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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Conducted a comprehensive analysis of alleged Native American legends of Sasquatch in his video essay "The Native Bigfoot", ultimately finding most of the supposed Bigfoot stories cited by cryptozoologists did not describe a creature remotely resembling the big ape, not even under his loosest criteria.


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* MokeleMbembe: Covered this cryptid as well, concluding that the creature was little more than the wishful thinking of European colonizers rooted in DarkestAfrica stereotypes in turn exploited by native Africans seeking to make a quick buck off gullible missionaries.
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* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: In his Cryptid Profile videos, he discusses various cryptids, usually debunks their existence and argues what they would be like if they did exist.

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* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: In his Cryptid Profile videos, he discusses various cryptids, usually debunks their existence cryptids from a skeptical perspective and argues speculates what they would might be like if they did do exist.
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* Cryptid Profile - A series examining [[OurCryptidsAreWeirder cryptids]], analyzing their plausibility (usually erring on skepticism) and questioning what the organism is like if it's real.

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* Cryptid Profile - A series examining [[OurCryptidsAreWeirder [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious cryptids]], analyzing their plausibility (usually erring on towards skepticism) and questioning what the organism is like if it's real.
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* Cryptid Profile - A series examining cryptids, analyzing how plausible their existence is (spoiler alert: it usually ''isn't'' plausible at all) and questioning what the organism is like if it's real.

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* Cryptid Profile - A series examining cryptids, [[OurCryptidsAreWeirder cryptids]], analyzing how plausible their existence is (spoiler alert: it usually ''isn't'' plausible at all) plausibility (usually erring on skepticism) and questioning what the organism is like if it's real.



* OminousOwl: His idea of what the Mothman might be if it's real, a large relative of barn owls. He also considers the Flatwoods Monster to have been an actual barn owl perceived as larger and more fearsome than it is due to the perception from the young witnesses (and the follow-up video had him show a barn owl behaviour that was pointed out to him -- making itself ''look'' larger through head and wing positioning when frightened -- say, by suddenly encountering humans).

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* OminousOwl: His idea of what the Mothman might be if it's real, a large relative of barn owls. He also considers the Flatwoods Monster TheFlatwoodsMonster to have been an actual barn owl perceived as larger and more fearsome than it is due to the perception from the young witnesses (and the follow-up video had him show a barn owl behaviour that was pointed out to him -- making itself ''look'' larger through head and wing positioning when frightened -- say, by suddenly encountering humans).

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* PteroSoarer: This is often talked about and usually averted or subverted.
* RaptorAttack: Frequently discussed and nearly always averted or subverted.

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* PteroSoarer: This is often talked about and usually averted or subverted.
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--> [[MemeticMutation I'm not saying it was owls... but it was owls.]]

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* StockDinosaurs: Has done several videos on ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', raptors, ''Spinosaurus'' and other such creatures, and did some Paleo Profiles on ''Carnotaurus'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Dunkleosteus'', ''Megalodon'' and ''Arthropleura''.

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* Paleo Profile - A series discussing [[SeldomSeenSpecies usually obscure]] paleofauna.

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* Paleo Profile - A series discussing [[SeldomSeenSpecies usually obscure]] (usually obscure) paleofauna.



* SeldomSeenSpecies: Most of his Paleo Profiles are about these. Ever hear of ''Drepanosaurus'' before watching Trey's videos?

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troping the person, and the other had no example.


* ArcWelding: In 3 More Sea Monster Carcasses And Their Explanations Trey jokingly decides that mysterious tourist who supposedly bought Gambo’s severed head and never showed it to anyone is actually E L Wallace, a mysterious naturalist from the first globster video who supposedly said that the Moore’s Beach Monster had to be a Plesiosaur.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: He has to deal with this a lot.

