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== [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]] ([[James Rolfe]]) ==
== [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]] ([[James Rolfe]]) ==


[[File:avgn.jpg|frame|[[This Is Gonna Suck|It sucks monkey fuck.]]]]
[[File:avgn.jpg|frame|[[This Is Gonna Suck|It sucks monkey fuck.]]]]




The one, the only, the man who made Internet reviewing a genre singlehandedly--the Angry Video Game Nerd. A bespectacled man in a white button-down shirt with a pocket protector, the Nerd sits in his basement and vents his impotent rage over terrible video games of days gone by. He has a perennial rivalry with [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]].
The one, the only, the man who made Internet reviewing a genre singlehandedly--the Angry Video Game Nerd. A bespectacled man in a white button-down shirt with a pocket protector, the Nerd sits in his basement and vents his impotent rage over terrible video games of days gone by. He has a perennial rivalry with [[The Nostalgia Critic]].


* [[Adult Child]]: A grown man who takes video games ''very'' [[Serious Business|seriously]].
* [[Adult Child]]: A grown man who takes video games ''very'' [[Serious Business|seriously]].
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** Seeing the LJN logo on a game cartridge has also caused him to snap.
** Seeing the LJN logo on a game cartridge has also caused him to snap.
** ''[[Goddamned Bats]]!''
** ''[[Goddamned Bats]]!''
** The Medusa Heads in ''Castlevania'' have reportedly given him a pathological hatred of wavy lines.
** The Medusa Heads in ''Castlevania'' have reportedly given him a pathological hatred of wavy lines.
** Movie sequels that [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|don't follow a logical numbering system]].
** Movie sequels that [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|don't follow a logical numbering system]].
** Games with '''[[Check Point Starvation|NO CONTINUES!?!?]]''' after you die. Turned [[Up to Eleven]] if the game combines this with [[One-Hit Kill]] or only having one life throughout the entire game.
** Games with '''[[Check Point Starvation|NO CONTINUES!?!?]]''' after you die. Turned [[Up to Eleven]] if the game combines this with [[One-Hit Kill]] or only having one life throughout the entire game.
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** Loading times. His annoyance with them is most pronounced in the ''Superman'' (Commodore) and ''Zelda's Adventure'' reviews.
** Loading times. His annoyance with them is most pronounced in the ''Superman'' (Commodore) and ''Zelda's Adventure'' reviews.
*** Also seen in the ''Batman Forever'' review, which ironically was a cartridge game.
*** Also seen in the ''Batman Forever'' review, which ironically was a cartridge game.
{{quote| '''Nerd''': ...Whenever you access a new part of the game, it says "Hold On". Hold on for what? It has to fucking ''load''?!}}
{{quote|'''Nerd''': ...Whenever you access a new part of the game, it says "Hold On". Hold on for what? It has to fucking ''load''?!}}
** Overly cryptic puzzles, such as in [[Milons Secret Castle]].
** Overly cryptic puzzles, such as in [[Milon's Secret Castle]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]: When every popular fictional character, from [[Bugs Bunny]] and the [[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|Cowardly Lion]] to [[Friday the 13th (Film)|Jason Voorhees]] and [[Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy Kreuger]], seems to love to mess with your life, you know you're the [[Butt Monkey]] of the century.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: When every popular fictional character, from [[Bugs Bunny]] and the [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Cowardly Lion]] to [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhees]] and [[Nightmare On Elm Street|Freddy Kreuger]], seems to love to mess with your life, you know you're the [[Butt Monkey]] of the century.
* [[Caustic Critic]]
* [[Caustic Critic]]
* [[The Chew Toy]]
* [[The Chew Toy]]
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* [[Disco Dan]]: Rarely does the Nerd ever reference modern games. When he's presented with an [[Xbox 360]], he seems to hardly know what it is.
* [[Disco Dan]]: Rarely does the Nerd ever reference modern games. When he's presented with an [[Xbox 360]], he seems to hardly know what it is.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Due to the [[Hollywood Nerd]]-ness.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Due to the [[Hollywood Nerd]]-ness.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: The Nerd doesn't get serious during the ''[[Super Mario Bros 3 (Video Game)|Super Mario Bros 3]]'' review until the possessed game cartridge tells him [[The Exorcist (Film)|"Your mother sucks cocks in Hell!"]]
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: The Nerd doesn't get serious during the ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' review until the possessed game cartridge tells him [[The Exorcist|"Your mother sucks cocks in Hell!"]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Nerd:]] It has been suggested numerous times that the character's real name is simply ''The Nerd'' or the ''The Angry Videogame/Nintendo Nerd''. He usually introduce himself as such or as ''The fucking Nerd''. Even when he sees his future tombstone, it is engraved with the name ''AVGN'', and everytime he receives a package, the boxes are directed ''to AVGN''. The only exception to this is a scene in the Winter Games episode: while he complains about how he can't type more than four letters in the name entry screen, we can see he (unsusccesfully) tries to type the name ''[[James Rolfe|James]]''.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Nerd:]] It has been suggested numerous times that the character's real name is simply ''The Nerd'' or the ''The Angry Videogame/Nintendo Nerd''. He usually introduce himself as such or as ''The fucking Nerd''. Even when he sees his future tombstone, it is engraved with the name ''AVGN'', and everytime he receives a package, the boxes are directed ''to AVGN''. The only exception to this is a scene in the Winter Games episode: while he complains about how he can't type more than four letters in the name entry screen, we can see he (unsusccesfully) tries to type the name ''[[James Rolfe|James]]''.
** In the Spider-man episode, Spider-man calls him James.
** In the Spider-man episode, Spider-man calls him James.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He is disgusted by the overly graphic animation of the dog getting run over by a car in the Genesis version of Action 52
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He is disgusted by the overly graphic animation of the dog getting run over by a car in the Genesis version of Action 52
* [[Future Loser]]: Looks like he's stuck playing shitty games for the rest of his life. He even gets shocked when he learns that he will die from a heart attack while reviewing ''Boogie'' for the Wii at an old age, and decides to swear off playing shitty games after that incident, popping in Super Mario World and proclaiming that he will only play good games from that point onwards. Needless to say, [[Ignored Epiphany|it doesn't last very long]], and he simply says "fuck it" and decides that he prefers to [[Accentuate the Negative|bash shitty games anyway]].
* [[Future Loser]]: Looks like he's stuck playing shitty games for the rest of his life. He even gets shocked when he learns that he will die from a heart attack while reviewing ''Boogie'' for the Wii at an old age, and decides to swear off playing shitty games after that incident, popping in Super Mario World and proclaiming that he will only play good games from that point onwards. Needless to say, [[Ignored Epiphany|it doesn't last very long]], and he simply says "fuck it" and decides that he prefers to [[Accentuate the Negative|bash shitty games anyway]].
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Now and then.
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Now and then.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Debatable. He can switch between being calm and composed or [[Unstoppable Rage|screaming frothing rants]] at the drop of a hat.
* [[Large Ham]]: Debatable. He can switch between being calm and composed or [[Unstoppable Rage|screaming frothing rants]] at the drop of a hat.
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]
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* [[Specs of Awesome]]
* [[Specs of Awesome]]
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: <s>[[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]</s> ''[[Say My Name|CRITIIIIIIC!!]]''
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: <s>[[The Nostalgia Critic]]</s> ''[[Say My Name|CRITIIIIIIC!!]]''
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]
* [[Superpower Lottery]]
* [[Superpower Lottery]]
* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: and how. With many of the similes usually related to animal diarrhea.
* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: and how. With many of the similes usually related to animal diarrhea.
* [[Trademark Favourite Food|Trademark Favourite Drink]]: Rolling Rock
* [[Trademark Favourite Food|Trademark Favourite Drink]]: Rolling Rock
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: When he has a bit of [[Perma Stubble]] and slightly messy hair.
* [[Unkempt Beauty]]: When he has a bit of [[Perma-Stubble]] and slightly messy hair.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He hates bats, and is terrified of E.T Atari.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He hates bats, and is terrified of E.T Atari.
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* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: In the ''[[Battletoads (Video Game)|Battletoads]]'' review.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: In the ''[[Battletoads]]'' review.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Basement Dweller]]: Sort of, he lives behind The Nerd's couch.
* [[Basement Dweller]]: Sort of, he lives behind The Nerd's couch.
** Technically, it's a futon.
** Technically, it's a futon.
* [[Instrument of Murder]]
* [[Instrument of Murder]]
* [[The Lancer]]: Before Mike started making appearances in person, he was this to the Nerd in some aspects. Specifically, the [[Battle Toads]] video and the [[That Guy With the Glasses]] brawl.
* [[The Lancer]]: Before Mike started making appearances in person, he was this to the Nerd in some aspects. Specifically, the [[Battletoads]] video and the [[That Guy With The Glasses]] brawl.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Perma Stubble]]
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Left the Background Music On]]
* [[Left the Background Music On]]
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Occasionally proves himself capable in a fight.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Occasionally proves himself capable in a fight.
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* [[The Faceless]]: At first he only played The Nerd's masked enemies. While in [[Board James]] he shows his face, in AVGN, he doesn't (the only time he's unmasked is playing [[The Joker]], and thus with make-up).
* [[The Faceless]]: At first he only played The Nerd's masked enemies. While in [[Board James]] he shows his face, in AVGN, he doesn't (the only time he's unmasked is playing [[The Joker]], and thus with make-up).
* [[Not the Way It Is Meant To Be Played]]: He has his own series alongside James's videos that are dedicated to finding glitches [[Good Bad Bug|of]] [[Game Breaking Bug|all]] [[Cheat Code|kinds]] in old games.
* [[Not the Way It Is Meant to Be Played]]: He has his own series alongside James's videos that are dedicated to finding glitches [[Good Bad Bug|of]] [[Game Breaking Bug|all]] [[Video Game Cheats|kinds]] in old games.
* [[The Lancer]]: Acts as this to James when it comes to putting out videos and other media-related assistance.
* [[The Lancer]]: Acts as this to James when it comes to putting out videos and other media-related assistance.
* [[Jerkass]]: He's called ''Motherfucker'' Mike for a reason.
* [[Jerkass]]: He's called ''Motherfucker'' Mike for a reason.
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== Shitpickle (James Rolfe) ==
== Shitpickle (James Rolfe) ==


* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: He's a pickle with shit on it. That's about it.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: He's a pickle with shit on it. That's about it.
* [[Oh Crap]]: He appears in the Action52 review during the Ooze bit. "It's...it's..." "SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE"
* [[Oh Crap]]: He appears in the Action52 review during the Ooze bit. "It's...it's..." "SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE SHITPICKLE"
* [[Pokémon-Speak]]
* [[Pokémon-Speak]]
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* [[BFG]]: all over his body/chassis
* [[BFG]]: all over his body/chassis
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]
* [[The Gump]]: He was present for a bewildering array of historical events.
* [[The Gump]]: He was present for a bewildering array of historical events.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: "WATCH YOUR FUCKIN' LANGUAGE!!!"
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: "WATCH YOUR FUCKIN' LANGUAGE!!!"
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* [[Badass Adorable]]: Justified, in that he's a cat.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Justified, in that he's a cat.
{{quote| '''AVGN:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}3LVcvkLCUtU#t{{=}}8m53s "Yeah! That's the REAL Jaguar!"]}}
{{quote|'''AVGN:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}3LVcvkLCUtU#t{{=}}8m53s "Yeah! That's the REAL Jaguar!"]}}
* [[Cool Pet]]: See above.
* [[Cool Pet]]: See above.
* [[Cute Kitten]]
* [[Cute Kitten]]


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The Angry Video Game Nerd (James Rolfe)

It sucks monkey fuck.


The one, the only, the man who made Internet reviewing a genre singlehandedly--the Angry Video Game Nerd. A bespectacled man in a white button-down shirt with a pocket protector, the Nerd sits in his basement and vents his impotent rage over terrible video games of days gone by. He has a perennial rivalry with The Nostalgia Critic.

  • Adult Child: A grown man who takes video games very seriously.
  • Acting for Two: The Nerd and James Rolfe once appeared side-by-side.
  • Adorkable: When he's not in a rage.
  • Angrish: Occasionally, when he runs out of curse words.
  • The Alcoholic
  • Anti-Hero: Type III
  • Badass Bookworm: A nerd who can take on Jason Voorhees himself in a fist fight and win.
  • Badass Normal: While most of his enemies have superhuman powers, the Nerd is, in the end, just a guy who owns some light guns that function like the real thing.
  • Basement Dweller
  • Berserk Button: This is what he's known for!
    • Excessively long passwords, and using any other key besides A to jump are his two main ones.
    • Games without the pause features, such as Ghostbusters 2 on NES.
    • Seeing the LJN logo on a game cartridge has also caused him to snap.
    • Goddamned Bats!
    • The Medusa Heads in Castlevania have reportedly given him a pathological hatred of wavy lines.
    • Movie sequels that don't follow a logical numbering system.
    • Games with NO CONTINUES!?!? after you die. Turned Up to Eleven if the game combines this with One-Hit Kill or only having one life throughout the entire game.
    • Game cartridges with no end labels.
    • In Batman Part I, when he explains the utterly ridiculous controls of the SNES Batman Forever game, which was designed with the Mortal Kombat engine. He actually seems to have strained his voice by the end of the review.
    • AC adapters with built-in prongs (which tend to preclude the usage of the two adjacent sockets) also greatly annoy him, as seen in the Sega 32X and Dracula reviews. Related to this, ancient consoles which force the player to make use of an RF connector box for television hookups as opposed to just plugging a cable into a much simpler coaxial converter.
    • Loading times. His annoyance with them is most pronounced in the Superman (Commodore) and Zelda's Adventure reviews.
      • Also seen in the Batman Forever review, which ironically was a cartridge game.

Nerd: ...Whenever you access a new part of the game, it says "Hold On". Hold on for what? It has to fucking load?!

The Bullshit Man (James Rolfe)

A frustrated gentleman who vents his annoyance at modern life. Eventually revealed to be a giant turd with glasses.

The Guitar Guy (Kyle Justin)

(The one on the left.)


Motherfucker Mike (Mike Matei)

It's a moniker he wears with pride, funnily enough.


The Ninja Master (Kevin Finn)

The Game Glitch Gremlin (Kevin Finn)

Shitpickle (James Rolfe)

Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 B.C. v4.0 Beta (James Rolfe)

Nerdy Turd (James Rolfe)

R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)

Death Kitty (Boo)

AVGN: "Yeah! That's the REAL Jaguar!"

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