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** At the end of his review of "Captain Electron," Linkara states that the comic has inspired him to "do something worthwhile" on the computer... then adds that he will spend the next 5 hours surfing TVTropes and then watch a video of a cat doing something cute. Oh, Linkara. We've all been there.
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* EpicFail: ''Marville'' is likely this, given that he keeps stating the book just gets worse with each passing issue.
** The ''SouthlandTales'' prologue comic was so bad he couldn't even read it due to its impossibly convoluted story. He decided a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover review of the movie with several other TGWTG reviewers would be easier than reviewing the comic himself.
** The ''SouthlandTales'' prologue comic was so bad he couldn't even read it due to its impossibly convoluted story. He decided a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover review of the movie with several other TGWTG reviewers would be easier than reviewing the comic himself.
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** Early Before he got the theme song and opening sequence, episodes have would start with Linkara searching for digging through his closet, pulling out the comic he is reviewing until he finds it ''du jure'', and says 'Aha! saying "Aha! Now we've got it!'it!"
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* IHaveNothingToSayToThat: A line from ''Superman Meets the Quik Bunnny'' prompts Linkara to say: "That is such an idiotic thing to say that I really have no joke sufficient enough to counter it."
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** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud, at least in cases with decently developed characters. Characters of either gender that don't contribute anything to the plot are likely to get a high-pitched falsetto voice.
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** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud, at least in cases with decently developed characters. Characters of either gender that don't contribute anything to the plot are likely to get a high-pitched falsetto voice.
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** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud.
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** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud.loud, at least in cases with decently developed characters. Characters of either gender that don't contribute anything to the plot are likely to get a high-pitched falsetto voice.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lewis' girlfriend Iron Liz briefly appears out of nowhere during the [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/05/warrior-2-and-3.htm ''Warrior'' 2-3 review]], Lampshading that no one will have any idea who the hell she is (Lewis himself did not help much, responding to any questions about who she was with a simple "She's Iron Liz" before Liz got a blog and revealed that they were dating). She made her first official appearance in the review of [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/06/chain-gang-war-1.html Chain Gang War #1]]
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lewis' (now ex-) girlfriend Iron Liz briefly appears out of nowhere during the [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/05/warrior-2-and-3.htm ''Warrior'' 2-3 review]], Lampshading that no one will have any idea who the hell she is (Lewis himself did not help much, responding to any questions about who she was with a simple "She's Iron Liz" before Liz got a blog and revealed that they were dating). She made her first official appearance in the review of [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/06/chain-gang-war-1.html Chain Gang War #1]]
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* HandWave: Linkara took a very long time to explain why his gun shoots lasers and in the ''StarTrek'' review he simply says "It's magic! I don't have to explain it!" which is a blatant ShoutOut to his much-hated ''OneMoreDay''. He later [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gave the full story]].
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* HandWave: Linkara took a very long time to explain why his gun shoots lasers and in the ''StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' review he simply says "It's magic! I don't have to explain it!" which is a blatant ShoutOut to his much-hated ''OneMoreDay''. He later [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gave the full story]].
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** Linkara compares the lazy writing of ''Sonic Live'' to that of him suddenly having access to the technology of ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' without any kind of explanation for how he did. To add to the awkwardness, he was actually holding a Power morpher and a phaser while arguing that.
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** In the ''StarTrek''/''{{X-Men}}'' review we see his mom as a Starfleet Admiral.
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* LampshadeHanging: At the start of his ''Doctor Who Classics #7'', Linkara asks Liz if she's ever thought about how weird their lives are, considering they review comic books & table top games respectively, yet they have access to tech from ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' and are about to go into battle against a being who has conquered universes; Liz doesn't see it.
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* LampshadeHanging: At the start of his ''Doctor Who Classics #7'', Linkara asks Liz if she's ever thought about how weird their lives are, considering they review comic books & table top games respectively, yet they have access to tech from ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and are about to go into battle against a being who has conquered universes; Liz doesn't see it.
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* LimitedWardrobe: He usually wears the same combination of jacket, plaid/black shirt and hat. (although he's shown off his StarTrek uniform collection... and the PowerRangersZeo version of his reviewer wardrobe!)
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* LimitedWardrobe: He usually wears the same combination of jacket, plaid/black shirt and hat. (although he's shown off his StarTrek Franchise/StarTrek uniform collection... and the PowerRangersZeo version of his reviewer wardrobe!)
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* LampshadedTheObscureReference: Has done this a few times.
-->"My thanks to the three people who get that joke."
-->"My thanks to the three people who get that joke."
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** Liz is now off limits too. When she announced their breakup, he followed by preemptively threatening anyone who would dare lash out at her.
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-->'''Linkara:''' [[WaxingLyrical Into the woods and down the dell; the path is straight, I know it well.]] [''{{Beat}}''] [[IntoTheWoods Second-favorite musical.]]
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* NightmareFuel: [[invoked]] The Blob eating the Wasp in ''{{Ultimatum}}'', which promptly halts his review and causes him to quickly call out the comic for putting in something like that with no warning for mature readers, as well as killing the Wasp for no good reason.
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** In the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review, he states this trope. As we see a panel of Roy Harper getting his arm ripped off by his daughter. [[invoked]]
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** Linkara sees that the villains in the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr.'' #3 comic are {{Goldfinger}} and Oddjob, despite the fact that they are both dead.
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** He says the latter of these may or may not have been converted to a site for porn in his absence.
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* FoeYay: Discussed with regards to the Linkara/Dr. Insano relationship, which the actors are very well aware is extrapolated by the fandom.
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* LosingHorns: Used when talking about Cheshire's relationship in ''Rise of Arsenal 3-4''.
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* FollowTheLeader: Reviewed adverts in comic books in an attempt to copy WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic reviewing nostalgic commercials.
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** Tries to substitute a LOL-cat loop for part three of his ''Amazons Attack'' review.
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** Recently, he declared Joe, who showed up in all of one panel, to be his favorite character of the SilentHill comics. Of course he wasn't facing much competition from [[JerkAss the rest]] [[TooDumbToLive of the cast.]]
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** He also has no issues with it in bloopers, as evidenced by [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou the cross-over Wonder Woman 2011 pilot review.]]
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* MrExposition: WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows and TheRapCritic are brought in for context on {{Music/KISS}} and {{Music/Eminem}}, respectively.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Played for laughs in ''Linking Up with Linkara'' when TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl declare they are going lesbian and he asks if he can watch. [=NChick=] tells him "No that's exploitation, you're a feminist that's bad."
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Played for laughs in ''Linking Up with Linkara'' when TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl WebVideo/MarzGurl declare they are going lesbian and he asks if he can watch. [=NChick=] tells him "No that's exploitation, you're a feminist that's bad."
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* MissingTheGoodStuff: In "Linking Up with Linkara" he wakes up to find he has just had an incredible threesome with TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl, but cannot remember anything about it. They also declare that they will not do it again as nothing could possibly measure up to the first time, plus he cannot just watch the two of them because of his own loud and proud feminist views. [[spoiler:It is all a prank, but he is left to stew about it for a week.]]
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* MissingTheGoodStuff: In "Linking Up with Linkara" he wakes up to find he has just had an incredible threesome with TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl, WebVideo/MarzGurl, but cannot remember anything about it. They also declare that they will not do it again as nothing could possibly measure up to the first time, plus he cannot just watch the two of them because of his own loud and proud feminist views. [[spoiler:It is all a prank, but he is left to stew about it for a week.]]
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* PapaWolf: Whatever you do, [[http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5716/llspapawolfmoment.jpg do NOT troll MarzGurl on Twitter if you have an IQ less than 100]]. Linkara has always been one of WebOriginal/MarzGurl's staunchest supporters, often defending her in the face of the [[{{Hatedom}} deluge of criticism]] she received while she was still trying to [[ReTool find her voice]], and even doing a joint review of ''CoolWorld'' with her during the Brawl. In fact, whenever anyone has anything mean to say about ''anyone'' on TGWTG, Linkara will be among the first to defend them.
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** Reuisu. The nickname he used before Linkara. His [[http://www.youtube.com/user/reuisu YouTube account]] is under this name, and so is his membership on the forum for the WebOriginal/AgonyBooth, where he once submitted a guest article.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lewis' girlfriend Iron Liz briefly appears out of nowhere during the [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/05/warrior-2-and-3.htm ''Warrior'' 2-3 review]], Lampshading that no one will have any idea who the hell she is (Lewis himself did not help much, responding to any questions about who she was with a simple "She's Iron Liz" before Liz got a blog and revealed that they were dating). She made her first official appearance in the review of [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/06/chain-gang-war-1.html Chain Gang War #1]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Commentaries made after 2010 have pointed instances out.
** Early episodes have Linkara searching for the comic he is reviewing until he finds it and says 'Aha! Now we've got it!'
** The ''Adamantium Rage'' review is both a crossover and non-comic review, but is a numbered episode.
** The Magic Gun was originally just a gun referred to as his Suicide Pistol.
* EasterEgg:
** The New Guardians #2 review contains some text flashing onscreen for a split second during a clip of one of Hitler's speeches saying 'Yeah, I can see why Germany would want to follow this shouting, drug-crazed lunatic. Zomg Easter Egg! Hi TV Tropes!'
* EnsembleDarkhorse: He frequently says in-universe that Bulk and Skull are "the real stars" of ''Power Rangers'' in his comic reviews.
** Recently, he declared Joe, who showed up in all of one panel, to be his favorite character of the SilentHill comics. Of course he wasn't facing much competition from [[JerkAss the rest]] [[TooDumbToLive of the cast.]]
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[{{in-universe}} He epically calls out]] ''Marvel Team-Up'' #127 for it, as an innocent woman died so a sleazy drug dealer could be reunited with her grandfather.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even 90's Kid was disgusted by Superboy Prime vaporizing a pregnant woman in ''CountdownToFinalCrisis''.
*** From ''Planet of the Symbiotes'':
--->[[spoiler: Linkara: Even 90's Kid isn't creepy enough to want to prop up Kurt Cobain's body onstage!]]
** Linksano may have no problems with driving Linkara insane, but it is revealed in the ''The Spirit'' review that melting kittens is "a line we dare not cross".
** Linkara also says that not even FrankMiller, an infamous DirtyOldMan, would stoop so low as to sexualize underage girls.
** Apparently, RobLiefeld looks like a better artist when compared to Pat Lee's work.
* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: ''Bear!!''
** Tries to substitute a LOL-cat loop for part three of his ''Amazons Attack'' review.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: ''"The bears are everywhere, man... See?! BEAR!!!"''
* ExecutiveMeddling: Linkara points out editors should stick to editing and leave the writing to writers.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
* EyesAlwaysShut: Termed as "Youngblood's Disease".
* FMinusMinus: Linkara has been known to hand out F triple and quadruple minuses.
* FailOSuckyname:
** In his review of Uncanny X-Men #424 he said that Chuck Austen "could not fail any more if [his] name was Faily [=McFailing=] Fail!"
** Points out in his [[RobLiefeld Doom's IV #2]] review that "Grimm" wasn't a great choice, as it's kind of depressing and that there must have been other things they could have called him.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[{{in-universe}} Linkara on]] the Top 11 Worst Heroes to Villains:
-->"What these comics are trying to tell us is that [[LoveMakesYouEvil love ultimately leads to death, destruction]], and [[OneMoreDay the devil]]. In other words, '''love no-one. Ever.'''"
** Also notes this with ''Batman: Fortunate Son'', which seems to have the message that rock and roll music causes violence.
* FanNickname: [[{{in-universe}} Linkara has a slew of these]] for Super-Boy Prime in ''Countdown''; including "Superboy-Primadonna", "Superbitch-Prime", and "Spasticboy-Prime". He also takes to calling Robin "Dick Grayson, Age 12" during his ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' review in reference to the detail being repeated more than is strictly necessary; by the end of the review, he is also calling the ASBAR version of Batman 'Crazy Steve.'
** He refers to the gun-using old Superman of ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' as "Bearded Idiot". Similarly, he coins "Captain Cuckoo" for [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in ''Superman: Distant Fires''.
** He gives Hippolyta multiple nicknames during the ''Amazons Attack'' review: Hippopotamus Brain, Hibonkersla, Smokingalottapolyta, etc. In his Maximum Clonage review he calls her ''[[TooDumbToLive Queen Hippolobotomy]]''
** He refers to the bodyguard character from ''Zero Patrol'' as "Blandy the Bodyguard"
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] One of the biggest reasons he won't review ''OneMoreDay''--He would first have to acknowledge its existence.
* FantasticAesop: Described in his ''New Guardians'' #2 review.
* FauxlosophicNarration: Warrior's concept of Destrucity, a {{Portmanteau}} meant to symbolize the '''truc'''e between one's future '''des'''tiny and current real'''ity'''.
* FlatWhat:
** His reaction to the use of the [=McCarran=] Act in "Amazons Attack #3".
** Used in his and Liz's first ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' duel, when she [[BackFromTheDead Monster Reborns]] a card that she had to discard.
--> '''Liz''': I'll bring out my Red Eyes Black Dragon...
--> '''Lewis''': What.
--> '''Liz''': [[HoistByHisOwnPetard That you made me get rid of.]]
--> '''Lewis''': ''What.''
** Used again in the second round.
--> '''Liz''': Well, we can't have you continuing this any longer, so I'm gonna sacrifice these two cards...
--> '''Linkara''': What.
--> '''Liz''': ...whip out one Blue Eyes White Dragon...
--> '''Linkara''': What.
--> '''Liz''': And ''you'', sir, are going to be killed.
--> '''Linkara''': ''What''.
** Even [[spoiler: The Entity]] gets one in the Electric Tale of Pikachu review:
--> '''[[spoiler: Entity]]''': ...Existence will be solely defined by me, because I ''am'' existence!
--> '''Linkara''': Oh, and ''then'' what're you going to do?
--> '''[[spoiler: Entity]]''': What.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome: He has commented on/lampooned this many times.
* FoeYay: Discussed with regards to the Linkara/Dr. Insano relationship, which the actors are very well aware is extrapolated by the fandom.
--> "What are you doing?! [[LampshadeHanging You are giving the slash fic writers material!"]]
** Linkara points out the Super Ninja in ''Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos'' #1 is unleashing his hatred of Chuck Norris... by punching a huge portrait of him.
* FollowTheLeader: Reviewed adverts in comic books in an attempt to copy WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic reviewing nostalgic commercials.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Notes how even ''towels'' do this in ''22 Brides'' issue #1.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The blinking "Extreme" logo in the ''Newmen'' review flashes "Buy Revolution of the Mask" and, even more briefly, "If you can read this, you paused the video."
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* FridgeLogic:[[invoked]]
** After Linkara finishes his ''New Guardians'' review, he pops out and says: "Wait a second - if their mission is to proliferate their DNA through procreation, why is there a gay guy in the group?"
** He points out the character in ''SilentHill: The Room'' could just break the wall to remove the chains.
** He points out that this can ruin some of the few seemingly good part of ''CountdownToFinalCrisis''. Most notably, he admits that when the Monitor Bob made his FaceHeelTurn, he originally found it an exciting and interesting twist, but thinking more on it (and rereading the earlier issues) made him realise that Bob's betrayal made ''no'' sense when matched up to everything he had been doing before, and [[ShockingSwerve pretty much came out of nowhere]].
** A recurring criticism of stories where heroes lose their powers is that it also applies to ones like MartianManhunter who doesn't actually have any beyond natural abilities of his species.
* FridgeHorror:[[invoked]] To quote a comment from the third part of his ComicBook/JLAActOfGod review:
-->'''Joe England:''' "And isn't it just so in-character how WonderWoman was contemplating suicide WHILE WITH CHILD?? Dear lord."
-->'''Linkara''' (In Response): "Good God, I didn't even think of that."
* FurryFandom: Mentions it in-universe in his Prologue to ''Countdown''.
** [[DefiedTrope He wisely skips]] [[InternetBackdraft the subject]]:
--->"No, I'm not gonna make a furry joke. Get over it, Internet--some people don't have the same interests as you. Besides, she's a bug, not a furred animal... NEXT CHARACTER."
* GambitRoulette: Prometheus from ''CryForJustice'' seems to depend on nothing but these and {{Ass Pull}}s.
** Dr Doom's plan from Ultimates 3, as revealed in Ultimatum. Linkara goes on a long rant with it.
* GatlingGood: He uses it to take out Pyramid Head.
* AGodAmI: Linkara parodies the trope in his ''New Guardians'' review, which depicts CrazyAwesome Snowflame as a god and includes the statement "He will rise in three days amongst the marijuana leaves!"
* GodwinsLaw: Invokes this in his ''New Guardians'' #2 review when he points out that the concept of a group of people being chosen to reproduce due to their genetic superiority sounds strangely familiar...
* GoodIsOldFashioned: Linkara chews out ''Superman at Earth's End'' for apparently taking this viewpoint.
* GoshDangitToHeck: Linkara is not afraid to use lighter swears like ass, Hell, damn, etc., but generally refrains from using stronger ones. He has even said "Funk and Wagnall" in the place of the F-bomb at least three times; ironically (or intentionally), it makes that sentence funnier. In his ''Top 15 Screw-Ups'' he admits he uses such words in real life all the time, even pointing out some examples listed below where they do bleed into his reviews, but he chooses to not use them in his reviews because he feels they are better off without them.
-->[[SincerityMode "Does cursing really make the review better? Really?"]]
** He doesn't, however, have a problem with playing "America, Fuck Yeah" uncensored whenever Captain America shows how much of a badass he is.
** He also has no issues with writing gratuitous profanity for other people, as evidenced by the number of F-bombs Spoony drops in Linkara-written crossovers.
*** Or in the ''{{Robocop}} vs. the {{Terminator}}'' review, where the {{Stinger}} uses a clip of the T-800 saying "Fuck you, asshole."
** He also has no issues with it in bloopers, as evidenced by [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou the cross-over Wonder Woman 2011 pilot review.]]
*** Not quite true, since in an "odds and ends" post, he remarks that he didn't know Nash was going to include it uncensored and would have asked him to bleep it.
* GuestHost: Pollo organizes Harvey Finevoice and 90s Kid to keep the scheduled reviews, despite Linkara being kidnapped to another dimension.
** And upon his return, he thanks Pollo, and [[BlatantLies is thoroughly impressed with '90s Kids's review.]]
* GuiltyPleasures: Several in-universe examples for Linkara.
** He still collects ''PowerRangers'' toys and after stating all the flaws in Marvel's ''MMPR #1'' he still can't say it sucks because ''it's Power Rangers.''
--->"It's cheesy, it's over the top, [[NarmCharm and I love every second of it!]]"
** He sees ''{{Transformers}}'' as goofy, but also awesome.
** He admits that ''BruteForce'' is this because it is [[SoBadItsGood gloriously bad]].
* {{Gundamjack}}: [[spoiler: Neutro]]
* HalloweenEpisode: The ''Silent Hill'' comic reviews in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Every time Linkara does his '''"I AM A MAN! *PUNCH*''' routine he pulls something different back on screen each time, including his stuffed bear and Iron Liz, among others. When he asked Liz how she got there, she had no idea.
** There is also the time he couldn't pull his hand back.
---> '''Linkara''' "Help! I-I'm stuck!"
* HandWave: Linkara took a very long time to explain why his gun shoots lasers and in the ''StarTrek'' review he simply says "It's magic! I don't have to explain it!" which is a blatant ShoutOut to his much-hated ''OneMoreDay''. He later [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gave the full story]].
* HarmlessVillain: Linksano, [[spoiler:at least while unaccompanied]].
* HarsherInHindsight: He calls ''Cable'' #1 (which was created in 1992) out on this InUniverse. It starts off the comic with the World Trade Center being blown up for no particular reason. Linkara's response was StunnedSilence, and then saying "[[TooSoon ...OKAY! MOVING ON THEN]]."
** And later on, in ''Game Boy'' #1....
-->"We cut to New York and the... the World Trade Center. Towers. Well I mean this was made in 1990. There shouldn't be anything wrong. (later) "Later An Omnious Black, Cloud, Hovers... Above... The... Renowned... Twin... Towers..." (puts hand on face and sighs) oh sweet merciful crap.
*** And the second comic in the line doesn't do much better...
-->"A dark cloud over the world trade towers in the first issue, now hijacking an airplane in this one? This comic is seriously trolling me."
** Show-related: the joke about [[spoiler: Missingno]] from The Dark Knight Strikes Again Part 2 review is much less funny when you find out [[spoiler: who the Entity is...]]
* HaveAGayOldTime: In his "Top 15 Comics he will ''NEVER'' review", he mentions that ''"Batman #66"'' is not heavily requested, but is still denied because he figures that the only reason why people want him to review it is because they want him to say the word "Boner", which meant something much different back during the SilverAge. Just to humor them, he gives them what they want.
-->"If that's the case, then I shall give you what you want. Boner. Boner Boner. Boner Boning of Boner. Boner Boner. Erect Penis."
** And in his review of All-American Comics #16:
--> '''[[Comicbook/GreenLantern Alan Scott]]:''' What a queer light!
--> '''Linkara:''' ''(beat)'' What, it was the 1940s!
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Lewis's profile picture for Blogspot and Twitter.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Linkara points out in a review of a ''CaptainPlanet'' comic book that because the power of "Heart" gives you MindControl (in a sense), it should technically be the most powerful ring/power within the series, while Wheeler's fire powers are the weakest. All Wheeler can do, basically, is shoot a stream a fire from his ring.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Episode 13 of his ''Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force'' Let's Play starts with him still reeling from [[spoiler: Biessman's death]] in the previous episode.
** Towards the end of the fifth part of the ''Silent Hill: Dead/Alive'' review [[spoiler:Linkara is led to believe that he sacrificed a little girl to an evil cult. His reaction is to have a stunned MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, before he attempts to ''shoot himself''.]]
** In his Brain Drain Review, Linkara sees [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] actually considering his grotesque transformation to be a good thing, but he nearly lets this slide, despite his fury that the author had obviously never read a Fantastic Four comic, because the comic is pretty much an advertisement for office max. Then the (literal) BSOD comes on when he sees the writer was Tom Defalco, Former EDITOR-IN-CHIEF at Marvel.
* HiddenDepths: Aside from his being a good singer, who'd have guessed Linkara's a fan of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''?
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[invoked]] In the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review, he states this trope. As we see a panel of Roy Harper getting his arm ripped off by his daughter. [[invoked]]
%%% Mentions or invocations only on this page. For personal examples, go to YMMV
* HighlyVisibleNinja: His ninja-style dancing, particularly when it is done to Caramelldansen.
* HilariousInHindsight: As he points out in-universe, TheCloneSaga was originally set to be revealed as the handiwork of Mephisto, but the editors decided that Mephisto getting involved with Spider-Man was ridiculous. [[OneMoreDay *ahem*]]
* HissBeforeFleeing: Or rather, Skronk before fleeing. The Ultimate [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] does this when Linkara finally shoos him away.
* HoYay: [[invoked]] Lampshaded. "You are giving the {{slash fic}}-ers material!"
** He also pokes fun at all the HoYay in ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'': "For the love of Heidegger, why didn't you marry Bruce instead of Lois?", "Finally Bruce! We can get married like we always wanted to!" "The first priority is Bruce Wayne's desiccated, decaying corpse!"
** Also in the Batman/Spawn crossover "for god's sake just kiss him already!"
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Played for laughs in ''Linking Up with Linkara'' when TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl declare they are going lesbian and he asks if he can watch. [=NChick=] tells him "No that's exploitation, you're a feminist that's bad."
** At the end of ''Silent Hill: The Grinning Man'' [[spoiler: Whately is killed by the same Magic Gun/Girl his cult created by sacrificing the girl in the first place]].
* {{Homage}}: In his commentary on ''Adamantium Rage'', Linkara explicitly states that the whole thing was a homage to [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], pointing out all of the intentional parallels with Spoony's review style of the time, and noting that the format of the review was devised so that Linkara could work with him without piling on more work for the exhausted Spoony (who was burnt out from working on several other projects shortly beforehand).
