History WebVideo / Yotobi

->''[[CatchPhrase "Hello there, Youtubers."]]''

** He plays a father and his son in the mock commercial for the diuretic Sodiaspurg AND Jack and Locke in a small ''{{Series/Lost}}'' parody in his ''PumaMan'' review.

* BrickJoke[=/=]TemptingFate: One of his RunningGags is pretending to have a stroke after watching "trash scenes". In the review for ''TheStoryOfRicky'', it really happens.

* SoundtrackDissonance: In his ''PumaMan'' review, he remarks that the score is more appropriate for a Soy-based product [[ActingForTwo and he]] [[TalkingToHimself demonstrates it]].

*** At the end of his ''PumaMan'' review [[spoiler: he reenacts Tony's ridiculous flight scene]].

** In his review of ''PumaMan'' he first likens Tony's [[CannotSpitItOut inability to talk with anyone else]] to ''{{Series/Lost}}'', then, after the umpteenth time he does this, he blurts out that 'this is ''not'' like ''{{Series/Lost}}'', this '''is''' ''{{Series/Lost}}''!' Cue [[TalkingToHimself a reenactment of a scene from said TV show]].

* StunnedSilence: In [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWmO7qYOy0#t=7m35s this]] moment OF his DarkSouls LP.

--> ''"Okay, so we've come to one of the movie's most crucial scenes. Do you think this was done with CGI, or with puppets? If your answer was "puppets"... [[DeadpanSnarker you wish!]] I wish those were puppets myself, I'd have settled with puppets like ''L'albero Azzurro[[note]]"The sky-blue tree", a children's show. Think of ''BarneyTheDinosaur''.[[/note]]''[='s=] Dodo. Seriously, he would have been enough. But in my entire life, I have never seen [[SpecialEffectsFailure sucky CGI effects]]... ''this'' sucky. It's impossible to describe, and if I show the scene in question, I swear, no comment will be needed at all. So, three... two... no, no, I need one thing first... hang on, I'll be back in a moment... ''(comes back with a glass of water)'' Here I am. With a glass of water. If you have a glass of water, please take a shot, [[GenreSavvy as we need to do that one thing with the glass of water when there's something unexpected.]] Three, two, one... ''(footage of the SpecialEffectsFailure ensues)'' *pffffffffffffffffft* ''(bursts out in a hysterical fit of laughter)'' Oh God, I'm having a stroke."''

* RepeatCut: Used as a parody to ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]]''[='s=] own repeated cuts.

* RelaxOVision: used in the review for Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'' due to his arachnophobia, and again in the teenage-sluttiness-related ''[=AlbaKiara=]'' movie. In the former, all [[GrossUpCloseUp close-ups on spiders]] are replaced with [[EverythingsCuterWithKittens cute kittens]]; in the latter, sex scenes are replaced with [[FanDisservice dogs licking their nuts]] (it's pretty much PlayedForLaughs).
* RunningGag: some reviews have their own running gags.
* SelfDeprecation: at the beginning of his ''Mega Piranha'' review.

* ShownTheirWork: aside from Yotobi's own knowledge of how cinema works, there's his partner in the crossover review of an obscure ''SpiderMan'' LiveActionAdaptation made in [[TheSixties 1969]]. Said partner, another Italian internet reviewer (known as ''iltizioqualunque''; "il tizio qualunque" means, more or less, "the everyman"), has an ''astonishing'' knowledge of the Spidey mythos.

* SpitTake: [[InvokedTrope invoked]] in his ''{{Birdemic}}'' review, when addressing the movie's SpecialEffectsFailure.
--> ''"Okay, so we've come to one of the movie's most crucial scenes. Do you think these are made in CGI, or are they puppets? If your answer was "puppets"... [[DeadpanSnarker you wish!]] I wish those were puppets myself, I'd have settled with puppets such as ''L'albero Azzurro[[note]]"The sky-blue tree", a children's show. Think of ''BarneyTheDinosaur''.[[/note]]''[='s=] Dodo. Seriously, he would have been enough. But in my entire life, I haven't seen [[SpecialEffectsFailure sucky computer grafica effects]]... ''this'' sucky. It's impossible to describe, and if I show the scene in question, I swear, no comment is needed at all. So, three... two... no, no, I need one thing first... hang on, I'll be back in a moment... ''(comes back with a glass of water)'' Here I am. With a glass of water. If you have a glass of water, please take a shot, [[GenreSavvy as we need to do that one thing with the glass of water when there's something unexpected.]] Three, two, one... ''(footage of the SpecialEffectsFailure ensues)'' *pffffffffffffffffft* ''(bursts out in a hysterical fit of laughter)'' Oh God, I'm having a stroke."''
** SpecialEffectsFailure: [[InvokedTrope invoked]] as well [[spoiler: at the end of the review, [[HypocriticalHumor where Yotobi himself has to fight the superimposed eagles off]].]]

