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InAWorld where video games have become the most popular spectator sport, the only way to catch up to the improbably skilled professional players is to graduate from the eponymous Video Game High School. The story starts when young Brian D. finds himself catapulted into infamy when the next big star, known only as The Law, loses to him in a pub-stomp gone wrong. Now Brian has to put up with the pressures of high school, as well as the constant threat that any defeat could leave him expelled.

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InAWorld {{In a world}} where video games have become the most popular spectator sport, the only way to catch up to the improbably skilled professional players is to graduate from the eponymous Video Game High School. The story starts when young Brian D. finds himself catapulted into infamy when the next big star, known only as The Law, loses to him in a pub-stomp gone wrong. Now Brian has to put up with the pressures of high school, as well as the constant threat that any defeat could leave him expelled.
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'''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ScNjBd118 Video Game High School]]''''' is the first feature-length WebVideo project from Website/YouTube star Freddie Wong and Creator/RocketJump, his ProductionPosse.

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'''''[[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ScNjBd118 Video Game High School]]''''' School]]'' is the first feature-length WebVideo project from Website/YouTube star Freddie Wong and Creator/RocketJump, his ProductionPosse.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Wendell Brixby.Brixby and Ted Wong.

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* BadassMustache: The Law gains one as part of a "disguise," and it stays for the remainder of the episode.
** [[RuleOfFunny The only reason he gets it is because he's wearing a shirt that says "Like My Stache?".]] You can tell he's just ''begging'' for someone to ask about it, but no one does until much later.
*** The Season 2 titles imply that this is going to be a RunningGag with The Law.

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* BadassMustache: The Law gains one as part of a "disguise," and it stays for the remainder of the episode.
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episode. [[RuleOfFunny The only reason he gets it is because he's wearing a shirt that says "Like My Stache?".]] You can tell he's just ''begging'' for someone to ask about it, but no one does until much later.
*** The Season 2 titles imply that this is going to be a RunningGag with The Law.
later.



* BerserkButton: In episode 9, [[spoiler:The Law gets PISSED when JV is about to win and goes on a rampage, slaughtering nearly everyone on JV.]]

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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
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In episode 9, [[spoiler:The Law gets PISSED when JV is about to win and goes on a rampage, slaughtering nearly everyone on JV.]]



* BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheSillyOnes: Brian and Ted may be a little out of it, but don't doubt their skill. Brian manages to kill The Law in ''Field of Fire'' and has shown decent skill in other games, and Ted is rather good at racing games.
** Plus, in Ted's case, it's heavily implied that he's at least almost equal in skill to Drift King.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheSillyOnes: BewareTheSillyOnes:
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Brian and Ted may be a little out of it, but don't doubt their skill. Brian manages to kill The Law in ''Field of Fire'' and has shown decent skill in other games, and Ted is rather good at racing games.
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games. Plus, in Ted's case, it's heavily implied that he's at least almost equal in skill to Drift King.



** BigBadDuumvirate: Ashley [[spoiler:and Shane]] Barnstomer.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Just as Brian is about to deliberately lose a game against Games Dean and get himself expelled, Jenny joins the game on Brian's team, bails him out, gives him a RousingSpeech telling him DoNotGoGentle, and convinces him to actually fight back and stay at the school.]]

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** * BigBadDuumvirate: Ashley [[spoiler:and Shane]] Barnstomer.
* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
**
[[spoiler: Just as Brian is about to deliberately lose a game against Games Dean and get himself expelled, Jenny joins the game on Brian's team, bails him out, gives him a RousingSpeech telling him DoNotGoGentle, and convinces him to actually fight back and stay at the school.]]



* BigNo: Law lets out one just as [[spoiler:Shotbot destroys the dunk tank that the Law's in to save him, [[HeroicSacrifice even though the water will kill him]]]].

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* BigNo: BigNo:
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Law lets out one just as [[spoiler:Shotbot destroys the dunk tank that the Law's in to save him, [[HeroicSacrifice even though the water will kill him]]]].



** Jax after [[spoiler:Calhoun is killed in the series finale battle, after having gone on a pretty awesome killing spree.]]

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** Jax after [[spoiler:Calhoun is killed in the series finale battle, after having gone on a pretty awesome killing spree. This gets Jax killed, causing Jenny and Brian to facepalm.]]



* BlandNameProduct: Just for the games. For example, they don't play ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', they play ''Field of Fire''.

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* BlandNameProduct: BlandNameProduct:
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Just for the games. For example, they don't play ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', they play ''Field of Fire''.



* ButtMonkey: Brian, Brian, Brian.

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* ButtMonkey: ButtMonkey:
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Brian, Brian, Brian.



* ButtonMashing: Judging by episode 2, reloading a gun is quite complicated in ''Field of Fire''.

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* ButtonMashing: ButtonMashing:
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Judging by episode 2, reloading a gun is quite complicated in ''Field of Fire''.



