History Creator / HeyJakeAndJosh

''Hey! Jake and Josh'' is a podcasting network run by Jake Mason and Josh Nichols, two best friends from Austin, Texas. Starting with two core shows ''The Morphin' Grid'' and ''Pokemon World Tour'', the duo have since expanded into many a podcast in order showcase a wide variety of their various hobbies and fandoms. The two have cultivated a dedicated fanbase thanks to both their seamless chemistry and their propensity for fan interaction, allowing the listeners to feel just as important to their shows as the hosts themselves.

* LostEpisode: Several early episodes of ''Morphin' Grid'' don't play on some podcast apps due to their age and the roundabout way their hosting was set up when the two began.

* TenderTears: Jake mason cries pretty easily at emotional moments, and he is not afraid to let the audience know when something hits him that hard.

* CouchGag: During ''Time Force'' on ''Morphin' Grid'', Jake replaced Apple Podcasts with a different fruit each episode. He ran out pretty quickly and had to resort to either googling, repeating himself, or using pretend fruits. In ''Wild Force'' he moved on to naming different types of apples.

** The first several episodes of ''Pokemon World Tour'' feature Jake giving recaps of anime episodes where the locations where featured; these were soon shortened, then made into separate episodes, then removed altogether. They also spent most of Kanto rating any nickname sent to them during Name Rater, before shifting to their current format of taking names for the previous episode's spotlight pokemon.

** Referring to the Apple Podcasts app as "Snapple Podcasts", or a different fruit entirely.

** Josh once [[AccidentalMisnaming accidentally]] called Rocky from "Ticky", and now almost exclusively refers to him as "my boy Ticky". In a similar vein, ''Turbo'' is often referred to as ''Turbp'' due to a typo.

** "[[NoHuggingNoKissing Papa Haim hates kissing!]]"

* SpecialPersonNormalName: Jake and Josh both appreciate this trope, expressing delight in giving Pokemon normal human nicknames. They also give normal nicknames to all the mutants in ''Time Force'' instead of using their monster names.

* CatchPhrase: By the end of the ''Kingdom Hearts II'' recap, Shannon's became "Stay Tuned!" whenever Jake asked a question that she couldn't answer.
* CouchGag:
** In lieu of a regular sign-off phrase, ''Kingdom Smarts'' ends with Shannon saying "we still haven't ____ yet", with the blank spot foreshadowing what they'll get to next week.
** During ''Time Force'' on ''Morphin' Grid'', Jake replaced Apple Podcasts with a different fruit each episode. He ran out pretty quickly and had to resort to either googling, repeating himself, or using pretend fruits. In ''Wild Force'' he moved on to naming different types of apples.
* {{Crossover}}: ''Kingdom Smarts'' had one with ''[[https://twitter.com/memorizecast Got It Memorized?]]'', another ''Kingdom Hearts'' recap podcast that started around the same time, for their ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' quiz.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Shannon sometimes has to invoke this in ''Kingdom Smarts'' such as when villains turn into vehicles or someone being called "chicken-wuss".

** ''Kingdom Smarts'' has Jake and Shannon alternate between "I've been Jake", "and I've been Shannon", "and that's been ''Kingdom Hearts''", after which Shannon does a CouchGag of "We haven't gotten to the part where ___ yet" to tease the next episode.
* SpecialPersonNormalName: Jake and Josh both appreciate this trope, expressing delight in giving Pokemon normal human nicknames. They also give normal nicknames to all the mutants in ''Time Force'' instead of using their monster names.
** Jake loses his mind when he finds out that the original name of Xaldin from ''Kingdom Hearts'' is Dilan, and refers to him as that almost exclusively from then on.

* FullNameUltimatum: In ''Kingdom Smarts'' episode 56, Jake is so thrown by Mickey revealing that [[spoiler: Ansem the Wise and Ansem Seeker of Darkness are two different people]] that he sternly shouts "''Michael!''" at the mouse in exasperation.
* HypocrisyNod: In ''Podcast/KingdomSmarts'', during the description of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories's'' Marluxia fight, Shannon describes part of the fight as having "a mech wearing a cape", which results in Jake mocking the mental image and the general overdramatics of Organization XIII. However, Jake later acknowledges that if a Megazord were to drop in wearing a cape he, as a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' fan, would be all-in on that.

* InsistentTerminology: In Kingdom Smarts Shannon refers to [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Li Shang]] exclusively as "bisexual icon Li Shang"; the one time she doesn't she backtracks to say it properly.

* ''Kingdom Smarts'': A ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fan-cast of sorts. Shannon has half an hour every Tuesday to explain as much as she can about the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series to Jake, who has zero background knowledge on it at the beginning. It has its own twitter [[https://twitter.com/kingdomsmarties here]], and also uses the hashtag [[https://twitter.com/hashtag/Khfree #KHFree]] to keep Jake from seeing tweets that spoil anything about the series before he learns about it.
** ''K-Pop Smarts'': A spin-off exclusive to donors of the ''Kingdom Smarts'' patreon, where Jake and Shannon watch a K-Pop music video and try to figure out the plot and what kind of world it takes place in.

* SignOffCatchPhrase: Several throughout their shows.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first several episodes of ''Pokemon World Tour'' feature Jake giving recaps of anime episodes where the locations where featured; these were soon shortened, then made into separate episodes, then removed altogether. They also spent most of Kanto rating any nickname sent to them during Name Rater, before shifting to their current format of taking names for the previous episode's spotlight pokemon.

