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{{quote|''We start off quite simple, but then, as you go along, things get more complicated.''|'''Simon''', Part 5: "The Legend of Pig Island"}}
The Minecraft Series is a catch-all description for the ''[[Yogscast]]'' current{{when}} flagship channel content. It started as a [[Let's Play]] of the hit game ''[[Minecraft]]'' by Lewis and Simon. However, after a few unusual events and weird encounters with a mysterious character named Israphel it turned into a wildly popular [[Machinima]].
The bulk of the Minecraft series is composed of a semi-improvised comedy drama, where Lewis and Simon play the parts of a Xephos, a heroic 'Spaceman', and Honeydew, a mighty dwarf, respectively. The series is set in the fictional land of Minecraftia, where Xephos and Honeydew encounter a range of colorful characters, and, by virtue of their talent and skill (or a succession of lucky flukes), become worshiped as mighty heroes by the citizens of the land.
Season 1 of this was something of a [[Let's Play]] about survival multiplayer in ''Minecraft''. Later, after collecting materials at an outpost of obsidian, Xephos and Honeydew build a portal to another realm, releasing an evil and hostile figure, Israphel, which they subsequently pursue. The [[Filler]] Season 2 was a survival map of ''Minecraft'' on a desert island, later becoming linked to the Israphel saga after an airship approaches. By Season 3, so far the longest and dubbed ''Shadow of Israphel'', they destroy this portal and others like it, engaging in a full-scale war against Israphel and his Cult.
Other videos in the series include custom map play throughs, Mod spotlights that Hannah of the [[Yogscast]] often participates in, and Minecraft update coverage.
The series can be found [http://www.youtube.com/show?p=M-_uPjfjVzc&tracker=show0 here].
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== The series as a whole ==
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Often invoked and lampshaded by the other saying "I'm sorry?"
* [[Action Bomb]]: Creepers.
* [[
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Simon and Lewis are type II.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Professor Grizwald only appeared in writing in an adventure map, but his memorable [[Large Ham|voice acting]] done by Simon made him into a [[One-Scene Wonder|One Episode Wonder]] that made him become a part of the ''Shadow of Israphel'' backstory (spelled "Grizwold") in the Legend of Verigan special.
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: They have often chased an enemy, found several more enemies (or just one they didn't expect) and quickly backed off. Doesn't usually help.
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: One of the reasons why it takes a while for anything to get done is that Lewis and Simon, to their own admission, keep getting distracted by interesting things that have no baring in the story.
* [[Badass]]: Simon is constantly zigzagging in and out of this, quickly dealing with zombies and skeletons one episode and being afraid of a single Creeper the next. Lewis does this as well, though to a lesser extent.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Simon doesn't appreciate enemies attacking him in the middle of speaking.
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** You're miles away from that creeper-infested planetoid, Simon. ''Miles'' away.
** I just went for a piss...I didn't burn anything....I DIDN'T BURN HIM!!!
* [[Bow and Sword
* [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"]]: For a shortish period in 2011, Honeydew had an S (for Simon...and Superman) emblazoned on his chest.
* [[Butt Monkey]]:
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** Lewis as well, though mainly due to Simon hitting him for seemingly no reason.
* [[The Chew Toy]]: Lewis is sometimes subjected to this, with Simon hitting him for no real reason at all, to cheer him up, when he is pissed, because he wants to dye him black, to knock him ''over'' a bottomless pit, or because he's "pressing" him.
* [[The Cameo]]:
** [[Total Biscuit]]'s grave is in one of the ''Shadow of Israphel'' videos.
** [[Total Biscuit]], Notch, and deadmau5 seem to cameo occasionally in side events such as {{spoiler|Granny_Bacon's funeral}} and a livestream event, but they're actually all bots. [[Total Biscuit]] in particular is annoyed by this, as he had sworn to never appear in a ''[[Minecraft]]'' video.
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** See you later, shitlord!
** "This is A-MA-zing..!"
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Simon and Lewis. They spend a good bit of the journey goofing off, causing [[Stuff Blowing Up|property damage]], [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|getting distracted by shiny objects]] and generally having a laugh. And then an NPC does something like try to attack a wall they're rebuilding or [[It's Personal|torture a character they like]] and they kick so much arse it's unbelievable.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Simon and Lewis both manage this when the other is being particularly silly or dense.
** Peculier has his moments.
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* [[Flat What]]:
** Lewis does a hilarious one in part 4 of "The Tree Of Life:
{{quote|'''Simon:''' So yeah, [[Ho Yay|just two men, swimming together under a starry night sky]]. Nothing wei-
'''Lewis:''' Well, technically, you're a dwarf.
'''Simon:''' Right, right. A man and a dwarf, swimming under the night sky. Nothing weird about this at all.
'''Lewis:''' Right.
'''Simon:''' ...Lewis, I'm not wearing any pants.
([[Beat]])
'''Lewis:''' [[Flat What|What.]] }}
** {{spoiler|Lysander}} gives us one after Simon dismounts from a plane indoors and teleports through a ceiling in episode 27 of ''Shadow of Israphel''.
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* [[Inept Mage]]: [[Meaningful Name|Fumblemore]].
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Taken to almost an art form; the only thing stopping Simon and Lewis from mining out entire buildings for loot in ''[[Minecraft]]'' is a combination of a [[Shoplift and Die|watchful NPC]] and their own incompetence.
** This is just ridiculous with them. Lewis has recently started a habit of stealing arrows from dispenser traps whenever they come across one. Possibly justified, since the arrows would hurt them if the dispensers were activated, which is nearly unavoidable. Plus they need arrows because they use their bows a lot. And technically there [[Loophole Abuse|ain't no rule ''against'']] stealing arrows from the dispensers.
** They spend almost an entire episode trying to steal from Skylord_Jasper.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]:
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{{quote|'''Karpath/Xephos/Lewis:''' Cull your toungue young Templar! We need the old man well and rested!}}
** Lewis gets another one in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Mine Little Pony]]'' mod, near the beginning, as he starts acting surprisingly bossy to the others. Simon even [[Lampshade Hanging|calls him out on it.]]
{{quote|'''Lewis''': Fumblemore, where's this house? My ponies aren't doing very well. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Where's my rubber tree orchard?]] Where's my house, guys? What's going on?
'''Simon''': [[What the Hell, Hero?|We've only been playing five minutes! Bloody hell!]]
(...)
'''Lewis''': Fumblemore, I expect that house to be done by the time it's dark, so get on with it. Everyone...
'''Simon''': You're very bossy! I don't think this is really in the spirit of ''My Little Pony''.
'''Lewis''': (starts laughing)
'''Simon''': It's supposed to be about [[The Power of Friendship|friendship and working together]]...[[Buffy-Speak|and stuff.]] }}
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Dwarves, if it will be taking any material from [[WoW]]. Played staight with Simon's character, Honeydew, who is quite proud of his heritage.
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** Lewis and Simon completely flipping their shits over the sight of a monster.
** Simon's several love interests. First Daisy_Duke, then Granny_Bacon, then {{spoiler|Isabel_Peculier}}. {{spoiler|Possibly justified considering that the first two were kidnapped (and in Granny's case, killed) shortly.}}
** Lewis says something which is [[Accidental Innuendo]], and Simon says "I'm sorry?"
{{quote|'''Lewis:''' I need to go get some wood.
'''Simon:''' I'm sorry? }}
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** In their ''Shadow of Israphel'' series, {{spoiler|after escaping Grimjaw's little dungeon thing with Tinman, Simon and Lewis got separated from Tinman by being [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|distracted]] by a giant dragon sculpture. They ended up hiding in a tomb of some kind because of a thunderstorm and giant enemy [[Zerg Rush]] instead of heading back to Barbecue Bay like Tinman did.}} They soon lampshaded this when they left, with one of them saying they probably "weren't supposed to be there yet."
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** "Maybe we should just get up on the wall and [[Monty Python and
** "There's probably something on [[
** Simon and Lewis remark on how [[Inept Mage|Fumblemore]] is probably a reference to [[Harry Potter|Dumbledore]].
*** "I have a good idea who did this. [[Harry Potter|He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named]]."
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** This is what happens whenever Simon gets his hands on some TNT.
** This is [[Inept Mage|Fumblemore's]] modus operandi.
** Creeper_Boss.
* [[Take Up My Sword]]:
** {{spoiler|Old_Peculier's father to Old_Peculier, to vanquish the evil spirit and destroy the Hellgates.}}
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** DaveChaos trolled Simon and Lewis in the Yoglympics map when he put a button labelled to go up into the Dodgit event that actually threw Simon and Lewis down into a pit. He then proceeded to try and blow up the winner's podium with Lewis and Simon on it after his "special message" on the wall from the map makers (BOOM!), but ''just'' missed them.
