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* [[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]]'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]]'' indulge in these constantly, especially the site's very own [[Doug Walker]] as the [[The Nostalgia Critic]] (who once decided that the best way to end a review of ''[[The Garbage Pail Kids Movie]]'' was a completely unrelated ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' parody that lasts five minutes).

** [[Atop the Fourth Wall|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.

*** 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|Linkara]]), but cancels the whole thing because he wouldn't want to dignify the game with such an elaborate review.

** [[Bad Movie Beatdown|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.

* [http://www.youtube.com/user/PhantomReviews Phantom Reviews] feature footage from old ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' films to represent The Phantom Reviewer and Christine in the sketches.

* [[Red Letter Media]]'s Mr. Plinkett reviews feature the titular character's exploits in his [[Creepy Basement]] and other psychotic behaviour.