Billy Gets Grounded (December 13, 2017-January 12, 2021) is a web series created by Kolin Hildebrand on YouTube. The show revolves about a boy called Billy Chris Spunkygal, who always causes trouble, such as refusing to listen to his parents, misbehave in places and school, and gets grounded.
Billy(left) and his dad (right)
In 2021, Kolin stopped the series because he was getting tired of making grounded videos. In 2022, he made another grounded series, Nestor Gets Grounded.
Tropes
- Antiquated Linguistics: One episode has Billy call his teacher a "strumpet," a term meaning "prostitute" that hasn't been in fashion since Shakespeare's time.
- Grand Finale: The show ended with the January 12, 2021 episode because Kolin was getting tired of making grounded videos.
- Politically Incorrect Hero / Politically Incorrect Villain: On both sides regardless of which one you think is more heroic: Almost every character in the series has used "faggot" and "retarded" as insults (and yet chastized Billy for using them, possibly due to Kolin not understanding that those words are slurs and not just standard swears), and if Billy actually does, as is implied in several episodes, have special needs, the harsh treatment he receives may be based in ableism to some degree.
- Potty Failure: In "Billy contaminates the beach / grounded
," Billy "goes shit-shit in the beach water." - Sir Swears-a-Lot: Basically everyone.
- Sometimes, characters will get upset at Billy for swearing... while firing off a salvo of profanities themselves.
- Villain Protagonist: The titular Billy is the antagonist and troublemaker of the family.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Billy has a deep fear of fire alarms.
- You Are Grounded!: As you'd expect from the title, Billy always gets grounded in every episode.
- You Keep Using That Word: Kolin seems to be under the impression that "badass" is an insult rather than a compliment.
