History Film / BoBurnhamInside

--->''[[TemptingFate There's just... one thing]]''
--->''[[ChickenJoke The chicken must first... cross... the road]]''

** The primary humor of "Welcome to the Internet" dwells on the rapid switch between seemingly benign and absolutely horrid things you can find on the Internet, such as "movies, and doctors, and fantasy sports, and a bunch of colored pencil drawings of all the different characters in ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' [[BreadEggsMilkSquick fucking each other]]."

On May 30, 2022, the one-year anniversary of ''Inside'', Burnham [[https://twitter.com/boburnham/status/1531426724457480192 announced]] that he would be releasing a collection of material left on the editing room floor during the special's production in an hour's time on his [=YouTube=] channel. The end result, an hour-long video titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XWEVoI40sE The Inside Outtakes]]'', contains original bits and songs that didn't make the final cut alongside alternate versions of songs from the special. With the upload of the video, a deluxe version of the ''Inside'' album was also announced for eventual release on June 3. It contains the cut songs which appeared in the outtakes as well as the instrumental tracks from the special and two tracks which were also written for the special but didn’t make the cut for either the special proper or the outtakes. The outtakes were released separately as their own soundtrack on June 2, and the video was also released on Netflix on August 11.

* InternetStalking: Bo lists various things you might see scrolling through a 'White Woman's Instagram'. Although the things he lists range between banality and stereotype, there's also a verse about grief and family, which a large amount of users feel comfortable publicising on their social media accounts.
--> "''Some random quote from Lord of the Rings''
--> ''Incorrectly attributed to Martin Luther King''
--> ''Is this Heaven?''
--> ''Or am I looking at a''
--> ''White woman''
--> ''A white woman's Instagram''"

* ChickenJoke: Deconstructed: "The Chicken", rather than focus on the punchline portion, instead focuses more on the build-up. [[DrivingQuestion Exactly]] ''[[DrivingQuestion why]]'' [[DrivingQuestion was the chicken at the road in the first place?]]

--->''Here's a healthy breakfast option''\\
''You should kill your mom''\\
''Here's why women never fuck you''\\
''Here's how you can build a bomb''

--->''Here's a healthy breakfast option!'' '''''You should kill your mom.'''''

On May 30, 2022, the one-year anniversary of ''Inside'', Burnham [[https://twitter.com/boburnham/status/1531426724457480192 announced]] that he would be releasing a collection of material left on the editing room floor during the special's production in an hour's time on his [=YouTube=] channel. The end result, an hour-long video titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XWEVoI40sE The Inside Outtakes]]'', contains original bits and songs that didn't make the final cut alongside alternate versions of songs from the special. With the upload of the video, a deluxe version of the ''Inside'' album was also announced for eventual release on June 3. It contains the cut songs which appeared in the outtakes as well as the instrumental tracks from the special and two tracks which were also written for the special but didn’t make the cut for either the special proper or the outtakes. The outtakes were themselves released on Netflix on August 11.

-->''Her future is waiting, right there for the taking''
-->''[[TemptingFate There's just... one thing...]]''
-->''[[ChickenJoke The chicken must first... cross... the road]]''

* WhamLine: "White Woman's Instagram" has "It's been a decade since you've been gone," after which the song takes a sincere and empathetic turn away from the mockery preceding it.

* BrandX: The outtakes feature bits revolving around companies obviously evocative of Google, [=YouTube=] and Creator/MarvelStudios among others -- except the names of all of them are simply replaced with "Inside," still bearing their iconic text and coloring.

* TakeThat: "Bezos I" and "Bezos II" are sarcastic praises of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Creator/{{Amazon}} and one of the richest men in the world, who only became wealthier during the pandemic. In the former, Bo calls out Bezos's SelfMadeMan narrative [[note]]he was from a relatively well-off family who invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into Amazon when it was starting out[[/note]], while in the latter Bo snidely offers empty congratulations.

