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7->''"We start off quite simple, but then, as you go along, things get more complicated."''
8-->-- '''Simon''', Part 5: "The Legend of Pig Island"
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10The Minecraft Series is a catch-all description for the ''LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}'' content based around ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. It started as a LetsPlay of the sandbox game ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' with LetsPlay/{{Lewis|Brindley}} and LetsPlay/{{Simon|Lane}} on the flagship [=BlueXephos=] channel. However, after a few unusual events and weird encounters with a mysterious character named Israphel it grew into an ambitious {{machinima}} series.
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12From late 2010 through early 2012, the bulk of the Minecraft series was composed of a semi-improvised comedy drama, where Lewis and Simon "play" the parts of a Xephos, a heroic "Spaceman", and Honeydew, a mighty dwarf, respectively. The series is set in the fictional land of Minecraftia, where Xephos and Honeydew encounter a range of colorful characters, and, by virtue of their talent and skill (or a succession of lucky flukes), become worshiped as mighty heroes by the citizens of the land. This series is known ''Shadow of Israphel'', though a survival multiplayer ''Minecraft'' and Survival Island series are generally considered to be a part of this series, with the [=BlueXephos=] channel lumping together the somewhat narratively linked series under the [=YouTube=] playlist "[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF60520313D07F366 Minecraft Survival Multiplayer/ SoI]]".
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14Other videos in the series include custom map play throughs, series showcasing ''Minecraft'' mods such as [=YogLabs=], and ''Minecraft'' update coverage. There have also been series based on the a custom ''Minecraft'' mod pack using the Feed the Beast launcher called [=YogCraft=] (transitioned from Tekkit), described as "a little bit like Tekkit, a little bit like Feast the Beast, but it's [=YogCraft=]", featuring LetsPlay/{{Duncan|Jones}} and LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} and a whole lot of other members across several channels as well as Voltz, focusing on the team of Lewis/Duncan (and later Simon) and LetsPlay/{{Sips}}/Sjin (and later Ridgedog), a mod pack based around the Galacticraft mod mostly used by Lewis, Simon, Duncan, Sips, Sjin and LetsPlay/{{Kim|Richards}}, the Yogscast Complete mod pack with several members (based on Resonant Rise) and a Survival ''Minecraft'' series with Sips and Sjin.
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16In 2014, a comedic series of animated sketches featuring the voices of [[LetsPlay/HatFilms Ross and Trott]] (along with archival footage from the older series) called ''Israphel Animated'' was started. This ostensibly shows what Israphel and his skeleton minion was doing to defeat Lewis and Simon while Lewis and Simon were off playing other ''Minecraft'' mods.
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19!!Series with their own pages:
20[[index]]
21* ''WebVideo/{{The Apprentice|Yogscast}}''
22* ''WebVideo/BlackrockChronicle'' (includes ''The Tekkit Prequel'', ''The Tekkit Adventure'' and ''The Tekkit Rebirth'')
23* ''WebVideo/{{Blood and Chaos|Yogscast}}''
24* ''WebVideo/{{Cornerstone}}''
25* ''WebVideo/DuncansLaboratory''
26* ''WebVideo/FeedTheWorld'' (includes ''Sjin's Farm'')
27* ''WebVideo/FluxBuddies''
28* ''WebVideo/HoleDiggers''
29* ''WebVideo/JaffaFactory''
30* ''WebVideo/MagicPolice'' (includes ''Cheat Police'')
31* ''WebVideo/MoonQuest'' (includes ''[=MarsQuest=]'')
32* ''WebVideo/ShadowOfIsraphel''
33* ''WebVideo/SipsCoDirtFactory''
34* ''WebVideo/{{Voltz|Yogscast}}''
35* ''WebVideo/WhaleLords''
36* ''WebVideo/YogLabs'' (includes Mod Spotlights)
37[[/index]]
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39If you find a direct wick that refers to one of these series that leads here, please correct it to go to the right page!
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42!!Other examples:
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46* AccidentalInnuendo: Often invoked and lampshaded by the other saying "I'm sorry?"
47* ActionBomb: Creepers have always been this way in ''Minecraft'', especially here too.
48* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The hostile mobs, supposedly, and, according to Simon, cows.
49* AntiHero: Simon and Lewis aren't traditional heroes, though they are still on the side of good..
50* AscendedExtra: Professor Grizwald only appeared in writing in an adventure map, but his memorable [[LargeHam voice acting]] done by Simon made him into a [[OneSceneWonder One Episode Wonder]] that made him become a part of the ''Shadow of Israphel'' backstory (spelled "Grizwold") in the Legend of Verigan special.
51* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: They have often chased an enemy, found several more enemies (or just one they didn't expect) and quickly backed off. Doesn't usually help.
52* BerserkButton: Simon doesn't appreciate enemies attacking him in the middle of speaking.
53-->''"You little bugger! [[CatchPhrase Come 'eeere!]]"''
54* BigEater: In-game, Simon and Lewis constantly ingest an ungodly amount of pork, bread, fish, cake, soup, and cookies. This is mostly due to them constantly being hurt as a result of their own clumsiness.
55* BowAndSwordInAccord: Simon and Lewis go with this - Simon more often using the Bow, and Lewis more often using the Sword, but they do take turns. How much it helps them out is up for debate.
56* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In ''Screw The Nether'':
57--> '''Lewis''': [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment All my clothes are dirty and filthy]] and on fire...
58* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: For a shortish period in 2011, Honeydew had an S (for Simon...and Superman) emblazoned on his chest.
