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* [[Arlen Theory]]: Invoked in his video for ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zLFfN9dkM
* [[Audience Participation]]: His 2020 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkCVqLsjHL4 Mediocre Mountain Challenge], in which -- inspired by his videos where he scaled the highest points in places like The Netherlands that have no high places -- he invited viewers to submit photos and videos of them climbing to the peaks of the least-impressive "mountains" local to them.
** Similarly his 2021 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6LpWGfkhHU International Staycation Challenge], in which viewers were invited to provide photos and videos of apparently international locations in their immediate locale.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: As Tim himself lampshades in one of his videos, "...we're not here for any of ''that''."
** [[Borrowed Catchphrase]]: When fellow YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw Geoff Marshall] appears in Tim's video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1je2r4_aj0 The Abandoned Railway Where They Tested Rocket Trains]'', he makes his presence known by providing the catchphrase at a key moment.
* [[Clip Art Animation]]: Has been known to animate artwork and photos of historical figures to present them speaking.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: His first video in this format, ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFh6wFTJiQ Schwebebahn: Why Wuppertal's Trains Are Much Cooler Than Yours]'', is distinctly different from his later videos. Its tone is drier, more academic, with only one touch of humor at the very end, and he does not appear in it at all. As a subtitle on a mid-2021 video notes, "My early voiceovers had all the energy of a sloth on valium".
** For even earlier installment weirdness, his ''very first'' video on YouTube was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNkbRjb7YDY about climbing the highest point in every county in England]; the only thing it has in common with his later videos is the music, which he composed and performed.
* [[Filler|Filler Episode]]: He'll gladly admit that some of his videos, such as the second
* [[The Mountains of Illinois]]: Invoked tongue-in-cheek with his Mediocre Mountain Challenge, itself spun off from a series of videos in which he visited the highest points in low lands, whose altitude could reach a dizzying ''tens'' of feet. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by both Tim and the viewers who submitted their videos when they exaggerated the effort expended in climbing all the way to the tops of these towering peaks.
* [[Presenters|Presenter]]: Although Tim takes all the footage for his videos with a hand-held camera (and sometimes a drone), he narrates each one, and is almost always on-screen for at least part of each segment.
* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Frequently paired with [[Bait and Switch]] humor.
* [[Running Gag]]: Very often his videos include a bit of narration along the line of "Here we are in beautiful [Town]. It has [extensive list of historical and cultural features].
* [[Travelogue Show|Travelogue Channel]]
* [[Visual Gag]]: In the opening credits of every episode: The show title is initially presented as ''The Time Traveller'' over footage of Tim; he then falls out of frame, taking the "E" from "Time" with him to reveal the true name of the series.
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