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{{quote|''"When it comes to [[Let's Play]], you can find just about every color of the rainbow if you know where to look. You got your funny Let's Plays, your informative Let's Plays, and your narrative Let's Plays that make up all the colors found in Skittles. Unfortunately, if you look in the wrong places, you can find the shit-browns and vomit-greens of camcorder Let's Plays, self-proclaimed game reviewer Let's Plays, and singalong Let's Plays. ... If quality Let's Plays are what you're looking for, you're in the wrong place, because today... '''[[Title Drop|Retsupurae]]!'''"''
|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}qWeJN5P7skA ResearchIndicates]'''}}
If there's one place on the internet where [[Sturgeon's Law]] is in full effect, it's [[YouTube]]: In an age where just about anyone can create content and post it for others to see, the YouTube community can serve as a prime example of quantity over quality. This naturally extends to the [[Let's Play]] community as well, with new videos posted left and right filled with asinine commentary or played on release date, [[MacGyver]]-like technical solutions such as filming a TV screen on a camcorder, barely edited material with minutes upon minutes of [[Filler]], and worst of all, barely any quality control to sort out the good videos from the bad ones. One should take it as a rite of passage to view at least one video game walkthrough narrated by a squeaky-voiced white college student who imagines himself to be the next Bob Saget, and may the Lord help you if they try and sing along to the game's background music.
This is where Retsupurae comes in: an experiment hosted by [[Something Awful]] regulars [[Slowbeef|Michael "Slowbeef" Sawyer]] and "Diabetus" (with recurring guest appearances by Proteus, Dave_o, and Psychedelic Eyeball, among others) where the two find the worst of the [[YouTube]] community (usually Let's Plays, but sometimes extending to webcam videos, game reviews, and television shows) and then [[MST|mock the living shit out of them]], though they do tend to mock LPers that are just sorta weird. As such, Retsupurae has become widely appreciated for putting terrible Let's Players back in their place, though some haters still
They have also expanded their range to include Flash submissions to [[Newgrounds]] (also known as 'Retsufrash') and amateur videos, as well as longplays (a.k.a. 'Wrongpuraes'), riffing on the game itself rather than the person playing it. This dates back to the pre-Retsu days, when slowbeef would commentate on the ridiculous plot or some such of a game a fellow LP'er played (i.e. Psychedelic Eyeball's LP of ''[[Prince of Persia]] 2'').
Their videos can be found on [http://www.youtube.com/user/retsupurae YouTube] as well as [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119031028/http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu
{{quote|'''Slowbeef''': ''"I'll just say the word Livestream and leave it at that."''}}
The crew has made a number of said Livestreams, many of which can be found [http://www.livestream.com/retsupurae here]{{Dead link}}. The first was left unrecorded since it was merely meant to be a test, but a fan has [[Keep Circulating the Tapes|recovered said test Livestream]] and [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCE2A909BB8FD7CA0&feature=plcp uploaded it to Youtube].
Aside from [[Slowbeef]] and Diabetus' videos, many others have tried their hand at Retsupurae in light of their success, especially other [[Something Awful]] regulars such as [[Chip Cheezum]] and General Ironicus, whose videos can be found on the former's [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/user/ChipCheezumSA channel]. There's also a fair amount of overlap between accounts, and it's not uncommon to see slowbeef guest-commentate on Chip's channel, for instance. There's also several smaller Retsupuraers that have sprung up, such as [http://www.youtube.com/user/LesBeardly LesBeardly], [http://www.youtube.com/user/foreverpandering foreverpandering], [http://www.youtube.com/user/LargeMentalBlock LargeMentalBlock], and [[
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{{quote|'''whiplash308:''' Oh, that's a ''platform'', not an enemy.
'''GeneralIronicus:''' Yeah, it's a platform. Good job, buddy. Stop trying to kill your only means of progress. }}
** Probably the most deadpan of the
{{quote|'''rm4g3dd0nx:''' I'm the Easter Bunny! (in a falsetto, making the character bunnyhop)
'''Dave_o:''' WHOA!
'''Diabetus:''' BRAID!
'''Dave_o:''' He turned into the Easter Bunny, did you see that? (seconds later, a [[Wall of Text]] appears and the
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: During the RP of Pac Man World 2
{{quote|'''General Ironicus''': You have 39 lives! This is clearly a baby game for babies!}}
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* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: Some Let's Plays make it painfully obvious that they were directly uploaded to YouTube without the LPer going over the video first (that or just having ''extremely'' low standards).
** Kayin (of [[I Wanna Be the Guy]] fame) not noticing the giant mouse cursor in "Let's Point at Super Metroid".
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oVnDboM10 WHO IS A POKEMON IN THIS CRAZY WORLD]'' where only 2/3s of the game is shown due to the LPer zooming in the screen.
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9MUU8mbjTw Choose from: watching an LP, a lamp, or some Mario figures ]''. The title says it all.
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3sDDem8dJ0 ZeldaAAaaAAAGH]''. [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]] becomes a terribly glitchy mess.
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* [[Furry Fandom]]: One of the subjects they mock in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182FEPMbcUo this video].
** And [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/webcam-ward/fat-furry.php this one].
** General Ironicus joins the mocking as well: "[[Watchmen (comics)|The world's smartest furry, to me, might as well be the world's smartest termite.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESDktltONaQ And they probably dress up like one and have sex.]"
** [[Les Beardly]] has also gone up against them. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veaT9Kk3jN0 They apparently turned him misogynist.]
** Subverted with the [[Pin And Kit]] channel, where one of the commentators is a furry himself.
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* [[Insult Backfire]]: There are numerous videos on Retsupurae's account of [[Internet Tough Guy|people objecting rather strongly]] to being RPed. Not only does this indicate Slowbeef couldn't be less intimidated, it lets more people see how weak they really are.
* [[Keet]]: A few of the LPers, such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMudMlmdOE&feature=related violinbow3].
* [[Let's See You Do Better]]: Inevitably invoked by their [[Fan Hater
** It's worth noting that Slowbeef essentially [[Trope
** [http://lparchive.org/search/Diabetus#results Remember, just because their LPs aren't] [http://lparchive.org/search/slowbeef#results on Youtube doesn't mean they don't exist].
*** Also, one of the Newgrounds comments for ''Metroid Elements'' brings up a lot of legitimate complaints about the [[Metroid]] Flash game, only for the author to respond with this trope.
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'''slowbeef:''' (out loud) How 'bout you actually do that? I fuckin' ''dare'' you... I would love that. I'm sayin' that to him like he's watching this, but... }}
* [[MST]]: For Let's Plays!
** Diabetus has also done more traditional [[MST
** Chip and Ironicus in turn have done traditional [[MST
** Recently slowbeef and Diabetus have branched out to riffing on video games (they're technically not LPs, since they're using someone else's longplay footage instead.) Examples include [[Last Alert]] and [[Star Strike]].
*** This came full circle when one of their riffs targeted Shinobi-X; the longplay footage is mostly comprised of cutscenes telling a typical ninja-movie story.
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{{quote|'''[[Freelance Astronauts|Ferr]]:''' ...Wait, he's saying something! Shhh!--Oh wait, it ended.}}
* [[Old Shame]]: Some LPers have expressed regret for their featured LPs:
** During ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMudMlmdOE Let's Freak Out!]'', Slowbeef remarks that the teenager who made the video will regret it in two years. Not only did the original author, violinbow3, comment on the video that he DID regret it after two years, he and another guy made a video response praising the RP - he says it's his favourite! - and mocking the original video.
{{quote|'''Violinbow3:''' I was such a little faggot...
'''effruman:''' "Was"? }}
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** Ramey Elalei, the author of the flash game ''Death Trap'', has praised the respective RP and agreed that the game deserved this treatment.
** PizzaTrophy, who did the original [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISA1RN5lAXI Earthbound video], says in his comment that he found out about the Retsupurae a while after deleting his videos, and says that the RP is the only good ten minutes to come out of the hours of videos he uploaded.
** For the hosts themselves, Slowbeef says that he does feel uncomfortable mocking videos done by younger players (such as the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
{{quote|'''Proteus:''' I'm not gonna fucking pretend like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}ibaPEq9qCKg this video's] okay 'cause the kid's fucking retarded and seven years old.
'''slowbeef:''' [[Hidden Depths|I'm morally outraged]], but I must agree. }}
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** Slowbeef also edits out a part of the ''Darkseed 2'' longplay where Mike finally wins the ring toss game, because they would never allow it.
** Several Lets Players have taken down the Lets Plays or outright closed their account after getting mocked by Retsupurae.
* [[Parody Retcon]]: Whenever a new Retsupurae video is uploaded, chances are the original LPer will later state that he was this bad ''on purpose'' and that Retsupurae fell for it all!
** Even more sadly, there has been the occasion where it was ''actually'' done on purpose. ''Let's Play *incomprehensible*'' was pulled from retsupurae's account because Slowbeef and Diabetus agreed that purposefully being bad for the sake of being retsupurae'd was "pretty fucking gay".
** [[Sailor Moon Abridged|Whip0fAlchemy]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbBLtxoyubU response video] to Chip's RP of [[Metal Gear Solid the Abridged Snakes]] which, aside from being childish and hitting on a [[Double Standard]] ([[Little Kuriboh]] makes fun of other [[The Abridged Series|Abridged Series]] often), accuses Chip of being a pedophile. Later, she edited the video description putting emphasis on the fact that she is ''an actor'' and that the whole thing is just a parody of a stereotypical troll and [[Bad Liar|she wasn't mad at all]]. Riiight...
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Many LPers respond badly to being Retsupuraed, with reactions ranging from [[Internet Tough Guy|angry threats]] to flagging the videos for copyright infringement.
** A few of the flash authors on Newgrounds, who respond to any criticism with mocking insults or challenges to make something better.
** This trope is inverted by [[
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: ChipCheezum and General Ironicus' LP of ''[[No More Heroes]]'' had one video like this, specifically for a [[Crossover]] with Retsupurae. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]... oh who am I kidding, [[Mind Screw|no it doesn't.]]
** Chip and Ironicus have actually done some Retsupuraes of their own, as [[Filler]] for their ''50 Cent Blood On The Sand'' LP, including one of a mind-bogglingly incompetent video of ''[[Pokémon]] Yellow'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oVnDboM10 that elicits more shock than mocking].
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** From Death Trap:
{{quote|'''slowbeef:''' Well what do you expect? It's Death Trap, AKA ''[[Saw]]'' for idiots! I mean, [[Viewers are Morons|even more so than usual]].}}
** When the creator of ''Elemental Goddess'' flagged Chip & Ironicus' riffs for [[Artistic License: Law|copyright infringement]], Chip gave us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLqwYvWCJE this masterpiece].
** From ''The Mystery of the Sponsored Let's Play'':
{{quote|'''slowbeef:''' No, no, no. Drop this guy, end of proposal. That's all I have. My PowerPoint's one slide...
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{{quote|'''slowbeef:''' "Jail", by Tim Buckley.}}
** In ''Retsupurae 3000,'' Slowbeef comments that a logo on a secretary's desk resembles the [[Ctrl+Alt+Del|Ctrl Alt Del]] logo. His next sentence begins with "Speaking of bad art..."
** Their [[Metroid: Other M]] Retsuwatch is quite possibly one of their most scathing commentaries yet, mostly directed at Yoshio Sakamoto and the various [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Diabetus gives his [[Deadpan Snarker]] take on the trope at the beginning of Queenie Z's LP of ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'':
{{quote|'''Queenie Z:''' Hello everybody, welcome to my Let's Play: ''[[Eternal Darkness]]: Sanity's {{[[[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]] Req-Wee-Um}}]''...
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'''slowbeef:''' ''[[Oh Crap|Aww, shit!]] *commentary proceeds to derail entirely*'' }}
== Slowbeef and Diabetus ==
* [[
* [[All Lowercase Letters]]: slowbeef's name, as it was originally a [[Something Awful]] forum name.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Their take on Shinobi-X.
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** In their Retsupurae of [[The Nostalgia Critic]] doing an LP of Bart's Nightmare, they speculate that he even writes in Angrish. In general, they frown upon this being used in LPs due to their dislike of exaggerated commentaries.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus are very disturbed by the "Users who liked this video also enjoyed" sidebar for ''Arrival in Hell 2''. Featuring "Meet'N'Fuck Kingdom", "Bowser and Peach Hentai", and the [[Eddsworld]] flash ''"Dental Appointment"''.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]/[[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Depending on how you look at it, but as slowbeef is the [[Trope
* [[Big Guy, Little Guy]]: Speculating on what would happen if MuscleBomber2021 and [[Billy MC]] formed a superhero duo.
* [[Bold Inflation]]: Diabetus sometimes uses this to directly contrast with the ridiculousness of the video game.
{{quote|'''Diabetus:''' (during the punching-bag minigame) '''DEAD TO RIGHTS!'''
'''Diabetus:''' ([[Guide Dang It|while navigating the]] [[Moon Logic Puzzle|"Labyrinth of Bullshit"]]) '''KING'S QUEST ''SIX!'''''<br />
'''Diabetus:''' (during the [[
'''Diabetus:''' (when an ornate dragon statue rises to cover up a safe) '''RISE OF THE DRAGON!''' }}
* [[Brick Joke]]: Early in the [[Darkseed]] 2 LP, Diabetus mentions that he's heard the game has a [[Your Head Asplode|head]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|explosion...]]
* [[Broken Record]]: Diabetus' commentary becomes this in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmZ7QxPYYI one video], regarding [[Save Scumming|savestate scumming]]:
{{quote|'''Diabetus:''' We should try, like, savestating our commentary.
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* [[Brown Note]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaPEq9qCKg This video], entitled "Warning: Serious Eye Damage Hazard". It really is headache inducing.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvntJvfN3r8 This video, as well] titled "Pure Strain Golden Axe" which really is pure strain for the eyes.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ko81N-i8Gk this LP] Diabetus gets rather irritated at the player for, [[Leave the Camera Running|amongst]] [[Better Than a Bare Bulb|other]] things, using a legit strategy with a weapon and then forgetting about it in the middle of the level:
{{quote|(Progressively increasing in irritation) "Just use the invisi-chameleon sting... charge up... thing! You know, you just used it BEFORE!"}}
* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRfptdtL3ac Another Tuesday in Detroit...]
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Happens so many times in ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' that both slowbeef and Diabetus mention the trope namer word-for-word on separate occasions.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Tyler, ActionBastardAway's special guest in the video Monster, who spends the entire video rarely speaking, being berated, and being called "a petty douchebag." Diabetus has mentioned Tyler in multiple videos whenever a guest appears in a video for the sole purpose of silently remaining in the background to take the blame for the LPer's own mistakes.
* [[Call Back]]: They've made some references to [[Metroid Prime|the Ridley voice]] in other LP's.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: In the [[Metroid: Other M]] retsupurae, Slowbeef starts foreshadowing that {{spoiler|the little furby-like creature is actually Ridley}} by giving it {{spoiler|the Ridley voice from their [[Metroid Prime]] LP.}} After a few minutes of this, Diabetus responds with "I think I understand what you're inferring, but I have a hard time believing it."
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: As of recently, all of slowbeef's co-commentators have vanished, except Diabetus.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAxRfWVxyZw this] video, the trio apparently don't realize that the point of the review is to show off an awful game, similar to [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]. Granted, that doesn't make it any less funny.
** Similarly, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjnF_nuKRZg this] video they make fun of how slowly and poorly the
** The British humor of [http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricalBeast ElectricalBeast] initially went over their heads, and they thought he was trying to be serious.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: When Slowbeef finally took the time to play ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2'' and [http://bd.baldurk.org/1776 got to the Quadraxis boss], the very first thing to spring to his mind was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt2uyDqbA-Q SNES9X].
** On a similar note, in [http://bd.baldurk.org/1781#title this video] from that very same LP, Diabetus mentions [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzDFCOjr734 "light beam aquaired."]
*** In [http://bd.baldurk.org/1974#title this video] guest Toffile asks slowbeef if he [[The Trapped Trilogy|combined the banana, knife, and rope.]]
** In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lTnbgHeZDw Amnesia: The Dork's Descent], the guys argue that the LPer's over the top reaction to a monster encounter is worse than the recent ''[[Meat Boy|Super Meat Boy]]'' LPs and more shameful than BigMastadon's pizza roll challenge and [[Big Al 2 K]]'s Mugen videos.
{{quote|'''Diabetus''': So this is "[[Electrical Beast|Bowser's Evil Test]]".}}
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** ''Subverted'' eventually, in a video where Slowbeef and Diabetus guest-commentated on Vicas' playthrough of ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' with his feet, on Tick Tock Clock, and specifically pointed out how they got through all of it without any [[Electrical Beast]] jokes.
{{quote|'''slowbeef''': Not everything can be about Retsupurae.}}
** A minute into the first ''Darkseed 2'' rongpurae video, Diabetus mentions that the only thing he knew about the game is that there was a head explosion at some point.<ref>"[[Once Per Episode|every slowbeef LP has a head explosion]]"</ref>
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: While it's present in their commentary, they do NOT like it when it's used as a crutch for a lack of humor. Lampshaded at one point:
{{quote|You know, I swear like a sailor, and even ''I'' think [[The Nostalgia Critic|this]] is shameful.}}
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** [[The Big Guy]]: musclebomber2021
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Cornshaq
** [[The Chick]]: Navigatr
** Out of the actual Retsupurae regulars, we have:
*** [[The Hero]]: slowbeef
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*** [[The Big Guy]]: Proteus4994
*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Dave_O
*** [[The Chick]]: cherrydoom
*** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Shmorky
* [[Flying Car]]: Diabetus sometimes mentions "flying cars" when he's trying to refer to a "futuristic era"...like 2002.
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{{quote|'''Slowbeef:''' If you get one and a half stars on the fuckin' internet, that's like being at the Special Olympics and having them tell you, "you have to leave".}}
** They've also noted on several Retsufrash videos (most notably in the [[The Trapped Trilogy|Trapped series]]) that games on Newgrounds will often get a very high score (if not a perfect 10) even if the people giving the ratings have a lot of complaints about the game, had nothing good to say about the game, completely hate it or ''never even finished the game.''
** One of the insults slowbeef hurls at ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' is that IGN would probably give it a 6.
* [[Fridge Horror]]: In-universe; halfway through the final episode of Webcam Ward, Diabetus realizes Chris-chan's not wearing a shirt. It's much, much worse than it sounds.
* [[Friend to Bugs]]: Graham from ''King's Quest V'' can [[Speaks Fluent Animal|talk to ants]] and helps the colony, and Slowbeef points out the use of this trope.
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{{quote|'''Diabetus''': Hold on, how can you say "Holy shit!" and then "Blast!"?
'''Diabetus in mock voice''': Holy shit card-zarnit! }}
* [[Grand Finale]]: The [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/webcam-ward/sonic-the-hog.php Webcam Ward] ended on October
* [[Gratuitous German]]: A toy shop owner in ''[[King's Quest V]]'' uses a stereotypical German accent and a few, incredibly butchered, German words. slowbeef seems to have some basic knowledge of the German language, as he sounds in pain after hearing the butchered pronounciations.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Pointed out in the ''[[The Trapped Trilogy|Trapped]]'' series of Flash games.
* [[Guilty Pleasures]]: The ''Apocalypse'' video is no doubt this for slowbeef and Diabetus. Despite all the [[Incredibly Lame Pun
{{quote|'''slowbeef:''' [[Not So Above It All|Well look, we had fun doing it!]]}}
* [[Head Desk]]
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* [[Hiccup Hijinks]]: Diabetus gets the hiccups around the second half of the ''Dark Seed'' longplay RP. Some [[YouTube]] comments were all too eager to share their remedies, such as ingesting a spoonful of peanut butter. Of course, slowbeef lampshades it a few times.
{{quote|'''slowbeef''': [[Alcohol Hic|...You've been drinking scotch, Diabetus?]] }}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: When slowbeef and Diabetus attended [[The Runaway Guys]]' panel at PAX 2012, which was a video game "game show" hosted by [[Proton Jon]], the capture software kept crashing in full view to the audience, causing a lot of awkwardness on Jon's part. Of course, slowbeef recorded it all on camera and [[MST
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: They theorize SergmanX has an abusive father who forces him to make Let's Plays. They also have similar theories about BillyMC.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus come up with alternate titles for the abysmal Western-themed [[Amiga|Amiga CDTV]] game ''[[The Town With No Name]]'' after watching its longplay, which include examples such as ''Town With No Game, [[3:10 to Yuma|3:10 to You Made This Piece of Shit]], [[El Dorado|El Terriblo]], [[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Bad, the Bad and the Bad]], [[Brokeback Mountain|Broke Game Mountain]]'', and ultimately, ''[[True Grit|True Shit]]''.
** The game ''Apocalypse'', starring [[Bruce Willis]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkpKaFOgyoc was subject to] a few dozen [[Incredibly Lame Pun
* [[Hypocrite]]: Watch [[Slowbeef]]'s LP of ''[[Metroid Prime|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]'' and count how often he does things that he complains about the most as a part of Retsupurae.
** In ''Space Adventure Cobra'', the main character's internal monologue calls Crystal Boy a chicken-shit due to his apparent tendency to shoot when your back is turned. Immediately after this text appears, the longplayer selects "Flee" from the dialogue tree, prompting Slowbeef to ask who the chicken-shit was here.
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'''Diabetus:''' No, no, I got a thing actually. During his next party I have a... I'm busy.
'''slowbeef:''' I've got a really cool Wario Party to go to. }}
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prZun-SUu0M This is not a joke, and it's not a test. I put you in this shack to test you.]
* [[Insult to Rocks]]: In ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4NgkE8rso Let's be horrified]'':
{{quote|'''Slowbeef:''' Did he name himself "Man"? Maybe it's like an unfrozen caveman doing the commentary
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'''slowbeef:''' [[No, You|YOU'RE a hack!]]<br />
'''Diabetus:''' [[Eye Scream|I wanna hack my eyes out.]] }}
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Slowbeef deliberately pronounces "[[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]]" as "Mary-O" - to the point of actually correcting himself after using the proper pronunciation. [[Joisey|Then again...]]
** From [[The Trapped Trilogy]]:
{{quote|'''Jason White:''' A See-ko Chronograph diving watch. They come expensive those watches.
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** In Super Bummerman 2, musclebomber2021 pronounces 'throw' as 'fow', 'bomb' as 'bub', 'enemy' as 'amy', and numerous others. The Retsupurae duo have a field day with him.
{{quote|'''Slowbeef:''' ''Fow'' his ''bums''? At his ''amies''?!}}
** Slowbeef catches himself on almost mispronouncing [[H. R. Giger]]'s name (''"gee-ger"'') as 'geiger' in the ''[[Darkseed]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102055502/http://blip.tv/slowbeef/real-estate-headaches-5568062 wrongpurae], which Diabetus is quick to comment on:
{{quote|'''Diabetus:''' I've checked his volume of work, his ''Giger counter''...}}
** He does so a few more times in the ''DarkSeed 2'' wrongpurae, though he again corrects himself every time, this time without any jokes from Diabetus. He also refers to Mario a few times throughout it, sometimes as "Mary-O" and sometimes normally.
** The Eternal Darkness RP, [[Queenie Z]] pronounces the subtitle "Sanity's Re-KWEE-um, placing heavy emphasis on the second syllable.
* [[Jabba Table Manners]]: BigMastadon's self-imposed challenge to eat 40 pizza rolls.
** [[Squick]]: Retsupurae's (and the viewer's) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128212739/http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/108
{{quote|'''Slowbeef:''' This is like a snuff film, somehow! Look at the camera angle! It's like you're in his lap! And he's eating the pizza rolls off you!
'''Proteus:''' You're balanced on his PENIS... that he hasn't seen in YEARS... }}
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{{quote|'''Diabetus:''' '''[[It Makes Sense in Context|JOHN MCCAIN, WHY?!]]'''}}
* [[Lame Comeback]]: When a Newgrounds user left a harsh review on [[The Trapped Trilogy|Pursuit]], Godlimations called him a 'poo poo head'. Slowbeef and Proteus don't address it, because, really, what needs to be said?
* [[Leave the Camera Running]]: One of their biggest [[Berserk Button
* [[Let's Mock the Monsters]]: In any Retsufrash of a "horror" game, most notably in the Arise series. "John McCain! Why?!"
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: In "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTEelxz3N-o Diablo IV]," once the duo finishes viewing the first episode of the American ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' cartoon:
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'''slowbeef:''' Yes.
'''Diabetus:''' ...nooo! }}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Slowbeef's opinion of "BigMastodon" in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128212739/http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/108
* [[Mondegreen]]: A few non-musical examples from the ''Rise of the Dragon'' RP:
{{quote|'''Chang Li:''' It is also known by my humble self, and others, that you are investigating this affair.
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** They themselves have one of these moments, when they mishear [[Electrical Beast]]'s introduction as "The Giant of Let's Plays" rather than "The Jolteon of Let's Plays."
** In ''A Public Service Announcement For Let's Players'', one of the lines Slowbeef says, "Second he was going to towel himself- [[Verbal Tic|Please Stop Lets Playing I Wanna Be The Guy.]]" The word "towel" is frequently misheard, misread and miswritten as "tell" thanks to some unfortunate comedic timing of the situation. He's actually reading the first chapter of ''[[American Gods]]'', at the point where Shadow considers taking a bath and toweling himself off.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: In a parody of such, JacobMC, the fictional brother of [[Billy MC]] is said by Slowbeef and Diabetus to not only have a Harvard degree, but is also able to finish Ninja Gaiden Black with his eyes closed AND [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|actually register his hypercam]].
** Rock Knight from the RP of Cobra's Space Adventures, who barely shows up in the game at all, but is the Batman of the game universe in terms of skill according to Slowbeef and Diabetus.
* [[Morton's Fork]]:
{{quote|'''Dr. Pokeymans:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}3T-jFZbbXJU I've got two options...]
'''slowbeef:''' I hope they're both "Kill Yourself". }}
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Aside from [[Memetic Badass]] Cornshaq, Slowbeef himself becomes one during his playthrough of the timed Arise 3, much to the confusion of Diabetus - and the viewers. To be fair, he had exactly 10 minutes to cure a [[Rouge Angles of Satin|letal]] [[Artistic License: Biology|virus]].
** [http://youtu.be/dbNb-lbYhIQ Proteus4994] also did his version of this in a response to the Cornshaq video.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Brittany Cole in the ''Crime Wave'' wrongpurae. The blatant fanservice is repeatedly mocked by the duo, who interpret it as a sleazy porn flick going on throughout the game.
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** Generally averted in the ''Lechuza'' RP, which the pair summed up as essentially being ''Arise'' without the pop-scare JPGs. But ironically, the title screen may unintentionally startle some viewers (Like it did to Diabetus. ''Twice.'') as it depicts the protagonist of the game wearing a wide-eyed expression, pouting fish-lips, covered with dirt and wearing slovenly clothes.
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Mike Dawson, after he makes some... suggestive comments about the [[Dark World]] women.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: [[Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: From ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACfxLG4QH9A Gebet Kriege!]'':
{{quote|'''Slowbeef''': OK, so he called it "[[Let's Play]]" but he's not really talking. He called it ''[[Worms]]'' but it's not ''Worms''. So "Part 1" is maybe the only truthful part of this except there's no "Part 2" yet and I guess judging by that, there never will be!}}
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Shmorky, another one of their fellow goons who has guested on some early RPs.
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* [[Overly Long Gag]]: The beginning of ''[[The Trapped Trilogy|Pursuit]]'', where slowbeef and Proteus get stuck in Dialla's apartment for several minutes.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Their interactions with [[Morality Pet|BillyMC]].
** After RPing Joshie164, slowbeef encouraged his fans to give the original video several likes as it only had one dislike. Three days after the RP, the original video had 1,940 likes, and many very enthusiastic comments.
{{quote|'''EGRJ:''' So let me get this straight; some kid makes a crap LP, and then you RP it, then ask people to be nice to him because he sounds depressed.
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*** When one of Joshie's friends complained about RP mocking him, the commenters started asking him why he wasn't playing with Joshie. He said they all had lives.
{{quote|'''lotrdude13''': Too busy to hang out with your best friend? You're not very good friends.}}
* [[Plagiarism]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOn4DhOmhA This Final Fantasy X LP] takes almost every line from [[The Spoony Experiment|The Spoony One's]] review of the game. It doesn't even try to hide it.
** The jokes from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmZ7QxPYYI this Super Mario Bros. Frustration LP] are stolen from [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/frustration one of the original Frustration videos.]
* [[Poe's Law]]: The guys have a little trouble with this sometimes. For instance, in ''The Marios'' they mistake a troll for an actual moron. They decide to start pre-screening videos beforehand after realizing they'd been fooled. In ''Amnesia: The Dork's Descent'', Diabetus and Slowbeef argue about whether or not the LPer's hysterical terror is staged - Diabetus is positive that it is, while Slowbeef merely ''hopes'' so. The fact that the LPer in question, Jenomorph, favorited the video just hours after it was uploaded may support that theory.
** They also occasionally have trouble accepting that [[Flights of Fantasy]] was a "legitimate" video game show, as opposed to a very elaborate parody.
* [[Power Trio]]: Slowbeef, Diabetus and Proteus, most commonly.
** Slowbeef, Diabetus and Dave_O is also quite common.
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Done [[
{{quote|'''Morgan James:''' ...Hang up... '''forever.'''
'''slowbeef:''' ...Seriously? Shut the fuck up. }}
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{{quote|''"Shut up! There are no viewers. No one watched this to the end except me. It is a seriously horrible video, Quadraxis14. [[Scrub|There is no skill in]] [[Save Scumming|replaying the same thing over and reloading save states over and over again]]. A monkey could do this. A kid can do this. It doesn't matter I don't know what the point of the video is. I don't know know why you're doing it. It will not make you popular in school. It will not get you girls or anything. It's a waste of time. I'm sorry. I'm taking away from 'On Liberty.'"''}}
** The end of the RP of [[The Nostalgia Critic]] is one big one against both the Critic and against fans for liking [[Large Ham|his style of videos]]. Admittedly, a bulk of it is made up of [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch]].
* [[Recursive Acronym]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IiIcAr-8kw Let's Play Resident Evil 5: The Demo!], the video is done by a group called E.P.I.C., which stands for '''E'''pic '''P'''wnage '''I'''n '''C'''olor.
{{quote|'''Diabetus''': What does E.P.I.C. stand for again?
'''Proteus''': Epic... something, something, something.
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* [[Sanity Slippage]]: [[The Nostalgia Critic]] retsupurae. Listening to them, it's obvious they're suffering.
** Some videos incite giggling fits in the commentors at points later in the video. ''Earnest Evans'' is the greatest example of this, since the game simply becomes exponentially ridiculous as time goes on.
