History WebVideo / DankPods

** He later bought "Sleepy (/Smelly) Jeff", a [[https://youtu.be/3QTOiZADmqw '95 EF Ford Falcon GLi]], a weird freak of nature with the trim of a cheap taxi and a high-end V8 engine, that he thought "only" had problems with leaking coolant that would take a day to fix. Cut to James getting under the chassis and discovering oil leaks compensated for by overfilling the oil tank, the mufflers replaced with janky soldered-on pipes that were leaking, the fancy differential was busted and ''also'' leaking and all the bearings for wheels and pulleys being worn. It took six entire weeks to fix everything, only for the interior to stink, be fairly slow, and have incredibly poor mileage.
*** It was later discovered that the bad smell in the interior was due to [[spoiler: multiple DEAD rats living in the interior of the car]], which resulted in Jeff [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-vBAl2AWnA having its ENTIRE interior removed]], including the seats, as Wade 'banned' Jeff from having an interior. What remained of the interior would later become completely disinfected with white vinegar to permanently remove the old smell. Unable to find proper replacement seats, he eventually settled on applying a used, filthy bench seat from an older ED Falcon found at a U-Pull-It, with a hole cut in the middle to allow the parking brake to be used. Though it now lacks a proper interior, thankfully Jeff no longer stinks.
** He later inherited a 1984 Daihatsu Charade for free from an old housemate and named it "[[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]]". The driver's side is covered up with graffiti art (hence its name), the brakes are completely gone, the tires are 21 years old and the interior was full of trash that had been untouched for about 6 years. Despite all this, it is deemed to be in better condition than Jeff... [[spoiler:until he and James gutted its engine out.]]
** The Donkey Van, a 2001 Mitsubishi Express van with half a million kilometers on the cloack and comensurate major wear in the engine, differential, transmission, and general beaten appearence. Being so rough as to not care about mistreating it was the point when purchased, and it mostly worked despite the smoke and noises until a can of engine conditioner spray burnt a hole in the head gasket. After being repaired it ran worse than before and performs and drinks worse than Jeff.

* TimTaylorTechnology: The [[https://youtu.be/gv-L8vRncGw?si=oznFKkwmbZuwLoHe Maraca Cracker 9000]]. A gift to the channel to givwe Wade something to reliably destroy the cheap headphones that seem to come with every media player, it comes with a proper covered arming a switch and a warning never to plug in anything he doesn't want to lose. It takes the output of an amp that typically pushes audio to every speaker in a good-sized supermarket or airport terminal, and compresses it down to a single headphone out. He's completely aware that it has zero practical applications beyond his own amusement.

** For completion, the non-nuggets in Wade's possession include Bruce 2 ([[CoolCar 2013 VE Holden Commodore SV6 ute]]), The Frog (2017 Nissan Leaf), and [[BoringButPractical The Car]] ('98 Corolla, borderline nugget). Bruce 2's name alludes to Bruce, a deceased '03 BA Ford Falcon ute that was deemed not worth fixing due to being set up for LPG fuel, an artefact of 2000s Australia that is no longer viable for regular use.

*** It was later discovered that the bad smell in the interior was due to [[spoiler: multiple DEAD rats living in the interior of the car]], which resulted in Jeff [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-vBAl2AWnA having its ENTIRE interior removed]], including the seats, as Wade 'banned' Jeff from having an interior. What remained of the interior would later become completely disinfected with white vinegar to permanently remove the old smell. Unable to find proper replacement seats, he eventually settled on applying a used, filthy bench seat from an older ED Falcon found at a U-Pull-It, with a hole cut in the middle to allow the parking brake to be used. Though it no longer has a proper interior, thankfully Jeff no longer stinks.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Several in "Even Hello Kitty made an MP3 player...", in which he refers to Hello Kitty in French as "Bonjour Chaton", in Russian as "привет котёнок" ("Privet Kotyonok"), and in German as "Gleichgültiger Fisch" ("Indifferent Fish").

* MaliciousMisnaming: Wade will sometimes make up silly names for products he is less than impressed with. Particularly notable is throughout his review of the Raycon Bluetooth earphones, where he variously refers to them as “Rondons”, “Rancans” and “Royjoys”.

