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* Musical Spoiler: Whenever the Saints appear in ''The History of the Atlanta Falcons'', the jazzy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nhX7cyvFs Urban Saxman]] gives you a few seconds notice. Also shows up in ''The History of the Minnesota Vikings''.
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* Musical Spoiler: MusicalSpoiler: Whenever the Saints appear in ''The History of the Atlanta Falcons'', the jazzy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nhX7cyvFs Urban Saxman]] gives you a few seconds notice. Also shows up in ''The History of the Minnesota Vikings''.
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* Musical Spoiler: Whenever the Saints appear in ''The History of the Atlanta Falcons'', the jazzy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5nhX7cyvFs Urban Saxman]] gives you a few seconds notice. Also shows up in ''The History of the Minnesota Vikings''.
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--->'''Jon''': ''"This joke is trying so, so hard. I'm exhausted."''
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* ForcedMeme: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] twice in the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings series:
** Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville once left some Falcons tickets at Music/ElvisPresley's door. Over the next several years, Glanville bought an Elvis-themed vanity license plate, titled his autobiography ''Elvis Don't Like Football'', and was the face of a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis beat-em-up called ''Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl''...which included an "Elvis Sightings" mechanic. Jon is not impressed.
--->'''Jon''': ''"This joke is trying so, so hard. I'm exhausted."''
** Les Steckel served with the Marines in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. During Steckel's one-year tenure as Vikings head coach, he put the team through a professional athlete's version of GymClassHell (resulting in many injuries), and when talking to the press used many, ''many'' analogies to the military and Vietnam (even after promising his wife not to do so). By the time Steckel is fired at the end of the 1984 season, Jon is audibly relieved that he never has to talk about the Marines again.
** Falcons head coach Jerry Glanville once left some Falcons tickets at Music/ElvisPresley's door. Over the next several years, Glanville bought an Elvis-themed vanity license plate, titled his autobiography ''Elvis Don't Like Football'', and was the face of a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis beat-em-up called ''Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl''...which included an "Elvis Sightings" mechanic. Jon is not impressed.
--->'''Jon''': ''"This joke is trying so, so hard. I'm exhausted."''
** Les Steckel served with the Marines in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. During Steckel's one-year tenure as Vikings head coach, he put the team through a professional athlete's version of GymClassHell (resulting in many injuries), and when talking to the press used many, ''many'' analogies to the military and Vietnam (even after promising his wife not to do so). By the time Steckel is fired at the end of the 1984 season, Jon is audibly relieved that he never has to talk about the Marines again.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Jon's reaction in episode 6 of "The History of the Minnesota Vikings" to Brett Favre's back-breaking interception against the New Orleans Saints in the 2009 NFC Championship Game. And he sounds legitimately angry during it.
-->'''Jon Bois''': Unwilling to run, unwilling to throw it away, the 2009 calculating, mistake-averse Brett Favre ''disappears'', and the ol’ gunslinger, the wheeler and dealer himself, chooses this instance to re-emerge from a season of dormancy. The Vikings bought the ticket; now, in the worst circumstances imaginable, they ride the ride. Favre does what every high school quarterback is coached ''not'' to do: he throws across the field. Rolling right and throwing left means his field of visibility is compromised, so while he sees his man Sidney Rice, he does not account for Tracy Porter lurking in the periphery, jumping out in front of Rice and ''easily'' locking in on the interception. A very good chance to punch a ticket to the Super Bowl has been needlessly thrown in the garbage. At this point in history, Brett Favre has attempted more passes than any other quarterback in NFL history by a ''gigantic'' margin. He has more experience than anyone ever has. Given the stakes and given that it came off the right arm of a man who, more than anyone else alive or dead, should’ve known better, this is the worst mistake I have ''ever'' seen a quarterback make.
