History Creator / Excelblem

--> '''Excelblem''': "It's baffling how often this game repeatedly pretends to give you a choice and it walks it back the moment you even try. I personally rather just not just have any options instead, if it means the game isn't constantly lying to me. "

* MemeticMutation: Jitaro. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A level 1 generic archer which can be bought in the Einherjar shop in Fire Emblem Fates with horrible base stats and growth rates that Excelblem first used as CannonFodder during his KMU of Birthright. He bought several Jitaros [[ButtMonkey who all died accomplishing nothing]] but things escalated during his Revelation KMU where he bought a Jitaro right at the beginning and trained him throughout his run until Jitaro was actually a quite capable unit [[spoiler:who even defeated [[FinalBoss Anankos]]]]. This naturally grew on his viewers resulting in several Jitaro memes, chat members roleplaying as Jitaro and other generic units and even Jitaro fanfiction that Excelblem read for his audience. [[SerialEscalation And then Excelblem started the Jitaroquest, which is a generic unit-only run on the Conquest route on Lunatic difficulty with Jitaro as the lead.]][[/labelnote]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Will occasionally leave characters alive specifically to recruit other characters (so he can kill them as well) or to perform some random task in a later chapter.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Excelblem's whole thing is treating his soldiers like disposable cannon fodder, but he doesn't love death so much that he's not disgusted by Chrom marrying Sumia, [[ILoveTheDead who died earlier that run.]]

* HeroicComedicSociopath: Most protagonists he play as wind up becoming this through deliberately killing off their units for minimal tactical benefit.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: It's not uncommon to see a run fail simply because Excelblem miscalculated a dumb plan of his or overextended, getting his Lord or some other important character killed.

** In his ''Conquest'' playthrough, he repeatedly mocks how the characters lament that everything would've turned out fine if Corrin had simply paid twenty dollars for the ''Revelation'' route, eventually accompanied by a huge "$20" appearing on screen each time. This is briefly reversed in his ''Revelation'' playthrough, where Excel notes that he could've saved Izana if only he didn't pay twenty dollars.

* WeHaveReserves: He's quick to exploit this in any game where he can simply get more generic units to replace his named characters.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When a character has served their purpose, expect them to get killed off shortly after.

-->'''Excelblem''': That wasn't in the wiki!

--> '''Excelblem''': Three masked thugs break into your house, and you try to fight them off with a desk lamp? Who are you trying to save those bullets for? God?

* OhCrap: Has this moment in his ''The Sacred Stones'' playthrough, when Fomortiis summons a second wave of reinforcements, a behavior not documented in the Fire Emblem wiki, likely because most players defeat it before then.
* RunningGag: In his ''Conquest'' playthrough, he repeatedly mocks how the characters lament that everything would've turned out fine if Corrin had simply paid twenty dollars for the ''Revelation'' route, eventually accompanied by a huge "$20" appearing on screen each time. This is briefly reversed in his ''Revelation'' playthrough, where Excel notes that he could've saved Izana if only he didn't pay twenty dollars.
* StylisticSuck: Chapter 27 of his ''Revelation'' KMU replaces his usual narration with text-to-speech that mispronounces "Anankos", "HP", and "Dragonskin" poorly mixed with his live commentary. Since it took only about 45 seconds to beat the chapter, he decided to spent that much time editing the video.

* RunningGag: In his ''Conquest'' playthrough, he repeatedly mocks how the characters lament that everything would've turned out fine if Corrin had simply paid twenty dollars for the ''Revelation'' route, eventually accompanied by a huge "$20" appearing on screen each time. His ''Revelation'' KMU briefly reverses this, noting that Izana could have been saved if Excel hadn't paid twenty dollars.

* RunningGag: In his ''Conquest'' playthrough, he repeatedly mocks how the characters lament that everything would've turned out fine if Corrin had simply paid twenty dollars for the ''Revelation'' route, eventually accompanied by a huge "$20" appearing on screen each time.

* TooAwesomeToUse: {{Discussed|Trope}} with regards pto Myrrh in ''The Sacred Stones'', who some players avoid using for this reason, since she can't fight after using up her singular Dragonstone. Excelblem compares this to conserving ammunition during a home invasion.

* TooAwesomeToUse: {{Discussed|Trope}} with regards to Myrrh in ''The Sacred Stones'', who some players avoid using for this reason, since she can't fight after using up her singular Dragonstone. Excelblem compares this to conserving ammunition during a home invasion.

* VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragon
* VideoGame/FireEmblemNewMysteryOfTheEmblem
* VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening
* [[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]]
* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates]][[note]]The Birthright and Revelations playthroughs, thanks to those route's notoriously low difficulty compared to Conquest, had an extra "Kill My Units" challenge where viewers could pay money or vote in polls to kill off specific characters.[[/note]]
* VideoGame/VestariaSaga[[note]]A normal, livestreamed playthrough of the game, as opposed to one of his typical runs.[[/note]]
* VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn[[note]]Excelblem eventually gave up on attempting to Ironman the game partway through due to the high difficulty.[[/note]]
* VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Will occasionally leave characters alive specifically to recruit other characters or to perform some random task in a later chapter.

* {{Corpsing}}: Occasionally during his ''Fates'' playthroughs when he attempts to explain the games' story.

* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates]][[note]]The Birthright playthrough, thanks to that route's notoriously low difficulty, had an extra "Kill My Units" challenge where viewers could pay money or vote in polls to kill off specific characters.[[/note]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His [[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Days of Ruin]] run was initially an attempt to kill as few soldiers as he possibly could, in an inverse of his usual style. He gives up when he realizes just how difficult it is to keep people alive in this game and just resorts to playing normally (with cheese strats of course) for the remaining two thirds.

* ChallengeRun: His bread and butter.

* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Birthright]][[note]]The Birthright playthrough had an extra "Kill My Units" challenge where viewers could pay money or vote in polls to kill off specific characters.[[/note]]

* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest]]

* ''Vestaria Saga''[[note]]A normal, livestreamed playthrough of the game, as opposed to one of his typical runs.[[/note]]