History Blog / UpOnTheShelf

* {{Take THAT}}: Any opportunity to stick it to Trump is taken full advantage of.

** Since John Lasseter was outed from Pixar for gross misconduct, anytime she has to refer to him she prefaces his name with "some nobody named".

* {{Caustic Critic}}: Largely averts this. While

* {{Gosh Dang It To Heck}}: Fluctuates between this and {{Cluster F Bombs}} depending on the situation.

* {{A Taste Of The Lash}}: Accidentally consigns herself to this when she references Jeff Dunham in her ''Black Cauldron'' review. {{She didn't realize what the word "flagellate" meant, despite having a minor in English.}}

** She's also not a fan of the {{Third Act Misunderstanding}} or {{Missed Him By That Much}} since it adds meaningless, easily avoidable conflict that frustrates the audience.

* {{Brain Bleach}}: Punctuated with a "No!" montage by {{WebVideo/Some Jerk With a Camera}} when she realizes that Long John Silver and Miss Piggy did the nasty.

** She's also not a fan of the {{Third Act Misunderstanding}} or {{Missed Them By That Much}} since it adds meaningless, easily avoidable conflict that frustrates the audience.

** She's also not a fan of the {{Third Act Misunderstanding}} employed by romantic comedies.

* {{Take THAT}}: Any opportunity to stick it to {{Trump}} is taken full advantage of.

** Shelf also posts links to the articles she writes for MovieBabble, which are usually shorter, traditional reviews for current movies and ones celebrating milestones.

* {{Genius Bonus}}: The confrontation between Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in the ''Singing in the Rain'' review is full of this if you know anything about them and their respective careers.

* {{Brain Bleach}}: Punctuated with a "No!" montage by {{Web Video/Some Jerk With a Camera}} when she realizes that Long John Silver and Miss Piggy did the nasty.

* {{A Taste Of The Lash}}: Accidentally consigns herself to this when she references Jeff Dunham in her Black Cauldron review. {{She didn't realize what the word "flagellate" meant, despite having a minor in English.}}

* {{Cool and Unusual Punishment}}: When Cynicism is about to make a necrophilia joke aimed at Snow White's {{True Loves Kiss}}, Shelf threatens to take all the {{Actor/Adam Sandler}} movies off the list of reviewable films if she does. Since no one loves snarking at bad films more than Cynicism does, it works.

* {{Torches And Pitchforks}}: Appears in the form of the mob led by Gaston from {{Disney/Beauty and the Beast}} if Shelf presents a controversial opinion, like enjoying The Hobbit movies more than the book they're based on. When she admitted she used to prefer the remake of Willy Wonka over the original, she's confronted by the enormous one from {{WesternAnimation/The Simpsons Movie}} who assume she still does.

* {{And Now For Something Completely Different}}: Has done {{Top 10}} lists of her favorite {{Television/Faerie Tale Theatre}} episodes and Disney Sing-Along Songs. The former is one of her most popular posts.

* WesternAnimation/{{The Nutcracker Prince}

* {{Rescued From The Scrappy Heap}}: Cynicism , which Shelf lampshades in her very first appearance. Now she only occasionally comes in to point out an {{Unfortunate Implication}}, make a joke that might seem too mean-spirited or bizarre for Shelf to do it herself, or do some exposition. She also helps Shelf take back the blog after Bill Cipher's hostile takeover.

{{Rescued From The Scrappy Heap}}: Cynicism , which Shelf lampshades in her very first appearance. Now she only occasionally comes in to point out an {{Unfortunate Implication}}, make a joke that might seem too mean-spirited or bizarre for Shelf to do it herself, or do some exposition. She also helps Shelf take back the blog after Bill Cipher's hostile takeover.

• Early reviews would occasionally mention her boyfriend. This stopped when they broke up.
• Some reviews in 2016 featured donation requests via Paypal.

• In late 2018 she advertised her Etsy store as well as an assortment of things for sale on her Ebay so she could raise money for Christmas presents.

* {{Authors Saving Throw}}: After calling out Dipper for letting his anger towards Grunkle Stan stop him from trying to save the Mystery Shack in "Dreamscaperers", she admits at the end of her "Gideon Rises" review that she was pretty harsh towards him and does a better job reassessing his character.
->• In her review of "Weirdmageddon Part 3" she does something most Gravity Falls fans including herself were dying to see in the finale: [[spoiler: she has Quentin Trembley return to help fight Bill]].