* CloudCuckooLander: Ted normally, but Brian sometimes takes this.

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* CloudCuckooLander: CloudCuckooLander:
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Ted normally, but Brian sometimes takes this.



* CoolLoser: Brian is skilled, funny, and becomes famous seemingly ''worldwide'' in the span of what appears to be no more than a couple of days. Yet, at VGHS, he gets picked on by pretty much everyone.
** Possibly justified: he has a ''huge'' rep after killing Law, and almost everyone is convinced that it was a flash-in-the-pan moment. They're not interested in being friends with Brian, they're interested in being the one that kicks his ass, as a kind of surrogate butt-kicking to the Law. They can't beat the Law, but they ''can'' beat Brian, who beat the Law, and that's almost as good.

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* CoolLoser: Brian is skilled, funny, and becomes famous seemingly ''worldwide'' in the span of what appears to be no more than a couple of days. Yet, at VGHS, he gets picked on by pretty much everyone.
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everyone. Possibly justified: he has a ''huge'' rep after killing Law, and almost everyone is convinced that it was a flash-in-the-pan moment. They're not interested in being friends with Brian, they're interested in being the one that kicks his ass, as a kind of surrogate butt-kicking to the Law. They can't beat the Law, but they ''can'' beat Brian, who beat the Law, and that's almost as good.



** Freddie Wong is mentioned as being Ted's father. The actor who plays Ted is Freddie's younger brother.
*** He also features lightly in Season 1, and has occasional cameos in Seasons 2 and 3, as one of the VGHS teachers. As something of a partial (if somewhat distant) callback, he teaches classes centering around a Guitar Hero-esque rhythm game.

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** Freddie Wong is mentioned as being Ted's father. The actor who plays Ted is Freddie's younger brother.
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brother. He also features lightly in Season 1, and has occasional cameos in Seasons 2 and 3, as one of the VGHS teachers. As something of a partial (if somewhat distant) callback, he teaches classes centering around a Guitar Hero-esque rhythm game.



** Episode 2 takes this to the extreme. This episode has noticably mixed reviews on YouTube because both the characters and the plot of the episode as a whole are severely out of character with the lighthearted antics of the previous two seasons.

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** Episode 2 takes this to the extreme. This episode has noticably noticeably mixed reviews on YouTube because both the characters and the plot of the episode as a whole are severely out of character with the lighthearted antics of the previous two seasons.



* DarkestHour: Name-dropped by DK when talking about how the Duchess of Kart and her posse have gone after the drift racing team.

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* DarkestHour: DarkestHour:
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Name-dropped by DK when talking about how the Duchess of Kart and her posse have gone after the drift racing team.



* DeadpanSnarker: Brian when he's not being a CloudCuckooLander. Jenny and The Law also have their own moments of this.

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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
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Brian when he's not being a CloudCuckooLander. Jenny and The Law also have their own moments of this.



* DeepImmersionGaming: The show is built on this.
** PlayedForLaughs when Brian goes AFK or his keys get stuck and it's obvious his head isn't communicating with his character's body.
*** When he goes AFK it's just his mouth that's not communicating with his character's body -- his in-game expression remains entirely neutral even while being mauled by his pet cat in the real world.

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* DeepImmersionGaming: DeepImmersionGaming:
**
The show is built on this.
** PlayedForLaughs when Brian goes AFK or his keys get stuck and it's obvious his head mouth isn't communicating with his character's body.
*** When he goes AFK it's just his mouth that's not communicating with his character's body -- his
body. His in-game expression remains entirely neutral even while being mauled by his pet cat in the real world.



* DrillSergeantNasty: Mary Matrix qualifies. The regimen she puts her players through seems more like athletics training than gaming.
** It ''is'' athletic training, which is justified by Mary with the philosophy that healthy bodies lead to healthy minds, which improves game skills.

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* DrillSergeantNasty: Mary Matrix qualifies. The regimen she puts her players through seems more like athletics training than gaming.
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gaming. It ''is'' athletic training, which is justified by Mary with the philosophy that healthy bodies lead to healthy minds, which improves game skills.



* EpicFail: In season 3 episode 1, Jenny has an interview in which she is asked to rank her favorite races. She interprets this as ''actual human races''. It goes about as well as you'd expect it to.

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* EpicFail: EpicFail:
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In season 3 episode 1, Jenny has an interview in which she is asked to rank her favorite races. She interprets this as ''actual human races''. It goes about as well as you'd expect it to.



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Being loaded with references to video games, people at VGHS aren't called by their names. They go by their in-game handles, which sometimes refer to which games they play and/or their skill in said games; e.g., Drift King, [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Law]], Games Dean, Jumping Jax, [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Alliterator]].

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep:
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Being loaded with references to video games, people at VGHS aren't called by their names. They go by their in-game handles, which sometimes refer to which games they play and/or their skill in said games; e.g., Drift King, [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Law]], Games Dean, Jumping Jax, [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Alliterator]].



* FiveManBand: The JV team are a loose version of this:
** TheLeader: Jenny Matrix.
** TheLancer: Brian D.
** TheSmartGuy: Games Dean.
** TheBigGuy: Jumpin' Jax.
** TheChick: Moriarty and Rapwnzel.
** SixthRanger: The Law.

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* %%* FiveManBand: The JV team are a loose version of this:
** %%** TheLeader: Jenny Matrix.
** %%** TheLancer: Brian D.
** %%** TheSmartGuy: Games Dean.
** %%** TheBigGuy: Jumpin' Jax.
** %%** TheChick: Moriarty and Rapwnzel.
** %%** SixthRanger: The Law.



--> '''The Law''': I've got the girl of your dreams ''S-ing My D''. Styling My 'Do.

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--> ** When the Law is mocking Brian once again.
--->
'''The Law''': I've got the girl of your dreams ''S-ing S-ing My D''. D. ''[takes out a comb]'' Styling My 'Do.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Law repeatedly; every time he lost to Brian it was down to his own over-confidence and need to show off, causing him to go for the most trickiest, humiliating ways to kill him. Had he not done so, he'd have likely creamed Brian just as easily as he usually would.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard:
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The Law repeatedly; every time he lost to Brian it was down to his own over-confidence and need to show off, causing him to go for the most trickiest, humiliating ways to kill him. Had he not done so, he'd have likely creamed Brian just as easily as he usually would.



* HoldYourHippogriffs: Brian says he has wanted to play on a VGHS team since he was "E For Everyone".

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* HoldYourHippogriffs: HoldYourHippogriffs:
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Brian says he has wanted to play on a VGHS team since he was "E For Everyone".



--->'''Brian:''' Are you joking?\\
'''Calhoun:''' DO YOU SEE ANY ROFLCOPTERS, SON?
** When the Law gets the fingers on his left hand broken, he screams "My wasd's!"



* {{Hypocrite}}: Ki in season 2 episode 6, when she decides to take care of Brian's cat Cheetoh, violating her own "no animals" rule. Wendell does catch her in the act and call her out on it.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
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Ki in season 2 episode 6, when she decides to take care of Brian's cat Cheetoh, violating her own "no animals" rule. Wendell does catch her in the act and call her out on it.



-->'''Ace''': Showin' up late again, huh, Brian? You just never seem to learn, do you?\\

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-->'''Ace''': --->'''Ace''': Showin' up late again, huh, Brian? You just never seem to learn, do you?\\



* {{Jerkass}}: Both the Law and Freddie Wong. The Law goes out of his way to try and ruin Brian's life [[ForTheEvulz just because he can]] and admits that he doesn't think much of Jenny. Meanwhile, [[ManipulativeBastard Freddie manipulates Ted]] into sticking with rhythm games, knowing that he's terrible at them, because he always wants his son to live in his shadow. Also, Games Dean qualifies in Season 1. In Episode 2, he steals Brian's hat. In Episode 4, he finds Brian's cake and takes credit for it. Last of all, in episode 5, he challenges Brian [[SmugSnake VERY SMUGLY]] after Brian is told to leave the school. Upon being defeated, Games spreads a rumor that he saw Brian and Jenny making out.

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* {{Jerkass}}: {{Jerkass}}:
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Both the Law and Freddie Wong. The Law goes out of his way to try and ruin Brian's life [[ForTheEvulz just because he can]] and admits that he doesn't think much of Jenny. Meanwhile, [[ManipulativeBastard Freddie manipulates Ted]] into sticking with rhythm games, knowing that he's terrible at them, because he always wants his son to live in his shadow. Also, Games Dean qualifies in Season 1. In Episode 2, he steals Brian's hat. In Episode 4, he finds Brian's cake and takes credit for it. Last of all, in episode 5, he challenges Brian [[SmugSnake VERY SMUGLY]] after Brian is told to leave the school. Upon being defeated, Games spreads a rumor that he saw Brian and Jenny making out.



** [[spoiler:And when he died, he verbally abused Ted in his will and gave his entire fortune to someone he didn't even like while Ted got a broken microphone]]. Ted pretty much lost all respect for him at this point.

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** [[spoiler:And when he died, he verbally abused Ted in his will and gave his entire fortune to someone he didn't had never even like met while Ted got a broken microphone]]. Ted pretty much lost all respect for him at this point.



-->'''Games:''' "Hey. I've seen these two cats meow. It's about to be a fancy feast tonight. ''[to Brian]'' You plan on bringing the thunder?"
-->'''Brian:''' "You know it."
-->'''Games:''' "Good enough for me."

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-->'''Games:''' "Hey.--->'''Games:''' Hey. I've seen these two cats meow. It's about to be a fancy feast tonight. ''[to Brian]'' You plan on bringing the thunder?"
-->'''Brian:''' "You
thunder?\\
'''Brian:''' You
know it."
-->'''Games:''' "Good
\\
'''Games:''' Good
enough for me."



