The GameLife episode with Guru Larry as a guest commentator. Some people enjoyed Larry's company while other felt he doesn't mesh well with Fredrik's style. Fredrik himself regrets the episode and said he'd refrain from doing such crossovers in the future.
His content in general has become somewhat of this, with those preferring the ones focusing on "lolcows" and other internet-related topics (e.g., Christine Weston Chandler, TempleOS, Noah Antwiler, etc.) while others preferring the episodes on historical topics (e.g., Henry Darger, Austrian Wine Poisoning, Battle of May Island etc.). There are of course though many who enjoy both of kinds of videos.
Estrogen Brigade: Fredrik's boyish good looks, aura of studied, intelligent professionalism, and impressively deep voice have gained him quite a few female admirers in the YouTube comment sections.
There's been a decent overlap between Knudsen's fans and Charlie's fans thanks to him having reacted to some of the Down The Rabbit Hole videos in some of his streams. With Knudsen even joining in Critikal's "The Official Podcast" as a guest.
Between him and fellow documentary YouTuberAtrocity Guide, especially since it's come out that the two of them look up to one another.
The episode on Noah Antwiler, can be considered this for the entirety of Channel Awesome, with the aforementioned video being posted only a few days before the "Not So Awesome" document surfaced:
The discussion of Noah getting suspended from Channel Awesome for making a somewhat rapey bondage joke on Twitter comes off as darkly ironic in retrospect, considering the site's higher-ups would be accused of covering up allegations that Mike Ellis and Justin "JewWario" Carmichael did far worse.
Fredrik's summation of Spoony as a cautionary tale has only rang more true in the time since the video went up, as Noah's life has continued to go down the toilet following his website going down, getting into a car crash (which he refused to take responsibility for even after video evidence showed it was his fault), his girlfriend April leaving him, his house being set for foreclosure, and his dog, Oreo, passing away.
Within the video itself, the WingsOfRedemption clip where he says he's determined to keep up his weight loss goals because he doesn't want to let everybody down and stating that he doesn't want to be obese on his birthday anymore, as well as the later clips of him preparing for the camping trip, while inspiring at the time, became depressing in retrospect because, sure enough, he didn't keep up his weight loss regime and bailed on the camping trip at the last second, letting everybody down and permanently losing the respect of his friends and fans.
The video on Star Citizen, released in 2016, ends on an optimistic note about the game's progress and the hopes of its fan community. Unfortunately, as of 2023, the game has continued to languish in Development Hell, with many of its former supporters losing hope and accusing the developers of mismanagement and overspending, as documented in this Forbes article.
Heartwarming Moments: The Battle of May Island ends with a dedication to every casualty of the incident, by name. Which isn't much, but it's far more than they got from even their own government.
In the Mother Horse Eyes video, one of the images shown in the video depicts a link to Wikipedia's article on Time Cube. Fredrik would cover that topic in one of his later episodes.
Some could find the Noah Antwiler video ending on Noah's Twitter getting suspended a little amusing when the account was reactivated less than a month later.
In the Star Citizen video, Fredrik reports on how the poor launch reception of the competingNo Man's Sky caused disgruntled players to pin their hopes on Star Citizen. In the years since, No Man's Sky has been widely praised for Growing the Beard in its post-launch DLC and updates while Star Citizen is now unfavorably compared to No Man's Sky for its protracted development with little progress.
After mispronouncing the words "Passing" and "Gunshy" as "Passion" and "Gun-she" during his first Channel Awesome Livestream, his fans latched on to the idea of an anime titled "Passion Gunshee."
Dozens upon dozens of commentators in the videos where he showed his face have compared Fredrik to Leon Kennedy.
Because of the dead-serious tone Knudsen pronounces it in, Purr Cat Cafe's "Meow, Meow, PURR" Verbal Tic has become a bit of a meme. "We have no cats, Kathleen" was quickly adopted as well, having become one during the time the Facebook spats were going down and gaining steam once more.
Misaimed Fandom: Some people interpreted Noah Antwiler (Spoony) as being essentially a critique on Noah's character in the same way DarksydePhil was. As Knudsen made clear in a subsequent livestream, he in no way thought that, and instead presented Noah more as a tragic victim of his own mental illnesses.
Popular with Furries: A good portion of Fred's fans are furries, especially on his Patreon Discord. His video on "Furries", which is very respectful compared to most other media towards the community, has certainly helped matters. He even won an award from a furry community event for said video.
Retroactive Recognition: Viewers of the WingsOfRedemption episode were surprised to find that the early careers of both Keemstar and ProSyndicate were intertwined with that of Jordie's. Keemstar's appearance especially led to a lot of jokes about how it was like seeing a supervillain before their origin story.
Squick: The first episode of his podcast, The Warrens, is about him and his co-host reading a cookbook about making alcoholic cocktails with semen. It's just as disturbing and hilarious as it sounds.
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