History WebVideo / ReviewingAReviewer

* SoBadItWasBetter: This is Asa’s overall thoughts on WebVideo/NitroRad when comparing to James’ older content to his more recent videos. Asa notes that despite James being [[CreatorBacklash ashamed]] of his original review on ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' very few of his points changed in the re-review, with James’ lack of anger in the re-review making the video boring despite being technically better.

* SoBadItWasBetter: This is Asa’s overall thoughts on WebVideo/NitroRad when comparing his older content to James’ newer videos. Asa notes that despite James being [[CreatorBacklash ashamed]] of his original review on ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' very few of his points changed in the re-review, with James’ lack of anger in the re-review making the video boring despite being technically better.

* SoBadItWasBetter: This is Asa’s overall thoughts on WebVideo/NitroRad when comparing his older content to James’ newer videos. Asa notes that despite James being [[CreatoeBacklash ashamed]] of his original review on ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' very few of his points changed in the re-review, with James’ lack of anger in the re-review making the video boring despite being technically better.

* SoBadItWasBetter: This is Asa’s overall thoughts on Creator/NitroRad when comparing his older content to James’ newer videos. Asa notes that despite James being [[CreatoeBacklash ashamed]] of his original review on ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' very few of his points changed in the re-review, with James’ lack of anger in the re-review making the video boring despite being technically better.

A web series by Eric "Asalieri" Gaede, commonly called "Asa". His main gimmick is that he reviews other reviewers (A meta-review show, oddly enough). He also has other assorted videos, including ''Masterpaint Theatre'', where he reads terrible fanfiction exactly the way it was worded with [[StylisticSuck intentionally bad MS paint drawings to go along with them,]].

* Reviewing A Reviewer #45: Big Buffet (PPP/Ashton Parks)

* "Reviewing a Reviewer #15.2 - A View Gone Neutral" (WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's review of ''[[ VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle Crazy Castle]]'', and more comparison with Joey Roo)

In 2020, Asalieri decided to put an end to RAR, deleting almost his whole series, deciding to distance himself from his commentary work.

* "Reviewing A Reviewer #41: Frog, Alligator, Television." ([=GameShowGarbage=])

* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]]
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Bronies]]. He has shown appreciation to the show himself, but is perfectly aware of the insanity of some of the MLP fanbase.
** Fat people. Even though he is fat himself (and perfectly aware of that), he easily makes fun of fat reviewers if he dislikes them enough including [[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]] and [=JoeysWorldTour=].

* DeconstructiveParody: Asa often does this on reviewers featured in RAR.

* CausticCritic: Of other CausticCritic! Meta!

* LadyLooksLikeADude: Asa is accused by Punk of misgendering Seidelman, subject of "RAR #41", who identified as female in recent years.

* AbortedArc: [[Webvideo/ReactionAndReview Hellsing290]] asked him to review his own show, but Asa passed on the offer. When they had a falling out, Asa did a video bearing the "RAR" name, but was more of a rant against Emer's recent actions rather than his show itself.

* AbortedArc: He tried to review WebVideo/MarioTehPlumber after mass fan request, but he found him already too unbearable and low-quality to even review.
** [[Webvideo/ReactionAndReview Hellsing290]] asked him to review his own show, but Asa passed on the offer. When they had a falling out, Asa did a video bearing the "RAR" name, but was more of a rant against Emer's recent actions rather than his show itself.

* BigEater: Asa admits he likes to eat, and has trouble to lose weight. ''"Dammit, food, why do you have to taste so good!"''
** Even though he is a big eater himself, even he finds Joey's overeating gross and dangerous in the long run.

** Does this briefly in the beginning of "RAR #24", in a parody of Miss Hannah Minx. Intentionally {{Squick}}y.
** The "Steel Beth Reviews ''Dungeons & Dragons''" video is accompanied by Asa's wife drawings of him in a blonde wig and female clothing, in a parody of WebVideo/IronLiz.

* FaceHeelTurn:
** After years of friendship, Asa and Emer Prevost (creator of WebVideo/ReactionAndReview) had a falling-out and became enemies. This ended with Emer's death, and Asa regretted they could never reconcile.
** Asa had a brief falling-out with Silent Rob, going as far as making a music video ("Pushing Carts", parody of [[Music/OneRepublic Counting Stars]]) to make fun of him. However, they buried the hatchet.
** Drunken Punk also had a falling-out with Asa and as of mid-2018, are not on good terms.
* FanHater: InUniverse. If you're a fan of anything Asa doesn't like, chances are he'll refer to you as a 12 year old, an idiot or a mentally disturbed person.

