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6Yotobi, Karim Musa’s alias, is an [[{{UsefulNotes/Italy}} Italian]] internet {{review}}er, and he’s pretty much ''the'' go–to online CausticCritic when it comes to this kind of VideoReviewShow among the Italian audience.
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8His style is, more or less, the one popularized with ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' and ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', as he reviews both [[Horrible/VideoGames sucky video games]] and (especially) [[{{Horrible/Film}} just as sucky movies]]. However, his style [[GrowingTheBeard evolved soon enough into something more unique]], which is most likely helped by the "Universal Squallor" logo standing for an actual studio. Said studio was never actually meant to be ''entirely'' about reviews in the first place. [[WordOfGod Yotobi himself said so.]]
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10However, we were talking about the stuff he reviews. Yep, sucky stuff. How sucky, you ask? Well, so far he has reviewed ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial the infamous]] ''[[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'' [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial video game]], ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Epic Movie]]'' '''and''' ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Disaster Movie]]'', ''{{Film/Birdemic}}'', ''Film/MegaSharkVsGiantOctopus'', ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate''… the list goes on.
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12However, in late 2013 Karim announced his decision to abandon his CausticCritic format, as he felt it no longer fitted his creative vein. As a huge admirer of stand-up StandUpComedy, he dedicated himself to a new video format loosely based on it, called ''Mostarda'' ("Mustard"), and realised several vlog series as intromission; he consequently reduced his reviews to a limited occurence on special occasions.
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14Finally, in 2016, he started his current format, ''The Late Show con Karim Musa'', a pseudo-Late Night TalkShow, which saw frequent collaborations with other Italian Youtubers and notables from showbiz. And he finally updated his profile pic on Youtube after almost 10 years.
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16His channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/user/yotobi right here]]. Subtitled versions of some of his videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaV_tzXgckSsxG6mVtygRFLu9KrQnohqg here]].
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18%% Yotobi’s style is very similar (although simpler and more based on snark rather than special effects) to The Nostalgia Critic’s, but due to a small feudish Administrivia/EditWar (resolved peacefully as well as quickly) occurred in the same day this article was created, the Channel Awesome references are confined to the opening paragraph only. Make sure it stays that way, no matter how tempted you are, or (especially) on which side of the Italian NC/Yotobi FandomRivalry you’re on. %%
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20!! This WebOriginal series contains examples of:
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22* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Invoked and discussed during the review of ''Mega Python vs Gatoroid'', where he points out that since it's a B Movie that doesn't take itself seriously they could have choose crazier stuff to put in as their monsters, such as a three-legged living washing machine or a four-armed, giant dish of pasta rather than use, again, a giant crocodile.
23* BackFromTheDead: Played for laughs in the review of ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'', where he's sent back to finish reviewing the film after he really suffers from a stroke. Twice. Also, the end of ''Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter'' has him sent to Hell for actually appreciating the movie, only to be reanimated as a zombie for the following review of ''Film/BurialGroundTheNightsOfTerror'', where he's persuaded to return to life (and don't quit with his reviews).
24* BerserkButton: This guy ''loathes'' everything ever made by Creator/TheAsylum. Imagine how much he loved doing a review comprised entirely of Asylum movies, while earlier he also expressed his contempt for Creator/UweBoll. He also dislikes DullSurprise and lack of "human reaction" in general as a trope.
25** In a video made from the Late Show, it's revealed that Yotobi ''hates'' [[EnragedbyIdiocy when people calls him out over stuff he's not part of]]. Such example happened during the finding of a burger shop using his face, which resulted in being called out a sellout on top of losing views.
26* BrickJoke[=/=]TemptingFate: One of his RunningGags is pretending to have a stroke after watching “trash scenes.” In his review of ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'', it really happens. Twice.
27* CallBack:
28** Most memorable, the review for ''Byrdemic 2'' has Yotobi's flat being invaded again by the superimposed eagles, much to his ire.
29** During his review of Dingo Picture's ''Hercules'', he recognizes the black bird as the same one from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurAdventure'' and immediately starts to shoot it with a toy gun, causing the [[VideoGame/DuckHunt dog from Duck Hunt]] to make a cameo to laugh at his efforts.
