History Awesome / GameGrumps

--> Danny: You [Arin] were like "Have you ever been hated on by a large number of people for a long period of time?" and I was like "Actually, yes, [[BaitAndSwitch I have been making]] [[TakeThat internet videos for a while."]]

* Creator/{{Zelda|Williams}} [[http://youtu.be/NgpEh_EaKe4?t=55s Williams]], Creator/RobinWilliams' daughter, loves StarBomb!

** On a more general scale, as of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aVgIkFu36Q episode #109]], Pokemon FireRed has officially surpassed Sonic '06 as the [[LongRunners longest-running]] series on Game Grumps.

* In ep. 8 of Sonic 3 & Knuckles Grumpcade, Arin talks about how the staff of ''Series/DanceShowdown'' was trying to "[[ShipperOnDeck make a]] [[ManipulativeEditing thing]]" out of him and his dance partner, Maxine. Keep in mind that Arin is already married to Suzy. Naturally, Arin refused to have any of that.

* The first new Guest Grumps since the Grant Kirkhope episode features none other than Steve-O, who plays ''VideoGam/{{Madworld}}'' for 40 minutes with the Grumps, compliments the turn-out at their live shows at the Hollywood Improv, and talks at length about video games' place in the culture.

** Not to mention Patricia spends the entire episode [[SilkHidingSteel wiping the floor]] with Arin and Danny at "Mortal Kombat."

* They get Finn Wolfhard from Series/StrangerThings, and in a discussion about acting they mention they're doing a [=YouTube=] Red show with Dan Harmon! Holy shit!

** By Part 11, Danny has finally learned the tricks of the game and used them to beat Mr. Sandman. So, how does Danny react to Title Defense? He acknowledges that he needs to get better, and that they're putting the series on a small haitus so that he can improve before moving on. It shows that the grumps really do care about how they play the game, making this an awesome decision in a heartwarming way because they're doing it for the lovelies.
* During Date Grumps with Suzy, Arin completes the waterfall log sequence in Disney/TheLionKing where Suzy could not.

* [[http://youtu.be/idOFblWFj1M?t=8m50s Back in college,]] Dan got a response from Creator/LloydAlexander, the author of Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain & the inspiration for Disney/TheBlackCauldron. Sweet.

* The fact that Arin managed to beat, much less plow through, Wand of Gamelon, with the presentation controller.

* Arin somehow getting a perfect score in the bungee jumping event of GoVacation, (00.00 feet from the ground!)

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u7ndRETnZg Part 3]] of WeLoveKatamari is filled with talk about space, and Arin says that knowing space is so ''huge'' is how he's been able to keep himself from getting a big head.

* Arin finally beating Koga, the Fuchsia City gym leader, and earning the Soul Badge in the (as of this writing) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8mC2WVq_xo latest episode]] of Pokemon FireRed. Keep in mind that a) most of Arin's Pokemon are underleveled and/or [[ElementalRockPaperScissors a bad type matchup]] and b) Arin and Danny only recently starting playing this game again after a long hiatus.

* In ep. 8 of Sonic 3 & Knuckles Grumpcade, Arin talks about how the staff of ''{{Series/Dance Showdown}}'' was trying to "[[ShipperOnDeck make a]] [[ManipulativeEditing thing]]" out of him and his dance partner, Maxine. Keep in mind that Arin is already married to Suzy. Naturally, Arin refused to have any of that.

* The first new Guest Grumps since the Grant Kirkhope episode features none other than Steve-O, who plays "Madworld" for 40 minutes with the Grumps, compliments the turn-out at their live shows at the Hollywood Improv, and talks at length about video games' place in the culture.

* [[https://youtu.be/iiAvhwLcnuA?t=9m30s Playing the Sea Battle game from Intellivision,]] [[AdvantageBall Arin sends three ships toward Dan]] [[OhCrap after he crashes his against land.]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding Cue Dan through some clever maneuvering triple killing Arin�s three ships. ]]
* On Guest Grumps, the Grumps play "Time Lord" with comedian Brent Weinbach, who claims it's one of the worst, most confusing NES games ever. By both skill and also pure accident, Arin is able to figure out the first few levels of the game's MoonLogic and get further than Brent's ever have.

* In the Boardgame Bonanza episode of 10 Minute Power Hour, Danny beats Arin at boardgame Tetris despite Arin basically cheating ''twice'' through a bit of good luck and very good use of his pieces to the point where there isn't a single unfilled space below two lines from the top of his board.

* Dan managing to get through both Through the Mirror and Piano Solo in ''Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp'' on the first try.

** The Grumps attempt the [[ThatOneLevel Pachinko red coin mission]] in ''Sunshine'', and after Arin struggles with it for far too long, [[HypercompetentSidekick Barry [[BigDamnHeroes comes in and beats it in one attempt during a fast-forward segment.]]]]

* Having [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N_vVUQsY1g Ben Schwartz]] (the new voice of Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020) on the show. Turns out Ben is TheDeterminator, because he becomes the first guest to single-handedly ''beat'' a game on the show. What's more, the game is VideoGame/AdventuresInTheMagicKingdom, a classic example of NintendoHard.

* Jon tearing through ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' with little difficulty. [[spoiler:He accidentally reset the game on the last world, though.]]

* Arin Game Overs in one section in ''VideoGame/WildGuns'', leaving Jon (who has one life and no bombs) in an arena so clogged with enemies and gunfire that he has to constantly jump just to stay alive. Not only does he manage to clear the stage, but he beats the mid-boss afterwards. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he eventually dies to the stage boss, but he gives it a hell of a fight beforehand and nearly wins.]]

* The ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' episode comes to a climax with Jon and Arin tied 2 for 2, the entire game coming down to one final round. After Jon requests some "[[CallBack more ABBA MIDIs]]", the battle begins to the tones of a [[SoundtrackDissonance low-quality version of Gimme Gimme Gimme.]] [[spoiler: Jon clinches the victory spectacularly in a fashion that astounds even Arin; by jumping onto his blade, parrying his next attack and countering with a heavy blow against Arin's neck.]]

* While playing ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale'', [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Heq1oStv8&t=12m39s Arin Finally Wins.]]]] Even better? He won by scoring the final kill on the at the last possible moment, just as time expired. Even Jon gave him props for pulling that one off.

*** And he does this ''again'' with [[spoiler:Dracula's second form]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 2 Revengeance]]'' [[spoiler: Jon]] ends the game 7 stars, which is impressive considering that the game only lasted 20 turns. In other words, an average of a star every 3 turns.

* After a fairly close first half of the match, [[spoiler: Jon]] completely ''wrecks'' [[spoiler: Arin]] in the second half of their first match of ''[[Anime/UltimateMuscle Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation]]''. How badly, you ask? [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle As soon as Jon switches to Checkmate, Arin isn't able to hit him once.]]]]

** The Grumps attempt the [[ThatOneLevel Pachinko red coin mission]] in ''Sunshine'', and after Arin struggles with it for far too long, [[spoiler: [[HypercompetentSidekick Barry]] [[BigDamnHeroes comes in and beats it in one attempt during a fast-forward segment.]]]]

** Then, in the fourth episode, Dan is knocked out by Great Tiger, seemingly defeated. [[spoiler: Then Little Mac's HeroicSecondWind activates, allowing Dan to defeat him.]] Much later (before the [[spoiler: final]] Mr. Sandman fight, see below) Danny says he did it accidentally, and that he didn't even know about that trick until then.

** In Part 11, after doing relatively well against [[FinalBoss Mr. Sandman]], he gets knocked out a third time. [[spoiler: Then, just like the Great Tiger fight, Little Mac activates his HeroicSecondWind, allowing Danny to win in the third round. Cue the applause from the fans.]]
** By Part 11, Danny has finally learned the tricks of the game and used them to beat Mr. Sandman. So, how does Danny react to Title Defense? [[spoiler:He acknowledges that he needs to get better, and that they're putting the series on a small haitus so that he can improve before moving on.]] It shows that the grumps really do care about how they play the game, making this an awesome decision in a heartwarming way because they're doing it for the lovelies.

* The end of Part 22 of ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'': [[spoiler:Danny gets knocked off Phalanx for the second time, and they do the usual wrap-up lines. Then we cut to him back on Phalanx and announcing we'll see him win right now.]]

** [[spoiler:After Arin beats the game, he speedruns all the way to 8-3 on one life.]]
* The final round of Kirby's Dream Course. After Arin challenged Danny to winner take all round, Dan proceeds to take a huge lead when Arin spends the first half trying to get off the initial ledge. After he manages to get off, however, he uses an amazing trick shot to steal two of Danny's stars, putting them in a race to the hole to determine the winner. Danny's put his Kirby on same ledge of the hole, knowing that Arin can't sink his in the next shot. However, Danny's Kirby falls asleep on the next turn, allowing Arin to make one more shot from the bottom ledge, [[spoiler: which he proceeds to sink.]]

* The Grumps take on ''Dead or Alive Xtreme 3''--this time ''as'' Helena--and Arin proceeds to the roulette wheel, insisting he has a foolproof method (which turns out to be betting all his money on 23 no matter what). After numerous losses, just before the episode ends, right when it looks like Danny's about to counsel Arin on his gambling addiction...[[spoiler: 23 hits]]. Both Grumps end the video screaming.

* Danny successfully fighting Title Defense's Piston Hondo while freestyling a verse that could have been in ''Rapper's Delight'' without missing a beat. [[spoiler:He loses the fight later, but still.]]

* In Part 10 of Pokémon Art Academy, Ross has to draw Gengar and decides to take it seriously and make Gengar spookier-looking. The result is terrifying and, in the duo's own words, "Fucking Rad".

** At the end of Part 14, Barry and Ross joke that their next lesson may not be a Pokémon, and Barry suggesting it might be a Digimon. Even if by accident, Ross' Charmander picture in part 15 is actually a pretty good cross between a hyper-realistic Agumon and a Charmander.

** "The Curse of the Golden Flower" is another one that deserves a mention just for how brilliantly designed the level itself is, with [[spoiler:the player passing all kinds of weird stuff off to the side that doesn't hinder the main path at all, only for it all to turn into a non-stop chain reaction as you try to get back out.]]

** Arin plays "Bowser's Prison Fight," a level beaten by a grand total of ''three people''. [[spoiler:He falls victim to an especially cruel trap, but still insists it counts as a win, and even more than "Pit of Panga" it's easy to agree. He did it in just eleven minutes, too.]]
** After losing the footage of his getting the new world record for "Escape From Koopatraz," Arin goes right back in. [[spoiler:He ends up beating his own time.]]

* [[https://youtu.be/iiAvhwLcnuA?t=9m30s Playing the Sea Battle game from Intellivision,]] [[AdvantageBall Arin sends three ships toward Dan]] [[OhCrap after he crashes his against land.]] [[spoiler: [[EarnYourHappyEnding Cue Dan through some clever maneuvering triple killing Arin’s three ships.]] ]]

* After a hiatus from Steam Train and Grumpcade, Barry and Ross make a return to the middle slot with a new Stout Train, featuring a fully produced music video about the wonders of drinking Guinness. Jack the Intern even gets to take the lead and show off a lovely singing voice! [[spoiler: Also features Ninja Brian himself showing up to deliver a NeckSnap to Arin when he [[StopHavingFunGuys complains about the noise the group is making]].]]

** In addition to this, Dan spent his time recuperating by rewatching their ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' series and getting hyped for the remaining story. For someone who [[spoiler:usually hates horror games and was convinced by Ross that the game was anything but]], he's taking this game very seriously.

* Arin proves to have a remarkable memory for the various secrets of ''SuperMarioBros'', even using two warp zones to get all the way to the final level by the end of the first video.

* Ross sits in as they play through his level "You are a Monster?" in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'', and makes a big deal about how he made sure you can't cheat a certain section. But Arin manages to do it anyway, which apparently pisses Ross off so much that his shouting destroys the audio for the rest of the level.

** Episode 85 of Sonic 06 is called "Catharsis" for a reason. When Arin gets to the boss battle versus Sonic in the Silver campaign he gets their much needed revenge by proceeding to deliver an absolutely epic CurbStompBattle against Sonic, all while LaughingMad and having a a beautiful AGodAmI moment.

** By Part 11, Danny has finally learned the tricks of the game and used them to beat Mr. Sandman. So, how does Danny react to Title Defense? [[spoiler:He acknowledges that he needs to get better, and that they're putting the series on a small haitus so that he can improve before moving on.]] It shows that the grumps really do care about how they play the game, making this an awesome decision in a heartwarming way because they're doing it for the lovlies.

** Danny's completely improvised song at the beginning of Part 27. Doubles as a [[SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* After Dan's a ButtMonkey for six episodes of SuperMario3DWorld, Dan destroys Arin [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yno4CcdjzZs while playing as Toad.]]

* Barry beating [[ThatOneBoss Sans]] in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' during a live stream after a good hour of trying is a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome particularly awesome moment.]] Especially awesome is ''how'' he beat Sans; after getting Sans to sleep, he pushed his box slowly onto the "fight" button. Sans sidestepped Barry's first slash and [[TemptingFate immediately began gloating about it]], leaving himself wide open for a second slash that hit him and finished him off once and for all.

** Arin manages a trick that Ross had always suspected could be done but never managed it himself or saw anyone else doing it, and is declared a God Gamer.

* Having [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N_vVUQsY1g Ben Schwartz]] (the new voice of SonicTheHedgehog) on the show. Turns out Ben is TheDeterminator, because he becomes the first guest to single-handedly ''beat'' a game on the show. What's more, the game is VideoGame/AdventuresInTheMagicKingdom, a classic example of NintendoHard.

* The situation: All five Grumps get into a challenge where they have to pour buckets of freezing ice water over their heads. At night. They do so, and they all react with the usual reaction one would have. Except for Ross, who ''stood perfectly still throughout the entire video'', even when everyone left.

* During their livestream of ''Undertale'', [[BadAss Arin beat Omega!Flowey on his second try]]. Their assistant Allie pointed out they had 30,000+ watching on the stream and also had a crowd gathered around in the Grump office to watch.

* Having [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N_vVUQsY1g Ben Schwartz]] (the new voice of SonicTheHedgehog) on the show. What's more, turns out Ben is TheDeterminator, because he becomes the first guest to single-handedly ''beat'' a game on the show. What's more, the game is VideoGame/AdventuresInTheMagicKingdom, a classic example of NintendoHard.

* During their livestream of VideoGame/Undertale, Arin beat Omega!Flowey on his second try. Their assistant Allie pointed out they had 30,000+ watching on the stream and also had a crowd gathered around in the Grump office to watch.

** During their conversation after beating the game, Arin reveals that for the Game Grumps live shows [[StartMyOwn he formed his own touring company]] that exclusively caters to YouTube personalities because he felt venues and promoters weren't treating them or their fans right.

-->''WHAT'S UP, PESTILENCE!? WHY DON'T YA SLIP INTO A SLIM JIM!?''

* Dan managing to perfect both Through the Mirror and Piano Solo in ''Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp''.

* Dan managing to perfect both the Wonderland and Beethoven levels in ''Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp''.