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[[File:VideoGamesAwesome_6764.jpg|frame|The VGA cast, cosplaying as [[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]]]

[[File:VideoGamesAwesome_6764.jpg|frame|The VGA cast, cosplaying as [[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]]]

''"Hello and welcome to ''Video Games Awesome!''!"''

''Video Games Awesome!'' is an online show centered around five friends who sit on (and behind) a couch and play video games, offering their opinions, cracking jokes, and sometimes just hanging out. It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of ''[[~~Awesome Video Games (Web Video)|~~Awesome Video Games]]'', as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG. Since then it has more or less overtaken its show of origin in terms of content and popularity. Hosted by Fraser Agar and co-hosted by Kyle Huinink, Deacon Publicover, Becky Blow and Ben Taylor (who temporarily left the show to attend college but has since returned).

''Video Games Awesome!'' is an online show centered around five friends who sit on (and behind) a couch and play video games, offering their opinions, cracking jokes, and sometimes just hanging out. It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of ''[[Awesome Video Games]]'', as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG. Since then it has more or less overtaken its show of origin in terms of content and popularity. Hosted by Fraser Agar and co-hosted by Kyle Huinink, Deacon Publicover, Becky Blow and Ben Taylor (who temporarily left the show to attend college but has since returned).

Much of the show’s appeal stems from its casual and laid-back atmosphere. The show is unscripted and intentionally does not focus on hardcore gaming, instead emphasizing fun above all. Many installments are designed to provide the perspective of gamers approaching a game for the first time; to that end, most of the games played are current at the time of the episode's release (though they have occasionally dabbled in retro gaming with titles like Earthbound and Doom), and usually some or all of the cast has not played the game before, allowing for genuine first impressions and reactions.

Featured on [[That Guy With ~~the~~ Glasses]] affiliate Blistered Thumbs [http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/show/show-video-games-awesome here] and on [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/user/farfromsubtle here].

Featured on [[That Guy With The Glasses]] affiliate Blistered Thumbs [http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/show/show-video-games-awesome here] and on [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/user/farfromsubtle here].

In May 2012, the Adsense on their YouTube account was disabled, cutting off the VGA's income. As a result, they have since started uploading their videos to Blip again and primarily hosted on the still-under-construction [http://videogamesawesome.com Video Games Awesome! website].

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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: They beat a boss in ''[[Little Big Planet]] 2'' by throwing Deacon's and Becky's characters at it.

* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Basically ''any'' time restoring PP or running out of PP is mentioned in ''[[~~Earthbound (Video Game)|~~Earthbound]]'', the group hear "peepee".

* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Basically ''any'' time restoring PP or running out of PP is mentioned in ''[[Earthbound]]'', the group hear "peepee".

* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: "I read Youtube comments for a living."

* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: "Couple's Catherine Co-op!"

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** Fraser was also a pretty crappy parent during the ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' playthrough.

* [[Anything That Moves]]: Ben frequently plays this up for laughs. He often makes lewd comments at things ranging from the potentially underaged characters in ''Let's Play Ballerina'' to his cat/girl/boy/whatever "fiancee" Nekoevangeline on Minecraft Awesome, to inanimate objects, or even [[Fanfic Fuel|his fellow co-host Fraser]].

** Fraser and the others are also guilty of this from time to time, from the [[Refuge in Audacity|corpsefucker joke]] in [[Heavy Rain]] to gangbanging an NPC in [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures ~~(Video Game)~~|Four Swords Adventures]].

** Fraser and the others are also guilty of this from time to time, from the [[Refuge in Audacity|corpsefucker joke]] in [[Heavy Rain]] to gangbanging an NPC in [[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]].

** Datura was an especially (and unusually) erotic episode, from Fraser groping a statue of a woman to wanting to slap a pig's ass.

* [[The Artifact]]: Fraser still introduces the show as "Video Games Awesome Live", even though they haven't done an episode that wasn't live since early 2011.

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Fraser has trouble being distracted too much by ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' maps.

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Fraser has trouble being distracted too much by ''[[Minecraft]]'' maps.

{{quote| ''All right, I'm gonna continue with aughts. I'm not gonna get sidetracked. [Less than a minute later] Sorry guys, I got sidetracked. Is aughts yelling at me?''}}

* [[The Bard]]: Fraser will often sing little songs about the game he's playing.

* [[Bat Deduction]]:

** Invoked several times during a playthrough of ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]'', as Fraser tries to solve the Riddler's puzzles by way of the [[Trope Namer]]:

** Invoked several times during a playthrough of ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'', as Fraser tries to solve the Riddler's puzzles by way of the [[Trope Namer]]:

{{quote| '''Riddler:''' Don't ''cut'' yourself on this ''sharp''ly observed portrait.

