Nigahiga (real name Ryan Higa) is currently the second most subscribed person on YouTube (behind Ray William Johnson) with over 4 million subscriptions. He has six main video types:
His "How to be" guides, all of which were originally taken down because of copyright, but now some of them have been readded. These include "How to be Emo", "How to be Gangster", "How to be Ninja", and, among the still-removed ones, "How to be Nerd" and "How to be UFC Fighter";
His "Off the Pill rants", where he talks about anything that bugs him;
"Movies in Minutes", which are movie spoofs in, well, minutes;
The "Skitzo" productions, which involve him and three of his personas: R-Dizzle, Hanate, and Regina.
And "Dear Ryan" where Ryan humorously answer questions people ask in YouTube comments.
One of his most recent projects was an internet movie he created with Wong Fu Productions called "Agents of Secret Stuff". Tropes exclusively from A.S.S. (teehee) should be placed below examples from the regular videos.
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: The iNavigator is not evil in any ways, but it tends to piss the user off by its inefficiencies.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: The "Nice Guys" music video by him, Kevjumba, and Chester See, deconstructs this, since the class that Ryan and Kevin take has this in mind, but their dates leave them.
Boastful Rap: Discussed in "Off the Pill: Arrogant People", where Ryan notes that many songs on the market are very self-promoting. He then imagines what "Look at Me Now" would sound like if Chris Brown was modest.
Yes, yes. That *** look like a two-pay
I get what you get in ten years, in eleven years
But Wait, There's More!: Often, but especially prominent in the Children's Bop commercial, which came with Puberty Bob, Speech Impediment Stuttering Bop, and a free order of Bi Bim Bap.
Disorganized Outline Speech: According to "Off the Pill: Weird People", if people continue to conform to normality, everyone will gain the power to crawl all over the walls... and Ryan hates spiders.
Double Standard: Discussed in "Off the Pill - Feminist", where he especially questions why females consider compliments to their breasts offensive while males don't do the same about compliments to their muscles.
Dream Team: As of late he's been doing collaborations with the other Los Angeles YouTube stars, such as KevJumba, Chester See, David Choi, and D-Trix. He is also a part of a group called YTF consisting of himself, Kevin, Chester, Victor Kim, Andrew Garcia, JRA and D-Trix.
Hand or Object Underwear: Parodied in the Carl's Jr. New Portobello Mushroom burger ad, where he quickly names all the things the burger can do; "censor-covering" has him with a box containing the burger over each nipple.
Japanese Ranguage: The personal trainers in "How to be Ninja" speak rather inconsistently this way. This carries into Hanate's appearance on Skitzo. Also counts as N-Word Privileges, since both Ryan and Sean are Japanese.
Kiai: The first step to being a Ninja is to make loud, unnecessary sounds when you hit things.
Master Ching Ching does this in "Ninja Melk" because he's played by Tarynn Nago in a mask.
Motor Mouth: Welllooknofurtherthankstothebigbouncinginflatablegreenballyou'llnotevernothaveaballagain!
What did he just say?
Mr. Fanservice: Click on one of his song parodies, "Like a Good Boy." Read the comments. Drink a glass of water every time you see a comment talking about how hot he is when he takes off his shirt in the video for just a few seconds. You will be spending a LONG time in the bathroom.
Nice Guy: Ryan and Kevin in "Nice Guys" start out as this, become jerks, and then go back after realizing girls don't like jerks.
Now How Much Would You Pay: Frequently parodied, with something like "That's a $20 value, but we'll give it to you for, no, not $19.99, no, not $14.99, but $42.99!"
Put on a Bus: Ryan's sidekick, Sean. In "3,000,000 Subscribers" he made a cameo and revealed the reason he hasn't been around a lot was because of his going to college far away.
A Running Gag is that Ryan somehow "replaced" him after intentionally putting him on the bus. (This was a joke, and for some reason many people took it seriously...)
The rest of Yabo Productions disappeared at some point, including Ryan's ex-girlfriend Tarynn.
Poke the Poodle: In "How to be Gangster," there's a sign in the car that says "Never Drink and Drive." Cut to Ryan driving and drinking...a juice pouch.
Stealth Pun: One of Ryan's segments is called "Skitzo", wherein he interacts with other character personalities which are also played by himself. Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which people may experience hearing voices or multiple personalities, and it's sometimes shortened to "Schizo". "Skitzo" and "Schizo" are pronounced the same.
Straw Feminist: Regina is made this in "Off the Pill - Feminist".
Stylistic Suck: Ryan's done very professional looking videos with the likes of Wong Fu Productions... but he still uses the scraggly wigs from his early stuff for every female character he portrays.
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