History LetsPlay / HatFilms

* CrookedContractor:** During Skyblock, the Sirs make up a story about a Contractor that keeps raising his prices to insane amounts, or else he'll tar their pets.

* AxeCrazy: During the ''[[VideoGame/GarrysMod Murder]]'' games, Ross goes berserk whenever he is the murderer, angrily shouting "EAT SHIT!" at other players as he tries to stab them.

* CrookedContractor: During Skyblock, the Sirs make up a story about a Contractor that keeps raising his prices to insane amounts, or else he'll tar their pets.

* FriendlyEnemy: During the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} "Crown Conquest" games, Smith gets caught on his own by [=BebopVox=] and Variede, arguably their main rivals in the games, who he quickly truces with; it is made clear that this 'truce' means he's not allowed to wander off, must give them any items he finds, and they immediately try to kill him when they find an entertaining way to do so.

* GagCensor: during their Feed The Beast series, certain short statements (from obscene content to Game of Thrones spoilers) are censored out this way. The screen goes grayscale, the sound is replaced by a very sped up version of the beginning of their Pixelmon parody tune, and there's a pink caption expressing the video editor's feelings. [[http://youtu.be/GXJEqYuuotM?t=8m27s An example from episode 48]].

** Turns out that Smiffy is not only into bluegrass music, [[https://myspace.com/tinboxboys he was actually in a band that played it]]. He's also written some tracks such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdbXJfeOXk this one, "Warden"]], which is surprisingly thoughtful and sad.

* KarmaHoudini: At the end of ''Hat Corp'', [[spoiler:the Sirs cash in on their insurance from Duncan and Kim destroying their base, move to an even better one and plan to take over the world again]]. Granted, they were humiliated beforehand.

* PyroManiac: Smith has a habit of burning things down in general, even identifying as the chief arsonist of the group on Twitter.

* KarmaHoudini: At the end of ''Hat Corp'', [[spoiler:the Sirs cash in on their insurance from Duncan and Kim destroying their base, move to an even better one and plan to take over the world again]]. Granted, they were humilated beforehand.

* OutOfFocus: Trott's pet dragon/ostrich hybrid, Eric, in the "Feed the Beast" series has been barely used after Trott fully customized him. This is mainly due to Trott using a jetpack to get around. Smith eventually murders them.

** STUNT LADS and advertising for [[DoubleEntendre MONSTER COCKS]] brand of fried chicken in G.T.A. V.

** They really do get on well with LetsPlay/{{Strippin}} in ''Cornerstone'', but tend to verbally abuse him a lot.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Smiffy's new ''Minecraft'' skin is designed with this.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In their Feed the Beast series, the trio tames and names a couple scorpions only to instantly forget about them. In a later episode, they suddenly remember them and ask each other where they went. Nobody seems to know.

* ZergRush: This is how they kill Lewis and Simon in the third round of ''Crown Conquest''.

* TakeThat: Whenever the trio plays a custom track in ''Trials Evolution'' that has bullshit moments ([[CameraScrew bad camera angles]], [[CheckpointStarvation unforgiving checkpoints]], etc.), they "reward" the creator of the track with the "Fuck U Buddy Award" (or FUBA for short), complete with a trophy graphic in front of an explosion. There has been at least one occasion where the trio takes back the award after seeing that they were wrong for using it, which is followed by the FUBA trophy animation playing in reverse.

** When the boys keep catching fire in the wooden Skylands dungeon, they keep singing "[[TheWickerMan The Lord is my shepherd]]."

** Their Skylands episodes also contain frequent impersonations of and references to [[LordOfTheRings Gollum]]/Sméagol/Andy Serkis.

* JumpScare: When the boys encounter their first Ghast in From Ashes: They're climbing a monster-free mountain, in daylight, when they come across a mysterious spinning object[[note]](a spawner)[[/note]], which they puzzle over for a moment. Then a Ghast spawns right in front of the camera

** While they eventually went on to join the Yogscast, they appeared alongside LetsPlay/{{Strippin}} in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noHZHCgxQZQ&list=UU90ThxjTNaHaqyPVtfyZ4hw Strippin Sings]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLR7WlxfWpo The Burger Challenge]]" before officially becoming members.

