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** The shot of Ashens looking through a pair of binoculars, then Geoff sidling up next to him and looking through a spyglass is a reference to an identical shot from ''Film/Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior''.
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* TheCameo: A trio of the British Website/ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].

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* TheCameo: A trio of the British Website/ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].
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* DramaticUnmask: Of The Silver Skull, who turns out to be [[spoiler:WarwickDavis]].

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* DramaticUnmask: Of The Silver Skull, who turns out to be [[spoiler:WarwickDavis]].[[spoiler:Creator/WarwickDavis]].
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The result, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoTZe6mcgic announced]] on Ashen's channel in March 2013 and released on 8 August 2013, is ''Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild'' (or "[[CamelCase [=GameChild=]]]", or "Game Child"), an indie comedy adventure film starring Ashen as himself, as well as [=YouTubers=] such as Chris Kendall (Crabstickz), Dan Tomlinson (of Guksack) and PJ Liguori ([=KickthePJ=]). It also features the actors Robert Llewellyn, Kerry Gilbert, Millie Reeves and Creator/WarwickDavis.

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The result, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoTZe6mcgic announced]] announced on Ashen's channel in March 2013 and released on 8 August 2013, is ''Ashens and the Quest for the Gamechild'' (or "[[CamelCase [=GameChild=]]]", or "Game Child"), an indie comedy adventure film starring Ashen as himself, as well as [=YouTubers=] such as Chris Kendall (Crabstickz), Dan Tomlinson (of Guksack) and PJ Liguori ([=KickthePJ=]). It also features the actors Robert Llewellyn, Kerry Gilbert, Millie Reeves and Creator/WarwickDavis.
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* TheCameo: A trio of the British Website/ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].

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* TheCameo: A trio of the British Website/ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[BadMovieBeatdown [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].
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* TheCameo: A trio of the British ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].

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* TheCameo: A trio of the British ChannelAwesome Website/ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].

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* WimpFight: Ashens and Chef Excellence do this a couple of times.

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Ashens and Chef Excellence do this a couple of times.
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* ArtisticLicense: The Game Child really exists, but it is not as rare as it is portrayed to be.

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* ArtisticLicense: The Game Child really exists, but it is not as rare as it is portrayed to be.be... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d49oW0jVXUc as Ashens reveals in his review of the Game Child]].
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* [[YourMom Your Mum]]:
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* [[YourMom Your Mum]]:
-->'''Nemesis''': Guess where I'm going.
-->'''Ashens''': Your weekly rectal exam?
-->'''Nemesis''': ''No''. That's thursday.
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** The asylum scene where Ashens gets advice from [[spoiler:Guru Larry]] has cameos by That Guy With The Glasses contributors Film Brain and Mike J. Film Brain is actually credited as "himself", while Mike J. is credited as "Crestfallen Man".

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** The asylum scene where Ashens gets advice from [[spoiler:Guru Larry]] also has cameos a cameo by That Guy With The Glasses contributors contributor Film Brain and Brain. Meanwhile, Mike J.J plays the guard at the border of Sadonion. Film Brain is actually credited as "himself", while Mike J. is credited as "Crestfallen Man".Man", which is how Ashens refers to him once.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Larry killed 17 people [[spoiler: because they beat his Donkey Kong high score]].


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* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Ashley]]
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* ArtisticLicenseMusic: When Stuart unlocks the door with a piano, the paper that he is using for reference reads ABADGH. He actually plays ABABCB and then the highest key, which is marked with an H. As well, him playing a B is taken as incorrect, despite him playing it in the correct spot.
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The film is available to watch for free online--[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS2Cnx_eL6s here]].

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The film is available to watch for free online--[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS2Cnx_eL6s here]]. It is also available for purchase on DVD and Blu-ray.
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The movie is about ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name implies]]) the protagonist Ashens going on a quest to search for a GameBoy rip-off called the Game Child. He meets his OldFriend Geoffrey "Chef" Excellence, who encourages him to do so. On the way, he encounters two ex-girlfriends, his old university professor, his improvisational jazz musician neighbour the Silver Skull, and his annoying nemesis, [[MeaningfulName Nemesis]].

