History WebVideo / SmashMasterShow

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->''"Take a [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros popular game franchise]]...[[ItsPopularNowItSucks an overused word]]...'[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Show]]'...Tadaaa!"''
-->-- '''Chris on how he came up with his username.'''

Christopher “Smash Master Show” Wengert is a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity {{YouTuber|s}} personality who hosts a VideoReviewShow. The channel offers two main shows: Smash Master Show (the main show, generally game reviews) and Top 10 Lists (self explanatory). In addition, the channel also hosts reaction videos as well as a slew of various videos based on whatever Chris feels like making. In 2013, he opened a second channel called Smash Master Stuff where he uploads videos that wouldn't fit on his main channel as well as various old videos of his.

On July 2nd, 2020 during a livestream, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmBh0b5C6Fo Chris has confirmed]] that due to controversies surrounding the ''Super Smash Bros.'' community he would be retiring the name "[=SmashMasterShow=]" and the nickname "Smash" with plans to fully rebrand at some point in the future.

Find his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SmashMaster1995 main channel here]], and his [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS1I49vovdtxTHVwAb3-3Dw second channel here]].

List of Episodes:

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[[folder:Smash Master Show]]
!!Smash Master Show
''Smash Master Show'' is Chris' main (and self-titled) show, typically where he reviews a game every episode.
* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' Offical Deluxe Handbook (Gen 1)
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' Review
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire''
* ''Atmosfear: The Gatekeeper'' Review
* WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase ([[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]]) Review
* Winter Wonderlands of Games
* ''Stellaluna'' Review
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}'': I Gotta Go Party Review
* Skull Kid Review
* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' + ''Beg For Mercy'' ([[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]]) Review
* ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' Review
* The "Smash Masters" of Website/YouTube -- 5000 Subscriber Special
* ''Terror TRAX: Track of the Vampire''
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros 4]]'' Stage Reviews (Part 1: UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS)
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros 4]]'' Stage Reviews (Part 2: UsefulNotes/WiiU)
* Music/JustinBieber Games
* UsefulNotes/McDonalds Games
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai''
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire Capu 2''
* ''MNF[[note]]Meet n Fuck[[/note]]: {{Creator/Nintendo}} Christmas''
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashFlash'' Series
* ''VideoGame/TheCatInTheHat''
* The Wonderful World of ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' [[GameMod Mods]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate:'' 50 Nitpick Extravaganza
* Nutaku: Tots N Tanks
* ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]''
* Every ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' Reviewed in 10 Words or Less!
* The Extremely Late ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'' Review
* Joker: One Month Later (''Smash Ultimate'')
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate:'' 50 Nitpick Extravaganza REDUX
* ''[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia My Hero Academia]]'' Games
* Cutting HALF of the ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'' Roster!
* Fighter's Pass 1 REVIEW (''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'')
* The Already Outdated Fighters Pass 2 Wishlist (''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'')

!!Top 10/5 Lists
ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Sometimes are categorized under the Smash Master Show label.
* Top 10N Allies For The ZombieApocalypse
* Top 10N ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' Music
* Top 10N Scary Moments in Video Games (As A Kid)
* Top 5IVE Worst [Non-Luck/Injury] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' Minigames
* Top 10N ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' Psychopaths
* Top 10N {{Game Over}}s
* Top 10 [[WeirdCrossover Weirdest Video Game Crossovers]]
* Top 10 {{Speedrun}} Games
* Top 10 Characters for ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite''
* Top 10 Worst {{Fighting Game}}s
* Top 5 Blind Game Purchases
* Top 5 {{Video Game}} {{Spoiler}}s
* Top 10 ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' Bosses
* Top 10 Funny Video Game Songs[[note]]The first video he made after hiring editors[[/note]]
* Top 10 [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] Video Games

!!April Fools Videos
Every year on AprilFoolsDay, Chris likes to make a video in which he intentionally tries to rile people up.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Universe Announcement
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' world confirmed for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''!
* StarWars world confirmed for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''!
* Why ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' is BETTER than ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor Thousand Year Door]]''
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Trailer
* ''[[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon Spyro]]''® HD Collection Announcement Trailer | [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]]
* REAL ''Smash Ultimate'' DLC LEAK! JOKER RENDER + SMASH DIRECT LEAKED! ''PERSONA 5 THE ROYAL'' HUGE NEW LEAK!
* Why ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons Animal Crossing New Horizons]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/DoomEternal Doom Eternal]]'' SUCK!

!!Reaction Videos
Every time a major video announcement happens involving a franchise Chris is a major fan of (typically ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' or ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', he will stream his reactions and then upload them to [=YouTube=] later.
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Bayonetta Bayonetta]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' LIVE Reaction! (aka Chris screams for 5 years)
* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Corrin]] in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' LIVE Reaction! (aka Chris has never been more indifferent)
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' Live Reaction
* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate SUPER SMASH BROS SWITCH]]'' LIVE REACTION AND/OR FEVER DREAM
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' -- E3 2018 ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' Trailer LIVE REACTION
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' -- E3 2018 ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' Trailer LIVE REACTION
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' E3 Reveal Trailer LIVE REACTION
* SIMON BELMONT AND KING K ROOL LIVE REACTION -- ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''
* ISABELLE LIVE REACTION -- ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''
* The Grinch VS One Flowery Boi -- ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'' 11/1/18 Final Direct LIVE REACTION
* JOKER AND STAGE BUILDER LIVE REACTION
* [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie BANJO KAZOOIE]] COME HOME! + [[VideoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Quest Hero]] LIVE REACTION
* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Byleth]], {{VideoGame/Cuphead}} & ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreed Assassin's Creed]]'' ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'' REACTION

!!Miscellanous
Videos that Chris has made that don't fit under other categories.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' Review -- The NEW Completionist
* Pros+Cons of [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Rosalina's]] Smashing Contribution
* 12 Days Of Smashmas
* HARDCORE TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL MONTAGE (''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Smash Wii U]]'')
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' DLC Characters Wishlist
* HARDCORE TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL MONTAGE #2 (''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Smash Wii U]]'')
* JACK FROST SAVES THE KIDS -- ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'' Liberation Dx2
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[[folder:Smash Master Stuff]]
!!Smash Master Show Lost Tapes
Some of Chris' earliest videos that have been removed from his channel]]
* ''StickWorld'' HD Collection
* i dun no howe 2 xsplit
* Music/NickiMinaj: The Perfect Alarm Clock
* Pikachu's Squeaky Voice 2
* lez pleh skul kidd
* Could've Had A V8

!!''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. Wii U]]'' Custom Music
Short gameplay clips showcasing music Chris has modded into ''Smash Wii U''.
* It Has To Be This Way (''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'')
* Gym Leader (''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby/Pokémon Alpha Sapphire]]'')
* Central Highway (''VideoGame/MegaManX'')
* Unfinished Battle (''[[{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}} Xenoblade Chronicles]]'')
* Eclipse of the Sun (''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'')
* Menu / Pac Village (''VideoGame/PacManWorld'' ''2'')
* Big Top Bop (''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'')
* Greenhorn Forest (''VideoGame/WarioWorld'')
* Splatoon Main Theme (''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'')
* Don't Cry, Jennifer (''VideoGame/ClockTower'')
* ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'' Collection
* ''Undertale'' Collection Part 2

!!Miscellaneous Videos
Videos that don't fit into the other categories.
* Super Bowl XLVIII Highlight
* [[https://www.youtube.com/BadmanReviews Badman]] really wants to build a snowman
* "Project #3"
* I beat ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess HD]]'' 100%......and then the game froze.......
* Metal Gear Blinking (I Miss You X It Has To Be This Way)
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!! ''Smash Master Show'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AbortedArc:
** He once tried and incorporate a sub-plot into his early videos, but it was ditched as he believed it wasn't going anymore. Not much is known about the sub-plot other than it involved an evil copy of Chris and Chris wearing a glove on one hand for whatever reason.
** Between 2013 and 2014, Chris had planned on doing a series of reviews on each episode of the ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead'' anime, with an overarching storyline tying them together and his friend portraying the main villain. He made a video on the first episode and later deleted it as he believed it ended up being terrible, scrapping the series and storyline ideas along with it.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Claims that his sister managed to make her way to the final boss of ''[[VideoGame/ApeEscape Ape Escape 2]]'' without saving in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases.
* {{Adorkable}}: Seeing [[DeadpanSnarker Chris]] get [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely excited]] about things he enjoys is sure to cause a smile to come to any viewer’s face.
* AffectionateParody: What The [[TheNewAdventures NEW]] Completionist is to WebVideo/TheCompletionist.
* AlcoholHic: [[https://clips.twitch.tv/DeterminedSpikyChamoisSoBayed As a stream on April 20th, 2020 demonstrated]], Chris gains this after drinking heavily.
* AnachronicOrder: ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' + ''Beg For Mercy'' begins with Chris returning home from MAG Fest, then abruptly [[JumpCut jump cuts]] to him ''at'' MAG Fest for a few minutes, then [[JumpCut jump cuts]] back to Chris at home deciding to play a game.
* {{Anticlimax}}: After building up a conclusion to a conspiracy he believed was taking place regarding the final video in his Smash Masters of [=YouTube=] video, [[spoiler:he promptly declares that he has no conclusion.]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: His description of how ''VideoGame/LANoire'' makes him feel in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases includes that it made him “sad that humanity is doomed to an endless cycle of corruption and racism and bad haircut trends.”
* AssPull: InUniverse: Believes [[spoiler:Tsukune being able to use vampiric powers despite never using them previously in the season]] in ''Rosario+Vampire'' Capu 2's series finale is this.
* BadassBeard: Has had one on occasion.
* BaitAndSwitch:
** PlayedStraight in UsefulNotes/McDonalds Games when discussing his feelings towards a beginner's trap in Mc Kids.
** Naturally [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in his April Fools videos.
* BerserkButton: Has a few:
** The mere idea of ''Smash Ultimate'' dropping the vocals from the ''Persona'' music got him agitated.
** Audio problems on livestreams.
** [[KudzuPlot Complicated lore]], with special regards to ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''.
* BeyondTheImpossible: In Top 10N Game Overs, [[spoiler:[[MakesSenseInContext Chris fails to stop]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask the moon from falling]]. [[EarthShatteringKaboom This causes the planet to be completely destroyed]]. Cue famous quote from the Happy Mask Salesman. Yet somehow, he's still able to respond to the quote, [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction claiming he'll walk it off]].]]
* BigWhat: His reaction to [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Persona4 Mitsuo’s boss fight]]]] in Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses.
* BilingualBonus: Chris mentions in ''My Hero Academia'' Games that in order to find footage of the Japan-exclusive ''Clash! Heroes Battle'' arcade game, he had to type random Japanese into Website/YouTube. While stating this, Japanese text can be seen being typed into the Website/YouTube search bar that roughly translates to "Is this a good enough visual for this??? I'm just an editor, man! I don't know what I'm doing!"
* BitingTheHandHumor: The whole opening to ''Tits n Tanks'' is essentially just this regarding Nutaku sponsoring him combined with SelfDeprecation.
* BlackComedy: Used every once in a while. Examples can be found throughout these tropes.
* BlatantLies:
** What immediately precedes his BigWhat regarding [[spoiler:Mitsuo]].
** He prefaces his ''Meet n Fuck: Nintendo Christmas'' video with how great of a year 2016 had been.
** This line from Top 5 Blind Game Purchases:
---> '''Chris:''' So I went straight from [[VideoGame/Portal2 solving puzzles]] to [[VideoGame/LANoire solving murders.]] It's a natural progression.
** His April Fools videos, naturally.
*** His April Fools 2020 video claims that ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' and ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' have many similarities, such as they came out on the same day...[[note]]That's the only one of five bullet points used, by the way.[[/note]]
** "Body Measurements and a Vampire" has a totally cool fight scene. [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/171296923360296960/598385497089507338/unknown.png Chris even has a screenshot!]]
** Claims that only a couple of people had asked him to review ''Rosario+Vampire'' Capu 2.
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia My Hero Academia]]'' Games: After discussing the only ''My Hero'' game that released worldwide, Chris decides to just look up gameplay of the other games on Website/YouTube and pretend to know what he was talking about, stating that he had ''never'' done before. If his tone didn't tip you off, the images scrolling by listing off various times where he used the same strategy should.[[note]]The situations in question being him talking about ''[[VideoGame/TotalDistortion Total Distortion]]'' in both Top 10N Game Overs and Top 10 Funny Video Game Songs, ''[[VideoGame/FatalFrame Fatal Frame]]'' and ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros.]]'' DLC Characters Wishlist, ''[[VideoGame/ChaosWars Chaos Wars]]'' in Top 10 Weirdest Video Game Crossovers, ''Meet 'N' Fuck'' in ''MNF: Nintendo Christmas'', ''Girl Fight'' in Top 10 Worst Fighting Games, ''[[VideoGame/Persona3 Persona 3 FES: The Answer]]'' in Top 10 ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' Bosses, ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'' in The Extremely Late ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'' Review, and [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes several]] {{Franchise/LEGO}} [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers video]] [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2 games]] in Top 10 [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] Games[[/note]]
* BrickJoke:
** If the ending is anything to go by, the Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses video was made so Chris could reiterate his dislike for ''Sonic the Fighters'' after putting it in his Top 10 Worst Fighting Games.
*** This is later referenced once again in Top 10 Blind Game Purchases.
** Halfway through ''My Hero Academia'' Games when Chris is saying he can't end the video after only talking about one game, the screen zooms out and "[[FreezeFrameBonus My Hero Academia ASMR]]" can be seen in the Youtube search bar. Later, when discussing how he needed to search Youtube in Japanese to find footage of ''Clash! Heroes Battle'', Japanese text can be seen being typed into the Youtube search bar with the site instead pulling up results for ''My Hero Academia'' ASMR.
* BrokenAesop: Calls out ''Rosario+Vampire'' Capu 2 on this multiple times, ''especially'' towards the series finale.
* BusCrash: Chris confirmed on a stream that the evil [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] Chris that lived in his [[MirrorUniverse mirror]] died off-screen.
* ChekhovsGag: Occurs in both Smash Masters of [=YouTube=] and Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses.

