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* OhCrap: Caleb ''freaks out'' upon learning that his opponent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciZzoW7SIu0 "Catch These Hands"]], who has just caught both of his fists in a PunchCatch, has a THIRD hand near his groin when he goes for a [[GroinAttack knee to the groin]].

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* OhCrap: Caleb ''freaks out'' upon learning that his opponent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciZzoW7SIu0 "Catch These Hands"]], who has just caught both of his fists in a PunchCatch, has a THIRD hand near his groin when he goes for a [[GroinAttack knee to the groin]].
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* OhCrap: Caleb ''freaks out'' upon learning that his opponent in "Catch These Hands", who has just caught both of his fists in a PunchCatch, has a THIRD hand near his groin when he goes for a GroinAttack.

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* OhCrap: Caleb ''freaks out'' upon learning that his opponent in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciZzoW7SIu0 "Catch These Hands", Hands"]], who has just caught both of his fists in a PunchCatch, has a THIRD hand near his groin when he goes for a GroinAttack.[[GroinAttack knee to the groin]].
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* OhCrap: Caleb ''freaks out'' upon learning that his opponent in "Catch These Hands", who has just caught both of his fists in a PunchCatch, has a THIRD hand near his groin when he goes for a GroinAttack.
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-> [[HypocriticalHumor “So are we just going to sit here twiddling our thumbs or get somewhere?”]]

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-> --> [[HypocriticalHumor “So are we just going to sit here twiddling our thumbs or get somewhere?”]]



--> '''Hero:''' ''after he beats up the first guy'': Alright, you next?
--> '''Mook 2:''' What you mean, I'm next?
--> '''Hero:''' I mean, you 'bout to get what he got.
--> '''Mook 2:''' No, I'm not! You 'bout to get what he got! Put yo-

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--> '''Hero:''' -->'''Hero:''' ''after he beats up the first guy'': Alright, you next?
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next?\\
'''Mook 2:''' What you mean, I'm next?
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next?\\
'''Hero:''' I mean, you 'bout to get what he got.
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'''Mook 2:''' No, I'm not! You 'bout to get what he got! Put yo-



-> “Come along, run along, hurry all, [[LyricalDissonance because the cops are coming.]]”

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-> --> “Come along, run along, hurry all, [[LyricalDissonance because the cops are coming.]]”



--> '''Second-in-Command:''' You been doing this for ''months!'' Anybody that does anything even considered ''slightly'' wrong, you just kill 'em! How is this effective?!

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--> '''Second-in-Command:''' You been doing this for ''months!'' Anybody that does anything even considered ''slightly'' wrong, you just kill 'em! How is this effective?!effective?!
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* HeelFaceTurn: In "When you turn your life around", a juvenile criminal has a HeelRealization and confides in his teacher that he needs a degree to have an actual future. [[spoiler: Subverted when the kid reveals he's there to commit ''another'' robbery at gunpoint, in order to "get" a degree by force.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The robber in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY3nNvHnbAM If saying "GET BACK HERE" actually worked in tv shows]] is about to head up the stairs to find stuff to steal... But then notices how clean the carpet on the stairs are, along with the fact that they're damp, meaning they were just recently cleaned. He pauses for a second, then takes his shoes off before walking upstairs.
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* {{Hammerspace}}: The bag in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/GizzlyB3aver/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 Its at the bottom of the bag]]'' has clothes, a knife, a baseball bat, a folding chair, and a villain who punches grandmas. And, ostensibly, a charger.

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* {{Hammerspace}}: The bag in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/GizzlyB3aver/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 com/watch?v=ppkJ7yU9fkM Its at the bottom of the bag]]'' has clothes, a knife, a baseball bat, a folding chair, and a villain who punches grandmas. And, ostensibly, a charger.
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* BrokenRecord: “If [=NPCs=] had to do a mission without player interaction” is about characters that can do nothing but ask the player to make decisions, even if there is no player or if it doesn’t make sense for them to be the one asking.
-> [[HypocriticalHumor “So are we just going to sit here twiddling our thumbs or get somewhere?”]]


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* WithLyrics: In “If they let a drug dealer into a musical,” the titular character’s song is to the tune of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Kokiri Forest.]]
-> “Come along, run along, hurry all, [[LyricalDissonance because the cops are coming.]]”
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* AtomicFBomb: The first time he says "Fuck" and it's on [=LongBeachGriffy's=] channel.

