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  • Awesome Music: His intro theme The Pinnacle of Flame by Real Faction Music of Castle Crashers fame.
  • Broken Base: Top Ten Saddest Video Game Moments is either considered one of his best countdowns because of how it was a serious departure from what he usually worked on or doesn't hold up by the standards he would set in his later videos.
  • Catharsis Factor: Apparently, doing his Hades Riffs on his Double Top 5 was this for him.
  • Ensemble Dark Horse:
    • The inclusion of his friend Chewie in Top 15 Worst Pokemon was a well-received decision among his viewers. Many liked his witty personality and the comedic dynamic between him and Alex throughout the video. As such many people wanted to see Chewie appear in a video again and as such he was brought back in two other collaborative countdowns.
    • The Beer Guy from Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Drink Beer as seen in Memetic Mutation blow. Would become an Ascended Meme as he would appear in other videos and even one of Josh's countdowns.
  • Growing the Beard:
    • Depends on which of his fans you're talking to. For his older fans its Top Ten Most Despised Characters in Video Games which was the first countdown he narrated vocally, for some its Top 25 No More Heroes Bosses where many have found that is where he began to find a style for himself, or Top Ten Nostalgic Animated Series which was when his countdowns started to become more diverse.
    • As his countdown making career progressed he began to literally grow the beard.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: In Top 15 Worst Pokemon, one of Alex's insults towards Finneon and Lumineon were that they deserved to be eaten by seagulls. Finneon's Pokedex entry in Pokémon Sun and Moon reveals that they are preyed upon by Wingull, a seagull Pokemon.
  • Memetic Mutation: BEEEEER!!!!!!!note 
  • Moment of Awesome:
    • His YouTube career as a whole count as one. Initially starting off making text videos in Windows Movie Maker, and then making fully voiced videos with some amazing editing, all the while being the one who kickstarted the trend of video game related countdowns on YouTube.
    • Him and Chewie fighting the Demonic Burmy at the end of Top Fifteen Worst Pokémon. Likewise the huge battle involving him, Chewie, and Josh at the end of Top 25 Final Bosses in Video Games as well as Josh's unexpected appearance.

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