History Creator / JoshScorcher

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** He says the trope word for word in ''Shenanigans 6'', this is immediately [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Tropers/{{Lunacorva}} who says he's going to add the example to Website/ThisVeryWiki

** To drive this point home, the music playing in this scene is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS6Y3hf57KY acoustic version]] of Music/{{RelientK}}'s song "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been".

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Teaching harmful morals to children, as stated in 'Taking "Somepony To Watch Over Me" Too Seriously'. It also forms up one of the biggest crux of his 'Company Fails' series: A lot of these companies promoted loot boxes and microtransactions, which can easily be abused by children and is likened to be like 'teaching kids about gambling'. That's a big no-no for Josh.

* SelfDeprecation: Josh's "Top 10 Demon Bosses" video starts with there's no such thing as pure evil, except [[TakeThat reality shows, video game companies, corrupt businesses and Youtube influencers.]] And the one he shows for 'Youtube influencers' is... himself.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: All of his fire-based aliases, not to mention his real name, Joshua ''Burner''.

** He says the trope word for word in ''Shenanigans 6'', this is immediately [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Tropers/{{Lunacorva}} who says he's going to add the example to Wiki/ThisVeryWiki

** Honestly, by [[http://joshscorcher.tumblr.com/post/105909059232/ink-rose-the-scout-jerry-peet-this-isnt THIS]] point it's become less "WillTheyOrWontThey", and more "[[UpToEleven I wonder what they're going to name their childre]]-- ''[[http://inkrose98.deviantart.com/art/FireRose-Family-469316732 oh wait!!]]''" Should we be expecting a... "[[HappilyMarried happy announcement]]" in two years?

* HaHaHaNo: Does this at the end of his "Top Ten Video Game Endings" list, when he makes a speech about how the top entry was the perfect end to the franchise... and then says it's ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', one of the most infamously hated endings in all of gaming (and #2 on his later Worst Endings list). A "Trololo" clip plays after, then comes this trope before he moves on to the real #1.

* HaHaHaNo: Does this at the end of his "Top Ten Video Game Endings" list, when he makes a speech about how the top entry was the perfect end to the franchise... and then says it's ''Mass Effect 3''. A "Trololo" clip plays after, then comes this trope before he moves on to the real #1.

* BigNo: Has three in succession at the end of his "Bridle Gossip" review, each one bigger than the last. The reason? [[spoiler: His next review will be a collab... with Bhaalspawn.]]

