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Unskippable (Web Video)
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Unskippable was a weekly web series hosted on The Escapist, that ran from November 19, 2008 to March 30, 2015. Graham and Paul snark over the opening cutscenes of various video games, in a style inspired by Mystery Science Theater 3000.The show was born as part of the Escapist Film Festival, where its pilot episode garnered enough votes to become a regular feature. It proved successful with the site's audience (who liked a bit of game humor).Cutscenes are chosen based on several factors (and yes, they can be skippable). Terrible writing, poor pacing, and Cliche Storms are a plus, but even great cinematics can get the Unskippable treatment if the duo can think of enough silly things to say about them.In 2009, Unskippable finally took on Hideo Kojima, the king of overwrought cutscenes, with Metal Gear August, a satirical look at Guns of the Patriots. As expected, the game was so cutscene-heavy that it took them 5 episodes to get through an amount equivalent to most of the other games they review.The episodes can be found here. A wiki page covering the Unskippable series can be found here.In 2015, after six years of episodes, Graham and Paul ended the series along with their departure from The Escapist, for reasons that are best gotten from the horse's mouth. Their final episode covered Metal Wolf Chaos as a send-off to the show. Graham and Paul can still be seen in their other shows.The snarkers in question, Graham Stark and Paul Sanders, are also the creators of LoadingReadyRun. They have also experimented with a live Let's Play, found here. This morphed into a new series called Graham & Paul Let's Play, found here.A Spiritual Successor to the show separate from the Escapist began in 2017; Running Start is a blend of Unskippable and the aforementioned Graham & Paul Let's Play. The two snarkers once again tackle the beginnings of games in their usual style, with two main changes: first, in addition to the intro cutscenes, they also go through the first ~20 minutes of actual gameplay to see what else astounds them. Second, they lean more towards games that they have little to no experience with, resulting in unscripted commentary without losing the Unskippable flavor.In 2022, Graham revealed during a channel shakeup announcement that Bionic Trousers Media (and thus LRR) had finally reacquired the ownership and rights to Unskippable and its entire archive, allowing them to start re-posting the original episodes to their new LRR Videogames channel, along with a revival. | |
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All Men Are Perverts | |
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All Men Are Perverts: Watching Bayonetta: Also during their Dark Messiah review. After complaining about the touchy master wizard twice, they change their tune when a succubus is summoned. Paul hints at it with a comment about the girls' outfit in the Vanquish review. | |
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Arbitrary Skepticism | |
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Arbitrary Skepticism: In their Damnation video: | |
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Your Mom | |
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Your Mom: courtesy of Yahtzee: In the Viking video, Paul does this to himself: | |
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Memetic Badass | |
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Memetic Badass: They think the dog in Dead to Rights is way more badass than his owner and suggest that to underscore this there should have been a scene of the dog lapping up whiskey out of a bowl.invoked | |
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Only Six Faces | |
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Only Six Faces: In the episode for Lollipop Chainsaw, where they comment that all the girls in the photo of the San Romero cheer squad look the same, but with different hair. The stinger claims they were created by the "Sexy Archetypes Cloning Program." Also One Piece: Unlimited World Red. | |
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Say My Name | |
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Say My Name: Thoroughly mocked in the Devil May Cry 4 video. | |
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Special Guest | |
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Special Guest: Ladies and Gentlemen, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, of Zero Punctuation. Graham returned the favor. | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog | |
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Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Eventually its luck runs out. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns: The Bionic Commando video. "All right, you guys might wanna settle in, we got a million of these." | |
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Diagonal Cut | |
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Diagonal Cut: In Genji. "Good to see this game's hitting on all the right cliches." | |
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Artifact Title | |
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Artifact Title: Originally the idea was to make fun of actual unskippable cutscenes, but they now mock skippable cutscenes as well, and even not-particularly-interactive first-person sequences. This is usually Lampshaded, such as in the Quantum of Solace episode, and the Left 4 Dead episode. | |
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X Called; They Want Their Y Back | |
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X Called; They Want Their Y Back: "Todd McFarlane called. Spawn wants his cape back." to Vincent's cape in Dirge of Cerberus. | |
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Helmets Are Hardly Heroic | |
