History YMMV / TheSpoonyExperiment

* NetworkDecay: Hit this in 2015, when he produced far fewer reviews and ''Counter Monkey'' videos and far more "Live Wire" LetsPlay streams on Website/YouTube and Vlogs. This trend continued into 2016, and 2017 saw nothing at all aside from a review of ''Film/TheLastJedi'' a few days before the end of the year. Most fans consider the Experiment "finished."

* ArcFatigue: Spoony was trying to develop a MythArc over the course of the reviews. The story seemed to be that the Gate Cleaner and the Ultimate Warrior were working for the Guardian, who was intending to invade and conquer our world, but he abandoned his plans because Sephiroth was going to destroy the world with a meteor, and somehow was harnessing Spoony's hatred of ''Final Fantasy'' for his plan. There were also hints that Burton had been reprogrammed for some purpose (implicitly by Sephiroth), Spoony may have been trapped in some PlatonicCave illusion (which may or may not be related to the Burton subplot), and somehow Pumpkinhead may have been involved. Whatever the story was supposed to be, the KudzuPlot nature of their development, Spoony's sporadic updating schedule, and the fact the story wasn't very good and didn't seem to have a point, meant that a lot of viewers didn't really care either way.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Prior to his official diagnosis, a lot of people had commented that Spoony might have been bipolar, especially after his in-person behaviour at event(s) and social media tirades showcased that he wasn't ''entirely'' acting.

* CondemnedByHistory: ** Spoony was considered one of the top tiers in the "Angry Reviewer" style of content creators, and was unquestionably one of the most well known internet content creators for his time. He first caught the internet's attention with his reviews for games in popular franchises like ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' during the late 2000s. But after joining Website/ChannelAwesome in 2008, he became one of the site's most popular critics thanks to his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} psychotic personality]], frequent crossover videos, and his wide range of review topics, including board games and tabletop [=RPGs=] like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. However, he also faced backlash for his reliance on nitpicking and tendency to insult fans of works in his videos, frequently seen arguing with anyone who disagreed with his views. His bad attitude got him in trouble with Channel Awesome in 2012 after joking about raping WebVideo/JesuOtaku (who hadn't come out as transgender at the time), which led Noah to resign from the site shortly afterwards due to a backlash. From there, Spoony's worsening physical and mental health led him to clash with his most loyal fans over the handling of his opinions and content direction, along with his increasingly frequent [[ScheduleSlip hiatuses]]. With his admission to having no plans for a ''Spoony Experiment'' movie [[LyingCreator after crowdfunding for one]] in 2014, what little goodwill Noah still had left vanished. Spoony's former fans now see his critiques as shallow and hateful towards their subjects, and his molasses-slow update schedule means he's remained in obscurity. As such, it's highly unlikely that he'll ever achieve the same level of success ever again. With even his earlier work being forgotten, Spoony's rise and fall is now seen as a cautionary tale of [[{{Tragedy}} a man with promise whose worst enemy was himself]].

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Wrestle Wrestle'' and ''Counter Monkey'' were often criticized by Spoony's fanbase when they were released. Many of Spoony's viewers weren't fans of [[ProfessionalWrestling pro-wrestling]] or [[TabletopRPG tabletop RPGs]] (which were, and to some extent still are, rather niche interests) and they saw these two side series as taking away from time that he could have spent working on his main reviews. In recent years vlogs, podcasts, and edited reviews on wrestling and [=TTRPGs=] have exploded in popularity and some of said reviewers have cited Spoony as being a partial inspiration on the content they produce. It also helps that they can be seen as early examples of the "video essay" format that would by and in large displace {{Caustic Critic}}s as a way of commenting on media.

* CondemnedByHistory: He first caught the internet's attention with his reviews for games in popular franchises like ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' during the late 2000s. But after joining Website/ChannelAwesome in 2008, he became one of the site's most popular critics thanks to his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} psychotic personality]], frequent crossover videos, and his wide range of review topics, including board games and tabletop [=RPGs=] like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. However, he also faced backlash for his reliance on nitpicking and tendency to insult fans of works in his videos, frequently seen arguing with anyone who disagreed with his views. His bad attitude got him in trouble with Channel Awesome in 2012 after joking about raping WebVideo/JesuOtaku (who hadn't come out as transgender at the time), which led Noah to resign from the site shortly afterwards due to a backlash. From there, Spoony's worsening physical and mental health led him to clash with his most loyal fans over the handling of his opinions and content direction, along with his increasingly frequent [[ScheduleSlip hiatuses]]. With his admission to having no plans for a ''Spoony Experiment'' movie [[LyingCreator after crowdfunding for one]] in 2014, what little goodwill Noah still had left vanished. Spoony's former fans now see his critiques as hateful and nitpick-heavy towards their subjects, and his even slower update schedule means he's remained in obscurity. As such, it's highly unlikely that he'll ever achieve the same level of success ever again. With even his earlier work being forgotten, Spoony's rise and fall is now seen as a cautionary tale of [[{{Tragedy}} a man with promise whose worst enemy was himself]].

