History WebVideo / TheSlowMoGuys

** Gavin's cats in general tend to interrupt him in videos filmed inside his home. Smee interrupted him filming "The Earth Inside a Macro Water Droplet" and even manages to open his office door while he was editing in one behind the scenes video. While he was filming "How A TV Works in Slow Motion", Columbo pops her head up behind him.

** Their current Youtube banner is Gavin throwing blue paint at Dan. Also, anything that involves paint and explosions.

They are technically considered part of the Creator/RoosterTeeth family, owing to Gav being an actual member, Dan appearing in their vids from time to time, and Rooster Teeth hosting some of their videos on their website.

''The Slow Mo Guys'' is a web series featuring Creator/GavinFree and Daniel Gruchy showing various scenes occurring in [[{{Overcrank}} slow motion]], filmed using a Phantom Flex camera that can shoot up to 10,000 FPS, the same one used for the slow motion scenes in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. Their Website/YouTube page is found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys?feature=watch here]] and their Website/{{Facebook}} page is [[https://www.facebook.com/theslowmoguys?ref=ts here]], you can also follow the Website/{{Twitter}}s for both [[http://twitter.com/gavinfree/ Gav]] and [[https://twitter.com/DanielGruchy Dan]]. They have made two free Youtube Originals series, ''The Super Slow Show'' in 2018 and ''Planet Slow Mo'' in 2019.

** Gavin claims he dislikes these disclaimers, so [[AvertedTrope he rarely uses them]]. The few times when he ''does'' say it lets you know that that day's activity is probably stupid levels of dangerous. For the Super Slow Show, each video does come with one, emphasizing that the activities were performed under strict safety supervision.

* FatAndSkinny: Dan has always been a little bigger than Gavin, and has joked that he's just gotten out of shape since leaving the army. In the "Det Cord Shockwave" episode, Dan calls himself fat and Gavin skinny while comparing variations in the cord's explosive power.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Considering that Dan is a former soldier in the British Army and has proper firearms training, this gets applied to Gavin when he successfully puts out a candle by shooting an airsoft pellet through the wick. This crosses over with ATeamFiring afterwards, as Dan points out the close grouping of holes in the fence from his shots, and Gavin's shots which are all over the place.

* SubmissiveBadass: Apparently Dan is very submissive to Gavin and generally lets him talk him into doing anything; as noted by Michael Jones, its kinda hilarious considering Gavin is tiny in comparison to [[TheBigGuy Dan]]. For extra hilarity, Dan is an ex-British Army corporal who specialized in ''explosives''.

* IconicOutfit: Their lab coats. Over time, the coats are increasingly stained and ripped up to the point where Dan's sleeve is just hanging on. Naturally, they were given new coats for ''The Super Slow Show'' and ''Planet Slow Mo'', but Dan's sleeve is ''still'' torn.

* FatAndSkinny: Dan has always been a little bigger than Gavin, and in the "Det Cord Shockwave" episode, Dan calls himself fat and Gavin skinny while comparing variations in the cord's explosive power.

* RunningGag: In the Super Slow Show, Dan constantly getting interrupted by slow mo shoots while he's trying to eat lunch.

''The Slow Mo Guys'' is a web series featuring Creator/GavinFree and Daniel Gruchy showing various scenes occurring in [[{{Overcrank}} slow motion]], filmed using a Phantom Flex camera that can shoot up to 10,000 FPS, the same one used for the slow motion scenes in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. Their Website/YouTube page is found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys?feature=watch here]] and their Website/{{Facebook}} page is [[https://www.facebook.com/theslowmoguys?ref=ts here]], you can also follow the Website/{{Twitter}}s for both [[http://twitter.com/gavinfree/ Gav]] and [[https://twitter.com/DanielGruchy Dan]]. They have made two free Youtube Premium series, ''The Super Slow Show'' in 2018 and ''Slow-Mo World'' in 2019.

* ProductPlacement:
** By Lenevo, both for their thinkpads that withstand impact and water to be used on the I.S.S. and their tablets that also withstand impact and have a very durable, "gorilla" glass screen that was shot by paint balls. Best of all, you can play ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' on it.

* SubmissiveBadass: Apparently Dan is very submissive to Gavin and generally lets him talk him into doing anything; as noted by Michael Jones, its kinda hilarious considering Gavin is tiny in comparison to [[TheBigGuy Dan]]. For extra hilarity, Dan is a retired British Army soldier who specialized in ''explosives''.