-->'''Jon Bois''': Unwilling to run, unwilling to throw it away, the 2009 calculating, mistake-averse Brett Favre ''disappears'', and the ol’ gunslinger, the wheeler and dealer himself, chooses this instance to re-emerge from a season of dormancy. The Vikings bought the ticket; now, in the worst circumstances imaginable, they ride the ride. Favre does what every high school quarterback is coached ''not'' to do: he throws across the field. Rolling right and throwing left means his field of visibility is compromised, so while he sees his man Sidney Rice, he does not account for Tracy Porter lurking in the periphery, jumping out in front of Rice and ''easily'' locking in on the interception. A very good chance to punch a ticket to the Super Bowl has been needlessly thrown in the garbage. At this point in history, Brett Favre has attempted more passes than any other quarterback in NFL history by a ''gigantic'' margin. He has more experience than anyone ever has. Given the stakes and given that it came off the right arm of a man who, more than anyone else alive or dead, should’ve known better, this is the worst mistake I have ''ever'' seen a quarterback make.
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* ArtisticLicenseStatistics: ''What if Barry Bonds played baseball without a bat?'' has Jon outright say he must have done something wrong (Bonds' on base percentage was essentially unchanged in the simulation, making it still the best in MLB history), and practically begs the audience to tell him how he messed up. Naturally, there are a few errors or places to improve:
** Ideally the simulation would be run a large number of times to get an average result, rather than only performing it a single time. A large sample size would help prevent the possibility of an abnormally "lucky" result that can occur in a single simulation.
** Jon's use of simplified statistics for Bonds' career rates for called balls and swings would be more accurate if broken out by pitcher in the 2004 season rather than using a career rate, given several factors [[note]] Namely that the pitching of the league itself changed substantially over Bonds' career (while the "Steroid Era" is best remembered for the power hitting, many pitchers were also juicing) as well as the difference in talent between teams and within a team's bullpen. The high numbers of intentional walks he received would also inflate his % of balls seen substantially compared to other power hitters of his era. In short, while the simplified statistics are certainly the easiest numbers to use, they introduce a lot of sources of error to the simulation. [[/note]].
** Inversely, Jon may have actually ''shortchanged Barry'' in one aspect. Because the FanGraph data he used for pitches Bonds swung at does not include pitches that Bonds made contact with, only swings and misses, he left out foul balls in his swinging statistics. This data may not be available given that Bonds' career came and went before the advent of modern pitch tracking methods, but he still probably left a few walks on the table.
** Ideally the simulation would be run a large number of times to get an average result, rather than only performing it a single time. A large sample size would help prevent the possibility of an abnormally "lucky" result that can occur in a single simulation.
** Jon's use of simplified statistics for Bonds' career rates for called balls and swings would be more accurate if broken out by pitcher in the 2004 season rather than using a career rate, given several factors [[note]] Namely that the pitching of the league itself changed substantially over Bonds' career (while the "Steroid Era" is best remembered for the power hitting, many pitchers were also juicing) as well as the difference in talent between teams and within a team's bullpen. The high numbers of intentional walks he received would also inflate his % of balls seen substantially compared to other power hitters of his era. In short, while the simplified statistics are certainly the easiest numbers to use, they introduce a lot of sources of error to the simulation. [[/note]].
** Inversely, Jon may have actually ''shortchanged Barry'' in one aspect. Because the FanGraph data he used for pitches Bonds swung at does not include pitches that Bonds made contact with, only swings and misses, he left out foul balls in his swinging statistics. This data may not be available given that Bonds' career came and went before the advent of modern pitch tracking methods, but he still probably left a few walks on the table.
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** In ''The search for the saddest punt in the world'', the Surrender Index calculations created by Bois is, [[SelfDeprecation by his own admission]], a massive misuse of math for the sake of throwing a fit at NFL teams punting in baffling situations.
** ''What if Barry Bonds played baseball without a bat?'' has Jon outright say he must have done something wrong (Bonds' on base percentage was essentially unchanged in the simulation, making it still the best in MLB history), and practically begs the audience to tell him how he messed up. Naturally, there are a few errors or places to improve:
** *** Ideally the simulation would be run a large number of times to get an average result, rather than only performing it a single time. A large sample size would help prevent the possibility of an abnormally "lucky" result that can occur in a single simulation.
** *** Jon's use of simplified statistics for Bonds' career rates for called balls and swings would be more accurate if broken out by pitcher in the 2004 season rather than using a career rate, given several factors [[note]] Namely that the pitching of the league itself changed substantially over Bonds' career (while the "Steroid Era" is best remembered for the power hitting, many pitchers were also juicing) as well as the difference in talent between teams and within a team's bullpen. The high numbers of intentional walks he received would also inflate his % of balls seen substantially compared to other power hitters of his era. In short, while the simplified statistics are certainly the easiest numbers to use, they introduce a lot of sources of error to the simulation. [[/note]].
** *** Inversely, Jon may have actually ''shortchanged Barry'' in one aspect. Because the FanGraph [=FanGraph=] data he used for pitches Bonds swung at does not include pitches that Bonds made contact with, only swings and misses, he left out foul balls in his swinging statistics. This data may not be available given that Bonds' career came and went before the advent of modern pitch tracking methods, but he still probably left a few walks on the table.
** In ''The search for the saddest punt in the world'', the Surrender Index calculations created by Bois is, [[SelfDeprecation by his own admission]], a massive misuse of math for the sake of throwing a fit at NFL teams punting in baffling situations.
** ''What if Barry Bonds played baseball without a bat?'' has Jon outright say he must have done something wrong (Bonds' on base percentage was essentially unchanged in the simulation, making it still the best in MLB history), and practically begs the audience to tell him how he messed up. Naturally, there are a few errors or places to improve:
* TheCameo: Appears in unrelated projects for [=SBNation=], like the Podcast/ShutdownFullcast, though he usually brings his affable, bizarre nature with him.
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* CapitalismIsBad: A running theme across his videos, particularly when they veer into topics like unions or the wealth of the sports organizations versus the players employed by them.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Chart Party pans, tilts, and zooms the camera all over the featured charts, and the soundtrack often intensifies wildly during moments where Jon isn't talking.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Chart Party To punctuate a dramatic moment, the editing of his videos pans, tilts, and zooms the camera all over the featured charts, still images, audio clips and Google Earth footage used, with the soundtrack often intensifies wildly during moments where Jon isn't talking.intensifying wildly. Only rarely PlayedForLaughs.
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* HarmfulToMinors: Parodied as part of the buildup to Vikings coach Jerry Burns' [[https://youtu.be/SNcBFZ26lcI legendary 1989 press conference]]:
-->'''Jon Bois''': At this point I'd like to recommend that if you have small children in the room, make sure they pay very close attention to [[ClusterFBomb what we're about to hear]]. They're gonna learn some new words, it's gonna be great.
-->'''Jon Bois''': At this point I'd like to recommend that if you have small children in the room, make sure they pay very close attention to [[ClusterFBomb what we're about to hear]]. They're gonna learn some new words, it's gonna be great.
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-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFL history[[note]]The first Hail Mary pass, a desperation heave from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson in the 1975 NFC Divisional Playoff that won the game for Dallas and knocked the 12-2 Vikings out of the playoffs[[/note]], and now, by getting one over on them in what is widely regarded as the greatest fleecing in NFL history[[note]]The Herschel Walker trade, in which the Vikings gave countless draft picks and some players to the Cowboys in exchange for Walker. Dallas would use those picks and shrewd trades to build their 1990s dynasty.[[/note]]. And the San Francisco 49ers, who, for the second straight year, have [[CurbStompBattle beaten them silly on the field]] en route to their fourth Lombardi trophy. Both these conquerors have sent the Minnesota Vikings a message, one they will reinforce in the coming years. An unholy incantation that shatters the heart of every American, one more devastating than "We hate you," or "We will destroy you." It simply says: [[TitleDrop "You don't belong here."]]
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-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known.conquerors know. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFL history[[note]]The first Hail Mary pass, a desperation heave from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson in the 1975 NFC Divisional Playoff that won the game for Dallas and knocked the 12-2 Vikings out of the playoffs[[/note]], and now, by getting one over on them in what is widely regarded as the greatest fleecing in NFL history[[note]]The Herschel Walker trade, in which the Vikings gave countless draft picks and some players to the Cowboys in exchange for Walker. Dallas would use those picks and shrewd trades to build their 1990s dynasty.[[/note]]. And the San Francisco 49ers, who, for the second straight year, have [[CurbStompBattle beaten them silly on the field]] en route to their fourth Lombardi trophy. Both these conquerors have sent the Minnesota Vikings a message, one they will reinforce in the coming years. An unholy incantation that shatters the heart of every American, one more devastating than "We hate you," or "We will destroy you." It simply says: [[TitleDrop "You don't belong here."]]
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* EndOfAnEra: In episode 4 of "The History of the Minnesota Vikings," Jon posits that their blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the 1989 wild card game is the point where the Vikings stopped being consistently great and became just another team.
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* EndOfAnEra: In episode 4 of "The History of the Minnesota Vikings," their blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the 1989 wild card game is the point where the Vikings stopped being consistently great and became just another team.
-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFL history, and now, by getting one over on them in what is widely regarded as the greatest fleecing in NFL history. And the San Francisco 49ers, who, for the second straight year, have [[CurbStompBattle beaten them silly on the field]] en route to their fourth Lombardi trophy. Both these conquerors have sent the Minnesota Vikings a message, one they will reinforce in the coming years. An unholy incantation that shatters the heart of every American, one more devastating than "We hate you," or "We will destroy you." It simply says: [[TitleDrop "You don't belong here."]]
-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFL history, and now, by getting one over on them in what is widely regarded as the greatest fleecing in NFL history. And the San Francisco 49ers, who, for the second straight year, have [[CurbStompBattle beaten them silly on the field]] en route to their fourth Lombardi trophy. Both these conquerors have sent the Minnesota Vikings a message, one they will reinforce in the coming years. An unholy incantation that shatters the heart of every American, one more devastating than "We hate you," or "We will destroy you." It simply says: [[TitleDrop "You don't belong here."]]
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* EndOfAnEra: In episode 4 of "The History of the Minnesota Vikings," Jon posits that their blowout loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the 1989 wild card game is the point where the Vikings stopped being consistently great and became just another team.
-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFLhistory, history[[note]]The first Hail Mary pass, a desperation heave from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson in the 1975 NFC Divisional Playoff that won the game for Dallas and knocked the 12-2 Vikings out of the playoffs[[/note]], and now, by getting one over on them in what is widely regarded as the greatest fleecing in NFL history.history[[note]]The Herschel Walker trade, in which the Vikings gave countless draft picks and some players to the Cowboys in exchange for Walker. Dallas would use those picks and shrewd trades to build their 1990s dynasty.[[/note]]. And the San Francisco 49ers, who, for the second straight year, have [[CurbStompBattle beaten them silly on the field]] en route to their fourth Lombardi trophy. Both these conquerors have sent the Minnesota Vikings a message, one they will reinforce in the coming years. An unholy incantation that shatters the heart of every American, one more devastating than "We hate you," or "We will destroy you." It simply says: [[TitleDrop "You don't belong here."]]
-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFL
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-->'''Jon Bois''': January 6th, 1990, is the day the Minnesota Vikings fall from the ranks of NFL royalty. This is how we know they have. If you ''are'' NFL royalty, you achieve greatness across multiple generations. Someone sees their greatness, and down the road, their child sees that same greatness. There are children in purple jerseys watching this afternoon whose parents saw Joe Kapp, and Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton. They are watching an institution that no longer knows what it is, that ''reeks'' of insecurity. But their conqueror is known. There are two conquerors who will dominate the decade to come: the Dallas Cowboys, who have now antagonized them twice. Once by using them as a prop as they orchestrated arguably the most storied play in NFL history, and now, by getting one over on them in what is widely regarded as the greatest fleecing in NFL history. And the San Francisco 49ers, who, for the second straight year, have [[CurbStompBattle beaten them silly on the field]] en route to their fourth Lombardi trophy. Both these conquerors have sent the Minnesota Vikings a message, one they will reinforce in the coming years. An unholy incantation that shatters the heart of every American, one more devastating than "We hate you," or "We will destroy you." It simply says: [[TitleDrop "You don't belong here."]]
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** Inversely, Jon may have actually ''shortchanged Barry'' in one aspect. Because the FanGraph data he used for pitches Bonds swung at does not include pitches that Bonds made contact with, only swings and misses, he left out foul balls in his swinging statistics. This data may not be available given that Bonds' career came and went before the advent of modern pitch tracking methods, but he still probably left a few walks on the table.
