History WebVideo / VinesauceTomodachiLife

[[caption-width-right:350:A CrowdedCastShot of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters all of Vinny's islanders.]][[labelnote:List (spoilers!)]][[AsHimself Vinny himself]]/[[AuthorAvatar Vinesauce]], [[NonIndicativeName Witch]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Waluigi]], VideoGame/{{Wario|Land}}, [[MeaningfulName Two Faced]], Series/{{Lamb Chop|sPlayAlong}}, WebVideo/BenDrowned, [[DeadAllAlong Clown]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Tingle]], [[VisualNovel/PacaPlus Alpaca]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Groose]], [[WarmHeartedWalrus Walrus]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]], [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Ralph Bluetawn]], [[Creator/ValveSoftware Gabe Newell]], [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]], [[Franchise/StarTrek Cling]] [[ConstantlyCurious On]], Creator/KarlPilkington, [[TheEeyore Sponge]], [[NonIronicClown Clown Lady]], [[TheQuietOne Hamburger]], [[UncannyValley Vlinny]], [[MotorMouth Small Face]], Film/{{Seabiscuit}}, Franchise/DonkeyKong, [[SlasherSmile Banana]], Music/DavidBowie, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]], [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale Kenny]], [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic J-J-J-J-J-J]]-UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, [[VideoGame/TheBindingofIsaac Isaac]], Music/SnoopDogg, [[GeniusBruiser Vineswole]], [[VeryPunchableMan Broccoli]], [[HeelFaceTurn Lumber]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal Jahn]], [[OvernightAgeUp Hailey]], [[VideoGame/{{Skate}} Bub Skebulba]], {{Satan}}, [[VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland Pinkle]], [[StoppedCaring Pretzel]], Creator/GordonRamsay, [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Pee-wee Herman]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Birdo]], [[FanDumb Tucker]], [[Series/TheXFiles Mulder, Scully]], and [[SinisterSchnoz Vineschnoz]]. Not pictured: [[DiscreditedMeme BonziBUDDY]], Webcomic/{{Dolan}}, [[EyelessFace HOTDOG]], [[SkeletalMusician Skelorita]], [[WeHardlyKnewYe Skeleton]], [[CountryMatters Ghoul Cont]], [[{{Gonk}} Big Face]], [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Lolly]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i Link]], [[VideoGame/WiiFit Wii Fit Trainer]], [[ConjoinedTwins Jack & Jill]], [[AbhorrentAdmirer Balegdah]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Toad]], [[AlienInvasion the Jahn Army]], [[VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia Dheerse]], [[DisappearedDad Levi]], [[PutOnABus Jaxon]], [[BlindingBangs Jocelyn]], [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]], and [[Film/TheRoom Johnny]].[[/labelnote]]]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: In total, the series has had around '''70''' islanders, though only about twenty of them get consistent focus. There are also other characters in the series, such as the game's generic shopkeepers and Miis exclusive to the ''Tomodachi Collection'' corruption stream.

* RecurringRiff: Music/KevinMacLeod's "Exciting Trailer" is Southbird's pseudo-theme song for ''Survivor Edition''.

** Early in the series, Vinny gets the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy he's wanted for a while. He clings on to it for not even an entire episode before selling it as VendorTrash.

* {{Mondegreen}}:

[[caption-width-right:350:A CrowdedCastShot of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters all of Vinny's islanders.]][[labelnote:List (spoilers!)]][[AsHimself Vinny himself]]/[[AuthorAvatar Vinesauce]], [[NonIndicativeName Witch]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Waluigi]], VideoGame/{{Wario|Land}}, [[MeaningfulName Two Faced]], Series/{{Lamb Chop|sPlayAlong}}, WebVideo/BenDrowned, [[DeadAllAlong Clown]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Tingle]], [[VisualNovel/PacaPlus Alpaca]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Groose]], [[WarmHeartedWalrus Walrus]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]], [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Ralph Bluetawn]], [[Creator/ValveSoftware Gabe Newell]], [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]], [[Franchise/StarTrek Cling]] [[ConstantlyCurious On]], Creator/KarlPilkington, [[TheEeyore Sponge]], [[NonIronicClown Clown Lady]], [[TheQuietOne Hamburger]], [[UncannyValley Vlinny]], [[MotorMouth Small Face]], Film/{{Seabiscuit}}, Franchise/DonkeyKong, [[SlasherSmile Banana]], Music/DavidBowie, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]], [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Kenny]], [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic J-J-J-J-J-J]]-UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, [[VideoGame/TheBindingofIsaac Isaac]], Music/SnoopDogg, [[GeniusBruiser Vineswole]], [[VeryPunchableMan Broccoli]], [[HeelFaceTurn Lumber]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal Jahn]], [[OvernightAgeUp Hailey]], [[VideoGame/{{Skate}} Bub Skebulba]], {{Satan}}, [[VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland Pinkle]], [[StoppedCaring Pretzel]], Creator/GordonRamsay, [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Pee-wee Herman]], [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Birdo]], [[FanDumb Tucker]], [[Series/TheXFiles Mulder, Scully]], and [[SinisterSchnoz Vineschnoz]]. Not pictured: [[DiscreditedMeme BonziBUDDY]], Webcomic/{{Dolan}}, [[EyelessFace HOTDOG]], [[SkeletalMusician Skelorita]], [[WeHardlyKnewYe Skeleton]], [[CountryMatters Ghoul Cont]], [[{{Gonk}} Big Face]], [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Lolly]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames CD-i Link]], [[VideoGame/WiiFit Wii Fit Trainer]], [[ConjoinedTwins Jack & Jill]], [[AbhorrentAdmirer Balegdah]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Toad]], [[AlienInvasion the Jahn Army]], [[VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia Dheerse]], [[DisappearedDad Levi]], [[PutOnABus Jaxon]], [[BlindingBangs Jocelyn]], [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]], and [[Film/TheRoom Johnny]].[[/labelnote]]]]

* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: The islanders pronounce "meme" as "mem", as though it were a French word.