'''Fraser:''' Portraits... [[Leonardo Da Vinci|the Mona Lisa]]... [[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|Lisa Simpson]]... [[~~FOX~~|FOX Broadcasting]]... foxes... the fur shop!! }}

'''Fraser:''' Portraits... [[Leonardo da Vinci|the Mona Lisa]]... [[The Simpsons (animation)|Lisa Simpson]]... [[Fox|FOX Broadcasting]]... foxes... the fur shop!! }}

** They also do it in the ''[[~~Heavy Rain (Video Game)|~~Heavy Rain]]'' video.

** They also do it in the ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' video.

** And in ''[[~~LA Noire (Video Game)|~~LA Noire]]''.

** And in ''[[LA Noire]]''.

{{quote| '''Gun shop owner''': Said he worked at Hartfield's, jewelery store just up on Broadway.

''Kyle gasps''

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'''Kyle''': (overlapping) Sea...it happened by the sea...C is for Catwoman! }}

** And [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright]] on multiple occaisions.

* [[Bellisario's Maxim]]: From a sign inside the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper in ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' map.

* [[Bellisario's Maxim]]: From a sign inside the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' ''[[Minecraft]]'' map.

{{quote| ''Please no smoking. Also, no pointing out the folly of lighting a wooden building with torches. Thank You''}}

* [[Berserk Button]]:

** Don't mention Canadian Bacon. Don't bring it up. Don't make fun of it. You have been warned.

** Fraser can get really ticked off when the others move off of the green screen.

** Fraser hates the [[wikipedia:Toronto Transit Commission buses|TTC]], both in ''[[Scott Pilgrim ~~vs. the World~~ (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Scott Pilgrim]]'' and real life.

** Fraser hates the [[wikipedia:Toronto Transit Commission buses|TTC]], both in ''[[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|Scott Pilgrim]]'' and real life.

* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: The VGA crew is the only crew which can make [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbOa4KuYuRM gang rape seem hilarious].

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: After drilling a bad guy in the heart in ''[[~~Heavy Rain (Video Game)|~~Heavy Rain]]'', Fraser comes up with a ton of them:

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: After drilling a bad guy in the heart in ''[[Heavy Rain]]'', Fraser comes up with a ton of them:

{{quote| '''Fraser''': Part two! Drill to the heart! [...] I guess ''you're'' the one who got screwed, or, look out for those heart-holes...I hear they're catching! Looks like [[Diagnosis Murder|the diagonosis is...murder]]! [...] [''reading Kshade's comment''] This is not a drill...and then make some reference to the painter who made ''This is not a pipe''. [...] C'est n'est pas drill [''sic'']. [...] I'm a regular René Magritte!}}

** Not too long after, when a character's clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks and crushed:

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* [[Bootstrapped Theme]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNS8pxZWNw Ya Burnt]'' by Starship Amazing has become the de-facto theme to the show after it (and the rest of the album, ''Ya’ll Stop Bloggin’'') was played on the show.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Deacon.

* [[Canada, Eh?]]: The all-Canadian team really loves it when any game features Canada as a setting, such as ''[[Scott Pilgrim (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Scott Pilgrim]]'' (Toronto) or ''[[Deus Ex Human Revolution ~~(Video Game)~~|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' (Montreal, where the developers are from).

* [[Canada, Eh?]]: The all-Canadian team really loves it when any game features Canada as a setting, such as ''[[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|Scott Pilgrim]]'' (Toronto) or ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'' (Montreal, where the developers are from).

* [[The Chew Toy]]:

** Deacon. The others even make fun of him when he isn't there.

** EnterMEUN, the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' builder dressed as [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]. At one point he's even called "the Deacon of the sea".

** EnterMEUN, the ''[[Minecraft]]'' builder dressed as [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]]. At one point he's even called "the Deacon of the sea".

* [[Cliff Hanger]]:

** The Future ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Build was split into two segments, with the first ending on a cliffhanger of the Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' escaping in a DeLorean after his TARDIS broke down.

** The Future ''[[Minecraft]]'' Build was split into two segments, with the first ending on a cliffhanger of the Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' escaping in a DeLorean after his TARDIS broke down.

** The Adventure Build ends on a wall that would take several weeks to break through to save NekoEvangeline.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The opening to the ''[[~~Bulletstorm (Video Game)|~~Bulletstorm]]'' video.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The opening to the ''[[Bulletstorm]]'' video.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': Fuuuuuuuuuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck! Dicktits! Fucking dicktits. Son of dick...it's ''Bulletstorm''!}}

* [[Colbert Bump]]:

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** And a double when playing ''[[NBA Jam]]'':

{{quote| '''Fraser''': So that was our first regular match, Lakers vs Beastie Boys. Looks like they let the beat...''mmmDROP''.

'''Others''': Oooh...([[~~Beat|~~beat]])...oooh...

'''Others''': Oooh...([[beat]])...oooh...

'''Fraser''': You can only groan once to a bad joke. }}

* [[Cosplay]]: They usually dress up like characters from the game they play that day, which Becky makes herself. Some examples [http://ffsfan.wikia.com/wiki/Becky_Blow here].

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''[Nathan grabs a pool cue and attacks the closest man.]''

'''Fraser''': That's the plan! }}

* [[Determinator]]: After spending almost ten minutes trying to get the infamous ''[[That One Sidequest|Veni Vidi Vici]]'' trinket in ''[[~~VVVVVV (Video Game)|~~VVVVVV]]'', Fraser declares he's spent too long on it to give up. He then spends another thirty minutes trying to get it, almost until his hand gives in, before finally [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|succeeding]].

* [[Determinator]]: After spending almost ten minutes trying to get the infamous ''[[That One Sidequest|Veni Vidi Vici]]'' trinket in ''[[VVVVVV]]'', Fraser declares he's spent too long on it to give up. He then spends another thirty minutes trying to get it, almost until his hand gives in, before finally [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|succeeding]].

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]:

** "Get it? She shit everywhere!" "She just had to leave the room to take a big shit!"

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** "Join us next week on ''Crocodile Tears''! 'Cause he cries, and the croc."

* [[Double Entendre]]: They all use them, but Becky LOVES them.

* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female On Male)]]: During a [[Phoenix Wright]] playthrough, Becky messed up the intro by clicking on the wrong game in the Wii menu and Fraser relentlessly made fun of her for it (for the record, he did apologize, though it was hard to hear through his laughter). She was most displeased. Later, when they came back from a commercial break, Fraser had put on a pair of sunglasses and Becky was smiling.

* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]: During a [[Phoenix Wright]] playthrough, Becky messed up the intro by clicking on the wrong game in the Wii menu and Fraser relentlessly made fun of her for it (for the record, he did apologize, though it was hard to hear through his laughter). She was most displeased. Later, when they came back from a commercial break, Fraser had put on a pair of sunglasses and Becky was smiling.

{{quote| '''Becky''': Welcome back to ''Phoenix Wright''!

'''Fraser''': ...I fell down some stairs.

'''Ben''': Into a bag of doorknobs. }}

* [[Downer Ending]]: The ''[[~~Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|~~Duke Nukem Forever]]'' episode. The gradual drop of excitement to outright depression amongst the crew as they progress through the game is heartbreaking.

* [[Downer Ending]]: The ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' episode. The gradual drop of excitement to outright depression amongst the crew as they progress through the game is heartbreaking.

* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: Fraser's [[In-Universe|reaction]] during [[Catherine]] to the chat trolling him on the time left in the game.

* [[Easy Mode Mockery]]: Averted, they always play on the easiest setting and call it 'Super Fraser mode'.

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* [[Epic Fail]]: For one of the ''You Don't Know Jack'' questions, all four of them chose the wrong answer, but to their surprise, it was the Wrong Answer of the Game, giving them all a huge bonus.

* [[Excited Episode Title]]: Usually in the pattern of [Game] is AWESOME! or for multiparters - [Subtitle]! - [Game] is AWESOME!

* [[Far East]]: The "Frasia" build in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'', mixing ancient and medieval Japan, China and one Korean turtle boat. [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And]] [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|a Megazord]]. Also, the non-build challenge area Shiro Shiro.

* [[Far East]]: The "Frasia" build in ''[[Minecraft]]'', mixing ancient and medieval Japan, China and one Korean turtle boat. [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And]] [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|a Megazord]]. Also, the non-build challenge area Shiro Shiro.

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** [[The Hero]]: Fraser

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* [[For Inconvenience Press One]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XcE-Q4CEEU Tech Support AWESOME!]" has the gang waiting on the line for someone to fix their Internet connection.

* [[Gag Penis]]:

** Just how many giant cocks did their original ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' server have?

** Just how many giant cocks did their original ''[[Minecraft]]'' server have?

** And the first structures built in the second one were giant cocks.

** In ''[[~~Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|~~Duke Nukem Forever]]'', Duke is given a chance to draw up a battle strategy on a dry-erase board. Fraser spends five minutes drawing an army of giant cocks attacking the monster. Later, a kid asks for Duke's autograph, so Fraser draws cocks in his book.

** In ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'', Duke is given a chance to draw up a battle strategy on a dry-erase board. Fraser spends five minutes drawing an army of giant cocks attacking the monster. Later, a kid asks for Duke's autograph, so Fraser draws cocks in his book.

{{quote| '''Kyle''': I feel that Duke ''would'' autograph with a cock.}}

** As part of the Minecraft Awesome Anniversary episode, Fraser had all the builders create a field of cocks, with one massive diamond cock to tower over them.

* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: Fraser seems to be a magnet for these. In ''Harley-Davidson Roadtrip'', the game stopped accepting controller input, twice. In ''[[Dead Island]]'', he got his truck stuck on a wall, and stepping out of the vehicle killed him, twice. In ''[[Amnesia ~~the~~ Dark Descent ~~(Video Game)~~|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]'', essential puzzle pieces glitched themselves out of existence, [[Rule of Three|twice]].

* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: Fraser seems to be a magnet for these. In ''Harley-Davidson Roadtrip'', the game stopped accepting controller input, twice. In ''[[Dead Island]]'', he got his truck stuck on a wall, and stepping out of the vehicle killed him, twice. In ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]'', essential puzzle pieces glitched themselves out of existence, [[Rule of Three|twice]].

