History WebVideo / UrinatingTree

* DamnedByFaintPraise: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQngBKTilA "The New York Jets - Professional Football's Buttfumble"]], Tree says that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Namath Joe Namath]] is the greatest Jets quarterback of all time — literally seconds after calling him one of the most overrated.[[note]]Namath's entry on ThisVeryWiki's page for the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] notes that he's the only QB to enter the Hall of Fame with more interceptions than touchdowns[[/note]]

* DamnedByFaintPraise: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQngBKTilA "The New York Jets - Professional Football's Buttfumble"]], Tree says that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Namath Joe Namath]] is the greatest Jets quarterback of all time — literally seconds after calling him one of the most overrated.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzekDA0djTQ "A Message From The Company"]] spoofs the "social awareness" advertisements that are put out by major corporations, especially around controversial topics. Tree mixes his own brand of snark, [[TropeName generic placeholders for specific actions or controversies]], and common phrases used in such advertisements.

** '''Petermeme''': Former Bills QB Nathan Peterman.
** '''Fitzception''': Former Jets, Buccaneers, Dolphins and current Washington QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.

** '''The Cocky Sonofabitch From Oklahoma''': Former Browns, current Panthers QB Baker Mayfield.

** '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Big. Dick. Nick]]''': Former Eagles and current Bears QB Nick Foles.

** Two of the first three "Congrats" videos, "Congrats, Chargers!" and "Congrats, Raiders!", were made for teams who got ripped from their long time homes and transplanted to cities that didn't really want them. These videos, as well as "Congrats, Falcons!", also saw Tree playing the parts of a sportscaster duo named Bill and John as they roasted the teams in question as well as the NFL for facilitating these messes. When the "Congrats!" series returned during the 2017 NHL Playoffs, it was more or less in its current form, and "Bill and John" have only reappeared twice--"Congrats, Capitals! (2017)" and "Congrats, [=UrinatingTree=]!".

* HiddenTrack: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzXfrc2HrQ8 The Suntrust Massacre]]" (aka "Congrats Braves 2019") comes with a side helping of "Congrats Twins" at 2:21. Unlike "Congrats Rockies 2018", ("hidden" in the last 20 seconds of "Congrats Indians 2018",) it contained about a minute of actual footage & narrative.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0_pRqLRMs "Mayweather vs. McGregor: Professional Boxing's Knockout Blow"]] borders on being this by his standards (and own admission) as he takes the Mayweather/[=McGregor=] fight to task for its unbelievable impending HypeBacklash, its '''$100''' pay-per-view price tag, and generally pointing out that this is, basically, [[WereStillRelevantDammit boxing's last gasp at relevance]].

--->'''Tree''': Nobody is questioning Ken Holland's legacy; regardless of his horrible stretch, he will still go down as one of the best GM's of the mid-2000s. In fact, I find Holland to be more of a tragic figure. To me, he is [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Gwyn, Lord of Cinder]], a former god who has sacrificed everything he has known and loved to try and maintain the fires of his past glory in the empire. He may have been egotistical in refusing to move aside, but that's because [[WereStillRelevantDammIt he felt he could still remain on top]]. He was grossly mistaken. This is the harshest lesson of all: we all have an expiration date. One day, the world will pass us by, and we shall become obsolete and irrelevant. Different ideas and theories will come along, and unless you can adapt at rapid speed, you will die. No matter how good or important a person is, we are all replaceable cogs in the machine. What happens when you ''don't'' adapt? You become the Red Wings.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5maGpQ4Eds "The Carolina Hurricanes: A Brass Bonanza"]] compresses all the usual research into a 90-second pirate movie parody.

** '''The Diva''': Former Steelers/Raiders/Patriots/Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown.

** Every episode of "This Week in Sportsball" for the 2017-18 NFL season has included "FUCK YOU, SPANOS!" when talking about the Chargers, aimed at owner Dean Spanos and his {{Epic Fail}}ure in running the Chargers franchise. Taken UpToEleven, when he delivers a "FUCK YOU, SPANOS!" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o07q8NWwWj0 while the Chargers were in their bye week]], and even further when he delivers it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT0gux7BYwc in a video about another Los Angeles team]]. Careful eyes will also see the magic words written in the thumbnail for each episode to tease its appearance. The gag was altered beginning with the Week 14 Edition, in response to the Chargers becoming genuine playoff contenders in their division by that point. Tree would instead throw in variants such as "¡PUTA MADRE, SPANOS!". Brought back in [[Music/OdeToJoy triumphant fashion]] in the season finale, when the Chargers won their final game of the season but missed the playoffs on tiebreakers. It was also altered in Week 12 where they win against the Cowboys, and instead he says "Fuck you, Jerry!" and Week 14, their victory against the Redskins, has him saying "Fuck you, Snyder!" to express his disdain towards those two as well.

