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[[http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=85 A series made by]] Creator/RoosterTeeth (who also made ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'') using ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' about [[AllStereotypeCast eight assorted stereotypes]] who wake up in a strange neighborhood with no memory of how they got there. As they attempt to adjust to their new setting and figure out what's going on, they end up parodying a number of popular TV series. After a ''nine year gap'' in production, a second season has started airing in late September 2015, now using ''VideoGame/TheSims 4''.
* Sam is the OnlySaneMan who tries to sort out what's wrong with the world. Ignored by everyone except Wade, who's too dense to care.
* Wade is a party animal[=/=]NewAgeRetroHippie who sticks around Sam, often invading his personal space. He's convinced his name is "Durnt", and later becomes a police officer, and the star of his own show: WSI: Cleveland.
* Chalmers is only interested in his own goals and doesn't care for everyone elses'. He's a [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac]] and will immediately deny stealing refrigerators ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial even though nobody asks or cares]]). He's convinced the Strangerhood is Cleveland though [[LogicalFallacies some clever reasoning]].
* Catherine is a self-absorbed gold digger, she only cares about herself and Dutchmiller, whom she later decides is her husband given how nicely he is dressed the first time they meet.
* Nikki only appears in a few episodes before being [[HesDeadJim killed off]]. Her murder is the subject of most of the series. [[spoiler: This plot thread ends shortly after she comes back.]]
* Dutchmiller is easily excitable, making him a perfect talk show host later in the series. He learns that he's married to Catherine, and gets her pregnant. He also becomes a prosecutor in the case of Nikki's death.
* Tovar is the strange foreigner whose idiocy causes him to burn off his "mustachio". He's scared of things he doesn't understand, and blames Sam for things he's blatantly done. It's later revealed that he has a LiteralSplitPersonality.
* Griggs is the tough guy who prefers to keep to himself. He enjoys spending time with his [[CompanionCube garden gnome]] and punching stuff. He's set up as the prime suspect in Nikki's death.
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!!'''This series provides examples of:'''
* AccidentalMisnaming:
** Wade sometimes claims that his name is "Durnt". So... Inverted trope?
** Dutchmiller can't get Catherine's name right.
* AlienSky: Stars are arranged into strange constellations.
--> '''Wade''': I think the sky is broken, or maybe just the telescope.
* AllJustADream: During the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, it is mentioned that Sam (who was shown waking up on his couch after being sent home) still wonders if it was all a dream. "It was. Probably."
* AmbulanceChaser: Dutchmiller, during his stint as Tovar's lawyer.
-->'''Dutchmiller''': Do you hear that?
-->'''Griggs''': Yeah, sounds like an ambulance.
-->'''Dutchmiller''': Fantastic! Come on Tovar, let's go chase it!
* AmnesiacCostumeIdentity: Sam (who, like the rest of the cast, has no idea who he is or why they're suddenly living on the eponymous street) is able to find out his name because it was written on his underwear. [[spoiler: In the finale, it turns out that this isn't his real name (and those weren't his underpants)!]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Wade tries to get Sam and Chalmers to commit felonies so he can police them.
-->'''Dr. Chalmers:''' I keep telling you, jaywalking is not a felony.
-->'''Sam:''' Well it should be!
-->'''Dr. Chalmers:''' I agree.
* AsHimself: [[spoiler:[[Creator/AchievementHunter Ray Narvaez Jr.]]]] in Season 2!
* BeenThereShapedHistory: In the last episode, Evil Tovar is implied to have caused (or at least triggered) TheGreatDepression through attempted stock market manipulation.
* BlatantLies: One flashback has Catherine asking who drank all her tiara polish. Cut to Tovar blowing chunks and complaining about a severe headache... then claiming Sam did it.
* BigBallOfViolence: Between Griggs's [[GoodAngelBadAngel good angel and evil angel]].
* BrickJoke: Why does Wade insist that his name is Durnt? [[spoiler: He's president of Durntakistan!]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Tovar is openly malevolent and proud of it.
* TheChessmaster: The source of the mysterious voice declares itself this in episode 2:
-->'''Strange Voice''': "You are being kept here at our discretion. We control ''everything'' about how you live!"
* ChromaKey: Used for the scene in Grigg's car, done in-game.
