History Trivia / DrCrafty

*** The inciting incident behind Sasha and Crafty's breakup would have been revealed here. Back when they were still together, Crafty had started receiving college acceptance letters. ''Several'' universities were impressed with him and wanted him in their student bodies... But Crafty recognized that if he joined any of them, he'd be leaving Sasha behind. She wasn't comfortable exploring the world just yet, and as his first love and friend, he respected that while wanting to spend as much time with her as possible. He promptly decided to hide every letter he received, from not just Sasha, but his parents. Eventually, however, his parents would find out what he'd been doing and intuit the motives behind his actions without directly confronting him; doing so, they feared, would infringe on his newfound happiness. Sasha would overhear their conversation, and, blaming herself for holding Crafty back, she decided to flee without saying a word, leading to Crafty's long-standing bitterness toward her until Season 4.

*** The inciting incident behind Sasha and Crafty's breakup would have been revealed here. Back when they were still together, Crafty had started receiving college acceptance letters. ''Several'' universities were impressed with him and wanted him in their student bodies... But Crafty recognized that if he joined any of them, he'd be leaving Sasha behind. She wasn't comfortable exploring the world just yet, and as his first love and friend, he respected that while wanting to spend as much time with her as possible. He promptly decided to hide every letter he received, from not just Sasha, but his parents. Eventually, however, his parents would find out what he'd been doing and intuit the motives behind his actions without directly confronting him; doing so, they feared, would infringe on his newfound happiness. Sasha would overhear their conversation, and, blaming herself for holding Crafty back, she decided to flee without saying a word, thus leading to Crafty's long-standing bitterness toward her until Season 4.

*** The inciting incident behind Sasha and Crafty's breakup would have been revealed here. Back when they were still together, Crafty had started receiving college acceptance letters. ''Several'' universities were impressed with him and wanted him in their student bodies... But Crafty recognized that if he joined any of them, he'd be leaving Sasha behind. She wasn't comfortable exploring the world just yet, and as his first love and friend, he respected that while wanting to spend as much time with her as possible. He promptly decided to hide every letter he received, from not just Sasha, but his parents. Eventually, however, his parents would find out what he'd been doing and intuit the motives behind his actions without directly confronting him; doing so, they feared, would infringe on his newfound happiness. Sasha would overhear their conversation, and, blaming herself for holding Crafty back, she decided to flee, thus leading to Crafty's long-standing bitterness toward her until Season 4.

*** The inciting incident behind Sasha and Crafty's breakup would have been revealed here. Back when they were still together, Crafty had started receiving college acceptance letters. ''Several'' universities were impressed with him and wanted him in their student bodies... But Crafty recognized that if he joined any of them, he'd be leaving Sasha behind. She wasn't comfortable exploring the world just yet, and as his first love and friend, he respected that while wanting to spend as much time with her as possible. He promptly decided to hide every letter he received, from not just Sasha, but his parents. Eventually, however, his parents would find out what he'd been doing and intuit the motives behind his actions without directly confronting him. Sasha would overhear their conversation, and, blaming herself for holding Crafty back, she decided to flee, thus leading to Crafty's long-standing bitterness toward her until Season 4.

*** The inciting incident behind Sasha and Crafty's breakup would have been revealed here. Back when they were still together, Crafty had started receiving college acceptance letters. ''Several'' universities were impressed with him and wanted him in their student bodies... But Crafty recognized that if he joined any of them, he'd be leaving Sasha behind; she wasn't comfortable exploring the world just yet. He promptly decided to hide every letter he received, from not just Sasha, but his parents. Eventually, however, his parents would find out what he'd been doing and intuit the motives behind his actions without directly confronting him. Sasha would overhear their conversation, and, blaming herself for holding Crafty back, she decided to flee, this leading to Crafty's long-standing bitterness toward her until Season 4.

* TheWikiRule: The show has a wiki [[https://doctor-crafty.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Crafty_Wiki here]].

