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He began with ''[[The Adventures of Bayou Billy]]'', the quintessential [[Nintendo Hard]] title "which probably contributed a great deal to making me the psychological mess I am today," before moving on to the likes of ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game)|E.T.]]'' for the Atari 2600 (a review he made while recovering from having his wisdom teeth removed, setting "some kind of [[Macho Masochism|world record for pain]]").
He is perhaps most famous for his eviscerating reviews of the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series, specifically otherwise-beloved titles such as [[Final Fantasy VIII|VIII]] and [[Final Fantasy X|X]], which earned him a spot at [[That Guy With The Glasses]]. Additionally, Spoony garnered attention for his [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]-style [[Let's Play|Lets Plays]] of ''[[Phantasmagoria 2]]: A Puzzle of Flesh'' and ''[[Ripper]]'' (which he slogged through in the dark ages of pre-[[
He has since moved into video reviews of movies and TV shows, including completely off the cuff rants against any new releases he didn't like as soon as he gets back from them (the ones about ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' are truly something to behold), as well as similarly improv comments on the state of pro wrestling, which often run as long as the actual ''program'' he's critiquing.
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** The Deadly Premonition LP was apparently discontinued as well. This was lampshaded during 2011's April Fools as he uploaded a video titled "Let's Play Deadly Premonition - part 2" almost one year after the first part was posted, and the still shot that appears before playing the video WAS of a previously unseen part of the game, complete with text that looks like the kind of captions Spoony frequently includes in his videos. Turned out the video was actually a Cinema Snob parody and a review of an obscure bad movie. And no, that movie had nothing in common with Deadly Premonition.
** The [[Deadliest Warrior|Deadliest Character]] was nixed after its first episode because it took far too much time and effort to produce and the original animator couldn't do another episode, though he hasn't ruled out a possible [[Live Action]] fight. Now fans will never know [[Cool Versus Awesome|who would win in a fight]] [[Doctor Who|The Daleks]] or [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Borg]]
* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: On the one hand, Spoony/Noah will give credit where credit is due, as with ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''<ref>Grudgingly admitting to enjoying the battle system, and praising the high quality of both the soundtrack and cutscenes, even going so far as to call the latter "heartbreakingly beautiful"</ref>, ''[[Final Fantasy X
** In his vlog for ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'', Noah says that he thinks people misjudge him as overly negative because when he says "This movie was okay, I just didn't care for it personally", it gets misinterpreted as "This movie was shit". The specific example he gives is ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]'', saying that he always thought [[Captain America (comics)]] was a bit two-dimensional but the movie was well-made and it's just his own hang-up that kept him from enjoying it more.
** In his vlog for ''Snow White and the Huntsman'', Noah says that [[Kristen Stewart]] isn't a very good actress and is [[Informed Attractiveness|not nearly as hot as the film makes her out to be]], but he says that he's not trying to hate on her just to jump on the ''[[Twilight]]'' [[Hatedom]], and [[Apologizes a Lot]], remarking that he really does want to like her but she just annoys him.
* [[Acting for Two]]: Spoony occasionally shares the screen with other characters played by himself, including Dr. Insano, Chef Ramsay, [[Final Fantasy VIII|Squall Leonhart]], [[Fu Manchu]], Spencer D. Bum, the [[Ultimate Warrior|Ultimate Spoony]], [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Cap'n Smiling Jack D'Arcy]], the [[Atmosfear|Gate Cleaner]], [[Hulk Hogan|Hulk Spogan]], [[Battlefield Earth|Terl]], "Spoonette", Spoontock! of the [[Star Trek|Klingon Empire]], [[Ultima|Chuckles the Fucking Jester]], [[Final Fantasy X|Tidus]], [[Ultima|The Avatar]], [[Final Fantasy X
* [[Actor Allusion]]: A common gag. For example, when [[Christopher Lee]] appears in a film he will reference his roles as Dracula and Saruman, and his ''Cage'' review has constant references to Lou Ferrigno's most famous role as [[The Incredible Hulk]].
* [[Actor IS the Title Character]]: Spoony is fond of invoking this trope, for example during his ''[[Ripper]]'' LP:
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* [[Bias Steamroller]]: [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|Has been known to drive one...a lot]]. He's fully aware of when he's doing it, too.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Towards the end of his ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' review. And of all people, it's {{spoiler|Pumpkinhead}}.
** At the end of ''[[Final Fantasy X
* [[Big No]]: Invoked and subverted in ''Ripper'' when Catherine collapses:
{{quote|'''Spoony''': Oh, we're winding up to a big ol' "Nooooooooooooooo!"...
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** An even further one: in the ''Partymania'' review the (alternate) Dr. Insano's origin is that he was one of the Schlumper brothers who was scorned by the unnamed female protagonist and went on to become evil. In the ''Warrior #2-3'' review Dr. Linksano references bringing glory to the Schlumper name, implying that he is the other Schlumper brother. {{spoiler|And given that his universe was conquered by Lord Vyce right before Linksano jumped universes, alternate!Insano is probably not doing very well.}}
** Again during the first part of his [[Final Fantasy X]] review, Dr. Insano walked in asking if anybody had seen Neutro. {{spoiler|It was later revealed that [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] had stolen Neutro from Dr. Insano in his [[Power Rangers Zeo]] Comic review.}}
** In Dr. Insano's review of ''The Dungeonmaster'', Dr. Insano forces [[Bennett the Sage]] to provide footages for ''[[
* [[Broke the Rating Scale]]: Spoony finally decided to [[Overly Long Gag|do away with]] the Ass Counter in ''Dead or Alive''. Holly Valance and Sarah Carter cause it to '''EXPLODE'''.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: The vibe Spoony got from the Marky Mark ''Make My Video''. It doesn't help that the actors in question ''happen'' to resemble him and his sister.
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** The rivalry that Spoony's alter ego Dr. Insano has with Linkara arguably falls into this category as well. Linkara has magical weapons (and cheat codes), Insano has mad science, and both are entertaining as hell.
** His parody of ''Deadliest Warrior'', ''Deadliest Character'' does the same as the TV show, but with fictional characters, namely the [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Megazord]] {{spoiler|and later, the Dragonzord}} versus [[Godzilla|Mechagodzilla]].
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Dr. Insano figured out a way to obtain game footage of [[
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: Linkara punching the wall, a la [[Infinite Crisis|Superboy-Prime]], caused Dr. Insano to become a man (according to Linkara, anyway).
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: A [[Defied Trope]]. He screams in horror looking at the cover for ''[[Wing Commander (film)|Wing Commander]]: The Movie'' and explains thus: "You know that old saying, you can't judge a book by its cover? Well fuck you! That's books, not movies!"
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* [[Drinking Game]]: He made one for ''[[Tekken: Blood Vengeance]]'': take a shot every time [[Continuity Lock Out|something happens that doesn't make sense unless you've played the games]], and take two shots every time something happens that makes '''less''' sense if you've played the games, like Sumo wrestler Ganryu randomly being a gym teacher.
** Immediately after announcing this, though, he subverts it when the film opening with a schoolgirl riding a giant panda at [[Super Speed]] causes him to [[I Need a Freaking Drink|chug the entire bottle]].
* [[Drop
** Dr. Insano and Spencer D. Bum.
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]:
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** In the commentary for the review of ''[[Highlander: The Source|Highlander the Source]]'', he claims that he'll never again make a joke about suicide, as one of his fans killed himself shortly after sending him an email about it.
* [[DVD Commentary]]: Does commentaries for many videos, including for ''[[Kickassia]]''.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Spoony's original video intro began with him screaming in horror at Yuna singing in the opening of ''[[
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Spoony's early reviews lack an intro or theme song, and are credited to "[[Fan Wank|Fanwankery Films]]", a name he seems to have abandoned.
** The earliest ones were also ad-libbed. He didn't begin writing scripts until around the reviews of ''Robin Hood'' and ''[[The Thing (video game)|The Thing]]''. This resulted in the jokes being much more polished, and is frequently credited as the period his show started [[Growing the Beard]].
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{{quote|'''Wakka:''' "Hey, look. Don't get so down. BOOM! hahuhu Like happy festival fireworks, ya!?"
'''Spoony:''' '''"...Happy... Festival... Fireworks!?''' That could be the '''STUPIDEST, MOST INSENSITIVE, IDIOT THING any character has ever said in ANY WORK OF FICTION!''' That's like trying to cheer people up after Hurricane Katrina.... by saying it's ''a giant happy waterpark!"'' }}
** And when Yuna in [[Final Fantasy X
* [[Fan Disservice]]: During ''[[The Beastmaster]]'' review, upon seeing a sorceress teleport out of her clothes as the camera pans up her body:
{{quote|'''Spoony:''' Say, alright! Hey dude, throw something else at her, maybe she'll teleport out of her underewear too-- [sees her hideously deformed face] Oh my God! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?! Ah, look it's a melted John Madden! Joan Rivers! It's the lady from ''[[The Goonies]]''!}}
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** And again in Part 3 of the ''FFX-2'' review when Leblanc offers to help the Gullwings.
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: In the new awesome animated Intro, you can see a few things on the shelves with references to various games and movies he's reviewed, such as "[[SWAT 4|You're In My Spot, Sir]]," "[[Ripper|Unfucking Believable]]", and "Spooning With Spoony Volume 19".
