History WebVideo / SMBCTheater

* JustThinkOfThePotential: Parodied in "The Mancreep", where Zach tries to tempt James to use his bizarre gift[[note]]If he simulated cunnilingus with his hand, he can make people throw up[[/note]] for evil.

* TheReveal: "That's right! [[MakesSenseInContext Your incestuous murder-child was Hitler AND Stalin!]]"

%%* HollywoodNerd: The ''Just Friendship'' and ''Time Travelling Geek'' sketches features this.

%%* ClusterFBomb: Their version of ''WhosOnFirst''.

%%* FoxNewsLiberal: {{Parodied}} in ''Both Sides''.

* FatBastard: James often plays characters of this type, with a heavy emphasis on the FanDisservice of his body.

%%* HollywoodHacking: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlip7jZX9m0 ''Hackers!'']]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}: they're just pretending to be hackers, and have no idea what they're doing]].

%%* LieDetector: Followed by a "Reframing Detector" and a "Changing the Subject Detector." They're meant to circumvent first-date stupidity, supposedly.

%%* MistakenForPedophile: J.P. and Zach in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEWlecIF408 "Great Idea"]].
%%* NakedPeopleAreFunny: James frequently appears naked on the show. Bonus points in that he's the [[FanDisservice fattest character in the cast.]]

%%* RhymesOnADime: James in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xr0-89CkQ ''Health Consultant''.]] [[spoiler:It's fatal]].

%%* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: They're fond of using these in their videos. James, for example, often plays very unsympathetic roles.

[[http://www.smbc-theater.com/ SMBC Theater]] is an online sketch comedy that updates once a week. It was created by Zach Weiner of ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', which is where the name comes from, and is written by Weiner and James Ashby.

The humour can be varied, ranging from comments on politics to crude sex jokes. There is also a lot of relationship humour as well.

'''This series contains examples of:'''

* AllMenArePerverts: Comes up a lot.
* BadassBoast[=/=]BlasphemousBoast: From the DVD Commentary. Zach doesn't look like Jesus, Jesus looks like Zach.
* BadSanta: Played by James in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-JLSjAsUzo the first Christmas special]].

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Hilariously {{deconstructed}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGArqoF0TpQ "Both Sides"]], a parody of Bill O'Reilly's "[[Series/TheOReillyFactor No Spin Zone]]". They introduce sides like "Eyeglasses vs Stabbing Yourself With a Steak Knife" to show that [[GoldenMeanFallacy not all points are equally valid.]]

* CampGay: {{Invoked}} and deconstructed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdqdIvgCKzA "Orientation"]].
* CarryTheOne: Cause of an error in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7nu0wHKgDY ''Equation'']]
* ClusterFBomb: Their version of ''WhosOnFirst''.
* ComingOutStory: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdqdIvgCKzA In "Orientation"]].

* TheDanza: The actors often play characters named after themselves.
* DealWithTheDevil: One that impresses an angel.

* DetectiveMole: {{Played for laughs}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMxds0dBILc homicide detective]].
* DistractedByTheSexy: In truly surreal fashion to close off "George Lucas".
* DVDCommentary: The "Goes to Hell" DVD has Zach and James making comments on the sketches in between each one.

* EverythingExplodesEnding: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL8hJTJHzLs This]] episode.
* EverythingIsRacist: At the end of ''5 People You Meet In Heaven''.

* FoxNewsLiberal: {{Parodied}} in ''Both Sides''.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: ''The Duel.''
* HollywoodHacking: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlip7jZX9m0 ''Hackers!'']]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}: they're just pretending to be hackers, and have no idea what they're doing]].
* HollywoodNerd: The ''Just Friendship'' and ''Time Travelling Geek'' sketches features this.

* LargeHam: James. In terms of willingness to ladle out pork, the man could single-handedly cater an Oktoberfest.
* LieDetector: Followed by a "Reframing Detector" and a "Changing the Subject Detector." They're meant to circumvent first-date stupidity, supposedly.

* MeetTheNewBoss: Judging by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njYlAcJ6IB8 ''Election Day'']]
* [[MexicanStandoff Mexican-''American'' Standoff]]: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OcDFvFM7kQ ''Standoff'']]
* MistakenForPedophile: J.P. and Zach in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEWlecIF408 "Great Idea"]].
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: James frequently appears naked on the show. Bonus points in that he's the [[FanDisservice fattest character in the cast.]]
* PresidentEvil: James, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5q1maCV5I Gaffe.]]

** The gay son in Orientation is this, due to his parents not getting how homosexuality works and that there's no gay gold.
* PoisonChaliceSwitcheroo: The Wife in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23dzdvoU1vA Divorce Negotiation]] trades a diamond for the antidote he thinks she put in her husbands wine. She then trades the car for the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison in his wine. She then trades their house for the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison in his wine. She then trades custody for the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison in his wine. Not wanting custody, he goes happily goes along with the last one.

* RhymesOnADime: James in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xr0-89CkQ ''Health Consultant''.]] [[spoiler:It's fatal]].
* RussianRoulette: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin In]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obgTQkmWuhY ''Russian Roulette]].
* SeriousBusiness: Everything from debating to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MsSk1V3u-E ''staring contest'']]s to poker games.
* StaringContest: An "Ultimate Starting Contest" to be exact.

