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[[DescribeTopicHere Hey, kids]]~ Have you ever wanted to watch a ''Website/YouTube'' channel that covers various weird facts, historical events, and other weird, wacky things, in a manner that's both hilarious and surprisingly informative? Well, ''Sam O'Nella Academy'' has you covered.

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[[DescribeTopicHere [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Hey, kids]]~ Have you ever wanted to watch a ''Website/YouTube'' channel that covers various weird facts, historical events, and other weird, wacky things, in a manner that's both hilarious and surprisingly informative? Well, ''Sam O'Nella Academy'' has you covered.
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* SluggishSloths: Discussed in the video on Animal Weaknesses, where Sam compares the life of the creature to that of the average college student.
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* SpoofAesop: Sometimes ends his videos this way, such as at the end of his explanation of the Great Emu War:

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* SpoofAesop: Sometimes ends his videos this way, such as at the end of his explanation of the [[UsefulNotes/TheEmuWar Great Emu War:War]]:
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[[DescribeTopicHere Hey, kids]]. Have you ever wanted to watch a ''Website/YouTube'' channel that covers various weird facts, historical events, and other weird, wacky things, in a manner that's both hilarious and surprisingly informative? Well, ''Sam O'Nella Academy'' has you covered.

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[[DescribeTopicHere Hey, kids]]. kids]]~ Have you ever wanted to watch a ''Website/YouTube'' channel that covers various weird facts, historical events, and other weird, wacky things, in a manner that's both hilarious and surprisingly informative? Well, ''Sam O'Nella Academy'' has you covered.



-->'''Prisoner A:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Cyka blyat!]]

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-->'''Prisoner A:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Cyka Suka blyat!]]



* OverlyPrePreparedGag: DownPlayed. He spends the entirety of his video on Daniel Dancer setting up for the "are we human" joke at the end, but the video is not too long and is entertaining enough in the meantime.

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* OverlyPrePreparedGag: DownPlayed.Downplayed. He spends the entirety of his video on Daniel Dancer setting up for the "are we human" joke at the end, but the video is not too long and is entertaining enough in the meantime.
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* ArtShift: Used frequently for comedic effect, such as in his Plant Diseases video when giving the key word about how American Chestnut trees were once plentiful in the south of the mid-atlantic reigon--the key word being, '''ONCE.'''

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* ArtShift: Used frequently for comedic effect, such as in his Plant Diseases video when giving the key word about how American Chestnut trees were once plentiful in the south of the mid-atlantic reigon--the key word being, '''ONCE.'''being '''once''' accompanied with Sam's face suddenly taking up the screen and becoming incredibly detailed.
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** In his video on "Plant Diseases", when depicting a peasant having a severe trip after eating some ergot-contaminated bread, he claims he can hear Satan's voice, and that he's telling him to invest in Apple.

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* RealityEnsues: While Phineas Gage managed to [[AchievementsInIgnorance forget to die]] for quite a while after having a massive chunk of his brain blown out of his head, when his brain eventually caught onto the idea that it shouldn't exist, he promptly died.


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* YouAreAlreadyDead: While Phineas Gage managed to [[AchievementsInIgnorance forget to die]] for quite a while after having a massive chunk of his brain blown out of his head, when his brain eventually caught onto the idea that it shouldn't exist, he promptly died.
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* Blood Knight: In the "Banana Republics" video, UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower loudly shouts "WHEEE!!!" when going off to fight.

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* Blood Knight: BloodKnight: In the "Banana Republics" video, UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower loudly shouts "WHEEE!!!" when going off to fight.
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* Blood Knight: In the "Banana Republics" video, UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower loudly shouts "WHEEE!!!" when going off to fight.
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* RealityEnsues: While Phineas Gage managed to [[AchievementsInIgnorance forget to die]] for quite a while after having a massive chunk of his brain blown out of his head, his brain eventually caught onto the idea that it shouldn't exist, he promptly died.

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* RealityEnsues: While Phineas Gage managed to [[AchievementsInIgnorance forget to die]] for quite a while after having a massive chunk of his brain blown out of his head, when his brain eventually caught onto the idea that it shouldn't exist, he promptly died.
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His channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DTYW241WD64ah5BFWn4JA here]]. NeedsWikiMagicLove.

