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===Paul Plays The Dead Body===
 
===Paul Plays The Dead Body===
  
After being killed by [[Conor]] in [[pwn'd]] and revived as a zombie in [[The Aftermath]], it was established that Paul always played the dead body. This gag was continued in [[Ways to Hide a Body]] and [[Killer Instinct]].
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After being killed by [[Conor]] in [[pwn'd]] and revived as a zombie in [[The Aftermath]], it was established that Paul always played the dead body. This gag was continued in [[Ways to Hide a Body]] and [[Killer Instinct]]. He suffers an on-screen death in [[Wakey Wakey]], but defies the trend in [[Informational Presentation]].
  
 
===Gravitic Warp===
 
===Gravitic Warp===

Revision as of 04:33, 25 May 2011

Recurring Jokes

Three PS3s

It is often asserted that Paul has three PS3s. This gag originated in Three PS3s and has been referenced in The Season 4 Finale, The 2007 Christmas Special, the Action 9 Election Special and Matt Gets His Groove.

Also, he has this cake.

James Plays The Cop

Any time there's a cop character, the part tends to be played by James. This was lampshaded in CommodoreHUSTLE 11 - Showdown. The one notable exception to this was Ways to Get a Ticket, though James' cop character appears in the coda.

The Sam Raimi

Main Article: The Sam Raimi

In most "X Ways to Y" sketches, the final gag is The Sam Raimi, which involves a blurry camera swooping around, either chasing someone or descending on an unsuspected target related to the video.

Men Sharing A Bed

Graham and Paul have never lived together, but they are occasionally seen in full pajamas, sleeping in the same bed as though they do. This was seen in Ways to X2Y and The LoadingReadyRumble. Other examples include Jangles and Jones and the members of 64K sharing a bed in Jangles and Jones Save Christmas. Matt, Bill and Graham all share a bed at the end of Ways to Get in Shape. Matt and James share a bed in a nightmare in CommodoreHUSTLE 08 - Investigation.

Kathleen Is Afraid Of Bears

Kathleen's ursaphobia has been referenced at least once is most media LRR has created, appearing in OMG! Bears!, commodoreHUSTLE 09 - Growl, A Little TOO Human, Phailhaüs - 09 and Phailhaüs - 26.

Paul Plays The Dead Body

After being killed by Conor in pwn'd and revived as a zombie in The Aftermath, it was established that Paul always played the dead body. This gag was continued in Ways to Hide a Body and Killer Instinct. He suffers an on-screen death in Wakey Wakey, but defies the trend in Informational Presentation.

Gravitic Warp

Gravitic Warp is a snippet of loud rock music with the singer (Graham) screaming "Gravitic Warp!!" It was introduced in Celestial Sea: Episode 2, and has been used in The 2007 Christmas Special and The Truce.

Uwe Boll

Main Article: Uwe Boll

Uwe Boll is a film director who primarily makes poor video game adaptations. He's been referenced in PSA: Uwe Boll, Uwe Boll: An Apology and Uwe Boll: Decision 2008. Because he lived in Vancouver, Graham was actually able to interview the man himself in An Interview with Uwe Boll. The LRR crew has buried the hatchet with Uwe Boll, but the LRR crew will still rib him if the opportunity presents itself.

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos is an actor local to Vancouver, though he was chosen randomly by Paul in a very early video (according to the LRRcast for Stand-Up Guy). The commentary for Jangles and Jones Save Christmas indicated this video was the first to mention Edward James Olmos.

Olmos managed to escape the head of Evil Inc. and avoided participation in The LoadingReadyRumble. His name is fun to say.

Recurring Phrases

"Didn't see you there."

In behind-the-scenes videos, or for videos that start in medias res, someone will become aware of the viewing audience and announce something to the order of "Oh, hey. I didn't see you there."

This gag has been used in Super Secret Surprise, and was said sincerely for the first time in Loading Time - ENN Set Build .

"MEANWHILE!"

Alex announced "Meanwhile!" into a bullhorn during The Whatever Thing Hyut!, which was often used as a segue (e.g., Time You Won't Get Back)

"...in England."

British accents are often employed in LoadingReadyRun. Often the sentences are ended with "...in England." This has appeared in Panda Porn and Party Hard.

"Go huff a dong."

The LRR-approved phrase of disrespect. Kathleen first unleashed it during the LRRcast for How to LRR.

"That was the nth time I died."

In an early Unskippable for The Darkness, the protagonist says "That was the first time I died." If there is a cut to black in a cinema, especially one that signifies a character becomes unconscious, Graham and Paul will chime in with the number of times they've died, a running tally of the amount of times they've used that gag.

Recurring Props

Spot the Dog

Main Article: Spot the Dog

Creepy Doll

Main Article: Creepy doll

Ridiculous Hat

The LRR crew is in possession of a large green tiger-striped and furry top hat. Most prominently featured in All The Little People, it has appeared most times silly headgear is required.

The ridiculous hat has also been seen in Ways to Avoid Christmas and More Room To Grow.

Mad Scientist Goggles

Whenever a character is preparing to do science, or their eyes are otherwise in danger, this pair of green goggles will likely appear. It has appeared in Time You Won't Get Back, commodoreHUSTLE 02 - Red, and A Stitch In Time.

Former Running Gags

Nate Never Talks - Nate Mosher had a long history of not talking in videos (e.g. Down with the Sickness.) This was broken with Eyewitness Accounts, much to the crew's chagrin.

Paul Looks Like Gordon Freeman/Paul Shaving Off His Beard Would Be Bad - Ever since the first Desert Bus for Hope, Paul's strong resemblance to the protagonist of the Half-Life game series has often been mentioned by fans. Alex inaccurately predicted in Ask An Alex 01 that Paul shaving would bring the end of the world. After the events of The Shavening, this hasn't come to pass, and the comparisons to Gordon Freeman have ceased.

Tim Looks Like Matt - At the beginning of Tim's tenure with LRR, his resemblance to Matt was often the source of humor. As Tim grew a beard and he was more established, this was dropped, for the most part.