Line #11 WebVideo/VHSRipStevenUniverseScreencaps


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJWjHuqBLs8 END. LESS. SUFFERING.]]]]
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4	->''"It's like a DVD shaped like a box."''
5	-->-- '''Sadie Miller, and the blog's motto'''
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7	''[[https://vhsripstevenuniversescreencaps.tumblr.com/ VHSrip Steven Universe Screencaps]]'' is a semi-popular ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' aesthetic-humor fanblog started on Tumblr in 2015 that specializes in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well... posting Steven Universe content ripped from VHS]], and the namesake of a rather esoteric series of short YouTubePoop-flavored comedy videos hosted on the blog, referred to by the characters in them as [[InsistentTerminology "joke videos"]].
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9	Sadie Miller and Lapis Lazuli appear frequently as regular characters in the videos and function as the blog's mascots, with somewhat exaggerated or flanderized personalities.
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11	The videos themselves can be viewed more conveniently on Website/YouTube, across two playlists:
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13	* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGlMaE-UYVUYIcusfE5yBAFc5uX2Z0DrF [=VHSrip=] Steven Universe Screencaps (2015-2017, first 101 videos)]]
14	* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGlMaE-UYVUaK_1rI2NPcbOh1K4343ZHB [=VHSrip=] Steven Universe Screencaps Part II (2018-present revival videos)]]
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17	!!Tropes pertaining to the "joke videos":
18	* AuthorAppeal: Half of the references in the videos are to media the blog creator enjoys.
19	* CatchPhrase: Sadie's "videotape".
20	* {{Crossover}}: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxDPItLD8Ro April Fools 2018 video]] has SU characters edited into the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' intro.
21	* InSeriesNickname: Sadie is almost exclusively referred to in onscreen titles as "Donut Girl", and Lapis Lazuli as "Double L".
22	* ManipulativeEditing: The bulk of the videos' jokes stem from sentence-mixing, though the older YTP-era style of using multiple characters to form sentences is predominantly used. This is explained by Lapis Lazuli allegedly in-universe "editing" the videos in a fashion similar to her word-spliced lines in ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E25MirrorGem Mirror Gem]]''. Some videos occasionally use compositing to bridge visual elements, though this is sparingly used.
23	* NoFourthWall: The bulk of the humor is self-referential and characters seem mostly aware everything's being edited.
24	* OneWordTitle: Most videos tend to be given very basic, lower-case titles consisting of lines from the videos themselves.
25	* QuoteMine: A given with primarily sentence-mixing oriented humor.
26	* RunningGag: There's many of them.
27	** Sadie's "videotape" line and the aforementioned page quote from the episode ''[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E21JokingVictim Joking Victim]]'' shows up in the videos many times.
28	** The first syllable of "Lapis" or words that begin similarly sentence-mixed to say "Lal" (in vein of "sus" from many a classic YTP).
29	** References to ''Anime/SpeedRacer'', including repeated uses of "dangerous..." from the English theme song, a loud snippet of music from the first episode, and occasional footage "cameos" from actual episodes. This was inspired by the ''Speed Racer''-centric [=YTP-er=] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/JazzDanceForChildren JazzDanceForChildren]]'s work.
30	** A ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' resistance soldier shouting "Look! He's dead!" whenever a character supposedly "dies".
31	** A recurring snippet of canned laughter from a obscure Belgian prank show called ''Just Kidding!''.
32	** A monotone text-to-speech voice saying "joke video".
33	** The stock footage of the old ladies applauding from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
34	** A rather infamous soundbyte of a group of children exclaiming "YAAAAAAAY!!!!"
35	* SelfDeprecation: Appears frequently through sentence-mixing, often poking fun at the gimmicky nature of the blog itself.
36	* SeriesFauxnale: "penultimate" and "wander and remember", which were intended as the finale of the videos and the blog as a whole, but the blog began activity again in February 2018 and the videos were brought back as "[=VHSrip Steven Universe Screencaps Part II=]".
37	* ShoutOut: A staple of the joke videos. Notably, in the first joke video that's over a minute long, there's one given to [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 "I'D SAY HE'S HOT ON OUR TAIL"]].
38	** References to ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' appear often.
39	* StylisticSuck: All of the videos are recorded several generations over on real VHS tape to make the audiovisual quality terrible.
40	** Most of the editing is fairly basic and blunt, more reminiscent of older [=YTPs=] than contemporary popular ones.
41	* ThisIsThePartWhere: "daily routine" spoofs the basic structure of many of the joke videos with this.

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