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PJ Liguori (born 11 December 1990), known online as [=KickThePJ=] is an English-Italian [=YouTuber=], filmmaker, and artist. In addition to his [=YouTube=] content, he regularly streams on Twitch.

PJ gained prominence through his creative short films and perhaps most notably his web series ''WebVideo/OscarsHotelForFantasticalCreatures''. In many of his videos, he has a tendency to play with surrealism, often blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, as well as a tendency to show off his creative and artistic talent.

PJ studied at the University for the Creative Arts. Originally from Peterborough, he now lives in Brighton with his partner and collaborator Sophie Newton and their cat Fuji.

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!!General tropes:
* AmazingTechnicolorWorld: PJ's lighting and overall aesthetic evokes this, making use of purples, blues, pinks, reds, and greens, and often incorporating his art.
* CartoonPenguin: An animated penguin named Fuzzwald appears in a couple of [=KickThePJ=] videos as a sinister sidekick.
* DoNotCallMePaul: He only goes by his initials PJ, and has never publicly said what they stand for.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: In ''The Sketchbook Soul'', PJ finds a sketchbook by the sea. Initially believing the sketchbook to be mundane, he discovers his glasses enable him to see an AmazingTechnicolorWorld as well as secret messages from Cosmo, an artist's spirit trapped in the book.
* GratuitousJapanese: The Sad Ghost speaks Japanese (voiced by WebVideo/TheAnimeMan).
* HateDumb / FanDumb: PJ goes into this topic in "Are fandoms bad?". He says he used to look down on fandoms before realising he too engages with media in a fandom-like way. He concludes it is silly to judge a piece of media or even a fandom for the actions of a few fans.
** He told a story about receiving hate messages for things his fictional counterpart did in fan fiction.
* JackOfAllTrades: Although he does have a production team, PJ has a varied array of credits from production design to direction to editing to music/composition to acting.
* MacGuffin: The Lullaby Cube is a box invented to help people sleep.
* TheMagicTouch: The galaxy hand featured in the video of the same name absorbs anything and anyone it touches into space.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The Sad Ghost is somehow affected by allergies to dust and also works out to keep in shape, something he claims he neglected to do when he was alive.
* SlipstreamGenre: Many [=KickthePJ=] videos verge into surrealism.
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!!Characters, shorts, and series with enough tropes for their own sections:

[[folder:''The Forever Train'' (2013)]]
-> ''Cast'': Chris Kendall, Creator/DanAndPhil, Music/{{dodie}}, and more

A passenger (simply named Hero) aboard a train that travels through time encounters many creatures as he tries to find his ticket and suitcase.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Hero picks up a newspaper to hide behind, only to find that it's a talking newspaper named Daisy.
* BlatantBurglar: Hero sees a woman wearing an eye mask and a pirate hat with his suitcase and says, "Hey, you found my suitcase!", to which she responds "Finders keepers, chump."
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Becca, a recurring character from Chris' channel, pops up and says "Hi! I'm not even supposed to be here. PJ didn't invite me, but I snuck on set."
* CrossCastRole: [[{{WebVideo/Danisnotonfire}} Dan Howell]] plays Daisy the newspaper.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Daisy the newspaper cries to her husband "He saw page 3, Colin!", to which Colin responds by berating Hero for being a "sick child".
* DisproportionateRetribution: Anyone on board the train without a ticket gets almost instantly killed with TNT.
* KarmaHoudini: Hero repeatedly narrowly escapes the train conductor's interrogation about his suitcase and ticket until he finally finds it at the end.
* OopNorth: Colin the newspaper has an exaggerated northern accent.
* SoldHisSoulForADonut: A child begins to ask if the train conductor could find it in his heart to let him see his grandma without a ticket, to which the conductor responds: "[[TheHeartless I DON'T HAVE A HEART!]] I sold it for a bag of rats."
* UnexpectedKindness: The train conductor is suddenly very polite and nice once Hero finds his suitcase with his ticket.
* WouldHurtAChild: The train conductor gives a child TNT for not having a ticket.

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[[folder:Wiggles the Clown]]
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Introducing Wiggles''
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->''"Can I interest you in some clown services? The words clown and services are both very broad."''

The world's worst clown- I mean, ''entertainer''.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: A particularly spoiled child Timmy Thompson gave Wiggles his name (it was previously Waldo) whilst taunting him with a balloon worm.
* CharacterTic: In "A Date with Wiggles the Clown", Wiggles claims he proposes when he gets nervous.
* DaddyIssues: Although we do not get the details, we get enough tidbits about abandonment and "disappearing" to suggest Wiggles has an uneasy relationship with his father.
* DreadedKidsPartyEntertainerJob: He says more than once that he hates kids and didn't actively choose this job, "it chose me".
* INeedAFreakingDrink: He brings out the alcohol whilst answering questions in the Wiggles edition of Slurp, titled "LOVE IS OVERRATED".
* IronicName: PJ deliberately picked a name that would suggest Wiggles is a lot cheerier than he actually is.
* JabbaTableManners: In the second date video, Wiggles serves and eats pasta with his hands.
* TheJinx: Everything seems to go wrong for Wiggles, which is especially apparent in the date video.
* KidsAreCruel: "Wiggles Begins" is described as an [[DarkAndTroubledPast origin story]] of how a particularly bratty child Timmy Thompson [[DrivenToMadness drove Wiggles mad]] with his demands at his birthday party.
* LaughingMad: His attempts to literally laugh off his more questionable and incriminating statements and jokes devolve into this.
* MagicMisfire: As he is going to pull an engagement ring from behind his date's ear, he accidentally pulls out a knife.
* NoodleIncident: He hints at ambiguous trouble he has previously gotten into in his introductory video:
--> '''Wiggles''': I'll perform anywhere apart from states beginning with 'A', 'Q', or 'Z' but that's mostly for legal reasons.
* PracticallyJoker: His character design, make up, voice, and mannerisms resemble that of the Joker. However, although he has a sinister side, he does not seem quite on the Joker's level of evil, and said side is mostly played for laughs.
* RambunctiousItalian: Wiggles is Italian-American.
* TooDesperateToBePicky: Regardless of how he feels about his job, Wiggles needs the work and is desperate for human contact, so he will entertain anything and anyone.

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