Line #17 Podcast/EveryFrameAPause


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Welcome to EFAP'']]
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4	''Every Frame A Pause'', otherwise known as "EFAP", is a podcast hosted by [=MauLer=], Rags, and Fringy (formerly co-hosted by The Dishonored Wolf). The main purpose of EFAP is media discussion and analysis, whether that be discussing movies, reacting to video essays, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs discussing movies while reacting to video essays]], and more. It is primarily known for the length of its episodes, with episodes frequently reaching 11-12 hours long.
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6	To watch the podcast, go [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHH-ybUwH1CfJrXxnqw6Ljw here]]. For the website dedicated to the podcast, go [[https://www.efap.me/ here]].
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8	!!Tropes present in the podcast.
9	* {{Beat}}: {{Discussed}} in regards to ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''. [=MauLer=] and Fringy note that Critic has a tendency to leave a pause after making a joke to let it sink in, which they argue only makes the comedic timing awkward.
10	* TheBusCameBack: Logicked, who hadn't been on EFAP since #18, returns in EFAP #100-2
11	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The color scheme of the stream background changes depending on the type of stream; normal EFAP is Red, EFAP minis are green, EFAP movies are blue, and EFAP gaming is orange.
12	* {{Crossover}}: Episodes of EFAP have featured various other guests from different channels, such as Fringy, E;R, and WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}, the former becoming a host.
13	* DeathOfTheAuthor:[[invoked]] {{Discussed}} in episode 127; "Why YOU are wrong about [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman V Superman]]". When debating the film, and ''Film/ManOfSteel'' with youtuber Twin Perfect, they discuss how the director/author's intent behind a film or scene ultimately is irrelevant when looking at the final product. If a film shows a character doing something, only for the author to say otherwise outside of the film, it shouldn't matter what WordOfGod[[invoked]] says, because it creates massive issues with the story, and brings up a lot of FridgeLogic or writing problems to just handwave it away like that.
14	-->'''Fringy:''' The point that were making is this whole idea of DeathOfTheAuthor[[invoked]] is lets say that, in a hypothetical situation that if the writer says something that's just like, absurd, it's ridiculous and shouldn't even be considered at all because it's totally incongruous with what is actually like in the media.
15	* FreudianTrio: Of the original hosts, [=MauLer=] is the Superego, Rags is the Ego, and [=DishonoredWolf=] is the Id. Of the current hosts, [=MauLer=] is still the Superego, but with Fringy as the Ego and Rags as the Id.
16	* HereWeGoAgain: Upon seeing {{WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic}}'s outfit, Fringy and Rags get into a debate about the fashionability of wearing a blazer with a t-shirt, much to Metal's chagrin as Rags had gotten into similar debates several times before.
17	* HolidayMode: EFAP has specialized stream backgrounds for when they stream during Halloween and Christmas.
18	* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: EFAP #50 features nearly every guest from past EFAP episodes, from regulars like Fringy and WebVideo/JayExci, to other less frequent guests like [=JLongbone=] and E;R.
19	* TheNicknamer: They have given nicknames to many different people, both mockingly and affectionately.
20	** Writer Barb Goffman was given the nickname “Bob” after a mishearing of her first name in their rebuttal to Pillar of Garbage’s response to The Critical Drinker's Film/GlassOnion review.
21	* OverlyLongGag: The EFAP viewing of Donal T. Delay's videos deliberately slow them down as much as possible for comedic effect due to his already slow voice.
22	* RuleAbidingRebel: Varies depending on who's hosting (most accentuated whenever the Critical Drinker is a guest), but a general running theme is that modern Hollywood, especially Disney, has abandoned a majority of their originality in favor of simply pandering to liberal talking points without actually putting any thought or care into their representation. Rather than having a gay character factor in as a major player, for example, they're relegated to only having a passing line or kiss thrown in that can be easily edited out for foreign releases in less progressive countries.
23	* RunningGag: After the EFAP Mini reaction to the 4th episode of the CW's ''[[Series/Batwoman2019 Batwoman]]'', each Mini's stinger ends with Jacob Kane slamming his laptop and demanding, "What'ya bring me?!"
24	%%* SeasonalRot: The group feels that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has fallen victim to this trope around 2018 as with the exception of Avengers: Infinity War and Spider-Man Far From Home the group has found every film and show from Marvel Studios to range from Mediocre (Avengers Endgame) to Terrible (Black Panther and Captain Marvel)
25	* SalvagedStory: Discussed with Harley Quinn in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''. The crew wasn't impressed with her character since [[FlatCharacter she lacks a throughline]] after three films, and no writer seems to know what do with her after separating her from The Joker. They passionately push back against the sentiment in chat that it's impossible to tell a story about Harley ''without'' the Joker, making it very clear that the possibilities for a good Harley story are near limitless and Creator/MargotRobbie is already great in the role. They argue it's far more constructive to come up with story ideas that would flesh Harley out and give her chemistry with the rest of the Squad than to give up and accept the character as she is.
26	* SelfDeprecation: The title of their podcast "EFAP" (Every Frame A Pause) is a jab at themselves for how they often take hours responding to a video that’s just ten minutes long, frequently pausing the video so they can respond to and discuss what was said in the video. Infamously, a "response" video to Jenny Nicholson's half hour video about "Joker" was almost 12 hours long, and most of that was random tangents unrelated to her video. And the circlejerk connotations of the title's abbreviation go without saying.
27	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:[[invoked]] A common point in their coverage of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse is how much wasted story potential each film had with regards to the setting and characters. In particular, they cite ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' as being especially bad at this, because they present many interesting plotlines and angles to take the setting, and yet just flat out don't, such as having a Batman who [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becoming just like the man who killed his parents]], or having Clark question his people and their history after having [[BrokenPedestal an ideal view of them shattered in the film]].
28	* UnbuiltTrope: It's commonly known among the community that it's a RunningGag to include a "Hi Rags" in a superchat. Less commonly known is that the very first "Hi Rags" was a superchat from a very drunk Rags ''to himself.''
29	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:[[invoked]]
30	** [=MauLer=], along with Rags, Fringy, and [=MetalCommander=], generally finds Kate Kane of the CW's ''[[Series/Batwoman2019 Batwoman]]'' contemptible because [[spoiler:she continually lets Alice go because she's her sister, Beth, in spite of Alice's growing list of crimes, including multiple murders and the attempted murder of their father, Jacob Kane]]. Only after [[spoiler:Alice poisons both her stepmother Catherine and stepsister Mary, with Catherine dying after giving Mary the antidote, and frames Jacob for Catherine's death does Kate finally realize that Alice has become an irredeemable monster who must be stopped]], but any sympathy they might have had for Kate and her plight is long gone by now.
31	** All of them find Jonathan Kent from ''Film/ManOfSteel'' to be this. The film presents him as a more "realistic" mentor to Clark by having him be more honest about not being sure what to do, in an attempt to help Clark find his own way. All of them find this, and his death, to be not deserved because of how bad his advice is, since he basically suggested Clark should have let a bunch of kids die to hide his powers, and argue that his death failed to make him a sympathetic character.

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