History WebVideo / Izzzyzzz

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Does this in their video on the ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'' [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Killer]], when listing off famous serial killers.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** In their video about Bronymate, a scam dating site for fans of ''My Little Pony'', they mention dating sites about specific niches, listing Christians, Mormons, and clowns.
--->'''Izzy:''' You know, all the [[TakeThat major religious groups]].
** In their video about {{Website/DeviantArt}} bases, they say:
--->'''Izzy:''' "From cave painting, to canvas painting, to roof painting, to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pipe cleaner bug craft]]."

** At one point during their video on the band "The Tramp Stamps", Izzy says that they tried to dress in the band's style as a joke... but then notes that it's almost identical to what they normally wears in their videos.

** Made funnier when during their video of the Sims 3's lore and history, where her earrings are jar shaped with a Rainbow Dash emblem inside.

* CondemnedByHistory:[[invoked]] Many of the games they in their "Deep Dive" videos were once beloved, yet eventually became to be viewed negatively due to poor decisions by the developers.

** At one point during her video on the band "The Tramp Stamps", Izzy says that they tried to dress in the band's style as a joke... but then notes that it's almost identical to what they normally wears in their videos.

** Her reaction to the developer of ''The Arkh Project'' saying that characters from certain marginalized groups (specifically characters that are black, masculine and Asian, trans women, disabled, and/or fat) are "largely not considered conventionally attractive".
** Also her reaction to Tumblr user sixpenceee defending their family in another country owning a child slave.

** In her video about Bronymate, a scam dating site for fans of ''My Little Pony'', they mention dating sites about specific niches, listing Christians, Mormons, and clowns.

** In her video about {{Website/DeviantArt}} bases, they say:

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:[[invoked]] A recurring theme in her deep dive videos. Many games or franchises they discuss went through changes that led to a major backlash among fans.
* TroubledProduction:[[invoked]] Her second video on ''VideoGame/ThePath'' is about the game's development, and the difficulties faced by the creative team.
* VindicatedByHistory:[[invoked]] Discussed in her first video on ''VideoGame/ThePath'', where they say that they feel this has happened to Tale of Tales, the developer of the game. While none of their games were major successes (their most popular game, ''The Path'', was a very niche title and could only gather a cult fanbase), their style of art-house games heavy in both atmosphere and metaphorical & environmental storytelling would serve as inspirations to push that genre forward, pointing out an article where the developers are credited with inspiring very popular games like ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' and ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}''.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda:[[invoked]] In many of their gaming fandom deep dive videos, they discuss popular hoaxes in that game's community. Similarly, her two Dark Pokémon Iceberg videos describe many popular theories and hoaxes popular among ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fans, such as the Lavender Town syndrome.

[[https://www.youtube.com/c/Izzzyzzz Izzzyzzz]], real name Izzy, is a video essayist from New Zealand. While they began as an art Youtuber and animator, most of their videos are video essays that examine Internet history. They dive into various strange stories of Internet scandals and fandom history. Izzy uses they/them pronouns.

--> '''Izzy:''' Jack the Ripper, The Zodiac Killer, [[RonTheDeathEater Chris McLean]] from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Island]]''.

--> '''Izzy:''' I don't want to call him a liar... [{{Beat}}] [[CouldSayItBut ...so I won't.]]

* CondemnedByHistory:[[invoked]] Many of the games she discusses in her "Deep Dive" videos were once beloved, yet eventually became to be viewed negatively due to poor decisions by the developers.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Her early videos were focused just on art and animation, and have little in common with the Internet history video essays she later became known for.
* EscapistCharacter: [[invoked]] Discussed in the Mary Sue video, when Izzy explains the reasons why Sues exist. In addition to newbie authors inevitably making mistakes and having stories that are fairly rough around the edges, she believes that Sues are usually created by insecure teenagers, especially those in fandom spaces. For many of those authors, [[GrowingUpSucks being a teenager objectively sucks]], especially if they [[IJustWantToHaveFriends don't have many friends]] or feel as if they have no control over their life. Creating a character who is just as cool and pretty as they wish they were, who's beloved by all the characters who the author loves, and gets to go on epic adventures and be the hero can be very therapeutic.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Discussed in the retrospective on Cool Math Games, a kids' website that hosts a wide variety of games--it started off being focused solely on math, but quickly accrued lots of non-educational games as well, which became what most people know the site for. Izzy notes that a lot of people (themself included) struggle with math, finding it boring or just being unable to fully get their head around it, and grow to hate it as a result. The website's creator, Karen, talks about this in her bio, noting that she herself hated math class as a kid and frequently failed tests. However, after she received lessons that clicked for her, she started doing much better, and came to love the subject she once hated. Her goal in creating Cool Math Games was to make learning math fun and rewarding for kids. Izzy bemusedly notes that, while Cool Math Games is beloved among internet users, it's not beloved for the ''math'' part--but that Karen's cause is nonetheless very noble, and learning via a game or puzzle ''is'' genuinely more compelling and interesting to a lot of people.
* FromBadToWorse: She discusses this in some of her "deep dive" videos that look at video games such as ''VideoGame/AnimalJam'' and ''Website/{{Neopets}}''. She notes that, once their popularity starts declining, the developers make a decision to try and regain its popularity. Usually, the decision ends up backfiring and creates a massive backlash from fans.
* GenreShift: She went from an art [=YouTuber=] that primarily uploaded art-related videos (such as speed drawing videos and animations) to a video essayist on Internet history.
* HopeSpot: Inverted. Midway through her video ''The Search For The Lost "Disturbing Princess App"'', she says she had given up on finding the game. Immediately after, she says that she finally got a reply on her Reddit post about it and that someone found it, as ''VideoGame/HopeTheOtherSideOfAdventure''.