59* ButtMonkey:
60** Simon. He seems to always be the first one enemies go after. He also doesn't see [[MeaningfulName Creepers]] when they sneak up on him (and Lewis only remembers to warn him some of the time), usually causing him to be stealth-bombed.
61** Lewis as well, though mainly due to Simon hitting him for seemingly no reason.
62* CanineCompanion: Wolves, whenever any of the Minecrafters have one. They usually die after a few minutes.
63* CatchPhrase:
64** Simon's "Follow me!" and "Cooooome 'eeeeeeere!" ("Come here!")
65** Simon's girlish "Awwww!" along with Lewis' somewhat less girlish one.
66** Lewis and Simon call each other "Friend" or "Pal" an awful lot.
67*** Given a callback when they first arrive at the Mistral City graveyard and find their pre-planned graves. The prepared epitaph on Xephos's (Lewis's) grave is, rather touchingly, "Goodbye, Friend!"
68*** Any official merchandise is sent with a thank-you card containing the message "Thanks for the support, Friend!"
69** Humming the chest opening music from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' whenever they find some rare treasure. The "found a secret" from the same series and a simple angelic choir sound also pops up in a similar fashion.
70** The charming but odd way Simon says "Hellloooooo!"
71** "Balls to it" and variations.
72** Asking/saying that someone's "Ballsed it up" whenever someone severely screws something up.
73** "Hooraaaaaay!" whenever they escape a deadly situation or find something good. Simon tends to say this more, with Lewis sometimes following up with his less-excited one.
74** Simon says "WHOOP" when trying to be cautious or coming very close to danger.
75** The Diggy Diggy Hole song, as well as all of its variations.
76** Lewis' "hup!" when ever he does a jumping puzzle.
77** Fuckin' Hell's bells was another catchphrase that comes up here and there.
78** [[BigNo Nooooooo!!!]] Why would you do that?!!
79** See you later, shitlord!, a phrase uttered by Simon in select circumstances.
80** "This is A-MA-zing..!"
81** Simon's "What game is this?" or "It's like a [[LargeHam whooooole]] new game!" whenever there's and update to the game or they test a mod, no matter HOW minor the change. Seriously, he almost uttered this after taking off a jack-o-lantern and being able to see clearly again.
82** "Don't worry about it" Lewis to Simon, typically during Yoglabs when Simon questions something with horrible implications about what Yoglabs does, or something Lewis appears to just be hiding for reasons unknown.
83* TheChewToy: Lewis is sometimes subjected to this, with Simon hitting him for no real reason at all, to cheer him up, when he is pissed, because he wants to dye him black, to knock him ''over'' a bottomless pit, or because he's "pressing" him.
84* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Simon and Lewis. They spend a good bit of the journey goofing off, causing [[StuffBlowingUp property damage]], [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny getting distracted by shiny objects]] and generally having a laugh. And then an NPC does something like try to attack a wall they're rebuilding or [[ItsPersonal torture a character they like]] and they kick so much arse it's unbelievable.
85* DeadpanSnarker: Simon and Lewis both manage this when the other is being particularly silly or dense.
86* GuestStarPartyMember:
87** Some ''Shadow of Israphel'' [=NPCs=] participate in non-''Shadow of Israphel'' videos. For example, Fumblemore was participating in the first livestream event, and Old_Peculier helped the Yogscast explain the 1.2 Beta update. Fumblemore also tagged along in the Yogscast's adventure in the "Super Hostile Canopy Carnage" maps, along with Swampy_Bogbeard.
88** More recently, the Fumblemore and Old_Peculier accounts have been used by Lewis and Sjin, respectively, in Duncan's Project Ozone, after their main accounts lost all their lives and were banned from the server. Sjin also used the Strawfingers and Squib accounts, and lost all lives in both. They mostly lost lives thanks to their obstination to open Chance Cubes, despite the fact they mostly been terrible.
89* HellBentForLeather: When the duo isn't dressed in stronger armor already given to them for a big battle, Simon normally takes weaker armor when he and Lewis have to share. This usually means leather. This is because Lewis ostensibly needs the more durable armor for the hits he will inevitably take, as he is the aggressive melee fighter, while Simon, who is an Archer, doesn't get hit quite as much, unless an enemy gets the drop on him from behind. [[StuffBlowingUp Or a creeper is anywhere near him]]. [[RunningGag Which is always]].
90* HitAndRunTactics: The typical method of dealing with creepers when playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
91* HonorBeforeReason: In their earlier videos. When presented with a "jumping across lava" challenge, they decide that they won't tunnel around the lava or just make a pathway across because it isn't in the spirit of the challenge. Their later videos...well, given all the "/give Xephos 46 1" that goes on whenever they can't solve a challenge, this can safely be called total aversion.
92-->''I don't like cheating. I've never liked cheating.''
93--->'''Lewis''', [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Minecraft episode 15]]
94-->''Well, we did try''
95--->'''Lewis in the tourist adventure map, right before cheating.'''
96* IdiotHero:
97** Simon is quite naive whenever it comes to puzzles, traps, or communication with [=NPCs=].
98** Arguably ''both'' Lewis and Simon are this, though Lewis isn't quite as bad, especially at communication.
99* ImprobableWeaponUser:
100** [[KillItWithFire Simon's flint and tinder, and temporarily Lewis's bucket of lava.]] Lampshaded by them, too, calling it their nonconventional weapons of choice.
101* IneptMage: [[MeaningfulName Fumblemore]] tends to blow everything up with his magic, usually involving TNT.
102* KleptomaniacHero: Taken to almost an art form; the only thing stopping Simon and Lewis from mining out entire buildings for loot in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' is a combination of a [[ShopliftAndDie watchful NPC]] and their own incompetence.
103** This is just ridiculous with them. In some episodes, Lewis stole arrows from dispenser traps whenever they come across one. Possibly justified, since the arrows would hurt them if the dispensers were activated, which is nearly unavoidable. Plus they need arrows because they use their bows a lot. And technically there [[LoopholeAbuse ain't no rule ''against'']] stealing arrows from the dispensers.
104* KillItWithFire:
105** Seems to be Simon's preferred method of combat, other than being the bowman of the pair. Bonus fit, seeing as how a good half of the vanilla creatures they fight in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' are supernatural (Zombies and Skeletons).
106--->'''Simon:''' [[http://youtu.be/GLnJG6U2bKM?t=43s KILL IT! Burn it with fire!]]
107** Lewis temporarily adopted this way of fighting as well with a ''bucket of lava'' and [[HitAndRunTactics kiting]].
108* TheLancer: Played with a little bit, but Simon is arguably this, while Lewis is the one who comes up with most of their ideas and communicates with most of the [=NPCs=]. The Yogscast Wiki also claims that Lewis is the de facto leader of the duo.
109* LargeHam: '''A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS TROPE WOULD BE THE BRILLIANT PROFESSOR GRIIZZZWAAAAAALLLD!!! HE YELLS EVERYTHING HE SAAAAAYYYYS!!!'''
110** Somehow made even more hammy in the Calmere Nightmare adventure map:
111-->'''Simon''': Am I hamming it up just a little bit too much?
112-->'''Lewis''': You're like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jean-Luc Picard]] doing [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]].
113* LetsPlay: What the Minecraft videos were before the addition of [=NPCs=] and a story arc.
114** The custom map playthroughs are straight examples of this.
115** Shadow of Israphel is still basically this, in so far as they're playing a game and recording their commentary in reaction to it (they've said in interviews they aren't told the story, so their commentary is mostly unscripted). The game just isn't being played as intended.
116* MadLibsCatchPhrase:
117** "That's a very nice everything you have here" occasionally replaces "everything" with something else, depending on the situation.
118** "I'm an X, and I'm Y-ing a Z..."
119** "X, AWAY!" Where X was first "Sean Bean", then most famously "Swampy", and later just "Simon", who does the same voice every time.
120* MagicMisfire: Happens a lot when [[IneptMage Fumblemore]] tries to cast spells, with [[StuffBlowingUp explosive results]] (except when he makes the HealingPotion for Old Peculier or {{Fli|ght}}es).
121* OnlySaneMan: Lewis is sometimes subjected to this whenever Simon starts making impulsive decisions.
122%% SOI technically does not count, though it is on a long hiatus.
123* OrphanedSeries:
124** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with [=MoonQuest=] and surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Voltz, despite the fanbase thinking so. Voltz really was finished, as shown by the fact that the final episode didn't have a "Next Episode" button at the end unlike the other videos (That, and it had one [[StuffBlowingUp glorious finale]] to justify ending it). [=MoonQuest=] was deemed dead for a while after [[spoiler: Simon crashed on the moon]], with most people blaming him for killing it, but they uploaded a new episode two weeks later involving [[spoiler: a rescue mission]]. Moonquest later went on to become Marsquest, and then went on to [[spoiler:the Jaffa factory]].
125** Sort of happened with Feed the World owing to the Heartbleed patch.
126* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Dwarves, if it will be taking any material from [=WoW=]. Played straight with Simon's character, Honeydew, who is quite proud of his heritage.
127* PoorCommunicationKills: Simon doesn't exactly get the ideas from speech occasionally.
128* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The Yogscast became bored with their first Tekkit server and decided to start a new one, giving rise to Duncan and Sjin's world-destroying war, and then to Rythian's story of getting revenge on them for it.
129* RecordNeedleScratch: In the Yogscast Teaches Athene Minecraft video, the Yogscast theme is interrupted to play another track.
130* RedOniBlueOni: Simon is red, eager to cause damage and wreak havoc and clearly the most spirited about this experiment. Lewis is blue, thinking things through sometimes too carefully, and hardly unnerved. During Planetoids in ''Minecraft'', while Simon was loudly crying over mobs spawning, at night, left alone, and having died earlier, Lewis ignored him and commented on how the clouds were "causing some trouble for him."
131** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with in their Tekkit game where Lewis has a sapphire pick-axe and Simon has a ruby one.
132* RunningGag:
133** They always run into a Creeper (an enemy that explodes) every few episodes or so and they almost always [[LudicrousGibs explode.]]
134** Sometimes when they see pigs, Simon calls them "pigu" and claims [[ArtisticLicenseLinguistics "pigu" is Japanese for pig]].
135** Explosions in general, considering their tried-and-tested way of solving puzzles in ''Minecraft''. "/give Honeydew 46 1" (the server command to give Simon a block of TNT) has become a fan in-joke in its own right.
136--->'''Simon:''' Fuck it, let's do this the Yogscast way.
137** Lewis and Simon completely flipping their shits over the sight of a monster.
138** Simon's several love interests. First Daisy_Duke, then Granny_Bacon, then Isabel_Peculier. Possibly justified considering that the first two were kidnapped (and in Granny's case, killed) shortly.
139** Lewis says something which is AccidentalInnuendo, and Simon says "I'm sorry?" [[invoked]]
140--->'''Lewis:''' I need to go get some wood.\
141'''Simon:''' I'm sorry?
142** Simon punching Lewis down holes and ladders in adventure maps.
143** Their hatred of jumping puzzles, especially ones with lava.
144** Simon and Lewis have also come to hate lever and button puzzles as well.
145** There's been various mentions of a character named "Bob", usually to break or mock a serious mood.
146** Simon's breaking of the laws of physics perplexing Skylord_Lysander seems to be becoming one of these.
147** Going "Blehhh" whenever they drop items via the Q key, due to the game making it look like a character is vomiting when dropping multiple items.
148* SequenceBreaking:
149** What happens with excessive use of TNT. In the third part of their playthrough of the Forgotten Temple, they ''[[DevelopersForesight stumble upon a message from the mapmaker]] asking [[WhatTheHellHero what they]]'' [[note]](the cheaters, who had apparently skipped to the end)[[/note]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero were doing]]''.
150** In their ''Shadow of Israphel'' series, after escaping Grimjaw's little dungeon thing with Tinman, Simon and Lewis got separated from Tinman by being [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny distracted]] by Israphel himself and a giant dragon sculpture. They ended up hiding in a tomb of some kind because of a thunderstorm and giant enemy ZergRush instead of heading back to Barbecue Bay like Tinman did. They soon lampshaded this when they left, with one of them saying they probably "weren't supposed to be there yet."
151* ShoutOut:
152** When warding off Israphel at the end of the Battle of the Breach, Simon suggests "Maybe we should just get up on the wall and [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail swear at him]] until he's forced to retreat."
153** "There's probably something on Website/TVTropes about that."
154** Simon and Lewis remark on how [[IneptMage Fumblemore]] is probably a reference to [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore]].
155*** After [[spoiler:Mistral City is burned]], the Yogscast discuss who did this, and Simon wonders "I have a good idea who did this. [[Literature/HarryPotter He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named]]."
156** Simon often sings [[Music/EltonJohn "And it seems to me, that she lived her life, like a candle in the wind!"]]
157** At one point, Fumblemore asks, "Can [[VideoGame/{{Magicka}} wizards swim]] in this game?"
158** A reformed Creeper in Mistral City is named Astley, and Lewis was afraid he might get JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}'d. Astley does exactly that when the heroes find him in a bedrock cell in Stoneholm.
159---> '''Mr_AsSsstley''': "Never gonna [=givesSsSss=] you up! I'm no [=sssssSstranger=] to love! You know the [=rulessssSs=] and [=sSssso=] do I!"
160** One gravestone in Mistral City says "Michael Barrymore's [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor career]]".
161** When avoiding Mr. Banjo, they say "[[Film/TheDarkKnight Why so serious? ...If he asks you if you want to see a trick, just say "no, not interested".]]
162*** Their reason for the above quote is Mr. Banjo's clown skin, which the Yogscast deride as [[UnintentionalUncannyValley creepy]] and for being a mix of a Minecraft skin of Simon's IRL appearance and ComicBook/TheJoker.
163** Apparently, the papers to climb the Skylords' tower are blank because they're [[Series/DoctorWho psychic]]. Lewis and Simon also assume that the Skylords are related to the Time Lords.
164** The two leads are a dwarf from [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Khaz Modan]] and [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration William Thomas Riker]].
165** At one point they sing "[[WesternAnimation/TheWombles Underground, underground, zombling free, The Zombles of Terrordale ah-are we...]]".
166*** Terrorvale itself is an allusion to Terrordale in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. The city of the dwarves, named Stoneholm, and the Deepcore within it, allude to Deepholm and the Stonecore, also from ''World of Warcraft''.
167** "What can I do for you [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Zapdos]]?", as Fumblemore mistook Xephos' name for Zapdos.
168** The undead pirate dwarf called Spacker [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland LeChuck]].
169** The house from ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' is behind Dread Pirate Norris' ship. Speaking of her, her name is a reference to [[Literature/ThePrincessBride Dread Pirate Roberts]].
170** The [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda found a secret theme]] mentioned above was incorporated into a note block puzzle in Grimjaw's Treasure Hold, which plays the notes that make the theme when all the levers are arranged in the right order.
171** "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI It's dangerous to go alone! Take this]]! [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime ...Hey, listen!]]"
172** "[[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Up and out, like the Great Glass Elevator.]]"
173** "[[Franchise/StarTrek POWER FIST!]]"
174** Skyhold is compared to [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Bespin]].
175** Episode 30 of ''Shadow of Israphel'' is titled ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''.
176** The last episode of the first season ends in a manner similar to an episode of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', with the logo slowly rotating and the exact same sound playing as in the show.
177** "[[Film/TheRoom2003 I did not do it! It naht. Oh hai Lewis.]]"
178** They reference the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' method of killing vampires a couple of times.
179** "[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies There's a zombie in the mi-ine!~]]"
180** ''"That's a very nice X you have there..."'' is a (very frequent) reference to the popular ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' meme, which ironically became even more popular with their series.
181** Simon has taken to humming the ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' theme song whenever Lewis mentions bedrock.
182** Lewis and Sjin name one of their sprinkler systems "[[Creator/PeterDinklage Peter Sprinklage]]" in ''Sjin's Farm''.
183* StuffBlowingUp:
184** This is what happens whenever Simon gets his hands on some TNT.
