Somecallme Johnny - Television Tropes & Idioms

is a game reviewer on YouTube. Originally, he was 1/2 of the duo known as "The Super Gaming Bros", along with his younger brother Elliot. Eventually, Elliot left and Johnny now does reviews by himself under the new name "Johnny Vs. the World". Typically, his reviews are informative but mix in some live action comedy and short animations drawn by himself. He reviews games from well-known franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. and Metroid, sometimes dedicating a month to one specific series. He also has a Let's Play channel

on the side, with his brother and his friend Matt.

He is also one of the primary members of Brain Scratch Commentaries.

His reviews provide examples of:

Berserk Button:
- His whole Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels) review, to the point where it had to be censored.
- His Second Big Rigs Review.
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Need we say more?
Bias Steamroller: He admits that he favors Sonic more than Mario, hence giving the Mario games lower scores.
Born Lucky: In the review of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Johnny somehow kills an enemy in a small corridor and clipped through a Hammer Bros. hammer.
Continuity Lockout: There's a small plot that started from the very first review Johnny uploaded, Sonic 06, with a possessed Sonic hat, that carried on over all the way to 2010... and the origins of this possessed Sonic hat are forever lost, as Johnny has since removed that video.
Evil Laugh: What he did after beating Clement's record.
- Since then it's becoming a meme of sorts.
Fan Boy: It should be clear Johnny (and to a lesser extent, Elliot) is a fan of Sonic games, though not a gullible, biased one.
First Installment Weirdness: Johnny's style has notably improved between the time he started compared to now, but that's a given considering that time usually improves a person.
Old Shame: What Johnny feels about his earliest videos and Let's Plays, hoping to redo a couple of them in time.
Running Gag: In his Metroid Reviews (and once in his Super Mario Bros. 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 reviews), whenever he mentions the Screw Attack powerup, a voice echoes the word "Screw Attack!"
Story Arc: One involving a strange Sonic hat that warps the mind of whoever wears it to commit horrible misdeeds, such as... playing Sonic R.
Take That: In his Sonic Generations review, when talking about the 30 Second Challenge Leaderboards, he showed the top three for Classic City Escape, with him at the top & ClementJ642 at the bottom, causing him to say: "Ha! Take that Clement!"
- Although Clement beat the record soon after.
- Which led to Johnny beating Clement's new record, complete with a small Reason You Suck Speech before signing off.

His Let's Plays provides examples of the following:

And Now for Someone Completely Different: Matthew has gone by many names, such as Turd Ferguson, Slim Shady, and Pretty Fly for a White Guy. Admittedly, MMetelli is a lame name for an LPer.
- His Sonic '06 LP is done differently from the rest, being done by himself and in post-commentary.
Angrish: Johnny's prone to this whenever epic failure repeats itself more than once.
Bias Steamroller: Matthew absolutely hates Fan-insert, er, Silver the Hedgehog.
Biting-the-Hand Humor: This little exchange as of video 3 on The Lost Levels playthrough:
Elliot: So, there's this kid who considers himself a "Game Reviewer"...
Matt: Johnny?
Johnny: FUCK YOU!
Born Lucky: When Elliot stepped up to play Sonic the Hedgehog 4, he phased through one of Eggman's projectiles during the Boss Rush.
Cloudcuckoolander: Moreso Elliot, but Matt has his moments.
Cluster F-Bomb: Matthew. BIG TIME. To put it bluntly, if Matthew goes three sentences without cursing something out, Johnny thinks something is wrong with him.
- Whenever Johnny encounters a Slicer in his Sonic the Hedgehog 2 LP.
- What happens when Silver escapes the invisible wall in the Sonic '06 Sonic's Story Extra video. John himself is shocked about this, treating it as if Silver is a escaped murderous psychokinetic psychopath. He begins to fear Silver like he was Jason Voorhees in hedgehog form.
Crack Pairing: Any of the three with Death whenever they're playing badly at a game.
Curse: This seems to happen whenever Matt collaborates on a project with him. Donkey Kong Country, if Matt is to be believed, took over nine tries to complete.
- According to the wall comments by Johnny and Matthew, Sonic 2006 has also suffered from this. Allegedly, there has been multiple failures either by bad commentary or through technical mistakes. It's now at the point where Johnny has agreed to play it by himself simply because Elliot is fed up with the game, and Matthew has run out of things to say about it.
Epic Fail: Know anybody else under the age of 75 who got a game over in World 1-1 in Super Mario Bros?
- Johnny also died against the first Mecha Sonic boss, who is exactly the same as the first Sonic the Hedgehog boss.
Deadpan Snarker: It's not unusual for any one of the three to snark once in a while, though Matt is the most adept at it.
Extreme Omnisexual: Matt's a real trooper when it comes to Kamek. Then again, 8 castles and a frustrated Libido is going to inhibit judgment.
- Comes back in Lost Levels were he says after World 5 he'd settle for Toad.
Hypocritical Humor: During the Resident Evil (original) playthrough, Elliot slips vocally, suggesting Rebecca Chambers has a degree in Ph.D's, with the other two teasing him as a result. In the first part of said playthrough, Matthew said the same thing and nobody caught it.
Incredibly Lame Pun:
Matthew You got Kang Banged!
Lost Forever: The three Sonic L Ps Johnny did for his LP channel before he decided it would be better just to have Elliot in the L Ps.
- Johnny's first Big Rigs Review.
No Indoor Voice: Matthew is about as subtle as a flying hammer across the room when it comes to vocals. When he finds something funny, you'll know it.
- Elliot screams a lot in the L Ps.
Non-Sequitur: Johnny claims Elliot is the king of bringing up random s#$t.
Only Sane Man: Johnny of the three.
Rapid Fire No: Johnny and Matt's response to some of Elliot's more questionable content during the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Let's play.
Refuge in Vulgarity: The LP of The Lost Levels, at the time of this page edit, has only had three parts uploaded, and it is easily the most vulgar commentary they've recorded yet.
Series Hiatus: Both channels have been on break. His main channel because of needing to relax from the "month of..." series whereas his Let's Play channel was on break because of technical issues and the crew needing to handle matters elsewhere (Johnny with his animations, Matthew with his academic life, and Elliot with his band).
Shout Out: Many of their jokes are references to something or other. For example, the pun above is an actual combo from Mortal Kombat: Deception for Liu Kang.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Championed by Matthew, almost completely averted by Elliot.
The Many Deaths of You: Elliot + Crash Bandicoot 3 = Failure.
- Also done with Shadow Gate, as Johnny kept a death count of all the deaths.
With Friends Like These: Matthew takes it upon himself to be the total asshole during the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Let's play, with hilarious (yet annoying) results, including "paying homage" (read: Plagiarizing) to the Freelance Astronauts near the endgame flagpole... twice.
- Matt also hurls Elliot into harm's way far, far too many times for a sane person to count.