** Her opinion of the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' books. While she pokes fun at the recycled storylines, overdramatic plots and characters (who, again, are ''cats''), various logical inconsistences and continuity errors, and the fandom generally being a bit unhinged, she also states that the books are a lot of fun and very addictive, comparing them to soap operas in that respect. She also gushes over the fanbase's creativity and the absolutely ''stunning'' fanart that's out there.
** Also her opinion on a lot of {{Creepypasta}}, especially from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' community, such as ''VideoGame/LunaGame''. She takes the piss out of the hokey storylines and cheap scares, and pokes fun at all the clichés, but still looks on most of them with fondness, reminiscing about how much they scared her as a kid.
** Her video about Mary Sues also has her point out that these kinds of character, especially when done in fanwork, have some charm to her. Despite them not being "well-written", they're a fun compilation of everything that the fans like about the media and all the tropes they like in general. Because they're also first and foremost something fun that fans, especially young ones, do for enjoyment, they do have their charm and bring joy to their creators.

** Made funnier when during her video of the Sims 3's lore and history, where her earrings are jar shaped with a Rainbow Dash emblem inside.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: She clarifies in her video about Website/{{Tumblr}} user sixpenceee that absolutely none of the drama surrounding the user is made up or exaggerated.

* RonTheDeathEater: [[invoked]] Discussed in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' deep dive. Izzy notes Tom Nook's memetic status as a predatory loan shark and all-around greedy bastard in the fandom, and while she does find the memes hilarious, she also points out that if you actually examine the raccoon's character in the games, there's undoubtedly a HiddenHeartOfGold. Yes, Tom does hoist a big loan on you and then gives you another as soon as you pay it off, but he charges no interest, is fine with being paid in literal ''garbage'', and doesn't care if you ''never'' pay him back. In addition, he also selflessly took two orphans off the street, raised them as his own, taught them how to run a business, and later put them in charge of an entire franchise of stores so they could provide for themselves in adulthood.

** At one point during her video on the band "The Tramp Stamps", Izzy says that she tried to dress in the band's style as a joke... but then notes that it's almost identical to what she normally wears in her videos.

** In her video about Bronymate, a scam dating site for fans of ''My Little Pony'', she mentions dating sites about specific niches, listing Christians, Mormons, and clowns.

** In her video about {{Website/DeviantArt}} bases, she says:

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:[[invoked]] A recurring theme in her deep dive videos. Many games or franchises she discusses went through changes that led to a major backlash among fans.

* VindicatedByHistory:[[invoked]] Discussed in her first video on ''VideoGame/ThePath'', where she says that she feels this has happened to Tale of Tales, the developer of the game. While none of their games were major successes (their most popular game, ''The Path'', was a very niche title and could only gather a cult fanbase), their style of art-house games heavy in both atmosphere and metaphorical & environmental storytelling would serve as inspirations to push that genre forward, pointing out an article where the developers are credited with inspiring very popular games like ''VideoGame/DearEsther'' and ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}''.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda:[[invoked]] In many of her gaming fandom deep dive videos, she discusses popular hoaxes in that game's community. Similarly, her two Dark Pokémon Iceberg videos describe many popular theories and hoaxes popular among ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fans, such as the Lavender Town syndrome.
* YourMakeupIsRunning: Izzzyzzz's trademark makeup style involves patterns of mascara running down her cheeks. Her makeup is different in every episode.

[[https://www.youtube.com/c/Izzzyzzz Izzzyzzz]], real name Izzy, is a video essayist from New Zealand. While she began as an art Youtuber and animator, most of her videos are video essays that examine Internet history. She dives into various strange stories of Internet scandals and fandom history. Izzy uses they/she pronouns.

* AlternateRealityGame: In [[https://youtu.be/ZaYioM_bsb0 "Hey Peebrain, You Teleport? Tumblr's Dark Mystery"]], she analyzes a popular Tumblr ARG.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Does this in her video on the ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'' [[UrbanLegendOfZelda Killer]], when listing off famous serial killers.

* AuthorAppeal: Many of her videos are about things she was part of when she was younger, like fandoms or making Mary Sues.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "We'll come back to this later, put a pin in it" and "Don't worry, we'll get to it" are usually said whenever they mention something that sounds odd, but MakesSenseInContext.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: [[invoked]] Discussed in their video on ''WesternAnimation/{{My Little Pony|FriendshipIsMagic}}'' creepypastas. Izzy notes that the infamous ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'', which was considered to be incredibly shocking and controversial when it was first published, is widely considered to be not very good nowadays, with the main criticism being that the gore and violence are played for pure shock value rather than horror. They point out that, while it can be hard to see why everyone flipped out over ''Cupcakes'', the story gained attention due to it being the first DarkFic in the fandom to get serious traction, along with it coming out back when the very idea of a creepypasta for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' was novel. These days, standards for creepypastas in general are ''much'' higher than they were before, so the story seems laughably bad in hindsight.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda:[[invoked]] In many of her gaming fandom deep dive videos, she discusses popular hoaxes in that game’s community. Similarly, her two Dark Pokémon Iceberg videos describe many popular theories and hoaxes popular among ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fans, such as the Lavender Town syndrome.

* AlternateRealityGame: In [[https://youtu.be/ZaYioM_bsb0 "Hey Peebrain, You Teleport? Tumblr’s Dark Mystery"]], she analyzes a popular Tumblr ARG.

* GenreShift: She went from an art Youtuber that primarily uploaded art-related videos (such as speed drawing videos and animations) to a video essayist on Internet history.

---> Izzzyzzz: "From cave painting, to canvas painting, to roof painting, to [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pipe cleaner bug craft]]."