Top 10 Drag Race Inside Jokes

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[@dinosaur52074]

Mask for masc

[@hugomota898]

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[@hugomota898]

😮😊😊😊😊😅😊😊😊😊😊uoy😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@hugomota898]

😊

[@lorenzoleda]

Even before the challenge, the ICON Joey Jay said "I'm not a singer or a rapper but I am gay" and those are words I live by

[@triplef-funfromfreddy4356]

Gay as f**k

[@brofourtwenty2143]

Me when i apply for a job without any qualifications

[@shaedomoon]

And she had a whole spiel about how important is was for a very gay appearing person to be the "trade of the season"

[@firstnamelastname6193]

Joey's interview with Maddy was everything. Joey was the very first gay and we all learn from him

[@ilovesomeone10]

same vibe as jinx being like “I can’t sew but I can braid” on as7

[@222hannahh]

Serena cha cha being the first queen to ever read a book.

[@el_azarath9257]

this deserves more likes 💀

[@sexuallyactivetoyotaprius3454]

Honestly. The doors she opened. She is a scholar!

[@l4neybug]

Trilingual too!

[@burntfrootloop4073]

The "ChaCharinas rise up" Reddit meme always gets me laughing too.

[@gigglinggurtrude8699]

Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling.

[@m00nrac00n]

"Mama, kudos for uploading that. For spilling." 💀

[@ferretferr5600]

this is definitely gonna be the most recent addition to the list

[@Pongocity.]

LOL

[@asia742]

An overnight sensation, better than anything mean she’s said all season

[@chubsfierce]

Wait where is this from? 😩

[@maxr7527]

The pink one so terrify

[@MikelosM]

the red one so wheeze

[@rakbung]

The mullet one so informify

[@trueblueedits4673]

The corset one so repeat no

[@conmilktea]

Why doesn't. the big Trisha paytas eat the little Trisha paytas

[@furby9284]

My personal favorite inside joke is ‘You’re a liar and this is why Derrick Barry don’t like you’

[@Randomname3498]

*slams lipstick down*

[@NickPein]

"Derrick sacrificed her dignity so we could have knowledge" LMAO😂

[@RuinedStillWetMascara]

That line was the cherry on top, I laugh so much lol

[@Octobris]

She didn't have any dignity, but the line slaps indeed

[@rakbung]

If I had follow-thru I'd put it on a t-shirt, in speech-bubble issuing forth from the gigllingly informative face of RunnerEye"s ambiguously limp-wristed substitute teacher persona 🤟🏽 Someone get this educator an IPB Pride of Place award! 👑

[@ihartdiamonds]

My favourite part about the Bob and Peppermint fracking clip is the way they are rocking back and forth in unison. I wish I had what they have

[@samthepancake69]

"well, monet" is the new "it's fashion..."

[@esotericanomoly3]

Additional honourable part of the fracking saga was the bianca and peppermint pit stop moment 💀

[@fantasystarsdragrace6838]

A whole video about drag race inside jokes? The doors that Gia opened

[@RainbowQuartz2.0]

AHHHHH how could he have forgotten this one lmao

[@ytlokop]

Can someone where this one came from?? I know who Gia Gunn is but I'm new to this show so I have no idea

[@aaaleww]

@@ytlokoptwitter i think it was after season 14 came out but im not sure might be thinking about something else

[@RainbowQuartz2.0]

@@ytlokop during season 14 when everyone came out as trans, gia gunn said that she opened the doors for the fellow trans competetors since she was trans first? i think, and now everyone references regarding everything

[@miranda.w22]

Omg that's the one I commented when he posted the community post, best joke

[@Joseph-ye1lv]

Was hoping you'd include "black stockings, white shoes, shouldnt be allowed in the chuuuuurch"😭

[@Beefnachos]

There's a hot glue gUuuuuUun 🎶

[@MeretrixTricks]

Yes, the best Kennedy Davenport quote next to crystallized hooking story!

