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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to both the game's director and [[Creator/PhilHartman his voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to both the game's director and [[Creator/PhilHartman his voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[invoked]] [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* EpicFail: "5 Hilarious Idiotic Gaming Screw Ups" lists examples from developers, such as a cheat code for ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron'' unlocking the full game in the demo, and the DRM for ''Rainbow Six Vegas 2'''s digital version being so hard to fix, [[GoneHorriblyRight that not even a clean install could do anything]], that Ubisoft was only able to fix it by ''using a pirated crack of the game'' as an official patch.
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** "5 Hilarious Idiotic Gaming Screw Ups" lists examples from developers, such as a cheat code for ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron'' unlocking the full game in the demo, and the DRM for ''Rainbow Six Vegas 2'''s digital version being so hard to fix, [[GoneHorriblyRight that not even a clean install could do anything]], that Ubisoft was only able to fix it by ''using a pirated crack of the game'' as an officialpatch.patch.
** "5 Completely Broken, Unbeatable Games, Thanks to Developer Stupidity" once again lists examples from incompetent developers, such as ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble Revolution'' missing a boss fight on level 30, making players get stuck in limbo; or even Creator/ElectronicArts telling players to "deal with it" regarding a game-breaking glitch on ''Madden 06'''s ([=PSP=]) Franchise Mode that even ''shuts off the [=PSP=] and corrupts its own save files''.
** "5 Hilarious Idiotic Gaming Screw Ups" lists examples from developers, such as a cheat code for ''VideoGame/KeioFlyingSquadron'' unlocking the full game in the demo, and the DRM for ''Rainbow Six Vegas 2'''s digital version being so hard to fix, [[GoneHorriblyRight that not even a clean install could do anything]], that Ubisoft was only able to fix it by ''using a pirated crack of the game'' as an official
** "5 Completely Broken, Unbeatable Games, Thanks to Developer Stupidity" once again lists examples from incompetent developers, such as ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble Revolution'' missing a boss fight on level 30, making players get stuck in limbo; or even Creator/ElectronicArts telling players to "deal with it" regarding a game-breaking glitch on ''Madden 06'''s ([=PSP=]) Franchise Mode that even ''shuts off the [=PSP=] and corrupts its own save files''.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: {{Invoked|Trope}} in the intro to "Games Yanks Can't Wank" when the theme song suddenly takes a ShockingSwerve to a darker tone:
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: {{Invoked|Trope}} in the intro to "Games Yanks Can't Wank" when the normally upbeat theme song suddenly takes a ShockingSwerve to a darker tone:tone, courtesy of [[VideoGame/PunchOut Narcis Prince]]:
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Originally from [=ScrewAttack=], these two guys from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands provide voice-over top-10 countdowns related to popular video games, as well as other gaming-related videos. Can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJVdNvvuvOnthuWVQjYff2w here]].
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Originally from [=ScrewAttack=], Website/ScrewAttack, these two guys from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands provide voice-over top-10 countdowns related to popular video games, as well as other gaming-related videos. Can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJVdNvvuvOnthuWVQjYff2w here]].
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* {{Troll}}:
** Larry is amongst many of those who likes mocking [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]], having even done interviews with Chandler himself.
** His reasons for staying on Channel Awesome pretty much amounts to him being this.
** Larry is amongst many of those who likes mocking [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]], having even done interviews with Chandler himself.
** His reasons for staying on Channel Awesome pretty much amounts to him being this.
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** Larry is amongst many of those who likes mocking [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]], having even done interviews with Chandler himself.
**{{Troll}}: His reasons for staying on Channel Awesome pretty much amounts to him being this.
** Larry is amongst many of those who likes mocking [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler]], having even done interviews with Chandler himself.
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** Fact Hunt is a well known spoonerism for "Fat C*nt" in the UK and Australia.
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** Fact Hunt "Fact Hunt" is a well known spoonerism for "Fat C*nt" in the UK and Australia.
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* {{Pun}}: [[OnceAnEpisode In every episode]], at least one is usually horrible. Larry likes to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] them with a {{Beat}} and a quick "I'll get me coat".
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* {{Pun}}: {{Pun}}:
** Fact Hunt is a well known spoonerism for "Fat C*nt" in the UK and Australia.
** [[OnceAnEpisode In every episode]], at least one is usually horrible. Larry likes to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] them with a {{Beat}} and a quick "I'll get mecoat".coat".
** In a quite intentional example, 'Fact Hunt' is a well known spoonerism for 'Fat C*nt' in the UK and Australia. This flew over the heads of international viewers.