30** During his review of ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'', he get's so angry he tries to vent his frustration on Mario's doll just like he did in the review of ''[=AlbaKiara=]''... only to find that this time, he hired bodyguards (plushies of [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Jack]] and [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]]).
31--> ''“You got lucky this time!" (leaves, making him the "I'm watching you" gesture)''
32* CanisLatinicus: ''“Ad Minchiam”'' [[note]]''Minchia'' is Sicilian slang for penis, though it’s used here in an expression that means “totally random with no sense whatsoever.”[[/note]]
33* CatFight: Invoked and downplayed during the review of ''Mega Python vs Gatoroid'': when the two heroines start fighting in front of everyone, Yotobi, with the most bored expression ever, looks on his cellphone for "cat fight sounds" and adds them to the review as background noises.
34* CausticCritic: Despite having the same knowledge as other online reviewers about tropes and how they work (and how cinema in general works), he’s kind of more nitpicky about it. However, there are quite a few movie reviews he has enjoyed.
35* CharacterDevelopment: Compare his review of ''Troppo Belli'' with his more recent ''[=AlbaKiara=]'' review: While he equally and absolutely loathed both, in the latter he was much more able to keep his cool and looked more offended and bored rather than downright [[GoMadFromTheRevelation freaked out]].
36* ClicheStorm: Invoked InUniverse when reviewing ''Atlantic Rim'': during an early dialogue, he pauses and anticipates the other actor's answer word by word, punctuation included.
37* [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon Cut His Off Face With A Pencil]]: What Doodle threatens to do to Yotobi if he ever thinks about calling him for another review.
38* DarkerAndEdgier: ''[=AlbaKiara=]''. Mostly because he ''really'' hated that one.
39* DeadpanSnarker: A staple for any CausticCritic, Yotobi’s pretty damn good at snarking.
40* DrivenToSuicide: Parodied in his review of ''Natale in India'', where he ends up so enraged with the movie and it's "supposed" humor that his own right hand points a gun at his forehead right as he talks about how even suicide would be a better alternative.
41--> ''“Oh! Thank you, right hand!" (Shoots)
42* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: He ends his review of the ''E.T.'' video game ([[UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 you know the one]]) so pissed at [[AWinnerIsYou its ending]] (or [[NoEnding lack thereof]]), he punches the screen [[CameraAbuse so hard he crashes it]]. He also punches the screen a couple of times in ''Boa vs Python'' a couple of times.
43* EightiesHair: His comment on a secondary character from his review of the Ninja Turtle animated series:
44--> ''"Wow, look at that: hairhairhairhairhair hair! This man here just ''screams'' 1984, from the tip of his unprobable hair to the bottom of his tie, buried somewhere in his pants."''
45* FreakOut: During his review of ''Amore 14'', the mere concept that the director thought that a 14 years old girl will, after dating a guy he met the day before once, would look for porn magazine and sites is enough to sent him sniffing some coke to cope with the thing. And it's not even the last time...
46* GagCensor: Two for ''[=AlbaKiara=]'': An audio one where he replaces copyrighted songs with kids’ songs and a traditional one covering nude scenes with [[CrossesTheLineTwice dogs grooming themselves]].
47* GilliganCut: As a CutawayGag when first describing ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidāman]]''.
48--> ''“Watching it was a bit like kissing for the first time, or making love for the first time, or going on Chatroulette for the first time.'' (cut to him in a dark room, in front of his webcam) ''Is that a penis?!”''
49** Also used later in the same review in order to sum up the MindScrew present in the PilotEpisode alone.
50--> '''Yotobi:''' ''“How many random things have happened so far? An AlienInvasion, a crashing spaceship, a dinosaur monster, a cave with a weirdo, a lifesaving spider bracelet…”''
51--> (cut to a famous–in–Italy old–school [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milka Milka]] commercial)
52--> '''Shop customer:''' ''“…and then there was the marmot wrapping the chocolate!”''
53* GrossUpCloseUp: Invoked in ''Boa vs Python'' after a man's ridicolous reaction to the protagonist going topless to cheat in a holding breath challenge.
