History YMMV / RedLetterMedia

* MemeticMutation: "What's wrong with your FAAAACE?!" CatchPhrase has been referenced in ''AtopTheFourthWall'' and ''TheSpoonyExperiment'' among others.

* ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars: Plinkett argues (pretty convincingly) that 2009's ''[[Film/StarTrek Star Trek]]'', despite its somewhat-dodgy plot and its [[TheThemeParkVersion loose]] adherance to the ''StarTrek'' ethos, works brilliantly at exactly what it set out to be: a compelling action-adventure film precisely calculated to make as much money as possible.
** And saving the franchise.

** Parodied near the end of the Episode III review when he claims that the CGI took a drop in qualit for the climatic fight, when he's showing the basic CGI outlines/paths.

* NightmareFuel: Plinkett himself, of course. But for some people, him juxtaposing Avatar and ''TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' together.

* IdiotPlot: A major part of why Plinkett becomes angry to the point of murderous rage - and arguably why he has a penchant for butchering hookers - is that the Star Wars Prequels is that not only are most of the characters "flat and uninteresting" but they're also TooDumbToLive on a galactic scale. A room full of thousands of delegates looking at Palpatine, an obvious despot, yet no-one notices even when he starts ranting about genocide of the Jedis? Not even Anakin (supposedly full of midichlorians which presumably enhance his perception) during a private meeting, where Palpatine mentions that the Sith and the Jedi are quite alike while a klaxon RedAlert blares out in the background.

* IdiotPlot: This is one of Plinkett's major complaints about Episode III. Pretty much every single character aside from Palpatine repeatedly makes irrational decisions, doesn't ask questions when anything suspicious comes up and doesn't ever notice any of the multiple glaringly obvious solutions to their problems. A big one is during the tale of Darth Plagueis the Wise and how Anakin doesn't notice anything amiss despite Palpatine's odd wealth of knowledge about the Sith and dislike of the Jedi, culminating with Palpatine saying "Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are alike in almost every way" while an alarm goes off in the background.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Plinkett points out that ''Baby's Day Out'' had a perfect setup for a lesbian sex scene, but for some reason the creators didn't take advantage of that opportunity.

* EvenBetterSequel: Plinkett's review of ''The Phantom Menace'' will always be his true and unbreakable claim to fame, but many viewers believe that the ''Attack of the Clones'' review actually expanded the ingenious analysis even further and is somehow [[BeyondTheImpossible even better]]. The final three chapters in the Attack of the Clones review may very well be the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome finest insight Mr. Plinkett has ever provided]].
** The ''Revenge Of The Sith'' review is potentially even better than its predecessors. It's a complete deconstruction (Plinkett calls it an "autopsy") of why all three prequel films - including, obviously, ''RevengeOfTheSith'' - lacked the emotional connection with the audience that could have made them far less boring and sterile than they were.

* ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars: Plinkett argues (pretty convincingly) that 2009's ''[[Film/StarTrek Star Trek]]'', despite its somewhat-dodgy plot and its [[TheThemeParkVersion loose]] adherance to the ''StarTrek'' ethos, works brilliantly at exactly what it set out to be: a compelling action-adventure film precisely calculated to make as much money as possible. In short, ''Star Trek'' passes Ebert's Law, but the ''Star Wars'' prequels don't.

** Red Letter Media should have included in the end of the Star Wars II reviews the bit where Yoda said, "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack", then showed the little guy decapitating several clone troopers.

* TearJerker: There's something about the juxtaposition of Yoda from the original trilogy and George Lucas talking about the prequel trilogy in the Attack of the Clones review that is really quite sad.
** Similarly, the conclusion of the ''Revenge of the Sith'' review is very emotionally evocative. Luke Skywalker is seen putting away his targeting computer, embracing his emotion and spirituality to destroy the evil Death Star; meanwhile, Lucas is shown embracing a world of sterile computers, thus failing to establish an emotional connection with the audience.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: If you type in "Star Wars The Phantom Menace" on Google, the first part of Plinkett's review of the film is on the first page as a video result. Every time George Lucas Googles his movie, that's what pops up.
** Also works with "Attack of the Clones"!
** Plinkett's character critique exercise from the first part of the ''Phantom Menace'' review. Plinkett asks people to describe various ''Star Wars'' characters without saying anything about their looks, costume, or profession in the films, and as if they're describing them to someone who's never seen the films before; the reasoning is that the more descriptive they are, the stronger the character they're describing is. The people who do the exercise give out lots of descriptions of character and personality traits for the characters from the original trilogy...and have to stretch to find even ''one'' trait for the characters from the prequel trilogy.
*** Which is {{Truth in Television}}, by the way. Go ahead and test it out on family and friends -- the results are almost 100% replicable.
** The end of his Avatar review:
---> And lastly, for all you people who are suffering from depression because Pandora is not a real place, you need to really get your fucking head out of your ass. You've been played by a Hollywood snake oil salesman for the cash in your wallets, you fools! Take your Prozac and get back in the toll booth! Hey, you think James Cameron is going to donate the huge profits made from the technological advancements on this movie to some beautiful indigenous African tribe? Yeah, probably not! And only watch this movie once. For fuck's sake.
** This [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf1wcnwhA9o trailer]]. Seriously, it is just as good as any Hollywood trailer if not better.
** The sequence with Nadine and Palpatine at the end of the second part of his ''RevengeOfTheSith'' review.

* Squick: Plinkett takes his cat to a Mitre Saw, and then hacks the remains into LudcrousGibs during his Cop Dog review.

** They also should have included in the end of the Star Wars II reviews the bit where Yoda said, "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack", then showed the little guy decapitating several clone troopers.

** Seconded- He should have included the bit where Yoda said, "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack", then showed the little guy decapitating several clone troopers.
*** Similarly, the conclusion of the ''Revenge of the Sith'' review is very emotionally evocative. Luke Skywalker is seen putting away his targeting computer, embracing his emotion and spirituality to destroy the evil Death Star; meanwhile, Lucas is shown embracing a world of sterile computers, thus failing to establish an emotional connection with the audience.

* RuinedFOREVER
-->'''Mike (The United States of Noooo!!!):''' ''"[that scene] ruined everything. Not just ''Star Wars'' movies, but every other type of movie ever made."''
-->'''Plinkett (''Star Trek Generations'' review):''' ''"It ruined everything. And not just ''Star Trek'' movies, but '''everything'''."''

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: "Palpatine" takes this position toward the Star Wars prequels.

* CrazyAwesome: Despite sounding like a stroke victim with a mouthful of Big League Chew, Plinkett still manages to formulate impressively coherent, brilliant, and sometimes flawless arguments against the movies he reviews; he has an unerring eye for plot holes, OutOfCharacter moments, character flaws, and deducing the overall coherence of a movie's plot. He has also killed at least a dozen women and several Koreans through various methods (meat cleaver, slit wrists, pushing them down a well, vehicular manslaughter, and [[NoodleImplements Raid (six cans of the fast kill low irritant kind; it's in the blue bottle, it works the best)]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking has yet to deliver me my]] [[RunningGag Pizza Roll for editing this page!]]

--> "I don't [[JumpingTheShark jump sharks]]. I fuck them for breakfast."
* CompleteMonster: What Harry would be if he was real, especially taking the following into consideration
--->(to Nadine the Hooker in The Clone Wars review) "Baby? Well, it's been three days now. (Scary Voice) I'm afraid your baby's with the angels."
--->(to Nadine the Hooker in Baby's Day Out review) "Say...How's that [[DeadBabyComedy baby]] of yours?"

* CrossesTheLineTwice: There needs to be a page dedicated to this. Pretty much every single thing he says not [[StarWars Star Wars]], [[StarTrek Star Trek]], or Film/{{Avatar}} related

*** Which is {{Truth in Television}}, by the way. Go ahead and test it out on family and friends-the results are almost 100% replicable.

* EvenBetterSequel: Plinkett's review of The Phantom Menace will always be his true and unbreakable claim to fame, but many viewers, this troper included, may posit that the Attack of the Clones review actually expanded the ingenious analysis even further and is somehow [[BeyondTheImpossible even better]]. The final three chapters in the Attack of the Clones review may very well be the [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome finest insight Mr. Plinkett has ever provided]].
** The third one is even better. It's practically a complete deconstruction (Plinkett calls it an "autopsy") of why all three prequel films - including ''RevengeOfTheSith'' - were so boring and lacked the emotional connection with the audience that could have made them so much better.
* GrowingTheBeard: Take a look at Mr. Plinkett's TNG movie reviews, and you'll find that they weren't all the crisp, rapidfire, colorful comedic potpourri that we recognize today. The initial reviews contain less music, less outside sources, less visual humor, and less glances into [[NightmareFuel Mr. Plinkett's life]]. As the reviews increase, they become more crisply coordinated and colorful; the Nemesis review was very near to the recongnizable style of the present, until the Phantom Menace review was released and established Plinkett's style as a strangely beautiful arrangement of comedy, photo, and film, efficiently delivered in a neat package of absurdity.
* HamAndCheese: The one thing ''in'' RevengeOfTheSith that Plinkett says he likes is [=Ian McDiarmid's=] Palpatine, because the guy is so clearly having the time of his life.
* ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars: Plinkett argues (pretty convincingly) that [[Film/StarTrek StarTrek 2009]], despite a somewhat dodgy plot and a [[TheThemeParkVersion loose]] adherance to the StarTrek ethos, works brilliantly at what it set out to be: a compelling action-adventure film precisely calculated to make as much money as possible. In short, Star Trek passes Ebert's Law, the Star Wars prequels don't.
* MemeticMutation: The "Oh my God, what's wrong with your FAAAACE?!" CatchPhrase has been referenced in ''AtopTheFourthWall'' and ''TheSpoonyExperiment'' among others.
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Plinkett points out that Baby's Day Out had a perfect setup for a lesbian sex scene, but for some reason the creators didn't take advantage of that opportunity.
* NightmareFuel: Plinkett himself of course. But for some people, him juxtaposing Avatar and ''TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' together.

* SpecialEffectFailure: He argues that the original SW trilogy benefited from the limitations faced with practical special effects. He has a particular hatred for the overuse of the (now easy to produce) lightsaber effects in the prequel movies.
-->"Like anything that's cool, if it's used too much it becomes boring. 'Cept for cocaine. [''Inhales deeply''] "
** Parodied near the end of the Episode III review when he claims that the CGI took a drop in quality for the climatic fight, when he's showing the basic CGI outlines/paths.

*** Similarly, the conclusion of the Episode III review is very emotionally evocative. Luke Skywalker is seen putting away his targeting computer, embracing his emotion and spirituality to destroy the evil Death Star. Meanwhile, Lucas is shown doing the exact opposite - embracing a world of sterile computers and thus failing to establish an emotional connection with the audience.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: PlayedForLaughs "Cuz I don't like things that are different"

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* BetterByADifferentName: In a variation, he says the latest ''Film/StarTrek'' actually ''is'' better if you think of it as a ''StarWars'' movie instead of a ''StarTrek'' movie. He also says that it's a better SW film than the prequels.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At the end of the ''Phantom Menace'' review, he says that the part where a floating pizza roll told him to go murder his wife was really strange. Apparently he didn't see ''quite'' the same movie as everyone.

* Also works with "Attack of the Clones"!

*** Similarly, the conclusion of the Episode III review is very emotionally evocative. Luke Skywalker is seen putting away his targeting computer, embracing his emotion and spirituality to destroy the evil Death Star. Meanwhile, Lucas is shown doing the exact opposite - embracing a world of sterile computers and thus failing to establish an emotional connection with the audience.