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* Winning the Mashable Open Web Award for funniest person to follow, cause that's pretty badass for a guy who receives his entire budget from some ads and mostly donations, and has no hype machine beyond his fanbase backing him. Maybe this is a joint CMoA, for both his fans and for him.
** Similarly, he was once stated by [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] to be [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6235040.html a personal favorite] internet reviewer of his.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HtARP5AGNg Editing himself] into [[The Lord of the Rings]] as Gandalf and taking down the Balrog with an AK-47, a phaser, and a grenade launcher. "All right, time to bust out the Flame of Anor. [[Pre
* The ending of Part 3 of the ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' review. Those are damn near cinematic production values there.
** Could've had something to do with 'Constantine' playing in the background, still awesome though.
* Calling out Spike Games after they dismissed his review of the ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' game as deluded, and argued the game would have been better if they had a bigger budget. Spoony rubbished their claims about the budget by pointing out that Spike Games is a subsidary of Spike TV, so it was hardly like they were a no-budget indy studio, and that if you get a small budget ''then the smart thing is to make the most of it rather make a cheap cash-in, so that you would receive a larger budget for your next title''.
* Doing the ''[[Back to The Future]]'' poster poses next to a Delorean at PAX Prime.
** Especially since he took the time to pop into a convenience store and buy a cheap wristwatch before he posed for the photos. While many people at PAX used the car for a photo op, he was (according to the car's owners) the only one to actually bother with '''props'''.
* Nick's animated intro seen in the Wendy's training video riff, stuffed to the brim with callbacks to various projects and clearly a huge labor of love.
* Kicking [[Bad Movie Beatdown
* Accomplishing what neither [[
** Best of all, how he did he get it working? {{spoiler|He had Dr. Insano fix it, at which point [[Even Evil Has Standards|Insano rants about how poorly made the Jaguar CD was]]}}.
* With his vlog "Health Update" he gets quite a few retroactive ones. All that wearing heavy costumes under hot lights, dragging around his filming equipment and trying to fix up his greenscreen setup, and all of ''[[Kickassia]]''? He did all of it while suffering from a serious heart problem that could kill him (or at least make him feel like he's dying as he passes out) if he does too much strenuous activity. Now ''that'' is [[Doing It for
** It wasn't just ''any'' hot light--it was a freakin' ''Tungsten''. For that alone, he gets major props.
* After reviewing ''[[Highlander:
* The Deadliest Character showdown between Mechagodzilla from the [[Godzilla]] films and the original [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Megazord]]. Everyone (be it the fellow [[That Guy With
** For that matter, getting both Power Rangers fan Linkara and Godzilla fan [[James Rolfe]] to act as the guest experts, especially when Spoony has had disagreements with Rolfe in the past.
** And what could possibly be cool enough to follow this up in the next episode? {{spoiler|THE BORG VS. THE DALEKS!}}
* Spoony as the Nostalgia Critic. It's kind of scary.
** Similarly, his impersonation of [[
* The final battle against Black Lantern Spoony, and how he is "defeated."
** Plus, he managed to [[Outrun the Fireball]] [[Call Back|this time]]
** Let's not forget just before that when Tidus shows up, and starts trash talking. Spoony grins at the camera remarking that "Sometimes, life's good to me", before picking up his Gunblade & loading it with bullets. All the while, Tidus is ''still'' talking, saying that he's not going to use his sword; but the most destructive force in Spira, a [[Running Gag|Blitzball]]. Which Spoony then punctures before Tidus can use it, before attacking Tidus & screaming about how he hates ''Final Fantasy X''.
* During the 2010 charity drive, everyone was asked to name their choice for the greatest animated film of all time. The choice of Spoony, who's stated a few times that he doesn't care that much for anime, even the good ones? ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]''.
** Similarly, during a [[
* Spoony's long talk about how iMPACT! disgusted him due to utilizing Kurt and Karen Angle's children as fodder for storylines really hit home as an awesome moment: regardless of what you think of Spoony's behaviour to his fans, you ''do not fuck with children on Spoony's watch''.
* He delivers the ultimate [[Take That]] to ''[[Avatar]]'', illustrating how cheesy '80s action movie ''Mercenary Fighter'' matches the plot beat for beat.
* Spoony appropriating Linkara's "I am a man!" and doing a [[Groin Attack]] on a Headless.
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* Any time he has to go to a location an exert any large amounts of physical effort could be included thanks to his heart condition that can reduce him to a pale dying mess on the floor. In particular he not only had to deal with that, but injured his back while handling his equipment in E3 2011, which he managed to stave off until he returned home and relaxed, which his back took as an opportunity to immediately seize up and force him to go to the hospital to get it treated. [[Only a Flesh Wound|This isn't the first time Spoony has shrugged off a major injury until it simply refused to be ignored]], but it sorta speaks to his [[Determinator]] style that he keeps it from interfering with his work until he simply has no other choice but to get it taken care of.
* In his ''Lords of Magick'' review, his argument that--no matter how bad and low budget that film is--it ''still'' presents a more believable and well-plotted example of a character being corrupted by evil than the Star Wars prequels.
* Playing ''[[Final Fantasy X
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011211428/http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/the-most-useless-game-in-the-world-5564697 Flipping eleven coasters.] Sure, Sad Panda soon blows his record away, but since the most their guide had ever seen successfully flipped was six, it's quite impressive from an American who'd never heard of the game before.
* The fact that his Vlog of ''Breaking Dawn'' actually manages to be longer than the actual movie, and ''far'' more entertaining and intelligent. ''While he's drunk off his ass''.
* His vlog about Channel Awesome's trip to Washington DC includes a story of Spoony scared out of his mind filming Angry Joe as Corporate Commander, on the steps of the US Capitol, all while a sniper on the roof is keeping an eye on them.
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** Hell, reviewing the ''entire series'' just so people who've never played the games & watch his show can understand how bad ''[[Ultima IX]]'' is, and they'll have the context for the fall of the series.
* When Spoony finally finishes reviewing Final Fantasy X-2, not only does he get attacked by Yuna but he gets saved by none other then {{spoiler|''Sephiroth''}}, [[Sequel Hook|who then hands him]] ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''.
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* Kind of a CMOA for both Spoony and X-2: Spoony finding one good thing about the game by acknowledging that the ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|A Thousand Words]]'' cutscene was "actually really good" considering how much he tore apart the opening song of the game and ''[[Final Fantasy VIII|Eyes On Me]]''.
** For better context, he prepared himself for the concert, thinking it would be as bad as the opening theme and was already riffing on it by editing in lightning bolts.
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** Spoony himself found the video so amusing and creative that he tweeted the song's link to his followers.
* His review of [[Ultima IX]] had him tearing into the game and even had a CounterGag, counting the numbers of plot holes and inconsistencies or "Betrayals" the game had. It's up to 93 and he's only half way through the review.
** The repeated gag of [[Idiot Ball|the Avatar asking "What's a paladin?"]] spawned a flurry of similar jokes ("[[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]: What's a comic book?"; "Say, [[Star Trek|Spock]], what's a Vulcan?") on Twitter, causing "WhatsAPaladin" to trend in the U.S. for the next two days.
** The detailed account of [[What Could Have Been]] to ensure we fully understand how pissed off the game makes him.
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