Line #77 WebVideo/NathanielBandy


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2	[[caption-width-right:738:[[{{Tagline}} Striving for Originality]]]]
3	Nathaniel Bandy is an American Youtuber primarily focused on Nintendo content.
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5	He is known for his "Triggered" videos, where he exaggerates the flaws of games, his "Mind-blowing" videos, where he points out the good things about a game, his SelfImposedChallenge videos where he completes a game with a unique handicap, and his top ten videos.
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7	[[https://www.youtube.com/c/NathanielBandy His channel can be found here]].
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9	Nathaniel has an In-Universe twin brother named Bathaniel Nandy who frequently appears in his videos. Bathaniel has his own channel primarily consisting of LetsPlay videos, which can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/@RealBathanielNandy here]].
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11	Nathaniel has some defunct series of videos that he did in the earlier days of his channel. These include [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] called the Frustration Series, where he usually tries to complete difficult video games. He's also done a series of videos called 'How Will Nathaniel Rage??' which acts as a game show parody where the viewer guesses how Nathaniel will vent out his rage from playing NintendoHard games.
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13	Those, along with other older videos can be found in his archival channel called Classic NB found [[https://www.youtube.com/@classicnb2942 here]].
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15	!!Let's GET'R TROPED!
16	* HundredPercentCompletion: Nathaniel has made a series of videos in which he tries to 100% complete a marathon of games in 1-2 weeks.
17	* AbandonedCatchphrase: In the early days of his [=YouTube=] channel, Nathaniel's slogan used to be "Striving for Originality." But he got rid of it because he realized he frequently made gameplay videos and top 10 lists, which are abundant on [=YouTube=].
18	* AccentuateTheNegative: This is his "TRIGGERED" series in a nutshell. Some of his opinions expressed in those videos may or may not be accurate to his actual thoughts.
19	* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Fans have noticed that Nathaniel will frequently pronounce certain words in a strange manner. For example, pronouncing "Delfino" from Mario Sunshine as "Delf-EYE-no." Nathaniel attributes this to living in several different countries during his childhood.
20	* AccidentalDiscovery: With the help of fellow speedrunner [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY8iADy0riTSelCeXsHNwOg Adeal]], a new TAS trick for Super Mario 64 DS was discovered in which Yoshi could clip through the walls to enter the first Bowser battle without using Mario at all.
21	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: One of Nathaniel's Patreon supporters made an Everything Wrong With [[https://youtu.be/QYZIC7-lF5E?si=dveXrqyhuMwk2dc5 parody]] on his Top 10 Super Mario Galaxy Stars video. [[https://www.youtube.com/live/znn9x0va-bQ?si=NPnzHksOoQQlu6Od Nathaniel humorously reacted to it.]]
22	* AdvancedMovementTechnique: Since Nathaniel speedruns ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' quite frequently, techniques such as the game's Backwards Long Jump have become second nature to him.
23	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Nathaniel's twin brother, Bathaniel Nandy, looks and sounds exactly like him.
24	* {{Angrish}}: In some of his Triggered videos, Nathaniel makes incoherent noises when he's angry.
25	* AprilFoolsDay
26	** In 2017, Nathaniel made two "TRIGGERED" videos on [[https://youtu.be/i2US0CywNlc?si=QpgtzR9OSbkc_NGj Pac-Man]] and [[https://youtu.be/m1v5VP7bq-U?si=qa52IKb-dWvk8gTy Pong]].
27	** In 2018, he made a saterical [[https://youtu.be/N6NXfQS2-h0?si=ZO6Kko2xUtfkij4F Top 5 list]] on Nintendo [=YouTubers=] who have sworn. Which itself was a parody on Gameworks's infamous [[https://youtu.be/4I9bQCjgUV8?si=jpoORG5n6o6bcpT4 video.]]
28	** In 2019, he made a [[https://youtu.be/k-vYUBHx4SI?si=Upk8OdvQ3SVXAjhD video]] ranking every single ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' level. At least, that's how the video started before he kept changing the ranking topic.
29	* ArchEnemy: Nathaniel has a huge disdain for ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' character Pink Gold Peach, and he doesn't make it a secret.