* ChocolateBaby: Dutchmiller and Catherine's kid, who looks suspiciously like Dr. Chalmers.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Nearly everyone, but Dutchmiller, Wade and Tovar especially.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Sam''': There aren't any crimes. As far as we know, there's only eight people here.
-->'''Dr. Chalmers''': Aren't you forgetting that one of the eight people mysteriously died?
-->'''Sam''': Oh eight. Seven.
** Also, this line from episode 4 when the stove catches fire, especially in the tone of voice he delivers the line in:
-->'''Wade''': Oh no, dude! Where are my marshmallows when I need them?
* CompanionCube: Griggs's garden gnome.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Tover is sentenced to community service, where his job is to lick envelopes as well as something involving "[[NoodleImplements an industrial size plunger and a truckload of ball bearings]]."
* CoolCrown: Catherine is always wearing a tiara.
* {{Countrystan}}: [[spoiler:Wade]] is revealed to be president of a country called Durntakistan.
* CreditsGag: Season 2 has a few, such as '"Written" by', a thanks section with [[Creator/AchievementHunter Ray Narvaez Jr.'s]] name over and over, and finishing with RT Animation saying "Fuck you!" to Ray.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Reality shows, Series/{{Lost}}, Series/AmericanIdol, Series/{{CSI}}, late-night talk shows, ''Series/LawAndOrder''. Though in some cases, this is mixed with a splash of AffectionateParody.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The WSI episode, which is {{Lampshaded}}.
* TheDitz: Tovar. Justified because he is the pure moron part of the original Tovar.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Quoted near-verbatim in episode 2, in which the "antagonist" is revealed, speaking through the television set:
-->'''Strange Voice''' "Do not attempt to alter your viewscreen device. We control the vertical and the horizontal."
* DudeNotIronic: When Sam the scientist mentions that "ironically", more was learned about TV from Griggs than anyone else, the other Sam asks how it's ironic. The scientist only answers by saying he'll be especially happy to be rid of Sam.
* EarlyBirdCameo: During the scene in episode 6 where everyone is on the phone, we briefly see both Tovar and Evil Tovar in the same room.
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Griggs has a tattoo of a cat riding a surfboard, done by Wade.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]] Tovar is mentioned to be very popular with the in-universe audience.
* EvilLaugh: "Phase Four, also known as Phase Laughing Maniacally For No Good Reason. Ha ha ha, ha ha-no wait, I should save it."
* EvilTwin: Evil Tovar, also called Tobar in one episode.
* ExtremeOmnivore:
** In episode 12, Wade plays TabletopGame/{{Chess}} with Griggs... and eats half the pieces during the game.
** Tovar has apparently taken part in at least one "pillow-eating contest".
* FauxlosophicNarration: Nikki's voiceover in Episode 6. Lampshaded, of course.
* FlashbackEffects: "Don't fight the waves, man!"
* FunnyForeigner: Tovar
* GoingCommando: Sam the scientist had to do this for three months, due to the other Sam stealing his underwear. Griggs, being Griggs, misinterprets this as literally ''being'' a commando.
* GoldDigger: Catherine.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Griggs deals with this... and everyone else's Good Angels.
* GriefSong: [[LyricalDissonance The rather cheerful]] "Bye Nikki Bye".
* GrumpyOldMan: Chalmers
* HangingJudge: PlayedForLaughs. During Griggs' trial, Dr. Chalmers threatens to have Dutchmiller chained up and tortured with a red-hot poker.
* HesDeadJim: Everyone assumes Nikki is dead, without even checking. Turns out she's NotQuiteDead.
* HumanNotepad: Griggs' escape plan when he's sent to prison. It doesn't quite work out, however:
-->'''Griggs''': "When they put me away, I had the blueprint to the prison tattooed onto my body. Heh, pretty smooth."\\
(Griggs takes off his shirt, Tovar briefly winces and looks away)
-->'''Tovar''': "Yai, is no blueprint! [[EmbarrassingTattoo Is cat riding surfboard]]!
-->'''Griggs''': "Oh, man. I ''knew'' I shouldn't have let Wade give me that tattoo."
* HypocriticalHumor: Sam calls out Catherine for trying to make a bet with him about the outcome of Griggs' trial when they're jurors on it... then starts negotiating the odds with her.
* IChooseToStay: Dutchmiller decides to stay with Catherine instead of going back to his own time in the finale.
* IceCreamKoan: Nikki spouts several while narrating episode 6.
