| 1 | This page covers tropes found in ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall''. |
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| 8 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Bone Button makes his first appearance in ''Warrior #2'' as an alternate universe Linkara, several years before he appeared on the main show. More likely just a case of reusing a character's appearance, especially since Lewis reveals in the episode commentary that he just had the jacket and thought it would be fun to wear it. |
| 9 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Commentaries made after 2010 have pointed instances out. |
| 10 | ** Before he got the theme song and opening sequence, episodes would start with Linkara digging through his closet, pulling out the comic ''du jour'', and saying "Aha! Now we've got it!" (This gets a CallBack in the Electric Tale of Pikachu review). |
| 11 | ** Despite not technically using the word by itself, in an early review, he mouthed the F-word. |
| 12 | ** On the ''Spider-Man #56'' review (the first one filmed), there are a few [[FaceCam shots of the comic from his POV]]. This never appeared in any other episode, as he instead settled on filming panels via TheKenBurnsEffect. |
| 13 | ** The ''Adamantium Rage'' review is both a crossover and non-comic review, but is a numbered episode. |
| 14 | ** The Magic Gun was originally just a gun referred to as his Suicide Pistol. |
| 15 | ** ''New Guardians #2'' was the comic that introduced Snowflame. Linkara's voice as he reads the character's lines is like a menacing drug lord, far different from the insane Randy Savage-inspired portrayal Will gave him when he became a character on the show. |
| 16 | ** Getting less meta, Secret Origins Month addresses the first appearances of well-known heroes and how they've changed over the years, such as Batman being outright murderous in his first appearance in contrast to his more consistent ThouShaltNotKill policies of virtually all other ''Batman'' media. |
| 17 | ** For the first several episodes the series was notable for being one of the few review shows that didn't use character skits or ongoing storylines. |
| 18 | ** While Linkara would wear various Starfleet outfits for his ''Star Trek'' reviews, the intros would remain the same until the review of ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' three-parter, which introduces ''Comicron-1'' |
| 19 | ** His first "Combine Harvester" SanitySlippage gag was over readers suggesting fancasting for a potential ''Doom's IV'' movie. Later instances would be over more mind-numbingly baffling moments. |
| 20 | * EasterEgg: The New Guardians #2 review contains some text flashing onscreen for a split second during a clip of one of Hitler's speeches saying 'Yeah, I can see why Germany would want to follow this shouting, drug-crazed lunatic. Zomg Easter Egg! Hi, TV Tropes!' |
| 21 | * ElectricTorture: Commented on in a review of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series episode "Aftershock" (which he makes fun of but still claims is "great"), where Beast Boy lays out how Terra's the one giving Slade control over her own life, at which Linkara adds, "You ''chose'' to be electrocuted when you resisted!" |
| 22 | * EndingFatigue: Invoked by Linkara during the ''ComicBook/{{Marville}} #6–7'' episode, before SanitySlippage. |
| 23 | -->'''Linkara:''' Ennnnnnnnnd! ENNNNNNNNNNNNNND! '''EEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!''' |
| 24 | * EnragedByIdiocy: Occurs many times, particularly with ''Marville'' (which, by its fourth issue, can't even warrant a closing line). |
| 25 | -->[[{{Angrish}} "THIS COMIC… AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! JUST… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!?!?!?"]] |
| 26 | * EnsembleDarkhorse: He frequently says in-universe that Bulk and Skull are "the real stars" of ''Power Rangers'' in his comic reviews. |
| 27 | ** He declared Joe, who showed up in all of one panel, to be his favorite character of the ''ComicBook/SilentHill'' comics. Of course he wasn't facing much competition from [[{{Jerkass}} the rest]] [[TooDumbToLive of the cast]]. |
| 28 | ** Also, the dog from the Dead/Alive review, referring to him as more likable, with more interesting scenes (And calling him the real star of the comic, Ala bulk and Skull). |
| 29 | ** Danny Chase of the ComicBook/TeenTitans, probably the all-time [[TheScrappy most despised member]] of the group by fans, is his favorite character in the comics. |
| 30 | ** The unnamed commander of the Argentinian camp in ''[[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing From Another World]]'' comic. He displayed common sense, and didn't take crap from one of the {{Jerkass}} characters in the comic. Linkara even named him Señor Sunglasses. |
| 31 | ** Linkara disliked all of the characters in the ''New Guardians #2'' comic except for the cocaine powered one-shot villain Snowflame, which he found absolutely awesome. Since then Snowflame has become a popular recurring character on the show as well as starring in his own webcomic that retcons him as having survived his fight with the new guardians. |
| 32 | ** The Incan in the Creator/MrT comics. Linkara loved the sheer awesomeness of his motif, not to mention his interesting AntiVillain role that even led to a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 33 | ** He jokes about a nameless movie theater usher being his favorite character in ''Marville'' while doing the review of the first issue (given that no one else in that series is likeable ''at all'', being either a mouthpiece for Jemas or a complete idiot, or even ''both''). |
| 34 | * EpicFail: |
| 35 | ** When Linkara notices that in the comic adaptation of ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', the iconic moment in the film, where [[SayMyName Kirk screams Khan's name in anguish]], Kirk's scream is reduced to a single, tiny panel, where he doesn't scream, but merely shouts, [[BerserkButton Linkara is, to say the least, none too pleased]]. |
| 36 | --->'''Linkara:''' ''(raging)'' The most memorable scene in the movie! The thing that ''everybody'' thinks of when it comes to this movie! The EPIC YELL of ''rage and frustration'' so POWERFUL and so FORCEFUL and so ''LOUD'' that we see and hear it ''ECHO'' across Regula I... '''''AND IT'S ONE TINY PANEL?!?!?!''''' FAIL! ''YOU... '''FAIL!!!''''' HOW DO YOU SCREW THIS UP?!? |
| 37 | ** ''Marville'' is likely this, given that he keeps stating the book just gets worse with each passing issue. |
| 38 | ** The ''Film/SouthlandTales'' prologue comic was so bad he couldn't even read it due to its impossibly convoluted story. He decided a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover review of the movie with several other TGWTG reviewers would be easier than reviewing the comic himself. |
| 39 | * EsotericHappyEnding: [[invoked]] |
| 40 | ** He epically calls out ''Marvel Team-Up'' #127 for it, as an innocent woman died so a sleazy drug dealer could be reunited with her grandfather. |
| 41 | ** Linkara has this opinion on the ending to ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. Aunt May is alive, but is back to living in her old house and is no longer in a relationship with Jarvis. Peter and MJ have split up, and [[TheBadGuyWins Mephisto got exactly what he wanted]]. |
| 42 | * EverybodyKnewAlready: It was in {{defi|edTrope}}ance of this trope that Linkara specifically excluded ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'' from his "15 Worst Comics I've Ever Reviewed" -- anyone who saw his 300th episode would see its place at the top of the list coming from a mile away and he wanted to have some surprise in his selection of comics. |
| 43 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 44 | ** Even 90's Kid was disgusted by Superboy Prime vaporizing a pregnant woman in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''. |
| 45 | ** Linksano may have no problems with driving Linkara insane, but it is revealed in the ''The Spirit'' review that melting kittens is "a line we dare not cross". |
| 46 | ** Linkara also says that not even Creator/FrankMiller, an infamous DirtyOldMan, would stoop so low as to sexualize underage girls. |
| 47 | ** Apparently, Creator/RobLiefeld looks like a better artist when compared to Pat Lee's work. |
| 48 | ** Lewis has refused to shown certain panels because of their content, including [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice the death of Lian Harper]] or [[ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics Chapel's suicide]] due to finding them tasteless. |
| 49 | ** PlayedForLaughs, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows wanted to help celebrate Linkara's 500th episode, but was late to the party in what he was doing. That said, [[spoiler:even Todd refused to help parody ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'' (episode 300).]] |
| 50 | ** PlayedForLaughs again, Linkara found himself on the other end on this in the 600th episode as [[spoiler:while they'd been willing to parody the plot of the stories he reviewed in other hundredth episodes before, his fellow reviewers thought even parodying the plot of the story he was reviewing, the ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'' arc "Sins Past", was asinine with Website/SFDebris realizing what he going on in a letter planned to parody Gwen Stacy's letter (about her affair and resultant pregnancy) and spent the rest of it telling Linkara off and Creator/AllisonPregler told Linkara that, while WebVideo/{{Welshy}} was willing, they weren't going to do it.]] |
| 51 | * EvilStoleMyFaith: One episode that involved mention of religion in a comic had Linkara joke that the comic's existence is a pretty good argument against the existence of God. |
| 52 | %%* EvilTwin |
| 53 | * ExecutiveMeddling:[[invoked]] Linkara points out multiple times that editors should stick to editing and leave the writing to writers. |
| 54 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: Responding to a question about how close he is to finishing ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'', Linkara responds by showing off literal armfuls of collected editions, along with 'other' clone saga books and spin-off's. |
| 55 | -->'''Linkara:''' Basically, I'm never going to be done with The Clone Saga...{{Beat}}...Damnit! |
| 56 | %%* ExpositoryThemeTune |
| 57 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Termed as "Youngblood's Disease". |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:F]] |
| 61 | * FMinusMinus: Linkara has been known to hand out F triple and quadruple minuses. |
| 62 | * FamilyFriendlyFirearms: His gun, an 18th-century flintlock (or a replica of such. One episode mentions parts of it are made of aluminum) pistol ([[ICallItVera dubbed "Suicide Gun" and later "Magic Gun"]]) that shoots magic lasers. |
| 63 | * FanNickname: [[invoked]] |
| 64 | ** Linkara has a slew of these for Super-Boy Prime in ''Countdown''; including "Superboy-Primadonna", "Stupidbitch-Pansy", and "Spasticboy-Prime". |
| 65 | ** He also takes to calling Robin "Dick Grayson, Age 12" during his ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' review in reference to the detail being repeated more than is strictly necessary; by the end of the review, he is also calling the ''ASBAR'' version of Batman 'Crazy Steve.' |
| 66 | ** He refers to the gun-using old Superman of ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' as "Bearded Idiot". Similarly, he coins "Captain Cuckoo" for [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in ''Superman: Distant Fires''. |
| 67 | ** He gives Hippolyta multiple nicknames during the ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' review: Hippopotamus Brain, Hibonkersla, Smokingalottapolyta, etc. In his Maximum Clonage review he calls her "[[TooDumbToLive Queen Hippolobotomy]]". |
| 68 | ** He refers to the bodyguard character from ''Zero Patrol'' as "Blandy the Bodyguard". |
| 69 | ** Similar to the Batman and Superman examples, he refers to Franchise/WonderWoman as seen in ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' as "Bonkers Betty". |
| 70 | * FanficFuel:[[invoked]] |
| 71 | ** Referenced in the Warrior #2 review during a trip to the [[Film/TheRoom2003 Tommy Wiseauniverse]]. ''"You are trying to steal my hat! You are giving the slash-ficcers material! YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, INSANO!!!"'' |
| 72 | ** At the end of the crossover video with [[Website/TheAgonyBooth Sofie Liv]] reviewing "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman", Sofie comments how she wants to be loved and to make love, while holding up a Wonder Woman costume. |
| 73 | * FanonDiscontinuity: [[InvokedTrope Invoked:]] One of the biggest reasons he won't review ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''--he would first have to acknowledge its existence. [[spoiler:He has since gone back on that. But admits that it enraged him so much he stopped buying Spider-Man comics set after the story.]] He notes, however, that he doesn't ''want'' Marvel to turn ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' into CanonDiscontinuity, as that would just be the lazy way out, but to make a solution and build on it. |
| 74 | %%* FantasticAesop: Described in his ''New Guardians'' #2 review. |
| 75 | * FauxlosophicNarration: Warrior's concept of Destrucity, a {{portmanteau}} meant to symbolize the '''truc'''e between one's future '''des'''tiny and current real'''ity'''. |
| 76 | * SugarWiki/FictionIdentityPostulate: The main reason why Linkara prefers that writers on serialized fiction tries to fix and build upon previous instances of bad writing rather than resorting to just flat out removing it by the way of {{retcon}}ning. He believes that previous bad decisions in a story's development can be turned into something interesting and good when placed in the hands of skilled writers, and that just pretending something in a story never happened, even if it was stupid and offensive, comes across as even more jarring than trying to own up to those mistakes later. |
| 77 | * FlatWhat: |
| 78 | ** His reaction to the use of the [=McCarran=] Act in "Amazons Attack #3". |
| 79 | ** Used in his and Liz's first ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' duel, when she [[BackFromTheDead Monster Reborns]] a card that she had to discard. |
| 80 | --->'''Liz''': I'll bring out my Red Eyes Black Dragon…\ |
| 81 | '''Lewis''': What.\ |
| 82 | '''Liz''': [[HoistByHisOwnPetard That you made me get rid of.]]\ |
| 83 | '''Lewis''': ''What.'' |
| 84 | ** Used again in the second round. |
| 85 | --->'''Liz''': Well, we can't have you continuing this any longer, so I'm gonna sacrifice these two cards…\ |
| 86 | '''Linkara''': What.\ |
| 87 | '''Liz''': …whip out one Blue Eyes White Dragon…\ |
| 88 | '''Linkara''': What.\ |
| 89 | '''Liz''': And ''you'', sir, are going to be killed.\ |
| 90 | '''Linkara''': ''What''. |
| 91 | ** His reaction to the Giant Flea-Market-Eating Flea. |
| 92 | * FlippingTheBird: During the Marville #5 review, the issue takes a potshot at scientists. Cut to Dr. Linksano doing this trope to the screen (and, presumably, the comic). Later, when the issue outright calls anthropologists people without jobs, Linkara invites the audience to do the same to the comic. |
| 93 | * FloatingHeadSyndrome: He has commented on/lampooned this many times. |
| 94 | * FoeRomanceSubtext: |
| 95 | ** Discussed with regards to the Linkara/Dr. Insano relationship, which the actors are very well aware is extrapolated by the fandom. |
| 96 | ---> "What are you doing?! [[LampshadeHanging You are giving the slash-ficcers material!"]] |
| 97 | ** Linkara points out the Super Ninja in ''Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos'' #1 is unleashing his hatred of Chuck Norris... by punching a huge portrait of him. |
| 98 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[MilestoneCelebration 600th episode]] has a blink-and-you'll miss it correction that functions as this (Linkara having taken great pains to ensure viewers unfamiliar with the original story don't have the twist moments ruined for them): Linkara gets to the moment where Peter sees the results of [[DaddyDNATest a dna test]] and comments that the DNA test revealed Gabriel and Sarah are his kids. As he says this, the word "HER" pops up to correct the line for a fraction of a second, [[ExactWords since the test was only with Gwen's DNA]]. [[spoiler: And indeed, though we're led to believe otherwise during this part of the story, they are ONLY Gwen's kids, not his.]] |
| 99 | * FormFittingWardrobe: Notes how even ''towels'' do this in ''22 Brides'' issue #1. |
| 100 | * FormulaBreakingEpisode A few of the Patreon-requested reviews are not for comic books at all. The ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' review is for a video game, the ''ComicStrip/MyCage'' review is for a comic strip, ''VisualNovel/DengekiStryker'' is a visual novel, and he's also looked at a few episodes from ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', notably the Burai arc from ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'' and the first episodes of ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]''. |
| 101 | * FourLinesAllWaiting: Calls ''Countdown to Final Crisis'' out on this. He's actually able to summarize the huge number of issues in two videos because so little actually happens and what does happen is stretched out. |
| 102 | * FreezeFrameBonus: The blinking "Extreme" logo in the ''Newmen'' review flashes "Buy Revolution of the Mask" and, even more briefly, "If you can read this, you paused the video." [[spoiler:It returns in the Youngblood #6 review.]] |
| 103 | ** In his review of ''New Guardians #2'', during one of Linkara's invocations of Godwin's Law, Linkara leaves a freeze-frame message during one of his invocations of Godwin's Law: |
| 104 | ---> Yeah, I can see why Germany would want to follow this shouting, drug-crazed lunatic. ZOMG {{Easter egg}}! [[ShoutOut Hi TVTropes]]! |
| 105 | %%% |
| 106 | %%In-universe examples on Fridge tropes only. |
| 107 | %%% |
| 108 | * FridgeLogic:[[invoked]] |
| 109 | ** After Linkara finishes his ''New Guardians'' review, he pops out and says: "Wait a second - if their mission is to proliferate their DNA through procreation, why is there a gay guy in the group?" |
| 110 | ** He points out the character in ''VideoGame/SilentHill4: The Room'' could just break the wall to remove the chains. |
| 111 | ** He points out that this can ruin some of the few seemingly good parts of ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis''. Most notably, he admits that when the Monitor Bob made his FaceHeelTurn, he originally found it an exciting and interesting twist, but thinking more on it (and rereading the earlier issues) made him realise that Bob's betrayal made ''no'' sense when matched up to everything he had been doing before, and pretty much came out of nowhere. |
| 112 | ** A recurring criticism of stories where heroes lose their powers is that it also applies to people like ComicBook/MartianManhunter, who doesn't actually have any beyond natural abilities of his species. |
| 113 | ** Jokingly points out how Earth-Prime being [[RealLife our universe]] doesn't make sense when its destroyed by a wave of anti-matter in "Top 15 Heroes Becoming Villains." |
| 114 | * FridgeHorror:[[invoked]] To quote a comment from the third part of his ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'' review: |
| 115 | -->'''Joe England:''' And isn't it just so in-character how Franchise/WonderWoman was contemplating suicide WHILE WITH CHILD?? Dear lord. |
| 116 | -->'''Linkara:''' ''(in response)'' Good God, I didn't even think of that. |
| 117 | ** While reading the fifth issue of ''{{ComicBook/Marville}}'', Linkara realizes that Bill Jemas may be [[CloudCuckoolander entirely serious when he calls Wolverine the first human]], and that he [[InsaneTrollLogic may not actually be able to distinguish between fantasy and reality]]. |
| 118 | * FriendToAllChildren: Linkara enjoys positive depictions of children and families in comics. Killing or endangering child characters for shock value is a REALLY good way to piss him off. |
| 119 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: If you look closely at the background, in his US-1 #5 review, you may notice that during the review, a semi-truck toy on the shelf transforms into Optimus Prime and back again. |
| 120 | ** The shelves behind Linkara have a tendency to reflect the current review/story. |
| 121 | ** Ever since Lewis & Viga got cats, they can now be seen crawling about the Futon and the Shelves, as Linkara narrates to the Camera. |
| 122 | * FutureSlang: Given Linkara's reaction to ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' slang, (20)90s Kid gives some examples of his own. "This is Kleenex!" |
| 123 | -->'''2090s Kid:''' The future totally ''masks'', man!\ |
| 124 | '''Linkara:''' Is that good? Is that bad?\ |
| 125 | '''2090s Kid:''' Oh, you know, the future is ''kleenex'' man, totally ''kleenex!''\ |
| 126 | '''Linkara:''' I'm going to begin ignoring you now.\ |
| 127 | '''2090s Kid:''' ''Sewing machine!'' |
| 128 | ** ''Sci-Spy'' earns a similar treatment. |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder:G]] |
| 132 | * GambitRoulette: Prometheus from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' seems to depend on nothing but these and {{Ass Pull}}s. |
| 133 | ** Dr Doom's plan from ''Ultimates 3'', as revealed in ''Ultimatum''. Linkara goes on a long rant with it. |
| 134 | ** Harvest's plan from ''The Culling'' is seemingly dependant on his victims ''deciding'' to join him. "[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries My pwan is gweat!]]" |
| 135 | * GatlingGood: He uses it to take out Pyramid Head. |
| 136 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Seems to think this of Batman from ''ComicBook/CatwomanGuardianOfGotham''. He considers this trope the worst kind of villain. |
| 137 | * GlobalIgnorance: Linkara is infamous for making several errors in location for his reviews. For example, the "Kamandi: At Earth's End #2" review had him wrongly criticize the writer for stating Hackensack, New Jersey was west of New York City, only for [[MadScientist Doctor Linksano]] to pop up and correct him on that mistake. Unlike most examples of the trope, Linkara's well-aware of his poor geographical skills and has made said ignorance a [[SelfDeprecation Self-Deprecating]] RunningGag. |
| 138 | * AGodAmI: Linkara parodies the trope in his ''New Guardians'' review, which depicts Snowflame as a god and includes the statement "He will rise in three days amongst the marijuana leaves!". |
| 139 | * GodwinsLaw: Invokes this in his ''New Guardians'' #2 review when he points out that the concept of a group of people being chosen to reproduce due to their genetic superiority sounds strangely familiar... |
| 140 | * GoldenSuperMode: {{Discussed|Trope}} in his review of ''The Technis Imperative''. He notes how Teen Titans characters seem to be reincarnated into more powerful golden forms and joked that had Gandalf been a member of the team, he would have resurrected as Gandalf the Gold. |
| 141 | %%* GoodIsNotSoft: Linkara |
| 142 | * GoodIsOldFashioned: Linkara chews out ''Superman at Earth's End'' for apparently taking this viewpoint. |
| 143 | * GoshDangitToHeck: Linkara is not afraid to use lighter swears like ass, Hell, damn, etc., but generally refrains from using stronger ones. He has even said "Funk and Wagnall" in the place of the F-bomb at least three times; ironically (or intentionally), it makes that sentence funnier. In his ''Top 15 Screw-Ups'', he admits he uses such words in real life all the time, even pointing out some examples listed below where they do bleed into his reviews, but he chooses to not use them in his reviews because he feels they are better off without them. |
| 144 | -->[[SincerityMode "Does cursing really make the review better? Really?"]] |
| 145 | ** He doesn't, however, have a problem with playing "America, Fuck Yeah" uncensored whenever Captain America shows how much of a badass he is. |
| 146 | ** He also has no issues with writing gratuitous profanity for other people, as evidenced by the number of F-bombs Spoony drops in Linkara-written crossovers. |
| 147 | *** Or in the ''[[ComicBook/RoboCopVersusTheTerminator Robocop vs. the Terminator]]'' review, where the {{Stinger}} uses a clip of the T-800 saying "Fuck you, asshole." |
| 148 | ** In WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob parody, any attempt at "What the fuck" [[CurseCutShort is interrupted by]] Linkara doing another of Brad's characters. |
| 149 | ** He also has no issues with it in bloopers, as evidenced by [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou the cross-over Wonder Woman 2011 pilot review.]] |
| 150 | *** Not quite true, since in an "odds and ends" post, he remarks that he didn't know Nash was going to include it uncensored and would have asked him to bleep it. |
| 151 | *** Whether or not he feels this way about his blooper for the ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' crossover review done by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic is unconfirmed. |
| 152 | ** In his ''Film/TheFantasticFour'' crossover review with Bennett the Sage, he gets Bennett to swear ''for'' him, to the point that Bennett actually gets bored with doing it. |
| 153 | ** Averted... Maybe when he made a cameo in WebVideo/ObscurusLupa's ''Film/EvilDead2'' review as himself possessed by a Deadite along with other possessed reviewers making fun of Lupa, he said ''shit''. |
| 154 | ** He's bleeped out the harder swears when [[ItMakesSenseInContext reading porn titles for]] ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'''s review of ''Lethal Games''. |
| 155 | * GuestStrip: Normally, his title cards are done by [[http://mtc-studio.deviantart.com/ MTC-Studios]] but there have been a few guest artists as well, such as Fred Perry of ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' fame when Linkara did a review of his comic, ''ComicBook/SteamWars''. |
| 156 | * GuiltyPleasures: Several in-universe examples for Linkara. |
| 157 | ** He still collects ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' toys and after stating all the flaws in Marvel's ''MMPR #1'' he still can't say it sucks because ''it's Power Rangers''. |
| 158 | --->"It's cheesy, it's over the top, [[NarmCharm and I love every second of it!]]" |
| 159 | ** He sees ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' as goofy, but also awesome. |
| 160 | ** He admits that ''ComicBook/{{Brute Force|MarvelComics}}'' is this because it is [[SoBadItsGood gloriously bad]]. |
| 161 | ** He admits to liking ''ComicBook/MaximumCarnage'' in "Top 15 Comics I Won't Review", stating although it's long and some particular points such as the way the villains are defeated are pretty silly, he still finds it pretty fun. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:H]] |
| 165 | * HaHaHaNo: His opinion of the title of ''Marville #5: Originville.'' |
| 166 | -->'''Linkara:''' The comic still thinks it's a parody, because under ''Marville'', it says ''Originville.'' Get it? [[DontExplainTheJoke Just like that comic Wolverine Origins?]] And this comic features Wolverine prominently? And it's Originville instead of Origins? ''Do you get it? DO YOU GET IT? IT'S FUNNY! LAUGH! LAUGH, DAMN YOU!!!'' And then stop laughing because it isn't funny. |
| 167 | * HalloweenEpisode: The ''Silent Hill'' comic reviews in 2009, 2010, and 2011. |
| 168 | ** And The Thing Comics for the following three years; 2012, 2013 and 2014 |
| 169 | ** A Nightmare on Elm Street comics were reviewed for 2015, 2016 and 2017. |
| 170 | ** As part of his 10th anniversary celebration, for 2018 he looked at comics for all three ending with a review to kick off the next three years starting 2019, Hellraiser. |
| 171 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Every time Linkara does his '''"I AM A MAN! *PUNCH*''' routine, he pulls something different back on screen each time, including his stuffed bear and Iron Liz, among others. When he asked Liz how she got there, she had no idea. |
| 172 | ** There is also the time he couldn't pull his hand back. |
| 173 | --->'''Linkara''' "Help! I-I'm stuck!" |
| 174 | *** Then there was time he pulled ''the camera'' out of... wherever. |
| 175 | * HandWave: Linkara took a very long time to explain why his gun shoots lasers and in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' review he simply says "It's magic! I don't have to explain it!" which is a blatant ShoutOut to his much-hated ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. He later [[PoweredByAForsakenChild gave the full story]], but, at the time, the character didn't actually know how it worked. |
| 176 | * HarmlessVillain: Linksano, [[spoiler:at least while unaccompanied]]. |
| 177 | * HarsherInHindsight: He calls ''Cable'' #1 out on this InUniverse. It starts off the comic with the World Trade Center being blown up for no particular reason - a RippedFromTheHeadlines reference to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing 1993 WTC bombing]]. Linkara's response was StunnedSilence, and then saying "[[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject ...OKAY! MOVING ON THEN]]." |
| 178 | ** And later on, in ''Game Boy'' #1.... |
| 179 | -->"We cut to New York and the... the World Trade Center. Towers. Well I mean this was made in 1990. There shouldn't be anything wrong. (later) "Later An Ominous Black, Cloud, Hovers... Above... The... Renowned... Twin... Towers..." (puts hand on face and sighs) oh sweet merciful crap. |
| 180 | *** And the second comic in the line doesn't do much better... |
| 181 | ---->''"A dark cloud over the world trade towers in the first issue, now hijacking an airplane in this one? This comic is seriously trolling me."'' |
| 182 | ** Captain Electron #1 has a subplot with a plane crashing into the Chrysler Building. Linkara's reaction, understandably, is much the same. |
| 183 | ** Show-related: the joke about [[spoiler: [=MissingNo=]]] from The Dark Knight Strikes Again Part 2 review is much less funny when you find out [[spoiler: who the Entity is...]] |
| 184 | * HaveAGayOldTime: In his "Top 15 Comics he will ''NEVER'' review", he mentions that ''"Batman #66"'' is not heavily requested, but is still denied because he figures that the only reason why people want him to review it is because they want him to say the word "Boner", which meant something much different back during UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}. Just to humor them, he gives them what they want. |
| 185 | -->"If that's the case, then I shall give you what you want. Boner. Boner Boner. Boner Boning of Boner. Boner Boner. Erect Penis." |
| 186 | ** And in his review of All-American Comics #16: |
| 187 | --->'''[[ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan Scott]]:''' What a queer light!\ |
| 188 | '''Linkara:''' ''(beat)'' What, it was the 1940s! |
| 189 | * HeadTiltinglyKinky: Lewis's profile picture for Blogspot and Twitter. |
| 190 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Linkara points out in a review of a ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|and the Planeteers}}'' comic book that because the power of "Heart" gives you MindControl (in a sense), it should technically be the most powerful ring/power within the series, while Wheeler's fire powers are the weakest. All Wheeler can do, basically, is shoot a stream of fire from his ring. |
| 191 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 192 | ** Episode 13 of his ''Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force'' Let's Play starts with him still reeling from [[spoiler: Biessman's death]] in the previous episode. |
| 193 | ** In his ''Brain Drain'' review, Linkara sees [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] actually considering his grotesque transformation to be a good thing, but he nearly lets this slide, despite his fury that the author had obviously never read a Fantastic Four comic, because the comic is pretty much an advertisement for Office Max. Then the (literal) BSOD comes on when he sees the writer was Tom Defalco, former EDITOR-IN-CHIEF at Marvel. |
| 194 | * HiddenDepths: Aside from his being a good singer, who'd have guessed Linkara's a fan of ''Theatre/{{Camelot}}''? |
| 195 | -->'''Linkara:''' [[WaxingLyrical Into the woods and down the dell; the path is straight, I know it well.]] [''{{Beat}}''] [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods Second-favorite musical.]] |
| 196 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: NSD's ninja-style dancing, particularly when it is done to Caramelldansen. |
| 197 | * HilariousInHindsight: As he points out in-universe, ComicBook/TheCloneSaga was originally set to be revealed as the handiwork of Mephisto, but the editors decided that Mephisto getting involved with Spider-Man was ridiculous. [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay *ahem*]] |
| 198 | * HissBeforeFleeing: Or rather, Skronk before fleeing. The Ultimate [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] does this when Linkara finally shoos him away. |
| 199 | * HoYay: [[invoked]] Lampshaded. "You are giving the {{slash fic}}c-ers material!" |
| 200 | ** He also pokes fun at all the HoYay in ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'': "For the love of Heidegger, why didn't you marry Bruce instead of Lois?", "Finally Bruce! We can get married like we always wanted to!" "The first priority is Bruce Wayne's desiccated, decaying corpse!" |
| 201 | ** Also in the Batman/Spawn crossover: "For God's sake, just kiss him already!" |
| 202 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Played for laughs in ''Linking Up with Linkara'' when WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and WebVideo/MarzGurl declare they are going lesbian and he asks if he can watch. [=NChick=] tells him "No, that's exploitation, you're a feminist, that's bad." |
| 203 | * {{Homage}}: In his commentary on ''Adamantium Rage'', Linkara explicitly states that the whole thing was a homage to [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], pointing out all of the intentional parallels with Spoony's review style of the time, and noting that the format of the review was devised so that Linkara could work with him without piling on more work for the exhausted Spoony (who was burnt out from working on several other projects shortly beforehand). |
| 204 | * HookersAndBlow: What Linkara claims he's using the "Revolution Of The Mask" money on before realizing what he said. |
| 205 | ** He comments on never actually expecting to see this when [[spoiler:the corrupt ref]] comes out of a room carrying cocaine with his arm around an obvious hooker in "Sir Charles Barkley and the Referee Murders", |
| 206 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Linkara briefly called this trope out in ''Psychoman #1'', as the author states that superhero origins aren't grounded in reality and they don't do anything important to help the world... When the story implies ''God'' gave the protagonist those powers and the protagonist hardly even doing anything heroic at ''all'' in the story. |
| 207 | * HypocrisyNod: |
| 208 | ** Linkara often decries the AllThereInTheManual nature of some series, since required information cannot be found within the series itself. |
| 209 | --->'''Linkara:''' I can't begin to imagine how anyone followed all this stuff at the time. It'd be like if I introduced plot elements in my show that somehow ended up on [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's show]] and... [[LampshadeHanging Uh... Nevermind]]. |
| 210 | ** After blasting ''ComicBook/SilentHill: Dying Inside'' for missing the point of the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' series, he has a badass finale where he takes out [[ImplacableMan Pyramid Head]] with a [[MoreDakka Gatling gun]] and a [[StuffBlowingUp big explosion]]. The credits have him copping to the hypocrisy. |
| 211 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 212 | ** In response to the narration at the end of ''Amazons Attack'' #1, Linkara expresses his distaste. |
| 213 | --->'''Linkara:''' Who the Hell enjoys having their comics narrated to? Wait... |
| 214 | ** 90's Kid mocking the stupid, TotallyRadical attempt at slang in ''Nightcat #1'' with his own stupid, TotallyRadical slang. |
| 215 | ** In "New Guardians #2", he mocks a CIA agent's brown jacket over a plaid shirt saying he looks like a used car salesman. |
| 216 | ** Linkara compares the lazy writing of ''Sonic Live'' to that of him suddenly having access to the technology of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek'' without any kind of explanation for how he did. To add to the awkwardness, he was actually holding a Power morpher and a phaser while arguing that. |
| 217 | ** He complains about the "Greatest Responsibility" storyline branching through three Spider-Man titles which made it hard for fans to follow, then remembers his own shared storylines with WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment. |
| 218 | ** He mentions in Battle for Bludhaven #5-6 that you can't have a character show up with no foreshadowing... Then Boffo shows up. |
| 219 | ** Upon seeing that Dave Willis of ''{{Webcomic/Shortpacked}}'' donated some Dreamwave ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', he quips "[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie I thought you were made of sterner stuff. Why throw away these comics so recklessly?]]" [[GilliganCut Cut to ten minutes later]], when he does just that. |
| 220 | ** In his review of the Music/LadyGaga comic ''Fame'', he complains about the protagonist. |
| 221 | --->'''Linkara:''' Why would anyone find this entertaining? Just watching some overweight jerk with a hat sitting on a green sofa, making rude comments about other people's work and I think I'll shut up now. |
| 222 | ** How about ''Mighty & Morphing Power Rangers''? |
| 223 | --->'''Irate!Linkara:''' There's too many words here! I don't need to read all these words. |
| 224 | ** Upon completing his review of ''Mr.T and the T-Force #2'', Linkara reminds us that he doesn't condone drug use. |
| 225 | --->'''Linkara:''' Let's remember that Mr.T believes in a drug-free world.\ |
| 226 | '''Snowflame:''' ''SNOWFLAME MADE COCAINE POPSICLES!''\ |
| 227 | '''Linkara:''' Err, if you'll excuse me, I have to deal with a situation before I get arrested.\ |
| 228 | '''Snowflame:''' ''SNOWFLAME IS THE ICE CREAM MAN!'' |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:I]] |
| 232 | * ImNotDoingThatAgain: Linkara after attempting to sing ''Holding Out For A Hero''. |
| 233 | * IHaveManyNames: Lewis Lovhaug has at least three known internet handles: |
| 234 | ** Linkara. Also the name of his [[AlterEgoActing avatar character]]. Used on Website/ChannelAwesome, his personal blog and such forums as Toonzone and Rangerboard. |
| 235 | ** Reuisu. The nickname he used before Linkara. His [[https://www.youtube.com/user/reuisu YouTube account]] is under this name, and so is his membership on the forum for Website/TheAgonyBooth, where he once submitted a guest article. |
| 236 | *** Reuisu is an [[GratuitousJapanese incorrect Japanese transliteration]] of "Lewis" . More correctly it's ''Ruisu''. |
| 237 | ** [=PsyWeedle=]. His oldest known nickname, which he used as a FanFiction writer on [[http://www.fanfiction.net/~psyweedle FanFiction.Net]]. Revealed in [[http://benthesage.com/mft-web-of-dimensions/ an episode]] of Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre, though the particular story that Bennett the Sage reviewed has been removed from his account. |
| 238 | * ICallHerVera: [[spoiler: Inverted, the Magic Gun's name is Mark, but that was the name of the child sacrificed to make it, not a nickname Linkara gave it. Linkara doesn't even discover it until the ''ComicBook/CatwomanGuardianOfGotham #1'' review.]] |
| 239 | * IHaveNothingToSayToThat: A line from ''Superman Meets the Quik Bunnny'' prompts Linkara to comment: "That is such an idiotic thing to say that I really have no joke sufficient enough to counter it." |
| 240 | * IMeantToDoThat: Linkara operates a panel in ''[[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' and blows up one of the crewmen. Linkara responds thus. |
| 241 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: |
| 242 | ** By the end of ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod''. |
| 243 | -->[[Music/BarenakedLadies "Oh, alcohol, I still drink to your health!"]] |
| 244 | ** By the end of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'': |
| 245 | --->[[HereWeGoAgain "Back to the bottle!"]] |
| 246 | ** Used again, though a bit more subdued, in his review of a Spawn/Batman team up comic. |
| 247 | ** ''Marville'' earns this with every issue. |
| 248 | -->'''Linkara''': Let's see what's next...Marville #4. Pollo, get the booze.\ |
| 249 | '''Pollo''': I can't. My arms don't work. |
| 250 | *** And on issue 5, "I used a three years' worth budget of alcohol with this series... And I feel like it wasn't enough." |
| 251 | * InferredHolocaust: InUniverse: Linkara points out that Nightcat blowing up a garbage barge would pollute Hudson River even more. |
| 252 | * ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: On the video review for ''Ultimates 3'' #1, an irate commenter told Lewis something along the lines of, "I'm sick of these videos. You're obnoxious, pretentious, and your editing is atrocious." Linkara's response? |
| 253 | ---> "What's wrong with my editing?" |
| 254 | * IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: |
| 255 | ** Lewis' father plays his older self in the review of ''Superman vs. The Terminator''. Later, his whole family shows up as the ghosts from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol''. |
| 256 | ** In the ''Franchise/StarTrek''/''ComicBook/XMen'' review, we see his mom as a Starfleet Admiral. |
| 257 | ** Lovhaug Sr. comes back at the end of Linkara's Halloween Silent Hill special [[spoiler:as Whately.]] |
| 258 | * IceCreamKoan: Linkara has FUUUN making these up in the second live review. |
| 259 | * IdiotBall: Pointed out and named by Linkara in his crossover with Film Brain: |
| 260 | -->'''Film Brain''': Finally, they get back to the idea of killing Film/TheSpirit, which of course they plan to do by having Plaster cut him up to tiny little pieces that they will post all over the country. Or, you know, they could just blow him up.\ |
| 261 | '''Linkara''': Shh! The Octopus is holding his idiot ball! |
| 262 | * ImagineSpot: He fails to recognise the ComicBook/{{Neutro}} destruction sequences in ''Neutro'' #1 as one -- of course, this was probably deliberate for the sake of humor. |
| 263 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The cover art of ''Chain Gang War'' #1. |
| 264 | * ImprobableAge: Breaks Linkara's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief in ''Superman Meets the Quik Bunny''. |
| 265 | * InNameOnly: Several in-universe namings of the trope (though this applies to single characters more than franchises). |
| 266 | ** By two-thirds of the way through his ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' review, Linkara can only bring himself to refer to the title character as "Bearded Idiot." |
| 267 | ** In an early text review, he dubs the title character of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' "BINO" (Batman InNameOnly). In the video version, he decides that "Batman" must actually be an insane hobo who found a Batman costume and dubs him "Crazy Steve." |
| 268 | ** During a review of a later issue of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'', he deduces that the version of ComicBook/WonderWoman as seen in the comic is an escaped mental patient who wears Wonder Woman's costume, and dubs her "Bonkers Betty". |
| 269 | ** The plot of ''{{Godyssey}}'' is so in contrast to Jesus' actual life and teachings that Linkara suggests the Greek gods found the wrong crucifixion victim, naming him Jesús [[note]]pronounced closer to 'Hay-sus'[[/note]], the Christian martial artist. [[spoiler:He was AllJustADream anyway]]. |
