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* [[Aborted Arc|Aborted Video]]: He said he'd give a WTF is... of [[Street Fighter|Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition]] in his Dannish Inquisition episode, he hasn't.

* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: He does this from time to time, at which point either he or someone he is playing/casting with will inevitably tell people not to look into it.

'''TB during his WTF is of Binary Domain:''' You will notice the camera is sort of jerking off to one side or another - ''no not like that'', jerking off ''to one side'' - [[Genre Savvy|no, this is not going to sound good regardless of how I say it, let's just abandon that sentence.]] }}

* [[And That's Terrible]]: During one of the Dead Rising 2: Broken Record videos

* [[Angrish]]: Lapses into this when playing [[Nintendo Hard|punishingly difficult]] games such as ''[[Jamestown Legend of the Lost Colony|Jamestown]]'' and ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]''.

** In ''[[Terraria]]'', Angrish is apparently "Hell-ese" and TB is very fluent in it, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|though it mostly involves asking for cooking ingredients]].

** [[Badass Moustache]]

** [[Memetic Badass]]: Invoked. Jesse is ''incredibly'' flattering towards TB during their ''[[Terraria]]'' [[Let's Play]], among other situations.

'''TB''': Ah, so you do follow my Twitter. }}

* [[Berserk Button]]:

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Male Version. The 6th Podcast has [[OMF Gcata|Jesse]], TB and [[Yogscast|Simon]] respectively, [[Badass Beard|BadassBeards]] and all.

* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Comes hand in hand with the [[Caustic Critic]] trope, don't expect him to soften the blow when picking faults.

* [[The Cameo]]:

** As pointed out by TB and Jesse in their Q & A video together on [[OMF Gcata]], Simon (a Gnome) and Lewis (then named Zephir, a Night Elf) are literally ''right there'' when TB is accepting and recording the "Peacebloom vs Ghouls" quest, back in the days when the [[Yogscast]], [[Total Biscuit]], and [[OMF Gcata]] had a friendly rivarly uploading ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' content as quickly as they could.

** Simon (Honeydew) decides to finally add [[Total Biscuit]] to his [[Steam]] friends list during one of his ''[[Terraria]]'' livestreams.

** Another one where he cameos during the [[Yogscast]]'s Earth Defense Force Livestream (audio only as the video is game footage). Notable of reducing Sips to a blithering fanboy.

'''Sips:''' He probably thinks I'm a weird fanboy now... }}

** And now Lewis is a cute necromancer girl followed by 4 meatpatchworked monsters while TB is a furry with a charrzooka and stabby stabby daggers in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8-9VEvAmFg&t=28m GW2 beta].

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Numerous. Some of the most frequent ones seem to be more along the lines of a [[Verbal Tic]], in fact.

** "Fire ze missiles!"

** "I can tell you that for a fact."

* [[Catchphrase Interruptus]]:

** He also reference the trope by name during WTF is Dustforce.

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: During [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|the Star Wars Kinect Dance Off]] and the 14th podcast, TB visibly drinks the least amount of Champagne among the three of them, but looks even more drunk than Jesse (downed his whole bottle, yet only acts slightly more silly than usual) and Dodger (almost finished her bottle and does not look drunk at all).

* [[Caustic Critic]]: At times, but less often than the name "Cynical Brit" would suggest. He's actually quite fair, and often finds something to appreciate even in a game he doesn't like.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Upon going to Paris and witnessing the Eiffel Tower lit up, his reply is this:

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: He's not usually a victim of this, but then the Popori appeared. "[[Tera Online|IT'S A BEAVER]]!"

** That said, this trope is possibly parodied for the most part. There have been quite a few times where he said something that isn't stereotypically cute (like the skull in [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]) being adorable.

** One instance of this happened during Easter Day where his twitter avatar became a cute rabbit, followed up by him [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEcYkZhlVlc linking to bunny videos on youtube] and posting random cute bunny pictures throughout the day. Subscribers and followers of his Twitter had a [[Wild Mass Guessing]] about whether he was momentarily possessed, drunk, sad, hungry for rabbit meat, [[Trolling]], if it was his wife, or if he had a soft spot for bunnies.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: While playing ''[[Magicka]]'' with Lewis and Simon of the [[Yogscast]].

** To be fair, he is this quite often, even outside of his videogaming.

* [[Determinator]]: He can be quite persistent in his efforts to complete a task set before him, be it by a game or by a person.

* [[Double Take]]: During his WTF is [[Darkspore]].

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* [[Epic Fail]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5a09JVXoxs&feature=feedu#t=3m17s This Terraria video]

* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: During his multiplayer WTF of Section 8: Prejudice, he gets killed by an elevator slamming him into the edge of the door.

** Also during his Halloween playthrough of ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]'':

* [[Evil Laugh]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_yJiOD7qJ8&feature=feedlik#t=21m36s Just listen to that laugh!]

** [[Face Heel Turn|DarkHalibut]] gets a pretty good, hammy "super-villain" one in the beginning of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UVnOxeYl8A this] video.

* [[Flat What]]: TB's reaction to Jesse's revelation in ''Terraria'' that their fans have made [[Gender Flip]] slashfic.

* [[Godwin's Law]]: Played straight and [[Lampshaded]] in his Mailbox for February 15, 2012:

* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: A portion of his humor, especially in the Terraria LP.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: The trope name was actually name dropped in his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teb0vJ3qXQk&feature=uploademail March 21, 2012 Mailbox.]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He can be a bit of a jerk sometimes, but his criticisms are all well meaning, and he does do work that's completely for charity.

* [[Large Ham]]: He tends to seemingly overreact to certain things.

"Oh, you have a [[Star Craft 2|viking]], uh, that's adorable... ''[[Wave Motion Gun|YAMATO CANNON]]!!!'' BOOM!! [[Captain Obvious|You don't have a viking anymore]]." }}

* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuxPVa4OnQ8 The Ballad of TotalBiscuit], also available in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWqzfLpKe5M shortened version], played during the ending of most of his videos. He originally used [[Pirates of the Caribbean|He's a Pirate]], until he was asked not to for copyright issues. The artist then made the ballad using a similar melody.

** [[Fan Nickname]]: There is an ongoing petition to rename the song ''Monocle (and/or) Top Hat of Destiny''.

* [[Literalist Snarking]]: Along with [[Deadpan Snarker]], usually towards some stupid question already answered by him.

'''TB''': Finns. }}

* [[Madness Mantra]]: During his WTF is of [[Lone Survivor]].

* [[The Mean Brit]]

* [[Missing Episode]]: The three lost ''[[Terraria]]'' videos. All of them had the videos lost (the second and third by accidental deletion on TB's part) but the audio saved, and TB has released the second and third lost episodes (meant to be before episode 32) as an [http://www.cynicalbrit.com/audio/terraria_lostepisodes.mp3 audio podcast]. The first one, meant to be before episode 13, has not been released, though.

** The [[Rule of Three|third time]] is during the 14th podcast, where he rather proudly declares himself a [[Snark Knight]].

* [[Only in It For the Money]]: Averted, he thoroughly enjoys doing his work (The [[Fan Dumb]] that comes with it, not so much), and is not above doing charity work and donating to charity. Of course he has to earn a living from his work, but money is not the primary motivator.

* [[Podcast]]:

** Has done numerous "classic" radio shows and podcasts; the most notable one, also discontinued shortly after quitting ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', was "Blue Plz".

** One of the regular hosts of The Gamestation's podcast alongside [[OMF Gcata|Jesse Cox]] and [[Press Heart to Continue|Dodger.]]

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: At the end of his video ''WTF is [[G La DOS]] doing in The Ball?'', after having struggled with a simple ball-based physics puzzle and (finally) passing it:

** In fact, pretty much any use of profanity on TB's part (outside videos containing "spur-of-the-moment" reactions such as his Hallowe'en special on Amnesia: The Dark Descent or daily VoDs of his raw I Suck At Starcraft stream) - due to its irregularity, even despite his tendency to rant/be cynical - could be considered one of these.

** Subverted in his ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]'' video:

** He outright stated during a ''[[League of Legends]]'' livestream that it wouldn't be going up on his [[YouTube]] channel ''because'' he was swearing so much. It would go against his personal expectations when it comes to the quality of his videos.

* [[Rousing Speech]]: He's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8JeYIWQgrE surprisingly good] speaker.

** Earlier, he Simon and Lewis had issues with explosives (a spell combination Simon discovered, which they began calling "ARSE Mines" after the keys needed to cast it) in their [[Magicka]] series with the [[Yogscast]].

** There's also the completely unrelated matter of TB describing games he enjoys as simulators:

''[[Journey (2012 video game)|Journey]]'': The premier cloth flying simulator! }}

** A Meta-example: Whenever a [[YouTube]] Video receives recognition from TB (via a Like or share on his channel), expect one of the top liked comments to be some variation of "The Cynical Fleet as Arrived" because of the legion of TB fans watching the video.

** Hell, he's pretty much the [[Straight Man]] to the entire Game Station. Which says a lot about the Game Station.

** He [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] it himself in the Terraria series.

'''TB:''' ''*Disgusted Sigh*'' }}

* [[The Snark Knight]]: He appears to have a worldly disdain for anything and anyone around him, including some of his closest e-friends.

* [[The Spock|Superego]]: In a [[Freudian Trio]] with Lewis's [[The Kirk|ego]] and Simon's [[The McCoy|id]] in the ''[[Magicka]]'' and ''[[Trine]] 2'' videos.

* [[Totally Radical]]: Occasionally attempts this ironically, with [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|predictable results.]]

'''Jesse:''' That... that is... no. No. Never - on behalf of the world, no. Don't spit for us. }}

* [[Troll]]: Towards Simon of the [[Yogscast]] in ''[[Magicka]]'' and to a lesser extent ''[[Trine]] 2''.