Jonathan (Left) and Ben (Right) Carlin
Hey brother!
Super Carlin Brothers is the Analysis Channel of the Carlin brothers, Ben and J. Carlin, who discuss topics and theories related to various media releases.
Their initial format was a one-year conversation via video blogs that followed challenge rules, such as uploads every weekday, alternating between Ben and Jonathan, punishments for failure to upload, etc. After June 2013, they began to focus more on the Harry Potter, Pixar, Disney, and Star Wars videos.
The channel can be viewed here
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Super Carlin Brothers contains examples of:
- Catchphrase:
- "Hey, Brother," the standard greeting for opening a video.
- "I will see you in another life, brother" for Jonathan.
- Jonathan, a coffee lover, will sometimes drink coffee in his videos and personal vlogs, and he'll often say something along the lines of "You know why this coffee mug is my favorite? Because it's the one that has coffee in it."
- In a twist on his coffee catchphrase, Jonathan takes his newborn son Luke on a walk in a baby carrier, and he says the baby carrier is his favorite because it's the one that has a baby in it.
- A Day in the Limelight: Occasionally, the brothers will have Tyler, their other brother, in the video. In fact, after Ben took a break after the original project, Tyler took over.
- Eskimos Aren't Real: It's a Running Gag that J refuses to believe that narwhals exist.
- Evil Laugh: During Arthur Weasley Is A Corrupt Employee?, Ben pretends to be Arthur Weasley, agreeing to accept a bribe of Quidditch Cup tickets with a maniacal supervillain cackle.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Rated R Pixar, which is a retelling of Pixar movies in a dark manner.
- In Spite of a Nail: In "What if Harry Was Sorted into Slytherin", various details remain the same despite this change. This is mostly due to the fact that many characters aren't directly impacted by what house Harry is in, and because Harry's heroic qualities still exist.
- Jerks Are Worse Than Villains: Discussed in "Every Character We Hate More Than Voldemort". It's brought up that Voldemort is certainly evil, but an unrelatable sort of evil, compared to every single character on the list who just gets under the brother's skin for being a jerk.
- Lovable Nerd: The two of them play up the image of obsessive fans with a positive, easygoing attitude.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Many videos end with a picture of a pair of socks and the bombastic announcement "These socks are amazing!"
- Prophecy Twist: In Harry Potter What If? Videos, one stipulation is that prophecies must always come true, even if their original interpretation is averted. For example, if Peter Pettigrew does not escape, then Trewlaney's prophecy of "The Dark Lord's servant" returning is instead fulfilled by Barty Crouch escaping early.
- Rule of Fun: Why the Google Autofill Game (where they essentially ask Google autofill questions in alphabetical order) is played so frequently.
- The Reveal: Ben and Jonathan work on and film the series in the same location (mostly). This was kept secret for the whole first year of the project.
- Sibling Team: They're two brothers, taking turns to do different videos, while also occasionally competing with each other as well.
- What If?: A video trend is for them to take various scenarios and outline how the story would change if this one detail was altered. Scenarios include:
- Harry Potter being in Syltherin, which goes on to alter his relationship with certain characters, as well as his abilities and conflicts.
- Sirius being the secret keeper, rather than Peter. This means the Potters wouldn't have been killed, creating rather drastic changes in the timeline.
- Dumbledore not putting on the Gaunt's ring, meaning he wasn't cursed, and thus may not have died when he did.
- Lupin not being bitten by Fenrir, and thus never becoming a werewolf, meaning the other Marauders wouldn't have become animagi.
- Mirabel not hugging Isabela like the vision said she should, resulting in Casita not getting destroyed.
- Voldemort targeting Neville instead of Harry, resulting in Neville becoming The Chosen One.
