catlaxative t1_j247q56 wrote
Reply to comment by WhenRobLoweRobsLowes in Is there a name for the TV trope when a character is stupid/silly but they become the straight man in episodes alongside a stupider character? by 3kool5you
Like they’re passing around the ball of sanity/idiocy, “now it’s your turn to be the dummy” kind of thing? I like it!
Wh00ster t1_j24c5k8 wrote
WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_j247xsc wrote
Right. It started with "idiot ball," coined by Hank Azaria, and the other tropes have grown out of that name.
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