History WebVideo / PBSIdeaChannel

* ReferenceOverdosed: Attempting to list every single piece of work this show has made reference to would probably make the wiki explode.

* InsultBackFire: After the Unboxing Video someone called him a Vsause wannabe. He took it as a compliment.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: For the debate over how to pronounce ".GIF" ("jiff" or "giff"?), Idea Channel prefers to use "ʒɑɪf".

** Later {{Discussed}} if it can {{Invoked}} it in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQjBC0_2eA Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose?]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: [[{{In-universe}} Discussed]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZyzvLxEpUin their examination]] of Film/EndersGame.

--> Fiscal crisis, water shortage, income disparity, climate change, school shootings, social unrest, high unemployment, more Transformers movies

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Mike's description of "horror proper" as illustrated by the 90 percent of the iceberg that's submerged:

* BreathlessNonSequitur

** The year after that had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00vL3QYVyLY "What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?"]] [[spoiler:Which was just the host saying Ikea products]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: "The Experience of Being Trolled" has Red Shirted Mike, who talked about the topic of the video [[spoiler:as it was originally written]] and Blue Shirted Mike, added in [[spoiler:after the original filming]], who [[spoiler:realized that he didn't agree with what he wrote]].

* VerySpecialEpisode: The description of "The Experience of Being Trolled", which concerns... [[{{Troll}} yeah]], labels this as such. It helps that [[spoiler:partway though writing out the episode, Mike realized he didn't agree with what he wrote, leading to the above ColourCodedForYourConvenience example]].
** To clarify, Mike was originally trying to [[spoiler:argue that trolling has an upside]].

-->'''[[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Red Shirt Mike]]''': Here's an idea: maybe there's [[spoiler:a ''positive'' side to trolls on the internet]].\\

'''[[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Blue Shirt Mike]]''': [[spoiler:[[FlipFlopOfGod Or... not.]]]]

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: "The Experience of Being Trolled" has Red Shirted Mike, who talked about the topic of the video [[spoiler:as it was originally written]] and Blue Shirted Mike, added in [[spoiler:after the original filming]], who [[spoiler:realized that he didn't agree with what he wrote]].

-->'''[[OncePerEpisode Every episode beginning]]'''

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: [[{{In-universe}} Discussed]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZyzvLxEpUin their examination]] of Film/EndersGame.

Every week introduces a new idea, ranging far in wide in topic and scope. For example, take the following video titles; "What Do Santa And Wrestling Have In Common?", "Is [=YouTube=] Making Us Smarter?" and "Is A DOS Attack A Weapon?" Each video also has a short minute or so section where a selection of comments are highlighted for further discussion.

** The year after that had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00vL3QYVyLY "What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?"]]

* [[invoked]] FandomRivalry:

* OneOfUs: He has made videos on the topics of not only ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', but also on ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' and on Music/{{Vocaloid}}.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pNTn9cJApg Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity?]]", given [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon the reference material]], is the first deliberate example this show has done.
-->'''Mike:''' As you've probably noticed, we usually like to ''wait'' a little bit before saying anything, but the depth and '''volume''' of the conversations surrounding LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon has been ''monumental''. People are talking about how it's meaningful and interesting and important, and so ''that'' is what '''we''' going to talk about: the way that people are talking about LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemon.