying down is beautiful. Too bad hospitals have that sickness requirement, 'cause I would check in manana.
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--> '''Jim''': Eating while you're lying down is beautiful. Too bad hospitals have that sickness requirement, 'cause I would check in manana.mañana.
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* UnexplainedAccent: In "King Baby", Jim did a bit about Jesus's apostles and gave one of the apostles a New York accent for some reason. He quickly [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.
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* SweetTooth: Had a bit about it in "Beyond the Pale":
--> '''Jim''': "I have a bit of a sweet tooth." Really? Because it's going straight to your ''ass''. I think your ass owes your tooth an explanation.
--> '''Jim''': "I have a bit of a sweet tooth." Really? Because it's going straight to your ''ass''. I think your ass owes your tooth an explanation.
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* ImGoingToHellForThis: After his "agua" joke (see GratuitousSpanish example above):
--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) [[LampshadeHanging They wouldn't say "agua"!]]
--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) [[LampshadeHanging They wouldn't say "agua"!]]
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* ImGoingToHellForThis: After his "agua" joke (see GratuitousSpanish example above):
a religious joke:
-->'''Jim''': '''Jim''': (as audience member) [[LampshadeHanging They wouldn't say "agua"!]]member) He's going to Hell in two religions! He's practically sprinting!
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: In "Obsessed", Jim mentions his experience shopping for a gift for his wife at Victoria's Secret, that the secret to a man shopping there and not looking like a pervert is to act bored.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: In "Obsessed", Jim mentions his experience shopping for a gift for his wife at Victoria's Secret, that the Secret: The secret to a man shopping there and not looking like a pervert is to act bored.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: In "Obsessed", Jim mentions his experience shopping for a gift for his wife at Victoria's Secret, that the secret to a man shopping there and not looking like a pervert is to act bored.
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--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) [[LampshadeHanging They wouldn't say "agua"!]] He's going to Hell in two different languages! He's practically sprinting!"agua"!]]
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--->'''Jim:''' That joke will be even funnier when I die from cardiac arrest.
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* ToiletHumour: In "Mr. Universe", Jim observes that anytime kids are in a hotel pool, you're swimming in a toilet.
--> '''Jim''': The first time a kid can multitask. "I can play AND pee!!!"
--> '''Jim''': The first time a kid can multitask. "I can play AND pee!!!"
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* DudeNotFunny: Invoked; in "Mr. Universe", Jim joked about drinking tuna sub water with a straw, and the audience groaned.
--> '''Jim''': [[LampshadeHanging Oh, that's where I crossed the line?]] (audience applauds) "It was funny 'til he did that tuna water joke. My fiance's allergic to tuna water. I don't appreciate the inconsideration."
--> '''Jim''': [[LampshadeHanging Oh, that's where I crossed the line?]] (audience applauds) "It was funny 'til he did that tuna water joke. My fiance's allergic to tuna water. I don't appreciate the inconsideration."
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* VerbalBackspace: In "King Baby", he confesses that having kids made him realize how little he knows:
--> '''Jim''': Recently my son pointed to an antenna and said, "Look daddy, it's a stick!" I said, "Actually, that's an antenna." He goes, "What's an antenna?" "...It's a stick."
--> '''Jim''': Recently my son pointed to an antenna and said, "Look daddy, it's a stick!" I said, "Actually, that's an antenna." He goes, "What's an antenna?" "...It's a stick."
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** In "King Baby", when discussing beds:
--> '''Jim''': Eating while you're lying down is beautiful. Too bad hospitals have that sickness requirement, 'cause I would check in manana.
--> '''Jim''': Eating while you're lying down is beautiful. Too bad hospitals have that sickness requirement, 'cause I would check in manana.
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* ImAHumanitarian: In "King Baby":
--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) He's like Music/PearlJam. He's taking on the man. Hey, wait a minute. He ''looks'' like the man. He's kind of pudgy. Maybe he ''ate'' the man.
--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) He's like Music/PearlJam. He's taking on the man. Hey, wait a minute. He ''looks'' like the man. He's kind of pudgy. Maybe he ''ate'' the man.
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** In "Beyond the Pale": he gets into a long talk about different kinds of Hot Pockets, always stopping to sing the jingle.
--> '''Jim''': ''(singing in falsetto)'' Hot Pockets.
