Line #110 WebAnimation/LetMeExplainStudios


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2	->''"Hello, my geeks and peeps; my explainers and entertainers; my little oodle lallies, Rebecca Parham here."''
3	-->-- '''Introductory catchphrase'''
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5	Rebecca Parham, also known as [[https://www.youtube.com/@LetMeExplainStudios Let Me Explain Studios]], born December 4, 1987, is an {{Storytime Animator\|s}}, voice actor, and singer. She is among the most well-known and successful Platform/YouTube animators on the website, up there with WebAnimation/{{TheOdd1sOut}} and WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations.
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7	!!Let Me Explain Studios provides examples of:
8	* AccidentalDanceCraze: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] While at the circus when she was 3, the sound of the clown car's exhaust pipe backfiring triggered Rebecca's irrational fear of loud noises, causing her to stand up, cover her ears, and start screaming. Rachel saw this, figured it was some sort of trend that's done at a circus, and proceeded to do the same thing.
9	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Medusa eventually ended up getting fired after she drunkenly locked herself in the boys' hotel room while on an overnight competition trip with some students.
10	* AllCrimesAreEqual: The principal from "Bitten While Defending A Friend" believes this. Rebecca got into a fight with a bully who snatched a friend's journal and was reading it out loud, and the bully went so far as to bite her. The Principal would give them both five demerits, but the only reason why the bully got ten instead is because this was a repeat offense.
11	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Rebecca was effectively an outcast during her middle school years due to her interests, her weight, and being viewed as a "weirdo".
12	* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Although never explicitly stated, the video "Selling Your Soul for Fame" drops several hints that Rebecca (or at least, toon Rebecca) is the musician's daughter from the titular ghost story.
13	* ArborealAbode: Starting with "Disney Street Performers Pick On Me AGAIN!", Rebecca has moved into a treehouse inside of a forest, fulfilling her childhood dream from "Backyard Stories".
14	* BaitAndSwitch:
15	** "BLOOD ON MY WINDSHIELD" seems to indicate that Rebecca hit something or someone with her car. The video initially backs up this initial impression by making it seem like the car ran into a buzzard, but as it turns out, the blood was from some carrion the buzzard hastily dropped to gain altitude and avoid them.
16	** The start of "Running Away From Home" has Rebecca in the woods carrying a BindleStick, making it seem like she's running away from something. Turns out, she's not, and the bindle is just for setting up a picnic with all of the refreshments inside of it.
17	* BatmanGambit: When Rebecca and Rachel try to prank their mom by pretending to run away from home and leaving a letter, their mom reads the letter, and then proceeds to act like [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nothing is different]], forcing the two to come out of hiding in confusion and blowing their cover.
18	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: "My Teacher Murdered Someone" mentions that E ended up killing himself in a police standoff, [[ImpliedTrope suggesting]] that he decided dying on his own terms was preferable to capture.
19	* BigBeautifulWoman: She sure is.
20	* BigEater: In "Running Away From Home", Rebecca somehow placed an order for 426 pumpkins and paid in advance.
21	* BlatantLies: Medusa once claimed she didn't cast Rebecca as Dotty in a production of the play ''Noises Off'' because she needed an actress who was shorter than Dotty's love interest... even though the boy she cast to play him was taller than Rebecca. Sure enough, a group of tech kids learned that she was shafted because [[EvilIsPetty she wasn't popular]].
22	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
23	** Becca likes fire because "it's warm, pretty, and gets rid of evidence."
24	** Recalling her visit to the circus as a three-years-old, the three rings include clowns, the flying trapeze, tightrope walkers... and the ringmaster shooing away an elephant in light of modern circus controversies. Coupled with her going, "Uuuhhhhh..."
25	* BrickJoke: In "I Got Stuck on a Roof", after Becca not-so-subtly implies that her friend Kay's parents have been burying bodies, they wonder why she always brings home the weird ones. At the end of the video, an adult Kay is shown watching it on [=YouTube=] and wondering why she always made friends with the weird ones.
26	* BrokenGlassPenalty: Rebecca's sister Rachel once broke a window in the Parham house when playing baseball with some friends in the backyard. Her mom tried to make her pay for it, but her dad was willing to let it slide, saying "every kid gets to break one window with a baseball".
27	* BullyHunter: At daycare, her sister, Rachel, was known to pick fights with kids who were bullying others, leading to her being nicknamed "Franchise/{{Rocky}}".
28	* ButtMonkey: Apparently, Rebecca has been accident prone, as revealed in "My Terrible Mouth Accident".
29	-->'''Rebecca:''' My dad accidentally pulled my arm out of my socket when I was six, I got hit in the face with a softball when I was in middle school and had a shiner for a week, I slipped in water in high school and tore a cartilage in my knee, a girl in theatre dropped a heavy set piece on my foot and I had to do the rest of the shows with one shoe on, I broke my toe banging it on a platform trying to get off stage... ''[[{{Beat}} (beat)]]'' [[LampshadeHanging Y'know, maybe I'm more accident prone than I thought]]. I wonder how much football helmets cost.
30	* CardCarryingVillain: [[SadistTeacher Medusa]] was given her nickname by students of hers who thought she was wicked and unreasonable, and she took to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil adopting that nickname]] out of sheer, spiteful [[InsultBackfire pride]].
31	* CensoredForComedy: A variant. While the words that get censored are normally done correctly, Rebecca still goes through the trouble of putting a censor bar over the swearer's mouth... despite her characters not ''having'' mouths.
32	* CharacterCatchphrase:
33	** "Hello, my geeks and peeps; my explainers and entertainers; my little oodle lallies, Rebecca Parham here."
34	** "Thank you so much for tuning in, but now, I gotta tune out. Bye!"
35	* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: E was Rebecca's communications professor... who couldn't communicate with his students to save his life.
36	* CreepyStalkerVan: Discussed in "Daycare Stories". Rebecca mentions that, in retrospect, being driven around in a white van sounds "rather nefarious".
37	* CuteWitch: Although Rebecca as a kid wanted to be a WickedWitch who was feared by others, her current self still takes on the image of a witch, but with a more adorable and amicable demeanor.
38	* DarkAndTroubledPast: The challenging experiences Rebecca faced during her childhood, including bullying and the loss of her father, have shaped her perspective and resilience.
39	* ADayInTheLimelight: "Crotchety Storage Lady" is told from the POV of Rebecca's mother (although Rebecca is still the one narrating). Justified, as Mama Parham specifically commissioned Rebecca to animate this story, which is apparently one she frequently tells at presentations.
40	* DeadpanSnarker: She often uses dry humor and sarcastic remarks in her animated videos.
41	* DealWithTheDevil: The subject of Rebecca's ghost story in "Selling Your Soul for Fame" was a musician who made one such deal to gain fame and fortune. However, when he realizes that the praise is going towards his young daughter instead of him, he attempts to back out of the deal. The devil agrees in exchange for the daughter's death, which the musician accepts... only for the daughter to catch wind of the deal and escape, causing the musician to spend eternity trying to hunt her down, even after death.
42	* DeanBitterman:
43	** The high school vice principal from "My School Dress Codes" is an ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife who stops at [[PrinciplesZealot absolutely nothing]] to enforce the dress code, only letting Rebecca slip by because she was considered the "[[GoodSamaritan good kid]]".
44	--->'''Vice Principal:''' '''''HEY!''''' ''That shirt is prohibited; go to the office! '''YOU!''' Take out that nose ring; you know they're not allowed!'' Oh, hello, Rebecca, you have a good day, sweetheart. '''''HEY!''''' ''I see that logo on your pants, mister!''
45	** The middle school principal from "Bitten While Defending A Friend" is a firm believer of AllCrimesAreEqual, willing to give Rebecca the exact same amount of demerits as [[TheBully Milly]], who bit Rebecca on the arm and nearly broke her skin, just because she roughhoused Milly in trying to get Greg's stolen [[SecretDiary journal]] back, and only gives Milly more demerits just because it was her second time seeing him.
46	* DeathGlare:
47	** Her friend Mary gave one to E as she observed him posing threateningly to Rebecca.
48	** Rebecca's mom gave two to Rebecca in "Stole Mom's Credit Card to Buy N64" when she revealed that she purchased ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' and later finding out she ordered it overnighted. Lampshaded by Rebecca herself.
49	** Rebecca's mom did another one to the principal of Rebecca's school when Rebecca revealed that Milly bit her arm.
50	** In "I Got Stuck On A Roof", Rebecca's father gives her one [[PoorlyTimedConfession when Kay shouted out that they did something they didn't want her parents to know (getting stuck on the roof)]].
51	* {{Determinator}}: She is very perseverant and resilient in pursuing her passion for animation despite setbacks, personal losses, and anxiety about her future.
52	* DevilishHairHorns: Because she was a troublemaker as a little kid, her GirlishPigtails from her elementary school days are often tilted upwards to look like devil horns.
53	* DirtyOldMan: In an ''Alice in Wonderland'' play involving a wardrobe mishap, an old man in the audience mentions that his favorite part of the play was when "we got to see the girl's heinie".
54	* DrivenByEnvy: In "[[https://youtu.be/FRVLwPkmaow?si=kXMeHH2524eIfxin WORST PRANK Ever Played On Me!!]]", Rebecca ended up getting a lead role in ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' in high school, with [[SadistTeacher Medusa]]'s favorite students being so green with envy over being reduced to techies that they decided to pull some [[TeensAreMonsters not-so-harmless]] pranks that nearly sabotaged the show, including {{mooning}} the lead actor and taping a crude drawing of a penis to the inside of a scroll.
55	* DrivesLikeCrazy: One day, some moron in a [[MidLifeCrisisCar Mustang]] almost ran Rebecca over in a parking lot as she was passing by, and then rudely "[[BackhandedApology apologized]]" by claiming he didn't see her as if to blame her for nearly being killed as a result of '''''his''''' incompetent-at-best driving. Rebecca later saw him pulled over for speeding.
56	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In "The Sochi Hotel Games" video, Rebecca uses mouths in her character style.
57	* EarnYourHappyEnding: After constant abuse from her high school theatre teacher Medusa, Rebecca stood up for herself and dropped out of Medusa's classes. Following this, Rebecca was much happier and more confident, to the point where her choir teacher even noticed and gave her the award for "Most Improved Senior". Rebecca did not even have to drop out of doing theatre since she joined a community theatre who actually cast her in a leading role of a musical, which won her the best actress award for the show season at said theatre.
58	* EnfantTerrible: In "[[https://youtu.be/r3aqoD_TvSo Daycare Stories 2]]", Rebecca says that she was a CardCarryingVillain when she was only ''18 months'' old, as she would push over other babies who were first toddling, followed by [[EvilLaugh laughing maniacally]].
59	* EntitledBastard: During a visit to ''Theatre/{{Medieval Times\|Dinner And Tournament}}'' in college, Rebecca was anticipating receiving flowers from the Red and Yellow Knight of Perelada, but after three instances of being ignored, she screamed at the top of her lungs, "[[YouBastard You suck]]!" [[LaserGuidedKarma Karma]] came back to bite her when it turned out that she was selected to be crowned the Queen of Love and Beauty, much to her embarrassment.
60	-->'''Rebecca:''' Sorry!
61	* EvilIsPetty: Becca clearly displayed skill and talent when she auditioned for the part of Dottie in ''Noises Off''. Yet, Medusa didn't even give Becca a part on the petty excuse that she's "not one of the group". This [[HoistByHisOwnPetard comes back to bite her]] when some tech theatre girls pass on her words to Becca, who works up the courage to leave Medusa's classes and [[EarnYourHappyEnding move on to better things]].
62	* EvilTeacher: E, Rebecca's communications professor in college, eventually went on to murder somebody.
63	* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: In "My Teacher Murdered Someone", Rebecca mentions that all her life, she's had deadly-accurate intuition when it comes to bad people.
64	* EyelidPullTaunt: [[TheBully Milly]] does this to Rebecca in class... except for the fact that, like everyone else in Rebecca's videos, she has NoMouth, meaning no tongue.
65	* FridgeHorror: InUniverse in "My Teacher Murdered Someone". After reading a disturbing news article about how E killed somebody, Rebecca realized that she was essentially poking a would-be murder with a stick back during an argument over a grade in college and worried about how he might have reacted there wasn't a witness present.
66	* TheFriendlyTexan: Rebecca is an absolute sweetheart, and was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.
67	* GenkiGirl: Rebecca can act upbeat in most videos.
68	* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: On the surface level, Rebecca is traditionally feminine, with her dressing mostly in skirts and comfort clothes, having a mildly bubbly demeanor, and enjoying a more folksy aesthetic, but deeper down, most of her interests, including cartoons and video games, are traditionally masculine, on top of being somewhat of a NightmareFetishist.
69	* GoodFeelsGood: The general message of "Bitten While Defending A Friend". Doing good being its own reward.
70	* GoodParents: Every time they are mentioned, Rebecca has nothing but good things to say about her parents. Her mom is described as a MamaBear (also paid Rebecca to animate a story she tells at her presentations at her workplace) and Rebecca has described her late father as wanting his kids to have fulfilling childhoods.
71	* {{Gorn}}: While giving a graphic content warning in "My Terrible Mouth Accident", Rebecca proceeds to show her love for bloody content by pulling a rope, causing a gallon of blood to come pouring down on top of her.
72	* GoshDangItToHeck: She prefers to avoid dropping expletives online. She's not above using the word ''hell'' though, as it hardly counts. She's also said that she does cuss in real life.
73	* GriefSong: Rebecca's cover of the song "Bei Mir Du Schoen" was done as a tribute to reaching one million subscribers and her father's passing.
74	* HardTruthAesop:
75	** "Bitten While Defending A Friend": Sometimes doing the right thing gets you in trouble. Rebecca is bitten while trying to get a friend's journal back form a bully, and [[AllCrimesAreEqual both of them are punished]] by the principal for "horse-playing in the bathroom". While Becca's mom defends her and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls out the principal]], the demerits stick.