** Fact Hunt is a well known spoonerism for "Fat C*nt" in the UK and Australia.
** [[OnceAnEpisode In every episode]], at least one is usually horrible. Larry likes to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] them with a {{Beat}} and a quick "I'll get me
** In a quite intentional example, 'Fact Hunt' is a well known spoonerism for 'Fat C*nt' in the UK and Australia. This flew over the heads of international viewers.
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* HurricaneOfPuns: When looking back at previous entries on the Top Tens, in preparation for the number 1, every number comes with a pun.
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* HurricaneOfPuns: When looking back at previous entries on the Top Tens, in preparation for the number 1, #1, every number comes with a pun.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to Sega's patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the maps instead.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to Sega's Creator/{{Sega}}'s patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the maps instead.
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* OddballInTheSeries: "The Rise and Demise of Beanie Babies", a toy based episode coming off the surplus of videogame related videos. It is also bleaker than other videos and does not have a Peter Molyneux jab in it (considering it is also not a ''Fact Hunt'' episode).
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* OddballInTheSeries: "The Rise and Demise of Beanie Babies", a toy based episode coming off the surplus of videogame related video game-related videos. It is also bleaker than other videos and does not have a Peter Molyneux Creator/PeterMolyneux jab in it (considering it is also not a ''Fact Hunt'' episode).it.
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* ARareSentence: Larry acknowledges that even he can say something nice about Peter Molyneux at the end of "10 Companies EA Bought, Then DESTROYED!!!" While explaining the circumstances that lead to Electronic Arts acquiring Bullfrog Productions, Larry comments that it was Molyneaux's business savvy that helped fight off EA from acquiring their studios in the first place. When Molyneux left, the company had nobody who could stop them from being bought out.
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* ARareSentence: Larry acknowledges that even he can say something nice about Peter Molyneux at the end of "10 Companies EA Bought, Then DESTROYED!!!" While explaining the circumstances that lead to Electronic Arts Creator/ElectronicArts acquiring Bullfrog Productions, Larry comments that it was Molyneaux's business savvy that helped fight off EA from acquiring their studios in the first place. When Molyneux left, the company had nobody who could stop them from being bought out.
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** His various [[TakeThat pot shots]] to Creator/PeterMolyneux.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}} would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}} would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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* AcceptableTargets: [[invoked]]
** Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's an acceptable target.
** Another frequent punching bag is Creator/TheKingOfHate.
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
** Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's an acceptable target.
** Another frequent punching bag is Creator/TheKingOfHate.
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
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** The "Top 5 Hidden Pissed Off Programmer Rants" sub-series of "Fact Hunt" features voice-overs from several other personalities such as [[Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse Maddox]], WebVideo/LazyGameReviews, [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]], WebVideo/TotalBiscuit, and even VideoGame/DukeNukem himself, Creator/JonStJohn.
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** The "Top 5 Hidden Pissed Off Programmer Rants" sub-series of "Fact Hunt" features voice-overs from several other personalities such as [[Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse Maddox]], WebVideo/LazyGameReviews, [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]], WebVideo/TotalBiscuit, [[Creator/TheCynicalBrit TotalBiscuit]], and even VideoGame/DukeNukem himself, Creator/JonStJohn.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefuNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PlayStation Vita]] would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefuNotes/SegaGenesis UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PlayStation Vita]] [[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Vita}} would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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* NonindicativeName: Larry's internet image is being the one British guy on gaming sites otherwise dominated by Americans. Yet his full name, Larry Bundy Jr., sounds rather stereotypically ''American'' to British ears. Furthermore, the addendum to Larry's name is spelled "Jnr" in UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish, [[WordOfGod but he thought the U.S. spelling looked better.]]
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* NonindicativeName: Larry's internet image is being the one British guy on gaming sites otherwise dominated by Americans. Yet his full name, Larry Bundy Jr., sounds rather stereotypically ''American'' to British ears. Furthermore, the addendum to Larry's name is spelled "Jnr" in UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish, [[WordOfGod but he thought the U.S. spelling looked better.]]
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* OldShame: Invoked: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Angry Programmers (Game Developers) Who Hated Their Own Games" focuses on game developers who hated their own creations. One of them even didn't like video games in general.
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* OldShame: Invoked: [[invoked]] The Fact Hunt episode "5 Angry Programmers (Game Developers) Who Hated Their Own Games" focuses on game developers who hated their own creations. One of them even didn't like video games in general.
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* OutOfFocus: Wez hasn't shown up that much in Larry's videos. He doesn't appear in ''Fact Hunt'' at all.
