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* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-2012, 2013-)

* [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/author/Mortal+Wombat/ Christina Hsu (H.)]] (2009-2012)

* ''AgentsOfCracked'', Cracked's main comedy web-miniseries starring Michael Swaim and Daniel O'Brien.

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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: A common source of comedy, especially in the articles that centre on charts and graphs.
* AccidentalHero: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-photos-capturing-moments-spontaneous-badassery/ 10 Photos Capturing Moments of Spontaneous Badassery]].
* AccentuateTheNegative: "If * Was 10 Times Shorter and More Honest", courtesy of TheEditingRoom.
* ActionGirl: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "every sexy girl is a ruthless killer."
* ActionPet: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19578_5-most-badass-soldiers-ever-happened-to-be-dogs.html This article about 5 soldier dogs]].
* ActionSurvivor: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20504_the-5-most-badass-ways-people-escaped-from-slavery_p2.html The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery]] is how Eliza Harris carried several children across a river while jumping from one [[FloatingPlatforms moving ice platform]] to another as if it were a ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' game. This is the true story ''Literature/UncleTomsCabin'' was based on.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The entries in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18538_5-superpowers-we-all-had-as-babies-according-to-science_p1.html 5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies (According to Science)]]
* {{Adorkable}}: Dan O'Brien. Read any of his work, especially his ones about his fanboy love of Spider-man, and it's very clear. Ironically some of his articles have deconstructed this idea, noting that being socially awkward does not make someone a compelling partner.
* AffectionateParody - Robert Brockway's articles about Mario Lopez parody Creator/HPLovecraft.
* TheAgeless: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20055_6-unassuming-animals-that-are-secretly-immortal.html 6 Unassuming Animals That Are Secretly Immortal]] lists animal species that don't die of old age, such as lobsters and turtles.
* AIIsACrapshoot: In [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18167_39-astounding-celebrity-and-one-cracked-tv-reboots.html 39 Astounding Celebrity (And One Cracked) Reboot]], Clippy attempts a HostileShowTakeover, which ultimately culminates in [[spoiler:Swaim's memory being erased, him being [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] by Joanna Angel and going into a new season.]]
* TheAlcoholic: John Cheese is a recovering alcoholic. More than one article has been written about how much of a struggle it's been.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]]
* TheAllegedCar: The Ford Pinto is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awesome-things-with-inexplicably-bad-reputations/ 5 Awesome Things with Inexplicably Bad Reputations.]] While the whole rear-end gas tank fire thing was certainly true, the car really wasn't any more dangerous than any other vehicle on the road.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 5 Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* AllJustADream: The article "[[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-saved-by-bell-all-dream-conspiracy-theory/ Why 'Saved by the Bell' is All a Dream: A Conspiracy Theory]]" explains why ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' has to be an escapist dream of a character in ''Series/GoodMorningMissBliss'', using clues from the ExpositoryThemeTune.
* AllMenArePerverts: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in a video featuring Cracked's female contributors talking about what are, [[{{GIFT}} and aren't appropriate comments on videos]]. With [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer actual posts being spoken aloud by male contributors]].
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Implied by the winner of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_647_19-things-we-secretly-suspect-about-other-peoples-jobs_p2/?view=article 19 Things We Secretly Suspect About Other People's Jobs]].
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] One article has an [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18881_5-reasons-greatest-movie-villain-ever-good-witch.html alternate interpretation]] of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Glinda the Good Witch]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18417_the-lighter-side-dark-side-5-villains-who-were-good.html 9 Famous Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19336_6-beloved-characters-that-had-undiagnosed-mental-illnesses.html 6 Beloved Characters That Had Undiagnosed Mental Illnesses]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19673_6-insane-but-convincing-theories-childrens-pop-culture.html 6 Insane (But Convincing) Theories on Children's Pop Culture]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19496_6-classic-kids-shows-secretly-set-in-nightmarish-universes.html 6 Classic Kids Shows Secretly Set in Nightmarish Universes]].
** What {{Seanbaby}} did to old Popsicle Pete comics, reimagining him as a harbinger of death and despair.
*** '''''[[color:red:NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE.]]'''''
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19882_6-insane-but-convincing-fan-theories-about-kids-cartoons.html 6 Insane (But Convincing) Fan Theories About Kids' Cartoons]].
* AmbiguousDisorder: Spoofed in [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18175_why-batman-secretly-terrible-gotham.html Why Batman Is Secretly Terrible for Gotham.]]
* AmericansHateTingle: [[{{In-Universe}} A well-known example]] regarding Americans, their disgust at TheBeautifulGame, appears in articles such as [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-hilarious-story-american-football-abroad/ this]]. Given that despite Cracked being American [[WeAllLiveInAmerica and with an excessively US-centric POV]], most readers are foreigners, the comments usually go down into a FlameWar.
* AndIMustScream: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/seanbabys-brockways-choose-your-drug-fueled-adventure/ Do not trifle with the Adventure Master]].
* {{Animeland}}[=/=]AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: The number of articles that ''don't'' portray Japan as being full of A. perverts, B. octopus demons, C. giant robots, or D. any combination thereof could probably be counted on one hand.
** The one true exception is #1 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20118_5-things-nobody-tells-you-about-living-in-japan_p2.html here.]]
* AntiHumor: In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19213_7-animals-that-are-evolving-right-before-our-eyes.html 7 Animals That Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes]]
-->'''Q:''' What did the elephant say to the poacher?
-->'''A:''' Dear God in heaven, please don't kill me for my ivory.
-->Sorry about that. Sometimes we get "joke" mixed up with "tragic imagined dialogue that could be happening at this very second if elephants had the power of speech."
* ApocalypseAnarchy: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_96_if-everyone-knew-world-was-ending-tomorrow/ If Everyone Knew the World Was Ending Tomorrow]]
* ApocalypticLog: A common format.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-internet-prescribed-cleanses-that-made-me-immortal/ 5 Internet Prescribed 'Cleanses' That Made Me Immortal]] is a good example.
* AppealToWorseProblems: David Wong commits this fallacy in "7 Reasons the world looks worse than it really is" saying that people complaining about how the economy has lessened their opportunities are just cynical people not trying hard enough. Ignoring the people who are trying but getting nowhere or the people with unique skills who still aren't getting anywhere.
* AppropriatedAppellation: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20679_5-famous-symbols-that-were-created-to-be-horrible-insults.html 5 Famous Symbols that Were Created to Be Horrible Insults]] explains how the gay-pride pink triangle came from the Nazis, the donkey came from political cartoons dissing President Andrew Jackson, and "Yankee" came from a song written by a British army physician claiming that the rebels were aspiring to a social class they did not deserve.
* TheAristocrats: The #3 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_615_33-plot-twists-cut-from-disney-movies_p2/ plot twist cut from a Disney animated movie]].
-->So what do you call your act?
-->''Disney/TheAristocats''!
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18775_5-popular-safety-measures-that-dont-make-you-any-safer.html 5 Popular Safety Measures That Don't Make You Any Safer]]":
-->"Let's face it, cities can be terrifying. They are, after all, filled with people like us. The modern metropolis is a teeming hive of strung-out dope heads, rapists, home invaders and fine regional cuisine."
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18967_6-famous-movies-with-mind-blowing-hidden-meanings.html 6 Famous Movies with Mind-Blowing Hidden Meanings]]":
-->"We tend to find Spider-Man easier to identify with than other superheroes. He's not an alien, like Superman, or the son of a major Norse god, like Thor, or a Canadian, like Wolverine."
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18443_6-famous-movie-wisemen-who-were-totally-full-shit.html 6 Famous Movie Wisemen Who Were Totally Full of Shit]]"
--> We are ''not'' blaming bad teachers for [Adolf] Hitler, [[WesternTerrorists Timothy McVeigh]], and [[{{Jerkass}} Spencer Pratt]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16785_7-retarded-food-myths-internet-thinks-are-true.html 7 Retarded Food Myths the Internet Thinks Are True]]:
--> We love the way the writer crammed in every scary word they could think of: rape, war, cancer, emphysema, respiratory distress, anemia, constipation, irritability, blindness, Canada.
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19535_6-animals-with-better-memories-than-you.html 6 Animals with Better Memories than You]]
--> We tend to think of ourselves as the smartest animals on Earth. After all, we've built such technological wonders such as the internet, the internal combustion engine, and sneakers that light up when you take a step
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18894_6-real-historic-battles-decided-by-divine-intervention.html 6 Real Historic Battles Decided by Divine Intervention]]:
-->[The rebels] were trapped, outnumbered, ill-equipped, poorly trained, freezing and starving, ''and'' it was raining.
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19957_8-mind-blowing-realities-our-future-full-old-people_p2.html 8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People]]" describes a likely reaction to a proposed solution to the coming farm labor shortage.
-->Oh hey, let's import unwhites to do our labor! Why don't we bring back slavery and dial-up Internet service while we're at it?
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-innocent-sounding-topics-that-are-guaranteed-flame-wars/ 6 Innocent Sounding Topics that are Guaranteed Flame Wars]]"
-->There are certain topics everybody knows are going to start a fight - politics, religion, abortion, video game consoles - important things like that.
** Dan O'Brien on [[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey]] in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-problems-with-living-in-game-thrones-universe/ 4 Problems with Living in the Game of Thrones Universe]],:
-->He looks like if vanity, smugness and blond hair had a baby.
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20210_7-iconic-skylines-that-almost-looked-ridiculous.html 7 Iconic Skylines that Almost Looked Ridiculous]]"...
-->Every city in the world shares the same basic building blocks -- brick, stone, steel, mortar, and UsefulNotes/McDonalds restaurants
** From that same article:
-->London is home to some of the world's most famous historical architecture, including the Tower of London, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and that movie studio where they shot Batman.
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18943_the-6-most-pointless-supervillain-schemes-ever-hatched.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=yesincite The 6 Most Pointless Supervillain Schemes Ever Hatched]]":
-->There are lots of reasons why criminals should be afraid of Batman: He's trained in martial arts, he's a genius detective and he's dressed like a giant bat.
** From "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-people-etsy-who-are-clearly-serial-killers/ 5 People on Etsy Who Are Clearly Serial Killers]]:
-->Whether it's fashioning suits out of women, stitching masks from travelers' faces, or building a puppet that can ride a tricycle, [[SpoofAesop the real moral seems to be that you should never trust anyone]] [[MadArtist who genuinely seems to enjoy sewing]].
** The lead of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20395_5-heartwarming-accomplishments-by-hardened-prison-inmates.html 5 Heartwarming Accomplishments by Hardened Prison Inmates]] claims that humans are "capable of some pretty terrible stuff, like robbery and murder and [[Music/{{U2}} Bono]]."
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The title of "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20066_5-everyday-things-you-wont-believe-are-copyrighted.html 5 Everyday Things You Won't Believe Are Copyrighted]]" is a LieToChildren. Items #5, #4, and #1 refer to trademarks, and #3 and #2 refer to patents.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: #6 on [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_259_if-everything-got-adorable-mascot_p2/ If Everything Got An Adorable Mascot]] is Addie the ADHD tornado. "Let us help you learn to cope with... Ohh!!! Shiny!!!"
* AttentionWhore: The subject of "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-assholes-who-found-this-article-by-googling-themselves/ 8 Douchebags who Found this Article by Googling Themselves]]."
* AudienceSurrogate: "Make Them Look and Sound Like the Audience, Against All Logic" is #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* AuthorAppeal: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19137_6-artists-whose-weird-fetishes-defined-pop-culture.html 6 Artists Whose Weird Fetishes Defined Pop Culture]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time_p5.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time]]. Counts as a WeAllLiveInAmerica too.
* AutomatonHorses: Photoplasty advertises a {{w|arpWhistle}}histle to summon one in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#5 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* AutopsySnackTime: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-bizarrely-specific-rules-that-exist-in-movie-universes/ 4 Bizarrely Specific Rules That Exist in Movie Universes]] mentions cases in ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'', ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', and others where it appears a coroner ''can't'' [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} enjoy]] his [[YMMV/FurAffinity sandwich]] without a corpse in the room. It even links back to the trope page.
* AwardSnub: InUniverse. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15856_the-7-most-unforgivable-grammy-award-snubs-all-time.html "The 7 Most Unforgivable Grammy Award Snubs of All Time."]]
* AwesomeButImpractical:
** The ball tank, #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19914_6-utterly-insane-innovations-history-was-sure-were-coming_p2.html 6 Utterly Insane Innovations History Was SURE Were Coming]] and #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17366_7-wtf-military-weapons-you-wont-believe-they-actually-built_p2.html 7 WTF Military Weapons You Won't Believe They Actually Built]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16983_the-11-most-retarded-fictional-weapons.html The 11 Most Retarded Fictional Weapons]], including the Klingon bat'leth.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Staff Sgt Max Fightmaster.
---> "Where do you go when your name is already Staff Sgt. Max fucking Fightmaster? Oh, wait, there you go. Just make "Fucking" an official part of the name. We think it's almost impossible to say the name without it anyway."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18646_the-5-most-insane-improvised-weapons-that-were-animals_p2.html Testosticor Fantastiballs.]]
* {{Badass}}: Several lists commit themselves to talking about the most badass things found in that subject. Most notably, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_5-most-badass-presidents-all-time.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time]].
** Jack O'Brien, the "boss guy" of Cracked. He's possibly an insanely hardened criminal badass who likes to make time for "Jack's Rock Hour". The fact that he's the superior to ''the columnists'' say something about him.
** BadassGrandpa: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19242_6-old-people-who-could-kick-your-ass.html 6 Old People Who Could Kick Your Ass]]
** BadassMustache: If the subject of one of their articles has awesome facial hair, they ''will'' point it out.
-->'''Commenter [=CavalierX=], on U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves''': That's not a man with a moustache on his lip; that's a moustache with a man on its ass.
** BadassPrincess: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19478_5-real-princesses-too-badass-disney-movies.html ...who are too badass for Disney movies.]]
* BadBoss: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/89_the-6-most-horrific-bosses-all-time/ These six]].
* BagOfHolding: Photoplasty advertises jeans with such a pocket in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#13 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* BaitAndSwitchComment: This is a not uncommon format for article titles, such as "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_17093_10-awesome-ads-for-traumatizing-children.html 10 Awesome Ads (For Traumatizing Children)]]".
* Franchise/{{Batman}}. Seriously. He's the [[FrankMiller god-damn]] Patron Saint of this site. If ''anything'' can have a Batman reference, it will.
* BearsAreBadNews: The final entry in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18550_5-true-war-stories-that-put-every-action-movie-to-shame_p2.html 5 True War Stories That Put Every Action Movie to Shame]]. We'll just let it speak for itself.
** There's also the commenter Eric the [[Film/IngloriousBasterds Bear Jew]], who's well known for threatening to maul people
* TheBeastmaster: In Photoplasty contest [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)]], #5 is "If at first you don't succeed, command an army of birds."
* UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest: Luke [=McKinney=] points out in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-best-moments-in-worst-movies-ever-made_p2/ The 4 Best Moments in the Worst Movies Ever Made]] that the movie based on the video game ''Franchise/DeadOrAlive'' "physically beats the shit out of the Bechdel test" "within the first 10 minutes".
* BehindTheBlack: In Swaim's normal series you never see his legs, and he once claimed to not have any.
* BerserkButton: Seanbaby has a HUGE one in the "romance" guides of one Gregory JP Godek. Every article he even tangentially features in devolves into Seanbaby cursing his birth.
** Cody and TwoAndAHalfMen. If the show comes up at any point in one of his articles, expect it to devolve into pure bile.
* BeTheBall: The operation of the Morph Ball in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' is the #27 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* BetterByADifferentName:
** Discussed in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** Yet it goes on to explain why ''HomeAlone'' and ''Film/DieHard'' are [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4445-home-alone/ the same movie]].
* BetterThanCanon:[[invoked]] Invoked: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/18367_6-insane-fan-theories-that-actually-make-great-movies-better/ 6 insane fan theories that actually make great movies better.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19266_5-movie-fan-theories-that-make-more-sense-than-movie.html 5 Movie Fan Theories That Make More Sense Than the Movie]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Katy in "[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18434_worst-fight-club-ever.html Worst Fight Club Ever]]"; she's bubbly, cheerfully enthusiastic and brings everyone snacks, but is apparently a member of ''another'' fight club and manages to lay Breandon out with one punch without losing her cheeriness once..
* TheBigGuy: Compared to the other columnists, Seanbaby is this physically, Robert Brockway is [[HotBlooded this in personality.]]
** Also, Michael Swaim. He doesn't look that big until he's placed next to his coworkers in video sketches, when it becomes readily apparent that he is a full head taller (or more) than everyone else.
** John Cheese too at 6"3".
* BilingualDialogue: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 5th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* BlackComedy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/188_7-great-products-telling-world-youre-rich-dick/ 7 Great Products for Telling the World You're a Rich Dick]].
-->"Perhaps you could pretend the people out in the street begging for food are orcs!"
* BlackComedyRape
* BlatantLies: "America's Only Humor & Video Site, [[AnachronismStew Since 1958]]". This date refers to [[Magazine/{{Cracked}} Cracked's beginning as a magazine]] rivaling ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' in 1958.
** By 2013, the "Since 1958" had disappeared from the front page. But stories still refer to it occasionally, such as "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20601_6-ridiculous-myths-you-believe-about-stuff-you-use-every-day_p2.html 6 Ridiculous Myths You Believe About Stuff You Use Every Day]]" which states that locking refrigerators were banned in the United States around the time ''Cracked'' first appeared on newsstands.
* BleepDammit: The titles of articles about [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-meteor-videos-that-prove-russians-dont-give-f2340k/ meteors]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-video-game-endings-that-are-clearly-f234025ing-with-us/ video game endings]] jarringly [[SymbolSwearing grawlix out]] a certain word starting with F that article bodies use uncensored all the time. Yet [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18380_the-6-most-statistically-full-shit-professions.html an article about so-called experts]] gets away with an S-bomb in the title.
* BlindWeaponmaster: One of Jorden Weir's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger]] is a blind sharpshooter.
* BlockPuzzle: The reason "interior design" is #3 on [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-real-skills-video-games-have-secretly-been-teaching-us/#ixzz1aa4xYJ1T 5 Real Skills Video Games Have Secretly Been Teaching Us]]. Apparently, all that moving blocks around is great training for knowing just how to arrange furniture to make it easy to get around.
** You'd think he'd mention the LightAndMirrorsPuzzle as well. I know I'd hire a ''Deflektor'' veteran to set up the lamps and mirrors in my study so the light was just right.
* BMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_235_b-movie-posters-classic-films/ B-Movie Posters for Classic Films]].
* BitingTheHandHumor: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/#ixzz1jTJ2Dlkn "It's the stupidest idea for someone to sink money into ever since somebody decided to start a website based only on the name recognition of a magazine that no longer existed."]]
* BodyHorror: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_175_when-human-evolution-adapts-to-modern-gadgets_p1 This]] Photoplasty contest.
* BottomlessBladder: Photoplasty advertises undergarments and supplements that make this possible in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#20 #20]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#4 #4]].
* BoxAndStickTrap: #13 of Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_520_18-things-you-never-noticed-in-famous-pictures-part-2/ 18 Things You Never Noticed in Famous Pictures (Part 2)]] takes Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo of a vulture stalking a crouching Sudanese child and adds a ray of hope by having the child bait a vulture into such a trap. A kid's gotta eat somehow.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-animals-that-could-take-over-world-if-they-wanted-to/ Animals that could take over the world if they wanted to]]
--> "... humans have been able to relax and dedicate our fight-or-flight reflexes to more leisurely pursuits, like car racing and fight clubs and car fighting."
** "So when a [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ camera, or a phone, or a camera phone]] doesn't heed our commands..."
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20538_6-games-that-put-insane-detail-into-stuff-you-didnt-notice_p2.html [The NPC] may get killed by a monster, robbed by a thief, or killed and robbed by a monster thief...]]
** Cities that get a lot of tourism are characterized using this in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-stupid-travel-myths-everyone-believes/ 5 Stupid Travel Myths Everyone Believes]].
--> By simply walking around, you'll ... see the way they drive (manically), the way they urinate in the street (freely), and the way they urinate while they drive (frothily).
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-things-we-only-know-because-internet/ 5 Terrible Things We Only Know Because of the Internet]], Felix Clay describes the Internet as "full of hilarious gifs and cats and gifs of cats."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20707_7-mind-blowing-chemical-reactions-you-wont-believe-are-real_p2.html 7 Mind-Blowing Chemical Reactions You Won't Believe Are Real]] describes triboluminescence, the effect where crushing certain crystals releases light.
--> Back in the 18th century, when many folks still thought scientific phenomena were caused by ghosts or witches or the ghosts of witches, scientists used this effect to prank "simple people".
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18508_6-terrifying-diseases-that-science-cant-explain.html#ixzz0q9xtIEL6 This article]]. "In severe cases, the condition results in difficulty breathing, problems swallowing, ''muscle ruptures and fucking broken bones''."
** And zig-zagged in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19410_5-absurdly-expensive-pieces-junk-food.html this article]]: "Ramen is a bowl of noodles, broth, spices and [[PerpetualPoverty destitution]] that you'll find in college dorms and poverty-stricken homes across the U.S. "
** And the final entry in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-worst-behaviors-public-transportation/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module this article]] about bad behavior on public transport is [[spoiler:getting raped by your rickshaw driver]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19499_6-attempts-at-damage-control-that-caused-way-bigger-problems.html this article]], the opening sentence says "Mistakes are an inevitable part of human nature, but there's a system for dealing with them the right way -- The Four A's: Assess the damage, Acknowledge your role, Apologize sincerely and Assassinate all accusers."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19957_8-mind-blowing-realities-our-future-full-old-people_p2.html 8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People]]" compares making a home safe for senior citizens to childproofing.
-->Plugs have to be covered, gates erected, breakables moved, cabinets locked, knives dulled, bullets replaced with blanks, etc.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20102_5-dirty-jokes-in-modern-movies-that-are-older-than-film.html 5 Dirty Jokes in Movies (That are Older than Film)]]
-->We tend to think of the past as a classier time when people amused themselves with nothing but clever witticisms, ingenious wordplay and racism.
*** And from that same article:
-->We see mama jokes on TV and in movies all the time, most commonly in lighthearted comedies like ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', ''Series/{{Community}}'' and ''Film/TheExorcist''.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_493_if-holiday-cards-were-allowed-to-kick-ass/?view=article If Holiday Cards were Allowed to Kick Ass]]:
-->Naturally, most of these cards are underwhelming -- what with the nice family photo or cute children dressed as elves or a Santa cat plotting to kill its owner
* BreakableWeapons: Photoplasty advertises a product that dulls weapons in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#9 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* BrickJoke: A while back, Daniel O'Brien wrote [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ this article]], about what to do when alone in a room with your doppelganger. In Agents of Cracked season 2 episode 3, he finds himself in that exact situation, and the doppelganger brings up the article.
** While the article itself is not brought up, the meet-your-doppelganger scenario showed up in Agents of Cracked season 1 episode 7 "Curse of the Idol".
*** Which means that DOB has both [[spoiler:fucked and fought himself.]]
* BritishTeeth: #8 of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_692_29-insane-pastimes-that-prove-history-was-terrifying_p29/#8 29 Insane Pastimes that prove History was Terrifying]] details how Queen Elizabeth 's love of sugar left her with black teeth- a fad that would soon follow to all of England's upper class. This fact is even mentioned in the trope article.
* BrownNote: According to [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20678_5-bizarre-animal-chain-reactions-our-daily-lives-are-causing.html 5 Bizarre Animal Chain Reactions Our Daily Lives Are Causing]], humans' ships' sonar gives squid fatal seizures.
* BrutalHonesty: The premise behind "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15954_if-oscar-acceptance-speeches-told-truth.html If Oscar Acceptance Speeches Told The Truth]]", parodying the Oscar acceptance speeches of DenzelWashington for ''Film/TrainingDay'', Creator/AngelinaJolie for ''Film/GirlInterrupted'', Creator/TomHanks for ''Film/{{Philadelphia}}'', Jamie Foxx for ''Film/{{Ray}}'', AlPacino for ''Film/ScentOfAWoman'', and Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/MattDamon for ''Film/GoodWillHunting''. Denzel Washington laments the fact that he won an oscar for portraying a role that could be described as a black stereotype, Angelina Jolie thanks {{Nepotism}} for getting her this far in Hollywood, Tom Hanks feels the need to [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday remind everyone that he is heterosexual]] after playing a gay character, Jamie Foxx thanks Ray Charles for dying just in time so it would create enough buzz for him to win the oscar, Al Pacino accuses the Academy of overlooking his previous subdued performances and decides to go into LargeHam mode for the rest of his career, and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reveal that they didn't actually write the script, and originally conceived of it as an action movie.[[note]]Cracked is decidedly wrong on ''Good Will Hunting''. Affleck and Damon ''did'' write the script almost entirely by themselves, although it was indeed conceived as more of a spy thriller before they changed it to a straightforward drama.[[/note]]
* BuddyCopShow Where TheyFightCrime
** ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ Why Crimes Would Never Get Solved At A TV Police Station]]''
** Called an easy way to involve a TokenMinority in the #1 [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us_p2/ Weirdest Lesson '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]].
* BungledSuicide: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real]] shows some 1930 [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey strips]] where breaking up with Minnie causes him to attempt suicide several ways but fail each time.
* BurnTheWitch: Being burned is Film/MaryPoppins's nightmare according to a Photoplasty: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_334_24-nightmares-famous-fictional-characters_p24/#8 24 Nightmares of Famous Fictional Characters]]
* ButchLesbian: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] has the linked-Venus lesbianism symbol on [[WrenchWench Rosie the Riveter's]] bicep.
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/this-is-why-you-dont-steal-from-cracked/ "This Is Why You Don't Steal From Cracked"]], DOB doesn't know WHO retaliated against the plagiarist, but is probably someone handsome and witty and with just a hint of Spider-Man-like qualities.
* ButtMonkey: Anytime [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Hawkeye]] is mentioned, it's invariably to criticize him for being the worst Avenger.
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[[folder:C-D]]
* CaliforniaDoubling: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20173_6-places-youll-recognize-from-background-every-movie.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=companion "6 Places You'll Recognize from the Background of Every Movie"]].
* CanadaEh: Chris Bucholz has a "babbling, near-unintelligible Canadian accent" and apparently, because of the sound of it, birds won't land when he's nearby.
* CaptionContest: The daily [[http://www.cracked.com/craptions/ Craption Contest]], where users submit captions for a silly picture and get votes on which one is the funniest.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Oh shit, we went there", for when the article is about to slam a beloved character, such as Franchise/{{Batman}} or [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-wan]].
* CerealViceReward: The video "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4S-SVGd3pI If Cereal Mascots Got Serious About Stealing Cereal"]] is about this trope and deconstructs it, while tossing in elements of ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.
* ChainmailBikini
** One of the "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]]".
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "the less it covers, the more it protects."
* ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction: In real life it isn't, according to [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-video-game-strategies-that-are-way-less-useful-in-reality/ 5 Video Game Strategies that Are Way Less Useful in Reality]].
* ChristmasCreep: [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-ways-companies-are-trying-to-start-christmas-already/ 4 Ways Companies Are Trying To Start Christmas Already]] claims some retailers put their decorations up in ''June''.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/what-happened-to-ross/ What ever happened to columnist Ross Wolinsky?]]
* CityInABottle: An article lists [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 isolated groups who had no idea that civilization existed]].
* ClarkKenting: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18617_the-9-stupidest-superhero-secret-identities.html?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback The 9 Stupidest Superhero Secret Identities]]. The TropeNamer is #1.
* ClassicCheatCode: VideoGame/{{Doom}} "idspispopd" referenced in a Photoplasty: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#18 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]]
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: It posted an article called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16508_6-terrifying-things-they-dont-tell-you-about-childbirth.html 6 Terrifying Things They Don't Tell You About Childbirth,]] none of which you will see in media (except for maybe the bill).
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] uses Mario's suits to make the point that "there is no problem that a change of wardrobe won't solve."
* ColorCodedArmies: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "somebody being the wrong color is a perfectly okay reason to attack them."
* CombatMedic: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20706_the-5-most-badass-medics-in-history-war_p2.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=History&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=feature_module The 5 Most Badass Medics In The History of War ]]
* ComeForTheXStayForTheY: In-universe. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20464_5-words-you-use-every-day-with-shockingly-dark-backstories.html 5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories]] links the word "fornication" to prostitutes finding clients in bakeries. It gives as an example the novel ''Literature/{{Satyricon}}'' by Gaius Petronius, which "talks about bakers tricking clients into coming for the bread and staying 'thither for the base gratification of wantonness.'"
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One article bashes {{Boastful Rap}}s for being ''unrealistic.''
** You can expect the idiots in the comments section to do this quite a bit- the people who genuinely took the "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-steps-to-staying-relevant-as-bully-in-modern-world/ Four Steps to Staying Relevant as a Bully]]" article as serious advice are a notable example.
* CommieNazis: An alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia was narrowly averted according to "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20192_5-insane-what-if-scenarios-that-almost-changed-everything_p2.html 5 Insane 'What If' Scenarios That Almost Changed Everything]]".
* ConcealmentEqualsCover: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "bullets can't pass through wood or cars."
* ConLang: A Northern California argot called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boontling Boontling]] is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20110_5-secret-languages-that-stuck-it-to-man_p2.html 5 secret languages that stuck it to the man]]. It uses English grammar but replaces many of the content words.
* ContinuityNod: If a writer thinks something is particularly funny, they'll probably throw it in to whatever situation they feel is remotely appropriate. See [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-unintentionally-depressing-self-help-books-on-happiness/ this]] article where Seanbaby takes a potshot at Bullet Ball, the inventor of which you may recall being number one on Seanbaby's list of the greatest failures in the history of talent shows ever.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Discussed in the final entry of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18862_6-deadly-injuries-you-think-youd-survive-thanks-to-movies.html 6 Deadly Injuries You Think You'd Survive (Thanks to Movies)]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20564_5-brilliant-uses-humiliation-to-fight-crime.html 5 Brilliant Uses of Humiliation to Fight Crime]]
* CoveredUp: [[invoked]] One of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20403_6-famous-songs-written-by-last-person-youd-expect_p2.html 6 Famous Songs Written by the Last Person You'd Expect]] is "Red Red Wine", written and originally recorded by Music/NeilDiamond and popularized by Music/{{UB40}}'s cover.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Many articles are plagued by this trope. See DanBrowned entry below.
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20287_5-movies-that-improved-book-according-to-author.html 5 Movies That Improved the Book (According to the Author)]]
* CrappyHolidays: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20092_5-everyday-things-that-can-literally-drive-you-crazy_p2.html 5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy]] links seasonal affective disorder in part to "three straight months of Christmas music."
* CrazyCatLady:
** Parodied by Christina H., whose column is called "Let Me Tell You About My Cats."
** Pets are #5 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16220_6-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-get-addicted-to.html 6 Things You Didn't Know You Could Get Addicted To]], and this article links it to ''Toxoplasma gondii'' parasites.
** Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle_p2/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] shows a dozen cats on the side of the room that we don't see in James McNeill Whistler's famous portrait of his mother.
* CreatorBacklash: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18593_6-classics-despised-by-people-who-created-them.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback 6 Classics Despised by the People Who Created Them]]
* CreatorBreakdown: Several of John Cheese's articles, particularly his recent ones, have been informed by his less-than-happy childhood and personal issues stemming from this.
** DOB's gotten in on this trope, too, on occasion, though not nearly to the extent Cheese has.
* CriticalEncumbranceFailure: A human being able to lift 300 kg as if it were nothing but not 301 kg is the #12 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15760_closeted-badasses-6-famous-wusses-that-would-own-you.html Closeted Badasses: 6 Famous Wusses That Would Own You]].
** And also, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20301_the-5-most-secretly-badass-countries.html The 5 Most Secretly Badass Countries]].
* TheCSIEffect: [[invoked]]Explained as arising from the misconception that government agencies are staffed by geniuses, according to "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18960_5-things-tv-writers-apparently-believe-about-smart-people_p2.html 5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People]]".
* CutenessProximity: Any article involving cute animals will at some point dissolve into cuddly-wuddy goo, usually just before describing [[KillerRabbit how that thing will kill you.]]
* DanBrowned: Often times their articles, even if they're cited, end up being either gross misrepresentations of the facts or even flat-out lies. A particularly {{egregious}} example is in their article "If Oscar Speeches Told the Truth" where they claim the screenplay to ''GoodWillHunting'' wasn't really written by Creator/MattDamon and Creator/BenAffleck, and the citation they link to ''directly contradicts their entire point''.
* DancingBear: [[invoked]] Felix Clay in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-horror-mashups-just-crazy-enough-to-be-awesome/ 6 Horror Mashups Just Crazy Enough to Be Awesome]] calls ''Film/{{TheHumanCentipede}}'' a "Shlock shock horror movie that was made solely for the sensationalism of saying it was actually made [...] The novelty of this movie ended with the idea of it."
* DangerousWorkplace: Apparently the Cracked headquarters is a hellish place run by deranged lunatics lead by a rockstar-like figure with NoOSHACompliance whatsoever where writers prefer dangerous reporting missions than to writing in a wooden cage while DOB is out with a working lighter.
** In ''AgentsOfCracked'', it's a somewhat deranged workplace run by a [[FaceFramedInShadow mysterious badass]], whose requirements for employment involve killing a man, and terrorists and ''Michael'' are allowed to roam.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-movies-they-dont-make-anymore-but-really-should/ 3 Movies They Don't Make Anymore (But Really Should)]]" decries the trend of "taking popular, existing properties and bringing out the darkest and grittiest aspects they can find" seen in ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'', among other movies.
** In "[[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-bizarrely-specific-rules-fairy-tale-adaptations-all-follow/ 4 Bizarrely Specific Rules Fairy Tale Adaptations All Follow]]", David Christopher Bell claims that all film adaptations of fairy tales invoke this to invert {{Disneyfication}}.
* DavidVersusGoliath: ''Cracked'' cites a few cases.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article/93_the-7-most-badass-man-vs.-beast-showdowns/ The 7 Most Badass Man vs. Beast Showdowns]] includes a man driving a bear by kicking in the face and a women driving a way hippo by hitting in the head with a stick.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19565_9-old-timey-animal-photos-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 9 Old Timey AnimalPhotos You Won't Believe Are Real]] has another case with man named Gus Waldorf going into a boxing match against bear, and as they put it "[[WorfHadTheFlu Since they followed boxing protocol as opposed to the bear's preferred combat style of straight up mauling everyone, its teeth and claws were restricted with a muzzle and boxing gloves. And even though the bear went into the ring severely handicapped,]] [[RealityEnsues Waldorf still lost the fight]] [[PunyHumans due to the handicap of not being a bear]]."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20468_the-6-most-mismatched-battles-ever-won-by-underdogs.html The 6 Most Mismatched Battles Ever Won by Underdogs]] relates victories by severely outnumbered forces in Persia, the Ottomans, Korea, Hungary, and the Mongols.
* DeathBySex: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games]] describes an odd NonstandardGameOver in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
* DeathWorld: Having grown tired of jokes about Australia, Cracked has now gone on to imply we live in a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html Death universe.]]
* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: Michael Swaim consistently refers to himself as "your Host Droid".
* DeconReconSwitch: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-reasons-its-so-hard-to-make-superman-interesting_p2/ 3 Reasons It's So Hard to Make Superman Interesting]] spends a page deconstructing the Boring InvincibleHero and then another reconstructing a hero faced with the SadisticChoice of whom to save at any given moment.
* DeconstructorFleet: Frequently, the themes for the photoshop contests amount to "Show what X would be like in the real world."
** A lot of other articles tend toward this theme as well. ''Cracked's'' attitude toward fictional media of any sort seems to be "This would suck if it were real, therefore you suck for enjoying it in escapist fiction."
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment : "Now it's time to check in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into, in a segment I like to call 'Checking in on the robot body I'm building to put Clippy's mind into.'"
* DescriptionCut: Quite common. Sometimes an entry will end with something along the lines of 'The only thing crazier than that would be if x happened.' with the next entry being x.
* DesignatedHero: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/165_6-movie-heroes-who-sucked-at-their-jobs/ 6 Movie Heroes Who Sucked at Their Jobs]].
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18513_5-insane-file-sharing-panics-from-before-internet.html 5 Insane File Sharing Panics From Before The Internet]]
* DirtyCoward: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19892_the-5-least-courageous-things-ever-done-in-crisis.html The 5 Least Courageous Things Ever Done in a Crisis]]
* DisabilitySuperpower:
** Someone with no legs would make a better fighter pilot because G forces wouldn't drain blood to the legs, according to the article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18624_5-people-who-turned-awful-disabilities-into-superpowers.html 5 People Who Turned Awful Disabilities Into Superpowers]].
** One of Jorden Weir's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger]] is a mixed martial artist missing half of one forearm, making him a lot harder to grab.
* DiscreditedTrope: [[invoked]] Several articles discuss tropes deemed discredited. These include [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20467_5-overused-twist-endings-its-time-movies-to-retire.html 5 Overused Twist Endings It's Time For Movies to Retire]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Clippy [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/clippy-finally-messes-with-the-wrong-word-doc/ taunts Brockway]] about his grammar and writing skills. In return, Brockway murders his wife, mentally destroys his children, mocks Clippy's failed suicide attempt following that, and finally summons Cthulhu to drag Clippy's bleeding body away for infinite torment. [[ComedicSociopathy Harsh, yet hilarious.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-obnoxious-behaviors-that-should-be-punishable-by-death/ And here]], 7 Obnoxious Behaviours That Should Be Punishable By Death.
** Seen again in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/greatest-note-ever-left-dented-car/?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module this article.]]
** Robert Brockway's playthrough of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' made him realize that he placed more value over the life of his dog companion than that of other humans. When a soldier glitched out and shot the dog, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge he killed every last citizen in town with a dress cane]] before he finally found the reload game option through the tears in his eyes.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Men make more short-term-oriented decisions after exposure to sexual stimuli, as explained in #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DOB considers the hair-braid USB in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' to be basically rape.
* DolledUpInstallment: "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories.html 5 Little-Known Sequels That Ruined Iconic Stories]]" explains that Charles Webb admitted that his novel ''Literature/HomeSchool'', the sequel to ''Literature/TheGraduate'', had the old characters shoehorned into a new story.
* DoubleStandard: "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over_p2.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]]" claims that video games allow lesbian subtext but no male gay subtext.
* DramaticThunder: Mentioned in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18644_5-world-changing-decisions-made-ridiculous-reasons_p2.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=History&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 World Changing Decisions (Made for Ridiculous Reasons]], regarding the plane crash that killed BuddyHolly
-->When Buddy found out his bassist Waylon Jennings wasn't going to be on the plane, he said to him: "Well, I hope your ol' bus freezes up." Jennings ominously replied: "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes." A clap of thunder was heard in the background.
* DreamApocalypse: In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', via [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20470_5-horrifying-implications-star-trek-universe.html 5 Horrifying Implications of the 'Star Trek' Universe]], Picard is playing holodeck when one of the characters asks him: "When you're gone, will this world still exist? Will my wife and kids still be waiting for me at home?"
* DuetBonding: #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] points out a study finding that people singing together end up synchronizing their brainwaves.
* DumpsterDive: It's a way of life in Manshiyat Naser, whose residents live off Cairo's garbage, making it one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19590_the-6-weirdest-cities-people-actually-live-in.html The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In]].
* TheDungAges: Debunked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20186_6-ridiculous-myths-about-middle-ages-everyone-believes.html 6 Ridiculous Myths About the Middle Ages Everyone Believes]]" and "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html 5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe About the Dark Ages]]".
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[[folder:E-H]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After churning out article after depressing biographical article, [[TheWoobie John Cheese]] gives us [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-life-actually-does-get-better/ this.]]
** Which then eventually leads into [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-you-know-its-time-to-get-married/ this.]] Awwwwwww.
* EarWorm: [[invoked]] Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19590_the-6-weirdest-cities-people-actually-live-in.html The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In]], after a bit about a city whose residents live off the capital's garbage: "Great, now we have the ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' theme stuck in our heads."
* EldritchAbomination: Popsicle Pete.
** [[AC:[[color:red:None of you are safe!]]]]
** [[FromBadToWorse He's only the herald]]. And he walks among us already.
** [[RunningGag Spiders.]]
** Gustave the Giant Crocodile. Robert Evans describes him as "a living, breathing, scream-eating dinosaur that is so sick of his own immortality that he passes the time by destroying life whenever he sees it."
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/extra21-mario-lopez-has-no-soul21/ Mario Lopez.]]
* ElementalEmbodiment: The #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/#8 Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] represents them as hot chicks.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Several articles list [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18387_5-ways-world-could-end-youd-never-see-coming.html things that can end the world]], things that can end the world [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16817_5-cosmic-events-that-could-kill-you-before-lunch.html when you don't expect it]], and things that can end the world ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_17562_5-horrifying-apocalyptic-scenarios-that-have-already-happened.html that already happened]]''.
* EnforcedMethodActing: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19693_5-amazing-performances-from-actors-who-werent-acting.html 5 Amazing Performances From Actors Who Weren't Acting]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19099_12-classic-movie-moments-made-possible-by-abuse-murder.html 12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder]]
* EnhanceButton: Parodied in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15849_7-viral-videos-you-didnt-know-were-staged-and-how-they-did-it.html 7 Viral Videos You Didn't Know Were Staged (and How They Did It)]]:
-->'''David Wong:''' [W]e turned the ["How I Got My Camera" viral video] over to the 30-man Cracked.com video analysis team, who spent six months processing every pixel of the original upload. After enhancing the image to a level of clarity more than 6,000 times that of the original, they reported that there was a prominent watermark for a site called wittkopp.net in the upper right.
* EnhancedRemake: The #3 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is that "new 16-bit microscopes may prove existence of sub-pixel particles".
* {{Escalating Punchline}}: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-bizarre-things-that-make-your-memory-worse-than-you-think To my brain, that long string of numbers might as well have been written in Morse code. By a toddler. That is an orangutan]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: "Here at Cracked, one of our specialties is "not making jokes about the rape of Nanking"".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19393_7-ruthless-criminals-who-turned-good-when-nobody-was-looking.html 7 Ruthless Criminals Who Turned Good When Nobody Was Looking]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ever since Soren Bowie's headshot was posted in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrifying-things-movies-dont-tell-you-about-los-angeles/ this article]], most of the comment threads in his recent columns have consisted of both male and female readers fawning over him.
** Select highlights from reader comments include:
--> - Holy shiiiit Soren is a beautiful man. And I wasn't even gay until five minutes ago.
--> - What I'm trying to say he looks like a sexy, sexy serial killer.
--> - Hmm, this seems like a well-written article full of information l can use to apply myself in the futu-SOOORRRRRRREEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
** This reaches new heights with the "Worst Bachelorette Party Ever" video, in which [[spoiler: Soren plays a stripper in a military uniform. And he ''really'' gets into the part.]]
* EveryDeviceIsASwissArmyKnife: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* EverythingIsRacist: A number of articles and columns have been criticized for taking this viewpoint.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Lots of lists involve various animals/places and how they can kill/maim/burn/harm you without even trying. Australia shows up a lot on these lists, apparently you need to kill five species of poisonous spider just to get to the bathroom.
** Also Brockway's book, ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead]]''.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-best-kinds-monkeys-drunk-column/ The 7 Best Kinds of Monkeys]].
** M. Asher Cantrell's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make]] cites a study claiming that half a percent of English-speaking Internet users have "monkey" as a password on an online account and suggests it may be related to the word's status as an InherentlyFunnyWord.
* EvilHand: Somatoparaphrenia, or the delusion that someone's limb is not his own, is discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]]. It results from damage to the homunculus, the part of the brain that tracks where each body part is.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/6-ridiculous-tumblrs-that-yahoo-just-paid-241-billion-for/ 6 Ridiculous Tumblrs That Yahoo Just Paid $1 Billion For]], Alex Hanton claims that [[http://brucespringsteenscrotch.tumblr.com/ Bruce Springsteen's Crotch]] and many other Tumblr blogs "stand up for truth in advertising. You click on this, you know exactly what you're getting."
** Readers retitle several movies in this manner in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_130_if-movie-titles-were-honest/ If Movie Titles Were Honest]].
* ExperimentedInCollege: One of the myths in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19373_5-ridiculous-sex-myths-everyone-believes.html 5 Ridiculous Sex Myths Everyone Believes]].
* FakeNationality: [[invoked]] Resulting accent dissonance called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages_p2.html The Single Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* FamousFamousFictional: This is #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]], the example being "Newton, Einstein, [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Sulak]]".
* FanRemake: See freeware games below
* FantasticRacism:
** An article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions how Middle-earth is segregated in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': "There are no humans or elves living in the Shire, and if a hobbit is going to live in Rivendell, he'd better be a big goddamned deal."
** J.F. Sargent calls the very existence of {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s one of the "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19922_5-prejudices-that-video-games-cant-seem-to-get-over.html 5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over]]".
* FastballSpecial: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "your unborn children make awesome weapons." The example given is from ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''.
* FauxtivationalPoster: Photoplasty contest [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_553_28-inspirational-image-memes-revised-honesty/ 28 Inspirational Image Memes (Revised for Honesty)]] parodies Successories and other inspirational glurge posters.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Tom Reimann's column is called [[AC:Tom Reimann MUST BE STOPPED!]]. The banner for his articles shows him in a SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom-style getup, holding a can of red spraypaint, standing in front of [[VisualPun a building labeled "Art Museum" that has a big red letter F tagged next to "art"]].
* FetishFuel: Invoked by #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us]] is "The Confusion/Disgust/Arousal of Stumbling Upon Someone Else's Sexual Fetish".
* FetishRetardant: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-misguided-attempts-at-sexy-videos-youtube/ The 8 Most Misguided Attempts at 'Sexy' Videos on YouTube]] describes several videos that could be taken as this.
* FifteenMinutesOfFame: #1 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us]] is "The Shock of Instant, Unintentional Fame".
* {{Filler}}: The major columnists for the site almost never update on Saturday, so the site tends to link to images from older Photoshop contests to pad out the front page. Which [[FanDumb some readers]] ''still'' bitch about like it's a new thing.
* FinalDeath: Parodied in a Photoplasty. Inability to start a new game after having lost all lives is the [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_381_22-terrible-ideas-that-would-have-ruined-great-video-games/ #22 terrible idea that would have ruined]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.
* FireIceLightning: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17549_6-badass-tricks-you-can-do-with-fire-that-might-kill-you.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=yesincite 6 Badass Tricks You Can Do With Fire (That Might Kill You)]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17276_5-scientific-ways-to-make-water-do-magic_p2.html 5 Scientific Ways To Make Water Do Magic]], and [[http://www.cracked.com/article/183_6-badass-tricks-you-can-but-shouldnt-do-with-electricity/ 6 Badass Tricks You Can (But Shouldn't) Do With Electricity]]. Don't try these at home.
* FlameWar: #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet_p2/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us]] is "The Dread of Stumbling into a Hornet's Nest".
* FlashMob: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfOIQ5ayzI College of DuPage Flash Mob Dance and Pep Rally]]", one of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-videos-that-will-brighten-your-day/ 5 Videos That Will Brighten Your Day]], a half dozen people perform rehearsed dance moves, and then someone outside the group spontaneously joins in the dance fever. "Oh, [[MusicalWorldHypotheses life is a musical now]]? OK, I'd better adapt!"
* FlippingTheBird: Some pictures show people doing that a lot in top-number lists.
* FollowTheMoney: [[SelectiveGravity Levitating]] coins are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* ForeignQueasine: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World]].
* ForeheadOfDoom: #12 of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_692_29-insane-pastimes-that-prove-history-was-terrifying_p29/#12 29 Insane pastimes that prove history was terrifying]] details how women in 15th century Europe would pluck their hairlines to create the high-forehead look often seen in paintings.