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* SomethingWeForgot: Towards the end of Part 4 of ''History of the Atlanta Falcons'', after going into all of the drama leading into Super Bowl XXXIII, culminating in Eugene Robinson getting arrested for accidentally soliciting an undercover police officer the night before, Jon remarks that "[a]ll in all, it was truly a Super Bowl to remember", and ends the episode... [[SpottingTheThread with ten minutes and change to go.]]
-->'''Alex''': ...are we gonna talk about the actual ballgame? Personally, either way is cool with me...
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-->'''Alex''': ...are we gonna talk about the actual ballgame? Personally, either way is cool with me...
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Variation: By the end of ''History of the Atlanta Falcons'', Jon comes to the conclusion, given how badly they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Super Bowl LI, that the Atlanta Falcons were in reality a TricksterGod. This characterization is brought back in full force during the fourth part of ''History of the Minnesota Vikings'', when the game the two teams had prior to Super Bowl XXXIII is re-examined, and the infamous missed field goal that wound up spelling doom for the Vikings is revisited:
-->'''Jon Bois''': ''We have studied this Atlanta Falcon.'' Every last feather, every loss that populates it, every occasional win that accents its jagged, hideous form. There are some teams that God loves -- even the Vikings, as complicated and uncertain as that love can sometimes be. There are other teams that God as simply forgotten. The Falcons are the team that God ''regrets''. As far ahead as 2022, they will never win a Super Bowl, but they will lose the most catastrophic Super Bowl of all time, a single loss that will bring more agony than 50 conventional, one-sided Super Bowl losses combined. The Atlanta Falcons offer jokes. Cruel jokes. This is ''all'' they are ever good for.
-->(cut to footage of the broadcast, where Gary Anderson misses his field goal... [[KickTheDog and the stadium's cannon operator, mistakenly assuming he hadn't, fires the cannon to signify a goal]])
* AdaptationalVillainy: Variation: By the end of ''History of the Atlanta Falcons'', Jon comes to the conclusion, given how badly they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Super Bowl LI, that the Atlanta Falcons were in reality a TricksterGod. This characterization is brought back in full force during the fourth part of ''History of the Minnesota Vikings'', when the game the two teams had prior to Super Bowl XXXIII is re-examined, and the infamous missed field goal that wound up spelling doom for the Vikings is revisited:
-->'''Jon Bois''': ''We have studied this Atlanta Falcon.'' Every last feather, every loss that populates it, every occasional win that accents its jagged, hideous form. There are some teams that God loves -- even the Vikings, as complicated and uncertain as that love can sometimes be. There are other teams that God as simply forgotten. The Falcons are the team that God ''regrets''. As far ahead as 2022, they will never win a Super Bowl, but they will lose the most catastrophic Super Bowl of all time, a single loss that will bring more agony than 50 conventional, one-sided Super Bowl losses combined. The Atlanta Falcons offer jokes. Cruel jokes. This is ''all'' they are ever good for.
-->(cut to footage of the broadcast, where Gary Anderson misses his field goal... [[KickTheDog and the stadium's cannon operator, mistakenly assuming he hadn't, fires the cannon to signify a goal]])
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** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''its'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h5m3s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
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** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''its'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h5m3s com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h5m29s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
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** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''its'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h2m29s com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h5m3s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
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** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''it's'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h2m29s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
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** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''it's'' ''its'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h2m29s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
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* POVSequel: In Part 4 of ''History of the Atlanta Falcons'', Jon and Alex do [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPSG43C_44&t=20m40s a deep dive]] on the NFC Championship game against the Minnesota Vikings that would lead the Falcons to Super Bowl XXXIII, Jon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKPSG43C_44&t=20m52s ends the segment]] by mentioning how tragic this loss was for the '98 Vikings, only to then say [[AnotherStoryForAnotherTime "that's a story for another time"]]. Two years later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aQOZo3EQI at the start of the trailer]] for ''History of the Minnesota Vikings'', Jon [[LampshadeHanging hangs a big, ol' lampshade]] on that:
-->'''Jon Bois''': Two years ago, while telling the story of the Atlanta Falcons, we inevitable encountered the Minnesota Vikings. We could've gone ''on and on and on'' about 'em, [[{{Foreshadowing}} and we really wanted to,]] but instead I said "But that's a story for another time." ...this is that time.
** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''it's'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h2m29s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
-->'''Jon Bois''': Two years ago, while telling the story of the Atlanta Falcons, we inevitable encountered the Minnesota Vikings. We could've gone ''on and on and on'' about 'em, [[{{Foreshadowing}} and we really wanted to,]] but instead I said "But that's a story for another time." ...this is that time.
** This inevitably comes full circle when the Minnesota Vikings' series reached ''it's'' fourth episode, where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGoZiKz6aqQ&t=1h2m29s once again]] we have Jon and Alex doing a deep dive on that game, [[PerspectiveFlip but on the Vikings' perspective]].
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** Jon spends a lot of time in the Mariners documentary describing the team they were going to run with into the 2001 season as a collection of players who were all either at the end of their careers or close, and even the best players are described as being shining beacons in a dark period. He then presents a graph showing that this team would go on to tie the 1906 Cubs as having the best regular season record ''ever'', and is so shocked by this that he can only ask Alex "What the fuck is this?"
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** Jon spends a lot of time in the Mariners documentary describing the team they were going to run with into the 2001 season as a collection of players who were all either at the end of their careers or close, and even the best players are described as being shining beacons in a dark period. He then presents a graph showing that this team would go on to tie the 1906 Cubs as having the best regular season record ''ever'', and is so shocked by this that he can only ask Alex "What the fuck is this?"was that?"
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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.
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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 music sting he wanted to edit out.out, possibly due to copyright reasons. It hasn't returned to the Internet since.
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* ArcWords: The latter portions of the Mariners' history (from 2000 onward) frame people leaving the team as "having to go home", even calling Seattle "Baseball's moon colony" based on how far away it is from the rest of the country.
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'''Jon Bois:''' ...we have [[TheAce Mahomes]] now on the Chiefs. So, nevermind. Sorry, suckers. [[note]]This turned out to be entirely accurate; the Chiefs ended up winning the division in every subsequent year until Rivers' retirement.[[/note]]
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'''Jon Bois:''' ...we have [[TheAce Mahomes]] now on the Chiefs. So, nevermind. Sorry, suckers. [[note]]This video, produced after Mahomes' first season as a starter turned out to be entirely accurate; since the video premiered, the Chiefs ended up winning have won the division in every subsequent year until Rivers' retirement.year, Mahomes has won an additional MVP, as well as two Super Bowl MVPs, and is regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Philip Rivers retired after the 2020 season.[[/note]]
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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 ''WebVideo/FightingInTheAgeOfLoneliness'', about the history of MMA. His most recent projects for SB Nation include two comprehensive multi-part history series with fellow video producer Alex Rubenstein about hardscrabble major league sports franchises: 2020's ''The History of the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Seattle Mariners]]'' and 2021's ''The History of the Atlanta Falcons''.
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After a brief hiatus, it was revealed Jon was working on released a 5 part 5-part documentary with [[Podcast/ChapoTrapHouse Felix Biederman]] called ''WebVideo/FightingInTheAgeOfLoneliness'', ''WebVideo/FightingInTheAgeOfLoneliness'' about the history of MMA. His most recent projects for SB Nation include two three comprehensive multi-part history series with fellow video producer Alex Rubenstein about hardscrabble major league sports franchises: 2020's ''The History of the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Seattle Mariners]]'' and Mariners]]'', 2021's ''The History of the Atlanta Falcons''.
