History WebVideo / MovieFights

* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]] Certain topics tend to get more flak from the contestants than others.
** Everyone on the show appears to hate Jai Courtney, and would make fun of him whenever they could, especially due to his [[DullSurprise terrible performances]] in both ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard''.
** ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' wasn't very anticipated by panelists before its release and was widely despised afterwards. The film consistently lost fights over whether or not it would be good, and any praise directed towards it tended to be DamnedByFaintPraise.
** Creator/ShiaLaBeouf. The contestants frequently consider him as the worst part of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. At one point, Dan won his argument for Han Solo against Indiana Jones by pointing out that [=LaBeouf=] being Indiana's son shows that he's got bad blood. Another contestant argued that ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' is better that ''Crystal Skull'' solely for the fact that Shia [=LaBeouf=] is not in the movie.
** Creator/BillCosby, who was the runaway vote by the viewers for deserved being punched in the face. Other named celebrity for the question included: O.J. Simpson, Jenny [=McCarthy=], Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/KristenStewart (while Creator/OrlandoBloom and Creator/EdwardNorton were named but shot down by Andy and the Internet respectively).

** When asked to pitch ''What Should Wolverine's Last Movie Be About?'', one of the gladiators, Chloe Dykstra, essentially gave the plot of ''Film/LesMiserables'' with the names changed. Obviously, she didn't win that round.

Due to the firing of the show's host, Andy Signore, after being accused on multiple accounts of sexual misconduct, ''Movie Fights'' was on hiatus until it's return on December 14th 2017 with a format retooling and new set. As of the latest episode that streamed live on February 10th, 2020, the series has officially gone on indefinite hiatus, possibly as a result of Dan Murrell's departure from Screen Junkies, but also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic not allowing the contestants to appear in the studio.

Due to the firing of the show's host, Andy Signore, after being accused on multiple accounts of sexual misconduct, ''Movie Fights'' was on hiatus until it's return on December 14th 2017 with a format retooling and new set. As of the latest episode that streamed live on February 10th 2020, the series has officially gone on indefinite hiatus, possibly as a result of Dan Murrell's departure from Screen Junkies, but also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic not allowing the contestants to appear in the studio.

Due to the firing of the show's host, Andy Signore, after being accused on multiple accounts of sexual misconduct, ''Movie Fights'' was on hiatus until it's return on December 14th 2017 with a format retooling and new set. As of the latest episode that streamed live on February 10th 2020, the series has officially gone on indefinite hiatus. Possibly as a result of Dan Murrell's departure from Screen Junkies, but also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic not allowing the contestants to appear in the studio.

* RealityEnsues: Brought up in the Speed Round of ''Man of Steel 2 Pitches'', where Spencer and Max Landis are asked about the better movie location to visit: [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] or [[Franchise/StarWars The Jedi Temple]]. After Spencer argues for Hogwarts, Max points out that as a {{Muggle}}, Spencer would not be allowed in, as well as potentially dying or [[LaserGuidedAmnesia having his memory wiped]], due to the FantasticRacism in the wizarding world, thereby making a trip to Hogwarts "the least fun, shortest experience you'll never remember ever", something that's not a factor with the Jedi Temple. Indeed, Dan brings up the quote from Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire that confirms this, saying that if a Muggle gets too close to Hogwarts, all they see is a smoldering ruin with a danger sign. [[spoiler: This kind of answer impresses Dan and Alicia, leading to Max taking the win for the episode.]]

* SpecialGuest: The show frequently brings in various internet reviewers that fans have requested, such as Jeremy Jahns, WebVideo/ChrisStuckmann, and Creator/DougWalker. They're even getting more {{Big Name Fan}}s, such as Creator/MaxLandis, Creator/ElijahWood, Creator/KevinSmith and Creator/SethRogen.

Due to the firing of the show's host, Andy Signore, after being accused on multiple accounts of sexual misconduct, ''Movie Fights'' was on hiatus until it's return on December 14th 2017 with a format retooling and new set. As of the latest episode that streamed live on February 10th 2020, the series has officially gone on indefinite hiatis. Possibly as a result of Dan Murrell's departure from Screen Junkies, but also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic not allowing the contestants to appear in the studio.

Conceived as a response to fans' request for the channel to host a longer series, ''Movie Fights'' is a feature-length debate podcast/show which debuted in September 2014. It typically involves three "gladiators" discussing about various movie topics, such as trailers, casting decisions, etc., and having them fight for their opinions about it. The show's host would evaluate their arguments and creativity to pick a winning choice, and the contestant who has the most points by the end of the episode wins the game. A fact checker, introduced in episode 5 ("Does Interstellar Suck?") , would, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as their role implies]], research the details of the arguments to make sure they are factually accurate and that the contestants are not making things up as they go. Due to the firing of the show's host, Andy Signore, after being accused on multiple accounts of sexual misconduct, ''Movie Fights'' was on hiatus until it's return on December 14th 2017 with a format retooling and new set.

* {{Adorkable}}: Mike Carlson is endearingly quirky, and has some shades of childishness that makes him even more adorable. His giddy look of joyous surprise when Andy told him that he won the "What movie needs an all female spinoff movie?" round in episode 29 really sells it.
** Scott Mantz, as well, particularly when [[spoiler: he won in "How To Fix The Fantastic Four".]]

Current Champions:
* '''Movie Fights Champion''': Dan Murrell: Won on September 6, 2018

Title Lineage:
* 1. Dan Murrell
* 2. Spencer Gilbert
* Title Vacant after the series went on hiatus
* 3. Cucumber

* ToughActToFollow: [[invoked]] In the "Who should be the next Wolverine?" fight, one panelist, Brian, answered that there should ''not'' be any Wolverine featured in the future ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' films because Creator/HughJackman is so iconic for the role that Wolverine should either be him or none at all. Despite it being called "the cheaty answer" by Andy, his argument was considered the best of all, and he won the point.

* LittleNo: For the final question of the ''1 Year Anniversary'' episode, Hal and Spencer were asked to choose which powers they'd rather have: Creator/JimCarrey's ''Film/TheMask'' or Creator/RobinWilliams's [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} genie powers]]. Both picked the Genie, and Andy gave the choice to Spencer. Almost immediately, Spencer requested to change his answer, and Andy allowed Hal to decide whether or not he accepts. Hal responded with a defiant "no".

* IdenticalStranger: Scott Mantz is said to be an older version of Hal Rudnick. This fact is constantly lampshaded when the two appeared together for the ''Mundy Fights''.

* CriticalDissonance: [[invoked]] In "What Franchise Should Die Forever?!", a question is asked about what movie critics got wrong. The three chosen were ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' and ''Film/WetHotAmericanSummer''.

* NeverLiveItDown: In-Universe. Hal once blundered badly in a tie-breaker Speed Round (calling the same answer Tiffany had clearly called out first, after a considerably long pause, immediately disqualifying him). For the next few movie fights, Andy would jokingly warn the panelists to not "pull a Hal Rudnick" before starting the Speed Rounds, at least until they changed the rules.

* DracoInLeatherPants: [[invoked]] When asked "What is the most emotional animated Disney or Pixar death ever?", Max Landis answers with the death of Nuka, a secondary antagonist in ''Lion King 2''. In doing so, he portrays Nuka as a good guy (practically a saint!) who is only [[TheUnfavourite trying, and failing, to win his mother's love]], completely ignoring the fact that he's also a sadistic bully who died while ''trying to kill Simba''. This blatant whitewashing of Nuka's character did not go unnoticed by Dan, who used this fact as his counter-argument against Max's pick.

** ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', along with puppets and animatronics in general for Mike Carlson. The former led to the origin of #botanicus, referring to E.T.'s teacher from the E.T. ride at Ride/UniversalStudios, while the latter manifested themselves in his dream ''Film/StarWars'' film and ride.

* WomenAreWiser: This probably isn't intentional, but the women fighters appeared on the show are usually the one that doesn't lose her temper or usually focus on more classical movies as opposes to the other male fighters on popular media. This is blatant with episodes that have mix gender fights and feature Amy Nicholson, Alicia Malone, Erin Robinson, Miri Jedeikin, Amirose Eisenberg, Kara Warner and Jen Yamato but averts with Trisha Hershberger, [=ComicBookGirl19=], Tiffany Smith, Chloe Dykstra, Roxy Striar, Clarke Wolfe, Maude Garrett, Danielle Radford (who are just as focus on popular media as the men), [[SoreLoser Alison Haislip]], [[StrawFeminist Kim Horcher]], Sasha Perl-Raver (who have attitudes similar to the male fighter), [[NotSoAboveItAll Drunk!Alicia]] and Roth Cornet (who have both traits). TropesAreNotBad though, as Alicia and Amy are the most popular female fighters on the show while [[TheScrappy Kim and Allison]] are received poorly by the fans.

** When Andy pitched the idea of The Dumps, [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Film/TheNuttyProfessor The Klumps]] all played by Creator/WillSmith, everyone at the table went into hysterics. No one was surprised when Andy mentioned that Nick helped him come up with the idea.

* SpecialGuest: The show frequently brings in various internet reviewers that fans have requested, such as Jeremy Jahns, Creator/ChrisStuckmann, and Creator/DougWalker. They're even getting more {{Big Name Fan}}s, such as Creator/MaxLandis, Creator/ElijahWood, Creator/KevinSmith and Creator/SethRogen.

* InsistentTerminology: The opening narration always mention how the show is "hosted by Andy Signore", even when Andy is not hosting. The temporary host would usually respond to this by saying, "No, I am not Andy Signore".

* RonTheDeathEater: What Mike Carlson's in-universe opinion of DCU's Justice League seems to be. During the ''Justice League vs. The Avengers'' debate, he painted the JL as violent, blood-thirsty monsters who would probably eat each other before they can be trusted to do any kind of world-saving.

** Kristian Harloff has received some mixed opinions on YouTube, but he received a lot of acclaim when he hosted the Screen Junkies vs. WebVideo/CinemaSins for his very impartial judging style, with Andy commending his work.

* ToiletSeatDivorce: Invoked in the second Drunk Movie Fight question that require the fighter to imagine their crush in the room and reacting if that person loves a movie they think is awful. Marc Andreyko would break up with Creator/HenryCavill over loving ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (although he would still hate-fuck without any speaking), Alicia would willing to kick out Jake Gyllenhaal for liking ''Film/DisasterMovie'' and Hal would spiral into drug if Creator/ZoeSaldana (after changing from his current girlfriend Ashlyn because the other two picked celebrities) likes ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (although no one believe him for being way over the top even more than usual about it).

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to ''WebVideo/ScreenJunkies Movie Fights'', where real nerds have real fights over fake movies.

1. Dan Murrell
2. Spencer Gilbert
Title Vacant
3. Cucumber

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