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{{quote|"[[Catch Phrase|YO VIDEOGAMES!!!]]"|Max}}

 

 

However, on the fourth episode of his [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Marvel vs Capcom 3]] series, he started doing something different- a character guide for individual characters, called [[Assist Me]], beginning with [[Dr. Doom]]. This series is a [[Something Completely Different|departure]] from his normal fare, with actors playing the parts of the various characters, and something resembling a storyline. It was even picked up by Capcom to promote the release of [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]], with 6 episodes covering 12 characters. Max has continued the show, which is well into its second season.

Max also covers trailers for new games, reviews older games on his "Sega Saturn Saturdays," does playthroughs of existing games, and provides live commentaries for his games during various "Week of" series.

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* [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3]]

* [[Street Fighter X Tekken]]

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Wesker is as close as it can get to this regarding his treatment of Nemesis. Including [[Disproportionate Retribution|beating up on him for damaging his expensive sunglasses]]

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Sort of. Max gets a lot that he looks a little like [[Nicolas Cage]] so in Ultimate Assist Me featuring [[Ghosts and Goblins|Firebrand]] and [[Ghost Rider]] Max transforms into the latter who was played by Cage.

** When one of the lighting crew members sits down on the couch Doom shouts hey it's Larry as the crew member played one of [[Resident Evil|Chris']] companions in Assist Me featuring Chris Redfield

** Done in-universe with Rocket Raccoon and Doom at each other's throats as Doom and Wesker often are.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: There is one done on [[Epic Rap Battles of History]] featuring Wesker and Doom.

* [[April Fools' Day]]: Max posted a video, as a follow up a similar video that wasn't even done on the day itself, where he [[Troll|trolls his subscribers]] into believing that you can get the voiceovers of Wesker, Doom, and Deadpool from ''Assist Me'' onto the [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]] disc. Even funnier is Max treats this as [[Creator Backlash|absolutely horrible]].

* [[Ascended Meme]]: Often imported into the Assist me segments

* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Doom says what's pretty much on every fanboy's mind during the Deadpool video at the start:

'''Deadpool:''' Damn right it is! }}

* [[Big "What?"]]: Doom, whenever anyone else calls him out or stares at him because of his shenanigans.

* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: When Deadpool {{spoiler|shoots Max}}, there is absolutely no blood when the camera pans to {{spoiler|his corpse}}.

** One of the first thing Max asks Doom in ''Ultimate Assist Me'' is if he wants to go first to five in [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]. At the end of the six episodes, {{spoiler|when the cursed game disappears because Max beat Galactus along with the insanity}}, Max asks him again.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In Wesker's ''Assist Me'', he shoots a member of Max's lighting crew. It's [[No Fourth Wall|all over the place]] when Max does an episode with [[Deadpool|the Merc With the Mouth]].

* [[Brick Joke]]: Deadpool uses his teleport belt twice in the first video. As [[Mythology Gag|expected it explodes catastrophically when he tries to use it a 3rd time]]. He does it at the end of the third video when {{spoiler|1=trying to kill Max to get money from MODOK, only to be tricked by Wesker into checking his slacks because his belt buckle was coming undone}}. Deadpool's face when he realizes the belt is about to go boom says it all.

* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: Wesker utilizes this whenever he activates his [[April Fools' Day|replaced voiceover]] Level 3.

* [[But Now I Must Go]]: [[Strider]] does this at the end of ''Ultimate Assist Me'' featuring him and Hawkeye.

* [[Call Back]]: Max turning into [[Ghost Rider]] in ''Ultimate Assist Me'' is brought up again in Deadpool's ''Assist Me''.

** When playing [[Skullgirls]], Max says "I'll carve my own Steak" which is something he said when using [[Soul Series|Patrokolos']] [[Limit Break|Critical Edge]]

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Doom originally thinks the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] is a Halloween gimmick. Max reminds Doom it's the middle of March. Doom begins counting the months and then:

'''Max:''' ''(deadpan)'' I know. }}

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: [[Resident Evil|Albert Wesker]] as he is working on reports, climbing the corporate ladder and [[A God Am I|becoming a god]].

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In [[Dr. Doom|Doom's]] first appearance he was what you expect from Doom, actually acting like a [[Large Ham]] supervillain and an extremely big [[Jerkass]]. Now, though he's the ruler of a country, he's still a [[Large Ham]], but acts like a freeloader off of Max's apartment and is frequently the [[Butt Monkey]].

* [[City of Adventure]]: Some pretty crazy stuff happens in Santa Monica, where Max lives. Though with Max now moving the location of this will change. Still between bio-terrorists and cursed videogames, Max goes through some pretty crazy experiences when he shoots ''Assist Me''.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Doom finds a pair of Wesker's sunglasses in the fridge and hands them to Max. The only thing the gamer can say is "[[It Makes Sense in Context|This isn't a Margarita]]".

* [[Compensating for Something]]: Max believes that [[Resident Evil|Wesker's]] rather luxurious gun collection makes up for his [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]], amongst other things.

* [[Confusion Fu]]: Wesker says it's his greatest ally in combat and Max gives information about how to use this in the game.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Doom [[Reality Warper|snaps]] Wesker inside the TV after the ''Ultimate Assist Me'' featuring Nemesis and Doctor Strange (granted, this was so Nemesis [[Brick Joke|could get some payback for Wesker's earlier abuse)]]. {{spoiler|Max has Doom let him out after Wesker saves them from [[Deadpool]]}}

* [[Cosplay]]: This is how the ''Assist Me'' videos are done featuring the other characters.

