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*** He gets another fantastic one in episode 15 after saying that, no, [[Token Evil Teammate|he would not start being nice to Chugga just because Chugga had done something nice for him.]] Unlike the previous [[Troll]] [[Evil Laugh|Laugh]], this one actually sounded ''sinister.''

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

* [[Ho Yay]]: Enough for [[The Runaway Guys (Let's Play)/Ho Yay|its own page]].

* [[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.

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

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

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Chugga has a habit of suddenly saying "Luigi!" whenever NCS does something of note in the ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' videos.

** Josh also did this a couple of times.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Viewed by [[Proton Jon]] as this, thanks to A) his repeated usage of the word "suck", B) his [[Double Entendre]] style phrases, and C) the occasional [[Ho Yay]] moment. [[Foe Yay|Mostly with Jon.]]

** His hinted-at offscreen moments of...something <ref>For example, he apparently tried to kiss everyone one night</ref> make Jon (and [[Your Mileage May Vary|possibly]] the viewers) question this more. Strangely, he never shows any signs of this in his own [[Let's Play|LPs]], so he could just be deliberately acting weird to make these videos funnier.

* [[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.]]

** 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".

{{quote| '''Chugga''': I'm an Olympic...person.}}

* [[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.]] }}

** Referenced again in Subspace Emissary 5.

* [[Children Are Innocent]]: He cites himself as this. Josh laughs.

** He shows this even more in the bonus battle and tournament, doing amazingly well in both. {{spoiler|He wins both of their matches in the bonus battle, and reaches fourth place in the tournament. And he likely could have gotten even higher, if he hadn't lost his first match due to a rolling crate spawning and ramming him offscreen.}}

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

* [[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.

* [[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}}.

{{quote| '''Chugga:''' I never thought I'd say this. [[Memetic Mutation|Fuck you]], [[Proton Jon]].}}

* [[Pungeon Master]]

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

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

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: In one of his ''[[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|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.

{{quote| '''[[Proton Jon]]:''' Oh, so ''you're'' the one saying [you're] surrounded by idiots now!}}

* [[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.

 

 

* [[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.

{{quote| '''Chugga:''' Well, you say "zed"!<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 also seems to be turning "Get off my plane!" and "GO AWAY!" into this.

** During ''Mario Party'', he says "PENTAGON PUNCH!" a few times, referring to Mario's rather pentagon-shaped glove.

* [[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:

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

** [[Not So Above It All]]

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

{{quote| '''Chugga''': (trying to wrap up the episode) This has been...<br />

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

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

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: During [[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]. Especially towards Chugga after the pillow incident.

* [[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]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Aside from the ones from his regular playthroughs, he has taken to usually using a simple "[[Angrish|Dahh!]]" when he screws up, rather than yelling, cussing, or narrating what just happened like Chugga and Jon.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Somewhat. He tends to talk to himself in the background, usually while others are talking over him, so viewers will often only catch snippets of what he's saying and wonder what the hell's running through his mind. This can often lead to an [[Orphaned Punchline]].

** He's begun abiding by this a bit less in later playthroughs; while he doesn't act like a total jerk and avoids screwing with the others when they need to use teamwork, he has stopped going easy.

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

** 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.

** And definitely subverted as of Episode 7 of Subspace Emissary -- probably because they are recording at Jon's house and not a hotel, so he doesn't have to worry about waking people up.

*** 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.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Not doing much better, but he isn't completely losing [[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] like with [[Mario Party (Video Game)|Mario Party]].

** 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}}.

* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: Lucahjin jokes in ''Mario Power Tennis'' that his socks are the reason he ever does good.

* [[Colbert Bump]]: He's Josh Jepson. But be honest, how many people who didn't subscribe to him knew that already, before the New Super Mario Bros. Wii LP?

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

{{quote| '''Chugga:''' I'm Chuggaaconroy with the special guest!<br />

* [[Large Ham]]: Quite often.

* [[Never Heard That One Before]]: With regards to references to ''[[The Jetsons]]''.

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

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In the Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament, [[Butt Monkey|he loses both his matches and is the second person eliminated.]] In the Mario Power Tennis tournament, {{spoiler|1=he reaches third place until being beaten by PurpleRodri, who was extremely good at the game}}.

 

 

* [[Tempting Fate]]: She predicted that her first death would be within seconds of the start of the match.

* [[That One Boss]] / [[Lampshade Hanging]]: She keeps having trouble and losing to Lucas.

* [[Toilet Humor]]

 

* [[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.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Parodied, regarding a bondage incident.

{{quote| Goodbye. Nice knowing you.}}

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

* [[Troll]]: Kind of a mixture between Chuggaa's style of trolling and Jon's.

 

* [[The Ace]]: {{spoiler|Aside from Jon, he is the only competitor to have never lost a match. At least until he fought Jon. Twice.}}

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: On the giving end, to {{spoiler|Lucahjin}}. Of course, there is a lampshade hung.

** And later, {{spoiler|on the receiving end from Jon. Twice.}}

* [[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.

{{quote| '''SyKhotic''': [[Flat What|What.]]<br />

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

* [[The Quiet One]]: Doesn't say much in his first or third battle, but opened up more in the second.

=== [[Is It a Good Idea To Microwave This|Jon Paula]] (Played Mario in Mario Power Tennis) ===

 

{{quote| '''JP''': Yeah, that makes sense.}}

* [[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.

* [[The Unexpected]]: While he is mostly related to his project, [[Is It a Good Idea To Microwave This]]?, he has some expereince in playing various games, such as [[Super Mario 64]], and [[Star Fox]].