** Spoony was considered one of the top tiers in the "Angry Reviewer" style of content creators, and was unquestionably one of the most well known internet content creators for his time. Years later, and his content isn't seen as all that entertaining by people due to the same genre becoming seen as having run its course, and his humor oft oft falls into cringy or just unfunny. At best some of his skits are amusing for the time, but the quality of his work no longer is seen as impressive by many.

** Spoony was considered one of the top tiers in the "Angry Reviewer" style of content creators, and was unquestionably one of the most well known internet content creators for his time. Years later, and [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny his content isn't seen as all that entertaining by people due to the same genre becoming seen as having run its course]], and his humor oft oft falls into cringy or just unfunny. At best some of his skits are amusing for the time, but the quality of his work no longer is seen as impressive by many.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Wrestle Wrestle'' and ''Counter Monkey'' were often criticized by Spoony's fanbase when they were released. Many of Spoony's viewers weren't fans of [[ProfessionalWrestling pro-wrestling]] or [[TabletopRPG tabletop RPGs]] (which were, and to some extent still are, rather niche interests) and they saw these two side series as taking away from time that he could have spent working on his main reviews. In recent years vlogs, podcasts, and edited reviews on wrestling and [=TTRPGs=] have exploded in popularity and some of said reviewers have cited Spoony as being a partial inspiration on the content they produce.

** Sending someone to the "blagole".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Thanks to how the Gatekeeper pronounces "black hole" in the "Nightmare" VHS board game.

** In his review of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Spoony devolves into a rant about how poor the game's attempts at {{Worldbuilding}} and storytelling are to the point where he compares it cave paintings of cavemen hunting bison, even remarking that ''that'' would make a better video game plot. Years later, Ubisoft would come out with ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'', a AAA game where you play a cavemen hunting animals for survival.

* CondemnedByHistory: He first caught the internet's attention with his reviews for games in popular franchises like ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' during the late 2000s. But after joining Website/ChannelAwesome in 2008, he became one of the site's most popular critics thanks to his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} psychotic personality]], frequent crossover videos, and his wide range of review topics, including board games and tabletop [=RPGs=] like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. However, he also faced backlash for his reliance on nitpicking and tendency to insult fans of works in his videos, frequently seen arguing with anyone who disagreed with his views. His bad attitude got him in trouble with Channel Awesome in 2012 after joking about raping WebVideo/JesuOtaku (who hadn't come out as transgender at the time), which led Noah to resign from the site shortly afterwards due to a backlash. From there, Spoony's worsening physical and mental health led him to clash with his most loyal fans over the handling of his opinions and content direction, along with his increasingly frequent hiatuses. With his admission to having no plans for a ''Spoony Experiment'' movie after crowdfunding for one in 2014, what little goodwill Noah still had left vanished. Spoony's former fans now see his critiques as hateful and nitpick-heavy towards their subjects, and his even slower update schedule means he's remained in obscurity. As such, it's highly unlikely that he'll ever achieve the same level of success ever again. With even his earlier work being forgotten, Spoony's rise and fall is now seen as a cautionary tale of [[{{Tragedy}} a man with promise whose worst enemy was himself]].

* HoYay: Lampshaded between an alternate Insano and Linkara (parodying ''Film/TheRoom''). "You are giving the slash fic-ers material!" And between Linkara and regular Spoony, Spoony and Nostalgia Critic, and occasionally Spoony and Insano (depending on [[MultipleChoicePast which origin story you're using]]).

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Wrestle Wrestle'' and ''Counter Monkey'' were often criticized by Spoony's fanbase when they were released. Many of Spoony's viewers weren't fans of [[ProfessionalWrestling pro-wrestling]] or [[TabletopRPG tabletop RPGs]] (which were, and to some extent still are, rather niche interests) and they saw these two side series as taking away from time that he could have spent working on his main reviews. In recent years vlogs, podcasts, and edited reviews on wrestling and TTRPGs have exploded in popularity and some of said reviewers have cited Spoony as being a partial inspiration on the content they produce.

*** [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/14606-spsp02 The Sequel]] crosses it another three times, easy. [[spoiler:And those three times are named Doug, Joe and Bennett...]]

-->''"How joyless and paranoid is your life if you're afraid of children and adults armed with funny-shaped dice who still play with dolls?"

** Sean Fausz has become surprisingly hated doing Spoony's ''Wrestle Wrestle'' videos.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Wrestle Wrestle'' and ''Counter Monkey'' were often criticized by Spoony's fanbase when they were released. Many of Spoony's viewers weren't fans of wrestling or ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and they saw his two side series as taking away from time that he could have spent working on his main reviews. In recent years vlogs, podcasts and edited reviews on wrestling and tabletop games have exploded in popularity and some of said reviewers have cited Spoony as being a partial inspiration on the content they produce.

** In his review of ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Breaking Dawn]]'', this is his opinion on Charlie Swan for having a conniving sociopath like Bella for a daughter and for being utterly powerless throughout the films.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Prior to his official diagnosis, a lot of people had commented that Spoony might have been bipolar, especially after his in-person behaviour at event(s).

** A lot of videos that feature Spoony going berserk can be hard to watch after knowing that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. (Especially since there were comments of people familiar with such things recommending Spoony to get evaluated, before Spoony shut down the comments) Not to mention that many of Spoony's older videos feature running gags suggesting that he is mentally unbalanced, requiring frequent psychiatric care and doses of "anti-crazy pills." Knowing he would skip his medication(s) for various reason(s)

** Snow from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' review (the one Spoony fights anyway). While granted, Snow has the personality of a SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp, but unlike Squall and Tidus, he's not going after Spoony for a negative review of his game. Rather, Snow has been tricked by unseen forces into believing that Spoony is trying to destroy the world, so as far as he knows, Spoony is dangerous lunatic, a belief that Spoony reenforces by first shooting first, then by lying to Snow to get a dirty hit in. Even worse, Spoony learns Snow is being tricked and believes he's doing the right thing and he still mercilessly cuts Snow's throat. If you add in the fact that Spoony [[ExactWords actual is causing the apocalypse (albeit unknowingly)]], Snow comes off as something of a HeroAntagonist.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: He reviewed ''VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' ''right after'' having his wisdom teeth taken out (two operations) and while stoned out of his mind on Vicodin just because the fans begged him to. That's dedication to your art. And after his "Health update" v-log...to think he kept up with everything as well as he did -- getting through ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', going to conventions, putting on heavy costumes, practically melting under hot lights -- with a heart condition that ''makes him feel like he's dying'' if he overtaxes himself.

** Snow from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' review (the one Spoony fights anyway) could be considered one. Granted, he tries to kill Spoony and acts like a SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp while doing so. However, unlike Squall and Tidus, he's not doing so because Spoony gave his game a bad review. Instead, Snow is trying kill Spoony because he believes Spoony is trying to destroy the world. And on top of that, while Snow is being manipulated (which also might make him a little more sympathetic), Spoony is (albeit unknowingly) causing the apocalypse due to Sephiroth using his hate for Final Fantasy to summon a meteor. Plus, not only does Spoony shoot first and lie to Snow, but he also mercilessly kills him even after Snow says he thinks Spoony is the bad guy. All this considered, {{Jerkass}} though he may be, Snow can be view as something of a HeroAntagonist.

* DesignatedVillain: Snow from the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' review (the one Spoony fights anyway) could be considered one. Granted, he tries to kill Spoony and acts like a SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp while doing so. However, unlike Squall and Tidus, he's not doing so because Spoony gave his game a bad review. Instead, Snow is trying kill Spoony because he believes Spoony is trying to destroy the world. And on top of that, while Snow is being manipulated (which also might make him a little more sympathetic), Spoony is (albeit unknowingly) causing the apocalypse due to Sephiroth using his hate for Final Fantasy to summon a meteor. Plus, not only does Spoony shoot first and lie to Snow, but he also mercilessly kills him even after Snow says he thinks Spoony is the bad guy. All this considered, {{Jerkass}} though he may be, Snow can be view as something of a HeroAntagonist.

** "I heard that, Curtis!"

* AuthorsSavingThrow: He originally defended the infamously unpopular ending to ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', but only because he believed in the "indoctrination theory" and saw the ending as-written as a blatant SequelHook, and was disappointed that the fans weren't clever enough to pick up on the GeniusBonus. When the Extended Cut came out, he described it as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNmBr_jd3N8&t=3450s Bioware assuring everyone "Oh no, our ending ''really is'' that bad,"]] and has stated that the ending to the ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' review, where the SadisticChoice the Guardian presents Spoony with tints each option red, green, and blue, is his attempt to "recant" his old views, since in hindsight he considers it almost as big a betrayal and insult to the fanbase as ''Ultima IX''.