Stuff You Like



Stuff You Like is a now-defunct Web Original show where redhead Sursum Ursa waxes enthusiastic about books, TV shows and anything else that comes to mind, while the subtitles look on (and snark).

Expect trope references and a lot of Sherlock.

You'll find all Stuff You Like episodes here, and some other stuff on YouTube. The show is also featured on The Agony Booth here!

"Subtitles: Did they just pass The Bechdel Test?"
 * Action Girl: Mentioned by name quite a lot: Ariane, the adrenaline junkie pilot/racer from Grand Central Arena, as well as Katara, Toph, Suki, Azula, Mai, Ty Lee... and Jame.
 * Alternate Character Interpretation: In-Universe, Jim is a Stalker with a Crush.
 * Asteroid Thicket: Namechecked in GCA which has a section that consists of a long string of tropes and accompanying pictures.
 * Bad Boss: Ursa herself, judging by the "Staff Training Video" at the start of the Underworld review...
 * Plus, just why DID she have a camera above Cheapus' bed?
 * The Bechdel Test: Mentioned in passing in the Underworld review:

"Sursum Ursa: Greetings, minions. *thunder* Welcome to hell. (Evil Laughter)"
 * Big Yes/Glasses Pull: "This week: (glasses) it's Sherlock Whump Week." "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Black Cloak: For the "Staff Training Video":

"Sursum Ursa: ...comfy shoes, gelato, dancing with boys, a mischievous pixie haircut, and casual violence!"
 * Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: In the Roman Holiday review:

"Sursum Ursa: He has mood swings like a...very...swingy...thing!"
 * Buffy-Speak: On the subject of Jim's mood swings:

"Sursum Ursa: One minute it's all, Dull Surprise! And the next they're Chewing the Scenery like starving beavers with really pointy teeth!"
 * Catch Phrase: "Meet our protagonist..."
 * Chewing the Scenery: Mentioned in Underworld:

"Sursum Ursa: Jim is just indiscriminately evil...for the lulz."
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Calls Aang this, naturally.
 * Deadpan Snarker: The Subtitles, and also Sokka.
 * For the Evulz: Jim again.

"Sursum Ursa: Steve Thompson...your lack of Hollywood Hacking is a joy forever."
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: A whole section dedicated to it in the A:TLA Book 3 review.
 * Gosh Dang It to Heck: Both River Tam and Jim are described as, "Completely batfrakked!" More generally, the (usually) PG-rating means this is quite common.
 * Halloween Episode: "5 Ridiculously Entertaining Things About Underworld."
 * Ho Yay: Zuko wants Aang to dance with him. And Sherlock's A Study In Pink review had a dedicated montage on the subject.
 * Hollywood Hacking: Averted in Sherlock Series 2, and mentioned in the Reichenbach Fall episode:

"Sursum Ursa: Because we cannot ever, ever have ugly people on our screens."
 * Hollywood Homely: Discussed In-Universe in the Mycroft and Lestrade episode. TV!Lestrade is much better looking than his literary counterpart

"Sursum Ursa: You're NOT FAT!"
 * Hollywood Pudgy: Also in Mycroft and Lestrade, Ursa explains how the trope is avoided, and references Special K adverts to give an example of the trope.

"Sursum Ursa: But when the fecal matter hits the rotary air impeller..."
 * Musical Episode: For the Les Miserables review.
 * Pimped-Out Dress: Referenced by name in the video about Kaylee from Firefly, and the dress she wore in "Shindig".
 * Punny Name: Sursum Ursa's real surname is Bearup.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: Azula, Mai and Ty Lee from, what else, Avatar: The Last Airbender.
 * Rebellious Princess: Anne from Roman Holiday.
 * Right-Hand-Cat: Barclay.
 * Rule 63: In her crossover with Sofie Liv to review the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie.
 * Sarcasm Mode: Most of the time.
 * Scenery Porn: Referenced in Roman Holiday.
 * Shout-Out: To NCIS fandom when she describes Molly Hooper as an 'Autopsy Gremlin'. To the Sherlock fandom...all the time.
 * Sorry I Left the BGM On: In the Jim vs. Moriarty episode.
 * The Cast Showoff: Ursa in the Musical Episode.
 * The Firefly Effect: In-Universe discussion in SYL 20: this video.
 * Unobtanium: Required to get the crew home in Grand Central Arena
 * Unusual Euphemism: In the Zoe Washburne episode:

"Sursum Ursa: She also has blue hair because... You Gotta Have Blue Hair..."
 * Video Review Show
 * World of Cardboard Speech: Marc C Dusquene. (No, not that one.)
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Ariane again.