* FreudianTrio: Their newest Minecraft series, HatCorp, has the lads using this trope more than usual:
** Trott is the unofficial leader of HatCorp, and usually the one to attempt to get something done. He seems to know his way around Yogscast Complete, and Feed the Beast in general, more than Smith or Ross. (Ego)

* BigBad: In ''An Epic Hatventure'', [[spoiler:the Maker, who curses the three Hatventurers to adventure forever, possibly tying in to ''Origins''.]]

* FailedASpotCheck: In ''Feed The Beast #50'', Ross is looking for redstone in the quarry containers... And he ''completely misses the redstone container'', despite it being practically right in his face. [[DeadpanSnarker Trott mocks him for it in the video editing no less than]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker three times.]]'' One has to wonder if he showed Ross the video after he finished it just to rub it in his face.

** And now Smith is getting into the act unintentionally in ''Feed The Beast'' by absentmindedly using his knowledge fragments on his research, which Trott is also happy to mock in the editing. Smith admits his screwup in a later episode.es appear to be yelling, insulting the other two, and lighting their things on fire.

* FriendlyEnemy: During the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} "Crown Conquest" games, Smith gets caught on his own by BebopVox and Variede, arguably their main rivals in the games, who he quickly truces with; it is made clear that this 'truce' means he's not allowed to wander off, must give them any items he finds, and they immediately try to kill him when they find an entertaining way to do so.

* LimitedWardrobe: Smiffy is very rarely seen without a red t-shirt.
** He even acknowledges this practice, himself, on a certain [[http://www.reddit.com/r/Hatfilms/comments/2sdy4i/alex_smiths_closet/cnx4xng?context=3 Reddit post]].

* OutOfFocus: Trott's pet dragon/ostrich hybrid, Eric, in the "Feed the Beast" series has been barely used after Trott fully customized him. This is mainly due to Trott using a jetpack to get around.

* RageQuit: Done in a humorous way to end From Ashes. Rather than just ditching the series, the trio decide to do it with style by [[TrashTheSet blowing up the entire map]] after being heavily frustrated with the map's level design.

** STUNT LADS and advertising for [[DoubleEntendre MONSTER COCKS]] brand of fried chicken in G.T.A. V.

** In response to fans getting angry at them for letting Turps join, they calmly, but firmly, shot down some of the complaints, arguing that fans wanted the series to be too formulaic.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In their Feed the Beast series, the trio tames and names a couple scorpions only to instantly forget about them. In a later episode, they suddenly remember them and ask each others where they went. Nobody seems to know.

* ArchivePanic: New to Hat Films? Want to watch every episode? It JUST might have been doable without panic...until you see the Trials playlist. Good luck, Little Hat.

* ArchivePanic: New to Hat Films? Want to watch every episode. It JUST might have been doable without panic...until you see the Trials playlist. Good luck, Little Hat.

** Ross does this several times in ''VideoGame/DayZ''.
*** And their 'Crown Conquest' videos

* TeamUpSeries: Of a sort. More recently, the Sirs have been participating in competitions that involve at least one of the Yogscast temporally joining their ranks to even the numbers. During the Wool Races, it was LetsPlay/SimonLane, and during the Calamity mini-game, it was LetsPlay/{{Sips}} and LetsPlay/{{Rythian}}, causing the resulting team to be dubbed "Team Shatner".

* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: In the rare moments where Ross wins a race in ''Trials Evolution'', he becomes incredibly foul mouthed against Trott and Smith in his victory celebration.

** The Sirs are this to each other. They work together professionally, but also trash talk each other while competing. Ross in particular gloats at the others to "GFY" every time he wins at ''VideoGame/{{Trials}}''.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The Sirs heavily rely on the fact that there is three of them, and tend to do a lot of their game problem solving with this in mind. While this can lead to very effective strategies, such as their use of Zerg Rushing in 'Crown Conquest' and their group coordination in games like ''Halo'', this can also sometimes become a case of CripplingOverspecialization, like in the case where the Cobble Generator in their early episodes of Skyblock, an easily one-manned device for the average ''Minecraft'' player, suddenly requires all three of their attentions (one person to pick, one person to dip, and one person on ice duty) to properly maintain.

** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_Z2y_3CEc&feature=g-u-u Minecraft 1.8.5 XBLA #5]], Ross accidentally places lava inside their (partially wooden) house, setting it on fire. Trott immediately shifts the blame to Smith, due to his habit of burning down their houses.

** Episode 44 of Hat Corp has them nuking Kim and Duncan during a parley for the return of the stuff that Duncan dropped when they killed him. Kim and Duncan not only avoided the nuke, but the shockwave from the nuke set off a rejuvenation missile in their silo, resetting the chunk back to the start.[[note]]Of course, in between episodes, they cheated and rolled back the damage.[[/note]]

** Smiffy is acknowledged as one of the best players of ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' by the others in the Yogs.

* PyroManiac: Smith has a habit of burning things down in general.

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

* DrivesLikeCrazy: H.A.T Films and game vehicles don't mix well.

** And now Smith is getting into the act unintentionally in ''Feed The Beast'' by absentmindedly using his knowledge fragments on his research, which Trott is also happy to mock in the editing. Smith admits his screwup in a later episode.es appear to be yelling, insulting the other two, and lighting their things on fire. (Id)

** No one knows what Smith's ''Minecraft'' skin is. Guesses are up to and including a Creeper/Steve offspring, a mutated squid, a humanoid Magma, a sentient plant, [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]], and a radioactive human.

* AmbiguousSpecies: No one knows what Smith's ''Minecraft'' skin is. Guesses are up to and including a Creeper/Steve offspring, a mutated squid, a humanoid Magma, a sentient plant, [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]], and a radioactive human.

* ArtifactTitle: The group's channel used to be called HAAT Films since Ross and Trott had 2 other people in their group for a total of 4 lads. Since the two former friends moved on in their lives and Smith was introduced, the group became HAT Films. The reason the old name appears on their [=YouTube=] channel is because [=YouTube=] doesn't allow account holders to change their name.

* BigEater: Phil and Steve, the Filfy Animals sheep, are Grass Connoisseurs, but never seem to stop 'tasting' just about everything around them at any time.

* BritishBrevity: averted. See for example their Trials series, which has run for well over a hundred episodes.

** Trott ends up being this in quite a few games, even Minecraft. After all when [[spoiler:they decided to blow up the From Ashes map]] no one seemed to have told Trott this...

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

* ClusterFBomb: Trott 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'', Smith, of all people, creates a "diving bell" that allows the group to go deep underwater to recover Trott's stuff.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In Skylands episode 29, while Trott 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.]]

* GenreSavvy: During the Filfy Mods Willy Wonka inspired episode. "Oh wow, [=GeoffCo=]! Oh wait...[[PyroManiac this can't be good]]."

* GoodBadBugs: [[invoked]] 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.

* HostileWeather: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrQLl9pufxU#t=9m38s Here]], the boys are attacked by an angry lightning storm during their Skyblock playthrough.

* ImprobableCover: in the second episode of their "Race for the wool" match against LetsPlay/LewisBrindley, LetsPlay/DuncanJones, LetsPlay/{{Sips}} and LetsPlay/{{Sjin}}, Ross finds himself pinned by arrow fire and decides to wall himself off with ''blocks of TNT''.

* InvisibleToNormals: In Skylands, the mysterious Red Man is this to the trio. But despite this, they don't seem to notice his presence, even when he's [[http://youtu.be/7tanm48PFpI?t=12m13s standing right in front of them]], or they have [[http://youtu.be/b8kApA6it1k?t=4m01s photographic evidence]] that he exists.
** Played down slightly in Origins: A Beginning (follows the end of Skylands), where he makes himself known to them in some form.
* KillItWithFire: In the Forsaken Lands episode 12, Trott attempts this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKHCqQp8Iy4&t=5m25s on some skeletons]]. [[spoiler: It backfires]].

* LargeHam: Whenever Ross tries to read the Overseer's messages in ''Epic Hatventure'', he does it in an epic, deep voice.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Smith'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.

