History Heartwarming / TwoBestFriendsPlay

** Despite hating pretty much every child character other than Clementine, in ''The Walking Dead Season 2'', Pat and Matt go out of their way to befriend [[NiceGuy Sarah]], treating her kindly and make no disparaging remarks regarding her. It might be because Pat recognizes that she could have anxiety or [[AmbiguousDisorder some other form of disability]] that causes her to be sheltered, but it is still nice to see them treat her in a respectable and kind way.

** Pat's absolute refusal to leave behind Sarah, saying he'd stay as long as he had to in order to convince her to leave. He's very sympathetic and kind to her, while others like Jane, and even the Best Friends fans, try to push him to let her die. It's heartening to see his refusal to leave behind a child of [[AmbiguousDisorder disability]] when many other LetsPlayers [[UnfortunateImplications went down that route.]]

* After hearing about Mae's NoodleIncident and realizing the [[AmbiguousDisorder implications]] in ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'', Woolie expresses clear sympathy for her dilemma, while admitting to being unsure how to classify her problems respectfully.

** The animated intro to ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' features a couple of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sleeping]] [[PreciousPuppy dogs]]. Their [[CutenessOverload reaction]] to them really sells it.

* Reading Atomic Toxic Cake's message to them during the ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]'' episode: even if ATC doesn't get to play with them, they thank Matt and Pat for the show and says it cheers them up when they're not feeling well.
--> Matt: You are the best, Atomic Toxic Cake America Man.

* Although Matt and Pat hate kids, in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Let's Plays, Matt genuinely cares about the choices he makes for Clementine's sake.
** One specific example is when Lee needs to hurry and stop Clementine from [[spoiler: eating human meat]], Pat is yelling at Matt to hurry and Matt is distraught that the game is lagging. When they succeed, both sigh and sound genuinely relieved.

-->'''Matt''': [[spoiler: You know what is monstrous?]]
-->'''Pat''': [[spoiler: Stealing from your dad's pharmacy?]]
-->'''Matt''': [[spoiler: I was going to say: Scarring Clementine's for life by murdering a man in front of her.]]
-->'''Pat''': [[spoiler: I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THERE!]]

-->'''Matt:''' Who was that, some creepy pedo?!
-->'''Pat:''' [[{{Troll}} Maybe.]]

--> '''Pat:''' I can... I can still do this, because Zangief [one of his worms] can defend the Russian skies.
--> '''Woolie:''' ...but can he, though?
--> '''Pat:''' (''sounding near tears'') Y-yeah... I can-- I can hold it together...
--> '''Matt:''' Okay, now I'm actually feeling sorry for you 'cause you sound really upset.
* A very slight example from their ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]]'' playthrough, but toward the end, the two of them bring up the rather astounding delays to the EU release of ''[[VideoGame/Persona4Arena Persona Arena]]'', and despite the fact that they frequently mock their UK audience - especially the accents - it's clear that they are genuinely sympathetic for people who haven't had the chance to play the game yet.

---> '''Pat''': ''"OHMYGODELLIETHANKYOUSOMUCH"''

** Their reaction when [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Clementine]] meets an abandoned dog in the forest is this, then it becomes funny when they realize the dog is kind of aggressive after they have her pet it.

** Wonderfully followed up on and proven to be something both Woolie and Pat take an interest in during a later podcast, as they discuss a study that has proven that playing Mario for about thirty minutes a day improves one's ability to think and even brain size; As Pat cutely points out, it's ''not damaging'' and, at the very least, it ''improves someone's ability to play Mario''. At best? It could potentially - theoretically - ''improve the condition of people suffering from degenerative diseases like Alzheimers''.

* While playing ''[[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream I Have No Mouth]]'', Pat makes a poor decision during episode 8. [[spoiler: He accidentally throws a switch labeled MOTIVATOR, which electrocuted a group of dogs. You could see and hear them being shocked and killed.]] [[TearJerker He immediately regrets it, and almost goes back to the previous save state, rather than continue.]] [[spoiler: When he shoots the ship down by accident, prompting AM to make him restart.]]
** Part 12 of the ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' LP as well. As mentioned on the awesome page, for most of the game, Pat had been going by the strategy of carefully examining everything in the environment before making his decision or taking any action. Then he comes up against a Nazi scientist about to remove the spinal chord of a child. [[spoiler: He looks around the room a little and upon finding a scapel, immediately goes to stab the scientist with it.]] Even Woolie wasn't expecting that. After a guard kills Pat for it and the sequence starts over again, [[spoiler: he just does the same thing again and finds a way to get away with it.]]

* Episode 17 of their ''VideoGame/DisasterDayOfCrisis'' LP starts with Pat needing Matt to pause the game so he can answer a phone call from home, because Pat says he can't miss calls from home, because he's worried that the call might be something like "Your dad has died." It's just his mom calling in to say hi, and it ends with Pat telling his mom [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he loves her.]] Turns into a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when he tells Matt to cut that part out of the video so no one knows he loves his mom.

-->'''Pat:''' Okay, okay, you know what? Wow, that was weird. We're all gonna make fun of David Cage some more. That is true. That being said...I have to say, that is THE most uncomfortable a game has EVER made me. If the point of art is to make you feel emotions, BOY did I feel a bunch of emotions there.

* Oddly heartwarming, but in Episode 4 of the '''Best Friends Mailbag''', Pat fakes being cut by Woolie's utterly notorious box-opening, and Woolie actively starts freaking out. Like, as much as these guys mock and ridicule one another, Woolie absolutely wouldn't want that to happen.

-->'''Pat:''' "Feed your kids. And if you don't have kids, feed yourself."

* During the third Shitstorm of Scariness and their playthrough of ''VideoGame/EscapeFromBugIsland'', Pat actively encourages Matt during the game's kinda-sorta difficult balance beam sections - not helped by the unruly Wiimote Matt's using - by telling him ''"Aw yeah man, you can do it, you can do it, everyone's proud of you, no-one's saying bad things about you,"'' which is entirely void of Pat's typical sarcasm.
** In a similar sense, when Pat accidentally insults Luke in their ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Season 2'' playthrough and begins cursing angrily, Matt actually doesn't tease him for making the wrong choice. He actually comforts Pat, assuring him that it was just an accident and not to feel bad about it.

* During their ''[[VideoGame/RuleOfRose Rule of Rose]]'' leftover playthrough, Pat quickly catches onto the implications that the Headmaster is molesting Clara. He and Matt express disgust, especially when they see the Headmaster advising Clara to dust a room (on her hands and knees), and Pat questions is he can just break into the room and kill the Headmaster.
* Toward the end of their playthrough of the main ''[[VideoGame/SilentHill2 Silent Hill 2]]'' story, Angela's upsetting backstory is revealed in full as [[spoiler:having been sexually and physically abused by her father and brother, and mentally abused by her mother - who supposedly told her ''she deserved it'']]. Right after Angela exits the game, Pat ''immediately'' declares her family to be the pieces of shit that they are.
* Pat and his girlfriend Paige spend about a minute of the "Pat Stares at Japan" video [[SlapSlapKiss calling each other assholes and insulting each other.]] It's shocking how adorable it is.

* During Matt and Liam's playthrough of ''[[VideoGame/LifeisStrange Life is Strange]]'', when [[spoiler: Kate is looking to Max for advise on whether she should go to the police or not to find out what Nathan did to her after the party]], Liam first decides on the "look for proof" option. When he sees how Max responds, along with Kate's dismayed reaction, he immediately regrets his decision and rewinds to choose the other option. It's sweet, especially when it seems that most other let's players went for that same option without looking back.

*** That despite their typical habit of pushing a joke over and over, or - as displayed in Season 2 of ''The Walking Dead'', [[NeverLiveItDown not forgiving characters]] - Matt and Liam are able to warm to Chloe during Episode 4 a little once she admits she was being shitty in prior episodes.

* In their LP of ''{{VideoGame/Bloodborne}}'', Pat and Woolie have actively subverted their own 'controller handover at death' rule, and ''willingly'' so, when they feel that someone's time playing has been a little short. Even Pat - notorious JerkAss that he can be - has stated that if his play sessions start to get too long (as he was going through the early game with no issues), he'd willingly hand off to Woolie.
** When finally beating the game in episode 52, you can hear the pair almost crying together and giving each other high-fives once they [[spoiler: defeat the Moon Presence]]. Their friendship throughout the whole playthrough has been pretty awesome; they've even given each other high-fives when defeating bosses.

---> '''Pat''': ''"Uh... I do like the pig."''

--->'''Woolie''': ''"Matt, if you ever find yourself shaking your head and twitching, downing cans [...] you need to get on the phone, and gimme a call."''

--->'''Matt''': ''"I'll tell you: whoever you're with may never look more beautiful (than) on your wedding day. See that guy (Vincent) freaking out, when his wife comes down and he can't stop crying." [[MoodWhiplash *proceeds to attack the fact that the reception is inside the Stray Sheep*]]''

-->'''Pat''': Oh, I love [[spoiler:Grandma]]!

* ''{{VideoGame/Jojos Bizarre Adventure Eyes Of Heaven}}'': Woolie's delight when he finds out that Jotaro used TimeTravel to [[spoiler: spend more time with his daughter, Jolyne, who he had an [[{{WhenYouComingHomeDad}} estranged]] [[{{TripleShifter}} relationship]] [[{{DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou}} with]] in the main timeline]].
--> '''Pat:''' [[spoiler: "He gets to be a good daddy."]]
* There's something sweet about seeing Pat becoming genuinely giddy and excited during the final boss of VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII when he realizes just what the Soul of Cinder is.
-->'''Woolie''': He's just everything. He's everything.
-->'''Pat''': No no, he's not everything. He's everyONE! He's everyone ever! [[spoiler: He's every player that ever linked the flame. I finally got my fight against the Chosen Undead!]]

** In the wake of beating Omikron, Matt's announcement about taking a hiatus was put out, citing issues his health and behaviour and neglecting aspects of his life because of issues with the channel as a reason for doing so. While some have joked about arguably the most terrible game they've played breaking him, most of the fanbase - [[UnpleasableFanbase fractured as it can be at times]] - has united behind him in his desire to get better. There's been an outpouring of support, fanart and well-wishes, showing how much the leader of the Zaibatsu means to his fans.

** While exploring a home for clues, Woolie comes across a violin on the floor, and recounts his encounter with "[[MacheteMayhem Machete Man]]", the machete-wielding thief he interrupted at a young age while visiting relatives in Grenada, because the thief stole his grandmother's jewelry and his brother's violin. When Matt jokingly comments that the thief stole "his sense of safety", Woolie adds [[TearJerker the thief took that too.]] It's quick, but both Matt and Pat sincerely reassure him that one day, he'll get that sense of safety back.

--->'''Woolie''': That was a very human interaction.
--->'''Pat''':That was some of the most sincere acting I've seen in the whole game.

--->'''Woolie''': Holy ''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]'', I want you guys back so badly.
--->''(Pat laughs)''
--->'''Matt''': Band's back together!

--> '''Pat''': I told him to leave me and he stayed. It was just like a movie.

--> '''Pat:''' That is a senseless tragedy!
* [[spoiler: Liam returning]] to play ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm'' with Matt.

-->'''Matt:''' Saying you're sorry doesn't actually help ''if you don't change your behavior and become a better person Bojack''.

'''Woolie:''' I-, repeat after me.\\

'''(They both chuckle together)'''

** Even more-so, despite the TearJerker nature of it; despite Matt and Pat not being friends anymore, both have stated that the channel and all the Let's Plays they made on there will remain despite their splitting up. The reason they both stated was that despite the disagreements and grievances with each other that ended their friendship, the last thing they mutually agreed on was that the channel and it's legacy was greater than their current feelings, and that even though they didn't like each other anymore, they shouldn't take it out on the channel, because they both still love their fans and the community their fans made, and agreed that they don't deserve that.

* In the Part 6 of the ''Walking Dead Season 2'' playthrough, all that Matt and Pat can say about Nick is that he's essentially a blend of [[TheScrappy Kenny]] [[UpToEleven and Ben]] in terms of being TheLoad. They also repeatedly mention how much that they hope he dies, especially after [[spoiler: Nick senselessly kills Matthew]]. Despite that, they go out of their way to inadvertently save Nick's life by [[spoiler: telling Walter that Nick's a good guy at heart and feels sorrow for his mistakes]]. Matt even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, noting that, while they don't like Nick, they aren't going to LIE about his intentions.

-->'''Woolie''': That was a very human interaction.
-->'''Pat''':That was some of the most sincere acting I've seen in the whole game.

* There's something sweet about seeing Pat becoming genuinely giddy and excited during the final boss of VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII when he realizes just what the Lord of Cinder is.

** One specific example is when Lee needs to hurry and stop Clementine from [[spoiler: eating human meat]], Pat is yelling at Matt to hurry and Matt is distraught that the game is lagging. When they succeed, both sigh and sound genuinely relieved. Awwwww.

** A more subtle one: after Pat comments that if he showed up for a date and the girl answered the door while ordering pizza and wearing the clothes Jodie is currently wearing (a comfy T-shirt and underwear), he'd fall in love instantly, you can hear Matt quietly say "That's how it worked with me." ''Awww...''

** Even more-so, despite the tearjerker nature of it; despite Matt and Pat not being friends anymore, both have stated that the channel and all the Let's Plays they made on there will remain despite their splitting up. The reason they both stated was that despite the disagreements and grievances with each other that ended their friendship, as they ended the friendship the last thing they mutually agreed on was that the channel and it's legacy was greater than their current feelings, and that even though they didn't like each other anymore, they shouldn't take it out on the channel, because they both still love their fans and the community their fans made, and both agreed that they don't deserve that.

* In the wake of the channel ending as the friends go their separate ways, virtually all of their fans have shown tremendous support to them and have shared countless stories over how long they've followed the channel. Many people have talked about practically being raised from childhood into young adulthood with them, and many others have talked about overcoming horrible conditions with the best friends. Even if the circumstances of the channel ending are tragic, it's very clear that what they built went beyond a channel and became a community.

* Episode 17 of their ''VideoGame/DisasterDayOfCrisis'' LP starts with Pat needing Matt to pause the game so he can answer a phone call from home, because Pat says he can't miss calls from home, because he's worried that the call might be something like "Your dad has died." It's just his mom calling in to say hi, and it ends with Pat telling his mom [[{{Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas}} he loves her.]] Turns into [[{{Crowning Moment of Funny}}a Moment of Funny]] when he tells Matt to cut that part out of the video so no one knows he loves his mom.

* On episode 28 of the podcast, Liam discusses what he did for Valentine's Day. His girlfriend had flown away to France in Early January, and he had told her that he wouldn't be able to see her on Valentine's Day, because he only had the money for either that trip, or a trip with her to Japan later in the year. But he made plans to do fun things with her on Skype that day, and told her that something would be flown in via courier that Friday. When Friday came around, and his girlfriend went to answer the door, LIAM was waiting for her, and they spent the whole day going around Paris and seeing the sights. {{Crowning Moment of Funny}} Matt was disappointed that Liam didn't wear a bow.

** One of the best examples so far is in Episode 14, where Pat is healing and is caught off guard by a bat-wielding hunter. Pat panics and scrambles to put away the medkit and pull out a weapon in time, but to no avail. Just as the hunter lifts his bat, though, [[BigDamnHeroes two shots from an off-screen Ellie stumble the hunter]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome allowing Pat a crucial second to beat down the stunned enemy.]]

* The second ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' video has the first moral question the player is given: "Is marriage the beginning or end of your life?" [[HappilyMarried Matt doesn't hesitate to say that it begins]]. When Woolie takes his time selecting the answer, Matt insists with [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Did I stutter?"]]

* In a TrueCompanions moment that is also simultaneously [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hysterical]], Woolie, Matt and Pat begin their playthrough of ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' by having all three of them press a two button prompt at the same time to [[AbusiveParents have Heihachi throw young Kazuya into the volcano]]. Woolie holds a finger over one button, Pat hovers a finger over the other and Matt presses down on both to trigger it.

'''(They both chuckle together)'''

* While playing ''The Cat Lady'', Pat admits that he has no experience with children but even he realized how absurd to think there is any scenario where you can say you don't need to check on a lone baby and worries about how the game will turn up.

* Plauge of Gripes, while playing ''Dark Souls 2'', has to run away from an Enemy player to talk to Pat really quick. What did he say? "Sir, I'm trying to have a conversation with my friend." Thought it was sweet.

** During the discussion of [[BookEnds the bingo card]] at the end of the playthrough, Pat says that the two squares that would've resulted in a BINGO were: ''SPACE'' and ''The Supernatural''. He then says that he actually gives the game a thumbs up in his opinion, because out of everything on the bingo card, ''The Supernatural'' is the one he felt would've ruined the entire story, and his approval of it if the game had it. [[SincerityMode And that he's genuinely happy that it didn't do it.]]

* Despite their [[RunningGag often professed]] hatred of Creator/QuanticDream, David Cage, and their games, and their tendency for ranting about the game they just played and David Cage in general in their playthroughs of their games, at the end of their playthrough of ''Detroit: Become Human'', the three of them not only concede that the game wasn't as bad as they thought it'd be, but also that it is easily the best Quantic Dream game, and they ''[[SincerityMode actually recommend it]]'' on it's own merits.

** A similar instance happens in part 21 when Cole Phelps is interviewing James Tiernan. When questioned about the other suspect in the case McCaffrey's accusation that Tiernan asked him for help disposing of evidence, Tiernan breaks down, saying that he was drunk and can't remember anything about the night of the murder. He ends his monologue by meekly asking Phelps if he really did it. It's heavily implied that McCaffrey is the real murderer and framed Tiernan, manipulating him into thinking he really did it. Woolie wastes *no* time in arguing for charging McCaffrey.