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* {{Animation Bump}}: The Season 2 Finale has the scene where the protagonists (Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary) battle the Scary Logos Clan, which had the most animation in the original series.

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* {{Animation Bump}}: The Season 2 Finale has the scene where the protagonists (Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary) battle the Scary Logos Clan, which had the most animation in the original series.original, and the entire series until Season 3 Episode 6.
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* {{Mythology Gag}}:
** In Season 3 Episode 5, the Winter 2014 intro was used before it was interrupted and replaced with the current intro of the time.
** Exaggerated in that same episode by using almost entirely errors that was used in Mac Voices Reads Funny Windows Errors THE FIRST, which was [[{{One Episode Wonder}} cancelled after only one episode]]. Besides that, the Moving Victoria Virus was mentioned, but was [[{{DefiedTrope}} defied]] when the Ancient Joke Police censored it.
** In MSSAM TV Episode 1, the Revamp, the NSA which came from [[{{WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors}} Thunderbirds101's series]] seized a part of the video and revealed their name change to MPFNSA ("Mitchell Productions Fictional NSA"). Subverted when the Ancient Joke Police censored them.
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** Lampshaded in MSSAM TV Episode 1a when the 4th Wall Break alert was introduced whenever a character breaks the 4th wall.

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** Lampshaded in MSSAM TV Episode 1a 1 the Revamp when the 4th Wall Break alert was introduced whenever a character breaks the 4th wall.
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The last episode that was released before the account closure was [[{{Rule of Three}} Season 3]] Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season. The series was later resumed in July 2016 with Season 3 Episode 5 when Ace got a new YouTube channel, but that episode was originally made in May of that year.

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The [[{{Left Hanging}} last episode that was released before the account closure closure]] was [[{{Rule of Three}} Season 3]] Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season. The series was [[{{Subverted Trope}} later resumed resumed]] in July 2016 with Season 3 Episode 5 when Ace got a new YouTube channel, but that episode was originally made in May of that year.


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* {{The Stinger}}:
** Once in Season 2, the MPFNSA agent would seize the cutoff prevention screen, and in another episode, Sam.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zFv7fpz_k MSSAM TV Episode 1 the Revamp]], Sam threatened to take over the captions if they are not fixed.
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** [[{{Punny Name}} Talkingsoft Speechdows]] was the very predecessor of this series. It had two episodes and ran between September 26, and October 2, 2013. In that series, Microsoft Sam, and the content in general, was made to act childish and very immature, [[{{Self Deprecation}} and it was later admitted by the creator.]] Season 1 Episodes 5, and 6-7 of Funny Windows Errors (the succeeding series) downplays this, however. The behavior was averted in their succeeding episodes onwards.

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** [[{{Punny Name}} Talkingsoft Speechdows]] was the very predecessor of this series. It had two episodes and ran between September 26, and October 2, 2013. In that series, Microsoft Sam, and the content in general, was made to act childish and very immature, [[{{Self Deprecation}} and it was later admitted by the creator.]] Season 1 Episodes 5, and 6-7 of Funny Windows Errors (the succeeding series) downplays this, however. The behavior was averted in has ended since their succeeding episodes onwards.episodes.

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* {{Breaking the Fourth Wall}}:
** Sam occasionally says that he will do a specified action after the episode, or in the next episode. Such as in Season 1 Episode 7 where he said that he will see the viewers in the next episode after suffering a breakdown.
** Lampshaded in MSSAM TV Episode 1a when the 4th Wall Break alert was introduced whenever a character breaks the 4th wall.



* {{No Fourth Wall}}:
** Sam occasionally says that he will do a specified action after the episode, or in the next episode. Such as in Season 1 Episode 7 where he said that he will see the viewers in the next episode after suffering a breakdown.
** When Sam appears to be talking to himself, he is actually, and always, talking to the audience.

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* {{No Fourth Wall}}:
** Sam occasionally says that he will do a specified action after the episode, or in the next episode. Such as in Season 1 Episode 7 where he said that he will see the viewers in the next episode after suffering a breakdown.
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Wall}}: When Sam appears to be talking to himself, he is actually, and always, talking to the audience.