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His channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DTYW241WD64ah5BFWn4JA here]]. NeedsWikiMagicLove.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The men trying to kill Michael Malloy grew so fixated on ensuring he died that they completely forgot about subtlety or how they were going to explain it. When his body was presented to the insurance company, it was obvious he'd been murdered and everyone involved was immediately arrested.


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* KarmicDeath: The men who killed Michael Malloy were all arrested and found guilty of murder after attempting to collect the life insurance policies they'd taken out on him. The coroner was easily able to tell he'd been killed and all of them were sentenced to death.
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* CallBack: In the "Timothy Dexter" video, Charles J. Guiteau, Joshua Norton, and Michael Malloy are among the people Dexter had statues made of.
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sam is at least 6'3" tall, if his "Non-water Floods" video is to be believed (this can also be proven in his Halloween video, in which he runs around a college campus in a costume). The Snarky part is self-explanatory, and he has chestnut-brown hair, if his avatar is accurate to life.

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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sam is at least 6'3" tall, if his "Non-water Floods" video is to be believed (this can also be proven in his Halloween video, in which he runs around a college campus in a costume).costume and is taller than most of the people he encounters). The Snarky part is self-explanatory, and he has chestnut-brown hair, if his avatar is accurate to life.
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** In "The Presidential Assassination Nobody Talks", when Charles Guiteau shouts President Garfield's name in anger, it switches to a scene of ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' saying that he fells like something odd just happened.
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[[caption-width-right:450: Cue Music/JohannSebastianBach's ''[[https://youtu.be/pwzxm9wWLzM?t=115 "Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major Movement I - Allegro"]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:450: Cue Music/JohannSebastianBach's ''[[https://youtu.be/pwzxm9wWLzM?t=115 "Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major Movement I - Allegro"]]'']][[{{Catchphrase}} Hey kids!]]]]

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* RhymesOnADime: "Swiss Miss, instant ''piss!''"



--> So, moral of the story here is that-- No, you know what? Not even I can find anything ''resembling'' a moral here. [[ShaggyDogStory not all stories have a point to them.]] Sometimes they're just sad and disgusting from beginning to end. [[MoodWhiplash ...And now a word]] [[EnforcedPlug from our sponsor!]]

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--> So, moral of the story here is that-- No, you know what? Not even I can find anything ''resembling'' a moral here. [[ShaggyDogStory not Not all stories have a point to them.]] Sometimes they're just sad and disgusting from beginning to end. [[MoodWhiplash ...And now a word]] [[EnforcedPlug from our sponsor!]]
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sam is at least 6'3" tall, if his "Non-water Floods" video is to be believed. The Snarky part is self-explanatory, and he has chestnut-brown hair, if his avatar is accurate to life.

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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sam is at least 6'3" tall, if his "Non-water Floods" video is to be believed.believed (this can also be proven in his Halloween video, in which he runs around a college campus in a costume). The Snarky part is self-explanatory, and he has chestnut-brown hair, if his avatar is accurate to life.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Quite a few times, in fact.
** Near the end of the first "Dead Body Hijinks" episode, there's this gem:
-->'''Sam:''' [...]And just as you wouldn't want some dirty carnies [[ADateWithRosiePalms jackin' your stiff]]-''Phrasing!''
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: The English names of the Yule Lads sound so incredibly silly that Sam had to clarify that he's not making any of them up.
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-->'''Prisoner A:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Cyka]] [[CurseCutShort blya-]]

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-->'''Prisoner A:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Cyka]] [[CurseCutShort blya-]]Cyka blyat!]]
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* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sam is at least 6'3" tall, if his "Non-water Floods" video is to be believed. The Snarky part is self-explanatory, and he has chestnut-brown hair, if his avatar is accurate to life.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Swiss Miss instant chocolate. So much so that it [[MemeticMutation became something of a popular meme]] on the Sam O'Nella subreddit.
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* OnlySixFaces: Sam reuses most of his character designs in his videos. Generally, though, his own avatar is unique, as are the protagonists of of the stories he retells, such as Timothy Dexter or Tarrare.