76	** "My Crazy Theatre Teacher": "Don't work somewhere that makes you miserable and there are more factors to success than just working hard", Rebbecca did have talent in Theatre but her teacher, Medusa, kept sabotaging her theatre prospects for petty reasons and Rebbecca only succeeded in Theatre by leaving Medusa's classes and working somewhere that actually recognized and appreciated her talents.
77	* HardWorkFallacy: In school, Rebecca worked her hardest in theatre and genuinely had a passion for it, only for her teacher to send mixed messages and eventually reveal that she had been sabotaging her theatre prospects because she was unpopular with the other students. Finally accepting that her teacher was never going to help her, Rebecca left all her classes and joined other theatre groups where her talents were actually recognized and she even got awards for theatre acting.
78	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Deconstructed, Rebecca reveals that her theatre teacher, Medusa, often played favorites with her students and always sabotaged Rebecca's theatre prospects out of spite and pettiness. However, this caused problems for the students later on because they were only successful in theatre because Medusa was the one in charge. In "WORST PRANK Ever Played On Me!!", Rebecca reveals that when a different teacher was leading the play, Rebecca got a starring role because she was the only one in Medusa's class who knew how to sing, and Medusa's favorites were forced to work backstage, which was something they didn't normally do and were promptly underskilled at.
79	* HateSink: Rebecca's High School Theater Teacher, Medusa, had extremely few (if any) redeemable qualities. She was controlling, superficial, verbally-abusive, petty, and spiteful. She had a very clear dislike towards Rebecca since day one that never got better over the years, despite Rebecca proving many times to be a capable student and actress. Medusa's dislike of Rebecca was so bad, that Rebecca's mother one time told her how Medusa admitted to deliberately allowing a bully to get away with tormenting her, even ''[[BlamingTheVictim blaming Rebecca for being bullied]]''. Essentially, Medusa was nothing more than an AlphaBitch [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp all grown up]].
80	* HeelFaceTurn: Rebecca had a bit of an evil streak since she [[EnfantTerrible was a baby]], but by middle school, she abandoned that lifestyle for being a good person.
81	-->'''Rebecca:''' Listen, I got my deviltry out early; you best be thankful that I'm a ''{{Good Witch\|Versus Bad Witch}}'' of the Woods now!
82	* HypocriticalHumor: In "Daycare Stories", Rebecca refers to herself as a "pinnacle of refinement and maturity"... while propping up her unshaven legs on the table she's sitting at.
83	* ImpactSilhouette: Leaves one in the ground in "My Childhood Fears" when Laddi kicks her down from her swing elevator.
84	* InsaneTrollLogic:
85	** When Rebecca stole her mom's credit card to purchase ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'', she did it under the excuse that "it's not stealing if she was buying it anyway". The fact that she had it overnighted for an additional fee didn't help.
86	** Her SadistTeacher in college also seemed to follow under similar logic when it came to his grading system (he gave Rebecca a poor grade because of a font she used and marked down a paper ''that had fewer mistakes on it than when it was previous graded!'')
87	* InsultBackfire: Delivers one to a woman who made fun of her legs in "My School Dress Codes".
88	-->'''Woman:''' I wouldn't be wearing shorts if I had your legs, sweetie.\
89	'''Rebecca:''' Oh, yeah? Well, your judgment of others is a manifestation of your crippling disappointment with how your life is turning out, "sweetie".\
90	'''Woman:''' ''({{beat}}; [[ThinSkinnedBully starts crying]])''
91	* InteractiveNarrator: When telling her stories, Rebecca has a tendency to freeze her footage and physically commentate over or interact with it, in a manner [[ShoutOut not too dissimilar]] to another well-known [[ItsAllAboutMe egotist]], Kuzco from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
92	* {{Irony}}: In "My Crazy Theatre Teacher", the show which led to Rebecca to stand up for herself against the backstage hostility she got from Medusa was ''Theatre/NoisesOff'', a show which is actually about a ShowWithinAShow and the cast's backstage hostilities!
93	* ItsAllAboutMe: Rebecca ''loves'' to stroke her ego [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]], which is reflective of her being a show-off while on stage.
94	-->'''Rebecca:''' Well, what did you expect?! You all kept calling me "Queen" on my social media! It was only a matter of time before [[{{Narcissist}} my ego became overblown]], and I tried on the crown for size! You only [[NeverMyFault have yourselves to blame]], darlings.
