History Creator / PeteHolmes

* BigHam: very much so. What makes it endearing is his self awareness about it

* PowerUpFood: He has a routine where he imagines Hagar from ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' going to a doctor for a stomachache and describing how he eats apples and turkey dinners he finds on the street after punching barrels.

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, television host, and cartoonist. He began stand-up in 2000. His comedic influences include Creator/ConanOBrien and Creator/{{Sinbad}}. He has a very big following, through his podcast ''You Made it Weird'', where he and a guest discuss life, careers, and their thoughts on religion and spirituality. He currently stars in ''Series/{{Crashing|US}}'', a comedy series he created, very loosely based on his life.

* ChewingtheScenery: His magicians bit, "some of your faces while I do that are why I do comedy. Some of you are like "easy now."
* DeathAsComedy:Pete has a routine in his comedy central special and album about how he would like to die by being hit by arrows.

* DumbisGood: early on in his career he had a joke about being called gullible how those who call him gullible are lying in the first place

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AcCENTupontheWrongSylLABle:
His pronunciation of words such as cookie and flute.

* ChewingtheScenery:
his magicians bit , “ some of your faces while I do that are why I do comedy . Some of you are like “ easy now.”
Green eggs and ham bit

** Two separate friends sent him the same t-shirt - a Dr. Seuss shirt of ''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam.” He mentions how the first time he got it, he didn’t like it. Then, with the second shirt, it was like God telling him, “I gave you that goof-goof face, wear the outfit!”

* SelfDeprecation: A lot of his stand-up material is making fun of himself.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Unlike Jimmy Fallon's Pete's is very much genuine, he is self aware of it, he even used it in part of the plot of an episode in his HBO series.

-->'''Anthony:''' You haven't seen neither.

* DeathasComedy:
Pete has a routine in his comedy central special and album about how he would like to die by being hit by arrows.

How his " British It " routine goes from his first HBO special Faces and Sounds, how British people respond to awkward conversations by repeating that question as a question. They respond like they are hitting the tennis ball back.
American man 1: I don't know if grandma's going to make it through the hot hot summer.
American american man 2 : Oh, man. Death, sorry for what your upcoming loss.

American Man: I don't know if grandma's going to make it through the hot hot summer.
British Man: She's on the way out , is she?
American Man: You know, I'm actually feeling really depressed.
British Man: Feeling a bit blue , are you?
American Man: You know, i'm actually having suicidal thoughts.
British Man: Can't quite take it ,can you?
American Man: Maybe I'll jump off a bridge
British Man: Scary though, isn't it?
American Man: I could shoot myself.
British Man: Faster, yeah?
American Man: I'm gonna do it tonight.
British Man: Cheers.

* GentleGiant: Pete is 6 ft 6, but has a joyous, sweet and harmless personality. He states in his comedy that this is the only possible timeline in which he didn't become a youth pastor.

-->'''Anthony:''' You haven't seen neither.

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, television host, and cartoonist. He began stand-up in 2000. His comedic influences include Creator/ConanOBrien and Creator/{{Sinbad}}. He has a very big following, through his podcast ''You Made it Weird'', where he and a guest discuss life, careers, and their thoughts on religion and spirituality. He currently stars in ''Series/{{Crashing}}'', a comedy series he created, very loosely based on his life.

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, television host, and cartoonist. He began stand-up in 2000. His comedic influences include Conan O'Brien and Creator/{{Sinbad}}. He has a very big following, through his podcast ''You Made it Weird'', where he and a guest discuss life, careers, and their thoughts on religion and spirituality. He currently stars in ''Series/{{Crashing}}'', a comedy series he created, very loosely based on his life.

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* ManChild: A trait he shares with close friends such as John Mulaney and Mike Birbiglia. ** Two separate friends sent him the same t-shirt - a Dr. Seuss shirt of ''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam.” He mentions how the first time he got it, he didn’t like it. Then the second time he saw it, it was like God telling him, “I gave you that goof-goof face, wear the outfit!”

* OneOfUs: Mentions old-school video games and comic books just enough to display some geek background.

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, television host, and cartoonist. Pete Holmes is a stand up comedian who started in 2000. His comedic influences include Conan O'Brien and Creator/{{Sinbad}}. He has a very big following, through his podcast " You Made it Weird", where they discuss, life, their career and delve into religion at the end. He currently stars in ''Series/{{Crashing}}'', a comedy series he created, very loosely based on his life.

* TheFundamentalist: Subverted, even though he was raised very religious and used to be , he was never hateful or homophobic. In college this exchange happened-
Both are in Pete ‘s dorm room
Pete : Don’t use that word( Faggot) in my room
College friend: Don’t use that word ( Fuck) in my room.
Pete : But we are in MY room. ( pushes him out of his room?

* JewishMother: his mother. She’s Lithuanian is very much like a Jewish or Italian mother .
* {{Keet}}: very much so, as shown by the naming of his first album title " Impregnanted with wonder". Pete loves to laugh, have fun on stage.

* ManChild: a trait he shares with
Close friends such as John Mulaney and Mike Birbiglia. Two seperate friends sent him the same t shirt a Dr. Seus shirt of “ Green eggs and ham.” He mentions the first time he got it , he didn’t like it then the second was like god telling him “ I gave you that goof-goof face, wear the outfit!”

He’s also mentioned he played with action figures until he was 18 and only stopped because of social pressure and his dad making him stop and give them away.

* ParentalFavoritism- with his mom.

* TheRoast- Pete loves being roasted and made fun by comics. This happened a lot on Anthony Jeselnik's show.

* CampStraight: In his comedy, he mentions how people often assume that he's gay, but he's not. He states confidently that he likes vaginal intercourse and standing like ''this,'' while adopting a humorously prissy pose

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, television host, and cartoonist. Pete Holmes is a stand up comedian who started in 2000. His comedic influences include Conan O'Brien and Creator/{{Sinbad}}. He has a very big following, through his podcast " You Made it Weird", where they discuss, life, their career and delve into religion at the end.

Peter Benedict "Pete" Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, television host, and cartoonist. Pete Holmes is a stand up comedian who started in 2000. His comedic influences include Conan O'Brien and Sin Bad. He has a very big following, through his podcast " You Made it Weird", where they discuss, life, their career and delve into religion at the end.

!!Tropes associated with Pete Holmes include:
* Camp Straight: He actually found out he has a high level of testosterone but this is a big part of his joke where he enjoys standing like a pregnant woman would and comments on how people may think it looks "gay" but he enjoys it as much as sex with a woman. This is a common trait he shares with many of close stand up comic friends such as Mike Birbiglia and Creator/JohnMulaney.

* GentleGiant: Pete is 6 ft 6, this is discussed on his podcast episode with Bill Burr, Pete is one of the nicest, sweetest guys but he should be able to defend himself just by his size.

-->'''Anthony:''' You haven't seen neither.

Camp Straight- He actually found out he has a high level of testosterone but this is a big part of his joke where he enjoys standing like a pregnant woman would and comments on how people may think it looks "gay" but he enjoys it as much as sex with a woman. This is a common trait he shares with many of close stand up comic friends such as Mike Birbiglia and John Mulaney

Keet- very much so, as shown by the naming of his first album title " Impregnanted with wonder". Pete loves to laugh, have fun on stage.


gentle giant- Pete is 6 ft 6, this is discussed on his podcast episode with Bill Burr, Pete is one of the nicest, sweetest guys but he should be able to defend himself just by his size.

The Roast- Pete loves being roasted and made fun by comics. This happened a lot on Anthony Jeselnik's show.
Pete: What do a woman's panties and her nail polish have in common
Anthony: You haven't seen neither.