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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.

* [[Applied Mathematics]]: In ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1je2r4_aj0 The Disused Railway Where They Tested Rocket Trains]'' Tim describes the idea behind the 1970s-vintage French Aerotrain as "let's take an aeroplane, a racing car, a train and a hovercraft, mix them together, and see what happens" -- with a handy diagram depicting icons of each vehicle type being added together.

* [[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.

** [[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 Disused 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.

* [[Crossover]]: In early December 2021 with YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw Geoff Marshall], known for his "Least-Used Stations" series. Geoff appeared in one of Tim's videos, and Tim appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EtBKPcHPrE one of Geoff's].