Line #28 WebVideo/WheezyWaiter


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wheezy.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:In this photo, [[CloudCuckoolander he could almost be mistaken for a level-headed, responsible person]].]]
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4	->''"You gotta kill your clones. They make the census form REALLY hard to fill out. And they eat exactly as much as I do... [[SelfDeprecation and I'm a pig!]] Extra grocery shopping? I think 'kill.' " ''
5	-->-- Craig, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G93pHkobaLk "Intro to Wheezy Waiter"]]
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7	Craig Benzine, or [[https://www.youtube.com/user/wheezywaiter WheezyWaiter,]] is a comedy [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] known for his [[NonSequitur non-sequitur]] sense of humour and heavy use of [[RunningGag recurring jokes]].
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9	His videos take the form of heavily fictionalized videoblogs created by an exaggerated, quirky version of himself—although in his videos [[FauxDocumentary he insists that they are a documentary]], and that [[BlatantLies his life is filmed exactly as it happens]]. Recurring elements include clones of himself he creates to do chores for them, and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath sends to an alligator pit]] at the end of each day, [[IncrediblyLamePun bad puns]], a whale he keeps in a tank in his room, TimeTravel, and an apartment that doubles as a CoolStarship.
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11	He seems to talk about his beard a lot, and as a result his fans are called "Beardlovers."
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15	!! This vlog provides examples of:
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17	* AndIMustScream: Craig's T-Rex toy that can no longer roar, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuMjdoKF1VE seen here.]]
18	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Comes somewhat close to using it word for word in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLrCJo5rLcY&feature=bf_next&list=WL63EFA8738FD96681&index=1 this episode,]] where he lists things you should not do on Anti Corruption Day, including corruption, murder, and double parking
19	* ArtefactTitle: He ditched his job as a waiter to become a full-time [=YouTuber=].
20	* BuffySpeak
21	* CatchPhrase: ''Many''.
22	** "Hey, Beardlovers!"
23	** "I love it when the coffee's done!"
24	** "Open up your heart..."
25	** "I'm a dork."
26	** "GET DRUUUUUNK!"
27	** "Let the wheezing begin!" Usually followed by a wheeze.
28	* CloneAngst: A small number of the clones Craig creates are depressed about the short and trivial nature of their lives—even though nothing is preventing them from disobeying Craig and fleeing, as Clone In Love did by [[{{Narcissist}} distracting Craig with his butt]]. However, most just comically under-react to the prospect of having to kill themselves.
29	* DeadpanSnarker: Mr. Wheezy himself.
30	* DisneyOwnsThisTrope: In protest of complaints that any vlogger who "clones" himself in a video is copying fellow {{Website/YouTube}}r Mystery Guitar Man, Craig has declared breathing to be "his thing" and says that everyone else who breathes in a video is copying him.
31	* DontExplainTheJoke: All the freaking time.
32	* FilmNoir: Parodied in ''The Wigged Man Trilogy''.
33	* FreudianSlipperySlope: In his segment on Sarah Palin's [[DoubleEntendre Double Entendre]]-ridden article, he quickly succumbs to this trope
34	-->'''Craig:''' ''Sarah, I too believe that the media is sometimes not "up" to the task. Sometimes they're "soft" on the facts. Sometimes they're unable to "harden" their sexual organs—I mean, their sexy research. Uh, I-I mean, their research penis! ...I'll leave the metaphors to you.''
35	* {{Gamebooks}}: Occasionally, you'll get to make a choice about what Craig does. He'll badger you until you do, sometimes drinking "human poison" if you fail to do so (afterwards explaining that he's dead, and it's your fault).
36	* GlassesPull: Hilariously parodied.
37	* IncrediblyLamePun: One of his specialities. Often he [[LampshadeHanging draws attention to them]].
38	* JumpCut: Which are occasionally [[LampshadeHanging announced]].
39	* LampshadeHanging: Deserves a special mention, since he hangs a lampshade over almost every goddamn thing he does, [[SelfReferentialHumor for comic effect]], or SelfDeprecation.
40	* LegacyCharacter: Over the years, Craig himself has been replaced by his own clones several times after being killed by them in various ways. Sometimes, this is followed up by the real Craig reappearing unscathed, revealing the replacement to have been a clone all along, or by a very disorienting sequence of events which leave the viewer completely confused.
41	** [[spoiler: Sexy Clone]] was also replaced at the end of the Meteor Saga by [[spoiler: Expendable Clone]].
42	* {{Leitmotif}}:
43	** "It's Craig-ity Craig... Craig With A Wig!" [[WinkDing ding]] [[TheUnSmile grimace]]
44	** Sexy Clone is usually played on and off by the {{Sexophone}}.
45	* MundaneFantastic
46	* MustHaveCaffeine
47	* OverlyLongGag
48	* PreemptiveDeclaration: used quite a bit. For instance, in "The Poe Toaster":
49	--> CLONE: I miss the Poe Toaster.
50	--> CRAIG: I miss it when you explode.
51	--> CLONE: But I've never exploded. Oh, I see what you're getting at— (Explodes.)
52	* RapidFireComedy: Used in almost all of his videos, but exemplified to a high degree [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CWsPSxMQt4 here]].
53	* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Ty the Regular Guy.
54	** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] [[DontExplainTheJoke repeatedly.]]
55	* RunningGag: Too many to list. Free Bagel Friday, the hot dog costume, juggling, Banjo Face, getting the coffee, the whale tank, eagle-punching, gratuitous toplessness, [[LaughTrack ironic canned laughter]], chips and salsa, Quiet Clone, Sexy Clone, [[StrawNihilist Craig With A Wig]], Explosion Wednesday (which isn't "a thing" yet), [[Creator/ScarlettJohansson Scarlett Johansson]], brand new couch, singing carpet...
56	** Explosion Wednesday won't be official until Oprah tells him to make it so.
57	** "How to find love? Well, you must open up your heart. [[RepeatCut Look inside your heart.]] [[BrokenRecord Listen to your heart]]. [[OverlyLongGag Heart heart heart]]..."
58	* SoundEffectBleep: The F-bomb is replaced with a simple ''ding'', but "shit" is replaced by a high-pitched "SHIRT," and an image of a [[ShamelessSelfPromoter WheezyWaiter branded T-shirt is briefly superimposed over his mouth]]. In reference to this, "ass" is replaced with "PANTS" and covered by a picture of some jeans.
59	* {{Subject 101}}: Many of his episode titles use this formula, e.g., "Dieting 101".
60	* WinkDing: A staple of Craig's videos, usually at the end of them. Originally done by him, then eventually by the fans.
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