Chuggaaconroy: Difference between revisions

A hardcore [[Nintendo]] fanboy, almost every game he's LPed to date has been an exclusive for one of their systems (''[[Okami (Video Game)|Okami]]'' was originally for the [[Play Station 2]], though it was released on [[Wii]] as well.) He has played at least one game on every [[Nintendo]] home console, including six on his personal favorite, the [[Nintendo Gamecube]]. He is known for his opposition to [[Emulation]], though he had to bend this personal rule to LP ''[[MOTHER]]'' and ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'', which are [[No Export for You|not legally available in North America]]. He started out doing exclusively [[Role Playing Game|RPGs]], but beginning with ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]'', he started doing other genres as well, such as [[Platform Game|platformers]].

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).

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''

* ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|Pokémon Crystal]]''

* ''[[Pikmin]]''

* ''[[Okami]]''

{{quote| '''Chugga''': "It's that thing! The thing with the stuff and the thing from the thing!"<br />

(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.') }}

* [[Call a Smeerp A Rabbit]]: He occasionally refers to the Pikmin as carrots. It's a subtle reference, as in-game, Olimar named the little creatures after a common food back on Hocotate, Pikpik Carrots. Even better, those kind of carrots do come in yellow and blue varieties.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Crack Pairing]]: Chuggaa jokes about someone (or even himself) dating a [[Pikmin|Wollywog]].

* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Apparently went through one during the ''[[Super Mario Sunshine (Video Game)|Super Mario Sunshine]]'' LP for health reasons. [[Stepford Smiler|He didn't let any of it show]], since he had to say it later on.

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

* [[Epic Fail]]: Often on the [[Breather Level]], and [[Lampshade Hanging|points out]] that it's probably the main reason people watch him.

** Didn't happen on camera, but Chugga mentioned in the beginning of part 53 of his Earthbound LP that he cut his finger on a soap dispenser.

** 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.

** In his ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokemon Emerald]]'' [[Let's Play]], he is challenged by a trainer named Steve who warns him "Don't forget what you've done to me! I'll make it so you can't forget!"

* [[Freeze Frame Bonus]]: In the Story Intro for ''[[Super Paper Mario (Video Game)|Super Paper Mario]]'', when a bored Luigi exclaims "KERBLOOEY" while [[Tempting Fate|wishing some excitement would come up soon]], Salvatore from ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' briefly pops up on the screen. He does it again in episode 19, this time with SuperJeenius' avatar when the word supergenius appears in the games text.

* [[Fridge Horror]]: An [[In Universe]] example in ''Majora's Mask'':

{{quote| '''Chugga''': Wait...If a mask contains a spirit, then ''why do you have [[Super Mario Bros|Mario's]] face on your backpack?''}}

** Also, a lot of his humor is based on doing this to his own voiceover, saying something before pausing to really think about what he said and why it's wrong -- sometimes leading to [[Verbal Backspace]] and [[That Came Out Wrong]].

* [[Freudian Slip]]: Quoted word for word in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=BiEpQbtyQyU#t=150s Episode 40] of his [[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]] LP. His Slip? ...Well, you and Chugga both may need some [[Brain Bleach]] after that particular thought.

* [[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.

** In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmagMTaD6_8&feature=sub Day 7] of ''[[Pikmin]]'', he accidentally knocks several of his Pikmin off the ledge during the Burrowing Snagret fight. They start killing Wogpoles and harvesting their bodies while Chuggaa's attention is elsewhere.

** Also, although an in-game example, [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Tabitha]], a member of Team Magma, who is ''male.'' Chuggaconroy [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this a lot, to the point of calling him "The Girlyman" and using a feminine voice for him at one point albeit a silly one.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: On one hand, he rambles and is known for making really bizarre, spacey comments, not to mention his [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]. On the other hand, he [[Shown Their Work|Shows His Work]] frequently, and has displayed knowledge about a number of unusual things, like spaghettification and Biblical myth.

* [[Got Me Doing It]]: In Super Paper Mario, after reading Merlee's [[Rhymes On a Dime]] wordplay, he starts accidentally rhyming several of his own sentences for the rest of the episode, berating himself every time he notices.

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

*** 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.

** It should also be worth noting that he has never beaten the original [[Super Mario Bros]] despite him being a big fan of the series.

* [[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.

{{quote| '''Chuggaa''': Okay, seriously! That thing is made of wood! How does that not burst into flames?}}

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

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

{{quote| '''"NOT SO [[Incredibly Lame Pun|PUNY]] ANYMORE, BITCHES!"'''}}

** [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''.

* [[Rule Thirty Six]]: Discussed in his Majora's Mask LP episode 18.

* [[Rule of Fun]]: The reason for most of the "Nintendo Logic" portions of the games.

{{quote| '''Chugga:''' They grow a [[Precision F-Strike|dick!]]}}

* [[Running Gag]]: His bread and butter.

* [[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.

** When Luigi is killed from lack of gravity, he flips around while that is happening and Chugga mentions Luigi undergoes [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Let's Play)|death by breakdancing]] in one episode.

** In the Pikmin playthough he messes around with the Pikmin with bomb rocks when something goes wrong he says [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|YOU FOOL!]]

** 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.}}

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

{{quote| '''Chugga''': "Seriously, the designers were just being-" *rocks start falling* "-JERRRRRKS [[Motor Mouth|they weren't really making the game challenging they were just being jerks in some areas! I'm sorry designers but that is just my opinion please don't throw more rock traps at me!]]" *pause as no more rocks fall* "Okay good, they didn't. Now don't throw one at me now that I've said you didn't!" *rocks fall*}}

* [[That One Level]]: He ''[[Invoked Trope|hates]]'' [[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Sea Slide Galaxy]] for its silver star and purple coin missions.

** 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.

{{quote| '''Chuggaa:''' Moskau, Moskau, I-don't-know-the-frickin'-words, I-don't-know-the-frickin'-words, ah-ha-ha-ha-HA!}}