History WebVideo / TrueFacts

* InsaneTrollLogic: Tarsiers are the only primates that are completely carnivorous. So if you don't eat your vegetables, you'll wind up looking like a tarsier.
** Due to there being no consensus on how the giraffe evolved its long neck. the narrator believes that giraffes are ''actually'' sock puppets that look like ducks pretending to be giraffes. [[spoiler:Which are used by lions as disguises when hunting.]]

* SpoofAesop: A common way of ending the videos:
-->''(from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeFxdkaFzRA True Facts about the Owl]])'' "Just remember, [[DrugsAreBad don't do drugs]], because an [[OminousOwl owl]] may just [[TearOffYourFace rip your face off]]."
-->''(from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y4DbZivHCY True Facts about the Sea Pig]])'' "Remember, if someone scares you, just bend over and fart your lungs all over that bastard."
-->''(from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jz0JcQYtqo True Facts about the Tarsier]])'' "Remember, always eat your vegetables, or you'll look like a freaky, freaky little tarsier."

--->'''Narrator:''' "Butt molecules in the air are all mixed- sorry."

--->'''Narrator:''' "However, Abigail is not the only surfer on this bitch--''beach''."

* CurseCutShort: From "True Facts About the Dung Beetle":
--> "When it strays off course, the dung beetle climbs on top of its ball and uses the position of the sun, the moon and even the Milky Way to re-orient itself. Sort of like how ancient sailors once did. Except without the giant ball of shi--"'' (cuts to next clip)''

* GroinAttck: The narrator mentions in the Sea Stars video that having "sticking-out" body parts is dangerous, and that's why nudist colonies don't have dog parks.

-->'''Narrator:''' "It's like the Internet, except communicated by pissing all over stu--it's basically the Internet."

* CensoredForComedy: Sometimes innocent words are bleeped out. For example, in "Carnivorous Plants," the word "clock" is censored while the word "cock" is not. The narrator himself is confused by the censorship.

-->'''Narrator:''' "Here are true facts about the arma-dildo--hmm, that's a typo. Here are true facts about the arma-dildo - oops. I said it again, two times."

-->'''Narrator:''' "However, Abigail is not the only surfer on this bitch--''beach''."

* HowWeGotHere: "Killer Surfing Snails" has two using the same footage of one species of marine snail pursuing a much smaller one. The first is at the very beginning of the video, before the narrator says, "Let's back up a bit" before introducing "Abigail" the ''O. semistriatta'' (the smaller snail), and the second precedes a physical description of ''A. propatula'' (the larger snail).

* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bubbles to summing it up as "''VideoGame/MortalKombat'' finishing move shit" within the same sentence.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Some of the fun of the videos include the fact that certain words are pronounced in an overly bizarre way that sounds quite a bit like someone mocking a fancy accent, especially the word bird, which is always pronounced "bee-yurd". It's probably related to the overly intellectual tone the narration is going for, the better to contrast the relatively low-brow humor.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Some of the fun of the videos include the fact that certain words are pronounced in an overly bizarre way that sounds quite a bit like someone mocking a fancy accent, especially the word bird, which is always pronounced "bee-yurd". It's probably related to the Morgan Freeman impression the narration is going for.

** Babies is "beybeys."

** Pregnant is "preeeeg-nunt."

* HowWeGotHere: "Killer Surfing Snails" has two using the same footage of one species of marine snail pursuing a much smaller one. The first is at the very beginning of the video, before narrator says, "Let's back up a bit" before introducing "Abigail" the ''O. semistriatta'' (the smaller snail), and the second precedes a physical description of ''A. propatula'' (the larger snail).

-->'''Narrator:''' "He's been studying tongues for decades! No, Jerry, it's not a fetish. If a scientist does it, it's an "area of interest".

-->'''Narrator:''' "Today, we will explore the culture of the... uh... 'mack-uh-kway'. Jerry, how do you say this one? You think it's 'muh-cock'? [[DoubleEntendre No, it's too long to be 'muh-cock']]. Maybe 'mack-uh-cue'? Oh, 'muh-cack'! All right.

* NoPronunciationGuide: The start of the Chameleon video.

-->'''Narrator:''' "Just as a coda, one of the ostriches asked me to read this: dDear Viewer! Ostriches don't stick their heads in the sand. If you keep saying that, I will stick my head [[AssShove in your butt]].' You know, as I'm reading this, I feel like [[DidntThinkThisThrough he might not have thought that all the way through]]."

The series went on seemingly indefinite hiatus in August 2014 but unexpectedly returned in April 2018 with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRP4nAGMYCY True Facts: Frog Fish]] and hasn't looked back since.

* BeyondTheImpossible: When talking about the Mantis Shrimp's ability to see colours that humans cannot, Ze Frank tells the viewer to "Imagine a colour that you can't even imagine", and to do it nine times.

* BlatantLies: The very title itself is sometimes one, as despite claiming to be "true facts" about animals, they sometimes just make up nonsense for laughs, most notably in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjATD1imGc True Facts About the Hedgehog]].
-->'''Narrator:''' The hedgehog is technically a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume legume]], and therefore has a second brain inside of its nipple.

-->'''Narrator:''' This however does not mean they can... self-baby-make.

** David, the idiot. He appears in some of the invertebrate videos as whichever subject is doing something incorrectly. In "Ant Mutualism", one of the worker ants who brings poop back to the nest is David, and in "The Sand Bubbler Crab", David is the one crab not making a burrow.

** "Just remember, if (''insert nonsensical situation''), then (''insert something silly about featured creature'')."
* CensoredForComedy: Sometimes innocent words are bleeped out. For example, in "Carnivorous Plants", the word "clock" is censored while the word "cock" is not. The narrator himself is confused by the censorship.

-->''Here, the majestic dragonfly. ''[laughs]'' Well that moment's ruined. And the damselfly. ''[laughs]'' Really? I'm trying for gravitas here.
* CurseCutShort: From ''True Facts about the Dung Beetle'':
--> ''When it strays off course, the dung beetle climbs on top of its ball and uses the position of the sun, the moon and even the Milky Way to re-orient itself. Sort of like how ancient sailors once did. Except without the giant ball of shi[cuts to next clip]''
* CuteOwl: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeFxdkaFzRA About the Owl]] is chock-full of examples. They include:

-->'''Narrator''': If silence were loudness they would be the loudest flying bird... [[LampshadeHanging that's, that's a terrible metaphor.]]\\
'''Narrator''': Basically, the difference between a teddy bear and a mantis is... everything.

-->'''Narrator''': "It's like the Internet, except communicated by pissing all over stu--it's basically the Internet."
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "True Facts About The Hedgehog" was the very first of these videos. While later videos are a mix of actual facts and nonsensical jokes, this one is almost exclusively the latter, and the narrator sounds completely different, with no Creator/MorganFreeman impression.
* FaceOfAThug: He comments during ''True Facts: The Ogre Faced Spider'' that one of the titular spiders appears to have [[AngryEyebrows an unusually furious face]] as it has a meal.
-->'''Narrator:''' ...[[{{Corpsing}} heh]], she looks pissed. It's like a lunch date after a bad argument. ''Rage-chewing''.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=110iUX1Ursk True Facts About the Armadillo]]'' starts this way.
--->'''Narrator''': Here are true facts about the arma-dildo - hmm, that's a typo. Here are true facts about the arma-dildo - oops. I said it again, two times.

--->'''Narrator''': However, Abigail is not the only surfer on this bitch- ''beach''.
* GagPenis: If the animal being discussed has genitalia, there's a good chance that a good portion of the video will be devoted to discussing it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k01DIVDJlY True Facts about the Duck]] is pretty much entirely about the duck's mating process.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h7KV2sjUWY True Facts: Ant Mutualism]], the narrator claims "Fungus Chambers" is a good name for a band.
* HollywoodChameleons: In [[https://youtu.be/UR_byRbXxvs True Facts About the Chameleon]], the narrator notes that a chameleon's best deception isn't their color changing, but that it tricked humans into thinking they can do it sporadically.

* HumansAreCthulhu: Margaret the Ogre Faced Spider finds it ironic how the creature who gave her species' name is a nightmarish behemoth who has teeth as big as her face. She has given that creature the name of, "F*bleep*stick Bastard F*bleep*wad."

-->Jerry, I feel like these remind me of something, but I just can't... It's on the tip of my tongue. It's on the tip of your tongue, too, Jerry. Well, I'm sure if it's on the tip of both our tongues, it'll come to one of us. If it comes to you first, Jerry, just spit it out.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: "Bobbit worm".

-->'''Narrator:''' One way to tell the difference [between a land pig and a sea pig] is that bacon from a land pig tastes delicious, while bacon from a sea pig tastes like a fish farted on a dirty beach cracker.

-->''The land snail is just like a tiny human, who happens to look like a disembodied tongue. And is covered in mucus. And has a shell. The land snail breathes air, just like the peoples do, and eats with its mouth-hole...''

-->'''Narrator''': Here are some True Facts about the "Shyamaleon". What? The "ka-ME-leon", uhh, that word really looked that it would be more fun to say.

-->'''Narrator''': Just as a coda, one of the ostriches asked me to read this: "Dear Viewer! Ostriches don't stick their heads in the sand. If you keep saying that, I will stick my head [[AssShove in your butt]]." You know, as I'm reading this, I feel like [[DidntThinkThisThrough he might not have thought that all the way through]].

* SelfDeprecation: In "Macaques", at the beginning:
-->Today, we will explore the culture of the... macca-cway. Jerry, how do you say this one? You think it's muh-cock? No, it's too long to be muh-cock.
* ShapedLikeItself: From ''True Facts about Sloths'':
--> ''As it is, the sloth mainly eats leaves, because they tend not to run away. The only drawback being, they taste like leaves.''

-->'''Narrator''': When her job is done, she is gone, but thousands of little bebbies emerge. Floating. Just beautiful. Sort of like the ending of ''Literature/CharlottesWeb,'' except under water. And without the farm animals too, they would, they would all drown. They'd die; the dancing pig wouldn't last a second really, it'd be, uh, babies interspersed with these dead and rotting animals being eaten by fish, it's, [[{{Dissimile}} it's a different story really]], less appropriate for children and I- [[OverlyLongGag the duck would do OK,]] but... one floating duck does not a children's book make. Just remember, [[DeathByNewberyMedal if you're writing a children's book, one animal can die, not all of them]]. [[BrickJoke Only a clam would write that sort of crap, and they're dumb as hell.]]

-->(from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeFxdkaFzRA True Facts about the Owl]]) ''Just remember, [[DrugsAreBad don't do drugs]], because an [[OminousOwl owl]] may just [[TearOffYourFace rip your face off]].''
-->(from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y4DbZivHCY True Facts about the Sea Pig]]) ''Remember, if someone scares you, just bend over and fart your lungs all over that bastard.''
-->(from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jz0JcQYtqo True Facts about the Tarsier]]) ''Remember, always eat your vegetables, or you'll look like a freaky, freaky little tarsier.''
* SolidGoldPoop: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h7KV2sjUWY True Facts: Ant Mutualism]] has a lot of insect secretions being quite valuable to ants, acting as nutritious meals to share with the colony.
-->'''Narrator''': There's just a lot of secretion. [[LampshadeHanging I feel a bit insecure about the value of my own secretions]]. Certainly nothing to write home about.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5MEJk5ZCQ True Facts about Morgan Freeman]], the only video about a famous person.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjSP2xYZm8 True Facts about the Leaf Katydid]] is a conversation between a katydid and Evolution itself.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJm6nDnR2SE True Facts about the Tapir]] consists of several animals giving the tapir advice about how to get more people to care about it.
** Released respectively before and after True Facts about the Ostrich, we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmbEtgw9Pf4 True Facts: Mating Dance of the Ostrich]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGdVSvsiaOk True Facts: Mating Dance of the Puffin]], videos of ostriches' and both puffin and blue-footed boobies' mating dances set to [[MusicalEpisode silly songs done to fit them]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SSnQBtaq4 Backwards Hippo]] is a True Facts-style video about the 'oppih', which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the title would suggest it is.]]

-->'''Narrator''': This is stock footage of a sea cucumber, it has been downloaded one times. By me.
* TastesLikeChicken: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjATD1imGc True Facts About the Hedgehog]] shows that a Hedgehog's diet has Angel Tears in it, which taste like chicken... tears.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: Sometimes when they get a bit more nonsensical than usual. For example, from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjATD1imGc True Facts About the Hedgehog:]]
-->'''Narrator''': The nation of France was named after a hedgehog. That hedgehog was named Kevin. [[LampshadeHanging Don't ask.]]

** Babies is "beybeys".
** Bird is "byuuurd".
** Ocean is "oh-see-un".
** Pregnant is "preeeeg-nunt".
** Dew is "deeuwr".
** Glue is "gleewrr".

-->'''Narrator''': ...the armadillo has plates of dermal bone on its back, covered with horn and leathery skin. Imagine having a bunch of horny bones on your back, constantly rubbing togeth- I can't read this. I mean, I understand it's technically right...

** Subverted in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfBJmytIegs Cats' Killer Senses]]:

'''Narrator''': Basically, the difference between a teddy bear and a mantis is...everything.

-->Today, we will explore the culture of the... macca-cway. Jerry, how do you say this one? You think it's muh-cock? No, it's too long to be muh-cock.\\

* {{Corpsing}}: In character, when a video "surprises" the narrator, he'll often start laughing.