History LetsPlay / HatFilms

** Let's not even go into the Xbox Minecraft plays. All in all, they're home gets burned down no less then three times.

* DoNotCallMePaul: With the exception of Ross, whose username is DJH3MAX, H.A.T Film members all refer to each other exclusively by their usernames. In a bit of an inverse, they hate being known by their [=YouTube=] name "Haat Films", as it's an outdated spelling of their group name that they can't get [=YouTube=] to change.
** It should also be noted that in one of the early Epic Hatventure episodes, Alsmiffy asks the others to stop calling him by his full name, claiming that he had assumed when he made it that they would give him the shorter nickname of "Al" or "Smiffy". Though he's sometimes called Smiff, his request was mostly ignored, and he's still called Alsmiffy by the others.

* '''Chris Trott (Trottimus)''': Could be considered TheChick of the group as he is usually portrayed as the least violent and even called weepy-eyed on occasion. His skin in {{Minecraft}} is that of a walrus in a [[BadassLongcoat labcoat]], and he plays the role of a physician with a "[=PhD=] in doctoring".

* TheCameo: [[YogscastMinecraftSeries Simon and Lewis]] appear in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2NACUlwmE Minecon trailer]].
** Not to mention several other {{Minecraft}} players and celebrities.

* ChromaticArrangement: Outside of Minecraft, they tend to pick characters that are ColourCodedForYourConvenience. Ross is usually blue, Smiffy green, and Trott either red or orange.

* DontExplaintheJoke: Trott LOVES to do this.

* MadBomber: If something is exploding, chances are good that it's Alsmiffy's doing. He's even shown holding a stick of dynamite in the Skylands intro.

* SirSwearsALot: Despite being TheChick of the group, Trott is also the one who swears the most.
** In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BGWN9ScI0&feature=g-u-u Trials #7]], it's been stated that it's Ross' swearing that needs to be [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped]] the most.

* CallBack: In Skylands, the trio do an episode explaining that the reason they don't use Alsmiffy vision is because he's hallucinating monsters and fire all the time; at one point in the SkyBlock series, Alsmiffy randomly asks the others if they saw endless fire like he did. They inform him it's just him.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Mentioned twofold in an episode of Skyblock. The crew did take notice at everyone that kept screaming at them for not using bone meal on a mushroom and other crops, to which they replied that they record in bulk so everything is done in advance plus they feel they have more fun just playing as is no matter how much they screw up.

* CatchPhrase: "Good day!", as well as variants on "Buttery biscuit base," and "Wobble, wobble, wobble wobble wobble" which are a references to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeyUGZt8nk&list=FLM8cmVmXGPkHOXVyyU6rDAg&index=3 this]] video.

* '''Chris Trott (Trottimus)''': Could be considered TheChick of the group as he is usually portrayed as the least violent and even called weepy-eyed on occasion. His skin in {{Minecraft}} is that of a walrus in a [[BadassLongcoat labcoat]], and he plays the role of a physician with a "PhD in doctoring".

* CatchPhrase: "Good day!", as well as "Buttery biscuit base," which is a reference to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfeyUGZt8nk&list=FLM8cmVmXGPkHOXVyyU6rDAg&index=3 this]] video.

* GoodBadBugs: In Skylands, Ross falls down a hole and finds himself [[OhCrap face-to-face with a Creeper]]... who doesn't explode. The others throw some blocks to Ross and he quickly builds his way out of the hole, during which the Creeper continues to just look around at the Hatters without exploding or even starting its timer. They name it Fred the Passive Creeper.

* DoubleEntendre: The guys get some mileage out of jokes about "getting wood," "boning" wolves, and "porking" each other (throwing a pork chop to someone), and when Chris resorts to punching a Creeper to death after his sword breaks, he says "I just fisted a Creeper!"

** And of course, Smiffy's love of setting things on fire and/or blowing them up, to the point where any time something is on fire, the others immediately assume it was Alex's doing.

* ChromaticArrangement: Outside of Minecraft, they tend to pick characters that are ColourCodedForYourConvenience. Ross is usually blue, Alex green, and Chris either red or orange.
* ClusterFBomb: Chris does one at the start of Skylands Episode 8 when he's announcing their plans. He and Ross have a duel of {{Cluster F Bomb}}s later in the episode.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sometimes, the gang can come up with some rather clever things. In Skyblock, they created a cobblestone tower designed to make enemy mobs fall to their death so they can easily farm the loot with limited risk. In ''Epic Hatventure'', Alex, of all people, creates a "diving bell" that allows the group to go deep underwater to recover Chris' stuff.

