History LetsPlay / SimonLane

** In ''WebVideo/{{JaffaQuest}}'' 105, he undid several episodes of hard work. How did he do this? [[spoiler:He tried launching the rocket inside the factory "museum tour", causing a huge explosion and destroying the entire factory. The explosion was so big that it ''caused at least two of their games to crash'']]. While he at least has the excuse of not knowing that [[spoiler:it was fuelled]], he didn't even bother checking.

* BadBoss: In the ''LetsPlay/JaffaFactory'' series. This actually [[spoiler:causes Lewis to leave Honeydew Inc]] in episode 13. In Episode 14, [[spoiler:Sjin immediately gets fired from LetsPlay/SipsCo and joins them]], but quits pretty much immediately when Simon keeps beating him with a stick.
* BerserkButton: PlayedForLaughs. Bringing up the Bees in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' attached to the forestry mod gets him screaming mad in just a few seconds. He blames them for the ''LetsPlay/JaffaFactory'' series getting the hatchet (even though there were more legitimate reasons).

** His efforts to build a Santa on top of the LetsPlay/JaffaFactory were quite simply dreadful. Initially, he wraps the belt ''below'' its bottom (causing the usually deadpan Sips to burst out laughing for several minutes), then makes its face look like (posthumously-exposed child molester) Jimmy Savile. When Duncan points out the latter, Simon reacts with horror.
** [[spoiler:Crashed into the moon in ''LetsPlay/{{MoonQuest}}'']].
** In ''LetsPlay/{{JaffaQuest}}'' 105, he undid several episodes of hard work. How did he do this? [[spoiler:He tried launching the rocket inside the factory "museum tour", causing a huge explosion and destroying the entire factory. The explosion was so big that it ''caused at least two of their games to crash'']]. While he at least has the excuse of not knowing that [[spoiler:it was fuelled]], he didn't even bother checking.

** While hardly ''useless'' in the ''LetsPlay/JaffaFactory'' series, he does less work than Lewis or LetsPlay/DuncanJones and spends a lot of his time easily distracted, forcing them to get him back on track.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Compare him to Lewis and Duncan, who are productive and fairly competent. Simon, on the other hand, murders the others for petty reasons, sets things alight, uses TNT to "solve problems" and is rude to the others (albeit not entirely seriously). His performance in ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' is also fairly bad, with a ''lot'' of UnfriendlyFire. Ironically inverted for Yoglabs, in which Lewis is manipulating the unwitting Simon.
* TokenGoodTeammate: For ''Yog Labs'', he's the only one with a moral compass; while some of the science team have varying standards, they still experiment on others willingly. Simon is mostly an UnwittingPawn, and eventually rebels after [[spoiler:Lewis orders him to destroy a village with some TNT-firing weaponry, later trying to release a group of commandos (though he ends up killing most of them). Since clone #0028 ends up dying in the process, clone #0029 continues as normal]].

* CloningBlues:

* ''Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries''

** [[spoiler:His Master Clone gets killed in ''Machinima/YogLabs'', forcing him to essentially have to die to keep on living. He doesn't remember any of his past life as a result.]]
** PlayedForLaughs in ''Machinima/ShadowOfIsraphel''.

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:Deconstructed. When his Master Clone is destroyed in ''Machinima/YogLabs'', he has to replace it himself, but now has none of his previous memories.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has his moments in the ''Machinima/ShadowOfIsraphel'' series, such as sticking close to Grizwald to protect him during the Legend of Verigan livestream and reassuring Knight Peculier of his ability to save the world. Then there's his [[spoiler:reaction to Peculier's death]]...

* TokenGoodTeammate: For ''Machinima/YogLabs'', he's the only one with a moral compass; while some of the science team have varying standards, they still experiment on others willingly. Simon is mostly an UnwittingPawn, and eventually rebels after [[spoiler:Lewis orders him to destroy a village with some TNT-firing weaponry, later trying to release a group of commandos (though he ends up killing most of them). Since clone #0028 ends up dying in the process, clone #0029 continues as normal]].

* AbsenteeActor: Simon was missing from most of the main channel's videos from March 2015 until September 2015, since he fell ill and went into the hospital for surgery. He eventually recovered.

* BadassBeard: He has a fantastic beard both in real life and with his ''Minecraft'' avatar.

* {{Adorkable}}: Guaranteed to be this whenever he shows up on camera: See day one of his Gamescom coverage for many examples.

Due to his ''Minecraft'' skin being a stereotypical dwarf, Simon roleplays as a dwarf of Khaz Modan (a nod to his long standing fandom of ''World of Warcraft'') sometimes known as Honeydew in various ''Minecraft'' series.

His Website/YouTube channel (shared with Lewis) can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BlueXephos here]]. From March 2015 until September 2015, he was on hiatus from the main channel due to illness.

* AbsenteeActor: Simon was missing from most of the main channel's videos from March 2015 until September 2015, since he fell ill and went into hospital for surgery. He eventually recovered.

* BigEater: Self confessed.

* CombatPragmatist: When playing as the murderer in ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', he can be surprisingly skilled and pragmatic, often stabbing people in the back and waiting for them to turn on someone else before making his move. This is an acquired trope, since his initial strategy was to go in screaming.

** His introduction to ''Murder'' involves him charging around, screaming at the top of his lungs with a knife out. Given how ''Murder'' requires the main antagonist to be cautious and more subtle, he was gunned down more or less instantly. He did improve afterwards, mind, but he still set the tone for the rest of the video.

* HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday: In almost every circumstance he refers to himself as a dwarf, plays as a dwarf...he even has a knitted dwarf hat he sleeps in.

* ImplausibleDeniability: During the ''TTT'' livestream in December 2014, he murders LetsPlay/WilliamStrife and is basically caught in the act. He runs away, screaming "[[MetaphoricallyTrue Someone killed Will! Oh god it was awful]]", then proclaiming to be innocent before Daltos guns him down.

** Due to ''Shadow of Israphel'' going on hiatus, a rumour started circulating that Simon had died and that was the reason for it. Fans naturally started believing it, in no small part due to the Google Plus transition allowing imitators and spam accounts to circulate the rumour. This was considered the final straw, and comments on his and Lewis' channel were banned for two months.
** In 2015, loose tongues on Reddit began circulating rumors of his death again when Simon was in hospital and out of Yogscast videos from March through September.
* SadClown: The reason for his six month hiatus from the main channel was supposedly due to him suffering from mental health issues.

* SelfDeprecation: He's mocked himself a number of times for shouting too much, most noticeably after his six month hiatus.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Spiders really freak him out.

* ImplausibleDeniability: During the ''TTT'' livestream in December 2014, he murders LetsPlay/WilliamStrife and is basically caught in the act. He runs away, screaming "[[MetaphoricallyTrue Someone killed Will! Oh god it was awful]]", then proclaiming to be innocent before Daltos guns him down.

His YouTube channel (shared with Lewis) can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BlueXephos here]]. From March 2015 until September 2015, he was on hiatus from the main channel due to illness.

** Does this a bit in the ''{{Magicka}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Trine}} 2'' {{Lets Play}}s with LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]], [[VitriolicBestBuds though it's likely that he's intentionally]] [[TheGadfly trolling]] [[VitriolicBestBuds him]].

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In real life, Simon is much nicer than he makes himself out to be online.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Compare him to Lewis and Duncan, who are productive and fairly competent. Simon, on the other hand, murders the others for petty reasons, sets things alight, uses TNT to "solve problems" and is rude to the others (albeit [[MeanCharacterNiceActor not entirely seriously]]). His performance in ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' is also fairly bad, with a ''lot'' of UnfriendlyFire. Ironically inverted for Yoglabs, in which Lewis is manipulating the unwitting Simon.