History WebVideo / CrashCourse

* StealthPun: In the Christianity Episode, right after John talks about circumcision it shows Abraham's family and a man cutting what turns out to be a log.

Crash Course is a Website/YouTube channel hosted by the VlogBrothers Hank and John Green, their attempt to bring EdutainmentShow content to web video. The two set off to give comprehensive 'courses' in subjects that they're knowledgeable about, with more staff and professional production than the video blogs that they're primarily known for. Filled with tons of information, constant jokes, funny animations and drawings its a great way to pass the time, but hopefully learn a little, too.

* TheGhost: Stan, the camera man who is oft-referred to, but never seen. However, he is heard correcting John in one episode over the latter thinking they were talking about the Dark Arts from Harry Potter.

->''The test will gauge whether you're an informed, engaged, productive citizen of the world ... The test will last your entire life, and it will be comprised of the millions of decisions which when taken together, make your life ''yours''. And everything--'''everything'''--will be on it.''

->''The test will gauge whether you're an informed, engaged, productive citizen of the world....The test will last your entire life, and it will be comprised of the millions of decisions which when taken together, make your life ''yours''. And everything-'''everything'''- will be on it.''

* ExtendedAnalogy: Invoked. When explaining about nutrients and essential biomolecules, Hank uses the analogy of a sandwich. Turns out, while it's theoretically sound and has everything you need, said sandwich tastes horrible.

* TheGhost: Stan, the camera man who is oft-referred to, but never seen. John assures us that he is real.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Mostly Averted, but in the off-chance they do make an error, they usually put an annotation in the video correcting themselves.

Crash Course is a {{YouTube}} channel hosted by the VlogBrothers Hank and John Green, their attempt to bring EdutainmentShow content to web video. The two set off to give comprehensive 'courses' in subjects that they're knowledgeable about, with more staff and professional production than the video blogs that they're primarily known for. Filled with tons of information, constant jokes, funny animations and drawings its a great way to pass the time, but hopefully learn a little, too.

* ExtendedAnalogy: Invoked. When explaining about nutrients and essential biomolecules, Hank uses the analogy of a sandwich. Turns out, while it's theoretically sound and has everything you need, said sandwich tastes horrible.

* TheGhost: Stan, the camera man who is oft-referred to, but never seen. John assures us that he is real.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Teenage!John (aka Mefromthepast) is somehow one of Present!John's students. The latter is mostly irritated by the former's shortsightedness and stupid comments.

** Since the episode about embryonic development, "unless you are a sea sponge" has begun to head in this direction, albeit a little less frequent than the Mongols.

** In another video, John says that, just like [[HarryPotter Voldemort's soul,]] he's gonna break the video into eight parts.

** "Fighting over such things, like whether the proverbial [[TheCakeIsALie cake is a lie]] rarely accomplishes anything."

* UnusualEuphemism: "Scoodilypooping" has nothing to do with poop and everything to do with scoodling. The term comes from John and Hank's grandmother.

* RunningGag: "Unless you are the Mongols." from the History videos.
** Actively set up as such in the first video:

* StealthPun: in the Christian Episode right after John talks about circumcision it shows Abraham's family and a man cutting a log. trees of course.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Scoodleypooping" has nothing to do with poop and everything to do with scoodling. The term comes from John and Hank's grandmother.

* JustForPun: Almost every episode contains one or two. Occasionally develops into a [[HurricaneOfPuns hurricane]] and nearly always [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame]].

* ExtendedAnalogy: Invoked. When explaining about nutrients and essential biomolecules, Hank uses the analogy of a sandwich. Turns out, while its theoretically sound and has everything you need, said sandwich tastes horrible.

** Egyptian men wear make-up inspired by 80's metal band.
* CatchPhrase: John has "Best wishes!" and "As they say in my hometown, don't forget to be awesome!".

* ShoutOut: In one video, Hank mentions himself and his brother discussing who their favourite DoctorWho is (Tom Baker and DavidTennant respectively) which immediately caused fans to point out [[IAmNotShazam the character's name is actually the Doctor]].

* RunningGag: "Unless you are the Mongols."

** "This video may be watched in some glorious future when Kim Kardashian and The Situation have mercifully disappeared from public life...Kim Kardashian is a professional famous person who initially rose to notoriety by [[UnusualEuphamism scoodlypooping]] with someone named Ray Jay, and Mike "The Situation" I-Forgot-His-Last-Name is a professional stupid person with big muscles...The Situation is really good at picking up girls ([[MyGirlIsASlut of a certain type]]), and Kim Kardashian is good at...Stan, what is Kim Kardashian good at?"

** "This video may be watched in some glorious future when Kim Kardashian and The Situation have mercifully disappeared from public life...Kim Kardashian is a professional famous person who initially rose to notoriety by scoodlypooping with someone named Ray Jay, and Mike "The Situation" I-Forgot-His-Last-Name is a professional stupid person with big muscles...The Situation is really good at picking up girls ([[MyGirlIsASlut of a certain type]]), and Kim Kardashian is good at...Stan, what is Kim Kardashian good at?"

* Stealth Pun: in the Christian Episode right after John talks about circumcision it shows Abraham's family and a man cutting a log. trees of course.