History Awesome / HotPepperGaming

* Series co-creator Erin Schmalfield has done not one, not two, but '''''[[UpToEleven five]]''''' hot pepper reviews.

** The pepper looks most likely like it was a Thai Pepper, which can be anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 scoville units. While not nearly as hot as many of the other peppers on the show (even the habanero that Egoraptor ate in his first review was hotter than that!), it's still impressive that he managed to stay completely still and not make any noise. Music/AndrewWK takes the cake, however, for eating a ''Trinidad Moruga Scorpion'' (which can be as hot as 2 ''million'' scovilles and is, as of this writing, the hottest known naturally-occurring pepper on earth) and reacting almost as stoically as Ninja Brian did.

* Austin Creed did '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgv881gtSb0 three Hot Pepper reviews]]''''', one right after another after another, eating a new pepper every time he reviewed a new game.

* Egoraptor's review of mgs ground zeroes. He handles the ghost pepper incredabally well compared to the habanero

** The pepper looks most likely like it was a Thai Pepper, which can be anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 scoville units. While not nearly as hot as many of the other peppers on the show (even the habanero that Egoraptor ate in his first review was hotter than that!), it's still impressive that he managed to stay completely still and not make any noise. AndrewWK takes the cake, however, for eating a ''Trinidad Moruga Scorpion'' (which can be as hot as 2 ''million'' scovilles and is, as of this writing, the hottest known naturally-occurring pepper on earth) and reacting almost as stoically as Ninja Brian did.

* After months of going back and forth in order to set it up, The [[LetsPlay/TwoBestFriendsPlay Super Best Friends Zaibatsu]] are going on the show, starting with Woolie reviewing ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Mortal Kombat X]]'' after eating a Bhut Jolokia "Ghost" Pepper. He, despite being a man renowned for his tolerance for spicy foods, is laid low by the pepper and ends up in a ''screaming fit'' so loud it screwed with the audio for the episode!

* Similarly, Sohinki from WebVideo/SmoshGames appears and eats a habanero dipped in "Saddam Insane" hot sauce. He proceeds to competently review ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'' while barely missing a beat. No swearing, no invocations of deities, only one or two pauses for hot-sauce burps, and his voice seems completely unaffected. He even has the composure to pitch Smosh Games, Hot Pepper Gaming and his own channel before taking more than a bite or two of bread. He doesn't even drink the beer he's offered on camera. For comparison, fellow Smosh Games cast member Jovenshire consumes a similar mixture of peppers and hot sauce and is reduced to high-pitched squeaks and terrified sobbing within seconds.

* Similarly, Sohinki from WebVideo/SmoshGames appears and eats a habanero dipped in "Saddam Insane" hot sauce. He proceeds to competently review ''VideoGame/SouthParkAndTheStickofTruth'' while barely missing a beat. No swearing, no invocations of deities, only one or two pauses for hot-sauce burps, and his voice seems completely unaffected. He even has the composure to pitch Smosh Games, Hot Pepper Gaming and his own channel before taking more than a bite or two of bread. He doesn't even drink the beer he's offered on camera. For comparison, fellow Smosh Games cast member Jovenshire consumes a similar mixture of peppers and hot sauce and is reduced to high-pitched squeaks and terrified sobbing within seconds.

** The pepper looks most likely like it was a Thai Pepper, which can be anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 scoville units. While not nearly as hot as many of the other peppers on the show (even the habanero that Egoraptor ate in his first review was hotter than that!), it's still impressive that he managed to stay completely still and not make any noise. AndrewWK takes the cake, however, for eating a ''Trinidad Moruga Scorpion'' (which can be as hot as 2 ''million'' scovilles and is, as of this writing, the hottest known naturally-occurring pepper on earth) and reacting almost as stoically as Ninja Brian did.

** The pepper looks most likely like it was a Thai Pepper, which can be anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 scoville units. While not nearly as hot as many of the other peppers on the show (even the habanero that Egoraptor ate in his first review was hotter than that!), it's still impressive that he managed to stay completely still and not make any noise. AndrewWK takes the cake, however, for eating a ''Trinidad Scorpion'' (which can be as hot as 1.5 ''million'' scovilles!) and reacting almost as stoically as Ninja Brian did.

* [[Music/NinjaSexParty Ninja Brian]], renowed for his [[TheStoic absolute stoicism]], eating a pepper then proceeding to stare at the camera for almost 4 minutes. At the Ninja Sex Party & WebVideo/SteamTrain panel, they all confirmed that, not only was the pepper real, but Ninja Brian ''actually'' stared at the camera for almost four minutes.

* [[NinjaSexParty Ninja Brian]], renowed for his [[TheStoic absolute stoicism]], eating a pepper then proceeding to stare at the camera for almost 4 minutes. At the Ninja Sex Party & WebVideo/SteamTrain panel, they all confirmed that, not only was the pepper real, but Ninja Brian ''actually'' stared at the camera for almost four minutes.