History Series / FutureMan

* BoldlyComing: When Tiger and Wolf first jump into 2017 and meet the Savior of Mankind... Josh is masturbating in his room alone and finishes all over Wolf’s leg.
-->"Goddammit, it’s all over me!"

* CallingYourAttacks: You would think this was just some design aspect of the game, but no, Tiger and Wolf ''really do'' call out all their attacks, like something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' or ''StreetFighter''.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Apparently most members of the Resistance, except those trained to swim (Otter, Porpoise, sort of Cheetah). Josh also is exceptionally skilled in this area, though in his case [[spoiler:it is because he had to dive into freezing cold water to retrieve the Cameronium needed for time travel. HeGetsBetter.]]

* YourHeadAsplode: All of the Biotics are implanted with a ‘brain bomb’ so if any of them are about to be taken alive, they can self-detonate. It also acts as a beacon to call in reinforcements once armed. [spoiler: Seen in absurdly graphic detail when Jeri's head explodes right in front of Josh, covering him in blood.]]

** When Tiger becomes a [[spoiler: nanny for baby Kronish, she leaves him a knife, instructing his mother to give it to him on his 5th birthday. In the Bad!Future, Elias is seen using the knife to peel an apple. It seems like he will use it to attack Josh with, but subverted when he does not and plays no role in the plot.]]

* CallingYourAttacks: You would think this was just some design aspect of the game, but no, Tiger and Wolf ''really do'' call out all their attacks, like something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' or ''Franchise\StreetFight''.

* CallingYourAttacks: You would think this was just some design aspect of the game, but no, Tiger and Wolf ''really do'' call out all their attacks, like something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Very early on, Josh touches the box on Wolf’s chest, and he testily growls, “Don’t touch [that]!” It’s later revealed to house ''many'' tiny explosives recovered from killed Biotics.
** When Wolf is left to hang out with some men who turn out to be dealers in what was thought to be a simple chemistry lab, they introduce him to methamphetamines and the economic concept of the drug trade. Wolf says “nothing has ever made more sense to me in my life.” When stuck in the late-80s/early-90s, he becomes addicted to cocaine.

** [spoiler: While Wolf is dying after being gassed by Biotics, Tiger is unaffected by the poison, as are all Biotics.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: All members of the Resistance apparently, especially Tiger. [[spoiler: This changes when she goes back to kill baby Kronish. She fully intended too but after learning about how his father died and how his mother would be devastated, she can't go through with it, and ends up becoming a nanny for 2 years.]]

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Elias Kronish, the man who will create the [=SuperCure=] that sees the rise of the Biotics and brings about a Eugenics War... is really a polite, genuinely nice guy, who just wants to help people. Too bad his work inevitably screws over the rest of the world. [[spoiler:In the Bad!2017, he even created the [=SuperCure=] because his husband died from a staph infection.]]

* ShoutOut: Many throughout the entire series.

** That said, certain animal themed members are specialized in areas. Owl, the SmartGuy, seemed to have been the team leader; Otter and Porpoise were the water team, with Cheetah helping too. Though all Cheetah did was splash around.

* YourHeadAsplode: All of the Biotics are implanted with a ‘brain bomb’ so if any of them are about to be taken alive, they can self-detonate. It also acts as a beacon to call in reinforcements once armed.

** Josh regularly cites against doing specific things to mess up the timeline, calling it “Time Travel 101,” eventually this gets a BrickJoke with someone calling another trip-up, “Time Travel 102”.

* CallingYourAttacks: You would think this was just some design aspect of the game, but no, Tiger and Wolf ‘’really do’’ call out all their attacks, like something out of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''

* InspectorJavert: Officer/Detective Skarsgaard. No matter where we find him in the various timelines, he’s a policeman of some sort, and he’s ‘’still’’ trying to avenge the death of his partner, Santiago. A slight subversion in Skarsgaard's case in that Wolf and Tiger really ''are'' responsible for all the mayhem he's been tracking all these years (including the death of his partner), they just deem it all acceptable collateral damage in the Biotic Wars.

** When hanging with drug dealers in what was thought to be a simple chemistry lab, they introduce him to methamphetamines and the economic concept of the drug trade. Wolf says “nothing has ever made more sense to me in my life.” When stuck in the late-80s/early-90s, he becomes addicted to cocaine.

** Very early on, Josh touches the box on Wolf’s chest, and he testily growls, “Don’t touch [that]!” It’s later revealed to house ‘’many’’ tiny explosives recovered from killed Biotics.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: When alone with a Biotic under interrogation, Josh gets a ''very'' different view of the future from their side. The Resistance were actively bombing hospitals and medical centers with civilian staff. There’s universal healthcare and standard of living. The only people who don’t want part of it, are those living underground and wildly uneducated about the most average social graces. [[spoiler:Josh still decides to side with the Resistance given his bond with the team, and since every Biotic we’d seen up to that point had screamed ‘die, Resistance scum!’ it’s probably a safe bet there was still exaggeration on their part]].

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the Bad!2017, Josh's father complains of not having access to cable, "even though nobody wants that anymore!" poking fun at how the production is a ‘’web series’’ and not broadcast.
* NintendoHard: Among gamers, ‘’The Biotic Wars’’ is referred to as “impossible to beat” and despite playing it for possibly years, Josh himself was only able to complete the final level when radically altering his approach to the game.

** When the team is split apart, their separate adventures plus time travel mean their individual life experiences are ‘’much’’ different.

* TraumaCongaLine: Officer Skarsgaard has to go and tell Officer Santiago’s wife he’s been killed in the line of duty. His ‘’pregnant’’ wife. Whose in-laws are visiting from down south. It just gets worse from there.

* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Elias Kronish, the man who will create the SuperCure that sees the rise of the Biotics and brings about a Eugenics War... is really a polite, genuinely nice guy, who just wants to help people. Too bad his work inevitably screws over the rest of the world. [[spoiler:In the Bad!2017, he even created the SuperCure because his husband died from a staph infection.]]
* YouCan’tFightFate: Certain things seem destined to come to pass: The majority of Tiger and Wolf’s team will die before the jump to 2017. Elias Cronish will live to 2017 and have done practically all the research needed to invent the SuperCure. Owl will be tortured and “wormed.”

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: When alone with a Biotic under interrogation, Josh gets a ‘’very’’ different view of the future from their side. The Resistance were actively bombing hospitals and medical centers with civilian staff. There’s universal healthcare and standard of living. The only people who don’t want part of it, are those living underground and wildly uneducated about the most average social graces. [[spoiler:Josh still decides to side with the Resistance given his bond with the team, and since every Biotic we’d seen up to that point had screamed ‘die, Resistance scum!’ it’s probably a safe bet there was still exaggeration on their part]].

* CallingYourAttacks: You would think this was just some design aspect of the game, but not, Tiger and Wolf ‘’really do’’ call out all their attacks, like something out of ‘’Franchise/MortalKombat’’