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Frothy Pint of Metal is a [[Video Review Show]] made by Sean "Happy Viking" Rankin. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|As the show title indicates]], he is a music reviewer specializing in Metal. His show can be seen [http://blip.tv/frothy-pint-of-metal here], on [[Reviewtopia]] and on [http://www.youtube.com/user/HappyVikingsWorkshop YouTube].
Frothy Pint of Metal is a [[Video Review Show]] made by Sean "Happy Viking" Rankin. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|As the show title indicates]], he is a music reviewer specializing in Metal. His show can be seen [http://blip.tv/frothy-pint-of-metal here], on [[Reviewtopia]] and on [http://www.youtube.com/user/HappyVikingsWorkshop YouTube].


=== Tropes featured on the show: ===
=== Tropes featured on the show: ===
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* [[Caustic Critic]]:
* [[Caustic Critic]]:
** Averted. His goal is to feature metal most people have not heard of, so his reviews tend to be positive in tone.
** Averted. His goal is to feature metal most people have not heard of, so his reviews tend to be positive in tone.
** Played straight in the ''[[Maximum Overdrive (Film)|Maximum Overdrive]]'' review, as he despises the movie.
** Played straight in the ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' review, as he despises the movie.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: The ''Immortal Guardian'' review.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: The ''Immortal Guardian'' review.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
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* [[Crossover]]:
* [[Crossover]]:
** With [[The Rosen Hacker]] for the [[Brutal Legend]] review.
** With [[The Rosen Hacker]] for the [[Brutal Legend]] review.
** And [[House of Love|Funky Monkey]], for what else, [[Heavy Metal (Animation)|Heavy Metal]]!
** And [[House of Love|Funky Monkey]], for what else, [[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]]!
** He reviews ''[[Bal-Sagoth]]'' with [[Diamanda Hagan]].
** He reviews ''[[Bal-Sagoth]]'' with [[Diamanda Hagan]].
* [[Deal With the Devil]]: Happy Viking reckons this is how [[Van Canto]] made a capella metal awesome.
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Happy Viking reckons this is how [[Van Canto]] made a capella metal awesome.
* [[Ditzy Genius]]
* [[Ditzy Genius]]
* [[Double Entendre]]: A [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] example in the ''Natural High'' review:
* [[Double Entendre]]: A [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] example in the ''Natural High'' review:
{{quote| You know what they say about guys with big hammers: They got big hammers.}}
{{quote| You know what they say about guys with big hammers: They got big hammers.}}
* [[Female Gaze]]: Happy Viking thinks the only reason why women would go to a [[Dragonforce (Music)|Dragonforce]] concert is to ogle the guys' bodies, as the music itself appeals more to male tastes.
* [[Female Gaze]]: Happy Viking thinks the only reason why women would go to a [[DragonForce]] concert is to ogle the guys' bodies, as the music itself appeals more to male tastes.
* [[Filth]]: He uses it to grab the viewers' attention in the ''Týr'' video.
* [[Filth]]: He uses it to grab the viewers' attention in the ''Týr'' video.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: His reviews of ''[[Maximum Overdrive (Film)|Maximum Overdrive]]'' and ''Ahab''.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: His reviews of ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' and ''Ahab''.
* [[Heavy Metal (Music)|Heavy Metal]]: Duh.
* [[Heavy Metal]]: Duh.
* [[High-Class Glass]]: He wears a top hat and a monocle in the ''Ahab'' review.
* [[High-Class Glass]]: He wears a top hat and a monocle in the ''Ahab'' review.
* [[Hipster]]: He maintains that snobby Metal fans have far more in common with hipsters than they realize.
* [[Hipster]]: He maintains that snobby Metal fans have far more in common with hipsters than they realize.
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* [[Nerds Are Virgins]]:
* [[Nerds Are Virgins]]:
** He jokes in the [[Undergrads]] review that it is so full of [[Geek]] references you can become virgin again by watching it.
** He jokes in the [[Undergrads]] review that it is so full of [[Geek]] references you can become virgin again by watching it.
** A joke of this manner is made in the [[Dragonforce (Music)|Dragonforce]] riff.
** A joke of this manner is made in the [[DragonForce]] riff.
* [[No True Scotsman]]: He criticizes the tendency in Heavy Metal to squabble over the question what "true" metal may be and especially loathes those who only accept the most brutal metal possible. He also despises those who maintain that certain sexual orientations are incompatible with being a metalhead, as can be seen in the ''Power Quest'' review where he voices his annoyance with people who call [[Power Metal]] "gay metal".
* [[No True Scotsman]]: He criticizes the tendency in Heavy Metal to squabble over the question what "true" metal may be and especially loathes those who only accept the most brutal metal possible. He also despises those who maintain that certain sexual orientations are incompatible with being a metalhead, as can be seen in the ''Power Quest'' review where he voices his annoyance with people who call [[Power Metal]] "gay metal".
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: He goes on for a long while in his [[Dragonforce (Music)|Dragonforce]] riff on how nerdy the band is. He [[Lampshades]] this.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: He goes on for a long while in his [[DragonForce]] riff on how nerdy the band is. He [[Lampshades]] this.
* [[Pretentious Latin Motto]]: He uses ''Sic Parvis Magna'' (“Greatness from Small Beginnings”), the personal motto of Sir Francis Drake, in his ''Týr'' review to describe how such a great metal band can come from the unassuming Faroe Islands.
* [[Pretentious Latin Motto]]: He uses ''Sic Parvis Magna'' (“Greatness from Small Beginnings”), the personal motto of Sir Francis Drake, in his ''Týr'' review to describe how such a great metal band can come from the unassuming Faroe Islands.
* [[Porn Names]]: Happy Viking is convinced [[White Wizzard (Music)|White Wizzard]]'s Jon Leon has the perfect name for a porn star.
* [[Porn Names]]: Happy Viking is convinced [[White Wizzard]]'s Jon Leon has the perfect name for a porn star.
* [[Red Scare]]: Parodied in the ''Metal Shots! Rasputin'' video, where the target of paranoia are not Communists, but "crusty old white people".
* [[Red Scare]]: Parodied in the ''Metal Shots! Rasputin'' video, where the target of paranoia are not Communists, but "crusty old white people".
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]: The theme in the ''Ghost'' review.
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]: The theme in the ''Ghost'' review.
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* [[Shout-Out]]:
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** To [[Doctor Steel]] in the ''Raubtier'' review.
** To [[Doctor Steel]] in the ''Raubtier'' review.
** To [[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]], [[Obscurus Lupa]] and [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] in the ''[[White Wizzard (Music)|White Wizzard]]'' review.
** To [[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]], [[Obscurus Lupa]] and [[The Nostalgia Critic]] in the ''[[White Wizzard]]'' review.
** To [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Evil Dead]], [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]] and [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] in ''Metal Shots! [[Hammer Fall|Natural High]]''.
** To [[Rey Mysterio]], [[Evil Dead]], [[Warhammer 40000]] and [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] in ''Metal Shots! [[Hammerfall|Natural High]]''.
** To [[Kevin Smith]] in the [[Undergrads]] review.
** To [[Kevin Smith]] in the [[Undergrads]] review.
** To [[Finnegans Wake (Literature)|Finnegans Wake]] in the [[Dragonforce (Music)|Dragonforce]] riff.
** To [[Finnegans Wake]] in the [[DragonForce]] riff.
* [[Slasher Movie]]: Parodied in the ''Ahab'' review.
* [[Slasher Movie]]: Parodied in the ''Ahab'' review.
* [[Something Completely Different]]: A few reviews are not music reviews:
* [[Something Completely Different]]: A few reviews are not music reviews:
** One of [[Korgoth of Barbaria]], although this is of course a very "metal" series pilot.
** One of [[Korgoth of Barbaria]], although this is of course a very "metal" series pilot.
** One of [[Undergrads]], which is reviewed purely for nostalgic reasons.
** One of [[Undergrads]], which is reviewed purely for nostalgic reasons.
** For Halloween he reviews ''[[Maximum Overdrive (Film)|Maximum Overdrive]]''.
** For Halloween he reviews ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]''.
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: He jokes that ''Napalm Records'', a Metal label, is stalking him because many groups that are signed with it appear in his show.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: He jokes that ''Napalm Records'', a Metal label, is stalking him because many groups that are signed with it appear in his show.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Happy Viking has this reaction to the members of ''Týr'', who like to play [[Walking Shirtless Scene|shirtless]].
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Happy Viking has this reaction to the members of ''Týr'', who like to play [[Walking Shirtless Scene|shirtless]].
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: One of DragonForce's videos makes Happy Viking immediately laugh because of this trope.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: One of DragonForce's videos makes Happy Viking immediately laugh because of this trope.
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* [[Take That]]:
* [[Take That]]:
** He delivers one against [[Conspiracy Theorist|Birthers]] in the ''Heidevolk'' review.
** He delivers one against [[Conspiracy Theorist|Birthers]] in the ''Heidevolk'' review.
** Happy Viking delivers many ones against ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' in ''Metal Shots! [[Hammer Fall|Natural High]]''.
** Happy Viking delivers many ones against ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' in ''Metal Shots! [[Hammerfall|Natural High]]''.
** Against [[Emo]] kids in the ''Ahab'' review, because [[Doom Metal|Funeral Doom]] is depressive music for grown-ups.
** Against [[Emo]] kids in the ''Ahab'' review, because [[Doom Metal|Funeral Doom]] is depressive music for grown-ups.
** Against snobby Metal fans and hipsters in the DragonForce riff.
** Against snobby Metal fans and hipsters in the DragonForce riff.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]
* [[Toilet Humour]]: He does a fart joke in the ''[[White Wizzard (Music)|White Wizzard]]'' review.
* [[Toilet Humour]]: He does a fart joke in the ''[[White Wizzard]]'' review.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: One of his main problems with the characters in ''[[Maximum Overdrive (Film)|Maximum Overdrive]]'', as e.g the giant noisy monster trucks are able to sneak up on people.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: One of his main problems with the characters in ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'', as e.g the giant noisy monster trucks are able to sneak up on people.
* [[Warrior Heaven]]: Happy Viking describes the Norse heaven as a never ending bar brawl and uses that to illustrate how fun-loving Vikings were which was ruined by christianization.
* [[Warrior Heaven]]: Happy Viking describes the Norse heaven as a never ending bar brawl and uses that to illustrate how fun-loving Vikings were which was ruined by christianization.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: He promised his viewers "boobies" after the credits in the ''Týr'' review. They get of course a picture of the seabird.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: He promised his viewers "boobies" after the credits in the ''Týr'' review. They get of course a picture of the seabird.

Revision as of 09:35, 9 April 2014

Frothy Pint of Metal is a Video Review Show made by Sean "Happy Viking" Rankin. As the show title indicates, he is a music reviewer specializing in Metal. His show can be seen here, on Reviewtopia and on YouTube.

Tropes featured on the show:

 Alestorm and Týr are [...]freewheeling fighters, fuckers and fornicators.

They love their adrenaline-addled antics.

  'Sup, heathens!

  You know what they say about guys with big hammers: They got big hammers.

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