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Drift King, despite being presented as a minor antagonist to Ted, doesn't actually seem that bad and appears to just want to get Ted into racing games. It's his two followers that seem to be the ''real'' problems.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
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Drift King, despite being presented as a minor antagonist to Ted, doesn't actually seem that bad and appears to just want to get Ted into racing games. It's his two followers that seem to be the ''real'' problems.



* MundaneMadeAwesome: The entire premise of the show is based on society entirely revolving around video games.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: MundaneMadeAwesome:
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The entire premise of the show is based on society entirely revolving around video games.



-->''Brian has a point.''\\

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-->''Brian -->'''Narration:''' Brian has a point.''\\\\



* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer portrayed the series in a very dramatic light, almost like some kind of epic feature film. In actuality, until the final season the series is mostly comedic, with its few dramatic moments being so peppered with funny moments it's nigh-impossible to take them seriously.
** That's because most of the scenes in the trailer are from the latter half of the series, after the CerebusSyndrome has kicked in.

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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer portrayed the series in a very dramatic light, almost like some kind of epic feature film. In actuality, until the final season the series is mostly comedic, with its few dramatic moments being so peppered with funny moments it's nigh-impossible to take them seriously.
**
seriously. That's because most of the scenes in the trailer are from the latter half of the series, after the CerebusSyndrome has kicked in.



* NiceHat: Games Dean wears one. [[spoiler: Brian steals it near the middle of episode 7.]]
** Worth noting that the hat was originally Brian's but he threw it away. Cue Games Dean appearing behind the crowd wearing Brian's hat, being complimented on it (even by people who'd just seen Brian toss it) and getting a lovely lady on each arm before smugly walking off.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It's very likely that Ted making the Brianpalooza posters is what caused most of the school to hate Brian, thinking ''he'' made them and was self-centered.
** Brian trying to [[spoiler:go after Law rather than follow Jenny's orders during the scrimmage match arguably is what causes their team to lose the game.]]

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* NiceHat: Games Dean wears one. [[spoiler: Brian steals it near the middle of episode 7.]]
**
]] Worth noting that the hat was originally Brian's but he threw it away. Cue Games Dean appearing behind the crowd wearing Brian's hat, being complimented on it (even by people who'd just seen Brian toss it) and getting a lovely lady on each arm before smugly walking off.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NiceJobBreakingItHero:
**
It's very likely that Ted making the Brianpalooza posters is what caused most of the school to hate Brian, thinking ''he'' made them and was self-centered.
** Brian trying to [[spoiler:go after Law rather than follow Jenny's orders during the scrimmage match arguably is what causes their team to lose the game. Jenny does imply that she had been setting Brian up to get ambushed, though, so he was doomed either way.]]



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Brian gives Law quite the epic one at the climax of season 1 episode 7.

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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
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Brian gives Law quite the epic one at the climax of season 1 episode 7.



** PrivateEyeMonologue: A bounty of them supplied by Ki.



* OnlySaneMan: Jenny when she's around. Brian when she's not.

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* OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneMan:
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Jenny when she's around. Brian when she's not.



* PowerWalk: [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6plly1C8e1rzamn4o1_1280.png Brian, Ki, and Ted in the show intro]].

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* PowerWalk: PowerWalk:
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[[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6plly1C8e1rzamn4o1_1280.png Brian, Ki, and Ted in the show intro]].



*** Another moment with Mary and Jenny in the same scene:

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*** ** Another moment with Mary and Jenny in the same scene:



* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Played with; when Brian and The Law battle each other in ''Dance Ex Machina'', Law wins flawlessly while Brian does mediocre at best. Halfway through, realizing this, Brian gives up on dancing to the game and just starts doing disco dancing for the crowd. This results in him losing, but he becomes the life of the party, whereas Law's victory is pretty much ignored.

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* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: TheRunnerUpTakesItAll:
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Played with; when Brian and The Law battle each other in ''Dance Ex Machina'', Law wins flawlessly while Brian does mediocre at best. Halfway through, realizing this, Brian gives up on dancing to the game and just starts doing disco dancing for the crowd. This results in him losing, but he becomes the life of the party, whereas Law's victory is pretty much ignored.



*** Except Drift King said that Ted would get the game prototype back if he raced, no condition on win or lose.



* StealthPun: Twice during the first season, we can see The Law's gold-plated handgun has a name engraved on the side -- in a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it]] moment, it can be clearly seen as [[spoiler:"The Long Arm"]].



* SuicidalOverconfidence: Annihilist challenges Brian D to a game because he's a noob (freshman). His own in-school score is so low that [[spoiler: losing automatically gets him expelled.]] He was apparently so certain of his own victory, [[WhatAnIdiot he never even considered what would happen if he lost.]]

