History YMMV / DownTheRabbitHole

** The video on ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'', released in 2016, ends on an optimistic note about the game's progress and the hopes of its fan community. Unfortunately, as of 2022, the game has continued to languish in DevelopmentHell, with many of its former supporters losing hope and accusing the developers of mismanagement and overspending, as documented [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2019/05/01/exclusive-the-saga-of-star-citizen-a-video-game-that-raised-300-millionbut-may-never-be-ready-to-play/ in this Forbes article]].

** His content in general has become somewhat of this, with those preferring the ones focusing on "lolcows" and other internet-related topics (e.g. Christine Weston Chandler, Temple OS, Noah Antwiler, etc.) while others preferring the episodes on historical topics (e.g. Henry Darger, Austrian Wine Poisoning, Battle of May Island etc.). There are of course though [[TakeAThirdOption many who enjoy both of kinds of videos]].

** Because of the [[TheComicallySerious dead-serious]] tone Knudsen pronounces it in, Purr Cat Café's "Meow, Meow, PURR" VerbalTic has become a bit of a meme. "We have no cats, Kathleen" was quickly adopted as well, having become one during the time the Facebook spats were going down and gaining steam once more.

* {{Squick}}: The first episode of his podcast, The Warrens, is about him and his co-host reading a cookbook about making alcoholic cocktails with semen. It’s just as disturbing and [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious]] as it sounds.

** The ''[=GameLife=]'' episode with [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] as a guest commentator. Some people enjoyed Larry's company while other felt he doesn't mesh well with Fredrik's style. Fredrick himself regrets the episode and said he'd refrain from doing such crossovers in the future.

** The ''Sonichu'' video ended by noting that CWC's story had an "anticlimactic close." Then in 2021, Chandler went viral for days on end--even making the news on national TV--after getting arrested on charges of ParentalIncest, then disappeared outright from the public eye after months of increasingly bizarre correspondences.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The episode on Christine Weston Chandler aka "Chris-Chan". Christine isn't exactly ''likeable'' -- she continuously makes idiotic decisions and falling for incredibly obvious tricks again and again, along with other dubious tendencies, like stating she has urges to do "bad things" to her one and only (female) friend at the time, physically assaulting people in public, never changing as a person, and having a generally unpleasant personality which makes it very difficult to sympathize with her (including religious fundamentalism/homophobia and mild racism brought forth from her upbringing), which many netizens referring her as "a symbol of delusion and spite." On the other side of the coin, the internet goads, harasses, and bullies a mentally ill person for laughs, and it's doubtless that some of the things that have happened to her have been a result of this harassment. Even people who just sit back and watch to chronicle her life have made Chris extremely paranoid of interacting with anyone, which really doesn't help her isolationist tendencies or her mental illnesses. No matter which way you look at it, the general consensus on the whole affair with Chris-Chan is (as one commenter on the video aptly puts it) "a tragedy where everyone is horrible"

** The ''Sonichu'' video ended by noting that CWC's story had an "anticlimactic close." Then in 2021, Chandler went viral for days on end--even making the news on national TV--after getting arrested on charges of ParentalIncest, and disappeared completely from the public eye months later.

** The episode on Creator/NoahAntwiler, can be considered this for the entirety of Website/ChannelAwesome, with the aforementioned video being posted only a few ''days'' before the "Not So Awesome" document surfaced.
** The discussion of Noah getting suspended from Channel Awesome for making a somewhat rapey bondage joke on Twitter comes off as darkly ironic in retrospect, considering the site's higher-ups would be accused of covering up allegations that Mike Ellis and Justin "[[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis JewWario]]" Carmichael did far worse.
** Fredrik's summation of Spoony as a cautionary tale has only rang more true in the time since the video went up, as Noah's life has continued to go down the toilet following his website going down, getting into a car crash (which [[NeverMyFault he refused to take responsibility for]] even after video evidence showed it was his fault), his girlfriend April leaving him, his house being set for foreclosure, and his dog, Oreo, passing away.

** The ''Sonichu'' video ended by noting that CWC's story had an "anticlimactic close." Then in 2021 Chandler went viral for days on end, even making the news on national TV, after getting arrested on charges of ParentalIncest.

** The ''Sonichu'' ended by noting that CWC's story had an "anticlimactic close." Then in 2021 Chandler went viral for days on end, even making the news on national TV, after getting arrested on charges of ParentalIncest.

** The episode on Creator/NoahAntwiler, can be considered this for the entirety of Website/ChannelAwesome. With the aforementioned video being posted only a few '''days''' before the "Not So Awesome" document surfaced.

* {{Squick}}: The first episode of his podcast, The Warrens, is about him and his co-host reading a cookbook about making alcoholic cocktails with [[IAteWhat semen]]. It’s just as disturbing and [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious]] as it sounds.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The episode on Christine Weston Chandler aka "Chris-Chan". Christine isn't exactly ''likeable'' -- she continuously makes idiotic decisions and falling for incredibly obvious tricks again and again, along with other dubious tendencies, like stating she has urges to do "bad things" to her one and only (female) friend at the time, physically assaulting people in public, never changing herself (both [[ThePigPen literally]] and figuratively), and having a generally unpleasant personality which makes it very difficult to sympathize with her (including religious fundamentalism/homophobia and mild racism brought forth from her upbringing), which many netizens referring her as "a symbol of delusion and spite." On the other side of the coin, the internet goads, harasses, and bullies a mentally ill person for laughs, and it's doubtless that some of the things that have happened to her have been a result of this harassment. Even people who just sit back and watch to chronicle her life have made Chris extremely paranoid of interacting with anyone, which really doesn't help her isolationist tendencies or her mental illnesses. No matter which way you look at it, the general consensus on the whole affair with Chris-Chan is (as one commenter on the video aptly puts it) "a tragedy where everyone is horrible"

** Fredrick's summation of Spoony as a cautionary tale has only rang more true in the time since the video went up, as Noah's life has continued to go down the toilet following his website going down, getting into a car crash (which [[NeverMyFault he refused to take responsibility for]] even after video evidence showed it was his fault), his girlfriend April leaving him, his house being set for foreclosure, and his dog, Oreo, passing away.

** The ''Sonichu'' episode ended up becoming this thanks to events that transpired in 2021, after audio was leaked of Christine admitting to sexual relations with their elderly mother, which resulted in Christine being arrested, an incident which went viral for several days and was even covered on national television. Many newer commentators noted how Fredrik's closing statement that the Sonichu saga had an "anticlimactic close" in particular aged ''really'' poorly.

** Fredrick's summation of Spoony as a cautionary tale has only rang more true in the time since the video went up, as Noah's life has continued to go down the toilet following his website going down, getting into a car crash (which [[NeverMyFault he refused to take responsibility for]] even after video evidence showed it was his fault), his girlfriend April leaving him and his house being set for foreclosure.

** The video on ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'', released in 2016, ends on an optimistic note about the game's progress and the hopes of its fan community. Unfortunately, as of 2020, the game has continued to languish in DevelopmentHell with many of its former supporters losing hope and accusing the developers of mismanagement and overspending, as documented [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2019/05/01/exclusive-the-saga-of-star-citizen-a-video-game-that-raised-300-millionbut-may-never-be-ready-to-play/ in this Forbes article]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The video on ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'', released in 2016, ends on an optimistic note about the game's progress and the hopes of its fan community. Unfortunately, as of 2020, the game has continued to languish in DevelopmentHell with many of its former supporters losing hope and accusing the developers of mismanagement and overspending, as documented [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2019/05/01/exclusive-the-saga-of-star-citizen-a-video-game-that-raised-300-millionbut-may-never-be-ready-to-play/ in this Forbes article]].

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The episode on Christine Weston Chandler aka "Chris-Chan". Christine isn't exactly ''likeable'' -- she continuously makes [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic decisions and falling for incredibly obvious tricks again and again]], along with other dubious tendencies, like stating she has urges to do "bad things" to her one and only (female) friend at the time, physically assaulting people in public, never changing herself (both [[ThePigPen literally]] and figuratively), and having a generally unpleasant personality which makes it very difficult to sympathize with her (including religious fundamentalism/homophobia and mild racism brought forth from her upbringing), which many netizens referring her as "a symbol of delusion and spite." On the other side of the coin, the internet goads, harasses, and bullies a mentally ill person for laughs, and it's doubtless that some of the things that have happened to her have been a result of this harassment. Even people who just sit back and watch to chronicle her life have made Chris extremely paranoid of interacting with anyone, which really doesn't help her isolationist tendencies or her mental illnesses. No matter which way you look at it, the general consensus on the whole affair with Chris-Chan is (as one commenter on the video aptly puts it) "a tragedy where everyone is horrible"

** The ''Sonichu'' episode ended up becoming this thanks to events that transpired in 2021.

** The ''Sonichu'' episode became this ''hard'' in 2021. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's leave it at that.]]

* JerkassWoobie[[invoked]]: Several episodes intentionally portray their subjects this way, which Frederik has admitted to before.
** In the ''Sonichu and Christian Weston Chandler'' episode, Chris is depicted this way. While the episode makes it quite clear that she is by no means a good person, she still did not deserve all the horrible and humiliating things inflicted on her by the trolls.
** Creator/NoahAntwiler. While he ended up treating his fans quite badly and acted increasingly antagonistic and unstable as his CreatorBreakdown[[invoked]] continued, the episode on him makes a point to repeatably reference his mental illnesses (including depression and bipolar disorder), framing him less as an egotistical {{Jerkass}} and more a victim of his neuroses.
** Terry A. Davis. While he was seen as a laughingstock for using a seemingly outdated OS he made himself to connect to God and was seen as ''horribly'' racist, dropping the N-word constantly, he was clearly a man that seriously needed mental help, which he never got.
** Jordie Jordan/[=WingsOfRedemption=]. Jordie earned his negative reputation and regularly proved himself to be just as hateful and virulent as his critics, in the process alienating most of his friends and fans. However, after his hatedom exploded, Knudsen focuses on how depressed Jordie seemingly became due to his weight, loneliness, and poor reputation as his critics continued to mock him ceaselessly. The video ends with Jordie [[MortonsFork openly hating making gaming content but unwilling to give up the reliable income]], spending his days reading troll comments as people pay more and more money to harass him on stream.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: When discussing [=DarkSydePhil=], Knudsen neglects to talk about the Sons Of Kojima, the infamous online troll community that was created to speciffically troll Phil until it collapsed due to infighting and toxic and abusive leadership.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The episode on Christine Weston Chandler aka "Chris-Chan". Christine isn't exactly ''likeable'' -- she continuously makes [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic decisions and falling for incredibly obvious tricks again and again]], along with other dubious tendencies, like stating she has urges to do "bad things" to her one and only (female) friend at the time, physically assaulting people in public, never changing herself (both [[ThePigPen literally]] and figuratively), and having a generally unpleasant personality which makes it very difficult to sympathize with her (including religious fundamentalism/homophobia and mild racism brought forth from her upbringing), which many netizens referring her as "a symbol of delusion and spite." On the other side of the coin, the internet goads, harasses, and bullies a mentally ill person for laughs, and it's doubtless that some of the things that have happened to her have been a result of this harassment. Even people who just sit back and watch to chronicle her life have made Chris extremely paranoid of interacting with anyone, which really doesn't help her isolationist tendencies or her mental illnesses. No matter which way you look at it, the general consensus on the whole affair with Chris-Chan is (as one commenter on the video aptly puts it) "a tragedy where everyone is horrible".
* TheWoobie:
** Many commentators in the ''[=GameLife=]'' episode has expressed sympathy for Melissa, when it's mentioned she received death threats and was viewed as a "fake gamer girl" by her detractors despite her being the most professional of the [=GameLife=] team and her clear enthusiasm for gaming.
** A lot of commentators in the ''[=TempleOS=]'' episode expressed not only sympathy for Terry's downward spiral from his degrading mental health and anger towards the internet trolls that bullied and harassed him, but many have also admitted to full out crying by the end of the episode after learning that he became an incoherent mess before being killed by a train.
** Woody from ''[=WingsOfRedemption=]'' gained sympathy from commenters due to constantly getting antagonized and backstabbed by Jordie, despite Woody having helped him with his finances and providing positive support for him.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The video on ''VideoGame/StarCitizen'', released in 2016, ends on an optimistic note about the game's progress and the hopes of its fan community. Unfortunately, as of 2020, the game has continued to languish in DevelopmentHell with many of its former supporters losing hope and accusing the developers of mismanagement and overspending, as documented [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2019/05/01/exclusive-the-saga-of-star-citizen-a-video-game-that-raised-300-millionbut-may-never-be-ready-to-play/ in this Forbes article]].

