History WebAnimation / Benthelooney

Watch his videos [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Benthelooney/videos here.]] See his older videos [[http://www.youtube.com/user/PuffyZillaman4 here.]]

-->'''Ben''': Folks when you think of stupid people who do you think of?
--> (Shows picture of {{George Lucas}}).
-->'''Ben''': Not bad who else do you think of?
--> (Shows picture of Sarah Palin).
-->'''Ben''': Getting better. Alright the coup de grace. Who is the stupidest person you can think of?

-->'''Ben''': [[SarcasmMode Very funny. Ha ha. It is to laugh.]]

-->'''Ben''': There are people out there that are gonna take my previous opinions on WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse and act like I killed their grandparents, then dug up their corpses and ate them. The person will either [[{{Wangst}} act like that they're the most tortured person in the world and want sympathy from everybody]] or [[DisproportionateRetribution they'll either hire the most expensive assassin they can afford to do terrible things to me.]] Well to people who take opinions seriously I have one thing to say: Look at yourself. Seriously, look at yourself. Are you that damaged by a human doing something that all humans do? Express themselves? I mean honestly, this is something that has been going on before the creation of the internet. It seems that some people get so hurt over the fact that somebody disagrees with them. I'm sure everybody has met somebody like this.

** Ben T Looney, during the 2012-2014 resurrection of Ben Rants.

** Following the show's second resurrection in 2015, Ben has seemed to venture back into this territory, as he no longer voices his opinions in a distressing manner and voices his opinions firmly, but casually as he did, before it's first uncancellation.

*** When the show was UnCancelled again in 2015, Ben's microphone and voice had changed again, but mostly back to the way it was in 2011-2012, rather than 2013 and 2014.

*** When the show was UnCancelled again in 2015, Ben's microphone and voice had changed again, but mostly back to the way it was in 2013.

** Ben T Looney when Ben Rants returned.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben in the original run. While in some videos he could get very opinionated and some facts wrong, he mostly dealt with his haters in a polite and mature manner (Much like he did in real life). The original finale "Ben Strikes Back" paints a complete picture that Ben was indeed this.

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December, 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June. The series officially ended on June 6, 2014.

!! Tropes appearing in this series:

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In his {{Equestria Girls}} review:
-->'''Ben''': Applejack! I'm shocked at you. This is a high school. How dare you sell alcohol to minors without bringing silly straws.

[[caption-width-right:341:''"Welcome back to Ben Rants, and when I was a kid the biggest threat to world peace was the tension between the [[VideoGames/PokeMon]] and [[Anime/Digimon]] [[FandomRivalry fan bases.]]"'']]

[[caption-width-right:341:''"Welcome back to Ben Rants, and when I was a kid..."'']]

* ComicallyMissingthePoint: In his {{Equestria Girls}} review:

* ComicallyMissingthePoint: In his {{Equestria Girls}} review: "Applejack! I'm shocked at you. This is a high school. How dare you sell alcohol to minors without bringing silly straws."

* {{Keet}}

* SellOut: Ben Tannehill is often considered this by many of his former fanbase and has been since the 2012 return of his rants for the sake of Ben T Looney's flanderization, change in rants formula, jumping on bandwagons and making Ben T. Looney more like WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. One that is reviled among many previous fans is his "character" excuse which in itself is flanderized from the original claim that he was "acting".

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Ben Tannehill himself, is much more soft spoken, reasonable, and open minded than his Obnoxious Character.
** For those of you who still have doubts, the video "The Differences Between Ben T. Looney and Me," pretty much compares his (Ben Tannehill's) opinions with those of Ben T. Looney. If you happen to be a fan of Pixar, Creator/SethMacFarlane, or Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, you can rest a little easier once you see that. Also, the "Pixar Rant Aftermath" video.

* SellOut: Ben Tannehill is often considered this by many of his former fanbase and has been since the 2012 return of his rants for the sake of Ben T Looney's flanderization, change in rants formula, contradicting former opinions (Disliking Phineas and Ferb, Mad, Pokemon and liking Adventure Time and Regular Show), jumping on bandwagons and making Ben T. Looney more like WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. One that is reviled among many previous fans is his "character" excuse which in itself is flanderized from the original claim that he was "acting".

** For those of you who still have doubts, the video "The Differences Between Ben T. Looney and Me," pretty much compares his Ben Tannehill's opinions with those of Ben T. Looney. If you happen to be a fan of Pixar, Creator/SethMacFarlane, or Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, you can rest a little easier once you see that. Also, the "Pixar Rant Aftermath" video.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Chris Lee's Moore ''WebVideo/TVTrash'', even though it premiered around the same time that Ben's first run rants were being made, can be seen as this due to The Rowdy Reviewer featuring similar characterization, jokes and focus on subject he is ranting on as Ben did in the first run of his rants. (Seeing as Ben became largely different after uncancelling his rants)

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunes'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December, 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June. The series officially ended on June 6, 2014.

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunes'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December, 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season. But then he decided to bring back Ben T. Looney one last time until June, then the series will be over for real.

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunes'' leading to speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production on February 10, 2012. Ben later retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December, 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season.

Because Ben couldn't log in on his [=PuffyZillaman4=] account, Ben Rants was put on hiatus for weeks after his infamous rant on ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunes'' leading speculation that his videos had ended for good. But Ben created a new channel called Benthelooney and the series resumed on July 26th, 2011 after a month and a half hiatus. After 90 videos, Ben Rants finally ended production in December of 2011 with very little fanfare, because Ben wanted to retire from ranting and focus on positive videos. Two months later, after a surprisingly large number/amount of fan requests and Ben Tannehill discovering new topics to talk about, the show was put back into production from February 10, 2012. Ben retired Ben T. Looney on 13th December, 2013 (although this time because Ben will be too busy pursuing his dreams of being an animator at college) but will continue production on videos as himself for the sixth and last season.