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** And now ''What is It?'' due to legal reasons.
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* TrueArtIsOffensive: He comes to the conclusion that ''ASerbianFilm'' is this, which is why he must review the movie despite WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob and {{Phelous}} having also done it before. (as also invoked in the quote atop this page) [[invoked]]
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* TrueArtIsOffensive: True Art Is Offensive: He comes to the conclusion that ''ASerbianFilm'' is this, which is why he must review the movie despite WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob and {{Phelous}} having also done it before. (as also invoked in the quote atop this page) [[invoked]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: [[invoked]] Slumming it in the AnimationAgeGhetto with JesuOtaku, Oan encounters the lesbian romance in ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: [[invoked]] Slumming it in the AnimationAgeGhetto with JesuOtaku, Oan encounters the [[YuriGenre lesbian romance romance]] in ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku, ''Ghost Dog'' with RapCritic and ''FreddyGotFingered'' with TheNostalgiaChick.
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku, ''Ghost Dog'' with RapCritic and ''FreddyGotFingered'' with TheNostalgiaChick.WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick.
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'''Oan:''' ...and our bad writers are bad at writing.
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** 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is one of the most "twee, twee bits of tweedom to ever come out of Sundance."
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** 'Me ''Me and You and Everyone We Know' Know'' is one of the most "twee, twee bits of tweedom to ever come out of Sundance."
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** From 'Goodbye 20th Century': This film is a messy messy mess of a mess!
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** From 'Goodbye 20th Century': This film is a messy messy mess of a mess! mess!
** 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is one of the most "twee, twee bits of tweedom to ever come out of Sundance."
** 'Me and You and Everyone We Know' is one of the most "twee, twee bits of tweedom to ever come out of Sundance."
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: He is found in one, suffering a {{HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath}} after viewing {{FreddyGotFingered}}.
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->''[[TheAristocrats A guy walks into a talent agent's office and says he has an act.]] The talent agent says, ok, what's the act? So the guy just whips out a [=DVD=] of ''ASerbianFilm'' and puts it in. And they both watch it, and the talent agent says, wow, that's a hell of an act. What do you call it? And the guy says,'' '''[=ART=].'''
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->''[[TheAristocrats A guy walks into a talent agent's office and says he has an act.]] The talent agent says, ok, what's the act? So the guy just whips out a [=DVD=] of ''ASerbianFilm'' ''A Serbian Film'' and puts it in. And they both watch it, and the talent agent says, wow, that's a hell of an act. What do you call it? And the guy says,'' '''[=ART=].'''
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** Roo from [[http://www.clanofthegraywolf.com/ Clan of the Greywolf]] agrees to "translate" M dot Strange's impenetrable video game/anime references.
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku and ''FreddyGotFingered'' with TheNostalgiaChick.
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku JesuOtaku, ''Ghost Dog'' with RapCritic and ''FreddyGotFingered'' with TheNostalgiaChick.
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* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-Universe}} Oan]] bursts out laughing while watching the performance of the main character in ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' when he monologues about trees, comparing the voice to a deaf BillMurray.
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* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-Universe}} Oan]] bursts out laughing while watching the performance of the main character in ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' when he monologues about trees, comparing the voice to a deaf cracked-out BillMurray.
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** Possibly the reason some see him as a WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile).
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** Possibly the reason some see him as a WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile). This is lampshaded in the ''Tromeo and Juliet'' review.
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku.
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku.JesuOtaku and ''FreddyGotFingered'' with TheNostalgiaChick.
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* {{Euroshlock}}: His first two reviews covered ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' and ''{{Anatomy of Hell}}''.
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-->'''Lupa:''' I just heard '{{Blah blah|blah}} big words pinkie promise,' so I can't help you.
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* CaptionHumor: Reviewing ''We Are the Strange'' momentarily causes Oan's words to be translated into [[LeetLingo L33t]] speak.
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* CaptionHumor: Reviewing ''We Are the Strange'' ''WeAreTheStrange'' momentarily causes Oan's words to be translated into [[LeetLingo L33t]] speak.
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* SarcasmFailure: From the ''We Are the Strange'' review:
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* SarcasmFailure: From the ''We Are the Strange'' ''WeAreTheStrange'' review:
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* ShapedLikeItself: From the ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'' review:
-->'''Narrator:''' In our sick society, everyone is sick.\\
'''Oan:''' ...and our bad writers are bad at writing.
-->'''Narrator:''' In our sick society, everyone is sick.\\
'''Oan:''' ...and our bad writers are bad at writing.
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* SarcasmFailure: From the ''We Are the Strange'' review:
-->'''[[BuffySpeak Black and White Thingy]]:''' Then we will celebrate with many scoops of iced cream!\\
'''Oan:''' I... I can't make that line funnier.
-->'''[[BuffySpeak Black and White Thingy]]:''' Then we will celebrate with many scoops of iced cream!\\
'''Oan:''' I... I can't make that line funnier.
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* CrossOver: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with ObscurusLupa and ''TromeoAndJuliet'' with TheCinemaSnob. Also, did ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' with JesuOtaku.
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** "So just remember, when you're trying to settle serious relationship issues with your special lady, '''[[FauxSymbolism bust her water main open]]''' and then invite her to dance. She'll be thrilled! ''[[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]]'' told me so!"
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** "So just remember, when you're trying to settle serious relationship issues with your special lady, '''[[FauxSymbolism bust her water main open]]''' and then invite her to dance. She'll be thrilled! ''[[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]]'' told me so!"so!" [[invoked]]
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** The [[TheBrownBunny Vincent Gallo blowjob]] is kicked off by shouting '''"[[TheSpoonyExperiment Experience Bij]]"''', complete with bared teeth.
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** The [[TheBrownBunny Vincent Gallo blowjob]] is kicked off by shouting '''"[[TheSpoonyExperiment '''"[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Experience Bij]]"''', complete with bared teeth.
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* LampshadeHanging: Points out background noise picked up by his mic in his review of ''Primer.''
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-->" Aaand I'm more than three-fourths of the way through a film starring {{Rose McGowan}}, and I finally make a ''{{Charmed}}'' reference. Go me."
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-->" Aaand I'm more than three-fourths of the way through a film starring {{Rose McGowan}}, and I finally make a ''{{Charmed}}'' ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' reference. Go me."
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** ''{{Tideland}}'' is the origin tale for the family of ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: For some reason, his early IMDb page listed Kyle's name as "Ralph Oancitizen". It's since become a RunningGag, as both {{Phelous}} and ObscurusLupa have referred to him as Ralph on various occasions.
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: For some reason, his early IMDb page listed Kyle's name as "Ralph Oancitizen". It's since become a RunningGag, as both {{Phelous}} WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, WebVideo/ObscurusLupa, and ObscurusLupa [[WebVideo/SadPandaQAndA Sad Panda]] have referred to him as Ralph on various occasions.
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** Possibly the reason some see him as a WebVideo/CinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile).
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Brows Held High is a comedy review show about Arthouse cinema. It is hosted by Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren, who rose to some prominence on the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses forums when he wrote a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic dissertation]] on [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nella]]'s ''MyLittlePony'' epic.
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Brows Held High is a comedy review show about Arthouse cinema. It is hosted by Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren, who rose to some prominence on the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses forums when he wrote a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic dissertation]] on [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Nella]]'s ''MyLittlePony'' epic.
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You can find these videos on WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses and [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high blip.tv]].
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You can find these videos on WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses and [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high blip.tv]].
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Oan's cameo in ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' consists of him trying to decrypt a conspiracy consisting of copious amounts of religious, political, and cultural mumbo-jumbo, which ultimately concludes with a nuclear explosion, followed by [[spoiler: the Messenger from ''AngelsInAmerica'' appearing before him and telling him the Great Work is about to begin.]]
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Oan's cameo in ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' consists of him trying to decrypt a conspiracy consisting of copious amounts of religious, political, and cultural mumbo-jumbo, which ultimately concludes with a nuclear explosion, followed by [[spoiler: the Messenger from ''AngelsInAmerica'' appearing before him and telling him the Great Work is about to begin.]]
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** Oan screaming his lungs out after WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick summarizes the ending of ''Der Himmel über Berlin'' as "a long monologue" about "time..and loneliness...or something." Film analysis is SeriousBusiness.
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** Oan screaming his lungs out after WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick summarizes the ending of ''Der Himmel über Berlin'' as "a long monologue" about "time..and loneliness...or something." Film analysis is SeriousBusiness.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: After viewing ''SweetMovie'', he accuses several of his fellow reviewers (including [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic his boss]]) of being sheltered. He can't, however, make an argument for WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: After viewing ''SweetMovie'', he accuses several of his fellow reviewers (including [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic his boss]]) of being sheltered. He can't, however, make an argument for WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob.WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob.
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** [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] shows up when Oan reviews ''TheDoomGeneration'' and notes that it combines all the worst traits of Nineties Pop Culture.
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* TheCastShowoff: He sings most of the review of ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', to the tune of various DavidBowie songs, along with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, ToddInTheShadows, ObscurusLupa and [[YouCanPlayThis JewWario]].
** He also has one of the best solos in WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's ''Les Miserables'' review.
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* TheCastShowoff: He sings most of the review of ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', to the tune of various DavidBowie songs, along with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, ToddInTheShadows, ObscurusLupa and [[YouCanPlayThis JewWario]].
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* ContinuityNod: To WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall in his "Slacker" review: "Is 90's Kid [[spoiler: still evil?]]"
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** Possibly the reason some see him as a CinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile).
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** Possibly the reason some see him as a CinemaSnob WebVideo/CinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile).
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** The "Lecture Alarm", explained that he got it from the same guys who made [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s Continuity Alarm. He ends up breaking it during ''Film/{{Gerry}}''.
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** The "Lecture Alarm", explained that he got it from the same guys who made [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s Continuity Alarm. He ends up breaking it during ''Film/{{Gerry}}''.
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** He ends one review with the sign off "[[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic I'm Oancitizen and I analyse it so you don't have to]]"
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** In his review of ''Trash Humpers'' he says he's expecting one of them to start a 90-minute ''StarWars'' review. [[RedLetterMedia "Oh my god! What's wrong with your face?!"]] He also describes ''Trash Humpers'' as "a film which dares to make a return to that wonderful aesthetic known as, oh, what's the phrase, [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob 'shot on shitteo?']]"
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** In his review of ''Trash Humpers'' he says he's expecting one of them to start a 90-minute ''StarWars'' review. [[RedLetterMedia "Oh my god! What's wrong with your face?!"]] He also describes ''Trash Humpers'' as "a film which dares to make a return to that wonderful aesthetic known as, oh, what's the phrase, [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob 'shot on shitteo?']]"
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* TrueArtIsOffensive: He comes to the conclusion that ''ASerbianFilm'' is this, which is why he must review the movie despite WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob and {{Phelous}} having also done it before. (as also invoked in the quote atop this page) [[invoked]]
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* TrueArtIsOffensive: He comes to the conclusion that ''ASerbianFilm'' is this, which is why he must review the movie despite WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob and {{Phelous}} having also done it before. (as also invoked in the quote atop this page) [[invoked]]
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** In his review of ''Prospero's Books'', after a scene that's supposed to be particularly meaningful, Oan halfheartedly raises his arms and blandly states "[[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown ...Symbolism.]]"
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->''[[TheAristocrats A guy walks into a talent agent's office and says he has an act.]] The talent agent says, ok, what's the act? So the guy just whips out a [=DVD=] of'' Film/ASerbianFilm ''and puts it in. And they both watch it, and the talent agent says, wow, that's a hell of an act. What do you call it? And the guy says,'' '''[=ART=].'''
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->''[[TheAristocrats A guy walks into a talent agent's office and says he has an act.]] The talent agent says, ok, what's the act? So the guy just whips out a [=DVD=] of'' Film/ASerbianFilm ''and of ''ASerbianFilm'' and puts it in. And they both watch it, and the talent agent says, wow, that's a hell of an act. What do you call it? And the guy says,'' '''[=ART=].'''
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->''[[TheAristocrats A guy walks into a talent agent's office and says he has an act.]] The talent agent says, ok, what's the act? So the guy just whips out a [=DVD=] of'' ASerbianFilm ''and puts it in. And they both watch it, and the talent agent says, wow, that's a hell of an act. What do you call it? And the guy says,'' '''[=ART=].'''
Brows Held High is a comedy review show about Arthouse cinema. It is hosted by Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren, who rose to some prominence on the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses forums when he wrote a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic dissertation]] on [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nella]]'s ''MyLittlePony'' epic.
His signature style usually involves a lot of high-brow intellectual concepts, but explained well enough that they don't go over viewer's heads.
You can find these videos on WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses and [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high blip.tv]].
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AccentuateTheNegative: Pleasantly averted. He almost always has ''something'' nice to say about the films he watches, even if it does sometimes amount to little more than [[DamnedByFaintPraise "It had nice cinematography."]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Oan's reaction to ''Shortbus''' "Shabbos goy" asking if a woman is on the rag.
-->"That's so hot."
-->'''Oan:''' Ewww.
-->"I use [[spoiler:menstrual blood as makeup]] in my show."
-->'''Oan:''' '''''Ewww!'''''
-->"It's [[AWorldwidePunomenon a period piece]]."
-->'''Oan:''' Heh-- [frowns] ewww.
* AlliterativeName: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Discovery of Heaven''. Oan helpfully notes that the Messiah character has matching initials, a trait "common to ''many'' great men of legend!" (he then points out this applies to himself as well)
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** [[invoked]] He believes that "The Woman" in ''AnatomyOfHell'' was an aspiring FagHag.
** The aging {{Keet}} Six Flags mascot is a trash humper.
** The log used to make Disney/{{Pinocchio}} is {{flubber}} rather than wood.
** ''{{Tideland}}'' is the origin tale for the family of ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.
** MickeyMouse is on the No-fly list.
* [[spoiler:AndThenJohnWasAZombie[=/=]YouAreWhatYouHate: After watching ''Trash Humpers'', he realizes he's become one of them.]]
* AnimationAgeGhetto: Spoofed {{in-universe}} in his joint review of the "Utena" movie with JesuOtaku, with himself taking the position of "animation is for kids/dunderheads."
-->'''Jesu:''' Do I have to [[ThreeHundred Sparta Kick]] [[BerserkButton you through a window?]] [cracks knuckles]
* AnimeHair: How he describes the hairdo of the ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' protagonist. Also complaints about it in the "Utena" review. "Why does everyone have rainbow hair?!"
* ArtImitatesArt:
-->'''Oancitizen:'''Ah yes, Botticelli's "The Birth of RCrumb."
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Oan's cameo in ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' consists of him trying to decrypt a conspiracy consisting of copious amounts of religious, political, and cultural mumbo-jumbo, which ultimately concludes with a nuclear explosion, followed by [[spoiler: the Messenger from ''AngelsInAmerica'' appearing before him and telling him the Great Work is about to begin.]]
* AwfulTruth: "'''[[ItWasHisSled SEAN CONNERY IS DOROTHY!]]'''"
* BerserkButton: Do not call Kyle [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/podcasts/tranmission-awesome/30382-episode-65-oancitizen a hipster]] or an [[http://twitter.com/#!/KyleKallgren/status/100269102614056960 anti-intellectual.]]
-->'''YRulerOfTime''': You sound like a hipster.
-->'''Oancitizen''': I Am Not A Hipster, good sir!!
*** Although in the ''Slacker'' review he does say he "might or might not be a hipster". He likes a lot of hipster stuff, but doesn't feel like he is one.
** He also doesn't like being called a [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] rip-off.
** For the character, dead babies.
** Starting with the ''What Is It?'' review, if snails are ever mentioned or brought into the equation, [[GoMadFromTheRevelation You may be in trouble.]]
** Oan screaming his lungs out after WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick summarizes the ending of ''Der Himmel über Berlin'' as "a long monologue" about "time..and loneliness...or something." Film analysis is SeriousBusiness.
* BigWhat: 8 minutes into JesuOtaku making him watch ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. The first of many, as we'll see in due course.
-->"WHY IS THIS PINK-HAIRED BITCH A CAR?!"
* BilingualBonus: After hearing the nonsensical first line of ''Exterminating Angels'', Oancitizen asks any viewers who have an idea what it means to send their answers to "merdedetaureau@gmail.fr". In other words, send it to [[spoiler: bullshit]].
** He closed "TheDiscoveryOfHeaven" by delivering a few lines (unsubtitled) in Dutch.
-->''"<No, really. Why is the film not in Dutch? It's not like there aren't any smart, talented Dutch actors that can play these roles. And I think they would rather do this than shit like ''Spion Van Oranje! [a Dutch comedy film] ''And another thing...>"''
* BitingTheHandHumor: After viewing ''SweetMovie'', he accuses several of his fellow reviewers (including [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic his boss]]) of being sheltered. He can't, however, make an argument for WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob.
* BlahBlahBlah[=/=]FreudianSlip: The opening speech to ''NineSongs'' is nothing but proper nouns, the phrase "rock music" and slang for genitalia and/or sex acts.
* BodySnatcher: For the "Freaks" review, Oan's body is possessed by Diamanda Hagan, who proceeds to dye his hair and paint his face in her usual color scheme and then do the review in a faux-Irish accent. He also feels himself up and comments "So that's what one of those feels like."
* BrainBleach: After ''KenPark'', Oancitizen watches ''TheGodfather'' to erase the terrible memories.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: A lot of the comedy of the show.
* BreatherEpisode: The ''AngelsInAmerica'' and ''TheFall'' reviews.
* BreathlessNonSequitur "That's right [[NightOfTheLivingDead Romero]] fans, board up the windows and rev up the chainsaws, because we're going to talk about gay porn!"
* BrickJoke: DiamandaHagan tells her minion to mail Oancitizen his balls (since he's obviously not using his) at the end of the KenPark review. Two videos later, the [[IncrediblyLamePun package]] finally arrives.
** The time travel duplicate of Oancitizen he stuffed in the closet in his {{Primer}} review shows up again (and then gets killed) at the end of the ''What Is It?'' review.
** A very subtle one. When ObscurusLupa tried to review ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' (before switching to ''Hard To Kill''), DiamandaHagan tried to stop her by having her minions find every copy of the movie and destroy it. In his own review of it, he mentions it was hard to find a copy as all the local video stores had theirs stolen by Northern Irishmen in black masks.
** A little while after [[spoiler:he slept with his wastebasket]] at the end of ''Trash Humpers'', he watched ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'' and [[spoiler:reached the conclusion that he needed to have sex or turn into a crazed murderer.]] While calling up candidates, he eyes his dustbin with contempt and says "You used me."
* BrownNote: arguably some of the movies he's watched, but also Sasha Grey's music, as heard in ''TheGirlfriendExperience'' review.
* BuffySpeak: His early attempts at explaining the plot to ''{{Primer}}'' results in him just calling everything 'things'.
* CallBack: His moving announcement was full of them.
** The mental break during the ''Eat The Schoolgirl'' review is the sequel of sorts to the breakdown from ''What Is It?''
* TheCameo: DiamandaHagan appears at the end of the ''KenPark'' review, and the end of ''Film/{{Gerry}}''. The latter also features cameos from ApolloZHack, ObscurusLupa and Derek from AudibleUnderwear.
** Oancitizen accidentally invokes RuleThirtyFour in ''Sebastiane'', which results in [[http://blip.tv/dramatic-literations The Vegan]] reciting a {{slash fic}} involving Ulysses S. Grant and Jefferson Davis.
** Roo from [[http://www.clanofthegraywolf.com/ Clan of the Greywolf]] agrees to "translate" M dot Strange's impenetrable video game/anime references.
-->'''Roo:''' [[[GoMadFromTheRevelation hugs self while trembling on the floor]]]
-->'''Oan:''' D'ja like it?
** [[TheBunnyPerspective Phil Buni]] does a cameo in ''Alice''.
** [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] shows up when Oan reviews ''TheDoomGeneration'' and notes that it combines all the worst traits of Nineties Pop Culture.
** [[DarkMazeStudios Ed Glaser]] made two cameos in the review of ''ASerbianFilm'', first as his voice to joke about his resemblance to the movie's villain and as the NATO president [[spoiler: who dropped fictional bombs in fictional Serbia]].
** There is an extended cameo by RapCritic in the ''GhostDog'' review, which starts off with RC explaining who RZA is, and he butts in on occasion to explain things that Kyle doesn't get.
** Kyle himself has become the site's go to guy for cameos whenever something avante-garde is brought up.
* CameraAbuse: He taps it pretty hard during ''What Is It?'', causing visible glitches in the video.
* CaptionHumor: Reviewing ''We Are the Strange'' momentarily causes Oan's words to be translated into [[LeetLingo L33t]] speak.
* TheCastShowoff: He sings most of the review of ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', to the tune of various DavidBowie songs, along with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, ToddInTheShadows, ObscurusLupa and [[YouCanPlayThis JewWario]].
** He also has one of the best solos in WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's ''Les Miserables'' review.
** Oancitizen opens the Channel Awesome Holiday Greetings with a one-person quartet choir.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Huzzah!
* ClusterFBomb: Lets off a rare, if brief one, when the "666" motif is well and truly driven into the ground in ''TheDoomGeneration''. "Cock-smelting ''fuckercunt''!"
** Also in his co-review with Lupa of "Hamlet The Vampire Slayer," he tells a rapper to "Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!"
* ContinuityNod: To WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall in his "Slacker" review: "Is 90's Kid [[spoiler: still evil?]]"
* CouchGag: At the start of each episode, or even cameo in other reviews, he reads something related, if only vaguely to the movie in question.
** And by "something", it means that it's not always a book. For instance, the ''Trash Humpers'' review starts with him reading the instructions for a box of trash bags.
* CovertPervert: Oan hinted that he ''might'' be one during his cameo in Diamanda's ''Emmanuelle 5'' review.
-->'''Oancitizen''': Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a number of prostitutes dressed like Catholic school girls that I need to teach the intricacies of Proust.
-->'''Diamanda''': ...I'm going to assume I imagined that.
* CrisisCrossover: The ending of the ''What Is It?'' review.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Kyle had some choice words for the director of ''Trash Humpers''.
-->"Listen, Korine, if I ever meet you in real life, I will end you. I will '''take apart your camera and feed it to you'''. You will suffer I SWEAR TO GOD ''[voice quavers]'' [[{{Civilization}} OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS]]--" ''[[[InelegantBlubbering deteriorates into sobs]]]''
** The modern interpretation of Laertes has a gay dance instructor. ..who looks like Mike Myers in ''Sprockets.''
-->"I want to punch him in his sideburns."
* DamnedByFaintPraise / OverlyNarrowSuperlative: ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is "easily the greatest Canadian film about ostriches ever made."
* DeadBabyComedy: Defied, with strong effort, during his ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' review, where he mentions that normally he's above that sort of humor, but it's so hard not to make a joke like that when there's an actual dead baby five minutes into the movie.
** This, by his own admission, is why he's never reviewed a Todd Solondz film.
-->I'm not sure how many jokes I can get out of abortion, pedophilia and sexual abuse.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oancitizen.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "That 2 seconds of blurry full-frontal nudity was [[SarcasmMode the most necessary thing in the history of necessity]]." (''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'')
** From 'Goodbye 20th Century': This film is a messy messy mess of a mess!
* DespairEventHorizon: ''KenPark''. A movie of such dismal, rage-inducing depravity that Oancitizen actually called in [[SociopathicHero Diamanda Hagan]] to [[NukeEm nuke]] the city it was set in.
** It happens again, predictably, with ''ASerbianFilm'', causing him to call NATO and try to get Serbia [[ItMakesSenseInContext fictionally wiped off the map.]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: He acknowledged this in ''NineSongs'', stating (and rectifying) that his stock bare breast censor bar in reviews prior to it may have been a picture of a finch rather than that of a titmouse.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When he sees a guy being killed during a three way, and says that's how he wants to die.
** Also, when realizing he made a TylerPerry reference. He quickly made a MayaDeren reference to keep his snob cred.
* DistractedByTheSexy: He proves unable to review an EmmaThompson film without blurting out a marriage proposal.
* DoubleStandard: Discussed in ''AnatomieDeLEnfer''
-->After all, [menstrual blood]'s the only bodily fluid that has any stigma attached to it. *swigs from a wine glass* My semen is watery today.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse. He struggled ''hard'' to snark ''What Is It?'' without invoking this trope, as much of the cast had Down's Syndrome and one member had cerebral palsy.
** He says he's not even going to try to make a joke during the attempted rape of an Apathetic during ''{{Zardoz}}'', though he does pull out of this depressing nosedive by making a joke about a scene immediately after that. "Here, have Sean Connery imitating Donkey Kong!" (Connery throws a barrel).
** While possessed by Diamanda, he [[http://diamandahagan.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/diamanda-hagan-special-review-freaks/ stated]] that "Freaks" was hard to make fun of, as most of the cast was, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well...]] [[PronounTrouble ...Whatever-you-call-it]] concludes that it would just be "dickish."
* DullSurprise: Invoked by name in ''Anatomy of Hell''.
** ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'':
--->'''Lupa:''' INCEST JOKE!♥\\
'''Oan:''' [stonefaced] [-Ew.-]
* DVDCommentary.
* EarWorm: ''Trash Humpers'''s "MAKE IT, MAKE IT, DON'T FAKE IT!" [[invoked]]
* {{Euroshlock}}: His first two reviews covered ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' and ''{{Anatomy of Hell}}''.
** He's actually said that he checks the {{Euroshlock}} page for review suggestions. He has now taken on ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'', ''SweetMovie'', ''Exterminating Angels'', and ''ASerbianFilm'', along with several of the American examples on that page.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In his review of ''Literature/{{Perfume}}'', he shows a clip of a cartoon LexLuthor proposing to use causing random orgies to happen as a weapon. The {{supervillain}}s he's proposing this too all say "Ewwww." It then cuts to DiamandaHagan saying Ewwww, before cutting back to the supervillains. For why this is amusing, see DespairEventHorizon above.
** Oancitizen's on the receiving end himself when he and Diamanda view ''Eat the Schoolgirl''. After spending a good minute responding to Diamanda's dare that he make a rape scene funny ("I don't care ''what'' George Carlin says..."), he finally gives in... and [[SoundtrackDissonance dubs the theme song to]] ''{{Jem}}'' [[SoundtrackDissonance over the whole thing]]. Diamanda is both impressed and horrified.
* [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards Even Film Buffs Have Standards]]: He absolutely ''refused'' to call ''What Is It?'' "art," and begins sympathizing with people who don't watch art films.
** ''SweetMovie'' causes him to break down entirely on several occasions.
** ''Almost'' averted with ''ASerbianFilm''. He spent the review explaining allegories to the Serbian nation that the director claims are there, looking and sounding like he's in excruciating pain all the way through, until finally he gets a nosebleed and snaps.
* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Present in ''Blood for Dracula'', ''Flesh for Frankenstein'', ''NineSongs'', ''Sebastiene'' and ''{{Shortbus}}''- the last to the point of distraction. Also noting how much sex just one couple had in ''{{Film/Antichrist}}''.
* EverybodyLives: Gloriously referenced in ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer.''
-->"YES! KILL HIM! KILL '''EVERYONE'''!! THE REST IS SILENT, MAY VAMPIRES SING ME TO '''MOTHERFUCKING REST'''! [[DoctorWho JUST THIS ONCE, EVERYBODY DIES]]!!"
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: While already excited in his review of ''Film/TheFall'' he perks up even more when explaining that CharlesDarwin (ItMakesSenseInContext) has a pet monkey.
* FascinatingEyebrow: A signifier that you should BewareTheNiceOnes, such as when he discovered that Hollywood remade one of his cherished German films into a [[{{Film/CityOfAngels}} Nic Cage vehicle]].
* FanDisservice: After watching ''KenPark'', he says "I used to like sex. Now I can never touch a human being again!"
* [[spoiler: FlatWhat]]: He summed up ''Otto (or, Up With Dead People)'' thusly:
--> "So, [[spoiler: [[ItMakesSenseInContext a gay zombie political documentary porno.]] [[FlatWhat What.]]]]
* FridgeHorror: InUniverse. He comes to the conclusion that the orgy in ''Perfume'' would have incest and sex with children due to people bringing their families to the execution.
* FunetikAksent: After dealing with the cavalcade of outrageous accents in ''Blood for Dracula'', he finally puts up subtitles that transcribe everything phonetically ("What the heck is a 'sackhufbens'?")
** It comes back sporadically in his ''Flesh for Frankenstein'' review. ("Come to Serbia! Try the 'nasum'!")
* GagCensor: Just about any time a CensorBox has to be used.
* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]]Due to the nature of the show, he of course likes to slip a few into the reviews. He's even commented on wishing to be listed on this trope in his commentaries.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Delivers this to the camera (re: the Nostalgia Chick) when he's obliged to 'correct' her opinion on a film's message.
-->"You! You! Yes! You, Chick, you! '''YOU''' should be explaining this to '''ME'''!! I am ''offended''! ''Offended'' that I have to spell this out for you, I mean '''DEAR GOD'''--!!" [[[ThrowTheBookAtThem hurls book at the wall]]]
* GodwinsLaw: Couldn't get past the ending of ''{{Film/Jubilee}}'' without constantly going back to the fact that there was a short scene featuring what he described as "Old Man {{Hitler}}".
-->"This film just Godwinned itself!"
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: At the end of RefugeInAudacity [[MindScrew insanityfest]] ''What Is It?'', Oancitizen decides "If you can't beat 'em..."
** Likewise, he had Roo from ''ClanOfTheGrayWolf'' on as a cameo to help explain the video game references in ''WeAreTheStrange''. It doesn't go well for him.
-->"It's here that Roo's notes read 'Oh my God I can see forevarrrglblahhhh.'"
** Most of ''{{Zardoz}}''.
** ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' reduces him to a cackling lunatic.
** ''Eat the Schoolgirl'' leads him to hogtie Diamanda Hagan in a bathtub and then attempt to dress her up as a snail.
*** Though part of that was apparently the result of being loaded with horse tranquilizers and having his testicles removed, as once the tranquilizers wear off he can't remember a thing.
*** Coincidentally, it was also a nod to ''{{Uzumaki}}.''
* GroinAttack: In the ''{{Zardoz}}'' review, Oancitizen takes "The gun is good! The penis is evil!" a bit too literally - he whips out a gun, walks into the bathroom, aims it at his crotch, we cut to black just as the gun goes off...
-->"AAAAAAHHHH! OHHHHHHH! [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope How did I MISS?!]]]]"
* HappyPlace: There's only ''one'' thing that can get us through ''Ken Park'': '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmDoT1TXV3k Sir John Fucking Gielgud reading Tennyson over the music of Gustav Holst!]]'''
** PRETENTION NIRVANA.
** Again during ''Trash Humpers''.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: His view on ''TheDoomGeneration'', which bills itself as "A Heterosexual Movie" and may go a bit over the top in proving. "Straight, straight straight straight straight straight straight! Penises going ''into'' vaginas, all the time!"
* HeManWomanHater: What the metaphor in ''Anatomy of Hell'' presents men as; Oancitizen even namedrops this trope.
* HehHehYouSaidX: "Ha ha! His name is [[ASerbianFilm Fuckmir]]!"
* HilariousInHindsight: InUniverse. ''NakedLunch'' features a creature that Kyle can only describe as a "[[TheHumanCentipede human centipede]]".
* HollywoodNerd: [[http://twitter.com/#!/KyleKallgren/status/86564777190629376 When not wearing his trademark suit,]] he makes one hell of a type 2.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: He ends up using a ''lot'' of terms for female masturbation ("flicking the bean," "tickling the tuna taco," "sampling the finger food," "petting the kitty") in his review of ''Exterminating Angels''.
* HypocriticalHumor: In the review of ''You And Me And Everyone We Know'', Oancitizen introduces the main character as an amateur solo video artist, "which means she films herself alone in her room doing stupid stuff." Cut to Oancitizen, camera in hand, filming himself in front of a mirror going "Man, what a dork!"
* InadvertentEntranceCue: According to the ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena TheMovie'' review, any time someone is confused by an artistic movie, Oancitizen is teleported to them against his will. JesuOtaku notes that now that it's known, it's highly exploitable, and he then teleports away from the review, and once back, angrily tells her to not give fans any more ideas on how to misuse the spell. This could also be a meta-joke about how Kyle become the go-to guy for cameos about symbolism and artistic topics.
** Kyle has sensitive ears and is very territorial about '''[[WilliamShakespeare HOOLLIAM SHAXPAHR]]''' being reviewed by others. So much so, that he gets suckered into crashing ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer''.
--->'''Oan''': [[Theatre/TheWintersTale I have drunk and seen the spider. There is a plot against my niche, my show. All's true that is mistrusted! Thou has usurped my art, and I remain a pinched thing; Yea, a very trick for you to play at will!]]\\
'''Lupa''' (helpfully): You [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma drank a spider]]?
* IncrediblyLamePun: Lampshaded by Oan himself, who sincerely apologizes. (''Tideland'')
-->"He's turned [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest her mummy]] into a...[[{{Mummy}} mummy]]."
* InsultBackfire: "I'd tell (''Trash Humpers'') to eat my shit, but I'm afraid it might be [[TooKinkyToTorture into that sort of thing]]."
* TheInternetIsForPorn: In ''Exterminating Angels'', Oan calls out his viewers for wanting raw footage of the French lesbians.
-->"You want porn (points upward), the address bar is up there!"
** From ''TheGirlfriendExperience'', on porn actress SashaGrey:
-->"[she is known for performing] extreme acts on scree. I went online, and [[SarcasmMode believe it or not]], I found some clips of her doing these acts. I had to pixelate some things though [cue entirely [[{{Pixellation}} pixellated]], flesh colored screen and loud moans]
* ItsNotPornItsArt: He has to deal with a ''lot'' of nudity in some of his film reviews.
* JacobMarleyWarning: ToddInTheShadows hovers over Oan's bed at [=MAGfest=], half-hardheartedly waving his arms. Finally, he resorts to just punching him.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: ''The Anatomy of Hell'' opens with its female protagonist getting slapped by a random man, who then just stands there looking sullen. Wordless apology, or is she just handing him a stick of gum?
-->'''''[unzips fly]'''''
-->'''Oan:''' Hey, he ''did'' want some gum! ...'cause her gums are in her mouth.
* LaymansTerms: So, Jason Witter replaced the original language of ''Hamlet'' with endless pop culture snark?
-->'''Oan:''' [[PurpleProse Wherefore is this columbarius film before mine eyes shown?]]\\
'''Lupa:''' [beat] Is that a real sen--\\
'''Oan: Why the fuck am I watching this turd?!'''
* LeFilmArtistique: Aside from the films, and occasional film-within-a-film, in the show, the credits sequence is styled as one, including GratuitousFrench credit "Kyle 'Oancitizen' Kallgren Presente:"
** His film school movie [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/oancitizen/miscellany-and-hodge-podge/33635-notes-from-film-school-pretension PREtension]], a parody of art films.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LostEpisode: ''The Girlfriend Experience'' (only exists with commentary) and ''Sh*t TGWTG Fans Say''.
* MarySue: He calls out the protagonist of ''Exterminating Angels'' on this. [[invoked]]
* MemeticMutation: Invoked at the end of the ''Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs'' review.
--> '''Oancitizen''': Now if you'll excuse me, I have to turn that whole tree thing into a meme.
* MindScrew: ''What Is It?'', both the movie and the 'sketch.'
--> '''Oancitzen''': I have three ties!
* MoneyDearBoy: In the vlog for ''Anonymous'', Oancitizen suggests that Derek Jacobi took a role in the film to pay off a parking ticket.
* MusicalEpisode: ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', reviewed almost entirely to the tunes of the songs of DavidBowie.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: For some reason, his early IMDb page listed Kyle's name as "Ralph Oancitizen". It's since become a RunningGag, as both {{Phelous}} and ObscurusLupa have referred to him as Ralph on various occasions.
* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-Universe}} Oan]] bursts out laughing while watching the performance of the main character in ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' when he monologues about trees, comparing the voice to a deaf BillMurray.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: When Mario starts chopping off Dracula's limbs in ''Andy Warhol's Dracula'', Oancitizen says the audience is probably already going through the Black Knight's dialogue from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' in their heads, and says they really need to do some reading on media saturation.
** [''Tideland''] takes the honor of being 8,524th ''Literature/{{Alice|InWonderland}}'' reference ever made. ''"[[SarcasticClapping A round of applause]]'', everyone."
* NeverTrustATitle: Discussed on occasion.
* NightmareFuelColoringBook: A flurry of them while describing the scenes in ''A Serbian Film''.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In ''WhatIsIt?''
-->'''Oancitizen''' (in shock): '''''NAKED NAZI {{SHIRLEY TEMPLE}} MASTURBATING WITH A RIDING CROP!'''''
* NippleAndDimed: Since nudity crops up in his video reviews, he's forced to censor it creatively. Pictures of [[IncrediblyLamePun titmice, cats, donkeys, and Wii remotes]] are common, but sometimes, if he's feeling really silly, he covers them up with cropped pictures ''of nude statues.''
