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* AnachronicOrder: A minor example. ''Lonnie Smith'' ends with Lonnie winning 1991 NLCS with the Atlanta Braves and making peace with John Schuerholz, even though 1991 World Series (where Smith made a baserunning error that arguably lost them the Series) were discussed before it.
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* AnachronicOrder: A minor example. ''Lonnie Smith'' ends with Lonnie winning 1991 NLCS with covers the Atlanta Braves and making peace with John Schuerholz, even though 1991 World Series (where Series, where Smith made a baserunning error that arguably lost them the Series) were discussed before it.Atlanta Braves the Series. Then Jon rewinds the clock a few months and talks about Lonnie winning the 1991 NLCS and making peace with John Schuerholz.
* BigNo: Ep.5 of ''Pretty Good'' is just titled "NO!!!!!!", because that's the radio commentator's reaction to John Carney's failed extra point kick.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: When Jon published [[https://www.sbnation.com/2015/8/14/9154307/new-york-city-poems a collection of poems about New York City]], for some reason the article had a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge. And then [[https://www.sbnation.com/a-huge-dog/2016/3/23/11293330/its-new-york-time-a-collection-of-poems-by-jon the followup poem collection]] came with a photo of downtown Milwaukee.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: When Jon published [[https://www.sbnation.com/2015/8/14/9154307/new-york-city-poems a collection of poems about New York City]], [[RuleOfFunny for some reason reason]] the article had a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge. And then [[https://www.sbnation.com/a-huge-dog/2016/3/23/11293330/its-new-york-time-a-collection-of-poems-by-jon the followup poem collection]] came with a photo of downtown Milwaukee.
* CelebrityResemblance: In the ''Pretty Good" episode on Lonnie Smith (the baseball player), he shows a picture of Lonnie alongside a picture of the jazz musician [[NamesTheSame Lonnie Smith]], and concludes they might actually be the same person.
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* DownerEnding: ''The Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles'' end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the NFL]], he has just one...only one...reason for Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
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* DownerEnding: DownerEnding:
** ''The Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles'' end thisway, and during way.
** During hischart party ''Chart Party'' about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the NFL]], he has just one...only one...reason for Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]]]]]
** "NO!!!!!!" covers the December 21, 2003 Saints v. Jaguars game, where the Saints made a beautiful and unprecedented three-lateral touchdown to get just one point away from the Jaguars in the final seconds of the game... only for kicker John Carney to miss the extra point kick.
** ''The Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles'' end this
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** "NO!!!!!!" covers the December 21, 2003 Saints v. Jaguars game, where the Saints made a beautiful and unprecedented three-lateral touchdown to get just one point away from the Jaguars in the final seconds of the game... only for kicker John Carney to miss the extra point kick.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In ''Pretty Good:'' "Koo Dae-Sung", color commentator Tim [=McCarver=] predicts that Koo's at-bat will be the "biggest give-up" of the season thus far. As [=McCarver's=] still talking, Koo hits a home run, proving him wrong.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In ''Pretty Good:'' "Koo Dae-Sung", color commentator Tim [=McCarver=] predicts that Koo's at-bat will be the "biggest give-up" of the season thus far. As Koo hits a double, while [=McCarver's=] still talking, Koo hits a home run, proving him wrong.talking.
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* ItsPersonal: Ep. 10 highlights John Heisman's furious rampage over the 1916 Cumberland College football team, complete with a moment of cruel mercy, a score that mirrored the baseball loss that infuriated him in the first place, and the total, complete destruction of the way points were used to describe this game.
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* ItsPersonal: ''Pretty Good'' Ep. 10 highlights John Heisman's furious rampage over the 1916 Cumberland College football team, complete with a moment of cruel mercy, a score that mirrored the baseball loss that infuriated him in the first place, and the total, complete destruction of the way points were used to describe this game.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: While reporting on the true story of a man who flew via a lawn chair with weather balloons tied to it, the one detail Jon has trouble believing is the price of the lawn chair: $109 or $110 (in 1982 money), according to two different newspapers.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: Has an aside in ''Pretty Good:'' "Koo Dae-Sung" about the trend in sports (and society in general) for jobs to get more and more specialized, and how hilarious it is when random happenstance forces an athlete to do something outside their specific job.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In ''Pretty Good:'' "Koo Dae-Sung", color commentator Tim [=McCarver=] predicts that Koo's at-bat will be the "biggest give-up" of the season thus far. As [=McCarver's=] still talking, Koo hits a home run, proving him wrong.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' Y'all hear that? Tim [=McCarver=]'s prediction was so wrong, that it was proven wrong before he had even finished saying it.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' Y'all hear that? Tim [=McCarver=]'s prediction was so wrong, that it was proven wrong before he had even finished saying it.
