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4	[[https://www.youtube.com/c/iDubbbzTV iDubbbzTV]] is a Website/YouTube channel run by Ian Jomha[[note]]né Washburn; several sources claimed that his surname was Carter, but he has since refuted this as an "Internet lie"[[/note]]. In its rise to fame, the channel was known for its comedy series, which included a [[SurrealHumor surreal]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice off-color]], [[TakeThat insult-based]], and more often than not [[{{Squick}} gross-out]] style of humor. He has since moved on to ventures including boxing and documentary filmmaking.
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6	In the channel's rise to fame, Ian was known for several different shows:
7	* ''WebVideo/ContentCop'', where he critiques certain Website/YouTube channels and creators
8	* ''Kickstarter Crap'', where he similarly critiques Kickstarter campaigns
9	* ''Where are they NOW?'', where he takes a look at a project in a previous ''Kickstarter Crap'' episode, orders the product to see how it turned out, and finds out what happened to the creators
10	* ''Bad Unboxings'', where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he opens up bizarre fan mail he has received]]
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12	In 2022, Ian announced [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_Clash Creator Clash]], a social media influencer boxing charity event involving 18 different online figures, including WebVideo/MichaelReeves, Creator/{{Egoraptor}}, WebVideo/InternetCommentEtiquette, WebAnimation/TheOdd1sOut, and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QHWhjbe5fGJEPz3sVb6nw Doctor Mike]], the lattermost of whom fought Ian in the event's headlining fight (and eventually won). The event was partially inspired by [=YouTuber=] [=RiceGum=] (a past ''Content Cop'' subject) challenging Ian to a fight and backing down, as well as Ian's dissatisfaction with influencer boxing matches (particularly due to the {{kayfabe}} and unsportsmanlike conduct involved). The event involved real boxing judges and referees, and Ian hired boxing coaches for all of the participating creators. Over 100,000 PPV buys were reportedly sold; a full VOD of the event livestream can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIn4wFvLM0 here]]. The following year, a second Creator Clash event was held, with Ian fighting [=YouTuber=] [[https://www.youtube.com/@Wassabi Alex Wassabi]] in the main event (and losing via unanimous decision). Although the event sold 50,000 PPV buys, it reportedly lost $250,000, meaning that no money actually went to charity as a result of the event.
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14	Ian's channel was also part of the "Shrimpson Boys", a [=YouTube=] supergroup that also included WebVideo/FilthyFrank, [=MaxMoeFoe=], WebVideo/HowToBasic, and Dolan Dark and was known for engaging in crass and oft-dangerous activities on each other's channels.
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16	Ian has also created two secondary channels: [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-tsNNJ3yIW98MtPH6PWFAQ iDubbbzTV2]], originally meant for extra material from his main channel but now hosting the ''Save the Squirrels Initiative'' docu-series, wherein Ian embarks on a journey to find all squirrel species on Earth; and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhfFXNY0z3-mbrTh1OYRXA iDubbbzgames]], which was dedicated to content of Ian playing different types of games that has not been updated in 4 years. Any tropes relating to these channels should be posted here.
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18	!!Tropes about [=iDubbbzTV=]:
19	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Has done several skits inside of a large storm drain, like doing a food review on pickles, hunting and eating pickles stuck in the walls, and fighting "Keemstar" in a pile of popcorn and blood.
20	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Ian is a big fan of alliteration.
21	** Most of his series are alliterated. '''K'''ickstarter '''C'''rap, '''C'''ontent '''C'''op and (kind of) '''B'''ad Un'''b'''oxing.
22	** In his earlier videos he had a RunningGag of ending them with and ad-libbed alliteration.
23	-->'''Ian:''' Thank you so much for watching everyone, and remember to tune in next time when I flounder in flatulence.
24	* AccentSlipUp: Ian's southern drawl is noticeable whenever he gets excited.
25	%% * AscendedMeme: "Actually, it's a storm drain."
26	* AppropriatedAppellation: The FanCommunityNickname "Niggerfaggots" comes from an angry video a [=YouTuber=] addressed to him for outing their Kickstarter project as a fraud on ''Kickstarter Crap.''
