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* Nearly everything under the ''Bamboo Édition'' imprint that isn't in "Pouss' de Bamboo" or "Bamboo 2/Au Carré".

* ''NangokuShonenPapuwaKun'': Primarily takes place on an island of extremely bizarre creatures. Among them a hermaphroditic snail and a fish with human legs wearing fishnet stockings.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''': Along with its extremely crude art style that becomes more unhinged between seasons, the writing can be simply described as a slew of gags (whether it be slapstick or fourth-wall-breaking humor) with a loose story tying them together for coherency.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is (in)famous for this. Later episodes of the show are often criticized for having its signature {{Cutaway Gag}}s and {{Overly Long Gag}}s as pointless filler.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' became this as time went on, culminating in the [[AudienceAlienatingEra Mike Scully]] era that began at around Season 9 - where plots became increasingly nonsensical, the ComedicSociopathy was amped up, and the jokes and setpieces got more and more outlandish. That said, the show was already dealing in over-the-top storylines and absurd, surreal gags as early as Season 3, and by Season 4 it was arguably already this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' is a very dark variant of this.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', a wacky, lighthearted spoof of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' (especially [[DenserAndWackier later episodes]]).
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' was always one, but later episodes take it further.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', though like ''Adventure Time'' below, it would stop doing this as frequently as time went on.
* Earlier episodes of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' tended to be this. Then CerebusSyndrome kicked in.

* ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'' features Sheep, who is hiding from a secret military organization. Why? General Specific has a [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum sheep-powered]] ray gun. Gags happen as the military tries and fails to grab one Sheep. Apart from the plot, there are also {{Parody Commercial}}s, and a segment with the Ranting Swede.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. Very much.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' is an AffectionateParody of [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 the original show]] as well as some other DC elements.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/CatDog''
%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pearlie}}'' and from the same network, ''WesternAnimation/BeingIan''.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB''
* ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel''. It relies on the same random humor as ''Yakkity Yak''.
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'''s writing can be most simply described as a slew of gags with a loose story tying them together for coherency.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', which is a mix of dark humor and gross-out humour.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch''
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'''s episode plots are often about cramming as many jokes as possible into ten minutes with a story built to link them up.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}''
%%* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''
* ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' was, like the "Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters" movies, a beginning, an ending, and a rapid-fire succession of jokes in between. The writers and artists who worked on the [[AnimatedAdaptation animated sequel]] regarded it as a gag series compared to the more serious ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse''.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has [[HalfwayPlotSwitch plots that switch halfway through the episode]], [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment one-off gags that have nothing to do with the rest of the plot of the episode]], and [[NegativeContinuity barely any continuity between episodes]]. Sometimes, there isn't even continuity ''between scenes of the same episode''. The main focus is humor.

* Many of the now classic comedy shorts from UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood are this such as Creator/BusterKeaton, Creator/CharlieChaplin, Film/TheLittleRascals, Creator/LaurelAndHardy, Film/TheThreeStooges and so on.

* ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'': The anime adaptation starts off as a humourous, [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall-breaking]] RomanticComedy and SliceOfLife that, while having its fair share of dead serious moments, is wackier than most other shojo series. Once we reach the back-to-back filler episodes from episodes 20 to 37, the plot mostly takes a backseat to amplify the jokes and zany scenerios and occasionally dips into BizarroEpisode territory for the rest of its run.

%%* ''Manga/MagicalTarurutoKun'': A gag manga centered around an elementary school boy and his magical friend

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' started off as this for its first several arcs, and is repeatedly called a gag series in the manga during these arcs. Once [[KnightOfCerebus King Piccolo]] showed up, however, the story began taking itself much more seriously. Since the darker tone is present for a greater portion of the manga's storyline, the fact that it began as a vulgar comedy is often overlooked.