History Webvideo / BrowsHeldHigh

* 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 [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]".

* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: When Kyle asks why he should follow the queen of punk England in ''Film/{{Jubilee}}'', there is a shot of her opening a window, and she's topless. Kyle stands up and sings "I Vow to Thee, My Country".

** During ''Film/{{Jubilee}}'', he would point out two "affectionate" guys are brothers, then say "Ew."

* FlippingTheBird: ''Haxan'' ending with a title card reading [[AC:SLUT.]][[note]]Scandinavian for "The End".[[/note]] Kyle takes great offense at this.

* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: The jokes in ''Melancholia'' start out upbeat, but as the review progresses, Kyle is clearly lamenting his choice of 'career.' He finally resorts to flatly announcing, "[[AC:joke]]."

* BookshelfOfAuthority: Kyle Kallgren's set usually consists of him sitting in front of a bookcase full of books, befitting his show as a reviewer of "arthouse" media. He notes this in his review of Yeelen, remarking on how it reflects European-descended cultures in viewing literacy as a show of knowledge.

* BookshelfOfAuthority: Kyle Kallgren's set usually consists of him sitting in front of a bookcase full of books, befitting his show as a reviewer of "arthouse" media. He notes this in his review of Yeelen, remarking on how it reflects European-descended cultures in viewing literacy as a show of knowledge.

*** From the same film: an obese monk with the ability to fly. Kyle strokes his chin in puzzlement, then envisions [[Film/{{Dune}} Kenneth McMillian in a flying fat suit]] and becomes disgusted.

** He reaches cameo critical mass in the opening number for ''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946 La Belle et la Bête]]''. Aside from WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera (who he's crossing over with), there's WebVideo/PushingUpRoses, WebVideo/BennettTheSage, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], WebVideo/TheRapCritic, [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]], Allison Pregler, WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, WebVideo/MikeyInsanity, [[WebVideo/ClassicBash RL King]], WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, WebVideo/TheOmega, WebVideo/PawDugan, [[WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay Rantasmo]], WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy, [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Maven of the Eventide]], [[WebVideo/TheQuestForGeekdom Arthur Knowledge]], [[WebVideo/CountJackula Masqued Slaher]], [[Website/{{Geekvision}} Horror Guru]], Creator/CriticalMarine, [[WebVideo/VigalovesComics Viga]], WebVideo/TheHardcoreKid, WebVideo/ThePhilosofan, [[WebVideo/RBGProductions Spazz]], [[WebVideo/WhatWeHadToWatch Il Neige]], and [[WebVideo/TheIdiotsLantern The Wire]].

* UnstoppableRage: A couple of movies has Kyle to completely lose it. He lost it at the end of ASerbianFilm, to the point were he begged NATO to bomb Serbia. ''Film/VaseDeNoces'' starts off with him screaming and swearing to the heavens and goes from there.

* LimitedWardrobe - He wears basically the same clothes in every review.

** He reaches cameo critical mass in the opening number for ''Film/LaBelleEtLaBete''. Aside from WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera (who he's crossing over with), there's WebVideo/PushingUpRoses, WebVideo/BennettTheSage, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], WebVideo/TheRapCritic, [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]], [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]], Allison Pregler, WebVideo/{{Phelous}}, WebVideo/MikeyInsanity, [[WebVideo/ClassicBash RL King]], WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, WebVideo/TheOmega, WebVideo/PawDugan, [[WebVideo/NeedsMoreGay Rantasmo]], WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy, [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Maven of the Eventide]], [[WebVideo/TheQuestForGeekdom Arthur Knowledge]], [[WebVideo/CountJackula Masqued Slaher]], [[Website/{{Geekvision}} Horror Guru]], Creator/CriticalMarine, [[WebVideo/VigalovesComics Viga]], WebVideo/TheHardcoreKid, WebVideo/ThePhilosofan, [[WebVideo/RBGProductions Spazz]], [[WebVideo/WhatWeHadToWatch Il Neige]], and [[WebVideo/TheIdiotsLantern The Wire]].

* TooSoon: [[invoked]] After seeing a stark funeral with black-clad mourners in a pure white room in ''Goodbye, 20th Century'', Kyle 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.

* BiTheWay: Recently came out as bi in his "Bi Lighting: The Rise of Pink, Purple, and Blue" video.

** The log used to make ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' is Film/{{Flubber}} rather than wood.

* BaitAndSwitch: For the final "Summer of Shakespeare" episode, Kyle looks at the story parallels between Disney's ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and Shakespeare's ''[[spoiler:''[[Theatre/HenryIV Henry the Fourth]]'']]. WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera, who sunk a ton of research into ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' in hopes of crossing-over, is not pleased to hear that.

