Quinton Kyle Hoover
{{Short description|American YouTuber (born 1996)}}
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| years_active = 2013–present
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Quinton Kyle Hoover (born December 1996), known online primarily as Quinton Reviews, is an American YouTuber. Hoover produces video essays on various topics, usually pop culture. His best-known work includes his coverage of the Garfield franchise and a series of hours-long videos covering iCarly and its spin-offs.
YouTube career
Hoover began his career as a content creator in 2013, initially creating sketches and videos discussing TV shows; his first two videos spanned one minute and 48 seconds and nine seconds, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/24124603/youtube-quinton-reviews-38-hour-video-beverly-hillbillies|title=This 38-hour-long video isn't just any ol' April Fools Day prank|first=Carli|last=Velocci|website=Polygon|date=April 18, 2024|access-date=April 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409184732/https://www.polygon.com/24124603/youtube-quinton-reviews-38-hour-video-beverly-hillbillies|archive-date=April 9, 2024|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Tait |first=Amelia |title=Why Do People Make (and Watch) 5-Hour 'iCarly' Analysis Videos? |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-5-hour-icarly-analysis-videos/ |url-status=live |date=December 5, 2021 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104075746/https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-5-hour-icarly-analysis-videos/ |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |issn=1059-1028}} In 2017, he uploaded a SpongeBob SquarePants video analyzing the show's role in predicting meme culture, focusing on the "Ripped Pants" episode.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.altpress.com/heres_how_one_episode_of_spongebob_squarepants_predicted_meme_culture/|title=Here's how one episode of 'SpongeBob SquarePants' predicted meme culture|first=Maggie|last=Dickman|magazine=Alternative Press|date=March 13, 2017|access-date=April 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314022132/https://www.altpress.com/news/entry/heres_how_one_episode_of_spongebob_squarepants_predicted_meme_culture/|archive-date=March 14, 2017|url-status=live}} From 2019 to 2020, Hoover published two videos detailing his discovery of archived copies of Jim Davis's past work Jon, a precursor to Garfield. Hoover traveled to Muncie, Indiana, in order to get scans of the historical strips, and published a video about his trip on the channel.{{Cite web |last=Degg |first=D. D. |date=July 29, 2019 |title=Newly Discovered – Davis' Pre-Garfield Garfield |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/07/28/newly-discovered-davis-pre-garfield-garfield/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819020014/https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2019/07/28/newly-discovered-davis-pre-garfield-garfield/ |archive-date=2019-08-19 |access-date=October 25, 2019 |website=The Daily Cartoonist |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Keeley |first=Matt |date=March 11, 2022 |title=YouTuber's 8-Hour 'Victorious' Video Racks up 1.2 Million Views in 3 Days |url=https://www.newsweek.com/youtubers-8-hour-victorious-video-racks-12-million-views-3-days-1687398 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104074244/https://www.newsweek.com/youtubers-8-hour-victorious-video-racks-12-million-views-3-days-1687398 |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}
Hoover garnered popularity through his lengthy videos discussing and analyzing Nickelodeon sitcoms.{{Cite web |last=Boseley |first=Matilda |date=August 17, 2022 |title=An eight-hour recap of Victorious? The 'unhinged' longform videos taking over YouTube |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/18/an-eight-hour-recap-of-victorious-the-unhinged-longform-videos-taking-over-youtube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003035112/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/aug/18/an-eight-hour-recap-of-victorious-the-unhinged-longform-videos-taking-over-youtube |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/culture/quinton-reviews/|title=YouTuber Quinton Reviews Thinks Cincinnati is an Underrated City|first=Claire|last=Lefton|magazine=Cincinnati|date=June 28, 2024|access-date=April 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806085117/https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/culture/quinton-reviews/|archive-date=August 6, 2024|url-status=live}} In June 2021, Hoover published a five-hour video called "iBinged iCarly", with a recap of the series with his own commentary. He also published a video with a discussion on the career and works of YouTuber Lucas Cruikshank, who starred in an episode of iCarly,{{Cite web |last=Quijano |first=Ariana |date=August 24, 2021 |title='Fred Figglehorn' First Aired 15 Years Ago, but Its Legacy Remains |url=https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/fred-figglehorn-first-aired-15-years-ago-but-its-legacy-remains/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104084248/https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/fred-figglehorn-first-aired-15-years-ago-but-its-legacy-remains/ |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=Study Breaks |language=en-us}} and a series of further videos on iCarly and its related series Victorious and Sam & Cat. Hoover's video essays – which he referred to as "breakdowns" – were credited among other content creators with ushering a trend of long-form essay content, and have garnered several million views. Lifehacker included Hoover's Victorious essay in a 2022 list of ten niche YouTube video essays.{{Cite web|url=https://lifehacker.com/10-of-the-most-niche-youtube-video-essays-you-absolutel-1848525396|title=10 of the Most Niche YouTube Video Essays You Absolutely Need to Watch|first=Meredith|last=Dietz|website=Lifehacker|date=February 14, 2022 |access-date=April 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214134042/https://lifehacker.com/10-of-the-most-niche-youtube-video-essays-you-absolutel-1848525396|archive-date=February 14, 2022|url-status=live}}
In April 2024, as a late April Fools' joke, he posted a 38-hour recap video of The Beverly Hillbillies hosted by his father, Russ, who had experienced a serious car accident prior to recording the video. A week after it was published, CBS issued a copyright claim on the video, and on April 11, Paramount Global Content Protection sent an email to Hoover disagreeing that the video qualified as fair use, leading Hoover to take the video down to avoid risking a lawsuit.{{Cite web |last=Asarch |first=Steven |date=April 15, 2024 |title=CBS Issues Copyright Claim on 38-Hour 'Beverly Hillbillies' Video by YouTuber Quinton Reviews |url=https://passionfru.it/cbs-quinton-reviews-60434/ |access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=Passionfruit |language=en-US}} The video was re-edited with four hours of extra content and the copyrighted material edited out in time for April Fools' Day 2025.
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