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collaborator prior to the former's [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer suicide hoax.]]
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* EatTheDog: She [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/A_Team_Heart_of_Rock_and_Roll.aspx has claimed]] he needs to "eat at least one puppy every day" in order to survive.
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* BigFun: Portrays this generally, but turned [[ExaggeratedTrope up to eleven]] in ''[[Film/WigWolfsTheWizardOfOz The Wizard of Oz]]''. Her Wizard is a hard-partying, piano humping machine!
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Sometimes [[TheFaceOfTheBand mistaken]] for the leader of the site (she was merely the most public member of the editorial staff), she played an early role in the careers of [[WebVideo/StuffYouLike Sursum Ursa]] and WebVideo/TheFilmRenegado, as well as discovering [[WebVideo/MovieDorkness Sofie Liv.]]
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Sometimes [[TheFaceOfTheBand mistaken]] mistaken for the leader of the site (she was merely the most public member of the editorial staff), she played an early role in the careers of [[WebVideo/StuffYouLike Sursum Ursa]] and WebVideo/TheFilmRenegado, as well as discovering [[WebVideo/MovieDorkness Sofie Liv.]]
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video920_Garbage_Pail_Kids_1987_Movie_Review.aspx Among]] the films that Mendo finds unintentionally funny? ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', and ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''!
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video920_Garbage_Pail_Kids_1987_Movie_Review.aspx Among]] the films that Mendo finds unintentionally funny? ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/TheRoom2003'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', and ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''!
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Among others, she's declared that [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_2008.aspx Rotti Largo]] of ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is a pedophile and [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/Its_a_Wonderful_Life_1946.aspx Mary Bailey]] is the real villain of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
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producer. In 2022, the majority of her videos were removed from YouTube as collateral damage from a dispute between Fangoria Magazine and controversial filmmaker Creator/WigWolf, with whom Mendo is a frequent collaborator.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' is a [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video779_Tattooed_Teenage_Alien_Fighters_from_Beverly_Hills_S1E1.aspx real show.]]
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* CharacterNameAlias: Before it became her legal middle name, "Mendo" was a ShoutOut to Mendo Shutaro from Anime/UruseiYatsura. Incidentally, her other names come from [[ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk Jennifer Walters]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Duffman]].
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* BadassMustache: Pre-transistion.
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Mr. Mendo (Jennifer Novelli IRL, [[DoNotCallMePaul though you should really call her Mendo]]) originally rose to prominence as part of Website/TheAgonyBooth; it was at her urging that the rarely-updated recap site briefly became a competitor of Website/ChannelAwesome, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks for better or for worse.]]
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Mr. Mendo (Jennifer Novelli IRL, Mendo Duffman Novelli, [[DoNotCallMePaul though you should really call her Mendo]]) originally rose to prominence as part of Website/TheAgonyBooth; it was at her urging that the rarely-updated recap site briefly became a competitor of Website/ChannelAwesome, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks for better or for worse.]]
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* HappyPlace: Her's [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1100_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Longer_Review.aspx happy place]] is where ''every'' movie is dubbed over by lines from ''Film/SonInLaw''. (Well, technically ''Film/EncinoMan'', but would you really know the difference?)
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* HappyPlace: Her's Her [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1100_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Longer_Review.aspx happy place]] is where ''every'' movie is dubbed over by lines from ''Film/SonInLaw''. (Well, technically ''Film/EncinoMan'', but would you really know the difference?)
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* AuthorAppeal: Her film career thus far has involved A LOT of horror/exploitation movies. In terms of Hack Attack, a not insignificant number of films covered have been horror, exploitation, or outright pornography. In addition, there are constant references to rap music, right down to the title of the show[[note]]Mr. Magic's Rap Attack was one of the first hip-hop radio shows[[/note]].
** Similarly, she loved having guests in her reviews. She often said the crossovers were what made it fun.
** Similarly, she loved having guests in her reviews. She often said the crossovers were what made it fun.
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->You're right, I should ''never'' have the courage of my own convictions. It's bad manners, you know...
-->-- A [[SarcasmMode calm and measured]] defense of her (negative) review of Film/ForrestGump
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A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in the latter she created her show ''Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack.'' She even filmed some of her early videos while still in an active war zone.
