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* ''Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}''
* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''
* ''VideoGame/FridayThe13thTheGame''
* ''Series/WheelOfFortune''
* ''VideoGame/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''
* ''Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paperboy}}''
* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''
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* StylisticSuck: Taco-Man's ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' short has more amateurish animation and voice acting (provided by Mike Peterson rather than Sam T.) than normal Taco-Man cartoons. This carried into three other shorts, including one made especially for the 50th ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'' episode. Also, in the live Halloween specials, [[spoiler:this incarnation of Taco-Man visits the normal Taco-Man while trick-or-treating, much to the latter's confusion.]]
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* StylisticSuck: Taco-Man's ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' short has more amateurish animation and voice acting (provided by Mike Peterson rather than Sam T.) than normal Taco-Man cartoons. This carried into three four other shorts, including one made especially for the 50th ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'' episode. Also, in the live Halloween specials, [[spoiler:this incarnation of Taco-Man visits the normal Taco-Man while trick-or-treating, much to the latter's confusion.]]
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Until Sam T. deleted the Taco-Man series, you could watch them by going to the site itself, or one of the Ebolaworld/Samination [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ebolaworld YouTube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHY3GWRjjXFS3F_Q9hyZBrw channels]].
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''Taco-Man'' was an internet celebrity created by Sam T Nelson of Samination (formerly [[http://www.ebolaworld.com/ Ebolaworld]]). He is [[AnthropomorphicFood an animated talking taco]] who had "wacky" adventures. He had three series under his belt.
''Taco-Man Plays A Video Game'', which was a series about Taco-Man badly playing and reviewing video games.
''Taco-Man: The Game Master'', which was a parody of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''.
''Taco-Man Theater'', which was a show in which Taco-Man riffs on old cartoons.
Until Sam T. deleted the Taco-Man series, you could watch them by going to the site itself, or one of the Ebolaworld/Samination [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ebolaworld YouTube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHY3GWRjjXFS3F_Q9hyZBrw channels]].
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[[folder:Games He Played In Taco-Man Plays A Video Game]]
* ''Series/{{Alf}}''
* ''VideoGame/CheckeredFlag''
* ''VideoGame/MarioKart Wii''
* ''Dracula''
* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
* ''VideoGame/CadillacsAndDinosaurs''
* ''VideoGame/SewerShark''
* ''VideoGame/PuttPutt Joins The Parade''
* ''VideoGame/CrusinUSA''
* ''VideoGame/AtariKarts''
* ''VideoGame/{{Virtuoso}}''
* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI''
* ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''
* ''VideoGame/MadDogMcCree''
* ''VideoGame/StarFox''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''[[note]]Part 1 was done on October 18, 2010, and Part 2 was done on October 25, 2010.[[/note]]
* ''{{Franchise/Barbie}}''
* ''VideoGame/ClubDrive''
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheRobots''
* ''VideoGame/MickeyMousecapade''
* ''VideoGame/{{Raid2020}}''
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
* ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}''
* ''Bubsy 3D''
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''
* ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies''
* ''VideoGame/BattleToads''
* ''VideoGame/RebelAssault''
* ''VideoGame/WildWoody''
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
* ''VideoGame/BartVsTheSpaceMutants''
* ''VideoGame/RexRonan''
* ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''
* ''VideoGame/ToeJamAndEarl''
* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark1992''
* ''VideoGame/{{D}}'' [[note]]Done live on October 31, 2012[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBayouBilly''
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 - [[SelfImposedChallenge 1-Up Challenge]]''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''
* ''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas''
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''[[note]]Done live on March 20, 2013[[/note]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}''[[note]]Part 1 was done live on March 29, 2013, part 2 was done live on April 5, 2013 part 3 was done on April 12, 2013, and part 4 was done on April 26, 2013.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/HybridHeaven''
* ''VideoGame/CastleVania64''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower1995''
* ''VideoGame/RoadRash''
* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderI''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''
* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2''
* ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''
* ''VideoGame/CaptainNovolin''
* ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet Adventure]]''
* Various UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} games
* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''[[note]]Leon's Story was done on Sep 29, 2014, and Claire's Story was done on Oct 6, 2014[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''
* ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overblood}}''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower 2''
* ''VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt''
* ''VideoGame/BattletoadsAndDoubleDragon''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower3''[[note]]Part 1 was done on Jun 22, 2015, and part 2 was done on Jul 6, 2015[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker''
* ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/345635 Night Trap]]''[[note]]Reviewed live on October 31, 2015[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars''
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest''
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64''
* ''VideoGame/{{Nightcry}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish''
* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''
* ''VideoGame/McDonaldsTreasureLandAdventure''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''
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[[folder:Episodes Of Taco-Man: The Game Master]]
* Episode 1: Press Start
* Episode 2: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario Preemptive Strike]]
* Episode 3: [[VideoGame/{{PacMan}} Pac-Manslaughter]]
* Episode 4: [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic The Lamehog]]
* Episode 5: [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Legend Of Zelda - Broken Link]]
* Episode 6: Franchise/DonkeyKong
* Episode 7: The Trouble With UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy
* Episode 8: I've Got a Woody
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[[folder: Cartoons Shown In Taco-Man Theater]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': "Invasion of the Punk Frogs"
* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings''
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Bears no relation to WebVideo/DubbedByTacos.
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* AndADietCoke: Taco-Man claims to learn from playing ''Captain Novolin'' that everyone should try to eat healthy, and avoid sugary snacks. [[spoiler:Later, he visits a fast food restaurant, and orders a double cheeseburger, some cheese fries, a soda with cheese...and a glass of milk, after ceaseless recommendations from one of Captain Novolin's doctors.]]
* ArtShift:
** Taco-Man briefly is computer generated in his Wild Woody review as a parody of the game's awkward CG cut-scenes.
** Taco-Man Plays Atari 2600 takes on the blocky and un-detailed appearance of the console's games after Taco-Man awakens in Atari 2600 World.
* ArtEvolution: The animation for Taco-Man and the like is a lot more fluid in later episodes.
* AttractiveBentGender: When Taco-Man disguises as a girl to investigate a case of girls disappearing at a SlumberParty, he catches the eye of the hostess' brother, Zach, who is played by another one of Samination's creations, Bunny.
* AudienceParticipation: Taco-Man lets viewers of the ''Captain Novolin'' review choose what Captain Novolin does to Mayor Gooden via annotations. [[spoiler:If you wait too long, Taco-Man picks the wrong choice, causing Captain Novolin to go to jail.]]
* BadBadActing: Taco-Man torments the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' cast for their SoBadItsGood (his own words) voice acting.
* BadassCape: Sometimes Taco-Man wears a red superhero cape.
* BetterByADifferentName: Taco-Man calls ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' a more realistic, but also more boring, version of ''VideoGame/NightTrap''.