* HookersAndBlow: What Linkara claims he's using the "Revolution Of The Mask" money on before realizing what he said.
* HypocrisyNod:
** Linkara often decries the AllThereInTheManual nature of some series, since required information cannot be found within the series itself.
--> '''Linkara:''' "I can't begin to imagine how anyone followed all this stuff at the time. It'd be like if I introduced plot elements in my show that somehow ended up on [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's show]] and... [[LampshadeHanging uh... nevermind]]."
** After blasting ''SilentHill: Dying Inside'' for missing the point of the ''SilentHill'' series, he has a BadAss finale where he takes out [[ImplacableMan Pyramid Head]] with a [[MoreDakka Gatling gun]] and a [[StuffBlowingUp big explosion]]. The credits have him copping to the hypocrisy.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** In response to the narration at the end of ''Amazons Attack'' #1, Linkara expresses his distaste.
-->'''Linkara:''' Who the Hell enjoys having their comics narrated to? Wait...
** At the beginning of Linkara's "Wolverine: Adamantium Rage" review, Spoony's casual dismissals of Linkara prompts him to declare that he will make his own video game review show that will "be ten times as original!" The following intro segment is a complete shot-for-shot copy of the intro to Spoony's show with the same theme song.
** 90s Kid mocking the stupid, TotallyRadical attempt at slang in ''Nightcat #1'' with his own stupid, TotallyRadical slang.
** In "New Guardians #2" he mocks a CIA agent's brown jacket over a plaid shirt saying he looks like a used car salesman.
** Linkara compares the lazy writing of ''Sonic Live'' to that of him suddenly having access to the technology of ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' without any kind of explanation for how he did. To add to the awkwardness, he was actually holding a Power morpher and a phaser while arguing that.
** He complains about the "Greatest Responsibility" storyline branching through three Spider-Man titles which made it hard for fans to follow, then remembers his own shared storylines with TheSpoonyExperiment.
** Upon seeing that Dave Willis of ''{{Webcomic/Shortpacked}}'' donated some Dreamwave ''{{Transformers}}'', he quips "[[TransformersTheMovie I thought you were made of sterner stuff. Why throw away these comics so recklessly?]]" [[GilliganCut Cut to ten minutes later]], when he does just that.
** In his review of the Music/LadyGaga comic ''Fame'', he complains about the protagonist.
--->'''Linkara:''' Why would anyone find this entertaining? Just watching some overweight jerk with a hat sitting on a green sofa, making rude comments about other people's work and I think I'll shut up now.
** How about Mighty & Morphing Power Rangers?
--->'''Irate!Linkara:''' There's too many words here! I don't need to read all these words.
* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Linkara after attempting to sing ''Holding Out For A Hero''.
* IHaveManyNames: Lewis Lovhaug has at least three known internet handles:
** [[CaptainObvious Linkara]]. Also the name of his [[AlterEgoActing avatar character]]. Used on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, his personal blog, and such forums as Toonzone and Rangerboard.
** Reuisu. The nickname he used before Linkara. His [[http://www.youtube.com/user/reuisu YouTube account]] is under this name, and so is his membership on the forum for the WebOriginal/AgonyBooth, where he once submitted a guest article.
*** [[BilingualBonus Reuisu is "Lewis" in Japanese.]]
** [=PsyWeedle=]. His oldest known nickname, which he used as a FanFiction writer on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~psyweedle FanFiction.Net]]. Revealed in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/fanfic-theatre/6860-ep5webdimen an episode]] of Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre, though the [[OldShame particular story]] that Bennett the Sage reviewed has been removed from his account.
* IMeantToDoThat: Linkara operates a panel in ''[[StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' and blows up one of the crewmen. Linkara responds thus.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** By the end of ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod''.
-->[[Music/BarenakedLadies "Oh, alcohol, I still drink to your health!"]]
** By the end of ''TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'':
--->[[HereWeGoAgain "Back to the bottle!"]]
** Used again, though a bit more subdued, in his review of a Spawn/Batman team up comic.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: On the video review for Ultimates 3, Issue 1, an irate commenter told Lewis something along the lines of, "I'm sick of these videos. You're obnoxious, pretentious, and your editing is atrocious." Linkara's response?
---> "What's wrong with my editing?"
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine:
** Lewis' father plays his older self in the review of ''Superman vs. The Terminator''. Later his whole family shows up as the ghosts from AChristmasCarol.
** In the ''StarTrek''/''{{X-Men}}'' review we see his mom as a Starfleet Admiral.
** Lovhaug Sr. comes back at the end of Linkara's Halloween Silent Hill special [[spoiler:as Whately.]]
* IceCreamKoan: Linkara has FUUUN making these up in the second live review.
* IdiotBall: Pointed out and named by Linkara in his crossover with Film Brain:
-->'''Film Brain''': "Finally they get back to the idea of killing TheSpirit, which of course they plan to do by having Plaster cut him up to tiny little pieces that they will post all over the country. Or you know, they could just blow him up."
-->'''Linkara''': "Shh! The Octopus is holding his idiot ball!"
* ImagineSpot: He fails to recognise the {{Neutro}} destruction sequences in ''Neutro'' #1 as one - of course, this was probably deliberate for the sake of humor.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The cover art of ''Chain Gang War'' #1.
* ImprobableAge: Breaks Linkara's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief in ''Superman Meets the Quik Bunny''.
** Also in his SilentHill Dead/Alive review. [[spoiler: Linkara is too young to have had a daughter, raised her to thirteen (with her mother), tortured her to death AND forgotten about it so well, there's no lingering signs in his life. The story line would have worked better with someone in their mid-thirties at the youngest. Linkara acknowledges this in the commentary.]]
* InNameOnly: Several in-universe namings of the trope (though this applies to single characters more than franchises).
** By two-thirds of the way through his ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' review, Linkara can only bring himself to refer to the title character as "Bearded Idiot."
** In an early text review he dubs the title character of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' "BINO" (Batman InNameOnly). In the video version he decides that "Batman" must actually be an insane hobo who found a Batman costume and dubs him "Crazy Steve."
** The plot of ''{{Godyssey}}'' is so in contrast to Jesus' actual life and teachings that Linkara suggests the Greek gods found the wrong crucifixion victim, naming him Jesús [[hottip:*: pronounced closer to 'Hay-sus']], the Christian martial artist. [[spoiler:He was AllJustADream anyway]].
** The PreviouslyOn segments are all very much this--it is mercilessly {{played for laughs}}.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Makes a reference to the {{trope name|rs}} while talking about TheQuestion in his ''TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' review.
* IncendiaryExponent: He manages to light ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' on fire by ''punching it while wearing the [[PowerRangersInSpace Battilizer]]''.
** He also burns ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' after giving a rant on why Superman is awesome.
* InfantImmortality: Concerning [[spoiler: Lian Harper's death in ''CryForJustice'']], Linkara comments that the trope is "ludicrous," but he is still enraged that the particular example was used purely to shock the reader (and set Roy Harper on a DarkerAndEdgier turn) instead of actually benefiting the story.
* InferredHolocaust: Points out that Nightcat blowing up a garbage barge would pollute Hudson River even more.
* InformedAbility: While the characters in ''Batman: Fortunate Son'' say Izaak Krowe is a good musician, Linkara does not see it. The reason is that comic books (unlike music) are a purely visual medium, and unless a CD was actually included with the comic, we have no way of knowing if this guy is as good a musician as the characters say he is.
* InformedWrongness: Invoked by Linkara in-universe. Big Barda's InternalMonologue in ''ActionComics'' #592 describes the back alley she stumbles into as being worse than Apokolips, but Linkara comments that this is a [[BlatantLies patently false statement]], since this alley, though unpleasant, is a SugarBowl compared to Apokolips, which is a close approximation to ''hell''.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: In the episode "15 Comics I Won't Review", Linkara refuses to review a highly-requested issue of ''Batman'' because it's the "Joker's Boner" issue and he knows everyone just wants to make him say "boner" repeatedly throughout a review. So, to get it out of everyone's system, he says "boner" repeatedly for the next two minutes.
* InsultToRocks: In his crossover review of ''SpiderMan: One Moment In Time'' with {{The Last Angry Geek}}, he [[OneMoreDay once again]] loudly declares that JoeQuesada is a Hack, and that calling him that is doing a favor to the other hacks out there by [[InvertedTrope making them look better in comparison.]]
* InsultedAwake: Backfires when he snaps out a possessed Spoony with the line "You're standing in my spot, sir." from ''{{Swat 4}}''. Spoony woke up, but punched Linkara, shouting "I'm not ''in your fucking way''!".
* InternetBackdraft: Parodied in-universe in his Holiday Shopping Guide video; as he is telling the audience "do your own research to find comics you like rather than bugging me all the time for suggestions" he looks over to a Fan Base meter slowly lowering and quickly changes his tune. When he lets Pollo do a review, after the Mechakara arc, Pollo goes on an anti-GarthEnnis rant as Linkara quietly weeps at how much this must be pissing off so many of his fans.
* {{Keet}}: Lewis in real life, according to [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]; he insisted on filming their crossover right after doing ''{{Kickassia}}'' for eight hours straight.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Comments on it at least three times in the review of [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/03/invincible-four-of-kung-fu-ninja-1.html "The Invincible Four of Kung Fu & Ninja #1"]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: The Entity]] [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/03/commentary-and-behind-scenes.html according to]] [[WordOfGod Linkara]] (although he has a possible sequel in mind, if it ever happens).
* KillItWithFire: This what Linkara does to his reviled copy of ''Superman: At Earth's End'' at the end of his review and to his copy of TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain at the end of Part 3.
** He later admitted in the ''Kamandi at Earth's End'' review that he didn't really burn the Superman comic; he didn't have a print copy when filming, burned another comic with a copy of the cover and later just tore up the Superman comic upon receiving it. He did finally burn a copy of the Superman comic in the Kamandi review (though not without difficulty due to the paper quality).
* LampshadeHanging: At the start of his ''Doctor Who Classics #7'', Linkara asks Liz if she's ever thought about how weird their lives are, considering they review comic books & table top games respectively, yet they have access to tech from ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' and are about to go into battle against a being who has conquered universes; Liz doesn't see it.
** "My God, it's the Vorsoth! And it's very poorly animated!"
* LargeHam:
** LINKARA'S [[strike:RENDITION]] BELLOWING OF THE [[{{Comicbook/Doom}} DOOM COMIC'S]] DIALOGUE IS ESSENTIALLY THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR [[UpToEleven TURNED UP TO 11]], '''[[VerbalTic HOAK HOGAN]]'''!!!
** Dr Linksano.
** I AM A MAN!!!
* LarynxDissonance
** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud.
** Due to her larynx condition, Iron Liz does fine male voices... and then does a Linkara-esque falsetto for female voices anyway.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the intro to the ''S.C.I.-Spy'' #1 review the theme to JamesBond plays as Linkara does spy-stuff while attempting to open a violin case with the comic. Suddenly, the music changes to that of ''CharliesAngels'' and Linkara imitates the intro to that show, before turning his [=MP3=] player off.
* LegoGenetics: Linkara points out that Superman does not have "superpowers;" his abilities are perfectly natural for a Kryptonian and no more "super" than any normal human ability. To remove his powers in ''Act of God'' he would have to be completely altered genetically, more likely killing him then removing his powers. Linkara even says genetics are not Lego bricks.
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** '90s Kid's rants are always backed up by {{Music/Nirvana}}'s ''Smells Like Teen Spirit'', though he sometimes uses "Smells Like Nirvana" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic in its place. "Finger of Fear" for Dr. Insano (and Dr. Linksano). "Graveyard" for Mechakara.
** If you hear "Combine Harvester" by the Wurzels playing, that means Linkara [[GoMadFromTheRevelation has just]] [[SanitySlippageSong lost it]].
** If CaptainAmerica does something awesome, "[[TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah!]]" is sure to follow.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: Linkara got some criticism of this nature from FrankMiller fans after he criticised some of Miller's most recent works, with numerous comments of this nature about his own comic efforts. Linkara pointed out that he has only been doing it for a few years while Miller has been continuously working for three decades, and it is not unreasonable to suggest that his work could be better than it is.
* LethalJokeCharacter[=/=]NotSoHarmless:
** Ma-ti In Captain Planet #3.
** Dr. Insano. Make him cut his hair, and he turns into a destroyer of evil robots from an AlternateUniverse.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the 100th episode.
* LimitedWardrobe: He usually wears the same combination of jacket, plaid/black shirt and hat. (although he's shown off his StarTrek uniform collection... and the PowerRangersZeo version of his reviewer wardrobe!)
* LipstickAndLoadMontage: During the "Linkara Lost" arc, [[RealLifeRelative Linkara's real-life girlfriend]] Iron Liz replaces him for an episode. We see her suiting up in a near shot-for-shot remake of Linkara's own LockAndLoadMontage... save for one shot of her applying lipstick.
* LiteralMinded: In ''Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice #1'', Linkara has a literal interpretation of the phrase "alcohol abuse" in which he verbally and emotionally abuses a bottle of alcohol.
* LockAndLoadMontage: We got one first during the ''AmazonsAttack'' introduction (after a failed TrainingMontage). His opening notably features one as well.
* LogicBomb: Frequently pointed out, with something along the lines of, "Yeah, ''[insert logical inconsistency here]''! ...wait, what?"
* LostAesop: One of Linkara's primary criticisms of ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'' was its inability to hold on to a single message. At some points the comic seemed to be anti-vigilante, critiquing superheroes for their "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord arrogance]]," but at other points in the stories it seems to imply that it is the responsibility of any socially conscious individual to take matters into their own hands. Sometimes it explains the importance of working within the system and at other times people who do so are only too scared to break out of it. At no point does it give a consistent, clear message to its readers.
* MadnessMantra: "ANTI-LIFE JUSTIFIES MY HATE!"
* MalevolentArchitecture: Noted numerous times throughout his LetsPlay of ''[[StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]
--> Whoa, apparently the Borg don't have [[NoOSHACompliance OSHA]], because this thing just tried to kill me!
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Has a surprisingly broad vocal range when voicing all the different characters in the comics he reads out, especially the falsetto ones for the women. Also has a few distinctive ones pulled out for humor value (for example, a SeanConnery impression for [[ActorAllusion anyone]] [[JamesBond connected with espionage]], and his Superboy-Prime voice for any similarly whiny character).
** In his ''[[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine Doctor Who Classics]]'' #7 review, you can hear his broad vocal range between Linkara, the lounge singer, the TotallyRadical surfer, the gruff [[StarTrekEliteForce Starfleet Lieutenant]] and the mad scientist.
* MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover: The hundredth episode features dozens of the other contributors to ThatGuyWithTheGlasses singing/saying lines from the theme song.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During the "His Blue Soul" storyline (specifically the Top 15 Personal Favorite jokes and all the cameos filmed during that timeframe), [[spoiler:Tom Servo can be seen looking at Linkara because Pollo is trying to get his attention but still hasn't gotten his speech systems working yet.]] This one was subtle enough that Lewis had to point it out in the comments for the ''Youngblood'' #4[=/=]''Search for Spock'' double feature.
* MeaningfulName:
** Harvey Finevoice [[TheCastShowoff has a fine voice]].
** Linkara pointed out in the ''Warrior #2 and #3'' review that his own name, Lewis, means "warrior" in several languages and that ''he'' has more of a basis to call himself a warrior than the Ultimate Warrior.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: "Meanwhile, at an undisclosed location just down the hall..."
* MediumAwareness: In the ''Ewoks'' #9 review,
-->'''Linkara:''' How did you make that text appear like that?
-->'''Iron Liz:''' How did you do it with the "E-Walks" joke?
-->'''Linkara:''' Ahh, touché.
* MemeticBadass: In-universe, Captain America
** [[TeamAmericaWorldPolice AMERICA!, '''FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''']]
* MindScrew: The conclusion of the SilentHill Dead/Alive review, somewhat appropriately. In his review of [[{{Batman}} Detective Comics #27]], Linkara notes that he does not have to do his introduction every time because he could simply edit in a previous instance and we would ''never'' know. He then grins and remarks "how's that for a mind screw?"
* MissingTheGoodStuff: In "Linking Up with Linkara" he wakes up to find he has just had an incredible threesome with TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl, but cannot remember anything about it. They also declare that they will not do it again as nothing could possibly measure up to the first time, plus he cannot just watch the two of them because of his own loud and proud feminist views. [[spoiler:It is all a prank, but he is left to stew about it for a week.]]
* MistakenForGay: In his "Athena #1" review Linkara officially announces that he is straight, to counter accusations that he dislikes women being objectified in comic books because he is gay (rather than feminist disagreement with the concept of boob windows and constant ass shots).
* MilestoneCelebration: Every February 15th, Linkara reviews a ''{{Youngblood}}'' comic because his very first text review of a comic was of a ''Youngblood'' issue on that date.
** He also takes a look at the clone saga during the shows video anniversary.
* MoodWhiplash: Occasionally, the introductory segment of the show that plays before the theme song clashes wildly with the theme song itself. [[spoiler:This is particularly true of the latest Silent Hill episodes, where the creepy monologue about the Little Girl is instantly followed by the cheerful, upbeat theme song.]]
** Near the end of ''{{Ultimatum}}'' #1-2, he's ultra-excited about seeing Captain America and Thor fight off all kinds of dead creatures, until it cuts to [[spoiler: The Blob eating The Wasp]]. Linkara enters rage mode, declaring [[spoiler: the comic sucks before he even finishes it]].
* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, even '90s Kid could not get behind ''Countdown'' after Superboy-Prime killed the pregnant Lana Lang from an alternate Earth.
* MoreDakka: He goes from laser-shooting Flintlock to a BFG he got off Cable to an arm mounted minigun.
* MrExposition: WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows and TheRapCritic are brought in for context on {{Music/KISS}} and {{Music/Eminem}}, respectively.
* MultipleChoicePast: Linkara has come up with multiple explanations for why a character's forehead was emitting pink bubbles in one comic.
* MultipleEndings: Parodied in the "Alternate Endings" follow-up to his ''SilentHill: Dying Inside'' review - the alternate endings include being trapped in a room a la ''Silent Hill: The Room'', being trapped in ''Phantasmagoria 2'' in a ShoutOut to Spoony, and Harvey Finevoice turning out to be an alien who takes him to a planet which has ''good'' comics. Parodied again in a similar followup to his ''SilentHill: Dead / Alive'' vid.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Linkara and his father.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Linkara has one of these when Silent Hill convinces him that he was one of the people responsible for torturing a little girl to create the Magic Gun. This [[DrivenToSuicide caused him to nearly kill himself]] before he was stopped by said little girl/magic gun.]]
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: He often gets other Internet celebrities' names wrong, like ''[[TheSpoonyExperiment The Forky Experiment]]'' and ''Film Brian''. In one video he mistakes [[spoiler:Dr. Insano]] for both Bennett the Sage and That Chick With The Goggles.
** In the ''Mr. T'' #2 (AP Comics) review's PreviouslyOn, none of the title card artists seem to be aware of who Dr. Insano is and refer to him as various other famous fictional scientists, to his irritation. Eventually he gives up on correcting them and lets them believe he is DoktorSleepless.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: There is a lovely little LampshadeHanging of this practice in his Daredevil #306 review regarding the Surgeon General, whose last name is actually Cutter:
-->[[SpoofAesop "Remember, kids, if your name sounds like anything, you will become a supervillain."]]
* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-universe}} Invoked]] at the beginning of the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review. He just breaks down in laughter after reading the comic. [[invoked]]
* NarmCharm: [[{{In-universe}} His opinion on the]] ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and ''PowerRangersZeo'' comics. He admits they're pretty silly and cheesy and he ''loves'' them.
** Linkara seems to enjoy TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, or at least elements of its style, for exactly this reason. Very obvious when CrazyAwesome content or (on the flip side) pointless gore pop up.
* NeverBareheaded: In his reviews, he always wears his hat.
* TheNewRockAndRoll: Linkara and {{Paw|Dugan}} discuss this in ''Batman: Fortunate Son''.
* NiceHat: His trilby. At ComiCon, when asked if he was wearing "the" hat, his response was "Yes, and you may touch it for a dollar, good sir!" In his ChristmasEpisode it becomes extra nice. How? He wears a [[SantaClaus Santa hat]] on top of the trilby!
** According to the ''SuburbanKnights'' commentary, it protects him from the life draining effects of Magic.
* NinetiesAntiHero: '90s Kid suggests a heavily armed hero named Bloodgun. Who is entirely made ''out'' of guns, including one for a head.
* NoJustNoReaction: Among the 15 comics he would not review was the infamous {{Sonichu}}. He stated that he wished he had never heard of it and refused to give it any publicity.
* NoPeripheralVision: As pointed out in his LetsPlay of ''[[StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' when Ensign Munro effectively runs straight past a guard,
-->''Peripheral vision? What's that?''
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-Universe: [[http://twitter.com/Linkara19/status/13149039277121536 Lewis believes]] that this it the reason ''Sci-Spy'' has gotten a reprint and US-1 has made {{Self Deprecati|on}}ng cameos.
* NoodleImplements: When {{Superman}} was forced to do porn under mind control the story brushes it off with Superman saying his memory was fuzzy. Linkara jokes about him remembering a goat, salad dressing, and a traffic cone.
--> "And after that it just gets ''weeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiird''."
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** The review of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' includes parts of the script and the disclaimer is used just to assure us that what the viewer is seeing actually is what FrankMiller wrote - particularly that Miller admits ''in writing'' to being shameless in wanting a close-up panel of Vicki Vale's panty-clad ass.
** ''The Ultimates'' #3 review notes that his voicing the Tony Stark ''robot'' as a drunk is not just his own joke, but the robot actually asks for vodka at one point.
** In the Youmacon live review of ''MarvelMangaverse: Spider-Man'' #1, Linkara brings up ''SpiderManReign''[[hottip:*:both comics were by the same author]] and mentions the fact that in that story, [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper Mary Jane died from exposure to Peter's radioactive sperm]]. He then follows up with one of these.
* OffscreenTeleportation: BEAR!
* OhCrap: Happens to him a few times while interviewing Kristanna Loken after she catches on that he does not think too highly of the movies they are discussing. The video is narrated/commented on by Spoony, who explains that you can actually ''see'' the moment when Linkara realizes the situation.
* OhWait: Not only used, but pretty much a staple of his humor.
* OldShame: In his preamble for ''Black Web #1'', Linkara actually makes references to his past works like Lightbringer, his self-published novel series, and a message-board based Pokémon RPG.
* OneOfUs: Has become a more than just Linkara trope, with Sherlock Owen claiming 'AWizardDidIt'.
* OnlySaneMan: Views Joe, a minor character from ''Silent Hill: Paint It Black'' who kicked [[{{Jerkass}} Ike Issacs]] from his apartment, to be the only sensible character in all of Scott Ciencin's ''SilentHill'' comics.
* OnlySixFaces: Points out that the ''only'' distinguishing traits of the Sultry Teenage Super Foxes are the hairstyles.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping:
** In his review of ''Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse'' #1 & #2, which he conducts entirely as Harvey Finevoice. His adopted accent noticeably slips at times; trying to keep that accent while simultaneously doing completely different accents for the characters in the comic breaks it more than anything. Points for trying though.
** Linkara points out that Goldfinger's accent in ''James Bond Jr.'' keeps slipping, but into what, we could not say.
* OverlyLongGag: ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE!
* PanderingToTheBase: Invoked in-universe twice. Two of the ''15 Comics I'll Never Review'' kept getting requests because of certain lines and words the fans wanted to hear him say. In response, he recites these bits out of context during their respective comics' segments.
* PapaWolf: Whatever you do, [[http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5716/llspapawolfmoment.jpg do NOT troll MarzGurl on Twitter if you have an IQ less than 100]]. Linkara has always been one of WebOriginal/MarzGurl's staunchest supporters, often defending her in the face of the [[{{Hatedom}} deluge of criticism]] she received while she was still trying to [[ReTool find her voice]], and even doing a joint review of ''CoolWorld'' with her during the Brawl. In fact, whenever anyone has anything mean to say about ''anyone'' on TGWTG, Linkara will be among the first to defend them.