->• Early reviews would occasionally mention her boyfriend. This stopped when they broke up.
->• Some reviews in 2016 featured donation requests via Paypal.

* {{Harsher in Hindsight}}: Early reviews would sometimes have Shelf mention her boyfriend, who got her deeper into nerd culture like {{Creator/Marvel}} and {{Literature/Lord Of The Rings}} and whom Shelf adored. Then, less than a year after she started the blog, they broke up. Shelf later opened up about how emotionally abusive and controlling he was and regrets referencing him as often as she did.

* {{Hilarious in Hindsight}}: Has a tendency to reference movies that later wind up being reviewed.

->• In late 2018 she advertised her Etsy store as well as an assortment of things for sale on her Ebay so she could raise money for Christmas presents.

->* In her review of "Weirdmageddon Part 3" she does something most Gravity Falls fans including herself were dying to see in the finale: [[spoiler: she has Quentin Trembley return to help fight Bill]].

->* Early reviews would occasionally mention her boyfriend. This stopped when they broke up.
->* Some reviews in 2016 featured donation requests via Paypal.

* {{Take THAT}}: Any opportunity to stick it to {Trump}} is taken full advantage of.

->* In late 2018 she advertised her Etsy store as well as an assortment of things for sale on her Ebay so she could raise money for Christmas presents.

{{A Taste Of The Lash}}: Accidentally consigns herself to this when she references Jeff Dunham in her Black Cauldron review. {{She didn't realize what the word "flagellate" meant, despite having a minor in English.}}

{{Author Appeal}}: Shelf is a big fan of nearly all things Disney and animation in general, and it shows whenever she reviews something animated. She'll usually devote a bit of space to talk about some trivia and technical aspects she finds interesting.

{{Authors Saving Throw}}: After calling out Dipper for letting his anger towards Grunkle Stan stop him from trying to save the Mystery Shack in "Dreamscaperers", she admits at the end of her "Gideon Rises" review that she was pretty harsh towards him and does a better job reassessing his character.
* In her review of "Weirdmageddon Part 3" she does something most Gravity Falls fans including herself were dying to see in the finale: [[spoiler: she has Quentin Trembley return to help fight Bill]].

{{Baleful Polymorph}}: Happens to Shelf in the climax of her "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future" review when Bill takes over the blog and turns her into [[spoiler:a Funko Pop figurine of Mabel Pines since she adores Mabel so much. Bill is later {{hoisted by his own petard}} when he attempts to smash her and can't thanks to Shelf being able to use Ford's protective unicorn hair spell on herself in that form.]]

{{Berserk Button}}: Bullies, especially if the one doing the bullying is an {{Alpha Bitch}} cheerleader type, citing how badly she was bullied in school by them.

{{Brain Bleach}}: Punctuated with a "No!" montage by {{Web Video/Some Jerk With a Camera}} when she realizes that Long John Silver and Miss Piggy did the nasty.

{{Character Development}}: Cynicism goes from a Gollum clone who hates everything to a deadpan snarker with some tsundere qualities.

{{Continuity Lockout}}: Teeters on this with the inclusion of characters such as Cynicism (who made her first appearance in the {{Film/Chitty Chitty Bang Bang}} review, and Baron Munchausen.

{{Cool and Unusual Punishment}}: When Cynicism is about to make a necrophilia joke aimed at Snow White's {{True Loves Kiss}}, Shelf threatens to take all the {{Actor/Adam Sandler}} movies off the list of reviewable films if she does. Since no one loves snarking at bad films more than Cynicism does, it works.

{{Deadpan Snarker}}: Shelf, occasionally, but especially Cynicism.

{{Early Installment Weirdness}}: Cynicism, in keeping with who she was based on, initially talked in only in Gollum-speak. It was eventually dropped.
* Early reviews would occasionally mention her boyfriend. This stopped when they broke up.
* Some reviews in 2016 featured donation requests via Paypal.

{{Gosh Dang It To Heck}}: Fluctuates between this and {{Cluster F Bombs}} depending on the situation.

{{Harsher in Hindsight}}: Early reviews would sometimes have Shelf mention her boyfriend, who got her deeper into nerd culture like {{Creator/Marvel}} and {{Literature/Lord Of The Rings}} and whom Shelf adored. Then, less than a year after she started the blog, they broke up. Shelf later opened up about how emotionally abusive and controlling he was and regrets referencing him as often as she did.

