HRWiki:Running gag
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| + | A '''running gag''' may have several definitions and requirements: | ||
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| + | *A running gag is an amusing situation or line that constantly reappears throughout the site. Often the repetition of the running gag is exactly what makes it so humorous. | ||
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| + | *A running gag is like an [[Inside Jokes|inside joke]], only bigger in scope. | ||
| + | **Its appearances are connected or may refer to its previous appearances. | ||
| + | **There could be an underlying trigger appearance. | ||
| + | **It has to be the same joke, or similar enough in premise. | ||
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| + | *A running gag is a simple comedic element that recurs. | ||
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| + | *An inside joke is something that's not funny unless one knows what it's referring to. A running gag is something that's funny per se, but is funnier if one knows it's been done many times before on the site. | ||
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A running gag may have several definitions and requirements:
- A running gag is an amusing situation or line that constantly reappears throughout the site. Often the repetition of the running gag is exactly what makes it so humorous.
- A running gag is like an inside joke, only bigger in scope.
- Its appearances are connected or may refer to its previous appearances.
- There could be an underlying trigger appearance.
- It has to be the same joke, or similar enough in premise.
- A running gag is a simple comedic element that recurs.
- An inside joke is something that's not funny unless one knows what it's referring to. A running gag is something that's funny per se, but is funnier if one knows it's been done many times before on the site.
