History WebVideo / ThirdRateGamer

---> "More 'emenies?!' More dinosaurs?! More redundancy?! More redundancy?!"

* UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

* ExactWords: On a meta level. In the Irate Gamer's ''Cool Spot'' review, his evil twin drops by his apartment and says that he's giving pizzas away in exchange for "anyone with an [[UsefulNotes/MagnavoxOdyssey Odyssey]]" [[note]]He obviously meant he was giving pizzas away in exchange for an Odyssey console, but the wording was...rather poor[[/note]]. TRG took a literal interpretation of this and made fun of it by making ''his'' evil twin say he was "giving them away in exchange for people" in his ''Chip n' Dale'' review.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: As he's being viciously attacked by the [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] sprite at the end of his ''Lion King'' review, all he says in a slightly annoyed voice is, "Stop it! That's my spleen, buddy!"

* BadBadActing: PlayedForLaughs. His idea of "looking irate" equals "puffing your cheeks full of air"

-> ''[[CatchPhrase "Didn't they test this game]] [[BlatantLies before they released it?"]]''

** In his ''Kirby's Adventure'' review, he denies stealing from the AVGN by claiming that he doesn't watch him, and "proves" this to Billy by showing footage that he's not subscribed to the AVGN's channel (read: him showing footage of him ''already being subscribed'', and then scrolling the cursor to the "Unsubscribe" button on his channel and clicking it, which he apparently [[MissedASpotCheck forgot to edit out]]).

** In his ''Kirby's Adventure'' review, he denies stealing from the AVGN by claiming that he doesn't watch him, and "proves" this to Billy by showing footage that he's not subscribed to the AVGN's channel (read: him showing footage of him ''already being subscribed'', and then scrolling the cursor to the "Unsubscribe" button on his channel and clicking it, which he apparently forgot to edit out).

* AmbiguouslyGay: Ocasionally does things like reffering to muscular guys as "sexy" and Evil Rate Gamer lured him out of the room with promise of nude photos of the Angry Video Game Nerd in the basement.

** He tends to confuse ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' with other games, such as ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Bros.]]: [[VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash Double Dash]]''.

** In his ''Kirby's Adventure'' review, he denies stealing from the AVGN by claiming that he doesn't watch him, and "proves" this to Billy by showing footage that he's not subscribed to the AVGN's channel (read: him showing footage of him ''already being subscribed'', and then scrolling the cursor to the "Unsubscribe" button on his channel and clicking it, which he apparently [[WhatAnIdiot forgot to edit out]]).

[[https://www.youtube.com/user/FFL2and3rocks#g/c/299FE4090811173D The Third Rate Gamer]] is a StylisticSuck satire of the infamous [[WebVideo/TheIrateGamer Irate Gamer]], by [=FFL2and3rocks=] (real name unknown).

* NotSoStoic: A variation. Although his attempts to act angry fall straight into BadBadActing, the RunningGag in the ''The LionKing''of his hesitance to say the word "girlfriend" in reference to Nala has him sound genuinely stressed.

** He makes an apperance in the ''WebVideo/NoDateGamers'' episode "Cruise".

* RecognitionFailure: ''All the time.'' In the review of ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'', he comments about the title character wearing pajamas and ponders if he's "sleeping over at Music/MichaelJackson's house", he shows a picture of Jesse Jackson instead. Similar jokes include in the ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' review where his character crashes into a wall and asks, "who do they think I am, Sonny Bono?" and shows a picture of [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]] and the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' review where he comments on the design of the level and asks if Music/RayCharles did it and shows a picture of Creator/BillCosby...''[[EpicFail just because he was wearing sunglasses in the picture.]]'' Under normal circumstances, this would be considered both UnfortunateImplications and DudeNotFunny territory, but given the StylisticSuck approach of the show, it's, of course, all PlayedForLaughs.

* CriticalResearchFailure:[[invoked]] Played for laughs.
** In ''Kirby's Adventure'', he complains about Kirby having a sword on the introduction movie for the "Vegetable Valley" level, leading to him complaining about them not testing the game. Later on, he is also annoyed at how the game supposedly doesn't have a power-up feature in general. Guess which two aspects of the game he then discusses a few minutes later?
** The same thing happens in his ''Yoshi's Island'' review, where he criticizes the game's lack of power-ups before mentioning the helicopter power-up a couple minutes later:
---> '''Third Rate Gamer:''' What pisses me off more is the lack of power-ups. There are ''no'' power-ups in this game! No mushrooms, no fire flowers, no stars, no [[ArtisticLicenseBiology baboon]] tails. Just Yoshi walking around.\\
''(later in the review)''\\
'''Third Rate Gamer:''' And yeah, I know I said there are no power-ups in this game, so to make myself look good, I'll just delete any comments that point out that mistake.
** He believes that ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is a Creator/{{Pixar}} film from the 1970's. In the same review, he claims that the game was never ported to any other system, complains about the use of "I Just Can't Wait to be King" as the background music for level 2 ("Do you remember this music anywhere from the movie?!"), and complains that you don't get any continues (said as he is ''showing footage'' of the continue screen).

* AdaptationDisplacement: [[invoked]] Enforced, exaggerated and parodied, due to the Irate Gamer frequently getting the facts about a game's source material wrong. For example: In the Super Mario review, the Third Rate Gamer thinks that the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' film is the original and [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 the game]] is just a cheap licensed cash-in.

--> ''[[CatchPhrase "Didn't they test this game]] [[BlatantLies before they released it?"]]''

* EightPointEight: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Most of the games he gives negative reviews are considered classics or at least decent. Examples include the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario games]], the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Castlevania games]], and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. This is a parody of how Irate Gamer would sometimes do negative reviews of classic games.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Ocasionally does things like reffering to muscular guys as "sexy" and Evil Rate Gamer lured him out of the room with promise of nude photos of th Angry Video Game Nerd in the basement.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Ocasionally does things like describing someone as a "sexy shirtless man" or implying having ADateWithRosiePalms regarding Dr. Manhattan's nudity in the Watchmen movie.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Ocasionally does things like describing someone as a "sexy shirtless man" or implying having a DateWithRosiePalms regarding Dr. Manhattan's nudity in the Watchmen movie.