!!Trope-Related Trivia
* ActingForTwo: Given that this series is pretty much made on a shoe-string budget, it was inevitable that Lewis would have to have many roles played by a single person. To wit:
** In the ''Previously on Countdown'' segment, [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic have a long discussion about blowing up the world. Doug also played Lori Prince, a newscaster that appeared a number of times prior to the dissolution of the Channel Awesome producers in 2018.
** Lewis does this extensively, playing at least a substantial chunk of the character roster, including Linkara, '90s Kid, Cable, Mechakara, Harvey, Linksano, Moarte, etc. It's gotten to the point where there are at least four Linkara-acted characters living in the same household and interacting on a fairly regular basis.
** Linkara's father, Loren Lovhaug plays a future version of Linkara, the Silent Hill antagonist Whatley, and the Contest Champion serial killer Billy Tor.
** Lewis' brother, Graham Lovhaug portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Present, as well as Aplos/Steven the Wizard and Contest of Champions contestant Heavy Wrex.
** Will Wolfgram potrays Jaeris (the Gunslinger), Snowflame, and Terrance Baxter.
** Julie Sydor plays Erin, one of Linkara's temporary companions, and Contest Champion Empira.
** WebVideo/IronLiz, Lewis' ex-girlfriend portrayed herself and Judas Liz.
* ApprovalOfGod:
** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgU3MBShRNY&spfreload=10 April Fool's 2017 video]] was labelled as a review of ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', when it was really a look at the New 52 in the style of ''WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}}''. Jim Sterling found it and left a response in the comments:
--->Not fat enough [[FourPointScale 7/10]].
** Darin Calhoun, who wrote and colored ''The Wild'', [[https://twitter.com/DarinCalhoun/status/1397798213906702336 shared the review]] done by Linkara on May 27th, 2021. He himself acknowledges the comic is bad, but the artwork done by Josh Diffey was enough to make up for it. Calhoun later got in contact with Lewis and discussed details surrounding the comic's TroubledProduction, which Lewis ended up sharing in his "Still Another 15 Missed Opportunities" list.
* AscendedFanon:
** Originally, Lewis just referred to Dr. Linksano as "the Dr. Insano from another universe", but fans really latched onto the name "Linksano", so he ran with it.
** Lewis's commentary on his Power Rangers #1 review reveals that he did not originally plan to use the gun acquired from Cable to defeat Mechakara, and that he put it in specifically to fulfill the fans' expectations of it having been a ChekhovsGun.
** "Mechakara" was originally a FanNickname. Linkara and allies call him this, he never uses it himself and neither do his allies on Lord Vyce's team, until ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' when his... sort of ally Terl calls him "Mechakara". In ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWallTheMovie'', he angrily points out that "Mechakara" is ''not'' his name.
** Fans needed a name for the spirit in the Magic Gun in their fanfiction, and eventually decided upon 'Meg'. Linkara eventually noted he liked the name 'Margaret' (which 'Meg' can be short for) on Twitter. Flash-forward to ''Psychoman #1'', and it's revealed that the spirit goes by the name 'Margaret'. However, starting with ''The Ring, vol. 4'', 'Margaret' would be relegated to a deadname for Mark after the character came out as a trans man.
* CaliforniaDoubling: [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Edmonton]] stands in for Minneapolis in the Mechakara vs. ComicBook/{{Neutro}} battle in the ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' review. One of the buildings in the background has a sign that reads "Telus", which is a Canadian telecommunications company. WordOfGod confirms this. Apparently he could not find enough suitable photographs of Minneapolis.
* TheCastShowoff:
** Jaeris plays Boston's "Piece of Mind" on guitar in the review of "Spider-Man: Crossfire".
** In the ''Anita Blake'' review, Harvey Finevoice skims the second issue so that he can perform a full-length song number instead.
** The character of Harvey Finevoice is a lounge singer, which allows Lovhaug to show off his pretty good singing voice.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
** In the review of ''Gokaiger''[='=]s first five episodes, he questions why the Gokaigers' transformation into the Magirangers in their respective tribute episode had an elaborate sequence when they already transformed into the Magirangers in the first episode with little fanfare. The more lavish and show-accurate transformation sequences into past teams are usually reserved for tribute episodes, even if they've transformed into them before.
* CreatorBacklash:
** In "My Top 15 Favorite Episodes of [=AT4W=]", he flat-out states "Like with many other content producers, I ''hate'' my early stuff," reaching from the first few years. [[DownplayedTrope He doesn't think the scripts are terrible and is grateful for them giving his early success]], but he admits that all he can see watching them are the mistakes and lack of refinement his current episodes have.
** Much like [[WebVideo/MarzGurl Kaylyn Saucedo]] in regards to ''Film/FarewellFamiKamenRider'', Lewis has expressed regret over moving up ''Gameboy'' #3 from it was planned in light of [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis Justin Carmical]]'s history of sexual abuse and additionally, no longer keeps the [=JewWario=] hat he had in honor of him.  In [[https://youtu.be/1UDVW01dzus?si=bMw86ABIEi20J5qd&t=1347 the unboxing video he uploaded on March 2024]], while he doesn't come out and say it's the reason why, it seems this has extended to all of the ''Gameboy'' series, as he mentions he's been reluctant to revisit to the series and probably won't for a long time because "it invokes bad memories", suggesting that the revelations about Carmical have soured him on the ''Gameboy'' comic as a whole.
** Lewis has shown regret for making personal attacks towards certain creators in his earlier episodes, believing such comments were uncalled for and examples of fandom entitlement. In his "Yet Another Top 15 Screw-Ups" video, he specifically regrets telling to whoever thought it was a good idea to kill off Lian at the end of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' to get salt poured in their eyes. In later years, he's made a greater effort to call out this type of behaviour and avoid targeting creators during his reviews, to the point where even the show's theme song was rewritten to remove the [[TakeThat shots taken]] at Creator/RobLiefeld and Gary Brodsky's expense.
** In terms of Internet presence [[https://twitter.com/Linkara19/status/1347670117224742912 Linkara does not like the infamous running gif from]] WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}'' review. [[https://twitter.com/Linkara19/status/1473579971088203778 He did eventually warm up to the memes that spawned from it]], and admitted that he was more irritated people were using it as an excuse to bash his show when it was Doug's idea in the first place.
--->'''Linkara''': Dude, there are many things I would love to be remembered for and a shitty greenscreen shot from Doug's review of ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}'' that we had to punch up because he didn't bring the funny ain't one of 'em. XD
** When he put together a compilation video of his ''ComicBook/SilentHill'' reviews, Lewis admitted in the end credits that he didn't really find the older ''Silent Hill'' reviews that funny and felt he came across as whiny more than anything.
** Lewis became increasingly frustrated with the excessive length of "Contest of Champions" story arc, thanks to the constant delays that [[ArcFatigue dragged the story far beyond what he initially intended]]. As the years went on, Lewis would often make updates hoping he would finally be done with the story arc and move onto other projects, and at one point even [[https://youtu.be/oWXqo3gw33U?t=5467 considered scrapping the arc entirely and providing a summary of the ending instead]].
** Uploads of compilation videos note that they may contain views Lewis no longer holds and feature appearances or references to [[Website/ChannelAwesome content creators]] he no longer associates with. These videos often contain minor edits, which sometimes includes the removal of content and opinions Lewis no longer wants in his videos.
** During the commentary stream for ''All He Sees He Conquers'', Lewis admitted that bringing back [[VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce Ensign Monroe]] for the finale was a mistake in hindsight, as viewers thought he would be a recurring character. However, Monroe was only ever planned to appear in the one storyline, due to being a preexisting character, and Lewis admitted that he either should have made that more clear or not have included him in the finale at all.
* CreatorsFavorite: WebAnimation/DrCrafty, the title card artist until 2021, [[https://drcrafty.deviantart.com/art/AT4W-Delicious-in-Dungeon-694641109 declared the Tucker Thing his favorite reoccuring title card gag character]].
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: His review of ''JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative'', which is incidentally his favorite comic book of all time.
* DawsonCasting: It's confirmed on the DVD's behind-the-scenes extras that '90s Kid's is somewhere between the ages of 12-16, despite his creator/actor having started playing the character in his 20s. Lewis eventually decided to rename the character "'90s Dude" at the end of "The Sleepwalker" arc, since it just wasn't believable for him to still be playing a "kid" when he was now in his 30s.
* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: The ''ComicBook/BatmanOdyssey'' #5 review was postponed to 2023 out of respect for the recently deceased Neal Adams.
* FollowTheLeader: Lewis once dedicated an entire episode to reviewing old adverts in comic books in an attempt to copy WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's "After These Messages" episodes, where he reviewed nostalgic commercials. It never became a recurring segment like the Critic's videos, but Linkara was able to reincorporate the idea into his Comic Book Quickies videos.
* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Lewis' commentaries are very serious and dry when he's out of character.
* HeyItsThatSound: He uses sound effects from the ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' games to good effect in the story arcs, and especially during the climactic battles. Many of them match events in the scenes that ''would'' trigger them in the games. Some sounds may be recognizable from UsefulNotes/RPGMaker's classic stock sound effects, as well.
* InMemoriam:
** The first issue of the ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey'' comic was dedicated to Marcus Almand, a late friend of Lewis', and independant comic book creator of ''Razor Kid''.
** The review for ''Gameboy'' #3 was originally scheduled for later, but moved up in honor of [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis Justin Carmical]] after his suicide -- and resulted in CreatorBacklash after [=#ChangeTheChannel=] resulted in Carmical being outed as a sexual predator.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
** The {{Crossover}} review of ''Film/SouthlandTales'' he did with other members of Channel Awesome currently fits this description with Linkara [[https://atopfourthwall.tumblr.com/post/649336558728724480 choosing not to re-upload it]] after leaving the site for various reasons, including it being loaded with copyrighted material and Linkara no longer being friends with some of the people involved in the video.
** All of his "Comics in Five Panels" videos (his equivalent to Doug Walker's "Five Second Movies) were lost following the shutdown of Blip, with only a handful of fan uploads left behind.
** Linkara did a short review of ''[[ComicBook/SilentHill Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward]]'' to coincide with his review of ''Dying Inside'', where he recommended it as a good ''Silent Hill'' comic. To date, the video has not been uploaded since.
** For his reviews of ''Silent Hill: Dying Inside'' and ''Silent Hill: Dead/Alive'', Linkara made "alternate endings" for the storyline segments, parodying the multiple endings typical of a ''Silent Hill'' game. While the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0VGkEzvvso Dying Inside]]'' endings were uploaded to his Youtube channel, the ''Dead/Alive'' endings remain lost, most likely due to an extensive sequence where Linkara did [[MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody the "Thriller" dance]] that would trigger Youtube's Content [=ID=].
* LoopingLines: During the scene when Linkara abandons Vyce in a barren universe after his first defeat, all of Lewis's lines are dubbed in, presumably due to the outdoor filming conditions obscuring his voice.
* MilestoneCelebration: Every February 15th, Linkara reviews a ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood|ImageComics}}'' comic because his very first text review of a comic was of a ''Youngblood'' issue on that date.
** He also takes a look at the Clone Saga during the shows video anniversary.
** The 99th episode was a list of "Comics He'll Never Review" ending with ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' as #1. No sooner then he finishes he [[LyingCreator quickly breaks that promise by reviewing a Sonic comic for the 100th episode]]. At the end of that review, he and his fellow reviewers from Website/ChannelAwesome sing the ''Atop The 4th Wall'' theme song.
** For the 200th episode, he finally reviewed ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' after years of making fun of it on the show.
** For the 300th episode, he reviewed Creator/FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'', which Linkara claimed to be the comic he hates the most.
** For the 400th episode, he reviewed the comic adaptation of ''Film/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', complete with musical numbers that parodied the songs used in the film. Extra notable, as he had to have the comic translated due to it never being released in English.
** For the 500th episode, he reviewed ''ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd''.
** As 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the show, Linkara has dedicated every review (sans Patreon requested videos) to following up on material he covered in the past decade.
** For the 600th episode, he reviewed ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski Spider-Man: Sins Past]]''.
** For the 700th episode, he reviewed ''[[Creator/DCBlackLabel Superman: Year One]]''.
** While Lewis initially had no plans for the show's 15th anniversary, he ended up deciding to start hosting streams of the storyline segments while he and friends give commentary and various behind the scenes info.
* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: Pollo's new design.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** In Pollo's first appearance, he was voiced by Microsoft Sam, but the voice source was later changed to Speakonia's "American Male #1". As of "ROMTROSPECTIVE: ROM The Space Knight #1-46", he's now voiced by his former title card artist, Alex "WebAnimation/DrCrafty" Tansley.
** NIMUE was once voiced by Creator/AllisonPregler rather than her usual voice actress, after Linkara needed some extra lines recorded on short notice.
* OutOfOrder: In the Contest of Champions storyline, Linkara's semifinal match against Billy Tor is shown before his quarterfinal match against Sphinx Yonder. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zs9vJ3MO88&lc=Ugwd2MQi8VPgNPCIx6d4AaABAg The reason for this]] is because Billy Tor's match is acting as the Halloween storyline of 2021 (after two years of delay), and the race against Sphinx Yonder would require a massive amount of special effects which would seriously overwork The Game Show Reviewer if it was done in the intended order, before October 2021. In order to avoid putting him into "crunch beyond crunch", these matches were done out of order.
* RealLifeRelative: His parents, brother, ex-girlfriend, and wife have appeared on the show numerous times.
* ReferencedBy: In ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', the characters wonder why a ShowWithinAShow game is called "Haxer Force" instead of "Hacker Force", and Dick quotes "Because poor literacy is ''kewl''".
* ThrowItIn:
** Linkara's commentary for review of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' comic notes that in his morphing sequence his glasses reappear and notes that it is excusable by the fact that [[StockFootageFailure that kind of thing]] happens in the original.
** In his original script for ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder #6'', he originally followed up his line "So, 5 hours ago from 3 hours ago?" with a yell of frustration, but it didn't have the right comedic punch, so he suddenly exclaimed "WHAT ''TIME'' IS IT?!", which he felt was the more appropriate response.
** In his review of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' ComicBookAdaptation, when Allison Pregler walks off in disappointment that it wasn't their crossover, she walks off and calls out off screen "Stealin' your stuff!", prompting him to cry out "Aw, dammit!". Turns out it was totally ad-libbed and Lewis is obviously {{Corpsing}}.
* TroubledProduction: 2022 was ''not'' kind to Lewis as many of the reviews, especially the Patreon-sponsored reviews, had been too long like ''Man of Steel'' and ''Maximum Carnage'', both nearly 90 minutes long. This also was on top of a number of conventions he attended as well as family obligations. His first attempt at a break in April didn't work as Event Comics Month bled into it, leading him to cancel Secret Origins Month for 2022 (meaning the event would have a two year hiatus instead of one) so he could try and catch up, especially since 2022 is the tenth anniversary of "Longbox of the Damned".
** The ''Contest of Champions'' is one of the biggest cases of this, mixed with ScheduleSlip, and much to Linkara's absolute frustration. It was ''supposed'' to be a short and fun series to tide things over while he worked on the next major storyline. However, due to a combination of the falling out of Channel Awesome producers, the COVID 19 Pandemic, and near constant delays for any number of reasons including trying to avoid putting The Game Show Reviewer under crunch for the really special effects heavy bits, the Contest took over ''six years'' to finally complete on Christmas, 2023. To put things in perspective, the previous ''Sleepwalker'' arc was nearly three hours long in the compilation, and only took ''two years'' (2015 - 2017) to complete by comparison.
* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Amethyst is the official voice actress for NIMUE. However, on the few occasions where Amethyst wasn't able to record her dialogue in time for an episode's release, Creator/AllisonPregler has filled in the role for her. In-universe, the discrepancy between their voices is usually hand-waved as a result of NIMUE's vocal processor temporarily malfunctioning.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/AtopTheFourthWall Has its own page]].