--> '''Jim''': ''(singing in falsetto)'' Hot Pockets.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: He predicts one in his special ''Obsessed'', after joking that his donut trail mix will lead him to the emergency room:
--->'''Jim:''' That joke will be even funnier when I die from cardiac arrest.
--->'''Jim:''' That joke will be even funnier when I die from cardiac arrest.
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* BiTheWay: His excuse for being caught in [=McDonald's=] by a friend:
-->'''Friend''': I'm just here for the 99 cent ATM, what are you doing here Jim?
-->'''Jim''': Uhhhh, I'm just meeting a hooker... he should be here by now.
-->'''Friend''': I'm just here for the 99 cent ATM, what are you doing here Jim?
-->'''Jim''': Uhhhh, I'm just meeting a hooker... he should be here by now.
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* RuleOfThree: During his camping bit in "King Baby", it takes three attempts to convince Jim to go camping:
--> '''Jim''': (as co-worker) "Hey, how'd you like to burn a couple vacation days sleeping on the ground?" Uh, no. "What if I told you you get to crap standing up?" I still wouldn't want to go. "You'll wake up freezing covered in a rash." All right, I'll go.
--> '''Jim''': (as co-worker) "Hey, how'd you like to burn a couple vacation days sleeping on the ground?" Uh, no. "What if I told you you get to crap standing up?" I still wouldn't want to go. "You'll wake up freezing covered in a rash." All right, I'll go.
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* MythologyGag: He mentions ''LawAndOrder'', a series he guessed starred in several episodes in ''Mr. Universe''.
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** In ''Mr. Universe'':
--> '''Jim''': I was muy guapo... no mas! [[note]] "very handsome... no more" [[/note]]
--> '''Jim''': I was muy guapo... no mas! [[note]] "very handsome... no more" [[/note]]
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* HorribleCampingTrip: In ''King Baby''.
-->'''Jim''': People always say "he is not a happy camper", why not just call him a camper? You know who's a happy camper: the one leaving the campsite! He the happiest camper, he gets to take a shower!
-->'''Jim''': People always say "he is not a happy camper", why not just call him a camper? You know who's a happy camper: the one leaving the campsite! He the happiest camper, he gets to take a shower!
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* ImGoingToHellForThis: After his "agua" joke (see GratuitousSpanish example above):
--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) [[LampshadeHanging They wouldn't say "agua"!]] He's going to Hell in two different languages! He's practically sprinting!
--> '''Jim''': (as audience member) [[LampshadeHanging They wouldn't say "agua"!]] He's going to Hell in two different languages! He's practically sprinting!
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* GratuitousSpanishGratuitousSpanish: From ''Beyond the Pale'', Jim discussing Moses.
--> '''Jim''': (as one of Moses's followers) This Moses doesn't know where the hell he's going! I appreciate he got us out of Egypt, but we're in the desert, folks, as in no ''agua''.
--> '''Jim''': (as one of Moses's followers) This Moses doesn't know where the hell he's going! I appreciate he got us out of Egypt, but we're in the desert, folks, as in no ''agua''.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: Referenced in one of his jokes.
--> '''Jim''': "The book was ''much'' better than the movie." Yeah, you know what I liked about the movie? ''No reading''. It was over in two hours, then I could take a nap.
--> '''Jim''': "The book was ''much'' better than the movie." Yeah, you know what I liked about the movie? ''No reading''. It was over in two hours, then I could take a nap.
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** In his "Mr. Universe" special: Subway restaurants, hotels, {{Glee}}.
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** In his "Mr. Universe" special: Subway restaurants, hotels, {{Glee}}.''{{Glee}}''.
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** In his "Mr. Universe" special: Subway restaurants, hotels.hotels, {{Glee}}.
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* PlayingAgainstType: He has been in at least 3 different episodes of shows in the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' franchise, in one instance playing a convicted pedophile.
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* PlayingAgainstType: He has been in at least 3 different episodes of shows in the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' franchise, in one instance playing a convicted pedophile.pedophile, a CorruptCorporateExecutive selling poisonous Chinese-counterfeit toothpaste, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking plumber]].
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An American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000's. Jim Gaffigan released his first album, ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. ''King Baby'', his seventh album (released in 2009), spawned a popular ComedyCentral special.
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An American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000's. Jim Gaffigan released his first album, ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. ''King Baby'', his seventh album (released in 2009), spawned a popular
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An American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000's. Jim Gaffigan released his first album, ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. ''King Baby'', his seventh album (released in 2009), spawned a popular ComedyCentral special.
Gaffigan's routines commonly focus on aspects of everyday life, the most prominent of which are [[BigEater eating]] and being lazy. Gaffigan also includes frequent high-pitched asides, meant to represent a hypothetical, easily-offended audience member. (Rumor has it that these are based on his sister-in-law's reactions.)
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* AndADietCoke: When Jim is talking about KFC serving their chicken in buckets and compares it to how farm animals are fed with buckets.
--> '''Jim''': (Imitating a fast food patron) I'll have a bucket of chicken, a silo of Pepsi, and a trough of pig slop... make the pig slop diet.
* BigEater: As stated above, he often references his love for food. His album ''Beyond the Pale'' consists ''almost entirely'' of food-related jokes.
--> '''Hypothetical Audience Member''': It always comes back to food with him.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Jim Gaffigan has a routine where he says how there's so much pressure in our culture to have a good time on our birthday, so that we whine when we aren't given a break on that day.
--> '''Jim''': I can't believe I gotta go to work on my ''birthday''. I can't believe I have to do laundry on my ''birthday''. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick I can't believe I'm paying for sex on my]] ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick birthday!]]''
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When talking about a Cinnabon the size of a bean bag chair.
--> '''Jim''': Should I sit in it or eat it? Hey I can sit in it ''and'' eat it!
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: See the quote for ABirthdayNotABreak above.
* ButNotTooWhite: A major portion of Jim's act is making fun of his own extremely pale skin.
* CensorshipBySpelling: "I always feel dumb. It doesn't help that my wife spells everything in front of the kids."
-->"Don't tell the kids about the I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M"\\
"...({{beat}})...[[IThoughtItMeant Who's in the emergency room]]? And why do I [[SubliminalAdvertising want a Dilly Bar]]?"
* ContentWarnings: He feels that Hot Pockets should come with a warning label that states "Warning: You just bought Hot Pockets! Hope you're drunk or heading home to a trailer! You hillbilly, enjoy the next NASCAR event!"
-->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' Hey, I ''like'' NASCAR! He's a jerk.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Defictionalization}}: Gaffigan once made a joke about how there will one day be a bacon hamburger with two doughnuts instead of buns, and that someone in the audience will probably think it's a brilliant idea and make one. Meet the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger Luther Burger]]
* FoodPorn: He comments on how Creator/FoodNetwork's like porn when you're hungry.
-->"What are you watching?"
-->"Uhh, uhh, Food Network."
-->"Well, why are your pants off?"
-->"...I like food...a lot."
** He takes it one step further when he points out that packaging is like clothing for food.
-->(''seductively'') "What you wearing there, cookies?"
* GlassesPull: Jim has a routine about generals in '50s B-Movies dramatically removing glasses and saying "My ''God''... I can't see a thing without these. That's probably why I wear them..."
* GratuitousSpanish
* GuiltyPleasure: Refers to it as everyone having their own equivalent of UsefulNotes/McDonalds.
* HilariousOuttakes: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dks1cqQZnqg Here's]] a blooper reel from Gaffigan's Saturn commercials.
* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: Jim loves cake.
* LampshadeHanging: All. The. Time.
--> '''Jim:''' I went camping recently...for this next joke...
* MemeticMolester: InvokedTrope. Plays this angle up and has the hypothetical audience member react this way.
** In "King Baby" the hypothetical audience member says that the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Beyond_the_Pale.jpg CD cover]] for "Beyond the Pale" makes him look like a pedophile.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: He manages one that still somehow makes perfect sense, when describing his experience of having a fourth kid (and now a fifth): "Imagine you're drowning, and someone hands you a baby."
* OneHitWonder: He feels he still has to perform his [[SelfDemonstratingArticle popular]] Hot Pockets bit to satisfy his fans.
* OverlyLongGag: {{Lampshaded}} several times, as in this bit:
-->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' That's ''got'' to be the end of the bacon jokes.\\
''Jim proceeds to [[KickTheDog tell more bacon jokes]]''\\
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'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' If he tells another cake joke, I'm gonna kill 'im.\\
'''Jim:''' Enough about cake. Pie!
** We can't forget his Hot Pockets routine. At some point, the joke becomes the fact that he's still talking about Hot Pockets.
