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* OTP: Wants to see Leo Barnes and Charlie Roan from the movie''Film/ThePurgeElectionYear'', end up together.
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* MedalOfDishonor: The ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightIIIBetterWatchOut'' Kill Count notably has no Golden Chainsaw awarded and every kill awarded a Dull Machete due to James finding the kills so lackluster, making the Dull Machete a rare instance of this.
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* CriticalResearchFailure:
** In his ''Film/Fridaythe13thPart2'' Kill Count, James says that Jason is wearing a pillow case over his head when it is actually a potato sack.
** In the Kill Count for ''Film/Fridaythe13thPartIII'', James doesn't realize that Jason needed to take his mask off to remove the noose from around his neck.
** In the ''Film/Fridaythe13th:TheFinalChapter'' episode, James says that Jason used a machete to kill a character when it is actually a meat cleaver.
** In his ''Film/Fridaythe13thPartV:ANewBeginning'' Kill Count, James says that the imposter Jason put a knife through Matthew Letter's head. However, it was actually a railroad spike.
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* CriticalResearchFailure:
** In his ''Film/Fridaythe13thPart2'' Kill Count, James says that Jason is wearing a pillow case over his head when it is actually a potato sack.
** In the Kill Count for ''Film/Fridaythe13thPartIII'', James doesn't realize that Jason needed to take his mask off to remove the noose from around his neck.
** In the ''Film/Fridaythe13th:TheFinalChapter'' episode, James says that Jason used a machete to kill a character when it is actually a meat cleaver.
** In his ''Film/Fridaythe13thPartV:ANewBeginning'' Kill Count, James says that the imposter Jason put a knife through Matthew Letter's head. However, it was actually a railroad spike.
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* HypocriticalHumor: James expresses annoyance at the fact that ''Film/ChildsPlay'' ended in a freeze-frame, only for the shot before he gets to the numbers to end in one itself.
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* PungeonMaster: James never hesitates to make puns if he's able, and even lampshades this in the ''Film/PresidentsDay2010'' Kill Count:
--> '''James''': Hope y'all like presidential puns and political jokes, because I've been training my whole goddamn life for this video!
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: James originally planned on making a ''ThanksKilling 3'' Kill Count for Thanksgiving in 2018. When he looked back at the film though, he decided against doing it as the film looked bad and has a majority of puppets that are killed.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: James originally planned on making a ''ThanksKilling 3'' Kill Count for Thanksgiving in 2018. When he looked back at the film though, he decided against doing it as the film looked bad and has a majority of puppets that are killed.
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** From Saw III onward, making reference to "slow-ass motherfuckin' Jeff".
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* BadassBeard: James can often be seen with one of these.
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** James tends not to put animals on the Kill Count due to not wanting to inflate the Count with numbers for animals.
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** In his review of the ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun ''Main/necksnap''s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
** In his video analyzing the two versions (theatrical and director's cut) of the Rob Zombie ''Film/Halloween2007'' reboot, he was appalled at the rape scene in the director's cut, refusing to show any major parts of it and saying he prefers the theatrical version of ''Film/Halloween2007'' over the director's cut at the end of the video because of this scene, despite having liked the additional scenes with Laurie's parents and Dr. Loomis in the DC.

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** In his review of the ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun ''Main/necksnap''s gives a woman at a salon, salon a ''Main/NeckSnap'', despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
** In his video analyzing the two versions (theatrical and director's cut) of the Rob Zombie ''Film/Halloween2007'' reboot, he was appalled at the rape scene in the director's cut, refusing to show any major parts of it and saying he prefers the theatrical version of ''Film/Halloween2007'' ''Halloween'' over the director's cut at the end of the video because of this scene, despite having liked the additional scenes with Laurie's parents and Dr. Loomis in the DC.
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** In his review of the ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun ''Main/NeckSnap''s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.

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** In his review of the ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun ''Main/NeckSnap''s ''Main/necksnap''s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
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** In his review of the ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun [[NeckSnap]]s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.

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** In his review of the ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun [[NeckSnap]]s ''Main/NeckSnap''s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
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** In his review of the ''Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun [[NeckSnap]]s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
** In his video analyzing the two versions (theatrical and director's cut) of the Rob Zombie ''Halloween'' reboot, he was appalled at the rape scene in the director's cut, refusing to show any major parts of it and saying he prefers the theatrical version of ''Halloween'' over the director's cut at the end of the video because of this scene, despite having liked the additional scenes with Laurie's parents and Dr. Loomis in the DC.

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** In his review of the ''Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood'', ''Film/LeprechaunBack2ThaHood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun [[NeckSnap]]s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
** In his video analyzing the two versions (theatrical and director's cut) of the Rob Zombie ''Halloween'' ''Film/Halloween2007'' reboot, he was appalled at the rape scene in the director's cut, refusing to show any major parts of it and saying he prefers the theatrical version of ''Halloween'' ''Film/Halloween2007'' over the director's cut at the end of the video because of this scene, despite having liked the additional scenes with Laurie's parents and Dr. Loomis in the DC.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IYWWifoIht9T47z1Z5lJw Dead Meat]] is a horror commentary channel on YouTube founded by James A. Janisse of The Practical Folks in 2017. The primary draw of the channel is the Kill Count series, where James tallies up the body count in horror movies while offering commentary and triva on the films covered. At the end of each Kill Count, the numbers are tallied up and broken down before the film is awarded a "Golden Chainsaw" and "Dull Machete" for best and worst kill respectively. Besides the Kill Count, other videos are made covering James' various trips to horror conventions and other random stuff relating to horror films, including a podcast aptly titled The Dead Meat Podcast, where James and his girlfriend, Chelsea, discuss topics related to horror films.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IYWWifoIht9T47z1Z5lJw Dead Meat]] is a horror commentary channel on YouTube founded by James A. Janisse of The Practical Folks in 2017. The primary draw of the channel is the Kill Count series, where James tallies up the body count in horror movies while offering commentary and triva trivia on the films covered. At the end of each Kill Count, the numbers are tallied up and broken down before the film is awarded a "Golden Chainsaw" and "Dull Machete" for best and worst kill respectively. Besides the Kill Count, other videos are made covering James' various trips to horror conventions and other random stuff relating to horror films, including a podcast aptly titled The Dead Meat Podcast, where James and his girlfriend, Chelsea, discuss topics related to horror films.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IYWWifoIht9T47z1Z5lJw Dead Meat]] is a horror commentary channel on YouTube founded by James A. Janisse of The Practical Folks in 2017. The primary draw of the channel is the Kill Count series, where James tallies up the body count in horror movies while offering commentary on the films covered. At the end of each Kill Count, the numbers are tallied up and broken down before the film is awarded a "Golden Chainsaw" and "Dull Machete" for best and worst kill respectively. Besides the Kill Count, other videos are made covering James' various trips to horror conventions and other random stuff relating to horror films, including a podcast aptly titled The Dead Meat Podcast, where James and his girlfriend, Chelsea, discuss topics related to horror films.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IYWWifoIht9T47z1Z5lJw Dead Meat]] is a horror commentary channel on YouTube founded by James A. Janisse of The Practical Folks in 2017. The primary draw of the channel is the Kill Count series, where James tallies up the body count in horror movies while offering commentary and triva on the films covered. At the end of each Kill Count, the numbers are tallied up and broken down before the film is awarded a "Golden Chainsaw" and "Dull Machete" for best and worst kill respectively. Besides the Kill Count, other videos are made covering James' various trips to horror conventions and other random stuff relating to horror films, including a podcast aptly titled The Dead Meat Podcast, where James and his girlfriend, Chelsea, discuss topics related to horror films.


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** In his review of the ''Leprechaun: Back 2 Tha Hood'', he's upset when the Leprechaun [[NeckSnap]]s a woman at a salon, despite doing nothing to piss off the Lep' in the first place; he gives the "Dull Machete" to that specific kill for that reason and the fact that the kill was uncreataive compared to the other kills in the film.
** In his video analyzing the two versions (theatrical and director's cut) of the Rob Zombie ''Halloween'' reboot, he was appalled at the rape scene in the director's cut, refusing to show any major parts of it and saying he prefers the theatrical version of ''Halloween'' over the director's cut at the end of the video because of this scene, despite having liked the additional scenes with Laurie's parents and Dr. Loomis in the DC.
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* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro and when showing off a cheap special effect of a head exploding in ''Film/ThanksKilling''.

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* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro and when after showing off a cheap special effect shot of a man being shot in the head exploding in ''Film/ThanksKilling''.
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* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro and when showing off a cheap special effect of a head exploding in ''Film/Thankskilling''.

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* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro and when showing off a cheap special effect of a head exploding in ''Film/Thankskilling''.''Film/ThanksKilling''.
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* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro.

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* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro.outro and when showing off a cheap special effect of a head exploding in ''Film/Thankskilling''.
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** While covering the ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' franchise, he constantly comes up with new variations of "Incantation -iation" every time the Dembella chant is said.

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* ActorAllusion: James is fond of making these as jokes to reference the filmography of other actors, such as suggesting Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s character in ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'' possessing singing skills in reference to his death scene in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning.''

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* ActorAllusion: James is fond of making these as jokes to reference the filmography of other actors, such as suggesting Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s character in ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'' possessing possesses singing skills in reference to his death scene in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning.''



* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: A variant in that after previously releasing a video covering ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' as part of the ''Friday the 13th'' Kill Counts, a version including tweaks was released to commemorate the ''A Nightmare On Elm Street'' Kill Counts.



* RuleOfFunny: James has cited this on occasion as to why certain kills are not counted or looked over because no commentary or jokes could be offered. Related to...
* RuleOfFun: James has made it clear the Kill Counts are supposed to be fun first and foremost, which is why he occasionally points this out to discourage people from taking it too seriously.



* TakeThat: The Nightmare version of the ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' Kill Count has him refer to Blake's father as an Alex Jones lookalike and sarcastically laments his death by saying he should've cashed in his InfoWars money.

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The Nightmare version of the ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' Kill Count has him refer to Blake's father as an Alex Jones lookalike and sarcastically laments his death by saying he should've cashed in his InfoWars money.money.
** The ''Film/{{Predators}}'' Kill Count has him mention that the titular aliens are not to be confused with sexual predators such as Harvey Weinstein.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: In-universe, James has a habit of doing this when actors better known for later work show up and will inevitably joke about it.
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** James lampshades this in the first two ''Film/FridayThe13th'' Kill Counts, remarking on Jason not being the killer in the first film and drastically different attire and appearance in the second.

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** James lampshades this in the first two ''Film/FridayThe13th'' ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' Kill Counts, remarking on Jason not being the killer in the first film and drastically different attire and appearance in the second.

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* {{Adorkable}}: James' enthusiasm for horror movies can be very endearing.
* AuthorAppeal: James is a big fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and Music/DavidBowie and frequently references them in his videos.

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* ActorAllusion: James is fond of making these as jokes to reference the filmography of other actors, such as suggesting Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s character in ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'' possessing singing skills in reference to his death scene in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning.''
* {{Adorkable}}: James' general enthusiasm for horror movies can be very endearing.
endearing due to how passionate he is.
* AuthorAppeal: James is a big fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and Music/DavidBowie and frequently references them in his videos. In particular, he expresses an EvenTheGuysWantHim level of admiration in the ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' Kill Count for two random patrons in the S&M bar that resemble David Bowie.
* ConspicuousCGI: He points this out for sub-par special effects, such as those in ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'' being comparable to an early video game.



* EvenTheGuysWantHim: James has a rather fawning attitude towards two random patrons that resemble David Bowie in the S&M bar in the ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' Kill Count.
--> James: Sign me up!



* HollywoodHomely: In-universe. James discusses this trope in the ''Film/Leprechaun3'' Kill Count over Loretta being portrayed as frumpy and past her prime, as he notes Caroline Williams doesn't look any less attractive than she was framed as being in ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' ten years earlier.



* RefugeInAudacity: The reason he awards the Golden Chainsaw to the Leprechaun bursting out of a man's penis to ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'', as it was part of the director's pitch that got the film greenlit.

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* RefugeInAudacity: The reason he awards the Golden Chainsaw to the Leprechaun bursting out of a man's penis to for ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'', as it was part of the director's pitch that got the film greenlit.


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* SpecialEffectsFailure: In-universe, James points out instances of this trope that are particularly appalling/humorous. In particular, he takes ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'' to task for its ConspicuousCGI.


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* ValuesDissonance: In-universe, James points out egregious cases of these in films, such as taking issue with the portrayal of a transgender character in ''Film/LeprechaunInTheHood''.
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* TakeThat: The Nightmare version of the ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' Kill Count has him refer to Blake's father as an Radio/AlexJones lookalike and sarcastically laments his death by saying he should've cashed in his InfoWars money.

