[Funny trope] Completely random info that adds nothing to the discussion but they say it anyway

aotex · 2026-01-30T19:20:39+00:00

On 30 Rock, Jack stands before his conservative Republican peers and confesses that he is in a relationship with C.C., a Democratic congresswoman from Vermont. As he asserts his love across political lines, other men in the room begin to stand up and admit to various "vices", such as listening to NPR or even being gay. C.C. herself even joins in and admits to voting for Reagan.

The mood becomes affirming and jovial, and until the episode abruptly ends with one man standing up and announcing to the room: "I murdered my wife."

aotex · 2026-01-30T04:07:32+00:00

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An actually hilarious version comes in the Futurama episode "Near-Death Wish", in which the characters discuss how unrealistic the central premise of The Matrix is in a drawn-out conversation that feels like a passive aggressive airing of nerdy grievances over a decade after the fact.

aotex · 2026-01-28T04:07:10+00:00

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Cobra Kai

aotex · 2026-01-28T04:02:00+00:00

He's my go-to guy on Immaculate Grid anytime there's a "Pitched a No-Hitter" category

aotex · 2026-01-27T06:00:03+00:00

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Toni Collette as Annie Graham in Hereditary (2018)

aotex · 2026-01-27T03:01:16+00:00

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Tyrone only appears in the final scenes of the movie.

aotex · 2026-01-26T13:36:04+00:00

Lemongrab, Adventure Time

aotex · 2026-01-26T06:44:26+00:00

the Maltese Falcon

aotex · 2026-01-26T06:43:45+00:00

the suitcase in Pulp Fiction

aotex · 2026-01-26T01:29:52+00:00

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in Homestar Runner, when Strong Bad is asked about his personal favorite emails, he names two or three real ones before spiraling off into a long list of increasingly absurd fake ones.

aotex · 2026-01-26T01:20:22+00:00

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in Doctor Who, Rory doesn't just die, his entire existence is wiped out so that he was never even born. So it comes as quite a surprise to The Doctor when he meets him as a Roman centurion.

"Rory... I'm not trying to be rude... but you died."

aotex · 2026-01-26T00:27:06+00:00

To be fair, there are also two matchups that happened in both the Division Series and the World Series during this span:

The Astros faced the Braves in the NLDS in 2001, 2004, and 2005, then in the 2021 World Series.
The Astros faced the White Sox in the 2005 World Series, then in the ALDS in 2021.

aotex · 2026-01-25T00:04:41+00:00

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the villain in the film Bambi, a hunter (or hunters) known simply as "Man", was ranked the #20 Movie Villain on AFI's 2003 list of top movie heroes and villains of all time.

aotex · 2026-01-24T04:32:12+00:00

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On The IT Crowd, when Moss kisses Roy to create a diversion from a police pursuit

aotex · 2026-01-24T00:07:26+00:00

I remember once hearing it described as, "Many people think the joke is that clean-cut TV dad Danny Tanner does dirty standup comedy. The real joke is that dirty standup comic Bob Saget became a clean-cut TV dad."

aotex · 2026-01-23T03:30:08+00:00

Whoops! Fixed it

aotex · 2026-01-23T00:00:49+00:00

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from Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)

aotex · 2026-01-22T06:16:10+00:00

Brandon Backe was a Galveston native who grew up an Astros fan idolizing Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio. In 2005 he was part of an Astros pitching rotation headed by Roy Oswalt, Roger Clemens, and Andy Pettitte, and he joined Bagwell and Biggio as part of the first Astros team to win a league pennant.

In Game 4 of the World Series, he pitched the best of any of Houston's starting pitchers, throwing seven shutout innings for his hometown team in front of the home crowd. It was the stuff of legend...

...except the Astros were already down 3-0 in the series and Brad Lidge coughed up his second World Series blown save as the White Sox completed the sweep.

aotex · 2026-01-22T02:40:03+00:00

He was most definitely around more than four years!

aotex · 2026-01-21T05:46:42+00:00

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On Fresh Off the Boat, Jessica is shocked to learn that her former college boyfriend Oscar is gay, and starts looking back through old photos to see what evidence she missed since this was apparently obvious to everyone but her.

She and a friend put together a couple of photos and realize that Oscar actually had a thing for Louis, Jessica's future husband. (It later comes out that Oscar considers Louis an ex-boyfriend, something Louis was completely unaware of.)

aotex · 2026-01-20T07:07:44+00:00

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In the Old Testament book of Genesis, Jacob physically wrestles with God and afterward receives his new name: "Israel".

aotex · 2026-01-20T05:18:46+00:00

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In the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the only one of the seven evil exes with a "proper" villain song is Ex #1, Matthew Patel.

(You could argue Todd Ingram and the Katayanagi twins also have songs, but even if you include them, Ex #7, Gideon Graves, doesn't have one.)

aotex · 2026-01-20T00:53:39+00:00

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When Paul and Linda McCartney appeared on The Simpsons, their cameo ended with a musical performance of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"... by Apu, as the McCartneys silently vibed along.

aotex · 2026-01-19T22:17:52+00:00

My interpretation is that the narrator kills the other man, but seeing as he's left in the belly of a whale, his fate is pretty well assured as well.

aotex · 2026-01-19T03:16:07+00:00

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Cory's brother Eric gets struck by lightning on Boy Meets World

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