History LetsPlay / MikeBurnFire

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In Episode 119, Zach and Mike try to extract information from the Centurion Silus through various means, including reading excerpts from the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' books, reading boring legalese, reading the transcripts of ''Film/TheRoom'', and badly mimicking bagpipe music. None of them work.

* SpoilerCover: Spoiler Youtube thumbnail, but the principle remains: episode 311 of the New Vegas playthrough, the last ''[[VideoGame/NewVegasBounties NVB III]]'' one, [[spoiler:doesn't have Mike on the thumbnail.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3itm4Cj7SBBuRdCKOOdUGyyi4fgdgVkS New Vegas (including all mod playthrougs and Legion Mike spinoffs)]]

* FunWithAcronyms: When put on the spot to explain what FAMAS stands for,[[note]]Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, "Assault Rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory"[[/note]] Zach gives up and names it "Fun And Me Ass Shoot".

* EveryoneHasStandards: Zach and Mike in-universe are a pair of murderhobos that usually target bigger assholes (and out-of-universe, aren't averse to "roleplaying" as murderhobos) but every once in a while they stumble upon something that even they consider crossing a line. Examples include [[SaveScumming time-travelling]] to undo the events of the ''War Trash'' mod in ''New Vegas'' (which had [[spoiler:murdering most of Freeside]] as one of the objectives), or Zach flat-out refusing to read some of the notes left behind in ''Fallout 4 - Cannibal House'' (and Mike blurring pieces of them out in post) as they are blatant references to the horrific acts of real-life serial killer Albert Fish. Additionally, while they do have the Killable Children mod installed on their New Vegas playthrough, Zach became genuinely angry during the Russel mod when it looked like one of the tribals speared a baby to death.

** Across all subtitled series, the subtitles of the players get consistent subtitles: all iterations of Mike get white subtitles with a red outline, all iterations of Zach (including Legion Mike's Aurelius of Phoenix) get white subtitles with a blue outline, and all iterations of Anne (including the teddy bear in the second ''VideoGame/NewCalifornia'' playthrough) get light-green subtitles with a dark-green outline.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In New Vegas Christmas Special, Humphrey's...[[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent unique dialect and enunciation]] leads to some FunetikAccent FunWithSubtitles, but at one point Mike just gives up and renders one sentence as a series of question marks.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Zach and Mike in-universe are a pair of murderhobos that usually target bigger assholes (and out-of-universe, aren't averse to "roleplaying" as murderhobos) but every once in a while they stumble upon something that even they consider crossing a line. Examples include [[SaveScumming time-travelling]] to undo the events of the ''War Trash'' mod in ''New Vegas'' (which had [[spoiler:murdering most of Freeside]] as one of the objectives), or Zach flat-out refusing to read some of the notes left behind in ''Fallout 4 - Cannibal House'' (and Mike blurring pieces of them out in post) as they are blatant references to the horrific acts of real-life serial killer Albert Fish.

** Across all subtitled series, all iterations of Mike get red subtitles, all iterations of Zach (including Legion Mike's Aurelius of Phoenix) get blue ones, and all iterations of Anne (including the teddy bear in the second ''VideoGame/NewCalifornia'' playthrough) get green subs.
** [=NPCs=] (or Mike and Zach speaking as the [=NPCs=]) get dirty yellow subtitles in New Vegas, green in Fallout 4, and black in Skyrim.

** Done quite quickly with the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_6tzDL5k0 Fallout 4 - Cannibal House]]'' episode. Zach and Mike weren't shy about expressing their dislike of it within a few days of posting it, and subsequently removed it from being an officially-numbered part of the series. This is due mainly to them being annoyed with the mod's content, finding the puzzles disappointing and becoming disgusted by the fact the mod is very heavily inspired on the acts of real life rapist and serial killer Albert Fish.

** Done quite quickly with the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_6tzDL5k0 Fallout 4 - Cannibal House]]'' episode. Zach and Mike weren't shy about expressing their dislike of it within a few days of posting it, and subsequently removed it from being an officially-numbered part of the series. This is due mainly to them being annoyed with how the mod is a blatant, over-the-top ripoff of the acts of Albert Fish.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In Episode 119, Zach and Mike try to extract information from the Centurion Silus through various means, including reading excerpts from the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' books, reading boring legalese, reading the transcripts of ''Film/TheRoom'', and badly mimicking bagpipe music. None of them work.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Zach has NoSocialSkills, but regularly gushes about animals he encounters in his travels - and in ''New Vegas'', he took the Animal Friend perk, which stops the wildlife from attacking him.

* FunWithAcronyms: When put on the spot to explain what FAMAS stands for,[[note]]Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, "Assault Rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory"[[/note]] he gives up and names it "Fun And Me Ass Shoot".

** Zach dislikes defined backstories in role-playing games, especially sprung on protagonists that were blank slates before that; the ''Burn Hazard'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfmfG0kWGvw episode]] on ''Fallout'' games had him decry [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas' Lonesome Road]] for that reason, the first episode of their ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' playthrough notably omits all the canon backstory of the Sole Survivor, and the ''[[VideoGame/NewCalifornia Fallout: New California]]'' playthrough was deemed non-canon as far as the let's plays' lore goes after the reveals at the end.

*** Zach: Blue Vault 111 suit with bit of armor worn over it; down the line it was replaced with a [[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/9034 modded-in]] copy of his ''New Vegas'' armor.
*** Mike: [[https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/17007 Red]] [[VideoGame/Fallout3 Vault 101]] suit with assorted Legendary armor bits.

** Zach: [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Desert_Ranger_combat_armor A duster worn over combat armor and khaki pants]].
** Mike: [[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55024 A vest with NCR's symbol on the back]] and [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Recon_beret a red beret]] worn over [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Merc_outfit_(Fallout:_New_Vegas)#Merc_grunt_outfit a gray shirt and cargo pants]].
** Legion Mike: [[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55024 A vest with Legion's symbol on the back]] over [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Lightweight_leather_armor leather armor]] and [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Authority_glasses tinted glasses]].

** Since ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' allows you to give custom names to weapons, and so Zach's arsenal gets names ranging from clever ("Operation Nimrod" for a silenced [=MP5=]) to silly ("fun and me ass shoot" for a FAMAS).

** Since ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' allows you to give custom names to weapons, and so Zach's arsenal gets names ranging from clever ("Operation Nimrod" for a silenced MP5) to silly ("fun and me ass shoot" for a FAMAS).

& FunWithAcronyms: When put on the spot to explain what FAMAS stands for,[[note]]Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, "Assault Rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory"[[/note]] he gives up and names it "Fun And Me Ass Shoot".

* ICallItVera: After Mike claims to have "upgraded" Zach's grenade launcher into a kitbashed monstrosity, Zach's anguished cries reveal that he had named it "Betsy".

* MythologyGag: Two in succession in the first episode of the ''Fallout 4'' series: Mike ends up wearing a red jumpsuit with Vault 101's number on it, alluding to his solo ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' playthrough, and Zach complains that he's more used to his Pip-Boy being "like, a tablet thing", referencing [[https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/38844 the modded Pip-Boy he was using in New Vegas]].

* WrongGenreSavvy: During the ''Fallout 4'' series Mike keeps assuming that [[spoiler:Ada from the Automatron DLC]] has some sort of hidden agenda, deeming it too convenient that [[spoiler:she's the only survivor of the attack that wiped her caravan out.]]

* TheWatson: Mike usually plays this role to Zach, being able to hold any conversation and ask follow-up questions whenever the latter talks a lot about guns, Warhammer 40k, history, etc.

** In the first episode of the ''Fallout 4'' series, Zach blurts out that bayonets don't serve any purpose, then backpedals, saying [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the Death Korps of Krieg]] will come after him if they have.

* RecurringElement: Mike's character ([[EvilCounterpart Legion Mike]] notwithstanding) will be wearing a red hat of some sort: a beret in ''New Vegas'', ''DUST'' and ''Fallout 4'', a red baseball cap in ''New California'', and a wizard's hat in ''Skyrim''.

** Zach dislikes defined backstories in role-playing games, especially sprung on protagonists that were blank slates before that; the ''Burn Hazard'' episode on ''Fallout'' games had him decry [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas' Lonesome Road]] for that reason, the first episode of their ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' playthrough notably omits all the canon backstory of the Sole Survivor, and the ''[[VideoGame/NewCalifornia Fallout: New California]]'' playthrough was deemed non-canon as far as the let's plays' lore goes after the reveals at the end.