| 270 | ** The PreviouslyOn segments are all very much this--it is mercilessly {{played for laughs}}. |
| 271 | * IncendiaryExponent: He manages to light ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' on fire by ''punching it while wearing the [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Battlizer]]''. |
| 272 | ** He also burns ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' after giving a rant on why Superman is awesome. (when reviewing predecessor ''Kamandi at Earth's End'' later revealed that the comic burned wasn't really that, but makes sure to really burn Bearded Idiot's comic) |
| 273 | ** And at the end of the Next Top 15 [=AT4W=] Screw-Ups, what comic gets this treatment? [[spoiler: One More Day]]. |
| 274 | ** In his ''Marville'' #5 review, he says he'd burn it except he's afraid he'd inhale the fumes and get dumber as a result. |
| 275 | ** And in his 300th episode, [[spoiler: the Creator/FrankMiller horror show called "Holy Terror" gets burned for its sins.]] |
| 276 | * IncomingHam: 90's Kid: "DUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!" |
| 277 | * InformedAbility: While the characters in ''Batman: Fortunate Son'' say Izaak Krowe is a good musician, Linkara does not see it. The reason is that comic books (unlike music) are a purely visual medium, and unless a CD was actually included with the comic, we have no way of knowing if this guy is as good a musician as the characters say he is. |
| 278 | ** He raises the same criticism with regards to ''Batman: Jazz''. |
| 279 | * InformedWrongness: Invoked by Linkara in-universe. Big Barda's InternalMonologue in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #592 describes the back alley she stumbles into as being worse than Apokolips, but Linkara comments that this is a [[BlatantLies patently false statement]], since this alley, though unpleasant, is a SugarBowl compared to Apokolips, which is a close approximation to ''Hell''. |
| 280 | * InherentlyFunnyWords: In the episode "Top 15 Comics I Won't Review", Linkara refuses to review a highly-requested issue of ''Batman'' because it's the "Joker's Boner" issue and he knows everyone just wants to make him say "boner" repeatedly throughout a review. So, to get it out of everyone's system, he says "boner" repeatedly for the next two minutes. |
| 281 | * InsultToRocks: In his crossover review of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan: ComicBook/OneMomentInTime'' with WebVideo/TheLastAngryGeek, he [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay once again]] loudly declares that Creator/JoeQuesada is a hack, and that calling him that is doing a favor to the other hacks out there by [[InvertedTrope making them look better in comparison.]] |
| 282 | * TheInternetIsForCats: In the episode on ''ComicBook/SpiderMan: Virtual Mortality'' this gets referenced. After the comic (which is from the 1990s) comments about how 'cyberspace' has no boundries and has infinite potential and possibility, Linkara says "The capacity for pornography, cat videos, and harassment is infinite!" |
| 283 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: Makes a reference to the {{trope name|rs}} while talking about ComicBook/TheQuestion in his ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' review. |
| 284 | * ItsAWonderfulPlot: Obscurus Lupa pulls this on Linkara in the 200th episode [[spoiler: and fails miserably]]. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:J]] |
| 288 | * JerkassHasAPoint: In ''ComicBook/StarTrekVsTransformers'', Starscream attempts to seize rulership of the Klingons by threatening the current leadership. When they refuse to back down, saying that any Klingon would choose to die with honor over submission to an enemy, not only does Starscream start shooting at them, he points out that if they ''really'' cared about honor, they'd be on a battlefield instead of cowering away in their Council chamber. Linkara opens his mouth to object but after thinking it through, admits "That's fair." |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:K]] |
| 292 | * KarmaHoudini: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dr. Grouch and Mr. Meaney]] from the ''[[http://atopthefourthwall.com/supermans-christmas-adventure/ Superman's Christmas Adventure]]'' review. As Linkara points out, they get away with committing multiple felonies including arson, kidnapping, and attempted murder, all because they suddenly have a [[EasilyForgiven change of heart]] at the end of the story. They even get ''rewarded'' for their behavior when Santa leaves them presents! |
| 293 | * {{Keet}}: Lewis in real life, according to [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]; he insisted on filming their crossover right after doing ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' for eight hours straight. |
| 294 | * TheKenBurnsEffect: Panels from comics are usually filmed this way, usually while Linkara is reading dialogue or summarizing a scene. |
| 295 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Comments on it at least three times in the review of [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/the-invincible-four-of-kung-fu-ninja-1/ "The Invincible Four of Kung Fu & Ninja #1"]]. |
| 296 | * KillItWithFire: This is what Linkara does to his reviled copy of ''Superman: At Earth's End'' at the end of his review and to his copy of ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' at the end of Part 3. |
| 297 | ** He later admitted in the ''Kamandi at Earth's End'' review that he didn't really burn the Superman comic; he didn't have a print copy when filming, burned another comic with a copy of the cover and later just tore up the Superman comic upon receiving it. He did finally burn a copy of the Superman comic in the Kamandi review (though not without difficulty due to the paper quality). |
| 298 | ** He tries to burn ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'', but both his gun and his lighter vanish. |
| 299 | ** He admits in "The Next 15 Screw-Ups" that he didn't burn [[spoiler: ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'']] because time was running short. [[spoiler:He sets fire to it shortly afterwards.]] |
| 300 | ** He says that ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' could be burned, but "fire is too good for it", so it get thrown "where it belongs": the trash bin. |
| 301 | ** [[spoiler: Creator/FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'']] gets this treatment in his 300th episode, with the explanation that, while he believes you can do with your comics what you wish, he believes his copy deserves to burn. |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:L]] |
| 305 | * LampshadeHanging: During his review of ''Battle for Bludhaven #5-6'', he asks in frustration why most of the bad comics he reads have some connection to ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}''. |
| 306 | * LampshadedTheObscureReference: Has done this a few times. |
| 307 | -->"My thanks to the three people who get that joke." |
| 308 | * LargeHam: Linkara gets really passionate whenever he's too angry. |
| 309 | ** LINKARA'S BELLOWING OF THE [[{{ComicBook/Doom}} DOOM COMIC'S]] DIALOGUE IS ESSENTIALLY THE Wrestling/{{ULTIMATE WARRIOR}} TURNED UP TO 11, '''[[VerbalTic HOAK HOGAN]]'''!!! |
| 310 | *** Also, I AM A MAN!!! (punch!) |
| 311 | ** Dr Linksano. |
| 312 | ** 90s Kid. |
| 313 | * LarynxDissonance |
| 314 | ** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud, at least in cases with decently developed characters. Characters that don't contribute anything to the plot are likely to get a high-pitched falsetto voice. |
| 315 | ** Due to her larynx condition, Iron Liz does fine male voices... and then does a Linkara-esque falsetto for female voices anyway. |
| 316 | * LastSecondWordSwap: In the crossover with WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob for ''Bimbos BC'', Linkara says, "It was shot on shhhhhhhurely what was at the time high-quality video tape," averting the Snob's "shot on shitteo" catch phrase. |
| 317 | * LaterInstallmentWeirdness: A few: |
| 318 | ** Around 2018, the intro would be modified, adding in a CGI version of the show's logo and dropping the odd "Linkara" logo from the end. This would coincide with Linkara leaving Channel Awesome. |
| 319 | ** 2021 would have a lot of changes. The first review of that year would introduce a brand new intro, using a new theme song that removed the insulting references. Halfway through the year, Dr. Crafty would step down as title card artist and Viga would replace him. |
| 320 | * LaughingGas: Conversed in his review of ''ComicBook/StrangeAdventures'' #36. |
| 321 | -->'''Linkara:''' [They] learn that an alien spaceship has landed and is converting the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere into nitrous oxide, or laughing gas. Admittedly, I'm not a scientist, but that just seems impossible. Especially the fact that it's making them all laugh uncontrollably. It's just supposed to make you more euphoric and ''maybe'' give you the giggles before it knocks you out. Oh, here's a funny thing, I don't know if it's true or not, but Wikipedia says that nitrous oxide is actually a worse greenhouse gas and air pollutant than carbon dioxide. So the aliens are kinda screwing over the planet they're trying to conquer. Polluters from Space! |
| 322 | * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In the intro to the ''S.C.I.-Spy'' #1 review, the theme to ''Film/JamesBond'' plays as Linkara does spy-stuff while attempting to open a violin case with the comic. Suddenly, the music changes to that of ''Series/CharliesAngels'' and Linkara imitates the intro to that show, before turning his [=MP3=] player off. |
| 323 | * LegoGenetics: Linkara points out that Superman does not have "superpowers"; his abilities are perfectly natural for a Kryptonian and no more "super" than any normal human ability. To remove his powers in ''JLA: Act of God'', he would have to be completely altered genetically, more likely killing him than removing his powers. Linkara even says genetics are not Lego bricks. |
| 324 | * {{Leitmotif}}: |
| 325 | ** 90's Kid's rants are always backed up by {{Music/Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit", though he sometimes uses "Smells Like Nirvana" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic in its place. "Finger of Fear" for Dr. Insano (and Dr. Linksano). "Graveyard" for Mechakara. |
| 326 | ** If you hear "Combine Harvester" by the Wurzels playing, that means Linkara [[GoMadFromTheRevelation has just]] [[SanitySlippageSong lost it]]. |
| 327 | ** If ComicBook/CaptainAmerica does something awesome, "[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice America, Fuck Yeah!]]" is sure to follow. |
| 328 | * LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: Linkara got some criticism of this nature from Creator/FrankMiller fans after he criticised some of Miller's most recent works, with numerous comments of this nature about his own comic efforts. Linkara pointed out that he has only been doing it for a few years while Miller has been continuously working for three decades, and it is not unreasonable to suggest that his work could be better than it is. |
