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* ActingForTwo: 2winz
, the four-man BoyBand with each member played with BDG in different costumes, hairstyles, and singing pitches.



;. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].

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;.. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].

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* ActingForTwo: 2winz

, the four-man BoyBand with each member played with BDG in different costumes, hairstyles, and singing pitches.
* AerithAndBob: 2winz
;. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].

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* ActingForTwo: 2winz

, the four-man BoyBand with each member played with BDG in different costumes, hairstyles, and singing pitches.
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* AerithAndBob: 2winz
;. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].
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* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with the 2winz

in "Just One Day," a band made of four brothers. One brother, Dale, is only in the band because their mom forced the other brothers to let him join, and the other three brothers sing about how much they wish he was out of the band, despite him being the only one capable of actually managing the band. By the end of the song, they kick Dale out, but all need to rely on their mom to send money.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz

''did'' say they would give up their money, sponsorship deals, etc, if they didn't have to deal with Dale anymore. When they actually get what they want by insulting Dale until he quits, the next couple lines suggest they did in fact lose most of that stuff (as they have to rely on their mother for funding), because Dale was the reason they got it in the first place.

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* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with the 2winz

in "Just One Day," a band made of four brothers. One brother, Dale, is only in the band because their mom forced the other brothers to let him join, and the other three brothers sing about how much they wish he was out of the band, despite him being the only one capable of actually managing the band. By the end of the song, they kick Dale out, but all need to rely on their mom to send money.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz

''did'' say they would give up their money, sponsorship deals, etc, if they didn't have to deal with Dale anymore. When they actually get what they want by insulting Dale until he quits, the next couple lines suggest they did in fact lose most of that stuff (as they have to rely on their mother for funding), because Dale was the reason they got it in the first place.
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* OnlySaneMan: Dale is the only member of the 2winz
who's concerned about the band's financial issues and tries to keep them from going broke by making frivolous purchases. Unfortunately, the rest of the band doesn't listen and just rags on him for being a buzzkill, and he gives up on them when TBD drowns out his cautionary verse with a blender.
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performs background vocals on ''AAAH!BBA'', Dale is the only one to question the wisdom of allying with a KillerRobot to make an {{Music/ABBA}} cover song. His objections are again completely ignored.

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* OnlySaneMan: Dale is the only member of the 2winz
who's concerned about the band's financial issues and tries to keep them from going broke by making frivolous purchases. Unfortunately, the rest of the band doesn't listen and just rags on him for being a buzzkill, and he gives up on them when TBD drowns out his cautionary verse with a blender.\n** When 2winz
performs background vocals on ''AAAH!BBA'', Dale is the only one to question the wisdom of allying with a KillerRobot to make an {{Music/ABBA}} cover song. His objections are again completely ignored.
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* TheDissTrack: 2winz
song ''Just One Day'' starts out like any other BoyBand song but quickly pivots into the other three complaining about how much of a loser their fourth member Dale is.

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* TheDissTrack: 2winz
song ''Just One Day'' starts out like any other BoyBand song but quickly pivots into the other three complaining about how much of a loser their fourth member Dale is.
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* ActingForTwo: 2winz

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* ActingForTwo: 2winz



* AerithAndBob: 2winz↨. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].

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* AerithAndBob: 2winz↨. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].2winz



* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with the 2winz

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* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with the 2winz



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz
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* ActingForTwo: 2winz^2, the four-man BoyBand with each member played with BDG in different costumes, hairstyles, and singing pitches.
* AerithAndBob: 2winz^2. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].

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* ActingForTwo: 2winz^2, the four-man BoyBand with each member played with BDG in different costumes, hairstyles, and singing pitches.
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* AerithAndBob: 2winz^2.2winz↨. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].



* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with the 2winz^2 in "Just One Day," a band made of four brothers. One brother, Dale, is only in the band because their mom forced the other brothers to let him join, and the other three brothers sing about how much they wish he was out of the band, despite him being the only one capable of actually managing the band. By the end of the song, they kick Dale out, but all need to rely on their mom to send money.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz^2 ''did'' say they would give up their money, sponsorship deals, etc, if they didn't have to deal with Dale anymore. When they actually get what they want by insulting Dale until he quits, the next couple lines suggest they did in fact lose most of that stuff (as they have to rely on their mother for funding), because Dale was the reason they got it in the first place.

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* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with the 2winz^2 in "Just One Day," a band made of four brothers. One brother, Dale, is only in the band because their mom forced the other brothers to let him join, and the other three brothers sing about how much they wish he was out of the band, despite him being the only one capable of actually managing the band. By the end of the song, they kick Dale out, but all need to rely on their mom to send money.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz^2 ''did'' say they would give up their money, sponsorship deals, etc, if they didn't have to deal with Dale anymore. When they actually get what they want by insulting Dale until he quits, the next couple lines suggest they did in fact lose most of that stuff (as they have to rely on their mother for funding), because Dale was the reason they got it in the first place.2winz



* OnlySaneMan: Dale is the only member of the 2winz^2 who's concerned about the band's financial issues and tries to keep them from going broke by making frivolous purchases. Unfortunately, the rest of the band doesn't listen and just rags on him for being a buzzkill, and he gives up on them when TBD drowns out his cautionary verse with a blender.
** When 2winz^2 performs background vocals on ''AAAH!BBA'', Dale is the only one to question the wisdom of allying with a KillerRobot to make an {{Music/ABBA}} cover song. His objections are again completely ignored.

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* OnlySaneMan: Dale is the only member of the 2winz^2 who's concerned about the band's financial issues and tries to keep them from going broke by making frivolous purchases. Unfortunately, the rest of the band doesn't listen and just rags on him for being a buzzkill, and he gives up on them when TBD drowns out his cautionary verse with a blender.
2winz
** When 2winz^2 performs background vocals on ''AAAH!BBA'', Dale is the only one to question the wisdom of allying with a KillerRobot to make an {{Music/ABBA}} cover song. His objections are again completely ignored. 2winz



* TheDissTrack: 2winz^2 song ''Just One Day'' starts out like any other BoyBand song but quickly pivots into the other three complaining about how much of a loser their fourth member Dale is.

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* TheDissTrack: 2winz^2 song ''Just One Day'' starts out like any other BoyBand song but quickly pivots into the other three complaining about how much of a loser their fourth member Dale is. 2winz

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The brief shots of various bird species in "we like watching birds" are accompanied by facts about that bird's species, which get progressively more comical. The shots also assign bird names to things that aren't even birds, like a turtle and a statue of a pig. Apparently an American goldfinch lent Brian his truck to help him move one time, and Brian really hates a Canada goose named Sebastian.

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The brief shots of various bird species in "we like watching birds" are accompanied by facts about that bird's species, which get progressively more comical. The shots also assign bird names to things that aren't even birds, like a turtle and a statue of a pig. Apparently an American goldfinch lent Brian his truck to help him move one time, and Brian really hates a Canada goose named Sebastian.Sebastian.
** In "that feeling when you bite into a pickle and it's a little squishier than you expected," the book Karen's reading changes every time the shot cuts between her and Brian.
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* ActingForTwo: 2winz^2, the four-man BoyBand with each member played with BDG in different costumes, hairstyles, and singing pitches.


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* InterfaceSpoiler: Lampshaded in his "Hair tutorial", where by the time he's finished showing how he styles his shoulder-length hair, it's only halfway through the video. He signs off and lets the outro screen roll for a few seconds... before pointing out there are still ''many'' more minutes left in the video and so much left for him to do.


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* TheDissTrack: 2winz^2 song ''Just One Day'' starts out like any other BoyBand song but quickly pivots into the other three complaining about how much of a loser their fourth member Dale is.