* BondOneLiner: Taco-Man delivers one before dropping Bowser into the lava pit in the second episode of ''...The Game Master''.
-->'''Taco-Man:''' I'm Taco-Man, and you're getting the axe!
-->'''Bowser:''' ''(while falling)'' That joke was so lame!
* BreakoutCharacter: Dig Dude has developed more of a personality than Taco-Man's other ''Game Master'' teammates (or at least the male ones). Taco-Man agrees such in the Virtual Boy episode.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens quite often.
* TheBusCameBack: Taco-Man's review of his ''Night Trap'' parody includes a visit from the supporting cast of one of his previous shows, [[spoiler:''Taco-Man: The Game Master'']].
* ButtMonkey: Taco-Man sucks at video games.
* CaptainErsatz: The various characters from ''The Game Master'' are clearly supposed to represent the characters from Captain N.
* {{Catch Phrase}}s:
** "Oopsidoodle!"
** "Sheesh!"
** "Seriously?"
** "Groonight!"
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Villain Tack Jompson hasn't been since in Taco-Man The Game Master since the second episode. Princess Polygon and Taco-Man acknowledge this in episode #5.
-->'''Princess Polygon:''' You know, there really isn't any reason for you to stay here any longer. I mean, we took care of that Tack Jompson guy or whatever a long time ago!
-->'''Taco-Man:''' Yeah, whatever happened to him?
-->'''Princess Polygon:''' Uh...it's not really clear.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Rocky in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle NES game review:
-->'''Rocky''': My farts smell like rainbows!
** One particular phrase of his, "I worship the devil! A-ha ha!" became repeated by other cute-looking characters in later reviews.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship:
** When a Creator/{{Nintendo}} spokesman (who previously appeared in an episode of Samination's ''Completely Accurate Gaming History'' about the UsefulNotes/{{Wii U}}) threatens to copyright Taco-Man's ''Super Mario Maker'' review, Taco-Man uses such tactics as replacing the sound effects and music, and applying new effects to the game clips, to claim the video as his own.
** When ''Taco-Man Theater'' covers ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings'', Taco-Man has to dub over the songs with his own improvised compositions.
** When Taco-Man covers ''VideoGame/BartVsTheSpaceMutants'', the same copyright lawyer from the ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings'' prevents Taco-Man from showing the Simpsons onscreen and prevents him from saying Bart's line of, "Eat my shorts!" as it is a copyrighted trademark. However, Taco-Man winds up pushing his luck and his show is then seized and called "Ebo-LAW-world".
* CommutingOnABus: Taco-Man's wife and son appear only sporadically these days, as does Ben Burrito, his boss from his superhero days. Taco-Man lampshaded this when he reviewed his ''Night Trap'' parody, on Halloween 2015.
-->'''Taco-Man:''' Hey, it's my boss! I haven't seen him since...he stole my wife.[[note]]A reference to episodes #2 and #8 of ''Taco-Man: The Game Master''[[/note]]
* ContinueYourMissionDammit: In Part 2 of ''Taco-Man Plays Night Trap'', Taco-Man gets to continue, even though he screwed up. (Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=6m53s you can view the clip.]])
--> ''Megan gets dropped into the trap that was meant for the augers.''\\
'''Megan''': Ahhhhhhhhhh!\\
'''Kelly''': Control, how could you let that happen?\\
'''Taco-Man''': Who told me to? It's just Megan. You should be thanking me.\\
''Cut to Simms.''\\
'''Simms''': Megan is dead.\\
'''Taco-Man''': And?\\
'''Simms''': And yes, you could have saved her.\\
'''Taco-Man''': True.\\
'''Simms''': You were responsible for her life, and you screwed up.\\
'''Taco-Man''': Was she really alive?\\
'''Simms''': There's a lot going on in this house, too bad you're not going to be around to see anymore of it. Breaking contact.\\
''Taco-Man's connection is disabled.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Fine!\\
''Screen cuts back to the scene and Taco-Man saves Megan.''\\
'''Megan''': Get away!\\
''Megan escapes through the door near her.''\\
'''Kelly''': Way to go, control! I knew you could do it!\\
'''Taco-Man''': Well, at least she's still gone...
* ContinuityCavalcade:
** ''Taco-Man Plays Atari 2600'' begins with Taco-Man drinking at a bar populated by characters from previous reviews, as well as the girls from his ''Night Trap'' parody.
** Taco-Man's 2015 Halloween special has characters who appeared in some of his other cartoons and reviews stop by while he waits for part two of the game to load, and after he completes the game. He naturally {{Lampshade| Hanging}}s this, with FlatJoy, after Blobert from ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' pops up to request some jellybeans:
--->'''Taco-Man:''' Oh, look. It's a character from a previous episode. [[SarcasmMode How original.]]
* {{Crossover}}:
** Taco-Man's parody of ''Night Trap'' has characters from other Ebolaworld cartoons portray Sarah's family. [[spoiler:WebAnimation/HomestarRunner also pops up at one point.]]
** Taco-Man Plays Mickey Mousecapade includes a visit from WebAnimation/ProstituteMickey.
* DeadpanSnarker: Taco-Man can get pretty sassy when dealing with bad games, or even bad writing for his cartoons.
* DemotedToExtra: Blast the Hedgehog, who's rarely seen, much less talks, since the 4th episode of Taco-Man The Game Master.
* DerangedAnimation: ''Detective Taco'' seems more surreal than most of Taco-Man's cartoons, especially when the characters sit or stand silently, while bearing different designs (eg, Detective Taco with lipstick, Lady with three eyes).
* DiscoDan: In the ''Night Trap'' parody, Meagan uses [[TheEighties Eighties]] slang and fashion in a more liberal manner than the other girls. [[spoiler:Taco-Man finds this so obnoxious, he lets the leechers eat her.]]
* DoNotTryThisAtHome: Scenes of Taco-Man performing such activities as smoking and pointing a gun towards his head get accompanied with reminders for kids not to do them.
* DoubleEntendre: For starters, Chomp's introduction in the first episode of Taco-Man The Game Master:
-->'''Chomp''': Hi, I'm Chomp, and I like to eat yummy balls.
* DramaticThunder: The ''Altered Beast'' review has some, prompting Taco-Man to ask if there's a storm outside.
* DrugsAreGood: Taco-Man teaches this at the end of one ''Game Master'' episode. [[spoiler:After he gives Sonic the Hedgehog cocaine as an anti-depressant, he tells the viewers: "So, remember, kids: If you're ever feeling down, do drugs! Especially cocaine."]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The un-remastered version of the first ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' episode gets frequently interrupted by Taco-Man reviewing ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', in abruptly-appearing vignettes that don't seem to advance the main plot. Princess Polygon's more masculine-sounding voice can also sound jarring to viewers introduced through a video released after [[Creator/KiraBuckland Rina-Chan]] took over the role.
