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* GutturalGrowler: The Shovelwarewolf himself.
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* EvilPlan: Prince Tricky/[[spoiler: Biffalo Bub]]'s goal throughout Season 4. [[spoiler: By harnessing life energy stolen from versions of himself and Shovelwarewolf throughout TheMultiverse, he created the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Power]] [[ComicBook/InfinityWar Gauntlet]]. Shovelwarewolf's destructive rage fueled the Gauntlet, and with a snap of his fingers, [[TheBadGuyWins Biffalo Bub made it so all video games in existence became Bubsy games]].]]
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* EvilPlan: Prince Tricky/[[spoiler: Biffalo Bub]]'s goal throughout Season 4. [[spoiler: By harnessing life energy stolen from versions of himself and Shovelwarewolf throughout TheMultiverse, he created the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Power]] [[ComicBook/InfinityWar [[ComicBook/TheInfinityWar Gauntlet]]. Shovelwarewolf's destructive rage fueled the Gauntlet, and with a snap of his fingers, [[TheBadGuyWins Biffalo Bub made it so all video games in existence became Bubsy games]].]]
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* ArtifactTitle: The first season has the Shovelwarewolf covering obscure shovelware games consisting of cheaply made licensed titles. The second season onwards drops this aspect and features generally bad games that are more widely known for their poor quality.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: At a certain point in the matchups in ''VideoGame/ShaqFu'': "Rejected [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Jellicle Cat]] vs. VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'s grandma! This oughta be a good one!"
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season 4's Christmas episode ended with [[spoiler: a critically injured Shovelwarewolf trapped aboard the UFO as it crashed to Earth and exploded.]]
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* EvilPlan: Prince Tricky/[[spoiler: Biffalo Bub]]'s goal throughout Season 4. [[spoiler: By harnessing life energy stolen from versions of himself and Shovelwarewolf throughout TheMultiverse, he created the [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Power]] [[ComicBook/InfinityWar Gauntlet]]. Shovelwarewolf's destructive rage fueled the Gauntlet, and with a snap of his fingers, [[TheBadGuyWins Biffalo Bub made it so all video games in existence became Bubsy games]].]]
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* GrandFinale: The fifth season is this, with the last game Ivan plays being Carmaggedon 64. In the end, [[spoiler: he wins, but makes alterations to his deal with Death when Death tells him that all games in reality are still Bubsy games courtesy of Biffalo Bub, in that he gets sent back and all video games get restored, but keeps his curse. Fortunately, Susan reveals that she has gathered information from Ivan's time in the company that he could use to potentially create a cure for himself.]]
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* GrandFinale: The fifth season is this, with the last game Ivan plays being Carmaggedon Carmageddon 64. In the end, [[spoiler: he wins, but makes alterations to his deal with Death when Death tells him that all games in reality are still Bubsy games courtesy of Biffalo Bub, in that he gets sent back and all video games get restored, but keeps his curse. Fortunately, Susan reveals that she has gathered information from Ivan's time in the company that he could use to potentially create a cure for himself.]]
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* GrandFinale: [[spoiler: The fifth season is this, with the last game Ivan plays being Carmaggedon 64. In the end, he wins, but makes alterations to his deal with Death when Death tells him that all games in reality are still Bubsy games courtesy of Biffalo Bub, in that he gets sent back and all video games get restored, but keeps his curse. Fortunately, Susan reveals that she has gathered information from Ivan's time in the company that he could use to potentially create a cure for himself.]]
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* GrandFinale: [[spoiler: The fifth season is this, with the last game Ivan plays being Carmaggedon 64. In the end, [[spoiler: he wins, but makes alterations to his deal with Death when Death tells him that all games in reality are still Bubsy games courtesy of Biffalo Bub, in that he gets sent back and all video games get restored, but keeps his curse. Fortunately, Susan reveals that she has gathered information from Ivan's time in the company that he could use to potentially create a cure for himself.]]
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* PainfulTransformation [[TransformationSequence Sequence]]: Ivan spends a good amount of time seizing up and writhing in pain on the floor while stock science footage is shown on the screen.
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* ThatSatisfyingCrunch: Shovelwarewolf ends up destroying each game he’s forced to play, usually in a thematically appropriate manner if he has the means. He'll settle for [[BoringButPractical chucking the cartridge against a wall or just smashing it]] if he has to, though.