185** This is [[IneptMage Fumblemore's]] modus operandi when casting explosive magic using TNT.
186** Creeper_Boss is the KingMook of the creepers, placing hordes of TNT before igniting them to cause an explosion.
187** Crossing over with TrashTheSet, this is also the standard (scripted) way to end a series when the crew wants to move onto another mod, usually actively caused by, or exaggerated by, nukes:
188*** Sjin causing Duncan's reactor to go off in the original Tekkit server.[[note]]The next version of the mod was taking out Forestry, which would break a bunch of stuff, and the Main Channel wanted to start a series as well, so they got a fresh start on a new server[[/note]]
189*** Castle Blackrock via Zoey's attempt to disarm the hidden nukes.
190*** Simon launching a rocket in the middle of the Jaffa Factory.
191*** Simon throwing cheese[[note]]It was actually a Dark Matter Bomb[[/note]] in the reactor in Hole Diggers, which appeared to cause a black hole and a StableTimeLoop
192*** Duncan's castle gets corrupted by his flux node blowing up in the middle of a Naga invasion at the end of The Apprentice, and he and Kim eventually decide to destroy it for real in their next series.
193*** Panda Labs and Hat Films' base were both blown up at the end of Flux Buddies Season 1.
194* StylisticSuck: Their 2.5 million subscriber special, which was a trailer for a ''Shadow of Israphel'' movie that isn't actually being made. Features BadBadActing, {{Corpsing}}, and [[SpecialEffectFailure Special Effect Failures]] (particularly with greenscreening).
195** The highlight would have to be when Simon and Lewis "meet" and go for a handshake...which doesn't look like one at all due to the greenscreening having Lewis closer to the camera than Simon and their hands not being synchronized at all.
196* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Man up, bitch!", Xephos says to Honeydew after the latter is briefly punched by Tinman.
197* ToiletHumor: During Granny Bacon's Funeral, a Yognau(gh)t lets out a small fart, getting glares from the other Yognau(gh)ts and the attention of Lewis and Simon (Simon in particular calling it disrespectful and punching him).
198* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jaffa cakes are a particular favorite of Simon, in real life and in game.
199* VitriolicBestBuds: Simon and Lewis [[DeadpanSnarker snark at each other]], snap at each other (especially when stressed), hit each other and on one memorable occasion Lewis outright kills Simon's character so [[ItMakesSenseInContext he can become the Grim Reaper]]. Similar stuff goes on in all their other videos. But hugging is also attempted, and the odd moment of comedic sappiness making it blatantly obvious they're good friends.
200* WalkingShirtlessScene: Simon's character, Honeydew, wears armor that leaves his chest exposed.
201* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
202** Even considering they once defended the wall near Verigan's Hold from their boss, Simon and Lewis ''will'' panic if a Creeper is nearby. Simon also tends to go utterly berserk around spiders.
203** Bees in ''Minecraft'' are something of a sore spot for Lewis, Simon, Duncan and Sjin (especially Simon and Duncan), since it directly related to what they felt [[invoked]] caused the Jaffa Factory series to [[JumpingTheShark jump the shark]] and get canned for [=MoonQuest=], to the point of also being a gag in ''Israphel Animated''.
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206[[folder:Adventure Maps]]
207* TheAce: The reason they take Fumblemore to their adventure maps. [[spoiler: He can use magic to fly and explode obstacles, very useful in the Canopy Carnage arc.]] [[PlotTailoredToTheParty It was practically made for him.]]
208* AbortedArc: Some of the adventure maps they play never get finished for various reasons. A most recent example would be Paladin's Quest 2.
209* AwesomeButImpractical: Simon building a bridge of TNT blocks thanks to a previous explosion causing lava to flow in in the Curse of Sunny Springs map. However, he built it right next to the lava where all those blocks can be sparked and explode.
210* BigWordShout: Simon shouting "WHYYYYYY!" after completely messing up a shot in [=YogGolf=].
211* Lewis insists Simon's ''miles away'' from the creeper-infested planetoid, Simon, then tells him to be careful when it's already too late.
212* BlownAcrossTheRoom: [[ExaggeratedTrope Taken to a hilarious extreme]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fJ5ikWtwaY Testificate Golf]], a game which involves [[VideogameCrueltyPotential knocking villager mobs across the map with enchanted sticks.]]
213* BoldlyComing: While exploring the ''Enterprise-A'' from the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' movies, Simon, in character as James T. Kirk, wishes to teach an alien spider "the ways of kissing".
214* BusmansHoliday: According to Lewis, the Temple of Kikatchu and Curse of Sunny Springs maps are holidays where he and Simon end up saving the world anyway.
215* CallBack: During one of his Skyblock episodes with Sjin, Duncan mentions that one of the first things he built in Minecraft after getting the game was an igloo with a fire in the middle to 'break physics'. [[spoiler: Probably the very same igloo that Lewis and Simon discovered in their original Minecraft playthrough before it became Shadow of Israphel.]]
216* CanineCompanion: Lucasaide the puppy in the ''Paldin's quest two'' map. Extremely smart for a standard wolf, hunting out and finding levers the guys miss. [[spoiler: He's actually controlled by another player with a mob skin over it.]]
217* CheatersNeverProsper:
218** Lampshaded by Lewis in The Curse of Sunny Springs, after skipping past two sacrifices and not knowing the other two map co-ordinates to progress.
219** Frequently using TNT to bypass puzzles sometimes wrecks the map to the point they HAVE to skip sections of it. It's usually Simon's fault.
220** Ironically, one of the biggest cases of this trope wasn't their fault; in the ''Pharoah's Curse'' map, a creeper blew up and activated an [[NoKillLikeOverkill anti-cheating]] countermeasure [[StuffBlowingUp Wiping out]] the entire map in a fifteen second chain reaction.
221* ContinuityNod:
222** To the linking sections of Podcast/TheYoGPoD in part 1 of the Gloria Map.
223-->(child voice) ''Mummy, mummy, can I listen to the [=YoGPoD=]?'' (deep voice) ''Fuck off!''
224** And in The Dropper after seeing an army of black cubes.
225-->'''Simon:''' The Swarm! Oh, god, it's the Swarm, Lewis! They've found us! Oh, god!
226* DevelopersForesight:
227** During the "Puzzle Cube" map, Lewis gets fed up and attempts to cheat (again)... only to discover that the maker of the map made it impossible to switch to creative mode and gave players infinite mining fatigue so they couldn't break the blocks of the puzzles, to Lewis's chagrin. Then [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], as they are able to cheat using their oldest method: TNT.
228** When Simon and Lewis play a game of [=YogGolf=], Simon tries to make a simple shot through a gap in a wall... and misses six times... from a couple of inches away.
229** They make CHAINS of these in the "The Return" adventure map. Simon accidentally launches an empty minecart ahead on the tracks, then goes with his own. Because of some kind of glitch, he catches fire along the way and dies while riding the cart. Lewis follows the tracks as well, catches fire too but stays alive because he has food, but then he bumps into the first, empty minecart and just lets himself get carried backwards all the way to the start of the tracks, catching fire a second time along the way because of the glitch. Later, Simon manages to get cart-jacked halfway through another minecart ride... By a random pigman. How that happened, he never managed to explain.
230** They also manage this on some of the custom map playthroughs, having twice blown up a map so badly they couldn't finish it.
231* DudeNotFunny: In the "Archer Hero" map, while riding the minecart to the finish, Lewis mentions how the last time he rode a track like that was when [[spoiler: Knight_Peculier died in ''Shadow of Israphel'']]. Simon called him out on mentioning it so off-handedly, then says that it made him depressed.
232* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lLqR-8D0A&t=6m45s Santa's Adventure]], with the laughing lasting for quite a while.
233* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Simon and Lewis both undergo this at the end of their playthrough of the custom map "The Journey", burning down the village. Lewis is especially affected, killing Simon with the Scythe of Death.]]
234* FakeDifficulty: When a map calls for the player to switch to peaceful mid-adventure, Simon and Lewis tend to not do it because switching difficulty on multiplayer is a pain to do, thus they'll wind up fighting monsters in inopportune places, getting ambushed by creepers while riding minecarts, and in some situations, having damage done the the map that makes it UnintentionallyUnwinnable.
235* {{Filler}}: Before ''Israphel'''s update schedule became irregular and while the [=BlueXephos=] channel mostly did ''Minecraft'', the adventure maps were this. The Survival Island videos were this before they were retconned into the story arc.
236* FlatWhat:
237** Lewis does a hilarious one in part 4 of "The Tree Of Life:
238---> '''Simon:''' So yeah, [[HoYay just two men, swimming together under a starry night sky]]. Nothing wei-\
239'''Lewis:''' Well, technically, you're a dwarf.\
240'''Simon:''' Right, right. A man and a dwarf, swimming under the night sky. Nothing weird about this at all.\
241'''Lewis:''' Right.\
242'''Simon:''' ...Lewis, I'm not wearing any pants.\
243({{Beat}})\
244'''Lewis:''' [[FlatWhat What.]]
245* FullFrontalAssault: Simon wound up doing this during the ''Calmere Nightmare Two'' map, due to the Franchise/MyLittlePony texture pack not uninstalling correctly.
246* GenreSavvy: The mapmaker of The Swarm custom map is a fan of the Yogscast. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7F7UdjzZJo&feature=BFa&list=PL3XZNMGhpynNX_9mWIARvFymnkoOzbg-z At the beginning of the third part]] is a complex jumping puzzle to get to the top of a tower... right next to a [[DungeonBypass ladder]] labeled "a ladder just for lazy dwarfs".
247* HamToHamCombat: Lewis and Simon's performances as Jim Reaper and Vivian, respectively, in the Mystery of the Pumpkin Castle map.
248* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Almost said outright by Simon in Dropper 2. He (Lewis) broke some glass blocks in the lobby, hoping that Simon would fall in. Honeydew makes it across and proceeds to punch Lewis into the abyss.
249--> "Simon: I've been hoist by my own retard."
250* ImproperWeaponUser: In the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' map, Lewis beat two spiders to death with a lever.
251** During PVP maps, The duo have been known to use a [[KillItWithFire lava bucket and a flint and steel]]
252* IWasBornReady: Parodied in "The Redmurk Mystery".
253-->'''Lewis''': Right. You ready to kill some spiders, pal? There's quite a few...
254-->'''Simon''': I was born ready to kill some spiders, pal.
255* MrExposition: Professor Grizwald usually fulfills this role in adventure maps, due to Simon lapsing into the voice whenever reading the notes they are given.
256** Lewis lampshades this in "The Journey", with Simon attempting to do a female CreepyChild voice:
257--->'''Simon:''' Dear diary: *Lapses into Grizwald voice*\
258'''Lewis:''' Does everyone in this town have the same voice?\
259'''Simon:''' (Still Professor Grizwald) Yes! Yes we do!