** The army tanks that roll across the screen whenever he brings up tanking teams. The "Tank Bowl" intros from "This Week In Sportsball" take it UpToEleven by putting the tank graphics over actual footage of tanks parading through the streets.

* OrwellianEditing: The subjects of several Legacy Of Failure videos have broken their losing streaks and won championships after their videos were made. When this happens, Tree goes back and adds a date indicating how long the streak actually lasted, such as adding "1967-2019" to the St. Louis Blues' video after they won their first Stanley Cup in 2019.

** '''A Legacy of Failure''': A {{Spinoff}} of ''Lolcows in Sports'', where the subject's primary shortcoming is their inability to win championships despite frequently qualifying to compete in them. None of the teams or coaches featured here have won even ''once'' despite their relatively long history (Tree's threshold is at least 40 years for a franchise and 10 years for a coach), although most of them have at least ''made'' it to the championship series.[[note]]At least at the time of him making the videos; the Washington Capitals were the first to do it after that by winning their first Stanley Cup in 2018, almost a year and a half after he featured them. The St. Louis Blues, Washington Nationals, and Andy Reid have since followed. The Toronto Maple Leafs also broke the mold a bit with them winning the Stanley Cup in 1967, only to have pure turmoil and horrifying scandals follow them through since then.[[/note]]

* '''Congrats, (Team Name)!''': A satirical DueToTheDead mini-video series mocking teams for a recent playoff loss, usually done by highlighting the most embarrassing play(s) of it, accompanied by a big [[VideoGame/Ghostbusters1984 "Conglaturation!"]]. On occasion, [[ThrowTheDogABone sincere editions of these videos are made for teams who finally win a championship after a long drought]].

* [[invoked]]FranchiseOriginalSin: In his review for ''Fantasia'' for the Genesis, he mentions that ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion'' had the same unintuitive GoombaStomp mechanic, in which the player has to hold down while landing on an enemy to attack it. However, he retorts that the latter game was all-around better made than the former, and didn't have any of the FakeDifficulty found in the former.

* [invoked]FranchiseOriginalSin: In his review for ''Fantasia'' for the Genesis, he mentions that ''VideoGame/CastleOfIllusion'' had the same unintuitive GoombaStomp mechanic, in which the player has to hold down while landing on an enemy to attack it. However, he retorts that the latter game was all-around better made than the former, and didn't have any of the FakeDifficulty found in the former.

** '''The Cocky Sonofabitch From Oklahoma''': Browns QB Baker Mayfield.

** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vcFjcdlCPA "Congrats, Lightning!" 2021 video]] consists of the audio of his "Congrats, Lightning" 2019 video from when the Tampa Bay Lightning got swept in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Columbus Blue Jackets playing over highlights from Tampa Bay's 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup runs, with the following text:
--->'''Tree:''' I hate this. The memes they gave in 2019 were fantastic. Now they are dead. Stone cold dead in the ground. I'm just going to pretend I shit on them hard enough to make them [=2X=] Cup winners. It will help me ignore my crippling reality. I should've said they were too good right now. Damnit.

--->'''Tree:'''I hate this. The memes they gave in 2019 were fantastic. Now they are dead. Stone cold dead in the ground. I'm just going to pretend I shit on them hard enough to make them [=2X=] Cup winners. It will help me ignore my crippling reality. I should've said they were too good right now. Damnit.

* IronicEcho: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vcFjcdlCPA "Congrats, Lightning!" 2021 video]] consists of the audio from his "Congrats, Lightning" 2019 video from when the Tampa Bay Lightning got swept in the first round by the Columbus Blue Jackets playing over highlights from Tampa Bay's 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup runs, with the following text:
-->''I hate this. The memes they gave in 2019 were fantastic. Now they are dead. Stone cold dead in the ground. I'm just going to pretend I shit on them hard enough to make them [=2X=] Cup winners. It will help me ignore my crippling reality. I should've said they were too good right now. Damnit.''

