Line #18 WebVideo/InternetPersonalityVangelus


1	->''"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Internet Personality Vangelus, here with a review..."''
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3	[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Vange1us Internet Personality Vangelus]] is a reviewer on Website/YouTube, primarily of various toys from [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} several]] [[Franchise/KamenRider different]] [[Anime/GaoGaiGar franchises]]. His upbeat and quick style have made him quite popular, as well has his fantastic radio-announcer voice. His reviews are also known for The Subtitles, text comments that run along the bottom of the review and [[LampshadeHanging lambaste his performance, dialogue, editing, filming, or just abuse him in general]].
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5	Also the host of [[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/ WTF@TFW]], and a DJ on [[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes The Cape Radio]] and a former member of the Website/ChannelAwesome team. He also has [[http://vangelus.ca/ his own website]].
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8	!!The Vangelus Review contains examples of:
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10	* AccidentalMisnaming - Vangelus cannot say "[[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]]".
11	%%* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted - How the Subtitles views Vangelus's purchasing habits.
12	* ActorAllusion[[invoked]] - A complicated one involving Creator/DavidKaye's dual roles as the narrator for Enzyte commercials and the voice of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Megatron.
13	%%* AIIsACrapshoot - The Subtitles
14	* AlwaysABiggerFish:
15	** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Choginga Gurren Lagann]] vs [[Franchise/PowerRangers Dragon Megazord's drill lance]].
16	** Modernized Skeletor once he runs into [[spoiler: [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Kamen Rider Exceed Gills]]]] who kicked his ass, only to be defeated by even a bigger fish - [[spoiler: Series/KamenRiderBlack]].
17	* AnimatedActor - The title font to Vangelus's film class project ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwQt1vox4xc Questionnaire]]'' is the same one used for the Subtitles, ergo the Subtitles are listed in the credits for providing the title.
18	%%* AssholeVictim - Iron Man and War Machine, once Skeletor TookALevelInBadass.
19	* AuthorAppeal - Insectoid Bipeds. "Chitter chitter!"
20	-->"If you're into [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars the bug Transformers]] like I am..."
21	--->''Trust me, NONE of you are into bipedal insects like Vangelus is... [[PerverseSexualLust into...]] bipedal insects.''
22	** The same appeal forces him to love the Mitsuoka Orochi, a sports car Creator/HRGiger could have designed.
23	* AxeCrazy: ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' Optimus Prime.
24	* BeamSpam - The Spreem Cyclone. "That's actually how [[MemeticBadass Omega Spreem]] ''ended'' the [[strike: world]] universe [[strike: once]] several times, until he got bored and restored it."
25	* BeneathTheMask - His V-Chats on Website/ChannelAwesome depict him as a SerialKiller, CombatSadomasochist, and PsychopathicManchild all around... with the exception of his interviews with toy creators, in which he presents himself as a happy, nerdy, passably well adjusted human being [[spoiler: this more or less being [[ADarkerMe the real Vangelus]].]] Unfortunately, [[InvokedTrope at the end of one interview compilation, he begins to tear the mask away]]...
26	** [[LiteralMetaphor ... Literally]] at the end of "[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/vangelus/specials/35660-v-chat-face-off Face Off]]"
27	* BerserkButton - Don't breath on the microphone, or the Subtitles will brush your gums open with nails.
28	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs - His and Subtitles' description of the Corbot V War Ax:
29	--> '''Vangelus''': It's hit that beautiful, perfect size between practical and psychopathic.
30	--> '''Subtitles''': Practical psychopathy, of course.
31	* BreakingTheFourthWall - One of Vangelus's out-of-character blogs ended with him telling the viewers, "Also, there's no subtitles because, guys, the Subtitles don't really exist. Seriously. There's a thing called the fourth wall. Chyah." Or is there?
32	* BrainBleach - What you'll need to survive his account of the conception of the Toys/SHFiguarts line.
33	* BullyingADragon - Omega Spreem only made an already ticked off [[PapaWolf Gundam Arios]] ''madder'' by repeatedly insulting him to his face after he was caught making a move on his daughter. Archer didn't take it well either...
34	* CausticCritic - [[AvertedTrope MAJORLY averted]], though parodied in his earlier reviews where he challenges those who disagree with his reviews to a fight on the internet!
35	--->''vangelous U R A SHEEP >:(!!''
