HRWiki:Running gag
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| - | A '''running gag''' may have several definitions and requirements: | + | A '''[[Running Gags|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 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. | *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. | **Its appearances are connected or may refer to its previous appearances. | ||
| - | **There | + | **There may be an underlying ''trigger'' that kicks off the joke and future appearances of it. |
**It has to be the same joke, or similar enough in premise. | **It has to be the same joke, or similar enough in premise. | ||
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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 may be an underlying trigger that kicks off the joke and future appearances of it.
- 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.