Dedicated listeners can donate to the shows' [[https://www.patreon.com/heyjakeandjosh/overview Patreon]]. There is a main a twitter [[https://twitter.com/heyjakeandjosh here]], and both [[https://twitter.com/jj_mason Jake]] and [[https://twitter.com/LLCoolRunnings Josh]] have their own as well. There is also a [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8WZJfD1C0gEzPMS0g6WYA/videos YouTube]] channel where they post character creation videos for their actualy-play podcasts and occasional Let's Plays.

** During Time Force on ''Morphin' Grid'', Jake replaced Apple Podcasts with a different fruit each episode. He ran out pretty quickly and had to resort to either googling, repeating himself, or using pretend fruits.

* InsistentTerminology: Shannon refers to [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Li Shang]] exclusively as "bisexual icon Li Shang"; the one time she doesn't she backtracks to say it properly.

** Josh once [[AccidentalMisnaming accidentally]] called Rocky from ''Power Rangers Turbo'' "Ticky", and now almost exclusively refers to him as "my boy Ticky".

** "Papa Haim hates kissing!"
* SelfDeprecation: They refer to themselves as "us two little idiots" in ''Morphin' Grid''.

* AudienceParticipation: Almost every show has it to some degree. ''Pokemon World Tour United'' is the most noteworthy since all gym leaders except for Blue are played by patreon sponsors. ''Pokemon World Tour'' also has the name-rater segment with viewer-submitted nicknames. ''Morphin' Grid'', ''Pokemon World Tour'', and ''Kingdom Smarts'' all have segments for reading listener emails (though for the latter those are usually saved until the end of each game to manage spoiler potential).

* CouchGag: In lieu of a regular sign-off phrase, ''Kingdom Smarts'' ends with Shannon saying "we still haven't ____ yet", with the blank spot foreshadowing what they'll get to next week.

* LostEpisode: Several early episodes of ''Morphin' Grid'' don't play on some podcasts apps due to their age and the roundabout way their hosting was set up when the two began.

* SpecialPersonNormalName: Jake and Josh both appreciate this trope, expressing delight in giving Pokemon normal human nicknames. They also give normal nicknames to all the mutants in ''Time Force'' instead of using their monster names.

** "This has been the ''Cool Kids Table'', and you can sit with us."

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first several episodes of ''Pokemon World Tour'' feature Jake giving recaps of anime episodes where the locations where featured; these were soon shortened, then made into separate episodes, then removed altogether. They also started off rating any nickname sent in to them before shifting to their current format of taking names for the previous episode's spotlight pokemon.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Jake has his fingers in a lot of pies. In addition to all the shows listed above, he's also a host on [[https://twitter.com/SPECTRE_Pod SPECTRE]] and [[https://twitter.com/rebootcast Hard Reboot]], edits ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'', and is a recurring guest on several other podcasts.

* ProductionPosse: The main two, along with Shannon and Alan, have cultivated a very wholesome family of podcasters and content creators, many of whom collaborate with each other. Notable associated creators include:
** Matt Hoadley, who in addition to guesting on ''Pokemon World Tour United'' and ''Cool Kids Table'', hosts ''Hard Reboot'' with Jake and Alan, ''[[https://twitter.com/lostlibrarycast Lost Library]]'' with Alan and Joe Hadfield, ''[[https://twitter.com/Forging_Worlds Forging Worlds]]'' with Alan (which also featured Shannon as a guest), and ''[[https://twitter.com/fifthdraw Fifth Draw Wild]]''--the latter of which has featured guest appearances from Jake, Josh, Alan, Shannon, and nearly every other person in this list.
** Sky Ertl has made guest appearances on ''Pokemon World Tour United'', ''[=GaSCast=]'', ''Morphin' Grid'', ''Fifth Draw'', and ''[[https://twitter.com/WaywardOCpod The Home for Wayward [=OCs=]]]''.
** Riley Hopkins has made guest appearances on ''Pokemon World Tour United'', ''Fifth Draw Wild'', and ''The Home for Wayward [=OCs=]''. They've also run separate actual plays for ''Interstitial''; one on a dedicated feed and one on ''Lost Library'' (both with Nora Blake as a guest).
** As mentioned above, Jo and Wheels appeared in an episode of ''Kingdom Smarts''. Shannon also appeared on their podcast, and both are also players in the aforementioned ''Interstitial'' actual play.
** Jake's brother Scott has appeared as a guest on ''Pokemon World Tour'', ''Pokemon World Tour United'', ''Morphin' Grid'', ''Fifth Draw Wild'', and ''Hard Reboot''.
** Annie Craton has appeared as a guest on ''Pokemon World Tour United'', ''Morphin' Grid'', ''The Home for Wayward [=OCs=]'', and ''Lost Library''. She also hosts, among other things, ''I Will Fight You'' (on which both Jake and Shannon have appeared as guests) and is a player on ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}} (which Jake edits).
** Shannon's husband David has appeared as a guest on ''Morphin' Grid'' and ''Cool Kids Table''.
** Daoud Faquiryan has appeared as a guest on both ''Morphin' Grid'' and ''Fifth Draw Wild''.
** Christina Woods, though yet to appear on a main ''Hey! Jake and Josh'' podcast, has made guest appearances on ''Fifth Draw Wild'' and ''Lost Library''. She also hosts ''The Home for Wayward [=OCs=]'', which has seen guest appearances from Jake, Alan, Shannon, Sku, Riley, and Annie. She's also a regular contributor to the TV Tropes pages for their shows.

* OneOfUs: Jake has regularly thanked people who contribute to the TV Tropes pages for their various shows.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Jake has his fingers in a lot of pies. In addition to all the shows listed above, he's also a host on [[https://twitter.com/SPECTRE_Pod SPECTRE]] and [[https://twitter.com/rebootcast Hard Reboot]], edits ''Podcast/Jemjammer'', and is a recurring guest on several other podcasts.