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* BlackComedy: "80s Dan's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Very Inappropriate Christmas]]"
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* DeadBabyComedy: "80s Dan's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Very Inappropriate Christmas]]"
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** The second Christmas Special has an extended one at Chris Hansen and "To Catch A Predator," described by ROB as being "that show that proves you can be the bigger asshole in a room with a pedophile"
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* {{Crossover}}: The Christmas special has several of Brad's characters.
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* {{Crossover}}: The Christmas special has several Dan meet two of Brad's characters.other characters, WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob and Kung Tai Ted, and has shout-outs to ''WebVideo/TheHookerWithAHeartOfGold'' and ''The Big Box''.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Dan has "Take On Me".
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Dan has both "Take On Me".Me" and "Goodbye, Blues" (the theme from ''Hawaiian Heat'').
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* MirrorUniverse: Brad has joked that 80's Dan is basically the "bizarro" Cinema Snob, right down to the white blazer.
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* MirrorUniverse: Brad has joked that 80's Dan is basically the "bizarro" Cinema Snob, right down to the white blazer. (In-universe, though, they live down the street from each other.)
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* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse, this is the reaction of everyone to Mr. Crabtree's Challenger astronaut costume, including ''the LaughTrack''.
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** For Halloween 2012, Dolly tries wearing a "sexy [[WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster Captain N]]" outfit (something Dan might actually recognize.) Everyone mistakes it for CaptainPlanet, and Dan ends up praising Mrs. Crabtree's ''GameOfThrones'' outfit instead.
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-->'''Dolly:''' You know, we could've just [[WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis bought a new star]].
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-->'''Dolly:''' You know, we could've just [[WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot bought a new star]].
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** Dan draws a blank on who AngieHarmon of ''RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
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** Dan draws a blank on who AngieHarmon of ''RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[CagneyAndLacey "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
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** The entire cast of 80's Dan appeared alongside "WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic" in his review of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''.
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** Dan and 90's Kid of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' have met at least twice (once offscreen and once onscreen).
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** The entire cast of 80's Dan appeared alongside "WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic" in his "Film/IndianaJonesandtheTempleofDoom".
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 80s Dan originated as a one-off throw-away character in TheCinemaSnob's ''Caligula'' review, lampshading {{Drop In Character}}s.
** [[TheCinemaSnob "80s Dan?! THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL CHARACTER!"]]
** [[TheCinemaSnob "80s Dan?! THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL CHARACTER!"]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 80s Dan originated as a one-off throw-away character in TheCinemaSnob's WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's ''Caligula'' review, lampshading {{Drop In Character}}s.
**[[TheCinemaSnob [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob "80s Dan?! THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL CHARACTER!"]]
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* {{Foil}}: Dan is a foil to the Cinema Snob. The two are almost perfect opposites: The Snob hates '80s schlock, Dan loves it. The Snob is unrelentingly cynical, Dan is unreasonably optimistic. The Snob is highly intelligent and cultured, Dan is complete dimwit. And of course, the Snob wears a black jacket, while Dan wears a white--excuse me, ''[[MiamiVice Crockett]]'' jacket.
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* {{Foil}}: Dan is a foil to the Cinema Snob. The two are almost perfect opposites: The Snob hates '80s schlock, Dan loves it. The Snob is unrelentingly cynical, Dan is unreasonably optimistic. The Snob is highly intelligent and cultured, Dan is a complete dimwit. And of course, the Snob wears a black jacket, while Dan wears a white--excuse me, ''[[MiamiVice Crockett]]'' jacket.
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* RealitySubtext: Parodied in "The Sweenz", which plays with fan expectations about Brad's output following various life changes, such as his separation from his wife Jillian (whose character Dolly is played now by a man), Brian and Sarah Lewis's divorce (they're so close to murdering each other they have to be filmed separately with inanimate objects standing in for the other) and Jerrid Foiles leaving Team Snob (he shows up in a gratuitous 5-second cameo just to show he's still around).
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* RealitySubtext: Parodied in "The Sweenz", which plays with fan expectations about Brad's output following various life changes, such as his separation from his wife Jillian (whose character Dolly is now played now by a man), Brian and Sarah Lewis's divorce (they're so close to murdering each other they have to be filmed separately with inanimate objects standing in for the other) and Jerrid Foiles leaving Team Snob (he shows up in a gratuitous 5-second cameo just to show he's still around).
