Angry German Kid: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted

Inline

Latest revision as of 23:10, 23 December 2022

Angry German Kid, also known as Crazy German Kid, Crazy German Guy, PC Lunatic, Keyboard Crusher, and a myriad of other names depending on the version, is amongst the most well-known videos on the internet.

The sketch depicts a German teenager throwing a massive tantrum whilst playing Unreal Tournament on his computer. Leopold starts out by shoving aside the clutter on the desk, and then pounds the keyboard & mouse and yells at the computer to start, because he wants "TO PLAY THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!". When it does start, he cackles insanely, before screaming as he embarks on a shooting rampage, and then picks up the keyboard and bashes it against the desk when he wins. Suffice to say, several keys disconnect and he fumbles around trying to stick them back in. During this, he gets killed, prompting him to howl with rage, pick the keyboard up and bash it against the desk again, before finally throwing it down, getting out of his chair and leaving.

Has to be seen to be believed. Everyone should watch it at least once. Chances are, if you're on this wiki, that you've already seen it, but if not, here's one version.

The video was confirmed to be a Stealth Parody (as shown here by Cracked.com). "Leopold" was simply an actor, parodying that video games cause outrages similar to the ones in the video.

There are countless versions of it; some with English subtitles, some without; some with Gag Subs; plus many, many parodies.

Tropes used in Angry German Kid include:

Angrish: Portions of it are untranslatable due to this.
Berserk Button: Getting killed. But everything, really.
Cluster F-Bomb
Disproportionate Retribution: Smash that keyboard because he WANTS TO PLAY UNREAL TOURNAMENT!!!
Fun with Subtitles: How the parodies are made.
Gag Sub: Zillions of versions.
Godwin's Law: Internet comments on this video are usually littered with Hitler references.
Hair-Trigger Temper
Large Ham
No Indoor Voice
Poe's Law: Whenever a TV station in Germany does a feature about how video games (supposedly) make you violent, expect to be shown clips from this video without being told it is a parody, even if the feature was made after the Stealth Parody origins have been discovered.
Political Correctness Gone Mad: What the video was supposed to be responding to, specifically censorship of video games in Germany.
Rage Quit
Stealth Parody
Stupid Statement Dance Mix: Tons.
YouTube Poop: A frequent source.

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 '''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Angry German Kid]]''', also known as '''Crazy German Kid''', '''Crazy German Guy''', '''PC Lunatic''', '''Keyboard Crusher''', and a myriad of other names depending on the version, is amongst the most well-known videos on the internet.
-The video depicts a German teenager (ostensibly named Leopold) throwing a massive tantrum whilst playing ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'' on his computer. He starts out by shoving aside the clutter on the desk, and then pounds the keyboard & mouse and yells at the computer to start, because he wants "''TO PLAY THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!''". When it does start, he cackles insanely, before screaming as he embarks on a shooting rampage, and then picks up the keyboard and bashes it against the desk when he wins. Suffice to say, several keys disconnect and he fumbles around trying to stick them back in. During this, he gets killed, prompting him to [[Rage Quit|howl with rage, pick the keyboard up and bash it against the desk again, before finally throwing it down, getting out of his chair and leaving.]]
+The sketch depicts a German teenager throwing a massive tantrum whilst playing ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'' on his computer. Leopold starts out by shoving aside the clutter on the desk, and then pounds the keyboard & mouse and yells at the computer to start, because he wants "''TO PLAY THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!''". When it does start, he cackles insanely, before screaming as he embarks on a shooting rampage, and then picks up the keyboard and bashes it against the desk when he wins. Suffice to say, several keys disconnect and he fumbles around trying to stick them back in. During this, he gets killed, prompting him to [[Rage Quit|howl with rage, pick the keyboard up and bash it against the desk again, before finally throwing it down, getting out of his chair and leaving.]]
 Has to be seen to be believed. Everyone should watch it at least once. Chances are, if you're on this wiki, that you've already seen it, but if not, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcctWbC8Q0 here's one version].
-'''The video was confirmed to be a Stealth Parody (as shown [http://www.cracked.com/article_15849_7-viral-videos-you-didnt-know-were-staged-and-how-they-did-it_p3.html here] by [[Cracked]]). "Leopold" was simply an actor, parodying that video games cause outrages similar to the ones in the video.'''
+'''The video was confirmed to be a Stealth Parody (as shown [http://www.cracked.com/article_15849_7-viral-videos-you-didnt-know-were-staged-and-how-they-did-it_p3.html here] by ''[[Cracked.com]]''). "Leopold" was simply an actor, parodying that video games cause outrages similar to the ones in the video.'''
-There are countless versions of it; some with English subtitles, some without; some with [[Gag Sub|Gag Subs]]; plus many, many parodies.
+There are countless versions of it; some with English subtitles, some without; some with [[Gag Sub]]s; plus many, many parodies.
 {{tropelist}}
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 * [[Stealth Parody]]
 * [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]: '''''Tons.'''''
-* [[Youtube Poop]]: A frequent source.
+* [[YouTube Poop]]: A frequent source.
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Sandbox (New Media)]]
+[[Category:German Films]]
-[[Category:German Media]]
 [[Category:Web Video]]
-[[Category:Angry German Kid]]
+[[Category:New Media]]
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]