History WebVideo / Failboat

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** [[https://youtu.be/q-P2MWkoAZI Before watching the latest Nintendo Direct]], Dan made a bet with his viewers that if they showcase any major ''Kirby'' content, he would spend $100 on random Kirby merch. On top of that, he would buy $200 more if they confirmed his Kirby car theory. It turns out [[IKnewIt he would be right]], and ended up spending $300 on the weirdest Kirby stuff ever bought.

* GoodBadBugs: There are many streams specifically focused on finding glitches in games and having fun with them. Sometimes Fail [[ExploitedTrope Exploits]] these bugs, [[https://youtu.be/SERo0V-o0T4 one notable example being]] the Hammer Jump Glitch from ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', where Fail uses it to skip levels and farm stars by glitching the arena.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: [[https://youtu.be/lYfkl4iJ1PY During what was]] ''supposed'' to be a chill ''Animal Crossing'' stream, Fail accidently runs into a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] where all the villagers wearing his custom clothing appear '''butt naked'''. Obviously, hilarity ensues. Things ramp up even more when he has to take pictures of them both in and outside of the building, and when he invites them to the end of the game dance party (yep, they're dancing on the beach fully nude). At one point, Fail muses that if he put a naked character with a censor bar in the thumbnail, it would get ten times the average views. He then decides ''to do just that'' with Shino.

** During [[https://youtu.be/sX4sM6C65XI Fail's playthrough]] of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'', he made a joke having Waddle Doo saying "[[CallingYourAttacks BEAM ATTACK]]" whilst [[TooDumbToLive trying to attack Kirby]], only for Kirby to incinerate the poor creature, sending it straight to heaven. MemeticMutation caused the bit to spread like wildfire across [=YouTube=]. [[MemeAcknowledgment Fail acknowledged this]], and now any time a Waddle Doo appears again, the joke ''has'' to be made. [[https://youtu.be/bDTCC4_9-M0 Click here for the entire story so far]].

* SelfImposedChallenge:

** Dan's friend Gab from the Failing Four also throws out a BrokenAesop at the end of a Photoshopping segment:

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* CutenessProximity: Dan tends to squee over cute-looking enemies, no matter how dangerous they are, like when he tried to pet Boom-Boom while playing ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' with Etce.

* NoJustNoReaction: [[https://youtu.be/aPj0ymDMvv8?t=26 Fail's horrified reaction]] to the Zero Mask in ''[[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''.

* ParentalSubstitute: PlayedForLaughs. Chat frequently calls Fail "father". He doesn't seem to mind.

* RagtagGroupOfMisfits: Failboat’s team in his Miitopia playthrough includes himself, a demon hunter from Mario Kart, a joke version of Shrek, a cleric with a HairTriggerTemper, a destructive and sociopathic mage with a massive chin, an AU version of Deku, a joke version of Lancer, a normal girl who everyone thinks is Rosalina, a walking and talking flower, and Joker from Persona 5. This also extends to his next playthrough on the Switch, where the team consists of a joke version of Mario with massive eyebrows, a legendary warrior who gets given unfitting makeup by his seven year old daughter, a bald guy who has an extra face stuck on his forehead, a shark that wants to become a singer, the easily angered cleric and sociopathic mage from the previous playthrough (who are now a warrior and a scientist respectively), Failboat himself but in a cat costume, a Boo sent as a spy by the Dark Lord, Failboat’s live chat, and a muscular duck.

** Fail has had a couple streams where he allows his live chat to play games alongside him, each viewer typing in inputs to control the character, akin to ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemon''. [[HilarityEnsues Things tends to go off the rails quickly]].

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: [[https://youtu.be/lYfkl4iJ1PY During what was]] ''supposed'' to be a chill ''Animal Crossing'' stream, Fail accidently runs into a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] where all the villagers wearing his custom clothing appear '''butt naked'''. Obviously, HilarityEnsues. Things ramp up even more when he has to take pictures of them both in and outside of the building, and when he invites them to the end of the game dance party (yep, they're dancing on the beach fully nude). At one point, Fail muses that if he put a naked character with a censor bar in the thumbnail, it would get ten times the average views. He then decides ''to do just that'' with Shino.

* SelfDeprecation: Daniel's no stranger to throwing a couple of jabs at himself from time to time.

