To put it simply, The Mysterious Mr. Enter is more polarizing than a magnet, holding the distinction of being both a very well-liked animation reviewer among many and one of the most hated among many. As he shares his opinion on various Animated Shows, we shall share our opinions on his work as well.
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- Broken Base
- Harsher in Hindsight
- Hilarious in Hindsight
- He Panned It, Now He Sucks!
- Memetic Mutation
Other examples
- Alternative Character Interpretation: A frequent staple of Mr. Enter's reviews, particularly his more negative ones, is analysing a character's actions to have radically different meanings than the creators themselves had intended.
- In his reviews of Family Guy, usually consisting of episodes where Peter or Brian are Unintentionally Unsympathetic, he often reads between the lines of the episode's other details to conclude that they are even worse than they seem. Most notably, when reviewing "Herpe The Love Sore", with the unexplained revelation that Brian previously gave Chris herpes just as he did Stewie, Mr. Enter concludes that Brian is going out of his way to trick them and others into sharing blood with him in order to intentionally infect them.
- In his review of Shark Tale, Mr. Enter theorizes that Sykes is secretly fully aware of Oscar's deception, and only becomes his manager - and uses this position to threaten the shark mob in Oscar's name, prompting them to target him - as part of an elaborate revenge plot.
- Alternative Joke Interpretation: During his remastered Top 20 Cartoon Theme Songs, after talking about Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, he mentions how he would love for a reboot of the show like DuckTales (2017), only to bemoan how one doesn't exist while playing a trailer for the film. Was he going full Fanon Discontinuity on the movie? Or, going off his wording, was he specifically bemoaning how a good reboot doesn't exist?
- Audience-Alienating Era: Mr. Enter himself entered a period during mid-late 2015. Between reviewing Animated Atrocities that many of his viewers actually liked (such as 12 oz. Mouse) and making an entire episode (his review of "There is No Business Like Monkey Business") which was nothing more than a Take That! towards fans who sent in requests, and therefore didn't even talk about the episode until more than halfway through while being less than five minutes long, many viewers did not find these very funny or interesting which didn't help with the fact that his video schedule was pretty irregular and infrequent, with him usually posting a video once every two weeks. Fortunately, after his 100th Animated Atrocity special (Drawn Together The Movie) his later episodes returned to the quality of earlier seasons, and he started posting videos on a weekly, semi-consistent basis. He acknowledges this in Top 10 Worst Mr. Enter Videos
, even screenshotting this example, though for some reason he refers to it by its old name, Dork Age. - Base-Breaking Character: Al the robot, who first appeared in the hugely divisive (and now erased) "Wild World of PSAs" video. Some people like his friendly-looking design and occasional snarky moments, while others think that putting him in some videos feel shoehorned.
- Bizarro Episode:
- Enter's video of the Top 10 Worst Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants uses more comedy than regularly employed in his videos, to an absurdist amount. Considering that he’s well-known for being, in his own words, "the guy who yells at SpongeBob", this was likely intentional.
- His review of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Honest Apple" has the comedic jokes cranked up significantly as well. He even does live-action skits in a few parts, something he isn’t known for doing at all in most of his other videos.
- Creepy Cute: Mr. Enter's detective avatar◊, a noir-style silhouette of a man with large expressive eyes.
- Don't Shoot the Message: A lot of animation enthusiasts feel this way about his takes on animation; with the consensus among them being that while he does come off as hyperbolic and confrontational a lot of the time, he does bring up some very valid points about the stuff he reviews.
- Ensemble Dark Horse:
- The Old Man is well-liked for being the Mentor Archetype. He also has some funny moments in the review of Totally Busted.
- Johnathan from "Animated Atrocities - The Lion King (2019)" has been very well received, with his status as The Pollyanna helping counteract Enter's status as The Cynic and allowing for a more varied view on whatever he's reviewing. Plus, he's just adorable.
- Fandom Rivalry: With RebelTaxi, sparked by Pan mentioning his dislike for Mr. Enter. But while there are people on both sides who dislike Taxi or Enter for their differing styles, there are people that simply like both just fine. However, with the release of his video calling out people such as RebelTaxi (which Pan and Izzy have commented on), it's likely that the two channels have since reconciled.
- Friendly Fandoms:
- With PhantomStrider, due to their (former) mutual respect for one another and Enter's desire to do a crossover.
- Enter and PieGuyRulz fans tend to overlap with each other, due to their collab on the "Truth or Square" review giving the latter's channel a significant boost in popularity.
- Heartwarming in Hindsight:
- In his review to "Fresh Heir", after Chris asked Peter if a father can actually marry his own son (it's a long story), Peter quips about gay people marrying, with Mr. Enter's response being: "And these stupid jokes might be why it's taking so long to legalize gay marriage". Several months later, same-sex marriage was deemed legal in the entire United States.
- While his "Ink Lemonade" review was made very shortly (as in one day) before Stephen Hillenburg's death, he did praise Hillenburg's efforts by reminding the viewers that Season 10 to 11 are an improvement over previous seasons and almost on the same level as the original 3. It's almost like he is giving a proper sendoff to Hillenburg.
