Christopher Titus: Difference between revisions

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* ''5th Annual End-Of-The-World Tour'' (2006): Covers his time as a parent and how scared he is that the world is falling apart after the September 11th attacks (his daughter was born late August of 2001, making him feel his timing was ''way'' off). Key moments involve both the decision to have kids and the birth of his daughter, the need for an apology to be made to fix the race barriers, the lack of definitive decision making in both the government and religious issues (pedophile pastors), events in raising his kids, and his father's death and bizarre funeral.

* ''Love is Evol'' (2008): Covers the time after he had divorced his wife and his thoughts on the emotional baggage of trying to find love. Key moments involve his failing marriage, the circumstances behind the divorce, Titus's near-suicide after finding out that his wife cheated on him with two guys, Titus's wife claiming that Titus abused her and the kids during their divorce trial, and Titus meeting a newer, younger girlfriend with a loving, functional family (which confused him intensely).

* ''Neverlution'' (2011): Thematically similar to "5th Annual," Titus now talks about how badly America's ethics, morals, and common sense has slipped in the last decade (specifically when [[George W Bush]] was elected in 2000). Topics and stories include how America is too complacent to have another revolution, [[Barack Obama]] being elected in 2008, how badly America's parenting has gotten in 10 years (specifically when meeting a rude, fat kid at the DMV whose father had no idea how to discipline him), America's dependency on perscription medication and technology, a revelation he had about his father at a self-help seminar, and the idea of a "Late Term Abortion" law <ref>As in, "up to the first 22 years" late term</ref>.

* ''Neverlution'' (2011): Thematically similar to "5th Annual," Titus now talks about how badly America's ethics, morals, and common sense has slipped in the last decade (specifically when [[George W. Bush]] was elected in 2000). Topics and stories include how America is too complacent to have another revolution, [[Barack Obama]] being elected in 2008, how badly America's parenting has gotten in 10 years (specifically when meeting a rude, fat kid at the DMV whose father had no idea how to discipline him), America's dependency on perscription medication and technology, a revelation he had about his father at a self-help seminar, and the idea of a "Late Term Abortion" law <ref>As in, "up to the first 22 years" late term</ref>.

=== Tropes present in Titus's work: ===

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* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: His mother showed up to his high school graduation in a pair of white thigh-high vinyl go-go boots and an army jacket -- without pants or underwear. "So either something was wrong with her, or she was commander of the Stripper Batallion."

* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Averted. He is ''not'' on good terms with his ex-wife <ref>Who lied in court saying that Christopher abused her and the kids just so she could sidestep the California "no-fault" divorce laws, which only allows for non-equal splitting of assets if someone claims domestic abuse. It was later found to be false.</ref>, and he has doubts that such a thing is really possible. In ''Neverlution'', he reveals that his divorce took five years to finalize and his ex-wife walked away with $2 million dollars in alimony (while Titus has custody of the kids).

* [[Angst What Angst]]: Was initially very apathetic about his mom's suicide (though he and his dad were relieved that she didn't take anyone with her) and was annoyed when people urged him to feel sad that his mother was dead -- until he had a mental breakdown on an airplane after smelling a turkey dinner. At the time this happened, a lot of people were on edge because of the Unabomber and what happened to the Oklahoma City building (and Titus added that, nowadays because of the 9/11 attacks, having a mental breakdown on a plane is the worst thing you can do. The episode of his sitcom that featured this incident illustrated that).

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Was initially very apathetic about his mom's suicide (though he and his dad were relieved that she didn't take anyone with her) and was annoyed when people urged him to feel sad that his mother was dead -- until he had a mental breakdown on an airplane after smelling a turkey dinner. At the time this happened, a lot of people were on edge because of the Unabomber and what happened to the Oklahoma City building (and Titus added that, nowadays because of the 9/11 attacks, having a mental breakdown on a plane is the worst thing you can do. The episode of his sitcom that featured this incident illustrated that).

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: One of the staples of his routine.

** "We had everything in my family! Perscription drug abuse. Mental illness. One of my uncles was a Mormon."

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* [[Break the Cutie]]: Christopher's background is made of this.

* [[Click Hello]] / [[Right Behind Me]]: Joked about how his father once pulled this on him, with the sound of a beer can opening.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: In his podcast he discussed this trope, saying how he doesn't like filling up his language with cuss words because it demeans any message he is trying to give, and he hates people who think swearing excessively makes them mature and intelligent. But this came after discussing the Josh Powell incident ([~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Susan_Powell~~ the finale of the Susan Powell event]) and Titus was so pissed off and swearing his friends of the podcast were making sure he was okay. Given Christopher's own experience with custody hearings both as a kid and with his own kids, it's understandable that would be a [[Berserk Button]].

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: In his podcast he discussed this trope, saying how he doesn't like filling up his language with cuss words because it demeans any message he is trying to give, and he hates people who think swearing excessively makes them mature and intelligent. But this came after discussing the Josh Powell incident ([[wikipedia:Disappearance of Susan Powell|the finale of the Susan Powell event]]) and Titus was so pissed off and swearing his friends of the podcast were making sure he was okay. Given Christopher's own experience with custody hearings both as a kid and with his own kids, it's understandable that would be a [[Berserk Button]].

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: His shows run on this.

* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: In "Norman Rockwell is Bleeding," Titus tells the story of how he survived falling in a bonfire and was taken to an emergency "shack" where the doctor put him on painkillers (while still drunk). He describes seeing a world where everyone was a lizard, a "Stanley Kubrick/Charlie Brown cartoon" where everyone was spinning and spoke in that muffled trumpet noise that the adults on the Charlie Brown cartoons used as voices, and then sees the doctor who yells at him as Jesus...

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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Everything about Titus's messed-up family, but definitely the story of how his father got custody of him. Ken was refused custody of Christopher for being an unfit father, while Juanita used the child support money on alcohol and sent Christopher to Juanita's parents in Michigan. Ken hatches a plot to kidnap his son -- and inadvertently tells his plot to a man on an airplane who works as a district attorney. Rather than arrest him, the district attorney (after a few drinks with Ken) gives Ken some legal tips on how to convince the judge to let Christopher live with him again. Only in Christopher Titus's highly-outrageous world would this be considered a believable story.

** In each special he has to remind his audience that things are likely to get more outrageous. In "Love is Evol" he called jealousy the "Auschwitz of Emotions" (Relationship Death Camp) and only smiled and nodded when people realized that he just went there.

* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun]]: Him falling into a bonfire.

* [[Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?]]: Him falling into a bonfire.

* [[Running Gag]]: He makes each special with at least one or two:

** Norman Rockwell- Falling into the bonfire