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The site's guidelines and rules are written in a truthful and non-satirical, but still humorous tone, the best example of which is “[[Hypocritical Humor|How To Be Funny and Not Just Stupid]]”
The site's guidelines and rules are written in a truthful and non-satirical, but still humorous tone, the best example of which is “[[Hypocritical Humor|How To Be Funny and Not Just Stupid]]”


International editions are notorious for sometimes [[Woolseyism|creating new puns for their titles]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227135816/http://desencyclopedie.wikia.com/wiki/Accueil Désencyclopedie] (“discyclopedia”), the French version, has a pair of dice (“dés” in French) as logo, the Norwegian version is called [http://ikkepedia.org/wiki/Forside Ikkepedia] (“notpedia”), the Russian version is [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311182547/https://absurdopedia.fandom.com/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0 Absurdopedia], the Spanish version is [https://web.archive.org/web/20190316123135/http://inciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Inciclopedia:Portada Inciclopedia] <ref>(It was [https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184032/http://www.frikipedia.es/friki/Portada Frikipedia] until a certain Spanish copyright organization [[Frivolous Lawsuit|did a massive legal bullying upon it]], and its mantle was passed to the Inciclopedia. For a while since then, both existed, but each one catered to different audiences.)</ref> and the Danish version is called “[http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/Forside Spademanns Leksikon]”, a pun between respected Danish encyclopedia Lademanns Leksikon and “spade”, Danish slang for “retard”. In the Mandarin version, the name is still transliterated from Wikipedia, but the first word used here also means “fake”. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190325094025/http://necyclopaedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pagina_prima Necyclopaedia], the [[Altum Videtur|Latin version]], simply transposes the first two letters of “encyclopaedia”<ref>archaic alternate spelling</ref> to form the Latin word ''ne'', “not”. The Italian version is called [https://web.archive.org/web/20190103113941/http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pagina_principale Nonciclopedia], basically the same pun as the original one. The Japanese version is called [[Gratuitous English|Ansaikuropedia]], from the katakana rendering of Uncyclopedia and is notorious for such bashing of [[Seiyuu]] and [[Anime]] that in some occasions surpasses that of [[Wretched Hive|Encyclopedia Dramatica]].
International editions are notorious for sometimes [[Woolseyism|creating new puns for their titles]]. [http://desencyclopedie.org/wiki/Accueil Désencyclopedie] (“discyclopedia”), the French version, has a pair of dice (“dés” in French) as logo, the Norwegian version is called [http://ikkepedia.org/wiki/Forside Ikkepedia] (“notpedia”), the Russian versions are Absurdopedia ([http://absurdopedia.net here] and [http://absurdopedia.wiki here]), the Spanish version is [http://inciclopedia.org/wiki/Inciclopedia:Portada Inciclopedia] <ref>(It was [https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184032/http://www.frikipedia.es/friki/Portada Frikipedia] until a certain Spanish copyright organization [[Frivolous Lawsuit|did a massive legal bullying upon it]], and its mantle was passed to Inciclopedia. For a while since then, both existed, but each one catered to different audiences.)</ref> and the Danish version is called “[http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/Forside Spademanns Leksikon]”, a pun between respected Danish encyclopedia Lademanns Leksikon and “spade”, Danish slang for “retard”. In the Mandarin version, the name is still transliterated from Wikipedia, but the first word used here also means “fake”. [http://la.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/Pagina_prima Necyclopaedia], the [[Altum Videtur|Latin version]], simply transposes the first two letters of “encyclopaedia”<ref>archaic alternate spelling</ref> to form the Latin word ''ne'', “not”. The Italian version is called [http://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Nonciclopedia], basically the same pun as the original one. The Japanese version is called [[Gratuitous English|Ansaikuropedia]], from the katakana rendering of Uncyclopedia and is notorious for such bashing of [[Seiyuu]] and [[Anime]] that in some occasions surpasses that of [[Wretched Hive|Encyclopedia Dramatica]].


Let it be noted that [[TV Tropes]] listed them before [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/TV_Tropes they listed TV Tropes]. And as far as we know, All The Tropes has so far escaped their notice.
Let it be noted that [[TV Tropes]] listed them before [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/TV_Tropes they listed TV Tropes]. And as far as we know, All The Tropes has so far escaped their notice.
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* [[Author Existence Failure]] (invoked): [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/HowTo:Cut_Your_Own_Head_Off_With_a_Chainsaw “HowTo:Cut Your Own Head Off With a Chainsaw”]
* [[Author Existence Failure]] (invoked): [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/HowTo:Cut_Your_Own_Head_Off_With_a_Chainsaw “HowTo:Cut Your Own Head Off With a Chainsaw”]
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: On Inciclopedia's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131121071057/http://inciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pa%C3%ADs country] page: “Those who don't know their country's hymn are called 'hymnrants'. [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Haha.]]”
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: On Inciclopedia's [http://inciclopedia.org/wiki/Pa%C3%ADs country] page: “Those who don't know their country's hymn are called 'hymnrants'. [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Haha.]]”
* [[Bishonen]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Mitsubishie They have their own car company]!
* [[Bishonen]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Mitsubishie They have their own car company]!
* [[Berserk Button]]: The [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Encyclopedia_Dramatica_%28Website%29 site's page] for Encyclopedia Dramatica shows a great amount of seething hatred, which is reciprocated in full on ED.
* [[Berserk Button]]: The [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Encyclopedia_Dramatica_%28Website%29 site's page] for Encyclopedia Dramatica shows a great amount of seething hatred, which is reciprocated in full on ED.
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** And his arch-nemesis is [[Captain Oblivious]]!
** And his arch-nemesis is [[Captain Oblivious]]!
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Fuck_fucking_fucked_fucker_fucking_fuckups_fuck_fucking_fucked_fucking_fuckup_fucking_fucker%27s_fuck This article] analyses a grammatically correct sentence consisting entirely of variations on the word “fuck”, in the same vein as [[wikipedia:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo|“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”]].
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Fuck_fucking_fucked_fucker_fucking_fuckups_fuck_fucking_fucked_fucking_fuckup_fucking_fucker%27s_fuck This article] analyses a grammatically correct sentence consisting entirely of variations on the word “fuck”, in the same vein as [[wikipedia:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo|“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”]].
* [[Confusing Multiple Negatives]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418065335/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Double_negative “Double negative”]
* [[Confusing Multiple Negatives]]: [http://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Double_negative “Double negative”]
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Jaws_did_WTC “Jaws did WTC”]
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Jaws_did_WTC “Jaws did WTC”]
* [[Cute Kitten]]s: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Kitten_Huffing …Let's huff 'em!]
* [[Cute Kitten]]s: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Kitten_Huffing …Let's huff 'em!]
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* [[Just for Pun]]: [[Running Gag]] of the site.
* [[Just for Pun]]: [[Running Gag]] of the site.
* [[Long Title]] (every page [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Category:Really_Long_Titles here].)
* [[Long Title]] (every page [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Category:Really_Long_Titles here].)
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]: Inciclopedia's quotes for [https://web.archive.org/web/20120605041831/http://inciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Manuel_Rosales Manuel Rosales].
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]: Inciclopedia's quotes for [http://inciclopedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Rosales Manuel Rosales].
* [[The Nothing After Death]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/You_Are_Dead You Are Dead].
* [[The Nothing After Death]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/You_Are_Dead You Are Dead].
* [[Oscar Wilde]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Oscar_Wilde Uncyclopedia's unofficial mascot].
* [[Oscar Wilde]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Oscar_Wilde Uncyclopedia's unofficial mascot].
* [[Overly Long Scream]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/AAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAA!]
* [[Overly Long Scream]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/AAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAA!]
* [[Parodic Table of the Elements]]: The [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Idiotic_Table_of_the_Elements Idiotic Table], the [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Canadian_Periodic_Table_of_the_Elements Canadian Periodic Table], and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090801002357/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Occasional_table Occasional Table.]
* [[Parodic Table of the Elements]]: The [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Idiotic_Table_of_the_Elements Idiotic Table], the [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Canadian_Periodic_Table_of_the_Elements Canadian Periodic Table], and the [http://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Occasional_table Occasional Table.]
* [[Poe's Law]]: According to [[The Other Wiki]] some people have come across this wiki and believed it to be factual.
* [[Poe's Law]]: According to [[The Other Wiki]] some people have come across this wiki and believed it to be factual.
* [[Public Medium Ignorance]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/User:Joe9320/Vocaloid You know the] [[Vocaloid|Vocaloids]]? [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/User:Romaioktonos/Vocaloids Japan was actually stealing from the Greek], and they'd prefer you wouldn't know that.
* [[Public Medium Ignorance]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/User:Joe9320/Vocaloid You know the] [[Vocaloid|Vocaloids]]? [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/User:Romaioktonos/Vocaloids Japan was actually stealing from the Greek], and they'd prefer you wouldn't know that.
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** [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Ben_Croshaw Zero Punctuation] and [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Xkcd XKCD] get them as well.
** [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Ben_Croshaw Zero Punctuation] and [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Xkcd XKCD] get them as well.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]/[[Take That, Audience!]]: It's ''very'' often declared in the articles that anyone reading or writing Uncyclopedia must be a morbidly obese male virgin and a tragic waste of skin that the world would be better off without. Among the index “[https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Category:Things_you_will_never_have Things you will never have]” are brains, common sense, a girlfriend, health, intelligence, knowledge, popularity, safety, sex, or a sense of proportion.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]/[[Take That, Audience!]]: It's ''very'' often declared in the articles that anyone reading or writing Uncyclopedia must be a morbidly obese male virgin and a tragic waste of skin that the world would be better off without. Among the index “[https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Category:Things_you_will_never_have Things you will never have]” are brains, common sense, a girlfriend, health, intelligence, knowledge, popularity, safety, sex, or a sense of proportion.
* [[Self-Referential Humor]] (every page [https://uncyclopedia.cao/wiki/Category:Self-reference here].)
* [[Self-Referential Humor]] (every page [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Category:Self-reference here].)
* [[Serious Business]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/I_don't_appreciate_your_attitude_towards_my_potato_chip_situation I don't appreciate your attitude towards my potato chip situation]
* [[Serious Business]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/I_don't_appreciate_your_attitude_towards_my_potato_chip_situation I don't appreciate your attitude towards my potato chip situation]
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Assassins_from_the_future “Assassins from the future”]
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Assassins_from_the_future “Assassins from the future”]

Revision as of 07:07, 24 May 2019

The poor meme-ridden "comedy" website Uncyclopedia is the stuff of internet legend and infamy. The site which originated in 1860 is now a multi-national effort and is viewed as best the best of its kind by some. Uncyclopedia currently specializes in tedious mockery of perceived competitors and petty in-fighting, with much of the content viewed as mass-produced junk, however there remains a peculiar fondness for some of its articles by fanatics. The site has however been viewed as a waste of server space by its host the evil Wikia Empire.

The Other Wiki. No, the Other Other Wiki.

Affectionate Parody of Wikipedia that would like to be to wikis what The Onion is to newspapers. It advertises itself as the “content-free encyclopedia”.

Can be found here. The “good” articles (so judged by Uncyclopedia users) are listed here.

The site's guidelines and rules are written in a truthful and non-satirical, but still humorous tone, the best example of which is “How To Be Funny and Not Just Stupid

International editions are notorious for sometimes creating new puns for their titles. Désencyclopedie (“discyclopedia”), the French version, has a pair of dice (“dés” in French) as logo, the Norwegian version is called Ikkepedia (“notpedia”), the Russian versions are Absurdopedia (here and here), the Spanish version is Inciclopedia [1] and the Danish version is called “Spademanns Leksikon”, a pun between respected Danish encyclopedia Lademanns Leksikon and “spade”, Danish slang for “retard”. In the Mandarin version, the name is still transliterated from Wikipedia, but the first word used here also means “fake”. Necyclopaedia, the Latin version, simply transposes the first two letters of “encyclopaedia”[2] to form the Latin word ne, “not”. The Italian version is called Nonciclopedia, basically the same pun as the original one. The Japanese version is called Ansaikuropedia, from the katakana rendering of Uncyclopedia and is notorious for such bashing of Seiyuu and Anime that in some occasions surpasses that of Encyclopedia Dramatica.

Let it be noted that TV Tropes listed them before they listed TV Tropes. And as far as we know, All The Tropes has so far escaped their notice.

Uncyclopedia was originally hosted on Wikia (now Fandom) but moved to independent hosting in May 2019 after it was closed for violating Wikia policy. Some editors created a second independent version in January 2013, which can be found here.

Tropes used in Uncyclopedia include:
  1. (It was Frikipedia until a certain Spanish copyright organization did a massive legal bullying upon it, and its mantle was passed to Inciclopedia. For a while since then, both existed, but each one catered to different audiences.)
  2. archaic alternate spelling