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* BerserkButton: Jon is usually pretty affable, but the reasoning behind why the 1904 Olympics was as bad as it was actually causes him to raise his voice.
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* BerserkButton: {{Balloonacy}}: The ''Pretty Good'' episode "Larry Walters has a flying lawn chair and a BB gun" covers the incident where Larry flew by attaching military surplus weather balloons to his lawn chair.
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** Jon is usually pretty affable, but the reasoning behind why the 1904 Olympics was as bad as it was actually causes him to raise his voice.
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* SpoofAesop: In ''Chart Party:'' "The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World", Jon concludes that unnecessary punting is "the signifier of a loser. This is what losing teams do." But then Jon admits this isn't actually true because, of the ten saddest punts that he examined, six of the offending teams went on to ''win'' those games, in addition to one tie. And of the three teams that lost, one of them immediately followed that with a ten-game winning streak and a Super Bowl victory. Jon concludes that he really has no idea what lesson should be learned from all this.
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* SpoofAesop: In ''Chart Party:'' "The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World", Jon concludes that unnecessary punting is "the signifier of a loser. This is what losing teams do." But then Jon admits this isn't actually true because, of the ten saddest punts that he examined, six of the offending teams went on to ''win'' those games, in addition to and one went on to tie. And of the three teams that lost, one of them immediately followed that with a ten-game winning streak and a Super Bowl victory. Jon concludes that he really has no idea what lesson should be learned from all this.
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* SpoofAesop: In ''Chart Party:'' "The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World", Jon concludes that unnecessary punting is "the signifier of a loser. This is what losing teams do." But then Jon admits this isn't actually true because, of the ten saddest punts that he examined, six of the offending teams went on to ''win'' those games. And of the teams that lost, one of them immediately followed that with a ten-game winning streak and a Superbowl victory. Jon concludes that he really has no idea what lesson should be learned from all this.
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* SpoofAesop: In ''Chart Party:'' "The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World", Jon concludes that unnecessary punting is "the signifier of a loser. This is what losing teams do." But then Jon admits this isn't actually true because, of the ten saddest punts that he examined, six of the offending teams went on to ''win'' those games. games, in addition to one tie. And of the three teams that lost, one of them immediately followed that with a ten-game winning streak and a Superbowl Super Bowl victory. Jon concludes that he really has no idea what lesson should be learned from all this.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In ''Chart Party:'' "The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World", he compares punting to giving up, but grudgingly admits that sometimes a punt really is the smartest move for a team. Of course, the whole point of the episode is to find (and criticize) punts that clearly ''weren't'' the smart choice.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: When Jon published [[https://www.sbnation.com/2015/8/14/9154307/new-york-city-poems a collection of poems about New York City]], for some reason the article had a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge. And then [[https://www.sbnation.com/a-huge-dog/2016/3/23/11293330/its-new-york-time-a-collection-of-poems-by-jon the followup poem collection]] came with a photo of downtown Milwaukee.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: Jon (and the rest of SB Nation) is clearly on the side that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Redskins_name_controversy thinks Washington DC's NFL franchise has a racist name]], so he goes out of his way to avoid using that name. He just refers to the team as "Washington", even in contexts where he's using other teams' full names.
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* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious sports-related beatings, but in different ways. 10 is about a personal grudge that was taken out on a football field. 12 is more about how the score was so lopsided and high that it's been set down in the record books as ''incorrect''
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* CruelMercy: As Cumberland's football team is getting [[CurbStompBattle utterly curbstomped]] by Georgia Tech, the Cumberland coach appeals to John Heisman to end the game at halftime. Heisman agrees to shorten the game... but only by five minutes.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' Sometimes, a weak expression of pity is the deepest act of cruelty.
* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious sports-related beatings, but in different ways. 10 is about a personal grudge that was taken out on a football field. 12 is more about how the score was so lopsided and high that it's been set down in the record books as''incorrect''''incorrect''.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' Sometimes, a weak expression of pity is the deepest act of cruelty.
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* DownerEnding: ''The Tim Tebow Chronicles'' end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the NFL]], he has just one..only one...reason for Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
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* DownerEnding: ''The Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles'' end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the NFL]], he has just one..one...only one...reason for Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* {{GIFT}}: [[invoked]] Discussed in ''Pretty Good:'' "The Dumbest Boy Alive", where a bodybuilding forum thread--about working out every other day--descends into a petty argument between people who can't agree how many days are in a week.
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* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about how Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov successfully prevented a nuclear war, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare musical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't returned to the Internet since.
* PaintingTheMedium: Much of his work likes to mess with this a little bit.
* PaintingTheMedium: Much of his work likes to mess with this a little bit.
* JustJokingJustification: Dissected in ''Pretty Good:'' "The Dumbest Boy Alive":
-->'''Jon Bois:''' So, on the one hand "I was only trolling" is kind of the ultimate internet punk-ass move. If they were actually trolling, they would just keep on trolling, because that is what trolls do. Basically they only pull this card out when they're being thoroughly humiliated. They want you to think "Ooh, I'm an evil genius, this was part of my grand social experiment." Nah, you're just not that smart.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about how Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov successfully prevented a nuclear war, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare musical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't returned to the Internet since.
* PaintingTheMedium: Much of his work likes to mess with this a little bit.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' So, on the one hand "I was only trolling" is kind of the ultimate internet punk-ass move. If they were actually trolling, they would just keep on trolling, because that is what trolls do. Basically they only pull this card out when they're being thoroughly humiliated. They want you to think "Ooh, I'm an evil genius, this was part of my grand social experiment." Nah, you're just not that smart.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about how Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov successfully prevented a nuclear war, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare musical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't returned to the Internet since.
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* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, his profession being useless, and he'll sometimes bring up the fact that he often makes poor decisions and that his resume isn't exactly stellar to try and contest official documents.
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* RandomEventsPlot: The Troy St. - [=DeVry=] game, by itself, defies any attempts to retell it as a story.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' This game is not a story that needs to be told in any particular order. There's no narrative arc; there's no climax or anticlimax. There are only a thousand sledgehammers falling out of a thundercloud. That isn't a story.
* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, his profession being useless,and he'll sometimes bring up the fact that he often makes poor decisions and decisions, or that his resume isn't exactly he doesn't have a stellar to try and contest resume for contesting official documents.
-->'''Jon Bois:''' This game is not a story that needs to be told in any particular order. There's no narrative arc; there's no climax or anticlimax. There are only a thousand sledgehammers falling out of a thundercloud. That isn't a story.
* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, his profession being useless,
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - [=DeVry=] game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel, where so many points came down from both sides that it began to defy reason.
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* SpoofAesop: In ''Chart Party:'' "The Search for the Saddest Punt in the World", Jon concludes that unnecessary punting is "the signifier of a loser. This is what losing teams do." But then Jon admits this isn't actually true because, of the ten saddest punts that he examined, six of the offending teams went on to ''win'' those games. And of the teams that lost, one of them immediately followed that with a ten-game winning streak and a Superbowl victory. Jon concludes that he really has no idea what lesson should be learned from all this.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - [=DeVry=] game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel,where so many arguing that the number of points came down from both sides that it began was huge enough to defy reason.reason and comprehension.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - [=DeVry=] game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel,
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After a brief hiatus, it was revealed Jon was working on a 5 part documentary with [[Podcast/ChapoTrapHouse Felix Biederman]] called ''Fighting in the age of loneliness'', about the history of MMA.
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After a brief hiatus, it was revealed Jon was working on a 5 part documentary with [[Podcast/ChapoTrapHouse Felix Biederman]] called ''Fighting in the age of loneliness'', ''WebVideo/FightingInTheAgeOfLoneliness'', about the history of MMA.
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* AnachronicOrder: A minor example. ''Lonnie Smith'' ends with Lonnie winning 1991 NLCS with the Atlanta Braves and making peace with John Schuerholz, even though 1991 World Series (where Smith made a baserunning error that arguably lost them the Series) were discussed before it.
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* AuthorFilibuster: ''Randall Cunningham seizes the means of production'' is very clearly in favor labor unions.
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* ProfessionalGambler: ''Why do I do this for a living'' is about professional poker players.
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* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious sports-related beatings, but 12 is more about how the score was so lopsided and high that it's been set down in the record books as incorrect
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* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious sports-related beatings, but in different ways. 10 is about a personal grudge that was taken out on a football field. 12 is more about how the score was so lopsided and high that it's been set down in the record books as incorrect''incorrect''
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* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, especially considering that he'll sometimes bring up the fact that he often makes poor decisions.
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* ItsPersonal: Ep. 10 highlights John Heisman's furious rampage over the 1916 Cumberland College football team, complete with a moment of cruel mercy, a score that mirrored the baseball loss that infuriated him in the first place, and the total, complete destruction of the way points were used to describe this game.
* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things,especially considering that his profession being useless, and he'll sometimes bring up the fact that he often makes poor decisions.decisions and that his resume isn't exactly stellar to try and contest official documents.
* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things,
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[[note]]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[[/note]], Bois started his ascent into one of [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also did some retrospective writing on his previous job working for the Radioshack Company to discuss why it deserved its ultimate fate. He then turned to the world of video games with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/nba-y2k NBA Y2K]]'' and ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'', where he bent the world of the ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE BEEFTANK]]) and memes throughout.
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[[note]]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[[/note]], Bois started his ascent into one of [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also did some retrospective writing on his previous job working for the Radioshack Company to discuss why it deserved its ultimate fate. He then turned to the world of video games with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/nba-y2k NBA Y2K]]'' and ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'', where he bent the world of the ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE Clarence BEEFTANK]]) and memes throughout.
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* SeriesMascot: For ''Breaking Madden'' and ''NBA Y2K'', it was CLARENCE Clarence BEEFTANK, a 400 lb., 5'1 cannonball of a created player.
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* SeriesMascot: For ''Breaking Madden'' and ''NBA Y2K'', it was Clarence BEEFTANK, a 400 lb., 5'1 cannonball of a created player.
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - DeVry game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel, where so many points came down from both sides that it began to defy reason.
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - DeVry [=DeVry=] game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel, where so many points came down from both sides that it began to defy reason.
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[note]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[/note], Bois started his ascent into one of [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also did some retrospective writing on his previous job working for the Radioshack Company to discuss why it deserved its ultimate fate. He then turned to the world of video games with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/nba-y2k NBA Y2K]]'' and ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'', where he bent the world of the ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE BEEFTANK]]) and memes throughout.
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[note]unfortunately, website[[note]]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[/note], time[[/note]], Bois started his ascent into one of [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also did some retrospective writing on his previous job working for the Radioshack Company to discuss why it deserved its ultimate fate. He then turned to the world of video games with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/nba-y2k NBA Y2K]]'' and ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'', where he bent the world of the ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE BEEFTANK]]) and memes throughout.
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* {{CalvinBall}}: Seems to have a lot of interest in finding ways to create this within previously existing sports video games and through the rules of American Football. Alternatively, he sometimes creates these with the intent of having it be anything ''but'' entertaining.
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* {{CalvinBall}}: {{Calvinball}}: Seems to have a lot of interest in finding ways to create this within previously existing sports video games and through the rules of American Football. Alternatively, he sometimes creates these with the intent of having it be anything ''but'' entertaining.
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[note]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[/note], Bois started his ascent into one of [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also did some retrospective writing on his previous job working for the Radioshack Company to discuss why it deserved its ultimate fate. He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE BEEFTANK]] of ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'' fame) and memes throughout.
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[note]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[/note], Bois started his ascent into one of [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also did some retrospective writing on his previous job working for the Radioshack Company to discuss why it deserved its ultimate fate. He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE BEEFTANK]] of with ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/nba-y2k NBA Y2K]]'' and ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'' fame) Madden]]'', where he bent the world of the ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' and ''VideoGame/MaddenNFL'' games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet CLARENCE BEEFTANK]]) and memes throughout.
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* SeriesMascot: For ''Breaking Madden'', Madden'' and ''NBA Y2K'', it was Clarence BEEFTANK, a 400 lb., 5'1 cannonball of a created player.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: His popularity has gotten to the point where [=YouTube=] comments frequently ask where Jon is in unrelated SB Nation media.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about how Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov successfully prevented a nuclear war, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare muscical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't returned to the Internet since.
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People here likely know him for his multimedia story ''WebOriginal/{{17776}}'', where the world only has ridiculously long games of American Football to think about anymore.
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* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the NFL]], he has just one..only one...reason for Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* InterfaceScrew: ''Pretty Good'' Episode 12 is about a Basketball game with an astronomically high score, and is divided into chapters, with quotes from famous greek tragedies. But when he gets to the point where he gets to the scoring error he noticed, the chapter graphic is changed with all-caps ERROR messages in place of the title chapter.
* JustHereForGodzilla: So popular and engaging among the [=SBNation=] contributors that the youtube comments frequently ask where Jon is in unrelated media.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about the man who successfully averted nuclear war in the soviet union, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare mustical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't hit the internet since.
* InterfaceScrew: ''Pretty Good'' Episode 12 is about a Basketball game with an astronomically high score, and is divided into chapters, with quotes from famous greek tragedies. But when he gets to the point where he gets to the scoring error he noticed, the chapter graphic is changed with all-caps ERROR messages in place of the title chapter.
* JustHereForGodzilla: So popular and engaging among the [=SBNation=] contributors that the youtube comments frequently ask where Jon is in unrelated media.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about the man who successfully averted nuclear war in the soviet union, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare mustical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't hit the internet since.
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* DownerEnding: the ''The Tim Tebow Chronicles Chronicles'' end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the NFL]], he has just one..only one...reason for Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* InterfaceScrew: ''Pretty Good'' Episode 12 is about a Basketball game with an astronomically high score, and is divided into chapters, each opening withquotes a quote from famous greek tragedies. ''Literature/TheIliad''. But when he gets to the point where he gets to the scoring error he noticed, the chapter graphic is changed with to all-caps ERROR messages in place of the title chapter.
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* JustHereForGodzilla:So popular and engaging among His popularity has gotten to the [=SBNation=] contributors that the youtube point where [=YouTube=] comments frequently ask where Jon is in unrelated SB Nation media.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, aboutthe man who how Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov successfully averted prevented a nuclear war in the soviet union, war, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare mustical muscical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't hit returned to the internet Internet since.
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* SeriesMascot: For NBA2k and Breaking Madden, ''Breaking Madden'', it was Clarence BEEFTANK, a 400 lb., 5'1 cannonball of a created player.
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Jon Bois is the head of sports website [=SBNation=]'s Creative Labs and the creator of some of the ''weirdest'' things you've ever seen on their website.
Bois started his ascent into one of their most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used some retrospective work on his own life as a member of the Radioshack Company, and why it deserved it's ultimate fate He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters, such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet Clarence BEEFTANK]] and memes throughout.
Then, he made one of his most impressive works of fiction and surrealism to date: Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles, detailing Ex-NFL player Tim Tebow's trek through the Canadian Football League.
He moved on to their YouTube page and then onto his own, where he began making ''Pretty Good'', a show about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThetin stories that are...well...pretty good]], though it mostly didn't stick with just sports, and ''Chart Party'', where he'd make visualizations of odd and sometimes interesting statistics regarding certain athletes or sports.
People here likely know him for his multimedia story WebOriginal/17776 , where the world only has ridiculously long games of Football to think about anymore.
Most of his work is now placed in his own blog on [=SBNation=], called ''A Huge Dog''.
Bois started his ascent into one of their most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used some retrospective work on his own life as a member of the Radioshack Company, and why it deserved it's ultimate fate He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters, such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet Clarence BEEFTANK]] and memes throughout.
Then, he made one of his most impressive works of fiction and surrealism to date: Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles, detailing Ex-NFL player Tim Tebow's trek through the Canadian Football League.
He moved on to their YouTube page and then onto his own, where he began making ''Pretty Good'', a show about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThetin stories that are...well...pretty good]], though it mostly didn't stick with just sports, and ''Chart Party'', where he'd make visualizations of odd and sometimes interesting statistics regarding certain athletes or sports.
