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Their first collaborative Let's Play is of the original ''[[Mario Party]]'', recorded when they attended Magfest 2011. It premiered February 5, 2011. The three of them were the only ones participating, and they promised more in the future with [[Special Guest|additional players]] beyond the core three.

 

 

LP #3 is ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl'''s "Subspace Emissary", recorded at E3 2011 and some recorded at Jon's home in Canada, with a return to three players. After this was finished, they also held a Smash tournament with 7 other guest players, one of which was [[Josh Jepson]]. The tournament was recorded after New Super Mario Bros. Wii's latter recording. The champion was {{spoiler|1=ProtonJon}}.

'''Games the Runaway Guys have Let's Played include:'''

* ''[[Mario Party]]''

* ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros.: Brawl (Subspace Emissary)]]''

* ''[[Mario Party|Mario Party 2]]''

* [[Big "What?"]]: Both Chugga and Jon get in on this.

** One of them in [[Mario Party|Bowser's Magma Mountain]] (courtesy of [[Large Ham|Chugga]]) was even played back in slow motion {{spoiler|in episode 2 around 6:21}}.

* [[Big Yes]]: Usually, when something good actually happens, Jon or Chugga will shout it.

** Luigi's Engine Room, episode 1 ~ 7:33 probably has the biggest one in the series, so loud ''they had to turn the volume down'':

** Whenever someone makes a reference or shout out, Jon will usually say, "Thanks/Thank you (whatever is being referenced here)." Examples include "Thanks [[Freelance Astronauts|Maxwell]]." and "Thank you, Yu-Gi-Oh!"

* [[Collective Groan]]: Often in response to a pun made by one of the Guys.

** Several LPer's look to be seeing the same perks with the Brawl tournament. They even get little bios of what they LP for the viewers.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Just as bad as in Chuggaa's solo videos. To Tim and Jon's eternal pain.

*** When NCS makes one at the end of Episode 6 (MP), [["Everybody Laughs" Ending|everyone laughs]].

{{quote|Tim: Son of a beach!}}

** Not from one of their official LP's, but it needs to be mentioned. From [http://www.justin.tv/fangamer/b/288157069 this livestream] of Super Mario RPG (Jon playing, Chugga and Tim watching):

{{quote|'''Tim''': [[This Is Sparta|THIS IS STARDA!]]<br />

** In Subspace, Chugga makes one so bad it gets him ''kicked out of Jon's house''.

* [[Irony]]: In [[Mario Party]], Chugga plays as Donkey Kong, who's a monkey. He has the least [[Butt Monkey]] moments of them all.

* [[If You Know What I Mean]]: There's a lot of this kind of talk, unsurprising considering that both Chugga and NCS are part of the group.

* [[Never Heard That One Before]]: Jon's reaction of "Move faster, Pokey!" is referenced in Mario Party.

** "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" is started by Chugga doing anything Jon finds either sketchy, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|punny]], or [[Epic Fail|made of fail.]]

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: When 3 adults play a multiplayer game where you can [[Troll|screw with your friends' sanity for the sake of your own laughter]], this was bound to happen.

** At the most, they usually resort to "Damn it!" But even Tim squeezes an actual F-Strike when he loses an intense game of Hot Rope Jump in ''Mario Party 2''. [[Apologises a Lot|He immediately apologizes for it.]]

* [[Running Gag]]: Many. Chugga's bad puns, Jon being an asshole, Press L to P (In The Bathroom!).

** Jon claiming a character is "dead" and acting shocked seems to be one.

** [[Proton Jon]] also made a reference to [[This Very Wiki]]!

** This arguably deserves a mention, but [[Sir Ron Lionheart]] is impersonated by [[Nintendo Capri Sun]].

** For other shoutouts, check [[The Runaway Guys/Shout Out|their dedicated page]].

* [[Special Guest]]: Since just about every multiplayer game allows up to four players, they attempt to get one to join them for each LP.

** As well as a whole slew of special guests for their Brawl tournament.

* [[Take That]]: Chuggaaconroy LOVES taking shots at [[Proton Jon]] for his updating.

{{quote|"'''Chuggaa'''": "Onto our fourth project in the time it's taken Jon to make five videos!"

"'''Jon'''": "You are a DICK!" }}

** Well, he's still having problems bubbling and not jumping on spikes and fire...

** Wario, the CPU player, [[Let's Get Dangerous|got serious]] during Bowser's Magma Mountain; he almost won, but eventually lost {{spoiler|by one coin}}.

** This becomes a minor gag, with the guys even {{spoiler|replaying the clip of Wario's horrible decision later}}.

* [[Aside Glance]]: Lampshaded in Peach's Birthday Cake, when Bowser gives 20 coins to the completely broke DK (Chugga). "Even DK wants to know, 'What the hell was that crap?'"

* [[Berserk Button]]: Just about ''everyone'' hates Chance Time. Chugga gets even louder when he loses coins.

** As seen above, Chugga and Jon hate the memes they created.

** [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Find a green rupee]], [[Nintendo Capri Sun|NCS]]?

* [[Casting Gag]]: Jon plays as [[Kaizo Mario World|Mario]]. The three of them clarify that for once, he's not playing as a [[ROM Hack|hacked version]] of Mario.

** An ironic one with Chugga, who plays Donkey Kong. DK is a monkey, yet he has the ''least'' number of [[Butt Monkey]] moments.

*** Played straight with a second [[Casting Gag]] with Chugga and Jon together -- Jon is Mario and Chugga is Donkey Kong. In several games, DK is Mario's rival and vice versa.

* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: In Episode 5, after not gaining anything in the first 1UP house they visit, Josh manages to snag {{spoiler|four}} in the second one.

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Though generally everyone in the group has bouts of sociopathy, Jon is especially dedicated to [[Comedic Sociopathy|making his teammates suffer]]. See the Woobie Destroyer Of Worlds entry on YMMV for details.

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Jon in the second half of the LP towards Chugga, particularly trying to kill him more and more. <ref>[[All There in the Manual|As stated in LPCatchPhrases' interview]], the reason for this is because they were cracking jokes before recording the second half of the LP, and Chugga playfully threw a hard cylindrical pillow in Jon's direction which nailed him right in the face and gave him a black eye.</ref>

* [[Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup]]: They often end up sabotaging themselves by accident just by getting in each other's way. It's especially bad in levels that require precise jumps, where they end up bouncing off each other and knocking each other around.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Ike. Not only did he {{spoiler|get killed off for real in the finale, but when Jon plays as him during the Free-For-All match, he loses}}.

* [[Call Back]]: According to Chugga, Tim finally learned how to [[Press X to Not Die|Press A to not die]].

** Chugga says he hasn't "been this excited since [[Mario Party|Wario lost at Mario's Rainbow Castle!]]", and then there's saying "Knock Block Tower" in Engrish.

** Chugga references "MOVE FASTER POKEY" during a chase sequence between Porky and the two Lucases (Chugga and Jon).

** Jon gives up his turn so [[Running Gag|Tim can be Yoshi]].

* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: The guys define the effects of the Spicy Curry item as this.

{{quote|'''Jon''': I'm on fire! I'm on fire. I'm on fire. I'm on fire and have a hammer! I'm on fire and have a hammer!}}

* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: Chuggaa has quite a bit of trouble pronouncing [[Kid Icarus|Palutena]].

* [[I Want My Mommy]]: Done by Chugga when Jon takes both controllers during the Outside the Ancient Ruins level and forces him to play as Olimar.

* [[Say My Name]]: In Episode 15. ''"Tim!"''

* [[Shout-Out]]: When Chugga won't stop saying "and" at the end of Episode 3, Jon references the Tally Hall song, "&." He is a big fan of the band, according to [https://twitter.com/#!/Proton_Jon/status/174543450639831040 this tweet].

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Likely an unintentional example, but knowing [[Pungeon Master|Chugga]], you never know:

{{quote|'''Jon''': *is hanging from a ledge* I'm just hanging around. Literally. *[[Laser-Guided Karma|gets attacked by a Glunder]]*<br />

* [[Also Sprach Zarathustra]]: Jon starts singing this when he's deciding whether to {{spoiler|steal a star from Chugga or Tim.}}

* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: In the last minigame of Pirate Land, Luigi goes only for Tim, shooting in the same place, which Tim keeps dodging.

** Especially shown in the duel minigame against Jon in Western Land:

{{quote|'''Tim''': I'll just do 20 coins. <ref>He is choosing how many coins the winner gets from the loser.</ref>

** During the Minigame coaster, Jon hoped that the fans wouldn't make a montage of every "D'oh, I missed" was used. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77IWgfWTO4o Less than a] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0SgEXqdiEI day later...]

* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: During the opening thirty seconds of the first part of Horror Land (the first of a new batch of recordings by the guys), when Jon and Chugga are already arguing you can hear Tim mutter "We're not gonna make it through this week..."

** This is even more pronounced in Western Land, where NCS managed to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|beat the other three]] players in a Crane Game, thus preventing Jon from getting a star on the next turn. For the uninitiated, Crane Game is a game where you have to pick someone up from a crane and mash A as fast as you can to drop them down a pipe. Even with a hard CPU, who can mash the buttons faster than an N64 controller could register, and Jon, who's clearly shown his button mashing prowess in the previous Crane Games.

** Not to mention that NCS stayed as first place for the ''majority'' of Bowser Land {{spoiler|until Jon won at the end.}}

* [[Big "What?"]]: Their reaction to the final target in Ninja Dojo.

{{quote|'''Chugga''': {{spoiler|IT'S PAC-MAN!}}}}

** Discussed during Ninja Dojo, where they are briefly confused over who has what coloured star and take a moment to figure it out.

* {{spoiler|[[Dark Horse Victory]]: Tim wins the third round of Ninja Dojo nigh-effortlessly by over 200 points.}}

* [[Irony]]: Chugga states he's not a fan of Kirby games, with this game being a rare exception. Despite this, he apparently did the best in their practice, which is why he plays as Kirby.

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Jon jokingly calls Meta Knight without the silent K. In other words, "Meta Ki-night".

* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: [[Nice Guy|Tim]] does quite a bit more [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking]] this time around.

{{quote|'''Chugga''': [[Buffy-Speak|I'm the American...person.]]<br />

** Also, every time NCS is MC, the tournament gets a new name

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Lucahjin comments how she is "going to die in two seconds" at the start of her first match. She then almost instantly falls off the stage and dies.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Jon considers ALoyalGamer and SuperJeenius to be this.

 

* [[Anticlimax]]: Jon Paula was likely the guest most fans were excited about...and he's the first one knocked out, beaten by [[Proton Jon]] in the very first match. Since this is single elimination and not double, that means he was out of the tournament less than five minutes in.

* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Chugga attempts to do an impression of Tim, but (in his words) ends up sounding like [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|a drill sergeant]] instead. He then attempts another voice and ends up as [[Call Back|Mmaxie from]] [[Pokémon Emerald|Teamm Mmagmma]]!

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: There were a few one-sided matches. However, {{spoiler|1=Chugga to ProtonJon}} takes the cake, as the latter is the only receiver who didn't score!

* [[One Steve Limit]]: The first game is a match between [[Proton Jon|Jon]] and [[Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This?|Jon]]. They spend several minutes discussing how not to get them confused.

 

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