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* OnlySixFaces: Sam reuses most of his character designs in his videos. Generally, though, his own avatar is unique, as are the protagonists of of the stories he retells, such as Timothy Dexter or Tarrare.
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-->''(plays Music/JohannSebastianBach's "[[https://youtu.be/pwzxm9wWLzM?t=115 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major Movement I - Allegro]]")''

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Allegro"]]'']]
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A short skit near the end of his Weird Laws from Around the World video features two Russian prisoners recounting the circumstances of their arrest. It sounds Russian at first, until you realize it's just Sam speaking random Russian words and pretending it's actual dialogue. What's funny is that, gibberish aside, many Russian viewers found Sam's accent to be pretty good for an American. What's even funnier is that the punchline is actually ''correct'' Russian.

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A short skit near the end of his Weird "Weird Laws from Around the World World" video features two Russian prisoners recounting the circumstances of their arrest. It sounds Russian at first, until you realize it's just Sam speaking random Russian words and pretending it's actual dialogue. What's funny is that, gibberish aside, many Russian viewers found Sam's accent to be pretty good for an American. What's even funnier is that the punchline is actually ''correct'' Russian.



* ILoveTheDead: "Carl Tanzler also did… you know… that thing [[LonersAreFreaks eccentric loaners]] do with dead ladies in their house"

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* ILoveTheDead: "Carl Tanzler also did… you know… that thing [[LonersAreFreaks eccentric loaners]] loners]] do with dead ladies in their house"


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* OnlySixFaces: Sam reuses most of his character designs in his videos. Generally, though, his own avatar is unique, as are the protagonists of of the stories he retells, such as Timothy Dexter or Tarrare.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A short skit near the end of his Weird Laws from Around the World video features two Russian prisoners recounting the circumstances of their arrest. It sounds Russian at first, until you realize it's just Sam speaking random Russian words and pretending it's actual dialogue. What's funny is that, gibberish aside, many Russian viewers found Sam's accent to be pretty good for an American. What's even funnier is that the punchline is actually correct Russian.

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A short skit near the end of his Weird Laws from Around the World video features two Russian prisoners recounting the circumstances of their arrest. It sounds Russian at first, until you realize it's just Sam speaking random Russian words and pretending it's actual dialogue. What's funny is that, gibberish aside, many Russian viewers found Sam's accent to be pretty good for an American. What's even funnier is that the punchline is actually correct ''correct'' Russian.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: A short skit near the end of his Weird Laws from Around the World video features two Russian prisoners recounting the circumstances of their arrest. It sounds Russian at first, until you realize it's just Sam speaking random Russian words and pretending it's actual dialogue. What's funny is that, gibberish aside, many Russian viewers found Sam's accent to be pretty good for an American. What's even funnier is that the punchline is actually correct Russian.
-->'''Prisoner A:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Cyka]] [[CurseCutShort blya-]]
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** His video on "Medieval Weapons" includes a Stinger of him cracking up at the line "Saint Jerry the Goatfucker"

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** His video on "Medieval Weapons" includes a Stinger of him cracking up at the line [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Saint Jerry the Goatfucker" Goatfucker"]]
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* SpringtimeForHitler: What Timothy Dexter's business ventures amounted to, since he was a near illiterate fool. After the American Revolutionary War, there were so many Continental Dollars printed that they were worth less than the paper and ink used to manufacture them. Seeing the veterans trading in their worthless paychecks for a few pennies, Dexter saw an opportunity and bought shiploads of worthless paper. Shortly afterwards, the US Constitution was implemented and the new government had a program to trade in the Continental Dollars for a treasury bond, and he made serious bank with it. Rival merchants take issue with such a crazy man, so they gave him deliberate bad advice in an effort to financially ruin him (eg. selling warming pans to the West Indies, shipping coal to Newcastle[[note]]from an old English idiom for a worthless endeavor, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne being a major coalmining hub[[/note]]), only for said endeavors to come at the right time (eg. the warming pans could be used to scoop molasses, so all the pans were sold for an immense markup; there was a miner's strike, which affected supply).

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