** Puns. He makes it no secret that he hates puns, so making them in front of him is a sure-fire way to get on his bad side.
** [[http://youtu.be/tm8T6Ii_tm0?t=4m36s Dance, Water! Dance!]]
*** From the same video: Dissing ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' as a mere Button Masher will tick him off. The guy sure loves that game and considers it really overhated. During his Top 10 Underappreciated Gems list, [[Creator/TheQuarterGuy The Quarter Guy]] {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this trigger.
----> '''Josh''': ''[static interrupt and [[DeathGlare glares menacingly]]]''\\
'''QG''': ''[raises hands]'' I'm not one of those people!\\
'''Josh''': Good. ''[unsheathes saber]'' Keep it that way.\\
'''QG''': ''[{{loud gulp}}]'' Yes sir...
*** Returning to [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Demyx]], Josh says that [[ThatOneBoss as bad as he is in the standard game]], [[FlunkyBoss Data]] [[ExaggeratedTrope Demyx]] [[FromBadToWorse is even worse]].
%%*** {{Invoked|Trope}} in RealLife by Lunacorva [[https://youtu.be/jioJUzX520c?t=4m5s when Josh ate some spicy hot wings.]]
** All three of his Response to *Insert [[https://www.youtube.com/user/FlamesOnFire1212 Youtuber]] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Bhalspawn Here]]* videos resulted in a torrent of hate mail and abuse being directed by his fans toward the subject of the videos. Each time, Josh had an unscripted video detailing how angry he was at his fanbase. The shortest, but most memorable, was the unscripted addressing the Response to Bhaalspawn, where Josh starts openly screaming at his own viewers because this is the third time this had happened.
** Referring to the Marine Corps and the US Army as the same organization, though he later stated that it was more akin to a SiblingRivalry. And for that matter, mocking or insulting the military in general.
%%** The TimeLimitBoss is a smaller, recurring one.
** In his review of "[=MMMystery=] on the Friendship Express" with Creator/TheAutarch, he becomes increasingly annoyed as The Autarch constantly jokes about a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls'', having already reviewed (and hated) ''WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom''. When Voice of Reason mentions that the Big Mac/Cheerliee romance in "Hearts and Hooves Day" reminds him of the Powerpuff Girls episode "Keen on Keane", he only gets as far as saying "It's a Powerpuff Girls..." when explaining what it is before Josh grabs a rifle.
** In ''Snowdrop'', he gets very quickly pissed off by the AlphaBitch filly who, as he says, serves no purpose aside from being a one-dimensional typical bully to harass the main character. Whether he's angry at the filly for being an AlphaBitch or for just being a one-dimensional character is up in the air. [[spoiler: But either way, it ends with him taking a sword and murdering her offscreen in rage.]]
** Diamond Tiara's treatment of Scootaloo in "Flight to the Finish" has left him out for blood.
--->'''Josh:''' No, I didn't actually say that ["Let's waste this bitch"]. [[GoshDangitToHeck You know about me and cursing.]] What actually said [sic] was something more along the lines of calling her an evil, stuck-up, unpleasant, mean-spirited, elitist, two-dimensional, sadistic, ableist, unredeemable, racist, ignorant, pompous, scum-sucking, arrogant spawn of every unholy demon in the seventh circle of hell.
** As Firebrand, he drops his NiceGuy side just before having WebAnimation/SilverQuill [[spoiler:banished via Party Howitzer]] when Silver Quill calls him Army when he's a Marine.
** He finds that any time a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' story features the Royal Guard or the Wonderbolts (who are basically Equestria's [[http://afthunderbirds.com/site/ Thunderbirds]]), both groups are portrayed as incompetent and/or corrupt. Something that offends his sensibilities as an Armed Forces member.
** In his "Fame and Misfortune" review, he gained two new ones, namely involving the episode's treatment of Rarity.
--->'''Josh:''' [[TranquilFury First of all, how dare you hate best pony.]] Best pony does everything best. That's why they're best pony. Second, [[SuddenlyShouting HOW DARE YOU MAKE BEST PONY CRY!]]

--->To clarify, a hateable character isn't inherently bad; many of the most iconic villains have little to no sympathetic qualities. We're ''supposed'' to hate them. The problem comes when we end up hating a character that the story ''presented'' as sympathetic or at least neutral. Maybe it's because they do questionable things that other characters never call them out on. Maybe it's because [[EasilyForgiven they get forgiven in a way that doesn't feel genuine]]. Maybe, and definitely the most prominent trait on this list, it's because their character development, [[StaticCharacter if they get any]], feels like a case of too little, too late.

** Yizmat from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' for his insane amount of health and how it took him '''''four f*cking hours''''' to defeat. He even topped Josh's Top 10 Most Annoying Bosses list making it a well-known example among his older subscribers.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic[[invoked]]: He considered Starlight Glimmer to be this, which had been best emphasized by his review of "The Cutie Remark":
--> And yes, we get to see Starlight Glimmer's backstory. So, [[SarcasmMode what terrible event]] caused her to believe that stripping a person of their individuality and identity was the only way to achieve true harmony and friendship? A friend got their cutie mark and had to move away... [[DisappointedByTheMotive That's it?! Really?]] '''''That's''''' her excuse for starting her pseudo-Marxist cult? Good gravy! Sunset Shimmer had a better motive! Trixie had a better motive! ''Moondancer'' had a better motive, and she's not even a villain! And you know what? This backstory is actually exactly the same as another character's! Who is it you might ask? Apple Bloom! Yeah! These are exactly the same. They both had no cutie marks, they both also had a friend with no cutie marks, and they both lost the ability to hang out with said friend because of their cutie marks! Only Apple Bloom actually handled it maturely and sought out new friends. Look, I get it: [[HeelFaceTurn people like to see characters redeemed]], but only when they feel sympathetic to them; I don't feel sympathetic to Starlight at all because her motivation is so weak it makes her look like a giant woman-child!

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Unless there are other elements to make them funny or otherwise entertaining, Josh is not a big fan of deliberately bad musical numbers. Three of his five least favourite MLP songs fall into this category.

He also has a [[https://twitter.com/joshscorcher Twitter account]] and a Website/{{Tumblr}} [[http://joshscorcher.tumblr.com/ account]]. He does the occasional LetsPlay, but isn't so good at finishing them. However, after making his Top 10 Worst ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' Bosses, he started an LP of ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', which he actually did finish. He also has a second [[https://www.youtube.com/fobequestria channel]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: In December 2014, Josh spontaneously released a review of a video game: ''VideoGame/DisneysKimPossibleWhatsTheSwitch'' (and it was a collab with WebAnimation/ILoveKimPossibleALot).

* DarkAndTroubledPast: The focal point of his video essay Discussed in Lierature Hound: An insidious corruption of literary apologetics. In it, he talks about the reasons it became popular, deconstructs its flaws that can lead to a NeverMyFault mindset, and how it can best be used as how people can overcome it to become better instead.

* NeverMyFault: In Lierature Hound: An insidious corruption of literary apologetics. He explains that relying on [[DarkAndTroubledPast Traumatic backstories]] to explain evil can fuel a worldview where crimes become justified because they were wronged.

* DesignatedHero: [[invoked]] [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Anders]], who Josh was just about set to like, but then there's no way to stop him [Anders] from blowing up the Chantry with massive loss of life, and he faces no consequences. The MoralDissonance [[invoked]] is not addressed in-game.

** In his "Company Fails" video, only the first entry (EA) has its interlude between numbers featuring a clip that has nothing to do with EA (It actually featured Shadow Kaneshiro from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'', an Creator/Atlus game) because he didn't think it would become a series. Afterwards, the interlude would have something to do with the company in question.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His earliest MLP videos make it seem like he doesn't like the show very much. He admits it has its strengths, but overall doesn't seem to be a huge fan, even stating directly that he is not a brony.

** Was very disappointed with [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame La Cite Des Cloches]] in ''Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance'' for how it watered down the story of the movie and the fact that [[spoiler: the player doesn't fight Frollo as a boss.]]

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: His Nostalgia critic expy-ish-ness was brought up in his questions-and-answers video with Creator/DougWalker. He expressed his desire to diverge from WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and his characterization, especially with the jokes he's "taken" from him. And he has definitely succeeded, becoming less of the JerkassWoobie that NC was and more of a person who will GoshDarnItToHeck, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness only swearing when something is serious,]] and even then, he still censors it; a person who is genuinely a NiceGuy on and off his videos, and someone who is afraid to let others know the fact that he's a [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony.]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Teaching harmful morals to children, as stated in 'Taking "Somepony To Watch Over Me" Too Seriously'.

* CriticBreakdown: Alicorn Twilight sends him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuflOU7chks to this]]. [[spoiler:Turns out to be a parody, he's OK with it.]]

!![[DiscussedTrope Discussed Tropes]] in Josh's videos:
* AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: Provides the page quote.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation[[invoked]]: [[https://youtu.be/0Y6CYHDKciY In this video]], Firebrand brings up the idea that Chrysalis' VillainBall moments were a ploy on her part to [[BreakingTheFellowship break up the Mane 6]], and thus nullify the Elements of Harmony, one of the few things that could have stopped her.

* AssPull[[invoked]]: