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Hullo, this is HC Bailly. And I finally have a picture on this page!

"Hullo, this is HCBailly. And welcome back to Let's Play (title of game, always emphasized as if pronounced with three syllables)!"
— The opening of just about every single LP video he has ever made.

HCBailly produces Let's Play video series on YouTube for many Eastern RPG and S/NES-age Action RPG video games. Most of his LPs are for Squaresoft, Enix, and Square-Enix games, with the bulk of his library consisting in games from the 8- and 16-bit eras; however as shown in the list below, he has done LPs for games from other publishers and for other consoles as well, Final Fantasy XIII being his first HD LP.

The focus in his LPs lies mainly on information and completeness; as the channel description quote indicates, they are quite similar to a walkthrough, though they still contain the humour, opinions and fridge observations usually found in Let's Plays. All of his series are for games he has played numerous times before, not only in his childhood (as with the older classics), but also in preparatory test-runs for the LP series. Having familiarized himself with these games, his LPs typically exemplify all the methods and secrets needed to achieve 100% Completion and Game-Breaking allocations of stats and resources, with minimal to zero Level Grinding whenever possible. He even explains how the game works and takes time to figure out how they work; which will help others play the game.

He also composed songs on Mario Paint.

His real name is Henri Carl Bailly. He revealed what H means in his Terranigma LP, and he revealed what the C meant in his very first episode of Trials of Mana (surprisingly, it didn't turn out to be 'Cliffhanger' or 'Catchphrase').

His channel. He is also a member of The Game Station.

Has a page for all his catchphrases right over heeeere.

Games he's played, in alphabetical order:

Games in preparation, in alphabetical order:

His Let's Plays provide examples of:

