The Runaway Guys/Characters: Difference between revisions

 

== Tropes pertaining to multiple main Guys: ==

== Multiple Runaway Guys ==

** [[Nintendo Capri Sun|Tim.]] He -- as Yoshi -- has {{spoiler|been attacked by steam in Luigi's Engine Room, chased by a giant boulder in DK'S Jungle Adventure, bitten by a Pirahna Plant in Peach's Birthday Cake, and eaten by a giant fish on Yoshi's Tropical Island.}}

** He also got the first Game Over in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. And got killed by {{spoiler|the first Goomba.}} [[Casting Gag|Appropriately, he's playing as Luigi.]]

** {{spoiler|Averted in the Mario Kart 64 filler; Tim actually won!}}

** Also, the lone CPU gets this in an actual round. One of the rounds actually has the guys forming an Anti-CPU alliance.

** Jon as well, mostly during DK's Jungle Adventure. Then Yoshi's Tropical Island. {{spoiler|Then he won.}}

** [[Chuggaaconroy]] has spells of being this every now and again, so that practically makes ''everyone'' these.

** A large portion of the Great Maze in Subspace Emmissary can be summed up by "''TIIIM!''"

* [[Chromatic Arrangement]]: Both in terms of characters in New Super Mario Bros and of names in Brawl, Chugga is Red (He's called the fearless leader), Jon is Blue (He's shown to be better at the games than the other two, while knowing the most,) and Tim is Green (The most laid-back and gentle of the three). Josh even fulfills the Yellow fourth member part of the trope.

* [[Dream Team]]

** Chuggaa has done a couple of them. One of the best ones when he won in a Tug-o-War game.

** [[Nintendo Capri Sun]] also makes a few, often when the other two are yelling.

* [[Griefer]]: Chugga plays this role ''very'' well.

** Since New Super Mario Bros., however, [[Token Evil Teammate|Jon has stolen this title]], [[Epic Fail|with]] [[Laser-Guided Karma|varying]] [[Hilarity Ensues|effectiveness.]] Though with the highest kill count and lowest death count, it's easy to say he's great at it even with the fails.

* [[Large Ham]]: Chugga is the Largest Ham of the entire group, as per his usual LP's where he sends his mic levels skyrocketing into the red zone. He really doesn't like it when things don't go his way.

** Josh Jepson appears to be one as well.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: [[Nintendo Capri Sun]] talks real fast. [[Chuggaaconroy]] does this as well, though mostly due to having a ton of things he wants to say.

** <small>'''ProtonJon:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwSxw4jNDM#t=13m43s TV Tropes just kinda had a heart attack.]</small>

*** He also directly references [[Heavy Rain|Press X]] [[Holler Button|To Jason.]]

*** And [[Press X to Not Die|Press A to not die.]]

*** And the fact that TV Tropes has labeled NCS as [[The Medic]] and Josh as [[The Chick]]. It's pretty much confirmed by now that they've been reading this page.

** Finally averted with Chuggaa in New Super Mario Bros. Wii in World 6.

'''Chuggaa/Emile''': I'm being [[Large Ham|STALKED]]! }}

* [[Power Trio]]: Seems to border on [[Knight, Knave, and Squire]] at times.

** Guess what was Jon's and Chugga's most common death cause at the end... {{spoiler|EACH OTHER.}}

*** Summed up well in this conversation:

Jon: '''YES I DO'''! }}

** In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Josh also joins in, getting a Type 2 relationship with both Jon and Chugga. Tim is the only one not hit by this.

== Tropes pertaining to the main three Guys: ==

== Chuggaaconroy ==

 

 

* [[The Ace]]: Not normally, but in Mario Power Tennis. To the point where {{spoiler|Rodri is praised for being the only player to NOT be curb-stomped by him.}} Indeed, the guest players seem to see him as the [[Opposing Sports Team]].

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: He has a habit of being distracted, such as pointing out how nice the background looks, while in the middle of gameplay.

* [[Attention Whore]]: Unable to let anyone else speak for more than a few seconds before interuppting them, constantly screaming over the other players and adamantally refuses to let anyone else be Player 1. Wouldn't be nearly as bad if it weren't for the fact that if anyone [[Sarcasm Mode|dares]] to call him out on it, be they a fan or a fellow Runaway Guy, [[Fan Dumb|they're immediately branded a hater and abused by almost all of Chuggaa's fanbase.]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: Steve, as usual.

* [[Better Than a Bare Bulb]]: If there is any form of coincidence, irony, or status quo change in either the game or with the three of them, Chuggaa ''will'' point it out sooner or later.

** Also, in the sequel, {{spoiler|getting a last second hidden star on the final turn in Pirate Land, ultimately leading to his victory.}}

** Jon points this out in Horror Land of Mario Party 2 and refers to it as Chugga's "stupid luck".

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Has begun doing this as of late. A good example:

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Normally not ''nearly'' as much as the others, but in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, he becomes the subject of plenty of verbal abuse from Jon.

'''Chugga''': Hey! }}

** Even ''Tim'' gets in on this:

'''Jon''': Dream? You're the American dream?<br />

'''Tim''': [[Deadpan Snarker|One more reason to move to Canada.]] }}

** This has continued into later LP's as well.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Might as welllll JUMP!"

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: He's on the delivering side in Mario Power Tennis, constantly. He was one of the only ones to practice, though.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Almost as much as Jon.

* [[Double Standard]] / [[Fantastic Racism]]: Played to very humorous effect and lampshaded every single time.

* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Is the first to correct Jon whenever he says something like "Tim and me", reminding him to say "Tim and ''I''" instead.

* [[The Hero]]: The unofficial leader, due to his gaming skill. Furthered by him always being Player 1, except in Subspace Emissary, where the guys took turns as Player 1, Player 2, and not playing.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: In episode 3 of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, it's mentioned that he can beatbox.

** Later, {{spoiler|he loses to Diabetus when he forces the match into Sudden Death. Though to be fair, if he didn't do that, he would've [[Failure Is the Only Option|lost anyway]], since Diabetus was about to kill him.}}

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Tortures Jon with the "Move faster Pokey" line for fun, but reacts in pure agony whenever Jon mentions [[Pikmin|Steve]].

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[Man Child]]

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Utterly ''screams'' whenever something really good or bad happens.

* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: He occasionally becomes angry or irritable, despite usually being the cheerful one. Most prominent examples are Bowser Land of Mario Party 2, the [[Precision F-Strike]] example below, and the Mario Party 2 recording failure story listed on their [[Epic Fail]] page.

* [[Phrase Catcher]] / [[Fan Nickname]]: Jon and some of the tournament guests have taken to calling him "Mr. Conroy" in a crotchety old man voice.

* [[Poke the Poodle]]: His revenge on Jon for trying to kill him is {{spoiler|to not replace the batteries in Jon's controller until after the game is over}}.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: A hard one to hear; after they got a star coin which took them quite a while to get, only to have the only one alive, Jon, die at the end, Chugga says this:

* [[Pungeon Master]]

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: At one point, though we can only take the word of the other players.

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Before the [[Precision F-Strike]] example, but after Jon died, Chugga goes into this territory.

** Episode 10 of Subspace Emmissary, when having to confront his worst nightmare... a red Pikmin who refuses to die...

* [[Troll]]: It's difficult ''not'' to imagine Chugga making a [[Memetic Mutation|trollface]] when he makes an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] or screws Jon over. His teachers always said (and he agrees) that he does not work well with others, which explains why he acts differently than in his solo videos.

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: He seems to want to impress [[Proton Jon]] (his inspiration to be an LPer) in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl playthrough.

 

== [[Proton Jon]] ==

 

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: His old catchphrases, such as "Move faster Pokey".

** Insulting his mother is shown to be one in the first episode of Horror Land.

* [[Canada, Eh?]]: The other two comment on his dialect.