* TheLastThingYouEverSee: Smith made this faux-threat to Trottimus in a later ''Trials'' episode. Made good on this specific threat on two different occasions; once in a Halo playthrough, and another time in a Vlog update.
* MadBomber: If something is exploding, chances are good that it's Smith's doing. He's even shown holding a stick of dynamite in the Skylands intro, and 'explodes' out of a box in his [[SwitchingPOV camera switch]] animation in an Epic Hatventure.

* MillionToOneChance: In ''Day-Z'', Trott gets completely incapacitated by a door because of a glitch. This causes Trott to become scared of doors for several episodes. The odds of the same glitch happening again would be low, but several episodes later, ''another door incapacitates Trott for a second time!''

* 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 Smith screams yet again, and when the others ask if he died again, he replies, "No but I just jammed my knee into my desk!"

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In episode 12 of their ''Minecraft'' Xbox series, Smith 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.

* NotMeThisTime: In one of the later Sky Block episodes, some items go missing from the chest, and Trott and Ross immediately accuse Smith of stealing them. They are so convinced of his guilt that when he insists he doesn't have them, they actually kill him and are stunned to not find them in his dropped inventory. Turns out they just missed them among all the junk in the chest.

* OhCrap: In Skylands, whenever a certain MascotMook appears, the boys all start screaming "CREEEEEPEEEEEEER!"

* 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 Trott had to go back over to grab the stuff they left behind in a chest... Which then they lost half off thanks to Trott mis-timing a jump.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Ross is very fond of shouting "EAT SHIT!" repeatedly in VideoGame/GarrysMod, often when he's about to kill someone or playing ''Murder''. On occasion, he uses "YOU'RE HUNGRY! EAT SHIT!" instead.
* PyroManiac: Smith 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]].

* OutOfCharacterMoment: In [[http://youtu.be/B1BGWN9ScI0?t=4m18s one race]] in ''Trials Evolution'', there was a photo finish moment between Smith and Trott with Trott winning by just an inch after he passed Smith. Smith winds up screaming in rage for his loss and you can hear him slamming something in the background. This is in comparison to Smith being usually very calm no matter how many times he failed in the other games.

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

* ShoutOut: When the boys keep catching fire in the wooden Skylands dungeon, they keep singing "[[TheWickerMan The Lord is my shepherd]]."

* SirSwearsALot: 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.

* SoundEffectBleep: used on and off, partly for comic effect. Watch out for [[ClusterBleepBomb Cluster bleep bombs]].

* StuffBlowingUp: After clearing a dungeon in the Skylands, they load it with TNT and detonate it.

* ThatOnePlayer: Trottimus is the only Sir who plays ''Trials'' when they're not filming. It seriously shows.
** He has a tendency to mess up his turns hilariously in their Worms series, though -- so much so that when he has either of the other Sirs at his mercy, they start praying for him to make a 'Chris Trott error'.

* TokenEvilTeammate: While "evil" is an overstatement, Smith 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.
** He's also generally the one who starts shooting other players other than his teammates in ''VideoGame/DayZ''.

* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: In the rare moments where Ross wins a race in ''Trials Evolution'', he becomes incredibly foul mouthed against Trott and Smith in his victory celebration. Ross has made a catch phrase for himself whenever he wins a race, which is usually either "GFY" or "YOU CAN GO SUCK A BIG FAT ONE!"

* UnwinnableByMistake: First played straight in Skyblock, where the trio unwittingly screw themselves over by losing one of the resources needed for a cobblestone generator, forcing them to start from scratch again.

** The Sirs and LetsPlay/{{Sips}} love each other's humour and have a lot of fun together, but can be very profane in their ''VideoGame/GarrysMod VideoGame/PropHunt'', ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' and ''Murder'' matches, to say nothing of [[{{Minecraft}} their SHATblock playthrough]].

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

** Ross currently spends a lot of time building in the background, occasionally chiming in to state what he's building, state that he's finished, or insult Trott. (superego)
** Smith usually works as an assistant to whatever Trott is doing. He is generally the first to try and weaponize everything they make. (Id)

** The Sirs and LetsPlay/{{Sips}} love each other's humour and have a lot of fun together, but can be very profane in their ''VideoGame/GarrysMod VideoGame/PropHunt'', ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' and ''Murder'' matches, to say mothing of [[{{Minecraft}} their SHATblock playthrough]].