What Were They Thinking?

"What Were They Thinking?!?"

What Were They Thinking? is a recurring quote that's often said by the Angry Video Game Nerd. He usually says the quote when something very absurd and "idiotic" happens in a game. The quote was first used in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Episodes that use the quote

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Karate Kid: The Nerd says "What the hell were they thinkin' with this piece of shit?"
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Back to the Future
• A Nightmare on Elm Street: Used twice.
• Chronologically Confused about Bad Movie and Video Game Sequel Titles
• Bible Games
• TMNT 3 Movie Review
• Atari 5200: Not used, but he said "I don't know what they were thinkin'."
• Ghostbusters: Used twice; he says "What the fuck were they fuckin' thinkin'?!" the second time.
• Sega 32X
• The Simpsons
• Atari Porn
• Nintendo Power
• Dragon's Lair
• An Angry Nerd Christmas Carol (Part 2): Used one and a half times. If you really count it when the Nerd is reviewing Shaq-Fu, he said, "WHAT, WERE THEY SMOKING CRACK UP THEIR ASS?!" Later, an older version of the Nerd said the line while playing the Nintendo Wii.
• Double Vision: ColecoVision: The Nerd says "WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING?!" after picking up the ColecoVision's AC adapter.
• The Wizard/Super Mario Bros. 3: Not used, but he said "What kinda crack were they smokin'?"
• NES Accessories
• Superman
• Batman (Part 1)
• CD-i Part 1: Not used, but he said "I couldn’t even imagine what they were thinking."
• Atari Jaguar (Part 2)
• Metal Gear
• Terminator 2: Not used, but he said "I can only imagine what they were thinking."
• Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: The Nerd says "What were they fuckin' thinking?!"
• Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle
• Wayne's World
• Hydlide
• Action 52
• How the Nerd Stole Christmas
• Spielberg Games: Used twice.
• Bible Games III: The Nerd says "What were they thinking when they came up with this?"
• Schwarzenegger Games
• Ikari Warriors
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Followed by "I know... they weren't thinking."
• Tiger Electronic Games: The Nerd says "What were they thinking with this shitload of fuck?"
• Alien 3: He said "What was I thinking?"
• AVGN Games: First it was the first game used by the game Nerd that said that, then he says "WHAT WAS I THINKING?!" when he thought of the Super Pitfall trap in the AVGN game.
• Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
• Desert Bus
• Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure
• Darkwing Duck: Not fully used. He said "Fuck they thinkin'..."
• Board James' Video Games: Board James uses the line.
• MEGA MAN Games: Used twice. First Bugs Bunny said the line, then the Nerd uses it before he smashes himself to the window.
• Sega Activator Interactor Menacer
• Wrestling Games
• Lightspan Adventures
• Amiga CD32
• Video Game Magazines
• Pepsiman
• Life of Black Tiger with Gilbert Gottfried: The Nerd says "What were you thinking?!" when he sees Fred Fucks.
• The Immortal: The Nerd says "What art thou thinking?!"
• Spawn Games
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask: The Nerd says "What were they FUCKIN' thinking?!"
• Raid 2020: Used at the very end. The Nerd also says "What was Color Dreams thinking?"
• The Incredible Crash Dummies
• Countdown Vampires
• The Legend of Kage
• Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown: The Nerd says "What are you thinking?!" twice.
• The Rocketeer
• Freddy & Jason
• LJN Sports and Marvel Games: The Angry Angry Video Game Nerd Nerd says "What were you thinking?"
• LJN Wrestling and Other Games: The Angry Angry Video Game Nerd Nerd says "What was he thinking?"
• The Last Ninja: The Nerd (2006) said: "What the hell were they thinking with this garbage?"
• Purr Pals