Amidst the dark comedy, the annotators really show their seriousness on occasions.

* [=ReloadXPsiPlays=] explains why he enjoys getting pleasure of watching and mocking terrible videos along with others.
--> '''[=ReloadXPsiPlays=]''': I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and admit something. When I first came across The Annotated Series on the beeupyou channel in early 2010 I was going through a rather rough patch in my life. I shan't bore you with the details but this project basically kept my spirits lifted (and they were lifted very fucking high by this; I got a sore throat laughing so much over the course of a few days of watching CAD and SMW) at a time when there was fuck all else around to do that for me. In other words, it made me remember what I'd learned and keep smiling. So if any of you are wondering why I seem a bit obsessed and attached, and if I sometimes seem to be doing a bit more than necessary for the project what with all the weird bonus shit I do, there's your reason. Thanks everyone :)
* Whenever Avirosb says he'll retire, it upsets people.
* The project has included several tributes to late actors:
** A tribute video to Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano, the live-action Mario from ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.
** Danny Wells (Luigi) got one that was much more somber.
** Here's the one for Creator/BobHoskins, who played Mario in the ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' film.
** An entire episode of ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' is dedicated to Creator/RobinWilliams. The plot of the episode itself involves a genie, half of the commercials are related to ''{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}'', and "A Friend Like Me" plays over the ending credits.
** Creator/LenCarlson, who played Krusha in ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' and Ganon in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'' was given a heartwarming tribute.
** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' was dedicated to Creator/SatoruIwata, who had passed away a few days ago. The annotators naturally expressed themselves with their Main/GallowsHumor, but all in good taste.
** A tribute video to Wrestling/RoddyPiper was uploaded, remarkably similar to the tribute to previous Wrestling/{{WWE}} celebrity Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano.
** ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' Episode 12 was dedicated to both Music/DavidBowie and {{Music/Motorhead}}'s Lemmy.
** A tribute video to Joe Alaskey, voice of [[{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}} Grandpa Lou Pickles]], [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Plucky Duck]], and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Daffy Duck]], was made in wake of his death to cancer.
** A tribute video to Creator/AlanYoung, voice of [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Scrooge McDuck]].
** A tribute video to Creator/JackRiley, voice of [[{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}} Stu Pickles]]. [[MemeticMutation Complete with chocolate pudding.]]
** A tribute video to Tony Rosato, voice of "Mama" Luigi in the ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon.
** On one of the Annotation Archive video of ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' Episode 28 has a tribute at the end for writer of the show Erika Strobel who died in March 2017
** A separate video on the Annoverse channel was in memory of Stefan Karl who played Robbie Rotton on ''Series/LazyTown''.
** ''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo'' Episode 3 had a very late dedication to Creator/StanLee.
** Another separate video on the Annoverse channel was dedicated in memory of Stephen Hillenburg who was the creator of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
** A third separate video was dedicated to Aron Tager, who voiced Cranky Kong on ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' and played a few characters on the ''Series/Goosebumps1995'' TV series.
** The second re-annotated episode of ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'' was dedicated to Luke Perry who voiced Sub-Zero.
** A fourth separate video was dedicated to Russi Taylor, who voiced Minnie Mouse.
** A fifth separate video was dedicated to Robert Axelrod, who voiced Lord Zedd on ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
** A sixth separate video was dedicated to Marshall Efron, who voiced Fat Cat on ''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo''.
** A seventh separate video was dedicated to Caroll Spinney, who was the puppeteer and voice of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on ''Series/SesameStreet''.
** An eighth separate video was dedicated to Rick May, who voiced The Soldier in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and Peppy Hare in ''VideoGame/StarFox''.
** The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi'' was dedicated to Julie Bennett, the original voice of Cindy Bear.
** A ninth separate video was dedicated to Joe Ruby and Ken Spears the founders of ''Creator/RubySpears'' animation studios and the creators of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''
** A tenth separate video was dedicated to Kirby Morrow, voice actor for Goku in the Canadian dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' with some annotations in the video
** A eleventh separate video was dedicated to Paul Soles, who had voiced Spider-Man in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967''.
** A twelfth separate video was dedicated to Walker Boone who had voiced Mario in ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3''
** A thirteenth separate video was dedicated to Creator/EdwardAsner
** A fourteenth separate video was dedicated to Christopher Ayres who voiced Frieza in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''
** A fifteenth separate video was dedicated to Peter Robbins who voiced Charlie Brown in the ''Peanuts'' cartoons
** A sixteenth separate video was dedicated to Creator/GilbertGottfried
** A seventeenth separate video was dedicated to Creator/KevinConroy who voiced Batman in WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries
** A eighteenth separate video was dedicated to Creator/JasonDavidFrank who played the Green Power Ranger in Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers
** A nineteenth separate video was dedicated to Creator/CindyWilliams who played Shirley Feeney on Series/HappyDays and Series/LaverneAndShirley
** A twentieth separate video was dedicated to Michael Berlyn who created the video game character Bubsy
** Episode 10 of ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' was dedicated to Leo D. Sullivan who did animation for the very show that the annotators were annotating
** A twenty-first separate video was dedicated to Brendan O'Brien who voiced ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot''
** A twenty-second separate video was dedicated to Creator/PaulReubens aka Pee Wee Herman
** A twenty-third separate video was dedicated to Johnny Hardwick who voiced Dale Gribble on WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill
** A twenty-fourth separate video was dedicated to Music/JimmyBuffett and Steve Harwell of Music/SmashMouth
** A twenty-fifth separate video was dedicated to Dexter Scott King son of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr
** A twenty-sixth separate video was dedicated to Creator/AkiraToriyama creator of the Franchise/DragonBall franchise
* The annotators were their usual unrestrained selves for the majority of ''Our Annotated Friend, Martin''. However, either out of respect or boredom with the material or both, Dr. King's "I've Been the Mountaintop" speech in the last part was largely uninterrupted.
** The trailer for ''Film/SchindlersList'' is also mostly uninterrupted, mostly due to the film's subject matter.
-->'''Annotator:''' How...exactly were we supposed to annotate that? We need bad things, not good ones!
* [[Anime/SpeedRacer The Mammoth car's]] DyingSpeech is surprisingly heartfelt.
* The entirety of the ''{{Series/Spectreman}}'' series finale, with [[spoiler: Spectreman [[HeroicSacrifice giving up his chance to live a normal human life]] in order to beat Dr. Gori and Karas for good, than saying goodbye to all his friends.]] Everyone's given a heartfelt send-off and even the Annotators remark on how emotional the whole thing is.
-->"Goodbye and good luck Spectreman"
* The penultimate episodes of the Annotation Station on Website/YouTube (a two-parter consisting of the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNutshack'') showcased a lot of the Annotated Series's most memorable moments, and of course featured the Surf Music.
* The credits roll at the end of the final annotatable video on the Annotation Station channel. Set to the credits theme of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', It featured a list of ALL the uploaders and annotators throughout the entire series (with even the anonymous annotators during the early days of the Series getting their own dedicated credit), as well as an annotation giving a shout-out to former annotators [[FaceHeelTurn Owandt and Bauglir]], in addition to the infamous [[AbhorrentAdmirer GoseiGreen]], which shows that even they deserved a salute as part of the final Annotation Station video.