* PlayingAgainstType: He has been in at least 3 different episodes of shows in the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' franchise, in one instance playing a convicted pedophile.
* RealMenLoveJesus
* RunningGag: In "Mr. Universe":
--> '''Jim''': What room are you staying in?
** Played with during one instance, where he was playing a senior citizen:
--> '''Jim''': What room am I staying in?
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Jim has a bit where he points out that life is easier when you're attractive. "If a stranger smiles at you and they're attractive, you think 'Oh, they're nice'. But if an ugly person smiles at you, you think 'What do they want?'."
* ScrewYourself: In one joke Jim says that he couldn't go through childbirth [[CaptainObvious because he doesn't have a uterus]] but also because he couldn't have sex with a man. Unless it looked like him. "Some Jim on Jim action" indeed.
* SelfDeprecation: Constantly makes fun of himself, particular his pale skin, the fact he's out of shape, and that he enjoys eating unhealthy.
** Frequently pokes fun at Christian traditions and beliefs, despite being a practicing Catholic.
** Plus of course all the Hot Pockets junk-food jokes, then goes on about his love of bacon. Might double as HypocriticalHumor.
** Also his frequenting of UsefulNotes/McDonalds. "I love the awkward silence that always follows that statement."
** His "Hypothetical Audience Member" bit seems to exist as this, which he mostly uses to mock his act.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: At the beginning of the ''King Baby'' special, he speculates how the Hypothetical Audience Members would react if he spent the entire show making the same high-pitched groan he starts every show off with.
-->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' ''That was the worst show I've ever seen!'' ...I spent over ''Forty Dollars''... [beat] And after the service fee it was ''Ninety''... [beat] ''Convenience Charge...?'' Convenient way to ''rip us off''...
* SignsOfDisrepair: In "King Baby" he mentions a Waffle House sign with the "W" burned out so it reads "_AFFLE HOUSE" (awful house).
* TakeThat: In his "King Baby" special: Waffle House, Dunkin' Donuts.
** In his "Mr. Universe" special: Subway restaurants, hotels.
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An American comedian who appeared in various commercials and films before rising to national popularity in the late 2000's. Jim Gaffigan released his first album, ''Luigi's Doghouse'', in 2001. ''King Baby'', his seventh album (released in 2009), spawned a popular ComedyCentral special.
Gaffigan's routines commonly focus on aspects of everyday life, the most prominent of which are [[BigEater eating]] and being lazy. Gaffigan also includes frequent high-pitched asides, meant to represent a hypothetical, easily-offended audience member. (Rumor has it that these are based on his sister-in-law's reactions.)
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!!Tropes:
* AndADietCoke: When Jim is talking about KFC serving their chicken in buckets and compares it to how farm animals are fed with buckets.
--> '''Jim''': (Imitating a fast food patron) I'll have a bucket of chicken, a silo of Pepsi, and a trough of pig slop... make the pig slop diet.
* BigEater: As stated above, he often references his love for food. His album ''Beyond the Pale'' consists ''almost entirely'' of food-related jokes.
--> '''Hypothetical Audience Member''': It always comes back to food with him.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Jim Gaffigan has a routine where he says how there's so much pressure in our culture to have a good time on our birthday, so that we whine when we aren't given a break on that day.
--> '''Jim''': I can't believe I gotta go to work on my ''birthday''. I can't believe I have to do laundry on my ''birthday''. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick I can't believe I'm paying for sex on my]] ''[[BreadEggsMilkSquick birthday!]]''
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When talking about a Cinnabon the size of a bean bag chair.
--> '''Jim''': Should I sit in it or eat it? Hey I can sit in it ''and'' eat it!
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: See the quote for ABirthdayNotABreak above.
* ButNotTooWhite: A major portion of Jim's act is making fun of his own extremely pale skin.
* CensorshipBySpelling: "I always feel dumb. It doesn't help that my wife spells everything in front of the kids."
-->"Don't tell the kids about the I-C-E-C-R-E-A-M"\\
"...({{beat}})...[[IThoughtItMeant Who's in the emergency room]]? And why do I [[SubliminalAdvertising want a Dilly Bar]]?"
* ContentWarnings: He feels that Hot Pockets should come with a warning label that states "Warning: You just bought Hot Pockets! Hope you're drunk or heading home to a trailer! You hillbilly, enjoy the next NASCAR event!"
-->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' Hey, I ''like'' NASCAR! He's a jerk.
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Defictionalization}}: Gaffigan once made a joke about how there will one day be a bacon hamburger with two doughnuts instead of buns, and that someone in the audience will probably think it's a brilliant idea and make one. Meet the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger Luther Burger]]
* FoodPorn: He comments on how Creator/FoodNetwork's like porn when you're hungry.
-->"What are you watching?"
-->"Uhh, uhh, Food Network."
-->"Well, why are your pants off?"
-->"...I like food...a lot."
** He takes it one step further when he points out that packaging is like clothing for food.
-->(''seductively'') "What you wearing there, cookies?"
* GlassesPull: Jim has a routine about generals in '50s B-Movies dramatically removing glasses and saying "My ''God''... I can't see a thing without these. That's probably why I wear them..."
* GratuitousSpanish
* GuiltyPleasure: Refers to it as everyone having their own equivalent of UsefulNotes/McDonalds.
* HilariousOuttakes: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dks1cqQZnqg Here's]] a blooper reel from Gaffigan's Saturn commercials.
* IWasToldThereWouldBeCake: Jim loves cake.
* LampshadeHanging: All. The. Time.
--> '''Jim:''' I went camping recently...for this next joke...
* MemeticMolester: InvokedTrope. Plays this angle up and has the hypothetical audience member react this way.
** In "King Baby" the hypothetical audience member says that the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Beyond_the_Pale.jpg CD cover]] for "Beyond the Pale" makes him look like a pedophile.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: He manages one that still somehow makes perfect sense, when describing his experience of having a fourth kid (and now a fifth): "Imagine you're drowning, and someone hands you a baby."
* OneHitWonder: He feels he still has to perform his [[SelfDemonstratingArticle popular]] Hot Pockets bit to satisfy his fans.
* OverlyLongGag: {{Lampshaded}} several times, as in this bit:
-->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' That's ''got'' to be the end of the bacon jokes.\\
''Jim proceeds to [[KickTheDog tell more bacon jokes]]''\\
\\
'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' If he tells another cake joke, I'm gonna kill 'im.\\
'''Jim:''' Enough about cake. Pie!
** We can't forget his Hot Pockets routine. At some point, the joke becomes the fact that he's still talking about Hot Pockets.
* PlayingAgainstType: He has been in at least 3 different episodes of shows in the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' franchise, in one instance playing a convicted pedophile.
* RealMenLoveJesus
* RunningGag: In "Mr. Universe":
--> '''Jim''': What room are you staying in?
** Played with during one instance, where he was playing a senior citizen:
--> '''Jim''': What room am I staying in?
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Jim has a bit where he points out that life is easier when you're attractive. "If a stranger smiles at you and they're attractive, you think 'Oh, they're nice'. But if an ugly person smiles at you, you think 'What do they want?'."
* ScrewYourself: In one joke Jim says that he couldn't go through childbirth [[CaptainObvious because he doesn't have a uterus]] but also because he couldn't have sex with a man. Unless it looked like him. "Some Jim on Jim action" indeed.
* SelfDeprecation: Constantly makes fun of himself, particular his pale skin, the fact he's out of shape, and that he enjoys eating unhealthy.
** Frequently pokes fun at Christian traditions and beliefs, despite being a practicing Catholic.
** Plus of course all the Hot Pockets junk-food jokes, then goes on about his love of bacon. Might double as HypocriticalHumor.
** Also his frequenting of UsefulNotes/McDonalds. "I love the awkward silence that always follows that statement."
** His "Hypothetical Audience Member" bit seems to exist as this, which he mostly uses to mock his act.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: At the beginning of the ''King Baby'' special, he speculates how the Hypothetical Audience Members would react if he spent the entire show making the same high-pitched groan he starts every show off with.
-->'''Hypothetical Audience Member:''' ''That was the worst show I've ever seen!'' ...I spent over ''Forty Dollars''... [beat] And after the service fee it was ''Ninety''... [beat] ''Convenience Charge...?'' Convenient way to ''rip us off''...
* SignsOfDisrepair: In "King Baby" he mentions a Waffle House sign with the "W" burned out so it reads "_AFFLE HOUSE" (awful house).
* TakeThat: In his "King Baby" special: Waffle House, Dunkin' Donuts.
** In his "Mr. Universe" special: Subway restaurants, hotels.
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