* SeriesHiatus: After much deliberation, Crafty ultimately announced his decision to put the series on hold in August 2022. The funds needed to cover production costs just aren't available to him, and most of his production team members are busy with other projects. Thus, he's begun doubling down on [=VTubing=] in addition to the commission work he already does, hoping to attract enough attention and financial support on both Twitch and Patreon to warrant continuing his first show.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Alex tends to be fairly receptive and responsive to criticism of this show, as he wants to provide the best viewing experience that he can muster. He confirmed in a watch-along stream of ''Dr. Crafty'' that Crafty and Nurse's relationship was changed to be far more positive than it was in Season 2 thanks to fan feedback. [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1016441403835142144 On Twitter]], he also cited [[YMMV/DrCrafty the show's YMMV page here]] as a useful aggregate of fan criticism.
* CreatorBacklash: During a celebratory rewatch of ''Dr. Crafty'' just before his [=VTuber=] debut the next day, Alex admits that he regrets the fat jokes Crafty made at Nurse's expense throughout Season 2, deeming them unfunny and flat-out mean. His embarrassment is as plain as day when he happens across one such joke in "Aqua Marina." It's also a symptom of a larger issue he has with the same season: Crafty and Nurse's constant bickering, which wore out its welcome with the writers fast and led to them turning the relationship around in Season 3.
* CrossDressingVoices: Alexander Tansley, the voice of Crafty, also plays the character Disgustilda until Season 4, when xthedarkone took his place.
* TheDanza: Thanks to the GivenNameReveal in Episode 50, we have '''Alexander''' Tansley voicing Colin '''Alexander''' Crafterson.
* HeAlsoDid: Crafty, or Alexander Tansley, is already well known for drawing the titlecards for ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', as well as the voice of Pollo, Linkara's robot sidekick.
* InMemoriam: A special, out-of-character episode features an art time-lapse dedicated to Alex's late younger brother.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There used to be a subseries for the show called ''Dr. Crafty Quickies.'' They were traditional speed-art videos, with no commentary, no new host, and fewer jokes, if any. It was intended to serve as filler during production on the main series and the other spin-offs. The first set of such episodes were released during the gap between Seasons 3 and 4, but Alex later deleted them since they didn't hold many people's attention. They were also rather tedious to create and didn't give him the same satisfaction as his other works, especially since they cluttered the [=YouTube=] channel. Because fewer people watched the ''Quickies'' than the main show and its spin-offs, it is unlikely that they'll be seen again unless someone has downloaded the videos for themselves prior to their deletion. There's one more thing keeping ''Quickies'' from returning: Alex later fulfilled its purpose with ''[=CrafD&D=],'' a show which he and his viewers ultimately found more engaging.
* TheMerch: ''Dr. Crafty'' merchandise is available on [[https://www.teepublic.com/user/drcrafty TeePublic]]. Much of it contains additional artwork of the show's main cast used for buttons, mugs, posters, and other memorabilia. Additionally, Alex puts up some of his fan art for the same purpose.

** If Alex feels a fan's commission can have an episode built around them, then they're liable to become part of the show's seasonal Commission Months. The ''Top Ten Tub's'' Original Character countdowns take place during these months.

** "Worst Sonic Characters" received quite a response from the [[WebOriginal/TheCommentaryCommunity YouTube Commentary Community]], with commentaries on the episode done by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T8mqCMCbNw Keyblade Master]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbySqjOKOg NaiTaiDai]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djfro0dPf9c Ceradust]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkwtHdeN6E&t Azelf101]], among others as Alex and his team produced the last few episodes of Season 4. Soon after familiarizing himself with the community, Alex made way for some commentators to have cameo appearances in Season 4's remaining ''Questionable Qloset'' segments, with their appearances culminating in the final gag in "Revolving Door." There, the ''Crafty''-original cast speed-date several commentators, with some of the ones who did commentaries on "Worst Sonic Characters" being among them.

* SeriesHiatus: After much deliberation, Alex ultimately announced his decision to put the series on hold in August 2022. The funds needed to cover production costs just aren't available to him, and most of his production team members are busy with other projects. Thus, he's begun doubling down on [=VTubing=] in addition to the commission work he already does, hoping to attracting enough attention and financial support on both Twitch and Patreon to warrant continuing his first show.

** The [=HalloWinter=] Special Month was going to be Season 1's Halloween Month, but Hurricane Irma damaged Alex's home and forced the episodes to be delayed until December.

** Throughout Seasons 1 to 3, Crafty and Disgustilda share the same voice actor, Alex Tansley. However, when Season 4 came around, Alex opted to step down from voicing Disgustilda, feeling that her replacement, xthedarkone, does a much better job capturing the character's energy.

* TroubledProduction: On his Twitter page, Alex Tansley [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1420462338214408195 discussed some of the hassles that came from developing Season 3's Hero Month--more specifically, the "I Need a Hero Academia" finale special]]. It proved to be an extremely ambitious project for ''Dr. Crafty's'' development team. However, it was also unanimously agreed that the finale was a little too indulgent. The sheer scope of "I Need a Hero Academia" made way for several unexpected issues, with some unlucky personal matters only adding to the stress. While it was a joy for the team to see "I Need a Hero Academia" come together, it also left the team feeling severely burned out. Not wanting this cycle to repeat, Tansley decided to significantly improve his management setup, both to streamline the show's development process and to keep his staff members happy and healthy.

* WordOfGod: Alex, [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1017614827949355009 on Twitter]], claimed that anything Pepper’s creator [[https://www.deviantart.com/blue-paint-sea Blue-Paint-Sea]] does with the character is canon to the show. Thus, tropes pertaining to Blue-Paint-Sea's art as it pertains to ''Dr. Crafty'' are covered throughout these ''Dr. Crafty'' pages.

** Nurse Worse's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/doctor-crafty/images/7/73/Scrapped_nurse_worse_design.png/revision/latest?cb=20190520194812 first design]] was done by Alex himself. In addition to having shorter hair, an outfit that exposed her breasts, and a pair of massive test tubs that she carried in her hands, she had many smaller details piled up on her upper body. Alex wasn't satisfied with the result, so he took the design to Rin Lockhart, who streamlined Nurse into her final design. This bit of production trivia is given a nod in "Street Frighters." After Crafty gives a speech about the importance of first drafts, Nurse's first design suddenly rises into the frame next to her final counterpart, and an embarrassed Crafty shoves her away.

** Back when Season 4 was still in production, Alex and his team [[https://youtu.be/HBnO4SwgZig?t=227 considered splitting off the show's storyline segments into their own accompanying series]], called ''Dr. Crafty Stories''. They would also apply a distinct label to the thumbnails of older videos containing important plot elements, to make it easier for those invested in the story to follow along. To test the waters on this idea, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seSjve9ks0c&t=1s Questions and Answers]]" was later released, doubling as a preview to Season 4. However, this approach proved to be far too confusing for the team, so they reverted back to the original storytelling format. "Questions and Answers" became the opening of the first episode of Season 4: "We're Back! A Crafty Story!" The idea of thumbnail labels, meanwhile, was never fully put into practice; only "Magic Kingdom Mania's" thumbnail has one.