* TheCameo: Chris has made brief appearances on other channels such as Dex The Swede and WebVideo/ScottTheWoz.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Chris removed the first half of his reaction stream to Bethesda's E3 2017 conference from Twitch as he believed it to not be very interesting, as well as him feeling weird about having a stream where he got drunk and berated his chat about the stream's techincal issues.
* CapitalismIsBad: [[spoiler:The ending of Top 10N Game Overs has [[MakesSenseInContext the viewer killed by capitalism.]]]]
* CliffHanger: ''Kid Icarus Uprising'' Review and ''Dragon Ball Z Budokai'' both end with one. The latter actually had a payoff, whereas the former became part of an AbortedArc.
* CloudCuckooLander: [[MakesSenseInContext He doesn't believe in kids.]]
* ComedicSociopathy: There are at least two separate instances where Chris has [[spoiler:killed people]] for [[DisproportionateRetribution incredibly minor reasons]], with this apparently being a go-to plan for him.
* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Chris compares the ''Smash Ultimate'' Adventure Mode "World of Light" to ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'' in that it just keeps on going, with text appearing on screen stating he has never watched ''Naruto''.
* DamnedByFaintPraise:
** His final thoughts on ''Rosario+Vampire'' (in his first video at least).
---> '''Chris:''' The verdict is: It's stupid. But I like it. Explanations?: Answer hazy. Please ask me again...don't ask me again.
*** His updated thoughts on the first season from ''Capu 2'' aren't much better as he struggles to think of things he genuinely liked about it.
----> '''Chris:''' Shit, what else did I like? Uh...The first two seconds of the credits song?...Yeah that's- that's about it, really.
** Does this to [[SelfDeprecation his own username]] in ''Super Smash Flash'' Series.
** Chris says that the ''The Cat in the Hat'' tie-in game is better than the [[Film/TheCatintheHat film it's based on]], before admitting that it's a low bar to clear. He then goes on to state that the game is simply Ok.
* DeadpanSnarker: In spades.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
** In Top 5 Blind Game Purchases in regards to ''VideoGame/LANoire'', he says the game made him feel smart, hopeless, sad, and also smart.
** Had a recurring stream series known as ''Smash Ultimate'' Weekly News Week.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** After losing a game of ''Mario Party'', Chris proceeds to [[spoiler:stuff all of his friends into a box where most of them end up dying.]]
** [[NoodleIncident Somehow]], him modding in ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'' music to ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' leads to [[spoiler:[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Chris killing an indeterminate number of people and hiding the bodies so well that not even the]] [[UsefulNotes/AmericanLawEnforcement F.B.I.]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseIncontext can find them.]]]]
*** This actually seems to be a running theme with Chris, as his plan of action if the ''Persona'' music added to ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' was only instrumental was [[spoiler:to run over orphans.]]
*** More surprisingly, he somehow manages to do this ''to himself'' in the same video: After pointing out he likes the Wrestling/JohnCena mod for ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', he decides that the best course of action is to gargle bleach jizz[[note]][[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin jizz that's been bleached]][[/note]]
* DistractedByTheSexy:
** Briefly gets sidetracked in Winter Wonderlands of games by fanart of [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Rosalina]] from Website/DeviantArt.
** Briefly touched upon in Pros+Cons: Rosalina with one of the "pros" being that people have another ''Smash'' character to [[Main/VideoGamePerversityPotential look up the skirt of]], before stating to just look up pictures on Website/DeviantArt. The above clip then comes into frame, which he proceeds to hit offscreen.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Used in Top 10 Worst Fighting Games when discussing ''Sonic the Fighters''.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:All of Chris' friends]] in Top 5IVE Worst [Non-Luck/Injury] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' Minigames [[spoiler:ended up suffocating in the box he stuffed them in at the beginning.]][[note]][[spoiler:Except the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] slipper.]][[/note]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** As noted in Aborted Arc above, he tried incorporating a plot into his reviews.
** At one point he tried to have recurring characters such as a figurine of a [[Franchise/YuGiOh Blue-Eyes White Dragon]] and a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] slipper.
** His lighting in his early videos ended up making him look very orange. He references this in Smash Masters of Youtube:
---> '''Chris:''' I was so ''delectably tangy''.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Top 10N Game Overs has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask the moon]] fall on the Earth, causing it to be completely destroyed.]] It gets better.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''Tits n Tanks''.
* EvilCounterpart: The evil [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] Chris that lives in Chris' [[MirrorUniverse mirror]].[[note]]This is all a reference to Dark Pit from ''Kid Icarus Uprising'', the video he appeared in: He lives in a mirror as Dark Pit came into being from the Mirror of Truth, and he speaks in Spanish due to Dark Pit having a Spanish guitar riff as his main theme[[/note]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
** At one point in The Wonderful World of ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' [[GameMod Mods]] he states that he's going to gargle bleach jizz, before immediately explaining that it's jizz that's been bleached.
** Chris decribes ''My Hero Academia'' Tag Card Game as "A card game with cards that you tag."
* {{Expy}}:
** Frequently gets called -- [[SelfDeprecation and even]] [[https://twitter.com/SmashMasterShow/status/1149896918497185793 refers to himself]] -- as a WebVideo/JonTron clone. The fact that he made his own video talking about Jon's videos doesn't help.
** The [[Franchise/YuGiOh Blue-Eyes White Dragon]] side character was obviously intended to be [[WebVideo/JonTron Jacques]]. He even lifted voice clips directly from Jon's own video on ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures''.
* {{Fandisservice}}: Believes that ''Meet n Fuck'' falls into this category.
* {{Fanservice}}: Inverted in regards to ''Rosario+Vampires'', as Chris complains about the show relying far too much on this.
* FollowTheLeader:
** InUniverse: Admits that the ''only'' reason he put ''VideoGame/ChaosWars'' on Top 10 Weirdest Crossovers was because of the voice acting, and did this before even knowing that's the only thing people talk about in regards to the game. He even brings up this very wiki in the segment!
---> '''Chris:''' ''I am a sheep!''
** States that his review of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' is merely a formality as everyone else has already reviewed and/or played the game by that point.
* GainaxEnding: Several videos have had bizarre endings:
** ''Kid Icarus Uprising'' Review: This video becomes this thanks to Chris' AbortedArc: [[spoiler:The camera focuses on Chris' mirror, where an Evil Spanish Chris plots to kill him.]]
** ''Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party'' Review: [[spoiler:Chris decides it'd be a bad idea to leave the babies alone, and hires Mizore Shirayuki to look over them, with dramatic music playing as she is revealed. Chris then declares he'll stop making jokes about her eventually.]]
** Top 10N Game Overs: [[spoiler:Chris says he doesn't need to make good arguments when he can sell t-shirts. Except he doesn't sell t-shirts...yet. The viewer then [[CapitalismIsBad dies by capitalism]].]]
** ''Super Smash Bros 4'' Stage Reviews (Part 1: 3DS): [[spoiler:Chris ditched his original ending joke, instead deciding on having {{VideoGame/Kirby}} fly across the screen again before the video ends.]]
** ''Super Smash Bros 4'' Stage Reviews (Part 2: [=WiiU=]): The final stage Chris reviews? [[spoiler:[[VideoGamePerversityPotential Obligatory Penis Custom Stage]]. It consists of Boulevarde of Broken Dreams playing as a picture of Chris looking displeased gets larger, before he declares it a "No" with a fart sound instead of the clip of Peach he used across both videos.]]
** ''The Cat in the Hat'': [[spoiler:Chris decides to look through an old ''The Cat in the Hat'' coupon book. He states he's upset that they're long since expired before listing off a few things he could've bought, the last item being soap to pour into his eyes. The video then promptly ends.]]
** Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses: [[spoiler:The Phantom Thieves invade Chris' Velvet Room and take Chris' heart, forcing him to admit that ''Sonic the Fighters'' is a great game. The on-screen text claims the video was made entirely for this joke.]]
** ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'': 50 Nitpick Extravaganza REDUX: Chris' 49th nitpick is that [[spoiler:the game should've had more modes, and he gives a sincere explanation of his feelings about the situation.]] His final nitpick? [[spoiler:The fact that a [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]] stage has been in the Top Stages for over a month. The video promptly ends there.]]
* GilliganCut: Used when referring to the plastic stand recommended for playing ''Kid Icarus Uprising'' with.
--> '''Chris:''' Pfft, I don't need a stand, [[TemptingFate I'm not soft.]] I am perfectly capable of playing this game with my own two han-\\
''*cut to footage of an ambulance*''
* GratuitousJapanese: Multiple:
** Slips "Nani" and "Arigatou gozaimasu" into his speech every once in a while.
** A RunningGag on Chris' livestreams involves him shouting "Sugoi" in a high pitched. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext For some reason.]]
* GratuitousSpanish: Chris' EvilCounterpart that lives in his [[MirrorUniverse mirror]] speaks only in Spanish.
* GuestStarPartyMember: {{WebVideo/Yungtown}} in The [[TheNewAdventures NEW]] Completionist: ''Paper Mario Sticker Star''.
* HaHaHaNo: Done in the ''[[Franchise/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat 4]]'' segment in Top 10N Game Overs.
* HilariousOuttakes: The [[MissingEpisode now removed]] Blooper Reel 2012 acted as a compilation of these.
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: States that he [[spoiler:hates Suguru Kamoshida]] in Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses, something he claims to have ''never'' said about a fictional character before.
* IHatePastMe: Constantly derides past decisions he has made, including his opinions on ''Rosario+Vampire'' in his first video on it and shaving his beard in ''Super Smash Bros'' DLC Characters Wishlist.
* IKnewIt: InUniverse: Joker: One Month Later starts with a montage of all the times Chris wished or jokingly predicted Joker from ''Persona 5'' for ''Smash Ultimate''.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Multiple:
** In Top 5IVE Worst [Non-Luck/Injury] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' Minigames, [[spoiler:almost all of Chris' friends suffocate in the box he stuffed them in at the beginning of the video.]] The one exception? [[spoiler:The [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] slipper. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Because]] [[CaptainObvious slippers don't die.]]]]
** Believes that the TheMostDangerousVideoGame situation seen in ''Manga/SwordArtOnline'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' is impossible because [[CloudCuckooLander kids don't exist.]]
* ItsEasySoItSucks: InUniverse: Used as one of his criticisms regarding the ''Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase'' game on UsefulNotes/PlayStation.
* JerkAss: Part of the reason he deleted half of his Bethesda E3 2017 reaction stream is because he believed he was acting like this towards his chat. This same reasoning is why Chris cancelled a ''Kingdom Hearts III'' Critical Run stream and deleted the video of it.
* JumpScare: [[spoiler:Used at the very end of his ''Cyber Chase'' review.]] Later mentioned in Top 10N Game Overs.
* LargeHam: Tends to get bombastic and lean heavily into his New York accent for the sake of comedy.
* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext:
** Neither he or the ''Smash Flash'' Wiki can explain why [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]]]] is in the first ''Super Smash Flash''.
** The Wonderful World of ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' [[GameMod Mods]] has two examples from Chris himself. See NoodleIncident below.
** For some reason, Chris likes to shout "[[GratuitousJapanese Sugoi]]" in a high-pitched voice on livestreams.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In the middle of Top 10N Game Overs, [[spoiler:[[MakesSenseInContext Chris fails to stop]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask the moon from falling]], [[EarthShatteringKaboom causing the planet to be destroyed]].]] His response?
--> '''Chris:''' Nah man, I'll walk it off.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}:
** Compares Tetsuya Nomura to [[MakesSenseInContext a stranger with candy who takes 16 years to put the bag over his head]] in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases.
** In the same video, how he describes Rockstar Games trying to sell him ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
** Lampshaded at the start of Smash Masters of Website/YouTube.
* MirrorUniverse: [[EvilCounterpart Evil]] [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] Chris lives in Chris' mirror.
