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{{quote|'We love all fans except one. ([[Brutal Honesty|If you have to guess who,]] [[Take That, Audience!|it's probably you.)]]'|One of their banner taglines}}
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* '''Professor Otaku''', who produces the review series "Anime Dissection" and "OVA 101."
* '''Arkada''', who produces the anime review called "Glass Reflection." He wears a lab coat during his reviews, which makes him vaguely reminiscent of [[
* '''[[
* '''Vixen''', who produces the "Kit-Suki" review series. Her review style is very informal, and quite [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|opposite to her fellow reviewer]] [[
* '''Malakye''', who administers the DesuDes message board and produces the anime news segment called Pocky Spot. He has a cute, [[Vocaloid]], evil assistant called Tsubake. Now has two of his own review series, "Mal's Monthly Manga" and "Sake Shots".
* '''Tsubake''', Mal's Vocaloid assistant who wants to [[Kill All Humans]], Vixen in particular. She kills people on a regular basis and hates everyone.
* In March 2011 they added three new members to the brigade, unfortunately [http://cjhitchcockanimemoviereview.blogspot.com/2011/10/end.html real life forced]{{Dead link}} [http://www.desudesbrigade.com/2011/12/desu-rattle-the-garbage-story/ all of them to leave.]
** '''Kagami''', who produces K-Station, a series of AMVs. Not much else is known except she has an in universe fascination with knives and (also in-universe) most likely killed her own boyfriend to get on the site.
** '''Rabbit''', Vixen's closest friend who produces the show "To Read or Not To Read" where she reviews Manga. She has two other series called "Between the Lines" and "By the Quill". She also provided some of the website's artwork.
** '''Hitch''', who produces "AMR (Anime Movie Review)" where he reviews, well, anime movies. His second series is called "Season Impressions" where he showcases new animes of each season and gives them a score based on his first and last impressions. Currently writes the Fanservice Corner segments of Pocky Spot.
While each of the reviewers has his or her own individual video review series, they also collaborate on other productions together. This began with the "Desu Rattle" podcast, when Professor Otaku brought Arkada, JesuOtaku and Vixen together to create a weekly podcast about anime. They became known as the DesuDes Brigade when they created their personal website. Malakye helped in the creation of the site, so he became the fifth Brigade member. Their reviews are aimed at discerning anime viewers who want to find out anime worth watching.
The original site was hacked in late May 2011. Their new website is located at [https://web.archive.org/web/20130908163210/http://www.desudesbrigade.com/ DesuDesBrigade.com].
As of April
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Arkada's review of ''[[
* [[Adorkable]]: Mal. Sure he's a little pervy, but he's quiet and shy, especially when compared to his more rambunctious peers (he makes JO look like [[The Angry Joe Show
* [[Alter Ego Acting]]: Pretty much all the brigadiers do the third kind of this, especially on Pocky Spot.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Vixen, who's half-Filipino.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Vixen themes herself after the fox. Aside from her name (A vixen is a female fox), her two series on the site are called Kit-suki (short for [
* [[Art Evolution]]: Prof's avatar has changed twice.
** And now the Pocky Spot (and other videos involving their avatars, as seen on the side of the site) avatars have undergone this now that Rabbit's drawing them.
* [[Artificial Human]]: Tsubake, somewhat.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Tristan Gallant, Arkada's real name. He's named Badass Bravery!
* [[Berserk Button
** For Professor Otaku: ''[[MD Geist]]'', bad girly shows and just about anything made by Kaishaku.
** For Vixen: Constant [[Random Encounter
*** Not to mention ''[[Twilight (
*** Pocky Spot 48 brings us an anime where [[Astarotte no Omocha|a 10 year old succubus has to have males ejaculate into her mouth in order to survive]]. She's horrified and disgusted to say the least.
** For Arkada: ''[[
*** And flimsy spindle DVD cases, as indicated in almost any of his given reviews.
*** He still hasn't forgiven [[Kyoto Animation]] for [[Haruhi Suzumiya
** For Hitch: When he was reviewing the live-action ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' movie, he was hoping that there would be lots of [[Your Head Asplode|exploding heads]] like in the anime. When we finally got to our first exploding head, [[Gory Discretion Shot|it was off screen]]. He... didn't take it well.
