History Fanfic / JakeEnglishsMysteriousTheaterOfScientificRomanceFromTheYear3000

''[[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Jake English's]] [[LongTitle Mysterious Theater of Scientific Romance from the Year 3000]]'' is an {{MST}} series written by Tropers/{{Edrobot}}, centering around characters from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' riffing [[SoBadItsGood really bad fanfiction]]. The twist is that Jake, canonically liking absolutely all movies, here likes absolutely all fanfics, and takes most of them a bit too seriously. HilarityEnsues.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:In Episode 11, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Caius Ballad]] makes his debut. [[KillEmAll And then kills everyone.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[AuthorAvatar Edrobot]], [[CloudCuckoolander Gamzee Makara]], [[{{Hipster}} Dave Strider]], [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Jake English]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat Vantas]], [[CatGirl Nepeta Leijon]], [[UnexpectedCharacter Pinkie]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pie]]. Not pictured: [[HarmlessVillain Caliborn]], [[WallOfText Kankri]], [[BigBad Caius Ballad]], WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, [[HarmlessVillain Lord English]].]]

* TVGenius: Jake. Knowledgeable on many subjects (or actually just knows that he can consult Website/{{Google}}/Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}/Wiki/{{TV Tropes}} on any matter), but can't understand the difference between good and bad literature.

%%* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: What happens to Karkat when he reads Pinkie Pie's "{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} II".]]

* AuthorAvatar: Edrobot
* ADayInTheLimelight: Season 3 is this for the other Homestuck characters.

* AprilFoolsDay: Caliborn and [[OriginalCharacter Lux Lexor]] review a chapter of ''Fanfic/DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns''.

* CompassionateCritic / CausticCritic: Characters can be found all across the spectrum. But among the regular reviewers...

* TheComicallySerious: Caius Ballad.
* ConsultingMisterPuppet: [[AuthorAvatar Edrobot]] [[SelfDeprecation resorts to this at one point]] with a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Tonberry]] plush.
* CutawayGag: Used a few times, most notably in a cutaway gag that leads to a cutaway gag in a cutaway gag.

* TheDevilIsALoser
* EveryoneHasStandards: Jake doesn't like {{Webcomic/Sonichu}}.
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Jake
** TheLancer: Dave
** TheSmartGuy: Karkat
** TheBigGuy: Caius
** TheChick: Pinkie Pie.

** EnsembleDarkhorse: According to [[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6928877#post6928877 this poll]] at least.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: What happens to Karkat when he reads Pinkie Pie's "{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} II".]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Caius Ballad by the end of Season 3.]]
* HarmlessVillain: Every villain except Caius Ballad, the Prophet Gilesbie, Jade Edwards and Kotomine Kirei.

* IntoxicationEnsues: What happens to Caliborn after getting into Gamzee's sopor stash.
* KidFromTheFuture: Electra may or may not be this.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Caliborn]].

** [[MemeticMutation And that's terrible.]]

* OriginalCharacter: Lant Kreck, Alfred Smith, Electra Pendragon, Lux Lexor, Jade Edwards, and Opal Edwards.

* PreviouslyOn: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ijc9kwNWDQ&feature=plcp Spoofed here.]]
* PostModernism

* SelfDeprecation: [[spoiler: FanFic/HinataEndsWithTheSoulCalibur was written by the same guy who wrote this.]]
* SuckinessIsPainful: Subverted; Karkat is the only one who acts like this is true.
* UnexpectedCharacter: T-Rex and Utahraptor, from Webcomic/DinosaurComics.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[AuthorAvatar Edrobot]], [[CloudCuckoolander Gamzee Makara]], [[{{Hipster}} Dave Strider]], [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Jake English]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat Vantas]], [[CatGirl Nepeta Leijon]], [[UnexpectedCharacter Pinkie]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pie]]. Not pictured: [[HarmlessVillain Caliborn]], [[WallOfText Kankri]], [[BigBad Caius Ballad]], WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, [[HarmlessVillain Lord English]].

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[AuthorAvatar Edrobot]], [[CloudCuckoolander Gamzee Makara]], [[{{Hipster}} Dave Strider]], [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Jake English]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat Vantas]], [[CatGirl Nepeta Leijon]], [[UnexpectedCharacter Pinkie]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pie]]. Not pictured: [[HarmlessVillain Caliborn]], [[WallOfText Kankri]], [[BigBad Caius Ballad]], WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, [[HarmlessVillain Lord English]], [[spoiler: [[BiggerBad Tara Gilesbie]]]], [[spoiler: Darkseid]].]]

** In one episode Karkat and company go to [[{{Literature/Foundation}} Trantor]]... and then realize that nobody can actually think of any good jokes about the Foundation series.

* BrickJoke: In one chapter, [[ItMakesSenseInContext wolf says that Big Daddy will keep stomping on Troll Phelous D1's spine untill october]]. Come October, Big Daddy finishes his attack, and Troll Phelous D1 escapes.

** Double Subverted with [[VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject Darkdeath Evilman]]. He ''does'' manage to cause problems for people [[OffscreenVillainy (ofscreen)]], but ends up being defeated in a hilariously anticlimactic way.

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Lant failed to save Alternia from the Vast Glub, and he failed to save the SBURB session he was inexplicably thrown into. Alfred, meanwhile, accidently sabotaged his own session by abusing the laws of time travel until one of his doomed selves went god tier and became an OmnicidalManiac.]]

* TheDevilIsALoser

* [[spoiler:WhamEpisode: In Episode 11, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Caius Ballad]] makes his debut. [[KillEmAll And then kills everyone.]]]]

* WholePlotReference: Season 2 is a pastiche of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', and Season 4 meant to be a parody of ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''.

* ThirtyHs [[http://edrobot.blogspot.com/2012/07/jake-englishs-mysterious-theater-of_21.html (Complete)]]

* FanFic/HomestuckHigh [[http://edrobot.blogspot.com/2012/07/jake-englishs-mysterious-theater-of.html (Complete)]]
* FanFic/HinataEndsWithTheSoulCalibur [[http://edrobot.blogspot.com/2012/08/jake-englishs-mysterious-theater-of_29.html (Complete)]]
* FanFic/DaveStdiderPokemonTraner [[http://edrobot.blogspot.com/2012/09/jake-englishs-mysterious-theater-of_24.html (In Progress)]]
* FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami [[http://edrobot.blogspot.com/2012/10/jake-englishs-mysterious-theater-of_26.html (In Progress)]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Karkat gives a very straigforward and logical explanation as to why he doesn't like ThirtyHs.

** Special mention goes to Orgy XIII, who's ranks include [[WebVideo/{{Phelous}} Troll Phelous D1]], [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Douchy McNitpick]], and [[FanFic/IfIWasYourNazi Nazi Roxas]], a Big Daddy, the and a grossly out of character version of [[StarFox Wolf O'Donell]], none of whom have ever managed to cause anyone any kind of lasting harm whatsoever.

''[[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Jake English's]] [[LongTitle Mysterious Theater of Scientific Romance from the Year 3000]]'' is an {{MST}} series written by Tropers/{{Edrobot}}, centering around characters from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} riffing [[SoBadItsGood really bad fanfiction]]. The twist is that Jake, canonically liking absolutely all movies, here likes absolutely all fanfics, and takes most of them a bit too seriously. HilarityEnsues.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The entirety of [[MissingEpisode Episode 26]], which somehow includes [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Sho Minamimoto]], [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz]], and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Great And Powerful Trixie]] as part of the SuicideSquad, as well as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bizzaro Discord]] and Aradia reviewing ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.

[[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Jake English's]] [[LongTitle Mysterious Theater of Scientific Romance from the Year 3000]] is an {{MST}} series written by Tropers/{{Edrobot}}, centering around characters from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} riffing [[SoBadItsGood really bad fanfiction]]. The twist is that Jake, canonically liking absolutely all movies, here likes absolutely all fanfics, and takes most of them a bit too seriously. HilarityEnsues.

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[AuthorAvatar Edrobot]], [[CloudCuckoolander Gamzee Makara]], [[{{Hipster}} Dave Strider]], [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Jake English]], [[GrumpyBear Karkat Vantas]], [[CatGirl Nepeta Leijon]], [[UnexpectedCharacter Pinkie]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pie]]. Not pictured: [[HarmlessVillain Caliborn]], [[WallOfText Kankri]], [[BigBad Caius Ballad]], {{Phelous}}, [[HarmlessVillain Lord English]], [[spoiler: [[BiggerBad Tara Gilesbie]]]], [[spoiler: Darkseid]].]]

** Special mention goes to Orgy XIII, who's ranks include [[{{Phelous}} Troll Phelous D1]], [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Douchy McNitpick]], and [[FanFic/IfIWasYourNazi Nazi Roxas]], a Big Daddy, the and a grossly out of character version of [[StarFox Wolf O'Donell]], none of whom have ever managed to cause anyone any kind of lasting harm whatsoever.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of]] [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zombie]] [[{{Webcomic/Homestuck}} Troll]] {{Phelous}} [[EvilTwin D1]] [[OneWingedAngel Alter]].

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The entirety of [[MissingEpisode Episode 26]], which somehow includes [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Sho Minamimoto]], [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Gaz]], and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Great And Powerful Trixie]] as part of the SuicideSquad, as well as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], {{Phelous}}, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bizzaro Discord]] and Aradia reviewing ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''.
** Subverted in Episode 27, where {{Phelous}} defeats [[VideoGame/ZettaiHeroProject Darkdeath Evilman]] offscreen by getting him addicted to {{VideoGame/DOTA 2}}.

* RepetitiveName: A one-off gag features Troll {{Phelous}} announcing that he's going to review Troll Film/{{Troll 2}}.

* CompassionateCritic / Caustic Critic: Characters can be found all across the spectrum. But among the regular reviewers...

** In one episode Karkat and company go to [[{{Foundation}} Trantor]]... and then realize that nobody can actually think of any good jokes about the Foundation series.

* AprilFoolsDay: Caliborn and [[OriginalCharacter Lux Lexor]] review a chapter of DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns.

You can find a list of links to the episodes [[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?49049-FANFICTION-Jake-English-s-Mysterious-Theater-of-Scientific-Romance-From-the-Year-3k&p=6547927#post6547927 here]]. Additional episodes are periodically published on edrobot's blog, which you can find [[http://edrobot.blogspot.com/ here]]. edrobot's tumblr is found [[http://ed-robot.tumblr.com/ here.]]