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** Season 1, in general, is this for the show since it merely showcases the bare bones of the show going forward. Alongside the above mentioned examples the first season of the show seemed aimed to be an actual, genuine Quiz show where Ryan and The Professor have a similar relationship to [[Series/QI Alan Davis and Stephen Fry]]. It also appears that Ryan was throwing the tie-breakers on purpose since, as the only regular contestant, Ryan would've had plenty of opportunities to win an episode which seems to have actually been something he could've done in this Season. There is also very little in the way of lore and backstory for the Professor, and the puppets who sing at the end of the episodes have no hints to their horrific origins and eventual purgatory.

** In some Season 1 episodes, it’s occasionally mentioned that Shane is the Professor’s puppeteer. This is gradually phased out, to the point where it’s made clear in Season 5 that the two are now completely separate characters.

** [[spoiler: Despite him trying to pass it off as an UnexplainedRecovery, ''HEAVILY'' implied with the Professor in "How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America", with various subtle (different eye shade, Shane using his regular voice more) and overt (stopping mid lesson to drool over the thought of meat, literally SNARLING and snapping at Ryan when he tries to touch him) moments throughout the episode.]] [[spoiler: However, this is ultimately subverted due to TheReveal in "The Bloody Life of England's Fastest Surgeon" that the Professor who's been hosting the show for the entire season is actually a hologram imposter.]]

** [[spoiler: Despite him trying to pass it off as an UnexplainedRecovery, ''HEAVILY'' implied with the Professor in "How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America", with various subtle (different eye shade, Shane using his regular voice more) and overt (stopping mid lesson to drool over the thought of meat, literally SNARLING and snapping at Ryan when he tries to touch him) moments throughout the episode.]] [[spoiler: However, this ultimately subverted due to TheReveal in "The Bloody Life of England's Fastest Surgeon" that the Professor who's been hosting the show for the entire season is actually a hologram imposter.]]

* AuthorAvatar: For the first season, the Professor really was just Shane (a witty and fun-loving history nerd) - just blue, fuzzy, and with a temper. Shane even lampshaded this in a [[https://ostensiblynone.tumblr.com/post/626341746954190848/ostensiblynone-it-did-not-occur-to-me-that stream]], not getting why everyone freaked out over him. The second season has more separate character traits, like [[HeightAngst hating being small]] when Shane has made it very clear he wants to be tiny.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show's second episode, "Stealing The World's Most Expensive Necklace," ends in a tie between Ryan and Kate, so the two of them share the victory prize. In later episodes, ties are resolved with tie-breakers obviously rigged in favor of the guest, as part of the RunningGag about Ryan always losing. In Kate's second guest appearance in "How America's First Female Detective Saved Abe Lincoln" she confirms she kept the trophy and everyone behaves as though she won.

** [[spoiler: Despite him trying to pass it off as an UnexplainedRecovery, ''HEAVILY'' implied with the Professor in "How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America", with various subtle (different eye shade, Shane using his regular voice more) and overt (stopping mid lesson to drool over the thought of meat, literally SNARLING and snapping at Ryan when he tries to touch him) moments throughout the episode.]]

* WhamEpisode: The {{Demonic Possession}}s of Loudon episode has [[spoiler:Asmodeus [[DemonicPossession possess]] the Professor in order to rescind his previous wishes and make a new wish where the Professor would be transported to the Cretaceous Period, resulting him being canonically killed]].
* "The Bloody Life of England's Fastest Surgeon" : [[spoiler: Ryan passes out after taking this episode's prize (a ether laced vape) and awakens tied up by the Professor, who it turns out, is the hologram Professor from the Professor's memorial, obsessed with becoming real and planning to steal Ryan's flesh to wish for it to be so with the Genie.]]

** "Hatshepsut: The Forgotten Pharaoh" has Ryan Bergara competing against Ryan[[SpellMyNameWithAnS n]] Graham.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: In "The Bloody Revenge of St. Olga of Kiev," the titular character's husband Igor was killed by having both his legs tied down to bent trees followed by his executors releasing the trees, tearing the man in half. This sets off Olga's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* The Professor, Ryan, and Creator/BrianDavidGilbert can't think of ''anything'' like when a group of radicalized Protestants stormed city hall! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The attempyed insurrection on January 6th[[/labelnote]]

* in "The Defenestration of Prague", [[spoiler: The Professor not only USING the [[RealAllAlong "complex victory algorithim"]] and glitching out upon Ryan not winning but.....''something'' in a tree branch when the Professor is discussing being thrown pit a window]]

** One of the phrases that the toy Professor that appears at the end of "How Hippo Meat Almost Saved America" says is "All the crops died!"

* The Great UsefulNotes/EmuWar

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** In "José Rizal: The Philippines' Reluctant Revolutionary", after the episode's story gets to Rizal becoming an idol amongst Andrés Bonifacio's revolutionaries for his patriotic writing despite being more of a reformist who disavowed violence, the Professor asks the day's contestants how Rizal tried to distance his image from the movement. The skit that follows shows Rizal getting on a boat to help Spain treat yellow fever patients in Cuba, which is the answer. ...And then it doesn't end, with Rizal uneasily [[LampshadeHanging pointing out that the curtain should've gone down at that point]] before the boat captain leaves to take a message and returns to tell him he's under arrest.

* TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold: Inverted, since Puppet History is mostly about topics that aren’t relevant enough that everyone knows them, but are interesting enough to learn about.