Line #19 LetsPlay/InTheLittleWood


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4	Hello, everybody! This page is about [=InTheLittleWood=], also known as Martyn. [=InTheLittleWood=] is a creator of Platform/YouTube videos that joined the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} in August 2012. He is mostly known for his ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' videos. He became known through his music video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_FkfrbsEMI Form This Way]]", and often played co-op with LetsPlay/SoTotallyToby and other members of the Yogscast.
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6	He is a member of the ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'' and has played in all five seasons thus far, and is the head writer of the "Eyes and Ears" continuity, based on his own interpretation of the series. For tropes about his character, see [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LifeSMPPlayersAToM here]].
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8	After becoming a VirtualYouTuber in 2022, Martyn has been engaged in writing his "V-Tuber lore", where his character has been recruited by a friend, Doc, as the "Datastream Defender" to destroy L.O.O.T. Shards across the datastream worlds in a secret war against the corporation C.H.E.S.T. The ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'' "Eyes and Ears" lore is known to be connected to this storyline, but how exactly is currently undisclosed. For how he portrays himself in each series, see the works' individual character sub-pages. A brief summary of his plotline can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxXdB8bHTMQ here.]]
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10	His main channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/inthelittlewood?feature=results_main here]], while his Minecraft channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/@martyn here.]]
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12	[[folder:Works Martyn has been involved in]]
13	'''Note:''' An asterisk (*) is used to mark works associated with Martyn's greater V-Tuber lore.
14	* ''WebVideo/WonderQuest'' Season 2 (2016) -- as Isaac Newton
15	* ''WebVideo/EvolutionSMP'' (2017–2018)*
16	* ''WebVideo/MinecraftChampionship'' (2019–present)
17	* ''WebVideo/LifeSMP'' (2021–present)*
18	* ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'' (2022–2023)*
19	* ''WebVideo/{{Hermitcraft}}'' Season 9 -- as a guest visitor on two occasions
20	* ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'' Season 2 (2022–2023) -- as Sheriff Roswell Jameson XVI and the Evil King
21	* ''WebVideo/AWildPigsChase'' (2023) -- as the narrator
22	* ''WebVideo/NewLifeSMP'' (2023)
23	* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'' (2023)*
24	* ''WebVideo/{{ASMP}}'' (2024) -- as a guest visitor in Episode 7 alongside Jimmy [=SolidarityGaming=]
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28	!!Tropes that apply to [=InTheLittleWood=]:
29	* AscendedFanboy: Supposedly, Martyn to the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}.
30	%%* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Happens a lot. It get even worse in that Martyn forgets what he was doing before he got distracted.
31	* BerserkButton: Do NOT touch his Lapis Lazuli. Or even say anything bad about it.
32	%%** A more serious one online; he does ''not'' take allegations of sexual abuse in the Platform/YouTube community lightly and gets seriously angry about it. He was outraged and upset when he discovered a moderator of his was a paedophile, and chucked him out instantly.
33	* BlatantLies: After accidentally giving himself away as the murderer in ''Murder'' (by mentioning he could see footprints, something only the murderer can do), Martyn tries backtracking by saying that since he was the murderer in a previous round he can't be again[[note]]you are less ''likely'' to be the murderer, but it's far from impossible[[/note]].
34	* BleepDammit: In some playthroughs such as [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Zelda series]], he's rather on-and-off when it comes to swearing. Sometimes he'll perform a LastSecondWordSwap (mostly "Sugar") in order to avoid swearing[[note]]In some cases, he even acknowledges not wanting to curse, such as during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' where he finds himself rapidly alternating between the words "shop" and "ship, only to remark that it's going to turn into swearing if he keeps it up, so he stops[[/note]] but will then deliberately add profanity to the in-game dialogue in the same episode.
35	* ButtMonkey: He became this when he joined the Yogs for ''Murder'', where his naive nature got him killed quite a few times and made him the butt of most of the jokes.
36	* TheCameo: He appears in Music/{{Area 11}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8MQxwW83_k Monopoly]]" video, delivering a spoof of a DoNotTryThisAtHome PSA about eating Monopoly houses.
37	* CallBack: During the battle with the Underpants Warlock in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'', he speaks in a suave voice to the {{sexophone}} playing in the background. When the song is used again in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' during the battle against [[PedophilePriest Fathers Handsley and McManus]], he does the same thing, up to and including starting both scenes off with "Oh yeahhhhh…"
38	%%* ChekhovsSkill: Is able to improvise alternative lyrics to virtually any song without missing a beat, even as the song is playing. He's since become known as the Yogscast's primary artist for coming up with parodies.
39	* {{Crossover}}:
40	** Before joining the Yogscast himself, his "Form This Way" parody went up on LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/LewisBrindley's channel.
41	** Along with the other Yogs members, Martyn has played alongside LetsPlay/PewDiePie, [[LetsPlay/{{Mangaminx}} Minx]], LetsPlay/CinnamonToastKen and LetsPlay/SeaNanners.
42	** He also regularly collaborates with LetsPlay/NerdCubed and LetsPlay/SoTotallyToby, having an ongoing series with the former and just recording with the latter all the time.
43	** Music/DanBull recorded a rap that went up on Martyn's channel.
44	** Before they officially joined the Yogscast, LetsPlay/HatFilms joined him and Sparkles* for a night of ''VideoGame/Halo4'', as part of a charity livestream.
45	* EpicFail: Martyn [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0T1C5-pkE8#t=143 cannot shoot]] during ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', and seemingly lacks peripheral vision, allowing a murderer an easy win. While he's relatively new compared to the others, there was no excusing that mistake.
46	-->'''Simon:''' Martyn, you are the worst.
47	* GuestStarPartyMember: Is this in the ''[[WebVideo/HighRollers2016 High Rollers]]'' campaign; he plays Falk, a half-orc botanist that appears in Episodes 8 and 9.
48	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners:
49	%%** Martyn and LetsPlay/SoTotallyToby are known for being "bros".
50	%%** The bromance between "The Dream Team" Martyn, Strippin and Sparkles* during the Christmas 2012 Livestreams counts.
51	* InSeriesNickname: Gets referred to as "Inthelittlebait" and "Inthelittleheartattack" during Series 2 of ''Murder''. The former is for when [[WeNeedADistraction he sacrifices himself so that the gunman has an idea as to where the murderer's coming from]]; the latter is for when he gets attacked and shouts out incredibly loudly, almost sounding pained.
52	%%* JerkassToOne: To [[ButtMonkey Toby]], though only jokingly.
53	%%* {{Keet}}: He's almost always perpetually cheerful, fun-loving, and an overall friendly, extroverted guy.
54	* NaiveNewcomer: When he joined the second Yogscast season of ''Murder'', he was the only one not to have played it. While he has played games like ''VideoGame/PropHunt'' and ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'', he still struggled to keep up. He eventually got better.
55	* NoJustNoReaction:
56	** His reaction to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYWlUdrpjK4&list=UUWiPkogV65gqqNkwqci4yZA "Elsa's Baby Birth"]], when he sees [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] breastfeeding a baby, although this was more about the game moving from the source material's more PG content.
57	** One of his ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' videos is titled with a variant of this: "Why!? Just... why?"
58	* OlderThanTheyLook: His face and personality makes him seem like he's around 20, but he's actually about as old as most other members of the Yogscast.
59	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: He is capable of imitating a number of accents, but not always for very long.
60	* PungeonMaster: Expect him to make at least one pun in every series he's in, if not outright unleash a HurricaneOfPuns, to the point he's designated as "the Pun Master" rat on the ''WebVideo/RatsSMP''.
61	* RunningGag:
62	** Martyn has a habit of never picking up his crafting tables.
63	** Martyn's love of lapis lazuli.
64	* SayingTooMuch: In ''Murder'', he accidentally gives away the fact he's the murderer by mentioning that he can see footprints, then tries to backtrack with BlatantLies.
65	%%* ShipTease: The second Advent calendar adventure has this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpxzSIm7nek all over]][[http://youtu.be/-2nJdIkPqpo?t=8m56s the goddamn place]] and they ''know'' it.
66	%%-->'''Martyn:''' We're really not helping the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Sototallylittlewood]] tag on Tumblr, are we?
67	* {{Squee}}: Whenever he sees something cute or cool he tends to squee in a high pitched voice.
68	* StuffBlowingUp: How one episode of Tekkit goes, thanks to some stolen TNT and some inspiring fanart.
69	%%* TakeThatAudience: After an irrational part of the fandom accused him of replacing LetsPlay/{{Sips}} in the Yogscast ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' series, he and LetsPlay/HatFilms eventually joked that he had replaced Sips forever, clearly mocking the "fans" that didn't like the formula being changed.
70	* WholesomeCrossdresser: When it comes to cosplaying, he enjoys dressing up as female anime characters, like Manga/SailorMoon or [[Manga/SpyXFamily Anya Forger]].
71	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
72	** In the Yogscast [[PlayerVersusPlayer PvP]] Survival Games match, [[spoiler:Martyn and Toby are the last team standing when [[GameMaster Ridge]] announces that only one of them is allowed to win. Toby immediately protests this, saying he would never kill his partner. Martyn, on the other hand, doesn't even hesitate before shooting Toby in the face.]]
73	** And even earlier in said [=PvP=], when LetsPlay/SimonLane is looking for a new partner after LetsPlay/LewisBrindley dies, Martyn jumps right in, asking what he's looking for. Toby objects.
74	%%* VitriolicBestBuds: See HeterosexualLifePartners.
75	* VirtualYouTuber: He became a [=VTuber=] in 2022.
76	%%* VlogSeries: Alongside his regular channel he also occasionally uploads vlogs.
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78	!!Tropes that apply to his greater V-Tuber lore:
79	* CharacterOverlap: Across all the worlds he travels to as the Datastream Defender, he stays fundamentally the same character.
80	* DimensionalTraveler: Is tasked with being a guardian for game-worlds connected with the Datastream, hopping between them, one world at a time, to destroy L.O.O.T. Shards.
81	* TheNeedless: According to [[invoked]]WordOfGod, being a DimensionalTraveler, Martyn "doesn't need nutrition or sleep as he's currently not flesh and bone", but tries to act like everyone else to blend in and maintain a human sense of self.
82	* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Starting from the end of the ''[[WebVideo/LifeSMP Limited Life SMP]]'', Martyn has been often depicted with a scar shaped like a four-pointed star on his right cheek, even in non-Life series media like the ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP''. In the post-''Limited Life'' "Eyes and Ears" lore stream, he explains that the scar is a physical manifestation of [[spoiler:the Fragment left in his soul in the aftermath of ''3rd Life SMP'' (in which he lost and died; only winners do not receive Fragments)]].

Context LetsPlay / InTheLittleWood