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** When discussing the placement of testicles in the elephant's body, the narrator brings up the "hot testicle hypothesis" (which posits that the same proteins that protect and repair heat damage similarly inhibit the development of testicular cancer), which he then claims would be a good band name.
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*** This gag has been reversed at times, as well. For example, when talking about the American College of Gastroenterology ("Honestly, it's a bunch of a*bleep*holes. Like, actually.").
----> "But doctors find all -- sorry, ''butt'' doctors find all sorts of things in their examinations.
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** 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.]]
** In "The Beaver", Jerry assumes that "peer reviewed" had something to do with urination, which the narrator takes him to task for at the end of the video.
** In "The Beaver", Jerry assumes that "peer reviewed" had something to do with urination, which the narrator takes him to task for at the end of the video.
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** 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 Which are used by lions as disguises when hunting.]]
hunting.
**In "The Beaver", Jerry assumes that "peer reviewed" had something to do with urination, which Platypus Conspiracy": Even after the narrator takes him to task for at the end of the video.is found out, he insists that there's no such thing as a beaver and that they're just backwards platypuses.
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** "Where were we? Oh, right" following the sponsored ad break.
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** "Wild Pigs" ends with Jerry spamming the bleep randomly due to his feelings being hurt.
* EmbarrassingHobby: In "The Wacky Giraffe", the narrator admits that he used to collect Lisa Frank stickers.
** In "The Beaver", Jerry assumes that "peer reviewed" had something to do with urination, which the narrator takes him to task for at the end of the video.
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** Jerry screwing up the script somehow.
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** Jerry screwing up somehow, either in terms of the script somehow.script, visuals or censor bleeps.
** The Narrator muttering "kill me" after a particularly bad pun.
** The Narrator muttering "kill me" after a particularly bad pun.
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* SoundEffectsBleep: Curse words are often bleeped out.out, but sometimes Jerry will bleep out words that only ''sound'' dirty (see CensoredForComedy above).
** "Wild Pigs" ends with Jerry spamming the bleep randomly due to his feelings being hurt.
** "Wild Pigs" ends with Jerry spamming the bleep randomly due to his feelings being hurt.
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* DownerEnding: "Reef Corals" ends on the topic of coral bleaching, which has become more frequent over the last two decades. Lampshaded by the narrator, who calls out Jerry for ending the video on a depressing note.
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* DownerEnding: "Reef Corals" ends on the topic of coral bleaching, which has become more frequent over the last two decades.bleaching. Lampshaded by the narrator, who calls out Jerry for ending the video on a depressing note.
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* DownerEnding: "Reef Corals" ends on the topic of coral bleaching, which has become more frequent over the last two decades. Lampshaded by the narrator, who calls out Jerry for ending the video on a depressing note.
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!!''True Facts'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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* TastesLikeChicken: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjATD1imGc True Facts About the Hedgehog]]" shows that a hgedgehog's diet has Angel Tears in it, which taste like chicken... tears.
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* TastesLikeChicken: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HjATD1imGc True Facts About the Hedgehog]]" shows that a hgedgehog's hedgehog's diet has Angel Tears in it, which taste like chicken... tears.
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** From "True Facts: Elephants":
--->"[Elephant trunks] can lift up to seven hundred pounds. Which is the equivalent of seven hundred one-pound weights."
--->"[Elephant trunks] can lift up to seven hundred pounds. Which is the equivalent of seven hundred one-pound weights."
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Ze Frank has made a side channel where he uploads edited versions of the series under the title "Educational Edition". Aimed at schools and younger viewers, these versions remove any suggestive content or had them redubbed. For example, in the "Mosquito" episode, the line "it looks like a depressed ghost, like that one time he said "boob" by mistake and everyone laughs at him" was changed. In this version, "boob" was replaced with "moo".
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Ze Frank has made a side channel where he uploads edited versions of the series under the title "Educational Edition". Aimed at schools and younger viewers, these versions remove any suggestive content or had them have some jokes redubbed. For example, in the "Mosquito" episode, the line "it looks like a depressed ghost, like "like that one time he said "boob" by mistake and everyone laughs at him" was changed. In this version, changed where "boob" was replaced with "moo".
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* 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."
-->"As it is, the sloth mainly eats leaves, because they tend not to run away. The only drawback being, they taste like leaves."
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* ShapedLikeItself: ShapedLikeItself:
** From "True Facts About Sloths":
-->"As --->"As it is, the sloth mainly eats leaves, because they tend not to run away. The only drawback being, they taste like leaves."
** From "The Curious Adaptations of Sharks":
--->"Many sharks can swim quite quickly, which is handy, because sharks tend to live in places where there are sharks."
** From "True Facts About Sloths":
** From "The Curious Adaptations of Sharks":
--->"Many sharks can swim quite quickly, which is handy, because sharks tend to live in places where there are sharks."
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* InsistentTerminology: Scientists and researchers, in the context of their work on the videos' subject matter, are always referred to as "science hippies". If the videos' comments are anything to go by, the science hippies enjoy this name and find it an accurate description of themselves.
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick entry; spelling; elaborating on Parasite Zombie; also removing spoiler tag, as True Facts lacks an overarching narrative that would require one.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdaYRSW76Mg&t=304s One parasitic fungus]] causes the corpses of infected flies to release chemicals that induce healthy flies to mate with said corpses, which then become attached. The narrator mentions that the subsequent corpse stuck to your backside would make for an awkward conversation at work.
--> '''Narrator''': You know Dave from accounting is going to say something like, "Oh, looks like you had an interesting weekend." And you're like, "Yes, it was a nice weekend, ''Dave''. Went antiquing, planted some herbs, f***ed a corpse, and did some light spring cleaning, thank you very much. Freaking ''Dave''."
--> '''Narrator''': You know Dave from accounting is going to say something like, "Oh, looks like you had an interesting weekend." And you're like, "Yes, it was a nice weekend, ''Dave''. Went antiquing, planted some herbs, f***ed a corpse, and did some light spring cleaning, thank you very much. Freaking ''Dave''."
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* ParasiteZombie: Three different ones in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdaYRSW76Mg Fungi That Control The Insects They Eat]]: on that causes ants to bite something and then eats the jaw muscles so they can't let go, another that causes flies to [[spoiler:mate with a corpse]], and one that [[spoiler:eats a cicada's entire ''abdomen'']].
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* ParasiteZombie: Three different ones in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdaYRSW76Mg Fungi That Control The Insects They Eat]]: on one that causes ants to bite something and then eats the jaw muscles so they can't let go, another that causes releases chemicals that cause healthy flies to [[spoiler:mate try to mate with a corpse]], an infected corpse, and one that [[spoiler:eats eats a cicada's entire ''abdomen'']].''abdomen''.
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* BumblingSidekick: Jerry keeps putting inappropriate jokes in the scripts or putting in the wrong images.
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-->''"Like a lactose intolerant cheese maker, the cuttlefish is unaware of its own gifts."''
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-->''"Like a lactose intolerant lactose-intolerant cheese maker, the cuttlefish is unaware of its own gifts."''
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* ParasiteZombie: Three different ones in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdaYRSW76Mg Fungi That Control The Insects They Eat]]: on that causes ants to bite something and then eats the jaw muscles so they can't let go, another that causes flies to [[spoiler:mate with a corpse]], and one that [[spoiler:eats a cicada's entire ''abdomen'']].
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* NatureIsNotNice: A common theme in many episodes. Ze discusses parasites, predation, BodyHorror, and the... diversity of sexual adaptations found in nature, with the same pleasant tone that he uses for every other topic.
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* RunningGag:
** Emphasizing the word "but" so that it sounds like "butt," then doing a quick VerbalBackspace.
--->''And these little conidia start to infect their host's butt! Sorry. Their hosts,'' but ''in a different way.''
** Portraying clams as "dumb as hell"--particularly in the "Octopus" video, but it occasionally comes up elsewhere.
** From the "Deception in the Rainforest" video, different forms of mimicry being named after different scientists, who are dead. (Except for Lawrence Gilbert, who is hopefully taking good care of himself.)
** Emphasizing the word "but" so that it sounds like "butt," then doing a quick VerbalBackspace.
--->''And these little conidia start to infect their host's butt! Sorry. Their hosts,'' but ''in a different way.''
