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1Leo Thompson is That [=SciFi=] Guy, a producer formerly on Website/ChannelAwesome and Website/SpaceMonkeyMafiaStudios who {{review}}s SciFi. His show can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ThatSciFiGuyTGWTG here.]]
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3His Twitter account can be found [[http://twitter.com/#!/That_SciFi_Guy here]].
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7* BrainBleach: His reaction to seeing Creator/WillSmith's... "hancock" in ''Film/WildWildWest''.
8* TheCameo: He has one in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Star Trek 3''.
9** And another in the Critic and Linkara's review of ''Star Trek 9''.
10** He appeared in a "Previously on WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall" section.
11** [[spoiler:And did this combined with DeadStarWalking in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''.]]
12** Going the other way, his ''Zombie Apocalypse" review had him being constantly interrupted by the various horror and b-movie reviewers who wanted to collaborate with him on the review/steal the review from him.
13** He also has a cameo towards the end in, OF ALL THINGS, [[spoiler:''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks: The Road Chip'']]. '''''NO''''', really, he's the extra behind [[spoiler:Dave and his girlfriend during the last performance. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyYECe-NB_Y Here's the scene]]]]
14* CaptainObvious: Dr. Wiki appears to explain various scifi terms that people may not understand well – and things that everyone understands perfectly, such as what a bicycle is.
15* CollectiveGroan: When he reacts to a "[[LiterallyShatteredLives frozen then crushed]]" death in ''Film/JasonX'' with "Well, that was cold".
16* CrossOver: He co-reviewed ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' with WebVideo/MarzGurl on the grounds that it was a sci-fi movie.
17** Then joined WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic to review the original ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' to mark the release of [[Film/TotalRecall2012 the remake]].
18* DeadpanSnarker
19* DescriptionCut: In ''Film/{{Splice}}'', he complains that using you own DNA in an hybrid is akin to a bad SelfInsertFic. Cue WebVideo/BennettTheSage reading a fic-like diary of the scientist...
20* DesignatedHero: Calls out Jonathan from the ''Rollerball'' remake for this, along with being a SupportingProtagonist.[[invoked]]
21* ExplosiveDecompression: A slip-up on his part. In the ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' review, there is a scene where two characters are thrown into space, and manage to make it back into a ship, relatively unharmed. The characters in question exhale before leaving the ship.
22-->'''That Sci-Fi Guy:''' A human body exposed to the vacuum of space like that would experience explosive decompression. [[ArtisticLicenseSpace They would literally be ripped apart.]]
23** Due to the fan reaction, in his cross-over ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' review Sci-Fi, when asked, has to put up the disclaimer that the effects of explosive decompression have never been tested on humans and as such cannot comment.
24* {{Foreshadowing}}: A "foreshadowing hammer" is used as a complaint on how ''Splice'' is unsubtle with it.
25* HilariousinHindsight: He says in his ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' review that they should have brought in Roadblock as a character, and could have cast the Rock as someone... cue ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''.
26* HurricaneOfPuns: Frequently when The League of Inebriated Gentlemen meet, both intentional and unintentional.
27* HypocriticalHumor: With lampshaping in the ''Film/SupermanReturns'' episode. Leo spends the episode showing off his UnlimitedWardrobe of Superman shirts. At a certain point he complains about the film's problems with inconsistency looking down at the shirt that kept changing...
28* NeverTrustATrailer: He complains that ''Splice'' used only one out-of-context scene to imply it had many horror elements.
29* NiceGuy: One of the few critics on Channel Awesome not to play a total asshole.
30* NonHumanSidekick: Dr. Wiki, a personification of Website/ThatOtherWiki which is voiced by various people, including [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]].
31* RunningGag:
32** The [[MonumentalDamage Disaster-O-Matic]].
33** The [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief Suspension of Disbelief flag]].
34** The harp when he [[VisualPun harps on things]] in the ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' review.
35* SamuraiPonytail: His hair.
36* SharedUniverse: Automatically considered part of the Reviewaverse because he's part of Channel Awesome and did/had lots of cameos and crossovers.
37* TheStinger: He always closes with a "Sci-Fi Clip" adequate to the reviewed movie.
38* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: [[spoiler:Ma-Ti comes back to life during the ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' episode, only for the stinger to reveal it was all a pre-recorded message for anyone that would review the movie.]]
39* TeleportationMisfire: In ''The Sixth Day'', he accidentally beams Critic onto his lap, which starts the crossover and creates another version of Critic who wakes up in his closet after the review is over.
40* TopTenList: His are "Five Best and Five Worst".
41* YaoiFanboy: For a joke, he casually suggests at the end of “The Sixth Day” review that original!Critic keep his cloned self as a SexSlave. He and Critic have a lot of HomoeroticSubtext generally, but usually Critic's the only one doing the molesting.

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