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4	''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/tektontv TektonTV]]'' is the Website/YouTube channel of [[https://www.tektonics.org/ Tekton Apologetics]], a UsefulNotes/{{Christian\|ity}} apologetics ministry run by James Patrick (J.P.) Holding.
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6	Unlike many other apologetics channels on [=YouTube=], Tekton uses animated skits to get his point across. Holding's cartoons often contain gags and skits to accompany the information. The videos mostly respond to atheist claims about the Bible and Christianity, although sometimes veer into the territory of answering other Christians. Most of them are meant to accompany articles on the tektonics.org website.
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8	Sometimes Holding has directly responded to people in his videos (including atheists like [=NonStampCollector=] and WebAnimation/DarkMatter2525, but also fundamentalists like The FUEL Project).
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10	In July 2022, with the posting of his 1,000th video, Holding brought the series to a close, believing he had accomplished all he needed with it. He continues to update the channel with podcast interviews and other similar content.
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12	!![=TektonTV=] Provides Examples Of:
13	* AffectionateParody: "[[Series/{{Mythbusters}} Miss Dusters]]", "[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mystery Theology Theater 3000]]" and many others.
14	* AnimateInanimateObject: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-0H6q6CKP4&list=PL097F8B8B8DBDA389&index=17 Who Authored Hebrews?]]" the letter is a sapient scroll with a face and limbs.
15	* AuthorTract: In favor of Christianity, critical of atheism, UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}}, and certain strains of fundamentalism.
16	* BadassBookworm: Annabelle Martser, and Holding himself. Since the channel often depicts theological debates as physical fights, being bookworms is exactly what makes them badass.
17	* BearsAreBadNews: {{Subverted\|Trope}} in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgkMJhcTE1c Elisha and the Two Bears]]". Holding points out not only that [[LostInTranslation the original text doesn't mention anyone dying]], but also that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_brown_bear the bears native to the region]] were rather small.
18	* CartoonCreature: What ''is'' the animal Holding uses as his AuthorAvatar, anyways? [[note]]It's an Allethene, created for Holding's web comic ''Webcomic/TheAnnalsOfHearthstone''.[[/note]]
19	* TheComicallySerious: Warner Walrusson, who reacts to his guests' absurd rants with polite bemusement.
20	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The channel's first video, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2m7ZbkPp94 The Mithra Buster]]", is mostly live-action. Holding appears in the flesh, not as his cartoon avatar.
21	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Most of the housekeeping series. Has led to exchanges such as this:
22	-->'''Commenter''': Why do you moderate comments?\
23	'''Holding''': See my housekeeping vid, "Why are Comments Moderated at [=TektonTV=]?"
24	* FireAndBrimstoneHell: {{Discussed\|Trope}} and {{Defied\|Trope}} in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q5vGcpx1sY Hell No! Shame on You!]]". Holding finds this view of hell to be cartoonish, and argues for a SelfInflictedHell of shame (based on Daniel 12:2).
25	* TheHorseshoeEffect: Not a political version but a religious one. Holding refers to antitheists as "fundie atheists", arguing that the way they read the Bible is the same as [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalists]], just coming to opposite conclusions.
26	* {{Leitmotif}}: Any time "[[Music/AntoninDvorak Dvořák]] Polka" strikes up, you can bet someone will be saying something Holding regards as moronic.
27	* MachineWorship: In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRTkXbQPn0M Refuting Remsberg's List]]", a tribe of fundie atheists are worshiping a supercomputer called the Historicon. Later it turns out [[spoiler:the computer is actually 19th-century skeptic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Remsburg John Remsburg]] hiding [[TheManBehindTheCurtain behind a curtain]]]].
28	* PaletteSwap: Holding's and Mrs H's avatars are re-coloured versions of [[Webcomic/TheAnnalsOfHearthstone Brett and Annabelle Ketterling]].
29	* ShoutOut:
30	** In his videos on {{Hell}}, he adopts the persona of Hokey the Hare, an {{expy}} of Smokey the Bear.
31	-->''Only You Can Prevent Hellfires!''
32	** [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA4A09FD5D2D49454 Paul's Angels]], a reference to ''Series/CharliesAngels'' (all the way down to the intro sequences).
33	* SophisticatedAsHell: No profanity of course, but Holding mixes in some rather down-home insults with his discussions of hermeneutics.
34	-->'''Raven''': That's not what it says! Verse 15 says Paul talks about patience being salvation, not about the ''parousia'' being delayed.\
35	'''Tim''': Yeah, read Romans 2:4, ya dipstick.
36	* TakeThat:
37	** Plenty directed towards WebAnimation/DarkMatter2525. There's an [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA6F40ABFE85F5524 entire playlist]] worth.
38	** Some Christian Youtubers have received this treatment as well, such as [=SymphControversy=].
39	** Other atheist [=YouTubers=] get this treatment as well, most notably Aaron Ra and [=NonStampCollector=].
40	* TheVoiceless: Mrs H. never speaks aloud. She does have a line in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRrpWMaC-E0 Dumb Question of the Month 6: Human Sacrifice in the Bible]]" but it's captioned.
41	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJXWJCn6c2U a "Screwy Moments in Scriptural Interpretation" episode]] on the KJV Only Movement, King James himself plays the role of the Onlyist and talks like this.
42	-->''How darest thou blasphemeth the Holy King James Version? God shall smite thee, thou whitewashed wall!''

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