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7	Pushing Up Roses (Sarah Wilson) is a writer/artist/humorist/video producer. Her Website, [[http://pushinguproses.com PushingUpRoses.com]] was launched during the summer of 2009. Her videos can also be found on her Youtube page [[https://www.youtube.com/user/pushinguproses here]]. She is known for her show, "Let's Play Shortys", which goes up on That Guy With the Glasses and youtube. The show features her playing games that have been either lost into obscurity or mediocrity, and often has a co-host. Co-hosts include WebVideo/PawDugan, WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk, WebVideo/ObscurusLupa, [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]], WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer, WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob.
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9	After [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe's]] departure from ''Transmission Awesome'' (the official podcast of TGWTG), Roses joined the cast along with WebVideo/YRulerOfTime.
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11	On January 1st, 2013, Roses announced her retirement from TGWTG.com and subsequently joined Retroware.TV; shortly afterwards, she began a series called "Second Look", looking at some popular-back-then games and deciding if they warrant a return. Eventually, she transitioned away from doing Let's Play videos, outside of the occasional crossover with ''WebVideo/LazyGameReviews'', and now focuses more on reviews and video essays on film and television in addition to the occasional video game. More recently she has started a series reviewing episodes of ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' and, occasionally, ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''. She also speaks frequently about her struggles with body dysmorphic disorder, depression, and suicidal ideation; she has plans to publish a memoir going into further detail about these experiences.
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14	!!This reviewer provides examples of:
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16	* {{Allegory}}: In her "Behind the Video" parody, she uses things like "video game addiction" and becoming ill via consumption of White Castle to represent the more serious things she had been through months prior.
17	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Is apparently this to [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] in ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.
18	* ARareSentence: "Jessica is suspicious of Kale. ({{beat}}) Wow, that's a weird sentence."
19	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: "Everyone meets in the lodge to talk about it, and ''holy shit, cool lamp''! ({{beat}}) Anyway..."
20	* AuthorAppeal: Tattoos. And death. Gory gory death. Gory, slimy horrendous scary deaths. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Of the deadly variety]].
21	* TheCastShowOff: Damn, she can sing.
22	* CatchPhrase: In her webseries "That Time on Murder, She Wrote", whenever a dead person is uncovered she says "Soo... this guy is dead."
23	* ChessWithDeath: Discusses the history of the trope in her ''[[https://youtube.com/watch?v=lub4wv7Gr0E Best Portrayals of Death]]'' video. She even does the video in skeleton makeup and has a chessboard in front of her at one point.
24	* CrossOver: Besides Paw Dugan, she also played with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows, Creator/LordKat, WebVideo/ObscurusLupa, [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] and [[WebVideo/LazyGameReviews LGR]].
25	* DaddysGirl: On her website, she often writes about her relationship with her deceased father. The articles detail her admiration for her father, and has been quoted saying "He is my hero." She also has stated that the heavily death-themed ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'' helped her overcome her father's death.
26	* DeathAndTheMaiden: She tries to woo Death in ''VideoGame/TheSims'', but it's impossible to get him to sleep with you without cheating.
27	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Happily approves of B. J. Blazkowicz's [[WalkingShirtlessScene ripped physique]] on the cover of ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' in her "Thrift Store Finds" video.
28	* EvilAllAlong: She made [[https://youtu.be/tw8qDmevBM8 a joke theory video]] posing the idea that Cedric, the annoying owl sidekick from ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'' is actually Mordack, the BigBad, in disguise, and he's subtly trying to get Graham, the protagonist, killed by [[TreacherousAdvisor giving him bad advice]].
29	* FanGirl: Of both Music/TheMonkees and Hall & Oates.
30	* FetishRetardant: [[InUniverse Roses and Oancitizen's]] reaction to ''F$#% Quest''.
31	* FlatWhat:
32	** In her Let's Play of ''Hugo 2'' when she realizes the other side of the [[FakeDifficulty frustratingly difficult]] path through the garden of Venus' flytraps leads right back to the gate.
33	** Also spoken in her Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures LP, in response to WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer's banter.
34	* FluffyTheTerrible: Has a tendency to name everything cute or mundane names, including horrible monsters.
35	* FriendshipMoment:
36	** During her Let's Plays, she will mention or give shout outs to her friends. During their collaboration of ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'', Paw Dugan and Roses named the members of their party after their fellow video producer friends.
37	** "Make friends!" is pretty much a CatchPhrase for her.
38	* {{Goth}}:
39	** As [[SelfDeprecation a call back to her teenage years]], in the premiere for Second Look, Goth Roses appears in an ImagineSpot that's DeliberatelyMonochrome, with Music/{{Morrissey}} blasting in the background.
40	** In a top 10 favourite {{Creator/Sierra}} deaths, she ''literally'' dressed up as Death.
