Line #53 WebVideo/AngryGermanKid


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:'SPIIIIEEEEELLLLLENNNNNNNN!!!!! [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament UNREAL TOURNAMENT SPIELEN!]]'']]
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4	->''"ICH WILL UNREAL TOURNAMENT SPIEEEEELLLLLLN!"''
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6	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Angry German Kid]], also known as [[IHaveManyNames Crazy German Kid, Crazy German Guy, PC Lunatic, Keyboard Crusher, and a plethora of other names]] depending on the reupload, is amongst one of the most well-known videos on the internet.
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8	The video depicts a German teenager (dubbed "Leopold Slikk") throwing a massive tantrum whilst playing ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' on his computer. He starts out by shoving aside the clutter on the desk, and then pounds the keyboard & mouse and yells at the computer to start, because he wants "''TO PLAY THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!''". When it does start, he cackles insanely, before screaming as he embarks on a shooting rampage, and then picks up the keyboard and bashes it against the desk when he wins. Suffice to say, several keys disconnect and he fumbles around trying to stick them back in. During this, he gets killed, prompting him to [[RageQuit howl with rage, pick the keyboard up and bash it against the desk again, before finally throwing it down, getting out of his chair and leaving.]]
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10	Has to be seen to be believed. Everyone should watch it at least once. Chances are, if you're on this wiki, that you've already seen it, but if not, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcctWbC8Q0 here's one version]].
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12	The video was confirmed to be a parody (as shown [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15849_7-viral-videos-you-didnt-know-were-staged-and-how-they-did-it_p3.html here]] by Website/{{Cracked}}). "Leopold" (real name Norman Kochanowski) was simply an actor, parodying that video games cause outrages similar to the ones in the video.
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14	There are countless versions of it; some with English subtitles, some without; some with [[GagSub Gag Subs]]; plus many, many parodies.
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16	Now has an [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] based off of Angry German Kid himself. [[http://www.gamejolt.com/games/the-angry-german-kid-rpg/78173 It can be downloaded and has a hefty size of 380MB.]]
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18	!!This video provides examples of:
19	%%* AtomicFBomb
20	* {{Angrish}}: Portions of it are untranslatable due to this.
21	* BerserkButton: Mostly Unreal Tournament failing to load and crashing. Leopold also smashes his keyboard one more time at the end when it's implied he got killed again.
22	* ClusterFBomb: Leopold loves doing this when he's pissed off. Which is basically all the time.
23	* DisproportionateRetribution: Smash that keyboard because he ''WANTS TO PLAY UNREAL TOURNAMENT''!!! He's not even ''losing'' yet!
24	* EvilLaugh:
25	** When he finally starts the game, with a sprinkle of LaughingMad.
26	** Another one comes when he proclaims that he doesn't need help and support (likely due to accidentally hitting the F1 key, which is located right next to the Escape key that he just put back in).
27	* GodwinsLaw: Internet comments on this video are usually [[AllGermansAreNazis littered with Hitler references.]]
28	* HairTriggerTemper: Why'd you think he's called the ''Angry'' German Kid?
29	* HotBlooded: Leopold gets really dramatic over the game and is prone to screaming often.
30	* InelegantBlubbering: Once he loses the Escape key.
31	* ItMakesSenseInContext: The video is actually much funnier ''without'' knowing German, as it leaves the viewer up to their imagination what's making Leopold so angry.
32	* KiddieKid: Leopold is 14 in the original video, but he acts like an undisciplined child with his violent tantrums.
33	* LargeHam: Leopold is prone to bouts of hamminess, but especially when the game takes too long to load or when he loses.
34	* LoadingScreen: The kid can't wait for the game to load up.
35	* MacGyvering: Has an H key serve as the Enter key. You know, a regular keyboard key as a giant key that takes up two rows. (At least per dialogue; in video, he likely put it where the Escape key used to be.)
36	* NoIndoorVoice: Leopold is always screaming loudly no matter what.
37	* OhCrap: He panics once he loses the escape key, and proceeds to engage in InelegantBlubbering until he finds it on the floor and reattaches it to the keyboard.
38	* PoesLaw: Whenever a TV station in Germany does a feature about how video games (supposedly) make you violent, expect to be shown footage from this video without being told it is a parody, even if the feature was made after the StealthParody origins have been discovered.
39	* PoliticalOvercorrectness: What the video was supposed to be responding to, specifically the German government's infamous tendency to heavily control which video games are acceptable to sell.
40	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Translated: "Start! The! Game you son-of-a-bitch, I WANNA [[CarefulWithThatAxe PLAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!]]
41	* RageQuit: At the end of the original video when he apparently gets killed.
42	* StealthParody - The entire channel, Echter Gangster, is full of these. While the main video only parodies a view of video game-obsessed children, the channel mostly parodies wannabe gangsters, as per its name.
43	* ThisLoserIsYou: Pretty much anyone that frequently works with technology has had their own Angry German Kid moment at one point or another.
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45	!!In addition, the parodies provide examples of:
46	* AbusiveParents: AGK's parents (his dad Harold most of the time) are usually portrayed as this in the parodies and gag subs.
47	* AchillesHeel:
48	** Leopold's dependence on video games and sausage eggs. He's willing to skip school even if it means enduring a beating from his dad, [[MortonsFork but when the latter threatens to take away]] ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' [[MortonsFork or not buy the latest video game]]? Leopold's going right away. Even then, Leopold has a habit of playing games in the middle of class, which gets him into frequent trouble.
49	** Harold's obsession with ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Leopold is able to manipulate this if he either wants to get something out of Harold, or get {{revenge}} on him.
50	* AlliterativeFamily: '''Leo'''pold, '''Leo'''nard, '''Leo'''nidas and '''Leo'''rich the Slikk brothers. Out of them all, Leopold is the meme, Leonard appears the most frequently after Leopold and Harold, Leonidas gets occasional parodies from several parodists and Leorich is the "newest" and least used of the brothers.
51	* AlphaBastard: In some parodies, Harold is often seen as this, due to him abusing Leopold a lot and grounding him nonstop.
52	* AngryGuardDog: Or rather ''Angry Guard Doxen''. Zoey the Doxen is this since she's responsible for putting Jade in depression and to kill Leopold and his friends.
53	* AntiHero: Jumps between UnscrupulousHero, NominalHero and VillainProtagonist in most of the parodies. [=Cansin13=] and Atarster portrays him as a straight protagonist. In [=Jeeves476=]’s parodies, he is more of an UnscrupulousHero and NominalHero.
54	* AntiHumor: Atarster's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emr72pTmRmA "AGK Makes a Pizza"]], a five-minute video where Leopold makes a pizza [[spoiler:without any of the hijinks that normally define an AGK parody. No [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood fights with his dad]], no [[EpicFail burning down the house]], not even a mention of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood "sausage eggs"]] beyond a subtle VisualPun]]. This is in juxtaposition to the surprisingly elaborate animation that makes up the sequence, as though Atarster focused so much on the animation that he [[spoiler:forgot to put jokes in]]. Considering this is episode 140 of his series, he would know what he's doing.
55	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Leonard, Leopold's little brother in some parodies.
56	* AssholeVictim: [[GenericDoomsdayVillain Evil Jovi]] in Jeeves’s parody videos. Being Leopold’s very own ArchEnemy who have engineered several traumatic events for Leopold (such as being raped by Michael Jackson) and tries to kill him along with Mr. Game and Watch. Once she is defeated with help by Captain Falcon, she appears in her room in her normal form, having all the evil punched out of her. Her punishment? Being grounded for a week by her mom for dying her hair brown without permission.
57	* AuthorAppeal:
58	** [=AngryGermanKid82=] often puts various references to [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 EarthBound]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy Final Fantasy]] and Pokèmon in his AGK videos.
59	** Atarster uses music tracks and sound effects from [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic The Hedgehog]] games quite often.
60	* AxCrazy: Leopold is often raging, screaming, and has even killed a few people and blown up a few schools.
61	* BadassAdorable:
62	** In [=PrinceStickFigure=]'s series, Gum the Yoshi is a Pink Yoshi who's cute but is also badass.
63	** Steve is also BadassAdorable since he's seen to be fighting one of Leopold's enemies.
64	* BadassBoast: Leopold uses a keyboard during the RPG battles in some parodies.
65	* BadassNormal: Harold is seen as this due to him beating Leopold and he also beats him during RPG Battles against him.
66	%%* {{Bathos}}
67	* BerserkButton: Getting killed. But ''everything'', really.
68	** In Atarster's AGK series, don't you ever say anything positive about ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' around Leopold either.
69	** Going to restaurants that don't serve Leopold's TrademarkFavoriteFood sausage eggs tends to get Leopold pissed off.
70	** Screamers are also a big trigger causing him to panic then immediately rage.
71	* BigBad: In [=Jeeves476=]’s parodies, [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness Jovi]] is Leopold’s personal ArchEnemy and becomes the main antagonist in AGK vs. Jovi. She is revealed to be the GreaterScopeVillain of the series as she engineered several traumatic events that Leopold suffered.
72	* BigEater: The customers who come to the restaurants in the "Harold for Hire" videos. Their food orders tend to vary from restaurant to restaurant. They are never successful however because Harold refuses to give into their request.
73	* ButtMonkey: In most parodies, Leopold is subjected to a variety of abuse and humiliation, though he usually brings it on himself through his own stupidity and selfishness.
74	* BookDumb: The parodies often portray Leopold as a ludicrously poor student, but he's still capable of finding a way to defeat the occasional antagonist.
75	* {{Catchphrase}}: Customer in the Harold for Hire videos: I was getting tired of [insert previously visited restaurant name here] and I decided to come back here and I give a shit in you? You and this restaurant can burn in hell/get fucked.
76	* CatsAreMean: In [=PrinceStickFigure's=] series, Seena and Tessa are shown to be this since they're shown to be teaming up with Zoey to kill Leopold and his friends.
77	* CatsAreSnarkers: In [=PrinceStickFigure's=] series, Steve applies to this since he does have some sarcastic moments, but he's still polite and friendly.
78	* ComedicSociopathy: Anytime Leopold kills someone he doesn't likes, commits terroristic acts like blowing up his school, or gets beaten by his abusive father, it's always PlayedForLaughs.
79	* DeathAsComedy: When Leopold kills someone he doesn't like (such as his teachers or a widely disliked personality at the time like WebVideo/{{Fred}} or Music/JustinBieber).
80	* DarkIsEvil: Evil Jovi’s appearance is just Jovi but with [[PhotoshopFilterOfEvil inverted colours]].
81	* DependingOnTheWriter: The main cast's personalities (and sometimes names) vary from parodist to parodist.
82	* DisproportionateRetribution:
83	** Leopold usually bombs school after school with all the innocent people inside after being either expelled or mistreated by the teachers. He also likes to kill other people for doing something as petty as uploading videos that he finds annoying, such as {{WebVideo/Fred}} and Creator/CaraCrocker.
84	** In [=Jeeves476=] videos, he blows up Jovi’s house for beating him unconscious as a petty act of revenge.
85	* TheDitz: Leonidas, one of Leopold's brothers in some parodies.
86	* DysfunctionJunction: Don't expect to see any wholesome characters other than [[OnlySaneMan Jake]] in the parodies.
87	* DramaQueen: Leopold blows things out of proportion a lot.
88	* EvilLaugh: [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness Michael]] and Evil Jovi have one each.
89	* ExtremeCloseUp: Used whenever Leopold is about to take a beating from Harold.
90	* ForegoneConclusion: All series that features [[RolePlayingGames RPG]] fights always end up in Leopold winning.
91	* FunWithSubtitles: How the parodies are made.
92	* GagSub: One of the most popular sources of parody subs out there.
93	* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Evil Jovi from Jeeves’ ''AngryGermanKid vs. Jovi''. [[EvilSoundsDeep Dark voice]], [[DarkIsEvil dark-coloured ]] has an EvilLaugh and is Leopold’s ArchEnemy.
94	* GratuitousForeignLanguage
95	** GratuitousJapanese: [=Jeeves476=]’s parodies are laden with these, down to the Start button being "スタート！".
96	* GodwinsLaw: Naturally crossed over with WebVideo/HitlerRants.
97	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: The beatings Leopold receives from his father (or whoever Leopold pissed off) are mostly PlayedForLaughs.
98	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Leopold uses Atari controllers, pencils, ''Coke bottles'' and his trademark keyboard.
99	* LargeHam: Leopold, whenever he's mad.
100	* {{Jerkass}}:
101	** Leopold. Oh dear god, Leopold. He'll throw a fit when he gets killed in a game, thus causing him to smash a keyboard, when he has to go to school or when he gets grounded.
102	** Also, Harold. He beats up his son every time he gets in trouble and he even grounds his son too.
103	* JerkassHasAPoint: As abusive as Harold is, he does actually have a point about Leopold's education and he has a right to get mad at his son and worry about his son's education.
104	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
105	** Likewise, in some parodies, Leopold does get along with his family and is willing to play with them.
106	** Harold might be abusive, but he does love and care for Leopold very much.
107	* LazyBum: Leopold hates going to school or doing chores, only doing so under threats of violence.
108	* LikeFatherLikeSon: Harold rages just as much as Leopold. He's also dubbed with a low pitch version of Leopold's voice.
109	* NiceGuy: In [=PrinceStickFigure=]'s Angry German Kid parody, Steve the Cat is one of the nicest characters in this series. He cares for his family and his girlfriend Jade.
110	* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Leopold (Mean), Leonard (Nice) and Leonidas (In-between).
111	* OnlyFriend: Leopold is portrayed as not having much friends aside from Jake, whom he sometimes hangs out with.
112	* OnlySaneMan: Jake, who is pretty much the only character in most parody series who doesn't abuse or mock Leopold.
113	* OriginalCharacter: Atarster has Noah while AGK and Rockman 2001 ([[CrazyPrepared whose has pages for his episodes even though his series isn't even made yet]]) has Fabrice.
114	* PaletteSwap: Gene Bernardino Lawl has 40T10 which is the recolor of Mario.
115	* PapaWolf: Harold on the rare instances that he sticks up for Leopold, like in episode 57 of the [=AGK82=] series where he chases Hitler out of the house after he tried to kill Leopold.
116	* PoliceAreUseless: They do show up from time to time, but they're generally non-existent. In the [=AGK82=] series, Leopold gets away with bombing two schools and a house, killing two of his teachers, a bunch of Twilight fangirls, Fred, Cara Crocker, a [=McDonalds=] employee, and severely wounding Steven. Not to mention all the beatdowns and attempted murders that put Leopold in a hospital for weeks. Subverted in one episode where Leopold calls the cops on his dad, where they arrest him for child abuse.
117	* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Leopold, Leonard, Harold and Hoppus The Lagomercenary (who been appeared on Gene Bernardino Lawl's AGK series)
118	* PsychopathicManchild: Harold can give this vibe.
119	* PunnyName: In [=AGK82's=] series, three characters' names are based off some rather obscene puns: Principal Diknoz, Ms. Sukscox and Mr. Lixadik[[note]]Principal Dick Nose, Ms. Sucks Cocks and Mr. Licks a Dick, respectively[[/note]].
120	* RaceLift: Harold's real-life persona, Vinny Licciardi, is actually Italian, but since [[JustifiedTrope Leopold needs a father figure to make some plotlines work]], Harold is made into a German.
121	* RealMenWearPink: Harold is often portrayed as a big fan of Music/JustinBieber and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', much to Leopold's annoyance.
122	* TheRival: [[WebVideo/HitlerRants A fellow German with a disposition to ranting viciously about absolutely everything]]. Rivals mostly in video games. Meanwhile, his archenemy with an inclination towards antics is usually Leopold's friend and supporter.
123	* ScreamerPrank: Because of RuleOfFunny, Leopold will ''always'' fall for these, and will get scared every single time.
124	* ShockAndAwe: [=Cansin13=] and Atarster's series features an Atari 7800 Controller, that '''fires lightning bolts at the enemy, dealing 125 damage'''. It saps away Leopold's health though.
125	* SirSwearsALot: {{Cluster F Bomb}}s are rampant in these {{gag sub}}s.
126	* SociopathicHero: Leopold is often portrayed as this with his HairTriggerTemper and self-centered tendencies and being a big fan of DisproportionateRetribution.
127	* StrictlyFormula: An AGK parody usually goes like this: Leopold wants to play a game (almost always Unreal Tournament), but is sent to school (reluctantly or worse), gets into some sort of trouble and arrives home with a punishment and a beating waiting for him.
128	* TeensAreMonsters: Leopold has committed several felonies, beaten up other students, smashes numerous keyboards, and is generally very disrespectful to everyone.
129	* TemptingFate: Leopold when he dismisses Harold's threats.
130	--> '''Harold:''' Do as I say or I will send you to school knocked out!\
131	'''Leopold:''' (laughing) Yeah, fucking right!\
132	(cue extreme close-up and off-screen beating)
133	* ThrowTheDogABone:
134	** In one of [=TheKewlOne96=]'s videos, the normally abusive Harold calls Leopold a genius and rewards him ‎€100 for traveling all the way to America and killing Justin Bieber mid-concert by planting a device that launches a bottle-shaped bomb at him in the crowd.
135	** In one of [=AngryGermanKid82=]'s videos, Leopold once successfully got his father arrested when he threatened to beat him up again after embarrassing him on the internet so that Leopold can go back to watching ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''. In another video, he gets away with blowing up every ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' {{Fangirl}} in town, and even gets to stay up late when he fooled his mother into believing that he stayed home the entire time. Subverted in one video, where he successfully defeats his father in an RPG fight, resulting in him making Leopold sausage eggs as an apology. When Leopold complains, his father winds up beating him up anyway.
136	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sausage eggs, as a result of a {{mondegreen}} of the video backwards....
137	* TranslationConvention: Zig-zagged, Leopold and his relatives ('sans his mother and Harold in early episodes) all speak German, everyone else speaks English.
138	* UnstoppableRage: Leopold goes through this OncePerEpisode.
139	* VillainBall:
140	** Harold is shown to have this since he is shown to have a handful of antagonistic moments towards Leopold.
141	** Jovi when she turns evil in Jeeves’ parodies.
142	* VillainProtagonist: Hoppus from the web series WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords (appeared on Gene Bernardino Lawl's series)
143	* [[HiddenHeartOfGold Villain with a Heart of Gold]]: Harold might act evil around Leopold, but he still loves Leopold very much since he's shown to have a soft spot for him.
144	* VitriolicBestBuds: Well, technically, ''Vitriolic Best Siblings''. In some videos, Leopold would often fight with his siblings Leonard and Leonidas respectively while in other videos, he'll get along with them.
145	* WeaksauceWeakness: In the [=AGK82=] series, Leopold passes out for five days in prison because he got bored. Later on, he spends two weeks on the hospital because he got annoyed by a ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' game.
146	* WeirdnessMagnet: Leopold in the various parodies has the tendency to encounter things such as Slenderman, Jeff the Killer, a demonic Website/YouTube channel and some videogame and cartoon characters.
147	* WhatTheHellHero: In some parodies, Harold gives one out to Leopold every time he's suspended, expelled, has a bad day at school or skips school.

Context WebVideo / AngryGermanKid