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'''[https://www.youtube.com/user/h3h3Productions/featured h3h3 Productions]''' is a comedy channel on [[YouTube]] that first appeared in 2011. Run mainly by Jewish couple Ethan and Hila Klein, it typically features reactions and commentary on various videos as well as personal hijinks. These usually involve pranks, viral videos, anything by DJ Khaled and whatever catches the couple's attention or is submitted to them by fans.

It's notable for its rather impromptu, irreverent if not surreal comedy and [[Fountain of Memes|the loads and loads of memes]] that result from them. These are in addition to Ethan's unscripted eccentricities and the couple's antics on (and off)-camera.

A secondary channel originally set up by Hila can be found [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pp40MU_6rLK5pvJYG3d0Q here], which also contains snippets of her and Ethan's everyday life.

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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: In the review for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW5XRBmP4AY How Many Times], Ethan, in reaction to DJ Khaled's "beautiful" fupa, asks Hila for some privacy... and some tissues... and some moisturizer. Cut to Ethan's door, as he loudly masturbates to the fupa.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: As of late, the channel's become one for SoFloAntonio.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: Vape Nation.

* [[Audience Participation]]: Increasingly, Ethan and Hila have taken to being more personal with their own fanbase and often ask for suggestions on what stuff to cover.

* [[Badass Israeli]]: Hailing from Israel, Hila served in the IDF through conscription. Though she states that she was mainly doing desk jobs, her military training still surfaces occasionally.

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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Hila, who's usually the cameraman, comes across as demure and shy at times. But every now and then, [[Badass Israeli|her past in the IDF]] becomes evident, which can come across as jarring.

** Even the otherwise amiable and friendly Ethan can be ''scathing'' if there's any need to.

* [[Berserk Button]]:

** Videos by pranksters like SoFloAntonio come across as this for Ethan.

** This extends as well to scam-artists, clickbait and generally sleazy, unethical schlock.

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* [[Bestiality is Depraved]]: In ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17rZTpoXVzw Maregasm]'', Ethan is shocked at the fact that the couple in the video is "sexually active with animals":

{{quote|'''Ethan''': "He's like a [[Mormonism|Mormon]]. Except instead of two wives, he has a wife and a FUCKING HORSE, dude!"}}

* [[Big Applesauce]]: New York featured a bit more on the channel (in addition to a few cameos from their friend [[~~Jon Tron~~]]) following the couple's move there.

* [[Big Applesauce]]: New York featured a bit more on the channel (in addition to a few cameos from their friend [[JonTron]]) following the couple's move there.

** One of the Dangers of Social Media videos also features a disgruntled father speaking in a ''very'' blatant New Yorker accent.

''{{quote|Are ya crazy?! Are ya outta your moind?!}}''

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** In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgjhpCj_yRI The Water Project], Ethan presents Diamond Water, seen in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDkIl3WF3sc a previous h3h3 episode], and mentions the name Persian Pop Priestess.

** In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYljaRS7g64 The Return of Sean], Ethan sees bracelets for sale and, very impressed with the variety, tries to haggle with the clerk.

* [[The Cameo]]: [[~~Jon Tron~~]] has made a few cameo appearances in h3h3's more recent videos. It's also mutual, given how Ethan has appeared in Jon's work recently. {{spoiler|Even appearing [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|dressed-up as the Kool-Aid Man, demanding that Jon punch him in the liver]].}}

* [[The Cameo]]: [[JonTron]] has made a few cameo appearances in h3h3's more recent videos. It's also mutual, given how Ethan has appeared in Jon's work recently. {{spoiler|Even appearing [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|dressed-up as the Kool-Aid Man, demanding that Jon punch him in the liver]].}}

** [[Barack Obama|Former First Lady]] [[Celebrity Cameo|Michelle Obama]] makes an appearance in the channel's intro sequence, which is actually taken from [https://www.facebook.com/H3h3productions/videos/vb.457637544317014/728386557242110/?type=2&theater a Vine recording] addressed to a kid ''also'' named Ethan.

** Over time, others have also popped up in Ethan and Hila's videos, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjYxXg4wZDg including] [[PewDiePie]] of all people.

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:* More downplayed, but Ethan's "fupa" may be headed this way given his efforts to start losing weight.

* [[Dramatic Reading]]: Ethan read other contestants' profiles in ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4JCF01NR6s WE WON A TRIP TO MEET DJ KHALED (apparently)]''.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The first videos on the channel look decidedly basic and featured more conventional attempts at comedy from Ethan.

* [[Epic Fail]]: Some of the stuff h3h3 covers tend to stop short of whatever they're aiming for and land into this instead.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: Any time Ethan goes around in his underwear or showing parts of his body. And naturally, [[Played for Laughs]].

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* [[Gay Bravado]]: Parodied in ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlVwcv0rl28 How to pick up girls]'', when Ethan pretends to act like a pick up artist who has no emotions with women, but really likes "his bros" ("Why aren't we fucking dudes by the way?", "I wanna fuck dudes!")

** Discussed in ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl_eILs66ZQ&feature=youtu.be&t=5m26s Reading the Good Looking Loser's Comments]'', when a commenter on Chris' forum [[Dramatically Missing the Point|completely misses the point]] of the joke.