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* SuicidalOverconfidence: SuicidalOverconfidence:
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Annihilist challenges Brian D to a game because he's a noob (freshman). His own in-school score is so low that [[spoiler: losing automatically gets him expelled.]] He was apparently so certain of his own victory, [[WhatAnIdiot he never even considered what would happen if he lost.]]



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Everyone drinks [[MustHaveCaffeine Monster]], constantly.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: TrademarkFavoriteFood:
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Everyone drinks [[MustHaveCaffeine Monster]], constantly.



* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: We knew thanks to the trailer that [[spoiler: Brian would be refused from the VGHS team, at least temporarily]].

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: TrailersAlwaysSpoil:
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We knew thanks to the trailer that [[spoiler: Brian would be refused from the VGHS team, at least temporarily]].



*** The opening titles for Season 2 spoil [[spoiler:The Law's return to VGHS]].

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*** ** The opening titles for Season 2 spoil [[spoiler:The Law's return to VGHS]].



* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Literally the only difference from the VGHS world and our world is that video games offer next-level DeepImmersionGaming and are an extremely popular spectator sport.
** Season 2 has Ted working on a paper, showing the current year to be 2018.
* TwoPartTrilogy: The writers said that Seasons 2 and 3 are this, even ''before'' the SequelHook in Season 2.
** Freddie said in the Season 2 Kickstarter that this was because he didn't like half-seasons.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Literally the only difference from the VGHS world and our world is that video games offer next-level DeepImmersionGaming and are an extremely popular spectator sport.
**
sport. Season 2 has Ted working on a paper, showing the current year to be 2018.
2018--but VGHS has been around for forty years.
* TwoPartTrilogy: The writers said that Seasons 2 and 3 are this, even ''before'' the SequelHook in Season 2.
**
2. Freddie said in the Season 2 Kickstarter that this was because he didn't like half-seasons.



* VerbalTic: Alliterator always adds annoying alliteration--he enjoys rhyming the beginning of his words. And he's part of the JerkJock varsity team. Brian's probably right that most people hate him.
** He finally drops it for a line in Season 2's first episode after being cut from the Varsity FPS team (the tic annoyed the new coach). "Well, it was fun while it lasted; goodbye everybody!"

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* VerbalTic: Alliterator always adds annoying alliteration--he enjoys rhyming the beginning of his words. And he's part of the JerkJock varsity team. Brian's probably right that most people hate him.
**
him. He finally drops it for a line in Season 2's first episode after being cut from the Varsity FPS team (the tic annoyed the new coach). "Well, it was fun while it lasted; goodbye everybody!"



** StealthPun: Twice during the first season, we can see The Law's gold-plated handgun has a name engraved on the side -- in a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it]] moment, it can be clearly seen as [[spoiler:"The Long Arm"]].



** As of Season 2, Jenny fits into this as well.



-->'''Brian''': [[spoiler:''I'm expelled?!'']]\\
'''Ted''': [[spoiler:We're through, Ki.]]

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-->'''Brian''': *** When the Dean calls Brian into his office.
---->'''Brian''':
[[spoiler:''I'm expelled?!'']]\\
'''Ted''':
expelled?!'']]
*** When [[spoiler:Ki signs Ted up for racing against his wishes]].
---->'''Ted''':
[[spoiler:We're through, Ki.]]



--->'''Ted''': ''[to [[spoiler:Drift King]]]'' [[spoiler:I haven't lost to ''you'' yet.]]
--->'''Wendell''': [[spoiler:I'm [=TacoBoy14=]!]][[note]]But only for those who [[spoiler:hadn't noticed the way he was acting beforehand.]][[/note]]
--->'''Mary Matrix''': [[spoiler:Brian, Jenny, you're on point.]]
--->'''Ki''': ''[in response to [[spoiler:Shane Pizza declaring he is running for student body president]]]'' [[spoiler:And so am I!]]
--->'''[[ZigZaggingTrope The Law]]''': Yes. I won't sign any contract. [[spoiler:Except yours.]]
--->'''Jenny''': [[spoiler:[[TheILoveYouStigma I love you]].]]
** Season 3 Episode 1:
-->'''Brother Hotline:''' [[AC:Please say the name of the biological brother you wish to speak to.]]
-->'''Shane Pizza:''' [[spoiler:Ashley... Barnstormer.]]
-->'''Brother Hotline:''' [[AC:You said [[spoiler:"Ashley Barnstormer."]] Is this your name: "Shane Pizza"?]]
-->'''Shane Pizza:''' ''[menacingly]'' Yes.
-->'''Brother Hotline:''' [[AC:Your real name is [[spoiler:Shane Barnstormer; brother of Ashley Barnstormer]].]]

