Every so often a TV Series, Film, or even radio talk show will make a reference to another one, usually in the same market niche or genre. Most of the time it's just a simple Shout-Out or a Homage, and if it's a Comedy Series, you can expect at …| TV Tropes
The limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief for a given element is directly proportional to its funniness. Any violation of continuity, logic, physics, or common sense is permissible if the result gets enough of a laugh. This is the comedy …| TV Tropes
The Evil Counterpart of the Great Big Book of Everything. An old leatherbound book with engravings depicting unpleasant creatures, prophecies of certain doom, and spells that do everything from turning toenails green to stopping (or causing) The …| TV Tropes
A character prone to gnomic, sarcastic, sometimes bitter, occasionally whimsical asides. The Deadpan Snarker exists to deflate pomposity, point out the unlikelihood of certain plans, and deliver funny lines. Typically the most cynical supporting …| TV Tropes
A word or phrase that appears throughout an Arc as a Motif. Arc Words can be a way to hint at the Aesop or one of the themes of a show, often in the form of a question the characters must find an answer to. Alternately, they can be used for …| TV Tropes
Think death is the cruelest fate? Think again. There are several things much worse: torture, taxes, and tofu, to name but a few. More often than not, some unfortunate soul will experience it. Originally, this phrase was used to mean the rape of …| TV Tropes
A statement regarding some ambiguous or undefined aspect of a work, the Word of God comes from someone considered to be the ultimate authority, such as the creator, director or producer. Such edicts can even go against events as were broadcast, …| TV Tropes
She's making her list, she's checking it twice, and she's checking off your name after she's killed you nice, probably for making it personal. And in the above example, she's even quoting her own movie poster blurb. But it's okay, you deserve it …| TV Tropes
A moment when a normally competent character suddenly becomes incompetent — knowingly or otherwise — which fuels an episode, a plot line, or any number of smaller threads. Coined by Hank Azaria on Herman's Head: Azaria would ask the …| TV Tropes
A cause of many or most of the bad happenings in a story, and often the main cause of most or all of them. A Big Bad could be a character with Evil Plans or it could be an omnipresent situation, such as a comet heading towards the Earth. In a …| TV Tropes
A plot in which the character is caught in a time loop, doomed to repeat a period of time (often exactly one day) over and over, until something is corrected. Usually, only one character or group of characters realizes what's going on, or at …| TV Tropes
Any situation where the bad guy has been dealt a seemingly mortal blow which they could not possibly have survived, and it looks as though The Hero has won — but a couple of scenes later comes the twist: they're Not Quite Dead. On the …| TV Tropes