--> "Things aren't always what they seem. Especially when they seem like what they are."
--> "Sometimes the out of place is in exactly the place it should be"
--> "Here in strangerhood lane, everybody has secrets. Some secrets are so secret that no one even knows they're secrets. And others are the kind of secrets you know you know even if you don't know what you know what you need to know"
--> "Even in the most desperate times, desperate measures can seem reasonable. And unreasonable people get desperate for time... What am I talking about?"
* InnerMonologue: Catherine, whose inner monologue is [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud rather loud]].
* InsaneTrollLogic: Chalmers' reasoning why the Strangerhood is in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}.
* IRememberBecause: Catherine remembers her marriage to Dutchmiller because of her tiara.
* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: How Wade's noir-esque narration begins in Episode 9. He randomly uses it again during Dr. Chalmers' opening narration in Episode 13.
* {{Keet}}: Dutchmiller
* LaserGuidedAmnesia
* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Griggs has a habit of chuckling at the quips he makes.
* LaughTrack: Used in early episodes to show there's NoFourthWall, but quickly dropped.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Tovar, who was separated into two people, one who was pure evil and one who was pure moron.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: When Nikki returns, she reveals that she discovered that Griggs is her father.
-->'''Griggs:''' I'm not paying child support!
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: [[spoiler: In the last few episodes, the gang stumbles upon the underground laboratory of an elderly scientist [[OneSteveLimit named Sam]], who is the source of the mysterious voice throughout the series.]]
* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Nikki's voiceover in Episode 6 seems to consist of nothing but these. By the end, even she has no idea what she's talking about.
* TheMole: Catherine, in a scheme involving her tiara and Griggs's garden gnome.
* MorningRoutine: Griggs in episode 1, he goes through waking up and eating breakfast before he realizes [[LaserGuidedAmnesia he's not in his own house.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Wade
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Dutchmiller. He's been a sushi chef, talk show host, lawyer, and several other things.
* NoodleImplements: "We're going to need an industrial-sized plunger and a truckload of ball bearings."
* NotSoAboveItAll: After Sam wins his bet with Catherine, he begins taunting her in an ''extremely'' immature manner.
* OneSteveLimit: Double subverted. There's a scientist also named Sam, but it turns out the original Sam isn't actually named Sam. He just thought his name was Sam because it was written on his underwear... which, as it turns out, he stole from the scientist before he was given amnesia.
* OnlySaneMan: Sam
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the finale, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Wade is president... of a country called "Durntakistan". While it would be easy to say he's probably President Buffoon judging by what he acts like on the show, he's described as being the most popular president in his country's history, so that seems unlikely]].
* PostModernism: Season 2 gets ridiculously meta, complete with an appearance by [[spoiler:Ray Narvaez Jr., as he was the guy who kept mentioning the idea of a revival]], and a mention of many early Rooster Teeth shows that died after one season such as ''P.A.N.I.C.S.''
* RandomEventsPlot: Take some weird characters, and have even weirder things happen to them, no matter how disjointed. With some style changes along the way, such as the sudden ''CSI'' and ''Law & Order''.
* RashomonStyle: In episode 5, Wade and Tovar give several different stories on [[spoiler: Nikki's death.]]
* RealMenCook: Dutchmiller had a brief stint as a sushi chef.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sam delivers one to Wade in one of Wade's flashbacks, complete with a British accent reminiscent of [[TheMeanBrit Simon Cowell]].
-->"Look, if I'm being honest, [[BlatantLies and I'm not trying to be mean here]], but that was like being shot in the face with a bazooka, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} only the bazooka was loaded with the worst vocal performance ever, and the face was not my whole face, but just my ears]]. Also, I hate you, and I want your whole family to die, and anyone who disagrees with me is stupid. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And you have no talent]]."
* RememberTheNewGuy: Season 2 reveals that [[spoiler:[[Creator/AchievementHunter Ray Narvaez Jr.]]]] was apparently always a part of the Strangerhood Project. Or so Sam the scientist keeps insisting.
* SharpDressedMan: Dutchmiller generally wears a nice suit.
* ShortDistancePhonecall: In episode 6.
* ShowWithinAShow: The Much Later Tonight And/Or Sometimes Early Tomorrow Morning Show.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Dutchmiller doesn't quite get it, and wears a short-sleeve business suit.
