History WebVideo / JakeAndAmir

-->'''Jake:''' You're just saying nouns, dude.

* NoseShove: In "Dinner Tonight" Amir sneezes a penny out of his nose, to his own surprise and Jake's disgust. Similarly, in "Tissue" when Jake asks him why he has a tissue up his nose, he pulls it to reveal [[spoiler: a plastic army guy tied to the other end.]]

* NoseShove: In "Dinner Tonight" Amir sneezes a penny out of his nose, to his own surprise and Jake's disgust. Similarly, in "Tissue" when Jake asks him why he has a tissue up his nose, he pulls it to reveal [[spoiler: a plastic army guy on the other end.]]

* WimpFight: In "Airline Scam," Jake has a LamePunReaction that compels him to challenge Amir to a fistfight even though neither of them is really up for it.

** Amir often describes himself and others in the form of "a [noun] and a [noun]," ex. "a pimp and a philosopher," "a coward and a fool," "a loser and a Jew."

* LonelyBachelorPad: "Amir Faces the Harsh Reality of Dating" shows Amir going home to a one-room furnished with a mattress, a lamp, and [[StalkerShrine many pictures of Jake]].

-->'''Amir:''' You're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

-->'''Paul:''' Look, I think you guys know why I called you in here. ''(Jake and Amir look ashamed.)'' I heard you can get 200 coins in ''Tiny Wings?''

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Quite a few of Jake's NotSoAboveItAll moments go like this. For instance, finding out that Amir's plan to date a celebrity has gotten as far as procuring Amanda Bynes' email address.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Finding out that Amir's plan to date a celebrity has gotten as far as procuring Amanda Bynes' email address causes Jake to go from OnlySaneMan to [[NotSoAboveItAll Least Sane Man]] in [[HalfwayPlotSwitch mid-episode]]:
-->"Jesus, dude. ...Why didn't you tell me you had an in with Bynes?" ''(Maniacal laughter.)''

* PlayingHardToGet: In "Ex-Girlfriend," Jake's ex advises Amir to do this in order to get closer to Jake. It's comical how fast it works.

-->'''Jake:''' ...''Wow,'' learn the alphabet!

* LifeEmbellished: A web show about two [=CollegeHumor=] employees named Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld, made by two [=CollegeHumor=] employees named Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld. More so early on when the two were actually employed as writers for the site, and the desks they filmed at were really where they worked; as the show was picked up by the site and gained popularity, it eventually became their full-time job, making their desks effectively just the set where they filmed their skits.

* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Amir sees his relationship with Jake this way. Subverted in that Jake doesn't (always) [[FriendshipDenial see it as a friendship]], and to everybody else [[NotSoDifferent it's just two losers]].

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Amir at the [=CollegeHumor=] office. And increasingly, [[NotSoDifferent Jake too]].

* HypocriticalHumor: Often; Amir has no sense of irony, and Jake has been known to criticize Amir for attitudes, behavior and failings that [[NotSoDifferent closely resemble his own]].

* NotSoDifferent: It [[BerserkButton really doesn't take much]] to make Jake [[NotSoAboveItAll descend to Amir levels of bizarre behavior]]. "Jake is Sick" shows that many of their coworkers regard them as equally annoying and weird.

** Amir is far more interested in having Jake as a captive audience than in working and, in fact, [[ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation has no idea what his own job entails]]. The finale reveals that [[NotSoDifferent Jake isn't much better]], having done pretty much nothing but argue with Amir in eight years of working at [=CollegeHumor=], with the work we saw them do on-camera ("two auditions" and "one or two table reads") being their most palpable contributions to the company. That, and they've been coming to work "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall mainly only on Tuesdays]]."

* ShadowArchetype: Amir is a needy, insecure, self-centered, desperate tryhard, all traits that Jake both despises him for and [[NotSoDifferent shares with him in spades]].

** {{Subverted}} in "Mom":

--->Amir: It's like...do you have anyone in your life that just pisses you off, annoys you so much you wish you could just tell them off?

* BigBrotherWorship: Jake to his older brother Kumail, also a BigBrotherBully.

** In "Celebrity Date," Amir plots to [[SocialClimber succeed in LA]] by dating a celebrity. Jake is dismissive until [[NotSoAboveItAll Amir reveals that he's obtained Amanda Bynes' phone number]].