Before the advent of YouTube made finding old or obscure stuff a snap, there was I-Mockery.com. A humor-based website founded in 1997 that continues to this day (though currently on hiatus due to issues in the webmaster's personal life), the site has a heavy focus on nostalgia, So Bad, It's Good movies, video games, and miscellaneous products. I-Mockery also made the game Abobo's Big Adventure.
Features of the site include "mocks," which riff on just about anything, shorts, which are shorter riffs, and comic reviews, zany product demonstrations, and original games and works. Notable contributors include RoG, the site's founder, and Protoclown, who reviews comics.
It can be found here
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This website contains examples of:
- After-Action Report: Dr. Boogie's Kid Chameleon - Helmet Hoopla! is presented as a tournament pitting all the power-ups in Kid Chameleon against each other. After the first tier of the tournament was completed, however, news breaks out that Cyclone, who won the second match, ended up getting eliminated by accidentally provoking Juggernaut in the locker room. Dr. Boogie decides it's for the best.Dr. Boogie: I think that qualifies as a victory, and good thing, too. Lord knows it's hard enough trying to make a tournament bracket with an odd number of participants.
- Blatant Lies: In his review of Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, Dr. Boogie claims that at the end of his visit to the morgue, Ricky "totally doesn't run off screaming like a madman", while the accompanying screenshots show Ricky doing exactly that.
- Deteriorates Into Gibberish: In Action Figure Aberration feature, Spider-Man takes offense to The Tick's dissing of 3 Doors Down, and starts singing their song "Kryptonite" as thus: "If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman? If I'm alive and well, will you be dere be booo bah bah! Bee blah bee!" The other action figures proceed to beat him up as he exclaims, "Kryptonite!"
- Dull Surprise: Commented on in the review of No Holds Barred where Rip's brother Randy is watching a wrestling match and looks like "the only thing keeping this guy conscious during most of the movie is smelling salts."
- Faux Horrific: The "Ol' #23" review notes that the scene where the Mona Lisa gets soda pop spilled on it is filmed as if it's utterly horrifying, complete with slow motion, different angles, and creepy echoing sounds.
- Felony Misdemeanor:
- The review of "Ol' #23" points out how upset the kids are over... bus #48 being in #23's place.
- Played for laughs when RoG is flummoxed at Mrs. Butterworth being turned blue.
- Fridge Logic: Invoked in many reviews, such as wondering why the He-Man Eternia playset has a monorail line to Snake Mountain.
- Gamebooks: Several books of this type are reviewed, and the site has yearly CYOA "Select Your Destiny" games to play.
- Impossibly Cool Weapon: Highlighted in the Cobra review, with the Night Slasher's knife being described as the coolest weapon ever.
- "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer: Some of the more out-there subjects reviewed, such as Three Big Men or The Star Wars Holiday Special, have had to spell out that, yes, what's being described actually happened.
- Pec Flex: A feature about sexual moments in gaming commented on Super Macho Man's super-fast pec flexing from Punch-Out!! and how it was apparently hypnotic.
- Series Mascot: Pickleman is the website's mascot.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Roger has a one-sided rivalry with the company that makes Goldfish Crackers, viewing them as an antithesis to all things fun.
- Too Old to Trick-or-Treat: Discussed in the article Never Too Old to Trick-Or-Treat!, where Protoclown argues one is never too old to enjoy Halloween, and writes about his and his friends' experiences trick-or-treating as adults, along with the costumes they wore each year.
- Traveling at the Speed of Plot: Noted in Protoclown's review of All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder when commenting on the interminable Batmobile drive.But let's think about three important words here. "Fifteen hours ago". That means one of two things. Clark Kent either drank this carton of milk fifteen hours before Dick Grayson was kidnapped by Batman, and thus it is a magical prescient carton of milk, OR it's actually been a long enough ride in the Batmobile for Dick to have been reported missing, for his name to get to the missing persons groups, for them to submit his information to the milk company, for the milk company to print the cartons, distribute the cartons, and then for Clark Kent to go to the grocery store and buy the carton of milk.
- Vehicular Sabotage: A heroic and seemingly accidental version is noted in the review of No Holds Barred as Rip tries to escape a goon's limo.What's hilarious about this scene is how Rip's kicks to the side door appear to effect the limo driver's ability to steer the car. With every massive kick that Rip delivers, the limo swerves all over the street, up on the sidewalk, into garbage cans, other cars and more. The driver can barely control the car due to the FORCE behind each of those big kicks!
- Weaksauce Weakness: RoG is in utter disbelief when reviewing Jack Frost's sequel that the titular evil snowman's weakness is... bananas.
- Wolverine Wannabe: Commander Claw in Trick or Treat Adventure Quest is essentially one of these, being a superhero most famous for his metal claws. Little Johnny, the game's protagonist, dresses up as him.