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* AtomicFBomb: The first non-censored time he says "Fuck" and it's on [=LongBeachGriffy's=] channel.
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* VillainousValor: Deconstructed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC375rujZhs When the hero keeps encountering minions]], one after the other, constantly challenging him ''despite'' seeing their bodies on the floor, he becomes increasingly exasperated from their [[SenselessSacrifice fearless sacrifices]] when he effortlessly beats them up. It gets to the point where ''at least one more minion'' throws down despite the hero having defeated ''201 enemies, '''including his boss!'''''
--> '''Hero:''' ''after he beats up the first guy'': Alright, you next?
--> '''Mook 2:''' What you mean, I'm next?
--> '''Hero:''' I mean, you 'bout to get what he got.
--> '''Mook 2:''' No, I'm not! You 'bout to get what he got! Put yo-
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: DayQuil ''and'' NyQuil (His full name).

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: DayQuil [=DayQuil=] ''and'' NyQuil [=NyQuil=] (His full name).
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: DayQuil ''and'' NyQuil (His full name).

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* {{Crossover}}: Two
** In [[https://youtu.be/i5DD-tGJqOI "When You Spend Too Much Time With Your Boo"]] his personal friend and fellow YouTuber Kimmie D berates Caleb for ignoring her in favor of his [=PlayStation=] until she literally starts to sound like him [[spoiler:and ''turns into him'' too]].

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* {{Crossover}}: Two
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** In [[https://youtu.be/i5DD-tGJqOI "When ''"When You Spend Too Much Time With Your Boo"]] Boo"'' his personal friend and fellow YouTuber [=YouTuber=] Kimmie D berates Caleb for ignoring her in favor of his [=PlayStation=] until [[spoiler:until she literally starts to sound like him [[spoiler:and ''turns turns into him'' too]].him]].
** King Vader appears in ''"I hate the doctor's office"''
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* AtomicFBomb: The first time he says "Fuck" and it's on [=LongBeachGriffy's=] channel.


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* TheCameo: In King Vader videos.


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* {{Crossover}}: Two
** In [[https://youtu.be/i5DD-tGJqOI "When You Spend Too Much Time With Your Boo"]] his personal friend and fellow YouTuber Kimmie D berates Caleb for ignoring her in favor of his [=PlayStation=] until she literally starts to sound like him [[spoiler:and ''turns into him'' too]].
** Caleb also crosses with [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWiY6fYdxuEe78r-0uFCnhA LongBeachGriffy]] in two skits they did together. [[https://youtu.be/ScehDdDzPyI "GPS always points you in the wrong direction"]] on Caleb's channel and [[https://youtu.be/oxi42hSizKQ "Getting pulled over"]] on Griffy's channel.


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* SaveScumming: In [[https://youtu.be/FutTIrFJyo0 "If you learned how to quick save in real life."]] Caleb quicksaves while his house is getting robbed, sends his friend to die then reloads to learn what he has equipped before rushing him with a Katana. [[spoiler:He turns out to be extremely powerful and both of them have to take the thief on]].


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* SharedUniverse: All characters in his various skits exist in the same world. Caleb also appears in videos with King Vader and WebVideo/RDCWorld1, the latter who all appear in [[https://youtu.be/6OFrV2585i0 "When you get too serious playing basketball."]]
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* BloodFromTheMouth: "If people in anime actually took their bleeding serious." depicts a superpowered fight where the villain is surprised to take a clean shot to the gut, muses that he might have to use thirty percent of his real power, then stops, is surprised to cough up some blood... completely ''stops'', no, no more fight; he's lost and then some, he is pretty sure something is broken inside and wants an ambulance. Things just get stranger when the hero, who is used to this happening, punches ''himself'', coughs up blood and is all ready to keep going.


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* VillainsWantMercy: After completely losing all of his momentum when he realizes he's bleeding on the inside, in "If people in anime actually took their bleeding serious.", the villain is downright baffled the hero expects him to keep fighting and asks if he can please call an ambulance.
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** TheStinger to "If insects had to introduce themselves", where the interviewer asks if there was supposed to a spider at the meeting, which prompts a RapidFireNo from the other bugs.

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** TheStinger to "If insects had to introduce themselves", where the interviewer asks if there was supposed to a spider at the meeting, which prompts a RapidFireNo from the other bugs.bugs.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pJwua1DwAI Villains that always kill their subordinates]]", where this tactic quickly sees the EvilOverlord run out of staff.
--> '''Second-in-Command:''' You been doing this for ''months!'' Anybody that does anything even considered ''slightly'' wrong, you just kill 'em! How is this effective?!
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* InTheHood: Many of his villains.
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** The protagonist in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Y5-4kLb5I When the hero is just as smart as the villain]]'' somehow fails to notice that the villain was never in the same room, and that he'd been on FaceTime all along. [[spoiler: Fortunately, the villain was FaceTiming from his house... where the hero already was.]]

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** The protagonist in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Y5-4kLb5I When the hero is just as smart as the villain]]'' somehow fails to notice that the villain was never in the same room, and that he'd been on FaceTime [=FaceTime=] all along. [[spoiler: Fortunately, the villain was FaceTiming [=FaceTiming=] from his house... where the hero already was.]]

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Calebcity is a [=YouTuber=] and former WebOriginal/{{Vine}} star known for his popular skits parodying various story tropes.

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Calebcity [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI1XS_GkLGDOgf8YLaaXNRA Calebcity]] is a [=YouTuber=] and former WebOriginal/{{Vine}} star known for his popular skits parodying various story tropes.


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* ElderAbuse: Punching grandmas is mentioned both in ''When you just wanted to help your friend with his diss track'' and ''Its at the bottom of the bag''.


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** The protagonist in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Y5-4kLb5I When the hero is just as smart as the villain]]'' somehow fails to notice that the villain was never in the same room, and that he'd been on FaceTime all along. [[spoiler: Fortunately, the villain was FaceTiming from his house... where the hero already was.]]
* {{Hammerspace}}: The bag in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/GizzlyB3aver/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 Its at the bottom of the bag]]'' has clothes, a knife, a baseball bat, a folding chair, and a villain who punches grandmas. And, ostensibly, a charger.


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* SealedEvilInACan: A villain who punches grandmas was trapped in a man's bag before being released by another man looking for a charger.


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* StartOfDarkness: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EiDiriAmfk The first plant to become a venus fly trap]]''

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* SmarterThanYouLook: When the hero in ''When the hero is just as smart as villain.'' starts to reveal how deep their crazy plans against each other went, the "Legendary Thief" remarks that his adversary is smarter than he looks. The detective (who is, as usual, just Caleb with a different outfit and personality) mutters as a side note that that doesn't really work here.

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* SmarterThanYouLook: When the hero and villain in ''When the hero is just as smart as villain.'' starts to reveal how deep their crazy plans against each other went, the "Legendary Thief" remarks that his adversary is smarter than he looks. The detective (who is, as usual, just Caleb with a different outfit and personality) mutters as a side note that that doesn't really work here.


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* SurrealHorror: Depicts taking off his glasses as being addressed with gibberish, seeing objects sitting somewhere besides down, and a disconcerting encounter with a floating banana (a man wearing a yellow shirt).

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A robber attempts to rob a house when he thinks the residents are away, but it turns out they're not. He ends up hiding in the closet where they're practicing recording a Soundcloud rap, where the singer describes how he brutally killed a house robber the previous day. Cue OhCrap from the current robber, who also sees the other robber's corpse hidden behind the couch as he attempts to leave.

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A robber attempts to rob a house when he thinks the residents are away, but it turns out they're not. He ends up hiding in the closet where they're practicing practising recording a Soundcloud rap, where the singer describes how he brutally killed a house robber the previous day. Cue OhCrap from the current robber, who also sees the other robber's corpse hidden behind the couch as he attempts to leave.



* AwesomeButImpractical: All of the applicants in the superhuman interviews. The invisible-powered applicant can only turn invisible by doing a backflip, which he can't do (without hurting himself, anyways). The timeloop guy has short-term memory.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: All of the applicants in the superhuman interviews. The invisible-powered applicant can only turn invisible by doing a backflip, which he can't do (without hurting himself, anyways). anyway). The timeloop time-loop guy has short-term memory.



* SmarterThanYouLook: When the hero in "smart as villain" starts to reveal how deep their crazy plans against each other went, the "Legendary Thief" remarks that his adversary is smarter than he looks. The detective (who is, as usual, just Caleb with a different outfit and personality) mutters as a side note that that doesn't really work here.

