Atop the Fourth Wall/Storyline Tropes: Difference between revisions

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* [[Adaptive Ability]]: {{spoiler|Mechakara}}

** The "Zero Patrol" review.

** {{spoiler|[[Robot Buddy|Pollo]], at least in one particular [[Alternate Universe]] where he and the world's other sentient robots [[Turned Against Their Masters]] and decided to exterminate all organic life.}}

* [[Artifact of Doom]]: {{spoiler|The "Magic Gun" is actually a subversion: It was created in a pretty evil fashion, but the only hints of intelligence are of a wholly positive personality who talked Linkara out of killing himself and so far the only people it has killed on its own were [[Asshole Victim|its]] [[Abusive Parents|creators]].}}

* [[Awful Truth]]: {{spoiler|The Magic Gun? The one that he does not have to explain? It is actually a weapon created by two worshippers of a great evil to smite their enemies using their innocent, loving daughter's blood as a power source. The predictable result: after trapping their daughter's life-force in the gun they accidentally summoned a primal evil formed from her pain and rage which exacted revenge on her parents. The fact that she is at peace now does little to assuage how damn creepy the usually comedic prop has become.}}

** {{spoiler|And now he's "reborn" in Pollo's replacement body, thanks to Magic Coin's magic, possibly also gaining untold powers. [[Running Gag|Be afraid... be ''very'' afraid...]]}}

* [[Badass Boast]]: Lord Vyce's "All that I see, I conquer!" Other people have already taken up the phrase to describe him.

* [[Bat Deduction]]: How does Linkara get his [[Eureka Moment]] on the Entity's identity? The word "heavy."

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: {{spoiler|Dolorem is latin for misery}}

* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: Taken to an even worse level. {{spoiler|The Entity in the form of 90s Kid}} has {{spoiler|eyes like television static.}}

* [[Breather Episode]]: Breather arc, actually; his stated purpose for the Dr. Linksano arc was to just give the viewers a bit of fun after the comparatively serious and suspenseful Mechakara saga. Every arc features several episodes with no connection to it so the reviews themselves can remain the show's focus. The big exception was the "Linkara Lost" mini-arc, which straddles six episodes in a row.

** After the Vyce arc ended with ''eight'' arc episodes in a row, Linkara stated that he'd be taking a break from any storylines for a few months.

*** Played straight in the 'Spiderman Team-up: Saturday Night Live' review. Up to this point, Linkara had been using many different toys, memorabilia, and other various franchise-related objects as if they were the actual real things, with no real explanation given. {{spoiler|Turns out that Linkara had been using magic on what would otherwise be harmless, ordinary toys, thus turning them into an 'image' of the ''actual'' item that existed in whatever franchise the toy comes from -- which in laymen s terms amounts to essentially becoming the ''real'' item, instead of a powerless plaything.}}

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Big-time, starting with the Mechakara arc.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:

** There were a dozen or so with payoffs in the Mechakara battle. The Power Rangers Morpher and the various weapons he picked up over the length of his show were the most obvious, but it also saw the payoffs for things like Black Lantern Spoony and Dr. Insano's haircut. In the commentary for said video he even [[Lampshade Hanging|admits]] that {{spoiler|shooting Mechakara with the gun from the Cable #1 review}} was a deliberate attempt to evoke this trope.

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: His 2010 preview video includes his future intro to the ''Silent Hill Dead Alive'' review. It's in a different location than the actual review due to his moving over the summer (which he obviously wouldn't have known he would do in January).

* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: Linkara's attempt to bring Spoony back to life by [[Infinite Crisis|punching the fabric of reality]] instead gave Donna Troy a new origin story... and turned Dr. Insano into a man. Later, in his review of ''Mickey Mantle'' #2, a couple of baseball players pounding against the walls of reality makes Linkara switch places with Ensign Munro, turns '90s Kid into 60s Kid, and gives Harvey Finevoice his own show.

** At the end of the ''Spider-Man: Planet of the Symbiotes'' review, Linkara tells 90s Kid that the Entity has taken everyone on Earth except the two of them. 90s Kid's response of "Heavy!" is what makes Linkara realize that {{spoiler|90s Kid '''is''' the Entity, or rather, it's been impersonating him for some time now.}}

* [[Evil Laugh]]: {{spoiler|Mechakara}}.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Mechakara, a Terminator-like duplicate of Linkara who stalks him for several months. Eventually revealed to be {{spoiler|Pollo from an alternate universe}}.

** {{spoiler|Judas Liz to Iron Liz}}.

** During a visit to the future in the ''Superman vs. Terminator'' review, a huge gun is visible in the background. We later see Linkara get his hands on it in the ''Cable'' #1 review, and {{spoiler|battle Mechakara with it.}}

** The opening to the review of ''Athena #1'' shows Lewis fiddling with [[Power Rangers Zeo|the Zeonizer]] before quickly hiding it and telling the audience it is "part of a little side project." He is [[Doctor Who|sonic-ing it]] at the beginning of the ''X-Men #1'' review.

*** In the same episode, after the credits: "I didn't misspell his name."

** A cross-series piece of Foreshadowing: In Part 2 of [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony's]] review of ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', Dr. Insano enters Spoony's room and starts to say "Bad news, I think Mechakara just-" before [[Squick|squicking out]] at Spoony singing "[[Aladdin (Disney film)|A Whole New World]]".

** Back in the ''Superman: Distant Fires'' review, Linkara is checking up on preparations his various characters are making before they face Lord Vyce again, when 90's Kid informs him that he would need "a magic wand or something" to upgrade his BFG any further. Linkara simply responds by saying "Let me worry about that". It has been recently revealed that {{spoiler|all of Linkara's tech is the result of his using a magic spell to turn representations of various sci-fi gizmos into the real things.}}

* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: In ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]] #1'', when {{spoiler|Mechakara grows giant}}, one of the billboards in the city is showing [[Obscurus Lupa|Obscurus Lupa's]] ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' title card.

*** In the same vein as above, in the credits of the ''NBComics #1'' review, {{spoiler|[[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You|THE LOST BEAST HAS FOUND A HOME]]}}.

*** In the ''Mightily Murdered Power Ringers'', it says {{spoiler|YOU'VE SEEN MY BONES BEFORE.}}

*** In the review of US-1 #2, it says {{spoiler|IT'S MORE THAN JUST A PIECE.}}.

*** In Twilight Zone #9 it says {{spoiler|I'M NOT THAT THIN.}}

*** In the review of Superman & the [[TRS-80]] Whiz Kids: The Computers that Saved Metropolis, it says {{spoiler|I AM BEAUTIFUL.}}

** While orinigaly looking for a comic to review in his ''Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu'' review, he rejects ''Marville'', saying that he's saving it for next year. Sure enough, ''Marville #1'' is his first review of the following year.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: In-universe, Linkara realizes that {{spoiler|90s Kid was always around whenever somebody went missing, and has been behaving strangely for ''months'', eventually causing him to realize that 90s Kid has been either possessed or replaced by The Entity, Missingno.}}

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: {{spoiler|The Entity, self-proclaimed Outer God, started as a bug in a computer game.}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]:

** At the end of the ''[[Cry for Justice]]'' review {{spoiler|he suffers a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] from Lord Vyce and barely survives by pure luck, left shell- shocked and quivering in terror.}}

** Happens ''literally'' after seeing that ''Brain Drain'' (and the completely missing how [[I Just Want to Be Normal|The Thing's character]] goes) was written by former Marvel editor-in-chief Tom Defalco (who should have ''some'' idea of The Thing's characterization).

* [[Here We Go Again]]: The Entity storyline ends with with a scene of [[That Dude in the Suede]] {{spoiler|performing the Missingno. glitch}}. Of course, this was probably just a throwaway joke and not an indication that {{spoiler|1=The Entity/Missingno.}} will be coming back.

** Subverted when {{spoiler|Angry Joe and his Army have little difficulty blasting them to bits.}}

* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]: He has access to technology from ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' (among other things), and how he obtained any of it was left unexplained for a long time. {{spoiler|First Subverted in the case of his magic gun, which is revealed to be [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]. More recently, it was revealed that he has been using a magic "Image becomes reality" spell to make his toy collection useful since threats started appearing.}}

* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: The various appearances of "Mechakara," a robot double of Linkara who typically shows up at the end of a review to set up part of an impending plan against him. Lewis has claimed that every appearance of Mechakara contains some kind of clue to his identity or his goal, and challenged fans to figure it out before the big final showdown.

* [[Killer Robot]]: Mechakara

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Mechakara. Before him, any "plot" was based on random Dr. Insano gags and [["Previously On..."]] parodies; ever since... well, "[[Arc Words|All that he sees, he conquers]]".

* [[Knight Templar]]/[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Lord Vyce. He conquers universes to protect them from a strange, dark evil being that consumes entire worlds, known only as "The Entity". He does it by force and has conquered at least 16 so far.}}

* [[Look Behind You!]]: "I'm distracting you so she can stab you."

** {{spoiler|in an [[Ironic Echo]], Linkara says this to Lord Vyce right before Iron Liz stabs him with Twinkle and Icingdeath.}}

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Linkara has said he will not review Manga (due to dedicated Manga reviewers appearing on the [[That Guy With The Glasses]] after his introduction video), which didn't stop him from reviewing a Chinese comic.

* [[Looping Lines]]: When Linkara {{spoiler|abandons Vyce in a barren universe}}, all his lines are dubbed in, presumably due to the outdoor filming conditions obscuring his voice.

** The next page has "EVERYBODY IS GONE" with "GONE" repeated randomly about the page.

*** {{spoiler|The Entity itself, when confronted with the inevitable outcome of its goal: "Purpose defines existence, but existence defines purpose, but purpose defines existence, but existence defines purpose..." repeat ad-nauseam.}}

* [[Magic Versus Science]]: Magic is something Mechakara cannot fight against; he came to our dimension to ''get'' the power to fight magic.

** While in the [[Mirror Universe]] {{spoiler|Insano fights Linkara's dark magic.}}

* [[Man in White]]: {{spoiler|Linkara's form when he uses the [[Power Rangers Zeo|Zeonizer]].}}

** {{spoiler|Mirror Universe Dr. Insano.}}

* [[Sequel Hook]]:

** After Mechakara's defeat, all questions about his identity and goals are answered... but who sabotaged the Continuity Alarm?

{{quote|'''Linkara''': {{spoiler|What, you wanted to hear about my secret origins? *smiles* Maybe some other time.}}}}

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: He gets quite a fine one in the conclusion of the Vyce arc. {{spoiler|After his defeat, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] Lord Vyce warns Linkara that his victory leaves the multiverse vulnerable to 'the Entity.' Linkara calmly points out that he doesn't buy Vyce's claim to being the hero: "I don't know many good guys who conquer entire multiverses. Or many who call themselves 'Lord' either."}}

* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: The Linkara/Dr. Insano relationship sometimes takes on shades of this. He has never really been threatening in the same way as Mechakara. Dr. Linksano is pretty much a parody of this trope, as well as [[Unknown Rival]].

* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: At the very end of the Lord Vyce Arc finale:

* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: A rip in hypertime allows Linkara to go off to fix things by reviewing ''Warrior'' #4, then return to the exact same time he left and keep doing reviews (this was actually done due to the unpredictability of when the ''Warrior'' review would be put up).

* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|The Ultimates 3 review.}}

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Both trailers for the 2009 and 2010 does show some details that should not be there...

* [[Transformation Sequence]]: In an emergency (such as the showdown with [[Big Bad]] Mechakara) Linkara can use his [[Power Rangers]] morpher to transform into an [[Video Review Show|Internet Reviewer]].

** In the first ''Silent Hill Dead/Alive'' video, {{spoiler|"You've been alone in here all day."}}

*** Lord Vyce: {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|"Don't worry. Once this universe is conquered, it will be under my protection. I will not allow]] [[Eldritch Abomination|the Entity]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|to harm it]]."}}

**** And before that, {{spoiler|"I've been a fool."}}

*** From the end of the "Youngblood #4" review:

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