On May 30, 2022, the one-year anniversary of ''Inside'', Burnham [[https://twitter.com/boburnham/status/1531426724457480192 announced]] that he would be releasing a collection of material left on the editing room floor during the special's production in an hour's time on his [=YouTube=] channel. The end result, an hour-long video titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XWEVoI40sE The Inside Outtakes]]'', contains original bits and songs that didn't make the final cut alongside alternate versions of songs from the special. With the upload of the video, a deluxe version of the ''Inside'' album was also announced for eventual release on June 3. It contains the cut songs which appeared in the outtakes as well as the instrumental tracks from the special and two tracks which were also written for the special but didn’t make the cut for either the special proper or the outtakes.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Just before "How The World Works," the streamer Bo briefly flashes in the bottom right corner.

-->''I'm white, and I'm here to save the day!\\

-->'''Bo:''' I'm sorry, Socko. I was just trying to become a better person.\\

* WhiteMansBurden: "Comedy" takes pot-shots at white men who insert themselves into social issues just so they can feel like heroes despite making minimal effort and zero sacrifices.

The special was released on May 30th, 2021 on Creator/{{Netflix}}, and had a limited US theatrical release in the summer of the same year [[note]]It was initially announced that showings would only be held on July 22 as a "one night only" event, but between the high demand that grew and the rapid rate of show sellouts, many theaters extended the run across the weekend, with some even adding additional showings afterwards[[/note]], making it the first Netflix "comedy" special to ever receive theatrical distribution. The accompanying soundtrack, ''Inside (The Songs)'', was released on various platforms on June 10 [[note]]A physical CD and vinyl release was later announced in September[[/note]] by Republic Records, with label executive Tyler Arnold personally reaching out to Bo, having been a fan of his for years and being a huge fan of the special [[note]]This marked the first instance of a simultaneous film/album release for one of Bo's specials since ''what.'' in 2013, following legal complications obstructing the process for ''Make Happy'' -- and potentially in part a result of heavy online fan campaigning for ''Inside'' to avoid a similar fate[[/note]].

On May 30, 2022, the one-year anniversary of ''Inside'', Burnham announced that he would be releasing a collection of material left on the editing room floor during the special's production in an hour's time on his [=YouTube=] channel. The end result, an hour-long video titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XWEVoI40sE The Inside Outtakes]]'', contains original bits and songs that didn't make the final cut alongside alternate versions of songs from the special. With the upload of the video, a deluxe version of the ''Inside'' album was also announced for eventual release on June 3. It contains the cut songs which appeared in the outtakes as well as the instrumental tracks from the special and two tracks which were also written for the special but didn’t make the cut for either the special proper or the outtakes.

Due to its structure (a considerable amount of which is dedicated to the production of the special itself), and the vast array of tones in its subject matter, many have found it reductive to label ''Inside'' as a comedy special. In fact, [[GenreBusting many have found difficulty labeling it anything at all]], and it has been said to incorporate elements of comedy, drama, documentary, theater, music, stand-up, meta-commentary, a psychological character study, and {{postmodernism}}.

The special was released on May 30, 2021 on Creator/{{Netflix}}, and had a limited US theatrical release in the summer of the same year[[note]]It was initially announced that showings would only be held on July 22 as a "one night only" event, but between the high demand that grew and the rapid rate of show sellouts, many theaters extended the run across the weekend, with some even adding additional showings afterwards[[/note]], making it the first Netflix "comedy" special to ever receive theatrical distribution. The accompanying soundtrack, ''Inside (The Songs)'', was released on various platforms on June 10[[note]]A physical CD and vinyl release was later announced in September[[/note]] by Republic Records, with label executive Tyler Arnold personally reaching out to Bo, having been a fan of his for years and being a huge fan of the special[[note]]This marked the first instance of a simultaneous film/album release for one of Bo's specials since ''what.'' in 2013, following legal complications obstructing the process for ''Make Happy'' -- and potentially in part a result of heavy online fan campaigning for ''Inside'' to avoid a similar fate[[/note]].

* GainaxEnding: The special [[spoiler:ends with Bo finally leaving his room, only to be confronted by a spotlight and the sound of a cheering audience. Horrified, he tries to get back in but finds that he's been locked out, and the audience laughs endlessly as they watch him struggle...and all of this is being watched by Bo himself on a screen, still inside the room, who gives a small smile.]]