** For completion, the non-nuggets in Wade's possession include Bruce 2 (2013 VE Holden Commodore ute), The Frog (2017 Nissan Leaf), and [[BoringButPractical The Car]] ('98 Corolla, borderline nugget). Bruce 2's name alludes to Bruce, a deceased '03 BA Ford Falcon ute that was deemed not worth fixing due to being set up for LPG fuel, an artefact of 2000s Australia that is no longer viable for regular use.

** He later bought "Jeff", a [[https://youtu.be/3QTOiZADmqw '95 EF Ford Falcon GLi]], a weird freak of nature with the trim of a cheap taxi and a high-end V8 engine, that he thought "only" had problems with leaking coolant that would take a day to fix. Cut to James getting under the chassis and discovering oil leaks compensated for by overfilling the oil tank, the mufflers replaced with janky soldered-on pipes that were leaking, the fancy differential was busted and ''also'' leaking and all the bearings for wheels and pulleys being worn. It took six entire weeks to fix everything, only for the interior to smell bad, be fairly slow, and have incredibly poor mileage.

* AscendedMeme: After the Cash Converters song from his Australia Day special became a common inside joke with his fans, he decided to record a video about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8trRQreM_J0 iPods brought from Cash Converters]]. This was spun off into the "Cashies Special" series of videos, in which DankPods displays items he brought from Cash Converters.

* AscendedMeme: After the Cash Converters song from his Australia Day special became a common inside joke with his fans, he decided to record a video about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8trRQreM_J0 iPods brought from Cash Converters]].

** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1vGM14ucrc The "Interchangeable Game Child".]]", the video switches from DankPods' usual style to that of a Garbage Time video during Wade and James' attempts at fixing the Game Child.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Not Wade himself, but in his video about Northfield on the ''Garbage Time'' channel, he mentions "driving like a dickhead" as a common "community activity" within that suburb.

** For completion, the non-nuggets in Wade's possession include Bruce 2 (2013 VE Holden Commodore ute), The Frog (2014 Nissan Leaf), and [[BoringButPractical The Car]] ('98 Corolla, borderline nugget). Bruce 2's name alludes to Bruce, a deceased '03 BA Ford Falcon ute that was deemed not worth fixing due to being set up for LPG fuel, an artefact of 2000s Australia that is no longer viable for regular use.

* Dankmus, a Simpsons remix channel, and his original web project
* Garbage Time, initially for random videos usually involving his pet snake [[EnsembleDarkHorse Frank]], but later converted to focus on [[AllegedCar nuggetty cars]]
* The Drum Thing, [[CaptainObvious about drums and drum-related content]]

* TheAllegedCar: Wade has an affinity for such cars, both having grown up with them and also for the peace of mind that, since the car's already old and beaten up, he won't ever feel bad for damaging it. A count of some of the nuggety vehicles he and Jamess have spent time fixing;

** He later bought "Jeff", a [[https://youtu.be/3QTOiZADmqw '95 EF Ford Falcon GLi]], a weird freak of nature with the trim of a cheap taxi and a high-end V8 engine, that he thought "only" had problems with leaking coolant that would take a day to fix. Cut to James getting under the chassis and discovering oil leaks compensated for by overfilling the oil tank, the mufflers replaced with janky soldered-on pipes that were leaking, the fancy differential was busted and ''also'' leaking and all the bearings for wheels and pulleys being worn. It took six entire weeks to fix everything, only for it to be fairly slow and have incredibly poor mileage.
** He later inherited a 1984 Daihatsu Charade for free from an old housemate and named it "[[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]]". It's covered up the driver's side with graffiti art (hence its name), the brakes are completely gone, the tyres are 21 years old and the interior was full of trash that had been untouched for about 6 years. Despite all this, it is deemed to be in better condition than Jeff... [[spoiler:until he and James gutted its engine out.]]
** For completion, the non-nuggets in Wade's possession include Bruce 2 (2013 VE Holden Commodore ute), The Frog (2014 Nissan Leaf), and [[BoringButPractical The Car]] ('98 Corolla, borderline nugget). Bruce 2's name aludes to Bruce, a deceased '03 BA Ford Falcon ute that was deemed not worth fixing due to being set up for LPG fuel, an artefact of 2000s Australia that is no longer viable for regular use.
* ArchEnemy: [=eBay=], following his refusal to use them following the terrible, terrible service of the Global Shipping Program, as seen in his three videos about it.

