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* MoneyDearBoy: His video of him and Barry Lewis eating surströmming was made as his patrons who supported his feature film wanted to see him eat it.
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** In the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSeqt_n1hRk Toy Box, Geek Gear July 2016]]'' video. After being all pleased with how the 90s box came with a copy of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening DX on it, Ashen remarks that he's been having good luck with the boxes so far and jokingly predicts that he'll get a copy of ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' in the 80s one. Then he opens the 80s box. Cue PrecisionFStrike followed by the technical difficulties screen. When we come back several seconds later we find out that Ashen was spot on regarding the 80s box containing the E.T. game, and was still struggling to regain his composure as the recording resumes.

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** In the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSeqt_n1hRk Toy Box, Geek Gear July 2016]]'' video. After being all pleased with how the 90s box came with a copy of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening DX on it, Ashen remarks that he's been having good luck with the boxes so far and jokingly predicts that he'll get a copy of ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' in the 80s one. Then he opens the 80s box. Cue PrecisionFStrike BreakingPointSwearing followed by the technical difficulties screen. When we come back several seconds later we find out that Ashen was spot on regarding the 80s box containing the E.T. game, and was still struggling to regain his composure as the recording resumes.
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* LongRunners: Stuart has been running videos continuously since April 2006 (arguably before then if you want to count things uploaded to Google Video and circulated before via Website/{{b3ta}}), making him one of the - if not ''the'' - longest running still-active creators on Website/YouTube.
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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: While it's pretty clear in the [[https://youtu.be/PkGlcX2aKSs Ali Express PC Build]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMIOhoUcCM Wish PC build]] videos that Stuart does know a fair amount about computer parts, it seems that Motherboards are a bit of a blind spot for him. When he discussed the motherboards showcased in the videos, on both occasions he mentions that the older outputs ([=VGA, DVI-D, PS-2=]) are not used anymore, with the implication that they're not useful in the modern age. While Stuart is correct about DVI-D not being around anymore, [=VGA=] and [=PS-2=] however, have been much more resilient, in part as they're added as a deliberate analogue fall back.

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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: While it's pretty clear in the [[https://youtu.be/PkGlcX2aKSs Ali Express PC Build]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMIOhoUcCM Wish PC build]] videos that Stuart does know a fair amount about computer parts, it seems that Motherboards are a bit of a blind spot for him. When he discussed the motherboards showcased in the videos, on both occasions he mentions that the older outputs ([=VGA, DVI-D, PS-2=]) are not used anymore, with the implication that they're not useful in the modern age. While Stuart is correct about DVI-D not being around anymore, [=VGA=] and [=PS-2=] however, have been much more resilient, in part as they're because they are added as a deliberate analogue fall back.back by motherboard makers.
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CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: While it's pretty clear in the [[https://youtu.be/PkGlcX2aKSs Ali Express PC Build]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMIOhoUcCM Wish PC build]] videos that Stuart does know a fair amount about computer parts, it seems that Motherboards are a bit of a blind spot for him. When he discussed the motherboards showcased in the videos, on both occasions he mentions that the older outputs ([=VGA, DVI-D, PS-2=]) are not used anymore, with the implication that they're not useful in the modern age. While Stuart is correct about DVI-D not being around anymore, [=VGA=] and [=PS-2=] however, have been much more resilient, in part as they're added as a deliberate analogue fall back.

