The Runaway Guys/Characters: Difference between revisions

[[The Runaway Guys]] is a collaboration between [[Chuggaaconroy]], [[Proton Jon]], and [[Nintendo Capri Sun]]. They [[Let's Play]] games together, and plan to have a special guest for most of their projects. There are many tropes about them, now the player-specific tropes go here.

 

== 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.

*** 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.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Averted in the case of NCS, whom the two others address by his real name, Tim, quite often. Played straight with Chuggaaconroy, even though his real name, Emile, is widely known. And subverted by [[Proton Jon]], whose nickname ''contains'' his real name. ([[Captain Obvious|No, it isn't Proton.]])

** 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 ==

 

One of the main three Runaway Guys, Chuggaa is usually the best or at least better players of whatever game the group is playing. He also tries to annoy [[Proton Jon]] as much as possible and allow for situations where the viewers can laugh at the group's collective suffering. In Mario Party 1 and Mario Party 2, he played Donkey Kong, in Super Smash Bros, he played Ness, in Mario Kart 64, he played Wario, in New Super Mario Bros Wii, he played Mario, and in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played as Kirby. In the [[Tournament Arc]] of Super Smash Brothers Brawl, he played Lucas, and in [[Mario Tennis|Mario Power Tennis]] he played Bowser Jr.

* [[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.

** 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.]] }}

* [[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.

* [[Doing It for the Art]]: Volunteered to partake in [[Mario Party|control stick]] [[Scrappy Mechanic|spinning]], despite the fact that none of the guys had to, just so the viewers would enjoy it.

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

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[Man Child]]

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

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Subverted over the course of the Runaway Guys as a whole. Jon refers to him as Emile more often over time. Tim mostly just responds to others, therefore doesn't call the others by any name.

* [[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.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: In one of his ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' Let's Play [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl19yGYiFNA&list=PLEF7CD7D2A3067EF0&index=7&feature=plpp_video#t=11m13s videos], [[Nintendo Capri Sun|Tim]] says that while he isn't gay, he thinks Chugga is gorgeous.

* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: In an inversion of what normally occurs, Chugga claims this during Episode 10 of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl LP.

* [[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]] ==

 

One of the three main Runaway Guys, Jon is also a great player, but is usually messed up by [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|the game]] or Chuggaa. Tends to act like he's [[Surrounded by Idiots]]. In Mario Party 1, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party 2, he played Mario, in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, he played Blue Toad, in Super Smash Bros, he played Captain Falcon, and in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played as Meta Knight.. In the [[Tournament Arc]] in Super Smash Bros Brawl, he played Ike, and in [[Mario Tennis|Mario Power Tennis]] he played Luigi.

 

* [[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]] ==

 

Another of the main three players, [[Nintendo Capri Sun]] (also just "NCS" or "Tim") is the quietest and nicest of the three. [[Hoist by His Own Petard|This usually means Chuggaa and Jon will beat him]], though he's not by any means bad at games. In Mario Party 1, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party 2, he played Yoshi, in New Super Mario Bros Wii, he played Luigi, and in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played as King Dedede. In Super Smash Bros, he initially played Yoshi in his match against Chugga, then switched to Fox for the remainder of the video. In the [[Tournament Arc]] in Super Smash Bros Brawl, he played Diddy Kong, and in [[Mario Tennis|Mario Power Tennis]] he played Yoshi.

* [[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]]

*** 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]]

 

* [[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.

* [[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]]

 

* [[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:

* [[Fan Nickname]]: In-universe; calls the "Come on!" dance Luigi ([[Proton Jon]]) does the [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|"sausage dance"]].

* [[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.

 

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