Web Video / Echo Chamber

• All Men Are Perverts:
  • In episode 6, Tom is terrified of Shannon... until he sleeps with her again. At which point he no longer cares that she's stalking him, because she has great boobs.
  • Zack:
    Episode 5: I'd do 'er. Episode 5: Bend over backwards to accommodate me! Episode 6: It's like she couldn't even see my boner!

• Brick Joke:
  • In Episode 4, Tom tells Dana that the only food he has is rice, but that she could put salt on it. In Episode 6, you see Tom first cooking rice and later pouring copious amounts of salt onto it.
  • In Episode 1 Zack makes a joke about keeping a dead cat in a box (Schrodinger's Cat). In episode 16, he gives said box to Dana for her birthday.
• Brutal Honesty: Dana apparently feels no need to be nice with anything she says to Tom, and tells him that he's completely incompetent, his videos are awful and she hates his guts.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Zack. He is good with After Effects, has a PhD, and delivered a baby once. He was also making amazing, heart-wrenching films when he was nine years old.

• Catchphrase: Dana has the word "suck".
• Cerebus Syndrome: Slides into this gradually; the first somewhat serious arc begins in episode 3, but the arc episodes get somewhat more common and serious in season 2. The last four episodes of season 2 each advance at least one of the show's arcs, all of them are Darker and Edgier than any of the episodes that came before them, and the season 2 finale in particular implies that there will be much more of this syndrome in the third season, (which Word of God says will be the last one).
• Character Blog: Both Zack's in-character Twitter account and the Production Blog which seems to be written by Shannon.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Zack. And judging by his uncle Bill, It Runs in the Family.
  Zack: You keep your dead cat in a box, too?

• Drama Bomb: The last four episodes of season 2 are more serious than all the preceding episodes.

• Everyone Owns a Mac:
  • Tom is shown using an Apple laptop in episodes 4, 5, 6 and 10. Presumably, this trope will continue to show up in every episode where his computer is shown.
  • The Editing Suite where they speak to the Administrator also seems to be full of iMacs.
  • Dana is using an Apple laptop in Episode 10.
• Executive Meddling:invoked Mr. Administrator sometimes orders Tom and Dana to change their show in some way.
• Expy: Mr. Administrator is somewhat reminiscent of The Chief from Agents of Cracked, another webseries that depicts a fictionalized version of two people working to create content for a website.
• The Faceless:
  • Zack. Except episode 2. And even then, it's so dark that you don't really see anything. You also see him briefly in episode 4 when Dana leaves for the night and it cuts to a view of him holding the camera. And again partially episode 6 due to a Visible Boom Mic moment. Lampshaded in episode 10; the only defining features of Zack's sock puppet are a derpy tongue poking out and a camera. The Season 1 finale has Zack talking with his face partially obscured by his camera and then when he pulls it down he is facing opposite the camera. Zack starts to avert this slightly more as of Season 2, in several episodes (notably 2x09), there are moments where you can see pretty much all of him except his eyes. In 2.11, Zack is finally fully visible. And in The Stinger, so is Mr. Administrator.
  • The Administrator, who is both out of frame from just below the eyes and up, and back-lit so that his features are almost completely obscured by shadow. That's all we're saying about him. He scares us.

• Fun with Subtitles: On YouTube, you can add subtitles, which are sometimes funny or sarcastic.

• Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Every episode is named after a Trope central to the episode, which is almost always discussed by name in the episode.
• In-Universe Camera: Most of the shots are done by the in-universe cameraman Zack or Gaelyn, but there are some overall shots as well.

• Left Hanging: The show abruptly ends after Season 2 episode 12, which adds a new and unresolved plot thread.

• Only Sane Employee: Dana. Justified twice - Tom recruits her specifically to fill this role, and she mentions in episode 3 that being one makes her feel much more useful than any of her other jobs did.

• Royal "We": Mr. Administrator's speech pattern, except for The Stinger of episode 10. Bonus points for being an example of the trope and a meta gag.
• Running Gag:
  • Dana telling Tom that he or his works suck.
  • Tom filming without pants. There's a blink-and-you-miss-it shot in episode 2.5 where the camera pans down and you see he's in his boxers again - with his tuxedo shirt and jacket.
• Shout-Out: In the production blog, Shannon refers to Dana as She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
• Show Within a Show:
  • Type 1. In the first episode Dana suggests they have a Show Within a Show in their first vlog in order to demonstrate the trope, which from the viewer's perspective would make it a Show Within A Show Within A Show, but Tom decides against it. In the other episodes, we see them making the vlog, but we never see the finished vlog itself.
  • Season 2 has [citation needed], a competing vlog from The Other Wiki. [citation needed] itself has a Show Within A Show, as the excerpt played is explaining that trope by doing a Show Within A Show of its own. [citation needed] also talks about Echo Chamber in a different episode.
• Stalker with a Crush: Zack follows Dana around because he loves her. Not that she cares.
• The Stinger: The outtakes, following the final credits. The ones in episodes 1.5, 1.10 and 2.8 have actual plot relevance.
• Strictly Formula: Dana, Tom and Zack start talking about a trope. Trope occurs. Hilarity Ensues. Which, according to 2.12, is the first stage of Mr. Administrator's plan in action.
• The Teaser: So far, all but episodes 1.5 and 1.7 have started with one.
• Therapy Is for the Weak: Zack. But he could really use some.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Tom doesn't seem to eat anything but rice and salt. He does vary it in episode 1.6 with some breadcrumbs and grated parmesan.
• Urban Fantasy: The show has elements of this from the beginning, thanks to Mr. Administrator's presence. It becomes especially prevalent with the revelations about him at the end of the second season.

