"There is only one rule for content, and that is: 'What do you genuinely enjoy making?'"
Freddie Wong, often known as "freddiew", is an American filmmaker, musician, and web director best known for his action shorts. His combination of fast paced action, comedy, and great special effects have made him the sixth most subscribed channel on Youtube. Freddie first began gaining popularity as a Guitar Hero player, and after college with the help of his friend Brandon Laatsch moved on to making weekly webshorts. Expect action, lots of bullets, nods to video games, and some truly bizarre and imaginative concepts augmented by excellent FX.His main Youtube channel can be found here, with another for behind-the-scenes films. And look here for a brief summary of all his work in 2011.He is also running his own full fledged web series called Video Game High School, which will air on his channel beginning on May 17, 2012.
And Now For Something Completely Different: Crossfire and Big Blue Ball Machine. On the former Freddie even had to add an annotation responding to people complaining about the lack of guns.
Defied Trope: In Skyrim Badass, one of the mooks during Freddie's rampage tries to put an arrow in his knee as per the famous meme. Ain't happenin', pal.
Dude, Not Funny!: The in-universe reaction in "Executive Command" by the Secretary of Defense to Freddie's antics.
Xtreme Kool Letterz: "Sir, as of 0140 this morning, Operation: EXPLOSION CANNONZ, that's "cannons" with a "Z", is a go."
Failure Is the Only Option: The ending of Cereal Killer is interactive, allowing the viewer to pick which cereal Freddie should eat. But because the milk was bad, both of them cause him to throw up.
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Swearing is pretty rare in any of Freddie Wong's videos. The few times it does occur, in Kung-Fooled and Epic VFX Time, it's bleeped out.
Gun Fu: Freddie has a penchant for this in his action shorts, with the most prominent examples being Time Crisis with Andy Whitfield and Alarmageddon, though with rare exception, he primarily uses one gun.
Guns Akimbo: Directly referenced and invoked in "Executive Command".
The "boss" from Time Crisis uses two submachine guns.
Freddie uses two AK-47s in Don't F With My Cream to blast the hell out of two robbers who, well...
Sometimes it's justified by the short taking place within a video game.
Jerkass: The Jedi A-Holes, who use lightsabers and the Force to do jerkass things For the Lulz.
Though their antics in the sequel (such as throwing a car with someone in it very far away, deflecting blaster bolts without a care about who those bolts hit, and giving lightsabers to two kids and cheering them on as they battle and taking bets until both of them die) may be the point where the two cross the line.
The Lancer: Brandon Laatsch, Freddie's co-director.
Leap and Fire: Andy Whitfield does a textbook-perfect shootdodge early on in Time Crisis.
Meganekko: Nicole Wyland's Moonchild in the Flower Warfare series.
Me's a Crowd: Big Blue Ball Machine, Guitar Army, and Halloween Massacre.
Ocular Gushers: Used hilariously in the end of Gun Size Matters.
One-Man Army: Freddie usually fulfills this on a daily basis, but Executive Command invokes this, but here Freddie is an Idiot Hero who gleefully commits war crimes.
Secretary of Defense: Where's the rest of his team?
, with another
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