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* OutOfFocus: Wez hasn't shown was this for many years. He wouldn't show up that much in Larry's videos. He doesn't appear in ''Fact Hunt'' at all.again until 2018.
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* SpinOff: Website/{{Kickstarter}} related videos by Dan Ibbertson (of Slopes Game Room) a sporadically uploaded whenever Larry is unable to post a ''Fact Hunt'' for the week.
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* SpinOff: Website/{{Kickstarter}} related Website/{{Kickstarter}}-related videos by Dan Ibbertson (of of Slopes Game Room) a Room are sporadically uploaded whenever Larry is unable to post a ''Fact Hunt'' for the week.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to SEGA's patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the road on maps instead.
* NoExportForYou: The point of his shows "Games Yanks Can't Wank" and "Films Yanks Can't Wank", looking at media that was released in the UK but not the USA. [[invoked]]
* NoExportForYou: The point of his shows "Games Yanks Can't Wank" and "Films Yanks Can't Wank", looking at media that was released in the UK but not the USA. [[invoked]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to SEGA's Sega's patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the road on maps instead.
* NoExportForYou: [[invoked]] The point of his shows "Games Yanks Can't Wank" and "Films Yanks Can't Wank", looking at media that was released in the UK but not the USA.[[invoked]]
* NoExportForYou: [[invoked]] The point of his shows "Games Yanks Can't Wank" and "Films Yanks Can't Wank", looking at media that was released in the UK but not the USA.
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* HilariousInHindsight: InUniverse. The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefuNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PlayStation Vita]] would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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* HilariousInHindsight: InUniverse. [[invoked]] The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefuNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PlayStation Vita]] would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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** [[invoked]] Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
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** [[invoked]] Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
* BlatantLies: Larry doesn't know the answer of who were the first [=YouTubers=] to get their own television series. [[spoiler:It was him and Wez, with their show ''Reviewmaggedon'' playing the intro as he asks the question]].
* HilariousInHindsight: InUniverse. The "Top 5 Stupid Things Said by Game Journalists" episode mostly focuses on outlandish journal articles, such as one article confusing the UsefulNotes/GameGear as a portable UsefuNotes/SegaGenesis years before the Sega Nomad was a thing and another proclaiming the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PlayStation Vita]] would win over the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.
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* {{Irony}}: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to SEGA's patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the road on maps instead.
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* {{Machinima}}: Larry and Wez created a Wrestling Machinima video, WMW Smackfest!
* MarketBasedTitle: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Games Renamed for REALLY Stupid Reasons" covers this, from Creator/GeorgeLucas forcing ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' to be retitled as ''Lylat Wars'' in Europe,[[note]]Due to ''Star Wing'', which was the European title for the prequel, sounding like ''Franchise/StarWars''.[[/note]] to Creator/{{Activision}}'s UK branch renaming the first ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' to ''Tony Hawk's Skateboarding''.[[note]]Because the execs there thought the Brits would mistake it for an ice skating game.[[/note]]
* MarketBasedTitle: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Games Renamed for REALLY Stupid Reasons" covers this, from Creator/GeorgeLucas forcing ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' to be retitled as ''Lylat Wars'' in Europe,[[note]]Due to ''Star Wing'', which was the European title for the prequel, sounding like ''Franchise/StarWars''.[[/note]] to Creator/{{Activision}}'s UK branch renaming the first ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' to ''Tony Hawk's Skateboarding''.[[note]]Because the execs there thought the Brits would mistake it for an ice skating game.[[/note]]
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* {{Machinima}}: Larry and Wez created a Wrestling Machinima video, WMW Smackfest!
named ''WMW Smackfest!''.
* MarketBasedTitle: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Games Renamed for REALLY Stupid Reasons" covers this, from Creator/GeorgeLucas forcing ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' to be retitled as ''Lylat Wars'' in Europe,[[note]]Due to ''Star Wing'', which was the European title for the prequel, sounding like ''Franchise/StarWars''.[[/note]] to Creator/{{Activision}}'s UK branch renaming the first ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' to ''Tony Hawk's Skateboarding''.[[note]]Because the execs there thought the Brits would mistake it for an ice skating game.[[/note]] [[/note]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to SEGA's patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the road on maps instead.
