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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.

 

 

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'').

 

 

 

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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: In-universe [[Running Gag]]. About half of the videos have someone speculating on the life of the LPer or protagonist.

* [[Aside Glance]]: Discussed in ''Arrival in Hell''.

* [[Berserk Button]]: ''Lots.'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibaPEq9qCKg&feature=channel_video_title Poor video quality], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxtcewFubOw&feature=related lack of editing], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4NgkE8rso stupid,] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwmpd2hjtpE annoying,] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-K55PfGRk exaggerated commentary], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmZ7QxPYYI blind/unedited LPs of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUDBLocjuac difficult games] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt2uyDqbA-Q the LPer is clearly inept at], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_TysWmz-dw LPing good games poorly], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvhbgPeD4cc playing games immediately after release], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1msHeyNn8s overusing internet memes] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3kdmLi9RVg general stupidity].

* [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: Many of their targets apparently think that talking about how there's nothing to say about the game is just as good as actually having something to say about the game.

* [[Bleep, Dammit!]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TW2PfwxMQ Behold, an example of censorship by NostalgicRageHQ.]

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFAy-Ajua8g this video].

** In the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=tfG7b9pbyIM second part] of the ''Lechuza'' riff, Slowbeef takes special note of the "Thank You" part of the credits, which goes to Lasse Carlsson, Linda Wagnerius, and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Bloodbath]] [[Godzilla|Gojira]] Pripps.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Lots of bad LPers point out things that are blatantly obvious as a substitute for worthwhile commentary. [[Verbal Tic|OKAY!]]

** Diabetus also had a moment of this in Last Alert. In one cutscene, three characters are mentioned named Red, Blue, and Black. Diabetus' reaction? "Those are colors."

** From [[Darkseed]]:

'''Diabetus:''' Wow! I know how things work! I understand basic architecture! Guess I learned enough for today, bye! }}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Diabetus.

** In "Retsupurae 3000" they manage to snark ''at the game protagonist being a'' ''[[Deadpan Snarker]]''.

** General Ironicus tends to be this as well:

'''GeneralIronicus:''' Yeah, it's a platform. Good job, buddy. Stop trying to kill your only means of progress. }}

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: During the RP of Pac Man World 2

** The black book in the Satanorium playthough is also titled Black Book. Authored by Black Book.

** The entire [[Darkseed|Darkseed 2]] rongpurae is redundant in the extreme, with the longplayer going through every dialogue tree in the game ''every time something happens'', even when it's clear that it's pointless (for instance, the longplayers replays [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINXO02RZTY the ring toss game] several times [[Foregone Conclusion|before getting the item you need to win it]]) stretching a 2 or 3 hour game into 8 and eventually becoming [[So Unfunny It's Funny]].

** slowbeef commenting on the ''Cobra'' LP:

* [[Dull Surprise]]: Several characters throughout the flashes they've played as well as a few LPers.

* [[Ending Fatigue]]: Invoked: One thing that they frown upon is Let's Players or self-proclaimed reviewers going on well after the video should end.

* [[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=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.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HcE8R_5bqs This guy], advertising a way to circumvent [[Wii Fit]] weight limits, with a ''skid'' of soda in the background. Courtesy of Chip and Ironicus.

* [[Flat What]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC__dm7-zqI The Mike Weiss Show!]:

'''Chip:''': What. }}

** And in the Zelda BS RP...

'''Slowbeef:''' He just did a Snakes On a Plane joke. }}

** Cobra himself delivers one near the end of the [[Space Adventure Cobra]] Retsupurae upon learning that the Ultimate Weapon {{spoiler|is an ostrich egg with an eye. That turns into a sword. And a gun. And a battleship. Yeah}}.

* [[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].

** [[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.

* [[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].

** [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.

'''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!

** 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.

*** It's the same case with ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'', the duo riffs the game's "Theater Mode" rather than playing the game itself since the story is what they wanted to focus on.

* [[No Ending]]: A common staple in the featured LPs, where some don't bother to finish their recording proper and end up with them being cut off mid-sentence.

* [[Old Shame]]: Some LPers have expressed regret for their featured LPs:

'''effruman:''' "Was"? }}

** Queenie Z also apologies often for her infamous ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' LP, claiming that she didn't know much about how Let's Plays worked at the time she started it.

** 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.

'''slowbeef:''' [[Hidden Depths|I'm morally outraged]], but I must agree. }}

* [[Orwellian Editor]]: Threatened (probably jokingly) in "The Marios":

** 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.

** 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...

* [[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.

* [[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].

* [[Take That]]: From ''Let's Play *incomprehensible*''. "He's still not as bad as ChipCheezum."

** From Death Trap:

** From ''The Mystery of the Sponsored Let's Play'':

'''slowbeef:''' I am the [[Ctrl+Alt+Del|Tim Buckley]] of proposals. }}

** During their ''Earnest Evans'' video, one of the game's anime cutscenes features a camera angle centered on the corner of a jail cell, and the angles of the floor and walls appear to be way out of whack...or, as Slowbeef puts it:

** 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..."

* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Diabetus gives his [[Deadpan Snarker]] take on the trope at the beginning of Queenie Z's LP of ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'':

'''Diabetus:''' [[Blatant Lies|I have a good feeling about this.]] }}

** Also during one of the live streams, when Diabetus first shows Slowbeef a blurry ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' LP:

** In the Vampire Hunter Ina, video Slowbeef gets a feeling about the overall video once the music comes on.

** General Ironicus flat out says {{spoiler|or rather ''sings''}} it in the beginning of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcyHz-Y0ooc Icrangirl's Mega Man 2 LP].

** ''Arise 4'' begins with the message "I see you are surviving quite well. My next installment will make you want to DIE". He's not kidding.

** "The LP is terrible... I hope it doesn't last" starts with slowbeef stating that he had only seen 3 seconds of the original video. We then see said three seconds...

'''Diabetus:''' Ooh, you weren't kidding. }}

* [[The Unintelligible]]: The source of humour for several of the LPers they mock, usually due to strong accents.

* [[Viewers are Morons]]: Justified in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyK3UNb4I80 Nightmare House]'' where the solution to a puzzle is blatantly told to you on a nearby note, due to it being another [[Moon Logic Puzzle]]. Which kind of defeats the purpose.

'''GeneralIronicus:''' It would be really clever and keep people out if he didn't just tape the instructions to the wall right next to it. }}

* [[Wham! Line]]: From ''The Marios'':

'''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.

* [[Angrish]]: When a character is somehow locked ''inside'' a car during [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbNREEEx6ZQ#t=315s Pursuit], Proteus is reduced to a sputtering wreck:

'''Slowbeef''': I-- I ''know!'' Not in ''any'' modern car in the world! }}

** 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"''.

* [[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.

'''Diabetus:''' ([[Guide Dang It|while navigating the]] [[Moon Logic Puzzle|"Labyrinth of Bullshit"]]) '''KING'S QUEST ''SIX!'''''<br />

'''Diabetus:''' (when an ornate dragon statue rises to cover up a safe) '''RISE OF THE DRAGON!''' }}

* [[Broken Record]]: Diabetus' commentary becomes this in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmZ7QxPYYI one video], regarding [[Save Scumming|savestate scumming]]:

'''Diabetus:''' -ing our commentary -ing our commentary -ing our commentary. }}

* [[Brooklyn Rage]]: MuscleBomber2021, whose almost cartoonishly exaggerated accent eventually draws comparisons to [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Bebop]].

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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."

* [[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.

** 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://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.

** During one part of their ''Dead to Rights: Retribution'' Let's Play, they talk about the critical reviews that the game received.

** In his Let's Play of the NES version of ''The Immortal'', Slowbeef said [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeYSmWCwtjc "WHOOPS!"] loudly when he kept fucking up a spell.