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* SpotTheImpostor: Mr. Crabtree wanted to shoot the fake Dolly, not because the fake Dolly was dangerous, but because Mr. Crabtree just needed to let off some of his stress.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 80s Dan originated as a one-off throw-away character in TheCinemaSnob's ''Caligula'' review, lampshading DropInCharacters.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 80s Dan originated as a one-off throw-away character in TheCinemaSnob's ''Caligula'' review, lampshading DropInCharacters.{{Drop In Character}}s.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Parodied with a guy replacing Dolly, until the actual Dolly showed up later, then the Crabtrees being alternately played by inanimate objects.
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* MeetCute: The TitleSequence shows the titular hero falling into a time warp, then slipping and falling on Dolly's driveway.
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* MeetCute: The TitleSequence shows the titular hero falling into a time warp, then slipping and falling on getting hit by Dolly's driveway.car.
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** Likewise, ROB is voiced by Jake, who portrayed a character whose quest it was to make a ROB function (and proceeded to treat it like his own son) in Brad Jones' 2008 film ''Game Boys''.
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**Likewise, ROB is voiced by Jake, who portrayed a character whose quest it was to make a ROB function (and proceeded to treat it like his own son) in Brad Jones' 2008 film ''Game Boys''.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: 80s Dan originated as a one-off throw-away character in TheCinemaSnob's ''Caligula'' review, lampshading DropInCharacters.
** [[TheCinemaSnob "80s Dan?! THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL CHARACTER!"]]
** [[TheCinemaSnob "80s Dan?! THAT'S NOT EVEN A REAL CHARACTER!"]]
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* LampshadeHanging: In the first episode of ''80s Dan'', Dan squirms rather sheepishly while the ''very familiar'' ''{{Automan}}'' theme plays:
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* LampshadeHanging: In the first episode of ''80s Dan'', Dan squirms rather sheepishly while the ''very familiar'' ''{{Automan}}'' ''Series/{{Automan}}'' theme plays:
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* CensorBox / SoundEffectBleep: Dolly's religious aura makes it physically impossible to swear around her. But only on Christmas. Actually, the rules aren't clear.
-->'''Snob:''' I can't say [bleep], but ''he'' gets to make jokes about crack and weapons?!\\
'''Dolly:''' It doesn't make sense to us either.
* CharacterBlog: ROB The Robot has a [[http://twitter.com/#!/ROBtheRobot Twitter account]].
-->'''Snob:''' I can't say [bleep], but ''he'' gets to make jokes about crack and weapons?!\\
'''Dolly:''' It doesn't make sense to us either.
* CharacterBlog: ROB The Robot has a [[http://twitter.com/#!/ROBtheRobot Twitter account]].
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** Dan draws a blank on who [[RizzoliAndIsles Angie Harmon]] is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
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** Dan draws a blank on who [[RizzoliAndIsles Angie Harmon]] AngieHarmon of ''RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
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** Dan and 90's Kid of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' have met at least twice (one offscreen and one onscreen).
-->Linkara: Ah, yes. The crossover ''everyone'' demanded.
-->Linkara: Ah, yes. The crossover ''everyone'' demanded.
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** Dan and 90's Kid of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' have met at least twice (one (once offscreen and one once onscreen).
-->Linkara:Ah, "Ah, yes. The crossover ''everyone'' demanded."
-->Linkara:
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A character and show by Brad Jones as part of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob'' site. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/brad-tries-new-coke-4297430 Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.
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A character and show by Brad Jones as part of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob'' ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' site. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/brad-tries-new-coke-4297430 Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.
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* {{Spinoff}}: Of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob''.
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* TakeThat: To the ''Transformers'' movies, ''TronLegacy'', and a lot of the 80's cliches.
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->''So hello, sunny skies\\
Goodbye, blues!''
A character and show by Brad Jones as part of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob'' site. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/brad-tries-new-coke-4297430 Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.
Most of the show is done in a fake sitcom format, complete with canned audience reactions. Plots usually involve Dan gushing over stuff from his time, his friends getting annoyed, and R.O.B. trying to make it with Mrs. Crabtree, to her husband's increasing annoyance.
Episodes can be found on [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/ here]].
