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** He also doesn't like being called a [[The Cinema Snob|Brad Jones]] rip-off.

* [[Big "What?"]]: 8 minutes into [[Jesu Otaku]] making him watch ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. The first of many, as we'll see in due course.

** [[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.

** 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''!"

** The modern interpretation of Laertes has a gay dance instructor. ..who looks like Mike Myers in ''Sprockets.''

* [[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.

* [[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]].

* [[Freakier Than Fiction]]:

** ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' reduces him to a cackling lunatic.

* [[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!"

** ...Along with Kyle and Brad's dodgy acting.

* [[Layman's Terms]]: So, Jason Witter replaced the original language of ''Hamlet'' with endless pop culture snark?

* [[Mary Sue]]: He calls out the protagonist of ''Exterminating Angels'' on this.

* [[Mind Screw]]: ''What Is It?'', both the movie and the 'sketch.'

* [[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 The Holy Grail]]'' in their heads, and says they really need to do some reading on media saturation.

** And so, the characters of ''The Doom Generation'' "invoke the [[A Threesome Is Hot|Power of Three!]]"

** ''Tideland'''s deranged beekeeper. "Aaaaand [[The Wicker Man|meme]] in 3....2....1..."

** ''Hamlet the Vampire Slayer'':

* [[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.

** ''A Serbian Film'': "NEW! BORN! PORN!".

** He later paraphrases Hagan's "This film and reality don't often meet!" line. (''The Doom Generation'')

** 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.]]"

* [[Sick and Wrong]]: The man does not scare easily. Anything involving child exploitation makes him cringe, however.

** 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]].

** "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!"

* [[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!]]"

** Since ''Tromeo and Juliet'' is busy drowning itself in [[Parallel Porn Title|pornographic Shakespeare puns]], Oan decides to join in, too.

* [[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.

** ''[[Hamlet]]'' tells [[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|the story all about how his life got flipped turned upside-down]].

* [[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.

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