History WebVideo / CalebCity

* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: The hero in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86edQauL7J0 Heroes when ANY of their allies are under mind control]] attempts to do this to his friend...much to the horror of the villain.

** Done again at the end of "[[https://youtu.be/rrMhIQGhDNw Whenever theres ACTUALLY a good dad in ANY show/movie]]", when the titular dad [[spoiler:gets [[DiabolusExMachina struck]] [[BoltOfDivineRetribution by lightning]] ''[[RuleOfFunny indoors]]'']] right in front of his son.

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Caleb in ''"I hate the doctor's office"'', finds out that the girl that he was married to for ''ten years'' and tried to make a baby with was actually a ''dude,'' [[{{Squick}} who]] ''[[{{Squick}} still]]'' [[{{Squick}} wants Caleb to put a baby in him.]] Caleb does '''not''' take this well.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] during "How some shows try to make the VILLAIN the friend"; as one of the heroes befriends the titular villain, his [[OnlySaneMan exasperated companion]] gives a long list of reasons ([[AnArmAndALeg including the loss of his own foot]]) as to why he can't be trusted and they should simply [[KillHimAlready kill him]]. He quickly changes his tune when given a very valid reason ''not'' to kill the villain:

** Done at the end of "[[https://youtu.be/Fe7oJwRAHdA Overpowered Villains (again)]]", when Jermaine sees the villain running right at him with a sword. [[spoiler:[[SmashToBlack He gets cut off by the outro.]]]]
** Done again at the end of "[[https://youtu.be/rrMhIQGhDNw Whenever theres ACTUALLY a good dad in ANY show/movie]]", when the titular dad [[spoiler:[[DiabolusExMachina gets struck]] [[BoltOfDivineRetribution by lightning]] ''[[RuleOfFunny indoors]]'']] right in front of his son.

** In "[[https://youtu.be/oUcc4xnd5SA This is how it feels sometimes]]", Caleb runs out of his room in order to deliver his roommate's laptop charger before his battery runs out. Before the roommate can warn him, Caleb stubs his toes on a chair and collapses on the floor from the pain, [[BloodFromTheMouth blood leaking from his mouth]]. The whole situation is PlayedForDrama until Caleb notices his foot doesn't actually hurt. After removing his sock to check the damage, however, [[spoiler:[[SpecialEffectFailure pieces of hotdog smeared with ketchup]] [[BaitAndSwitch fall off the sock.]]]]

'''Caleb:''' [[spoiler:[[DelayedReaction MAH]] [[{{Fingore}} TOES!!!]] [[BigNo NOOOOO!!!]]]]

** "Games that have TRASH camera controls.": Caleb ends up having a hard time moving around in the game due to the [[CameraScrew glitching camera.]] He eventually ends up losing a fight because he couldn't move or attack, and eventually declares the game an ObviousBeta because of this.

* HypocriticalHumor: Played straight and invoked on a meta level in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it8bvHhqvwo "Maining ANYBODY in Smash"]], where Caleb argues at the top of his lungs, with himself, about how Richter and Simon are or are not variants of the same character (after talking trash about playing one but not the other).

* 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 fight the robber 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. ''[[TheStinger Then]]'' they have to take him on again when teaming up results in [[NoKillLikeOverkill overkill]] (''[[SkewedPriorities after]]'' [[SkewedPriorities Caleb teaches his friend how to quicksave, of course]])]].

** TraineeFromHell: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofu0I4jshY4&ab_channel=CalebCity How the main character "develops" in 90% of shows.]] has the protagonist reach their instructor's level in less than 10 minutes. The instructor in question then tests the protagonist by ordering them to get one hit in with a KillingIntent. He gets hit hard enough to be knocked out [[CombatPragmatist before he has the chance to brace himself]].

* TraineeFromHell:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofu0I4jshY4&ab_channel=CalebCity How the main character "develops" in 90% of shows.]] has the protagonist reach their instructor's level in less than 10 minutes. The instructor in question then tests the protagonist by ordering them to get one hit in with a KillingIntent. He gets hit hard enough to be knocked out [[CombatPragmatist before he has the chance to brace himself]].

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI1XS_GkLGDOgf8YLaaXNRA CalebCity]] is a [=YouTuber=] and former Website/{{Vine}} star known for his popular skits parodying various story tropes. His skits only had one actor: Himself, while parodying various character archetypes relevant to the story tropes. Thus his show basically runs on TalkingToHimself and ActingForTwo (or three or more).

* KillingIntent: Downplayed in "How EVERY throw away villain acts when the MC needs power scaled". After warning the two thugs threatening him that it's a ''horrible'' idea to do so, he finaly just looks at one of them with 'intent to do harm.' [[spoiler:The guy promptly ''explodes''.]]

** This trope is kinda parodied in "When the Writers REALLY Wanna Write Off a Character" where despite being able to easily escape the zombies, the guy with the protagonist decides to go out and fight a horde of zombies as "distraction". [[EatenAlive Not even a minute later, he can be heard screaming.]]

** "[[https://youtu.be/ppkJ7yU9fkM It's at the bottom of the bag]]" features a villain in the [[PocketDimension friend's bag]] who enjoys [[WouldHarmASenior punching old ladies]].

** "It's at the Bottom of the Bag" features a villain in the [[PocketDimension friend's bag]] who enjoys punching old ladies.

* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse. In "When you gotta question your own intelligence.", at the end, Caleb says to his neighbor that he got the latest Smash game, VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate. When his friend points out that the game hasn't been released yet[[note]]The video was made on March 31. Smash Ultimate came out on December 7.[[/note]], Caleb internally says, "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Dammit...]]" If watched on Youtube, the opening scene of the "game" is shown, and that's when Caleb's friend realizes he's been scammed. He's not happy.

* Foreshadowing: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FutTIrFJyo0 If you learned how to quick save]]'' the robber, while beating up either the main character or his friend, notes if there was two of them, he probably wouldn't stand a chance. Guess what happens when both properly go to fight him together?

** "In a Zombie apocalypse...": See LivingIsMoreThanSurviving above.