54--> ''"Oh, come on! That's your reaction to breasts? Are you sure she wasn't like this?"'' (the scene plays again, only with the close up of an [[{{Characters/AustinPowers}} incredibly fat, hairy man with man boobs]] )
55* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Yotobi, who, despite [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] a lot throughout the review, made it pretty clear that he absolutely ''loves'' ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidāman]]''.
56--> ''“In 1978, a live–action ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' series [[AudienceAlienatingPremise set in Japan]] called “[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidāman]]” was made. Created by [[Creator/ToeiCompany Toei]], it comprises 41 episodes and a [[TheMovie movie]]. We’ll be watching [[{{Pilot}} the very first episode]] together. And believe me when I say that all my expectations for this show were demolished. In a good way, of course.”''
57** After the abovementioned GilliganCut was used to sum up ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidāman]]''’s PilotEpisode’s MindScrew, he remarks: “And you know what? I like it! I was sick of hearing the same old Spider–Man story for the fortieth time! I’d had it! [[DeathByOriginStory Even Uncle Ben got pissed from dying for the umpteenth time.]]”
58** The best moment of gushing, though, is at the end of the same review. He raises his FascinatingEyebrow in a puzzled expression at the sight of Spidey’s HumongousMecha, and then…
59--> ''“That’s a [[Franchise/PowerRangers Megazord!]] '''That’s a Megazord!''' [[LargeHam Can’t — contain —]] '''[[ChewingTheScenery the awesomeness!]]''' ''(cut to a montage of that scene, [[RunningGag with the infamous Japanese Tanuki commercial thrown in the mix]])'' Superheroes with super problems, nothing! The answer is a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] Megazord! Everything would be better with a Megazord! Everything! Except for ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', but everything else!”''
60** He starts the review of ''[[Creator/DingoPictures Dingo Pictures' Hercules]]'' seemingly trashtalking [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney's Hercules]]''... before asking the viewers if they really fell for it and start telling how much he loved it and the licensed game.
61** Averted in a video homage to the departed Paolo Villaggio, where he does admit that he thinks he's better at snarking and deconstructing works rather than genuinely praising them.
62* HaHaHaNo: Mocked during the review of ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'', when the bad guy in the beginning does it before asking one million for the sharks.
63--> (deadpan)"[[UnEvilLaugh Ha ha ha ha ha ha]] [[NarratingTheObvious in case you didn't noticed, I'm the bad guy here.]]"
64* LamePunReaction: Usually with a beat followed seething sarcasm, but the "period of the month" gag from ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'' has him performing a jab at ''Colorado'' [[note]] an italian cabaret show which is often criticized for its poor, often low-brow humor[[/note]]
65--> '''Yotobi:''' ''[[{{Beat}} ...]] writes something on a piece of paper "There, this is where you can get an audition for Colorado, good luck!"''
66* MoneyDearBoy: InUniverse, during the review of ''Troppo Belli'', when he tries to explain what motivated the two main actors to do the job and shows what's going on in their minds: one has only money and a silly song, the other one [[BrainlessBeauty an empty black void]].
67* MST3KMantra: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Yotobi in the aforementioned crossover review of a borderline–homemade ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' film.
68--> '''iltizioqualunque:''' ''“I know I’m nitpicking, but how the hell does Spidey web–sling in the middle of the Missouri desert? [[FridgeLogic All the way from the city, what did he stick his webs to?]]”''
69--> '''Yotobi:''' ''“Sorry, but how do you respond to people asking, [[ClarkKenting ‘How does Superman manage to not be recognized just by wearing glasses’]]?”''
70--> '''iltizioqualunque:''' ''“‘Don’t ask questions?’”''
71--> '''Yotobi:''' ''“Exactly. It’s the same thing here.”''
72* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Inverted gag when describing the cast of ''Fuga di Cervelli''.
73--> ''"Of course, each actor plays a very specific character, we have the idiot, the idiot, the idiot, the idiot and Guglielmo."
74* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Referenced in at least three reviews and progressively downplayed and downright mocked: first, he's unimpressed by ''[[Creator/TheAsylum Supercroc]]'' (it reminds him of a RealLife brand of potato chips), then in ''Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus'' he [[SarcasmMode comments on how he never]] [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore heard of a giant crocodile in a monster movie]], as a picture of Supercroc appears. When he finally reviews ''Mega Python vs Gatoroid'', he's... very disappointed upon seeing the latter.
75--> '''Yotobi''':''" But nooo, it's gotta be... a crocodile.... crocodiles are boring!"''
76* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands:
77** He mocks ''Puma Man'' for this.
78--> '''Yotobi:''':''"Ok, so to recap, he can fly, teleport aaand his hands are like claws. You know, all ordinary puma stuff..."''
79** He similarly mocks the giant mechas of ''Film/AtlanticRim'' for the new gadgets and abilities they pop, underlining how robots supposedly made for cleaning the sea floor are apparently equipped with laser rifles and giant morphing weapons. This time it's so bad it leads up to this reaction:
80--> ''(After seeing the supposedly cleaning mechas unsheath giant weapons) ".... Ok, [[BlackComedyRape now I'm gonna rape you with no if and buts]]" (leaves the scene removing his costume)
81* NiceGuy: As [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] and [[CausticCritic nitpicky]] as he is, Yotobi qualifies. To clarify, as stated below, Yotobi’s speech patterns are SophisticatedAsHell at worst. Usually, he swears at least once in each review, but rarely more than three, four, or five times. This is also because he tends to be very polite — and [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] at the same time — in reviews, which is mirrored in his review of the Italian movie ''Amore 14'' (“Love 14”). This movie is, simply put, a TeenDrama depicting a 14—years—old girl’s first experiences with love — and sex. He’s shocked at the mere concept of the movie. It gets worse when the movie shows the female lead starting to think about sex, looking for a PornStash, comparing, er, “sizes” on paper, and by the end of the review — where these kinds of “discoveries” reach their logical conclusion[[note]](not actual intercourse, mind you)[[/note]], Yotobi is ''utterly horrified''. He couldn’t even be explicit about the subjects he mentioned in the captions because he personally felt dirty doing so. [[TheWoobie When someone is that freaked out, you can’t help but feel a bit sorry for the guy.]]
82%% This edit was originally meant to include said “logical conclusion,” but ultimately didn’t due to the content policy of the site. %%
83** His first 2013 review, ''[=AlbaKiara=]''[[note]]Named after “Albachiara” (“Bright Dawn”), a song by Italian singer Vasco Rossi; the movie’s soundtrack only features songs from him[[/note]], is about a movie that truly raises the stakes about teenage sluttiness. [[BewareTheNiceOnes So do Yotobi’s reactions to it.]]
84* PoorMansSubstitute: InvokedTrope in Dingo Picture's ''Hercules'', where he describes Zeus there as "a hobo counterpart of [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Heihachi Mishima]]" due to his hair.
85* PrecisionFStrike: Yotobi isn’t afraid to swear. Just don’t expect him to do it often.
86* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Played for laughs with Doodle's general attitude towards Yotobi.
87--> ''“I hate you for creating me just for watching this [[WesternAnimation/TheLittlePandaFighter abortion!]]"''
88* RepeatCut: Used as a parody of ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidāman]]''’s own repeated cuts.
89--> (after some RepeatCut footage) '''Yotobi:''' *RepeatCut of his puzzled face* ''“This stuff is ''sick''.”''
90* RelaxOVision: Used in the review for Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider—Man]]'' due to his arachnophobia, and again in the teenage—sluttiness—related ''[=AlbaKiara=]'' movie. In the former, all [[GrossUpCloseUp close–ups on spiders]] are replaced with [[EverythingsCuterWithKittens cute kittens]]; in the latter, sex scenes are replaced with [[FanDisservice dogs licking their nuts]] (it’s pretty much PlayedForLaughs). In his second review of ''La Croce dalle Sette Pietre'' he censors the brief sex scene cum exposed nipple (which got the video removed in the first place) with a cartoon stork delivering a child.
91* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse, he loudly cheers on the "antagonist" of [=AlbaKiara=] and call him a Saviour when [[spoiler: he coldly murders the "protagonist" and call her a [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]]]. He's even vocally disappointed when TheStinger shows that he got murdered somehow.
92* RunningGag: Some reviews have their own running gags.
93* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has to be restrained and persuaded to continue upon learning that the CreepyChild from ''Film/BurialGroundTheNightsOfTerror'' is actually a 30 years actor. Upon witnessing the (censored) breast-biting scene he's so fed up he actually leaves and refuses to end his review.
94* SelfDeprecation: At the beginning of his ''Mega Piranha'' review.
95--> ''“I’ve been making videos for two years, and this is the first time I noticed that [[CatchPhrase 'Welcome to a new review']] has no meaning whatsoever.”''
96** Later on, when Doodle [[note]] who's dubbed by Yotobi[[/note]] is introduced:
97--> ''"Well duh, 160.000 followers and he's still doing these [[PrecisionFStrike shitty]] reviews..."''
98** During the review of ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'', he claim that the character who dies trying to rescue a dog is "as useless as those guys making selfies with an ice cream" (cue a picture of Yotobi, taking a selfie with an ice cream snack).
99* ShownTheirWork: Aside from Yotobi’s own knowledge of how cinema works, there’s his partner in the crossover review of an obscure ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' LiveActionAdaptation made in [[TheSixties 1969]]. Said partner, another Italian internet reviewer (known as ''iltizioqualunque''; “il tizio qualunque” means, more or less, “the everyman”), has an ''astonishing'' knowledge of the Spidey mythos.
100** When reviewing ''WesternAnimation/{{Adrian}}'', it shows that he made plenty of research on the series' backgrounds and even brought up charts and all.
101* SkywardScream: Parodied in the ending of his second ([[note]] the first review he did was removes as it contained a brief shot of naked sex [[/note]]) review of the cheesy Italian Horror "La Croce delle Sette Pietre" (The Seven Stones Cross). After mocking the terrible "Werewolf" costume used in the movie (essentially a hairy mask and tuffs of hair on the hands and groin), he's struck by the movie's curse and turned into a similar "Werewolf" creature himself (read: crappy halloween mask and cape), and cries at the ceiling. [[MoodWhiplash We then see him back on the coach, trying to eat potato chips through the mask, unsuccesfully]].
102* SlutShaming:
103** In the review of ''[=AlbaKiara=]'' he's appalled at the sheer, unadultered sluttiness portrayed in the movie and how often it's unappropriately interplayed with what was supposed to be a tender and genuine love story in the middle.
104** Downplayed in ''The Lady'': when the titular character is presented as an innocent victim after she's almost attacked by her boyfriend, who accused her of cheating on him, Yotobi retorts that she actually did blatantly flirt with her colleague while said boyfriend was watching, and points out that going around wearing a sexy corset under her jacket or a tight black shirt with "Luxury" [[note]] false friend to the Italian "Lussuria", Lust [[/note]] doesn't really do her any favor.
105* SoundtrackDissonance: In his ''Film/ThePumaman'' review, he remarks that the score is more appropriate for a soy product [[ActingForTwo and he demonstrates it]].
106* SpitTake: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in his ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'' review, when addressing the movie’s SpecialEffectsFailure.
107--> ''“Okay, so we’ve come to one of the movie’s most crucial scenes. Do you think this was done with CGI, or with puppets? If your answer was “puppets” — [[DeadpanSnarker you wish!]] I wish those were puppets myself, I'd have settled with puppets like ''L’albero azzurro[[note]]“The Blue Tree,” a children’s show; think of ''Series/BarneyTheDinosaur''.[[/note]]''’s Dodo. Seriously, he would have been enough. But in my entire life, I have never seen [[SpecialEffectsFailure sucky CGI effects]]… ''this'' sucky. It's impossible to describe, and if I show the scene in question, I swear, no comment will be needed at all. So, three… two… no, no, I need one thing first… hang on, I’ll be back in a moment… ''(comes back with a glass of water)'' Here I am. With a glass of water. If you have water on hand, please take a glass of it, as we need to do that one thing with the glass of water when there’s something unexpected. Three, two, one… ''(footage of the SpecialEffectsFailure ensues)'' *pffffffffffffffffft* ''(bursts out in a hysterical fit of laughter)'' Oh God, I’m having a stroke.”''
108** SpecialEffectsFailure: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] as well [[spoiler: at the end of the review, [[HypocriticalHumor where Yotobi himself has to fight the superimposed eagles off]].]]