** Production of the Season 4 Patreon Episodes ceased following the announcement of ''Dr. Crafty's'' hiatus. All that remains of them are the illustrations, which Alex had posted to the public Discord to serve as a preview for their respective episodes.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There used to be a subseries for the show called ''Dr. Crafty Quickies.'' They were traditional speed-art videos, with no commentary, no new host, and fewer jokes, if any. It was intended to serve as filler during production on the main series and the other spin-offs. The first set of such episodes were released during the gap between Seasons 3 and 4, but Alex later deleted them since they didn't hold many people's attention. They were also rather tedious to create and didn't give him the same satisfaction as his other works, especially since they cluttered the [=YouTube=] channel. Because fewer people watched the ''Quickies'' than the main show and its spin-offs, it is unlikely that they'll be seen again unless someone has downloaded the videos for themselves prior to their deletion. There's one more thing keeping ''Quickies'' from returning: Alex later fulfilled the same purpose with ''[=CrafD&D=],'' a show which he and his viewers ultimately found more engaging.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There used to be a subseries for the show called ''Dr. Crafty Quickies.'' They were traditional speed-art videos, with no commentary, no new host, and fewer jokes, if any. It was intended to serve as filler during production on the main series and the other spin-offs. The first set of such episodes were released during the gap between Seasons 3 and 4, but Alex later deleted them since they didn't hold many people's attention. They were also rather tedious to create and didn't give him the same satisfaction as his other works, especially since they cluttered the [=YouTube=] channel. Because fewer people watched the ''Quickies'' than the main show and its spin-offs, it is unlikely that they'll be seen again unless someone has downloaded the videos for themselves prior to their deletion.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Alex tends to be fairly receptive and responsive to criticism of this show, as he wants to provide the best viewing experience that he can muster. He confirmed in a watch-along stream of ''Dr. Crafty'' that Crafty and Nurse's relationship was changed to be far more positive than it was in Season 2 thanks to fan feedback. [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1016441403835142144 On Twitter]], he also cited the show's YMMV page as a useful aggregate of fan criticism.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Alex tends to be fairly receptive and responsive to criticism of this show, as he wants to provide the best viewing experience that he can muster. He confirmed in a watch-along stream of ''Dr. Crafty'' that Crafty and Nurse's relationship was changed to be far more positive than it was in Season 2 thanks to fan feedback. He also cited the show's YMMV page [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1016441403835142144 on Twitter]] as being a useful aggregate of fan criticism that he frequents.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: During "Salt and Pepper," a mistake in the episode's script causes Pepper to name the planet Jupiter as the main inspiration behind the episode's character design... which was actually intended to evoke Saturn. The show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Outside of the original context, however, the statement of Jupiter having rings is correct; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: During "Salt and Pepper," a mistake in the episode's script causes Pepper to name the planet Jupiter as the main inspiration behind the episode's character design. The design was intended to evoke Saturn, and the show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Outside of the original context, however, the statement of Jupiter having rings is correct; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: During "Salt and Pepper," a mistake in the episode's script causes Pepper to name the planet Jupiter as the episode's character design's main inspiration. The design was intended to evoke Saturn, and the show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Outside of the original context, however, the statement of Jupiter having rings is correct; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: In "Salt and Pepper," a mistake in the episode's script causes Pepper to name the planet Jupiter as the episode's character design's main inspiration. The design was intended to evoke Saturn, and the show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Outside of the original context, however, the statement of Jupiter having rings is correct; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Throughout "Salt and Pepper," a mistake in the episode's script causes Pepper to name the planet Jupiter as the episode's character design's main inspiration. The design was intended to evoke Saturn, and the show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Outside of the original context, however, the statement of Jupiter having rings is correct; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Throughout "Salt and Pepper," Crafty and Pepper state that their first ''Chara-Cafe'' design has elements based on Jupiter, when the inspiration actually came from Saturn. The show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Outside of the original context, however, the statement of Jupiter having rings is correct; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Throughout "Salt and Pepper," Crafty and Pepper state that their first ''Chara-Cafe'' design has elements based on Jupiter, when the inspiration actually came from Saturn. The show pokes fun at itself through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Yet, despite these acknowledgements, the hosts are not wrong about Jupiter having rings; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Throughout "Salt and Pepper," Crafty and Pepper state that their first ''Chara-Cafe'' design has elements based on Jupiter, when the inspiration actually came from Saturn. The show pokes fun at its own mistake through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Yet, despite these acknowledgements, the hosts are not wrong about Jupiter having rings; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Throughout "Salt and Pepper," Crafty and Pepper state that their first ''Chara-Cafe'' design has elements based on Jupiter, when the inspiration actually came from Saturn. The show pokes fun at its own mistake through some post-production edits, which correct the mistake each time it appears via on-screen text. Yet, despite acknowledging the wrong planet throughout their dialogue, the hosts are not wrong about Jupiter having rings; they're just not nearly as prominent as Saturn's.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Alex tends to be fairly receptive and responsive to criticism of this show. He confirmed in a watch-along stream of ''Dr. Crafty'' that Crafty and Nurse's relationship was changed to be far more positive than it was in Season 2 thanks to fan feedback. He also cited the show's YMMV page [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1016441403835142144 on Twitter]] as being a useful aggregate of fan criticism that helps him develop a better viewing experience.

