History Creator / DaraOBriain

* TheAce: His performance on ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' showed that he knew how to play the game and earn every point he could. [[spoiler:He became the first contestant to sweep an episode (setting a scoring record in the process) and won his series by a large margin and with the highest points total out of all preceding contestants.]]

*** Another routine has him note that he was never able to see the really controversial stuff in one of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games, as he got stuck on an early mission and quit upon realizing that the constant failing and going back to the guy who gave him the mission to restart it (and having to wait at a toll booth both ways) was basically the same as actually being in traffic.

** The reverse situation: he specifically brought up his own large, bald head after a story on ''Series/MockTheWeek'' about people with such heads being at reduced risk of Alzheimer's. The panel predictably shredded him; as Chris Addison mockingly retorted, "I revealed a weakness in front of six comedians, and I thought, 'there's a group that'll help me through this!'"
*** His response to that was the delightful "I think of you as friends! [[StealthInsult I don't think of you as comedians.]]"

** EarnYourFun: Whilst an avid gamer, he frequently complains that he has no time to unlock everything to enjoy games. During one gig, he points out that playing through all of ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' just to get to ''Music/TheBeastieBoys'' is so intolerable that a minigame where you fellate the controller would be preferable.

** [[spoiler: After winning Champion of Champion's III [[note]]a special episode of Taskmaster where the winners of series' 11-14 (and the runner up of series 15 due to scheduling conflicts on the part of the winner[[/note]] he becomes the first [[note]]and so far only[[/note]] contestant in any version of Taskmaster to exceed a total of 200 points. spoiler]]

** [[spoiler]]After winning Champion of Champion's III [[note]]a special episode of Taskmaster where the winners of series' 11-14 (and the runner up of series 15 due to scheduling conflicts on the part of the winner[[/note]] he becomes the first [[note]]and so far only[[/note]] contestant in any version of Taskmaster to exceed a total of 200 points.[[/spoiler]].

* DoubleSpeak: In one of his routines, he describes getting into trouble with a group of believers in astrology after he and Creator/BrianCox basically made fun of it in one of their shows together. In revenge, the group kept {{Astro Turf}}ing complaints to the BBC to make sure that it had to go further and further up the chain of command in an attempt to get them into trouble with the BBC Trust, which is basically the head of the organisation. Dara amusedly encourages his audience to check out the official response from the Trust, which he describes as basically a carefully neutral corporate-speak way of yelling "Oh, just ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck off]]'' and stop wasting our time!" at them.

* InsultComic: A large piece of his stand up act is picking on people in the audience, and he actively engages hecklers. THough it's played with, since ''he'' insists that he never actually makes fun of the people he interacts with, but "makes ''Gods'' out of them!"

* InsultComic: A large piece of his stand up act is picking on people in the audience, and he actively engages hecklers.

* AntiClimax: Discussed in his show ''So... Where Were We?'': he discusses the process of having to psych himself up to broach the question of whether he was adopted with his father in a conversation where he was intending to raise all the hidden secrets and euphemisms in his family's history... only to be slightly thrown when, on raising the question, his father nonchalantly replied "Yeah. Did you forget?" Apparently, in keeping with good practice regarding adoption, his parents had informed him he was adopted when he was younger (multiple times, apparently), only he just hadn't really paid attention and it never sank in.

-->We already have a 3 blade razor, what do we need a 5 blade razor for? Does blade 4 shave of a thin layer of epidermis, then blade 5 cauterizes the wound so that no beard hair will ever grow there again? Do I need to unlock blade 5 by [[BossFight defeating a boss]] on blade 4?
* SuddenlyBilingual: Though he doesn't like discussing it, he is so fluent in Irish he used to present a [[SaturdayMorningKidsShow Gaelic Kids show]].
* SurrealHumor: His stand up often results in him regressing to nonsensical scenarios by deliberately antagonizing and misinterpreting the audience. ''He even makes a point of using the encore to recap on audience members he's engaged.''
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: He was entrapped into one when an event manager let him hang out in her room before the show. While picking up his things, he found the turndown service had made a bird sculpture of the woman's underwear and was worried she'd think he'd done it, and wanting to get it over with as fast as possible he simply interrupted a conversation with her bosses to say "I did ''not'' make a swan out of your knickers!" and walked away.
* TakeThatCritics: His ''"Craic Dealer" Tour'' is a pun on the Irish slang "What's the craic?" that means "What's happening?" and the term "Crack Dealer", but this was originally rejected by some MoralGuardians and some retailers as ''[[InsaneTrollLogic it might give unwanted publicity to cocaine culture.]]'' Naturally, after getting approval for the next tour, he had it as the entire backing display so it would be present on all previews and remain uncensored.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: Exaggerated in his bit about a catholic-protestant mixed marriage:
-->"It'll never work! The DNA of catholic and protestant aren't supposed to mix like that, you'll get a sterile mule-child of some description!"

* TheAce: His performance on ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' showed that he knew how to play the game an earn every point he could. [[spoiler:He became the first contestant to sweep an episode (setting a scoring record in the process) and won his series by a large margin and with the highest points total out of all preceding contestants.]]

Dara Ó Briain ([[NoPronunciationGuide pronounced "oh bree-ann"]], born 4 February 1972) is an Irish standup comedian famous throughout the UK and his homeland. Beginning as a children's television presenter, Dara is now known for presenting ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''[[Series/TheApprentice The Apprentice UK - You're Fired!]]'', as well as a few {{Edutainment Show}}s ''School of Hard Sums'' and ''Stargazing Live'', as well as his own show ''[[ScienceShow Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]]'', and in 2016 he became the new host of the UnCancelled ''Series/RobotWars'' and ''Go 8 Bit''. He's also an occasional guest on ''Series/{{QI}}''. Most recently he's the host of the newest revival of ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'' on Creator/ComedyCentral.

** CriticalResearchFailure: Whilst he usually gives things a pass, he can be extremely petty with inaccuracies. For example, when discussing the "neutrinos are mutating" [[ExcusePlot plot excuse]] in ''[[Film/TwoThousandTwelve 2012]]'':

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Apparently people won't stop comparing him to Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''... or even the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabus_(Europe) Megabus]] [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m73pprOV4v1rzl2uho1_1280.png mascot Sid.]]
-->'''Ed Gamble''': Oh, is it like when you stole the Moon in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''?

* SelfDeprecation: He notes that he looks like either Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' or one of [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano's henchmen.]]

* ClassyCatBurglar: Discussed on ''Mock the Week''. Apparently he got into a little trouble while staying with Creator/EdByrne, who was asked to vouch for him.
-->''I was wearing a tuxedo at the time, right? I looked like a gentleman burglar, like I'd left a note saying "The Cat has visited you!" [[UnEvilLaugh Hmnahahahaha!]]''