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** While it's not the main reason scriptwriter takes this path, when the idea comes up of having the Buccaneers beat the Eagles in the Wild Card round, the "Strouds" (Texans) support the idea seemingly entirely because it would further humiliate their own Wild Card opponent, the Browns (due to the fact that the Buccaneers were quarterbacked by Baker Mayfield, the QB the Browns gave up on).

** In the Divisional Round episode, the Chiefs aren't satisfied just beating the Bills, but ask the scriptwriter to "make it hurt". The scriptwriter obliges by having the Bills lose on a missed field goal...wide right.
** While it's not the only motivation, the "Strouds" approve of having the Buccaneers beat the Eagles in the Wild Card round seemingly just because it would really rub in the loss for their own Wild Card opponent, the Browns (due to the Buccaneers being quarterbacked by former Browns QB Baker Mayfield).

* ContrivedCoincidence: Invoked and {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the Week 18 edition of "If The NFL Was Scripted", as the scriptwriter notes how all of his writing throughout the season has set up a particularly tantalizing slate of Wild Card games[[note]]Lions hosting a playoff game at home against their former franchise QB, Tyreek Hill coming back to Arrowhead, the Packers playing their former coach Mike [=McCarthy=], the Texans hosting the Browns after trading their former franchise QB Deshaun Watson to them, and the two most banged-up teams (Buccaneers and Eagles) playing each other so that both teams have a chance[[/note]]. Of course, the true {{Irony}} of this is that the series is [[RealLifeWritesThePlot entirely dictated by real-life events]], so all of this [[RealityIsUnrealistic really did come to pass by pure chance]].

** Josh, Patrick, Allen (Bills Mafia) is named for Josh Allen.

* WaitWhat: In ''If The NFL Was Scripted'' Week 12, the scriptwriter has this reaction to the reveal of how the "Strouds" fan dealt with supposedly losing because of the moon.

-->'''(head on the desk): "Lions are gonna love Branch because he's got that dog in him." I'm sure you do, Brian, I'm sure you do...

* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: Referenced in ''If the NFL Was Scripted: Free Agency'' (likely based on a [[https://twitter.com/richeisen/status/1767690052472316114 tweet]] from Rich Eisen).

* BigBad: Chomas, the Bears fan is Tom's main antagonist in the second season of ''Coach''. Over the course of the season, he mentally torments Tom, ending by defeating Tom in a game of ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL''. He is also revealed to be the main villain of ''The NFC & AFC East's Reaction'', manipulating Rocky to destroy the main characters and the main villain of <em style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">The NFC & AFC West's Reaction</em>, manipulating Louis to destroy everyone, just like he attempted in the East saga.

** In [[youtube.com/watch?v=ITv0BayUQ58 The NFC & AFC South's Reaction to Week 10]], it turns out that [[spoiler: Raymond, the Colts Fan, is the biological father of Carl, and the reason why Joe left and had Danny was because he found out.]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Rocky worked as a lackey for Chomas only to be abandoned by him to die in [[https://youtu.be/mvxzPW3Mx8Q The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 17 (Finale)]]. After he somehow survives Danny shooting him,[[spoiler:(Ambition)]], he [[https://youtu.be/MgnbJOOBYU4?t=391 tracks Danny down]] to team up and hunt down Chomas.

* TranquilFury: Tom Grossi has shown, both in his reactions and AFC/NFC East series, that he is excellent at displaying this with his characters:

* BigBad: Chomas the Bears fan is Tom's main antagonist in the second season of ''Coach''. Over the course of the season, he mentally torments Tom, ending by defeating Tom in a game of ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL''. He is also revealed to be the main villain of ''The NFC & AFC East's Reaction'', manipulating Rocky to destroy the main characters.

* ConvenientComa: Springsteen falls into one after Fredrick accidentally runs him over with his car.

** A '''''huge''''' reveal comes in [[https://youtu.be/YzgSVLTQ5cM The NFC & AFC West's Reaction to Week 13]], when it turns out that [[spoiler: Eugene, aka the elderly Cardinals fan is the ''grandfather'' of Wildflower, Gus, Bruce, and Rocky]]. 
** A large reveal in [[www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITv0BayUQ58&list=PLpfKWYL55S9GjGDuK5it670N4Y-lOuE_q&index=20 The NFC & AFC South's Reaction to Week 10]], when it turns out that <font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"><span style="background-color: rgba(191, 191, 191, 0.13);">Raymond, a Colts Fan, turns out to be Carl's Father and the reason why Joe, father of only Springsteen and Fredrick, left and had Danny.</font>

** In the "If The NFL Was Scripted" series, the Houston Texans (or "[[InsistentTerminology Strouds]]") fan becomes increasingly unhinged, even blowing up the script-writer's car and possibly also ''[[RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun the moon]]'' in retaliation for bad scripts.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Rocky worked as a lackey for Chomas only to be abandoned by him to die in [[https://youtu.be/mvxzPW3Mx8Q The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 17 (Finale)]]. After he somehow survives Danny shooting him <font color="#ba0000"><span style="background-color: rgba(191, 191, 191, 0.13);">(Ambition)</font>, he [[https://youtu.be/MgnbJOOBYU4?t=391 tracks the latter down]] to team up and hunt down Chomas.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tom often gives these out to opposing teams in his fan reactions to show the frustration many fans of NFL teams have with how poorly their team are run as an organization. He also does this with his own fan-made characters, such as once in [[https://youtu.be/CgWBHSC5rsk?list=PLpfKWYL55S9EybNKZMB-X-K3uyGB0gcSH The NFC West's Reaction to Week 5]], when Jerry, a 49ers fan, demands respect from Eugene, a Cardinals fan, and the latter responds to him in a calm yet scathing manner:

* {{Stinger}}: The final episode of the AFC/NFC East reaction videos, the video ends with the Vikings fan looking for a man named Tom, teasing the coming third season of ''Coach''.
* StraightMan: To Brandon Perna on the Grossi Perna Show. Especially when the team Power Rankings are involved, Tom's rankings will be a clean cut top 10 with, sometimes, honorable mentions (that do not appear in the actual ranking) and Brandon's will have several .5 ranks, a top 10 that goes to 11 or 12, Heaven/Hell/Purgatory and sometimes have ''teams of a different sport entirely'' and ''actual plays rather than teams''.
* SummationGathering: The "How the Cowboys Feel About the Eagles 2023 NFL Draft" special has Gus (Cowboys fan) rounding up other teams' characters to try and parse out who's to blame for the Eagles' remarkable draft, certain there's a conspiracy afoot. It quickly descends into chaos, with the 49ers using the opportunity to make fun of the Cowboys (having seemingly showed up entirely for this reason, since they didn't pick in the first round and consequently didn't have much impact on the Eagles' draft), the Seahawks only wanting to brag about their own draft, and the other teams present (Bears, Falcons, Saints, and Lions) insisting they were only doing what was best for their own teams, all while the Eagles just sit and smirk at seeing how angry the Cowboys are. Gus becomes so desperate to prove that the Eagles were the beneficiary of some sort of collusion that he even tries to blame the referee, despite the fact that referees have no role in the draft.

* ConvenientComa: Springsteen falls into one after the Bills run him over with their car.

** Bruce and Springsteen's dad is a Dolphins fans who abandoned them as babies.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Rocky worked as a lackey for Chomas only to be abandoned by him to die in [[https://youtu.be/mvxzPW3Mx8Q The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 17 (Finale)]]. After he somehow survives Danny shooting him, he [[https://youtu.be/MgnbJOOBYU4?t=391 tracks the latter down]] to team up and hunt down Chomas.

** Bruce and Springsteen are named after Music/BruceSpringsteen, a reference to the fact that both of their teams (the Giants and Jets) play in the musician's home state of New Jersey.
** Fredrick is also named after Bruce Springsteen.

** Jerry (49ers fan) is named for Jerry Rice.

** Jerry (49ers Fan) is named for Jerry Rice.

** Lenny (Chiefs Fan) is named after Len Dawson
** Seb (Bucs Fan)'s scooter is named after Tom Brady.

* ''The NFC & AFC West's Reaction'': A sequel to the aforementioned videos, with this storyline revolving around the fans of the eight teams in the two divisions.

* ''The NFC & AFC North's Reaction'': The (presumably last) sequel in the Reaction saga, focusing on the fans of the eight teams in these two divisions.

* AerithAndBob: In his AFC/NFC East reaction videos, you have Bruce and Carl alongside names like Springsteen and Wildflower Turquoise[[note]]although the latter is a name change (done to mirror the changing of the Washington team's name); it's eventually revealed that Wildflower's original name was Reggie[[/note]].

** A '''''huge''''' reveal comes in [[https://youtu.be/YzgSVLTQ5cM The NFC & AFC West's Reaction to Week 13]], when it turns out that [[spoiler: Eugene, aka the elderly Cardinals fan is the ''grandfather'' of Wildflower, Gus, Bruce, and Rocky]].

* InsistentTerminology: Tom likes referring to the Minnesota Vikings as "the purple incarnation of Satan."

--> '''Tom:''': I think we nailed it. I don't think it could have gone any better. The only thing that could have gone poorly is if you just interrupted me like mid-
--> ''cue intro''

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Tom and his cameraman, Johnny Barks. It's become more apparent as Tom has started traveling more for the channel (beginning with ''30 in 30''), and wherever he goes, Barks always goes with him (and while bringing a cameraman with him could, theoretically, be for content creation reasons, the dynamic between them makes it clear that that's ''not'' it in this case).

* HeterosexualLifePartners: As seen during ''30 in 30'', Tom and his cameraman, Johnny Barks, are very close friends to the point where they can take on a chaotic 30-day trip together and only become closer for it.

* AnimalLover: Tom. He has two cats (Nova and Nebula) and two dogs (Moose and Synclaire (pronounced "Sinclair")) who make periodic appearances on his streams and who he clearly dotes on. He is also a vegan for animal rights reasons (though he's made it clear he considers it a personal decision and doesn't take issue with other people making a different choice).

* AnimalLover: Tom is a huge animal lover. He has two cats (Nova and Nebula) and two dogs (Moose and Synclaire) who make periodic appearances on his streams and is also a vegan for animal rights reasons (though he's made it clear he considers it a personal decision and doesn't take issue with other people making a different choice).

* AerithAndBob: In his AFC/NFC East reaction videos, you have Bruce and Carl alongside names like Springsteen and Wildflower Turquoise.

* WaitWhat: In ''If The NFL Was Scripted'', the scriptwriter has this reaction when the "Strouds" fan says that he blew up the moon.