109** At the end of his ''Film/ThePumaman'' review [[spoiler: he reenacts Tony’s ridiculous flight scene]].
110* SuppressedRage: While Karim is known for always being a calm person with only rare cases when he haves to find a way to keep his anger at bay (such as punching a plush of Mario during his reviews), the release of the video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0zaDeYOaf8&pp Un Piccolo Disguido]]" (''A little misunderstanding'') reveals that he can be quite dangerous if angered. After continous mockery and loss of views from fans (or normies, as he called them) who called him out a sellout over a particular burger shop who used his face for publicity (despite him always saying he was never part of it) resulted in Yotobi slowly building rage over the avoidable reaction. Needless to say that the video from start to finish shows just how much [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry you really don't want to piss off Yotobi]], as he ends up causing a bloody mess on the Late Show studio, killing InUniverse a poor guy (who likely became the last straw for his anger to get unleashed) and even attempting his best to not go further with their body without getting angrier whenever he remembers the avoidable result of the entire thing. Eventually from the end of the video, Yotobi is now completely calmed down and is back to be the classic calm and peaceful person he's known for, and while he haves for a brief second a moment of "MyGodWhatHaveIDone", he quickly brushes it off like nothing.
111* StayInTheKitchen: Played for Laughs in the review of ''Film/DragonballEvolution'': when he orders his girlfriend to go back in the kitchen and make him a sandwich she punches him in the groin.
112* StunnedSilence: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWmO7qYOy0#t=7m35s this]] moment of his ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' LP.
113--> Ah, it’s a crocodile! (''[[VaginaDentata Gaping Dragon]] emerges)'' ..........FUCK!
114* TakeThat: Often enough. His ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' review opens with one.
115--> ''“How many game genres do you think exist? There are basically three: ''(''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' cover art)'' the good ones, ''(''VideoGame/CharliesAngels''[='=] LicensedGame’s cover art)'' the bad ones, ''(''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}'' cover art)'' and the useless ones.”''
116** When describing ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', the movie’s atmosphere (a mixture of sci–fi elements, TeenDrama, and action) is immediately addressed by Yotobi's girlfriend with:
117--> ''“The movie, contrary to the manga, feels like a new ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode. Just watch! ''(cut to a quick montage of scenes from the movie set to the ''Smallville'' opening theme song)''”''
118** In ''The Sisterhood'', the main character’s telekinesis is used… to apparently glow in a column of light and glitter. Cue a jab at ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' and [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]].
119** He calls out Titanic 2 on how they expected a cabinet to hold off against a Godzilla–sized tsunami. Cue [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Indiana Jones reference]].
120** While reviewing WesternAnimation/TheLittlePandaFighter, he calls it a blatant copy of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''… and shows the cover for [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Mists of Pandaria]].
121** In his review of ''Film/ThePumaman'' he first likens Tony’s [[CannotSpitItOut inability to talk with anyone else]] to ''{{Series/Lost}}'', then, after the umpteenth time he does this, he blurts out that 'this is ''not'' like ''{{Series/Lost}}'', this '''is''' ''{{Series/Lost}}''!' Cue [[ActingForTwo a reenactment of a scene from said TV show]].
122** During the ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' Let's Play, he refrains himself from making [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles an anime joke/meme concerning giant tentacles]] because "after the thousandth time you hear one they start to lose some novelty..."
123** During the review of ''Film/{{Sharknado}}'' he remarks, during the beginning:
124--> '''Yotobi:''' ''Of course, no ship captain's worthy of this name will ever abandon ship ([[RippedFromTheHeadlines a picture of Schettino appears]])...well, almost..."''
125* TemptingFate: One of his most employed gags, best seen in his review of ''Hercules''.
126--> '''Yotobi:''':''Well, compared to ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurAdventure'' the dub seems improved.(Hears Dyonisus talk) [[{{Beat}} ...]] why? [[LampshadeHanging Why I can't just shut up?]]".''
127* ThatCameOutWrong: In the abovementioned crossover review, we have this exchange.
128--> '''Yotobi:''' ''“We see a robber entering an office in order to kidnap a girl, Dr. Lightning’s daughter.”''
