History Awesome / BennettTheSage

* In his review of ''Manga/IDreamOfMimi'', ''[[LoveableSexManiac Suave]]'' manages to highlight the crucial difference between the main character of this and [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Tenchi]].

-->'''Suave''': They all came into Tenchi's life separately and for not-altogether related reasons. But they stayed because they like Tenchi and they liked Earth! And why ''wouldn't'' they like Tenchi? Even if he wasn't [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan considerate and kind]], at the very least he was aware of their feelings and wasn't some clueless ''dipshit'' about it! Being someone that other people want to be around takes effort and consideration! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You don't just bubble along in life attracting people, blow them off whenever it suits you, and treat them like crap, and expect them to be there the next day]]! Because you know what happens? They tell you they're gonna leave for smokes and... never come back.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has Sage being pretty sincere about not liking it completely but praising the stuff he likes (and being outright ''venomous'' about the stuff he doesn't like, such as sarcastically "praising" yet another TournamentArc and labeling Minoru Mineta a full-blown example of TheScrappy complete with a PrecisionFStrike). Sage does all of this knowing that, as the "new hotness" ,[[HePannedItNowHeSucks he will probably get flak for it]]. But Sage reserves his most piercing vitriol for when [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might. Sage argues that not only is such a speech a {{cliche}} that has been driven into the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history, but the fact he's leading a ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it -- and that he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''" -- brings Shigaraki to unspeakable levels of [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]].

* His review of Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies, which he explains was ''very'' hard to do, considering the [[TearJerker reputation]] it has would make any dissenting opinion of his come off [[HePannedItNowHeSucks as petty and/or nitpicky]]. Regardless, he flat out nails it, going into detail about how the movie seemed to be less of a stand alone story and more of a cautionary tale for the youth of Japan. Bennett even [[ShownTheirWork brings up statistics]] of how crime rates amongst the youth skyrocketed in the 1980's because of conflicts between the privileged newer generation, who were enjoying [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld the wealth and success of Japanese industry]] and their parents, who had to live [[CrapsackWorld in Japan]] after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the second world war]]. He states at the beginning that he didn't like this movie for more personal reasons rather than just because it was sad. After deconstructing the movie's purpose (guilt tripping the youth of Japan into respecting the sacrifices their parents had made just growing up), he just demonstrates an amazing sort of bravery to get so involved and determined to critique a movie of such acclaimed proportions. It was a very impressive, sobering review, and you can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TuvoRVR2FY here]].

* At the end of the ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' review, he takes out ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' as if it were the next review. It's even the uncut version, so rare that it can't even be found as a torrent... and he keeps it that way, throwing the rare VHS off a bridge into a stream with a 'good riddance' and spit.

* In ''Literature/AWindNamedAmnesia'', once it's revealed that [[AliensAreBastards aliens were the ones responsible]] for enforcing LaserGuidedAmnesia upon humanity and reduced them to rioting savages and that the reason they did it was both because they wanted to eliminate a threat and to make humans be happy, Sage simply called them out on their bullshit, going with a rant about the hypocrisy of using technology to essentially destroy humanity as a civilized species... out of fear that humanity might become advanced enough [[MoralMyopia to do the same thing to the aliens.]]

* In his review of ''De:vadasy'', Sage is unafraid to tackle the thorny subject of DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale - specifically, the scene in the second episode of the OVA where the scientist Misako sexually assaults the male protagonist Kei, ostensibly to gauge his compatibility to pilot the titular robot. He points out not only the {{squick}}iness of the scene due to the age differences between the two parties (Misako is an adult, but Kei is still a young teenage boy), or the fact that [[KarmaHoudini Misako is never called out on her behavior]], but also that it-- like many other scenes in the OVA--blatantly rips off a similar scene from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' without attempting to understand its original context.[[labelnote:Explanation]]At one point in ''The End of Evangelion'', Misato is mortally wounded and, in a last-ditch attempt to motivate Shinji to get into his EVA, kisses him and hopes that [[HormoneAddledTeenager his hormones]] will give him the strength to stop sulking around and help save the day. ''De:vadasy''[='=]s version of the scene simply has Misako spying on Kei after witnessing him arguing with his roommate Naoki, then calling him into her office for a private examination (with all security cameras turned off so no one can see what's going on) and mounting him. Though Kei tries to laugh it off when pressed on the encounter by Naoki, the anime still shows dark, looming shots of Misako leaning on top of him, hinting that he's trying to suppress a traumatic experience.[[/labelnote]]

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely but praising the stuff he likes (and being outright ''venomous'' about the stuff he loathes, like sarcastically "praising" yet another TournamentArc and labeling Minoru Mineta a full-blown example of TheScrappy complete with a PrecisionFStrike), knowing that as the "new hotness" [[HePannedItNowHeSucks he will probably get flak for it]], and especially [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a {{cliche}} that has been driven into the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of [[{{hypocrite}} hypocrisy]].

-->'''Suave''': They all came into Tenchi's life separately and for not-altogether related reasons. But they stayed because they ''like'' Tenchi and they liked Earth! And why ''wouldn't'' they like Tenchi? Even if he wasn't [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan considerate and kind]], at the very least ''he was aware of their feelings'' and wasn't some clueless ''dipshit'' about it! Being someone that other people ''want'' to be around takes effort and consideration! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You don't just bubble along in life attracting people, blow them off whenever it suits you, and treat them like crap, and expect them to be there the next day]]! Because you know what happens? They tell you they're gonna leave for smokes and... never come back.

** It's also linked to something many have wanted Sage to review, [[spoiler: as at the end, Sage revealed that he was gonna review ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', from the creator of '''Manga/ViolenceJack'''.]]
* At the end of the [[spoiler:''Manga/{{Devilman}}'']] review, he takes out [[spoiler:''Manga/ViolenceJack'' as if it were the next review. It's even the uncut version, so rare that it can't even be found as a torrent... and he keeps it that way, throwing the rare VHS off a bridge into a stream with a 'good riddance' and spit.]]
** Though, to by the look of things with the [[TheStinger cryptic after-credit bit]], [[spoiler: looks like it isn't gonna be the last time we seen that VHS tape as due to the darkness and red light coming out of the box before briefly on screen the words "VIOLENCE IS COMING" pops up in red before cutting to black. Either he didn't really throw the tape off the bridge or he's just not doing the uncut version.]]

* In ''Literature/AWindNamedAmnesia'', once it's revealed that [[spoiler:[[AliensAreBastards aliens were the ones responsible]] for enforcing LaserGuidedAmnesia upon humanity and reduced them to rioting savages and that the reason they did it was both because they wanted to eliminate a threat and to make humans be happy]], Sage simply called them out on their bullshit, going with a rant about the hypocrisy of [[spoiler: using technology to essentially destroy humanity as a civilized species... out of fear that humanity might become advanced enough [[MoralMyopia to do the same thing to the aliens.]]]]

* In the ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' review, [[spoiler: the entire episode is about him working up the bravery to admit, on camera, that sometimes you need to admit that sometimes there isn't a way to do something, and that rarely, you have to KnowWhenToFoldEm. In a quite good mini-movie.]]

* During his ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' review, [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] comes on to criticize him for [[ArtisticLicenseReligion lackluster analysis]] of UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} within the show. [[spoiler: By the end of his review, Oancitizen is ''applauding''.]]

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" [[HePannedItNowHeSucks he will probably get flak for it]], and especially [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a {{cliche}} that has been driven into the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of [[{{hypocrite}} hypocrisy]].

-->'''Suave''': They all came into Tenchi's life separately and for not altogether-related reasons. But they stayed because they ''like'' Tenchi and they liked Earth! And why ''wouldn't'' they like Tenchi? Even if he wasn't [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan considerate and kind]], at the very least ''he was aware of their feelings'' and wasn't some clueless ''dipshit'' about it! Being someone that other people ''want'' to be around takes effort and consideration! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You don't just bubble along in life attracting people, blow them off whenever it suits you, and treat them like crap, and expect them to be there the next day]]! Because you know what happens? They tell you they're gonna leave for smokes and... never come back.

-->'''Suave''': They call came into Tenchi's life separately and for not altogether-related reasons. But they stayed because they ''like'' Tenchi and they liked Earth! And why ''wouldn't'' they like Tenchi? Even if he wasn't [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan considerate and kind]], at the very least ''he was aware of their feelings'' and wasn't some clueless ''dipshit'' about it! Being someone that other people ''want'' to be around takes effort and consideration! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You don't just bubble along in life attracting people, blow them off whenever it suits you, and treat them like crap, and expect them to be there the next day]]! Because you know what happens? They tell you they're gonna leave for smokes and... never come back.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" [[HePannedItNowHeSucks he will probably get flak for it]], and especially [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a {{cliche}} that has been driven into the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of [[{{hypocrite}} hypocrisy]].

* In ''Literature/AWindNamedAmnesia'', once it's revealed that [[spoiler:[[AliensAreBastards aliens were the ones responsible]] for enforcing LaserGuidedAmnesia upon humanity and reduced them to rioting savages and that the reason they did it was both because they wanted to eliminate a threat and to make humans be happy]], Sage simply called them out on their bullshit, going with a rant about the hypocrisy of [[spoiler: using technology to essentially destroy humanity as a civilized species... out of fear that humanity might become advanced enough [[DoubleStandard to do the same thing to the aliens.]]]]

* His review of Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies, which he explains was ''very'' hard to do, considering the [[TearJerker reputation]] it has would make any dissenting opinion of his come off as petty and/or nitpicky. Regardless, he flat out nails it, going into detail about how the movie seemed to be less of a stand alone story and more of a cautionary tale for the youth of Japan. Bennett even [[ShownTheirWork brings up statistics]] of how crime rates amongst the youth skyrocketed in the 1980's because of conflicts between the privileged newer generation, who were enjoying [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld the wealth and success of Japanese industry]] and their parents, who had to live [[CrapsackWorld in Japan]] after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the second world war]]. He states at the beginning that he didn't like this movie for more personal reasons rather than just because it was sad. After deconstructing the movie's purpose (guilt tripping the youth of Japan into respecting the sacrifices their parents had made just growing up), he just demonstrates an amazing sort of bravery to get so involved and determined to critique a movie of such acclaimed proportions. It was a very impressive, sobering review, and you can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TuvoRVR2FY here]].

* More of an awesome moment for ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'', but worth mentioning. Sage has been vocal in the past about his hatred for vampires, so you'd expect him to apply this same bias to ''Bloodlust'', right? ''Wrong''. Throughout the review, Sage has pretty much nothing but praise for the entire movie in animation, storytelling, and pacing. He doesn't even mind the melodrama of "vampires bemoaning that their monsters" that Mayerling espouses with Charlotte because of how well acted it was. The film was '''that''' good.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" [[HePannedItNowHeSucks he will probably get flak for it]], and especially [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a {{cliche}} that has been driven into the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of hypocrisy.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" he will probably get flak for it, and especially [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a {{cliche}} that has been driven to the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of hypocrisy.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" he will probably get flak for it, and especially [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a cliche that has been driven to the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of hypocrisy.

* His review of Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies, which he explains was ''very'' hard to do, considering the [[TearJerker reputation]] it has would make any dissenting opinion of his come off as petty and/or nitpicky. Regardless, he flat out nails it, going into detail about how the movie seemed to be less of a stand alone story and more of a cautionary tale for the youth of Japan. Bennett even [[ShownTheirWork brings up statistics]] of how crime rates amongst the youth skyrocketed in the 1980's because of conflicts between the privileged newer generation, who were enjoying [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld the wealth and success of Japanese industry]] and their parents, who had to live [[CrapsackWorld in Japan]] after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the second world war]]. He states at the beginning that he didn't like this movie for more personal reasons rather than just because it was sad. After deconstructing the movie's purpose (guilt tripping the youth of Japan into respecting the sacrifices their parents had made just growing up), he just demonstrates an amazing sort of bravery to get so involved and determined to critique a movie of such acclaimed proportions. It was a very impressive, sobering review, and you can watch it [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/anime-abandon/35418-anime-abandon-grave-of-the-fireflies here]].

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" he will probably get flak for it, and especially https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls full-blown bullshit on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a cliche that has been driven to the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it (and he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''") brings him up to unspeakable levels of hypocrisy.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" he will probably get flak for it, and especially he calls full-blown bullshit on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might because it's not only a cliche that has been driven to the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it brings him up to unspeakable levels of hypocrisy.

* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has him being pretty sincere about not liking it completely, knowing that as the "new hotness" he will probably get flak for it, and especially he calls full-blown bullshit on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki does a "WhatIsEvil" speech because it's not only a cliche but the fact he's leading a full-on, no-holds-barred ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it brings him up to unspeakable levels of hypocrisy.

* More of an awesome moment for ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'', but worth mentioning. Sage has been vocal in the past about his hatred for vampires, so you'd expect him to apply this same bias to ''Bloodlust'', right? ''Wrong''. Throughout the review, Sage has pretty much nothing but praise for the entire movie in animation, storytelling, and pacing. He doesn't even mind the melodrama of "vampires bemoaning that their monsters" that Mayerling espouses with Charlotte because of how well acted it was. The film was '''that''' good.

* Alucard. '''[[Manga/{{Hellsing}} THAT]]''' Alucard, threatened to "rip [Sage's] asshole out of [his] eye socket" if he ever reviewed the original Hellsing anime. Sage ''does this anyway'' despite the threat, and everyone knows Alucard doesn't threaten, he ''promises''. Sure, he calls Integra out of concern on this, but he still goes through with it despite the risk. It takes ''balls'' to go against the Vampire king like that.

* In his review of ''De:vadasy'', Sage is unafraid to tackle the thorny subject of DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale - specifically, the scene in the second episode of the OVA where the scientist Misako sexually assaults the male protagonist Kei, ostensibly to gauge his compatibility to pilot the titular robot. He points out not only the {{squick}}iness of the scene due to the age differences between the two parties (Misako is an adult, but Kei is still a young teenage boy), or the fact that [[KarmaHoudini Misako is never called out on her behavior]], but also that it-- like many other scenes in the OVA--blatantly rips off a similar scene from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' without attempting to understand its original context.[[labelnote:Explanation]]At one point in ''The End of Evangelion'', Misato is mortally wounded and, in a last-ditch attempt to motivate Shinji to get into his EVA, kisses him and hopes that [[HormoneAddledTeenager his hormones]] will give him the strength to stop sulking around and help save the day. ''De:vadasy''[='=]s version of the scene simply has Misako spying on Kei after witnessing him arguing with his roommate Naoki, then calling him into her office for a private examination (with all security cameras turned off so no one can see what's going on) and mounting him. Though Kei tries to laugh it off when pressed on the encounter by Naoki, the anime still shows dark, looming shots of Misako leaning on top of him, hinting that he's trying to suppress a traumatic experience.[[/labelnote]]

** Just the fact that he gives a negative review of a critically acclaimed film is a CMOA in-and-of itself. In an age where [[ReviewsAreTheGospel reviews are considered to be the absolute word on the quality of a film]], it's nothing short of amazing to see someone give a rather detailed and emotionally-involved explanation as to why he dislikes a film while still understanding its significance. Sage could've simply gone the old AccentuateTheNegative approach but doesn't, and it makes the reasoning for his opinion all the stronger for it. It shows that a movie doesn't have to be "bad" for someone to not like it.
* Credit where it's due for Bennett, but after two crappy movies, he finally breaks WebVideo/JesuOtaku with ''Anime/HighschoolOfTheDead'', seeming to [[PassingThetorch pass the torch]] to him. The fact that he also managed to get Linkara, Angry Joe and Marzgurl out of their rooms long enough for the review, and that he broke Jesu enough to show them some kind of horror (Remember that Linkara has fought ''The Entity,'' which threatened to consume the entire world, and that Joe and Marzgurl fought off Zod's troops in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee) just tops it off.
** That's not what tops it off. If one watches JO's other crossovers, he's kind of a CreatorsPet in them (The Film Brain crossover is pretty much nothing but one DoubleStandard joke after another), so seeing him ''lose'', just once, is awesome.
* At the end of the second part of his ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' review, Bennett goes on [[RousingSpeech a speech on how anime fans have lost their standards,]] and how as such anime has seemed to drop in quality from the times of ''Anime/MacrossPlus'', ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', and such - the time of an apex reached by fan devotion and contribution. He remarks on how {{Fanservice}}, HoYay, and other eye-catchers [[LowestCommonDenominator have been used]] by studios [[MoneyDearBoy to get more money]], and thus general quantity has overtaken quality and such has become the standard for anime in general--he does note, however, that these tropes have always had a place and [[TropesAreNotBad they are not inherently bad]]. He reaches the climax of this speech by beseeching fans of all kinds to demand better from the studios and creators, as they will never have the strength and courage to venture into the unknown reaches and go for more originality without fan outcry and subsequent reward for their efforts.

* In the review of ''8 Man After'' he learns that the hero of the original ''[[Anime/EighthMan 8 Man]]'' series was just deleted from his cyborg body, KilledOffForReal basically, with no explanation as to why or how. A comparison of how Creator/DCComics [[EvenEvilHasStandards does character death more gracefully]] has Linkara cameo to remind us of [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]], to which Sage angrily counters (to the point his shouting causes feedback in the audio) that Ted got some [[DefiantToTheEnd final]] [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner lines]] and [[BoomHeadshot an on panel death]], whereas the hero of the original anime got ''[[DroppedABridgeOnHim none of this]]''. Linkara, whose NerdRage is practically legendary, backed off.

* In the review of ''8 Man After'' he learns that the hero of the original 8 Man series was just deleted from his cyborg body, KilledOffForReal basically, with no explanation as to why or how. A comparison of how DC Comics [[EvenEvilHasStandards does character death more gracefully]] has Linkara cameo to remind us of [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]], to which Sage angrily counters (to the point his shouting causes feedback in the audio) that Ted got some [[DefiantToTheEnd final]] [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner lines]] and [[BoomHeadshot an on panel death]], whereas the hero of the original anime got ''[[DroppedABridgeOnHim none of this]]''. Linkara, whose NerdRage is practically legendary, backed off.
** He also called out Sachiko on calling out the new 8 Man, as she was making it look like she was ''in favor'' of the psychotic football playing cyborgs that murdered a stadium full of people.

* In the Guyver review, Sage getting tired of Critic's insults, calling him out and refusing to apologize or back down. Especially satisfying for anyone angry at the latter for acting like an asshole in reboot reviews.

* In the ''Violence Jack'' review, [[spoiler: the entire episode is about him working up the bravery to admit, on camera, that sometimes you need to admit that sometimes there isn't a way to do something, and that rarely, you have to KnowWhenToFoldEm. In a quite good mini-movie.]]

* The ending of his review of ''Manga/{{Fake}}'', a gay anime, has Bennett reveal that the reason he chose to review it was because of an email from a fan. Said fan wanted to know if there was any gay-themed anime that wasn't yaoi or shonen-ai, and despite Bennett's searching, he couldn't find one. Bennett goes on to say that even lesbians have positive portrayals in anime, but gay men have none, which is "fucked up" and "[[GayAesop depressing no matter how you slice it]]."

* In a sort of meta sense, Toonami Month. When you think about it, Bennett managed to get not only the ability to use Toonami footage added to his intros, but also convinced Steve Blum to record lines as Tom for the event. This troper has no idea what influence he has in the world of anime [=VAs=] to not only get the occasional VA cameo on the show, but also acquire the footage and audio needed to make the Tonami Month intros and commercial breaks, but it must be pretty strong.

* Putting in four hours of work to make the panty-shot [[OverlyLongGag counting gag]] in the Agent Aika review have all the shots. That's dedication.
* His analysis of how screwed up Inuyasha and Kagome's relationship is. He perfectly lays out how much of a {{Yandere}} Kagome is and even goes so far as to compare her abusive treatment of Inuyasha to a bad S&M relationship.

* The ending of his review of ''Fake'', a gay anime, has Bennett reveal that the reason he chose to review it was because of an email from a fan. Said fan wanted to know if there was any gay-themed anime that wasn't yaoi or shonen-ai, and despite Bennett's searching, he couldn't find one. Bennett goes on to say that even lesbians have positive portrayals in anime, but gay men have none, which is "fucked up" and "[[GayAesop depressing no matter how you slice it]]."

* Credit where it's due for Bennett, but after two crappy movies, he finally breaks JesuOtaku with ''Anime/HighschoolOfTheDead'', seeming to [[PassingThetorch pass the torch]] to him. The fact that he also managed to get Linkara, Angry Joe and Marzgurl out of their rooms long enough for the review, and that he broke Jesu enough to show them some kind of horror (Remember that Linkara has fought ''The Entity,'' which threatened to consume the entire world, and that Joe and Marzgurl fought off Zod's troops in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee) just tops it off.

* In a sort of meta sense, Toonami Month. When you think about it, Bennett managed to get not only the ability to use Toonami footage added to his intros, but also convinced Steve Blum to record lines as Tom for the event. This troper has no idea what influence he has in the world of anime VAs to not only get the occasional VA cameo on the show, but also acquire the footage and audio needed to make the Tonami Month intros and commercial breaks, but it must be pretty strong.