History WebVideo / MarkRober

* MadeOfIndestructium: In a video, Mark makes lava and strong acid compete for the title of most destructive substance, along with a "surprise method" for each round's item. One round is a diamond, which proves itself as the one item the trio isn't able to so much as ''scratch'' it. It proceeds to shrug off the acid entirely (since carbon is hard to dissolve) and doesn't burn to the lava. Mark then reveals his own method: a hammer swing on an anvil. [[NoSell The diamond proceeds to drill a diamond-shaped hole in the anvil's steel instead of shattering.]]

* BullyingADragon: When one of his bait package volunteers in the 2.0 video decided to keep the package for themselves instead of using it as intended without returning it, Mark explicitly calls out how bad of an idea this act was in the context of the Glitter Bomb being motivated by a package theft in the first place. Mark then remarks that, in retaliation, he "hypothetically" had his contact info, to which he bought 300$ dollars worth of Scientology's starting course in their name, along with sending ten (actually an untold amount) custom post cards of various incriminating contents[[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} Convention registration, Flat Earth Society application, etc[[/note]] to a bunch of their neighbors.

* BullyingADragon: When one of his bait package volunteers in the 2.0 video decided to keep the package for themselves instead of using it as intended without returning it, Mark explicitly calls out how bad of an idea this act was in the context of the Glitter Bomb being motivated by a package theft in the first place. Mark then remarks that, in retaliation, he "hypothetically" had his contact info, to which he bought 300$ dollars worth of Scientology's starting course in their name[[note]]Thus having the group follow them for life[[/]], along with sending ten (actually an untold amount) custom post cards of various incriminating contents[[note]]UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} Convention registration, Flat Earth Society application, etc[[/note]] to a bunch of their neighbors.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Not every invention Mark makes is a winner in the practicality department. The "World's Largest Lemon Battery" looks impressive with the wall of 1200 lemons that can generate electricity, but it can only generate up to 300 milliamps, which is pretty low by the standards of an average battery; demonstrated in the video with both the lemon battery and a double A battery charging the same motor, with the latter showing more efficiency. Further lampshaded when they decided to use it to power a contraption to juice a single lemon to make lemonade.

%%* {{Crossover}}: Collaborated With Captain Disillusion, Peter Sripol, WebVideo/JimBrowning, [[WebVideo/Scammed Trilogy Media and Scammer Payback]]

*** While deconstructing the fake Flying Phone video, he [[https://youtu.be/LEZCxxKp0hM?t=309 demonstrates]] how the fans drown out the phone audio by playing an episode at full volume.

* SpecialGuest: Creator/MacaulayCulkin appears in Glitter Bomb 2.0 to help Mark improve the design, portrays a caricatured robber stealing the bomb, and gets to sample Mark's improved fart spray.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While trying to make an assembly for the world's highest egg drop, Mark's team was having trouble getting the rocket to fly close to their planned landing site, so he called up former NASA colleague Adam Steltzner for advice. Steltzner immediately pointed out that the team was effectively trying to create a ''guided missile'', and therefore anyone who could help them solve the problem is also ''legally banned'' from doing so. Mark and the team opted to reimagine their entire design instead.

* YourTomcatIsPregnant: While not necessarily owned by Mark, he dubbed one of the squirrels partaking in his Squirrel Maze video "Phat Gus", due to their larger than average weight plus appetite that's described as slovenly. More than halfway into the video, a close examination of Gus reveals that he's actually a she - and pregnant at that - leaving Mark to pivot his name of the squirrel to "Phantastic Gus" and rephrase slovenly to "healthy appetite". [[StatusQuoIsGod Said name was later reverted back to Phat Gus by the next video]] (after he [[FoodAsBribe got full consent]]).

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Unfortunately, some of the glitter bomb packages end up involving innocent bystanders. One was opened inside an Airbnb (rented by scammers as a temporary address), but thankfully, the landlord was on board with the whole scambaiting operation and got compensated for his trouble.

