* CreatorBacklash: ProtonJon did genuinely enjoy playing ROM hacks of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' sent in by his viewers, but he eventually got sick of them as more of the ROM hacks contained poor level designs and gimmicks. This is especially shown in Protonjon's LP of ''Super Mario TKO'', where he expects a lot of nonsense he encountered before in other hacks and is not used to TKO having level designs that almost mirrors the quality found in official Mario games. Combined with the fact that ProtonJon wanted to LP other games, he dropped ROM hacks entirely except for one that was sent in to him by a person who wanted someone to LP it since he was dying of cancer. [[hottip:*:Except the person was totally lying about having cancer, as ProtonJon later discovered.]]
** Protonjon also got so angry and frustrated with people that sent him ROM hacks that abuse invisible blocks that he created an entire level made out of nothing BUT the invisible coin blocks. The level forces the player to reveal each and every hidden block to build platforms to the top, and they also have to use a springboard to reach the higher blocks. The player must then get the switch at the top and use it at the very bottom of the level to get access to the exit.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: He has a gift for coming up with new lyrics to songs, like when he takes "Reptilia" by TheStrokes and turns it into [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBHNKodo7Qw this.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVAWDtdDhY He's never gonna give you up]]
** It's not easy living on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF446RD22ec Skullcrusher Mountain.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNJBusvxF70&feature=player_detailpage#t=672s Space Christmas!]] Now, if only it was a full FilkSong instead of two scant bars of buttery-voiced goodness...
* DudeNotFunny: Jon's reaction to the person who lied about leukemia in order to get him and other people to LP his ROM hack. Jon's reaction was more disappointment rather than angry, but he still expressed that what the person did was not cool at all.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Laura from the ''Mario Kart Wii'' videos is becoming very popular with viewers; a lot of people really like the sound of her voice.
* FountainOfMemes: He's been responsible for more than a few [[MemeticMutation memes]] in his day.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In episode 2 of his LP of Notte Luminosa, he finds a minigame corner with a hilarious disclaimer. The disclaimer states that the minigame corner can not be held responsible for side effects such as alcoholism, crossdressing, gender confusion, and... cancer. Why is Jon playing the game? To fulfill the dying wish of the game's creator, who has cancer.
** HilariousInHindsight: It turned out that the creator was faking his cancer, making this joke a little more lighthearted.
* HoYay: Played for laughs when he and {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} sing [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} "A Whole New World"]] together during TheSpeedGamers marathon, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrjglkKv_28 at the request of fellow LPer CanisSkye]].
** Also with LetsPlay/{{Slowbeef}} during the [[http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=1979416415646504565&hl=en-CA# Milky Way Wishes]] [[http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=3930233179247898676&hl=en-CA# segments]] of his ''Kirby Super Star'' LP, wherein their characters proceed to ''make out with each other'' after picking up food.
* MemeticBadass: Ashley turns Clint from ''Crash n' The Boys'' as one. '''[[LargeHam CLIIIIINT!]]'''
** [[FZero Captain Falcon]] and [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Chris Redfield]] also get this to some extent.
* MostWonderfulSound: The "glitch count" from his ''{{Superman 64}}'' LP (borrowed from ''KatamariDamacy'').
** He uses the 'tada!' sound effect from Windows 95 in his ''Resident Evil 5'' collab for things such as his epic rescue of SuperJeenius ("FOOOOOOTBAAAAALLL!") and when the two of them don't forget or miss anything in a level that he would have to recap later.
* NeverLiveItDown: Many examples.
** He's complained about "MOVE FASTER POKEY" many, many times. He only ever said it ''once'', not that you'd know, given its ubiquity (including here on TVTropes).
*** Ironically, in his early romhack videos, he quotes "100 SECONDS?!" as the line everyone remembers from Kaizo; "MOVE FASTER POKEY" didn't really take off until [[Film/ThreeHundred people started doing Sparta remixes]].
** "Don't Eat The Mushroom" also gets this a lot. The phrase showed up in, of all places, one of the romhacks he was [=LPing=], and his [[PromotedFanboy fan and fellow LPer]], {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}, absolutely ''relished'' saying it to him [[LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys when the opportunity finally arose]]. (Though later on, Jon managed to [[IronicEcho turn it against him]]).
** "DEATH WATER" and "NOW I'LL SHOW YOU" are a bit more deserving of their status; even though they each appeared in just one video, Jon [[OverlyLongGag repeated them over and over again]].
*** He even lampooned "DEATH WATER" himself with "CHERRY KOOL-AID".
** His Super Mario TKO LP, where he encouraged his viewers to play along, record, and upload their own videos. This resulted in a surge of terrible LP videos, and was probably the key factor in the decision to WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} him -- note that their primary criticism is his FollowTheLeader status.
*** He actually commented on the Retsupurae video, seeming to take it all in good taste.
** [[{{WebVideo/Retsupurae}} Slowbeef]] seems determined to make the Notte Luminosa incident one of these; though he was very sympathetic about it on the Retsupurae podcast, he's still cracking jokes every time he thinks of it in the videos Jon guests in.
* SoBadItsGood: This is his opinion of Superman 64, in the sense that the game is so poorly designed and programmed that it actually becomes fun to discover different ways to break it.
* TearJerker: Set up, but then subverted ''big time'' with Notte Luminosa. See DudeNotFunny.
** And then double-subverted with Yanama's apology video.