Line #28 Creator/MXR


1	%%As both MxR Mods and MxR Plays are intermixed with one another, and as both feature Henry and/or Jeannie, tropes %%relating to either channel, and Henry or Jeannie themselves can be posted here.
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3	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mxr_and_jeannie.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:300:The Panda Queen and the Lord of Immersion]]
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6	Henry Liang, known by his internet name [="MxR"=][[labelnote:]][=MxR=] is a contraction of his original channel [="MMOxReviews=], which originally reviewed [=MMORPGs=] before he began his work on reviewing game mods[[/labelnote]], is a [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]] and [[VideoGame/Fallout4 Fallout 4]] [[GameMod mod]] reviewer. His weekly series would review the latest mod releases on the Nexus website, not necessarily by ranking or quality, but often by uniqueness or what seemed most interesting. He quickly became known for his unique cadence, recurring jokes, and memetically popular companions featured on his gameplay footage, including an in-game recreation of Creator/JessicaAlba, Ringo the P** Slaying Flamingo, and Pino the talking mushroom.
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8	In late 2016, he began dating Jeannie Lee, a medical student and amateur voice actress who scripted and voiced the popular [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/4718 Recorder]] companion mod for Skyrim under the name "Potastic Panda". She first contacted him soon after Recorder was featured on his series, knowing that they both lived at the time in the Los Angeles area. They [[LoveAtFirstSight hit it off immediately]].
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10	Henry and Jeannie began a collaborative, along with romantic, relationship. [="MxR Mods"=] continued with Henry as the main host, but the pair began a new channel, [="MxR=] Plays", that featured Jeannie as a co-host. [="MxR=] Plays" showed various [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] of modded Skyrim and Fallout 4 playthroughs, reaction videos, and a surprisingly popular cooking channel, among other videos. The cornerstone nowadays is a daily video consisting of reactions to various Reddit video posts.
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12	In early 2020, [=MxR=] was hit with multiple copyright strikes from Jukin Media, a holding company that owns the rights to many memetic videos and images featured on [=MxR=] channels. After initially paying a settlement, demands for more money followed. Henry and Jeannie posted an update on the channel status and their fanbase began the first "Crusade", flooding Jukin Media's channels with complaints and leading several internet legal experts to jump in and offer their assistance in fighting the claims. [=MxR=] and Jukin soon reached a settlement and the [=MxR=] fanbase have been known as Crusaders ever since.
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15	!!Tropes:
16	* AsianAndNerdy: Henry and Jeannie both count.
17	* {{Bowdlerise}}: Henry's attempts to appease the Youtube strike bots led to using words like "sloot mods" and describing how someone has "arrived".
18	* {{Catchphrase}}: Several
19	** "I love, love! ... moist towelettes."
20	** "But is it ... immersive?!"
21	** For Jeannie, a very loud and indignant "HENRY!"
22	* CosplayOtakuGirl: Jeannie, big time. How big? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fY-ANclkYk&ab_channel=MxRPlays These are just a few.]]
23	* EpicFail: After checking out a video where a skinny girl cracks an egg against her curled bicep, Henry and Jeannie both attempt it - not only does their egg remain intact, but Jeannie is ''in pain'' when it's over.
24	* HiddenDepths: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZWglco5W6g this video]] Jeannie is fidgeting with a Rubik's cube for the duration - and solves and scrambles it several times.
25	* RevisitingTheRoots: After several years of his modding channels withering on the vine due to most of his efforts being put towards his daily in-person videos, [=MxR=] made his triumphant return to mod reviews with the release of Bethesda's VideoGame/{{Starfield}}, which opened up a brand new genre with Bethesda's trademark extremely modder friendly game engine design.
26	* RunningGag:
27	** Henry's AsideGlance any time Jeannie catches on to his LovableSexManiac moments.
28	** Jeannie's love of "snackos" (snacks of all sorts).
29	** The EnforcedPlug of whichever sponsor they had at the time eventually became one, especially when people started noticing the same few ones popping up over and over. Ridge Wallets and ''VideoGame/RaidShadowLegends'' tend to come up the most.
30	*** In a related vein, watching any EpicFail videos will lead to Henry pointing out how certain sponsors would have helped to avoid it entirely.
31	** [[BookDumb Henry being unable to identify even common animal species]].
32	** Fans spelling Jeannie's name wrong.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** Henry's love of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', ensuring that any memes from there get special attention.
35	** Henry's use of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} "death by snu-snu"]] starting sometime in 2020.
36	** In a related vein, Henry's use of [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises "WHERE IS IT?!"]] (where "it" could mean any number of things.)
37	** In 2022 they adopted a white shepherd puppy, [[Anime/CowboyBebop Ein.]]
38	* SixthRanger:
39	** At some point Henry and Jeannie brought one of their editors, Kai, into their room to watch and review memes alongside them, and since then she's become a semi-regular guest.
40	** After a reaction video by susu_jpg got Henry and Jeannie's attention, they actually got in touch with her, and she's made several appearances in their videos since then.
41	* StraightMan: Jeannie. Until she succumbs to CutenessOverload.
42	* StrictlyFormula: Aside from the aforementioned EnforcedPlug, viewers have caught on to how Henry always starts off with a [[MadLibsCatchPhrase "Jeannie, would you like to..."]]
43	* WhamLine: Played for laughs at the end of one video, which brought up a Japanese adult theme park and eventually mentioned a "best breasts" competition also in Japan.
44	-->'''Jeannie:''' (from out of frame) ''I'm leaving you!''
45	** When Henry realizes that Jeannie doesn't have an InternalMonologue, they spend a while having a discussion about it, with Jeannie confused at Henry explaining the concept to her.
46	-->'''Henry:''' "You watch anime all the time. And the characters are always describing like the next 5 steps of their plan..."
47	-->'''Jeannie:''' "Yeah. But that's for the audience."
48	-->'''Henry:''' "No! That's all going on in their heads!"
49	* WholesomeCrossdresser: In both flavors - Jeannie notably cosplayed as Creator/BobRoss one time, and convinced Henry to put on her own cosplay stuff to become [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Nezuko.]]
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51	-->"Thank you so much for watching. We'll see you guys next time. Peace."\

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