** ''Literature/{{Perfume}} - The Story of A Murderer'' actually managed to '''[[BrokeTheRatingScale break]]''' the censor bar.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: An on-screen message pops up during [[spoiler:'90s Kid]]'s rant about the finer aspects of ''The Doom Generation'' to tell us that his words were actually part of the film's marketing.
** Assuring that his ''{{Mythbusters}}'' reference wasn't just random. Jamie Hyneman really did work the special effects on ''NakedLunch''.
* NotSoDifferent: In the review of ''TheGirlfriendExperience'', he 'inadvertently' draws similarities between escort and porn wesites, and being an internet reviewer. At the end of the review, he goes to work on his other job, as a host on webcam site [=LiveJasmin=]
** Possibly the reason some see him as a CinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile).
* NotSoStoic: He very rarely breaks down or goes over the top, making those few instances much more powerful (i.e. [[{{TheScream}} his reaction to a disturbing scene]] in his review of ''Alice'').
* ObligatoryJoke: Has openly stated he will not do some of the obvious jokes, as they would be "[[DefiedTrope Too easy".]]
** "KennethBranagh plays Hamlet. Emphasis on '''[[LargeHam HAM]]'''."
** "Here's a diagram -- a primer on ''Primer'', if you will. [snooty chuckle] Huzzah."
** And so, the characters of ''The Doom Generation'' "invoke the [[AThreesomeIsHot Power of Three!]]"
-->" Aaand I'm more than three-fourths of the way through a film starring {{Rose McGowan}}, and I finally make a ''{{Charmed}}'' reference. Go me."
** ''Tideland'''s deranged beekeeper. "Aaaaand [[TheWickerMan meme]] in 3....2....1..."
** ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'':
--->"This guy must be on loan from ''[[ARaisinInTheSun A Raisin in the Son of the Living Dead]]''. A theatre joke, thank you! [to Lupa] [-[[IsThisThingOn Don't use that take]]-].
* OddCouple: With ObscurusLupa in their ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' review; he's a highbrow critic and serious intellectual, she's a cheerfully goofy shlock reviewer who doesn't understand long words.
* OhCrap: During the "Otto" review, when he realizes he is about to see a gay zombie orgy.
** During the ''Trash Humpers'' review (bear in mind, babies... don't tend to fare well in these kinds of movies):
-->"Was that a baby?...(''looks horrified'') '''''Was that a baby?!'''''"
** Yet again during ''The Brown Bunny'', when he discovers, to his abject horror, that the film is revisiting ''Film/{{Gerry}}''.
--> "...''No.'' Oh, '''''no'''''..."
* OhMyGods '''"SWEET HEAVENLY MITHRAS!"'''
* OneOfUs: In his [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/bhh-ken-park-commentary-4500529 commentary]] for his review of ''KenPark'', he mentions using TVTropes to find films to review when he started the show.
* OldShame: When he posted the old review of ''The Girlfriend Experience'' on TGWTG, some comments came in, which he agreed with about the review coming off as slutshaming, and he contemplated removing the review altogether. He did say the intent wasn't to mock Sasha Grey for her adult film work, but the message he meant didn't come across clearly.
* OverlyLongGag: "TREES!"
** 55.5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555...
** The point in his review of ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' where he tries to make up background music... a cappella style.
* PhantasySpelling: Oancitizen jokes that Mandragora from ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is "also probably a place for people who spell 'fairy' as 'faerie.'"
* PassThePopcorn: Admittedly as what he's doing is in fact watching movies him breaking out a bowl of it in a review normally would be considered a normal film watching activity. However he's an arthouse film reviewer which people don't usually associate with popcorn, therefore he uses it in his review of ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' to highlight the more action movie aspects of some of the scenes.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With his artist and BFF, Ven Gethenian.
* ThePlotThickens: "...Into a [[{{Primer}} 65 lb. lump of unshaped concrete]]."
* PrecisionFStrike: "Jean-Claude Brisseau, '''fuck you.'''"
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: His rap at the end of the ''Ghost Dog'' review.
* PsychicNosebleed: Happens as Oancitizen struggles to talk about ''ASerbianFilm'''s messages... then he [[DespairEventHorizon snaps out]]. (in the bloopers, Kyle points out that given how much corn syrup he put on his nose for the scene, that could have been actual blood!)
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''''GET....ME...[[NukeEm NATO!]]'''''
* RageBreakingPoint: Happens during the review of ''ASerbianFilm.'' PlayedForLaughs.
* ARareSentence: "[[WeAreTheStrange The blood was laughing at me.]]"
** ''Sweet Movie'' wastes no time scrambling Oan's brain.
-->'''Oancitizen:''' Then an OB/GYN unicycles into the room and -- [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis I just said that sentence out loud]], didn't I?
** He repeats this little gem several times during 'Goodbye 20th Century':
-->'''Oancitizen:''' Nazi Harry Dumbledore punches Santa Claus in the face.
** "[[ASerbianFilm They raped a fictional baby!]] [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/brows-held-high-a-serbian-film-bloopers-5601086 ...I'm really saying this out loud aren't I?]]"
** The first (translated) sentence of ''Exterminating Angels'' is: "The lampposts are in need of their long scarlet coats." Oancitizen ''dares'' the audience to explain what that means. There's also a later reference to "blood of airports...flooding blue grass."
** "Hamlet's a cheerleader. Why is Hamlet a cheerleader?"
* ReferenceOverdosed: Used mainly to showcase similar tropes or ideas in more mainstream movies to help de-mystify the films to his audience.
* {{Retraux}}: The intro to ''BHH'' shows a montage of auteur films, beginning with classics such as ''Citizen Kane'' and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ending with]] ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' and ''Trash Humpers'', giving them the illusion of being [[DeliberatelyMonochrome old-timey films]].
* {{Rule 34}}: "Yes, Internet, there exists communist porn."
** The review of ''Sebastiene'' contains a joke about American Civil War slashfics
* RunningGag: During scenes involving male bodily fluids, Oan would take a sip of milk from a wine glass. Lampshaded during his review of ''Sebastian'', when he can't believe it has become one.
** StephenFry's "tweets" in ''The Discovery of Heaven''.
-->"Woman carrying my child hit by a falling tree. FML."
** During ''{{Film/Jubilee}}'', he would point out two "affectionate" guys are brothers, then say "Ew,".
** ''ASerbianFilm'': "NEW! BORN! PORN!".
* TheScream: Time to introduce Lupa's favorite Shakesperan characters: Rosenchad and Guildebrad! "[[TotallyRadical Yo!" "'Sup?!]]"
-->'''Lupa:''' Geddit? [[DontExplainTheJoke Rosen]]-- [-hey, where'd you go?-]\\
[cut to bathroom door]\\
'''Oan''': NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
* SelfDeprecation: Oancitizen. Apparently, the man ain't gettin' any. He is quick to point out flaws and mistakes during commentaries.
** During his ''NakedLunch'' review, he "telepathically" confesses that he does this show to cover up his insecurities about his intelligence.
* SelfInsertFic: He describes ''Exterminating Angels'' this way.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The man likes his syllables.
** Used to make a point about ''Primer'''s boring cast. "These aren't characters. They're biological plot point initiation units!"
** Referring to his viewership as "''{{ahem}}''... [[{{Nerd}} enthusiasts of pop culture esoterica]]."
** Unfortunately, his gift for verbage fails him when trying to understand anime tropes.
** "Ah, beg your pardon, I have an inquiry. What is the semiotic denotation of a 'pinky promise'?"
-->'''Lupa:''' I just heard '{{Blah blah|blah}} big words pinkie promise,' so I can't help you.
* {{Sexiled}}: For ''NineSongs'', he claimed to have put a sock on his doorknob.
* ShipTease: Between him and his [[ItMakesSenseInContext trashcan.]]
* ShoutOut: In his ''Pinocchio'' review, he signs off with a monologue starting: "[[IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream Let me tell you how much I have come to hate you since I started this review.]]"
** The line "OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!" is a famous quote from SidMeier's ''{{Civilization}}''.
** The "Lecture Alarm", explained that he got it from the same guys who made [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s Continuity Alarm. He ends up breaking it during ''Film/{{Gerry}}''.
** During the ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' review, he mentions it was hard to find a copy as all the local video stores had theirs stolen by [[DiamandaHagan Northern Irishmen in black masks]].
** He later paraphrases Hagan's "This film and reality don't often meet!" line. (''The Doom Generation'')
** He ends one review with the sign off "[[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic I'm Oancitizen and I analyse it so you don't have to]]"
** The [[TheBrownBunny Vincent Gallo blowjob]] is kicked off by shouting '''"[[TheSpoonyExperiment Experience Bij]]"''', complete with bared teeth.
** "Heroin's [[ChappellesShow a helluva drug]]." (''{{Tideland}}'')
** In his review of ''Prospero's Books'', after a scene that's supposed to be particularly meaningful, Oan halfheartedly raises his arms and blandly states "[[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown ...Symbolism.]]"
** In his review of ''Trash Humpers'' he says he's expecting one of them to start a 90-minute ''StarWars'' review. [[RedLetterMedia "Oh my god! What's wrong with your face?!"]] He also describes ''Trash Humpers'' as "a film which dares to make a return to that wonderful aesthetic known as, oh, what's the phrase, [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob 'shot on shitteo?']]"
** In his ''NakedLunch'' review; "Maybe you oughtta try your hand at writing pornography." "I tried. Nobody liked my ''FinalFantasyVII'' {{slash fic}}. [[BennettTheSage Apparently, people think eating poop is weird.]]"
* ShownTheirWork: Oancitizen makes a point of extensively researching the films he reviews, as he feels they deserve a thought out analysis.
** In the vlog for "Anonymous," just off the top of his head he mentions a ton of stuff about Shakespeare and his contemporary historical figures. The man really knows his stuff.
* ShutUpHannibal: Oancitizen gets '90s Kid to shut up by telling him that Music/{{Nirvana}} is directly responsible for the existence of {{Nickelback}}.
* SickAndWrong: The man does not scare easily. Anything involving child exploitation makes him cringe, however.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The "Dreams of the Witch House" episode.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Kyle himself. He will rarely swear, but when he does, it's either a striking PrecisionFStrike or a full out ClusterFBomb.
* SoundtrackDissonance: He decides to play the happy music from the scene after the death of [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Bambi's mother]] during the act cards in {{Film/Antichrist}}.
** He also jokes that playing stirring orchestral music over the puking scene in ''SweetMovie'' would likely later inspire the choice of soundtrack for [[ShockSite 2 Girls 1 Cup]].
* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[{{In-Universe}} He laughs]] uproariously at the fake severed head in ''Flesh for Frankenstein''. "God, it looks like one of the [[{{Thunderbirds}} Thunderbird pilots]]."
* SpoofAesop: "So the moral of [''Tideland''] is: children are sociopathic morons!"
** "[[DrugsAreBad Parents who reanimate the dead have children who reanimate the dead.]]" (''Andy Warhol's Frankenstein'')
** "So just remember, when you're trying to settle serious relationship issues with your special lady, '''[[FauxSymbolism bust her water main open]]''' and then invite her to dance. She'll be thrilled! ''[[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]]'' told me so!"
--->'''Jesu:''' I think you're beginning to [[SanitySlippage lose your mind.]]
* StayInTheKitchen: ''Anatomy Of Hell'' closes with him [[spoiler:[[StrawMisogynist finally coming to terms with his gender's supposed inherent misogyny and calling his mother to tell her]].]]
* StealthInsult: He ends the ''Anatomy of Hell'' review by commending [[StrawFeminist Catherine Breillat]] for "teaching [him] so much about [[HeManWomanHater the male psyche!]]"
-->'''Oan:''' [dials phone] Hi, mom! Yeah, I just got done watching this French film and--'''''FUCK YOU!'''''
** His epitaph for ''Film/{{Gerry}}''. Hey, it did '''one''' thing fantastically right.
-->"You ''really'' feel like you're lost in a desert. The scenery is repetitive, the sounds vacant. You wander aimlessly, every minute spent praying that the end to come. It will come when you reach the finish, or it will come with your own death. Hell, at some points you even begin to feel a little dehydrated at this movie. And should you emerge alive, you spend every waking minute wishing that you had never taken that wrong turn (or pushed that play button) and been dropped into a vast wasteland, traumatized by the void that you were dropped into -- and may never escape.
