History WebVideo / SuperEyepatchWolf

* TheyChangedItNowItsucks: {{Discussed|Trope}} In ''The Simpsons Is Good Again'', where John reflects on how any show that goes on for a long period of time is bound to change, with the creators themselves changing and gaining new interests or perspectives that is reflected in the work, or simply moving on to other projects and leaving their work in the hands of different people. He points out that this is always bound to result in people dissatisfied with the thing they love changing, and how this is a phenomenon that was apparent in ''The Simpsons'' even back during its golden age by looking at old reviews from Season 6 of the show (frequently considered one of if not the best). He concludes that it's unreasonable to expect a show that lasted as long as the Simpsons to stay the same or maintain its old level of quality, and that it's questionable whether it makes sense to hold the new seasons to that standard considering how much of the world and people have changed in the decades since.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Discussed in ''The Simpsons Is Good Again''. The video addresses the growing esteem of seasons 33 and 34 of the show, and how they seem to be winning people over, including people who have been very critical of the Simpsons' decline in the last 2 decades. He concludes that while these seasons have their share of weak and forgettable episodes as bad as anything from the preceding seasons, they also contain some pretty strong and creative episodes that not only manage to be enjoyable, but in a completely different way from the classic era of the series.[[invoked]]

* WinBackTheCrowd: Discussed in ''The Simpsons Is Good Again''. The video addresses the growing esteem of seasons 33 and 34 of the show, and how they seem to be winning people over, including people who have been very critical of the Simpsons' decline in the last 2 decades. He concludes that while these seasons have their share of weak and forgettable episodes as bad as anything from the preceding seasons, they also contain some pretty strong and creative episodes that not only manage to be enjoyable, but in a completely different way from the classic era of the series.

* FridgeHorror: [[invoked]] In his ''Garfield'' video, he attempts to understand why there's so much bizarre and terrifying fanworks of the series, and in doing so reads 954 Garfield strips to catalogue his findings (he gives up on reading all of them when he finds there's over 14 thousand of them). After doing this he comes to the chilling realization that beneath all the quaint and formulaic gags, Jon Arbuckle's life is shockingly bleak and depressing, with the strips frequently highlighting how much of a loser he is and many of them featuring Garfield tormenting or belittling him. When you remember the fact that Garfield is never actually saying anything and Jon is essentially just talking to himself, it paints an extremely pathetic picture of the guy as someone trapped in a life of perpetual loneliness and misery that has gone on for ''decades'' and will likely never end, as Jim Davis has long made preparations for the strip to continue long after his death. John concludes that this is the reason why the various horror-themed Garfield fanworks have resonated so strongly with people, as they simply take the darker undertones that always existed in the strips and exaggerate them to horrifying extremes.

* TheyChangedItNowItsucks: {{Discussed|Trope}} In ''The Simpsons Is Good Again'', he reflects on how any show that goes on for a long period of time is bound to change, with creators themselves changing and gaining new interests or perspectives that is reflected in the work, or simply leaving their work in the hands of different people. He points out that this is always bound to result in people dissatisfied with the thing they love changing, and how this is a phenomenon that was apparent in ''The Simpsons'' even back during its golden age by looking at old reviews from Season 6 of the show (frequently considered one of if not the best). He concludes that it's unreasonable to expect a show that lasted as long as the Simpsons to stay the same or maintain its old level of quality, and that it's questionable whether it makes sense to hold the new seasons to that standard considering how much of the world and people have changed in the decades since.
* ThisLoserIsYou: One of the main points from "What The Internet Did To Garfield" is that everyone wishes they were Garfield, but most people are, in reality, more like Jon Arbuckle than they would care to admit.

** Discussed with ''WebComic/TailsGetsTrolled''. It's a [[WidgetSeries bizarre]] series about extremely OffModel Sonic characters teaming up with a variety of others from different universes to [[{{Gorn}} violently]] take revenge on internet trolls (and occasionally get high on weed). Despite the ridiculousness, gratuitous gore, and amateurish artwork, John admits it manages to actually be emotionally gripping.

* {{Foil}}: ''The Unreality of Pro Wrestling'' frames Wrestling/SamiZayn as one to Wrestling/RomanReigns, in order to build up to their later partnership and falling out. Where Roman got his start in the WWE and drew the audience's ire by being constantly booked to win matches despite despite lacking the mic skills or in-ring ability to back it up, Sami had spent years in the indies, winning over the crowd with his skill and charisma despite his frequent losses, before quickly falling OutOfFocus once he was picked up by the WWE.

A lifelong fan of professional wrestling, Walsh has also dedicated several of his video essays to analyzing the history and nuances of the sport and explaining its unique appeal to non-fans. He officially became a PromotedFanboy in 2021, and now makes occasional appearances as {{heel}} manager "Lesly Bestington" for UK-based independent wrestling promotion Colosseum Wrestling, where Simon Miller of WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling also wrestles from time to time.

** [[invoked]] "The Bizarre Modern Reality of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]" similarly discusses the descent of the titular blue hedgehog into [[AcceptableTargets cheap joke fodder]] with the decreasing quality of his games, resulting in an existence as a shell of his former self on the internet. Unlike ''The Simpsons'', Wolf argues that the infamy of Sonic has more to do with the BrokenBase than the games themselves, particularly the vast quantity of [[FanDisservice really strange porn]] and [[OriginalCharacter OCs]] that are rarely good.

* {{Hatedom}}: [[invoked]] Discussed in the animated segment "[[https://youtu.be/c3xSJuoUnN8 Influencer Courses are Garbage: The Dark Side of Content Creation]]", where John represents it in the form of "Andrew". He notices that "Andrew" is probably really just that one guy in about a hundred people that will hate a work and/or a creator on principle for what is often a somewhat shallow reason (or sometimes merely because he gets a kick of being a contrarian and/or a {{troll}}). But once a creator and their work begin to reach hundred of thousands, or even millions of people, they will also attract thousands of "Andrews" too and by this point the "Andrews" tend to gradually become aware of each others' existence and start organising in groups.

* IReadItForTheArticles: [[invoked]] Played with. When reflecting on his relationship with the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' franchise, John explains that remember spending a lot of time and effort trying to track down a VHS copy of ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie''. He goes on to insist that it is actually a pretty good film in its it own right, and really [[BestKnownForTheFanservice ought to be remembered for other things]] than the rather gratuitous fanservice scene of Chun-Li [[NippleAndDimed being topless in the shower]]. John then is clearly about to go off on tangent about it, explaining "Although, when, you know, you are fifteen years old...!" before the scene cuts.

Picture, if you will, a little boy in Ireland, who consumed various pieces of media in his life, much like you or I. From the famous tricycle scene from ''Film/TheShining'' that resulted in him going home early from a friend's sleepover, to the fight scene between Goku and Frieza from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', his interests expanded throughout various mediums, such as film, shounen anime, and video games. Later on, that boy grew up, and found some of his favorite internet reviewers like WebVideo/BeatriceTheGoldenWitch and WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd. Inspired by these reviewers (and after getting particularly incensed at a podcast shit-talking ''Manga/HunterXHunter''), the boy created his own Youtube channel that focused on his various interests in the visual, writing, and even business aspects of fiction, and soon enough, he found great popularity, even receiving a shout out from a few of those very reviewers. That boy was John Walsh, and his channel was [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGoikgbxP4F3rgI9PldI9g Super Eyepatch Wolf]].

* HypocrisyNod: After describing Wrestling/SamiZayn becoming a hardcore fanboy of The Bloodline who even wears their merch into the ring as "hilarious and pathetic", John briefly stops to note that after he wrote that line, he remembered that he owned a pair of Bloodline socks.

''WebVideo/SpaceJamTwoBattleForReality'', the FanSequel from his video ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros is Lying to You'', has its own trope page.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros Is Lying To You'', there exist schematics for a trapdoor that Michael Jordan would hide under during select screenings of the movie until his first rampage, where he would jump out of said trapdoor to attack the audience itself.

* HostileShowTakeover: During Michael Jordan's initial rampage after [[spoiler:Bugs Bunny's death]] in ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros Is Lying To You'', it's stated in the production notes that the film would've had alternate cuts of various Warner Bros. movies (like ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/BatmanBegins'', and ''Film/ScoobyDoo'') playing alongside it where Michael invades and terrorizes their worlds, which is where the "fourth dimensional" element comes into play.

* LeaveTheCameraRunning: In ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros Is Lying To You'', the production notes for ''WebVideo/SpaceJamTwoBattleForReality'' stated that the scene where [[spoiler:Michael Jordan is floating alone in space after defeating [=LeBron=] James and wreaking havoc on the universe]] was supposed to last ''400 years in real time'', until that proved unfeasible in the animatic process.

* MotiveRant: [[spoiler:Daffy]] delivers one to Bugs in ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros Is Lying To You'' when revealing his betrayal.
-->'''[[spoiler:Daffy:]]''' You wanna know who signed the contract, Bugs? Maybe it's the same person who for years has [[SuddenlyShouting ROTTED AS YOUR PUNCHLINE]]!!! Can you even comprehend the humiliation I have endured? The amount of buckshots I've taken to the face for you? And for what?! To be number three next to you and your little... boyfriend?! *insane chuckle* [[PreMortemOneLiner You wanna know "what's up, doc"? How about...]] [[PrecisionFStrike your fucking life]]!

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros. is Lying to You'', [[spoiler:Michael encounters [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] at the end of the movie, who is portrayed as a static colored piece of promotional art, contrasting against the monochrome animatic the film was depicted as up until this point.]]

* RealPersonFic: In "Space Jam 2", John makes real-life basketball legend Michael Jordan the protagonist of his fan version of what Space Jam 2 ''should'' have been. [=LeBron=] James is also featured as a character.

* SequelHook: In ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros. is Lying to You'', the movie ''WebVideo/SpaceJamTwoBattleForReality'' ends with one to a sequel where [[spoiler:Neo Michael Jordan encounters and battles [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] titled ''Space Jam 3: War of the Infinity Beasts''.]] The video then abruptly ends with a message saying "Some parts of this video may have been fabricated for the purposes of entertainment".

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:
** In "The Bizarre Modern Reality of Sonic The Hedgehog", he lists Sonic-inspired 90s MascotWithAttitude video game characters... and includes Wrestling/ShawnMichaels in the list.
** In ''Space Jam 2: How Warner Bros Is Lying To You'', every member of Swackhammer's new basketball team, Monstars Generation Two, is composed of six different incarnations of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]]... and ''Franchise/TheMatrix'''s Agent Smith for some reason. Played with in that Agent Smith comes second, which briefly makes it look like they're gonna bring in other WB bad guys before going straight to piling on the Jokers.

* CreatorsPet: [[invoked]] Discussed in his ''Unreality of Pro Wrestling'' video. He argues that the Roman Reigns character ended up being this to WWE for a long time; while Roman was part of a popular wrestling act in ''The Shield'' and the most superficially marketable of the trio, Roman lacked the experience to really work well as a solo performer, on top of WWE's booking not giving the Roman Reigns character anything particularly interesting, portraying him mostly as a cool nigh-invincible superhero. This meant WWE's heavy push to make him the top face of the company gradually soured hardcore fans on Roman, leading him to be one of the most disliked performers in the industry. It would take years and a hard FaceHeelTurn into his ''Tribal Chief'' persona, combined with Roman improving massively as a performer, for him to finally get over with fans and become the big star that WWE wanted him to be.

* MagikarpPower: Discussed in regards to ''VideoGame/FearAndHunger''[='s=] playable classes. Early into the video John calls the Knight "objectively the best class in the game" due to her durable armour and ability to move twice in one turn giving her a huge advantage in combat, but later finds that the Outlander not only has abilities that are more useful in the long run such as higher attack, faster movement speed, and being able to stave off hunger by eating fallen enemies, but can also find items that allow him to do everything the Knight can, meaning that if you can get through a harder early game, you'll come out of it with a much stronger character. Similarly the Dark Priest, by far the physically weakest character, can not only reanimate the dead to fight for him, but can also [[spoiler: become one with one of his undead party members to become a veritable MasterOfAll]]. John goes from questioning why anybody would play as him to using him for all of his endgame runs.

** While John initially sees the Niaowu section of ''VideoGame/ShenmueIII'' as an exciting change of pace after Bailu Village, his mood quickly sours once he realises it's just repeating the same plot points as before in a new setting. To wit, Ryo is beaten up by another musclebound thug, and has to spend even more hours gambling to buy another [[CashGate expensive item]] before another [[OldMaster old martial arts master]] will teach him another special technique that he can use to win. Even the special techniques are the same, with both being variations of the ''[[BadassBack Tetsuzankō]]''.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]]''Discussed'' in ''The Unreality of Professional Wrestling''. John discusses how, after years of being hated by the hardcore WWE audience, ''Roman Reigns'' managed to gradually win them over. The first part of this was his emotional speech where he announced his temporary retirement to treat leukemia, where he thanked the fans for caring about his performances, regardless of whether they booed or cheered him. This moved a lot of fans who were forced to reassess whether they'd been too uncharitable to Roman and reminded them of the real person that was behind the character. The second part was Roman's return where he underwent a big FaceHeelTurn and became the "Tribal Chief". This new gimmick added a lot more depth to Roman's character, portraying him as a brutal mob boss who emotionally and physically abused his own family to exert dominance and paper over his own insecurities. When combined with Roman's massive improvement as a performer which helped sell this new persona, this was finally enough for the audience to get behind him wholesale, turning him from the most detested performer in the industry to the massive superstar that WWE wanted him to be.

* CreatorsPet: [[invoked]] Discussed in his ''Unreality of Pro Wrestling'' video. He argues that the Roman Reigns character ended up being this to WWE for a long time; while Roman was part of a popular wrestling act in ''The Shield'' and the most superficially marketable of the trio, Roman lacked the experience to really work well as a solo performer, on top of WWE's booking not giving the Roman Reigns character anything particularly interesting, portraying him mostly as a cool nigh-invincible superhero. This meant the heavy push WWE made to make him the top face of the company gradually soured hardcore fans on Roman, leading him to be one of the most disliked performers in the industry. It would take years and a hard FaceHeelTurn into the ''Tribal Chief'', combined with Roman improving massively as a performer, for him to get over with fans and become the big star that WWE wanted him to be.

* CreatorsPet: Discussed in his ''Unreality of Pro Wrestling'' video. He argues that the Roman Reigns character ended up being this to WWE for a long time; while Roman was part of a popular wrestling act in ''The Shield'' and the most superficially marketable of the trio, Roman lacked the experience to really work well as a solo performer, on top of WWE's booking not giving the Roman Reigns character anything particularly interesting, portraying him mostly as a cool nigh-invincible superhero. This meant the heavy push WWE made to make him the top face of the company gradually soured hardcore fans on Roman, leading him to be one of the most disliked performers in the industry. It would take years and a hard FaceHeelTurn into the ''Tribal Chief'', combined with Roman improving massively as a performer, for him to get over with fans and become the big star that WWE wanted him to be.

* BlatantLies: While listing off wrestlers with terrible [[TheGimmick gimmicks]] in ''Villains in Wrestling'', John brings up [[Wrestling/MikeShaw Bastion Booger]] and describes him as one of the WWE's biggest superstars, winning over legions of fans with his FatSlob persona and having a long and storied career with the company that led to him main-eventing with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''[=WrestleMania=] XII''.

* CosmicHorrorStory: {{Parodied}} in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR25BVBsuS0 Buying a PC With Dell: My Journey Into Hell]]" in which John likens his hellish experience of navigating the internal bureaucracy of the company he ordered his PC from to confronting confronting an EldritchAbomination, up to and including [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Going Mad From The Revelation]], albeit due to the stress of having spent thousands of Euros on a computer that doesn't work rather than anything supernatural.