Atop the Fourth Wall/Awesome: Difference between revisions

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* Setting ''<s>Superman</s> Bearded Idiot: At Earth's End'' [[Kill It with Fire|on fire]]. Also makes for a good [[Establishing Character Moment]].

* When fighting the evil, sentient ''[[Star Trek]] #1'' comic (don't ask), he reveals that his gun is magic and shoots lasers.

{{quote| '''Comic:''' But how?! You have to explain it!~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Comic:''' But how?! You have to explain it!

'''Linkara:''' [[Joe Quesada|It's magic. I don't have to explain it.]] }}

* Cartoon!Linkara teams up with [[Wonder Woman]] to destroy ''[[Amazons Attack]]''.

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* The ending of ''Batman: Fortunate Son''.

* The completely-justified speech at the end of the second part of his [[Countdown to Final Crisis]] review.

{{quote| '''Linkara:''' So after all this, after [[Archive Binge|fifty-one issues]] of [[Countdown to Final Crisis]], [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like|what is there left to say?]] Only this: [[Countdown to Final Crisis]] blows. It reeks. It fails. It is heinous. It is [[Kill'Em All|mean-spirited]], wretched, [[Kudzu Plot|nonsensical]], [[Feigning Intelligence|idiotic]], irritating, [[Inaction Sequence|slow,]] [[Snark Bait|crappy]], and altogether stupid. [[They Just Didn't Care|It is everything wrong with the comic book industry]], and [[Old Shame|an embarrassment on the records of everyone who worked on it.]] Bottom line, as we say around these parts: [[Catch Phrase|THIS COMIC SUCKS.]] }}

{{quote|'''Linkara:''' So after all this, after [[Archive Binge|fifty-one issues]] of [[Countdown to Final Crisis]], [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Like|what is there left to say?]] Only this: [[Countdown to Final Crisis]] blows. It reeks. It fails. It is heinous. It is [[Kill'Em All|mean-spirited]], wretched, [[Kudzu Plot|nonsensical]], [[Feigning Intelligence|idiotic]], irritating, [[Inaction Sequence|slow,]] [[Snark Bait|crappy]], and altogether stupid. [[They Just Didn't Care|It is everything wrong with the comic book industry]], and [[Old Shame|an embarrassment on the records of everyone who worked on it.]] Bottom line, as we say around these parts: [[Catch Phrase|THIS COMIC SUCKS.]] }}

* How about the entire Mechakara saga? The way he's been able to thread an ongoing story through his reviews without distracting from the reviews themselves at all, and building up genuine momentum and suspense along the way, has really changed the possibilities of what Internet review series can do.

** Just seeing {{spoiler|Harvey Finevoice firing away with a Tommy Gun while grinning and [[Smoking Is Cool|smoking]] like a badass}} in the 2010 -trailer totally justifies that sentiment.

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** He specifically recites a portion of the third canto ("All hope abandon, ye who enter in"). And quite well, too.

* Punching Film Brain in retaliation for making him watch [[The Spirit]], scored with the [[Doctor Who|Eleventh Doctor's]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome|action theme]].

{{quote| ''"Yes well, just a little message to whoever is behind this little flim flam operation of yours. If you value your continued existence, if you have any hope of seeing tomorrow, let me tell you. There's one thing you never, EVER put in a trap. ME!"''}}

{{quote|''"Yes well, just a little message to whoever is behind this little flim flam operation of yours. If you value your continued existence, if you have any hope of seeing tomorrow, let me tell you. There's one thing you never, EVER put in a trap. ME!"''}}

* Avoiding an [[Author Filibuster]] about the distastefulness of using rape as a plot device, instead directing viewers to someone he thinks is much better than him at discussing the issue.

* Linkara furiously giving his six cents on why [[One More Day]] is terrible, giving one of his most scathing (though entirely justified) rants to date, ending it with these choice words:

{{quote| ''"[[Joe Quesada]]; [[Punctuated for Emphasis|YOU! ARE! A! HACK!!!]]"''}}

{{quote|''"[[Joe Quesada]]; [[Punctuated for Emphasis|YOU! ARE! A! HACK!!!]]"''}}

* The end of the 100th episode: {{spoiler|All Linkara's characters, plus almost everyone else from [[That Guy With The Glasses]], singing his theme song!}}

** Plus the opening credits, with a hard rock remix of the theme song playing over the covers of every comic he's reviewed.

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* Lord Vyce. He is highly regarded as being intensely awesome and terrifying by the fans, but when you think about it, he's barely done anything! Yes, he kidnapped Linkara, attacked him with Shades, and sent the Vohrsoth after him, but the man himself has had two appearances and did very little in both. Lewis has managed to turn him into a fan favorite through hype and storylines. Congratulations, you're awesome, and we didn't even know it.

** Moreover, the only time Linksano has ever come off as legitimately creepy or threatening is when he described Lord Vyce before being [[Put on a Bus]] back to his home dimension, giving him a [[Awesome Moments|CMoA]] by proxy.

{{quote| ''There are forces in [[The Multiverse]] far beyond anything you've ever dealt with. Ancient, mindless evils that fill in the cracks and eat dimensions just for a ''snack''. Monstrous deities and empires spanning Universe after Universe have risen and fallen in the span of forever! But there is still one individual, one being that they are all horrified of! When I saw him coming near my universe, I fled. [[Evil Laugh|Muhahahhahahha]]. Weep for your Universe, Linkara! Weep for all Universes! For Lord Vyce is coming! Hihihi. And ''all that he sees, he conquers!'' HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!''}}

{{quote|''There are forces in [[The Multiverse]] far beyond anything you've ever dealt with. Ancient, mindless evils that fill in the cracks and eat dimensions just for a ''snack''. Monstrous deities and empires spanning Universe after Universe have risen and fallen in the span of forever! But there is still one individual, one being that they are all horrified of! When I saw him coming near my universe, I fled. [[Evil Laugh|Muhahahhahahha]]. Weep for your Universe, Linkara! Weep for all Universes! For Lord Vyce is coming! Hihihi. And ''all that he sees, he conquers!'' HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!''}}

* From the first part of his October 2010 Halloween review, "Ash Williams vs. [[Silent Hill]]: Dead/Alive." Winner: Ash.

** Earlier-him managing to make ''[[Wham! Line|a single line]]'' more creepy than ''the comic itself''.

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*** We also have to give one to the girl from the opening story in each video, who was only born so her parents could torture her and create a weapon to kill anyone who didn't believe in their god. {{spoiler|She instead creates the Magic Gun that eventually would fall into Linkara's hands, which kills her parents using their own logic against them. And then she snaps Linkara out of the [[Gaslighting]] Mechakara was putting him through.}}

** It is a crime that the video has existed for more than six seconds and Linkara's [[Badass Boast]] hasn't been mentioned.

{{quote| I'm not some pretty boy with marital problems. I don't have some confused psyche or unresolved parental issues. You're not dealing with a [[Silent Hill]] protagonist here! Time and again, someone got it into their head that they could defeat me. Time and again they beat me down, they knocked me out, and they tried to make me give up. You come at me with insecurity, self-doubt, and angst? You try to make me doubt who I am? I am the man who defeated Pyramid Head. I am the man who conquered [[Countdown to Final Crisis|Countdown]]. I am the man who fought off the [[Star Trek Elite Force|Vohrsoth]] and destroyed Mechakara! I am the liberator of [[Kickassia]]! I am a [[Star Trek|Starfleet captain]]! I am a [[Power Rangers|Power Ranger]]! I'm That Guy With The Hat! I am Linkara!}}

{{quote|I'm not some pretty boy with marital problems. I don't have some confused psyche or unresolved parental issues. You're not dealing with a [[Silent Hill]] protagonist here! Time and again, someone got it into their head that they could defeat me. Time and again they beat me down, they knocked me out, and they tried to make me give up. You come at me with insecurity, self-doubt, and angst? You try to make me doubt who I am? I am the man who defeated Pyramid Head. I am the man who conquered [[Countdown to Final Crisis|Countdown]]. I am the man who fought off the [[Star Trek Elite Force|Vohrsoth]] and destroyed Mechakara! I am the liberator of [[Kickassia]]! I am a [[Star Trek|Starfleet captain]]! I am a [[Power Rangers|Power Ranger]]! I'm That Guy With The Hat! I am Linkara!}}

*** What seals it for this troper is The Ecstasy of Gold plying in the background, building as he gets further, compleated with the erasing of the three projections, Pollo vanishing with a Dalek death sound.

** Of course, a mere appearance by Lord Vyce is an instant win, but now we get to see the whole costume! Well, from the chest up anyway.

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** Linkara verbally attacking Vyce {{spoiler|for insulting Liz in his house.}}

** Angry Joe and the Joe Army {{spoiler|defeating the Shades and seizing control of Vyce's ship. Complete with Joe using his force lightning powers.}}

{{quote| '''Joe:''' ''(via communicator)'' Is that Lord Vyce? ''(fires gun)'' Tell him he's an ASSHOLE for me!~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Joe:''' ''(via communicator)'' Is that Lord Vyce? ''(fires gun)'' Tell him he's an ASSHOLE for me!

'''Vyce:''' Who is that?~~ ~~

'''Vyce:''' Who is that?

'''Joe:''' The name's Angry Joe, Lord of ''LAME''. '''''Remember''''' it! }}

** Linkara's got his own spaceship!

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** In the second video on the series, he does another dead serious rant on how offensive the premise is, and Arsenal is completely impossible to sympathize with despite all he went through.

* The opening of his Comic Book Ad's episode: Douchey Mcnitpick shows up and accuses him of ripping the idea off from the Nostalgia Critic's Commericals episodes... only for Linkara, who had been expecting Douchey, to blindside him by flat out stating he stole the idea and actually causing Douchey to shut up for a minute. Then when Douchey tries to rebound by saying Linkara is doing this without the Critic's permission, Linkara asks for it and Douchey does not accept it, Linkara calmly asked if Douchey has watched the show recently, which he hasn't and then gets Douchey with Comicron-1

* The opening credits of the "Star Trek #2" review, with clips from the [[Mirror Universe]], including Mechakara and Lord Vyce being taken down much more violently.

** The entire scene with {{spoiler|Mirror Insano.}}

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* After the news came in that he and Liz had broken up, Linkara swore on Twitter that he'd come down ''hard'' on any of his fans who insulted her, as they remain on good terms.

* After Mechakara starts taking over Comicron 1:

{{quote| "Comicron 1 has enough destructive capability to level the Earth. Its sensors were designed to track every variety of lifeforms it could find. If Mechakara gains control of it, he will kill every living thing he can find. I will ''not'' allow that to happen. This is ''my'' ship, and I will destroy it before I let anything like Mechakara possess it!"}}

{{quote|"Comicron 1 has enough destructive capability to level the Earth. Its sensors were designed to track every variety of lifeforms it could find. If Mechakara gains control of it, he will kill every living thing he can find. I will ''not'' allow that to happen. This is ''my'' ship, and I will destroy it before I let anything like Mechakara possess it!"}}

* Pollo’s crowning moment of awesome has got to be his speech on how he will never end up like Mechakara and how he’ll always be Linkara’s friend. Seriously, that whole speech was just made of awesome.

* Linkara's delivery of Khan's big speech, followed immediately by his quite frightening rage at how badly the comic screws up the movie's most famous scene.

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* "That is not my name." And the [[Oh Crap]] goes through the roof.

* The following [[Big Damn Heroes]] Moment:

{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|Pollo (in Tom Servo's body):}}''' Excuse me?~~ ~~

{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Pollo (in Tom Servo's body):}}''' Excuse me?

''' {{spoiler|Lord Vyce:}}''' (turns around) ''What''?~~ ~~

''' {{spoiler|Lord Vyce:}}''' (turns around) ''What''?

''' {{spoiler|Pollo:}}''' ''Surprise.'' ({{spoiler|blasts Vyce}}) }}

* Playing an especially dramatic rendition of the ''A Team'' theme during Mr. T's [[He's Back]] moment in "Mr. T #1."

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* At the 2012 [[MA Gfest]], he topped just cosplaying as the Seventh Doctor by doing it ''while driving a Delorean''.

* The afterword to the crossover review of [[Southland Tales]]:

{{quote| ''The future is going to be far more futuristic than we ever anticipated. Hopefully it'll be more practical.''}}

{{quote|''The future is going to be far more futuristic than we ever anticipated. Hopefully it'll be more practical.''}}

{{quote| ''In the introduction to the graphic novel, Richard Kelly explains the reversal of the T.S. Eliot quote as "satirical." Satirizing WHAT, exactly? Better writers?''}}

{{quote|''In the introduction to the graphic novel, Richard Kelly explains the reversal of the T.S. Eliot quote as "satirical." Satirizing WHAT, exactly? Better writers?''}}

* Reading Linkara's account of how the ''Southland Tales'' review was made, it's nothing short of a miracle that it turned out as good as it did: everyone had just a few notes to work off, there wasn't time to get the people he wanted to talk about certain things, and the whole filming was a rush to get as much as he could with everyone in what little spare time they had.