History Creator / BrianRegan

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: If someone has a similar but better story to say ("that was nothing"), then yours was a waste of time. That is unless the story is about you being one of the few who walked on the moon, then you always win.

* CripplingOverspecialization: An extended gag on how some lawyers specialize in "trip and fall" injuries while others specialize in "slip, trip and fall".

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: He thinks being told he pronounces words incorrectly is just the epi-TOME of hyper-BOWL.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Brian is the youngest of eight children, and jokes frequently about being the burden of his siblings, especially when he was a kid.

** "Well, that's it for my day, I am heading hom-wwWHOOOOOA!!! Are those ''BALLOONS''?! I don't know what they're tied to but I'm '''buying one'''!"
* TheDitz: Typically [[SelfDeprecation how he depicts himself]], particularly his younger self.

* HumbleHero: He talked about the incident of Captain Sullenberger landing a plane safely in Hudson River and that he doesn't consider himself a hero. Brian wonders if it's a requirement for heroes to be humble, and says that in this instance it would probably be okay if the captain just admitted he was a hero:

* InsistentTerminology: Doctors never say "pain", they say "pressure." "In a moment you're going to feel a little pressure."

* MiseryPoker: Invoked during his bit about having to go to the emergency room for a particularly bad stomach virus. The nurse asked him to rate his pain on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the worst), and Brian was concerned about rating it a 10 because he'd heard that the worst pain one could endure was a broken femur, and he was afraid a mob of patients from the "Broken Femur Ward" would storm his room:

--> '''Professional Player''': Good night. OUCH, Why did you stick that needle in my butt? OUCH, Why you do that ocassionaly through my career? OUCH, why don't you answer my persistent queries?
* SarcasmMode: He sometimes goes here. In a bit about elementary school science projects, he mentions a student who did a model of the solar system.

* SelfDeprecation: A lot of his routine is based on this, especially his bits about how stupid he was in school.
-->"Brian, what is the plural for 'box'"?
-->"...[[PerplexingPlurals Boxen]]. I bought two boxen of donuts."
* SeriousBusiness: His bit on eye exams.

His stand-up specials have included ''Stupid in School'', ''You Too And Stuff'', ''Comedy Central Presents: Brian Regan'', ''I Walked On The Moon'', ''Standing Up'', ''The Epitome of Hyperbole'', ''All By Myself'', and ''Nunchucks and Flamethrowers''.. He's also performed on Late Night With Creator/DavidLetterman and Late Night With Creator/ConanOBrien.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Brian is the youngest and the burden of his siblings.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: A major source of Brian's comedy is the self-confessed FatalFlaw that he just can't learn when to keep his mouth shut despite being in way over his head. He once went up to a group of art enthusiasts at a museum and said "I love art," knowing nothing at all about the subject.

* TheHeckler: A benign version. Two of his specials have had audience members yell out [[CallBack Call Backs]] to his old stuff to his [[ActuallyPrettyFunny amusement]] or confusion.

* TheHeckler: A benign version. Two of his specials have had audience members yell out CallBacks to his old stuff to his [[ActuallyPrettyFunny amusement]] or confusion.

* NamesTheSame: In-universe with Brian Regan, the United States spy/traitor.

-->'''Brian''': [[OhCrap O_O]]...Honey, did we pay that [[DisproportionateRetribution parking ticket?]]

* UnitConfusion:

His stand-up routines have included ''Stupid in School'', ''You Too And Stuff'', ''Comedy Central Presents: Brian Regan'', ''I Walked On The Moon'', ''Standing Up'', ''The Epitome of Hyperbole'', ''All By Myself'', and ''Nunchucks and Flamethrowers''.. He's also performed on Late Night With Creator/DavidLetterman and Late Night With Creator/ConanOBrien.

His stand-up routines have included ''Stupid in School'', ''You Too And Stuff'', ''Comedy Central Presents: Brian Regan'', ''I Walked On The Moon'', ''Standing Up'', ''The Epitome of Hyperbole'', and ''All By Myself''. He's also performed on Late Night With Creator/DavidLetterman and Late Night With Creator/ConanOBrien.

%% * MundaneMadeAwesome: WALKIE TALKIE!

%% * [[invoked]] SmallNameBigEgo: The "Me Monster"

Brian Regan is an American stand-up comedian. He's known for his consistently clean comedy style; he generally stays away from off-color humor and profanity. He bases all of his humor on common everyday occurrences such as ironing boards and buying juice. So what's so funny about this, you ask? See for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9em-ZCddWk yourself!]] He does a lot of material about his childhood and his own (often unfortunate) experiences at typically normal places such as the emergency room and the airport.

* TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs: Brian talking about Gentle Ben, and how is a horrible lesson "bears are friendly" is.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: One hallmark of his "idiot" characters is that they'll keep talking, even when it's clear that they're losing.

-->'''Captain Sully''': ....[[BluntYes yes]]. Do you see the footage of that plane coming in? Have any idea how hard that was? Keeping the wings level and the nose up....survivable speed.....HERO!

** "Hey there, Caro...lynn." "It's Carol''ine'', Brian."
** "It's Brai-'''yown'''."

%% * MotorMouth: The monster truck driver.

* NotHelpingYourCase: The bit about a guy who's against the concept of reading. Yeah, ''reading''.

-->I hate when you're trying to read something and you come across the expression "One thing led to another". What in the hell kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't that your job as the writer to tell me how this led to that? You can just throw that in there? "[[AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]] was rejected as a young man on his application to art school. [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII One thing led to another...]]and the United States dropped [[AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki two atomic bombs]] on the sovereign nation of Japan."

-->"...[[PerplexingPlurals boxen]]. I bought two boxen of donuts."

-->I hate when you're trying to read something and you come across the expression "One thing led to another". What in the hell kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't that your job as the writer to tell me how this led to that? You can just throw that in there? "[[AdolfHitler Adolf Hitler]] was rejected as a young man on his application to art school. [[WorldWarII One thing led to another...]]and the United States dropped [[AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki two atomic bombs]] on the sovereign nation of Japan."

* HollywoodSpelling: I assumed the name of a girl he met was "Amy", it was actually "Aymie". This tires Brian out.

%% * HollywoodSpelling: "Aymie"

-->I hate when you're trying to read something and you come across the expression "One thing led to another". What in the hell kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't that your job as the writer to tell me how this led to that? You can just throw that in there? "Adolf Hitler was rejected as a young man on his application to art school. One thing led to another...and the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the sovereign nation of Japan."

-->'''Captain Sully''': ....[[BluntYes yes]]. Do you see the footage of that plane coming in? Have any idea how hard that was? Keeping the wings level and the nose up....suvivable speed.....HERO!

* MyNaymeIs: His bit about "Amy" spelled "Aymie" provides the page quote.

* NamesTheSame: Brian Regan, the real life United States spy/traitor. He wasn't paying attention when the news came in.

** He subsequently decides against saying 9 because he was afraid of having to contend with a similar reaction from those who have experienced childbirth.

%% * MyNaymeIs: His bit about "Aymie". See SpellMyNameWithAnS below.

** He also uses this trope, with a dash of AsLongAsItSoundsForeign, to steer his way through a conversation he accidentally joined about art. (What's your favorite Cézanne?" "Win-TER.")