Show Within a Show

[hihi0]

[unpleasable fanbase]

[hihi0]

Although I was hoping for a show within a show within a show within a show.

like...if you put on an episode/movie of some tv show, which was currently talking about their show within a show, and talked about that.

example: you put on an episode of the simposons where bart and lisa are watching that tom and jerry parody and talked about that....

'ceptioned.

so, a tad disappointed but..ah well. You did do a show (this video) within a show (the vlog) but, eh, I 'd like to see that too.

[DrayFan12]

@hihi0 SHOWCEPTION

[hihi0]

What about a show within a show within a show within a show within a show within a show?

[Zanite]

I like the hypercube

[MitjaShi]

+1 because tvtropes but the video itself wasn't good...

[MitjaShi]

@MitjaShi No wait, I just got a terrific Fridge Brilliance: the show is this video, and the show within a show is the vlog you are trying to make in this video!!!

[80sremixcentral2]

This video was a brutal deconstruction of Youtube.

[klutterkicker]

It would have been perfect with a zoom-out as the transition at 4:54.

[Guypersonmanthing3]

New Know Your Meme?

[fasmithii]

Your Mileage May Vary, but I'm not really a fan of these :/

[dolphin64575]

Is it me, or does Mr. Administrator look kinda mabey sorta like Slenderman?

[DJRozwell]

This video BRUTALLY subverted my expectations.

[octagonoid]

Yay for recursion!

[Snowhunter21]

Show with-in a show?

SHOWCEPTION

[coolasj]

Well, congratulations. You took my browsing of TVtropes at night and added an hour. IT'S FREAKING 5 O'CLOCK!

*Subscribe*

=D

[leafninja124]

Guys it's pronounced Tro-PAY

[Saen1830]

Fame.Glory. The satisfaction of a job well done.

LOL

[ObssesedNuker]

Who knew the TV Tropes Administrator was actually Anonymous?

[CrackaStoleMyBoat]

this troper was watching this video when he noticed 40 people disliked and it hit his Beserk Button so hard he unleashed his Limit Break and slammed his desk so hard it experienced Critical Existance Failure.

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

@CrackaStoleMyBoat

That Straw Fan's Suckiness Is Painful.

[Dyknown]

You keep a dead cat in a box too?

Who are you?

[felixvelariusbos]

4:03

Who are you, indeed.....

[DetectiveLance]

So it's a show within a show...while also being a behind the scenes of the show that's within the show...making it also the behind the scenes of the show that the show is within...resulting in a show within the show OF a show about a show within the show.

[wareq]

You keep your dead cat in a box too?

[Quaternion86]

I see you put a little recursion in there. For those who don't know what recursion is, here is an example:

>I see you put a little recursion in there. For those who don't know what recursion is, here is an example:

>>I see you put a little recursion in there. For those who don't know what recursion is, here is an example:

>>>I see...

[Mswordx23]

@Quaternion86 Droste effect. I CAN SEE INTO FOREVER.

[MsNerdacity]

At 3:26 you can tell that whatshername is about to smile. xD And I shall learn your name eventually, like when the credits roll around, mysterious tvtropes employee! This is brilliant.

[Cobbledstories]

Oh my god, this is fantastic. :D

[politcalgamer]

I honestly just wanted him to explain the trope. I really didn't like this video. This wasn't interesting. I was expecting it to be like "Know Your Meme" for tropes. This was disappointing :/

[dsi24]

@politcalgamer They showed the trope, not just an explanation.

[shinoayeka]

@politcalgamer It'll get better as they get the hang of it.

[ZZDaikun]

I fail to see how this trope is "confusing." It's a work of fiction within a work of fiction.

Think "Tool Time" on Home Improvement. Or "Stab" in the Scream sequels.

It's not that hard.

[MeganSandwich]

@ZZDaikun I'm pretty sure they were playing up the trope's difficulty for humor. Not that great of humor, but still....

[EpicBeard815]

Shouldn't the Administrator be covering his face with a lampshade?

[shinoayeka]

@EpicBeard815 It's hidden beneath the shadows of vagueness.

[driverx241]

delete troper tales

ban fast eddie tia

[tkofinas]

Love Dana and Zack.

Zack = CloudCuckooLander

Dana = Only Sane Man/Tall Dark and Snarky <3<3<3

And I had to laugh when I saw Final Cut on a Mac in the background. Oh Final Cut, ho ho ho~

[nooblangpoo]

you want me to zoom it in your crotch....

[dmboogie1]

Heheheh.

This video was most excellent! Keep it up!

[hahaha4556]

Dammit....I wanted to do something like this. Good job you guys.

[thevisualboy37]

I like this idea.

No, actually, I lied. I LOVE this idea!

[iugey]

I liked this please make more

[anarcharnate]

Fully approve. Very well done, interesting, illustrative, genuinely funny- this troper hopes you've got the chops to keep it up, and resist Network (i.e commenter) Interference.

[bigpoppa1234]

Don't worry guys, Fast Eddie will delete it all on his own soon anyway.

[Gramra]

I hope the other series aren't as boring as this one. Hell, it didn't even explain the fucking trope!

[Tamino2443]

I enjoyed that, can't wait to see what the next one is.

However, if the admin ever shows up again, it's your duty to make him do the Gendo pose.

[MrVeeek]

yayayayayay!!!! I LURVE IT. YOU GUYS ROCK ROCK ROCK.

[FlameAdder]

Does this ever get interesting?

[darkkit1994]

Wall of Crazy... awesome.

[TheDragonCael]

This seems like it's going to be awesome, by the way :D

[TheDragonCael]

Only once a week?

[veemonjosh]

It was...okay, I guess.

I'll give it another two episodes before deciding if I actually like this or not.

[Dirtyblue929]

@veemonjosh So Okay It's Average?

[hotrods4ben]

Is that the CorruptCorporateExecutive of the OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness?

[OurBenefactors]

Don't make another one

[RomZomCom]

@OurBenefactors how does gogg's cum taste like

[KingMehu]

Awesome!

[Smileyzeouf]

And the Tropers Rejoiced...

[usernameclassifeid]

This is just about the best thing ever.

[GamerFromJump]

Can I play?

[InkyOcto]

My heart burninates with desire for moar show. BTW Tom, this leaves you open to fanfic now.

[InkyOcto]

My heart burninates with desire for moar show.

[boyob13]

This video seems to separate those who think they've figured out TVTropes from those who actually have. :O

[8523wsxc]

MOAR!

[InkyOcto]

@8523wsxc sauce?

[Somefurfag]

"So you intend to just talk into a camera without any aid of plot, character or subtlety?"

PLEASE

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

DO THIS

Your 'story' is hideously boring and not in the least bit funny. It was not entertaining when any other group did it, especially the Channel Awesome crowd, it is not entertaining now. Just fucking talk about something that matters rather than waste everyone's time.

[Mswordx23]

@Somefurfag They were demonstrating the trope idiot. Get a fucking attention span.

[LoonShia]

@Somefurfag Haters gonna hate

[AncientAeon]

It should have been more professional. Like Mr. Plinkett's Star Wars reviews. That's funny, entertaining, professional and informative.

[AncientAeon]

Over 6,000 views. In 2 days. How much tropers are there?

Suggestions: Stable Time Loop, Chekhov's Gun, Playing with a Trope, and "Nothing" is Scarier. Especially the fourth one.

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

@Zimx02

Bash the work, not its fanbase, 'Kay?

[Zimx02]

@ExcessiveSpareTime The fanbase tends to be doubly as bad as the work for everything. This is no exception.

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

@Zimx02

Okay, I see your point-- I still have yet to convince my dad that noise and drug music are mutually exclusive, and I sincerely hope never to meet a Brethren fan who agrees with David Rogers' politics.

But still, the collective is at best a poor representation of the individual, and it's hard to snark one without the other taking offense.

Are there any cases in your personal favorites where the fanbase discredits the fan?

[Zimx02]

@ExcessiveSpareTime Of course, fanbases for everything are composed majorly of idiots. I hate the majority of kids that like the things I do.

[radonthegas]

I don't understand... after having created the illusion of a first show (the EchoChamber video proper), why wasn't there a brief cut to you the actors watching something on tv, or a laptop... to actually show what a show within a show is...?

[OzkarGlez]

@radonthegas Because the joke is the show within a show is the vlog about the tropes and the show itself is about how they come up to explain the trope for the show within a show AKA the vlog

[radonthegas]

@OzkarGlez Alright, I get it now. Thanks.

[tvtropesorg]

Exarian: Yes. We shall burn it all. It will not take a month.

[Exarian]

okay so right now we have the pony blitzkrieg dominating forums and imageboards all over, especially KYM, we have websites like somethingawful and /co/ attempting to stem the tide, while forums like allspark just going with it, and news sites like escapist who seem to support it. The internet is basically going through world war 2 at the moment.

You know what you just did TVtropes? you just marched in on all this mess of addictiveness. in a month the whole thing'll be on fire at this rate.

[Exarian]

I hear that "leave the camera running" will just be 6 minutes of a chalkboard.

[zappazoey]

Subscribed, can't wait to see where you guys go with this series. :D

[SpotxSpot]

Man, I wish they'd do tropes like Gravity Screw or Everything Is Trying To Kill You...

[Threvlin]

At first I was :/, but then I lol'd. Really great start, I can see this going to very entertaining places.

[chicobestia123]

Wonder how much time would it take to cover all of them.

[Spazzboy911]

NIGHTMARE FUEL! SLENDERMAN! NAOW!

[Warmon101]

I never knew about this! I'm a fan of TvTrope so this is where they make their videos...SWEET!!

[nuclearneo577]

@Warmon101 This is new.

[PleasedToBeHere1]

I love this and i love TvTropes, i hope i will never see a Laconic description of a trope made by him.

[davybarrecks]

Awesomeness. stop hating!

hope you do Fetish Fuel or smth controversial at some point

[enkephalin07]

Wow, that was so not funny.

Why don't you use your incredible powers of wasting people's time to illustrate tropes that people actually have trouble with?

[bigpoppa1234]

I ship Dana/Tom. There's some Belligerent Sexual Tension there.

[Aurabolt]

@bigpoppa1234 Yeah, but she also sounds like an angry Tsundere Action Girl. That'll get annoying fast for the fans when compared to The Everyman/Smart Guy.

[Aurabolt]

@Aurabolt Oh and Buttmonkey, sounds like.

[bigpoppa1234]

@Aurabolt Hopefully we'll get some AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOthe­r moments to balance out the Tsun Tsun.

[V2Blast]

...Seems to be the same as when you originally made it. :P

Still hilarious! :D

[Zenreload101]

Do high octane nightmare fuel. OR ELDRITCH ABOMINATIONS

[PokingSealStuff]

TvTropes is yeah.

[Mswordx23]

3:46 GeniusBonus- Schrodinger's Cat!

[PickleJello]

TV Tropes brought me here.

[Lagartoman7]

cant wait for nightmare fuel

[EpicBeard815]

NERDGASM!!! wait is that a trope? it is? DOUBLE NERDGASM ALL THE WAY!!!!!

[yellowbeard1]

SUBSCRIBING IMMEDIATELY!

[TropicalSnow18]

We need an episode on Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass!

[blazelled]

Meta what?

[mrfist6]

TvTropes has a video show now? SUBSCRIBED!

Now do an episode about Gainax Ending.

[failthebullet]

And thats what happens when you try to explain a trope using chalkboard walls

[videogamer810]

Only someone from TVTropes could make me subscribe to a channel with only one video.

[SonicBlazePlatinum]

What do you mean it's awesome?

[Melink03]

@SonicBlazePlatinum What do you mean it's not?

[SonicBlazePlatinum]

@Melink03 I forgot the definition of it, but yeah the show actually is awesome.

[nekorur]

I'm waiting for Overly Long Gag and Memetic Mutation.

[POOPTURTLE]

Delete Troper Tales, tia.

[MrBrendanRizzo]

So the diagram went from merely describing a Show Within A Show using a Venn diagram to... the entire blackboard covered. Classic.

[TiberiusCelsus1]

Wait… So, the episode about a show within a show was them trying to make a vlog about a show within a show, which culminated in their *making* a vlog about them making a show within a show trying to make a vlog about a show within a show, which culminated in their *making* a vlog–

*headsplosion*

[tatitatat913]

Is it bad that I started counting the tropes this video has...?

[Warsie]

haha tvtropes has a page!

[madcat2296]

FridgeBrilliance - While this vlog contains a ShowWithinAShow of its own, it is in fact a ShowWithinAShow of TVTropes as a whole, since the video is embedded in the ShowWithinAShow page.

[PokingSealStuff]

@madcat2296 It made me sad that this comment has no potholes.

[JustinHill47]

@madcat2296 Hahaha! Yes. The boundaries of reality collapse starting here.

[uberpwnage13]

Can't wait for more of these.

[ErichoTTA]

You guys should get together with the KnowYourMeme scientists.

[Mswordx23]

Looks like [[TheHero Tom]] [[TheVoice wont let Zack show up on-screen]] because he's a {{Jerkass}}. Otherwise [[IllKillYou he would kill him]]. We can still see [[TheChick Dana]] though.

4:52 BrevityIsWit.

