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{{quote|''[M]y primary goal: to get people in nerd culture to explore highbrow culture.''}}
''[[Brows Held High]]'' is a comedy review show about Arthouse cinema. It is hosted by Kyle "Oancitizen" Kallgren, who rose to some prominence on the [[That Guy With The Glasses]] forums when he wrote a [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021074457/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/my-toy-collection-for-a-horse-gender-roles-and-comparative-mythology-in-nellas-pony-epic dissertation] on [[The Nostalgia Chick|Nella]]'s ''[[My Little Pony]]'' epic.
His signature style usually involves a lot of high-brow intellectual concepts, but explained well enough that they don't go over viewer's heads.
You can find these videos on [[That Guy With The Glasses]] and [
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* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Pleasantly averted. He almost always has ''something'' nice to say about the films he watches, even if it does sometimes amount to little more than [[Damned By Faint Praise|"It had nice cinematography."]]
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"I use {{spoiler|menstrual blood as makeup}} in my show."
'''Oan:''' '''''Ewww!'''''
"It's [[A Worldwide Punomenon|a period piece]]."
'''Oan:''' Heh-- [frowns] ewww. }}
** Later, in his ''Tromeo and Juliet'' crossover review with [[The Cinema Snob]], he admits that he thought the "see how she rests her cheek upon her hand." line (wherein the "cheek" was changed to be an ''ass'' cheek) was actually kind of clever.
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** [[Mickey Mouse]] is on the No-fly list.
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]/[[You Are What You Hate]]: {{spoiler|After watching ''Trash Humpers'', he realizes he's become one of them.}}
* [[Animation Age Ghetto]]: Spoofed [[In-Universe]] in his joint review of the "Utena" movie with [[
{{quote|'''Jesu:''' Do I have to [[300|Sparta Kick]] [[Berserk Button|you through a window?]] [cracks knuckles]}}
* [[Anime Hair]]: How he describes the hairdo of the ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' protagonist. Also complaints about it in the "Utena" review. "Why does everyone have rainbow hair?!"
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Oan quibbles over misplaced Shakespeare texts and inarticulate-sounding voiceovers ("Well, I just don't think that the gentleman from [[Motorhead]] is the best chorus...") while the Snob is left cringing at the real depravities.
{{quote|'''Snob:''' You're concerned about the severed head landing on the family car, but ''not'' {{spoiler|the incest}}?
'''Oan''': Well, to be fair, [[Comically Missing the Point|it was foreshadowed]].
'''Snob:''' '''WHAT?!''' }}
** And again with Tom Green and the gallons of elephant bunk. "This scene takes place on the Indian subcontinent and [[Somewhere a Mammalogist Is Crying|that is clearly an African elephant!]]"
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'''Oancitizen:''' Extracted directly from my anus, yes. }}
* [[Awful Truth]]: "'''[[It Was His Sled|SEAN CONNERY IS DOROTHY!]]'''"
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not call Kyle [https://web.archive.org/web/20130920164127/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/podcasts/tranmission-awesome/30382-episode-65-oancitizen a hipster] or an [http://twitter.com/#!/KyleKallgren/status/100269102614056960 anti-intellectual.]
{{quote|'''[[Y: Ruler of Time]]''': You sound like a hipster.
'''Oancitizen''': I Am Not A Hipster, good sir!! }}
*** Although in the ''Slacker'' review he does say he "might or might not be a hipster". He likes a lot of hipster stuff, but doesn't feel like he is one.
** He also doesn't like being called a [[The Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]] rip-off.
** For the character, dead babies.
** Starting with the ''What Is It?'' review, if snails are ever mentioned or brought into the equation, [[Go Mad
** Oan screaming his lungs out after [[The Nostalgia Chick]] summarizes the ending of ''Der Himmel über Berlin'' as "a long monologue" about "time..and loneliness...or something." Film analysis is [[Serious Business]].
* [[Big "What?"]]: 8 minutes into [[
{{quote|"WHY IS THIS PINK-HAIRED BITCH A CAR?!"}}
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: After hearing the nonsensical first line of ''Exterminating Angels'', Oancitizen asks any viewers who have an idea what it means to send their answers to "merdedetaureau@gmail.fr". In other words, send it to {{spoiler|bullshit}}.
