History IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming / Raocow

* Episodes of ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' are named after bosses from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', a reference to how the two games are often jokingly likened to each other for their difficulty. Episodes of the DLC are named after ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'' bosses.

* Episodes of ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' are named after Copy Abilities from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, with the first one being titled "Star Rod" (a name that an important item in ''Paper Mario'' happens to share with an important item in ''Kirby's Adventure'').

* Episodes of ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' are named after bosses from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', a reference to how the two games are often jokingly likened to each other for their difficulty.

* Episodes of ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' are named after Copy Abilities from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, with the first one being titled "Star Rod" (a name that an important item in ''Paper Mario'' happens to share with an important item in ''Kirby's Adventure'').

* Episodes of ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' are named after Copy Abilities from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, with the first one being titled "Star Rod".

* Episodes of ''VideoGame/TheMessenger'' are named after the English titles of episodes of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.

* Episodes of ''Cyber Digital Advent''[[labelnote:*]]The 2020 Advent Christmas event, so named because all the gifts were digital for the year[[/labelnote]] are given titles [[CallBack matching the title gimmicks of earlier LPs]] based on the recipient(s) of Calleoca’s presents and/or the gifts themselves.[[labelnote:*]]For example, the first proper episode is titled “shuttlepod one” as the recipient is Madeline from ''VideoGame/{{Celeste}}''.[[/labelnote]]

** ''VideoGame/WarioLand2'' episodes are named after the stage tasks. After having to defeat [[RecurringBoss one Giant Spear Man too many]], almost every noun and verb in subsequent episode titles is replaced with "spear", until ''Don't Shock the Owl'' snaps him out of it.

* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' episodes use [[TemporalThemeNaming units of time]], alluding to the game's title. The Death Wish episodes changes this to units of length and space.

While it's a given that many [=LPs=] follow a pattern in episode naming, LetsPlay/{{raocow}} takes it to an art form.

* Starting from video [[ArcNumber seven,]] every ''VideoGame/Killer7'' video is numbered as "7+X", with X being the number of videos since video 7 (video 8 is numbered "7+1", video 9 is numbered "7+2", etc.). An additional "7+" is added for each seven videos surpassed (video 15 is numbered "7+7+1", video 22 is numbered "7+7+7+1", etc.).

* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' episodes use [[TemporalThemeNaming time-related terms]], alluding to the game's title.

* The titles, descriptions, and even video tags for ''VideoGame/TouhouGouyokuIbunSuibotsuShitaChinshuuJigoku'' episodes are all completely in Japanese, with the titles being formatted as "[BossSubtitles for the player character] VS [BossSubtitles for the featured boss]" followed by one exclamation mark for each time raocow dies in the video.

* Episodes of ''Super "Mario" World "2"'' are named after translations of Greek expressions.

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' uses the names of actual galaxies.

* Episodes of ''Super "Mario" World "2"'' are named after translations of stock Latin phrases.

* His ''VideoGame/LittleNemoTheDreamMaster'' playthrough names each video after a Creator/WinsorMcCay work.
* ''VideoGame/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatiansPuppiesToTheRescue'' videos are named after episodes of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' (since Creator/FrankieMuniz voices the player character, with Malcolm's name removed to make the gimmick less obvious.

* ''VideoGame/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatiansPuppiesToTheRescue'' videos are named after episodes of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', since Creator/FrankieMuniz voices the player character. Any episode titles with "Malcom" in the name will have his name replaced with "⁙⁙⁙⁙⁙⁙".

* ''VideoGame/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatiansPuppiesToTheRescue'' videos are named after episodes of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', since Creator/FrankieMuniz voices the player character.

* Super Talking Time Bros. episodes are all titled after songs from {{self-titled album}}s, in reverse chronological order.

* Super Talking Time Bros. episodes are all titled after songs from albums which were named after their performers, all in reverse chronological order.

* ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' episode titles each incorporate the atomic weight of the periodic element corresponding to the video's number, usually rounded to the nearest whole.

* New! Super Mario World 2 episodes all have [[ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName "Interjection! Sentence"]]

* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' takes the DeadlyEuphemism in each episode's phone call at face value, up until the midway point, where the titles instead become increasingly corrupted. [[spoiler:During the epilogue, the initial theme resumes, but the titles are now completely written in full-width text to signify the change of character.]]