*** When he found out that the [[Badass]] [[Action Hero]] of ''Vampire Wars'' was named Cookie, well... he [[Stealth Pun|snapped.]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Rabbit (don't let her cuteness fool you).
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Vixen did her review of ''[[Le Portrait
** Prof did his review of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' in French, Japanese, Fake German and Fake Italian, with a little English thrown in.
*** The German sounded suspiciously like an audio clip of Hitler, and the Italian sounded like someone reading off the Olive Garden menu. However, Prof did that as an experiment to see who was actually listening when subtitles are underneath.
* [[Brain Bleach]]:
** Something Vixen desperately wanted after reviewing the [[OVA
*** Vixen invoked this trope by name in her "Fanservice Corner" of Pocky Spot 15.
** Professor Otaku would have liked it after reviewing ''[[Kekko Kamen]]''.
* [[Brick Joke]]: In Prof's ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' review, he said "What next? Do I watch ''[[Prétear]]''? How about ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''? Why not just grow a nice pair of BOOBS while I'm at it?" Half a year later, he's reviewed the first, about to review the second and the third? [[Gender Bender|Well...]]
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: Deconstructed. Rather than [[
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rin, one of their fans and Vixen's close friend. They make lots of fat jokes about her, lots and lots of fat jokes.
* [[Caustic Critic]]: Professor Otaku, mainly, though Vixen gets like this sometimes, too.
* [[Canada, Eh?]]: Arkada, who really is Canadian.
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** At the end credits of their respective reviews, Arkada says "Stay Frosty". Similarly, Professor Otaku used to say "Until next week, this is Professor Otaku signing off", which he seems to be bringing back. Vixen makes a little squeaky sound that sounds like 'omo' but she claims her catchphrase is 'I'm going to kill you, Prof'.
** During the Desu Rattle podcast, Arkada shouts "For Fanservice!" in a manner similar to how Dr. Insano from [[
* [[Caramelldansen Vid]]: Complete with Vixen's [[Gainax Bounce]], JO [[Bare Your Midriff|Baring Her Midriff]], and Arkada [[Hollywood Tone Deaf|singing]]. (Link?)
* [[Cat Fight]]: Between JO and Vix.
* [[The Chick]]: Vixen. Arguably a [[Dark Chick]].
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Hitch; sure he likes hentai but he genuinely respects women. [http://www.formspring.me/cjhitchcock/q/218135111491681116 No, really]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Several examples:
** Vixen killing Malakye [[Running Gag|multiple times over]] on [[Pocky Spot]].
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** Prof has a mean right hook. Just ask Vixen, as shown in the 'Quick Hits ACen' video, in which he systematically sucker-punched the rest of the Brigade. In his defense, Ark was singing the theme to ''[[Sgt Frog]]'' at the time, but kicking JO through the door was unmerited.
* [[Content Warnings]]: Always comes with the reviews of more violent titles.
* [[Could Say It, But...]]: Professor Otaku delves into great detail as to what colourful metaphor he ''would'' say about the English dub of ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'' but states that he's above that.
* [[Credits Gag]]:
* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Vixen
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: JesuOtaku's subtitled reaction to [[AIR
** Ark's reaction to [[Bunny Drop|Rin]], despite claiming he didn't like kids.
* [[A Day in The Life]]: Tsubake's Adventures
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: All of them are like this. Even the [[Large Ham]] Arkada.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Ark's suggestion for punishing Hitch for not liking ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' (which he even said wasn't horrible, he just didn't like it) is a letter bomb.... or a NUKE.
** His actual punishment (suggested by ''[[Beware the Nice Ones|Rabbit]]'') is to have his testicles electrocuted every time he has a naughty thought while reviewing ''[[La Blue Girl]]'' with Vixen.
*** Vix pulls the same thing on Prof for his 100th review.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male
* [[Drinking Game]]: Vixen did one in-universe for her reviews of ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'' and ''[[The Princess Bride (
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Prof admitted in Quick Hits 2 that Shuichi dropped one on him.
