History LetsPlay / RadicalBromance

* AgentScully: Walker.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Walker being the player in Shantae. In more recent times, Jake has become a regular and Alex's friend Lindsey appeared to do a playthrough of the ''Resident Evil 2'' remake.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Everyone on the show.
* {{Bara}}: Is Rob's preference.
* BerserkButton: Alex doesn't like when people eat his food.
* BigEater: Alex, as everyone on the show jokes.
* BigFun: While it may just be his character, Alex comes off as this or at least appears to be the most willing to have fun.
* BrilliantButLazy: Alex, with great emphasis on the lazy.
* BossSubtitles: Overlaps with Mook Debut Cutscene and ThemeTune in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''.
* AudienceParticipation: Formerly the Hitbox chat window.
* BlackComedy: Part of the appeal.
* CassandraTruth: Tends to happen more or less any time Alex tries to tell Walker to do something that would be beneficial.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Alex is partial to black and silver (but trends to blue when those aren't available), Walker's preferred color is blue, Rob's is green and Striker's is purple.
--> Shifted somewhat with the introduced of [=RadDudes=]. Lindsey is depicted with orange gradients while Jake gets blue gradients and Alex now uses greys.
* CompetitiveMultiplayer: Bro vs. Bro, not that Striker or Alex take it seriously.
* DeadpanSnarker: Every member of the group to varying levels.

* EpisodeTitleCard: Alex appears to love making these.

* {{Fan}}: Rob was formerly a big ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fan and Striker is VERY fond of wrestling, often spending a whole LP series talking about an event. Everyone seems to like TheAbridgedSeries of anything. Time will tell for Walker or Alex.
--> Somewhat Jossed as Alex has stated that he doesn't like the connotations that come with being thought of as a fan, which is part of why he stopped choosing to be part of fan communities. Walker appears to be a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. Still, Alex and Jake seem to like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' a lot.
* {{Fanon}}: Neither Alex nor Walker care for it. Rob and Striker consider it harmless fun.
* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abused in the ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' episodes. Showing up more frequently in any game with padding.
* Filler: Bromance/EXTRA, where the hosts don't actually play anything and just talk about stuff instead.
* {{Foil}}: Each of Alex's co-hosts exhibit this in a different fashion, with Striker less so due to their similar temperament.

--> '''The Cynic:''' Walker (his gameplay style is also notably more cautious to Alex's aggressive, unflinching style)
--> '''The Optimist:''' Rob (if Destiny is any indication, he is more calculating and deliberate)\\
'''The Realist:''' Striker (takes things as they come, with a bit of the Optimist)
--> '''The Apathetic:''' Alex
* FreezeFrameBonus: Alex did this with a few videos. In particular, the usage of the Yaranaika face in the second episode of Sophitia's Edge Master Mode. Returns in the playthroughs of the classic ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' games (seemingly throwing Walker off every time).

* HairTriggerTemper: Walker, hands down.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: As with the above, Walker, hands down. If it's not hate, it's disinterest.
* HaveANiceDeath: Invoked in a lighthearted way by the Rank E fanfare from Sonic Unleashed playing when Alex and Striker's team is defeated in Destiny.
* HeavySleeper: Alex says he is this, to his own detriment sometimes.
* HeteroSexualLifePartners: Alex and Rob give off this vibe. HilariousInHindsight after Rob reveals he's gay and Alex is asexual.
--> The same thing appears to hold water and is combined with MoodWhiplash when it comes to Alex's two new co-hosts, Jake (returning from Bad Dudes) and Lindsey (newcomer). The commentary dynamic becomes much more lively and jovial.

* MellowFellow: Striker and Alex.

* MommasBoy: Alex admits that he is one somewhat.
* MoreDakka: Alex's preferred playing style when it comes to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
--> '''Alex:''' I paid my dues. I don't need to prove anything to anyone!

* NeverForgottenSkill: The reason for the speed in which ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong94'''s levels were completed so quickly...at first.

* OnlySaneMan: Striker.

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: The natural result when everyone is a DeadpanSnarker.

* SurferDude: Done in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' along with TotallyRadical.

* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job. Rob returned for a couple goes at the Prison of Elders in Destiny, citing that he and Alex haven't found something to play together. The same thing happened again with Destiny 2, with Rob stating that the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough will probably go unfinished. Alex has lamented this more than once.
* TheCameo: [=DisgruntledFerret=], author of ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'' showed up in the chat from time to time.
* ThePowerOfHate: Appears to be Walker's superpower.
* TheTeetotaler: Alex is basically this, contrary to Walker and Striker to a lesser degree.
--> '''Alex:''' I don't like the taste of alcohol, don't like dealing with people who regularly drink and generally find the notion of using it as even a temporary problem solver to be sketchy at best.

* TotallyRadical: Intentionally played up during the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' episodes.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're VitriolicBestBuds, BashBrothers or if Walker just dislikes Alex. As revealed during their Sonic 3 & Knuckles playthrough, Walker enjoys having an argumentative friendship of sorts with him. Alex, however, states that he really doesn't like arguments.
--> Brought up again and mostly jossed during an episode of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. Walker's brand of humor involves taking things at face value or pretending jokes aren't funny as reactions. Aside from that, there are times than not where it comes off that Walker isn't interested in being there.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' title cards.

* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abused in the ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' episodes. Showing up more frequently in any game with padding.

* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers. Alex immediately getting up to fast forward whenever the photographer shows up in ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}''.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' title cards.

* PutOnABus: Rob after the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' episodes. It occurred again post-''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3'', but didn't happen until the middle of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough and appears to be more or less permanent now, despite remaining in the intro.

* RetroGaming: Appeared to be the case at first, but eventually averted with Rob and Alex's ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough as well as Striker and Alex going head to head in ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelvsCapcom3''. Older games (or at least stuff prior to the [=PS3=]/360 era) seem to be becoming less frequent.

* ItsXIHateX: Walker absolutely hates turn based, grid based and turn based grid games.

* HeteroSexualLifePartners: Alex and Rob give off this vibe. HilariousInHindsight after Rob reveals he's gay and WordOfGod is that Alex is {{Asexual}}.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Alex's insistence on saying the word 'elephant' in a suave accent.

''Radical Bromance'' (also known as RadBros or RadDudes) is a group of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Website/YouTube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused with the Texas Ranger or the guy in the glasses) and Striker, who make up the RadBros team. Alternatively, there's Alex, Jake and Lindsey, who compromise the alternative RadDudes side that was created for reasons unknown.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Walker being the player in Shantae. In more recent times, Jake has become a regular and Alex's friend Lindsey appeared to do a playthrough of the Resident Evil 2 remake.

--> Shifted somewhat with the introduced of RadDudes. Lindsey is depicted with orange gradients while Jake gets blue gradients and Alex now uses greys.

* FakeDifficulty: Shantae's emulation induced input lag. Later, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''. Walker notices this, but Alex apparently doesn't. Or he does, but claims to compensate for it. Later confirmed in ContraHardCorps, when the shot toggle keeps switching.

--> Somewhat Jossed as Alex has stated that he doesn't like the connotations that come with being thought of as a fan, which is part of why he stopped choosing to be part of fan communities. Walker appears to be a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. Still, Alex and Jake seem to like Dungeons&Dragons a lot.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Alex did this with a few videos. In particular, the usage of the Yaranaika face in the second episode of Sophitia's Edge Master Mode. Returns in the playthroughs of the classic NinjaGaiden games (seemingly throwing Walker off every time).

* HostileShowTakeover: Temporary. The episodes with Alex's childhood friend Jake became 'Bad Dudes'. Became a more permanent fixture once the regular cast became not so regular, resulting in RadDudes as the alternative title.

--> '''Alex:''' My favorite animes are Berserk and Golgo13.

--> '''Alex:''' When I was a kid, I almost exclusively played platformers, fighting games and action games. It was until I played FinalFantasyVII and SuperMarioRPG that I got a real taste of the genre. Since then, I've tried to keep my mind open to the possibility of finding the game in a genre that makes it 'click'. As a result, my backlog is now difficult to manage.

* {{MST}}: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication. Alex also made a video advertising the Bring Back Mystery Science Theater kickstarter because of his love for the show. Became a literal joke in the ninth episode of ResidentEvilCodeVeronica.

* MoreDakka: Alex's preferred playing style when it comes to VideoGame/ResidentEvil.

* MostCommonSuperPower: Alex points this out about basically all of Shantae, going so far as utter 'Titties!' when Risky is present or by calling the series itself a prototype of DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl jokingly.
* NeverForgottenSkill: The reason for the speed in which DonkeyKong94's levels were completed so quickly...at first.

* PutOnABus: Rob after the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' episodes. It occurred again post-VideoGame/ResidentEvil3, but didn't happen until the middle of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough and appears to be more or less permanent now, despite remaining in the intro.

* RetroGaming: Appeared to be the case at first, but eventually averted with Rob and Alex's ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough as well as Striker and Alex going head to head in VideoGame/UltimateMarvelvsCapcom3. Older games (or at least stuff prior to the [=PS3=]/360 era) seem to be becoming less frequent.

* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "Next time on RadicalBromance..."

* SurferDude: Done in DoubleDragonNeon along with TotallyRadical.

* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job. Rob returned for a couple goes at the Prison of Elders in Destiny, citing that he and Alex haven't found something to play together. The same thing happened again with Destiny 2, with Rob stating that the ResidentEvil6 playthrough will probably go unfinished. Alex has lamented this more than once.
* TheCameo: DisgruntledFerret, author of ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'' showed up in the chat from time to time.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Alex and Rob using stereotypical Nazi voices whenever they read an ApocalypticLog in ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis''. Unfortunately, it didn't make a comeback in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. HarshInHindsight nowadays.
* TotallyRadical: Intentionally played up during the VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon episodes.

* LevelGrinding: Averted mostly. Alex has expressed that he has zero qualms with applying the VideoGame/GameGenie or VideoGame/GameShark to a game to speed the process along. In ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends2'', Walker continuously stops to pick up fallen money, despite being told not to waste time.

Their [=YouTube=] page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates every other day (barring ScheduleSlip)s. Striker has his own channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCut1qjOXdtz9__IzB6ghNpQ here]] and also runs a stream on Thursday and Sunday events on his [[https://www.twitch.tv/sentaistriker Twitch]] channel.

--> Shifted somewhat with the introduced of RadDudes. Lindsey is depicted with orange gradients while Jake gets blue gradients and Alex uses greys.

* FaceOfTheBand: Generally Alex, if the episode title cards are anything to go by.
* FakeDifficulty: Shantae's emulation induced input lag. Later, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''. Walker notices this, but Alex apparently doesn't. Or he does, but claims to compensate for it.

* FandomHeresy: Alex stating he likes ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' the most out of all classic ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' games.
* Fanon: Neither Alex nor Walker care for it. Rob and Striker consider it harmless fun.

* SpriteComic: Walker himself still makes one called [[http://www.crowdedstreet.net/comic/main.html The Other Side]] while not co-starring on Radical Bromance. Alex previously had several. This can occasionally lead to the two of them noticing things about an older game's sprite style. Came up a lot during Megaman X4 from Walker, while Alex would generally change topics.

* TearJerker: Alex made it very clear that he was playing ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' because it was the favorite game of his best friend that was DrivenToSuicide several years ago.

* TheScrappy: The general consensus regarding the photographer in ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}''.

* TheSouthpaw: Alex is left-handed.

''Radical Bromance'' (also known as RadBros or RadDudes) is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Website/YouTube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused with the Texas Ranger or the guy in the glasses) and Striker.

* Fanon: Neither Alex nor Walker care for it.

* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Alex, as he also functions as the editor. A fair portion of his post-edit jokes go over everyone else's heads.

* SpriteComic: Walker himself still makes one called [[http://www.crowdedstreet.net/comic/main.html The Other Side]] while not co-starring on Radical Bromance. Alex previously had several. This can occasionally lead to the two of them noticing things about an older game's sprite style.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Alex and Rob using stereotypical Nazi voices whenever they read an ApocalypticLog in ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis''. Unfortunately, it didn't make a comeback in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''.

* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abused in the EarthBound episodes. Showing up more frequently in any game with padding.

* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers. Alex immediately getting up to fast forward whenever the photographer shows up in VideoGame/EarthBound.

* TheScrappy: The general consensus regarding the photographer in ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the VideoGame/EarthBound title cards.

* FakeDifficulty: Shantae's emulation induced input lag. Later, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''. Walker notices this, but Alex apparently doesn't. Or he does, but claims to compensate for it.

* GenreShift: An episode dedicated to riffing the SonicTheHedgehog OVA from the 1990s out of nowhere.

* FillerEpisode: Bromance/EXTRA, where the hosts don't actually play anything and just talk about stuff instead.

* HostileShowTakeover: Temporary. The episodes with Alex's childhood friend Jake became 'Bad Dudes'.

* MediumShiftGag: Alex has a tendency to forget that he can't do visual gags on the show.

''Radical Bromance'' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Website/YouTube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused with the Texas Ranger or the guy in the glasses) and Striker. Thus far, their repertoire largely consists of Capcom or Nintendo games with modern games (typically fighters) mixed in. WordOfGod is that games that the group is familiar with are more likely to be played because Alex doesn't find constant failure or exaggerated reactions to said failures to be amusing.

Their [=YouTube=] page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates every other day (barring ScheduleSlip)s. Alex set up a gallery for his [=YouTube=] title cards [[https://heatagni.imgur.com/ here]]. Striker has his own channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCut1qjOXdtz9__IzB6ghNpQ here]].

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Walker being the player in Shantae.

* {{Fan}}: Rob was formerly a big ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fan and Striker is fond of wrestling. Everyone seems to like TheAbridgedSeries of anything. Time will tell for Walker or Alex.

* PutOnABus: Rob after the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' episodes. Looked to have occurred again post-VideoGame/ResidentEvil3, but didn't happen until the middle of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough. Walker seems to have been put on it post-SonicTheHedgehog4, but returned in short order, only to disappear following a brief hiatus in September 2017. As of February 2018, both Rob AND Striker are on the bus, though the latter is known to do streaming sessions on Friday nights.
* RedOniBlueOni: Walker and Rob (to a lesser degree) are the Red to Alex and Striker's Blue. Alex himself is the Red Oni to Striker's Blue.

* SpriteComic: Walker himself still makes one called [[http://www.crowdedstreet.net/comic/main.html The Other Side]] while not co-starring on Radical Bromance. Alex previously had several. This can occasionally lead to the two of them noticing things about an older game's sprite style has.

* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job. Rob once again returns for a couple goes at the Prison of Elders in Destiny, citing that he and Alex haven't found something to play together. The same thing happened again with Destiny 2, with Rob stating that the ResidentEvil6 playthrough will probably go unfinished.

--> '''Alex:''' I don't like the taste of alcohol, don't like dealing with drunk people and generally find the notion of using it as even a temporary problem solver to be sketchy at best.

--> '''Alex:''' My favorite animes are Berserk and Golgo13

--> Brought up again and mostly jossed during an episode of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. Walker's brand of humor involves taking things at face value or pretending jokes aren't funny as reactions. Aside from that, there are times where it comes off that Walker isn't interested in being there.

* FakeDifficulty: Shantae's emulation induced input lag. Later, SuperMarioWorld and SonicTheHedgehog. Walker notices this, but Alex apparently doesn't. Or he does, but claims to compensate for it.

--> '''The Optimist:''' Rob (if Destiny is any indication, he is more calculating and deliberate)
--> '''The Realist:''' Striker (takes things as they come, with a bit of the Optimist)

''Radical Bromance'' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Website/YouTube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused with the Texas Ranger or the guy in the glasses) and Striker. Thus far, their repertoire consists of Capcom or Nintendo games with the odd exception.

--> '''The Optimist:''' Rob
--> '''The Realist:''' Striker

* FreezeFrameBonus: Alex did this with a few videos. In particular, the usage of the Yaranaika face in the second episode of Sophitia's Edge Master Mode.

* Irony: Despite being cynical and grumpy, Walker prefers optimistic and upbeat media while Alex is the inverse.

* LettersToTheEditor: Alex and Striker took to the mailbag in the second Cervantes episode of Soul Edge.

* {{MST}}: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication. Alex also made a video advertising the Bring Back Mystery Science Theater kickstarter because of his love for the show.

* MostCommonSuperPower: Alex points this out about basically all of Shantae, going so far as utter 'Titties!' when Risky is present or by calling the series itself a prototype of DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl.

* PutOnABus: Rob after the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' episodes. Looked to have occurred again post-VideoGame/ResidentEvil3, but didn't happen until the middle of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough. Walker seems to have been put on it post-SonicTheHedgehog4, but returned in short order, only to disappear following a brief hiatus in September 2017.

--> '''Alex:''' While I wish I had Osamu Tezuka's talent, it's better to browbeat diversity into a habit for creative endeavors than develop any kind of Star System or whatever.

* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers. Alex immediately getting up to fast forward whenever the photographer shows up in VideoGame/EarthBound.

* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job. Time will tell if this was the cause of his more recent departure. Rob once again returns for a couple goes at the Prison of Elders in Destiny, citing that he and Alex haven't found something to play together. What this means for the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough is anyone's guess. Rob returns yet again to play Destiny 2, presumably for the same reasons as before.

--> Brought up again and mostly jossed during an episode of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. Walker's brand of humor involves taking things at face value or pretending jokes aren't funny as reactions. Aside from that, there is times where it comes off that Walker isn't interested in being there.

* RetroGaming: Appeared to be the case at first, but eventually averted with Rob and Alex's ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough as well as Striker and Alex going head to head in VideoGame/UltimateMarvelvsCapcom3. Older games (or at least stuff prior to the PS3/360 era) seem to be becoming less frequent.

* BossSubtitles: Overlaps with Mook Debut Cutscene and ThemeTune in ResidentEvil1.

--> Brought up again and mostly jossed during an episode of ResidentEvil1. Walker's brand of humor involves taking things at face value or pretending jokes aren't funny as reactions. Aside from that, there is times where it comes off that Walker isn't interested in being there.