People here likely know him for his multimedia story WebOriginal/17776 , where the world only has ridiculously long games of Football to think about anymore.
Most of his work is now placed in his own blog on [=SBNation=], called ''A Huge Dog''.
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[[https://www.sbnation.com/authors/jon-bois Jon Bois Bois]] is the head of sports website [=SBNation=]'s [[https://www.sbnation.com/ SB Nation]]'s Creative Labs and the creator of some of the ''weirdest'' things you've ever seen on their website.
Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[note]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[/note], Bois started his ascent into one oftheir [=SBNation=]'s most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/2013/7/25/4556202/supperjumpin-inventing-the-worst-saddest-sport-in-the-history-of-the SupperJumpin']]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used did some retrospective work writing on his own life as a member of previous job working for the Radioshack Company, and Company to discuss why it deserved it's its ultimate fate fate. He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters, such characters (such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet Clarence CLARENCE BEEFTANK]] of ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/breaking-madden Breaking Madden]]'' fame) and memes throughout.
Then, he made one of his most impressive works of fiction and surrealism to date:Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles, ''Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles'', detailing Ex-NFL ex-NFL player Tim Tebow's trek through the Canadian Football League.
Hemoved on to their YouTube page has also made many videos for both [[https://www.youtube.com/user/sbnation SB Nation]]'s and then onto [[https://www.youtube.com/user/jonbois his own, where he began making own]] Website/YouTube channels, with his most notable series being ''Pretty Good'', a show about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThetin stories that are...well...pretty good]], though it mostly didn't stick good]] (even if they have nothing to do with just sports, sports), and ''Chart Party'', where he'd make visualizations of odd and sometimes interesting statistics regarding certain athletes or sports.
People here likely know him for his multimedia storyWebOriginal/17776 , ''WebOriginal/{{17776}}'', where the world only has ridiculously long games of American Football to think about anymore.
Most of his work is now placed in his own blog on[=SBNation=], SB Nation, called ''A ''[[https://www.sbnation.com/a-huge-dog A Huge Dog''.
Dog]]''.
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Though he first made his name as one of the writers on the Progressive Boink website[note]unfortunately, much of it has been lost to time[/note], Bois started his ascent into one of
Then, he made one of his most impressive works of fiction and surrealism to date:
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* TheCameo: Appears in unrelated projects for [=SBNation=], like the {{Shutdown Fullcast}}, though he usually brings his affable, bizarre nature with him.
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* TheCameo: Appears in unrelated projects for [=SBNation=], like the {{Shutdown {{WebOriginal/Shutdown Fullcast}}, though he usually brings his affable, bizarre nature with him.
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: BEEFTANKBEEFTANK's writing style is a mix of this and childlike misspellings.
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* TheDeterminator: How he describes real life NFL Quarterback Tom Brady, mostly tongue in cheek. During ''Breaking Madden'' on the other hand, he decided to throw him into a scenario where Tom simply couldn't get away with the ball...until he somehow did. Hundreds of times later.
* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the league]], he has just one..only one...reason for browns fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the league]], he has just one..only one...reason for browns fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
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* TheDeterminator: How he describes real life NFL Quarterback Tom Brady, mostly tongue in cheek. During ''Breaking Madden'' on the other hand, he decided to throw him into a scenario where Tom simply couldn't get away with the ball...ball to score...until he somehow did. Hundreds of times later.
''Three-hundred and fourty five tries later.''
* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to theleague]], NFL]], he has just one..only one...reason for browns Cleveland fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the
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Bois started his ascent into one of their most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used some retrospective work on his own life as a member of the Radioshack Company, and why it deserved it's ultimate fate He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters and memes throughout.
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Bois started his ascent into one of their most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used some retrospective work on his own life as a member of the Radioshack Company, and why it deserved it's ultimate fate He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters characters, such as the [[BigFun rotund but sweet Clarence BEEFTANK]] and memes throughout.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: BEEFTANK
* BadBoss: Had multiple while he worked at Radioshack, but he blames their issues on the idea that managing a Radioshack will do that to you.
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* {{CalvinBall}}: Seems to have a lot of interest in finding ways to create this within previously existing sports video games and through the rules of American Football.
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* {{CalvinBall}}: Seems to have a lot of interest in finding ways to create this within previously existing sports video games and through the rules of American Football. Alternatively, he sometimes creates these with the intent of having it be anything ''but'' entertaining.
* TheCameo: Appears in unrelated projects for [=SBNation=], like the {{Shutdown Fullcast}}, though he usually brings his affable, bizarre nature with him.
* TheCameo: Appears in unrelated projects for [=SBNation=], like the {{Shutdown Fullcast}}, though he usually brings his affable, bizarre nature with him.
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* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious beatings, but 12 is more about how the score somehow ended up incorrect.
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* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious sports-related beatings, but 12 is more about how the score was so lopsided and high that it's been set down in the recordbooks as incorrect
* TheDeterminator: How he describes real life NFL Quarterback Tom Brady, mostly tongue in cheek. During ''Breaking Madden'' on the other hand, he decided to throw him into a scenario where Tom simply couldn't get away with the ball...until he somehowended up incorrect.did. Hundreds of times later.
* TheDeterminator: How he describes real life NFL Quarterback Tom Brady, mostly tongue in cheek. During ''Breaking Madden'' on the other hand, he decided to throw him into a scenario where Tom simply couldn't get away with the ball...until he somehow
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* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, especially considering that he'll sometimes bring up the fact that
* ShortRunner: Many of his projects have pretty short runs before he moves onto other things. Stuff like ''Chart Party'', on the other hand, rarely runs out of content so he mostly just infrequently makes new episodes.
* ShortRunner: Many of his projects have pretty short runs before he moves onto other things. Stuff like ''Chart Party'', on the other hand, rarely runs out of content so he mostly just infrequently makes new episodes.
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* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, especially considering that he'll sometimes bring up the fact that
that he often makes poor decisions.
* SeriesMascot: For NBA2k and Breaking Madden, it was Clarence BEEFTANK, a 400 lb., 5'1 cannonball of a created player.
* ShortRunner: Many of his projects have pretty short runs before he moves onto otherthings. things, with his shortest being ''Card Show'' with Ryan Nanni. Stuff like ''Chart Party'', on the other hand, rarely runs out of content so he mostly just infrequently makes new episodes.episodes.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - DeVry game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel, where so many points came down from both sides that it began to defy reason.
* SeriesMascot: For NBA2k and Breaking Madden, it was Clarence BEEFTANK, a 400 lb., 5'1 cannonball of a created player.
* ShortRunner: Many of his projects have pretty short runs before he moves onto other
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Likens the Troy St. - DeVry game in Ep.12 of ''Pretty Good'' to the Tower of Babel, where so many points came down from both sides that it began to defy reason.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Jon in his natural habitat.]]
Well hey there, it's a TV Tropes Article about yer old buddy Jon!
Jon Bois is the head of sports website [=SBNation=]'s Creative Labs and the creator of some of the ''weirdest'' things you've ever seen on their website.
Bois started his ascent into one of their most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used some retrospective work on his own life as a member of the Radioshack Company, and why it deserved it's ultimate fate He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters and memes throughout.
Then, he made one of his most impressive works of fiction and surrealism to date: Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles, detailing Ex-NFL player Tim Tebow's trek through the Canadian Football League.
He moved on to their YouTube page and then onto his own, where he began making ''Pretty Good'', a show about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThetin stories that are...well...pretty good]], though it mostly didn't stick with just sports, and ''Chart Party'', where he'd make visualizations of odd and sometimes interesting statistics regarding certain athletes or sports.
People here likely know him for his multimedia story WebOriginal/17776 , where the world only has ridiculously long games of Football to think about anymore.
Most of his work is now placed in his own blog on [=SBNation=], called ''A Huge Dog''.
!!Yer Ol' Buddy Jon contains examples of:
* AttackAttackAttack: How Jon describes "Fun n' Gun" Basketball, which emphasizes scoring, above all else.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Happens to be a theme for his work, as he likes to look at statistical outliers and ridiculous flights of fancy where the limits of sport are tested.
* {{CalvinBall}}: Seems to have a lot of interest in finding ways to create this within previously existing sports video games and through the rules of American Football.
* CloudCuckoolander: His twitter account, and some of his written content. He takes personal delight in odd things.
* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious beatings, but 12 is more about how the score somehow ended up incorrect.
* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the league]], he has just one..only one...reason for browns fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* InterfaceScrew: ''Pretty Good'' Episode 12 is about a Basketball game with an astronomically high score, and is divided into chapters, with quotes from famous greek tragedies. But when he gets to the point where he gets to the scoring error he noticed, the chapter graphic is changed with all-caps ERROR messages in place of the title chapter.
* JustHereForGodzilla: So popular and engaging among the [=SBNation=] contributors that the youtube comments frequently ask where Jon is in unrelated media.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about the man who successfully averted nuclear war in the soviet union, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare mustical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't hit the internet since.
* PaintingTheMedium: Much of his work likes to mess with this a little bit.
* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, especially considering that he'll sometimes bring up the fact that
* ShortRunner: Many of his projects have pretty short runs before he moves onto other things. Stuff like ''Chart Party'', on the other hand, rarely runs out of content so he mostly just infrequently makes new episodes.
[[caption-width-right:350:Jon in his natural habitat.]]
Well hey there, it's a TV Tropes Article about yer old buddy Jon!
Jon Bois is the head of sports website [=SBNation=]'s Creative Labs and the creator of some of the ''weirdest'' things you've ever seen on their website.
Bois started his ascent into one of their most prominent creators with ''[=SupperJumpin'=]'', an attempt to make the saddest professional sport in the world. He also used some retrospective work on his own life as a member of the Radioshack Company, and why it deserved it's ultimate fate He then turned to the world of video games, where he bent the world of the NBA and NFL licensed games in all sorts of different ways, creating several fan-favorite characters and memes throughout.
Then, he made one of his most impressive works of fiction and surrealism to date: Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles, detailing Ex-NFL player Tim Tebow's trek through the Canadian Football League.
He moved on to their YouTube page and then onto his own, where he began making ''Pretty Good'', a show about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThetin stories that are...well...pretty good]], though it mostly didn't stick with just sports, and ''Chart Party'', where he'd make visualizations of odd and sometimes interesting statistics regarding certain athletes or sports.
People here likely know him for his multimedia story WebOriginal/17776 , where the world only has ridiculously long games of Football to think about anymore.
Most of his work is now placed in his own blog on [=SBNation=], called ''A Huge Dog''.
!!Yer Ol' Buddy Jon contains examples of:
* AttackAttackAttack: How Jon describes "Fun n' Gun" Basketball, which emphasizes scoring, above all else.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Happens to be a theme for his work, as he likes to look at statistical outliers and ridiculous flights of fancy where the limits of sport are tested.
* {{CalvinBall}}: Seems to have a lot of interest in finding ways to create this within previously existing sports video games and through the rules of American Football.
* CloudCuckoolander: His twitter account, and some of his written content. He takes personal delight in odd things.
* CurbstompBattle: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.10 and Ep.12 are about absolutely hellacious beatings, but 12 is more about how the score somehow ended up incorrect.
* DownerEnding: the Tim Tebow Chronicles end this way, and during his chart party about the [[ButtMonkey Unending trainwreck that the Cleveland Browns have been since their return to the league]], he has just one..only one...reason for browns fans to have hope: [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog He's just kidding.]]]]
* InterfaceScrew: ''Pretty Good'' Episode 12 is about a Basketball game with an astronomically high score, and is divided into chapters, with quotes from famous greek tragedies. But when he gets to the point where he gets to the scoring error he noticed, the chapter graphic is changed with all-caps ERROR messages in place of the title chapter.
* JustHereForGodzilla: So popular and engaging among the [=SBNation=] contributors that the youtube comments frequently ask where Jon is in unrelated media.
* MissingEpisode: ''Pretty Good'' Ep.4, about the man who successfully averted nuclear war in the soviet union, was taken out of rotation because of a JumpScare mustical sting he wanted to edit out. It hasn't hit the internet since.
* PaintingTheMedium: Much of his work likes to mess with this a little bit.
* SelfDeprecation: Frequently makes jokes at his own expense, like him being fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, especially considering that he'll sometimes bring up the fact that
* ShortRunner: Many of his projects have pretty short runs before he moves onto other things. Stuff like ''Chart Party'', on the other hand, rarely runs out of content so he mostly just infrequently makes new episodes.
