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[[File:ryannn_6832.jpg|frame| He's not just [[Estrogen Brigade Bait|a pretty face]].]]
 
[[Nigahiga]] (real name Ryan Higa) is currently{{when}} the second most subscribed person on [[YouTube]] (behind [[Ray William Johnson]]) with over 4 million subscriptions. He has six main video types:▼
 
▲Nigahiga (real name Ryan Higa) is currently the second most subscribed person on [[YouTube]] (behind [[Ray William Johnson]]) with over 4 million subscriptions. He has six main video types:
 
* His "How to be" guides, all of which were originally taken down because of copyright, but now some of them have been readded. These include "How to be [[Emo]]", "How to be Gangster", "How to be [[Ninja]]", and, among the still-removed ones, "How to be [[Nerd]]" and "How to be UFC Fighter";
* The [[Parody Commercial|Parody Commercials]], which take [[Commercial Tropes]] to the extreme;
* His "Off the Pill rants", where he talks about anything that bugs him;
* "Movies in Minutes", which are movie spoofs in, well, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|minutes]];
* The "Skitzo" productions, which involve him and three of his personas: R-Dizzle, Hanate, and Regina.
* And "Dear Ryan", where Ryan humorously answer questions people ask in [[YouTube]] comments.
 
One of his most recent projects was an internet movie he created with Wong Fu Productions called "Agents of Secret Stuff". Tropes exclusively from A.S.S. ([[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|teehee]]) should be placed below examples from the regular videos.
 
