Berserker (Fate/Crossover - Angry Video Game Nerd)

**Berserker** (バーサーカー, *Bāsākā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!*" - AVGN's catchphrase

## Profile

### Identity

Berserker's true identity is **The Angry Video Game Nerd**, a foul mouthed, short tempered game reviewer who critiques terrible retro video games, mainly by complaining and overreacting while often shouting and swearing at the game's flaws, be they graphics, controls, difficulty, music, quality, or gameplay.

### Appearance

True to form, the Nerd looks the part of a stereotypical nerd. He wears a pair of glasses and dresses in a white dress shirt (sometimes short or long-sleeved). In the shirt pocket, he has some pens tucked away to throw at whatever frustrates him. Lastly, he wears a pair of khaki pants. He would sometimes wears a pair of blue jeans rather than his usual khakis. The Nerd also occasionally wears a silver Atari jacket, and may wear items of clothing appropriate for the time of year, e.g. a Santa hat for Christmas, and even occasionally dressed up as a vampire for Halloween episodes.

The Nerd occasionally wears shorts in *Superman 64*, *Back to the Future Trilogy*, *The Making of an Angry Video Game Nerd* Episode, and *Fear and Loathing in Vegas Stakes*.

During tough fights, the Nerd equips his NES accessories to kick the ass of anyone or anything in his way.

Once he dressed as the "*BatNerd*" when reviewing various *Batman* games.

During the *RoboCop* episode, he is sporting a custom RoboCop inspired costume but with a front-loader NES as the visor and his breast pocket protector.

### Personality

As his name suggests, the Nerd, to put it lightly, has extreme anger issues, to the point of even destroying some of the games he reviews. He often drinks beer (either Rolling Rock or Yuengling), attempting to relieve his frustration and sorrow. However, if his frustrations are too overpowering (such as in the *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revisited* episode), he will drink from a flask or drink whiskey.

The Nerd's trademark is his filthy mouth. In almost every review he repeatedly swears to insult games. He's often quoted as saying that he would rather succumb to violent and scatological acts than have to suffer through the game he's reviewing. He seems to have few, if any, friends or acquaintances, even insulting children trick-or-treating at his house in the *Halloween* episode. That being said, the Nerd often acts very mean-spirited and cruel, and is generally unfriendly to most of the guests on his show. Despite all this, the Nerd also does reviews in a positive light on occasion, such as in the episodes: *Nintendo Power*, *Back to the Future Trilogy*, *Wish List (Part 2)* and *EarthBound*.

It could also be said that the Nerd is a masochist, as he spends his entire life doing nothing but playing video games that he hates. He even indirectly calls himself one at the end of his *Super Pitfall* review. And he seems to enjoy pain in the end of his second "*Sonic 06*" review.

More aspects of the Nerd's personality are heavily revealed in *Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie*. It is shown that he does have a kinder and more noble side to him, as he has a strong love and care for his fanbase and puts himself in danger quite frequently to keep them safe.

He is also revealed to have a friend in a fellow gamer and fan named Cooper, and that he values video games above other things that most normal people would be more interested in. This is the reason why the Nerd tries to avoid romantic relationships or involvement with females ("Nerds before Birds").

## Abilities

Despite being a seemingly ordinary human, the Nerd has displayed a surprising level of fighting ability, defeating the likes of Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, both of whom are supernatural serial killers, and enduring a lengthy back and forth brawl with Bugs Bunny. His primary weapons tend to be video game accessories that function like actual weapons, especially so when summoned as a Servant. Most notably, and frequently, the NES Zapper can penetrate conceptual defenses as it allows the nerd to direct his anger to a fictional medium inside a screen, while the Power Glove grants him a temporary boost in Strength.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Mad (Fuckin') Enhancement (E Rank):When it is invoked normally, the Nerd’s vocabulary simply becomes more creatively vulgar. However, when facing against an enemy whose Heroic Spirit is a character that had appears (at least once) in what the Nerd considers to be a shitty game, its rank will skyrocket to A+++ Rank and his parameter gains massive upgrades. Justified by the fact that in his rage, he has pummeled Bugs Bunny (multiple times to boot), the Joker, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger in his own nightmare realm, Spider-Man, a Klingon, and a reality-warping Glitch Gremlin.

#### Personal Skills

* Eye for Art (Videogames) (EX Rank): If Gilgamesh is the king of heroes by being the prototype of heroes, then James Rolfe would be the king of videogame critics and Let’s-Play celebrities as he was amongst the first of his kind. At this rank, he may discern a “good game”, from a “steaming pile of shit” by simply looking at the cartridge. This would apply to videogames of all eras.
* Bravery (C Rank): Remains un-negated if his opponent is a video-game character. Given to the Nerd because, throughout his life, he aimed to beat whatever games he played with a fiery passion, no matter how badly programmed and unfair the game is.
* Blessing of Nimble Fingers (A++ Rank): Characterized by his triumph over Pat the NES Punk in their wager for the golden Nintendo World Championships Cartridge. The Nerd cannot lose to another Servant in videogames, but the skill is negated when under Mad Enhancement.
* Alcoholism (C Rank): The Nerd must drink beer (preferably Rolling Rock) in order to numb pain of his entire life being a lie. When faced with a game that is overwhelming in its frustration, he will turn to stronger liquor.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Bittersweet Nostalgia** - "*I'M THE LORD OF THE HARVEST! BRING IT DOWN, BRING IT DOWN!*"

While individually, they are nothing more than cheap crap that Nintendo tried to pass off as innovations during the 80s and 90s, the NES accessories become a deadly a set of armor and weapons when equipped by the Nerd, as he fought off demons possessing outdated game consoles and a giant R.O.B. that tried to turn all the games in the world into *Gyromite* and *Stack-Up**.*

This Noble Phantasm requires at least 6 Triple-A batteries to charge.

#### **Super Mecha Death Christ 2000 BC version 4.0 BETA BITCH!** - ***FUCKERS!***

When not under Mad Enhancement, the Nerd may summon a profanity-spewing cyborg version of the famous biblical figure mounted on a war tank, installed with an arsenal of nuclear weapons that can blast Satan back to the Lake of Fire. This powerful Noble Phantasm is offset by the fact that Super Mecha Death Christ has a pathetically short attacking range, as the whole battle with Satan only took place in the Nerd’s room.

## References

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0M0rxSz3IF0CsSour1iWmw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry\_Video\_Game\_Nerd

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mk-5-five-servants-per-second-fate-stay-night-crossovers.285798/page-90#post-19155087

https://avgn.fandom.com/wiki/Main\_Page

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