Top 10 Running Gags In TV Animated Shows

The Top Ten
1 My Leg - Spongebob Squarepants

It is the funniest running gag ever invented. I'm not kidding!

Rev up those fryers

2 Bart's Prank Calls - The Simpsons

This is one of the most recognized running gags in cartoons.

One of the oldest Simpsons running gags.

3 Peter vs Ernie the Giant Chicken - Family Guy

A running gag that started all the way back in the episode Da Boom after Peter tries to use a coupon he got from a giant chicken only to find out its expired which prompts Peter to duke it out with Ernie as the two beat each other senseless which ends with Peter killing Ernie only for him to come back again and again and again as the two continue to fight one another on multiple occasions.

4 Oh My God They Killed Kenny - South Park

Trey and Matt couldn’t think of anymore original ideas to kill Kenny, so they had to kill him off for a season, and after that, they just stopped using the running gag that much.

Kenny has died so many times in often gruesome and hilarious fashion.

5 Luna's Song References - The Loud House

I love it when she references songs.

6 "I Would Have Gotten Away with it Too If It Weren't for You Meddling Kids!" - Sccoby Doo Where Are You?

Almost every time Scooby and the gang capture the suspect who pretends to be a monster or ghost for what ever reason and that said suspect responds with "I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids! ".

Super memorable

7 HELLO NURSE! - Animaniacs
8 I Am Cornholio - Beavis and Butthead

When ever Beavis becomes hyperactive usually from eating to much junk food or drinks he becomes his alter ego and begins shouting to anyone around him "I AM CORNHOLIO! ".

9 "I'm Gonna Kick Your Ass" - King of the Hill

If there's two things Hank Hill is known for is propane and kicking ass, when ever he gets really angry he usually threatens someone with his catchphrase "I'm gonna kick your ass! " and usually follow through with his threat.

10 "Watch where you're going, ya FOOL!" - Courage The Cowardly Dog

Especially when the guy who says it gets hit by a truck and then yells it at said truck's driver

(or when he yells it at Eustace and makes Eustace so angry that he blows up the guy's Corvette)

The Contenders
11 Launchpad Crashing His Plane - DuckTales
12 What's Up, Doc? - Looney Tunes
13 They took our jobs! - South Park
14 Irwin Hitting On Mandy - Billy & Mandy

"Isn't it just sub-LIME? "

15 Ron Losing His Pants - Kim Possible

A long time running gag on the show as Ron is constantly losing his pants in hilarious fashion in fact in one episode when Kim loses her memory and doesn't remember about her and Ron are dating until near the end of the episode where she finally remembers through him losing his pants.

16 Dinkleberg - The Fairly OddParents
17 Johnny Bravo Hitting on Women and Getting Beat Up - Johnny Bravo
18 Kool Aid Man - Family Guy
19 Sexual and political allusions and innuendos - Rocko’s Modern Life
20 You're Despicable - Daffy Duck
21 Where’s Perry - Phineas and Ferb
22 Dave Yelling at Alvin - Alvin and the Chipmunks
23 Velma losing her glasses - Scooby-Doo
24 Fred Getting Kicked Out of the House By the Cat Then Bangs on The Door Shouting for Wilma - The Flintstones
25 Jane Stop This Crazy Thing - The Jetsons
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