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* ThatSatisfyingCrunch: Shovelwarewolf ends up destroying each game he’s forced to play, usually in a thematically appropriate manner if he has the means. He'll settle for [[BoringButPractical chucking the cartridge against a wall or just smashing it]] if he has to, though. [[spoiler: Death]] gets in on the action in Season 5 whenever he loses a game.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Despite being blown up by the UFO's weaponry at the end of Season 3, Biffalo Bub manages to return as Prince Tricky's true identity. Subverted when he's actually a Biffalo Bub from an alternate reality where the ShovelWareWolf Shovelwarewolf was the one who got blown up by the UFO while he was the one beamed up.]]
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* RunningGag: Ivan/[=Shovelwarewolf=] smashing a glass while transforming.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of Season 1, one of Ivan’s hands is permanently clawed and furry. It’s back to normal at the start of Season 2.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of Season 1, one of Ivan’s hands is permanently clawed and furry. It’s back to normal at the start of Season 2.2.
* VillainHasAPoint:
--> '''Shovelwarewolf''': And what would a Bubsy game be without an annoying bobcat who doesn't shut up?!
--> '''Biffalo Bub''': A Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog game?
--> '''Shovelwarewold''': That's not as far from the truth as I'd like.
* VillainHasAPoint:
--> '''Shovelwarewolf''': And what would a Bubsy game be without an annoying bobcat who doesn't shut up?!
--> '''Biffalo Bub''': A Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog game?
--> '''Shovelwarewold''': That's not as far from the truth as I'd like.
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* ChessWithDeath: [[spoiler: Season 5's premise. Shovelwarewolf must beat Death in three out of five rounds of multiplayer games if he wants to live. After losing three rounds, he raises the stakes to best out of seven. If he wins, he returns to life and is freed from his curse. But if Death wins, Shovelwarewolf will play video games with him forever.]]
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* DramaticShattering: Something made of glass always gets knocked over during Ivan’s transformations. (A bottle in season 1, a drinking glass in season 2, a vase in season 3, and a lava lamp in season 4) This trope is parodied as often as it's played straight throughout the series, such as showing the glass increasingly covered in tape or a plastic water bottle somehow shattering on impact.
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* DramaticShattering: Something made of glass always gets knocked over during Ivan’s transformations. transformations (A bottle in season 1, a drinking glass in season 2, a vase in season 3, and a lava lamp in season 4) 4, and two decorative glasses in season 5). This trope is parodied as often as it's played straight throughout the series, such as showing the glass increasingly covered in tape or a plastic water bottle somehow shattering on impact.
** In the ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'' episode, Ivan is seen reading ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''.
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* FromBadToWorse: Ivan goes from being locked away in his lab by his shady employers to trapped in a hillbilly’s TortureCellar to [[spoiler: abducted by aliens]]. Poor guy just can’t catch a break.
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* FromBadToWorse: Ivan goes from being locked away in his lab by his shady employers to trapped in a hillbilly’s TortureCellar to [[spoiler: abducted by aliens]].aliens]] and then [[spoiler: playing ChessWithDeath]]. Poor guy just can’t catch a break.
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** Season 3: infamous “classic” gamesgames, generally considered to be the worst games of all time.
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'''Season 5'''
* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings''
* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]] Soccer''
* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings''
* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]] Soccer''
** Season 5: multiplayer games and game modes
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Despite being blown up by the UFO's weaponry at the end of Season 3, Biffalo Bub manages to return as Prince Tricky's true identity.]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Despite being blown up by the UFO's weaponry at the end of Season 3, Biffalo Bub manages to return as Prince Tricky's true identity. Subverted when he's actually a Biffalo Bub from an alternate reality where the ShovelWareWolf was the one who got blown up by the UFO while he was the one beamed up.]]
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* ''[[UsefulNotes/{{NintendoEntertainmentSystem}} Super Glove Ball and VideoGame/BadStreetBrawler''
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Despite being blown up by the UFO's weaponry at the end of Season 3, Biffalo Bub manages to return as Prince Tricky's true identity.]]
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** Defied with ''VideoGame/SteelBattalion'' and its infamous controller system, as it cost way too much to allow Shovelwarewolf to wreck it.
