History Series / TheWhitestKidsUKnow

* KillAndReplace: The "Fake Bill" sketch has a Vietnam veteran killed overseas, and a Viet Cong agent has taken his place. Said agent proceeds to impersonate the dead Bill with [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish very]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial blatant]] [[BlatantLies signals]] that something's not right. His friends realize the truth [[RightForTheWrongReasons when Fake Bill talks about liking Mickey Mouse]] ([[ComicallyMissingThePoint Bill was a crazy Daffy Duck Plan]]).

* UrsineAliens: In episode 8 of season 2, Trevor plays the role of a White House press secretary giving a conference to address rumors about bear problems on a secret American moon base. While he reassures everyone that the bears currently giving the moon base problems are just Earth bears, he slips up and accidentally implies the existence of "Saturn bears"... and of three additional planets in our solar system!

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, this example was removed. Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** It's pretty disturbing how convincing a lot of the guys are as women... especially Timmy, who could easily pass as someone's mom.

* GoshDangItToHeck: Trevor never really says anything worse than "bitch", while the other guys [[ClusterFBomb curse like sailors.]]
** WordOfGod says this is due to Trevor having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
** Subverted in Trevor's post WKUK career, in particular in his musical stand-up where he curses like crazy. See the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TxjrHPHypA Pope Rap (Modern Day Profit)]], where he drops repeated f-bomb, which is ultimately somewhat mild compared to some of his other songs.

** "Kitty History" quickly turns into a song about the conspiracy theory that [[WhoShotJFK Lyndon Johnson and the CIA had JFK assassinated]] and started a chain of events that led to the current state of American politics.

** "Kitty History" quickly turns into a song about the ConspiracyTheory that [[WhoShotJFK Lyndon Johnson and the CIA had JFK assassinated]] and started a chain of events that led to the current state of American politics.

* AuthorFilibuster: The "Backseat" sketch points out how socialism is really the most beneficial form of government as it treats all people equally, while capitalism teaches the exact opposite of the principles of every religion in the world while playing on man's flaws. The joke is [[DirtyCommunists that this]] is [[EagleLand what sets off the driver]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: One sketch has a boy develop psychic powers, which he then puts to use on some of this.
* DeconstructedTrope: Many sketches run on RefugeInAudacity, but in the sketch "Throw Up Employee", a cashier named Brian throws up on a customer's food and refuses to own up to it. Instead, he tries giving away the food while saying "no refunds", lies that he's the manager when the customer complains, and even tries to gaslight the customer that he's acting crazy. When the real manager arrives, Brian lies that the customer threw up own his own food (only to get quickly refuted by another guy in line), refuses to go home when his boss tells him so, instead arguing that ''he's'' the one who's sick, tries to gaslight him into thinking he's acting crazy, and then makes a gay joke at his boss' expense, which gets him fired. Brian makes a further ass of himself by saying that his dad owns the restaurant (he doesn't; he's the town drunk) and while leaving, swears to God that he did not throw up, only to throw again.

%%* Five Man Band (though they can shift from sketch to sketch):
%%** TheHero: Trevor
%%** TheLancer: Zach
%%** TheSmartGuy: Darren
%%** TheBigGuy: Sam
%%** TheChick: Darren wearing a wig.
%%** TagalongKid: Timmy

* NothingIsFunnier: Most of the sketches on the troupe's SelfTitledAlbum rely on this, with "Russian Roulette" in particular leaving the events of the game [[GoryDiscretionShot to the listener's imagination]].

* ItBelongsInAMuseum: One opening skit has an auctioneer giving away Peter Framton's guitar, only for Indiana Jones to pop up and say:
-->'''Dr. Jones''': That guitar belongs to Peter Framton!
-->'''Auctioneer''': Peter Framton is ''dead'', and so are all of his grandchildren!

* NutritionalNightmare: One sketch sees some of the guys debuting their new fast food product - the Butterbar, which is just a stick of butter. A small child eats one and starts to eat another only to have a simultaneous heart attack and stroke.

** Trevor: Usually plays an authority figure or a CloudCuckooLander and is notable for never saying any harsh swear words (with some exceptions).

* GagBoobs: Darren as Weird the Stripper.

** Subverted in Trevor's post WKUK career, in particular in his musical stand-up where he swears freely and often. See the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TxjrHPHypA Pope Rap]] for a good example, where he drops repeated f-bombs and curses like crazy.

** Subverted with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TxjrHPHypA Pope Rap]] where he drops repeated f-bombs and curses like crazy.

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** PCP actually does come in liquid form.
** One skit featured a fake commercial for a new squirt gun that shot out boogers and mucus instead of water. While it didn't use actual body fluids, there ''was'' a Super Soaker variant called the "Oozeinator" that shot out water, as well as a viscous fluid called "Bio-Ooze"; it was recalled because people complained that it looked like the kids were giving each other moneyshots[[note]]In the pornographic sense.[[/note]]. This unfortunate comparison appears to have been referenced at the end of the skit when the commercial advertised another product called the "Cum Bomb".

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs:
** Like gettin' high. "You're welcome... Internet."
** Horses are also turned on by stegosauruses.

* UndignifiedDeath: The sketch "What Really Happened To Abe Lincoln" had Abe Lincoln getting bludgeoned in the rear end to ''death'' with a claw hammer by John Wilkes Booth. Why? Because Lincoln was being incredibly loud and annoying and whenever Booth is just asking him to calm down, Lincoln will just continue doing it, eventually blaming Booth for missing a small part of the play. After that, it is explained that American historians thought it was too ridiculous to document in U.S. lore.

* DrugsAreBad: Apparently, one smoke from marijuana can cause a moral, upstanding kid to become a evil, psychotic maniac. That kid's name? [[spoiler: Adolf Hitler]].

* UnfortunateImplications: In-universe. During the Grapist sketch, one of the executives previewing the commercial practically states that the commercial is loaded with this.

** "Kid Mechanic" is one example played straight, to horrifying effect. A father notices his child has fallen over and takes him to a mechanic he mistakes for a doctor, resulting in the boy being hacked up and having his guts pulled out. After learning his mistake, he tries to tell his wife about it, who herself feels foolish for accidentally burning her parents to death by mistaking a pizza oven for a retirement home.

%%* DrugsAreBad

** Darren, even though when not in drag he's pretty obviously a guy. Except then there's that "Weird the Stripper" sketch... the, er, makeup job was so pinpoint perfect that the viewer was kicked to his/her death over the rim of the UncannyValley. And the "Dog Poop" sketch which at first you really think it's a real girl.

* {{Corpsing}}: In the sketch "The Most Loveliest Bride," one of the women in the background starts laughing at Sam's screaming and eating popcorn, hiding her face.