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Outside Xbox is a [[http://www.outsidexbox.com/ website]] and {{YouTube}} [[https://www.youtube.com/user/outsidexbox/featured channel]] hosted by Mike Channell, Jane Douglas, and Andy Farrant with video editing by James Hills. The hosts cover primarily Xbox 360 and Xbox One games and create list features, a weekly show called "Show of the Week," and LetsPlay videos, as well as occasional videos on game previews, snippets of gameplay, tips, guides, and achievements.

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Outside Xbox is a [[http://www.outsidexbox.com/ website]] and {{YouTube}} Website/{{YouTube}} [[https://www.youtube.com/user/outsidexbox/featured channel]] hosted by Mike Channell, Jane Douglas, and Andy Farrant with video editing by James Hills. The hosts cover primarily Xbox 360 and Xbox One games and create list features, a weekly show called "Show of the Week," and LetsPlay videos, as well as occasional videos on game previews, snippets of gameplay, tips, guides, and achievements.


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* AudienceParticipation: Some lists on Outside Xtra have a Commenter edition, which list characters, games, or other moments not touched on in the original list that commenters feel were left out of the list. The viewers that suggest these are credited for the entry along with their comment.
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* LineOfSightName: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg90-blLnH0 Show of the Weekend: Nier Automata and the Vase of Mescutio]], Ellen has to ad-lib a story about a coffee cup. At one point, she comes up with the "Dark Wizard Andy" while Andy is just off-screen.

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* {{Angrish}}: When a Sentret flees in the ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' Generation 2 catch race, Ellen stomps off muttering furious gibberish.



* {{Corpsing}}: They'll cut laughter in the middle of a comedy bit, but they don't object to leaving it in when someone just offscreen dies laughing at the end of one.



* MistakenIdentity: There's actually two Jane Douglases in the past: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Douglas A brothel keeper in mid 17th century London]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Douglas a Scotish noblewoman]]. This is addressed in a Show of the Week episode where Jane corrects an Amazon Echo to say [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that Jane isn't a vampire and has a perfectly normal human lifespan]].

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* MistakenIdentity: There's actually two Jane Douglases in the past: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Douglas A brothel keeper in mid 17th century London]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Douglas a Scotish Scottish noblewoman]]. This is addressed in a Show of the Week episode where Jane corrects an Amazon Echo to say [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that Jane isn't a vampire and has a perfectly normal human lifespan]].
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* MistakenIdentity: There's actually two Jane Douglases in the past: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Douglas A brothel keeper in mid 17th century London]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Douglas a Scotish noblewoman]]. This is addressed in a Show of the Week episode where Jane corrects an Amazon Echo to say [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that Jane isn't a vampire and has a perfectly normal human lifespan]].
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* RunningGag: Almost every "Show of the Week" video ends with two of the cast-members deciding to go for lunch, only for something (of varying degrees of surreality) to intervene and prevent them from doing so.
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* EightiesHair: Parodied in a Show of the Week discussing 80s-themed ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', with a VHS tape of an 80s-era Outside Xbox episode. [[RuleOfFunny Yes, before the Xbox was released.]]



* ComedicSociopathy: Jane is prone to this when her mad scientist persona is being played up, such as by claiming everyone's food as part of an "experiment".



* HurricaneOfPuns: The vast majority of list episodes subtitle each fresh entry with some kind of pun.



* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Andy's sole concern about Luke being lost in time is whether he can have Luke's shoes.



** Ellen is even worse. There are two videos specifically about how scary she finds something.



** Luke slips into this when testing whether VR made ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'' scarier. When someone introduces you to "Dr Luke's Horrortorium", it's probably time to leave.



* TokenEvilTeammate: Jane.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jane's terrified of spiders and anything vaguely spider-like, as is Ellen. At one point Xtra got an entire video out of Ellen rating various videogame spiders from "creepy but endurable" to "refusing to look at the screen".

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jane's terrified of spiders and anything vaguely spider-like, as is Ellen. At one point Xtra got an entire video out of Ellen rating various videogame spiders from "creepy but endurable" to "refusing to look at the screen".screen".
* WorldOfWeirdness: The Show of the Week/End videos have essentially ended up here due to the RuleOfFunny. Andy has become a vampire, Mike a zombie (both temporarily), the studio has been attacked by aliens and malevolent wigs, and Luke and Ellen used a Pikachu toy with the power of time travel to retroactively attend a Nintendo Switch event.
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* CutenessProximity: Fairly common, especially in Xtra videos. If a character has a cute pet, there will be cooing. Consider yourself warned.