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--->'''Ted''': *** When Ted loses to everyone in the Drift club.
---->'''Ted''':
''[to [[spoiler:Drift King]]]'' [[spoiler:I haven't lost to ''you'' yet.]]
--->'''Wendell''': *** When a girl shows up at school looking for the random named [=TacoBoy14=] she fought in a pub. Now she wants revenge, and she's not leaving until she gets it.
---->'''Wendell''':
[[spoiler:I'm [=TacoBoy14=]!]][[note]]But only for those who [[spoiler:hadn't noticed the way he was acting beforehand.]][[/note]]
--->'''Mary
[=TacoBoy14=]!]]
*** [[spoiler:A few scenes after Jenny tells her mom that she and Brian are dating, and gives her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]].
---->'''Mary
Matrix''': [[spoiler:Brian, Jenny, you're on point.]]
--->'''Ki''': ''[in *** In response to [[spoiler:Shane Pizza declaring he is running for student body president]]]'' president]].
---->'''Ki''':
[[spoiler:And so am I!]]
--->'''[[ZigZaggingTrope The Law]]''': *** At the very end, when the Law is offered a contract [[spoiler:by a rival team]].
---->'''The Law''':
Yes. I won't sign any contract. [[spoiler:Except yours.]]
--->'''Jenny''': *** And perhaps predictably, at the very end.
---->'''Jenny''': ''[to Brian]''
[[spoiler:[[TheILoveYouStigma I love you]].]]
** Parodied in Season 3 Episode 1:
-->'''Brother --->'''Brother Hotline:''' [[AC:Please say the name of the biological brother you wish to speak to.]]
-->'''Shane
]]\\
'''Shane
Pizza:''' [[spoiler:Ashley... Barnstormer.]]
-->'''Brother
]]\\
'''Brother
Hotline:''' [[AC:You said [[spoiler:"Ashley Barnstormer."]] Is this your name: "Shane Pizza"?]]
-->'''Shane
Pizza"?]]\\
'''Shane
Pizza:''' ''[menacingly]'' Yes.
-->'''Brother
Yes. \\
'''Brother
Hotline:''' [[AC:Your real name is [[spoiler:Shane Barnstormer; brother of Ashley Barnstormer]].]]



--->'''Brian''': Well then, let me make it easy for you [Jenny], okay? [[spoiler:We're done.]]
--->'''Ted''': [[spoiler:Ki left school. She's gone.]]

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--->'''Brian''': *** At the end of the match:
---->'''Brian''':
Well then, let me make it easy for you [Jenny], okay? [[spoiler:We're done.]]
--->'''Ted''': *** And at the very end of the episode, when Ted shows up at Brian's door.
---->'''Ted''':
[[spoiler:Ki left school. She's gone.]]



** Season 3 Episode 5 shows [[spoiler:the VGHS sign being taken down and replaced with a poster that says "Future Home of Napalm Energy Drink Mega Mall".]]



--->'''Calhoun''': [[spoiler:I never graduated.]]
--->'''Brian''': I know who our last player's gonna be. [[spoiler:''[...]'' He's the reason why I got into this school.]]
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Brian's room, minus all of Ted's possessions,]] in Season 2 Episode 6.
* WishFulfillment: This is a show about a guy who gets to go to a high school for video games, is the most popular kid in his circle of friends, is famous for playing FPS, and the most popular girl in the school (and the girlfriend of his bully) takes an immediate interest in him. .... Yeah. [[SubvertedTrope That said]], Brian is a massive ButtMonkey throughout the series, he's despised by a lot of his classmates, which he often brings on himself by letting his feelings get the best of him, in the first season he's constantly on the verge of being kicked out due to having such a low score while also dealing with a nemesis who won't give him a break, and after that he does various jobs as the school janitor to pay for tuition, so he at least avoids having a too-perfect life.

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--->'''Calhoun''': *** When [[spoiler:The VGHS team is short on players]].
---->'''Calhoun''':
[[spoiler:I never graduated.]]
--->'''Brian''': *** When they ''almost'' have enough players.
---->'''Brian''':
I know who our last player's gonna be. [[spoiler:''[...]'' He's the reason why I got into this school.]]
* WhamShot: WhamShot:
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[[spoiler:Brian's room, minus all of Ted's possessions,]] in Season 2 Episode 6.
** Season 3 Episode 5 shows [[spoiler:the VGHS sign being taken down and replaced with a poster that says "Future Home of Napalm Energy Drink Mega Mall".]]
* WishFulfillment: This is a show about a guy who gets to go to a high school for video games, is the most popular kid in his circle of friends, is famous for playing FPS, and the most popular girl in the school (and the girlfriend of his bully) takes an immediate interest in him. .... Yeah. [[SubvertedTrope That said]], Brian is a massive ButtMonkey throughout the series, he's despised by a lot of his classmates, which he often brings on himself by letting his feelings get the best of him, in the first season he's constantly on the verge of being kicked out due to having such a low score while also dealing with a nemesis who won't give him a break, and after that he does various jobs as the school janitor to pay for tuition, so he at least avoids having a too-perfect life. Lampshaded in season 3 episode 3, when Games says that Brian is living every sixteen year-old's dream. "You go to a video game high school. Your smoking hot girlfriend wants to have sex with you, and for some reason her mom is cool with it." [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he's wrong]].



* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Before [=BrianD=]'s domination of gaming champ The Law hit the news cycle, the current top story was the unknown whereabouts of the President of the United States. Perhaps there're a lot of things going wrong in the world, and that's why there's so much societal focus on gaming (also why there's the entirely non-critical show, ''Agreement Corner'').

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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: WorstNewsJudgmentEver:
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Before [=BrianD=]'s domination of gaming champ The Law hit the news cycle, the current top story was the unknown whereabouts of the President of the United States. Perhaps there're a lot of things going wrong in the world, and that's why there's so much societal focus on gaming (also why there's the entirely non-critical show, ''Agreement Corner'').



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After [[spoiler:Brian loses to The Law in the scrimmage match]], the school "kindly" asks him to [[spoiler:deliberately lose a game and get himself expelled since they believe they overestimated his potential]].

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
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After [[spoiler:Brian loses to The Law in the scrimmage match]], the school "kindly" asks him to [[spoiler:deliberately lose a game and get himself expelled since they believe they overestimated his potential]].
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''Things looking out there won't look better on the TV screen''\\

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''Things looking out there won't look better on the TV screen''\\screen.''\\

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The entire series is now on Creator/{{Netflix}}.



* NightmareSequence: Brian has a very ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment strange]]'' one in season 1 episode 3, culminating with [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Law opening his mouth to have Cheetoh emerge and touch Brian's nose]]/

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* NightmareSequence: Brian has a very ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment strange]]'' one in season 1 episode 3, culminating with [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Law opening his mouth to have Cheetoh emerge and touch Brian's nose]]/nose]].
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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Ted, at first; by the third season, the abuse Freddie put him through gets treated ''[[CerebusRetcon far]]'' [[CerebusRetcon less seriously]].

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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Ted, at first; by the third season, the abuse Freddie put him through gets treated ''[[CerebusRetcon far]]'' [[CerebusRetcon less more seriously]].
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* NightmareSequence: Brian has a very ''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment strange]]'' one in season 1 episode 3, culminating with [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Law opening his mouth to have Cheetoh emerge and touch Brian's nose]]/

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* NoTitle: The episodes were never given names when they were uploaded to [=YouTube=], but do have somewhat official titles when listed on Wikipedia and Netflix.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jenny gives a powerful one to her mom in season 2 episode 3.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
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Jenny gives a powerful one to her mom in season 2 episode 3.3.
** In season 2 episode 5, Brian has a meltdown over all that he's done for his friends and for his lover for [=L33tmas=] with what little he requested in return. He [[SayingTooMuch ends up revealing]] his secret relationship with Jenny, and when Ted asks about this, Brian responds with a simple sentence that was probably one of the things that hurt Ted most on the show: "Be more needy."


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* SayingTooMuch: During Brian's meltdown in season 2 episode 5, he says that he can't be seen in public with Jenny but refers to her as his girlfriend, revealing to Ted and Ki that they've been secretly dating.
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** Happens again in Season 3 Episode 1: [[spoiler:The president comes back - and he's been in a warzone. He's cut off by Brian's pwnage right before he can warn [[LargeHam AMERICA]] of whatever ripped apart his clothes]].
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** The Law joins Napalm, only to be fired [[spoiler:after he signs his butt to Ashley Barnstormer. No really, he literally signed his butt to them. They give that back but keep the trademarks and account to give to New Law]].
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** [[spoiler:And when he died, he verbally abused Ted in his will and gave his entire fortune to someone he didn't even like while Ted got a broken microphone]]. Ted pretty much lost all respect for him at this point.
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** This reaches a breaking point when Ki [[spoiler:fires Wendell for framing Shane with cat-napping]] only to [[spoiler:rig the election right before the results are announced]]. She quits school out of self-loathing.
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* HeelRealization: Mary eventually realizes that she's a "shitty person" for being a champion who's abusive, neglectful, and broken inside with no social skills, having minimally raised her daughter the same way. Emphasis on eventually, though; Freddy's abuse to Ted in his [[spoiler:last will]] gave Jenny the insight she needed to call her mother out.
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** Brian's mom is a minor example. She's mostly a neglectful (and seemingly comatose) parent, except that one time for a parent-teacher conference; she sent a cat in her place.
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* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Losing the election (as well as cheating)]] really fucked up Ki, if her appearance in season 3 episode 5 is anything to go by. Everything about her screams "emo", from her clothing to the fact that her preferred reading includes ''Nihilism 101''.

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* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Losing the election (as well as cheating)]] really fucked up affected Ki, if her appearance in season 3 episode 5 is anything to go by. Everything about her screams "emo", from her clothing to the fact that her preferred reading includes ''Nihilism 101''.



* DespairEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:Ted]] crosses it after [[spoiler:his dad's death in season 3 episode 4]] in a slow, agonizing, and uncomfortably realistic fashion.
** [[spoiler:Ki]] after [[spoiler:losing the election]].

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* DespairEventHorizon:
** [[spoiler:Ted]] crosses it after [[spoiler:his dad's death in
DespairEventHorizon: The third and fourth episodes of season 3 three.
** The third episode: [[spoiler:Jenny costs her team the game against Napalm, Brian breaks up with her immediately after, Jenny ends up attacking Ashley in front of her mom and Jacques (the leader of Jenny's dream FPS team), Ted's attempts to blackmail the MMO Guild into voting for Ki catch up to him, and Ki has to cheat in order to win, even though she turns herself in shortly after and subsequently leaves the school.]]
** The fourth episode: [[spoiler:Freddie dies, and Ted spends the whole
episode 4]] in a slow, agonizing, torn between grief and uncomfortably realistic fashion.
** [[spoiler:Ki]] after [[spoiler:losing the election]].
anger due to how much of an asshole his dad was.]]

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Season 2 has Ted working on a paper, showing the current year to be 2018.

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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Literally the only difference from the VGHS world and our world is that video games offer next-level DeepImmersionGaming and are an extremely popular spectator sport.
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*** Another moment with Mary and Jenny in the same scene:
--->'''Mary''': You're not a shitty person.

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* SelfDeprecation: Co-creator Creator/FreddieWong stars as the father of Ted Wong. He's neglectful, borderline-abusive, in fact hates his son, and acts quite a lot like [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/high-expectations-asian-father High Expectations Asian Father]], to such a degree that it would be UnfortunateImplications otherwise.

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* SelfDeprecation: SelfDeprecation:
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Co-creator Creator/FreddieWong stars as the father of Ted Wong. He's neglectful, borderline-abusive, in fact hates his son, and acts quite a lot like [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/high-expectations-asian-father High Expectations Asian Father]], to such a degree that it would be UnfortunateImplications otherwise.otherwise.
** Jenny does some very non-comedic variants on this in season 3 episode 5, bluntly stating to her mom that she not only lacks real friends and [[spoiler:has just ruined her relationship with Brian]], but she's also a sociopath that prioritizes games over people.
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* LameComeback: In season 3 episode 5.
-->'''Jenny''': You're terrible at [parenting].\\
'''Mrs. Matrix''': Yeah? Well, your..boyfriend dumped you.
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'''Mary:''' ''[gasping for breath]'' [[OhCrap Oh, shit]]! I don't know!

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'''Mary:''' ''[gasping for breath]'' [[OhCrap Oh, shit]]! Well, shit! I don't know!

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** The Law to Brian, referring to Jenny trying to get on the Varsity team since her boyfriend runs the team:

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** The Law to Brian, Brian in episode 7, referring to Jenny trying to get on the Varsity team since her boyfriend runs the team:


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** Jenny to Brian at the end of episode 7.
---> '''Jenny''': You're an asshole.
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** [[spoiler:Ted breaking up with Ki over her switching their ID cards]]. Can someone say "harsh"?
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** In season 1 episode 7, [[spoiler:Freddie essentially tells Ted to get out of his face forever after Ted accidentally signs Ki up for his class. A few moments later, Ted breaks up with Ki and then tells her the same thing.]]

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-->'''Brian''': [[spoiler:''I'm expelled?!'']]

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-->'''Brian''': [[spoiler:''I'm expelled?!'']]expelled?!'']]\\
'''Ted''': [[spoiler:We're through, Ki.]]

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** Season 3 episode 3, [[spoiler:which is easily the most depressing episode of the whole series. See DownerEnding above.]]

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** Season 1 Episode [[spoiler:7]]. See DownerEnding above.
** Season 3 episode 3, [[spoiler:which is easily the most depressing episode of the whole series.[[spoiler:3]]. See DownerEnding above.]]
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* MatchCut: In episode 7 after the fight scene and Brian's reobtaining his ID from the flagpole, Calhoun yells his name, to which Brian puts on Games' hat and says, "Yes, Calhoun?", setting up a perfect cut to Calhoun's office, [[spoiler:where Brian is informed that he is expelled.]]


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* GroinAttack: In episode 7 during the fight scene, a girl has her arms locked around Brian as Law prepares to punch him. Brian slips out ''just'' in time, making the Law accidentally punch the girl, and uppercuts his groin. The audience's reaction says it all.
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** Used to pretty comical effect after Brian attacks the Law: "Someone S my D!"
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''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ScNjBd118 Video Game High School]]'' is the first feature-length WebVideo project from Website/YouTube star Freddie Wong and Creator/RocketJump, his ProductionPosse.

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''[[http://www.'''''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ScNjBd118 Video Game High School]]'' School]]''''' is the first feature-length WebVideo project from Website/YouTube star Freddie Wong and Creator/RocketJump, his ProductionPosse.



** The Law to Brian, referring to Jenny trying to get on the Varsity team:

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** The Law to Brian, referring to Jenny trying to get on the Varsity team since her boyfriend runs the team:

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