* ForScience: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16301_6-most-badass-stunts-ever-pulled-in-name-science.html 6 Most Badass Stunts Pulled In The Name Of Science]]
* FreakyFridayFlip: When Body Switching Movies Collide is a skit done by the ''Cracked'' staff. It starts off when [[Series/QuantumLeap Sam]] Leaped into [[Film/FreakyFriday Ellen Cunningham]]'s mind after she switched bodies with Anna. [[Film/{{Ghost}} Sam Cunningham]], Ellen's dead husband, shows up, explaining how he will possess Sam and have sex with Ellen one last time. Al argues that Ghost Sam possessing Quantum Leap Sam to have sex with Ellen would result in Anna's body having sex with Helen, who has Anna's mind at the moment. The Ghost Sam leaves in disgust, saying he plans to have sex with someone else. Al reveals that Anna is a [[Film/SpyKids secret agent]] hired for the [[Series/StargateSG1 Stargate project]] in the [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Torchwood Institute]] in Roswell. [[Franchise/TheMatrix Trinity]], who works for the [[Series/{{Millennium}} Millenium Corporation]], shows up in a [[Series/{{Sliders}} Slider Hole]] and explains that the world is a false reality created by sophiscated computers contained within the mind of [[Film/BeingJohnMalkovich John Horatio Malkovich]]. When Quantum Leap Sam asks Al to Leap him out of this madness, Al can't because he's actually a [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Cylon]]. It turns out it was all Michael Swaim's dream, and the camera zooms out to reveal that sequence was [[Series/StElsewhere imagined by Michael looking at his snowglobe]].
* FreewareGames: The whole point of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20568_5-improved-versions-classic-games-that-fans-made-free.html 5 Improved Versions of Classic Games That Fans Made For Free.]]
* FreudianSlip: From [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18193_white-people-rapping-about-rape-what-could-go-wrong-5Bdnc5D.html this video]]: "I've been your boobs, Michael Boobs. Allow me to boobs you tits".
* FridgeLogic: Invoked in quite a few articles which consist of thinking about the surprisingly gruesome implications of popular TV shows and movies. %%%Don't move this to the Fridge Namespace, since it's an in-work discussion of the concept.
** Sometimes they will make an aside comment about the main point of discussion.
--> ''(talking about the memory of the elephants)'' When the samples were from elephants who were far away, or had not yet passed by the area, the elephants reacted with surprise. We're not sure how the scientists detected "surprise" in elephants, but we trust their judgment.
* FunSize: Calling tiny, [[AllHallowsEve trick-or-treat size]] candy bars "fun size", or calling any sort of eating "fun" for that matter, is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-lies-advertisers-expect-you-to-believe/ The 5 Stupidest Lies Advertisers Expect You to Believe]]. It compares the practice to little people demanding to be called "fun size".
* FunWithAcronyms: Michael Swaim starts off every episode of Cracked TV with '''S'''ome '''W'''eird '''A'''cronym '''I'''nstead of a '''M'''onologue. His official blog on the site is called "'''S'''lander '''W'''ithout '''A'''ny '''I'''nherent '''M'''eaning".
** Also '''S'''pelling '''W'''uz '''A'''ever a '''I'''uge '''M'''riority.
*** And '''S'''waim (s)'''W'''imulates '''A''' (human) '''IM'''otion.
** For SesquipedalianLoquaciousness value, he had '''S'''omnambulists '''W'''ainscot '''{{A|ntidisestablishmentarianism}}'''[[{{Antidisestablishmentarianism}} ntidisestablishmentarianistically]] '''I'''rrespective of '''M'''alapropisms.
** '''S'''tutter. '''W'''ow. '''A'''wkward! '''I''' am so sorry. '''M'''oving on.
** ''[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/your-3rd-grade-science-textbook-as-written-by-gary-busey/ Gary Busey's Explorations of Science]]'' has a bunch:
*** "[This textbook] might contradict what your eyeballs tell you, but that means it's working. '''EYEBALLS''' stands for '''E'''vents '''Y'''ou '''E'''xperience by '''A'''lien '''L'''aser '''L'''ieRay '''S'''atellites."
*** "If everyone wasn't special, no one would be. Which is why '''SPECIAL''' stands for '''S'''unny '''P'''als '''E'''xtremely '''C'''hromosomed and '''I'''mmune to '''A'''pes and '''L'''ightning."
*** Gary Busey even manages to plan an acronym around his own death: "'''LEARNING''' stands for '''L'''eading '''E'''xcitement! '''A'''rgh! '''R'''eality! '''N'''o! '''I'''-- '''N'''o! '''G'''AAAAHH!!!!"
* FurryConfusion: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real]] shows panels from an educational comic in an issue of ''Look'' magazine showing Dr. [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse]] testing sulfa drugs on common mice.
* TheGenericGuy: Bucholz isn't very generic, but compared to all the other columnists, he's notable for being Cracked's foremost "columnist with no outstanding warrants".
** Bucholz is one of the only columnists who paints himself as someone with at least a little common sense and morals, however the ''subject'' of the articles themselves are some of the craziest of the bunch, including: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-things-you-learn-breaking-into-p.-diddys-house/ things learned breaking into P. Diddy's house]], guides for [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/using-occupy-wall-street-to-pick-up-chicks/ using occupy wall street to pick up chicks]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/so-youre-accidentally-stalking-helen-mirren/ people who are accidentally stalking actress Helen Mirren]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-tips-properly-attacking-animals-with-bicycle-chain/ attacking animals with a bicycle chain]], and [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/11-steps-to-crashing-royal-wedding/ crashing a royal wedding]].
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In-universe again. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18895_7-things-from-america-that-are-insanely-popular-overseas.html "7 Things From America That Are Insanely Popular Overseas."]] And yes, the {{Trope Namer|s}} is at the top of the list.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18672_the-6-creepiest-things-ever-slipped-into-childrens-cartoons.html "The 6 Creepiest Things Ever Slipped Into Children's Cartoons."]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19271_8-filthy-jokes-hidden-in-ancient-works-art.html 8 Filthy Jokes Hidden in Ancient Works of Art]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20236_6-insane-disney-comics-you-wont-believe-are-real.html 6 Insane Disney Comics You Won't Believe Are Real]] shows panels from a 1953 ''[[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck Scrooge]]'' comic book where what at first looks like a fight between Goldie and Scrooge (given the sound effects and smoke emanating from the cabin) [[DestructoNookie turns out to be something]] "not a hangin' offense in Langry, Texas, or anywhere else".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20670_6-sneaky-ways-movies-tv-shows-outsmarted-censors.html 6 Sneaky Ways Movies and TV Shows Outsmarted Censors]] details how Creator/WilliamShatner forced television's first interracial kiss on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', and how the [[MediaWatchdog MPAA]] actually ended up making ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut'' even ''dirtier'' than it was originally envisioned, among others.
* GiantFlyer: ''Argentavis'' is #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18445_7-thankfully-extinct-giant-versions-modern-animals.html 7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals]].
* {{GIFT}}: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/hey-lets-fix-internet/ Hey, Let's Fix The Internet]]
* GoKartingWithBowser: Mario's numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* GoodCopBadCop: Parodied [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-crimes-would-never-get-solved-at-a-tv-police-station/ here]] along with TheyFightCrime, RippedFromTheHeadlines and countless other CopShow clichés.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: Pops up on occasion.
** Joey Clifton calls dibs on "Wanton Chinese Tomb Destruction" in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20715_6-priceless-ancient-artifacts-destroyed-by-idiots_p2.html 6 Priceless Ancient Artifacts Destroyed by Idiots.]]
* GoshdangItToHeck: John Cheese is prone to [[ClusterFBomb cluster F-bombs]], so it [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-politicians-will-never-understand-about-poor-people/ gets pretty funny]] when he makes an effort to avoid them.
* GrailInTheGarbage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17314_5-pieces-junk-that-turned-out-to-be-invaluable-artifacts.html 5 Pieces of Junk That Turned Out To Be Invaluable Artifacts]]
* GroundhogDayLoop: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-life-lessons-that-tetris-can-teach-you/?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Video+Games&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=feature_module 10 Life Lessons That 'Tetris' Can Teach You]]
* GroundPound: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* GrowingUpSucks: Daniel O'Brien has written two articles about why growing up sucks; however, both Gladstone and Brockway have written articles explaining why it ''doesn't'' suck. John Cheese, meanwhile, has written at least one from each perspective.
** This is increasingly a focus of the articles; possibly because at least two of the columnists are now parents. There have been at least two articles on the subject of the economy and how tough it is to be not poor anymore.
** Though Dan O'Brien did write a terrific article in which he explained positive sides such as complete freedom at home, the ability and means to do fun things on impulse, being able to say no to things and not having to justify decisions to people. Cheese also included a great rebuttal in ''5 Reasons Life Really Does Get Better'' in which he explained the freedom that living on Your own will bring and how the world isn't as bad as young people sometimes believe.
* HandicappedBadass: Among Jorden Weir's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20653_5-people-whose-major-disabilities-only-made-them-stronger.html 5 People Whose Major Disabilities Only Made Them Stronger]] are a legless mountain climber and a blind pilot.
* HardWorkFallacy: Deconstructed in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-stop-saying/ this]] essay.
* HaveAGayOldTime: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-absurd-superhero-names-all-time/ The 5 Most Absurd Superhero Names of All-Time]], Maxwell Yezpitelok mentions the World War II-era comic book examples of ''The Gay Ghost'' as well as "hav[ing] never felt so queer" in ''Flick Falcon''.
* HealThyself, HealingFactor, HealingHands, HealingPotion, HealingShiv:
** Among the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
** The #22 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is a medkit, and #9 is "Green Heart + Red Heart = Full Health".
** A healing factor is portrayed as [[BlessedWithSuck undesirable]] in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life_p2.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)]] because the intense pain would lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "first aid kits are absorbed through osmosis".
* HeavySleeper: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20112_5-amazing-things-that-people-managed-to-sleep-through.html "5 Amazing Things That People Managed to Sleep Through"]].
* HellIsThatNoise: [[invoked]][[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bizarre-sounds-from-outer-space/ 7 Bizarre Sounds From Outer Space]] featured Saturn, or as it was called, the screeching space phantom.
* HeroesGoneFishing: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "[[DamselInDistress your princess]] can always wait a little longer" to complete a FishingMinigame.
* HeroicBystander: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18509_5-unknown-schmucks-who-turned-into-superheroes-in-clutch.html 5 Unknown Schmucks Who Turned Into Superheroes in the Clutch]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19766_6-nobodies-who-turned-into-superheroes-without-warning.html 6 Nobodies Who Turned Into Superheroes Without Warning.]]
* {{Heroic Dolphin}}s: ''Cracked'' deconstructs this by listing dolphins in both [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16762_the-6-biggest-assholes-in-animal-kingdom_p2.html The 6 Biggest Assholes In The Animal Kingdom]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_the-6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You.]]
* HighPressureBlood: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "a person's volume of blood often exceeds 78 liters."
* {{Hipster}}: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-awful-things-were-now-considering-nerd-behavior/ 4 Awful Things We're Now Considering Nerd Behavior]] not only pokes fun at them, but points out how easy it is to be one. Many nerds and geeks are secretly hipsters themselves because of the four listed reasons. #3: Hipsters don't like the idea of their favorite media making money and becoming "popular". #2: It sickens hipsters to see "normal" people showing off their interests in the same things. Especially if that person doesn't ''look'' like they should have anything to do with it. #1 really drives the point home.
-->You know your friend who's read the books Creator/GeorgeRRMartin wrote before he started Literature/GameOfThrones, or the one who watches nothing but authentic, [[SubbingVersusDubbing untranslated Japanese anime]], or the guy who has at some point in his life been a member of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Sonic Youth]]? They're the ubernerds. They're super-pretentious, and they (fine -- we) are insufferable. Not because of our taste for obscurity, but because of our ''arrogance''. We act like knowing more about the artist makes us better, even though all it really means is that we spend our free time differently from "normal" people.
* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: Someone who is especially out of their mind is often described as "Creator/GaryBusey crazy."
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: They like to do this to Theodore Roosevelt.
* HistoryMarchesOn: InUniverse, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19404_6-terrifying-sci-fi-predictions-about-year-1997.html Six terrifying sci-fi predictions (of 1997)]]
* HollywoodHacking: Completely {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20797_5-hacking-myths-you-probably-believe-thanks-to-movies.html/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage 5 hacking Myths You Probably Believe Thanks To Movies.]]
* HomePornMovie: It's a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18392_6-reasons-homemade-porn-worse-idea-than-you-think.html worse idea than you think]], according to Ian Fortey.
* HopeSpot: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ This]] article. Then, the next day, [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-celebrity-animals-where-are-they-now-a-drunk-column/ this]] article happened.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "if you have the right saddle, you can ride on freaking anything."
* HumanMail: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20504_the-5-most-badass-ways-people-escaped-from-slavery.html The 5 Most Badass Ways People Escaped from Slavery]] relates the story of Henry "Box" Brown, an African-American slave in Virginia successfully escaped to Philadelphia inside a crate and later bragged about how he did it. Slavery opponent Frederick Douglass was infuriated because he wanted this escape method to be kept secret so that other slaves could use it.
* HumanoidAbomination: Brockway, over the course of a drug-addled gossip-magazine-sponsored day-long interview, slowly comes to learn that this applies to [[spoiler:[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/extra-mario-lopez-has-no-soul/ Mario Lopez.]]]]
** See Popsicle Pete? That is ''not'' the voice of a Down's Syndrome-looking ginger in a marching band outfit.
** [[spoiler:Mario Lopez]]'s nature as a creature not meant to walk this Earth [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-monster-inside-mario-lopez-warning/ has been further documented]].
* HumanoidAliens: Some xenobiologists argue that convergent evolution to a humanoid form is more likely than StarfishAliens, according to #1 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]].
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-6-best-movies-where-people-are-hunted-for-sport/?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=blog&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=flashback 6 Great Movies Where People Are Hunted for Sport]].
* HurricaneOfPuns: The Cracked commentators would form one of these if the situation presents itself.
** For [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15785_the-15-most-cringe-worthy-james-bond-puns.html The 15 Most Cringe-Worthy James Bond Puns]], they couldn't decide which pun from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' to single out as #2, so they instead present "The Horrible Pun Marathon".
--->'''Christian Ames:''' Maybe, we should call this one ''[[LongTitle The Spy Who Made Constant Double Entendres For the Entire Movie, So Much So That No One Can Remember The Plot and Just Thinks It Was a Movie About Double Entendres]]''.
* HyperactiveMetabolism:
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "eating food you find in the trash is good for you."
* HypocriticalHumor: A subtle and recurring theme of "Cracked TV" is that the RealLife Michael Swaim is just as guilty of all the things that [[AlterEgoActing his character]] criticizes about everyone else. This was dropped in "Does Not Compute", where the focus is on more "out there" topics.
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* [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Idiosyncratic Titles]]: "''X Normal Description (Weird Criteria)''"
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Gladstone lists [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-douches-who-amazingly-dont-seem-to-know-they-suck/ 4 Douches Who Amazingly Don't Seem to Know They Suck]]. These include people who use a handicap tag for parking without actually needing one, people who grow weary of their customer service job, drivers who honk at other drivers merging onto a highway, and people who overreact to minor inconveniences.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Not everyone does. One of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-movies-always-get-wrong-about-awkward-people_p2/ 4 Things Movies Always Get Wrong About Awkward People]] is that people with NoSocialSkills necessarily want to be cured.
* ImmortalProcreationClause: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18475_6-horrifying-implications-awesome-fantasy-movie-universes.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes]] mentions Middle-earth in the time of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', claiming that "no one in the Elfish kingdom is getting any, anywhere."
* InfiniteFlashlight: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#24 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* InNameOnly: There's literally ''nothing'' carrying over from the magazine save for the title.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Marvels of the Science.
* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: Photoplasty advertises two variants in "Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games": [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#23 #23]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#16 #16]].
* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#22 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* IntercourseWithYou: Discussed in an article about [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19657_4-evolutionary-explanations-modern-annoyances_p2.html modern annoyances with evolutionary explanations]].
