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Tropes A-D [[Atop the Fourth Wall/Tropes A To D|HERE!]]<br />
Tropes Q-Z [[Atop the Fourth Wall/Tropes Q To Z|HERE!]]<br />
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** Even 90's Kid was disgusted by Superboy Prime vaporizing a pregnant woman in ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]''.
*** From ''Planet of the Symbiotes'':
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** Linksano may have no problems with driving Linkara insane, but it is revealed in the ''The Spirit'' review that melting kittens is "a line we dare not cross".
** Linkara also says that not even [[Frank Miller]], an infamous [[Dirty Old Man]], would stoop so low as to sexualize underage girls.
** Apparently, [[Rob Liefeld]] looks like a better artist when compared to Pat Lee's work.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Linkara points out editors should stick to editing and leave the writing to writers.
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]
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** Points out in his [[Rob Liefeld|Doom's IV #2]] review that "Grimm" wasn't a great choice, as it's kind of depressing and that there must have been other things they could have called him.
* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: [[In-Universe|Linkara on]] the Top 11 Worst Heroes to Villains:
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** Also notes this with ''Batman: Fortunate Son'', which seems to have the message that rock and roll music causes violence.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[In-Universe|Linkara has a slew of these]] for Super-Boy Prime in ''Countdown''; including "Superboy-Primadonna", "Superbitch-Prime", and "Spasticboy-Prime". He also takes to calling Robin "Dick Grayson, Age 12" during his ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' review in reference to the detail being repeated more than is strictly necessary; by the end of the review, he is also calling the ASBAR version of Batman 'Crazy Steve.'
** He refers to the gun-using old Superman of ''[[Superman: At
** He gives Hippolyta multiple nicknames during the ''Amazons Attack'' review: Hippopotamus Brain, Hibonkersla, Smokingalottapolyta, etc. In his Maximum Clonage review he calls her ''[[Too Dumb to Live|Queen Hippolobotomy]]''
** He refers to the bodyguard character from ''Zero Patrol'' as "Blandy the Bodyguard"
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* [[Flat What]]:
** His reaction to the use of the McCarran Act in "Amazons Attack #3".
** Used in his and Liz's first ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' duel, when she [[Back
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'''Lewis''': What.
'''Liz''': [[Hoist
'''Lewis''': ''What.'' }}
** Used again in the second round.
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'''Linkara''': What.
'''Liz''': ...whip out one Blue Eyes White Dragon...
'''Linkara''': What.
'''Liz''': And ''you'', sir, are going to be killed.
'''Linkara''': ''What''. }}
** Even {{spoiler|The Entity}} gets one in the Electric Tale of Pikachu review:
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'''Linkara''': Oh, and ''then'' what're you going to do?
''' {{spoiler|Entity}}''': What. }}
* [[Floating Head Syndrome]]: He has commented on/lampooned this many times.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Discussed with regards to the Linkara/Dr. Insano relationship, which the actors are very well aware is extrapolated by the fandom.
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** Linkara points out the Super Ninja in ''Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos'' #1 is unleashing his hatred of Chuck Norris... by punching a huge portrait of him.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Reviewed adverts in comic books in an attempt to copy [[
* [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe]]: Notes how even ''towels'' do this in ''22 Brides'' issue #1.
* [[Freeze
* [[Fridge Logic]]:
** After Linkara finishes his ''New Guardians'' review, he pops out and says: "Wait a second - if their mission is to proliferate their DNA through procreation, why is there a gay guy in the group?"
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** He points out that this can ruin some of the few seemingly good part of ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]''. Most notably, he admits that when the Monitor Bob made his [[Face Heel Turn]], he originally found it an exciting and interesting twist, but thinking more on it (and rereading the earlier issues) made him realise that Bob's betrayal made ''no'' sense when matched up to everything he had been doing before, and [[Shocking Swerve|pretty much came out of nowhere]].
** A recurring criticism of stories where heroes lose their powers is that it also applies to ones like [[Martian Manhunter]] who doesn't actually have any beyond natural abilities of his species.
* [[Fridge Horror]]: To quote a comment from the third part of his [[JLA:
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'''Linkara''' (In Response): "Good God, I didn't even think of that." }}
* [[Furry Fandom]]: Mentions it in-universe in his Prologue to ''Countdown''.
** [[Defied Trope|He wisely skips]] [[Internet Backdraft|the subject]]:
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* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Prometheus from ''[[Cry for Justice]]'' seems to depend on nothing but these and [[Ass Pull|Ass Pulls]].
** Dr Doom's plan from Ultimates 3, as revealed in Ultimatum. Linkara goes on a long rant with it.
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* [[Good Is Old-Fashioned]]: Linkara chews out ''Superman at Earth's End'' for apparently taking this viewpoint.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Linkara is not afraid to use lighter swears like ass, Hell, damn, etc., but generally refrains from using stronger ones. He has even said "Funk and Wagnall" in the place of the F-bomb at least three times; ironically (or intentionally), it makes that sentence funnier. In his ''Top 15 Screw-Ups'' he admits he uses such words in real life all the time, even pointing out some examples listed below where they do bleed into his reviews, but he chooses to not use them in his reviews because he feels they are better off without them.
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** He doesn't, however, have a problem with playing "America, Fuck Yeah" uncensored whenever Captain America shows how much of a badass he is.
** He also has no issues with writing gratuitous profanity for other people, as evidenced by the number of F-bombs Spoony drops in Linkara-written crossovers.
*** Or in the ''[[
** He also has no issues with it in bloopers, as evidenced by [[What
*** Not quite true, since in an "odds and ends" post, he remarks that he didn't know Nash was going to include it uncensored and would have asked him to bleep it.
* [[Guest Host]]: Pollo organizes Harvey Finevoice and 90s Kid to keep the scheduled reviews, despite Linkara being kidnapped to another dimension.
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* [[Guilty Pleasures]]: Several in-universe examples for Linkara.
** He still collects ''[[Power Rangers]]'' toys and after stating all the flaws in Marvel's ''MMPR #1'' he still can't say it sucks because ''it's Power Rangers.''
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** He sees ''[[Transformers]]'' as goofy, but also awesome.
** He admits that ''[[Brute Force]]'' is this because it is [[So Bad It's Good|gloriously bad]].
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* [[Hammerspace]]: Every time Linkara does his '''"I AM A MAN! *PUNCH*''' routine he pulls something different back on screen each time, including his stuffed bear and Iron Liz, among others. When he asked Liz how she got there, she had no idea.
** There is also the time he couldn't pull his hand back.
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*** Then there was time he pulled ''the camera'' out of... wherever.
* [[Hand Wave]]: Linkara took a very long time to explain why his gun shoots lasers and in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' review he simply says "It's magic! I don't have to explain it!" which is a blatant [[Shout-Out]] to his much-hated ''[[One More Day]]''. He later [[Powered
* [[Harmless Villain]]: Linksano, {{spoiler|at least while unaccompanied}}.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: He calls ''Cable'' #1 (which was created in 1992) out on this [[In
** And later on, in ''Game Boy'' #1....
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*** And the second comic in the line doesn't do much better...
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** Show-related: the joke about {{spoiler|Missingno}} from The Dark Knight Strikes Again Part 2 review is much less funny when you find out {{spoiler|who the Entity is...}}
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: In his "Top 15 Comics he will ''NEVER'' review", he mentions that ''"Batman #66"'' is not heavily requested, but is still denied because he figures that the only reason why people want him to review it is because they want him to say the word "Boner", which meant something much different back during the [[Silver Age]]. Just to humor them, he gives them what they want.
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** And in his review of All-American Comics #16:
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'''Linkara:''' ''(beat)'' What, it was the 1940s! }}
* [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]]: Lewis's profile picture for Blogspot and Twitter.
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** Towards the end of the fifth part of the ''Silent Hill: Dead/Alive'' review {{spoiler|Linkara is led to believe that he sacrificed a little girl to an evil cult. His reaction is to have a stunned [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moment, before he attempts to ''shoot himself''.}}
** In his Brain Drain Review, Linkara sees [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|The Thing]] actually considering his grotesque transformation to be a good thing, but he nearly lets this slide, despite his fury that the author had obviously never read a Fantastic Four comic, because the comic is pretty much an advertisement for office max. Then the (literal) BSOD comes on when he sees the writer was Tom Defalco, Former EDITOR-IN-CHIEF at Marvel.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Aside from his being a good singer, who'd have guessed Linkara's a fan of ''[[Camelot (
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* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: His ninja-style dancing, particularly when it is done to Caramelldansen.
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* [[Hiss Before Fleeing]]: Or rather, Skronk before fleeing. The Ultimate [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]] does this when Linkara finally shoos him away.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Lampshaded. "You are giving the [[Slash Fic]]-ers material!"
** He also pokes fun at all the [[Ho Yay]] in ''[[Superman: At
** Also in the Batman/Spawn crossover "for god's sake just kiss him already!"
* [[Hoist
** At the end of ''Silent Hill: The Grinning Man'' {{spoiler|Whately is killed by the same Magic Gun/Girl his cult created by sacrificing the girl in the first place}}.
* [[Homage]]: In his commentary on ''Adamantium Rage'', Linkara explicitly states that the whole thing was a homage to [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]], pointing out all of the intentional parallels with Spoony's review style of the time, and noting that the format of the review was devised so that Linkara could work with him without piling on more work for the exhausted Spoony (who was burnt out from working on several other projects shortly beforehand).
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* [[Hypocrisy Nod]]:
** Linkara often decries the [[All There in the Manual]] nature of some series, since required information cannot be found within the series itself.
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** After blasting ''[[Silent Hill]]: Dying Inside'' for missing the point of the ''[[Silent Hill]]'' series, he has a [[Badass]] finale where he takes out [[Implacable Man|Pyramid Head]] with a [[More Dakka|Gatling gun]] and a [[Stuff Blowing Up|big explosion]]. The credits have him copping to the hypocrisy.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
** In response to the narration at the end of ''Amazons Attack'' #1, Linkara expresses his distaste.
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** At the beginning of Linkara's "Wolverine: Adamantium Rage" review, Spoony's casual dismissals of Linkara prompts him to declare that he will make his own video game review show that will "be ten times as original!" The following intro segment is a complete shot-for-shot copy of the intro to Spoony's show with the same theme song.
** 90s Kid mocking the stupid, [[Totally Radical]] attempt at slang in ''Nightcat #1'' with his own stupid, [[Totally Radical]] slang.
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** Linkara compares the lazy writing of ''Sonic Live'' to that of him suddenly having access to the technology of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' without any kind of explanation for how he did. To add to the awkwardness, he was actually holding a Power morpher and a phaser while arguing that.
** He complains about the "Greatest Responsibility" storyline branching through three Spider-Man titles which made it hard for fans to follow, then remembers his own shared storylines with [[The Spoony Experiment]].
** Upon seeing that Dave Willis of ''[[
** In his review of the [[
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** How about Mighty & Morphing Power Rangers?
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* [[I'm Not Doing That Again]]: Linkara after attempting to sing ''Holding Out For A Hero''.
* [[I Have Many Names]]: Lewis Lovhaug has at least three known internet handles:
** [[Captain Obvious|Linkara]]. Also the name of his [[Alter Ego Acting|avatar character]]. Used on [[That Guy With
** Reuisu. The nickname he used before Linkara. His [http://www.youtube.com/user/reuisu YouTube account] is under this name, and so is his membership on the forum for [[
*** [[Bilingual Bonus|Reuisu is "Lewis" in Japanese.]]
** PsyWeedle. His oldest known nickname, which he used as a [[Fan Fiction]] writer on [http://www.fanfiction.net/~psyweedle FanFiction.Net]. Revealed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925010645/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage/fanfic-theatre/6860-ep5webdimen an episode] of Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre, though the [[Old Shame|particular story]] that Bennett the Sage reviewed has been removed from his account.
* [[I Meant to Do That]]: Linkara operates a panel in ''[[Star Trek Elite Force|Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' and blows up one of the crewmen. Linkara responds thus.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]:
** By the end of ''[[JLA:
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** By the end of ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'':
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** Used again, though a bit more subdued, in his review of a Spawn/Batman team up comic.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: On the video review for Ultimates 3, Issue 1, an irate commenter told Lewis something along the lines of, "I'm sick of these videos. You're obnoxious, pretentious, and your editing is atrocious." Linkara's response?
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* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]:
** Lewis' father plays his older self in the review of ''Superman vs. The Terminator''. Later his whole family shows up as the ghosts from [[A Christmas Carol]].
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* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Linkara has FUUUN making these up in the second live review.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Pointed out and named by Linkara in his crossover with Film Brain:
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'''Linkara''': "Shh! The Octopus is holding his idiot ball!" }}
* [[Imagine Spot]]: He fails to recognise the [[Neutro]] destruction sequences in ''Neutro'' #1 as one - of course, this was probably deliberate for the sake of humor.
