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* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** The Distressed Watcher steers into this territory from time to time. In episode 13 of 'Trailer Failure' he said that the bombing of Pearl Harbor, starving children, and 9/11 combined were not as bad as ''Film/SexAndTheCity2.'' Though those who think this is bad are obviously not acquainted with The Distressed Watcher's Website/YouTube work as The Amazing Atheist.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozBk5z8ScG8 Remember that time that your dad molested you?]]''
%%** Seemingly the entire point of ''The Wrong Advices''.
* HarsherInHindsight: At the beginning of his "Top 10 Anti-Heroes" video, someone comes up to him and asks "Aren't you the Distressed Watcher?" He answers "That was a long time ago. [[ThousandYardStare In another life]]." Then came his removal from Website/ChannelAwesome.
* HoYay: His admitted bisexuality has done nothing to stop this. Most prominently, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iX514S11Qc&feature=player_embedded has made out with Case]] (aka [=FakeSagan=] aka [=HardCaseOwnsYou=]) during a fundraising [=BlogTV=] session.
* MemeticBadass: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDstErSvma4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Cletus!]]
* MisaimedFandom: In a discussion stream with Vaush, Kirk said that he felt that "It's Only Sexist When Men Do It" garnered one. The 2011 video consisted of Kirk calling out ''The Talk'' for [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale making light of a woman quite literally emasculating her husband]] as well other similar moments on other shows, and criticizing the feminist movement for not talking about these issues. The video consequently laid the groundwork for much of the anti-SJW culture that has polarized the internet, Kirk included. In his own words...
-->'''Kirk''': When I did it I feel like it was anti-reactionary. Now, I feel like it is reactionary. When I did it, it was against outrage culture, now I feel like it's another tenet of outrage culture.
-->'''Vaush''': Is that what you mean when you said you felt it was widely misinterpreted? That people used it as a springboard to engage in their own misbehavior rather than...?
-->'''Kirk''': I don't think it happened quite that quickly, but I think that, y'know, it went from "Hey, don't you use this moral cudgel to control art," to-- and that's what the anti-SJW shit is now, it's a moral cudgel to try to control art. And, uh, so it became the exact opposite of what, at least on my part it was intended to be.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geQyrBGS_60&feature=channel_video_title This video]], in which he calls out a radical feminist who writes down a list of things that make a man a rape supporter [[note]]for reference, the list consists of pretty much every form of sexual activity that can possibly be performed by a man, so it basically says that every man on the planet supports rape[[/note]]. The best part? He calls it out more for its [[FemaleMisogynist misogyny]] than its [[AllAbusersAreMale misandry]].
* NeverLiveItDown: Even diehard fans thought "Bananagate" would become this, but his calm response to the incident resulted in most of his critics backing off.
* TheScrappy: His Website/ChannelAwesome alter-ego The Distressed Watcher. TGWTG fans had (unsuccessfully) petitioned for him to be removed from the site and he also wasn't very popular with some contributors on the site either. [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay]] mentioned how she doesn't like how he revels in pissing people off, site artist Marobot [[http://fav.me/d2xhp52 drew a picture of him being killed]], WebVideo/JesuOtaku mentioned on Twitter that he found him to be childish and hateful in his arguments, and [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] said TJ (in comparison to the [[TrueCompanions tightly knit group]]) was kind of a loner and didn't really talk to the other contributors much, the exception being WebVideo/{{Benzaie}}, who Lindsay said would defend him to 'the bitter end'. Once he left the site he explained his perspective on the whole TGWTG-cooperation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rQFaSCc8uQ on his secondary YouTube-channel]].
%%* TaintedByThePreview: Trailer Failure.
%%* TearJerker:
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo-q7RgABIg When his father died.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYsfqd9-66c Hercules]].
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