* {{Mondegreen}}:
** In Top 10N ''Dead Rising'' Psychopaths, he can't understand what the vocalist of Adam's theme is saying and tries taking a few guesses as to what the lyrics are.
---> '''Chris:''' "With a fork"?
---> '''Chris:''' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything "Whip that pork"?]]
** He admits to mishearing the name of the main antagonist in ''Terror TRAX: Track of the Vampire'' as "Dr. Fetus Hemos."[[note]]For the record, his name is ''Vetus'' Hemos.[[/note]]
* MoodWhiplash:
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] at the beginning of Top 10 Game Overs.
--> '''Chris:''' 2015 is finally here! Another year, another reminder that- We're all gonna die eventually, why the Hell even bother?
** His description of how ''VideoGame/LANoire'' in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases made him feel includes this.
*** [[spoiler:The entire ''{{VideoGame/Bully}}'']] segment in the same video is this.
** A channel-wide example: He released two sponsored videos one after the other in Fall of 2018. The first one was on a ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Shin Megami Tensei]]'' mobile game sponsored by {{Creator/Sega}}. The second? A [[{{UsefulNotes/Pornography}} pornographic]] [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android game]] sponsored by Nutaku.
* NegativeContinuity: ''And how.'' In fact, it sometimes seems as though Chris explicitly goes against continuity as a TakeThat against ''himself'' for trying to incoporate an ongoing storyline into his earlier videos. Most of the time, it's just [[UnexplainedRecovery unexplained recoveries]], however there are more extreme instances. One video had [[spoiler:the Earth get [[EarthShatteringKaboom completely destroyed]] due to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask the moon]] falling on it]] IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VIDEO.
* TheNewAdventures: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] with The NEW Completionist, an AffectionateParody of WebVideo/TheCompletionist.
* NightmareFuel: InUniverse: The whole premise for Top 10N Scary Moments In Video Games (As A Kid) is Chris talking about things that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin scared him in games when he was a kid]].
* NonIndicativeName: Contrary to what one would expect, Chris has stated he doesn't talk about ''Smash Bros.'' a lot on his channel, and that he is only slightly above average at playing the series to begin with.
--> '''Chris:''' But this is a show. [[DamnedByFaintPraise That part's accurate]].
** This has been somewhat rectified in recent months, however, as he has been putting out more videos centered around ''Super Smash Bros.''
* NoodleIncident: Two from The Wonderful World of ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' [[GameMod Mods]], both of which MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext:
** Chris begins to maniacally laugh as he goes to mod in ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'' music, and the text on screen implies that he [[spoiler:ended up killing people because of it.]]
** His grandmother has apparently dealt with a fax machine shouting obscenities at her more than once.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy:
** Manages to talk about the first season of ''Rosario+Vampire'' while only making a few jokes about the fanservice without ever acting legitimately aroused by it, and even criticizes the show's fanservice in his Capu 2 video.
** Seeing as how he believes ''Meet n Fuck'' falls under FanDisservice, it makes sense that he's not distracted by it when discussing ''Nintendo Christmas''.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer:
** As demonstrated in Top 10 Speedrun Games, the shoulder buttons on his 3DS are so broken that he actually has to blow into them to get them to work.
** Chris states ([[LargeHam in an over-the-top fashion]]) that yes, a company dedicated to distributing pornographic video games decided to sponsor him in the opening to his ''Tits n Tanks'' video.
** Every entry on Top 10N Scary Moments In Video Games (As A Kid) has Chris try and justify why they scared him as a kid.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Chris references [[spoiler:the jumpscare he used back in his ''Cyber Chase'' review]] in in Top 10N Game Overs, stating that his viewers will never let him hear the end of it.
* OnTheNext: ''Dragon Ball Z Budokai'' ends with a tease for his next video: The long requested ''Rosario-Vampire'' Capu 2 review.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Chris has been known to drop his goofy, sarcastic demeanor on occasion, typically when an issue occurs on a livestream. However, this can bleed over into his videos as well, as seen in the Number 1 spots of both Top 5 Blind Game Purchases and Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses.
* PermaStubble: Generally has this when he's not growing out his beard.
* PreviouslyOn: JACK FROST SAVES THE KIDS starts off with this, using clips from Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses.
* {{Pun}}: Used occasionally, typically with an [[{{Beat}} awkward pause]] thrown in. Some examples include:
--> '''Chris:''' ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''...not kill polar bears.
--> '''Chris:''' [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Cave of Life]]? More like Cave of ''Waif''...u.
--> '''Chris:''' [[VideoGame/Persona3 Fuuka]]? More like...she can go ''Fuuka'' herself!
** At one point when discussing [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay the Great Mighty Poo]] in Top 10 Funny Video Game Songs, Chris says the word "but" with text saying "pun.jpg" appearing on screen.
*** The same image showed up in ''[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia My Hero Academia]]'' after Chris said to "smash" the like button.
* PutOnABus: All of Chris' attempts at side characters were stuffed into a box in Top 5IVE Worst [Non-Luck/Injury] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' Minigames. While most of them were stated [[spoiler:to have [[DroppedABridgeOnHim suffocated]]]], the [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] slipper]] was explicitly stated to be an exception. [[spoiler:[[InsaneTrollLogic Because slippers don't die.]]]]
* QuipToBlack: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] when discussing [[spoiler:Chef Antoine's death]] in Top 10 ''Dead Rising'' Psychopaths.
* OverlyLongGag:
** The “Black Magic” bit in ''Super Smash Flash''.
** His reaction to the door scene in ''Meet n Fuck: Nintendo Christmas''.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: InUniverse: Typically his opinion whenever he reviews a licensed game.
* RuleOfFunny: His channel practically runs on this.
* RunningGag:
** Video-Specific Running Gags:
*** "Make that ShoutOut." from Smash Masters of [=YouTube=]
*** “Monkey flip no…” and the Falcon Dunk from the HARDCORE TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL MONTAGE duology.
*** With it being a 12 Days of Christmas parody, 12 Days of Smashmas is naturally built entirely around running gags.
*** Big Wheel from Top 10 Marvel Video Games.
*** "It's Battlefield, but X" and "I'm from New York, I'm obligated to like this stage" in Every ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros]]'' Reviewed in 10 Words or Less.
*** Making fun of Mineta in ''[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia My Hero Academia]]'' games. He even lampshades it at one point, stating the video was just him taking shots at the character.
** General Running Gags:
*** Bringing up his dislike for ''Sonic the Fighters''.
*** [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight WHAT IS A MAN?]]
*** Tends to get riled up over video game [[KudzuPlot lore]], sometimes seriously and sometimes sarcastically.
*** Yelling "Sugoi" like an anime girl on livestreams.
*** A more recent example is him singing the first few lines to "Life Will Change" from ''Persona 5''.[[note]]The lines in question being "''It's not a game, I'm not a robot''"[[/note]]
* SelfDeprecation: Done extensively. ''[[UpToEleven Very]]'' extensively.
* SequelHook:
** Both played straight and [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] at the end of ''Dragon Ball Z Budokai'':
*** Inverted in that he ominously holds up ''Budokai 2'' after questioning why it didn't get an HD remaster, but then says he'll ''maybe'' cover it in the future.
*** Played straight where immediately after that, Chris teases his next video to be the long-anticipated ''Rosario+Vampire'' Capu 2 video.
** His review of ''Kid Icarus Uprising'' ends with the reveal of an [[EvilCounterpart Evil]] [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] [[EvilCounterpart Counterpart]] of Chris that [[ItMakesSenseInContext resides in his]] [[MirrorUniverse mirror.]] This was [[AbortedArc quickly dropped]], and was later briefly touched upon in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases.
* SincerityMode:
** Chris' plans to put ''Shrek: Super Slam'' in Top 10 Worst Fighting Games were dashed when he played the game and realized it wasn't terrible.
** A darker example is his explanation for why he put [[spoiler:Suguru Kamoshida in the number 1 spot]] in Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses.
** His explanations on why he bought [[spoiler:''Bully'']] in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases is this combined with MoodWhiplash.
** The reason why Chris reviewed the first ''Super Smash Flash'' in ''Super Smash Flash'' Series is because he found it hard to joke about the genuine passion and effort put into ''2''.
* ShapedLikeItself: Chris decribes ''My Hero Academia'' Tag Card Game as "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A card game with cards that you tag.]]"
* ShoutOut: A bizarre example in Smash Masters of [=YouTube=], where [[MakesSenseinContext SmashMaster causes Chris to give out a bunch of shout-outs out of fear]].
* SkewedPriorities:
** Demonstrated in ''Tits n Tanks''.
---> '''Chris:''' ''Smut'' is one thing, but ''memes''? I'm gonna have to rethink this sponsorship. [[BlatantLies I-I have SOME standards to uphold!]]
** What was his plan if ''Smash Ultimate'' didn't include vocals in the ''Persona'' tracks? [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild To run over orphans.]]]]
* TheSlacker: Seemingly the only reason ''Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown'' got in Top 10 Worst Fighting Games is because he realized ''Shrek: Super Slam'' wasn't terrible, but he already had put Shrek in the thumbnail and he didn't want to change it.
* SmashCut: {{Pun}} aside, he tends to use these every once in a while for comedic aside.
* SoBadItsGood:
** InUniverse: How he views ''Terror TRAX: Track of the Vampire''.
** His initial thoughts on ''Rosario+Vampire'' could count as this as well.
** He believes the only good thing about ''Kasumi Ninja'' is the character Angus' [[BuffySpeak crotch-fireball move]], and says that while it ''is'' stupid, that if it were in a better game it might've worked.
* SophisticatedAsHell:
** Was this in his now unlisted Smashing Fiction videos.
** Acts like this briefly during the Sloprano section of Top 10 Funny Video Game Songs.
** Dons his old Smashing Fiction [[{{Pun}} persona]] while discussing ''Persona 5'' fanfiction in his ''Smash Ultimate'' Joker review.
* TheSpeechless / TheVoiceless: Surprisingly, the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] slipper is one of these. No impression of Homer, no reused audio clips from ''The Simpsons'' itself, nothing. Whether or not it is one or the other is unknown, as it's never been stated whether or not it ''can'' speak and simply doesn't, or if it is physically incapable. Given what we know about Chris and based on what we've seen of the slipper, it really could go either way.
* StylisticSuck:
** His [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/171296923360296960/598385497089507338/unknown.png "totally sick screenshot"]] of a non-existent fight scene in ''Rosario+Vampire Capu 2''.
** "[=MAGFest=]" from the beginning of ''Shrek 2'' + ''Beg For Mercy''.
** [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/401909398584295425/564542569221062676/unknown.png The logo]] for his former ''Smash Ultimate'' Weekly News Week series.
** Chris openly admits to drawing a picture in Microsoft Paint in roughly 30 seconds in ''MNF: Nintendo Christmas'', as he wanted to show his viewers a bizarre scene[[note]]the scene involving [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Santa Claus climaxing and expelling ornaments and a candy cane]][[/note]] that he was unable to show uncensored.
* SuddenlyShouting: Happens every once in a while:
** This quote from Pro+Cons after he goes on a rant about the naming conventions in ''Smash Bros.'':
---> '''Chris:''' And you can fight me on the street, Sakurai! And you can ''FIGHT ME ON THE STREET SAKURAI-!''
** Chris yells a fair bit in JACK FROST SAVES THE KIDS, to the point where halfway through the video he stops and asks ''himself'' why he's yelling.
** In ''[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia My Hero Academia]]'' Games after giving a (relatively) calm explanation of why ''My Hero One's Justice'' starting in the middle of season 2 of [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia the anime]] because it's predecessor ''Battle For All'' covered the first season is ridiculous[[note]]''Battle For All'' was a Nintendo 3DS game that never left Japan, whereas ''One's Justice'' was a console game that released worldwide[[/note]], it suddenly cuts to him shaking his camera while yelling "WHO IS THIS STORY MODE FOR?!"
* SuperiorSuccessor: Chris states in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases that he attempted to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this when he was younger, as his sister got stuck on the final boss of ''Ape Escape 2'' and he planned to beat the boss for her.
* TakeThat:
** Loves to take shots at various things. Notable examples include Website/YouTube, ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'', the ''Pokémon'' fanbase, [[SelfDeprecation himself]], ''Kingdom Hearts'', [[FanBoy fan boys]], anime, among many others.
** Chris' April Fools 2019 video is one massive jab at a web personality named [=LaxChris=], who is infamous for churning out videos on fake leaks.
* TemptingFate: Claims to not need a stand to play ''Kid Icarus Uprising''.
* TradeSnark: Used a registered trademark symbol in the ''Spyro'' April Fools video’s title in order to try and get more people to believe it was real. Notably, this is the ONLY video he’s made -- April Fools or otherwise -- that uses such a symbol in the title.
* TranquilFury:
** His reaction to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD]]'' freezing ''just'' after he completed the game 100% radiates with this.
** A darker example is him explaining why [[spoiler:he put Suguru Kamoshida from ''Persona 5'' in the #1 spot of Top 10 ''Persona'' Bosses, saying that the character and the opening hours of the game in general elicited an incredibly strong emotional reaction from him. He even goes as far to say that he '''hates''' Kamoshida, to which he states he has ''never'' said that about a ''fictional character'' before.]]
* {{Troll}}: Chris LOVES to mess with people in a variety of ways:
** There's obviously the April Fools videos that are designed to trick people.
** He will jokingly insult popular games[[note]]Examples include ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''[[/note]] just to rile people up.
---> '''Chris:''' Everybody knows ''Smash Bros.'' isn't a fighting game.
---> '''Offscreen Fanboy:''' Ha! Damn right!
---> '''Chris:''' And neither is ''VideoGame/PokkenTournament''.
---> '''Offscreen Fanboy:''' ''You little [[CurseCutShort fu]]-!''
* ToiletHumor:
** The fake sitcom skit Chris used in Top 10N Game Overs involved a man declaring to his wife that he just made some "fresh squeezed lemonade," only for his wife to point out that he came from the bathroom.[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke The implication is he's talking about his urine.]][[/note]]
** Discusses the [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Great Mighty Poo]] in Top 10 Funny Video Game Songs, jokingly calling it the "pinnacle of all poop jokes".
* UnexplainedRecovery: He has been shot, dug out his own eye with scissors, AND had [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Persona5 had his heart taken]]]], only to return perfectly fine in the next video. Hell, it doesn't even have to wait until the next video. He once had [[spoiler:a moon dropped on him that ended up destroying the ENTIRE PLANET]], and he was fine immediately after.
* VerbalBackpedaling: This bit in Pros+Cons:
--> '''Chris:''' Or you just easily do what ''I'' do and go on Website/DeviantArt- You could do what ''other'' people do and go on Deviant- [[BlatantLies I don't know what other people do.]]
* VideoGamePerversityPotential: [[SarcasmMode Sarcastically]] states that one of the pros of Rosalina being in ''Smash Bros.'' is that people have a new character to look up the skirt of.
* VocalEvolution: Used to be much quieter and tended to "whisper yell" in his earlier videos, however his more recent videos have had him speak louder and deeper and go all in on yelling.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Tends to happen when he gets very agitated about something, as seen in UsefulNotes/McDonalds Games and ''Super Smash Flash'' Series.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: InUniverse: Chris claims that Inner!Moka must be high on weed in order to justify her WhatTheHellHero speech, before immediately backpeddling and claiming that she must be high on ''blood'' weed. [[DontExplainTheJoke Because she's a vampire.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: None of the side characters introduced have been seen in years due to Chris finding his own style and [[AbortedArc dropping a subplot]] from his videos:
** Both the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] slipper and the [[Franchise/YuGiOh Blue-Eyes White Dragon]] were last seen in Top 5IVE Worst [Non-Luck/Injury] ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' Minigames released on April 13th, 2014[[note]]5 years, 2 months, and 28 days as of July 11th, 2019[[/note]]. While the former [[spoiler:suffocated with most of Chris' friends after he shoved them into a box]], the latter is stated explicitly [[spoiler:to be the exception due to slippers being unable to die, implying it's still around somewhere.]]
** [[EvilCounterpart Evil]] [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] Chris that [[MakesSenseInContext resides in Chris']] [[MirrorUniverse mirror]] was last seen all the way back in the ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' review on July 3rd, 2012[[note]]7 years and 8 days as of July 11th, 2019[[/note]], with only a very brief [[TheCameo cameo]] in Top 5 Blind Game Purchases[[note]]5 years, 5 months, and 5 days after his initial appearance, which itself was 1 year, 7 months, and 3 days ago as of July 11th, 2019[[/note]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives one the entire main cast of ''Rosario+Vampre'' (sans Tsukune) for their behavior in the episode "Bathroom and a Vampire" as well as criticizing the InUniverse one Inner!Moka gives to Tsukune.
* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: The entire premise of Top 5 Video Game Spoilers is based on this, with his thoughts the final two entries being ''especially'' heavy with this trope.
* WordSaladTitle: How he views the name that he has given his channel.
* WouldHurtAChild: PlayedForLaughs: [[spoiler: He [[BlackComedy threatens to run over orphans]] [[SkewedPriorities if the]] ''[[SkewedPriorities Persona]]'' [[SkewedPriorities music added to]] ''[[SkewedPriorities Smash Ultimate]]'' [[SkewedPriorities was instrumental.]]]]
* WTHCostumingDepartment: InUniverse: Chris' reaction to the redesigns in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' -- specifically the ones for Simon Belmont and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Grant]] -- as shown in Top 10 Worst Fighting Games.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Ended up telling himself this during an ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' livestream on March 31st, 2020.
* YouCantFightFate: He states that everyone works at UsefulNotes/McDonalds eventually in UsefulNotes/McDonalds Games.
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* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' -- E3 2018 ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'' Trailer LIVE REACTION

* ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'' world confirmed for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''!

On July 2nd, 2020 during a livestream, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmBh0b5C6Fo Chris has confirmed]] that due to controversies surrounding the ''Super Smash Bros.'' community he would be retiring the name "{{SmashMasterShow}}" and the nickname "Smash" with plans to fully rebrand at some point in the future.

** ''Super Smash Bros 4'' Stage Reviews (Part 2: WiiU): The final stage Chris reviews? [[spoiler:[[VideoGamePerversityPotential Obligatory Penis Custom Stage]]. It consists of Boulevarde of Broken Dreams playing as a picture of Chris looking displeased gets larger, before he declares it a "No" with a fart sound instead of the clip of Peach he used across both videos.]]

** "MAGFest" from the beginning of ''Shrek 2'' + ''Beg For Mercy''.

** Chris' April Fools 2019 video is one massive jab at a web personality named LaxChris, who is infamous for churning out videos on fake leaks.

* Top 10 ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' Bosses

** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''[[Franchise/MyHeroAcademia My Hero Academia]]'' Games: After discussing the only ''My Hero'' game that released worldwide, Chris decides to just look up gameplay of the other games on Website/YouTube and pretend to know what he was talking about, stating that he had ''never'' done before. If his tone didn't tip you off, the images scrolling by listing off various times where he used the same strategy should.[[note]]The situations in question being him talking about ''[[VideoGame/TotalDistortion Total Distortion]]'' in both Top 10N Game Overs and Top 10 Funny Video Game Songs, ''[[VideoGame/FatalFrame Fatal Frame]]'' and ''{{VideoGame/Shantae}}'' in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros.]]'' DLC Characters Wishlist, ''[[VideoGame/ChaosWars Chaos Wars]]'' in Top 10 Weirdest Video Game Crossovers, ''Meet 'N' Fuck'' in ''MNF: Nintendo Christmas'', ''Girl Fight'' in Top 10 Worst Fighting Games, ''[[VideoGame/Persona3 Persona 3 FES: The Answer]]'' in Top 10 ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' Bosses, ''{{Franchise/Naruto}}'' in The Extremely Late ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'' Review, and [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes several]] {{Franchise/LEGO}} [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers video]] [[VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2 games]] in Top 10 [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] Games[[/note]]

* Splatoon Main Theme (''VideoGame/Splatoon'')

** Why does Chris shout "[[GratuitousJapanese Sugoi]]" in a high-pitched voice on livestreams? No clue.

In 2016, Chris delisted a bunch of his old videos including several WebVideo/NintendoDirect reactions and various shorts, and in 2017 he delisted two of his former series: Adrenaline Shot and Smashing Fiction.

* ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'' world confirmed for ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Kingdom Hearts 3]]''!
* StarWars world confirmed for ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Kingdom Hearts 3]]''!

Every time a major video announcement happens involving a franchise Chris is a major fan of (typically ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' or ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', he will stream his reactions and then upload them to [=YouTube=] later.

*** More surprisingly, he somehow manages to do this ''to himself'' in the same video: After pointing out he likes the Wrestling/JohnCena mod for ''Super Smash Bros. 4'', he decides that the best course of action is to gargle bleach jizz[[note]][[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin jizz that's been bleached]][[/note]].

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse: Chris references [[spoiler:the jumpscare he used back in his ''Cyber Chase'' review]] in in Top 10N Game Overs, stating that his viewers will never let him hear the end of it.

--> '''Chris:''' Pfft, I don't need a stand, [[TemptingFate I'm not soft.]] I am perfectly capable of playing this game with my own two han-
--> ''*cut to footage of an ambulance*''

* GratuitousJapanese:

* InsaneTrollLogic:

* FIghter's Pass 1 REVIEW (''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Smash Ultimate]]'')

* AbortedArc: He once tried and incorporate a sub-plot into his early videos, but it was ditched as he believed it wasn't going anymore.

** His lighting.

* BilingualBonus: Chris mentions in ''My Hero Academia'' Games that in order to find footage of the Japan-exclusive ''Clash! Heroes Battle'' arcade game, he had to type random Japanese into YouTube. While stating this, Japanese text can be seen being typed into the YouTube search bar that roughly translates to "Is this a good enough visual for this??? I'm just an editor, man! I don't know what I'm doing!"