260** Later, in the "Mountains of Kikatchu" map, Simon voices Professor Burben, apparently Grizwald's brother, and Dr. Whitewall, who has a different voice but the same speech patterns. Simon chalks it down to a Kikatchu accent.
261* OhCrap: Happens in Monarch of Madness, when Simon and Lewis are at the end of a three-dimensional wool maze and a sign there tells them to set some of the wool on fire and then run. After igniting it, they just stand there for a few seconds and stare at the fire before remembering that they are supposed to leave, at which point they promptly panic and flee. By this stage, pretty much the whole maze is burning down...
262* [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous... Something... Chanting]]: Played with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSLulVtfCoc&t=15m14s somehow]] during their charity livestream with Jesse Cox of WebVideo/OMFGCata, when the crew break out into chanting that ends randomly with "[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Dovahkiin! Dovahkiin]]!"
263* ParanoiaFuel: The duo is [[{{InUniverse}} hit hard by this]] when they play a spooky adventure map called "The Jackal And The Cave".
264* SchmuckBait: Happens at the end of "Rise of the Rebellion Part 2."
265---> '''Lewis reads a sign:''' Never press a red button.\
266''({{beat}})\
267''(Lewis presses red button.)''\
268''({{beat}})''\
269''([[StuffBlowingUp Room explodes.]])''\
270'''Simon:''' [[OhCrap Oh!]]\
271'''Lewis:''' [[OhCrap Crap]].
272* SpeakInUnison: Several times, in particular [[http://youtu.be/0IEC6DvwSG8?t=6m40s here]].
273* TemptingFate: Twice within the space of five minutes in the "Professor Grizwald and the Redstone Keys" map. In the volcano trial, Lewis says that its his turn to die next and a Creeper appears. Then, Simon says that there "probably aren't any Creepers up ahead", before being interrupted by a Creeper ambush.
274* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Simon accidentally threw his sword at a Creeper at one point. Since "throwing" in this case just means hitting the Drop key, [[AvertedTrope this naturally had no effect at all]] other than Simon no longer having a sword to fight with.
275* TooDumbToLive: In the very first part of "The Curse of Sunny Springs", Simon's wolf Ollie ran directly into a fire for no reason and died.
276* {{Troll}}: [=DaveChaos=] trolled Simon and Lewis in the Yoglympics map when he put a button labelled to go up into the Dodgit event that actually threw Simon and Lewis down into a pit. He then proceeded to try and blow up the winner's podium with Lewis and Simon on it after his "special message" on the wall from the map makers (BOOM!), but ''just'' missed them.
277* UnusualEuphemism: The Jackal and the Cave, with Lewis correcting Simon's [[TooDumbToLive creative]] interpretation of the wall paintings:
278--> '''Lewis:''' No, Simon, that's not—no, no, no no no no no. \
279'''Simon:''' So... so there aren't hot dogs ahead, is that what you're saying? \
280'''Lewis:''' Quite the opposite, I fear. We will be having our hot dogs [[LudicrousGibs ejected from our bodies.]]
281[[/folder]]
282
283[[folder:Vanilla Minecraft update videos]]
284* BrickJoke: In their review of the ''Minecraft'' Beta release, Old Peculier commented on how the sheep can change colors and become naked after being hit with "It's beautiful!" ... "It's naked!" In the first ''Minecraft'' [[LiveEpisode live stream,]] during Survival Underground, Fumblemore gets a sheep to spawn before it hits lava and burns the wool away. "It's magic!" ... "It's naked!"
285* KillItWithFire: Old_Peculier destroyed a chicken this way, as well as most of the surrounding forest, in the 1.2 update video.
286* LetHimChoose: How Simon and Lewis decide over the dog during their 1.4 show-off.
287* RunningGag: "She's very flighty, Lewis!"
288[[/folder]]
289
290[[folder:Advent Calendars]]
291* KillItWithFire: Israphel destroyed Santa's grotto this way in the "Santa of Chrismaphel" charity special.
292* StuffBlowingUp: Days 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11.
293[[/folder]]
294
295[[folder:All/Other Tekkit series]]
296Tropes which span the series or are present in some of the shorter series such as Nilesy's & Hannah's, Martyn & Toby's, and the Rail Bros. series.
297----
298* AffablyEvil: Sjin, though he is open to a good deal of AlternateCharacterInterpretation. As Rythian often notes, he can be funny, polite, and charismatic - even while engaging in thermonuclear war, sending potential poolboy candidates to their deaths in "interview chambers", and [[spoiler:attempting to manipulate both Sips Co. and Honeydew Inc. from behind the scenes]].
299* ButtMonkey: Nilesy. In his and Hannah's series, he ends up getting frequently killed. Lamphaded by [[spoiler: the monitor with his info on it in Zoey's lab, which claims that his weakness is Minecraft]].
300* DependingOnTheWriter: Each series has an independent tone and story, so people who appear in multiple series sometimes behave strikingly different between them.
301** Sips is a nice guy who loves technology in his and Sjin's series, but is a violent sociopath who hates most technology in the main channel series.
302** In Sips and Sjin's series, Rythian was a friend of theirs and a Sips Co. employee who happened to like magic. Then in his series he suddenly hates everyone who uses technology, and wants to kill Sjin for his part in destroying the old world (although he explains this by saying he was just 'using' Sipsco to get materials to build some things he needed).
303* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During Sjin and Duncan's ''Tekkit War'', Rythian, Zoeya, and Maide are freaking out over them destroying everything.