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Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Mocked in the episode for Haze. Also mentioned in the video for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. | |
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Cluster F-Bomb | |
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Cluster F-Bomb: They tend to mock its use as filler or generic intensifies, often by pretending its literal meaning is intended. | |
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What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids? | |
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What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: invokedJak II: Renegade shows content they say makes parents regret buying this cartoony game. | |
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Unnecessarily Large Interior | |
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Unnecessarily Large Interior: Really called on Vanquish for having this on a space station. | |
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Flat "What" | |
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Flat "What": Their response to the weird ending to the opening of Cursed Crusade. Their response to a horse doing a barrel roll in the opening of Dynasty Warriors 8. | |
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Skewed Priorities | |
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Skewed Priorities: Commented on in the video for Call of Juarez: The Cartel. | |
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Spoiler Cover | |
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Spoiler Cover: The guys comment on this with The Last of Us, as they notice that the guy in the opening cutscene is the guy from the box art... but the girl from the cutscene is not the girl from the box art, foreshadowing that she's shot and killed at the end of the opening sequence. | |
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Sticks to the Back | |
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Sticks to the Back: Mocked in the Two Worlds episode. | |
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UnskippableCutScene | |
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Unskippable Cutscene: Sort of. In the Quantum of Solace video, Graham suddenly realizes that there's a Press A To Skip prompt in the corner and seemed embarrassed. Likewise, in their review for Left 4 Dead, both are taken by surprise at the ability to skip the cutscene that they scramble looking for the controller, only to find it has run down its batteries, forcing them to continue to watch. For their Let's Play of Legaia 2 Graham noted that he was pressing every button he could to try and skip the opening. In the episode for Dead Island a "Press O to Skip" prompt appears in the corner, but the guys refuse to press it for fear that it's a trap. | |
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Unnecessarily Creepy Robot | |
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Unnecessarily Creepy Robot: A variant, they question the choice in Defiance to have the EGO interface manifest as a creepy ghost that appears behind you. | |
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The Stinger | |
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Venetica Part 2's Stinger; | |
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Stopped Reading Too Soon | |
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Stopped Reading Too Soon: The episode for Death By Degrees plays this straight during the discussion of an upcoming spy mission. | |
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Credits Gag | |
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Credits Gag: Since most of the cutscenes that they lampoon are the intros, they get a lot of mileage out of this type of joke. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Whenever a character is named in front of them (Example: Jack in Syndicate), they say, completely deadpan, "Hello X". | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: When a woman in the Vampire Rain intro feels like she's being followed on a brightly lit street, she ducks into a dark alley. The crew comments that in horror movies, this is clasified as a suicide. | |
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Fake-Out Opening | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_50f17484 | comment |
Fake-Out Opening: Done for their April Fools' Day 2010 episode. Instead of Final Fantasy XIII, they riff the opening cinematic and credits for Final Fantasy III (USA). | |
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Crazy-Prepared | |
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Crazy-Prepared: The bandits from the Fist of the North Star game, who evidently put up cages in ten foot increments across the entire desert. | |
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works | |
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works: "Huh, I guess arrows are for sissies, real men throw swords." | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: Since the very first episode there's been a Running Gag (as noted by the show's title) with them not being able to skip cutscenes, or not knowing how to. In the final episode, they finally manage to skip a "cutscene" of sorts. | |
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Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_55ec42d7 | comment |
Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe: Made fun of in the Two Worlds episode. | |
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Designated Villain | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_593d7cbe | comment |
Designated Villain: Invoked often, usually when a game opens with a battle between two sides the player knows nothing about and has no stake in, but the game clearly expects the player to take sides anyway. In the episode for Genji, the expository narration lays out that the villainous Heishi have already been defeated, and the opening cutscene is basically an extended conspiracy by the Genji clan, who are supposed to be the heroes, to carry out an ethnic cleansing campaign against the no-longer-a-threat Heishi. This leads the guys to a sudden realization: Also used in Arc Rise Fantasia. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_59df21f1 | type |
Let's Play | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_59df21f1 | comment |
For their Let's Play of Legaia 2 Graham noted that he was pressing every button he could to try and skip the opening. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_5e7163c9 | type |
Alternative Character Interpretation | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_5e7163c9 | comment |
Alternative Character Interpretation: Invoked. Graham and Paul interpret Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland's Totori as the worst roommate ever thanks to some dialogue in the opening cutscene. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Mocked in the [PROTOTYPE] episode. "Gent- *sigh* ...Has anything good ever come out of a company called Gentek?" "No. Not once." | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6320eced | type |
Gameplay and Story Segregation | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6320eced | comment |
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Thoroughly mocked in several episodes. In their Devil May Cry video, they actually took a moment to demonstrate this, showing a comparison between Trish's In a Single Bound jump in a cutscene against Dante's standard jump in-game. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6566a884 | type |
My God, You Are Serious! | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6566a884 | comment |
My God, You Are Serious!: Paul and Graham mention in the first episode for Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland, that when they first heard about the game they thought the person telling them about it was just making fun of the franchise. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_680f950 | type |
Gilligan Cut | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_680f950 | comment |
Gilligan Cut: Double Subversion. In Jak II: Renegade, they called one, it didn't happen, but another cut happened, and they were happy. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_69cc2a27 | type |
Hilariously Abusive Childhood | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_69cc2a27 | comment |
Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Used for a quick joke in their Bayonetta video: | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_69cc2a27 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6b983bf7 | type |
Unstoppable Rage | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6b983bf7 | comment |
Unstoppable Rage: Wolverine Uncaged - "Good lord man, do you have a stabbing quota?" | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6cb79ba4 | type |
Memetic Loser | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_6cb79ba4 | comment |
Memetic Loser: Quite a few, but notably Capell the Soother from Infinite Undiscovery, who becomes their baseline comparison for any particularly stupid or wimpy protagonist.invoked | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_781f2467 | type |
Shooting Superman | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_781f2467 | comment |
Shooting Superman: Commented on in the video for X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged. "Were they not briefed?" In the [PROTOTYPE 2] review they call out James Heller for his repeated attempts to kill the near-invincible Alex Mercer by stabbing him despite this not even messing up his jacket. | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_781f2467 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_7c0bfb83 | type |
Obviously Evil | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_7c0bfb83 | comment |
Obviously Evil: From their Star Wars: The Old Republic episode. The also commented that Queen Catalina in Trapt could look a little more evil. Her hair could be black and her collar could be even higher. They see Heng Long from Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death as a veritable checklist of how to make someone Obviously Evil. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_7c9933de | type |
Laughably Evil | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_7c9933de | comment |
Laughably Evil: A variant. They think Vaas would be fun to hang out with 75% of the time, and "ungodly terrifying" the remaining 25%. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_848bec3d | type |
Wishing for More Wishes | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_848bec3d | comment |
Wishing for More Wishes: From the episode for Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_84df0713 | type |
ForgotICouldFly | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_84df0713 | comment |
Forgot I Could Fly: Mocked in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) when Sonic stands there as Robotnik's ship flys off. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_86f4f393 | type |
Stating the Simple Solution | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_86f4f393 | comment |
Stating the Simple Solution: In the video for Dead Space 3, the narrator mentions the "Marker Crisis" where humanity keeps building copies of the alien markers that drive people insane and turn them into necromorphs. | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_86f4f393 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: Venetica Part 2's Stinger; Their whole Final Fantasy XIII is this. After the opening intro of the episode, which shows some clips form XIII, the video cuts to the title screen of Final Fantasy III. After much lampshading about the "missing X" from the title, the video then proceeds to show Final Fantasy VI's intro cutscene. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_89399ea2 | type |
Fake Nationality | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_89399ea2 | comment |