* WordOfGod:
** After Holokara is defeated, [[spoiler: the Gunslinger is seen entering Linkara's house and picking up the hard-light projector]]. However, Holokara is not seen in the final confrontation with him. Its confirmed that he forgot about it, and by the time he remembered, it was too late to film and edit new footage involving it.
** According to NIMUE, her statements of "Information" are a ShoutOut to Zen from ''Series/BlakesSeven''.
** When asked about the opening of the 600th episode, he stated [[spoiler:that it was to put to bed the ''Film/{{Caligula}}'' gag after the collective falling out Lewis and the other people who left Website/ChannelAwesome had with Creator/BradJones.]]
** Lester B. Bum (Linkara's short-lived version of [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]]) [[https://atopfourthwall.tumblr.com/post/633257516963332097 turned his life around]] with help from some social programs. He's now [[EarnYourHappyEnding no longer homeless and enjoys a stable job restocking Coca-Cola vending machines.]]
** A reply to a comment on the ''The Adventures of Chrissie Claus #1'' review reveals the Christmas version of the theme song is set to be redone to edit out the names of creators, but he's yet to have the time and money to have it edited.
** During the Anniversary Commentary for ''A Piece of the World is Misssing'', Lewis confirmed that only the people taken from Linkara's universe were restored by the Entity's death, as it had been too long for the previous victims and they were permanently part of the Entity's form.
** During the Commentary for ''His Blue Soul'', Lewis confirmed that there was only one version of the Entity in the multiverse, and that the same also applied to the other Elder Gods.
* WordOfSaintPaul:
** In the storyline portion of Linkara's review of Babylon 5 #1, WebVideo/TheGameShowReviewer had a voice cameo as the docking controller for the orbital drydock building Comicron Two. [[http://disq.us/p/1jd0gje In the comments of the video]], he said that his character was named "Yard Commander D. Clark" and he was from the Independent Space Organization.
** [[WebVideo/IdolsOfAnime Viga]] had to explicitly explain that her character [[https://twitter.com/Viga/status/1344349844954099712 is not married]] to Linkara.
** According to WebVideo/TheGameShowReviewer on the 6/20/21 [=AT4W=] game stream, [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent the accent of his character]] in the Contest of Champions is Temlinian.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: As Lewis has explained at certain times, many of the series he reviews as Patreon-sponsored reviews are because either they were not part of his childhood (as he's explained concerning reviews of ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'') or only go so far (in his review of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' eps 1-4, he's explained that he only remembers the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' boom in the early 2000s while he's stated in his ''Sonic'' reviews he's only played the Sega Genesis games).
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: At the Youmacon 2014 Q&A, he admitted that while he planned from the beginning that the King of Worms would have a chrome mask, 90% of the final design was made up on the spot.

!!Tropeless Trivia
* Despite being the show's tagline, only four comics have been physically burned on the show: ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'', ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' and Creator/FrankMiller's ComicBook/HolyTerror. ''ComicBook/JLAActOfGod'' was set on fire in-universe, but not in real life. Lewis wanted to burn ''ComicBook/{{Marville}}'', but ran out of time. ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' was torn apart and ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'' was simply thrown in the trash instead of being burned (with Lewis even saying, "Fire is too good for it"). ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' was only spared this fate, because Lewis refused to purchase a physical copy.
* As of the June 29, 2014 livestream, the top ten fan favourite episodes are:
-->10) Warrior #1\\
9) Silent Hill: Dead/Alive #5\\
8) Justice League: Cry for Justice #5-7\\
7) Countdown, Part 2\\
6) Marville #4\\
5) Superman at Earth's End\\
4) All-Star Batman #1-2\\
3) JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative\\
2) Pokemon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu\\
1) One More Day
** Lewis noted that Warrior #1 actually placed 9th in the fan vote, but because technically it's an episode of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' (albeit one with [=AT4W=] storyline implications, and one that is included with the "normal" [=AT4W=] episodes on the new site), he moved it to 10th in the countdown.
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