History WebVideo / VideoGameHighSchool

* ForTheEvulz:

* WhamEpisode: Season 3 episode 4, "Video Game Home Schooling". Yee-ouch. It starts off parodying canned laugh-track sitcoms, then comes to a screeching halt to deal with all the pent up drama and angst that's been building up over the season. All tipped off by the WhamLine mentioned below.

** Season 3 Episode [[spoiler:3 is a downer for ''all the main characters''. The reasons are too long to list, but basically, Shane becomes student council president, Ashley beats the VGHS team, Brian breaks up with Jenny, Ted's misdeeds finally catch up to him, and Ki has an existential crisis and leaves the school.]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The entire premise of the show is based on society entirely revolving around video games. Calhoun also takes his job too seriously.

* ShutUpHannibal: After Games Dean taunts Brian once more when the latter is in danger of being expelled, Brian gets ''pissed,'' yells at Games Dean, and then challenges him to a game of ''Field of Fire''. [[spoiler: Though, it turns out Brian was planning on losing the game and getting himself expelled. Thankfully, Jenny saves him.]]

** When Ted is framed for slingshotting a wad of gum into Calhoun's hair, he is told to "grow the hell up". [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments Ted then uses this statement towards DK later on.]]

** A much bigger example in episode 7: [[spoiler:Brian gets a moment of awesome by beating up Law in a fistfight, getting his stolen ID back by jumping and grabbing it from a flagpole, and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny stealing Games Dean's hat back]]. Meanwhile, Ted, Ki, and Drift King (and his cronies) help fight off a bunch of Law's followers trying to stop Brian from getting his ID back. This is ''instantly'' followed by Brian being expelled for "assaulting a student, inciting a brawl, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stealing a hat]]."]]

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Brian is asked to run through "the pit" in Episode 3. He takes only 2 grenades and his tomahawk to do so, and nearly makes it through with clever grenade tossing and a fist to the face of one of the projections. Then he tosses his tomahawk at the last projection, and turns away, sure that he won...[[spoiler: Brian misses his mark and hits the wall, [[CrowningMomentofFunny which leads to the tomahawk bouncing off and falling on Brian's head, killing him.]]]]

* ShesGotLegs: One shot in season 3 episode 2 features a nice horizontal-moving shot of Jenny's legs while foxy music plays in the background. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The music stops immediately when we see Jenny loudly coughing and sniffling into a tissue.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: Ki begins season 3 episode 2 by saying "there are good kids, and there are bad kids." When she finishes solving the case of Cheetoh going missing, she restates the sentence.

** A much bigger example in episode 7: [[spoiler:Brian gets a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by beating up Law in a fistfight, getting his stolen ID back by jumping and grabbing it from a flagpole, and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny stealing Games Dean's hat back]]. Meanwhile, Ted, Ki, and Drift King (and his cronies) help fight off a bunch of Law's followers trying to stop Brian from getting his ID back. This is ''instantly'' followed by Brian being expelled for "assaulting a student, inciting a brawl, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking stealing a hat]]."]]

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Averted with the Wongs because they are brothers in real life, but Cynthia Watros really does look like an older Johanna Braddy.

* TheCastShowoff: Yes, that is indeed Johanna Braddy singing "Se Tu M'Ami".

* AbusiveParents: Freddie Wong is very mean to Ted. He actually hates Ted due to the fact that he reminds him of his wife. To the point where he leaves Ted to be by himself in a house to live in at the age of 10. Also, [[spoiler:in his will, Freddie gave away all of his money and guitars to a person he hasn't even met. Ted gets his heart monitor.]] Mary Matrix is one to Jenny, but more in a harsh, neglectful way.

* TheCastShowoff: Yes, that is indeed Johanna Braddy singing Se Tu M'Ami.

* ShoutOut:
** Episode 3 references 'nope.avi' from the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fanbase, and 'Son, I am disappoint' from [[ImageBoards 4Chan]].
** There are tons of hidden references that only make sense if you're a gamer.
** VideoGame/GrimFandango gets a sly nod during the arcade sequence, with Brian even wearing Manny's iconic white suit.
** Casablanca gets a shout out during the arcade sequence as well with a female patron being told that Brian never plays with the customers, much like Rick never drinks with his.
** [[RebelWithoutACause Games Dean's name and outfit]] is probably [[SmallReferencePools too old a reference for the target audience.]]
*** Also, look at his team's names when he plays versus Brian, paying off James Dean, Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood.
** The way Brian retrieves his school ID from the top of the flagpole is a direct homage to ''SuperMarioBros''.
** Inter-school matches take place in the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto Grand Theft Auditorium]].
** The Dorm Rules include the following (this also counts as FreezeFrameBonus):
--->[[Film/FightClub #1 - You do not talk about VGHS.]]
-->[[Film/FightClub #7 - Matches will go on as long as they have to.]]
-->[[Film/TheMatrix #27 - The body cannot live without the mind.]]
** The Law at one point threatens to squeeze someone's head between his thighs, a reference to one of [[Franchise/StreetFighter Zangief's]] lines in Disney/WreckItRalph. He even slaps his thigh for emphasis.
** In Mr. Swan's "Performance Review," he says, "I must say, your [[Franchise/ProfessorLayton Professor Layton has no idea of where the puzzle genre fits into...]]"
** "Paropera the Opera" in Season 3 Episode 1 is a Shout Out to ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper''.
** In an interrogation between Ki and Shane, the latter mentions that ten minutes prior he was reading ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', written by "some broad who talks too much".
** In season 3 episode 5, the FPS team is seen playing a game starring [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Mathster Chief]], who needs to solve an equation for the variable X to fix his Warthog.
** DK mentions "the ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' Beauty Salon".
** In the finale, Jumpin' Jax plays the game over theme from ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' on the banjo.
** The iconic shot from Film/{{Platoon}} of Sgt. Elias throwing up his arms as he dies is done by Jumpin' Jax in the final episode.
** In the final episode, we see Ashley and Shane discussing plans of creating 64-oz cans of Napalm, referred to as the "Napalm 64" or [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSixtyFour "N64"]].

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]:

** GrimFandango gets a sly nod during the arcade sequence, with Brian even wearing Manny's iconic white suit.

-->''"Do you wanna hear about how the real world's the place for me?''
-->''Things looking out there won't look better on the TV screen''
-->''Is there a better way?''
-->''I don't care what you say,''
-->''I just want to play!''
-->''We all just want to play!''
-->''Things will be alright,''
-->''soon as I get back to school!"''

* CliffHanger: The end of season 2. Brian and Jenny are finally dating (and with Mary Matrix's approval no less) and Ki has decided to run for student body president against Shane Pizza. But Law jumps ship to a rival school, and Ted moves out of his dorm with Brian after taking Brian calling him needy to heart.

* ButtMonkey: Brian, Brian, Brian. Also Ted, to a much lesser extent.

** [[spoiler:Ted]] crosses it after [[spoiler:his dad's death in season 3 episode 4]].

* DoNotCallMePaul: In season 2 episode 3, Law has this moment with [[TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack a pixelated reflection of himself]] that calls him by his real name, [[spoiler:Lawrence Pemberton]].

* GirlishPigtails: Ki and O'Doyle sport some during the final battle in the finale.

* NoirEpisode: The "RA Confidential" act in season 3 episode 2. The detective is Ki, the case is that Cheetoh has gone missing. [[spoiler:It's initially believed that it was Shane, but it turns out to have been Wendell.]]

* NoYou: Ki in Season 3 Episode 4

** In Mr. Swan's "Performance Review," he says, "I must say, your [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton Professor Layton has no idea of where the puzzle genre fits into...]]"

** The flagpole with {{Mario}}-style blocks in front of it finally gets used in Episode 7.

--->'''[[ZigZagging The Law]]''': Yes. I won't sign any contract. [[spoiler:Except yours.]]

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

* WellDoneSonGuy: Ted constantly tries to improve at rhythm games despite the fact that he's terrible at them, all in an effort to impress his dad. He's so obssessed with this mission that he actively tries to avoid the game genre he actually is good at: racing games. As of Season 2, Jenny fits into this as well.
* WhamEpisode: Season 3 Episode 4 "Video Game Home Schooling". Yee-Ouch. It starts off parodying canned laugh-track sitcoms, then comes to a screeching halt to deal with all the pent up drama and angst that's been building up over the season. All tipped off by the WhamLine mentioned below.