{{Hilarious in Hindsight}}: Has a tendency to reference movies that later wind up being reviewed.

{{Take THAT}}: Any opportunity to stick it to {Trump}} is taken full advantage of.

{{The Munchausen}}: Literally THE Munchausen (as seen in the Terry Gilliam movie) occasionally appears to give his two cents. He also plays a big part in saving the blog from Bill Cipher by [[spoiler:bringing back Quentin Trembley to help save the day.]]

{{JustForFun/Statler And Waldorf}}: Will occasionally pop in with one of their usual quips whenever a movie features a show that goes hilariously wrong.

{{Shameless Self Promotion}}: Donation requests began appearing in reviews from early 2016, though they didn't last long. After Shelf wrapped up the Gravity Falls reviews, a fan discovered the Patreon page she made back when she initially planned to make it a web video series and began donating. Since then each review closes with an advertisement for Shelf's Patreon.
* In late 2018 she advertised her Etsy store as well as an assortment of things for sale on her Ebay so she could raise money for Christmas presents.

{{Torches And Pitchforks}}: Appears in the form of the mob led by Gaston from {{Disney/Beauty and the Beast}} if Shelf presents a controversial opinion, like enjoying The Hobbit movies more than the book they're based on. When she admitted she used to prefer the remake of Willy Wonka over the original, she's confronted by the enormous one from {{WesternAnimation/The Simpsons Movie}} who assume she still does.

* In her review of "Weirdmageddon Part 3" she does something most Gravity Falls fans including herself were dying to see in the finale: [[spoiler: she has Quentin Trembley return to help fight Bill}}.

* In late 2018 she also advertised the artwork she made and was selling on Etsy as well as an assortment of things for sale on her Ebay so she could raise money for Christmas presents.

{{Author Appeal}}: Shelf is a big fan of nearly all things Disney and animation in general, and it shows whenever she reviews something animated. She'll devote some space to

* Early reviews would occasionally mention her boyfriend. Then they broke up and, well, see {{Harsher in Hindsight}}.

{{Harsher in Hindsight}}: Early reviews would sometimes have Shelf mention her boyfriend, who got her deeper into nerd culture like {{ComicBook/Marvel}} and {{Literature/Lord Of The Rings}} and whom Shelf adored. Then, little over a year after she started the blog, they broke up. Shelf later opened up about how emotionally abusive their relationship was and regrets bringing him up as often as she did.

{{Baleful Polymorph}}: Happens to Shelf in the climax of her "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future" review when Bill takes over the blog and turns her into [[spoiler:a Funko Pop figurine of Mabel Pines since she adores Mabel so much. Bill is later hoisted by his own petard when he attempts to smash her and can't thanks to Shelf being able to use Ford's protective unicorn hair spell on herself in that form.]]

{{Brain Bleach}}: Punctuated with a "No!" montage by {{Web Show/Some Jerk With a Camera}} when she realizes that Long John Silver and Miss Piggy did the nasty.

{{Gosh Dang It To Heck}}: Fluctuates between this and {{Cluster F-Bombs}} depending on the situation.

{{Author's Saving Throw}}: After calling out Dipper for letting his anger towards Grunkle Stan stop him from trying to save the Mystery Shack in "Dreamscaperers", she admits at the end of her "Gideon Rises" review that she was pretty harsh towards him and does a better job reassessing his character.

{{Brain Bleach}}: Punctuated with a "No!" montage by {{Some Jerk With a Camera}} when she realizes that Long John Silver and Miss Piggy did the nasty.

{{Cool and Unusual Punishment}}: When Cynicism is about to make a necrophilia joke aimed at Snow White's {{True Love's Kiss}}, Shelf threatens to take all the {{Actor/Adam Sandler}} movies off the list of reviewable films if she does. Since no one loves snarking at bad films more than Cynicism does, it works.

{{Early Installment Weirdness}}: Cynicism, in keeping with who she was based on, talked in Gollum-speak. It was eventually dropped.

{{A Taste Of The Lash}}: Accidentally consigns herself to this when she references Jeff Dunham in her Black Cauldron review. [[redirect:KnowNothingKnowItAll She didn't realize what the word "flagellate" meant, despite having a minor in English.]]

{{Brain Bleach}}: Punctuated with a "No!" montage by {{Tony Goldmark [[redirect:Some Jerk With A Camera}} when she realizes that Long John Silver and Miss Piggy did the nasty.

{{Deadpan Snarker}}: Shelf, but especially Cynicism.