History Main / GagSeries

* Gag cartoons (Gag strips, panel cartoons or gag panels) are single frame comic strips in which the entirety of the joke/humor is contained in a single panel. Famouse example include "The Far Side", "The 5th Wave", and "Bizarro ". Editorial page cartons are typically single-panel gaga cartoons.

* ''Manga/HeavenDesignTeam'' revolves about the hilarious antics the animal designers come up with as they try (and often fail) to come up with something that fulfill God's incredibly vague orders... or just create whatever random creatures that pops in their mind just because they can. There's almost no continuity between the chapters/episodes.

* ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' used to be like this during the classic era, before falling into the CerebusSyndrome.

* ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' used to be like this during the classic era, before falling into the CerebusSyndrome during the Waluigi Arc.

* ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' used to be like this during the classic era, before falling into the CerebusSyndrome during the Waluigi Arc (although it returns to this format from time to time).

See also BigLippedAlligatorMoment, for cases where an otherwise coherent story has occasional Gag Series interludes. Live action television examples tend to be the SketchComedy, which can overlap with the Gag Series.

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

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

* Almost all classic cartoon shorts, particularly ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', and the oeuvre of Creator/TexAvery.

* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'':

* ''LightNovel/SeitokaiNoIchizon'': A parody Anime with bits of Romance added in.

--> '''Kamiyama''', ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''

* All three of the major fanfics on [[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/poketown_2/fan-fiction-f24/ Poke Town]] (''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'', ''Fanfic/TheLooneyScientistsShow'' and ''Fanfic/SethInThePokecity'' are this, with their constant GettingCrapPastTheRadar and BlackComedy. It's quite apparent that Rayquaza Master, Lancelot Niccals and [=KalloFox34=] don't want you to take their respective fanfics seriously.

A comedic show specifically concentrating on [[SurrealHumor being humorous before any concern of plot, drama, or even comprehensibility.]] Noted for a complete lack of tact or pomposity on the part of the writers, and frequent [[PostModernism postmodern]] commentary. Can have occasional {{Fanservice}} which the series will [[LampshadeHanging openly acknowledge]]. The RuleOfFunny will be observed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' both follow this in a RapidFireComedy manner most of the time, particularly in earlier episodes. In fact, some critics have observed that one of the chief causes for the former's SeasonalRot was because it ''stopped'' being a Gag Series and started putting more focus on actual plot.

* ''Anime/HareGuu'': With a mix of serious and nonserious subplots. Do ''not'' get invested in the serious ones -- without fail, they will swerve nonserious at the last minute.

%%* ''Manga/MutekiKanbanMusume''

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' is a parody of World History. While some strips does depict real world events, some is actually just the countries bickering with each other silly.

%%* ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge''

* ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', a hyperactive, ReferenceOverdosed parody of the HaremGenre in which a majority of the cast are the human forms of Franchise/CthulhuMythos creatures (that Nyarko in the title? Short for Nyarlathotep). It tends to split its time between zany comedy and more serious moments, either gory battles with {{Cosmic Horror}}s or the emerging romance between the human Mahiro Yasaka and Nyarko.

%%* ''Manga/NininGaShinobuden''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' both follow this in a RapidFireComedy manner most of the time, particularly in earlier episodes.

* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' parodies the harem genre and tropes.

->"Dearest Mother: We're thinking of portraying various dramas from everyday life from now on."

->"Just kidding. This episode was a one time thing."