History WebAnimation / CommonSenseSoapbox

* TookALevelInJerkass: Ron (formally named Billy) was initially used as a mouthpiece for Seamus, especially in his debut episode, "Does Life Owe You Lemonade?". Come Season 5 and onwards, he becomes progressively more stubborn and dismissive of Seamus' preaching, even more so than Bob ever was.
** He straight-up falls into villain territory during the "Island Lockdown" arc and turns into a tyrannical parody of Dr. Anthony Fauci. After the main cast builds a small society whilst stranded on an island, Ron shuts down the whole beach, which causes their entire economy to tank [[spoiler: and thus preventing them from being rescued]], [[EvilIsPetty all because he has an allergy to lobsters.]] He gets worse when he forbids everyone from working, forces them to eat small portions of food, ''and nearly starves them - and himself - to death!'' Yikes.

* PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: Explored in "Don't be P.C. Be Polite"

** He straight-up becomes the villain in the "Island Lockdown" arc and turns into a tyrannical parody of Dr. Anthony Fauci. After the main cast builds a small society whilst stranded on an island, Ron shuts down the whole beach (resulting in their entire economy to collapse, [[spoiler: and thus preventing them from being rescued]]), forbids everyone from working, ''and nearly starves them - and himself - to death!'' [[EvilIsPetty All because he has an allergy to lobsters.]] Yikes.

* CharacterDevelopment: Bob goes through significant changes during the "Bob to the Future" arc. Beforehand, he held flawed ideas about economics and is normally the target of being proven wrong by Seamus himself. Fed up with his constant preaching, Bob hides in his secret hut located in Antarctica, where he accidentally freezes himself for hundreds of years. Then he finds himself in a futuristic city and befriends Charlie who, like Seamus, lectures him about economics. Charlie also helps Bob become a successful entrepreneur. Then when Bob returns to the present via time machine, he actually ''lectures'' everyone about how socialism doesn't work, which shocks Seamus. As a result, while Bob is still annoyed by Seamus' constant preaching, they both tend to agree on most things now.

* StoryArc: "Bob to the Future" as the name suggests, is about Bob who finds himself in the future after accidentally freezing himself for hundreds of years, and is lectured about economics by Charlie. Then much later afterward, the main cast decides to take a "post-lockdown vacation" that goes horribly wrong and gets them stranded on a desert island... er, Archipelago for over 8 weeks.

* StoryArc: "Bob to the Future" as the name suggests, is about Bob who finds himself in the future after accidentally freezing himself for hundreds of years, and is lectured about economics by Charlie. Then much later afterward, the main cast decides to take a "post-lockdown vacation" that goes horribly wrong and gets them stranded on a desert island... er, Archipelago for over 8 weeks.

** The series was formally more political and focused on political correctness and fake news. There was also a white background for the first 10 videos before it changed to grey as we know it today.

* OverpopulationCrisis: Discussed in "Is Having Kids Socially Irresponsible?" as Seamus explains how the narrative of overpopulation is "mostly mythical", and that our world's natural resources are actually expanding, not dwindling, and that because of the rising population, extreme poverty has decreased dramatically. [[AudienceSurrogate Bob]] then goes on to talk about how insane it sounds because it's the exact opposite of what would happen if more people meant fewer resources.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Explored in "Don't be P.C. Be Polite"

* StoryArc: "Bob to the Future" as the name suggests, is about Bob who finds himself in the future after accidentally freezing himself for hundreds of years, and is lectured about economics by Charlie. Then much later afterward, the main cast decides to take a "post-lockdown vacation" that goes horribly wrong.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The topic of "Don't be P.C. Be Polite"

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Justified in "Don't be P.C. Be Polite"

* OverpopulationCrisis: Completely subverted in "Is Having Kids Socially Irresponsible?" as Seamus explains how the narrative of overpopulation is "mostly mythical", and that our world's natural resources are actually expanding, not dwindling, and that because of the rising population, extreme poverty has decreased dramatically. [[AudienceSurrogate Bob]] then goes on to talk about how insane it sounds because it's the exact opposite of what would happen if more people meant fewer resources.

* GreenAesop: This trope gets deconstructed in the appropriately-named "It Ain't So Easy Being a Green", as Seamus goes on to explain that as important it is to keep our world clean, there are many costs that comes with going green; such as the necessity to build a ''lot'' of solar panels and wind turbines, even though they take up so much space that they have to be built in wildlife preserves and plantations. And also how batteries, as an alternate energy source for crude oil, are super expensive and require a lot of materials for manufacturing, and ''still'' generate pollution.

* CharacterDevelopment: Bob goes through significant changes during the "Bob to the Future" arc. Beforehand, he held flawed ideas about economics and is normally the target of being proven wrong by Seamus himself. Fed up with his constant preaching, Bob hides in his secret hut located in Antarctica. Then he accidentally freezes himself for hundreds of years, then he finds himself in a futuristic city and befriends Charlie who, like Seamus, lectures him about economics. Charlie also helps Bob become a successful entrepreneur. Then when Bob returns to the present via time machine, he actually ''lectures'' everyone about how socialism doesn't work, which shocks Seamus. As a result, while Bob is still annoyed by Seamus' constant preaching, they both tend to agree on most things now.

* ExpressDelivery: Sarah's baby in "is having babies irresponsible" is born minutes after she announces her pregnancy.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few videos were more political and focused on political correctness, and fake news. There was also a white background for the first 10 videos before it changed to the well known grey. In another early video, “Does Life Owe You Lemonade?” Ron is named Billy and is used to express Seamus’s actual opinions while Bob’s voice is not quite what it currently is.

* RunningGag: Bob's butt implants are brought up as a joke very often.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few videos were more political and focused on political correctness, and fake news. There was also a white background for the first 10 videos before it changed to the well known grey.

* ExpressDelivery: Samantha's baby in "is having babies irresponsible" is born minutes after she announces her pregnancy.