[@danielleespinoza5358]

@@MeretrixTricks I'd add "fuck my drag right?" I quote that ALL the time lmao

[@arsonvamp]

@@danielleespinoza5358fr i experience any minor inconvenience and go “fuck my drag right” lmao

[@mjm3091]

tbh it's quite self-explanatory

[@Sam20309]

Some more off the top of my head - Yuhua Hamasaki winning every season - The doors Gia Gunn opened - I feel VERY attacked - Come through *insert anything* - After a long night of hooking, trade did not like the session

[@novalynn3562]

Mama, kudos to you, for spilling

[@bib4eto656]

- come on season six, let's get siiiickeniiiiin *blam*

[@annagrant3328]

so he had gutted me, and set me on fire. but you know i didn’t die. i had crystallized… and now i’m a glamazon bitch ready for the runway!

[@whiro8945]

Bonus: who’s after peppermint?!

[@bev6782]

Nah what about biblegirl winning every season

[@TS-xn1mc]

Not a day goes by that I don’t lay in bed thinking about RuPaul watching someone drowning in the Hudson River and praying instead of calling the police and I refuse to believe it didn’t actually happen.

[@the_rose_titty]

I think that's where that Phil Collins song came from 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@TS-xn1mc]

@@the_rose_titty It’s true I was the drum solo.

[@TS-xn1mc]

@@the_rose_titty Btw I’m literally adding this to my lore.

[@gabbyblanchard]

the Yuhua Hamasaki winning every season joke is one of my faves

[@kidkytes6233]

154 seasons so far!

[@gabbyblanchard]

@@kidkytes6233 idk about you guys, but she has season 16 in the bag

[@ronpol2531]

when was this

[@Gugunet26]

One of my favorite inside joke moments is when I found a comment under Trixie's video announcement of the Red Scare lipstick with Katya saying "Now we need a lipstick called Pink Terrify"

[@briansnyder8016]

Derrick is also very self aware about Nobody Died at Stonewall and reposts it every year during Pride month.

[@novakd1530]

@@Octobris That's actually smart a gay business woman

[@fruitgum9619]

​@@Octobris what a dumb comment bro

[@soaribb32]

​@@novakd1530 I'm a gay...strong...WOMAN 😂😂😂

[@whattypeofx7750]

MY personal favourite, is alyssa edwards going "Santino, would you PLEASE STFU with your, no, drag, knowledge, mouth" i use it all the time when i see people BS

[@sydneystowell5116]

no bc some baby gay on tiktok was defending pride flags to a military guy by saying people fought and died for them at stonewall and i just had to hold back the willam and let them brawl

[@CarissaEllyn]

I also thought someone died at stonewall for a long time lol ???

[@AimbotFreak]

@@CarissaEllyn I mean someone probably died in the Inn given that it was ran by the mafia, but no one died during the riots themselves.

[@yourbestam]

Please tell me you dm them and told them the truth

[@coolboyyo654]

@@AimbotFreak it was the 70s everything was run by the mafia to some extent

[@ArturGlass.C]

It's a shame cuz outside of stonewalls a lot of gay people did die for being gay. It was a death sentence in a lot of places for a long time. So they could have made the same point easily.

[@DipIsChocolate]

Looking particularly well rested and deeply moisturized

[@MeretrixTricks]

And cute as a button!

[@larsworld]

it’s that manta sleep

[@andrewgentile2643]

Honorable mention needs to go to “Kelly Mantle has arrived at *insert event*”

[@violet_aurora3068]

I don't know that one, can you explain plz :)

[@DemiLeigh-el3oe]

@@violet_aurora3068It’s more of a photo meme. People photoshop Kelly’s promo photo from season 6 into random locations and events.

[@violet_aurora3068]

@@DemiLeigh-el3oe i see but is there any specific reason why?

[@JosephHibbard]

@@violet_aurora3068no specific reason I don’t think. People just love Kelly! She’s an icon!

[@rinina]

Ppl usually photoshop the 'bacon' dress that she made on s6 lol, it is infamously camp, and like another commenter said, ppl love kelly and she's a nice sport about the jokes on her dress lol​@@violet_aurora3068

[@jesseperkins9669]

Loving the look. It's giving substitute who gets bullied by the students realness 💅🏻

[@m00nrac00n]

Literally the history substitute I used to have. He was so gay gaaaay and lowkey dark academia slay before it was in the public conscious (2016).