* CausticCritic: Parodied in Part 1 of his ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|1946}}'' review, along with Belle's role as the the book-smart loner (from the [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney version]]) and the inversion of this trope.

* CoveredUp: {{Invoked}} in the ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|1946}}'' review. He listens to a carousel playing ''Once Upon a Dream'' from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' and calls it one of Tchaikovsky's finest works. A nearby woman "corrects" him by saying it's [[Film/{{Maleficent}} Lana del Rey]].

** ''Film/{{Beauty and the Beast|1946}}'' has versions of the whole [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney version soundtrack]].

* 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}}.

* SpiritualAntithesis: He implicitly paints Creator/JeanCocteau's ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946'' as this to Roberto Benigni's ''Film/Pinocchio2002''. Both are live-action arthouse renditions of famous European fairytales that were the basis for films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, and both were made by highly regarded filmmakers hailing from the countries where the original stories originated. Kyle views ''Beauty and the Beast'' as a masterpiece, and his review largely focuses on how Cocteau's unique interpretation of the tale helped influence [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney's more well-known version]]. By contrast, he views ''Pinocchio'' as a complete failure, and his review largely focuses on how Benigni '''tried''' to create a new version of the tale that could stand apart from [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Disney's version]], but just ended up with an inept mess.

** Alfred Eaker's mistress taking him, shall we say, "[[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Down where it's better, down where it's wetter.]]"

* EarWorm: ''Trash Humpers'''s "MAKE IT, MAKE IT, DON'T FAKE IT!" [[invoked]]

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Every episode ends with a song that fits well (''Vase de Noces'' had [[Music/TheBeatles "Piggies"]]) or in a joking way (''Even the Cowgirls Have the Blues'' warranted [[Music/TPain "Reverse Cowgirl]]").

* BanOnPolitics: Kyle maintains this on his show... [[AcceptablePoliticalTargets for the]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush most part]].
-->'''Kyle:''' *blink-blink* Well... That didn't go well.
* BatSignal: Referenced as inverson in his ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' review, as it wasn't to summon the person named but his friends to help him.

--->"I'm more than three-fourths of the way through a film starring Creator/RoseMcGowan, and I finally make a ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' reference. Go me."

* OlderThanTheyThink: [[invoked]] A favorite topic on the show. Kyle is fond of taking supposedly "groundbreaking" recent films and pointing out lesser-known arthouse films that did exactly what they did decades earlier. Case in point: pointing out that the film adaptation of ''Film/CloudAtlas'' is surprisingly similar to Creator/DWGriffith's ''Film/{{Intolerance}}'', that ''Film/{{Inception}}'' borrows a few visual ideas from Creator/JeanCocteau's ''Film/TheBloodOfAPoet'', and that ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'' uses many of the same techniques that François Truffaut's ''Antoine Doinel'' films did.

* InsultToRocks: ''Freddy Got Fingered'' - The Chick starts to ask him how this film is "Dada", only for him to shriek, "THIS CANNOT BE DADA! IT'S TOO NORMAL TO BE DADA! IT'S TOO SHIT TO BE ANYTHING ELSE!!"

--->"[[SuspiciouslyAproposMusic OOOOOHH I WOULD WALK FIVE HUNDRED MILES AND I WOULD WALK FIVE HUNDRED MORE...]] ♪"

'''Kyle:''' That was the most despicable thing I will have ever seen in my-\\

* EldritchAbomination: His theory is that Film/VaseDeNoces is actually alive, is pure evil, and hates you.

*** The TGWTG menu screen even described his crossover with WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob as "A sheltered, hairy, condescending man who talks about porn for a living meets a a sheltered, hairy, condescending man who talks about "erotica" for a living!"

** The ''Series/TwentyFour'' jokes whenever Kiefer Sutherland appears on-screen. (in ''Melancholia'', he even lampshades with "Well, that was an easy joke") He can kill you with a bathtowel; try [[IAmNotSpock buying him as a different character]] after ''that''.

** Calling Kyle by the name which Website/IMDb mistakenly first applied to him, "Ralph Oancitizen".

** On the supposed panty-peeling attractiveness of Oliver Reed: "I just don't see the appeal of round-faced, dark-haired snobby guys with prominent facial hair."

* Bi The Way: Recently came out as bi in his "Bi Lighting: The Rise of Pink, Purple, and Blue" video.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: in the Melancholia review, WebVideo/DiamandaHagan posts Kyle's cell number on Twitter to get back at him for not wanting to do a review with her. Contact with fans, both positive and negative helps him get through his DespairEventHorizon.]]

* RealSongThemeTune: "Procession of the Nobles" from ''Mlada'' by Rimsky-Korsakov.