* StunnedSilence: in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkWmO7qYOy0#t=7m35s this]] moment OF his DarkSouls LP.

* TakeThat: often enough. His ''BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' review opens with one.

** He calls out Titanic 2 about how they expected a cabinet to hold off against a Godzilla-sized tsunami. Cue [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Indiana Jones reference]].

* ThatCameOutWrong: in the above-mentioned crossover review, we have this exchange.

--> '''Yotobi:''' ''"You can find it on online catalogs, filed under 'amateur porn'."'''

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: as is the case for any [[LargeHam hammy]] online reviewer who [[MundaneMadeAwesome makes a big deal]] out of a movie's [[AccentuateTheNegative flaw]], Yotobi's reviews can be told apart from each other with their openings. One review in particular, the one for the Italian movie ''"Troppo Belli"'' ("Too handsome"), opens with him him ''sobbing in a corner'', a treatment he didn't give to the SeltzerAndFriedberg movies he reviewed. Yeah, you've read that right. [[UpToEleven There are movies that are even worse.]] The movie's infamy is common knowledge in Italy, to the point that when Yotobi begs [[TheCameo other Italian internet reviewers]], they [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere don't even want to have anything to do with it.]]

* TrollingCreator: [[AvertedTrope averted.]] Sure, there's quite a few instances of "TakeThatAudience", but it's very tongue-in-cheek.

* {{Understatement}}: his opening to his ''BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'' review.
--> ''"I've read some reviews here and there... in which the game was given one, one point five... [[ThisIsGonnaSuck on a ten-point scale...]] and then I said to myself, 'Wow'. How bad could a game suck, in order to get a one in reviews? [[DeadpanSnarker Eh... enough.]]"''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: as of the ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]]'' review, Yotobi appears to be arachnophobic. When the PilotEpisode has a GrossUpCloseUp of a spider, he's not amused.
--> ''"While Peter[[note]]although "Peter" has actually another name here, justifed due to him being, well, Japanese[[/note]] is riding his bike with his little brother, he finally sees the SPIIII--UUUUUUUUGGGH--''[[{{Squick}} yuck!]]'' Way, way, ''way'' too close to the camera! I'm '''arachnophobic!!''' Do you want me to die?! ''[[TemptingFate (cue the spider's reflection in "Peter"'s eye)]]'' Argh... not again!"''
** EverythingsCuterWithKittens: [[NightmareRetardant what he does immediately afterwards.]]

* BerserkButton: this guy ''loathes'' everything ever made by TheAsylum. Imagine how much he loved doing a review made entirely of Asylum movies.
* BrickJoke[=/=]TemptingFate: one of his RunningGags is pretending to have a stroke after watching "trash scenes". In the review of ''TheStoryOfRicky'', it really happens.
* CanisLatinicus: ''"Ad Minchiam"'' [[note]]''Minchia'' is a Sicilian slang for penis, though here is used in an expression to mean "totally random with no sense whatsoever". Interestingly, minchia comes from the latin ''mentula'', which means the exact same thing.[[/note]]
* CausticCritic: despite having the same knowledge as other online reviewers about tropes and how they work (and how cinema works in general), he's kind of more nitpicky about it. However, there's quite a few reviews of movies he has enjoyed.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: when addressing ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]]''[='s=] status as a WidgetSeries, he uses a Japanese commercial featuring "a raccoon with giant testicles". Apparently, he doesn't know about Tanukis, whose portrayal in japanese mythology is supposed to be ''just that''.
** He's pretty GenreSavvy, so much he knows about the "SoBadItsGood" definition (and using it as an introduction to his ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' review, to boot!). Too bad he misspells it as "So bad, it's so good".

* DeadpanSnarker: a staple for any CausticCritic, Yotobi's pretty damn good at snarking.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: he ends his review of the ''E.T.'' videogame ([[TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 you know the one]]) so pissed at [[AWinnerIsYou its ending]] (or [[NoEnding lack thereof]]), he punches the screen [[CameraAbuse so hard he crashes it]].
* GagCensor: two for ''Alba Kiara'': an audio one where he replaces copyrighted songs with kids' songs, and a traditional one covering nude scenes with [[CrossesTheLineTwice dogs grooming themselves]].

* GilliganCut: as a CutawayGag when first describing ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]]''.

--> '''Yotobi:''' ''"Just... how much random stuff has happened at the same time? An AlienInvasion, a crashing spaceship, a dinosaur monster, a cave with a weirdo living in it, a life-saving spider-bracelet--"''

* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Yotobi, who, despite [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] a lot throughout the review, made pretty clear that he absolutely ''loves'' ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]]''.

*** The best moment of gushing, though, is that at the end of the same review. He raises his FascinatingEyebrow in a puzzled expression at the sight of Spidey's HumongousMecha, and then...
--> ''"That is a [[PowerRangers Megazord.]] '''THAT IS A MEGAZORD!''' [[LargeHam Cannot... keep...]] [[ChewingTheScenery THE AWESOMENESS!!!]] ''(cut to a montage of that scene, [[RunningGag with the infamous Japanese Tanuki commercial thrown in the mix]])'' So much for [Marvel's] [[StrictlyFormula 'superheroes with super-problems']]! The answer is A [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] MEGAZORD!!! Just about everything would be better with a Megazord. Everything. Well, except for GreysAnatomy, but the concept applies to everything else."''
* HollywoodAtheist: [[AvertedTrope averted!]] Yotobi is an atheist, but he doesn't make a big deal about it, nor he is a {{Jerkass}} about it.
* MST3KMantra: [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Yotobi in the aforementioned crossover review of a borderline-homemade ''SpiderMan'' film.
--> '''iltizioqualunque:''' ''"I know I'm nitpicky, but how the hell does Spidey web-sling in the middle of the Missouri desert? [[FridgeLogic All the way from the city, where did he stick his webs?]]"''
--> '''Yotobi:''' ''"Excuse me, but... what's your answer when people ask you, [[ClarkKenting 'How come nobody can recognize Superman with a single pair of glasses']]?"''

--> '''Yotobi:''' ''"Exactly. Same here."''
* NiceGuy: as [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] and [[CausticCritic nitpicky]] as he is, Yotobi qualifies. To clarify, as stated below, Yotobi's speech patterns are SophisticatedAsHell at worst. Usually, he swears at least once in each review, but rarely more than three, four or five times. This is also because he tends to be very polite - and [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] at the same time - in reviews, which is mirrored in his review of the Italian movie ''Amore 14'' ("14-love"). This movie is, simply put, a TeenDrama depicting a 14-years-old girl's first experiences with love... and sex. He's shocked at the mere concept of the movie; it gets worse when the movie shows the female lead starts thinking about sex... looking for PornStash... comparing, er, "sizes" on paper... and by the end of the review - where this kind of "discoveries" reaches its logical conclusion[[note]](not an actual intercourse, mind you)[[/note]], Yotobi is ''utterly horrified''. He couldn't even be explicit about the subjects he mentioned in the captions because he personally felt dirty when doing so. [[TheWoobie When someone is that freaked out, you can't help but feel a bit sorry for the guy.]]

* OneOfUs: in case a bookshelf with various {{manga}} volumes on it, another with an original [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightear cardboard spaceship]] on it, and a [[StarWars Darth-Vader-featuring]] [[UncleSamWantsYou "The empire needs you!"]] poster on his wall didn't give it away already (see also GenreSavvy above). Another video also suggests [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic he's a brony.]]

* RantInducingSlight: ''Troppo Belli'', aside for being a flat, uninteresting movie, generates one because it has, as main "actors", two guys with no acting training whatsoever and choosed only for their good looks.

* RepeatCut: used as a parody to ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]]''[='s=] own repeated cuts.

--> ''"How many game genres do you think exist? There are basically three: ''(''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' cover art)'' the good ones, ''(''Film/CharliesAngels''[='=] LicensedGame's cover art)'' the bad ones, ''(''{{Nintendogs}}'' cover art)'' and the useless ones."''

** While reviewing Little Panda Fighter, he calls it a blatant copy of KungFuPanda... and shows the cover for [[WorldOfWarcraft Mists of Pandaria]].

** When describing ''DragonBallEvolution'', the movie's atmosphere (a mixture of sci-fi elements, TeenDrama, and action) is immediately addressed by Yotobi's girlfriend with:

* CanisLatinicus: ''"Ad Minchiam"'' [[hottip:*:''Minchia'' is a Sicilian slang for penis, though here is used in an expression to mean "totally random with no sense whatsoever". Interestingly, minchia comes from the latin ''mentula'', which means the exact same thing.]]

* GenreSavvy: Yotobi, as stated above, is aware of the "SoBadItsGood" definition. In a crossover review with another Italian reviewer, "iltizioqualunque"[[hottip:*: "il tizio qualunque" means "the everyman"]], the latter shows he knows the concept of "WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief" when discussing a shot of [[SpiderMan the Daily Bugle]] represented by [[TheyJustDidntCare a door with "Daily Bugle" written on it.]]

* NiceGuy: as [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] and [[CausticCritic nitpicky]] as he is, Yotobi qualifies. To clarify, as stated below, Yotobi's speech patterns are SophisticatedAsHell at worst. Usually, he swears at least once in each review, but rarely more than three, four or five times. This is also because he tends to be very polite - and [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] at the same time - in reviews, which is mirrored in his review of the Italian movie ''Amore 14'' ("14-love"). This movie is, simply put, a TeenDrama depicting a 14-years-old girl's first experiences with love... and sex. He's shocked at the mere concept of the movie; it gets worse when the movie shows the female lead starts thinking about sex... looking for PornStash... comparing, er, "sizes" on paper... and by the end of the review - where this kind of "discoveries" reaches its logical conclusion[[hottip:*:(not an actual intercourse, mind you)]], Yotobi is ''utterly horrified''. He couldn't even be explicit about the subjects he mentioned in the captions because he personally felt dirty when doing so. [[TheWoobie When someone is that freaked out, you can't help but feel a bit sorry for the guy.]]

** His first 2013 review, ''[=AlbaKiara=]''[[hottip:*: Named after "Alba Chiara" ("Clear Dawn"), a song by Italian singer Vasco Rossi; the movie's soundtrack only features songs from him]], is about a movie that truly [[UpToEleven raises the stakes]] about teenage sluttiness. [[BewareTheNiceOnes So do Yotobi's reactions to it.]]

--> ''"Okay, so we've come to one of the movie's most crucial scenes. Do you think these are made in CGI, or are they puppets? If your answer was "puppets"... [[DeadpanSnarker you wish!]] I wish those were puppets myself, I'd have settled with puppets such as ''L'albero Azzurro[[hottip:*: "The sky-blue tree", a children's show. Think of ''BarneyTheDinosaur''.]]''[='s=] Dodo. Seriously, he would have been enough. But in my entire life, I haven't seen [[SpecialEffectsFailure sucky computer grafica effects]]... ''this'' sucky. It's impossible to describe, and if I show the scene in question, I swear, no comment is needed at all. So, three... two... no, no, I need one thing first... hang on, I'll be back in a moment... ''(comes back with a glass of water)'' Here I am. With a glass of water. If you have a glass of water, please take a shot, [[GenreSavvy as we need to do that one thing with the glass of water when there's something unexpected.]] Three, two, one... ''(footage of the SpecialEffectsFailure ensues)'' *pffffffffffffffffft* ''(bursts out in a hysterical fit of laughter)'' Oh God, I'm having a stroke."''

His channel is [[http://www.youtube.com/user/yotobi right here,]] although none of his videos has English subs at the moment.

* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Yotobi, who, despite [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] a lot throughout the review, made pretty clear that he absolutely ''loves'' ''[[{{JapaneseSpider-Man}} Supaidaman]]''.

** After the above-mentioned GilliganCut was used to sum up ''[[{{JapaneseSpider-Man}} Supaidaman]]''[='s=] PilotEpisode's MindScrew, he remarks: "And you know what? I like this! I was ''so'' sick of hearing the same origin story for Spidey over, and over, and over again. [[DeathByOriginStory I bet even Uncle Ben himself was sick of dying over and over again!"]].

* RepeatCut: used as a parody to ''[[{{JapaneseSpider-Man}} Supaidaman]]''[='s=] own repeated cuts.

* RelaxOVision: used in the review for ''JapaneseSpiderMan'' due to his arachnophobia, and again in the teenage-sluttiness-related ''[=AlbaKiara=]'' movie. In the former, all [[GrossUpCloseUp close-ups on spiders]] are replaced with [[EverythingsCuterWithKittens cute kittens]]; in the latter, sex scenes are replaced with [[FanDisservice dogs licking their nuts]] (it's pretty much PlayedForLaughs).

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: as of the ''[[{{JapaneseSpider-Man}} Supaidaman]]'' review, Yotobi appears to be arachnophobic. When the PilotEpisode has a GrossUpCloseUp of a spider, he's not amused.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: when addressing ''[[{{JapaneseSpider-Man}} Supaidaman]]''[='s=] status as a WidgetSeries, he uses a Japanese commercial featuring "a raccoon with giant testicles". Apparently, he doesn't know about Tanukis, whose portrayal in japanese mythology is supposed to be ''just that''.

* GilliganCut: as a CutawayGag when first describing ''[[{{JapaneseSpider-Man}} Supaidaman]]''.

* [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon Cut His Face With A Pencil]]: Scribble threatens to do this to Yotobi if he ever thinks about calling him for another review.

** In his review of ''PumaMan'' he first likens Tony's [[CannotSpitItOut inability to talk with anyone else]] to ''{{Series/Lost}}'', then, after the umpteenth time he does this, he blurts out that 'this is ''not'' like ''{{Series/Lost}}'', this '''is''' ''{{Series/Lost}}''!' Cue [[[[TalkingToHimself]] a reenactment of a scene from said TV show]].

* In his review of ''PumaMan'' he first likens Tony's [[CannotSpitItOut inability to talk with anyone else]] to ''{{Series/Lost}}'', then, after the umpteenth time he does this, he blurts out that 'this is ''not'' like ''{{Series/Lost}}'', this '''is''' ''{{Series/Lost}}''!' Cue [[TalkingToHimself]] a reenactment of a scene from said TV show]].

*** At the end of his ''PumaMan review [[spoiler: he reenacts Tony's ridiculous flight scene]].

** He plays a father and his son in the mock commercial for the diuretic Sodiaspurg AND Jack and Locke in a small ''{{Series/Lost}}'' parody in his ''ThePumaMan'' review.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: He mocks ''ThePumaMan'' for this.

* SoundtrackDissonance: In his ''ThePumaMan'' review, he remarks that the score is more appropriate for a Soy-based product [[ActingForTwo and he]] [[TalkingToHimself demonstrates it]].

*** At the end of his ''ThePumaMan review [[spoiler: he reenacts Tony's ridiculous flight scene]].

* In his review of ''ThePumaMan'' he first likens Tony's [[CannotSpitItOut inability to talk with anyone else]] to ''{{Series/Lost}}'', then, after the umpteenth time he does this, he blurts out that 'this is ''not'' like ''{{Series/Lost}}'', this '''is''' ''{{Series/Lost}}''!' Cue [[TalkingToHimself]] a reenactment of a scene from said TV show]].

* ActingForTwo/TalkingToHimself:
** He plays a father and his son in the mock commercial for the diuretic Sodiaspurg in his ''ThePumaMan'' review.

* OneOfUs: in case a bookshelf with various {{manga}} volumes on it, another with an original [[ToyStory Buzz Lightear cardboard spaceship]] on it, and a [[StarWars Darth-Vader-featuring]] [[UncleSamWantsYou "The empire needs you!"]] poster on his wall didn't give it away already (see also GenreSavvy above). Another video also suggests [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic he's a brony.]]

** He calls out Titanic 2 about how they expected a cabinet to hold off against a Godzilla-sized tsunami. Cue [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Indiana JOnes reference]].

** That was [[UpToEleven topped]] by ''[=AlbaKiara=]'', which begins with him apologizing to a Mario doll.

* MemeticMutation: Some of his reviews gave birth to some memes (that often degenerated and became hated on the same review that spread them), such as [[SpecialEffectsFailure "TUNF!"]] from his review of Korkusuz, better known as Turkish Rambo, when he joked about the fact that the movie's creators really didn't know how a bazooka worked.

* RelaxOVision: used in the review for ''JapaneseSpiderMan'' due to his arachnophobia, and again in the teenage-sluttiness-related ''[=AlbaKiara=]'' movie. In the former, all [[GrossUpCloseUp close-ups on spiders]] are replaced with [[EverythingsBetterWithKittens cute kittens]]; in the latter, sex scenes are replaced with [[FanDisservice dogs licking their nuts]] (it's pretty much PlayedForLaughs).

** That was [[UpToEleven topped]] by ''AlbaChiara'', which begins with him apologizing to a Mario doll.