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''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...as the name suggests however, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either trespass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.

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''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube Platform/YouTube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber [=YouTuber=] who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...channel, as the name suggests however, suggests, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either trespass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.



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--> '''Vagrant:'''...But then it wouldn't be "Vagrant Holiday", it'd just be "Holiday", and what's the fun in that?
* TheFaceless: Vagrant has never shown himself on camera, and one can only ever see his hands and legs, and that's about it. That being said, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/e4NFWfM snippets]] of his appearance have been seen throughout is video, notabily in the unlisted "Elevator Man" video.

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--> '''Vagrant:'''...'''Vagrant:''' ...But then it wouldn't be "Vagrant Holiday", it'd just be "Holiday", and what's the fun in that?
* TheFaceless: Vagrant has never shown himself on camera, and one can only ever see his hands and legs, and that's about it. That being said, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/e4NFWfM snippets]] of his appearance have been seen throughout is video, notabily notably in the unlisted "Elevator Man" video.



** "Forbidden Island". In comparison to his ''Holiday'' videos, Vagrant instead decides, for the hell of it, to the [=McNeil=] Island, despite it being illegal for citizens to even be there.

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** "Forbidden Island". In comparison to his ''Holiday'' videos, Vagrant instead decides, for the hell of it, to visit the [=McNeil=] Island, despite it being illegal for citizens to even be there.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vagrant's snarky and very dry with his commentary...however he never gets angry. But it has happened on two occasions:
** The first one being on his third video ''III - Third Times Not the Charm'' where he shows a bit of concern during his stay in Portugal when cornered by drug dealers for simply sitting in a plaza and eating (although this was not helped with him trolling another drug dealer with his baking powder he uses as toothpaste). And much afterwards, he's ''clearly irritated'' when not only was he sucker punched by a dealer (leading to his glasses being broken in half) but his sleeping bag that he hid was stolen, forcing him to sneak into a hotel for the night.
** The unlisted CHAZ video had him being ''eerily silent'' as he was being accused and yelled at by two SJW citizens of CHAZ when all he was doing as recording. Even with the ''Riot Holiday'' video, he was making some snark and dry commentary, but here, he absolutely doesn't ''say a '''single word''''' as he's being yelled at.
** After being noticed by the conductor in ''V - Train Hopping'', VH gets notably very scared. Understandably so, because this kicks off one of his closest calls with law enforcement in the whole series, which he later recounts with his usual jokey, snarky commentary.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: A semi-regular feature of Vagrant's monologues.
** In "II - For a Few Bushes More"
--> '''Vagrant:''' "Everybody knows vampires all probably died of AIDS in the 80's."
** In "IV - Japan":
--> '''Vagrant:''' "Sarcasm definitely doesn't work in Japan and my jokes usually go over their heads. Probably because they're so short."

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vagrant's snarky and very dry with his commentary... however he never gets angry. But it has happened on two occasions:
** The first one being on his third video ''III - Third Times Not the Charm'' where he shows a bit of concern during his stay in Portugal when cornered by drug dealers for simply sitting in a plaza and eating (although this was not helped with him trolling another drug dealer with his baking powder he uses as toothpaste). And much later afterwards, he's ''clearly irritated'' clearly irritated when not only was he sucker punched by a dealer (leading to his glasses being broken in half) but his sleeping bag that he hid was stolen, forcing him to sneak into a hotel for the night.
** The unlisted CHAZ video had him being ''eerily silent'' as he was being accused and yelled at by two SJW citizens of CHAZ when all he was doing as recording. Even with the ''Riot Holiday'' video, he was making some snark and dry commentary, but here, he absolutely doesn't ''say say a '''single word''''' single word as he's being yelled at.
** After being noticed by the conductor in ''V - Train Hopping'', VH Vagrant gets notably very scared. Understandably so, because this kicks off one of his closest calls with law enforcement in the whole series, which he later recounts with his usual jokey, snarky commentary.
%% * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: A semi-regular feature of Vagrant's monologues.
%% ** In "II - For a Few Bushes More"
%% --> '''Vagrant:''' "Everybody knows vampires all probably died of AIDS in the 80's."
%% ** In "IV - Japan":
%% --> '''Vagrant:''' "Sarcasm definitely doesn't work in Japan and my jokes usually go over their heads. Probably because they're so short."



** Surprisingly enough averted with the "Riot Holiday' and the unlisted CHAZ video. While he does poke fun at how CHAZ is structured in the beginning, ''all'' the snark fades when he begins to get yelled at by the citizens despite being a casual observer. He is never shown initiating conversation with residents of the failed state, perhaps recalling the laconic filmmaking technique perfected from VH's (rumored) [[https://odysee.com/@TheArchivist:6/Surveillance-Camera-Man-1-8:9 former repute.]]

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** Surprisingly enough averted with the "Riot Holiday' and the unlisted CHAZ video. While he does poke fun at how CHAZ is structured in the beginning, ''all'' the snark fades when he begins to get yelled at by the citizens despite being a casual observer. He is never shown initiating conversation with residents of the failed state, perhaps recalling the laconic filmmaking technique perfected from VH's Vagrant Holiday's (rumored) [[https://odysee.com/@TheArchivist:6/Surveillance-Camera-Man-1-8:9 former repute.]]



* UnfazedEveryman: Any strangeness or surrealness that he comes across will be met with indifference, although there are times that he does show genuine amusement, such as in "II - For a Few Bushes More" where he's puzzled but chuckling at a food packaging for spaghetti.

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* UnfazedEveryman: Any strangeness or surrealness that he comes across will be met with indifference, although there are times that he does show genuine amusement, such as in "II - For a Few Bushes More" where he's puzzled but chuckling at a food packaging for spaghetti.spaghetti.
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''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...as the name suggest however, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either trespass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.

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''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...as the name suggest suggests however, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either trespass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.

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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Forbidden Island". In comparison to his ''Holiday'' videos, Vagrant instead decides, for the hell of it, to the [=McNeil=] Island, despite it being illegal for citizens to even be there.
** This also applies to ''V - Train Hopping'', where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he just jumps on trains and sees where it leads him too]].
** "Riot Holiday", which is more of a darker showing of his town of Seattle being destroyed during the George Floyd Riots. For most of the video, Vagrant's silent and observing the chaos and recording as he goes along.


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** "Forbidden Island". In comparison to his ''Holiday'' videos, Vagrant instead decides, for the hell of it, to the [=McNeil=] Island, despite it being illegal for citizens to even be there.
** This also applies to ''V - Train Hopping'', where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he just jumps on trains and sees where it leads him too]].
** "Riot Holiday", which is more of a darker showing of his town of Seattle being destroyed during the George Floyd Riots. For most of the video, Vagrant's silent and observing the chaos and recording as he goes along.
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** NoNameGiven: Nor any nickname or name at that, so at best for this page (and for the fans), he's just called "Vagrant".

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** * NoNameGiven: Nor any nickname or name at that, so at best for this page (and for the fans), he's just called "Vagrant".
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* HouseSquatting: Vagrant is really, really good at finding abandoned houses and apartments for temporary lodging.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: A semi-regular feature of Vagrant's monologues.
** In "II - For a Few Bushes More"
--> '''Vagrant:''' "Everybody knows vampires all probably died of AIDS in the 80's."
** In "IV - Japan":
--> '''Vagrant:''' "Sarcasm definitely doesn't work in Japan and my jokes usually go over their heads. Probably because they're so short."


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* UglyAmericanStereotype: Leans into this for comedic effect by digging into a bag of pretzels while explaining that Japanese etiquette frowns upon eating while walking. During his European travels, he gets out of trouble with local authorities by acting like a stupid American. Vagrant expresses his dislike for the living embodiment of this trope by telling a story about a "retarded redneck" who tried to fight him while hitchhiking in Indiana.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: Throughout the series, Vagrant shares knowledge of very specific historical events that took place in the locations he visits (particularly in Europe). VC shows his photography chops with some breathtaking photos of an abandoned train station in the second episode. He also tells overzealous deer to fuck off and thinks most art "sucks ass".

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* SophisticatedAsHell: Throughout the series, Vagrant shares knowledge of very specific historical events that took place in the locations he visits (particularly in Europe). VC VH shows his photography chops with some breathtaking photos of an abandoned train station in the second episode. He also tells overzealous deer to fuck off and thinks most art "sucks ass".
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* SophisticatedAsHell: Throughout the series, Vagrant shares knowledge of very specific historical events that took place in the locations he visits (particularly in Europe). VC shows his photography chops with some breathtaking photos of an abandoned train station in the second episode. He also tells overzealous deer to fuck off and thinks most art "sucks ass".
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** Surprisingly enough averted with the "Riot Holiday' and the unlisted CHAZ video. While he does poke fun at how CHAZ is structured in the beginning, ''all'' the snark fades when he begins to get yelled at by the citizens despite being a casual observer.

