History Recap / TheAngryVideoGameNerdSeasonOne

[--Movies features: ''Halloween, Star Trek, Rocky, Rambo, Alien'', Bruce Lee films, ''Armour of God'' series (aka ''Operation Condor''), ''Zombi'', and ''Naked Gun''--]\\

** Another example is the Armour of God movies, where the second movie was released in the US first and was renamed with the subtitle: Operation Condor. The first movie did eventually come out, but had to retitled: Operation Condor 2: Armour of God.

The episode reaches its climax with the Nerd commenting on the four player mode, wondering out loud who would want to play with him. He ended up self-consciously cloning himself, now with four nerds, as all of them agree to stop playing the game, and one volunteers to take a shit on it. Unfortunately, Freddy decides to kill them, one by one, with the last surviving Nerd hiding in the closet. Freddy then confronts that Nerd, imitating and mocking the Nerd, even going so far to say that experiencing bad games is all his fault, and proceeds to kill him. However, the Nerd retorts his argument by bringing out the power glove, and ultimately smashing his face in.

The Nerd wakes up from his nightmare, with everything apparently looking ok, [[SequelHook except for the power glove strapped to his hand.]]

* ShutUpHannibal: The Nerd retorts by punching his head off with the power glove.

[---"I love the power glove. It's so bad. ''(beat)'' And I mean '''baaad'''"---]

The Nerd holds up the power glove, proclaiming how bad it is. As he explains, the power glove is an interesting piece of technology where it relies on motion sensor technology (similar to the Wiimotes used for the Nintendo Wii and Wii U systems today), but it ultimately doesn't work very well. After setting up the bulky sensor equipment and having to type in different codes to make the glove work for different games, the Nerd goes through a long list of NES games, but is unable to find a game where the glove really shines, except for driving games (such as R.C. Pro-AM, and Rad Racer).

* FlippingTheBird: A unique example in which he does so with the power glove, in conjunction with the NES Zapper.

* FromBadToWorse: Already having a bad time with the Power Glove, he decides to then play ''Top Gun'' (NES), which he equates to "puking on a pile of shit". Then the infamous landing sequence commences. Fortunately for him, he ends up landing successfully by accident.

* {{Waggle}}: The motion controls, suffice to say, don't function very well, unless it involves driving.

* NoodleIncident: The Nerd tries to explain the game's odd depiction of Freddy's knives[[note]]In the movies, they're part of his glove, but the game depicts them as actually coming out of his hand.[[/note]], but trails off and decides "nah, they just fucked it up". Apparently the [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge second]] ''Nightmare'' movie had something to do with it.[[note]]In that film, the claws are instead connected to his hand[[/note]]

** ShutUpHannibal: The Nerd retorts by punching his head off with the power glove.

* NoodleIncident: The Nerd tries to explain the game's odd depiction of Freddy's knives[[note]]In the movies, they're part of his glove, but the game depicts them as actually coming out of his hand.[[/note]], but trails off and decides "nah, they just fucked it up". Apparently the second ''Nightmare'' movie had something to do with it.

From the beginning of the NES adaptation of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', the looping background music annoys the Nerd. The game auto-scrolls and tasks players with helping Marty (who doesn't really look like Marty in the game) collect clocks to extend the time limit. Hitting dangers and hazards ([[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou of which there is no shortage]]) stuns Marty. Players can defend themselves with a bowling ball power-up (which perplexes the Nerd further, as it has nothing to do with the films). There is also a skateboard power-up which speeds the player up, but its utility is limited since it makes it easier to run into hazards.

To further prove his point on these games being similar to other established games, he presents Spiritual Warfare and starts listing off the assets it presents (such as sprites of the ladders, overhead to 2D transitions, general layout, gameplay style, etc), and compares it to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. He does give the game credit for having some original elements, such as some enemies turning into devils when they die, and the abundance of trash cans.

* TalkingToHimself: Shit-Pickle is voiced by James Rolfe.

The Nerd's first criticism of the original ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game is the annoying beeping sound when health is low. There is a segment in the game where enemies swarm the area above a ladder, making it impossible to advance without endangering one's life (unless they're playing as Donatello, whose staff can reach through the floor and kill enemies, and who is the most useful character in the game thanks to his long attack range).

* ThatOneBoss: Judge Doom, who the Nerd couldn't figure out how to beat the first time.[[labelnote:How to beat him]]You are suppose to fully charge the fist and keep attacking him at a certain rhythm until you are able to get the dip can. Then you are suppose to shoot it at him by holding the B button.[[/labelnote]]

* RageQuit: The Nerd gives up after being too upset about the platforms you were suppose to walk over, and ends the review on an anger-induced rant.

The Nerd reminisced about how Top Gun for NES was revolutionary for its time, but argued that it sucked back then, and it sucks now. The problems he complained about is how dull and boring the presentation is, along with numeric values that don't seem to serve a purpose[[note]]They actually do, but this doesn't get addressed until the Back to the Future Trilogy episode (2010[[/note]]. The main thing that would haunt him throughout his career as an angry nerd is the infamous ''landing the plane'' segment. At the end of each level, you are suppose to follow on-screen prompts to properly land the plane, a feat that the Nerd had not been able to do properly. Although you still progress in the game if you fail, you do lose a life. A similar problem arises when it comes to the plane refueling segment, where the Nerd supposedly followed the on-screen prompts, but still failed to successfully refuel. He was allowed to continue playing, except now he would lose his last life due to running out of fuel.

