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[[File:14wy3kj.jpg|link=The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|frame|We interrupt this review to bring you a nerd and [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|a robot version of Jesus Christ]] fighting Satan spawned from a game cartridge.]]

* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]] more or less [[Trope Codifier|codified]] this trope: his earliest videos featured some short skits, but he got particularly carried away with these in his ''[[Friday the 13th (Video Game)|Friday the 13 th]]'' and ''[[A Nightmare On Elm Street]]'' reviews and hasn't stopped since. His format has since then become almost standard of just about any [[Caustic Critic]] with a video series of his own, and his own theatrical antics have evolved to the point where he can spend more than half the video goofing around in front of a camera instead of talking about the game.

** His more skit-heavy episodes can become so elaborate that he's often working on several reviews at a time, shifting between "classic"-style reviews with a bigger focus on the game itself, and more theatrical videos, the former kind taking less effort to make. (to show how the elaborate are complicated: in a [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/717056.html "making of" special], he points out he listened to [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]]'s entire discography while editing his [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/711094.html 100th episode]!)

* Naturally, about half the contributors on ''[[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With the Glasses]]'' indulge in these constantly, especially the site's very own [[Doug Walker]] as the [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] (who once decided that the best way to end a review of ''[[The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (Film)|The Garbage Pail Kids Movie]]'' was a completely unrelated ''[[Two Thousand and One A Space Odyssey]]'' parody that lasts five minutes).

** [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] only uses these occasionally, usually in the [["Previously On..."]] segments before each review, showcasing things that didn't actually happen in the last video while crossing over with other TGWTG contributors.

** [[Noah Antwiler]] of ''[[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|The Spoony Experiment]]'' frequently interjects subtle theatrics into his videos, but only rarely gets too carried away with them (such as the end of his ''[[Phantasmagoria 2]]'' [[Let's Play]] and his ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' review). He has mentioned in his commentary videos that there's been some backlash against characters like Dr. Insano and Spencer D. Bum, and understands that his viewers don't necessarily want to watch him goof around on-camera that much.

*** Spoony [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] this formula in his recent review of ''Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge'', where he claims to have had an elaborate review planned out with sketches aplenty (with a guest appearance by [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]]), but cancels the whole thing because he wouldn't want to dignify the game with such an elaborate review.

** [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]] did this often in his early videos, but it's pretty much been dropped, and fans seem to prefer the more straightforward approach.

** [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]'s recent videos seem to be half this, half review. She does the review and either Nella by herself or with her other friends provide the sketch subplot.

** Nash's ''[[What the Fuck Is Wrong With You (Web Video)|What the Fuck Is Wrong With You]]?'', while not a review show per se, always ends with a sketch.

* [[MST3K]] is mostly famous for it's, well, [[MS Ting|MSTings]]. Yet, the host segments are just as well-regarded, even when they have nothing to do with the movie (such as with [[Monster a Go Go]]).