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* ShoutOut: During Jesus' fight against the Feds, one of his attacks is a rotoscope of [[Film/MomAndDad Nicolas Cage's infamous Slap of God]]].

* KungFuJesus: After finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Further shown in "Jesus Part Two - Part One" where he takes on an entire armed FBI SWAT team with only his martial prowess and easily wins, not only that even throws in a few FunnyBruceLeeNoises as well.

* ShoutOut: During Jesus' beatdown against the Feds that came after him one of the scenes is a rotoscope of the infamous [[Film/MomAndDad Nicolas Cage's Slap of God]]].

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: During his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Judas, Jesus performs an elbow drop and suplex.

* HypocritcalHumor: After one of the fed yellss "Oh my God!" after Jesus snaps the neck of one of his squadmates, Jesus quickly admonishes the FBI agent for taking the lord's name in vain... then following it up by doing it himself.

* KungFuJesus: After finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Jesus is written as an unstable, egotistical Manson-esque cult leader in "Jesus' Betrayal: What Really Went Down" with the small wrinkle that [[RealAfterAll he's genuinely divine.]] Still [[HolyIsNotSafe a foul-mouthed, violent thug]] though.

* KungFuJesus: In "Jesus' Betrayal: What Really Went Down," after finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* SpottingTheThread: "Jesus' Betrayal: What Really Went Down" has Jesus remembers that Judas was the one who called their dinner the [[DeadlyEuphemism Last Supper]] some time before Peter got shot by the feds. The [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown receiving of holy spirit]] ensued soon afterward.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: During his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Judas, Jesus performs an elbow drop and suplex.

* KungFuJesus: In "Jesus' Betrayal: What Really Went Down," after finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved
NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* {{Expy}}: Jesus is written as an unstable, egotistical Manson-esque cult leader in "Jesus' Betrayal: What Really Went Down" with the small wrinkle that [[RealAfterAll he's genuinely divine.]] Still [[HolyIsNotSafe a foul-mouthed, violent thug]] though.

* KungFuJesus: In "Jesus' Betrayal: What Really Went Down," after finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* KungFuJesus: "In Jesus' Betrayal : What Really Went Down", after finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* KungFuJesus: "In Jesus' Betrayal : What Really Went Down", after finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved beatdown.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Donald had no idea about Mickey's involvement in Goofy's death and the documents that Goofy wanted to leak to the press, and thought that Mickey was suffering from PTSD sequels from the war like him when Mickey tries to kill himself. [[spoiler: Once he learns Mickey's dark secrets from Max, Donald is horrified and almost shoots himself to redeem him in Max eyes.]]

* KungFuJesus: After finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved beatdown.

* KungFuJesus: After finding out that Judas ratted them out to the feds, Jesus sure gave him a well-deserved beatdown.

* WarIsHell: A common theme in his videos, especially with the Vietnam Mickey saga.

* BittersweetEnding: "Mickey's Descent Into Madness" ends with [[spoiler: Donald revealed to not have committed suicide after all, the former arriving at Mickey's office and stopping the latter from committing suicide and possibly helping him get much-needed therapy, the possibility of the documents finally being leaked to the public, Max finally confronting his father's killer, but not getting closure as Mickey refuses to kill him to end his suffering, and Mickey abandoning the church in disgrace then taking a taxi with the implication that he will attempt to end his life once he arrives home, as depicted in "Mickey was here".]]

** This is also Donald's fate in "Detective Mickey" and "Mickey's Descent Into Madness". In the latter, it's [[spoiler: because he was told Mickey murdered Goofy and took the confidential dossier with him, which resulted in the continuation of the Vietnam conflict, which led to the deaths of Donald's nephews and friends]]. Subverted in that [[spoiler:it's revealed Donald didn't actually go through with it during the ending, and prevents Mickey from doing the same]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Donald had no idea about Mickey's involvement in Goofy's death and the documents that Goofy wanted to leak to the press, and thought that Mickey was suffering from PTSD sequels from the war like him when Mickey tries to kill himself. [[spoiler: Once he learns Mickey's dark secrets from Max, Donald is horrified and almost shoots himself to redeem him in Max eyes, but then relents at the last minute and decides to find and help Mickey from killing himself as well.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Donald had no idea about Mickey's involvement in Goofy's death and the documents that Goofy wanted to leak to the press, and thought that Mickey was suffering from PTSD sequels from the war like him when Mickey tries to kill himself. [[spoiler: Once he learns Mickey's dark secrets from Max, Donald is horrified and shoots himself to redeem him in Max eyes.]]

