History WebVideo / DankPods

* TheFaceless: Wade/Dank doesn't show his face in his videos[[note]]Unless you were more familiar with his ''Dankmus'' channel, to which his showed his face in one video[[/note]], always setting his camera to his work desk. You do see his reflection during the "Boot Windows 10 from an iPod Classic" video, but that's about it. Averted when he reached 200k subscribers, when he showed his face indirectly via his ''ID Card'' (with the 1 GRIT rock covering the sensitive information) through the YT community section.

** The video on the ZUNE[[note]]Microsoft's failed attempt to join the media player market[[/note]] and the series on booting Windows 10 on an iPod will have Wade completely rip apart Windows for becoming very lazy and sketchy with certain decisions, most notably on the former borderline ranting about Windows's laziness in making what could have been a decent MP3 player and the latter with a small tirade about Windows becoming very complacent following the release of Windows 10 since they don't really have competition anymore.

--> '''Wade:''' And after I destroy it, it decides to show me Shrek! What have I done? What have I done!? I'm a monster!

* WhatHaveIDone: In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcdpXgcbYDQ review of the Lego [=MP3=] player]], after struggling to upload some music and photos to the device, which fails to play or show any of it, he sets about it with various sharp tools until it's stripped down to the its plastic chassis... at which point a picture of Shrek flickers onto the screen. He gently sets down the stricken player in shock.

* VideoReviewShow: With a definite focus on AccentuateTheNegative, although this can be to products that genuinely suck (such as the Spongebob [=MP3=] player or the Zune) and even ''if'' the item sucks, he tries to make it fun and entertaining.

* UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent: Wade's natural speaking voice, of course, though he does put on a very broad exaggerated accent when pretending to advertise the features of terrible devices and accessories, usually throwing in a lot of Australian slang and cultural references for good measure.

* AustralianAccent: Wade's natural speaking voice, of course, though he does put on a very broad exaggerated accent when pretending to advertise the features of terrible devices and accessories, usually throwing in a lot of Australian slang and cultural references for good measure.

[=DankPods=] (real name Wade Nixon) is an Australian Website/YouTube channel, named after the owner's eBay account. His videos are usually about iPods and other [=MP3=] players, usually reviewing them in a comedic way.

[=DankPods=] is an Australian Website/YouTube channel, named after the owner's eBay account. His videos are usually about iPods and other [=MP3=] players, usually reviewing them in a comedic way.

* ArousedByTheirVoice: [=DankPods=] pretends to be infatuated with his Bluetooth speaker because of its Australian-accented female voice that announces status and settings - he will always switch modes just to hear it say "auxiliary mode", regardless of whether the mode is needed for the review.

* DoNotTryThisAtHome: [=DankPods=] will often try opening devices up in a dangerous way, warning viewers not to do what he's about to do. On several occasions he has actually injured himself on camera.

* TheFaceless: Wade/Dank doesn't show his face in his videos[[note]]Unless you were more familiar with his ''Dankmus'' channel, to which his showed his face in one video[[/note]], always setting his camera to his work desk. You do see his reflection during the "Boot Windows 10 from an iPod Classic" video, but that's about it. Averted when he reached 200k subscribers, to which he showed his face ala his ''ID Card'' (with the 1 GRIT rock covering the sensitive information) through the YT community section.
* OhCrap: He tends to have this moments whenever something isn't right with the product he looks at, but one big example was when attempting to fix his [=1TB=] iPod, he realizes there's more damage after he broke the chassis[[note]]The metal frame that holds the iPod's components together[[/note]] and it began to make crack noises when he attempted to put it together.
* OncePerEpisode: Every video opens with a shot of [=DankPods=]' desk, followed by him throwing the video's main topic (or a setup) onto it.
* PercussiveTherapy: Any particularly terrible devices and accessories will usually end up smashed by the end of the video, either by being whacked with a small anvil, or Dank's "1 grit sandpaper", which is just a fist-sized chunk of concrete slab.

* RunningGag: [=DankPods'=] fascination with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' crops up in many videos:
** Any video-capable device will always be tested by loading a copy of ''Shrek'' onto it. Audio-only devices will sometimes get ''Now That's What I Call Shrek'' (a real compilation album of ''Shrek''-related music) or at the very least, Music/SmashMouth's "All Star".
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NykWxk2UgAA one video]] he Frankensteins together an iPod out of various semi-broken spare parts, held together with blu-tack, sticky tape and cable ties, and loaded with a copy of ''Shrek''. He names it the "[=ShrekPod=] Pro".
** Frequently substituting the word "wrecked" with "Shreked".

* ShoutOut: Dank leans heavily into being Australian, so references to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia Bart Vs Australia]]" abound, including referring to all prices in "dollarydoos", and in one video while using a knife, mutters "You call that a knife? This is a knife!" before pulling out a spoon.

** Referring to cheap [=MP3=] players as "dirty nuggets".
** "Someone's been here!", when referring to how a certain item (mainly an iPod) has been broken into before.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Since mid-2020, his videos usually end with him advertising the extra video/"aftershow" available to his Patreon followers, complete with a showcase on what the video is about. Shame on you, non-Pateron following viewers...

* OhCrap: He tends to have this moments whenever something isn't right with the product he looks at, but one big example was when attempting to fix his [=1TB=] iPod, he realizes there's more damage after he broke the Chaise[[note]]The metal rig that holds the iPod's components together[[/note]] and it began to make crack noises when he attempted to put it together.

* VideoReviewShow: With a definite focus on AccentuateTheNegative, although this can be to products that genuinely suck (such as the Spongebob MP3 player or the Zune) and even ''if'' the item sucks, he tries to make it fun and entertaining.

* {{Adorkable}}: Dank himself comes off as relatively goofy, playful, and borderline [[LargeHam hammy]] when he gushes about iPods, or even when he's discussing a very bad item.

* VideoReviewShow: With a definite focus on AccentuateTheNegative.

** Any video-capable device will always be tested by loading a copy of ''Shrek'' onto it.

* Catchphrase: Many:

** Referring to cheap MP3 players as "dirty nuggets".

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Since mid-2020, his videos usually end with him advertising the extra video/"aftershow" available to his Pateron followers, complete with a showcase on what the video is about. Shame on you, non-Pateron following viewers...

* OncePerEpisode: Every video opens with a shot of [=DankPods=]' desk, followed by him throwing the video's main topic (or a setup) onto it.

* OncePerEpisode: Every video opens with a shot of DankPods' desk, followed by him throwing the video's main topic (or a setup) onto it.

He has gained fame for some of his more creative videos, such as the 1TB iPod Classic and the ShrekPod Pro, later revealed to haven created from the scraps of a broken iPod received through the eBay Global Shipping Program, which he hates.