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=== Episode-specific tropes: ===

==== Episode 1.1: [[Show Within a Show]] ====

* [[The Big Board]]: The chalkboard in the planning scene.

* [[Droste Image]]: Tom refers to the "David Hasselhoff's crotch" video version of this while trying to explain the trope. Even though it's completely irrelevant.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Zack gets his in the first 30 seconds.

'''Zack:''' Nope. }}

* [[Film the Hand]]: Dana to Zack.

* [[Hand Puppet]]: Zack's... whatever it is.

* [[Matryoshka Object]]: Tom tries to explain the trope as one of these. Like the "box within a box" and the matryoshka dolls on the board.

 

==== Episode 1.2: [[Freudian Excuse]] ====

 

 

* [[Big Little Brother]]: Tom uses his as a [[Freudian Excuse]].

'''Tom:''' I... I didn't say he was older. }}

* [[Inferiority Superiority Complex]]: Tom's treats Zack so harshly because his [[Freudian Excuse]] means he "needs to be better than someone".

* [[Painting the Medium]]: By making the cameraman a character in this [[Show Within a Show]]. There's a scene showing Dana and Tom saying some very private things about Zack, and eventually revealing that Zack was there filming the whole thing. A later scene lampshades the fact that we the audience cannot see what Zack cannot film. Don't ask how he can jump between cuts mid-sentence in unedited footage or remain unseen while filming Tom at face level in that closet.

* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Played as Dana says "That's it?" in response to Tom's self-pity story about his brother being generally superior to him throughout his childhood.

* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: "Aww, how tragic. Watch as my hatred turns to pity."

==== Episode 1.3: [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]] ====

 

 

* [[Aside Glance]]: A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example by Tom around three minutes into the video.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Dana points out that [[Terrible Interviewees Montage|Terrible Interviewees Montages]] are never funny.

* [[Made Myself Sad]]: Zack.

* [[Knife Nut]]: One of the interviewees.

* [[Silence, You Fool|Silence!]]: Said by the Administrator.

* [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]: The actual montage included Zack's uncle (who's just as [[Cloudcuckoolander|strange]] as he is), a porn-star, a girl who ''may'' have come for the counseling session the team hijacked, and possibly a serial-killer.

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]/[[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Invoked by the Administrator.

 

==== Episode 1.4: [[Dumbass Has a Point]] ====

 

 

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Zack trying to explain what "After Effects" is.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Dana.

* [[Confusing Multiple Negatives]]: Dana initially calls the final intro "not unimpressive", but then corrects herself to "really good".

* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Who would have thought Zack would know about After Effects?

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Zack's knowledge of After Effects and his degree in art, which may or may not be real.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: The first intros Tom makes for the vlog.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Tom assumes he's the dumbass when it's clearly Zack.

'''Dana:''' Does not. }}

 

==== Episode 1.5: [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] ====

 

 

* [[Beat]]: There is a long one after Dana's [[Hair Flip]].

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Dana flat out says she hates Tom.

* [[Hair Flip]]: Referenced and demonstrated by Dana.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Dana and Tom are trying to discuss their characters separately from themselves, in order to keep themselves distant from their roles. It leads to a lot of "I will... I mean ''she'' will..."

** Dana does this in discussion how to use [[UST]], which backfires and totally works for Tom.

** It shows up again in [[The Stinger]], when they're watching TV together.

* [[Ship Tease]]

 

 

 

* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: When Shannon confronts Dana alone, Dana offhandedly said that Shannon could do better than Tom. Shannon's reaction to that made Dana realize that she was a "multi-stalker."

* [[Buxom Is Better]]: Tom, about Shannon.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Meta example. One viewer mistook the reflection of Dave in the window for Shannon and commented on it. The comment is now a top-rated comment and gets regular snarky replies.

* [[The Cameo]]: Zack's brother, Dave is visible holding a boom during the kitchen scene.

* [[Credits Gag]]: Titles by Justin Hill & Zack Wallnau, Music by Justin Hill, Sound by Dave Unrelated Hill

* [[Double Standard]]: Mentioned in the beginning of the video, where Dana says how psycho exes are [[Played for Laughs]] if they're female and [[Played for Drama]] if they're male.

* [[Fun T-Shirt]]: Tom wears one that depicts the sinking of the Titanic and the caption "[[Why We Can't Have Nice Things|This is why we can't have nice things]]."

* [[Leitmotif]]: Shannon gets a [[Psycho Strings]] sting whenever she enters a scene.

* [[Love Confession]]: Zack to Dana.

'''Dana:''' That's nice, Zack. }}

* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Dana's response when Shannon claims that Dana doesn't know anything about love.

* [[Say My Name]]:

'''Tom:''' ''Shannon.'' }}

* [[Stalking Is Love]]: This is what Shannon seems to believe.

* [[What Does She See in Him?|What Does You See in Him?]]: Dana ask this to Shannon because in her eyes, Tom is gross and kinda of a loser.

* [[Yandere]]: Shanon is implied to have elements of this.

 

==== Episode 1.7: [[Walk and Talk]] ====

 

 

* [[Bottle Episode]]

* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: [[The Stinger]], where Zack falls over.

* [[Invoked Trope]]: Tom invokes [[Walk and Talk]]; Dana is not pleased at all.

'''Tom:''' "No! [[Kenneth Branagh]] did it first!" }}

* [[The Oner]]: Except for [[The Stinger]], the entire video is one continuous shot. [[The Stinger]] itself was another one.

==== Episode 1.8: [[Romantic False Lead]] ====

 

 

* [[Call Back]]: "Porn Girl" first appeared in [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]].

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Dana's opinion of Shannon hasn't improved.

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Zack seems to be becoming this.

* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Shannon, or "Crazyfuck McStalkerson."

* [[Fourth Date Marriage]]: Tom believes this will happen with him and Porn Girl. He's dead wrong. {{spoiler|Not only is she ticked off about Zack following them around, she's also very annoyed that Tom hasn't tried to sleep with her yet.}}

* [[Girl of the Week]]: Mentioned, and Porn Girl becomes this.

* [[Gold Digger]]: Porn Girl

* [[Just for Pun]]/[[Malaproper]]: Porn Girl says she doesn't do sex tapes "pro boner". It's not clear whether she intended the pun or just got the phrase "pro bono" ("for free") wrong.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: After filming Tom and Porn Girl's dates, Zack audibly wonders, "Why ''am'' I here?"

* [[Motor Mouth]]: When Tom is explaining [[Romantic False Lead]] to Porno Girl.

* [[Outdated Outfit]]: Tom's plaid suit jacket and bow tie combo.

 

 

 

* [[Anachronic Order]]: The episode goes back and forth between Tom arguing with Dana in the evening and Tom arguing with Shannon in the afternoon.

* [[Arguments By Ponds]]: [[Word of God]] has stated that they hope for this episode to be the [[Trope Codifier]]. The entire episode takes place by ponds, and there sure is a bunch of arguing. The production blog [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this in Shannon's voice.

* [[Get a Room]]: "Just fuck already, ''Jesus!''"

* [[In Medias Res]]: The episode begins with Tom referring to an argument that he and Dana already had offscreen.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: See [[Get a Room]] above.

 

==== Episode 1.10/Season Finale: [[Mysterious Employer]] ====

 

 

* [[Comforting Comforter]]: Tom covering up Dana with the blanket.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: All of their attempts to re-invent the show are progressively worse and sillier, eventually ending with a horrendous sock-puppet show with horrendously stilted dialog.

* [[Silence, You Fool]]: Mr. Administrator does this to Zack when he tries to ask where's the bathroom.

* [[Visible Boom Mic]]: After filming the puppet show, part of the mic is visible in the top right hand corner of the frame.

 

==== Episode 2.1: [[Always Someone Better]] ====

 

 

* [[Growing the Beard]]: Tom attempted to literally [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] this in [[The Stinger]]. Dana shoots him down. By pushing him into a bathroom and tossing in a razor.

* [[Handy Remote Control]]: Ace uses one during his discussion of [[Show Within a Show]].

* [[Portmanteau]]: Conversed within one of Ace's videos.

* [[The Other Wiki]]: the people backing Ace's vlog series, ''[citation needed]''

 

==== Episode 2.2: [[The Ace]] ====

 

=== Echo Chamber Overdose: ===

* [https://twitter.com/#!/deadcatinabox Be tweeted by Zack's Twitter account.] [http://twitter.com/#!/YouHaveFailedUs Or Mr. Administrator's.]

* [http://www.facebook.com/EchoChamber Stalk it on Facebook.]

 

* Episode 1: [[Show Within a Show]], in which the series and characters are introduced, and the cast struggle with the production of the TV Tropes vlog series.

* Episode 2: [[Freudian Excuse]], in which the characters try to shoot a video about the aforementioned subject, but fail repeatedly as they examine their bad childhoods.