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* MadScientist: Jane is the most scientifically educated of the team, and is repeatedly indicated to have a slightly more than usual enthusiasm for world domination. That said, most of her actual ''experiments'' consist of dicking around with her teammates and/or videogame [=NPCs=].


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* TakeOverTheWorld: This appears to be Jane's long-term objective.


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* VerbalBackspace: Jane isn't impressed by the masks in ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'', because she's worn creepier - ''seen'' creepier.

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* ButtMonkey: While Jane and Andy have their mishaps, no one suffers more than Mike Channell.

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While Jane and Andy have their mishaps, no one suffers more than Mike Channell.Channell.
** As the recent hires and junior members of the team, whenever Outside Xtra hosts Ellen and Luke show up they tend to be (jokingly) treated as dogsbodies.
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* LovableCoward: Andy doesn't really do well with horror games. Naturally he's always the one with the controller when the team plays them.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jane's terrified of spiders and anything vaguely spider-like.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jane's terrified of spiders and anything vaguely spider-like.spider-like, as is Ellen. At one point Xtra got an entire video out of Ellen rating various videogame spiders from "creepy but endurable" to "refusing to look at the screen".
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** "Loophole!" for when discussing Batman's no kill rule.

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Now has a spinoff channel named Outside Xtra, in order to allow them to discuss gaming topics other than Xbox games. This adds two more hosts to the lineup: Ellen Rose and Luke Westaway.



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* KillSat: Apparently Jane [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcPxQy5iZc wants]] one to write her initials on [[MundaneUtility the Moon]].

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* KillSat: Apparently Jane [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcPxQy5iZc wants]] one to [[MundaneUtility write her initials on [[MundaneUtility the Moon]].
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* KillSat: Apparently Jane [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcPxQy5iZc wants]] one to write her initials on [[MundaneUtility the Moon]].
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* TheTetrisEffect: At one point, Mike loses the ability to distinguish between reality and ''VideoGame/{{Peggle}} 2''.
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* ScreamingAtSquick: Neither Andy nor Mike takes ''Who Will Get The Girl?'' diving into the UncannyValley at all well.
-->'''Mike:''' MY EYES!
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* MadBomber: When playing ''VideoGame/{{Hitman 2016}}'', Mike tends to default to the most pyrotechnical option.


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* SerialKiller: Andy's version of [[VideoGame/{{Hitman}} Agent 47]] falls into this during the Colorado mission in ''VideoGame/{{Hitman 2016}}'', starting by taking a mannequin arm as a trophy and culminating in completing an assassination while dressed as a scarecrow.


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-->'''Mike:''' (on ''VideoGame/{{Hitman 2016}}'', a game that penalises you every time you kill someone other than the 2-4 targets) Now, unfortunately, I've not been allowed to bring a gun, which is going to make it extremely difficult to kill my usual nineteen people...
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* ButtMonkey: While Jane and Andy have their mishaps, no one suffers more than Mike Channell.
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* TheStinger: Episodes of "Show of the Week" end with one. Usually two of the hosts attempt to go out for lunch, but fail to for various reasons.

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* TheStinger: Episodes of "Show of the Week" end with one. Usually two of the hosts attempt to go out for lunch, but fail to for various reasons.reasons.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jane's terrified of spiders and anything vaguely spider-like.
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* CatchPhrase: Whenever they're doing a LetsPlay of a military-themed game (such as ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'') and screw up in a humiliating fashion, either Mike or Andy will often quip "And ''that'' was my war."

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* DeadpanSnarker: All three engage in this but Jane stands out to the point that her character was used to demonstrate the sarcastic options in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''.



* HyperCompetentSidekick: During their VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto V}} heists, the team would often be joined by a player named Nerascus whom they've dubbed as their "intern". More often than not, the intern would perform better than the team, getting them out of tricky situations, and receiving a higher score.



** Then there's their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2CpuLpSujY video]] on what they've done in the name of achievements.



* StrategySchmategy: Seems to be Mike's approach to stealth games. Often results in SpannerInTheWorks.