  • 100% Completion: He tries to do everything from a game he plays. Sidequests, endings, all that jazz. Maybe he can ignore minor things that aren't totally worth showing it off, but he can mention those things out, in case other players would be interested in doing it.
  • Afraid of Blood: In his own words, he tends to get "freaked out" by gore, and realistic violence.
  • All Myths Are True: Often referenced.
    "As we all know, rumors and legends in jRPGs are always 100% accurate, absolutely!".
  • Anti-Climax Boss: In-Universe; his opinion of Final Fantasy XIII's final boss.
    "It's time for the joke final battle!"
  • April Fools: Played The World Ends With You... for all of one video. He did the same thing with Nier and Virtual Boy Wario Land.
  • Aristocrats Are Evil: Lampshaded:
    Has there ever been a duke that was good in a work of fiction?
  • Author Appeal: Green hair, like Rydia.
    • He's also mentioned that he can give a game that's not very good a pass as long as it has good battle mechanics, witty dialogue, fun puzzles to solve, fun exploration, or a great soundtrack.
    • Then there's if the game allows you to tank damage or if there's an ice level.
    • Many of the games he lets plays in general are games he likes - and in fact, some consider this a very good trait for an LPer to have*.
  • Awesome Music: Invoked. Points them out, i.e. here.
  • Ax-Crazy: A little bit.
    "You get to live. ... For now."
  • Berserk Button:
    • Guardian Acorns.
    • Cockatrices. No matter which game they're in.
    • When he's right in front of a treasure chest, or upon exiting combat and takes one step, and in both cases gets in a battle.
    • JB has one in the form of Dream Seed Herbs. Likely because he always has to stop what he's doing so HC can make sure they get one, whether or not they really need to.
    • Wakka's attitude toward the Al Bhed sets him off.
    • His reaction to the Punny Name, Dr. Agon has him banging his table.
    • Instances of "Blind Idiot" Translation tend to set him off, usually followed by a (fake) Head Desk.
  • Big "NO!": When he obtains a Guardian Acorn.
    • In the Final Fantasy XII LP, he let one out after accidentally reflecting Renew off himself onto Ultima.
    • And speaking of notable noes, in the Final Fantasy VI LP, while the party members were following Gerad, he accidentally told the Ship Captain in the ship from South Figaro to go back to Nikeah. Hilarity Ensues.
  • Big Word Shout: GAAAAAAAAAAAAME!
  • Big "YES!": Often, when defeating various bosses at critical health.
  • Blessed with Suck The aforementioned 'Bailly Curse'. Grants immortality, but has serious drawbacks.
  • "Blind Idiot" Translation: Lampshades instances of poor translation.
    • He's a bit picky about how to spell the Dwarven greeting ("Lali-ho!") whenever it's used in games.
  • Brick Joke: During one episode of Trials of Mana, JB has something to say at the start and end of the video.
    Beginning:
    HC: Hullo, this is HC Bailly.
    JB: And I'm having a nice, tasty beverage.
    Ending:
    HC: I'm HC Bailly.
    JB: And my drink's empty...
    HC: Signing off. Have a good day!
  • But Thou Must!: Lampshaded to the point of being a Catchphrase.
  • Catchphrase: Way too many one might argue, that he has its own page for these.
    • He's always getting more, usually about one to four new ones per LP. Whether or not they stick afterwards varies.
    • His brother even gets in on the action:
      HC: (mentions not wanting to do something)
      JB: Quit being a wussy.
      • Both acknowledge that it's from a movie and that he'd adopted the phrase.
  • Child Hater: Downplayed; he's definitely not a hater, but he just doesn't care for real life children. Twice he scoffed when a parent told their kid that when the Younglings died in Revenge of the Sith, they were not dead. He's also said numerous times he didn't want to have kids, because according to his Dragon Quest IV LP, he didn't consider having children a good "return on investment".
  • Cliffhanger:
    • Darn near every video, even his FAQ on himself. He really, really enjoys these, especially for dramatic moments in most of the games he has played, sometimes ending the episode saying something between these lines:
      HC: "Have a good day, if you can! Mwahahahaha!"
    • Notable subversion, in one episode of Trials of Mana, HC is just about to do a cliffhanger, when JB accidentally walks into the next area of the level, causing HC to have to extend the episode with a boss fight.
  • Comically Missing the Point: At one point in Trials of Mana, he doesn't know why monsters in a certain elemental environment wouldn't be weak to their respective element, thinking they're weaker from heavy exposure to it. JB tries to tell him why, but ultimately abandons it.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Makes short work of Cagnazzo, thanks mostly to Tellah's spells.
  • Deadpan Snarker: His brother pulls this off whenever he's around.
  • Demonic Spiders: Cockatrices, Red Magi, Ashasinsinvoked, Green Dragons and Gold Batboons, between others.
  • Dissimile: Some of his "X are like Y. Except they kill you!" similes.
  • Does Not Know His Own Strength: A recurring incident in Disgaea, particularly with Nosgard (a gunner). He keeps killing enemies when HC just wants him to weaken them instead.
