History BennettTheSage / TropesAToE

** {{Parodied|Trope}} when Sage realizes that Marc the Engineer has sent him the ''[=InuYasha=]'' movie to review. He does several long "Noooooooooooo"s while doing different things like eating and even sleeping, all while holding the DVD case.

* AdaptationalProtagonist: Discussed in he's review of ''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge'', as Bennett makes no secret he doesn't like Donovan Baine. While Bennett recognizes that Donovan was TheHero of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} II'', he find Donovan to be boring and is annoyed by Donovan's angst, and expresses the opinion that the lead character of the anime should've been someone ''other'' than Donovan.

* AdaptationalProtagonist: Discussed in he's review of ''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge'', as Bennett makes no secret he doesn't like Donovan Baine. While Bennett recognizes that Donovan was TheHero of ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} II'', he find Donovan to be boring and is annoyed by Donovan's angst, and expresses the opinion that the lead character should've been someone ''other'' than Donovan.

* ActorAllusion: In a cutaway gag in the ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' review, Marc's playing ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', a game he helped localize. Naturally he's playing as Necalli, the character he voices.

** He's reviewed ''Animation/SpaceThunderKids'', ''Diatron-5'' and ''Anime/GarzeysWing'' with [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]; ''Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned'' with [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]; ''Starchaser'' and ''Guyver'' with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic; ''Film/BatmanReturns'' with WebVideo/FilmBrain; and ''Film/{{Kite}}'' with WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann. The Critic actually kidnapped Sage and forced him to co-review ''Film/SpeedRacer''.

** 90% of Bennett's game reviews focus on the negative aspects of whatever he's reviewing, and unlike the ''Anime Abandon'' reviews, the negativity is played completely straight instead of done in a bombastic, jokey manner. It seems like the only triple-A FPS title he genuinely liked over the past few years were ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}} 3'' and ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}} 3'', two titles he really gushes over, while cross-platform and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} titles tend to get much more critical treatment.

'''Savage''': *''tearing his shirt off''* YEEEESSSS!!!\\

** He also calls out the voice acting in ''Anime/ArmitageIII'' for this, especially Elizabeth Berkley.

** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] shows up in AA episodes for ''Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned '', ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku'', ''Anime/EighthMan After'' and ''Manga/{{Baoh}}'', plus two episodes of ''Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre'' (one of which had [[OldShame a fic by Linkara himself!]]).

* CatGirl: {{Discussed|Trope}} in the ''Dominion Tank Police'' review, in regards to the cat girl twins who are recurring antagonists. Sage notes that living with cats as a child soured him on the fanservice aspect of this particular character type. He's then distracted from his talk by the scene of Anni and Una doing a striptease...until a flashback to a cat yarking up a hairball wrecks everything.

* EvilIsSexy: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Sage during the ''X'' review when the Dragon of the Earth he dubs "Creator/{{Elvira|MistressOfTheDark}}" shows up.
-->Goddammit, does evil have the market cornered for stacked chicks? Why can't the good guys load their side with bountiful blouse bunnies?!

* BlindMistake: Sage plays pranks on Gabe involving these after Gabe completely blinds himself.

* ClothingDamage: {{Discussed|Trope}} in the ''Anime/MasterOfMartialHearts'' review. Sage notes that it's far from the first anime to have characters' clothes be wrecked during fights, but in most other anime, there's at least some kind of justification, whereas in [=MoMH=], clothes just explode when struck for no discernible reason.

* DesignatedHero: He finds it hard to get invested in ''X'' as Kamui, "TheChosenOne", whines and mopes for most of the film and leaves most of the fighting to the other Heaven and Earth Dragons, who mainly show up to have one fight that leaves one or both dead.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:

* {{Bishonen}}: Dislikes the trope, as seen in the ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'', ''[[VideoGame/FatalFury Fatal]] [[TheAnimeOfTheGame Fury]]'', and ''Anime/ArmitageIII'' reviews.
-->I know that I'm a mostly straight male and I'm not supposed to get it, but I just feel like women who like [[DudeLooksLikeALady men who look like women]] are probably lying to themselves a little.

--->'''Brian May'''[[note]]nickname based on the character looking like the Music/{{Queen}} guitarist[[/note]]: No, Lucifer... you've gone way too far already. We're not coming with you.\\

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Subverted during his ''Starchaser'' crossover with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, while apparently getting orgasmic at the sight of the Critic breaking down upon realizing that both this film and the ''Film/GarbagePailKids'' movie are distributed by the same company:
--->'''Sage''': *''holds up bottle of lotion''* Excuse me for a moment, folks. I've got some business to take care of. [''cut to commercial'']\\
[''cut back after commercial, he is rubbing his elbows''] What? I have crusty elbows!
** Used as a visual gag in the ''[=InuYasha=]'' review. Sage "masturbates" furiously to a particularly angsty scene, ending with an explosive "ejaculation" that, as we learn at the end of the episode, ended up all over Gabe. During the ''Nuts and Bolts'' commentary on the episode, Bennett and Marc talked at length about the difficulties with the scene, noting that Ashira had to endure being slathered with dish soap twice because that shot had to be redone.
** The ''A.D. Police Files'' review focuses on a scene where a woman is apparently driven to compulsively masturbate by the cybernetic replacement for her uterus. Sage notes the disturbing nature of the scene...and then deliberately ruins it by replaying it with the audio replaced by [[Music/{{Divinyls}} "I Touch Myself"]].