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** During his review of the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Marville}}'', Linkara admits that one thing he can give it compared to other terrible parody comics he's reviewed is that at least ''Marville'' was in colour.
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--->''Yeah, because'' that ''was my problem with'' Bimbos in Time''. If the dinosaur poop at the end had been in colour, [[SarcasmMode I would've loved it]]!''
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'''Critic:''' Actually it wasn't even that. I mean, granted it is a bad movie, but it's nowhere near terrible. The sets are kind of creative, the CGI is fun. And even though it doesn't really work, you can tell that creators were at least trying to create something good. There was actual effort put onto it. It's kind of like the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles movie]]. It's not really good but could have been hell of a lot worse. Especially considering the subject matter. So, I have to give them credit for at least trying.\\
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'''Critic:''' Actually it wasn't even that. I mean, granted it is a bad movie, but it's nowhere near terrible. The sets are kind of creative, the CGI is fun. And even though it doesn't really work, you can tell that creators were at least trying to create something good. There was actual effort put onto it. It's kind of like the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 Ninja Turtles movie]]. It's not really good but could have been hell of a lot worse. Especially considering the subject matter. So, I have to give them credit for at least trying.\\
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* ''WebVideo/VampireReviews'' has a Top 10 Positive Things About ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' video. Most of the examples fall under this trope, including things like "SoBadItsGood" and "[[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] got a reprieve as the internet found someone else to make fun of."
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** Bayden says their friends are neither funny, talented, subordinate, good-looking, [[WithFriendsLikeThese friendly, have his back or want him around]]. But they are good friends regardless.
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** Bayden says their friends are neither funny, talented, subordinate, good-looking, [[WithFriendsLikeThese friendly, have his back or want him around]]. But they are good friends regardless.
** Caelan tells that he likes the most about ''Title Pending'' is himself appearing (just now) and the show pretty much existing. Caleb likes Bayden sitting at the desk, Cameron's (whose name he can't remember) humor, but dislikes everything else.
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* At the end of WebVideo/TheUnluckyTug's ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' review, he says the best compliment he can give it is that it's not ''WesternAnimation/MistyIslandRescue''.
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** When reviewing ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'', he praises as "[[AsbestosFreeCereal the]] ''[[AsbestosFreeCereal definitive]]'' [[AsbestosFreeCereal Venezuelan bus game for the Venezuelan bus enthusiast]]."
---> '''Nerd:''' Do you find any Venezuelan buses in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld?'' No!
---> '''Nerd:''' Do you find any Venezuelan buses in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld?'' No!
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** Likewise in her review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'' she calls ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' the "least awful" Creator/DrSeuss movie, and notes that, like the best of Chris Meledandri's movies, it's "[[SoOkayItsAverage okay]]."
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-->'''Emile:''' I like... um... how they redesigned the Koopas instead of exclusively flipping ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Thousand Year Door]]'' art [[NewWorkRecycledGraphics like they did for everything else]]. The Koopas looked pretty OffModel with a dead-eyed stare in ''Thousand Year Door'', so good inititive! Legitimate improvement over the old games! It's... the only design improvement I can think of, but it's something! ...Yeah, this game sucks.
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* At the beginning of his [[https://youtu.be/q5QPo2ML--Q retrospective]] on ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'', LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} admits that he doesn't like doing overtly negative videos, and so before he starts ranting about how much the game disappointed him, he wants to highlight the parts of it that he genuinely enjoyed. He can only think of five of them, and is audibly struggling to think of anything nice to say by the last one.
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-->'''Emile:''' I like... um... how they redesigned the Koopas instead of exclusively flipping ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Thousand Year Door]]'' art [[NewWorkRecycledGraphics like they did for everything else]]. The Koopas looked pretty OffModel with a dead-eyed stare in ''Thousand Year Door'', so good inititive! Legitimate improvement over the old games! It's... the only design improvement I can think of, but it's something! ...Yeah, this game sucks.
-->'''Emile:''' I like... um... how they redesigned the Koopas instead of exclusively flipping ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Thousand Year Door]]'' art [[NewWorkRecycledGraphics like they did for everything else]]. The Koopas looked pretty OffModel with a dead-eyed stare in ''Thousand Year Door'', so good inititive! Legitimate improvement over the old games! It's... the only design improvement I can think of, but it's something! ...Yeah, this game sucks.
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** Likewise in her review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' she calls ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' the "least awful" Creator/DrSeuss movie, and notes that, like the best of Chris Meledandri's movies, it's "[[SoOkayItsAverage okay]]."
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* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows's review of "Turn Up the Music" is actually 90% just a rant about how much Todd hates Chris Brown [[DomesticAbuse as a]] [[NeverMyFault person]]. Partway through he remembers that he's supposed to be reviewing the song, and says that yeah, it's okay, before moving on to more hate.
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** His review of "Turn Up the Music" is actually 90% just a rant about how much Todd hates Chris Brown [[DomesticAbuse as a]] [[NeverMyFault person]]. Partway through he remembers that he's supposed to be reviewing the song, and says that yeah, it's okay, before moving on to more hate.
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* Frequently used in WebVideo/Rank10YGO's archetype reviews, often combining it with OverlyNarrowSuperlative. An early one was "Well, it sure can give [[JokeCharacter Shapesnatch Turbo]] a run for its money!" or handing The Empress the honorable title of "better than Magician", but one of the most common is some variant of "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative If you were playing this card]] in [[{{Scrub}} a rundown locals]] [[PowerCreep about five years ago]] against a six-year-old [[TierInducedScrappy Genex player]], then it should help you out."
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* The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' episode for ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' accuses Creator/ChristopherNolan of three recurring problems in his films- 1)Overbaked plots, 2)[[FlatCharacter Underdeveloped characters]] and 3)All-white leads. It then shows the black [[NoNameGiven Protagonist]], and says the this time, Nolan was able to solve ''[[TakeThat one]]'' of those problems.
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* ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged]]'' has Future Trunks ask Gohan in his time what his father was like since [[DisappearedDad Vegeta died with the other Z-Warriors when Trunks was a baby]]. Gohan stares into the distance for a moment:
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-->''(Flashback of Vegeta holding a young Gohan by the hair and repeatedly punching him in the face)''\\
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'''Vegeta''': [[DontYouDarePityMe WRONG ANSWER!!!]]\\
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'''Future Gohan''': [[MetaphoricallyTrue He had a lot to prove.]]
-->''(Flashback of Vegeta holding a young Gohan by the hair and repeatedly punching him in the face)''\\
'''Vegeta''': So what?! You think that just because you have a Super Saiyan for a father, that makes you better than me?! Huh?!\\
'''Gohan''': ''(Pleading)'' No!\\
'''Vegeta''': [[DontYouDarePityMe WRONG ANSWER!!!]]\\
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'''Future Gohan''': [[MetaphoricallyTrue He had a lot to prove.]]
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* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'':
** He has only one good thing to say about ''VideoGame/{{Back to the Future|1989}}'': at least it fits in a toaster.
** For even more horrendous games like ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'', the closest he could get to complimenting it is to say it's almost half as bad as ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
** Even on ''Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' itself, the nicest thing he is able to say about it is that, for what it is, it's at least a finished and functional game, unlike unfinished "things" like ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' and ''VideoGame/HongKong97''.
** When he plays the Creator/LJNToys adaptation of ''Film/{{Alien3}}'', in spite of all its flaws and who made it, he admits that [[SoOkayItsAverage it's at least playable, as much as the film is at least watchable]]. He then takes that to mean it's actually a good adaptation, as they perfectly captured the flawed mediocrity of the film they were adapting.
** When reviewing the [[PortingDisaster butchered N64 port]] of ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'', he declares that the only positive thing he can say about it in relation to other racing games is that the racers move, putting it above ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''.
* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'':
** After watching Wonder Woman brutally take down a suspect and take his blood without the legal right to in [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot the 2011 pilot]], Linkara says, "At least she used a sterile needle."
** In his review of "The Culling" arc, he notes that Rose Wilson and Caitlin Fairchild pass the UsefulNotes/BechdelTest during their DesignatedGirlFight. "So I guess there's another positive we can give to this idiotic story."
* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': When Jane asks Mr. Rochester's personal assistant Grace Poole about their boss, specifically what he is like and whether he is easy to work for or if he is generally liked, Grace starts talking about his company and family. She also says that he's... ''a man''. Eventually, she manages to say he's great, but it doesn't sound too convincing. But one thing was really nice — Mr. Rochester is a dog-lover.
* A number of video games featured in ''WebVideo/GamesDoneQuick''[='=]s Awful Games Block have been described as fun games to play...if you're speedrunning. In other words, playing the game ''completely differently'' from how it was intended to be played.
* Creator/BishopBarron's Youtube review of ''Film/LastDaysInTheDesert'' opens with him praising the movie for a massive accomplishment: managing to make the most captivating human in all of history, [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]], "colossally dull."
* CBS News online made a [[https://www.cbsnews.com/video/judging-the-franklin-pierce-presidency-one-of-the-worst/ whole video]] doing this to UsefulNotes/FranklinPierce. When the host asked a historian about the good things Pierce did in office, the historian broke down in laughter. Then it's mentioned that perforation was added to postage stamps during his administration and that farmers had access to guano. Another historian claims, when asked about whether Pierce was one of the worst presidents, that while Pierce will never be considered one of the best Presidents, he wasn't a terrible ''person'' (not saying anything about his actual competence). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6i0bsZEmIE A similar one]] talking about UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan has the narrator claiming that the people who now mind his estate have a more positive view of him than most... as in, one of them labels him as only the ''second'' worst President of all time.
* WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob has a moment after one of the many cheap {{Gorn}} scenes of ''Film/ViolentShit III: Infantry of Doom'':
-->'''Snob:''' "Well, at least it's not CG gore..." ''[winces visibly]'' "What a fucking sad state we're in when modern-day computer-infested horror films could learn something from '''THE ''VIOLENT SHIT'' MOVIES!'''"
* ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'':
** In his review of ''Kiara the Brave'' (a direct-to-video mockbuster of ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''), he states that the animation looks great... when compared to the animated sequence in ''UHF''.
** The Smeghead considers Poison Ivy to be the best villain in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''...while also noting how her competition is an obnoxiously exaggerated DumbMuscle character and a comically underdeveloped character with a penchant for horrible puns.
* ''WebVideo/Civvie11'' notes that ''VideoGame/RedneckRampage Rides Again'' is the best sequel to a game made on the Build Engine... the competition being ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' and ''VideoGame/{{Blood}} II: The Chosen''. Still, the praise is fairly genuine (he describes it as a flawed-but-playable game [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel that does a lot to fix the original]]), making it more of a StealthInsult to the latter two that they ''couldn't'' beat the sequel to ''Redneck Rampage''.
* In ''WebVideo/CounterMonkey'' episode "TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}: The Code", Spoony begins to describe a break-in that goes horribly wrong thanks to StupidCrooks shenanigans:
-->'''Spoony:''' So they start off and-- and thank God they went at night! At least they got one thing right.
* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': in the second campaign, Veth describes the villainous Lucien thusly:
-->'''Veth:''' He's not ''all'' bad - he has good oral hygiene.
* The ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOxFbQRQHSU&feature=related So They Say]]" features numerous characters praising [[SmugSuper Captain Hammer]] and his relationship with [[WideEyedIdealist Penny]]. When it's her turn to describe him, she says "I guess he's pretty okay."
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkfQhEe4if0 Part 7]] of ''WebVideo/DumbLawyerQuotesIRLButInAceAttorney'', an attorney, played by [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], lists a defendant's many transgressions then sheepishly says, "On the positive side... he has a certificate for exemplary umpire duties in the softball league."
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'':
** When they are struggling to find one, just ''one'' nice thing to say about ''VideoGame/ZeldasAdventure'', this is eventually what they come up with after 8 whole episodes:
--->'''Arin:''' You know, I got to give this game credit. It fucking... it ''is.''\\
'''Danny:''' It ''is'' a game.\\
'''Arin:''' It exists.\\
'''Danny:''' It is real, and you can't take that away from it. Alright, you know what? [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Next time on Game Grumps!]]\\
'''Arin:''' [[CallingYourNausea I'm gonna barf]].
** And to add to that, when ''Zelda's Adventure'' was ''so bad'' they decided to just give up and play extra ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' which Arin begins praising in comparison. While Dan feels he finds the game charming in spite of its flaws, the stuff Arin praises in comparison to ''Zelda's Adventure'' are the absolute rock-bottom most basic elements something needs to even be considered a video game (though he ''does'' admit he loves the way the beach stage they're on is beautiful):
--->'''Arin:''' It's got gameplay, and goals, and feedback. There are clear motives and things are happening.
** During their stream of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Hannah and Dan force Arin to say one nice thing about the game every time he complains about it. Most of his "nice" things are this, where he'll make a scathing critique about how he feels the controls are [[{{Waggle}} frustratingly broken, gimmicky, and unresponsive]], and then praise some small or irrelevant aspect of the game like a nice texture, or liking how the cursor rotates.
* The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' episode for ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' accuses Creator/ChristopherNolan of three recurring problems in his films- 1)Overbaked plots, 2)[[FlatCharacter Underdeveloped characters]] and 3)All-white leads. It then shows the black [[NoNameGiven Protagonist]], and says the this time, Nolan was able to solve ''[[TakeThat one]]'' of those problems.
* WebVideo/IHateEverything in his review of ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' said it was "the greatest thing he's ever seen."
-->'''IHE''': Notice how I called it a 'thing', though, because I'm not sure it can be classified as a movie.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl4pjEbEydE An episode]] of ''WebVideo/LasagnaCat'' makes this into a RunningGag with the two live-action ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' movies, by using selected [[QuoteMine quotes]] from various reviews of said movies, both by professional critics and random internet users, starting with backhanded compliments, then moving on to more bland statements, before finally going into ones that border on downright bizarre.
-->"No one can accuse ''Garfield: The Movie'' of infidelity to its source: it faithfully conveys the [consistency] of Creator/JimDavis's cartoon."\\
-- '''Ben Kenigsberg''', ''Voice''\\
"Garfield is a cat who says funny things."\\
-- '''A.O. Scott''', ''New York Times''\\
"I loved the garfield cartoons and now I see it if it was in real life !!! I cant wait to see!!!"\\
-- '''[=NowCDDude=]''', Amazon.com\\
-->"Runtime: 78 minutes"
-- Website/IMDb[=.com=]
* ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'':
** Jim's second look at Digital Homicide's ''Deadly Profits'' has them pointing out the one or two extremely minor details that were changed for the better (such a boss fight having its exploitation fixed) and that the game itself was worth buying due to the $1 sale the developers were promoting.
** "It's... ''fine''." Jim's go-to phrase for "Jimpressions" when reviewing games that they consider average fare.
* When ''WebVideo/JonTron'' is playing various ''Toys/{{Barbie}}'' games and being thoroughly unimpressed by how shallow and vapid the gameplay is, the ''highest'' praise he's able to give the UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} ''Barbie'' game is "at least it's not about getting ready for a date with Ken"
* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'':
** Lizzie isn't too pleased to hear that Darcy considers her "decent enough"... His lack of social skills and tact is really astounding, considering how witty and pretty Lizzie actually is.
** Lizzie challenges her incredibly kind sister Jane to say ''something'' nice about Darcy. The only thing she can give? "He's so... ah. Eeh. He's um- no, no no... He's tall."
--->'''Lizzie:''' Okay! For the record, when the nicest thing ''Jane Bennet'' has to say about you is "tall", you have personality problems.
** It happens again when Caroline is trying to describe Darcy, also asked by Lizzie. And Caroline actually ''likes'' Darcy. Her struggle may not have been in finding something to praise about him, but in figuring out how to praise him without making it obvious she likes him. Either way, she never ends up spitting anything out, so the effect is the same.
* When Maple Leaf {{LetsPlay}}s ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', he tells Olive Branch that "the game itself is fine. The ''game'' itself is fine" and "very acceptable." (The story, and the ways that the story interacts with the game, however...)
* Crossing over with BitingTheHandHumor, ''VideoGame/MoveOrDie'' developer Mental Checkpoint released [[https://youtu.be/mlh24BnhKmo a video]] criticising the predatory tactics [[AllegedlyFreeGame free-to-play mobile games]] use to hook players in and fleece them out of their money... sponsored by the free-to-play mobile game ''Raid: Shadow Legends''. The video features an EnforcedPlug for the game which conspicuously avoids saying anything about the developers' business practices or monetisation strategies; considering the subject of the video, you'd expect he'd offer some praise for these things if they were in any way ethical, so the fact he doesn't tells you everything you need to know.
* An {{inverted|Trope}} version of this trope is {{discussed|Trope}} in ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' (2014) episode of ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'', in which Creator/{{Brad|Jones}} and Brian overhear two men talking about the film after seeing it. The first man unfavorably compares the film to the show ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', stating how "much better" the show is, before adding at the end that the movie was still "pretty fucking good, though."
-->'''Brad:''' He liked it! He just had to shit on it first.
* In [[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]]'s review of Music/RobZombie's ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', he says that it's the best ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' film since Creator/JohnCarpenter's original, though he admits that given the standards of all the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies released in between, that's not saying much. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that he enjoyed the film anyway in spite of its flaws.
* ''WebVideo/MoviesWithMikey'''s analysis of ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' concludes that it's not as bad as people make it out to be, and is a fun, harmless action flick...But it also shows how ''Franchise/StarWars'' has lost all artistic integrity, and retroactively ''undoes'' the artistic integrity it once had, to the point where Mikey firmly takes back when he said ''Star Wars'' was important to our culture, and that he has no intention of covering the franchise ever again (alongside the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'').
* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'':
** The Nostalgia Chick labels ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' the best of the "dragon" movies, and acknowledges that it isn't saying much.
** While reviewing ''Film/MenInBlackII'', she complains that ItsTheSameNowItSucks, and says that ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' of all sequels tried something different.
--->'''The Chick:''' ...I'm making a positive comparison to ''Transformers 2''. That's like making a positive comparison to backne.
** When rating the Disney sequels, she admits that she can't quite make a "best" list since, as "best implies 'good' or 'warrants existing.'" Instead, she makes a list of the "Least Awful." She does the same thing later when rating female superhero movies.[[note]]This was made ca. 2014, before ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' gave us a legitimately good one.[[/note]]
** Likewise in her review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' she calls ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' the "least awful" Creator/DrSeuss movie, and notes that, like the best of Chris Meledandri's movies, it's "[[SoOkayItsAverage okay]]."
** From her ''Film/SisterAct'' review: "Well, 'funny' is a strong word, as neither movie [is] particularly funny. They're ''easy to watch.'' [[TriviallyObvious They will hold your gaze for ninety minutes]]." At the end, she sums things up by saying that "they're not funny, but they're ''fun!''"
* From the TGWTG files: ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''
** From his review of ''Film/{{Steel}}'' when describing the casting choice of Shaquille O'Neal:
--->'''Critic:''' But give him some credit, though.... He's tall.
** He does some lampshading of this during his review of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'':
--->'''Critic:''' Greatest adequately satisfying movie of all time! And I liked it, too.
** In one that he even feels a bit ashamed: as much as he hates ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', Creator/JimCarrey's performance is better than Creator/MikeMyers in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''.
** In his review of ''Film/YogiBear'', he gives the film credit where it's due: "it's short."
** PlayedForLaughs at the end of his review of ''Film/{{Casper}}'' when the titular ghost has given up on his film being good or terrifying, and tries to settle for [[BileFascination so bad that it's scary]]. The Critic rebukes this admitting that, while it's not good, it's certainly not god-awful and actually has some good qualities and genuine effort put into it. Casper doesn't take it well.
--->'''Casper:''' Well. Wasn't so bad it was scary?\\
'''Critic:''' Actually it wasn't even that. I mean, granted it is a bad movie, but it's nowhere near terrible. The sets are kind of creative, the CGI is fun. And even though it doesn't really work, you can tell that creators were at least trying to create something good. There was actual effort put onto it. It's kind of like the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles movie]]. It's not really good but could have been hell of a lot worse. Especially considering the subject matter. So, I have to give them credit for at least trying.\\
'''Casper:''' That's it! I'm tired of leaving no lasting impact on the creative media. But I will leave a lasting impact on your balls!
* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'' has an episode in which host Luke is served a cocktail recreated from a recipe in ''VideoGame/Hitman2016''. His verdict on it was: "If you added poison to it, it wouldn't ruin the taste."
* Creator/CTPhipps and Blog/TheUnitedFederationOfCharles more or less run on this. You can tell when he really hates a game by the almost-passive aggressive way he brings up the minor-minor details which he liked.
* PlayedForLaughs on ''WebVideo/{{Phelous}}'s'' review of ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' when he comments on how the game changes the personalities of its characters based on how you play, and follows with a number of alternate Phelouses who each have different opinions. One, the pretentious art critic version of him, has only this to say:
-->In my expert opinion, Silent Hill Shattered Memories is a game.\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
That came out on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
In December of 2009.
* In WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon, Ross will often say of games that are merely tedious, mediocre, forgettable, and/or not awful to play that he'd play them if he was in prison with nothing better to do.
* Frequently used in WebVideo/Rank10YGO's archetype reviews, often combining it with OverlyNarrowSuperlative. An early one was "Well, it sure can give [[JokeCharacter Shapesnatch Turbo]] a run for its money!" or handing The Empress the honorable title of "better than Magician", but one of the most common is some variant of "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative If you were playing this card]] in [[{{Scrub}} a rundown locals]] [[PowerCreep about five years ago]] against a six-year-old [[TierInducedScrappy Genex player]], then it should help you out."
* WebVideo/ScottTheWoz uses this often:
** His ''Shovelware Variety Hour'' videos involve this frequently, including acclaiming ''Carnival Games: Mini-Golf'' as "''beyond'' playable", and referring to ''Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball'' as "the best pirate game on our list today" ([[OverlyNarrowSuperlative it's one of two]]).
** In ''New Super Mario Bros. | What's New Is Old'', the last thing Scott had to say in the review was that "the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series aren't '''bad''' games," followed by a half minute of silence.
** His quick introduction of Creator/{{Sega}} for E3 2000:
--->''"Sega. You know, the company with the name?"''
* ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'' makes frequent use of this in a couple of their {{Running Gag}}s to dunk on movies or characters that are unimpressive:
-->Well, that was definitely a movie!\\
I remember him! He was in the first movie!
* WebVideo/{{Shad|iversity}} in his [[https://youtu.be/MKTG2BPmUn4 review of]] ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. One of his few positive comments is that the film "made [him] feel positive emotions… twice."
* Creator/{{Tobuscus}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1pfDquA65c "2nd Hottest Girl"]] is a parody love song about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The ''second'' most attractive girl on a web reality show. The joke, of course, is that the singer doesn't realize that he's insulting her.
* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows's review of "Turn Up the Music" is actually 90% just a rant about how much Todd hates Chris Brown [[DomesticAbuse as a]] [[NeverMyFault person]]. Partway through he remembers that he's supposed to be reviewing the song, and says that yeah, it's okay, before moving on to more hate.
-->'''Todd:''' As a singer, Chris Brown is a really good dancer.
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'': In the episode "The Pet Games", the caption writer comes up with a variety of subtitles for [[TheDitz Rainbow Dash]]. These alternate between overt insults like "Professional Idiot", and more subtle insults like "Knows Her Own Name" and "Smartest Mare in Her Family" (in ''UFP'', Dash is an only child and an orphan).
* ''WebVideo/VampireReviews'' has a Top 10 Positive Things About ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' video. Most of the examples fall under this trope, including things like "SoBadItsGood" and "[[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] got a reprieve as the internet found someone else to make fun of."
* The "What Your Favorite Ship Says About You" videos by [=Eldena Doubleca5t=] tend to describe particularly unpopular straight ships with the words "You are heterosexual": the intended meaning being that the pairing in question has nothing else to appeal to people aside from being a straight ship [[HetIsEw in a queer-dominated fandom]].
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* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'':
** He has only one good thing to say about ''VideoGame/{{Back to the Future|1989}}'': at least it fits in a toaster.
** For even more horrendous games like ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'', the closest he could get to complimenting it is to say it's almost half as bad as ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHyde''.
** Even on ''Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' itself, the nicest thing he is able to say about it is that, for what it is, it's at least a finished and functional game, unlike unfinished "things" like ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' and ''VideoGame/HongKong97''.
** When he plays the Creator/LJNToys adaptation of ''Film/{{Alien3}}'', in spite of all its flaws and who made it, he admits that [[SoOkayItsAverage it's at least playable, as much as the film is at least watchable]]. He then takes that to mean it's actually a good adaptation, as they perfectly captured the flawed mediocrity of the film they were adapting.
** When reviewing the [[PortingDisaster butchered N64 port]] of ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'', he declares that the only positive thing he can say about it in relation to other racing games is that the racers move, putting it above ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''.
* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'':
** After watching Wonder Woman brutally take down a suspect and take his blood without the legal right to in [[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot the 2011 pilot]], Linkara says, "At least she used a sterile needle."
** In his review of "The Culling" arc, he notes that Rose Wilson and Caitlin Fairchild pass the UsefulNotes/BechdelTest during their DesignatedGirlFight. "So I guess there's another positive we can give to this idiotic story."
* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': When Jane asks Mr. Rochester's personal assistant Grace Poole about their boss, specifically what he is like and whether he is easy to work for or if he is generally liked, Grace starts talking about his company and family. She also says that he's... ''a man''. Eventually, she manages to say he's great, but it doesn't sound too convincing. But one thing was really nice — Mr. Rochester is a dog-lover.
* A number of video games featured in ''WebVideo/GamesDoneQuick''[='=]s Awful Games Block have been described as fun games to play...if you're speedrunning. In other words, playing the game ''completely differently'' from how it was intended to be played.
* Creator/BishopBarron's Youtube review of ''Film/LastDaysInTheDesert'' opens with him praising the movie for a massive accomplishment: managing to make the most captivating human in all of history, [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ]], "colossally dull."
* CBS News online made a [[https://www.cbsnews.com/video/judging-the-franklin-pierce-presidency-one-of-the-worst/ whole video]] doing this to UsefulNotes/FranklinPierce. When the host asked a historian about the good things Pierce did in office, the historian broke down in laughter. Then it's mentioned that perforation was added to postage stamps during his administration and that farmers had access to guano. Another historian claims, when asked about whether Pierce was one of the worst presidents, that while Pierce will never be considered one of the best Presidents, he wasn't a terrible ''person'' (not saying anything about his actual competence). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6i0bsZEmIE A similar one]] talking about UsefulNotes/JamesBuchanan has the narrator claiming that the people who now mind his estate have a more positive view of him than most... as in, one of them labels him as only the ''second'' worst President of all time.
* WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob has a moment after one of the many cheap {{Gorn}} scenes of ''Film/ViolentShit III: Infantry of Doom'':
-->'''Snob:''' "Well, at least it's not CG gore..." ''[winces visibly]'' "What a fucking sad state we're in when modern-day computer-infested horror films could learn something from '''THE ''VIOLENT SHIT'' MOVIES!'''"
* ''WebVideo/CinematicExcrement'':
** In his review of ''Kiara the Brave'' (a direct-to-video mockbuster of ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''), he states that the animation looks great... when compared to the animated sequence in ''UHF''.
** The Smeghead considers Poison Ivy to be the best villain in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''...while also noting how her competition is an obnoxiously exaggerated DumbMuscle character and a comically underdeveloped character with a penchant for horrible puns.
* ''WebVideo/Civvie11'' notes that ''VideoGame/RedneckRampage Rides Again'' is the best sequel to a game made on the Build Engine... the competition being ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' and ''VideoGame/{{Blood}} II: The Chosen''. Still, the praise is fairly genuine (he describes it as a flawed-but-playable game [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel that does a lot to fix the original]]), making it more of a StealthInsult to the latter two that they ''couldn't'' beat the sequel to ''Redneck Rampage''.
* In ''WebVideo/CounterMonkey'' episode "TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}: The Code", Spoony begins to describe a break-in that goes horribly wrong thanks to StupidCrooks shenanigans:
-->'''Spoony:''' So they start off and-- and thank God they went at night! At least they got one thing right.
* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': in the second campaign, Veth describes the villainous Lucien thusly:
-->'''Veth:''' He's not ''all'' bad - he has good oral hygiene.
* The ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOxFbQRQHSU&feature=related So They Say]]" features numerous characters praising [[SmugSuper Captain Hammer]] and his relationship with [[WideEyedIdealist Penny]]. When it's her turn to describe him, she says "I guess he's pretty okay."
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkfQhEe4if0 Part 7]] of ''WebVideo/DumbLawyerQuotesIRLButInAceAttorney'', an attorney, played by [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], lists a defendant's many transgressions then sheepishly says, "On the positive side... he has a certificate for exemplary umpire duties in the softball league."
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'':
** When they are struggling to find one, just ''one'' nice thing to say about ''VideoGame/ZeldasAdventure'', this is eventually what they come up with after 8 whole episodes:
--->'''Arin:''' You know, I got to give this game credit. It fucking... it ''is.''\\
'''Danny:''' It ''is'' a game.\\
'''Arin:''' It exists.\\
'''Danny:''' It is real, and you can't take that away from it. Alright, you know what? [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Next time on Game Grumps!]]\\
'''Arin:''' [[CallingYourNausea I'm gonna barf]].
** And to add to that, when ''Zelda's Adventure'' was ''so bad'' they decided to just give up and play extra ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' which Arin begins praising in comparison. While Dan feels he finds the game charming in spite of its flaws, the stuff Arin praises in comparison to ''Zelda's Adventure'' are the absolute rock-bottom most basic elements something needs to even be considered a video game (though he ''does'' admit he loves the way the beach stage they're on is beautiful):
--->'''Arin:''' It's got gameplay, and goals, and feedback. There are clear motives and things are happening.
** During their stream of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Hannah and Dan force Arin to say one nice thing about the game every time he complains about it. Most of his "nice" things are this, where he'll make a scathing critique about how he feels the controls are [[{{Waggle}} frustratingly broken, gimmicky, and unresponsive]], and then praise some small or irrelevant aspect of the game like a nice texture, or liking how the cursor rotates.
* The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' episode for ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' accuses Creator/ChristopherNolan of three recurring problems in his films- 1)Overbaked plots, 2)[[FlatCharacter Underdeveloped characters]] and 3)All-white leads. It then shows the black [[NoNameGiven Protagonist]], and says the this time, Nolan was able to solve ''[[TakeThat one]]'' of those problems.
* WebVideo/IHateEverything in his review of ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' said it was "the greatest thing he's ever seen."
-->'''IHE''': Notice how I called it a 'thing', though, because I'm not sure it can be classified as a movie.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl4pjEbEydE An episode]] of ''WebVideo/LasagnaCat'' makes this into a RunningGag with the two live-action ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' movies, by using selected [[QuoteMine quotes]] from various reviews of said movies, both by professional critics and random internet users, starting with backhanded compliments, then moving on to more bland statements, before finally going into ones that border on downright bizarre.
-->"No one can accuse ''Garfield: The Movie'' of infidelity to its source: it faithfully conveys the [consistency] of Creator/JimDavis's cartoon."\\
-- '''Ben Kenigsberg''', ''Voice''\\
"Garfield is a cat who says funny things."\\
-- '''A.O. Scott''', ''New York Times''\\
"I loved the garfield cartoons and now I see it if it was in real life !!! I cant wait to see!!!"\\
-- '''[=NowCDDude=]''', Amazon.com\\
-->"Runtime: 78 minutes"
-- Website/IMDb[=.com=]
* ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}'':
** Jim's second look at Digital Homicide's ''Deadly Profits'' has them pointing out the one or two extremely minor details that were changed for the better (such a boss fight having its exploitation fixed) and that the game itself was worth buying due to the $1 sale the developers were promoting.
** "It's... ''fine''." Jim's go-to phrase for "Jimpressions" when reviewing games that they consider average fare.
* When ''WebVideo/JonTron'' is playing various ''Toys/{{Barbie}}'' games and being thoroughly unimpressed by how shallow and vapid the gameplay is, the ''highest'' praise he's able to give the UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} ''Barbie'' game is "at least it's not about getting ready for a date with Ken"
* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'':
** Lizzie isn't too pleased to hear that Darcy considers her "decent enough"... His lack of social skills and tact is really astounding, considering how witty and pretty Lizzie actually is.
** Lizzie challenges her incredibly kind sister Jane to say ''something'' nice about Darcy. The only thing she can give? "He's so... ah. Eeh. He's um- no, no no... He's tall."
--->'''Lizzie:''' Okay! For the record, when the nicest thing ''Jane Bennet'' has to say about you is "tall", you have personality problems.
** It happens again when Caroline is trying to describe Darcy, also asked by Lizzie. And Caroline actually ''likes'' Darcy. Her struggle may not have been in finding something to praise about him, but in figuring out how to praise him without making it obvious she likes him. Either way, she never ends up spitting anything out, so the effect is the same.
* When Maple Leaf {{LetsPlay}}s ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', he tells Olive Branch that "the game itself is fine. The ''game'' itself is fine" and "very acceptable." (The story, and the ways that the story interacts with the game, however...)
* Crossing over with BitingTheHandHumor, ''VideoGame/MoveOrDie'' developer Mental Checkpoint released [[https://youtu.be/mlh24BnhKmo a video]] criticising the predatory tactics [[AllegedlyFreeGame free-to-play mobile games]] use to hook players in and fleece them out of their money... sponsored by the free-to-play mobile game ''Raid: Shadow Legends''. The video features an EnforcedPlug for the game which conspicuously avoids saying anything about the developers' business practices or monetisation strategies; considering the subject of the video, you'd expect he'd offer some praise for these things if they were in any way ethical, so the fact he doesn't tells you everything you need to know.
* An {{inverted|Trope}} version of this trope is {{discussed|Trope}} in ''Film/TheLegendOfHercules'' (2014) episode of ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'', in which Creator/{{Brad|Jones}} and Brian overhear two men talking about the film after seeing it. The first man unfavorably compares the film to the show ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', stating how "much better" the show is, before adding at the end that the movie was still "pretty fucking good, though."
-->'''Brad:''' He liked it! He just had to shit on it first.
* In [[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]]'s review of Music/RobZombie's ''Film/HalloweenII2009'', he says that it's the best ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' film since Creator/JohnCarpenter's original, though he admits that given the standards of all the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies released in between, that's not saying much. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that he enjoyed the film anyway in spite of its flaws.
* ''WebVideo/MoviesWithMikey'''s analysis of ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' concludes that it's not as bad as people make it out to be, and is a fun, harmless action flick...But it also shows how ''Franchise/StarWars'' has lost all artistic integrity, and retroactively ''undoes'' the artistic integrity it once had, to the point where Mikey firmly takes back when he said ''Star Wars'' was important to our culture, and that he has no intention of covering the franchise ever again (alongside the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'').
* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'':
** The Nostalgia Chick labels ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' the best of the "dragon" movies, and acknowledges that it isn't saying much.
** While reviewing ''Film/MenInBlackII'', she complains that ItsTheSameNowItSucks, and says that ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' of all sequels tried something different.
--->'''The Chick:''' ...I'm making a positive comparison to ''Transformers 2''. That's like making a positive comparison to backne.
** When rating the Disney sequels, she admits that she can't quite make a "best" list since, as "best implies 'good' or 'warrants existing.'" Instead, she makes a list of the "Least Awful." She does the same thing later when rating female superhero movies.[[note]]This was made ca. 2014, before ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' gave us a legitimately good one.[[/note]]
** Likewise in her review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' she calls ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' the "least awful" Creator/DrSeuss movie, and notes that, like the best of Chris Meledandri's movies, it's "[[SoOkayItsAverage okay]]."
** From her ''Film/SisterAct'' review: "Well, 'funny' is a strong word, as neither movie [is] particularly funny. They're ''easy to watch.'' [[TriviallyObvious They will hold your gaze for ninety minutes]]." At the end, she sums things up by saying that "they're not funny, but they're ''fun!''"
* From the TGWTG files: ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''
** From his review of ''Film/{{Steel}}'' when describing the casting choice of Shaquille O'Neal:
--->'''Critic:''' But give him some credit, though.... He's tall.
** He does some lampshading of this during his review of ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'':
--->'''Critic:''' Greatest adequately satisfying movie of all time! And I liked it, too.
** In one that he even feels a bit ashamed: as much as he hates ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', Creator/JimCarrey's performance is better than Creator/MikeMyers in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''.
** In his review of ''Film/YogiBear'', he gives the film credit where it's due: "it's short."
** PlayedForLaughs at the end of his review of ''Film/{{Casper}}'' when the titular ghost has given up on his film being good or terrifying, and tries to settle for [[BileFascination so bad that it's scary]]. The Critic rebukes this admitting that, while it's not good, it's certainly not god-awful and actually has some good qualities and genuine effort put into it. Casper doesn't take it well.
--->'''Casper:''' Well. Wasn't so bad it was scary?\\
'''Critic:''' Actually it wasn't even that. I mean, granted it is a bad movie, but it's nowhere near terrible. The sets are kind of creative, the CGI is fun. And even though it doesn't really work, you can tell that creators were at least trying to create something good. There was actual effort put onto it. It's kind of like the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles movie]]. It's not really good but could have been hell of a lot worse. Especially considering the subject matter. So, I have to give them credit for at least trying.\\
'''Casper:''' That's it! I'm tired of leaving no lasting impact on the creative media. But I will leave a lasting impact on your balls!
* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'' has an episode in which host Luke is served a cocktail recreated from a recipe in ''VideoGame/Hitman2016''. His verdict on it was: "If you added poison to it, it wouldn't ruin the taste."
* Creator/CTPhipps and Blog/TheUnitedFederationOfCharles more or less run on this. You can tell when he really hates a game by the almost-passive aggressive way he brings up the minor-minor details which he liked.
* PlayedForLaughs on ''WebVideo/{{Phelous}}'s'' review of ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' when he comments on how the game changes the personalities of its characters based on how you play, and follows with a number of alternate Phelouses who each have different opinions. One, the pretentious art critic version of him, has only this to say:
-->In my expert opinion, Silent Hill Shattered Memories is a game.\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
That came out on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
In December of 2009.
* In WebVideo/RosssGameDungeon, Ross will often say of games that are merely tedious, mediocre, forgettable, and/or not awful to play that he'd play them if he was in prison with nothing better to do.
* Frequently used in WebVideo/Rank10YGO's archetype reviews, often combining it with OverlyNarrowSuperlative. An early one was "Well, it sure can give [[JokeCharacter Shapesnatch Turbo]] a run for its money!" or handing The Empress the honorable title of "better than Magician", but one of the most common is some variant of "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative If you were playing this card]] in [[{{Scrub}} a rundown locals]] [[PowerCreep about five years ago]] against a six-year-old [[TierInducedScrappy Genex player]], then it should help you out."
* WebVideo/ScottTheWoz uses this often:
** His ''Shovelware Variety Hour'' videos involve this frequently, including acclaiming ''Carnival Games: Mini-Golf'' as "''beyond'' playable", and referring to ''Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball'' as "the best pirate game on our list today" ([[OverlyNarrowSuperlative it's one of two]]).
** In ''New Super Mario Bros. | What's New Is Old'', the last thing Scott had to say in the review was that "the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series aren't '''bad''' games," followed by a half minute of silence.
** His quick introduction of Creator/{{Sega}} for E3 2000:
--->''"Sega. You know, the company with the name?"''
* ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'' makes frequent use of this in a couple of their {{Running Gag}}s to dunk on movies or characters that are unimpressive:
-->Well, that was definitely a movie!\\
I remember him! He was in the first movie!
* WebVideo/{{Shad|iversity}} in his [[https://youtu.be/MKTG2BPmUn4 review of]] ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. One of his few positive comments is that the film "made [him] feel positive emotions… twice."
* Creator/{{Tobuscus}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1pfDquA65c "2nd Hottest Girl"]] is a parody love song about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The ''second'' most attractive girl on a web reality show. The joke, of course, is that the singer doesn't realize that he's insulting her.
* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows's review of "Turn Up the Music" is actually 90% just a rant about how much Todd hates Chris Brown [[DomesticAbuse as a]] [[NeverMyFault person]]. Partway through he remembers that he's supposed to be reviewing the song, and says that yeah, it's okay, before moving on to more hate.
-->'''Todd:''' As a singer, Chris Brown is a really good dancer.
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'': In the episode "The Pet Games", the caption writer comes up with a variety of subtitles for [[TheDitz Rainbow Dash]]. These alternate between overt insults like "Professional Idiot", and more subtle insults like "Knows Her Own Name" and "Smartest Mare in Her Family" (in ''UFP'', Dash is an only child and an orphan).
* ''WebVideo/VampireReviews'' has a Top 10 Positive Things About ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' video. Most of the examples fall under this trope, including things like "SoBadItsGood" and "[[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] got a reprieve as the internet found someone else to make fun of."
* The "What Your Favorite Ship Says About You" videos by [=Eldena Doubleca5t=] tend to describe particularly unpopular straight ships with the words "You are heterosexual": the intended meaning being that the pairing in question has nothing else to appeal to people aside from being a straight ship [[HetIsEw in a queer-dominated fandom]].
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