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Bennett is also makes regular cameos in other TGWTG personalities' videos, where he portrays himself with a sadistic persona, thanks to an early crossover with ''WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses''. He does an annual anime review crossover with [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment the Spoony One]] (which led to the creation of ''Anime Abandon'') and makes frequent appearances on ''[[WebVideo/JesuOtaku The JesuOtaku Anime Review]]'', where he subjects her to truly horrendous softcore garbage.
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Bennett White, a.k.a. Bennett the Sage, is an Internet video producer on ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'', whose matter-of-fact style contrasts with the more theatrical reviewers on the site. He can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage here]]. Bennett has hosts or has hosted three series:
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Bennett White, a.k.a. Bennett the Sage, is an Internet video producer on ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'', ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'', whose matter-of-fact style contrasts with the more theatrical reviewers on the site. He can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage here]]. Bennett has hosts or has hosted three series:
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* CheshireCatGrin: Sage is a master of the really pervy, unsettling grin.
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* CheshireCatGrin: Sage is a master of the really pervy, unsettling grin. It helps that he has really prominent cuspids.
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Bennett is a gamer whose "Sage Reviews" cover recent video games in a matter-of-fact style that contrasts with the more theatrical reviewers on ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses''. He also hosted a feature called "Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre" in which he performed dramatic readings of the worst of the worst of FanFiction, and "Anime Abandon", where he looks at terrible imported anime. Can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage here]].
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Bennett White, a.k.a. Bennett the Sage, is a gamer an Internet video producer on ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'', whose "Sage Reviews" cover recent video games in a matter-of-fact style that contrasts with the more theatrical reviewers on ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses''. He also hosted a feature called "Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre" in which he performed dramatic readings of the worst of the worst of FanFiction, and "Anime Abandon", where he looks at terrible imported anime. Can site. He can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage here]].
here]]. Bennett has hosts or has hosted three series:
* ''Sage Reviews'', in which he covers recent video games in a traditional analytical review style (ie, to help viewers decide whether or not to purchase them) rather than purely for entertainment.
* ''Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre'' (now retired), in which he performed {{Dramatic Reading}}s of the worst of the worst of FanFiction
* ''Anime Abandon'', where he looks at vintage anime from the '80s and '90s, some classics, some terrible. This series is closer to the entertainment-based sketch reviews done by other TGWTG contributors.
* ''Sage Reviews'', in which he covers recent video games in a traditional analytical review style (ie, to help viewers decide whether or not to purchase them) rather than purely for entertainment.
* ''Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre'' (now retired), in which he performed {{Dramatic Reading}}s of the worst of the worst of FanFiction
* ''Anime Abandon'', where he looks at vintage anime from the '80s and '90s, some classics, some terrible. This series is closer to the entertainment-based sketch reviews done by other TGWTG contributors.
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* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Critic's crying {{angrish}} in ''Starchaser'' leads to the ADateWithRosiePalms subversion up above.
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--> ''*cut back after commercial, he is rubbing his elbows*'' "What? I have crusty elbows!"
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--> '''Bennett''': ''*holds up bottle of lotion*'' "Excuse me for a moment, folks. I've got some business to take care of." ''*cut to commericial*''
--> '''Bennett''': ''*holds up bottle of lotion*'' "Excuse me for a moment, folks. I've got some business to take care of." ''*cut to commericial*''
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** Same with ''PerfectBlue'', complete with anticipatory covering of his ears from expecting boos, only for them to not come at first [[DelayedReaction only for them to start up a second later once he removes his hands]].
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** Sometimes averted in his ''Anime Abandon'' reviews, where even if he doesn't like a certain thing he will acknowledge some of its good points, or in the case of ''Akira'', its influence on anime culture as a whole. This is especially evident in his review of ''PerfectBlue'', which he says he doesn't ''hate'' but doesn't really ''like'' either, and that he can tell it was Kon's first film since certain parts of it feel weak.
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** Sometimes averted in his ''Anime Abandon'' reviews, where even if he doesn't like a certain thing he will acknowledge some of its good points, or in the case of ''Akira'', its influence on anime culture as a whole. This is especially evident in his review of ''PerfectBlue'', which he says he doesn't ''hate'' but doesn't really ''like'' either, and that he can tell it was Kon's first film since certain parts of it feel weak.weak compared to his later work.
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** Sometimes averted in his ''Anime Abandon'' reviews, where even if he doesn't like a certain thing he will acknowledge some of its good points, or in the case of ''Akira'', its influence on anime culture as a whole. This is especially evident in his review of ''PerfectBlue'', which he says he doesn't ''hate'' but doesn't really ''like'' either, and that he can tell it was Kon's first film since certain parts of it feel weak.
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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Bennett's made a habit of anticipating this reaction whenever he reviews something that he knows is popular.
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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Bennett's made a habit of anticipating this reaction whenever he reviews something that he knows is popular.
** At the start of the ''Akira'' review he spends a long time talking about how influential the film was before he starts laying out its flaws.
** Same with ''PerfectBlue'', complete with anticipatory covering of his ears from expecting boos, only for them to not come at first [[DelayedReaction only for them to start up a second later once he removes his hands]].
** At the start of his ''GraveOfTheFireflies'' review, he makes it clear he's fully expecting this when he says he doesn't like it.
** At the start of the ''Akira'' review he spends a long time talking about how influential the film was before he starts laying out its flaws.
** Same with ''PerfectBlue'', complete with anticipatory covering of his ears from expecting boos, only for them to not come at first [[DelayedReaction only for them to start up a second later once he removes his hands]].
** At the start of his ''GraveOfTheFireflies'' review, he makes it clear he's fully expecting this when he says he doesn't like it.
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** [[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[BrowsHeldHigh OanCitizen]] in his Jin-Roh review, which Sage proceeds to quite adroitly refute.
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** [[[LampshadeHanging [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[BrowsHeldHigh OanCitizen]] in his Jin-Roh review, which Sage proceeds to quite adroitly refute.
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* HePannedItNowHeSucks: At the start of his GraveOfTheFireflies review, he makes it clear he's fully expecting this when he says he doesn't like it.
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* SoCoolItsAwesome:[[invoked]] His opinion of Anime/NinjaScroll.
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* MindScrew: His consensus on the old dub of {{Akira}}.
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* PassThePopcorn: Bennett sits back, drinks a soda, has some popcorn and just shows clips of ''The Ultimate Teacher'' until Rob Walker calls him out on it. [[spoiler:Then Rob joins in.]]
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* KavorkaMan: Suave, at least until Bennett kills him. [[NotQuiteDead Or not]].
* {{Sexophone}}: Suave's {{Leitmotif}}, and when sexy things happen in general.
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* TakeThat: He evidently does not like VicMignogna.VicMignogna, judging by the [[OverlyLongGag long]] sequence in the ''Junk Boy'' review where he beats up Floating!Vic Mignogna's head with a baseball bat.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: He says that the entirety of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' is this, since while the scenes leave an impact on the viewer they're perfunctory to the plot.[[invoked]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: He [[InvokedTrope says]] that he can't have any sympathy for the protagonist of ''Junk Boy'' after he tells a starlet that masturbating to photos of her is probably the only reason he's not a rapist.
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* AccentuateTheNegative: 90% of his game reviews are like this (it seems like the only triple-A FPS title he genuinely liked over the past few years were ''{{Killzone}} 3'' and ''{{Resistance}} 3'', two titles he really gushes over, while cross-platform and Xbox titles tend to get much more critical treatment). Unlike [[WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] or Bennett's own Anime Abandon reviews, the negativity is played completely straight instead of done in a bombastic, jokey manner, which has led detractors to complain it comes across as grouchy, nitpicky, and FeigningIntelligence.
