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** [[SarcasmMode Good luck]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis with that]].

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* BrownNote: He places a faintly-audible sound in "This Video Will Hurt" that will cause sickness in listeners.[[spoiler:..is what he claimed in order to make viewers think that, so he can provide viewers with a firsthand example of the placebo effect.]]

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* BrownNote: He places a faintly-audible sound in "This Video Will Hurt" that will cause sickness in listeners.[[spoiler:..is what he claimed in order to make viewers think that, so he can provide viewers with a firsthand example of the placebo nocebo effect.]]


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* NoJustNoReaction: In the "How Many Countries are There" video, when talking about China–Taiwan relations:
-->'''Grey:''' Thus, the innocent question "how many countries?" has led us straight to a big 'World War III: Press Here To Start' button which is getting depressing so let's move on to...
-->''Shows map of West Bank and Gaza''
-->'''Grey:''' ohhhh, right. *sigh* No more politics.

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* TheVoice: Grey considers himself ‘a pretty private person,’ so in most of his videos, he becomes this trope. When appearing as himself, however, various methods are employed to hide his identitly. These include framing his face out (People Pronouncing Uranus video), or standing behind a tree in {{Numberphile}}’s "Favourite Numbers" videos.

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* TheVoice: Grey considers himself ‘a pretty private person,’ so in most of his videos, he becomes this trope. When appearing as himself, however, various methods are employed to hide his identitly. These include framing his face out (People Pronouncing Uranus video), or standing behind a tree in {{Numberphile}}’s "Favourite Numbers" videos. videos.
** In {{Vlogbrothers}} videos where he is in frame, he is usually censored with a large black box, sometimes annotated with his name. (The same courtesy extended to John Green's wife, "The Yeti")
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* BrownNote: He places a faintly-audible sound in "This Video Will Hurt" that will cause sickness in listeners.[[spoiler:..is what he claimed in order to make viewers think that, so he can provide viewers with a firsthand example of the placebo effect.]]

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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTube[=r=] whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of May 2014, he now has about 1,300,000 subscribers. His videos can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey. He also takes part in a podcast alongside Brady Haran called "Hello Internet" that can be found here: http://www.hellointernet.fm/



C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTube[=r=] whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of May 2014, he now has about 1,300,000 subscribers. His videos can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey. He also takes part in a podcast alongside Brady Haran called "Hello Internet" that can be found here: http://www.hellointernet.fm/



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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTube[=r=] whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, he now has around 850,000 subscribers. Can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey

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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTube[=r=] whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, May 2014, he now has around 850,000 about 1,300,000 subscribers. Can His videos can be found here: at http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGreycom/user/CGPGrey. He also takes part in a podcast alongside Brady Haran called "Hello Internet" that can be found here: http://www.hellointernet.fm/

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* CountriesAsPeople: From "How Many Countries are There?" on. In earlier videos, they are depicted just as flags.


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* NationsAsPeople: From "How Many Countries are There?" on. In earlier videos, they are either depicted as flags or have speech bubbles on a map.
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* CountriesAsPeople: From "How Many Countries are There?" on. In earlier videos, they are depicted just as flags.


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** [[GunboatDiplomacy Bigger-army diplomacy.]]
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* MotorMouth: In his United Kingdom video, he lists off about dozen or so countries in the Commonwealth Realm at a very rapid pace. He also blurts out a very fast disclaimer in The Law You Won't Be Told.

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* MotorMouth: In his United Kingdom video, he lists off about dozen or so countries in the Commonwealth Realm at a very rapid pace. He also blurts out a very fast disclaimer [[DontTryThisAtHome disclaimer]] in The Law You Won't Be Told.
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* DontTryThisAtHome: When discussing he law you won't be told:

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* DontTryThisAtHome: When discussing he the law you won't be told:
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* MotorMouth: In his United Kingdom video, he lists off about dozen or so countries in the Commonwealth Realm at a very rapid pace.

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* MotorMouth: In his United Kingdom video, he lists off about dozen or so countries in the Commonwealth Realm at a very rapid pace. He also blurts out a very fast disclaimer in The Law You Won't Be Told.
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* MotorMouth: In his United Kingdom video, he lists off about dozen or so countries in the Commonwealth Realm at a very rapid pace.
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* DontTryThisAtHome: When discussing he law you won't be told:
-->[[MotorMouth "CGP Grey is NOT a lawyer, this is NOT legal advice, it is meant for entertainment purposes only. Seriously, guy, don't do anything in a court of law based on what an internet video told you. No joke."]]
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* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, "Apples! (WebVideo/CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.
** When discussing a hypothetical "Videocators Guild", CGP Grey includes in its coat of arms, besides his own logo, the logos of [=MinutePhysics=], Vi Hart and [=CrashCourse=].

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* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, "Apples! (WebVideo/CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.
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** When discussing a hypothetical "Videocators Guild", CGP Grey includes in its coat of arms, arms includes, besides his own logo, the logos of [=MinutePhysics=], Vi Hart Creator/ViHart and [=CrashCourse=].
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** When discussing a hypothetical "Videocators Guild", CGP Grey includes in its coat of arms, besides his own logo, the logos of [=MinutePhysics=], Vi Hart and [=CrashCourse=].
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** Though, his own logo is a case of this: while it depicts science and technology, and the man ''wanted'' to make videos about such topics since he thinks that the two fields are the most important, most of his videos are about history, politics and nomenclature.

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** Though, his own logo is a case of this: while it depicts science and technology, and the man ''wanted'' to make videos about such topics the two fields since he thinks that the two fields they are the most important, most of his videos are about history, politics and nomenclature.
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** Though, his own logo is a case of this: while it depicts science and technology, and the man ''wanted'' to make videos about such topics since he thinks that the two fields are the most important, most of his videos are about history and politics.

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** Though, his own logo is a case of this: while it depicts science and technology, and the man ''wanted'' to make videos about such topics since he thinks that the two fields are the most important, most of his videos are about history history, politics and politics.nomenclature.
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** Though, his own logo is a case of this: while it depicts science and technology, and the man ''wanted'' to make videos about such topics since he thinks that the two fields are the most important, most of his videos are about history and politics.
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** His video "History of the Union Jack" has him not speak at all.
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* NonIndicativeName: Grey's pet peeve.
-->This message has been brought to you by The Society of People who Think that '''Names Should Mean Something'''.

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** He appeared in "Favourite Numbers and ‘Numbers confuse Americans" from Numberphile.

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** He appeared in "Favourite Numbers Numbers" and ‘Numbers "Numbers confuse Americans" from Numberphile.



* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, “Apples! (WebVideo/CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.

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* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, “Apples! "Apples! (WebVideo/CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.



** Because, Empire.

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** Because, Empire. [[hottip:*:Variants exist, such as "Because, Romans" and "Because, politics".]]
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Once discusses {{Reddit}}.
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* RunningGag: The History Channel

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* RunningGag: The History ChannelCreator/TheHistoryChannel
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-->…windfarms or [=WiFi=] or windfarms with [=WiFi=]…

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-->…windfarms or -->…people get sick from [=WiFi=] or windfarms or windfarms with [=WiFi=]…

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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTuber whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, he now has around 850,000 subscribers. Can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey

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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTuber YouTube[=r=] whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, he now has around 850,000 subscribers. Can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey


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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In his video "This Video Will Hurt", listing what people believe cause allergies:
-->…windfarms or [=WiFi=] or windfarms with [=WiFi=]…
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Included web address for convenience.


C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTuber whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, he now has around 850,000 subscribers.

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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTuber whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, he now has around 850,000 subscribers. Can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey
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** Because, Empire.
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* Earworm: The backing music to many of his video. The song used for his vlogs in particular. Good Luck getting that one out of your head!
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Step Three Profit is now Missing Steps Plan. Non-comedic examples and badly written examples are being removed.


* StepThreeProfit: In the "Help Support C.G.P Grey on Subbable" video, Grey uses this trope to explain why spending 100s of hours of work on a product he gives away for free, can’t garner much of a profit.
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* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, “Apples! (CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.

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* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, “Apples! (CGPGrey (WebVideo/CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.
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C.G.P. Grey is an Educational YouTuber whose 3rd video, “The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England” went viral in 2011. As of August 2013, he now has around 850,000 subscribers.
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* TheCameo: Grey has had many in other {{YouTube}}r’s videos:
** He appeared in "Favourite Numbers and ‘Numbers confuse Americans" from Numberphile.
* {{Catchphrase}}: “Hello, Internet”
* Earworm: The backing music to many of his video. The song used for his vlogs in particular. Good Luck getting that one out of your head!
* {{Homage}}: {{Hank Green}}’s {{vlogbrothers}} video, “Apples! (CGPGrey style)" is this to C.G.P Grey’s video.
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* RunningGag: The History Channel
* StepThreeProfit: In the "Help Support C.G.P Grey on Subbable" video, Grey uses this trope to explain why spending 100s of hours of work on a product he gives away for free, can’t garner much of a profit.
* TheVoice: Grey considers himself ‘a pretty private person,’ so in most of his videos, he becomes this trope. When appearing as himself, however, various methods are employed to hide his identitly. These include framing his face out (People Pronouncing Uranus video), or standing behind a tree in {{Numberphile}}’s "Favourite Numbers" videos.
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