* EvolvingCredits: The end credits of ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'' play against an ever-lengthening compilation of one clip from each previous episode.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe: A lawyer takes over Taco-Man's show at the end of his Bart vs. The Space Mutants review, turning it into a lawyer-centirc show called Lawyer Talk.
* {{Expy}}: Many characters on ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' are expies of existing video game characters, as well as characters from ''Captain N: The Game Master''.
** Princess Polygon - Princess Peach (''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'') and Princess Lana (''Captain N'')
** Derek the Brave - Dirk the Daring (''VideoGame/DragonsLair'') and Simon Belmont (''Captain N'')
** Dig Dude - Dig Dug (''VideoGame/DigDug'') and Mega Man (''Captain N'')
** Chomp - Pac-Man (''VideoGame/PacMan'')
** Blast the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog (''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'')
** Virtual Boy - Game Boy (''Captain N'')
*** In Chomp and Blast's cases, they are Pac-Man's nephew and Sonic's cousin, respectively.
* FakeOutOpening: ''Taco-Man Plays Super Mario Maker'' starts out as ''Taco-Man Plays VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', until he encounters some enemies he didn't remember finding in level #1 before.
* FridgeHorror: In-universe, Taco-Man admits when reviewing his ''Night Trap'' parody that he doesn't remember what happened to the girl whose name he assumed for the investigation.
-->So, if I replaced their friend Dana, where ''is'' Dana? Did we kill her?!
* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Sam T. released a "remastered" version of the first ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' episode on Jun 19, 2009, containing "...new scenes, jokes, and a different ending!" Rina-Chan also re-dubbed Princess Polygon's lines to match later episodes.
* GilliganCut[=/=]IgnoredEpiphany: After Taco-Man escapes Atari 2600 World, he swears never to drink again. A cut to "Later That Night" shows [[spoiler:Taco-Man sitting at home and reading a newspaper, appearing to subvert both of these tropes. However, a cut to "''Later'' Later That Night" shows him getting drunk at the same bar he visited at the beginning of the video, zig-zagging these tropes.]]
* HangingJudge: Princess Polygon loves giving people the chair.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In Taco-Man Plays Zelda 2, Princess Zelda tells Taco-Man to watch his language when he dropped the F-bomb, even though she cussed earlier in the episode.
* IdiotHero: Taco-Man
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Combined into one big trope in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=7m30s Taco-Man Plays Night Trap]]'':
--> ''Enter Tony.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Gay.\\
'''Kelly''': Tony...\\
''Meanwhile, in Hall 1...''\\
'''Sheila''': What is it, dear?\\
'''Victor''': I sense something is wrong.\\
'''Taco-Man''': Ya think?\\
'''Victor''': I'm not quite sure what...\\
''Back with Kelly and Tony...''[[note]]Since much time has passed, here's what Taco-Man missed in the conversation: '''Kelly''': This is all insane! '''Tony''': I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen. '''Kelly''': Listen to what? What are you talking about?! '''Tony''': Ashley! I tried to save her from the Augs; but you had to interfere, and now, you will pay![[/note]]\\
'''Kelly''': Tony, I don't understand.\\
''Kelly turns to Taco-Man.''\\
'''Kelly''': This is crazy!\\
'''Taco-Man''': Is she talking about the plot?\\
'''Tony''': Don't be foolish, Kelly. They wouldn't stand in my way!\\
''Tony turns to Taco-Man.''\\
'''Tony''': Would you?\\
''Tony is about to kill Kelly.''\\
'''Kelly''': NOW!\\
''Taco-Man triggers the trap and Tony slides down.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Neeeeeeeh... he don't know me very well, do he?\\
'''Kelly''': Thanks, control. That was close.\\
'''Taco-Man''': Well, it's not that I WANT to help you out.
* {{Jerkass}}: Taco-Man
** Derek the Brave can be this at times too, especially in the first two episodes of Taco-Man The Game Master.
* KarmaHoudini: Taco-Man in his Taco-Man Safety Tips gives kids HORRIBLE advice, sometimes which results in death. He never faces any repercussions for his actions.
* LogoJoke: Videos that end with {{Vanity Plate}}s for The Ebolaworld Channel and Sam T. Productions have a random sound (usually a piece of dialogue from the video) play during them.
* LoveTheme: A piece of royalty-free soul music, simply titled "Sexy 70's Soul", plays whenever Taco-Man shows two characters having sex, or appearing to have sex. The ''Muppet Adventure'' review re-purposes this for Miss Piggy developing a crush on Taco-Man, after he compares his eyes and voice to those of Kermit the Frog.
* MediumBlending:
** Taco-Man seems to have a live-action house.
** Taco-Man's ''Resident Evil'' videos place him inside the games, still rendered in 2D.
* MondegreenGag: Taco-Man constantly worries that the title of ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' sounds more like, ''Taco-Man: The Gay Master'' when people put the {{AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle}}.
* MoodWhiplash:
** Taco-Man's first ''Mario Paint'' short cuts from him doing several badass and glorious things, to [[spoiler:him realizing he has cancer]], to him happily riding an elephant into the sunset. The part in spoilers seems especially jarring because of Taco-Man's voice changing, and the music stopping.
** Several parts of the ''VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt'' episode have Taco-Man breaking the mood with depressing scenes of real-life footage of polluted/scorched lands, wasted rainforests, and dirty oceans.
* MrExposition: Ben Burrito and Ashley share this role in the ''Night Trap'' parody, with Jessica becoming confused by Ashley's habit of clumsily delivering information the two of them already know.
* MsFanservice: Taco-Man The Game Master has Princess Polygon, who usually wears a dress that exposes her cleavage.
* MultipleEndings: Taco-Man's ''Night Trap'' parody has at least nine endings. Players who fail the mission early receive one of five variations on Ben Burrito scolding them, depending on when and how exactly they lost. Players who save as many girls as possible, as well as Taco-Man, receive one of four variations on Taco-Man bidding them farewell, depending on how many leechers they caught. When Taco-Man tries to play the parody himself, he purposely loses a few times, in order to see all of the bad endings, and he also treats viewers to a reel of all the different versions of his closing remarks.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Taco-Man experiences this in his ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' review, after [[spoiler:apparently killing Carlos and Jill. Fortunately, Carlos regains consciousness, and also saves Jill.]]
* TheNewAdventures: Taco-Man advises against using this title when reviewing ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures''.
-->You know, I never understood why games use the word "new" in their title. After about a year, the game is considered old! It's like those ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' games. Now they're the '''''Old''' New Super Mario Bros.''
** Despite this, he sticks the phrase onto the title of ''Clock Tower 2'' when he reviews that game.
* NoMedicationForMe: Taco-Man shamelessly admits in the review of ''A Boy and His Blob'' that he hasn't been taking his medications, which apparently keep him from having delusions of an audience constantly watching him.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Taco-Man never seems to notice that his therapist in the ''Silent Hill'' review wears progressively skimpier clothing, [[spoiler:which disappears completely earlier than she does.]]
