History WebVideo / SteveDMonster

* AbsurdityAscendant
* AccidentalMisnaming: Don’t call Steve “Stevie”, it’s his BerserkButton.
** Steve can't ever seem to remember Ella the Elf's name, and has refered to her as Bella, Willa, Hannah, Sarah, and Shirley.

* MysteriousWoman: Easter Egg
* [[NiceGuy Nice Gal]]: Bethany.

* PottyDance: Done once when Steve dedicated a rap to his subscribers in 2008.
* PuppetShows

* RodentsOfUnusualSize: The Squirrely Squirrels.
* SameSexTriplets: The Squirrely Squirrels, again.
* SchizoTech: For Multiple Demographic Appeal

* ShootTheMoney

* TheSilentBob: Easter Egg.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Steve.

* StopTrick

* TerribleTrio: The Squirrely Squirrels.

* ThemeNaming: Easter Egg… because she is!

* WiseBeyondTheirYears

* PositiveDiscrimination:
** Steve doesn’t like how some people think monsters hide in closets and under beds to scare people.
*** On the same token, Steve also admits that Halloween is his favorite holiday, because it’s the one day of the year where he can be himself.

** Happens again in “O Christmas Tree”, in which Steve [[UpToEleven plunges the entire universe into darkness]] after he blows a circuit while plugging in the Christmas lights.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Easter Egg.

* {{Hipster}}: In Steve’s dreams.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard

* HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys?: This could mark a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, as it manages to utilize multiple tropes in one. For starters, this trope turned out to be Steve’s NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion, which resulted in Ella the Elf giving him basically a MathematiciansAnswer, which caused Steve to have a HeroicBSOD, prompting Ella to simplify her answer to,

* InsaneTrollLogic:
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Jennifer.
** Julie and Justine to a lesser degree, since they mostly follow her lead.
* KafkaKomedy
* {{Kidanova}}: Steve
* TheKlutz: Julie
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Steve and Jennifer.
* LampshadeHanging
* LampshadedTheObscureReference: Partly due to the MultipleDemographicAppeal.

* MayTheFarceBeWithYou

* {{Meganekko}}: Easter Egg.

Although the regular series of videos lasted from December 2007 to May 2013 for 52 episodes, Steve still continues to appear in a number of one-off, stand-alone shorts and specials on Scarbrough's [=YouTube=] channel

* AgelessBirthdayEpisode: "The Long, Dull August" (S7) both plays this straight, and lampshades it, as even though it's Steve's birthday, he's well aware that he's ''still'' four-years-old and even remarks he doesn't understand how or why.

* AmusingInjuries: Lampshaded in “Turkey Time” (S3), in which Steve attempts to jump from an apartment balcony to the tree standing next to it, only to miss it by a longshot, and plummet to the ground below (later seen in all kinds of casts and bandages, and literally one dead eye).

** In-universe in "Year in Review" (S3), in which each topic Steve discusses in his review of 2008, he manages to slip in some kind of insult against Scarbrough.

* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Happens in "O Christmas Tree" (S7), where Steve plugging in the Christmas lights causes a short that plunges the entire universe into total darkness.

* ChristmasEpisode: “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”, “Holiday Message” (both S3), the six-part “Steve’s Inefficient Christmas” (S6), “O Christmas Tree”, “Jingle Jangle All the Way”, and “Twas the Night” (all S7)

* ClipShow: "Memory Lane" (S7)

* ContentWarnings: “Year in Review” (S3) ends with this disclaimer:

** Deja vu in "2012: A Look Back" (S7), only this time, the disclaimer was audiovisual in the form on an Easter Egg Tip of the Day.
* CrackOhMyBack: "The Not-Even-Pretty-Good Can Drive" (S7), Steve tries to carry a heavy box full of canned food to the community center.

* CreepyBasement: Basically the plot device of, "Down in the Basement" (S7); it also doesn't help Steve's nerves that stock haunted house sound effects can be heard, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent a glowing pumpkin keeps changing positions while he isn't looking]].

* DontGoIntoTheWoods: In “Whatever Happened to Steve D’Monster?” (S6), Steve runs away from home, and at one point, is apprehensively walking through woods, where he encounters… [[GiantSpider A SPIDERRRR!!!]]

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In “Monster Medley” (S5), Steve sings a medley of songs that have the exact same tune (“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and “The Alphabet Song”), but the subtitle lyrics don’t match what he is singing.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Done twice in "Steve’s Inefficient Christmas" (S6), when the Santa Headquarters experiences a BigBlackout, the radar screen flashes a “Total System Shutdown” error message, but for a split second, a flash is replaced with an image of Grover from ''Series/SesameStreet''. Later still, the radar screen has a standby message that reads, “Dude, You’re Screwed!”

* HalloweenEpisode: “The Monster Mismatch” (S3), “Down in the Basement”, and “Haven’t I Seen Me Somewhere Before?” (both S7).
* HilariousOuttakes: Two different episodes entitled, "I Never Make Misteaks," (one from S4, the other from S6) are dedicated to showcasing outtakes and bloopers from previous episodes.

* HollywoodDarkness: In “O Christmas Tree” (S7), it takes Steve 24 hours to try to chop a Christmas tree down; after the first 12 hours, it’s supposedly the middle of the night, even though it was shot during the day, and darkened in post-production.

** Steve lampshades it usage in "2012: A Look Back" (S7), when he opens his ''Monstrocity News'' broadcast with, "This is ''Monstrocity News'', the only newsprogram where you can hear the sounds of laughter, other than ''[[Series/TheGreatSpaceCoaster The Gary Gnu Show]]''."
** Subverted in "Steve Vs. Internet Commercialism" (S7), where Steve is constantly interrupted by a series of commercials, which is met with boos and hisses.

* LongList: From part of "Steve's Inefficient Christmas" (S6), Steve goes over his Christmas List... of people whom he wishes to receive presents from, scribbled onto an index card... that folds out and expands to nearly his entire body length.

* SeriesFauxnale: While "Memory Lane" (S7) wasn't the last episode chronologically, because it was a ClipShow, it was the last one released.

** In “Anime Domine” (S5), Steve transforms himself from a puppet to an anime character (in reference to Anime Muppets used in recent seasons of ''Series/SesameStreet''); he also remarks,

** "Whatever Happened to Steve D'Monster?" (S6) included a nod to the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode, "The Maid", in which Kramer gets lost downtown, and accepts a ride from a stranger.
** "Accentuation" (S5) contained a nod to a poor knock-knock joke from [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Lyle Kane]], as well as Steve owning a copy of ''[[Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway Colin Mochrie's Guide to Different Accents in Different Countries]]''.
** "Down in the Basement" (S7), Steve hears a chilling sound reminiscent of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]' famous, "Ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma," sound, though it was actually a ghastly pot with a jar of peanut butter on top of it, stating, "Jif-Jif-Jif pot-pot-pot".

* ValentinesDayEpisodes: "February 14" (S1) and "The Choice" (S6).

Although the regular series of videos lasted from December 2007 to May 2013 for 52 episodes, Steve still continues to appear in a number of one-off, stand-alone shorts and specials on Scarbrough's YouTube channel

The Steve D’Monster videos lasted for seven seasons on [=YouTube=], and as of March 22, 2013, Scarbrough has announced that the [=YouTube=] videos are coming to an end, so more focus can be put into new, more elaborate projects, including a possible fictional talk show featuring Steve and Bethany. The series lasted for a grand total of 63 entries, not counting additional special videos that have been uploaded over the years that were not included as part of the regular series.

* PurpleEyes:
** Julie
** Ella the Elf

* AprilFoolsDay: Steve and Bethany JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}’d viewers in 2011 (followed by Jennifer being annoyed by {{Caramelldansen}}).

* {{Caramelldansen}}: See AprilFoolsDay.

* GreenEyes: Justine and Easter Egg.

* AprilFoolsDay: Steve and Bethany {{Rickroll}}’d viewers in 2011 (followed by Jennifer being annoyed by {{Caramelldansen}}).

* {{Rickroll}}: See AprilFoolsDay.

Afterwards, Steve later made a much wider debut in December 2007, when he began appearing in a series of videos produced exclusively for YouTube by Joseph Scarbrough Productions. The series of videos is a showcase of Steve’s wild and crazy antics, usually resulting in [[HoistByHisOwnPetard some kind of a backfire]] that may slightly dampen his spirit, if only temporarily. Originally, the Steve D’Monster videos were a one man (or one monster) show, but later in the series’ run, new characters were developed to be included in the roster, including Bethany Crystal (Steve’s gal pal sidekick), and The Squirrely Squirrels (a trio of squirrels who love to pester Steve and Bethany to no end). Although the new characters’ appearances within the YouTube series have been limited at best, due to a lack of additional puppeteers, the characters are otherwise featured heavily in-universe through other media, including comics, artwork, as well as future projects that are presently in the works.

The Steve D’Monster videos lasted for seven seasons on YouTube, and as of March 22, 2013, Scarbrough has announced that the YouTube videos are coming to an end, so more focus can be put into new, more elaborate projects, including a possible fictional talk show featuring Steve and Bethany. The series lasted for a grand total of 63 entries, not counting additional special videos that have been uploaded over the years that were not included as part of the regular series.

* AffectionateParody: “’Snow’ is a Four-Lettered Word” (S1) has been parodied at least three times by different YouTube-ers.

** Scarbrough has expressed his displeasure with the ExecutiveMeddling from Google handling its entities, especially YouTube.

* {{Crossover}}: A 2009 entry featured Steve having a webcam chat with fellow YouTube puppets Colby Hussir and Dumb Dog from the Colbynfriends videos.

* ElectionDayEpisode: In "May the Best Monster Win," Steve decides he wants to not only be the next President of the U.S. of A., but also to be the first Monster President in history, and begins campaigning, even bringing Easter Egg in as his running mate. [[note]] Shortly afterwards, Sesame Street took to YouTube and announced Elmo had become the first Monster President in history.[[/note]]

* MediumAwareness: Steve occasionally points out that he is appearing in YouTube videos.