'''Jon:''' [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|*gasp* OH NO, I'M CANADIAN.]]<br />

'''Chugga:''' HIDE YOUR CHILDREN! }}

** The latter part of the Subspace LP took place at his home in Canada. Chugga frequently states that he's in "enemy territory", and at one point Jon realizes he can kick Chugga out of his house.

** He even claims he is allowed to deport Chugga from Canada, or at least put him under citizen's arrest.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "[[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|GAAAAAAAAME!]]"

** He also seems to be turning "Get off my plane!" and "GO AWAY!" into this.

* [[Character Development]]: He's not nearly as much of a [[Token Evil Teammate]], [[Large Ham]], or [[Deadpan Snarker]] in Mario Party as he is in future playthroughs.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: As per his usual LP's:

'''Emile:''' ...Shut up. }}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The reason he's trying to kill Chuggaa's player avatar in New Super Mario Bros. Wii is for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=AXkR_8TIdaE Chuggaa throwing a pillow at him]. [[Justified Trope|Though he did get a black eye from it]], because it wasn't a normal, "fluffy," type of pillow. It was one of those hard cushions used for back support.

* [[For the Evulz]]: After getting over Chuggaa nearly giving him a black eye, he's still determined to make Chuggaa use a continue. When asked why, he simply says "Because I can!"

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: During the Smash Bros. filler video, he {{spoiler|beat Chuggaa and Tim, while using a controller he wasn't used to}}.

* [[The Lancer]]/[[The Smart Guy]]

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Likes to think he is, at least.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: His frequent "Bye guys!" moments in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

** Also occasionally jokingly does this later on, such as near the end of the first episode of Kirby's Return to Dream Land:

'''Jon''': Me flying away. (as he does just that) }}

* [[Take That, Audience!]]: Chuggaa has his fun sometimes, but Jon makes fun of the [[Fan Dumb]] among the Guys' fanbase more than anyone else.

* [[Third Person Person]]: When playing as Captain Falcon in ''Brawl''.

** He goes back to "normal" in ''Subspace Emissary'', though he still tries to annoy Chugga whenever possible.

* [[Troll]]: In episode 14 of Mario Bros., he actually starts being more annoying again because he hasn't "been trolling enough" apparently.

 

== [[Nintendo Capri Sun]] ==

 

 

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: It's been theorized by the other Guys that the reason he keeps dying in the games is because he's not paying much attention as he plays.

** This was definitely present in the final stages of ''Subspace Emissary'', where Tim died or caused the others to die constantly. Reached its logical conclusion in this superb [[Non Sequitur]] right at the end.

* [[Badass Decay]]: One of the most noticeable things about him on this channel is that he's a lot worse at games than usual. On some occasions, this is a [[Justified Trope]], though. This also applies to his performance in ''Subspace Emissary'' after doing considerably better in the filler episodes of the last LP.

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Almost the entire time in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Also during other games, though to a somewhat lesser extent.

* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: Any time NCS sends his voice skyrocketing for one reason or another (to the extent he outdid even ''Chugga'') usually ends up catching everyone involved off guard.

** He seems to be getting this in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. So far, he's {{spoiler|died on the first Goomba, lost more lives than anyone else, and was the first player to have to use a continue}}. This can mostly be attributed to his nice guy nature in refusing to use everyone else as springboards, and falling to his death ([[Beware the Nice Ones|except once]]). And as Josh Jepson pointed out in a comment, he actually feels ''he's'' doing worse than Tim because [[Mercy Invincibility|Tim never uses]] [[Bottomless Pit Rescue Service|the bubble mechanic]]. On the bright side, he's collected a good majority of the Star Coins so far, but the LP is too early on to say for sure if this will be a constant.

*** He does seem to be doing better than Josh now, but he's still miles behind Chugga and Jon in the long run.

** This was lampshaded in a Facebook post:

** Chuggaa finally came out and just asked him about it, and Tim responded that it's the control sticks in general that mess him up so bad. The evidence matches up, as all the games he's pulled off incredibly well were before the advent of analogue sticks. Also, the fact that there are more players on the screen was mentioned.

** He's doing better now in ''[[Mario Party]] 2'', but unfortunately the [[Random Number God]] is still causing his overall performance to suffer.

