History Creator / BrianDavidGilbert

* InkBlotTest: "Beautiful Mind" has BDG playing a psychiatrist and giving Creator/TomCardy an ink blot test, to which he gives absurd, abstract answers. Then they switch roles and it turns out that Brian ''also'' sees the same things.

* LargeHam: In most of Brian's works, he gets very enthusiastic, turning anything situation into a theatrical revue or a reason for a mental breakdown. Many ''Unraveled'' videos in particular devolve into him screaming about the complexity of the subject.

* ShownTheirWork: Although his work is often comedic, especially in ''Unraveled'', it constitutes a large amount of work and often drawing from his background in musical theatre and education in creative writing when discussing such varied topics as global mythology, literary constructions, and [[InnocentInnuendo his knowledge of feet]].[[note]]metrical feet, that is.[[/note]] Or taking an entire year to read every single ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' novel so he can give book reports on each one.

* SuddenlyShouting: BDG can go from relatively mellow educational tone to bombastic shouting in a matter of seconds to ham it up for comedic effect. Especially pronounced in the ''Sonic'' ''Unraveled'' episode as he becomes increasingly obsessed with the {{Cult}} he's forming around Sonic the Hedgehog.

* BrickJoke: Used often in BDG's work, especially in Unraveled, with one notable personal channel example. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPNOD2wlp8 my hair: a comprehensive tutorial]], Brian starts to say something, but then leaves it for later. Text slides over the screen saying "HE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER" with beautiful singing over top of it. [[spoiler:Later, Brian finally says it, and "HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW" is sung.]]k

* BrickJoke: Used often in BDG's work, especially in Unraveled, with one notable personal channel example. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkPNOD2wlp8 my hair: a comprehensive tutorial]], Brian starts to say something, but then leaves it for later. Text slides over the screen saying "HE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER" with beautiful singing over top of it. [[spoiler:Later, Brian finally says it, and "HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW" is sung.]]

* 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.

* 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.

* StepfordSuburbia: The setting of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2f37Vb2NAE "Welcome to the Neighborhood!"]] The homeowner's association imposes strange, overly-arbitrary guidlines on the neighborhood, somehow possess intimate knowledge of the POV character's lifestyle (including ''the thread count of their bedsheets''), and takes the liberty of canceling their news subscription (presumably due to its grim contents). [[spoiler:And when the POV character kills their neighbor, an identical "new" neighbor appears the next morning, somehow cloned through the strange bathtub setup outlined in the HOA pamphlet.]]

* SurrealHorror: Several of BDG's videos on his personal channel [[note]]Namely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx3ORAO1Y6s how to make jorts]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfu39l0kxg Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZy8BbMz_U&lc=UgzYwd3NMdCiuVUBCAZ4AaABAg.9KR_QunJRi79KSKsD5YCFn Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2f37Vb2NAE Welcome to the Neighborhood]][[/note]] start out as regular videos, but slowly devolve into bizarre situations that would make anyone reasonably unsettled. On top of that, these videos are often drenched in [[WorldOfSymbolism metaphors and symbolism]]. They're collected in a playlist approriately titled [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrzMhRx_AuP0DT2k6TtwNEdB5G_bqxkvR bdg's scaries]].

A full list of BDG's work can be found on his [[https://www.briandavidgilbert.com website.]

A full list of BDG's work can be found on his [[https://www.briandavidgilbert.com/ website]].

* ActualPacifist: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iTAkRHGbuM Pumpkin Cowboy]], tragically. [[spoiler:While the song leaves it ambiguous if Cowboy Cat was accidentally stabbed by his own knife when Pumpkin Cowboy tackled him, or if Pumpkin Cowboy really did kill him in the heat of the moment, the poor gourd is so heartbroken at taking a life -- any life -- that he weeps beside his fallen enemy, then vanishes into the West, never to be seen again.]]

** 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]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZy8BbMz_U "Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97"]], [[spoiler:the dad eventually speaks directly to Jake and tells him to stop watching the tape over and over again because it won't explain anything or bring him peace. At one point he says "Jake? you're not..." and looks confused, which implies that he realizes ''you'', the viewer, are watching him.]]

* CuriosityKilledTheCast: Trying to track down Dorian Smiles in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfu39l0kxg "Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]]" [[spoiler:gets the main character possessed or assimilated or ''something'' by the copy of himself he finds in the woods.]]

* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: PlayedForDrama in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfu39l0kxg "Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]]". Brian's character doesn't know what the spreadsheets he works on are for and doesn't even know who his boss "Dorian Smiles" really is; he simply repeats how he's making $20K every month by being his own boss and how great it is. [[spoiler:He gets tired of not knowing and attempts to find out. This goes poorly for him.]]

* StepfordSuburbia: The setting of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2f37Vb2NAE "Welcome to the Neighborhood!"]]. The homeowner's association imposes strange, overly-arbitrary guidlines on the neighborhood, somehow possess intimate knowledge of the POV character's lifestyle (including ''the thread count of their bedsheets''), and takes the liberty of canceling their news subscription (presumably due to its grim contents). [[spoiler:And when the POV character kills their neighbor, an identical "new" neighbor appears the next morning, somehow cloned through the strange bathtub setup outlined in the HOA pamphlet.]]

* SurrealHumor: His short-form comedy often begins as a seemingly normal video, then devolves into strange niche circumstances that don't make much sense, often with strange flashy effects. For example, his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3eotWyZv5c it's time to get good at darts]]" video goes from Brian practicing darts during quarantine to a creepy sequence with old-timey footage and a robotic voice declaring that by the year 2053, every construct of the world will revolve around darts. 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.

