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"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?"
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