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* [[Acting for Two]]: Ryan acts for ''four'' in Skitzo.
* [[Adorkable]]: Oh, so much.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: A [[Running Gag]] in his "How To Be" series.
{{quote| '''Hanate''': [[Japanese Ranguage|Herro]], everyone! My name is [[Overly Long Name|Hanate Wakuso Shiseo Tadashite Teriyaki Suzuki Honda Civic!]]<br />
{{spoiler|'''Bob'''}}: Herro! My name is... {{spoiler|[[Everything's Better Withwith Bob|Bob.]]}} }}
* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: The iNavigator is not evil in any ways, but it tends to piss the user off by its inefficiencies.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfeys7Jfnx8 "Nice Guys"] music video by him, Kevjumba, and Chester See, deconstructs this, since the class that Ryan and Kevin take has this in mind, but their dates leave them.
* [[And 99 Cents]]
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* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Off the Pill rants.
** Mocked in Forever Alone:
{{quote| "Forever AD... [[Lampshade Hanging|oh look, a butterfly.]]"}}
* [[AutotuneAuto-Tune]]: From "Off the Pill: [[Rebecca Black (Music)|Rebecca Black]] ([[Friday (Musicsong)|Friday]])"
{{quote| '''Ryan''': I can't sing so I [[AutotuneAuto-Tune]] myself.}}
* [[Bastard Boyfriend]]: Invoked in "Nice Guys".
* [[Bishonen]]: Yup yuppers.
* [[Boastful Rap]]: Discussed in "Off the Pill: Arrogant People", where Ryan notes that many songs on the market are very self-promoting. He then imagines what "[[Chris Brown|Look at Me Now]]" would sound like if [[Chris Brown]] was modest.
{{quote| ''Yes, yes. That **** look like a two-pay''<br />
''I get what you get in ten years, in eleven years'' }}
* [[But Wait! There's More!]]: Often, but especially prominent in the Children's Bop commercial, which came with Puberty Bob, Speech Impediment Stuttering Bop, and a free order of Bi Bim Bap.
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* [[Companion Cube]]: Ryan's lamps, iron, and, in the earlier videos, his [[Insistent Terminology|big bouncing inflatable green ball]].
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The "How to Be Videos" have hints of this.
{{quote| "I know how to be ninja now!"}}
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: One of the steps to being gangster, along with [[Milking the Giant Cow]].
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil]] in "How to be Nerd".
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* [[The Ditz]]/[[Too Dumb to Live]]: Regina in the Skitzo videos is the dumbest of the four.
** [[Lampshade Hanging]] on this is both [[Inverted]] and [[Subverted]] in Off The Pill-Feminists
{{quote| '''Regina:''' Oh sure, make the girl character stupid.<br />
'''Ryan:''' What are you talking about? I have guy characters just as stupid as you<br />
'''Regina:''' [[Hypocritical Humor|Oh, so now you're calling me stupid?]]<br />
'''Ryan:''' [[Rhetorical Question Blunder|Yes.]] }}
* [[Does This Make Me Look Fat?]]: Ryan's girlfriend in "Nice Guys" asks him this. She looks great. [[Jerkass|He answers "yes" anyway]].
* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Subverted in "Nice Guys".
{{quote| '''Ryan:''' And imma beat you... [[Slapstick Knows No Gender|in every competition]]!}}
* [[Double Standard]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] in "Off the Pill - Feminist", where he especially questions why females consider compliments to their breasts offensive while males don't do the same about compliments to their muscles.
* [[Dream Team]]: As of late he's been doing collaborations with the other Los Angeles YouTube stars, such as KevJumba, Chester See, David Choi, and D-Trix. He is also a part of a group called YTF consisting of himself, Kevin, Chester, Victor Kim, Andrew Garcia, JRA and D-Trix.
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Click on one of his song parodies, "Like a Good Boy." Read the comments. Drink a glass of water every time you see a comment talking about how hot he is when he takes off his shirt in the video for just a few seconds. You will be spending a LONG time in the bathroom.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Ryan and Kevin in "Nice Guys" start out as this, become jerks, and then go back after realizing girls don't like jerks.
* [[Not So Different]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] in "Off the Pill: [[Rebecca Black (Music)|Rebecca Black]] ([[Friday (Musicsong)|Friday]])", where Ryan compares Friday to the music that he makes.
* [[Now How Much Would You Pay?]]: Frequently parodied, with something like "That's a $20 value, but we'll give it to you for, no, not $19.99, no, not $14.99, but $42.99!"
* [[Odd Name Out]]: A [[Running Gag]] in the early "how to" productions.
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*** Don't forget R-Dizzle-Fo-Shizzle-Ma-Nizzle-Off-Da-Hizzle-Drizzle the gangster and Elitedarklord_dragonslayer_3.14159 the nerd.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: [[Played for Laughs]] in "How to be Emo".
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Ryan's sidekick, Sean. In "3,000,000 Subscribers" he made a cameo and revealed the reason he hasn't been around a lot was because of his going to college far away.
** A [[Running Gag]] is that Ryan somehow "replaced" him after intentionally putting him on the bus. (This was a joke, and for some reason many people took it seriously...)
** The rest of Yabo Productions disappeared at some point, including Ryan's ex-girlfriend Tarynn.
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: In "How to be Gangster," there's a sign in the car that says "Never Drink and Drive." Cut to Ryan driving and drinking...a juice pouch.
* [[Pretty Fly for Aa White Guy]]: "I'm a Chingstah" was meant to be a parody of Asians who try to be Gangsta.
* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]: More like [[More Dakka]] comedy.
* [[Running Gag]]: The [[Overly Long Name|Big Bouncing Inflatable Green Ball]] shows up a lot.
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] in "Off the Pill - Arrogant People".
* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Parodied in iNavigator.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: One of Ryan's segments is called "Skitzo", wherein he interacts with other character personalities which are also played by himself. Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which people may experience hearing voices or [[TalkingInner to ThemselfDialogue|multiple personalities]], and it's sometimes shortened to "Schizo". [[Fridge Brilliance|"Skitzo" and "Schizo" are pronounced the same]].
* [[Straw Feminist]]: Regina is made this in "Off the Pill - Feminist".
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Ryan's done very professional looking videos with the likes of Wong Fu Productions... but he still uses the scraggly wigs from his early stuff for every female character he portrays.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: "Nice Guys" promotes it.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: "Dear Ryan: Extreme" is this trope incarnate.
{{quote| [[Unflinching Walk|SLOW MOTION WALKING]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|WITH EXPLOSIONS]] [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|AND NINJAS]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}Gvlofs2W124&t{{=}}0m14s !]}}
** "Dear Ryan: Epic Meal Time" applies a lot of this too, but as an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the [[EPICMEALTIME (Web Video)|titular channel]].
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: [[Emo]] people always overreact, according to him.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: The logic used in "How to Be Ninja".
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Agent X.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Agent Tracy.
{{quote| "It's a man's name!"}}
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Taylor, before {{spoiler|evolving into an [[Action Girl]]}}.
* [[Dance of Romance]]: {{spoiler|Aden and Taylor. Supposedly, the two were going to rush to prom in order to make it happen, but upon finding out the doors have been locked, they have no qualms dancing outside, [[Mood Whiplash|and then beating a S.I.N.S. spy.]]}}
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* [[Fish Out of Water]]: The entire premise is about a bred-to-kill spy having to function in a high school setting.
* [[Friendless Background]]: Aden.
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: An A.S.S. must be given their H.O.L.E. ([[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|teehee]]), and the enemy of the A.S.S.es are the S.I.N.S.
* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]: Aden, in pursuit of {{spoiler|the SIN agent with Taylor}}. Too bad it didn't have training wheels.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: It's not a birdie, it's a [[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|"shuttlecock"]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: As a rare moment of [[Genre Savvy|genre savviness]], Aden suspects this to be the big reveal. Cue [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] of the unlikeliness and [[Squick]].
* [[Man Child]]: Aden has to ride a bike with training wheels.
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* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: Aden has all the prowess of a superspy, but he can't ride a bike or give high-fives.
* [[Socially Awkward Hero]]: Aden.
* [[Take That]]: The girls in the locker room describe Aden the same way [[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Bella describes Edward]], coming to the conclusion that Aden is indeed... a unicorn.
* [[Teen Superspy]]: Aden's supposed to be one, but Ryan Higa [[Dawson Casting|is already a young adult.]]
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{{quote| [[Catch Phrase|''TEEHEE'']]!
}}
 
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