27	* {{Catchphrase}}: He's said "What are you, fucking ''gay''?" on multiple occasions. Usually on his "Content Cop" videos.
28	* CountryMatters: He says this word a lot, which isn't too strange considering he's friends with a bunch of Australians and flies over there to film, specifically Western Australia. He also uses it in his ''Content Cop'' of Tana Mongeau as an example of a word that initially sounds awful but loses its meaning and impact over time through desensitization.
29	* FanHater: His ''Content Cop'' on Jinx dips into this, as he blames the man's fans for supporting his content just as much as he blames Jinx himself. It culminates in the caption '''[[SuicideDare "If you like this, jump off a bridge"]]''' plastered onscreen as Ian struggles to get through Jinx's "Rihanna Interview."
30	* {{Gasshole}}: He burps a lot, usually to punctuate a joke or because something he ate during a ''Bad Unboxing'' made him nauseous.
31	* MadeOfIron: In ''Creator Clash''. He took by and far the largest beating by probably the strongest boxer in the tournament, and even though his face got covered in blood and he earned two shiners, he was still one of the only two who lasted the whole five (albeit two minute) rounds and lost by unanimous decision instead of TKO.
32	* MeleeATrois: How the huge "[=YouTube=] drama" between himself, Keemstar and Leafy turned out, helped because Ian [[LetsYouAndHimFight successfully pit the two against one another]] and [[DividedWeFall humiliated them both in the process]].
33	* NauseaFuel: InUniverse example. He wouldn't eat a lollipop with a scorpion in it, and he [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomits]] after smelling Surstromming.
34	* NWordPrivileges: He averts this, and while he'll bring up other [=YouTubers=] doing the same on ''Content Cop,'' he won't judge them for ''that''... unless, as with the case of Tana Mongeau, [[{{Hypocrite}} they also judge him over it first.]]
35	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: His biological Southern drawl slips out at times.
36	* OrphanedSeries: ''what's in the box'' was cancelled after two episodes when it was presumably meant to have twelve.
37	** To date, there is only one episode of ''Kickstarter Cool''. But since it's essentially the exact same thing as ''Kickstarter Crap'' and almost entirely meant as a joke, it's probably [[InvokedTrope intentional]].
38	* RunningGag: Several throughout his shows:
39	** Ian [[{{Gasshole}} burping]] and having the video focus on the burp at any time, though this one's tied to a medical condition of his.
40	** His [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent "foreign" accent]], aside from being used when he wants to act like a foreigner, it's also used mockingly when he predicts and answers an argument the viewers might have while watching.
41	** [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext The smell of potpourri overpowers the scent of the coyote urine!]]
42	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lea1faKgHE Coolest Cooler - Where are they NOW?]], Ian is... Unenthused to view his older videos.
43	-->'''Current Ian:''' Now we're gonna watch my video and see if my criticisms hold up to the test of time.\
44	'''Old Ian:''' Hello everybody-\
45	'''Current Ian:''' ''[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck.]]''
46	* VomitIndiscretionShot: In the "Bad Unboxing video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gzXewgAV4s Crab Love]]", one package[[note]]Which is theorized to have contained a moldy pizza bagel[[/note]] caused him to actually vomit due to how disgusting it was (thankfully, it was pixellated, but still).
47	** He also vomited a little in his Surströmming in the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVuSo_rEbrE I LOVE SWEDISH CULTURE]]" video, which remained ''un''censored.
48	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: His "foreign" accent, which sounds like a mix of multiple European languages combined into an extremely odd mess, not to mention the fact that he has used the accent to imitate people from Egypt to central Europe.
49	** His natural accent, which he tried to hide until his more recent videos counts as well. He has a serious mix of various Southern-Western accents, which also affects his speech patterns. He has a notable drawl, but has subtle traces of a SurferDude accent, but has a hillbilly accent infliction. The result is an inconsistent twang, and he speaks slowly with his drawl, only for the drawl to go away.
50	-->'''Ah have osteoporosis!'''

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