36	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Subtitles tend to engage in this (sometimes unwillingly), just in case you missed the massive bits of [[color:yellow: yellow]] on Animated Bumblebee's hood, along with the [[color:yellow: yellow]] on his roof or the [[color:yellow: yellow]] on the doors.
37	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer - [[invoked]] Deliberately parodied in some of his reviews for series he doesn't follow, such as ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'':
38	-->"You can also pose these Dual GN-Drives pretty well. And yeah, see, I knew some terminology there! 'Dual GN-Drives!'' That’s how this guy [[SpaceIsAnOcean cruises the spaceways]] and looks for his lost brother, [[Anime/SpeedRacer Racer X]]..."
39	-->"... I promise I’ll [[ArchiveBinge get caught up on]] ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' sometime. I mean, there’s like, what, [[ArchivePanic 300 episodes, and like 15 movies or something like that...]] and this is the one, what, that ummm, y’know, this is the one Anime/CaptainHarlock’s from, right?"
40	* CrackIsCheaper - InUniverse, The Subtitle's opinion of SH Figuarts in particular, but toys in general. Outside the reviews, Vangelus also finds the various Franchise/KamenRider roleplay toys to be this... [[SubvertedTrope and he's the pusher.]]
41	* CrossPlayer - Vangelus's preferred internet roleplaying style ([[HerCodenameWasMarySue: well, maybe not his only preferred style]]...)
42	--> ''That's why I'm the King Role Player! KRP, that's what the ladies like to call me. [[GuyInRealLife 'Specially the ones who are played by guys.]]"
43	* {{Crossover}} - With Creator/ApolloZHack for a review of [[Toys/{{Revoltech}} Revoltech Sci-Fi]] Film/{{Gamera}}. See also HostileShowTakeover.
44	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon - ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' Optimus Prime treaten Megatron with cutting out one of his internal parts and using it as a condom.
45	* DarkHorseVictory: His (sadly now gone) review of a bunch of Thor figures included a Thor from the original ''Secret Wars'' from the 80s--barely any articulation, a comic-inaccurate paintjob, no cape, and an arm consumed by a "throwing" gimmick that caused the hammer's handle to be bent like a banana and removed a shoulder joint. He was fully expecting it to be the ButtMonkey of the review, since those gimmicks have a long habit of not working, but to his astonishment, the gimmick worked perfectly, with Thor being able to lob the hammer fairly straight and with some force. He spent a chunk of the review just playing with the throwing gimmick and ended up declaring it his favorite of the three (only knocking the lack of a cape), beating out both the Transformer and the ''Marvel Universe'' version.
46	* DeadpanSnarker - The Subtitles.
47	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: His April Fools Day 2014 review is full of examples, such as "the elbow joint bends at the elbow", "look at how scuplted that scuplt is", and describing every single joint on a figure as moving "in and out".
48	* DisproportionateRetribution - ROTF Optimus Prime disembowels and murders Megatron for... ''scraping against parked civilian cars''.
49	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything
50	** His ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Q86rA8V9o "In Light Of Recent Events"]]'' video which "examined" some of the then-recent controversy over another video reviewer.
51	** His preparations to have the Subtitles transferred over to a newer, High-Definition camera were initially thought by the Subtitles to be him cheating with another camera.
52	** Any time a weapon telescopes out, folds open, or otherwise grows larger and longer, it's a safe bet that some kind of Enzyte-related joke will be made.
53	* EpicFail
54	** "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD2vjetdnmo Let's see if I can do this in one take!]]''"
55	** His failure to keep [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Swoop]] in-frame lead to the birdbot facepalming through the review.
56	* EveryoneHasStandards - During his "Spreem's Womens" reviews, Vangelus ended up looking at two different figures of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko Littner]] which both had [[SexSells springy, poseable breasts as a selling point]]. While he's obligated as a reviewer to mention it, Vangelus is noticeably uncomfortable, "demonstrating" the feature as quickly as possible and then moving on to other subjects. The Subtitles are pretty understanding about this, merely looking in the other direction until Vangelus is done and sparing him any of the usual snark.
57	* ExploitationFilm - A part of [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Sideswipe's]] transformation involves scissor-blades sticking out his sides. [[BlatantLies This is, of course]], an homage to Sideswipe's earlier film debut in ''Attack of the Scissor-Car!''
58	* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong - In his review of [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Sci-Fi Revoltech Alien.]]
