History WebVideo / CountDankula

* AnAesop: Some of the Absolute Mad Lads do have a relevant message attached.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i1yzcEUWjM The video on Dragonlord]] makes it clear that whatever the circumstances, especially if the internet regards you as a "lolcow", never, never EVER give out your real address. The subject of the video did just that, and as a result he is ''still'' getting relentlessly trolled in real life to this day.
** The Uday Hussein video tells about his various unsavory exploits, and Count Dankula makes it clear that monstrous individuals like Uday thrive in totalitarian environments.
--->"When the government has absolute control over you, and is in no way held accountable by its people, you get things like torture, you get things like executions, you get things like mass incarceration, you get things like Uday! So that's why I continued to make the video anyway, to remind everyone that freedom is just- mmm! Love freedom! Love freedom! I love freedom so fucking much, I want to be able to open carry and smoke weed in my gay, trans, black friend's wedding that they paid for with Bitcoin! I love freedom! I fucking love freedom! And the alternatives we have to freedom can unleash unspeakable evil upon the world!"
** Mini Killdozer, and by extension Killdozer before him, comes with a rather obvious one that crosses slightly into SpoofAesop territory, but is still good advice nonetheless.
--->'''Dankula:''' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Stop. Pissing off people. With access. To construction equipment.]]'' Stop it. Let's not turn this into a trilogy.

--->'''Dankula''': Can we take a minute to appreciate the first absolutely boring name in this story? Bogdan, Hunyadi, Vlad, Vladislav... Stephen!

---> "When the government has absolute control over you, and is in no way held accountable by its people, you get things like torture, you get things like executions, you get things like mass incarceration, you get things like Uday! So that's why I continued to make the video anyway, to remind everyone that freedom is just- mmm! Love freedom! Love freedom! I love freedom so fucking much, I want to be able to open carry and smoke weed in my gay, trans, black friend's wedding that they paid for with Bitcoin! I love freedom! I fucking love freedom! And the alternatives we have to freedom can unleash unspeakable evil upon the world!"

---> '''Count Dankula''': You all know I am all for freedom of expression, but ''damn'' there are things out there that fucking test you!

---> "If you get offended, you get offended. I don't care. If people are saying mean things to you on the internet, I don't care. However, if you actually start getting beaten up, attacked, fired from your job, or arrested just because of who you are, then call me. Then I'm interested, and then I'll have your back."

** Adding onto the above, the abuse and[=\=]or suffering of children in general tends to greatly disturb him overall. While Dankula spent the majority of his Absolute Mad Lads video on Jonestown poking fun at the ridiculousness of Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple, once the mass suicides started happening and the commune's children were the first to go, his tone gradually shifted to that of horror, even more so than in his cover of the Ant Hill Kids.

--> '''Count Dankula''': [...] I’m gonna show ‘em what fascism really looks like, and fascism looks like a Pringles tube with veins. (''{{beat}}'') What? You think after everything I’ve put Sue through, she’s still with me for my good looks and personality?

-->'''Count Dankula''': Catholics, man. I'm allowed to make that joke! I'm allowed to make that joke! I can say Fenian, I can say Taig[[note]]both derogatory terms to describe those of Irish Catholic descent[[/note]], those are ''our'' words!
* RunningGag:

-->'''Count Dankula''': Here are some words I never thought I would say together: The Yakuza pornstar kamikaze pilot!

--> '''Count Dankula''': Uday was just a straight up piece of shit! There was nothing funny, there was nothing absurd, the man just actively went out of his way [[ForTheEvulz to try and be the most evil on Earth]] [...] He was a pathetic piece of shit, right? He doesn't deserve the title of Mad Lad at all! The only reason he is in Mad Lads is that he serves as an of example of why governments should always be held accountable by the people! Uday Hussein, I award you no points, and I'm glad you're fucking dead!

%%* {{Troll}}: His defining personality trait.

--> "If you get offended, you get offended. I don't care. If people are saying mean things to you on the internet, I don't care. However, if you actually start getting beaten up, attacked, fired from your job, or arrested just because of who you are, then call me. Then I'm interested, and then I'll have your back."

** He may have a few laughs at Dragonlord's expense, but he did state that quite a bit of the real-life trolling (as a result of Dragonlord stupidly giving out his real address) has gone too far. Even at both videos on the subject, he states a disclaimer that he does not endorse the trolling.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: The Mad Lad episode for [[TheAlcoholic Iron Mike Malloy]] describes how Mike, through his constant desire for free drinks and meals at a speak-easy, his nearly indestructible organs and an insane ammount of luck, managed to become the downfall of a gang of serial killers who were murdering people for their life-insurance money.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i1yzcEUWjM The video on Dragonlord]] makes it clear that whatever the circumstances, especially if the internet regards you as a giant lolcow, never, never EVER give out your real address. The subject of the video did just that, and as a result he is ''still'' getting relentlessly trolled in real life to this day.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFY4RD43LVw The Tweet Police]], Dank starts off explaining his indifference before saying he actually cares:
--> "If you get offended, you get offended. I don't care. If people are saying mean things to you on the internet, I don't care. However, if you actually start getting beaten up, attacked, fired from your job, or arrested just because of who you are, then call me. Then I'm interested, and then I'll have your back."

* [[spoiler:ItsAllAboutMe]]: The September 28th, 2020 ''Absolute Mad Lad'' was someone Dank described as, "intelligent, funny, handsome, fantastic in bed; just an absolute godlike chad specimen of a man". [[spoiler:''Himself'']].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His Mad Lads on Bob Ross wasn't because Dank considered him mad (in either sense of the word). He just really respected Bob Ross and found his life story interesting as well. He had an accompanying BobRossRib for the episode.

* SillySimian: While the subject was an ape and not a monkey, Dank did an episode on Ken Allen, because he found the antics funny enough to do an entire episode on him.

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: While the subject was an ape and not a monkey, Dank did an episode on Ken Allen, because he found the antics funny enough to do an entire episode on him.

[[caption-width-right:350:Edgi Boi Alert. Caution: Sharp Objects Inside]]

Mark Meechan, better known as [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SeFWZYFmsm1tqWxfuOTPQ Count Dankula]], is a Scottish Website/YouTube personality and comedian. His humour videos specialize in CrossesTheLineTwice jokes and RapidFireComedy; however, he also does the occasional video about the nature of [[PersecutedIntellectuals freedom of speech, oppression, and tyranny.]] In September of 2018, he started a new series of videos called ''Absolute Mad Lads'', focusing on CrazyIsCool historical figures (and occasionally animals). His most ([[MemeticMutation in]])famous video by far is "M8 Yer Dugs A Nazi", where he teaches his girlfriend's pug, Buddha, to [[AdolfHitlarious lift its paw to the phrase "Zieg Heil"]]. This got him in trouble with the law, and he had to pay a £800 fine. He also maintains [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRLO8HU2LWaMH6mjbQ1falQ/videos a second channel]] for material reacting to an occasional story.

!!Absolute Mad Tropes:

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i1yzcEUWjM The video on Dragonlord]] makes it clear that whatever the circumstances, especially if the internet regards you as a giant lolcow, never, never EVER give out your real address. The subject of the video did just that and got relentlessly trolled in real life as a result.

---> "When the government has absolute control over you, and is in no way held accountable by its people, you get things like torture, you get things like executions, you get things like mass incarceration, you get things like Uday! So that's why I continued to make the video anyway, to remind everyone that freedom is just- mmm! Love freedom! Love freedom! I love freedom so fucking much, I want to be able to open carry and smoke weed in my gay trans black friend's wedding that they paid for with bitcoin! I love freedom! I fucking love freedom! And the alternatives we have to freedom can unleash unspeakable evil upon the world!"

* ViolentGlaswegian: Scottish and quite unrestrained in his humor and speech.

-->'''Dankula''': Can we take a minute to appreciate the first absolutely boring name in this story? Bogdan, Hunyadi, Vlad, Vladislav... Stephen!

* {{Bathos}}: Can be seen in certain Mad Lads. Just before the Bjork Stalker pulled the trigger while he AteHisGun, it cut to Dankula making a pop sound. He also does the pop sound just as Gary Plauché [[PapaWolf shot Jeffrey Doucet near the airline payphone for kidnapping and abusing his son]].

Mark Meechan, better known as [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SeFWZYFmsm1tqWxfuOTPQ Count Dankula]], is a Scottish Website/YouTube personality and comedian. His humour videos specialize in CrossesTheLineTwice jokes and RapidFireComedy; however, he also does the occasional video about the nature of [[PersecutedIntellectuals freedom of speech, oppression, and tyranny.]] In September of 2018, he started a new series of videos called ''Absolute Mad Lads'', focusing on CrazyAwesome historical figures (and occasionally animals). His most ([[MemeticMutation in]])famous video by far is "M8 Yer Dugs A Nazi", where he teaches his girlfriend's pug, Buddha, to [[AdolfHitlarious lift its paw to the phrase "Zieg Heil"]]. This got him in trouble with the law, and he had to pay a £800 fine. He also maintains [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRLO8HU2LWaMH6mjbQ1falQ/videos a second channel]] for material reacting to an occasional story.

* BlackComedyRape: Used most prominently in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_WIhPOZtx8 The Reds Are Coming]], but it shows up from time to time in his other videos as well.
* CulturePolice: [[http://thestatepatriot.com/u-k-sentences-youtuber-count-dankula-to-jail-for-hate-crime Was arrested]] by the UK police for the aforementioned pug video.