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* StrategySchmategy: Seems to be Mike's approach to stealth games. Often results in SpannerInTheWorks.either SpannerInTheWorks or LeeroyJenkins.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: When playing [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dishonored The Knife of Dunwall]], Mike decides to assassinate the target by shooting him with a pistol from across the square. He succeeds.
* KickTheDog: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbfalO9JCA Fallout 4: 8 Little Ways We've Been Evil in Fallout 4 So Far]], Jane details the various ways she's engaged in wicked deeds in VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}, up to and including shooting Dogmeat.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: When playing [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} ''[[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dishonored The Knife of Dunwall]], Dunwall]]'', Mike decides to assassinate the target by shooting him with a pistol from across the square. He succeeds.
* KickTheDog: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbfalO9JCA Fallout 4: 8 Little Ways We've Been Evil in Fallout 4 So Far]], Jane details the various ways she's engaged in wicked deeds in VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}, ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', up to and including shooting Dogmeat.



* SelfDeprecation: To celebrate reaching one million subscribers, they made a video titled "11 Times We Were Just the Worst at Stealth" which showed highlights of their long history of being bad at being sneaky.

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* SelfDeprecation: To celebrate reaching one million subscribers, they made a video titled "11 Times We Were Just the Worst at Stealth" which showed highlights of their long history of being bad at being sneaky.sneaky (mostly Mike or under the advice of Mike).
** At the start of 2016, they looked back at their epic fails in 2015. There were quite a number of them.

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* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgl6Tqx7ao 7 Health and Safety Nightmares Down To Insanely Negligent Workplace Design]] has Andy talk about bad workplace design while uncovering some... questionable things about the OutsideXbox office including a microwave that is more dangerous than Apeture Science's testing[[note]]with a no door option[[/note]], an annual "Bring Your Alligator To Work Day"[[note]]Andy's has rabies[[/note]], a "Laser Death Grid"[[note]][[DisproportionateRetribution for burglars]][[/note]], and the weekly fire drill[[note]][[ExactWords where they're chased by a man with an on fire electric drill]][[/note]].

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* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgl6Tqx7ao 7 Health and Safety Nightmares Down To Insanely Negligent Workplace Design]] has Andy talk about bad workplace design while uncovering some... questionable things about the OutsideXbox office including a microwave that is more dangerous than Apeture Aperture Science's testing[[note]]with a no door option[[/note]], an annual "Bring Your Alligator To Work Day"[[note]]Andy's has rabies[[/note]], a "Laser Death Grid"[[note]][[DisproportionateRetribution for burglars]][[/note]], and the weekly fire drill[[note]][[ExactWords where they're chased by a man with an on fire electric drill]][[/note]].drill]][[/note]].
* ImprobableAimingSkills: When playing [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dishonored The Knife of Dunwall]], Mike decides to assassinate the target by shooting him with a pistol from across the square. He succeeds.
* KickTheDog: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbfalO9JCA Fallout 4: 8 Little Ways We've Been Evil in Fallout 4 So Far]], Jane details the various ways she's engaged in wicked deeds in VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}, up to and including shooting Dogmeat.
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Just making a few corrections to the recent List Episode [Which, at the time of this edit is the "7 Alien Races" one] and fixing a few things.


* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWuvuFkBBg 7 Alien Races That Look Like Beautiful Human Women by Amazing Coincidence]] video, mike describes the [[Franchise/StarTrek Orions]] and add "This isn't some fanfiction written by a horny 13 years old, this is real".

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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWuvuFkBBg 7 Alien Races That Look Like Beautiful Human Women by Amazing Coincidence]] video, mike Mike describes the [[Franchise/StarTrek Orions]] and add adds "This isn't some fanfiction fanfic written by a horny 13 years 13-year old, this is real".the real thing".
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWuvuFkBBg 7 Alien Races That Look Like Beautiful Human Women by Amazing Coincidence]].


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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWuvuFkBBg 7 Alien Races That Look Like Beautiful Human Women by Amazing Coincidence]] video, mike describes the [[Franchise/StarTrek Orions]] and add "This isn't some fanfiction written by a horny 13 years old, this is real".
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* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgl6Tqx7ao 7 Health and Safety Nightmares Down To Insanely Negligent Workplace Design]] has Andy talk about bad workplace design while uncovering some... questionable things about the OutsideXbox office including a microwave that is more dangerous than Apeture Science's testing[[note]]with a no door option[[/note]], an annual "Bring Your Alligator To Work Day"[[note]]"Mine has rabies!" *screams*[[/note]], a "Laser Death Grid"[[note]][[DisproportionateRetribution for burglars]][[/note]], and the weekly fire drill[[note]][[ExactWords where they're chased by a man with an on fire electric drill]][[/note]].

