Line #9 RunningGag/RedVsBlue


1	As it's a comedy series that has been going for close to twenty years, it was inevitable that RVB picked up its fair share of {{Running Gag}}s. However, what is unique about them is that they came to define the show as a whole. [[https://rvb.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Running_Gags It even has a dedicated page on its own wiki]]. Below is a list of as many of them as we could find.
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3	* It's become a tradition that episode 10 of each season will always be a WhamEpisode.
4	* People saying "HURK, bleaugh!" whenever they die.
5	* Tucker being unable to use the SniperRifle (though he finally gets his moment at the end of Season 5).
6	* Vehicles having more/less pedals than there are directions.
7	* The Warthog playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZS0WIQI7UU certain music]] whenever it's activated. Sometimes, people also question "What is that music?" as it drives closer.
8	* Characters telling other characters to "Lift with the groin".
9	* Tucker going [[CatchPhrase "Bow-chicka-bow-wow"]] either after [[BowChickaWowWow saying something sexual]] or [[DoubleEntendre finding something someone else said lewd]].
10	* Caboose's [[TeamKiller team killing]], with Church being the usual victim.
11	* The go-to insult being "cockbite."
12	* Grif getting injured, most commonly by either Sarge's actions or by being [[GroinAttack punched in the groin]] by Tex.
13	* People being possessed by Church or Tex saying "Higakergerk!"
14	* Caboose's mental images of the other characters.
15	* Characters saying "Son of a bitch" before they die, though they are usually only able to get out [[CurseCutShort "Son of a-"]] before they bite it. A not as common but also prominent gag is [[RuleOfThree three characters]] shouting this in reaction to gunshots and/or explosions.
16	* The aliens referring to humans as "Shisno".
17	* Tucker being covered in black stuff whenever he exits a teleporter.
18	* Characters (usually Washington) referring to something as the "[adjective] [item of reference] ever. Of all time.".
19	* Lopez saying something (whether it be good advice or an insult) and no one being able to understand him because they don't speak Spanish.
20	* Characters mistaking thrown [[StickyBomb sticky grenades]] for spiders.
21	* [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish Sarge's terrible passwords ("Password", "Access Code", "Codeword", etc)]].
22	* The series ArcWords, "Do you ever wonder why we're here?" and the usual response, "It's one of life's great mysteries...", can be seen as this, given how commonly the phrases are used as gags.
23	* Characters making a strange and/or uncomfortable statement and another character responding with "Do you wanna talk about it?".
24	* "You just got Sarge'd" is a phrase that commonly appears, usually as a [[SelfBotchedCatchphrase one-liner Sarge constantly messes up]].
25	* York having trouble with holographic locks.
26	* Grif or Simmons CallingShotgun, with the one who didn't following up with "Shotgu-- fuck!".
27	* Grif's armor being mistaken for yellow. Some RealitySubtext, as the orange armor in the original ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' engine was rendered in a yellowish color.
28	* Whenever the first person POV of a sniper rifle’s scope is shown, the magazine is never full (as shown by the bullet icons), and it’s usually down to 2 rounds.
29	* Characters asking what the [[ArtificialIntelligence A.I.]] acronym stands for.
30	* During Seasons 11-12, one of the Reds and Blues (except, surprisingly, [[TheDitz Caboose]]) having done something that might've caused the ship crash that started the season (In order: Tucker flirted with the pilot, Grif spilled soda on an instrument panel, Washington knocked a cable out of the wall, Sarge messed with the engine to put the ship in slipspace, and Simmons messed with the navigation computers). It's brought to a head when the ship's crash is actually confronted in plot.
31	-->'''Washington:''' I'm gonna go ahead and claim partial responsibility for that.
32	* Characters [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] seemingly impossible events by saying [[HowIsThatEvenPossible "This doesn't seem physically possible!"]].
33	* The name "Andersmith", originally a made up name by the Blues to refer to a nonexistent dead member of their team, is now a randomly appearing name used as the last name of random characters.
34	* The Reds and Blues referring to their female allies with insulting names, with Caboose adding a Ms./Mrs. to it to be respectful.
35	* Doc [[PutOnABus randomly disappearing for an extended period of time]] and then [[TheBusCameBack coming back]].
36	* Simmons being a professional ass-kisser.
37	* Church's [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy inability to aim, even at point-blank range]].
38	* Grif messing up a common phrase ("Monkeying about", "Morris Code"), Simmons correcting him, and then the Blues using Grif's phrasing.
39	* Outside of Gary[[spoiler:/Gamma]], Sigma, and [[spoiler:Genkins]], any [=A.I.=] in this series will be [[BadLiar a terrible liar]].
40	* A mysterious skull, implied to be Private Jimmy's.
41	* People [[OwMyBodyPart exclaiming what part of the body they just got hit on]] as they fall unconscious.
42	-->'''Simmons''': Ow, geez, the back of my head!
43	* Donut denying his armor is pink. There's only a few moments when he's said that it's actually pink ("Pink armor. It's someone else's time in the barrel" and "You don't believe me because my armor is pink!"). [[RunningGagged It ends]] in Season 17 with Donut [[CharacterDevelopment having sufficiently grown a spine]] so that he's fine with accepting its color as pink and even defiantly shouts it at one point.
44	* Donut unknowingly speaking in {{Double Entendre}}s. Donut eventually realizes it in Season 17, but has a difficult time stopping.
45	* The different names for the Warthog.
46	* Wash firing at Donut in the Season 7 finale was originally a WhamShot. During Season 17, which revolves around MentalTimeTravel, it instead becomes a moment of ComedicSociopathy as Donut relives it frequently.

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