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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently, from thinking [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Super Mushrooms are also Goombas to be avoided]] to thinking ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' is about saving ducks from an evil dog.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently, from thinking [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Super Mushrooms are also Goombas to be avoided]] to thinking ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' is about saving ducks from an evil dog.
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* YeahShot: How the SeriesFinale ended with "EPIC Excitebike Jump!"
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* AVerySpecialEpisode: Done in a somewhat similar fashion to anti-drug campaigns of the 90s, Ace and Chet's troublemaking cousin Lester introduces them to the most evil thing ever... CODES. VideoGame/GameGenie UsefulNotes/GameGenie codes, that is.
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* FreudianExcuse: Dad, as shown in the second part of the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name". Sheesh.
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** Dad, as shown in the second part of the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name".Sheesh.Sheesh.
** R.O.B wanted revenge on Ace and Chet for leaving him in his box for several years. He loses sympathy for also taking his anger out on Dad as well, even though he had nothing to do with it.
** Dad, as shown in the second part of the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name".
** R.O.B wanted revenge on Ace and Chet for leaving him in his box for several years. He loses sympathy for also taking his anger out on Dad as well, even though he had nothing to do with it.
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* TrappedInTVLand: Happens to Ace and Chet (and Dad) when they turn the turbo up too high on their NES Advantage controller, getting sucked into ''SuperMarioBros''. They dub it "The Nintenzone".
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* TrappedInTVLand: Happens to Ace and Chet (and Dad) when they turn the turbo up too high on their NES Advantage controller, getting sucked into ''SuperMarioBros''.''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''. They dub it "The Nintenzone".
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Watch it [[http://www.ffstv.com/avg/ here]] or at their Youtube channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EFDDB2C44C4B348 here]].
After the spin-off WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome took off (as well as other personal responsibilities), the AVG/VGA crew were unable to fit the original show back into their busy schedules. But in 2016, they launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival. The announcement video for the revival was posted on Youtube on March 4th.
After the spin-off WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome took off (as well as other personal responsibilities), the AVG/VGA crew were unable to fit the original show back into their busy schedules. But in 2016, they launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival. The announcement video for the revival was posted on Youtube on March 4th.
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Watch it [[http://www.ffstv.com/avg/ here]] or at on their Youtube channel, Website/{{Youtube}} channel [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EFDDB2C44C4B348 here]].
After Thanks to the success of spin-off WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome took off ''WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome'' (as well as other personal responsibilities), the AVG/VGA crew were unable to fit the original show back into their busy schedules.schedules after Season 3 ended in early 2010. But in 2016, they launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome ''Awesome Video Games revival. The announcement video for the Games'' revival was posted on Youtube on March 4th.that raised enough money for them to complete shooting a fourth season by early August 2018.
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* AVerySpecialEpisode: Done in a somewhat similar fashion to anti-drug campaigns of the 90s, Ace and Chet's troublemaking cousin Lester introduces them to the most evil thing ever... CODES. GameGenie codes, that is.
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* AVerySpecialEpisode: Done in a somewhat similar fashion to anti-drug campaigns of the 90s, Ace and Chet's troublemaking cousin Lester introduces them to the most evil thing ever... CODES. GameGenie VideoGame/GameGenie codes, that is.
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** In the commentaries, Fraser mentions how he deliberately broke the RuleOfThree with the VideoGame/SuperMarioBros running into the Goomba.
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** In the commentaries, Fraser mentions how he deliberately broke the RuleOfThree with the VideoGame/SuperMarioBros VideoGame/{{Super Mario Bros|1}} running into the Goomba.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently, from thinking [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mushroom]] are a different kind of Goombas to thinking VideoGame/DuckHunt is about saving ducks from an evil dog.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently, from thinking [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mushroom]] Super Mushrooms are a different kind of also Goombas to be avoided]] to thinking VideoGame/DuckHunt ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' is about saving ducks from an evil dog.
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** "Behind the pillar!"
** "Behind the pillar!"
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** In the commentaries, Fraser mentions how he deliberately broke the RuleOfThree with theMario brothers VideoGame/SuperMarioBros running into the Goomba.
**"Behind While Ace and Chet struggle with ''Gyromite'', they keep pointing out the dynamite "behind the pillar!"
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* FreudianExcuse: Dad, as shown in the second part of the PunchOut review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name". Sheesh.
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* FreudianExcuse: Dad, as shown in the second part of the PunchOut ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name". Sheesh.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Dad's borderline child abuse (which escalates into outright child abuse in the ''PunchOut'' episodes) just wouldn't fly were it not for how overblown the rest of the show is.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Dad's borderline child abuse (which escalates into outright child abuse in the ''PunchOut'' ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' episodes) just wouldn't fly were it not for how overblown the rest of the show is.
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* DawsonCasting: Of course, Chet and Ace's actors are a little older than they are portrayed as.
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After the spin-off WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome took off (as well as other personal responsibilities), the AVG/VGA crew were unable to fit the original show back into their busy schedules. But in 2016, they launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival.
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After the spin-off WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome took off (as well as other personal responsibilities), the AVG/VGA crew were unable to fit the original show back into their busy schedules. But in 2016, they launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival. The announcement video for the revival was posted on Youtube on March 4th.
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Watch it [[http://www.ffstv.com/avg/ here]]. Also hosted here]] or at Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/fr/avg here]].
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After seven years off the internet, the creators launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival.
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After seven years the spin-off WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome took off (as well as other personal responsibilities), the internet, AVG/VGA crew were unable to fit the creators original show back into their busy schedules. But in 2016, they launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival.
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* RageBreakingPoint: While Dad seems to take the evidence of Chet and Ace's "bad" behavior as mere annoyances (not doing homework, putting vegetables in Dad's mattress, etc), he ''loses it'' when it turns out they never took out the trash.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently, from thinking [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mushroom]] are a different kind of Goombas to thinking VideoGame/DuckHunt is about saving ducks from an evil dog.
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Also hosted at Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/fr/avg here]].
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After seven years off the internet, the creators launched [[https://www.patreon.com/awesomevideogames?ty=h a patreon]] for a Awesome Video Games revival.
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* AVerySpecialEpisode: Done in a somewhat similar fashion to anti-drug campaigns of the 90s, Ace and Chet's troublemaking cousin Lester introduces them to the most evil thing ever... CODES. GameGenie codes, that is.
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* TotallyRadical: Whoooa! It's even in the title!
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Are you finished? Good. TAKE OUT THE TRASH!!
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Everything Ace and Chet review. Sure, Nintendo games are great and all, but they take it to a whole new level...
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->''[[CatchPhrase Take out the trash!]]''
Two brothers, Ace and Chet, host a video game show from their suburban basement. Set in the late eighties/early nineties, the show is focused around the Nintendo Entertainment System and its officially licensed gear. The [[InsistentTerminology officially licensed]] and totally [[TotallyRadical AWESOME]] product that particular episode focuses on will effect the brothers or outright warp the very fabric of reality. The boys' father, Dad, also takes part in the shenanigans; often spouting "fatherly" advice.
Most of the show's humor comes from Ace and Chet's [[DidNotDoTheResearch complete lack of knowledge]] about the video games they are playing, combined with the immense gusto with which they play them. It largely (at least initially) parodies video game magazines and TV shows from TheEighties that took a similar "awesome" approach to reviewing games, most notably Gamepro.
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Also hosted at ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/fr/avg here]].
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Dad is as much a fan of alliteration as he is of puns.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In one of the outtakes, Fraser is heard telling Ben to improvise. What does Ben come up with? A handfart.
* BerserkButton: When Dad learns that Ace and Chet don't really take out the trash and just throw it in the broom closet, he goes completely insane.
* CatchPhrase: "TAKE OUT THE TRASH!" and variants thereof.
** Also "Let's beat some games!"
* ChristmasEpisode
* CloudCuckooLander: All three main characters but ESPECIALLY DAD.
* DawsonCasting: Of course, Chet and Ace's actors are a little older than they are portrayed as.
* DrugsAreBad: Parodied, except in this case it's cheating devices which are bad.
* DutchAngle: To an EXTREEEEME degree. The camera is always in somebody's face, and with each sentence they finish, it swings around to another angle. This show is not for the seasick.
* TheEighties: Plenty of references to things from that decade, not just Nintendo games, mostly seen in the background.
* FreudianExcuse: Dad, as shown in the second part of the PunchOut review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name". Sheesh.
* GreekChorus: R.O.B., and sometimes the AVG man ("Ace. Feels. Guilty.").
* HalloweenEpisode: ''Video games are haunted!!''
* HilariousOuttakes: Present at the end of several episodes. It is taken to ludicrous extremes in some cases where the gag reel is almost as long as the episode itself.
* HostileShowTakeover: R.O.B. IS AWESOME!
* JitterCam: The cameraman is just as excitable as Ace and Chet, and loves {{Whip Pan}}s and extreme close ups.
* {{Keet}}: Although both are pretty loud and energetic, Ace clearly reigns supreme. "I'm Chet!" "And I'm ''EXCITED!''"
* LargeHam: Just about everyone in the show. Ace and Dad are especially over the top, while Chet is somewhat more restrained by comparison.
** Fraser as Santa. And Dad's Dad.
* LongLostUncleAesop: Cousin Lester. He is a stereotypical "cool dude" who neither Ace nor Chet know of who appears and gets them both hooked on [[GRatedDrug Game Genie codes]], eventually conning them into paying for more with their precious NES games. "It's good getting ''high'' scores, huh?"
* MagicalNegro: Subverted, as Doc Louis gives Ace worthless advice and apparently plans to steal his bike.
* MusicalEpisode: Several episodes are music videos to (sometimes remixed) tunes from the games themselves. One Christmas episode has the characters singing a rap about what presents they want.
* NoNameGiven: Dad is always "Dad" even when Ace and Chet aren't around. Even Cousin Lester refers to him as "Uncle Dad."
* OverlyLongGag: In the commentaries, Fraser mentions how he deliberately broke the RuleOfThree with the Mario brothers running into the Goomba.
** "Behind the pillar!"
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Dad blames Ace and Chet for causing the "greatest tragedy in the history of birdhouse-building".
* ParrotExpowhat: ''Twice'' in the NES Advantage episode
-->'''Chet''': That's right dudes and dudettes. Today, we're looking at the Nintendo power tool, the officially licenced NES Advantage!
-->'''Ace''': NES Advan-what?
-->'''Chet''': NES Advantage, Ace! It's a word.
-->'''ROB''': ADVANTAGE: to have the upper hand. Which niether [sic] of you do.
-->'''Chet''': Thanks, ROB!
-->'''Ace''': Wait a second... upper who?
-->'''Chet''': Hand, Ace! They're at the end of your arm?
* PungeonMaster: Dad will rattle off a few puns every now and then, usually to complete silence. Examples include, when reviewing a golf game, he rates it "Three out of ''fore''" and, after doing a rather embarrassing rap about the gift he has gotten Ace and Chet for Christmas, "Now that's what I call gift ''rapping''!"
* RefugeInAudacity: Dad's borderline child abuse (which escalates into outright child abuse in the ''PunchOut'' episodes) just wouldn't fly were it not for how overblown the rest of the show is.
* RobotBuddy: ROB, first appearing in the ''Gyromite'' episode. His name even stands for "Robot Operating Buddy". Unfortunately he's not very helpful, as he immediately sets out to make Ace and Chet's lives miserable for leaving him in his box for several years. He simmers down in later episodes, but still chimes in every now and then to [[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick berate Ace and Chet for their stupidity]].
* RunningGag: A couple, such as Dad's obvious disdain for Ace in comparison to his brother Chet and references to Vanilla Ice.
* ScheduleSlip: The show is currently on hiatus, as Ace's actor went to school, but the creators insist they will make more episodes in the future.
* ShownTheirWork: A ton of Ace and Chet's dialogue is quoted directly from the games' instruction manuals and packaging.
* SpinOff: ''WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome''. An out-of-character riff show with the guys playing modern (and rarely, retro) games.
* StealthParody: Some people watching this show don't realize that it's making fun of the video game-related shows of the 80s and early 90s; the episodes are actually as little about the actual product as possible (for example, the episode about the Game Genie became a parody of anti-drug [=PSAs=]).
* TooDumbToLive: Ace, Chet and whoever sets foot in their basement.
** Except R.O.B., who's actually quite sane after calming down from Chet and Ace's previous abandonment.
* TotallyRadical: It's even in the title!
* TrappedInTVLand: Happens to Ace and Chet (and Dad) when they turn the turbo up too high on their NES Advantage controller, getting sucked into ''SuperMarioBros''. They dub it "The Nintenzone".
* TwoGamersOnACouch and their dad.
* TheUnfavorite: Dad obviously [[ParentalFavoritism prefers Chet]] over Ace, though Ace doesn't seem to notice.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Parodied in an episode about the cheating device Game Genie where Ace and Chet, which also parodied Nintendo's staunch opposition to the device. Remember: "No game is complete, when you cheat!"
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Everything Ace and Chet review. Sure, Nintendo games are great and all, but they take it to a whole new level...
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->''[[CatchPhrase Take out the trash!]]''
Two brothers, Ace and Chet, host a video game show from their suburban basement. Set in the late eighties/early nineties, the show is focused around the Nintendo Entertainment System and its officially licensed gear. The [[InsistentTerminology officially licensed]] and totally [[TotallyRadical AWESOME]] product that particular episode focuses on will effect the brothers or outright warp the very fabric of reality. The boys' father, Dad, also takes part in the shenanigans; often spouting "fatherly" advice.
Most of the show's humor comes from Ace and Chet's [[DidNotDoTheResearch complete lack of knowledge]] about the video games they are playing, combined with the immense gusto with which they play them. It largely (at least initially) parodies video game magazines and TV shows from TheEighties that took a similar "awesome" approach to reviewing games, most notably Gamepro.
http://www.ffstv.com/avg/
Also hosted at ThatGuyWithTheGlasses [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/fr/avg here]].
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!!Let's write some tropes!!
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Dad is as much a fan of alliteration as he is of puns.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In one of the outtakes, Fraser is heard telling Ben to improvise. What does Ben come up with? A handfart.
* BerserkButton: When Dad learns that Ace and Chet don't really take out the trash and just throw it in the broom closet, he goes completely insane.
* CatchPhrase: "TAKE OUT THE TRASH!" and variants thereof.
** Also "Let's beat some games!"
* ChristmasEpisode
* CloudCuckooLander: All three main characters but ESPECIALLY DAD.
* DawsonCasting: Of course, Chet and Ace's actors are a little older than they are portrayed as.
* DrugsAreBad: Parodied, except in this case it's cheating devices which are bad.
* DutchAngle: To an EXTREEEEME degree. The camera is always in somebody's face, and with each sentence they finish, it swings around to another angle. This show is not for the seasick.
* TheEighties: Plenty of references to things from that decade, not just Nintendo games, mostly seen in the background.
* FreudianExcuse: Dad, as shown in the second part of the PunchOut review. Whereas Dad is only SLIGHTLY abusive to the boys, but still shown to genuinely care about them, his own pop was cruel, and not only had a crowd laugh at him but told him not to be a boxer because he didn't want him to "Sully the Sports good name". Sheesh.
* GreekChorus: R.O.B., and sometimes the AVG man ("Ace. Feels. Guilty.").
* HalloweenEpisode: ''Video games are haunted!!''
* HilariousOuttakes: Present at the end of several episodes. It is taken to ludicrous extremes in some cases where the gag reel is almost as long as the episode itself.
* HostileShowTakeover: R.O.B. IS AWESOME!
* JitterCam: The cameraman is just as excitable as Ace and Chet, and loves {{Whip Pan}}s and extreme close ups.
* {{Keet}}: Although both are pretty loud and energetic, Ace clearly reigns supreme. "I'm Chet!" "And I'm ''EXCITED!''"
* LargeHam: Just about everyone in the show. Ace and Dad are especially over the top, while Chet is somewhat more restrained by comparison.
** Fraser as Santa. And Dad's Dad.
* LongLostUncleAesop: Cousin Lester. He is a stereotypical "cool dude" who neither Ace nor Chet know of who appears and gets them both hooked on [[GRatedDrug Game Genie codes]], eventually conning them into paying for more with their precious NES games. "It's good getting ''high'' scores, huh?"
* MagicalNegro: Subverted, as Doc Louis gives Ace worthless advice and apparently plans to steal his bike.
* MusicalEpisode: Several episodes are music videos to (sometimes remixed) tunes from the games themselves. One Christmas episode has the characters singing a rap about what presents they want.
* NoNameGiven: Dad is always "Dad" even when Ace and Chet aren't around. Even Cousin Lester refers to him as "Uncle Dad."
* OverlyLongGag: In the commentaries, Fraser mentions how he deliberately broke the RuleOfThree with the Mario brothers running into the Goomba.
** "Behind the pillar!"
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Dad blames Ace and Chet for causing the "greatest tragedy in the history of birdhouse-building".
* ParrotExpowhat: ''Twice'' in the NES Advantage episode
-->'''Chet''': That's right dudes and dudettes. Today, we're looking at the Nintendo power tool, the officially licenced NES Advantage!
-->'''Ace''': NES Advan-what?
-->'''Chet''': NES Advantage, Ace! It's a word.
-->'''ROB''': ADVANTAGE: to have the upper hand. Which niether [sic] of you do.
-->'''Chet''': Thanks, ROB!
-->'''Ace''': Wait a second... upper who?
-->'''Chet''': Hand, Ace! They're at the end of your arm?
* PungeonMaster: Dad will rattle off a few puns every now and then, usually to complete silence. Examples include, when reviewing a golf game, he rates it "Three out of ''fore''" and, after doing a rather embarrassing rap about the gift he has gotten Ace and Chet for Christmas, "Now that's what I call gift ''rapping''!"
* RefugeInAudacity: Dad's borderline child abuse (which escalates into outright child abuse in the ''PunchOut'' episodes) just wouldn't fly were it not for how overblown the rest of the show is.
* RobotBuddy: ROB, first appearing in the ''Gyromite'' episode. His name even stands for "Robot Operating Buddy". Unfortunately he's not very helpful, as he immediately sets out to make Ace and Chet's lives miserable for leaving him in his box for several years. He simmers down in later episodes, but still chimes in every now and then to [[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick berate Ace and Chet for their stupidity]].
* RunningGag: A couple, such as Dad's obvious disdain for Ace in comparison to his brother Chet and references to Vanilla Ice.
* ScheduleSlip: The show is currently on hiatus, as Ace's actor went to school, but the creators insist they will make more episodes in the future.
* ShownTheirWork: A ton of Ace and Chet's dialogue is quoted directly from the games' instruction manuals and packaging.
* SpinOff: ''WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome''. An out-of-character riff show with the guys playing modern (and rarely, retro) games.
* StealthParody: Some people watching this show don't realize that it's making fun of the video game-related shows of the 80s and early 90s; the episodes are actually as little about the actual product as possible (for example, the episode about the Game Genie became a parody of anti-drug [=PSAs=]).
* TooDumbToLive: Ace, Chet and whoever sets foot in their basement.
** Except R.O.B., who's actually quite sane after calming down from Chet and Ace's previous abandonment.
* TotallyRadical: It's even in the title!
* TrappedInTVLand: Happens to Ace and Chet (and Dad) when they turn the turbo up too high on their NES Advantage controller, getting sucked into ''SuperMarioBros''. They dub it "The Nintenzone".
* TwoGamersOnACouch and their dad.
* TheUnfavorite: Dad obviously [[ParentalFavoritism prefers Chet]] over Ace, though Ace doesn't seem to notice.
* VerySpecialEpisode: Parodied in an episode about the cheating device Game Genie where Ace and Chet, which also parodied Nintendo's staunch opposition to the device. Remember: "No game is complete, when you cheat!"
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Everything Ace and Chet review. Sure, Nintendo games are great and all, but they take it to a whole new level...
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