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* {{No Fourth Wall}}: Sam occasionally says that he will do a specified action after the episode, or in the next episode. Such as in Season 1 Episode 7 where he said that he will see the viewers in the next episode after suffering a breakdown.

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* {{No Fourth Wall}}: Wall}}:
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Sam occasionally says that he will do a specified action after the episode, or in the next episode. Such as in Season 1 Episode 7 where he said that he will see the viewers in the next episode after suffering a breakdown.breakdown.
** When Sam appears to be talking to himself, he is actually, and always, talking to the audience.
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The last episode that was released before the account closure was [[{{Rule of Three}} Season 3]] Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season.

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The last episode that was released before the account closure was [[{{Rule of Three}} Season 3]] Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season.
season. The series was later resumed in July 2016 with Season 3 Episode 5 when Ace got a new YouTube channel, but that episode was originally made in May of that year.
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** As of Season 3 Episode 5, characters are now mainly 3D-animated after Ace started using Blender as his main video editor.
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* {{Darker and Edgier}}: As of Season 1 Episode 6.

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* {{Darker and Edgier}}: As of Season 1 Episode 6.6 but downplayed at that time. Played straight since Season 1 Episode 8.
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* {{We are Experiencing Technical Difficulties}}: Happens a few times, and most of them are [[{{Overly Long Gag}} as long as 30 seconds]]. Such as Sam spazzing over something in Season 1 Episodes 6 and 7, and Season 3 Episode 4, all while being covered by test bars that display humorous text.

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* {{We are Experiencing Technical Difficulties}}: Happens a few times, and most of them are [[{{Overly Long Gag}} as long as 30 seconds]]. Such as Sam spazzing over something in Season 1 Episodes 6 and 7, and Season 3 Episode 4, all while being covered by test bars that display humorous text.text.
* {{What the Hell Hero}}: In Season 1 Episode 5, an error message threatened to infect Sam with a "virus" (a distorted video clip) for not sending error requests to the sender's series.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Scenes that take place in [[{{Our Wormholes are Different}} the Rift]] play a Windows Sounds cover of [[{{VideoGame/Gradius}} "The Final Enemy"]] in reverse.

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Scenes that take place in [[{{Our Wormholes are Different}} the Rift]] play a Windows Sounds cover of [[{{VideoGame/Gradius}} "The Final Enemy"]] in reverse.reverse.
** The ending bumpers for season finales play [[{{Creator/KevinMacLeod}} "Stringed Disco"]]
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** Lampshaded and invoked with the appearance of the Running Gag Agency in Season 2, as they defend "important" elements in the series.

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** Lampshaded and invoked Enforced with the appearance of the Running Gag Agency in Season 2, as they defend "important" elements in the series.
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The last episode that was released before the account closure was Season 3 Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season.

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The last episode that was released before the account closure was [[{{Rule of Three}} Season 3 3]] Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season.
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** Lampshaded with the appearance of the Running Gag Agency in Season 2, as they defend "important" elements in the series.

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** Lampshaded and invoked with the appearance of the Running Gag Agency in Season 2, as they defend "important" elements in the series.
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* {{Stuff Blowing Up}}: The beginning of Season 2. Lampshaded when an error says that the series would be directed by {{Creator/Michael Bay}}. It has [[{{CaptainObvious}} never happened, and never will.]]

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* {{Stuff Blowing Up}}: The beginning of Season 2.2 especially. Lampshaded when an error says that the series would be directed by {{Creator/Michael Bay}}. It has [[{{CaptainObvious}} never happened, and never will.]]
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* {{Heroic BSOD}}: In Season 3 Episode 4 where Sam read a fanfiction that he considered tragic. Him reading it was [[{{Relax o Vision}} skipped by using a time card.]]
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''Ace Of Spades Produc 100's Microsoft Sam Reads Funny Windows Errors'' is a series of [[{{Website/YouTube}} YouTube]] videos that ran between February 7 and December 22, 2014, before Ace closed his account for personal reasons on New Year's Day, 2015.