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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The songs in the ''AAAH!BBA'' album are performed by a vampire, a mummy, a murder robot, Victor {{Literature/Frankenstein}}, and... [[Literature/PeterPan Captain Hook]], who has never been particularly associated with horror or Halloween. The video description all but admits that BDG just wanted to do one of the songs in the style of a sea shanty.



* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The songs in the ''AAAH!BBA'' album are performed by a vampire, a mummy, a murder robot, Victor {{Literature/Frankenstein}}, and... [[Literature/PeterPan Captain Hook]], who has never been particularly associated with horror or Halloween. The video description all but admits that BDG just wanted to do one of the songs in the style of a sea shanty.

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Brian David Gilbert, better known by his initials BDG, is an internet content producer who first rose to prominence when he joined Polygon and produced the ''{{WebVideo/Unraveled}}'' series, where he dug into (and sometimes fabricated) the lore behind some of the most beloved video game franchises, while also [[MeaningfulName slowly going insane]]. After producing three seasons, BDG left Polygon to create new works. Karen Han often co-writes and -produces his videos.

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Brian David Gilbert, better known by his initials BDG, is an internet content producer who first rose to prominence when he joined Polygon and produced the ''{{WebVideo/Unraveled}}'' series, where he dug into (and sometimes fabricated) the lore behind some of the most beloved video game franchises, while also [[MeaningfulName [[DoubleMeaningTitle slowly going insane]]. After producing three seasons, BDG left Polygon to create new works. Karen Han often co-writes and -produces his videos.



But I'd give it all up... if I could have just one day...just one day... I'd give it up for one day ''without Dale''!

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But I'd give it all up... if I could have just one day...just one day... I'd give it up for one day ''without Dale''!Dale''!
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* NotBloodSiblings: Subtly skewered in the ''AAAH!BBA'' cover of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" as sung by Dr. Frankenstein, which opens with Frankenstein writing to "my dearest sister slash wife". [[note]]In the book, the Frankenstein family raised Elizabeth, who is either a foundling or Victor's actual cousin depending on which edition you're reading, essentially as a very early start on matchmaking her and Victor. Which works.[[/note]]


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* TemptingFate: In the ''AAAH!BBA'' Frankenstein song, the doctor declares that he can think of absolutely no consequences his plan to make a person might have. Five seconds later...
-->'''The Creature:''' Why have you created me? Just to suffer? Aaaargh!
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* AerithAndBob: 2winz^2. The members are [[{{Hipster}} TBD]], [[HollywoodHacking AtSign]], [[AnimeHair Juunyur]] (presumably pronounced "junior"), and [[OnlySaneMan Dale]].
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* KillerRobot: One of the songs in the ''AAAH!BBA'' album is performed by a murder robot.


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** When 2winz^2 performs background vocals on ''AAAH!BBA'', Dale is the only one to question the wisdom of allying with a KillerRobot to make an {{Music/ABBA}} cover song. His objections are again completely ignored.


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* PirateSong: One of the songs on the ''AAAH!BBA'' album is a sea shanty cover of "SOS" performed by [[Literature/PeterPan Captain Hook]].


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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The songs in the ''AAAH!BBA'' album are performed by a vampire, a mummy, a murder robot, Victor {{Literature/Frankenstein}}, and... [[Literature/PeterPan Captain Hook]], who has never been particularly associated with horror or Halloween. The video description all but admits that BDG just wanted to do one of the songs in the style of a sea shanty.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The other three members of 2winz^2 ''did'' say they would give up their money, sponsorship deals, etc, if they didn't have to deal with Dale anymore. When they actually get what they want by insulting Dale until he quits, the next couple lines suggest they did in fact lose most of that stuff (as they have to rely on their mother for funding), because Dale was the reason they got it in the first place.

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** "When my twin and I make videos, here's the basic gist: I would edit in premier, and he would not exist!"

