Recap / Sanders Sides S 1 E 11 Am I Original

Thomas has decided to do a video where he'll tell the story of his life through vignettes, calling it "Sketch My Autobiography". Anxiety pops up and tells him that's a Draw My Life with a different name, and it's something boring and unoriginal. Princey rises up and asks Thomas to let him get into Daydream Mode, where he'll have full creative control. When Thomas agrees, Princey summons the missing Sides, so that they all do a brainstorm together, trying to find a true, completely original idea for a video, something that has never been done before. However, everything that Princey suggests are nothing but versions of things that have already been done in the past.

Release date: March 21, 2017

WARNING: Untagged spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk.

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Tropes

• Bait-and-Switch Comment: This reverse misleading compliment from Princey to Dad:
  Princey: I'm glad that you brought something that has already been done, because that is a good example...
  [Dad smiles]
  Princey: ...of a horrible suggestion.
  Dad: [disappointed] Oh...
• Battle Rapping: Princey and Logan engage in a rap battle. Surprisingly, Logan destroys Princey without effort.
• Bland-Name Product: Thomas calls his idea for a video as Sketch My Autobiography, reminding of Draw My Life.
• Character Check: Lampshaded by Thomas about how Anxiety's behavior has suddenly reverted to his old malicious self after being more chill the last couple of videos.
  Anxiety: Sometimes, I just gotta be me...an.
• Fully-Clothed Nudity: Dad is implied to be in his underwear when Princey summons him without fair warning. His legs are off-screen as usual, though.
• Hidden Depths: Logan shows that he's a good rapper, because he has "an appreciation for poetry". He roasts Princey in a "lyrical duel".
• Inconvenient Summons: Princey summons Dad without fair warning and he appears with his pants off.
• Let's Play: Dad plays a fragment of the game Goat Simulator.
• Musicalis Interruptus: While pretending to be making a Musical.ly video, Princey sings a fragment of the song "Lies, Lies, Lies", from A New Year of Lying to Myself in Song, but is quickly shut down by Thomas.
• The Reveal: Princey reveals that his real name is Roman.
  Thomas: Oh, Princey. I...
  Princey: Roman.
  Thomas: Roman?
  Roman: That's my proper name.
  Thomas: Oh!
  Roman: It felt weird you calling me "Princey" when it's serious talk time.
• Shoutout: The things that Roman suggests as "original ideas" are actually alternate versions of the following ideas, in order of appearance: Kid's React, The Office (and Parks and Rec, and Modern Family, and the British version of ''The Office''), Epic Rap Battles of History, Goat Simulator, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Musical.ly and Vine.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Roman thinks he's the best rapper in the group, but Logan is quick to get him out of his mistake.
• Stunned Silence: Roman's reaction to Logan's secret rapping skill.
• You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: Inverted. Roman was the one who told Thomas to call him by his given name when they were going to have a serious talk.