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''Positively Dreadful'' is a [[MidReviewSketchShow review show]] hosted by Nedburns (formerly named Sideburns), real name Ned Coyle, taking a look at everything from film and TV, to games and comic books. Unlike many of his [[CausticCritic obvious inspirations,]] inspirations]], Sideburns usually goes in with a more positive attitude, highlighting subjects he enjoys or at least sees the merit in.
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* StylisticSuck: Sideburns dons a ''terrible'' [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] costume, in reference to the villain's very cheap-looking costume in ''Film/SpyKids4''.''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''.
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** Admits to one in "Heroes and Villains", having once mistakenly claimed Thor came from Mount Olympus.
** A proper one from the show, Nedburns gets particularly upset because he can't figure out how to beat ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''[='s=] final boss -- while a button prompt explaining how ''is currently on screen.''
** Admits to one in "Heroes and Villains", having once mistakenly claimed Thor came from Mount Olympus.
** A proper one from the show, Nedburns gets particularly upset because he can't figure out how to beat ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''[='s=] final boss -- while a button prompt explaining how ''is currently on screen.''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Stay Positive!]]
->''"I liked it!"''
''Positively Dreadful'' is a [[MidReviewSketchShow review show]] hosted by Nedburns (formerly named Sideburns), real name Ned Coyle, taking a look at everything from film and TV, to games and comic books. Unlike many of his [[CausticCritic obvious inspirations,]] Sideburns usually goes in with a more positive attitude, highlighting subjects he enjoys or at least sees the merit in.
Not that it's always enough to save him a headache.
Aside from the main show, Sideburns also posts ''Positively Quick'', essentially shorter PD episodes, Convention videos, and has dabbled in the odd LetsPlay.
In 2017, Coyle announced that the show would become a lower priority, feeling that the show was taking up too much of his time for too little a response, but too fun to make to cancel outright.
''Positively Dreadful'' can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiPU3FQ940NpaubTvzWARsw here.]]
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!!''Positively Dreadful'' provides examples of:
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Won the Twisted Metal contest through reckless, panic induced driving alone. He didn't know he'd entered.
* AffablyEvil:
** Jason Voorhees is depicted this way.
** As is Calypso.
* AiIsACrapshoot: Sideburns' laptop comes to life in ''WebVideo/MightyMoshinEmoRangers'' and declares that it is now in charge. Sideburns does not seem impressed.
* AffectionateParody: [[spoiler:The St. Kilda Experiment review turns out to be a parody of "internet critic goes on an adventure" videos. The DVD isn't cursed, it's just embarrassing.]]
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The second half of the "Dr. [=McNinja=]" video is Sideburns' dying dream after he flew a tank into space and suffocated.]]
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse examples.
** Nedburns considers Al Yankovic, as depicted in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'', an inherently evil creature who is [[HeelFaceDoorSlam trying and failing to change his ways.]]
** [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] is a laidback and friendly guy who treats his murder-sprees as one would an acting career.
** [[Series/DoubleTheFist Steve Foxx]] is a coward who acts tough while hiding behind a camera.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sideburns names his daughter [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Boo]] in an ImagineSpot. She doesn't take it well.
* ApatheticCitizens:
** When the world is ending in Marvel Comics, we see one citizen who seems convinced things are going to work out just fine. He's right.
** Likewise, a neighbour is seen simply shaking his head in disapproval when a WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse is seen chasing after three kids and an old man.
* AprilFoolsDay: Reviewed the original ''Tomb Raider'' [[spoiler:but quickly grew infuriated with the games wonky controls and abandoned the video.]]
* TheArtifact:
** Fellow Youtuber Mad Hat Gamer had a cameo during the ''Pacific Rim'' video, and the video ends with a plug for his channel. The same Youtuber now goes by "Berghani", and no longer uses the linked channel.
** A third character appears alongside Random-Fan and Blake in the Atmosfear title-card. Lampshaded right at the end.
* ArtifactTitle: The show was originally intended to center on giving positive reviews to explicitly bad movies and games, hence, being ''positive'' about something ''dreadful''. Though several of his reviews praise or at least compliment subjects generally seen unfavourably, such as ''Pacific Rim: The Game'', ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2014}}'' (2014) and ''Film/SpyKids''.
* AskAStupidQuestion: From "Tell Me What To Review":
-->"Why are you in bed?"\\
"...because I'm tired."
* AuthorAppeal: Loves superheroes and monsters.
* BackFromTheDead: Sideburns has died for the sake of comedy more than once.
* BadassBoast: In an originally one-sided conversation, [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Allan Quatermaine]] gives us this eloquent rebuttle.
-->'''Quatermaine:''' Imma f*ckin' kill ya!\\
'''Moriarty:''' I'll just rebuild it!\\
'''Quatermaine:''' Not without a f*ckin' head ya won't!\\
'''Moriarty:''' There'll be others like me, Quatermaine!\\
'''Quatermaine:''' I'll f*ckin' kill them too!\\
'''Moriarty:''' You can't kill the future!\\
'''Quatermaine:''' ''F*CKIN' WATCH ME!''
* BalloonBelly: Sideburns gets one from trying to eat one hundred bananas for an extra life. [[spoiler:It works.]]
* BittersweetEnding:
** In the ''Good'' ending of the ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' review, Sideburns uses his powers to cure the world of all disease. [[spoiler:This destroys the medical industry and sends the world economy into chaos.]]