41	* {{Geek}}:
42	** In real life, she tutors computer applications and web coding.
43	-->''[[BetterWithNonHumanCompany "I like robots more than people."]]''
44	** In her "VideoGame/Wizard101" video, she explains her love of her childhood math classes.
45	* GenkiGirl: She's nearly always smiling.
46	* GeniusBruiser: She will assault you with intelligent words, then kick your ass with her kickboxing skills.
47	* TheGimmick: When appropriate, she will often dress up as death/zombie makeup to suit specific reviews.
48	* JumpScare: A few in her "Sanitarium" review, and then a minor scare in Treasure Mountain, where a clip jarringly jumps to a mock scream and a jittery screen.
49	* LetsPlay: Originally the main content of her channel. Since leaving TGWTG, she has gradually begun focusing on her other work. During her playthrough of The Secret of Monkey Island with LGR, she announced that it would be her last full Let's Play and that she intended to focus on content she enjoyed producing more going forward, though she still does the occasional one with LGR on his channel.
50	* ManChild: Sarah [[http://www.formspring.me/PushingUpRoses/q/258306522151396189 calls]] [[AlterEgoActing Roses]] much more childlike and bubbly than herself.
51	* MoonLogicPuzzle: [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=zpiAFd9OkHY She made a video]] complaining about these ruining the adventure game genre.
52	* NerdGlasses: Though they're more of a necessity than a fashion statement, due to intense astigmatism.
53	* NobodyPoops: She wonders why ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' has no toilet in his bathroom in ''Follow The Reader'' but says it would explain why his bedroom carpet is so yellow.
54	* NostalgiaFilter: Ran into this when she revisited ''Series/HeyDude'' and found it wasn't half as good as she remembered.
55	* OlderThanSheLooks: Roses is in her thirties, but looks and acts VERY young at heart, as demonstrated in many videos.
56	* OppositesAttract: While Roses is usually very quirky/borderline morbidly cute ("Corn cob death is my favorite"), her partners, either Paw Dugan or LGR, are often more laid back and the voice of reason.
57	* MrExposition: Explains the backstory behind certain scenes in Music/TheMonkees' film ''Film/{{Head}}'' to Paw and Todd.
58	* {{Parody}}: As her departure video for TGWTG, she created a Behind The Music parody, featuring dramatic acting and writing.
59	* PeripheryDemographic: InUniverse, she discussed this as part of her first video about ''Series/MurderSheWrote''. She noted that, while it was a series aimed at older women, many children grew up watching it because it was something their parents or grandparents watched, and thus, they have fond memories of it as well.
60	* PlayerTic: During her Let's Play of ''King Quest VII'', she tends to place the crown-shaped cursor over Rosella's head anytime there is a character conversation with no player input.
61	* RunningGag:
62	** In her videos, she references other adventure games: "THROW CHOP!! THROW CHOP!!" "PUT GEM IN MOUTH!!" She also has a penchant to try to make friends with ''everyone and anything''.
63	** WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows becoming less and less of a special guest in every appearance.
64	** "It's a bone! It's a bone! It's a bone!"
65	** Everything is named Tad. Everything. [[VideoGame/JurassicPark Even the raptors.]]
66	** From her ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' reviews:
67	*** "Sooooo this ____'s dead" is uttered right before a body is discovered.
68	*** Making flirty "Rrrr!" noises whenever sexy goings-on are implied between characters.
69	*** Using Windows 95 audio stings, such as error-message alerts, to punctuate key events.
70	* SelfDeprecation: Takes some shots at herself in "Behind The Video", particularly when she humorously admits to being complicated.
71	* SequelHook: At the end of her ''33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee'' review, Paw appears to seal her into a VideoGame/{{Myst}} trap book...
72	* ShoutOut: During her review of ''VideoGame/MickeyMania'', she describes a moose that is chasing Mickey as [[WebVideo/{{Brutalmoose}} brutal.]]
73	* SophisticatedAsHell:
74	** oancitizen sings "The Bad Touch" by Music/BloodhoundGang while the main character in ''F$#% Quest'' serenades a girl in a grand opera voice.
75	** Her ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' review starts out with her speaking eloquently over Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", while wearing a tiny top hat.
76	* TakeThat: Mocks a character's blue eyeshadow, then shows a picture of Music/{{Kesha}} also wearing blue eyeshadow.
77	* ThatsWhatSheSaid: She'll insert these (that's what ''she'' said) into her videos every so often. Usually because it IS something that she said.
78	* TookALevelInBadass: Has taken up kickboxing during her hiatus from producing videos.
79	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She was sent to a school therapist when wrote that death was something she liked to think about in a questionnaire.
80	* WildMassGuessing: InUniverse example. She thinks WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows is a 13-year-old girl, in part because this site said he likes ''Series/{{iCarly}}''.

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