95	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Rebecca's High School Drama Teacher [[SadistTeacher Medusa]] was ultimately this. She had a [[ControlFreak tight grip]] on the theatre department and was [[MoodSwinger prone to mood swings]], either being decent & friendly or irritable & verbally abusive. And she frequently had favorite students while treating everyone else ([[TeachersUnfavoriteStudent Becca included]]) poorly. But she always gave her A's for being a good student, and even gave her a hug after a great performance, which made Rebecca believe that one day she'd get her approval if she stuck it out. However, during senior year when Rebecca was auditioning for the lead role in a play that she was the most qualified for in the entire class [[note]] Specifically, it was for female lead-character [[CoolOldLady "Dotty"]] from ''Theatre/NoisesOff''. Rebecca was the oldest in the class, had senior-student casting priority, had the right physique for the role, and could even do the necessary accent perfectly [[/note]], Medusa ''still did not cast her for ANY role for the play'' out of sheer contempt for her, even [[HiddenDisdainReveal telling other students such]]. Unsurprisingly, this was the final straw for Rebecca, who quit her class then & there.
96	* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: In "My Childhood Fears", Rebecca calls Creator/TomSka to help her down from her swing elevator, but instead gets help from Laddi.
97	-->'''Laddi:''' Well, you see, Tom realized he's... y'know, in London, so, he called WebAnimation/{{Jaiden\|Animations}} to ask ''her'' to do it. But she was busy, so she called [[WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut James]], who called WebAnimation/{{Emirichu}}, who called [=CypherDen=], but ''she'' couldn't make it 'cause ''she's'' in New York. So, Den called WebAnimation/{{Tabbes}}, who called WebAnimation/{{illymation}}, who called [=RushLight=] Invader, and, I just happen to be in the area, so, he called me, and here I am!
98	* LargeHam: Rebecca is a shamelessly loud and dramatic presence who loves being the center of attention. She even came out of her mother's womb screaming.
99	* LaserGuidedKarma:
100	** [[SadistTeacher Medusa]] was an extremely abusive and vindictive teacher with a totalitarian grip on the theatre department of the high school Rebecca went to. She treated almost all of her students like trash except for a [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections select few students that were her personal favorites and prioritized above school rules]]. However, her behavior caught up to her when she got [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy smashed on an overnight competition with students]] and ended up locking the boys out of their dormitory overnight. She was promptly fired.
101	** As mentioned in "Drives Like Crazy", a man driving a Mustang almost ran Rebecca over while pulling out of a parking lot. Rebecca later saw him be pulled over by the cops.
102	** Milly, TheBully, while only getting ten demerits ''for biting Rebecca's arm'', never bothered her again afterwards after Rebecca stood up to her for a friend.
103	* LaughingMad: Rebecca's reaction to hearing why [[SadistTeacher Medusa]] didn't cast her, on top of lying to her.
104	-->'''Rebecca:''' She didn't... cast me... because... I wasn't... popular. ''(chuckles under her breath before increasing her laughing pitch, going [[FishEyes cross-eyed]], and cackling while silhouetted in the background)''
105	* LoopholeAbuse:
106	** During a strict dress code enforcement period, Rebecca managed to sneak a [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Grumpy]] t-shirt due to the shirt legitimately looking like a college debate team shirt. Also counts as RefugeInAudacity.
107	** In "Daycare Stories", when she was in daycare during her younger years, she was told not to draw on the board without adult supervision. So instead, she took the marker and drew all over her face. [[SubvertedTrope She got time out anyway]].
108	** In "TRICKED My Teacher into Giving Me EASIEST Project Ever", during a project where kids had to do reports on the biographies of [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates U.S. presidents]] while acting out as them, Rebecca managed to get away with picking UsefulNotes/WilliamHenryHarrison, acted out as him [[GallowsHumor on his deathbed]], and got an A+ for her presentation.
109	* MadeOfIron: Rebecca's childhood friend Jaco once fell dozens of feet from a tree and landed on a wet bar hard enough to completely destroy it. Somehow, he got away with just a broken arm.
110	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: {{Double subver\|sion}}ted in "My Terrible Mouth Accident". She talks about how when she was a toddler, she fell face first on hardwood floors when playing on a porch swing. She screamed loudly, alerting her father and taking her to the hospital because her mouth was bleeding. But then during the car ride, little Becca started gleefully singing "Old [=MacDonald=] Had a Farm". But Rebecca's father wasn't in the mood for a musical number.
111	* MamaBear: In "Bitten While Defending A Friend", after being shown a bite mark, Rebecca's mom chewed out the principal for punishing Rebecca for fighting a bully in the name of a friend. It didn't make the demerits go away, though. In "My Crazy Theatre Teacher", the way Rebecca spoke about her mom's interaction with Medusa outright implies that she was on the verge of throttling Medusa for defending a student who was antagonizing Rebecca. Even stating that trying to shift the blame onto Rebecca for being bullied was a brave thing to do in front of her mom.