- Moe: Mr. Enter's animated avatar, introduced in his reviews of "Shop Talk", is nothing short of Creepy Cute.
- Al the robot has an adorable design, complimented with a star antenna.
- More Popular Spin-Off: Animated Atrocities was meant to be a placeholder between seasons of MLP Reviews. It quickly became the favorite series of both him and his fans, to the point where he eventually canceled MLP Reviews and made Animated Atrocities becoming more or less his staple show. Ironically enough, the MLP episode "Fame and Misfortune" became the subject of an Atrocity review.
- Never Live It Down: While Mr. Enter has been no stranger to controversy, he earned particular notoriety for his review of Turning Red in April 2022. During his review, Mr. Enter criticized the film for the citizens of Toronto not being more alarmed by a giant red panda because the film was set in 2002, and he argued that there should have been more post-9/11 paranoia. The criticism became a widespread subject of online mockery, noting how inappropriate such a subject would be in the context of the film's plot and tone, along with the Fridge Logic of why a movie set in a different country would reference the terrorist attacks. Even though Mr. Enter admitted he made a mistake and that he deserved the backlash he got for the review, the damage was done for some people. As a result, Mr. Enter became known outside the animation community as "the Turning Red 9/11 guy." Over time, he seems to be steadily moving on from this.
- Nightmare Fuel:
- The entire Technocracy series in general. It is a documentary all about how social media companies are able to get away with practices ranging from shady to downright criminal. A common theme in the series is just how little power the consumer truly has, and how technology is being abused for the purposes of subverting human rights. The last two episodes, in particular, exemplify this:
- The Google episode of Technocracy. Enter goes into detail about just how powerful Google is and how they know everything about you. To make things worse, he briefly talks about the Momo challenge hoax (a hoax involving an extremely creepy Japanese statue) and disturbing kids' apps on the Google Play Store such as "Call Blaze".
- The Social Credits System episode of Technocracy. The entire concept of the Social Credits System- a system that basically rates you on how obedient a citizen you are, and punishes you for low scores by barring you from certain jobs and even social circles- is one of the most insidious dictatorial systems ever made. While worrying in and of itself, it exists not just in China, but also on various social media networks, and Enter talks about why the concept is a bad idea in principle. Commenters have even brought up the Black Mirror episode, Nosedive, saying that the episode also does a good job detailing why the Social Credits system is a terrifying idea.
- The Technocracy theme song, which is appropriate given the mini-series' subject matter.
- Mr. Enter Laughing Mad at the end of the Cold Open for his The Emoji Movie review.
- The entire Technocracy series in general. It is a documentary all about how social media companies are able to get away with practices ranging from shady to downright criminal. A common theme in the series is just how little power the consumer truly has, and how technology is being abused for the purposes of subverting human rights. The last two episodes, in particular, exemplify this:
- No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: Whether it's an Admirable Animation or an Animated Atrocity, if Mr. Enter reviews an obscure show like Little Clowns of Happytown, it'll become much more well known to people that have never heard of it.
- Reviews Are the Gospel: He has a tendency to cause this with his reviews, which a few other reviewers (such as Anim8ball, Asalieri2, Emer Prevost and Pan Pizza) have criticized him for.
- Almost nobody outright hated Putting Your Hoof Down before he reviewed it. Before his review, most agreed that it was not one of the better ones, but still relatively harmless. Afterward, it became one of, if not the most hated episode of the show, even more so with "The Mysterious Mare Do-Well".
- His atrocities on the SpongeBob episode "Pet Sitter Pat" and the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" episode "Ren Seeks Help". Before the reviews, some people thought Ren Seeks Help was one of the better episodes of the reboot and no one talked about Pet Sitter Pat until Enter brought it up.
- The same thing happens with many of the more obscure titles he's reviewed. The two most prominent examples would have to be Stressed Eric and The Cramp Twins, both of which had a small fanbase before but have since garnered many detractors since he reviewed them.
- Win Back the Crowd:
- After the "Pet Sitter Pat" controversy and the 2015 Audience-Alienating Era, respectively, his reviews of The Problem Solverz and Drawn Together: The Movie were considered by many to be a return to form.
- His The Lion King (2019) review was seen as this by many, as it came right after he got into some hot water with his more political views, and the review itself ended on a more optimistic note than his other reviews at the time.
- His Treasure Planet video was a long-needed display of positive passion after his highly controversial COVID-19 political rants and abandoning of Admirable Animation. Then, his Top 10 Worst SpongeBob Episodes debuts a highly expressive avatar and has Enter shows a much more cheerful disposition than many recent videos, particularly with Self-Deprecation for taking some things too seriously in his earlier reviews.
- The Woobie: Teenage John, or Johnny, from The Lion King (2019) review. In contrast to his more upbeat 8-year-old self, the 18-year-old John suffers from anxiety and depression due to his upbringing. It would be hard to resist the urge to hug the poor guy.
