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His reviews inevitably spiral downward into a barely-coherent rant peppered liberally with [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F-Bombs]] and scatological references culminating in a violent frothing rage that puts the [[Incredible Hulk]] to shame. The Nerd gets frequent unwanted visits from the stars of the games he plays, from [[Bugs Bunny]] to [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]].

** Note that The Nerd doesn't always do this. He generally gives quite a lot of slack to [[So Okay It's Average]] or [[So Bad It's Good]] games, more than most [[Caustic Critic|Caustic Critics]] would, and he occasionally does whole episodes on games he loves like ''[[Castlevania (1986 video game)|Castlevania]]'' and homages like ''[[Swordquest]]''. He will also often include games that appear in the same series as the real bad ones, and often they get some praise. This is both for completion and comparison, since often it will serve to let you know there is no excuse for the company that made it. Examples include his ''Godzilla'' review and ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' re-review.

{{quote|"It's time for the enemy roll call: We have green rotary dial telephones, [[Silver Surfer|Silver Surfers]] in flying wheelchairs, Silver Surfers air-guitaring, John McClane from ''[[Die Hard]]'', [[The Grim Reaper]] throwing skulls, [[Frankenstein's Monster|Frankenstein monsters]] wearing metal masks with visors like Geordi from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', and bubbles."}}

** Genesis 44:13<ref> which is about eleven of Jacob's sons tearing off their clothes and reloading their donkeys before returning to Egypt</ref>;

** Luke 13:15<ref> which is about Jesus rebuking the synagogue officials for telling him not to heal on the sabbath day, saying to them, "Does not each one of you untie your ox or your ass from the manger and lead it out for watering?"</ref>;

** 1 Samuel 12:3<ref> about Samuel asking the Israelites whether he has committed any sins or not</ref>;

** Exodus 22:9<ref> about a person handing an animal to another, and the animal dying or being stolen or maimed without anyone addressing the fact, although the next passage (22:10) has said giver swear an oath that he did not harm anyone else's property, and the owner may accept the oath</ref>;

** Luke 14:5<ref> about Jesus asking the scribes and Pharisees if one among them would not help their ox or ass (although "ass" is replaced with the word "son" in most modern versions of the Bible) out of the cistern on the sabbath day</ref>;

** John 12:14<ref> about Jesus finding an ass' colt and sitting upon it before riding in triumph to Jerusalem on what is now Palm Sunday</ref>;

** 2 Peter 2:16<ref> about St. Peter retelling the story about how Balaam got a rebuke for his crime via a mute donkey that spoke with a human voice and restraining his madness (although Balaam is not portrayed in a bad light in Numbers 22, which is soon to follow, and the words "dumb ass" are replaced by "mute beast" in modern versions of the Bible)</ref>;

** Numbers 22:21<ref> about the same Balaam riding off to Balak with the princes of Moab on God's command</ref>;

** Genesis 42:27<ref> about one of Jacob's sons opening a bag to feed his donkey when he is surprised to find money in the mouth of the bag</ref>;

** 1 Kings 13:28<ref> about a prophet finding the servant of God lying dead on the road, with both the lion and the unharmed donkey standing next to his corpse</ref>;

** and Numbers 22:22<ref> about the angels of God standing on the road to Balak to make a sneak attack on Balaam as he was riding on his donkey (as mentioned before in the passage preceding it, 22:21), which the Lord possessed to make it talk to Balaam</ref>.

* [[Caustic Critic]]: Note that this is very much [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|just the Nerd's exaggerated persona]] - when [[James Rolfe]] reviews media as himself, he's actually more generous than most Internet critics. He is apparently rather soft spoken, which comes as a shock to people used to him as the AVGN. Contrast with [[The Happy Video Game Nerd]], who inverts James' concept and even has gotten James' seal of approval -- by subscribing to Happy's [[YouTube]] account.

** He also draws the line when it comes to animals. In ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwmoJkHS-2E Cheetahmen]]'', he was horrified to see a dag get ran over when he was playing ''Action 52'' for the Sega Genesis and demanded to know why would "dead cats" be in the game.

'''AVGN''': [[Heroic BSOD|Bu... th... uh... wha...]] A fucking ''chicken mask''?! ...An '''[[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|UPSIDE DOWN FUCKING CHICKEN MASK!]]'''

** The construction of Mecha Death Christ by Prince Vlad Dracula in 1476 {{smallcaps|a.d.}} after being haunted by visions of Death Christ (who aided St. <ref> Columbo</ref> in defeating Satan in the Loch Ness 911 years prior), which eventually went on a berserk killing spree and ultimately beheaded Dracula before heading off to whereabouts unknown;

** Its [[Critical Existence Failure|existence failure]] at the beginning of 2000, in which the Y2K bug caused the year 99 to 0, thus causing the space-time continuum to reset itself, which turned SMDC into [[Fountain of Youth|Baby Christ]] (obviously, [[Babies Make Everything Better|not an evildoer]]) who generated a force field that deflected the world-blower-upper bomb it fired into the air as SMDC and redirected it to Hell and it blew up Lucifer instead, sent the SMDC prototype to 2000 {{smallcaps|B.C.}}<ref>Because this model was labeled as 2000 '''''B.C''''', it denies its existence in the present time</ref>, prevented the building of version 3.0 Beta, and because Baby Christ was in Oz, it made no sense for him to be in the Bible, so without Jesus, there'd be no New Testament, and Satan would have nothing better to do than sit around and stick his pitchfork up his ass, [[The Omen|his son Damien]] would be playing croquet with the angels, dogs and cats would be rolling around in the mud, and Dorothy would be reincarnated as a pig taking a shit up the side of a barn (In short, the Y2K bug resulted in a [[Stable Time Loop]], and the events in Oz no longer exist);

* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: The Ninja Master (Kevin Finn) improvised many of these for the Ninja <ref> Gaiden</ref> episode, and they were so random that they ended up being cut.

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Zig-zagged: he drinks so much [[Product Placement|Rolling Rock]] that the impact generally associated with the trope is lost, but he will also drink hard liquor (in one case, an entire bottle of what appears to be scotch) on the rare occasion that beer alone won't do. And in the Transformers episode, he drank [[It Makes Sense in Context|hot sauce,]] but not for the same reason-- it was endorsed by a world-champion gamer, and thus he was trying to use it as a performance enhancer.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: The Nerd acknowledges that Noah -- despite being an old man -- is strong enough to pick up five cows and horses over his head without any problems, and that he can run with all of them without getting tired and even run faster than the screen can scroll.

* [[Nutty Squirrel|Nutty Squirrels]]: Lampshaded in one part of ''Bible Adventures'' in the "Bible Games" review.

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: The easiest way to die in ''[[Jaws (video game)|Jaws]]'' (NES) is to go near the ocean floor -- where the power-ups inevitably drift.

** And the reason he still owns an analogue TV is because certain games--such as those that use a light gun--interface strangely with a flat panel.