59	* FantasticRacism: ''Hybrid Style'' Optimus Prime (who happens to be really short) orders Drift to get back to "his corner" (with the Japanese toys) to avoid "being around a foreign toy like him" drawing attention towards how short he is. This is in spite of the fact that Drift isn't from Japan and is an Autobot like Optimus.
60	** HypocriticalHumor - Hybrid Style Convoy is a ''Japanese toy''.
61	* FanWank: Parodied with ''And His Armada: Love Across The Universe (Can You Recall It?)'', an epic fan fiction spanning no doubt hundreds of chapters all to explore what is essentially a single animation error from the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie 1986 Transformers movie.]][[invoked]]
62	* {{Foreshadowing}} - The Subtitles hates it when Vangelus foreshadows things that are less than 10 minutes away. The [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Hot Toys Batman]] review, meanwhile, foreshadowed a review of the Joker that showed up three years later. [[Website/ChannelAwesome On a different website.]]
63	* FuumaShuriken: Discovered the Knight Morpher Screecher's four wings could combine into one as something of an AllThereInTheManual EasterEgg.
64	* GetRichQuickScheme - Parodied in ''In Light Of Recent Events''. You cannot become fabulously wealthy off youtube.
65	* GratuitousEnglish
66	** The covers of the Toys/SHFiguarts line combine this with MundaneMadeAwesome.
67	** ''"Transformers Animeitedo"'', the Japanese version of the American ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' line.
68	* GratuitousJapanese - Whenever possible.
69	-->''"Come now, [[MarySue Durifuto-Kun!]] I can misetei your fighting chikara is not genkii!"''
70	* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: A running gag is his ongoing efforts at fanfiction, which is naturally laden with this. The most significant is his portrayal of Omega Spreem, depicting him as Omega Supreme's older, stronger, braver, cooler brother who has bedded more women than you can imagine and has at various points destroyed and recreated the universe out of boredom.
71	* HostileShowTakeover - The Subtitles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHgVe2iJx80 got into the cameras]] of other TF reviewers and harassed them. One was even DrivenToSuicide.
72	-->"This is why we don't work with Vangelus."
73	* HotBlooded
74	* IneffectualSympatheticVillain - Even after Skeletor TookALevelInBadass, he still gets his ass kicked left and right by other toys.
75	* InnocentInnuendo
76	-->"... The final review from the '''Stolen Chinese Foursome''' that I received shortly before Christmas."
77	--->''HE MEANS TOYS.''
78	* InsistentTerminology - Occasionally, other reviewers of upcoming toys will describe the figure they have as [[BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord "pre-release"]]. Every such toy reviewed by Internet Personality Vangelus is a '''Stolen Chinese Toy'''.
79	** Cyclonus's drones are known as "And His Armada".
80	*** Actually, the Cyclonii are Cyclonus, "The Warrior", and "And His Armada". Ignore the fact that only two appear in the film...
81	** Any [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute third-]][[CaptainErsatz party]] [[LawyerFriendlyCameo transforming]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial robot]] [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope action]] [[SerialNumbersFiledOff figure]] will be referred to strictly by the name the third-party company gave it. The transformer character being referenced by the toy will usually only be referred to in an indirect way, and no indication is ever given that, for example, Warbot Defender has anything to do with [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie Springer]] except share a vaguely similar head. [[spoiler: He claims to do this [[{{Troll}} because it upsets]] [[FanDumb fanboys]].]]
82	** In his review of the ''Transformers: Generations'' Brainstorm toy, since the vehicle pilot/robot head was not named on the packaging[[note]]the pilot's name in previous fiction and the original toy was Arcana[[/note]], Internet Personality Vangelus referred to him almost constantly by the one blurb mentioning him on the box: "Head Converts to Pilot".
83	* JigsawPuzzlePlot - There's some kind of subplot running through the videos regarding mysterious figures, [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Mudflap and MC Paddington]], the fate of the universe, and the [[spoiler: [[ArtEvolution resolution of his video camera]].]]
84	* LargeHam - Oh, he is very hammy. So, so very hammy.
85	* MindScrew - The Subtitles takes quite a while to recover from an odd juxtaposition of out-of-context clips from two separate takes.
86	-->"But, uh, I've decided I want to die a bit more gloriously than that, maybe mauled by a polar bear at a zoo. That'd be pretty good—"
87	-->"—[[AccidentalInnuendo I'm used to it being the other way around]]. [[{{Squick}} I'd better get used to]] [[BestialityIsDepraved new and exciting things.]]"
