History Creator / Nigahiga

--->'''Ryan (as Matthew [=McConaughey=]:''' Sometimes, you gotta move back to actually move forward. I don't mean that like some fancy metaphor, I mean literally, like when you crash into one of those big ol' green tube things in Mario Kart, you gotta press B and reverse a little, and then you can keep going. And even though I know all that, I still have so many unanswered questions like did they name the tree after the palm, or the palm after the tree? Did Delilah ever tell that guy what it was like in New York City? And of course the greatest question of all: What is the meaning of life... cereal. I mean, it don't taste that good, it's not the healthiest cereal around, it's just there, yet life is still a cereal 'cause life is still surreal."

* ManChild: Discussed in "Immature Guys!"

* ManlyTears: "Shed a Tear".

* MrFanservice: Click on one of his song parodies "Like a Good Boy". Read the comments. Drink a glass of water every time you see a comment talking about how hot he is when he takes off his shirt in the video for just a few seconds. You will be spending a LONG time in the bathroom.
* MultinationalTeam: YTF: Ryan is Japanese, Kevin's Taiwanese, Victor Kim is Korean, Andrew is Latino, JR is Filipino, D-Trix is part-Filipino and part-Latino, and Chester's half-Filipino.

* NiceGuysFinishLast: In "Nice Guys", Ryan and Kevin decide to take a class on how to not be a NiceGuy under the assumption that their girlfriends would like them more if they were [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boys]]. Throughout the music video, they realize that being a {{jerkass}} just pushes their girlfriends away and they decide to quit the act and make up with their girlfriends, subverting this trope. However, the lyrics are played straight, even during Ryan and Kevin's {{Heel Realization}}s, where the lyrics go on about how the singer (likely the teacher) would like to be open to their girlfriend, but dismisses that thought and continues to be a jerk.

** In P90 Flex: "We'll give you not 4, not 3, not 2, but ONE DVD for the price for two!"

** And then he literally one hit-kills a billiards player in "Dear Ryan -Klondike Bar."

'''Justin:''' Will you stop with those beeps?! [Beat] (quietly)...Ah, okay, okay.\\

** Taken up to eleven in "The Best Joke Ever".

** And then there's possibly the most forced pun yet: Copied Right-In-Fridge Mints.

* ArtShift: The flashbacks are drawn in rough, grayscale cartoon-style.

'''Justin Chon:''' (angrily) Hey motherf-\\

'''Justin:''' Will you stop with those beeps?! [Beat] ...Ah, okay, okay.\\

'''Justin:''' Mother-\\

* He's also started a series called "Expectations Vs. Reality", which only has two entries so far.

Since 2020, he's largely moved on from [=YouTube=] and now does LetsPlay streams on Platform/{{Twitch}}, with highlights going to his side channel [=HigaTV=].

** The Google Glass Human is more malignant, guiding its user into a pool, automatically turning down dates, and downright refusing commands. It eventually ends up killing its user via Fartillery, or "Am Fragrance".

** The "Butt Weight" joke from "Hard and Black Realistic But Not Real Gun" makes a return in "Google Glass Human."

** The airport in "Romantic Cliches in Real Life" is [=EveRy=], which is the name of the parody airlines he made.

** In "Dear Ryan - Stop Posting Videos", he jumps off a cliff after reading a mean comment. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he never intended to kill himself and just pressed the upload button at the bottom of the cliff.]]

* FourthWallGreeting: "Oh, hi. Didn't see you there."
* FunWithAcronyms: [=GiveUpAndSettle.com=] has the Personality Aptitude Placement Enrollment Research By Algorithmic Groupings system, aka P.A.P.E.R.B.A.G., with the site uses to find a "near perfect match within seconds." As the narrator says this, a hand reaches into a paper bag and picks out two names.

--->'''Ryan (as Matthew [=McConaughey=]:''' Sometimes, you gotta move back to actually move forward. I don't mean that like some fancy metaphor, I mean literally, like when you crash into one of those big ol' green tube things in Mario Kart, you gotta press B and reverse a little, and then you can keep going. And even though I know all that, I still have so many unanswered questions like did they name the tree after the palm, or the palm after the tree? Did Delilah ever tell that guy what it was like in New York City? And of course the greatest question of all: What is the meaning of life... cereal. I mean, it don't taste that good, it's not the healthiest cereal around, it's just there. Yet, life is still a cereal, 'cause life is still surreal."