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The episode on Christian/Christine Weston Chandler aka "Chris-Chan". Christine isn't exactly ''likeable'' -- she continuously makes [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic decisions and falling for incredibly obvious tricks again and again]], along with other dubious tendencies, like stating she has urges to do "bad things" to her one and only (female) friend at the time, physically assaulting people in public, never changing herself (both [[ThePigPen literally]] and figuratively), and having a generally unpleasant personality which makes it very difficult to sympathize with her (including religious fundamentalism/homophobia and mild racism brought forth from her upbringing), which many netizens referring her as "a symbol of delusion and spite." On the other side of the coin, the internet goads, harasses, and bullies a mentally ill person for laughs, and it's doubtless that some of the things that have happened to her have been a result of this harassment. Even people who just sit back and watch to chronicle her life have made Chris extremely paranoid of interacting with anyone, which really doesn't help her isolationist tendencies or her mental illnesses. No matter which way you look at it, the general consensus on the whole affair with Chris-Chan is (as one commenter on the video aptly puts it) "a tragedy where everyone is horrible".

* HateDumb: Briefly discussed in the [=WingsOfRedemption=] episode where Kiwi Farms owner Joshua "Null" Moon looked into Jordie's troll community and found a group of petty, immature people with nothing better to do than obsessively harass Jordie and get enraged whenever someone posts a video of him doing well at playing video games. They also continually troll tip Jordie even though he admits he would quit Let's Playing if was no longer profitable.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In the episode covering Creator/NoahAntwiler, Knudsen included Creator/LordKat's extended and virulent rant against Spoony, where [=LordKat=] claims that Spoony's "Betrayal!" stunt at E3 cost [=LordKat=] an interview with the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' due to Mojang fearing that he might give a similar reaction. While Knudsen does not question the legitimacy of [=LordKat=]'s complaints in the video, fans that are familiar with him are aware that he is a controversial figure. Like Noah, he drove away a large portion of his fanbase when he stopped making scripted content in favor of livestreaming, and is well known for his aggressive and hateful tendencies. During the [=JesuOtaku=] debacle, [=LordKat=] infamously told Noah to kill himself and encouraged people to troll Noah, stating that he would be happy if they [[DrivenToSuicide drove him to suicide]], an act that resulted in at least one-third of [=LordKat's=] audience leaving in disgust. [=LordKat's=] critics also point out that it's unlikely that the "betrayal" incident was what caused the interview to be cancelled -- no one else suffered backlash from the stunt, not even Angry Joe (who was also in the "betrayal!" video) or Noah himself. Moreover, [=LordKat's=] video has garnered accusations of [[{{hypocrite}} hypocrisy]], due to him telling Noah to act professional... after cussing him out, labeling him a "coward", a "pussy" and a "loser", claiming he had a small penis, and [[KickTheDog even bringing up Noah's then-recent breakup]] just to attack him even more.

** The ''[=WingsOfRedemption=]'' video has two examples. KEEMSTAR, who would go on to create one of the most infamous drama channels on [=YouTube=], got upset over Jordie "bullying" him. Likewise, [=ProSyndicate=], who would later get in trouble for secretly accepting $30,000 from Microsoft to promote the Xbox One and was one of the major people behind the CSGO Lotto scandal which all but destroyed his reputation, balked at Jordie's offer to take a dive in a gaming match in exchange for $3000.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Has [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped/DownTheRabbitHole its own page]].

* {{Squick}}: The first episode of his podcast, The Warrens, is about him and his co-host reading a cookbook about making alcoholic cocktails with [[IAteWhat semen]].

* BrokenBase: The ''[=GameLife=]'' episode with [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] as a guest commentator. Some people enjoyed Larry's company while other felt he doesn't mesh well with Fredrik's style. Fredrick himself regrets the episode and said he'd refrain from doing such crossovers in the future.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fredrik himself is this within the "Internet History/Internet Commentators" due to his very professional and documentary-like tone with his videos, which helps him stand out amongst those who do the same content but with a more comedic-like feel (WebVideo/InternetHistorian) and more edgy/controversial ones.