Web Video / Alex Meyers

"Can you believe this kids movie isn't 100 percent logical?"

Alex Meyers is a content creator that primarily discusses movies and TV shows. He first joined YouTube in 2015 and first started his career by doing video essays. But a few years later changed his format to simply doing animated reviews on sitcoms and movies.

Alex Meyers contains examples of:

• Art Evolution: When Alex first started his animated reviews, his character was just a simple bald cartoon with no features. But after the first year, Alex's character was designed more anime influenced.
• *Bleep*-dammit!: Due to the nature of Youtube, Alex would censor any cursing or inappropriate language in the media he's discussing. He would use words like:
  • "DEVIL'S TANGO!" ^Note To allude to two characters having sex.
  • "Firetruck." ^Note Censorship for any use of the word 'fuck.'
  • Squeaky Toy Sound Effect ^Note Censoring sounds from acts of violence.
• Formula-Breaking Episode: His second video on Season 7 of Riverdale takes a live-action approach to his usual style, with Alex's cartoon avatar appearing as a plush doll and the characters from the show being represented as puppets. Curiously, only Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead have puppets; Cheryl remains a cartoon, and when Alice is brought up, she's portrayed by a Psyduck plushie of all things.
• Gag Censor: Alex would also use funny images to hide non-family friendly imagery in media, such as:
  • A banana gun ^Note In order to censor any violent weapons.
  • An old lady vacuuming ^Note To cover any scenes involving kissing.
• Mister Seahorse: At one point in his review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire his cartoon avatar is shown reading a book called Harry Potter And The Pregnant Sonic.
• Perverse Sexual Lust: Played for Laughs, as Alex regularly brings up his past fictional crushes, such as Sailor Jupiter, Roxanne, and Mimi Tachikawa.
• Running Gag:
  • The "Big 'Ol Red Flag Parade" ^Note For whenever a character ignores obvious red flags.
  • "But before that, really quick..." ^Note His transition between the opening monologue and his sponsor read.
  • A cut to a black screen with Alex giggling in the audio.
  • Abs: The Musical (and Archie's abs in general), courtesy of his Riverdale reviews.
• Self-Deprecation: He's usually the butt of a lot of his own humor, ex: joking about being a loser in high school.
• The Teetotaler: He said Wonka reacting to Noodle never having tried chocolate is similar to how people react when they hear that he's never tried alcohol.