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2->''[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} I've not seen such bravery!]]''
3-->-- The old opening to his videos
4
5Ian [=MacLeod=], otherwise known as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/brutalmoose brutalmoose]], is a video game {{review}}er on WebSite/YouTube and (formerly) a part of the (now-defunct) Hidden Block collective. He does reviews mostly of PC titles, though he occasionally does console games too. His style is more relaxed than most of the other comedic video game reviewers on [=YouTube=] with a notably more informative direction, although he does mostly do it for the humor. He has since branched out to include reviews of old movies, videos, TV shows, recipes and frozen meals—anything with a retro or nostalgic charm, really.
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7He also does occasional Top 5 videos, which are usually his top 5 games for a certain category plus a guest pick, and the Lightning Round, where he only gets two minutes to review a game.
8
9In 2016, he started a new show called ''WebVideo/{{Televoid}}'' In this show, Ian reviews old television shows and instructional videos under the framework of an OntologicalMystery, in which he slowly realizes that [[YouWakeUpInARoom he doesn't remember how he got to this location]], and that someone/something is watching him and preventing his escape.
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11In 2017, the surprising success of his ''Kid Cuisine'' video spawned the Brutalfoods series, in which he reviews frozen meals or prepares recipes from old cookbooks he finds interesting.
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13In 2019, Ian started a series of videos showcasing various arcade games including coin pushers and crane games and introduced his new cat companion MJ who frequently features in Ian's streaming channel as well as the occasional video on the main channel.
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15He does occasional streams on his [[https://www.twitch.tv/brutalmoose Twitch channel]] and has a [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd6Tp3QcHhagsbSpyxmlzpg second [=YouTube=] channel]] where he uploads original music and stream archives.
16
17!!List of Episodes:
18
19[[foldercontrol]]
20
21[[folder:Brutalmoose Originals: Video Game Reviews]]
22* Let Me Tell You How Badass ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDuty MW3]]'' Is (pilot)
23* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': The Ballad of Jim Hopkins
24* ''[[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent Amnesia]]'': Justine is a Bitch[[note]]More of a condensed LetsPlay than a review[[/note]]
25* ''VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}''
26* ''Restaurant Empire''
27* ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland''
28* ''[[VideoGame/FattyBear Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise]]''
29* ''[[VideoGame/GeekwadSeries Wacky Funsters!]]''
30* ''VideoGame/LEGORacers''
31* ''VideoGame/Facade2005''
32* ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit''
33* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Dino: Lost in Bedrock]]''
34* ''Isle of the Dead''
35* ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle''
36* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''
37* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromBugIsland''
38* ''[[VideoGame/SPYFox Spy Fox in Dry Cereal]]''
39* ''[[VideoGame/SimCity SimTown]]''
40* ''Razor Freestyle Scooter''
41* ''[[VideoGame/{{Slender}} Slender: The Arrival]]''
42* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOIsland LEGO Island 2]]''
43* ''[[VideoGame/BuzzyTheKnowledgeBug Let's Explore the Airport]]''
44* ''VideoGame/BadRatsTheRatsRevenge''
45* ''[[VideoGame/PrisonTycoon Prison Tycoon 3]]''
46* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''
47* Christmas Flash Games
48* ''[[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail The Oregon Trail II]]''
49* ''Iron Soul''
50* ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk: RIDE]]''
51* ''Captain Bible''
52* ''VideoGame/LivingBooks''
53* ''Crisis City'' (Featuring WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}})
54* ''Sociolotron''
55* ''Bad Milk''
56* ''Mall Tycoon 3''
57* ''Lula 3D''
58* ''Space Dude''
59* ''[[VideoGame/TheAmazonTrail The Amazon Trail 2]]''
60* ''Psychic Detective''
61* ''Rosemary West's House of Fortunes''
62* ''Tonka Construction''
63* ''VideoGame/FreddiFish'' (Featuring WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer)
64* ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Teaches Typing]]''
65* ''Boohbah: Wiggle & Giggle''
66* ''[[Series/{{Survivor}} Survivor: The Interactive Experience]]''
67* ''Island Peril''
68* ''Money Town''
69* ''Yobi's Basic Spelling Tricks''
70* ''VideoGame/{{Pyst}}''
71* ''Tender Loving Care''
72* ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}''
73* ''Full Strength Strongman Competition''
74* ''Diva Starz''
75* ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide when it's Dark Outside]]''
76* ''Mystic Midway: Phantom Express''
77* ''Restaurant Empire II''
78* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOIsland LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts]]''
79* ''[[VideoGame/TheMagicSchoolBus The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body]]''
80* ''VideoGame/TheYukonTrail''
81* ''VideoGame/CriticalPath''
82* ''VideoGame/TheTownWithNoName''
83* ''[=SimCoaster=]''
84* ''VideoGame/JonesInTheFastLane''
85* ''911 Paramedic''
86* ''Space Pirates''
87* ''Animal''
88* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSolvers Super Solvers Mission: T.H.I.N.K]]''
89* ''[[VideoGame/BadRatsTheRatsRevenge Bad Rats Show]]''
90* ''[[VideoGame/FreddiFish Freddi Fish 2]]'' (Featuring WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer)
91* ''VideoGame/PsychoKiller''
92* ''[[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail The Oregon Trail 3]]''
93* ''Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon''
94* ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon]]''
95* ''VideoGame/MathBlasterInSearchOfSpot''
96* ''Hot Dog King''
97* ''[[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Garfield: Attack of the Mutant Lasagna]]''
98* ''VideoGame/LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis''
99* ''Jungle Kids''
100* ''Catechumen''
101* ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam 2]]''
102* ''[[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion]]''
103* ''[[Franchise/{{Barbie}} Barbie Digital Makeover]]''
104* ''VideoGame/RoadRash''
105* ''[[VideoGame/TheMagicSchoolBus The Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs]]''
106* ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon''
107* ''VideoGame/WhereInTheUSAIsCarmenSandiego''
108* ''[[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo]]''
109* ''[[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam 3]]''
110* ''Electronic Mall Madness''
111* ''Africa Trail''[[note]]This was made in 2017 but not uploaded until 2019 as Ian was very dissatisfied with it at the time.[[/note]]
112* ''The Coin Game''
113* ''Soda Drinker Pro''
114* ''Old School Forever'' ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}''
115[[/folder]]
116
117[[folder:Brutalmoose Originals: VHS, Film, and TV Reviews]]
118* ''Invisible Dad''
119* ''Gerbert: The Gift of Giving''
120* ''[[Film/WeeSing The Best Christmas Ever!]]''
121* ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''
122* ''Film/SmartHouse''
123* ''My Magic Dog''
124* ''Gamebox 1.0''
125* ''The Fairy King of Ar''
126* ''Film/TheThirteenthYear'' (Featuring Creator/{{Yungtown}})
127* ''[[Recap/WishboneS2E01And02TheLegendOfCreepyCollarsParts1And2 Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]''
128* ''Dream Bunny''
129* ''A Very Cool Christmas''[[note]]Also released as ''Too Cool For Christmas''[[/note]]
130* ''Caught Between Worlds'' (Featuring WebVideo/{{Chadtronic}})
131* ''Killjoy'' (Featuring WebVideo/{{Chadtronic}})
132* ''Gerbert: Loving My Neighbor''
133* ''Film/SummerSchool2006'' (Featuring WebVideo/{{Chadtronic}})
134* ''Gerbert: The Cat's Meow''
135* ''Next''
136* ''[[Film/{{Zenon}} Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century]]''
137* ''[[Music/AaronCarter Popstar]]''
138* ''Film/{{Halloweentown}}'' (Featuring Creator/{{Yungtown}})
139* ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' (Featuring Creator/{{Yungtown}})
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Brutalfoods]]
143* ''Kid Cuisine''
144* ''Lunchables Pizza''
145* ''Banana-roll Salad'' (History Kitchen)
146* ''Hungry-Man''
147* ''Stuffed Rolled Steak'' (History Kitchen)
148* ''Banquet Beef Showdown''
149* ''Popcorn Penguins!'' (History Kitchen)
150* ''Organic Vegan Frozen Food''[[note]]A review of Carla Lee's [=NutBurgers=], [=NutTacos=] and [=NutBalls=]. And yes, Ian did pick them based on the name.[[/note]]
151* ''Hearty Pizza Dip''
152* ''Peanut Butter Cupcakes''
153* ''Ramen Noodle Tacos''
154* ''Frozen Chippy Cheese Snacks''
155* ''Cooking with Twinkies!''
156* ''Tiny Japanese Burger Kit!''
157* ''Tasty Texas Treats''
158* ''Frozen Breakfast Showdown''
159* ''Banquet Bowl Blind Taste Test''
160* ''Tiny Japanese Takoyaki Kit!''[[note]]Introduces Ian's cat MJ for the first time outside of the streaming channel.[[/note]]
161* ''Chicken Wings - Air Fried vs Deep Fried!''
162* ''Ranking 43 Halloween Candies''
163* ''Quest for the Cosmic Crisp!''
164* ''Tiny Japanese Gummy Kit!''
165* ''Hungry-Man 2: More TV Dinner Reviews''
166* ''Instant Holiday Dinner''
167[[/folder]]
168
169[[folder:Arcade Series]]
170* ''Coin Pushers and Other Arcade Delights''
171* ''Crane Games and Other Arcade Novelties''
172[[/folder]]
173
174[[folder:''Televoid!'']]
175* ''Beat the Clock'' (pilot)
176* ''Bicycle Safety School''
177* ''Ricky Raccoon Shows the Way''
178* ''The Baby Game''
179* ''A Message to No One''
180* ''Safety: In Danger Out of Doors''
181* ''What Makes a Good Party?''
182[[/folder]]
183
184[[folder:Lightning Round]]
185* ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare''
186* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''
187* ''VideoGame/{{Miasmata}}''
188* ''[[VideoGame/{{BITTRIP}} Runner2]]''
189* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
190* ''Dinner Date''
191* ''[[VideoGame/{{Myst}} realMyst: Masterpiece Edition]]''
192* ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator''
193* ''Firefighters 2014''
194* ''Among the Sleep''
195* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
196* ''[[VideoGame/SonicBoom Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric]]''
197* ''Hot Wheels: Crash!''
198* ''VideoGame/EuroTruckSimulator 2''
199* ''The Talos Principle''
200* ''Kid Pix Studio Deluxe''
201* ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry''
202* ''Bailey's Book House''
203[[/folder]]
204
205[[folder:Top 5 Lists]]
206* Top 5 Video Game Haircuts
207* Top 5 GuiltyPleasure Games (Featuring Creator/{{Yungtown}})
208* Top 5 [[JustOneMoreLevel Time Consuming]] Games (Featuring WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer)
209* Top 5 {{Minigame}}s (Featuring LetsPlay/ProtonJon)
210* Top 5 Video Game Sidekicks (Featuring Greg from WebVideo/TheCompletionist)
211* Top 5 {{Edutainment Game}}s (Featuring [[WebVideo/GameTheory MatPat]])
212* Top 5 Most Anticipated Games of 2015
213[[/folder]]
214----
215!!This show provides examples of:
216* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: [[invoked]] Brutalmoose holds this against [[RobotDog Rusty]] from ''[[VideoGame/SuperSolvers Super Solvers Mission T.H.I.N.K.]]''
217-->'''Brutalmoose:''' I didn't talk about him because he just needs to shut up.\
218'''Rusty:''' Your strategy worked! ''(screen zooms to Rusty)'' Now you have almost enough pieces ''(screen turns red and vibrates)'' to finish the billboard puzzle!\
219'''Brutalmoose:''' God, I hope you've been robot-neutered.
220** The blue orb thingy in [=SimCoaster=]. He'd prefer a dead fish over it.
221* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
222** Happens in his ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'' review; he says there was a time when ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' and ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' were cool, before listing off several things such as Sonic's later games and listing them off by saying "that was before that and that and that and that...and ''that''..." ending on [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Elise kissing Sonic]].]]
223** Also occurs in his ''Fatty Bear'' review, where he mentions games these days are typically labelled as "violent, mind-numbing, and God knows what else." While he says this, he also uses text to list the arguments, but for the last thing, he uses "delicious."
224** In the ''Sociolotron'' review, he encounters an NPC whose description goes on for three sentences about how obese she is, then ends with "Her mouth looks normal."
225** In his ''Crisis City'' review when he makes up a story about an egg in the game, he says that "Some of humanity's most evil people were inspired by staring at the magical rainbow egg for too long." it shows a picture of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin, and [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Plankton]].
226* ArtificialStupidity:
227** He demonstrates in ''VideoGame/{{Facade}}'' that he was able to get the best ending [[spoiler:by doing nothing except using the word "Yes" the entire time.]]
228** In ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'' he shows the computer characters getting hit over and over in the final minigame, in an area way far away from all the action.
229* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In ''Hot Dog King'' the victory cutscenes apparently feature giant bikini-clad women trampling major US cities. Ian jokingly notes the fetish potential.
230* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He mentions this several times in ''VideoGame/{{Facade}}'', particularly whenever he tries to end arguments.
231-->'''Brutalmoose:''' I don't want to talk about that [the sculptures].\
232'''Grace:''' Oh... So, I just had to have these sculptures.
233* BeingWatched: How he interprets the Buzzy button in ''Let's Explore the Airport''.
234* BehindTheBlack: PlayedForLaughs in his review of ''Bailey's Book House'', where Ian claims that the titular location has no exit, [[AndIMustScream trapping anyone who enters for all eternity]]… seemingly forgetting the fact that the exit is mostly likely ''behind'' him.
235* BlackGuyDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Austin, the only black member of his ''Oregon Trail 3rd Edition'' crew passes away before the rest do.]]
236* BoringButPractical: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d at the end of "Kid Cuisine - TV Dinner Reviews", in which he considers the corn "the big winner" of the review, and [[FlatJoy unenthusiastically endorses]] giving kids a can of corn over Kid Cuisine.
237* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In his review of Super Solvers: Mission T.H.I.N.K. "Sorting things into appropriate venn diagrams rivals the thrill of sorting laundry. Selecting the appropriate car parts to navigate to the exit is slightly more exciting than trying to understand which overpriced cable bundle package to purchase. And the assembly line is basicly a nice little reminder that we're all going to die one day, and nothing really matters, and we're all just a speck of dust in an ever-expanding universe and no matter how hard I try, all of my accomplishments are going to be lost to the endless void of time! So, yeah. That's the assembly line."
238* BrokeTheRatingScale: Ian makes up a rating system for each of the food reviews:
239** Lunchables pizzas are given Ian Points, with results ranging from -67 to '''BAD'''.
240** Twinkies recipes are simply put in a top-4 list, except the bottom result is #85 out of 4 because he hated it ''that'' much, and #2 is skipped because he felt Twinkies were too incidental to the recipe that would have taken second place and that the final product didn't taste anything like a Twinkie.
241** Hungry-Man meals are scored using a chart of emotions.
242** Carla Lee's Nut products are awarded Nuts on Ian's Scale-O-Nuts.
243* CallBack:
244** Any time a joke is made about a character flying off into space, they crash into the same satellite Fred did in his ''Flintstones'' game review, at the same time as Fred.
245** During his ''Full Strength Strongman Competition'' review, he covers his "muscles" with a long sleeve shirt, a nod to his ''Island Peril'' review.
246* CaptainObvious: "[[VideoGame/LEGOIsland Driving ain't like skateboarding]]." No Shit City, Population: Pepper Roni.
247* CardboardPrison: Because he doesn't know how to make them, his first prison in ''VideoGame/PrisonTycoon'' is built ''without any fences''. Naturally, the criminals have no trouble escaping.
248* CensoredForComedy: The conspicuous bleeping in "Now that we've sufficiently b**ten our m**t" from the stuffed rolled steak episode.
249** In ''Instant Holiday Dinner,'' Ian lets out his transgressions against cooked fruit and people that enjoy it:
250--->'''Brutalmoose:''' If you like cooked fruit, then you're a real [[RhymesOnADime t**t.]][[note]] [[GoshDangItToHeck Toot.]][[/note]] [[{{Tradesnark}} Trademarked.]]
251* ComedicSociopathy: Ian has a tendency to nonchalantly kill little people in Brutalfoods episodes whether by stabbing them with a kitchen knife or crushing them with boxed ingredients or cooking appliances. This even applies to himself with 'Little Ian', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a miniature version of Ian]] who has been held captive in a jar and then offered food only to have it swept away before he can take a single bite.
252* CordonBleughChef: {{Invoked|Trope}} in "Kid Cuisine - TV Dinner Reviews", in which he mixes in the pudding powder with his macaroni and cheese specifically because he opted not to eat the pudding, and he couldn't "let the magic powder go to waste".
253* CreepyCircusMusic: In his video on ''Bailey's Book House'', Ian pokes fun at the "Three-Letter Carnival", which, when he actually goes there, just looks like an empty field with a bunch of objects laying around. He points out that even the music, which is a circus-esque waltz tune, sounds kind of sad, and jokingly names the song "It's Time to Die, Children!"
254* CurseCutShort:
255** Happens twice in the ''A Hat in Time'' prototype, '''you stupid bi-'''
256** Also occurs at the end of ''[=realMyst=]: Masterpiece Edition'' concerning the game's millions of rereleases, I mean, Jesus Chri-'''TIME UP!!!'''
257* DeathByIrony: His party members in ''Oregon Trail III'' had a habit of dying this way; One claimed he had never been sick in his life and later died of an illness, and another who boasted having beaten anything "Land or water can throw at him" was mauled by a bear while hunting.
258* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: Mocked in his ''Spy Fox'' review; after WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} uses stereotypical American terminology to mock Ian back, Ian responds with "Bloody wanker."
259* DidntThinkThisThrough: ''Mysterious Unlabeled VHS Tapes'' had him admit that he only found out after the fact that you can't legally show the world home videos found in thrift shops without authorization, leaving him unable to show the viewers the last of his tapes (a science experiment taped by a kid) and defeating a lot of the fun in the VHS hunt.
260* DistractedByTheSexy: Happens accidentally in his ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland 2'' review, where during a normal conversation, Valerie Stubbins appears next to Nick Brick. He adds a StaggeredZoom onto her and drowns out everything else.
261* DramaticReading: Ian reading product reviews in his frozen food reviews sometimes verges on this.
262* DrunkWithPower: Prison Simulator becomes this fairly quickly once he learns what he's doing, going from "Hooray, I learned how to make my prisoners not starve," to "America's favorite game show: [[AxCrazy "Which? Prisoner? Lives!"]]
263* DullSurprise: The radio host's voice in ''Crisis City'' when announcing that there will be both an earthquake and tsunami.
264* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
265** Prior to ''Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise'', Ian never showed up on camera.
266** In his ''really'' early videos, his voice was notably much less enthusiastic yet quite calm.
267** Ian's appearance changes throughout the years. Depending on which the viewer's more familiar with, it can be startling to see Ian with long hair and a messy beard (which some fans have nicknamed Hippie Ian or Jesus Ian) or Ian with an undercut and a clean-shaven face.
268--->'''Commenter on the ''Slender'' review:''' The real jump scare is seeing Ian in the in between stages of "long hair clean shaven" and "short hair full beard". I feel like I'm looking at an alternate timeline that shouldn't exist
269** Ian was much more liberal with [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F-Bombs]] in his earlier videos as opposed to the PrecisionFStrike he prefers nowadays. The two ''Restaurant Empire'' reviews, spaced three years apart, illustrate this perfectly.
270* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[invoked]] While playing ''Animal'', the one character Ian actually liked was one of the biscuit guards who only says, "Yeah!", over and over again.
271* FakeBrit: Pulls off one in his ''VideoGame/SpyFox in Dry Cereal'' review. WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} is not amused about it.[[invoked]]
272* {{Fanservice}}: He has a shirtless scene in his ''Sonic Shuffle'' review. And yes, he milks it for all it's worth.
273* FetishRetardant:[[invoked]] He finds the sexual content of ''Lula 3D'' unattractive due to the poor 3D animation.
274* FormulaBreakingEpisode: One of Ian's videos, made very quickly after a trip, is him reviewing Kid Cuisine meals.
275* FreezeFrameBonus: You might as well hit the pause button every 20 seconds in his videos.
276* GagSub: ''Diva Starz'' includes a bit where he shows a commercial of the dolls. Unfortunately it's in Spanish, but Ian added subs. It seems legit at first, but...
277-->'''Diva Starz Doll:''' ''Prettier than yours, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch.]]''
278* GameBreakingBug:
279** He encounters a glitch in ''VideoGame/TheAmazonTrail II'' where the game will randomly stop and kick him back to the main menu at random points.
280** Subverted in the ''Bad Milk'' playthrough: the first time around, the game crashes on the final puzzle, but when he reloads it, the game successfully continues from where he left off, and he completes the final puzzle without any problems.
281** His Iron Soul review had several bugs throughout the entire playthrough, but the one that fits this trope is a glitch that (for some reason was only in his game) was a glitch that made the first boss completely {{Unwinnable}} via invincibility.
282* GenreRoulette: Ian's videos slowly evolved from run-of-the-mill video game reviewing to... whatever he feels like at the moment, really, as long as it's chill and reminds you of a simpler time. ''Quest for the Cosmic Crisp'' is probably the silliest: not only is the base concept (a video about Ian looking for apples) already rather out there, he admits halfway through that he just took a stroll with his camera and only thought of the Cosmic Crisp thing a long while into his walk. The video itself is pretty much just a guided tour of the Seattle Pike Place Market.
283* GuideDangIt: It takes him nearly the entire ''Space Dude'' review before he realizes that diagonal movement is done via the numpad.
284** ''Animal'' had a seriously bad case of this. The lack of a clear objective, clues pointing to places that weren't accessible, [[MoonLogicPuzzle utterly stupid puzzles]], and the things needed to be done for progress having nothing to do with what little Ian had to go on, all added up to make getting anywhere extremely difficult. Not helping is the complete ''lack'' of a guide to consult.
285* GuiltyPleasures: [[invoked]]The entire theme of one of his top 5 lists.
286** The same could be said for Ian's love of old video tapes finding them weirdly nostalgic, especially children's programmes that he can have a good laugh at that.
287* HurricaneOfPuns: ''Bad Rats'' features a slew of "rat" puns, such as Alex Ratriguez and Rodent Hood.
288* HypocriticalHumor:
289** Happens at the beginning of his ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'' review:
290--->'''Brutalmoose:''' If there was one thing we were taught as kids, [[TemptingFate it's that we should never give into peer pressure]]. ''[Various comments pop up pressuring him to review the game]'' So let's review ''LEGO Racers''!
291** In the ''Living Books'' review, he calls the main characters immature, then randomly clicks on the words in the book to make the lead character say "Stinky was feeling me slowly".
292** In his video on Lunchables pizzas, he makes mention of people who microwave them, claiming that those people are wrong, you're not supposed to do so, and you can completely trust him as an expert on whether they're meant to be microwaved because he's never done so. And, of course, he then immediately microwaves one of the three pizzas from the first meal just to be fair.
293** This moment from his review of ''A Very Cool Christmas''. Doubly amusing for anyone who's seen a Brutalfoods video.
294--->'''Ian:''' They also add in a bunch of random sound effects, which I just think is a terrible idea. You should never, ever add sound effects.\
295''[a "whoosh" sound effect accompany each of his hand gestures as he says it]''
296** During one stream, Ian complains about people who don't CamelCase their usernames and thus making them harder to read, while his own is displayed in AllLowercaseLetters.
297** During the ''Film/SummerSchool2006'' video, [[WebVideo/{{Chadtronic}} Chad]] immediately makes fun of main character Charlie for having a silly job. What is Charlie's job? Internet reviewer.
298--->''Chad:'' Who talks about movies on the internet? Freaking weirdos.
299* IncrediblyLongNote: "SIMTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-''[turns towards camera]''-OOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN!"
300* InherentlyFunnyWords:
301** "[[GangBangers Banger]]" [[note]]A slang term for a gang member, particularly of the street variety[[/note]] in his ''911 Paramedic'' video.
302--->'''Ian:''' I think I've said "banger" enough in this video.
303** Take a drink at every "nut" joke in the organic vegan frozen food review. Hell, it's what spurred the video in the first place.
304* IronicDeath: Happens twice in his ''Oregon Trail: 3rd Edition'' video. First, [[spoiler:Austin Billings, who claimed to have never been sick once in his life, dies of a severe cold]], and later [[spoiler:Billy Barnes, who claimed to have fought and defeated everything on land and water, gets mauled to death in a bear attack.]]
305%%* KudzuPlot: All of ''Invisible Dad'', apparently.
306* LamePunReaction: His response to most of the puns in ''Spy Fox''. Also happens at the end of the video when he says "Spy Fax" about a fax machine.
307* LogoJoke: Most of his videos use logos based on the game he is about to play. For instance, Humongous Entertainment game reviews typically have the logo formatted like the HE logo itself.
308** As of late April 2015 (where the Hidden Block intro was changed), this was partly dropped, where the logo stays the same, but the background behind it is different for each episode onwards to match the scenery for the game he's reviewing.
309* MindScrew: The entire ''Bad Milk'' review, because of how free-association most of the puzzles are.
310* NaughtyTentacles: In ''Space Dude'', he encounters a DamselInDistress who gets seized by a set of tentacles, and then a room full of balls.
311* NoJustNoReaction: In Ian and WebVideo/{{Chadtronic}}'s crossover review of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp-B2PMhcuI How to Be Cool at Parties]], one "fun party trick" involves a middle-aged white man pulling his shirt over his head, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh tying it down with a headband]], and explaining, "This is what a sheik would wear on a festive occasion." The boys' only reaction is a single large subtitle saying "Don't do this."
312* NowWhereWasIGoingAgain: ''Animal'' really needed this. Ian struggled to make progress due to there being no clear objective, and the things that he needed to do were in no way related to what anyone would reasonably think was the objective.