* MrFanservice: Click on one of his song parodies, "Like a Good Boy." Read the comments. Drink a glass of water every time you see a comment talking about how hot he is when he takes off his shirt in the video for just a few seconds. You will be spending a LONG time in the bathroom.
* MultinationalTeam: YTF. Ryan is Japanese. Kevin's Taiwanese. Victor Kim is Korean. Andrew is Latino. JR is Filipino. D-Trix is part-Filipino, part-Latino. Chester's half-Filipino.

* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: "Bromance" includes the disclaimer, "Not that there's anything wrong with being gay."

*** {{Averted|Trope}}, with the emo guy whose name is "Dead.... because I killed it."

* PokeThePoodle: In "How to be Gangster," there's a sign in the car that says "Never Drink and Drive." Cut to Ryan driving and drinking...a juice pouch.

* SoundEffectBleep: Parodied in iNavigator.

--> '''Ryan:''' And imma beat you... in every competition!

* EveryEpisodeEnding: '''[[{{Catchphrase}} TEEHEE]]'''

* TakeThat: The girls in the locker room describe Aden the same way [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella describes Edward]], coming to the conclusion that Aden is indeed... a unicorn.

->'''[[{{Catchphrase}} TEE]][[EveryEpisodeEnding HEE]]'''

--> [[spoiler:'''Bob''']]: Herro! My name is... [[spoiler: Bob.]]

* {{Bowdlerize}}: A PetPeeveTrope of his; [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Censorship Makes no Sense".

** [[spoiler: Tham and Steve]] in The New Show!

** LampshadeHanging on this is both {{Inverted}} and {{Subverted}} in Off The Pill-Feminists

* DoubleStandard: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Off the Pill - Feminist", where he especially questions why females consider compliments to their breasts offensive while males don't do the same about compliments to their muscles.

** In "Movies in Minutes - Final Destination", Dominic jumps off the roof of a building because he couldn't handle death trying to claim him. [[spoiler: Subverted, because Dominic ended up fine, knew he would be fine and jumped off for no real reason at all.]]
** In "Dear Ryan - Stop Posting Videos", he jumps off a cliff after reading a mean comment. [[spoiler: Subverted in that he never intended to kill himself and just pressed the upload button at the bottom of the cliff.]]

* HoYay: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Word of the Day: Bromance". HilarityEnsues.

--> '''Ryan (as Matthew [=McConaughey=]''': Sometimes, you gotta move back to actually move forward. I don't mean that like some fancy metaphor, I mean literally, like when you crash into one of those big ol' green tube things in Mario Kart, you gotta press B and reverse a little, and then you can keep going. And even though I know all that, I still have so many unanswered questions like did they name the tree after the palm, or the palm after the tree? Did Delilah ever tell that guy what it was like in New York City? And of course the greatest question of all: What is the meaning of life... cereal. I mean, it don't taste that good, it's not the healthiest cereal around, it's just there. Yet, life is still a cereal, 'cause life is still surreal."

* InsaneTrollLogic: A staple in many videos, but most prominent in his videos to discover the truth behind the Illuminati and the Beyonce's Lemonade. Coupled with BatDeduction, both of which result in major examples of a [[spoiler: {{Feghoot}}]]

* MookChivalry: [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in "Expectations vs. Reality: Action Movies".

---> [[UnflinchingWalk SLOW MOTION WALKING]] [[StuffBlowingUp WITH EXPLOSIONS]] AND NINJAS [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvlofs2W124&t=0m13s !]]

* NotSoDifferentRemark: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Off the Pill: Music/RebeccaBlack (Music/{{Friday}})", where Ryan compares Friday to the music that he makes.

* SmallNameBigEgo: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Off the Pill - Arrogant People".

* YouNoTakeCandle: Hanate.

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The SINS agent]] turns out to be [[spoiler: the first person Aden suspected.]]

* DamselInDistress: Taylor, before [[spoiler: evolving into an ActionGirl]].
* DanceOfRomance: [[spoiler: Aden and Taylor. Supposedly, the two were going to rush to prom in order to make it happen, but upon finding out the doors have been locked, they have no qualms dancing outside, [[MoodWhiplash and then beating up a S.I.N.S. spy.]]]]

* HeroStoleMyBike: Aden, in pursuit of [[spoiler: the SIN agent with Taylor]]. Too bad it didn't have training wheels.

Since 2020, he's largely moved on from [=YouTube=] and now does LetsPlay streams on Website/{{Twitch}}, with highlights going to his side channel [=HigaTV=].

* HollywoodDateless: Ryan hasn't had an official relationship since his ex Tarynn from some of his first videos. He admits it's due to him [[ComedicSociopathy being really bad]] [[MinorFlawMajorBreakup at dating people]].

