History Creator / TheUmbilicalBrothers

* HeterosexualLifePartners: David and Shane, for thirty-four years and counting. They make gay jokes unusually rarely for a male comedy duo, but on one occasion when they're wrestling for some air bubbles ([[ItMakesSenseInContext they were "underwater"]]) some [[HoYay porn-like music]] started playing, which freaked them both out.

Australian comedians Shane Dundas and David Collins (who are actually unrelated) are the Umbilical Brothers. They met in a theatre class and decided one day that their miming class was "too quiet". Their humor is primary physical comedy and they make full use of stage lighting, imaginary people and objects, the audiences' line-of-sight, camera frame and sound effects. Their comedic timing is spot on and you can tell they spend hours upon hours perfecting their routines - even though their early work was largely improvised.

Australian comedians Shane Dundas and David Collins (who are unrelated) are the Umbilical Brothers. They met in a theatre class and decided one day that their miming class was "too quiet". Their humor is primary physical comedy and they make full use of stage lighting, imaginary people and objects, the audiences' line-of-sight, camera frame and sound effects. Their comedic timing is spot on and you can tell they spend hours upon hours perfecting their routines - even though their early work was largely improvised.

[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/n6584033589_4973Shane_and_David.jpg]]\[[caption-width-right:200:The [[AlliterativeTitle Masters of Microphonic Mime]]. [[note]]From left to right: David Collins, and Shane Dundas.[[/note]]]]

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-->"Could you at least '''try''' to pretend like you're in water."

* HeterosexualLifePartners: David and Shane, for twenty-two years and counting. They make gay jokes unusually rarely for a male comedy duo, but on one occasion when they're wrestling for some air bubbles ([[ItMakesSenseInContext they were "underwater"]]) some [[HoYay porn-like music]] started playing, which freaked them both out.

Australian comedians Shane Dundas and David Collins are the Umbilical Brothers. They met in a theatre class and decided one day that their miming class was "too quiet". Their humor is primary physical comedy and they make full use of stage lighting, imaginary people and objects, the audiences' line-of-sight, camera frame and sound effects. Their comedic timing is spot on and you can tell they spend hours upon hours perfecting their routines - even though their early work was largely improvised.

* BadBadActing: The Roadie is a borderline nightmarish clown who doesn't entirely hide his distaste for his work and David.

** The Roadie. He gives a (entirely imaginary) five year old kid a balloon filled with too much helium, then, when the kid flies up too high, pops it with a dart.
** Twice. David catches her both times. Then he falls off the top storey.

** The Schmuzzies schmeak Schmuzzish as does David in ''The Upside Down Show''.

* RunningGag: Whenever the brothers have been sped up, at the end, they say:

* TheVoiceless: The Roadie. [[spoiler:Until he speaks into a microphone with Tina's voice.]]

[[caption-width-right:200:I am he and you are me and we are all together]]

They have done several live shows ''Speedmouse'', ''Don't Explain'' and ''THWAK!'' among others, and were a regular feature on ''The Sideshow''. The Umbilical Brothers also had a television show geared toward children ''The Upside Down Show'' that was enjoyable for all ages.

* HandPuppet: [[AC:ACTION FINGERS]]

* JerkAss: The Roadie. He gives a (entirely imaginary) five year old kid a balloon filled with too much helium, then, when the kid flies up too high, pops it with a dart.
** Twice. David catches her both times.
*** Then he falls off the top storey.

* MediumAwareness: The Schmuzzies schmeak Schmuzzish as does David in ''The Upside Down Show''.
** Their stage show ''Speedmouse'' has them fully aware that they are in a DVD, despite the fact that they weren't, until they were when the show was put on DVD. They muck about with stage show conventions as well - the third and fourth main characters are Roadie, the roadie dressed as a clown, and Tina, the stage manager.
*** [[spoiler:The latter two turn out to be one and the same.]]

* DVDCommentary: The commentary for ''Speedmouse'' has Shane and David frequently sidetracked or interrupted by the other characters from the show, and when they do provide behind-the-scenes information it's false. Several times, they claim that various imaginary props and characters were actually present in the theatre, but were digitally removed in post-production. At one point, they instead admit that a particular imaginary character really was just a voiceover, then claim that it was intended to be a visible CGI-animated character but all the earlier digital object removal broke the CGI budget.

