History Trivia / TheAngryVideoGameNerd

** Wrestling/{{GLOW}} alumni Jeanne Basone (a.k.a. "Hollywood"), who [[HeAlsoDid also]] played "Jane" in the 3DO American visual novel ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'', revealed in a 2020 [=YouTube=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BVkHB5LVAg interview]] that she was well-aware of AVGN's unflattering review of the game. This despite her not remembering his name exactly, calling him the [[VideoGame/AngryBirds "Angry Bird"]] [[https://youtu.be/5BVkHB5LVAg?t=120 instead]].

** His review of Film/Ricky1 brought attention to an obscure movie that would've likely been long forgotten had he not done it; Even the IMDB page for the movie was nearly empty before his video went up.

** In his ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' review, he claimed the #1 worse joke to not be funny at all, but ultimately couldn't contain his laughter.
--> AVGN: ''"I mean c'mon, it's not funny!"''
--> Donatello: ''"Help! I'm a turtle and can't get up!"''
--> AVGN: ''"Hahahahahaaaag! (beat) Oh, ok I'm back."''

** The [[ItMakesSenseInContext hippopotamus's butt monologue]] from Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle took several takes to get right because of this.

* CreatorsFavorite: James has frequently listed the ''R.O.B. the Robot'' episode as one of his favorites.
* TheDanza: The Nerd's first name is James according to the Winter Games, Spider-Man, Action 52, and Superman (NES) videos. [[spoiler: Which comes off as [[FridgeHorror somewhat jarring]] if you watch these episodes after having seen Season 3 of WebVideo/BoardJames, unless you think the AVGN episodes are an [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuity]].]]

*** Kieran states that management was insistent on them making an episode on ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' rather than their original choice of ''VideoGame/TheLastNinja'' to capitalize on the hype for the ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'' movie. Kieran felt the latter made for a better and more true-to-the-show episode and won out.

** After the ''[[VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989 Back to the Future]]'' re-revisited episode, he mentioned that he had another game to re-revisit. The expression in the Nerd's face gave very obvious hints that he was going to re-revisit the ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' NES game. One month later, this is the game that he re-revisited. Could count as {{Foreshadowing}} too.

** While the ''Star Trek'' episode was released in 2008, it was uploaded on Website/YouTube the day before ''Film/StarTrek2009'' was released.

** The 75th episode features the return of Bugs Bunny as the Nerd reviews the '' Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle'' games.
** The 100th episode features the Nerd reviewing the Robot series, ''Gyromite'' and ''Stack-Up''... [[spoiler: and saving the world from a superpowered R.O.B.]]

** When James intended the first 3 episodes to be the only episodes he would make, he originally posted them directly onto his newly formed Cinemassacre site under the name "The Angry Nintendo Nerd Trilogy".

** His review of ''Life of Black Tiger'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 features Creator/GilbertGottfried playing the Fred Fuchs character that the Nerd has referenced numerous times in the past. When Gilbert starts ChewingTheScenery, James is doing his best to hold back the smile on his face, using his right hand to cover his mouth up. He's right on the verge of laughing. Gottfried himself even gives a chuckle while delivering the line.

** Yellow: The very high category. You could survive, but you'll be traumatized for life. (The majority of LJN games, Platform/VirtualBoy, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames'' with the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' added to this section)

* The ''Videogame/FinalFantasyVI'' episode introduces the "Good-Ass Scale", the polar opposite of the Shit Scale. It measures how awesome a game is.

** Yellow: The very high category. You could survive, but you'll be traumatized for life. (The majority of LJN games, UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames'' with the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' added to this section)

* BeamMeUpScotty: In the original ''Back to the Future'' review, the Nerd said that he would rather eat ''out'' the rotten asshole of a roadkill skunk. For whatever reason, the theme song dropped that one word and the line became cemented as such from there.

* BannedEpisode: "Atari Porn" is the only episode of the series to never be officially uploaded to the Website/YouTube Cinemassacre channel, though it is still available on their website.
** Cinemassacre has now released a [[{{Bowdlerise}} heavily-edited]] version of the episode re-titled "Atari Pork" on their official Youtube channel. Watch [[https://youtu.be/tvdIQFoaSr4?feature=shared here]].

* WordOfGod: James has to frequently dispel rumors from some fans that he's losing interest in making the series. The biggest examples were the ''Desert Bus'' and ''Mega Man Games'' videos, which both had the Nerd briefly retiring; this led to some fans asking if those were series finales, confusing him. He said that he'll let fans know when the series will be concluding. A pretty big one occurred in 2011 when James Rolfe (out-of-character but dressed as the Nerd) made a special video addressing some fan concerns that he was retiring the character- a rumor likely because he was putting out less ''AVGN'' episodes at the time. He then shook his head and held up the script for the then-upcoming ''Film/AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie''.

** Green: Debatably bad games, they're somewhat good but with serious flaws (''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'', ''VideoGame/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1989}}'', ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'')

** Cyan: Dope as a Kaleidoscope. Really fun to play, and something you can go back to due to its replay value. ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'')

** Cyan: Dope as a Kaleidoscope. Really fun to play, and something you can go back to due its replay value. ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'')

* The ''Darkwing Duck'' episode introduces the "Shit Scale". A scale to measure the awfulness of a game.

* BannedEpisode: "Atari Porn" is the only episode of the series to never be officially uploaded to the YouTube Cinemassacre channel, though it is still available on their website.

* In his ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII'' review, he claimed the #1 worse joke to not be funny at all, but ultimately couldn't contain his laughter.

*** As of November 2023, an official [[{{Bowdlerise}}"Youtube-Friendly"]] version of the episode can now be [[https://youtu.be/tvdIQFoaSr4?feature=shared watched]].

** Cinemassacre has now officially released the episode, albeit {{Bowdlerised}} to uphold youtube's guidelines.