History WebVideo / TheQuestForGeekdom

* TheForce: The Light side of Ner'dra'Jay.

* IncrediblyLamePun: The Powers of Ner'Dra'Jay.

* LockAndLoadMontage: At the beginning of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. Complete with Arthur shaking his ass.

* MacGuffin: The Artifacts of Ner'Dra'Jay.

''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'' in the midst of Nekros' assault on the citadel.
* MultipleEndings: His ''Film/{{Clue}}'' review, fitting with the movie.
* NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler: Arthur in the season 1 finale.]]

* ObligatoryJoke: Subverted, he tries not to play the iconic clip whenever he mentions Kahn.
* OhMyGods: "By the Creator!"
* OlderThanTheyLook: Ivan, through the powers of Ner'Dra'Jey.

* PassThePopcorn: Team Ninja pulls this while watching Arthur lay the smackdown on Archon Nekros.

* TheProphecy: That Arthur will defeat the forces of hate and save the geek universe.

* RingOfPower: The last Artifact of Hope is one of these.

** David Bowie! *Angelic chorus*

* TrainingMontage: As per his ''Karate Kid'' review, albeit in a much more geeky fashion.

* {{Troperiffic}}: Describes ''Film/TheKarateKid'' this way.

* EvilIsSexy: [[InvokedTrope Arthur certainly has a thing for extremely eloquent villains.]]

* BizarroUniverse: During the ''Film/BackToTheFuture reviews, a [[TemporalParadox time travel mishap and paradox blast]] has caused all the Geekvision producers to have their personalities swapped.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The end of ''Film/TheMatrix'' review, which segues into a review of the ''[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture]]'' trilogy.

** Whenever Arthur mentions something cool happening to a character in WesternAnimation/TheTransformersMovie, they die. Much to his chagrin.

* TransformationSequence: Revealing his geek colors (the [[{{Transformers}} Autobot logo]]) results in a brief and anticlimactic one.

* AllStarCast: Describes ''Film/MarsAttacks'' this way, and provides the page quote.

* MovingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Arthur and Ivan take all the time they need to review ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'' in the midst of Nekros' assault on the citadel.

* TheOtherDarrin: Rosethorn was played by Arthur in his initial appearance. [[spoiler: When it comes time for the two of them to face off, he is played by one of Arthur's friends]].

* WhatAnIdiot: In-Universe--His reaction to Eckhart mouthing off to Jack in ''Film/Batman1989''. Also towards the crowds who go to Joker's rally in the same movie.

* NamesTheSame: Touched on in the review of ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'', where Ivan (Golarian) clarifies that they're taking about Ivan (Ooze)'s, well, ooze.

* ActingForTwo: Arthur plays himself, Nekros, Razor, Rosethorn in his initial appearances, and Doc Blue [[spoiler: who is actually Nekros anyway]].

* TheBadGuyWins: At the end of the Film/DieHard review, Arthur decides to let Nekros succeed with his hostage takeover of a random office building - after all, it is Christmas. And Arthur claims to know what he's doing...
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Rosethorn]] in season 1. Later, Lord Nekros aka [[spoiler: Caesar Knowledge]].

** [[spoiler: Ivan in the season 1 finale.]]

* BizarroUniverse: During the Back to the Future reviews, a [[TemporalParadox time travel mishap and paradox blast]] has caused all the Geekvision producers to have their personalities swapped.

* BriefAccentImimitation:
* [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull By The Power Of Gayskull!]]

* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: In the ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' review.
* CampGay: Arthur.
* CastFullOfGay: Arthur, Ivan, and Rosethorn.

* ChekhovsGunman: Eric Rosethorn, who makes a brief appearance in the ''Labyrinth'' review and later goes on to [[spoiler: become the BigBad]].
* TheChosenOne: Arthur.
* ChristmasEpisode: He tries to review Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone, Film/TheGrinch, and Film/JackFrost1997, but they are all shot down by other reviewers after being reviewed before. So he picks [[spoiler: Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff]].

* ClicheStorm: The basis of the Geekverse (now the Reviewaverse) - everybody's powers are derived from cliches and tropes of geek classics.

* CurbStompBattle: Arthur's second go against Razor.

* DrillSergeantNasty: The Geek Sensei. [[spoiler: Justified, since she's working for Rosethorn.]]

* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: In universe.
* HappilyAdopted: Arthur, in-universe.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Sensei, if only briefly.]]
* IllBeInMyBunk: At the end of his Top 12 Animated Hunks video.

