History WebAnimation / DorklyOriginals

On May 18th, 2023, it was revealed that Lowbrow Studios had officially acquired Dorkley and allowed them to start posting weekly videos on Website/YouTube again and became independent from College Humor.

* RunningGag: Click on the [[RunningGag.DorklyOriginals link here]].

* GottaCatchEmAll: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8-hamSnGg&ab_channel=Dorkly Red Goes Berserk]]'', this trope is mixed with GoneHorriblyRight where Red (or in this case Redrum) supercharges a masterball using a Zapdos and ended up catching the entire known universe. Even the UI is mortified over what Red had done.

On May 18th, 2023, it was revealed that Lowbrow Studios had officially acquired Dorkley and allowed them to start posting weekly videos on YouTube again and became independent from College Humor.

%%* FromBadToWorse: ''Mario Can't Play the Warp Whistle'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fef1G1uVqQ0 Ice World Problems]]'', full stop.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BA4Texa1es If Videogame Bosses were Actually Smart]]'' is all about this. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] takes out the bridge and kills Princess Toadstool to keep Mario from fighting and defeating him. [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]] doesn't leave boss keys for Link to find and therefore prevents him from even entering his lair. [[Franchise/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] leave [[InvincibleMinorMinion Metools]] in each boss room and orders them never to peek out since they're invulnerable while crouching down. [[VideoGame/PunchOut Mike Tyson]] gets the player character disqualified since they're not in the same weight class. [[VideoGame/SpaceInvaders The Space Invader]] commander orders a new strategy of going straight down instead of going from side to side. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]] has his minions steal every ring in the levels, encounters him early in his HumongousMecha, and makes it out of materials that aren't vulnerable to hedgehog quills; Sonic's [[OhCrap response]] may as well have spoken for every protagonist seen in this short.

* PapaWolf: Police Officers are shown as being this to ''all'' children.
--> '''Police Officer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbgRGMfjvdo to Yoshi]]''': "[[YouMonster You were gonna]] [[EatsBabies eat that baby]], weren't you, you goddamn [[MistakenForPedophile molestosaurus rex]]!"
--> '''Police Officer to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4LKhakMwqk The Cameraman]]''': "Freeze you [[PaedoHunt God-Damned pervert]]! Leave the child alone!"

** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lea-Dx6b5Y Meet Metal Sonic]]'', when Robotnik says Metal Sonic may be slightly buggy because he was distracted while building it due to "girlfriend issues":

** ''Impossible Mode'' features [[Franchise/MegaMan Mega Man]] going up against an OC Robot Master called Spike Man in a room full of spikes and obstacles; it is implied that Mega Man doesn't even get a hit off. The man guarding the sword mistakes [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] for an intruder and kills him at the start of the game. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Red]] is offered nothing but Magikarps -- the weakest mon in the game -- as a possible starter. You're given an old man riding a slow scooter in VideoGame/ExciteBike; it can't get over the first bump and crashes. VideoGame/TheOregonTrail has a [[Franchise/{{Doom}} Cacodemon]] come out of nowhere and and kill you with fire balls. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] finds a baby Yoshi only to attract the ire of its giant mother. Finally, Michael Bay shows up in a TMNT game and zaps him into a different form.
** ''Impossible Mode 2'' has the Ghosts pass through the walls to get to and corner VideoGame/PacMan. Cops pin [[VideoGame/SonictheHedgehog Sonic]] when they catch him going well over the speed limit. VideoGame/HarvestMoon shows the PlayerCharacter being chastised for not using viable fertilizers when his entire field wasted away. VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon has its player get sued for criminal negligence and murder for wrecking a roller coaster. [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] uses a KameHameHadouken in a minigame with a nuke as the target instead. A game of solitaire is prematurely ended when a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charizard]] card is found in the stack. VideoGame/DrMario quits when he sees that the patient has cancer instead of a virus.

* RunningGag:
** Not always present, but most crossovers involving Sonic have him appear in TheStinger, in situations where the Nintendo levels and powerups leave him better than where he started. Followed by a bemused "Huh, neat."
*** Then he gets a [[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 Golden Gun]] and tries to kill Robotnik with it. The bullet ricochets off of his flying machine and hits Sonic, killing him with Robotnik saying, "Huh, neat."
*** Another scenario has Silver Sonic easily killing Sonic by slicing him in half, and responds by saying, "Huh, neat."
*** After Sonic commits suicide after he witnesses his future in ''Power Up Mix Up 4''. Tails response is "Huh, so... not neat."
*** Appears to have run its course in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9bEDD24cMU If Videogames Were 22% More Realistic]]" a couple of badniks waiting for Sonic soon find out he isn't coming because not only is he tired of the segments taking place in GreenHillZone, he considers "Huh, neat" to have been said so many times that [[RunningGagged it isn't special anymore]].
** EVERY time anyone pulls out a gun in a Sonic video, it will ricochet off the metallic intended target and end up killing Sonic instead.
** A common target is the fact that Sonic kisses a human in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 the 2006 video game]].
** Almost every Pokémon video that focuses on new evolutions, Mega Forms or Regional Forms will end with a Shuckle eagerly waiting to see what Creator/GameFreak decided to add for him to turn into (as of Gen 7, still nothing). Other characters will either pity him or take advantage of him while he remains blissfully unaware.

* TakeThat:
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b05xJnlkzDk Mario Paint Torture]]'' is one towards the band ''Music/{{Nickelback}}'', where Mario takes occasional pauses from playing a 16-bit rendition of "How You Ride Me" to berate the player for spending forty hours composing it, and how he can't tell what song it is because all of Nickelback's songs are too similar.
** ''Social Justice RPG'' is a jab towards online Social Justice Warriors, with the Warrior of the team hindering the group by [[EverythingIsRacist complaining about every little thing that could be interpreted as bigotry]], even going so far as to complain about the Ninja labeling the final boss as "evil" even though it's clear that the being intends to destroy all life on the planet.
** ''Batman v. Superman v. Iron Man v. Captain America: Dawn of Civil War'' has Batman telling Superman that ''Film/ManOfSteel'' was garbage, then questions why Superman didn't save his father and why anybody would be mad at him for it. The video also takes shots at how the DC Extended Universe was doing a film about two of its heroes fighting with almost no build up, as opposed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe which built up to Iron Man and Captain America facing each other.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIEbDmFe5GE Dorkly Doesn't React Under Penalty of Law]]'' was meant to make fun of the [[WebVideo/{{React}} Fine Brothers]] after they had announced that they were going to license their ''React'' brand, which was met with extreme backlash by many who saw it as a way for the brothers to make a profit out a genre of popular [=YouTube=] videos that they didn't even create.
** ''NES Ninja Turtles Theme Song'' is an entire ''song'' dedicated to mercilessly insult the intense difficulty and gameplay of the original 1989 NES ''Ninja Turtles'' game.
** ''Mario is too Mainstream'' is a jab at the more pretentious fans or developers of indie games (''VideoGame/{{Braid}}'' in particular is signaled out) who go on about how their games are unique or deep when most of their mechanics or messages are already present in the more mainstream titles they dismiss.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TrrE66FYO0 The Fantastic Four's Greatest Villain - REVEALED!]]'' was pretty much just one long jab towards Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox for their rather poorly made Marvel movies (the ''Fantastic Four'' adaptations in particular). It also throws a barb at Sony Pictures' handling of the ''Spider-Man'' films. Susan's protests that the Fox Studio Executive not sell the Fantastic Four to Creator/WarnerBros could also qualify as a potshot.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6wAc7VB1PY Mario Responds to PETA]]'' bashes PETA following the controversy they stirred regarding the Tanooki Suit in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand''. Mario is shown telling PETA that the mere thought of harming animals disgusts him deeply, [[HypocriticalHumor all while killing his very animal-like enemies (and Yoshi) in the process]].
** [[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVufwgmXHKs If Video Games Had Impossible Mode]] show the Impossible Mode for TMNT Turtles Through Time has Leonardo encountering Micheal Bay who turns him into his 2014 movie counterpart. He’s promptly horrified at it.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7fGdB3JGEw Ash Gets a Digimon]]'' features... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Ash receives a Franchise/{{Digimon}} as a gift from his mother and states that "this is worse then when [mom] got me Franchise/{{Beyblade}} instead of Anime/{{Bakugan|BattleBrawlers}}."
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1WgSrjpEAw If Sega Owned Mario]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXpHrq9xoI If Nintendo Owned Sonic]]'' both attack Sega's handling of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise. The latter also attacks Nintendo for seemingly abandoning the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' franchise. [[note]]This was during the time when Nintendo was keeping the development of ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' a secret.[[/note]] ''If Sega Owned Mario'' also contains a jab at Ubisoft, since after the video turns out to be AllJustADream, Mario is told by Luigi that Ubisoft owns them, and most of Luigi's head isn't animated, mocking the infamous glitch in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedUnity''.
** ''If Pokémon Trainers Were Smart'' takes a shot at Creator/GameFreak's decision to not include the National Pokédex in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''.
%%** In regards to their ''Franchise/StarWars'' videos, expect the prequel trilogy to be jabbed in one way or another.

* BehindTheBlack: "If Videogame Characters Could Break All the Rules" features Mario in the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' forcing himself to go back left (as opposed to the original game's one-way scroll) and finding the villains and people he's supposedly there to save all dancing at a rave.

* BaitAndSwitch: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsG6yxDvPs8 ]]'', Arceus grants Shuckle's wish, which is to come back as a Pokémon with lots of evolutions. At first the viewer thinks he'll be turned into an Eevee, but he actually becomes [[spoiler:a Ditto, because while it can't evolve into anything, it can turn into any Pokémon. He uses his new power to turn into a Shuckle.]]

%%** In regards to their ''Franchise/StarWars'' videos, expect the prequel trilogy to be jabbed in one way or another.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: More like "Aren't You Going To Kill Me, Too?!" but same principle. [[spoiler:At the end of ''[[http://www.dorkly.com/video/66824/sonic-goes-berserk#!bFdm7S Sonic Goes Berserk]]'', a power-mad Super Sonic has come across and is carrying Tails' tails, Knuckles' fists, Amy's hammer, Robotnik's mustache, Vector's headphones, Big's belt, and Rouge's boots. Shadow muses that Sonic is going to take something from him in an edgy voice and then mentions that it won't be that easy. Sonic just floats away while Shadow protests and begs him to get back here and kill him.]] [[spoiler:You could say Sonic took his [[TotallyRadical coolness]].]]

* LampshadeHanging: A '''large''' number of Dorkly videos tend to do this, regarding the lack of certain logic or the overall ridiculousness that people tend to see in video games, movies, and TV shows (see Deconstructive Parody above).

%%* DeathTropes: The list ''[[https://9gag.com/gag/apqW12D These Eight Characters are Definitely Going to Die]]'' includes:
%%** [[StupidScientist The Scientist]]
%%** [[{{Retirony}} The Two-Weeks-Till Retiree]]
%%** [[NobleSavage Honorable]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Warrior Guy]]
%%** [[ShooOutTheClowns Wisecracking]] [[AcePilot Pilot]]
%%** [[SlutShaming Female Character]] [[DeathBySex who Got Naked]]
%%** [[BlackDudeDiesFirst The Black Guy]]
%%** Creator/MichelleRodriguez
%%** [[RobotBuddy The Robot]]
%%** Bonus: Creator/SeanBean

** Sonic's entire period which fans considered his DorkAge is brought up multiple times, with the existence of his popular modern games just being ignored. The videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1WgSrjpEAw If Sega Own Mario]] mocking the Werehog gimmick from ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXpHrq9xoI If Nintendo Owned Sonic]] mocking the tons of characters appearing in the Sonic franchise, ignoring Sonic had at the time of the video been the only playable character for years and his supporting cast had barely gotten any focus, with the much maligned ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' being the only exception.

-->'''Narrator''': Under the sea, we find a school of Cheep-cheep, who- Oh come on! He is underwater! How is he throwing fireballs?!

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being abusive and cruel at times, Mario does have some compassionate moments. He still rescues Princess Peach when she's kidnapped [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6510gPUZU-A by someone who's actually dangerous]], he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhb2ceEBDtc takes pity on a Chain-Chomp and brings it into his home]] despite it being dangerous and gross, and when he meets the Undertale Monsters he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvDNZJCNwL8 tries to warn them]] about the Angry Sun.

%%* SuicidalOverconfidence: Deconstructed in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jblJUc9US94 The Tragic Life of Every Bug Catcher Pokémon]]''.
* SurpriseIncest: In the video [[https://youtu.be/pgH10qoBLTM If video games were 69% more realistic]], Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Candy Kong, and Dixie Kong are all getting ready to go out on a date before realizing that all their last names are Kong. This prompts Diddy to question if they are related, prompting them to all say the name of their grandfather, which is "Cranky Kong".

