History WebVideo / TheCartoonHero

* ThemeTuneCameo: It's now become a RunningGag that the Hero actually has his own theme tune as his ringtone during each season--sometimes using the previous season's theme before the new theme is revealed in the opening sequence. This is a reference to ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', where Godot has his own theme as his ringtone.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Number Six.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Has one in his ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'' review, set to [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Everything You Know Is Wrong."]]
** He suffered a [[TearJerker less humorous example]] in his ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' review. [[spoiler:Six was killed off in the previous episode,]] so he starts off the review on the verge of tears. And his acting is actually pretty believable.

Eli Stone is a reviewer who was a member of now-defunct site Website/ReviewersUnknown, and is a member of Website/SpaceMonkeyMafiaStudios and WebVideo/TheRosenHacker's website. Although he is one of many reviewers who follows the tradition set by Creator/DougWalker, he notably also has shades of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' and claims that one of his biggest inspirations is Chad "CR" Rocco of ''WebVideo/FamiliarFaces'' while the self depreciating humor seems to share some shades with that of ''Creator/LittleKuriboh''. Eli is aware of the fact that he is not the first to do this, and lately references this wiki a ''lot''. As his name suggests, his character is a bitter superhero with the power to command cartoon clichés – which sometimes feel more like tropes--who specializes in animation criticism.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The "don't tap on the glass" joke in ''Disney/ChickenLittle''.

* DefiedTrope: In ''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'', after pointing out a scene with lesbian overtones, he starts to cue up "[[Film/ThreeHundred This! IS! SPARTA!]]" but cuts it off because "this movie's dumb enough."

* ReferenceOverdosed: Seems to be one of his pet peeves--especially if the movie references something that has nothing to do with the movie or what the characters are talking about. See his ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' and ''Disney/ChickenLittle'' reviews for an example.

* TheCameo: [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] appeared at the end of his ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' review and [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]] in his ''Disney/AtlantisMilosReturn'' review.

Eli Stone is a reviewer who was a member of now-defunct site Website/ReviewersUnknown, and is a member of Website/SpaceMonkeyMafiaStudios and WebVideo/TheRosenHacker's website. Although he is one of many reviewers who follows the tradition set by Creator/DougWalker, he notably also has shades of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' and claims that one of his biggest inspirations is Chad "CR" Rocco of ''WebVideo/FamiliarFaces''. Eli is aware of the fact that he is not the first to do this, and lately references this wiki a ''lot''. As his name suggests, his character is a bitter superhero with the power to command cartoon clichés – which sometimes feel more like tropes--who specializes in animation criticism.

* ArtEvolution: It seems like the Hero gets better at making reviews the more of them he makes. [[TropesAreNotBad This might actually work in his favor, as it's fun to watch him grow as a reviewer.]]

Eli has also started his own retrospective project on the [[Franchise/AceAttorney Ace Attorney series]]. Much like Linkara's ''WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers'' videos, he has stated that each game will have three videos to cover it – two to go over what happens in all four-five cases in said game, and one to go over characters and general thoughts on the game in question. However, also like that series, there will be no set schedule.

* AcCENTUpontheWrongSylLABle: He tends to pronouce genuinely like the german word Ein. So it sounds more like genu-Ein-ly.

* HannibalLecture: Delivered out-of-character to the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'' when he found out that the male cows having udders was intentional because the creators thought the idea was inherently funny. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He slammed them for being insensitive to transgender people, intersex people, and transvestites.]]

* YouAreNotAlone: The Hero got a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming rather memorable]] PatrickStewartSpeech on this subject in the ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'' review.

* ContinuitySnarl: His reviews of the animated ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' trilogy, and the Elseworlds Month specials that followed them prominently featured one of his colleagues, Arthur Knowledge of The Quest for Geekdom – the former even featured a storyline involving a prophesy, two rings harnessing the power of nerd rage and the joys of geekdom, and implying that Arthur's "Apprentice" title meant that he was apprentice to the Hero at one point. This is never brought up again after the Elseworlds Month specials, but in this case, there actually is a reason. [[spoiler:In The Quest for Geekdom, aliens invaded and would have destroyed the Earth, but to save it, a universal reboot occurred, causing the Hero and Arthur to have never met, and revamping Arthur's character into less of a Green Lantern and more of a paladin.]] It is unknown what became of the new villain, Razor, or the rings, or if they will ever be brought up again. Even the Hero acknowledged that this probably confused a lot of people.

* BookEnds: Season 2 started with a review of the ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'' anime and ended with a review of ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}} [[ShortAnimeMovie The Movie]]''.

* TheCameo: [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] appeared at the end of his ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' review and [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]] in his ''Disney/AtlantisMiloReturns'' review.

* TheCameo: [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] appeared at the end of his "Balto" review and Kyle Kallgren in his Atlantis 2 review.

* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: After his review of Video Brinquedo's The Little Panda Fighter, Eli proceeded to demonstrate a basic knowledge of karate, a.k.a. more than the film knew about fighting.