* MarketBasedTitle: The Fact Hunt episode "5 Games Renamed for REALLY Stupid Reasons" covers this, from Creator/GeorgeLucas forcing ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' to be retitled as ''Lylat Wars'' in Europe,[[note]]Due to ''Star Wing'', which was the European title for the prequel, sounding like ''Franchise/StarWars''.[[/note]] to Creator/{{Activision}}'s UK branch renaming the first ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' to ''Tony Hawk's Skateboarding''.[[note]]Because the execs there thought the Brits would mistake it for an ice skating game.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In "4 S***y Patents that Ruined Gaming", he talks about two instances pertaining to SEGA's patenting actually ''helping'' their opponents; trying to patent the transitions between the point of views started in ''Virtua Racing'' meant every other developer excluded the transitions, which was actually a ''boon'' in a genre that requires very precise timing, and patenting levitating arrow that tells you where to go from ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', which they took Fox to court over for using something similar in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage'', made other developers come up with a far more efficient workaround, by using a glowing line in the road on maps instead.
* OddballInTheSeries: "The Rise and Demise of Beanie Babies", a toy based episode coming off the surplus of videogame related videos. It is also bleaker than other videos and does not have a Peter Molyneux jab in it (considering it is also not a ''Fact Hunt'' episode).
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* SpinOff: Website/{{Kickstarter}} related videos by Dan Ibbertson (of Slopes Game Room) sporadically appear whenever Larry is unable to post a ''Fact Hunt'' for the week.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Each entry in the "The Untold Rise and Fall Stories of 3 [=YouTube=] Gaming Channels" episode ends with the current status of the channels. Alex from Gamelife in particular [[UndignifiedDeath died of third-degree bowl cuts]].
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** [[invoked]] Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's an acceptable target.
** Another frequent punching bag is Creator/TheKingOfHate.
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
** [[invoked]] Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's an acceptable target.
** Another frequent punching bag is Creator/TheKingOfHate.
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
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** [[invoked]] Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's an acceptable target.
** Another frequent punching bag is Creator/TheKingOfHate.
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
** [[invoked]] Creator/PeterMolyneux, Tim Langdell, and Ocean Software. Larry ''will'' find a way to poke fun at Molyneux in each "Fact Hunt" video, even when he's cutting him some slack by [[InsultToRocks finding something so stupid that it makes him look good in comparison]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9k3RdfJ2U8 "5 Times Peter Molyneux Was an Asshole"]] is an entire video justifying why Larry takes a shot at him in every video, but proving exactly why he's an acceptable target.
** Another frequent punching bag is Creator/TheKingOfHate.
** Larry isn't very fond of WebVideo/PatTheNesPunk.
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As of this writing, Larry is one of the few members left on [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] (along with Creator/DougWalker and Creator/BradJones) in the wake of Channel Awesome's March-April 2018 controversy.
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As of this writing, Larry is one of the few members left on [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Channel Awesome]] (along with Creator/DougWalker and Creator/BradJones) in the wake of Channel Awesome's March-April 2018 controversy.controversy, solely out of spite.
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to his game's director/[[Creator/PhilHartman voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to his both the game's director/[[Creator/PhilHartman director and [[Creator/PhilHartman his voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHartman his game's director/lead voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHartman his game's director/lead director/[[Creator/PhilHartman voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him.[[/note]]
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHartman his game's director/lead VA]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series "Horace"]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid "Noid"]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him[[/note]].
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies[[note]]Sony's tragedies.[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHartman his game's director/lead VA]] voice actor]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series "Horace"]] Horace]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid "Noid"]] Noid]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him[[/note]].him.[[/note]]
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHarman his game's director/lead VA]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series "Horace"]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid "Noid"]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him[[/note]].
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHarman [[Creator/PhilHartman his game's director/lead VA]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series "Horace"]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid "Noid"]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him[[/note]].
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* SurpriseCreepy: [[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies. tragedies[[note]]Sony's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasto_(video_game) Captain Blasto]] due to [[Creator/PhilHarman his game's director/lead VA]] being murdered in 1998, Beam Software's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_series "Horace"]] due to his creator suddenly going off the map after a respiratory emergency, and Domino's Pizza's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noid "Noid"]] due to an incident where a mentally unstable man named [[NamesTheSame Kenneth Noid]] held a local Domino's hostage because he assumed the Noid commercials were specifically mocking him[[/note]].
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* SurpriseCreepy: "[[https://youtu.[[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A 5 "5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons]]" Reasons"]] was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. Instead, the video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.
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* SurpriseCreepy: "[[https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A 5 Mascots Cancelled For Incredibly Messed Up Reasons]]" was first released on April Fools' Day 2017, and many viewers would have expected stories of amusing incompetence. The first cancellation was because Instead, the creative leader had been murdered, and the other stories had more tragedy than the average Guru Larry show.video reveals that three mascots were cancelled due to tragedies.
