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** Not really berserk, as in screaming, raving mad, but Brandon is especially annoyed with the TagalongKids in the ''Gamera'' films, referring to them generically as "Kenny", or in the rare case of a young girl, "Kendra."

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** Not really berserk, as in screaming, raving mad, but Brandon is especially annoyed with the TagalongKids TagAlongKid in the ''Gamera'' films, referring to them generically as "Kenny", or in the rare case of a young girl, "Kendra."
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** Not really berserk, as in screaming, raving mad, but Brandon is especially annoyed with the young kids in the ''Gamera'' films, referring to them generically as "Kenny", or in the rare case of a young girl, "Kendra."

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** Not really berserk, as in screaming, raving mad, but Brandon is especially annoyed with the young kids TagalongKids in the ''Gamera'' films, referring to them generically as "Kenny", or in the rare case of a young girl, "Kendra."
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** He's finally taken down in the Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth video - not by Brandon, but by the Canadian winter. The last we see of him is him lying facedown in the snow, [[TalkingWithSigns holding a note]] reading "FUCK ME, IT'S COLD!"

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** He's finally taken down in the Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth video - not by Brandon, but by the Canadian winter. The last we see of him is him lying facedown in the snow, [[TalkingWithSigns holding a note]] reading "FUCK "[[GrimUpNorth FUCK ME, IT'S COLD!"COLD]]!"



* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: He's done several jokes regarding being Canadian, including reviewing several bad movies made in the country (the "Canuxploitation" specials), using the name of the national anthem as a ReviewIronicEcho in them, and multiple jokes about how Saskachetwan gets very cold in the winter.

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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: He's done several jokes regarding being Canadian, including reviewing several bad movies made in the country (the "Canuxploitation" specials), using the name of the national anthem as a ReviewIronicEcho in them, and multiple jokes about how Saskachetwan [[GrimUpNorth gets very cold in the winter.winter]], and not much warmer in the summer (e.g. ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' being set in July).
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* TheCameo: So far, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob showed up in the ''Alienator'' review, and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] loaned Brandon an "[[CatchPhrase I AM A MAN!!!]]" for ''America 3000.'' Brandon has also cameoed in Linkara's 500th Episode 3-parter. Much later, WebVideo/MonsterIslandBuddies wrote a comedic recap for Part 2 of his Film/KingKongVsGodzilla review.

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* TheCameo: So far, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob showed up in the ''Alienator'' review, and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] loaned Brandon an "[[CatchPhrase I AM A MAN!!!]]" for ''America 3000.'' Brandon has also cameoed in Linkara's 500th Episode 3-parter. Much later, WebVideo/MonsterIslandBuddies wrote a comedic recap for Part 2 of his Film/KingKongVsGodzilla ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' review.
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* TheCameo: So far, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob showed up in the ''Alienator'' review, and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] loaned Brandon an "[[CatchPhrase I AM A MAN!!!]]" for ''America 3000.'' Brandon has also cameoed in Linkara's 500th Episode 3-parter.

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* TheCameo: So far, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob showed up in the ''Alienator'' review, and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] loaned Brandon an "[[CatchPhrase I AM A MAN!!!]]" for ''America 3000.'' Brandon has also cameoed in Linkara's 500th Episode 3-parter. Much later, WebVideo/MonsterIslandBuddies wrote a comedic recap for Part 2 of his Film/KingKongVsGodzilla review.
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** Of particular note is ''The Dark'', a film originally about a murderous zombie that was rewritten as a space alien to try and ride the coat tails of ''Franchise/StarWars''. The change was accomplished pretty much solely by badly adding in laser effects during murder scenes.

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** Of particular note is ''The Dark'', ''Film/TheDark1979'', a film originally about a murderous zombie that was rewritten as a space alien to try and ride the coat tails of ''Franchise/StarWars''. The change was accomplished pretty much solely by badly adding in laser effects during murder scenes.
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** He makes a reappearance for the Film/GodzillaFinalWars video, this time with a [[AxCrazy rather large axe.]]
** He's finally taken down in the Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth video - not by Brandon, but by the Canadian winter. The last we see of him is him lying facedown in the snow, [[TalkingWithSigns holding a note]] reading "FUCK ME, IT'S COLD!"
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* HypocriticalHumor: When Brandon reviewed ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' he noted the presence of Don Frye, MMA fighter and pro wrestler who the director was a fan of. He briefly made fun of the idea of bringing in a pro wrestler to garner attention, right before his video had a cameo from Simon Gotch (pro wrestler and half of the former Wrestling/{{WWE}} tag team the Vaudevillains).
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** Any movie with a bunch of alternate titles will have ''[[Film/ReazioneACatena A Bay of Blood]]'' be the last listed.

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** Any movie with a bunch of alternate titles will have ''[[Film/ReazioneACatena A Bay of Blood]]'' ''Film/ABayOfBlood'' be the last listed.
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* AskAStupidQuestion: Often gives sarcastic replies to a character's dumb question. To ptovide an example, in his review of ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'':

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* AskAStupidQuestion: Often gives sarcastic replies to a character's dumb question. To ptovide provide an example, in his review of ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'':



'''Brandon''': No, [[OneSteveLimit Sador Smith]]. You probably got them confused. Who the hell do ''you'' think she was walking about?

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'''Brandon''': No, [[OneSteveLimit Sador Smith]]. You probably got them confused. Who the hell do ''you'' think she was walking talking about?
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* LighterAndSofter: Aside from the aforementioned example of ''Demon Knight'', Brandon has gradually started reviewing more films that he actually likes, such as ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' and the first ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'' film.

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* LighterAndSofter: Aside from the aforementioned example of ''Demon Knight'', Knight'' and his uber-popular ''Godzilla'' reviews, Brandon has gradually started reviewing more films that he actually likes, such as ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' and the first ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'' film.
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* LighterAndSofter: Aside from the aforementioned example of ''Demon Knight'', Brandon has gradually started reviewing more films that he actually likes, such as ''Film/BlackChristmas1974'' and the first ''Film/{{Phantasm}}'' film.

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''Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews'', hosted by Brandon Tenold, is a WebVideo review series focusing on cult cinema, including low-budget sci-fi, dinosaurs, foreign knock-offs and the films of Caroline Munro. Many of the episodes were originally produced in 2011-2014 but were pulled down from Website/{{YouTube}} due to copyright issues. The show returned with new episodes soon after and was picked up by Website/ChannelAwesome.

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''Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews'', hosted by Brandon Tenold, is a WebVideo review series focusing on cult cinema, including low-budget sci-fi, dinosaurs, foreign knock-offs and the films of Caroline Munro. Many of the episodes were originally produced in 2011-2014 but were pulled down from Website/{{YouTube}} due to copyright issues. The show returned with new episodes soon after and was picked up by Website/ChannelAwesome.Website/ChannelAwesome, before leaving that platform in a mass exodus in 2018.

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** He makes a callback to this in his review of the sequel, when a demon emerges from a TV, distorting the screen: "Lucio Fulci presenta... Film/{{Videodrome}}."



** He's also created a minor running gag out of a clip of a character from ''Film/{{Ape}}'' giving a very [[DullSurprise bored line-read]] of "Oh shit."



** (Something odd or mundane kills someone on-screen) "(Something odd or mundane)! His/Her/Its one weakness!"

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** (Something odd or mundane kills someone on-screen) "(Something odd or mundane)! His/Her/Its one ''one'' weakness!"



** Playing a snippet of "Drinkin' Boys" by DJ Ozma (AKA the one with a bunch of naked siners covering themselves with paper fans) when he wants to refer to Japanese media being ''weird''.

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** Playing a snippet of "Drinkin' Boys" by DJ Ozma (AKA the one with a bunch of naked siners singers covering themselves with paper fans) when he wants to refer to Japanese media being ''weird''.



** Numerous to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''; there's a reference to or clip from the show in pretty much every review.

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** Numerous to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''; there's there used to be a reference to or clip from the show in pretty much every review.
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* RealLifeRelative:[[invoked]] For the ''Film/CryingFreeman'' review, Brandon mentions that stars Mark Dacascos and Julie Condra, who are married in real life.

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* RealLifeRelative:[[invoked]] For the ''Film/CryingFreeman'' review, Brandon mentions that stars Mark Dacascos and Julie Condra, who Condra are married in real life. life.

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* OverusedRunningGag: Not so much lampshaded that he uses it a lot so much as lampshading why he didn't used it: In his review of ''Film/MiamiConnection'' he points out that he didn't used the "no-one will be seated during the ''[[SarcasmMode thrilling]]'' [boring segment where nothing interesting happens]" RunningGag because there are ''so many'' segments where nothing happens that he would have run it into the ground.



* OverusedRunningGag: Not so much lampshaded that he uses it a lot so much as lampshading why he didn't used it: In his review of ''Film/MiamiConnection'' he points out that he didn't used the "no-one will be seated during the ''[[SarcasmMode thrilling]]'' [boring segment where nothing interesting happens]" RunningGag because there are ''so many'' segments where nothing happens that he would have run it into the ground.
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** His "Canuksplotation Month" series focuses on exploration movies from Canada where he freely indulges in Canada jokes.

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** His "Canuksplotation Month" series focuses on exploration exploitation movies from Canada where he freely indulges in Canada jokes.

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* CanadaEh: Brandon is Canadian (as his accent makes clear, and he has no problem speaking in an even more stereotypical fashion for the sake of RuleOfFunny) and he drops Canada jokes from time to time.

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Brandon is Canadian (as his accent makes clear, and he has no problem speaking in an even more stereotypical fashion for the sake of RuleOfFunny) and he drops Canada jokes from time to time.time.
** His "Canuksplotation Month" series focuses on exploration movies from Canada where he freely indulges in Canada jokes.
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** Playing the battle music of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode ''Amok Time'' (also known as [[Series/{{Futurama}} the Decapodian National Anthem]]) OnceAnEpisode during a fight sequence in his "Creator/DougMcClure-a-Thon".

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** Playing the battle music of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode ''Amok Time'' (also known as [[Series/{{Futurama}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} the Decapodian National Anthem]]) OnceAnEpisode during a fight sequence in his "Creator/DougMcClure-a-Thon".
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* OverusedRunningGag: Not so much lampshaded that he uses it a lot so much as lampshading why he didn't used it: In his review of ''Film/TheGalaxyInvader'' he points out that he didn't used the "no-one will be seated during the ''[[SarcasmMode thrilling]]'' [boring segment where nothing interesting happens]" RunningGag because there are ''so many'' segments where nothing happens that he would have run it into the ground.

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* OverusedRunningGag: Not so much lampshaded that he uses it a lot so much as lampshading why he didn't used it: In his review of ''Film/TheGalaxyInvader'' ''Film/MiamiConnection'' he points out that he didn't used the "no-one will be seated during the ''[[SarcasmMode thrilling]]'' [boring segment where nothing interesting happens]" RunningGag because there are ''so many'' segments where nothing happens that he would have run it into the ground.
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** He gave one to Wiki/ThisVeryWiki in his ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' review where he shows the JapanTakesOverTheWorld page after the film mentions Japan becomes the world's greatest super power in the future.
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-->'''Brandon''': No, [{OneSteveLimit Sador Smith]]. You probably got them confused. Who the hell do ''you'' think she was walking about?

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-->'''Brandon''': '''Brandon''': No, [{OneSteveLimit [[OneSteveLimit Sador Smith]]. You probably got them confused. Who the hell do ''you'' think she was walking about?
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* AskAStupidQuestion: Often gives sarcastic replies to a character's dumb question. To ptovide an example, in his review of ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'':
-->'''Cayman''': [after being compared to [[BigBad Sador]], a BerserkButton because Sador killed his whole race] Sador? Sador of the Malmori?\\
-->'''Brandon''': No, [{OneSteveLimit Sador Smith]]. You probably got them confused. Who the hell do ''you'' think she was walking about?
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* RealLifeRelative: For the ''Film/CryingFreeman'' review, Brandon mentions that stars Mark Dacascos and Julie Condra, who are married in real life.

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* RealLifeRelative: RealLifeRelative:[[invoked]] For the ''Film/CryingFreeman'' review, Brandon mentions that stars Mark Dacascos and Julie Condra, who are married in real life.

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* MilestoneCelebration: His 100th review, which was a TwoPartEpisode look at ''Film/{{Lifeforce}}'' (and his only multi-part video so far).



* NamesTheSame: Has to resort to a PrecisionFStrike when the lamest-looking of [[Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky the Gang of Four]] is named Brandon.

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* NamesTheSame: NamesTheSame:[[invoked]] Has to resort to a PrecisionFStrike when the lamest-looking of [[Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky the Gang of Four]] is named Brandon.
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* OlderThanHeLooks: [[https://twitter.com/BrandonTenold/status/920786206870331392 Would you believe he's 32]] in 2017?

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* GratuitousItalian: In his review of ''Film/{{Demoni}}'', Brandon tosses a "C'è terminata, stronzo! ([[Film/TheTerminator You're terminated, fucker!]]" when the heroes kill the final demon in the theater, who looks like a Terminator because of its metal mask.



* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: He's done several jokes regarding being Canadian, including reviewing several bad movies made in the country and using the name of the national anthem as a ReviewIronicEcho when he does.

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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: He's done several jokes regarding being Canadian, including reviewing several bad movies made in the country and (the "Canuxploitation" specials), using the name of the national anthem as a ReviewIronicEcho when he does.in them, and multiple jokes about how Saskachetwan gets very cold in the winter.
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* LoonyFan: His review of ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' is "forced" into production by one of these, who messages Brandon that he's outside his house and will [[GroinAttack castrate him with a pair of pliers]] unless he makes a new Godzilla film review... [[NotHyperbole and when Brandon looks out the window, there he is, pliers and all]].


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** Fans constantly asking him when the next review of a ''Godzilla'' movie will come out, as well as ''Godzilla's Revenge'' being a personal TraumaButton.
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* DullSurprise: A sailor at the beginning of ''A*P*E'' is either stoned out of his mind or really badly dubbed (or both). His dull "Oh shit" made Brandon crack up.

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* DullSurprise: A sailor at the beginning of ''A*P*E'' ''Film/{{Ape}}'' is either stoned out of his mind or really badly dubbed (or both). His dull "Oh shit" made Brandon crack up.



* TheMockbuster: Several reviewed films are this, including ''Turkish Spider-Man'', ''Starcrash'', and ''A*P*E''

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* TheMockbuster: Several reviewed films are this, including ''Turkish Spider-Man'', ''Starcrash'', and ''A*P*E''''Film/{{Ape}}''



** Dubbing in [[Series/ChappellesShow "Psych!"]] whenever a movie does a ShockingSwerve. After his review of ''A*P*E'', this has alternated with a clip of a sailor saying a very bored "Oh shit".

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** Dubbing in [[Series/ChappellesShow "Psych!"]] whenever a movie does a ShockingSwerve. After his review of ''A*P*E'', ''Film/{{Ape}}'', this has alternated with a clip of a sailor saying a very bored "Oh shit".



** To mock the really shoddy 3-D in ''A*P*E'', Brandon cuts to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVZAoQB2fI Doctor Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes]] from ''Series/{{SCTV}}''.
** Another from the ''A*P*E'' review: he can't think of a joke about the lead actress being the mom from ''Series/GrowingPains'', so he cuts to a clip from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' that makes the joke for him.

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** To mock the really shoddy 3-D in ''A*P*E'', ''Film/{{Ape}}'', Brandon cuts to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLVZAoQB2fI Doctor Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes]] from ''Series/{{SCTV}}''.
** Another from the ''A*P*E'' ''Film/{{Ape}}'' review: he can't think of a joke about the lead actress being the mom from ''Series/GrowingPains'', so he cuts to a clip from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' that makes the joke for him.

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* RunningGagged: After playing the battle music from the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode ''Amok Time'' OnceAnEpisode during his "Creator/DougMcClure-a-Thon" (with varying degrees of earnestness) he played only five seconds of the music in the final review ("Warriors of Atlantis") before stopping it and saying he was bored of it.

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** Playing a snippet of "Drinkin' Boys" by DJ Ozma (AKA the one with a bunch of naked siners covering themselves with paper fans) when he wants to refer to Japanese media being ''weird''.
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After playing the battle music from the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode ''Amok Time'' OnceAnEpisode during his "Creator/DougMcClure-a-Thon" (with varying degrees of earnestness) he played only five seconds of the music in the final review ("Warriors of Atlantis") before stopping it and saying he was bored of it.
** The above-mentioned running gag with "Drinkin' Boys" comes to an end in the review of ''Film/LegendOfDinosaursAndMonsterBirds'' with him stopping the video snippet and saying he's tired of
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