''The Slow Mo Guys'' is a web series featuring Creator/GavinFree and Daniel Gruchy showing various scenes occurring in [[{{Overcrank}} slow motion]], filmed using a Phantom Flex camera that can shoot up to 10,000 FPS, the same one used for the slow motion scenes in ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows''. Their Website/YouTube page is found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguys?feature=watch here]] and their Website/{{Facebook}} page is [[https://www.facebook.com/theslowmoguys?ref=ts here]], you can also follow the Website/{{Twitter}}s for both [[http://twitter.com/gavinfree/ Gav]] and [[https://twitter.com/DanielGruchy Dan]].

* AscendedMeme: Dan's grandfather in the butane rockets. "I heard various explosions earlier." was used in a challenge to write said phrase on the tablet, running Dan's garden, blindfolded and being pelted by exercise balls.

-->'''Destin''': It's bigger than I thought it would be.\\
'''Gavin''': [[CaptainObvious It's very big]].\\
'''Dan''': It's large.

--> '''Dan''': "Do you guys play video games?"
--> '''Gavin''': No.
--> '''Dan''': No.
--> [Starts pulling off all of the 360 controllers as they cover up the [[{{Franchise/Halo}} Spartan helmet]]]
--> '''Gavin''': Never.
* ButtMonkey: Dan is usually on the receiving end of very painful shots from: Getting slapped in the face, receiving a [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] to the side of the head, getting hit with a champagne cork, finger in a mouse trap, punched in the stomach, burnt by boiling oil, burnt by hot popcorn butter, almost drowned with a [[ItMakesSenseInContext water-filled condom on his head]], choked on cinnamon, shot by a paintball gun in ''both'' legs, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking shot with a]] [[Toys/NERFBrand Maverick]].

* CoveredInGunge: Their current Youtube banner is Gavin throwing blue paint at Dan. Also, anything that involves paint and explosions.

* DontTryThisAtHome: Gavin claims he dislikes these disclaimers, so [[AvertedTrope he rarely uses them]]. The few times when he ''does'' say it lets you know that that day's activity is probably stupid levels of dangerous. For the Super Slow Show, each video does come with one, emphasizing that the activities were performed under strict safety supervision.

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler: Okay, model globe shattering kaboom but close enough]].

** It turns out 72 hours is not enough time to refridgerate a 6,000lb block of gelatin.

* EyeScream: A very silly and harmless example when the Cuboid claimed he could [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} taste tomato through his eye]] when one was thrown at him.

--> [ed. note: They should be wearing masks]
--> [That powder paint is not good for lungs]
--> [plus, they will be colorfully sneezing for weeks now]

-->''I know what you're thinking, you should be ashamed of yourself.''

* ThePigPen: Dan's lab coat is perpetually messy, despite Gavin's claims that he washes their coats between every video. Understandable, considering all the crap that Dan goes through on a regular basis, but sometimes he's just inexplicably dirty.

-->''No dogs were harmed in the making of this video. However, many treats were brutally murdered.''

* ShoutOut: Given that Gavin is from Creator/RoosterTeeth. No doubt he makes a reference to ''Minecraft'' with filming flint and steel in slow motion.

* ViolationOfCommonSense: A couple of videos have this premise, such as the one where they stuffed car airbags into microwaves.

* VitriolicBestBuds[=/=]HeterosexualLifePartners: Dan and Gavin. The series runs on ComedicSociopathy, but at the end of the day, they're really good friends since their days in secondary school.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257ulh06BJA In slow motion]] from various GrossUpCloseUp angles.

* YourHeadAsplode: While rewatching flies being killed by a bug zapper in slo-mo, both Gavin and Dan are horrified to see the fly's head exploding from the electricity.

* EpicFail: It turns out 72 hours is not enough time to refridgerate a 6,000lb block of gelatin.

* SheetOfGlass: Demonstrated in "Stunt Trouble, Part 4". Because Dan injured himself on a previous shoot, Gavin has to demonstrate going through stunt and safety glass. The plastic stunt glass goes easily, but the real safety glass needed two attempts because the first resulted in him RunningIntoTheWindow.

* TheAllegedCar: Dan couldn't even trade in his run-down car so he has an excuse to try and destroy it with fireworks.
** And kicking the passenger side mirror in frustration at it.

** The series title comes from [[TopGear Richard Hammond]]'s nickname for Gavin.

** "Slow Mo Kittens" is just an excuse for Gavin to play with a group of kittens.