* OnePersonBirthdayParty: The second ''Mario Paint''-style short has Taco-Man throw one for himself, because [[spoiler:all his friends died beforehand]].
* OverusedRunningGag: A clip of an old guy from ''Mad Dog [=McCree=]'' saying, "Hoho, you missed that one. Try another!" every time Taco-Man makes a mistake in a video game. And when he finally makes the target, the old man says "Nice shooting! Try another one!"
* PreviouslyOn:
** Episode 8 of Taco-Man the Game Master begins with clips from the first two episodes, recalling how Taco-Man's wife lost him, then became seduced by Ben Burrito.
** Taco-Man's review of the second ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' game has one, showing the best ending of [[VideoGame/ClockTower1995 the first game]]. Taco-Man then admits that he failed to achieve that ending in his review of that game.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Taco-Man and Sam T. don't have a healthy relationship, to say the least.
* RageQuit: How a few of the ''Taco-Man Plays A Video Game'' episodes have ended.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Princess Polygon usually is the one who saves our heroes whenever they're in trouble.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ''Taco-Man Plays Five Nights At Freddy's'' begins with Taco-Man announcing his departure from ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'', then applying to become a nighttime security guard at Freddy's. [[spoiler:After deciding that the job feels too boring some times, and too scary other times, Taco-Man returns to ''Taco-Man Plays...'']]
* ShoddyKnockOffProduct: One episode of ''The Stupid Adventures of Taco-Man'' revolves around Taco-Man taking out a poorly drawn counterpart of his known as Toco-Man.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Zig-zagged in Part 2 of "I've Got a Woody". In order to accept Woody as a new member of his team, he fires Virtual Boy. However, Woody tuns out to be so obnoxious and un-likable, that Taco-Man stars to miss Virtual Boy! [[spoiler: He gets rid of Woody by sending him to the real world.]]
* ShowerScene: Taco-Man treats the player of his ''Night Trap'' parody to one if he/she achieves a perfect score. [[spoiler:The scene features Taco-Man in his "Dana" disguise, to the disgust of Ben Burrito.]]
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Taco-Man wonders why the Franchise/CareBears don't have Wish Bear wish away all of their problems.
* StuffBlowingUp: Taco-Man sometimes tries to make the games he reviews more exciting by adding explosions.
* StylisticSuck: Taco-Man's ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' short has more amateurish animation and voice acting (provided by Mike Peterson rather than Sam T.) than normal Taco-Man cartoons. This carried into three other shorts, including one made especially for the 50th ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'' episode. Also, in the live Halloween specials, [[spoiler:this incarnation of Taco-Man visits the normal Taco-Man while trick-or-treating, much to the latter's confusion.]]
* SurpriseSlideStaircase: In ''Taco-Man Plays Night Trap'', Taco-Man wants to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=3m47s use it badly]]:
---> '''Taco-Man''': Uh, you know, there is a back door and a door in the living room area.\\
''Silence...''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Be very, very quiet.\\
'''Megan and Cindy''': Ahhhhhhhhh!\\
''Megan and Cindy run up the stairs.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Oh, why can't I use the stair trap on the girls?
** The other time is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=10m30s this]]:
--> '''Taco-Man''': Again, too bad I can't use the stair trap...
* TaintedByThePreview: [[invoked]] Discussed in the ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheRobots'' review, which often contrasts a tantalizing, buzzword-filled preview with the mediocre game itself.
* TakeThatAudience: Taco-Man drunkenly rants in the Atari 2600 video that his viewers seem fickle and ungrateful.
* TakeThatCritics: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlqTMkIktc one part]] of ''VideoGame/NightTrap'', when the girls head back to the living room while one of them (Lisa) is heading over to the bathroom, Taco-Man gives out a stern warning that the next accommodating scene would be the one that would start up the 1993 Senate hearings that would furthermore lead to the creation of the UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard. A video clip of the Senate hearings is shown, ''Night Trap''-style, in which Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s vice-president Howard Lincoln responded to Senator Joe Lieberman's baseless claim with the knowledge that the game had no rating at the time it was released, followed by the [[OvershadowedByControversy "controversial" bathroom scene in which Lisa is captured by augers about to drain her blood before leading her away]]. This in turn is followed by another ''Night Trap''-style clip of the hearings, this time with Lieberman making a baseless claim that the game promoted "capturing and torturing women". Scene then cuts back to the real gameplay, with Taco-Man showing the right way to save Lisa this time, all the while responding:
-->Yeah? Well, '''''that's not the point!''''' The ''point'' is that you're supposed to '''''save''''' her, NOT let her get drilled by a bunch of guys!
* TitleThemeTune: Taco-Man Plays A Video Game has its own theme song, which spoofs the theme of ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade''. Eventually, it became an end credits song instead.
* ToiletHumor: For starters, Donkey Kong hurls a brown substance at Taco-Man. In response, he says "That better be chocolate.".
* UnexplainedRecovery: All four of the girls from the ''Night Trap'' parody appear alive and well in the Atari 2600 video. [[spoiler:Even Sarah and Meagan appear, despite failing to survive the good endings of the parody.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Minus the "bastard" part, Taco-Man calls Princess Zelda this in his ''Zelda II'' review, since she constantly expressed impatience with how long it was taking him to rescue her, didn't thank him for doing so, and sounded sarcastic when singing praises of "a banana beat[ing] a shitty game from the '80s".
* TheUnintelligible: [[VideoGame/AloneInTheDark Edward Carnby]]'s dialogue sounds like gibberish. However, when Taco-Man becomes really drunk, he can apparently understand Carnby.
* VerbalTic: Jessica from the ''Night Trap'' parody begins each of her lines with the word, "Like..."
* ViewersLikeYou: During the end credits of ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'', Taco-Man lists all of his Pateron supporters, and gives SpecialThanks to those who donate at least $50 per episode by reading their names aloud.
* WhamLine[=/=]DeadAllAlong: The ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' review details a therapy session for Taco-Man, who wonders why a superhero like himself would also believe himself to host a show about playing video games. [[spoiler:The therapist's diagnosis:"You're dead." Apparently, Taco-Man's superhero career came to an end in 2004, when his nemesis, Donald [=McRonald=], killed him. On top of that, the therapist only existed in Taco-Man's imagination.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Used in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=10m32s Taco-Man Plays Night Trap]]'':
--> ''Kelly runs upstairs, but is stopped by augers.''\\
'''Kelly''': Ahhh!\\
'''Taco-Man''': Well, what did you expect running UPSTAIRS?
* WhatTheHellPlayer: Ben Burrito scolds players of the ''Night Trap'' parody if they let Taco-Man or any of the girls die. [[spoiler:Subverted if the player lets Taco-Man survive long enough to get killed by Sarah, as Ben Burrito ponders taking over Taco-Man's show. Averted when Taco-Man lets the leechers kill Meagan, as neither he nor the player receive a scolding afterward.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Taco-Man as Dana in his ''Night Trap'' parody, and Taco-Croft in his ''Tomb Raider'' review.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Poked at for laughs in Taco-Man's review of Bart vs. The Space Mutants, which features thinly veiled parodies of the The Simpsons (known as the Sicksons).
''Taco-Man'' was an internet celebrity created by Sam T Nelson of Samination (formerly [[http://www.ebolaworld.com/ Ebolaworld]]). He is [[AnthropomorphicFood an animated talking taco]] who had "wacky" adventures. He had three series under his belt.
''Taco-Man Plays A Video Game'', which was a series about Taco-Man badly playing and reviewing video games.
''Taco-Man: The Game Master'', which was a parody of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''.
''Taco-Man Theater'', which was a show in which Taco-Man riffs on old cartoons.
Until Sam T. deleted the Taco-Man series, you could watch them by going to the site itself, or one of the Ebolaworld/Samination [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ebolaworld YouTube]] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHY3GWRjjXFS3F_Q9hyZBrw channels]].
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[[folder:Games He Played In Taco-Man Plays A Video Game]]
* ''Series/{{Alf}}''
* ''VideoGame/CheckeredFlag''
* ''VideoGame/MarioKart Wii''
* ''Dracula''
* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
* ''VideoGame/CadillacsAndDinosaurs''
* ''VideoGame/SewerShark''
* ''VideoGame/PuttPutt Joins The Parade''
* ''VideoGame/CrusinUSA''
* ''VideoGame/AtariKarts''
* ''VideoGame/{{Virtuoso}}''
* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast''
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI''
* ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins''
* ''VideoGame/MadDogMcCree''
* ''VideoGame/StarFox''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
* ''VideoGame/NightTrap''[[note]]Part 1 was done on October 18, 2010, and Part 2 was done on October 25, 2010.[[/note]]
* ''{{Franchise/Barbie}}''
* ''VideoGame/ClubDrive''
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheRobots''
* ''VideoGame/MickeyMousecapade''
* ''VideoGame/{{Raid2020}}''
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
* ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}''
* ''Bubsy 3D''
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''
* ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies''
* ''VideoGame/BattleToads''
* ''VideoGame/RebelAssault''
* ''VideoGame/WildWoody''
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''
* ''VideoGame/BartVsTheSpaceMutants''
* ''VideoGame/RexRonan''
* ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''
* ''VideoGame/ToeJamAndEarl''
* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark1992''
* ''VideoGame/{{D}}'' [[note]]Done live on October 31, 2012[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfBayouBilly''
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 - [[SelfImposedChallenge 1-Up Challenge]]''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''
* ''VideoGame/GroundZeroTexas''
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''[[note]]Done live on March 20, 2013[[/note]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}''[[note]]Part 1 was done live on March 29, 2013, part 2 was done live on April 5, 2013 part 3 was done on April 12, 2013, and part 4 was done on April 26, 2013.[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/HybridHeaven''
* ''VideoGame/CastleVania64''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower1995''
* ''VideoGame/RoadRash''
* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderI''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''
* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2''
* ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''
* ''VideoGame/CaptainNovolin''
* ''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet Adventure]]''
* Various UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} games
* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''[[note]]Leon's Story was done on Sep 29, 2014, and Claire's Story was done on Oct 6, 2014[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''
* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1''
* ''VideoGame/PacMan2TheNewAdventures''
* ''VideoGame/{{Overblood}}''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower 2''
* ''VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt''
* ''VideoGame/BattletoadsAndDoubleDragon''
* ''VideoGame/ClockTower3''[[note]]Part 1 was done on Jun 22, 2015, and part 2 was done on Jul 6, 2015[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Pepsiman}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker''
* ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/345635 Night Trap]]''[[note]]Reviewed live on October 31, 2015[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars''
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuest''
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64''
* ''VideoGame/{{Nightcry}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish''
* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''
* ''VideoGame/McDonaldsTreasureLandAdventure''
* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''
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[[folder:Episodes Of Taco-Man: The Game Master]]
* Episode 1: Press Start
* Episode 2: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario Preemptive Strike]]
* Episode 3: [[VideoGame/{{PacMan}} Pac-Manslaughter]]
* Episode 4: [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic The Lamehog]]
* Episode 5: [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda The Legend Of Zelda - Broken Link]]
* Episode 6: Franchise/DonkeyKong
* Episode 7: The Trouble With UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy
* Episode 8: I've Got a Woody
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cartoons Shown In Taco-Man Theater]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': "Invasion of the Punk Frogs"
* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings''
[[/folder]]
Bears no relation to WebVideo/DubbedByTacos.
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!!Tropes
* AndADietCoke: Taco-Man claims to learn from playing ''Captain Novolin'' that everyone should try to eat healthy, and avoid sugary snacks. [[spoiler:Later, he visits a fast food restaurant, and orders a double cheeseburger, some cheese fries, a soda with cheese...and a glass of milk, after ceaseless recommendations from one of Captain Novolin's doctors.]]
* ArtShift:
** Taco-Man briefly is computer generated in his Wild Woody review as a parody of the game's awkward CG cut-scenes.
** Taco-Man Plays Atari 2600 takes on the blocky and un-detailed appearance of the console's games after Taco-Man awakens in Atari 2600 World.
* ArtEvolution: The animation for Taco-Man and the like is a lot more fluid in later episodes.
* AttractiveBentGender: When Taco-Man disguises as a girl to investigate a case of girls disappearing at a SlumberParty, he catches the eye of the hostess' brother, Zach, who is played by another one of Samination's creations, Bunny.
* AudienceParticipation: Taco-Man lets viewers of the ''Captain Novolin'' review choose what Captain Novolin does to Mayor Gooden via annotations. [[spoiler:If you wait too long, Taco-Man picks the wrong choice, causing Captain Novolin to go to jail.]]
* BadBadActing: Taco-Man torments the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' cast for their SoBadItsGood (his own words) voice acting.
* BadassCape: Sometimes Taco-Man wears a red superhero cape.
* BetterByADifferentName: Taco-Man calls ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' a more realistic, but also more boring, version of ''VideoGame/NightTrap''.
* BondOneLiner: Taco-Man delivers one before dropping Bowser into the lava pit in the second episode of ''...The Game Master''.
-->'''Taco-Man:''' I'm Taco-Man, and you're getting the axe!
-->'''Bowser:''' ''(while falling)'' That joke was so lame!
* BreakoutCharacter: Dig Dude has developed more of a personality than Taco-Man's other ''Game Master'' teammates (or at least the male ones). Taco-Man agrees such in the Virtual Boy episode.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens quite often.
* TheBusCameBack: Taco-Man's review of his ''Night Trap'' parody includes a visit from the supporting cast of one of his previous shows, [[spoiler:''Taco-Man: The Game Master'']].
* ButtMonkey: Taco-Man sucks at video games.
* CaptainErsatz: The various characters from ''The Game Master'' are clearly supposed to represent the characters from Captain N.
* {{Catch Phrase}}s:
** "Oopsidoodle!"
** "Sheesh!"
** "Seriously?"
** "Groonight!"
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Villain Tack Jompson hasn't been since in Taco-Man The Game Master since the second episode. Princess Polygon and Taco-Man acknowledge this in episode #5.
-->'''Princess Polygon:''' You know, there really isn't any reason for you to stay here any longer. I mean, we took care of that Tack Jompson guy or whatever a long time ago!
-->'''Taco-Man:''' Yeah, whatever happened to him?
-->'''Princess Polygon:''' Uh...it's not really clear.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Rocky in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle NES game review:
-->'''Rocky''': My farts smell like rainbows!
** One particular phrase of his, "I worship the devil! A-ha ha!" became repeated by other cute-looking characters in later reviews.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship:
** When a Creator/{{Nintendo}} spokesman (who previously appeared in an episode of Samination's ''Completely Accurate Gaming History'' about the UsefulNotes/{{Wii U}}) threatens to copyright Taco-Man's ''Super Mario Maker'' review, Taco-Man uses such tactics as replacing the sound effects and music, and applying new effects to the game clips, to claim the video as his own.
** When ''Taco-Man Theater'' covers ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings'', Taco-Man has to dub over the songs with his own improvised compositions.
** When Taco-Man covers ''VideoGame/BartVsTheSpaceMutants'', the same copyright lawyer from the ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsInTheLandWithoutFeelings'' prevents Taco-Man from showing the Simpsons onscreen and prevents him from saying Bart's line of, "Eat my shorts!" as it is a copyrighted trademark. However, Taco-Man winds up pushing his luck and his show is then seized and called "Ebo-LAW-world".
* CommutingOnABus: Taco-Man's wife and son appear only sporadically these days, as does Ben Burrito, his boss from his superhero days. Taco-Man lampshaded this when he reviewed his ''Night Trap'' parody, on Halloween 2015.
-->'''Taco-Man:''' Hey, it's my boss! I haven't seen him since...he stole my wife.[[note]]A reference to episodes #2 and #8 of ''Taco-Man: The Game Master''[[/note]]
* ContinueYourMissionDammit: In Part 2 of ''Taco-Man Plays Night Trap'', Taco-Man gets to continue, even though he screwed up. (Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=6m53s you can view the clip.]])
--> ''Megan gets dropped into the trap that was meant for the augers.''\\
'''Megan''': Ahhhhhhhhhh!\\
'''Kelly''': Control, how could you let that happen?\\
'''Taco-Man''': Who told me to? It's just Megan. You should be thanking me.\\
''Cut to Simms.''\\
'''Simms''': Megan is dead.\\
'''Taco-Man''': And?\\
'''Simms''': And yes, you could have saved her.\\
'''Taco-Man''': True.\\
'''Simms''': You were responsible for her life, and you screwed up.\\
'''Taco-Man''': Was she really alive?\\
'''Simms''': There's a lot going on in this house, too bad you're not going to be around to see anymore of it. Breaking contact.\\
''Taco-Man's connection is disabled.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Fine!\\
''Screen cuts back to the scene and Taco-Man saves Megan.''\\
'''Megan''': Get away!\\
''Megan escapes through the door near her.''\\
'''Kelly''': Way to go, control! I knew you could do it!\\
'''Taco-Man''': Well, at least she's still gone...
* ContinuityCavalcade:
** ''Taco-Man Plays Atari 2600'' begins with Taco-Man drinking at a bar populated by characters from previous reviews, as well as the girls from his ''Night Trap'' parody.
** Taco-Man's 2015 Halloween special has characters who appeared in some of his other cartoons and reviews stop by while he waits for part two of the game to load, and after he completes the game. He naturally {{Lampshade| Hanging}}s this, with FlatJoy, after Blobert from ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' pops up to request some jellybeans:
--->'''Taco-Man:''' Oh, look. It's a character from a previous episode. [[SarcasmMode How original.]]
* {{Crossover}}:
** Taco-Man's parody of ''Night Trap'' has characters from other Ebolaworld cartoons portray Sarah's family. [[spoiler:WebAnimation/HomestarRunner also pops up at one point.]]
** Taco-Man Plays Mickey Mousecapade includes a visit from WebAnimation/ProstituteMickey.
* DeadpanSnarker: Taco-Man can get pretty sassy when dealing with bad games, or even bad writing for his cartoons.
* DemotedToExtra: Blast the Hedgehog, who's rarely seen, much less talks, since the 4th episode of Taco-Man The Game Master.
* DerangedAnimation: ''Detective Taco'' seems more surreal than most of Taco-Man's cartoons, especially when the characters sit or stand silently, while bearing different designs (eg, Detective Taco with lipstick, Lady with three eyes).
* DiscoDan: In the ''Night Trap'' parody, Meagan uses [[TheEighties Eighties]] slang and fashion in a more liberal manner than the other girls. [[spoiler:Taco-Man finds this so obnoxious, he lets the leechers eat her.]]
* DoNotTryThisAtHome: Scenes of Taco-Man performing such activities as smoking and pointing a gun towards his head get accompanied with reminders for kids not to do them.
* DoubleEntendre: For starters, Chomp's introduction in the first episode of Taco-Man The Game Master:
-->'''Chomp''': Hi, I'm Chomp, and I like to eat yummy balls.
* DramaticThunder: The ''Altered Beast'' review has some, prompting Taco-Man to ask if there's a storm outside.
* DrugsAreGood: Taco-Man teaches this at the end of one ''Game Master'' episode. [[spoiler:After he gives Sonic the Hedgehog cocaine as an anti-depressant, he tells the viewers: "So, remember, kids: If you're ever feeling down, do drugs! Especially cocaine."]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The un-remastered version of the first ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' episode gets frequently interrupted by Taco-Man reviewing ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', in abruptly-appearing vignettes that don't seem to advance the main plot. Princess Polygon's more masculine-sounding voice can also sound jarring to viewers introduced through a video released after [[Creator/KiraBuckland Rina-Chan]] took over the role.
* EvolvingCredits: The end credits of ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'' play against an ever-lengthening compilation of one clip from each previous episode.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe: A lawyer takes over Taco-Man's show at the end of his Bart vs. The Space Mutants review, turning it into a lawyer-centirc show called Lawyer Talk.
* {{Expy}}: Many characters on ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' are expies of existing video game characters, as well as characters from ''Captain N: The Game Master''.
** Princess Polygon - Princess Peach (''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'') and Princess Lana (''Captain N'')
** Derek the Brave - Dirk the Daring (''VideoGame/DragonsLair'') and Simon Belmont (''Captain N'')
** Dig Dude - Dig Dug (''VideoGame/DigDug'') and Mega Man (''Captain N'')
** Chomp - Pac-Man (''VideoGame/PacMan'')
** Blast the Hedgehog - Sonic the Hedgehog (''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'')
** Virtual Boy - Game Boy (''Captain N'')
*** In Chomp and Blast's cases, they are Pac-Man's nephew and Sonic's cousin, respectively.
* FakeOutOpening: ''Taco-Man Plays Super Mario Maker'' starts out as ''Taco-Man Plays VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', until he encounters some enemies he didn't remember finding in level #1 before.
* FridgeHorror: In-universe, Taco-Man admits when reviewing his ''Night Trap'' parody that he doesn't remember what happened to the girl whose name he assumed for the investigation.
-->So, if I replaced their friend Dana, where ''is'' Dana? Did we kill her?!
* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: Sam T. released a "remastered" version of the first ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' episode on Jun 19, 2009, containing "...new scenes, jokes, and a different ending!" Rina-Chan also re-dubbed Princess Polygon's lines to match later episodes.
* GilliganCut[=/=]IgnoredEpiphany: After Taco-Man escapes Atari 2600 World, he swears never to drink again. A cut to "Later That Night" shows [[spoiler:Taco-Man sitting at home and reading a newspaper, appearing to subvert both of these tropes. However, a cut to "''Later'' Later That Night" shows him getting drunk at the same bar he visited at the beginning of the video, zig-zagging these tropes.]]
* HangingJudge: Princess Polygon loves giving people the chair.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In Taco-Man Plays Zelda 2, Princess Zelda tells Taco-Man to watch his language when he dropped the F-bomb, even though she cussed earlier in the episode.
* IdiotHero: Taco-Man
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Combined into one big trope in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=7m30s Taco-Man Plays Night Trap]]'':
--> ''Enter Tony.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Gay.\\
'''Kelly''': Tony...\\
''Meanwhile, in Hall 1...''\\
'''Sheila''': What is it, dear?\\
'''Victor''': I sense something is wrong.\\
'''Taco-Man''': Ya think?\\
'''Victor''': I'm not quite sure what...\\
''Back with Kelly and Tony...''[[note]]Since much time has passed, here's what Taco-Man missed in the conversation: '''Kelly''': This is all insane! '''Tony''': I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen. '''Kelly''': Listen to what? What are you talking about?! '''Tony''': Ashley! I tried to save her from the Augs; but you had to interfere, and now, you will pay![[/note]]\\
'''Kelly''': Tony, I don't understand.\\
''Kelly turns to Taco-Man.''\\
'''Kelly''': This is crazy!\\
'''Taco-Man''': Is she talking about the plot?\\
'''Tony''': Don't be foolish, Kelly. They wouldn't stand in my way!\\
''Tony turns to Taco-Man.''\\
'''Tony''': Would you?\\
''Tony is about to kill Kelly.''\\
'''Kelly''': NOW!\\
''Taco-Man triggers the trap and Tony slides down.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Neeeeeeeh... he don't know me very well, do he?\\
'''Kelly''': Thanks, control. That was close.\\
'''Taco-Man''': Well, it's not that I WANT to help you out.
* {{Jerkass}}: Taco-Man
** Derek the Brave can be this at times too, especially in the first two episodes of Taco-Man The Game Master.
* KarmaHoudini: Taco-Man in his Taco-Man Safety Tips gives kids HORRIBLE advice, sometimes which results in death. He never faces any repercussions for his actions.
* LogoJoke: Videos that end with {{Vanity Plate}}s for The Ebolaworld Channel and Sam T. Productions have a random sound (usually a piece of dialogue from the video) play during them.
* LoveTheme: A piece of royalty-free soul music, simply titled "Sexy 70's Soul", plays whenever Taco-Man shows two characters having sex, or appearing to have sex. The ''Muppet Adventure'' review re-purposes this for Miss Piggy developing a crush on Taco-Man, after he compares his eyes and voice to those of Kermit the Frog.
* MediumBlending:
** Taco-Man seems to have a live-action house.
** Taco-Man's ''Resident Evil'' videos place him inside the games, still rendered in 2D.
* MondegreenGag: Taco-Man constantly worries that the title of ''Taco-Man: The Game Master'' sounds more like, ''Taco-Man: The Gay Master'' when people put the {{AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle}}.
* MoodWhiplash:
** Taco-Man's first ''Mario Paint'' short cuts from him doing several badass and glorious things, to [[spoiler:him realizing he has cancer]], to him happily riding an elephant into the sunset. The part in spoilers seems especially jarring because of Taco-Man's voice changing, and the music stopping.
** Several parts of the ''VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt'' episode have Taco-Man breaking the mood with depressing scenes of real-life footage of polluted/scorched lands, wasted rainforests, and dirty oceans.
* MrExposition: Ben Burrito and Ashley share this role in the ''Night Trap'' parody, with Jessica becoming confused by Ashley's habit of clumsily delivering information the two of them already know.
* MsFanservice: Taco-Man The Game Master has Princess Polygon, who usually wears a dress that exposes her cleavage.
* MultipleEndings: Taco-Man's ''Night Trap'' parody has at least nine endings. Players who fail the mission early receive one of five variations on Ben Burrito scolding them, depending on when and how exactly they lost. Players who save as many girls as possible, as well as Taco-Man, receive one of four variations on Taco-Man bidding them farewell, depending on how many leechers they caught. When Taco-Man tries to play the parody himself, he purposely loses a few times, in order to see all of the bad endings, and he also treats viewers to a reel of all the different versions of his closing remarks.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Taco-Man experiences this in his ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' review, after [[spoiler:apparently killing Carlos and Jill. Fortunately, Carlos regains consciousness, and also saves Jill.]]
* TheNewAdventures: Taco-Man advises against using this title when reviewing ''Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures''.
-->You know, I never understood why games use the word "new" in their title. After about a year, the game is considered old! It's like those ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' games. Now they're the '''''Old''' New Super Mario Bros.''
** Despite this, he sticks the phrase onto the title of ''Clock Tower 2'' when he reviews that game.
* NoMedicationForMe: Taco-Man shamelessly admits in the review of ''A Boy and His Blob'' that he hasn't been taking his medications, which apparently keep him from having delusions of an audience constantly watching him.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Taco-Man never seems to notice that his therapist in the ''Silent Hill'' review wears progressively skimpier clothing, [[spoiler:which disappears completely earlier than she does.]]
* OnePersonBirthdayParty: The second ''Mario Paint''-style short has Taco-Man throw one for himself, because [[spoiler:all his friends died beforehand]].
* OverusedRunningGag: A clip of an old guy from ''Mad Dog [=McCree=]'' saying, "Hoho, you missed that one. Try another!" every time Taco-Man makes a mistake in a video game. And when he finally makes the target, the old man says "Nice shooting! Try another one!"
