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In March 2023, Romi [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpd0qUZuRb5/ announced]] that the podcast would be ending after only a year and a half, citing availability problems. She still allowed it to have a GrandFinale in the form of ''Film/TheFabelmans''.
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** Romi's admiration for Creator/JohnCReilly reaching the point where she sees him as a father figure and gives him the AffectionateNickname "Papa John". This in turn spawned a counter-Running Gag referencing [[NamesTheSame Papa John's Pizza]] and its founder's proposed "day of reckoning".

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** Romi's admiration for Creator/JohnCReilly reaching the point where she sees him as a father figure and gives him the AffectionateNickname "Papa John". This in turn spawned a counter-Running Gag referencing [[NamesTheSame Papa John's Pizza]] Pizza and its founder's proposed "day of reckoning".
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* EpicFail: As the ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'' episode reaches its close, Andrew notes that the character design supervisor is named Jack White, who isn't to be confused with the rock star Music/JackWhite. He jokes, "Jack White, isn't that the guy from Black Stripes?" Riley corrects his fatal error in saying it's actually Music/TheWhiteStripes.
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* SpecialGuest:
** Citizen HAL, an acquaintance of [[WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions the Schaffgang]], appears during ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol''.
** Chris, another Schaffgang member, helps out for the bonus commentary for ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatoing}}'', having previously appeared during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWkUPcjX4-8 Schafrillas' review of it.]]
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* BookEnds: The December programming (not counting the two bonus episodes uploaded at the end of the month) began its first episode with the ''Series/SesameStreet'' cast singing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", and ended its last episode with a reprise of the same song, both from the 1975 album ''Merry Christmas from Sesame Street''.
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* BirthdayEpisode: Once a year, a panelist picks a movie in honor of their birthday. For her first birthday episode in 2022, Romi picked ''Summertime'', an indie movie wrapping a plot around various Los Angeles teenagers' poetry. Later that year, Riley picked ''Film/JupiterAscending'', and Andrew picked ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid''.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: As with ''Podcast/{{Rock Of Ages|Podcast}}'' the panelists frequently refer to the fact that they're in a Discord chat.


** A few lifted from ''Rock of Ages'', such as ribbing on Music/TheStooges' "[[Music/FunHouse LA Blues]]".

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** A few lifted from ''Rock of Ages'', such as ribbing on Music/TheStooges' "[[Music/FunHouse "[[Music/FunHouseAlbum LA Blues]]".
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* SharpDressedMan: During ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Riley brought up an incident where her friend's brother and his friend wore suits... to a screening of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMovie''. Andrew then brings up WebVideo/ScottTheWoz and his gang doing the same thing for ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.

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* SharpDressedMan: During ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Riley brought up an incident where her friend's brother and his friend wore suits... to a screening of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMovie''. Andrew then brings up WebVideo/ScottTheWoz and his gang doing the same thing for ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.
* TrueCompanions: As with parent podcast ''Rock of Ages'' the panelists are shown to be thick as thieves. Best exemplified with ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' where Romi says everyone else on the podcast is her Katie Mitchell.
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* GenkiGirl: Riley and Romi are quite perky.
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* AuthorAppeal:
** Romi's a big fan of Franchise/TheMuppets - three of the first 12 mainline episodes were of Muppet productions, though two of those were handpicked as holiday episodes.
** Creator/JohnCReilly is another author appeal of hers, to the point where she often jokes that he should adopt her. The ''second'' movie they did a commentary for was one of his (''Film/ThePerfectStorm''), even though it was decided by a wheel spin.
** Other appeals of hers include music (mostly indie and folk), Los Angeles (she hopes to move there one day) and indie/arthouse films (of which ''Watch This'' has done a few).


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* {{Pun}}: During ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' Romi makes sure to note that a character mentioned the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Banks_of_Newfoundland Grand Banks]], and Andrew jokes that she meant [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir the Banks family]].
* ReferenceOverdosed: A lot of the gang's conversation includes reference humor (a good chunk of it obscure or comprised of inside jokes).
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* ChristmasEpisode: The entire month of December is devoted to holiday films: ''Film/FredClaus'', ''Film/{{Blizzard}}'', ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' and ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', with a bonus episode tackling two holiday-themed short films from Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/LucaGuadagnino.

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* ChristmasEpisode: The entire month of December is 2021 was devoted to holiday films: ''Film/FredClaus'', ''Film/{{Blizzard}}'', ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' and ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', with a bonus episode tackling two holiday-themed short films from Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/LucaGuadagnino.
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''Watch This'' is a podcast started in September 2021 by Romi. A spin-off of ''Podcast/{{Rock Of Ages|Podcast}}'', it consists of herself and a few of her friends from that podcast doing [[AlternateDVDCommentary commentary tracks]] for several movies. [[SeinfeldianConversation These commentaries have a tendency to not have much to do with what's going on in the movies themselves]], which range from classics like ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' and ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' to film-kid gems like ''Film/ChungkingExpress'' to semi-obscure curios like ''Film/{{Bandslam}}''.

It can be heard on [[https://anchor.fm/romi-robinson Anchor]] and [[https://open.spotify.com/show/5rqpU6G7vzdP0Qroei9G0C Spotify]], among other places. Romi also has a Website/YouTube channel where she posts Hunger Games simulators and podcast highlights that can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ZxRHSynPcjAeKsTJMskvg/featured here]].

!!This podcast contains examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: [[invoked]] The panelists' tendency to be like this is lampshaded from time to time.
* AlternateDVDCommentary: The podcast's format, which itself is based on the occasional commentaries made by WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVKmKX7o2BAGT9Bt7CQI0pA Shinycast]]''.
* ChristmasEpisode: The entire month of December is devoted to holiday films: ''Film/FredClaus'', ''Film/{{Blizzard}}'', ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' and ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', with a bonus episode tackling two holiday-themed short films from Creator/WesAnderson and Creator/LucaGuadagnino.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During ''Film/ChungkingExpress'', Romi expresses her hopes of ''Film/LicoricePizza'' securing at least a few Oscar nominations. Andrew replies that if that doesn't happen, then there's always next year. This causes Romi to snap: "There is no next year!"
* HalloweenEpisode: For Halloween 2021, the podcast did ''Film/MuppetsHauntedMansion''. The plan was to also do two horror films prior to this, but the ''Blues Brothers'' episode kept getting hit with ScheduleSlip as Romi was struggling to keep the podcast up and running.
* OnlyOneFindsItFun: Sometimes Romi will bring out a movie, only for her to be the only one who's into it. ''Please Give'' being the most notable example.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Everyone else somehow failed to get the message that ''O Night Divine'' was 43 minutes long.
* RunningGag: Several, such as:
** Slandering Creator/JamesCorden (who appears in every thumbnail) and Creator/ChrisPratt, especially in regards to the latter's casting as Mario in the 2022 ''Super Mario Bros.'' movie.
** Making fun of Creator/QuentinTarantino's foot fetish.
** Romi's admiration for Creator/JohnCReilly reaching the point where she sees him as a father figure and gives him the AffectionateNickname "Papa John". This in turn spawned a counter-Running Gag referencing [[NamesTheSame Papa John's Pizza]] and its founder's proposed "day of reckoning".
** A few lifted from ''Rock of Ages'', such as ribbing on Music/TheStooges' "[[Music/FunHouse LA Blues]]".
* SeinfeldianConversation: As with ''Podcast/{{Rock Of Ages|Podcast}}'', the panelists are incredibly prone to this.
* SharpDressedMan: During ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'', Riley brought up an incident where her friend's brother and his friend wore suits... to a screening of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolTheMovie''. Andrew then brings up WebVideo/ScottTheWoz and his gang doing the same thing for ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''.

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