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''Ace Of Spades Produc 100's ''[[{{Tropers/MitchellProductions}} AceOfSpadesProduc100]]'s Microsoft Sam Reads Funny Windows Errors'' is a series of [[{{Website/YouTube}} YouTube]] videos that ran between February 7 and December 22, 2014, before Ace closed his account for personal reasons on New Year's Day, 2015.
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* {{Stuff Blowing Up}}: The beginning of Season 2. Lampshaded when an error says that the series will be directed by {{Creator/Michael Bay}}.

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* {{Stuff Blowing Up}}: The beginning of Season 2. Lampshaded when an error says that the series will would be directed by {{Creator/Michael Bay}}.Bay}}. It has [[{{CaptainObvious}} never happened, and never will.]]
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** The [[{{WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors}} NSA from Thunderbirds101's series]], for seizing properties that they find as opposing to them or just randomly. In Season 1 Episode 2, however, they have [[{{Pet the Dog}}seized a Trolls Group member who was endangering Sam, to save him.]] After Ace closed his account, the name was later changed to MPFNSA (Mitchell Productions Fictional National Security Agency), meaning that the change was implied.

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** The [[{{WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors}} NSA from Thunderbirds101's series]], for seizing properties that they find as opposing to them or just randomly. In Season 1 Episode 2, however, they have [[{{Pet the Dog}}seized Dog}} seized a Trolls Group member who was endangering Sam, to save him.]] After Ace closed his account, the name was later changed to MPFNSA (Mitchell Productions Fictional National Security Agency), meaning that the change was implied.
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** The [[{{WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors}} NSA from Thunderbirds101's series]], for seizing properties that they find as opposing to them or just randomly. In this series, the name was later changed to MPFNSA (Mitchell Productions Fictional National Security Agency), but was implied because it happened after the original series was ended from Ace closing his account.

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** The [[{{WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors}} NSA from Thunderbirds101's series]], for seizing properties that they find as opposing to them or just randomly. In this series, Season 1 Episode 2, however, they have [[{{Pet the Dog}}seized a Trolls Group member who was endangering Sam, to save him.]] After Ace closed his account, the name was later changed to MPFNSA (Mitchell Productions Fictional National Security Agency), but meaning that the change was implied because it happened after the original series was ended from Ace closing his account.implied.
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* {{Nintendo Hard}}: In Season 1 Episode 9, Sam was told to play [[{{Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde}} the video game adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]. He lampshades this by saying that it was impossible to play especially after getting stuck trying to jump over a ledge in Jekyll mode.

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* {{Nintendo Hard}}: In Parodied in Season 1 Episode 9, 9 where Sam was told to play [[{{Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde}} the video game adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]. He lampshades this by saying that it was impossible to play especially after getting stuck trying to jump over a ledge in Jekyll mode.
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* {{Synthetic Voice Actor}}: Everyone except for Mr. Ace. Subverted when [[{{Tropers/MitchellProductions}} Mr. Ace's voice actor]] used a vocoder plugin to synthesize his voice for a few AI-based characters.

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* {{Synthetic Voice Actor}}: Everyone except for Mr. Ace. Subverted when [[{{Tropers/MitchellProductions}} Mr. Ace's voice actor]] used a vocoder plugin to synthesize his voice for a few [[{{Artificial Intelligence}} AI-based characters.]]
* {{Stuff Blowing Up}}: The beginning of Season 2. Lampshaded when an error says that the series will be directed by {{Creator/Michael Bay}}.
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* {{Big NO!}}: Sam during the first 5 episodes of Season 1.

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* {{Big NO!}}: NO}}: Sam during the first 5 episodes of Season 1.
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* {{Halloween Special}}: Around mid-Season 2.
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The last episode that was released before the account closure was Season 3 Episode 4. This series has 11 episodes per season.



* {{Animation Bump}}: The Season 2 Finale has the scene where the protagonists (Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary) battle the Scary Logos Clan, which had the most animation in the original series since story bumps are prominent in the season finales.

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* {{Animation Bump}}: The Season 2 Finale has the scene where the protagonists (Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary) battle the Scary Logos Clan, which had the most animation in the original series since story bumps are prominent in the season finales.series.