* Episode 4: [[Dumbass Has a Point]], in which the gang is working on trying to come up with a better graphic effects opening montage. Tom is frustrated and is baffled as to how to make the montage work, until Zack--of all people--comes up with a surprisingly insightful suggestion.

* Episode 5: [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], in which Dana and Tom try to determine whether there should be any between their characters on the show. Things get complicated when he reveals he's attracted to Dana. And Zack will always be alone.

* Episode 7: [[Walk and Talk]], in which [[Invoked Trope|Tom tricks Dana into walking and/or talking]].

* Episode 8: [[Romantic False Lead]], in which Tom gets a date, and Dana may or may not care.

* Episode 10, The Season Finale: [[Mysterious Employer]], in which Mr. Administrator threatens to end the web show forever, unless Tom and Dana create something of transcendent beauty.

 

 

=== Tropes used by the series in general: ===

** Zack.

** Dana, any time she lets go of the snark to be honest.

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Shannon for Tom, Tom for Porn Girl, Zack for Dana, and (possibly) Dana for Tom.

** As of the second episode of season two, we have Dave for Gaelyn, and Gaelyn for Zack.

** Zack:

'''Episode 6:''' "It's like she couldn't even ''see'' my boner!" }}

* [[Bad Boss]]: Tom to Zack, Mr. Administrator to Tom.

* [[Brick Joke]]: In Episode 4, Tom tells Dana that the only food he has is rice, but that she could put salt on it. In Episode 6, you see Tom first cooking rice and later pouring copious amounts of salt onto it.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Zack. He is good with After Effects, has a PhD, and delivered a baby once

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Zack.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Dana has the word "suck".

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Zack. And judging by his uncle Bill, [[It Runs in The Family]].

* [[Conversational Troping]]: Happens a lot with this being about tropes.

* [[The Danza]]: The three main characters are named Tom Pike, Zack Wallnau and Dana Shaw. They are played by Tom Pike, Zack Wallnau and Dana Shaw. Shannon is played by Shannon Azzato Stephens. Subtle, huh?

* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Shannon towards Tom.

* [[Episode Title Card]]

** Tom is shown using an Apple laptop in episodes 4, 5, 6 and 10. Presumably, this trope will continue to show up in every episode where his computer is shown.

** The Editing Suite where they speak to the Administrator also seems to be full of iMacs.

** Zack.

*** Except {{spoiler|episode 2. And even then, it's so dark that you don't really see anything}}.

*** You also see him briefly in episode 4 {{spoiler|when Dana leaves for the night and it cuts to a view of him holding the camera}}.

*** And again partially {{spoiler|episode 6 due to a [[Visible Boom Mic]] moment}}.

* [[Face Palm]]: Dana, ''a lot''. In [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]], she does the two-handed version.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Both Tom and Zack have these.

* [[Got Volunteered]]: Zack.

'''Tom:''' His dad owns the equipment, and he made me let him tag along. }}

* [[Jerkass]]: Tom calls himself one in episode 1.2. [[Invoked Trope|He's correct.]]

* [[Keet]]: Zack.

* [[Royal We]]: Mr. Administrator's speech pattern, {{spoiler|except for [[The Stinger]] of episode 10}}. Bonus points for being an example of the trope ''and'' a meta gag.

* [[Running Gag]]: Dana telling Tom that he (or his works) suck.

* [[Show Within a Show]]:

** Type 1. In the first episode Dana suggests they have a [[Show Within a Show]] in their first vlog in order to demonstrate the trope, which from the viewer's perspective would make it a Show Within A Show Within A Show, but Tom decides against it. In the other episodes, we see them making the vlog, but we never see the finished vlog itself.

** Season 2 has ''[citation needed]'', a competing vlog from [[The Other Wiki]]. ''[citation needed]'' itself has a Show Within A Show, as the excerpt played is explaining that trope by doing a Show Within A Show of its own. ''[citation needed] also talks about ''Echo Chamber'' in a different episode.

* [[Strictly Formula]]: Dana, Tom and Zach start talking about a trope. Trope occurs. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[The Stinger]]: The outtakes, following the final credits. The ones in episodes 1.5 and 1.10 have actual plot relevance.

* [[The Teaser]]: So far, all but episodes 1.5 and 1.7 have started with one.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Tom doesn't seem to eat anything but rice and salt. He does vary it in episode 6 with some breadcrumbs and grated parmesan.

* [[White Void Room]]: Mr. Administrator's headquarters.

 

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