* DifficultySpike: Apollo Creed was easy, if annoying to defeat (mainly due to how he never stays down), but Clubber Lang easily destroys the Nerd!

* SequelDifficultySpike: The second game is considerably harder than the first.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Compared to the first and second games, this is what doomed the third game from the start.

--> "Durrr how do I put the game in?"

--> Nerd: "Couldn't they pick another putrid color other than green?"
--> Shit-Pickle: "...picklepicklepickle"

--> "Wait. ''Bimmy'' and Jimmy? ''Bimmy'' isn't even a real name! [...] I'm sorry, there's a typo in an Nintendo game, let alone a fucking Double Dragon game."
** AscendedMeme: Ever since then, the VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures features a boss named Bimmy, and VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon also features a DualBoss: Bimmy and Jammy.

The review of ''[[VideoGame/FridayThe13th Friday the 13th]]'' for NES has the Nerd talk about how ''good'' it is. He goes on about how some of the gameplay elements, such as the ''Jason alarm'' (the game makes a loud sound whenever any of the camp counselors or the children are being terrorized), the confusing map orientation that supposedly adds to the challenge, and how the rock goes over enemies, forcing you to strategize (though it is suggested that you grab the knife since it shoots straight).

After the previous episode, the Nerd is sleeping on his couch from a drunken stupor. Then he's suddenly bound by video game controllers as Freddy Krueger approaches him, and offers him a choice: To play ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', or to play ''[[VideoGame/ANightmareOnElmStreetNES A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''. The choice was obvious.

To further prove his point on these games being similar to other established games, he presents Spiritual Warfare and starts listing off the assets it presents (such as sprites of the ladders, overhead to 2D transitions, general layout, gameplay style, etc), and compares it to ''LegendOfZelda''. He does give the game credit for having some original elements, such as some enemies turning into devils when they die, and the abundance of trash cans.

* BookEnd: The episode started off with the Nerd excited about having Bible Adventures including three games in one. The episode ends with the Nerd ''disappointed'' that the King of Kings also has three games in one.

--> "You'd rather listen to your only infant child puking to death, that is choking on his puke chunks. ''(beat)'' That's disgusting, I apologize."

The Nerd's first criticism of the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game is the annoying beeping sound when health is low. There is a segment in the game where enemies swarm the area above a ladder, making it impossible to advance without endangering one's life (unless they're playing as Donatello, whose staff can reach through the floor and kill enemies, and who is the most useful character in the game thanks to his long attack range).

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[[folder:''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3'' Movie Review]]
[--[[http://cinemassacre.com/2007/01/25/tmnt-part-1/ Cinemassacre link]]--]\\
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This is technically episodes 18 and 19 combined.

[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Originally intended to start off a side-series, the ''Angry Movie Nerd'']][[note]]Although James Rolfe has went on to do movie reviews for his website, as well as [=SpikeTV.com=][[/note]], the Nerd tackles a movie very personal to him: ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.

He attempts to describe his love for the franchise, starting off with how much he loved it, with the amount of action figures he collected, [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the 1987 TV series he grew up on]], as well as the first two movies he genuinely enjoyed. He ultimately found that even at his young age that he hated the film and never came out with his hatred until then.

!!This episode contains examples of:
* BileFascination: He admits to openly liking the second film for the cheesiness, but averts this with the third movie.
* BizarroEpisode: The only time in this series which is focused on reviewing a movie instead of a game.
* CoolSword: Owns a katana [[spoiler: and uses it to slice the VHS in half.]]
* {{Corpsing}}: He claimed the #1 worse joke to not be funny at all, but ultimately couldn't contain his laughter.
--> AVGN: ''"I mean c'mon, it's not funny!"''
--> Leonardo: ''"Help! I'm a turtle and can't get up!"''
--> AVGN: ''"Hahahahahaaaag! (beat) Oh, ok I'm back."''
* DisneyDeath: Averted for the film, but the Nerd argues that the main villain falling into the water would had worked better if they simply cut away from him hitting the water instead of creating an ''imploding'' SpecialEffectFailure.
* DropTheHammer: ''"IT'S HAMMER TIME!"'' [[spoiler: Used the second time as a PreAsskickingOneLiner]]
* Sequelitis: His issue with the movie.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: The Nerd notes how the turtles costumes got significantly worse since the first two films. Sadly, it only got worse from there (reaching their logical conclusions with the Holiday Special, and the Coming out of the Shell tour).

[[WhatCouldHaveBeen Originally intended to start off a side-series, the ''Angry Movie Nerd'']][[note]]Although James Rolfe has went on to do movie reviews for his website, as well as [=SpikeTV.com=][[/note]], the Nerd tackles a movie very personal to him: ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.

It turns out to be a facade as the Nerd would break into a rant against the name... only for Jason Vorhees to appear and threaten to kill him should he behave negatively towards the game. Fortunately, [[SarcasmBlind Jason is blind to sarcasm]], so the Nerd attempts to get away with his criticisms to the game.

* SarcasmMode: The only way the Nerd could criticize the game without angering Jason Vorhees