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A comedy trope where a person rattles off or displays an absurdly long list of things. For example, someone goes into a shop and asks for a sandwich. The person at the desk asks what type they desire. The customer asks what they have available. Cue the person behind the counter running off a huge list of variations on sandwiches. Might make the character start longing for Freedom From Choice. If the list is actually spelled or read out to the viewer, it becomes an Overly Long Gag. For added comedy, the list will often contain one or more of: Examples of Long List include:

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  • A comedy trope where a person rattles off or displays an absurdly long list of things. For example, someone goes into a shop and asks for a sandwich. The person at the desk asks what type they desire. The customer asks what they have available. Cue the person behind the counter running off a huge list of variations on sandwiches. Might make the character start longing for Freedom From Choice. If the list is actually spelled or read out to the viewer, it becomes an Overly Long Gag. For added comedy, the list will often contain one or more of: Examples of Long List include:
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  • A comedy trope where a person rattles off or displays an absurdly long list of things. For example, someone goes into a shop and asks for a sandwich. The person at the desk asks what type they desire. The customer asks what they have available. Cue the person behind the counter running off a huge list of variations on sandwiches. Might make the character start longing for Freedom From Choice. If the list is actually spelled or read out to the viewer, it becomes an Overly Long Gag. For added comedy, the list will often contain one or more of: * Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick * Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking * List of Transgressions * Department of Redundancy Department Parodies of the second type of "Side Effects Include" are generally a kind of Long List. A slight variant is to present the list as a visual gag rather than an Overly Long Gag: a character might present a document containing a "small list of suggestions" which soon unfolds itself all the way down to the floor. See the List Song for a musical version, Rhyming List, which well, you know..., and see also Overly Long Name. Contrast Epic Catalog, which is equally long but quite serious. Examples of Long List include:
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