Strawberry Dragon Project

The Strawberry Dragon Project is a Review Blog and Troper Work created by IchigoRyu, also known as Spy Hunter 29. It can be read here. On the 4th of March 2012, a companion Video Review Show was launched on YouTube. It can be watched here.

Tropes used in Strawberry Dragon Project include:

Tropes used by the blog

"Mario and Sonic on one console... In other news, pigs have been spotted flying outside."

"But the flower monsters make one last stand and the other Scouts, sensing the danger, push Moon out of the way before getting swallowed up by the seed... beasts. I apologize."

"I never thought I'd see Growing the Beard in reverse."

...Sorry, I was imagining this review as an Ace Attorney-style debate.

"[T]here's an interesting dichotomy between the chorus and the verses. In the former, he paints these troubadourian devotions of love, but in the verses, we learn that he's too scared and shy to say them outright. Hm, sounds like the kind of song Shinji would write."

"That's right, [actor Gary Johnson's] name ain't nothing but a "G-Thang" baby, with two doped-out writers going crazy."

    • In the review for Kaleido Star, he quotes "Lola" by The Kinks.

"Now I'm not the world's most masculine guy, but even I have my limits."

"I forgot my lines. ... 'That's it, I'm taking this review into maximum overdrive'? I'm not writing that!"

Tropes used by the video series

Kevin: He's cut his hair, his voice has dropped...
Ichigo: ...and he's old enough to purchase Hentai.

Kevin: ...The heck? I thought this was a Street Fighter montage! [looks at Mortal Kombat Super NES cartridge] Get outta here! [clicks remote control, dropping an arcade cabinet on the game]

  • Brick Joke: Episode 10 uses a clip from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the one where Scott says to Ramona, "I'm in lesbians with you"). The follow-up to that line ("I said 'lesbians'") is then used as The Stinger.
  • Button Mashing: Episode 5 features a montage of Kevin playing the Super NES port of Doom in this manner, using various controllers not compatible with the Super NES, including a toy gun that's not even a controller. As this episode was a Parody of The Irate Gamer, this was intentional.
  • By "No" I Mean "Yes":
    • Episode 7: "Even if I had to hide it from my friends. And by friends I mean parents."
    • Episode 14: "Trust me, I know from experience. And by experience I mean I've listened to 'Bedrock'."
  • Call Back: Since it was uploaded on April Fools' Day, in Episode 5 Kevin made a reference to the review of "Friday", which he wrote on his blog the same time a year ago.
  • Caption Humour: Used occasionally, such as in Episodes 3 and 4.
  • Catch Phrase: Each episode opens with "Hi, welcome to the SDP" and ends with "This is Kevin, with Ichigo, and you are the resistance".
  • Chekhov's Gun: The Naruto headband Kevin puts on in Episode 12 protects him from a shuriken being thrown at his head in Episode 13.
  • Comically Missing the Point: In episode 12, Kevin witnesses a power-up move and wonders where he's seen it before. Ichigo offers to help by playing a Super Saiyan transformation scene from Dragonball Z, only for Kevin to blurt out, "Super Sonic, that's it!" Lampshaded with a Face Palm from Ichigo.
  • Content Warnings: Episode 5 starts with one of these, since it contains footage of the M-rated Doom.
  • Cosplay: Ichigo has done some generic cosplays in some of the title cards, such as a Vocaloid and a Sailor Scout.
  • Crazy Prepared: At the start of Episode 12, Kevin puts on a Leaf Village headband as protection from ninjas. It pays off in the next episode.
  • Disproportionate Retribution: Kevin sentences and executes Pitbull for the crime of... lyrical atrocities.
  • Don't Explain the Joke: In Episode 6, Kevin starts to explain the line "If Jeezy's paying LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade" from "Empire State of Mind", only to trail off and Lampshade this trope.
  • DVD Commentary: Some of the episodes on YouTube use annotations for commentary.
  • Faceless Goons: Kevin and Ichigo stare down a mob of faceless New York Yankees fans in the title card for Episode 6.
  • Genius Bonus:
    • In Episode 5, there is a shot of Kevin plugging a Super NES Game Pak into a Retro Duo console, and turning on the power. Look closely - he flips the power switch in the wrong direction, to run a Nintendo Entertainment System game instead. As this episode was a Parody of The Irate Gamer, this was intentional.
    • In Episode 9, the title card shows Ichigo casting a spell, with a Nintendo 64 button sequence appearing in a speech bubble. In Quest 64, the subject of the review, this code is used for the Avalanche spell, one of the best offensive spells in the game.
  • Hypocritical Humour: Two examples in the Parody of The Irate Gamer in Episode 5.
    • In one scene he comments on how the Super NES port of Doom was sold in a red-coloured cartridge and says how that's never been done before. Behind him are other multi-coloured games, including multiple The Legend of Zelda and Pokémon titles.
    • In another scene, he criticises the game for not having a save function and adds "games without save functions suck hard". Behind him are some well-received games which lack these features, including Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and Star Fox.
  • I Do Not Own: The end credits list all outside media with the disclaimer: "The following works are used under fair use guidelines for critical purposes (and free advertising!). Please support the official release."
  • In a World: Kevin does a plot summary of Milon's Secret Castle in this style early on in Episode 4.
  • Indecisive Parody: In the commentary for Episode 5, Kevin admits that his parody of The Irate Gamer was this, according to his beliefs.
  • In the Style Of: Episode 5 is done in the style of The Irate Gamer, as it was uploaded on April Fools' Day.
  • It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY": In Episode 4, Kevin briefly gets distracted figuring out how to pronounce "Milon" from Milon's Secret Castle.

Kevin: His name... was Milon. Am I saying that right? My-lon? Me-lon? Milan? Mulan?
Ichigo: Well, in Japanese, it's Mi-lo-n.

Ichigo: So, if I touch balls, I die?
Kevin: Well, yeah.
Ichigo: [[[Beat]]] Gay hater.
Kevin: What? No, were you even listening!?

Kevin: But who says [Ludacris] can't do kid-friendly work if he wants to? I mean, I never had a problem with George Carlin on Thomas the Tank Engine!
Ichigo: That's because you never heard of George Carlin before Thomas the Tank Engine.
Kevin: [[[Face Palm]]] I need to check out more things.


This is Kevin, with Ichigo, and you are the resistance.

  1. When introducing it, Ichigo did informally mention other songs that would get 0 out of 5, like "Break Up" and "Imma Be".
  2. a toy AK-47
  3. "Shrink when you touch the glove"
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