Citation Needed

Citation Needed is a blog on Tumblr run by Conor Lastowka and Josh Fruhlinger dedicated to hilariously bad Wikipedia writing. Excerpts may be chosen because of poor grammar/spelling, triviality or irrelevance to the article, or just because they seem strange.

The blog also has a podcast hosted by Conor, where entries are expanded upon and turned into skits. There is also a book featuring various entries from the blog with added comments.

Not to be confused for the Show Within a Show [citation needed] in Echo Chamber.


This blog and its podcast contains examples of:
  • Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
    • From Irrumatio: However, the passive partner might experience certain difficulties compared to less-aggressive fellatio, such as feeling as if they are abused, boredom, uncomfortable reflexes, coughing up saliva, vomiting, being unable to breathe, etc.
    • If Day. "If Day included a staged firefight between Canadian troops and volunteers dressed as Nazi soldiers, the internment of prominent politicians, the imposition of Nazi rule, and a parade."
    • "The band states that their greatest influences are David Bowie, The Devil himself, and Gary Busey."
    • "The film takes the form of several ‘sketches’ in which she treats her patients (often mutilating, killing or introducing them to novelty show acting careers in the process)."
    • Serial killer John Cooper "had a history of crime, including 30 robberies and violent assault, and a May 1989 appearance on the TV game show Bullseye."
  • Bathos: One of the commonest forms of humour.
    • "Ha-ha is a term in garden design that refers to a trench, one side of which is concealed from view, designed to allow an unobstructed view from a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, while maintaining a physical barrier in one direction, usually to keep livestock out that are kept on an expansive estate or parcel. Ha-ha is also what Nelson from the hit show “The Simpsons” says a lot."
  • Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: "Asimov received frequent criticism about his books that they never included aliens or sex, so Asimov included in this book aliens, sex, and alien sex."
  • Captain Ersatz / Expy: In the podcast: The Professor and Crispin are self-aware parodies of Peabody and Sherman.
  • Captain Obvious:
  • Catch Phrase: It's Time Traveling Time, Bitches! (TTTB)
  • Cliché Storm: Acknowledged in the article for the Rom Com "What's Your Number?"

Bostonian[1] Ally Darling (Anna Faris) looks back at the past twenty men that she has had relationships with and wonders if one of them might be her true love. To revisit them, she enlists the help of her neighbor, Colin (Chris Evans).[2] She obviously ends up with Colin.

"Your screenplay is M. Night Shyamalanesque in its vapidity, brainlessness, utter incoherence, and soul-deadening effects. Also, I guess because it has a twist ending."

Eventually Joline is committed, hence the title, and her belief in true and lasting love is broken… or is it?

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