** He inserted [[Where's Wally?|Wally]] into the crowd of the concert scene in ''Final Fantasy X-2''.
* [[Friend in the Black Market]]
* [[Funetik Aksent]]: His description of the ''Nightmare'' review refers to the "blagoh," or "black hole" in the Gatekeeper's Cockney accent.
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* [[Maniac Monkeys]]: The "[[28 Days Later|Rage]] Monkeys" that Spoony's so obsessed with in [[Ripper]].
* [[A Match Made in Stockholm]]: [http://spoonyexperiment.com/hitman/ As noted] by Spoony in his written review, Agent 47's "relationship" with Olga Kurylenko's character in the ''[[Hitman]]'' movie strongly comes across as this. He drives across Russia while she's stuffed in his car trunk with a dead body, constantly threatens to torture and murder her, and drags her out of a restaurant by her hair. She becomes strangely attracted to him, very overtly tries to seduce him several times, and continues to accompany him when she has several opportunities to make a run for it. Being [[Asexuality|asexual]] 47 ignores her sexual advances, but does eventually show some degree of protection for her.
* [[Mathematician's Answer]]: Spoony's take on the changes to Yuna between [[Final Fantasy X]] and [[
{{quote|'''Spoony:''' Quite a long way from the traditional kimono she wore before, and her previous characterization as a kind, demure, religious care-giver with a tragic fate. But is this huge change in outfit and characterization because of the radical cultural shift in Spira because of the exposure of Yevon as a maniacal, genocidal cult run by the undead bent on world domination... or just because japanese perverts want to see some cleavage and her cute ass in boy's shorts? Good question... The answer is "Yes".}}
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: He uses clips from his infamous ahum, criticism, of the [[X Com]] remake as sound effect for his running counter of plot holes in [[Ultima]] 9, and it's inconsistency with the previous games. There's so many that we've heard '''"Betrayal!"''', '''"Betrayed me!"''' and "This game '''sucks!'''" more than 90 times in just part 1 of the review.
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{{quote|'''Dr.Insano:''' "Note to self: have my nurse destroyed."}}
* [[Off-the-Shelf FX]]: The "Time Compressor" looks an awful lot like an X-Box remote control. Dr. Insano insists it's not one!
* [[Oh Crap]]: In the end of ''[[Final Fantasy X
* [[One Steve Limit]]: "Okay, any team with two Jeffs on it I automatically write off as a complete joke."
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: The entire 8 minute or so part 2 of the ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' is Squall drawing 2 spells, to underline [[Accentuate the Negative|how maddening the game can be]].
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* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: Dr. Insano.
** And now Oreo as of the new credits, complete with launcher!
* [[Punctuated!
* [[The Purge]]: "And people ''like'' [[Final Fantasy X|this game]]! Ladies and gentlemen, I implore you; Find these people. Kill them. They're, like.. voters. '''Kill them all!'''
* [[The Rant]]: During the commentary for the Party Mania review, Noah pauses the video for a couple of minutes so he can try to address some of the backlash that it caused.
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* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: In his review of [[Metroid: Other M]], Spoony devotes a decent length of time to thoroughly explain why he thinks the series has suffered permanent damage thanks to the game's characterization of Samus.
** Likewise, his review of ''[[Highlander: The Source|Highlander the Source]]'' explains the many ways this movie pissed on the grave of the franchise dug and buried by everything following the original film.
** And in his review of [[
** And it also covers his view of [[Ultima]] 9. During the review of that game Spoony keeps a '''[[Memetic Mutation|Betrayal!]]''' counter for every plot hole. It's up to 93 by the end of part 1 of the review.
* [[Rule of Funny]]:
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* [[That One Level]]: His playthrough of SWAT 4 has level 11 titled "I Die A Lot". That he does, and even lets you guess in the video how many times he does in fact die. {{spoiler|59}}. The final level he beats right out of the box.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Spoony's does this in the Warrior #1 review, believing that Warrior can't be nearly as bad as Dr. Insano says it is, then screams in terror from ''one look at the cover'', and yes the comic really was that horrible.
** On his [[Final Fantasy X
{{quote|Yes, she dances so poorly it causes people to go blind. Who could ''possibly'' do a dance so horrifying it ''blinds'' people?<ref>Cue another guest appearance by Benzaie.</ref>}}
* [[There Was a Door]]: In ''Tekken: Blood Vengeance'' he's particularly exasperated when Jin and Kazuya separately punch out the walls of a room within seconds of each other and throws up his hands. He also [[Fridge Logic|wonders]] how awkward it would've been if either them of them accidentally punched out the wall Heihachi was hiding behind instead.
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