* HeroicBSOD: Has one in his ''Manga/{{Inukami}}'' review, set to [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic "Everything You Know Is Wrong."]]

* TheReveal: The Sorceress who was threatening him at the beginning of Season 5? She's actually [[spoiler: not only [[Manga/{{Inukami}} Yoko]], but also [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} the Nine-Tails.]] ]]

** And now he has his own set of [[MuramasaTheDemonBlade demon blades.]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: The Hero was able to use [[spoiler:[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann spiral energy]] to break out of the [[MotherThree Absolutely Safe Capsule]].]] You know, the one designed to be unbreakable.

** Another one comes from his ''Videogame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' review. He says there's "no beating around the bush" while showing Flint not attacking a Walking Bushie enemy from MotherThree--and for an added bonus, it's actually beneficial to not beat up said bush in the game, as it heals you.

Notably, the show's quality gets increasingly better as time passes. The storyline becomes deeper, the camera quality gets better, and (perhaps not coincidentally) he references Wiki/TVTropes more and more. Either way, you can find him on his blog [[http://theherooftomorrow.blogspot.com here.]] He also has a Dailymotion account [[http://www.dailymotion.com/theherooftomorrow here,]] where most of his videos can now be found, though he had to upload a few to Google Drive. He had a BlipTV account, but it got deleted during one of Blip's purges. He was also on Reviewers Unknown, but that site closed down October 18, 2014.

Eli Stone is a reviewer who was a member of now-defunct site Website/ReviewersUnknown, and is a member of Website/SpaceMonkeyMafiaStudios and TheRosenHacker's website. Although he is one of many reviewers who follows the tradition set by Creator/DougWalker, he notably also has shades of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' and claims that one of his biggest inspirations is Chad "CR" Rocco of ''WebVideo/FamiliarFaces''. Eli is aware of the fact that he is not the first to do this, and lately references this wiki a ''lot''. As his name suggests, his character is a bitter superhero with the power to command cartoon clichés – which sometimes feel more like tropes--who specializes in animation criticism.

Notably, the show's quality gets increasingly better as time passes. The storyline becomes deeper, the camera quality gets better, and (perhaps not coincidentally) he references TVTropes more and more. Either way, you can find him on his blog [[http://theherooftomorrow.blogspot.com here.]] He also has a Dailymotion account [[http://www.dailymotion.com/theherooftomorrow here,]] where most of his videos can now be found, though he had to upload a few to Google Drive. He had a BlipTV account, but it got deleted during one of Blip's purges. He was also on Reviewers Unknown, but that site closed down October 18, 2014.

* BigDamnHeroes: Ironically, The Hero has only done this once – in fellow reviewer WebVideo/TheHardcoreKid's review of ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat''. This also happened in his series, [[spoiler: but instead of him, it was the gods of {{Okami}} that saved him at the last second.]]

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Hence why they hooked up with the Hero and lent him their power, as he was one of the few people who remembered {{Okami}}--well, that and he has powers similar to theirs already.

** He also got a completely new set of abilities courtesy of the [[{{Okami}} Celestial Brush gods]]. [[spoiler:He lost the ability to use them one episode later...only to gain it back one SEASON later.]]

* TheScrappy: In-Universe: His most hated character is [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Mandy]], though he doesn't seem to have a problem with Scrappy himself.

Notably, the show's quality gets increasingly better as time passes. The storyline becomes deeper, the camera quality gets better, and (perhaps not coincidentally) he references TVTropes more and more. Either way, you can find him on or on his blog [[http://theherooftomorrow.blogspot.com here.]] He also has a Dailymotion account [[http://www.dailymotion.com/theherooftomorrow here,]] where most of his videos can now be found, though he had to upload a few to Google Drive. He had a BlipTV account, but it got deleted during one of Blip's purges. He was also on Reviewers Unknown, but that site closed down October 18, 2014.

Notably, the show's quality gets increasingly better as time passes. The storyline becomes deeper, the camera quality gets better, and (perhaps not coincidentally) he references TVTropes more and more. Either way, you can find him on [=ZippCast=] [[http://www.zippcast.com/user/TheHeroOfTomorrow here]] or on his blog [[http://theherooftomorrow.blogspot.com here.]] He also has a Dailymotion account [[http://www.dailymotion.com/theherooftomorrow here,]] where most of his videos can now be found, though he had to upload a few to Google Drive. He had a BlipTV account, but it got deleted during one of Blip's purges. He was also on Reviewers Unknown, but that site closed down October 18, 2014.

* SoBadItsGood: [[invoked]] In-universe, his opinion of ''TheBraveLittleToaster Goes to Mars'' and later, ''WesternAnimation/{{Batfink}}'' (which he criticized when he first reviewed it but says later that he sees ''WesternAnimation/{{Batfink}}'' as a GuiltyPleasure) and later calls ''WesternAnimation/DaBoomCrew'' entertainingly bad.

* MilitarySalute: The hero has a rather touching one towards Creator/{{Mako}} in his review to WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender.