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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when in ''WebVideo/BradTries'' Brad opened [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.

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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when in ''WebVideo/BradTries'' Brad opened [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.



* ''World Games'' ({{UsefulNotes/NES}})
* ''The [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} [=McDLT=]]]''

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* ''World Games'' ({{UsefulNotes/NES}})
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* ''The [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} [=McDLT=]]]''[[UsefulNotes/McDonalds McDLT]]''
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* SuckinessIsPainful: Mr. Crabtree is anxious to show 80s Dan the new ''[[{{Film/Transformers}} Transformers]]'' movies. So he'll [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]].

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* SuckinessIsPainful: Mr. Crabtree is anxious to show 80s Dan the new ''[[{{Film/Transformers}} Transformers]]'' ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies. So he'll [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]].

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* HopelessSuitor: ROB to Mrs. Crabtree.



* NoNameGiven: Well not first name is given to Mrs. Crabtree.

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* NoNameGiven: Well not first name is given to NoFullNameGiven Mrs. Crabtree.Crabtree is only ever referred to as "Misses".


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* TooKinkyToTorture: ROB is so in love with Mrs. Crabtree that he takes her drunken threat to [[AssShove shove him up her ass]] as foreplay, even saying that it would be best if she didn't mention such bedroom activities with her husband still in the room.
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* FunctionalAddict:
** It's no secret that Dan is a cokehead. While it might explain some of his eccentricities, it never seems to impair him in any way.
** Similarly, the rest of the main cast (sans Rob, being a toy robot) are alcoholics and they have a ''very'' high alcohol tolerance. It takes 24-hours of drinking for Mrs. Crabtree to become wasted, and unfortunately she's a ''mean'' drunk.
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* ''Film/CHUDIIBudTheChud''

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* ''Film/CHUDIIBudTheChud''''Film/{{CHUD}} II: Bud the Chud''
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** Jake also portrayed a character whose quest it was to make a ROB function (and proceeded to treat it like his own son) in Brad Jones' 2008 film ''Game Boys''.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Both the Crabtrees at least want to sleep with other people.
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* {{Foil}}: Dan is a foil to the Cinema Snob. The two are almost perfect opposites: The Snob hates '80s schlock, Dan loves it. The Snob is unrelentingly cynical, Dan is unreasonably optimistic. The Snob is highly intelligent and cultured, Dan is a complete dimwit. And of course, the Snob wears a black jacket, while Dan wears a white--excuse us, ''[[MiamiVice Crockett]]'' jacket.

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* {{Foil}}: Dan is a foil to the Cinema Snob. The two are almost perfect opposites: The Snob hates '80s schlock, Dan loves it. The Snob is unrelentingly cynical, Dan is unreasonably optimistic. The Snob is highly intelligent and cultured, Dan is a complete dimwit. And of course, the Snob wears a black jacket, while Dan wears a white--excuse us, ''[[MiamiVice ''[[Series/MiamiVice Crockett]]'' jacket.



* ShoutOut: Dan's insistence that his jacket [[InsistentTerminology isn't white.]] "It's '''[[MiamiVice Crockett.]]'''"

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* ShoutOut: Dan's insistence that his jacket [[InsistentTerminology isn't white.]] "It's '''[[MiamiVice '''[[Series/MiamiVice Crockett.]]'''"

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* OrphanedSeries: Curiously not due to both couples starring in the series breaking up/getting divorced, as all were still on good terms. Instead, the series appears unlikely to continue due to the falling out between Brad and Jake (ROB's voice actor). That said, Brad has suggested that if the series continues, there may an an in-universe reasoning for ROB's voice changing or the character being switched out entirely.



* RealSongThemeTune: "Goodbye Blues", the theme to the short-lived JamesDParriot[==]/Creator/{{Universal}} cop show ''Series/HawaiianHeat''. It ran on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1984 and flopped horribly.
** Referenced in the "[=McDLT=]" episode, where a "Hawaiian Heat" TV spot was used as the commercial break.
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** Jake also portrayed a character whose quest it was to make a ROB function (and proceeded to treat it like his own son) in Brad Jones' 2008 film ''Game Boys''.


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* WorkingWithTheEx: Done in a hilarious fashion in "The Sweenz" when despite the two recently divorced couples[[note]]Brad and Jillian, and Brian and Sarah[[/note]] being completely amicable in real life, it's played up like they all can't stand eachother.
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* MeaningfulName: The Crabtrees are a crabby married couple. Also, Jillian as "[[DollyParton Dolly]]."

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* MeaningfulName: The Crabtrees are a crabby married couple. Also, Jillian as "[[DollyParton "[[Music/DollyParton Dolly]]."
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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when in ''WebVideo/BradTries'' Brad opened [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.

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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when in ''WebVideo/BradTries'' Brad opened [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.



* ''World Games'' ([[NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]])

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* ''World Games'' ([[NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]]) ({{UsefulNotes/NES}})
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** Dan draws a blank on who AngieHarmon of ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."

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** Dan draws a blank on who AngieHarmon Creator/AngieHarmon of ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
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* RealSongThemeTune: "Goodbye Blues", the theme to the short-lived JamesDParriot[==]/{{Universal}} cop show ''Series/HawaiianHeat''. It ran on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1984 and flopped horribly.

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Goodbye Blues", the theme to the short-lived JamesDParriot[==]/{{Universal}} JamesDParriot[==]/Creator/{{Universal}} cop show ''Series/HawaiianHeat''. It ran on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1984 and flopped horribly.
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* {{Foil}}: Dan is a foil to the Cinema Snob. The two are almost perfect opposites: The Snob hates '80s schlock, Dan loves it. The Snob is unrelentingly cynical, Dan is unreasonably optimistic. The Snob is highly intelligent and cultured, Dan is a complete dimwit. And of course, the Snob wears a black jacket, while Dan wears a white--excuse me, ''[[MiamiVice Crockett]]'' jacket.

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* {{Foil}}: Dan is a foil to the Cinema Snob. The two are almost perfect opposites: The Snob hates '80s schlock, Dan loves it. The Snob is unrelentingly cynical, Dan is unreasonably optimistic. The Snob is highly intelligent and cultured, Dan is a complete dimwit. And of course, the Snob wears a black jacket, while Dan wears a white--excuse me, us, ''[[MiamiVice Crockett]]'' jacket.
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* DrinkingGame: For ''Halloween III'', 80s Dan takes a drink whenever his fellow reviewers make a BretEastonEllis reference, and everyone else takes a sip when the jingle comes on.

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* DrinkingGame: For ''Halloween III'', 80s Dan takes a drink whenever his fellow reviewers make a BretEastonEllis Creator/BretEastonEllis reference, and everyone else takes a sip when the jingle comes on.
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** For Halloween 2012, Dolly tries wearing a "sexy [[WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster Captain N]]" outfit (something Dan might actually recognize.) Everyone mistakes it for CaptainPlanet, and Dan ends up praising Mrs. Crabtree's ''Series/GameOfThrones'' outfit instead.

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** For Halloween 2012, Dolly tries wearing a "sexy [[WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster Captain N]]" outfit (something Dan might actually recognize.) Everyone mistakes it for CaptainPlanet, WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|and the Planeteers}}, and Dan ends up praising Mrs. Crabtree's ''Series/GameOfThrones'' outfit instead.
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*** He was told ahead of time about her costume, which is how he knew the reference. He still fails to identify her Khal Drogo handpuppet.
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** Dan draws a blank on who AngieHarmon of ''RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."

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** Dan draws a blank on who AngieHarmon of ''RizzoliAndIsles'' ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' is. Mr. Crabtree puts it in terms he can understand: "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Tyne Daly]] with a penis."
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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.

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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when in ''WebVideo/BradTries'' Brad opened [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.
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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/brad-tries-new-coke-4297430 Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.

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A character and show created by Creator/BradJones as a spinoff of ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob''. Dan got zapped from 1989 to the present when [[http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/brad-tries-new-coke-4297430 [[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/quotbrad-triesquot/brad-tries-new-coke Brad opened a bottle of New Coke]]. Since then, Dan has settled with his roommates, Dolly and [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem R.O.B. the Robot]], and his neighbors the Crabtrees, to talk about his favorite stuff from TheEighties, no matter how stupid or schlocky it is.
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* ''CHUDIIBudTheChud''

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* ''CHUDIIBudTheChud''''Film/CHUDIIBudTheChud''
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* ''The [[{{McDonalds}} [=McDLT=]]]''

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* ''The [[{{McDonalds}} [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} [=McDLT=]]]''
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-->"I'm [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined}} STARBUCK!]], goddammit!"\\
""That is the worst [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic}} Dirk Benedict]] costume I've ever seen."

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-->"I'm [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined}} [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 STARBUCK!]], goddammit!"\\
""That is the worst [[{{Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic}} [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Dirk Benedict]] costume I've ever seen."
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** "80s Dan" is the name of a copyright-free music file built into Brad's video editing software.

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