* {{Big NO!}}: Sam during the first 5 episodes of Season 1.



* {{Cerebus Syndrome}}: The season finales and some of Season 2 focused more on the story than in the mainstream episodes.
* {{Darker and Edgier}}: As of Season 1 Episode 6.



* {{Exactly What it Says on the Tin}}: The content in this video.



** The MPFNSA seizing properties and sending them to the "NSA Jail", or seizing itself: [[{{Shaped Like Itself}} "THE NSA IS NOW THE PROPERTY OF THE NSA"]]

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** The MPFNSA seizing properties and sending them to the "NSA Jail", or seizing itself: [[{{Shaped Like Itself}} "THE NSA IS NOW THE PROPERTY OF THE NSA"]]itself.



* {{Versus Character Splash}}: The beginning of the battle scene in the Season 2 Finale.

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* {{Synthetic Voice Actor}}: Everyone except for Mr. Ace. Subverted when [[{{Tropers/MitchellProductions}} Mr. Ace's voice actor]] used a vocoder plugin to synthesize his voice for a few AI-based characters.
* {{Took a Level in Badass}}: Microsoft Sam as of Season 1 Episode 10
* {{Versus Character Splash}}: The beginning of the battle scene in the Season 2 Finale.Finale.
* {{We are Experiencing Technical Difficulties}}: Happens a few times, and most of them are [[{{Overly Long Gag}} as long as 30 seconds]]. Such as Sam spazzing over something in Season 1 Episodes 6 and 7, and Season 3 Episode 4, all while being covered by test bars that display humorous text.
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* {{Early Installment Weirdness}}: In the very beginning of the series, Sam was made to behave childish and overly comical, by [[{{Verbal Tic}} laughing at every occasion]] and using humor that can be considered immature and unfunny. It was until between Season 1 Episodes 6-8 where he {{Took a level in badass}} and began character development.

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* {{Early Installment Weirdness}}: In Weirdness}}:
** [[{{Punny Name}} Talkingsoft Speechdows]] was
the very beginning predecessor of the this series. It had two episodes and ran between September 26, and October 2, 2013. In that series, Sam Microsoft Sam, and the content in general, was made to behave act childish and overly comical, by [[{{Verbal Tic}} laughing at every occasion]] very immature, [[{{Self Deprecation}} and using humor that can be considered immature and unfunny. It it was until between later admitted by the creator.]] Season 1 Episodes 6-8 where he {{Took a level in badass}} 5, and began character development.6-7 of Funny Windows Errors (the succeeding series) downplays this, however. The behavior was averted in their succeeding episodes onwards.
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** This series had season-specific end of episode bumpers, such as the Season 2 and Season 3 bumpers displaying three previous videos instead of two.

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** This series had season-specific end of episode bumpers, such as the Season 2 and Season 3 bumpers displaying previews of three previous videos instead of two.
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* {{Follow the Leader}}:
** Ever since the Moving Victoria Virus was introduced and became a running gag, several other video makers included it in their own Microsoft Sam Reads Funny Windows Errors series.
** Similar with the (MPF)NSA seizing itself whenever they seize something.
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''Ace Of Spades Produc 100's Microsoft Sam Reads Funny Windows Errors'' is a series of [[{{Website/YouTube}} YouTube]] videos that ran between February 7 and December 22, 2014, before Ace closed his account for personal reasons on New Year's Day, 2015.

