History WebVideo / CaptainSouthbird

* TheVoice: Bird's parents never make physical appearances, though their letters to him are often shown onscreen.

** Bird's letters to other villagers in "Hail to the Chief" are a letter hitting on Lolly, a letter to Scoot referencing Vinny's tendency to [[SayMyName shout his name]] in the Mayor Vine streams, and a letter to Ankha asking why she's mad at him, in that order.

** In "He Shouldn't Have a Phone", Bird receives a letter containing an item called "Oh God no", piquing Southbird's curiosity regarding why it's considered shocking. Bird places it in his home and it turns out to simply be a washing machine.

** "He Shouldn't Have a Phone" features multiple instances of items' names being replaced by random phrases, such as an item called "Oh God no" simply being a washing machine.

** The "December 2019 Special" of the ''Birdston'' season features Christmas alongside other events previously featured in "Santa Bird", such as the New Year's celebration and Bella and Chief's birthdays.

** "Birthday Intervention" takes place on Mayor Bird's birthday, and Scoot throws him a party. It doesn't go that well, as Scoot finds Bird's wish for a "good video" to be crazy and Bella doesn't enjoy the party at all. Skye is also present, but congratulating Bird is all she says regarding the celebration; instead she talks about "ratsex" trending and says [[ShapedLikeItself "Vine is a fucking Vine."]]

** In earlier ''Wolfburg'' episodes, the insults Kapp'n uses during Bird's bus rides primarily involve [[YourMom "yer nan"]] if they don't involve Bird himself. In later episodes, as well as post-''Wolfburg'', Kapp'n's insults tend to focus on the townsfolk instead of Bird's grandma, aside from one "yer gran" insult in ''Birdston''.

** Bird's mom's letters to her son in the ''[=KaosTown=]'' season tend to be bizarre, saying things like [[HollywoodSatanism "It's hip to fuck Satan"]] and "I'm scared." Bird's dad never shows signs of sharing his wife's unhinged nature and instead shows a poor grasp of the English language, from the broken English in Bird's birthday letter to the {{word salad|Humor}} "breasts'Not'" letter he sent for Toy Day in "Happy Toy Day!". Bird's mom's letters aren't shown in ''Wolfburg'', but in ''Birdston'' they're significantly more coherent than in ''[=KaosTown=]''.

** Nook acts easygoing at his office, frequently saying [[VerbalTic "nice"]] and occasionally offering Bird drinks, but Bird catches Nook [[DrowningMySorrows sorrowfully drinking coffee]] at the Roost and he talks about his personal life, saying that he "can never have nice things" and that he's been unable to have kids until recently.

** In the "Kaostown" episode of ''Birdston'', Southbird is caught off guard when Lolly suddenly acts serious instead of perverted, randomly sending Bird a letter saying [[WelcomeToMyWorld "Welcome to Kaostown"]], then saying she "hate[s] this stupid town with all its stupid, terrible people" and "This is bad" when Bird confronts her about the letter. Southbird suspects that Freya's reappearance has something to do with Lolly's unusual behavior.

* StealthInsult: Cherry tells Bird she can't "bend time to suit [his] poultry needs" in "Birth[day] of a Southbird" and the [[RougeAnglesOfSatin misspelling of "paltry" as "poultry"]] leads Southbird to suspect her of using a bird-related insult.

** Cherry starts out acting like she's in love with Bird when other villagers say she is, but later on she says she erased the petition to build Club LOL when she's asked to sign and asks Bird if he's [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII "got no scrote"]] and if he's a loser with a capital L in "For Whom the Bella Tolls". She also turns out to have a grudge against Chief in "Saving Face".

** Southbird notices that Grimer is now called [[CountryMatters "Magcunt"]] when he first encounters one.

* AscendedGlitch: In the intro of "Y'know I'm Right", after Isabelle ends up sharing Kapp'n's vulgar and [[StylisticSuck poorly written]] dialogue, Southbird states he didn't intend for that to happen, but ends up rolling with it.

* StealthPun: In "Squirrelly Jealousy", Southbird chuckles when a comment that car alarms cry wolf instead of being useful comes from a wolf, specifically Chief.

** In "Emotional Baggage", Shrunk tells a joke about how a drunk man walks into a bar and says "Lawyers are all assholes" and offends another man by saying that. The other man is asked if he's a lawyer, and he says "No, I'm an asshole!"

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* BookEnds: The ''Troubled Waters'' season of ''Starbound'' ends on Episode 19 similarly to how it began: [[spoiler:blowing up the Supervoid planet creates a wormhole that warps them back to their ''Frackin' Universe'' settlement, which is mostly repaired]].