* [[The Ghost]]: The Doctor (from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', frequently just called "[[I Am Not Shazam|Doctor Who]]" by Fraser) in the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Future build, who creates diversions for Fraser-as-the Master and only just escapes in his TARDIS through various eras in history. Finally appeared in ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' build.

* [[The Ghost]]: The Doctor (from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', frequently just called "[[I Am Not Shazam|Doctor Who]]" by Fraser) in the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Future build, who creates diversions for Fraser-as-the Master and only just escapes in his TARDIS through various eras in history. Finally appeared in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' build.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Becky's trademark hairstyle.

* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: In ''[[Dead Island]]'', Fraser somehow got stuck in rage mode for about ten minutes, with all all the experience bonuses that came with it. The downside was that it made the game scream at him for the entire time.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Fraser had the guys play ''Scene It: Twilight'', thinking the joke would be on them. He then started to regret it.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Fraser had the guys play ''Scene It: Twilight'', thinking the joke would be on them. He then started to regret it.

* [[Hypocritical Humour]]:

** In the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' live build.

** In the ''[[Minecraft]]'' live build.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': So, yeah, you guys may think I'm vengeful and fickle god, but I know the names of all my subordinates. I take time to know each of them. ''(turns to a Minecraft player)'' Who the hell are you?!}}

** And in ''[[~~Mario Party (Video Game)|~~Mario Party]] 2'', after Fraser concedes a loss due to his carpel tunnel making him worse at button mashing.

** And in ''[[Mario Party]] 2'', after Fraser concedes a loss due to his carpel tunnel making him worse at button mashing.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': Way to make fun of my impediment, you dyslexic fuck!}}

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]] [[Excited Episode Title|is AWESOME!]]

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** The guys love these.

** Therefore turning the chat room into a [[Hurricane of Puns]].

* [[It's a Wonderful Plot]]: Briefly seen in the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Christmas build.

* [[It's a Wonderful Plot]]: Briefly seen in the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Christmas build.

* [[Jack of All Stats]]: According to Fraser, he's ideal for action games. Ben's better at them, but is deathly quiet while concentrating, and Becky provides more comedic panicking, but is terrible at them. Fraser's somewhere in the middle.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Fraser makes fun of Deacon all the time and troll his fans given the chance, yet at the end of his vlogs and live shows he always says he loves them.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Fraser makes fun of Deacon all the time and troll his fans given the chance, yet at the end of his vlogs and live shows he always says he loves them.

* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: The live show announcements Fraser posts on [[YouTube]] almost always feature at least one of his and Becky's cats.

* [[Knock-Knock Joke]]: During the ''[[~~Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|~~Super Mario RPG]]'' fanfest. It really didn't go over well with the others.

* [[Knock-Knock Joke]]: During the ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' fanfest. It really didn't go over well with the others.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': Received the NokNok Shell.

'''Ben''': NokNok.

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** While playing ''Catherine'', Fraser ignored the items tutorial, thought the chat room was lying when they said he could use items, despite an instruction to do so sitting in the bottom right corner of the screen, and then criticized the game for not explaining this feature to him.

** Intentionally invoked from time to time, when Fraser confidently describes things incorrectly, such as combining the plots of several movies. This is done mostly to troll the chat and Ben.

* [[Large Ham]]: Fraser as Santa in the intro and outro of the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Christmas build.

* [[Large Ham]]: Fraser as Santa in the intro and outro of the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Christmas build.

* [[Leave No Witnesses]]: Fraser claims to do this in one of his ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' rampages.

* [[Left Hanging]]: The Future ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' build doesn't really resolve the Doctor/Master story.

* [[Left Hanging]]: The Future ''[[Minecraft]]'' build doesn't really resolve the Doctor/Master story.

* [[Love It or Hate It]]: Fraser notes ''[[~~Heavy Rain (Video Game)|~~Heavy Rain]]'' as this. The gang fall clearly into the "love it" side.

* [[Love It or Hate It]]: Fraser notes ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' as this. The gang fall clearly into the "love it" side.

* [[Macro Zone]]: The "Benormous" build in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'', featuring a room with a couch and TV, and a giant-sized garden.

* [[Macro Zone]]: The "Benormous" build in ''[[Minecraft]]'', featuring a room with a couch and TV, and a giant-sized garden.

* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: Fraser, while narrating games without voice acting; sometimes switching to drastically different voices for the same character (sometimes even mid-sentence).

* [[Mega Crossover]]: While a few pop cultural references appeared in prior ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' builds, the future-themed one has a continuing story arc of the Master from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (portrayed by Fraser) chasing the Doctor, and ending up in a soundstage filled with a multiple-franchise space battle centred on ''[[Star Trek]]'''s Borg. Later, Fraser discovers [[Disney Theme Parks|Tomorrowland]], an unmanned [[Gundam]], [[Invader Zim]]'s house, Cogswell Cogs from ''[[The Jetsons]]'', [[The Matrix]], 2015 Hill Valley from ''[[Back to The Future]] Part II'', Planet Zebes from ''[[Metroid]]'', New New York from ''[[~~Futurama (Animation)|~~Futurama]]'' and others.

* [[Mega Crossover]]: While a few pop cultural references appeared in prior ''[[Minecraft]]'' builds, the future-themed one has a continuing story arc of the Master from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (portrayed by Fraser) chasing the Doctor, and ending up in a soundstage filled with a multiple-franchise space battle centred on ''[[Star Trek]]'''s Borg. Later, Fraser discovers [[Disney Theme Parks|Tomorrowland]], an unmanned [[Gundam]], [[Invader Zim]]'s house, Cogswell Cogs from ''[[The Jetsons]]'', [[The Matrix]], 2015 Hill Valley from ''[[Back to The Future]] Part II'', Planet Zebes from ''[[Metroid]]'', New New York from ''[[Futurama]]'' and others.

* [[Megane]] / [[Meganekko]]: Becky and Ben sometimes wear glasses.

* [[Metaphor Is My Middle Name]]: While Ben plays ''[[~~Limbo (Video Game)|~~Limbo]]'' poorly, Fraser states that his middle name should be "Reckless Abandon". Fraser later uses the phrase to describe himself.

* [[Metaphor Is My Middle Name]]: While Ben plays ''[[Limbo]]'' poorly, Fraser states that his middle name should be "Reckless Abandon". Fraser later uses the phrase to describe himself.

* [[Never Live It Down]]: Neither Fraser nor the server mods will forget Ben killing the wolf Ruddadog in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]''.

* [[Never Live It Down]]: Neither Fraser nor the server mods will forget Ben killing the wolf Ruddadog in ''[[Minecraft]]''.

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: The team (especially Becky) constantly deliver lines directly to the camera/audience. Particularly lampshaded in episodes where they have to sort out settings on Xbox Kinetic games and thus have to show the (usually invisible due to greenscreen) studio on screen through the Kinetic's camera, causing Ben (or the chat) to cry out "No, the fourth wall!".

* [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]: Fraser and Becky refuse to kiss on camera, saying "we're not that kind of people", although Becky [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L63cuaLUDx4&feature=g-u-u isn't above hugging and flirting with Fraser].

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]/[[Odd Name Out]]: The fifth ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' build that was named after one of the team, instead of having a pun based them like "Frasia" or "Deactor Seuss" is simply called "Kyle".

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]/[[Odd Name Out]]: The fifth ''[[Minecraft]]'' build that was named after one of the team, instead of having a pun based them like "Frasia" or "Deactor Seuss" is simply called "Kyle".

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Occasionally one of the gang might reference some past event without going into detail. Fraser apparently once shat on a train.

* [[Off the Rails]]: Several parts of the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' adventure builds, but especially the one based on ''[[Monkey Island]]''.

* [[Off the Rails]]: Several parts of the ''[[Minecraft]]'' adventure builds, but especially the one based on ''[[Monkey Island]]''.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Despite his foggy memories of prior playthroughs of ''[[Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]'' while playing the game on ''VGA'', Fraser instantly realises that Manfred van Karma means business just from his name being uttered.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Despite his foggy memories of prior playthroughs of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' while playing the game on ''VGA'', Fraser instantly realises that Manfred van Karma means business just from his name being uttered.

* [[Only Six Faces]]: Discussed in ''[[~~Dead Island (Video Game)|~~Dead Island]]''.

* [[Only Six Faces]]: Discussed in ''[[Dead Island]]''.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': He has a face tattoo so that you'll remember him.

'''Ben''': So that he won't look the same as everybody else?

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** They skipped a tutorial for ''Chick Chick Boom'' and were thus mystified by Corncobman.

** After the instructions for crouching in ''Dead Island'' flashed on and off, Fraser claimed that the game hadn't told him how to do it.

** And in ''[[Deus Ex Human Revolution ~~(Video Game)~~|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'', the elevator code is mentioned (and displayed in captions) twice, but Ben and Fraser don't notice it.

** And in ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Deus Ex Human Revolution]]'', the elevator code is mentioned (and displayed in captions) twice, but Ben and Fraser don't notice it.

** In Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, Fraser keeps making waypoints on the map, but puts them at the wrong place and then complains about being lead the wrong way. At the beginning he also completely ignores the icon indicating where he is on the map and thinks the waypoint THAT HE MADE HIMSELF TO KNOW WHERE TO GO is his current location.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Some of the titles for the show suggested by the chat-room during the Deus Ex playthrough.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': I don't even wanna say some of these out loud...}}

* [[Retirony]]: The cactus trap Professor Frink built for Deacon in ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' build was said to have happened both on his birthday ''and'' one day before his retirement.

* [[Retirony]]: The cactus trap Professor Frink built for Deacon in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' build was said to have happened both on his birthday ''and'' one day before his retirement.

* [[Running Gag]]:

** "Unsubbing." Fraser thinks it's hilarious when people go out of their way to announce that they're unsubscribing (usually because of too many/not enough ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' episodes), so they and their viewers like to come up with other vapid reasons for unsubscribing, usually in the format of "Not enough X, unsubbing".

** "Unsubbing." Fraser thinks it's hilarious when people go out of their way to announce that they're unsubscribing (usually because of too many/not enough ''[[Minecraft]]'' episodes), so they and their viewers like to come up with other vapid reasons for unsubscribing, usually in the format of "Not enough X, unsubbing".

** Mr./Mrs. X is Y. Started when Fraser started trolling one of his mods called mrchrismad, frequently calling him Mr. Chrisismad; ever since, the live chat applies this to anger or any other emotion any of the cast is feeling.

** Whenever Fraser changes a game's difficulty to Easy to play on, the chat room praises him in some variation, that he "Passed the game's stage on Hard Mode." In fact whenever Fraser changes the difficulty to Easy Mode, he and the Chat Room declare the game is on Super Fraser Mode, [[Blatant Lies|the hardest difficulty imaginable]].

** "...First try!"

** "We just beat the dragon!", an ''[[~~Awesome Video Games (Web Video)|~~Awesome Video Games]]'' reference, and "We did it! We saved him!", apparently a ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' reference.

** "We just beat the dragon!", an ''[[Awesome Video Games]]'' reference, and "We did it! We saved him!", apparently a ''[[Wet Hot American Summer]]'' reference.

** "It takes a real kind of jerk/asshole..."

** The guys joke about Ben's dyslexia a lot. It also seems to be an inside joke among them that Ben is a pedophile.

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** "Because she's a woman!"

** X is/isn't a good Y pilot.

** [[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series|TAS Batman]] 1992-1995. Do not touch the display!

** [[Batman: The Animated Series|TAS Batman]] 1992-1995. Do not touch the display!

** "And on my ''birthday''!"

** Fraser's trollface.

** "[[You Fool|Fool]]." from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''.

** "[[You Fool!|Fool]]." from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''.

** "Big ups!"

** Confusing ''[[Star Wars]]'' with ''[[Star Trek]]''.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': (after a long tangent about [[The Phantom Menace|Jar Jar Binks]]) ''Star Trek Episode I: [[Star Trek III ~~the~~ Search For Spock|The Search for Spock]]''.}}

{{quote| '''Fraser''': (after a long tangent about [[The Phantom Menace|Jar Jar Binks]]) ''Star Trek Episode I: [[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|The Search for Spock]]''.}}

** "Er, um, uh...you know the rest." ''(with liberally applied fake Australian accent)''

** "[[Catherine ~~(Video Game)~~|I have...really bad diarrhea!]]"

** "[[Catherine|I have...really bad diarrhea!]]"

** "[[That Mitchell and Webb Look|Oh, and that's a bad miss]]."

** Becky and Ben telegraphing obvious solutions to hacking puzzles in ''[[~~Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|~~Mass Effect 2]]''.

** Becky and Ben telegraphing obvious solutions to hacking puzzles in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''.

* [[Scandalgate]]: In ''[[Sideway New York]]'' Fraser referred to his rap (used earlier in a ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' build) containing the word "niggaz" as being subject to Goldteethgate.

* [[Scandalgate]]: In ''[[Sideway New York]]'' Fraser referred to his rap (used earlier in a ''[[Minecraft]]'' build) containing the word "niggaz" as being subject to Goldteethgate.

* [[Scenery Gorn]]:

** The remains of the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Giant World after the giant Creeper explosion.

** The remains of the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Giant World after the giant Creeper explosion.

** Fraser putting TNT and lava in the troll part of the ''Minecraft'' server's first anniversary build.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Every ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' build. Taken further by the "artistic" pull-away at the end of the first anniversary of the original server.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Every ''[[Minecraft]]'' build. Taken further by the "artistic" pull-away at the end of the first anniversary of the original server.

* [[Serial Escalation]]: They started off doing ten-minute segments weekly, which soon bloomed into multi-hour live shows daily. For the ''Skyrim'' release, they were live for ''nine hours straight''.

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: The narrative of the Future build in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]''.

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: The narrative of the Future build in ''[[Minecraft]]''.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: Becky as Mrs. Claus in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzNRs4KHG8&list=PLC3C658C8168F298F&index=1&feature=plpp_video Minecraft Christmas build].

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** The builders on their ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' servers make a lot of popular culture references. One build was based specifically on the works of [[Dr. Seuss]].

** The builders on their ''[[Minecraft]]'' servers make a lot of popular culture references. One build was based specifically on the works of [[Dr. Seuss]].

** The gang quotes ''[[The Simpsons (~~Animation~~)|The Simpsons]]'' so much, their April Fools joke revolved around them being sued by FOX for infringement.

** The gang quotes ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' so much, their April Fools joke revolved around them being sued by FOX for infringement.

* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Deacon.

* [[Sore Loser]]: Fraser hates to lose, especially to Ben or Deacon.

* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Done with words. Early on, any swears would be removed from an episode in post and either blanked or replaced with inoffensive words from elsewhere in the episode (this was heavily and repeatedly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] whenever it happened). This practice eventually fell by the wayside, especially as more and more of their shows were done live and they started doing M-rated games.

* [[Spit Take]]: After a [[Overly Long Gag|long string of dick jokes]], Fraser couldn't hold his water in.

* [[Step Three: Profit]]: On a mission board in the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Frasia Build.

* [[Step Three: Profit]]: On a mission board in the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Frasia Build.

{{quote| ''Avenge Drift's Parents''

''Rank:?????''

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''3. Profit!'' }}

** Used as part of a riddle in the adventure map build. Apparently question marks is actually what comes before profit.

* [[Sublime Rhyme]]: Their [[Dr. Seuss]] build in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' has the gang saying a lot of Dr. Seuss like rhymes, mostly from Fraser, [[Painful Rhyme|with mixed results]]

* [[Sublime Rhyme]]: Their [[Dr. Seuss]] build in ''[[Minecraft]]'' has the gang saying a lot of Dr. Seuss like rhymes, mostly from Fraser, [[Painful Rhyme|with mixed results]]

{{quote| '''Fraser''': What is this? My ''Minecraft'' just crashed.

[[Beat]]

What the frig rhymes with crashed?! }}

* [[Take That]]: While watching an impromptu stage performance in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]''.

* [[Take That]]: While watching an impromptu stage performance in ''[[Minecraft]]''.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': Oh, this is the most disorganised show I've ever seen. [mock shrugging] What is this, [[Spider Man Turn Off the Dark ~~(Theater)~~|Spider-Man on Broadway]]?}}

{{quote| '''Fraser''': Oh, this is the most disorganised show I've ever seen. [mock shrugging] What is this, [[Spider Man Turn Off the Dark|Spider-Man on Broadway]]?}}

* [[Take That, Audience!]]: Fraser notes that Mallow from ''[[~~Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|~~Super Mario RPG]]'''s snivelling sounds just like the chat.

* [[Take That, Audience!]]: Fraser notes that Mallow from ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'''s snivelling sounds just like the chat.

* [[Team Mom]]: Becky. She makes treats, sews costumes, and keeps Fraser's trolling in check. She's also the executive producer of ''[[~~Awesome Video Games (Web Video)|~~Awesome Video Games]]'' and ''Video Games Awesome!''.

* [[Team Mom]]: Becky. She makes treats, sews costumes, and keeps Fraser's trolling in check. She's also the executive producer of ''[[Awesome Video Games]]'' and ''Video Games Awesome!''.

* [[Team Pet]]:

** The ''Babysitting Mama'' doll started to get used as a fill-in for absent party members, and now routinely gets included in videos, and gets it own costumes when the others dress up. They've since named it Hank.

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* [[Toilet Humor]]:

** Fraser ''really'' loves how ''[[Learning With The Poo Yoos]]'' has red bubbles that fart and a "fart button". Fraser and Becky sign out the episode with handfarts.

** The gang are also amused when the blow-up boxer in ''[[~~Rhythm Heaven (Video Game)|~~Rhythm Heaven]] Fever'' makes fart noises when inflated improperly.

** The gang are also amused when the blow-up boxer in ''[[Rhythm Heaven]] Fever'' makes fart noises when inflated improperly.

** In the Turnabout Goodbyes case of ''[[Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]'', Fraser starts accompanying his Grossberg speech with fart noises.

** In the Turnabout Goodbyes case of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'', Fraser starts accompanying his Grossberg speech with fart noises.

* [[Tradesnark]]: Fraser got a lot of amusement out of finding the symbol selection in the [[Hello, Insert Name Here|name entry]] for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword ~~(Video Game)~~|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', choosing Hank™ as Link's name for the game.

* [[Tradesnark]]: Fraser got a lot of amusement out of finding the symbol selection in the [[Hello, Insert Name Here|name entry]] for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', choosing Hank™ as Link's name for the game.

* [[Trivially Obvious]]: Becky sums up the Kinect avatar chat as "something to do".

* [[Troll]]:

** Pretty much all of Fraser's ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' builders are this, trolling Fraser with green couches, green "crouch rooms" and the occasional green comfy chair.

** Pretty much all of Fraser's ''[[Minecraft]]'' builders are this, trolling Fraser with green couches, green "crouch rooms" and the occasional green comfy chair.

** During ''Arkham Asylum'', Fraser started trolling Ben by saying, [[The Empire Strikes Back|"And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!"]] in out-of-context situations. Then they both started trolling Becky by saying it every few minutes. Then Becky trolled everyone by calling it a ''[[Star Trek]]'' quote.

** Fraser trolled the others with an edited version of the ''Just Dance 2'' trailer, which showed the same clip of terrible dancing over and over. He also set them up to play a "mystery game", which turned out to be ''Scene It: Twilight''.

** Fraser did the same thing with a trailer for ''Dance Star Party'' the following year.

** [[Santa Claus]] trolled the ''Minecraft'' Christmas build at the end by [[Griefer|griefing]] all the buildings.

* [[Two Gamers On a Couch]]: ...and between one and three behind it.

* [[Two Gamers on a Couch]]: ...and between one and three behind it.

* [[Underwater City]]: The "[[~~Spongebob~~ SquarePants|Beckyni Bottom]]" build in ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'', with a few [[Underwater Base|Underwater Bases]] connected to it.

* [[Underwater City]]: The "[[SpongeBob SquarePants|Beckyni Bottom]]" build in ''[[Minecraft]]'', with a few [[Underwater Base|Underwater Bases]] connected to it.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]:

** The guys are put off by the brutal carnage Kirby unleashes during ''[[~~Kirbys~~ Epic Yarn ~~(Video Game)~~|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]'', especially in light of the fact that the "enemies" don't attack him, can't even hurt him, and are just going about their business when you run across them.

** The guys are put off by the brutal carnage Kirby unleashes during ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]'', especially in light of the fact that the "enemies" don't attack him, can't even hurt him, and are just going about their business when you run across them.

** They (especially Fraser) got really pissed off at Kratos during the ''[[God of War (~~Video Game~~)|God of War]] III'' playthrough because of his tendency to massacre innocent people, especially women, often in cruel ways. Fraser even said that {{spoiler|Kratos impaling himself}} was the best thing he'd ever done.

** They (especially Fraser) got really pissed off at Kratos during the ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]] III'' playthrough because of his tendency to massacre innocent people, especially women, often in cruel ways. Fraser even said that {{spoiler|Kratos impaling himself}} was the best thing he'd ever done.

** In ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'', with the "Diplomatic Immunity" cheat.

** Also in ''[[Skyrim]]'' when Fraser spent over half of the show running around slaughtering non-player characters.

* [[The Wild West]]: The Old West ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' build.

* [[The Wild West]]: The Old West ''[[Minecraft]]'' build.

* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: Fraser's French-Italian-Spanish-Russian-Badly burned Albanian accent used for [[Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney|Maya Fey]].

* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: Fraser's French-Italian-Spanish-Russian-Badly burned Albanian accent used for [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Maya Fey]].

{{quote| '''The Chatroom''': I want to say that's racist, but I don't know who it's racist to!}}

* [[Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things]]:

** The ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' server had to be whitelisted due to griefers.

** The ''[[Minecraft]]'' server had to be whitelisted due to griefers.

** The chat during live streams is now Turbo club-members only to prevent the show's increasing viewership from spoiling the games being played and trolling Fraser and co.

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: In the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Christmas build, there was a penis, but also a large chicken in the ice sculpture contest. The latter was disqualified because they "already had a giant cock".

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: In the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Christmas build, there was a penis, but also a large chicken in the ice sculpture contest. The latter was disqualified because they "already had a giant cock".

* [[Worst Whatever Ever]]:

** Fraser's slow getaway in ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]''.

** And his Minecart ride in Old Port on the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' server.

** And his Minecart ride in Old Port on the ''[[Minecraft]]'' server.

* [[X Days Since...]]:

** The Creeper Testing Ground in the ''[[~~Minecraft (Video Game)|~~Minecraft]]'' Beckyni Bottom build had 0 Days without injuries.

** The Creeper Testing Ground in the ''[[Minecraft]]'' Beckyni Bottom build had 0 Days without injuries.

*** In the Frasia build, a shrine to "Super Quiet Creepers" had a "0 Days since last explosion" sign.

*** The Mine all Mine Offices and bunkrooms in the adventure map build proudly declares a massive ''two'' days without an accident.

** In ''[[~~Heavy Rain (Video Game)|~~Heavy Rain]]'', Ben uses this as a [[Bond One-Liner]] when a bad guy's loose clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks.

** In ''[[Heavy Rain]]'', Ben uses this as a [[Bond One-Liner]] when a bad guy's loose clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks.

* [[You Fool]]: Fraser uses this speech pattern a lot while imitating the cast of ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''.

* [[You Fool!]]: Fraser uses this speech pattern a lot while imitating the cast of ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': FOOL! You cannot hurt me with my sword! That only makes me stronger!}}

* [[You Just Told Me]]: During a session of ''[[~~Rhythm Heaven (Video Game)|~~Rhythm Heaven]] Fever'', Ben often was a lot better at the games than Fraser, and the chat frequently cheered on Ben or a member of the gang that wasn't even present whenever Fraser ''did'' do well.

* [[You Just Told Me]]: During a session of ''[[Rhythm Heaven]] Fever'', Ben often was a lot better at the games than Fraser, and the chat frequently cheered on Ben or a member of the gang that wasn't even present whenever Fraser ''did'' do well.

{{quote| '''Fraser''': (reading the chat) Fraser "Ben is better than me in every way" 2012

'''Becky''': Well, you said it.