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** He refers back to two previous episodes in his review of ''[[Nine Songs]]'':
{{quote|'''Lisa:''' Sometimes when you kiss me, I just want to bite you. And not in a nice way. Like, I want to hurt you.
'''Oan (as Matt):''' You're not going to [[Antichrist|smash my balls with a block of wood then drill a hole through my legs]], are you?
'''Oan (as Lisa):''' No, that would be interesting.
'''Oan (as Matt):''' I could [[Shortbus|sing ''The Star Spangled Banner'' into your ass]].
'''Oan (as Lisa):''' No!!! }}
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Diamanda Hagan]] appears at the end of the ''[[Ken Park]]'' review, and the end of ''[[Gerry]]''. The latter also features cameos from [[Apollo Z Hack]], [[Obscurus Lupa]] and Derek from [[Audible Underwear]].
** Oancitizen accidentally invokes [[Rule 34]] in ''Sebastiane'', which results in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711132001/http://blip.tv/dramatic-literations The Vegan] reciting a [[Slash Fic]] involving Ulysses S. Grant and Jefferson Davis.
** Roo from [
{{quote|'''Roo:''' {{[[[Go Mad
'''Oan:''' D'ja like it? }}
** [[The Bunny Perspective|Phil Buni]] does a cameo in ''Alice''.
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall|'90s Kid]] shows up when Oan reviews ''[[The Doom Generation]]'' and notes that it combines all the worst traits of Nineties Pop Culture.
** [[Dark Maze Studios|Ed Glaser]] made two cameos in the review of ''A Serbian Film'', first as his voice to joke about his resemblance to the movie's villain and as the NATO president {{spoiler|who dropped fictional bombs in fictional Serbia}}.
** There is an extended cameo by [[Rap Critic]] in the ''[[Ghost Dog]]'' review, which starts off with RC explaining who RZA is, and he butts in on occasion to explain things that Kyle doesn't get.
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'''Snob:''' Thank you. That was very insightful. }}
** It there anything we can say about Tom Green's love interest in this movie?
{{quote|'''Oan:''' [[Shallow Love Interest|She exis]]--
'''Chick:''' ''Besides'' the fact that she exists?
'''Oan:''' She has a nice place. }}
* [[Caption Humor]]: Reviewing ''[[We Are the Strange]]'' momentarily causes Oan's words to be translated into [[Leet Lingo|L33t]] speak.
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Lets off a rare, if brief one, when the "666" motif is well and truly driven into the ground in ''[[The Doom Generation]]''. "Cock-smelting ''fuckercunt''!"
** Also in his co-review with Lupa of "Hamlet The Vampire Slayer," he tells a rapper to "Die motherfucker die motherfucker die!"
** When [[Obscurus Lupa|Lupa]] hears that Oan is planning on reviewing ''[[Gerry]]'', her reaction is: "Fuuuuck fuck fuck ''Gerry''! Fuck fuckery fucking ''Gerry''! Fuck fuck fuckery fuck fuck fuck ''Gerry''! Fuck ''Gerry''!"
* [[Continuity Nod]]: To [[Atop the Fourth Wall]] in his "Slacker" review: "Is 90's Kid {{spoiler|still evil?}}"
* [[Corpsing]]: He tries valiantly, but [[The Cinema Snob]] ''cannot'' keep a straight face when Oancitizen refers to ''[[Coriolanus]]'' as "[[Parallel Porn Titles|Gloryhole Anus]]".
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'''Diamanda''': ...I'm going to assume I imagined that. }}
* [[Crisis Crossover]]: The ending of the ''What Is It?'' review.
* [[Crossover]]: Given his love for Shakespeare, reviewed ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'' with [[Obscurus Lupa]] and ''[[Tromeo and Juliet]]'' with [[The Cinema Snob]]. Also, did ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' with [[
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: Kyle had some choice words for the director of ''Trash Humpers''.
{{quote|"Listen, Korine, if I ever meet you in real life, I will end you. I will '''take apart your camera and feed it to you'''. You will suffer I SWEAR TO GOD ''[voice quavers]'' [[Civilization|OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS]]--" ''{{[[[Inelegant Blubbering]] deteriorates into sobs}}]''}}
** The modern interpretation of Laertes has a gay dance instructor. ..who looks like Mike Myers in ''Sprockets.''
{{quote|"I want to punch him in his sideburns."}}
* [[Damned By Faint Praise]] / [[Overly Narrow Superlative]]: ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is "easily the greatest Canadian film about ostriches ever made."
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'''Oan:''' [stonefaced] <small>Ew.</small> }}
* [[DVD Commentary]].
* [[Ear Worm]]: ''Trash Humpers'''s "MAKE IT, MAKE IT, DON'T FAKE IT!"
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: In his review of ''[[Perfume]]'', he shows a clip of a cartoon [[Lex Luthor]] proposing to use causing random orgies to happen as a weapon. The [[Super Villain|supervillains]] he's proposing this too all say "Ewwww." It then cuts to [[Diamanda Hagan]] saying Ewwww, before cutting back to the supervillains. For why this is amusing, see [[Despair Event Horizon]] above.
** Oancitizen's on the receiving end himself when he and Diamanda view ''Eat the Schoolgirl''. After spending a good minute responding to Diamanda's dare that he make a rape scene funny ("I don't care ''what'' George Carlin says..."), he finally gives in... and [[Soundtrack Dissonance|dubs the theme song to]] ''[[Jem]]'' [[Soundtrack Dissonance|over the whole thing]]. Diamanda is both impressed and horrified.
* [[Even Nerds Have Standards|Even Film Buffs Have Standards]]: He absolutely ''refused'' to call ''What Is It?'' "art," and begins sympathizing with people who don't watch art films.
** ''[[Sweet Movie]]'' causes him to break down entirely on several occasions.
** ''Almost'' averted with ''A Serbian Film''. He spent the review explaining allegories to the Serbian nation that the director claims are there, looking and sounding like he's in excruciating pain all the way through, until finally he gets a nosebleed and snaps.
* [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]]: Present in ''Blood for Dracula'', ''Flesh for Frankenstein'', ''[[Nine Songs]]'', ''Sebastiene'' and ''[[Shortbus]]''- the last to the point of distraction. Also noting how much sex just one couple had in ''[[Antichrist]]''.
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: While already excited in his review of ''[[The Fall (film)|The Fall]]'' he perks up even more when explaining that [[Charles Darwin]] ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) has a pet monkey.
* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]: A signifier that you should [[Beware the Nice Ones]], such as when he discovered that Hollywood remade one of his cherished German films into a [[City of Angels (film)|Nic Cage vehicle]].
* [[Fan Disservice]]: After watching ''[[Ken Park]]'', he says "I used to like sex. Now I can never touch a human being again!"
* [[Flat What]]: He summed up ''Otto (or, Up With Dead People)'' thusly:
{{quote|"So, a gay zombie political documentary porno. ....[[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|Wat]].}}
** Oan opining that he'd rather be watching ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''.
{{quote|'''Snob:''' Pah! [[Roger Ebert]] gave that zero stars. Therefore, [[Reviews Are the Gospel|I hate it!]]
'''Oan:''' ''(wounded)'' ......<small>what?</small> }}
* [[Freakier Than Fiction]]:
{{quote|'''Snob:''' ''(rubs eyes)'' Wait a minute, wait a goddamn second... You're telling me that there's a 400-year old public domain script involving incest and murder called "'''''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'''''", and the intellectual crowd ''likes'' it? }}
* [[Fridge Horror]]: [[In-Universe]]. He comes to the conclusion that the orgy in ''Perfume'' would have incest and sex with children due to people bringing their families to the execution.
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* [[Godwin's Law]]: Couldn't get past the ending of ''[[Film/Jubilee|Jubilee]]'' without constantly going back to the fact that there was a short scene featuring what he described as "Old Man [[Hitler]]".
{{quote|"This film just Godwinned itself!"}}
* [[Go Mad
** Likewise, he had Roo from ''[[Clan of the Gray Wolf]]'' on as a cameo to help explain the video game references in ''[[We Are the Strange]]''. It doesn't go well for him.
{{quote|"It's here that Roo's notes read 'Oh my God I can see forevarrrglblahhhh.'"}}
** Most of ''[[Zardoz]]''.
** ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' reduces him to a cackling lunatic.
** ''Eat the Schoolgirl'' leads him to hogtie Diamanda Hagan in a bathtub and then attempt to dress her up as a snail.
*** Though part of that was apparently the result of being loaded with horse tranquilizers and having his testicles removed, as once the tranquilizers wear off he can't remember a thing.
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** PRETENTION NIRVANA.
** Again during ''Trash Humpers''.
* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: His view on ''[[The Doom Generation]]'', which bills itself as "A Heterosexual Movie" and may go a bit over the top in proving. "Straight, straight straight straight straight straight straight! Penises going ''into'' vaginas, all the time!"
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: What the metaphor in ''Anatomy of Hell'' presents men as; Oancitizen even namedrops this trope.
* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: After viewing ''Freddy Got Fingered''.
* [[Heh
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [[In-Universe]]. ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' features a creature that Kyle can only describe as a "[[The Human Centipede|human centipede]]".
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: [http://twitter.com/#!/KyleKallgren/status/86564777190629376 When not wearing his trademark suit,] he makes one hell of a type 2.
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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In the review of ''You And Me And Everyone We Know'', Oancitizen introduces the main character as an amateur solo video artist, "which means she films herself alone in her room doing stupid stuff." Cut to Oancitizen, camera in hand, filming himself in front of a mirror going "Man, what a dork!"
* [[I Have Nothing to Say to That]]: From the ''[[We Are the Strange]]'' review:
{{quote|'''[[Buffy-Speak|Black and White Thingy]]:''' Then we will celebrate with many scoops of iced cream!
'''Oan:''' I... I can't make that line funnier. }}
* [[I Resemble That Remark]]: The longstanding "Cinema Snob ripoff" charge was spoofed in their crossover together.
{{quote|'''Snob:''' Oh, come off it. We're nothing alike. Your suit is....green.}}
** ...Along with Kyle and Brad's dodgy acting.
{{quote|'''Brad:''' You didn't even memorize your lines!
'''Oan:''' ''(looks down at script)'' "I have no idea what you mean." }}
* [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]: According to the ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]] [[The Movie]]'' review, any time someone is confused by an artistic movie, Oancitizen is teleported to them against his will. [[
** Kyle has sensitive ears and is very territorial about '''[[William Shakespeare|PHWOOLLIAM SHAXPAHR]]''' being reviewed by others. So much so, that he gets suckered into crashing ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer''.
{{quote|'''Oan''': [[The Winter's Tale|I have drunk and seen the spider. There is a plot against my niche, my show. All's true that is mistrusted! Thou has usurped my art, and I remain a pinched thing; Yea, a very trick for you to play at will!]]
'''Lupa''' (helpfully): You [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma|drank a spider]]? }}
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Lampshaded by Oan himself, who sincerely apologizes. (''Tideland'')
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{{quote|"[she is known for performing] extreme acts on scree. I went online, and [[Sarcasm Mode|believe it or not]], I found some clips of her doing these acts. I had to pixelate some things though [cue entirely [[Pixellation|pixellated]], flesh colored screen and loud moans]}}
* [[It Got Worse]]: Oan experiences a string of these near the end of ''[[Ken Park]]'':
{{quote|'''Oan:''' "Yes, director, I ''will'' allow myself to be filmed while drinking beer and simultaneously urinating. For the craft." [[Tempting Fate|I don't think it can get grosser.]]
* cue molestation scene *
'''Oan:''' That was the most despicable thing I will have ever seen in my-
* we cut to another character covered in blood *
'''Oan:''' Oh, God, he [[Kick the Dog|killed the three-legged dog]], didn't he? I mean, I can't imagine him doing anything worse than that.
* [[Moral Event Horizon|the character stabs his grandparents]] *
'''Oan:''' [[Sarcasm Failure|D:]] }}
* [[It's Not Porn, It's Art]]: He has to deal with a ''lot'' of nudity in some of his film reviews.
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'''Oan:''' Hey, he ''did'' want some gum! ...'cause her gums are in her mouth. }}
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Points out background noise picked up by his mic in his review of ''Primer.''
* [[Layman's Terms]]: So, Jason Witter replaced the original language of ''Hamlet'' with endless pop culture snark?
{{quote|'''Oan:''' [[Purple Prose|Wherefore is this columbarius film before mine eyes shown?]]
'''Lupa:''' [beat] Is that a real sen--
'''Oan: Why the fuck am I watching this turd?!''' }}
** ''Freddy Got Fingered'' - The Nostalgia Chick starts to ask him how this film is "Dada", only for Oan to scream, '''"THIS CANNOT BE DADA! IT'S TOO''' '''''NORMAL''''' '''TO BE DADA! IT'S TOO''' '''''SHIT''''' '''[[Insult to Rocks|TO BE ANYTHING ELSE!!]]"'''
* [[Le Film Artistique]]: Aside from the films, and occasional film-within-a-film, in the show, the credits sequence is styled as one, including [[Gratuitous French]] credit "Kyle 'Oancitizen' Kallgren Presente:"
** His film school movie [https://web.archive.org/web/20130920005617/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/oancitizen/miscellany-and-hodge-podge/33635-notes-from-film-school-pretension PREtension], a parody of art films.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]] - He wears basically the same clothes in every review.
* [[Lost Episode]]: ''The Girlfriend Experience'' (only exists with commentary) and ''Sh*t TGWTG Fans Say''.
** And now ''What is It?'' due to legal reasons.
* [[Mary Sue]]: He calls out the protagonist of ''Exterminating Angels'' on this.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Invoked at the end of the ''Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs'' review.
{{quote|'''Oancitizen''': Now if you'll excuse me, I have to turn that whole tree thing into a meme.}}
* [[Mind Screw]]: ''What Is It?'', both the movie and the 'sketch.'
{{quote|'''Oancitzen''': I have three ties! }}
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: In the vlog for ''Anonymous'', Oancitizen suggests that Derek Jacobi took a role in the film to pay off a parking ticket.
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'''Rap Critic:''' '''''[[Wu-Tang Clan|WU! TANG!!]]''''' }}
* [[Narm]]: [[In-Universe|Oan]] bursts out laughing while watching the performance of the main character in ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' when he monologues about trees, comparing the voice to a deaf cracked-out [[Bill Murray]].
* [[Never Heard That One Before]]: When Mario starts chopping off Dracula's limbs in ''Andy Warhol's Dracula'', Oancitizen says the audience is probably already going through the Black Knight's dialogue from ''[[Monty Python and
** [''Tideland''] takes the honor of being 8,524th ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' reference ever made. ''"[[Sarcastic Clapping|A round of applause]]'', everyone."
* [[Never Trust a Title]]: Discussed on occasion.
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* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: Since nudity crops up in his video reviews, he's forced to censor it creatively. Pictures of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|titmice, cats, donkeys, and Wii remotes]] are common, but sometimes, if he's feeling really silly, he covers them up with cropped pictures ''of nude statues.''
** ''[[Perfume]] - The Story of A Murderer'' actually managed to '''[[Broke the Rating Scale|break]]''' the censor bar.
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]: An on-screen message pops up during {{spoiler|'90s Kid}}'s rant about the finer aspects of ''The Doom Generation'' to tell us that his words were actually part of the film's marketing.
** Assuring that his ''[[
* [[Not So Different]]: In the review of ''[[The Girlfriend Experience]]'', he 'inadvertently' draws similarities between escort and porn wesites, and being an internet reviewer. At the end of the review, he goes to work on his other job, as a host on webcam site LiveJasmin
** Possibly the reason some see him as a [[The Cinema Snob]] ripoff is that the difference between a lot of his "arthouse" films and the Snob's exploitation movies seems to be purely [[In Name Only]], as they both tend to contain similarly dark and disturbing content. (The other reason is that Kyle is a straight version of what the Snob is a parody of--a sophisticated cinemaphile). This is lampshaded in the ''Tromeo and Juliet'' review.
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** "[[Kenneth Branagh]] plays Hamlet. Emphasis on '''[[Large Ham|HAM]]'''."
** "Here's a diagram -- a primer on ''Primer'', if you will. [snooty chuckle] Huzzah."
** And so, the characters of ''The Doom Generation'' "invoke the [[A Threesome Is Hot|Power of Three!]]"
{{quote|" Aaand I'm more than three-fourths of the way through a film starring [[Rose McGowan]], and I finally make a ''[[Charmed]]'' reference. Go me."}}
** ''Tideland'''s deranged beekeeper. "Aaaaand [[The Wicker Man|meme]] in 3....2....1..."
** When a character in ''[[Ken Park]]'' randomly asks his girlfriend's mother, "can I eat you out?", Kyle explains that even though it's become cliché, he now ''has'' to play the infamous scene from ''[[Shark Attack 3: Megalodon]]''.
** ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'':
{{quote|"This guy must be on loan from ''[[A Raisin in the Sun|A Raisin in the Son of the Living Dead]]''. A theatre joke, thank you! [to Lupa] <small>[[Is This Thing On?|Don't use that take]]</small>.}}
** "[[Pimp My Ride|Yo dawg, I heard you like dogs]], so put a dog in ''Ghost Dog'' so Ghost Dog can watch a dog and -- [[Overly Long Gag|oh, screw it]]."
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** He realizes one second too late that he's invoked Rule34 and mentioned a Civil War real-person slash fic.
* [[Oh My Gods]] '''"SWEET HEAVENLY MITHRAS!"'''
* [[One of Us]]
* [[Old Shame]]: When he posted the old review of ''The Girlfriend Experience'' on TGWTG, some comments came in, which he agreed with about the review coming off as slutshaming, and he contemplated removing the review altogether. He did say the intent wasn't to mock Sasha Grey for her adult film work, but the message he meant didn't come across clearly.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: "TREES!"
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** The point in his review of ''[[Gerry]]'' where he tries to make up background music... a cappella style.
* [[Phantasy Spelling]]: Oancitizen jokes that Mandragora from ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is "also probably a place for people who spell 'fairy' as 'faerie.'"
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Admittedly as what he's doing is in fact watching movies him breaking out a bowl of it in a review normally would be considered a normal film watching activity. However he's an arthouse film reviewer which people don't usually associate with popcorn, therefore he uses it in his review of ''Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' to highlight the more action movie aspects of some of the scenes.
{{quote|''(stuffing his face)'' "Ohh, right, the--the appropriation of foreign philosophies and the separation of idiosyncratic cultures, yeah, yeah."}}
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With his artist and BFF, Ven Gethenian.
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{{quote|'''[[Rap Critic]]:''' [[Anything But That|Kyle, NO! There's no way you can make this look good!!]]}}
* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]: Happens as Oancitizen struggles to talk about ''A Serbian Film'''s messages... then he [[Despair Event Horizon|snaps out]]. (in the bloopers, Kyle points out that given how much corn syrup he put on his nose for the scene, that could have been actual blood!)
* [[Punctuated!
** ARE. '''(SLAM)''' VIDEO. '''(SLAM)''' GAMES. '''(SLAM)''' ART-- [[Decided by One Vote|of course they are, that's not even a question]].
* [[Rage Breaking Point]]: Happens during the review of ''A Serbian Film.'' [[Played for Laughs]].
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** He repeats this little gem several times during 'Goodbye 20th Century':
{{quote|'''Oancitizen:''' Nazi Harry Dumbledore punches Santa Claus in the face.}}
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101185308/http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/brows-held-high-a-serbian-film-bloopers-5601086 They raped a fictional baby!...I'm really saying this out loud aren't I?]"
** The first (translated) sentence of ''Exterminating Angels'' is: "The lampposts are in need of their long scarlet coats." Oancitizen ''dares'' the audience to explain what that means. There's also a later reference to "blood of airports...flooding blue grass."
** "Hamlet's a cheerleader. Why is Hamlet a cheerleader?"
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{{quote|"Woman carrying my child hit by a falling tree. FML."}}
** During ''[[Film/Jubilee|Jubilee]]'', he would point out two "affectionate" guys are brothers, then say "Ew,".
** ''A Serbian Film'': "NEW! BORN! PORN!".
* [[The Scream]]: Time to introduce Lupa's favorite Shakesperan characters: Rosenchad and Guildebrad! "[[Totally Radical|Yo!" "'Sup?!]]"
{{quote|'''Lupa:''' Geddit? [[Don't Explain the Joke|Rosen]]-- <small>hey, where'd you go?</small
[cut to bathroom door]
'''Oan''': NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOHHHGODIWILLNEVERRRAAAAAAAAAUUUUUGHGH!!! }}
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Oancitizen. Apparently, the man ain't gettin' any. He is quick to point out flaws and mistakes during commentaries.
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** The "Lecture Alarm", explained that he got it from the same guys who made [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]'s Continuity Alarm. He ends up breaking it during ''[[Gerry]]''.
** During the ''[[Gerry]]'' review, he mentions it was hard to find a copy as all the local video stores had theirs stolen by [[Diamanda Hagan|Northern Irishmen in black masks]].
** He later paraphrases Hagan's "This film and reality don't often meet!" line. (''The Doom Generation'')
** He ends one review with the sign off "[[The Nostalgia Critic|I'm Oancitizen and I analyse it so you don't have to]]"
** The [[The Brown Bunny|Vincent Gallo blowjob]] is kicked off by shouting '''"[[The Spoony Experiment|Experience Bij]]"''', complete with bared teeth.
** "Heroin's [[Chappelle's Show|a helluva drug]]." (''[[Tideland]]'')
** In his review of ''Prospero's Books'', after a scene that's supposed to be particularly meaningful, Oan halfheartedly raises his arms and blandly states "[[Bad Movie Beatdown|...Symbolism.]]"
** In his review of ''Trash Humpers'' he says he's expecting one of them to start a 90-minute ''[[Star Wars]]'' review. [[
** '''''JUST THIS ONCE, [[Doctor Who|EVERYBODY DIES!!]]''''' (''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'')
** In his ''[[Naked Lunch]]'' review; "Maybe you oughtta try your hand at writing pornography." "I tried. Nobody liked my ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' [[Slash Fic]]. [[Bennett the Sage|Apparently, people think eating poop is weird.]]"
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** In the vlog for "Anonymous," just off the top of his head he mentions a ton of stuff about Shakespeare and his contemporary historical figures. The man really knows his stuff.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Oancitizen gets '90s Kid to shut up by telling him that [[Nirvana]] is directly responsible for the existence of [[Nickelback]].
* [[Sick and Wrong]]: The man does not scare easily. Anything involving child exploitation makes him cringe, however.
* [[Something Completely Different]]: The "Dreams of the Witch House" episode.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Kyle himself. He will rarely swear, but when he does, it's either a striking [[Precision F-Strike]] or a full out [[Cluster F-Bomb]].
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: He decides to play the happy music from the scene after the death of [[Bambi|Bambi's mother]] during the act cards in [[Antichrist]].
** He also jokes that playing stirring orchestral music over the puking scene in ''[[Sweet Movie]]'' would likely later inspire the choice of soundtrack for [[Shock Site|2 Girls 1 Cup]].
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: [[In-Universe|He laughs]] uproariously at the fake severed head in ''Flesh for Frankenstein''. "God, it looks like one of the [[Thunderbirds|Thunderbird pilots]]."
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: "So the moral of [''Tideland''] is: children are sociopathic morons!"
** "[[Drugs Are Bad|Parents who reanimate the dead have children who reanimate the dead.]]" (''Andy Warhol's Frankenstein'')
** "So just remember, when you're trying to settle serious relationship issues with your special lady, '''[[Faux Symbolism|bust her water main open]]''' and then invite her to dance. She'll be thrilled! ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena]]'' told me so!"
{{quote|'''Jesu:''' I think you're beginning to [[Sanity Slippage|lose your mind.]]}}
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: ''Anatomy Of Hell'' closes with him {{spoiler|[[Straw Misogynist|finally coming to terms with his gender's supposed inherent misogyny and calling his mother to tell her]].}}
* [[Stealth Insult]]: He ends the ''Anatomy of Hell'' review by commending [[Straw Feminist|Catherine Breillat]] for "teaching [him] so much about [[He-Man Woman Hater|the male psyche!]]"
{{quote|'''Oan:''' [dials phone] Hi, mom! Yeah, I just got done watching this French film and--'''''FUCK YOU!''''' }}
** His epitaph for ''[[Gerry]]''. Hey, it did '''one''' thing fantastically right.
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** Since it's [[Animation Age Ghetto|animated]], Oan is confident that explaining the themes and symbolism of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' will be a trifling matter for his mighty brain.
