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* DoesNotLikeSpam: Alex doesn't like onions, olives or shrimp. Walker hates olives to the point of revulsion.


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* LettersToTheEditor: Alex and Striker took to the mailbag in the second Cervantes episode of Soul Edge.
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* RetroGaming: So far, this has been the norm on the show, though Alex and Rob have said there might be a ResidentEvil6 playthrough in the future. Striker has also hinted at fighting game episodes of newer games in the genre.
* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers. Alex immediately getting up to fast forward whenever the photographer shows up in EarthBound.

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* RetroGaming: So far, this has been the norm on the show, though Alex and Rob have said there might be a ResidentEvil6 VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 playthrough in the future. Striker has also hinted at fighting game episodes of newer games in the genre.
* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers. Alex immediately getting up to fast forward whenever the photographer shows up in EarthBound.VideoGame/EarthBound.



* TotallyRadical: Intentionally played up during the DoubleDragonNeon episodes.

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



* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the EarthBound title cards.

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* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the EarthBound VideoGame/EarthBound title cards.
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* MoreDakka: Alex's preferred playing style when it comes to ResidentEvil.

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



* PutOnABus: Rob after the ResidentEvil2 episodes. Might have occurred again post-ResidentEvil3.

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* PutOnABus: Rob after the ResidentEvil2 VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 episodes. Might have occurred again post-ResidentEvil3.post-VideoGame/ResidentEvil3.



* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ResidentEvil3. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job.

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* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ResidentEvil3.VideoGame/ResidentEvil3. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job.



* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: If something like this happens on this show, it's probably the audio. Emulation of ResidentEvil2 and ResidentEvil3 also appears to invoke flickering letterbox issues.

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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: If something like this happens on this show, it's probably the audio. Emulation of ResidentEvil2 VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 and ResidentEvil3 VideoGame/ResidentEvil3 also appears to invoke flickering letterbox issues.
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* CompetitiveMultiplayer: Bro vs. Bro.



* PutOnABus: Rob after the ResidentEvil2 episodes.

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* PutOnABus: Rob after the ResidentEvil2 episodes. Might have occurred again post-ResidentEvil3.

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* AgentScully: Walker.



* BigEater: Alex, as everyone on the show jokes.
* BrilliantButLazy: Alex, with great emphasis on the lazy.



* HeavySleeper: Alex says he is this, to his own detriment sometimes.



* {{MST}}: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication.

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* {{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.
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* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" whenever someone fails and "X, you need to chill the fuck out." with X being whatever is hassling them.

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* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" whenever someone fails and fails, "X, you need to chill the fuck out." with X being whatever is hassling them.them and "I did it. I did the thing." upon success.



* HostileShowTakeover: Not fully, but the episodes with Jake became 'Bad Dudes'.

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* HostileShowTakeover: Not fully, but the Temporary. The episodes with Jake became 'Bad Dudes'.



* JackOfAllTrades: In regards to video games, Alex seems to abide by this. Or want to. WordOfGod is that he values people who play lots of games considerably more than those who stick to one or two genes.

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* JackOfAllTrades: In regards to video games, Alex seems to abide by this. Or want to. WordOfGod is that he values people who play lots of games considerably more than those who stick to one or two genes.genres.

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* HostileShowTakeover: Not fully, but the episodes with Jake became 'Bad Dudes'.



* JackOfAllTrades: In regards to video games, Alex seems to abide by this. Or want to.

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* JackOfAllTrades: In regards to video games, Alex seems to abide by this. Or want to. WordOfGod is that he values people who play lots of games considerably more than those who stick to one or two genes.


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* ReusedCharacterDesign: Any faces that show up in the title cards.
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* Foil: Each of Alex's co-hosts exhibit this in a different fashion, with Striker less so due to similar temperament.

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* Foil: {{Foil}}: Each of Alex's co-hosts exhibit this in a different fashion, with Striker less so due to similar temperament.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Everyone on the show.



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Alex exhibits a little bit of Type A and B.



* SurferDude: Done in DoubleDragonNeon along with TotallyRadical.



* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're VitriolicBestBuds, BashBrothers or if Walker just dislikes Alex.

