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| “ | Hahaha! Good day to you, Nerd, how are you? Good day, sir. As you know I'm the Glitch Gremlin and I got glitches in me britches for ya, Nerd! | „ |
| ~ Glitch Gremlin's first lines |
| “ | I sh-- all over it - with me glitches. | „ |
| ~ Glitch Gremlin's most common quote. |
The Glitch Gremlin, also known as the Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin, is a villain who appeared in the Game Glitches episode of the Angry Video Game Nerd. In order to annoy and inconvenience the AVGN, he glitches up video games (mostly NES games, due to them being known for glitching up) and also taunt and mock him at any opportunity for his own personal entertainment/amusement. His biggest fears are Q-tips and cleaning solution as seen in the episode.
He is portrayed by Kevin Finn.
Biography[]
The Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin debuts in the episode Game Glitches where he shows up after glitches occur in the Nerd's games and says this name. When the Nerd plays Punch Out he glitches the game. The Nerd also explains how to remove Glitch Gremlins. He explains Q-tips and cleaning solutions to clean them out of games and he removes the Glitch Gremlin. Later, the Nerd explains a game illusion the Glitch Gremlin made in Mega Man V to fool the Nerd as he knew the Nerd made it far and that there were no continue codes later in the game, but later the Nerd got the pattern. The Glitch Gremlin was shocked by this exclaiming, "That's impossible! I've never seen anything like it!"
After the Nerd finishes explaining about game glitches and plays Rocky on the PS2, the Glitch Gremlin appears again and glitches the game. When the Nerd restarts the game it seems to work until the Glitch Gremlin puts down Spider Rico and Rocky Balboa. Later the Glitch Gremlin makes Rocky Balboa with wide eyes and no jaw and Spider Rico with no jaw which makes them look undead. After that the Nerd chooses Clubber Lang but the Glitch Gremlin makes Clubber Lang extremely misshapen and when the Nerd takes the CD out he notices the Glitch Gremlin on it and throws and breaks the disk. The Glitch Gremlin then retaliates and glitches the Nerd's room.
The Gremlin later makes a brief cameo causing a glitch in Zelda II review. He is also featured as a power-up used to momentarily freeze enemies and hazards in The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures.
The Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin can be briefly seen on a TV screen in the film adaptation.
The Gremlin is mentioned in the episodes Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing and Super & Virtual Hydlide. He is also seen in the episodes EarthBound and Tomb Raider Games through archive footage.
After a long absence, the Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin returns in the episode Game Glitches: The Legacy Sequel as a supporting character. It's revealed that he got married to a Mrs. Gremlin (played by Nicolette Shutty) and she's expecting a boy. It's revealed that he had fallen on hard times due to game companies doing more testing, community feedback, along with installations of patches and updates. The only times he got to use his glitches was on printers and coffee machines. When the Angry Video Game Nerd seeks the Gremlin's help to stop A.I. Man, the Gremlin refused.
Before heading back, the Nerd mentions about how the Gremlin's grandfather destroyed the Nerd's grandfather fighter plane during World War II, but the Gremlin ignores him. Later after returning home, Mrs. Gremlin noticed that the Gremlin's axe was missing along with the fact that the tree was uprooted and the Gremlin smelled like Rolling Rock. The Gremlin later admits that the Nerd came to visit him to stop A.I. Man. Mrs. Gremlin tells the Glitch Gremlin that "a world without glitches would be a terrible thing" and suggested to head back to what he does best.
Later, the Nerd is working a dead end job in an office, when the printer gets jammed courtesy of the Glitch Gremlin. After a brief scuffle, the Glitch Gremlin admits that no Gremlin would sabotage a plane, as they only sabotaged radio stations, and the stories were made up by Bugs Bunny and William Shatner. The two decided to team up and take on the A.I. Man, realizing that instead of doing what their grandfathers did best, the two should do what they do best.
Both the Glitch Gremlin and the Nerd return to the Nerd's room. The Glitch Gremlin gets to work by sabotaging Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater 5, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Rocky hurting the A.I. Man. However, the A.I. Man was not done as he warps out of the game and forces the Nerd to play the PS5 version of Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Unfortunately, since the game is too good and has a lot of software updates, the Gremlin decides to sabotage the Game Glitches episode which causes the Marvel's Spider-Man 2 to glitch like crazy. The Gremlin then glitches Spider-Man: Miles Morales game easily as there were no patches for this. Eventually, the A.I. Man succumbs to the glitches and dies, turning into a small Pac-Man ghost and gets eaten up by Pac-Man, himself. Before leaving, the Glitch Gremlin gives the Nerd a present. The next day on Christmas, the Nerd opens up the present to reveal a PS2 2004 demo disc and both the Glitch Gremlin and Mrs. Gremlin arrived and encourage the Nerd to play it. The Nerd tries to play the demo of Viewtiful Joe 2 only for the game to freeze. When the Nerd checks on the memory cards on the advice of the Gremlins, all the memories are erased. Nevertheless, the Nerd admits it was a funny, as the episode ends.
Trivia[]
- The Glitch Gremlin is the only AVGN villain to actually kind of "win", as he managed to glitch both the Nerd's room and Nerd himself.
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