* [[Granola Girl]]/[[New Age Retro Hippie]]:

** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDkIl3WF3sc The Power of Diamond Water] video in a nutshell.

** How Ethan and Hila interpret the videos of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBUgo4N3oo Rain] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyxNrC_7syE Florence], who does come across as a throwback to 1960s-70s counterculture.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: The videos have generally improved in both quality and content over time.

* [[Happily Married]]: Ethan and Hila, who show this even in their personal videos.

* [[Hair Flip]]: Ethan and Hila [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bCzbUiB87M were bewildered] when '''ETHAN BRADBERRY''' flipped his hair when using the smoke machine inside a house.

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* [[No Sense of Humor]]: Some of Ethan's observations on prank videos involve either how the ones making said pranks have ''no idea'' on how to make one, or how they're blurring the line between what's real and what's just a joke.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Sometimes, off-camera events are brought up in passing that may or may not be true.

* [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]]: Some of the videos covered by Ethan and Hila sometimes require them to insist that yes, those exist. One example being the Become a Living <strike>Meme</strike> God video, which has Ethan pointing out incredulously how there are still (self-professed) druids in the 21st Century.

** When Ethan brings up [[Fan Disservice|an infamous]] [[Narm|porn video]] VitalyzdTv was involved in that went viral, he points out that yes, it exists on the internet.

** As it turns out, the beanie skit at the end of the [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]] video is [http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/111913567870 very real].

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** Both Hila and Ethan are visibly uncomfortable for a good portion of their ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsssEFO7e8M The Thrust of an Indian God]'' video, partly due to the sleazy dry humping in the rural Indian dance number footage they're watching [[Unfortunate Implications|coming across as borderline rape]]. In the same video, they're also dumbfounded by the seizure-inducing K-Pop live concert footage.

** The now infamous #MemeGate, aka "Youtube Civil War" drama is also this for everyone involved. [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|And that's about all one could say neutrally about it.]]

** Ethan's rather [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fU2QG-lV0 deep look into] the gambling scene in ''[[Counter-Strike]]: Global Offensive'', just for how seriously he's taking the matter as well as how sleazy and far-reaching said sleaziness the whole affair is.

* [[Poe's Law]]: [[Discussed]] [[Played For Laughs|for laughs]] by Ethan in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjtiX4Gv6m4 his reaction to ''KILLING BEST FRIEND PRANK'']

{{quote|"And that's why Sam Pepper is a genius: he blurs the distinction between parody and real prank."

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"Who is actually being pranked? Is it me? Is it you?"}}

* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Mercilessly mocked and criticized whenever it comes up.

* [[Reality Subtext]]: The cameos with [[JonTron]] in part stem from Hila Klein being a producer and propmaster for his videos.

* [[The Reason You Suck Speech]]: Even with the sort of stuff covered in the channel, it takes quite a bit to really get Ethan and Hila riled up. So far, the most notable ones who've reached that "threshold" include:

** Tai Lopez, for being so utterly fake, condescending to his supposed audience and exploiting others' gullibility under the guise of being some sort of self-help guru.

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{{quote|'''Ethan''': They'd better start paying me, dude. I've been slinging this shit for years, man.}}

:* Subverted in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDFyOla--zc?t=2m50s BFF Test]. It's now Diet Cherry Cola, although Pepsi Max does appear in more recent videos.

* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: Parodied and lampooned in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ez-gIt08I this video on modern art] and how it tends to [[Viewers are Morons|treat audiences like idiots]].

* [[Verbal Tic]]:

** On-camera, Ethan tended to make a peculiar sound that not quite a cough, yet not quite a laugh either.

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** In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fU2QG-lV0 Deception, Lies, and CSGO], Ethan calls out ProSyndicate and TmarTn for effectively treating their audiences as this with their gambling shenanigans.

* [[What Happened To The Mouse]]: Sean, a friend of the couple who's also helped run h3h3, hasn't really been seen as of late. It's explained that he stayed behind in Israel while Ethan and Hila returned to America. [[The Bus Came Back|And then]], he came back in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYljaRS7g64 recent video] from Ethan and Hila's trip to Israel.

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fU2QG-lV0 Deception, Lies, and CSGO], Ethan outright calls out [[Valve ~~Software~~]] for allowing sleazy gambling practices to go virtually unchecked. In the same video he also calls out Youtubers ProSyndicate and TmarTn for not only actively promoting said sleazy practices but even ''running'' a gambling site without disclosure.

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8fU2QG-lV0 Deception, Lies, and CSGO], Ethan outright calls out [[Valve Corporation]] for allowing sleazy gambling practices to go virtually unchecked. In the same video he also calls out Youtubers ProSyndicate and TmarTn for not only actively promoting said sleazy practices but even ''running'' a gambling site without disclosure.

* [[The Wiki Rule]]: The [http://h3h3.wikia.com/wiki/H3h3_Wiki H3h3 Wiki] on [[Wikia]].

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Ethan and Hila tend to also ''recommend'' some of the people they react to. Not necessarily because they agree with them but rather out of good faith.