History WebVideo / BillWurtz

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Bill's videos are filled with nonsense lyrics and quirky takes. Then he actually adds music and shows that he's a gifted singer and multi-instrumentalist (playing ''at least'' the guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and piccolo).

* LyricalDissonance: [[PhraseSaladLyrics His lyrics tend to not convey a lot of coherent meaning]], but he tends to ignore the potentially dark implications of some of them up; one example being an upbeat ditty called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elizAugXVcI Mount St. Helens is about to Blow Up]]", [[https://youtu.be/80HRXgEeXts?t=45 which is intentional to a degree]].

** [[spoiler: ''[=]=]'', ''[[RunningGag [=]]=]]]'', ''[[{{Rickroll}} [=]]]=]]]'', and ''[[NonIndicativeName a brief history of spain (and portugal)]]'']]

* {{Rickroll}}: [[spoiler:''[=]]]=]'']]

%%* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:Old [=MacDonald=]'s Farm.]]
%%* MickeyMousing: Shows up quite often in his videos.

* PhraseSaladLyrics: Most of his song lyrics are built of phrases that are perfectly coherent on their own, but when put together as a song, they don't always form a proper narrative or consistent meaning to them. Take this excerpt from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0HCZ4YGqbw La de da de da de da de day oh]]" as an example:

* TakeThat: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bEWoblGZA unboxing video]] is one of these towards unboxing videos and a few staples of YouTube videos.

* IWantSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUs1Popfd8g "i wanna be a movie star"]]...sort of. The chorus explicitly states it, though the verses expand on different sentiments than being a movie star. According to Bill the song is about "feelings, hopes and dreams, and the human experience in general".

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: His music can best be described as "Music/DavidByrne, [[TheElevatorFromIpanema elevator music]], and Adult Swim interstitials thrown in a blender."

* AuthorAppeal: Love frequently is brought up, as well as the idea of going home or being where you belong. Marijuana and the concept of getting high (both for drugs and in a literal sense) also pop up at times.

-> ''[[TheStinger but i can.]]''

->''"I don't remember why I first saw the mountains, but they've always been there. Now that I see them, I'm wondering why they're there. But they're here. I can't climb them. But I can."''

->''"I don't remember why I first saw the mountains, but they've always been there. Now that I see them, I'm wondering why they're there. But they're here. I can't climb them."''

* UncommonTime: "i wanna be a movie star" is in 9/8.

* PhraseSaladLyrics: Most of his song lyrics are built of phrases that are perfectly coherent on their own, but when put together as a song, they don't always form a proper narrative or consistent meaning to them.

* [[AntiLoveSong anti-love song]]: One verse of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwi3AmAJO5k "i like"]] has this tone.
* [[AuthorAppeal author appeal]]: Love frequently is brought up, as well as the idea of going home or being where you belong. Marijuana and the concept of getting high (both for drugs and in a literal sense) also pop up at times.
* [[BaitAndSwitch bait and switch]]: Some videos run on this.

* [[BizarreTasteInFood bizarre taste in food]]: Plastic.

* [[CaptainObvious captain obvious]]: Physics lesson: [[spoiler:Don't fall down.]]

* [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarker]]: Runs throughout his works, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO3y2DHGSFM here.]]
* [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment department of redundancy department]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NArIVIQ4BI "soap tips"]] has this when listing the qualities of two bars of soap ("soapy", "soap-like", "very soapy", "soap flavored", "has a soapy texture", "soapesque"). The fact it's pondering combining two bars of soap would also likely fall under this.
* [[FirstNameBasis first name basis]]: On his questions page Bill has expressed a dislike for being referred to as "Mr. Wurtz" and "Mr. Bill", preferring just Bill.
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep everyone calls him "barkeep"]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1NJQ0UP_Q "steve"]] has to point out when answering a letter that isn't actually his name, but he doesn't care and he hasn't given his real name.
* [[IWantSong "i want" song]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUs1Popfd8g "i wanna be a movie star"]]...sort of. The chorus explicitly states it, though the verses expand on different sentiments than being a movie star. According to Bill the song is about "feelings, hopes and dreams, and the human experience in general".
* [[MadeOfExplodium made of explodium]]: [[spoiler:Old [=MacDonald=]'s Farm.]]
* [[MickeyMousing mickey mousing]]: Shows up quite often in his videos.
* [[MundaneMadeAwesome mundane made awesome]]: Bill [[https://youtu.be/g02WKrWjUgA makes a song]] out of the alphabet.
* [[MusicalisInterruptus musicalis interruptus]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1NJQ0UP_Q "steve"'s]] song after climbing the mountain is interrupted by some sort of mailbird.
* [[OverlyLongGag overly long gag]]: [[https://youtu.be/6pKpUZ7j-Bc the 'ngiueh' song.]]

* [[PhraseSaladLyrics phrase salad lyrics]]: Most of his song lyrics are built of phrases that are perfectly coherent on their own, but when put together as a song, they don't always form a proper narrative or consistent meaning to them.
* [[RapidFireComedy rapid-fire comedy]]: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as most of his videos were created for WebOriginal/{{Vine}}. Even as he's moved away from it following the site's collapse, it's been a staple of his.
* [[{{Rickroll}} rickroll]]: [[spoiler:''[=]]]=]'']]
* [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecation]]: Pops up at times, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvNpQ1TmMkQ advice to young musicians,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4YVF1Zn1Dg i'm a loser]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuJvZdKlJH8 i hate myself.]]
* [[SerialEscalation serial escalation]]: After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o history of japan]] went viral he followed it up with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCn8ux2gbs history of the entire world, i guess]], which aside from the broadened scope is nearly twice as long.
* [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent something completely different]]: Any video that is longer than ten seconds.

* [[SoundtrackDissonance soundtrack dissonance:]] Bill almost always has upbeat, jazzy and catchy jingles underneath bizarre, snarky or negative messages, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-jkyida4zw here.]]
* [[UncommonTime uncommon time]]: "i wanna be a movie star" is in 9/8.
* [[UnreliableNarrator unreliable narrator]]: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c1NJQ0UP_Q hi, i'm steve]] basically ''starts'' with the titular character admitting that his name isn't actually Steve. He brings this fact up again later. [[spoiler:Then he ends the video saying [[MindScrew "bye, i'm steve"]].]]
* [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove what is this thing you call "love"?]]:

[[https://www.youtube.com/user/billwurtz/videos Bill Wurtz]] is an American musician and video creator; his works are distinct in their use of musical jingles and surreal colorful visuals. He initially focused on Vine videos with songs intermingled and had some success there, but eventually expressed a desire to create longer unrestricted videos. The result of this was WebVideo/HistoryOfJapan, which swiftly went viral. After working 10 months on it, he presented the follow up, WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess.

* [[AuthorAppeal author appeal]]: Love frequently is brought up; marijuana and the concept of getting high (both for drugs and in a literal sense) also pop up.

-> ''[[TheStinger but i can.]]

** Is it a four-lettered word you can use in various ways that are mostly positive?[[note]]i LOVE moms;the beach;electronics;the mexican nation;/inside/outside baseball;crowd surfing;a warm night by the fire;early bollywood films;competitive vaping;stairs[[/note]] [[spoiler:Hell Yeah.]]