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* TakeThat: The Nightmare version of the ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' Kill Count has him refer to Blake's father as an Radio/AlexJones Alex Jones lookalike and sarcastically laments his death by saying he should've cashed in his InfoWars money.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Part of the objective with the number breakdowns, which break down the kill numbers by gender, is to see if the deaths in a film follow this pattern.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Discussed in the ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' Kill Count, where this was a prominent part of the film.


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* SoBadItsGood: In-universe, this is James' rationale for giving both the Golden Chainsaw ''and'' the Dull Machete to Rick's EyeScream in ''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII'' due to the obvious mannequin head.
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''[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to the Kill Count, where we tally up the victims in all our favorite horror movies!]]''

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2IYWWifoIht9T47z1Z5lJw Dead Meat]] is a horror commentary channel on YouTube founded by James A. Janisse of The Practical Folks in 2017. The primary draw of the channel is the Kill Count series, where James tallies up the body count in horror movies while offering commentary on the films covered. At the end of each Kill Count, the numbers are tallied up and broken down before the film is awarded a "Golden Chainsaw" and "Dull Machete" for best and worst kill respectively. Besides the Kill Count, other videos are made covering James' various trips to horror conventions and other random stuff relating to horror films, including a podcast aptly titled The Dead Meat Podcast, where James and his girlfriend, Chelsea, discuss topics related to horror films.

The channel is named in reference to a line from ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'', a line repeated in longer versions of the channel intro.

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* {{Adorkable}}: James' enthusiasm for horror movies can be very endearing.
* AuthorAppeal: James is a big fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'' and Music/DavidBowie and frequently references them in his videos.
* CouchGag: Each Kill Count ends with James moving to the number tally in a unique transition, often related to the film covered.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The earlier videos were more subdued in the number transitions and James possessed a different hairstyle. Videos released after ''Film/SawI'' added a fair use disclaimer as well.
** James lampshades this in the first two ''Film/FridayThe13th'' Kill Counts, remarking on Jason not being the killer in the first film and drastically different attire and appearance in the second.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Given that the channel covers often violent horror movies, James occasionally expresses squeamishness at the gore and deaths on display if they are too sadistic and cruel.
** James has cited this as why ''Film/JeepersCreepers'' and its sequels will not be covered on the Kill Count, due to director Victor Salva being a convicted pedophile.
* GoryDiscretionShot: James discusses the effectiveness and varying usage of this trope, demonstrating very much how TropesAreTools in how he varies between praising and admonishing films that use it depending on its execution. He notes that good executions can be rather terrifying while poor examples can come across as underwhelming or cheap depending how they are depicted. He's even awarded Golden Chainsaws and Dull Machetes to kills of this nature as a reflection of its variable nature.
* MoodWhiplash: A major complaint James has towards ''Film/TheBelkoExperiment'' is that the the BlackComedy of James Gunn's script heavily contrasts with the serious direction from Greg McLean.
* RefugeInAudacity: The reason he awards the Golden Chainsaw to the Leprechaun bursting out of a man's penis to ''Film/Leprechaun4InSpace'', as it was part of the director's pitch that got the film greenlit.
* RunningGag:
** The ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' videos have James bemoaning the appearance of Super forms of characters with "Super X sucks!" Similarly, he insistently refers to the girls who jump rope and sing Freddy's song as Jump Rope Girls like they were a music group.
** He refers to the titular ''Film/{{Leprechaun}}'' as "a little shit."
** He tends to say "saboteur" in a dramatic fashion whenever someone commits an act of sabotage.
* SigningOffCatchphrase: James typically ends videos by saying "Be good people."
* SoundtrackDissonance: He criticizes ''Film/TheBelkoExperiment'' for this when a massacre is accompanied by jovial music, as the scene is lacking the black comedy he felt was required to pull it off.
* TakeThat: The Nightmare version of the ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' Kill Count has him refer to Blake's father as an Radio/AlexJones lookalike and sarcastically laments his death by saying he should've cashed in his InfoWars money.
* YourHeadAsplode: James suffers this courtesy of an off-screen Predator in the ''Film/Predator2'' outro.
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''[[SigningOffCatchphrase Alright, y'all be good people.]]''
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