-->'''Chat:''' Father, cannibalism is not a crime, it is how you procure the meat that is.\\

* ParentalReplacement: PlayedForLaughs. Chat frequently calls Fail "father".

* MetaTwist: [[spoiler:Think that Failboat's second ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' playthrough will follow the same plot as the first? Think again. After defeated Screamith, the Dark Curse is then knocked down by Lee, who reveals himself to be Hank, the Dark Lord from the first playthrough, seeking his revenge on Failboat for forgetting about him. He then absorbs the power of the Dark Curse, and captures Great Sage [[WesternAnimation/PeppaPig Peppa]].]]

** Failboat's creations made during his Photoshop Streams are prompted by requests from chat.

** Later on, [[https://youtu.be/Wy1l_0MnfuU he would do this again with another Direct]], betting that if they showed any new ''Animal Crossing New Horizons'' content, he would eat a Tom Nook plushie. After the announcement of the Happy Home Paradise DLC, he would stuff two in his mouth, as well as a Tom Nook cake along with two of his friends.

** In his ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'' coinless challenge, he conducted a “streamer vs. Chat” challenge where they have to guess in a poll what Dan will die to the most. One of the options was “bear mauling” and someone mentioned that they paid for a bear to break in his house and presumably kill him. At the end of the video, Fail gets up to answer the door, the bear is there waiting for him.

* BystanderSyndrome: PlayedForLaughs. While playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', Fail comes across a Pianta that on fire. Instead of spraying him off with the F.L.U.D.D., he stands there watching the poor guy run out aflame while he drinks a glass of water before splashing it on himself.
* CallBack: During one of his visits to a viewer island, a member of Eyea's cult makes reference to the first episode of Dan's ''Animal Crossing New Horizons'' playthrough, when he buried Eyea in the ground. Dan lampshades the Call Back.

* CircleOfShame: Invoked in "[[https://youtu.be/uPFIwVpAHHA Splatoon 3 but my Live Chat can talk]]", where every time Fail dies during a VideoGame/Splatoon3 level, a bunch of gifs appear on his stream and laugh at him, and he has to add another one each time. It gets to the point where he asks ''his parents'' for a photo of them laughing and they get in on the action.
* ClusterFBomb: Purposely done when [[https://youtu.be/5KOVSsSOoKk Chat played Mario 64]]. In order to encourage chat to press the poop emoji which makes Mario go forward, he has to break his family-friendly rules and say "sh*t" multiple times. When chat dies to King Bob-Omb, Fail even lets out a enraged PrecisionFStrike.

** His ''Animal Crossing'' videos focused on special events start with a scenario illustrated with stock images, starting with "It's a [time of day]" and "You wake up". [[https://youtu.be/PCAU7_m3ou8 Here's a complilation of them]], in all there chaotic glory.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: PlayedForLaughs. [[https://youtu.be/EeiADx8fvss?t=804 While fighting Chaos Elfilis]], Chat (playing as Bandana Waddle Dee) attempt to this and starts hitting on it, much to Fail's amused shock and annoyed protests. [[RunningGag Chat continues to do this to more Kirby bosses in future streams]].

* ADogNamedCat: When the Failing Four visit Fyrus' ''Animal Crossing'' island, he introduces them to his a pet spider called Anthony. Gab lampshades it:

* EurekaMoment: When Chat "helps" Fail make a vacation get-away for a villager, Fail has a hard time trying to piece together the random elements into a cohesive narrative. It isn't until he reads a suggestion from chat that he figures it out:

* FreudianSlip: During the glitch that causes some ''Animal Crossing'' character to become naked, Fail has this slip out:

* FusionDance: Many of Fail's and his friend's Photoshop creations are crosses between two characters, usually with hilarious (or [[BlackComedy horrifying]]) outcomes, with [[https://youtu.be/g2s_k7VPxeo one session]] focused solely on merging two Pokémon together.

** Dan also has a modded VideoGame/Minecraft server for him and his friends, the Failing Four to play together on.
** More recently, Dan has been playing around mods for Kirby games, mainly ones that absolutely break the games they're in, ranging from removing all of Kirby's animations, making him faster every second, a boss appearing every other minutes, and so much more.
*** [[https://youtu.be/d1vRMKQiikY For one stream]], Fail's friend Jay joined on a playthrough of ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' with over 40 mods thrown into it, creating very odd and hilarious moments such as VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} kissing a Advertising/MAndMs while fighting a bunch of VideoGame/HalfLife scientists.

* GrandfatherParadox: While playing ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', [[https://youtu.be/LEpFnWsOLTE?t=503 upon meeting Kamado]], Fail realizes that he is Professor Rowan's ancestor, meaning without him there's no [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Gen 4]]. Fail then proceeds to [[ScreamDiscretionShot stab Kamado]], with the video then showing Rowan, a copy of ''Pokémon Diamond'', all of Nintendo's videos on ''Pokémon Legends'', and even ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall the very video itself]]'' [[RetGone all fade from existence]].
* GuinnessEpisode: In "So I cheated a Kirby Speedrun...", Fail attempts to beat the world record on ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' using cheats that makes Kirby go faster every second. He doesn't beat it, despite everything he did to rig it (see CheatersNeverProsper above).

* InsaneEqualsViolent: PlayedForLaughs. Fail's of the opinion that his own Live Chat is this, an description that the Chat wears with pride. Whenever they play games alongside Fail, Chat talks about killing everything in sight or even drinking the blood of the bosses they fight. [[https://youtu.be/PWCkBL9uHHg This leads to Fail acting as their therapist to try and help them]], but this only seems to encourage them to be more bloodthirsty.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: [[https://youtu.be/lYfkl4iJ1PY During what was]] ''supposed'' to be a chill ''Animal Crossing'' stream, Fail accidently runs into a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] where all the villagers wearing his custom clothing appear '''butt naked'''. Obviously, HilarityEnsues. Things ramp up even more when he has to take pictures of them both in and outside of the building, and when he invites them to the end of the game dance party(yep, they're dancing on the beach fully nude). At one point, Fail muses that if he put a naked character with a censor bar in the thumbnail, it would get ten times the average views. He then decides ''to do just that'' with Shino.
** An intentional example with Naked Sans, a Mii Brawler Dan made in ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate'' that has [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]]' head and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing K.K Slider]]'s body, making it appear like Sans is fully nude.

* NoJustNoReaction: [[https://youtu.be/aPj0ymDMvv8?t=26 Fail's horrified reaction]] to the Zero Mask in [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe]].
* {{NOT}}: While racing to beat [[WebVideo/RubberRoss RubberRoss’s]] VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker world, Failboat and [=JayMoji=] play an one-word improv game to pass the time while Fail struggles to beat a level. [[https://youtu.be/G6psVSA6_VY?t=872 This was the first result]]:

-->'''Fail:''' If [glitched Animal Crossing characters becoming naked] disgusts you, consider subscribing! Or if you're into this kind of stuff, also consider subscribing. The community is vast, you'll fit right in.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Invoked by Fail while designing Static's home in the Happy Home Paradise DLC for ''Animal Crossing''. Fail creates the narrative where Static's mother is killed by [[BigBad the Villain]], who then [[FieryCoverUp burns down their home]] before disappearing, which Fail describes as prompting the larger call-to-action for Static's dreamed adventure. Static's not too happy that this is the start of his adventure.

-->'''Fail:''' You know what, you can't just go through life expecting the hardships to be removed. What are you gonna do if you go about your day, and someone has feet? What are you gonna do, tell them to cover up their feet? You have to swallow your pride, you have to move on with your life, and you have to walk past their feet with abandon. You can't be scared of feet, chat. You have to accept that [[PunctuatedForEmphasis people. have. Feet!]]

** During [[https://youtu.be/sX4sM6C65XI Fail's playthrough]] of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'', he made a joke having Waddle Doo saying "[[CallingYourAttacks BEAM ATTACK]]" whilst [[TooDumbToLive trying to attack Kirby]], only for Kirby to incinerate the poor creature, sending it straight to heaven. MemeticMutation caused the bit to spread like wildfire across [=YouTube=]. [[MemeAcknowledgment Fail acknowledged this]], and now any time a Waddle Doo appears again, the joke ''has'' to be made. [[https://youtu.be/bDTCC4_9-M0 Click here to the entire story so far]].
*** Also during the ''Planet Robobot'' playthrough, Fail kept talking about which Kirby characters would jaywalk.

