History WebVideo / McJuggerNuggets

''[=McJuggerNuggets=]'' is the Website/YouTube channel of Jesse Ridgway, who is famous for his "Psycho Series" videos, in which someone (usually his dad) becomes angry and it usually leads to the destruction of Jesse's things. The videos have been compared to both WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa and WebVideo/TheGreatestFreakoutEver, and 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]] [[spoiler:[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative pseudo]]]] [[BadassBoast reality interactive storytelling experience of our generation"]].

His channel can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/McJuggerNuggets/ here]]. Jeffrey's channel, [=BigBrudda=], can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaiYqc8i5ojWZAgldxSmcqQ here]], and Uncle Larry's channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-xCu2sO5J7fq7p_FurapMA here]].

Jesse maintained that the videos were real until TheReveal on June 6, 2016, when two Psycho 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."

After the end of ''that'' series, Jesse began to have "issues" with a man named Brian Spitz (known on [=YouTube=] as "youtuber24"), who appeared briefly in the Psycho Series. Most of Jesse's current videos (as of September, 2016) center around the battle between the two over Jesse's behind-the-scenes Psycho Series footage. Much like the Psycho Series, fans aren't in agreement over whether these videos are part of a new storyline, or if Jesse legitimately is in conflict with Brian. However, it has been revealed as another series.

Since then, Jesse has been doing other series unannounced, in spite of saying he would do so at the end of his Hollywood series. These range from a Haunted Series for Halloween, to a Christmas Series that pays tribute to various Christmas movies and stories, such as Christmas Vacation, Elf, The Santa Clause, A Christmas Story, Jack Frost, and mainly, A Christmas Carol. He has also done crossovers with ''WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa'' and ''WebVideo/Boogie2988''. The most recent series however have been ''My Virtual Reality'', a story focusing on Jesse's character Issac, a depressive drug using young man who finds himself entangled in a virtual reality and ''The Devil Inside'', a series focusing on a character known as "The Devil" messing with the Ridgways (in particular Jeff Ridgway, aka Psycho Dad), which also concluded by the end of 2019.

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

!!The Psycho Series provides examples of:

** Deep down, Jeffrey Sr. just wants his son to stop doing what he sees as wasting his life and to be successful. Jesse can qualify at times seeing his loving relationship with his mother, Uncle Larry, his friends, and his girlfriend Juliette.

** Jeffrey Sr. [[spoiler: is shown to regret his actions on Jesse in "Psycho Kid Kills Father"...except he later on says he ''should have never shown him video games. That response landed a bullet in his chest]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: {{Deconstructed}}. By the end of the series, Jesse [[spoiler:''finally'' stands up to his father and gets the money he so desperately wanted. Unfortunately, Jesse does not come out of the confrontation unscathed and finds out that he does ''not'' have thirty grand like he had thought. Not only that, but it's pretty clear that killing his dad [[HeroicBSOD put a huge damper on him]]. And we mean a [[DrivenToSuicide massive one]]. He]] got his happy ending, and while he earned it, he's horrified by what he had to do.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Would you consider ''any'' of these people to be "good" except maybe Corn and Theresa?

* OhCrap:
** Jesse '''and''' [[spoiler: Mr. Ridgway]] suffer a big one when [[spoiler: Teresa, '''finally''' tired of Mr. Ridgway's abusive behavior towards their sons, finally tells him she wants a divorce and storms out of the house]].
** In "Psycho Dad Chucks Super Nintendo", [[spoiler:Mr. Ridgway ends up falling from a broken piece of Jesse's new house and gets hurt as a result. It comes off as ''funny'' at first...until Jeffrey Sr. says 'Something's wrong!", causing Jesse and Larry to get more concerned]].
** In "FORCED RESIGNATION!" Jesse discovers Jeffrey Sr's revolver and a box of ammo inside the old chest in the living room.
** [[spoiler: Jeff and JT's reaction to the fact Jesse has the revolver and holding ''both'' of them at gun point (Jeff for the safe combination and JT to record everything)]].
*** [[spoiler: And then JT's reaction when Jesse ''does'' shoot Jeff]].

* LargeHam: Jesse. When pissed, he will often scream at some points. Sometimes he's quiet, and then he will scream, and you never see it coming, to the point it's almost like a JumpScare.