* PreviouslyOn:
** Episode 8 of Taco-Man the Game Master begins with clips from the first two episodes, recalling how Taco-Man's wife lost him, then became seduced by Ben Burrito.
** Taco-Man's review of the second ''VideoGame/ClockTower'' game has one, showing the best ending of [[VideoGame/ClockTower1995 the first game]]. Taco-Man then admits that he failed to achieve that ending in his review of that game.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Taco-Man and Sam T. don't have a healthy relationship, to say the least.
* RageQuit: How a few of the ''Taco-Man Plays A Video Game'' episodes have ended.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Princess Polygon usually is the one who saves our heroes whenever they're in trouble.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ''Taco-Man Plays Five Nights At Freddy's'' begins with Taco-Man announcing his departure from ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'', then applying to become a nighttime security guard at Freddy's. [[spoiler:After deciding that the job feels too boring some times, and too scary other times, Taco-Man returns to ''Taco-Man Plays...'']]
* ShoddyKnockOffProduct: One episode of ''The Stupid Adventures of Taco-Man'' revolves around Taco-Man taking out a poorly drawn counterpart of his known as Toco-Man.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Zig-zagged in Part 2 of "I've Got a Woody". In order to accept Woody as a new member of his team, he fires Virtual Boy. However, Woody tuns out to be so obnoxious and un-likable, that Taco-Man stars to miss Virtual Boy! [[spoiler: He gets rid of Woody by sending him to the real world.]]
* ShowerScene: Taco-Man treats the player of his ''Night Trap'' parody to one if he/she achieves a perfect score. [[spoiler:The scene features Taco-Man in his "Dana" disguise, to the disgust of Ben Burrito.]]
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Taco-Man wonders why the Franchise/CareBears don't have Wish Bear wish away all of their problems.
* StuffBlowingUp: Taco-Man sometimes tries to make the games he reviews more exciting by adding explosions.
* StylisticSuck: Taco-Man's ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' short has more amateurish animation and voice acting (provided by Mike Peterson rather than Sam T.) than normal Taco-Man cartoons. This carried into three other shorts, including one made especially for the 50th ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'' episode. Also, in the live Halloween specials, [[spoiler:this incarnation of Taco-Man visits the normal Taco-Man while trick-or-treating, much to the latter's confusion.]]
* SurpriseSlideStaircase: In ''Taco-Man Plays Night Trap'', Taco-Man wants to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=3m47s use it badly]]:
---> '''Taco-Man''': Uh, you know, there is a back door and a door in the living room area.\\
''Silence...''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Be very, very quiet.\\
'''Megan and Cindy''': Ahhhhhhhhh!\\
''Megan and Cindy run up the stairs.''\\
'''Taco-Man''': Oh, why can't I use the stair trap on the girls?
** The other time is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=10m30s this]]:
--> '''Taco-Man''': Again, too bad I can't use the stair trap...
* TaintedByThePreview: [[invoked]] Discussed in the ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheRobots'' review, which often contrasts a tantalizing, buzzword-filled preview with the mediocre game itself.
* TakeThatAudience: Taco-Man drunkenly rants in the Atari 2600 video that his viewers seem fickle and ungrateful.
* TakeThatCritics: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRlqTMkIktc one part]] of ''VideoGame/NightTrap'', when the girls head back to the living room while one of them (Lisa) is heading over to the bathroom, Taco-Man gives out a stern warning that the next accommodating scene would be the one that would start up the 1993 Senate hearings that would furthermore lead to the creation of the UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard. A video clip of the Senate hearings is shown, ''Night Trap''-style, in which Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s vice-president Howard Lincoln responded to Senator Joe Lieberman's baseless claim with the knowledge that the game had no rating at the time it was released, followed by the [[OvershadowedByControversy "controversial" bathroom scene in which Lisa is captured by augers about to drain her blood before leading her away]]. This in turn is followed by another ''Night Trap''-style clip of the hearings, this time with Lieberman making a baseless claim that the game promoted "capturing and torturing women". Scene then cuts back to the real gameplay, with Taco-Man showing the right way to save Lisa this time, all the while responding:
-->Yeah? Well, '''''that's not the point!''''' The ''point'' is that you're supposed to '''''save''''' her, NOT let her get drilled by a bunch of guys!
* TitleThemeTune: Taco-Man Plays A Video Game has its own theme song, which spoofs the theme of ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade''. Eventually, it became an end credits song instead.
* ToiletHumor: For starters, Donkey Kong hurls a brown substance at Taco-Man. In response, he says "That better be chocolate.".
* UnexplainedRecovery: All four of the girls from the ''Night Trap'' parody appear alive and well in the Atari 2600 video. [[spoiler:Even Sarah and Meagan appear, despite failing to survive the good endings of the parody.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Minus the "bastard" part, Taco-Man calls Princess Zelda this in his ''Zelda II'' review, since she constantly expressed impatience with how long it was taking him to rescue her, didn't thank him for doing so, and sounded sarcastic when singing praises of "a banana beat[ing] a shitty game from the '80s".
* TheUnintelligible: [[VideoGame/AloneInTheDark Edward Carnby]]'s dialogue sounds like gibberish. However, when Taco-Man becomes really drunk, he can apparently understand Carnby.
* VerbalTic: Jessica from the ''Night Trap'' parody begins each of her lines with the word, "Like..."
* ViewersLikeYou: During the end credits of ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'', Taco-Man lists all of his Pateron supporters, and gives SpecialThanks to those who donate at least $50 per episode by reading their names aloud.
* WhamLine[=/=]DeadAllAlong: The ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' review details a therapy session for Taco-Man, who wonders why a superhero like himself would also believe himself to host a show about playing video games. [[spoiler:The therapist's diagnosis:"You're dead." Apparently, Taco-Man's superhero career came to an end in 2004, when his nemesis, Donald [=McRonald=], killed him. On top of that, the therapist only existed in Taco-Man's imagination.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Used in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUXkNdwYNk&t=10m32s Taco-Man Plays Night Trap]]'':
--> ''Kelly runs upstairs, but is stopped by augers.''\\
'''Kelly''': Ahhh!\\
'''Taco-Man''': Well, what did you expect running UPSTAIRS?
* WhatTheHellPlayer: Ben Burrito scolds players of the ''Night Trap'' parody if they let Taco-Man or any of the girls die. [[spoiler:Subverted if the player lets Taco-Man survive long enough to get killed by Sarah, as Ben Burrito ponders taking over Taco-Man's show. Averted when Taco-Man lets the leechers kill Meagan, as neither he nor the player receive a scolding afterward.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Taco-Man as Dana in his ''Night Trap'' parody, and Taco-Croft in his ''Tomb Raider'' review.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Poked at for laughs in Taco-Man's review of Bart vs. The Space Mutants, which features thinly veiled parodies of the The Simpsons (known as the Sicksons).
