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In 2007, [[Something Awful]] user Slowbeef (Michael Sawyer) posted a [http://www.slowbeef.com/immortal/index.html video] of him playing [[The Immortal]] with commentary over it. Numerous others followed him, thus creating the video [[Let's Play]]. In 2008, he along with fellow Something Awful user Diabetus created [[Retsupurae]], a [[YouTube]] account in which the two [[
Slowbeef's [[Let's Play|Lets Plays]] can be found [http://bd.baldurk.org/all/default/A/slowbeef here] and [http://lparchive.org/search/slowbeef#results here.]
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'''Note:''' This page is for tropes pertaining to slowbeef's [[Let's Play|Lets Plays]]. Tropes pertaining to Retsupurae and Webcam Ward should go [[Retsupurae|here]].
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* [[Action Duo]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus, though sometimes other guests fill in for Diabetus
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus often make comments based upon [[Retsupurae]]
** When Slowbeef finally took the time to play ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2'' and [http://bd.baldurk.org/1776 got to Quadraxis], the very first thing to spring to his mind was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt2uyDqbA-Q SNES9X].
** 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."]
*** Similarly, Diabetus also named Part 15 of his ''Metroid Fusion'' LP ''[http://bd.baldurk.org/1734#title DIFFUSION AQAired].''
** In [http://bd.baldurk.org/1974#title this video] guest Toffile asks slowbeef if he [[The Trapped Trilogy|combined the banana, knife, and rope.]]
** During one part of their ''Dead to Rights: Retribution'' Let's Play, they talk about the critical reviews that the game received.
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** In one part of the ''Metroid Fusion'' LP, slowbeef mentions the folly of looking up 'Metroid' on Newgrounds.
** 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.
** [http://bd.baldurk.org/1494 When discussing] Let's Players becoming popular through websites other than [[Something Awful]], Slowbeef mentions [[
** In the [[Dead to Rights]] [[Let's Play]], when trying to think of British phrases, Diabetus mentions [[Electrical Beast
** Non-Retsupurae example: when they discover that one of Corruption's enemies is called a Snatcher, they run with it.
* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: [[In-Universe|He is fond of doing it]]
** [[Metroid|Ridley]], who seems to be their favorite target, is [[Troll|a forum troll]], [[
** The [[Fan Nickname|Lava Clam]] in Magmoor caverns is an [[Expy]] of [[Winnie the Pooh|Eeyore]]
*** Amorbis is three [[Disney|Goofy]]-voiced light-show performers who take [[Me's a Crowd]] to annoying extremes.
*** Chykka is... [[Subverted Trope|well...]]
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*** Rezbit, 'Vinnie the Virus', is a huge nerd until you ''make him angry''.
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** In the [[Super Metroid]] [[Game Mod|Justin]] [[Stripperiffic|Bailey]] LP, Samus is a [[Valley Girl]]/Stripper, Crocomire a [[Otaku]] shut-in, Draygon a [[Overprotective Dad]]/adulterer and Ridley is [[Troll|a forum troll]] into online dating.
** In ''[[Metroid Fusion]]'', Adam is a [[Giver of Lame Names]].
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* [[Ancient Grome]]: In the Metroid Fusion LP, Diabetus mistakenly calls the Greek letters Alpha, Gamma, Zeta, and Omega as being part of the Latin alphabet.
* [[Angrish]]: Not as angry as the usual examples, but the beef's first encounter with kinetic orb cannons in Echoes completely destroys his ability to speak coherently; you can tell that the illogical nature of the device has hit a [[Berserk Button]].
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[[Don't Explain the Joke|(The tunnels in question are just big enough for Samus' ball form to travel through, a strange design choice considering that Samus seems to be the only living being capable of going through such things.)]]
'''Slowbeef:''' Yeah.
'''Vicas:''' This makes even less sense.
(Samus enters ball mode and enters the kinetic orb cannon, which fires her to a man-made target against the opposite cliff wall, granting her access to an otherwise-unreachable ledge.)
'''Slowbeef:''' What?! Wait a--wait a minute, what? W...what? What--but why--why would...ugh. That's the--that's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard! }}
* [[Back From the Brink]]: Both the Gandrayda and Metroid Hatcher boss fights in Prime 3.
* [[Big Yes]]: After finally beating [[That One Boss|the Dark Aurora Unit.]]
** Performs one earlier after discovering he can [[Boom! Headshot!|Instantly kill]] the Metroid Hatcher with Nova Beam after spending most of a video killing one before.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In Part 22 of the ''SD Snatcher'' LP, he interrupts a description of a game weapon to explain his shock at a guy reading a porn magazine in public right near him as he writes the LP at a bookstore.
* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: In the Metroid Prime series alone, they come up with voices for Ridley, Amorbis, the Rezbits, and the Lava Clam.
** They also keep saying that they're going to come up with a voice for Kraid.
* [[Brick Joke]]: During a dull moment from Metroid Prime: Echoes video, Diabetus notes that he's playing [[
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** One of the earliest LPs he did was [[Super Metroid]]. Before fighting Ridley (before he developed [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Ridley]]), he mentions that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8_-eH9dBT4&t=40m44s he's scared of Ridley.] This LP was done about three years before [[Metroid: Other M]]. Surely, ''someone'' was inspired...
* [[
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Their [[Alternative Character Interpretation|alternate Ridley]]'s catchphrase is "It's a livin'!"
** In Prime 3 it became "[[Tethercat Principle|Still fallin'.]]"
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** From the same LPs, Diabetus has a habit of saying "Corruption!" in a funny voice.
** Slowbeef, in general, will often say "God Almighty" when faced with a particularly trying or annoying obstacle, and "Oh. fuck me!" when there's a sudden hazard.
* [[Censorship
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'''Slowbeef:''' The tit beam? }}
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: After he gets the X-ray Visor and Nova Beam in ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'', Toffile pipes up to instruct him on how to use them together to one-shot kill certain enemies that have Phazite armor. Later, he encounters a Metroid Hatcher and is totally pissed off since he had so much trouble with the last one... until Toffile directs him to read its scan data again, which mentions its Phazite armor....
* [[Chirping Crickets]]: Spliced in by Diabetus as reaction to a particularly bad joke told by Slowbeef in the Fusion LP
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: After defeating the Omega Pirate in ''Metroid Prime'', Slowbeef expresses relief at his victory... {{spoiler|just before the Omega Pirate falls and crushes Samus, cuing the hanger}}.
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* [[Companion Cube]]: Mr. Sunabouzu becomes very attached to "The Dynamo" in [[Metroid Prime]] Echoes, which makes it all the more saddening when slowbeef destroys it in the next video. All for a Power Bomb expansion.
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'''Toffile''': Oh, no! You bastard!!
'''Vicas''': How could you?! }}
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The [[Dead to Rights]]: Retribution [[Let's Play]] included several references to the [[Dead to Rights]] 1 Lp.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: As with [[Retsupurae]], Diabetus fills this role in contrast to slowbeef's [[Hot
* [[Depending
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: slowbeef nearly crosses this in [[That One Level|Torvus Bog]], culminating in a priceless fight with Chykka. He gets better once he gets to Sanctuary.
* [[Dies Wide Open]]: After coming across a dead Federation Trooper in ''Echoes'', slowbeef wonders if Samus has a command for the typical action movie "close their eyes" thing. Vicas pointedly doesn't say anything, because that exact scene occurs one cutscene later.
* [[Dissimile]]: In Prime 3, Slowbeef attempts to compare Admiral Dane and [[Other M|Adam]] before guest Baldurk points out he's not like Adam at all.
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'''Baldurk''': That bad?
'''Vicas''': He's less intrusive.
'''Slowbeef''': Oh, yeah, much less. This is like the second time I've seen him the whole game.
'''Baldurk''': So he's not really like Adam at all then.
'''Slowbeef''': (Laughing) Yeah, actually you're right. }}
* [[Human Popsicle|Draconian Popsicle]]: In the ''Fusion'' LP, 'Ridley's' interjections always end with a mention of just how cold he is.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: From ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2: Echoes'', Galactic Federation Marine Corps specialist M. Angseth, communications officer, Samus fangirl and [[Late to
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'''Diabetus''': Fuck Angseth.
'''Slowbeef''': '''Angseth is the best! YOU SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!''' }}
** From the same LP, slowbeef tends to look at all its enemies with disdain. Except [[Computer Virus|Rezbits]]. Even going as far as to ask whether they reappear in ''Corruption''. And in the actual ''Corruption'' LP, he excitedly hopes aloud whether similar-looking enemies he came across were Rezbits.
* [[Eureka Moment]]: Discussed after slowbeef has one soon after getting the Gravity Suit in ''Metroid Prime'':
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''(NGDBSS bursts out laughing)''
'''Ironicus''': These are my favorite moments of the LP.
'''Slowbeef''': These moments of revelation.
