History WebVideo / ThirdRateGamer

-->'''Billy:''' ''"Hey, I thought you killed him in your CoolSpot review."''

* NoExceptYes:
** In his ''Castlevania'' review:
---> "Don't get me wrong; this game...I don't ''hate'' ''Castlevania II'', but...don't send any hate mail, guys, just don't. Because...I really ''do'' hate ''Castlevania II'', but I'm just gonna say that I don't, because that'll make it seem like I don't hate it, so I won't get as much hate mail."
*** This was a parody of the Irate Gamer's use of the trope when expressing his thoughts about ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'':
---->"I know what you're thinking -- that I'm going to sit here and bash ''Super Mario 2''. But before you start sending your hate mail, just hear me out. Now, I don't hate ''Mario 2'', but when compared to the other ''Mario'' games, this one just has "ass" written all over it!"
** In his ''Daze Before Christmas'' review:
--->"Ooh, I know what you're thinking: "How dare you make fun of Santa Claus!?" But I'm not! This game is awesome, but it's a piece of shit."
** In his ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' review, he echoes the Irate Gamer's thoughts on the game:
---> "This is a horrible game that I remember fondly playing when I was five years old. I don't really hate ''Mario 2.'', but when you compare it to the other ''Mario'' games, this just has "ass" written all over it."

** When saying that his DVD is worth buying since it has over two minutes of bonus features, he shows what the features are and what the length of each is. [[spoiler: It only adds up to 1 minute and 59 seconds.]]

* VerbalBackspace: Immediately after his aforementioned quote about "reviewing" ''CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'':

* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: Parodied. He mispronounces words that the Irate Gamer frequently mispronounces, such as "fustrating" and "emenies", fails at grammar, or uses the wrong word ("predecessor" for "successor"). He's also prone to nitpicking the grammar in a game while [[HypocriticalHumor making tons of mistakes himself]].

* NintendoDS.

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

** The entire series is one big Take That to the ''Irate Gamer''. Also occasional jabs at Leisuresuitgaming and Game Dude, two other infamous [=YouTube=] reviewers.

** PlayedForLaughs again in the same review with [[Series/HomeImprovement Wilson]], parodying a name change the IrateGamer did to an already existing character (that he had appear on his show, no less).

** This even goes as far to have a Take That to one of ''TheIrateGamer's'' Take Thats, when he says, "Well, yeah, but these haters are...dumb." (Photoshopped graphic saying "PWNED!")

* TheyJustDidntCare: Invoked:
--> "There's also another predecessor called ''Castlemania 3: Dracula's Curse''. All I'm going to do is barely mention it here, so that I can say I reviewed it."
** At one point in his ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' review, during the Turbo Tunnel segment, he uses a clip taken from ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'''s and with the sound running. Earlier in the ''Castlevania'' video, while reviewing ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'', all the on-screen footage is pulled from the Angry Video Game Nerd's original review of said game.

* IncrediblyLamePun: "I said Goros, not [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Gurus]], dumbass!", in a reversal of a lame pun the Irate Gamer made.

---> [[invoked]]'''Third Rate Gamer:''' It's way too hard! Wasn't this supposed to be a childrens' game? They should've made it easier, so I could [[ItsEasySoItSucks complain about the game being too easy]].

* TheKenBurnsEffect: He has a tendency to do exaggerated zoom-ins of still frames, usually zooming in so far that the content is no longer recognizable.

[[http://www.youtube.com/user/FFL2and3rocks#g/c/299FE4090811173D The Third Rate Gamer]] is a Website/YouTube-based StylisticSuck satire of the infamous ''[[WebVideo/TheIrateGamer Irate Gamer]]'', by [=FFL2and3rocks=].

--> "Why do I keep putting these interruptions into ''my'' show?!"

* {{Dissimile}}: On two occasions (inverted in both examples, as it's less making a comparison with a lot of exceptions and more making a comparison with only one small element linking the two):
** About ''VideoGame/CoolSpot:''
---> '''Third Rate Gamer:''' This game really reminds me of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' because in both games, you control a character.
** And about ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers:''
---> '''Third Rate Gamer:''' This game is a throwback to the classic ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' game because it has graphics.

** In his ''VideoGame/Battletoads'' review:

* LeftItIn: At the beginning of his review of {{VideoGame/Paperboy}}.
-->'''TRG:''' Oh...I didn't realize the camera was on during my [[BadBadActing bad acting.]]

** The entire series is one big Take That to the ''Irate Gamer''. Also occasional jabs at Leisuresuitgaming and Game Dude, two other infamous youtube reviewers.

* ThrowItIn: In-universe, it appears that the Third Rate Gamer appears to still be learning the game as he plays it, and leaves in his mistakes. For instance, in his ''Battletoads'', he complains about not being able to refill your armor in ''Ghosts 'n Goblins'' before immediately realizing otherwise. Also, he is originally unaware of the power-ups in ''Yoshi's Island'' until minutes later in the review.

* Franchise/{{Castlevania}} I, II, and III on the NES.

---> '''Third Rate Gamer:''' This game is a throwback to the classic ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' game because it has graphics.

* VerbalBackspace: Immediately after his aforementioned quote about "reviewing" ''Castlevania III'':

--> ''L... Luo... Lu-sa-sari-ka-kar... Luh-cheerio''

* SpecialEffectFailure: Invoked. The creator didn't even try to make the special effects look real.

** At the end of the ''Home Improvement'' review, a dinosaur spits fire on TRG's computer. A stock explosion appears when it hits, and then some obvious fire gifs are placed on the TV, which is still playing the computer just fine. You can even tell that the "game" playing on his TV is really just footage copied from somewhere else, as evidence when it cuts to somebody's room.

--> ''"This ninja is the worst ninja in the history of ninjas! I'd rather watch an episode of fuckin' Manga/{{Naruto}} than play a level of this shitty fake ninja game!"''

** At the end of the ''Home Improvement'' review, a dinosaur spits fire on TRG's TV. A stock explosion appears when it hits, and then some obvious fire gifs are placed on the TV, which is still playing the game just fine.

* SpoiledByTheFormat:

** There have been two instances where he has complained about the game's lack of power-ups, before ''mentioning'' one of them later on: ''Kirby's Adventure'' and ''Yoshi's Island''. In the former review, he even complains about Kirby having a sword on the introduction movie for the "Vegetable Valley" level and complains about them not testing the game, before going in-depth on the sword power-up minutes later. In the latter review, he acknowledges his error:
---> '''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 baboon tails. Just Yoshi walking around.

** He believes that ''Film/TheLionKing'' is a 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).

---> "Why the fuck would something start with an intro? This intro is just horrible!" [''Cut to his intro'']

---> "If there's one thing I can't stand, it's stupid one-liners. What a bunch of ass burgers with a side of fries!"

-->'''TRG:''' Anyway, Mufasa ''(actually a grown-up Simba)'' has three forms of attack. He can claw at the enemies, jump on the enemies, and shit on the enemies. *Feces land on in-game enemies*

-->'''TRG:''' And what's up with that fake mustache? It looks ridiculous!

** He has confused ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'', and even ''VideoGame/MarioKart64''.

-->'''Evil Rate Gamer''': "At last! The crappy review show is finally mine!"

** And about ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}:''
---> '''Third Rate Gamer:''' This game is a throwback to the classic ''Castlevania'' game because it has graphics.

* IncrediblyLamePun: "I said Goros, not Gurus, dumbass!", in a reversal of a lame pun the Irate Gamer made.

--> Well fine! I don't need you, I'll just do this review by my... *looks at script* self!

--> "Why do I keep putting these interruptions into'' my ''show?!"

* CaptainObvious: PlayedForLaughs. He circles very easy to see things, and points out things the viewer can plainly see, like mentioning that each stage is harder than the last. In particular, the ''Cool Spot'' review has him explaining lots of stuff that should be obvious to anyone with even rudimentary knowledge of gaming, e.g. "you can attack enemies to defeat them" and "if the enemies hit you, you'll take damage, which is a bad thing because taking too much damage makes you lose a life and have to go back". Lampshaded, as he says he adds these explanations because "his viewers have never played a video game before".

* CountingToPotato: Failing to recognize roman numerals, he interprets the "Act I" screen of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' as this and says that it should be "Act ''1''" instead.

** He has confused ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' with ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' and even ''VideoGame/MarioKart64''.

---> '''Third Rate Gamer:''' The game gets even dumber when you find this power-up. It turns Yoshi into a helicopter.

* DontExplainTheJoke: Even lampshaded at one point

** When he shows an image, he almost always zooms in on it for no reason.

-->'''Third Rate Gamer:''' We now return to ''The Third Rate Gamer Show'', only on [[Creator/NickJr Nick, Jr.]]!

* ItsHardSoItSucks: Parodied in-universe. TRG will often hate a game because of its perceived difficulty, even when it isn't even that hard and the problem clearly is his own incompetence and stupidity. Lampshaded by Billy in the ''Cool Spot'' review:
--> '''Billy''': I don't like this game. It sucks because I keep dying on purpose.

--> Why the fuck would something start with an intro? This intro is just horrible! [''Cut to his intro'']

-->'''TRG:''' Anyway, Mufasa (actually a grown-up Simba) has three forms of attack. He can claw at the enemies, jump on the enemies, and shit on the enemies. *Feces land on in-game enemies*

* SideView: Lampshaded in his review of ''Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers'', where he says that every game should be a side-scroller. Keep in mind that in his earlier ''Kirby's Adventure'' review, he complains about the game being a side-scroller and said that it should be a puzzle game instead.