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* NoFairCheating: Enforced; while playing ''Stack 'Em'', Shovelwarewolf wonders aloud what’s stopping him from manually setting the blocks into position instead of waiting for ROB to move them like the game intended. His captors inform him that [[spoiler: he’ll be put back into stasis]] and forced to [[CallBack replay ''The Grinch'']] for all eternity if he doesn’t play fair. He complies.
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* NoFairCheating: Enforced; while playing ''Stack 'Em'', Up'', Shovelwarewolf wonders aloud what’s stopping him from manually setting the blocks into position instead of waiting for ROB to move them like the game intended. His captors inform him that [[spoiler: he’ll be put back into stasis]] and forced to [[CallBack replay ''The Grinch'']] for all eternity if he doesn’t play fair. He complies.
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You can watch ''The Shovelwarewolf'' [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTBpRwPSoxqmGlyBYVBdssB7T_1-A0S-y here]].
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* ''[[Ride/SixFlags]] Fun Park'' (Wii)
* ''Series/DuckDynasty'' (PS3)
* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (Wii)
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-> ''"[[PunnyName Doctor Ivan Ostril]]: after a freak accident, exposure to bad video games now causes him to transform into… The Shovelwarewolf."''
''The Shovelwarewolf'' is a series by WebVideo/RandomEncounters that updates once a week each October, with a season finale uploaded on Halloween and an extra episode on Christmas Eve.
Doctor Ivan Ostril was a scientist hired to study the psychological effects of video games until a FreakLabAccident left him with an unusual affliction. Now, whenever he plays a game that was hurriedly churned out to make a quick buck with little regard for quality, he transforms into a werewolf… The Shovelwarewolf, to be precise.
Naturally, Ivan is doing his best to discover a cure for his condition. Unfortunately, there are others who wish to control him for their own goals...
[[folder: Games Reviewed by The Shovelwarewolf:]]
'''Season 1'''
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}} Horrorland'' (Wii)
* ''[[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel Nat Geo]] Challenge'' (PS3)
* ''Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge'' (PS3)
* ''[[Ride/SixFlags]] Fun Park'' (Wii)
* ''Series/DuckDynasty'' (PS3)
* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (Wii)
'''Season 2'''
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''
* ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''
* ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]''
* ''Film/HomeAlone'' (NES)
'''Season 3'''
* ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''
* ''VideoGame/Superman64''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} Bubsy 3D]]''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''
* ''[[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]'' (Playstation)
'''Season 4'''
* ''[[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy Stack Em and Gyromite]]''
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!!Contains the following tropes:
* AsideGlance: Shovelwarewolf frequently turns to the camera while delivering one-liners.
* BerserkButton:
** Minigame Games with lousy motion controls for Ivan/Shovelwarewolf.
** Disrespecting [[spoiler: Bubsy the Bobcat]] for Biffalo Bub.
* BondOneLiner: After using a laser to set fire to a copy of ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'': "Now ''that's'' how you burn a disc!"
* CallBack: In the Season 3 finale, Shovelwarewolf wonders if [[spoiler: Susan is going to show up to save him]] just like she did the last time he was forced to play a Zelda CD-i title.
* CausticCritic: Neither Ivan nor Shovelwarewolf have much patience for the many flaws found in the games they’re forced to play, nor are they at all shy about pointing them out.
* CentralTheme: Each season has one regarding the games it covers.
** Season 1: [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed tie-ins]]
** Season 2: terrible entries in beloved franchises
** Season 3: infamous “classic” games
** Season 4: gaming peripherals
* ChristmasEpisode: Three so far: one where Santa quickly comes to regret giving Ivan a copy of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'', a ''Film/HomeAlone'' [[HomeAloneAntics homage]], and a case of HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas.
* CouchGag:
** Whiteboard doodles in Season 1
** A [[GagDub Gag Dubbed]] cutscene in Season 2
** Biffalo Bub playing with his action figures in Season 3
* DeadpanSnarker: A trait that both Ivan and Shovelwarewolf share.
* DramaticShattering: Something made of glass always gets knocked over during Ivan’s transformations. (A bottle in season 1, a drinking glass in season 2, a vase in season 3, and a lava lamp in season 4) This trope is parodied as often as it's played straight throughout the series, such as showing the glass increasingly covered in tape or a plastic water bottle somehow shattering on impact.