  • Dull Surprise: Part of his mild Early-Installment Weirdness: "And we get a (treasure), yaaay." Not that it wasn't still funny...
    • He mocks Final Fantasy XII doing this in his LP.
    Penelo: (monotone) It's been a long time since we did anything together. Too long. I had a really good time.
    HC: (equally monotone) You sound like it.
    Penelo: (still monotone) Well, I should probably be getting back to the store. Actually, I was kinda supposed to be watching the place for Migelo.
    HC: (also still monotone) I could almost raise my voice half an octave, I'm so excited.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: HC got more animated and stopped cutting to clips as time went on. Having a few videos deleted for copyright reasons kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips. His earlier Let's Play videos are also a little more informative, and doesn't make fun of the games as much or deliver as many Self-Deprecation or Take That! lines, occasionally yelling "GAAAAAME!".
  • Establishing Series Moment: He's really fond of using an Episode 0 "trailer" to tease how he will be approaching each game in particular, but sometimes, things that he lampshades in the first couple of episodes of each new game tend to set the tone for the rest of it. For instance, with Final Fantasy VII, setting the stage for the "Blind Idiot" Translation to come...
    HCBailly: Executive Produce? What kind of game is this? Hello, this is HCBailly, and welcome to Let's Play Final Fantasy VII! Well, you guys asked for it.
  • Evil Laugh: Whenever he ends on a cliffhanger and is feeling particularly troll-ish that day.
    • Whenever he utterly obliterates an enemy, even accidentally.
    • JB has a quiet one.
  • The Faceless: He was this for a long time, but finally averted.
  • Fan Disservice: His response to this◊ pic in Disgaea 2, prompting him to shout "MY EYES!!!"
  • Fanon Discontinuity: In-universe.
    HC: New to Final Fantasy XII: there are no random battles anymore. Well, technically, maybe the last game didn't have it, but I pretend that game doesn't exist like the Zelda CDI games.
  • Faux Horrific: In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, he recoils at every Guardian Acorn and claims the game "tricked" him if he accidentally picks one up. Guardian Acorns temporarily reduce the damage a player takes with no gameplay-related downside whatsoever. They do change the music while they're active, and he claims the music is the reason he avoids them, but he has no problems picking up Pieces of Power, which change the music in the exact same fashion.
  • Foreshadowing: He often foreshadows what'll happen in other games; as well as what might happen in the future. Commonly, he says "If only there was some way I could get past this obstacle/some power that would do this/weapon that would help my situation."
    • Often he will make a pun that relates to something he will be doing so that those familiar with the game know what to expect without ruining it for newcomers.
  • Four-Point Scale: During the credits, he reviews the game he just played, and a 7 is about the lowest he ever goes. Though it's justified since he only plays games that he really likes.
  • Fridge Logic: A mini-rant about how useless a dragoon's heavy armor would be if they're always jumping out of range of enemy attacks. invoked
    • In The After Years, he points out that if Yang's ship had lost speed because of general damage, that would be fine. Instead, the ship is losing speed because the fuel tank has been damaged. On a sailing ship. Cue Head Desk, three times.
  • Fun with Acronyms: During Trials of Mana, HC tells his brother to kill a certain enemy last because of the item they'd drop. JB tries to explain it, but it goes right over his head.
    JB: There's always some POS item you have to get.
  • Funny Background Event: In one bit during Trials of Mana in Hawk and Lise's storyline, HC is talking like usual, and JB has his character start pushing around a bird that's been following them.
    • At the ends of some of their videos together, JB has his character do a little dance. Lampshaded and enforced on one occasion.
    • Every so often one (or both) of his cats will jump on the table (presumably where the computer is located) or otherwise cause a distraction and/or interrupt what's going on, much to HC's annoyance.
  • Game-Breaker: To a certain extent he will use these (when he deems it fair), sometimes to great comedic effect. invoked
    • In Final Fantasy VIII he does use the card game and Junction System to dramatic effect, remarking at one point (in configuring an extreme boost to everyone's HP levels), "I just BROKE the game." He did however not go so far as to attain the game's ultimate Disk One Nuke — obtaining the Infinity +1 Sword literally on disk one of a linear, four-disk game — as he viewed that as a little over the top.
  • Gameplay and Story Segregation: Discussed for laughs regarding a Radiant Historia Bad Ending where Marco betrays and kills the entire party in regard to his low damage output.
  • Genre Blindness: He often fakes this to prevent spoilers.
  • Good Bad Translation: invoked Probably the only reason why "Ark is a caring soul" exists, thus is enjoyed by HC to the point of being a running gag for the Terranigma LP and a few cameos in other ones.