Falcons'', and 2023's ''The History of the Minnesota Vikings''.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Invoked in the Lonnie Smith episode, when Bois recounts Smith's stunning comeback 1989 season. After five seasons in which Smith's best performance[[note]]as measured by "wins above replacement", a common measure of a player's value widely used by statheads[[/note]] wasn't even starter-level, he had a season that was better than the best seasons of Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Frank Thomas, and very close to the best of another HOF player, the legendary Joe [=DiMaggio=].[[note]]Not to mention that if Smith had played all 162 games instead of the 134 he actually played in 1989, ''and'' kept the same production pace, he would have had the best season of any batter ''in the entire 1980s''.[[/note]]
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** {{Invoked}} in the Lonnie Smith episode, when Bois recounts Smith's stunning comeback 1989 season. After five seasons in which Smith's best performance[[note]]as measured by "wins above replacement", a common measure of a player's value widely used by statheads[[/note]] wasn't even starter-level, he had a season that was better than the best seasons of Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Frank Thomas, and very close to the best of another HOF player, the legendary Joe [=DiMaggio=].[[note]]Not to mention that if Smith had played all 162 games instead of the 134 he actually played in 1989, ''and'' kept the same production pace, he would have had the best season of any batter ''in the entire 1980s''.[[/note]][[/note]]
** Jon spends a lot of time in the Mariners documentary describing the team they were going to run with into the 2001 season as a collection of players who were all either at the end of their careers or close, and even the best players are described as being shining beacons in a dark period. He then presents a graph showing that this team would go on to tie the 1906 Cubs as having the best regular season record ''ever'', and is so shocked by this that he can only ask Alex "What the fuck is this?"
** {{Invoked}} in the Lonnie Smith episode, when Bois recounts Smith's stunning comeback 1989 season. After five seasons in which Smith's best performance[[note]]as measured by "wins above replacement", a common measure of a player's value widely used by statheads[[/note]] wasn't even starter-level, he had a season that was better than the best seasons of Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Frank Thomas, and very close to the best of another HOF player, the legendary Joe [=DiMaggio=].[[note]]Not to mention that if Smith had played all 162 games instead of the 134 he actually played in 1989, ''and'' kept the same production pace, he would have had the best season of any batter ''in the entire 1980s''.
** Jon spends a lot of time in the Mariners documentary describing the team they were going to run with into the 2001 season as a collection of players who were all either at the end of their careers or close, and even the best players are described as being shining beacons in a dark period. He then presents a graph showing that this team would go on to tie the 1906 Cubs as having the best regular season record ''ever'', and is so shocked by this that he can only ask Alex "What the fuck is this?"
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** A significant amount of ''The People You Are Paying To Wear Shorts'' is spent commending the '11-'12 Bobcats players[[note]] Except for Boris Diaw, though he still gets some love from the narrators[[/note]] and coaching crew for managing to show up and do their damnedest to win every game even when it becomes apparent that it's just not enough. They even take a moment to appreciate the Sport Writers covering them for sticking with the team through the literal worst season in {{NBA}} history.
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** A significant amount of ''The People You Are You're Paying To Wear to Be in Shorts'' is spent commending the '11-'12 Bobcats players[[note]] Except for Boris Diaw, though he still gets some love from the narrators[[/note]] and coaching crew for managing to show up and do their damnedest to win every game even when it becomes apparent that it's just not enough. They even take a moment to appreciate the Sport Writers covering them for sticking with the team through the literal worst season in {{NBA}} history.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: The opening of ''The People You're Paying to Be in Shorts'' is a quote from the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'', 3:16:
-->''So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.''
-->''So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.''
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* WhosOnFirst: Jon takes particular delight in ''The People You're Paying to Be in Shorts'' after realising that Anthony Davis never played for the (Charlotte) Hornets because he was drafted by the (New Orleans) Hornets.[[labelnote: Explanation]]Davis played for the New Orleans Hornets for one season before they changed their name to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Charlotte Bobcats changed their name to the Hornets the following season.
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* WhosOnFirst: Jon takes particular delight in ''The People You're Paying to Be in Shorts'' after realising that Anthony Davis never played for the (Charlotte) Hornets because he was drafted by the (New Orleans) Hornets.[[labelnote: Explanation]]Davis played for the New Orleans Hornets for one season before they changed their name to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Charlotte Bobcats changed their name to the Hornets the following season.season[[/labelnote]]
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Jon Bois is [[FlipFlopOfGod outright inconsistent]] on how his last name is pronounced. In some videos, he pronounces it like "boys", and in others he pronounces it "bwah" (as if it were French).
