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* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''
* Double Vision Part 1 - [[Intellivision]]
* Double Vision Part 2 - [[
* ''[[The Wizard (film)]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]''
* NES Accessories
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* [[Atari Jaguar]] Part 1
* [[Atari Jaguar]] Part 2
* ''[[Metal Gear
* [[Magnavox Odyssey|The Odyssey]]
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''
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* ''[[Godzilla]]''
* ''[[Wayne's World|Waynes World]]''
* ''[[Castlevania]]'' Part 1 (''[[Castlevania (1986 video game)|Castlevania]]'')
* ''[[Castlevania]]'' Part 2 (''[[Castlevania II: Simon's Quest]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[Castlevania]]'' Part 3 (''[[Super Castlevania IV]]'', ''[[Castlevania: Rondo of Blood|Castlevania: Dracula X]]'', and ''[[Castlevania (Nintendo 64)|Castlevania 64]]'')
* ''[[Castlevania]]'' Part 4 (''[[Castlevania Bloodlines]]'' and ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'')
* ''Little Red Hood''
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** Played straight up with ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''. However, the review was done this way not to emphasize how bad of a game it was, but rather how hard and challenging it was. He did the same thing with ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]''.
** And when he reviewed ''[[Street Fighter]] 2010'' he stated that if you get past it [[In Name Only|having nothing]] [[Dolled-Up Installment|to do with]] any other part of the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series, limited controls, and an [[Disappointing Last Level|impossibly difficult]] last stage, it's actually a pretty decent game. He tends to point this out a lot, playing the trope straight.
** 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.
** The Nerd unwittingly [[Tempting Fate|tempts fate]] with regard to this while the Joker is forcing him to play ''Batman: Return of the Joker''. After complaining about the game at length, the Nerd comments that it's actually a decent game overall, just an excessively hard one. So the Joker decides to make him play the much worse Game Boy and Genesis adaptations of the game, driving the Nerd over the edge.
** There are also instances where he is obviously looking for something to make fun of.
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* [[Adjusting Your Glasses]]: In the Action 52 episode, the Nerd does this by the bridge, just after he takes out a calculator from his front pocket to determine the price that each of the 52 games would have if sold separately. The whole gesture actually makes him look, well, [[Nerd Glasses|more nerdy]].
* [[Agony of the Feet]]: The Atari 5200 episode.
* [[
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: In one episode, the Nerd jokingly suggests the idea of a ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' game where Riggs's powerups are dog biscuits. This really does happen in the [[Super Nintendo]] game based on the movies.
* [[Ancient Grome]]: The Nerd's [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/708928 review] of the NES game ''Day Dreamin' Davey'' has him keep mislabeling a few stages of Ancient Greece as "Ancient Rome", even though they show Hades' lair and Mt. Olympus.
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* [[Bladder of Steel]]: Discussed in his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfq-IPlLF8 review] of the NES version of ''[[Ghostbusters]] II'':
{{quote|'''AVGN:''' I mean, if you have to answer the phone, or take a shit, it's like, "Tough shit if you gotta take a shit!" You gotta take a quick shit! You gotta have turbo turds! I'm trying to play the game, I've got shit stains in my pants, and an answering machine that says "Sorry, I'm playing Ghostbusters 2 on Nintendo." What a selfish game. Bottom line, '''have a fucking pause button, god damn it!'''}}
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The AVGN lampshades this in his review of the NES version of ''[[Metal Gear
{{quote|"Man, these translations suck. Couldn't they just get anyone to proofread this shitload of fuck?"}}
* [[Body Horror]]/[[Uncanny Valley]]: The thoroughly glitched boxers on Rocky for [[PlayStation 2]] were either FUCKING ''SCARY'' or funny as hell.
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** Long before that, he finally landed the plane with the '''''Power Glove'''''.
*** In the same vein as the ''Top Gun'' plane exiting the TV, in his ''Star Wars'' review, the boss's life bar in one of the ''Super Star Wars'' games is so long that it exits the TV and keeps expanding.
* [[Breaking the
* [[Brick Joke]]:
** The mail on his Street Fighter 2010 review.
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{{quote|'''Nerd as Driver(on cellphone)''': Hey, I'm stoppin' at Dunkin Donuts, you want me to pick up a coffee? What's that? Oh, just some fuckin' T-Rex behind me. Yeah, what an asshole.}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
{{quote|[[What Were You Thinking?|"What were they THINKING?!"]]
[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|"I am DEAD. FUCKING. SERIOUS."]]
"What a shit load of fuck."
"Let's pop this fucker in!"
"Let's play some shitty games!"
"I would rather (do something involving animal shit) than play this game!"
"What a piece of shit!"
"What a joke!"
'''''"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}98MuGxsLplA&feature{{=}}related ASS!]"'''''
"Fuck. Fuck! FUCK! FUUUUUUUUUUCK!" as seen [http://youtu.be/t9nxIUhZCCw?t{{=}}7m59s here] and [http://youtu.be/1dJXgJ1c4vY?t{{=}}3m7s here]. }}
** Super Mecha Death Christ: [[Cluster F-Bomb|FUCKERS!!!!!!]]
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** In his ''Little Red Hood'' review, he points out that even though the title character is shown kicking a [[Mooks]] on the cover, you cannot kick your enemies in the game.