** ''If Pokedex Entries Were 100% Literal'' has Vanilluxe get super angry and cover the entirely of Alola in a blizzard over his friend Alakazam mentioning how he liked the series finale of ''Series/{{Lost}}''.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Deconstructed in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Oe9iijjbw Why Batman Really Isn't Tragic At All]]''. The petty crook he proceeds to injure is crippled to the point where he wants to die, because he can't provide for his family and they'll at least get life insurance. Batman not killing him is depicted as the easy solution since he can just leave him there for the police to find, rather than solving any problems. He also points out that using money for your own benefit as opposed to giving to charity isn't doing anything to help Gotham's poverty, which in turn leads to more criminals doing desperate work for money.

* WasOnceAMan: Occurs twice in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waKgonBRsZ0 If Pokédex Entries were EVEN MORE Literal]]''.
** Yamasks used to be human and carry around masks that used to be their faces.
** Jason Smith, a research assistant at the Beige Town science center, went to bed one night and woke up as a Kadabra.

-->'''Narrator''': Under the sea we find a school of Cheep-cheep, who- Oh come on! He is underwater! How is he throwing fireballs?!

* WouldntHurtAChild: The Hitmonchan in "Literal Pokedex Entries: volume 32" is disturbed by having to fight a Gothita, the baby in the Gothitelle line. He has no problem with [[WouldHitAGirl Mega Punching a fully grown Gothitelle]] however.

-->[[spoiler: '''Bowser''': There..were ''hundreds'' of your worthless guns on my kids airships. ''Hundreds!'' And Mario got past ''all of them!'' Literally all of my children are '''''DEAD,''''' Jerry! Because of ''your'' shoddy work!]]

* SuddenMorbidMonologue: "Literal Pokedex Entries": In volume 32, Gothitelle is described as being able to predict the future based on the movement of the stars, and see the lifespan of their trainers. The scene cuts to a battle between Gothitelle and Hitmonchan, where Gothitelle predicts in great and graphic detail how Hitmonchan will die.
-> '''Gothitelle''': You're going to die in six months. A Solrock falls on you after accidentally falling asleep and entering Earth's atmosphere. It renders you in twain but does not kill you immediately. You spend seven hours in agony trying in vain to return your innards to their rightful place before you are dragged to a Pokecenter by a small child on a bicycle as he only has three pokeballs and is not willing to lose any of his level two Caterpie for some Pokémon he's never met before. Sadly you are beyond help by the time they process your insurance information four hours later.
-> '''Hitmonchan''': I'm um, I'm just going to go now.

* SeenItAll: The Weatherman in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whyY5XnNbT8 If Pokedex Entries Were 100% Literal]]'' casually points out how a giant lizard (Charizard) melted a large glacier, reported 4 new volcanoes which he pinned the creation to a [[CallBack dog barking (Entei)]], and a blizzard in Alola because someone made an ice cream cone angry (Vanilluxe).
* SelfAppliedNickname: In [[https://youtu.be/IdsaHO-nUG4 Robotnik's New Nickname]], Robotnik starts referring to himself as "The Big Dog". However, everybody else (including his own robots) decide that Eggman is a much better nickname for him. They later end up calling him "The Egg Dog" which he decides is close enough.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Doubles as a ContinuityNod in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7rLlfI-pOE If Pokedex Entries Were Literal (Volume 28)]]''. When the camera pans downward during Jolteon's entry, we see that [[spoiler:Shuckle's corpse is still pinned to a cave wall]].

* ExactWords: The "If Pokedex Enteries Were Literal" series runs on this trope.
%%* ExpositionFairy: Fi from ''Fi Annoys Link'' serves as one, to ''very'' annoying degrees (as noted by the very title of the video).

** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7rLlfI-pOE If Pokedex Entries Were Literal (Volume 28)]]'', the [[spoiler:Satan of Double Hell calls Drifloon out on all the kidnappings it did]].

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Garchomp quotes the TropeNamer in ''If Pokedex Entries Were Literal Volume 60'' when confronted by Taillow twenty years after he killed his mother.
->'''Garchomp:''' I ate your ma or something years ago? Don't take it personal, son. [[Film/StreetFighter For you, the day Garchomp graced the sky was the most important day of your life. For me... it was a Tuesday.]]\\
'''Taillow:''' It was a Wednesday!\\
'''Garchomp:''' I'm quoting Creator/RaulJulia, little guy. Jeez.