** At one point during "Comedy," Bo can be seen typing on an adding machine. The next shot shows he is repeatedly typing in "69" and [[FourTwentyBlazeIt "420"]].

* TakeThat: "Bezos I" and "Bezos II" are sarcastic praises of Jeff Bezos, CEO of Creator/{{Amazon}} and one of the richest men in the world, who only became wealthier during the pandemic. In the former, Bo calls out Bezos's SelfMadeMan narrative[[note]]he was from a relatively well-off family who invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into Amazon when it was starting out[[/note]], while in the latter Bo snidely offers empty congratulations.

--> ''I'm white, and I'm here to save the day!\\

--> ''I look back at the microwave--wait a minute''
--> ''How'd I miss this button? There's a button and the button says "Popcorn"''

Due to its structure (a considerable amount of which is dedicated to the production of the special itself), and the vast array of tones in its subject matter, many have found it reductive to label ''Inside'' as a "comedy" special. In fact, [[GenreBusting many have found difficulty labeling it anything at all]], and it has been said to incorporate elements of comedy, drama, documentary, theater, music, stand-up, meta-commentary, a psychological character study, and {{postmodernism}}.

The special was released on May 30, 2021 on Creator/{{Netflix}}, and had a limited US theatrical release in the summer of the same year[[note]]It was initially announced that showings would only be held on July 22 as a "one night only" event, but between the high demand that grew and the rapid rate of show sellouts, many theaters extended the run across the weekend, with some even adding additional showings afterwards[[/note]], making it the first Netflix "comedy" special to ever receive theatrical distribution. The accompanying soundtrack, ''Inside (The Songs)'', was released on various platforms on June 10[[note]]A physical CD and vinyl release was later announced in September.[[/note]] by Republic Records, with label executive Tyler Arnold personally reaching out to Bo, having been a fan of his for years and being a huge fan of the special[[note]]This marked the first instance of a simultaneous film/album release for one of Bo's specials since ''what.'' in 2013, following legal complications obstructing the process for ''Make Happy'' -- and potentially in part a result of heavy online fan campaigning for ''Inside'' to avoid a similar fate[[/note]].

** The final joke of the outtakes. All to the beat of the song "WTFIGO?" the video shows a message promoting ''Inside'' on Netflix, displays a big red "[[TheEnd THE END]]," and cuts to a screen capture of Bo's Mac screen, open to Final Cut Pro and editing the outtakes themselves. It then cuts to a screen capture of ''that'' screen capture, and then ''that'' capture, and then ''that'' capture, after which Bo makes the cursors in the various captures "dance" in alternating formation.

* TheInternetIsForPorn: "Welcome to the Internet" encourages the listener to "be happy, be horny" and says "we've got movies and doctors and fantasy sports and a bunch of colored pencil drawings of all the different characters in ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fucking each other."

** "All-Time Low" starts with Bo (in spoken words) saying that his mental health has hit an all-time low. He suddenly transitions into a jaunty, upbeat tune with LyricalDissonance about how it feels like he's going to die at any moment. After that, he ends the track by saying "so yeah, not doing great" in spoken word again.

* ClusterFBomb: "WTFIGO" eventually transitions to Bo repeating "What the fuck is going on?" over and over in the second half of the song. The other songs aren't averse to swearing, but this one contains a swear word on every line in the latter part.

** At one point during "Comedy," Bo can be seen typing on an adding machine. The next shot shows he is repeatedly typing in 69 and [[FourTwentyBlazeIt 420]].

** At one point during "Comedy," Bo can be seen typing on an adding machine. The next shot shows he is repeatedly typing in 69 and [[420BlazeIt 420]].

* ArcWords: "Stay inside" or a variant thereof is a recurring message, communicated mainly through use as a lyric in multiple songs in the original special ("Content", "All Eyes on Me", "Goodbye", etc.) and as a slogan in ads for various fictional companies in the outtakes.

** "Goodbye" ends with a reprise of "Welcome to the Internet," "Comedy," and and an almost nightmarish "Look Who's Inside Again". While none of those were exactly positive songs to begin with, they now focus entirely on Bo himself and the crossroads between his ambitions and his anxieties.