| 329 | * LethalJokeCharacter: |
| 330 | ** Ma-Ti in ''Captain Planet #3''. |
| 331 | ** Dr. Insano. Make him cut his hair, and he turns into a destroyer of evil robots from an AlternateUniverse. |
| 332 | * LightningCanDoAnything: Lampshaded in the 100th episode. |
| 333 | * LimitedWardrobe: He usually wears the same combination of jacket, plaid/black shirt and hat. (although he's shown off his ''Franchise/StarTrek'' uniform collection... and the ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' version of his reviewer wardrobe!) |
| 334 | ** [[spoiler: Since the finale of the Ghost in the Machine arc, Linkara has changed out his standard outfit for a white shirt, a brown vest,a brown tie, and a brown duster for storyline segments.]] |
| 335 | * LiteralMinded: In ''Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice #1'', Linkara has a literal interpretation of the phrase "alcohol abuse" in which he verbally and emotionally abuses a bottle of alcohol. |
| 336 | * LockAndLoadMontage: We got one first during the ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'' introduction (after a failed TrainingMontage). His opening notably features one as well. |
| 337 | * LogicBomb: Frequently pointed out, with something along the lines of, "Yeah, ''[insert logical inconsistency here]''! ...Wait, what?" |
| 338 | * LOL69: |
| 339 | ** The video about the second half of the original ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' run plays with this issues 69 saw the debut of the infamous BodyHorror-laden fusion of Megatron and Ratchet -- with one of Linkara's comments being "this is not nice!" |
| 340 | ** During his review of ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'', when one of the captions says "69 hours ago", he subverts his "What time is it?" gag by saying "''Now'' we know what time it is; ''nice'' time." |
| 341 | ** His review of ''Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith''[='=]s comic adaptation has a joke where a clone trooper mishears "order 66" thanks to static and says "Noice." |
| 342 | ** When cover issue 69 of the series for his retrospective of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' he says the issue is "nice --depending on your point of view," relating to it [[spoiler:being the issue where [[TheHeroDies Morpheus dies]].]] |
| 343 | * LongList: In Linkara’s review of ''Marville'' #5, when the question, "What could be more impressive?" is asked, he gives this response: |
| 344 | --> '''Linkara''': Ooooh… ''Watchmen'', pizza deliveries in 30 minutes or less, disposable cameras, fast food drive-thrus, cellular telephones, ''Godzilla'' movies, Beanie Babies, digital watches, my DVD, on sale now, Mr. T, parkour enthusiasts, cancer researchers, Stephen Sondheim, the miracle that is everyday existence, and the second, third, forth, sixth, and eighth ''Star Trek'' movies. (Beat) There’s more, but I think that covers a WIDE range of things in particular that are more impressive. |
| 345 | * LongRunner: Atop the Fourth Wall is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary and its 500th episode. |
| 346 | * LosingHorns: Used when talking about Cheshire's relationship in ''Rise of Arsenal 3-4''. |
| 347 | * LostAesop: One of Linkara's primary criticisms of ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'' was its inability to hold on to a single message. At some points, the comic seemed to be anti-vigilante, critiquing superheroes for their "arrogance," but at other points in the stories, it seems to imply that it is the responsibility of any socially conscious individual to take matters into their own hands. Sometimes it explains the importance of working within the system and at other times people who do so are only too scared to break out of it. At no point does it give a consistent, clear message to its readers. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[folder:M]] |
| 351 | * MadLibsCatchPhrase: |
| 352 | ** "So let's dig into [comic name]." |
| 353 | ** He occasionally starts a review with "I '''LOVE''' [subject of comic]!" Examples include ''Franchise/SilentHill'', Christmas, and ''Series/BlakesSeven''. |
| 354 | ** Another occasional one is "X is/was ''WEEEEEEIIIRD.''" Recurring examples including "comic books", "UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} / TheSixties" and "the beta version / first draft of (media)". |
| 355 | ** "Because poor literacy is kewl!" went from being played straight to one of these, where "kewl" is replaced with another word or phrase. |
| 356 | * MadnessMantra: [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis "ANTI-LIFE JUSTIFIES MY HATE!"]] |
| 357 | * MalevolentArchitecture: Noted numerous times throughout his LetsPlay of ''[[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' |
| 358 | --> Whoa, apparently, the Borg don't have [[NoOSHACompliance OSHA]], because this thing just tried to kill me! |
| 359 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: Has a surprisingly broad vocal range when voicing all the different characters in the comics he reads out, especially the falsetto ones for the women. Also has a few distinctive ones pulled out for humor value (for example, a Creator/SeanConnery impression for [[ActorAllusion anyone]] [[Film/JamesBond connected with espionage]], and his Superboy-Prime voice for any similarly whiny character). |
| 360 | ** In his ''[[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine Doctor Who Classics]]'' #7 review, you can hear his broad vocal range between Linkara, the lounge singer, the TotallyRadical surfer, the gruff [[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Starfleet Lieutenant]] and the mad scientist. |
| 361 | ** Whenever he does a review of a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' related comic, he is able to do almost spot-on impressions of many of the Rangers and supporting characters, including a very good [[ThoseTwoGuys Bulk and Skull]]. |
| 362 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The hundredth episode features dozens of the other contributors to Website/ChannelAwesome singing/saying lines from the theme song. |
| 363 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 364 | ** Harvey Finevoice [[TheCastShowoff has a fine voice]]. |
| 365 | ** Linkara pointed out in the ''Warrior #2 and #3'' review that his own name, Lewis, means "warrior" in several languages and that ''he'' has more of a basis to call himself a warrior than the Ultimate Warrior. |
| 366 | * MeanwhileBackAtThe: "Meanwhile, at an undisclosed location just down the hall..." |
| 367 | * MediumAwareness: In the ''Ewoks'' #9 review, |
| 368 | -->'''Linkara:''' How did you make that text appear like that? |
| 369 | -->'''Iron Liz:''' How did you do it with the "E-Walks" joke? |
| 370 | -->'''Linkara:''' Ahh, touché. |
| 371 | * MemeticBadass: In-universe, Captain America |
| 372 | ** [[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice AMERICA!]] '''[[Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]''' |
| 373 | ** Also, in his ''Action Comics #592-593'' reviews, Big Barda. |
| 374 | * MindScrew: In his review of [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Detective Comics #27]], Linkara notes that he does not have to do his Origins Month introduction every time because he could simply edit in a previous instance and we would ''never'' know. He then grins and remarks "how's that for a mind screw?". |
| 375 | * MisplacedAccent: When reviewing the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr'' comics, he naturally does a Creator/SeanConnery impression when voicing the title character - who sounds nothing like Connery and instead speaks in an upper-class English accent. |
| 376 | * MissingTheGoodStuff: In "Linking Up with Linkara", he wakes up to find he has just had an incredible threesome with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and WebVideo/MarzGurl, but cannot remember anything about it. They also declare that they will not do it again as nothing could possibly measure up to the first time, plus he cannot just watch the two of them because of his own loud and proud feminist views. [[spoiler:It is all a prank, but he is left to stew about it for a week.]] |
| 377 | * MistakenForGay: In his "Athena #1" review, Linkara officially announces that he is straight, to counter accusations that he dislikes women being objectified in comic books because he is gay (rather than feminist disagreement with the concept of boob windows and constant ass shots). |
| 378 | * ModelingPoses: In the final crossover video for the comic by the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, one of the alternate universe opened up was where Spoony and Linkara were models, and they ended their skit on a bunch of fashion poses as the cameraman took their pictures. |
| 379 | * MoodWhiplash |
| 380 | ** In part two of the ''[[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Countdown]]'' review, he goes into a harrowing account of the unfolding of the Great Disaster, which is followed by a motontage of scenes of destruction set to emotional music... only to abruptly stop it once he realizes that the Great Disaster isn't even happening in the main DC universe, and then goes into a mini-rant on the plotholes raised by this fact. |
| 381 | ** Near the end of ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' #1-2, he's ultra-excited about seeing Captain America and Thor fight off all kinds of dead creatures, until it cuts to [[spoiler: The Blob eating The Wasp]]. Linkara enters rage mode, declaring [[spoiler: that the comic sucks before he even finishes it]]. |
| 382 | ** In his ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' review of that series' Green Ranger arc, he considers the mood whiplash between serious storyline with silly credits to be moreso than ''Series/BlakesSeven''. |
| 383 | ** At the beginning of his Psychoman #1 review, Linkara mentions writer and creator Todd Loren was murdered shortly after it was written and his killer was never found. Linkara admits he feels bad for making fun of the final work of someone whose life was cut short so tragically, but after a {{beat}}, he reiterates that the comic sucks. |
| 384 | ** Recently, his videos start with him excitedly and quickly promoting funding for [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWallTheMovie his movie]], only to immediately cut to the actual review starting with him slumping and groaning about how bad the comic he is reviewing will be. "Santa The Barbarian" is a prime example of this. |
| 385 | * MotorMouth: |
| 386 | ** Seems a bit thrown off by Snowflame in ''New Guardians'' talking faster and faster like he's the Flash or something. |
| 387 | ** A character in the ''Dragnet'' newspaper strip: |
| 388 | --->"Guy asked me if I wanted to make a fast buck told him yes and he sprang the deal I went along with him but I want no part of it now."\ |