[@facuarroyo3249]

Not this XD

[@DETODOUNPOCO7055]

Me

[@Pongocity.]

Or the extremely gay English teacher who has a wife and kids and isn’t gay. 😂

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

It’s giving Mormon missionary

[@derekkee5588]

22:36 I’m dead ☠️ simply referring to Tamar as “the interviewer” immediately after covering “well, Tamar” is almost as unintentionally rude as Alexis asking Tamar if she had ever watched the show 😂

[@magpie405]

screaming

[@Murmel_]

RunnerEye giving us a Mr Mojo

[@alejotinganell5653]

RunnerEye is good mr Mojo. Mr Mojo is evil RunnerEye

[@yoyosha3384]

The newest one to be added, "Mama, kudoz for saying that. For spilling."

[@thatlemonadeguy6742]

"This is just like the second book Catching Fire, this is the Quarter Quell with all the victors" Chad says, as he is talking about All Stars, a show known for having a cast full of queens who lost their season.

[@Killixn_]

"Chad about to die" will always get me! It's just so ridiculous and the fact that Chad loved it herself makes it even funnier 😭🔥

[@aveywaveyy]

chad's hunger games obsession is sooo fkn funny

[@p-cam1584]

Please consider ranking every "Who should go home tonight, and why?" moment on Drag Race :)

[@corvidsRcool]

And if Luxx's speech full of glowing compliments about all the girls on stage except for Loosey who is a basic bitch* is not the highest ranking toppest tier gagworthy moment, I think we should riot. *I say this a fan of Loosey who didn't particularly vibe with a lot of Luxx's drag, but it can't be denied that she made some damn good TV and I will always love her for it.

[@mexican_icecream]

“I don’t know why ya’ll are gagging? She brings it to you every season “ - ( RPDR 8) Bob the Drag Queen

[@Hearts4ca1t]

Luxx placing first iktr

[@Silis-en7nk]

Ima make a list for all the jokes needed in part two add a comment if I missed anything -Alone in the VIP -BenDelaChrist -Kelly Mantle has arrived _____ - anything by Langanja - the gaslighting of Jan - The Bob Monet rivalry - “I don’t see you walking kids in nature.” - the season 9 reunion - “this is not RuPaul’s bestfriends race.” - Maddy Morphosis - Derrick vs her eyelashes - Drag is not a contact sport

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

It’s very dry, kind of like your vagoiahna

[@McHimbo]

"Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling."

[@Seasidelilac]

The doors Gia Gunn has opened.

[@kotosqoposrly]

​@@one-onessadhalf3393 RE can also explain the meaning behind Haus of Dry. I frigging love Rock M 😂

[@MichelleD2023]

I forget the exact quote but “this is an organized effort to systematically destroy Jan’s psyche” is absolutely hilarious

[@akumayoxiruma]

19:00 Regarding Roxxxy Andrews: She personally has said on Twitter that she feels hurt when people bring this trauma up and try to sell it as a joke, so I think it's time to bury the hatchet.

[@billie-jv5ll]

I remember not knowing about the context of the joke and now knowing she had to deal with that, I feel so bad for her.

[@MarioMVasilev]

Also Katya has said that she regrets saying that "joke"

[@redacted5882]

"If Miss Piggy was a guest judge on Drag Race she would absolutely bring up the fracking" is forever ingrained in my brain idk where i saw it but . Help

[@OrlandoMajor94]

l have to admit that l am one of the many people that learned that nobody was killed as Stonewall because of Derrick in that interview.... Thanks Britney, l mean Derrick....

[@CarissaEllyn]

Same 💀

[@nilsclement5009]

Dida Ritz being the first French queen to be on Drag Race

[@victoria_is]

If I may add something to the syllabus, the whole Michelle Visage not liking green is also an inside joke. When you watch s4 she basically says in a critique once that she hated a dress because of the particular shade of green but it then became a running joke after SN referenced it in her snatch game performance as Michelle.

[@antoinecoelho9793]

I really thought Chad was dead because of that, and I learned that she was alive few weeks ago when she entered the work room for the S16 snatch game 😂

[@dazanii]

💀

[@jackl8025]

"I look pretty good for a dead bitch"

[@LeoMenFig]

10:40 Not BenDeLaChrist ☠️

[@AlleyCat-bz8hr]

Savior of Morgan and the drag queens. 🙏🏽

[@thebumpercar1344]

There were two references to the "Jujubee is on every season of Drag Race" on UK vs the World 2 episode 1! When Raven walks out onstage after all the contestants have already made their entrance, she tells the contestants "What, no Jujubee?"

[@CarysCantDance]

I caught the Bob/Peppermint fracking conversation live, and had no idea how viral that moment would become. Every time I see the clip and notice my comment with my old username pop up, I almost regret changing my handle. Thousands if not millions of people have seen it now, so I’d possibly have a few more followers off the back of it 😉

[@kelseyjaffer]

would you want to change it back?

[@CarysCantDance]

@@kelseyjafferNot really as it doesn’t accurately describe the content I make any more. My old handle was ‘CarysHannahPoet’, but I rarely post any poetry related stuff so I changed it to ‘CarysHannahCreates’. I’m thinking of changing it again to match my username here as I think it’s more fun.

[@Ev-fm6ev]

This is really new but “Mama, kudos for saying that. For spilling.” is already so iconic that people reference it without knowing it’s from Drag Race

[@lindakijktenschrijft]

Here for the deepcut Sims lore at the beginning ✨

[@m00nrac00n]

Mama, kudos for uploading that. For spilling.

[@Ari-ys1gs]

I feel like "Derrick sacrificed her dignity so that we could have knowledge" is a good summary of a lot of her public image. I also didn't know stage hooks weren't an old timey joke until they had to use one on her at that roast

[@tutuwaffle]

Nothing will convince me that RuPaul did not watch someone drown in the Hudson River, that definitely happened

[@wholesky626]

i feel like it is my duty to mention that i was the person to screenshot the original "the pink one so terrify" comment and i posted it to my TUMBLR BLOG in 2017 ish. it took off from there which rlly surprised me because my blog didn't have a ton of followers but it did have some hate lurkers (i was on r/rpdrcringe a lot because well. i was sixteen and a trixie stan.) so yeah i took the screenshot and sent it in a gc first and they told me to post it, then it blew up on tumblr and then someone copied it to twitter and the rest is history. as soon as trixie posted it on her ig i knew i'd made it lol. it's my one and only claim to fame

[@kat2565]

imma trust that ur not making that up cause that is fr rlly cool

[@wholesky626]

@@kat2565 haha no it is in fact me ! im on tumblr (still...) at jcox and the pinned post is the original! there's no evidence of it on the internet before that day (i misremembered the timeframe; it was january 2018 actually)

[@TeleportUsToMars.]

​@@wholesky626 aw that's so cool! Thank you for your service 🫡

[@MrEliasMarques]

The cross being BendelaChrist was the inside joke inside the inside jokes

[@yuhparttwoelectricboogaloo]

Shout out to greengay for keeping the “nobody was killed at stonewall?” Going

[@fruitgum9619]

best intro ever

[@chucho_qmp]

I feel like the Joey Jay thing was also fueled by Ru’s running joke of going “wait WHAT” every time someone mentions someone’s gay on the show.

[@mochagrande4370]

The “Tamar have you watched the show” is actually a reference to the show Tamar had with her sisters “Braxton Family Values”. One of her sisters said that to her 😅

[@davidmorris8319]

Oh wow, this is getting out of hand 😂 how many layers are there!?!