** '''A Legacy of Failure''': A {{Spinoff}} of ''Lolcows in Sports'', where the subject's primary shortcoming is their inability to win championships despite frequently qualifying to compete in them. None of the teams or coaches featured here have won even ''once'' despite their relatively long history (Tree's threshold is at least 40 years for a franchise and 10 years for a coach), although most of them have at least ''made'' it to the championship series.[[note]]At least at the time of him making the videos; the Washington Capitals were the first to do it after that by winning their first Stanley Cup in 2018, almost a year and a half after he featured them. The St. Louis Blues, Washington Nationals, and Andy Reid have since followed. The Toronto Maple Leafs also broke the mold a bit with them winning the Stanley Cup in 1968, only to have pure turmoil and horrifying scandals follow them through since then.[[/note]]

** "Thrashed" examined the lifecycle of UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} hockey in light of the move of the Arizona Coyotes out of Glendale in 2022.[[note]]News had broke in August 2021 that the long-lapsed Gila River Arena lease will be broken that year. Currently, the Coyotes plan on moving to Tuscon at Arizona State University's hockey arena (which holds a maximum of 5,000 seats) for a few seasons, starting in the upcoming 2022-23 season, before planning and building a more permanent (and fitting) arena for them (and the university's basketball team) a few years later.[[/note]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Most videos in the series follow a general format, but a few are more experimental:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccKYpDo-tL0 "Dan Snyder: Professional Football's Stubborn Lolcow"]] uses the same formula but focuses on an owner rather than a team. This approach gets repeated for "Jerry Jones: Professional Football's Palpatine".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4fLb1A47gs "Re: The DeMarcus Cousins Trade"]] is a follow-up video after [[BunnyEarsLawyer DeMarcus Cousins]] was traded from the Sacramento Kings [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece literally hours after Tree's first lolcow video about the Kings went online]].[[invoked]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5maGpQ4Eds "The Carolina Hurricanes: A Brass Bonanza"]] compresses all the usual research into a 90-second pirate movie parody.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZiwQnxSRUY "The Minnesota Vikings: A Legacy of Failure"]] has Tree EnragedByIdiocy and [[INeedAFreakingDrink driven to drink]] over the awfulness of the Minnesota Vikings franchise rather than simply laughing at them. This ended up being popular enough to make "Legacy of Failure" a regular segment for other teams with similar reputations.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wMX_iAPaPI "Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!"]] celebrates a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bonilla#Back_to_the_Mets legendarily poor contract signing]] made by the New York Mets in 1999.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkMZmldInmo "The San Francisco Giants: A Tale of Two Years"]] is a three-minute JuxtapositionGag about how the Giants seem to consistently alternate between championship-worthy seasons and awful seasons.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0_pRqLRMs "Mayweather vs. McGregor: Professional Boxing's Knockout Blow"]] borders on SomethingCompletelyDifferent by his standards (and own admission) as he takes the Mayweather/[=McGregor=] fight to task for its unbelievable impending HypeBacklash, its '''$100''' pay-per-view price tag, and generally pointing out that this is, basically, [[WereStillRelevantDammit boxing's last gasp at relevance]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y_0mipz9ew "Congrats, Astros!"]] is Tree's first "Congrats!" video that is ''not'' a satirical DueToTheDead. It is instead a tribute montage, first recounting the team's history of failure, then concluding it with the last out that gave the Houston team its first World Series victory after 55 years. While other Congrats videos would end with a [[RougeAnglesofSatin "Conglaturation!"]] to the failing team, a genuine "Congratulations!" was given to the Astros. He repeats this with the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=argh_M2Pn2s "Congrats, Capitals!"]], for the 2018 Washington Capitals team, and with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQZgDw0LJiw "Congrats, Blues!"]] for the 2019 St. Louis Blues when they won their first Stanley Cup championships after years of failure.
** Much like the Dan Snyder video above, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLpsvxkQSQ8 Andy Reid: A Legacy of Failure]] focuses on one man--former Eagles and current Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. Also like that video, the approach would be repeated with current Minnesota Wild and former Capitals/Ducks head coach Bruce Boudreau.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewrIEQ_zIM4 "Revisiting... the Vegas Golden Knights"]] is pretty much Tree admitting he was wrong about the new Las Vegas team. Tree says that the Golden Knights set the bar for an expansion franchise by (at the time) coming out of nowhere to take first place in their conference in the team's first year of existence, all without a true "superstar" on the team. Similarly to the Vikings Legacy of Failure video, this was popular enough to turn into a semi-regular series, chronicling teams whose seasons have gone vastly different than expected.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic7Qu8w6X74 "Taking the Piss on the 2018 World Cup"]] is Tree's rundown of that year's World Cup in the style of ''Haters Guide'' or ''This Week in Sportsball'' but filed under neither due to him admitting being a noob when comes to that football.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS67J3ZLGJs "A Yinzer in Jerryworld: How I Stopped Worrying and Fell in Love With the Vlog"]] is a vlog covering Tree's Seatgeek-sponsored trip to Dallas with fellow sports [=YouTubers=], KTO, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLPd7ixZVc FlemoRaps]] and frequent collaborator and bald Dumpster Fire co-host, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNqgonLI8BQ FivePointsVids]] among others. It had Tree (trying) to do the combine and a flag football game at the Cowboys' practice facility in Frisco and the crew watching the Lions vs. Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium with live commentary.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muTEm2KZdbk "Congrats, NFL!"]] takes the place of the usual snark at the defeated teams in the conference championships, the Saints and the Chiefs, as both teams lost at least partly due to controversial officiating.[[note]] The Saints had to settle for a field goal on what they expected to be their final drive after the referees waved off a helmet-to-helmet foul by Nickell Robey-Coleman against Tommylee Lewis on a third down; the Rams drove back to kick a field goal of their own and tie the score, then won in overtime. On the opposite side of the coin, the Chiefs were hit with a highly specious pass interference penalty halfway through the fourth quarter when Chris Jones hit Tom Brady on the shoulder; the resulting penalty helped the Patriots drive for a touchdown to take a 24-21 lead, and they also ultimately won in overtime.[[/note]] Instead, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Tree directs his anger at the NFL for their vaguely defined and inconsistently applied rules on pass interference and roughing the passer]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75AWtXaStsg "July 4, 2012: The Day That Killed The Minnesota Wild"]] takes an critical look at the Wild's signings of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. Tree blames the signings for the Wild's inability to get past the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs; due to the two players' 13-year, $98 million contracts, the Wild were unable to deal for others to turn the team from a playoff team to a true championship contender, and had to give up their young prospects to stay under the salary cap.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yho-2d9abKc "Revisiting the 2016 NHL Free Agent Class"]] sees Tree analyzing the free agent signings from the 2016 NHL season. Tree sees the class as being especially underachieving, with many signings declining in performance or suffering personal health issues, and also notes the massive contracts given to the players.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dweu2BvZMIY "How to Destroy a Franchise 101: Starring the Anaheim Ducks"]] places Tree as a headmaster for a lecture on the Ducks' woes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLB1D6m9ViQ "Philosophical Musings on the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline"]] is a meditative reflection on the trades of the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline, as a result of Tree not being happy with the script for a regular This Week in Sportsball video.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02eGokkjvWw "The Alliance of American Football: A Postmortem"]] is an autopsy of what had gone so wrong with the AAF that it ran out of money and suspended operations in the middle of its inaugural season.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FaIGTzJvw "How To Destroy A Career 101: Starring Martavis Bryant"]] again shows Tree as a schoolmaster discussing the decline of the former Steelers and Raiders WR.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzekDA0djTQ "A Message From The Company"]] spoofs the "social awareness" advertisements that are put out by major corporations, especially around controversial topics. Tree mixes his own brand of snark, [[TropeName generic placeholders for specific actions or controversies]], and common phrases used in such advertisements.