** Happens again with Rocket Raccoon:

'''Rocket:''' You outta go on a diet, you fat piece of shiii-- *disappears* }}

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: X-23 upon seeing [[Okami|Amaterasu]].

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: While Max is very knowledgeable in fighting games and mechanics, even being able to count frames of animation, he messes up on more commonplace character details. A clear-cut example any [[Devil May Cry]] fan would know is that Vergil is Dante's ''twin'' brother, not his half-brother.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Wesker's relentless assault on Nemesis in his week of Ultimate Assist Me

* [["Everybody Laughs" Ending]]: This looks like how ''Assist Me'' featuring Deadpool is going to end, but it is [[Mood Whiplash|quickly subverted]].

* [[Funny Background Event]]: While Max is concentrating on beating Galactus at the end of ''Ultimate Assist Me'', Doom is having a battle with Rocket Raccoon.

** Max frequently lampshades the ones that occur when he plays [[Skullgirls]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: When Doom and Deadpool start getting up in each other's grills, Max recognizes that a rap battle's about to ensue and stops it before it happens.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Doom advises everyone to aim directly at the genitals [[For Massive Damage]].

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Wesker starts living with Max and tries to be a nicer guy after the incident with [[Deadpool]]}}.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Max tries to cover a new weapon for ''[[Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare 3]]'' only for Doom to cut in and tell max to stop camping. Eventually Max hands Doom the controller and tells him to show him what's not camping. Guess what's the first thing Doom does?

* [[Ironic Echo]]: When trying Doom's [[Bland-Name Product|Doomequis]], Max and Deadpool both say it tastes "like raw-ass butt". At the end of the tutorial [[spoiler:where Deadpool's teleport belt explodes and Max has cuts and scrapes all over him. Doom [[Squick|swipes his finger on Max's cheek thinking it's]] [[Trademark Favorite Food|yogurt]] and says it tastes exactly the same as they thought of his Doomequis.

** Then again, considering {{spoiler|it was a piece of Deadpool, [[Squickit|may very well have been exactly that.]]}}

* [[Mirror Match]]: Discussed.

* [[Never Found the Body]]: After Wesker's first defeat, this is how Max and Doom realize that Wesker's still at large.

* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: Doom when Max and Wesker duke it out during ''Assist Me''.

* [[Power Echoes]]: Phoenix when she goes Dark Phoenix on Max and Doom

** [[Subverted Trope|Except]] [[Status Quo Is God|get with X-23, apparently]].

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Doom is a brony, and Wesker's ringtone is the song used in the Nyan Cat video.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: [[Doctor Doom]].

* [[Reset Button]]: {{spoiler|After Max is killed by Deadpool, Doom resets time to change the poll results and save him.}}

* [[Secret Handshake]]: Doom and Max have one called the Doom Fist.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Max knows a lot about the fighting community and how to play fighting games. He would also never be able to do those character breakdowns if he didn't do his research first.

** Doom says that he is [[Star Wars|Han Solo and Wesker is his Wookie bitch]].

** Doom and Wesker's rap battle mentions [[The Matrix]].

** Max makes [[The Princess Bride|Inigo Montoya]] in Soul Calibur V's Create-a-Character mode. [[Hilarity Ensues|A fan has promised to make a Count Rugen character to meet him in battle]].

** Doom says not to make sudden movements during the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] because their visual acuity is based on movement. Even Max knows this is from [[Jurassic Park]].

* [[Take That Us]]: During ''Assist Me'' featuring Jill, there is commentary about how horrible the original ''[[Resident Evil]]'' was, with terrible lookalike performers, horrible actors, and extremely cheesy voiceovers. [[Aside Glance|The group then slowly turn their heads to stare straight ahead at the camera]].

* [[Talking to Himself]]: And this is despite the fact that anyone who plays a character has to be in costume. Wesker and Deadpool are played by the same person. At the end of Deadpool's ''Assist Me'', Wesker, [[It Makes Sense in Context|inside the TV]] tells Deadpool that his belt buckle is coming undone.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: [[Doctor Doom]] and [[Resident Evil|Wesker]] too, but to a lesser extent.

* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Wesker during his battle with Doom at the end of ''Assist Me'' featuring Wesker.

* [[The Quiet One]]: [[Resident Evil|Jill Valentine]]. Max lampshades this.

* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Deadpool's expression just as his [[Mythology Gag|teleport belt is about to go boom]]. Also, considering {{spoiler|Wesker tricked him into setting it off}}, his expression also has a sense of "I cannot believe I just fell for that".

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Doom loves yogurt.

* [[Trash Talk]]: [[Doctor Doom]] does a lot of this. Starting from when he beats Max in ''Assist Me'' to coming in during Max's games, owning the other team, and giving out insults. Max actually warns Doom about doing this too much.

* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Max is a very skilled player, so for a lot of new players a lot of what he says can go right over their heads. To correct this, Max has thought about, more than once, creating a fighting game basic tutorial.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: After {{spoiler|shooting Max}}, Deadpool says he's [[Call Back|gonna turn into]] [[Ghost Rider]] [[Actor Allusion|because he looks like]] [[Nicolas Cage]]. Doom tells him Max looks more like [[Nickelback|Chad Kroger]]. Deadpool's expression and tone has the word "Oops" written all over it.

 

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