History YMMV / ChaoticMonki

* AlasPoorScrappy: He shows Ben disdain for his [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic tendencies]], but he's practically screaming when [[spoiler: he gets impaled and mercy killed by Kenny]].
** An example that's also a close call, Cry makes it clear that he doesn't like [[VideoGame/UntilDawn Emily]]. And yet, when she's alone with [[spoiler: a {{Wendigo}} and about to fall into a rock grinder]], Cry does his best to save her, and lets out a BigNo when he thinks he's failed. He also refused to [[spoiler: shoot her]], later on.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Cry's cat who sometimes interrupts him when recording.
* HeReallyCanAct:
** Cry has a gift for voice acting, demonstrated prominently in his [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL100E6F8D8D47702F CryReads]] and LetsPlay of VisualNovel/CorpseParty or general games with high StoryToGameplayRatio.
** [[http://youtu.be/YWaO4Su3cJ0 He is now providing the voice of The Wizard in the upcoming game Pop-Up Dungeon.]]
** This is shown especially well during the dialogue of Folklore. He has given each character a different accent based on their design arguably giving the game a great deal more life.
* HoYay: With LetsPlay/PewDiePie. He has revealed that they think Pewdie-Cry fanfictions are totally cool, and they don't mind them at all. They even read one together. Cry also claims that he is one "bad-ass uke".
** He also supports being paired with CinnamonToastKen, though he plays that humourous and acts more playful and seductive instead of sweet in the fanfic that he reads with him and Pewds.
* {{Narm}}: Cry's reactions to ''VideoGame/AlwaysSometimesMonsters'' indicate that he sees the game as this, believing that the game tries too hard to be emotional and deep, with the only thing he actually feels about is [[spoiler: accidentally orphaning a bunch of children]].
* NightmareFuel:
** Watching Cry break down in SCP-087 can be terrifying, especially when you consider how casual he gets towards horror games right before it.
** Cry Reads, mostly ones centered around Creepypasta. As time goes on, he reads it in a hushed monotone, and eventually leans more towards reading it in the perceived tone of the narrator at the time of writing. As a result, the readings go from dramatic, to chilling, to convincingly terrifying.
** In his Lets' Play of Last of Us, when [[spoiler: he is rescuing Ellie from the operating room, he slaughters the surgeons in the room with little to no hesitation, even though he had the option to let them live and when he spots one lying on the floor, injured but still alive, he shoots the guy in the head. Do not mess with Cry.]]
-->'''Cry:''' (coldly) '''Stop. Breathing.'''
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* HoYay: With PewDiePie. He has revealed that they think Pewdie-Cry fanfictions are totally cool, and they don't mind them at all. They even read one together. Cry also claims that he is one "bad-ass uke".

** An example that's also a close call, Cry makes it clear that he doesn't like [[VideoGame/UntilDawn Emily]]. And yet, when she's alone with a {{Wendigo}} and about to fall into a rock grinder, Cry does his best to save her, and lets out a BigNo when he thinks he's failed. He also refused to shoot her, later on.

** An example that's also a close call, Cry makes it clear that he doesn't like [[VideoGame/UntilDawn Emily]]. And yet, when she's alone with a {{Wendigo}} and about to fall into a rock grinder, Cry does his best to save her, and lets out a BigNo when he thinks he's failed.

-->'''Cry:''' (coldly) Stop breathing.

* In his Lets' Play of Last of Us, when [[spoiler: he is rescuing Ellie from the operating room, he slaughters the surgeons in the room with little to no hesitation, even though he had the option to let them live and when he spots one lying on the floor, injured but still alive, he shoots the guy in the head. