Line #13 WebVideo/TheBenHeckShow


1	''The Ben Heck Show'' was a WebVideoSeries hosted by console modder and ascended pinball fanboy Benjamin Heckendorn, aka Ben Heck. Most episodes of the show take place in Ben's workshop, where he attempts to solve day-to-day problems by building contraptions to do it for him, if he's not showing off his console-modding skills or imparting knowledge on topics revolving around electronics.
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3	The show was released on Website/YouTube from 2010 To 2018 with exclusives on sponsor [=Element14's=] website. Non-exclusive episodes can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow/videos here]]. Ben's [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgeStlUnitobx8QcSxTw2aQ personal channel]] includes outtakes and bonus materials meant for the show.
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6	!!''The Ben Heck Show'' contains the following tropes:
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8	* AbortedArc:
9	** Quite a number of multi-part episodes were aborted throughout the show's run (usually when Ben realizes that the project is actually undoable or infeasible). For example, episodes centering around the designing of the ''Pinball/AmericasMostHaunted'' pinball machine prototype, pretty much only ran until the first half of the design stage of the machine[[note]]However, coverage continued on Ben's personal channel, albeit without going into the details of the design as he usually does on the show[[/note]], and the "[=GameBrain=]" modular console project has also become this.
10	** Lampshaded in the 2015 Halloween episode, where the "Ghost of Unfinished Projects" appears and haunts the workshop in the prologue.
11	* ArtisticTitle: For the final episode, Ben created [[https://youtu.be/H7pT9XJh8f4 The Ballet of Pie Face]] which pokes fun at Bond openings.
12	* BadBadActing: The prologue of every episode consists fully of this to get the viewers warmed up. {{Lampshaded}} in the opening sequence that shows right after the prologue.
13	--> '''Announcer:''' ''... And regrettable acting''
14	%%* BedsheetGhost: "The Ghost of Unfinished Projects" (and as an added bonus, is styled to look like the ghost from America's Most Haunted Pinball).
15	* EdutainmentShow: Every episode has Ben teaching the viewers how to build or mod something, or imparting knowledge on topics around electronics.
16	* HalloweenEpisode: There's one every year. But notably, the 2011 episode "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcesBau4X4 Ghost Hunting with Ben Heck!]]" served as the PoorlyDisguisedPilot for ''Pinball/AmericasMostHaunted''.
17	%%* LargeHam: One of the things that makes the show entertaining is Ben's hammy acting and random hammy quips.
18	* RecapEpisode: Several episodes with the title "Rewind and Recap" revisit old failed projects to see what went wrong or if it can be improved.
19	* UnsoundEffect: Part 2 of The Roomba Nerf Dart collector arc has Ben and Felix firing Nerf guns in the prologue-- with the word "SHOOTING!" flashing on the screen every time a Nerf dart is fired.
20	* WaxingLyrical: In the 2015 Halloween episode, Ben quotes word-for-word the ending rap/speech of Michael Jackson's "{{Music/Thriller}}".

Context WebVideo / TheBenHeckShow