• White Void Room: Mr. Administrator's headquarters.

Episode 1.1: Show Within a Show

• The Big Board: The chalkboard in the planning scene.
• Big "SHUT UP!": Dana does this repeatedly while Tom tries to explain Schrödinger's Cat.
• Droste Image: Tom refers to the "David Hasselhoff's crotch" video version of this while trying to explain the trope. Even though it's completely irrelevant.
• E = MC Hammer: On The Big Board in the planning scene. Includes a pie chart that is turned into a Venn diagram, chemical and mathematical formulae, and a Precision F-Strike.
• Establishing Character Moment: Zack gets his in the first 30 seconds.
  Tom: Zack, thank you for ruining the 20th take.
  Zack: (Totally missing the sarcasm.) You're welcome, man.
  Tom: Are you sorry?
  Zack: Nah.
  Tom: Yeah, I didn't think so.
  
• Executive Meddling: In-universe. The faceless administrator telling the hero what to do/not to do.
• Film the Hand: Dana to Zack.
• Hand Puppet: Zack's... whatever it is.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Zack expressing sympathy for the administrator. It actually is foreshadowing future events.
• Matryoshka Object: Tom tries to explain the trope as one of these. Like the "box within a box" and the matryoshka dolls on the board.
• Pilot
• Shout-Out: Quite a few of them on The Big Board.

Episode 1.2: Freudian Excuse

• Big Little Brother: Tom uses this as a Freudian Excuse.
  Dana: Everyone has an older brother that overshadows— Tom: I... I didn't say he was older.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Surprisingly averted as a solution to Zack's problem.
• Inferiority Superiority Complex: Tom treats Zack so harshly because his Freudian Excuse means he "needs to be better than someone".
• Jerkass: Tom mentions that Dana thinks he is this. Dana confirms it.
• Jitter Cam: Mostly unintentional.
• Manchild: Dana thinks this of Zack.
• Nostril Shot: Of Tom in the storeroom.
• Painting the Medium: By making the cameraman a character in this Show Within a Show. There's a scene showing Dana and Tom saying some very private things about Zack, and eventually revealing that Zack was there filming the whole thing. A later scene lampshades the fact that we the audience cannot see what Zack cannot film. Don't ask how he can jump between cuts mid-sentence in unedited footage or remain unseen while filming Tom at face level in that closet.
• Pants-Free: Tom records the vlog wearing his Batman boxers and spends the whole episode like this, including when they are outside.
• Record Needle Scratch: Played as Dana says "That's it?" in response to Tom's self-pity story about his brother being generally superior to him throughout his childhood.
• Sarcasm Mode: "Aww, how tragic. Watch as my hatred turns to pity."
• Troubled Production: In-universe. Tom and Zack can't get along on the set.

Episode 1.3: Terrible Interviewees Montage

• Aside Glance: A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example by Tom around three minutes into the video.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Invoked by the Administrator.
  Administrator: You need conflict. Someone to argue with. Someone with whom you can have a very particular kind of tension. Ms. Shaw will appear in your next video.
• Cool Boat: On the board in the background in the interview montage.
• Executive Meddling: Invoked. Mr. Administrator insisting the show needs a female co-star.
• Foreshadowing: The "tension" mentioned by the Administrator appears in episode 5.
• Made Myself Sad: Zack.
  Zack: Therapy is for losers... I Made Myself Sad.
• Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Tom's Ex Shannon pops up, pissed off because Tom didn't tell her about the casting for a female actress and she had to find out about it on Facebook. She also seems to think they're still together.
• Sinister Switchblade: One of the interviewees plays with a folding knife throughout his scenes, then lampshades the trope:
  Interviewee: Are you afraid of the knife?
• Silence, You Fool!: Said by the Administrator.
• The Stinger: An attempt of Hilarious Outtakes can be seen after the credits.
• Take That, Us: Dana points out that Terrible Interviewees Montages are never funny.
• Terrible Interviewees Montage: The actual montage included Zack's uncle (who's just as strange as he is), a porn-star, a girl who may have come for the counseling session the team hijacked, and possibly a serial-killer.

