History Headscratchers / Phelous

** According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Porteous is a Scottish surname. Googling Phelan reveals it is normally apparently a surname as well, and is Irish in origin, meaning roughly "Wolf." So someone named Phelan Porteous likely comes from a family with a Scots-Irish background.

** It's a pun on the Tim Allen movie TheSantaClause also known as Disney's (The) Santa Clause.

** According to TheOtherWiki, Porteous is a Scottish surname. Googling Phelan reveals it is normally apparently a surname as well, and is Irish in origin, meaning roughly "Wolf." So someone named Phelan Porteous likely comes from a family with a Scots-Irish background.

* Why does, whenever he's dressing up as Barry from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' he wield a toy Desert Eagle when Barry uses a .357 revolver ([[AKA47 Presumably a Colt Python)? Yes, Desert Eagles can fire the same caliber, but the two guns look nothing alike, which is all that should really matter for a video.

** ObscurusLupa did a review of RobotInTheFamily. that's where it's from.

* What the deal with the "Put the baby in the toilet/oven" {{Running Gag}}? What song/review is that from?

* What the deal with the "Put the baby in the toiler/oven" {{Running Gag}}? What song/review is that from?

** It's a friendly TakeThat at people that do, like [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] or [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], I remember some lines like "Wait, if your're from an alternate universe then how is this all happening?" he's LampshadeHanging the idea of these rather silly reviews having plots.

* Okay, I'm just going to come out and say it: Phalen isn't as thin as the title cards portray him as. With people like [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], it's passable, since his coat makes him look heavier than he actually is, but with Phelous it seems a bit jarring.

** It's a pun on the Tim Allen movie TheSantaClause also known as Disney's (The) Santa Clause.

* Okay, I'm just going to come out and say it: Phalen isn't as thin as the title cards portray him as. With people like {{Linkara}}, it's passable, since his coat makes him look heavier than he actually is, but with Phelous it seems a bit jarring.

** I think it's a joke about how it's clearly not a Disney film.

* Is there a reason why his review of Satan Claus is called "Disney's Satan Claus"? It's clearly not a Disney film.

*** From the artist's point of view, though, what are you supposed to do when presented with someone who is a little overweight (like Phelous or Linkara), who you like and has asked you to do title cards for them? Even Sean Fausz gets slimmed down a bit in drawings, but at least with him you know he is fully aware of being a large man, and it's too obvious not to portray at least a bit. With the others, though, you kind of want to make the drawings a bit more flattering. Weight is still a controversial issue. With the Critic's title cards, I think it's just the style, as Doug is slim normally. The only thing I really take issue with is the Chick, because she is normal weight, but the title cards show her as super-skinny when it's unnecessary.