30	* AscendedMeme: Nathaniel has acknowledged the "Ain't you Nathaniel B?" meme in some of his videos. For a while, he even featured it [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221012192947/https://www.youtube.com/c/NathanielBandy/about on his About page]].
31	* AsideGlance: He does this most prominently when reacting to his old videos.
32	* BerserkButton: Nathaniel will get noticably heated when he sees Pink Gold Peach or hears her name.
33	* BigYes: There are multiple of these moments in his reaction videos when he sees an exciting game announcement.
34	* CallingYourBathroomBreaks: In one of his "Predicting ''Mario Kart 9''" [[https://youtu.be/LvPMn3PUJe4?si=bl9qtfAzCSU0k74g videos,]] Nathaniel states that he has to take a crap really badly.
35	* CensorBox: Used in a How Will Nathaniel Rage?? video where his final act of rage was to [[DefiantStrip strip himself naked]].
36	* ChallengeGamer: Challenge videos are a huge chunk of Nate's channel, most notably with his "Is it Possible" videos. In most of these videos, [[SelfImposedChallenge Nathaniel engages in a challenge that goes beyond the game's rules.]][[invoked]]
37	* CharacterCatchphrase: Bathaniel Nandy’s videos always begin with him saying “Gamers, welcome to my boulders.”
38	* ChristmasEpisode: From 2016 to 2020, Nathaniel wrote Christmas songs titled "12 Days of Nintendo" for the month of December.
39	* ClothesEatingWager: Nathaniel wrote on Twitter that he would eat his shorts if Ridley got in VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate, eat his shirt if Steve got in, and eat his hat if there was new VideoGame/MarioKart content. When each of these things really happened, he actually followed through with individual videos chewing as much of the clothes item until he had to spit it out.
40	* ContentWarnings: Parodied in the beginning of the "TRIGGERED" videos where Nathaniel states that the video is over-exaggerated and not all opinions are accurate to his actual thoughts and feelings. There are exceptions to this when Nathaniel is doing a Triggered video on a bad video game, where he says his opinions are not over-exaggerated.
41	* CouchGag: The opening of his Shrek Games [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3SR6LLOd5Y video]] includes Shrek's ears.
42	* CreepyDoll: Nathaniel gave Lego Mario this role due to its BlackEyesOfEvil when turned off.
43	* DefiantStrip: At the end of [[https://youtu.be/CwnSbUJJ1aw?si=pZVYfxN1KuoP-l0Q How Will Nathaniel Rage?? Ghosts'N'Goblins]], Nathaniel's final act of rage was stripping himself naked, complete with a CensorBox.
44	* DoublePlay: Nathaniel will sometimes control two characters at once with different controllers in his challenge videos. Most frequently when he tries to collect every single coin in a ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' game.
45	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Nathaniel's first videos on his channel had nothing to do with video games, let alone Nintendo content. His earliest videos consisted of performing board breaking moves with his face covered and commercial parodies, just to name a few.
46	* EndingFatigue: Nathaniel reaches overdrive on this when completing 1-2 week marathons for a series of games. In fact when he beat the final boss for ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', he straight-up yawned.[[invoked]]
47	-->'''Nathaniel:''' This is my reaction, a f*cking yawn. That sums up the whole game. I beat it, I'm done with it. How do I react? I yawn.
48	* EvilLaugh: Nathaniel inexplicably did this right before getting to his Number 1 pick of his Top 10 Hardest Super Mario Galaxy stars video.
49	* FaceCam: Primarily used for his gameplay and reaction videos.
50	* {{Fanboy}}: It's no secret that Nathaniel is a huge fan of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', as well as the Mario franchise in general.
51	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Bathaniel Nandy lives next to a pile of boulders and is careless in his actions. Nathaniel on the other hand, behaves more like a responsible adult.
52	* GoshDangItToHeck: Instead of cursing, Nathaniel usually uses more lighthearted terms such as "Fricking." That doesn't mean he's a stanger to cursing, he just does so more conservatively and with a censor sound effect.
53	* HandyFeet: Used as the basis for a few challenge videos:
54	** Nathaniel challenged himself to complete ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'' with just his feet, [[spoiler:and he succeeded.]]
55	** A few years later, Nathaniel did a challenge with completing ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' while trying to crouch the whole time, and midway through for extra difficulty, added in having to play with his feet.