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The movie is about ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name implies]]) the protagonist Ashens going on a quest to search for a GameBoy UsefulNotes/GameBoy rip-off called the Game Child. He meets his OldFriend Geoffrey "Chef" Excellence, who encourages him to do so. On the way, he encounters two ex-girlfriends, his old university professor, his improvisational jazz musician neighbour the Silver Skull, and his annoying nemesis, [[MeaningfulName Nemesis]].
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* EvilInc: The Terrifically Good Company treats its employees like crap, sells chemically-enhanced junk food to kids [[spoiler: and was run by Ashley's dad who wanted to get his hands on all the Game Childs because they were smuggled nuclear bomb components in disguise]]
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** The opening to the film has a very similar style to the ones seen in JamesBond films.
** The ORACLE vault door scene is a major shout out to the "play the bones" scene in TheGoonies, down to Ashens' dead-on impression of Andi.

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** The opening to the film has a very similar style to the ones seen in JamesBond ''Film/JamesBond'' films.
** The ORACLE vault door scene is a major shout out to the "play the bones" scene in TheGoonies, ''Film/TheGoonies'', down to Ashens' dead-on impression of Andi.
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** The ORACLE vault door scene is a major shout out to the "play the bones" scene in TheGoonies, down to Ashens' dead-on impression of Andi.
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After appearing in the [[WebVideo web series]] ''WebVideo/TheProxy'', famous YouTube reviewer-man [[Creator/StuartAshen Dr Stuart Ashen]] wanted to harness the talents of the crew who worked on it to do his own bidding... He talked with the director, Riyad Barmania, about the possibilty of producing his own feature film.

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After appearing in the [[WebVideo web series]] ''WebVideo/TheProxy'', famous YouTube Website/YouTube reviewer-man [[Creator/StuartAshen Dr Stuart Ashen]] wanted to harness the talents of the crew who worked on it to do his own bidding... He talked with the director, Riyad Barmania, about the possibilty of producing his own feature film.



** Numerous references are made to Ashen's YouTube videos.

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** Numerous references are made to Ashen's YouTube Website/YouTube videos.



* ThemeTuneCameo: Ashens has his YouTube intro music as his ringtone, and Chef Excellence's jingle plays upon his first appearance.

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* ThemeTuneCameo: Ashens has his YouTube Website/YouTube intro music as his ringtone, and Chef Excellence's jingle plays upon his first appearance.



* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, [[spoiler:Geoff Excellence has his own successful YouTube channel]].

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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, [[spoiler:Geoff Excellence has his own successful YouTube Website/YouTube channel]].
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Ashens is very confused as to how [[spoiler:Creator/WarwickDavis, a little man, is the Silver Skull, a quite tall man]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Warwick''': "I'm an ''actor''."]]
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* CelebrityResemblance: "I just met [[spoiler:SimonPegg]]!"

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* CelebrityResemblance: "I just met [[spoiler:SimonPegg]]!"[[spoiler:Creator/SimonPegg]]!"



* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler:Ashens' comes three quarters into the film, after has given up. He meets a fan in the street, who encourages him to keep going. Little does he know, she mistook him for SimonPegg.]]

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* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler:Ashens' comes three quarters into the film, after has given up. He meets a fan in the street, who encourages him to keep going. Little does he know, she mistook him for SimonPegg.Creator/SimonPegg.]]
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**** It also features Vinnie the Vole character from a fake game he once showed on Tech Dump.
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* XMeetsY: As described by Ashen himself, "''Franchise/IndianaJones'' meets ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', during an episode of ''Bargain Hunt''".
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* AffablyEvil: Larry as a psycho who killed 17 people [[spoiler: because they beat his Donkey Kong high score]] is still a very pleasant fellow.
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* TheCameo: A trio of the British ChannelAwesome crew show up. In order, [[Creator/MasakoX MasakoX]], [[BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] and [[GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]].
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** Ashens has a Creator/HarryPartridge poster on his living room shelf.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Game Child is a real knock-off console, which many people weren't aware of until Ashens reviewed it on his channel post-movie.
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* HonestJohnsDealership: Iqbal, [[spoiler:but subverted because his goods are actually ''genuine'', when Ashens is looking for counterfeit ones.]]

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* HonestJohnsDealership: Iqbal, [[spoiler:but subverted because inverted in that his goods are actually ''genuine'', when Ashens is looking for counterfeit ones.]]

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