** This is also Donald's fate in "Detective Mickey" and "Mickey's Descent Into Madness". In the latter, it's [[spoiler: because he was told Mickey murdered Goofy and took the confidential dossier with him, which resulted in the continuation of the Vietnam conflict, which led to the deaths of Donald's nephews and friends]].

* DownerEnding: "Mickey's Descent Into Madness" ends with [[spoiler: Donald committing suicide, the documents still unleaked, Max finally confronting his father's killer, but not getting closure as Mickey refuses to kill him to end his suffering, and Mickey abandoning the church in disgrace then taking a taxi with the implication that he will end his life once he arrives home, as depicted in "Mickey was here".]]

* JustFollowingOrders: Mickey attempt to justify killing Goofy by telling himself he only was serving what was best for the U.S government. Although it becomes clearer and clearer that the justification isn't really helping.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: It took Max's own reasoning and telling Mickey to try and shoot him in order to end his anguish, would create a sudden shift in Mickey's conscience.

* SanitySlippage: Mickey ''big time'', the Vietnam conflict has taken it's toll on his sanity [[spoiler:(with Goofy's death giving the biggest hit)]], but not only that. As revealed in "Mickey's Descent Into Madness", [[spoiler:he not only is revealed to view everyone he knows as Disney Cartoon characters, but it's heavily implied that the ''Government'' was responsible for his broken psyche, having forced him to undergo "Project MK Ultra".]]

* WarIsHell: Mickey's experiences at the Vietnam war did a number on his sanity.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Max confronts Mickey about him killing his dad and alienates him from Donald, who kills himself after witnessing the dossier that could have saved his nephews lives, to teach him how it feels to lose everything]].

** Winnie The Last Adventure (now deleted from Ethereal Snake's channel) is a parody of the scene from Film/OneFlewOverTheCuccoosNest with Piglet in the role of Billy, having just been lobotomized. This is why Pooh, in the role of Chief, smothers him with a pillow.

* WarIsHell: A common theme in his videos, especially with the Vietnam Mickey saga

* FateWorseThanDeath: In his video showcasing the old and panned design of Sonic from the old cut of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''. Instead of being put down or released, they instead opt to put him in the cell and forget about him. Leaving him to spend the rest of his days trapped in his cell yearning for freedom. It's telling that the time he finally dies he [[GoOutWithASmile goes out with a relieved smile]].

* ColdBloodedTorture: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQOqpTnS8U "Detective Pikachu Uncensored Version"]] has poor Mr. Mime being the victim of this.

** Mickey commits suicide at the end of "Mickey was here" via shotgun.

* DownerEnding: "Mickey's Descent Into Madness" ends with [[spoiler: Donald comitting suicide, the documents still unleaked, Max finally confronting his father's killer, but not getting closure as Mickey refuses to kill him to end his suffering, and Mickey abandoning the church in disgrace then taking a taxi with the implication that he will end his life once he arrives home, as depicted in "Mickey was here".]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMQOqpTnS8U "Telltale's Scooby Doo"]] is well... ''TelltaleGames''' take on ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.

* BadassesWearBandanas: During his time in the war, Mickey wore a red headband ala ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''.

* SanitySlippage: Mickey ''big time'', the Vietnam conflict has taken it's toll on his sanity [[spoiler:(with Goofy's death giving the biggest hit)]], but not only that. As revealed in "Mickey's Descent Into Madness", [[spoiler:he not only is revealed to view everyone he knows as Disney Cartoon characters, but it's heavily implied that the ''Government'' was responsible for his broken psyche. Having forced him to undergo "Project MK Ultra".]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Goofy [[spoiler: (real name: Gabriel Gibson)]], attempts to convince Mickey to leak the documents to end the war, and defies Mickey's orders when he demands to give him the documents to destroy them, resulting in him being shot.

!!!Vietnam Mickey Saga

* CanonDiscontinuity: Implied with [[https://youtu.be/qvc76cKxwOQ Mickey Mouse Rampage]], which features Mickey Mouse going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, and has been unlisted, implying that it was reconned out due to the tone clashing with the Vietnam Mickey Saga.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The videos focused on "Project MK Ultra" could be considered this because [[spoiler:it's heavily implied that Mickey was subjected to this project too, which explains why Mickey sees everyone as Disney Cartoon characters]].

** Waldo's body is found smiling by the time the police finally find out where he is.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VfWYdA2k3Y "Chasing Waldo: Confrontation"]] is based on the iconic dam jump from ''Film/TheFugitive''.