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** FanDisservice: PlayedForLaughs with Amanda as Cynthia Worthington with long patches of armpit hair and very hairy legs.

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''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Creator/AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy created by Creator/DanSchneider, starring Amanda and helped to build the careers of Creator/DrakeBell [[Series/DrakeAndJosh and]] Creator/JoshPeck. A RunningGag revolved around a super fan of the show Penelope Taint constantly trying to break into the studio to meet Amanda. As Penelope was played by [[ActingForTwo Amanda herself]], you can guess how successful she was.

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''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Creator/AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy created by Creator/DanSchneider, starring Amanda and helped to build the careers of Creator/DrakeBell [[Series/DrakeAndJosh and]] Creator/JoshPeck. A RunningGag revolved around a super fan of the show Penelope Taint Taynt constantly trying to break into the studio to meet Amanda. As Penelope was played by [[ActingForTwo Amanda herself]], you can guess how successful she was.


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* MrFanservice: Drake was the go to guy for any WalkingShirtlessScene on the show.
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* WorstAid: Nurse Zelda reacts to paper cuts and coughs and goes over the top with treatments that do more harm to students than good.
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* MsFanservice: Amanda got to show more of that side of her when she got to BareYourMidriff. She even wore a hula skirt on an episode.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: In one ColdOpen, Amanda is napping before the show starts, and Drake convinces Josh that the two of them should do the opening bit themselves. When they go out, a few audience members immediately assume that they're trying to take over the show and lead everyone in the auditorium in beating the guys up.



** In the cold open for the Season 2 finale, Drake and Josh are getting beaten up by the audience for not putting out Amanda on the set and trying to open the show themselves. Amanda wakes up just in time and asks the audience not to beat them up on-stage. But she does state "If you wanna beat them up, take it outside". Guess what the outcome is.

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** In the cold open for the Season 2 finale, Drake and Josh are getting beaten up by the audience for not putting out Amanda on the set and trying to open the show themselves. Amanda wakes up just in time and asks tells the audience not to members that they can't beat them Drake and Josh up on-stage. But she does state onstage..."If you wanna beat them up, take it outside". outside." Guess what the outcome is.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Tony Pajamas sketches often ended with the "Al Dente Brothers" pulling up to wherever Tony was and attacking him by hurling food into the building (in one case, jelly-filled doughnuts). It was clearly meant to be a kid-friendly version of drive-by shootings from Mafia movies and television, completely with overly dramatic music and everyone acting like getting hit with pastry was the equivalent of death.



* EnemyMine: One episode-spanning Penelope sketch had Penelope teaming up with Josh: if he introduces her to Amanda, she'll make Drake "disappear" and allow Josh to take over all of his sketches (which leads to an ImagineSpot with Josh as characters like Kyle, Ennis the Hillbilly, and Tony Pajamas). Though Josh initially agrees, he ultimately can't bring himself to do it and saves Drake instead.



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%% * HangingJudge: Parodied with Judge Trudy.Trudy, who inevitably finds the adult figures in her courtroom guilty of "crimes" like asking their children to take baths or kiss a relative. Her punishments ranged from exorbitant damages paid to being locked in a confined space with sick people for two weeks.



* MadeOfExplodium: "Snap-Crackle-KABOOM!," a breakfast cereal that blows up like a bomb after the milk is added. Just listen to the jingle: "Pour the cereal in, add some milk, leave room! Then you listen for the snap and the crackle and...KABOOM!"



** "The Big Babysitter", a one-time sketch, featured Amanda as a teenager who initially acts very professional, only to start acting like a bratty child herself as soon as the parents leave, forcing her charges to take care of her.



* [[MissedHimByThatMuch Missed Her By That Much]]: When Penelope finally relents and go to make Preston a sandwich, Amanda walks by where she was standing.

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* [[MissedHimByThatMuch Missed Her By That Much]]: When This frequently occurred whenever Preston was involved in Penelope's schemes. In one sketch, Preston and his friends bother Penelope to make them sandwiches, and when she finally relents and go does, Amanda herself shows up at the door to make Preston a sandwich, ask for directions. In another, the two are sneaking backstage; when Penelope leaves the scene, Amanda walks by up to where she was standing.



* PainfulRhyme: Some of Billy's rhymes in the "Gifted Class" sketch fall under this ("His gift is super-rhyming." "Yeah! I do it all the time...ing."). It's [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the other students.



* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: In the When _______s Attack segment; the number is "1 (500) I-Just-Saw-_______s-Attack-Some-Person-and-Now-I'm-Calling-This-Number-to-Report-What-I-Saw"

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* RhymesOnADime: In the "Gifted Class" sketch, Josh Peck's character Billy has the metahuman ability of "super-rhyming." He responds to everything he hears in verse:
-->'''Lisa''': Reggie's a super-burper.
-->'''Billy''': When I kiss a girl, I slurp 'er!
-->'''Lisa''': You're giving us a pop quiz?
-->'''Billy''': If you spill a soda, you have to...mop...fizz.
* RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber: In the When _______s Attack segment; the number is "1 (500) I-Just-Saw-_______s-Attack-Some-Person-and-Now-I'm-Calling-This-Number-to-Report-What-I-Saw"I-Just-Saw-_______s-Attack-Some-Person-and-Now-I'm-Calling-This-Number-to-Report-What-I-Saw."



* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: One "Girls' Room" sketch saw Amber, Sheila, Tammy, and Debbie hosting a talent competition. Kyle (of "Totally Kyle") shows up and displays his talent of long, meandering, pointless stories. Debbie, who's just as ditzy as Kyle, is immediately smitten, and the two bond over their shared love of eggs. When Sheila goes to give Kyle a swirlie, Debbie asks if she can do it herself...only to start vigorously making out with Kyle in the stall.



-->'''Teacher:''' All right, get out of class!

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-->'''Teacher:''' All right, get out of that's it, you're outta this class!



* TraumaButton: Parodied when a teacher just offhandedly mentions the word "mother" around Moody and later when Spalding gives Moody a balloon as a present. Both remind her of her MissingMom who went in a hot-air balloon, never came back, and is ''still'' up in that balloon.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Not so much any main characters, but in the song Melody and Thad sing offensively to the new blonde and pretty bride and her neanderthal-esque groom...
* TheUnreveal: We never found out who the real Moody was... because the show got ScrewedByTheNetwork, and [[http://danwarp.blogspot.com/2008/05/faq-what-happened-with-moodys-point.html Schneider never got a chance to think about who it would be.]]


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** While there were several phony commercials on the show, the most commonly parodied food was breakfast cereal: Meatloaf Crunch (exactly what it sounds like), Mammal-Os (which came with the free prize of adorable baby animals), and Snap-Crackle-KABOOM! (no points for guessing what that did).
* TraumaButton: Parodied when a teacher just offhandedly mentions the word "mother" around Moody and later when Spalding gives Moody a balloon as a present. Both remind her of her MissingMom who went in a hot-air balloon, never came back, and is ''still'' up in that balloon.


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* UglyGuyHotWife: Not so much any main characters, but in the song Melody and Thad sing offensively to the new blonde and pretty bride and her neanderthal-esque groom...
* TheUnreveal: We never found out who the real Moody was... because the show got ScrewedByTheNetwork, and [[http://danwarp.blogspot.com/2008/05/faq-what-happened-with-moodys-point.html Schneider never got a chance to think about who it would be.]]
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: One Penelope sketch has her sending Barney [[DiggingToChina all the way to Beijing]] through a trap door. Upon landing in a random family's house, he brushes himself off, confirms that he's in China, and immediately [[BigEater asks what they're eating]]--despite the fact that he just ''fell through the center of the Earth.'' The family themselves also get in on this trope: they're only momentarily shocked at a strange American man falling through their ceiling and happily share their lunch with him.


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* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: In the one-time "Gifted Class" sketch, Josh Peck's character has the power of "super-rhyming." It's exactly as useless as it sounds: not only is he unable to turn it off, he's forced to babble nonsense just to create couplets with whatever the last person said ("Why are you all snickering?" "At least we're not bickering!").

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** After stealing the A from the Amanda Show logo, Penelope says "I'd better get my A out of here!"
** The kid saying "Holy spit!" in the Super Spitballer 5000 commercial.
** The Pedestrian Airbag sketch ends with a brief promo for the "Inflatable Friend".
** On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBogONGebHo "When School Mascots Attack"]] an attacked (and desperate) Bride says she lost her man since the doomed wedding and says if there are any men...she's "very flexible".
** Totally Kyle's last name is stated to be ''Roast''enson. [[TheStoner Think about that for a second.]]
** Penelope's last name is Taynt. Furthermore, Penelope's brother is named Preston. Preston Taynt.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** After stealing the A from the Amanda Show logo, Penelope says "I'd better get my A out of here!"
** The kid saying "Holy spit!"
GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the Super Spitballer 5000 commercial.
** The Pedestrian Airbag sketch ends with a brief promo for
future, please check the "Inflatable Friend".
** On [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBogONGebHo "When School Mascots Attack"]] an attacked (and desperate) Bride says she lost her man since
trope page to make sure your example fits the doomed wedding and says if there are any men...she's "very flexible".
** Totally Kyle's last name is stated to be ''Roast''enson. [[TheStoner Think about that for a second.]]
** Penelope's last name is Taynt. Furthermore, Penelope's brother is named Preston. Preston Taynt.
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* JumpingOutOfACake: In the "Girl's Room" sketch for Amber's birthday, Josh plays a firefighter who does this. He then attempts a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar toned-down striptease]] for Amber but just gets a swirlie.

