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* {{Mike J}}eavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'', a documentary about Jeavons' dating-site-instigated date with a fan, can be seen [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/the-uncanny-valley-internet-dating-and-me-6620333 here]]. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].

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* {{Mike J}}eavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'', a documentary {{mockumentary}} about Jeavons' dating-site-instigated date with a fan, can be seen [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/the-uncanny-valley-internet-dating-and-me-6620333 here]]. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].


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* TheCameo: Webvideo/DiamandaHagan and FilmBrain.
* GenderBlenderName: Both [[spoiler:Mike ''and'' FilmBrain]] managed to accidentally choose easily misinterpretable screen-names.
* IsThisThingStillOn: Well, believe it or not switching off the monitor doesn't terminate the Skype connection.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: [[spoiler:FilmBrain]] offers this about the date.
* [[spoiler:MistakenForGay: Mike and FilmBrain each other. Including some awkward accusations regarding {{Slash Fic}}s.]]
* {{Mockumentary}}: Yes. It was marketed as {{documentary}} but seriously...
* RealMenWearPink: Apparently MikeJ's favorite pastimes include gardening and cross-stitch.
* VideoPhone: Before the date Mike also Skypes with a ''[[Webvideo/DiamandaHagan nice girl from Ireland]]''.
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1. That\'s a weak connection at best to nash\'s show. 2 recycled music is not a trope right now.





* ActorAllusion: Nash plays a HorrorHost that picks various stories and gives a little introduction for each...[[WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou sound familiar?]]



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* JustOneMoreLevel: Just one of Carl's problems.



* RecycledMusic: Fittingly given the theme, a lot of the music was stolen from ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.



* AliensStealCattle: [[AvertedTrope Nah]]. [[spoiler:Cats]] are much [[CutenessProximity cuter]].

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* AliensStealCattle: [[AvertedTrope Nah]]. [[spoiler:Cats]] Just [[spoiler:cats]], because they are much [[CutenessProximity cuter]].



* TheInternetIsForPorn: But the aliens care nothing for it, fortunately.

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* TheInternetIsForPorn: But the aliens care nothing for it, fortunately.just the cat videos.



* PityTheKidnapper: Well given [[spoiler:the world's cats under thread of world annihilation]], but the aliens clearly didn't realize what they were getting into.



* ConstructiveCriticism: Rickhead invokes this, although it's clearly not, and he's saying it just to justify his trolling.




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** Count Thomas Howl is a pun on the actor CThomasHowell.
* StylisticSuck: Jeff's NoBudget show is this, even for an internet review show.
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* {{Mike J}}eavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'', a documentary about Jeavons' dating-site-instigated date with a fan, has yet to be released. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].

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* {{Mike J}}eavons' ''Internet Dating and Me'', a documentary about Jeavons' dating-site-instigated date with a fan, has yet to can be released.seen [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/the-uncanny-valley-internet-dating-and-me-6620333 here]]. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/mikejtv/internet-dating-and-me-trailer-6611439 here]].
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* ActorAllusion: Nash plays a HorrorHost that consists of him picking various stories and giving a little introduction for each...[[WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou sound familiar?]]

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* ActorAllusion: Nash plays a HorrorHost that consists of him picking picks various stories and giving gives a little introduction for each...[[WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou sound familiar?]]
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* ActorAllusion: Nash plays a HorrorHost that consists of him picking various stories and giving a little introduction for each...sound familiar?

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* ActorAllusion: Nash plays a HorrorHost that consists of him picking various stories and giving a little introduction for each...[[WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou sound familiar?familiar?]]
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* ActorAllusion: Nash plays a HorrorHost that consists of him picking various stories and giving a little introduction for each...sound familiar?
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* FormerChildStar: Brad Jones's character, Marcus, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.

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* FormerChildStar: Brad Jones's character, Marcus, Nicholas Pike, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.

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* AccentuateTheNegative: Rickhead's reviews of web videos are extremely harsh.

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* AccentuateTheNegative: AccentuateTheNegative[=/=]CausticCritic: Rickhead's reviews of web videos are extremely harsh.



* ThePilot: The short serves as a potential pilot for a new series by Brad Jones and his crew.



* ThePilot: The short serves as a potential pilot for a new series by Brad Jones and his crew.

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* ThePilot: The short serves as a potential pilot for a new series by Brad Jones and his crew.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Jeff feels this way towards negative comments on online videos.

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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-universe, Jeff feels this way towards negative comments on online videos.
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* FormerChildStar: Brad Jones's character, Marcus Pike, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.

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* FormerChildStar: Brad Jones's character, Marcus Pike, Marcus, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.
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* FormerChildStar: Brad Jones's character, Marcus Pike, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.

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* FormerChildStar: Brad Jones's character, Marcus Pike, Marcus, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.
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* FormerChildStar: Brad's character, Marcus Pike, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.

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* FormerChildStar: Brad's Brad Jones's character, Marcus Pike, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.
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* ClassicMovieVampire: Jeff's online persona, Count Thomas Howl.

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* ClassicMovieVampire: ClassicalMovieVampire: Jeff's online persona, Count Thomas Howl.

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* CanonImmigrant: Space Lancer Steve originated as a joke by Linkara about The Cinema Snob not having an analogue to Ensign Munroe.

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* AccentuateTheNegative: Rickhead's reviews of web videos are extremely harsh.
* CanonImmigrant: Space Lancer Steve originated as a joke by Linkara about The Cinema Snob not having an analogue to Ensign Munroe.Munroe
* ClassicMovieVampire: Jeff's online persona, Count Thomas Howl.
* FormerChildStar: Brad's character, Marcus Pike, was the star of the 1989 movie ''[[TheWizard The Genius]]''.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Jeff feels this way towards negative comments on online videos.
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* RecycledMusic: Fittingly given the theme, a lot of the music was stolen from ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.
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** [[TheLegendOfZelda "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this."]]
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* HorrorHost: The Webmaster.

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* HorrorHost: The Webmaster.Webmaster, but two of his attempts have been ruined by the meditation guy.
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* ShoutOut: When Brad Jones posted it on his site, the description he gave for it was: "A top Russian ballet dancer, who defected to the US, crash lands in his own country. The KGB throws him in Siberia to live with an American expatriate and his Russian wife as a way to convince him to stay in his homeland", the premise of the fairly obscure 1985 movie "White Nights".

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* ShoutOut: When Brad Jones posted it on his site, the description he gave for it was: "A top Russian ballet dancer, who defected to the US, crash lands in his own country. The KGB throws him in Siberia to live with an American expatriate and his Russian wife as a way to convince him to stay in his homeland", the premise of the fairly obscure 1985 movie "White Nights".Nights", starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and, in a secondary role, Helen Mirren.
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* ShoutOut: Once again from Brad Jones, his description of the short is: [[MidnightHeat "A coke head cop is brought out of suspension in order to trail a local prostitute who may become the next victim of a serial killer known as The Scalper."]]

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* ShoutOut: Once again from Brad Jones, his description of the short is: [[MidnightHeat "A coke head cop is brought out of suspension in order to trail a local prostitute who may become the next victim of a serial killer known as The Scalper."]]Scalper", the plot of "Midnight Heat", a short film he made in 2007.
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* ShoutOut: Once again from Brad Jones, his description of the short is: [[MidnightHeat "A coke head cop is brought out of suspension in order to trail a local prostitute who may become the next victim of a serial killer known as The Scalper."]]
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*** On [[StarTrekEnterprise another Trek note,]] one patient is Mr. Archer, who fed his pet too much cheese.
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* [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]]' ''The Reviewers'', about a couple of friends who try to make it big as WebVideo critics, has yet to be released. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/the-reviewers-trailer-the-uncanny-valley-6615032 here]], and behind-the-scenes featurettes are [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39190-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-space-lancer-steve here]] and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39330-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-count-thomas-howell here]].

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* [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]]' ''The Reviewers'', about a couple of friends who try to make it big as WebVideo critics, has yet to can be released.seen [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/the-uncanny-valley-the-reviewers-6620053 here]]. The trailer is [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/the-reviewers-trailer-the-uncanny-valley-6615032 here]], and behind-the-scenes featurettes are [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39190-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-space-lancer-steve here]] and [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/the-reviewers/39330-the-reviewers-behind-the-scenes-meet-count-thomas-howell here]].
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How is it supposed to be the PSP? The joke was about the broken PS 3 version.


* BlandNameProduct: Skyguard is clearly meant to be ''[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' (they are even using modded footage from Skyrim), The Aura Scrolls is meant to be ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and Mephesto is meant to represent ''Creator/{{Bethesda}}'', the creators of the game and the franchise. Heck, the title of the short, ''Dragonbored'' is based off of the name of the PlayerCharacter of the real game, the Dragonborn. Additionally, Skyguard was released on the [[PlayStationPortable PSZ]][[note]] Which doesn't work as well as a reference because the PSP was a handheld while Skyguard is shown to be played on a console.[[/note]].

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* BlandNameProduct: Skyguard is clearly meant to be ''[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' (they are even using modded footage from Skyrim), The Aura Scrolls is meant to be ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and Mephesto is meant to represent ''Creator/{{Bethesda}}'', the creators of the game and the franchise. Heck, the title of the short, ''Dragonbored'' is based off of the name of the PlayerCharacter of the real game, the Dragonborn. Additionally, Skyguard was released on the [[PlayStationPortable PSZ]][[note]] Which doesn't work as well as a reference because the PSP was a handheld while Skyguard is shown to be played on a console.[[/note]].[[PlayStation3 PSZ]].
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** The internet also tried to find something to compensate the loss... [[spoiler:the cute {{Furry|Fandom}} videos. [[NightmareFuel You're welcome]].]]

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** The internet also tried to find something to compensate the loss... [[spoiler:the cute {{Furry|Fandom}} videos. [[NightmareFuel You're welcome]].welcome.]]
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* AliensStealCattle: [[AvertedTrope Nah]]. [[spoiler:Cats]] are much [[CutenessProximity cuter]].
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* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: So you have a degree in [[ADegreeInUseless xenolingusitics]] (minoring in {{Mac Guffin}}ism)... There is this FirstContact transmission no one else can decode. You are our only hope!
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** There are a lot of shout outs to game mechanics present in ''Skyrim.'' For example if you put a bucket on someone's head in ''Skyrim'' you are out of their line of sight and therefore you can [[JustForPun rob them blind.]] Jimbroth mentions that he did this once.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Skyguard is mentioned to have this problem just like the real ''Skyrim''.
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* BlandNameProduct: Skyguard is clearly meant to be ''[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' (they are even using modded footage from Skyrim), The Aura Scrolls is meant to be ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and Mephesto is meant to represent ''Creator/{{Bethesda}}'', the creators of the game and the franchise. Heck, the title of the short, ''Dragonbored'' is clearly based off of the name of the PlayerCharacter of the real game, the Dragonborn. Additionally, Skyguard was released on the [[PlayStationPortable PSZ]][[note]] Which doesn't work as well as reference because the PSP was a handheld while Skyguard is shown to be played on a console.[[/note]].

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* BlandNameProduct: Skyguard is clearly meant to be ''[[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' (they are even using modded footage from Skyrim), The Aura Scrolls is meant to be ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and Mephesto is meant to represent ''Creator/{{Bethesda}}'', the creators of the game and the franchise. Heck, the title of the short, ''Dragonbored'' is clearly based off of the name of the PlayerCharacter of the real game, the Dragonborn. Additionally, Skyguard was released on the [[PlayStationPortable PSZ]][[note]] Which doesn't work as well as a reference because the PSP was a handheld while Skyguard is shown to be played on a console.[[/note]].

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* MeanBoss: [=LeBron=]

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* MeanBoss: [=LeBron=][=LeBron=]... although mainly to Carl.



* [[spoiler: TrappedInTVLand: Carl becomes trapped in the game [[GenderBender as the character he was creating.]]]]

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* TheyJustDidntCare: InUniverse this is how the game company treats supernatural problems the games generate. They'll just patch it later.
* [[spoiler: TrappedInTVLand: Carl becomes trapped in the game [[GenderBender as the lady character he was creating.]]]]

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