1. Something they say, or might say, as themselves, unironically. (Julie and Jack: ”She constantly looks like she’s being told she can’t bring her cat someplace.”) #

2. Something they say, or might say, as themselves, ironically. (Bill: ”Oh, good! More of this.”) #

3. Something they say as caricatures of themselves, or even pretending completely. (Mike’s hate on Blue Thunder) #

4. Something they say as on-screen characters (or the narrator), and something those characters might say. (Rare; mostly by Kevin) #

5. Something they say as caricatures of on-screen characters. (Explicit misogyny from implicitly misogynous characters) #

6. Something they say as non-speaking on-screen objects, ranging from dead people (in non-supernatural/scifi films) all the way to abstract, inanimate things. (The Bermuda Triangle: ”The Ocean here to say I don’t endorse this dumb movie.”) #

7. Something they say as off-screen crew, and something the crew might say. (”Keep rolling!”) #

8. Something they say as caricatures of off-screen crew. (Swamp of the Ravens: ”Not established enough! Keep establishing!”) #

9. Something they say as characters from other films or media, both fictional and non-fictional. (Crocodile Dundee) #

This list is probably nonexhaustive. In particular, it inherently misses playing between the levels, such as seals pretending that the previous riff was level 1, when it was actually level 5. (House on Haunted Hill: ”The physics of doorknobs confuses and frightens my scientific mind.” ”Sorry Mike.”) #