** In some Retsufrashes of horror-themed Flash games, Diabetus refers back to the infamous John McCain face from ''Arise 2''.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwmpd2hjtpE#t=08m12s here].

'''Diabetus:''' I think we covered just about everything. }}

** ''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.

* [[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:

* [[Deep South]]: Diabetus gets some stick for being from the South. Especially [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TW2PfwxMQ here]

** He has since come to embrace the stereotype for the sake of comedy at times.

'''Diabetus''': [[Self-Deprecation|...That was a guest voice by me, Diabetus. Hope you enjoyed that rendition.]] }}

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Slowbeef in the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8pk_YDiS7E IWBTG], after screaming at a guy for getting the name of guy who created [[Tetris]] wrong.

'''Slowbeef:''' NO IT ISN'T, IT'S ALEXEY PAJITNOV, YOU FUCK! ... Oh why did I say that on camera? }}

* [[Didn't See That Coming]]: Slowbeef, upon learning that {{spoiler|1=[[Electrical Beast]] never finished his Super Mario 64 LP.}}

** [[Cue the Flying Pigs]]: He finally finished it during [[Christmas Episode|Christmas 2010]], the justification being that {{spoiler|Bowser [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|erased his and Mario's memories]], and they didn't remember that they had to defeat Bowser until his painting appeared in his [[Minecraft]] LP and taunted him about it.}} Time will tell if Slowbeef will revisit {{spoiler|[[Electrical Beast]]}} one last time.

* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Graham from ''King's Quest V'' tries to tap a staff on the fortress door to open it, but ends up shattering it.

'''Slowbeef:''' "[[Separate Scene Storytelling|Grandpa]], what the hell is wrong with King Graham?" "Graham [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]." }}

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Their interpretation of MuscleBomber2021, based primarily on his voice.

* [[Exact Time to Failure]]: Slowbeef on ''[[Timed Mission|Arise 3]]'': You know what I really hate? When you're at the doctor's office and he says 'You have exactly ten minutes to live.'

* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Hammerbolt Joe and Crystal Boy, from the Space Adventure Cobra longplay.

* [[Fake Nationality]]: Despite their heavy criticism of ''Death Trap'', they had to admit that the creator/voice actor succeeded in one aspect. They would have never guessed that he was Australian.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: The general reaction to seeing Luke McCabe at the end of the ''Crime Wave'' RP {{spoiler|in nothing but a speedo. But just to subvert things, the president's daughter then sits up from behind him [[Fan Service|in a bikini]].}}

* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: The [[In-Universe]] treatment of Mike Dawson winning at ring toss.

** In one of the ''Cobra'' videos, their reaction to {{spoiler|the death of [[Memetic Badass|Rock Knight]]}}:

'''Diabetus:''' No! Not in MY Cobra! Nuh-uh, fuck this game! }}

* [[Fan Service]]: Utilized shamelessly in the ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' [[Sega Genesis|Sega CD]] game longplay. Then again, if you're familiar with the manga, this is to be expected.

** [[The Big Guy]]: musclebomber2021

** [[The Smart Guy]]: Cornshaq

** Out of the actual Retsupurae regulars, we have:

*** [[The Hero]]: slowbeef

*** [[The Big Guy]]: Proteus4994

*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Dave_O

*** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Shmorky

* [[Flying Car]]: Diabetus sometimes mentions "flying cars" when he's trying to refer to a "futuristic era"...like 2002.

* [[Four Point Scale]]: Slowbeef said this about [[YouTube]] videos during [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8DPqz-eVsE part 2] of the ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' retsupurae.

** 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.''

* [[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.

* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: ''Lechuza's'' protagonist at one point shouts "Holy schmuck!", much to the amusement of Diabetus and Slowbeef.

** The standard sci-fi "Blast!" curse was used in ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]''. Not long after saying "Holy shit!". This inconsistency was not lost on Diabetus.

'''Diabetus in mock voice''': Holy shit card-zarnit! }}

* [[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.

* [[Head Desk]]

* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: [[In-Universe]], the voice of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w88AnisKvM Blazedragon132] is this for slowbeef, PsychedelicEyeball, and cherrydoom.

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IuCoD-8MWA Mario, Party of One?]'' has some strange noises coming from the background of the Let's Player's video. Slowbeef and Diabetus think it sounds like dishes.

** The overly loud, almost unsettlingly cheery town music, and to a lesser extent the calmer remix used in shops, from ''[[King's Quest V]]'' has this effect on them.

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0dfnao9HcA LP Mario 64... very slowly]'' have them worried for the computer the LP was played on due to the fact that it sounded like it was just ''roaring'' to keep up with the emulator.

* [[Hentai]]: After playing through Arrival In Hell II, the guys check the "Users who liked this also enjoyed" list to find several examples of these.

*** And [[Chip Cheezum]] announced he's doing a Let's Play of it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYaqioEYgg here]. Though he could be joking...

* [[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.

* [[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]]''.

* [[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.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] / [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkpKaFOgyoc Let's Play IMDB]'' was chock full of lame Bruce Willis puns. Eventually they just end up using random movie/TV show titles.

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: From the end of the second part of "That's so Kaizo":

'''slowbeef:''' We all do. }}

* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]: At the end of "Mario, Party of One?", when talking about nice comments they should leave Joshey164, this exchange happens:

'''slowbeef:''' I've got a really cool Wario Party to go to. }}

* [[Insult to Rocks]]: In ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4NgkE8rso Let's be horrified]'':

'''Diabetus:''' No, that's insulting cavemans everywhere. }}

** In ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHsPqjK3Tc Eternal Darkness Part 1]'':

'''Slowbeef:''' Yeah, dude, what do you have against cats? }}

** In the "True Shit" Wrongpurae, when Diabetus comes up with the alternate title "[[Billy MC]] the Kid" for the "game", Slowbeef immediately goes into [[Sincerity Mode]] and claims that Billy (or anyone else for that matter) could have made a better game.

* [[Intentional Engrish for Funny]]: [http://www.slowbeef.com/retsupurae Their website.]

* [[Ironic Echo]]: One of the many ways the duo riffs on the LPer.

'''Quadraxis14:''' [[Department of Redundancy Department|This hack is a hack... of hacks.]]<br />

'''slowbeef:''' [[No, You|YOU'RE a hack!]]<br />

'''Diabetus:''' [[Eye Scream|I wanna hack my eyes out.]] }}

** From [[The Trapped Trilogy]]:

'''Slowbeef:''' I think that's Say-ko, chief. }}

** 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.

** 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.

'''Proteus:''' You're balanced on his PENIS... that he hasn't seen in YEARS... }}

* [[Jump Scare]]: Abused in the ''Arise'' series.

** [[Nightmare Retardant]]: Their reaction.

'''Slowbeef:''' I dunno, I think that was scary. I was only half paying attention. }}

** And of course...

* [[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?

* [[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:

* [[Lost Forever]]: The video of them making fun of a furry that got an account temporarily banned. It was apparently worth the ban.

** No worries, [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/webcam-ward/fat-furry.php it's right here.] Judge by yourself.

* [[Manipulative Editing]]: In their Retsupurae of Dark Seed 2, Slowbeef edits out the main character finally winning at the ring toss carnival game, replacing it with a clip of one of his earlier failures. He claimed Mike Dawson would ''never'' win under their watch.

