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running gag

literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling
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running gag

Summary

running gag ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • running gag's image is recorded as Jack Benny and vault.JPG[2].
  • running gag's subclass of is recorded as recurring event[3].
  • running gag's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ljmp[4].
  • running gag's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Running gags[5].
  • running gag's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-1091[6].
  • running gag's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/RunningGag[7].
  • running gag's KBpedia ID is recorded as RunningGag[8].
  • running gag's IMDb keyword is recorded as running-gag[9].

Why It Matters

running gag ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). running gag. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/running-gag
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_running-gag_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{running gag}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/running-gag}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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