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[[https://www.youtube.com/user/HowToBasic HowToBasic]] is a bizarre Website/YouTube channel, promising to teach the basics of everyday life. However, its lessons inexplicably involve unorthodox (and often violent) methods of performing these tasks, and [[RunningGag smashing eggs for no apparent reason.]] Think of it like a way crazier and ''way'' more destructive version of ''WebVideo/YouSuckAtCooking'' that tries to cover a wider range of topics but [[TheHost the host]] of the show can only speak in animalistic grumbles and is probably [[DemonicPossession possessed by demons]].

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[[https://www.youtube.com/user/HowToBasic HowToBasic]] is a bizarre Website/YouTube Platform/YouTube channel, promising to teach the basics of everyday life. However, its lessons inexplicably involve unorthodox (and often violent) methods of performing these tasks, and [[RunningGag smashing eggs for no apparent reason.]] Think of it like a way crazier and ''way'' more destructive version of ''WebVideo/YouSuckAtCooking'' that tries to cover a wider range of topics but [[TheHost the host]] of the show can only speak in animalistic grumbles and is probably [[DemonicPossession possessed by demons]].



** "How To Revert Back To The Old Website/YouTube Channel Design", where Mr. Basic smashes a monitor and sticks a printout of an old page to the screen.

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** "How To Revert Back To The Old Website/YouTube [=YouTube=] Channel Design", where Mr. Basic smashes a monitor and sticks a printout of an old page to the screen.



** "How To Remove Google+ From Website/YouTube"

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** "How To Remove Google+ From Website/YouTube"[=YouTube=]"
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* InformedSpecies: In "How to Correctly Cook Salmon", the "salmon" looks more like a red snapper…[[IntendedAudienceReaction because it]] ''[[IntendedAudienceReaction is]]''.
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* AllJustADream: In the first part of "How To Make Authentic Spaghetti Bolognese", Mr. Basic simply... makes the dish and eats it as normal. Then he wakes up from his dream... or more exactly his CatapultNightmare since that's Mr. Basic we're talking about.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The April Fools 2020 video "How To Make Pulled Pork". After the usual 'legitimate how-to' part of the video, from 1:38 to 3:01:35, we are treated to an uninterrupted shot of the pulled pork being cooked for the entire three hours as a clock sits nearby with no background music. During this 3 hour shot, apart from him briefly tending to the slow cooker 1 hour and 46 minutes in and burning his hand a little, you can hear what sounds like Mr. Basic drinking soda, a truck loudly driving past outside at 11:38, listening to Joe Rogan at 41:06, farting and moaning at 1:17:36, watching VSauce and eating at 1:23:35, and a list of other either mundane or weird things, before the video picks up when he looks at the clock, takes a big sigh and the BGM kicks back in at 3:01:35.

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The April Fools 2020 video "How To Make Pulled Pork". After the usual 'legitimate how-to' part of the video, from 1:38 to 3:01:35, we are treated to an uninterrupted shot of the pulled pork being cooked for the entire three hours as a clock sits nearby with no background music. During this 3 hour shot, apart from him briefly tending to the slow cooker 1 hour and 46 minutes in and burning his hand a little, you can hear what sounds like Mr. Basic drinking soda, a truck loudly driving past outside at 11:38, listening to Joe Rogan at 41:06, farting and moaning at 1:17:36, watching VSauce and eating at 1:23:35, and a list of other either mundane or weird things, before the video picks up when he looks at the clock, takes a big sigh and the BGM kicks back in at 3:01:35.3:01:35.
** Amplified in "How To Make a Slow Cooked Beef Stew". Similarly to the above video, the entire section from 1:13 to 8:02:13 consists of the stew cooking, a nearby clock, and occasional interruptions.