* FilibusterFreefall: For a while, Asalieri put a halt to the "reviewer reviewing" shtick that is his trademark and embarked on a crusade against radical feminism, after controversies surrounding Gamergate and ''WebVideo/FeministFrequency''. Many fans grew tired of this and complained, but Asa defended it by claiming it got him more views than his other latest videos (which was quite a fallacy since he uploaded it to a separate channel that not many were aware of, and he wasn't very conspicuous about it). Asa eventually put a pause to it, lampshading his own derailment in the 35th RAR.
* HeelFaceTurn:
** After making fun of the Game Dude, he ended up being in good terms with him, even with the latter making small appearances in his videos.
** He started his RAR series mocking WebVideo/TheIrateGamer's infamous videos. Gradually, though, he realized how ''way'' too many people [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore were bashing IG after it stopped being relevant]], and after someone [[AbominationAccusationAttack claimed IG called him the N-word]], Asa deconstructed his accusation (showing how it was easy to fabricate a browser page to make it say whatever you wanted), which was the start of good terms with Chris Bores. He then made friends with Bores since the latter's rant on the E-begging epidemic sparked by the ''Film/AngryVideoGameNerdTheMovie'' Indiegogo campaign and Greg Pabich's ''[[VideoGame/{{Action52}} Cheetahmen II: The Lost Levels]]'' Kickstarter campaign (which showed the Angry Video Game Nerd in the promo for the Kickstarter). Though in recent times this friendship is speculated to have taken a turn for the worse, based on the non-numbered episode ''RAR: Kid Icarus, Then And Now'' (Asa made it clear that they are still on good terms, however).
** After all of their numerous feuds stemming from the false-flag controversy, Asa buried the hatchet with Jfreedan, and he even appeared in one of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu7fkVIKDOU April Fools videos]] where he pretended to have taken over the channel.

* HypocriticalHumor: While reviewing The WebVideo/PissedOffAngryGamer, one of his selling points/jokes of the review is his obesity, even though he's pretty obese himself.

* MusicalEpisode: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5AcCcXR3gI Asalieri Answers #8: The Musical!]]

* PartingWordsRegret: Asa regrets that he never buried the hatchet with Emer before the latter passed away, and has tried to honor his memory since.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a notable one to [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] when criticizing him about his infamous ''"Please let the ads play"'' (aka "Adgate") message. It remains one of his most popular videos (Asalieri's).

* WeUsedToBeFriends: In late 2015, Asa had a falling out with long time friend Emer Prevost over disagreement about a ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' racing game. Although it was probably not directly the game itself but a RantInducingSlight based on other comments in that thread, one can't help that Emer overreacted when he refused to even listen to what Asa said afterwards and unfriended and blocked him from all social media. The two as of January 2016 were no longer on speaking terms, and Asa often took nasty shots against Emer in his videos. This all came to an end when Emer passed away in August 2017: Asa mourned him greatly, paid homage to him, regretted their feud and wished they could have buried the hatchet sooner.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Asa criticizes [=NC17Productions=] for his tendency to mumble his words. When reviewing ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'', he states ''"Now keep in mind I am not exactly familiar with this guy's world, so bear with me"'', Asa can barely understand his words, thinking he is saying something like ''"That Kick The Mine The Mayans That Gay Familiar With This Guy's Rule So Bear With Me"''. Comes illustrated with a CampGay Mayan.

* BadassBeard: His beard, along with his heavy mass, are part of his trademark. He even had a video (now [[MissingEpisode lost]]) about having shaved it, calling it "Death of a beard".

As Asa is quite vocal and opinionated, he has garnered a vocal base of detractors, and often was (and still is) the subject of strong criticism. Therefore, please remember the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

Oh, and he is also the son of infamous physics theorist Creator/BillGaede.

[[http://aitormolinagamer.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/english-this-series-are-made-by.html Links to the episodes here.]]

* SelfDeprecation: In spite of what all his detractors claim, he does make fun of himself on a regular basis, and even made a video addressing all of his past mistakes when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj3_MzgBPO4 reviewed himself.]]

* ContinuityLockOut: Asalieri has a long history of drama and commentary to which he often refers to. It isn't helped by how often he deletes his older videos.

* SequelGap: Made and uploaded episode 43 two years and two months after episode 42.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Usually how he judges some reviewers influenced by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd or WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. But this is ''definitely'' his opinion on "[[WebVideo/TheReviewReviewer Those Dudes With The Hat]]" as he thinks they stole ''his'' shtick.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Scheiblerfunk's submission in ''WTH 2013'' comes out as unintentionally creepy and scary to Asa, who thinks it comes out as somebody's last video message before they disappear under mysterious circumstances.

* HellIsThatSound: Alienrun's review for ''WTH 2016'' had a loud audio issue that terrified and literally knocked Asa out of his chair when he first heard his review, despite warnings by Tyger's mascot.

** In his early episodes, he sometimes referred to the show as "Reviewing the Reviewer," an issue he addressed in the ''Mirror Match'' episode.

* HollywoodExorcism: In ''WTH 2015'', Seamus gets temporarily possessed by the spirit of [[SyntheticVoiceActor Microsoft Sam]]. Asa has to use voodoo paraphernalia in order to exorcise him, while summoning the power of {{Creator/Konami}}. The expelled spirit is then revealed as looking like a PacMan ghost (plushie).