** After being thoroughly mindfucked by the ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' movie, Oan resolves that he'll never let himself get roped into reviewing an allegedly deep animated show or movie again. Then the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|bronies]] get a hold of him.
** Since ''Tromeo and Juliet'' is busy drowning itself in [[Parallel Porn Title|pornographic Shakespeare puns]], Oan decides to join in, too.
{{quote|'''Oan:''' Please. No ''[[Titus Andronicus|Titties Andronicus]]''? No ''[[Coriolanus|Glory Hole Anus]]''? No ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream|A Midsummer Night's Cream]]''?
'''Snob:''' ...That one actually exists. }}
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: Claudius' death in ''Hamlet'' (1996). "Oh I have to poison him? That's boring--'''''[[Falling Chandelier of Doom|EAT CHANDELIER, BITCH.]]'''''"
* [[Too Soon]]: After seeing a stark funeral with black-clad mourners in a pure white room in ''Goodbye, 20th Century'', Oancitizen asks, "So, who wants to bet Steve Jobs' funeral looked exactly like this?" He then raises his arms in triumph as "TOO SOON" appears to fanfare.
* [[True Art Is Angsty]]: His description of [[Ken Park]].
* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: A lot of his points are attacking this notion, either directly calling it out, or pretending to defend it while obviously twisting in logical knots.
* [[Unexpected Genre Change]]: His review of ''[[Angels in America]]'' is a completely serious, highly emotional piece that has nothing negative to say about the film and ends with him directly urging the audience to educate themselves about HIV.
* [[The Unfair Sex]]: Turns up a ''lot'' in the stuff he reviews, be it averted, subverted or played straight. Of particular merit in this regard is ''[[Antichrist]]'' and ''[[Anatomie De L Enfer]]'', which deconstruct and defend this trope, respectively.
* [[Unsound Effect]]: ''WANK!''
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* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: In ''Anatomy'': "She gets unimpressively naked and [[Madonna|lets you know what it feels like for a girl. Lets you know what it feels like in this world for a girl]]."
** In ''[[Zardoz]]'', "They're all, 'Oh, [[Queen|I am immortal. I have inside me blood of kings]]' and '[[Highlander|Here we are. Born to be kings, we're the princes of the universe.]]'". Oancitizen lampshades shortly later. (specially as he had already used "[[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]" before, as "it's a movie with immortals with [[Sean Connery]]. I had to use [[Queen]]")
** ''[[Hamlet]]'' tells [[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|the story all about how his life got flipped turned upside-down]].
{{quote|"Ah Fresh Prince. Well, in the words of another [[Geto Boys|famous rap lyric]], DIE MOTHER FUCKER DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE."}}
** In ''[[Ken Park]]'', after the "Thom Yorke-looking kid" has a sex scene with a woman who has had work done on her breasts: "[[Radiohead|She's his fake plastic love, and she wears him out. She wears him out.]]"
* [[We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties]]: Upon viewing stock footage of the Katyn massacre that was spliced into ''Sweet Movie'', Oan's screaming face is replaced by a test pattern.
{{quote|'''Oan:''' ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' [[Even Evil Has Standards|DIDN'T USE REAL BOD]]--!! [cuts feed]}}
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Didactic?]]: One of his in-universe specialties is finding deep symbolism where it almost certainly doesn't exist. This is emphasized in his early blog posts and "Between The Lines" videos.
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** Played around with in his review of ''A Serbian Film''. Instead of discussing much of the film's plot, Oan instead discusses much of Serbia's dark history and how the emotional turmoil of the Serbs translates onto the film. {{spoiler|None of this stops him from calling NATO and asking them to bomb Serbia.}}
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: One of the main reasons that Kyle finds [[Jan Svankmajer]]'s ''Alice'' so frightening is that it ''was'' originally intended to be a kid's movie.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?]]: Slumming it in the [[Animation Age Ghetto]] with [[
{{quote|'''Oan:''' Don't they know there are children watching this?
'''JO:''' Am I going to have to [[300|Sparta kick]] you out of the window? [cracks her knuckles] }}
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