Utter Tripe Reviews is an MST series written by Storygirl 000 and posted on her Deviantart page. The premise is that she and her fellow riffers (Ben, Pinkie Pie, Sashi, Dib, and later Lewis) read terrible fanfics, all while dealing with the fact that the author/main OC of each fic seems to pop up and attack them while they do so. It can be found here
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Fics tackled so far
Let's trope! (presses the button)
- Adaptational Sexuality: Pointed out In-Universe when the riffers find out that, in her fanfic, Grace Ann gave the canonically gay Dumbledore a wife.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: In-Universe, the riffers have decided that Danisha has brainwashed Frollo, and any moments where he acts in-character are him being aware of it and trying to break free.
- Arc Villain: Each fanfic riffed brings a villain based upon that fanfic that the riffers must face.
- Auto Erotica: Ben, at one point, thinks Frollo and Danisha want to have sex in Danisha's time-traveling Camry.
- Brain Bleach: It tends to be called for during the Back To The Frollo riff, due to the repeated instances of horrible mental images.
- Butterfly of Doom: Brought up repeatedly in response to how Danisha's antics might affect the timeline.
- Call-Back: Pinkie makes several references to David (an OC from the previous riff) during the Prayer and Miracles riff.
- Dead Fic: Hasn't been updated since December 2018.
- Demonic Possession: What Grace Ann does to all the riffers except for Pinkie.
- Greater-Scope Villain: The riffers decide that Fern is the real villain of Back to the Frollo, as she was the one who brought Danisha to medieval Paris in the first place.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Fanatical Christian Grace Ann is defeated by the only practicing Christian of the main cast.
- Hypocritical Humor: A number of the jokes in the Prayer and Miracles riff come from the hypocrisy of several characters, mostly their views on women.
- Innocently Insensitive: Story shows off the Mimikyu, Ragdoll, she got for Christmas to the rest of the cast and Dib tries to get clarification that it's a Pokemon who could insta-kill a person. Cue a whimpering Ragdoll and an angry Story.She's very sensitive about that!
- Noodle Incident:
- When asked what she did to David, Sashi's response is "I plead the fifth."
- Story's seventh grade waterpark field trip.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Dib (possessed by Grace Ann) shows up to a riff smiling and praising the Lord, the rest of the riffers lock him up.
- A Rare Sentence:
- Story can't believe she's reached a point in her life where she has to say, "For once, sexism works in our favor."
- Same with Pinkie and "AVERT YOUR EARS, VOLDEMORT! I'M ROOTING FOR YOU!"
- Redhead In Green: Ben's response to the fact that every member of the Weasley family is in Slytherin in Prayers and Miracles.
- Rooting for the Empire: In-Universe; everyone's rooting for the Dursleys and Voldemort in Prayer and Miracles.
- Running Gag:
- "How does one (action) (adverb)?" "The same way you/one (different action) (different adverb)!", which usually comes up in response to Said Bookism.
- For more religious fics, the riffers will occasionally say "Jesus Christ, joke intended" in some form.
- Exclusive to the Prayer and Miracles riff, Pinkie responding to someone asking the Lord for help with "And the Lord said, '(insert complaint here)'"
- Schmuck Bait: Sure, Story, let Ben into the safe room without making sure he's not possessed first. That won't backfire in any way!
- Self-Fanservice: Mocked In-Universe in regards to Hermione, who the riffers imitate at various points complaining about how her fans prettify her frizzy brown hair. Later, Pinkie calls Snape the poster boy for this trope.
- Squick: In-Universe, this is everyone's reaction to any mention of how sexy Frollo is or the mental imagery of him having sex with Danisha.
- The Stoner: Dib suggests that Prayer and Miracles!Luna Lovegood is this, considering that she has every other hippie stereotype down pat.
- Strawman Has a Point: In-universe. Occasionally the riffers will mention when the author of a badfic actually makes a good point.
- Take That!: Sashi suggests that the routine for Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" in Just Dance 2018 was made specifically for people with no dance skills. Also counts as Self-Deprecation, since she was directing this comment at Story, who'd just beaten her at said routine.
- Vagueness Is Coming: Outright mocked. "Vague doom of vagueness!"
- Wham Line:
- At the end of Episode 3:"Well, well...what do we have here? Some wayward children that need a mommy? (chuckles) I suppose I can provide for them…"
- A minor one at the end of Episode 11:Story: I was hoping I could bring in another reviewer.
- At the end of Episode 3:
- X Called; They Want Their Y Back:
- In response to Danisha's time-travelling car:Dib: Doc Brown called. He wants his life's greatest achievement back.
- When they find out said car is a black 1959 Chevy Impala:Story: Fern, Dean Winchester just called. He wants his car back.
- In response to Danisha's time-travelling car:
- World of Snark: Almost every riffer makes a snarky comment at some point.
