Line #24 WebVideo/PrettyMuchIt


1	-> ''"GOOOOOO TIGERS!"''
2	-->-- '''Eric's unofficial catch phrase'''
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4	[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGJs45Q1VsRt3CEF0z46vmA Pretty Much It]] is a Website/YouTube channel run by Eric Striffler that does commentary tracks for movies and TV shows, very much akin to ''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}''. Highlights from each track are put on Website/YouTube along with clips from the actual movie, copyrights permitting (their videos have a tendency to disappear and reappear over the years).
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6	Their videos feature a lot of [[BrickJoke brick jokes]], impromptu rap, and references to pop culture. As a theater kid and film student, Eric loves pointing out movie-making techniques and different actors' performances in between a lot of immature humor and leans towards [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike praising what he likes about the shows]] more than criticizing them.
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8	Eric has had a variety of co-hosts on the channel, usually his friend Miles Bonsignore (typically for enlisted for musicals) as well as his sister Jillian (usually brought in for childhood favorites, particularly for the filmography of Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen). PMI has also done live tours and taken part in collaborations with other channels such as WebVideo/KurtisConner and [[WebVideo/{{Paint}} Jon Cozart]].
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10	Not to be confused with the boy band Music/PrettyMuch.
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13	!! This channel provides examples of:
14	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
15	** InUniverse, Eric and Miles believe that ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'''s fourth season is all about Clay and the rest of the cast being poisoned by ComicBook/TheScarecrow's fear toxin (and that Justin is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]]).
16	** Film/It1990, after Ben falls into the woods and Henry Bowers screams “You’re gonna die,” Eric and Jacob jokingly postulate the possibility that he wasn’t threatening Ben but instead trying to warn him.
17	--->"You’re gonna '''die!'''" Careful man, there’s a clown down there!
18	* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When the deaths of Bryce and Monty from the ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' commentary screening were revealed, Jacob, Eric and the entire audience ecstatically gave out standing ovations given the two were absolutely horrible people.[[note]]the former was a serial rapist and the latter was a notorious school bully who also committed a rape[[/note]]
19	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Eric intentionally takes his usual high energy and inappropriate humor up to eleven for the commentaries with his sister Jillian, leaving her mortified (and, usually, laughing along with him).
20	* CriticBreakdown: Eric typically prefers to cover media that he enjoys, but Creator/TheFineBrothers' ''Film/FTheProm'' completely broke him to the point of first considering turning it off early and, eventually, screaming hysterics.
21	-->'''Eric:''' "I HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION! IF I DON'T, MY BRAIN IS GOING TO FALL OUT OF MY FUCKING EARS!"
22	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Exaggerated in their ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' video, where they make fun of how backwards someone like Marty would find the Old West, and imagining the townsfolk lynching him for saying things like "Nikes," "7-11", and "consent."
23	* FailedASpotCheck:
24	** During the commentary screening of ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' Season Three, Jacob and Eric get so caught up in trying to remember and discussing a joke, respectively, that they completely miss ''Zach confessing that he killed Bryce.''
25	** Miles speculates that Charlie in ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' is going to be the character [[TonightSomeoneDies killed off at the end of the show]]... while Charlie is shown giving the eulogy at the funeral.
26	* HauntedHouse: During ''Film/TheKissingBooth3'', Eric theorizes that the house they stay in is cursed after both couples break up.
27	* TheHyena: Eric, made all the more noticeable by his SignatureLaugh.
28	* KnewItAllAlong: While watching ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' Season Three, they ended up calling [[spoiler: Alex Standall]] being Bryce’s murderer and Monty [[spoiler: being killed off in prison]], as well as several other big events of the season.
29	* LivesInAVan: Eric, by choice, lives in a van; his commentary track on ''Film/{{Nomadland}}'' is mostly a personal Q&A about his lifestyle choice.
30	* MusicalEpisode: Starting with ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'', Eric brings in a group nicknamed "The Showman" (Miles, Andrew, and Nick) who are willing to sing along to the soundtrack with him whenever they cover a musical.
31	* NothingIsScarier: Eric praises director James Wan from ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' for his camerawork that makes you expect something bad is about to happen and then not following through, making the jump scares that much more powerful when they do come. However, by the fourth film (under a new director), he also notes that this can be done poorly and lead to the total defusal of tension.
32	* OhCrap: While watching ''Film/TheKissingBooth'', Eric has one when Noah catches up to Elle while she’s running away from him.
33	-->'''Eric:''' Oh my God, he’s gaining on her— this is ''horrifying.''
34	* PissTakeRap: Miles frequently employs these for comedic effect, though some of them actually manage to cross over to being pretty solid.
35	* SarcasmBlind: When Marty tells Buford Tannen "I do my killing after breakfast" in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', the boys' version of Doc immediately asks "Marty is that true? Have you taken someone's life?"
36	* SignatureLaugh: Eric's wheeze, which became even more prominent in 2020 while recovering from COVID-19 (most notably in the Season 4 Commentary for ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'').

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