* [[The Quiet One]]: A common complaint in the earlier ''Mario Party'' videos is that the normally very talkative NCS was being far too quiet; all three contributors promised that he would come out of his shell in later videos. And so he did, but he's still definitely the quietest of the three.

** He does do a lot of talking, though, but mainly to himself in the background.

*** Jon also mentions in his interview with LPCatchPhrases that NCS is a generally quiet and shy person, so part of it is probably him warming up to his new team members.

* [[Some Call Me... Tim]]: Literally.

** While still the only one to never win a match, he did KO Jon once or twice during the Smash Bros. filler video, and then {{spoiler|won Rainbow Road during the Mario Kart video}}.

** He's also gotten ''loads'' better as of ''Mario Party 2''. However, due to Jon and Chugga also being a bit better and luck usually not going in his favour, this tends to not show as well as it should.

== Tropes pertaining to guest Guys: ==

== [[Josh Jepson]] ==

 

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: People making fun of his name by connecting him to [[The Jetsons|George Jetson]].

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Things go his way in Episode 11. Even after that, he's able to pull off some pretty [[Badass]] stunts now and then.

* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Implied in his introduction:

'''Josh:''' Yes... don't touch me please... }}

* [[Large Ham]]: Quite often.

* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: Not much worse than the other three, but is the quickest to resort to the [[Precision F-Strike]].

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: When Chuggaa won't make a pun, Josh will.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Lava]]

 

* [[Big No]]: A milder version when she gets beaten.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Alongside Josh, he and she are both the first losers of the entire tournament.

* [[Southern Belle]]: She kind of has that accent.

 

* [[Cross Player]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hero-Killer]]: The only guest competitor to knock out one of the Guys in the first round}}.

* [[Large Ham]]: At times, especially in his second battle.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: He starts out his matches as Zelda and plays rather poorly. However, when he switches to Sheik, he starts kicking ass.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Does a couple to Chugga, rather calmly.

** Later does some to SyKhotic, though since he ends up losing anyway, they're more of a [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]].

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Gets hit with Mario's [[Limit Break|Final Smash]] after someone pointing out how no one went for the Smash Ball.

 

* [[The Ace]]: Somewhat; {{spoiler|he made it to the semi-finals through the loser's bracket and was [[Hero-Killer|responsible for the elimination of two main Guys]], so he definitely has enough skill to be classified as this.}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Given [[Retsupurae|what he's made himself known for]], it's not a surprise.

* [[Foreshadowing]] / [[Lying Creator]]: The Guys mentioned at one point that they'd meet up with him, and later it was confirmed he would not be their guest player. And here he is now. Not lying ''per se'', but it was tricky.

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Does well in the tournament, despite being sleepy.

* {{spoiler|[[Hero-Killer]]: Defeats Chuggaaconroy for good in sudden death, even after Chuggaa was buying himself time to kill him there first, and previously Diabetus had knocked Tim out of the Tournament. He's responsible for two out of three Runaway Guys losing the tournament}}.

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Cracked a few during his second match.

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: Realizes that the cost of winning another match means he'd have to stay awake late at night for even longer.

* [[I Have Many Names]]

* [[Mind Screw]]: In-universe; considers SuperJeenius's dodging of the lava wall in Norfair to be this, if his flabbergasted reaction is anything to go by.

'''SuperJeenius''': [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Problem?]] }}

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood|My Name Is Not Hulk Hogan]]

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Delivers one unto ALoyalGamer in their tennis match.

* [[Les Yay]] / [[Crack Pairing]]: The joke that he's not only with Daisy, but that he's also female and with Daisy.

 

 

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Quite a bit in his match. For example, after someone points out how [[Proton Jon|Jon]] is Luigi and [[Name's the Same|Jon (himself)]] is Mario:

* [[Funny Background Event]]: Himself. All of the tennis players are in the same room, and he shouts during matches he's not involved with frequently, as opposed to most everyone else being silent.

* [[Name's the Same]]: As [[Proton Jon|Jon]].

 

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