313* PoliceAreUseless: Discussed in his ''VideoGame/LEGOIsland'' review:
314-->'''Brutalmoose:''' But don't worry, though. Even though I just released the only criminal on LEGO Island, the police are basically like, "Oh, s'all good."\
315'''Infomaniac:''' So we need someone to race over there! Someone who can use a vehicle that can travel on roads and paths, over ramps, and in a jiffy!\
316'''Brutalmoose:''' Oh, you mean a motorcycle.\
317'''Infomaniac:''' A skateboard, perhaps!\
318'''Brutalmoose:''' What? There are two people on motorcycles right there! ''[arrows point at Nick and Laura, both riding motorcycles]'' But no, the general consensus is that a skateboard would be a much, much better idea. [[SurroundedByIdiots Everyone here? Idiots.]]
319* PopculturalOsmosisFailure:
320** In spite of it being the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Ian reveals in his Kid Cuisine review that not only has he never seen ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', he knows nothing about it.
321** In his Spy Fox: Dry Cereal review, he says that Spy Fox sounds a lot like [[Series/GetSmart Maxwell Smart]] and WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget. Both characters were played by the same actor, Don Adams.
322** In his ''Bad Milk'' video, not only does he not recognize the line "TheWalrusWasPaul" was a [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum Beatles reference,]] but he also [[MondegreenGag mishears it as "the walrus' paw".]]
323* RapidFireComedy: His Brutalfoods videos are chock-full of weird, nonsensical, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment often out of nowhere]] edits and visual gags. Doubly so in his newer BF videos, with many commentors often comparing them to [[YoutubePoop YTPs.]]
324* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:[[invoked]] InUniverse. In his review of ''VideoGame/FreddiFish 2'', he finds Luther less obnoxious and more humorous, even feeling bad that he didn't like Luther in the first game.
325* {{Retraux}}: While Ian has always tried to go for an early 90s look for his show, it really came into his own in 2020 when he got his hands on a VHS camera. A lot of people have been surprised to see the old Youtube 4/3 display reappear in a world always questing for bigger resolution.
326* RunningGag: Several. Usually specific to one video, though the fans have a tendency to blow them up to [[MemeticMutation memetic proportions]].
327** "This riverbank makes for a good restin' place." and "a piece of wood" from ''The Oregon Trail II''.
328** "Small amenities" from ''Prison Tycoon 3''.
329** "Tuna noodle, my favourite!" from ''Smart House''.
330** "Pizza pizza!" from ''My Magic Dog''.
331** One across several episodes is "plop" from the "Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes" episode of Brutalfoods, which he uses several times in later episodes as an UnsoundEffect.
332* SafetyWorst: In ''[=SimTown=]'', not only does he put three fire stations right next to each other, but he also adds prisons in the most inappropriate places, such as right next to a bunch of apartments.
333* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Does this in reaction to the skateboard peripheral of ''Tony Hawk: Ride''.
334* SelfDeprecation: He likes putting up the front of having a huge ego and then mercilessly making fun of himself as the video goes on.
335* SensoryAbuse: The first ''Lego Island'' video ends with the game's victory cut scenes played over each other, slowed down and reversed.
336* ShaggyDogStory: In the first proper ''Brutalfoods'' he prepares some food, but is worried about mixing citrus and mayo. Once it's ready and he takes a bite, he instantly runs to the closest garbage bin nearby.
337* ShallowParody: [[invoked]]A major complaint about ''[[VideoGame/GeekwadSeries Wacky Funsters!]]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Pyst}}'' is how they seem to know nothing about the games they are trying to make fun of. In Pyst especially he remarks it is telling the only parts of Myst the game parodies are the first couple of screens.
338* ShoutOut:
339** Ian [[WesternAnimation/BluesClues skidoos]] into a book in the middle of his ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' review.
340** In the ''[=SimTown=]'' review Ian comments on his barren town's resemblance to [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Sudden Valley]].
341** Several to ''Series/{{Community}}'', including "Streets ahead!" and the Human Being mascot.
342* SingleTargetSexuality: "I hate the old, I hate the young, I only live for Series/{{Gerbert}}, my one true love."
343* SitcomArchNemesis: Had a long-running, [[BlatantLies very bitter]] one in WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} in many of their early videos. Has become less apparent over time.
344* SkewedPriorities: He claims the removal of the apostrophe-s from the title of ''Tony Hawk: RIDE'' was a major change, while citing the control change as a minor alteration.
345* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Ian is the only member of his wagon party to survive the trek to Oregon in his ''Oregon Trail: Third Edition'' video.]]
346* SpectacularSpinning: In most of his videos, the on-screen image is guaranteed to start randomly spinning with little-or-no provocation.
347* StockSoundEffects: Ian goes to ''town'' on these in Brutalfoods videos. Expect a jackhammer sound when he is cutting up pizzas or a cheering crowd as he gags on a particularly nasty piece of food.
