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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Rufus lad, ''you''[='re=] not supposed to be the one holding the camera.]]''World's Greatest Adventures'' is a series of sketches created by Creator/GoblinStudios, available [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvREWLROFb-03zLhm44PIJJSO-PpqzKeW on YouTube]], and currently in its second season.
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4	The short skits see the [[MilesGloriosus delusional, megalomaniac "world's greatest explorer"]], Rufus Hooter Talltales. Invariably, Talltales begins with extravagant claims about his latest adventures or discoveries, only for buffoonish editing mistakes and his own stupidity to expose his senseless boasting for what it is.
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6	Be warned, Rufus himself may be a fraud, but he inhabits a genuine WorldOfWeirdness. Be prepared for aliens, wizardry, and [[LivingHat living hats]]!
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8	!!''World's Greatest Adventures'' features examples of:
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10	* AdventurerArchaeologist: Talltales claims to be one in Episode 3. Please don't notice the fence and obvious modern buildings in the background of his "undiscovered ruins". You'll just upset him.
11	* AdventurerOutfit: R. H. Talltales has an off-kilter variation on the Archaeologist, with the wide-brimmed FedoraOfAsskicking and the satchel, but a goofy short-sleeved striped shirt instead of a jacket and long unruly hair and beard instead of [[PermaStubble Heroic Stubble]].
12	* AlienInvasion: Rufus has to deal with one (a ''real'' one) in Episode 20. Hilariously, it happens to be on a vacation day, and so our normally adventure-obsessed hero is ''extremely'' reluctant to have anything to do with it.
13	* AliensStealCable: Warlord Cassius (from Mars) has watched the series itself, and made the mistake of believing every little thing Rufus Hooter Talltales [[MilesGloriosus says about himself]]. As a result, he believes Rufus to be the Earth's champion and wants to [[CombatByChampion fight him for supremacy over the Earth]].
14	* BadBadActing: Invoked for Talltales, who is too much of a CloudCuckooLander for his bad acting to even resemble anything someone with an ounce of sense might put out.
15	* BagOfHolding: Rufus's "trusty toolkit" (the small pouch he wears around his neck) contains whatever the plot demands. It has so far produced a brush three times its size, a diary, a working alarm clock and a goblet.
16	* BoldExplorer: What R. H. Talltales claims to be. Of course, [[MilesGloriosus your mileage may vary…]]
17	* ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: Talltales's customary fate once his lies are exposed by circumstance. In a twist on the classic trope, the camerawoman herself is the one chasing him.
18	* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 17 (which aired, and takes place, in September) serves as one, thanks to Rufus's inability to read a calendar.
19	* CombatByChampion: In Episode 20, Rufus Hooter Talltales finds himself an unwilling participant in one of these, due to his [[MilesGloriosus endless bragging]] making the [[AlienInvasion alien invaders]] mistake him for the Earth's greatest champion.
20	* ContinuityNod: Episode 15 shows the Aztec Pinecone of Gold from Episode 3, and Episode 23 brings back the sets of Episode 15, Episode 16 and Episode 22.
21	* DowsingDevice: Talltales attempts to use one in Episode 9… and promptly breaks it.
22	* EarthDrift: Started out with the unspoken assumption that Rufus was from the real world, and all the outlandish things he raves about are fake. However, starting with Episode 4, and culminating with Gordon's LivingHat status in Episode 10, it gradually became clear that Rufus's world is a bona fide WorldOfWeirdness — which doesn't mean Rufus doesn't make ''his'' tall tales up, but they're not as implausible as they sound in our universe.
23	* FlyingSaucer: The Martians get around in a standard-looking house-sized, black saucer.
24	* FountainOfYouth: Rufus finds it in Episode 23. It's a sink. One tap for aging water, one tap for rejuvenating water. Guess which one he drinks from.
25	* GalacticConqueror: Warlord Cassius is one, albeit not a particularly powerful one. The dictator of the Tharsis Quadrangle on the Planet Mars, he intends to take over the Planet Earth, [[TodayXTomorrowTheWorld and then, the universe]]. (Fortunately, he is LawfulEvil, and will not take over Earth until he has bested its champion in a square fight. Less fortunately, his designated champion of Earth is ''[[CloudCuckooLander Ru]][[MilesGloriosus fus]]''.)
26	* HarmlessElectrocution: Episode 13. Rufus Hooter Talltales. An electrified fence. A lot of stubbornness. 'nuff said.
