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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by an overweight black woman from Chicago known as [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches her eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.

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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by an overweight black woman from Chicago known as [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches her eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actuall setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actuall actual setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.
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* FanBoy: The few real-life shots of Pan's room are shown to be full of merchandise from all sorts of cartoons and cons. He's also prone to talking about his favorite animators, like Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky.

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* FanBoy: The few real-life shots of Pan's room are shown to be full of merchandise from all sorts of cartoons and cons. He's also prone to talking about his favorite animators, like Craig McCracken {{Craig McCracken}} and Genndy Tartakovsky.
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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by an overweight black woman from Chicago known as [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.

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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by an overweight black woman from Chicago known as [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his her eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.
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** Has been known to dry hump posters of his "waifus" on occasion.

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* Fanboy: The few real-life shots of Pan's room are shown to be full of merchandise from all sorts of cartoons and cons. He's also prone to talking about his favorite animators, like Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky.

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* Fanboy: FanBoy: The few real-life shots of Pan's room are shown to be full of merchandise from all sorts of cartoons and cons. He's also prone to talking about his favorite animators, like Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky.



* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Who really wants to be good at SuperMan64?



* Podcast: The recently started Pizza Party Podcast, which usually consists of a motley crew of Pan and some of his skype contacts discussing cartoons.

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* ** Raven, as several other TaraStrong characters.
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Podcast: The recently started Pizza Party Podcast, which usually consists of a motley crew of Pan and some of his skype contacts discussing cartoons.



* TakeThat: A pretty blatant on of [[http://www.youtube.com/user/benthelooney BenTheLooney]] appears at the beginning of "RebelTaxi Hates 90s KIDS Rant.", complete with a crudely drawn Pan with a breathy voice voice talking about how much he loves 90's cartoons and kids today "ain't got nothin."

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* TakeThat: A pretty blatant on of [[http://www.youtube.com/user/benthelooney BenTheLooney]] appears at the beginning of "RebelTaxi [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uWKkndwrCs "Rebel Taxi Hates 90s KIDS Rant.", "]], complete with a crudely MSPaint drawn Pan with a breathy voice voice talking about how much he loves 90's cartoons and kids today "ain't got nothin."

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* Podcast: The recently started Pizza Party Podcast, which usually consists of a motley crew of Pan and some of his skype contacts discussing cartoons.

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* Podcast: The recently started Pizza Party Podcast, which usually consists of a motley crew of Pan and some of his skype contacts discussing cartoons. cartoons.
*PrecisionFStrike: In his "Top 10 Worst Cartoon Network Moments" video, Pan remarks, out of nowhere, that the decision to make CN Real in 2009 was "more fucking retarded then an orgy in a shortbus."
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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.

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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by an overweight black woman from Chicago known as [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.
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* OneOfUs: Hi, everyone.
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* ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin: Pan started editing his video titles to include "Pan LOVES [show here]" or "Pan HATES [show here]" to avoid confusing people.

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* ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Pan started editing his video titles to include "Pan LOVES [show here]" or "Pan HATES [show here]" to avoid confusing people.
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* Podcast: The recently started Pizza Party Podcast, which usually consists of a motley crew of Pan and some of his skype contacts discussing cartoons.


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* ReferenceOverdose: A lot of his comedy has to do with jokes about other cartoons.
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* FanDumb: Pan often gets annoyed when it comes to fans asking for shout outs, typically because they don't have a reason to get one.

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* DeadBabyComedy: Pan's jokes range from mildly perverted to "short bus orgy" tier.

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* DeadBabyComedy: BlackComedy: Pan's jokes range from mildly perverted to "short bus orgy" tier.


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* ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin: Pan started editing his video titles to include "Pan LOVES [show here]" or "Pan HATES [show here]" to avoid confusing people.
* Fanboy: The few real-life shots of Pan's room are shown to be full of merchandise from all sorts of cartoons and cons. He's also prone to talking about his favorite animators, like Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky.
* FanDumb: Pan often gets annoyed when it comes to fans asking for shout outs, typically because they don't have a reason to get one.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Pan avoids letting his real life face be seen by fans, and any other details outside of his voice and cartoon self.


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* NonIndicativeName: The name "Rebel Taxi" seems mostly to refer to Pan's color scheme and not much else.
* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: He gave a fairly positive review of the Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion games.
* NostalgiaFilter: He devotes a whole video rant to debunking the arguments of 90s Kids.


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* PerverseSexualLust: Used to (jokingly) express this for Derpy Hooves, but for some reason suddenly started hating the character (again jokingly).
* PretendPrejudice: Against fanboys. Though sometimes it's not so pretend.
* ShoutOut: He doesn't like giving these to fans without a reason to.


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* TantrumThrowing: He gets pretty upset when he finds out he can't get a review copy of a game.
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* DeadBabyComedy: Pan's jokes range from mildly perverted to "short bus orgy" tier.
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* TakeThat: A pretty blatant on of [[http://www.youtube.com/user/benthelooney BenTheLooney]] appears at the beginning of "RebelTaxi Hates 90s KIDS Rant.", complete with a crudely drawn Pan with a breathy voice voice talking about how much he loves 90's cartoons and kids today "ain't got nothin."
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* OnceAnEpisode: The ending caption under the taxi at the end of the videos, most of the time being some variation of "I await your ____", usually relating to the episode.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually actuall setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.
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The show itself can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelTaxi99/videos?view=0 here.]] Pan also has a [[http://rebeltaxi.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] for the show, and two other Youtube accounts, one for his [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RTMegaDrive?feature=sub_widget_1 video game reviews,]] and one for miscellaneous footage [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ArchiveTaxi miscellaneous footage]] such as comiccon footage and uncut audio for podcasts.


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The show itself can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelTaxi99/videos?view=0 here.]] Pan also has a [[http://rebeltaxi.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] for the show, and two other Youtube accounts, one for his [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RTMegaDrive?feature=sub_widget_1 video game reviews,]] and one for miscellaneous footage [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ArchiveTaxi miscellaneous footage]] such as comiccon footage and uncut audio for podcasts.

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* ArtEvolution: Went from a Sketchy Pan standing in a black void, to a detailed Pan sitting in a parked space taxi with a starry background, and thats not even getting into how much Pan's design drastically changed.
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LostEpisode: Now has a series devoted to this, Midnight Society. A RealLife example is the lost audio from his DanVs review where he reviewed G.I.Joe Renegades.

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LostEpisode: *LostEpisode: Now has a series devoted to this, Midnight Society. A RealLife example is the lost audio from his DanVs review where he reviewed G.I.Joe Renegades.
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LostEpisode: Now has a series devoted to this, Midnight Society. A RealLife example is the lost audio from his DanVs review where he reviewed G.I.Joe Renegades.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The beginning of his MLP review had him state that he would never watch [[GirlShowGhetto a show meant for little girls,]] then flashing back to his HiHiPuffyAmiYumi review.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The beginning of his MLP review had him state that he would never watch [[GirlShowGhetto a show meant for little girls,]] then flashing back to his HiHiPuffyAmiYumi review.review.
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* AuthorAppeal: GenndyTartakovsky, TaraStrong, pointy artstyles, Toonami, ambient music, too many to list really.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The beginning of his MLP review had him state that he would never watch [[GirlShowGhetto a show meant for little girls,]] then flashing back to his HiHiPuffyAmiYumiShow review.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The beginning of his MLP review had him state that he would never watch [[GirlShowGhetto a show meant for little girls,]] then flashing back to his HiHiPuffyAmiYumiShow HiHiPuffyAmiYumi review.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.

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\n* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.skits.
*HypocriticalHumor: The beginning of his MLP review had him state that he would never watch [[GirlShowGhetto a show meant for little girls,]] then flashing back to his HiHiPuffyAmiYumiShow review.
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EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.

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EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: *EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.
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The show itself can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelTaxi99/videos?view=0 here.]] Pan also has a [[http://rebeltaxi.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] for the show, and two other Youtube accounts, one for his [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RTMegaDrive?feature=sub_widget_1 video game reviews,]] and one for miscellaneous footage [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ArchiveTaxi miscellaneous footage]] such as comiccon footage and uncut audio for podcasts.

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The show itself can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelTaxi99/videos?view=0 here.]] Pan also has a [[http://rebeltaxi.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] for the show, and two other Youtube accounts, one for his [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RTMegaDrive?feature=sub_widget_1 video game reviews,]] and one for miscellaneous footage [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ArchiveTaxi miscellaneous footage]] such as comiccon footage and uncut audio for podcasts.podcasts.


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EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Looking back at his videos, there's a ''significant'' evolution throughout the series. From a sketchy drawing of Pan just talking about whatever cartoon he wants to talk about to an actually setting, gags, and occasional music videos and animated skits.
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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.

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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.PantyAndStocking.

The show itself can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelTaxi99/videos?view=0 here.]] Pan also has a [[http://rebeltaxi.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] for the show, and two other Youtube accounts, one for his [[http://www.youtube.com/user/RTMegaDrive?feature=sub_widget_1 video game reviews,]] and one for miscellaneous footage [[http://www.youtube.com/user/ArchiveTaxi miscellaneous footage]] such as comiccon footage and uncut audio for podcasts.

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Rebel Taxi is a web series created by [[http://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/ Pan Pizza.]] The show mainly consists of Pan sitting in said taxi, reviewing various things, mainly having to do with cartoons, CartoonNetwork shows and related media, and whatever catches his eye at the time. It takes inspiration from Toonami bumpers and reviews, as well as ClassicGameRoom, with an art style inspired by PantyAndStocking.

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