112	-->'''Rebecca:''' Look what Milly did to me.\
113	'''Rebecca's Mom:''' Oh, hell no!\
114	''(cut to the Principal's office; there's a rumbling sound, followed by the sound of fast foosteps getting louder and louder; door is kicked open, revealing Rebecca's mother with a red-eyed DeathGlare)''\
115	'''Rebecca's Mom:''' EXPLAIN YOURSELF, '''''[[VoiceOfTheLegion KNAVE!]]'''''
116	* TheMatchmaker: An unintentional and even possibly supernatural case. Rebecca's noted that she's had terrible luck maintaining a relationship and for some reason, all of her former partners went on to have more stable and lasting relationships after dating her. This eventually ballooned when random people she interacts with, be it in RealLife or online, told her they've somehow managed to score after talking to her. Once someone half-jokingly referred to her as "The Girlfriend Fairy", Rebecca fully embraced the role and has since become less concerned about her chances of success in romance.
117	* MidlifeCrisisCar: "Almost Run Over By A Car" details Rebecca's experience with almost getting hit by an intimidating red-and-black Mustang driven by an older gentleman. The license plate says "CMPNSATING" just to drive the point home.
118	* MistakenForGay: Due to a bit of ambiguous wording she used in "Crazy Wrong Number Caller", she had to clarify in a later video that "Sorry ladies, I'm straight".
119	* MoodSwinger: One thing that made Medusa such a nightmare to deal with was her emotional volatility. Sometimes she was perfectly nice and helpful, but other times she was borderline monstrous.
120	* MovingTheGoalposts: In yet another, particularly cruel case of Medusa being a SadistTeacher: for years she told Rebecca that she didn't cast her with decent roles because senior-year students have casting priority since they are graduating. However, when Rebecca finally reached senior-year, and even was the ''only'' senior-year girl in Medusa's class... Medusa ''still refused to cast Rebecca AT ALL'', [[BlatantLies claiming]] that Rebecca was too tall (when in fact she wasn't).
121	* NeverMyFault: When an older man almost ran over Rebecca with his car, he gives an "[[BackhandedApology apology]]" implying that she was the one at fault.
122	* NiceGirl: Rebecca is sweet, good-hearted, and is incredibly patient with her viewers. At the end of her story of Medusa, Rebecca simply offers hope to her former teacher that she is in a better mental and emotional state of mind. [[SincerityMode She means it]].
123	* NightmareFetishist: She's never been adverse to a little bit of blood... Or a gallon or two.
124	* NoMouth: How she traditionally animates her characters in most of her videos. Discussed in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo62AEDwTKY NO MOUTHS?]]", where she explains that she took inspiration from [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin the Martian]], [[WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit Gromit]], and [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] to draw characters that rely solely on the eyes for emotional expression. She has enough practice with this that she was able to draw her mom with a recognizable Grinch smile even though she didn't have a mouth. In scenarios where she needs to show a mouth (such as in "My Terrible Mouth Accident"), they're represented with post-it notes. However, in other videos not animated in her traditional style (such as "[[https://youtu.be/keiBCRM_M_8 BeeFwee! (A Pokemon Parody)]]" and "[[https://youtu.be/s1QqQmuSuBU Bottled Opera]]," her senior student film), or when she draws other animated [=YouTubers=] in their styles, characters do have mouths.
125	* TheNoseless: Rebecca's characters generally aren't drawn with noses. Similarly to the above, when she needed to depict a nose in "Daycare Stories 2", she drew it on a post-it note.
126	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Despite him being physically violent to everyone, Rebecca realizes that Greg is only the way he is because he's a social outcast like she is, and through showing kindness to him, she ends up being Greg's only genuine friend.
127	* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
128	** In "I Got Stuck On A Roof", Rebecca says this about using a leaf pile to write out an SOS on the roof of the house.
129	** In "Running Away From Home", Rebecca describes her mother giving her father the prank goodbye note[[note]]A prank intended for her mom, who didn't fall for it, but immediately suggested they prank their dad instead. And even decided to play along to make it convincing.[[/note]] and her dad immediately asking, "What did you do?! Did you say something to her?" She then pauses the animation to laugh, "No, really, he actually said that, he blamed my mom immediately."
130	* NotSoAboveItAll: While Rebecca's mother generally comes off as a stern, no-nonsense woman, she does have a mischievous side, as shown when she comes up with an idea to prank her husband in "Running Away From Home".
131	* NudeColoredClothes: Rebecca appeared in an ''Alice in Wonderland'' high school play as both Tweedle Dum and the Old Griffin, and the latter's costume included a pair of peach-colored pants. But on the fourth night of the play, during Rebecca's Tweedle Dum performance, her hula hoop pants fell down, and since she was wearing the Griffin pants underneath, at least some people in the audience thought she was bottomless.
132	* OutOfTheFryingPan: Had Rebecca just ordered ''Pokémon Snap'' using her mom's credit card, she would've just been in trouble, but because she also went the extra step to have it overnighted, this caused the game to be confiscated from her for 2 weeks.
