The Cinema Snob/Characters

The Cinema Snob

 * Audio Erotica: Invoked once in The Nostalgia Critic's "You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard" Christmas special.
 * Badass Beard
 * Byronic Hero
 * Catch Phrase: "If I want X, I'll stick with Y, thank you very much!"
 * Caustic Critic
 * Child-Hater
 * Conditioned to Accept Horror: Whenever he listens to relaxing music, images of torture, mass-murder and other assorted carnage flashes through his mind.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Does Not Like Shoes
 * Even Evil Has Standards: While "Evil" is an exaggeration, he does react with fury whenever children or animals are harmed.
 * Jerkass
 * Mean Character, Nice Actor
 * Sharp-Dressed Man: Well except for the lack of shoes.
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky: Well, two out of three, anyway. He's actually kind of short.
 * True Art: Invoked. He believes art ought to be "foreigny" and in some cases offensive — he gave Salo a glowing review even though (or maybe because) it made him puke all the way through the video.
 * True Art Is Incomprehensible: In universe.

80's Dan
A hapless party animal who was whisked out of the past by a time warp to the present day, Dan subjects his dysfunctional roommates and neighbors to the cheesiest kitsch to come out of the 1980s.


 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Crazy Prepared/Hammerspace: The inner pockets of his suit.
 * Defictionalization
 * Disco Dan
 * Fish Out of Temporal Water: A line in the Halloween III review explains that 80s Dan fell into a time warp at the exact moment the 80s ended.
 * Perpetual Smiler

Kung Tai Ted
A completely talentless "martial" "artist" who exhibits fight scenes from bad chop-socky action films from his back yard. His lines are all dubbed over... by himself.


 * Hong Kong Dub
 * Stylistic Suck
 * Wimp Fight

Vic Dealio
The host of The Big Box, a sleazy late-night infomercial spokesman who introduces classic exploitation films in the titular "big box" (clamshell video cases) while flirting with his co-host, the Big Box Model.


 * Brooklyn Rage: Although he's actually pretty laid back.
 * The Voice

The Big Box Model
Vic Dealio's voluptuous, silent co-host on The Big Box, she presents each video and flirts with Vic.


 * Brainless Beauty: She acts this way on camera.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * The Voiceless

El Topo Chico
An obscure Mexican (?) wrestler (?) who wanders around conventions looking for attention in his trademark mask and tuxedo.


 * Bad Boss: To his ward/assistant/manservant, El Niño.
 * Beleaguered Assistant: El Niño.
 * Fake Nationality: In-universe. He pretends to be Mexican.
 * Gratuitous Spanish: His name means "the Mole Boy". It's actually the name of a brand of mineral water that Brian once drank while drunk.
 * Masked Luchador
 * Small Name, Big Ego

Shannon Shears
The host of Softly From Cable.


 * The Krusty
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * The Tease

"Flaming" Brian

 * Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce: What he reviews on Flaming Brian's Kitchen.
 * Gargle Blaster: What he drinks in the "sister series" to Brad Tries, Drunk Brian Tries.
 * Lethal Chef: He has a show in which he tries out different insanely hot chili sauces, which he makes his friends try, usually by dipping otherwise palatable food in them.
 * One Steve Limit: There are actually two Brians in Team Snob, but the other goes by his last name, Irving.

Irving / Virtual Boyd

 * One Steve Limit: His full name is Brian Irving, but since there's already another Brian, he's referred to by his last name or as "Virtual Boyd".
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Jerrid. Discussed in "Brad and Irving Watch Bewitched".

Jake

 * Butt Monkey: Brad keeps sending him to watch bad movies just to laugh at his pain.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * The Eeyore
 * Hair-Trigger Temper

Jerrid

 * Bus Crash: Parodied--Brad's character in Brad and Irving says he was last seen boarding a plane with Henry Blake.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Dumb Muscle: Had a tendency to play these types of characters due to his size and intimidating appearance.
 * Embarrassing Nickname: "Baldy McGiggles" and "Mister Potatohead", thanks to Jake.
 * Put on a Bus: According to Brad himself, Jerrid was fired due to personal problems during filmings and due to him saying nasty things about Jillian to the fans behind her back.

Lloyd

 * Cute Kitten
 * Funny Background Event: He often shows up climbing the sofa in Brad's vlogs.
 * Hostile Show Takeover: He once hijacked Oreo's Twitter account.
 * Sitcom Arch Nemesis: To Spoony's dog, Oreo.
 * Talking Animal: He sometimes talks to Brad in a voice that sounds a lot like Vic Dealio's.

Sarah

 * Happily Married: To Brian
 * Sadly not anymore