* [[Mathematician's Answer]]: In the ''[[Darkseed]]'' 2 longplay:

'''Diabetus:''' ...nooo! }}

* [[Mondegreen]]: A few non-musical examples from the ''Rise of the Dragon'' RP:

'''Diabetus:''' No, no, I think the game's just really racist. }}

** 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.

'''slowbeef:''' I hope they're both "Kill Yourself". }}

** [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.

** 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.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Shmorky, another one of their fellow goons who has guested on some early RPs.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: In ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-K55PfGRk The Unfair Retsupurae]'', Diabetus mentions taking a "violent shit" that somehow resulted in several deaths.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Diabetus is known for being one of the calmest of slowbeef's co-commentators. When he breaks, something has gone very wrong. For example, when trevassing a boring mirror maze for the umpteenth time:

'''Diabetus''': ''...Editing what?! More'' mirror maze? "Wow, I got through that a little ''too'' quickly that time." }}

* [[Oedipus Complex]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus point this out during their "A Son's Revenge" Retsuflash

'''slowbeef:''' Oedipus would be like, "This kid is fucking creepy!" }}

* [[Oh Crap]]: During the RP ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGFkA5zjso The Marios]'', this is the trio's general reaction when the creator of the bad LP in question, LuwiigiMaster, disses Retsupurae ''during his LP''. Diabetus later comments that he should pre-screen [[Let's Play|LPs]] before bringing the gang over to riff them. If one reads the comments, the guy apparently was [[Troll|trying to purposely]] make a [[So Bad It's Good]] video just to get RPed.

* [[Older Than They Look|Older Than They Sound]]: Noted in ZoopSoul's LP of Mega Man 9, Diabetus asked if this guy is older than 14 only for Proteus to tell him, "He's like 35".

* [[Once Per Episode]]: If doing a [[Gaming in The Clinton Years]] Retsupurae, Diabetus says a [[Double Entendre]] joke related to the game George Wood is reviewing in his best [[Bill Clinton]] impersonation. It gets to the point where Slowbeef is completely astounded by how many Clinton jokes he can come up with, considering the subject matter:

"Look in my pants and I'll show you why they call it the '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}M8LFOVGUt2g Playstation]'''." }}

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLswUGD8kxA All Diabetus Clinton jokes archived here.]

** The legend continues with the new playlists Retsupurae have made on Youtube, with the description for the "Gaming in the Clinton Years" playlist as:

** Also, starting with the wrongpurae of ''[[Last Alert]]'' (and intially meant as a one-off reference to their LP of ''[[Dead to Rights|Dead To Rights: Retribution]]'' where they did the same thing), every episode now ends with them both saying "Dead to Rights."

* [[Original Character]]: JacobMC, [[Billy MC]]'s snooty older brother. He graduated from Harvard and can beat [[Ninja Gaiden]] Black [[Self-Imposed Challenge|with his eyes closed.]] [[Technology Marches On|He also registered Hypercam 2.]]

** There's also his cajun brother, BayouBillyMC.

* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: Jokingly.

'''slowbeef:''' ...[[Cue Card Pause|Episode 5]].<br />

'''Diabetus:''' Shorter let's play than usual but glad the good guys won this time. }}

* [[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]].

This is like some Art of War level trolling. I need Sun Tzu to come back to life to explain this to me. }}

*** 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.

** 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.

* [[Power Trio]]: Slowbeef, Diabetus and Proteus, most commonly.

** Slowbeef, Diabetus and Dave_O is also quite common.

'''slowbeef:''' ...Seriously? Shut the fuck up. }}

* [[Private Eye Monologue]]: Diabetus does this in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnq6NP1psjQ LA Noire Retsupurae]

** [[Fake Brit]]: What they (and several of their fans) theorize [[Electrical Beast]] is.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Slowbeef gives one of these to Quadraxis14 in the SNES9X retsupurae. Here is the speech without the [[Verbal Tic]]:

** 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]].

'''slowbeef''': It's a recursive acronym. }}

* [[Romantic Comedy]]: Slowbeef theorizes, at the end of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVgXam6YzcE Super Bummerman 2], why musclebomber keeps saying "amy" instead of "enemy".

'''Diabetus:''' That sounds like the makings of the perfect teenage romantic comedy. }}

* [[Rule 34]]: Alluded to in "LP Noire":

* [[Running Gag]]: When making fun of adventure games, announcing an abrupt end to character interaction with variations of "ok bye!"

** When a character opens their mouth ridiculously wide, Diabetus starts holding a note as if he were an opera star.

** The Ridley voice, which becomes the voice of almost any reptilian enemy.

** Diabetus often lampshades the seeming inability of video game characters to speak at a distance. Even when they're standing only a few feet from each other.

'''Diabetus''': ...I had to come over here to tell you that. }}

* [[Ruthless Modern Pirates]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmSY3u9CUM In this vid.] According to slowbeef: "[[Sir Ron Lionheart|He's]] like the only pirate you would never ever wanna be in your life."

* [[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.

** 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:

** In the ''[[Altered Beast]]'' longplay:

* [[Scenery Porn]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsPlgVgCRSo SnakemanMN Wants to Be the Guy], Slowbeef and Dave_O begin to marvel at the amazing detail of the background of I Want to Be the Guy when SnakemanMN pauses the game for two minutes to answer his phone.

'''slowbeef:''' Woah, you're right! I would never have noticed that if he hadn't paused the game for a full minute to pick up the phone. }}

* [[Scotireland]]: Diabetus and Slowbeef have no idea whether the LPer in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCRCJRCH8VE this video] is Scottish or Irish, so they split the difference.

** While watching the pilot to the [[Darkstalkers]] cartoon, slowbeef misidentifies Morrigan's [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|fluctuating Scottish accent]] as Irish.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DabhbpZG6_E In their RP of Policenauts], Diabetus comments that the only thing sadder than reviewing the game would be hacking it. Slowbeef, who was working on a translation patch for the game at the time, commented "I'll sa--fuck you."

** Diabetus and his family are occasionally made the butt of jokes. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TW2PfwxMQ In the RP of Nostalgic Rage's Mario 3 LP], they go on a tangent about if the LPer (who has a thick southern accent) is actually Diabetus' Dad. In another video, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR94fOBDFcs The self-titled "Worst Retsupurae Ever"], Diabetus wishes the Pokemon LP would evolve into pornography, adding that he meant HUMAN porn, not Pokemon porn.

'''Diabetus:''' I'm from the South, and evolution is what happens when Pokemon evolve into the Bible, right? }}

** Near the end of the ''Nocturnal Letters'' Retsuflash, Diabetus comes to the conclusion that the titular game was made in the South due to its terrible graphics and [[Brother-Sister Incest]] subplot.

** Proteus also mocked Slowbeef for basically being responsible for most of these:

** In the description for a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8WZMA37aZE Metroid Prime 3 Retsupurae]

* [[Separate Scene Storytelling]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus [[Playing with a Trope|play with this trope]] by acting as if the video game narrator for ''King's Quest V'' is really reading a book to his grandson. The "grandson" who the duo names Billy, then proceeds to ask questions to his grandfather about the oddness of the story.

* [[Sincerity Mode]]: The pair chose to ''apologize'' to Rijno, [[Billy MC]], and even [[The Irate Gamer|Chris Bores]] upon watching [[The Nostalgia Critic]] attempt a Let's Play. They repeatedly said that they weren't kidding.

* [[Shooting Superman]]: Brought up in ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'', when Cobra fights a man made of nigh-indestructible glass.

* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Abused horribly (or possibly [[So Bad It's Good|hilariously]]) in Raven Rage's [[Let's Play]] of [[Super Mario Bros 3|Super Mario Brothers 3]]. The effects used to haphazardly censor his profanity included an [[Most Annoying Sound|obnoxiously loud bleep, an obnoxiously loud siren, farting and belching noises, and shattering glass]]. This was riffed on mercilessly in the commentary:

'''Diabetus:''' I'm gonna behead a chicken, you got one of them Yak Bak machines? }}

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' doesn't have that many music tracks, resulting in some wildly inappropriate music at times. Of course slowbeef points this out at every opportunity

* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkpKaFOgyoc Let's Play IMDB], they tell so many bad puns that it becomes so unfunny, that it's funny.

'''Diabetus:''' I think they tuned out a long time ago. }}

* [[Space X]]: In ''Retsupurae 3000'', everything is Cyber-X...[[Running Gag|because it's]] [[The Future]].

* [[Stock Scream]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTosXPd9oJU Refund] uses a Wilhelm. Unfortunately, the guys don't notice it.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: Demonstrated in this exchange

'''Diabetus:''': Nah, I think he's just crazy.<br />

[[Beat]]<br />

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: In the ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' game, Cobra can talk or think as much as he wants even in the heat of battle with no adverse consequences whatsoever.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: In their [[Gaming in The Clinton Years]] [[Xenogears]] Retsupurae:

'''Diabetus:''' ''[In faux-[[Bill Clinton]] accent]'' I'll show something that's [[Humongous Mecha|Weltall]].<br />

''[beat]'' <br />

'''slowbeef:''' ''[astounded]'' Shit.<br />

'''Diabetus:''' Sorry. }}

** In Let's Point at Super Metroid: "I propose this video cannot get worse from this moment. Seriously." [[It Got Worse]].

** During the ''Escape'' RP:

'''Proteus:''' Never mind... spoke too soon... }}

** During the Arise 4 RF, slowbeef mentions the how easy it is to accidentally click off a window during the game's awful combat sections, while he's fighting one of the enemies. No points for guessing what he dows almost immediately afterwards.

** When King Graham has to fight a Yeti in the wrongpurae of [[King's Quest V]], Diabetus suggests throwing a pie at the yeti. King Graham did just that.

* [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That]]: Invoked. In ''Worst Retsupurae Ever'', Slowbeef remarks on the laziness of the Pokemon animators, saying "They won't care, they already spent their 100 yen!" Later the guys are joking about Kabuto:

'''slowbeef:''' It's probably going to be the same guy who says, "You know, slowbeef, 100 yen is not a lot of money." In fact he's probably going to make it before he gets to this part; "LOL, great video guys, but seriously, yen isn't a lot of money." }}

** The "That's So Kaizo!" videos gave us this gem:

'''Diabetus''': Middle finger, actually. }}

** {{spoiler|Deliberately invoked}} in the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSd-9ZVbZA4 Huzzah!]'' video.

** As the longplay of the ''Jurassic Park'' arcade game draws to a close, slowbeef realizes he's been referring to the triceratops as a stegosaurus for the entire game, and suspects everyone will leave comments to correct him. They did.

* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: In the animation [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTosXPd9oJU Refund], the character screams in a monotone "BITCH, GET THE FUCK OFF ME. DIE, BITCH, DIE. GO TO HELL, YOU LITTLE BITCH, DIE." Later in the video, it provoked the following discussion.

'''Diabetus:''' "This is an example of a defective product. Here's what you should do in this situation, ''bitch.''" }}

** They also did it before that.

'''Diabetus:''' Die. }}

** From the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-r6r2YALn0 Zelda] video: "I like to throw in curses every so often, bitch."

* [[Title Drop]]: In their ''[[The Trapped Trilogy|Trapped]]'' Retsuflash:

'''slowbeef:''' I can't believe that they actually did that. }}

'''Proteus:''' --and I have to ''escape''! }}

** It was also done during their Arise 2 retsufrash: "Once more... I'm ''arising'' to kill whoever did this to me."

* [[Too Soon]]: In "[http://youtu.be/x1msHeyNn8s The LP is terrible... I hope it doesn't last]," the duo has this reaction (with Diabetus saying the trope name) to the LPer making a [[Michael Jackson]] joke in a video recorded only about a year after his death.

** Retsupurae itself did this: the week following the event in question:

* [[Troll]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGFkA5zjso "The Marios"], which they discover that the LP was intentionally made to be horrible. The total derailment of their commentary is ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious.]]''

** There was another [[Troll]] video RP at one point. It was an absolutely atrocious Mario 64 LP by "SuperCrazyHealthBar", but this time, when Slowbeef and Diabetus realized that he made it intentionally bad to be RP'd, they immediately privitized and cut all ties to it. It's a shame too, since it was a pretty good riffing. (Reuploaded [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGRsUELHzyM here])

*** Mostly likely taken down because, while the aforementioned "The Marios" was [[So Bad It's Good|cleverly done and entertaining to watch on its own]], the Mario 64 LP went on for ''over thirty'' videos, all of which were nigh-impossible to watch due to the horrific screechy audio.

'''Diabetus:''' No one carries on a joke that long. }}

* [[Troperiffic]]: How slowbeef and Diabetus describe Jimmy from ''[[Darkseed]] 2'', very nearly right down to the name:

'''slowbeef:''' "By the way, I'm quote-unquote '[[The Mafia|mobbed up]]'!"<br />

'''Diabetus:''' "I'm a bit of a '[[Cowboy Cop|loose cannon]]', they would say!"<br />

'''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]]!" }}

* [[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.

** [[Gaming in The Clinton Years|George Wood]] and his 'front-loaded anvils'.

** Alexander's "Magic Map" in ''[[King's Quest VI]]''.

'''slowbeef''': Every time he says that, I'm expecting something horrible! }}

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Slowbeef during the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt2uyDqbA-Q second Kaizo Mario World Retsupurae] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vms1rY9gmZw 2nd I Wanna Be The Guy Retsupurae] and Diabetus during the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8d1zkUusqY&feature=PlayList&p=7E7C067DE321360C&index=136&playnext=3&playnext_from=PL Battletoads Retsupurae]. Here are the tics:

''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}D8d1zkUusqY Battletoads Retsupurae, with 007's shyer, nerdier brother.]'': Battletoads. Battletoads. BATTLETOADS. Battletoads. }}

** Diabetus ''really'' likes to say "Battletoads", by the way - he does it several times completely unprompted during both his ''Battletoads'' LPs and his MST of the ''Battletoads'' pilot.

** ''[sitcom style]'' "[[Sarcasm Mode|Classic X!]]"

** slowbeef's tics:

'''(after an incredibly stupid moment in a game)''' Fuck this game! }}

* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: In Arrival in Hell, slowbeef and Diabetus have to kill a demon - by attacking it with a ''deodorant flamethrower''.

* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: According to Slowbeef, he and Diabetus got drunk and woke up to find that they had recorded an hour and a half retsupurae on an LP of Last Alert with no player commentary.

* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: Their reaction to the inexplicable voice of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w88AnisKvM BlazeDragon132].

** There's also this little tidbit:

'''slowbeef:''' Sounds to me like an American who burned his tongue on soup trying to sound British. }}

** 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:

'''Diabetus:''' '''''AHHHHHHH!''''' }}

* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Uttered by slowbeef in the first part of the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj_fxG8kU2c Escape RP]'' when [[Kill Him Already|Dialla has Dan McNeely at gunpoint]]. Subverted by Dialla actually taking the shot.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: The first scene with the titular character in ''Psycho Killer'' involves the protagonist kicking him in the head, knocking his machete out of his hands.

* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: In ''Retsupurae 3000'' they explain this with "Vowels are much scarcer in [[The Future]]".

* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: in the ''[[Kaizo Mario World]] [[Super Mario 64|Mario 64]]'' videos, they jokingly use "kaizo" an awful lot in many varying contexts. (For the record, it just means "hacked", which nobody can really deny the game in the videos ''is'', no matter how poorly.)

* [[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.

* [[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.

'''[[Chip Cheezum]]:''' I feel ''weird'' right now! This is wrong! Usually, I'd be like "'''YEEEEAAH!'''", but right now, right now... }}

* [[Rapid-Fire "No"]]: From ''Yowie wowie!'':

'''GeneralIronicus:''' and-whaAAAAAA?<br />

'''ChipCheezum:''' NO! NO! NO! NO! }}

 

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