A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a...

2009). The billboard gag is a running visual joke added to the opening sequence with the updated 2009 high-definition opening. In the gag, a billboard is seen...

NBC) for being too conceited and demanding a large salary. The major running gag of Tommy is that he is the "least" sexy of the alien colleagues, for...

caws whenever an establishing shot of the Power Plant is on screen. A running gag in earlier seasons was the poor security of the plant, with the outside...

Dodge can film it and they refuse to honor the deal. Most of the show's running gags concern Al. The constantly unlucky Al maintains a "do-it-yourself" attitude...

that appears in most episodes whenever the Sumos are about to fight. A running gag is him emerging from a nearby area (such as a mailbox) to observe the...

Another running gag is Tim accidentally causing damage or destruction to anything he touches, such as destroying the world's smallest car or running over...

"Beauty and the Blecch" and "NYPD Blecch". The word "hoohah" was an early running gag, often exclaimed by excited characters in the comic book issues written...

Look up gag in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gag is a device designed to prevent speech. Gag or the acronym GAG may also refer to: Gag cartoon, a one-panel...

Prankster, played by Stephen Michael Luncinski on Chiller Theatre. The main running gag of the sketch was that the station would usually provide truly awful...

any "rules" and dismissed them as "post production observation". One running gag involves the coyote trying, in vain, to shield himself with a little...

charges a flat rate of $200 a day plus expenses for each case, which, in a running gag, he seldom actually receives. Over the years he was involved in several...

features prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote animated shorts as a running gag. The company manufactures outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically...

appearances throughout the country (hence the "Train leaving on track five" running gag). The sitcom shows usually opened at Jack's house in Beverly Hills, with...

friends. A running gag is that the Skipper conks Gilligan on the head with his hat whenever Gilligan exhibits incompetence. One variation of this gag occurs...

was his prank calls to Moe's Tavern owner Moe Szyslak where he asks for a gag name. Moe tries to find that person in the bar, but soon realizes it is a...

asking for the same in order to train Loke in the ways of the Thumb. As a running gag between all of the Thumbs! featurettes, a one-eyed thumb appears in each...

of Joe's choice. Sal was given a Jaden Smith tattoo, which became a running gag for the show. In October 2019, Vulcano, along with the other members...

plays a major role.” In addition to humorous elements of the series, a running gag is that the photo collection of suspects (used in order to find the complete...

is the only visible difference. In furtherance on the original series running gag of Uncle Fester being able to store electricity, one episode has Uncle...

show, started to systematically use "Bernd" for his first name as a running gag. Later other "comedians" adopted the idea referring to him as "Bernd"...

nemesis Plankton trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. This running gag was given a backstory in the special "Friend or Foe", where it is revealed...

he possesses an extremely poor sense of direction which recurs as a running gag throughout the series. Zoro originally used two swords instead of three...

sidekick, Ula. Schneider has uttered the line "You can do it!" as a running gag in Sandler's films The Waterboy, Little Nicky, 50 First Dates, The Longest...

talk about it." Several of the running gags were shown in edited clips for the series finale. Some other notable running gags and catchphrases are: Fez's...

all. In the years since, Damon and Kimmel have treated the feud as a running gag, often enlisting the help of other celebrities to prank each other publicly...

humor. Although he and his wife fostered a tight-knit, loving family, a running gag throughout the series is his thwarted attempts to get the grown children...

"Peup"; "bomb" as "beumb"; and "bumps" as "beumps"), and a frequent running gag in the movies was that even French characters had difficulty understanding...

Chris has become more awkward and idiotic over the course of the show. Running gags in the series involving Chris include the existence of an 'Evil Monkey'...

pulling the lever that uncovered the correct answers on the board. In one running gag he was dubbed "Peter the Phantom Puller" by Kennedy. To reveal each answer...