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Hope Chapman, aka [[Jesu Otaku]], is by far the most successful and analytical of the former [[Desu Des Brigade]], currently a member of [[That Guy With
She produces a review segment simply entitled "The JesuOtaku Anime Review". Her review approach is very analytical, using a four-star rating system. She tries to be as objective as possible and may give high scores to shows that she doesn't personally like. She also produced her "summer project", an audio drama adaptation of [[
* [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/jo/jar JO Anime Reviews]
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* [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/jo/jolp Various] [[Let's Play|Lets Plays]].
Since joining [[That Guy With
Her videos can be found [http://blip.tv/jesuotaku here] on Blip.tv, [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/jo here] on [[That Guy With
For an in-progress list of things JO has reviewed, see [[Jesu Otaku (Web Video/Recap|the recap page]].
=== [[Jesu Otaku]] provides examples of the following tropes: ===
* [[Actor Allusion]]: In her review of ''[[
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Attention Deficit Creator Disorder]]: Let's see, she reviews anime, is making a retrospective on all the [[
** She is no longer writing reviews for ANN. However, in 2012 she decided to see every wide-release movie that came out, and in spring started doing video blogs about several of them.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: In her in-universe [[Let's Play|LP]] of [[
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: A common thread in her written introductions for each of the villains in her Top 20 Deliciously Evil Villains.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: She used her [[
* [[Berserk Button]]: [[In
** She also seems to have a real and legitimate hatred of people questioning her on why she doesn't care for ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
*** And don't tell her to read the [[
*** And now we can add the episode "Boogie Woogie Feng Shui" from ''[[
*** Also, don't get her started on any recent work done by ADR Director/Scriptwriter Steven Foster.
* [[Brain Bleach]]: Probably needed it after ''[[
** Subverted in her ''[[
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Usually calm and collected, JO was reduced to a fit of hysterical rage by the final fight of the [[
** [[
* [[Breakup Breakout]]: Not quite. Rather than leaving the [[Desu Des Brigade|Brigade]] after joining up with [[That Guy With
* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Takes on a self-admittedly goofy Brooklyn gangster accent for her ''[[
* [[Broke the Rating Scale]]: JO gave ''KissXSis'' a -5/5 and [[Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "[[Yu Yu Hakusho
* [[Cats Are Mean]]: One of JO's cats (the calico) isn't very friendly, as seen in the review for ''[[
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] / [[Slasher Smile]]: Sage looks ''terrifying'' at the end of the ''[[
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: It's not as apparent in her reviews, but if you watch her Let's Plays, especially the [[
** Her Twitter is also a good source, especially after she's had 5 cans of coke.
** She also mentions in her ''[[
* [[Companion Cube]]: Her [[Fun
** The titles were ''not'' happy when [[What the Fuck Is Wrong With You|Nash]] subbed in to review ''[[
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: She lets her little sister make cameos in the live-action intros (''[[Beck (
* [[Covert Pervert]]: JO may be very academic and studious, but she might have a dirtier mind then [[Desu Des Brigade|Vix]], as seen in Pocky Spot 22:
{{quote| "Kyoya, you're not quite dressed for the occasion; ''you have to take your pants off too!''"<br />
"The correct response to this situation would be to grab his shoulders, throw him on the bed and ride him like a stallion!" }}
* [[Crossover]]: The number has been steadily rising since she joined TGWTG. Notable examples include a review of ''[[
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Her Top 15 Dub Themes, invoked in-universe. Topping the list was, but of course, ''[[Pokémon (
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Her "snarktitles" in all of her reviews but ''[[Now and Then Here
* [[Dear Negative Reader]]: Released a full-length one over her Twitter sometime around mid/late-2011 in response to the frequent complaints about her aforementioned ADCD.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Bennett the Sage keeps trying to "break" Jesu by showing her horrible, sick anime. It eventually backfired when she got over it, but ''he'' got depressed.
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female
* [[Erotic Eating]]: Invoked then averted in the end credits for the ''Eiken'' review.
* [[Evil Is Cool]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] as the main criteria for her Top 20 Deliciously Evil Villains list.
* [[Fingore]]: Her review of ''[[
* [[Fake Brit]]: She makes fun of this trope at the beginning of her [[Hellsing (
{{quote| [[Once an Episode|Hello, and welcome to the JesuOtaku Anime Review.]] Your mission today is to sit right where you are and listen to me talk about vampires [[Lampshade Hanging|in a very baloney British accent.]] May God and Her Majesty be with you. Amen.}}
* [[Fan Service]]: She dresses in a bikini top and shorts for her ''[[
** When reviewing the ''[[Witchblade (
* [[Farm Boy|Farm Gal]]
* [[Fun
* [[Gag Boobs]]: To make fun of the large breasts of one of the main characters in the anime ''[[
** And in her last Q&A, [[Desu Des Brigade|Vixen]] made a [[Take That]] to that, by doing the same with her REAL boobs.
* [[Gag Nose]]: In her ''[[
* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]: She's been shown playing with a roommate's dog and her love for wolves is part of why she loves ''[[Wolf's Rain
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: JO plays this game a few times, more notably in her review of ''[[Jyu
* [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]]: While summarizing ''[[
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: She enjoys letting cats show up (i.e. her roommates' cats) in her videos.
* [[Let's Play]]: ''[[
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Directly after reviewing ''[[
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Recently sporting black hair with red highlights.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: In the [[Witchblade (
{{quote| '''JesuOtaku:''' By God, if I can't make a good impression, I might as well make a lasting one!}}
* [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]]: The line "That's not a metaphor" is something of a [[Running Gag]].
** A particularly unbelievable bit in ''[[
* [[Pet Peeve Trope]]: [[Glurge|Forced drama]], [[Moe]] pandering, [[Ecchi]], "Exactly like the Japanese version" dubs, [[Ending Aversion|shoddy endings]], [[Gorn]], and [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|flat-out wasting the potential of your premise.]]
* [[Pink Product Ploy]]: She bought a computer case which was part of a PC [[What the Fuck Is Wrong With You
* [[Pokémon-Speak]]: Points out Nyu's tendency to do this in ''[[
* [[Pretty Fly for
{{quote| ''Aow! It's August!''}}
* [[Readings Blew Up the Scale]]: JO's "Metafiction meter" blows up at least twice during her review of ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''.
* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: The ''[[
* [[Running Gag]]: Her gripes about [[GONZO]] and their varying production values.
** From her live stream, [[Fire Emblem Tellius
** From her playthrough of [[Fire Emblem Tellius
** Also from her stream, the people in the chat shouting "NAIL!" whenever Soren, who has the voice of Super Kami Guru, appears. It has gotten to the point where JO tells them early on to get it out of their system.
* [[Say My Name]]: JO at the end of the ''[[
{{quote| JO: '''''SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!!!!'''''}}
* [[Schedule Slip]]: JO's "Digimon Month", a month of reviews of the first five seasons of ''[[
** She recently stated on her new Formspring account that they will continue, but they'll come as they're done, like Linkara's [[
** Her "Month of Mayazaki" didn't quite fit in just one month, probably because she was moving IRL at the time.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: JO forwent her usual "Snark Text" subtitles during her ''[[Now and Then Here
** Except in one short instance: Lampshading the intentional [[Mood Whiplash]] (From the director of ''[[
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]: For the [[Desu Des Brigade]].
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: In JO's review for ''[[
* [[Squee]]: Not herself, but her snarktitles don't pass the chance in the ''[[
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]:
{{quote| "Seriously [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|I'm straight]] but that [[Cowboy Bebop
"Wow. It's times like this I wish I could whistle. You could stop traffic with a body like that." (in addressing Elizabeth from [[
* [[Tomboy]]: From the way she dresses to the shows she likes, JO is pretty masculine.
** She makes it crystal clear in the start of her ''[[
* [[Top Ten List]]: Top X Lists, mostly. Top 20 Villains, Top 15 Dubbed Anime Themes, Top 15 Stupidest Izzyisms, Top 15 Nerd Jokes in ''[[
** The Top 20 openings is intended to be an annual project. She did one for 2011 as well.
* [[Turn the Other Cheek]]: She actually did this at the end of her review of ''Eiken'', much to [[
* [[Wall Bang]]: Does this before reviewing ''Eiken''.
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: Invoked: When commenting on the scenes that didn't get edited out of the Toonami showing of ''[[Outlaw Star]]'', she snarks "Toonami: Women abuse...for kids! :D"
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Asked this via snarktitles in regards to [[Baccano
* [[Your Mom]]: In the snark text captions of her ''[[
{{quote| "I went to the store and saw..."<br />
"Your mom! OOH!"<br />
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