* SociopathicSoldier: Griggs is implied to have been one before being taken.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Let's just say Tovar's stand-up leaves a lot to be desired.
* StickyFingers: Chalmers is a kleptomaniac.
* TheStoner: Wade is heavily implied to be one, due to his mannerisms and bloodshot eyes.
* StylisticSuck: A good deal of the humor runs on this.
* SuddenlyEthnicity: Sam the scientist claims Dr. Chalmers' real name is Shamus [=McMurphPatrick=]. Subverted, since it turns out Sam was just kidding about him being Irish.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Chalmers, being a kleptomaniac, denies stealing things without being asked about them.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Wade, once he (sort of) becomes a cop:
-->'''Sam''': "You look ridiculous, Wade."
-->'''Wade''': "You mean, 'you look ridiculous, ''Officer'' Wade'!"
* ThisMeansWarpaint: Griggs always wears his camouflage face paint.
* TonightSomeoneDies: It turns out to be a fish that nobody paid attention to.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: While chasing Tovar, Nikki changes outfits when they change location.
* VerbalTic:
** Dutchmiller seems to have "FANTASTIC!" as one.
** "Score" appears to be this for Griggs.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Chalmers is always wearing a sweater vest.
* WantedPoster: Wanted: Griggs, For punching stuff and excessive grumpiness. AKA Gruggs, Facepaint Jones, Ole Punchy, Camopants Kidd.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedForLaughs. Since Tovar technically isn't a real person due to him being a time-space anomaly, Katherine and Sam the Scientist have no problem liquefying his DNA and drinking it. Apparently, such "genetic cannibalism" is normal in the future.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WillNotTellALie: Tovar claims he always tells the truth when called as a witness during Griggs' trial. A flashback reveals this isn't the case.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord:
** When presiding over Griggs' trial, Dr. Chalmers repeatedly threatens to have people "sequestered". After being asked if he knows what it means, he gives a response that implies he thinks it's some kind of torture method, which understandably frustrates [[OnlySaneMan Sam]].
** Nikki comments that she's not sure if she believes in God and calls herself "apathetic". Sam correctly points out that she meant to say "agnostic".
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[[http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=85 A series made by]] Creator/RoosterTeeth (who also made ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'') using ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' about [[AllStereotypeCast eight assorted stereotypes]] who wake up in a strange neighborhood with no memory of how they got there. As they attempt to adjust to their new setting and figure out what's going on, they end up parodying a number of popular TV series. After a ''nine year gap'' in production, a second season has started airing in late September 2015, now using ''VideoGame/TheSims 4''.
* Sam is the OnlySaneMan who tries to sort out what's wrong with the world. Ignored by everyone except Wade, who's too dense to care.
* Wade is a party animal[=/=]NewAgeRetroHippie who sticks around Sam, often invading his personal space. He's convinced his name is "Durnt", and later becomes a police officer, and the star of his own show: WSI: Cleveland.
* Chalmers is only interested in his own goals and doesn't care for everyone elses'. He's a [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac]] and will immediately deny stealing refrigerators ([[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial even though nobody asks or cares]]). He's convinced the Strangerhood is Cleveland though [[LogicalFallacies some clever reasoning]].
* Catherine is a self-absorbed gold digger, she only cares about herself and Dutchmiller, whom she later decides is her husband given how nicely he is dressed the first time they meet.
* Nikki only appears in a few episodes before being [[HesDeadJim killed off]]. Her murder is the subject of most of the series. [[spoiler: This plot thread ends shortly after she comes back.]]
* Dutchmiller is easily excitable, making him a perfect talk show host later in the series. He learns that he's married to Catherine, and gets her pregnant. He also becomes a prosecutor in the case of Nikki's death.
* Tovar is the strange foreigner whose idiocy causes him to burn off his "mustachio". He's scared of things he doesn't understand, and blames Sam for things he's blatantly done. It's later revealed that he has a LiteralSplitPersonality.
* Griggs is the tough guy who prefers to keep to himself. He enjoys spending time with his [[CompanionCube garden gnome]] and punching stuff. He's set up as the prime suspect in Nikki's death.
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!!'''This series provides examples of:'''
* AccidentalMisnaming:
** Wade sometimes claims that his name is "Durnt". So... Inverted trope?
** Dutchmiller can't get Catherine's name right.
* AlienSky: Stars are arranged into strange constellations.
--> '''Wade''': I think the sky is broken, or maybe just the telescope.
* AllJustADream: During the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, it is mentioned that Sam (who was shown waking up on his couch after being sent home) still wonders if it was all a dream. "It was. Probably."
* AmbulanceChaser: Dutchmiller, during his stint as Tovar's lawyer.
-->'''Dutchmiller''': Do you hear that?
-->'''Griggs''': Yeah, sounds like an ambulance.
-->'''Dutchmiller''': Fantastic! Come on Tovar, let's go chase it!
* AmnesiacCostumeIdentity: Sam (who, like the rest of the cast, has no idea who he is or why they're suddenly living on the eponymous street) is able to find out his name because it was written on his underwear. [[spoiler: In the finale, it turns out that this isn't his real name (and those weren't his underpants)!]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Wade tries to get Sam and Chalmers to commit felonies so he can police them.
-->'''Dr. Chalmers:''' I keep telling you, jaywalking is not a felony.
-->'''Sam:''' Well it should be!
-->'''Dr. Chalmers:''' I agree.
* AsHimself: [[spoiler:[[Creator/AchievementHunter Ray Narvaez Jr.]]]] in Season 2!
* BeenThereShapedHistory: In the last episode, Evil Tovar is implied to have caused (or at least triggered) TheGreatDepression through attempted stock market manipulation.
* BlatantLies: One flashback has Catherine asking who drank all her tiara polish. Cut to Tovar blowing chunks and complaining about a severe headache... then claiming Sam did it.
* BigBallOfViolence: Between Griggs's [[GoodAngelBadAngel good angel and evil angel]].
* BrickJoke: Why does Wade insist that his name is Durnt? [[spoiler: He's president of Durntakistan!]]
* CardCarryingVillain: Evil Tovar is openly malevolent and proud of it.
* TheChessmaster: The source of the mysterious voice declares itself this in episode 2:
-->'''Strange Voice''': "You are being kept here at our discretion. We control ''everything'' about how you live!"
* ChromaKey: Used for the scene in Grigg's car, done in-game.
* ChocolateBaby: Dutchmiller and Catherine's kid, who looks suspiciously like Dr. Chalmers.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Nearly everyone, but Dutchmiller, Wade and Tovar especially.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Sam''': There aren't any crimes. As far as we know, there's only eight people here.
-->'''Dr. Chalmers''': Aren't you forgetting that one of the eight people mysteriously died?
-->'''Sam''': Oh eight. Seven.
** Also, this line from episode 4 when the stove catches fire, especially in the tone of voice he delivers the line in:
-->'''Wade''': Oh no, dude! Where are my marshmallows when I need them?
* CompanionCube: Griggs's garden gnome.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Tover is sentenced to community service, where his job is to lick envelopes as well as something involving "[[NoodleImplements an industrial size plunger and a truckload of ball bearings]]."
* CoolCrown: Catherine is always wearing a tiara.
* {{Countrystan}}: [[spoiler:Wade]] is revealed to be president of a country called Durntakistan.
* CreditsGag: Season 2 has a few, such as '"Written" by', a thanks section with [[Creator/AchievementHunter Ray Narvaez Jr.'s]] name over and over, and finishing with RT Animation saying "Fuck you!" to Ray.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Reality shows, Series/{{Lost}}, Series/AmericanIdol, Series/{{CSI}}, late-night talk shows, ''Series/LawAndOrder''. Though in some cases, this is mixed with a splash of AffectionateParody.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The WSI episode, which is {{Lampshaded}}.
* TheDitz: Tovar. Justified because he is the pure moron part of the original Tovar.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Quoted near-verbatim in episode 2, in which the "antagonist" is revealed, speaking through the television set:
-->'''Strange Voice''' "Do not attempt to alter your viewscreen device. We control the vertical and the horizontal."
* DudeNotIronic: When Sam the scientist mentions that "ironically", more was learned about TV from Griggs than anyone else, the other Sam asks how it's ironic. The scientist only answers by saying he'll be especially happy to be rid of Sam.
* EarlyBirdCameo: During the scene in episode 6 where everyone is on the phone, we briefly see both Tovar and Evil Tovar in the same room.
* EmbarrassingTattoo: Griggs has a tattoo of a cat riding a surfboard, done by Wade.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]] Tovar is mentioned to be very popular with the in-universe audience.
