Line #26 WebAnimation/Danplan


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3	[=DanPlan=] is a Canadian animation [=YouTube=] channel that started as a gaming channel in 2014. Their channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UGbBVrqLlq6CRxWWUmyKw here.]] ''By The Way'' series follows three characters Daniel, Hosuh and Stephen. They usually get involved in survival games such as ''By the way, Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?'', in which Daniel is often the [[GameMaster Game Master]], having little involvement in the plot in most videos, with some exceptions such as the ''By the way, Can You Survive an RPG Game?'' series.
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5	In January of 2020, it was announced that the channel would be inactive for the time being. It eventually returned in April of 2020 with Daniel and new cast members under a live-action format, with the old animated format reintroduced several months later, with the new cast. Stephen left the group after a wage dispute with Daniel and Hosuh has also quit for unspecified reasons.
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7	Sometime after the schism, Stephen made some [=DanPlan=]-style videos occasionally on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYaxncRvOBu-vtdhxf6qciA his channel]], and later with Hosuh, started a new channel called ''WebAnimation/Plan3'', with new member Hart joining them, making animated [=DanPlan=]-style content, as Stephen and Hosuh were still fond of the format.
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10	!![=DanPlan=]'s videos provide examples of:
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12	* AerithAndBob: The three titular characters of Danplan are Daniel, Stephen....and Hosuh.
13	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4oCMkUxwQ There is also a relatively important character named Bob.]]
14	* AlienInvasion: At the end of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4oCMkUxwQ By the way, Can You Survive an ALIEN ENCOUNTER?]]'' [[spoiler: the alien escapes]]. A week later, the alien race invades earth [[spoiler: and annihilates all human life.]]
15	* AlliterativeName: [[https://youtu.be/__0IJOPBDxk?t=10 Here]], the characters are called Happy Hosuh, Delusional Daniel and Savage Stephen.
16	* AnyoneCanDie: Downplayed, "permanent" deaths still allow characters to interact with alive players as ghosts.
17	* ArtShift: The art style changes in every video due to the different art styles of the animators.
18	* AuthorAvatar: All the main characters are named after and based off real people.
19	* AxCrazy: Played for laughs when it comes to Stephen as he jokes about violence and gruesome things.
20	* BirthdayEpisode: Hosuh collaborates with friends and other animators to post birthday videos for Daniel in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYHD1tAR4BM Daniel doesn't know that I'm posting this video.]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOhQGGupEaI The Fiiinest Gift a Man can Give another Man]]''.
21	* TheBusCameBack: Jay returns in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2juKkLxdQo0 By the way, Are You a Sociopath?]]'' after getting PutOnABus for a while when they stopped making gaming videos.
22	* DeadlyGame: Almost every episode is a variation of this.
23	* DerailedForDetails: In [[https://youtu.be/z1TCfcQCILU?t=28 Can You Survive The CALL?]], While Daniel explains the caller seems to live in the same house he is in right now, Elias asks for many details, Disrupting Daniel's narration.
24	* EmbarrassingFirstName: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsob9J0Ic2k Christmas podcast]], [[spoiler: Santa Claus manipulates Stephen's memory to give him a flashback,]] Daniel lets Stephen name his daughter in the process. He proceeds to name her Ted.
25	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Stephen thinks that killing minors is wrong.
26	--->'''[[WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut James]]:''' Noooo but it's a little girl!
27	--->'''Stephen:''' Wait a sec. How old is this girl? Cause if she's over 18, I will murder, but if she's like 12, then obviously not- the heck. Even I won't do that, Jesus Christ. That's one line I won't cross[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU2p1ejnwRo . ]]
28	* EarlyBirdCameo: Though never mentioned in name, Jay and Jocat make an appearance in ''[[https://youtu.be/FqcxYQGenrE By the Way, What if the Same Day Repeated Over and Over? ]]''.
29	* GenreSavvy: Much to Daniel’s chagrin, several small [[PlotTwist plot twists]], and sometimes TheReveal of some episodes are figured out long before they happen, and he has to adjust the story to avoid the others (often Stephen) from ending the game early.
30	* HalloweenEpisode: In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6jy_0Z2W2A By the way, Horror Stories]]'', Daniel, Hosuh and Stephen sit in a campfire telling horror stories.
31	* HumanShield: [[spoiler: After Stephen assassinates Daniel and resurrects him into a zombie, Daniel's mom becomes shocked and enraged, turning her into a mob boss. Afterwards, ]]Stephen uses [[spoiler:Daniel]] to shield him while he runs away, [[spoiler:subverted as Daniel reunites with his mom and they turn back on Stephen to attack him.]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvnbp49QOPE ]]
32	* KickTheDog: Daniel calls the doglike SCP-999 “an ugly orange thing” in the second part of [[https://youtu.be/OBom50FX3-o Can You Survive SCP Containment Breach]].
33	* TheLeader: Daniel is the Leader of the three main characters and lead the story in most videos.
34	* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Hosuh is the [[StupidGood nicest]] out of the three, Stephen is the polar opposite that appears to be the AntiHero and Daniel is the in-between NiceGuy.
35	* {{Railroading}}: Daniel is extremely guilty of this; most notably by [[spoiler: completely preventing Jay and Stephen’s attempts to kill the disguised Tethered Daniel in [[https://youtu.be/Rxjf3_aP4KU Can You Survive “US”]].]]
36	* RedOniBlueOni:
37	** Hosuh and Daniel are the blue to Stephen's red
38	** Hosuh is the blue to Daniel's red
39	* TokenGoodTeammate: With Stephen and Jay tending to play as psychotic murderers during videos, Hosuh often ends up with this role.
40	* WrongGenreSavvy: Sometimes Stephen and the others think things are going in a dark direction when the NPC’s they are interacting with are completely benign.
41	--->'''Stephen''': ''In many situations'' [They] are a [demon/ghost/monster]! I [stab/shoot/attack] them!
42	* YetAnotherStupidDeath: Stephen willingly killing himself (and others) in ''[[https://youtu.be/FqcxYQGenrE By the Way, What if the Same Day Repeated Over and Over? ]]''.

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