56	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Bathaniel Nandy always wears a backwards cap with his initials on it.
57	* IHatePastMe: Nathaniel has reacted to multiple of his previous videos, and often criticizing them openly. So much so that he even made a Top 10 List on what he thought were his worst Top 10 videos.
58	* LittleNo: Nathaniel's response when he asked himself if he would willingly play ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' in VR again. His singular "no" was echoed a few times after he said it.
59	* NatureLover: Bathaniel Nandy has a strange obsession with boulders and all of his Let's Play videos take place outdoors with boulders seen right behind him.
60	* PhonyDegree: Used by Bathaniel Nandy when he pretends to be Nathaniel's doctor in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9XEEqzUdY&pp=ygUYbmF0aGFuaWVsIGJhbmR5IGRyIG1hcmlv How Dr. Mario World TRIGGERS You.]]
61	* PlaceboEffect: Lampshaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTmx23Euu7Y&pp=ygUSbmF0aGFuaWVsIGJhbmR5IHZy Spending 24 Hours in VR Super Mario 64.]] Nathaniel said he felt better from the motion sickness once he stood up, but he admitted it could've just been a placebo effect.
62	* RageQuit: This trope is the basis for the "How Will Nathaniel Rage" videos, and he also has some in the Frustration Series.
63	* RoadTripPlot: Nathaniel went to a [=GameStop=] in all 50 states of the U.S. and took a weeks-long road trip across the contiguous states after first flying to Alaska and Hawaii.
64	* RunningGag: Every "TRIGGERED" on a VideoGame/SuperSmashBros game has the line "It's not [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee Melee]]."
65	* QuackDoctor: In the VideoGame/DrMario "TRIGGERED" video, Nathaniel gets sick and goes to the doctor's office, only to find Bathaniel Nandy to be his doctor. Bathaniel perscribes his brother with Doctor Mario games, which just makes his illness worse.
66	* SanitySlippage: You can frequently see Nathaniel getting gradually more insane in the videos where he tries to 100% complete a series of video games in just a week.
67	** There's also a PlayedForLaughs version of this trope in his Shrek Games video.
68	* SelfDeprecation: Nathaniel made a Triggered [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOZzhsux7KQ video]] on himself and insulted himself while speaking in the third-person.
69	* SelfImposedChallenge: All of Nathaniel's "Is It Possible" challenge videos involve him trying to complete a game with his own restrictions outside of the game's rules.[[invoked]]
70	* ShamelessSelfPromotion: In his first "Top 10 Mario Games" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn9edkWgvGk video,]] Nathaniel gave no less than FIVE shameless plugs of his other content, some of which not even being on his channel anymore. This is one of the reasons he considers that video to be one his worst Top 10s.
71	* SickEpisode: Fittingly, Nathaniel made this the plot for the "TRIGGERED" video on the VideoGame/DrMario games.
72	* SirSwearsalot: Believe it or not, Nathaniel used to swear excessively in his older videos compared to now. He toned down the swearing around 2016.
73	* SoloCharacterRun: Nathaniel challenged himself to beat VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 and VideoGame/SonicHeroes while only playing as Sonic.[[invoked]]
74	* SoundEffectBleep: Video game sound effects relevant to the respective video are used by Nathaniel as curse word censors.
75	* TheBerserker: If necessary, Nathaniel will damage-boost in a game during a challenge video.
76	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: This is the basis for Nathaniel's "TRIGGERED" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L35EesE2_NQ&pp=ygUZYmF0aGFuaWVsIG5hbmR5IHRyaWdnZXJlZA%3D%3D video]] on Bathaniel Nandy.
77	* TimeKeepsOnTicking: When 100% completing a series of games within a week, Nathaniel always keeps a timer in-frame and frequently comments on every second counting.
78	* UnstoppableRage: When DLC was first announced for Mario Kart 8, he made a [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-fYSWco-nM reaction video]] where he spent the entire first half of the video freaking out about the newly announced characters for either being clones or not Mario characters. He’s especially angry when he gets to Tanooki Mario and Cat Peach.
79	* WaxingLyrical: His video on Shrek Games immediately starts with lyrics from [[Music/SmashMouth All Star]].
80	-->'''Nathaniel:''' Somebody once told me that Shrek games are like onions, they're just layers upon layers of crap.

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