'''Ironicus''': ''Eureka''! }}
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: Occasionally in his [[Metroid Prime]] LPs, he'll spend most of a video blundering around blindly due to missing something extremely obvious like a grapple point.
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: The beginning of [http://bd.baldurk.org/1707#title this video.]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: In the ''[[Dead to Rights]]: Retribution'' LP, after arresting {{spoiler|Julian Temple}}, Slowbeef remarks: "Grant City's under martial law, right? So what are we gonna do? Go to the police station, kill everyone in it, and throw him in an empty jail cell?" No points for guessing what happens in the very next chapter.
* [[Fun
** '''N'''orfair '''G'''argoyles '''D'''o '''B'''est, '''S'''amus '''S'''truggles
** '''N'''orth '''G'''ermany '''D'''istributes '''B'''ad '''S'''wastika '''S'''tickers
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** '''N'''ecromonicon '''G'''oes '''D'''eadly '''B'''efore '''S'''itting '''S'''till
** They also say that Vicas stands for '''V'''aria '''I'''ce '''C'''annon '''A'''nd '''S'''tuff
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Near the end of [[
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** Done rather literally in Diabetus' Metroid Fusion LP. After Diabetus forgets to save after defeating [[That One Boss|Yakuza]] and gets sent back before the boss fight, the video immedately cuts to a test pattern and ends.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Diabetus, at least, in his [[
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Judging from [http://bd.baldurk.org/1944#title this video], as well as his work on creating an unofficial translation patch of Policenauts, Slowbeef is quite skilled in the Japanese language, skilled enough even to know the distinctions between accents.
** He also seems to be quite fond of philosophy. He brings up a small instance of Voltaire in Diabetus' ''[[Metroid Fusion]]'' LP. He also countered the frustratingly terrible
* [[Hope Spot]]: After he gets the Dark Suit in Metroid Prime 2, which greatly reduces the [[Scrappy Mechanic|life-draining mechanic]] that was his biggest complaint about the game, Slowbeef actually starts enjoying the game for a few videos...then comes [[That One Level|Torvus Bog...]] and then [[Goddamned Boss|the Grapple Guardian...]] and then [[That One Boss|Chykka...]] all of which totally cement his hatred of the game.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: While facing [[Mighty Glacier|Thardus]] (who's made up of rocks), Diabetus makes several rock/stone-based puns.
** [[Stealth Pun]]: "That wasn't very ''granite'' of you... no, lavaish... oh, wait, what was it?" Odds are he deliberately avoided saying "magmanimous".
*** "Aqua reaper that's what people call me. Why?" said during the [[Metroid Prime]] LP is a reference to a line from [[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle|Margaret Moonlight's Theme]].
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: The ''Metroid Prime'' videos tend to feature guest commentators who know far more about where slowbeef needs to go than he does. Particularly Vicas. This is lampshaded a few times.
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* [[Hypocrisy Nod]]: In 2008, Slowbeef and Diabetus posted a [[Retsupurae]] video mocking [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-jFZbbXJU a Youtube LP] of [[Snatcher]], commenting on what a terrible idea it was to LP Snatcher in video form. One year later, the duo [http://lparchive.org/Snatcher-%28Video%29/ made their own video LP of the game], and one of the very first things they comment on is the apparent hypocrisy.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Slowbeef and co. tend to paint their player characters as this. A glaring example is the ''Snatcher'' LP.
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'''Gillian Seed''': What's this...?
'''CherryDoom''': "Looks like a church!"
'''Diabetus''': "What is this--A CHURCH?!" }}
* [[I Fell for Hours|I Fell For A Month]]: What happened to Ridley in ''Corruption''.
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* [[Insult Backfire]]: During the ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' LP, slowbeef's playstyle is compared against the speedruns ScurvyKip has watched.
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'''slowbeef:''' Oh, yeah, thanks for assisting me with this Lets Play, Diabetus. }}
* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: Slowbeef always refers to [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] as "Marry-o." Despite BklynBruzer's best-laid plans.
* [[Joisey]]: Slowbeef is from the Garden State and will often alternate between defending or ridiculing his home state.
* [[Let's Play]]: The almighty [[Trope Maker]] and [[Trope Codifier]].
* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: Slowbeef and Diabetus during the ''Fusion'' LP.
