VTuber Tropes: The Gremlin and the War Criminal 

The hammer of karma falling upon Pekora's smugness will always be top comical content.

Meanwhile Millie’s hat has more parasocial fans than Millie

It's safe to say "War Criminal trope" was specifically single handedly set by Pekora.

Actually, Jesters did run a risk of being "Graduated" if the news they brought displeased the king or got him in a foul mode, it was more the role of lovable fool that didn't know better that acted as a shield (so it is actually a very apt analogy)

think we all can agree Pekora is the peak in this archetype

My favorite is Sakura Miko shouting at everyone "GO HOME!" as she snipes them, or getting upset that nobody is paying any attention to her as she's committing atrocities in broad daylight.

Great vid, kinda shocking you didnt mention chibidoki and using her as an example of someone who is at constant war with her chat

That's an interesting way to explain a gremlin troupe. Regarding a tomboy hag ,I wonder if Matara can be considered close to such troupe.

The blue gremlin who got eaten by a shark is one of the few people who could make jokes at the expenses of her target audience (and by extension herself) without gaining animosity. Her weeaboo song is literally mocking us all.

I was under the impression that a "gremlin" was just a girl with a high pitch voice. Oh, how wrong I was. Very informative video. Also, yeah, a hag tomboy would be interesting. Or a tomboy mommy.

Tenma Maemi bullies blind people, that's why she's my oshi.

While I do absolutely love it when karma bites Pekora in the ass, I usually find it even funnier when her nefarious plans succeed. It's like South Park episodes where Cartman wins just by being absolutely horrible and never learns anything.

Shondo and Pippa are my Gremlins !

War criminals, tomboy hags and gremlins? Nousagi, can I introduce you to Whiskey_Project, the Tactical Tomboy VTuber?

Much of the Subsets of the Tropes you cover are generally created from Synergistic Combinations of Tropes: In this case, the Hobgoblin is the Gremlin Trope usually comboed with the Tomboy or Menhua Trope; and the War Criminal is Gremlin comboed with Schizo or Hag; other combinations can create similar Subsets, though not all are suitable for the VTubing Scene; still, with extremely skillful Performance, potentially any Trope Combo could be given justice... For Instance, Hololive's Akai Haato originally fell under the Seiso Idol Trope, before an event Isolated her somewhere she couldn't effectively do her Job from. She took this as an opportunity to Reimagine her Character, and implemented the Schizo Trope to unleash a Second Persona of the Gremlin-Schizo War Criminal Trope named HAACHAMA - she used the Dual Persona Gimmick to combine many more Tropes than the average VTuber could handle, and pulled it all off Flawlessly, leading to both Personas to each have their own Dedicated Fanbases and eventually requiring her to Merge the Two for Balance! This is evidence that with enough Skill, a VTuber could pull off almost any Set of Tropes in a way Fans can appreciate...

Imo Hololive have 4 of the best members when it comes to this trope. Pekora,subaru,miko,kobo. I know kobo is a brat but she has her comedian moments.

Love the monogatari music in the background it oddly fits the theme of the video

It is pretty clear that the gremlin modifier is the most popular vtuber trait given its prevalence in the top vtubers.

Pekora literally kicked that trope by herself, with sacrifices of the MC villagers.

0:26 I love this scene from Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

You know those play-by-play breakdowns/analyses of books/movies? I would love to watch one treating Pejora’s entire history/lore as one story

There is a concerning lack of Laplus in this video in my honest opinion. She couldn't be a more perfect choice for the gremlin who's both a massive troll and gets trolled in response by the fans, but also has proven to be really funny, endearing and easy to empathize with. The gap moe truly is strong with this one.

PEKORA LETS GOOOOOOOOO

Everyone wake up, DN just uploaded new video

gremlin is the best vtuber tropes imagine pekora, kobo, tenma, chibidoki, filian, and shondo in one stream

"You're the Vtuber documentary expert??? Well i didn't vote for you!"

About time DN talked about his Primarch, Usadius Pekoman :p Jokes aside, this is well-thought out 😮

Pekora's last stand during the Rust S2's season finale forever will be etched as Pekora's best war criminal act.

4:22 UUUUOOOOOGGGHHH gura is so hydrodynamic 😭😭😭

Gremlin Vtuber represent 🙌 Really indept video , cool.

Oh boy, can't wait for you to tackle the menhera trope.

I remember the halcyon days of Overwatch's community, when Gremlin Dva memes were plentiful.

Tomboy and hag…yeah that’s actually a good point. We don’t have that combination

I only want to say one thing: I really love this terrible and evil war criminal.

I see a deadly amount of Shondo in this video.

This video has me thinking about Zentreya. I feel like she could easily fit into the war criminal category as discussed in this video.. but she overall doesn't feel like a gremlin as she doesn't have the cute thing going on.

Pekora. Enough Said.

Here is my main problem with Gremlins, on the example of Selen, because she is one of my favorites, it really hurts the enjoyment when they play or do something serious, but they are not able to take something serious. Like when playing a story game that has heavy themes, they might just laugh over it, which some people might find nice because it makes the topic lighter to digest, but I think, because being a gremlin is that easy, there are too few that actually take stuff seriously. So, while I enjoy some goofy game with a gremlin streamer, when it comes to serious stuff I find it destructive to the enjoyment when a gremlin can't take stuff seriously.

5:05 you are up to something with that tomboy Hag.....

Man, imagine time travel back to ww2 and tell everyone War Criminal is a goofy quirky tropes.

We need a tomboy vtuber tropes video next.

Oh sweet Arson

Talk about the menhera trope next

What da dog doin?

HOB GOBBLIN DEEZ NU-

Gremlins gotta be one of my favorite genders

I want to follow Pekora and Pippa's path

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5:17 cause they fear it.

Wonder where Uto now 😢

Hobgoblin example Creeprys x Bae

What tropes Selen Tatsuke is?

Tenma my beloved lolibaba war criminal chihuahua

>Usada Pekora >Pipkin Pippa >Punkalopi >Laran Bonnie All bnuuys are warcrimes

5:06 Tomboy Hag? I think it would've been Callie, if she were older & ppl didn't already call her Daddy

Did you say Loli type chuubas can't do GFE? Or shouldn't?

6:47

So.. we talking about gremlin and chibi not getting mentioned ONCE? brother do you even do your homework?!

Why is this guy still making video lol😂bro lied about quiting

0:52 why not both at the same time and tap that clussy.

bruh i hate it when people intentionally try and be gremlins. YOU ARE NOT THERE TO BE "Teehee, I'm so silly and goofy" YOU ARE HERE TO BE ARRESTED FOR AGGREVATED SHABOINGERY. BE THE PROBLEM. If you can't fully commit to it, then just don't. Also if you're an aspiring gremlin then come up with original jokes. your mom jokes arent funny, hell, arson jokes are so incredibly cringe because they are so oversused. Please play it smart people.

"Why isn't there a Tomboy hag in HoloEN?" Excuse me, what the fuck is Nerissa meant to be, then?

How do I differentiate a gremiln vtuber from a child?

You don't actually think peasants had no access to art, do you? I mean, passing stories on by mouth was the first way by which we were entertained. Richer peasants (yes, they existed) also owned very decorative pieces of furniture. Folk story tellers memorized entire ballads while in antiquity, literacy was often defined by being able to recite works of arts while reading was only a way to store it (reading by yourself was a later invention). Maybe don't take historic information presented by entertainment companies at face value. Also, a king had no way to figure out what peasants said about him. The centralized structure required to execute defamation laws would only be reached later on (absolutism). Medieval administration was very localized and concentrated on other things (getting taxes).

Horrible video. Not enough Pekora

Much prompt, no real substance 🫠