A
Web Original show where
redhead Sursum Ursa waxes enthusiastic about books, TV shows and
anything else that comes to mind, while the
subtitles look on
(and snark).
Expect trope references and a LOT of
Sherlock.
You'll find all Stuff You Like episodes
here
, and some other stuff on
YouTube. The show is also featured on
The Agony Booth here!
Stuff You Like provides and discusses examples of:
- Action Girl: Mentioned by name quite a lot: Ariane, the adrenaline junkie pilot/racer from Grand Central Arena, as well as Katara, Toph, Suki, Azula, Mai, Ty Lee... and Jame.
- Alternate Character Interpretation: In-Universe, Jim is a Stalker with a Crush.
- Asteroid Thicket: Namechecked in GCA which has a section that consists of a long string of tropes and accompanying pictures.
- Bad Boss: Ursa herself, judging by the "Staff Training Video" at the start of the Underworld review...
- Plus, just why DID she have a camera above Cheapus' bed?
- The Bechdel Test: Mentioned in passing in the Underworld review:
- Big "YES!"/Glasses Pull: "This week: (glasses) it's Sherlock Whump Week." "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- Black Cloak: For the "Staff Training Video":
Sursum Ursa: Greetings, minions. *thunder* Welcome to hell. (
Evil Laughter)
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: In the Roman Holiday review:
- Buffy Speak: On the subject of Jim's mood swings:
Sursum Ursa: He has mood swings like a...very...swingy...thing!
- Catch Phrase: "Meet our protagonist..."
- Chewing the Scenery: Mentioned in Underworld:
- Cute Shotaro Boy: Calls Aang this, naturally.
- Deadpan Snarker: The Subtitles, and also Sokka.
- For the Evulz: Jim again.
Sursum Ursa: Jim is just indiscriminately evil...for the lulz.
- Getting Crap Past the Radar: A whole section dedicated to it in the A:TLA Book 3 review.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Both River Tam and Jim are described as, "Completely batfrakked!" More generally, the (usually) PG-rating means this is quite common.
- Halloween Episode: "5 Ridiculously Entertaining Things About Underworld."
- Ho Yay: Zuko wants Aang to dance with him. And Sherlock's A Study In Pink review had a dedicated montage on the subject.
- Hollywood Hacking: Averted in Sherlock Series 2, and mentioned in the Reichenbach Fall episode:
- Hollywood Homely: Discussed In-Universe in the Mycroft and Lestrade episode. TV!Lestrade is much better looking than his literary counterpart
- Hollywood Pudgy: Also in Mycroft and Lestrade, Ursa explains how the trope is avoided, and references Special K adverts to give an example of the trope.
Sursum Ursa: You're NOT FAT!
- Musical Episode: For the Les Miserables review.
- Pimped Out Dress: Referenced by name in the video about Kaylee from Firefly, and the dress she wore in "Shindig".
- Punny Name: Sursum Ursa's real surname is Bearup.
- Quirky Miniboss Squad: Azula, Mai and Ty Lee from, what else, Avatar The Last Airbender.
- Rebellious Princess: Anne from Roman Holiday.
- Right-Hand Cat: Barclay.
- Rule 63: In her crossover with Sofie Liv to review the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie.
- Sarcasm Mode: Most of the time.
- Scenery Porn: Referenced in Roman Holiday.
- Shout Out: To NCIS fandom when she describes Molly Hooper as an 'Autopsy Gremlin'. To the Sherlock fandom...all the time.
- Left the Background Music On: In the Jim vs. Moriarty episode.
- The Cast Showoff: Ursa in the Musical Episode.
- The Firefly Effect: In-Universe discussion in SYL 20: this video.
- Unobtanium: Required to get the crew home in Grand Central Arena
- Unusual Euphemism: In the Zoe Washburne episode:
Sursum Ursa: But when the fecal matter hits the rotary air impeller...
- Video Review Show
- "World of Cardboard" Speech: Marc C Dusquene. No, not that one.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Ariane again.
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