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* AccentuateTheNegative: 90% of his game reviews are like this (it seems like the only triple-A FPS title he genuinely liked over the past few years were ''{{Killzone}} 3'' and ''{{Resistance}} 3'', two titles he really gushes over, while cross-platform and Xbox titles tend to get much more critical treatment). Unlike [[WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] or Bennett's own Anime Abandon reviews, the negativity is played completely straight instead of done in a bombastic, jokey manner, which has led detractors to complain it comes across as grouchy, nitpicky, and FeigningIntelligence.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: He says that the entirety of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' is this, since while the scenes leave an impact on the viewer they're perfunctory to the plot. [[invoked]]
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Bennett is a gamer whose "Sage Reviews" cover recent video games in a matter-of-fact style that contrasts with the more theatrical reviewers on ''ThatGuyWithTheGlasses''. He also hosted a feature called "Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre" in which he performed dramatic readings of the worst of the worst of FanFiction, and "Anime Abandon", where he looks at terrible imported anime. Can be found [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/the-sage here]].
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* TheAbridgedSeries: Did ''ElfenLied Abridged'', which is currently on hiatus.
* AccentuateTheNegative: 90% of his game reviews are like this (it seems like the only triple-A FPS title he genuinely liked over the past few years were ''{{Killzone}} 3'' and ''{{Resistance}} 3'', two titles he really gushes over, while cross-platform and Xbox titles tend to get much more critical treatment). Unlike [[WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] or Bennett's own Anime Abandon reviews, the negativity is played completely straight instead of done in a bombastic, jokey manner, which has led detractors to complain it comes across as grouchy, nitpicky, and FeigningIntelligence.
* AllMenArePerverts: Brought up in Urotsukidoji, granted it ''is'' a hentai.
* AxCrazy: When he hangs around [[AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask ThatGuy]]. [[NightmareFuel GOODNESS.]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: He says that the entirety of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' is this, since while the scenes leave an impact on the viewer they're perfunctory to the plot. [[invoked]]
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When reading ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', the caption states that he couldn't decide whether to voice a secondary character as gay or annoying, so he made the character sound annoyingly gay.
* BrotherSisterIncest: He's particularly incensed by this subplot in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', though his objection has less to do with it being incest and more with it being ''rape''.
* TheCasanova / CasanovaWannabe: In the ''GoldenBoy'' review, complete with bathrobe.
* CatchPhrase: "Our story begins..."
* CheshireCatGrin: Sage is a master of the really pervy, unsettling grin.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Occasionally comes up, though in JesuOtaku's review of ''{{Eiken}}'' he subverted it immediately afterwards by suggesting she wouldn't be as offended if it was a GenderFlip.
* FanGirl: He doesn't have any, as memorably said in his Q&A video.
* FeigningIntelligence: Bennett's detractors usually claim he does this.
* FridgeHorror: He realizes that for Jubei to have casually shown up while Kagero is being raped in ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' means that Jubei must have been there for a while but didn't do anything to stop it, and concludes that Jubei is a dick. [[invoked]]
** This is the reason he gives for [[BoyBand B4-4's]] video, "Get Down," being part of his Top 10 SurrealMusicVideo list.
* GameOfNerds: Bennett outed himself as a baseball fan during the ''MezzoForte'' review.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: He laments that the girl-on-girl scene in ''Cloud Mows the Lawn'' comes after virtually nothing but scat scenes.
* GratuitousRape: He's brought up several times in Anime Abandon that he hates it when shows use this trope just for shock value, and takes special issue with the incestuous rape subplot in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', and seriously considers ending the review right then because he'll just continue to be pissed off about it for the rest of the review. Rather ironic considering how he acts [[TheSociopath in character]]. He even lampshades it:
-->I know [[HypocrisyNod who I am]] when I'm saying this, but rape is possibly ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the worst thing]]'' one can do to another. Such an act, if included in a narrative, ''will bring it to a [[WhamEpisode grinding halt]]''. You have to respect your audience and address the issue directly. You do not diminish this violent act by making it the sidestory.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: One episode of "Masterpiece Fanfic Theater", ''Bennett vs KFC''.
* HeyItsThatVoice: He [[InvokedTrope points out]] that the voice of Mikura in ''MezzoForte'' is the same as Rika from ''DigimonTamers'' and Edward from ''CowboyBebop'', and proceeds to refer to Mikura as "Edward" for the rest of the review.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: He keeps a bottle of scotch on hand during the ''Doomed Megalopolis'' review, and runs out near the end.
* KarmaHoudini: He's incensed by the fact that the rapist brother in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' gets off with only a few punches to the jaw.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In character, he delights in all manner of depraved acts to the point that [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask That Guy]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards is afraid of him]], while out of character he's disgusted by the incestuous rape subplot of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' and the treatment of women in ''Mad Bull 34''.
* MoodWhiplash: He had to snap his head loose after an extremely bad instance from ''Doomed Megapolis''.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Given that he reads the most vile, disgusting and horrendous fanfics in existence without batting an eye... yeah. And that's not even getting into his guest appearance on Ask That Guy, where he manages to do the impossible and make That Guy With The Glasses {{Squick}}.
* NiceHat: Most of the time, anyway.
* TheNicknamer: In "Anime Abandon" Unless its a show he likes. And he doesn't even bother doing so with Princess Mayu from ''Sword For Truth'' because she has so little character.
* {{Nostalgia Filter}}: Although his current series ''is'' about bad yesteryear {{Anime}}, he still openly considers the medium to have gone downhill since that time, to the point where he finds increasingly harder to consider himself to be a fan nowadays.
* PlotHole: He points out the rather large one in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' concerning the fact that Yukiko claims to know that her father is really her mother's brother, even though he supposedly impregnated her ''after'' Kato tried to use her as a conduit to summon the spirit.[[hottip:*:the actual explanation seems to be that he raped her more than once, but it's still not clear in the show]]
-->Either the asshole has time-traveling sperm, or we've got a plot hole the size of fuckin' China.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Evidently Bennett's feelings on it, since whenever he sees rape being played less than seriously or in a juvenile manner, especially with ''Mad Bull 34'', he gets ''very'' mad.
-->Japan, what is this, the third fucking time in a row we've had this discussion? If you can't write a story without rape in it, could you at least wait until AFTER the five minute mark?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives an extended one to the brother in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' after he launches into a {{wangst}}y whine session about how hard his life is since he has to take care of his sister, who, Bennett points out, ''he raped and impregnated'', and his own niece/daughter, and Bennett concludes that he should have a fundraiser concert thrown for him. The pure vitriol in the last line really sells it.
-->Don't you worry, asshole, because when Bono is up there on stage, guilt-tripping the audience about you and your plight, you'll finally get all the of sympathy you've been waiting for since you first took your sister's virginity, ''you worthless sack of shit''.
* RunningGag: Outside of videos, his refusal to admit he has fangirls.
** During the ''Mad Bull 34'' review, the "Blondes in Peril" count.
* {{Satan}}: He's the devil, to nobody's surprise. Okay, not really. (''Or is he?'')
** HeelRealization: [[spoiler:He must have erased the Critic's common sense along with the memories of all these bad sequels. Then he told him to jump off a cliff, and the Critic did so. He ''is'' the devil!]]
* SincerityMode: His video game reviews are done as dryly as possible without any real humor to them, in shocking contrast to most of the rest of the TGWTG stuff.
* TheSmartGuy
* SophisticatedAsHell: His "Masterpiece Fanfic Theater" segments have him read rather dreadful stuff in as sophisticated a tone as he can muster.
* {{Squick}}: [[InvokedTrope He shudders in pain]] in reaction to the voice acting of ''Garzey's Wing.''
-->''"I never thought the sound of laughter could be so... agonizing... *shudders*"''
** One of the captions during ''Clowd Mows the Lawn'' is "No! No! Do not want!" once the scat scenes start.
* SurrealMusicVideo: He did a whole TopTenList of them.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: His feelings on the fact that ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only introduces Keiko, who, as he points out, ''is the one who beats the BigBad'', in the third out of 4 episodes. He concludes that she would have been more interesting to focus on rather than her asshole, incestuous rapist husband. [[invoked]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: Well, considering that he was pretty cool with being [[BlackComedyRape spooned by Spoony]] and even asked "same time next year?" the second time it happened...
* TooSoon: The reason he decides not to even touch the reference to earthquakes in Japan during the ''Doomed Megalopolis'' review.
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* TheAbridgedSeries: Did ''ElfenLied Abridged'', which is currently on hiatus.
* AccentuateTheNegative: 90% of his game reviews are like this (it seems like the only triple-A FPS title he genuinely liked over the past few years were ''{{Killzone}} 3'' and ''{{Resistance}} 3'', two titles he really gushes over, while cross-platform and Xbox titles tend to get much more critical treatment). Unlike [[WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] or Bennett's own Anime Abandon reviews, the negativity is played completely straight instead of done in a bombastic, jokey manner, which has led detractors to complain it comes across as grouchy, nitpicky, and FeigningIntelligence.
* AllMenArePerverts: Brought up in Urotsukidoji, granted it ''is'' a hentai.
* AxCrazy: When he hangs around [[AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask ThatGuy]]. [[NightmareFuel GOODNESS.]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: He says that the entirety of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' is this, since while the scenes leave an impact on the viewer they're perfunctory to the plot. [[invoked]]
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When reading ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', the caption states that he couldn't decide whether to voice a secondary character as gay or annoying, so he made the character sound annoyingly gay.
* BrotherSisterIncest: He's particularly incensed by this subplot in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', though his objection has less to do with it being incest and more with it being ''rape''.
* TheCasanova / CasanovaWannabe: In the ''GoldenBoy'' review, complete with bathrobe.
* CatchPhrase: "Our story begins..."
* CheshireCatGrin: Sage is a master of the really pervy, unsettling grin.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Occasionally comes up, though in JesuOtaku's review of ''{{Eiken}}'' he subverted it immediately afterwards by suggesting she wouldn't be as offended if it was a GenderFlip.
* FanGirl: He doesn't have any, as memorably said in his Q&A video.
* FeigningIntelligence: Bennett's detractors usually claim he does this.
* FridgeHorror: He realizes that for Jubei to have casually shown up while Kagero is being raped in ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' means that Jubei must have been there for a while but didn't do anything to stop it, and concludes that Jubei is a dick. [[invoked]]
** This is the reason he gives for [[BoyBand B4-4's]] video, "Get Down," being part of his Top 10 SurrealMusicVideo list.
* GameOfNerds: Bennett outed himself as a baseball fan during the ''MezzoForte'' review.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: He laments that the girl-on-girl scene in ''Cloud Mows the Lawn'' comes after virtually nothing but scat scenes.
* GratuitousRape: He's brought up several times in Anime Abandon that he hates it when shows use this trope just for shock value, and takes special issue with the incestuous rape subplot in ''Doomed Megalopolis'', and seriously considers ending the review right then because he'll just continue to be pissed off about it for the rest of the review. Rather ironic considering how he acts [[TheSociopath in character]]. He even lampshades it:
-->I know [[HypocrisyNod who I am]] when I'm saying this, but rape is possibly ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the worst thing]]'' one can do to another. Such an act, if included in a narrative, ''will bring it to a [[WhamEpisode grinding halt]]''. You have to respect your audience and address the issue directly. You do not diminish this violent act by making it the sidestory.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: One episode of "Masterpiece Fanfic Theater", ''Bennett vs KFC''.
* HeyItsThatVoice: He [[InvokedTrope points out]] that the voice of Mikura in ''MezzoForte'' is the same as Rika from ''DigimonTamers'' and Edward from ''CowboyBebop'', and proceeds to refer to Mikura as "Edward" for the rest of the review.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: He keeps a bottle of scotch on hand during the ''Doomed Megalopolis'' review, and runs out near the end.
* KarmaHoudini: He's incensed by the fact that the rapist brother in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' gets off with only a few punches to the jaw.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In character, he delights in all manner of depraved acts to the point that [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses Ask That Guy]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards is afraid of him]], while out of character he's disgusted by the incestuous rape subplot of ''Doomed Megalopolis'' and the treatment of women in ''Mad Bull 34''.
* MoodWhiplash: He had to snap his head loose after an extremely bad instance from ''Doomed Megapolis''.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Given that he reads the most vile, disgusting and horrendous fanfics in existence without batting an eye... yeah. And that's not even getting into his guest appearance on Ask That Guy, where he manages to do the impossible and make That Guy With The Glasses {{Squick}}.
* NiceHat: Most of the time, anyway.
* TheNicknamer: In "Anime Abandon" Unless its a show he likes. And he doesn't even bother doing so with Princess Mayu from ''Sword For Truth'' because she has so little character.
* {{Nostalgia Filter}}: Although his current series ''is'' about bad yesteryear {{Anime}}, he still openly considers the medium to have gone downhill since that time, to the point where he finds increasingly harder to consider himself to be a fan nowadays.
* PlotHole: He points out the rather large one in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' concerning the fact that Yukiko claims to know that her father is really her mother's brother, even though he supposedly impregnated her ''after'' Kato tried to use her as a conduit to summon the spirit.[[hottip:*:the actual explanation seems to be that he raped her more than once, but it's still not clear in the show]]
-->Either the asshole has time-traveling sperm, or we've got a plot hole the size of fuckin' China.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Evidently Bennett's feelings on it, since whenever he sees rape being played less than seriously or in a juvenile manner, especially with ''Mad Bull 34'', he gets ''very'' mad.
-->Japan, what is this, the third fucking time in a row we've had this discussion? If you can't write a story without rape in it, could you at least wait until AFTER the five minute mark?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives an extended one to the brother in ''Doomed Megalopolis'' after he launches into a {{wangst}}y whine session about how hard his life is since he has to take care of his sister, who, Bennett points out, ''he raped and impregnated'', and his own niece/daughter, and Bennett concludes that he should have a fundraiser concert thrown for him. The pure vitriol in the last line really sells it.
-->Don't you worry, asshole, because when Bono is up there on stage, guilt-tripping the audience about you and your plight, you'll finally get all the of sympathy you've been waiting for since you first took your sister's virginity, ''you worthless sack of shit''.
* RunningGag: Outside of videos, his refusal to admit he has fangirls.
** During the ''Mad Bull 34'' review, the "Blondes in Peril" count.
* {{Satan}}: He's the devil, to nobody's surprise. Okay, not really. (''Or is he?'')
** HeelRealization: [[spoiler:He must have erased the Critic's common sense along with the memories of all these bad sequels. Then he told him to jump off a cliff, and the Critic did so. He ''is'' the devil!]]
* SincerityMode: His video game reviews are done as dryly as possible without any real humor to them, in shocking contrast to most of the rest of the TGWTG stuff.
* TheSmartGuy
* SophisticatedAsHell: His "Masterpiece Fanfic Theater" segments have him read rather dreadful stuff in as sophisticated a tone as he can muster.
* {{Squick}}: [[InvokedTrope He shudders in pain]] in reaction to the voice acting of ''Garzey's Wing.''
-->''"I never thought the sound of laughter could be so... agonizing... *shudders*"''
** One of the captions during ''Clowd Mows the Lawn'' is "No! No! Do not want!" once the scat scenes start.
* SurrealMusicVideo: He did a whole TopTenList of them.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: His feelings on the fact that ''Doomed Megalopolis'' only introduces Keiko, who, as he points out, ''is the one who beats the BigBad'', in the third out of 4 episodes. He concludes that she would have been more interesting to focus on rather than her asshole, incestuous rapist husband. [[invoked]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: Well, considering that he was pretty cool with being [[BlackComedyRape spooned by Spoony]] and even asked "same time next year?" the second time it happened...
* TooSoon: The reason he decides not to even touch the reference to earthquakes in Japan during the ''Doomed Megalopolis'' review.
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