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** Also in his [[Silent Hill]] Dead/Alive review. {{spoiler|Linkara is too young to have had a daughter, raised her to thirteen (with her mother), tortured her to death AND forgotten about it so well, there's no lingering signs in his life. The story line would have worked better with someone in their mid-thirties at the youngest. Linkara acknowledges this in the commentary.}}
* [[In Name Only]]: Several in-universe namings of the trope (though this applies to single characters more than franchises).
** By two-thirds of the way through his ''[[Superman: At
** In an early text review he dubs the title character of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' "BINO" (Batman [[In Name Only]]). In the video version he decides that "Batman" must actually be an insane hobo who found a Batman costume and dubs him "Crazy Steve."
** The plot of ''[[Godyssey]]'' is so in contrast to Jesus' actual life and teachings that Linkara suggests the Greek gods found the wrong crucifixion victim, naming him Jesús <ref> pronounced closer to 'Hay-sus'</ref>, the Christian martial artist. {{spoiler|He was [[All Just a Dream]] anyway}}.
** The [["Previously On..."]] segments are all very much this--it is mercilessly [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[In the Name of
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: He manages to light ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' on fire by ''punching it while wearing the [[Power Rangers in Space|Battilizer]]''.
** He also burns ''[[Superman: At
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Concerning {{spoiler|Lian Harper's death in ''[[Cry for Justice]]''}}, Linkara comments that the trope is "ludicrous," but he is still enraged that the particular example was used purely to shock the reader (and set Roy Harper on a [[Darker and Edgier]] turn) instead of actually benefiting the story.
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Points out that Nightcat blowing up a garbage barge would pollute Hudson River even more.
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* [[Informed Wrongness]]: Invoked by Linkara in-universe. Big Barda's [[Internal Monologue]] in ''[[Action Comics]]'' #592 describes the back alley she stumbles into as being worse than Apokolips, but Linkara comments that this is a [[Blatant Lies|patently false statement]], since this alley, though unpleasant, is a [[Sugar Bowl]] compared to Apokolips, which is a close approximation to ''hell''.
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: In the episode "15 Comics I Won't Review", Linkara refuses to review a highly-requested issue of ''Batman'' because it's the "Joker's Boner" issue and he knows everyone just wants to make him say "boner" repeatedly throughout a review. So, to get it out of everyone's system, he says "boner" repeatedly for the next two minutes.
* [[Insult to Rocks]]: In his crossover review of ''[[Spider
* [[Insulted Awake]]: Backfires when he snaps out a possessed Spoony with the line "You're standing in my spot, sir." from ''[[SWAT 4]]''. Spoony woke up, but punched Linkara, shouting "I'm not ''in your fucking way''!".
* [[Internet Backdraft]]: Parodied in-universe in his Holiday Shopping Guide video; as he is telling the audience "do your own research to find comics you like rather than bugging me all the time for suggestions" he looks over to a Fan Base meter slowly lowering and quickly changes his tune. When he lets Pollo do a review, after the Mechakara arc, Pollo goes on an anti-[[Garth Ennis]] rant as Linkara quietly weeps at how much this must be pissing off so many of his fans.
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* [[Kicking Ass in All Her Finery]]: Comments on it at least three times in the review of [http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/03/invincible-four-of-kung-fu-ninja-1.html "The Invincible Four of Kung Fu & Ninja #1"].
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|The Entity}} [http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2012/03/commentary-and-behind-scenes.html according to] [[Word of God|Linkara]] (although he has a possible sequel in mind, if it ever happens).
* [[Kill It
** He later admitted in the ''Kamandi at Earth's End'' review that he didn't really burn the Superman comic; he didn't have a print copy when filming, burned another comic with a copy of the cover and later just tore up the Superman comic upon receiving it. He did finally burn a copy of the Superman comic in the Kamandi review (though not without difficulty due to the paper quality).
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: At the start of his ''Doctor Who Classics #7'', Linkara asks Liz if she's ever thought about how weird their lives are, considering they review comic books & table top games respectively, yet they have access to tech from ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'' and are about to go into battle against a being who has conquered universes; Liz doesn't see it.
** "My God, it's the Vorsoth! And it's very poorly animated!"
* [[Lampshaded the Obscure Reference]]: Has done this a few times.
