History WebAnimation / Danplan

* Railroading: Daniel is extremely guilty of this; most notably by [[spoiler: completely preventing Jay and Stephen’s attempts to kill the disguised Tethered Daniel in Can You Survive “US”. [[ https://youtu.be/Rxjf3_aP4KU ]] ]]

* Aerith and Bob: The three titular characters of Danplan are Daniel, Stephen....and Hosuh.

--->'''Stephen''': *''In many situations''* [They] are a [demon/ghost/monster]! I [stab/shoot/attack] them!

* EarlyBirdCameo: Though never mentioned in name, Jay and Jocat make an appearance in [[https://youtu.be/FqcxYQGenrE By the Way, What if the Same Day Repeated Over and Over? ]].

* KickTheDog: Daniel calls the doglike SCP-999 “an ugly orange thing” in the second part of Can You Survive SCP Containment Breach.

[=DanPlan=] is a Canadian animation [=YouTube=] channel that started as a gaming channel in 2014. Their channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UGbBVrqLlq6CRxWWUmyKw here.]] ''By The Way'' series follows three characters Daniel, Hosuh and Stephen. They usually get involved in survival games such as ''By the way, Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?'', in which Daniel is often the [[GameMaster Game Master]], having little involvement in the plot in most videos , with some exceptions such as the ''By the way, Can You Survive an RPG Game?'' series.

* AlienInvasion: At the end of ''By the way, Can You Survive an ALIEN ENCOUNTER[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4oCMkUxwQ ?]]'' [[spoiler: the alien escapes]]. A week later, the alien race invades earth [[spoiler: and annihilates all human life.]]

* AnyoneCanDie : Downplayed, "permanent" deaths still allow characters to interact with alive players as ghosts.

* BirthdayEpisode: Hosuh collaborates with friends and other animators to post birthday videos for Daniel in ''Daniel doesn't know that I'm posting this video[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYHD1tAR4BM .]]'' and ''The Fiiinest Gift a Man can Give another Ma[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOhQGGupEaI n]]''.
* TheBusCameBack: Jay returns in ''By the way, Are You a Sociopath?[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juKkLxdQo0]]''after getting PutOnABus for a while when they stopped making gaming videos.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: In the Christmas podcast, [[spoiler: Santa Claus manipulates Stephen's memory to give him a flashback,]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsob9J0Ic2k ]] Daniel lets Stephen name his daughter in the process. He proceeds to name her Ted.

* HalloweenEpisode: In ''By the way, Horror Storie[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jy_0Z2W2A s]]'', Daniel, Hosuh and Stephen sit in a campfire telling horror stories.

--->'''Stephen:''' Wait a sec. How old is this girl? Cause if she's over 18 I will murder, but if she's like 12 then obviously not. Heck, even I won't do that! Jesus Christ, that's one line I won't cross[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU2p1ejnwRo . ]]

* AuthorAvatar: All the main characters are named after and based off real people

* BirthdayEpisode: Hosuh collaborates with friends and other animators to post birthday videos for Daniel in ''Daniel doesn't know that I'm posting this video[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYHD1tAR4BM .]]'' and ''The Fiiinest Gift a Man can Give another Ma[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOhQGGupEaI n]]''

* TheBusCameBack: Jay returns in ''By the way, Are You a Sociopath?[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juKkLxdQo0]]''after getting PutOnABus for a while when they stopped making gaming videos
* EmbarrassingFirstName: In the Christmas podcast, [[spoiler: Santa Claus manipulates Stephen's memory to give him a flashback,]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsob9J0Ic2k ]] Daniel lets Stephen name his daughter in the process, he proceeds to name her Ted.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although comical violence is very common in the videos, blood is colored with a rainbow gradient or simply multi-colored. This is used as a way to prevent Youtube (The hosting site of the videos) from taking away the revenue the videos make.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Although comical violence is very common in
the videos, blood is colored with a rainbow gradient or simply multi-colored. This is used as a way to prevent Youtube (The hosting site of the videos) from taking away the revenue the videos make. *GenreSavvy: Much to Daniel’s chagrin, several small [[PlotTwist plot twists]], and sometimes TheReveal of some episodes are figured out long before they happen, and he has to adjust the story to avoid the others (often Stephen) from ending the game early.

* GenreSavvy: Much to Daniel’s chagrin, several small [[PlotTwist plot twists]], and sometimes TheReveal of some episodes are figured out long before they happen, and he has to adjust the story to avoid the others (often Stephen) from ending the game early.

** Hosuh is the blue to Daniel's red

* GenreSavvy: Much to Daniel’s chagrin, several small [[PlotTwist plot twists]], and sometimes TheReveal of some episodes is figured out long before they happen, and he has to adjust the story to avoid the others (often Stephen) from ending the game early.

* GenreSavvy: Much to Daniel’s chagrin, several small [[PlotTwist plot twists]], and sometimes TheReveal of some episodes is figured out long before they happen, and he has to adjust the story to avoid the others (often Stephen) from ending the story early.

* AxCrazy: Stephen.

[=DanPlan=] is a Canadian animation [=YouTube=] channel that started as a gaming channel in 2014. Their channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UGbBVrqLlq6CRxWWUmyKw here.]] 'By The Way' series follows three characters Daniel, Hosuh and Stephen. They usually get involved in survival games such as 'By the way, Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?', in which Daniel is often the [[GameMaster Game Master]], having little involvement in the plot in most videos , with some exceptions such as the 'By the way, Can You Survive an RPG Game?' series.

* AlienInvasion: At the end of 'By the way, Can You Survive an ALIEN ENCOUNTER[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4oCMkUxwQ ?]]' [[spoiler: the alien escapes]]. A week later, the alien race invades earth [[spoiler: and annihilates all human life.]]

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Hosuh is [[StupidGood the]] [[TokenGoodTeammate nicest]] out of the three, Stephen is the polar opposite that appears to be the AntiHero and Daniel is the in-between NiceGuy.

* HalloweenEpisode: ''By the way, Horror Storie[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jy_0Z2W2A s]]''
** Daniel, Hosuh and Stephen cast sit in a campfire telling horror stories.

* BlankWhiteEyes
* CurseCutShort: Done many times, notably with Stephen.

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