*** First introduced in Season 3 are the ''Dr. Crafty'' Fan Character countdowns. The top ten fan characters on each episode are inducted into the show's canon as background gag characters.

* OldShame: During a celebratory rewatch of ''Dr. Crafty'' just before his [=VTuber=] debut the next day, Alex admits that he regrets the fat jokes Crafty made at Nurse's expense throughout Season 2, deeming them unfunny and flat-out mean. His embarrassment is as plain as day when he happens across one such joke in "Aqua Marina." It's also a symptom of a larger issue he has with the same season: Crafty and Nurse's constant bickering, which wore out its welcome with the writers fast and led to them turning the relationship around in Season 3.

** Nurse Worse's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/doctor-crafty/images/7/73/Scrapped_nurse_worse_design.png/revision/latest?cb=20190520194812 first design]] was done by Alex himself. In addition to having shorter hair, an outfit that exposed her breasts, and a pair of massive test tubs that she carried in her hands, she had many smaller details piled up on her upper body. Alex wasn't satisfied with the result, so he took the design to Rin Lockhart, who streamlined Nurse into her final design. This bit of production trivia is given a nod in "Street Frighters." After Crafty gives a speech about the importance of first drafts, Nurse's first design suddenly rises into frame next to her final counterpart, and an embarrassed Crafty shoves her away.
** In production, Pepper's spin-off segment was going to be called ''Crafty's OC Cook-Off.'' The premise, which involved fan-submitted characters being harshly criticized by Crafty and Pepper, was scrapped, as it was incongruous with Pepper's character and risked being too insulting to its audience. Thus, ''Crafty's Chara-Cafe'' was conceived; there, Crafty and Pepper design an OC based on a list of qualities voted upon by the show's Patreon supporters. The original premise would later be retooled into ''Crafty's Shake-Up Salon,'' with Crafty and Stylene critiquing and improving fan-submitted characters from existing properties.
** Out of all the spin-off hosts, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/doctor-crafty/images/d/dd/Old_Messibelle.png/revision/latest?cb=20201224205435 Messibelle]] received the most significant changes before she was formally introduced. Scribbled-Death's initial concept art for Messi was far more modest in execution, placing more focus on her snail-motif with her massive, slug-like lower body. Tansley played a big part in making Messi's design into what it is now. Most prominently, he gave Messi humanoid legs, but he also did more to emphasize how raunchy Messi is as a character. Her body became exaggeratedly skinny with plump assets ([[DevelopmentGag including a very fat butt as a nod to how bottom-heavy the original design was]]), her outfit was adjusted to accentuate those assets, and she was given a more expressive face with her signature heart-shaped pupils.

* OldShame: During a celebratory rewatch of ''Dr. Crafty'' just before his [=VTuber=] debut the next day, Alex admits that he regrets the fat jokes Crafty made at Nurse's expense throughout Season 2, deeming them unfunny and flat-out mean. His embarrassment is as plain as day when he happens across one such joke in "Aqua Marina." It's also a symptom of a larger issue he has with the same season: Crafty and Nurse's constant bickering, which wore out its welcome with the writers fast and lead to them turning the relationship around in Season 3.