- During his video on "What If the Nuclear Bomb Never Existed?" he discusses how such a thing might happen, and voices one option as maybe the Soviets go back in time and kill Einstein so the nuke is never created. The following background shows Japan invading the Soviet Union with transforming tanks, planes, and helicopers.Cody: Oh god we went too far.
- The second video on "What if Rome Never Existed?" touches on the effects it has on Christianity, and when noting that Christianity right after Jesus' death was still a very localized religion, Cody drops this gem:Cody: "A.K.A. you gotta be circumcised." (cue footage of sausages being moved on a conveyor belt to the sound of a man screaming)
- The video on the Nazis invading Britain is full of these, what with the goofy lighthearted music in the later half, the “Tom Hardy no” visual gag that invokes Dull Surprise, and the Running Gag of a tiny Kriegsmarine boat being capsized by the Royal Navy boat.
- The entirety of "The Insane Story of 'Red Alert' Terribly Summarized." Especially the introduction:Cody: What makes a man? Is it his wealth, his looks, the love from his friends or family? Wrong, all those are wrong. There is only one thing that truly defines a man.
A gameplay video of Red Alert 2 building Kirovs and sending a massive army of them to the enemy with text saying "REAL MEN USE JUST KIROVS AND NOTHING ELSE"- His multiple jabs at EA, including one using the infamous line from Tim Curry's character.
- "What if Trump Was Never Elected President" explores what would have happened had the right candidate won the election, that candidate being Jeb Bush. Who then becomes The God-Emperor of Mankind.
- In his second Purge video, Cody dissects how idiotic the Purge would actually be, bluntly talking about how the chaos would be catastrophic.
- "The History Of The World According To Ancient Aliens" can more or less be described as Cody getting increasingly frustrated with the show's ludicrousness over a period of twenty minutes.
- He states that the entire series was just a big joke and that we had moved on from it. A mock-tombstone for the show is shown, complete with muffled banging and screaming noises, indicating the show's creators had been Buried Alive.
- While repeating the show's premise that aliens did everything (either directly or through indirectly guiding humanity), it shows hilariously awful depictions of how aliens interact with humans:
- The "original sin" from The Bible depicted as homo sapiens interbreeding with other similar hominids; an alien appears before early man and asks "WHY'D YOU FUCK A MONKEY"
- The aliens wanted humans to commit a lot of blood sacrifices for them. Cue The Great Gazoo appearing, with a butcher's knife in his hand with the caption "SACRIFICE YOUR CHILDREN"
- The aliens inspired Christopher Columbus to explore the new world. Cue an alien appearing above his ships warning him, "DON'T COMMIT GENOCIDE"
- And at one point, they leave humanity alone, to see everything they do without their influence. This leads to an alien giving Earth a Disapproving Look while saying "GOOD GOD."
- "Conclusion... in summary... let's just end this."
- In "The Regrettable Tale of SpikeTV's Failed 'Alternate History' Pilot" has Cody reacting with shocked bafflement (and repeated worries that Youtube is SO going to demonetize him for just replaying all the Nazi imagery and in-universe bigotry of the Pilot episode) at just how wildly implausible the Alternate History scenario of the Nazis winning WW2 is (caused by the show trying to make hamfisted comparisons to then-current events, such as opening with Jews fleeing TO the Mexican border (with Cody wondering why they'd only NOW be starting after 70 years under Nazi occupation beforehand), and the Nazi regime in America being brought down by an Arab Spring-style Velvet Revolution thanks to the "secret Holocaust" being exposed by THE INTERNET... despite the Nazis 'inventing' the Internet in this timeline to spy on people (with Cody mocking how the Nazis are surveying everybody, but not censoring anyone - "How DARE they compare themselves to Facebook!").
- And said Nazi internet has all of the same websites as OTL, but with the names changed - names like Goebbel, NaziAlmanac, and Fascpage.
- And then there's the Point of Divergence - D-Day failed because the Nazis had 'Jet Fighters', and... that's literally it. The Western Allies don't try a second naval invasion, and because Spike TV apparently thinks only America Won World War II, the Soviet Union (which by D-Day was basically bulldozing the Nazis on their Eastern Front - which Cody symbolizes by having the USSR hit Germany over the head by using their rifle like a club, complete with a "BONK!" sound effect, as a riff on the "Go To Horny Jail" *BONK* memes) is not mentioned at ALL. And then the Nazis launch two atomic bombs on America (y'know, like America did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki - and yet another failure from the pilot episode's research team, as the Nazis weren't even CLOSE to building nukes, due to them believing nuclear research was "Jewish Physics", causing most of Germany's leading nuclear scientists to flee to America in the first place), and America immediately surrenders to not just cease hostilities, but to undergo Nazi Occupation for literally no reason.
- “What if Russia Joined NATO?”
- The Running Gag of constantly lampshading how implausible the scenarios of the episode are.
- Addressing the obvious answer of “What would two mortal enemies joining together be defending against?” by way of a computer generated Asian female voice saying “And don’t just say China”.
- "What if Big Bird Exploded in the Challenger Disaster?"
- Cody admits that this is the most tasteless video he has ever done (it was meant to be an April Fools video).
- It gets even funnier when you get to the punchline: After doing a deep dive into the circumstances around the launch itself, Cody ultimately concludes that if Big Bird was on Challenger, it wouldn't have exploded.Cody: This video was supposed to be a dumb April Fools joke about a Muppet exploding. Now I'm, like, a month late, and I look like an insane person.
- It gets even funnier when you get to the punchline: After doing a deep dive into the circumstances around the launch itself, Cody ultimately concludes that if Big Bird was on Challenger, it wouldn't have exploded.
- He comments about how Big Bird was supposed to be the one on the Challenger, but it didn't go past the initial planning stages. He also pulled up a clip from The Muppet Movie regarding this scenario:Fozzie: Hey there, want a lift?
Big Bird: Oh no thanks, I'm on my way to SPACE! - Cody also talks about how the Challenger couldn't get a delay and had to launch on January 28th, 1986. The answer comes up:(Google result shows the 1986 State of the Union address was originally scheduled for that date)
Cody: ...holy s(bleep)t, did Reagan cause the Challenger Disaster?
(cut to a black screen saying "Reagan Caused the Challenger Disaster**[?]**") - "Which brings us back to the entire point of this video: 'Muppet Tragedy'."
- Cody admits that this is the most tasteless video he has ever done (it was meant to be an April Fools video).
- "A Mediocre Recap of Mediocre Alternate History Shows"
- "Remember when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and said: One small step for me, one big hop for thee?"
- "That baby is just aborted by the universe itself."
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