** "Thrashed" examined the lifecycle of UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} hockey in light of the move of the Arizona Coyotes out of Glendale in 2022.[[note]]News had broke in August 2021 that the long-lapsed Gila River arena lease will be broken that year.[[/note]]

** '''Days Of Our Steelers''': A {{Spinoff}} of ''This Week In Sportsball'' that presents Steelers games and the off-field drama surrounding the team as a parody of daytime soap operas,[[note]]with the name itself evoking ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'',[[/note]] with Tree providing overwrought narration. Featured the entire 2018 season, and then sporadically in 2019. He similarly presented the woes of the 2018 Jacksonville Jaguars as '''Sacksonville Abbey'''[[note]]after ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' due to the Jaguars' ties to London, narrated in an extreme British accent a la a PBS presenter [[/note]] and those of the 2020 Dallas Cowboys as '''Dallas'''[[note]]after... ''Series/{{Dallas}}''[[/note]]

** '''A Legacy of Failure''': A {{Spinoff}} of ''Lolcows in Sports'', where the subject's primary shortcoming is their inability to win championships despite frequently qualifying to compete in them. None of the teams or coaches featured here have won even ''once'' despite their relatively long history (Tree's threshold is at least 40 years for a franchise and 10 years for a coach), although most of them have at least ''made'' it to the championship series.[[note]]At least at the time of him making the videos; the Washington Capitals were the first to do it after that by winning their first Stanley Cup in 2018, almost a year and a half after he featured them. The St. Louis Blues, Washington Nationals, and Andy Reid have since followed.[[/note]]

** '''Captain Fat Fuck, Leader of Men''': Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger.
** '''The Diva''': Former Steelers/Raiders/Patriots and current Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown.

** '''Famous Jameis''' and '''Turnover Machine''': Former Buccaneers and Saints QB Jameis Winston.

** '''Mitch Kissentitties, The Titty-Kisser''': Former Bears and current Bills QB Mitch Trubisky.

** '''Barbecue Bruce''': Former Wild coach Bruce Boudreau.