* BlessedWithSuck: This is how he describes the iPod Nano: They are a very good product for managing to be so small... but that's ''exactly'' why they are cursed according to him; Due to how tightly everything inside them is packed to make them so small, the rechargeable battery is pressed directly against the back of the display. When the battery inevitably starts expanding, it starts damaging the screen (leading to a "black spot"), and can then cause ''far'' worse problems if left unchecked, including damage to the body and the risk of catching fire and exploding. It's bad enough to the point where he keeps his "black spot" Nano's sealed in a jar.

** The first video that featured the so-called "freakish ears on a stand" used "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVFuV7NPuJ8 A Night Alone]]" for headphone comparisons instead of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu5iMcEELaw Walk Through The Park]]". Both songs are by [=TrackTribe=]. Similarly, the debut of "Scarlet Fire" was during a montage of a Rocket League match as opposed to the debut of the Mojo, as one would assume.

* For completion, the non-nuggets in Wade's possession include Bruce 2 (2013 VE Holden Commodore ute), The Frog (2014 Nissan Leaf), and [[BoringButPractical The Car]] ('98 Corolla, borderline nugget). Bruce 2's name aludes to Bruce, a deceased '03 BA Ford Falcon ute that was deemed not worth fixing due to being set up for LPG fuel, an artefact of 2000s Australia that is no longer viable for regular use.

* TheAllegedCar: Wade has an affinity for such cars, both having grown up with them and also for the peace of mind that, since the car's already old and beaten up, he won't ever feel bad for damaging it. A count of some of the nuggety vehicles he's spent time fixing;

* AutoIncorrect: When [[https://youtu.be/mhMQeJ5Qmp0 Wade tries an Apple Newton]], he finds that ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' may have been a little generous, as "Eat up Martha" at least ''resembles'' "Beat up Martin", unlike "Brokerage". It variously interprets "Dingus" as "Rings", "Bridges", "Directs", "King's", "did yes", and eventually "Berger", and it interprets "Hello my name" as "dominance", resulting in the bizarrely threatening phrase "dominance is frank".

** In his review of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zClw-XmSk the iDuck]], he refers to the "not for children under 3 years old" symbol on the packaging as "Nought to three sad onions", which is what Creator/StuartAshen invariably calls the symbol in his videos. He references Ashes again when he does a review of the Interchangeable Game Child (and subsequently summons Ashens' viewerbase when he calls attention to ''WebVideo/AshensAndTheQuestForTheGameChild''). Helps that he's a longtime subscriber to Ashens.

** In his review of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zClw-XmSk the iDuck]], he refers to the "not for children under 3 years old" symbol on the packaging as "Nought to three sad onions", which is what Creator/StuartAshen invariably calls the symbol in his videos.

** Unsurprisingly, the microphone on a giant bootleg AirPod speaker is...quite poor at its job. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPGJZGi95aw?t=38 Hear to believe.]]

** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnZbsWwzssU They made drumsticks for the iPod]]", Wade shows off an air drumstick toy made for the [=iPod=], only to find that it doesn't work like it's supposed to. Believing them to be cheaply made (indeed, he later snaps them easily like a twig), he tries breaking them by using them with his actual drumkit. Amazingly, they held up the entire way through, even with how hard he played with them.

* {{MacGyvering}}: James, a friend Wade calls in whenever he needs to get a car fixed, has been called the "jury-rig king", best shown when he got a shattered indicator bulb to work as a test light for checking the wiring in Wade's Fiat Niki.

* TheAllegedCar: Wade has an affinity for such cars, both having grown up with them and also for the peace of mind that, since the car's already old and beaten up, he won't ever feel bad for damaging it. He has several of such cars;