Episode 1.4: Dumbass Has a Point

• Buffy Speak: Zack trying to explain what "After Effects" is.
  Zack: It's... the thing with the things!
• Cannot Spit It Out: Dana.
  Dana: Sorry I was... (long Beat) ...yeah.
• Confusing Multiple Negatives: Dana initially calls the final intro "not unimpressive", but then corrects herself to "really good".
• Credits Gag: In the final credits, Zack's position has been changed from "Director of Photography" to "Doctor of Photography". The credits card also notes that he is responsible for the "Crap Titles".
• Dumbass Has a Point: Who would have thought Zack would know about After Effects?
• Executive Meddling:invoked Mr. Administrator insisting the title screen be changed.
• Flipping the Bird: Tom does this in frustration with Dana.
• Hidden Depths: Zack's knowledge of After Effects and his degree in art, which may or may not be real.
• Hypocritical Humor: Tom tells Dana that anyone who always assumes a person can't do something right will eventually be proven wrong...right before Tom immediately scolds Zack for talking, as if assuming he can't possibly contribute.
• Square Peg, Round Trope: Tom tries to invoke Dumbass Has a Point on himself, but Dana reminds him he's severely lacking in the point department.
• Stylistic Suck: The first intros Tom makes for the vlog.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Tom assumes he's the dumbass when it's clearly Zack.
  Tom: If you keep assuming someone can't do anything right, sooner or later you're going to get proven wrong. Zack: Yeah! Tom: God, I wish I had some duct tape right now! Zack: Why? Tom: To shut you up!
  Dana: To be a "dumbass with a point", you need to have a point, dumbass. Tom: Trope still applies. Dana: Does not.

Episode 1.5: Unresolved Sexual Tension

• Beat: There is a long one after Dana's Hair Flip.
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Dana flat out says she hates Tom.
• Chekhov's Gun: The phone call that interrupt's Tom's moment with Dana could be seen as one, seeing as the next episode features phone calls from his Psycho Ex-Girlfriend.
• Drop the Cow: "I'd do 'er."
• Hair Flip: Referenced and demonstrated by Dana.
• Insistent Terminology: Dana and Tom are trying to discuss their characters separately from themselves, in order to keep themselves distant from their roles. It leads to a lot of "I will... I mean she will..."
• Letting Her Hair Down: Dana in The Stinger, when they're watching TV together.
• Moment Killer: Basically mandatory, courtesy of a cell phone.
• Shaking Her Hair Loose: Dana does this, accompanied by a Hair Flip, in discussion how to use UST, which backfires and totally works for Tom.

Episode 1.6: Psycho Ex-Girlfriend

• Armor-Piercing Question: When Shannon confronts Dana alone, Dana offhandedly said that Shannon could do better than Tom. Shannon's reaction to that made Dana realize that she was a "multi-stalker."
• Buxom Is Better: Tom, about Shannon.
  Tom: Have you seen her boobs, Dana? They are so good!
• Butt-Monkey: Meta example. One viewer mistook the reflection of Dave in the window for Shannon and commented on it. The comment is now a top-rated comment and gets regular snarky replies.
• The Cameo: Zack's brother, Dave is visible holding a boom during the kitchen scene.
• Credits Gag: Titles by Justin Hill & Zack Wallnau, Music by Justin Hill, Sound by Dave Unrelated Hill
• Did You Just Have Sex?: How did Dana know Tom was sleeping with Shannon again? He was way too happy.
• Double Standard: Mentioned in the beginning of the video, where Dana says how psycho exes are Played for Laughs if they're female and Played for Drama if they're male.
• Fun T-Shirt: Tom wears one that depicts the sinking of the Titanic and the caption "This is why we can't have nice things."
• I Did What I Had to Do: Said by Tom, referring to his breakup with his fiance.
• Leitmotif: Shannon gets a "Psycho" Strings sting whenever she enters a scene.
• Love Confession: Zack to Dana.
  Zack: Dana, I followed you all day with my camera... because I love you.
  Dana: That's nice, Zack.
• Male Gaze: Zack keeps the focus on Shannon's butt as she walks away after the first confrontation, dropping both Dana and Tom out of focus and out of frame briefly.
• Sarcasm Mode: Dana's response when Shannon claims that Dana doesn't know anything about love.
  Dana: Oh, no. My heart, she breaks. (Traces the outline of a teardrop down her cheek)
• Say My Name:
  Dana: What the hell was that? Tom: Shannon.
• Skewed Priorities: All Tom can think about is boobs. Lampshaded by Dana.
• Stalking Is Love: This is what Shannon seems to believe.
• Take That, Us: More mild than in some other episodes, but Dana does bring up the sexist Double Standard behind the trope.
• Visible Boom Mic: In the scene in the kitchen as Tom describes how crazy Shannon is, you can see Zack's brother Dave holding the boom mic and Zack off and on throughout the scene. Their reflection in the window is right in the middle of most of the shots to boot.
• Vertigo Effect: The Stinger tries to invoke this along with an Oh, Crap! look from Tom.
• What Does She See in Him?: Dana asks this to Shannon because in her eyes, Tom is gross and kinda of a loser.
• Yandere: Shanon is implied to have elements of this.
  Tom: But can you imagine what she would've done to me if I just told her? She would've thrown me off the tower!

Episode 1.7: Walk and Talk

• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Plot relevant, as soon as Dana realizes the camera is on she bails, due to not being prepared (clothes and makeup) for filming.
• Hilarious Outtakes: The Stinger, where Zack falls over.
• Invoked Trope: Tom invokes Walk and Talk; Dana is not pleased at all.
• Older Than They Think: In-universe example:
  Tom: This week's trope is Walk and Talk. Dana: Oh, like West Wing. Tom:"No! Kenneth Branagh did it first!
• The Oner: Except for The Stinger, the entire video is one continuous shot. The Stinger itself was another one.
• Throw It In: One can only imagine the stinger was a happy accident.

Episode 1.8: Romantic False Lead

• Atrocious Alias: Shannon, or "Crazyfuck McStalkerson."
• Bare Your Midriff: One of Porn Girl's outfits in the Falling-in-Love Montage is a red shirt that displays this.
• Call-Back: "Porn Girl" first appeared in Terrible Interviewees Montage.
• Curse Cut Short: Dana's opinion of Shannon hasn't improved.
  Dana: She's kind of a who—[Opening titles]

• Fourth-Date Marriage: Tom believes this will happen with him and Porn Girl. He's dead wrong. Not only is she ticked off about Zack following them around, she's also very annoyed that Tom hasn't tried to sleep with her yet.
• Girl of the Week: Mentioned, and Porn Girl becomes this.
• Godiva Hair: Dana's hair covers up most of the 'Fucked' on the back of her shirt in the intro.
• Gold Digger: Porn Girl.
  Porn Girl: Let's go buy me things!
• Lampshade Hanging: After filming Tom and Porn Girl's dates, Zack audibly wonders, "Why am I here?"
• Malaproper: Porn Girl says she doesn't do sex tapes "pro boner". It's not clear whether she intended the pun or just got the phrase "pro bono" ("for free") wrong.
• Male Gaze: Is Zack zooming in on Porn Girl's ass for it's own sake, or is he artistically signalling the shallowness of Tom's attraction to her? We may never know.
• Metafictional Device/Ninja Prop: After the Falling-in-Love Montage, Porn Girl is angry that Tom invited Zack to film their dates. Otherwise, we wouldn't have seen them.
• Motor Mouth: When Tom is explaining Romantic False Lead to Porno Girl.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: While in the third episode, she's introduced as Alyssa (Another The Danza), in this episode Porn Girl is always Porn Girl. Tom even addresses her as "Porn Girl".
• Outdated Outfit: Tom's plaid suit jacket and bow tie combo.
• Rhetorical Question Blunder: Porn Girl's question about how Tom's show is going prompts him to Motor Mouth details of his project which she didn't actually wanted to hear.
• Sweetheart Sipping: Tom and Porn Girl sharing the milkshake during the Falling-in-Love Montage.

Episode 1.9: Did You Think I Can't Feel?

• Anachronic Order: The episode goes back and forth between Tom arguing with Dana in the evening and Tom arguing with Shannon in the afternoon.
• Get a Room!: "Just fuck already, Jesus!"
• In Medias Res: The episode begins with Tom referring to an argument that he and Dana already had offscreen.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: The stinger, where Shannon looks at Zack's camera.
  Zack: Why are you looking at me?
• Sarcasm Mode: Dana's snarky remark about how much the internet is short of arguing.

Episode 1.10/Season Finale: Mysterious Employer

• Comforting Comforter: Tom covering up Dana with the blanket.
• Credits Gag: Zack is responsible for the "Horrible Puppets".
• The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles: The Super Magical Quest Show.
• Finale Credits: The Closing Credits to the finale has an adapted version of the ending music.
• Hand Signals: Tom signaling a kill gesture to Dana during the opening confrontation with Mr. Administrator.
• Handpuppet: Sockpuppets, actually. Literally. Socks with faces painted on them during "Puppet Adventure, Episode 10: 'Mysterious Balloon' "
• Internal Reveal: We learn that Zack is secretly collaborating with the Mysterious Employer, which provides for new conflicts to arise in Season 2.
• Limited Animation: Really limited, in "TV Tropes Cartoony Fun Times".
• The Man Behind the Man: The Stinger implies that the Administrator may be being pressured into finding a capable vlog maker by a power higher up the ladder.
• Medium Blending: Including animation style and a sockpuppet show.
• The Mole: Zack appears to be this.
• Nothing Is Scarier: The unseen creature in the tunnel.
• "Not So Different" Remark: Mr. Administrator tells this to Zack in that both their fathers forced them into doing something they don't want.
• Potty Dance: Zack, at the very end.
• Power Makes Your Voice Deep: The Voice From The Tunnel, along with the usual Voice of the Legion.