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* JumpingOutOfACake: In the "Girl's Room" sketch for Amber's birthday, Josh plays a firefighter who does this. He then attempts a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar toned-down striptease]] striptease for Amber but just gets a swirlie.
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* SuperZeroes: The L.A.M.O.S. Their powers are completely harmless. In both of their sketches, the villains easily defeat them.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Tony Pajamas one time got in a fight with Candy because she was going on dates with another boy. [[spoiler: Turns out she was only with Paulie, and they were buying Tony a cannoli, but Tony never got that cannoli cause Fat Paulie ate it up]].
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* ExtremelyShortIntroSequence: Its intro is 15 seconds, which was especially short in the 1990s.

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* ExtremelyShortIntroSequence: Its intro in the second and third seasons is 15 seconds, which was especially short in the 1990s.



%% * SatiatingSandwich: Preston sure thinks so.

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%% * SatiatingSandwich: Preston sure thinks so.always wants his sister- and Amanda, in at least one instance- to make him a sandwich.
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* '''So You Wanna Win $5''': A game show parodying ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' that asks very easy questions to really, ''really'' stupid contestants where you can only win $5.

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* '''So You Wanna Win $5''': A game show parodying ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' that asks very easy questions to [[GameShowGoofballs really, ''really'' stupid contestants contestants]] where you can only win $5.
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* TraumaButton: Parodied when a teacher just offhandedly mentions the word "mother" around Moody and later when gives Moody a balloon as a present. Both remind her of her MissingMom who went in a hot-air balloon, never came back, and is ''still'' up in that balloon.

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* TraumaButton: Parodied when a teacher just offhandedly mentions the word "mother" around Moody and later when Spalding gives Moody a balloon as a present. Both remind her of her MissingMom who went in a hot-air balloon, never came back, and is ''still'' up in that balloon.
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* TattooSharpie: In one segment, a character played by Drake Bell is dared to draw glasses and a moustache on himself with permanent marker. He laments several times it'll never come off.

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* TattooSharpie: In one segment, a segment of ''The Dare Show'', Drake Bell's character played by Drake Bell is dared to draw glasses and a moustache mustache on himself with permanent marker. He laments several times it'll never come off.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Judge Trudy yells almost everything she says.

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* NoIndoorVoice: Judge Trudy yells almost everything she says. Ironically, she often yells at other people to [[BigShutUp shut their yap]].
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* DisruptingTheTheater: In a Courtney sketch, Courtney sits next to a boy at the movie theater and annoys him to no end. She blows her nose and puts the tissue in his hand, cuts his hair, tries to feed him yogurt, tries to pick his nose, paints his face, and gives him a [[{{Wedgie}} wedgie]] that pulls his underwear right out of his pants. The boy leaves, and Courtney's date takes his seat so they can watch the movie together.
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** Penelope's last name is Taynt. Furthermore, Penelope's brother is named Preston. Preston Taynt.

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* TheDitz: Kyle from the "Totally Kyle" sketches whose stories didn't even have much substance. There's also Debbie and [[MeaningfulName Mr. Gullible]].

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* TheDitz: Kyle from the "Totally Kyle" sketches whose stories didn't even have much substance. There's also Debbie and [[MeaningfulName Mr. Gullible]]. In one Girls Room sketch, Kyle and Debbie made out.


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** In one Lucklesses sketch, after the daughter gets her money stolen by a burglar, a police officer apprehends that burglar quickly but the burglar gets away from his grasp. The officer does try returning the money, but the burglar re-stole it and ran off. The officer continues to sugarcoat it some more that nobody got hurt, but the burglar returns just to smack the dad. Speechless, the officer leaves in defeat or to go catch the burglar again.
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* SmellySkunk: A commercial has Amanda and her friends play a game of hot potato with a skunk, appropriately called "Pass the Skunk".
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* SuperZeroes: The L.A.M.O.S. Their powers are completely harmless. In both of their sketches, the villains easily defeat them.
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* GreensPrecedeSweets: Amanda and her friend who's invited over for dinner are both told by Amanda's parents to eat all their vegetables or no dessert. Therefore, they buy Sugar Veggies (pure sugar that looks just like broccoli but still tastes like sugar) to replace the real broccoli (which they hid from her parents by distracting them with the lie that there's chipmunks).

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* '''The Girls' Room''': 3 aggressive girls and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Debbie]] (who keeps saying she likes eggs) run events in the girls bathroom at their school. Debbie's popularity among viewers eclipsed that of The Girls Room sketch itself.

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* '''The Girls' Room''': 3 aggressive girls and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers [[BrainlessBeauty Debbie]] (who keeps saying she likes eggs) run events in the girls bathroom at their school. Debbie's popularity among viewers eclipsed that of The Girls Room sketch itself.



* TheDitz: Kyle from the "Totally Kyle" sketches whose stories didn't even have much substance.
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* TheDitz: Kyle from the "Totally Kyle" sketches whose stories didn't even have much substance.
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** Judge Trudy, who is known for her KangarooCourt, has a three word rebuttal when Tony Pajamas's asks about how hard he'd be punished for stealing a kid's bicycle: You disgust me.

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** Judge Trudy, who is known for her KangarooCourt, has a three word rebuttal when Tony Pajamas's asks about how hard he'd be punished for stealing a kid's bicycle: You "You disgust me.me".
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* AskAStupidQuestion: Defendants tend to do this upon seeing that Judge Trudy is a child.
-->'''Defendant:''' Uh, wait! Excuse me! You're the judge?
-->'''Judge Trudy:''' No, I'm a bowl of fruit.


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** Other than the above example, Trudy usually hilariously subverts this, such as angrily stopping people from throwing ''potatoes'' at the defendant, only to then declare that it's perfectly fine if they throw ''squash'' instead.
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* GarrulousGrowth: In one sketch, Amanda is on a date with a boy who has a large pimple on his forehead. She has a disturbing claymation fantasy about chiselling it off of his face, and it becomes sentient; she fights it and then falls in love with it.
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* HalfWittedHillbilly: Both characters, as well as the entire premise of, "A Hillbilly Moment."
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* '''Dooper''': A bizarre line of restaurants that sell inedible foods. One sketch details that they're able to stay open because the town's local health inspector is a moron.

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* '''Dooper''': A bizarre line of restaurants that sell inedible foods. One sketch details that they're able to stay open because the town's local health inspector is a moron.moron, who simply pulled a DoWrongRight on a spider infestation in the ice cream Dooper sketch.
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** "Whoop-de-doo!" and "Not a problem!" from The Klutzes.
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* CompanyCrossReferences: One episode has Amanda reading fan mail. She starts the letter with "Dear Amanda...", to which the audience replies with "Thaaaaat's me!", referencing the "Dear Ashley" segments of ''Series/AllThat'' which always began with Ashley starting off her letters with "Dear Ashley... thaaaaaat's me!" Amanda catches on to the reference and says "Wrong show, guys."
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* '''Judge Trudy''': A child-age judge who often has to sort out settlements between children or teenagers against adults, and she always sides with the young. Her childish bailiff then carries out her humiliating punishments. Then she brings in the dancing lobsters.

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* '''Judge Trudy''': A child-age judge who often has to sort out settlements between children or teenagers against adults, and she always sides with the young. Her childish bailiff then carries out her humiliating punishments. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Then she brings in the dancing lobsters.]]
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* '''Judge Trudy''': A child-age judge who often has to sort out settlements between children or teenagers against adults, and she always sides with the young. Her childish bailiff then carries out her humiliating punishments.

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* '''Judge Trudy''': A child-age judge who often has to sort out settlements between children or teenagers against adults, and she always sides with the young. Her childish bailiff then carries out her humiliating punishments. Then she brings in the dancing lobsters.
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''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Creator/AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy created by Creator/DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] and helped to build the careers of Creator/DrakeBell [[Series/DrakeAndJosh and]] Creator/JoshPeck. A RunningGag revolved around a super fan of the show Penelope Taint constantly trying to break into the studio to meet Amanda. As Penelope was played by [[ActingForTwo Amanda herself]], you can guess how successful she was.

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''The Amanda Show'' was an ''Series/AllThat'' SpinOff starring Creator/AmandaBynes that ran from 1999 to 2002. It was a sketch comedy created by Creator/DanSchneider, starring [[CaptainObvious Amanda]] Amanda and helped to build the careers of Creator/DrakeBell [[Series/DrakeAndJosh and]] Creator/JoshPeck. A RunningGag revolved around a super fan of the show Penelope Taint constantly trying to break into the studio to meet Amanda. As Penelope was played by [[ActingForTwo Amanda herself]], you can guess how successful she was.
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* '''So You Wanna Win $5''': A game show parodying ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' that asks very easy questions to really, ''really'' stupid contestants. But then again, only stupid people would be excited to waste time to get on a game show to win $5.

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* '''So You Wanna Win $5''': A game show parodying ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' that asks very easy questions to really, ''really'' stupid contestants. But then again, contestants where you can only stupid people would be excited to waste time to get on a game show to win $5.

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