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Constantly referenced. Two notable uses: Swaim watching pornography and describing what he sees to the viewer (because Cracked is ostensibly a family website and they won't host actual porn), and in The Web Of Sites, part of the Agents series, Swaim finally learns that the internet exists and says:
--> ''"I typed in porn, and porn came up! I typed in breakfast, and porn came up! It's the perfect system!"''
* IntrepidReporter: Sometimes the columnists write out 1st person stories, sometimes it's about them doing article research. Special mention goes to Chris Bucholz, who seems to do hands-on reporting 80% of the time.
* IntimateHealing: [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-doctors-who-just-gave-worlds-worst-medical-advice/ 5 Doctors Who Just Gave The World's Worst Medical Advice]] retells a [[http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/05/17/sacramento-doctor-reprimanded-for-suggesting-oral-sex-to-patient/ CBS13 Sacramento story]] about a doctor who saw a woman with an oversensitive gag reflex and prescribed giving fellatio to her husband. [[Memes/{{Nasuverse}} PONOS to MOOTH]], indeed.
* InUniverseGameClock: Taking 10 minutes to climb a stairway is the #11 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]], and accelerated crop growth as seen in farm simulation video games such as ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' series and ''VideoGame/FarmVille'' is #6.
* IronicHell: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_427_16-appropriate-punishments-everyday-annoyances/ 16 Appropriate Punishments for Everyday Annoyances]]
* ItsACostumePartyISwear: The #6 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]]
* IWantMyJetpack: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15756_3Cem3E20013Cem3E-to-3Cem3Etimecop3Cem3E-8-movie-futures-already-proven-wrong.html 8 Movie Futures Already Proven Wrong]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Cracked.com has much to say on the subject of jerkasses, both their habits, how to fight them, what animals/baseball players/famous presidents were actually jerkasses, and how to tell whether [[TomatoInTheMirror you actually are one]]. See [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18468_6-reasons-assholes-are-healthier-according-to-science.html 6 Reasons Assholes Are Healthier According To Science]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/really-mad-science-5-scientific-explanations-for-the-angry-dickhead/ 6 Scientific Reasons People Act Like Assholes]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-simple-steps-to-not-being-total-asshole/ 5 Simple Steps to Not Being A Total Asshole]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-nerd-hacks-that-make-you-less-jerk/ 5 Nerd Hacks That Make You Less Of A Jerk]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]], and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20132_6-things-that-secretly-make-you-act-like-jerk.html 6 Things That Secretly Make You Act Like A Jerk]]. This is only the tip of the iceberg.
* JumpPhysics: Mid-air direction changes and surviving falls are the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* JumpingTheShark: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/?wa_user1=2&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 6 TV Shows That Completely Lost Their Shit]].
* JustAStupidAccent: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 4th Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Robert Brockway mentions killing an old woman for her eyeglasses in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas, having taken the Four-Eyes trait and didn't find glasses anywhere else; however [[spoiler:the woman sold a pregnant woman into slavery and would have been killed in a quest anyway.]]
* TheKrampus: Mentioned [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html here]].
* LamarckWasRight: Grandchildren of people who had lived through famine were less likely to catch diabetes. Mice exposed to enriched learning environments had offspring with improved memory This apparent Lamarckian inheritance is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19161_the-6-creepiest-things-hiding-in-your-dna_p2.html third creepiest thing hiding in your DNA]].
* LamePunReaction: From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18759_6-iconic-jobs-that-are-going-away-forever.html 6 Iconic Jobs That Are Going Away Forever]], on axes: "'''Firefighter''': Sorry sir, I need to ax you something. Ahah. [[HeroicComedicSociopath Laugh or I won't save your family]]."
* LanguageEqualsThought: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5-insane-ways-words-can-control-your-mind.html 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind]]
* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20318_the-5-most-popular-ways-statistics-are-used-to-lie-to-you_p2.html The 5 Most Popular Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You]] covers some fallacies commonly used to lie with statistics.
* LifeImitatesArt: [[invoked]]
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
** And comic books too. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20379_5-important-things-you-wont-believe-comic-books-invented.html 5 Important Things You Won't Believe Comic Books Invented]] shows how Music/ElvisPresley's appearance, ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', and even ankle bracelets for monitoring criminals came from old comic books.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the "6 Horrifying Implications of Awesome Fantasy Movie Universes".
--> "In {{Marvel}} world, the odds of winding up with super powers are less than half the chance of being hit by lightning (although to be fair, being hit by lightning in the Marvel universe would probably give you superpowers).
* LimitBreak: The #5 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is that one in five men can transform under stress.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]] mentions the "Fregoli delusion" that several distinct people that someone meets are one person who quickly changes clothes, named after a stage actor famous for quickly changing into different costumes.
* {{Lobotomy}}: Lobotomies scored number 6 on the list of "10 Most Insane Medical Procedures".
* LockedInARoom: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/most-horrifying-writers-room-ever The Most Horrifying Writers Room Ever]].
* LonersAreFreaks: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-misleading-assumptions-you-make-about-quiet-people/ 6 Misleading Assumptions You Make About Quiet People]]."
* LoopholeAbuse: Dan Seitz has described [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18753_the-6-most-creative-abuses-loopholes.html The 6 Most Creative Abuses Of Loopholes]]. Highlights include buying 12,000+ cups of pudding to earn millions of free airline miles.
* {{Lunacy}}: #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] explains moon fear as the result of a rise in lion attacks on the first few days after the full moon once the lions have become hungrier.
* LyricalDissonance: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports]] describes an incident in the 1990s when the Canadian Football League was attempting to expand into the United States. At one game, the Canadian national anthem was sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree".
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[[folder:M-P]]
* MadeOfExplodium:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17561_6-things-that-shouldnt-explode-but-did-anyway.html Things That Shouldn't Explode But Did Anyway]] lists things that seemingly were made of explodium at some point, even an office chair!
** Photoplasty advertises lots of explosive things in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#10 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MagicAIsMagicA:
** Even fantasy stories need some consistent ground rules on which to build a conflict. [[HandWave Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of BellisariosMaxim is discussed in #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong]].
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html 8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes]]: "at least follow the rules you freaking made up."
* MagicalDefibrillator: When used by a teammate in a video game, one of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* MagnificentBastard: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by this article on [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-ballsiest-living-cheater-who-never-broke-rule/ The Ballsiest Living Cheater (Who Never Broke a Rule)]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Spoofed [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18307_the-most-overly-dramatic-break-up-ever.html here]] in a TropeOverdosed video that also includes a SpitTake, ItsNotYouItsMe, VictorianNovelDisease, IncurableCoughOfDeath...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18380_the-dark-secret-behind-quirky-romantic-comedies.html This sketch]] mocks this trope thoroughly. Bonus points for actually using the exact name of the trope.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Discussed in a couple articles.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science_p2.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]], #1: Immortality.
** One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19598_6-horrifying-implications-classic-christmas-movies.html 6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies]] is that in ''Film/FredClaus'', Santa Claus's immortal immediate family suffers from what the article calls the "Highlander Complex": "They will have to watch their friends and relatives wither and die right before their callous, eternal eyes."
* MayanDoomsday: "[[http://www.cracked.com/video_18511_the-embarrassing-aftermath-mayan-apocalypse.html The Embarrassing Aftermath of the Mayan 'Apocalypse']]"
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Johnny Depp and others in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20413_5-heartwarming-stories-to-restore-your-faith-in-celebrities_p2.html 5 Heartwarming Stories to Restore Your Faith in Celebrities]].
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie Willert from After Hours.
* MethodActing: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20172_the-5-craziest-ways-famous-actors-got-into-character.html The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got into Character]] mentions Adrien Brody, Tom Cruise, and more.
* MightyWhitey: Cracked loves to accuse film and other entertainment companies of racism and sexism, despite the fact that their writing staff has always been composed almost exclusively by white males. As such, they both satirize and play this trope straight [[HypocriticalHumor at the same time]].
** When a Chinese-American woman joined the team, each of her articles' comments have been filled with almost nothing but contempt for her for being non-white and female.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20082_6-insane-stereotypes-that-movies-cant-seem-to-get-over.html This article]] notes this trope in TheLastSamurai.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Explained ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome beautifully]]'' in David Wong's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html Monkeysphere article.]]
* MirrorRoutine: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19369_the-6-most-mind-blowing-ways-your-brain-can-malfunction.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Ways Your Brain Can Malfunction]] mentions a mental disorder called mirrored-self misidentification, in which someone looking into a mirror believes that the [[MirrorMonster monster in the mirror]] is an intruder performing a Mirror Routine, not oneself.
* MirrorScare: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19361_the-14-ways-to-be-scared-by-mirror-in-movies-5Bchart5D.html 14 different kinds]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]] lists tools used to [[AvertedTrope prevent]] this reaction.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20543_the-5-most-insanely-misunderstood-morals-famous-stories.html The 5 Most Insanely Misunderstood Morals of Famous Stories]]
* MistakenForRacist: The author of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19036_too-stupid-satire-how-media-branded-me-as-racist.html this article]] explains how a video he made (called "Straya Day") came back to bite him after this happened because of too many people watching it not realizing it was satirical.
* TheMockbuster: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18516_the-6-most-psychotic-rip-offs-famous-animated-films.html?page=full The 6 Most Psychotic Rip-Offs of Famous Animated Films]].
* MoodDissonance: Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18980_the-5-most-badass-musical-instruments-ever-built.html "The 5 Most Badass Musical Instruments Ever Built"]]: "If you could kill Bond with your Nanoguitar pick, you'd use the Laser Harp to wipe out the rest of [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] in one hellish afternoon of [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking fire, blood, and inappropriately mellow tunes]]."
* MoneySpider: Monsters having internal gold sacs is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ 27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games]] and one of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]].
* MonumentalDamage: The Statue of Liberty is the #1 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19924_5-iconic-building-that-were-barely-saved-from-destruction_p2.html Iconic Building That Was Barely Saved from Destruction]] because "when Lady Liberty gets destroyed, it means the apocalypse is here".
* MookMaker: Photoplasty advertises it in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#19 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sometimes results in a staggering lack of perspective, both discussed and within the articles themselves.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19611_6-things-movies-love-to-get-wrong-about-workplace.html 6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About the Workplace]] discusses how Hollywood films get other professions wrong by extrapolating from the experiences of Hollywood writers.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18817_5-reasons-future-will-be-ruled-by-b.s..html This article about intellectual property]] (which it calls Forced Artificial Scarcity, or [[FunWithAcronyms FArtS]]) uses only copyrighted works of authorship (that is, media) as examples, failing to mention potential examples of patented works of engineering (that is, inventions) that arguably power more of the economy.
* TheMovie: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_249_if-flash-games-got-their-own-movie-adaptations/ These]] [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation/?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=photoshop&wa_user4=recommended two]].
* MrFanservice & EvenTheGuysWantHim: Swaim for his [[ShirtlessScene lack of a shirt]] and DOB for his boyish looks. [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd John Cheese]] too.
** Seanbaby gets fairly frequent comments from straight men who'd like to have his children.
** Soren Bowie, who regularly has to cull his booty call lists and frequently gets compliments on his handsomeness from guys ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday who also explicitly mention their heterosexuality]]). Also, almost-naked-stripper Soren in a military uniform in the "Worst Bachelorette Party Ever" video.
* MundaneLuxury: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-great-joys-in-life-that-healthy-people-never-experience/ "5 Great Joys in Life That Healthy People Never Experience"]]. Glasses that mean you can actually see, a diagnosis that explains why your body fails in strange and inexplicable ways, and other beautiful moments that aren't understood or appreciated by people who are healthy.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18219_agents-cracked-season-2-overly-dramatic-trailer.html Agents of Cracked Season 2: The Overly Dramatic Trailer]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_293_if-mundane-jobs-got-indiana-jones-treatment/ "If Mundane Jobs Got the Indiana Jones Treatment"]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_292_25-propaganda-posters-everyday-annoyances/ "25 Propaganda Posters For Everyday Annoyances"]].
* MundaneUtility:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_116_idiotic-real-world-uses-awesome-fictional-technology/ Idiotic Real World Uses of Awesome Fictional Technology]], a Photoplasty collection depicting such things as [[IronMan Tony Stark]] using his Ironman Repulsor ray...to toast bread.
** A later Photoplasty added more. [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology]] include using a ''Franchise/StarWars'' lightsaber to chop a cucumber, or using [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Doc Ock's tentacles]] to serve food to customers at a restaurant.
* MusicalEpisode: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_234_if-everything-got-adapted-into-broadway-musical/ If Everything Got Adapted into a Broadway Musical]]
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19479_the-6-most-mind-blowing-things-ever-discovered-in-space.html The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Things Ever Discovered in Space]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html 7 Horrible Ways The Universe Can Destroy Us Without Warning]]
* NetworkDecay: In-universe. Subject of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18449_the-tlc-experiment-just-how-dumb-learning-channel.html The TLC Experiment: Just How Dumb is The Learning Channel?]]
** Another one was done on the History Channel.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* NiceGuysFinishLast: Being too nice is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20197_5-innocent-things-that-science-says-make-people-hate-you_p2.html 5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You]].
* TheNicknamer: [[PungeonMaster DOB]] tends to give nicknames to everyone that change every time he refers to them in rapid succession. The nicknames are either puns, insults, terms of endearment, or a disturbing combination of all three.
** And they're all usually directed at his boss Jack O'Brien. To name a few: Jaxploitation, Jack to the Future, Jackbook Air, Jacts of Life, etc.
* NintendoHard: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15696_the-10-most-irritatingly-impossible-old-school-video-games.html The 10 Most Irritatingly Impossible Old-School Video Games]].
* NoBudget: A Photoplasty considers what would have happened [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_622_if-40-famous-movies-had-2450-budgets/ If 40 Famous Movies Had $50 Budgets]].
* NoExportForYou: Invoked in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19447_6-arcade-games-too-awesome-to-get-released-in-west.html 6 Arcade Games Too Awesome to Get Released in the West]].
* NoPronunciationGuide: Until the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FWC8FiKZo Why Stupid YouTube Comments Are Older Than The Internet]] video was released, the majority of readers pronounced Soren Bowie's surname as "BOW-ee" like in Music/DavidBowie, or even "BAW-ee". The video revealed that it was, in fact, pronounced "BOO-ee".
* NoodleIncident: The opening of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-terrible-combinations-made-from-great-things/ this]] article says:
---> "[A]nd Jack O'Brien plus a huge bag of X gave us a Cracked office party that we're still not allowed to blog about."
* NoOSHACompliance: OSHA is mentioned by name in #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* NonIndicativeTitle: Many times a Photoplasty will have a title with a vastly different title from the original topic where viewers posted the entries, explaining why some entries do not fit the description and are thus criticized in the comments (i.e. Artsy Posters for Low Brow Films -> [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_711_28-artsy-posters-crappiest-movies-ever/ 28 Artsy Posters for the Crappiest Movies Ever]]).
* NonstandardGameOver: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose in Popular Video Games]] details such [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bizarre ways to lose]] like [[VideoGame/SonicCD Sonic the Hedgehog]] jumping to his death if you forget to pause the game, having your dog maul the Mayor to death at the start of VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS, or watch Commander Shepard [[DeathBySex go out with a "bang"]] in VideoGame/MassEffect2.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: On [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16073_the-7-ballsiest-sports-cheats-ever.html The 7 Ballsiest Sports Cheats Ever]], one of the cheaters looks so much like one they have to use this trope.
** On a MazesAndMonsters cover; "This is not Photoshop."
** They use this when talking about Mr. Kellogg's use of circumcision and Corn Flakes to combat masturbation.
** On RealLife supervillians; [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18931_6-supervillains-from-history-that-make-joker-look-subtle.html Mussolini's evil lair. Seriously. That is not Photoshop.]]
** From [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html 5 Animal Rights Campaigns That Managed to Screw Over Animals]], about the dogs rescued from Michael Vick's dogfighting ring:
--> One of the survivors was put in a program called Paws for Tales, where kids too shy to read aloud to human audiences practice their reading skills in front of dogs. No, really. That's not a sarcastic fake program we made up. (And that's not a stock image. That's Jonny Justice, the actual dog we're talking about.)