• Silence, You Fool!: Mr. Administrator does this to Zack when he tries to ask where's the bathroom.
• Sleep Cute: Dana on Tom's shoulder.
• Stylistic Suck: All of their attempts to re-invent the show are progressively worse and sillier, eventually ending with a horrendous sock-puppet show with horrendously stilted dialog.
• Sting: A dramatic one while the Administrator loses his temper with Tom and Dana and issues them an ultimatum.
• Take That!: A majority of the episode is devoted to Tom and Dana poking fun at the Administrator.
• Throat-Slitting Gesture: Tom gives this gesture to Dana signaling her to shut up when she is calling their Mysterious Employer out.
• Visible Boom Mic: After filming the puppet show, part of the mic is visible in the top right hand corner of the frame.
• Voice of the Legion: Mr. Administrator speaks with it.
• You Have Failed Me: The Administrator uses a variation on this.
  Administrator: You have angered us, Mr. Pike, for the last time!
• You Shall Not Pass!: The voice from the tunnel demands this.

Episode 2.1: Always Someone Better

• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: How Ace describes the episode's trope.
• Flashback: To the very first episode.
• Handy Remote Control: Ace uses one during his discussion of Show Within a Show.
• Inherently Funny Word: "gurt".
• Meaningful Name: Ace, who, well... is.
• Murder Is the Best Solution: Tom sees only one solution for getting Ace out of the way.
• Not So Stoic: Mr. Administrator, of all people, laughs at one of Ace's videos.
• Portmanteau: Conversed within one of Ace's videos.
• Screwed by the Lawyers:invoked In-universe. Ace's clip of The Itchy & Scratchy Show has been due to copyright.
• Trade Snark: Played with; the name of Ace's vlog series could be considered this with reference to The Other Wiki.
• Visual Pun: Tom attempted to literally invoke Growing the Beard in The Stinger. Dana shoots him down by pushing him into a bathroom and tossing in a razor.

Episode 2.2: The Ace

• Accidental Misnaming: Ace is good at everything... except getting Tom's name right. And Echo Chamber becomes Ego Chamber. Or was it all intentional?
• Birds of a Feather: It seems Gaelyn thought she and Zack would be this until Zack said they should be best friends
• Call-Back: "Where are we going?" "Somewhere specific."
• Comically Missing the Point: Gaelyn asks Zack to meet her for a date. He misses the "date" bit and concludes that they should be best friends. She's disappointed, but goes along with it.
• Distaff Counterpart: Ace has a camerawoman who's just as dorky as Zack. Zack comes to the conclusion that they should be best friends.
• The Door Slams You: Tom slams the door at Zack's face for, it seems, daring to say Ace is a nice guy.
• The Faceless: Zack's Dad, who is briefly seen from behind. Zack's face is mostly seen in a blink-or-you-miss-it moment.
• Love Triangle:
  • Possible one between Zack, Gaelyn, and Dave.
  • Possibly between Tom, Dana and Ace.
• Meet Cute: How Gaelyn and Zack make contact across the room while filming.
• Oblivious to Love: Zack, in Gaelyn's case.

Episode 2.3: A Day in the Limelight

• Buffy Speak: Gaelyn asks Dana if she sees Zack as a "potential romantic...thing".
• Call-Back: Dana mentions the time Zack followed her home and told her he loves her in the "Psycho Ex-Girlfriend" episode.

• Dawson Casting: Stephen says he will play his younger self in a video instead of a child actor.
• The Faceless: Subverted this episode with Zack. His face is still usually blocked by his camera, but in one scene it's visible very briefly.
• Happily Adopted: Gaelyn is Ace's cousin and adopted sister. It's unclear which one was the adopted one but they seem to like each other like siblings.
• I Call Her "Vera": Zack call his camera lens "Lindsay".
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "Pick. Dana. Up". Our first clue of Gaelyn's true nature.
• Tangled Family Tree: Stephen and Gaelyn are cousins and adopted siblings.
• Wham Line: Dana gives one to Gaelyn, mentioning that Zack once following her home to declare his love.

Episode 2.4: Conflicting Loyalty

• Buffy Speak:
  Stephen: I'm gonna need you a lot. For stuff. To do stuffs.
• Butt-Monkey: Zack.
  Zack: A lot of people step on me, and I don't bitch about it.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Poor Zack hasn't had a single nice word for filming great videos.
• Freudian Slip: Tom, after discovering Dana will also produce for [citation needed].
  Tom: A stepping stone. So I'm just a stepping stone to you.
  Dana: The show, Tom. The show.
• Funny Background Event: The ice polisher doesn't have a driver and crashes out of the ice rink into the street.
• Literal-Minded: Zack actually thought Gaelyn was talking about fruit when she tried to invite him on a date.
• Lonely Piano Piece: A very brief one is heard during The Stinger.

