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''For [[History of Power Rangers]]'' examples, see [[History of Power Rangers/YMMV|here]].
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* [[Author's Saving Throw]]: After various comments pointed out that Linkara never saw the ''outside'' of Vyce's ship, yet instantly recognized it, the next episode has Pollo note this, then Linkara asks who else would have a ship with a giant V on it.
** In the commentary of "Pokemon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu", Lewis admits to having pulled one {{spoiler|with why Missingno was afraid of Lord Vyce, aware that with how he built it up as an unstoppable universe devouring Lovecraftian demon and considered that it would probably raise the question as to why it was running from him. He came up with the idea Vyce's attacks were able to hurt it, but, according to Missingno, at least, couldn't kill it, but it found getting rid off him to be enough of an inconvenience that it hid out in our dimension so Linkara would defeat Vyce.}}
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** Or was intended to be a [[Take That]] at how ''Amazons Attack'' essentially went nowhere.
* [[Broken Base]]: Let's just say there's a split between the people who love the increasingly-prominent "story" segments and the people who wish Linkara would just drop them altogether.
** Also, viewers were really divided on his opinion of the [[Lady Gaga]] comic. Even Iron Liz posted a vlog rebuttal to his review (which, to his credit, he willingly posted a link to).
* [[Complete Monster]]: Mechakara. Even ''the Entity'' was less evil than this robotic bastard.
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Not including the ultra-catchy "Gunslinger" OP theme, he's lately quite fond of borrowing music from the Matt Smith era of [[Doctor Who]] (in particular, the the Doctor's "I Am the Doctor" theme) as well as themes from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]'' and ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]''.
** The old-school midi version of "Gunslinger" used in his ''[[Game Boy]] #1'' review.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: {{spoiler|The Entity}}... Travels through time and space, influences our world without ever being seen, {{spoiler|the picture on Harvey's Twitter..., the mp3 files that are nothing but unnatural noises and the captured being tortured...}} [[
* [[Ear Worm]]: The theme tune, as well as some of the music used in the reviews (particularly stuff like the [[Power Rangers]] theme).
* [[Engaging Chevrons]]: When Iron Liz reviewed Chain Gang War she got her own version of the theme tune... only for Linkara's regular theme tune to play immediately after it.▼
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: ''[[No Indoor Voice|DUUUUUUUUUUDE!!]]'' '90s Kid is the most ''awesome'' ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' character ''EVEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!!'' His [[A Day in the Limelight|guest review]] of ''Freak Force'' was [[Crowning Moment of Funny|RADICAAAAAL!!]]
** Harvey Finevoice has also become quite popular, though not quite on the level of 90's Kid, whose recent plot-relevance might just make him a case of a [[Breakout Character]].
** As of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130920173941/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/34091-the-new-guardians-1 New Guardians #1] review, the spotlight has been taken from Linkara by the crazy antics of Snowflame. Read the comments to see why.
* [[Fan Nickname]]:
** Fans have appropriately dubbed his [[Super Mode]] "Pimpkara".
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* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]:
** At one point In his Doom's IV review he said '[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]]'. In episode 45 of the Abridged Series he provided a guest voice for that show.
** During his [[Blue Beetle]] Tribute, he went into an episode of anger induced insanity; claiming he would be the only one to hold the title of Linkara and run the show. Later on after being kidnapped, it was shown he had left in his will that Iron Liz would take his place. Even so much as to have her wear his hat and use his scripts.
** Not two days after his ''Ultimatum #5'' review and his calling DC and Marvel out over rebooting continuity, DC announced they were relaunching their entire comic line. He was stunned enough by this to [[A God Am I|declare himself the Comic Prophet over Twitter]].
** Back in 2008 when the show was just getting started, Spoony mentioned it (not in a negative way) as an example of an internet review show that focuses on the reviews and doesn't have any overarching plot. Since then, ''Atop the Fourth Wall'' has become the defining example of a plot-focused web review show.
** In the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' episode "On Leather Wings", Alfred comments, "Are we developing an interest in rock and roll, sir?". The comment gets a lot funnier with AT4W's [[Running Gag]] of Batman hating rock and roll.
** Linkara's magic gun looks ''exactly'' like the guns from a [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|very popular Sentai]]. He's going to be very happy when that gets adapted into Power Rangers...especially since [[Fridge Brilliance|he can dual-wield it with the Dragon Dagger and have it be canonical]].
* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: Goes off the charts numerous times, especially in response to the [[Visual Effects of Awesome]].
* [[Iconic Character, Forgotten Title]]: Does this ''in his opening credits''. ''Atop the Fourth Wall'' gets name-dropped once (twice in the full version), but the song ends on repetition of his name and a separate logo.
* [[Internet Backdraft]]: His critique of ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'' has led to some harsh responses from [[Frank Miller]] fans and his ''lack'' of response to [[The Maxx]] was taken as an indictment of its quality. Verging into real-world politics was his crossover with [[The Nostalgia Critic]] to review ''[[Superman IV]]''; they staged a rather elaborate joke about the unrealistically happy reaction of all the world's leaders to Superman announcing that he was taking their nukes. In this exchange he mentioned Israel not as a value judgment, but simply as a group of people that probably would not burst into wild happy applause if they were stripped of their nuclear arsenal by outside forces. He received a barrage of hatemail afterwards, both from people who supported Israel and thought he was being disloyal and from people who do not support Israel thinking he was supporting their sovereignty. He even addressed this in his commentary for the review.
** Some of it was also because he expressed belief in M.A.D. The threat of Mutually Assured Destruction, the idea that nukes prevent wars and encourage peace. Since no one would dare go to war with a country that possessed such weapons, and no one with nuclear weapons would dare use them. [[Fan Dumb|You know, just like every politician on all sides at the time the movie was made believed.]]
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* [[Mondegreen]]: "Coins, robots, amazons, and drugs!"
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Mechakara firmly launched himself into [[Complete Monster]] territory when he {{spoiler|tried to drive Linkara into [[Driven to Suicide]] (and it was ''not'' [[Played for Laughs]]), by making him think he was [[Abusive Parents|the father]] to the daughter that was turned into his magic gun.}}
* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: Okay, once the Entity was finally out in the open, it had a lot of really creepy-as-hell lines with a neat voice filter effect, and the way it kept glitching out and teleporting around the room was genuinely creative and freaky. {{spoiler|But it's in the form of 90's Kid. Linkara already has such an adorable baby face and 90's Kid has such dumb fashion sense it dulled the edge of the horror a bit.}}
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* [[Parody Sue]]/[[Mary Sue|Gary Stu]] (Depending on your feelings about the AT4W storyline): Linkara (the character), especially after the ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' #1 review.
** Whatever Marty Stu-ness he may have had is brutally subverted during the first fight with Vyce, where everything he throws at him is ineffective and Vyce manages to curb stomp Linkara (while saying that being the Universe's champion really isn't as big a deal as it might sound like), and just when you expect him to get back up and kick Vyce's ass... he just lies there in a [[Heroic BSOD]], obviously shaken by these turn of events.
** Linkara might actually count as a ''[[Deconstructed Trope|deconstruction]]'' of a [[Marty Stu]]. First of all, for all of his victories and wonderful tech, he's never actually ''permanently'' defeated any of his enemies. Dr. Insano has [[Joker Immunity]], Mechakara has come [[Back
** There's also the fact that his [[Heroic Willpower]] might ''not'' be as strong as he thinks it is. During {{spoiler|the [[Mind Rape]] sequence}} in the ''[[Silent Hill]]'' review, it's made clear that {{spoiler|he ''would'' have pulled the trigger if the spirit within the gun hadn't stopped him (Mechacara says he ''did'' and the gun just refused to fire).}} He literally depends on his [[True Companions]] to keep him alive.
* [[Small Reference Pools]]: {{spoiler|The Entity being revealed for being Missingno}} That thing is actually one of the safest glitch Pokémon. Fans have hacked the first generation's code to see that there are a lot more dangerous glitch Pokémon out there.
** Linkara later said in a comment that {{spoiler|"You have so many names" is meant to reference the other glitch Pokémon. So the Missingno that appears in Atop the Fourth Wall represents ''every'' glitch Pokémon.}}
** In his commentary of ''Pokemon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu'', he states that he's aware of the other glitches in the game, {{spoiler|he chose Missingno because it fit the best with his [[Cosmic Horror Story]] arc.}}
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** The fact that {{spoiler|her name has been forgotten, even by the cultists who killed her}} makes it just a bit more painful.
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