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** Before 2016, his videos were only misleading via the title and the stock photo thumbnail, with the entire video consisting of Mr. Basic's bizarre doings. As of 2016 onwards, they're set up as legitimate how-to videos until the last second when he explodes and the destruction suddenly begins, or alternatively mid-tutorial. "How to Make a Thai Fish Curry", "How to Make a Watermelon Cake" and "How to Make Fruit Punch" are probably the worst offenders in this regard. "How To Make Ramen" is straightforward, presenting the complete ramen to which he begins to pile on massive amounts of noodles.

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** Before 2016, his videos were only misleading via the title and the stock photo thumbnail, with the entire video consisting of Mr. Basic's bizarre doings. As of 2016 onwards, they're set up as legitimate how-to videos until the last second when he explodes and the destruction suddenly begins, or alternatively mid-tutorial.mid-tutorial when he piles a large amount of a single ingredient onto the dish. "How to Make a Thai Fish Curry", "How to Make a Watermelon Cake" and "How to Make Fruit Punch" are probably the worst offenders in this regard. "How To Make Ramen" is straightforward, presenting the complete ramen to which he begins to pile on massive amounts of noodles.


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*** In videos with narrators, occasionally Mr. Basic will run out of eggs after throwing them all at his creations, followed by panicking as he tries to find more.


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** Many of Mr. Basic's videos involve putting something inside a chicken and baking it.


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** Mr. Basic has a tendency to pretend to perform bodily functions, then use whatever came out (usually a raw chicken).


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*** In videos that involve the preparation of food, commenters will typically pretend that they served the "food" at a family gathering and that it was so good, everyone is on the floor and/or twitching "happily".
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* TheCameo: In [[https://youtu.be/JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]], too many to count, aside from [[WebVideo/{{Vsauce}} Vsauce's Michael]] in the initial "reveal", to the crapton of [=YouTubers=] collaborating for the second half (consisting mostly of those [=YouTubers=] proclaiming "I am How To Basic!"), including WebVideo/MatthewSantoro, [[WebVideo/TheNeedleDrop Anthony Fantano]], Ricky Berwick, LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{h3h3productions}}, WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}, WebVideo/{{Muselk}}, WebVideo/JonTron and so on...

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* TheCameo: In [[https://youtu.be/JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]], too many to count, aside from [[WebVideo/{{Vsauce}} Vsauce's Michael]] in the initial "reveal", to the crapton of [=YouTubers=] collaborating for the second half (consisting mostly of those [=YouTubers=] proclaiming "I am How To Basic!"), including WebVideo/MatthewSantoro, [[WebVideo/TheNeedleDrop Anthony Fantano]], Ricky Berwick, LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{h3h3productions}}, WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}, WebVideo/{{Muselk}}, WebVideo/JonTron and so on...
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mr. Basic is never seen wearing any sort of footwear in any of his videos. In fact, the fact that we've never seen his any part of his body covered with clothing suggests that he appears to be ''[[ExaggeratedTrope naked]]'' for all of his videos.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: You are all definitely doing it the wrong way.
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** He hired an [[UncreditedRole uncredited]] female narrator for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58PuGTecJUU "How to Speed Up Your Internet"]], who [[SamusIsAGirl may or may not be "him"]].
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* {{Egging}}: They throw and break eggs in almost all of his videos. The Logo of his channel is even a broken egg.

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* {{Egging}}: [[{{Pun}} Eggs]][[ExaggeratedTrope -aggerated]]. They throw and break eggs in almost all of his videos. The Logo of his channel is even a broken egg.

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* SuddenlyShouting: The narrator in "How To Skin and Debone a Fish", after eggs were thrown onto the fish while one of the steps was "Don't egg the fish". Eventually, he [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt calls it quits]], and the rest of the video is spoken by a robotic voice.

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* SuddenlyShouting: The narrator in "How To Skin and Debone a Fish", after eggs were thrown onto the fish while one of the steps was "Don't egg the fish". Eventually, he [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere calls it quits]], and the rest of the video is spoken by a robotic voice.voice.
** This also occurs in "How To Make A Giant Chocolate Easter Egg", when the narrator is asking for eggs at the top of his lungs.
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* WhamShot: While "How to Make a Cheese Burger Pizza is the usual HTB video, the ending has [[spoiler:Mr. Basic take the Pizza Hut box where he put his "pizza" in and sets it down on the floor on a busy street, opening it to the audience to reveal it ''is'' a real Pizza Hut pizza with a cheese burger on it. He then turns the camera to a ''homeless person'' and quickly leaves before the person can see he left them food]].

