History Trivia / TheSpoonyExperiment

* OldShame: At the beginning of his ''FF XIII'' review, while apologizing for being so harsh towards ''FF VIII'', he specifically apologizes for the gay joke he sang to the tune of the game's theme song ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and for using the word "eponymous" wrong]]).

* DevelopmentHell: When he started his Patreon, Spoony put up a goal of $5000 a month in donations, upon achieving this he'd begin producing his own full length movie. When this goal was exceeded, he put out a heartfelt video thanking everyone, apparently humbled by the support. Other than a number of Patreon update blogs, the movie had no progress and is assumed to be abandoned along with most of Spoony's work. While his Patreon page is still active, as of 2023, despite producing no content since 2016, the amount of monthly donations is around five percent of what it was when he first announced the movie was definitely happening, and the new goal is set to $5000 dollars to actually ''start'' it.

** He was actually a movie reviewer for ''Magazine/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' magazine but was fired because, essentially, he was too caustic to beloved geek movies. He didn't take this well, as one would expect.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: He originally defended the infamously unpopular ending to ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', but only because he believed in the "indoctrination theory" and saw the ending as-written as a blatant SequelHook, and was disappointed that the fans weren't clever enough to pick up on the GeniusBonus. When the Extended Cut came out, he described it as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNmBr_jd3N8&t=3450s Bioware assuring everyone "Oh no, our ending ''really is'' that bad,"]] and has stated that the ending to the ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' review, where the SadisticChoice the Guardian presents Spoony with tints each option red, green, and blue, is his attempt to "recant" his old views, since in hindsight he considers it almost as big a betrayal and insult to the fanbase as ''Ultima IX''.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
** His one-shot ''Deadliest Character'' video regarding the [[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla Showa era (1974) Mechagodzilla]]. While he's describing the character, shots of ''[[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla Kiryu]]'' are used several times. Yes, Kiryu ''is'' an incarnation of Mechagodzilla, technically. But, it's not the same monster since the Showa Mechagodzilla is a giant robot built by aliens to take over the earth and Kiryu is a cyborg version of [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original 1954 Godzilla]].
** Likewise, at one point in the video, guest-speaker Linkara points out that Mechagodzilla has failed to defeat Godzilla. In reality, Godzilla was unable to beat the Showa Mechagodzilla on his own and required both the help of King Caesar and humanity to defeat.

* ArtistDisillusionment: Spoony suffers this every so often, thanks to a large group of posters on his website being incredibly rude to anyone that's not Spoony or his brother Miles.

** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain's]] collaboration with Spoony for the live-action Film/{{Tekken}} movie led to his brief return for the ''[[Film/DOADeadOrAlive DOA]]'' review, where Spoony's fans lay a medieval siege upon Film Brain's home.

--->'''White Lantern!Spoony:''' I think I just broke my foot in your ass!

** In 2022, Creator/PaulMorganStetler aka Curtis Craig [[https://youtu.be/zwYbt7zIp8I contacted and interviewed]] Noah to talk about his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/PhantasmagoriaAPuzzleOfFlesh''. This reached truly epic heights of irony when Paul and Spoony did a LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/{{Ripper}}'', another game that Spoony had previously played.

** In 2022, Creator/PaulMorganStetler aka Curtis Craig [[https://youtu.be/zwYbt7zIp8I contacted and interviewed]] Noah to talk about his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/PhantasmagoriaAPuzzleOfFlesh''.

** In his review of ''Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge'', he went on to note that it was almost impossible to find hints, reviews or any information at all about the game, touting that game as being the one game that the Internet forgot. The problem was quickly rectified when the video was released. He mentioned in the commentary that the game had suddenly become harder to find after the video as fans bought copies to try. He begged them not to, it really was as bad as he said.

* DevelopmentHell: When he started his Patreon, Spoony put up a goal of $5000 a month in donations, upon achieving this he'd begin producing his own full length movie. When this goal was exceeded, he put out a heartfelt video thanking everyone, apparently humbled by the support. Other than a number of Patreon update blogs, the movie had no progress and is assumed to be abandoned along with most of Spoony's work. While his Patreon page is still active as of 2020 despite producing almost no content in since 2016, the amount of monthly donations is around ten percent of what it was when he first announced the movie was definitely happening, and the new goal is set to $5000 dollars to actually start it.

** Originally he planned to do a {{Crossover}} review of ''Anime/TekkenTheMotionPicture'' with WebVideo/ShortFatOtaku, but it didn't work out.

* DoingItForTheArt: Spoony put ''way'' more effort into editing the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' review than necessary. In the commentary track, he explains the game's cutscenes caused a problem: the voice actors leave pauses between lines that were so long and so numerous that leaving the scenes as-is when he used them in the review would noticeably extend the run time. An easy way of fixing this would have been to simply edit out the pauses, but Spoony didn't like how this would create jump cuts, even though this would be a minor issue at best. His solution was to cut the pauses out by treating the cutscenes as actual editing work, cutting from the speaking characters to other characters as if they were giving reaction shots.

** In 2022, Creator/PaulMorganStetler aka Curtis Craig [[https://youtu.be/zwYbt7zIp8I contacted and interviewed]] Noah to talk about his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/Phantasmagoria2''.

** Originally it was planned to do a {{Crossover}} review of ''Anime/TekkenTheMotionPicture'' with WebVideo/ShortFatOtaku, but it didn't work out.
** ''Film/TheBarbarians'' video was supposed to be made with Wrestling/UltimateWarrior character doing the review, but shortly before filming began, it was announced that the real Ultimate Warrior had died and Noah thought the review would [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents be in bad taste]] and did it as Spoony.
** Spoony's "BETRAYAL!" meme was meant to be referenced in some way in ''VideoGame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified'' (Supposedly as an achievement), but it was cut for some reason.

** Throughout much of 2015, Spoony didn't release any reviews. His only regular posting were Counter Monkeys, Live Wire (his live video game streams, now on Website/YouTube), and the occasional Wrestle! Wrestle! (which he hasn't done since Night of Champions 2015). His first review in several months, ''Street Hunter'', released in February 2016, has him lampshade the long period between reviews, by opening on the line "[[VideoGame/MetalGear Kept you waiting, huh?]]" This was his last video until an episode of WebVideo/CounterMonkey in November 2016, with his next video, a vlog review of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', not being released until December 2017. He has acknowledged that RealLife health problems are the cause. As of 2018 however, he has once again slipped into disappearing. This time, letting his website go down and not rejoining twitter after being banned.

** After Website/YouTube suspended WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob, he hosted a few of his videos, boosting his popularity immensely and paving the way for him to join Website/ChannelAwesome as well. He briefly did the same for [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] when he was dropped from Website/ScrewAttack. In general, Spoony likes to occasionally host videos that he hasn't produced, such as tribute videos and responses to his reviews, including at least one WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.

** Throughout much of 2015, Spoony didn't release any reviews. His only regular posting were Counter Monkeys, Live Wire (his live video game streams, now on Website/YouTube), and the occasional Wrestle! Wrestle! (which he hasn't done since Night of Champions 2015). His first review in several months, ''Street Hunter'', released in February 2016, has him lampshade the long period between reviews, by opening on the line "[[Franchise/MetalGear Kept you waiting, huh?]]" This was his last video until an episode of WebVideo/CounterMonkey in November 2016, with his next video, a vlog review of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', not being released until December 2017. He has acknowledged that RealLife health problems are the cause. As of 2018 however, he has once again slipped into disappearing. This time, letting his website go down and not rejoining twitter after being banned.

* NamesTheSame:
** In the ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' review, he has a brief FreakOut when people start talking about "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Tydus]]". Thankfully, it turns out to be an entirely different character.
** ''Film/MassacreAtCentralHigh'' was chosen for review because it contained a "naked canyon scene with Spoony".

* ApprovalOfGod: In January 2020 Creator/RebBrown [[https://youtu.be/JGk4NwjYPv0 has stated that he loves Spoony's Rebruary videos.]]

* TalkingToHimself:
** Dr. Insano, Chef Ramsay, Spencer D. Bum, the Ultimate Spoony, Cap'n Smiling Jack D'Arcy, the Gate Cleaner, and Hulk Spogan. And thats not counting reading out writen dialogue in games.
** ''Film/TheClonesOfBruceLee'' review, where a triple splitscreen allows Spoony to share the couch with Dr. Insano and a Spoony!Bum.
** A literal case in the finale of his ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'' Let's Play where he spoofs various scenes from the game.