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Malokeh, Southbird's character in the ''Calamity'' season of ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', is one of his few, if not only, non-bird (or non-Pokemon Trainer) avatars.

* SpaceSailing: In ''Frackin' Universe'', after finding a pirate outfit, Teck turns their spaceship into a galleon, complete with sails.

* TrashTheSet: The end of ''Frackin' Universe'' ([[PreviouslyOn and start of the next season]]) has Burd accidentally blow a hole in their house, followed by him and Phocks intentionally wrecking parts of the lab next door, followed by drilling straight down to the planet's core. [[spoiler:The lab's repaired by their return for ''Shellguard'', though the house is still busted.]]

* MarshmallowHell: In ''ULTRA'' Part 2, a glitch causes Birdette's face to clip through Professor Burnet's chest when the two are speaking at the Dimensional Research Lab, leading to jokes from Southbird.

* SexGod: In ''Damascus Blade'' Part 1, the Pokédex entry for "Tor" (Sobble) is "I can sense the sex radiating off this guy." Southbird's respose is "Look at him. Sex. Pure sex."

** In "He Didn't Last Long", Ray is collapsed by the beach and suspects that Audie and Chadder killed him. In the following episode, "Enough Hot Nonsense", it's shown that he was just unconscious when he's seen walking around Resident Services, but [[FakeKillScare Bird still finds the murder attempt worrying]].

** Subverted. In ''Canislupus'', Ray has a small amount of screentime early in the season. His body is found by the beach by Bird in "He Didn't Last Long", the fourth episode, as referenced by the episode's title. The following episode, "Enough Hot Nonsense", shows that [[FakeKillScare he wasn't actually dead]].

* VisualPun: In "Enough Hot Nonsense", when Ray using a broom to sweep outside Resident Services, Southbird takes note of the fact that a HardboiledDetective is sweeping up the town's dirt in the literal sense.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Jitters, who makes his debut in "Enough Hot Nonsense", has conversations with Bird that involve speculation about aliens and their technology, plus speculation about government involvement. After Chief talks about aliens later in the episodes, Southbird assumes he's been talking to Jitters.

* ConspiracyTheorist: "Enough Hot Nonsense" introduces Jitters, whose conversations with Bird involve speculation about aliens and their technology, plus speculation about government involvement. After Chief talks about aliens later in the episodes, Southbird assumes he's been talking to Jitters.

* StylisticSuck: The insult-filled, profanity-laden text used by Kapp'n and later his family is intentionally misspelled and miscapitalized.

* CelebrationMiscalculation: In "Santa Bird", there are two cases of Chief wishing Bird a happy birthday in December, despite Bird's birthday being on May 20. In one case, Chief does this at his own birthday party on December 19.

** Subverted. In ''Canislupus'', Ray has a small amount of screentime early in the season. His body is found by the beach by Bird in "He Didn't Last Long", the fourth episode, as referenced by the episode's title. The following episode, "Enough Hot Nonsense", shows that [[FakingTheDead he wasn't actually dead]].

** In "He Didn't Last Long", Bird decides to investigate [[spoiler:Ray]]'s murder, and Chadder and Audie are named as suspects.

** Southbird acts serious and apologetic when Bird plants a shrub by [[spoiler:Ray]]'s corpse in "He Didn't Last Long", only to start laughing after seeing that he got Nook Miles for that.

* ProfessionalKiller: After [[spoiler:Ray]] is found dead in "He Didn't Last Long", Southbird suspects Chadder of being responsible, with Audie being suspected of hiring him to do it.

** In "He Didn't Last Long", Bird and Chadder start feuding after the latter shows a strong interest in the former's girlfriend, Bella. Later in the episode, Southbird suspects Chadder of being involved in the murder of [[spoiler:Ray]], which is referenced in the episode's title.

** In ''Canislupus'', [[spoiler:Ray]] has a small amount of screentime early in the season. His body is found by the beach by Bird in "He Didn't Last Long", the fourth episode, as referenced by the episode's title.

* TheRival: Downplayed in TheStinger of "Percy's Bedside Manner", when Southbird says Joan's name with contempt after seeing her and Bird pushes her after this, with nothing else coming out of this one-sided rivalry.

* AmateurSleuth: In "Chief and Shorty", Chief makes it his job to rescue Bird from Freya, asking the residents of Birdston for clues on where to find him. After the townsfolk prove to be of little help, he ends up following the railroad tracks out of town.

** In "Investigation", Audie refers to Bird as "beakboy".

* MoodWhiplash: The "Kaostown" episode of ''Birdston'' begins with Freya running around with an axe and [[spoiler:using it to murder Phoebe]]. The scene then shifts to Bird standing on Birdston's Town Tree and Southbird lightheartedly commenting on how he's a bird roosting in a tree, followed by wondering how he's supposed to get down.

** In the ''[=KaosTown=]'' Part 1-10 compilation's commentary, Southbird and Teckworks discuss Coco's absence in ''Wolfburg'' and say it might be related to her breaking up with Chief. The "Kaostown" episode of ''Birdston'' shows that she still lives in [=KaosTown=], despite Chief moving to Wolfburg and later Birdston.

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Cherry's text misspells "paltry" as "poultry" in "Birth[day] of a Southbird" and the resulting text's reference to "suit[ing] poultry needs" leads Southbird to suspect her of using a bird-related insult.

* AllWomenAreLustful: All the girl villagers clearly want a piece of Bird, as well as the male villagers and [[BiTheWay each other]]. Coco and Labelle are the sole exceptions; the former is either faithful to Chief or just stays away from everyone, while the latter only talks about Bird being with others and not herself.

* BiTheWay:
** After previously showing interest in Cherry, Ankha, and Lolly, Bob mentions having a male lover in "TMI Day". Not long after Percy discusses his sex life, Bob is shown to be moving away and Southbird says he isn't surprised, implying that Bob and Percy were together.
** After establishing an obsession with anime girls in ''Wolfburg'', ''Birdston'' features Marshal asking Bird if he wants to marry him in "Squirrelly Jealousy", and Percy claims that "gay good" is the only message he's sending to Marshal in "Percy's Bedside Manner", followed by saying that the two have been together for a while, despite Percy being engaged to Ankha. In contrast to how Chief's visit to Percy's house in "Percy's Bedside Manner" is believed to be a doctor's visit, Southbird thinks Percy has less innocent reasons for having Marshal over in the same episode.
--->'''Southbird:''' ''[after seeing Chief at Percy's house]'' "I see you have a patient. How's it going there, Chief?"\\
'''Southbird:''' ''[after seeing Marshal at Percy's house]'' "Oh, what is going on in here? ...OK, guys."

* BiTheWay: After Cling On rescues Hailey, she randomly says she'd date Alpaca, with both previously only dating males in ''Vinesauce Tomodachi Life''. Events between the two in ''WebVideo/VinesauceMiitopia'' lead to the interpretation that [[JokeAndReceive this actually happens]], which earns Vinny's approval.

** In "Y'know I'm Right", Chief receives a shirt that says "Island Life" in Spanish. Since Southbird isn't fluent in Spanish, he shows the translation in a caption.

** In the ''Wolfburg'' season, Poppy has a brief one-off appearance in the city. In the debut of the ''Canislupus'' season, "He Shouldn't Have a Phone", Bird invites her to move to Canislupus.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the ''Birdston'' season's "Escape from Kaostown" episode, Harvey reappears at [=KaosTown's=] campground, but his name is now Ar'vi.

** The titular island of the ''Canislupus'' season is named after the scientific name for wolves (''Canis lupus''), not unlike how one of its predecessors, the town of Wolfburg, is named after wolves' English name. Chief is the only wolf to appear in the debut episode, "He Shouldn't Have a Phone", despite Freya being mentioned; another wolf, Audie (who's heavily implied to be Freya's sister), moves in in the following episode.

* EruditeStoner: Southbird edits Chief's eyes to look like he's under the influence and villagers call him high in-game, though he occasionally has intelligent things to say in addition to rambling nonsensically. After he starts dating Coco, he claims the two have the ultimate goal of eliminating sobriety from the world, and Southbird believes him. Southbird and Teckworks don't elaborate on what he's on in the commentary for the ''[=KaosTown=]'' Part 1-10 compilation, but Teckworks jokes about him being high on life after Southbird comments on his occasional words of wisdom. He's introduced as "the rambling, derailed-thought-train wolf" in the description for his ''[=KaosTown=]'' debut episode ("Peer Pressure"), but Southbird changes his text to make him ''over''think things instead in the ''Wolfburg'' episodes.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the "Kaostown" episode of ''Birdston'', Southbird is caught off guard when Lolly suddenly acts serious instead of perverted, randomly sending Bird a letter saying [[WelcomeToMyWorld "Welcome to Kaostown"]], then saying she "hate[s] this stupid town with all its stupid, terrible people" and "This is bad" when Bird confronts her about the letter. Southbird suspects that Freya's reappearance has something to do with Lolly's unusual behavior.

** In ''Canislupus'', Audie has a tendency to end sentences with "Y'know I'm right."