History WebVideo / Britanick

* {{Parody}}: "Fudge" is an extended parody of a famous scene from AChristmasStory.

* ThisIsRealLife: Invoked by Nick in "The Morning Routine" when he's getting exasperated with Brian's stunts: "This isn't a Marmaduke cartoon strip, Brian. That's not going to work."

* ZanyScheme: Parodied in "Teamwork." Brian wants a kiss from the beautiful Jennifer, so he and Nick try various, increasingly bizarre attempts to get one. In the end, Jennifer's roommate outright tells them that they don't need any wacky schemes to do so--Jennifer's dumb enough to simply kiss Brian if he asks.

* PaperThinDisguise: In "Teamwork," Nick tries to pass himself off as a cop to get Jennifer to kiss Brian, who pretends to be a breathalyzer. Their disguises consist of a British policeman's hat and large, obviously fake mustache for Nick and a small straw for Brian. Amazingly, Jennifer falls for it--but her GenreSavvy roommate doesn't. Later, Nick and Brian try again, this time dressing up as a wizard (with a costume hat and towel tied like a cape) and an "enchanted frog prince" (by painting his face green and putting on all-green clothes and a crown), respectively.

* LaboriousLaziness: In "The Morning Routine", Brian has apparently planned elaborate and ridiculous schemes to get him just a few more minutes of sleep. These include [[spoiler: Making a recording of himself talking about getting ready to go work, creating a mask with open eyes to appear awake, and even hiring a double (who seems to think he's playing "Briam"]]. Worse yet, the title seems to indicate that this kind of weirdness is a regular event.

As the series has become more popular, they've attracted the attention of a few well-known actors, and some of their later videos have featured Danny Pudi (of {{Community}}), JossWhedon, and NathanFillion.

* SpecialGuest: Alongside their work on the 2013 release of MuchAdoAboutNothing, they were able to get appearances from JossWhedon, NathanFillion, and much of the rest of the cast in various episodes.

As the series has become more popular, they've attracted the attention of a few well-known actors, and some of their later videos have featured Danny Pudi (of Community), Joss Whedon, and Nathan Fillion.

Their best-known video is probably their TropeOverdosed ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver.

* RandomTeleportation: One of the side effects of Herpex. [[spoiler: Possibly its only effect, as it may not cure herpes.]]

* FreakyFridayFlip: "A Monologue for Three" ends with a four-way example of this between Nick, Brian, Danny Pudi and . . . you'll just have to watch it. The swap is left unresolved at the end.
** A variation happens in 'Sexy Pool Party', where its implied at the end that anyone who gets wet will change bodies with a hot celebrity. It also doesn't seem limited to a singular body either.
--> '''Nathan Fillion''': Yeah, could you wait? I just turned into two losers and a dog!
** Inanimate objects are also not immune; a beer can becomes a glass of Martini.
** Makes one wonder [[FridgeLogic what became of the girl that Fifi the dog changed with.]]

* DoubleEntendre: In 'Boy's Night In', Nick develops a condition where he will spontaneously act on them whenever he hears them, culminating in them trying to have a peaceful night trying to avoid any if at all possible.
** It's eventually taken UpToEleven when all Nick has to do is step inside the apartment to suddenly become completely naked.
* FreakyFridayFlip: "A Monologue for Three" ends with a four-way example of this between Nick, Brian, Danny Pudi and . . . you'll just have to watch it. The swap is left unresolved at the end.
** A variation happens in 'Sexy Pool Party', where its implied at the end that anyone who gets wet will change bodies with a hot celebrity. It also doesn't seem limited to a singular body either.
--> '''Nathan Fillion''': Yeah, could you wait? I just turned into two losers and a dog!
** Inanimate objects are also not immune; a beer can becomes a glass of Martini.
** Makes one wonder [[FridgeLogic what became of the girl that Fifi the dog changed with.]]

* MindScrew: "Boys' Night In" sees Nick taking off all his clothes whenever Brian makes a double entendre, and eventually whenever he comes to Brian's apartment. When Brian's girlfriend comes over on Friday, he's terrified that after he kisses her, she'll turn into "Naked Brian." She persuades him to do so anyway, and after he pulls away, he finds that she didn't transform...but ''he'' somehow did. And his girlfriend turns out to be Brian himself, who's also naked.

* ZanyScheme: Parodied in "Teamwork." Brian wants a kiss from the beautiful Jennifer, so he and Nick tries various, increasingly bizarre attempts to get one. In the end, Jennifer's roommate outright tells them that they don't need any wacky schemes to do so--Jennifer's dumb enough to simply kiss Brian if he asks.

* MindScrew: "Boys' Night In" sees Nick taking off all his clothes whenever Brian makes a double entendre, and eventually whenever he comes to Brian's apartment. When Brian's girlfriend comes over on Friday, he's terrified that after he kisses her, she'll turn into "Naked Brian." She persuades him to do so anyway, and after he pulls away, he finds that she didn't transform...but ''he'' somehow did. And his girlfriend turns out to be Brian, himself who's also naked.

Britanick is a series of short comedy videos by Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher. The videos are a series of short one-offs, with no plot continuity or character development. The humor is generally bizarre, dark, or both, and often centers on the Brian's or Nick's romantic troubles.

** A variation happens in 'Sexy Pool Part', where its implied at the end that anyone who gets wet will change bodies with a hot celebrity. It also doesn't seem limited to a singular body either.

* MoodWhiplash:

* SideEffectsInclude: One of the early videos was a commercial for Herpex, a medicine to treat herpes whose side effects include a semi-controllable ability to teleport (and which doesn't actually cure herpes.

* HyperSpace:

* RandomTeleportation: