One Life Remaining

"Anthony: I don't really have any friends, though it's not that I'm socially awkward, it's just that everyone at school is such a butthole. Or a Nerd. Well, I'm a nerd too, sort of, but I mean like a lame-super nerd, like a guy who thinks "Numa Numa" is funny."

- One Life Remaining, S1E2

One Life Remaining is a Halo 3 comedy-drama Machinima series by Jon CJ Graham, of Arby 'n' the Chief fame. The series follows Anthony Heitzmann, a lonely, self-admitted video game Nerd trying to get a life - with little success. It's notable for its significantly improved writing over Graham's previous attempts, but is now suffering from the same problems with Cerebus Syndrome his older shows have been infamous for, which has caused it to be less popular than it once was, as the first season rivaled Arby 'n' the Chief in popularity.

This series provides examples of:
"Chad: So, uh... why are you afraid of toilets?
 * Ax Crazy:
 * Badass Grandma: Apparently Chad's grandma was Crazy Awesome, but
 * Bilingual Dialogue: most of the time, Chad and Pete.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Kathryn.
 * Black and Gray Morality: All the characters are either Complete Monsters or Jerk Asses. At best Deadpan Snarkers. And that includes protagonists. The only truly exceptional character
 * Black Humor:
 * Book Dumb: Chad comes off as a lazy idiot, but he's got more common sense than Anthony and Peter despite them having a higher education.
 * Cerebus Syndrome: Again, as usual Jon's more intricate plots tend to go hard into this. Unfortunatly, also as usual for his work it hasn't been handled as well as it could have, and it's been going on for far too long to where the show just isn't the same anymore. Most fans are hopeing it blows over and they can get back to the more grounded in life style the machinama was known for in season 1.
 * Continuity Nod: The plot takes place in Esoteria, the same city as Hard Justice (Jon's previous series)
 * Bernard Brown appears in a few episodes in the second season.
 * Cluster F Bomb: Chad likes to throw these.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Almost EVERYONE. It's one of Jon's trademarks.
 * Fantastic Racism: A plot device that was supposed to be in Hard Justice but was carried over to this series when it was dropped. Elites due to the Covenant war are not accepted by most humans, and it was the reason Pete was bullied in college. It's also probably the reason he
 * Humans Are Bastards
 * To the point of exaggeration. Seriously, what woman would try to throw you in jail just because your date with her was, well, unsuccessful?
 * Chad is probably the only exception.
 * Who is sometimes an ass anyway.
 * Chad is probably the only exception.
 * Who is sometimes an ass anyway.

Pete: { For God's sake, I'm not afraid of toilets. The flushing sound just makes me kind of nervous. }

Chad: Why?

Pete: { I was given swirlies on a daily basis for four years at university by a closet homosexual. }

Chad: What the hell? Your guts bullied in university! People don't get bullied in university...

Pete: { Yeah, people don't. }"


 * Anthony skirts the line, but his female friend from collage averts it completely.
 * Jerk Jock: Ted.
 * Let's Get Dangerous  SHIT JUST GOT REAL.
 * Nerd: Deconstructed for Anthony. Arguably it is his own attitude that is the source of his problems.
 * Played for Laughs for Chad.
 * Odd Triple: with the Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness being: Pete > Chad > Anthony.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Pete against Ted, and MUCH more seriously,
 * Silent Credits: S2E9, after . Also S2E3, if the rain doesn't count.
 * Straight Gay: Ted, at least according to Pete, but considering Ted's voice is so exaggerated to be manly it's probably true and a parody.
 * Stylistic Suck: Fixedsys as the title card (and credits) font. Though this (along with square-wave sound effects accompanying them) is more likely a nostalgic allusion to fixed-width character displays of early computers.
 * Take That: "The O'Brian Factor" in S1E4
 * Talking to Himself: the first series by Graham to fully subvert this trope.
 * Team Pet: Parodied by Pete.
 * Took a Level In Badass  Dramatic Gun Cock
 * They Don't Make Them Like They Used To: video games, according to Anthony. Probably Jon, too...
 * This Loser Is You: after Graham released the first few episodes, there were tons of comments on YouTube telling "holy crap, this guy is so like me".
 * They Don't Make Them Like They Used To: video games, according to Anthony. Probably Jon, too...
 * This Loser Is You: after Graham released the first few episodes, there were tons of comments on YouTube telling "holy crap, this guy is so like me".