* [[Sarcasm Failure]]: "I am sure that someone wants me to come up with something witty to say to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128212739/http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/108
** Throughout their RP of [[The Trapped Trilogy]], Proteus is reduced from [[Deadpan Snarker]] to gibbering, [[Angrish]]-spewing wreck by the atrocious game design.
** During the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dlwgbj7hc Mortal Kombat Mythologies]'' longplay, Diabetus attempts to make a joke about the fire-breathing dinosaur:
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'''slowbeef:''' ''[astounded]'' Shit.<br />
'''Diabetus:''' Sorry. }}
** Also, in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128212745/http://www.viddler.com/explore/retsu/videos/12
{{quote|"With the amount of dignity lost, I don't see how this could possibly get any.."'' ''[[[Record Needle Scratch]]]'' ''"[[Dancing Theme|...worse]][[Haruhi Suzumiya|?]]"}}
** In Let's Point at Super Metroid: "I propose this video cannot get worse from this moment. Seriously." [[It Got Worse]].
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'''Proteus:''' Oh, I see what you did there.
'''slowbeef:''' I can't believe that they actually did that. }}
** Later, during the third game of the series they throw in forced title drops to all three games in the
{{quote|'''Dialla:''' Why do I feel so... trapped?
'''slowbeef:''' W-''why do I feel so trapped?!''
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'''slowbeef:''' "If you've ever seen ''[[The Sopranos]]'', maybe? I'm like the guy on DVD 2"<br />
'''Diabetus:''' "You'll find me all over [[TV Tropes]]!" }}
** Upon watching the intro movie to ''[[Evil Zone]],'' they deduce that the game will feature just about every [[Anime Trope]] possible. Their hypothesis turns out to be more or less accurate.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: [[Billy MC]] whose older brother, JacobMC, is much more liked by his parents. To the point where Billy's Christmas present is two McDonald's French Fries that a hobo rubbed on his armpits. And the dog ate one. "You got JacobMC an Xbox 360!" "Well he's much better at Mario than you, and he's a Harvard graduate."
** Conveniently enough, there is a [http://www.youtube.com/jacobmc jacobmc channel] on Youtube which contains a few regular videos. Nevertheless, every comment section of his videos and profile is filled with avid [[Billy MC]] supporters yelling their abuse at the inactive Jacob.
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'''Diabetus:''' Uh, a drunk British person trying to sound American?
'''slowbeef:''' Sounds to me like an American who burned his tongue on soup trying to sound British. }}
** They also have trouble with the main character's accent in Arrival in Hell. They eventually conclude that he's Australian.
** Most viewers' reaction to PsychadelicEyeball's accent.
** Their reaction to Mrs. Ramirez in the Rongpurae of [[Darkseed|DarkSeed 2]]. They eventually narrow it down form "European Mish-Mash" to "Vaguely Irish/Swedish", but have definitely ruled out any sort of Hispanic accent.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did it Have to Be Spiders]]?: Diabetus, it seems. During a conversation in ''[[King's Quest VI]]'' with a talking spider, he comments:
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* [[Your Head Asplode]]: This recurring trope of [[Slowbeef|slowbeef's LPs]] has finally made its presence in Retsupurae in the form of the Dark World counterpart of Mike Dawson's mother, serving as ([[Your Mileage May Vary|arguably]]) the ''Dark Seed 2'' longplay's only [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]] [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]].
== Chip and Ironicus ==
* [[Adorkable]]: Chip.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa0NpLFpw8o#t=159s Retsupurae Sonic Advance 2], after sitting through two-and-a-half minutes of repetitive commentary about the level, Ironicus asks for the LPer to say something new. Less than 15 seconds later, he unfortunately gets his wish
* [[Eyecatch]]: The Elemental Goddess special episode MST included one that had bad [[Fan Art]] and a "Joke Fan Art" done in the [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] style by [[Hiimdaisy|Peachi]].
* [[Foreshadowing]]: In ChipCheezum's riff on the first episode of ''Elemental Goddess'', he makes a random joke about how much he hates Jews, followed by Ironicus telling him "We're not doing that episode yet". Flash-forward to several months later and the riff of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAVdTZBzEm4 The Special Episode] and, well...
* [[Freudian Slip]]: Chip joked that the guy who did an LP of [[Pong]] was only allowed to watch news broadcasts from decades ago. After accidentally saying he had to watch ''nude'' broadcasts from decades ago.
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: Amazingly enough, ''[[Subverted Trope]]'' in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlC0eJ6m-1M Yowie wowie!!!]'' Justified, though, because the [[Yaoi Fangirl|girls in question]] were [[
{{quote|'''GeneralIronicus''': This is the world's best argument against girl on girl action!
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