88	* MoeAnthropomorphism - A fan-made one for the Subtitles -- hence "Subtitles-tan" -- in the form of [[http://thorn-the-cursed.deviantart.com/art/SUBTITLES-TAN-118050388 a twin-tailed, blue-haired, tripod-legged camera girl.]]
89	* MundaneMadeAwesome:
90	** The one rule above all others Vangelus abides by. We're talking about a man who puts on his sunglasses in the morning and declares [[TransformationSequence "Henshin!"]]
91	** The video of him assembling a box for keeping an action figure inside.
92	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Drift sounds a lot like Creator/ChristopherWalken.
93	* NoodleIncident
94	** The review of Animated Cybertronian Optimus Prime ends with Vangelus defending his preferences regarding toys and [[{{Squick}} other things]] but ends before the second branch can go too far.
95	** However, the recent review of G1 Megatron's face upgrade has no such early ending, and we hear all about Vangelus's [[PerverseSexualLust dreams.]]
96	* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In the SRC {{Anime/Dancougar}} review, Vangelus says he doesn't know the name of Dancougar's sword, but hopes it's something awesome like "Dankuuken" -- which it is. The Subtitles insist that this isn't a scripted joke and Vangelus really didn't know the sword's name at the time.
97	* NotSoAboveItAll - The Subtitles expressed some geeky moments of their own, especially in earlier videos. In particular, in the review of Series/KamenRiderRyuki's [[CoolBike Ride Shooter]], Subs responded to the bike's spring-loaded seat mechanism with [[GeekyTurnOn "...nnf"]] -- which was also its reaction when Vangelus mentioned [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Mark Dacostas]]. It's also quite fond of [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Kaoru Kino]] and [[Series/KamenRiderBlade Sakuya Tachibana]].
98	** During the review of Masterpiece Dragon Exkaiser, they become increasingly enthralled with Vangelus' recreations of Exkaiser's iconic scenes to their own reluctant joy.
99	** More recently, in Vangelus' review of Series/KamenRiderDrive's gimmick action figure[[note]]Tire Koukan series[[/note]], he compares it to Series/KamenRiderGaim's own gimmick figure[[note]]Arms Change series[[/note]] and says Drive being taller is okay because Gaku Sano is kind of short. The Subtitles responds with "HOW DARE YOU BESMIRCH KING KOUTA!"
100	* OnlyInItForTheMoney - The Subtitles gets paid on a per-line basis.
101	* OverusedRunningGag
102	** "[[AccentuateTheNegative AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgito]]" from [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider Figuarts Week]], to the point Vangelus grabbed the clip and put it away.
103	** This exchange:
104	--->''"And over here you'll see some yellow..."''
105	---->''[[color:yellow: YELLOW.]]''
106	** [[InsistentTerminology Stolen]] ''{{Triad}} '''[[DarkerAndEdgier Blood Money]]''''' [[InsistentTerminology Toys]]
107	** "The toes..." ''(bends toe joint)'' "...can toe."
108	** Describing ratchets as "Buttery".
109	* PapaWolf: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam Arios]]. Omega Spreem should ''not'' have made a move on his daughter...
110	--> '''Arios''': '''''[[CallingYourAttacks BURNING KNUCKLE OF]] [[MegatonPunch THE FATHER'S DISAPPROVAL!]]'''''
111	* ProductPlacement: Spoofed in his April Fools review, where he stops every minute or so to pitch...just about everything, from Coke Zero to a particular brand of tape measure. This includes spending about a minute solid at the start where he goes on about how awesome KB Toys is.
112	* PromotedFanboy - Vangelus is ''[[InsistentTerminology the]]'' voice of [[ComicBook/TransformersTransTech TransTech]] Shockwave.
113	* PsychopathicManChild - How the Subtitles view Vangelus.
114	** [[{{Kayfabe}} His character]] on Website/ChannelAwesome is this [[SerialKiller and]] [[CombatSadomasochist then some.]]
115	* QuoteMine - The Subtitles abuses context every chance it gets, and revels in Vangelus's sometimes poor phrasing...
116	-->"This guy is a bit finicky and wide."
117	--->''Vangelus himself is finicky and wide.''
118	* RealMenWearPink - Omega Spreem
119	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots - The Subtitles again. Possibly Vangelus himself, as the dangerous life of a toy reviewer has caused him once to be incapacitated and briefly replaced by Auxiliary Vangelus.
120	--->''Ah cripes, you're the Auxiliary that reeks of bacon and dental drills, too. :( ''
121	* RunningGag
122	** The Subtitles taking a quote from Vangelus out of context.
123	** His epic FanFic, ''And His Armada: Love Across The Universe (Can You Recall It?)''.
124	** Every time he reviews a car, he says "And he rolls!... Okay, let's transform him." This is because car-mode Transformers usually have few gimmicks outside of rolling, and because a surprising amount of them have little or no ground clearance, meaning that whether or not they roll actually is a factor.
125	** Ultra Magnus. He can deal with it.
126	** Testing the durability of toys by hurling them against the back of his review station repeatedly, and Subtitles being upset with it.
127	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Subtitles claims to be "on strike" in regards to the V-Builds due to their length. When Vangelus finally put together the Master Grade [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Unicorn Gundam]] seven years after purchasing it, the Subtitles considered ending the strike in order to watch, but bugged out after noticing that the episode was just shy of 90 minutes.
128	* SeriousBusiness - Parodied constantly.
129	** The Transformers Hall of Fame isn't serious business [[HypocriticalHumor unless you're a cheater like Wheeljack, you cheater.]]
130	** Best example in ''Questionnaire''
131	--->''"We are happy to inform you that [[spoiler: you are now an employee of Wal*Mart.]]"''
132	* SharedUniverse: As part of Channel Awesome, he is automatically part of the Reviewaverse.
133	* SitcomArchnemesis - Vangelus himself is one to WebVideo/PushingUpRoses...though he might be averting the "harmless" part since his vlogs show him gathering weapons like [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Gaia Memories]] and [[Series/KamenRiderOOO O Medals]]...
134	* SmallNameBigEgo: PlayedForLaughs. Either Vangelus is being sarcastic about his popularity or The Subtitles [[LampshadeHanging will remind him of reality]]
135	* SpinAttack - The Spreem Cyclone
136	* StraightMan: The Subtitles end up as this, in light of Vangelus's common absentmindedness.
137	* TastesLikeFeet - Described the gum that came with a candy toy he did as a V-Builds tasted like plastic and hair (with a bit of sugar and maybe fruit flavor).
138	* TheNicknamer: Vangelus comes up with some rather colorful names for his Stolen Chinese Toys, such as [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie And His Armada]], [[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots Spoons II]], [[CompositeCharacter Delaserbendour]], and Baron Ransack [[WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots von Joy]] [[spoiler: Universe Cyclonus, [=RotF=] Dirtboss, [=RotF=] Dead End, and [=RotF=] Ransack, respectively]].
139	* TheStinger
140	* {{Tsundere}} - Not the Subtitles.
141	-->''And that guy who called me Tsundere? [[GroinAttack He's a woman now]]. Cover your tracks better.''
142	** Though the reviews for truly epic toys such as Masterpiece [[Anime/BraveExkaiser Dragonkaiser/Great Exkaiser]] suggest otherwise...
143	* TotallyRadical - Since the name "Vangelus" tends to get taken a lot (due to the musician Music/{{Vangelis}}) the actual [=YouTube=] account is "Vange1us", which he insists "shows you're street-smart to the internets, and I'm takin' it back for the kids." Occasionally, when referring specifically to his Youtube channel, he pronounces it "Vange-one-us."
144	* UltimateShowdownofUltimateDestiny: Vangelus uses this trope whenever he can. [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Skids_%28ROTF%29 MC Paddington]] stealing [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Omega_Spreem Omega Spreem]]'s "wimminz", [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]] [[CurbStompBattle stomping all over]] ComicBook/IronMan and [[Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick Riddick]] after being "modernized" by [[VideoGame/HalfLife Dr. Breen]], [[AlwaysABiggerFish only to get stomped in turn by]] [[Series/KamenRiderAgito Exceed Gills]], who in turn encounters a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]; perhaps the biggest example was the "Hi-Price for the Final Definition" mini-series, where Vangelus manages to fight off a [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Zonderized]] camera [[spoiler: and The Subtitles]] with a [=GaoGaiGar=] toy-review, while Omega Spreem and [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Soundwave_%28ROTF%29 his new protege]] face off against [[http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Rollbar_%28Movie%29 Ruühlbähr]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-tai_Investigator_7 and evil Phone Braver]].
145	* UltimateUniverse - His videos on Website/ChannelAwesome fall somewhere between this and TheRemake.

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