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* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Commentaries made after 2010 have pointed instances out.
** Early episodes have Linkara searching for the comic he is reviewing until he finds it and says 'Aha! Now we've got it!'
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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: Act of God (Comic Book)|JLA Act of God]] review:
{{quote| '''Joe England:''' "And isn't it just so in-character how [[Wonder Woman]] was contemplating suicide WHILE WITH CHILD?? Dear lord."<br />
'''Linkara''' (In Response): "Good God, I didn't even think of that." }}
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{{quote| '''Linkara''' "Help! I-I'm stuck!"}}
*** 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
* [[Harmless Villain]]: Linksano, {{spoiler|at least while unaccompanied}}.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: He calls ''Cable'' #1 (which was created in 1992) out on this [[In Universe]]. It starts off the comic with the World Trade Center being blown up for no particular reason. Linkara's response was [[Stunned Silence]], and then saying "[[Too Soon|...OKAY! MOVING ON THEN]]."
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* [[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: Act of God (Comic Book)|JLA Act of God]]''.
{{quote| [[Barenaked Ladies (Music)|"Oh, alcohol, I still drink to your health!"]]}}
** By the end of ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'':
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** 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 The Moon]]: Makes a reference to the [[Trope Namers]] while talking about [[The Question]] in his ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'' review.
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: He manages to light ''The Dark Knight Strikes Again'' on fire by ''punching it while wearing the [[Power Rangers in Space|Battilizer]]''.
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* [[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 [[Nirvana (Music)|Nirvana]]'s ''Smells Like Teen Spirit'', though he sometimes uses "Smells Like Nirvana" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]] in its place. "Finger of Fear" for Dr. Insano (and Dr. Linksano). "Graveyard" for Mechakara.
** If you hear "Combine Harvester" by the Wurzels playing, that means Linkara [[Go Mad From the Revelation|has just]] [[Sanity Slippage Song|lost it]].
** If [[Captain America]] does something awesome, "[[Team America World Police|America, Fuck Yeah!]]" is sure to follow.
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* [[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: Act of God (Comic Book)|JLA Act of God]]'' was its inability to hold on to a single message. At some points the comic seemed to be anti-vigilante, critiquing superheroes for their "[[You Keep Using That Word|arrogance]]," but at other points in the stories it seems to imply that it is the responsibility of any socially conscious individual to take matters into their own hands. Sometimes it explains the importance of working within the system and at other times people who do so are only too scared to break out of it. At no point does it give a consistent, clear message to its readers.
* [[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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* [[Mr. Exposition]]: [[Todd in The Shadows (Web Video)|Todd in The Shadows]] and [[The Rap Critic]] are brought in for context on [[KISS (Music)|KISS]] and [[Eminem (Music)|Eminem]], respectively.
* [[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
* [[My Future Self and Me]]: Linkara and his father.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Linkara has one of these when Silent Hill convinces him that he was one of the people responsible for torturing a little girl to create the Magic Gun. This [[Driven to Suicide|caused him to nearly kill himself]] before he was stopped by said little girl/magic gun.}}
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: He often gets other Internet celebrities' names wrong, like ''[[The Spoony Experiment|The Forky Experiment]]'' and ''Film Brian''. In one video he mistakes {{spoiler|Dr. Insano}} for both Bennett the Sage and That Chick With The Goggles.
** 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:
{{quote| [[Spoof Aesop|"Remember, kids, if your name sounds like anything, you will become a supervillain."]]}}
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** 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.
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* [[Nineties Anti
* [["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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* [[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 [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/3721-uncanny-x-men-424 Uncanny X-Men #424] and [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/6209-dd306 Daredevil #306] (Which included a reference to this very site)
{{quote| "Oh my God! TV Tropes used one of my quotes!"}}
** 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.
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