** "Vinesauce's look-alike" sounds like "Vinesausage look-alike" when said by some characters.

** [[spoiler:HOTDOG (after his short-lived return to the island)]] says "I want some new clothes," but it sounds like "I need a new coat."

Vinny manages "Vineland Island", an unknown territory inhabited mostly by freaks and rejects (often from other series). Their exploits in love, friendship, and other such subjects are the basis of the series; the game's natural [[WidgetSeries bizarreness]] meshing well with his sense of humor. Most of the streams' charm comes from Vinny's reactions to the game (which are often [[LargeHam loud]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]]).

** While more low-key than later examples of this trope, Episode 8 has TwoFaced spontaneously reveal that she's in love with ''Walrus'', which was not at all what people expected at the time.

** In Part 56, Vinny visits his own Mii, Vinesauce, and interacts with him. He comments that it's the only game that allows people to play with themselves without getting banned on Twitch.

** In Part 56, Vinny visits his own Mii, Vinesauce, and interacts with him. He comments that it's the only game that allows people to play themselves without getting banned on Twitch.

** In Part 56, Vinny visits his own Mii, Vinesauce, and interacts with him, adding that it's the only game that allows you to play with yourself without getting banned on Twitch.

** During Episode 53, Vinny ends up selling almost all of his treasures, and mentions how he got them, including solving Jesus' finacial crisis, stopping Alpaca's pregnancy, and funding Pretzel's stem cell research. He admits that [[{{Understatement}} his memories may not be entirely clear]].

* MythologyGag:
** At the very beginning of the series, Vinny decides to name his island Vineland, like his original ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Leaf'' town (''Tomodachi Life'' came out in English-speaking countries about a year after that game). He finds out that the game renders it as Vineland ''Island'', but doesn't mind that.
** In the first episode, when asking the audience if they consider him a "trendsetter", Vinny mentions [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITfzLGNc0RY "spaalonebabaguuscooties"]], which is said by ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''[='=]s first old man in a corruption stream of that game. It also becomes Lamb Chop's catchphrase (part of it, anyway, and even then it's pronounced differently).
** After Vinny decides to draw penises on Vinesauce's face, Southbird's response to this is to insert an audio clip of Joel saying "Who's been drawing dicks?" from Joel's "Windows XP Destruction" video. The quote in question is something a teacher of Joel's said in response to a prank a classmate of his pulled. As Joel isn't the one streaming the game, his only other presence in the series is his cover of Wario's "Dragon's Dilda" song.
** In Episode 40, while Levi's growing-up montage is being shown, Vinny says "Custom club. Come to my new club on Tomodachi Island. It's called The Fruit Loop." This references an anecdote he shares during a stream of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime 3D'', which is about his cousin asking him to go clubbing with him and help him sell custom ''Franchise/StarWars'' figures.
** Vinny refers to some brightly colored corrupted textures as "clown diarrhea" at one point in the ''Tomodachi Collection'' corruption stream. He often uses the phrase "clown vomit" in the same sense in other corruption streams.

* RecordNeedleScratch: Southbird's edit of Episode 49 briefly stops the footage and plays a record needle sound effect after he notices that [[spoiler:Tucker ''wasn't'' assimilated (as he had previously assumed), but was simply moved to another apartment]].

** In Episode 32, Vinny sees that Donkey Kong wants to talk to him, and assumes it's regarding something intellectual. Donkey Kong ends up asking Vinny to look inside his head and he's thinking about pyramids, leading Vinny to suspect him of thinking about conspiracies. Shortly after this, Vinny reads a viewer comment saying that the pyramid is a polygon, and is further evidence that Donkey Kong [[MediumAwareness knows he's in a video game]], and Vinny agrees with this.

* CounterpartComparison: [[invoked]] Vinny himself compares [[spoiler:Lumber Jahn]] to [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]] in Episode 54, as both are [[spoiler:non-humans attempting to act as human as possible]].

** Episode 57 occurs on April Fools' Day 2017. The "joke" is that there is no joke, but rather a straightforward revisit to an otherwise dormant series, including the addition of two new islanders.

* JokeAndReceive: Vinny comments that he thinks Episode 28 is very weird. He says this before [[spoiler:the game crashes]] later in the episode, which catches him off guard more than any previous event in the series.
* LamePunReaction: Ralph's comment that a restaurant is "out of cluck" if it doesn't serve chicken earns an unimpressed reaction from Vinny.

* SequelHook: Vinny has stated that when/if the next sequel to ''Tomodachi Life'' is released, he will be playing it; he references this in 2017 in the WebVideo/VinesauceMiitopia streams after referring to ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' as an RPG version of ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife''. In these streams, this is reflected in the last line of the song made in Episode 55: