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Catracious 

A term used to refer any embarrassing, cringy, clueless, nonsensical, surprising, upsetting, or scary moment or thing on the media.
On the 1987 film The Brave Little Toaster, the famous or infamous catracious is the nightmare scene of fireman clown. Another example is the infamous One Coarse Meal episode from the TV show SpongeBob Squarepants, which has most catracious than any other show's episode.
Catracious by Ryan900USAYT April 29, 2022

Film Recreation 

A type of film that is a recreation of non-existent, lost or already existing film.
"I also like film recreations." - Some movie fan
Film Recreation by Ryan900USAYT April 23, 2022
The word's smallest videotape format and smaller than MiniDV, invented by Sony in 2001. It records in only 60 minutes.

MicroMV was not a commercial success, and Sony was only the maker of MicroMV camcorders.
"I have MicroMV tapes at my own collection." - Some collector
MicroMV by Ryan900USAYT April 20, 2022
Also known as 8mm video, a totally analog camcorder-oriented videotape format invented by Sony in 1984. It was succeeded by the enhanced Hi8 format in 1989 and then by the fully digital Digital8 format in 1999. It competed with VHS-C.
"I have a Video8 tape where i was at Disneyland." - Some person
Video8 by Ryan900USAYT April 20, 2022
A small camcorder-oriented variant of the family of digital DV videotape format. Invented in 1995 by Sony and Panasonic. MiniDV tapes record in 60 minutes on SP mode, and also in 120 minutes on LP mode. It was a popular format for camcorders, and allowed camera makers to reduce size of their video cameras.
"I have my own MiniDV tape where i've traveled to Paris." - Some person
MiniDV by Ryan900USAYT April 20, 2022

Streaming wars 

The term that was coined in late-2010s to discuss new era of competition between video streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, and Peacock.
"Streaming wars are basically the successors to the disc format war and the videotape format war." - Some person
Streaming wars by Ryan900USAYT April 20, 2022
A successor to the totally analog 8mm video/Video8 format, it's a analog camcorder videotape format with analog audio that is a provision for digital audio. Invented by Sony in 1989 and mainly competed with S-VHS. It was succeeded by the totally digital Digital8 format.
"I love my Hi8 tapes and the Hi8 version of Sony Handycam." - The creator of this definition
Hi8 by Ryan900USAYT April 19, 2022