* [[Early
* [[Electric Torture]]: [http://www.desudesbrigade.com/2011/08/kit-suki-and-amr-la-blue-girl/ Poor Hitch...]
* [[Enemy Without]]: His normal person self, Tristan Gallant, distinct from his reviewer self, Arkada. The two argue over whether or not it's okay to show the sexier scenes of ''[[Desert Punk (
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Hitch gives one of these off after giving Vixen [[Sailor Moon And The 7 Ballz]].
* [[The Faceless]]: Until recently, Mal was the only member who had never showed his face, instead opting to use an animated avatar wearing a mask similar to that of Zero from ''[[Code Geass]]''.
* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: Tsubake calls humans (and presumably other organic creatures) "fleshbags."
* [[Fan Vid]]: Kagami's AMV videos.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Professor Otaku
** [[The Lancer]]: Arkada
** [[The Big Guy]]: Malakye
** [[The Smart Guy]]: [[
** [[The Chick]]: Vixen
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Tsubake, Kagami, Hitch, and Rabbit
* [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]: Hitch's [http://www.desudesbrigade.com/2011/07/amr-classic-top-ten-sing-alongs/ sing along video].
* [[Fun
** In the ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' review, Professor Otaku had quite a bit of fun with this. Or rather, the rest of the Brigade had fun at his expense.
** While introducing the review for ''[[Now and Then, Here
* [[Gainaxing]]: They call it wibble though.
* [[Gender Flip]]: Prof got this at the end of his ''[[Prétear]]'' review, lasting until near the end of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Done twice in Arkada's ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' review. The first time was after declaring that in no way was he ever going to review the aforementioned series. The second time was declaring that he was definitely not following it up with a ''[[
* [[Go Mad
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Prof's and Hitch's friendship implies this.
** [[Romantic Two
* [[Hey,
* [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]]: After making a <s>herpes</s> Harpies commercial voiceover, Prof quips in his review of ''[[Wonder Woman (
* [[Hostile Show Takeover]]: Malakye hosts Fanservice Corner in Pocky Spot episode 53, showing the opening to ''[[Maken
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]/[[Hurricane of Puns]]: Vixen's ''[[Twilight (
** Professor Otaku on Dolores from ''[[Zone of the Enders]]: Dolores, i'':
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** Arkada's review for ''[[Phantom of Inferno|Phantom
* [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You]]: Professor Otaku in his [[Let's Play]] of ''Knights of the Round'':
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* [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At
* [["I Want" Song]]: Vixen's and Tsubake's parody of ''[[Portal (
** [[Let's Duet]]
* [[Kill All Humans]]: Tsubake's goal.
* [[Large Ham]]: Arkada when he <s>introduces</s> hosts his Mailbag Showdown, and whenever he does voice work either, it's part of the [[Mad Scientist|persona]].
** Ark in general, even when making V-Logs!
* [[Let's Play]]: The members have attempted a few of these, Prof with ''Knights of the Round'' for the Arcade and ''Spider-Man Web of Shadows'' for the 360, Vixen with PC titles ''Left 4 Dead 2'', ''Phantasmagoria'' and ''The Sims 3'' as well as ''[[
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Arkada plays this up from time to time.
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Arkada, at least in his animated form.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Vixen, of course. Usually, this is played for laughs, as in some of her [[Double Entendre|lines]] in the Fanservice Corner segment of Pocky Spot, or in the [http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu283/VideoGameVixen/DDB/QABanner.jpg banner] for her <s>T&A</s> Q&A segments.
** See the entry for [[Of Corsets Sexy]] below.
** She has also [[
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Arkada's quick recap of ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' to help put context into ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Both Ark and Prof have one.
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: Vixen is rather fond of corsets, including her "trademark" white corset, which she first wore in her review of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' for the hell of it, and is shown wearing in the intro sequence to her reviews.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Coincidentally, Prof.'s real name is CJ Irelan and Hitch's is CJ Hitchcock.
** It helps that the members all refer to each other by their stage names.
* [[Opposite
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: Blink and you'll miss it, but during the Red Scorpion "Luck Be a Lady" radio drama, featuring a red-tinted Green Hornet, the titular character uses this as a password before smashing down a door.
* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]: Vixen's "List of Disney Boys I Would Bang": [[Mulan
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* [[Pokémon
* [[Precision F
* [[Put
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: "Real men watch ''Princess Tutu''." And indeed, ''Tutu'' has been shown a couple of times on the Manime Monday stream.
** See also Prof's love of ''[[Super
** All of the boys are fans of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: Comes up in-universe in Vixen's vids.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Vixen's cartoon avatar on Pocky Spot when she gets really angry.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Vixen's the Red Oni, JesuOtaku is solidly the Blue one.
** Ark is [[Large Ham|red]] and Prof is [[Deadpan Snarker|blue]].
* [[Retool]]: Pocky Spot as of episode 50. All segments barring Mailbag Showdown and Fanservice Corner have been replaced by a whole new host of segments, including one for each of the new brigadiers and Tsubake getting one to herself.
* [[Rule
* [[Romantic Two
* [[Running Gag]]: Oh, so many...
** The legendary badassery of Arkada, who supposedly can make peanut butter by punching narwhals to death.
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** Later they invoked this in their review of ''Issho Ni''.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Arkada and Professor Otaku, though surprisingly it's Arkada that lapses into this most frequently.
* [[Shout
* [[Song Parody]]: Vixen and Tsubake did one of ''Want You Gone''.
** Although not entirely changed, Hitch and Prof did [[Avenue Q|If You Were Gay]].
* [[The Stinger]]: Ark puts an audio preview of his next review in his more recent reviews.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]
** Arkada has a shameless mancrush on [[
* [[Super
* [[Squee]]: During Pocky Spot 22, both Vixen and JO let out a good one when seeing [[Ouran High School Host Club|Kyoya]] with his shirt off.
** They do this again at the begining of Prof's review of ''[[Prétear]]'', much to Prof's annoyance.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Professor Otaku in his [[Let's Play]] of ''Knights of the Round'':
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* [[Take a Third Option]]: Even though Prof had several fans send video suggestions for his 100th episode, Profette comes up with the easy choice of {{spoiler|''[[Buso Renkin]]''}}.
* [[Take That]]: Arkada took a shot at [[Todd Haberkorn]] voicing too many recent leads in his review of ''[[Gankutsuou]]''.
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: Vix reported on her <s>T&A</s> Q&A...
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* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Vixen's reaction in Pocky Spot 48 where she learns the plot of the loli animé, ''[[Astarotte no Omocha]]''.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Tsubake. Originally Malakye, though [[The Starscream|it's been brought up a a lot less since she came along.]]
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: JesuOtaku has this dynamic with Vixen, full stop.
* [[Top Ten List]]: Top X Lists, mostly.
** Vixen has Top 20 Musical Numbers.
** Prof had Top 10 Babes (though it was actually 10 + 5 Wussiest Girls + 5 Almost Made Its), Top 10 Stupidest ''[[Transformers]]'' Episodes, Top 10 Crushes, and Top 5 Mismatched Openings and Endings.
** Ark had Top 19 Anime BGM, Top 10 Unlicensed Anime of 2010, Top 14 Tragically Sad Moments, and Top 17 anime voice actors.
** Hitch had his Top 10 70's anime openings and Top 10 Singalongs.
** Mal recently had his Top 10 Anime Openings.
* [[Visual Pun]]: Arkada uses these to great effect in his Glass Reflection reviews.
* [[Wall Bang]]: Some series that Professor Otaku reviewed, and he couldn't take it, and... you know.
* [[X Called. They Want Their Y Back.]]: Professor Otaku in his [[Let's Play]] of Knights of the Round:
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* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: Inverted. Vixen was way too squicked out by what she reviewed in ''[[Papa to Kiss
** Tsubake apparently has a rather large colleciton of Yaoi porn.
* [[You Can Leave Your Hat On]]: Was Ark stripping through their riff of Venus Wars, cause it certainly looked like it.
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