* DoNotCallMePaul: With the exception of Ross, who's username is DJH3MAX, H.A.T Film members all refer to each other exclusively by their usernames. In a bit of an inverse, they hate being known by their [=YouTube=] name "Haat Films", as it's an outdated spelling of their group name that they can't get [=YouTube=] to change.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In Skylands episode 29, while Chris is fighting a spider [[ImprobableWeaponUser with a golden record]], Ross gets blown up and killed after teleporting from the spawn. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqg9jmYkAws&t=11m15s Twice.]]

** Near the end of the Skylands playthrough, Ross and Alex spot an Enchantment Table floating in mid-air, out of the blue, much to their bewilderment, since Skylands was made ''long'' before that particular block was implemented in Minecraft.
* {{Griefer}}: Alex usually griefs Ross and Chris for shits and giggles, which sometimes results in one or both of them getting revenge on Alex. On the trio's public server, if any of the three guys make an appearance, players tend to run away or hide since the trio are known for gleefully messing around with the public using their admin powers. However, most of the players tend to not mind as they know it's all in good fun.

* HostileWeather: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrQLl9pufxU#t=9m38s Here]] , the boys are attacked by an angry lightning storm during their Skyblock playthrough.
** "Lightning storm" is an ''understatement''. It was MoreDakka in lightning form. As it happens, Ross was in the perfect place to see it happen and to watch Alex and Chris burn to death. It was so CrazyAwesome that Ross and Alex actually get annoyed with Chris for stopping the thunderstorm and execute him by knocking him off the tower.

* IfICantHaveYou: In one Skylands episode, Alex kills a wolf that Ross just tamed, claiming that he had already fed the wolf a bone and then Ross swooped in and stole it with a second bone.

* KillItWithFire: In the Forsaken Lands episode 12, Chris attempts this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHCqQp8Iy4&t=5m25s on some skeletons]]. [[spoiler: It backfires]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Alex's attempts at setting things on fire sometimes do result in him getting set on fire as well. This is especially evident when he finally gets his hands on a flint and ''Epic Hatventure'' and try to set a forest on fire... He sets himself on fire as well.

* MadBomber: If something is exploding, chances are good that it's Alex's doing. He's even shown holding a stick of dynamite in the Skylands intro.
* MercyKill: In episode 17 of Skylands, Chris catches fire for the umpteenth time and Ross gets tired of watching him bumble around screaming, so he finally just beats him to death with a [[ImprobableWeaponUser torch]].

* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Which is caused by the dissonance between virtual-world injury and real-world injury: In Skylands, the lads spend a lot of time falling off cliffs and screaming their heads off. Then at one point Alex screams yet again, and when the others ask if he died again, he replies, "No but I just jammed my knee into my desk!"
** Chris also gets his moment of this where he screams and when Ross and Alex assumed Chris fell out of the world again, Chris (off mic) says he fell out of his chair. Ross quickly makes fun of him for it.

* NoMouth: Alex.

* OnlySaneMan: Ross and Chris take turns in this role.
* PlatformHell: In ''Epic Hatventure'', the very first dungeon is basically a set of these, in two parts. The first part is a timed platforming segment to get to the other side of a chasm (with the platforms only extending outwards for a short amount of time), and the second segment is of jumping onto platforms ''over lava''. HilarityEnsues. The first part required one and roughly a quarter episodes to get through. The other half ended up in two episodes because Ross and Chris had to go back over to grab the stuff they left behind in a chest... Which then they lost half off thanks to Chris mis-timing a jump.
** It returns in the Forgotten City's mansion, in the Royal Study. Two questions are hidden behind jumping puzzles. Chris dies again.

* PyroManiac: Alex has a habit of burning things down, like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsbML_eQMGE&feature=channel_video_title#t=5m48s this]] and soon after [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_630024&src_vid=gsbML_eQMGE&feature=iv&v=1xzigMiQceU#t=2m5s this]].

--> '''Chris:''' All right guys, is there anything we can do to improve our situation?
--> '''Alex:''' Set ''everything'' on fire.

** The first thing Alex does when they arrive in the Ascension Woods is to set it on fire.
--> '''Alex''': It's the Ascension Burnt now!
** Alex tries to set the first forest he sees on fire once he gets the flint and tinder in ''Epic Hatventure''. Not only does it seem to fail, he also sets himself on fire in the process. And then he proceeds to start plenty of fires in the Forgotten City's mansion, though they never get around to spreading anywhere because Chris and Ross are putting them out.

** And of course, Alex's love of setting things on fire and/or blowing them up, to the point where anytime something is on fire, the others immediately assume it was Alex's doing.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Chris gives these high-pitched bloodcurdling screams whenever he falls off a cliff in Skylands. Which is frequently.
** Alex and Ross also get in a few good ear-splitting screams when falling into the abyss of Skylands.

* ShootTheDog: Friendly wolves generally do not survive very long - a few episodes at most. The most common cause seems to be [[{{Pyromaniac}} Alex]].

* SirSwearsALot: Despite being TheChick of the group, Chris is also the one who swears the most.

* TokenEvilTeammate: While "evil" is an overstatement, Alex is by far the one most likely to cause mayhem by griefing his teammates, killing their tamed wolves, setting fires, blowing things up, intentionally jumping off cliffs to his death, etc.

** Subverted in ''Epic Hatventure'' where, in the Forgotten City's mansion, in the library, Alex blows up a Creeper, exposing the redstone wiring underneath (and the hidden workings behind the scenes, which the gang joke about), then they activate the switch to the Royal Study, but then they notice that it's not opening the door. Then they realize that the Creeper blew up the redstone wiring responsible for opening the door. [[CuttingTheKnot So they decide that the "no breaking blocks" rule for this dungeon doesn't count in this instance, and break down the door.]]

* Hatventures Origins: The Trio is being stalked by a mysterious red being, who sends them down a watery void into the unknown. Only the prologue episode is available at the moment, and as of the date this is being written Hat Films is auditioning for artists and voice actors to be part of the series.

* DoNotCallMePaul: With the exception of Ross, who's username is DJH3MAX, H.A.T Film members all refer to each other exclusively by their usernames. In a bit of an inverse, they hate being known by their Youtube name "Haat Films", as it's an outdated spelling of their group name that they can't get Youtube to change.

* Don'tExplaintheJoke: Trott LOVES to do this.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hat Films and game vehicles don't mix well.
* FiveManBand:
** Ross: TheHero
** Chris: TheChick[=/=]TheSmartGuy
** Alex: TheLancer[=/=]TheBigGuy[=/=]TokenEvilTeammate at times

* NoFourthWall: The guys make no attempt to pretend that they don't have an audience, and will often start talking about the editing process and the latest comments they've read.

** Their advertisements for non-existant musical recordings that are only available in really obscure or out-dated formats.

* ShmuckBait: In one episode of Skylands, the boys start encouraging their viewers to stick their laptops in the microwave in order to enable the "Night Vision" mod.

* StrawFeminist: Trott has a habit of picking the female characters or, even when male, adopting female characteristics (Walrus teets), so he occasionally falls into talking like this. Most notable in DayZ, where for a moment he seems genuinely gleeful that his female character wasn't designed with typical video-game objectifying sexiness.

* TheBusCameBack: The Xbox version of Minecraft. The crew did around 12 episodes of themselves playing it but were slowly growing disinterested due to how much harder it was compared to the PC version (Xbox version is running on a out-of-date version of Minecraft) and Alsmiffy's fire antics destroyed several episodes worth of work. Since the last video didn't get 10,000 likes, the series had stopped until several months later when the tro decided to try playing Minecraft on the Xbox again after the 1.8.3 update.

** ChristmasEpisode: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bKDffgAcw This]] time lapse.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: In episode 12 of their Minecraft Xbox series, Alsmiffy sets the house on fire in the beginning of the episode. Realizing he has genuinely upset Trottimus, who rage quits, he spends the rest of the episode desperately trying to stop the fire and save at least some of the house.

* MyGod,WhatHaveIDone?: In episode 12 of their Minecraft Xbox series, Alsmiffy sets the house on fire in the beginning of the episode. Realizing he has genuinely upset Trottimus, who rage quits, he spends the rest of the episode desperately trying to stop the fire and save at least some of the house.