Accidental Innuendo: A classic blooper occurred in the interview with Julianne Hough. She got to talking about wearing "Daisy Dukes" shorts for a movie. Tom Selleck, who was the first guest, asked her if the shorts were wet, as a Brick Joke to what he was talking about in the first segment. Of course, it goes without saying that asking if the shorts are wet can be taken more than one way, and Conan got up and walked around while the audience laughed.
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Steven Ho: (to Conan) Now, you get on top of me.
Broken Base: Bearded Conan vs clean-shaven Conan seems to be becoming this, at least right after Will Ferrell shaved him.
Andy Richter. Some people think that you can't have Conan without Andy, whereas others wish Andy would leave the show.
One joke about The Cosby Show turning retroactively uncomfortable after Bill Cosby's date rape scandal involved a clip where Bill was giving Phylicia Rashad a drink - after Conan finished the actual punchline he quickly quipped "don't drink that..."
Wiki-Bear, whose schtick is answering questions, and then twist the subject to say something incredibly disturbing and doubling down from there.
Estrogen Brigade: The HCPN (Hot Coco Picture Night) Wenches. Go to the Team Coco Facebook page on a Sunday night to witness lots of R-rated drooling over photos of Conan.
Fan Nickname: "Coco," bestowed by Tom Hanks on the second night of Conan's Tonight Show, popularized by Bradley Cooper, and quickly adopted by the fans. Conan has reluctantly embraced it since, and Team Coco is now the name of the show's website and all of their various official social media accounts.
Fridge Brilliance: Wiki-Bear's schtick is giving fun facts about any given subject, only to go off and mention a subject that's marginally connected to the previous subject and is very inappropriate and disturbing. Wikipedia is well-known for users of the site to end up reading about a subject completely unrelated to what they searched for by clicking on the links of the webpage and for how easy it is for young children on the internet to come across pages with NSFW subjects.
Conan earned a lot of popularity in Finland, mainly due to his resemblance to Finnish president Tarja Halonen (a fact that he pointed out a few times on Late Night). The show finally started airing in Finland as of mid-August 2011, to much rejoicing.
Conan discovered he had a bit of a following in Korea and decided to visit after a fan sent him a box full of Korean snacks (all eaten by Sona, Conan's assistant, before Conan had a chance to get a taste). He received a rock star's welcome and needed police protection to avoid getting swarmed at the airport.
In a December 2017 episode with James Franco and Ari Graynor promoting The Disaster Artist, the former mentioned how inspired he was to make the film upon reading the book version, to which Conan jokes "You actually read a book? You're kicked out of Hollywood!" Less than two months later, Franco appears to be in his way to this due to exposure of his past sexual misconduct.
Jon Cryer appeared on the show and cracked about how he had to watch "TMZ to see if I'll be going to work that day"., referring to the frequent troubles of his Two and a Half Men co-star Charlie Sheen. Guess who was hospitalized merely a day later, stopping production on the show and kicking off a downward spiral that finally led to him being fired?
For years, Conan joked about Caitlyn Jenner with two recurring themes: plastic surgeries and looking particularly feminine. Come 2015, and it turns out only one of those is supposed to be a joke.
The sketches with Watson implying that he had an affair with Andy's wife can be looked at in a different light, since Andy and Sarah Thyre actually got divorced in 2019.
When the April 5, 2011 episode went Off the Rails Conan used his standard line that "This show will never air." This was eerily accurate for the west coast TBS feed that night, which showed dead air, about 20 minutes straight of commercials, and then parts of the show completely out of order.
This sketch featuring Andy bungling answers on Wheel of Fortune by inserting the word “fuck” into all of them became funnier after Richter appeared on the real deal with Celebrity Wheel of Fortune in 2021. (For the actual show, Andy didn’t bungle any answers and even won one of his two rounds.)
Ho Yay: Between Conan and Andy. And Conan and most male guests.
"This isn't Mike Matei": A frequent comment for "Fan Corrections" videos. Mike Matei of Cinemassacre.com (the site where The Angry Video Game Nerd is seen, and which Mike can frequently be seen in various videos) made a Fan Correction, but it never appeared on the show. Many Cinemassacre fans wanted Matei's Fan Correction to air, hence the quote.
"CONY 2012": A parody of "KONY 2012", an independent movie about Joseph Kony.
"BEES ARE COMING!!!" - a line from an early sketch where Oprah Winfrey opened a prize box and bees flew out. Note (she was actually yelling "THESE ARE COMING!!!"). Many casual viewers didn't even realize this meme came from Conan.
Nightmare Fuel: WikiBear's gruesome tales would absolutely terrify children.
Older Than They Think: Bill Tull's Budget Tips actually originated on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien.
An early sketch on the series, Conan and Andy Are Webcam Clueless, had the duo trying out a bunch of different video filters, which distorted their faces in various ways. This was actually previously done in one of the writer's strike episodes of Late Night.
Whenever Conan does his Donald Trump impression, the band plays something that sounds almost but not quite like "For The Love of Money" (The Apprentice theme song). This annoys Conan, so of course they keep doing it. Eventually Conan said it was starting to sound like the transition music from Seinfeld.
Similarly, the sketch "Basic Cable Name That Tune" has the band playing something that sounds like a famous but expensive to license song complete with goofy lyrics that match the meaning of the original, and audience members are asked to guess which song it almost sounds like. An example is "Have Intercourse With Yourself".
This sketch about the Sonic redesign used a sound-alike to the "Green Hill Zone" theme from the first game.
This sketch features a parody of the NFL on Fox theme.
Similarly, the Buddy Pak sketch where he wants to take over as Indiana Jones ended with a knock-off of the Indy theme.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: "If They Melded" isn't nearly as well-loved as "If They Mated" from Late Night, since the melding of two celebrities/characters usually just amounts to a regular face with a different mouth or eyes. Contrast that to "Mated", which was a lot more creative in how the two celebrities were meshed together into a horrifyingly comedic fashion.
The Woobie: In one NCAA Mascots That Shouldn't Dunk from 2017, there was the "Hillary Supporter Who Still Hasn't Stopped Crying".
The 2007 video game:
Complete Monster: Graven was unwittingly released from imprisonment by Conan. Having trapped ancient gods within himself for power, Graven sought to further his strength by sacrificing his own children, with only his daughter A'Kanna escaping him. Graven crafted a Hate Plague called the Black Death, the application of which drives men into murderous frenzies, allowing Graven to harvest their souls upon their deaths. Revealing his intent to murder A'Kanna and complete the ritual he began long ago, Graven then plans to reshape the world as he sees fit, wanting to elevate himself above men and gods alike.
Fridge Horror: You find plenty of topless slave girls all over the levels. Considering they are found in pirates, thugs and barbarian camps, no points for guessing their why they were there.
So Okay, It's Average: The critical consensus about the game is that its an above average God of War clone that does a good job at capturing the essence of the source material.
That One Boss: Graven is considered to be one of the most frustrating boss battles in any God of War-style action game.
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