This series has started Ace's boost of subscribers and video views ever since Season 1 Episode 1 was released.
!!This series provides examples of:
* {{Animation Bump}}: The Season 2 Finale has the scene where the protagonists (Microsoft Sam, Mike, and Mary) battle the Scary Logos Clan, which had the most animation in the original series since story bumps are prominent in the season finales.
* {{Art Evolution}}:
** In Season 1, the backgrounds were static images until Episode 9 onwards where animated backgrounds were used, and sometimes rotated between scenes or episodes.
** This series had season-specific end of episode bumpers, such as the Season 2 and Season 3 bumpers displaying three previous videos instead of two.
* {{But Thou Must}}: The good choices on an error are most likely to be [[{{Guide Dang It}} greyed out, leaving Sam to choose the most unnecessary or dangerous choices]].
* {{Department of Redundancy Department}}:
** "[[{{UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows}} Windows XP]] needs to update update your updating computer update because someone threw coffee on their keyboard so update your updater....Update update Windows XP now" - from an error in Season 1 Episode 7.
* {{Early Installment Weirdness}}: In the very beginning of the series, Sam was made to behave childish and overly comical, by [[{{Verbal Tic}} laughing at every occasion]] and using humor that can be considered immature and unfunny. It was until between Season 1 Episodes 6-8 where he {{Took a level in badass}} and began character development.
* {{Evil Inc}}:
** Since the beginning of the series, the Trolls Group has appeared. Their reason for being antagonist is implied, since it references something outside of the series. They have [[{{Out of Focus}} only appeared in the first two episodes of Season 1]], [[{{ChuckCunninghamSyndrome}} and have disappeared without explanation.]] [[{{The Ghost}} But they were still talked about in the errors that Sam reads until Episode 8 or later]].
** The [[{{WebVideo/MicrosoftSamReadsFunnyWindowsErrors}} NSA from Thunderbirds101's series]], for seizing properties that they find as opposing to them or just randomly. In this series, the name was later changed to MPFNSA (Mitchell Productions Fictional National Security Agency), but was implied because it happened after the original series was ended from Ace closing his account.
* {{Follow the Leader}}:
** Ever since the Moving Victoria Virus was introduced and became a running gag, several other video makers included it in their own Microsoft Sam Reads Funny Windows Errors series.
** Similar with the (MPF)NSA seizing itself whenever they seize something.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Scenes that take place in [[{{Our Wormholes are Different}} the Rift]] play a Windows Sounds cover of [[{{VideoGame/Gradius}} "The Final Enemy"]] in reverse.
* {{Nightmare Sequence}}: In Season 1 Episode 5, when Sam entered the Rift through an error that turned into a portal, in the series for the first time, he dropped into a car and got a call from an entity of [[{{Trivia/YouTubePoop}} RadicalFaith360]]. It lead to the fake "car" disappearing and Sam flying out and he continued to read errors.
* {{Nintendo Hard}}: In Season 1 Episode 9, Sam was told to play [[{{Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde}} the video game adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]. He lampshades this by saying that it was impossible to play especially after getting stuck trying to jump over a ledge in Jekyll mode.
* {{No Fourth Wall}}: Sam occasionally says that he will do a specified action after the episode, or in the next episode. Such as in Season 1 Episode 7 where he said that he will see the viewers in the next episode after suffering a breakdown.
* {{Production Foreshadowing}}:
** Season 1 Episode 6 has Sam doing a [[{{WebVideo/LooneyTunesIntroBloopers}} tantrum]], which was a sign of the start of CD-i Intro Bloopers where that tantrum effect became a running gag in.
* {{Random Transportation}}: Only in Season 1 Episode 5 where Sam glitched from reading a gibberish error that turned into a portal into a [[{{Our Wormholes are Different}} rift]] that leads between the remains of Earth I and Sam's original location. The trope was subverted afterwards because these teleportations now occur manually.
* {{Running Gag}}:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8P_4DUtMFE The Moving Victoria Virus]], since late Season 1.
** The MPFNSA seizing properties and sending them to the "NSA Jail", or seizing itself: [[{{Shaped Like Itself}} "THE NSA IS NOW THE PROPERTY OF THE NSA"]]
** Lampshaded with the appearance of the Running Gag Agency in Season 2, as they defend "important" elements in the series.
* {{Shout Out}}:
** In Season 1 Episode 6, Sam entered the {{Konami Code}} out loud to escape the remains of an Earth, back to his home at Earth II. And the [[{{VideoGame/Gradius}} escape scene]] was used in between.
** The [[{{WebVideo/LooneyTunesIntroBloopers}} Scary Logos Clan]].
* {{Versus Character Splash}}: The beginning of the battle scene in the Season 2 Finale.

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