History Main / TwoGamersOnACouch

* Jollyjack's ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' comic, at his website Collected Curios, falls into this at times. http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php

* {{Music/Gorillaz}} short "Game of Death" has 2D and Murdoc playing a fighting game, with Noodle and Russell as their respective characters.

* WebVideo/JonTron (later [[NinjaSexParty Danny Sexbang]]) and WebVideo/{{Egoraptor}}'s LetsPlay series, ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', is literally two gamers on a couch.

* {{JonTron}} (later [[NinjaSexParty Danny Sexbang]]) and Creator/{{Egoraptor}}'s LetsPlay series, ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', is literally two gamers on a couch.

* ''Webcomic/{{PVP}}'': A clear inversion. Despite it also centering around gaming, none of the main characters are gamers on a couch.
** It USED to be a pretty good example of this trope. There were two guys named Robbie and Jase who spent a lot of time on the couch facing the viewer playing video games. But the focus slowly shifted away from those character, and from gaming in general. Eventually Robbie won the lottery, moved into a huge mansion, and had a falling-out with Jase.

* ''[[http://www.thesnakefarm.com/strips/2guys/ 2 guys sitting on a sofa holding game controllers.]]'' ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Lines are submitted by readers, the pictures are ALWAYS the same.
** To elaborate, panels with text added to them are divided into first panels, second panels, and third panels. Each time you look at the page, a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel are randomly chosen. And hopefully, the combination is funny. Hopefully.

* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade:'' The [[GenrePopularizer flagship]] Two Gamers On A Couch series. Gabe and Tycho (who switch between crazy and sane depending on the plot) are the gamers. This series is the most politically active, making massive amounts of cash from their comic and related projects; they run a gaming expo and a children's charity on the back of the comic. They publish SpinOff comics of their comics, have also produced their own computer game, and have been featured as an expansion of a moderately successful collectible card game.
** In its later years, ''Penny Arcade'' cut out the couch altogether unless the comic actually relates to them playing a game at that moment, and avoids talking heads by having Gabe and Tycho have their game-related conversations while performing some irrelevant FunnyBackgroundEvent, like picking pumpkins with their kids, eating lunch, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick emerging from hideous cocoons, carrying out a dead body wrapped in a carpet, or sitting on prison bunks]].
* ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'': Wacky guy Ethan and straight man Lucas are roommates. Zeke the Xbot is their wacky RobotBuddy who wants to KillAllHumans. Lilah is the down-to-earth [[GamerChick gamer girlfriend]] of Ethan. Hilarity Ensues.
** The first strips actually poked fun at this very trope, and tried really hard to avoid it.

* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': King Dedede discusses the flaws of Super Smash Bros Brawl to Kirby, who's happily playing the game on the couch. Lampshaded FridgeLogic, how King Dedede is complaining about the game where he made his SSB debut. [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1638]]

* ''Webcomic/RobAndElliot:'' Elliot is the sane/normal school teacher, Rob is the wacky and over-the-top drama queen. Of course, Elliot is only sane in relation to Rob; one arc revolved around his being NotSoAboveItAll when trying to find a new roommate. Doctor Doom(sday) is their megalomaniac next door neighbour, who frequently gets in trouble with the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}.
** More like two guys sharing an apartment, as gaming doesn't actually factor into it, but otherwise it fits the trope.
* ''Webcomic/{{Applegeeks}}:'' Started off as a TGOAC comic but quickly [[CerebusSyndrome evolved into a more dramatic model]]. The wacky hawk (MadScientist {{Superhero}}) was the crazy one and he had many friends who took on the sane side of the dynamic. After the creation of Eve, the Mac-based andoid, the series changed dramatically into a serious action/drama series, and recently became wacky again.
** A slightly alternate interpretation involves copious amounts of UnreliableNarrator. The squirrel does talk to him, after all.

* ''Webcomic/VGCats:'' The avatars of two cats who "[[DeepImmersionGaming act]] the part" of characters in different computer and console games -- we never actually see the couch, just the two characters inside the game, but it fits the same format.
** The cats are occasionally seen in the real world, when parodying tabletop games or buying a new videogame.

** Although the series continues though, the couch becomes less of a focal point and more character-driven (or just [[RuleOfFunny wacky-shenanigans-driven]]) multi-strip arcs develop.

** The first strips actually poked fun at this very trope, and tried really hard not to use it very much.

* ''TwoBestFriendsPlay'' can be classified as this. "[[CrossOver Two Best]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sisters]] [[CrossOver Play]]" adds the couch.

* Creator/JamesRolfe and Creator/MikeMatei of the ''AngryVideoGameNerd'' fame make "''James and Mike Play''" episodes, usually uploaded on Monday, complete with couch. (The same couch where most ''AVGN'' episodes are filmed, in fact.)
* TeamFourStar has [[LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay several of these]] which star various characters, as well as one series -- ''TFS Plays'' -- which is simply the voice actors being themselves while playing video games.

* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'': King Dedede discusses the flaws of Super Smash Bros Brawl to Kirby, who's happily playing the game on the couch. Lampshaded FridgeLogic, how King Dedede is complaining about the game where he made his first SSB debut. [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1638]]

* ''DrawWritePlay'' references the trope and then cites why they do it better. [[http://c-dy.deviantart.com/art/DWP-Booby-Marketing-62431551]]

* ''{{Suzixemma}}'': Sort of an inversion, as the protagonists are girls and they don't just play videogames. And they have yet to actually sit on their couch... but it's the same basic principle.

* ''Webcomic/RobAndElliot:'' Elliot is the sane/normal school teacher, Rob is the wacky and over-the-top drama queen. Of course, Elliot is only sane in relation to Rob; one arc revolved around his being NotSoAboveItAll when trying to find a new roommate. Doctor Doom(sday) is their megalomaniac next door neighbour, who frequently gets in trouble with the JusticeLeague.

* {{Gorillaz}} short "Game of Death" has 2D and Murdoc playing a fighting game, with Noodle and Russell as their respective characters.

* ''{{Rob and Elliot}}:'' Elliot is the sane/normal school teacher, Rob is the wacky and over-the-top drama queen. Of course, Elliot is only sane in relation to Rob; one arc revolved around his being NotSoAboveItAll when trying to find a new roommate. Doctor Doom(sday) is their megalomaniac next door neighbour, who frequently gets in trouble with the JusticeLeague.

* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}:'' Like ''Applegeeks'', quickly broke out into a different medium and is now a romance {{shounen}} (but not the ''DragonBall'' kind) [[{{Animesque}} manga-style]] comic.

* ''LifeOfRiley'': Started as a gag-a-day LifeEmbellished series about two of the members of the 'Clan Bob' online team, rife with in-jokes and innuendo about their girlfriends, but became an increasingly surreal mix of adventure and religious symbolism, before suddenly [[OrphanedSeries vanishing off the face of the 'net]].

* ''ShreddedMoose'' arguably owed everything to ''PennyArcade'' except its [[VulgarHumor sense of humor]].
* Spoofed in [[http://theslackerz.com/index.php?nav=Comic&Page=75 this]] ''{{Slackerz}}'' strip, which parodies the format in general and ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' in particular. Later, [[http://theslackerz.com/index.php?nav=Comic&Page=124 it was revisited.]]

* ''SkinHorse'' pokes fun at the ubiquity of this trope in [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=25126 an early strip]].
* ''UGMadness'' is more Two Gamers At A Table Playing Magic: The Gathering. Basically replace the controllers with a few cards and the TV with the table and you got the idea.

* ''{{Applegeeks}}:'' Started off as a TGOAC comic but quickly [[CerebusSyndrome evolved into a more dramatic model]]. The wacky hawk (MadScientist {{Superhero}}) was the crazy one and he had many friends who took on the sane side of the dynamic. After the creation of Eve, the Mac-based andoid, the series changed dramatically into a serious action/drama series, and recently became wacky again.

* ‘‘Videogames Awesome'' has been [[UpToEleven Five Friends On A Couch]] for a great deal of its run, until other commitments got in the way of getting everyone together on a regular basis."Four Player Friday" still happen frequently, even if it's with more than four people. (Or not on a friday.)

* {{JonTron}} and Creator/{{Egoraptor}}'s LetsPlay series, ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', is literally two gamers on a couch.

** In its later years, ''Penny Arcade'' cut out the couch altogether unless the comic actually relates to them playing a game at that moment, and avoids talking heads by having Gabe and Tycho have their game-related conversations while performing some irrelevant FunnyBackgroundEvent, like picking pumpkins with their kids, eating lunch, [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/2/9/ emerging from hideous cocoons]], [[BreadEggsMilkSquick carrying out a dead body wrapped in a carpet, or sitting on prison bunks]].

The two roommates/friends will often borrow from the archetype of the StraightManAndWiseGuy: One will be wacky and insane, whose passion for computer games and other aspects of nerd culture will result in stupid, crazy, illegal and (hopefully) amusing repercussions. The second will be more [[StraightMan down to earth]], calm and intelligent -- not above being pulled into the wacky one's schemes, but usually knowing when to pull out. He usually has a stable, "normal" career whereas the wacky one will either be unemployed or painfully incompetent at whatever they do. They are usually accompanied by one or more characters who provide context or perspective, like a TalkingAnimal, a DungeonmastersGirlfriend, a GamerChick or a NerdNanny, a RobotBuddy, MonsterRoommate, a {{Time Travel}}ler or some other unexplained supernatural or SciFi element that serves as a plot device. Most of these series are set in the "real world" and these fantastical elements are {{handwave}}d as [[RuleOfCool really cool]].

The two roommates/friends will often borrow from the archetype of the ComicTrio: One will be wacky and insane, whose passion for computer games and other aspects of nerd culture will result in stupid, crazy, illegal and (hopefully) amusing repercussions. The second will be more [[StraightMan down to earth]], calm and intelligent -- not above being pulled into the wacky one's schemes, but usually knowing when to pull out. He usually has a stable, "normal" career whereas the wacky one will either be unemployed or painfully incompetent at whatever they do. They are usually accompanied by one or more characters who provide context or perspective, like a TalkingAnimal, a DungeonmastersGirlfriend, a GamerChick or a NerdNanny, a RobotBuddy, MonsterRoommate, a {{Time Travel}}ler or some other unexplained supernatural or SciFi element that serves as a plot device. Most of these series are set in the "real world" and these fantastical elements are {{handwave}}d as [[RuleOfCool really cool]].

** Although the series continues though, the couch becomes less of a focal point and more character-driven (or just [[RuleOfComedy wacky-shenanigans-driven]]) multi-strip arcs develop.

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TwoGamersOnACouch is an archetype of the {{Webcomics}} medium. Many of the most popular webcomics (and the people who read and write them) have an interest in VideoGames, and the two gamers on the couch, playing games and shooting the breeze about whatever crosses their minds, is the purest expression of this fanbase/author background.

* ''PennyArcade:'' The [[GenrePopularizer flagship]] TwoGamersOnACouch series. Gabe and Tycho (who switch between crazy and sane depending on the plot) are the gamers. This series is the most politically active, making massive amounts of cash from their comic and related projects; they run a gaming expo and a children's charity on the back of the comic. They publish SpinOff comics of their comics, have also produced their own computer game, and have been featured as an expansion of a moderately successful collectible card game.

* ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' is ostensibly this, as it started life as a direct parody of a generic TwoGamersOnACouch comic posted on the ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' forums. In practice, while the theme is still definitely there ([[StylisticSuck as far as anyone can tell]]), it's not quite as focused on gaming - only a small number of episodes make reference to playing games, and the only time Bro and Jeff are actually seen on a couch playing games quickly descends into... [[IBangedYourMom something else]].

* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9mTXDgfmbPVVmUdEthsAWg CouchCouple]]'', a YouTube channel that consists of mostly of [[LetsPlay Let's Play's]] and tutorials, pretty much runs on this. Ben being the crazier one of the two, and always searching for secrets, and Jo being a bit calmer, who prefers to do the main quest.

* Mordecai and Rigby in most episodes of ''RegularShow''. Their ongoing quest to relax ultimately gets them into some [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent very]] [[SurrealHumor weird]] [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs predicaments.]]