* NotSoDifferent: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-rock-stars-teen-pop-stars-are-exactly-same/#ixzz2dHRPLmWv 4 Ways Rock Stars and Teen Pop Stars Are Exactly the Same]]".
* NotTheNessie: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] depicts an elephant swimming and putting its trunk above the water as a snorkel, forming the famous photo of the Loch Ness monster.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-dumb-celebrities-who-are-way-smarter-than-you-think/ One article]] paints [[TheOReillyFactor Bill O'Reilly]], Flavor Flav, Dr. Oz, and a several others as playing this trope to the absolute fullest.
* ObviouslyEvil: Discussed with Joffrey from ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-problems-with-living-in-game-thrones-universe/ this article]].
* ObviousRulePatch: Plenty of them resulted from events described in Xavier Jackson's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20717_5-dumb-ways-people-have-won-at-sports.html 5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports]].
* OlderThanTheyThink: {{In-universe}}
** Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18631_7-modern-conveniences-that-are-way-older-than-you-think.html 7 Modern Conveniences That Are Way Older Than You Think]], which mentions Persian air conditioning, Roman shopping malls, Neanderthal medicine, and more.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-forms-modern-depravity-way-older-than-your-grandpa/ 6 Forms of Modern Depravity (Way Older Than Your Grandpa)]] shows late medieval Scottish rap battles, Japanese Edo period celebrity culture associated with the Kardashians, the FurryFandom in ancient Rome, medieval Catholic acceptance of gay marriage, and late medieval treehuggers in India.
* OldMediaAreEvil: Though most Cracked writers are [[RuleOfFunny perfectly willing]] to make fun of the internet too, articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18458_6-subtle-ways-news-media-disguises-bullshit-as-fact.html 6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact,]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17318_7-clearly-fake-news-stories-that-fooled-mainstream-media.html 7 Clearly Fake News Stories That Fooled The Mainstream Media,]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article/87_5-awesome-cases-internet-owning-mainstream-media/ 5 Awesome Cases of The Internet Owning The Mainstream Media]] show a pretty strong bias. Old entertainment media fares no better than news media, with articles like [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html 5 Reasons The Oscars Matter Even Less Than You Thought]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17608_6-cheap-acting-tricks-that-fool-critics-every-time.html 6 Cheap Acting Tricks That Fool The Critics Every Time.]]
* OldShame: {{Convers|ationalTroping}}ed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15826_six-musicians-with-pasts-they-hope-youll-forget.html ''Six Musicians With Pasts They Hope You'll Forget'']]
** Also [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19287_10-movies-that-famous-people-dont-want-you-to-see.html 10 Movies That Famous People Don't Want You to See]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16959_5-classic-cartoons-they-dont-want-you-to-see.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended 5 Classic Cartoons They Don't Want You To See]].
* OncePerEpisode: A bust photo of a large-breasted woman with only a single button closed on her shirt and [[VaporWear nothing underneath]] is shoehorned into the majority of the lists, which usually hang a {{lampshade|Hanging}} on it when she appears.
** They eventually ID'd her in [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs/ this]] article. Her name is Kate, and she [[http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/jeff_bennion/Cracked/cleavage1.jpg has a face.]]
** It stares into our souls.
* OneHitKill: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "no matter how strong and powerful you are, some scrub will take you out with a death spell."
* OneManArmy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19306_the-6-most-epic-one-man-armies-in-history-war.html The 6 Most Epic One Man Armies in the History of War]].
* OneOfUs: In-universe. Seeing how [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19549_5-old-timey-prejudices-that-still-show-up-in-every-movie.html this page]] mentions TV Tropes twice and links to it three times, this is a safe bet of at least one editor.
* OneSizeFitsAll: Photoplasty advertises one-size-fits-all armor in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#6 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: In the 2011 AllCGICartoon ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu is the last blue macaw left. The article [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19796_6-disturbing-unanswered-questions-from-childrens-movies_p2.html 6 Disturbing Unanswered Questions from Children's Movies]] shows what would probably happen in the next generation: BrotherSisterIncest in the next generation would result in infertility.
* OpenSecret: It's been pointed out that if ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' gunned for realism, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2d5QVq3aKM this video]] shows, Bruce Wayne's "secret" identity as Batman isn't so secret any more. In this case, it's kept hushed by having Commissioner Gordon go to some gossiping teenage girls and forcing them to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
* OrangeBlueContrast:
** Called the #4 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html annoying trend that makes every movie look the same]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-new-hunger-games-movie-orange-blue/ Why the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Orange and Blue]] discusses this color scheme in the second ''Hunger Games'' film.
* OscarBait: Discussed in the "ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver", and also in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18460_5-reasons-oscars-matter-even-less-than-you-thought.html this article]].
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-overused-jokes-internet/#ixzz1bYF8pemD Edouard Manet? Best.19th Century French Impressionist Painter Whose Last Name Is One Letter Away From Another French Impressionist. Ever!]]
* ParallelPornTitles:
** Video: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_16737_do-you-have-what-it-takes-title-porn.html Do you have what it takes to title porn?]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16355_the-10-most-misleadingly-pornographic-movie-titles.html The 10 Most Misleadingly Pornographic Movie Titles]] lists movies that could be mistaken for their ''own'' parallel porn title. It even lists which scenes could be kept unchanged.
** ''Girth, Wind and Fire''. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15830_15-most-sexually-unappealing-porn-titles.html An article about unappealing porn titles]] notes that a much better title would have been ''Sperm, Bend & Tie Her''.
* ParodyOfEvolution: The #14 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] is an allusion to Rudolph Zallinger's illustration "The March of Progress" done with game sprites.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Not always, but M. Asher Cantrell's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make]] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[LineOfSightName time pressure]].
* PercussiveMaintenance: "I've even seen people who insist that their televisions or vehicles require [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-superpowers-everyone-thinks-they-secretly-have/ a special touch that only they know]], a touch that usually turns out to be a pretty substantial punch or kick, which I guess makes their superpower physical abuse?"
* PerspectiveFlip / POVSequel: [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_214_28-great-movies-from-perspective-minor-characters/ 28 Great Movies From the Perspective of Minor Characters]]. Such films include ''[[Film/HarryPotter Vernon Dursley and the Ungrateful Nephew]]'', ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings I'll Just Pass Him]]'', ''[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Terror on Endor]]'' and its related film ''The Sarlacc: The Day of Much Feasting'', ''[[Film/MenInBlack Why Can't I Remember Anything That Happened Last Tuesday?]]'', ''[[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon Why Can't I Do That: The Story of a Truck That Was Destined to Just Be Itself]]'', ''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Abe Froman: The Mysterious Sausage King of Chicago]]'', and ''[[Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord The Assassination of]] [[Film/ANewHope Greedo By The Coward Han Solo]]''.
** And now [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_267_26-great-movies-from-villains-point-view/ 26 Great Movies from the Villain's Point of View]], which has such titles as ''[[Film/{{Titanic}} Iceberg]]'', ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Terrible Shepherds]]'', ''[[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Saviors of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord The Assassination of]] [[Film/DieHard Hans Gruber By the Coward John McClane]]'', ''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ed Rooney's Day At Work]]'', ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Jewelry Thieves: Give It Back, You Bastards!]]'', ''[[Film/TheDarkKnight Lighten Up]]'', ''[[Film/HarryPotter Tom Riddle And His Magic Diary]]'', and ''[[Film/{{Inception}} Holy Shit I Slept Through The Entire Plane Ride: WTF It Was A 14 Hour Flight]]''.
* PetTheDog: "Give Them a Dog" is #6 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* PhonyVeteran: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20418_the-5-most-ridiculous-lies-ever-told-to-impress-woman.html Roger Day.]]
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: It used to be [[InvertedTrope inverted]]. #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19780_5-gender-stereotypes-that-used-to-be-exact-opposite.html 5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite]] is that pink being for girls is a [[NewerThanTheyThink recent idea]].
* PinkProductPloy: Mocked in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-pointlessly-women-specific-products/ The 5 Most Pointlessly Women-Specific Products]]".
* PlanetOfHats: This is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* PoesLaw: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20203_the-5-most-epic-backfires-in-history-bad-jokes.html The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes]]. From the lead: "The problem with sarcasm is that you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking."
* PoliceAreUseless: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that police cars in a BeatEmUp are just for decoration. "Only trust your fists; police will never help you."
* ThePollyanna: What Pollyanna calls "the glad game" and others call "counting their blessings" is a coping mechanism that Felix Clay calls "trivializing adversity" in [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-we-dont-realize-we-suck-at-coping-with-adversity/ 4 Ways We Don't Realize We Suck at Coping With Adversity]].
* PopCulturalOsmosis:
-->'''Current Generation:''' There was a ''magazine''?
* PornStash: Stashes of erotic magazines and VHS tapes are one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19753_7-ridiculously-outdated-assumptions-every-movie-makes.html 7 Ridiculously Outdated Assumptions Every Movie Makes]].
* PowerUpFood: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "weakling + ''Amanita'' mushroom = bodybuilder."
* ThePresidentsDaughter: There used to be an article called "6 Helpful Tips for Kidnapping the President's Daughters," which was taken down after the person who wrote it, DOB, was confronted by the ''FBI and Secret Service''.
* PromotedFanboy: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19836_5-celebrities-who-got-famous-by-being-obsessed-fan-boys.html 5 Celebrities Who Got Famous by Being Obsessed Fan Boys]]
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[[folder:Q-T]]
* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Seanbaby is possibly the worst offender.
* QuoteMine: "[[UnfortunateImplications HITLER = MLK]]" - [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18577_the-horrifying-truth-about-life-inside-movie-musicals.html Daniel O'Brien, 2013]]
** "Hitler was right" and "Hitler...was saving the world" - [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-humanity-desperately-wants-monsters-to-be-real/ David Wong, 2012]]
* QuoteSwearUnquote: Claims adding swearing to the lyrics of "You're the Best Around" would make it even better.
* RaceLift:
** "Make Them American, Even if They're Not" is #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html "6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy"]].
** In [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ "The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism"]], J.F. Sargent defends the casting of black actor Michael B. Jordan as the normally white Johnny Storm in the 2015 Comicbook/FantasticFour remake.
* RashomonStyle: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ "Who Killed Ian Fortey?"]]
* RatedMForManly:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-manliest-images-on-the-internet/ "The 8 Manliest Images on the Internet"]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_9-manliest-names-in-world.html "The 9 Manliest Names in the World"]]
** Pretty much everything Seanbaby does, but especially his "Man Comics", and its even manlier spinoff "Fuckin'-A Comics".
** Brockway's column is titled "Robert Brockway: '''Word Puncher'''".
** And then there's Seanbaby's column, "Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle", the art for which features him ''dropkicking Hitler in the face''.
* RealityEnsues:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]] [[DefiedTrope defies]] just about everything that would lead up to a ZombieApocalypse.
* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** They have so far published no fewer than nine lists of "Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped".
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19999_5-true-stories-cut-from-movies-being-too-unrealistic.html "5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic"]] lists "mind-blowing moments from real life that Hollywood decided were too fantastic", such as John Dillinger taking three people hostage in ''Film/PublicEnemies'' but seventeen in {{real life}}.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19668_6-scientific-discoveries-that-laugh-in-face-physics.html "6 Scientific Discoveries That Laugh In Face Of Physics"]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Most of David Wong's articles consist of this due to his habit of writing almost exclusively in the second person. It's one of, if not the biggest, reasons he's such a divisive figure among readers.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Discussed in:
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19037_7-movies-that-ignored-world-changing-discoveries.html "7 Movies That Ignored World Changing Discoveries"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20004_5-powerful-sci-fi-technologies-wasted-by-their-own-movies.html "5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article/138_6-magical-movie-items-they-wasted-bullshit/ "6 Magical Movie Items They Wasted on Bullshit"]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20503_5-famous-movie-characters-who-wasted-awesome-superpowers.html "5 Famous Movie Characters Who Wasted Awesome Superpowers"]].
* RegeneratingHealth:
** The regeneration in first-person shooters since ''VideoGame/FaceBall2000'' is the #23 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is to "duck and cover and stay put until you are fully healed."
* RequiredSecondaryPowers
** Discussed in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17185_7-awesome-super-powers-ruined-by-science.html 7 Awesome Super Powers (Ruined by Science)]].
** Implied by [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20241_6-awesome-superpowers-that-would-suck-in-real-life.html 6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)]]. For example, being able to throw lightning would require immunity to effects on sight and hearing similar to those of stun grenades, and force fields would need immunity to NotTheFallThatKillsYou.
* {{Retronym}}: One of Winston Rowntree's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-reasons-we-fall-in-love-with-piece-pop-culture_p2/ The 4 Reasons We Fall in Love With a Piece of Pop Culture]] is that it's "porn", which he defines as any cultural work "that you seek out to animalistically fill a specific need." He runs through a bunch of [[ItsNotPornItsAnIndex things jokingly called porn]], coining the retronym "Sex Porn" in the process.
* ReversePolarity: This is #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* RibcageStomach: The #8 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19512_16-real-old-timey-photographs-that-will-give-you-nightmares_p2.html Real Old-Timey Photograph That Will Give You Nightmares]] is of an amusement park's souvenir shop whose decoration invokes this.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Swaim, evidently.
* RivalsTeamUp: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20195_the-5-most-insane-teams-in-history-sports.html The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports]] calls the Steagles, an alliance of longtime rival NFL teams from Pennsylvania when most of their regular players were drafted to fight WorldWarII, "too stupid even for a sports movie".
* RockBeatsLaser: "Make Them Technologically Inferior" is #5 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19183_6-tricks-movies-use-to-make-sure-you-root-right-guy.html 6 Tricks Movies Use to Make Sure You Root for the Right Guy]].
* RubberBandAI: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15902_the-15-most-annoying-video-game-characters-from-otherwise-great-games.html Listed as the number 2 most annoying video game character (Anyone who does it).]]
* RuleOfCool[=/=]RuleOfFunny: Cracked has refined these into a logical heuristic, frequently stating that given a lack of concrete evidence as to what happened, we are forced to assume the most bizarre, awesome, and/or ridiculous scenario.
* TheRuleOfFirstAdopters: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_673_22-terrible-ways-we-would-use-sci-fi-technology/ 22 Terrible Ways We Would Use Sci-Fi Technology]] is using a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' replicator to make a sex toy. It wouldn't be a stretch from [[http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/scanning-the-future-of-3d-printed-sex-toys-nsfw real-life 3D printed sex toys]] though.
* RulesOfTheRoad: Several in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_390_32-alternate-interpretations-common-warning-signs/ 32 Alternate Interpretations of Common Warning Signs]]
* RunningGag: Many themes recur over similar articles, usually referencing particularly popular articles.
** Among the columnists, Brockway's drug use, Soren's social superiority, Swaim's freaky kinks, Dan's nicknaming, and Bulchoz's Canadian roots.
** Praise of Theodore Roosevelt's super-human powers in the art of violence now spans topics, articles and lists.
** Many of the articles feature an outlandish assumption on the part of the writer, in the formula: "Reports do not say if [X crazy thing] happened, so we're forced to assume it did."
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15963_5-works-art-that-can-probably-kill-you.html The text does not mention whether [the sculptures] have evolved cavernous maws and a dark, endless hunger, so we are forced to assume they have.]]
** ''[[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [Citation needed].]]''.
--> [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17612_p2.html ...which means if you put a jellyfish in the space shuttle, and it fired its stingers at the moment of takeoff, it would travel back in time [citation needed].]]
** The word "Baffling" is often used in titles of articles.
** Similar to their love of Roosevelt is their love of NikolaTesla, and their complete and utter ball-crushing hatred of Thomas Edison. Like Roosevelt, this is because the things you could make up about either man in favor of their position on said man are only slightly less exaggerated than real life.