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A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' ''Literature/KingdomRattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in the latter she created her show ''Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack.'' She even filmed some of her early videos while still in an active war zone.
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* AngstDissonance: In-universe, Mr. Mendo opens a serious question in his ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' review with a sarcastic acknowledgement that this movie doesn't speak to him in the way it does a lot of college students since he had to join the army.
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* AngstDissonance: In-universe, Mr. Mendo opens a serious question in his her ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' review with a sarcastic acknowledgement that this movie doesn't speak to him in the way it does a lot of college students since he had to join the army.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Mendo forwards a bunch of his hate mail to the Film Renegado's site, Renegado [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video337_Atletico_San_Pancho_Never_Too_Young_to_Dream.aspx forces him]] to watch Atletico San Pancho. And, when that doesn't work, he starts playing Menudo!
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Mendo forwards a bunch of his her hate mail to the Film Renegado's site, Renegado [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video337_Atletico_San_Pancho_Never_Too_Young_to_Dream.aspx forces him]] her]] to watch Atletico San Pancho. And, when that doesn't work, he starts playing Menudo!
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* FauxlosophicNarration: Parodied. She [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx took issue]] with ''Film/TheBeastOfYuccaFlats'' for this, only to have his own narrator suddenly appear.
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!!''Hack Attack'' and other works contain examples of:
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' is a [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video779_Tattooed_Teenage_Alien_Fighters_from_Beverly_Hills_S1E1.aspx real show.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Among others, she's declared that [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_2008.aspx Rotti Largo]] of ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is a pedophile and [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/Its_a_Wonderful_Life_1946.aspx Mary Bailey]] is the real villain of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* AngstDissonance: In-universe, Mr. Mendo opens a serious question in his ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' review with a sarcastic acknowledgement that this movie doesn't speak to him in the way it does a lot of college students since he had to join the army.
* AshcanCopy: Invoked. The [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video896_The_Hobbit_1966_Animated_Short_Gene_Deitch.aspx 1966]] version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'', which, according to [[CloudCuckooLander Mendo]], has something to do with both Pizza Hut and UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev...
* BadassMustache: Pre-transistion.
* BerserkButton: [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1236_The_Lone_Ranger_2013_Movie_Review.aspx WHITE FEZ!]]
* BigOlEyebrows: Can be seen from behind her shades, which aren't exactly small...
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video920_Garbage_Pail_Kids_1987_Movie_Review.aspx Among]] the films that Mendo finds unintentionally funny? ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', and ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''!
* BrokenAesop:''Film/ForrestGump'' teaches us that one man can make a difference, as long as he never thinks or makes a decision for himself.
** Or, [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/Scott_Pilgrim_vs_the_World.aspx on]] ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': "Do you really buy that this movie is about Scott gaining self-respect, or do you wonder when we were supposed to notice that he had no self-respect, before or after hooking up with three hot chicks and fighting and obliterating six people?"
* BuffySpeak: "But really, [[Film/JohnnyEnglish that]] was a good movie, and [[Film/NeverSayNeverAgain this film]] and a good one are as dissimilar as two completely dissimilar things...in a bag."
** From [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1119_Japanese_Hell_1999_Jigoku_Movie_Review.aspx Japanese Hell]]: "When I think of America, I think of ''Film/EncinoMan''. I mean, is there a more patriotic film? It's a movie that shows that no matter what your background is, people will accept you! I mean, sure, it's not perfect, I mean, there are times when you just want to weaz the ju-uice, and they're like, [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie 'Dude, need fundage, bro.']] And yes, sometimes we spend a little too much time trying to edge some [[MostCommonSuperpower nug with nice cones]] to really focus on our problems, but America is a country that would never bag on a bro just 'cause he gets a little crus-ty!"
* ComicalOverreacting: During [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video316_Antichrist_2009_Movie_Review_Lars_Von_Trier.aspx a review]] of ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' with WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, both couldn't stop screaming at the various darks forms GroinAttack that happened at the climax.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Parodied. During [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video397_Last_Unicorn_Movie_Farrow_Arkin.aspx a sleepover]] with The Omega, Mendo came to the conclusion that ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' was "an elaborate metaphor for a woman's menstrual cycle".
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Mendo forwards a bunch of his hate mail to the Film Renegado's site, Renegado [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video337_Atletico_San_Pancho_Never_Too_Young_to_Dream.aspx forces him]] to watch Atletico San Pancho. And, when that doesn't work, he starts playing Menudo!
* CoolShades: The Guccis.
* DramaticReading: Of the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video884_Simpsons_Bart_vs_The_Space_Mutants_Manual_Nintendo.aspx guidebook]] to ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheSpaceMutants''.
* DreadfulMusician: Parodied. Just as Wrestling/RandySavage [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video688_Randy_Savage_Be_a_Man_Rap_WWE_WWF.aspx proved]] that anyone can rap, Creator/JoshuaTheAnarchist showed conclusively that this is not the case.
* EatTheDog: She [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/A_Team_Heart_of_Rock_and_Roll.aspx has claimed]] he needs to "eat at least one puppy every day" in order to survive.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She may eat puppies, but [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/Ilsa_She_Wolf_SS_Salo_120_Days_Sodom.aspx even he]] feels bad about [[HeroicBSOD forcing Fear Fan]] to watch ''Film/IlsaSheWolfOfTheSS'' and ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom'' [[MoralEventHorizon about twenty times each]].
** Conversely, they determine that, while ''Salo'' may be the more disturbing film, it still claims the moral high ground over ''Ilsa'', since at least ''Salo'' isn't intended to be titilating.
* FantasticDrug: From [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video528_Juno_2007_Ellen_Page_Michael_Cera.aspx this review]]:
--> '''Sursum Ursa''': Are you on drugs?
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--> '''Mr. Mendo''': Define "drugs"?
* FauxlosophicNarration: Parodied. She [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx took issue]] with ''Film/TheBeastOfYuccaFlats'' for this, only to have his own narrator suddenly appear.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx review]] of ''The Beast of Yucca Flats'', Mendo is shown covering a DVD with a pillow. That DVD? ''Sailor and the 7 Ballz''. [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video515_Sailor_and_the_7_Ballz_Porn_Sailor_Moon_Dragon_Ball_Z.aspx Fourteen episodes later...]]
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Il Neige is constantly in danger from explosions, fires and other weapons that come out the screen.
* FunWithSubtitles: From the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video340_Pink_Lady_Movie_Japanese_Spider_Man_Marvel_1978.aspx review]] of the [[Series/PinkLadyAndJeff Pink Lady]] movie:
-->'''Mr. Mendo''': No surprise, then, that they got their own motion picture with the catchy title of:
-->'''Subtitle''': ピンク・レディーの活動大写真
-->'''Mr. Mendo''': ...that.
** From the ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video748_Turbo_A_Power_Rangers_Movie_Review.aspx review]]:
-->'''Subtitle''': Interracial stegosaurus porn! Make this happen, internet!
* HappyPlace: Her's [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1100_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Longer_Review.aspx happy place]] is where ''every'' movie is dubbed over by lines from ''Film/SonInLaw''. (Well, technically ''Film/EncinoMan'', but would you really know the difference?)
* HumanFocusedAdaptation: Discussed as [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video989_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Movie_Review.aspx a high point]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''.
* HypocrisyNod: To cap off [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/Rubber.aspx a review of Rubber]], a pointless, nonsensical film that is being watched from inside itself, Mr. Mendo and The Omega get into a pointless, nonsensical argument that is being watched from inside the review.
** Or in the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video748_Turbo_A_Power_Rangers_Movie_Review.aspx crossover review]] of ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', much was made of the copious amounts of fan-service, particularly from [[MsFanservice Sofie]]...while lying in bed in a slinky black dress.
-->'''Demoversi''' (only line): "Pointless cameos are SO 2011! (a beat) Wait..."
-->'''Mr. Mendo''': "[[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx Trying to pick]] the worst Coleman Francis film is like deciding what kind of cancer you'd like to have." *Lights cigar*
* LongList: In this [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video713_Its_a_Wonderful_Life_Jimmy_Stewart_Christmas.aspx second look]] at ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', Mendo concluded that it was only fit for "[[Film/TaxiDriver whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, the sick, the venal,]] [[Film/BlazingSaddles rustlers, cut-throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers, and Methodists!]]"
* RedBaron: "The Internet's Strongest Man".
* SelfDeprecation: Mendo's [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video695_ALFs_Special_Christmas_Part_1_and_2_Season_2.aspx summation]] of ALF's Special Christmas: it's depressing, uneven, and it "had more filler than my [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video688_Randy_Savage_Be_a_Man_Rap_WWE_WWF.aspx Macho Man Randy Savage review!]]"
** "You know, you'd think after [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video967_Twin_Peaks_Fire_Walk_with_Me_Movie_Review.aspx three years]] of doing this show I would be a lot better at it..."
* SharedUniverse: The Reviewaverse.
* SimpleCountryLawyer: Now, Mr. Mendo's not one of those big city lawyers, but it [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1135_Commando_1985_Movie_Review.aspx seems to him]] that there's a huge plot-hole in Creator/RaeDawnChong's back-story!
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!!''Hack Attack'' and other works contain examples of:
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' is a [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video779_Tattooed_Teenage_Alien_Fighters_from_Beverly_Hills_S1E1.aspx real show.]]
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]]Among others, she's declared that [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Repo__The_Genetic_Opera_2008.aspx Rotti Largo]] of ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' is a pedophile and [[http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/Its_a_Wonderful_Life_1946.aspx Mary Bailey]] is the real villain of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* AngstDissonance: In-universe, Mr. Mendo opens a serious question in his ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' review with a sarcastic acknowledgement that this movie doesn't speak to him in the way it does a lot of college students since he had to join the army.
* AshcanCopy: Invoked. The [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video896_The_Hobbit_1966_Animated_Short_Gene_Deitch.aspx 1966]] version of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'', which, according to [[CloudCuckooLander Mendo]], has something to do with both Pizza Hut and UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev...
* BadassMustache: Pre-transistion.
* BerserkButton: [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1236_The_Lone_Ranger_2013_Movie_Review.aspx WHITE FEZ!]]
* BigOlEyebrows: Can be seen from behind her shades, which aren't exactly small...
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video920_Garbage_Pail_Kids_1987_Movie_Review.aspx Among]] the films that Mendo finds unintentionally funny? ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', and ''Film/CannibalHolocaust''!
* BrokenAesop:''Film/ForrestGump'' teaches us that one man can make a difference, as long as he never thinks or makes a decision for himself.
** Or, [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/Scott_Pilgrim_vs_the_World.aspx on]] ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': "Do you really buy that this movie is about Scott gaining self-respect, or do you wonder when we were supposed to notice that he had no self-respect, before or after hooking up with three hot chicks and fighting and obliterating six people?"
* BuffySpeak: "But really, [[Film/JohnnyEnglish that]] was a good movie, and [[Film/NeverSayNeverAgain this film]] and a good one are as dissimilar as two completely dissimilar things...in a bag."
** From [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1119_Japanese_Hell_1999_Jigoku_Movie_Review.aspx Japanese Hell]]: "When I think of America, I think of ''Film/EncinoMan''. I mean, is there a more patriotic film? It's a movie that shows that no matter what your background is, people will accept you! I mean, sure, it's not perfect, I mean, there are times when you just want to weaz the ju-uice, and they're like, [[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie 'Dude, need fundage, bro.']] And yes, sometimes we spend a little too much time trying to edge some [[MostCommonSuperpower nug with nice cones]] to really focus on our problems, but America is a country that would never bag on a bro just 'cause he gets a little crus-ty!"
* ComicalOverreacting: During [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video316_Antichrist_2009_Movie_Review_Lars_Von_Trier.aspx a review]] of ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' with WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, both couldn't stop screaming at the various darks forms GroinAttack that happened at the climax.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Parodied. During [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video397_Last_Unicorn_Movie_Farrow_Arkin.aspx a sleepover]] with The Omega, Mendo came to the conclusion that ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' was "an elaborate metaphor for a woman's menstrual cycle".
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Mendo forwards a bunch of his hate mail to the Film Renegado's site, Renegado [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video337_Atletico_San_Pancho_Never_Too_Young_to_Dream.aspx forces him]] to watch Atletico San Pancho. And, when that doesn't work, he starts playing Menudo!
* CoolShades: The Guccis.
* DramaticReading: Of the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video884_Simpsons_Bart_vs_The_Space_Mutants_Manual_Nintendo.aspx guidebook]] to ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartVsTheSpaceMutants''.
