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These examples have nothing to do with the trope, which is about characters actually saying the words "this is reality" or some similar phrase.
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* ThisIsReality:
** Adam spends a whole episode educating people hoping to be friends but fails to register that the strangers he educates aren't going to care for him as a human being. Although as certain characters begin to recur, the show is leaning in the direction that Adam is beginning to be seen by them as a sometimes annoying but ultimately harmless friend.
** Despite his lectures, the problems Adam breaks down aren't going to be solved by the end of the episode. For example, the aforementioned PointyHairedBoss decides to improve working conditions... but isn't able to convince the company board members to change long-held policies.
** One of the main themes of the show are common misconceptions and how if you start to think about them, you realize how incorrect they really are. Such as how banks wouldn't go through the trouble of verifying every credit card signature. Or how tamper-resistance seals wouldn't be enough to stop serial killers as there are plenty of other ways for them to hurt people.
** In "Adam Ruins Nutrition" Dr. Todd Bodd wonders why security hasn't escorted Adam off the set. Adam points out he locked the doors.
** In "Adam Ruins Forensic Science" he [[spoiler:fakes a murder in order to make a point about how faulty forensic science is... which is still a crime, and thus is promptly arrested.]]
*** Also, in the teaser, one of the detectives discovering the murder makes a lot of puns about the case, and his partner points out that it's kind of an inappropriate reaction after they've just found a dead body.
** In "Adam Ruins Malls", he points out that it's ridiculous to think that outlet store clothes are defective clothes from high brand companies because an industry shouldn't make THAT many mistakes.
** Adam points out that building a wall between the border of Mexico and the U.S. would take billions of dollars, have to go through rivers, mountains and even people's homes, take several years to complete, and even if it could be made 100% secure (unlikely, to say the least), would still not solve the problem because the primary method of illegal immigration isn't by land but by ''air'' - perfectly legal immigrants who arrive by plane and overstay their visas.
--->'''Border Guard:''' '''[[SkywardScream WE ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT THE PLANES!!!]]'''
** [[spoiler:In "Emily Ruins Adam", Emily takes this approach to the ''whole show's idea'', pointing out that just because Adam is proving a bunch of people wrong won't mean they'll take it very well or even accept it, either because being proven wrong feels like they're being physically attacked or because it's a part of their identity and they'll be lost without it.]]
** Adam spends a whole episode educating people hoping to be friends but fails to register that the strangers he educates aren't going to care for him as a human being. Although as certain characters begin to recur, the show is leaning in the direction that Adam is beginning to be seen by them as a sometimes annoying but ultimately harmless friend.
** Despite his lectures, the problems Adam breaks down aren't going to be solved by the end of the episode. For example, the aforementioned PointyHairedBoss decides to improve working conditions... but isn't able to convince the company board members to change long-held policies.
** One of the main themes of the show are common misconceptions and how if you start to think about them, you realize how incorrect they really are. Such as how banks wouldn't go through the trouble of verifying every credit card signature. Or how tamper-resistance seals wouldn't be enough to stop serial killers as there are plenty of other ways for them to hurt people.
** In "Adam Ruins Nutrition" Dr. Todd Bodd wonders why security hasn't escorted Adam off the set. Adam points out he locked the doors.
** In "Adam Ruins Forensic Science" he [[spoiler:fakes a murder in order to make a point about how faulty forensic science is... which is still a crime, and thus is promptly arrested.]]
*** Also, in the teaser, one of the detectives discovering the murder makes a lot of puns about the case, and his partner points out that it's kind of an inappropriate reaction after they've just found a dead body.
** In "Adam Ruins Malls", he points out that it's ridiculous to think that outlet store clothes are defective clothes from high brand companies because an industry shouldn't make THAT many mistakes.
** Adam points out that building a wall between the border of Mexico and the U.S. would take billions of dollars, have to go through rivers, mountains and even people's homes, take several years to complete, and even if it could be made 100% secure (unlikely, to say the least), would still not solve the problem because the primary method of illegal immigration isn't by land but by ''air'' - perfectly legal immigrants who arrive by plane and overstay their visas.
--->'''Border Guard:''' '''[[SkywardScream WE ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT THE PLANES!!!]]'''
** [[spoiler:In "Emily Ruins Adam", Emily takes this approach to the ''whole show's idea'', pointing out that just because Adam is proving a bunch of people wrong won't mean they'll take it very well or even accept it, either because being proven wrong feels like they're being physically attacked or because it's a part of their identity and they'll be lost without it.]]
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** In "Adam Ruins Sex", the ruinee shows a VHS tape he made in TheNineties about how herpes is horrible to have, but the quality is HD[[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees HD VHS tapes exist]]. From 1998-2004, there was a format called D-Theatre which used digital Super VHS tapes to record 1080i content before Blu-Ray. However, these were uncommon, as the DVR took over TV recording while UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} took over home video. Plus, the UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} in the show looks like a normal VCR, not a D-Theatre VCR[[/note]]. Adam promptly inserts himself into the tape and informs them that unless you're immunocompromised, herpes is no big deal.
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** In "Adam Ruins Sex", the ruinee shows a VHS tape he made in TheNineties about how herpes is horrible to have, but the quality is HD[[note]][[AluminumChristmasTrees HD VHS tapes exist]]. From 1998-2004, there was a format called D-Theatre which used digital Super VHS tapes to record 1080i content before Blu-Ray. However, these were uncommon, as the DVR took over TV recording while UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} Platform/{{DVD}} took over home video. Plus, the UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} Platform/{{VCR}} in the show looks like a normal VCR, not a D-Theatre VCR[[/note]]. Adam promptly inserts himself into the tape and informs them that unless you're immunocompromised, herpes is no big deal.
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* GamerChick: Discussed in "Adam Ruins Summer Fun". Adam's argument is that games actually started as gender-neutral, and women even contributed to the industry. However, a side effect of the UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 was that video games started getting marketed to boys because toy sections in stores were (and still are) split between boys and girls, and games were places in the boy sections (really, could've easily been the other way around), hence why it's seen as masculine. Girls statistically enjoy video games just as much as boys, they just feel excluded from the culture. Adam also admonishes the boy for looking down on the "stupid phone games" that many women play. As far as Adam is concerned, "games are games".
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* GamerChick: Discussed in "Adam Ruins Summer Fun". Adam's argument is that games actually started as gender-neutral, and women even contributed to the industry. However, a side effect of the UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 MediaNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 was that video games started getting marketed to boys because toy sections in stores were (and still are) split between boys and girls, and games were places in the boy sections (really, could've easily been the other way around), hence why it's seen as masculine. Girls statistically enjoy video games just as much as boys, they just feel excluded from the culture. Adam also admonishes the boy for looking down on the "stupid phone games" that many women play. As far as Adam is concerned, "games are games".
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* AnimatedEpisode: When debating with a science student about the validity of test data obtained from lab mice, Adam transforms himself and the student into animated mice, a la ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain''.
** In another episode about Christmas, Adam turns himself and his guest into characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Peanuts}}'' to talk about the history of Christmas.
** In another episode about Christmas, Adam turns himself and his guest into characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Peanuts}}'' to talk about the history of Christmas.
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''Adam Ruins Everything'' was an informational comedy on [=TruTV=] that aired from 2015 to 2019, hosted by Website/CollegeHumor alumnus Creator/AdamConover. In each episode, Adam plays a know-it-all with [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking powers]] who barges into other people's lives and pesters them with harsh truths. A tie-in book was released on April 10, 2018.
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''Adam Ruins Everything'' was an informational comedy on [=TruTV=] Creator/TruTV that aired from 2015 to 2019, hosted by Website/CollegeHumor [[Creator/{{Dropout}} [=CollegeHumor=]]] alumnus Creator/AdamConover. In each episode, Adam plays a know-it-all with [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking powers]] who barges into other people's lives and pesters them with harsh truths. A tie-in book was released on April 10, 2018.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In contrast to the [[IJustWantToHaveFriends lonely]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold that Adam portrays in the TV series, his persona in the original Website/CollegeHumor shorts was a [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] {{Jerkass}} who took perverse pleasure in ruining people's enjoyment of things.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In contrast to the [[IJustWantToHaveFriends lonely]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold that Adam portrays in the TV series, his persona in the original Website/CollegeHumor [=CollegeHumor=] shorts was a [[SirSwearsALot foul-mouthed]] {{Jerkass}} who took perverse pleasure in ruining people's enjoyment of things.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Since a number of Website/CollegeHumor actors are recurring as the same characters, we get to see their relationships with Adam develop. It's also been very strongly implied that Adam is desperate to make friends, because he's an annoying know-it-all no one likes.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Since a number of Website/CollegeHumor [=CollegeHumor=] actors are recurring as the same characters, we get to see their relationships with Adam develop. It's also been very strongly implied that Adam is desperate to make friends, because he's an annoying know-it-all no one likes.
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* LighterAndSofter: Adam in the [=TruTV=] series is a lot nicer than he was in the Website/CollegeHumor shorts the series is based off of, and the jokes less crude. Each episode also makes a point to add a positive take away after all the ruining is done.
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* LighterAndSofter: Adam in the [=TruTV=] series is a lot nicer than he was in the Website/CollegeHumor [=CollegeHumor=] shorts the series is based off of, and the jokes less crude. Each episode also makes a point to add a positive take away after all the ruining is done.
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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: In "Adam Ruins Dating", during his ruin on dating websites, he does a camera aside to do a "in the interest of disclosure..." segment about the fact that Website/CollegeHumor is owned by IAC, who also happens to own Match Group (which includes Match.com, [=PlentyOfFish=], [=OkCupid=] and Tinder).
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* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: In "Adam Ruins Dating", during his ruin on dating websites, he does a camera aside to do a "in the interest of disclosure..." segment about the fact that Website/CollegeHumor is [=CollegeHumor=] was owned by IAC, IAC at the time, who also happens to own Match Group (which includes Match.com, [=PlentyOfFish=], [=OkCupid=] and Tinder).
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* SelfParody: Adam spoofs his own format in the non-canon "Adam Ruins Website/CollegeHumor" where he goes on about how College Humor was better [[ItsAllAboutMe when he was around]] with only his own opinion to back it up.
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* SelfParody: Adam spoofs his own format in the non-canon "Adam Ruins Website/CollegeHumor" [=CollegeHumor=]" where he goes on about how College Humor was better [[ItsAllAboutMe when he was around]] with only his own opinion to back it up.
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''Adam Ruins Everything'' was an informational comedy on [=TruTV=] that aired from 2015 to 2019, hosted by Website/CollegeHumor alumnus Adam Conover. In each episode, Adam plays a know-it-all with [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking powers]] who barges into other people's lives and pesters them with harsh truths. A tie-in book was released on April 10, 2018.
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''Adam Ruins Everything'' was an informational comedy on [=TruTV=] that aired from 2015 to 2019, hosted by Website/CollegeHumor alumnus Adam Conover.Creator/AdamConover. In each episode, Adam plays a know-it-all with [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking powers]] who barges into other people's lives and pesters them with harsh truths. A tie-in book was released on April 10, 2018.
