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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Despite all the vitriol aimed at anime, the jokes are aimed at specific enough targets to prove they're fans. Also, Maxwell has a Mii of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Gendo Ikari]].

** In their LP of the ''[[Bayonetta]]'' demo:

** Music from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] plays during some of the battles in the Oblivon LP.

** A couple of listens to the "Sephiroth Goku The Stampede" sequence contains a lot of well-hidden references to several anime and anime archetypes, considering the whole joke is one enormous anime [[Cliché Storm]].

*** Listen now to the sad song of [http://www.tindeck.com/listen/fjrq Pipes' Lament]

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Evek questions the physics behind the falling moon in Majora's Mask

'''Ferr:''' You're a tree. You're a boy who is a tree. And the moon has a giant face on it. No, there is no gravity field. }}

* [[The Aristocrats]]: Ferr turns the tale of Sephiroth Goku the Stampede into this, making it even funnier.

* [[Ass Shove]]: What Ferr and Evek thinks makes Epona run faster, complete with sound effect.

** In the ''Majora's Mask'' LP, while searching for Lulu's eggs...

'''Ferr:''' Wrong end. }}

** Don't forget Asswings!

* [[Big No]]: All of the commentators, save Maxwell, after Link in ''Majora's Mask'' throws a valuable Powder Keg off of the edge of Snowpeak.

** Also, in the Oblivion playthrough, upon [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8AN6ArglSc#t=727s finding the corpse of their beloved lobster monster Drew roasting over a campfire.] Even Lava Lamp Goddess joined in.

'''All:''' *gasp* NOOOOOOOOO! }}

** Another in Oblivion when they find the body of their deceased comrade Tiny Archer, a Kvatch town guard they had shrunken using console commands who had a career in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcsnnubj53k on-the-scene reporting].

** During the Tetris video, pipes! lets out one when Maxwell Adams gets two consecutive Tetrises and throws his board into a tizzy.

** Also Maxwell during the ''Kirby Super Star'' LP whenever pipes! turns him into another less useful Helper.

* [[Big "What?"]]: Also in the Tetris video, pipes! yells out FOUR of these in a row when, after Maxwell gets a Tetris, his screen is filled and he loses.

* [[BFG]]: The Astronauts' opinion of [[Killer 7]] improves considerably when [[Handicapped Badass|Harman's]] gigantic wheelchair-mounted sniper rifle comes into play.

* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: Frequently, particularly with the mummies/zombies in the 3D Zelda games, and has culminated in a [http://www.viddler.com/explore/MadFriarAvelyn/videos/119/ priceless moment] where Link cries afterwards. Also...

* [[Brick Joke]]: Maxwell reveals he stored a couple of military vehicles and helicopters in garages early on in the ''GTA: Vice City'' LP shortly before he spends two episodes dicking around in a flying tank. {{spoiler|Many, many episodes later, he takes a tank out of one of the garages during a mission...}}

* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Usually Southern U.S. or Bri'ish Coppa.

** Irregular Hunter.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: During the Wii Sports Archery:

** While dicking about in ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause 2]]'', Maxwell pans up to the sky revealing the game's moon has been modded up to look like the [[Colony Drop|creepy evil one]] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''. Cue nostalgic giggles.

** Also happened earlier in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]''. Even more fitting, considering that (as Max demonstrated) if you shoot the moon with a sniper rifle, it gets bigger/closer.

* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: The computer opponent quite a few times in the ''[[Bomberman]]'' videos.

* [[Distant Finale]]: The end to the Astronauts' first Let's Play of [[Seaman]] had them warping ahead through a few years of in-game time (1,825 days, to be exact) to see what would have become of their two Seamen if they had been left unattended for that long. {{spoiler|Cue [[Despair Event Horizon|one of the most depressing things they've ever filmed]]: the sign with the Seaman on it that makes up the title screen is scratched and desolate-looking. There are no Seamen in the tank, no eggs, no nothing. The terrarium which is used for growing moths is similarly bare. Even [[Leonard Nimoy]], narrator of the whole game up to that point no matter what had been happening up to that point, abandoned them, the game apparently having nothing to say to the players after so much time passed with nothing but neglect. Ferr was freaked out enough to start apologizing frantically on the spot.}}

* [[Domestic Abuse]]: During a playthrough of [http://www.freelanceastronauts.com/view.php?id=332 some terrible NES games], pipes! and Ferr theorise this to be Maxwell's masochistic relationship with [[Nintendo Hard]] games such as F-Zero GX.

* [[Drop the Cow|Drop The Tank]]: [[Running Gag]] in their ''[[Mass Effect]]'' LP.

* [[Eagle Land]]: During the ''[[Resident Evil|RE4]]'' LP,

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Maxwell may be an evil bastard to his friends in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'', and quite the renegade in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', but then came this little nugget during 4-Player Bomberman.

'''Everyone:''' [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Awwwwwww...]] }}

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Ferr, during the LP of ''Lemmings'', after he {{spoiler|kills about 50 Lemmings to prevent Maxwell from getting them.}}

** And again from Ferr during the ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdItjmQIpCo Master Quest]'' LP after a rather strange discussion about [[It Makes Sense in Context|a train being powered by ground-up mummies]].

** Maxwell also does this during ''Power Stone 2'' after obtaining a powerup that turned his character into a robot, and then he begins to slaughter '''EVERYONE.'''

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Ten seconds into their ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'' playthrough, pipes! christens the game ''Super Asshole Bros. Wii''. 4-ish hours of backstabbing, juvenile humour, and screaming [[Angrish|nonsensical]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|death threats]] promptly follow.

* [[The Faceless]]: Formerly Ferr; back in the New Year's Special, Ferr refused to show his face for the camera (he opted to show his hand -- [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2484499748624302889# as a talking face]). For the longest time, whenever there was fanart of Ferr, his face is obscured. [[media:The_Freelance_Astronauts_Ferr_small_5825.jpg|He finally revealed himself]] on the livestream party on March 12, 2011.

** According to the Twitter feed, which acknowledged this entry, whoever posted that image didn't get the right guy. THE MYSTERY CONTINUES!

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: See [[You All Look Familiar]]. Also:

'''Ashley:''' *[[No Sense of Personal Space|in front of a sitting salarian]]* I can't tell the aliens from the animals.<br />

'''Maxwell:''' *nonchalant* Oh, that's right, I forgot. She's a racist. }}

** During their Bomberman LP:

'''Evek:''' Well excuse me, he's blue-guy American! }}

* [[Five-Man Band|Four Man Band]]:

* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: Apparently, sitting down in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' makes you ''very'' difficult to hit, even with tank fire.

* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]: The Haunted Mii, or "Little Billy from the Make-A-Wish Foundation" during [http://www.freelanceastronauts.com/view.php?id=789 Wii Sports Resort's Archery].

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: During the Kickboat Saga.

'''pipes!''': You kicked your way out of the game. ...It kicked you out! Ha ha ha! You just got kicked from the server. }}

** And after the Gerudo pirates are [[Eddie Izzard|covered in bees...]]

'''Evek:''' [[Austin Powers|Oh, bee-have.]]<br />

'''Ferr:''' I'm looking up their bee-hinds.<br />

** With Ferr around, this is generally an inevitability.

** In ''[[Crysis (series)|Crysis]]'' pipes! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSc0o3ThEEA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL lets loose a storm].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Whilst playing a hacked out the ass file of Twilight Princess, early dungeon in the game:

** Sometime after Max begins using cheats in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]]'':

'''Pipes''': [[Lampshade Hanging|...I have a hard time thinking "legitimate" and "flying car". Seriously.]] }}

* [[In Joke]]: Maxwell stopped being good at games in 1995.

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Maxwell and co. refer to the Freezards from the ''Zelda'' series as icy "Day-liks", possibly referring to the Daleks (Dah-lek) from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

** Also, in the ''Majora's Mask'' LP:

'''Ferr:''' What-ayver. }}

** And Drakkel thinking dysentery is pronounced "Dis-Sentery" in the ''[[Oregon Trail]]'' LP.

'''Diabetus:''' I only have so many sets of cloth-ing. Look at your mape. Maybe you should buy some soup-lees! }}

** Ferr also refers to Fort Bridger in that game as "Fort Brigadier".

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Maxwell's idea for a game, Jetpack Raptor. A fighting game where you choose your ratio of jetpack to raptor. Flare guns and grappling hooks are optional.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: pipes!

* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: During a Star Fox playthrough:

* Silence, followed by a hard slap.* }}

* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Referenced in ''Contra''. pipes! even suggests that there should be an "Anti-OSHA".

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]/[[Wingdinglish]]: According to the ''Majora's Mask'' LP, pipes!'s screenname has also been spelt with literal [[wikipedia:Vertical bar|pipes (|||)]]

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Maxwell, barely.

** When pipes! uses "tit-bitch" in the [[Tetris]] Smackdown, he's [[Lampshade Hanging|commended for his creative insult]].

** From [http://www.viddler.com/explore/Maxwell_Adams/videos/422/ this video] of the ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' LP:

* [[Planet of Hats]]: Another [[Running Gag]] in the ''Mass Effect'' LP is referring to various characters as [[Space X|Space]] ____. Ashley is [[Fantastic Racism|Space Racist]], the asari are Space Whores, the quarian are Space Gypsies...

** Shepard is a Space American, after disconnecting the Council's signal.

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: During the second part of the final battle at the end of ''Master Quest''.

* [[Pungeon Master]]: Ferr

** Pipes!! takes over [[Pungeon Master]] duties during the ''Crysis'' LP.

*** Possibly "definitely" during his slow rage buildup in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', caused by being a deadly combination of a) the only one actually trying to play properly rather than dick everyone else over and b) the second-worst player behind Ferr.

* [[Quip to Black]]:

'''Everyone:''' [[CSI: Miami|YEEEEEAAAAHHH!]] }}

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Because of job opportunities, the Astronauts have had to move away from one another, leaving Maxwell and Evek the only two left. They do come back for holidays though, which is when they record full LPs.

** Whenever a retarded-looking character appears in a videogame, they all give a resounding cry of "[[The Goonies|HEYYYY YOUUUU GUUUUYS!]]"

** Maxwell's relative lack of movie knowledge is mocked considerably by the others.

'''Diabetus:''' Link can... he can fade through solid matter. Just like that guy from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.<br />

'''Maxwell:''' Hmm. I miss out on so many references, 'cause, I don't even have cable TV right now, and I, like, haven't even seen a lot of movies... <!-- Yeah, we know, Heroes is network TV, just go with it. --><br />

** In the ''Majora's Mask'' LP: "Asswings!", any time Link teleports with the Song of Soaring.

** the different uses of the jack lalanne power juicer.

** "What what, in the butt."

** [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force|"It's not different at all!"]] Sometimes followed by "Is it, Steve?"

* [[Shout-Out]]: Jokes about mythology and other nerdy topics abound.

* [[Shovel Strike]]: In the ''Postal 2'' LP of course, with Ferr naturally bringing up a few puns for such.

* [[Solve the Soup Cans]]: Mocked exactly 8 minutes into [http://freelanceastronauts.com/view.php?id=489 Chapter 8-1] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask.]]''

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: [[Meat Loaf]]'s "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" being played over the moon crashing into Termina in ''Majora's Mask''.

* [[Super OCD]]: Maxwell's constant inventory rearranging during ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''.

* [[Suspicious Videogame Generosity]]: In the ''Serious Sam'' LP:

* [[Take a Third Option]]: For the LP of ''[[Mass Effect]]''. "Okay, so there's a lot of debate over which is the better Shepard, the ManShep or the FemShep. [[The Reveal|Well, what if you just can't choose?]] [[Gonk|What if you just want both?]]"

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: In ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]'' at least, they are occasionally forced to actually help each other survive. They usually fail spectacularly.

* [[Tetris Effect]]: Ferr mentions when he sees an abandoned mattress in [[Half-Life 2]] that his first instinct was to [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|sleep on it to regain health]].

* [[That One Level]]: Referenced [[In-Universe]] as Maxwell Adams puts so dryly--

** pipes! during the [[Tetris]] Smackdown: "NOOOO! THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED!"

* [[That's What She Said]]: Triumphantly yelled by all four of them when a female Gerudo in ''Master Quest'' asks Link to 'do her a favour by going through a little hole'.

** Also used constantly in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]]''.

* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: Except for [[Mass Effect|tanks]] in very odd places, among other things Maxwell has done with the games.

* [[Thememobile]]: Maxwell named his helicopter in the GTA playthrough the "Tommycopter". [[Batman (TV series)|You can probably figure out what theme the other Astronauts burst into at that point.]]

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: The poor Secret Service agent in ''JFK Reloaded'' - after being put down with a bullet to the ankles, he is then shot again. And again. And again. <small>And again.</small> <small>And again.</small> <small>And again.</small> <small>[[Overly Long Gag|And again...]]</small>

* [[Too Soon]]: During the Prototype LP, while battling a boss with a super attack...

'''Ainsley Mctree:''' I feel bad now. I should go. }}

* [[Too Stupid to Live]]: Maxwell turned Leon Kennedy into this during their LP of Resident Evil 4. He constantly refused to heal until Leon was nearly dead, generally resulting in Leon dying a few hundred times (and when his inventory was full of healing items, to boot.)

* [[Trash Talk]]: Pretty much the only reason you would ever watch the [http://www.viddler.com/explore/Maxwell_Adams/videos/265/ Tetris Smackdown] video is purely because of Pipes! magnificent bullet train of trash talk.

* [[Turns Red]]: In ''Contra''...

* [[Urban Legend]]: The others speculate that Maxwell has become one amongst the enemies in ''[[Crysis (series)|Crysis]]'' -- an invisible monster that comes in the night and hurls Koreans about.

* [[Valley Girl]]: The Astronauts think one came up with the name for the ''Zelda'' enemy Like-Like.

*** '''Ferr:''' I just gave myself a Gatorade money shot.

* [[We ARE Struggling Together!]]: Their ''[[Serious Sam]]'' Let's Play. They seemed to spend equal time fighting enemies and shooting each other to bits, especially when Maxwell let them find the [[Gatling Good|Chain Gun]] early.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Maxwell's "[[Contra]] Secret" that he discovered as a child -- a glitched part of a level that lets you partially clip though the floor. You can't move anywhere and it serves no purpose, but the young Maxwell was so proud of his discovery he almost sent it in to [[Nintendo Power]].

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Doomisland, a fairly regular commentator to the Majora's Mask LP, has not been in any other videos since, and besides from one off-comment joke about it by Maxwell in a later LP, has not been talked about.

* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|Why Don't They Just Shoot Him With The Cannons?]]: Ferr asks this about the airships in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.

* [[With Lyrics]]: They chant "YOU GOT A THING!" to the tune of the Zelda [[Item Get]] music.

* [[World of Chaos]]: Their use of console commands to grow and shrink various characters (among other things) turned their Oblivion playthrough into this trope.