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!!Provides Examples Of
* ActingForTwo: In the Christmas episode, all of Brad's characters team up.
* ActorAllusion: Dan dresses up as Cinema Snob in the ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' [[http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/10/27/80s-dan-halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch.aspx episode]], with some heavy SelfDeprecation.
-->"I'm that pretentious guy from that internet show!"\\
"The stick up his ass seemed pleasant."
* AffectionateParody: The show is one of 80's sitcoms, including a gratuitous LaughTrack and a cute buddy who's completely out of place.
* AssShove: In the ChristmasSpecial, Mrs. Crabtree threatens to shove ROB up her own ass. [[spoiler: Acts as {{Foreshadowing}} to TheReveal that she really does do that kind of thing when drunk, and that the Christmas star 80's Dan and Dolly were looking for throughout the whole thing was up there all along.]]
* ChristmasEpisode: A "Very Inappropriate" one.
* CloudCuckooLander: Dan, at least that's how he comes across a lot of the time.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dan's verdict on Mrs. Crabtree's Halloween outfit.
-->"I'm [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined}} STARBUCK!]], goddammit!"\\
""That is the worst [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic}} Dirk Benedict]] costume I've ever seen."
** Then he mistakes Dolly's SailorMoon outfit for a [[SexyWhateverOutfit sexy Donald Duck outfit]].
* CoolShades: Dan has a pair, just to complete the 80's cheese look.
* {{Crazy Prepared}}/{{Hammerspace}}: The inner pockets of Dan's suit.
* {{Crossover}}: The Christmas special has several of Brad's characters.
** Dan and 90's Kid of ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' have met at least twice (one offscreen and one onscreen).
-->Linkara: Ah, yes. The crossover ''everyone'' demanded.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Mrs. Crabtree suggesting that 80s Dan shove a New Coke bottle where the sun doesn't shine.
-->'''80s Dan:''' Y'know, if I [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma shove some coke up my ass]], at least I'd die from partying too hard.
** She suggests a similar fate for R.O.B., but it [[TooKinkyToTorture just turns him on]].
* DeadBabyComedy: "80s Dan's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Very Inappropriate Christmas]]"
* DiscoDan: Dan, who may or may not even be named after that trope.
* DrinkingGame: For ''Halloween III'', 80s Dan takes a drink whenever his fellow reviewers make a BretEastonEllis reference, and everyone else takes a sip when the jingle comes on.
* TheEighties: And how it clashes in many ways with modern times.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: A line in the Halloween III review explains that 80s Dan fell into a time warp at the exact moment the 80s ended.
* TheFundamentalist: Dolly turned out to be one, at least when it comes to Christmas.
* GoodOldWays: Dan doesn't have much use for modern CGI.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: ''80s Dan's Very Inappropriate Christmas'': Jerrid as a lonely Nazi who wants somebody to watch Nazisploitation with him.
* {{Jerkass}}: R.O.B. casually insults everyone around him and hits on Mrs. Crabtree right in front of her husband.
* LampshadeHanging: In the first episode of ''80s Dan'', Dan squirms rather sheepishly while the ''very familiar'' ''{{Automan}}'' theme plays:
-->'''Dolly:''' Why I am thinking of VHS tapes, all of the sudden?
-->'''ROB:''' Same reason I'm thinking of titties!
* LaughTrack: Not quite spoofed, but it's clear the use isn't serious either.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Dan has "Take On Me".
* LoveTriangle: Between ROB, Mrs.Crabtree and her Husband. ROB actually has [[{{Robosexual}} more of a chance]] than you would think.
* MeaningfulName: The Crabtrees are a crabby married couple. Also, Jillian as "[[DollyParton Dolly]]."
* MeetCute: The TitleSequence shows the titular hero falling into a time warp, then slipping and falling on Dolly's driveway.
* MirrorUniverse: Brad has joked that 80's Dan is basically the "bizarro" Cinema Snob, right down to the white blazer.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Dolly said this to ROB.
* NegativeContinuity: How Dan got here tends to tweak from various videos.
* NightmareFetishist: Mrs. Crabtree
* NonHumanSidekick: Spoofed, when Dan said he loved when shows would do this trope for no realistic reason, and the camera cut to R.O.B. the robot, who himself wondered why the camera cut to him.