27	* HeadsOrTails: Episode 18 of World's Greatest Adventures begins with Rufus trying to use this method to decide where to go next on an exploring venture. (He keeps losing the coin in the foliage, and ends up landing it in a bush of nettle.)
28	* IneptMage: Rufus can, surprisingly, perform actual magic. It is, however, terrible and near-useless.
29	* InUniverseCamera: Every episode is supposedly a video Talltales and his unseen assistant create themselves to 'promote' Talltales's latest 'heroics'.
30	* JumpCut: One of the many editing idiosyncrasies Talltales has his camerawoman to blame for.
31	* LawfulEvil: Cassius (the alien from Episode 20) is prepared to call off his people's AlienInvasion if Rufus wins his duel fair and square.
32	* LittleGreenManInACan: The Martians appear to be this — Cassius clearly is, at least.
33	* LivingHat: Turns out Rufus's FedoraOfAsskicking is one. Called Gordon.
34	* {{Mascot}}: Rufus appears to be one for Goblin Studios, as he introduces the [=YouTube=] channel's trailer.
35	* MilesGloriosus: R. H. Talltales himself is, naturally, a massive example.
36	* MediumShiftGag: The entire Season 2 seems to be built around this trope. Thus episode 1 is told with stop-motion puppets (because Maggie had accidentally activated the camera's [[HandWave puppet filter]]), episodes 2 and 3 are in chalkboard-like 2D animation, etc.
37	* MilkingTheGiantCow: Rufus is prone to it when boasting of his discoveries.
38	* MulticulturalAlienPlanet: Even though Warlord Cassius is a pretty clichéd [[AliensAreBastards evil]] [[GalacticConqueror Martian warlord]], UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} itself is not presented as "the planet of the evil warmongering aliens": Cassius is only the ruler of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharsis_quadrangle Tharsis Quadrangle]]. There are presumably other nations on Mars, less interested in dueling questionably-competent Earthlings for planetary supremacy.
39	* NoisyRobots: Cassius's armor makes an electric, whirring noise when it moves.
40	* RepeatCut: One of the editing mishaps that keep screwing Talltales over.
41	* RevealShot: Used in Episode 1 to reveal that the springs Talltales has 'discovered' are actually a tourist resort.
42	* RuggedScar: In one of his silliest moments, Talltales claims some mosquito bites on his arms are scars sustained during his globe-trotting adventures.
43	* ShoutOut:
44	** Episode 2 mentions the [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Incredibly Deadly Viper]].
45	** In Episode 3, Talltales justifies the idea that "adventurer" and "archeologist" are [[AdventurerArchaeologist the same job]] by mentioning [[Franchise/IndianaJones Professor Jones]].
46	* TheNthDoctor: Used straight ''with props'' for the LivingHat Gordon, who turns from a straw hat to a velvet hat after falling in a time vortex[[note]](read: a duck pond)[[/note]]. Complete with ''Series/DoctorWho''-esque golden light and sound effect. Episode 0 and Episode 24 reveal that [[spoiler: this was Gordon's original appearance, and the straw hat was already the product of a regeneration]].
47	* TheStinger: The series has used infrequent stingers to punctuate jokes from the episode proper. The Season 1 finale ends on a more sinister one, showing that Warlord Cassius is planning something.
48	* {{Teleportation}}: The aliens have a teleportation beam at their disposal, which they use to abscond a reluctant Rufus to Mars.
49	* TimeTravel: Episode 5 has R. H. Talltales travel "centuries… no… wait… millions of years" back in time to meet dinosaurs, all through the magic of [[FreudianSlip editing]] — [[ThatCameOutWrong no, wait,]] ''time travel''.
50	* TinCanRobot: Warlord Cassius's [[LittleGreenManInACan robot-suit]] is a blocky, three-feet-tall… thing with hand-less tubes for arms. (Quite obviously made of cardboard, too).
51	* {{Toontown}}: Season 2 sends Rufus to Cartoonland in a teleporter accident; it's a cartoon world with a simplistic chalkboard-like artstyle, and ToonTransformation applies.
52	* ToonTransformation: Rufus is turned into an animated stick figure when in Cartoonland.
53	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Best guess is Talltales speaks some sort of slurry British accent normally and is trying to sound American with only the vaguest idea what an American accent is. (It is, of course, entirely intentional.)

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