History WebAnimation / Benthelooney

* ClusterFBomb: A variation of this is seen in his third rant on ''The Looney Tunes Show'', where he makes up as many fake swears as possible without trying to swear after seeing Yosemite Sam's out-of-character persona in one episode.

Due to low viewership on his newer videos due to recent controversies, Ben brought the series back from the dead in August 2019 with a new formula, which he described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant." Although the Ben T. Looney character was brought back as well, it functions more or less like an avatar. In Mid October 2019, due to major confusion, he turned his positive rants back into Ben Salutes videos. In Mid 2020, he announced that he would be going back to making cartoons, with a series titled "Alright Cartoons'', and so Ben Rants has ceased production again.

-->'''Ben:''' So, what am I going to come back on? (Picture of the show is shown) AWWWW, SHI- (A Technical Difficulties card appears after this)
* DarkerandEdgier: From 2016 onwards, with his turn to Rule 34, and although he no longer does this kind of artwork, he still counts as this due to the fact he now says that he now smokes bongs, which is shown in a 2021 video where you can tell he’s been on crack.

* GoshDangItToHeck:
** In his videos before 2016, Ben used fake swears (words that rhyme with their actual meanings) in place of real ones (Ex. spit, truck, witch, etc.) Even more so in the revival. However, within the revival, he didn't mind saying "Gay" or "Jackass".
** From 2015 to 2017, he started using proper swears, with stronger ones being bleeped.
** Averted as of 2018, as he started to uncensor everything.

* PrecisionFStrike: Excluding his fake swears, he has relied on this trope starting with the video ''I Love Art'' to give his videos a more "realistic" feel after his start on Rule 34 artwork.

* StrawHypocrite: This is displayed in hindsight during his 2009 rant on Creator/{{Disney}} where Ben called out Music/MileyCyrus for a scantily-clad photoshoot she did for ''Vanity Fair'' and for posting racy photos on her Website/{{Myspace}} account.

* StrawHypocrite: This is displayed in his 2009 rant on Creator/{{Disney}} where Ben called out Music/MileyCyrus for a scantily-clad photoshoot she did for ''Vanity Fair'' and for posting racy photos on her Website/{{Myspace}} account.

* StrawHypocrite: In his 2009 rant on Creator/{{Disney}}, Ben called out Music/MileyCyrus for a scantily-clad photoshoot she did for ''Vanity Fair'', which displays this in hindsight over a decade later.

* StrawHypocrite: In his 2009 rant on Creator/{{Disney}}, he called out Music/MileyCyrus for a scantily-clad photoshoot she did for ''Vanity Fair'', which displays this in hindsight over a decade later.

Watch his videos [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Benthelooney/videos here]], but do note that many of his videos past 2016 are considered NotSafeForWork, mainly due to Ben's obsession with erratic material and as of 2018, contain uncensored profanity. His more family-friendly videos are located on his older account [[https://www.youtube.com/user/PuffyZillaman4 here.]]

Due to low viewership on his newer videos due to recent controversies, Ben brought the series back from the dead in August 2019 with a new formula, which he described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant." Although the Ben T. Looney character was brought back as well, it functions more or less like an avatar. In Mid October 2019, due to major confusion, he turned his positive rants back into Ben Salutes videos. In Mid 2020, he announced that he would be going back to making cartoons, with a series titled "Alright Cartoons'', so it's unknown if Ben Rants has ceased production again.

* GoshDangItToHeck: In his videos before 2016, Ben used fake swears (words that rhyme with their actual meanings) in place of real ones (Ex. spit, truck, witch, etc.) Even more so in the revival. However, within the revival, he didn't mind saying "Gay" or "Jackass".

Watch his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Benthelooney/videos here]], but do note that many of his videos past 2016 are considered NotSafeForWork, mainly due to Ben's obsession with erratic material and as of 2018, contain uncensored profanity. His more family-friendly videos are located on his older account [[https://www.youtube.com/user/PuffyZillaman4 here.]]

Due to low viewership on his newer videos due to recent controversies, Ben brought the series back from the dead in August 2019 with a new formula, which he described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant." Although the Ben T. Looney character was brought back as well, it functions more or less like an avatar. In Mid October 2019, due to major confusion, he turned his positive rants back into Ben Salutes videos.

Ben currently does a Rant or a Salute every week, mostly on controversial topics, to match with his current persona.

His videos are [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Benthelooney/videos here]], but do note that many of his videos past 2016 are considered NotSafeForWork, mainly due to Ben's obsession with erratic material and as of 2018, contain uncensored profanity. His more family-friendly videos are located on his older account [[https://www.youtube.com/user/PuffyZillaman4 here.]]

Ben Rants consisted of several different topics in its initial run, such as rants on TV shows, movies, lists of favourite TV shows and movies and occasionally giving out his thoughts on topics (and one singing segment that Ben deeply regrets).

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June. The series officially ended on June 6, 2014- that is, until he brought it back AGAIN in November 2015. He ended the series and retired the Ben T. Looney character for real in June 2016. He brought the series back from the dead in August 2019 with a new formula, which Ben described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant.", but in Mid October 2019, he turned his positive rants back into Ben Salutes videos, which was likely to avoid confusion with his negative rants.

Watch his videos [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Benthelooney/videos here]], but do note that his more recent videos are definitely NotSafeForWork. See his older videos [[https://www.youtube.com/user/PuffyZillaman4 here.]]

* GoshDangItToHeck: In earlier videos, Ben didn't swear. Instead he used words that rhyme with swears in their place. (Ex. spit, truck, witch, etc.) Even more so in the revival. He doesn't mind saying "Gay" or "Jackass" though.
** From 2015 to 2017, he started to use mild swear words, with stronger words bleeped.
** Averted as of 2018, as his videos are completely uncensored.

** WordofGod says that he realised he can't judge shows based on their time period, which is why he scrapped this upon the return of his rants.

* PrecisionFStrike: Excluding his fake swears, he has relied on this trope starting with the video ''I Love Art'' to give his videos a more "realistic" feel.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one in his second mini rant video to people who take opinions way too seriously:

* ThisLoserIsYou: Neb T. Yenool is based off of whiny immature pre-teens who follow every fad and can't agree on anything with anyone.
** Negative Nick is based off of people who are always in a negative mood who have nothing but bad things to say.

** Ben T Looney's voice started out as relatively calm, but eventually progressed into being louder and more aggressive.
** A second voice change happened in 2013 after Ben Rants went on a hiatus (which was the first time since the rants were cancelled in 2011) and Ben decided to put a cartoony spin on the character's voice when he got a new microphone.

** Neb T. Yenool started paying attention in school and became more sensitive to others. He's still pwning n00bs in his video games however.

** Ben T. Looney tried to audition to be in cartoons, and didn't get any parts. However, he fell in love with Jenny E. Wacky and is now married to her.

* ClusterFBomb: Originally subverted, as he used fake swears in his videos, but as noted below, Ben uses "Fuck" or "Shit" in his videos infrequently, most likely to show his more edgy feel.

* PrecisionFStrike: Starting with the video ''I Love Art'', he has relied on this trope quite frequently, excluding the fake swears he used to do.

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June. The series officially ended on June 6, 2014- that is, until he brought it back AGAIN in November 2015. He ended the series and retired the Ben T. Looney character for real in June 2016. He brought the series back from the dead in August 2019 with a new formula, which Ben described as "not knowing if it's gonna be a positive rant or a negative rant."

* ClusterFBomb: Originally averted, as he used fake swears in his videos, but As noted below, he relies on this trope every now and then since 2018, there is gonna be at least one usage of Ben using "Fuck" or "Shit" in his videos, most likely to show his more edgy feel.

** From 2015 to 2017, he started to use mild swear words, with stronger ones like Fuck or Shit bleeped out.
** Averted as of 2018, as he no longer censors strong swears.

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June. The series officially ended on June 6, 2014- that is, until he brought it back AGAIN in November 2015.

* ClusterFBomb: Originally averted, as he used fake swears in his videos, but As noted below, he relies on this trope every now and then since 2018, there is gonna be at least one useage of Ben using "Fuck" or "Shit" in his videos, most likely to show his more edgy feel.
* CurseCutShort: Happens every now and then.

* ClusterFBomb: His videos since 2018 have a few swears, mainly Fuck or Shit.

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[[caption-width-right:341:''"Welcome back to Ben Rants, and when I was a kid ..."'']]

** When Ben's artist friend Rizeki attempted suicide in June 2018 after getting harassed by trolls, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSQfaBAS5Ac Ben’s response to the situation and the reasons why Rizeki was trying to kill himself]] is sure to make you wonder if we've really come that far as a society. It’s one of Ben’s angriest Videos, and it shows that he is really legitimately ticked off.

** One of his modern Videos has him talking about an Indonesian friend of his almost committing Sucide because of him being harassed. This situation gets Ben into a legitimate rage as loud as his old BTL videos, except with real swears.

* BerserkButton: Shows he hates. And certain people, like Creator/SethMacFarlane (Except for WesternAnimation/AmericanDad) and Creator/AdamSandler.

* ClusterFBomb: His videos since 2018 rely on this trope heavily. We mean it, Ben cannot go a full minute without saying "Fuck" or "Shit".

** From 2015 to 2017, he started to use mild swear words, with stronger ones bleeped out.
** Averted as of 2018, as he no longer bleeps out his swears or even use any of his made up ones, so it’s a little shock when you hear him say words like “Bullshit” instead of “Bullspit”

** Since his 2015, he started to use mild swear words, with stronger ones bleeped out.

* GoshDangItToHeck: Ben doesn't swear in his videos. Instead, he uses words that rhyme with swears in their place. (Ex. spit, truck, witch, etc.) Even more so in the revival. He doesn't mind saying "Gay" though.
** Ever since the 2015 reboot, he's just started using censored bleeps.

Ben Rants is a internet rant series created by Ben Tannehill. The series initially debuted in April 10th, 2009 under Ben's [=PuffyZillaman4=] account.

Ben Rants consisted of several different topics in it's initial run, such as rants on TV shows, movies, lists of favorite TV shows and movies and occasionally giving out his thoughts on topics (and one singing segment that Ben deeply regrets).

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December, 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June. The series officially ended on June 6, 2014- that is, until he brought it back AGAIN in November 2015.

** He don't like people making fun of his fans.

** In the first run, Ben often exclaimed "What the flubbernugget?!".

** Ben T. Looney can come up as this.

* NostalgiaFilter: Pre-Cancellation only. This is averted in the revival, because Ben goes out of his way to criticize a lot of shows/animes that he grew up with and previously liked.

-->'''Ben''': ''Getting better. Alright the coup de grace. Who is the stupidest person you can think of?''

-->'''Ben''': ''[[SarcasmMode Very funny. Ha ha. It is to laugh.]]''
* SpiritualSuccessor: WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter is this to Ben Rants's original run, as the styling of his reviews & analysises resemble that of Benthelooney, despite coming out a year after Ben Rants was uncancelled.

* SpiritualSuccessor: TheMysteriousMrEnter is this to Ben Rants's original run, as the styling of his reviews & analysises resemble that of Benthelooney, despite coming out a year after Ben Rants was uncancelled.

** Ben's review of ''Film/YellowSubmarine'' ended with this, fitting because this video is the SeriesFinale (where the characters are concerned).