* TooDumbToLive: How J.P. and Zach avoid jail in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEWlecIF408 "Great Idea"]].
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: They're fond of using these in their videos. James, for example, often plays very unsympathetic roles.

* VitriolicBestBuds: James and Zach

* WhosOnFirst: The answer being "I F@#ked Your Mother."

* YourMother: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7nu0wHKgDY ''Equation'']]

* CordonBleughChef: A mechanical variant. In "The Plumber", James is a brilliant and surprisingly inexpensive plumber who unfortunately insists that Zach and Kelly watch while he fixes their plumbing in an incredibly {{Squick}}y way.

* RhymesOnADime: James in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9xr0-89CkQ ''Health Consultant''. [[spoiler:It's fatal]].

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Hilariously {{deconstructed}} in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGArqoF0TpQ "Both Sides"]], a parody of Bill O'Reilly's "[[TheOReillyFactor No Spin Zone]]". They introduce sides like "Eyeglasses vs Stabbing Yourself With a Steak Knife" to show that [[GoldenMeanFallacy not all points are equally valid.]]

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Overlapping with SophisticatedAsHell in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_AzEeIGznU ''Problem Solved'']].
--> '''President James''': I'm sorry? Did you win a plurality of the Electoral Collage, bitch?

* TheAlcoholic: The sketch, Intervention, is about one doing an intervention for his friends for '''not''' being more supportive of his drinking habit.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Hilariously deconstructed in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGArqoF0TpQ "Both Sides"]], a parody of Bill O'Reilly's "[[TheOReillyFactor No Spin Zone]]". They introduce sides like "Eyeglasses vs Stabbing Yourself With a Steak Knife" to show that [[GoldenMeanFallacy not all points are equally valid.]]
* CampGay: Invoked and deconstructed in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdqdIvgCKzA "Orientation"]].

* CrazyPrepared: James intercepted the Ebola Zach sent to James' sister, put it in a jar, labeled it "The Ebola I Intercepted", and kept it on his person in case he got in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MsSk1V3u-E ''Staring Contest'']] with Zach, so he could trump Zach's "The Antidote To The Ebola I Mailed Your Sister" move.

* DetectiveMole: Played for laughs in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMxds0dBILc homicide detective]].

* FanDisservice: This trope is fulfilled often and liberally, not the least by James. Examples include him doing a sexy dance on the menu screen of ''Goes to Hell'', dressed up as the devil, complete with red body makeup, whilst not wearing a shirt; and his character in ''The Plumber''.
* FoxNewsLiberal: Parodied in ''Both Sides''.

* HollywoodHacking: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlip7jZX9m0 ''Hackers!'']]. [[spoiler:Subverted: they're just pretending to be hackers, and have no idea what they're doing]].

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxSydh3ymhw King James]] only one guy realizes that a guy who pulls a sword out of a rock is ''not'' a good candidate for king and that magic and dragons aren't real and that includes James himself.

* SeriousBusiness: Everything from debating to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MsSk1V3u-E ''Staring Contest'']]s to poker games.

* WhosOnFirst: The answer being, "I F@#ked Your Mother."

-->'''Son:''' You weren't killed. You drank twelve beers a day for 30 years. you died of cirrhosis.

* CastingGag: Zach and Kelly in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDsAPMhuABU "Date Wars"]]: she wants a relationship, he just wants meaningless sex. In real life, they're married.

* PoisonChaliceSwitcharoo: The Wife in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23dzdvoU1vA Divorce Negotiation]] trades a diamond for the antidote he thinks she put in her husbands wine. She then trades the car for the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison in his wine. She then trades their house for the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison in his wine. She then trades custody for the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison he thought was the antidote to the poison in his wine. Not wanting custody, he goes happily goes along with the last one.

* TheMagicPokerEquation: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfsuuYKU6mk ''World Poker Championships]] starts with a Full House, and a Royal Flush. This is followed by the fictitious Royal Ace House, before switching games to TabletopGame/{{Uno}} and [[TabletopGame/Chess Checkmate]], then a few Nobel Prizes. Briefly subverted, as Dominion Over the Earth and Dominion Over the Universe are outranked by the Nobel Big Penis Prize. The round ends with [[EscalatingWar someone shooting hellfire from his eyes melting the souls of the other contestants.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxSydh3ymhw King James]] knows only one guy who knows that a guy who pulls a sword out of a rock is ''not'' a good candidate and that magic and dragons aren't real and that includes James himself.

* SeriousBusiness: Everything from debating to staring contests to poker games.
* StaringContest: An "Ultimate Starting Contest" to be exact.
* TheMagicPokerEquation: Starts with a Full House, ends with [[EscalatingWar someone shooting hellfire from his eyes melting the souls of the other contestants.]]

-->'''Son:''' You weren't killed. You drank twelve beers a day for 30 years. you died of cirrhosis.

** The gay son in Orientation is this, due to his parents not getting how homosexuality works.

* OnlySaneMan: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxSydh3ymhw King James]] knows only one guy who knows that a guy who pulls a sword out of a rock is ''not'' a good candidate and that magic and dragons aren't real and that includes James himself.

* TheAlcoholic: The sketch, Intervention, is about one doing an intervention for his friends for not being more supportive of his drinking habit.