* StealthPun: The title. While he reviews "Highbrow" films, many of the films we see tend to raise Oan's eyebrows [[{{Squick}} in]] [[TrueArtIsOffensive a]] [[NightmareFuel different way.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Oan spends the majority of ''A Serbian Film'' review in this state. [[spoiler:Until his nose becomes a [[PsychicNosebleed BLOOD GEYSER]]]].
* [[SureWhyNot Sure, Why Not?]]: ''Goodbye, 20th Century'' was such a jumbled mess that it reduced Oan to saying this over and over again.
* TakeThat: Halfway into ''Exterminating Angels'', he realizes that the entire film is basically an endless parade of thin, attractive women acting horny around a dumpy middle-aged man. [cue Robert Palmer music video]
* TarotMotifs: his film school project [=PREtension=].
* TemptingFate: In ''Tideland'', Oan compares the ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice]]'' themes to that older, creepier film he already covered.
-->"Well, at least they got rid of that cheesy, creepy stop-motion animation and [severed doll's head comes to life] -- '''''BLUUAAGH!'''''
** Since it's [[AnimationAgeGhetto animated]], Oan is confident that explaining the themes and symbolism of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' will be a trifling matter for his mighty brain.
** After being thoroughly mindfucked by the ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' movie, Oan resolves that he'll never let himself get roped into reviewing an allegedly deep animated show or movie again. Then the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] get a hold of him.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Claudius' death in ''Hamlet'' (1996). "Oh I have to poison him? That's boring--'''''[[FallingChandelierOfDoom EAT CHANDELIER, BITCH.]]'''''"
* TooSoon: After seeing a stark funeral with black-clad mourners in a pure white room in ''Goodbye, 20th Century'', Oancitizen asks, "So, who wants to bet Steve Jobs' funeral looked exactly like this?" He then raises his arms in triumph as "TOO SOON" appears to fanfare.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: His description of {{Ken Park}}. [[invoked]]
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: A lot of his points are attacking this notion, either directly calling it out, or pretending to defend it while obviously twisting in logical knots. [[invoked]]
* TrueArtIsOffensive: He comes to the conclusion that ''ASerbianFilm'' is this, which is why he must review the movie despite WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob and {{Phelous}} having also done it before. (as also invoked in the quote atop this page) [[invoked]]
** "What Is It" was deliberately filled with all sorts of things that director Crispin Glover asked, "which of these things do you find offensive?" Oan takes umbrage at this, though, and says, "that's not art, that's {{troll}}ing!"
* UnexpectedGenreChange: His review of ''AngelsInAmerica'' is a completely serious, highly emotional piece that has nothing negative to say about the film and ends with him directly urging the audience to educate themselves about [=HIV=].
* TheUnfairSex: Turns up a ''lot'' in the stuff he reviews, be it averted, subverted or played straight. Of particular merit in this regard is ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' and ''AnatomieDeLEnfer'', which deconstruct and defend this trope, respectively.
* UnsoundEffect: ''WANK!''
* {{Very Special Episode}}: His {{Angels In America}} review, made in honor of National AIDS Day.
* VisualPun: His censor bars are all about this.
-->"You have NO idea how long it took me to think of a good visual pun for "footjob".
** To the point that he's genuinely distressed that he can't come up with censor-bar puns for ''Otto'', and just resorts to descriptive text on boxes.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Does this after making a ''FamilyGuy'' joke, which obviously is anathema to his high brow nature.
* WaxingLyrical: In ''Anatomy'': "She gets unimpressively naked and [[{{Madonna}} lets you know what it feels like for a girl. Lets you know what it feels like in this world for a girl]]."
** In ''{{Zardoz}}'', "They're all, 'Oh, [[{{Queen}} I am immortal. I have inside me blood of kings]]' and '[[{{Highlander}} Here we are. Born to be kings, we're the princes of the universe.]]'". Oancitizen lampshades shortly later. (specially as he had already used "WhoWantsToLiveForever" before, as "it's a movie with immortals with SeanConnery. I had to use {{Queen}}")
** ''{{Hamlet}}'' tells [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir the story all about how his life got flipped turned upside-down]].
--->"Ah Fresh Prince. Well, in the words of another [[GetoBoys famous rap lyric]], DIE MOTHER FUCKER DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE."
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Upon viewing stock footage of the Katyn massacre that was spliced into ''Sweet Movie'', Oan's screaming face is replaced by a test pattern.
-->'''Oan:''' ''[[CannibalHolocaust CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards DIDN'T USE REAL BOD]]--!! [cuts feed]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: One of his in-universe specialties is finding deep symbolism where it almost certainly doesn't exist. This is emphasized in his early blog posts and "Between The Lines" videos.
-->'''Oan:''' Would it be too didactic to reference Grotowski's ''Toward a Poor Theatre''?\\
'''Lupa:''' I have no idea what any of those words mean. :D
** Played around with in his review of ''ASerbianFilm''. Instead of discussing much of the film's plot, Oan instead discusses much of Serbia's dark history and how the emotional turmoil of the Serbs translates onto the film. [[spoiler: None of this stops him from calling NATO and asking them to bomb Serbia.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: [[invoked]] Slumming it in the AnimationAgeGhetto with JesuOtaku, Oan encounters the lesbian romance in ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
--> '''Oan:''' Don't they know there are children watching this? \\
'''JO:''' Am I going to have to [[ThreeHundred Sparta kick]] you out of the window? [cracks her knuckles]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has developed a phobia for bunnies.
-->"...Well, bunnies, chocolate, snails...trash cans, Italians-- this show is ''not'' healthy for me!"
* WordOfGod: Oan will sometimes quote the filmmakers explanations for their films, often to make fun of them.
* YouCanTurnBack: From the intro to ''Trash Humpers''.
* YouCantHandleTheParody: He attempts it while watching ''Zardoz'', but fails due to [[GotMeDoingIt absorbing too much]] of the characters' SpockSpeak.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: After watching ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'', Oancitizen starts believing that if he doesn't, he will be driven to murder.
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->''[[TheAristocrats A guy walks into a talent agent's office and says he has an act.]] The talent agent says, ok, what's the act? So the guy just whips out a [=DVD=] of'' ASerbianFilm ''and puts it in. And they both watch it, and the talent agent says, wow, that's a hell of an act. What do you call it? And the guy says,'' '''[=ART=].'''
Brows Held High is a comedy review show about Arthouse cinema. It is hosted by Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren, who rose to some prominence on the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses forums when he wrote a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic dissertation]] on [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick Nella]]'s ''MyLittlePony'' epic.
His signature style usually involves a lot of high-brow intellectual concepts, but explained well enough that they don't go over viewer's heads.
You can find these videos on WebOriginal/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses and [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high blip.tv]].
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AccentuateTheNegative: Pleasantly averted. He almost always has ''something'' nice to say about the films he watches, even if it does sometimes amount to little more than [[DamnedByFaintPraise "It had nice cinematography."]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Oan's reaction to ''Shortbus''' "Shabbos goy" asking if a woman is on the rag.
-->"That's so hot."
-->'''Oan:''' Ewww.
-->"I use [[spoiler:menstrual blood as makeup]] in my show."
-->'''Oan:''' '''''Ewww!'''''
-->"It's [[AWorldwidePunomenon a period piece]]."
-->'''Oan:''' Heh-- [frowns] ewww.
* AlliterativeName: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Discovery of Heaven''. Oan helpfully notes that the Messiah character has matching initials, a trait "common to ''many'' great men of legend!" (he then points out this applies to himself as well)
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** [[invoked]] He believes that "The Woman" in ''AnatomyOfHell'' was an aspiring FagHag.
** The aging {{Keet}} Six Flags mascot is a trash humper.
** The log used to make Disney/{{Pinocchio}} is {{flubber}} rather than wood.
** ''{{Tideland}}'' is the origin tale for the family of ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.
** MickeyMouse is on the No-fly list.
* [[spoiler:AndThenJohnWasAZombie[=/=]YouAreWhatYouHate: After watching ''Trash Humpers'', he realizes he's become one of them.]]
* AnimationAgeGhetto: Spoofed {{in-universe}} in his joint review of the "Utena" movie with JesuOtaku, with himself taking the position of "animation is for kids/dunderheads."
-->'''Jesu:''' Do I have to [[ThreeHundred Sparta Kick]] [[BerserkButton you through a window?]] [cracks knuckles]
* AnimeHair: How he describes the hairdo of the ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' protagonist. Also complaints about it in the "Utena" review. "Why does everyone have rainbow hair?!"
* ArtImitatesArt:
-->'''Oancitizen:'''Ah yes, Botticelli's "The Birth of RCrumb."
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Oan's cameo in ''WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall'' consists of him trying to decrypt a conspiracy consisting of copious amounts of religious, political, and cultural mumbo-jumbo, which ultimately concludes with a nuclear explosion, followed by [[spoiler: the Messenger from ''AngelsInAmerica'' appearing before him and telling him the Great Work is about to begin.]]
* AwfulTruth: "'''[[ItWasHisSled SEAN CONNERY IS DOROTHY!]]'''"
* BerserkButton: Do not call Kyle [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/podcasts/tranmission-awesome/30382-episode-65-oancitizen a hipster]] or an [[http://twitter.com/#!/KyleKallgren/status/100269102614056960 anti-intellectual.]]
-->'''YRulerOfTime''': You sound like a hipster.
-->'''Oancitizen''': I Am Not A Hipster, good sir!!
*** Although in the ''Slacker'' review he does say he "might or might not be a hipster". He likes a lot of hipster stuff, but doesn't feel like he is one.
** He also doesn't like being called a [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]] rip-off.
** For the character, dead babies.
** Starting with the ''What Is It?'' review, if snails are ever mentioned or brought into the equation, [[GoMadFromTheRevelation You may be in trouble.]]
** Oan screaming his lungs out after WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick summarizes the ending of ''Der Himmel über Berlin'' as "a long monologue" about "time..and loneliness...or something." Film analysis is SeriousBusiness.
* BigWhat: 8 minutes into JesuOtaku making him watch ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. The first of many, as we'll see in due course.
-->"WHY IS THIS PINK-HAIRED BITCH A CAR?!"
* BilingualBonus: After hearing the nonsensical first line of ''Exterminating Angels'', Oancitizen asks any viewers who have an idea what it means to send their answers to "merdedetaureau@gmail.fr". In other words, send it to [[spoiler: bullshit]].
** He closed "TheDiscoveryOfHeaven" by delivering a few lines (unsubtitled) in Dutch.
-->''"<No, really. Why is the film not in Dutch? It's not like there aren't any smart, talented Dutch actors that can play these roles. And I think they would rather do this than shit like ''Spion Van Oranje! [a Dutch comedy film] ''And another thing...>"''
* BitingTheHandHumor: After viewing ''SweetMovie'', he accuses several of his fellow reviewers (including [[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic his boss]]) of being sheltered. He can't, however, make an argument for WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob.
* BlahBlahBlah[=/=]FreudianSlip: The opening speech to ''NineSongs'' is nothing but proper nouns, the phrase "rock music" and slang for genitalia and/or sex acts.
* BodySnatcher: For the "Freaks" review, Oan's body is possessed by Diamanda Hagan, who proceeds to dye his hair and paint his face in her usual color scheme and then do the review in a faux-Irish accent. He also feels himself up and comments "So that's what one of those feels like."
* BrainBleach: After ''KenPark'', Oancitizen watches ''TheGodfather'' to erase the terrible memories.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: A lot of the comedy of the show.
* BreatherEpisode: The ''AngelsInAmerica'' and ''TheFall'' reviews.
* BreathlessNonSequitur "That's right [[NightOfTheLivingDead Romero]] fans, board up the windows and rev up the chainsaws, because we're going to talk about gay porn!"
* BrickJoke: DiamandaHagan tells her minion to mail Oancitizen his balls (since he's obviously not using his) at the end of the KenPark review. Two videos later, the [[IncrediblyLamePun package]] finally arrives.
** The time travel duplicate of Oancitizen he stuffed in the closet in his {{Primer}} review shows up again (and then gets killed) at the end of the ''What Is It?'' review.
** A very subtle one. When ObscurusLupa tried to review ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' (before switching to ''Hard To Kill''), DiamandaHagan tried to stop her by having her minions find every copy of the movie and destroy it. In his own review of it, he mentions it was hard to find a copy as all the local video stores had theirs stolen by Northern Irishmen in black masks.
** A little while after [[spoiler:he slept with his wastebasket]] at the end of ''Trash Humpers'', he watched ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'' and [[spoiler:reached the conclusion that he needed to have sex or turn into a crazed murderer.]] While calling up candidates, he eyes his dustbin with contempt and says "You used me."
* BrownNote: arguably some of the movies he's watched, but also Sasha Grey's music, as heard in ''TheGirlfriendExperience'' review.
* BuffySpeak: His early attempts at explaining the plot to ''{{Primer}}'' results in him just calling everything 'things'.
* CallBack: His moving announcement was full of them.
** The mental break during the ''Eat The Schoolgirl'' review is the sequel of sorts to the breakdown from ''What Is It?''
* TheCameo: DiamandaHagan appears at the end of the ''KenPark'' review, and the end of ''Film/{{Gerry}}''. The latter also features cameos from ApolloZHack, ObscurusLupa and Derek from AudibleUnderwear.
** Oancitizen accidentally invokes RuleThirtyFour in ''Sebastiane'', which results in [[http://blip.tv/dramatic-literations The Vegan]] reciting a {{slash fic}} involving Ulysses S. Grant and Jefferson Davis.
** Roo from [[http://www.clanofthegraywolf.com/ Clan of the Greywolf]] agrees to "translate" M dot Strange's impenetrable video game/anime references.
-->'''Roo:''' [[[GoMadFromTheRevelation hugs self while trembling on the floor]]]
-->'''Oan:''' D'ja like it?
** [[TheBunnyPerspective Phil Buni]] does a cameo in ''Alice''.
** [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall '90s Kid]] shows up when Oan reviews ''TheDoomGeneration'' and notes that it combines all the worst traits of Nineties Pop Culture.
** [[DarkMazeStudios Ed Glaser]] made two cameos in the review of ''ASerbianFilm'', first as his voice to joke about his resemblance to the movie's villain and as the NATO president [[spoiler: who dropped fictional bombs in fictional Serbia]].
** There is an extended cameo by RapCritic in the ''GhostDog'' review, which starts off with RC explaining who RZA is, and he butts in on occasion to explain things that Kyle doesn't get.
** Kyle himself has become the site's go to guy for cameos whenever something avante-garde is brought up.
* CameraAbuse: He taps it pretty hard during ''What Is It?'', causing visible glitches in the video.
* CaptionHumor: Reviewing ''We Are the Strange'' momentarily causes Oan's words to be translated into [[LeetLingo L33t]] speak.
* TheCastShowoff: He sings most of the review of ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', to the tune of various DavidBowie songs, along with WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick, ToddInTheShadows, ObscurusLupa and [[YouCanPlayThis JewWario]].
** He also has one of the best solos in WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaChick's ''Les Miserables'' review.
** Oancitizen opens the Channel Awesome Holiday Greetings with a one-person quartet choir.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Huzzah!
* ClusterFBomb: Lets off a rare, if brief one, when the "666" motif is well and truly driven into the ground in ''TheDoomGeneration''. "Cock-smelting ''fuckercunt''!"
** Also in his co-review with Lupa of "Hamlet The Vampire Slayer," he tells a rapper to "Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!"
* ContinuityNod: To WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall in his "Slacker" review: "Is 90's Kid [[spoiler: still evil?]]"
* CouchGag: At the start of each episode, or even cameo in other reviews, he reads something related, if only vaguely to the movie in question.
** And by "something", it means that it's not always a book. For instance, the ''Trash Humpers'' review starts with him reading the instructions for a box of trash bags.
* CovertPervert: Oan hinted that he ''might'' be one during his cameo in Diamanda's ''Emmanuelle 5'' review.
-->'''Oancitizen''': Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a number of prostitutes dressed like Catholic school girls that I need to teach the intricacies of Proust.
-->'''Diamanda''': ...I'm going to assume I imagined that.
* CrisisCrossover: The ending of the ''What Is It?'' review.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Kyle had some choice words for the director of ''Trash Humpers''.
-->"Listen, Korine, if I ever meet you in real life, I will end you. I will '''take apart your camera and feed it to you'''. You will suffer I SWEAR TO GOD ''[voice quavers]'' [[{{Civilization}} OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS]]--" ''[[[InelegantBlubbering deteriorates into sobs]]]''
** The modern interpretation of Laertes has a gay dance instructor. ..who looks like Mike Myers in ''Sprockets.''
-->"I want to punch him in his sideburns."
* DamnedByFaintPraise / OverlyNarrowSuperlative: ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is "easily the greatest Canadian film about ostriches ever made."
* DeadBabyComedy: Defied, with strong effort, during his ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' review, where he mentions that normally he's above that sort of humor, but it's so hard not to make a joke like that when there's an actual dead baby five minutes into the movie.
** This, by his own admission, is why he's never reviewed a Todd Solondz film.
-->I'm not sure how many jokes I can get out of abortion, pedophilia and sexual abuse.
* DeadpanSnarker: Oancitizen.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "That 2 seconds of blurry full-frontal nudity was [[SarcasmMode the most necessary thing in the history of necessity]]." (''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'')
** From 'Goodbye 20th Century': This film is a messy messy mess of a mess!
* DespairEventHorizon: ''KenPark''. A movie of such dismal, rage-inducing depravity that Oancitizen actually called in [[SociopathicHero Diamanda Hagan]] to [[NukeEm nuke]] the city it was set in.
** It happens again, predictably, with ''ASerbianFilm'', causing him to call NATO and try to get Serbia [[ItMakesSenseInContext fictionally wiped off the map.]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: He acknowledged this in ''NineSongs'', stating (and rectifying) that his stock bare breast censor bar in reviews prior to it may have been a picture of a finch rather than that of a titmouse.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When he sees a guy being killed during a three way, and says that's how he wants to die.
** Also, when realizing he made a TylerPerry reference. He quickly made a MayaDeren reference to keep his snob cred.
* DistractedByTheSexy: He proves unable to review an EmmaThompson film without blurting out a marriage proposal.
* DoubleStandard: Discussed in ''AnatomieDeLEnfer''
-->After all, [menstrual blood]'s the only bodily fluid that has any stigma attached to it. *swigs from a wine glass* My semen is watery today.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse. He struggled ''hard'' to snark ''What Is It?'' without invoking this trope, as much of the cast had Down's Syndrome and one member had cerebral palsy.
** He says he's not even going to try to make a joke during the attempted rape of an Apathetic during ''{{Zardoz}}'', though he does pull out of this depressing nosedive by making a joke about a scene immediately after that. "Here, have Sean Connery imitating Donkey Kong!" (Connery throws a barrel).
** While possessed by Diamanda, he [[http://diamandahagan.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/diamanda-hagan-special-review-freaks/ stated]] that "Freaks" was hard to make fun of, as most of the cast was, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well...]] [[PronounTrouble ...Whatever-you-call-it]] concludes that it would just be "dickish."
* DullSurprise: Invoked by name in ''Anatomy of Hell''.
** ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'':
--->'''Lupa:''' INCEST JOKE!♥\\
'''Oan:''' [stonefaced] [-Ew.-]
* DVDCommentary.
* EarWorm: ''Trash Humpers'''s "MAKE IT, MAKE IT, DON'T FAKE IT!" [[invoked]]
* {{Euroshlock}}: His first two reviews covered ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' and ''{{Anatomy of Hell}}''.
** He's actually said that he checks the {{Euroshlock}} page for review suggestions. He has now taken on ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'', ''SweetMovie'', ''Exterminating Angels'', and ''ASerbianFilm'', along with several of the American examples on that page.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In his review of ''Literature/{{Perfume}}'', he shows a clip of a cartoon LexLuthor proposing to use causing random orgies to happen as a weapon. The {{supervillain}}s he's proposing this too all say "Ewwww." It then cuts to DiamandaHagan saying Ewwww, before cutting back to the supervillains. For why this is amusing, see DespairEventHorizon above.
** Oancitizen's on the receiving end himself when he and Diamanda view ''Eat the Schoolgirl''. After spending a good minute responding to Diamanda's dare that he make a rape scene funny ("I don't care ''what'' George Carlin says..."), he finally gives in... and [[SoundtrackDissonance dubs the theme song to]] ''{{Jem}}'' [[SoundtrackDissonance over the whole thing]]. Diamanda is both impressed and horrified.
* [[EvenNerdsHaveStandards Even Film Buffs Have Standards]]: He absolutely ''refused'' to call ''What Is It?'' "art," and begins sympathizing with people who don't watch art films.
** ''SweetMovie'' causes him to break down entirely on several occasions.
** ''Almost'' averted with ''ASerbianFilm''. He spent the review explaining allegories to the Serbian nation that the director claims are there, looking and sounding like he's in excruciating pain all the way through, until finally he gets a nosebleed and snaps.
* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Present in ''Blood for Dracula'', ''Flesh for Frankenstein'', ''NineSongs'', ''Sebastiene'' and ''{{Shortbus}}''- the last to the point of distraction. Also noting how much sex just one couple had in ''{{Film/Antichrist}}''.
* EverybodyLives: Gloriously referenced in ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer.''
-->"YES! KILL HIM! KILL '''EVERYONE'''!! THE REST IS SILENT, MAY VAMPIRES SING ME TO '''MOTHERFUCKING REST'''! [[DoctorWho JUST THIS ONCE, EVERYBODY DIES]]!!"
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: While already excited in his review of ''Film/TheFall'' he perks up even more when explaining that CharlesDarwin (ItMakesSenseInContext) has a pet monkey.
* FascinatingEyebrow: A signifier that you should BewareTheNiceOnes, such as when he discovered that Hollywood remade one of his cherished German films into a [[{{Film/CityOfAngels}} Nic Cage vehicle]].
* FanDisservice: After watching ''KenPark'', he says "I used to like sex. Now I can never touch a human being again!"
* [[spoiler: FlatWhat]]: He summed up ''Otto (or, Up With Dead People)'' thusly:
--> "So, [[spoiler: [[ItMakesSenseInContext a gay zombie political documentary porno.]] [[FlatWhat What.]]]]
* FridgeHorror: InUniverse. He comes to the conclusion that the orgy in ''Perfume'' would have incest and sex with children due to people bringing their families to the execution.
* FunetikAksent: After dealing with the cavalcade of outrageous accents in ''Blood for Dracula'', he finally puts up subtitles that transcribe everything phonetically ("What the heck is a 'sackhufbens'?")
** It comes back sporadically in his ''Flesh for Frankenstein'' review. ("Come to Serbia! Try the 'nasum'!")
* GagCensor: Just about any time a CensorBox has to be used.
* GeniusBonus: [[invoked]]Due to the nature of the show, he of course likes to slip a few into the reviews. He's even commented on wishing to be listed on this trope in his commentaries.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Delivers this to the camera (re: the Nostalgia Chick) when he's obliged to 'correct' her opinion on a film's message.
-->"You! You! Yes! You, Chick, you! '''YOU''' should be explaining this to '''ME'''!! I am ''offended''! ''Offended'' that I have to spell this out for you, I mean '''DEAR GOD'''--!!" [[[ThrowTheBookAtThem hurls book at the wall]]]
* GodwinsLaw: Couldn't get past the ending of ''{{Film/Jubilee}}'' without constantly going back to the fact that there was a short scene featuring what he described as "Old Man {{Hitler}}".
-->"This film just Godwinned itself!"
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: At the end of RefugeInAudacity [[MindScrew insanityfest]] ''What Is It?'', Oancitizen decides "If you can't beat 'em..."
** Likewise, he had Roo from ''ClanOfTheGrayWolf'' on as a cameo to help explain the video game references in ''WeAreTheStrange''. It doesn't go well for him.
-->"It's here that Roo's notes read 'Oh my God I can see forevarrrglblahhhh.'"
** Most of ''{{Zardoz}}''.
** ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' reduces him to a cackling lunatic.
** ''Eat the Schoolgirl'' leads him to hogtie Diamanda Hagan in a bathtub and then attempt to dress her up as a snail.
*** Though part of that was apparently the result of being loaded with horse tranquilizers and having his testicles removed, as once the tranquilizers wear off he can't remember a thing.
*** Coincidentally, it was also a nod to ''{{Uzumaki}}.''
* GroinAttack: In the ''{{Zardoz}}'' review, Oancitizen takes "The gun is good! The penis is evil!" a bit too literally - he whips out a gun, walks into the bathroom, aims it at his crotch, we cut to black just as the gun goes off...
-->"AAAAAAHHHH! OHHHHHHH! [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope How did I MISS?!]]]]"
* HappyPlace: There's only ''one'' thing that can get us through ''Ken Park'': '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmDoT1TXV3k Sir John Fucking Gielgud reading Tennyson over the music of Gustav Holst!]]'''