348* StylisticSuck: His personal interpretation of ''Razor Freestyle Scooter'''s soundtrack.
349* SugarApocalypse: It happens quite a bit with Ian's dry sense of humor, but the best example is probably Poppy the Penguin. After making the video a tad too late for the holidays, he ended up reworking the concept from "penguin on skis" to "penguin left crippled and in horrible debt after a skiing accident that also killed his son". And then the penguin gets eaten alive. Bonus points for Poppy being made of popcorn, chocolate and candy, making the sugar part quite literal.
350-->'''Ian:''' I think I told a pretty great story. A very Christmas-y, feel-good story of death, disability and debt. Merry Christmas.
351* SuperDrowningSkills: Mary, one of his wagon family members from the ''[[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail Oregon Trail II]]'' review, managed to nearly drown in ''2 feet of water''.
352* TakeThat:
353** In his ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'' review, he uses ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' as a picture for the word "boring".
354** From his Lunchables review, his comment on the comic included with the first one he tried:
355--->'''Ian:''' Reminds me a lot of ''Bazooka Joe'' comics, in that it's not funny.
356* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: InUniverse, Ian and Luke's take on ''The Thirteenth Year.''
357* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Go on, take a guess what Ian's favorite swear is.
358-->'''Ian:''' Does this make me a professional food critic now? Um... yeah, yes it does. ''[at viewers]'' Obey my food opinions, ''bitch''.\
359''[text flashes on screen: "*Thank you for watching!"]''
360* ThisIsGonnaSuck: "Since I'm in a Dreamcast mood, let's just plug it in and see what's in there." [''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'' shows up] "Help meeeeeee..."
361* TheUnfavorite: Joked about in his review of ''My Magic Dog'', where after all is said and done the protagonist's dog, Lucky, moves on to the afterlife... and [[ReplacementGoldfish is replaced by a new puppy named "Luckier"]].
362-->... and they named him "Luckier", which is kinda like if I died and my parents had another kid that they named "Better Ian". I don't know how I would feel about that. [[{{Metaphorgotten}} I mean I guess I do, I guess I would just be dead]], but that doesn't mean it's a good idea.
363* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: [[DiscussedTrope Talked about]] in ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk: RIDE]]''. Since all the game's cutscenes are shown on a T-Mobile Sidekick, he points out how putting [[ProductPlacement real life technology]] in a game can make it feel dated.[[invoked]]
364* UnreadablyFastText: Used very often, usually as a form of SelfDeprecation.
365* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: To be expected every time Ian gets his hands on a tycoon title.
366** Exploited relentlessly in ''Prison Tycoon 3'', where he completely removes everything except the fences and turns it into a literal game of survival.
367** In the ''Mall Tycoon 3'' review, he constructs a mall composed entirely of a single long, spiral hallway leading to a store, then jokes about how customers are probably dying or panicking before they get to the store.
368** In the ''Zoo Tycoon'' review, he talks gleefully at one point about deleting portions of fencing on exhibits, blocking off the gateway with more fencing, and then letting the animals maul visitors to death.
369* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: [[invoked]]
370** He has trouble pronouncing ''VideoGame/{{Chantelise}}'' at the beginning.
371** Parodied in his review of Hungry-Man frozen meals, where he reads a negative review of the chicken dinner from someone who posted it under the name "nothappy", which he deliberately misreads as "No Thappy".
372* VoiceOfTheLegion: In the Gerbert videos, Gerbert's stuffed teddy bear Roary is given this kind of voice and his only emotion is anger.
373* WhatWereTheySellingAgain: [[DiscussedTrope Outright discussed]] in ''Mystery Tapes Double Feature'', regarding a Lean Cuisine ad which takes place in a salon:
374-->'''Ian:''' It's interesting to note how little you actually ''see food'' in these TV dinner commercials. It's like, 10 percent of the screentime ''maybe''. This might as well have been an advertisement for Supercuts.
375* XtremeKoolLetterz: Pokes fun at this in ''Razor Freestyle Scooter'':
376-->'''Ian:''' The next level is called "Schoolz Out"... with a ''z''. Because, y'know, [[SarcasmMode z is the hippest letter of the alphabet.]] It's what all the kids are into.
377* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: His reaction to all of the AddedAlliterativeAppeal in ''VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit'', albeit replacing "Have got to" with "Gotta," and adding an expletive.
378* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "Accident!!" in ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'', which according to the game means a random minigame. Ian is quick to call the game out on this.

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