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* [[Arlen Theory]]: Invoked in his video for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zLFfN9dkM "The Least Used Railway Station in France"]. After spending two minutes over a hiking montage explaining how he determined which rail station in France served the fewest passengers and why he wasn't perfectly certain of his results, he ends by saying the best way he knew of to get the indisputable right answer would be to post the video and wait two minutes for an angry comment to appear correcting his conclusions. |
* [[Arlen Theory]]: Invoked in his video for [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zLFfN9dkM "The Least Used Railway Station in France"]. After spending two minutes over a hiking montage explaining how he determined which rail station in France served the fewest passengers and why he wasn't perfectly certain of his results, he ends by saying the best way he knew of to get the indisputable right answer would be to post the video and wait two minutes for an angry comment to appear correcting his conclusions. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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** 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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* [[Award Show]]: He created [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r4Zmvew2WU one for the 2020 Mediocre Mountain Challenge], with winners in a dozen or so different categories. |
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** Similarly, he also created [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1kecqqkKJA one for the 2021 International Staycation Challenge]. |
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* [[Bait and Switch]]: It's not uncommon to for him to pull this, leading the viewer to expect one thing, then concluding somewhere else entirely after a [[Record Needle Scratch]]. For example, from a mid-2021 video on suspended monorails in Germany: |
* [[Bait and Switch]]: It's not uncommon to for him to pull this, leading the viewer to expect one thing, then concluding somewhere else entirely after a [[Record Needle Scratch]]. For example, from a mid-2021 video on suspended monorails in Germany: |
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{{quote|[German national anthem starts playing] In the end, there was only one country who could take something as mad as this and make it economical, efficient and reliable. And that country was, of course... |
{{quote|[German national anthem starts playing] In the end, there was only one country who could take something as mad as this and make it economical, efficient and reliable. And that country was, of course... |
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* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Frequently paired with [[Bait and Switch]] humor. |
* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Frequently paired with [[Bait and Switch]] humor. |
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* [[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]. But of course we're not here for any of ''that''." |
* [[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]. But of course we're not here for any of ''that''." |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: His format started out as an intentional homage to the British travel show ''[[Wish You Were Here...?]]'' |
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* [[Travelogue Show|Travelogue Channel]] |
* [[Travelogue Show|Travelogue Channel]] |
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* [[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. |
* [[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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