** PRETENTION NIRVANA.
** Again during ''Trash Humpers''.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: His view on ''TheDoomGeneration'', which bills itself as "A Heterosexual Movie" and may go a bit over the top in proving. "Straight, straight straight straight straight straight straight! Penises going ''into'' vaginas, all the time!"
* HeManWomanHater: What the metaphor in ''Anatomy of Hell'' presents men as; Oancitizen even namedrops this trope.
* HehHehYouSaidX: "Ha ha! His name is [[ASerbianFilm Fuckmir]]!"
* HilariousInHindsight: InUniverse. ''NakedLunch'' features a creature that Kyle can only describe as a "[[TheHumanCentipede human centipede]]".
* HollywoodNerd: [[http://twitter.com/#!/KyleKallgren/status/86564777190629376 When not wearing his trademark suit,]] he makes one hell of a type 2.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: He ends up using a ''lot'' of terms for female masturbation ("flicking the bean," "tickling the tuna taco," "sampling the finger food," "petting the kitty") in his review of ''Exterminating Angels''.
* HypocriticalHumor: In the review of ''You And Me And Everyone We Know'', Oancitizen introduces the main character as an amateur solo video artist, "which means she films herself alone in her room doing stupid stuff." Cut to Oancitizen, camera in hand, filming himself in front of a mirror going "Man, what a dork!"
* InadvertentEntranceCue: According to the ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena TheMovie'' review, any time someone is confused by an artistic movie, Oancitizen is teleported to them against his will. JesuOtaku notes that now that it's known, it's highly exploitable, and he then teleports away from the review, and once back, angrily tells her to not give fans any more ideas on how to misuse the spell. This could also be a meta-joke about how Kyle become the go-to guy for cameos about symbolism and artistic topics.
** Kyle has sensitive ears and is very territorial about '''[[WilliamShakespeare HOOLLIAM SHAXPAHR]]''' being reviewed by others. So much so, that he gets suckered into crashing ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer''.
--->'''Oan''': [[Theatre/TheWintersTale I have drunk and seen the spider. There is a plot against my niche, my show. All's true that is mistrusted! Thou has usurped my art, and I remain a pinched thing; Yea, a very trick for you to play at will!]]\\
'''Lupa''' (helpfully): You [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma drank a spider]]?
* IncrediblyLamePun: Lampshaded by Oan himself, who sincerely apologizes. (''Tideland'')
-->"He's turned [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest her mummy]] into a...[[{{Mummy}} mummy]]."
* InsultBackfire: "I'd tell (''Trash Humpers'') to eat my shit, but I'm afraid it might be [[TooKinkyToTorture into that sort of thing]]."
* TheInternetIsForPorn: In ''Exterminating Angels'', Oan calls out his viewers for wanting raw footage of the French lesbians.
-->"You want porn (points upward), the address bar is up there!"
** From ''TheGirlfriendExperience'', on porn actress SashaGrey:
-->"[she is known for performing] extreme acts on scree. I went online, and [[SarcasmMode believe it or not]], I found some clips of her doing these acts. I had to pixelate some things though [cue entirely [[{{Pixellation}} pixellated]], flesh colored screen and loud moans]
* ItsNotPornItsArt: He has to deal with a ''lot'' of nudity in some of his film reviews.
* JacobMarleyWarning: ToddInTheShadows hovers over Oan's bed at [=MAGfest=], half-hardheartedly waving his arms. Finally, he resorts to just punching him.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: ''The Anatomy of Hell'' opens with its female protagonist getting slapped by a random man, who then just stands there looking sullen. Wordless apology, or is she just handing him a stick of gum?
-->'''''[unzips fly]'''''
-->'''Oan:''' Hey, he ''did'' want some gum! ...'cause her gums are in her mouth.
* LaymansTerms: So, Jason Witter replaced the original language of ''Hamlet'' with endless pop culture snark?
-->'''Oan:''' [[PurpleProse Wherefore is this columbarius film before mine eyes shown?]]\\
'''Lupa:''' [beat] Is that a real sen--\\
'''Oan: Why the fuck am I watching this turd?!'''
* LeFilmArtistique: Aside from the films, and occasional film-within-a-film, in the show, the credits sequence is styled as one, including GratuitousFrench credit "Kyle 'Oancitizen' Kallgren Presente:"
** His film school movie [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/oancitizen/miscellany-and-hodge-podge/33635-notes-from-film-school-pretension PREtension]], a parody of art films.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LostEpisode: ''The Girlfriend Experience'' (only exists with commentary) and ''Sh*t TGWTG Fans Say''.
* MarySue: He calls out the protagonist of ''Exterminating Angels'' on this. [[invoked]]
* MemeticMutation: Invoked at the end of the ''Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs'' review.
--> '''Oancitizen''': Now if you'll excuse me, I have to turn that whole tree thing into a meme.
* MindScrew: ''What Is It?'', both the movie and the 'sketch.'
--> '''Oancitzen''': I have three ties!
* MoneyDearBoy: In the vlog for ''Anonymous'', Oancitizen suggests that Derek Jacobi took a role in the film to pay off a parking ticket.
* MusicalEpisode: ''TheManWhoFellToEarth'', reviewed almost entirely to the tunes of the songs of DavidBowie.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: For some reason, his early IMDb page listed Kyle's name as "Ralph Oancitizen". It's since become a RunningGag, as both {{Phelous}} and ObscurusLupa have referred to him as Ralph on various occasions.
* {{Narm}}: [[{{In-Universe}} Oan]] bursts out laughing while watching the performance of the main character in ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' when he monologues about trees, comparing the voice to a deaf BillMurray.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: When Mario starts chopping off Dracula's limbs in ''Andy Warhol's Dracula'', Oancitizen says the audience is probably already going through the Black Knight's dialogue from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' in their heads, and says they really need to do some reading on media saturation.
** [''Tideland''] takes the honor of being 8,524th ''Literature/{{Alice|InWonderland}}'' reference ever made. ''"[[SarcasticClapping A round of applause]]'', everyone."
* NeverTrustATitle: Discussed on occasion.
* NightmareFuelColoringBook: A flurry of them while describing the scenes in ''A Serbian Film''.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: In ''WhatIsIt?''
-->'''Oancitizen''' (in shock): '''''NAKED NAZI {{SHIRLEY TEMPLE}} MASTURBATING WITH A RIDING CROP!'''''
* NippleAndDimed: Since nudity crops up in his video reviews, he's forced to censor it creatively. Pictures of [[IncrediblyLamePun titmice, cats, donkeys, and Wii remotes]] are common, but sometimes, if he's feeling really silly, he covers them up with cropped pictures ''of nude statues.''
** ''Literature/{{Perfume}} - The Story of A Murderer'' actually managed to '''[[BrokeTheRatingScale break]]''' the censor bar.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: An on-screen message pops up during [[spoiler:'90s Kid]]'s rant about the finer aspects of ''The Doom Generation'' to tell us that his words were actually part of the film's marketing.
** Assuring that his ''{{Mythbusters}}'' reference wasn't just random. Jamie Hyneman really did work the special effects on ''NakedLunch''.
* NotSoDifferent: In the review of ''TheGirlfriendExperience'', he 'inadvertently' draws similarities between escort and porn wesites, and being an internet reviewer. At the end of the review, he goes to work on his other job, as a host on webcam site [=LiveJasmin=]
** Possibly the reason some see him as a CinemaSnob ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely {{in name only}}, as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile).
* NotSoStoic: He very rarely breaks down or goes over the top, making those few instances much more powerful (i.e. [[{{TheScream}} his reaction to a disturbing scene]] in his review of ''Alice'').
* ObligatoryJoke: Has openly stated he will not do some of the obvious jokes, as they would be "[[DefiedTrope Too easy".]]
** "KennethBranagh plays Hamlet. Emphasis on '''[[LargeHam HAM]]'''."
** "Here's a diagram -- a primer on ''Primer'', if you will. [snooty chuckle] Huzzah."
** And so, the characters of ''The Doom Generation'' "invoke the [[AThreesomeIsHot Power of Three!]]"
-->" Aaand I'm more than three-fourths of the way through a film starring {{Rose McGowan}}, and I finally make a ''{{Charmed}}'' reference. Go me."
** ''Tideland'''s deranged beekeeper. "Aaaaand [[TheWickerMan meme]] in 3....2....1..."
** ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'':
--->"This guy must be on loan from ''[[ARaisinInTheSun A Raisin in the Son of the Living Dead]]''. A theatre joke, thank you! [to Lupa] [-[[IsThisThingOn Don't use that take]]-].
* OddCouple: With ObscurusLupa in their ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' review; he's a highbrow critic and serious intellectual, she's a cheerfully goofy shlock reviewer who doesn't understand long words.
* OhCrap: During the "Otto" review, when he realizes he is about to see a gay zombie orgy.
** During the ''Trash Humpers'' review (bear in mind, babies... don't tend to fare well in these kinds of movies):
-->"Was that a baby?...(''looks horrified'') '''''Was that a baby?!'''''"
** Yet again during ''The Brown Bunny'', when he discovers, to his abject horror, that the film is revisiting ''Film/{{Gerry}}''.
--> "...''No.'' Oh, '''''no'''''..."
* OhMyGods '''"SWEET HEAVENLY MITHRAS!"'''
* OneOfUs: In his [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/bhh-ken-park-commentary-4500529 commentary]] for his review of ''KenPark'', he mentions using TVTropes to find films to review when he started the show.
* OldShame: When he posted the old review of ''The Girlfriend Experience'' on TGWTG, some comments came in, which he agreed with about the review coming off as slutshaming, and he contemplated removing the review altogether. He did say the intent wasn't to mock Sasha Grey for her adult film work, but the message he meant didn't come across clearly.
* OverlyLongGag: "TREES!"
** 55.5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555...
** The point in his review of ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' where he tries to make up background music... a cappella style.
* PhantasySpelling: Oancitizen jokes that Mandragora from ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is "also probably a place for people who spell 'fairy' as 'faerie.'"
* PassThePopcorn: Admittedly as what he's doing is in fact watching movies him breaking out a bowl of it in a review normally would be considered a normal film watching activity. However he's an arthouse film reviewer which people don't usually associate with popcorn, therefore he uses it in his review of ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' to highlight the more action movie aspects of some of the scenes.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With his artist and BFF, Ven Gethenian.
* ThePlotThickens: "...Into a [[{{Primer}} 65 lb. lump of unshaped concrete]]."
* PrecisionFStrike: "Jean-Claude Brisseau, '''fuck you.'''"
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: His rap at the end of the ''Ghost Dog'' review.
* PsychicNosebleed: Happens as Oancitizen struggles to talk about ''ASerbianFilm'''s messages... then he [[DespairEventHorizon snaps out]]. (in the bloopers, Kyle points out that given how much corn syrup he put on his nose for the scene, that could have been actual blood!)
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''''GET....ME...[[NukeEm NATO!]]'''''
* RageBreakingPoint: Happens during the review of ''ASerbianFilm.'' PlayedForLaughs.
* ARareSentence: "[[WeAreTheStrange The blood was laughing at me.]]"
** ''Sweet Movie'' wastes no time scrambling Oan's brain.
-->'''Oancitizen:''' Then an OB/GYN unicycles into the room and -- [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis I just said that sentence out loud]], didn't I?
** He repeats this little gem several times during 'Goodbye 20th Century':
-->'''Oancitizen:''' Nazi Harry Dumbledore punches Santa Claus in the face.
** "[[ASerbianFilm They raped a fictional baby!]] [[http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/brows-held-high-a-serbian-film-bloopers-5601086 ...I'm really saying this out loud aren't I?]]"
** The first (translated) sentence of ''Exterminating Angels'' is: "The lampposts are in need of their long scarlet coats." Oancitizen ''dares'' the audience to explain what that means. There's also a later reference to "blood of airports...flooding blue grass."
** "Hamlet's a cheerleader. Why is Hamlet a cheerleader?"
* ReferenceOverdosed: Used mainly to showcase similar tropes or ideas in more mainstream movies to help de-mystify the films to his audience.
* {{Retraux}}: The intro to ''BHH'' shows a montage of auteur films, beginning with classics such as ''Citizen Kane'' and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ending with]] ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' and ''Trash Humpers'', giving them the illusion of being [[DeliberatelyMonochrome old-timey films]].
* {{Rule 34}}: "Yes, Internet, there exists communist porn."
** The review of ''Sebastiene'' contains a joke about American Civil War slashfics
* RunningGag: During scenes involving male bodily fluids, Oan would take a sip of milk from a wine glass. Lampshaded during his review of ''Sebastian'', when he can't believe it has become one.