* MadeOfIndestructium: In a video, Mark makes lava and strong acid compete for the title of most destructive substance, along with a "surprise method" for each round's item. One round is a diamond. It proceeds to shrug off the acid entirely (since carbon is hard to dissolve) and doesn't burn to the lava. Mark then reveals his own method: an [[AnvilOnHead anvil drop]]! [[SubvertedTrope The diamond proceeds to drill a diamond-shaped hole in the anvil's steel instead of shattering.]]
* NeverMyFault: The reaction of each person who steals and opens one of Mark's glitter bombs.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While trying to make an assembly for the world's highest egg drop, Mark's team was having trouble getting the rocket to get close to their planned landing site so that the mattresses, so he called up former colleague Adam Steltzner for advice. Steltzner immediately pointed out that the team was effectively trying to create a ''guided missile'', and therefore anyone who could help them solve the problem is also ''legally banned'' from doing so. Mark and the team opted to reimagine their entire design instead.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While trying to make an assembly for the world's highest egg drop, Mark's team was having trouble getting the rocket to get close to their planned landing site so that the mattresses, so he called up former colleague Adam Steltzner for advice. Steltzner immediately pointed out that the team is effectively trying to create a ''guided missile'', and therefore anyone who could help them solve the problem is also ''legally banned'' from doing so. Mark and the team opted to reimagine their entire design instead.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Anyone who steals one of Mark's bait packages gets hit with glitter and fart spray. In contrast, some [[GoodSamaritan good samaritans]] return them to Mark and are rewarded for it.

* NonSequitur: During Mark's [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope mostly redacted explanation behind how to create Devil's Toothpaste]], one of the discernable phrases heard in the middle of the beeps is Creator/OprahWinfrey.

** Rober is a fond of the ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' soundtrack ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX_RRosndQk Rooftop]] as he likes to use it in multiple videos.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Anyone who steals one of Mark's bait packages gets hit with glitter and fart spray. In contrast, some GoodSamaritans return them to Mark and are rewarded for it.

Mark Rober is an American Website/{{YouTube}}r, who previously worked at UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} since 2004 to 2013. He started his [=YouTube=] channel on October 20, 2011, where (ten days later) he posted his first video of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6p5mbp_M98 a gaping hole torso-view shirt]], which gained a million views in a single day. Since then, he's post a variety of content discussing the science behind various topics, and engineering different inventions and devices, including of [[{{BFG}} large toy guns]], an automatic bullseye dartboard, flying phone drone, and glitter bomb bait packages.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Unfortunately, some of the glitter bomb packages end up involving innocent bystanders. One was opened inside an Airbnb (rented by scammers as a temporary address), but thankfully, the landlord was on board with the whole operation and got compensated for his trouble.

* NonSequitur: During Mark's [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope mostly redacted explanation behind how to create Devil's Toothpaste]], one of the disernable phrases heard in the middle of the beeps is Creator/OprahWinfrey.

*** One victim of the tech support scam is represented by pictures of Phyllis from the show.

-->''"When life give's you twelve-hundred lemons, make lemonade... [[ItMakesSenseInContext then force kids to drink it to power your regenerative zipline.]]"''

* YourTomcatIsPregnant: While not necessarily owned by Mark, he dubbed one of the squirrels partaking in his Squirrel Maze video "Phat Gus", due to their larger than average weight plus appetite that's described as slovenly. More than halfway into the video, a close examination of Gus reveals that he's actually a she - and pregnant at that - leaving Mark to pivot his name of the squirrel to "Phantastic Gus" and rephrase slovenly to "healthy appetite". [[StatusQuoIsGod Said name was later reverted back to Phat Gus by the next video.]]

* TemptingFate: Twice in the "This Ball is Impossible to Hit" video, with Mark narrating that he intends for his first bat swing in Wiffleball to be his moment, and his bat swing being the point where things were gonna change, both times were cut off mid-sentence by Mark striking out.

Mark Rober is an American Website/{{YouTube}}r, who previously worked at UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} since 2004 to 2013. He started his [=YouTube=] channel in October 20, 2011, where (ten days later) he posted his first video of a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6p5mbp_M98 a gaping hole torso-view shirt]], which gained a million views in a single day. Since then, he's post a variety of content discussing the science behind various topics, and engineering different inventions and devices, including of [[{{BFG}} large toy guns]], an automatic bullseye dartboard, flying phone drone, and glitter bomb bait packages.