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** Surprisingly enough averted with the "Riot Holiday' and the unlisted CHAZ video. While he does poke fun at how CHAZ is structured in the beginning, ''all'' the snark fades when he begins to get yelled at by the citizens despite being a casual observer. He is never shown initiating conversation with residents of the failed state, perhaps recalling the laconic filmmaking technique perfected from VH's (rumored) [[https://odysee.com/@TheArchivist:6/Surveillance-Camera-Man-1-8:9 former repute.]]
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-> "''Now I gotta be honest with the people watching this, some of you might think it's cool to go to foreign countries and break petty vagrancy laws, but at the end of the day... [[WorthIt it's also very fun]]"''.

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-> "''Now I gotta be honest with the people watching this, some of you might think it's cool to go to foreign countries and break petty vagrancy laws, but at the end of the day... [[WorthIt [[BaitAndSwitchComment it's also very fun]]"''.
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** "II - For a Few More Bushes More" and "III - Third Time's Not the Charm...", he will snark about political ideologies, and ''both'' sides mind you, notably making snide remarks about Antifa and Nazis.

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** "II - For a Few More Bushes More" and "III - Third Time's Not the Charm...", he will snark about political ideologies, and ''both'' sides mind you, notably making snide remarks about Antifa and Nazis.Nazis, calling Nazis who still think they're relevant and anarchists who think they're fighting Nazis "idiots".
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** The first one being on his third video ''III - Third Times Not the Charm'' where he shows a bit of concern during his stay in Poland when cornered by drug dealers for simply sitting in a plaza and eating (although this was not helped with him trolling another drug dealer with his baking powder he uses as tooth paste). And much afterwards, he's ''clearly irritated'' when not only was he sucker punched by a dealer (leading to his glasses being broken in half) but his sleeping bag that he hid was stolen, forcing him to sneak into a hotel for the night.

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** The first one being on his third video ''III - Third Times Not the Charm'' where he shows a bit of concern during his stay in Poland Portugal when cornered by drug dealers for simply sitting in a plaza and eating (although this was not helped with him trolling another drug dealer with his baking powder he uses as tooth paste).toothpaste). And much afterwards, he's ''clearly irritated'' when not only was he sucker punched by a dealer (leading to his glasses being broken in half) but his sleeping bag that he hid was stolen, forcing him to sneak into a hotel for the night.
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* TheFaceless: Vagrant has never shown himself on camera, and one can only ever see his hands and legs, and that's about it.

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* TheFaceless: Vagrant has never shown himself on camera, and one can only ever see his hands and legs, and that's about it. That being said, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/e4NFWfM snippets]] of his appearance have been seen throughout is video, notabily in the unlisted "Elevator Man" video.
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* ChickMagnet: Has a habit of having random local women start following him around from time to time, and then end up "staying the night" with them. Some of them, like the French girl, will even invite him back when he's in town.
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** After being noticed by the conductor in ''V - Train Hopping'', VH gets notably very scared. Understandably so, because this kicks off one of his closest calls with law enforcement in the whole series, which he later recounts with his usual jokey, snarky commentary.
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''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...as the name suggest however, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either tresspass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.

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''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...as the name suggest however, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either tresspass trespass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bit of a rude dick, but Vagrant does tend to be rather kind when encountering harmless locals and will at times be pleasant. He just hides it with a snarky facade.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bit of a rude dick, but Vagrant does tend to be rather kind when encountering harmless locals and will at times be pleasant. He just hides it with a snarky facade.façade.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vagrant's snarky and very dry with his commentary...however he never gets angry. But it has happened on two occassions:

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vagrant's snarky and very dry with his commentary...however he never gets angry. But it has happened on two occassions:occasions:



** The unlisted CHAZ video had him being ''eeriely silent'' as he was being accused and yelled at by two SJW citizens of CHAZ when all he was doing as recording. Even with the ''Riot Holiday'' video, he was making some snark and dry commentary, but here, he absolustely doesn't ''say a '''single word'''' as he's being yelled at.

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** The unlisted CHAZ video had him being ''eeriely ''eerily silent'' as he was being accused and yelled at by two SJW citizens of CHAZ when all he was doing as recording. Even with the ''Riot Holiday'' video, he was making some snark and dry commentary, but here, he absolustely absolutely doesn't ''say a '''single word'''' word''''' as he's being yelled at.



* UnfazedEveryman: Any strangness or surrealness that he comes across will be met with indifference, although there are times that he does show genuine amusement, such as in "II - For a Few Bushes More" where he's puzzled but chuckling at a food packaging for spaghetti.

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* UnfazedEveryman: Any strangness strangeness or surrealness that he comes across will be met with indifference, although there are times that he does show genuine amusement, such as in "II - For a Few Bushes More" where he's puzzled but chuckling at a food packaging for spaghetti.
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His channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgNqlRGqHdxNRPR6ycynWhw right there]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies Our mysterious tourist going on very, very casual adventures]].]]

-> "''Now I gotta be honest with the people watching this, some of you might think it's cool to go to foreign countries and break petty vagrancy laws, but at the end of the day... [[WorthIt it's also very fun]]"''.

''Vagrant Holiday'' is a travel Youtube channel consisting of a nameless/faceless Youtuber who travels the world. While on paper it sounds like a typical travel channel...as the name suggest however, it's anything but. Instead, the unknown traveler decides to spend as little as possible, from sleeping outside (or finding locations to either tresspass in) all while exploring the locations they go to in the cheapest way possible, all while retaining a DeadpanSnarker attitude throughout their adventures.

!!Vagrant Tropes

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: "Forbidden Island". In comparison to his ''Holiday'' videos, Vagrant instead decides, for the hell of it, to the [=McNeil=] Island, despite it being illegal for citizens to even be there.
** This also applies to ''V - Train Hopping'', where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he just jumps on trains and sees where it leads him too]].
** "Riot Holiday", which is more of a darker showing of his town of Seattle being destroyed during the George Floyd Riots. For most of the video, Vagrant's silent and observing the chaos and recording as he goes along.
* CrazyPrepared: The man is somehow able to be prepared for anything despite literally just being a cheap tourist in foreign countries, consisting of his stuff just being a black and white book tablet, a phone ''specifically set'' to just help with mapping and bus routes, the usual items for bathing, his sleeping bag for outside locations, and just black clothing.
* DeadpanSnarker: The crux of the channel consists of a young man traveling Europe in a very apathetic and bored tone all also mocking certain things and tropes. And it's pretty funny.
* {{Determinator}}: Vagrant will suffer ''a lot'' throughout, with the third video ''III - Third Time's Not the Charm'' having his stuff stolen and being forced to find more indoor locations. When discussing how some would probably ask him to go to a hostel, his response:
--> '''Vagrant:'''...But then it wouldn't be "Vagrant Holiday", it'd just be "Holiday", and what's the fun in that?
* TheFaceless: Vagrant has never shown himself on camera, and one can only ever see his hands and legs, and that's about it.
** NoNameGiven: Nor any nickname or name at that, so at best for this page (and for the fans), he's just called "Vagrant".
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bit of a rude dick, but Vagrant does tend to be rather kind when encountering harmless locals and will at times be pleasant. He just hides it with a snarky facade.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Despite his abrasive personality, he never tries to be too disrespectful to the locals unless provoked. At most, he'll try to be respectful, all retaining his usual snark charm.
* NoJustNoReaction: During the "Forbidden Island" video, he comes across a garage and sees a series of crystals on the table...then recoils silently upon realizing what it is truly is.
--> '''Vagrant:''' Is this seriously a bunch of crystal meth on this fucking table!?
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vagrant's snarky and very dry with his commentary...however he never gets angry. But it has happened on two occassions:
** The first one being on his third video ''III - Third Times Not the Charm'' where he shows a bit of concern during his stay in Poland when cornered by drug dealers for simply sitting in a plaza and eating (although this was not helped with him trolling another drug dealer with his baking powder he uses as tooth paste). And much afterwards, he's ''clearly irritated'' when not only was he sucker punched by a dealer (leading to his glasses being broken in half) but his sleeping bag that he hid was stolen, forcing him to sneak into a hotel for the night.
** The unlisted CHAZ video had him being ''eeriely silent'' as he was being accused and yelled at by two SJW citizens of CHAZ when all he was doing as recording. Even with the ''Riot Holiday'' video, he was making some snark and dry commentary, but here, he absolustely doesn't ''say a '''single word'''' as he's being yelled at.
* TakeThat:
** "II - For a Few More Bushes More" and "III - Third Time's Not the Charm...", he will snark about political ideologies, and ''both'' sides mind you, notably making snide remarks about Antifa and Nazis.
** "Forbidden Island" had him poking fun at the US Government for forcing the citizens off of [=McNeil=] Island.
** Surprisingly enough averted with the "Riot Holiday' and the unlisted CHAZ video. While he does poke fun at how CHAZ is structured in the beginning, ''all'' the snark fades when he begins to get yelled at by the citizens despite being a casual observer.
* UnfazedEveryman: Any strangness or surrealness that he comes across will be met with indifference, although there are times that he does show genuine amusement, such as in "II - For a Few Bushes More" where he's puzzled but chuckling at a food packaging for spaghetti.

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