** The ''Evil'' ending is actually ''better''. [[spoiler:Sideburns kills Random-Fan, but is almost immediately detained off-screen.]]
** While Sideburns clearly does not think ''Coraline: The Game'' is any good, but when the game directly asks him if he enjoyed it, [[GuiltyPleasure he can't bring himself to say no.]] [[spoiler:And then it drowns him in buttons.]]
%%* BloodFromTheMouth
* BrickJoke:
** One video well establishing that Sideburns used to be borderline obsessed with ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. Almost two years later, he is joined for an unrelated review by a large Jack Skellington doll.
** Sideburns greets the War Father, asking him if he broke into his house to give him free stuff. By ''Atmosfear'', someone in a mask actually does.
** The House devours numerous heroes towards the start of ''Monster House''. Later Nedburns' ponders what else is inside, and we see all of them casually hanging out together in a spare room. [[spoiler:Goku teaches them the Kamehameha, and they destroy the house at the end of the video.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Is completely disgusted when the Introspective Emo Ranger reprograms a sentient robot girl to be his sex slave. Proceeds to tear a poster of him off his wall, shred it, and eat it.
* CallBack:
** Has some trouble with the infamous screaming book in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' DVD, and is explicitly attacked by books in ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame''.
** When returning from space, [[Series/DoubleTheFist Steve]] flies past the tank Sideburns drove into space, and crashes into Jason Voorhees.
** [[spoiler: Evil Sideburns]] returns right at the end of Twisted Metal.
** ''Coraline: The Game'' has a bunch to the original video.
*** The Preying Mantis Tractor Mech is again treated with great significance.
*** Sideburn's yells "''Coraline Smash!''" while raging.
*** An unintentional one. The segment portraying the third act as a video game is extremely similar to how the actual game functions.
*** Sideburns refuses the Other Mother pizza, which gave her the strength to live on as just a hand in the original video.
*** The Other Niece [[spoiler: gets kicked out of the house]], which happened to the real one in ''Spy Kids'' and Blake in ''Atmosfear''.
* TheCameo:
** [[spoiler:WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek of ''Comic Book Issues'']] appears in "Convergence Tie-Ins" to discuss ComicBook/TheQuestion. Fellow comic fan Julz Chan also appears to discuss Superman, and later Ms. Marvel.
** Fellow Youtuber Kapinarmic voices Jason Voorhees.
** Berghani (formerly Mad Hat Game) has also made a number of appearances.
* CarpetOfVirility: His chest hair is often visible through the top of his shirt.
* CatchPhrase: "Stay Positive!"
* CausticCritic: Mostly averted, as most of the show is Sideburns gushing about things that he loves. Comes close in [[spoiler:''Tomb Raider'']] and ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters'', however.
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* CreepyChild: The Cute/Cool Niece has her moments.
* CriticalResearchFailure:[[invoked]]
** Admits to one in "Heroes and Villains", having once mistakenly claimed Thor came from Mount Olympus.
** A proper one from the show, Nedburns gets particularly upset because he can't figure out how to beat ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''[='s=] final boss -- while a button prompt explaining how ''is currently on screen.''
* {{Crossover}}:
** Fellow comic book nerds John Haslach, Julz Chan, and ''WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek'' show up to overlook Convergence.
** Reviewed ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' with Berghani. He also appears in the [=AVCon=] convention video.
** Sideburns returned the favour on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k7jUfkv88 Berghani's channel, looking at a number of Gravity Falls flash games.]]
* CurbStompBattle:
** Mario clobbers him and Berghani at the end of ''Mario Party 2''.
** Less literally in the same video, Berghani ''crushes'' Sideburns in mini-games after he stops playing nice.
** [[WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse Constance the house]] overpowers and devours dozens of heroes without much resistance, many of which should be ridiculously overpowered.
* DancePartyEnding:
** "Top 5 Commercials"
** The Haunted Mask ends with Sideburns and Carly Beth dancing.
* DeadBabyComedy: Its brief, but Sideburns throws Baby Mario at Bowser, impaling him on one of his spikes.
* DeathByGluttony: After eating ninety nine bananas, Sideburns chokes and dies eating the one hundredth. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Thanksfully this grants him an extra life.]]]]
* DeathFromAbove: How [[spoiler: Julz Chan]] defeats the War Father.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: After finally managing to subdue Sideburns, the Guardian watches the rest of the movie with him and leaves on good terms. [[spoiler: [[SubertedTrope Sideburns calls the police on him almost immediately.]]]]
* DestructiveSaviour:
** In true ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' tradition, Sideburns does far more damage than the ghost he's chasing.
** Also brought up in ''Film/PacificRim: The Game''.
* {{Determinator}}: Berghani apparently ran all the way from Sweden to film their crossover. In seconds. ''[[UpToEleven Before Sideburns had asked.]]''
* DoubleEntendre: "At least I'm good at riding wood and grabbing balls." [[Literature/HarryPotter He's talking about Quidditch.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nedburns hallucinated half of the Dr. [=McNinja=] video, and is now floating dead in space.]]
* DriveInTheater: The setting of the ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters'' review.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Nedburns, apparently. It's how he managed to ''accidentally'' win Twisted Metal without any weapons.
* DrivenToSuicide: Finishing the Donkey Kong Country games leaves Sideburns feeling empty and unfulfilled, leading to him considering this.
* DropInCharacter:
** Random-Fan, who tends to show up whenever a second character is needed.
** The Cute/Cool Niece drops in even more frequently, though usually for shorter scenes.
* DrowningMySorrows: When he finds out he still can't beat ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', he doesn't take it very well.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: During the Good half of the ''inFAMOUS 2'' video, he is frustrated that people constantly beg him for help. Subverted immediately when the [[BadassBystander citizens of New Marais then rush to save ''him''.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The first episode, "Triple Helix" had terrible audio quality, Sideburns wore a different shirt, and the review played out like a fan-episode of WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall. Very obviously rushed. He also wore a hat early on.
** Convention videos started out very long, with a whole video for each day of each convention, along with cosplay events cut into multiple parts. These became progressively shorter and shorter, until they generally began barely scratching past five minutes.
* EasterEgg: Liked to include hidden links to other videos through hidden messages back when Youtube used annotations.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What watching ''The St. Kilda Experiment'' will cause. [[spoiler:Subverted. It's just a bad film.]]
* EvilKnockOff: The Other Brother.
* EvilMakeOver: Sideburn's face becomes chalk white for the evil half of ''VideoGame/InFamous2''.
* FaceHeelTurn:
** Sideburns becomes deranged and psychotic during the evil half of the ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' review.
** Even later, he tries to murder his friends over a game of ''TabletopGame/{{Atmosfear}}''.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** The screen zooms out early into "The Haunted Mask". Pausing the video reveals the background is actually a darkened picture of Slappy the Dummy.
** While searching the world for a copy of ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', Sideburns and Berghani miss a copy nestled in the roots of a tree.
** "[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Just because it isn't real doesn't mean you are safe.]]"
** "He's reading this too."
* AGodAmI: Evil Sideburns doesn't think he's God. [[CardCarryingVillain He thinks he's the Devil.]]
* GodIsGood: At the very least, he doesn't condone meaningless killing or using your faith to justify your terrible actions.
* GondorCallsForAid: After some difficulty, Sideburns finally manages to call on fellow Youtuber Julz Chan to help save him from the War Father. [[spoiler: Eventually.]]
* GracefulLoser: When he and the other Ghostbusters are killed in battle, Sideburns isn't happy about it, but just calmly tells everyone to get in the trap.
* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: Basically the whole point.
* HalloweenEpisode: ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame.''
* HeroAntagonist: The Guardian only persists in attacking Sideburns because he thinks he's going to cause the apocalypse.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Subverted.
-->"Or maybe it was the little multi-eyed mutants. They look pretty monstery."
* IAmAHumanitarian: After asking for a "treat", Cool Niece appears. Nedburns laments that he can't eat it all by myself.
* InformedAttribute: Nedburns's friend Blake is described as "the nicest guy ever," but is earlier shown punching him in the face for no reason.
* {{Kaiju}}: Have been discussed during reviews of ''Film/PacificRim: The Game'' and ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters''.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: The Other Brother.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: War Father is the first antagonist to be taken seriously, holding Sideburns at gun point.
* LaughingMad: In ''Monster House,'' from a bit of awkward animation.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: His only positive in regards to the New 52 ComicBook/BlueBeetle comic, and a primary complaint about ''Triple Helix''.
* LostEpisode: "Coraline" in some cases. While not the only episode affected by a copyright strike, it is the only one made unavailable in some countries because of it.
* MalevolentMaskedMan:
** The War Father.
** The Guardian, though he's a case of GoodIsNotNice.
* MeaningfulName: Averted ''and'' played straight before quietly changing his name from "That Kid with the Sideburns". While he is no longer a ''kid'', he very obviously has sideburns. Of course, the name ''was'' accurate several years prior.
%%* MidReviewSketchShow
* MemeticBadass: InUniverse.
** Sideburns believes that Brodski from ''Film/JasonX'' ascended to godhood in death.
** He also thinks highly of Graeme, an ambitious contestant from ''Trapped!''
* MultipleEndings: ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' is split into two separate videos for the good and evil paths of the game.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Manages to kill an ice monster just by [[WeaksauceWeakness turning off his air conditioner.]]
* MundaneSolution: When attacked by a child assassin, Sideburns responds by picking them up and putting them outside.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sideburns is horrified after he ''accidentally'' kills Zeke in ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' [[spoiler: because Zeke owed him money.]]
* NiceHat: Started out with a fedora, but abandoned it later on. [[spoiler: According to his ''VideoGame/{{Crash Bandicoot|1996}}'' Let's Play, he ate it.]] He seems to have taken to a beanie, now.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sideburns orders the Other Mother a pizza after she becomes rail thin. This gives her hand the strength to drag Coraline away at the end of the film.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot:
** The War Father, a soldier priest supervillain.
** In total, Sideburns himself is an internet reviewer who studies magic, catches ghosts, and has had electric powers.
* NoEndorHolocaust: Finds the concept of a world made entirely of chocolate (as shown in a commercial) completely horrifying for this reason.
* NonIndicativeName:
** "Top 5 Commercials" [[spoiler:spotlights ''eight'' commercials.]]
** ''Sideburns'' had a full beard for a while.
* NostalgiaFilter:
** Sideburns dons a pair of literal Nostalgia Goggles when he reviews the ''Film/HarryPotter'' DVD.
** Berghani ''dares'' not to blindly praise the Nintendo 64, and is forced to make this point:
--->'''Berghani:''' Overrated doesn't mean bad.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: "You can make this stuff up, but it's not as funny."
* NotSoHarmless: Sideburns' laptop coming to life is played for laughs [[spoiler:until it kills him at the end of the video.]]
* OffscreenInertia: The Other Brother is last seen awkwardly standing around after the review ends. Over a year later, [[spoiler:Sideburns finally notices his remains on the floor, having apparently not moved from that spot at any point.]]
* OverlyLongGag: After rage quitting [[spoiler: Tomb Raider]] he storms out of the room, but leaves the camera running. For three minutes.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: "Top Five Things I Did Not Hate About The New 52."
* ParentalNeglect: Sideburns' mother appears twice in "Top 5 Commercials", first telling him to go away, and later ignoring him as he's chased down the street.
* PhysicalGod: Sideburns accidentally becomes one after wishing for infinite wishes.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The War Father.
* PungeonMaster: Evil Sideburns.
* RageQuit:
** [[spoiler:Finds out the hard way that Tomb Raider isn't the game for him.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Twisted Metal''. When he's ready to start raging, he instead takes a minute to relax and collect himself. It helps. [[spoiler: But not much.]]
* RealAfterAll:
** Arkvoodle, from ''Destroy All Humans 2''.
** [[spoiler:The player character and Cerebulon crash to Earth after Sideburns watches them being sent into space in-game.]]
* RuleOfCool: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]]
--> Now you might say this makes my argument invalid. I say no. I have questions. Where did he get that? Your cool thing is invalid!
* RunningGag:
** Obituaries for various characters crop up a lot. Eventually gets lampshaded in ''Trapped!''
--->"I write a lot of obituaries on this show..."
** ''Film/PacificRim'' is bound to come up whenever a giant robot is involved.
* SadClown: Its occasionally hinted that Sideburns is a sad, unfulfilled man who retreats into his entertainment to cope, and can't even find success online.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** What happens when Sideburns meets his Other Brother after reviewing ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''.
** The ''camera's'' reaction to Sideburns trying to talk about ''Totally Awesome Hulk''.
* SelfDeprecation:
** Has made more than a handful of jabs at his minuscule view count, and the hat he used to wear.
** A whole episode is dedicated to ''The St. Kilda Experiment'', a short film he helped make in high school. It is poor.
* SeriousBusiness: As one might expect, Sideburns takes ''VideoGames/MarioParty'' very seriously.
* SequelEpisode:
** "Triple Helix" – "Triple Helix revisited"
** "Top Ten Things I Didn't Hate About the New 52" – "Convergence Tie-Ins"
** "Destroy All Humans" – "Destroy All Humans 2"
** "Coraline" – "Coraline.com" – "Coraline: The Game"
* ShoutOut: Will reference Music/TheAquabats, ''WesternAnimaion/GravityFalls'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and ''Film/PacificRim'' at any opportunity.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ultra IV vs. Kinetifrog'', from ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters''.
* SincerityMode: Explicitly used in "Deadpool Bi-Annual".
* SirSwearsALot: Berghani. Ironically enough, Sideburns swears even more than him in Berghani's side of the crossover.
* SoundtrackDissonance:
** "Heaven is a Place on Earth" played over the more violent imagery from ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans''.
** And later "Don't Stop Believing" during [[spoiler: the Evil Ending of ''inFAMOUS 2''.]]
** And even later, "Jingle Bells" to a montage of Jason murdering people.
* StunnedSilence: Lampshaded after seeing a moustache animated in stop motion.
-->"If I were capable of shutting up, I'd be speechless!"
* SuperSpeed: Berghani can run from Sweden to Australia in about two seconds. This seems to be a natural ability of Swedes.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The War Father is defeated when he is struck by lightning. While he is intact afterwards, he is very much dead.
* StylisticSuck: Sideburns dons a ''terrible'' [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] costume, in reference to the villain's very cheap-looking costume in ''Film/SpyKids4''.
* TakeThat:
** While gushing about ''Film/PacificRim'', he notes that it was nice that one ''Film/ManOfSteel'' didn't disappoint in 2013.
** After a ghost possesses a copy of ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'', Sideburns notes that a spirit haunting a nostalgic video game [[WebVideo/BenDrowned seems utterly ridiculous.]]
** Comments that the bland and poorly used characters of Emo Rangers are just being true to the [[Franchise/PowerRangers source material.]] [[SubvertedTrope But that later seasons put much more depth into their characters.]]
** At one point, he indirectly refers to River Song as "the most obnoxious, irritating piece of tainted faecal matter I've ever had the displeasure of slashing my eyes out to after watching them on the TV screen."
** After he is defeated, the true identity of the War Father is revealed as [[spoiler:Donald Trump.]]
* TakeThatMe: While pretending to "play" a fight scene like a game, Sideburns misses a prompt reading "Press X to Win instantly," referring to some of his previous screw ups in game reviews.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: It is implied that Berghani never left Sideburns' house in the two-year gap between crossovers.
* {{Troll}}: Calypso, true to his [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal home series.]]
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:[[invoked]] Apparently, Thor not wearing his helmet in the movies is worth committing suicide over.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:[[invoked]] His main issue with ''Triple Helix''. Though he feels the comic is full of great idea and cool character concepts, it attempts to do every single one of them at the same time and becomes an incomprehensible mess.
* TimeSkip: PlayedForLaughs. In five years, the only things that have changed are new episodes of ''Emo Rangers''.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** Seems particularly AxCrazy and rude during ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game.''
** Seems to have come back by ''TabletopGames/{{Atmosfear}}'', considering he [[spoiler:tries to murder his friends over a board game.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Berghani forces himself into an already planned video, and at one point sets Sideburns on fire, but later cries and begs to stay when he thinks he's going to make him leave.
* TheWorfEffect: PlayedForLaughs. The WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse is able to overpower and eat dozens of extremely powerful heroes, including [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan.]]
* YourHeartsDesire: Sees [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit,]] ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Lumpy Space Princess]] in the [[Literature/HarryPotter Mirror of Erised.]]
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->"Any VideoGame/TombRaider fans here? Yeah? Good! [[spoiler: [[RageQuit YOU PLAY IT!]]]]"
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[[caption-width-right:350:Stay Positive!]]
->''"I liked it!"''
''Positively Dreadful'' is a [[MidReviewSketchShow review show]] hosted by Nedburns (formerly named Sideburns), real name Ned Coyle, taking a look at everything from film and TV, to games and comic books. Unlike many of his [[CausticCritic obvious inspirations,]] Sideburns usually goes in with a more positive attitude, highlighting subjects he enjoys or at least sees the merit in.
Not that it's always enough to save him a headache.
Aside from the main show, Sideburns also posts ''Positively Quick'', essentially shorter PD episodes, Convention videos, and has dabbled in the odd LetsPlay.
In 2017, Coyle announced that the show would become a lower priority, feeling that the show was taking up too much of his time for too little a response, but too fun to make to cancel outright.
''Positively Dreadful'' can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiPU3FQ940NpaubTvzWARsw here.]]
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!!''Positively Dreadful'' provides examples of:
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Won the Twisted Metal contest through reckless, panic induced driving alone. He didn't know he'd entered.
* AffablyEvil:
** Jason Voorhees is depicted this way.
** As is Calypso.
* AiIsACrapshoot: Sideburns' laptop comes to life in ''WebVideo/MightyMoshinEmoRangers'' and declares that it is now in charge. Sideburns does not seem impressed.
* AffectionateParody: [[spoiler:The St. Kilda Experiment review turns out to be a parody of "internet critic goes on an adventure" videos. The DVD isn't cursed, it's just embarrassing.]]
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The second half of the "Dr. [=McNinja=]" video is Sideburns' dying dream after he flew a tank into space and suffocated.]]
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse examples.
** Nedburns considers Al Yankovic, as depicted in ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'', an inherently evil creature who is [[HeelFaceDoorSlam trying and failing to change his ways.]]
** [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] is a laidback and friendly guy who treats his murder-sprees as one would an acting career.
** [[Series/DoubleTheFist Steve Foxx]] is a coward who acts tough while hiding behind a camera.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sideburns names his daughter [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Boo]] in an ImagineSpot. She doesn't take it well.
* ApatheticCitizens:
** When the world is ending in Marvel Comics, we see one citizen who seems convinced things are going to work out just fine. He's right.
** Likewise, a neighbour is seen simply shaking his head in disapproval when a WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse is seen chasing after three kids and an old man.
* AprilFoolsDay: Reviewed the original ''Tomb Raider'' [[spoiler:but quickly grew infuriated with the games wonky controls and abandoned the video.]]
* TheArtifact:
** Fellow Youtuber Mad Hat Gamer had a cameo during the ''Pacific Rim'' video, and the video ends with a plug for his channel. The same Youtuber now goes by "Berghani", and no longer uses the linked channel.
** A third character appears alongside Random-Fan and Blake in the Atmosfear title-card. Lampshaded right at the end.
* ArtifactTitle: The show was originally intended to center on giving positive reviews to explicitly bad movies and games, hence, being ''positive'' about something ''dreadful''. Though several of his reviews praise or at least compliment subjects generally seen unfavourably, such as ''Pacific Rim: The Game'', ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2014}}'' (2014) and ''Film/SpyKids''.
* AskAStupidQuestion: From "Tell Me What To Review":
-->"Why are you in bed?"\\
"...because I'm tired."
* AuthorAppeal: Loves superheroes and monsters.
* BackFromTheDead: Sideburns has died for the sake of comedy more than once.
* BadassBoast: In an originally one-sided conversation, [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Allan Quatermaine]] gives us this eloquent rebuttle.
-->'''Quatermaine:''' Imma f*ckin' kill ya!\\
'''Moriarty:''' I'll just rebuild it!\\
'''Quatermaine:''' Not without a f*ckin' head ya won't!\\
'''Moriarty:''' There'll be others like me, Quatermaine!\\
'''Quatermaine:''' I'll f*ckin' kill them too!\\
'''Moriarty:''' You can't kill the future!\\
'''Quatermaine:''' ''F*CKIN' WATCH ME!''
* BalloonBelly: Sideburns gets one from trying to eat one hundred bananas for an extra life. [[spoiler:It works.]]
* BittersweetEnding:
** In the ''Good'' ending of the ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' review, Sideburns uses his powers to cure the world of all disease. [[spoiler:This destroys the medical industry and sends the world economy into chaos.]]
** The ''Evil'' ending is actually ''better''. [[spoiler:Sideburns kills Random-Fan, but is almost immediately detained off-screen.]]
** While Sideburns clearly does not think ''Coraline: The Game'' is any good, but when the game directly asks him if he enjoyed it, [[GuiltyPleasure he can't bring himself to say no.]] [[spoiler:And then it drowns him in buttons.]]
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* BrickJoke:
** One video well establishing that Sideburns used to be borderline obsessed with ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. Almost two years later, he is joined for an unrelated review by a large Jack Skellington doll.
** Sideburns greets the War Father, asking him if he broke into his house to give him free stuff. By ''Atmosfear'', someone in a mask actually does.
** The House devours numerous heroes towards the start of ''Monster House''. Later Nedburns' ponders what else is inside, and we see all of them casually hanging out together in a spare room. [[spoiler:Goku teaches them the Kamehameha, and they destroy the house at the end of the video.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Is completely disgusted when the Introspective Emo Ranger reprograms a sentient robot girl to be his sex slave. Proceeds to tear a poster of him off his wall, shred it, and eat it.
* CallBack:
** Has some trouble with the infamous screaming book in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' DVD, and is explicitly attacked by books in ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame''.
** When returning from space, [[Series/DoubleTheFist Steve]] flies past the tank Sideburns drove into space, and crashes into Jason Voorhees.
** [[spoiler: Evil Sideburns]] returns right at the end of Twisted Metal.
** ''Coraline: The Game'' has a bunch to the original video.
*** The Preying Mantis Tractor Mech is again treated with great significance.
*** Sideburn's yells "''Coraline Smash!''" while raging.
*** An unintentional one. The segment portraying the third act as a video game is extremely similar to how the actual game functions.
*** Sideburns refuses the Other Mother pizza, which gave her the strength to live on as just a hand in the original video.
*** The Other Niece [[spoiler: gets kicked out of the house]], which happened to the real one in ''Spy Kids'' and Blake in ''Atmosfear''.
* TheCameo:
** [[spoiler:WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek of ''Comic Book Issues'']] appears in "Convergence Tie-Ins" to discuss ComicBook/TheQuestion. Fellow comic fan Julz Chan also appears to discuss Superman, and later Ms. Marvel.
** Fellow Youtuber Kapinarmic voices Jason Voorhees.
** Berghani (formerly Mad Hat Game) has also made a number of appearances.
* CarpetOfVirility: His chest hair is often visible through the top of his shirt.
* CatchPhrase: "Stay Positive!"
* CausticCritic: Mostly averted, as most of the show is Sideburns gushing about things that he loves. Comes close in [[spoiler:''Tomb Raider'']] and ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters'', however.
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* CreepyChild: The Cute/Cool Niece has her moments.
* CriticalResearchFailure:[[invoked]]
** Admits to one in "Heroes and Villains", having once mistakenly claimed Thor came from Mount Olympus.
** A proper one from the show, Nedburns gets particularly upset because he can't figure out how to beat ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''[='s=] final boss -- while a button prompt explaining how ''is currently on screen.''
* {{Crossover}}:
** Fellow comic book nerds John Haslach, Julz Chan, and ''WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek'' show up to overlook Convergence.
** Reviewed ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' with Berghani. He also appears in the [=AVCon=] convention video.
** Sideburns returned the favour on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k7jUfkv88 Berghani's channel, looking at a number of Gravity Falls flash games.]]
* CurbStompBattle:
** Mario clobbers him and Berghani at the end of ''Mario Party 2''.
** Less literally in the same video, Berghani ''crushes'' Sideburns in mini-games after he stops playing nice.
** [[WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse Constance the house]] overpowers and devours dozens of heroes without much resistance, many of which should be ridiculously overpowered.
* DancePartyEnding:
** "Top 5 Commercials"
** The Haunted Mask ends with Sideburns and Carly Beth dancing.
* DeadBabyComedy: Its brief, but Sideburns throws Baby Mario at Bowser, impaling him on one of his spikes.
* DeathByGluttony: After eating ninety nine bananas, Sideburns chokes and dies eating the one hundredth. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Thanksfully this grants him an extra life.]]]]
* DeathFromAbove: How [[spoiler: Julz Chan]] defeats the War Father.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: After finally managing to subdue Sideburns, the Guardian watches the rest of the movie with him and leaves on good terms. [[spoiler: [[SubertedTrope Sideburns calls the police on him almost immediately.]]]]
* DestructiveSaviour:
** In true ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' tradition, Sideburns does far more damage than the ghost he's chasing.
** Also brought up in ''Film/PacificRim: The Game''.
* {{Determinator}}: Berghani apparently ran all the way from Sweden to film their crossover. In seconds. ''[[UpToEleven Before Sideburns had asked.]]''
* DoubleEntendre: "At least I'm good at riding wood and grabbing balls." [[Literature/HarryPotter He's talking about Quidditch.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Nedburns hallucinated half of the Dr. [=McNinja=] video, and is now floating dead in space.]]
* DriveInTheater: The setting of the ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters'' review.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Nedburns, apparently. It's how he managed to ''accidentally'' win Twisted Metal without any weapons.
* DrivenToSuicide: Finishing the Donkey Kong Country games leaves Sideburns feeling empty and unfulfilled, leading to him considering this.
* DropInCharacter:
** Random-Fan, who tends to show up whenever a second character is needed.
** The Cute/Cool Niece drops in even more frequently, though usually for shorter scenes.
* DrowningMySorrows: When he finds out he still can't beat ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', he doesn't take it very well.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: During the Good half of the ''inFAMOUS 2'' video, he is frustrated that people constantly beg him for help. Subverted immediately when the [[BadassBystander citizens of New Marais then rush to save ''him''.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The first episode, "Triple Helix" had terrible audio quality, Sideburns wore a different shirt, and the review played out like a fan-episode of WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall. Very obviously rushed. He also wore a hat early on.
** Convention videos started out very long, with a whole video for each day of each convention, along with cosplay events cut into multiple parts. These became progressively shorter and shorter, until they generally began barely scratching past five minutes.
* EasterEgg: Liked to include hidden links to other videos through hidden messages back when Youtube used annotations.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What watching ''The St. Kilda Experiment'' will cause. [[spoiler:Subverted. It's just a bad film.]]
* EvilKnockOff: The Other Brother.
* EvilMakeOver: Sideburn's face becomes chalk white for the evil half of ''VideoGame/InFamous2''.
* FaceHeelTurn:
** Sideburns becomes deranged and psychotic during the evil half of the ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' review.
** Even later, he tries to murder his friends over a game of ''TabletopGame/{{Atmosfear}}''.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** The screen zooms out early into "The Haunted Mask". Pausing the video reveals the background is actually a darkened picture of Slappy the Dummy.
** While searching the world for a copy of ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'', Sideburns and Berghani miss a copy nestled in the roots of a tree.
** "[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Just because it isn't real doesn't mean you are safe.]]"
** "He's reading this too."
* AGodAmI: Evil Sideburns doesn't think he's God. [[CardCarryingVillain He thinks he's the Devil.]]
* GodIsGood: At the very least, he doesn't condone meaningless killing or using your faith to justify your terrible actions.
* GondorCallsForAid: After some difficulty, Sideburns finally manages to call on fellow Youtuber Julz Chan to help save him from the War Father. [[spoiler: Eventually.]]
* GracefulLoser: When he and the other Ghostbusters are killed in battle, Sideburns isn't happy about it, but just calmly tells everyone to get in the trap.
* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: Basically the whole point.
* HalloweenEpisode: ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame.''
* HeroAntagonist: The Guardian only persists in attacking Sideburns because he thinks he's going to cause the apocalypse.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Subverted.
-->"Or maybe it was the little multi-eyed mutants. They look pretty monstery."
* IAmAHumanitarian: After asking for a "treat", Cool Niece appears. Nedburns laments that he can't eat it all by myself.
* InformedAttribute: Nedburns's friend Blake is described as "the nicest guy ever," but is earlier shown punching him in the face for no reason.
* {{Kaiju}}: Have been discussed during reviews of ''Film/PacificRim: The Game'' and ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters''.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: The Other Brother.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: War Father is the first antagonist to be taken seriously, holding Sideburns at gun point.
* LaughingMad: In ''Monster House,'' from a bit of awkward animation.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: His only positive in regards to the New 52 ComicBook/BlueBeetle comic, and a primary complaint about ''Triple Helix''.
* LostEpisode: "Coraline" in some cases. While not the only episode affected by a copyright strike, it is the only one made unavailable in some countries because of it.
* MalevolentMaskedMan:
** The War Father.
** The Guardian, though he's a case of GoodIsNotNice.
* MeaningfulName: Averted ''and'' played straight before quietly changing his name from "That Kid with the Sideburns". While he is no longer a ''kid'', he very obviously has sideburns. Of course, the name ''was'' accurate several years prior.
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* MemeticBadass: InUniverse.
** Sideburns believes that Brodski from ''Film/JasonX'' ascended to godhood in death.
** He also thinks highly of Graeme, an ambitious contestant from ''Trapped!''
* MultipleEndings: ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' is split into two separate videos for the good and evil paths of the game.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Manages to kill an ice monster just by [[WeaksauceWeakness turning off his air conditioner.]]
* MundaneSolution: When attacked by a child assassin, Sideburns responds by picking them up and putting them outside.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sideburns is horrified after he ''accidentally'' kills Zeke in ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' [[spoiler: because Zeke owed him money.]]
* NiceHat: Started out with a fedora, but abandoned it later on. [[spoiler: According to his ''VideoGame/{{Crash Bandicoot|1996}}'' Let's Play, he ate it.]] He seems to have taken to a beanie, now.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sideburns orders the Other Mother a pizza after she becomes rail thin. This gives her hand the strength to drag Coraline away at the end of the film.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot:
** The War Father, a soldier priest supervillain.
** In total, Sideburns himself is an internet reviewer who studies magic, catches ghosts, and has had electric powers.
* NoEndorHolocaust: Finds the concept of a world made entirely of chocolate (as shown in a commercial) completely horrifying for this reason.
* NonIndicativeName:
** "Top 5 Commercials" [[spoiler:spotlights ''eight'' commercials.]]
** ''Sideburns'' had a full beard for a while.
* NostalgiaFilter:
** Sideburns dons a pair of literal Nostalgia Goggles when he reviews the ''Film/HarryPotter'' DVD.
** Berghani ''dares'' not to blindly praise the Nintendo 64, and is forced to make this point:
--->'''Berghani:''' Overrated doesn't mean bad.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: "You can make this stuff up, but it's not as funny."
* NotSoHarmless: Sideburns' laptop coming to life is played for laughs [[spoiler:until it kills him at the end of the video.]]
* OffscreenInertia: The Other Brother is last seen awkwardly standing around after the review ends. Over a year later, [[spoiler:Sideburns finally notices his remains on the floor, having apparently not moved from that spot at any point.]]
* OverlyLongGag: After rage quitting [[spoiler: Tomb Raider]] he storms out of the room, but leaves the camera running. For three minutes.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: "Top Five Things I Did Not Hate About The New 52."
* ParentalNeglect: Sideburns' mother appears twice in "Top 5 Commercials", first telling him to go away, and later ignoring him as he's chased down the street.