Episode 2.5: Chekhov's Gun

• Brick Joke:
  Dana: Why is there a gun in the fridge?
• Call-Back: Knife Guy, just this time, he has a wrench.
• Conversation Cut: At the office, Tom tries to bring Zack back to his senses. Cut to the forest, where the conversation seamlessly continues.
• Credits Gag: Plantboot as herself.
• Everything Is Trying to Kill You: Zack, thinking a Chekhov's Gun was a real gun that could kill, thought that everything Tom was painting as Chekhov's gun could actually kill him.
  Zack: You tried to kill me with stripes!
• I Need a Freaking Drink: Dana, after hearing how Tom screwed up the video by letting Zack act in it.
• Literal-Minded: Zack, and it drives the plot.
• Love Hurts: Dave crying for Gaelyn in The Stinger.
• Meanwhile Scene: Dana is seen drinking tea or coffee in the meanwhile.
• Pants-Free: Again Tom records the vlog wearing boxers.
• Pocket Protector: Apparently, the book in Tom's pocket protected him from Zack's bullet.
• Scare Chord: When Zack picks up the gun.

Episode 2.6: Forgotten Birthday

• Call-Back: Zack's dead cat in a box.
• It Meant Something to Me: Tom can't see the bad thing about forgetting to at least say "Happy Birthday", but Dana clearly can.
• Mood Whiplash: The last scene is actually pretty sweet... until Dana opens the box.
• Not Now, Kiddo: Zack tries to remind Tom that is was Dana's birthday, but Tom doesn't let him explain.
• Take That, Us: Tom drones on in the Show Within a Show out how unrealistic the Forgotten Birthday trope is.

Episode 2.7: Noir Episode

• Answer Cut: What could "D" have stood for? Dinner? Dining? ... cut to Ace and Dana kissing. — Date!
• Call-Back: Dave still crying about how Love Hurts.

• Deliberately Monochrome: Lampshaded. Subverted in The Stinger, which reveals that Zack just couldn't find the color button.
• Emerging from the Shadows: Stephen, when he shows up for his date with Dana.
• Femme Fatale: Dana is a parody of this trope in this episode.
• Gray Rain of Depression:
  "The Pittsburgh autumn rain had stopped just long enough for the sun to poke its head out and say, 'Hey, how's it going?' and for me to answer, 'Where were you the last four days?'"
• Literal-Minded: Tom, for asking if their boss wanted "something completely different".
• Male Gaze: When demonstrating how the dolly works, Zack zooms in on Dana's breasts.
• Metaphorgotten: "And like that, she was gone... like a... Kleenex... caught in the wind."
• Mood Motif: The saxophone music sets the noir mood.

• Smoking Is Cool: Zack tries to invoke this trope.
• Wham Episode: Dana and Ace are now dating.

Episode 2.8: Tyrant Takes the Helm

• Bad Boss: Umphrey...although it's all an act. However, Mr. Administrator qualifies for real when he refuses to pay Umphrey.
• Batman Gambit: A complicated plan to make Dana and Tom become Fire-Forged Friends.
• Big Word Shout: "Get Out!!!!!"
• Call-Back: The newspaper from the Noir Episode.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: Zack, as usual. Tom and Dana don't include him in their high five after Umphrey quits, even though Zack is the one who drove him away.
  Tom: Thanks for being annoying, Zack.
• Evil Brit: Umphrey has a British accent...a fake one.
• Evil Cripple: Umphrey walks with a cane...which he doesn't really need.
• Executive Meddling:invoked Mr. Administrator does this by installing Umphrey as the new executive producer of Echo Chamber. Umphrey then does it by completely re-writing the new episode.
• Fake Brit: Tom in Umphrey's video...as well as Umphrey himself.
• Fire-Forged Friends: In The Stinger, we learn that Mr. Administrator contracted Umphrey so Tom and Dana could have a common enemy, which would motivate them to work better together.
• Mythology Gag: Hey, Mr. Umbridge!

• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Umphrey.
• Please Dump Me: Tom and Dana, knowing they can't just fire Umphrey, make Zack annoy him enough to quit.
• Stoic Spectacles: Umphrey.
• Toilet Humour: Zack follows Umphrey to the restroom. Hilarity Ensues.
• Token Minority: Umphrey is the only non-white character to appear on the show so far.
• Torment by Annoyance: Zack annoys Umphrey by constant questioning to the point where the latter has enough and quits.