[[https://www.nigahiga.net Ryan Higa]] (born June 6, 1990), better known as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/nigahiga Nigahiga]], was the seventh most-subscribed person on Website/YouTube with over 15 million subscribers. He has six main video types:

* His "How to be" guides, all of which were originally taken down because of copyright, but now some of them have been readded. These include "How to be {{Emo}}", "How to be Gangster", "How to be {{Ninja}}", and, among the still-removed ones, "How to be Nerd" and "How to be UFC Fighter";
** He still makes a fair amount of "How To" videos, including: "How to be a Youtuber", "How to be a Rapper", "How to Sing Like Your Favorite Artists", and "How to Act Like Your Favorite Actors";

* His "Off the Pill rants", where he talks about anything that bugs him while staying off his [=ADHD=] medicine (hence the title), has since been {{Retool}}ed into a podcast with the same name;

* He's also started a series called "Expectations Vs. Reality", which only has two entries so far. Along with all these, he has made at least 11 music videos.

** He still makes a fair amount of "How To" videos, including: "How to be a Youtuber", "How to be a Rapper", "How to Sing Like Your Favorite Artists", and "How to Act Like Your Favorite Actors"

* His "Rants", which are also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* DreamTeam: As of late he's been doing collaborations with the other Los Angeles [=YouTube stars=], such as WebVideo/KevJumba, Chester See, David Choi, and D-Trix. He is also a part of a group called YTF consisting of himself, Kevin, Chester, Victor Kim, Andrew Garcia, JRA and D-Trix.
** He is also good friends with many Asian American Youtubers, like Wong Fu Productions, Arden Cho, Cathy Nguyen among others.

--> '''Ryan:''' And imma beat you... [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender in every competition]]!

* WereStillRelevantDammit: [[invoked]] Parodied and invoked. Ryan is not above making jokes around then-trending topics or memes, but will also make fun of how immediately outdated it will be. There was a period where Ryan would relentlessly make fun of {{Music/Justin Bieber}}, though this faded out and a video even opened up with him immediately shooting down an attempted "Bieber Fever" joke.
** The [[WebVideo/YoutubeRewind Youtube ReRyans]] mocks this unapologetically with the punchline: [[spoiler:the biggest trend of 2016 and 2017 is Planking]].

* His "How to be" guides, all of which were originally taken down because of copyright, but now some of them have been readded. These include "How to be {{Emo}}", "How to be Gangster", "How to be {{Ninja}}", and, among the still-removed ones, "How to be {{Nerd}}" and "How to be UFC Fighter";

* AsianAndNerdy: The personal trainers in "How to Be {{Nerd}}", but only because they're played by Ryan and Sean.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Off the Pill rants.

* {{Bishonen}}: Yup yuppers.

** Taken UpToEleven in "The Best Joke Ever".

* BastardBoyfriend: Invoked in "Nice Guys".
** Lampshaded in depth when Ryan explains why he'd be a bad boyfriend in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Worst Boyfriend Ever."]]

* DomesticAbuse: Subverted in "Nice Guys".

* FourEqualPaymentsOf: Get Hook on Foniks, a fourteen dollar value, for thirteen... easy payments of 14.99!

* MesaCrowd: Multiple "Ryans" appear in quite a few videos.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: Ryan's last name is Okinawan and is pronounced "Hee-ga" instead of "Higga". These makes his user name "Nee-ga Hee-ga."

* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: The "niga" isn't an incorrect spelling of [[NWordPrivileges the N-word]], but it's supposed to be the Japanese word for "rant", so it's pronounced "nee-gah", rhyming with "Higa" (pronounced "hee-gah").

* NotSoDifferent: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Off the Pill: Music/RebeccaBlack (Music/{{Friday}})", where Ryan compares Friday to the music that he makes.

* TakeThat: "How To Sound Like Your Favorite Artists" is especially more venomous in its [[TakeThat Take Thats]] than most of Ryan's other videos.

* {{Adorkable}}: Melvin.

*** Don't forget R-Dizzle-Fo-Shizzle-Ma-Nizzle-Off-Da-Hizzle-Drizzle the gangster, Elitedarklord_dragonslayer_3.14159 the nerd and, [[WebVideo/MysteryGuitarMan Mystery]][[WebVideo/KevJumba Kev]][[WebVideo/ShaneDawson Dawson]] [[WebVideo/{{Smosh}} Smosh]]emG [[Creator/WongFuProductions Fu Productions]] the Website/YouTube celebrity.