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* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgl6Tqx7ao 7 Health and Safety Nightmares Down To Insanely Negligent Workplace Design]] has Andy talk about bad workplace design while uncovering some... questionable things about the OutsideXbox office including a microwave that is more dangerous than Apeture Science's testing[[note]]with a no door option[[/note]], an annual "Bring Your Alligator To Work Day"[[note]]"Mine Day"[[note]]Andy's has rabies!" *screams*[[/note]], rabies[[/note]], a "Laser Death Grid"[[note]][[DisproportionateRetribution for burglars]][[/note]], and the weekly fire drill[[note]][[ExactWords where they're chased by a man with an on fire electric drill]][[/note]].
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*HypocriticalHumor: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzgl6Tqx7ao 7 Health and Safety Nightmares Down To Insanely Negligent Workplace Design]] has Andy talk about bad workplace design while uncovering some... questionable things about the OutsideXbox office including a microwave that is more dangerous than Apeture Science's testing[[note]]with a no door option[[/note]], an annual "Bring Your Alligator To Work Day"[[note]]"Mine has rabies!" *screams*[[/note]], a "Laser Death Grid"[[note]][[DisproportionateRetribution for burglars]][[/note]], and the weekly fire drill[[note]][[ExactWords where they're chased by a man with an on fire electric drill]][[/note]].
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Outside Xbox is a [[http://www.outsidexbox.com/ website]] and {{YouTube}} [[https://www.youtube.com/user/outsidexbox/featured channel]] hosted by Mike Channell, Jane Douglas, and Andy Farrant. The hosts cover primarily Xbox 360 and Xbox One games and create list features, a weekly show called "Show of the Week," and LetsPlay videos, as well as occasional videos on game previews, snippets of gameplay, tips, guides, and achievements.

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Outside Xbox is a [[http://www.outsidexbox.com/ website]] and {{YouTube}} [[https://www.youtube.com/user/outsidexbox/featured channel]] hosted by Mike Channell, Jane Douglas, and Andy Farrant.Farrant with video editing by James Hills. The hosts cover primarily Xbox 360 and Xbox One games and create list features, a weekly show called "Show of the Week," and LetsPlay videos, as well as occasional videos on game previews, snippets of gameplay, tips, guides, and achievements.



* ThatsAllFolks: Recent list features have ended with this. One of the hosts thanks the viewer for watching, encourages them to like and subscribe, and then rambles to encourage the viewer to watch more videos.

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* ThatsAllFolks: Recent list features have ended with this. One of the hosts thanks the viewer for watching, encourages them to like the video and subscribe, subscribe to the channel, and then rambles to encourage the viewer to watch more videos.
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Outside Xbox is a [[http://www.outsidexbox.com/ website]] and {{YouTube}} [[https://www.youtube.com/user/outsidexbox/featured channel]] hosted by Mike Channell, Jane Douglas, and Andy Farrant. The hosts cover primarily Xbox 360 and Xbox One games and create list features, a weekly show called "Show of the Week," and LetsPlay videos, as well as occasional videos on game previews, snippets of gameplay, tips, guides, and achievements.

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!!Outside Xbox contains examples of:
*BerserkButton: Each host seems to have one. Andy's is historical inaccuracy, Mike's is vehicle inaccuracy, Jane's is scientific inaccuracy.
*SelfDeprecation: To celebrate reaching one million subscribers, they made a video titled "11 Times We Were Just the Worst at Stealth" which showed highlights of their long history of being bad at being sneaky.
*StrategySchmategy: Seems to be Mike's approach to stealth games. Often results in SpannerInTheWorks.
*ThatsAllFolks: Recent list features have ended with this. One of the hosts thanks the viewer for watching, encourages them to like and subscribe, and then rambles to encourage the viewer to watch more videos.
*TheStinger: Episodes of "Show of the Week" end with one. Usually two of the hosts attempt to go out for lunch, but fail to for various reasons.

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