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* WhatIsThisX: In the Game Glitch episode, the Nerd is distracted by [[ScrewySquirrel the Glitch Gremlin]] messing up Rocky Balboa (Bug-Eyed Balboa) and Spider Rico (Spider Rico with no jaw) on the ''Film/{{Rocky}}'' [=PS2=] game:

* XPacHeat: Invoked with the Nerd's unceasing hatred for LJN, aka The Rainbow of Death. [[AdaptationDecay They've]] [[FakeDifficulty earned]] this [[InkStainAdaptation prejudice]] [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames for several]] [[PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage reasons]]. At the beginning of his ''Beetlejuice'' review, the Nerd addresses the argument that LJN is ''just'' a publisher, justifying his criticisms by pointing out that even such a fact doesn't excuse the bad quality of their games; as an example, he points out how Creator/{{Rare}} (the game's developer) had a good track record outside LJN-published games (e.g., ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' and ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'').

* ZerothLawRebellion: [[spoiler: R.O.B.]] sought to recreate TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 and replace all games with [[spoiler: Gyromite and Stack-Up]], the only games he was programmed to play.

* WhamShot: In ''Wish List Part 2:'' When the Nerd plays a decent ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' game, he looks to see who made it. [[spoiler: He finds the [[Creator/LJNToys LJN]] logo.]]
** From ''Berenstain Bears'', we have the alternate timeline Freddy removing his mask to reveal [[spoiler:he's actually the Nerd from the Bloodstain Bears timeline]].

* XPacHeat: Invoked with the Nerd's unceasing hatred for LJN, aka The Rainbow of Death. [[AdaptationDecay They've]] [[FakeDifficulty earned]] {{th|eyJustDidntCare}}is [[InkStainAdaptation prejudice]] [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames for several]] [[PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage reasons]]. At the beginning of his ''Beetlejuice'' review, the Nerd addresses the argument that LJN is ''just'' a publisher, justifying his criticisms by pointing out that even such a fact doesn't excuse the bad quality of their games; as an example, he points out how Creator/{{Rare}} (the game's developer) had a good track record outside LJN-published games (e.g., ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' and ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'').

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: In his ''Beavis and Butthead'' review, the Nerd wonders why his parents would name him Butthead, but then wonders if it was meant to be pronounced Buh-theed.

** Part of his parody of the ''VideoGame/FridayThe13th'' game over screen is "You mom's a fucking whore."

* VideoReviewShow: He is so prominent in this domain that almost anyone else who attempts to do this has a high chance of getting a TheyCopiedItSoItSucks reception. The spin-off series ''BoardJames'' differs from the main series in that it lies far on the "Show" end of the scale.

* WaxingLyrical: In his first "Ghostbusters" game review, he pondered why you're capturing ghosts if they're not harming anything, and asks: "Because busting makes you feel good?", a line from the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme song.

*** ''Friday the 13th'' had the music from the movie replaced with other music.

* WaxingLyrical: In his first "Ghostbusters" game review, he pondered why you're capturing ghosts if they're not harming anything, and asks: "Because busting makes you feel good?", a line from the ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme song.

** In movie, there's a scene where the Nerd projectile vomits over a game rep trying to convince him to review a ''[[BeyondTheImpossible sequel]]'' to the most despised game ever.

** In the trailer to the upcoming movie, there's a scene where the Nerd projectile vomits all over a girl.

* UnbuiltTrope: As one of the first names of angry internet critics, the Nerd examines quite a bit of what kind of person would act like that. His jerkishness comes not just from bad games, but a naturally cynical attitude, to the point that it's implied he's mentally incapable of enjoying playing a video game. He's a retro reviewer not to remove the rose-colored glasses of the past, but because he himself is stuck there and can't understand more modern games. And both his attitude and position mean he's just as likely to made the butt of a joke as he is to make one about his subject material.

*** ''Die Hard'' replaced the production music piece "Red Rum" with a sound-alike by Aleksi Rönkä (who also did new music for the ''Rocky'' episode).

*** The Virtual Boy removed the "It does look like shit" clip from Film/{{Waterworld}}'', and extended the video with a review of Jack Bros.

*** A note about the Atari Jaguar review: James himself did finally get a working Jaguar CD unit, but ended up covering it as a James and Mike plays special.

*** ''Atari Porn'' removed the AVGN remix theme by DJ Axis that previously played over the closing credits.

*** Any of the ''Ghostbusters'' videos that had any footage from the movie were replaced with drawings representing those scenes by Mike Matei. They also replaced the ''Ghostbusters'' theme with a remixed version.

*** Any of the ''Ghostbusters'' videos that had any footage from the movie were replaced with drawings representing those scenes by Mike Matei.

*** Any sound tracks from the source material (such as Back to the Future, Friday the 13th, Ghostbusters, etc) typically get replaced with original, remixed, or cover tracks. Likewise, any movie footage included was also removed or replaced. Significant changes that are relevant are noted.
*** Wally Bear and the No Gang had an [[RevisedEnding extended ending]].
*** Rocky had its intro shortened, has been re-edited to keep the footage out, and [[RevisedEnding had the end rant also revised.]] To make up for this, a new ending has been added.
*** Bible Games was originally split into two parts, ending before showing Bible Buffet. All releases afterward combined the two parts.
*** Any of the ''Ghostbusters'' videos that had any footage from the movie were replaced with drawings representing those scenes by Mike Matei
*** The Virtual Boy removed the scene from Water World, and extended the video with a review of Jack Bros.
*** The Indiana Jones Trilogy originally had the nerd mention the two different games based on the Last Crusade for the NES, one being made by Taito, which he didn't review, and another by Ubisoft, which he did review. A later update added in a brief review of the Taito game and revised dialogue with him talking more about it.

*** ''Dick Tracy'' was edited to include two new lines, responding to two key questions relating to the review, being why not just move away from the car, and how the health power-ups really work.
*** Interestingly, ''Wayne's World'' and ''Borat'' footage was left alone on YouTube, but still got edited out on the DVD release.