1. Why Mario is Secretly a Douchebag

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. 12 March 2012. 7 min

Cracked After Hours returns on the wings- er...the raccoon tail of a cultural hero.

2. If You Could Have Dinner (And Sex) With Any Famous Figure

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. 2 April 2012. 6 min

Behind every boring ice-breaker, there is a much better question waiting to be asked.

3. Why The Scariest Sci-Fi Robot Uprising Has Already Begun

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. 16 April 2012. 7 min

ED-209? Terminators? You don't need to go to sci-fi for the most terrifyingly likely robot uprising. It's already started.

4. The 6 Most Unintentionally Creepy Sitcom Characters

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. 30 April 2012. 7 min

When you actually connect the dots, sitcoms feature lots of creepy subplots, disappearing characters, and plenty of subtext that makes the laugh track sound pretty damn nervous ...

5. Why The Star Trek Universe is Secretly Horrifying

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. 14 May 2012. 8 min

Think twice about your prayers each night to Q, Trekkies. There are a lot of good reasons why you'd hate living on the Enterprise.

6. 3 Popular Children's Characters Who Secretly Hate Animals

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. 29 May 2012. 6 min

And yet, why isn't PETA calling out these monsters? We think it's because Big Gaming is paying them to look the other way.

7. 4 Creepy Hidden Truths Behind Popular Scary Stories

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. 9 July 2012. 8 min

New episode of Cracked After Hours about why teens are afraid of cars, Brits are afraid of urban murderers and the whole world is afraid of aliens.

8. Why PIxar Movies Are All Secretly About the Apocalypse

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. 12 September 2012. 7 min

'Toy Story' is secretly about slavery, but when you put them all together, you get an even creepier universe.

9. Why Indiana Jones Secretly Sucks at His Job

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. 24 September 2012. 8 min

Indiana Jones is awesome to watch, and terrible to be around in just about any other context. We explain why.

10. The Only 8 Types of TV Shows That Get Made

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. 15 October 2012. 7 min

Even the most groundbreaking TV shows all follow an extremely specific formula.

11. 5 Reasons James Bond Might Be the Worst Spy Ever

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. 12 November 2012. 7 min

But as the trailer for Skyfall proves, at least he can still stick a landing.

12. The 4 Worst Lessons Disney Movies Taught Us as Kids

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. 17 December 2012. 7 min

Disney teaches terrible lessons to kids all the time.