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* WhamShot: While "How to Make a Cheese Burger Pizza Pizza" is the usual HTB video, the ending has [[spoiler:Mr. Basic take the Pizza Hut box where he put his "pizza" in and sets it down on the floor on a busy street, opening it to the audience to reveal it ''is'' a real Pizza Hut pizza with a cheese burger on it. He then turns the camera to a ''homeless person'' and quickly leaves before the person can see he left them food]].
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* TheCameo: In [[https://youtu.be/JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]], too many to count, aside from [[WebVideo/{{Vsauce}} Vsauce's Michael]] in the initial "reveal", to the crapton of [=YouTubers=] collaborating for the second half (consisting mostly of those [=YouTubers=] proclaiming "I am How To Basic!"), including WebVideo/MatthewSantoro, Anthony Fantano, Ricky Berwick, LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{h3h3productions}}, WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}, WebVideo/{{Muselk}}, WebVideo/JonTron, and so on...

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* TheCameo: In [[https://youtu.be/JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]], too many to count, aside from [[WebVideo/{{Vsauce}} Vsauce's Michael]] in the initial "reveal", to the crapton of [=YouTubers=] collaborating for the second half (consisting mostly of those [=YouTubers=] proclaiming "I am How To Basic!"), including WebVideo/MatthewSantoro, [[WebVideo/TheNeedleDrop Anthony Fantano, Fantano]], Ricky Berwick, LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{h3h3productions}}, WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}, WebVideo/{{Muselk}}, WebVideo/JonTron, WebVideo/JonTron and so on...



* TheFaceless: As every video is from the point of view of Mr. Basic's camera, we never see his face. [[spoiler:[[WildMassGuessing Though he]] ''[[StrangerBehindTheMask might]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEmPk7uAQ34&feature=youtu.be&t=16m21s have finally revealed his face in]] WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEmPk7uAQ34&feature=youtu.be&t=16m21s Your Grammer Sucks #100.]]'']]

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* TheFaceless: As every video is from the point of view of Mr. Basic's camera, we never see his face. [[spoiler:[[WildMassGuessing Though he]] ''[[StrangerBehindTheMask might]]'' [[https://www.have finally revealed his face in WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEmPk7uAQ34&feature=youtu.be&t=16m21s have finally revealed his face in]] WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}}'s ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEmPk7uAQ34&feature=youtu.be&t=16m21s com/watch?v=AEmPk7uAQ34&t=16m21s Your Grammer Sucks #100.]]'']]



* HamToHamCombat: In the face reveal episode where almost all big youtubers screams ”I AM HOWTOBASIC!” at eachother.

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* HamToHamCombat: In the face reveal episode where almost all big youtubers [=YouTubers=] screams ”I "I AM HOWTOBASIC!” HOWTOBASIC!" at eachother.



* IAmSpartacus: [[https://youtu.be/JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]] has practically every [=YouTuber=] under the Sun claiming to be Mr. Basic.

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* IAmSpartacus: [[https://youtu.be/JSXGagNzNLw [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]] has practically every [=YouTuber=] under the Sun claiming to be Mr. Basic.



*** He has multiple dolls, all of whom are MadeOfIndestructium, although one of them [[spoiler: meets its end in "How To Teach A Child To Walk.]]

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*** He has multiple dolls, all of whom are MadeOfIndestructium, although one of them [[spoiler: meets [[spoiler:meets its end in "How To Teach A Child To Walk.]]



** After a long wave of seemingly pants-free videos, the shorts made a return in "How to Correctly Make a Stir Fry," [[spoiler: which he promptly takes off]].

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** After a long wave of seemingly pants-free videos, the shorts made a return in "How to Correctly Make a Stir Fry," [[spoiler: which [[spoiler:which he promptly takes off]].



** He ''literally'' pets the dog in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaF64CSX6og&feature=youtu.be&t=18s How To Make Meth]].

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** He ''literally'' pets the dog in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaF64CSX6og&feature=youtu.be&t=18s com/watch?v=WaF64CSX6og&t=18s How To Make Meth]].



* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4vTZx_AtHk How To Dry A Shirt in 30 Seconds]], after [[ItMakesSenseInContext drying a shirt in 30 seconds by cooking it for 3 hours]], then punching it until it gets clean, something can be seen and heard under the shirt chirping loudly. Mr. Basic lifts the shirt up to reveal that [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/b4vTZx_AtHk?t=1m14s it's an adolescent duckling]]]].

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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4vTZx_AtHk How To Dry A Shirt in 30 Seconds]], after [[ItMakesSenseInContext drying a shirt in 30 seconds by cooking it for 3 hours]], then punching it until it gets clean, something can be seen and heard under the shirt chirping loudly. Mr. Basic lifts the shirt up to reveal that [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/b4vTZx_AtHk?t=1m14s [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4vTZx_AtHk&t=1m14s it's an adolescent duckling]]]].



** Played straight in [[spoiler: "How To Correctly Cook Salmon"]] - the pyrotechnics do ignite as planned.

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** Played straight in [[spoiler: "How [[spoiler:"How To Correctly Cook Salmon"]] - the pyrotechnics do ignite as planned.



** [[http://youtu.be/D3c27ZyV_oI "How To Make a Dessert Pizza"]], as well as his more recent videos, also have hints of what his voice sounds like due to the numerous screams and grunts he makes in the videos.

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** [[http://youtu.be/D3c27ZyV_oI [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3c27ZyV_oI "How To Make a Dessert Pizza"]], as well as his more recent videos, also have hints of what his voice sounds like due to the numerous screams and grunts he makes in the videos.



** The end of "How to Upgrade to [=iOS=] 7" has Mr. Basic take a bite out of an apple and drops it in the toilet.

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** The end of "How to Upgrade to [=iOS=] iOS 7" has Mr. Basic take a bite out of an apple and drops it in the toilet.



* VisualPun: In "How to Masturbate", everything he "does" are literal puns of various slang terms for the act (i.e. [[spoiler:tossing a salad, beating a slab of meat, flicking a bean, and ''choking a rubber chicken.'']])

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* VisualPun: In "How to Masturbate", everything he "does" are literal puns of various slang terms for the act (i.e. , [[spoiler:tossing a salad, beating a slab of meat, flicking a bean, and ''choking a rubber chicken.'']])



* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: With 10,000,000 subscribers, the channel uploads a video titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]] We see a person with their face covered in two layers, slowly removing them, [[AssPull to reveal]] "Hey! WebVideo/VSauce! Michael here!" ]] [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Except]] Michael isn't How To Basic, but a guest visitor to the channel to put on a joke. After going on for a few minutes [[MindScrew as though he were serious]] and being berated by the camera man for flubbing his lines, the real creator Max Stanley ends the joke and comes out as How To Basic for real. And then the guy working the camera, Warrun, says HE's the real creator, followed shortly by several more, and then it culminates in [[IAmSpartacus about a hundred different YouTubers making cameos to proclaim themselves as HowToBasic.]]]]
* WhamShot: While "How to Make a Cheese Burger Pizza is the usual HTB video, the ending has [[spoiler: Mr. Basic take the Pizza Hut box where he put his "pizza" in and sets it down on the floor on a busy street, opening it to the audience to reveal it ''is'' a real Pizza Hut pizza with a cheese burger on it. He then turns the camera to a ''homeless person'' and quickly leaves before the person can see he left them food]].

