History Podcast / NitroGameInjection

* TheChick: [=SLiDER=], the show's resident artist, who was added to bring a touch of class to the show according to Larry. She isn't extremely knowledgeable on video game music like the other two, but loves it just as much.

** Promotional images and art (such as at the top of this page) feature [[ActionGirl Ariane]], a character created by Kyle and [[OriginalCharacter based heavily on Capcom's "reploid" concept]] from VideoGame/MegaManX. She plays guitar (a Gibson SG, averting AllGuitarsAreStratocasters), has really long hair, and has [[Music/BrentalFloss a motherfuckin' gun for a hand.]]

* NoPronunciationGuide:
** Both Kyle and Larry typically [[EpicFail fail epically]] when it comes to pronouncing Japanese names. Which come up quite often, given this is a show about video game music.
** Averted with [=SLiDER=], who has actually studied some Japanese and has a fairly decent grasp on the pronunciation.

** The very first episode of the show was actually referred to on-air as "Yellow Dart Radio", with Kyle sometimes referring to himself as [[InsistentTerminology "The Yellow Dart"]], a tenuous ShoutOut to the nickname [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] gives to a person named [[NamesTheSame Kyle]] Smith in the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/english_paper "english paper"]] email. The earliest intro for the show featured a character called "The Nerdy Guy" (voiced by MicrosoftSam) answering an email, complete with gratuitous typing noises. Some of these early episodes also featured Kyle himself answering actual emails on the air in an attempt to be like Strong Bad. At least until he realized he wasn't witty or funny and nobody was sending him any emails. Not too much later, "The Yellow Dart" nickname was pretty much dropped.

** Andrew Aversa, aka zircon - Former Music/OverClockedReMix judge, soundtrack contributor to ''Super StreetFighter II HD [=ReMix=]'' and composer of XBLA indie games ''ReturnAllRobots'' and ''Fittest''.

** Mattias Häggström Gerdt, formerly Another Soundscape - Former Music/OverClockedReMix judge, soundtrack contributor to ''Super StreetFighter II HD [=ReMix=]'' and composer of Xbox Live Arcade hits ''Kaleidoscope'', ''Artoon'', and ''The Perfect Match''.

** Promotional images and art (such as at the top of this page) feature [[ActionGirl Ariane]], a character created by Kyle and [[OriginalCharacter based heavily on Capcom's "reploid" concept]] from VideoGame/MegaManX. She plays guitar (a Gibson SG, averting AllGuitarsAreStratocasters), has [[RapunzelHair really long hair,]] and has [[Music/BrentalFloss a motherfuckin' gun for a hand.]]

* CreatorBreakdown: The show has gone on several [[SeriesHiatus extended hiatuses]]. This is usually the reason why.
* DoingItForTheArt: While they have been known to invoke MoneyDearBoy for laughs (in reality they haven't received more than a few small donations), listen to these guys for a while and you'll believe that they truly do love the video game music medium and gaming in general.

* MissingEpisode: Two, in fact: Episodes #6 and #54 have no known recordings. Kyle isn't even sure #54 [[UnInstallment ever actually happened]]...

* AscendedFangirl - [=SLiDER=] was originally a dedicated listener. She ended up being invited onto the show for episode #142 to fill in for Larry, returning for a few more before popular demand from fans led her to becoming a semi-regular co-host.
* AuthorAppeal - Both NGI and Kyle's spinoff show [[http://kngi.org/about/infofaq-gamefuel GameFuel]] feature a disproportionate amount of rock and metal music over other genres.

* AudienceParticipation - There is a live chat during the show, and the hosts will sometimes solicit questions for interview guests or interact with the chat in some way on the air. Especially invoked during the Music/{{brentalfloss}} [[http://kngi.org/p=1847 live Q&A segment]].
* BlackAndNerdy - Larry Oji. Full stop. Not only does he love video game music, he is also a huge ProfessionalWrestling geek.
* BackgroundMusic - Used during host segments, of course. They generally use the music from classic 8- and 16-bit games.
* CatchPhrase - Larry has a whole slew of "Larryisms."

* ClusterFBomb - Larry will occasionally drop one of these.
* CreatorBreakdown - The show has gone on several [[SeriesHiatus extended hiatuses]]. This is usually the reason why.
* DoingItForTheArt - While they have been known to invoke MoneyDearBoy for laughs (in reality they haven't received more than a few small donations), listen to these guys for a while and you'll believe that they truly do love the video game music medium and gaming in general.
* EarlyBirdCameo - Larry appeared as an interviewee and a guest co-host during the Akumu era before becoming a permanent addition.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness - The very first episode of the show was actually referred to on-air as "Yellow Dart Radio", with Kyle sometimes referring to himself as [[InsistentTerminology "The Yellow Dart"]], a tenuous ShoutOut to the nickname [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] gives to a person named [[NamesTheSame Kyle]] Smith in the [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/english_paper "english paper"]] email. The earliest intro for the show featured a character called "The Nerdy Guy" (voiced by MicrosoftSam) answering an email, complete with gratuitous typing noises. Some of these early episodes also featured Kyle himself answering actual emails on the air in an attempt to be like Strong Bad. At least until he realized he wasn't witty or funny and nobody was sending him any emails. Not too much later, "The Yellow Dart" nickname was pretty much dropped.

* EverythingIsRacist - Often invoked by Larry.
* {{Geek}} - The whole lot of them. Especially when it comes to gaming.
* GratuitousJapanese - There's usually at least one Japanese game composer mentioned in each episode, with the pronunciation typically being butchered by Kyle or Larry.

* GuestStarPartyMember - There have been a number of guest co-hosts on the show, usually related to the video game music scene in some way.
* LargeHam - Larry. With him, EVERY episode is sponsored by ham.
* {{Mascot}} - Promotional images and art (such as at the top of this page) feature [[ActionGirl Ariane]], a character created by Kyle and [[OriginalCharacter based heavily on Capcom's "reploid" concept]] from VideoGame/MegaManX. She plays guitar (a Gibson SG, averting AllGuitarsAreStratocasters), has [[RapunzelHair really long hair,]] and has [[Music/BrentalFloss a motherfuckin' gun for a hand.]]

* MerchandiseDriven - The show now has its own fake cereal tie-in: [[http://SLiDER-chan.deviantart.com/art/Nitro-CRUNCH-Injection-261411507 Nitro CRUNCH Injection]].
* MissingEpisode - Two, in fact: Episodes #6 and #54 have no known recordings. Kyle isn't even sure #54 [[UnInstallment ever actually happened]]...
* MoodWhiplash - During the eight anniversary episode, the usual lighthearted mood of the show was put on hold as former co-host Akumu returned to pay tribute to Fumapero, a {{doujin}} music arranger who had been missing and displaced after the devastating earthquake in Sendai, Japan. Luckily, she announced a few days later that she was okay and had returned home.

* NationalStereotypes - Sometimes used for comic effect, especially when [[http://kngi.org/p=1592 Canadian jmr]] appeared on the show.

* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove -[[invoked]] The entire premise of the show. From the [[http://kngi.org/about FAQ on the website]]: "We have an undying love and appreciation for video game music, and the various arrangement/remix scenes surrounding it. We want to share this music with the world, and to give exposure to this great art form. We want to let you know about great musicians and arrangers that you may have never heard of to encourage you to check out more works from them. That is essentially why we have created these shows."
* NoIndoorVoice - Larry is, according to himself, "a very loud black man." Even when he does try to be quiet, he's loud.
* NoPronunciationGuide - Both Kyle and Larry typically [[EpicFail fail epically]] when it comes to pronouncing Japanese names. Which come up quite often, given this is a show about video game music.

* OnceAnEpisode - Music/OverClockedReMix almost always gets mentioned, usually by Larry.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname - [=SLiDER=] never goes by her real name on the air.

* OverlyLongGag - The playlist of [=GameFuel=] #80 consisted entirely of ''thirty-nine'' remixes of Wily Stage 1 from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''. Appropriately enough, it was titled "Endurance".

* ProductPlacement - Played for laughs on many episodes with Larry, who more often than not consumes at least one food product during the show and proclaims that the episode is sponsored by whatever food he happens to be eating at the time. Even if it's not a branded product.

* PutOnABus - For episode #100, Audun "[=AkumuHau=]" Sorlie joined the show as a new co-host. The show went on a lengthy hiatus after episode #112, and when it came back, nary a mention of Akumu was made and he was replaced by Larry. He has [[TheBusCameBack returned as a guest]] a few times, however.
* RefugeInAudacity - Par for the course during Akumu's run on the show.
* SelfDeprecation - Usually Kyle's schtick.
* ShamelessSelfPromotion - Larry, Head Submissions Evaluator of Music/OverClockedReMix, is never one to skip on a chance to bring up the site.

* ShoutOut - Guess what the title of episode [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid #61]] is.
* SpecialGuest - A number of notable ones over the years, including:

* SpinOff - Kyle's other show, [[http://kngi.org/about/infofaq-gamefuel GameFuel]] (no, not sponsored by Mountain Dew.) It more closely follows the format established by NGI when Kyle hosted the show by himself prior to episode #100. It features more of a focus on music (including [[AudienceParticipation listener requests]]) and less on banter. Both Larry and [=SLiDER=] have turned up on [=GameFuel=] before, as well as several other guests.
* {{Squick}} - Typical during the Akumu era, but [[CrossesTheLineTwice crossed the line]] not once, not twice, but countless times during the episode when they [[http://kngi.org/p=28 interviewed SnappleMan]].
* StraightManAndWiseGuy - Kyle is the StraightMan and Larry is the Wise Guy. They often play off each other in this way.
* TheChick - [=SLiDER=], the show's resident artist, who was added to bring a touch of class to the show according to Larry. She isn't extremely knowledgeable on video game music like the other two, but loves it just as much.
* TheHero - Larry, the charismatic on-air personality everyone loves.
* TheLancer - It may be Kyle's show, and he does do most of the behind-the-scenes work on it (including selecting the music played on every episode), but he usually allows the more well-spoken Larry to lead the discussion, especially during interviews. He's been known to refer to himself as [[Series/MythBusters the Jamie to Larry's Adam]].
* TheQuietOne - [=SLiDER=] doesn't say too much. Half the time it's because she's busy drawing something awesome.
* ThemeTune - Has gone through several ThemeTune phases: Sometimes the show has a recurring song (or a rotation of recurring songs) for several months, then it switches to simply starting the show with the first song on the playlist for the week, or a song that fits that particular episodes' theme. All songs that have been used are {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s from video games or video game remixes, including:

* TokenTrio - Not intentionally evoked, but Kyle is the white guy, Larry is the black guy, and [=SLiDER=] is the Asian girl.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl - Without the plot and the romantic tension, as both Kyle and Larry are happily in relationships.
* WordSaladTitle - How the hell does one inject nitro into games?

** Most every episode also has at least one song from a VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog or VideoGame/MegaMan game. If it doesn't, it's usually an episode with a particular theme, or Kyle just forgot to put one in. Eventually they just decided to embrace it and do a [[http://kngi.org/p=1907 dedicated "Blue Hero" Mega Man/Sonic episode]], which was kind of justified, because their guest that week was ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics and ComicBook/MegaMan comic writer Ian Flynn.

** Ian Flynn, aka [=IanPotto=] - current head writer of Archie's ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' comic lines. He is the most recurring guest, appearing on the show four times.

** Most every episode also has at least one song from a VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog or VideoGame/MegaMan game. If it doesn't, it's usually an episode with a particular theme, or Kyle just forgot to put one in. Eventually they just decided to embrace it and do a [[http://kngi.org/p=1907 dedicated "Blue Hero" Mega Man/Sonic episode]], which was kind of justified, because their guest that week was ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog and ComicBook/MegaMan comic writer Ian Flynn.

** Ian Flynn, aka [=IanPotto=] - current head writer of Archie's ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' and ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' comic lines. He is the most recurring guest, appearing on the show four times.

** AJ [=LoCascio=] - The voice of Marty [=McFly=] in the ''VideoGame/BackToTheFuture'' adventure game series by [=TellTale=] Games.

** Most every episode also has at least one song from a SonicTheHedgehog or VideoGame/MegaMan game. If it doesn't, it's usually an episode with a particular theme, or Kyle just forgot to put one in. Eventually they just decided to embrace it and do a [[http://kngi.org/p=1907 dedicated "Blue Hero" Mega Man/Sonic episode]], which was kind of justified, because their guest that week was ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog and ComicBook/MegaMan comic writer Ian Flynn.

** Ian Flynn, aka [=IanPotto=] - current head writer of Archie's ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' comic lines. He is the most recurring guest, appearing on the show four times.

** Music/TheMegas - ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' cover band, WithLyrics! Yes, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome almost all of the band was on the show]].

* OneOfUs - Not only are the three hosts extremely geeky in general, but they're all familiar with Wiki/TVTropes, and Kyle is a self-admitted troper. They even [[http://kngi.org/p=333 have an episode called]] GoKartingWithBowser, and [[http://kngi.org/p=1476 another called]] AmazonBrigade...

** "The Legendary Theme" from GitarooMan