* [[Mentors]]: Guest commentators [[Spirit Advisor|Vicas]] and [[Sink or Swim Mentor|Toffile]] act as this for newcomer to the Metroid Prime series Slowbeef during his run through the Prime trilogy. [[The Obi
** [[Big Brother Mentor|Scarboy]] fills this role for slowbeef's [[Super Metroid]] LP.
** Slowbeef himself serves as a mentor for Diabetus during the ''Fusion'' LP.
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* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: Slowbeef admits that this may be one reason he's so fond of ''[[Snatcher]]'', toward the end of his video LP of the game.
* [[Now You Tell Me]]: Slowbeef discovered he could freeze [[That One Boss|Mogenar]] with missiles right as soon as he was about to die.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: His reaction to finding a scan in ''[[Metroid Prime]] 2: Echoes'' that said he had to find ''ten keys'' to enter the final area (one of which was already found for him, at least).
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** In the first 10 minutes of ''Corruption'', he finds he can shoot allies. 30 seconds later, he accidentally shoots someone, and he fires several more shots for the hell of it, prompting a turret to pop down from the ceiling.
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'''Slowbeef:''' [[Precision F-Strike|Oh, shit!]] "Please stand down", you got it, I'm sorry! Okay! }}
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: In ''Fusion'', Diabetus compares shooting the malfunctioning atmospheric stabilizers in Sector One to thumping a television.
* [[Phlebotinum Analogy]]: How slowbeef explains to Scarboy what Phazon is in ''Corruption'':
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* [[The Power of Hate]]:
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* [[Railing Kill]]: After slowbeef "disarms" a thug in [[Dead to Rights|Dead to Rights: Retribution.]]
* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]: The second half of the Super Metroid [[Game Mod|Justin Bailey]] Let's Play.
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: When Slowbeef got the Wave Beam, he made sure to take out all the Pulse Bombus in the shafts that had bugged him.
* [[Running Gag]]: "The Ridley Voice"
** And his various [[Alternative Character Interpretation
** He often mentions [[Manipulative Editing|editing out things Diabetus and other commentators say and put in comments praising his skill]]. [[Left It In|He never does]].
*** He and the guests also often act like the episode just started after he dies, as if he would edit out the failure. He also never does. This extends to Diabetus' LP of ''Fusion'' as well.
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* [[Squee]]: His reaction to [[Best Level Ever|Sanctuary Fortress]] in ''Echoes'', even going so far as to say that if the whole game was nothing but Sanctuary, it would be the best game ever.
* [[Stealth Insult]]: Occasionally, in his ''[[Super Metroid]]'' LP, slowbeef will bring up Windows Notepad and type out insults to his fellow commentators which are only visible to the audience while his partners remain blissfully unaware.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: During the Metroid Fusion LP, Diabetus and slowbeef quickly get irritated with Adam's [[Wall of Text|constant briefings]].
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* [[Take That]]:
** Diabetus after seeing the night club mini-game in the [[Dead to Rights]] LP asked slowbeef this:
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** ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'' manages to be the subject of its own LP only by barely edging out the mass quantity of harsh criticism of ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.
* [[Tethercat Principle]]: [[In-Universe|Slowbeef and Diabetus use]], as a [[Running Joke
* [[Tempting Fate]]: While in Elysia in ''Metroid Prime 3:''[[Sarcasm Mode|"I was hoping to roll off the edge into another endless pit…".]] He does.
** Diabetus seems to have the uncanny ability to make joke predictions that actually end up true. Particularly in both [[Dead to Rights]] LPs.
* [[That Came Out Wrong]]:
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: During a visit in Lower Norfair while playing the [[Super Metroid]] Justin Bailey [[Fan Service]] hack he and Diabetus suddenly start a storm of Metroid double entendres.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Upon discovering he could bounce projectiles between two doors in Sanctuary Fortress, slowbeef spent several minutes doing so.
* [[X Meets Y]]: He and Diabetus spend the aftermath of ''[[Dead to Rights]]: Retribution'' Chapter 9 imagining possible sequels, going from mundane crossovers to a [[Bloodier and Gorier]] version of [[New Super Mario Bros
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'''Diabetus:''' And there's a lot of [[Press X to Not Die|constant quick-time]] [[Heavy Rain|events as well]].
'''Slowbeef:''' Also, he's [[Always Save the Girl|saving]] [[Meat Boy
'''Diabetus:''' You have to make difficult moral choices, is Jack Slate [[Karma Meter|a paragon or]] [[Mass Effect|a renegade?]] The choice is yours, the player, to drive Jack's story because you ''are'' Jack! }}
** At one point early in Metroid Fusion, Slowbeef mentions there should be an actual [[Metroidvania]] game, as in a crossover between Metroid and [[Castlevania]].
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