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1	'''''Cinematech''''' was a clip show that launched with Creator/G4TV in 2002. At first, it was a straightforward affair of showing then-recent VideoGames, but eventually branched off into themed shows (SurvivalHorror games during Halloween week, for example).
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3	In 2005, ''Cinematech'' was spun off into ''Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions'' for [=G4's=] late-night block of programming, with more sexually suggestive, violent, and Japanese content than its sister series.
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6	!!''Cinematech'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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8	* AmericansHateTingle: A literal, InUniverse example in an episode featuring a soccer game on the Platform/PlayStationPortable. The segment featuring the game had very jokey, [[Creator/MontyPython Monty Python]]-esque music and ended with a graphic of a white picket fence with "Paint (Drying)" on it.
9	%%* BloodierAndGorier: ''Nocturnal Emissions''
10	* DarkerAndEdgier: Certain episodes of ''Cinematech'' itself that featured such controversial games as ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'', and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''. ''Nocturnal Emissions'' took this even farther with even more obscure and potentially disturbing games.
11	%%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The names of several of the episodes.
12	%%* HotterAndSexier: ''Nocturnal Emissions''.
13	* {{Montage}}: The most general way to show a game on the series. Other times, they would do a montage for a specific genre.
14	* OhAndXDies: On a 2005 episode where they crossed over with Gamespot, [[Website/GiantBomb Jeff Gerstmann]] ended a summary of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' with this trope:
15	--> '''Jeff''': And oh yeah, [[ItWasHisSled Aeris dies]].
16	%%* PopUpTrivia: Used in a few episodes of ''Cinematech''.
17	%%* RefugeInAudacity : ''Nocturnal Emissions''
18	%%* SoundEffectBleep: Used in an episode featuring scenes from ''VideoGame/SaintsRow''.
19	%%* VomitIndiscretionShot: ''Nocturnal Emissions'' did one with games like ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'', ''VideoGame/{{Breakdown}}'', ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''.
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