** In "Sunshine of Israpony", Lewis and Simon claimed that the niccolite ore (which looks like diamond from a distance) was trolling them.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Simon and Lewis [[Deadpan Snarker|snark at each other]], snap at each other (especially when stressed), hit each other and on one memorable occasion Lewis outright kills Simon's character so [[It Makes Sense in Context|he can become the Grim Reaper]]. Similar stuff goes on in all their other videos. But hugging is also attempted, and the odd moment of comedic sappiness making it blatantly obvious they're good friends.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Simon's character, Honeydew.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Even after defending the wall near Verigan's Hold from their boss, Simon and Lewis ''will'' panic if a Creeper is nearby.
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== Israphel saga ==
* [[Action Survivor]]: Old_Peculier, who is a retired knight, has a smattering of prowess with the sword (enough to keep him from becoming [[The Load]]), but is not as good as Simon or Lewis, and needs to rest often and drink a ton of water because of his age. {{spoiler|This is then subverted twice, but in two different ways. First, he becomes [[The Load]] because of [[The Virus|The Taint]]. Then, he [[Took a Level
* [[Adventure Towns]]: First was Terrorvale, a small, out-of-the-way town with only three NPCs and a couple quests {{spoiler|built on top of a vast cave system}}. Then came Mistral City, an immense city of airships, floating castles, shops, NPCs and even a mine dungeon, {{spoiler|now burnt to a crisp then entirely covered by trees thanks to Swampy}}. Then there was the Carnivale de Banjo, a carnival owned by an eccentric man. Then came Barbecue Bay, a port under siege from pirates {{spoiler|built right on top of a nether portal}}. Then was the Skyhold, home to the Skylords and new location of the Carnivale. Then was Stoneholm, subterranean home to the dwarves.
* [[Allohistorical Allusion]]: In the ''Legend of Verigan'' flashback, Simon and Lewis have fun debating the strange green exploding monsters, how they tend to creep up on people, and how they seem to be made out of those (creeper) vines that grow on trees, and end up dubbing them "viners".
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** Played tragically straight by Simon in Episode 38 {{spoiler|when Knight_Peculier falls into the lava and dies.}}
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]: Fumblemore's house, which he always rebuilds differently when he destroys part of it with a particularly destructive spell.
* [[Black and White Morality]]: Good guys are good, bad guys are bad, and it's just a question of who is on which side in the end. Especially since the good guys are also [[Idiot Hero
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: Ep. 26, though it's only implied.
** [[Double Standard Rape (Male on Male)]]
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** The {{spoiler|sand}} that always seems to appear in odd places during the ''Shadow of Israphel'' series.
** The "Cave of Terror," seen in the first episode, turned out to be not a cave at all, just the underside of a cliff. They decide to use this place to set up a portal to the Nether, which doesn't work. {{spoiler|Turns out it may have resurrected Israphel from the dead, allowing him to let evil spread through the world once again.}}
** The pumpkins' [[Heads-Up Display]], originally just something silly and lighthearted becomes important when the pumpkins ([[It Makes Sense in Context|now TVs]]) held a cryptic clue to {{spoiler|find the third map fragment}} in their HUDs.
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Simon has shown shades of this, with his many love interests, who he seems to have only found attractive because of their looks. For further proof, watch the introduction to ''Shadow of Israphel'' episodes 21-23.
* [[Clip Show]]: The latter half of ''Shadow of Israphel'' Episode 35, being told by Knight_Peculier.
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'''Lewis:''' "OH MY GOD! [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|A sheep just fell out of the sky!]]" }}
** A hilarious (Acted out) one is given by Simon in "The Jackal and the Cave", when they come across a gruesome cave painting depicting The Jackal mauling a small group of people.
{{quote|'''Simon:''' "Okay, okay, I think I can understand this. [[Too Dumb to Live|See, these three guys have been having a barbecue, and this is an x-ray view, showing that they've eaten a bunch of hot dogs]]
* [[Cool Airship]]: Skylords Jasper and Lysander have one, with Mistral City acting as the main port.
* [[Crew of One]]:
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* [[Disk One Final Boss]]: Episodes 15 and 16 of ''Shadow of Israphel'' are all about this, consisting of {{spoiler|Simon and Lewis rescuing a wounded Old_Peculier from a deserted guard tower, and then ending up in an epic battle against [[Big Bad|Israphel]] and his hordes of minions,and repairing the wall while the enemy is regrouping. All the while, the three are constantly bombarded by a [[Zerg Rush]] of spiders, and forced to deal with [[The Corruption|The Sand]] everywhere.}}
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Simon traps Strongman_Bruno in a tree as revenge for him cheating him out of a victory in a contest of strength.}}
* [[
* [[
* {{spoiler|1=[[Doomed Hometown]]: The Yogcave, which was blown to smithereens by Israphel. Stoneholm is this for Honeydew and Spacker LeChuck, as the people were enslaved by their resurrected king, and most of the populace was turned into zombies.}}
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Knight_Peculier}}'s death is out of nowhere and painfully anticlimactic. It takes Lewis several seconds to even realize what happened.
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** Averted in part 31. Lewis puts them on to {{spoiler|protect himself from a plague}} in Stoneholm (Simon doesn't need them, {{spoiler|dwarves are apparently immune to plague}}) but has to remove them because one of their mods makes you heavier when you have armour on. {{spoiler|Fortunately the plague was a lie}}.
* [[Grave Humor]]: The graveyard in Mistral City contains a good selection of this.
* [[Heartbreaking in Hindsight]]: When coming across Terrorvale and Old_Peculier for the first time, and realizing they've discovered an imitation of the traditional fantasy RPG village complete with generic, innocuous, friendly barkeep. Simon and Lewis find this [[Crowning Moment of Funny|absolutely hilarious]]. Over thirty episodes and a lot of [[Character Development]] later we discover that Old_Peculier, the barkeep, had a horrible life, {{spoiler|and ran away to Terrorvale and became a barkeep to try and escape the psychological torment of Israphel who's been pretty much haunting him his entire life. It didn't work, culminating in his planning to ''kill'' himself right up until the moment Xephos and Honeydew showed up. And even considered poisoning them before deciding to risk trusting them}}.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Astley the reformed creeper.
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N3rNMzbpx4 Here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIAPug4bcWM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Here]. (Major spoilers.)
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* [[Jack of All Stats]]: {{spoiler|Knight_Peculier}}. He isn't as good with communication or a sword as Lewis, as skilled of a miner or bowman as Simon, or as smart as Skylord_Lysander, but is competent at all of these.
* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: While Simon and Lewis frequently come [[Back
** {{spoiler|As of episode 38, it would appear Knight_Peculier is dead.}}
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Young!Fumblemore in the Legend of Verigan Charity livestream. His combat skills are subpar, he constantly destroys his fellow adventurers by mistake with his spells, and can't gather resources without making a mess. However, he is incredibly good at blowing up spawners, and can deal with dense clusters of enemies with a blast of TNT.
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** {{spoiler|Skylord_Baaku does this quite suddenly, with a suffusion of redstone dust in place of blood, making poor Simon [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot|sick]]}}.
* [[MacGuffin]]: In ''Shadow of Israphel'', the items needed to prove that the heroes' have conquered the trials of Skyhold: Fire, Snow, Leaves, and probably Netherack. They are even called MacGuffins by Simon in Episode 30. {{spoiler|He turns out to be right, as Skylord_Lysander admits that they weren't really needed at all just as Simon is wondering why they couldn't have just used a flint and steel to break through the wooden seal.}}
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* [[
* [[Machinima]]: Becomes this when a mysterious player attacks them one (in-game) night.
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: When the Yogscast boys came in for a "How to play Minecraft" video with Jesse Cox on [[
{{quote|'''Lewis:''' Oop, I've just fallen in some lava and I died.
'''Simon:''' Here is where he died. R.I.P. Lewis. Never forget.
* Simon then walks off.* }}
* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Gareth the creeper and his brother Henry, and their uncle, Mr Astley.
* [[
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** Old_Peculier is old, and a bit quirky. {{spoiler|When he becomes Knight_Peculier, this becomes slightly averted - he's a knight, but no longer peculiar.}}
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* [[Non-Player Character|Non Player Characters]]: A major plot point that causes the [[Genre Shift]] from [[Let's Play]] to [[Machinima]].
* [[Nostalgia Level]]: The {{spoiler|ruins of the}} Yogcave after the trip to Survival Island.
* [[Off the Rails]]: ''Shadow of Israphel'' has been described by the [[Yogscast]] as being like a ''[[Dungeons
** Simon creating a plane ''inside'' the aircraft carrier instead of creating it ''on'' the carrier is an example in episode 27. Skylord_Lysander is obviously surprised and didn't plan on having to rebuild the plane.
{{quote|'''Lysander:''' Please try not to break the laws of physics any more than you have already...}}
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* [[Orgasmically Delicious]]: Granny_Bacon's cooked fish.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Simon fixes an apparent error in young Granny_Bacon's NPC coding this way, even referencing Fonzie from ''[[Happy Days]]'' in the process.