[@mochagrande4370]

@@davidmorris8319 lol as far as I know that’s as deep as it goes. I wish I can remember which episode so I can direct people to it 😭

[@CarissaEllyn]

The doors that Gia opened Where was the fashion? The glamour? Pls make a part 2

[@Sam_ijbol]

plz be a sister

[@Randomguy-gz7zs]

@@Sam_ijbolwerk

[@CarissaEllyn]

Can I also add “don’t be sorry, be fierce” bc I say it all the time to ppl and my friends who don’t watch drag race never get it. 💀😂

[@CarissaEllyn]

And “it’s a piece of fabric”

[@CarissaEllyn]

No badges for Cheryl

[@luv_meche]

bob and peppermint swaying back and forth together is killing meee 😭

[@Link-dx1lx]

"Sexually ambiguous teacher with a wrist a little too limp for your liking" is my next character concept

[@LunaBeth97]

It's real sad how long I actually believed that Alexis was an actual producer on the show😂

[@octaviozanetti615]

How did you forget the door that Gia opened????? 😭😭😭

[@fernandovillalobos5434]

The coffee enema kicked in for you today ☕️

[@jaskper]

Idk why but the stubble makes you look a bit like a twinkified Rick Grimes from the Walking Dead (specifically like season 1) and i love that

[@ammis5064]

Ru was really on his Ross Matthews ish when he drummed up that metaphor lol

[@pqlasmdhryeiw8]

Ew Michelle. Not Ross!

[@theoriginal1971]

Bob and Peppermint’s IG live will forever be iconic like everytime I see it I laugh. The way they were swaying side to side 😭😭

[@kebrinab13]

My favorite is "after a long night of hookin, trade didnt like the session....." 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shawnbay2211]

Anything involving Derrick Barry is now an inside joke. That girl is unreasonably funny even if 90% of it is unintentional.

[@xviolaa]

Her drunk live roast is everything. "She's not here tonight so FFFFUUCK YOU!!!"

[@thomasdegroat6039]

One that I've seen everywhere but never understood was the meme that Yuhua Hamasaki is the winner of every season of Drag Race.

[@CarissaEllyn]

She would call herself the bootleg queen and winner of bootleg and then edit herself as Rupaul and then slowly the joke became that she won every season. I think that’s how it started lol

[@aravindanandan_]

Ok but the beard and those glasses, you are ridiculously stunnacia 😩🤌🏻✨

[@cassidyauld6413]

i think joey jay talked about being gay way more than just the one lyric. i remember her saying it several times in confessional

[@the_spaggot3148]

I believe they said something along the lines of "I'm not a singer or a rapper but I am gay as fuck so I'm just gonna channel that"🤣

[@daniellegelhaus6854]

N..nobody was killed?

[@Ghostface1998]

I never understood the fracking joke bc all of the censoring made me think they were saying f*cking so “Ru Paul F*cking” was funny but seeing everyone react it so strongly (aka peppermint doing the x hand thing💀) I was like ooooo that’s wha fracking is.

[@davidkocik5495]

The sleep mask ad is giving flight attendant. Runner Eye would eat the Glamazonian Airways challenge

[@Octobris]

The beard is simply exquisite. I'm in love with the fit too.

[@bobbybubby7977]

Also, Gia’s “There was no glamour at Drag Con” is iconic.

[@Dan-B]

Oh the bunker?

[@extralevel8253]

No no not that 🙅‍♀

[@fukhyu3330]

The way you look exactly like a young gay version of my APUSH teacher 😭

[@johnvarner5536]

“But is it fashion?” “IM ROXXXY ANDREWS AND IM HERE TO MAKE IT CLEAR” Yuhua winning every season

[@GetThePun]

Just to add, Katya asked Roxxy if she could make the bus stop joke before the reading challenge!

[@sarahswitchblade259]

im obsessed with the classroom format

[@peachii3124]

this one's a bit broad, but jokes about seasons that haven't actually happened. one of my favorites that i've seen was "remember when bebe won all winners 2 by playing mind games on bob and convinced her that aquaria was blair st. clair's twin"

[@Jao-du1cw]

I forgot the saying "shakakan" to every question

[@pqlasmdhryeiw8]

I don't know how that's any of your business.

[@BlakeJamesEpicBlog]

Chad about to die... honestly, it gets me everytime 😂😅

[@Edelara]

Mama, kudos for posting this, for spilling

[@mjm3091]

20:30 Raven also referenced it, when she came at the end of the cast reveal and asked "so no Jujubee?".

[@walifercosta1065]

we need gia gunn iconic tweet "the doors i've had open", i love this so much

[@jalvesss]

As a teacher, i can say that this is one of the greatest classes i’ve attended

[@samnovak3024]

The capital letters I with dot over them are slowly nibbling my soul away. One day I might end up with no soul at all and let a man die in the river.

[@danielbardsley1347]

I think the Joey Jay one was a reference to Sam Smith saying they were the first openly gay person to win an Oscar (or some other award), so Twitter took off with loads of different 'first gay' memes and so I think JJs was born from that

[@derpgaTroll]

rewatching chad michaels hunger games obsession, my mind INSTANTLY went to Shangela referring to Game of Thrones in almost all of her AS confessionals...

[@CharlieBrownGIGA]

It all fits perfectly together. Chad about to die bc rupaul's fracking, the pulluted air turned joey jay gay, and make the pink one (so terrify). Rupaul let man drown in Hudson River, Alexis Michelle blackmailed and became producer. Roxxxy left at the bus stop with jujubee on her way to another season which confused Tamar-Nobody was killed at stonewall; has she ever watched the show?

[@def1_notbia]

“Oh the fracking” 🦅🦅🦅

[@ruliocezar]

i ALWAYS quote ''i cant say that? i cant say that either?'' lmao also. runner YOURE HOT

[@Corvidazed]

We love Plumbella :0

[@lizaechelon]

kudos for spilling knowledge like seriously

[@bobbybubby7977]

The one that took me forever to figure out was queens like Alaska and Bob saying “For me personally”. They’re quoting Jiggly but it took me forever to figure out the reference.

[@javk8673]

I also watched that plumbella video to sleep it was amazing

[@scaraptor2106]

what I find particularly funny is that mhi’ya’s “im grrreat!” didn’t actually become that memorable of a meme despite ru directly saying that it would become a meme 😭

[@dakotawillard803]

I feel like ru thought we would be obsessed with mhi’ya like how she thought we’d be obsessed with Jorgeous but she’s usually very off with who she thinks will be a fan favorite

[@scaraptor2106]

@@dakotawillard803 yes exactly

[@pqlasmdhryeiw8]

Stop making "fetch" happen

[@scaraptor2106]

@@pqlasmdhryeiw8 it’s not gonna happen!

[@moonsnakesheddingskin]

The accidental teachable moment is actually a really great point, & a very wholesome & optimistic note to end the video on. Very cool 💚

[@iop283]

Honnestly aquaria stripping on the judges’ table while the vixen does gravity defying moves should’ve made it on the list

[@73682]

along with acid betty punching michelle's left tit

[@simmer_jay]

"I work in a Catholic school. You see that FUCKIN, the little cross up there?" SIR 🤣🤣

[@lol4m4y]

in my geography class when I was like 15, me and my friend had to make a poster about fracking and next to the bit about damage to the environment, we drew a crying flower that said "rupaul killed my husband" and then a dead flower next to it (the husband...rip). its still an inside joke in my friend group to this day 💀

[@jazbatzz]

chad michaels love of the hunger games is so funny i lov her

[@totsss]

miss runner eye be killing this new look!

[@henner777]

These little inside jokes made me laugh, the over analysing is fab! I think you should do it to one of Lee Dawson RuCaps, that would be meta.

[@TS-xn1mc]

The Stonewall one was my suggestion, I’m so happy it made it! Also, the interviewer was Tamar Braxton so she appeared here twice too.

[@HelloIamnotaburger]

Kelly Mantle arriving places will always be my fav

[@vickycordelia2555]

i did not expect the miss crumplebottom reference but we stan

[@leur.]

myfave drag race moments are silky tossing her seasoning to brooke and riggamorris

[@leur.]

anither one i forgot to mention thats kinda drag race related is peppermint saying she doesnt care abt gays