* StepfordSuburbia: The setting of [[https://youtu.be/C2f37Vb2NAE "Welcome to the Neighborhood!"]]. The homeowner's association imposes strange, overly-arbitrary guidlines on the neighborhood, somehow possess intimate knowledge of the POV character's lifestyle (including ''the thread count of their bedsheets''), and takes the liberty of canceling their news subscription (presumably due to its grim contents). [[spoiler: And when the POV character kills their neighbor, an identical "new" neighbor appears the next morning, somehow cloned through the strange bathtub setup outlined in the HOA pamphlet.]]

* 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.]]

* SurrealHorror: A couple of BDG's videos on his personal channel [[note]]Namely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx3ORAO1Y6s how to make jorts]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfu39l0kxg Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZy8BbMz_U&lc=UgzYwd3NMdCiuVUBCAZ4AaABAg.9KR_QunJRi79KSKsD5YCFn Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97]][[/note]] start out as regular videos, but slowly devolve into bizarre situations that would make anyone reasonably unsettled. On top of that, these videos are often drenched in [[WorldOfSymbolism metaphors and symbolism]].

* StepfordSuburbia: The setting of [[https://youtu.be/C2f37Vb2NAE "Welcome to the Neighborhood!"]]. The homeowner's association imposes strange, overly-arbitrary guidlines on the neighborhood, somehow possess intimate knowledge of the POV character's lifestyle (including ''the thread count of their bedsheets''), and takes the liberty of canceling their news subscription (presumably due to its grim contents). [[spoiler: And then when the POV character kills their neighbor, an identical "new" neighbor appears the next morning, somehow cloned through the strange bathtub setup outlined in the HOA pamphlet.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Dale is the only member of 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.

* SurrealHumor: His short-form comedy often begins as a seemingly normal video, then devolves into strange niche circumstances that don't make much sense, often with strange flashy effects. For example, his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3eotWyZv5c it's time to get good at darts]]" video goes from Brian practicing darts during quarantine to a creepy sequence with old-timey footage and a robotic voice declaring that by the year 2053, every construct of the world will revolve around darts.
** 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.

* TheDissTrack: 2winz^2's 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.

* ActualPacifist: [[https://youtu.be/4iTAkRHGbuM Pumpkin Cowboy]], tragically. [[spoiler:While the song leaves it ambiguous if Cowboy Cat was accidentally stabbed by his own knife when Pumpkin Cowboy tackled him, or if Pumpkin Cowboy really did kill him in the heat of the moment, the poor gourd is so heartbroken at taking a life -- any life -- that he weeps beside his fallen enemy, then vanishes into the West, never to be seen again.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In [[https://youtu.be/RXZy8BbMz_U "Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97"]], [[spoiler: the dad eventually speaks directly to Jake and tells him to stop watching the tape over and over again because it won't explain anything or bring him peace. At one point he says "Jake? you're not..." and looks confused, which implies that he realizes ''you'', the viewer, are watching him.]]
* 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 Applebee's trashcan to offer to their one-eyed robin god.

* BrickJoke: Used often in BDG's work, especially in Unraveled, with one notable personal channel example. In [[https://youtu.be/CkPNOD2wlp8 my hair: a comprehensive tutorial]], Brian starts to say something, but then leaves it for later. Text slides over the screen saying "HE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER" with beautiful singing over top of it. [[spoiler:Later, Brian finally says it, and "HE'S TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW" is sung.]]

* CuriosityKilledTheCast: Trying to track down Dorian Smiles in [[https://youtu.be/wbfu39l0kxg "Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]]" [[spoiler: gets the main character possessed or assimilated or ''something'' by the copy of himself he finds in the woods.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus:

* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: PlayedForDrama in [[https://youtu.be/wbfu39l0kxg "Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]]". Brian's character doesn't know what the spreadsheets he works on are for and doesn't even know who his boss "Dorian Smiles" really is; he simply repeats how he's making $20K every month by being his own boss and how great it is. [[spoiler: He gets tired of not knowing and attempts to find out. This goes poorly for him.]]

* ShownTheirWork: Although his work is often comedic, especially in ''Unraveled'', it constitutes a large amount of work and often drawing from his background in musical theatre and education in creative writing when discussing such varied topics as global mythology, literary constructions, and [[InnocentInnuendo his knowledge of feet]]. [[note]] metrical feet, that is. [[/note]] Or taking an entire year to read every single ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' novel so he can give book reports on each one.

* SurrealHorror: A couple of BDG's videos on his personal channel [[note]] Namely [[https://youtu.be/Sx3ORAO1Y6s how to make jorts]], [[https://youtu.be/wbfu39l0kxg Earn $20K EVERY MONTH by being your own boss]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXZy8BbMz_U&lc=UgzYwd3NMdCiuVUBCAZ4AaABAg.9KR_QunJRi79KSKsD5YCFn Teaching Jake about the Camcorder, Jan '97]] [[/note]] start out as regular videos, but slowly devolve into bizarre situations that would make anyone reasonably unsettled. On top of that, these videos are often drenched in [[WorldOfSymbolism metaphors and symbolism]].

-->'''TBD''': I got money and fame and fancy clothes, I got a cat food sponsor deal\\

* BittersweetEnding: "Pumpkin Cowboy" ends with the titular character saving his flock and the town from Cowboy Cat, but in taking the scoundrel's life (either [[AmbiguousSituation accidentally or deliberately]]) he finds that he can no longer live with himself and so rides off into the sunset, leaving only his legend behind.

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* TheDissTrack: 2winz
's 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.

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

* BandOfRelatives: Parodied with 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.

* OnlySaneMan: Dale is the only member of 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.
** 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.

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

* 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.

* 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.
** 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.

* TheDissTrack: 2winz
's 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.