* DreadfulMusician: Parodied. Just as Wrestling/RandySavage [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video688_Randy_Savage_Be_a_Man_Rap_WWE_WWF.aspx proved]] that anyone can rap, Creator/JoshuaTheAnarchist showed conclusively that this is not the case.
* EatTheDog: She [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/A_Team_Heart_of_Rock_and_Roll.aspx has claimed]] he needs to "eat at least one puppy every day" in order to survive.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She may eat puppies, but [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/Ilsa_She_Wolf_SS_Salo_120_Days_Sodom.aspx even he]] feels bad about [[HeroicBSOD forcing Fear Fan]] to watch ''Film/IlsaSheWolfOfTheSS'' and ''Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom'' [[MoralEventHorizon about twenty times each]].
** Conversely, they determine that, while ''Salo'' may be the more disturbing film, it still claims the moral high ground over ''Ilsa'', since at least ''Salo'' isn't intended to be titilating.
* FantasticDrug: From [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video528_Juno_2007_Ellen_Page_Michael_Cera.aspx this review]]:
--> '''Sursum Ursa''': Are you on drugs?
--> (a beat)
--> '''Mr. Mendo''': Define "drugs"?
* FauxlosophicNarration: Parodied. She [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx took issue]] with ''Film/TheBeastOfYuccaFlats'' for this, only to have his own narrator suddenly appear.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx review]] of ''The Beast of Yucca Flats'', Mendo is shown covering a DVD with a pillow. That DVD? ''Sailor and the 7 Ballz''. [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video515_Sailor_and_the_7_Ballz_Porn_Sailor_Moon_Dragon_Ball_Z.aspx Fourteen episodes later...]]
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Il Neige is constantly in danger from explosions, fires and other weapons that come out the screen.
* FunWithSubtitles: From the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video340_Pink_Lady_Movie_Japanese_Spider_Man_Marvel_1978.aspx review]] of the [[Series/PinkLadyAndJeff Pink Lady]] movie:
-->'''Mr. Mendo''': No surprise, then, that they got their own motion picture with the catchy title of:
-->'''Subtitle''': ピンク・レディーの活動大写真
-->'''Mr. Mendo''': ...that.
** From the ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video748_Turbo_A_Power_Rangers_Movie_Review.aspx review]]:
-->'''Subtitle''': Interracial stegosaurus porn! Make this happen, internet!
* HappyPlace: Her's [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1100_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Longer_Review.aspx happy place]] is where ''every'' movie is dubbed over by lines from ''Film/SonInLaw''. (Well, technically ''Film/EncinoMan'', but would you really know the difference?)
* HumanFocusedAdaptation: Discussed as [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video989_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Movie_Review.aspx a high point]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''.
* HypocrisyNod: To cap off [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video_shows/Mr_Mendos_Hack_Attack/Rubber.aspx a review of Rubber]], a pointless, nonsensical film that is being watched from inside itself, Mr. Mendo and The Omega get into a pointless, nonsensical argument that is being watched from inside the review.
** Or in the [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video748_Turbo_A_Power_Rangers_Movie_Review.aspx crossover review]] of ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', much was made of the copious amounts of fan-service, particularly from [[MsFanservice Sofie]]...while lying in bed in a slinky black dress.
-->'''Demoversi''' (only line): "Pointless cameos are SO 2011! (a beat) Wait..."
-->'''Mr. Mendo''': "[[http://www.agonybooth.com/video326_Beast_of_Yucca_Flats_1961_Coleman_Francis.aspx Trying to pick]] the worst Coleman Francis film is like deciding what kind of cancer you'd like to have." *Lights cigar*
* LongList: In this [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video713_Its_a_Wonderful_Life_Jimmy_Stewart_Christmas.aspx second look]] at ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', Mendo concluded that it was only fit for "[[Film/TaxiDriver whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, the sick, the venal,]] [[Film/BlazingSaddles rustlers, cut-throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers, and Methodists!]]"
* RedBaron: "The Internet's Strongest Man".
* SelfDeprecation: Mendo's [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video695_ALFs_Special_Christmas_Part_1_and_2_Season_2.aspx summation]] of ALF's Special Christmas: it's depressing, uneven, and it "had more filler than my [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video688_Randy_Savage_Be_a_Man_Rap_WWE_WWF.aspx Macho Man Randy Savage review!]]"