5:03 {{Beat}}

0___o SOMEONE MAKE IT STOP!!!

[majutsukai]

Lol, "matroyshka"

[orreso]

@Terraxos

would they then have to do a video on that page?

[Joyride37]

3:39 Ho Yay!

[reviewman]

do xanatos gambit next!

[SamECircle]

This is wonderful! Thanks for filling the void the selling out of Know Your Meme created in all our hearts!

[warpspeed651]

/user/crazygoggs

TVTropes is ass

[EponymousKid]

@warpspeed651 except lol goggs has said multiple times that he doesn't have an issue with the site itself or its mission, just the community.

[jtlee891]

9 people probably do not care for this video.

[TheIrishGunman]

TVTROPES!

[DudeL26710]

Can't wait for So Bad It's Horrible and True Art.

[boyob13]

ArtaShrike is right! Stop Having Fun Guys! Everyone knows TVTropes is Serious Business!

;-)

[Shhadowfang]

Tropers unite! All hail TVtropes! >:D

[Kytseo]

@Shhadowfang TROPER BROFIST!, /offers a brofist

[Shhadowfang]

@Kytseo /brofist :D

[ArtaShrike]

Please, please, DEAR GOD please don't ruin TV tropes by making this a regular occurrence. They define the trope well in the first FOURTEEN SECONDS and then do nothing else. They never illustrate the trope or demonstrate it, and spend the rest of the time jerking around. Might have been better if the Admin made another appearance to punish them, but either way this has no place on the trope page.

[thallesregis]

@ArtaShrike You do realize that the whole trying to make a vlog episode thing was a show within a show, right?

Which was really sweet by the way.

[TFGmaster]

@ArtaShrike Actually they do illustrate it. The Show being the vlog and The Show Within A Show being the adventure of getting the vlog together. I'm sorry to explain it but I don't want a brilliant idea to be ruined by someone who can't understand a simple plot

[CplJoebot]

@ArtaShrike

Hahaha... u mad?

The funny part is that the opening thing was the textbook definition of the trope and the entire rest of this video was one, big demonstration of show-within-a-show. See how that works? It's cool!

[TheAnimejunkie12]

This is the best ever.

[TheReparedWings]

whoooooohooo!!! thanks for making this vid!

[Exarian]

> see the trope of the week video announcement for the first time ever.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[CrazedNinja]

I'm not sure if this idea is So Bad It's Good or So Cool It's Awesome.

[MrManBearPig1000]

@CrazedNinja Why not both?

[Maverick8187]

@MrManBearPig1000 I think that'd be Heading into Beyond the Impossible and/or Awesomeness is Volatile.

[boyob13]

Internet Domination:

1. TVTropes

2. YouTube

3. ?

4. Profit!

[Mswordx23]

@boyob13 StepThreeProfit!

[iWinTheNet]

So it begins: The TvTropes Internet domination plan.

[patmyback]

The {{Postmodernism}} is [[MindScrew making me question reality]].

[Jeroic9]

Good. Can we call it subverted because you guys didn't record a second show during that show about people not coming up with ideas?

[ItCameFromMyBasement]

So it begins. The spreading of TVTropes to the rest of the internet. May god help us all.

[boyob13]

This couldn't have come at a better time. :D

[InsiderHell]

my god i was waiting for this to finally happen good to know they finally made it

[epicfailnou]

This TV Tropes Video Will Change Your Life Forever.

[HawtDawg925]

TVTropes vids? Awesome! :D

[futurestarish]

I want Trope of the Week: Magical Girl. Give Dana some magic and have her blast Zack.

[tatitatat913]

This looks promising, keep it up!

I'd love to see ''Trope of the Week: Ho Yay''

[AntonyBlalock]

Tv trope's just got better

[umusuuk]

Can't wait for the epdisodes on Fanservice and Ho Yay.

[starOutcast]

@umusuuk

oh my

[SemiCasualObserver]

Ironically, the show within this show doesn't actually illustrate a show within a show.

[paalbr]

@SemiCasualObserver Well it does - it's a Type 1 Show Within A Show where the characters are making the show, though it could have been done better.

[Eiliosdraye]

Cool series! I'd be glad to see more of it.

[TheWhiteDeath01123]

I spy EEqualsMCHammer on the blackboard. --LeonardoFibonacci

[GrandBudZer]

This also covers Self Demonstrating Article...

[Terraxos]

TVTropes has its own videos now?!

Wow. Does this show have its own Tropes page yet?

[umusuuk]

@Terraxos It does now.