133	* PinkIsErotic: In "WORST PRANK Ever Played On Me!!", Rebecca tells a story of how a group of disgruntled teenage theatre kids decided to play a prank on her during a theatre production of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''. During the play, one of the pranksters, Robbie, suddenly grows a conscience and vaguely warns Rebecca that Ben's pants will fall when he stands up. Unfortunately, Ben wasn't warned in time and his pants dropped, seemingly exposing everything to the audience. Later on, Rebecca discovers the next part of the prank, that the scroll would reveal a biologically accurate penis that only the actors and actresses could see but the actor was able to keep a straight face. Although nothing is shown to the audience, Rebecca is shown with pink cheeks as she's immediately embarrassed and flustered when Ben's pants drop off-screen and Ben's cheeks are also blushing pink but not as intensely as Rebecca's are. Rebecca is shown blushing pink again when she finds out about the crude drawing of a penis on the scroll, as well as the amateur theatre kid who was standing in front of a bush with pink flowers in it.
134	* PoorlyTimedConfession: A variant. in the video titled appropriately, "I Got Stuck On A Roof", Rebecca and her friend were having a sleepover, and while her friend's parents away, they decided to play on the roof, but got locked out of the house. They stayed on the roof for 2 hours before her friend's parents come home. Rebecca is picked up by her father, and while she thinks she's going to get away with it, this happens.
135	-->'''Kay:''' Aaaand remember! Don't tell him ''anything''!\
136	'''Rebecca:''' ''(OhCrap face)''\
137	'''Rebecca's Father:''' ''(DeathGlare combined with TranquilFury voice)'' Don't tell me ''what'', dearest daughter of mine?
138	* PosthumousCharacter: Rebecca's father is one in every story talking about him, as he sadly passed away in late 2014 due to a heart attack that was so powerful, it couldn't be treated.
139	* PunctuatedPounding: In "Backyard Stories", when Rebecca describes how Jaco tried to swing from a tree "like he was freakin' Tarzan", she can be heard clapping between words.
140	* PyrrhicVictory: Medusa abusing Rebecca and other students for not being popular. She may have been able to cast her favorites and get enjoyment out of tormenting the other students in the short term, but in the long term this damaged her reputation with students being less willing to stay in her department, and ultimately resulted in her being fired. And of course, there's the fact that Rebecca herself sees a lot of success in acting and animation today, so it's easy to see how the power table has turned.
141	* RageBreakingPoint: Learning from her experience with Medusa, Rebecca knew to not take E's shenanigans sitting down. For the entire semester, she would take the proper measures to counteract everything bad he did, but on the last day of class, when her corrected assignment ended up having a ''lower'' grade than the initial assignment, Rebecca stood up, [[LetsGetDangerous told E to meet her in the hallway]], and proceeded to argue with him for 15 minutes.
142	* ReactiveContinuousScream: During her prank of running away from home, Rebecca's dad accidentally finds her behind the frosted shower door, causing the two to scream at each other.
143	* RhymesOnADime: How she made her last [=VidCon=] Recap video.
144	* SadistTeacher: Her high school theatre teacher Medusa and her college communication professor E (who Rebecca comments made Medusa look like a saint in comparison, since at least Medusa never ''killed'' anybody).
145	* SawItInAMovieOnce: In "Backyard Stories", Rebecca recalled an incident where one of her friends tried to retrieve a lost ball by climbing a tree and using a branch to swing into the neighbor's garden, à la ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''. Unsurprisingly, [[DidntThinkThisThrough the branch couldn't hold his weight]] and he fell on a wet bar, where he was lucky enough to just have his arm broken. Rebecca also uses this trope ''against'' him, saying that [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] shorts should've told him that it was a bad idea.
146	-->'''Rebecca:''' [[AnimationAgeGhetto Who says cartoons rot your brain?]][[invoked]]
147	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In "My Crazy Theatre Teacher", the titular teacher didn't cast Rebecca in a play, even though she'd fit in a role perfectly, [[EvilIsPetty simply because Rebecca wasn't pretty or popular]]. This motivates Rebecca to do what she should have done years ago: grow a backbone and walk away from a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative bitch]].
148	* SecretDiary: Greg in "Bitten While Defending A Friend" kept a personal journal where he wrote all his {{Dark Secret}}s pertaining to his bad home life and constant bullying, which [[TheBully Milly]] snatches for the purpose of gossiping about in the girls' locker room in front of Greg. Rebecca's determined to get it back for Greg because of how personal and depressing the contents of the journal must be, and having it read aloud would probably drive him off the deep end.
149	* SeenItAll: Kay's parents in "I Got Stuck On A Roof" barely react to Kay and Rebecca getting, well, stuck on a roof, the implication being that this is a regular occurrence in their house. They don't even threaten to tell Rebecca's parents about the incident, and they only find out due to a PoorlyTimedConfession on Kay's part.
150	* ShoutOut: When Rebecca is mining through the beach in "[[https://youtu.be/r3aqoD_TvSo Daycare Stories 2]]", [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Cynthia]] is seen half-buried in the sand.
151	* ShrinkingViolet: Rebecca was a very shy girl during her prep school days due to the ostracism she suffered.
152	* SkewedPriorities: When Rebecca shows Creator/TomSka her [[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Pewd]]Ska ship art, Tom's only concern is, "Why am I on the bottom?"
153	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Rebecca and her dad {{avert\|ed trope}} this, only having the same hair color and nothing else, but Rebecca's mom looks exactly like Rachel; only older.
154	* SymbolicBlood: [[TheBully Milly]]'s EstablishingCharacterMoment has her highlighting a ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' calendar with a red marker, putting the cap back on, and promptly [[HairTriggerTemper snapping the marker in half]], causing the ink to come squirting out all over her face as if she were bloodstained.
155	* TeasingParent: After Rebecca's running away from home prank on her mom fell flat because her mom [[BatmanGambit acted coy about it]], causing her and Rachel to come out of hiding, her mom suddenly got the idea to do the prank again, but this time, on Rebecca's dad. Lo and behold, the prank was a rousing success due to her mom putting on her most convincing acting performance.
156	* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[invoked]]Tech advances are brought up in "I Got Stuck On A Roof". While kids of later years could easily have called for help or at least distracted themselves with their smartphones, the incident happened at a time when cell phones were far less ubiquitous and far more primitive, so even if one or both of them had a phone on them at the time, it's questionable whether they would've been able to do anything with it.
157	* TemptingFate: How Kay gets her and Rebecca stuck on the roof.
158	-->'''Kay:''' See? It's all fine! ''(places hand on window pane)'' Just as long as we don't close the- ''[[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption (window shuts on its own)]]'' ...window.
159	* TheToothHurts: "My Terrible Mouth Accident" is about how Rebecca suffered a mouth injury when she was very young after falling off a porch swing, one that pushed three of her front teeth back and up into her head.
160	* ToxicFriendInfluence: For the most part, Kay was a decent friend to Rebecca, but her convincing her to go out onto the roof was set up to be devious rulebreaking on her part.
161	* TranquilFury: Rebecca's mom slipped into this after Rebecca told her she used her credit cart to pay for a Nintendo 64 without permission.
162	* TroubledButCute: Despite her artistic talents and creative pursuits, Rebecca has had some introverted and socially challenging experiences throughout her life.
163	* UnlimitedWardrobe: Rebecca's avatar wears something different in every video. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "My School Dress Codes" when talking about school uniforms.
164	-->'''Rebecca:''' I can't even decide on one outfit to stick my animated self with. ''(turns to face a closet containing outfits from past videos)'' Just look at this cartoon wardrobe! Eat'cha heart out, WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse.
165	* VerbalBackspace: In "Almost Run Over By A Car", Rebecca describes herself as "very creepy" due to her habit of people-watching before hastily amending it to "very observant".
166	* VileVulture: Discussed in "Blood on my Windshield", Texans are taught to avoid buzzards because they have difficulty taking off. While Rebecca and her mom were out, the pair nearly drove into a buzzard but the bird was able to get out of the way and survive. Unfortunately, the carrion from the buzzard's beak slipped out and splattered over the windshield and they had to get the car washed before they went any further.
167	* WardrobeMalfunction: Happened during a high school play Rebecca took part in. Specifically, her Tweedle Dum pants broke and fell down, much to the audience's amusement.
168	* WeightWoe: While she was in prep school, Rebecca was ostracized partly because she was plus-sized, and felt very insecure about her body as a result.
169	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: According to Rebecca's mom, [[SadistTeacher Medusa]] was no different behind closed doors than she was while teaching, as when she went to confront her about Rebecca's bully, Medusa admitted [[NoSympathy right in front of her mom]] that she was more worried about the bully getting in trouble and losing his role in future plays than any bullying Rebecca was having to put up with. Although the confrontation didn't go much further, [[MamaBear Rebecca's mom]] was ''[[BullyingADragon not]]'' pleased with what Medusa had to say.
170	* WolverinePublicity: The thumbnail for the first part of her Vidcon 2018 recap has WebAnimation/JaidenAnimations in the back of the crowd, despite not actually showing up in the video. [[SubvertedTrope She does appear in the second part though]].
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172	->''[[TheStinger "Thank you so much for tuning in, but now, I gotta tune out. Bye!"]]''

Context WebAnimation / LetMeExplainStudios