Episode 2.9: My Beloved Smother

• Abusive Parents: Zack and Dave's father. In the psychological and controlling way.
• Big Fancy House: Zack lives in one of this.
• Buxom Is Better: Zack is not interested in Gaelyn, but she has great boobs.
• Call-Back: Zack's PhD in art.
• Child Prodigy: Mark says Zack made heart-wrenching films at the age of nine.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Zack as always.
  Zack: Dad, your name's Mark? I thought it was "Dad".
• A Day in the Limelight: Essentially one for Zack- Tom and Dana aren't even mentioned in this episode.
• Drama Bomb: Although there's some humor, this episode is more serious than usual.
• Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Mark thinks that there's no such thing as a PhD in art, and he's disappointed that Zack got one instead of "fulfilling his potential" by focusing on his cinematography career.
• Freudian Excuse: With this kind of father, it's no surprise that Zack and Dave are such Manchildren.
• Get Out!: Zack's father demands this of Gaelyn after she speaks out.
• I Need to Go Iron My Dog:
  Gaelyn: "Um, Zack can you tell me where your bathroom is?"
• Manchild: Dave gets scared with a mouse.
• Noodle Incident: Zack says it isn't his fault that Gaelyn's dog got covered in spaghetti.
• The Reveal: Zack's dad, Mark is the producer of [citation needed].
• Table Space: Zack's father talks to Gaelyn across a long table in his living room.
• The Unfavorite: Dave is implied to be this.
  Zack: But, I can't leave. Who's gonna feed Dave?

Episode 2.10: Broken Ace

• Hilarious Outtakes: The Stinger, in which Ace spits on Dana.
• Jerkass: Stephen was implied before to be one, but this episode sells it.
• Playing Sick: Dana follows Tom's advice to see if [citation needed] really needs her.
• Porn Stache: Dana and Ace wear one for the [citation needed] shoot.

• Subordinate Excuse: Stephen hired Dana just because he likes her, not because he needed a producer.
• Workaholic: Dana finds herself with a whole free day and we found that she barely has any hobbies, she just works on the shows.

Episode 2.11: Coming of Age Story

• Affair Hair: Zack's dad keeps finding "Blue locks of hair" between Zack's stuff.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Mark to Mr. Administrator.
  "Why do you need my son!?"

• Bait-and-Switch: "Ready to make this kiss happen?" Turns out they're talking about making a Hershey kiss. Lampshaded.
  "They're gonna be pissed!"
• The Big Damn Kiss: Subverted. Tom and Dana make a Big Damn Hershey Kiss.
  • Played straight, albeit with a Kissing Discretion Shot, for Zack and Gaelyn.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Zack finally finds the guts to face his father to tell him that he will move out.
• Character Development: Since this is a Coming of Age Story, this can't lack , specifically Zack leave his dad's house, quits Echo Chamber and thinks to have a real job.
• The Faceless: Subverted. Thanks to Gaelyn's filming, we finally get to see Zack's whole face. Also, Mr. Administrator is seen very briefly from the side in the White Void Room
• Fade to White: As Zack throws the camera to the floor after quitting.
• Kissing Discretion Shot: Gaelyn and Zack's "Shut Up" Kiss.
• The Man Behind the Man: Mr. Administrator is behind Zack's dad.

• Raging Stiffie:
  Zack: I feel tingly. Tingly in my pants.

• Wham Episode: Where do we start? Zack quits Echo Chamber and moves in with Gaelyn. Gaelyn kisses Zack, and Zack apparently returns her feelings. Mr. Administrator is an admin for The Other Wiki. It's vital to Mr. Administrator's plan (which doesn't get revealed until the next episode) for Zack to return to Echo Chamber. [citation needed] is cancelled.
• Who Are You?: Zack's dad gives an anguished one to Mr. Administrator in the last seconds of the episode.
• Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Brought up by Mr. Administrator when talking about Zack's qualities.

Episode 2.12: Mind Screw

• Acting for Two: Patrick Kane plays Administrator Prime and all of Prime's instantiations.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Administrator Prime.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: Mr. Administrator Prime's disintegration powers.
• Bizarro Episode: Invoked as the title suggests.
• Blue-and-Orange Morality: Mr. Administrator's plans don't sound all that threatening or sinister, although he seems to sell them as such. That is, the "infection" of multiple planes of reality with fiction, or Tropes. TVTropes will ruin our lives? A Mind Screw indeed.
• Call-Back: "Gurt"; the fact that the BRIGHTWHITELIGHT doesn't have a bathroom.
• Creative Closing Credits: The credits are as warped as the episode itself, venturing into True Art Is Incomprehensible.
• Credits Gag: MR. ADMINISTRATOR as MR. ADMINISTRATOR repeated 5 times.
  • Filmed at location The White Void.
• A Day in the Limelight: for Mr. Administrator
• Emerging from the Shadows: Mr. Administrator and his instantiations.
• Even Evil Has Standards: One of the instantiations is called "weirdo" for the rest because of his exaggerated like of the word "gurt".
• Facial Markings: One of the ways to distinguish Mr. Administrator's instantiations. Naturally they are at the temples, which are above where Mr. Administrators face is normally seen by the other characters.
• The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: In-Universe. Administrator Prime went out of the screen to punish one of his instatiations for his silliness.
• Genre Shift: This episode veers more into Sci-Fi territory than previous episodes.
• Hive Queen: Administrator Prime.
• Man Behind the Man: Apparently, Administrator Prime is behind Mr. Administrator, the latter also being a copy of the former. Plus, there are lots of other copies of Administrator Prime and he's behind all of them.
• Me's a Crowd: Mr. Administrator.
• Power Glows: The disintegration wobbly thing.
• Recursive Reality: Administrator Prime explains that there are infinite story layers, possibly implying that the viewer's reality may be one such layer. In other words, it's turtles all the way down.
• Retcon/Snap Back/Status Quo Is God: Forcing this on Zack is Mr. Administrator's plan for getting Echo Chamber back "on track", whatever that means. Unfortuantely, that requires a lot more work than a simple Handwave.
• Season Finale
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Mr. Administrator...and his instantiations.
• Silence, You Fool!: One of Administrator Prime's instantiations loudly demands "Silence!".
• Stoic Spectacles: One of Mr. Administrator's instantiations
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: Zack occupies a crucial role in Mr. Administrator's plans because of his unconventional ability. Suspension of Disbelief.
• You Are Number 6: Mr. Administrator's instantiations.
• You Have Failed Me: Mr. Administrator applies this in effect (if not using the direct phrase) on one of his instantiations and threatens it on a different instantiation.

Echo Chamber Overdose:

• Read episode recaps.
• Discuss it.
• Write for it. Act in it.
• Be tweeted by Zack's Twitter account. Or Mr. Administrator's.
• Be blogged by production staff.
• Stalk it on Facebook.

Season 1 Episode Tropes

• Episode 1: Show Within a Show, in which the series and characters are introduced, and the cast struggle with the production of the TV Tropes vlog series.
• Episode 2: Freudian Excuse, in which the characters try to shoot a video about the aforementioned subject, but fail repeatedly as they examine their bad childhoods.
• Episode 3: Terrible Interviewees Montage, in which the characters must find a new cast member for a female role; however, unfortunate circumstances lead to terrible applicants, causing a... Terrible Interviewees Montage.
• Episode 4: Dumbass Has a Point, in which the gang is working on trying to come up with a better graphic effects opening montage. Tom is frustrated and is baffled as to how to make the montage work, until Zack—of all people—comes up with a surprisingly insightful suggestion.
• Episode 5: Unresolved Sexual Tension, in which Dana and Tom try to determine whether there should be any between their characters on the show. Things get complicated when he reveals he's attracted to Dana. And Zack will always be alone.
• Episode 6: Psycho Ex-Girlfriend, in which Shannon reappears and is just generally creepy. Also, Dana snarks a lot.
• Episode 7: Walk and Talk, in which Tom tricks Dana into walking and/or talking.
• Episode 8: Romantic False Lead, in which Tom gets a date, and Dana may or may not care.
• Episode 9: Did You Think I Can't Feel?, in which Tom and Dana hash it out, and someone leaves the show forever—all leading up to the season finale of Echo Chamber.
• Episode 10, The Season Finale: Mysterious Employer, in which Mr. Administrator threatens to end the web show forever, unless Tom and Dana create something of transcendent beauty.

Season 2 Episodes

• Preview: Never Trust a Trailer.
• Episode 1: Always Someone Better, in which the gang finds out about a competitor vlog from The Other Wiki, who seems to be much better than Echo Chamber.
• Episode 2: The Ace, where Tom and Dana try to persuade Ace (maker of the competitor vlog) to act as an ace in Echo Chamber so they can demonstrate that trope.
• Episode 3: A Day in the Limelight, where Gaelyn takes the role of the main camera and she discovers Zack likes Dana.
• Episode 4: Conflicting Loyalty: Dana now has to balance her life under the pressure of producing two web shows, and Gaelyn tries to invite Zack on a date.
• Episode 5: Chekhov's Gun, in which Zack's Literal Mindedness puts Tom in danger.
• Episode 6: Forgotten Birthday: Dana teaches Tom that forgetting someone's birthday is Serious Business.
• Episode 7: Noir Episode, in which Tom and Zack learn that Dana has a secret.
• Episode 8: Tyrant Takes the Helm: The gang has to deal with an ill-tempered new producer.
• Episode 9: My Beloved Smother: Zack takes Gaelyn to meet his tyrannical father. Drama ensues.
• Episode 10: Broken Ace: Tom challenges Dana to find out if [citation needed] really needs her.
• Episode 11: Coming of Age Story: Zack makes choices that will determine his future—and the future of Echo Chamber.
• Episode 12, The Season's Finale: Mind Screw: When Mr. Administrator is forced to deal with the fallout of Zack's decision, the secrets of his identity, his motives, and the nature of Echo Chamber itself are revealed.