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* ArcWelding: In 3 "3 More Sea Monster Carcasses And Their Explanations Explanations," Trey jokingly decides that mysterious tourist who supposedly bought Gambo’s Gambo's severed head and never showed it to anyone is actually E L E. L. Wallace, a mysterious naturalist from the first globster video who supposedly said that the Moore’s Moore's Beach Monster had to be a Plesiosaur.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: He has to deal with this a lot.
Plesiosaur.



* DeadpanSnarker: Trey can be this at times.



* ViewersAreGoldfish: As mentioned under DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, his older videos would often have him repeating the same facts multiple times, sometimes in the span of under a minute.

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*ArcWelding: In 3 More Sea Monster Carcasses And Their Explanations Trey jokingly decides that mysterious tourist who supposedly bought Gambo’s severed head and never showed it to anyone is actually E L Wallace, a mysterious naturalist from the first globster video who supposedly said that the Moore’s Beach Monster had to be a Plesiosaur.
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** Among other things, his "Beast of Gevaudan" Cryptid Profile featured illustrations based on ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' characters.

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** Among other things, his "Beast of Gevaudan" Cryptid Profile featured illustrations based on ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' characters. He fully leans into this in his video on the Minoan civilization.
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* StockDinosaurs: Has done several videos on ''TyrannosaurusRex'', raptors, ''Spinosaurus'' and other such creatures, and did some Paleo Profiles on ''Carnotaurus'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Dunkleosteus'', ''Megalodon'' and ''Arthropleura''.

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* StockDinosaurs: Has done several videos on ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', raptors, ''Spinosaurus'' and other such creatures, and did some Paleo Profiles on ''Carnotaurus'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Dunkleosteus'', ''Megalodon'' and ''Arthropleura''.
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* FantasticSlurs: Spoofed in his first video about globsters (unidentified carcasses that wash to shore):
-->"A globster, also known as a "blob" by '''racists'''...
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adorkable cleanup. now it's YMMV


* {{Adorkable}}: Trey can be this at times--usually when he sings for the end credits of his videos just for fun, goofs around with his intros or makes anime references.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Trey can be this at times--usually when he sings for the end credits of his videos just for fun, goofs around with his intros or makes anime references.



* ShoutOut: Among other things, his "Beast of Gevaudan" Cryptid Profile featured illustrations based on ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' characters.

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Among other things, his "Beast of Gevaudan" Cryptid Profile featured illustrations based on ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' characters.characters.
** His "Quirk Counter" in his video on ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' is represented by a picture of [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Deku's face]].
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* OminousOwl: His idea of what the Mothman might be if it's real, a large relative of barn owls. He also considers the Flatwoods Monster to have been an actual barn owl perceived as larger and more fearsome than it is due to the perception from the young witnesses.

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* OminousOwl: His idea of what the Mothman might be if it's real, a large relative of barn owls. He also considers the Flatwoods Monster to have been an actual barn owl perceived as larger and more fearsome than it is due to the perception from the young witnesses.witnesses (and the follow-up video had him show a barn owl behaviour that was pointed out to him -- making itself ''look'' larger through head and wing positioning when frightened -- say, by suddenly encountering humans).
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Has a tenancy to repeat the same facts multiple times in the same video.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Has a tenancy tendency to repeat the same facts multiple times in the same video.
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* {{Mascot}}: His is a dinosaur version of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]].
* MellowFellow: Comes off as this in most of his videos.

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* {{Mascot}}: His is a dinosaur version of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]].
Pines]]. Later, also the Basking Owl.
* MellowFellow: Comes off as this in most of his videos.
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* ShoutOut: Among other things, his "Beast of Gevaudan" Cryptid Profile featured illustrations based on ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' characters.
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* Paleoanthropology videos, which deal with...well, paleoanthropology. Usually used to describe the fascinating history of human evolution and often debunk misconceptions of primitive human life.
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--> [[MemeticMutation I'm not saying it was owls... but it was owls.]]
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His [=deviantART=] can be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/agentlemanscientist here]], under the name [=aGentlemanScientist=], and his Twitter can be found [[https://twitter.com/Trey_Explainer here]].


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* LIsForDyslexia: Has admitted to having the condition, and often mispronounces words in his videos.
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* StockNessMonster: Did a three-part series about the Loch Ness Monster and its probable identity. He ultimately declared it a myth, but suggested a speculative identity for it if it is real: In this case, a very large leech.

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* StockNessMonster: Did a three-part series about the Loch Ness Monster and its probable identity. He ultimately declared it a myth, but suggested a speculative identity for it if it is real: In this case, a very large leech.leech.
* ViewersAreGoldfish: As mentioned under DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, his older videos would often have him repeating the same facts multiple times, sometimes in the span of under a minute.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Has a tenancy to repeat the same facts multiple times in the same video.
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* {{Mascot}}: His is a dinosaur version of [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Dipper Pines]].

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Most of his Paleo Profiles are about these. Ever hear of ''Drepanosaurus'' before watching Trey's videos?



* StockDinosaurs: Has done several videos on ''TyrannosaurusRex'',

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* StockDinosaurs: Has done several videos on ''TyrannosaurusRex'', raptors, ''Spinosaurus'' and other such creatures, and did some Paleo Profiles on ''Carnotaurus'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Dunkleosteus'', ''Megalodon'' and ''Arthropleura''.
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* The Accuracies and Inaccuracies of... - Somewhat self-explanatory; Trey discusses fictional portrayals of extinct species and gauges their accuracy and/or inaccuracy.

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* The Accuracies and Inaccuracies of... - Somewhat self-explanatory; Trey discusses fictional portrayals of extinct species and gauges their accuracy and/or inaccuracy.inaccuracy.

!!Tropes in his videos:
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: He has to deal with this a lot.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Occasionally discussed. ''[[CreepyCentipedes Arthropleura]]'' was the subject of one of his Paleo Profiles, while his speculative idea of what the Loch Ness Monster might be is a giant leech.
* DeadpanSnarker: Trey can be this at times.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Was a smidge more angry and prone to ranting in a few of his earlier videos. This quickly died down.
* TheGreys: Talked about in his video on alien biology.
* MellowFellow: Comes off as this in most of his videos.
* OminousOwl: His idea of what the Mothman might be if it's real, a large relative of barn owls. He also considers the Flatwoods Monster to have been an actual barn owl perceived as larger and more fearsome than it is due to the perception from the young witnesses.
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: In his Cryptid Profile videos, he discusses various cryptids, usually debunks their existence and argues what they would be like if they did exist.
* PteroSoarer: This is often talked about and usually averted or subverted.
* RaptorAttack: Frequently discussed and nearly always averted or subverted.
* SpeculativeBiology: Dabbles in this, especially with his Cryptid Profiles and analyses on what certain mythical monsters could be like if they were real.
* StarfishAliens: Deems these to be more likely to exist than TheGreys or any humanoid aliens for that matter.
* StockDinosaurs: Has done several videos on ''TyrannosaurusRex'',
* StockNessMonster: Did a three-part series about the Loch Ness Monster and its probable identity. He ultimately declared it a myth, but suggested a speculative identity for it if it is real: In this case, a very large leech.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/user/GamerCreator12345 TREY the Explainer]] is the man behind an edutainment AnalysisChannel of the same name, which focuses primarily on paleontology, but also discusses the biology of modern animals, the SpeculativeBiology of cryptids, aliens and mythical creatures, and even an analysis of fictional works here and there (he did an entire scientific analysis on what [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] might be, for instance--one that, up until the SeriesFinale, felt strangely plausible).

His most noteworthy series include:
* Paleo Profile - A series discussing [[SeldomSeenSpecies usually obscure]] paleofauna.
* Cryptid Profile - A series examining cryptids, analyzing how plausible their existence is (spoiler alert: it usually ''isn't'' plausible at all) and questioning what the organism is like if it's real.
* The Accuracies and Inaccuracies of... - Somewhat self-explanatory; Trey discusses fictional portrayals of extinct species and gauges their accuracy and/or inaccuracy.

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