* {{Edutainment}}: As Shovelwarewolf discovers the hard way, ''Nat Geo Challenge'' is an example of this trope being done badly. The game is little more than a glorified pack of natural science trivia flashcards. What’s worse is that it doesn’t actually teach you anything about the subjects it covers, so not only would you have to already know the answer in order to get the question right, but you still wouldn’t be learning anything new.
* ExplosiveLeash: How Biffalo Bub forces Ivan to comply with his demands.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Biffalo Bub is mentioned in a radio broadcast in the Season 2 finale.
** One of the first things Bub notices about Shovelwarewolf is his nice fur coat.
** "Ughhh… I wish [[spoiler: aliens]] would come take me away so I could quit playing this garbage."
* FreakLabAccident: The cause of Ivan’s affliction.
* FromBadToWorse: Ivan goes from being locked away in his lab by his shady employers to trapped in a hillbilly’s TortureCellar to [[spoiler: abducted by aliens]]. Poor guy just can’t catch a break.
* GigglingVillain: Biffalo Bub is constantly cackling during his interactions with Ivan/Shovelwarewolf.
* GutturalGrowler: The Shovelwarewolf himself.
* HarmfulToHitchhikers: Biffalo Bub gets his hands on Shovelwarewolf by convincing him to hop in his truck as an alternative to walking aimlessly down the road.
* HopeSpot: Season 2 ends with Ivan escaping his employers and driving to a safe house. At the end of the Christmas episode, he's forced to flee, is told by his OnlyFriend that they probably won't meet again, and ends up getting kidnapped by a deranged lunatic.
* LightningCanDoAnything: It's implied that a lightning strike was behind Ivan's FreakLabAccident.
*LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Plagues Ivan/Shovelwarewolf in ''Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge'', ''Duck Dynasty'', and ''Sonic 2006''.
--> “[[LampshadeHanging What’s with this game’s loading times? My entire DNA sequence changed and I turned into a completely different species before this game could even load?!]]”
* MagicPants: Played with. Ivan keeps his pants, shoes, and lab coat when he transforms, but somehow loses his shirt. In Season 3 onward, his t-shirt gets ripped down the front to resemble his old coat when he transforms, but it’s somehow intact after he reverts.
* MeaningfulName:
** Doctor Susan ''Ally''
** Biffalo Bub isn't just a Buffalo Bill spoof; [[spoiler: he's also a deranged Bubsy fanboy.]]
* NoFairCheating: Enforced; while playing ''Stack 'Em'', Shovelwarewolf wonders aloud what’s stopping him from manually setting the blocks into position instead of waiting for ROB to move them like the game intended. His captors inform him that [[spoiler: he’ll be put back into stasis]] and forced to [[CallBack replay ''The Grinch'']] for all eternity if he doesn’t play fair. He complies.
* NoNameGiven: For a while, we only knew Ivan's employers as "The Company" and his therapist by her job title. They're revealed to be [[MeaningfulName The Inscape Corporation and Dr. Susan Ally]] at the end of Season 2.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Exposure to shoddy video games, not the full moon, is what makes Ivan transform. He maintains his mental faculties in this state, and although he's much more aggressive, he only takes it out on the video games that triggered his condition.
* PainfulTransformation [[TransformationSequence Sequence]]: Ivan spends a good amount of time seizing up and writhing in pain on the floor while stock science footage is shown on the screen.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shovelwarewolf delivers one to Lt. Simms in ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' after one too many Game Overs.
--> "''I'm'' the screwup? You're the one who put [[ItsUpToYou a single werewolf]] in charge of simultaneously watching eight separate cameras while vampire ninjas flooded the house! You're the screwup, mouth breather!"
* ShoutOut:
** [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Biffalo Bub]], a guy who keeps a prisoner locked in a TortureCellar and wants to use his body to make a suit.
** [[spoiler: The aliens]] in Season 4 identify themselves as members of [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation The PC Master Race]] and use VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl as aliases.
* TheShrink: Ivan’s employers provide him with one in Season 2, though they later end up firing her so they can "take a different approach" regarding their experiments. [[spoiler: She comes back to help Ivan escape in the finale.]]
