Mega 64



""In the not too distant future, the sinister scientist Dr. Poque creates a gaming console with the ability to tap into the human mind. He recruits young specimens Rocko and Derek, two extraordinary subjects, to become enslaved within a beta-testing camp. This is their story. This is Mega64.""

Mega64 is a low budget (though their budget has increased considerably) Sketch Comedy series created by and starring Rocco Botte, Derrick Acosta, and Shawn Chatfield. The series started out focusing primarily on skits involving one or more people reenacting video games in real life. Many of Mega64's skits can be watched on their YouTube channel. However they have started focusing more on the main story and miscellaneous.

The story of Mega64 centers on Dr. Poque, a Mad Scientist who creates the ultimate gaming console, the eponymous Mega64. He kidnaps Rocko Boaty and Derek Ackawzdha and forces them to beta-test the machine. They are soon joined in these tests by Sean Chatfeild, who initially was supposed to deliver e-mails. The cast is rounded out by Horatio, Dr. Poque's Mexican roommate who steals everything, and Marcus, a sexist puppet who works for Poque.

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This series provides examples of:
"Marcus: Hey, son!"
 * A Good Name for A Rock Band: "Summer Semester."
 * Ascended Meme: which has made the round on the internet appears several times in the series. It hits its peak when
 * Back for The Dead:
 * Badass: The Killers are a group of incredibly powerful assassins, rumored to be able to kill groups of people effortlessly.
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Big Shut Up: Dr. Poque has one in "The Gangs Returned To Class And Became Honor Students."
 * Brick Joke: Near the beginning of this panel Derrick jokingly tells someone to get a cup of coffee.
 * Butt Monkey: Dr. Poque.
 * Also Raiden to a certain extent in the skit supplied to the pre-E3 show: Pretty much every single one of his attempted jobs (children's birthday entertainer, plumber, gourmet chef, professional dog walker, town criar, professional skateboarder, breakdancer, and artist, in that order) since his four year unemployment ended up crashing and burning. They eventually Threw The Dog A Bone to Raiden with a last-chance job of being a cybernetic private military contractor, where it is implied that he successfully got it.
 * Call Back: There are many instances in Version 3 that call back to events, characters, or even throwaway gags from the previous two seasons.
 * In the skit supplied for the Konami Pre-E3 show, Cyborg Raiden's first attempt at a job since being unemployed for four years was being an entertainer for children's birthday parties, which went just as well as anyone would expect (when trying to cut the cake, he accidentially destroyed the entire table). At the end of the skit, Jehuty was offered the same job first, only his use of the job was even worse than Raiden's (namely, he terrorized the neighborhood by bombarding it during his "entertainer's duties")
 * Came Back Wrong:
 * Can't Hold His Liquor: Shawn gets pretty bad if he drinks on the podcast.
 * Catch Phrase:


 * The Cameo: Shigeru Miyamoto appears in this Super Mario Bros. skit. Hideo Kojima and Cliffy B appear in a similar Metal Gear Solid 4 skit.
 * Kevin Smith, Paul Schrier, Tommy Tallarico and Tim & Eric appear in the Season 2 finale. Most of them appear for only a few seconds.
 * Mike Nelson plays in Version 3.
 * Gabe Newell also appears in the Beatles Rock Band skit, eventually agreeing to be Ringo.
 * Yu Suzuki and Cliff Bleszinski appear in a skit where Suzuki describes the ending of Shenmue.
 * The guys themselves cameoed on the first episode of The Aquabats Super Show.
 * Cerebus Syndrome: The season finales tend to have a more serious tone than the preceding episodes.
 * Cerebus Retcon: A few examples from Version 3:
 * Marcus's origin, which began as a throwaway gag in a deleted scene from Version 1, is fully explained in "Project Whoosh."
 * Tony, who killed Sean's girlfriend and told him to "Eat at Joe's!" in a flashback in "Poque,"
 * The bloody knife that appeared out of nowhere in "I Feel Asleep"
 * Chekhov's Gunman:
 * The Cracker: Tr1gg3r S3r1ou5.
 * Character As Himself: Marcus.
 * Colliding Criminal Conspiracies:
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass: The entire core cast qualifies, but special mention should go to Sean and Horatio, as seen in the finales to versions one and two.
 * The Danza: Rocko, Derek, and Sean.
 * Darker and Edgier: Version 3.
 * Development Hell: Version Three was supposed to be released winter of 2007. Its actual release date wound up being May 28, 2010.
 * Ear Worm: Madden's back, again, year 2012......
 * Embarrassing First Name: Dr. Poque's first name is eventually revealed to be.
 * Emergency Transformation:
 * The Faceless: The Specter.
 * Five Man Band: The Mega64 crew fit into this.
 * The Hero: Rocco, credited as the creator of Mega64 and arguably the main character.
 * The Lancer: Derrick, the Deadpan Snarker of the group and co-creator.
 * The Big Guy/ The Smart Guy: Garrett, the biggest guy who also makes all the special effects.
 * The Chick: Shawn, usually the one to be offended by their jokes and tries to keep sanity on the podcast.
 * Gilligan Cut: A'la Family Guy, the skit shown at the Pre-E3 show had Raiden, after being suggested several job opportunities to get out of his four year unemployment, shows him bombing his assigned job in various ways. One was also shown of Jehuty in the ending of the skit, to which Jehuty accepts the job proposal, only for it to cut to him... Well, let's just say that there's a good reason why Jehuty should not be let anywhere near neighborhoods with children celebrating birthday parties.
 * Heroic Sociopath: Sean is perfectly willing to
 * Hey Its That Voice: Kyle Hebert plays a Falz member in Versions 1.
 * Killed Off for Real:
 * Killer Robot: 2Poque.
 * Knight of Cerebus: John.
 * Let's Get Dangerous: Horatio in "Stranger,"
 * Loads and Loads of Roles: Rocco plays Rocko and Poque, Derrick plays Derek and Horatio, Shawn plays Sean and Marcus, and Garrett plays Lobo Fuerte, Jessse, Frankie,  Besides those major roles, they all play many incidental characters both in and outside of the main series.
 * Love Makes You Evil:
 * Meaningful Name: The Specter's real name is
 * Mind Screw: In the Hard Rain episode- as in the game, the guys are looking for Jason
 * Musical Episode: "Mega64!"
 * Muppet/LivingToy: Marcus. This is frequently acknowledged and eventually explained.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Lobo Fuerte.
 * Nebulous Evil Organisation
 * Nigh Invulnerability: Marcus is invincible, he got that way by getting splashed by chemicals from a truck.
 * Nightmare Fuel Stationattendant: Sean.
 * No Indoor Voice: Marcus.
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Tr1gg3r S3r1ou5 winds up helping Marcus save the rest of the Mega64 team in the Version Two finale because he wants to be the one to take Poque down.
 * Overly Long Gag: The first episode starts with Derek eating pudding for roughly two minutes. The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed skit also qualifies.
 * Really anytime Derrick screams.
 * Painting the Fourth Wall: Rocko and Derek read The Messenger's subtitles.
 * Paper Thin Disguise: Marcus dons one to impersonate Poque in an episode of Version One. Unlike most examples, the person he's trying to fool has never met Poque before.
 * The Plan: Sean attempts one in an episode of Version One. It doesn't go over so well.
 * It turns out that the entire series and the online videos was one
 * Psycho for Hire: Lobo Fuerte
 * Pre Mortem One Liner:
 * Redemption Equals Death:
 * Shout Out: Many, most of them to video games.
 * The title card in "What The Hell Happened To Mega 64?" is based on Batman the Animated Series.
 * Spin Off: Marcus's Corner, a talkshow featuring Marcus interviewing various prominent figures from the video game industry and answering fan emails.
 * Spirit Advisor: The Spectre.
 * Spooky Photographs: The photo that is printed from the Mega64 that shows Rocko and Derek over
 * Start of Darkness: Version two's finale, "Stranger," shows how Poque became who he is today.
 * Marcus in "Project Woosh."
 * Sticky Fingers: Horatio tends to take anything that isn't nailed down. More often than not, it's stuff from Poque's room.
 * Stealth Pun: The Falz created game Down,
 * Stylistic Suck: Gamer Warz and Gamer Warz 2 are badly acted, horribly edited, annoyingly shot, the audio goes out of a synch and the second one goes on for 12 minutes. It's also hilarious.
 * Take That: Rocco made a parody of Linkara's infamous rant against his fans from one of his Power Rangers retrospectives.
 * The guys also mocked a now defunct game review show called Gamelife with Gamez Alive
 * Theme Music Power Up: The non-instrumental version of "Sequence Erase" plays in the Version 1 finale when . Later in Version 3, the portion of the song with lyrics plays
 * Took a Level In Badass: Sean takes one in the Version 1 finale,
 * Tragic Villain: Dr. Poque becomes this as more about his past is revealed.
 * True Companions: As time goes on, the core cast of six start to forge very close bonds, despite their situation.
 * The Verse: Several seemingly unrelated skits are canon in the Mega64 universe, including "The Blacks," "Backyard Messiahz," and "VGA Commercial #1."
 * Villain Song: Marcus's "I'm Gonna Be Rich" from Mega64!
 * Yeah Shot: The end of the second episode.
 * You Killed My Father:  tries to avenge his father
 * Wham Episode: The season finales all tend to be these, but special note goes to "Delaware."
 * Wham Episode: The season finales all tend to be these, but special note goes to "Delaware."