| 389 | '''Linkara:''' "Punctuation marks only make things more difficult in our fast-paced world don't you agree? that's a great tie you're wearing let's do lunch." |
| 390 | * MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, even 90's Kid could not get behind ''Countdown'' after Superboy-Prime killed the pregnant Lana Lang from an alternate Earth. |
| 391 | * MrExposition: WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/TheRapCritic are brought in for context on Music/{{KISS}} and Music/{{Eminem}}, respectively. |
| 392 | ** WebVideo/TheRapCritic also does context for Music/VanillaIce. |
| 393 | * MST3KMantra: [[invoked]] In the ''Marville #4'' review, telling the viewers not to take his hologram being the one who reviewed the third issue too seriously amounts to this. |
| 394 | * MultipleChoicePast: Linkara has come up with multiple explanations for why a character's forehead was emitting pink bubbles in one comic. |
| 395 | * MyFutureSelfAndMe: Linkara and his future self (played by Lewis's father). |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | [[folder:N]] |
| 399 | * NameMcAdjective: In his review of Uncanny X-Men #424, he said that Chuck Austen "could not fail any more if [his] name was Faily [=McFailing=] Fail!" |
| 400 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: There is a lovely little LampshadeHanging of this practice in his ''Daredevil'' #306 review regarding the Surgeon General, whose last name is actually Cutter: |
| 401 | -->[[SpoofAesop "Remember, kids, if your name sounds like anything, you will become a supervillain."]] |
| 402 | * {{Narm}}: [[{{Inuniverse}} Invoked]] at the beginning of the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review. He just breaks down in laughter after reading the comic. [[invoked]] |
| 403 | * NarmCharm: [[invoked]] |
| 404 | ** Linkara's opinion on the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' comics is that they're pretty silly and cheesy and that he ''loves'' them. |
| 405 | ** Linkara seems to enjoy UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, or at least elements of its style, when awesome content or (on the flip side) pointless gore pop up. |
| 406 | * NeverBareheaded: In his reviews, he always wears his hat. |
| 407 | * NeverHeardThatOneBefore: In "Captain America Goes To War Against Drugs", Captain America reels off various things he's heard by people underestimating him. Linkara adds how the story of "Surely, he couldn't have eaten ''all'' the donuts" may not be what they want to hear. |
| 408 | * TheNewRockAndRoll: Linkara and WebVideo/{{Paw|Dugan}} discuss this in ''Batman: Fortunate Son''. |
| 409 | * TheNicknamer: For instance, Linkara refers to Batman in ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' as "Crazy Steve" and Wonder Woman as "Bonkers Betty". |
| 410 | * NightmareFuel: [[invoked]] |
| 411 | ** The Blob eating the Wasp in ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', which promptly halts his review and causes him to quickly call out the comic for putting in something like that with no warning for mature readers, as well as killing the Wasp for no good reason. |
| 412 | ** In the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review, he states this trope as we see a panel of Roy Harper getting his arm ripped off by his daughter. [[invoked]] |
| 413 | %%% Mentions or invocations only on this page. For personal examples, go to YMMV. |
| 414 | * NinetiesAntiHero: 90's Kid suggests a heavily armed hero named Bloodgun. Who is entirely made ''out'' of guns, including one for a head. |
| 415 | * NoJustNoReaction: |
| 416 | ** Among the 15 comics he would not review was the infamous ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}''. He stated that he wished he had never heard of it and refused to give it any publicity (through he quicly did a mini-review on it for two minutes straight). |
| 417 | ** His [[WhatTheHellHero reaction]] to New 52 Jaime Reyes pretending to fall under the Scarab's control by hitting his best friend ''who has had an abusive father'' results in him going into this... And then taking it one step further. |
| 418 | * NoodleImplements: When Franchise/{{Superman}} was forced to do porn under mind control, the story brushes it off with Superman saying his memory was fuzzy. Linkara jokes about him remembering a goat, salad dressing, and a traffic cone. |
| 419 | --> "And after that, it just gets ''weeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiird''." |
| 420 | * NoPeripheralVision: As pointed out in his LetsPlay of ''[[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' when Ensign Munro effectively runs straight past a guard, |
| 421 | -->''Peripheral vision? What's that?'' |
| 422 | * NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: |
| 423 | ** In-Universe: [[http://twitter.com/Linkara19/status/13149039277121536 Lewis believes]] that this it the reason ''Sci-Spy'' has gotten a reprint and US-1 has made {{Self Deprecati|on}}ng cameos. |
| 424 | ** Also invoked as one of the reasons why he listed ''Sonichu'' in his "Top 15 Comics I'll Never Review" list since he does not want to give it ''any'' kind of attention whatsoever. |
| 425 | * NostalgiaFilter: This is arguably the issue at the very heart of ''Infinite Crisis'', the running theme that the story is trying to say. The idea that the Gold and Silver age of comics were much better, more optimistic, more light-hearted against the supposed darkness that came in the Bronze and Dark ages of comics. By being blinded by that nostalgia, Alex, Superboy-Prime and Kal-L want to do everything possible to bring back the worlds that they lost, because said worlds were "better". The problem is, by forcing what they see as better on everyone else, it ultimately creates a scenario much worse than what they claim the problem is. They become the brutal and darkness they claim to be fighting against. |
| 426 | * NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: |
| 427 | ** The review of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' #1-2 includes parts of the script for the first issue and the disclaimer is used just to assure us that what the viewer is seeing actually is what Creator/FrankMiller wrote - particularly that Miller admits ''in writing'' to being shameless in wanting a close-up panel of Vicki Vale's panty-clad ass. |
| 428 | ** ''The Ultimates'' #3 review notes that his voicing the Tony Stark ''robot'' as a drunk is not just his own joke, but the robot actually asks for vodka at one point. |
| 429 | *** Further supporting this is ''Ultimatum'' where Iron Man openly wishes for a Martini bath. |
| 430 | ** In the Youmacon live review of ''Manga/MarvelMangaverse: Spider-Man'' #1, Linkara brings up ''ComicBook/SpiderManReign''[[note]]both comics were by the same author[[/note]] and mentions the fact that in that story, [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Mary Jane died from exposure to Peter's radioactive sperm]]. He then follows up with one of these. |
| 431 | ** In his 9 minutes quick review of the film ''Future Shock'', he cites that he ''did not'' add incredibly melodramatic music to a plane that crashed into a yard. The music was already there in the film. |
| 432 | ** In his review of ''Avengers'' #1, Linkara has Loki consider a plan to battle Thor that has him giving Birth to a Eight Leg Horse. |
| 433 | --> ''Look it up, kids! Mythology is messed up! |
| 434 | ** In the 200th Episode, where he reviewed the Spider-Man "One More Time", Linkara joked that, in one alternate universe, Peter Parker is a pig, and then adds that he didn't make it up and told the viewers to Google "ComicBook/SpiderHam". |
| 435 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Linkara is usually pretty condemning towards fanservice art in comics but at the end of his review of ''The Marriage of Hercules and Xena'' he comes to the conclusion that the book was made to show Xena in dominatrix gear and notes that it's not the worst reason to make a comic. |
| 436 | * NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The Monitors in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', as portrayed by Linkara: |
| 437 | -->'''Monitor #1:''' We should do something!\ |
| 438 | '''Monitor #2:''' Should we do something?\ |
| 439 | '''Monitor #1:''' We should do something!\ |
| 440 | '''Monitor #2:''' Should we do something?\ |
| 441 | '''Monitor #3:''' I'm changing!\ |
| 442 | '''Monitor #1:''' We should do something!\ |
| 443 | '''Monitor #4:''' *Bang!*\ |
| 444 | '''Monitor #1:''' We should do something!\ |
| 445 | '''Monitor #2:''' Should we do something?\ |
| 446 | '''Monitor #5:''' We should do something!\ |
| 447 | '''Monitor #6:''' Should we do something?\ |
| 448 | '''Linkara:''' YES, YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING, YOU BORING IDIOTS! |
| 449 | * NumberOfTheBeast: Linkara reviewed ''Marvel Super Special #1'' for his 666th episode, specifically choosing it due to a scene where the members of Music/{{KISS}} fight off against Mephisto and his army of demons. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | [[folder:O]] |
| 453 | * ObviouslyEvil: Linkara tends to mock it, especially if the villain's outfit includes skulls. |
| 454 | -->[[Series/ThatMitchellandWebbLook "They've got skulls on them"]] |
| 455 | * OffscreenTeleportation: BEAR! |
| 456 | * OhCrap: Happens to him a few times while interviewing Kristanna Loken after she catches on that he does not think too highly of the movies they are discussing. The video is narrated/commented on by Spoony, who explains that you can actually ''see'' the moment when Linkara realizes the situation. |
| 457 | * OhWait: Not only used, but pretty much a staple of his humor. |
| 458 | * OldShame:[[invoked]] In his preamble for ''Black Web #1'', Linkara actually makes references to his past works like Lightbringer, his self-published novel series, and a message-board based Pokémon RPG. |
| 459 | ** He says the latter of these may or may not have been converted to a site for porn in his absence. |
| 460 | ** His vlog about the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' film, where he comes off exactly like a stereotypical whiny fanboy ranting about how TheyChangedItNowItSucks. He's mellowed on the movie considerably after having time to think about how much worse it could have been. |
| 461 | ** After seeing fans attacking creators for minor things, he regrets his early attacks on creators themselves. This is the main reason why, with his first review in 2021, he changed the theme song to the one featured in episode 600[[note]]The lyrics in question was "Brodski, you're not the smartest/Liefeld, you're not an artist"[[/note]]. He did clarify that he'll critique the artwork and other works, but never the person. |
| 462 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: He declares that he'll forever be subjected to "This comic is Re-Todded!" comments for the rest of his life thanks to ''Countdown''. |
| 463 | * TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: While Linkara has nothing nice to say about "The Culling" as a whole, he gives it props for passing UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest. |