Australian comedians Shane Dundas and David Collins are TheUmbilicalBrothers. They met in a theatre class and decided one day that their miming class was "too quiet". Their humor is primary physical comedy and they make full use of stage lighting, imaginary people and objects, the audiences' line-of-sight, camera frame and sound effects. Their comedic timing is spot on and you can tell they spend hours upon hours perfecting their routines - even though their early work was largely improvised.

They have done several live shows ''Speedmouse'', ''Don't Explain'' and ''THWAK!'' among others, and were a regular feature on ''The Sideshow''. The Umbilical Brothers also had a television show geared toward children called ''TheUpsideDownShow'' that was enjoyable for all ages.

* MediumAwareness: The Schmuzzies schmeak Schmuzzish as does David in ''TheUpsideDownShow''.

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* CreditsGag: Just read them. At the end of ''Speedmouse'' for example [[spoiler:"Tina as Roadie; Roadie as Tina"]].

* BadBadActing: The Roadie is a borderline nightmarish clown who doesn't entirely hide his distaste for his work and Shane and David.

* [[EverythingsWorseWithBears Everything's Worse With The Threatening Bears]]

* CrossingTheLineTwice: Crossed with JerkAss. If during ''Speedmouse'' we believe that [[spoiler:the Roadie had the Remote the whole time then the truck running over the imaginary girl was his fault.]]

* ShockingSwerve: Played for laughs at the end of ''Speedmouse'' - All through the show Tina (the deep voiced stage manager) has been expressing outright love to a confused and worried Dave and acting like a douche to [[strike: Shawn]][[MyNameIsNotDurwood Shane]]; and the roadie has been very nice to Shane while treating Dave like crap. At the end, [[spoiler: Dave pulls the clown mask off Roadie, revealing another, identical mask underneath. Both Umbilical Brothers cry out in surprise, "TINA?!"]], and then the show finishes. [[spoiler: Also a bizarre instance of TheReveal and TheUnreveal occurring at exactly the same time.]]

* TooGoodToLast: ''The Upside Down Show'' only lasted for 13 episodes, and it was AWESOME!

They have done several live shows ''Speedmouse'', ''Don't Explain'' and ''THWAK!'' among others, and were a regular feature on ''The Sideshow''. The Umbilical Brothers also had a television show geared toward children called ''TheUpsideDownShow''.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/n6584033589_4973Shane_and_David.jpg
[[caption-width:200:I am he and you are me and we are all together]]

* TooGodToLast: ''The Upside Down Show'' only lasted for 13 episodes, and it was AWESOME!

** Their stage show ''Speedmouse'' has them fully aware that they are in a DVD, despite the fact that they weren't, until they were when the show was put on DVD. SoYeah. They muck about with stage show conventions as well - the third and fourth main characters are Roadie, the roadie dressed as a clown, and Tina, the stage manager.

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Part of the "Don't Explain" show. [[spoiler: That imaginary dog didn't die! It was switched with... hm... a false one. SoYeah]]

Australian comedians Shane Dundas and David Collins are TheUmbilicalBrothers. They met in a theatre class and decided one day that their miming class was "too quiet". Their humor is primary physical comedy and they make full use of stage lighting, imaginary people and objects, the audiences' line-of-sight, camera frame and sound effects. Their comedic timing is spot on and you can tell they spend hours upon hours perfecting their routines - even though their early work was largely improved.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: David and Shane, for twenty-two years and counting. Gay jokes are unusually rare for a male comedy duo, but on one occasion when they're wrestling for some air bubbles ([[ItMakesSenseInContext they were "underwater"]]) some [[HoYay porn-like music]] started playing, which freaked them both out.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: David and Shane. On one occasion when they're wrestling for some air bubbles ([[ItMakesSenseInContext they were "underwater"]]) some [[HoYay porn-like music]] started playing, which freaked them both out.

Australian comedians Shane Dundas and David Collins are TheUmbilicalBrothers. They met in a theatre class and decided one day that their miming class was "too quiet". Their humor is primary physical comedy and they make full use of stage lighting, imaginary people and objects, the audiences' line-of-sight, camera frame and sound effects. Their comedic timing is spot on and you can tell they spend hours upon hours perfecting their routines.