Origin
Started around August 2003, it really picked up momentum with the showing of Tragedy or Hope on Inventing Situations. Simply stated, ACTION LIBRARIAN is a superhero librarian. The capper known as gleeb is often credited for starting this gag.
Examples
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Wherever knowledge needs classification, I'll be there. Wherever there is horseplay in the stacks, I'll be there. Wherever a people cry out for assistance in using an index, I'll be there!
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"Finally I can get bak to drawing mustaches on all the diagrams in Gray's Anatomy..."
"Not so fast!"
"ACTION LIBRARIAN! But how?"
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ACTION LIBRARIAN catches someone cutting a color plate out of a book and the red haze of fury rises...)
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All the spine labels removed from the Oversized section! Read ACTION LIBRARIAN's most exciting adventure yet!
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