* TakeThat: Season 3, Episode 2 takes a few potshots at ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman Vs. Superman]]'', particularly regarding the plot point about Martha's name.
* ThatSatisfyingCrunch: Shovelwarewolf ends up destroying each game he’s forced to play, usually in a thematically appropriate manner if he has the means. He'll settle for [[BoringButPractical chucking the cartridge against a wall or just smashing it]] if he has to, though.
* UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of Season 1, one of Ivan’s hands is permanently clawed and furry. It’s back to normal at the start of Season 2.
''The Shovelwarewolf'' is a series by WebVideo/RandomEncounters that updates once a week each October, with a season finale uploaded on Halloween and an extra episode on Christmas Eve.
Doctor Ivan Ostril was a scientist hired to study the psychological effects of video games until a FreakLabAccident left him with an unusual affliction. Now, whenever he plays a game that was hurriedly churned out to make a quick buck with little regard for quality, he transforms into a werewolf… The Shovelwarewolf, to be precise.
Naturally, Ivan is doing his best to discover a cure for his condition. Unfortunately, there are others who wish to control him for their own goals...
[[folder: Games Reviewed by The Shovelwarewolf:]]
'''Season 1'''
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}} Horrorland'' (Wii)
* ''[[Creator/NationalGeographicChannel Nat Geo]] Challenge'' (PS3)
* ''Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge'' (PS3)
* ''[[Ride/SixFlags]] Fun Park'' (Wii)
* ''Series/DuckDynasty'' (PS3)
* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (Wii)
'''Season 2'''
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''
* ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent''
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero''
* ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]''
* ''Film/HomeAlone'' (NES)
'''Season 3'''
* ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''
* ''VideoGame/Superman64''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} Bubsy 3D]]''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''
* ''[[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]'' (Playstation)
'''Season 4'''
* ''[[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy Stack Em and Gyromite]]''
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!!Contains the following tropes:
* AsideGlance: Shovelwarewolf frequently turns to the camera while delivering one-liners.
* BerserkButton:
** Minigame Games with lousy motion controls for Ivan/Shovelwarewolf.
** Disrespecting [[spoiler: Bubsy the Bobcat]] for Biffalo Bub.
* BondOneLiner: After using a laser to set fire to a copy of ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'': "Now ''that's'' how you burn a disc!"
* CallBack: In the Season 3 finale, Shovelwarewolf wonders if [[spoiler: Susan is going to show up to save him]] just like she did the last time he was forced to play a Zelda CD-i title.
* CausticCritic: Neither Ivan nor Shovelwarewolf have much patience for the many flaws found in the games they’re forced to play, nor are they at all shy about pointing them out.
* CentralTheme: Each season has one regarding the games it covers.
** Season 1: [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames licensed tie-ins]]
** Season 2: terrible entries in beloved franchises
** Season 3: infamous “classic” games
** Season 4: gaming peripherals
* ChristmasEpisode: Three so far: one where Santa quickly comes to regret giving Ivan a copy of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'', a ''Film/HomeAlone'' [[HomeAloneAntics homage]], and a case of HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas.
* CouchGag:
** Whiteboard doodles in Season 1
** A [[GagDub Gag Dubbed]] cutscene in Season 2
** Biffalo Bub playing with his action figures in Season 3
* DeadpanSnarker: A trait that both Ivan and Shovelwarewolf share.
* DramaticShattering: Something made of glass always gets knocked over during Ivan’s transformations. (A bottle in season 1, a drinking glass in season 2, a vase in season 3, and a lava lamp in season 4) This trope is parodied as often as it's played straight throughout the series, such as showing the glass increasingly covered in tape or a plastic water bottle somehow shattering on impact.
* {{Edutainment}}: As Shovelwarewolf discovers the hard way, ''Nat Geo Challenge'' is an example of this trope being done badly. The game is little more than a glorified pack of natural science trivia flashcards. What’s worse is that it doesn’t actually teach you anything about the subjects it covers, so not only would you have to already know the answer in order to get the question right, but you still wouldn’t be learning anything new.
* ExplosiveLeash: How Biffalo Bub forces Ivan to comply with his demands.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Biffalo Bub is mentioned in a radio broadcast in the Season 2 finale.
** One of the first things Bub notices about Shovelwarewolf is his nice fur coat.
** "Ughhh… I wish [[spoiler: aliens]] would come take me away so I could quit playing this garbage."
* FreakLabAccident: The cause of Ivan’s affliction.
* FromBadToWorse: Ivan goes from being locked away in his lab by his shady employers to trapped in a hillbilly’s TortureCellar to [[spoiler: abducted by aliens]]. Poor guy just can’t catch a break.
* GigglingVillain: Biffalo Bub is constantly cackling during his interactions with Ivan/Shovelwarewolf.
* GutturalGrowler: The Shovelwarewolf himself.
* HarmfulToHitchhikers: Biffalo Bub gets his hands on Shovelwarewolf by convincing him to hop in his truck as an alternative to walking aimlessly down the road.
* HopeSpot: Season 2 ends with Ivan escaping his employers and driving to a safe house. At the end of the Christmas episode, he's forced to flee, is told by his OnlyFriend that they probably won't meet again, and ends up getting kidnapped by a deranged lunatic.
* LightningCanDoAnything: It's implied that a lightning strike was behind Ivan's FreakLabAccident.
*LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Plagues Ivan/Shovelwarewolf in ''Ski-Doo Snowmobile Challenge'', ''Duck Dynasty'', and ''Sonic 2006''.
--> “[[LampshadeHanging What’s with this game’s loading times? My entire DNA sequence changed and I turned into a completely different species before this game could even load?!]]”
* MagicPants: Played with. Ivan keeps his pants, shoes, and lab coat when he transforms, but somehow loses his shirt. In Season 3 onward, his t-shirt gets ripped down the front to resemble his old coat when he transforms, but it’s somehow intact after he reverts.
* MeaningfulName:
** Doctor Susan ''Ally''
** Biffalo Bub isn't just a Buffalo Bill spoof; [[spoiler: he's also a deranged Bubsy fanboy.]]
* NoFairCheating: Enforced; while playing ''Stack 'Em'', Shovelwarewolf wonders aloud what’s stopping him from manually setting the blocks into position instead of waiting for ROB to move them like the game intended. His captors inform him that [[spoiler: he’ll be put back into stasis]] and forced to [[CallBack replay ''The Grinch'']] for all eternity if he doesn’t play fair. He complies.
* NoNameGiven: For a while, we only knew Ivan's employers as "The Company" and his therapist by her job title. They're revealed to be [[MeaningfulName The Inscape Corporation and Dr. Susan Ally]] at the end of Season 2.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Exposure to shoddy video games, not the full moon, is what makes Ivan transform. He maintains his mental faculties in this state, and although he's much more aggressive, he only takes it out on the video games that triggered his condition.
* PainfulTransformation [[TransformationSequence Sequence]]: Ivan spends a good amount of time seizing up and writhing in pain on the floor while stock science footage is shown on the screen.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shovelwarewolf delivers one to Lt. Simms in ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' after one too many Game Overs.
--> "''I'm'' the screwup? You're the one who put [[ItsUpToYou a single werewolf]] in charge of simultaneously watching eight separate cameras while vampire ninjas flooded the house! You're the screwup, mouth breather!"
* ShoutOut:
** [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Biffalo Bub]], a guy who keeps a prisoner locked in a TortureCellar and wants to use his body to make a suit.
** [[spoiler: The aliens]] in Season 4 identify themselves as members of [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation The PC Master Race]] and use VideoGame/ToejamAndEarl as aliases.
* TheShrink: Ivan’s employers provide him with one in Season 2, though they later end up firing her so they can "take a different approach" regarding their experiments. [[spoiler: She comes back to help Ivan escape in the finale.]]
* TakeThat: Season 3, Episode 2 takes a few potshots at ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman Vs. Superman]]'', particularly regarding the plot point about Martha's name.
* ThatSatisfyingCrunch: Shovelwarewolf ends up destroying each game he’s forced to play, usually in a thematically appropriate manner if he has the means. He'll settle for [[BoringButPractical chucking the cartridge against a wall or just smashing it]] if he has to, though.
* UnexplainedRecovery: At the end of Season 1, one of Ivan’s hands is permanently clawed and furry. It’s back to normal at the start of Season 2.