** StephenFry's "tweets" in ''The Discovery of Heaven''.
-->"Woman carrying my child hit by a falling tree. FML."
** During ''{{Film/Jubilee}}'', he would point out two "affectionate" guys are brothers, then say "Ew,".
** ''ASerbianFilm'': "NEW! BORN! PORN!".
* TheScream: Time to introduce Lupa's favorite Shakesperan characters: Rosenchad and Guildebrad! "[[TotallyRadical Yo!" "'Sup?!]]"
-->'''Lupa:''' Geddit? [[DontExplainTheJoke Rosen]]-- [-hey, where'd you go?-]\\
[cut to bathroom door]\\
'''Oan''': NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!
* SelfDeprecation: Oancitizen. Apparently, the man ain't gettin' any. He is quick to point out flaws and mistakes during commentaries.
** During his ''NakedLunch'' review, he "telepathically" confesses that he does this show to cover up his insecurities about his intelligence.
* SelfInsertFic: He describes ''Exterminating Angels'' this way.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The man likes his syllables.
** Used to make a point about ''Primer'''s boring cast. "These aren't characters. They're biological plot point initiation units!"
** Referring to his viewership as "''{{ahem}}''... [[{{Nerd}} enthusiasts of pop culture esoterica]]."
** Unfortunately, his gift for verbage fails him when trying to understand anime tropes.
** "Ah, beg your pardon, I have an inquiry. What is the semiotic denotation of a 'pinky promise'?"
-->'''Lupa:''' I just heard '{{Blah blah|blah}} big words pinkie promise,' so I can't help you.
* {{Sexiled}}: For ''NineSongs'', he claimed to have put a sock on his doorknob.
* ShipTease: Between him and his [[ItMakesSenseInContext trashcan.]]
* ShoutOut: In his ''Pinocchio'' review, he signs off with a monologue starting: "[[IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream Let me tell you how much I have come to hate you since I started this review.]]"
** The line "OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!" is a famous quote from SidMeier's ''{{Civilization}}''.
** The "Lecture Alarm", explained that he got it from the same guys who made [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s Continuity Alarm. He ends up breaking it during ''Film/{{Gerry}}''.
** During the ''Film/{{Gerry}}'' review, he mentions it was hard to find a copy as all the local video stores had theirs stolen by [[DiamandaHagan Northern Irishmen in black masks]].
** He later paraphrases Hagan's "This film and reality don't often meet!" line. (''The Doom Generation'')
** He ends one review with the sign off "[[WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic I'm Oancitizen and I analyse it so you don't have to]]"
** The [[TheBrownBunny Vincent Gallo blowjob]] is kicked off by shouting '''"[[TheSpoonyExperiment Experience Bij]]"''', complete with bared teeth.
** "Heroin's [[ChappellesShow a helluva drug]]." (''{{Tideland}}'')
** In his review of ''Prospero's Books'', after a scene that's supposed to be particularly meaningful, Oan halfheartedly raises his arms and blandly states "[[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown ...Symbolism.]]"
** In his review of ''Trash Humpers'' he says he's expecting one of them to start a 90-minute ''StarWars'' review. [[RedLetterMedia "Oh my god! What's wrong with your face?!"]] He also describes ''Trash Humpers'' as "a film which dares to make a return to that wonderful aesthetic known as, oh, what's the phrase, [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob 'shot on shitteo?']]"
** In his ''NakedLunch'' review; "Maybe you oughtta try your hand at writing pornography." "I tried. Nobody liked my ''FinalFantasyVII'' {{slash fic}}. [[BennettTheSage Apparently, people think eating poop is weird.]]"
* ShownTheirWork: Oancitizen makes a point of extensively researching the films he reviews, as he feels they deserve a thought out analysis.
** In the vlog for "Anonymous," just off the top of his head he mentions a ton of stuff about Shakespeare and his contemporary historical figures. The man really knows his stuff.
* ShutUpHannibal: Oancitizen gets '90s Kid to shut up by telling him that Music/{{Nirvana}} is directly responsible for the existence of {{Nickelback}}.
* SickAndWrong: The man does not scare easily. Anything involving child exploitation makes him cringe, however.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The "Dreams of the Witch House" episode.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Kyle himself. He will rarely swear, but when he does, it's either a striking PrecisionFStrike or a full out ClusterFBomb.
* SoundtrackDissonance: He decides to play the happy music from the scene after the death of [[Disney/{{Bambi}} Bambi's mother]] during the act cards in {{Film/Antichrist}}.
** He also jokes that playing stirring orchestral music over the puking scene in ''SweetMovie'' would likely later inspire the choice of soundtrack for [[ShockSite 2 Girls 1 Cup]].
* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[{{In-Universe}} He laughs]] uproariously at the fake severed head in ''Flesh for Frankenstein''. "God, it looks like one of the [[{{Thunderbirds}} Thunderbird pilots]]."
* SpoofAesop: "So the moral of [''Tideland''] is: children are sociopathic morons!"
** "[[DrugsAreBad Parents who reanimate the dead have children who reanimate the dead.]]" (''Andy Warhol's Frankenstein'')
** "So just remember, when you're trying to settle serious relationship issues with your special lady, '''[[FauxSymbolism bust her water main open]]''' and then invite her to dance. She'll be thrilled! ''[[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]]'' told me so!"
--->'''Jesu:''' I think you're beginning to [[SanitySlippage lose your mind.]]
* StayInTheKitchen: ''Anatomy Of Hell'' closes with him [[spoiler:[[StrawMisogynist finally coming to terms with his gender's supposed inherent misogyny and calling his mother to tell her]].]]
* StealthInsult: He ends the ''Anatomy of Hell'' review by commending [[StrawFeminist Catherine Breillat]] for "teaching [him] so much about [[HeManWomanHater the male psyche!]]"
-->'''Oan:''' [dials phone] Hi, mom! Yeah, I just got done watching this French film and--'''''FUCK YOU!'''''
** His epitaph for ''Film/{{Gerry}}''. Hey, it did '''one''' thing fantastically right.
-->"You ''really'' feel like you're lost in a desert. The scenery is repetitive, the sounds vacant. You wander aimlessly, every minute spent praying that the end to come. It will come when you reach the finish, or it will come with your own death. Hell, at some points you even begin to feel a little dehydrated at this movie. And should you emerge alive, you spend every waking minute wishing that you had never taken that wrong turn (or pushed that play button) and been dropped into a vast wasteland, traumatized by the void that you were dropped into -- and may never escape.
* StealthPun: The title. While he reviews "Highbrow" films, many of the films we see tend to raise Oan's eyebrows [[{{Squick}} in]] [[TrueArtIsOffensive a]] [[NightmareFuel different way.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Oan spends the majority of ''A Serbian Film'' review in this state. [[spoiler:Until his nose becomes a [[PsychicNosebleed BLOOD GEYSER]]]].
* [[SureWhyNot Sure, Why Not?]]: ''Goodbye, 20th Century'' was such a jumbled mess that it reduced Oan to saying this over and over again.
* TakeThat: Halfway into ''Exterminating Angels'', he realizes that the entire film is basically an endless parade of thin, attractive women acting horny around a dumpy middle-aged man. [cue Robert Palmer music video]
* TarotMotifs: his film school project [=PREtension=].
* TemptingFate: In ''Tideland'', Oan compares the ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice]]'' themes to that older, creepier film he already covered.
-->"Well, at least they got rid of that cheesy, creepy stop-motion animation and [severed doll's head comes to life] -- '''''BLUUAAGH!'''''
** Since it's [[AnimationAgeGhetto animated]], Oan is confident that explaining the themes and symbolism of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' will be a trifling matter for his mighty brain.
** After being thoroughly mindfucked by the ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' movie, Oan resolves that he'll never let himself get roped into reviewing an allegedly deep animated show or movie again. Then the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic bronies]] get a hold of him.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Claudius' death in ''Hamlet'' (1996). "Oh I have to poison him? That's boring--'''''[[FallingChandelierOfDoom EAT CHANDELIER, BITCH.]]'''''"
* TooSoon: After seeing a stark funeral with black-clad mourners in a pure white room in ''Goodbye, 20th Century'', Oancitizen asks, "So, who wants to bet Steve Jobs' funeral looked exactly like this?" He then raises his arms in triumph as "TOO SOON" appears to fanfare.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: His description of {{Ken Park}}. [[invoked]]
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: A lot of his points are attacking this notion, either directly calling it out, or pretending to defend it while obviously twisting in logical knots. [[invoked]]
* TrueArtIsOffensive: He comes to the conclusion that ''ASerbianFilm'' is this, which is why he must review the movie despite WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob and {{Phelous}} having also done it before. (as also invoked in the quote atop this page) [[invoked]]
** "What Is It" was deliberately filled with all sorts of things that director Crispin Glover asked, "which of these things do you find offensive?" Oan takes umbrage at this, though, and says, "that's not art, that's {{troll}}ing!"
* UnexpectedGenreChange: His review of ''AngelsInAmerica'' is a completely serious, highly emotional piece that has nothing negative to say about the film and ends with him directly urging the audience to educate themselves about [=HIV=].
* TheUnfairSex: Turns up a ''lot'' in the stuff he reviews, be it averted, subverted or played straight. Of particular merit in this regard is ''{{Film/Antichrist}}'' and ''AnatomieDeLEnfer'', which deconstruct and defend this trope, respectively.
* UnsoundEffect: ''WANK!''
* {{Very Special Episode}}: His {{Angels In America}} review, made in honor of National AIDS Day.
* VisualPun: His censor bars are all about this.
-->"You have NO idea how long it took me to think of a good visual pun for "footjob".
** To the point that he's genuinely distressed that he can't come up with censor-bar puns for ''Otto'', and just resorts to descriptive text on boxes.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Does this after making a ''FamilyGuy'' joke, which obviously is anathema to his high brow nature.
* WaxingLyrical: In ''Anatomy'': "She gets unimpressively naked and [[{{Madonna}} lets you know what it feels like for a girl. Lets you know what it feels like in this world for a girl]]."
** In ''{{Zardoz}}'', "They're all, 'Oh, [[{{Queen}} I am immortal. I have inside me blood of kings]]' and '[[{{Highlander}} Here we are. Born to be kings, we're the princes of the universe.]]'". Oancitizen lampshades shortly later. (specially as he had already used "WhoWantsToLiveForever" before, as "it's a movie with immortals with SeanConnery. I had to use {{Queen}}")
** ''{{Hamlet}}'' tells [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir the story all about how his life got flipped turned upside-down]].
--->"Ah Fresh Prince. Well, in the words of another [[GetoBoys famous rap lyric]], DIE MOTHER FUCKER DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE."
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Upon viewing stock footage of the Katyn massacre that was spliced into ''Sweet Movie'', Oan's screaming face is replaced by a test pattern.
-->'''Oan:''' ''[[CannibalHolocaust CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards DIDN'T USE REAL BOD]]--!! [cuts feed]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: One of his in-universe specialties is finding deep symbolism where it almost certainly doesn't exist. This is emphasized in his early blog posts and "Between The Lines" videos.
-->'''Oan:''' Would it be too didactic to reference Grotowski's ''Toward a Poor Theatre''?\\
'''Lupa:''' I have no idea what any of those words mean. :D
** Played around with in his review of ''ASerbianFilm''. Instead of discussing much of the film's plot, Oan instead discusses much of Serbia's dark history and how the emotional turmoil of the Serbs translates onto the film. [[spoiler: None of this stops him from calling NATO and asking them to bomb Serbia.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: [[invoked]] Slumming it in the AnimationAgeGhetto with JesuOtaku, Oan encounters the lesbian romance in ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
--> '''Oan:''' Don't they know there are children watching this? \\
'''JO:''' Am I going to have to [[ThreeHundred Sparta kick]] you out of the window? [cracks her knuckles]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Has developed a phobia for bunnies.
-->"...Well, bunnies, chocolate, snails...trash cans, Italians-- this show is ''not'' healthy for me!"
* WordOfGod: Oan will sometimes quote the filmmakers explanations for their films, often to make fun of them.
* YouCanTurnBack: From the intro to ''Trash Humpers''.
* YouCantHandleTheParody: He attempts it while watching ''Zardoz'', but fails due to [[GotMeDoingIt absorbing too much]] of the characters' SpockSpeak.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: After watching ''WRMysteriesOfTheOrganism'', Oancitizen starts believing that if he doesn't, he will be driven to murder.
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