Fake Nationality: invokedIn the episode for Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta, as the credits list off American-sounding names of voice actors playing Middle Eastern characters, like "Jeff Rosick as Faris Jawad." | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8b4f491c | type |
Villainy-Free Villain | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8b4f491c | comment |
Villainy-Free Villain: invokedCombined with Alternative Character Interpretation for the villainous kidnappers in The Last Remnant. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8c92054d | type |
Chaotic Stupid | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8c92054d | comment |
Chaotic Stupid: In the video for Warhammer Battle March, they joked that the forces of Chaos weren't chaotic enough, and should have been this trope instead. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8e1aef2d | type |
Reference Overdosed | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_8e1aef2d | comment |
Reference Overdosed: There are more episodes with at least one reference, than episodes with none. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_999fffbe | type |
Faux-To Guide | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_999fffbe | comment |
Faux-To Guide: Their 100th episode was about how to make more cutscenes like those they mock. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9a8e9926 | type |
Alternate DVD Commentary | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9a8e9926 | comment |
Alternate DVD Commentary: The whole point of the series. Directly parodied in their Wolverine review: And becomes a brick joke in their Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots review: | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9bea8bd1 | type |
Space Western | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9bea8bd1 | comment |
Space Western: When seeing a duster-and-fedora-clad man pull out pistols in the trailer/opening cutscene of Star Wars: The Old Republic, they remark that Star Wars was always a Space Western, but they'd never seen it have a space cowboy before. Also mocked in the episode for Starhawk. The guys joke that the cowboy-themed outfits are the result of a villain stealing everyone's clothes while they were at a cowboy-themed costume party, thus forcing them all to wear their cowboy costumes full time. | |
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1.0 | |
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Made of Iron | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9d17b859 | comment |
Made of Iron: That chicken at the start of Fable 3. Hoo boy. However... Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Eventually its luck runs out. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: These are usually the same as their running gags. The Grandia III episode included a throwaway reference to a joke from their The Getaway episode. And again in the The Bouncer episode with a reference to their Dirge of Cerberus vid. And again in their Digital Devil Saga episode. This appears to be a trend. The Darkness spawned a running tally on the theme of "And that was the Nth time I died", for whenever the protagonist loses consciousness while in first person. It even popped up in the first episode of Spoiler Warning (a Let's Play of Mass Effect), done by fellow Escapist contributors, Shamus Young, Josh Viel, and Randy Johnson. Many references to Samanosuke from Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, and "That guy from Lost Odyssey". "Well hello there, Mister Resilient. Didn't he just get blown up? Twice?" And the shouting of "MATILDA!!!" when the planes took off in Haze, a nod to an emotional cutscene from Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation. Flowers coming from "scenic Tenuto" A reference to the "Bernie" cutscene character from Lost Planet, which goes all the way back to the pilot episode (which some viewers might not have seen, because the pilot wasn't available among the regular episodes initially). When they did Jak II: Renegade, they equate the Dark Jak transformation with a Werehog. When they actually do Sonic Unleashed, One of the lines used for Sonic's transformation scene is "I'm gonna kill Praxis!" Their riff of Grandia III' involved them mistaking a particularly hot mom for the main character's older sister. The very next video had them purposely going out of their way to avoid referring to the characters' relationships to avoid a repeat mistake. From their Battlefield: Bad Company episode: "And thus is the curse of the controllable vehicle section at the beginning of first-person shooters. The Darkness, Far Cry 2, Bad Company... you will never end one conscious." Several times now, if a crow (well, it was a raven once) shows up in the cutscene, they refer to him as "Russell," and even act as if this is the same bird throughout the various games. In the episode for Mortal Kombat 9, they refer to an undead vulture as "Russell's evil brother from the Netherrealm." Dead Rising. "It's quiet." "Yes, almost strangely quiet..." Lost Odyssey: "Hey, I thought you said puddles don't make waves." Dishonored: "So these were the guys that attacked Bayman in DoA 5! It all makes sense now!" | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9dfd7154 | type |
Fridge Logic | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9dfd7154 | comment |
Fridge Logic: Invoked in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged video. "Were these guys briefed?" "Why would you arm your men with weapons you know won't hurt him?", etc. They also wonder where all the skeletons that make up Nito, First of the Dead came from if there wasn't anyone to die and make skeletons. invoked | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9dfd7154 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9fde2eb1 | type |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_9fde2eb1 | comment |
Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Amazingly, they manage to get one in Onimusha 3. Right before the main character drops a large tank of liquid (that they previously referred to as Jell-O) into the brain of a large monster: | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a18042f1 | type |
Left the Background Music On | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a18042f1 | comment |
Left the Background Music On: Played with in Radiata Stories, but also in Genji: Days of the Blade: "Oh, there's an actual flute in the scene. I thought that's just what Japan sounded like at night." | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a1a1491e | type |
Homage | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a1a1491e | comment |
Homage: Noted in the video for Hunted: The Demon's Forge. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a6049c20 | type |
Disturbed Doves | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a6049c20 | comment |
Disturbed Doves: Commenting the wedding at the start of Final Fantasy XII must have had a John Woo fight scene in there. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a6441fa | type |
Gratuitous Ninja | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_a6441fa | comment |
Gratuitous Ninja: Civil War Ninjas in Damnation. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Two of them. Plus a third in the episode where Yahtzee shows up. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_afc52a86 | type |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_afc52a86 | comment |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: (From Damnation) "What, mechs and Lincoln?! Fingers crossed for Mecha Lincoln!" And later, Zombie General Mecha Grant. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b0194b51 | type |
Standard Establishing Spaceship Shot | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b0194b51 | comment |
Whenever a Standard Establishing Spaceship Shot is used, they'll sing "Rip-off, this is a rip-off! Get to the show!" to the tune of the Star Wars theme. | |
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1.0 | |
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Space "X" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b46f4237 | comment |
Space "X": If a spaceship was full of slaves, they should be rowing with space oars. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b47d95be | type |
No OSHA Compliance | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b47d95be | comment |
No OSHA Compliance: From Fable III. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b4cbb37f | type |
Good Morning, Crono | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b4cbb37f | comment |
Good Morning, Crono: Mentioned in the closing stinger for Tales of Graces Æ’. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b4cbb37f | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b9561236 | type |
A Good Name for a Rock Band | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b9561236 | comment |
A Good Name for a Rock Band: From the video for The Getaway, "Eyebrows and the Thugs" (though said to be light contemporary jazz, not rock) which is re-used in several more videos. Subverted in the Magna Carta 2 video: "The Power The Baby Gave Me" in Metroid: Other M. Dark Souls gives us "The Witch of Izalith And Her Daughters Of Chaos", as well as the indie rock band "Furtive Pygmy" and Graham's Furtive Pygmy cover band, "Foggy Forest." Not to mention their cover band from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, "Backblast Problem". Disgaea 2 gave them "Massive Demon Power Vacuum". | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b9561236 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: Noted in Magna Carta 2: "Schuenzeit, Rzephillda, and... Alex?". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_b9d334b2 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_bb660963 | type |
Color-Coded Characters | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_bb660963 | comment |
Color-Coded Characters: Parodied in the E3 2010 trailer of TRON: Evolution: The Video Game, where they mention that your enemies will be easy to stop due to glowing orange all the time. | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_bb660963 | |
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Useless Protagonist | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_bfb14b83 | comment |
Useless Protagonist: A lot of protagonists from the games they do are accused of this, often rightly. Used by name to describe Rush Sykes from The Last Remnant, calling him the "useless, nameless protagonist." | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_bfb14b83 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c145f69b | type |
Subverted Trope | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted in the Magna Carta 2 video: | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c145f69b | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": In their Red Faction: Guerilla video, when the brother dies. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c2cedc1c | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c325f125 | type |
Ho Yay | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c325f125 | comment |
Ho Yay: Hooo boy, Dante vs. Nero. "Stop it, now I'm seeing symbolism in everything!" invoked | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c325f125 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c325f125 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c37a7fd9 | type |
No, You | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c37a7fd9 | comment |
No, You: From Digital Devil Saga. | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c37a7fd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c37a7fd9 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c4e3afda | type |
Mum Looks Like a Sister | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c4e3afda | comment |
Mum Looks Like a Sister: The two were rather surprised and somewhat disturbed when they learn that Miranda of Grandia III is actually Yuki's mother rather than sister as they originally thought. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c64a7400 | type |
Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c64a7400 | comment |
Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Subverted. They doubted other countries would do much better against the demon invasion in Onimusha 3: Demon Siege. However, in an episode of their Legaia 2 Let's Play, they joke that the "Flag of Retreat" that they just found is France's flag. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c64a7400 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Many. To The Goon Show, of all things: And in the Dark Sector episode Six String Samurai. In the Valkyria Chronicles episode: There's a subtle one in the Assassin's Creed 2 video. In the Tales of Graces F video, there's one to Homsar | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_c75df49a | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cb0743c0 | type |
Lame Pun Reaction | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cb0743c0 | comment |
Lame Pun Reaction: In the Arc Rise Fantasia video, the hero and a dragon are falling from the sky, and Paul says the game should be called "Arc FallFantasia". Graham imitated a shout, saying "Get off the stage!". | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cb0743c0 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cb0743c0 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_ccdd6905 | type |
Epileptic Trees | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_ccdd6905 | comment |
Epileptic Trees: In-universe. Paul guesses that Sophie from Tales of Graces is a flower transformed into a human, based on the fact that her past is unknown, she is first encountered laying in a bed of wildflowers, and her hair is the same color as said flowers. | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_ccdd6905 | featureApplicability |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_ccdd6905 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf64a80d | type |
Hostile Show Takeover | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf64a80d | comment |
Hostile Show Takeover: Graham took over Zero Punctuation on April Fools' Day 2009 (Yahtzee regains power less than two minutes in). | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf64a80d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf64a80d | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf6d4bad | type |
Steampunk | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf6d4bad | comment |
Steampunk: "Oh man, I wish steam power was this cool." | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf6d4bad | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_cf6d4bad | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: "FRANK WEST, ACTION PHOTOGRAPHER" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d148b019 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d148b019 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d8c10bd9 | type |
Ensemble Dark Horse | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d8c10bd9 | comment |
Ensemble Dark Horse: The guys declared the chicken in the opening of Fable III to be the "most compelling" character of any cut scene they watched.invoked | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d8c10bd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d8c10bd9 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d94ff9b3 | type |
Wall of Text | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d94ff9b3 | comment |
Wall of Text: Zoids Assault. "Did you load a book into the 360?" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d94ff9b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_d94ff9b3 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_dd45df38 | type |
Unfortunate Names | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_dd45df38 | comment |
"(I) blame the taint." referencing the unfortunate namefor the forces of evil from the Two Worlds intro cutscene | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_dd45df38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Unskippable (Web Video) / int_dd45df38 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_de0df7a0 | type |
Stock Scream | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_de0df7a0 | comment |
Stock Scream: Mocked in the intro of Red Faction: Guerilla. Also in the Bionic Commando intro, when there is a particularly out-of-place Wilhelm scream. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_de0df7a0 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_df5ab39e | type |
Franchise Zombie | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_df5ab39e | comment |
Franchise Zombie: In-Universe comment. "You get the impression Sonic Team really wants to be making other games, but they aren't allowed to, so they keep having to ram Sonic into the games they'd rather be making?" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_df5ab39e | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e11b003d | type |
Translation Convention | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e11b003d | comment |
Translation Convention: "Why is it that everyone was speaking English in feudal Japan, but now in modern day France they're speaking French?" | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e11b003d | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e563bf09 | type |
Insistent Terminology | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e563bf09 | comment |
Insistent Terminology: Like a fair portion of the old-school Sonic fans. From the Bayonetta review: "It's Robotnik!" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e563bf09 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_e563bf09 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb24d076 | type |
Freud Was Right | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb24d076 | comment |