** Portraying clams as "dumb as hell"--particularly in the "Octopus" video, but it occasionally comes up elsewhere.
** From the "Deception in the Rainforest" video, different forms of mimicry being named after different scientists, who are dead. (Except for Lawrence Gilbert, who is hopefully taking good care of himself.)
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* LamePunReaction: The narrator isn't above making "dad jokes" himself, but a particularly bad pun will have him mutter "kill me" under his breath.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: The start of the Chameleon and Macaque videos.
-->'''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:''' "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."
-->'''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:''' "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."
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Ze Frank has made a side channel where he uploads edited versions of the series under the title "Educational Edition". Likely intended to be shown at schools, these versions remove any suggestive content or had them redubbed. For example, in the "Mosquito" episode, the line "it looks like a depressed ghost, like that one time he said "boob" by mistake and everyone laughs at him", had the word "boob" to be replaced with "moo".
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: Ze Frank has made a side channel where he uploads edited versions of the series under the title "Educational Edition". Likely intended to be shown Aimed at schools, schools and younger viewers, these versions remove any suggestive content or had them redubbed. For example, in the "Mosquito" episode, the line "it looks like a depressed ghost, like that one time he said "boob" by mistake and everyone laughs at him", had the word him" was changed. In this version, "boob" to be was replaced with "moo".
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* 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.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: 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.
** In "Trap Jaw Ants", the narrator identifies the bumps on trap jaw ant larvae as sticky doorknobs and says "sticky doorknobs" sounds like a good name for a funk band.
** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h7KV2sjUWY True Facts: Ant Mutualism]]," the narrator claims "Fungus Chambers" is a good name for a band.
** In "Trap Jaw Ants", the narrator identifies the bumps on trap jaw ant larvae as sticky doorknobs and says "sticky doorknobs" sounds like a good name for a funk band.
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* YourMom: In the "Animal Awards" video, Jerry provides the additional category of "Your Mom". The exasperated narrator chastises Jerry before [[NotSoAboveItAll joking]] that, while not a category, your mom had [[ReallyGetsAround plenty of entries]].
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* VerbalTic: In addition to WhatTheHellIsThatAccent below, the Narrator has a few odd speaking habits. For example, he always says adverbs twice in a row, a la describing something as "fleshy fleshy" or "swoopy swoopy."
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* CaptainObvious: "The tallest giraffe is taller than any other giraffe."
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are episodes about tarsiers, sea pigs and other sea cucumbers, polychaete worms (primarily the Bobbit worm), mantis shrimps, frog fish, star-nosed moles, naked molerats, leaf katytids, bolas spiders and myrmecophagous mammals including pangolins, numbats and aardwolves.
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-->'''Narrator:''' "...[[{{Corpsing}} heh]], she looks pissed. It's like a lunch date after a bad argument. ''Rage-chewing''."
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-->'''Narrator:''' "...[[{{Corpsing}} heh]], Heh, she looks pissed. It's like a lunch date after a bad argument. ''Rage-chewing''."
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-->'''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..."
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-->'''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...""
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-> ''That is how a troper do.''
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-> ''That is how a troper do.''
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I think this qualifies for the in-universe label...? The laughter's inclusion is deliberate but made to sound accidental
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* {{Corpsing}}: In character, when a video "surprises" the narrator, he'll often start laughing. Every video contains laughter somewhere, giving the impression he's watching the footage for the first time as he reads the script.
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* {{Corpsing}}: In character, when [[invoked]] When a video "surprises" the narrator, he'll often start laughing.laughing -- inappropriate for the professional tone he's going for but [[LemonyNarrator in-character for him]]. Every video contains laughter somewhere, giving the impression he's watching the footage for the first time as he reads the script.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bub
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode:
** "[[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]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bub
** "[[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]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bub
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** "[[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]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bubbles to summing it up as "''Franchise/MortalKombat'' finishing move shit" within the same sentence.
** "[[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]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bubbles to summing it up as "''Franchise/MortalKombat'' finishing move shit" within the same sentence.
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** "[[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]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: Ze Frank can go from a scientific description of cavitation bubbles