* LargeHam: Archon Nekros.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Lord Nekros is Arthur Knowledge's brother Caesar Knowledge.]]

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Penelope.
* TheMoreYouKnow: After explaining the RedShirt Principle.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Rosethorn.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Rosethorn's disguise as Rex]] only consists of a changed wardrobe and different hair color. Even his cruel and snarky attitude remains.

* PerkyFemaleMinion: Penelope.
* PirateGirl: Isabella.

* ReTool: Beginning with Film/HocusPocus, the series becomes much more light-hearted and less plot-heavy due to the actor's offline lives taking priority.

* StraightGay: Ivan.

** In the review of ''Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', with Arthur as Kuzco and Nekros as Yzma.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His review of ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' featured no jokes, only a review of the film and horror elements in the form of Razor.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Rosethorn.

* ThemeNaming: Major characters are always named after famous rulers. The knowledge family consists of [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat Alexander]] Knowledge and his sons, [[KingArthur Arthur]] and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Caesar]]. There's also [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Ivan]] Golarian.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Penelope's dolls that shoot FrickinLaserBeams.

* {{Adorkable}}: Arthur.

* BlackBestFriend: Ivan.

* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler: Rosethorn's disguise as Rex]] only consists of a [[ManInWhite changed wardrobe]] and different hair color. Even his cruel and snarky attitude remains.

* ManInWhite: Rex.

* {{Troperiffic}}[=/=]TropesAreNotBad: Describes ''Film/TheKarateKid'' this way.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: Villains an those associated with the side of Hate tend to have an affinity for red and black. Those associated with Hope usually wear [[GreenLantern Blue]].

** The scroll written in [[IncrediblyLamePun Ancient Geek]] contains a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]], a GreenLantern symbol, the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Triforce]], the [[Franchise/StarWars Rebel Alliance logo]], a [[VideoGame/HalfLife lambda]], and Franchise/{{Batman}}'s logo.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Penelope.

* SeriousBusiness: The reviews themselves, mainly the ''LordOfTheRings'' reviews in the season 1 finale, which enables Arthur to enter the Monument of Hope.

* WhatAnIdiot: In-Universe--His reaction to Eckhart mouthing off to Jack in ''Film/{{Batman}}''. Also towards the crowds who go to Joker's rally in the same movie.

* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: In universe.

...at least, that was the plan. It soon becomes evident that an epic prophecy is unfolding behind the scenes of the show, with Arthur dead in the center. Devious forces work against him to destroy the geekverse with the power of Hate, and only Arthur, destined to become the Geekvere's saviour, can stop them.

* ClicheStorm: The basis of the Geekverse - everybody's powers are derived from cliches and tropes of geek classics.

* FakinMacGuffin: The first Hope's Light Arthur received was a decoy. Alexander Knowledge placed several across the Geekverse, including [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Azeroth]] and [[Creator/CountJackula Drakula]].

* InformedAbility: According to Ivan, Archon Nekros is one of the most dangerous enemies of the Geekverse out there. But Nekros himself has so far done very little conquering and a lot of whining and failing.

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Ivan checks up on Arthur a lot. Justified, though, since he is the last hope for the Geekverse.

* ThePowerOfHate: The hate side of Ner'Dra'Jay is powerful enough to completely override all of the Geekverse until it is completely consumed by rage.

He also had a short series on EDM called Beatdrop, as well as miniseries' on Horror Films and the Franchise/DCAU. These and the main Quest for Geekdom videos can be found [[http://www.reviewersunknown.com/category/arthur/ here]], and [[http://geekvision.tv/channels/arthur-knowledge/ here]], and [[{{Geekvision}} here]]!

* ThemeNaming: Major characters are always named after famous rulers. The knowledge family consists of [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat Alexander]] Knowledge and his sons, [[KingArthur Arthur]] and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Caesar]]. There's also [[TsaristRussia Ivan]] Golarian.

* ThemeNaming: Major characters are always named after famous rulers. The knowledge family consists of [[UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat Alexander]] Knowledge and his sons, [[KingArthur Arthur]] and [[Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar Caesar]]. There's also [[TsaristRussia Ivan]] Golarian.

* CompensatingForSomething: His theory as to why the [[TheKarateKid Cobra Kais]] are such douchebags.

* {{Troperiffic}}[=/=]TropesAreNotBad: Describes ''TheKarateKid'' this way.