1. The Buddy Laugh
Most commonly, that scary guy who is holding the camera who breaks out in a loud, obnoxious guffaw at random times during a video that may or may not even be funny.
2. The Perfect Example
That person in the background, commonly off-camera, coaxing the main subject(s) of the video to do something stupid. Can also supply the Buddy Laugh.
3. The Faces
Usually when doing a web show, some or all of the people in the video must make odd faces in some sort of comic relief, even if the whole web show is supposed to be funny. Some faces come in the form of the Duck Face (see:"6 Stupid Things People Do In Pictures") or faces similar, such as bugging out eyes, crossing eyes, or sticking out tongue at random intermissions.
4. The Nervous Laugh
Commonly done by anyone in the video, on or off-camera, sometimes when something that someone isn't supposed to be doing is being filmed (ex. jumping off roof into waiting pool below), or, during web shows or videos in similar fashion, when the video's subjects realize that their humor is stale and try to encourage watchers to laugh with them. Similar to the Buddy Laugh - can be more or less obnoxious, depending on the video.
5. The Pets
This is when an animal (cat, dog, etc.) randomly walks by in the background. Commonly cats or small dogs who seemingly appear out of nowhere. Can also be noises off-camera (barking from another room, etc.)
6. "Bigfoot Returns"
When the camera-holder does everything in their power not to keep the camera still for unknown reasons. Most horrible when shooting with a low-resolution camera, or a cell phone with horrid quality. Videos most often have interesting titles, and angry commenters who all protest one thing: that they didn't actually see what happened in this oh-so-interesting video.
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