  • The Good King: Jokes about being having his own kingdom and ruling it rather fairly.
  • Head Desk: This is how he responds to some of the dumber revelations and events in his LPs. Since his Final Fantasy IX LP, it usually happens once per LP.
    • His brother does this too when his brother's jokes get really cheesy.
  • Heh Heh, You Said "X": Not very often, but...
    Voice: Who is arousing me from my sleep?
    HC: Heheh.
  • Heroic BSoD: He sometimes derogatorily calls this "emo mode".
  • Hilarious Outtakes: Some for Final Fantasy VII, in which HC drops a Cluster F-Bomb.
    • The alternate ending to one of the Crystalis videos, as described above.
  • I Meant to Do That: Sometimes he says this when he ends up doing something that goes his way, without him meaning to do it.
  • Informed Flaw: Detractors claim that Mr. Bailly suffers from Small Name, Big Ego... which is a trait present in exactly zero of his videos unless done as a joke. Perhaps in personal dealings with him in the comments, but even then more often or not they were the ones causing problems in the first place.
    • He does have a naturally smug-sounding voice, but that's hardly his fault.
    • Retsupurae characterizes him as being fat and sort of a Basement-Dweller... out of nowhere.
  • Insistent Terminology: Insists on calling a Piece of Heart a "Piece of Powah".
  • Insurmountable Waist-Height Fence: He complains about the impossibility to "do things the old fashioned way" (simply breaking a door down) in Final Fantasy games here.
  • Kind Hearted Cat Lover: Has two of his own, Lenny and Stripe, whom he talks about from time to time.
  • Lame Pun Reaction: Often, especially in the Dragon Quest playthroughs. See Pun below for examples.
  • Large Ham: When he wants to be. Especially when saying "He's weak to [ICE!/FIRE!/THUNDER!/WATER!/...]". Otherwise, he often warns his viewers that they should turn down the volume
  • Lethal Lava Land: Discussed here.
    I don't know why lava is so popular in video games...
  • Let's Play: Yeah, but occasionally posts videos about his progress in random games like Minecraft, or "FAQ Me" videos in which he answers questions asked by his viewers, or his occasional blog videos.
  • Level Grinding: Usually averted. He demonstrates stat-wise and resource-allocations which allows the player to bypass grinding, assuming they engage (rather than run from) all the enemies randomly encountered while traveling from Point A to Point B and during dungeon exploration.
    • With older RPGs which necessitate grinding, he will lampshade it in the opening: "Are you ready for massive level grinding??!!"
    • In his Final Fantasy V LP, which requires some targeted grinding, he conveniently breaks the grinding down into neat little evenly spaced 5-10 minute portions so that it's ... less of a grind. Thanks HC!
  • Made of Iron: Lampshaded with RPG characters, who can apparently survive any fall or explosion.
  • Man Behind the Man: He often talks about the "bad guy" and the "real bad guy", especially in Final Fantasy games. invoked
  • Million to One Chance: After playing the various incarnations and sequels of Final Fantasy IV a combined total of 40+ times over the course of his life, he gets TWO Cockatrice summons in the PSP version of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ON CAMERA without going out of his way to find them.
  • Mood Whiplash: Mentioned by name by him during his Disgaea LP, in reference to the change in tone between episode 7 and episode 8.
    HC: How did we go from a horse wiener in one episode to...this?
  • Mundane Made Awesome: In Radiant Historia.
    NPC: Woah, I guess the war started while we were having our epic battle.
    HC: Our epic staring contest. Next, we will play... Beat ...table tennis.
  • Narm: In-universe, he uses this term to refer to Thursday's temporary death scene in Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness.
  • News Travels Fast: He often references this, for example here.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He often discusses and criticizes this trope.
    As you all know, in RPGs you'd be better off if you just never got involved in the plot at all, because the villain is trying to manipulate you into helping them.
  • Nostalgia Filter:
    • He often has these mocking spiels of "Back in my day, we....and WE LIKED IT!". However, averted when, during Crystalis, he went on a spiel about how there were no save points mid-dungeon and if you died at the boss, you had to trek all the way through the dungeon again. Right as he's about to say that they liked it, he interrupts himself and says, "Actually... no, we didn't."
    • His word on most modern JRPGs in general. He does play them and like some, but it's clear as day that he finds a good majority of them to be inferior to the SNES-era ones.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: HC will often feign ignorance to the plot of the game he is playing, even though he has already played the game numerous times in preparation for the LP, so that he doesn't spoil future events.
    HC: I'm sure that's not true.
  • Opening Narration: See the first page quote.
  • Overly Long Fighting Animation: He usually fast-forwards these.
  • Paper-Thin Disguise: He lampshades the use of this trope in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for The Hooded Man and the Man in Black, which are Kain and Golbez, respectively.
    HC: Oh, blow me if you don't know who [the Man in Black] is!
  • Performance Anxiety: Unintentionally averted. "I made that look a LOT easier than it actually is."
    • But also, on occasion, played straight. GAAAAAAAAAMMMMME!
    • In his Final Fantasy Tactics LP:
    "It has a 94% chance of hitting, so it should--"
    *Missed!*
    WHAT THE HELL, GAME?!?!? (he had to dampen the sound so it didn't damage anyone else's speakers.)
  • Perverse Sexual Lust: "Oh that's so hot..."
    • Sometimes played for laughs.
  • Pet-Peeve Trope: Plots with the motif of people being manipulated. Not to the point of being a Berserk Button, but he does actively dislike it.
  • Playing with Fire: Tends to gravitate towards fire elementals when given the choice between different elements (in situations where attacking power is the only part that matters).
  • Plug 'n' Play Friends: He briefly ponders about this at the end of this Final Fantasy Tactics episode.
  • Porting Disaster: Minor one, in-universe. He considers the Gameboy Color remake of Crystalis to be far inferior to the original.
  • Power Perversion Potential: In his Radiant Historia LP he mentions that, if he was Stocke, he would use his time-travelling powers to have sex with Raynie over, and over...
  • Power-Up Letdown: He hates Guardian Acorns, mainly because they change the music.
  • Precision F-Strike: On rare occasions; it varies. He sometimes refers to his cuss-word per-series quota. The rarity of him cussing has made his fans make up text lines like "When HCBailly cusses, a volcano erupts somewhere on Earth". However, he started saying the F word less and less until he stopped altogether from doing this.
    HC: FUCK YOU AND DIE!
    HC: YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME! THE OWL?! THE OWL IS THE REAL FINAL BOSS?! REALLY, GAME?!
    HC: What the fuck is that?!
    • During the LP of Final Fantasy V, he pulled an Atomic F-Bomb, with his impression about Exdeath revealing itself when he was disguised as a splinter, to show he survived the last battle against the heroes.
    HC: YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME! He disguised himself as a splinter, because he was a tree! Come on, game! Come on! What the hell!? We defeated him already!
    • A rather notable moment was in the instance of Deus ex Machina in Final Fantasy VIII:
    HC: YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME! A SPACESHIP?! Right THERE?! Waiting for us?! In our general direction?! Of course! Why not?!
    • One so far in Radiant Historia:
    HC: Really game? Really? The fate of the world hangs in the balance depending on who I choose to watch the FUCKING FIRE. This is ludicrous!
    • And who can forget his suffering about rebuilding the bridge to Arus in the Lufia and the Fortress of Doom LP?
    HC: YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME! WHY!? Just fix the damn bridge!! What's wrong with you?
  • Previously on…: When recapping a previous video's events, he usually plays small clips with movie quotes, or maybe even just with movie quotes. Like this one for Final Fantasy VI.
    • After a certain point, he doesn't put clips of movies due to copyright issues. Ever then, he has made some, like this for the Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection LP, to prove he doesn't need clips to reference movie quotes or such. Averted for the Final Fantasy X LP, in which he uses the OF COURSE! clip.
  • "Psycho" Strings: Played when he gets the Psycho Sword in Soul Blazer.
  • Pun:
    • "Piece of Powdah" (with powder, as opposed to the usual "Piece of Powah").
    • The Trials of Mana co-op LPs with his brother contain a running gag, usually like this:
    HC: And she cried.
    JB: How hard should I punch him, viewers?
    • Three so far in Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection, each of them doubling as cliffhangers and thinly-veiled spoilers:
    HC: Or will Baron throw a MONK-ey wrench into our plans? (foreshadowing the fight against Yang in Baron)
    HC: Or will Baron's army deliver us a crushing defeat? (foreshadowing Cagnazzo's attempt at ending the lives of the heroes)
    HC: Can this game get any edgier? (foreshadowing the arrival of Edge, a ninja of Eblan)
    HC: But can we defeat the mighty Marilith? Or will she 'Kary' us home in a body bag?
  • Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Generally does a variation of this whenever he says the name of the game he's currently playing in his videos.
    • In Trials of Mana, one antagonist cannot be killed or else a sympathetic character will also be killed due to a curse.
    HC: Wouldn't she be a lot easier to kill?
    JB: Not really preferable.
    HC: Of course not, but the world's coming to an end. Gotta do what you gotta do. Take one for the team!
    JB: ... Not. Really. Preferable.
  • A Rare Sentence: In his Soul Blazer LP:
    "I never thought I'd ever use the phrase 'let the trees spawn.'"
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: When he and his brother record, they have this dynamic, though downplayed. HC is more prone to outbursts and JB is The Quiet One.
  • Redemption Demotion: Discussed.
    Because, as we all know, when we're fighting our friends, they're more powerful as an enemy than they are when they join our party! Absolutely!
  • Retsupurae: A target of a couple of their videos. One of their more divisive videos, given there seem to be more people in the comments defending him than usual.
  • The Reveal: In his FAQ video, he showed a picture of himself from a few years previously. Then on 2012 new year, he finally shows his face to his fans, who have been wondering for a long time. The page image might have spoiled it though. Here you go.
  • Rhetorical Question Blunder: His "Don't answer that, viewers" catchphrase is either used in this context or after (not-so?) Accidental Innuendo.
  • Rule 34: JB guesses that this applies to HC now that he's shown his face.
  • Running Gag: For a few episodes in a row during the Trials of Mana LP, it will open like this:
    HC: Hello, I'm HC Bailly.
    JB: And I'm (something different each time).
    HC: I hate the Laws of Probability!
    • In Hexyz Force, HC temporarily stops to insert a "facepalm counter" whenever Cecilia makes a Face Palm.
    • See also his Catchphrase page, since some of these are running gags.
    • Him playing Final Fantasy IV all the time.
  • The Scrappy: He has some characters that he doesn't like, sometimes invoking this. To list some of them:
    • He doesn't care for Cait Sith, at all.
    • Lulu was a sore point for him at a point because of her attitude towards Wakka on the path to the Kilika Temple. He also expressed disdain for Donna and the Luca Goers. This point in the game almost made him to not LP the game.
    • He also expressed an irrational hatred for Praline because of her singing, reminding him on one of his pet peeves: J-Pop.
    • He didn't make it secret his disdain for Briggs, being a pirate that doesn't get his comeuppance due to the questionable morality of the game. Although, he expressed sadness for Briggs's death in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, despite being a pirate.
  • Scrappy Level: The cave to Arus in Lufia and the Fortress of Doom, but mentions how it's the only truly low point of the game compared to everything else and isn't too long. invoked
  • Scrappy Mechanic: Randomly generated dungeons and the aforementioned Guardian Acorns. invoked
    • Subverted in Dragon Quest IV: he doesn't mind the Tactics system of the NES version as much as other people seem to. For those curious, in the NES version of the game, you could not directly control anyone aside from the main character in Chapter 5, so you had to set their Tactics instead.
  • Self-Deprecation: His intro to the beginning of the Dragon Quest IV LP.
    "And now, for another edition of Square-Enix Fanboy."
  • Sequelitis: He feels that despite the pros of Final Fantasy XIII-2 over its predecessor, the cons outweigh them. invoked
  • Shout-Out: So, so many. Has stated in one episode that he can rattle off Shout-Out after Shout-Out without even trying.
  • Slippy-Slidey Ice World: Prefers these for their often relaxing atmosphere.
  • Sound of No Damage: He enjoys hearing these (as long as they're caused by his immunity and not that of an enemy).
    I just love that "ding" sound my barrier makes. It reminds me that I'm invincible.
  • Special Guest: On rare occasions his brother joins in the recording.
  • Stealth Pun:
  • Stone Wall: Likes to tank, as in having a character take all the damage on behalf of other teammates in games.
  • Strange Minds Think Alike: A running gag through the Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories LP, in which he mentions something, then for the game actually saying almost the exact same thing, even if he doesn't remember the script that well, or so he claims.
  • Supporting Protagonist: In a way. During Trials of Mana, in Lise and Hawk's storyline, HC plays as Hawk, who wasn't chosen as the first character, therefore it's more Lise's story than Hawk's. Despite being "player 2", HC is still the one leading the game (though he did play as Lise until there were more characters). Then they switched.
  • Take That!: He often gives Take Thats to other games but also ones he even likes.
    • More traditionally, he's fond of picking on Final Fantasy XII. And he delivered an extended take that to The World Ends With You during Hawk's intro of the Trials of Mana LP, telling his brother that he's lucky to have not played it.
      • Taken even further by pretending to LP that game and mocking it all the while.
  • Take a Third Option: He eventually decides on marrying Debora in his Dragon Quest V LP.
    • Subverted. He only picked Debora just for the sake of demonstration, and then, in the next episode, cue Snap Back to moments before the decision on who HC should choose. His real choice was Bianca.
  • Take Your Time: Of course the best time to do sidequests is when the world's in grave danger/imminent danger, absolutely!
  • Talk to Everyone: He calls it "StarTropics Syndrome".
  • Tear Jerker: Exploited. invoked
  • That Came Out Wrong: To his cat during Dragon Quest IV.
    "Oh what, you want out of the room now? You wanted so bad in my room to sleep with me... ON MY BED! Not... Never mind...
    • During a cliffhanger in episode #35 of Dragon Quest V.
    "Looks like we're finally going to be a parent. Is it a boy? A girl? Or both..." (cue awkward silence)
    • And again in the finale of that game.