* EvilLaugh: "Phase Four, also known as Phase Laughing Maniacally For No Good Reason. Ha ha ha, ha ha-no wait, I should save it."
* EvilTwin: Evil Tovar, also called Tobar in one episode.
* ExtremeOmnivore:
** In episode 12, Wade plays TabletopGame/{{Chess}} with Griggs... and eats half the pieces during the game.
** Tovar has apparently taken part in at least one "pillow-eating contest".
* FauxlosophicNarration: Nikki's voiceover in Episode 6. Lampshaded, of course.
* FlashbackEffects: "Don't fight the waves, man!"
* FunnyForeigner: Tovar
* GoingCommando: Sam the scientist had to do this for three months, due to the other Sam stealing his underwear. Griggs, being Griggs, misinterprets this as literally ''being'' a commando.
* GoldDigger: Catherine.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Griggs deals with this... and everyone else's Good Angels.
* GriefSong: [[LyricalDissonance The rather cheerful]] "Bye Nikki Bye".
* GrumpyOldMan: Chalmers
* HangingJudge: PlayedForLaughs. During Griggs' trial, Dr. Chalmers threatens to have Dutchmiller chained up and tortured with a red-hot poker.
* HesDeadJim: Everyone assumes Nikki is dead, without even checking. Turns out she's NotQuiteDead.
* HumanNotepad: Griggs' escape plan when he's sent to prison. It doesn't quite work out, however:
-->'''Griggs''': "When they put me away, I had the blueprint to the prison tattooed onto my body. Heh, pretty smooth."\\
(Griggs takes off his shirt, Tovar briefly winces and looks away)
-->'''Tovar''': "Yai, is no blueprint! [[EmbarrassingTattoo Is cat riding surfboard]]!
-->'''Griggs''': "Oh, man. I ''knew'' I shouldn't have let Wade give me that tattoo."
* HypocriticalHumor: Sam calls out Catherine for trying to make a bet with him about the outcome of Griggs' trial when they're jurors on it... then starts negotiating the odds with her.
* IChooseToStay: Dutchmiller decides to stay with Catherine instead of going back to his own time in the finale.
* IceCreamKoan: Nikki spouts several while narrating episode 6.
--> "Things aren't always what they seem. Especially when they seem like what they are."
--> "Sometimes the out of place is in exactly the place it should be"
--> "Here in strangerhood lane, everybody has secrets. Some secrets are so secret that no one even knows they're secrets. And others are the kind of secrets you know you know even if you don't know what you know what you need to know"
--> "Even in the most desperate times, desperate measures can seem reasonable. And unreasonable people get desperate for time... What am I talking about?"
* InnerMonologue: Catherine, whose inner monologue is [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud rather loud]].
* InsaneTrollLogic: Chalmers' reasoning why the Strangerhood is in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}.
* IRememberBecause: Catherine remembers her marriage to Dutchmiller because of her tiara.
* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: How Wade's noir-esque narration begins in Episode 9. He randomly uses it again during Dr. Chalmers' opening narration in Episode 13.
* {{Keet}}: Dutchmiller
* LaserGuidedAmnesia
* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Griggs has a habit of chuckling at the quips he makes.
* LaughTrack: Used in early episodes to show there's NoFourthWall, but quickly dropped.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Tovar, who was separated into two people, one who was pure evil and one who was pure moron.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: When Nikki returns, she reveals that she discovered that Griggs is her father.
-->'''Griggs:''' I'm not paying child support!
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: [[spoiler: In the last few episodes, the gang stumbles upon the underground laboratory of an elderly scientist [[OneSteveLimit named Sam]], who is the source of the mysterious voice throughout the series.]]
* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Nikki's voiceover in Episode 6 seems to consist of nothing but these. By the end, even she has no idea what she's talking about.
* TheMole: Catherine, in a scheme involving her tiara and Griggs's garden gnome.
* MorningRoutine: Griggs in episode 1, he goes through waking up and eating breakfast before he realizes [[LaserGuidedAmnesia he's not in his own house.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Wade
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Dutchmiller. He's been a sushi chef, talk show host, lawyer, and several other things.
* NoodleImplements: "We're going to need an industrial-sized plunger and a truckload of ball bearings."
* NotSoAboveItAll: After Sam wins his bet with Catherine, he begins taunting her in an ''extremely'' immature manner.