Since then, Jesse has been doing other series unannounced, in spite of saying he would do so at the end of his Hollywood series. These range from a Haunted Series for Halloween, to a Christmas Series that pays tribute to various Christmas movies and stories, such as Christmas Vacation, Elf, The Santa Clause, A Christmas Story, Jack Frost, and mainly, A Christmas Carol. He has also done crossovers with ''WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa'' and ''WebVideo/Boogie2988''.

On December 14th, 2018, Mcjuggernuggets released ''[=PsychoKidVsPsychoDad=]'', a graphic novel detailing the events after the Psycho Series ended.

Since then, Jesse has been doing other series unannounced, in spite of saying he would do so at the end of his Hollywood series. These range from a Haunted Series for Halloween, to a Christmas Series that pays tribute to various Christmas movies and stories, such as Christmas Vacation, Elf, The Santa Clause, A Christmas Story, Jack Frost, and mainly, A Christmas Carol. He has also done crossovers with WebVideo/AngryGrandpa and WebVideo/Boogie2988.

On December 14th, 2018, Mcjuggernuggets released ComicBooks/McjuggernuggetsPsychoKidVsPsychoDad, a graphic novel detailing the events after the Psycho Series ended.

Since then, Jesse has been doing other series unannounced, in spite of saying he would do so at the end of his Hollywood series. These range from a Haunted Series for Halloween, to a Christmas Series that pays tribute to various Christmas movies and stories, such as Christmas Vacation, Elf, The Santa Clause, A Christmas Story, Jack Frost, and mainly, A Christmas Carol.

** Averted, however, in "Psycho Dad Watches [=McJuggerNuggets=]." After Jesse tells his dad that Corn had been filming everything, he grabs the camera from Corn. We're led to believe that he's going to smash it, but he just hands it back to Corn.

''[=McJuggerNuggets=]'' is the YouTube channel of Jesse Ridgway, who is famous for his "Psycho Series" videos, in which someone (usually his dad) becomes angry and it usually leads to the destruction of Jesse's things. The videos have been compared to both WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa and WebVideo/TheGreatestFreakoutEver, and 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]] [[spoiler:[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative pseudo]]]] [[BadassBoast reality interactive storytelling experience of our generation"]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Psycho videos at first mostly involved a father breaking his son's stuff that were related to YouTube and video games so he would get a working job while the older son filmed everything. After "Psycho Grills Wii U" and the start of vlogs, the videos became more serious and focused on just how dysfunctional the whole family is. Starting with Psycho Dad Busts Down Door, the videos became even darker. By the last episode, [[spoiler: Jesse straight-up ''kills'' his dad]].

** 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.

** Jeffrey is in the Ridgway house. Somehow, he managed to not spot the rubble of the gaming room outside the morton building, nor did he ever think to check YouTube to see the video of the gaming stream being interrupted by its destruction. He literally just learns of the destruction when Jesse comes to borrow his laptop.

** Jesse attempted this by trying to have his father and mother make amends so he can keep his family together. It backfired '''[[{{Understatement}} horribly]]''', with Terry and Jeffrey Sr. (even more for the latter) going to basically ''hate'' him.

** Jesse's mother pulled a '''[[{{Understatement}} Big]]''' one on Jesse in "TAKING OUT THE TRASH!" where she demands Jesse to get the camera out and that they're done. She also did it again in "MY FAULT! *PSYCHO UPDATE* where she flat out tells Jesse that he can deal with it himself in regards to his father's behavior. Essentially cutting off and pushing Jesse away from any emotional support that was previously given to him by his mother during one of Jeffrey Sr.'s psychotic episodes.

* TakeThat: In one parody video in the post-Psycho Series vids. Jesse, Jeffrey Sr., and Jesse's Girlfriend each played the role of [[WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa Michael "Pickleboy" Green, Charles "Angry Grandpa" Green, and Bridgett West]] and parodied "''ANGRY GRANDPA DESTROYS PS4''" in retaliation for Michael pranking Jesse during his visit to WebVideo/{{Boogie2988}}.

* PoliceAreUseless: Despite all the video evidence of Mr. Ridgway, Jesse, and Jeffrey committing crimes of property damage, trespassing, assault, harassment, and even ''attempted manslaughter'', mysteriously everyone still thinks "The cops won't do anything". A few viewers have even claimed to have called the local police department in Jesse's hometown, and got the same answer: "It's just entertainment." This was a major red flag that the Psycho series was fake.

** When Jesse [[spoiler: finally gets his $30K from the safe after shooting Jeff, he finds that Jeff had a photo of him, Terry, JT, and Jesse on his graduation]].

** The trope goes to the '''extreme''' during "Psycho Uncle Impacts Pool". Once again never push Uncle Larry around.

** BigBadDuumvirate: While Mr. Ridgway is always in this role, there is sometimes a more active antagonist, with Mr. Ridgway acting as a [[TheDragon Dragon]] or GreaterScopeVillain

** In the Christmas Series, Terri is the big bad, putting on a great performance as an overstressed, greedy Scrooge-like character that cancels Christmas, underpays her employees and makes them work on Christmas, and fires Uncle Larry without caring about his declining home life.

** Although we can assume it's just now Corn, Georgie, and Uncle Larry, as Terri's '''really''' become a JerkAss.

** To make matters worse, it's implied that Psycho Dad, and now U-U-Uncle Larry are so fed up that they've come to believe that [[MurderIsTheBestSolution murder is the best solution]]

** The whole fan mail ordeal, the moment Jeffrey Sr. found Jesse's fan mail stash and read one of the letters. His reaction; burn the entire fan mail stash and forcefully closing Jesse's PO Box.
** Jeffrey Sr.'s reaction on Jesse's prank the night prior to "Psycho Dad Wood Chips Wii U" and accidentally ruining his woodchipper. Throws his son's Wii U console and a collection of games, as well as his Halo Nerf pistol into the woodchiper and breaking his son to submission to force him to get a job.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Jesse goes off the deep end and shoots his father. He gets the combination to the safe, but finds that most of the money is gone. He still has enough to flee to Europe, so he goes to Switzerland where he attempts suicide due to being wracked with guilt over what he has done. He can't go through with it, but is still not in a good place mentally because he now has to live with the fact that he's a murderer. In addition, everyone whose lives he damaged (such as Uncle Larry) still have to live with this.]]

* DysfunctionalFamily: The Ridgways are a prime example. Jesse, Jeffrey Sr. and Jeffrey Jr. all have anger issues, and Terri always enables Jesse and feeds his game addiction. Pretty much the only family members who hasn't been shown to be dysfunctional are Uncle Larry and Tom, though their relationship does appear to be quite

** There is a video called 2Girls1Cup Reaction, which has Jesse, Terri and Aunt Melissa watching a pornography video together. Not only is Aunt Melissa nice and isn't at all a JerkAss, she and Terri are disgusted by the porn and say they will never watch it again. Almost a year later in the video UNDER THE INFLUENCE, both of them are watching porn and are laughing hysterically. Jesse himself is clearly laughing at the porn in the early video while in the later video he is horrified by it.

* GrandFinale: [[spoiler:"Psycho Kid Kills Father" ''and'' "Psycho Kid Flees Country" are this. Jesse kills his father and gets his money back, with only two bundles of cash left off. He then flees the country to Switzerland, where he finally is free..but at the cost of the guilt of destroying the lives of those he loves. However near the end, Jesse sets down the camera on the bed and walks to the doorway where he says "That's a wrap!" where Terri, Larry, and Jeffrey Jr. congratulate their work finally being done, all while ending with Jesse and Jeffrey Sr. hugging it out]].

** Jesse attempted this by trying to have his father and mother make amends so he can keep his family together. It backfired '''[[{{Understatement}} horribly]]''', with Terri and Jeffrey Sr. (even more for the latter) to basically ''hate'' him.
** After having enough with Aunt Melissa, Terri decided that she want's to move out. Jesse invites his mother to live with him. The end result, his mother asking her own son if he can find his own place.
** Jeff [[spoiler: is shown to regret his actions on Jesse in "Psycho Kid Kills Father"....except he later on says he ''should have never shown him video games. That response landed a bullet in his chest]].

** Aunt Melissa doesn't seem to get her karma despite being the cause of Terri's corruption as [[spoiler: well as being the '''reason''' Jesse went more off the deep end after the events of "Psycho Dad Tears Apart RV"]]. Although it's implied [[spoiler: she will forever live with the guilt that she drove Jesse into killing Jeff Sr. and still living a horrible life with Uncle George]].