Freud Was Right: Credits Gag in Shadows of the Damned: "Let's just say what the developers were all thinking: PENIS PENIS PENIS PENIS" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb24d076 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb24d076 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb7c34cf | type |
Crossover | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb7c34cf | comment |
Crossover with Zero Punctuation. Yahtzee joined them for Star Ocean, and in return Graham gave a brief X-Blades review as an opener for Yahtzee's Halo Wars video. | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb7c34cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eb7c34cf | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eca6c7f9 | type |
Gratuitous Princess | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eca6c7f9 | comment |
Gratuitous Princess: The guys accuse Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland of this. | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eca6c7f9 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eff83d77 | type |
Mundane Utility | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eff83d77 | comment |
Mundane Utility: In the episode for Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, upon seeing Samanosuke summon a tornado from his sword in order to land safely after jumping off a giant monster, the guys comment that they like the idea of a character using their ultimate attacks for practical purposes. | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_eff83d77 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f3fd818b | type |
Dark Reprise | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f3fd818b | comment |
Dark Reprise: Graham gives the main Katamari Damacy theme one in Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f3fd818b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f3fd818b | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f494af54 | type |
Defcon 5 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f494af54 | comment |
Defcon 5: Averted in their review of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2: | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f494af54 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f494af54 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f5308825 | type |
Why Don't You Marry It? | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f5308825 | comment |
Why Don't You Marry It?: Joked about in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f5308825 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f5308825 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f7588306 | type |
Reverse Psychology | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f7588306 | comment |
Reverse Psychology: Though probably unintentional on the fans' part, the guys mention that they weren't originally going to do a part 3 for The Last of Us, but that they decided to do so specifically because they heard so many of their fans say that they couldn't possibly make a little girl dying funny. | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f7588306 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) | hasFeature |
Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f7588306 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: The line "And that was the [number]th time I died," every time a cutscene ends with the main character's apparent death. Discussed in the stinger for The Darkness 2 where they mention they considered retiring the gag but it just comes up too often. Also from Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus: "I've got my eye on you, moon." Today's soundtrack brought to you by Eyebrows And The Thugs. This is Three Dog, Aooooo! "Hey X, you're a Y." "So are you. Shut up." " That's the second [adjective]iest [noun] that I've ever seen!" ...which is a Shout-Out to Monkey Island or Get Smart. The frequent appearance of a crow named Russell to talk to the audience whilst he eats dead bodies. Apparently the pun in Russell's name wasn't even intentional, but once they realized it they decided they had to go with it. Also Lampshaded in their Final Fantasy XII video. "(I) blame the taint." referencing the unfortunate namefor the forces of evil from the Two Worlds intro cutscene "Traffic chopper nine, we have serious [event] here" whenever a helicopter appears. Evil porpoises, and of course their relatives, the vampire whales from Vampire Rain. Whenever a character is named in front of them (Example: Jack in Syndicate), they say, completely deadpan, "Hello X". Whenever a Standard Establishing Spaceship Shot is used, they'll sing "Rip-off, this is a rip-off! Get to the show!" to the tune of the Star Wars theme. Whenever someone is referred to as the elder, they'll insist the elder is not that old. Not used quite as often, the name Chad gets mocked quite often, particularly in the episode for X-Men: Destiny, when they declare that both male playable characters are clearly named Chad. | |
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| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_fa686f29 | type |
Weird Moon | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_fa686f29 | comment |
Weird Moon: A Running Gag is that the moon in (especially JRPG) cutscenes is "so big that if real, the Earth would long ago have been torn apart by tidal forces". Seeing a big moon in a non-JRPG game sometimes causes them to quip "Is this set in Japan?" | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_fa686f29 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
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Unskippable (Web Video) / int_fa686f29 | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_fe262584 | type |
Cutscene Power to the Max | |
| Unskippable (Web Video) / int_fe262584 | comment |
Cutscene Power to the Max: In the Dirge of Cerberus video, when Vincent jumps up, flips over a helicopter, and shoots it out of the sky. Also in the video for DmC: Devil May Cry, when Dante activates a power he doesn't have to heal a bunch of cuts on his back after a night of rough sex. | |
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