* PerpetualSmiler: Dan, to the point of his smile reaching shit-eating-grin levels.
** Explained in the ''Hot to Trot'' episode. [[spoiler: He does cocaine and is high as a kite.]]
* RealSongThemeTune: "Goodbye Blues", the theme to the short-lived show ''HawaiianHeat''.
* RefugeInAudacity: With references to copious drug use, drunken sex, and neo-Nazi violence, "A Very Inappropriate 80's Dan Christmas" definitely fits this trope.
* RobotBuddy: R.O.B.
* ShaggyDogStory: Dolly embarking on a journey to find the star to her Christmas Tree. Turns out it's [[AssShove up inside]] [[spoiler:the drunk Mrs Crabtree]].
** "Because this whole holiday reeks of ass!!"
-->'''Dolly:''' You know, we could've just [[WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis bought a new star]].
* ShaggyFrogStory: 80s Dan relating the story of his 1989 Christmas.
* ShoutOut: Dan's insistence that his jacket [[InsistentTerminology isn't white.]] "It's '''[[MiamiVice Crockett.]]'''"
* SitCom: Done in this style.
* {{Spinoff}}: Of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob''.
* SpoofAesop: ''80s Dan's Christmas'': "Whether we think about Santa this season, or Jesus, whether we're religious, or we just like presents, we can all agree on one thing. And that's that ''killing Nazis is fun''."
* StylisticSuck: With intentionally stale jokes and obnoxious LaughTrack.
* SuckinessIsPainful: Mr. Crabtree is anxious to show 80s Dan the new ''[[{{Film/Transformers}} Transformers]]'' movies. So he'll [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]].
* TakeThat: To the ''Transformers'' movies, ''TronLegacy'', and a lot of the 80's cliches.
** Dan draws a blank on who [[RizzoliAndIsles Angie Harmon]] is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
* ThoseWackyNazis: Dan and Dolly stumbling into a Neo-Nazi's "lair" on Christmas.
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->''So hello, sunny skies\\
Goodbye, blues!''
A character and show by Brad Jones as part of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob'' site. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/brad-tries-new-coke-4297430 Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.
Most of the show is done in a fake sitcom format, complete with canned audience reactions. Plots usually involve Dan gushing over stuff from his time, his friends getting annoyed, and R.O.B. trying to make it with Mrs. Crabtree, to her husband's increasing annoyance.
Episodes can be found on [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/ here]].
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!!Provides Examples Of
* ActingForTwo: In the Christmas episode, all of Brad's characters team up.
* ActorAllusion: Dan dresses up as Cinema Snob in the ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' [[http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/10/27/80s-dan-halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch.aspx episode]], with some heavy SelfDeprecation.
-->"I'm that pretentious guy from that internet show!"\\
"The stick up his ass seemed pleasant."
* AffectionateParody: The show is one of 80's sitcoms, including a gratuitous LaughTrack and a cute buddy who's completely out of place.
* AssShove: In the ChristmasSpecial, Mrs. Crabtree threatens to shove ROB up her own ass. [[spoiler: Acts as {{Foreshadowing}} to TheReveal that she really does do that kind of thing when drunk, and that the Christmas star 80's Dan and Dolly were looking for throughout the whole thing was up there all along.]]
* ChristmasEpisode: A "Very Inappropriate" one.
* CloudCuckooLander: Dan, at least that's how he comes across a lot of the time.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dan's verdict on Mrs. Crabtree's Halloween outfit.
-->"I'm [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined}} STARBUCK!]], goddammit!"\\
""That is the worst [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic}} Dirk Benedict]] costume I've ever seen."
** Then he mistakes Dolly's SailorMoon outfit for a [[SexyWhateverOutfit sexy Donald Duck outfit]].
* CoolShades: Dan has a pair, just to complete the 80's cheese look.
* {{Crazy Prepared}}/{{Hammerspace}}: The inner pockets of Dan's suit.
* {{Crossover}}: The Christmas special has several of Brad's characters.
** Dan and 90's Kid of ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' have met at least twice (one offscreen and one onscreen).
-->Linkara: Ah, yes. The crossover ''everyone'' demanded.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Mrs. Crabtree suggesting that 80s Dan shove a New Coke bottle where the sun doesn't shine.
-->'''80s Dan:''' Y'know, if I [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma shove some coke up my ass]], at least I'd die from partying too hard.
** She suggests a similar fate for R.O.B., but it [[TooKinkyToTorture just turns him on]].
* DeadBabyComedy: "80s Dan's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Very Inappropriate Christmas]]"
* DiscoDan: Dan, who may or may not even be named after that trope.
* DrinkingGame: For ''Halloween III'', 80s Dan takes a drink whenever his fellow reviewers make a BretEastonEllis reference, and everyone else takes a sip when the jingle comes on.
* TheEighties: And how it clashes in many ways with modern times.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: A line in the Halloween III review explains that 80s Dan fell into a time warp at the exact moment the 80s ended.
* TheFundamentalist: Dolly turned out to be one, at least when it comes to Christmas.
* GoodOldWays: Dan doesn't have much use for modern CGI.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: ''80s Dan's Very Inappropriate Christmas'': Jerrid as a lonely Nazi who wants somebody to watch Nazisploitation with him.
* {{Jerkass}}: R.O.B. casually insults everyone around him and hits on Mrs. Crabtree right in front of her husband.
* LampshadeHanging: In the first episode of ''80s Dan'', Dan squirms rather sheepishly while the ''very familiar'' ''{{Automan}}'' theme plays:
-->'''Dolly:''' Why I am thinking of VHS tapes, all of the sudden?
-->'''ROB:''' Same reason I'm thinking of titties!
* LaughTrack: Not quite spoofed, but it's clear the use isn't serious either.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Dan has "Take On Me".
* LoveTriangle: Between ROB, Mrs.Crabtree and her Husband. ROB actually has [[{{Robosexual}} more of a chance]] than you would think.
* MeaningfulName: The Crabtrees are a crabby married couple. Also, Jillian as "[[DollyParton Dolly]]."
* MeetCute: The TitleSequence shows the titular hero falling into a time warp, then slipping and falling on Dolly's driveway.
* MirrorUniverse: Brad has joked that 80's Dan is basically the "bizarro" Cinema Snob, right down to the white blazer.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Dolly said this to ROB.
* NegativeContinuity: How Dan got here tends to tweak from various videos.
* NightmareFetishist: Mrs. Crabtree
* NonHumanSidekick: Spoofed, when Dan said he loved when shows would do this trope for no realistic reason, and the camera cut to R.O.B. the robot, who himself wondered why the camera cut to him.
* PerpetualSmiler: Dan, to the point of his smile reaching shit-eating-grin levels.
** Explained in the ''Hot to Trot'' episode. [[spoiler: He does cocaine and is high as a kite.]]
* RealSongThemeTune: "Goodbye Blues", the theme to the short-lived show ''HawaiianHeat''.
* RefugeInAudacity: With references to copious drug use, drunken sex, and neo-Nazi violence, "A Very Inappropriate 80's Dan Christmas" definitely fits this trope.
* RobotBuddy: R.O.B.
* ShaggyDogStory: Dolly embarking on a journey to find the star to her Christmas Tree. Turns out it's [[AssShove up inside]] [[spoiler:the drunk Mrs Crabtree]].
** "Because this whole holiday reeks of ass!!"
-->'''Dolly:''' You know, we could've just [[WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis bought a new star]].
* ShaggyFrogStory: 80s Dan relating the story of his 1989 Christmas.
* ShoutOut: Dan's insistence that his jacket [[InsistentTerminology isn't white.]] "It's '''[[MiamiVice Crockett.]]'''"
* SitCom: Done in this style.
* {{Spinoff}}: Of ''WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob''.
* SpoofAesop: ''80s Dan's Christmas'': "Whether we think about Santa this season, or Jesus, whether we're religious, or we just like presents, we can all agree on one thing. And that's that ''killing Nazis is fun''."
* StylisticSuck: With intentionally stale jokes and obnoxious LaughTrack.
* SuckinessIsPainful: Mr. Crabtree is anxious to show 80s Dan the new ''[[{{Film/Transformers}} Transformers]]'' movies. So he'll [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]].
* TakeThat: To the ''Transformers'' movies, ''TronLegacy'', and a lot of the 80's cliches.
** Dan draws a blank on who [[RizzoliAndIsles Angie Harmon]] is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
* ThoseWackyNazis: Dan and Dolly stumbling into a Neo-Nazi's "lair" on Christmas.
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