304** And again when Duncan summons his first Wither, Lewis is alarmed by all the explosions.
305* HeroOfAnotherStory: There are multiple Yogscast members playing on the server, leading their own sagas; the Honeydew Inc. faction and Sips Co. factions are the ones with the most interaction.
306* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar: A theme on the server.
307* OpenSecret: Some of them admit in-series that they found out another person's secret plans by watching their youtube videos, mainly as a poke at the video comments telling them to do so.
308[[/folder]]
309
310[[folder:[=PvP=] maps]]
311* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Once Sips and Sjin join Team Yogs against Team HAT, they both start showing shades of this. Sips stands out in particular; becoming both a master marksman and a very pragmatic tactician, all the while keeping his usual comic persona.
312* EpicFail:
313** When Sips and Sjin competed with Simon and Lewis in "Race for the Wool", they had quite a few of these. They got swarmed by mobs and killed much more frequently than Simon and Lewis, their trap didn't work, and their cheating attempt ended badly too.
314** It takes ''three'' Sky Island [=PvP=] matches before everyone participating is able to set up a proper cobblestone generator, even Duncan and Sjin, who at the time it went up were running their own Sky Island survival ''with a working cobblestone generator.''
315* LaserGuidedKarma: Sips and Sjin cheated so many times in the Race for the Wool series and got hit by this hard. They built a bridge across when they weren't supposed to and tried building a trap for them. It didn't work and they died quickly, the trap untouched. Then they stole their wool and failed to find any more.
316* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: In Part 2 of Lewis and Simon's Race for the Wool video, Lewis tries making an ad hod dwarf cannon out of Simon. The music begins swelling with Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra, but then quickly fades as Simon falls short of reaching Sips and Sjin's side of the map.
317* SimultaneousArcs: Well, not exactly ''arcs'', but each team competing in the PVP maps usually uploads its own POV of the event. A number of occurrences makes more sense when all the videos are watched back-to-back.
318* WhamLine: Near the end of the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCD_ImFEOgI Minecraft Mini-Game: Terminator]]'' game:
319--> '''Nilesy''': What's the Death Crystal number you guys are waiting for?\
320'''Hannah''': #5, I think.\
321'''[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Duncanator]]''': [[VerbalTic OH HO HO]]! [[spoiler: I'm standing in front of it!]]
322[[/folder]]
323
324----
325!!Other series:
326[[folder:[=DirtQuest=]]]
327After his return from the moon, Sips decides to relaunch [=SipsCo=]. yet again, this time hiring Lewis and Turps as assistants in making a new Dirt Factory.
328
329* TheGadfly: Sips is constantly pulling pranks on his teammates, such as standing behind Turps while disguised as a creeper.
330* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Out of the three of them, Lewis is the Technician, being more focused on progress and accomplishment. In contrast, Turps and Sips are more performers, getting involved in silly antics and not doing as much work.
331[[/folder]]
332
333[[folder:Evicted]]
334Hannah and Nilesy return to the server, to find that pirates have invaded Owl Island.
335----
336* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Owl Island has been occupied by pirates, although it isn't beyond salvation.
337* BigBad: The pirates qualify at the moment, being the force occupying the island.
338* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Nilesy- he fares quite well against the pirates despite his noobish qualities.
339[[/folder]]
340
341[[folder:Heros of Mine]]
342LetsPlay/InTheLittleWood's first venture into a Minecraft series on the Yogscast Complete Pack (Yogpack) server, following a short-lived Tekkit series. It began as a lone venture, but he brought in Parvis in episode seven because trying to play alone without someone to bounce of was, to quote "numbing his brain". The goal of the series is to kill/capture every single hostile mob in Yogpack.
343----
344* ImpossibleMission: Defeating every singe mob in the Yogscast Complete pack (140 mods and counting) certainly seems... well, impossible.
345%%zce* GenkiGuy: Parv. Martyn also has his moments.
346%%zce* OddCouple
347* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Martyn falls more on the former, whereas Parv is more easily distracted and prefers to entertain.
348[[/folder]]
349
350[[folder:Monster Hunters]]
351Simon, Hannah and Kim assemble to take down several monsters in the Twilight Forest.
352----
353* DeathByIrony: Simon ''jokingly'' takes the mick out of Kim and Hannah for not being as good as him on the grounds of gender. Guess who dies most when taking on the Hydra?
354* OhCrap: After Simon launches into a faux-misogynist rant, he notices that Hannah and Kim are aiming an enchanted bow and a rocket launcher at him.
355* PowerTrio: The entire series consists of Simon, Kim and Hannah kicking butt together.
356* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Simon, again. Kim occasionally joins in, but Simon is by far more screamish.
357[[/folder]]
358
359[[folder:Strife Solutions]]
360After the end of Solutions in Chaos, Strife returns to his content roots in the form of what is essentially a guide to Minecraft Yogspack, while also creating the Strife Solutions Business Park. Occasionally he wanders off to visit Parv in ''WebVideo/{{Blood and Chaos|Yogscast}}''.
361----
362* ConstructionIsAwesome: It can't be denied, Will's builds are pretty awesome.
363* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The design of Strife Solutions tower, quite deliberately so.
364* FirstNameUltimatum: His separation from Parv at the start of the series marks the only time Will has ever called him [[FirstNameBasis Alex.]]
365* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Seems to be what he's going for.
366[[/folder]]
367
368----
369--> ''"[[RunningGag Seeya later, shitlords!]]"''

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