History Creator / RocketJump

* GoneHorriblyRight: ''An Inconvenient Truth'': [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} The future has]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}} motion control video games]]. "Except it sucks!!"

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Implied to have happened in ''Halloween Massacre''.]]
** Taken quite literally with ''Big Blue Ball Machine''

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[[http://www.rocketjump.com RocketJump]] is an online video production company created by Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch, Matt Arnold, Dez Dolly, and other [=YouTube=] creators.

In 2010, American filmmakers Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch decided they'd had enough of fixing the [[SpecialEffectsFailure mistakes]] on sloppy direct-to-video movies. They thought, "We can do this!" and the [=FreddieW=] channel was born.

Their work is known for its high quality, low budget, [[ActionHero fast-paced action scenes]], guns, VideoGame {{homage}}s, guns, visual effects, guns, and a general RuleOfCool attitude. [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention guns?]]

In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxgfSVp-DKk 2011]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mmEbdn_Qw 2012]], this mix of quality, humor, video games, and action helped them grow to epic levels of popularity. They peaked at the sixth-most-subscribed spot on [=YouTube=], and also held the "top filmmaking channel" spot.

In 2012, they made their first feature-length web series, ''WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool''. It was so popular, they went on to release a second season in 2013. The final season, Season 3, was produced and released in 2014.

On October 23, 2013, the [=FreddieW=] team entered "Phase Two" and rebranded itself as [[https://www.youtube.com/RocketJump RocketJump.]] The old [=freddiew2=] channel was renamed to [[https://www.youtube.com/BrandonJLa BrandonJLa]], and also has some old behind-the-scenes videos and tutorials.

On April 14, 2014, [=RocketJump=] and Creator/{{Lionsgate}} announced [[http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/lionsgate-forges-alliance-with-rocketjump-studios/ a partnership.]]

Some high-profile members of [=RocketJump=] inclue:

* Matt Arnold is probably best-known as a writer and director of WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool.

* Benji Dolly, best-known as Games Dean in WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool and frequently appears on the ''Facerocker'' podcast.

Freddie and Brandon also went to [[CaliforniaUniversity UCLA]] with Sam Gorski and Niko Peuringer of WebVideo/CorridorDigital, and have been known to [[TheCameo cameo]] in [[WebVideo/VideoGameHighSchool each others']] [[WebVideo/{{Sync}} projects]].

Their YMMV page is [[YMMV/FreddieWong here]].

-->This is a stealth mission, [[KillEmAll leave no survivors]].

* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu[=/=]PositiveDiscrimination: Discussed and invoked in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN8E8L5c9WI Kung-Fooled]]''.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Also played for laughs in ''Keep off the Grass'', where Freddie and a park ranger grapple with each other, each moving higher up without falling, to the point where they're both hovering thousands of feet in the air... only to fall (ergo, literal [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief suspension of disbelief]]). This is then taken {{Up To Eleven}} throughout the rest of the video. Accordingly falls under the {{Rule Of Funny}}.

* UpToEleven: ''Epic VFX Time''
-->'''Freddie''': [[Film/{{Predator}} Get to the choppa!]]
-->'''Harley''': No, get to the '''choppers!!'''
** Also, ''Mexican Standoff'', where GambitPileup is taken to such an extreme, that they have to draw out a map on the ground to figure out who's on whose side.

* YaoiFangirl: Liz in ''Fan Friction'', who mostly wants to use the story she and Allie are writing as an excuse to [[SlashFic pair up]] Literature/SherlockHolmes and Dracula.
** Taken UpToEleven in the end when they [[spoiler:bring in Allie's brother and throw [[Series/GameOfThrones Jon Snow]], [[Series/DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor]] and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Loki]] into the mix]].

* {{Meganekko}}: Nicole Wyland's Moonchild in the ''Flower Warfare'' series.

** Exactly what Freddie does in ''VideoGame/BodyCount'', skipping through the entire OpeningMonologue so just he can get to shooting bad guys.

* StealthBasedMission: Subverted in ''VideoGame/Bodycount''.

* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Freddie does one for laughs in ''VideoGame/BodyCount''.

* HollywoodHacking: All Freddie has to do to hack the computer in ''VideoGame/Bodycount'' is hold down the "X" key.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''Crossfire'' and ''Big Blue Ball Machine''. On the former Freddie even had to add an annotation responding to people complaining about the lack of guns.

[[http://www.rocketjump.com RocketJump]] is an online video ProductionPosse created by Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch, Matt Arnold, Dez Dolly, and other [=YouTube=] creators.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Played for laughs in ''Epic VFX Time'' where Freddie and Harley summons dozens of planets in the sky [[RuleOfCool because it looks cool]].

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: [[WebVideo/EpicMealTime Harley Morenstein]] summons a "lesbian makeout scene in the sky!" [[spoiler:No one can see it [[ArtisticLicenseAstronomy because of all the planets in the way]]]].

-->--'''Freddie Wong'''

* ItHasBeenAnHonor: The vacation service attendant in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaVxulsgH_A "Far Cry Vacation"]] says this to her boss after he asks her to provide a bored Freddie with the "''VideoGame/FarCry'' vacation package". Sure enough, she's Freddie's first casualty.

* Brandon Laatsch. Based on behind-the-scenes videos, he did a lot of the early VFX with Freddie, and has done most of the 3D work. He's often been overshadowed by Freddie. As of early 2014, he left [=RocketJump=] to pursue his own video game development studio Stress Level Zero, focusing on VR development, and had created ''Hover Junkers'' and ''VideoGame/DuckSeason''.

Their work is known for its high quality, low budget, [[ActionHero fast-paced action scenes]], guns, VideoGame {{homage}}s, guns, [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome incredible visual effects]], guns, and a general RuleOfCool attitude. [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention guns?]]

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: InUniverse. Exactly what Freddie does]] in ''VideoGame/BodyCount'', skipping through the entire OpeningMonologue so just he can get to shooting bad guys.

* RocketJump: The creation of ''[[CaptainObvious The Rocket Jump]]''. It's also the name of his website.

Their work is known for its high quality, low budget, [[ActionHero fast-paced action scenes]], guns, VideoGame {{homage}}s, guns, [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome incredible visual effects]], guns, and a general RuleOfCool attitude. [[OverlyLongGag Did we mention guns?]]

* ClicheStorm: ''Beach Justice'' [[{{In-universe}} is meant to be this]].

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: [[{{In-universe}} Exactly what Freddie does]] in ''VideoGame/BodyCount'', skipping through the entire OpeningMonologue so just he can get to shooting bad guys.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: [[{{In-universe}} Exactly what Freddie does]] in ''{{Bodycount}}'', skipping through the entire OpeningMonologue so just he can get to shooting bad guys.

* StealthBasedMission: Subverted in ''Bodycount''.

* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Freddie does one for laughs in ''Bodycount''.

* HollywoodHacking: All Freddie has to do to hack the computer in ''Bodycount'' is hold down the "X" key.