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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: With [[spoiler:With 10,000,000 subscribers, the channel uploads a video titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSXGagNzNLw Face Reveal]] We see a person with their face covered in two layers, slowly removing them, [[AssPull to reveal]] "Hey! WebVideo/VSauce! Michael here!" ]] [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Except]] Michael isn't How To Basic, but a guest visitor to the channel to put on a joke. After going on for a few minutes [[MindScrew as though he were serious]] and being berated by the camera man for flubbing his lines, the real creator Max Stanley ends the joke and comes out as How To Basic for real. And then the guy working the camera, Warrun, says HE's the real creator, followed shortly by several more, and then it culminates in [[IAmSpartacus about a hundred different YouTubers making cameos to proclaim themselves as HowToBasic.]]]]
* WhamShot: While "How to Make a Cheese Burger Pizza is the usual HTB video, the ending has [[spoiler: Mr.[[spoiler:Mr. Basic take the Pizza Hut box where he put his "pizza" in and sets it down on the floor on a busy street, opening it to the audience to reveal it ''is'' a real Pizza Hut pizza with a cheese burger on it. He then turns the camera to a ''homeless person'' and quickly leaves before the person can see he left them food]].
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-24Ad6t-g You are all definitely doing it the wrong way.]]

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-24Ad6t-g You are all definitely doing it the wrong way.]]

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** Taken UpToEleven in "How to Make a Big Mac"...which apparently requires about five Big Macs.

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** Taken UpToEleven Also amplified in "How to Make a Big Mac"...which apparently requires about five Big Macs.



** A lot of the how-to videos incorporate the smashing of eggs for no apparent reason, even (Or rather, ''especially'') if what is being demonstrated doesn't involve eggs. The gag actually started, fittingly enough, with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imKuUNQd0cs How To Correctly Crack Open an Egg]]", and was taken UpToEleven by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwBLoxygO4 "How To Get 1,000,000 Subscribers"]].

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** A lot of the how-to videos incorporate the smashing of eggs for no apparent reason, even (Or (or rather, ''especially'') if what is being demonstrated doesn't involve eggs. The gag actually started, fittingly enough, with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imKuUNQd0cs How To Correctly Crack Open an Egg]]", and was taken UpToEleven even further by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwBLoxygO4 "How To Get 1,000,000 Subscribers"]].



** Taken UpToEleven with "How To Cure Constipation"

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** Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated with "How To Cure Constipation"



* UpToEleven: "How To Cook Eggs" takes the aforementioned running gag and exaggerates it. Amusingly, a later episode ("How To Wash Your Hair") shows that Mr. Basic is quite capable of cooking a simple omelet... which he promptly throws onto a mannequin head laying in a bathtub.
** Even more in "How To Get 1,000,000 Subscribers" where he smashes ''dozens'' of eggs.

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* OnceAnEpisode: Eggs being broken get involved in some way, to extremely lethal drinking game levels.

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Eggs being broken get involved in some way, to extremely lethal drinking game levels.levels.
** All episodes finish with Mr. Basic doing a "thumbs up" to the camera accompanied with a grunt. If the result is edible (more or less...) he also eats it first, and often gags or chokes on the sheer awfulness of the result.
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* SuddenlyShouting: The narrator in "How To Skin and Debone a Fish", after eggs were thrown onto the fish while one of the steps was "Don't egg the fish". Eventually, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint, and the rest of the video is spoken by a robotic voice.

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* SuddenlyShouting: The narrator in "How To Skin and Debone a Fish", after eggs were thrown onto the fish while one of the steps was "Don't egg the fish". Eventually, he reaches his RageBreakingPoint, [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt calls it quits]], and the rest of the video is spoken by a robotic voice.

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* RandomTransportation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVogP22aFJQ Bet you can't guess his method on teleportation]]. [[RunningGag Go ahead, guess]]. [[spoiler:Yes, eggs. And a HardCut]]



* RandomTransportation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVogP22aFJQ Bet you can't guess his method on teleportation]]. [[RunningGag Go ahead, guess]]. [[spoiler:Yes, eggs. And a HardCut]]


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