History Main / GagSeries

* Along with having NoFourthWall, ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'' parodies the harem genre and its tropes.

* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': Combined with QuirkyWork. The characters are all named off different types of underwear, and the show was made the creators were drunk, with the show inspired by the likes of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls''. The show is filled with incredibly [[SurrealHumour surreal]] and VulgarHumour with episodes having poo, vomit, semen and snot monsters. The [[GagDub English dub]] makes the whole show even more raunchy and over-the-top.

%%* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''

{{Anime}} gag series often use a PuniPlush design. Many are also WidgetSeries. Shows that depend a lot on puns and parody are typically considered too difficult for commercial releases, and are [[FanSub fansubbed]] only erratically. A few even get a GagDub.

* ''Anime/HakushonDaimao'': A little boy named Kan-chan finds two genies in a bottle, an inept father and mischievious daughter. HilarityEnsues when Kan-chan's wishes are granted. This is essentially a gag anime [[spoiler:in spite of the SuddenDownerEnding where the two genies have to leave Earth for 100 years]].

** ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'', set in a school attended by humans, Jewelpets, talking animals, normal animals and the odd robot. And the teacher is a HotBlooded pink dolphin. HilarityEnsues, though there is an underlying serious sub-plot.

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': A wacky gag manga about a gang of frog-like aliens who constantly try to TakeOverTheWorld, only for [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]] instead.
* ''Manga/SketDance'': From the former apprentice of the guy who unleashed ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' onto the world, we have three high school students who will assist anyone with anything, usually with disastrously [[HilarityEnsues hilarious]] results.

* ''WesternAnimation/YakkityYak'', it's another one of those shows that make you wanna ask WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Most of the [[{{Filler}} Filler episodes]] as well as the Pikachu shorts at the beginning of the movies.

* ''VideoGame/WarioWare''[='=]s gameplay consists of a series of bizarre and humorous microgames that last less that 5 seconds most of the time and are completely unrelated to each other.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' is an AffectionateParody of the original [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans show]] as well as some other DC elements.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters The Ghost Busters]]'' 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''.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' has slowly drifted into this. The first game was a dead-serious ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' clone; the second game decided to swing for the fences, and it's gotten increasingly bizarre ever since. Also, it's in the same universe as ''VideoGame/RedFaction''.

* ''Manga/AnimalCrossingNewHorizonsDesertedIslandDiary'': Since the main games are a Life-Sim, they don't have too much in the way of a storyline. As a result, the manga goes this route, following the antics of the island inhabitants.

* ''Manga/HaruhiChan'', a spin-off of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' in which everyone is SuperDeformed, Ryoko Asakura, [[spoiler:a former villain]], has been rendered an ineffectual ButtMonkey by [[CameBackWrong regenerating herself at about half the size]], and [[TheStoic Yuki]] has picked up a dating sim habit. Everyone's quirks get turned up to eleven for maximum wacky hijinks.

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

* ''ComicBook/AmbushBug'' in both its '80s and '00s incarnations. Every issue skips from place to place in Franchise/TheDCU making fun of everything from Comicbook/{{Superman}} to ComicBook/TheSandman.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' became this as time went on, culminating in the [[DorkAge 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.

* ''Anime/DDFistOfTheNorthStar'' is a SuperDeformed parody series of the much more serious ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. There are [[NamesTheSame two series sharing this name]], both presuming that the end in the original's AfterTheEnd setting never happened. Both shows are heavily referential towards iconic moments and memes of the original.

* ''Manga/StrangePlus'': the sordid tale of a 20-something year old who looks 12, likes to crossdress and get naked in public, and is in general a tremendous jerkass, his younger, saner brother, and their two co-workers - a violent woman and a possibly gay, dreadlocked, muscled guy. TheyFightCrime

->''"Dearest Mother: We're thinking of portraying various dramas from everyday life from now on.''
->''[Beat]''
->''Just kidding. This episode was a one time thing."''

** ''Splatoon Squid Kids Comedy Show'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title implies]], is even more of this than the main manga, taking on a {{Yonkoma}} format, following its own IdiotHero, Hit, who usually ends up attempting to perform a task in an absurd manner, much to the chagrin of his friend Maika.

* ''[[Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' used to be like this during the classic era, before falling into the CerebusSyndrome in 2018.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is a wacky series about the shenanigans caused by the increasingly ridiculous forms of MartialArtsAndCrafts, BalefulPolymorph curses, and a hugely tangled LoveDodecahedron.

* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'': Although there is a plot, you would be hard-pressed to find someone that could identify which parts are gags and which are not in the first viewing. Additionally, this show [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs has been described as]] ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' '''''[[UpToEleven on Excel Saga]]'''''. The creators themselves admitted that about half of what they put into this show were completely a result of nonsense, and what they found funny at the time.

* ''Literature/HowToSurviveAZombieApocalypse'', a parody depicting the usual ZombieApocalypse scenario is essentially this, often taken UpToEleven.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' was always one, but later episodes take it UpToEleven.

* ''WesternAnimation/SecretMountainFortAwesome'' and its spin-off ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' take this UpToEleven.

* ''Manga/{{Kaginado}}'' is a crossover of various works by Creator/KeyVisualArts where nothing is taken seriously, and even the saddest moments from the characters' respective stories tend to be PlayedForLaughs.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is a wacky series about the shenanigans caused by the increasingly ridiculous forms of MartialArtsAndCrafts, BalefulPolymorph curses, and tangled LoveDodecahedron.