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* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: While it's pretty clear in the [[https://youtu.be/PkGlcX2aKSs Ali Express PC Build]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMIOhoUcCM Wish PC build]] videos that Stuart does know a fair amount about computer parts, it seems that Motherboards are a bit of a blind spot for him. When he discussed the motherboards showcased in the videos, on both occasions he mentions that the older outputs ([=VGA, DVI-D, PS-2=]) are not used anymore, with the implication that they're not useful in the modern age. While Stuart is correct about DVI-D not being around anymore, [=VGA=] and [=PS-2=] however, have been much more resilient, in part as they're added as a deliberate analogue fall back.
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CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: While it's pretty clear in the [[https://youtu.be/PkGlcX2aKSs Ali Express PC Build]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mMIOhoUcCM Wish PC build]] videos that Stuart does know a fair amount about computer parts, it seems that Motherboards are a bit of a blind spot for him. When he discussed the motherboards showcased in the videos, on both occasions he mentions that the older outputs ([=VGA, DVI-D, PS-2=]) are not used anymore, with the implication that they're not useful in the modern age. While Stuart is correct about DVI-D not being around anymore, [=VGA=] and [=PS-2=] however, have been much more resilient, in part as they're added as a deliberate analogue fall back.
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* {{Corpsing}}: Several items have amused him enough to completely break his usually deadpan delivery.
** In the iPhone 5G review, he dissolves into a fit of uncontrollable laughter after discovering an ancient-style rabbit ear antenna on the phone. It just gets worse when he realises the antenna has a swivel joint.
** He does this when he first presents the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcFQF3PZFRk Mobile Phone Handset]] from Signalex, due to the product's design asthetics being TwoDecadesBehind. He stated that he had to redo the intro 14 times to get it right, because he couldn't stop laughing. He still has some trouble in the video itself.
** It happens in his review of ''[=LaDiDa=]'' after playing back the first song he records.
** He does it during his Poundland Clearance Special while reviewing a stack of random Green Lantern action figures due to some of the designs.
** Happens twice in his knockoff [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]] action figures review at the sight of two ridiculous looking figures.
** He actually had to restart the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adkWiJA9xR0 Violin "Wonderful Sound Strange Shape"]] review because he wasn't prepared for the [[BlindIdiotTranslation deluge of Engrish]], and the sheer number of gibberish-level mistakes (such as "6 act or talk like a fool key", "The violin can concerts and solo", and, in particular, "Anglicising" Antonio Stradivari as "Antonio Stella bottom tile" and Giuseppe Guarneri as "ji plug pu · melon nai") ended up making him laugh so hard he couldn't continue.
** Happens in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RdVKsGQD3E Poundland Special.]] Throughout, he shows a set of "9 police vehicles," a set of "9 fire rescue vehicles," a set of "9 combat vehicles," and a set of "9 construction vehicles." It turns out that [[PaletteSwap the four toy sets are all the same, only with different colors and decals.]] He starts laughing when showing the construction vehicles.
** In the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSeqt_n1hRk Toy Box, Geek Gear July 2016]]'' video. After being all pleased with how the 90s box came with a copy of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening DX on it, Ashen remarks that he's been having good luck with the boxes so far and jokingly predicts that he'll get a copy of ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' in the 80s one. Then he opens the 80s box. Cue PrecisionFStrike followed by the technical difficulties screen. When we come back several seconds later we find out that Ashen was spot on regarding the 80s box containing the E.T. game, and was still struggling to regain his composure as the recording resumes.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aym8nHmcC2Y Possibly the worst action official action figure ever]], as soon as he realized how disproportioned the design of the action figure's body is. He broke down corpsing for a whole minute.
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** "Bort Sompson" for the nightmare-inducing Not Bart Simpson from the Huge Screen V2 review.
** He also comes up with nicknames for all the ''Series/DoctorWho'' villains during his review of the ''Doctor Who'' LCD Adventure Game.



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** Daniel Hardcastle, AKA ''Nerd³'', hosts a LEGO-themed show called "Nerd³'s Bricking It" on his IRL channel. He uses the same hands-around-the-camera recording style as Ashens for the show, and is known to be a fan of Ashens.

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** Daniel Hardcastle, AKA ''Nerd³'', hosts a LEGO-themed show called "Nerd³'s Bricking It" on his IRL channel. He uses the same hands-around-the-camera recording style as Ashens for the show, and is known to be a fan and friend of Ashens.
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* {{Blooper}}: During his review of the [[https://youtu.be/nvDNAAa20M4?t=469 C64 Mini]], Stuart says that he wants to take a look at the joystick. This is then followed by about fifteen seconds of silence where he does absolutely nothing. Apparently, he originally intended to put [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ0m6klnWrM music over this bit]], but forgot to edit it in.

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* {{Blooper}}: During his review of the [[https://youtu.be/nvDNAAa20M4?t=469 C64 Mini]], Stuart says that he wants to take a look at the joystick. This is then followed by about fifteen seconds of silence where he does absolutely nothing. Apparently, Apparently he originally intended to put [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ0m6klnWrM music over this bit]], but forgot to edit it in.



** "Fifty Thousand Shades Of Grey" started out as a parody in one of his videos, with an actual printed prop. [[spoiler: It is literally just the phrase "shades of grey" repeated 50,000 times.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Thousand-Shades-Of-Grey-Ashen/dp/1479215430/ You can now order this book on Amazon as an actual product.]] Provided you wish to sit through it all, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_osPetDNA someone has done an audio book version.]]

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** "Fifty Thousand Shades Of Grey" started out as a parody in one of his videos, with an actual printed prop. [[spoiler: It is literally just the phrase "shades of grey" repeated 50,000 times.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Thousand-Shades-Of-Grey-Ashen/dp/1479215430/ You can now order this book on Amazon as an actual product.]] Provided you wish to sit through it all, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_osPetDNA someone has done an audio book audiobook version.]]



** It's unknown if it's done intentionally but much of the review format and snark of Yahtzee's ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review series seems quite similar to ''Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of''

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** It's unknown if it's done intentionally intentionally, but much of the review format and snark of Yahtzee's ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review series seems quite similar to ''Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of''



** The A-Team review, which got taken down for copyright reasons, as well as the extra videos on his Revver account. They have all since been reuploaded to Website/YouTube by fans, although the parody intro from the A-Team review is still missing (likely not to cause any copyright issues).

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** The A-Team review, which got taken down for copyright reasons, as well as the extra videos on his Revver account. They have all since been reuploaded re-uploaded to Website/YouTube by fans, although the parody intro from the A-Team review is still missing (likely not to cause any copyright issues).



** His extras website (extras.ashens.com) used to lead to Stuart's page on the now-defunct video sharing site Revver. The videos formerly hosted there eventually were reuploaded to [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLostAshens this channel]] by a fan who managed to save them.

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** His extras website (extras.ashens.com) used to lead to Stuart's page on the now-defunct video sharing site Revver. The videos formerly hosted there eventually were reuploaded re-uploaded to [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLostAshens this channel]] by a fan who managed to save them.
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** "Fifty Thousand Shades Of Grey" started out as a parody in one of his videos, with an actual printed prop. [[spoiler: It is literally just the phrase "shades of grey" repeated 50,000 times.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Thousand-Shades-Of-Grey-Ashen/dp/1479215430/ You can now order this book on Amazon as an actual product.]] Provided you wish to sit through it all, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_osPetDNA someone has done a 25-part unabridged audio book version.]]

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** "Fifty Thousand Shades Of Grey" started out as a parody in one of his videos, with an actual printed prop. [[spoiler: It is literally just the phrase "shades of grey" repeated 50,000 times.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Thousand-Shades-Of-Grey-Ashen/dp/1479215430/ You can now order this book on Amazon as an actual product.]] Provided you wish to sit through it all, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_osPetDNA someone has done a 25-part unabridged an audio book version.]]
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* {{Blooper}}: During his review of the [[https://youtu.be/nvDNAAa20M4?t=469 C64 Mini]], Stuart says that he wants to take a look at the joystick. This is then followed by about fifteen seconds of silence where he does absolutely nothing. Apparently, he originally intended to put music over this bit, but forgot to edit it in.

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* {{Blooper}}: During his review of the [[https://youtu.be/nvDNAAa20M4?t=469 C64 Mini]], Stuart says that he wants to take a look at the joystick. This is then followed by about fifteen seconds of silence where he does absolutely nothing. Apparently, he originally intended to put [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ0m6klnWrM music over this bit, bit]], but forgot to edit it in.
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* {{Blooper}}: During his review of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvDNAAa20M4&t=972s C64 Mini]], Stuart says that he wants to take a look at the joystick. This is then followed by about fifteen seconds of silence where he does absolutely nothing. Apparently, he originally intended to put music over this bit, but forgot to edit it in.

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* {{Blooper}}: During his review of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvDNAAa20M4&t=972s [[https://youtu.be/nvDNAAa20M4?t=469 C64 Mini]], Stuart says that he wants to take a look at the joystick. This is then followed by about fifteen seconds of silence where he does absolutely nothing. Apparently, he originally intended to put music over this bit, but forgot to edit it in.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: The action figures of him started out as a joke before becoming real for a limited run.

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* FollowTheLeader: After Dr. Ashen's videos increased in popularity, a number of "Ashens tribute" review videos in his style have appeared throughout [=YouTube=]. The video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZggpiithU Ultra-Cheap Action Figures Review]] has a clip of Creator/HarryPartridge doing an impression of him included in the end.