129--> '''iltizioqualunque:''' ''“On a side note, [[DominoMask that mask]] is just awesome. We like it very much.”''
130--> '''Yotobi:''' ''“You can find it in online catalogs, filed under 'amateur porn'.”'''
131--> '''iltizioqualunque:''' ''“And how do ''you'' know that?”''
132--> '''Yotobi:''' ''[[ChangingTheUncomfortableSubject “Moving on.”]]''
133* ThisIsGonnaSuck: As is the case for any [[LargeHam hammy]] online reviewer who [[MundaneMadeAwesome makes a big deal]] out of a movie’s [[AccentuateTheNegative flaw]], Yotobi’s reviews can be told apart from each other by their openings. One review in particular, the one for the Italian movie ''Troppo Belli'' (“Too handsome”), opens with him ''sobbing in a corner'', a treatment he didn’t reserve even for the Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg movies he reviewed. Yeah, you've read that right. There are movies that are even worse. The movie’s infamy is common knowledge in Italy, to the point that when Yotobi begs [[TheCameo other Italian internet reviewers]], they [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere don’t even want to have anything to do with it.]]
134--> ''“If you wanted to review ''Troppo Belli'', '''that’s your business.'''”''
135** That was topped by ''[=AlbaKiara=]'', which begins with him [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown apologizing]] to a Mario doll.
136** Happens often in his VideoGame/DarkSouls Let’s Play.
137* ToiletHumor: Examined and ultimately deconstructed in his review of ''Natale in India'', where he ends up analyzing the concept and getting to the conclusion that, no, poop ain't funny.
138* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: [[invoked]] In his review of ''Film/SharkAttack3Megalodon'' Yotobi keeps mispronuncing Megalodon, uncertain between [=MegaloDOn=] [=and MegaLOdon=].
139* VoiceOfTheLegion: Best seen in the review of ''Primavera di Granito'', where his hysterical laughter suddenly takes a demonic turn. At the end of the review, he comes to the conclusion that the movie is nothing more than the [[SeriousBusiness the Devil's latest disguise to destroy mankind]]. Complete with reverbering LargeHam dialogue.
140* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Invoked during his review of Dingo Picture's ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurAdventure'' when the "cannibal" dinosaurs appear.
141--> '''Yotobi (as the movie maker)''': ''"So, little girl, what would you like to see in this Dinosaur movie? Funny voices?"''
142--> '''Yotobi's Girlfriend''': ''"Yay!"''
143--> '''Yotobi''': ''"Silly pictures?"''
144--> '''Yotobi's Girlfriend''': ''"Yay!"''
145--> '''Yotobi''': ''"[[BreadEggsMilkSquick Cannibalism?]]"''
146--> '''Yotobi's Girlfriend''': (hides behind her teddy bear with a shocked face)
147--> '''Yotobi''': {{Beat}} ''"Cannibalism then!"''
148* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: As of the ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidāman]]'' review, Yotobi appears to be arachnophobic. When the PilotEpisode has a GrossUpCloseUp of a spider, he’s not amused.
149--> ''“While Peter[[note]]although “Peter” actually has another name here, justifed due to him being, well, Japanese[[/note]] is riding his bike with his little brother, he finally sees the SPIIII--UUUUUUUUGGGH--''[[{{Squick}} yuck!]]'' Way, way, ''way'' too close to the camera! I’m '''arachnophobic!!''' Are you trying to kill me? ''[[TemptingFate (cue the spider’s reflection in “Peter”’s eye)]]'' Argh... not again!”''
150** EverythingsCuterWithKittens: [[NightmareRetardant What he does immediately afterwards.]]
151--> ''“Well, I have no choice but to swap every shot of the spiders with superimposed cute kittens. ''(cut to the edited scene)'' Muuuuuch better.”''
152** Happens again in his Let's Play of Dark Souls upon getting a good look at [[SpiderPeople Quelaag]].
153* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: InvokedTrope, by Yotobi, usually during scenes when characters, despite clearly having guns, are doing everything but actually use them.
154--> '''Yotobi:''' ''Excuse me, miss, but what's that oblong dark thing you have there? Oh, she just dropped it, probably nothing important, maybe a gift from auntie... [[SuddenlyShouting SHOOT IT Already!!!"]]''

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