* OneSteveLimit: Double subverted. There's a scientist also named Sam, but it turns out the original Sam isn't actually named Sam. He just thought his name was Sam because it was written on his underwear... which, as it turns out, he stole from the scientist before he was given amnesia.
* OnlySaneMan: Sam
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: In the finale, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Wade is president... of a country called "Durntakistan". While it would be easy to say he's probably President Buffoon judging by what he acts like on the show, he's described as being the most popular president in his country's history, so that seems unlikely]].
* PostModernism: Season 2 gets ridiculously meta, complete with an appearance by [[spoiler:Ray Narvaez Jr., as he was the guy who kept mentioning the idea of a revival]], and a mention of many early Rooster Teeth shows that died after one season such as ''P.A.N.I.C.S.''
* RandomEventsPlot: Take some weird characters, and have even weirder things happen to them, no matter how disjointed. With some style changes along the way, such as the sudden ''CSI'' and ''Law & Order''.
* RashomonStyle: In episode 5, Wade and Tovar give several different stories on [[spoiler: Nikki's death.]]
* RealMenCook: Dutchmiller had a brief stint as a sushi chef.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sam delivers one to Wade in one of Wade's flashbacks, complete with a British accent reminiscent of [[TheMeanBrit Simon Cowell]].
-->"Look, if I'm being honest, [[BlatantLies and I'm not trying to be mean here]], but that was like being shot in the face with a bazooka, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} only the bazooka was loaded with the worst vocal performance ever, and the face was not my whole face, but just my ears]]. Also, I hate you, and I want your whole family to die, and anyone who disagrees with me is stupid. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And you have no talent]]."
* RememberTheNewGuy: Season 2 reveals that [[spoiler:[[Creator/AchievementHunter Ray Narvaez Jr.]]]] was apparently always a part of the Strangerhood Project. Or so Sam the scientist keeps insisting.
* SharpDressedMan: Dutchmiller generally wears a nice suit.
* ShortDistancePhonecall: In episode 6.
* ShowWithinAShow: The Much Later Tonight And/Or Sometimes Early Tomorrow Morning Show.
* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Dutchmiller doesn't quite get it, and wears a short-sleeve business suit.
* SociopathicSoldier: Griggs is implied to have been one before being taken.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Let's just say Tovar's stand-up leaves a lot to be desired.
* StickyFingers: Chalmers is a kleptomaniac.
* TheStoner: Wade is heavily implied to be one, due to his mannerisms and bloodshot eyes.
* StylisticSuck: A good deal of the humor runs on this.
* SuddenlyEthnicity: Sam the scientist claims Dr. Chalmers' real name is Shamus [=McMurphPatrick=]. Subverted, since it turns out Sam was just kidding about him being Irish.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Chalmers, being a kleptomaniac, denies stealing things without being asked about them.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Wade, once he (sort of) becomes a cop:
-->'''Sam''': "You look ridiculous, Wade."
-->'''Wade''': "You mean, 'you look ridiculous, ''Officer'' Wade'!"
* ThisMeansWarpaint: Griggs always wears his camouflage face paint.
* TonightSomeoneDies: It turns out to be a fish that nobody paid attention to.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: While chasing Tovar, Nikki changes outfits when they change location.
* VerbalTic:
** Dutchmiller seems to have "FANTASTIC!" as one.
** "Score" appears to be this for Griggs.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Chalmers is always wearing a sweater vest.
* WantedPoster: Wanted: Griggs, For punching stuff and excessive grumpiness. AKA Gruggs, Facepaint Jones, Ole Punchy, Camopants Kidd.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: PlayedForLaughs. Since Tovar technically isn't a real person due to him being a time-space anomaly, Katherine and Sam the Scientist have no problem liquefying his DNA and drinking it. Apparently, such "genetic cannibalism" is normal in the future.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* WillNotTellALie: Tovar claims he always tells the truth when called as a witness during Griggs' trial. A flashback reveals this isn't the case.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord:
** When presiding over Griggs' trial, Dr. Chalmers repeatedly threatens to have people "sequestered". After being asked if he knows what it means, he gives a response that implies he thinks it's some kind of torture method, which understandably frustrates [[OnlySaneMan Sam]].
** Nikki comments that she's not sure if she believes in God and calls herself "apathetic". Sam correctly points out that she meant to say "agnostic".
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