** Later, [[spoiler: Terri]], whose departure has been the driving force of the most recent Psycho videos.

** Ever since "TAKING OUT THE TRASH", Terri (of all people) has been much more of a Jerkass towards Jesse. Though in later vlogs admitted that she wanted to distance herself from Jesse because his HairTriggerTemper reminded her of her ex-husband. Eventually Terri TookALevelInKindness and reconciled with her son.

** [[spoiler:"Psycho Mom Divorces Husband:" After Jeffrey Sr. learns about the fight in "Psycho Brother Stomps Glasses," he goes completely apeshit on Jesse's room and busts out a window in Jesse's car, while Theresa protests the entire time until, finally, telling Psycho Dad she wants a divorce. The rest of the video is of Jesse and Jeffrey Sr. all but flat-out begging her to stay as she packs a back, gets in her car, and says farewell to Jesse before driving off.]]
** Both "TAKING OUT THE TRASH" and "Psycho Dad's Rant" are these, showing Terri and Jeffrey Sr. being (mostly shocking for Terri) being cold to Jesse and basically giving the IHaveNoSon vibe, Jeffrey Sr. especially in the latter video, even saying ''he's ashamed to have Jesse as a son''.

** Another Psycho video released three hours later, [[spoiler:"Psycho Kid Flees Country"]], shows such things as [[spoiler: Jesse's inner turmoil, attempting to hang himself before reconsidering, and...revealing the entire series was fake from day one.]]

-->'''Theresa''': [[spoiler:I WANT A DIVORCE! (beat) I want a divorce...]]

-->'''Uncle Larry''': [[spoiler: When you told me that your dad was out by the pool, *beat* I wanted to ''kill'' him. I think he deserves to die *beat* and I ''failed''.]]

** After Jesse [[spoiler: shoots his father and drives off in "Psycho Kid Kills Father", the camera briefly cuts to Jeffery Sr. lying on the floor ''DEAD'' and bleeding. Talk about a wham [[{{StealthPun}} shot!]] ]]

** In "THE FINAL SHOWDOWN", [[spoiler:in a CallBack to Psycho Kid Flees Country, the final shot of the video is a sideways camera angle revealing that the conflict with Brian was faked]]. This doubles the impact of the WhamShot, as [[spoiler:by this point, we were lead to believe that this was an actual, real life conflict that was being documented, as the Psycho Series had come to a close and that the new videos were actually vlogs.]]

*** In the Christmas Series, Terri is the big bad, putting on a great performance as an overstressed, greedy Scrooge-like character that cancels Christmas, underpays her employees and makes them work on Christmas, and fires Uncle Larry without caring about his declining home life.

** Bryan (aka [=Youtuber24=]) could be considered the new big bad if one believes that the conflict over the documentary is staged.

* AscendedExtra: Bryan, or youtuber24. He made one appearance in the vlog ''WHO ARE YOU?'' [[spoiler:after the Psycho Series ended. How ascended? He's [[FromNobodyToNightmare the ]] ''BigBad'' of the Hollywood series]].

* AscendedExtra: Bryan, or youtuber24 from the vlog ''WHO ARE YOU?'' [[spoiler:after the show ended. How ascended? He's probably [[FromNobodyToNightmare the next]] ''BigBad'']].

'''[=McJuggerNuggets=]''' is the YouTube channel of Jesse Ridgway, who is famous for his "Psycho Series" videos, in which someone (usually his dad) becomes angry and it usually leads to the destruction of Jesse's things. The videos have been compared to both WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa and WebVideo/TheGreatestFreakoutEver, and 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]] [[spoiler:[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative pseudo]]]] [[BadassBoast reality interactive storytelling experience of our generation"]].

* TakeThat: In one parody video in the post-Psycho Series vids. Jesse, Jeffrey Sr., and Jesse's Girlfriend each played the role of [[WebVideo/TheAngryGrandpa Michael "Pickleboy" Green, Charles "Angry Grandpa" Green, and Bridgett West]] and parodied "''ANGRY GRANDPA DESTROYS PS4''" in retaliation for Michael pranking Jesse during his visit to [[WebVideo/Boogie2988 Boogie2988]].