** Chat hitting on Kirby bosses, much to Fail's annoyance.

** [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Ever since his first playthrough of]] ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}, Fail's chat keeps being called a Cat [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry]], much to his annoyance. It's gotten to the point where if a Cat Suit is equipable, Fail has to put it on his in-game avatar.

* TheScreamParody: During one of his [[https://youtu.be/n1zjRmlhvjk?t=105 Pokemon Photoshop streams]], he recreates the famous painting… using a screenshot of a Bellsprout morphed into a screaming Pikachu. His friends (and the chat) react with disgust, with Gab comparing it to a skin mask from ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.

** In addition to regular Franchise/{{Pokemon}} [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxS032qd4jvNKLo7KDEqJynCaJ43kF_wx nuzlockes]], Fail has also [[https://youtu.be/O40PFvLKX5c done this with]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', where every costume/outfit counts as a life, and dying makes him lose that costume.

** Fail named his [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons Animal Crossing]] island "Denny's" after the restaurant and made a house designed after it's decor.

*** [[https://youtu.be/TPflHVTyJdE?t=15 While playing Steve on Smash Bros]]:

*** Both he and Skip the Tutorial makes a couple to the channel in one video (see TakeThatAudience below).
** In the beginning of his Animal Crossing playthrough, Fail quips that K.K. Slider is [[Franchise/OnePiece a demon that attacked the village and one that Fail can call upon in his worst moment]]. One of his chat members confuses it for ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
** In [[https://youtu.be/SERo0V-o0T4 So I glitched Kirby..]], when trying to get back into bounds after using the Hammer jump glitch, Fail compares the experience to using a glitch VideoGame/{{Skyrim}} horse. Later, when he manages to glitch under the arena to entering the WebOriginal/TheBackrooms.
* ASimplePlan: Dan rigged up his stream to allow his live chat to control Mario in ''Super Mario 64''. Their goal was to get the first star in Bob-Omb Battlefield. Easy, right? It took nearly three hours, Dan changing the controls multiple times, [[ItMakesSenseInContext multiple clowns halting their progress, the introduction of poop emojis to combat the clowns]], the loss of general sanity, and Fail ''breaking the rules of the stream'' and [[ClusterFBomb swearing up a storm]] to encourage them, but they eventually did it. Later, Dan call it "the worst stream he's ever done".

--->'''Fail:''' And that where we're gonna end it, on that life lesson!

** In [[https://youtu.be/3YCwxaGrDuQ Animal Crossing but salt :)]], Fail questions why no one has made VideoGame/MarioParty in Animal Crossing before. Cue images of amiibo Festival and it's low reviews.
* TakeThatAudience: Daniel' also no stranger to throwing out some light-hearted jabs at his live chat or his audience in general.
** [[https://youtu.be/86UFlTs2pZY?t=362 Here's a good one]] from his ''Bowsers Fury'' Let's Play:

** [[https://youtu.be/KpPKencLuMg?t=390 While playing a modded]] ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' that allows his friend [[https://www.youtube.com/SkiptheTutorial Skip the Tutorial]] to control the enemies, Dan reads a suggestion that they should make a code so that the chat could control them. Dan and Skip then mock common complaints that viewers have as if they're the enemies.

-->'''Fail:''' "Make more Animal Crossing videos!" The naked man starts asking where Purple Shep is.

* TemptingFate: While playing ''Pokémon Legends Arceus'', Fail expresses disappointment that the battle mechanics haven't changed much. As soon as he says that, the Shinx he was in the middle of catching breaks out of it's Pokéball, instantly raises all of it's stats, and nearly takes out Fail's own Pokémon, terrifying Fail.

** During the latter half of the stream [[https://youtu.be/5KOVSsSOoKk?t=1105 where chat played Mario 64]], the input for walking forward was the poop emoji and the punch/grab button was the punch emoji. This combination of inputs (alongside Fail deciding to swear to encourage the Chat) leads to Fail saying this when the chat is fighting King Bob-Omb:

* TooGoodToBeTrue: While designing Villager's paradises in the ''Animal Crossing'' DLC, [[HopeSpot he often starts the build normally]], without a cursed thing in sight. The chat, knowing Fail, doesn't "trust it for a second", and they're almost always justified in saying that.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The ending of "Splatoon 3 but my Live Chat can talk" ends with a Parody of this by showing that Dan never experienced laughter again, his parents would take over the Failboat brand and sell it for just over $12, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Lil' Chatty is still an unhinged maniac, possibly a felon]], and the [[ItMakesSenseInContext 100% volume reverb fart would never be played]].
* YankTheDogsChain: [[https://youtu.be/C-GQxq0q8a4 When]] Dan ''finally'' completes an incredibly hard VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2 level, he breathes a sigh of relief, thinking it's over. Turns out, that was his 100th completed level, and the game rewards him... with [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom a Cat suit]] for his Mii avatar. Dan can only react in shock and despair as he equips the outfit on his Mii.

