History WebVideo / CrashCourse

** He also takes a few potshots at VladimirPutin.

** Starting at Episode 12 of Philosophy, in the new Squarespace sponsor there's a person waving a sign. [[FreezeFrameBonus if one pauses at the right moment,]] behind them, [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] can be spotted in the crowd.

* Intellectual Property: Short series hosted by longtime Crash Course producer/editor Stan Muller.

* NotHyperbole: John offhandedly mentions a couple times that there are only three Shakers left today. This sounds like a joke, but it's actually not. There's only one remaining Shaker community in the world (Sabbathday Lake in Maine) and it does indeed have three members.[[note]]Or ''did'', rather - Sister Frances Carr died on January 3, 2017.[[/note]] Seriously. Their names are Sister June Carpenter, Brother Arnold Hadd, and Sister Frances Carr. Their church banned marriage and reproduction, with this result.

* NotHyperbole: John offhandedly mentions a couple times that there are only three Shakers left today. This sounds like a joke, but it's actually not. There's only one remaining Shaker community in the world and it does indeed have three members. Seriously. Their names are Sister June Carpenter, Brother Arnold Hadd, and Sister Frances Carr. Their church banned marriage and reproduction, with this result.

** In the episode about Japanese History, the Thought Bubble had [[{{Videogame/Okami}} Amaterasu]] do a cameo.

** [[ComicBook/Watchmen Rorschach]], [[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries Kratos]], Franchise/{{Superman}} and [[Series/SesameStreet Count von Count]] appear in episode 21 of Psych.

** Starting in Episode 12 of Philosophy, in the new Squarespace sponsor there's a person waving a sign. [[FreezeFrameBonus if one pauses at the right second,]] behind them, [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] can be spotted in the crowd.

** Starting in Episode 12 of Philosophy, [[FreezeFrameBonus if one pauses at the beginning,]] there is a person waving a sign. Behind them, [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] can be spotted in the crowd.

** In the Thought Bubble for episode 26 of Philosophy, you can see [[

* 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.

** The ''CC Games'' episode on PC gaming opens with Andrew giving a shout out to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Master_Race "PC master race"]]--a term coined back in 2008 by ''WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation''.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Thrown in here and there in some videos. Especially the ''Psychology'' series, from the [[LiveActionTV/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]] munching on his cookie in one video to a Corgi walking on a lamp, among other examples.

* HypeBacklash: {{In-universe}}. John thinks the Crusades are highly overrated.

** Present!John's message to College!John:
-->'''present!John:''' "...and DO NOT GO TO ALASKA WITH A GIRL YOU'VE KNOWN FOR TEN DAYS!!!"
** For long time WebVideo/VlogBrothers fans, however, it's a CallBack.

* RunningGag / OncePerEpisode:
** From the history videos, we have John-from-the-Past, and "unless you are the Mongols."
** The Mongols gag was actively set up as such in the first video:
-->"By the way, over the next forty weeks you will frequently hear generalizations followed by 'Unless you are the Mongols'."

** US History video number 6 contains a "Libertage" (liberty montage) captioned with "America: [[StarWars making the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs]] since 1776."

--> '''John Green:''' What? I call it scoodilypooping, I'm not going to apologize.

* "Human Geography" launched in October 2016 but was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFStAP7Uko put on hiatus]] after the pilot (since cut) to fix some major problems with the script that the viewers have immediately pointed out.

* "Human Geography" launched in October 2016 but was put on a SeriesHiatus [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvFStAP7Uko after the pilot]] to fix some major problems with the script that the viewers have immediately pointed out.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPqR2wOs8WI&index=1&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPTrc_yg73RghJEOdobAplG Games]]: Hosted by [[AndreTheBlackNerd Andre Meadows]]

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Thrown in here and there in some videos. Especially the ''Psychology'' series, from the [[LiveActionTV/ Cookie Monster]] munching on his cookie in one video to a Corgi walking on a lamp, among other examples.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPqR2wOs8WI&index=1&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPTrc_yg73RghJEOdobAplG Games]]: Hosted by Andre Meadows

[[https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Crash Course]] is a ''Website/YouTube'' channel hosted by the ''WebVideo/VlogBrothers'' [[Music/HankGreen Hank]] and Creator/JohnGreen, 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.