** Following "Unpaid Intern", we cut to Bo reacting to the song and commenting on it. [[spoiler:But after the song within the video ends, the video itself keeps going, this time playing Bo's reaction to his song, which he is understandably confused by. This continues with Bo commenting on and criticising his other reactions before he finally makes it stop after four or five loops.]]
** In the outtakes, Bo creates a few of these and uses them as B-roll footage by pointing his camera at a monitor; the [=YouTube=]-labeled chapter of one instance is even titled "mise en abyme" (a formal technique in Western art of placing a copy of an image within itself). He creates a similar effect at the end of "This Isn't a Joke".

** The final joke of the outtakes. All to the beat of the song "WTFIGO?", the video shows a message promoting ''Inside'' on Netflix, displays a big red "[[TheEnd THE END]]", and cuts to a screen capture of Bo's Mac screen, open to Final Cut Pro and editing the outtakes themselves. It then cuts to a screen capture of ''that'' screen capture, and then ''that'' capture, and then ''that'' capture, after which Bo makes the cursors in the various captures "dance" in alternating formation.

* OneManSong: "Bezos I" through "Bezos IV", all centered around Creator/{{Amazon}} founder Jeff Bezos.

** [[spoiler: An optimist would say that this ending is about Bo expecting to be scared when he can finally start performing on stage again, but ultimately communicating through the smile that he's going to be alright once that part is done.]]
** [[spoiler: A pessimist would say that this is Bo becoming too adjusted to being home alone such that him returning to the stage would be so overwhelming that it's only a matter of time until his mental health deteriorates again.]]

** The primary humor of "Welcome to the Internet" dwells on the rapid switch between seemingly benign and absolutely horrid things you can find on the Internet, such as "movies, and doctors, and fantasy sports, and a bunch of colored pencil drawings of all the different characters in ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' [[BreadEggsMilkSquick fucking each other]]".

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Welcome to the Internet" says that the internet has "movies, and doctors, and fantasy sports, and a bunch of colored pencil drawings of all the different characters in ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fucking each other". The faster part of the song also jumps around between light-hearted things people would search for and Internet conspiracy theories.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In "All Eyes On Me", when he tells his audience to get up, he means ''everyone'' -- including ''you''. [[spoiler:''And he'll attack you if you don't comply''.]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: In the first verse of "Problematic", Bo says that he was a sheltered kid who wrote offensive things and said them, not realizing back then how much he'd eventually regret it. The second verse denounces the first, where Bo states that he shouldn't use his childhood as an excuse, and that he accepts his actions as his own without trying to justify them away.

* TheInternetIsForPorn: "Welcome to the Internet" encourages the listener to "be happy, be horny", and says "we've got movies and doctors and fantasy sports and a bunch of colored pencil drawings of all the different characters in ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fucking each other".
* InternetSafetyAesop: The entire special involves criticising the use of the internet in the 21st century, with its points including irresponsible parents using it as a babysitting tool, users using social media to compensate for self-esteem issues and feelings of inadequacy, and how addictive it is.

* LOL69: During, appropriately, the sexting song, eagle-eyed viewers can spot that Bo's air conditioning -- which isn't on for any other part of the special -- is set to 69 degrees.

** "Shit" is a bouncy, funky dance-pop tune about [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin feeling like shit]].
** In "All Time Low", Bo details what sounds like a panic attack through an upbeat pop song.

** This happens frequently in "Welcome to the Internet", even between individual lines, to imitate how easily one can find jarringly different content in the medium nowadays back-to-back without even trying to.

* RayOfHopeEnding: ''Inside'' is incredibly bleak, with even its funniest moments having an edge of desperation and despair to them, and Bo talking very frankly about his mental health issues and how quarantine only made them worse. He repeatedly questions whether doing comedy is necessary or even appropriate given the circumstances, and whether it'll help anyone, including himself. But, not for nothing, the final shot of the movie is Bo watching a recording of himself, and smiling.

* RepriseMedley: The last verse of "Goodbye," the closing number of ''Inside'', features lyrics and melodies from the special's earlier songs, "All Eyes on Me," "Comedy," "Welcome to the Internet," and "Look Who's Inside Again."

* WhamLine: "White Woman's Instagram" has "It's been a decade since you've been gone...", after which the song takes a sincere and empathetic turn away from the mockery preceding it.

* UnfortunateSearchResults: PlayedForDrama in "That Funny Feeling", which features "Googling derealization [and] hating what you find" among the list of scenarios that generate the namesake feeling of existential dread.
* WrongfullyAttributed: InUniverse; one of the stock posting mishaps of basic white women in "White Women's Instagram" is "Some random quote from ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'', incorrectly attributed to [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin Luther King]]".

* ByNoIMeanYes: In one part of "The Future", a song about crushing depressive feelings:

* BrandX: The outtakes feature bits revolving around companies obviously evocative of Google, [=YouTube=] and Creator/MarvelStudios among others -- except the names of all of them are simply replaced with "Inside", still bearing their iconic text and coloring.
* CallBack: The entirety of "The Future" uses cinematography very similar to the opening shot of "All Eyes on Me" -- a close-up on Bo's face cutting off below his nose as he holds a microphone, the shot filled with one color (green instead of blue). The similarity is hammered home in the edit of the sequence itself, with Bo's eyes turning to the camera in "All Eyes on Me" being spliced in just as he does the same in "The Future", creating one fluid motion.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Bezos III" transitions into "The Future".
* FailedASpotCheck: In "Microwave Popcorn", Bo burns a bag of popcorn and resorts to eating Skinny Pop before realizing there's a button on the microwave designated for popcorn.

* IJustWantToBeYou: "1985" is all about how Bo wants to be an oblivious white guy in [[UsefulNotes/TheEighties the titular year]]. Bo then admits that not every white guy had it easy in 1985, before admitting that who he really wants to be is his father Scott Burnham in 1985, because "my father was happier than I am".

* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Subverted and parodied in "Five Years", a song to a hypothetical girlfriend of five years about things Bo finds annoying about her, like eating his dumplings without asking, claiming to be a feminist but telling him to "be a man" and kill a spider, and needing to use the bathroom every time that he does despite the fact that they have two bathrooms.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One bit in the outtakes revolves around a presentation from the media production company "[[Creator/MarvelStudios Inside Studios]]" helmed by Bo assuming the persona of its president, and a self-described [[TakeThat "adult man in a baseball hat"]], in a clear nod to Creator/KevinFeige.
* {{Pastiche}}: "Five Years" is one for the modern R&B sound popularized by artists like Music/{{Drake}}, and takes overt influence from several of his songs. Bo's voicemail at the start has been compared to the similar use of an opening voicemail in "Marvins Room", numerous vocal melodies and cadences are lifted straight from "Controlla", and the set lighting for most of the song is reminiscent of the video for "Hotline Bling".

** The primary humor of "Welcome to the Internet" dwells on the rapid switch between seemingly benign and absolutely horrid things you can find on the Internet.

** The outtakes contain a brief scene of Bo creepily smiling in the dark paired with a clip of "How the World Works" slowed down to ''incredibly'' unnerving effect.

** In the outtakes, Bo creates a few of these and uses them as B-Roll footage by pointing his camera at a monitor; the [=YouTube=]-labeled chapter of one instance is even titled "mise en abyme" (a formal technique in Western art of placing a copy of an image within itself). He creates a similar effect at the end of "This Isn't a Joke".
--->"Look at me and me ''and me and me and me''--"

** "Shit" is a bouncy funk tune about [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin feeling like shit.]]

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Bezos III" transitions seamlessly into "The Future".

* IJustWantToBeYou: "1985" is all about how Bo wants to be an oblivious white guy in UsefulNotes/TheEighties. Bo then admits that not every white guy had it easy in 1985, before admitting that who he really wants to be is his father Scott Burnham in 1985 because "my father was happier than I am".

* FailedASpotCheck: In "Microwave Popcorn" Bo burns a bag of popcorn and resorts to eating Skinny Pop before realizing there's a button on the microwave designated for popcorn.