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* BlackComedy: Arnold’s AmusingInjuries at least one per video.

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* BlackComedy: Arnold’s AmusingInjuries at least one once per video.

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* {{Fingore}}: Arnold loses his finger in every video and experiment he’s put in, and usually first. It becoming nothing but a femur.

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* {{Fingore}}: Arnold loses his finger in every video and experiment he’s put in, and usually first. It becoming nothing but a femur.[[StockFemurBone femur]].


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* StockFemurBone: When Arnold loses his finger, it becomes a femur bone.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: “Meet Arnold!” for the narrator.



** The dinosaurs cannot survive today. "What If the Asteroid Never Killed the Dinosaurs?"
** Being the last person alive is all fun and games until you can’t have a fridge, power, heat for your food, or even a companion. It’s better to live in a world with others. "What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared???"
** Humans are not built and never will be made to last forever, and they weren’t intended to. "What If You Live 1000 Years?"
* ImmuneToBullets: “What If You Became Immortal?” Arnold gains skin that is bulletproof like Superman.
* ImpactSilhouette: In “What if you jump from 30,000 ft without a parachute” Arnold lands in the snow with a perfect shape of his body.

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** The dinosaurs cannot survive today.today no matter how hard humanity tries. "What If the Asteroid Never Killed the Dinosaurs?"
** Being the last person alive is all fun and games until you can’t have a fridge, power, heat for your food, or even a companion. It’s It is better to live in a world with others. "What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared???"
** Humans are not built and never will be made to last forever, and they weren’t intended to.forever. "What If You Live 1000 Years?"
* ImmuneToBullets: “What If You Became Immortal?” Arnold gains skin that is bulletproof like that is similar to Superman.
* ImpactSilhouette: In “What if you jump from 30,000 ft without a parachute” Arnold lands in the snow with a perfect shape silhouette of his body.
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* FourFingeredHands: The show [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zags]] between three fingers and four fingers for characters. Arnold usually has three.
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The show premiered on August 2, 2017, and later spawned a spin-off named "[=GubShow=]" starring two dimwitted aliens, Snot and Gob, who previously worked for the narrator.
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** The narrator sounded deeper, more relaxed and he actually cared for Arnold. Arnold also survived most of the scenarios with the narrator cheering him on. Sadly the narrator becomes a bully to Arnold later on and this wide of him was dropped.
** The carton designs were brighter and almost cheerful-looking.

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** The narrator sounded deeper, more relaxed and he actually cared for Arnold. Arnold also survived most of the scenarios with the narrator cheering him on. Sadly the narrator becomes a bully to Arnold later on and this wide side of him was dropped.
** The carton cartoon designs were brighter and almost cheerful-looking.
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[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meet_arnold.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:270:[[{{Catchphrase}} Meet Arnold!]]]]
Meet Arnold is an animated science black comedy [=YouTube=] series similar to WebAnimation/ThisIsBob only it is Americanized and based around snarky humor. The series revolves around a man named Arnold who is put through excessive torture by a sadistic and sarcastic narrator for science. There is a new video every week or couple of days and poor Arnold never gets any peace.

!!Meet Arnold…. Hey Arnie. Is that your tropes?
*BlackComedy: Arnold’s AmusingInjuries at least one per video.
*BuriedAlive: The most popular video “What If You Were Buried Alive?” was done thrice due to its popularity among fans and the creator themselves.
*ButtMonkey: Who do you think? '''Arnold'''.
*{{Catchphrase}}: “Meet Arnold!” for the narrator.
*CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The narrator puts Arnold in bizarre or regular scenarios turned deadly or excessive to the point of being lethal.
*CrapsackWorld: The world the narrator created contains jerkasses, criminals, perverts, maniacs, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and it is full of inconveniences]]. This includes the unpleasant periods the narrator puts him in.
*DeadpanSnarker: Oh boy, is the narrator a sarcastic one to Arnold? He teases him and makes nasty remarks about the misfortune he places him in.
*DisproportionateRetribution: “What If You Became Immortal?” An old lady shoots Arnold for cutting in line at the amusement park.
*EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
**In the first videos Arnold had more visible bangs and he had more of a bowl cut instead of just messy hair. He also had buck teeth.
**The narrator sounded deeper, more relaxed and he actually cared for Arnold. Arnold also survived most of the scenarios with the narrator cheering him on. Sadly the narrator becomes a bully to Arnold later on and this wide of him was dropped.
**The carton designs were brighter and almost cheerful-looking.
**The thumbnails were more detailed and expressive. Arnold was more likable and had dynamics of being a ladies' man and even somewhat being friends with the narrator. Now, he's an [[TheEveryman Everyman]] who is the victim of the narrator’s bullying.
**The narrator himself was more crude and vulgar. This side of his being scrapped was because [=YouTube=]‘s guidelines got stricter.
**Lastly, the videos were science-based and fun, whereas later on they became just informational and almost bland in formula.
**Arnold used to actually star in his own social media videos and was more of a virtual celebrity. But now it’s all about the narrator and less Arnold on those pages.
*EdutainmentShow: The show is classified as this.
*{{Fingore}}: Arnold loses his finger in every video and experiment he’s put in, and usually first. It becoming nothing but a femur.
*FromBadToWorse: Almost every time. The narrator has more tricks up his sleeve every time you wouldn’t think it could get any worse for Arnie.
*HardTruthAesop: Many videos have them.
**The dinosaurs cannot survive today. "What If the Asteroid Never Killed the Dinosaurs?"
**Being the last person alive is all fun and games until you can’t have a fridge, power, heat for your food, or even a companion. It’s better to live in a world with others. "What Would Happen If Humans Disappeared???"
**Humans are not built and never will be made to last forever, and they weren’t intended to. "What If You Live 1000 Years?"
*ImmuneToBullets: “What If You Became Immortal?” Arnold gains skin that is bulletproof like Superman.
*ImpactSilhouette: In “What if you jump from 30,000 ft without a parachute” Arnold lands in the snow with a perfect shape of his body.
*{{Jerkass}}: The narrator, no less. He puts Arnold through literal hell in either deadly, bizarre or a deadly amount of something of everyday life.
*LargeHam: The narrator is a loud guy who loves to shout and announce everything energetically.
*MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Sometimes, Arnold meets his old self in some videos.
*RunningGag: Arnold’s finger keeps getting chopped off.
*TheSpeechless: Arnold only grunts and screams and never says a word.
*UnexplainedRecovery: Even when Arnold shouldn’t survive in one piece of the experiment, he always does.
*UrineTrouble: “What Would Happen With your Body if You Stopped Peeing?”
*VillainProtagonist: The narrator. He is a bully to you know who.
*WorldOfJerkass: The citizens of the city Arnold lives in aren’t very nice or are complete criminals.

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