** In the Cheetahmen review's opening theme song movie, The Nerd plays the SNES game ''Phalanx'', a space shooter. He then looks closely at the cover of the game, which has an old southern man with a banjo. He looks to the camera, confused. (Yes, this is real; the publishers did this hoping it would grab people's attention).
* [[Cover Version]]: His ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' review features Kyle Justin performing a cover of the Nintendo Power jingle and the beginning of his "Double Vision" ([[
* [[Creator Thumbprint]]:
** Rolfe is a huge fan of the horror genre, and it shows in his annual Halloween specials, dedicating daily updates on his Cinemassacre site to surprisingly thorough horror movie history.
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* [[Genre Popularizer]]: Of the "angry video game reviewing" kind, if you're not going to call those others copycats.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: The Nerd created a [[Frankenstein's Monster]], but also added a way to shut it off.
* [[Go Mad
{{quote|'''AVGN''': There's ''dogs applauding''!! I didn't even know that dogs were fucking watching!!
'''AVGN''': [[Heroic BSOD|Bu... th... uh... wha...]] A fucking ''chicken mask''?! ...An '''[[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|UPSIDE DOWN FUCKING CHICKEN MASK!]]'''
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*** He did this in response to the Nerd going "Holy shit!" which suggests that he's pretty fine with vulgarity, but will not stand for blasphemy.
** When discussing the fourth ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' film he asks, in response to the actions of Corey Feldman's eccentric character, who on earth puts on a mask to play a video game. Cut to existing footage of the Nerd playing Batman games in a Batman mask.
** While reviewing ''[[
** After a torturous run of ''Super Pitfall'', followed by a [[A Winner Is You|lame ending]], the game has the audacity to offer a "[[New Game+|Second Quest]]":
{{quote|"What kind of masochist would you have to be to beat this game more than once? If you did it ''one time'', what would you have to prove to do it again? You'd have to be some kind of fucking idiot!" [resumes playing]}}
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** [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/61988 The episode] about ''[[Swordquest]]'' is surprisingly stirring, with the Nerd treating the Swordquest contest as less of a promotional thing and more of an actual adventure. It even comes complete with an orchestral version of the Nerd's theme tune. Ironically, he makes a joke in the review itself about the game making an overly-dramatic (almost explosive) sound effect for ''walking through a door''.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Mocked by The Nerd when he reviewed games involving Frankenstein. One of the games includes an enemy called "Dark Warrior", prompting him to sarcastically call it scary and then suggest alternate names such as "Death Guy" or "Mr. Kill".
* [[Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom]]: The full version of the theme song refers to him as the "Angry [[Atari]] [[Amiga]] [[Philips CD-i|CD-i]] [[
* [[Narm Charm]]: His words, not ours; "Despite all the shitty things in this game, this [[FREDDY'S["Tradesnark|™]] COMING!"] screen is ''so'' cheesy, that it's just awesome!"
* [[Nausea Fuel]]: The Nerd himself mentions things that make him nauseous when he reviews things. For example, in McKids and Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout, he commented how the screen effects made him wanna throw up. In his [[Nintendo Power]] review, he talked about how disgusting some of the ads were, such as one that showed a jar full of toenail clippings and another that showed a barf bag. He also mentioned that one ad was so gross that he stapled the page shut so he didn't have to see it.
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** The [[Title Montage]] is averted in certain videos; for example, CDi Part 1 merely features the camera panning over the massive amount of video game memorabilia he owns.
* [[Toilet Humour]]: Used fairly frequently, mostly in reference to feces, and particularly diarrhea.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Totally Radical]]: Upon playing ''The Adventures of Dr. Franken", The Nerd imitates the on-screen character by putting sunglasses on the Franken-Nerd.
{{quote|"Frankenstein's ''coooool.''" [cue beatbox music]}}
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food|Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Rolling Rock beer. Sometimes switches to Yuengling.
* [[Tradesnark™]]: In the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' review, the Nerd notes that the trademark in the "FREDDY'S™ COMING!" message ruins things for him.
* [[Training
* [[Training Montage]]: In the ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' episode.
* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]: "It's a beginner's trap!" There's a ladder at the start of Super Pitfall which drops you into a room filled with spikes.
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** In the Action52 review, he says "This game is shitting me." Cut to a picture of the Action 52 cartridge with the Nerd coming out of the back of it, while fart noises play.
* [[Wanting Is Better Than Having]]:
{{quote|No more shitty games... [...] [[Heartwarming Moments
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: R.O.B. wants to turn all games into Gyromite and Stack-Up because the Video Game Crash of 1983 was a result of the market being oversaturated by shitty games. He tells the Nerd that in this new world, all the things he came to hate about games would be gone.
* [[What Is This, X?]]: In the Game Glitch episode, the Nerd is distracted by [[Screwy Squirrel|the Glitch Gremlin]] messing up Rocky Balboa (Bug-Eyed Balboa) and Spider Rico (Spider Rico with no jaw) on the ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]'' PS2 game:
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