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After more than two years at it, he became a [[YouTube]] Partner, which was unprecedented among Let's Players (multiple others have since become partners), due to the legal "gray area" that showing game footage entails. He's also joined a new collective of gamers called [[The Game Station]], which looks to be shaping up as an [[Follow the Leader|alternative]] to Machinima.com. Finally, he's well known for his work with [[The Speed Gamers]], even appearing live at their home base for two separate marathons, the second of which was the first time since he started doing LPs that he's shown his face on the internet (he appeared wearing a mask in the first).

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* ''[[MOTHER]]''

* ''[[Pikmin]]''

* ''[[Okami]]''

* ''[[Pikmin|Pikmin 2]]''

 

* [[Big "What?"]] (from [[Pikmin]])

* [[Cave Behind the Falls]] (from [[Okami]])

 

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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: In his deleted tag video, Chuggaa claims he can turn his head 180 degrees.

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Claims the player character has these in Emerald.

* [[Adorkable]]: All the fangirls (as can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=814wY6z966M here]) agree with this.

* [[All Myths Are True]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] at 3:13 in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqz4NyITxnI&feature=feedu this video.]

** Pikmin/Pikmin 2: Olimar is a loose cannon adventurer with a [[Ax Crazy|thirst for blood]], and in the sequel, the President is [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|willing to get his hands dirty at exploring the dungeons. Even more so than Olimar and the Pikmin]], [[Leeroy Jenkins|to the point of challenging Bumbling Snitchbugs]].

** Majora's Mask: The Goron Elder is a [[Dirty Old Man]], Jim is a [[Badass Bystander]], and Zora Link is always trying to get concussions.

* [[Anticlimax]]: {{spoiler|The rematch with Pokémaniac Steve}} lasts around 20 seconds.

* [[April Fools' Day]]

** In 2011, he tweeted that LP #14 would be ''Pikmin 2''. LP #14 was actually ''Luigi's Mansion'', but LP #''15'', starting the day after ''Luigi's Mansion'', WAS ''Pikmin 2''.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: From [[Pikmin]] 2, Episode 24:

* [[Artifact Title]]: His username is supposed to be Chugga A. Conroy, but he found that most websites don't allow spaces or punctuation in their usernames, leading to the somewhat strange moniker of Chuggaaconroy.

* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: In ''[[Pikmin]]'' and its sequel, the titular species frequently disobey his orders and sometimes [[Too Dumb to Live|get into hazardous situations.]]

** It's not exactly unheard of for him to get distracted during ramblings or walking to get something, significant or not. Possibly the funniest example is in his first episode of the ''Luigi's Mansion'' LP:

** Sometimes he'll be explaining something, only to get distracted and never explain it again (or take a while to remember it). In episode 25 of ''Pikmin 2'', he got distracted ''twice'' within ''a minute'' of each other:

** It happens again in ''Pikmin 2'' Episode 46.

*** He never finished the sentence.

* [[Author Tract]]: He's not obnoxious about it, but he does tend to go into monologues about why some obscure/less loved thing or character [[Needs More Love (Sugar Wiki)|Needs More Love]], in a way that sounds as if it were as obvious to everyone as to him.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]]in his ''Wind Waker'' LP, when he says "Cuteness never looked so badass".

** Chugga has started the [[Memetic Mutation|Steve Meme AND the NO coin left behind movement]], which he [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]:

** In episode 26 of ''Pikmin 2'', he notes how the {{spoiler|Water Wraith}} hasn't spawned yet in the Submerged Castle. It spawns IMMEDIATELY after he does so.

** And when he wanted to die to get more money.

** Bill the Ghost Shroom from Super Paper Mario Episode 10 already has a Facebook page.

** In his ''Super Paper Mario'' LP, Mimi says "you can call me Mimikins." He reveals that his mom called him Mimikins when he was three. ("I probably shouldn't say this but...")

** He goes to Beedle's shop and gives him the complimentary card, hoping for something good. He gets nothing. [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|So he uses all 99 of his bombs trying to blow up Beedle's ship.]]

** Ever since ''[[Pikmin]]'' ended, he doesn't like to hear about Steve (or any red leaf Pikmin), and goes out of his way to avoid mentioning him in any and all future LP's ([[Zig Zagged Trope|usually]]). [[Proton Jon]] torments him with this in [[The Runaway Guys]], but those instances are for that page.

* [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: Chugga is exceedingly fond of [[Lampshade Hanging]], to the point where he points out almost every single trope that happens in the game, whether it be in something that he says or even the way he plays. Basically, if it's there, he's probably hung a lampshade on it.

** Seen throughout, but especially at the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrh4AnNpTVM this video] around 15:30.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FbsqirWZSU#t=8m40s This one.]

*** This one got upstaged ''majorly'' by Bonus Episode 2 of his ''Pokémon Emerald'' LP, where he caught a [[Olympus Mons|Groudon]] with a Nest Ball at ''full health''. Needless to say, he shatters our eardrums.

** Borders on the LP's [[Running Gag]] during his [[Pikmin]] 2 videos, especially when it involves enemies getting the drop on him.

* [[Big "What?"]]: When things don't go well for him he usually does this. His famous freakout from ''[[Pikmin]]'' actually provided the page quote. In his [[Super Mario Galaxy|Super Luigi Galaxy]]-run, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-u2WB7VLo#t=8m11s he even combined this] with a [[Laughing Mad|mad laugh]] one or two times.

* [[Book Ends]]: He starts out his Majora's Mask LP with all three C-buttons empty, like the game forces. He ends the first half of the finale the same way.

** Chuggaa wanted a Koffing for his team during his play of ''Pokémon Crystal''. So naturally the very next Pokémon he runs into after telling us this is a shiny one. He was a bit [[Big OMG|excited.]]

** Also in his Pokemon Crystal LP when he caught a Phanpy, he checked its stats. Save for HP they were all [[Lucky Seven|7]].

** In Pikmin 2, he cracked open three different eggs in the same area, at the same time... and got three purple potions. Considering that he was perpetually low on purple potions for most of this LP...

*** On the other hand, he's finding a ''lot'' of items. Especially from using "Pickup" with Slavinator -- he says he's never seen a Pokemon get items that often.

** In his Super Mario Sunshine LP: "How often do you survive the instant kill spikes?!"

* [[Breather Level]]: In-universe; Chuggaa considers [[Pikmin|Glutton's Kitchen]] to be this. {{spoiler|Which was subverted when he ended up losing the largest amount of Pikmin up to that point.}}

* [[Brick Joke]]: One episode of his ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' [[Let's Play]] is titled "This Video Ends With "Bitch"" at the very beginning. At the very end:

* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: As of 2011 has noted that he tends to slip into a vaguely Indian accent when reading out the dialogue of any 'quirky' character; in ''Majora's Mask'' he also does an Australian accent for any character who uses words like 'oi' or 'mate'.

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: ''Pikmin 2''. At the end of the LP he decides that he thought the game was better than it was because it took him years to hunt down a copy, and wanting is better than having.

** And then we have this gem from his ''Pokémon Crystal'' LP and lampshaded with the labels:

(as he says this, pictures of Suicune, Entei, Raikou and Tin Tower appear with arrows pointing to them and the words Chuggaa notes next to them. For Raikou, it's labeled as 'Other Thing' and Tin Tower's label is 'Thing they happen to be from.') }}

* [[But Thou Must!]]: ''Never'' actually give Chuggaa a purely cosmetic yes/no option of this type, because he ''will'' keep choosing "[[Big No|NO!!]]" for [[Rule of Funny]].

* [[Call Back]]: When he does a game that's in the same series as one he's already played, Chuggaa will usually quote something that he once said during the original LP. Or whenever he feels like.

*** Later on, he catches a Phanpy in the Safari Zone and names it Darmani as a reference to his ''Crystal'' LP.

** A shorter-range example, he notices that the final boss of ''Majora's Mask'' does the same dance that the Redeads from a few episodes ago did, and makes the joke again.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Loads and loads.

** "I'm not gonna lie..."

** "Nintendo Logic.", whenever something happens in the game that doesn't make sense. He states that he actually got this from someone else in his LP of ''Wind Waker''.

*** Somewhat less frequently, but he also uses "Pokémon Logic" on occasion.

** "Thank you, for dying!" Whenever he defeats a particularly annoying enemy.

** [[Subverted Trope]] with "For the sheer fact" when he noticed it and stopped. <ref>He said it five times in the FireRed aftergame, then mentioned that he would stop in Crystal, which was about six months later. So, it might still count.</ref>

** In his ''Thousand-Year Door'' [[Let's Play]], at the end of every chapter he would [[No Indoor Voice|yell:]]

*** And now he's doing it with Super Paper Mario, only instead of Crystal Stars it's Pure Hearts.

** A bit of a lesser example is "Shiny... is... good."

*** Similarly he often imitates Mario's losing quote from the same games, "Ohh nooooooo!", often in a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] way.

** When he gets annoyed in games related to Shigeru Miyamoto, Chuggaa often shouts "MIYAMOTO!" out of rage.

** If he gets two of something at one time, he goes "Two for the price of one, gramma!"

** (After being jumped by an enemy) "Hey buddy how's it going!"

** Videos often end with "I think we're gonna end things off here [sic]".

** If he remembers something wrongly about a game, he says "[[Self-Deprecation|I ARE SMART!]]"

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: He likes to put small ones in, often before a boss fight (or occasionally in the middle of one).

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Obviously deliberate, but in his LP of ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'':

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: In his Pokémon Emerald LP, he notes that Dragonbreath almost always seems to [[Standard Status Effects|paralyze]] him when an enemy uses it, yet it rarely paralyzes an enemy when ''he'' uses it.

* [[Cross Player]]: Wanted to do this for Pokemon Fire Red, but decided not to because he knew he'd get made fun of.

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: A few times. It's clear that he's holding back, because whenever he's with [[The Runaway Guys]] he just lets them fly.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Occasionally gets distracted by his cats doing things while he's trying to play.

** Also when he meets the white Pikmin in Pikmin 2:

** In Wind Waker, the text boxes that describe items are basically filled to the brim with this.

''Skull Hammer. Need I explain more? IT'S A FREAKING HAMMER.'' }}

** He's expanded this now to most of the enemies in ''Pikmin 2'', he still says they're cool and unique, but he still hates them.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "We are going to be going to..."

** According to Twitter, he got stabbed through the foot by the prongs on a power adapter. [[Amusing Injuries|He doesn't seem to really care though.]]

** Episode 29 of Majora's Mask has the Let's Play curse in full effect, as the doggy racetrack minigame that normally only takes him one or two tries takes him an ''entire hour and a half'' to do. Luckly, the dog would usually place between 3rd and 5th so he didn't lose all of his money betting on them.

** Again from Majora's Mask, this one a running fail between episodes 42 and 43: He managed to trigger two switches perfectly on his first try in Stone Tower Temple, causing a chest containing a Stray Fairy to become accessible. However, the room he was in had two chests, and he mistook the switches as causing the other chest to appear. To top it all off, he missed seeing one of the chests (the one he thought he'd made appear), even when he went to the platform that chest was on to collect Rupees, leading him to conclude he had screwed it up. The post-recording edit text he puts up on screen during episode 42 berates his player self for being so stupid. Episode 43 has the traditional [[Schmuck Bait|"Turn Your Headphones Down"]] warning pop up moments before his player self finally figures out where the chest was.

** In ''Pokemon Emerald'' Episode 1, he lost the first rival battle.

*** Admittedly, that Mudkip got a lucky critical hit.

*** Then again, considering that he says he had never played a megaman game before in his life, this kind of performance was to be expected.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Does this sometimes. And it's always freaking hilarious.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Seen on a facebook page known as Evil Chuggaaconroy. Apparently inspired by Evil_Notch on twitter.

* [[The Faceless]]: Used to be one of these for a long while, but is starting to avert it more lately, with [[The Speed Gamers]] and an interview or two.

* [[Face Palm]]: In Luigi's Mansion, he says to make sure a Boo doesn't go in a certain hallway. [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Said Boo does go in said hallway.]] [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: ''[[Okami]]'', in-universe, [[Lampshaded]] -- "Don't take any of your problems head on, make them the Sun God's problem, mm-hmm!"

* [[First-Name Basis]]: He's only shown his full name once, as he prefers to go either by Chuggaaconroy or his first name Emile. (For the curious, his full name is [[Awesome McCoolname|Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou]].)

* [[Flanderization]]: In his playthroughs of Pokemon Fire Red and Crystal, he occasionally caught legendaries in regular Poke Balls when he throws them for no real reason, other than running out of Ultra Balls. In Emerald, he starts trying to ''force'' this to happen by throwing all sorts of weak Poke Balls at every legendary he encounters. {{spoiler|And even though it takes a while, he always catches them in a weak ball, at near-full health, or ''[[Beyond the Impossible|both]]''.}}

** The final episode from Chugga's ''Super Luigi Galaxy'' LP also contains a [[The Stinger|Stinger]] about his following LP: ''[[Okami]]''.

* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]] / [[Paranoia Fuel]]: This is starting to happen, not to the audience but to ''Chugga himself'', with Steve crossing over into other games and invading his other [[Let's Play|Let's Plays]].

** In [[The Runaway Guys]]' ''Subspace Emissary'', [[Proton Jon]] points out that a red leaf Pikmin appears with Olimar when in statue form, and Captain Falcon kills all the Pikmin except a red leaf on his first appearance, leading to the joke that this is actually Steve come to torment Chugga.

* [[Fully-Automatic Clip Show]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCK0jcHKsmc This fan-made clip show] made by thelisoncruz features a compilation of Chugga's many running gags and strange noises he made throughout the years. It was released during the [[Okami]] LP.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: In a ''Super Luigi Galaxy'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-u2WB7VLo video], after Luigi obtains a star, a bug in the background can be seen wandering right off a ledge. Chugga even lampshades this with a caption pointing this out.

** At one point in the ''Wind Waker'' LP, a bird is seen paused in the middle of his attack animation right behind Link, who is performing a song on the Wind Waker.

** [[It Gets Better]]. Chugga thought he lost 98 blue Pikmin due to all but 1 not showing up. He didn't notice the one. So while he's yelling [[Big No|NO NO]], a blue Pikmin walks to the onion.

** A minor one in Episode 23 of his Pikmin 2 LP; while he's busy fighting a Breadbug in the foreground, another one from earlier in the episode can be seen in the background, being dragged towards the ship by a purple Pikmin.

** In Majora's Mask, after he {{spoiler|frees the Deku Princess, the monkey gets dunked again.}}

** Bowser doing... [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|something]] to the description-box in [[Super Paper Mario]].

** When he was co-commenting on one of AttackingTucans' Majora's Mask videos, he lampshaded this by mentioning the trope by name.

* [[Here We Go Again]]: Chugga sighed when he saw 5 red leaf Pikmin which he called Steve -- which has a '''''HUGE''''' fandom -- knowing people will squeal over it.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: He experiences a serious one in Episode 27 of his Pikmin 2 LP, after losing over 60 Pikmin to a Volatile Dweevil.

* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N05tws1q-N0 These failed attempts] at beating his Rival in ''Pokémon FireRed''

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XV8RGcgw8U Another video] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpKff0qtZKA and yet another] of outtakes, these not all from one game but from various games that he'd played over the course of the previous year when these videos were released.

* [[Hope Spot]]: In his Emerald LP, his newest [[Mon]] Altair managed to just barely knock out Norman's Slaking, when it was the only pokemon Chuggaa had left. Chugaa relaxed and celebrated, thinking he'd beaten the Gym Leader... then he realized [[Oh Crap|Norman still had one pokemon left]].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Making fun of Pokemon (Emerald) for using bad puns for names.

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: According to his now-deleted 50 Facts video (according to Chugga, some of those facts were seriously outdated), he's actually autistic but tries "as hard as [he] can to act like a normal person because [he] always dreamed of being one as a child." Subverted, as he was actually misdiagnosed.

* [[In Memoriam]]: Though not dead, he has one for the Tentacool he catches in an episode of ''Emerald'' when he decides to leave her in his character's PC for the whole game and not on his team.

Episode 7 - Episode 7 }}

** On a more serious note, Chugga dedicated Chapter 6 of his MOTHER 3 LP towards {{spoiler|Hinawa (Lucas's mother who died early in the game), dead relatives/friends of his viewers, and his uncle.}}

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: He makes one and lampshades it in Episode 5 of his ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Let's Play. After noting that the wires attached to the windmills are likely power lines, he comes across some flower platforms that also have wires attached to them.

** "GO TO HELL! GO TO SHELL! WHATEVER! [[[Beat]]] [[Lampshade Hanging|That is easily the worst pun I have ever made.]]"

** Heck, Chugga is the absolute king of these. He has an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] every few episodes of his LP's, not to mention being the main "punner" of [[The Runaway Guys]].

*** Some fans even believe that Chugga is [[The Annoying Orange]] in disguise.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Nintendo Logic.

* [[Irony]]: As a hardcore Nintendo fan who has Lped games on every one of their systems, his first game was Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

* [[Large Ham]]: I ''dare'' you to find one episode where he doesn't send his mic levels careening into the red zone.

* [[Laughing Mad]]: A few moments, but a particularly memorable one occurs in Episode 8 of ''Emerald'', where he lost all but one of his Pokemon to the Gym Leader's Makuhita. In desperation, he sends out his level 3 Zigzagoon (which he'd caught purely for the purpose of teaching "useless" HM moves). The moment his Zigzagoon entered the field, the poison Acooltent had inflicted ended up knocking the Makuhita out, netting Chugga the win. The Zigzagoon got enough EXP to jump from level 3 to level 7, by the way, and Chugga just kept laughing throughout the whole level-up process.

* [[Lava Is Boiling Kool-Aid]]: Lampshaded in Majora's Mask Episode 41 after a treasure chest spawns in the middle of a lava pool:

* [[Let's Play]]: He is most known for these, although they're not the only videos that he's made.

** In his Super Paper Mario LP, he also stated that he liked Peach better when she was a redhead, which she was in her 8-bit form.

** While he never ''directly'' says this about Flannery, on the video of his Emerald LP where he says she Needs More Love, one of the comments said he loves her because she's a redhead.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Nearly every time he appears on camera, he's wearing a blue striped polo shirt. This has not gone without note by his fans, who have [[Flanderized]] his love of polo shirts. In one [[Runaway Guys]] vid, he [[Fandom Nod|references this]] and then attempts to [[Cargo Ship|make out with his shirt.]]

* [[Lucky Seven]]: The Phanpy in his ''Pokémon Crystal'' Let's Play had all its stats at 7.

* [[Manipulative Editing]]: Unintentional example in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XV8RGcgw8U this outtakes video] due to an audio skip:

* [[Meaningful Name]]: His Yoshi partner in ''The Thousand Year Door'' is called 'Scrap'. There are two reasons why: the first one is because he's a small fighter, the second is because [[Fridge Brilliance|he's a scrap of paper.]]

** In ''Crystal'' his shiny Koffing is nicknamed 'Methane' because it's blue <ref>as a result of being shiny</ref>, a gas, and explosive <ref>it recently learned Selfdestruct</ref>.

* [[Million-to-One Chance]]: In his ''Pokémon Crystal'' LP, he encounters a Shiny Koffing, and even states the odds of finding said Pokémon (1/8192). What makes it [[Contrived Coincidence|coincidental]] was that he stated that he wanted a Koffing for his team before said Shiny appeared.

** The capture of Latias. {{spoiler|He caught her, a Level 50 Pokémon at full health, with a ''Nest Ball''. The chance of that happening is ''0.4%''.}}

** And his capture of Groudon before that also counts as it had been caught under very similar conditions.

* [[Mind Screw]]: The gravity of some planets in the ''Super Luigi Galaxy'' playthrough fell into this for him.

** He invokes this in one episode of ''Super Luigi Galaxy'' where he says something, then says he's going to get a lot of comments about it because viewers will pause the video and comment then continue the video and hear him say this and get their minds blown.

* [[Mister Exposition]]: Combined with [[Shown Their Work]]. He shows extensive information on Pokémon in all ''Pokémon'' games, including their stats, location, evolutions if they have them, and much more.

** In Okami, he explained all of the references to Japanese mythology throughtout the game.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In the ending of his ''Thousand-Year Door'' LP, after a heartwarming scene that cuts to a beautiful shot of Rogueport in the morning:

* [[Motor Mouth]]: He can speak really fast when he wants to, especially during his introductions or freakouts.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: On the few occasions where he has shown his face, he tends to amass fangirls.

** Take a look at the comments on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=814wY6z966M this video].

* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: His reaction to a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGO6t-BjerE#t=10m54s kung-fu wolf].

** SPINNING IN ''CIRCLES''!

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: People apparently often mispronounce his name, Emile, as Eel. Chugga calls this out during Super Luigi Galaxy, saying it's not that hard to pronounce.

** Ditto for ''[[Okami]]'', as he considered it at least semi-obscure.

** And also for the ''Mother'' series.

** And Pokemon Emerald, as it is one of the least popular Pokemon series.

** ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' is by far the most polarizing Paper Mario game.

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: A little bit, the [[Uncanny Valley|Happy Mask Man]] is one of his favorite Zelda characters and he loves the [[Hell Is That Noise|theme of the final hours]].

** He also goes into a disturbing level of detail on the phenomenon of sphagettification early in the ''Super Luigi Galaxy'' playthrough, and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it with this caption: "Enjoy your [[Nightmare Fuel]]!"

* [[No Dialogue Episode]]: For the most part anyway. During the second half of the [[Okami]] finale, Chuggaa only said one thing towards the beginning of the battle and spends every other moment in silence.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: He can get really loud when he's excited.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] during the ''Majora's Mask'' LP in regards to things that will be important later in the game.

** In ''Thousand Year Door'', he deliberately commentates as though he doesn't know how the mysteries in certain chapters will inevitably play out, even {{spoiler|letting his partner eat a cake he knew was poisoned.}}

** Reaches rather ridiculous heights in his ''MOTHER 3'' LP where he seems to be genuinely confused when Boney is [[Paper-Thin Disguise|disguised by wearing a T-shirt and a cap as well as standing upright.]] Que massive surprise on his part when the "dog-like dude" removes his disguise in the next chapter and it turns out to be Boney.

* [[Oh Crap]]: In his ''Wind Waker'' LP, he threw a bomb at a door. It bounced off and it landed in front of him.

** Also this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XV8RGcgw8U&feature=player_detailpage#t=209s outtake]

** Yet again in part 31 of his ''Pokémon Crystal'' LP.

** And in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_630574&feature=iv&src_vid=rEUDFQu_W2c&v=zrfrLKhBMKs Episode 14] of his [[Majoras Mask]] LP 5 minutes in.

** He's got another good one in his ''Pokémon Crystal''-run, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3fFB3VEIFPI#t=76s Part 5 of the Johto Finale]:

* [[Once a Season]]: Changes his channel icon each time he begins a new LP to a picture that corresponds to the game he's playing.

** Every LP he gets sick somewhere towards the early or mid game and has to take a break. Every time.

* [[Opening Narration]]: Almost always opens with "[[Catch Phrase|Hey everybody, it's Chuggaaconroy!]] And welcome back to Let's Play (insert game here)! In the last episode, we (brief summary of the previous episode). In this episode..."

** Nowadays he typically says something off topic about where he is in the game, then gets to his traditional narration.

'''Chugga''': [[It Makes Sense in Context|I like how they wrote "food" backwards.]] Hey everybody, it's Chuggaaconroy! Welcome back to... }}

** Chugga's intro for episode 3 of Majora's Mask was actually '''in sync''' with the clock dings. Complete with random pauses and video zoom out.

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: From his ''[[Pikmin|Pikmin 2]]'' LP, one of the commenters gave Chugga "ezirewolf" as the verb describing the Withering Blowhog's act of turning flower Pikmin back to leaf Pikmin.

* [[Performance Anxiety]]: Like all Let's Players, Chugga suffers from the "Let's Play curse", where he plays worse on-camera than off-camera. [[Lampshaded Trope|Lampshaded]] every single time it happens.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: The [[Pikmin|Waterwraith]] actually let Chuggaa/Olimar off easy on a few occasions in a row in Pikmin's [[That One Level|Submerged Castle]]. Of course, Chuggaa lampshades it.

** [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: The other half of the time, this is how he views the president. [[Artificial Stupidity|To a fault]].

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: After correctly guessing the lineup of a random trainer during Part 8 of ''FireRed'':

** During his ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' LP, after destroying the first Jabbi hive fortress:

** [http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMagicCamcorder?feature=mhum This user] took the same concept and made three more "Recap" episodes from chuggaaconroy's work.

* [[Puppy Love]]: [[Invoked Trope]] with his jokes about Link and Romani in ''Majora's Mask''.

* [[Rapid-Fire "No"]]: In his [[Pikmin]] [[Let's Play|LP]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvIiDHjIM9Y&feature=player_embedded episode 8].

* [[Read the Freaking Manual]]: In episode 48 of his ''Pokemon Emerald'' LP, Chuggaa expresses surprise that, according to his fans, the [[Guide Dang It|Braille puzzles]] to access the Regi Golems has a translation guide in the instruction book.

* [[Rule 63]]: Notes that in Pokémon Emerald, there is a discrepancy in the gender ratio between Azurill and its evolved form Marill. Azurill has a 25/75 male/female ratio. Marill has an even 50/50. Chugga's conclusion?

** Pointing out every instance of "Nintendo logic" ever.

** Getting aggravated at his Pikmin frequently disobeying him.

** Calling the galaxies inside the Engine Room Dome [[Cut and Paste Environments|unoriginal.]]

** Taunting the enemies in the day ending sequence if none of his Pikmin are left behind.

** "Do you like the [[Scenery Porn|art direction]] of [[Okami|this game]]? Because I really like the art direction of this game."

** "Un-necessarily epic!"

** Giving voices to characters, usually giving them ridiculous accents that doesnt even fit the respective characters. He usually lampshades it when using a ridiculous accent.

** Getting the final blow on each boss in Majora's Mask on their toe. Subverted with Gyorg, who has no feet in the first place...and lampshaded, of course:

** Mikau getting concussions.

** The Hocotate Ship in [[Pikmin]] 2 constantly interrupting Chuggaa.

* [[Say My Name]]: "[[Shigeru Miyamoto|MIYAMOTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!]]"

** Lakituuuuuuuuu!!! in his ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' LP

* [[Scenery Porn]]: [[Okami|"I really like the art direction."]]

* [[Schedule Slip]]: Generally [[Averted Trope|averted]], though he usually takes a few weeks off after he completes each LP. When they do occur, he tends to give fair warning ahead of time.

* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Caught a Slakoth in his Emerald playthrough to mix things up due to her ability to only attack every other turn. He later tweeted that he regretted doing this challenge.

* [[Shmuck Bait]]: Telling his viewers to turn the volume down whenever he's about to get really loud. Most people take it as a personal challenge.

** He mentioned [[Electrical Beast]] in his Pikmin [[Let's Play]] and wondered what would happen next in his ''[[Minecraft]]'' [[Let's Play]]. He also predicted that the Minecraft LP would be setting up for the Super Mario 64 Episode 60.

** He can also be heard quietly singing [[Nintendo Capri Sun]]'s "Take A Dump On The Toilet" after a cut in Majora's Mask.

** After accidentally brandishing an empty bottle, he says he's "reminded of a certain [[Nintendo Capri Sun|NCS]] quote.''

** In general, his posting the full biographies of every Pokémon, from stats to locations to appearance rates.

** He mentions having done a lot of research in Japanese mythology so he could explain the backstory behind [[Okami]] (see quotes page).

** He educated the viewers about how Wurmple's evolution into Silcoon/Cascoon was random in ''Pokémon Emerald''.

* [[Simpleton Voice]]: The voice he does for Lord Crump in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''.

* [[Space Jews]]: (Affectionately) interpreted Business Deku Scrubs as being Jewish, and that Jewish people had [[Helicopter Hair]] [[Mundane Made Awesome|that everyone wishes they had]].

* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: He was so sure he was going to screw up a puzzle in Majora's Mask (episode 43, if you're interested) that he did it perfectly on his first try. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Squee]]: Often when things ''really'' start looking up for him. Including finding a Phanpy and a Shiny Koffing, and now catching Groudon with a Nest Ball at near full health.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: With his Shiny Koffing/Weezing, he'd always set it to Selfdestruct or Explosion and [[Evil Laugh|laughs maniacally]] at the sight of the opposing Pokémon going down with his own.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: His ''Mega Man 2'' joke LP.

** In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', when he receives the code for the million-Rubee safe in Merlee's Mansion, he denies typing the code in on his computer calculator and states that he was simply repeating the code to himself.

** Circumstances provide him with an in-context opportunity to quote [[Nicolas Cage]] in ''[[The Wicker Man]]''; a caption describes Cage as "one of the worst actors who ever made it big".

** In another video, he randomly tears into Michael Cera's acting ability. Ironically, he turned out to be a big fan of ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]''.

** Multiple shots have been taken at [[Proton Jon]]'s [[Schedule Slip|erratic updates]]. [[I'm Standing Right Here|Including in The Runaway Guys' LPs.]]

** In Episode 14 of his Majora's Mask [[Let's Play]], an "[[Sturgeon's Law|Unregistered Hypercam 2]]" tag pops up in the upper left hand corner after he asks "This is a quality video, right?"

* [[Techno Wizard]]: Chuggaa is a [[Downplayed Trope|downplayed]] version; he's been able to use a computer since he was three years old, and he's the one mainly editing videos for both himself and [[The Runaway Guys]], up to and including strenuously detailed charts for individual Pokémon information and player performance. It's even more obvious in his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Quite frequently.

*** From the same video, around [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZFMIJoOFlQ&feature=related#t=2m27s 2:27]:

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XV8RGcgw8U&feature=player_detailpage#t=174s Once again in this outtake reel]

** On his first Pikmin 1 episode, he named the red leaf Steve and said he is the [[Butt Monkey]], and we will not like him. Said pikmin 7 days later risked his life to carry back a Fiery Blowhog when Chugga said he needed more reds. To this day, he wouldn't live it down.

** In Pikmin 2, he postponed the SubmergedCastle for the Glutton's Kitchen, saying it is easier and can get him ''right'' under the poko limit for the other cave. Care to take a guess if he survived? {{spoiler|He lost 23 pikmin to 1 enemy.}}

** The mother of all Fate Tempting came in episode 26. He had managed to make decent progress in the Submerged Castle, having only one more treasure to take back, and then, fearfully, said that he was probably on the last treasure and the thing he feared hadn't spawned yet. {{spoiler|Cue [[Demonic Spider|Waterwraith]].}} Cue Chuggaa [[Freak-Out]].

** Double Subverted in one episode of his Pikmin 2 LP after complaining about the rockfall traps:

** Used for '''''GOOD''''' when he said he couldn't get up a mountain while rolling in 1 try. He did just that.

* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: Frequently overlapping with [[Accidental Innuendo]].

** From [[Okami]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rnnw5hypt4&t=5m9s Episode 9], "I don't want to let the poor kid sleep! He's what we're required to do next in the game! [[[Beat]]] That was not a very good way to word that."

** In Episode 46 of his Wind Waker LP, after a lot of failed tries in trying to get under the waterfall in the Forest Haven to meet Makar, he finally succeeds and says, "Okay, I guess I was supposed to grab it from down there even though I ''swear'' that I grabbed it from up there and lowered myself though, but anyway."

** In Super Luigi Galaxy:

"Luigi was [[Something Else Also Rises|gripping onto some sort of tall, long thing]]...uh...I have no idea how I can say that without it sounding phallic." }}

** From Pokemon Emerald: "Typically, Ladies have a lot of money, though, so beat them up."

** Also from Pokemon Emerald, while fighting Wally toward the end: "WHY WON'T YOU LET ME SCREW YOU, WALLY?! ([[Beat]]) Umm, I can explain..."

** Nor is he too excited about the Seafoam Islands.

* [[That Russian Squat Dance]]: Whenever he comes across a character who seems to be doing it, he sings Dschingis Khan's "Moskau". (Well, he would if he knew the words...) He's the article's page quote, by the way.

* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: Because it's super-effective, bitch!

* [[Too Awesome to Use]]: He refused to use the Flower Tabs because they have the ability to fully restore FP after use in addition to increasing your FP total, justifying it in that he would use it to fully restore his FP when he would run out after battle. Problem is, he would often use FP restoration items in battle, so he wouldn't run out, meaning he would have a lot of Flower Tabs taking up space in his inventory doing nothing.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: His [[Pikmin]] frequently get into situations like this. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCrL-0D-zGg This] has some particularly glaring examples.

* [[Troll]]: How he views [[Pikmin|Pikmin 2]] (not the developers, but the game ''itself'') to be.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Whatever". He acknowledges this and vows to try cutting down on saying it, but so far, he's been very unsuccessful.

** "Very, very nice"

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: He will often say something in an LP only for a caption he adds in post-production to pop up and contradict him (for instance if he misremembered something about the game).

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]] / [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment]]: Tried to blow up the Goron baby with a Powder Keg, but first spent a while mulling over whether he should or not. As soon as he decided he would, it blows up on Link.

** He also keeps accidentally refering to his female Slaking as male because it was named after his male cat, Teddy.

* [[Viral Marketing]]: Even back when he only had a few hundred thousand subscribers, half of his videos had at least a million views.

* [[Wangst]]: His videos are FULL of it, done [[Invoked Trope|deliberately]] [[Rule of Funny|over the top and played for comedy.]]

** "I know...First World Problems..."

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: He feels terrible for killing [[Super Paper Mario|Fracktail]] after noticing that he was an organic robot.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have to Be Floormasters?]]: He ''really'' doesn't like them, and for good reason.

** The same with [[Pikmin|orange bulborbs and wollywogs.]]

* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: [http://www.youtube.com/user/chuggaaconroy#p/u/0/91jKdoU3_Ok In Episode 41 of Majora's Mask], he explains his theory on the Stone Temple based on his own research and things that other people have written about it. These speculations continue throughout the rest of the LP.

** And his theories on Link's character development. Questionable though since this Link is arguably among his less emotional incarnations.

* [[Working Through the Cold]]: In his ''Pokémon Emerald'' LP, he ends up with a sore throat partway through, but continues recording episodes for a short while until it gets so bad he ''has'' to stop.

* [[Worth It]]: In the Cavern of Chaos in his Pikmin 2 LP, he reaches a floor covered in Dwarf Bulborbs, as well as ''two'' Gatling Groinks (which he hates, possibly as much as wollywogs). He spent a very long time trying to kill the Groinks and most of the Bulborbs, then carry the Groinks back (they come back to life if their dead body is left alone), going through a lot of trouble and a couple of freakouts. In the end, he slays pretty much every Bulborb there (which is a dang big amount) trying to find the remaining treasure, only to find it's just sitting out in the middle of a room, so he theoretically could've gotten it without all that hassle. Then, when the treasure (an apple juice can) is shown on the screen after being carried back:

* [[You Just Had to Say It]]: A particularly loud and hilarious one to himself after [[Tempting Fate]] and summoning the [[Implacable Man|Waterwraith]] in ''Pikmin 2''.

* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: In Super Paper Mario, he keeps referring to the item storage system in the stores as the "bank".

 

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