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** "Fifty Thousand Shades Of Grey" started out as a parody in one of his videos, with an actual printed prop. [[spoiler: It is literally just the phrase "shades of grey" repeated 50,000 times.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Thousand-Shades-Of-Grey-Ashen/dp/1479215430/ You can now order this book on Amazon as an actual product.]]
*** Provided you wish to sit through it all, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_osPetDNA someone has done a 25-part unabridged audio book version.]]
* FanNickname: "Bort Sompson" for the nightmare-inducing Not Bart Simpson from the Huge Screen V2 review.

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** "Fifty Thousand Shades Of Grey" started out as a parody in one of his videos, with an actual printed prop. [[spoiler: It is literally just the phrase "shades of grey" repeated 50,000 times.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Thousand-Shades-Of-Grey-Ashen/dp/1479215430/ You can now order this book on Amazon as an actual product.]]
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]] Provided you wish to sit through it all, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_osPetDNA someone has done a 25-part unabridged audio book version.]]
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"Bort Sompson" for the nightmare-inducing Not Bart Simpson from the Huge Screen V2 review.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The A-Team review, which got taken down for copyright reasons, as well as the extra videos on his Revver account. They have all since been reuploaded to Website/YouTube by fans, although the parody intro from the A-Team review is still missing (likely not to cause any copyright issues).

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* MissingEpisode: His ''A-Team'' video game review was taken down due to copyright infringement (more specifically, a parody of the ''A-Team'' intro with the original theme music left in), but can now be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MltCzy8CW5E here]], albeit without said intro parody.

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His ''A-Team'' video game review was taken down due to copyright infringement (more specifically, a parody of the ''A-Team'' intro with the original theme music left in), but can now be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MltCzy8CW5E here]], albeit without said intro parody.



* ScheduleSlip: ''Ashen's Tech Dump'' Episode 4 was released seven months after the previous one.
** Ashens has still yet to do a full review of either the UsefulNotes/XboxOne ("What's in the box" video released on November 22, 2013) or the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 ("What's in the box" released on November 30, 2013). In the description of the latter video, he says "I'm going to have to get a good look at both before I can really talk about either in depth".
*** When asked on Reddit about the above, he replied with "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/Ashens/comments/1vq0io/vinnie_voles_existential_nightmare_3d/cevbg6n Cancelled due to terminal dullness]]."

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''Ashen's Tech Dump'' Episode 4 was released seven months after the previous one.
** Ashens has still yet to do a full review of either the UsefulNotes/XboxOne ("What's in the box" video released on November 22, 2013) or the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 ("What's in the box" released on November 30, 2013). In the description of the latter video, he says "I'm going to have to get a good look at both before I can really talk about either in depth".
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depth". When asked on Reddit about the above, it, he replied with "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/Ashens/comments/1vq0io/vinnie_voles_existential_nightmare_3d/cevbg6n Cancelled due to terminal dullness]]."



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/{{Nintendo}} of America asked him to make a video for them, but he refused because they wanted full copyright without offering payment.

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** Ashens was going to do a review of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Classic like he did with the other Mini consoles, but he never finished it, because he found it to be underwhelming and too depressing to do a video on.

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** It's unknown if it's done intentionally but much of the review format and snark of Yahtzee's ''Zero Punctuation'' review series seems quite similar to ''Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of''

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** It's unknown if it's done intentionally but much of the review format and snark of Yahtzee's ''Zero Punctuation'' ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review series seems quite similar to ''Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of''



** [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] stated in the comments for [[https://youtu.be/tR9NK6q8Ho8 POP Station Watch 2015]] that there were plans at one point to make an iOS version of ''Street Overlord'', featuring Ashens characters.

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** [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] stated in the comments for [[https://youtu.be/tR9NK6q8Ho8 POP Station Watch 2015]] that there were plans at one point to make an iOS version of ''Street Overlord'', featuring Ashens characters.characters.
** Ashens was going to do a review of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Classic like he did with the other Mini consoles, but he never finished it, because he found it to be underwhelming and too depressing to do a video on.
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** Also, as of this writing (July 30, 2015), he has yet to do a full review of either the UsefulNotes/XboxOne ("What's in the box" video released on November 22, 2013) or the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 ("What's in the box" released on November 30, 2013). In the description of the latter video, he says "I'm going to have to get a good look at both before I can really talk about either in depth".
*** On reddit someone asked about them and he replies "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/Ashens/comments/1vq0io/vinnie_voles_existential_nightmare_3d/cevbg6n Cancelled due to terminal dullness]]."

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** Also, as of this writing (July 30, 2015), he Ashens has still yet to do a full review of either the UsefulNotes/XboxOne ("What's in the box" video released on November 22, 2013) or the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 ("What's in the box" released on November 30, 2013). In the description of the latter video, he says "I'm going to have to get a good look at both before I can really talk about either in depth".
*** On reddit someone When asked on Reddit about them and the above, he replies replied with "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/Ashens/comments/1vq0io/vinnie_voles_existential_nightmare_3d/cevbg6n Cancelled due to terminal dullness]]."
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: The My Little Pony tat video... good lord. It appears Ashens didn't know that getting a chemicals expert to destroy [=MLP=] merchandise would put him on the bronies' shit list.
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: The My Little Pony tat video... good lord. It appears Ashens didn't know that getting a chemicals expert to destroy [=MLP=] merchandise would put him on the bronies' shit list.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The A-Team review, which got taken down for copyright reasons, as well as the extra videos on his Revver account. They have all since been reuploaded to YouTube by fans, although the parody intro from the A-Team review is still missing (likely not to cause any copyright issues).

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The A-Team review, which got taken down for copyright reasons, as well as the extra videos on his Revver account. They have all since been reuploaded to YouTube Website/YouTube by fans, although the parody intro from the A-Team review is still missing (likely not to cause any copyright issues).
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: No pun intended, but in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIya8_OBdE0 video about 8 vintage computers]], he said that some computers of the time had 64 or 32 MB of RAM, despite the fact that they only had 32 or 64 KB of RAM.

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* OneOfUs: [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8FXD-olbk At the end of A Christmas Mystery Resolved, it was revealed that he keeps a notebook of various Tropes, and checks off each one that was done in the Christmas Special reviews.]]]]
** For the record, [[spoiler:the Tropes listed are OverlyLongGag, RunningGag, EarWorm, MetaGuy, DeadpanSnarker, BigLippedAlligatorMoment, PokeThePoodle, PrecisionFStrike, GenreSavvy (which he mulls over and then leaves unchecked, admitting "Probably not, actually."), DudeNotFunny (''many'' checks on this one), BileFascination, the as-of-yet nonexistent Malensky Trifle, BlatantLies, ChristmasSpecial, EasterEgg, SelfDeprecation, HarmlessVillain, {{Defictionalization}}, EvolvingCredits, IAmNotShazam, and [[FromBadToWorse It Got Worse]].]]
** The description of his knock off iPhone 5G review says [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "20 minutes into the future!]] Where the iPhone 5G is real."
** In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZgIBSEy9Og Adventure Time Mystery Bag video]], he mentioned that he became a fan of [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the series]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/{{Nintendo}} of America asked him to make a video for them, but he refused because they wanted full copyright without offering payment.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/{{Nintendo}} of America asked him to make a video for them, but he refused because they wanted full copyright without offering payment.payment.
** [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] stated in the comments for [[https://youtu.be/tR9NK6q8Ho8 POP Station Watch 2015]] that there were plans at one point to make an iOS version of ''Street Overlord'', featuring Ashens characters.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: No pun intended, but in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIya8_OBdE0 video about 8 vintage computers]], he said that some computers of the time had 64 or 32 MB of RAM, despite the fact that they only had 32 or 64 KB of RAM.
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* FollowTheLeader: After Dr. Ashen's videos increased in popularity, a number of "Ashens tribute" review videos in his style have appeared throughout [=YouTube=]. The video [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZggpiithU Ultra-Cheap Action Figures Review]] has a clip of Creator/HarryPartridge doing an impression of him included in the end.
** In a VLOG made by several members of Channel Awesome for Magfest, purely by coincidence they ended up filming themselves in the back of a car while finding bits of plastic tat, holding them in front of the camera and talking about them: they ended up dubbing it "[[{{Thememobile}} The Ashens Car]]".
** It's unknown if it's done intentionally but much of the review format and snark of Yahtzee's ''Zero Punctuation'' review series seems quite similar to ''Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of''
** Daniel Hardcastle, AKA ''Nerd³'', hosts a LEGO-themed show called "Nerd³'s Bricking It" on his IRL channel. He uses the same hands-around-the-camera recording style as Ashens for the show, and is known to be a fan of Ashens.
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** The description of his knock off iPhone 5G review says "20 minutes into the future! Where the iPhone 5G is real."

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** The description of his knock off iPhone 5G review says [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture "20 minutes into the future! future!]] Where the iPhone 5G is real."

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