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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're VitriolicBestBuds, BashBrothers or if Walker just dislikes Alex.Alex.
* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the EarthBound title cards.
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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates daily. 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].

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates daily. 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].
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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates daily. Alex set up a gallery for his Youtube title cards [[https://heatagni.imgur.com/ here]].

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates daily. Alex set up a gallery for his Youtube title cards [[https://heatagni.imgur.com/ here]].
here]]. Striker has his own channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCut1qjOXdtz9__IzB6ghNpQ here].



* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" and "X, you need to chill the fuck out." with X being whatever is hassling them.

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* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" whenever someone fails and "X, you need to chill the fuck out." with X being whatever is hassling them.



* Fan: Rob was formerly a big KingdomHearts fan and Striker is fond of wrestling. Everyone seems to like TheAbridgedSeries of anything.

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* Fan: {{Fan}}: Rob was formerly a big KingdomHearts fan and Striker is fond of wrestling. Everyone seems to like TheAbridgedSeries of anything.



* GracefulLoser: Frequent in-game deaths don't bother Alex. Slightly averted during MegaMan5 on Crystal Man's stage.

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* GracefulLoser: Frequent in-game deaths or failure don't bother Alex. Slightly averted during MegaMan5 on Crystal Man's stage.



* MST: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication.

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* MST: {{MST}}: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication.


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* ThemeNaming: Every game's playlist has 'bro' somewhere in the title.
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* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers.

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


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* TheScrappy: How the Radical Bros feel about the photographer in EarthBound.

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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae. Done once again when Alex's old website friends, Chibi and RJ, join him for Trio Date Night.

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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae. Done once again when Alex's old website friends, Chibi and RJ, join him for Trio Date Night.Shantae.



* Foil: Each of Alex's co-hosts exhibit this in a different fashion, with Striker less so due to similar temperament.



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



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

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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae.

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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae. Done once again when Alex's old website friends, Chibi and RJ, join him for Trio Date Night.



* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Alex's insistence on saying the word 'elephant' in a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench suave accent]].

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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Alex's insistence on saying the word 'elephant' in a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench suave accent]].accent.


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* MST: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication.


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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae.

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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae.



* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" and "X, you need to chill out." with X being whatever is hassling them.

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* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" and "X, you need to chill the fuck out." with X being whatever is hassling them.



* Fan: Rob was formerly a big KingdomHearts fan and Striker is fond of wrestling.
* FandomHeresy: Alex stating he likes Mega Man 8 the most out of all classic Mega Man games.

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* Fan: Rob was formerly a big KingdomHearts fan and Striker is fond of wrestling.
wrestling. Everyone seems to like TheAbridgedSeries of anything.
* FandomHeresy: Alex stating he likes Mega Man 8 MegaMan8 the most out of all classic Mega Man MegaMan games.



* GracefulLoser: Frequent in-game deaths don't bother Alex. Slightly averted during MegaMan5.

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* GracefulLoser: Frequent in-game deaths don't bother Alex. Slightly averted during MegaMan5.MegaMan5 on Crystal Man's stage.



* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Alex's insistence on saying the word 'elephant' in a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench suave accent]].



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



* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers.



* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ResidentEvil3. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job.



* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: If something like this happens on this show, it's probably the audio.

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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: If something like this happens on this show, it's probably the audio. Emulation of ResidentEvil2 and ResidentEvil3 also appears to invoke flickering letterbox issues.

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* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abuses in the EarthBound episodes.

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* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abuses abused in the EarthBound episodes.



* RetroGaming: So far, this has been the norm on the show, though Alex and Rob have said there might be a ResidentEvil6 playthrough in the future.

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* RetroGaming: So far, this has been the norm on the show, though Alex and Rob have said there might be a ResidentEvil6 playthrough in the future. Striker has also hinted at fighting game episodes of newer games in the genre.



* 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 style.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread and Mongolian barbeque. Both Alex and Walker have a professed love for burgers.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread and Mongolian barbeque. Both Alex and Walker have a professed love for burgers.burgers restaurants.
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* FakeDifficulty: Shantae's emulation induced input lag.

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* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!".

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* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!".it!" and "X, you need to chill out." with X being whatever is hassling them.



* Fan: Rob was formerly a big KingdomHearts fan and Striker is fond of wrestling.
* FandomHeresy: Alex stating he likes Mega Man 8 the most out of all classic Mega Man games.
* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abuses in the EarthBound episodes.



* HairTriggerTemper: Walker, hands down.



* MellowFellow: Striker and Alex.



* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're VitriolicBestBuds or if Walker just dislikes Alex.

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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're VitriolicBestBuds VitriolicBestBuds, BashBrothers or if Walker just dislikes Alex.
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* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
--> '''The Cynic:''' Walker
--> '''The Optimist:''' Rob
--> '''The Realist:''' Striker
--> '''The Apathetic:''' Alex


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* 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.


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* RetroGaming: So far, this has been the norm on the show, though Alex and Rob have said there might be a ResidentEvil6 playthrough in the future.


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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: The natural result when everyone is a DeadpanSnarker.
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'''Radical Bromance''' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Youtube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused 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.

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'''Radical Bromance''' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on 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.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The fair chunk of the earliest episodes lack the Hitbox chat, the current game's logo and had a tendency to run for an arbitrary amount of time.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The A fair chunk of the earliest episodes lack the Hitbox chat, the current game's logo and had a tendency to run for an arbitrary amount of time.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread and Mongolian barbeque. Both Alex and Walker has a professed love for burgers.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread and Mongolian barbeque. Both Alex and Walker has have a professed love for burgers.
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* LevelGrinding: Averted. Alex has expressed that he has zero qualms with applying the Game Genie or GameShark to a game to speed the process along.

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* LevelGrinding: Averted. Alex has expressed that he has zero qualms with applying the Game Genie GameGenie or GameShark to a game to speed the process along.along.
* PutOnABus: Rob after the ResidentEvil2 episodes.
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* GracefulLoser: Frequent in-game deaths don't bother Alex. Slightly averted during MegaMan5.
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* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "Next time on RadicalBromance..."



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread.

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates daily.

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates daily.
daily. Alex set up a gallery for his Youtube title cards [[https://heatagni.imgur.com/ here]].



* CatchPhrase: "I blew it!" from Alex or someone pointing out that Alex has failed.

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* BlackComedy: Part of the appeal.
* CatchPhrase: "I "I/You blew it!" from Alex or someone pointing out that Alex has failed.it!".
* DeadpanSnarker: Every member of the group to varying levels.


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* EpisodeTitleCard: Alex appears to love making these.
* FaceOfTheBand: Generally Alex, if the episode title cards are anything to go by.


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* JackOfAllTrades: In regards to video games, Alex seems to abide by this. Or want to.


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


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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: If something like this happens on this show, it's probably the audio.

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]].

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]].
here]] and updates daily.


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* TheCameo: Disgruntled Ferret, author of MSPaintMasterpieces shows up in the chat from time to time.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread.

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Their Youtube page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]].

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The one off instance of Alex's childhood friend Jake playing Kirby Super Star with him. More recently, Walker being the player in Shantae.
* AudienceParticipation: The Hitbox chat window.



* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're ViriolicBestBuds or if Walker just dislikes Alex.

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* LevelGrinding: Averted. Alex has expressed that he has zero qualms with applying the Game Genie or GameShark to a game to speed the process along.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're ViriolicBestBuds VitriolicBestBuds or if Walker just dislikes Alex.
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'''Radical Bromance''' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Youtube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Walker (not to be confused 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.

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'''Radical Bromance''' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Youtube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused 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.exception.

* CatchPhrase: "I blew it!" from Alex or someone pointing out that Alex has failed.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The fair chunk of the earliest episodes lack the Hitbox chat, the current game's logo and had a tendency to run for an arbitrary amount of time.
* HeteroSexualLifePartners: Alex and Rob give off this vibe.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're ViriolicBestBuds or if Walker just dislikes Alex.
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->''"I did it. I did the thing."''

'''Radical Bromance''' is a group of new [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Youtube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Walker (not to be confused 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.

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