    "I had to get some of that childhood booty! (Beat) Childhood friend booty."
  • That One Sidequest: There has been some of this during his Let's Plays, causing him to dread the moment when he has to do them:
    • The mini game with Cid in the Desert Palace. invoked
    • During the Final Fantasy X LP, there were three instances of this: The Chocobo racing minigame for Tidus's crest, dodging 200 bolts at the Thunder Plains for Lulu's crest, and the Butterfly minigame at Macalania Woods for Kimahri's crest, all of them done in the same episode. The first one was rather egregious in the sense that the Chocobo minigame was almost a cause for not being able to LP the game.
    • The Namingway sidequest in the 3D version of Final Fantasy IV was this for him, due to having to acquire a Rainbow Pudding at a certain point. He also had to farm for rare drops in the Pixel Remaster of Final Fantasy IV for some of the achievements that involved the secret summons and the Pink Tail.
    • The minigame to acquire the Earth Chant in Breath of Fire II was also this, dreading the moment in which he couldn't put it off for longer, having to do it before progressing with the plot.
    • He sometimes indexed these in separate appendix videos rather than in the main Let's Plays, but after a certain point, he considered these as part of the LP, either during the main portion of the game, or the postgame.
  • Throw the Dog a Bone: He admits that the GBC version of Crystalis did at least give better background information.
  • Too Awesome to Use: There has been times where he has considered items that either heal MP or heal full HP or MP, calling them "part of the 'too good to use' club", invoking this trope. Very rarely he has to break into those items, mostly for emergencies.
  • Troll: He accused Radiant Historia during the original LP of the game of being this after one of the game's multiple Bad Endings, in which Marco kills everyone in response to one of his old friends being accused of spying and being captured.
    HC: MARCO?! You're the one who killed everyone?! *Face Desk, 3 times* ...You have the worst DPS in the game! So...choosing to turn in Mimel caused Marco to SNAP, KILL everyone, and bring the world to an end! Now the game's just trolling me!
    • He claims to be doing this himself when he uploads a video of the GBC version of Crystalis mainly to point out its inferiority to the original.
    • He says he's doing this to brony haters in the comments section of Final Fantasy IV Complete Part 44.
  • Trolling Creator: "Have a good day, viewers... if you can!! Mwahahahahahahaha... invoked
  • Updated Re-release: There has been some instances of this, either involving Let's Plays of his own, or game rereleases:
    • He redid his Arcana LP, after doing it once as one of his first LPs, long ago.
    • He has also done multiple Let's Plays of Final Fantasy IV after the original LP of the fan-translation back in 2008: He did the PSP version in 2012, the 3D version on PC in 2015, and the Pixel Remaster version (alongside the original SNES version for some points of comparison) in 2022.
    • He also did a LP of the DS version of Chrono Trigger back in 2013, updating his knowledge to better reflect his experience with the game, while banning stuff he used in the original LP, like the Crisis Arm.
    • He also redid his Final Fantasy II LP in 2021. After gaining some well needed knowledge during the years between the original and the remaking of the LP, he showed the fruits of his hard work in the remaking of this, putting the game under his knees by abusing the game mechanics, and having a lot of fun overall.
    • And he also did a LP of the Switch version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening back in 2021.
  • Villain Teleportation: Here he wonders about the bad guys' tendency of teleporting out when defeated. Also lampshaded here.
    How many teleports is that now?
  • When I Was Your Age...: Often used in a minor manner but once more prominently in his Final Fantasy XIII LP.
  • Who Writes This Crap?!: A variation of this is said for his monthly Precision F-Strike (S strike in this case), during Illusion of Gaia during the scene after Hamlet died.
  • Willing Suspension of Disbelief:
    Suspend your disbelief, viewers!
  • With Lyrics: The Rufus Shinra Welcoming March.
  • You Fool!: One of his trademark phrases is: "You insolent fool!", which is used at every single opportunity that someone says that word. Lampshaded during in the Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories LP, when in an instance, Rozalin said his phrase verbatim.
  • You Keep Using That Word: He has lampshaded this trope multiple times during his Let's Plays, when people says "Inconceivable", "Impossible", "Incomprehensible" or similar words that reflect the same meaning.
  • You Monster!:
    Who doesn't love the kitties? If you don't like cats, you're a monster.
    • His opinion on players of Final Fantasy VII who did not cry when Aerith died.

"But will we achieve (insert goal here)? Find out next time, on Let's Play (title of game here, always emphasized as if pronounced with three syllables)! This is HCBailly, signing off. Have a good day!"
— The ending of just about every single LP video he has ever made.

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