History WebVideo / SomeCallMeJohnny

* NoJustNoReaction: During his review of "VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI", Johnny had this reaction upon finding out that [[spoiler: Locke kept Rachel's corpse perserved in the hopes of finding a way to revive her.]]

* AccentuateTheNegative: A thankful [[AvertedTrope aversion]] for the most part. Johnny will be pretty even handed with the games he plays, going as far to talk about aspects games will do right. However, it's played straight when it's a game he thoroughly despises. He admits in his re-review of ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' that in the past he tended to act like an, in his own words, "edgy bitch lord", to get his point across.

** There's also the review of ''VideoGame/MerryGearSolid'' (a Christmas-themed ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fan game) that came out Christmas Eve of 2015. Johnny reviewed it because of how appropriate it was considering it was Christmas season, and he was in the middle of the Metal Gear Marathon.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In his ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' review, he calls Solid Snake with the [=PS1=] Snakehead camo "Old Old Snake".

** He discusses this in the ''Metal Gear'' retrospective. He criticizes this mindset, even stating in VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 that the games as a whole need to be judged by both story and gameplay because both are intrinsic to the franchise (as well as the high cutscene-to-gameplay ratio). However, he does feel this way about ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV''. He compliments gameplay, game design, and sheer variety of content with it, but criticizes the story both in the fact that many parts are unfinished and the parts that were don't add anything to the mythos due to the main character not being Big Boss.

** Called out by name in the ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3'' reviews for the Galactic Federation secretly creating Metroid breeding programs (and Space Pirate clones, recreating Tourain, and an artificial Mother Brain) and using Aurora Units (basically Mother Brains) for running their military defensive systems, respectfully.

* RatedMForManly: The main theme for the ''Contra 1-4'' review.

* GuideDangIt: As his ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' reviews show, he does not like it when the guide is practically needed to have fun in the game. He doesn't hate it, he just doesn't think a game that has a ton of it can be enjoyed very much without the guide. He frequently refers to these as "Guide Games".

** After commenting (and then demonstrating) that the Unknown Item pickup jingle from ''Metroid: Zero Mission'' would be great for increasing the drama in any situation, it's then used in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3'' review, in the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' review, at the reveal of his Pokémon Trading Cards, and in the ''VideoGame/MegaMan9 and 10'' review.

** He said the slogan, as part of ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound Earth Bound's]]'' infamously failed gross-out based marketing, "This game ''stinks''" sounded like a one-sentence review by [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoReviewShow Reviewer]], [[LetsPlay Entertainer]], [[MustHaveCaffeine Coffee Drinker]]]]

** How he feels about ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' and it's [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 sequel]]. He finds that the stories in both games don't really explain much to the player and don't make much sense, but the gameplay is so over-the-top and addictive for him that he can't really bring himself to care.

* DifficultySpike: He got so pissed off at this in the ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' review that he provides the page quote.[[invoked]]

* SuddenlyShouting: He does this when he's about to review the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' (AKA ''SMB: The Lost Levels'') in explaining why the original game never left Japan:

* WereStillRelevantDammit: InUniverse, he calls out ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'' for doing the Crash "WOAH!" meme near the end of the game. He does bring up that it's [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] of him to call them out on it because he made the exact same joke in 2017, but as he stresses, that was back in ''2017''.
-->'''Johnny:''' Toys for Bob was a ''little'' late to the punch on that one.

* {{Corpsing}}: Johnny's reaction (or at least it's a reaction that looks very much like corpsing, as he has no real reason to try and hide his laughter) to the [[BlatantLies outstanding voice acting]] in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8''.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** Elliot reviewing ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' by himself.
** Johnny's two Sonic Anniversary Interview animations (for the 19th anniversary and the 21st anniversary respectively).
** The Johnny vs. Pokemon Training Card Game episode wasn't a review, rather as a talk about Johnny, Elliot, Matt, and [[SpecialGuest Ryan's]] experience with it, and also it has a small How-To-Play guide to the game.
** His Playstation retrospective as it doesn't cover a certain game, but more of a personal reflection as it was the console that defined his late childhood. Its sequel episode, the Playstation 2 retrospective, follows the same format.
** The Donators Marathon brings us many licensed games.
** ''Sonic Free Riders'' during the Sonic Racing review doesn't get a full depth review like its predecessors. Instead, Johnny shows some behind the scenes footage to show the viewers how difficult it was to do ''basic'' shit like jumping and navigating the menus!
** His Balan Wonderworld video didn't fall under the usual Johnny Vs. format. Instead opted for unscripted "Podcast-like" style where him and his friend, Russ, casually talk about the game. This was due to Johnny being in the process of moving, thus have very limited equipment to work with. Also, he expected the video to be just about 5 minutes long if it was a scripted Johnny Vs. video.
** His Yugioh retrospective was a personal reflection of his experience with the trading card game while off handling mentioning the tie in video games and the anime.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Johnny is pleading with the Cuccos to spare his life for attacking one of their own, his reasons for doing it in the first place are, in order: Hunger, getting a [[MondegreenGag "Torque"]], his Uncle dying, the King being burned to the bone, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair his hair being colored pink,]] and not wearing any pants.

** His Playstation retrospective as it doesn't cover a certain game, but more of a personal reflection as it was the console that defined his late childhood.

** At the very beginning of the Too Many Games 2015 panel, after it was mentioned that there was no PA system in the Expo Lounge (the panel had to move there last-minute due to high turnout), Johnny shouts [[TheSimpsons "LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!"]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Johnny is pleading with the Cuccos to spare his life for attacking one of their own, his reasons for doing it in the first place are, in order: Hunger, getting a [[{{Mondegreen}} "Torque"]], his Uncle dying, the King being burned to the bone, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair his hair being colored pink,]] and not wearing any pants.

** He finds it rather baffling that Mega Man can't shoot anywhere but directly in front of him without special weapons.

** Downplayed. While Johnny doesn't hate a game when it's incredibly easy (if anything, he considers it a good way to introduce newcomers to a series), he does feel that it diminishes his enjoyment due to lack of challenge. A good example is in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series (specifically ''Birth By Sleep'' and ''Kingdom Hearts III''), where there are so many ways to snap the games' difficulty in half that he has to pick the hardest difficulty to get any challenge out of it, and sometimes he can't even do that.

* SerialEscalation: His ''Sonic 06'' review. It's almost ''an hour-long'', which is more than double the usual time of even his longest reviews, with a close second being his ''Resident Evil 4'' review, clocking in at roughly 49 minutes. His ''Final Fantasy IV'' review comes close, being over 48 minutes long.

** The second review of ''Sonic '06'' lasted '''50 minutes'''. That's his longest review to date.
** His review of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' is his second longest clocking in at '''49 minutes long'''.

** His ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' review is his third longest review, being just over '''48 minutes long'''.

->''"My name is Juan Ortiz, though some call me Johnny."''

->''"Insert joke about the Void and Ex-Death from Franchise/FinalFantasy."''

* {{Squick}}: He invokes this in his ''Sons of Liberty'' review by having Raiden repeatedly do flips naked (he refers to them as "taint flips") to make his viewers wince.[[invoked]]
-->'''Johnny''': I'm doing it to make you wince, and I'm not sorry.

** In the opening of ''Resident Evil 3'', Jill comes across as this for him. While he does acknowledge that she went through a lot in the first game, her blaming the civilians who didn't rise up against Umbrella (whom they didn't know was evil at all and couldn't do anything to stop them anyway) makes her come across as judgmental and needlessly harsh.