* [[Planet Heck]]: [[Hell|The Nether]], now that it works in multiplayer.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Templar_Enoch, the explorer that worked with Griswold in the desert excavation; Simon, Lewis, and Peculier find an [[Apocalyptic Log]] written by him at the excavation in question.▼
* [[Port Town]]: Barbecue Bay, full of loud, talkative pirates - and perhaps even [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|some bootleggers of some kind.]]
▲* [[Posthumous Character]]: Templar_Enoch, the explorer that worked with Griswold in the desert excavation; Simon, Lewis, and Peculier find an [[Apocalyptic Log]] written by him at the excavation in question.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: They become this whenever Old{{spoiler|/Knight}}_Peculier joins them. Simon is [[The McCoy|the id]], Old/{{spoiler|Knight}}_Peculier is [[The Kirk|the ego]], and Lewis is [[The Spock|the superego]].
* [[Rain of Arrows]]: Israphel's tactic of choice.
* [[Reformed but Rejected]]: Mr. Astley the Creeper
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** Jock_Fireblast {{spoiler|is evil and stole the map fragment. He was the one responsible for burning down Mistral City}}.
** Old_Peculier's father {{spoiler|is actually a knight who needs to destroy Israphel and the portals, but trapped himself in the Nether to also trap Israphel - that is, until Simon and Lewis summoned him (Israphel) again}}
* [[This Is a Drill]]: {{spoiler|Stoneholm's giant bedrock mining drill.}}▼
* [[Rickroll]]: Mr. Astley sings "Never gonna give you up", with intermittent hissing, when {{spoiler|the heroes find him imprisoned in Stoneholm}}
* [[Ring Out Boss]]: {{spoiler|In their first encounter with Zombie_Boss, Lewis kills him by knocking him into a ring of lava around Israphel's castle, which is just as dangerous for them.}}
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* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: {{spoiler|In the temple that Simon and Lewis take shelter in, a sign in front of an obsidian barrier says not to open, or else a beast of sorts named Lehparsi will be unleashed. [[Too Dumb to Live|They don't realize it's backwards for Israphel, and even consider breaking it open just for safety from the current enemy swarm.]]}}
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: In addition to the wall holding the Sands back, Verigan built a massive machine to {{spoiler|keep a Sand God sealed beneath the desert. [[Oh Crap|By the time Lewis, Simon and Peculier find it, the machine has recently failed.]]}}
▲* [[This Is a Drill]]: {{spoiler|Stoneholm's giant bedrock mining drill.}}
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]:
** Simon ends up burning the floor of the Yogcave when he tries to use his flint and steel to light them a warm, cozy fireplace... on the wooden floor.
** Lewis flooding the Yogcave after tunneling through one of the tower walls. Hell, both Simon and Lewis have a lot of these moments.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trash the Set]]: The Yogscast have done this a few times over the course of the ''Shadow of Israphel'' series: so far they destroyed {{spoiler|the Yogcave, Mistral City, and BBQ Bay}}. They do, however, either fix or ''destroy for others to fix'' some of the older "sets" in the series that they store in either a public museum server or an RPG server for fans to visit.
* [[Twenty Bear Asses]]: Almost directly quoted from [[TV Tropes]] in ''Shadow of Israphel'' Part 7; and yes, they did have a [[Fetch Quest]] to [[Find the Cure]].
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** Later, in the "Mountains of Kikatchu" map, Simon voices Professor Burben, apparently Grizwald's brother, and Dr. Whitewall, who has a different voice but the same speech patterns. Simon chalks it down to a Kikatchu accent.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Happens in Monarch of Madness, when Simon and Lewis are at the end of a three-dimensional wool maze and a sign there tells them to set some of the wool on fire and then run. After igniting it, they just stand there for a few seconds and stare at the fire before remembering that they are supposed to leave, at which point they promptly panic and flee.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Ominous... Something... Chanting]]: Played with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iTjFmLVozY somehow] during their charity livestream with Jesse Cox of [[
* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: The duo is [[In-Universe|hit hard by this]] when they play a spooky adventure map called "The Jackal And The Cave".
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Happens at the end of "Rise of the Rebellion Part 2."
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* Lewis presses red button.*
([[Beat]])
* [[Stuff Blowing Up|Room explodes.]]*
'''Simon:''' [[Oh Crap|Oh!]]
'''Lewis:''' [[Oh Crap|Crap]]. }}
* [[Simultaneous Arcs]]: Well, not exactly ''arcs'', but each team competing in the Survival Games uploads its own POV of the event. A number of occurrences makes more sense when all the videos are watched back-to-back.
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