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* [[Large Ham]]:
** LINKARA'S <s>RENDITION</s> BELLOWING OF THE [[Doom (Comic Book)|DOOM COMIC'S]] DIALOGUE IS ESSENTIALLY THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR [[Up to Eleven|TURNED UP TO 11]], '''[[Verbal Tic|HOAK HOGAN]]'''!!!
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** Linkara himself does not try for a convincing female voice since he is just reading dialog out loud.
** Due to her larynx condition, Iron Liz does fine male voices... and then does a Linkara-esque falsetto for female voices anyway.
* [[Left the Background Music On]]: In the intro to the ''S.C.I.-Spy'' #1 review the theme to [[James Bond]] plays as Linkara does spy-stuff while attempting to open a violin case with the comic. Suddenly, the music changes to that of ''[[
* [[Lego Genetics]]: Linkara points out that Superman does not have "superpowers;" his abilities are perfectly natural for a Kryptonian and no more "super" than any normal human ability. To remove his powers in ''Act of God'' he would have to be completely altered genetically, more likely killing him then removing his powers. Linkara even says genetics are not Lego bricks.
* [[Leitmotif]]:
** '90s Kid's rants are always backed up by [[
** If you hear "Combine Harvester" by the Wurzels playing, that means Linkara [[Go Mad
** If [[Captain America (comics)]] does something awesome, "[[Team America: World Police|America, Fuck Yeah!]]" is sure to follow.
* [[Let's See You Do Better]]: Linkara got some criticism of this nature from [[Frank Miller]] fans after he criticised some of Miller's most recent works, with numerous comments of this nature about his own comic efforts. Linkara pointed out that he has only been doing it for a few years while Miller has been continuously working for three decades, and it is not unreasonable to suggest that his work could be better than it is.
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]/[[Not So Harmless]]:
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** Dr. Insano. Make him cut his hair, and he turns into a destroyer of evil robots from an [[Alternate Universe]].
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Lampshaded in the 100th episode.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: He usually wears the same combination of jacket, plaid/black shirt and hat. (although he's shown off his [[Star Trek]] uniform collection... and the [[Power Rangers
* [[Lipstick and Load Montage]]: During the "Linkara Lost" arc, [[Real Life Relative|Linkara's real-life girlfriend]] Iron Liz replaces him for an episode. We see her suiting up in a near shot-for-shot remake of Linkara's own [[Lock and Load Montage]]... save for one shot of her applying lipstick.
* [[Literal
* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: We got one first during the ''[[Amazons Attack]]'' introduction (after a failed [[Training Montage]]). His opening notably features one as well.
* [[Logic Bomb]]: Frequently pointed out, with something along the lines of, "Yeah, ''[insert logical inconsistency here]''! ...wait, what?"
* [[Losing Horns]]: Used when talking about Cheshire's relationship in ''Rise of Arsenal 3-4''.
* [[Lost Aesop]]: One of Linkara's primary criticisms of ''[[JLA:
* [[Madness Mantra]]: "ANTI-LIFE JUSTIFIES MY HATE!"
* [[Malevolent Architecture]]: Noted numerous times throughout his [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Star Trek Elite Force|Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]
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* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: Has a surprisingly broad vocal range when voicing all the different characters in the comics he reads out, especially the falsetto ones for the women. Also has a few distinctive ones pulled out for humor value (for example, a [[Sean Connery]] impression for [[Actor Allusion|anyone]] [[James Bond|connected with espionage]], and his Superboy-Prime voice for any similarly whiny character).
** In his ''[[Doctor Who Magazine
* [[Massively Multiplayer Crossover]]: The hundredth episode features dozens of the other contributors to [[That Guy With
* [[Meaningful Background Event]]: During the "His Blue Soul" storyline (specifically the Top 15 Personal Favorite jokes and all the cameos filmed during that timeframe), {{spoiler|Tom Servo can be seen looking at Linkara because Pollo is trying to get his attention but still hasn't gotten his speech systems working yet.}} This one was subtle enough that Lewis had to point it out in the comments for the ''Youngblood'' #4/''Search for Spock'' double feature.
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
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* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]: "Meanwhile, at an undisclosed location just down the hall..."
* [[Medium Awareness]]: In the ''Ewoks'' #9 review,
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'''Iron Liz:''' How did you do it with the "E-Walks" joke?
'''Linkara:''' Ahh, touché. }}
* [[Memetic Badass]]: In-universe, Captain America
** [[Team America: World Police|AMERICA!, '''FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''']]
* [[Mind Screw]]: The conclusion of the [[Silent Hill]] Dead/Alive review, somewhat appropriately. In his review of [[Batman|Detective Comics #27]], Linkara notes that he does not have to do his introduction every time because he could simply edit in a previous instance and we would ''never'' know. He then grins and remarks "how's that for a mind screw?"
* [[Missing the Good Stuff]]: In "Linking Up with Linkara" he wakes up to find he has just had an incredible threesome with [[The Nostalgia Chick]] and [[
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: In his "Athena #1" review Linkara officially announces that he is straight, to counter accusations that he dislikes women being objectified in comic books because he is gay (rather than feminist disagreement with the concept of boob windows and constant ass shots).
* [[Milestone Celebration]]: Every February 15th, Linkara reviews a ''[[Youngblood]]'' comic because his very first text review of a comic was of a ''Youngblood'' issue on that date.
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: In-universe, even '90s Kid could not get behind ''Countdown'' after Superboy-Prime killed the pregnant Lana Lang from an alternate Earth.
* [[More Dakka]]: He goes from laser-shooting Flintlock to a BFG he got off Cable to an arm mounted minigun.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: [[Todd in
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: Linkara has come up with multiple explanations for why a character's forehead was emitting pink bubbles in one comic.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: Parodied in the "Alternate Endings" follow-up to his ''[[Silent Hill]]: Dying Inside'' review - the alternate endings include being trapped in a room a la ''Silent Hill: The Room'', being trapped in ''Phantasmagoria 2'' in a [[Shout-Out]] to Spoony, and Harvey Finevoice turning out to be an alien who takes him to a planet which has ''good'' comics. Parodied again in a similar followup to his ''[[Silent Hill]]: Dead / Alive'' vid.
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** In the ''Mr. T'' #2 (AP Comics) review's [["Previously On..."]], none of the title card artists seem to be aware of who Dr. Insano is and refer to him as various other famous fictional scientists, to his irritation. Eventually he gives up on correcting them and lets them believe he is [[Doktor Sleepless]].
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: There is a lovely little [[Lampshade Hanging]] of this practice in his Daredevil #306 review regarding the Surgeon General, whose last name is actually Cutter:
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* [[Narm]]: [[In-Universe|Invoked]] at the beginning of the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review. He just breaks down in laughter after reading the comic.
* [[Narm Charm]]: [[In-Universe|His opinion on the]] ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers
** Linkara seems to enjoy [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]], or at least elements of its style, for exactly this reason. Very obvious when [[Crazy Awesome]] content or (on the flip side) pointless gore pop up.
* [[Never Bareheaded]]: In his reviews, he always wears his hat.
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* [[Nice Hat]]: His trilby. At [[Comi Con]], when asked if he was wearing "the" hat, his response was "Yes, and you may touch it for a dollar, good sir!" In his [[Christmas Episode]] it becomes extra nice. How? He wears a [[Santa Claus|Santa hat]] on top of the trilby!
** According to the ''[[Suburban Knights]]'' commentary, it protects him from the life draining effects of Magic.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]:
** The Blob eating the Wasp in ''[[Ultimatum]]'', which promptly halts his review and causes him to quickly call out the comic for putting in something like that with no warning for mature readers, as well as killing the Wasp for no good reason.
** In the ''Rise of Arsenal'' review, he states this trope. As we see a panel of Roy Harper getting his arm ripped off by his daughter.
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: '90s Kid suggests a heavily armed hero named Bloodgun. Who is entirely made ''out'' of guns, including one for a head.
* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: Among the 15 comics he would not review was the infamous [[Sonichu]]. He stated that he wished he had never heard of it and refused to give it any publicity.
* [[No Peripheral Vision]]: As pointed out in his [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Star Trek Elite Force|Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force]]'' when Ensign Munro effectively runs straight past a guard,
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* [[No Such Thing
* [[Noodle Implements]]: When [[Superman]] was forced to do porn under mind control the story brushes it off with Superman saying his memory was fuzzy. Linkara jokes about him remembering a goat, salad dressing, and a traffic cone.
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* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]:
** The review of ''All-Star Batman and Robin'' includes parts of the script and the disclaimer is used just to assure us that what the viewer is seeing actually is what [[Frank Miller]] wrote - particularly that Miller admits ''in writing'' to being shameless in wanting a close-up panel of Vicki Vale's panty-clad ass.
** ''The Ultimates'' #3 review notes that his voicing the Tony Stark ''robot'' as a drunk is not just his own joke, but the robot actually asks for vodka at one point.
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* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: BEAR!
* [[Oh Crap]]: Happens to him a few times while interviewing Kristanna Loken after she catches on that he does not think too highly of the movies they are discussing. The video is narrated/commented on by Spoony, who explains that you can actually ''see'' the moment when Linkara realizes the situation.
* [[Oh, Wait!]]: Not only used, but pretty much a staple of his humor.
* [[Old Shame]]: In his preamble for ''Black Web #1'', Linkara actually makes references to his past works like Lightbringer, his self-published novel series, and a message-board based Pokémon RPG.
** He says the latter of these may or may not have been converted to a site for porn in his absence.
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** Linkara points out that Goldfinger's accent in ''James Bond Jr.'' keeps slipping, but into what, we could not say.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE! ADAMANTIUM RAGE!
* [[Pandering to
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Whatever you do, [http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5716/llspapawolfmoment.jpg do NOT troll MarzGurl on Twitter if you have an IQ less than 100]. Linkara has always been one of [[
** Also you can insult him and Liz all you want but you do NOT insult his fans.
** Liz is now off limits too. When she announced their breakup, he followed by preemptively threatening anyone who would dare lash out at her.
* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: The [[Care Bears]] could be watching you...
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: During ''[[Silent Hill]]: Dead/Alive'', it looks like Christabella is finally going to get her comeuppance. Linkara's reaction? "Ooh, hang on a second! Let me get some popcorn!" The comic does not give him a proper chance.
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: Idiostuperiffic.
* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]: "[[Batman: The Animated Series
* [[Pet Peeve Trope]]: [[In-Universe|Linkara]] has several that tick him off.
** [[Dropped a Bridge
** [[Gorn]]
** [[Idiot Plot]]
** [[Monster Clown]] (at least when overused)
** [[Sex Sells]]
** [[Stay in
** [[War On Straw]]: The [[Straw Feminist]] archetype [[Berserk Button|moreso than others.]]
** [[Would Hit a Girl]]
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Linkara, whenever Liz [[Pungeon Master|cracks a pun]].
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* [[Plot Hole]]: Will of course jump on them.
** Linkara sees that the villains in the ''[[James Bond Jr
* [[Pluto Is Expendable]]: In the second part of the ''Countdown'' review, Chester A Bum makes good on his threat to destroy it. The Nostalgia Critic was unimpressed. After all, it had stopped all the [[Classic Disney Shorts]] jokes. He had more of a reaction from seeing Hollywood, Rome, and France destroyed instead.
* [[Power of Love]] - Points out in [[Care Bears]] #13 that they are literally attacking people with the power of love...
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: His ''Maximum Clonage'' review is upgraded to ''wide screen''! Now you can see... more of the futon and the shadow on one side...
* [["Previously On..."]]: A [[Running Gag]] is his frequent recaps that include '''no''' content from the prior episode, including [https://web.archive.org/web/20130908091207/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/3721-uncanny-x-men-424 Uncanny X-Men #424] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130908144138/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6209-dd306 Daredevil #306] (Which included a reference to this very site)
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** This tendency is subverted in the review for ''Secret Defenders'' #10. Linkara cannot do one as he could only get Phelous as a guest star; everyone else was too busy making crossover videos following the brawl.
* [[Product Placement]]:
** He subtly inserts references to his independent comic, Revolution of the Mask, into his reviews fairly consistently. Later, [[It Makes Sense in Context|after cloning Spoony back to life]], he brainwashes the clone to keep inserting subliminal references into his reviews as well - resulting in a [[Brick Joke]] in Spoony's ''Clones of [[Bruce Lee]]'' review where nudity is censored with a ''Revolution of the Mask'' ad banner.
** In his [[Power Rangers]] comic review he starts talking about [http://www.myspace.com/henshin-vault the prop maker] he bought his Dragon Dagger from, ending with the web address onscreen and Mechakara calling him out on it.
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* [[Punctuated!
** "This comic sucks!" becomes this at the end of ''Amazons Attack''.
** In response to the Kool-Aid Man bursting through a funhouse wall.
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** "[[Watchmen (
* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: Delivered to Pyramid Head during the finale of ''Silent Hill: Dying Inside'' #5.
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* [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]]: In times that you need to look like a {{smallcaps| real reviewer}}, put two pairs of glasses in your face.
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