History WebAnimation / OverSimplified

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing:
** Henry VII became such a paranoid tyrant in his older years that many of his subjects were happy to see him pass and be replaced by his son. [[HistoryRepeats Who became such a tyrant in his older years that many of his subjects were happy to see him pass and be replaced.]]
** The Repeal of Prohibition saw huge celebrations akin to celebrating the end of a major war.
* AntiClimax: Despite all the build-up, the Bolshevik Revolution was not an epic battle between them and the Provisional Government, but rather the Bolsheviks just walking into key buildings and taking control with very little resistance.

** Downplayed in the French Revolution videos, which state that King Louis VXI's execution was decided by one vote. In reality, the convention voted ''overwhelmingly'' in favour of execution, it's just that some of those votes were for death with conditions, such as delaying until after the war was over. In fairness, the video does state under the tally that the "one vote" difference was for "Death without conditions" vs. "All other options."

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In "Hitler, Part One":
-->''"As [Hitler] grew older, though, he started to get into trouble. He was caught smoking once, organized a raid on a local orchard, tormented his pro-Austria religion teacher with symbolic gestures displaying his allegiance to the idea of a united Germanic people under a greater German state in defiance of Habsburg Austria--[[LampshadeHanging you know, the usual.]]"''

** In ''The First Punic War, a Carthaginian general who retreated from Mesanna was sentenced to death by crucifixion,.

* PeopleFarm: After John Brown was executed, a southerner says that soon, there will be a million John Browns. His friend imagines himself raising John Browns for their hair, or 100% Human Cotton.

** In "Prohibition", the anti-German sentiment that brewed during the first World War caused some German things to be renamed, like Sauerkraut becoming Liberty Cabbage. Later when going into detail about the Volstead Act outlawing everything over .5% ... which includes Liberty Cabbage.

* CurbStompBattle: [[DavidVersusGoliath The Battle of Cannae saw Rome pit 85,000 men against Hannibal's 40,000 men]]. Using clever formations, bait and the Roman army's own brute force might against it, Hannibal manages to completely encircle the Roman army. The result? The Carthaginians inflict ten times as many casualites, wipe the entire army out nearly to a man, kill 80 senators who were present at the battle (about a fifth of Rome's ruling hierarchy), many military leaders and up to ''20%'' of Rome's male population of fighting age. This victory cemented Hannibal's position as [[TheDreaded a symbol of fear]] throughout Roman history, even long after his death.

* CurbStompBattle: [[DavidVersusGoliath The Battle of Cannae saw Rome pit 85,000 men against Hannibal's 40,000 men]]. Using clever formations, bait and the Roman army's own brute force might against it, Hannibal manages to completely encircle the Roman army. The result? The Carthaginians inflict ten times as many casualites, wipe the entire army out nearly to a man, kill 80 senators who were present at the battle (about a fifth of Rome's ruling hierarchy), many military leaders and up to ''20%'' of Rome's male population of fighting age.

* CurbStompBattle: [[DavidVersusGoliath The Battle of Cannae saw Rome pit 85,000 men against Hannibal's 40,000 men]]. Using clever formations, bait and the Roman army's own brute force might against it, Hannibal manages to completely encircle the Roman army. The result? The Carthaginians inflict ten times as many casualites, wipe the entire army out nearly to a man, kill 80 senators who were present at the battle (about a fifth of Rome's ruling hierarchy), many military leaders and up to ''20% of Rome's male population of fighting age''.

Now some of you might be thinking, "But [=TVTropes=], [=YouTube=] didn't discover [=OverSimplified=], the Vikings did." And you would be wrong. I'm not sure why you'd think that.

Now some of you might be thinking, "But [=TVTropes=], [=YouTube=] didn't discover [=OverSimplified=], the Vikings did."

And you would be wrong. I'm not sure why you'd think that.

* TheTalk: After Napoleon demands an explanation on how horses are “made” as he pressures the French industry to produce more supplies for war, there is a SmashCut to a traumatized Napoleon in the stables with two horse in the background, [[SmokingHotSex one of them smoking a cigarette]].

TheTalk: After Napoleon demands an explanation on how horses are “made” as he pressures the French industry to produce more supplies for war, there is a SmashCut to a traumatized Napoleon in the stables with two horse in the background, [[SmokingHotSex one of them smoking a cigarette]].

* AlternativeHistory: Both World War videos briefly have the narrator start to tell of a wonderful peaceful resolution to both conflicts before quickly affirming that no, it didn't go like that at all:

** Alexander III was verbally abusive as well as neglectful to his son, the future Nicholas II, calling him a "girly girl" and refusing to actually teach him how to be a ruler until just before his death.[[note]]Definitely ArtisticLicenseHistory, as Alexander III was noted to be far more lenient towards his children than most contemporary European monarchs, having told told their tutors that "I do not need porcelain, I want normal healthy Russian children." The only reason why he was harsher towards Nicholas than his siblings was due to the fact that the prince was far too gentle and naïve, which were traits undesirable in a ruler, thus forcing him to be more stern in order to shape his son up to be his heir to the Russian Empire.[[/note]]