History WebVideo / McJuggerNuggets

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[[caption-width-right:350:A typical day in the Ridgway household.]]

* RageQuit: Jeffrey Sr. pulled an extreme one on in both "PSYCHO DAD PLAYS VIDEO GAMES!" and "Psycho Dad Shoots Xbox One". Where after constantly losing, at first takes his anger out at the console controller by slamming it to the ground before heading off to the gun case to retrieve a rifle and forcefully unplugs the Xbox One and taking it outside to shoot it and [[WhatAnIdiot blames Jesse for embarrassing him]].

* ArmorPiercingSlap: During a heated argument between Jesse and Melissa, Jesse threatens to call Melissa a "cunt" if she continues arguing with Jesse. Instead of stoping, she assumed that Jesse called her a "cunt" and immediately slapped Jesse. [[MamaBear Jesse's mother was shocked and chastised her friend for her action]].

* [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney Bag Full of Money]]: Jesse's bag containing $30k for a downpayment for Buzz's house. Unfortunately, in "Psycho Kid Moves Out" Jeffrey Sr. stole it and tossed it in his safe.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In-universe, Jesse's family is destroyed, with his father dead, his mother corrupted into an alchoholic feminist, his brother and cousin turned against him, and one uncle incapacitated. He'll never see his friends or girlfriend ever again, since he's now most likely a wanted felon in the United States, forcing him to move to Switzerland. On the plus side, though, Jesse is now free of his father's abusive control, and free to live life the way he wants to.]]

** Strangely enough, Jesse's [=YouTube=] channel had several videos before the Psycho Series, such as a series where Jesse had a clone and a video series called "THE G.A.M.E.", starring both his mother and father. Jesse also did some skits involving his parents and friends as well, giving the EpilepticTrees theory that the videos are staged. Again, we're not so sure.

* ColdBloodedTorture: While this is Jeffrey Sr.'s main schick in the Psycho Series. Jeffery Sr. took it UpToEleven in "Psycho Dad Woodchips Wii U" where he essentially tortures Jesse to forcefully make him get a job by destroying his third Wii U, essentially [[BreakTheCutie breaking him]] to comply with his father's wishes of Jesse getting a job moments before his [=PS4=] is thrown in the woodchipper.[[note]]Jesse noted afterwards that the rain may have ruined the [=PS4=] anyway.[[/note]]

** Jeffrey Sr. seems to '''never''' get any payback or punishment for destroying Jesse's stuff. UpToEleven as the show has gone on, where even '''physical assault''' is something he can get away with!

** Jeffrey Sr. has gone '''[[UpToEleven higher]]''' as of late, most recently destroying Jesse's ''fan mail and packaging'' and then '''closing down his P.O. Box'''.

-> "What's so great about [=RiDGiD STUDiOS=]? Well, we are home to The "Psycho" series, that has accumulated well over 16 million hits and has become a little bit of an internet sensation. (Shows clips of his videos) Which is just a multitude of clips, featuring my broken home and dysfunctional family where I'm the brunt of everything. I am actually that little kid freaking out over his video games: This is my channel. Yes, I do upload these videos. Why? [[SadistShow Because you like them]]."
-->--Jesse Ridgway

''[=McJuggerNuggets=]'' is the Website/YouTube channel of Jesse Ridgway and a character portrayed by him. Jesse and his channel are best known for his ''Psycho Series'' videos in which someone (usually the character's dad) becomes angry and it usually leads to the destruction of Jesse's things. While initially (seemingly) starting small, they grew into a massive MythArc with a [[CerebusSyndrome serious]] plot that was presented almost like a serialized drama that Jesse has called [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "the greatest]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative pseudo]] [[BadassBoast reality interactive storytelling experience of our generation"]].

Jesse maintained that the videos were real until TheReveal on June 6, 2016, when two ''Psycho Series'' videos ("Psycho Kid Kills Dad" and "Psycho Kid Flees Country") were posted, and the last few seconds of the latter revealed the series was fake. Prior to this, there was more than enough evidence to suggest that they were fake, which could be found with about five minutes of searching on [=YouTube=]. Whether the videos were real or fake was hotly debated until the revelation.

Shortly after the end of ''The Psycho Series'', Jesse began a 16-episode miniseries that follows an amnesiac Jesse in Switzerland as he attempts to regain his memories with help from Jeffrey, Jr. [[WordOfGod The real Jesse]] has described it as "the transition from Jesse as a character to Jesse as a real-life person."

He has released multiple additional series since then, including one following his fictional "issues" with a man named Brian Spitz (known on [=YouTube=] as "youtuber24"), ''My Virtual Reality'', and ''The Devil Inside'', as well as crossovers with ''WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa'' and ''WebVideo/Boogie2988''.

On December 14th, 2018, [=McJuggerNuggets=] released ''Psycho Kid Vs Psycho Dad'', a graphic novel detailing the events after the ''Psycho Series'' ended.

* TheAlcoholic: Jeffrey Sr. drinks beer frequently and gets drunk off his ass.

* AbusiveParents: Jeffrey Senior steadily became more and more one as the series went on. It became outright CRIMINAL at the very end.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: In "PAY FOR EVERYTHING!", Jeffrey Sr. gives Jesse a MASSIVE rent for September 2016 for $2400, saying that the prices were raised due to Jesse's girlfriend staying for four days for his birthday weekend (the "Birthday Bash" video). Now the cell phone bill ($150) was somewhat reasonable, but that still doesn't excuse the food ($400 for two), internet ($300 for two), and cable bills ($250 for two). There's also the fact that Jeffrey Sr. is charging Jesse $250 by installing a door he already paid for with his own money ($500 if you count the glass door he broke). Granted, Jesse did violate the open door policy his dad set, but that's still way too much of a fee for the first door. And to top it all off, Juliette was factored in with the electricity bill, and guess how much that cost? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis EIGHT. HUNDRED DOLLARS.]]

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: In "PAY FOR EVERYTHING!", Jeffrey Sr. gives Jesse a MASSIVE rent for September 2016 for $2400, saying that the prices were raised due to Jesse's girlfriend staying for four days for his birthday weekend (the "Birthday Bash" video). Now the cell phone bill ($150) was somewhat reasonable, but that still doesn't excuse the food ($400 for two), internet ($300 for two), and cable bills ($250 for two). There's also the fact that Jeffrey Sr. is charging Jesse $250 by installing a door he already paid for with his own money ($500 if you count the glass door he broke). Granted, Jesse did violate the open door policy his dad set, but that's still way too much of a fee for the first door. And to top it all off, Juliette was factored

* SeasonFinale: The video where Jeffrey steals the RV and takes it back to the house with Jesse in it plays out (suspiciously) like this.
** Fans also see this with "Psycho Mother Divorces Husband"
** [[spoiler: Psycho Kid Flees Country serves as the finale for the entire series.]]

** In "Psycho Kid Submerges Motorcycle", Jesse's reaction to Jeffery painting his car pink was to dunk his brother's motorcycle into a water filled hole, all while yelling at his friends. Which had led to backdrafts from his fans stating that the Jesse's car can be repainted back to it's original color and that he went overboard.

* {{Adorkable}}: Uncle Larry's Son, Tom.