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It's an Italian series, and it's pretty much [[Widget Series|as weird as it can get]]. Don't believe me? Keep reading.
Our story begins where a villain [[Goldfish Poop Gang|(sort of)]] named Chief Colby (leader of [[Fun
[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
Gino is aided by his fiancée Gina and other guys who, alongside a kid capable of self-virtualising, form a [[La Résistance|resistance]] of sorts.
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* [[Dumb Blonde]]: The Cheercritters are a whole species made only of these.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: a brief sequence features Gino in a luchador attire in front of a "Parental Advisory - Explicit Content" banner. [[Parental Bonus|Anyone who knows what that banner means]] will get the nasty reference.
** In the "Splatter Rock" episode a variant of this shot is featured, with Gino warning the audience in front of the banner (but without the luchador attire) about the following fight between him and <s> [[
{{quote| '''Gino''': My dear [[You Bastard|yet horrible violence maniacs]], this scene will be extremely violent, so cover your eyes and ears if you don't like it. [[The Power of Rock]] can do horrible things if used wrongly! }}
** In the same episode, as a nod to Ozzy Osbourne, his fictional counterpart bites a bat's head off. Onscreen. ''Graphically.'' '''''[[Refuge in Audacity|That is, with blood dripping from his mouth.]]'''''
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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: the [[Whole-Plot Reference|episode]] [[Godzilla|"Ginodzilla"]] begins with Gino getting ready for some fishing. Then he ends up in his own net and, after getting rid of it, says "there's no net able to catch me yet". Um... what was ''the show's premise'' again?
* [[In Name Only]]: the TV series comes off as this if compared to its originary web format.
* [[It Runs
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: from high-school level web satire to kindergarten nonsense. [[Sarcasm Mode|Nice move!]]
* [[Musical Episode]]: almost every episode features a song.
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* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Grandpa Ringo's virtual identity is Ognar the Blonde.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Gina haves the "Cock-a-Shock" power.
* [[Shout
** When Andrea gets his first Cyberboy costume, he says it sucks. And then [[Badass Grandpa|Grandpa Ringo]] says: "The guy who sewed this preferred instead to wear [[Spider
** Tiger Ping is clearly a [[Furry Fandom|furry]] version of [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud Strife]], down to the hairdo and the giant sword.
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: every episode ends with Gino giving an Aesop... which actually teaches nothing. In the Kalinka episode:
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* [[Trademark Favourite Food]]: Chief Colby loves chicken, as he reminds us everytime in his [[Villain Song]].
** Also Monk the Monkey: "BANANA!"
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
* [[Widget Series]]: chew on this, [[Katamari Damacy]].
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