| 464 | * OnlySaneMan: Views Joe, a minor character from ''Silent Hill: Paint It Black'' who kicked [[{{Jerkass}} Ike Isaacs]] out of his apartment, as being the only sensible character in all of Scott Ciencin's ''ComicBook/SilentHill'' comics. |
| 465 | * OnlySixFaces: Points out that the ''only'' distinguishing traits of the Sultry Teenage Super Foxes are the hairstyles. |
| 466 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: |
| 467 | ** In his review of ''Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse'' #1 & #2, which he conducts entirely as Harvey Finevoice. His adopted accent noticeably slips at times; trying to keep that accent while simultaneously doing completely different accents for the characters in the comic breaks it more than anything. Points for trying though. |
| 468 | ** Linkara points out that Goldfinger's accent in ''James Bond Jr.'' keeps slipping, but into what, we could not say. |
| 469 | ** In the Behind the Scenes video, there are several bits of Will Wolfgram trying to hang onto the Gunslinger's southern accent. |
| 470 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Typically, whenever [[TheGlassesComeOff Linkara takes off his glasses]] is when he is speaking out of character. This usually only happens when something bad has happened and/or something is completely against his morals. |
| 471 | * OrphanedSeries: Linkara has expressed reluctance at the prospect of reviewing the fourth and final issue of ''[[ComicBook/NintendoComicsSystem Gameboy]]'', as the review of issue 3 (which now carries a disclaimer and has its comments disabled) begins with a [[OldShame tribute to Jew Wario]]. |
| 472 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: Linkara is ''very'' quick to point out when this is the case, and will often argue about what the characters would actually do, such as in his review of ComicBook/OneMoreDay, where he says that Doctor Doom would ''totally'' offer to help Peter heal Aunt May (at a horrible price, or perhaps just for the thrill of watching him grovel and getting a favor out of him) because that's "the kind of bullcrap he lives for". |
| 473 | %%* OverlyLongGag: ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE! |
| 474 | [[/folder]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | [[folder:P]] |
| 477 | * PanderingToTheBase: Invoked in-universe twice. Two of the ''15 Comics I'll Never Review'' kept getting requests because of certain lines and words the fans wanted to hear him say. In response, he recites these bits out of context during their respective comics' segments. |
| 478 | %%* ParanoiaFuel: The Franchise/CareBears could be watching you... [[invoked]] |
| 479 | * PassThePopcorn: During ''ComicBook/SilentHill: Dead/Alive'', it looks like Christabella is finally going to get her comeuppance. Linkara's reaction? "Ooh, hang on a second! Let me get some popcorn!" The comic does not give him a proper chance. |
| 480 | %%* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Idiostuperiffic. |
| 481 | %%* PerverseSexualLust: "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Harley]] [[ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis Quiiinn...]]" |
| 482 | * PetPeeveTrope: |
| 483 | %%** DroppedABridgeOnHim: Frequently becomes killed in the universe of the show (if not the comic he's reviewing). |
| 484 | %%** ETGaveUsWiFi: Used when writers just don't care about researching the real inventors. |
| 485 | %%** {{Gorn}} |
| 486 | ** HotterAndSexier: One of his main complaints with DC Comics' business model is how almost every female character is drawn in an anatomically incorrect way in a [[FetishRetardant failed attempt to be arousing]]. Averted in his ''Plan 9'' review, where he says the trope ''works'' in the context of the comic as it's trying [[GenreThrowback to emulate campy 50s]] {{B Movie}}s. |
| 487 | %%** IdiotPlot [[invoked]] |
| 488 | %%** LetsYouAndHimFight |
| 489 | %%** MonsterClown (at least, when overused) |
| 490 | %%** SexSells |
| 491 | %%** StayInTheKitchen |
| 492 | %%** {{Stripperiffic}} |
| 493 | %%** SufficientlyAdvancedAliens with an holier-then-thou attitude. |
| 494 | %%** TheWarOnStraw: The StrawFeminist archetype [[BerserkButton moreso than others.]] |
| 495 | ** He's mentioned a distaste for stories where superheroes and the government are at odds--concepts that can be seen in the SuperhumanRegistrationAct and BewareTheSuperman tropes. |
| 496 | --->'''On the Marvel Ultimate Universe in Ultimates #1-2:''' ''Furthermore, I dislike the Ultimate Universe as a whole. This idea that, somehow, superheroes in the real world are going to be assholes, or that the governments of Earth will try to have the perfect superbeings as weapons, or etc. etc. just doesn't appeal to me.'' |
| 497 | --->'''On ComicBook/EarthTwo in The Culling: Teen Titans Annual #1:''' ''Enjoying it, but I'm very sick of "government doesn't trust superheroes" crap.'' |
| 498 | %%** DesignatedHero [[invoked]] |
| 499 | %%** {{Wangst}}[[invoked]] |
| 500 | %%* PhraseCatcher: Linkara, whenever Liz [[PungeonMaster cracks a pun]]. |
| 501 | %%--> *{{head desk}}* I live with her, people... |
| 502 | * PlotHole: Will of course jump on them. |
| 503 | ** Linkara sees that the villains in the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr.'' #3 comic are Film/{{Goldfinger}} and Oddjob, despite the fact that they are both dead. |
| 504 | * PlutoIsExpendable: In the second part of the ''Countdown'' review, Chester A. Bum makes good on his threat to destroy it. WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic was unimpressed. After all, it had stopped all the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts jokes. He had more of a reaction from seeing Hollywood, Rome, and France destroyed instead. |
| 505 | * PopCultureIsolation:[[invoked]] Linkara falls victim to this in the ''Eminem/The Punisher'' comic, when he has no idea what a "coney dog" is. (It's a type of hot dog served with bean-less chili, mustard, and onions; [[NonIndicativeName despite its name]], it's primarily found around southeastern Michigan, particularly UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}, where the comic is set.) Acknowledged in a screw-ups video, where he later points out that, after the review, someone bought him a coney dog at a con, and he didn't like it, because he doesn't like chili. |
| 506 | * PortalCut: Discussed in his review of an early Image comic, ''Newmen''. One of the characters is "Exit", a teleporter who can open portals, a splash page shows him halfway through the portal leaning out. Linkara actually prays for the portal to close and cut him in half. |
| 507 | * PowerOfLove - Points out in ''Franchise/CareBears #13'' that they are literally attacking people with the power of love... |
| 508 | * PowerupLetdown: His ''Maximum Clonage'' review is upgraded to ''wide screen''! Now you can see... More of the futon and the shadow on one side... |
| 509 | * PrecisionFStrike: Linkara goes out of way his to avoid using stronger profanity in his videos, especially the F-Word. Sometimes he plays around with this "rule", by including a CurseCutShort, but at a couple of rare, selected times he has been known to drop a full-on F-bomb or two. |
| 510 | ** When ''The Thing From Another World: Eternal Vows'' depicts a ''human skeleton'' when the Thing is torched, he punctuates it with a movie clip featuring a straight, uncensored f-strike. |
| 511 | ** In the 600th Episode, when he realizes to his dismay that his review subject is ''Spider-Man: Sins Past'', he responds with an emphatic "Goddamn it!" |
| 512 | * PreMortemOneLiner: When Kylo Ren makes his move late in ''The Last Jedi'', Linkara adds: |
| 513 | -->'''Kylo Ren:''' Hey, Supreme Leader? Remember how you said the deed split me?\ |
| 514 | '''Snoke:''' Yes? '''''Why?'''''\ |
| 515 | '''Kylo Ren:''' I know you are, ''but what am I?'' |
| 516 | * PreviouslyOn: A RunningGag is his frequent recaps that include '''no''' content from the prior episode, including [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/uncanny-x-men-424/ Uncanny X-Men #424]] and [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/daredevil-306/ Daredevil #306]] (Which included a reference to this very site) |
| 517 | -->"Oh my God! TV Tropes used one of my quotes!" |
| 518 | ** This tendency is subverted in the review for ''Secret Defenders'' #10. Linkara cannot do one as he could only get Phelous as a guest star; everyone else was too busy making crossover videos following the Brawl. |
| 519 | ** The one for [[http://atopthefourthwall.com/catwoman-guardian-of-gotham-2/ Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham #2]] is quite [[PostModernism extremely meta]] {{deconstruction}}, with the guests mentioning how these segments go on (and how loud is the music...). |
| 520 | * ProductPlacement: |
| 521 | ** He subtly inserts references to his independent comic, Revolution of the Mask, into his reviews fairly consistently. Later, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after cloning Spoony back to life]], he brainwashes the clone to keep inserting subliminal references into his reviews as well - resulting in a BrickJoke in Spoony's ''Clones of Creator/BruceLee'' review where nudity is censored with a ''Revolution of the Mask'' ad banner. |
| 522 | ** In his ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' comic review, he starts talking about [[http://www.myspace.com/henshin-vault the prop maker]] he bought his Dragon Dagger from, ending with the web address onscreen and Mechakara calling him out on it. |
| 523 | --->'''Mechakara:''' You are honestly doing a COMMERCIAL in the middle of your review?!\ |
| 524 | '''Linkara:''' "Screw you, hippie--he gave me a discount!" |
| 525 | * ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Linkara has a big problem with this in "Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: Community Action Program". Specifically, the whole issue derides graffiti as terrible, which is a debatable subject in itself, but ends on the Whiz Kids making a mural... Which is just another kind of graffiti. As Linkara points out, the message becomes less "graffiti is bad" and more "graffiti ''that we don't like'' is bad". |
| 526 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: |
| 527 | ** "Creator/JoeQuesada, YOU! ARE! A! HAAAAACK!" |
| 528 | ** "This comic sucks!" becomes this at the end of ''Amazons Attack''. |
| 529 | ** In response to the Kool-Aid Man bursting through a funhouse wall: |
| 530 | --->"THAT! MAKES! NO! SENSE!" |
| 531 | ** "[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} It's supposed! To be! AMBIGUOUS!]]" |
| 532 | * PurelyAestheticGlasses: In times that you need to look like a [[AC: real reviewer]], put two pairs of glasses in your face. |
| 533 | * PutOnABus: Justified. As Linkara explained in ''Another 15 Missed Opportunities'', Neutro didn't appear on the show for eight years because he and Mr. T had gone out for drinks. [[MemeticBadass They weren't done yet.]] |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
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