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** "When He establishes his sense of humor in his video cover letter for Polygon by duplicating himself to create a "twin" and then quickly editing him out.
-->"When
my twin and I make videos, here's the basic gist: I would edit in premier, Premiere, and he would not exist!"
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* MoodWhiplash: His application to Polygon uses this, starting off with a typical "beginning editor" opening and slightly poor mic quality as he introduces himself... before ''immediately'' streamlining into an upbeat, jumpy song with much better mic quality as he shows off his skills with editing and his comedic skill.


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** "When my twin and I make videos, here's the basic gist: I would edit in premier, and he would not exist!"
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Practically every verse of [[https://youtu.be/ml7bK1jg69I "We Like Watching Birds"]] lists several normal things the narrators like about bird-watching, like enjoying how cute and clever birds are, and then one ''not'' normal thing, like stealing chicken bones out of an Applebees trashcan to offer to their one-eyed pigeon god.

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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Practically every verse of [[https://youtu.be/ml7bK1jg69I "We Like Watching Birds"]] lists several normal things the narrators like about bird-watching, like enjoying how cute and clever birds are, and then one ''not'' normal thing, like stealing chicken bones out of an Applebees Applebee's trashcan to offer to their one-eyed pigeon robin god.



* FreezeFrameBonus: The brief shots of various bird species in "we like watching birds" are accompanied by facts about that bird's species, which get progressively more comical. Apparently an American goldfinch lent Brian his truck to help him move one time, and Brian really hates a Canada goose named Sebastian.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The brief shots of various bird species in "we like watching birds" are accompanied by facts about that bird's species, which get progressively more comical. The shots also assign bird names to things that aren't even birds, like a turtle and a statue of a pig. Apparently an American goldfinch lent Brian his truck to help him move one time, and Brian really hates a Canada goose named Sebastian.
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* ImprobableAntidote: In "shingle jingle," his doctor says the cure for shingles is to avoid the number six, run under a bridge holding a cat, and tie a leek to his affected area. And pills and rest, of course.

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* ImprobableAntidote: In "shingle jingle," his doctor says the cure for shingles is to burn sage, avoid the number six, run under a bridge holding a cat, and tie a leek to his affected area. And take pills and rest, sleep, of course.

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He's called himself BDG as far back as Dances Moving!


* FullNameBasis: Almost always refers to himself by full name, which led to the usage of his initials by fans and others to refer to him.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The brief shots of various bird species in "we like watching birds" are accompanied by facts about that bird's species, which get progressively more comical. Apparently an American goldfinch lent Brian his truck to help him move one time, and Brian really hates a Canada goose named Sebastian.
* FullNameBasis: Almost always refers to himself by full name, which led to the usage of name or his initials by fans initials, and others to refer to him. have followed suit.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: PlayedForLaughs in "the rollerblader's world is limitless". He talks about how since he's taken up rollerblading, he can do anything and go anywhere, only to [[spoiler: crash onto some grass and immediately become helpless.]]
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* ChristmasCreep: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zUh7tWXK1I "It's November 8th" has Brian chastise his roommates for playing Christmas music in early November... but he quickly gets sucked into the Christmas spirit himself, ditching his annoyance for Christmas lights and a tiny pine tree.

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* ChristmasCreep: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zUh7tWXK1I "It's November 8th" 8th"]] has Brian chastise his roommates for playing Christmas music in early November... but he quickly gets sucked into the Christmas spirit himself, ditching his annoyance for Christmas colored lights and a tiny pine Christmas tree.
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* ChristmasCreep: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zUh7tWXK1I "It's November 8th" has Brian chastise his roommates for playing Christmas music in early November... but he quickly gets sucked into the Christmas spirit himself, ditching his annoyance for Christmas lights and a tiny pine tree.
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: In "that feeling when you bite into a pickle and it's a little squishier than you expected," Brian can't find the right word to describe the titular feeling, so he invents the word "[[spoiler:zjierbness]]" for the occasion. Karen soon picks it up.
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* RussianReversal: The last lyric of "we like watching birds" is "We like watching birds, and the birds like watching you too!"
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* StylisticSuck: His video resume for Polygon begins with an amateur-looking Windows Movie Maker intro card and goes into a dull video filmed with his webcam... then it's subverted when he leaps into his musical number and shows his ''actual'' editing and performance prowess.

