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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Scout gets caught by Soldier watching [[https://sites.google.com/view/hotpicsofhotdogsforscoutfromtf hentai]] in ''RED Team's Euro Trip''. From a real website no less! [[spoiler:It's just pictures of hotdogs]].
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* {{Bookends}}: The first time Death Machine is beaten, he's sent tumbling towards the sky. And the last time we see him, the team sends him into the sky, but this time seemingly trapping him in a FateWorseThanDeath.
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** "Soldier's Day Off": [[RecurringBoss Ninja Scout and the Spy Bros once again]].
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The ''Unusual Troubles'' series is a Team Fortress 2 Machinima comedy series made by WebAnimation/STBlackST. The first video was published in mid-2016, and features the daily lives of the RED Soldier/American Boot, Scout, Spy, Miss Pauling and others. There is also a subplot detailing their battles against the BLU Team, as well as the BLU Team's machinations. [[OncePerEpisode Each episode]] ends with an RPG-esque battle against at least one member of the BLU Team.

The canon order of the series, and the introduction of different characters in the ''Unusual Troubles'' timeline, is as follows:
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aqPgnD0cmE Everyday Routine]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nNU-u8b-0M Spy is a Troublemaker]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq2dEAToq18 Not So Magical Events]]'' ([=RED=] Soldier/American Boot and the whole RED team, Miss Pauling, Merasmus; [=BLU=] Ninja Scout/Death Machine, Sniper, Spy) : three retroactive prequels setting up some of the defining events of the ''Unusual Troubles'' series.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLQSVuuvio4&frags=pl%2Cwn Unusual Troubles]]'' ([=BLU=] Mecha Medic) : the first video of the series.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucDDmbZiAYI Very Unusual Troubles]]'' ([=RED=] Fem!Scout; [=BLU=] Heavy, Engineer, Spy Bros/Mecha Spies, Captain Scout) : the second video.

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!!''Unusual Troubles'' and its sequels contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Miss Pauling's voice is taken from [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe Price]], who is also voiced by Ashly Burch.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Scout gets caught by Soldier watching [[https://sites.google.com/view/hotpicsofhotdogsforscoutfromtf hentai]] in ''RED Team's Euro Trip''. From a real website no less! [[spoiler:It's just pictures of hotdogs]].
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Mr. Baguette]], who opposes the [=RED=] team only because he thinks they can't deal with the threat of the [[spoiler: Space Cakes]]. Once he sees American Boot in action and after being fatally wounded, [[spoiler: he leaves [[MaskOfPower his mask]] to [=RED=] Spy.]]
* ArcVillain: At least one for each episode. Let's count them, shall we?
** "Unusual Troubles": BLU Ninja Scout/[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Death Machine]] and [[MadDoctor the BLU Medic/Mecha Medic]].
** "Very Unusual Troubles": The [[BashBrothers Spy Bros.]]
** "Extremely Unusual Troubles": The BLU Heavy-Phone.
** "Catastrophically Unusual Troubles": [[DiscOneFinalBoss Master Cake]], alongside [[TheBusCameBack Spy Bros. and Death Machine.]]
** "Saturday's Troubles": [[TimeMaster Joker]] [[StuffBlowingUp Scout.]]
** "RED Team goes to Japan": [[{{Ninja}} BLU Ninja Scout]] [[RecurringBoss (again)]].
** "Sunday's Troubles": [[spoiler:[[FinalBossPreview Mr. Baguette]], alongside [[MiniBoss Joker Scout and Death Machine]].]]
** "RED Team's Euro Trip": [[spoiler:[[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Golden Heavy]]]]
** "Monday's Troubles": Joker Scout [[RecurringBoss again]].
** "Sunny Daydream": [[FriendlyEnemy Weeaboo Spy]].
** "Unusual Daydream": [[BoisterousBruiser Captain Heavy]] and [[RecurringBoss the Spy Bros]].
* ATwinkleInTheSky: BLU Ninja Scout, after Soldier kicks him into the sky in "RED Team goes to Japan".
* BaguetteBeatdown: Played with. Spy's LimitBreak "[[GratuitousFrench La pièce de résistance]]" and "Baguette Special" has him respectively drive a tank and an attack helicopter made of baguettes in combat.
* BigBad: The BLU Heavy-Phone and Cupcake Medic. Master Cake takes the position in "Catastrophically Unusual Troubles". [[spoiler:Mr Baguette follows suit in "Saturday's Troubles", but he turns out to be an AntiVillain with Master Cake being the real culprit once again.]] [[spoiler:Cupcake Medic and Telephone Heavy take the mantle again from "Monday Troubles" onwards.]]
* BossSubtitles: Everyone gets these during the [[SuddenVideoGameMoment final battle]] of each episode.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Mr. Baguette's "BLU Special", which temporarily brainwashes Miss Pauling.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "Monday's Troubles", Spy claims that Soldier's mother has a DVD copy of ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' as a YourMom joke. Soldier straight-up asks [=STBlackST=] for it, being technically his "mother", and gets it too.
* CallingYourAttacks: Pops up now and again in the RPG battles.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Mr. Baguette's "BLU Special" again. It's shown brainwashing Miss Pauling in "Sunday's Troubles". Spy later obtains Mr. Baguette's mask in "Endless Unusual Troubles" and uses the same power to hijack Master Cake's Engineers.]]
* CoolestClubEver: The Infinite Flex Club in Paris, where Merasmus and [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]] moonlight as [=DJs=].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[spoiler:Golden Heavy]] is obsessed by eating cash and gold and is at first glance just [[spoiler:Robot Heavy]] with a gold paintjob. In battle? He can survive both Miss Pauling's summons and ''American Boot''.
* FighterMageThief: The RED team heroes have this dynamic, Soldier being the Fighter (with his direct, no-frills attacks), Scout the Mage (with his [[TimeMaster Time Bend]] and crit-based abilities) and Spy the Thief (favoring trick attacks, backstabs and feints).
* FinalBossPreview: "Sunday's Troubles" has a battle against [[spoiler:[[BigBad Mr. Baguette]] and the Ninja and Joker Scouts. Despite the entire RED Team AND Miss Pauling assisting, Mr. Baguette gets away, though not without [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing Miss Pauling first.]]]]
* FriendlyEnemy: Weeaboo Spy is apparently a childhood friend of American Boot and, after a quick but non-fatal victory against him, politely leaves.
* GenerationXerox: Soldier's Dad looks exactly like Soldier save for a white Fu Manchu moustache and beard.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The Space Cakes are this compared to the BLU Team by virtue of driving more of the major plot beats.
* GoldFishPoopGang: Captain Scout, despite having a battleship (the [[SarcasmMode beautifully named]] ''SS We're Done Sucking Juicy Cocks''), gets trounced without as much as an afterthought everytime.
* GratuitousJapanese: Justified for the BLU robots in Japan. Weeaboo Spy does it too as his voice is taken from [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Genji Shimada]].
* GuestStarPartyMember: Miss Pauling joins the RED Team in episode 2, after Scout got PutOnABus. Scout rejoins the team in episode 3. [[spoiler:The entire RED Team join as temporary members for the battle against Mr. Baguette in "Sunday's Troubles".]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Merasmus seems to decide whether to side with RED Team or their enemies on a whim. Or if Soldier was a dick to him recently.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of "Monday's Troubles", after falling out with Ninja Scout, Joker Scout strikes up a friendship with the Soldier.]]
* OneHitKill: American Boot and Miss Pauling's summoning. So far, only [[spoiler:Golden Heavy]] survived both.
* RandomEventsPlot: While there's continuity regarding the events of BLU Team, whatever happens in an episode between those moments is closer to this.
* RecurringBoss: The BLU Ninja Scout/Death Machine has been fought ''four'' times, in "Unusual Troubles" [[CurbStompBattle (if you could call it a fight)]], "Catastrophically Unusual Troubles" (summoned by Master Cake), "RED Team goes to Japan" (on his own) and "Sunday's Troubles" (fought alongside Joker Scout and [[spoiler:Mr. Baguette]]).
* SummonBiggerFish: The RED Team can summon [[ActionGirl Miss Pauling]] or [[RealityWarper Merasmus]] to heal them or deal damage to the enemy, [[spoiler:and summon the entire RED Team as backup against Mr. Baguette.]] [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard Mecha Heavy can summon Merasmus too.]] Master Cake summons reinforcements every so often. [[spoiler:Mr. Baguette has both BLU Scouts as backup.]]
* TakenForGranite: RED Engineer, after the Heavy-Phone bites him in "Very Unusual Troubles".
* TemporalParadox: As a result of Phone Heavy's meddling, Soldier gets sent back to the events of "Spy is a Troublemaker", and immediately ruins the timeline by killing Demoman, Merasmus, and the disguised Spy.
* TheHero: Soldier.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Master Cake, leader of the Space Cakes. [[spoiler:Also Mr. Baguette.]]
* TheWorfEffect: In "Saturday's Troubles", the Joker Scout fought off Soldier, Scout and Spy by himself, and almost wins before Scout [[TimeMaster bends time and space]]. [[spoiler:In "Sunday's Troubles", Joker returns alongside Ninja Scout and [[BigBad Mr. Baguette]], and gets taken down easily, [[DownplayedTrope though not before offing Scout, Sniper and Medic.]]]]
* TimeMaster: Scout can use a clock to rewind time, nullifying the last attack used against the team. The Joker Scout has this too, stopping time to attack.
-->'''Scout''': Bending time and space!
* TookALevelInBadass:
** BLU Ninja Scout/Death Machine in his first appearance gets [[OneHitKO OHKO]]'d by the [[LimitBreak American Boot]]. In "Catastrophically Unusual Troubles", he lands the killing blow on Soldier, and in "RED Team Goes to Japan", manages to hold his own against Soldier and Scout.
** The RED Soldier, Scout and Spy are just ordinary mercenaries - but during battle they can [[RealityWarper somewhat warp reality]], bend time and space, heal themselves without need of a Medic and defeat enemies normal mercs wouldn't have a chance against. Soldier in particular come "Catastrophically Unusual Troubles", going up against Master Cake and defeating the Spy Bros. by himself, when previously he could barely scratch them.
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