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Web Video: The Completionist

He goes by a lot of names

Jirard "Dragonrider" Khalil is The Completionist

, an internet reviewer who is partnered with The Game Station. As the name implies, Jirard's shtick is that he 100% completes a game before his review, meaning that he will detail the final level, final boss, and any completion bonuses in the game. As a result, his reviews are quite spoiler-heavy. Jirard is usually joined by his producer and partner in crime, Greg Wilmot, The Mediocreist, who provides much of the humour. Refreshingly, Jirard uses very little (if any) profanity in his reviews, making them reasonably family friendly, as well as informative and entertaining.

His reviews are divided into the following segments: Story (the plot's introduction and characters), Presentation (graphics and music), Gameplay, Final Level, The Struggle (difficulty) and (if applicable) the Completion Bonus (anything from a secret weapon, to a new , before a rating is given from Burn It to Complete It (with a few exceptions in Joke episodes).

This show provides examples of:

A Day in the Limelight: The Mediocre-ist reviews are usually this for Greg, generally showcasing how bad he is at games.
- Except his Red Dead Redemption episode where fully completed the game and unlocked the secret outfit.
All Men Are Perverts: Greg falls into this more often than Jirard. Though Jirard is far from immune.
Jirard: ... Can I touch your boobs?
Bears Are Bad News: Averted. Greg spurting out "BEARS!" somehow never gets old.
Brick Joke: In the A Linktothe Past review, Jirard was unable to pronounce Agahnim, so Greg suggested to call him Agrabah. Fast forward to Jirard's review of Aladdin's SNES game, and Jirard desides to call the city of Agrabah, Agahnim.
- During the Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back episode, after Jirard uses an "Epic Manoeuvre" joke, the guys from Continue appear on screen in a Codec Call, � la Metal Gear. They mention how Jirard should make an episode on Breaking Bad. Skip ahead to episode 48, and...
Buxom Is Better: Catherine.
Catch Phrase: Quite a few, mostly provided by Greg.
Call Back: In the Jumping Flash! review, Greg returns to find that Jirard is still on meth from the Breaking Bad episode, having 'completed' Netflix again.
Cliffhanger: Occasionally. Notably at the end of episode 6, Jirard is telling viewers to send in suggestions for games as usual, since it's not like some developer is going to tell him to to play their game... Then he gets a tweet from Ed McMillen, who tells him that he'll never beat Super Meat Boy - a game which Jirard had never played prior to the video...
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Greg. That's why we love him
- Jirard has his moments.
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Blind reviews are indicated by the thumbnail of his videos being purple, whereas games he has played in the past already are blue. Yellow indicates that the review is a special of some kind (so far only used for Halloween specials Banjo-Kazooie and Dead Space) and turquoise means the game is part of a collection pack.
Corner of Woe: The Aladdin (Capcom) episode features this. Jirard, Greg and Dodger all end up walking down a hall in despair multiple times during the review.
Courtroom Antics: Quite frequently in the "Defend it!" videos, in which Jirard defends a game which received a large Internet Backdraft.
Dance Party Ending: A few times, such as in the Aladdin (Capcom) episode, with Greg singing "Never Had A Friend Like Greg".
Early Installment Weirdness: The first episode is practically a Cluster F-Bomb compared to later episodes.
Guest Star Party Member: In a few episodes, notably Peanut Butter Gamer for the Luigis Mansion episode, Proton Jon for the Gunstar Heroes episode, Dodger of Press Heart To Continue for the Aladdin (Capcom) episode, and Mat-Pat from Game Theory for the Metroid Prime review.
Heroic BSOD: In the one-year anniversary special, Greg 100%ing Red Dead Redemption and doing a competent review breaks Jirard. It takes Greg sucking at Mega Man X4 to bring him out of it.
Heroic RROD: Parodied in the Super Meat Boy episode. Jirard beats the game, and collapses, presumably dead. Greg prepares to take over the show and do the outro... When Jirard wakes up, having just taken a nap. Greg carries on regardless.
100% Completion: The entire point of the show.
I Have Many Names: Jirard, Dragonrider, The Completionist, Beardman, King Baldman, and of course, Shirraco the Laser Clown.
Important Haircut: In the God Of War episode, Jirard discovers and opens Pandora's Box. Inside is an enchanted razor which shaves his beard into a goatee resembling Kratos'. In addition, when competing in the King of the Web campaign, Jirard shaved his head, causing Greg to refer to him as "King Baldman" for the rest of the month.
Kill It with Fire: The final fate of Sneak King.
Luck-Based Mission: Gives a good rant on his Sneak King review.
Million to One Chance: The Luck-Based Mission in Sneak King. Jirard's odds of success? 0.000045673(repeating). And he still managed it.
My Name Is Not Durwood: In the Gunstar Heroes review, Greg kept calling Jon "Bruce Willis."
- When they team up for The Runaway Guys Mario Kart Double Dash tournament, they adopt the team name "Beard Willis".
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Jirard, his dog and Greg deliver one to Sneak King before burning it. It involved The People's Elbow.
Once an Episode: When introducing the game of the week, Greg will say "BUT BEARDMAN!" before asking some silly questions. Lampshaded in the Breaking Bad episode, which Greg is absent for due to his wedding.
- At the end of the episode, Jirard will ask viewers to "FaceTwitTambleGram" him before saying "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to do X".
Perverse Sexual Lust: Jirard and Greg both have it for Catherine with a C in the Catherine review.
- Comes to a head in the Yoshis Island review, where Jirard falls into a depression over her, binging on Chex Mix.
Ridiculously Cute Critter: Jirard's dog which occasionally makes an appearance.
Running Gag: Oh so many. A few memorable examples include...
- BUT BEARDMAN!
- BEARS!
- KINECT SPORTS 2! YOUR BODY IS THE CONTROLLER!
- Clean your room, America.
- Greg's obsession with smoothies.
- Getting sandwiches has popped each episode since Greg's return in the Jumping Flash! review.
Sanity Slippage: Jirard, during the Megaman X4 review, as a direct consequence of Greg managing to beat Red Dead Redemption.
The Stinger: Occasionally pops up to introduce next week's game. A notable example at the end of the Sonic Adventure 2 Battle episode, with Jirard tossing and turning in bed, agonizing over which game to do next for Sequels Month... Then Greg appears behind him, and simply says... "BEARS!", indicating that they've chosen Banjo Tooie.