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* SmarterThanYouLook: When the hero in "smart ''When the hero is just as villain" smart as villain.'' starts to reveal how deep their crazy plans against each other went, the "Legendary Thief" remarks that his adversary is smarter than he looks. The detective (who is, as usual, just Caleb with a different outfit and personality) mutters as a side note that that doesn't really work here.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: When the hero in "smart as villain" starts to reveal how deep their crazy plans against each other went, the "Legendary Thief" remarks that his adversary is smarter than he looks. The detective (who is, as usual, just Caleb with a different outfit and personality) mutters as a side note that that doesn't really work here.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: In "When you realize you're going up against the main character", upon being cut with a ''golf club'', the protagonist's opponent simply throws him his sword and leaves.

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* AndIMustScream: Parodied when Caleb has sleep paralysis and can't do anything about the people robbing his house. The robbers find him in his state and proceed to mock him while stealing his stuff.



* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Calebs in "If insects had to introduce themselves" wear different shirts that match the color of the bugs they're playing as.



* ScareChord: Usually accompanying a WhamLine.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In the first superhuman interview video, the interviewer tells the spider-powered and centipede-powered applicants to GetOut.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
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In the first superhuman interview video, the interviewer tells the spider-powered and centipede-powered applicants to GetOut.GetOut.
** TheStinger to "If insects had to introduce themselves", where the interviewer asks if there was supposed to a spider at the meeting, which prompts a RapidFireNo from the other bugs.
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Calebcity is a [=YouTuber=] known for his popular skits parodying various story tropes.

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Calebcity is a [=YouTuber=] and former WebOriginal/{{Vine}} star known for his popular skits parodying various story tropes.
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* AlwaysBiggerFish: A robber attempts to rob a house when he thinks the residents are away, but it turns out they're not. He ends up hiding in the closet where they're practicing recording a Soundcloud rap, where the singer describes how he brutally killed a house robber the previous day. Cue OhCrap from the current robber, who also sees the other robber's corpse hidden behind the couch as he attempts to leave.

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* AlwaysBiggerFish: AlwaysABiggerFish: A robber attempts to rob a house when he thinks the residents are away, but it turns out they're not. He ends up hiding in the closet where they're practicing recording a Soundcloud rap, where the singer describes how he brutally killed a house robber the previous day. Cue OhCrap from the current robber, who also sees the other robber's corpse hidden behind the couch as he attempts to leave.
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* AlwaysBiggerFish: A robber attempts to rob a house when he thinks the residents are away, but it turns out they're not. He ends up hiding in the closet where they're practicing recording a Soundcloud rap, where the singer describes how he brutally killed a house robber the previous day. Cue OhCrap from the current robber, who also sees the other robber's corpse hidden behind the couch as he attempts to leave.


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* FailedASpotCheck: The residents of the house that the robber tries to steal from fail to see him close the closet door that he's hiding in, him dashing behind the front door as they enter the house, and him behind the front door as they close it.
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* ButThouMust: In the skit about the gameplay pausing so the player can make a dialogue choice to progress the story, the driver asks for the passenger's social security number (and address, too!) and the passenger is only given the prompts to give him his SSN or give his SSN ''and even more'' of his personal info. If he doesn't answer, he can't progress in the story — in other words, [[SadisticChoice he's trapped there unless he gives up his personal info.]]
-->'''Other Passenger:''' You gotta progress! Progress the story!
* ObviouslyEvil: In "What they SHOULD do in anime.", the villain asks for [[MacGuffin powerful stones]] at the store. While the storekeeper goes and gets them from the back, the villain internally monologues to himself while bearing a NightmareFace about how he'll finally rule the world. The storekeeper comes back mid-monologue and realizes that he's a villain, so he refuses to hand over the stones.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: All of the applicants in the superhuman interviews. The invisible-powered applicant can only turn invisible by doing a backflip, which he can't do (without hurting himself, anyways). The timeloop guy has short-term memory.
* SuddenlyShouting: Usually to indicate UpToEleven, often accompanied by a ScareChord, and always starting with a WhamLine.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In the first superhuman interview video, the interviewer tells the spider-powered and centipede-powered applicants to GetOut.

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