The Happy Video Game Nerd
- His mother's cameo in the Little Nemo: The Dream Master review.
- His 'take' on 'AVGN vs Bugs Bunny' with Nightshade:HVGN: Wow, what a guy! I'd love to meet him in person... (Nightshade appears) HOLY SHIT, LAMPSHADE!!
Nightshade: NIGHTshade!
HVGN: HOLY SHIT, NIGHTSHADE!! I can't believe it in my own house! Night! Fuckin'! Shade!
Nightshade: * punches Derek on the face* Knock it off! Stop ripping off James, you no-talent sack of shit!- As well as the end of the same review:
- Even funnier is that Derek made the line up before an earlier take, decided to keep it, and could not say it without laughing in other takes.
- As well as the end of the same review:
- During the Rocket Knight Adventures review:HVGN: Just look at him! He's a knight, with a jetpack! (yelled at the top of his lungs with reverb) YOU CAN'T TOP THAT!
- Another one is at the end of his Mega Man 9 review, which is revealed in the Bizzaro World information above.
- His parents doing the hypothetical terrible voice acting Clash at Demonhead could've had.
- His reaction to seeing Rick's face in Splatterhouse the Video Game Remake. He even puts on a pair of glasses and faces the camera for the viewer to compare.HVGN: (puts away the glasses) "Nah, they ... That's fucking ridiculous, they wouldn't do that."
- First discovering the "bicycle kick" in his review/first impressions video of the Charlie's Angels video game on the Gamecube.
- And adding "I'm still in a dream, Snake Eater..." to a really long ladder-climbing sequence.
- In his review of the Parasite Eve trilogy, while showing a picture of Aya from The 3rd Birthday, he said this.HVGN: YOU GET IT??? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A DICK!!! YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T GET IT BECAUSE IT'S SO SUBTLE!!!
- In his SSFF playthrough of Resident Evil, his overly-long description of the uncensored Japanese opening.Derek: Then we'll load up Biohazard and we'll watch the "Too-Hot-For-America-Oh-My-God-It's-So-Gory-You-Can't-Cov...Hide-Yo-Kids-Tell-Them-To-Leave-The-Room-Cuz-Adults-Only-It's-So-Gory-Look-Out-Oh-My-God-You-Can't-Even-Fathom-The-Gore-Nightmares-For-Days-Don't...*Calvin starts interjecting with "Boo!"*...I...Whoa...Send-Me-To-The-Insane-Asylum-I-Saw-A-Cthulhu-And-My-Brain-Couldn't-Fathom-All-The-Spooks-It-Was-So-Scary-Look-Out-Hide-The-Kids-Send-Em-Off-To-Bed-Say-Yo-Prayers"
- Derek and Calvin's reaction to the eye-straining horror of the GBA port of Medal of Honor: Underground.
- Derek and Calvin's "Is it really that bad?" examination of Resident Evil: Survivor has some classics. Mostly from their reactions to the bad voice acting, lame plot points and the combat mechanics.
- The scooter-related Hurricane of Puns during the Is It Really That Bad? streaming of Razor Freestyle Scooter.
- His Startropics review with Neckbone, a sock puppet who can only say his name and is an obvious spoof of The Nerd's Shit Pickle character.
- After doing poorly at killing a bunch of mummies, he gives the controller to Neckbone...who then begins playing like a pro.
- The end of his video, which has him about to sip some wine he poured in a glass and say his catchphrase, Neckbone scares him one more time, causing him to spill his wine. The image of the wine flying in mid-air is freeze-framed as the credits roll, during which there is a special Thank You note to his parents for paying for the wine and the carpet cleaner.
- Derek's response to playing Superman 64: "I bought this cartridge for a dollar. And let's be honest, for a dollar you'd buy it too."
- In his video on the Nokia N-Gage, Derek mentions an official statement from Nintendo saying they were unconcerned about the new competition.Nintendo. Makes games. Does Not Play Games.
