Line #42 WebAnimation/Retropokon


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stand_9.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: Hi, I'm Skapokon and this is Retropokon, your gaming time machine]]
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4	''Retropokon'' is an sprited review show created by Carla Romero that stars {{Original Character}}s of the forgotten ''VideoGame/JoyMechFight''. Instead of having sub-categories, there are different sections to cover many types of media. He also created ''[[WebAnimation/SmashBrosLawl Lawl Nova]]'' and [[SharedUniverse shares universe]] with ''WebVideo/AitorMolinaVs'' and the rest of shows in the WebAnimation/{{Revengeverse}}.
5	* Retropokon stars [[WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic Nostalgia]] [[VideoGame/JoyMechFight Skapokon]] and consists of videogame reviews.
6	* Anticinema Time has Skapokon and his student Wai dealing with movies, cartoons and anime.
7	* Dark Side of the Fans is leaded by [[TheScrooge Sir Pokon de Joy]] to analyze fanmade content.
8	** Light Side of the Fans is the opposite, where Skapokon talks about well made fanmade content.
9	* Tutorials with [=MegaZak=] has the titular robot and Wai explaining humorously how to make content. It's an inversion of the other categories because mocks Tropes instead of Media.
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11	Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/@skapokonroll here]].
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14	!!''Retropokon'' provides examples of:
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16	* AsHimself: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry The Legend of the Crystal Coconut's]] review, where Skapo Kong is played by himself (his voice is actually just Diddy Kong's Voice Clips from Mario Kart Wii).
17	* AuthorAppeal: Carla admitted in the VideoGame/RiseOfTheRobots review that she likes robots a lot.
18	* AlternateHistory: Sir Pokon paid the dinosaurs to extinct themselves.
19	** And the aliens to build the pyramids.
20	* AnachronismStew: Sir Pokon is a technologically advanced robot who uses old phones and jukeboxes.
21	* ArtShift: Sir Pocon's Birthday Party is animated [[BizarroEpisode in a bizarre way]].
22	* BerserkButton: Sir Pokon loses his shit if you break his mustached cup.
23	* BigBad: [[spoiler:John [=DiMicco=]]] and Doctor Pandemia in the first-anniversary special.
24	** [[spoiler: [=ZakMega=]]] in the second.
25	** [[spoiler: Darkpokon]] in the third.
26	** Bill Raccord in the fourth.
27	* BreakoutCharacter: Darkpokon was a fanmade villain for ''WebAnimation/TheJohnShow'' who [[spoiler: appeared as an UnexpectedCharacter in the third year anniversary special]]. That's the only time it was canon on the show, but it became so popular with its Narm that won a poll in Lawl of the Dead and became the 20th character.
28	* ButtMonkey: Of all characters, [=MegaZak=].
29	** [[spoiler:[=ZakMega=]]] in the second.
30	* CausticCritic: Skapokon acts sometimes like one.
31	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Retropokon introduces a new villain in every anniversary special, radically different to the previous ones:
32	** [[AbhorrentAdmirer John [=DiMicco=]]] is the only BigBad directly taken from the reviewed stuff. He's also part of a BigBadDuumvirate with [[MadScientist Doctor Pandemia]], [[spoiler: who makes a HeelFaceTurn as soon as he gets what he wanted]]. It's worth noticing this is the most plot-driven anniversary special, while the others follow a more MonsterOfTheWeek formula.
33	** [[spoiler:[[DrunkWithPower ZakMega]]]] in the second year doesn't become the BigBad until the third act and is the only villain directly related to one of the main robots.
34	** [[CanonForeigner Darkpokon]] was highly [[EarlyBirdCameo teased]] in [[NoodleIncident the last Christmas]] instead of coming out of nowhere. [[FateWorseThanDeath The only character whose punishment is stop being canon.]]
35	** [[PrimaDonnaDirector Bill Raccord]] is the first antagonist whose motivation is making bad films and MoneyDearBoy instead of being outright evil.
36	** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the fifth year. [[spoiler: It is a live-action episode, like the third anniversary, but with the real-life counterpart of the robots. The only antagonistic human is Delushi, who plays Pigsaw and Pigface, the most recurring villains from the show that hadn't antagonized any special.]]
37	*** Before the ending credits, [[spoiler: the DarkMagicalGirl invasion from [[VideoGame/GriefSyndrome the previous review]] is defeated by Lady Gel.]].
38	*** TheStinger reveals [[spoiler: the invasion was orchestrated by [[FaceHeelTurn Lady Hell]], who is friends with Pigsaw and wants to get his grandfather's fortune using [[WebAnimation/HouseOfDarkington a magical book]]]].
39	* {{Crossover}}: [[https://youtu.be/KD46vUsqhh4 This episode]] with ''WebVideo/{{Enemil}}''.
40	* DerangedAnimation / ShowWithinAShow: Sir Pocon's Birthday Party.
41	* FloatingLimbs: As the characters are based on Joy Mech Fight.
42	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Unintentionally done in his Rayman review. In one part of the review, Skapokon complains about how they can use original characters instead of using the ones they created but they can put another creation, not before Worst Hercules randomly appeared. At the end of the review, [[spoiler:it was revealed that the review was made by Bill Raccord as an attempt to make an animated series of Retropokon, explaining why skapokon's characters were replaced during the review and Worst Hercules appeared]]
43	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Why Rayman Revolution Is Not A Good Remake as is one of the few reviews done entirely by herself and with no Retropokon characters.
44	* GenderBender: Happens in his crossover with WebVideo/{{Enemil}} about Pinocchio and his friend Coco, as Enemil transforms [[ButtMonkey Megazak]] into a girl with one of his magical sodas, and according to him, [[NoodleIncident this isn't even the first time that this happens to him.]]
45	* HostileShowTakeover: In [[WebAnimation/LegoSpanishMovie Lego Spanish Movie's]] review, Sir Pokon steals Retropokon and changes it to "The Dark Side of the Fans".
46	** Happens again in Anti-cine Hour: "Go-Animate the movie", where Bill Raccord attempts to sabotage Skapokon's review by modifying his quotes with made-up ones to trick the customers into going to watch his movies.
47	* LeftHanging: The Hurricane's plot was never finished as [=VoltiokAtomic=] never concluded the trilogy, and WebVideo/{{Aitor Molina\|Vs}}'s part didn't feature Skapokon at all.
48	* MadnessMantra: [=MegaZak=] goes a bit overboard while explaining the various types of "thingys" to collect on his game.
49	* TheMockbuster: Usually parodied in Tutorials with [=MegaZak=], while they mock the StrictlyFormula of the original ones
50	** In how to make an anime to promote toys he develops one using mostly the tropes used in the Anime/Pokemon anime
51	** Tutorials with [=MegaZak=] Kart Racers: Wai and [=MegaZak=] decide to make one after seeing that every franchise in existence got one.
52	** In how to make an episode of Manga/{{Doraemon}}, the duo makes up a mockbuster of it called Tolaimon due to not having the copyright license of the show to analyse it's StrictlyFormula.
53	** In Tutorials with [=MegaZak=] 4: 3D Platformer, they make a videogame series based in various collect-a-ton videogames, especially VideoGame/JakAndDaxter
54	* OnlySaneMan: Considering Wai's sillyness, [=MegaZak=]'s buttmonkey tendencies, Lady Hel's cynicism, Lady Gel III's mood swings and Sir Pokon's greed (not to talk about Bill Raccord or John), definitively Skapokon takes this place.
55	* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: One of the usual endings in Tolaimon is from the titular robot to refuse to help Monita/Kenichi and Gordaco after they misuse his inventions.
56	* TheGhost: The creator of the robots Karl Talgo has only appeared [[TheStinger after the credits]] of the first anniversary special.
57	* TheScrooge: Sir Pokon de Joy loves money.
58	* TheStinger: Karl Talgo makes his first on-screen appearance after the credits of the first year anniversary special.
59	* WishUponAShootingStar: At the beginning of Anti-Cinema hour: Pinocchio and his friend Coco, Wai wishes to a star for a third person to join on a review with them. Skapokon realizes too late that Wai was wishing to a meteor, but it grants his wish anyway, as, In reality, the meteor was WebVideo/{{Enemil}} using a meteor soda and joined them in the review.
60	* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: [[spoiler: Skapokon's reaction after completing the 100% of Pipe and Drum]]
61	->''[[spoiler: “Sunglasses? 30 hours stuck in the moturret level only for sunglasses???”]]''
62	-->--Skapokon
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65	-->''I'm Skapokon and we return to the real world!''

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