** Have we mentioned Australia yet? Well, Cracked does a lot.
** Can be taken to exasperating extremes when the writers [[CultureClash start taking potshots at other cultures' idiosyncrasies]] [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of a laugh.]] One or two jokes is one thing, but... [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18567_6-japanese-subcultures-that-are-insane-even-japan.html well, see for yourself.]] Worse, the cultural jokes aren't just annoying, they're frequently wrong. At least it's ''justified'' whenever they're [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17165_6-reasons-north-korea-funniest-evil-dictatorship-ever.html bashing North Korea]].
** Ke$ha's debauchery is a fairly common theme.
** "Gary Busey crazy" was often used when mentioning something they considered insane. Often including an image of the man himself.
** Whenever they are in doubt of what picture they should use for an article, they will frequently use reuse the same photo of a woman's large [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/phpimages/article/1/0/6/19106.jpg cleavage]].
** Several articles have been devoted to the over-the-top mean, weird, or just plain laughable antics of world dictators, especially North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il.
** A searing hatred for and fear of spiders.
** X does (''action'') because ''fuck Y, that's why.''
** AlGore [[MemeticMutation invented the internet]].
** They tend to bring up the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0 "I'm Han Solo"]] from ''Kinect StarWars'' whenever possible.
** Whenever nerds are brought up, there's a good chance [[http://harkable.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/super-computer-nerd.jpeg this]] will be the accompanying picture.
** Pretty much every time the word boobs shows up in an article, it links [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-212-boobs here.]]
* SaveScumming: How time works with this in play is the #17 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* ScienceIsBad: "7 Ways Science will kill you by X" is practically a template. Only matched by the number of articles about horrifying animals.
* ScopeSnipe: In the VietnamWar, Carlos Hathcock landed the #3 [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19750_the-5-most-impossible-sniper-shots-ever-made.html Most Impossible Sniper Shot Ever Made]].
* TheScream: Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_581_17-famous-images-as-seen-from-different-angle/?view=article Famous Images, As Seen From a Different Angle]] shows what the figure in Edvard Munch's painting was screaming at: Franchise/{{Superman}}.
* ScrewYourself: Mentioned in a few articles, including one by Dan O'Brien that's [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/human-clones-do-you-fk-or-fight/ almost entirely about the subject]]. Said article is referenced when Dan meets his counterpart from Broked.com's SimilarSquad in ''Agents of Cracked''.
-->'''BOD''': You know, I remember reading somewhere that there are only two truly meaningful things you can do with your doppleganger when you're locked in a room. You can [[MirrorMatch fight them]]... Or f*** them.
-->*Dan takes a fighting stance*
-->'''BOD''': Wrong answer.
* ScunthorpeProblem
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct]] tells how Microsoft banned an Xbox 360 user from Xbox Live for being from Fort Gay, West Virginia.
** Seen on ''Cracked'' itself in the comments section, due to a word filter that targets a given word sequence even as part of a larger word. For instance, the racial slur "Jap" is rendered as "J*p" so that it'll also catch "Japs" and turn it into "J*ps", and consequently the comments on an article about Japanese subcultures talked about "j*pan" (in lowercase). This makes writing "j*panese" a bit of a problem. "Cum" is also banned, so you can't say "doc*mentary". "Cock" is banned as well, which is a problem since most articles are made of dick jokes. "Spic" makes it a problem writing the word "susp*cious". We could list a whole bunch of examples. Basically, their filter s*cks d*ck.
* SecondVerseCurse: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20557_5-insane-lost-verses-that-change-meaning-famous-songs.html 5 Insane Lost Verses That Change the Meaning of Famous Songs]]
* SeenItAll: Losing the ability to be surprised by entertainment is one of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-warning-signs-that-youre-finally-getting-older_p2/ 5 Warning Signs That You're Finally Getting Older]]. Entertainment will ruin your life [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife with or without TV Tropes]].
* SeinfeldianConversation: The series ''After Hours'' is built on this trope.
* SelectiveGravity: [[FollowTheMoney Levitating coins]] are explained as lighter-than-air currency in the #7 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* SelfDeprecation: Everyone who contributes to Cracked are always most likely to take a cheap shot at people that are like them, or Cracked itself. The main contributors are also likely to talk about how much of an asshole they are, the sad fact that they write internet articles,r and that they work at a headquarters that serves gruel-like slop and doesn't have indoor plumbing.
** Christina H frequently laments how fat and ugly she is, even while explaining why women tend to have artificially low opinions of themselves.
* SelfImposedChallenge: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20063_the-6-most-mind-blowing-and-pointless-gaming-achievements.html?wa_user1=1&wa_user2=Video+Games&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=companion The 6 most mind blowing and pointless gaming achievements]] details a ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' player who has racked up over 30 ''THOUSAND'' kills using nothing but a knife to stab enemies in the back or by throwing them from halfway across the map with extremely deadly precision, a ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' player who went around punching ''everything'' to death and never so much as ever picking up another weapon or used magic, and two ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' players who reached maximum level by never killing a single creature, among others.
* SelfInsertFic: A good amount of Dan O'Brien's stuff is this, depicting himself as a {{Jerkass}} fond of annoying the protagonists and lampshade hanging.
* SerialKiller: There are [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19737_5-terrifying-serial-killers-who-happened-to-be-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended two]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18483_the-5-creepiest-serial-killers-who-were-animals.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended lists]] of serial-killer ''animals''.
* SeriousBusiness: ''Film/{{Rad}}'', where the entire culture of a town is built around BMX, is cited in "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-weirdest-lessons-80s-movies-really-wanted-to-teach-us/ The 4 Weirdest Lessons '80s Movies Really Wanted to Teach Us]]" as the most ridiculous example of a hobby that saves the world.
* SeverelySpecializedStore: Photoplasty advertises a store that sells only three things, like those in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#25 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SexyWhateverOutfit: Parodied.
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: ''Pick up [[http://www.amazon.com/Everything-Going-Kill-Everybody-Terrifyingly/dp/0307464342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249601995&sr=8-1 "Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody"]] on book stands now.''
** Shared when other Cracked columnists also help with promoting Brockway's book.
** And of course, David Wong will never let us forget that [[JohnDiesAtTheEnd he wrote a book once]].
** And now with the release of the first ''Cracked.com'' book they've been even more blunt with no less than two full articles advertising it.
* ShapedLikeItself: In [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20187_5-little-known-sequels-that-ruined-iconic-stories_p2.html 5 Little Known Sequels That ruined Iconic Stories.]]
--> ''Casablanca'' is literally the ''Casablanca'' of movies.
* ShopliftAndDie: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is to avert this by putting a basket on the shopkeeper's head. "Robbery is easier than you think."
* SingleBiomePlanet: Part of #3 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SitcomArchNemesis: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-people-you-should-have-to-face-in-hell/ Apparently]] Adam Tod Brown [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-ways-sci-fi-universes-treat-black-characters/ is]] Gladstone's (with a side order of VitriolicBestBuds, since they seem to hang out plenty of times regardless).
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The articles go all the way to cynicism [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs.]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ This]] one, however, is much more idealist than the rest of the site. [[spoiler:Too bad it's a HopeSpot.]]
* SkewedPriorities: "[Circumcision] can result in death, [[FateWorseThanDeath or even worse]], loss of the penis."
* SmallReferencePools: When Cracked says "5 Greatest ___ in Films", those films will inevitably be limited to sci-fi fare and other products related to the geek subculture, e.g. ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', or Franchise/{{Batman}}. "Greatest Trilogies" must mean ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' or ''Film/TheMatrix'', never, say, Creator/ParkChanWook's Vengeance Trilogy. {{Justified|Trope}} because of their base of readership. After all, if they do cover all media, unfamiliarity will make the articles far less interesting.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] points out a study finding that intelligence and education are somehow correlated with nearsightedness in real life.
* Sugarwiki/{{Sweet Dreams Fuel}}: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-true-stories-that-will-restore-your-faith-in-humanity/ 6 True Stories that Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity]]
* TheSmartGuy: Gladstone, compared to DOB or Swaim.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple:
** Most of the videos on the site have a single female.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20657_the-6-most-bizarre-ways-to-lose-popular-video-games.html The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games]] describes a pub in the game ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' as containing "Havelock the leader, Piero the geeky inventor, and Callista the woman."
* SnakeOilSalesman / AllNaturalSnakeOil: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-awesome-things-with-inexplicably-bad-reputations/ 5 Awesome Things With Inexplicably Bad Reputations]] tells of how the whole snake oil concept comes from the Chinese immigrants from the 1800s. They used Chinese Water Snakes to make the oil from, which is incredibly high in Omega 3 fatty acids, good for use as an anti-inflammatory. Since it was a tad difficult to obtain a snake not native to North America, they had to use poorer substitutes like rattlesnake oil and cow fat.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Pretty much all the articles have a hint of this, especially those by the main contributors.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tV4-Q6dBf4 This is may be the greatest example of this trope ever.]]
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Mentioned by name in #2 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die_p2.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* SpaceMadness: This seems to be happening to Marcus in this series of videos, starting with [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18630_the-horrible-truth-about-life-as-an-astronaut.html this one.]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]] Christina H., an animator by trade, explains [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-common-cgi-screw-ups-explained/?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3=blog&wa_user4=companion some common CG examples]].
* SpeciesSurname: In FunnyAnimal world, Music/JustinBieber is a beaver. This is illustrated in a Photoplasty ("[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_268_19-things-old-people-suspect-about-modern-culture_p19/#14 19 Things Old People Suspect About Modern Culture]]") and a mobile phone game ''[[http://www.joustinbeaver.com/ Joustin' Beaver]]''.
* SpikyHair: Photoplasty advertises hair gel that makes it possible in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#17 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* SpringtimeForHitler: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20660_5-classic-movies-made-by-people-who-wanted-them-to-fail_p2.html 5 Classic Movies Made by People Who Wanted Them to Fail]] mentions the 1955 romantic dramedy ''Film/{{Marty}}'', starring Creator/ErnestBorgnine, which was expected to fail (and save the studio a bundle on income tax) but when its ugly actors ended up resonating as more authentic to viewers, it ended up winning four Academy Awards and a Palme d'Or. The article describes its production as having "literally started out as the plot of ''Film/TheProducers''."
* SprintShoes: Photoplasty advertises 30 Second Energy in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#8 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* StealthParody: The article "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19420_6-classic-songs-that-were-supposed-to-be-jokes.html 6 classic songs that were supposed to be jokes]]" discusses several examples from music.
** Cracked has done some of their own. For example, Soren Bowie's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lessons-you-learn-growing-up-rich/ 5 Lessons You Learn Growing Up Rich]]" and Robert Brockway's "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-you-learn-from-lifetime-screwing-up/ 5 Things You Learn From a Lifetime of Screwing Up]]" are probably parodies of David Wong and John Cheese articles.
* TheStinger: As of 2012, all of Cracked's videos when posted to YouTube have added at the end of them humorous messages from Cracked's staff asking people to subscribe to the channel. Highlights include DOB failing at impressions, "[[StupidSexyFlanders Sorenrotica]]", and Cody acting wacky and ending with "Cracked you later!"
* StockFootage: Swaim's co-host in Cracked TV, "Clippy", which consists of out-of-context clips from films or viral media, such as "Orientation guy from ''The Hudsucker Proxy''", "Still-lives of fruit alongside Holocaust survivors", and "Clips of chips."
** Chips clips? ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment TOTALLY RAAAAAAAAAAANDOOOOOOM!]]''
** Not to mention "Clips of ''[=CHiPs=]''".
** Gladstone changes his shirt in one episode to match stock footage.
** As of Swaim's new series, his "co-host" is stock footage of various bad Youtube bloggers. Clippy, meanwhile, is having a new body built for him - which, at this time, consists of [[NoodleImplements a can of Monster, a cell phone, a light bulb, and Doritos.]]
** And then Clippy came back.
* StockholmSyndrome: ''Cracked'' accuses ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' of this in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_528_23-romantic-movies-revised-honesty/ 23 Romantic Movies Revised for Honesty]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]].
* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Soren!]] Whenever Soren Bowie is mentioned by another columnist, or, in fact, anyone, this seems to come up a lot.
* SuperDrowningSkills: The Strid is a segment of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire that will murder you. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19705_the-5-most-spectacular-landscapes-earth-that-murder-you.html This article]] compares it to "exactly how water works in a video game".
* SurpriseCreepy: Pops up in quite a few articles, such as [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight/ "The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight"]].
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Robert Brockway loudly and repeatedly interrupts [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-fortey-first-day-a-cracked-murder-mystery/ Ian Fortey's last article]] to insist that he did not kill Ian Fortey, had no reason too, didn't make sure he had the opportunity to and ''certainly'' had made no detailed plans to kill him. [[spoiler: So much so that he's still insisting it immediately after someone else matter-of-factly confesses to it.]]
* TacticalSuicideBoss: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "it may take a few tries, but life gets easier once you figure out the patterns." The example is from ''VideoGame/PunchOut''.
* TakeThat: The tendency to mock ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' has continued, especially since the magazine's sales figures have been in decline whilst ''Cracked'' has enjoyed a reasonable amount of success as a website. [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/cracked-eases-mads-transition-into-obscurity/ This article]] is a good example, which, upon closer reading, can be seen as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards ''Mad''.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/why-its-time-to-stop-paying-attention-to-lady-gaga/ This,]] aimed squarely at Music/LadyGaga.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19493_4-reasons-zooey-deschanel-can-stop-pretending-shes-dork.html Kristi Harrison]] seemed to start the whole attitude the other writers have towards Zooey Deschanel. [[invoked]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/4-insane-pieces-my-little-pony-fan-art-by-grown-men/ 4 Insane Pieces of 'My Little Pony' Fan Art (By Grown Men)]] has this to say about bronies:
-->The children's cartoon ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' inexplicably has a legion of obsessively weird adult male fans who proudly refer to themselves as "bronies," because the Internet has made it much easier for people to confuse "individuality" with "being a sociopath."
* TastesLikePurple / MushroomSamba: "...and when you're walking down a road made out of wind and purple, you'll know you're tripping ''just'' the right amount of balls."
* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19325_6-technologies-conspicuously-absent-from-sci-fi-movies.html 6 Technologies Conspicuously Absent From Sci-Fi Movies]] explores technologies widely available when several well-known science fiction films were first published that would have completely [[TropeBreaker broken]] their plots: bicycles, night vision goggles, unmanned combat vehicles, Wi-Fi, GPS, and cell phones.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Mentions of anything remotely {{Badass}} will [[RunningGag generally]] include comments relating to testicular fortitude completely unironically. [[RuleOfFunny Probably intentional]].
** "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-images-too-badass-to-be-real-that-totally-are Punched your eyeballs right in the dick]]" is one of the more extreme examples.
** Many of these Literature/HarryPotter [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15661_harry-potter-book-disguises.html book disguises]] is retardedly manly.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/24-video-game-covers-that-will-double-your-testosterone/ These]]
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-most-hilariously-badass-magazine-covers-ever/ And these]].
** [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-to-enjoy-nature-according-to-insane-old-magazines/ This article]] has the author talk about old-timey magazines suffering from this.
* TheTetrisEffect: AKA [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/when-video-games-get-stuck-in-your-head/ "When Video Games Get Stuck In Your Head"]]
* ThrowItIn: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20096_6-iconic-movie-scenes-that-happened-by-accident.html 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident]] cites Viggo Mortensen's broken toe in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', among others.
* TimeIsDangerous: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18564_6-time-travel-realities-doc-brown-didnt-warn-us-about.html 6 Time Travel Realities Doc Brown Didn't Warn Us About]].
* TimeStop: Declared to be the ultimate super power in After Hours' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbeyRwT8Uo "The Best Super Power (Is Not What You Think)"]]. Specifically, the Zack Morris "Time Out" from SavedByTheBell.
* TimTaylorTechnology: Mentioned by name in #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: How [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-people-who-will-ruin-your-attempt-to-lose-weight_p2/ The 8 People Who Will Ruin Your Attempt to Lose Weight]] ends.
* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-simple-tasks-that-no-one-in-commercial-can-do-right/ 9 Simple Tasks That No One in a Commercial Can Do Right.]] Including actual blankets.
* ToothyBird: The toothlike serrations inside a penguin's mouth, used to grip fish, are #3 of the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19871_the-7-most-terrifying-mouths-in-nature_p2.html 7 Most Terrifying Mouths in Nature]].
* TopTenList: ''"The leading source of list-based humor."''
* ToughActToFollow: [[invoked]] "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-works-art-so-good-they-ruined-their-whole-genre/ 5 Works of Art So Good, They Ruined Their Whole Genre]]" calls ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', DavidBowie's ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust'', ''Film/FightClub'', two BobMarley albums, and ''Film/AnimalHouse'' tough acts to follow in their respective genres.
* TrainingMontage: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17417_6-awesome-80s-movie-montages-that-make-no-damn-sense.html?wa_user1=5&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=flashback Mocked]].
* TranslatorMicrobes: Called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18721_the-5-stupidest-ways-movies-deal-with-foreign-languages.html The 3rd Stupidest Way Movies Deal with Foreign Languages]].
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]].
* TraumaInn: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/7-bullshit-video-game-healing-methods/ 7 Video Game Healing Methods Least Likely to Actually Work]]
* TreeBuchet: #4 on [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18702_5-greatest-escape-artists-ever-were-animals.html 5 Greatest Animal Escapes]]
* TreeTopTown: The Korowai tribe of Papua New Guinea live in tree houses 100 feet up to escape floods and predators, according to [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19286_9-houses-you-wont-believe-people-actually-live-in_p2.html 9 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In]] and [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19976_6-isolated-groups-who-had-no-idea-that-civilization-existed.html 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed]].
* TropeName: [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html This]] [[ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver video]] takes generic and turns it UpToEleven for roughly three-and-a-half minutes.
* TropeOverdosed: This is largely because of their numerous media related articles. Many lists feature tropes.
** They even occasionally ''link to this website''. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife So after you're done reading Cracked]]...
** And then came [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_143_if-every-website-got-dramatic-movie-adaptation_p1 TV Tropes: The Movie]]...
** [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-4848-tv-tropes/ The TV Tropes topic]].
* TrumanShowPlot: ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' is called one of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20031_6-movies-that-accidentally-recreate-real-mental-illnesses.html 6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses]] because its plot resembles the real-life delusion that one's life is a reality show, a mental illness investigated by doctors Joel and Ian Gold.
* TruthInTelevision: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20332_5-unrealistic-movie-cliches-that-are-scientifically-accurate.html 5 Unrealistic Movie Cliches That Are Scientifically Accurate]] explores the real-life counterparts of five tropes that are more realistic than they [[RealityIsUnrealistic may sound]].
* TurnsRed: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19260_5-soldiers-whose-horrific-injuries-only-made-them-angry.html 5 Soldiers Whose Horrific Injuries Only Made Them Angry]]
* TVTropesWillRuinYourLife: In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-internet-in-11-days-epic-online-odyssey/ An Epic Online Odyssey]], TVTropes plays the part of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis Charybdis]], with Website/YouTube serving as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scylla Scylla]].[[note]][[AllBlueEntry Blueness]] not in original; that would have just been cruel.[[/note]]
--> ''"TV Tropes [[WikiWalk is a veritable black hole of hyperlinks,]] [[BrowserNarcotic each leading further into the center of oblivion.]] [[GoAmongMadPeople The entire site is made up of a community that spends its life]] [[WildMassGuessing collecting patterns and commonalities between fictional worlds.]] [[SuperOCD It applies names to every plot device, every story arc and every cinematic tool ever captured by a camera]] [[PotHole and then links them to one another.]] [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy The result is like being in the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic deciphering hidden codes in newspapers.]] [[DontTouchItYouIdiot Clicking on one link will ensure that you click on another, and another]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain until you have lost your way back home]] [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget and forgotten who you are.]]"''
** Chris Bucholz did [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/something-called-science-claims-internet-makes-us-dumb/ an article]] where he claimed he "once logged in to TVTropes and didn't come out for eight days."
** "I was gonna shoot you an email, but then I got on TV Tropes, and suddenly 12 years later ..." [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20202_6-hilariously-failed-attempts-at-making-comics-more-diverse.html#ixzz2J7d2JMgn 6 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Making Comics More Diverse]]
* TwentyFourHourArmor: One of [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_586_31-life-lessons-you-can-only-learn-from-video-games/ 31 Life Lessons You Can Only Learn From Video Games]] is that "real men sleep in their armor."
* TypeCasting: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20208_6-actors-who-play-exact-same-role-in-multiple-movies.html 6 Actors Who Play the Exact Same Role in Multiple Movies]] mentions similarities among multiple roles of Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, James Earl Jones, and more.
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[[folder:U-Z]]
* UnacceptableTargets: [[invoked]] One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "It Was About Something They Won't Laugh About, Ever".
* UndignifiedDeath: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-humiliating-ways-wilderness-can-kill-you/ "The 5 Most Humiliating Ways the Wilderness Can Kill You"]].
* UnfortunateImplications: [[invoked]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20562_6-spectacularly-failed-attempts-to-be-politically-correct.html 6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct]] gives a bunch of examples of how attempts to avert MonochromeCasting by including Black people in promotion campaigns ended up tripping over stereotypes about fried chicken, watermelon, and wanting to be white.
* TheUnintelligible: Depending on the article, people either understand what Chris Bucholz is saying or see him as entirely unintelligible as no one can decipher the gibberish language he calls ‘Canadian English.’
* UniversalAdaptorCast: Mario's numerous roles are evidence of a multiverse in the #15 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* UnproblematicProstitution: TheOldestProfession may be older even than humanity, as it appears to emerge in the presence of money. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19388_6-things-you-wont-believe-animals-do-just-like-us_p2.html 6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us]] describes several experiments in which researchers introduced money to communities of monkeys. In one, a female monkey ended up trading sex for money so she could buy some grapes.
* VendorTrash: Photoplasty advertises a vendor that [[WeBuyAnything buys everything]], specifically naming items that substitute for MoneySpider, in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* VideoGame3DLeap: Parodied as the #25 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]] which teaches that the third spatial dimension was discovered in 1996.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Mocked [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/revisiting-old-school-text-adventures-as-a-jaded-modern-gamer/ here]], then [[VideogameCrueltyPunishment paid back]].
** Seanbaby took this UpToEleven with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/exploring-the-mysteries-of-the-mind-with-the-sims-3/ this]].
** Robert Brockway has gotten in on the action with [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
** All of the articles relating to dick moves done by players in online gaming discusses how people take this trope and ran with it to grandiose and creative heights. At least one or two on every list so far has mentioned ''Videogame/EVEOnline''.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: One of the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-no-one-laughed-at-your-joke/ reasons no one laughed at your joke]] is "They Didn't Have Enough Information to Get It". It states that the best practice for an InsideJoke that relies on knowledge of something obscure like ''Film/{{Rocky}} IV'' or ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'' is to find a discreet way to [[DontExplainTheJoke explain the reference]] in the setup.
* VindicatedByHistory: In-universe. [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18645_6-great-novels-that-were-hated-in-their-time.html 6 Great Novels that Were Hated in Their Time]]
** And NevilleChamberlain.
* WaterIsAir: An underwater lake is the [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19557_the-5-most-mind-blowing-things-that-can-be-found-underwater.html #5 most mindblowing thing found underwater]].
* TheWatson: #4 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-realizations-that-will-ruin-science-fiction-you/ 4 Realizations That Will Ruin Science Fiction for You]] is that science fiction needs a "straight man" to whom the setting's rules are explained.
* WaxingLyrical: Brockway is fond of this. ''Especially'' if the song in question is ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Life is a Highway]]''.
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Usually this is justified in that they are an American site, but their list of the lamest JamesBond puns commits the double fallacy of A: mocking the use of [[TheSixties 1960s]] humor... [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece in 1960s movies]] and B: mocking that the British James Bond, a British secret agent, who speaks BritishEnglish, often to other British people for the heinous crime of...using British idiom! Apparently, "nobody talks like that". [[SarcasmMode Because English-speakers only exist West of Maine.]]
* WeBuyAnything: Photoplasty advertises such a shop in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#11 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* WeHaveReserves: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20615_5-ridiculous-myths-you-probably-believe-about-dark-ages.html This]] article details that this was pretty much Ancient Rome's primary tactic for warfare. The first war against Carthage resulted in 100,000 troops being lost in a single day, and the war lasted for more than a decade and a half after that. The 2nd Carthaginian War resulted in over 400,000 Roman soldiers lost before the enemies finally lost, and Rome didn't give a damn.
-->''The Roman Empire wasn't really interested in outwitting its opponents -- it just outlasted them. If Rome had a problem, it kept throwing troops at it until it stopped causing trouble.
* WelcomeToCorneria: "Psychology: People tend to say the same thing over and over" is the #9 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games_p2/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* WhaleEgg: Franchise/{{Pokemon}} coming from eggs is the #27 [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_388_27-science-lessons-as-taught-by-famous-video-games/ Science Lesson As Taught by Famous Video Games]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked in Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[invoked]] In [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-most-aggressively-crazy-websites-internet/ The 5 Most Aggressively Crazy Websites on the Internet]], Mark Hill compares ''Boohbah'' to "the findings of a scientist adding LSD to baby food."
* WhatIf: Many of the Photoplasty contests.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Robert Brockway is a horrible person according to [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-ways-fallout-new-vegas-made-me-worse-person/ Fallout: New Vegas]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Explored in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html 5 Reasons Immortality Would be Worse than Death]].
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Many authors of articles express their hatred and fear of spiders.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The video "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh5OpZ2EDw Why Supervillains Always Keep the Good Guy Alive]]" provides a deconstruction of this trope with an excerpt from Albert B. Celery's fictitious William Blonde film ''The Malice of Regret''.
* WikiWalk: OK, they're not actually a wiki, but it is really easy to get trapped for a '''long''' time just by clicking the links at the end of each article. If they were to drop the last two letters, their name would be almost chillingly appropriate. It's a good thing [[CrackIsCheaper Cracked is free]].
** The addition of the '''Random Article''' button does ''even more'' to add to it.
** #5 of [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-emotions-invented-by-internet/ 6 New Kinds of Anxiety the Internet Gave Us]] is "The Irresistible Impulse to Follow a Link Chain".
* WrongInsultOffence:
-->[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20122_6-ill-advised-marketing-campaigns-that-backfired-hilariously.html#ixzz2F91J3OuU Somehow, lazy racism is more offensive than intellectually rigorous racism.]]
* YouCanPanicNow: A staple article topic is a list of mundane items and activities that can kill/maim you.
** And conversely, things which are hyped as dangerous by films/television/news media etc., and in fact are not nearly as dangerous as made out to be.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Photoplasty advertises hair dye in impossible colors in [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#7 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]].
* YoungestChildWins: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19762_7-random-things-you-wont-believe-are-shortening-your-life.html #6 on this list]] shows that the older children will have more health problems than the younger ones based on order of birth.
* ZeroGSpot: Shot down in [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18547_6-reasons-space-travel-will-always-suck.html 6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck]].
* ZombieApocalypse:
** One of [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html favorite]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/ subjects]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/126_5-popular-zombie-survival-tactics-that-will-get-you-killed/ for]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article/164_6-characters-who-show-up-in-every-zombie-movie/ lists]] [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16717_6-signs-youre-about-be-attacked-by-zombies.html and]] [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-38-zombies/ parodies.]]
** Deconstructed in David Dietle's [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly)]]. For one thing, maggots and gut flora would devour the undead.
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** On RealLife supervillians; [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18931_6-supervillains-from-history-that-make-joker-look-subtle.html#ixzz1ABV0h4Cn Mussolini's evil lair. Seriously. That is not Photoshop.]]

* SelfInsertFic: A good amount of Dan O'Brien's stuff is this, depicting himself as a Jerkass fond of annoying the protagonists and lampshade hanging.

** In [[http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-insulting-defenses-nerd-racism/ "The 5 Most Insulting Defenses of Nerd Racism"]], J.F. Sargent defends the practice of sacrificing fidelity to the source comics in superhero films.

* Adorkable: Dan O'Brien. Read any of his work, especially his ones about his fanboy love of Spider-man, and it's very clear. Ironically some of his articles have deconstructed this idea, noting that being socially awkward does not make someone a compelling partner.

* Dan Seitz
* Jacopo Della Quercia
* Xavier Jackson
* C. Coville
* Mohammed Shariff
* Eric Yosomono
* Maxwell Yezpitelock
* David Christopher Bell
* Rohan Ramakrishnan
* Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
* Kier Harris
* Evan V. Symon

* Ross Wolinsky (2006-2008)

* {{Jerkass}}: Cracked.com has much to say on the subject of jerkasses, both their habits, how to fight them, what animals/baseball players/famous presidents were actually jerkasses, and how to tell you [[TomatoInTheMirror you actually are one]]. See [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18468_6-reasons-assholes-are-healthier-according-to-science.html 6 Reasons Assholes Are Healthier According To Science]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/really-mad-science-5-scientific-explanations-for-the-angry-dickhead/ 6 Scientific Reasons People Act Like Assholes]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-simple-steps-to-not-being-total-asshole/ 5 Simple Steps to Not Being A Total Asshole]], [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-nerd-hacks-that-make-you-less-jerk/ 5 Nerd Hacks That Make You Less Of A Jerk]], [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19285_5-romantic-movie-gestures-that-were-actually-dick-moves.html 5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves]], and[[http://www.cracked.com/article_20132_6-things-that-secretly-make-you-act-like-jerk.html 6 Things That Secretly Make You Act Like A Jerk]]. This is only the tip of the iceberg.

* FreakyFridayFlip: When Body Switching Movies Collide is a skit done by the Website/{{Cracked}} staff. It starts off when [[Series/QuantumLeap Sam]] Leaped into [[Film/FreakyFriday Ellen Cunningham]]'s mind after she switched bodies with Anna. [[Film/{{Ghost}} Sam Cunningham]], Ellen's dead husband, shows up, explaining how he will possess Sam and have sex with Ellen one last time. Al argues that Ghost Sam possessing Quantum Leap Sam to have sex with Ellen would result in Anna's body having sex with Helen, who has Anna's mind at the moment. The Ghost Sam leaves in disgust, saying he plans to have sex with someone else. Al reveals that Anna is a [[Film/SpyKids secret agent]] hired for the [[Series/StargateSG1 Stargate project]] in the [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Torchwood Institute]] in Roswell. [[Franchise/TheMatrix Trinity]], who works for the [[Series/{{Millennium}} Millenium Corporation]], shows up in a [[Series/{{Sliders}} Slider Hole]] and explains that the world is a false reality created by sophiscated computers contained within the mind of [[Film/BeingJohnMalkovich John Horatio Malkovich]]. When Quantum Leap Sam asks Al to Leap him out of this madness, Al can't because he's actually a [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Cylon]]. It turns out it was all Michael Swaim's dream, and the camera zooms out to reveal that sequence was [[Series/StElsewhere imagined by Michael looking at his snowglobe]].

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Not always, but [[Website/{{Cracked}} M. Asher Cantrell's]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-10-biggest-password-mistakes-people-make/ The 10 Biggest Password Mistakes People Make]] lists a few that several "million uncreative bastards" end up thinking of under [[LineOfSightName time pressure]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Invoked in ''Website/{{Cracked}}'''s Photoplasty [[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_707_21-real-deleted-scenes-that-completely-change-famous-movies/ 21 Real Deleted Scenes That Completely Change Famous Movies]].

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-best-kinds-monkeys-drunk-column/ The 7 Best Kinds of Monkeys]].

** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_20670_6-sneaky-ways-movies-tv-shows-outsmarted-censors.html 6 Sneaky Ways Movies and TV Shows Outsmarted Censors]] details how Creator/WilliamShatner forced television's first interracial kiss on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', and how the MPAA actually ended up making ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut'' even ''dirtier'' than it was originally envisioned, among others.

* DarkerAndEdgier: "[[http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-movies-they-dont-make-anymore-but-really-should/ 3 Movies They Don't Make Anymore (But Really Should)]]" decries the trend of "taking popular, existing properties and bringing out the darkest and grittiest aspects they can find" seen in ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'', among other movies.