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* StylisticSuck: His video resume cover letter for Polygon begins with an amateur-looking Windows Movie Maker intro card and goes segues into a dull low-frame-rate video filmed with his webcam... then it's subverted when he leaps into his musical number and shows his ''actual'' prowess in editing and performance prowess.performance.
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* MoodWhiplash: In Brian's video about [[https://youtu.be/D0QpldEWmlY perfecting his apartment with The Sims]], he accidentally glitches the game into preventing the Grim Reaper from taking his body, [[{{Unwinnable}} softlocking]] him. He goes on about how Brian's character was severely out of touch with the outside world. The only people who noticed his death were the utility companies. [[AndIMustScream Even Death had forgotten him.]] Sim!Brian's house was tiny and isolated compared to the rest of the houses in the ga--
-->'''Reality!Brian:''' And then in Trial 5 I peed myself! A LOT!

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** If he can work interpretive dancing into his works, he will, as seen with the dream ballet in Ultimate Pokérap, the dance break in "Shingle Jingle," and of course, ''WebVideo/DancesMoving,'' which centers around dancing and ends with an interpretive freestyle dance number.

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** If he can work dancing (especially interpretive dancing dancing) into his works, he will, as seen with the dream ballet in Ultimate Pokérap, the dance break in "Shingle Jingle," and of course, ''WebVideo/DancesMoving,'' which centers around dancing and ends with an interpretive freestyle dance number.


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* StylisticSuck: His video resume for Polygon begins with an amateur-looking Windows Movie Maker intro card and goes into a dull video filmed with his webcam... then it's subverted when he leaps into his musical number and shows his ''actual'' editing and performance prowess.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Practically every verse of [[https://youtu.be/ml7bK1jg69I "We Like Watching Birds"]] lists several normal things the narrators like about bird-watching, like enjoying how cute and clever birds are, and then one ''not'' normal thing, like stealing chicken bones out of an Applebees trashcan to offer to their one-eyed pigeon god.
-->We like watching birds, which is good because we have no choice!
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* ImprobableAntidote: In "shingle jingle," his doctor says the cure for shingles is to avoid the number six, run under a bridge holding a cat, and tie a leek to his affected area. And pills and rest, of course.

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* AuthorAppeal: A lot of his short form [=YouTube=] content centers on interests of his, such as Old Bay Seasoning and especially Jorts. BDG even describes himself as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx3ORAO1Y6s jorts enthusiast]].

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A lot of his short form [=YouTube=] content centers on interests of his, such as Old Bay Seasoning and especially Jorts. BDG even describes himself as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx3ORAO1Y6s jorts enthusiast]].
** He often uses English academia to explain the topics on ''Unraveled,'' even if it barely makes sense.
** If he can work interpretive dancing into his works, he will, as seen with the dream ballet in Ultimate Pokérap, the dance break in "Shingle Jingle," and of course, ''WebVideo/DancesMoving,'' which centers around dancing and ends with an interpretive freestyle dance number.
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* SickEpisode: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it8vJ03E8c8 "shingle jingle"]] is about Brian's experience having shingles.
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* BoyBand: "[[BandOfRelatives Just One Day]]" is a parody of boy bands, with [[BandOfRelatives four brothers]] named TBD, [=AtSign=], Juunyur, and Dale singing kitschy love songs while bragging about their wealth. They're not very responsible with their money and blow it on frivolous fashion and luxuries, even though Dale keeps trying to warn them about going broke.

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* BoyBand: "[[BandOfRelatives "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdVgPCM5wEk Just One Day]]" is a parody of boy bands, with [[BandOfRelatives four brothers]] named TBD, [=AtSign=], Juunyur, and Dale singing kitschy love songs while bragging about their wealth. They're not very responsible with their money and blow it on frivolous fashion and luxuries, even though Dale keeps trying to warn them about going broke.

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