** "You know, you'd think after [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video967_Twin_Peaks_Fire_Walk_with_Me_Movie_Review.aspx three years]] of doing this show I would be a lot better at it..."
* SharedUniverse: The Reviewaverse.
* SimpleCountryLawyer: Now, Mr. Mendo's not one of those big city lawyers, but it [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1135_Commando_1985_Movie_Review.aspx seems to him]] that there's a huge plot-hole in Creator/RaeDawnChong's back-story!
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Mr. Mendo (Jennifer Novelli IRL, [[DoNotCallMePaul though you should really call her Mendo]] originally rose to prominence as part of Website/TheAgonyBooth; it was at her urging that the rarely-updated recap site briefly became a competitor of Website/ChannelAwesome, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks for better or for worse.]]
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Mr. Mendo (Jennifer Novelli IRL, [[DoNotCallMePaul though you should really call her Mendo]] Mendo]]) originally rose to prominence as part of Website/TheAgonyBooth; it was at her urging that the rarely-updated recap site briefly became a competitor of Website/ChannelAwesome, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks for better or for worse.]]
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A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in the later she created her show ''Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack.'' She even filmed some of her early videos while still in an active war zone.
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Her first taste of viral fame came when she provoked the ire of fans of Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera in a lengthy critique that dubbed the film "4Chan the Musical." According to rumors, mentions of her name would trigger angry responses in Repo! fan forums for years afterwards.
A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in thelater latter she created her show ''Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack.'' She even filmed some of her early videos while still in an active war zone.
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At her height, she was known for her frequent guest spots with the likes of WebVideo/DiamandaHagan and Creator/CountJackula, as well as her ability to get into heated arguments with just about any big name WebVideo creator who crossed her path.
Despite years of declaring herself [[RedBaron "the internet's strongest man"]] she came out as a trans woman in 2019.
A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in the
At her height, she was known for her frequent guest spots with the likes of WebVideo/DiamandaHagan and Creator/CountJackula, as well as her ability to get into heated arguments with just about any big name WebVideo creator who crossed her path.
Despite years of declaring herself [[RedBaron "the internet's strongest man"]] she came out as a trans woman in 2019.
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Former WebVideo film critic, novelist, soldier and part time film producer/voice actor.
Mr. Mendo (Jennifer Novelli IRL, [[DoNotCallMePaul though you should really call her Mendo]] originally rose to prominence as part of Website/TheAgonyBooth; it was at her urging that the rarely-updated recap site briefly became a competitor of Website/ChannelAwesome, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks for better or for worse.]]
Sometimes [[TheFaceOfTheBand mistaken]] for the leader of the site (she was merely the most public member of the editorial staff), she played an early role in the careers of [[WebVideo/StuffYouLike Sursum Ursa]] and WebVideo/TheFilmRenegado, as well as discovering [[WebVideo/MovieDorkness Sofie Liv.]]
A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in the later she created her show ''Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack.'' She even filmed some of her early videos while still in an active war zone.
Following the implosion of the Reviewerverse scene, she's largely stepped back from creating videos to focus on her budding career as a movie producer.
Mr. Mendo (Jennifer Novelli IRL, [[DoNotCallMePaul though you should really call her Mendo]] originally rose to prominence as part of Website/TheAgonyBooth; it was at her urging that the rarely-updated recap site briefly became a competitor of Website/ChannelAwesome, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks for better or for worse.]]
Sometimes [[TheFaceOfTheBand mistaken]] for the leader of the site (she was merely the most public member of the editorial staff), she played an early role in the careers of [[WebVideo/StuffYouLike Sursum Ursa]] and WebVideo/TheFilmRenegado, as well as discovering [[WebVideo/MovieDorkness Sofie Liv.]]
A former soldier, she made good use of her deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. During the former, she wrote a novel entitled ''Kingdom Rattus'' (originally a collaboration with Creator/KJTaylor), while in the later she created her show ''Mr. Mendo's Hack Attack.'' She even filmed some of her early videos while still in an active war zone.
Following the implosion of the Reviewerverse scene, she's largely stepped back from creating videos to focus on her budding career as a movie producer.