** Also you can insult him and Liz all you want but you do NOT insult his fans
* ParanoiaFuel: The CareBears could be watching you... [[invoked]]
* PassThePopcorn: During ''SilentHill: Dead/Alive'', it looks like Christabella is finally going to get her comeuppance. Linkara's reaction? "Ooh, hang on a second! Let me get some popcorn!" The comic does not give him a proper chance.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Idiostuperiffic.
* PerverseSexualLust: "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harley]] [[CountdownToFinalCrisis Quiiinn...]]"
* PetPeeveTrope: [[{{In-universe}} Linkara]] has several that tick him off.
** DroppedABridgeOnHim: Frequently becomes StuffedIntoTheFridge in the universe of the show (if not the comic he's reviewing).
** {{Gorn}}
** IdiotPlot [[invoked]]
** MonsterClown (at least when overused)
** SexSells
** StayInTheKitchen
** WarOnStraw: The StrawFeminist archetype [[BerserkButton moreso than others.]]
** WouldHitAGirl
* PhraseCatcher: Linkara, whenever Liz [[PungeonMaster cracks a pun]].
--> *{{head desk}}* I live with her, people...
* PlotHole: Will of course jump on them.
** Linkara sees that the villains in the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr.'' #3 comic are {{Goldfinger}} and Oddjob, despite the fact that they are both dead.
* PlutoIsExpendable: In the second part of the ''Countdown'' review, Chester A Bum makes good on his threat to destroy it. The Nostalgia Critic was unimpressed. After all, it had stopped all the ClassicDisneyShorts jokes. He had more of a reaction from seeing Hollywood, Rome, and France destroyed instead.
* PowerOfLove - Points out in CareBears #13 that they are literally attacking people with the power of love...
* PowerupLetdown: His ''Maximum Clonage'' review is upgraded to ''wide screen''! Now you can see... more of the futon and the shadow on one side...
* PreviouslyOn: A RunningGag is his frequent recaps that include '''no''' content from the prior episode, including [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/3721-uncanny-x-men-424 Uncanny X-Men #424]] and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6209-dd306 Daredevil #306]] (Which included a reference to this very site)
--->"Oh my God! TV Tropes used one of my quotes!"
** This tendency is subverted in the review for ''Secret Defenders'' #10. Linkara cannot do one as he could only get Phelous as a guest star; everyone else was too busy making crossover videos following the brawl.
* ProductPlacement:
** He subtly inserts references to his independent comic, Revolution of the Mask, into his reviews fairly consistently. Later, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after cloning Spoony back to life]], he brainwashes the clone to keep inserting subliminal references into his reviews as well - resulting in a BrickJoke in Spoony's ''Clones of BruceLee'' review where nudity is censored with a ''Revolution of the Mask'' ad banner.
** In his PowerRangers comic review he starts talking about [[http://www.myspace.com/henshin-vault the prop maker]] he bought his Dragon Dagger from, ending with the web address onscreen and Mechakara calling him out on it.
--> '''Mechakara:''' You are honestly doing a COMMERCIAL in the middle of your review?!
--> '''Linkara:''' "Screw you, hippie--he gave me a discount!"
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "JoeQuesada, YOU! ARE! A! HAAAAACK!"
** "This comic sucks!" becomes this at the end of ''Amazons Attack''.
** In response to the Kool-Aid Man bursting through a funhouse wall.
--> "THAT! MAKES! NO! SENSE!"
** "[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} It's supposed! To be! AMBIGUOUS!]]"
* PunctuatedPounding: Delivered to Pyramid Head during the finale of ''Silent Hill: Dying Inside'' #5.
-->'''Linkara:''' WORD! TO! THE! WISE! WEARING! A! HUGE! FREAKING! METAL! CHAMBER! ON! YOUR! HEAD! IS! NOT! VERY! SMART!
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: In times that you need to look like a [[AC: real reviewer]], put two pairs of glasses in your face.
---> Tropes A-D [[AtopTheFourthWall/TropesAToD HERE!]]
---> Tropes Q-Z [[AtopTheFourthWall/TropesQToZ HERE!]]
---> Storyline Tropes [[AtopTheFourthWall/StorylineTropes HERE!]]
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lewis' girlfriend Iron Liz briefly appears out of nowhere during the [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/05/warrior-2-and-3.htm ''Warrior'' 2-3 review]], Lampshading that no one will have any idea who the hell she is (Lewis himself did not help much, responding to any questions about who she was with a simple "She's Iron Liz" before Liz got a blog and revealed that they were dating). She made her first official appearance in the review of [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2010/06/chain-gang-war-1.html Chain Gang War #1]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Commentaries made after 2010 have pointed instances out.
** Early episodes have Linkara searching for the comic he is reviewing until he finds it and says 'Aha! Now we've got it!'
** The ''Adamantium Rage'' review is both a crossover and non-comic review, but is a numbered episode.
** The Magic Gun was originally just a gun referred to as his Suicide Pistol.
* EasterEgg:
** The New Guardians #2 review contains some text flashing onscreen for a split second during a clip of one of Hitler's speeches saying 'Yeah, I can see why Germany would want to follow this shouting, drug-crazed lunatic. Zomg Easter Egg! Hi TV Tropes!'
* EnsembleDarkhorse: He frequently says in-universe that Bulk and Skull are "the real stars" of ''Power Rangers'' in his comic reviews.
** Recently, he declared Joe, who showed up in all of one panel, to be his favorite character of the SilentHill comics. Of course he wasn't facing much competition from [[JerkAss the rest]] [[TooDumbToLive of the cast.]]
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[{{in-universe}} He epically calls out]] ''Marvel Team-Up'' #127 for it, as an innocent woman died so a sleazy drug dealer could be reunited with her grandfather.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Even 90's Kid was disgusted by Superboy Prime vaporizing a pregnant woman in ''CountdownToFinalCrisis''.
*** From ''Planet of the Symbiotes'':
--->[[spoiler: Linkara: Even 90's Kid isn't creepy enough to want to prop up Kurt Cobain's body onstage!]]
** Linksano may have no problems with driving Linkara insane, but it is revealed in the ''The Spirit'' review that melting kittens is "a line we dare not cross".
** Linkara also says that not even FrankMiller, an infamous DirtyOldMan, would stoop so low as to sexualize underage girls.
** Apparently, RobLiefeld looks like a better artist when compared to Pat Lee's work.
* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: ''Bear!!''
** Tries to substitute a LOL-cat loop for part three of his ''Amazons Attack'' review.
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: ''"The bears are everywhere, man... See?! BEAR!!!"''
* ExecutiveMeddling: Linkara points out editors should stick to editing and leave the writing to writers.
* ExpositoryThemeTune
* EyesAlwaysShut: Termed as "Youngblood's Disease".
* FMinusMinus: Linkara has been known to hand out F triple and quadruple minuses.
* FailOSuckyname:
** In his review of Uncanny X-Men #424 he said that Chuck Austen "could not fail any more if [his] name was Faily [=McFailing=] Fail!"
** Points out in his [[RobLiefeld Doom's IV #2]] review that "Grimm" wasn't a great choice, as it's kind of depressing and that there must have been other things they could have called him.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: [[{{in-universe}} Linkara on]] the Top 11 Worst Heroes to Villains:
-->"What these comics are trying to tell us is that [[LoveMakesYouEvil love ultimately leads to death, destruction]], and [[OneMoreDay the devil]]. In other words, '''love no-one. Ever.'''"
** Also notes this with ''Batman: Fortunate Son'', which seems to have the message that rock and roll music causes violence.
* FanNickname: [[{{in-universe}} Linkara has a slew of these]] for Super-Boy Prime in ''Countdown''; including "Superboy-Primadonna", "Superbitch-Prime", and "Spasticboy-Prime". He also takes to calling Robin "Dick Grayson, Age 12" during his ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' review in reference to the detail being repeated more than is strictly necessary; by the end of the review, he is also calling the ASBAR version of Batman 'Crazy Steve.'
** He refers to the gun-using old Superman of ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' as "Bearded Idiot". Similarly, he coins "Captain Cuckoo" for [[{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in ''Superman: Distant Fires''.
** He gives Hippolyta multiple nicknames during the ''Amazons Attack'' review: Hippopotamus Brain, Hibonkersla, Smokingalottapolyta, etc. In his Maximum Clonage review he calls her ''[[TooDumbToLive Queen Hippolobotomy]]''
** He refers to the bodyguard character from ''Zero Patrol'' as "Blandy the Bodyguard"
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] One of the biggest reasons he won't review ''OneMoreDay''--He would first have to acknowledge its existence.
* FantasticAesop: Described in his ''New Guardians'' #2 review.
* FauxlosophicNarration: Warrior's concept of Destrucity, a {{Portmanteau}} meant to symbolize the '''truc'''e between one's future '''des'''tiny and current real'''ity'''.
* FlatWhat:
** His reaction to the use of the [=McCarran=] Act in "Amazons Attack #3".
** Used in his and Liz's first ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' duel, when she [[BackFromTheDead Monster Reborns]] a card that she had to discard.
--> '''Liz''': I'll bring out my Red Eyes Black Dragon...
--> '''Lewis''': What.
--> '''Liz''': [[HoistByHisOwnPetard That you made me get rid of.]]
--> '''Lewis''': ''What.''
** Used again in the second round.
--> '''Liz''': Well, we can't have you continuing this any longer, so I'm gonna sacrifice these two cards...
--> '''Linkara''': What.
--> '''Liz''': ...whip out one Blue Eyes White Dragon...
--> '''Linkara''': What.
--> '''Liz''': And ''you'', sir, are going to be killed.
--> '''Linkara''': ''What''.
** Even [[spoiler: The Entity]] gets one in the Electric Tale of Pikachu review:
--> '''[[spoiler: Entity]]''': ...Existence will be solely defined by me, because I ''am'' existence!
--> '''Linkara''': Oh, and ''then'' what're you going to do?
--> '''[[spoiler: Entity]]''': What.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome: He has commented on/lampooned this many times.
* FoeYay: Discussed with regards to the Linkara/Dr. Insano relationship, which the actors are very well aware is extrapolated by the fandom.
--> "What are you doing?! [[LampshadeHanging You are giving the slash fic writers material!"]]
** Linkara points out the Super Ninja in ''Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos'' #1 is unleashing his hatred of Chuck Norris... by punching a huge portrait of him.
* FollowTheLeader: Reviewed adverts in comic books in an attempt to copy WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic reviewing nostalgic commercials.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Notes how even ''towels'' do this in ''22 Brides'' issue #1.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The blinking "Extreme" logo in the ''Newmen'' review flashes "Buy Revolution of the Mask" and, even more briefly, "If you can read this, you paused the video."
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* FridgeLogic:[[invoked]]
** After Linkara finishes his ''New Guardians'' review, he pops out and says: "Wait a second - if their mission is to proliferate their DNA through procreation, why is there a gay guy in the group?"
** He points out the character in ''SilentHill: The Room'' could just break the wall to remove the chains.
** He points out that this can ruin some of the few seemingly good part of ''CountdownToFinalCrisis''. Most notably, he admits that when the Monitor Bob made his FaceHeelTurn, he originally found it an exciting and interesting twist, but thinking more on it (and rereading the earlier issues) made him realise that Bob's betrayal made ''no'' sense when matched up to everything he had been doing before, and [[ShockingSwerve pretty much came out of nowhere]].
** A recurring criticism of stories where heroes lose their powers is that it also applies to ones like MartianManhunter who doesn't actually have any beyond natural abilities of his species.
* FridgeHorror:[[invoked]] To quote a comment from the third part of his ComicBook/JLAActOfGod review:
-->'''Joe England:''' "And isn't it just so in-character how WonderWoman was contemplating suicide WHILE WITH CHILD?? Dear lord."
-->'''Linkara''' (In Response): "Good God, I didn't even think of that."
* FurryFandom: Mentions it in-universe in his Prologue to ''Countdown''.
** [[DefiedTrope He wisely skips]] [[InternetBackdraft the subject]]:
--->"No, I'm not gonna make a furry joke. Get over it, Internet--some people don't have the same interests as you. Besides, she's a bug, not a furred animal... NEXT CHARACTER."
* GambitRoulette: Prometheus from ''CryForJustice'' seems to depend on nothing but these and {{Ass Pull}}s.
** Dr Doom's plan from Ultimates 3, as revealed in Ultimatum. Linkara goes on a long rant with it.
* GatlingGood: He uses it to take out Pyramid Head.
* AGodAmI: Linkara parodies the trope in his ''New Guardians'' review, which depicts CrazyAwesome Snowflame as a god and includes the statement "He will rise in three days amongst the marijuana leaves!"
* GodwinsLaw: Invokes this in his ''New Guardians'' #2 review when he points out that the concept of a group of people being chosen to reproduce due to their genetic superiority sounds strangely familiar...
* GoodIsOldFashioned: Linkara chews out ''Superman at Earth's End'' for apparently taking this viewpoint.
* GoshDangitToHeck: Linkara is not afraid to use lighter swears like ass, Hell, damn, etc., but generally refrains from using stronger ones. He has even said "Funk and Wagnall" in the place of the F-bomb at least three times; ironically (or intentionally), it makes that sentence funnier. In his ''Top 15 Screw-Ups'' he admits he uses such words in real life all the time, even pointing out some examples listed below where they do bleed into his reviews, but he chooses to not use them in his reviews because he feels they are better off without them.
-->[[SincerityMode "Does cursing really make the review better? Really?"]]
** He doesn't, however, have a problem with playing "America, Fuck Yeah" uncensored whenever Captain America shows how much of a badass he is.
** He also has no issues with writing gratuitous profanity for other people, as evidenced by the number of F-bombs Spoony drops in Linkara-written crossovers.
*** Or in the ''{{Robocop}} vs. the {{Terminator}}'' review, where the {{Stinger}} uses a clip of the T-800 saying "Fuck you, asshole."
** He also has no issues with it in bloopers, as evidenced by [[WebOriginal/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou the cross-over Wonder Woman 2011 pilot review.]]
*** Not quite true, since in an "odds and ends" post, he remarks that he didn't know Nash was going to include it uncensored and would have asked him to bleep it.
* GuestHost: Pollo organizes Harvey Finevoice and 90s Kid to keep the scheduled reviews, despite Linkara being kidnapped to another dimension.
** And upon his return, he thanks Pollo, and [[BlatantLies is thoroughly impressed with '90s Kids's review.]]
* GuiltyPleasures: Several in-universe examples for Linkara.
** He still collects ''PowerRangers'' toys and after stating all the flaws in Marvel's ''MMPR #1'' he still can't say it sucks because ''it's Power Rangers.''
--->"It's cheesy, it's over the top, [[NarmCharm and I love every second of it!]]"
** He sees ''{{Transformers}}'' as goofy, but also awesome.
** He admits that ''BruteForce'' is this because it is [[SoBadItsGood gloriously bad]].
* {{Gundamjack}}: [[spoiler: Neutro]]
* HalloweenEpisode: The ''Silent Hill'' comic reviews in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Every time Linkara does his '''"I AM A MAN! *PUNCH*''' routine he pulls something different back on screen each time, including his stuffed bear and Iron Liz, among others. When he asked Liz how she got there, she had no idea.
** There is also the time he couldn't pull his hand back.
---> '''Linkara''' "Help! I-I'm stuck!"
* HandWave: Linkara took a very long time to explain why his gun shoots lasers and in the ''StarTrek'' review he simply says "It's magic! I don't have to explain it!" which is a blatant ShoutOut to his much-hated ''OneMoreDay''. He later [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gave the full story]].
* HarmlessVillain: Linksano, [[spoiler:at least while unaccompanied]].
* HarsherInHindsight: He calls ''Cable'' #1 (which was created in 1992) out on this InUniverse. It starts off the comic with the World Trade Center being blown up for no particular reason. Linkara's response was StunnedSilence, and then saying "[[TooSoon ...OKAY! MOVING ON THEN]]."
** And later on, in ''Game Boy'' #1....
-->"We cut to New York and the... the World Trade Center. Towers. Well I mean this was made in 1990. There shouldn't be anything wrong. (later) "Later An Omnious Black, Cloud, Hovers... Above... The... Renowned... Twin... Towers..." (puts hand on face and sighs) oh sweet merciful crap.
*** And the second comic in the line doesn't do much better...
-->"A dark cloud over the world trade towers in the first issue, now hijacking an airplane in this one? This comic is seriously trolling me."
** Show-related: the joke about [[spoiler: Missingno]] from The Dark Knight Strikes Again Part 2 review is much less funny when you find out [[spoiler: who the Entity is...]]
* HaveAGayOldTime: In his "Top 15 Comics he will ''NEVER'' review", he mentions that ''"Batman #66"'' is not heavily requested, but is still denied because he figures that the only reason why people want him to review it is because they want him to say the word "Boner", which meant something much different back during the SilverAge. Just to humor them, he gives them what they want.
-->"If that's the case, then I shall give you what you want. Boner. Boner Boner. Boner Boning of Boner. Boner Boner. Erect Penis."
** And in his review of All-American Comics #16:
--> '''[[Comicbook/GreenLantern Alan Scott]]:''' What a queer light!
--> '''Linkara:''' ''(beat)'' What, it was the 1940s!
* HeadTiltinglyKinky: Lewis's profile picture for Blogspot and Twitter.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Linkara points out in a review of a ''CaptainPlanet'' comic book that because the power of "Heart" gives you MindControl (in a sense), it should technically be the most powerful ring/power within the series, while Wheeler's fire powers are the weakest. All Wheeler can do, basically, is shoot a stream a fire from his ring.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Episode 13 of his ''Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force'' Let's Play starts with him still reeling from [[spoiler: Biessman's death]] in the previous episode.
** Towards the end of the fifth part of the ''Silent Hill: Dead/Alive'' review [[spoiler:Linkara is led to believe that he sacrificed a little girl to an evil cult. His reaction is to have a stunned MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, before he attempts to ''shoot himself''.]]
** In his Brain Drain Review, Linkara sees [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] actually considering his grotesque transformation to be a good thing, but he nearly lets this slide, despite his fury that the author had obviously never read a Fantastic Four comic, because the comic is pretty much an advertisement for office max. Then the (literal) BSOD comes on when he sees the writer was Tom Defalco, Former EDITOR-IN-CHIEF at Marvel.
* HiddenDepths: Aside from his being a good singer, who'd have guessed Linkara's a fan of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''?
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[invoked]] In the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review, he states this trope. As we see a panel of Roy Harper getting his arm ripped off by his daughter. [[invoked]]
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* HighlyVisibleNinja: His ninja-style dancing, particularly when it is done to Caramelldansen.
* HilariousInHindsight: As he points out in-universe, TheCloneSaga was originally set to be revealed as the handiwork of Mephisto, but the editors decided that Mephisto getting involved with Spider-Man was ridiculous. [[OneMoreDay *ahem*]]
* HissBeforeFleeing: Or rather, Skronk before fleeing. The Ultimate [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] does this when Linkara finally shoos him away.
* HoYay: [[invoked]] Lampshaded. "You are giving the {{slash fic}}-ers material!"
** He also pokes fun at all the HoYay in ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'': "For the love of Heidegger, why didn't you marry Bruce instead of Lois?", "Finally Bruce! We can get married like we always wanted to!" "The first priority is Bruce Wayne's desiccated, decaying corpse!"
** Also in the Batman/Spawn crossover "for god's sake just kiss him already!"
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Played for laughs in ''Linking Up with Linkara'' when TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl declare they are going lesbian and he asks if he can watch. [=NChick=] tells him "No that's exploitation, you're a feminist that's bad."
** At the end of ''Silent Hill: The Grinning Man'' [[spoiler: Whately is killed by the same Magic Gun/Girl his cult created by sacrificing the girl in the first place]].
* {{Homage}}: In his commentary on ''Adamantium Rage'', Linkara explicitly states that the whole thing was a homage to [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], pointing out all of the intentional parallels with Spoony's review style of the time, and noting that the format of the review was devised so that Linkara could work with him without piling on more work for the exhausted Spoony (who was burnt out from working on several other projects shortly beforehand).
* HookersAndBlow: What Linkara claims he's using the "Revolution Of The Mask" money on before realizing what he said.
* HypocrisyNod:
** Linkara often decries the AllThereInTheManual nature of some series, since required information cannot be found within the series itself.
--> '''Linkara:''' "I can't begin to imagine how anyone followed all this stuff at the time. It'd be like if I introduced plot elements in my show that somehow ended up on [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's show]] and... [[LampshadeHanging uh... nevermind]]."
** After blasting ''SilentHill: Dying Inside'' for missing the point of the ''SilentHill'' series, he has a BadAss finale where he takes out [[ImplacableMan Pyramid Head]] with a [[MoreDakka Gatling gun]] and a [[StuffBlowingUp big explosion]]. The credits have him copping to the hypocrisy.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** In response to the narration at the end of ''Amazons Attack'' #1, Linkara expresses his distaste.
-->'''Linkara:''' Who the Hell enjoys having their comics narrated to? Wait...
** At the beginning of Linkara's "Wolverine: Adamantium Rage" review, Spoony's casual dismissals of Linkara prompts him to declare that he will make his own video game review show that will "be ten times as original!" The following intro segment is a complete shot-for-shot copy of the intro to Spoony's show with the same theme song.
** 90s Kid mocking the stupid, TotallyRadical attempt at slang in ''Nightcat #1'' with his own stupid, TotallyRadical slang.
** In "New Guardians #2" he mocks a CIA agent's brown jacket over a plaid shirt saying he looks like a used car salesman.
** Linkara compares the lazy writing of ''Sonic Live'' to that of him suddenly having access to the technology of ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' without any kind of explanation for how he did. To add to the awkwardness, he was actually holding a Power morpher and a phaser while arguing that.
** He complains about the "Greatest Responsibility" storyline branching through three Spider-Man titles which made it hard for fans to follow, then remembers his own shared storylines with TheSpoonyExperiment.
** Upon seeing that Dave Willis of ''{{Webcomic/Shortpacked}}'' donated some Dreamwave ''{{Transformers}}'', he quips "[[TransformersTheMovie I thought you were made of sterner stuff. Why throw away these comics so recklessly?]]" [[GilliganCut Cut to ten minutes later]], when he does just that.
** In his review of the Music/LadyGaga comic ''Fame'', he complains about the protagonist.
--->'''Linkara:''' Why would anyone find this entertaining? Just watching some overweight jerk with a hat sitting on a green sofa, making rude comments about other people's work and I think I'll shut up now.
** How about Mighty & Morphing Power Rangers?
--->'''Irate!Linkara:''' There's too many words here! I don't need to read all these words.
* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Linkara after attempting to sing ''Holding Out For A Hero''.
* IHaveManyNames: Lewis Lovhaug has at least three known internet handles:
** [[CaptainObvious Linkara]]. Also the name of his [[AlterEgoActing avatar character]]. Used on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, his personal blog, and such forums as Toonzone and Rangerboard.
** Reuisu. The nickname he used before Linkara. His [[http://www.youtube.com/user/reuisu YouTube account]] is under this name, and so is his membership on the forum for the WebOriginal/AgonyBooth, where he once submitted a guest article.
*** [[BilingualBonus Reuisu is "Lewis" in Japanese.]]
** [=PsyWeedle=]. His oldest known nickname, which he used as a FanFiction writer on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~psyweedle FanFiction.Net]]. Revealed in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/fanfic-theatre/6860-ep5webdimen an episode]] of Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre, though the [[OldShame particular story]] that Bennett the Sage reviewed has been removed from his account.
* IMeantToDoThat: Linkara operates a panel in ''[[StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' and blows up one of the crewmen. Linkara responds thus.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** By the end of ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod''.
-->[[Music/BarenakedLadies "Oh, alcohol, I still drink to your health!"]]
** By the end of ''TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'':
--->[[HereWeGoAgain "Back to the bottle!"]]
** Used again, though a bit more subdued, in his review of a Spawn/Batman team up comic.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: On the video review for Ultimates 3, Issue 1, an irate commenter told Lewis something along the lines of, "I'm sick of these videos. You're obnoxious, pretentious, and your editing is atrocious." Linkara's response?
---> "What's wrong with my editing?"
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine:
** Lewis' father plays his older self in the review of ''Superman vs. The Terminator''. Later his whole family shows up as the ghosts from AChristmasCarol.
** In the ''StarTrek''/''{{X-Men}}'' review we see his mom as a Starfleet Admiral.
** Lovhaug Sr. comes back at the end of Linkara's Halloween Silent Hill special [[spoiler:as Whately.]]
* IceCreamKoan: Linkara has FUUUN making these up in the second live review.
* IdiotBall: Pointed out and named by Linkara in his crossover with Film Brain:
-->'''Film Brain''': "Finally they get back to the idea of killing TheSpirit, which of course they plan to do by having Plaster cut him up to tiny little pieces that they will post all over the country. Or you know, they could just blow him up."
-->'''Linkara''': "Shh! The Octopus is holding his idiot ball!"
* ImagineSpot: He fails to recognise the {{Neutro}} destruction sequences in ''Neutro'' #1 as one - of course, this was probably deliberate for the sake of humor.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The cover art of ''Chain Gang War'' #1.
* ImprobableAge: Breaks Linkara's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief in ''Superman Meets the Quik Bunny''.
** Also in his SilentHill Dead/Alive review. [[spoiler: Linkara is too young to have had a daughter, raised her to thirteen (with her mother), tortured her to death AND forgotten about it so well, there's no lingering signs in his life. The story line would have worked better with someone in their mid-thirties at the youngest. Linkara acknowledges this in the commentary.]]
* InNameOnly: Several in-universe namings of the trope (though this applies to single characters more than franchises).
** By two-thirds of the way through his ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' review, Linkara can only bring himself to refer to the title character as "Bearded Idiot."
** In an early text review he dubs the title character of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' "BINO" (Batman InNameOnly). In the video version he decides that "Batman" must actually be an insane hobo who found a Batman costume and dubs him "Crazy Steve."
** The plot of ''{{Godyssey}}'' is so in contrast to Jesus' actual life and teachings that Linkara suggests the Greek gods found the wrong crucifixion victim, naming him Jesús [[hottip:*: pronounced closer to 'Hay-sus']], the Christian martial artist. [[spoiler:He was AllJustADream anyway]].
** The PreviouslyOn segments are all very much this--it is mercilessly {{played for laughs}}.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Makes a reference to the {{trope name|rs}} while talking about TheQuestion in his ''TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' review.
* IncendiaryExponent: He manages to light ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' on fire by ''punching it while wearing the [[PowerRangersInSpace Battilizer]]''.
** He also burns ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' after giving a rant on why Superman is awesome.
* InfantImmortality: Concerning [[spoiler: Lian Harper's death in ''CryForJustice'']], Linkara comments that the trope is "ludicrous," but he is still enraged that the particular example was used purely to shock the reader (and set Roy Harper on a DarkerAndEdgier turn) instead of actually benefiting the story.
* InferredHolocaust: Points out that Nightcat blowing up a garbage barge would pollute Hudson River even more.
* InformedAbility: While the characters in ''Batman: Fortunate Son'' say Izaak Krowe is a good musician, Linkara does not see it. The reason is that comic books (unlike music) are a purely visual medium, and unless a CD was actually included with the comic, we have no way of knowing if this guy is as good a musician as the characters say he is.
* InformedWrongness: Invoked by Linkara in-universe. Big Barda's InternalMonologue in ''ActionComics'' #592 describes the back alley she stumbles into as being worse than Apokolips, but Linkara comments that this is a [[BlatantLies patently false statement]], since this alley, though unpleasant, is a SugarBowl compared to Apokolips, which is a close approximation to ''hell''.
* InherentlyFunnyWords: In the episode "15 Comics I Won't Review", Linkara refuses to review a highly-requested issue of ''Batman'' because it's the "Joker's Boner" issue and he knows everyone just wants to make him say "boner" repeatedly throughout a review. So, to get it out of everyone's system, he says "boner" repeatedly for the next two minutes.
* InsultToRocks: In his crossover review of ''SpiderMan: One Moment In Time'' with {{The Last Angry Geek}}, he [[OneMoreDay once again]] loudly declares that JoeQuesada is a Hack, and that calling him that is doing a favor to the other hacks out there by [[InvertedTrope making them look better in comparison.]]
* InsultedAwake: Backfires when he snaps out a possessed Spoony with the line "You're standing in my spot, sir." from ''{{Swat 4}}''. Spoony woke up, but punched Linkara, shouting "I'm not ''in your fucking way''!".
* InternetBackdraft: Parodied in-universe in his Holiday Shopping Guide video; as he is telling the audience "do your own research to find comics you like rather than bugging me all the time for suggestions" he looks over to a Fan Base meter slowly lowering and quickly changes his tune. When he lets Pollo do a review, after the Mechakara arc, Pollo goes on an anti-GarthEnnis rant as Linkara quietly weeps at how much this must be pissing off so many of his fans.
* {{Keet}}: Lewis in real life, according to [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]; he insisted on filming their crossover right after doing ''{{Kickassia}}'' for eight hours straight.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Comments on it at least three times in the review of [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/03/invincible-four-of-kung-fu-ninja-1.html "The Invincible Four of Kung Fu & Ninja #1"]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: The Entity]] [[http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/03/commentary-and-behind-scenes.html according to]] [[WordOfGod Linkara]] (although he has a possible sequel in mind, if it ever happens).
* KillItWithFire: This what Linkara does to his reviled copy of ''Superman: At Earth's End'' at the end of his review and to his copy of TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain at the end of Part 3.
** He later admitted in the ''Kamandi at Earth's End'' review that he didn't really burn the Superman comic; he didn't have a print copy when filming, burned another comic with a copy of the cover and later just tore up the Superman comic upon receiving it. He did finally burn a copy of the Superman comic in the Kamandi review (though not without difficulty due to the paper quality).
* LampshadeHanging: At the start of his ''Doctor Who Classics #7'', Linkara asks Liz if she's ever thought about how weird their lives are, considering they review comic books & table top games respectively, yet they have access to tech from ''PowerRangers'' and ''StarTrek'' and are about to go into battle against a being who has conquered universes; Liz doesn't see it.
** "My God, it's the Vorsoth! And it's very poorly animated!"
* LargeHam:
** LINKARA'S [[strike:RENDITION]] BELLOWING OF THE [[{{Comicbook/Doom}} DOOM COMIC'S]] DIALOGUE IS ESSENTIALLY THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR [[UpToEleven TURNED UP TO 11]], '''[[VerbalTic HOAK HOGAN]]'''!!!
** Dr Linksano.
** I AM A MAN!!!
* LarynxDissonance
** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud.
** Due to her larynx condition, Iron Liz does fine male voices... and then does a Linkara-esque falsetto for female voices anyway.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the intro to the ''S.C.I.-Spy'' #1 review the theme to JamesBond plays as Linkara does spy-stuff while attempting to open a violin case with the comic. Suddenly, the music changes to that of ''CharliesAngels'' and Linkara imitates the intro to that show, before turning his [=MP3=] player off.
* LegoGenetics: Linkara points out that Superman does not have "superpowers;" his abilities are perfectly natural for a Kryptonian and no more "super" than any normal human ability. To remove his powers in ''Act of God'' he would have to be completely altered genetically, more likely killing him then removing his powers. Linkara even says genetics are not Lego bricks.
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** '90s Kid's rants are always backed up by {{Music/Nirvana}}'s ''Smells Like Teen Spirit'', though he sometimes uses "Smells Like Nirvana" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic in its place. "Finger of Fear" for Dr. Insano (and Dr. Linksano). "Graveyard" for Mechakara.
** If you hear "Combine Harvester" by the Wurzels playing, that means Linkara [[GoMadFromTheRevelation has just]] [[SanitySlippageSong lost it]].
** If CaptainAmerica does something awesome, "[[TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah!]]" is sure to follow.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: Linkara got some criticism of this nature from FrankMiller fans after he criticised some of Miller's most recent works, with numerous comments of this nature about his own comic efforts. Linkara pointed out that he has only been doing it for a few years while Miller has been continuously working for three decades, and it is not unreasonable to suggest that his work could be better than it is.
* LethalJokeCharacter[=/=]NotSoHarmless:
** Ma-ti In Captain Planet #3.
** Dr. Insano. Make him cut his hair, and he turns into a destroyer of evil robots from an AlternateUniverse.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the 100th episode.
* LimitedWardrobe: He usually wears the same combination of jacket, plaid/black shirt and hat. (although he's shown off his StarTrek uniform collection... and the PowerRangersZeo version of his reviewer wardrobe!)
* LipstickAndLoadMontage: During the "Linkara Lost" arc, [[RealLifeRelative Linkara's real-life girlfriend]] Iron Liz replaces him for an episode. We see her suiting up in a near shot-for-shot remake of Linkara's own LockAndLoadMontage... save for one shot of her applying lipstick.
* LiteralMinded: In ''Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice #1'', Linkara has a literal interpretation of the phrase "alcohol abuse" in which he verbally and emotionally abuses a bottle of alcohol.
* LockAndLoadMontage: We got one first during the ''AmazonsAttack'' introduction (after a failed TrainingMontage). His opening notably features one as well.
* LogicBomb: Frequently pointed out, with something along the lines of, "Yeah, ''[insert logical inconsistency here]''! ...wait, what?"
* LostAesop: One of Linkara's primary criticisms of ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'' was its inability to hold on to a single message. At some points the comic seemed to be anti-vigilante, critiquing superheroes for their "[[YouKeepUsingThatWord arrogance]]," but at other points in the stories it seems to imply that it is the responsibility of any socially conscious individual to take matters into their own hands. Sometimes it explains the importance of working within the system and at other times people who do so are only too scared to break out of it. At no point does it give a consistent, clear message to its readers.
* MadnessMantra: "ANTI-LIFE JUSTIFIES MY HATE!"
* MalevolentArchitecture: Noted numerous times throughout his LetsPlay of ''[[StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]
--> Whoa, apparently the Borg don't have [[NoOSHACompliance OSHA]], because this thing just tried to kill me!
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Has a surprisingly broad vocal range when voicing all the different characters in the comics he reads out, especially the falsetto ones for the women. Also has a few distinctive ones pulled out for humor value (for example, a SeanConnery impression for [[ActorAllusion anyone]] [[JamesBond connected with espionage]], and his Superboy-Prime voice for any similarly whiny character).
** In his ''[[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine Doctor Who Classics]]'' #7 review, you can hear his broad vocal range between Linkara, the lounge singer, the TotallyRadical surfer, the gruff [[StarTrekEliteForce Starfleet Lieutenant]] and the mad scientist.
* MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover: The hundredth episode features dozens of the other contributors to ThatGuyWithTheGlasses singing/saying lines from the theme song.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: During the "His Blue Soul" storyline (specifically the Top 15 Personal Favorite jokes and all the cameos filmed during that timeframe), [[spoiler:Tom Servo can be seen looking at Linkara because Pollo is trying to get his attention but still hasn't gotten his speech systems working yet.]] This one was subtle enough that Lewis had to point it out in the comments for the ''Youngblood'' #4[=/=]''Search for Spock'' double feature.
* MeaningfulName:
** Harvey Finevoice [[TheCastShowoff has a fine voice]].
** Linkara pointed out in the ''Warrior #2 and #3'' review that his own name, Lewis, means "warrior" in several languages and that ''he'' has more of a basis to call himself a warrior than the Ultimate Warrior.
* MeanwhileBackAtThe: "Meanwhile, at an undisclosed location just down the hall..."
* MediumAwareness: In the ''Ewoks'' #9 review,
-->'''Linkara:''' How did you make that text appear like that?
-->'''Iron Liz:''' How did you do it with the "E-Walks" joke?
-->'''Linkara:''' Ahh, touché.
* MemeticBadass: In-universe, Captain America
** [[TeamAmericaWorldPolice AMERICA!, '''FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''']]
* MindScrew: The conclusion of the SilentHill Dead/Alive review, somewhat appropriately. In his review of [[{{Batman}} Detective Comics #27]], Linkara notes that he does not have to do his introduction every time because he could simply edit in a previous instance and we would ''never'' know. He then grins and remarks "how's that for a mind screw?"