* PhysicalGod: Sideburns accidentally becomes one after wishing for infinite wishes.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The War Father.
* PungeonMaster: Evil Sideburns.
* RageQuit:
** [[spoiler:Finds out the hard way that Tomb Raider isn't the game for him.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Twisted Metal''. When he's ready to start raging, he instead takes a minute to relax and collect himself. It helps. [[spoiler: But not much.]]
* RealAfterAll:
** Arkvoodle, from ''Destroy All Humans 2''.
** [[spoiler:The player character and Cerebulon crash to Earth after Sideburns watches them being sent into space in-game.]]
* RuleOfCool: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]]
--> Now you might say this makes my argument invalid. I say no. I have questions. Where did he get that? Your cool thing is invalid!
* RunningGag:
** Obituaries for various characters crop up a lot. Eventually gets lampshaded in ''Trapped!''
--->"I write a lot of obituaries on this show..."
** ''Film/PacificRim'' is bound to come up whenever a giant robot is involved.
* SadClown: Its occasionally hinted that Sideburns is a sad, unfulfilled man who retreats into his entertainment to cope, and can't even find success online.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** What happens when Sideburns meets his Other Brother after reviewing ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''.
** The ''camera's'' reaction to Sideburns trying to talk about ''Totally Awesome Hulk''.
* SelfDeprecation:
** Has made more than a handful of jabs at his minuscule view count, and the hat he used to wear.
** A whole episode is dedicated to ''The St. Kilda Experiment'', a short film he helped make in high school. It is poor.
* SeriousBusiness: As one might expect, Sideburns takes ''VideoGames/MarioParty'' very seriously.
* SequelEpisode:
** "Triple Helix" – "Triple Helix revisited"
** "Top Ten Things I Didn't Hate About the New 52" – "Convergence Tie-Ins"
** "Destroy All Humans" – "Destroy All Humans 2"
** "Coraline" – "Coraline.com" – "Coraline: The Game"
* ShoutOut: Will reference Music/TheAquabats, ''WesternAnimaion/GravityFalls'', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and ''Film/PacificRim'' at any opportunity.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Ultra IV vs. Kinetifrog'', from ''VideoGame/WarOfTheMonsters''.
* SincerityMode: Explicitly used in "Deadpool Bi-Annual".
* SirSwearsALot: Berghani. Ironically enough, Sideburns swears even more than him in Berghani's side of the crossover.
* SoundtrackDissonance:
** "Heaven is a Place on Earth" played over the more violent imagery from ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans''.
** And later "Don't Stop Believing" during [[spoiler: the Evil Ending of ''inFAMOUS 2''.]]
** And even later, "Jingle Bells" to a montage of Jason murdering people.
* StunnedSilence: Lampshaded after seeing a moustache animated in stop motion.
-->"If I were capable of shutting up, I'd be speechless!"
* SuperSpeed: Berghani can run from Sweden to Australia in about two seconds. This seems to be a natural ability of Swedes.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The War Father is defeated when he is struck by lightning. While he is intact afterwards, he is very much dead.
* StylisticSuck: Sideburns dons a ''terrible'' [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] costume, in reference to the villain's very cheap-looking costume in ''Film/SpyKids4''.
* TakeThat:
** While gushing about ''Film/PacificRim'', he notes that it was nice that one ''Film/ManOfSteel'' didn't disappoint in 2013.
** After a ghost possesses a copy of ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'', Sideburns notes that a spirit haunting a nostalgic video game [[WebVideo/BenDrowned seems utterly ridiculous.]]
** Comments that the bland and poorly used characters of Emo Rangers are just being true to the [[Franchise/PowerRangers source material.]] [[SubvertedTrope But that later seasons put much more depth into their characters.]]
** At one point, he indirectly refers to River Song as "the most obnoxious, irritating piece of tainted faecal matter I've ever had the displeasure of slashing my eyes out to after watching them on the TV screen."
** After he is defeated, the true identity of the War Father is revealed as [[spoiler:Donald Trump.]]
* TakeThatMe: While pretending to "play" a fight scene like a game, Sideburns misses a prompt reading "Press X to Win instantly," referring to some of his previous screw ups in game reviews.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: It is implied that Berghani never left Sideburns' house in the two-year gap between crossovers.
* {{Troll}}: Calypso, true to his [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal home series.]]
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:[[invoked]] Apparently, Thor not wearing his helmet in the movies is worth committing suicide over.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:[[invoked]] His main issue with ''Triple Helix''. Though he feels the comic is full of great idea and cool character concepts, it attempts to do every single one of them at the same time and becomes an incomprehensible mess.
* TimeSkip: PlayedForLaughs. In five years, the only things that have changed are new episodes of ''Emo Rangers''.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** Seems particularly AxCrazy and rude during ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game.''
** Seems to have come back by ''TabletopGames/{{Atmosfear}}'', considering he [[spoiler:tries to murder his friends over a board game.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Berghani forces himself into an already planned video, and at one point sets Sideburns on fire, but later cries and begs to stay when he thinks he's going to make him leave.
* TheWorfEffect: PlayedForLaughs. The WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse is able to overpower and eat dozens of extremely powerful heroes, including [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], Franchise/{{Godzilla}} and [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan.]]
* YourHeartsDesire: Sees [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit,]] ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Lumpy Space Princess]] in the [[Literature/HarryPotter Mirror of Erised.]]
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