Daniel Michaud, also known as [[https://www.youtube.com/@failboat Failboat]] or simply Fail, is a [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] known for making content of [[LetsPlay Let’s Plays]] that was originally just ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' videos, but has since branched out to other games, mostly Let’s Plays of Creator/{{Nintendo}} games, such as ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'', and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'', though he often plays a couple of Indie titles, mainly VideoGame/AHatInTime, all of which is coupled with humorous commentary and often chaotic moments on the side.

** [[https://youtu.be/wXEoRVu9WjE For one stream]] of playing ''New Horizons''' Happy Home Paradise DLC, Fail would ask Chat with help decorating the villagers homes, asking for two numbers from them, relating to the row and column of the object selection screen. When Chat wanted to be paid, Fail begrudgingly complied and paid them their requested wage: a PNG of VideoGame/{{Gex}}. Yeah, it MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

** Dan has also done a couple of live performances where he bring audience members to compete in a contest of Mii making (using VideoGame/{{Miitopia}} to create popular characters from Miis).

* BeatWithoutABut: Upon messing up his recovery in Smash Bros, Dan has this to say:

** [[https://youtu.be/q-P2MWkoAZI Before watching the latest Nintendo Direct]], Dan made a bet with his viewers that if they showcase any major ''Kirby'' content, he would spend $100 on random Kirby merch. On top of that, he would buy $200 more if they confirmed his Kirby car theory. It turns out [[IKnewIt he would be right]], and ending up spending $300 on the weirdest Kirby stuff ever bought.

** While first playing ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', Fail keeps saying that he actually beat the game before and actually 100% completed it a couple time, which explains why he has every costume available (he actually just downloaded a mod to get them). When the chat calls his bluff, he ends up discussing in-depth events in the game's story that never happen.
** When Fail played certain Kirby games like ''Triple Deluxe'' and ''Planet Robobot'', he wants it to be known that he's definitely playing on a official Nintendo console, not a emulator, no sir!

** [[https://youtu.be/It7lnsHjJP8?t=613 While editing Eyea's designn on Animal Crossing]]:

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlFFKU7apY4 Hat in Time but its a cinematic movie experience]], Daniel plays a [[VideoGame/AHatInTime Hat in Time]] mod called "Hat Kid Steals the Declaration of Independence". In it, the Conductor uses the document to become an all-powerful (or "[[PerfectlyCromulentWord Omniexistant]]" as he says it) being that breaks the fourth wall and edit the very mod itself. Failboat in editing takes this one step further and the Conductor starts ''editing the very video itself'', restarting it and even switching to other Failboat videos. If you look in the description, he even got the hashtags!

* TemptingFate: While playing ''Pokémon Legends Arceus'', Fail expresses disappointment that the battle mechanics haven't changed much. As soon as he says that, the Shinx he was in the middle of catching breaks out of it's Pokéball, instantly raises all of it's stats, and nearly takes out Fail's own Pokémon, spooking Fail.

* LamePunReaction: [[https://youtu.be/SERo0V-o0T4?t=270 While playing around with the Hammer Jump glitch]] in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', Fail manages to land on a large chain hanging from the celing. He then makes a ''Franchise/LegendOfZelda'' quip off of it, before giving himself a Lame Pun Reaction.
-->'''Fail:''' I didn't think I was playing ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', yet here I am: Link. (''Beat'') You-you can boo now... -2 streamer points.

* MonsterClown: A downplayed example: when Chat played ''Super Mario 64'', Fail mapped the crouch/groundpound input to the clown emoji. People start pressing to make Mario stop dead in his track and halt their progress, making them the antagonists of the stream.

** Fail repeated throws shade at the UsefulNotes/WiiU, at one point calling it a doorstopper.