* MissingTheGoodStuff: In "Linking Up with Linkara" he wakes up to find he has just had an incredible threesome with TheNostalgiaChick and WebOriginal/MarzGurl, but cannot remember anything about it. They also declare that they will not do it again as nothing could possibly measure up to the first time, plus he cannot just watch the two of them because of his own loud and proud feminist views. [[spoiler:It is all a prank, but he is left to stew about it for a week.]]
* MistakenForGay: In his "Athena #1" review Linkara officially announces that he is straight, to counter accusations that he dislikes women being objectified in comic books because he is gay (rather than feminist disagreement with the concept of boob windows and constant ass shots).
* MilestoneCelebration: Every February 15th, Linkara reviews a ''{{Youngblood}}'' comic because his very first text review of a comic was of a ''Youngblood'' issue on that date.
** He also takes a look at the clone saga during the shows video anniversary.
* MoodWhiplash: Occasionally, the introductory segment of the show that plays before the theme song clashes wildly with the theme song itself. [[spoiler:This is particularly true of the latest Silent Hill episodes, where the creepy monologue about the Little Girl is instantly followed by the cheerful, upbeat theme song.]]
** Near the end of ''{{Ultimatum}}'' #1-2, he's ultra-excited about seeing Captain America and Thor fight off all kinds of dead creatures, until it cuts to [[spoiler: The Blob eating The Wasp]]. Linkara enters rage mode, declaring [[spoiler: the comic sucks before he even finishes it]].
* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, even '90s Kid could not get behind ''Countdown'' after Superboy-Prime killed the pregnant Lana Lang from an alternate Earth.
* MoreDakka: He goes from laser-shooting Flintlock to a BFG he got off Cable to an arm mounted minigun.
* MrExposition: WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows and TheRapCritic are brought in for context on {{Music/KISS}} and {{Music/Eminem}}, respectively.
* MultipleChoicePast: Linkara has come up with multiple explanations for why a character's forehead was emitting pink bubbles in one comic.
* MultipleEndings: Parodied in the "Alternate Endings" follow-up to his ''SilentHill: Dying Inside'' review - the alternate endings include being trapped in a room a la ''Silent Hill: The Room'', being trapped in ''Phantasmagoria 2'' in a ShoutOut to Spoony, and Harvey Finevoice turning out to be an alien who takes him to a planet which has ''good'' comics. Parodied again in a similar followup to his ''SilentHill: Dead / Alive'' vid.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Linkara and his father.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Linkara has one of these when Silent Hill convinces him that he was one of the people responsible for torturing a little girl to create the Magic Gun. This [[DrivenToSuicide caused him to nearly kill himself]] before he was stopped by said little girl/magic gun.]]
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: He often gets other Internet celebrities' names wrong, like ''[[TheSpoonyExperiment The Forky Experiment]]'' and ''Film Brian''. In one video he mistakes [[spoiler:Dr. Insano]] for both Bennett the Sage and That Chick With The Goggles.
** In the ''Mr. T'' #2 (AP Comics) review's PreviouslyOn, none of the title card artists seem to be aware of who Dr. Insano is and refer to him as various other famous fictional scientists, to his irritation. Eventually he gives up on correcting them and lets them believe he is DoktorSleepless.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: There is a lovely little LampshadeHanging of this practice in his Daredevil #306 review regarding the Surgeon General, whose last name is actually Cutter:
-->[[SpoofAesop "Remember, kids, if your name sounds like anything, you will become a supervillain."]]
* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-universe}} Invoked]] at the beginning of the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review. He just breaks down in laughter after reading the comic. [[invoked]]
* NarmCharm: [[{{In-universe}} His opinion on the]] ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and ''PowerRangersZeo'' comics. He admits they're pretty silly and cheesy and he ''loves'' them.
** Linkara seems to enjoy TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, or at least elements of its style, for exactly this reason. Very obvious when CrazyAwesome content or (on the flip side) pointless gore pop up.
* NeverBareheaded: In his reviews, he always wears his hat.
* TheNewRockAndRoll: Linkara and {{Paw|Dugan}} discuss this in ''Batman: Fortunate Son''.
* NiceHat: His trilby. At ComiCon, when asked if he was wearing "the" hat, his response was "Yes, and you may touch it for a dollar, good sir!" In his ChristmasEpisode it becomes extra nice. How? He wears a [[SantaClaus Santa hat]] on top of the trilby!
** According to the ''SuburbanKnights'' commentary, it protects him from the life draining effects of Magic.
* NinetiesAntiHero: '90s Kid suggests a heavily armed hero named Bloodgun. Who is entirely made ''out'' of guns, including one for a head.
* NoJustNoReaction: Among the 15 comics he would not review was the infamous {{Sonichu}}. He stated that he wished he had never heard of it and refused to give it any publicity.
* NoPeripheralVision: As pointed out in his LetsPlay of ''[[StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' when Ensign Munro effectively runs straight past a guard,
-->''Peripheral vision? What's that?''
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-Universe: [[http://twitter.com/Linkara19/status/13149039277121536 Lewis believes]] that this it the reason ''Sci-Spy'' has gotten a reprint and US-1 has made {{Self Deprecati|on}}ng cameos.
* NoodleImplements: When {{Superman}} was forced to do porn under mind control the story brushes it off with Superman saying his memory was fuzzy. Linkara jokes about him remembering a goat, salad dressing, and a traffic cone.
--> "And after that it just gets ''weeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiird''."
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** The review of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' includes parts of the script and the disclaimer is used just to assure us that what the viewer is seeing actually is what FrankMiller wrote - particularly that Miller admits ''in writing'' to being shameless in wanting a close-up panel of Vicki Vale's panty-clad ass.
** ''The Ultimates'' #3 review notes that his voicing the Tony Stark ''robot'' as a drunk is not just his own joke, but the robot actually asks for vodka at one point.
** In the Youmacon live review of ''MarvelMangaverse: Spider-Man'' #1, Linkara brings up ''SpiderManReign''[[hottip:*:both comics were by the same author]] and mentions the fact that in that story, [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper Mary Jane died from exposure to Peter's radioactive sperm]]. He then follows up with one of these.
* OffscreenTeleportation: BEAR!
* OhCrap: Happens to him a few times while interviewing Kristanna Loken after she catches on that he does not think too highly of the movies they are discussing. The video is narrated/commented on by Spoony, who explains that you can actually ''see'' the moment when Linkara realizes the situation.
* OhWait: Not only used, but pretty much a staple of his humor.
* OldShame: In his preamble for ''Black Web #1'', Linkara actually makes references to his past works like Lightbringer, his self-published novel series, and a message-board based Pokémon RPG.
* OneOfUs: Has become a more than just Linkara trope, with Sherlock Owen claiming 'AWizardDidIt'.
* OnlySaneMan: Views Joe, a minor character from ''Silent Hill: Paint It Black'' who kicked [[{{Jerkass}} Ike Issacs]] from his apartment, to be the only sensible character in all of Scott Ciencin's ''SilentHill'' comics.
* OnlySixFaces: Points out that the ''only'' distinguishing traits of the Sultry Teenage Super Foxes are the hairstyles.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping:
** In his review of ''Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse'' #1 & #2, which he conducts entirely as Harvey Finevoice. His adopted accent noticeably slips at times; trying to keep that accent while simultaneously doing completely different accents for the characters in the comic breaks it more than anything. Points for trying though.
** Linkara points out that Goldfinger's accent in ''James Bond Jr.'' keeps slipping, but into what, we could not say.
* OverlyLongGag: ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE!
* PanderingToTheBase: Invoked in-universe twice. Two of the ''15 Comics I'll Never Review'' kept getting requests because of certain lines and words the fans wanted to hear him say. In response, he recites these bits out of context during their respective comics' segments.
* PapaWolf: Whatever you do, [[http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5716/llspapawolfmoment.jpg do NOT troll MarzGurl on Twitter if you have an IQ less than 100]]. Linkara has always been one of WebOriginal/MarzGurl's staunchest supporters, often defending her in the face of the [[{{Hatedom}} deluge of criticism]] she received while she was still trying to [[ReTool find her voice]], and even doing a joint review of ''CoolWorld'' with her during the Brawl. In fact, whenever anyone has anything mean to say about ''anyone'' on TGWTG, Linkara will be among the first to defend them.
** Also you can insult him and Liz all you want but you do NOT insult his fans
* ParanoiaFuel: The CareBears could be watching you... [[invoked]]
* PassThePopcorn: During ''SilentHill: Dead/Alive'', it looks like Christabella is finally going to get her comeuppance. Linkara's reaction? "Ooh, hang on a second! Let me get some popcorn!" The comic does not give him a proper chance.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Idiostuperiffic.
* PerverseSexualLust: "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harley]] [[CountdownToFinalCrisis Quiiinn...]]"
* PetPeeveTrope: [[{{In-universe}} Linkara]] has several that tick him off.
** DroppedABridgeOnHim: Frequently becomes StuffedIntoTheFridge in the universe of the show (if not the comic he's reviewing).
** {{Gorn}}
** IdiotPlot [[invoked]]
** MonsterClown (at least when overused)
** SexSells
** StayInTheKitchen
** WarOnStraw: The StrawFeminist archetype [[BerserkButton moreso than others.]]
** WouldHitAGirl
* PhraseCatcher: Linkara, whenever Liz [[PungeonMaster cracks a pun]].
--> *{{head desk}}* I live with her, people...
* PlotHole: Will of course jump on them.
** Linkara sees that the villains in the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr.'' #3 comic are {{Goldfinger}} and Oddjob, despite the fact that they are both dead.
* PlutoIsExpendable: In the second part of the ''Countdown'' review, Chester A Bum makes good on his threat to destroy it. The Nostalgia Critic was unimpressed. After all, it had stopped all the ClassicDisneyShorts jokes. He had more of a reaction from seeing Hollywood, Rome, and France destroyed instead.
* PowerOfLove - Points out in CareBears #13 that they are literally attacking people with the power of love...
* PowerupLetdown: His ''Maximum Clonage'' review is upgraded to ''wide screen''! Now you can see... more of the futon and the shadow on one side...
* PreviouslyOn: A RunningGag is his frequent recaps that include '''no''' content from the prior episode, including [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/3721-uncanny-x-men-424 Uncanny X-Men #424]] and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6209-dd306 Daredevil #306]] (Which included a reference to this very site)
--->"Oh my God! TV Tropes used one of my quotes!"
** This tendency is subverted in the review for ''Secret Defenders'' #10. Linkara cannot do one as he could only get Phelous as a guest star; everyone else was too busy making crossover videos following the brawl.
* ProductPlacement:
** He subtly inserts references to his independent comic, Revolution of the Mask, into his reviews fairly consistently. Later, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after cloning Spoony back to life]], he brainwashes the clone to keep inserting subliminal references into his reviews as well - resulting in a BrickJoke in Spoony's ''Clones of BruceLee'' review where nudity is censored with a ''Revolution of the Mask'' ad banner.
** In his PowerRangers comic review he starts talking about [[http://www.myspace.com/henshin-vault the prop maker]] he bought his Dragon Dagger from, ending with the web address onscreen and Mechakara calling him out on it.
--> '''Mechakara:''' You are honestly doing a COMMERCIAL in the middle of your review?!
--> '''Linkara:''' "Screw you, hippie--he gave me a discount!"
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "JoeQuesada, YOU! ARE! A! HAAAAACK!"
** "This comic sucks!" becomes this at the end of ''Amazons Attack''.
** In response to the Kool-Aid Man bursting through a funhouse wall.
--> "THAT! MAKES! NO! SENSE!"
** "[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} It's supposed! To be! AMBIGUOUS!]]"
* PunctuatedPounding: Delivered to Pyramid Head during the finale of ''Silent Hill: Dying Inside'' #5.
-->'''Linkara:''' WORD! TO! THE! WISE! WEARING! A! HUGE! FREAKING! METAL! CHAMBER! ON! YOUR! HEAD! IS! NOT! VERY! SMART!
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: In times that you need to look like a [[AC: real reviewer]], put two pairs of glasses in your face.
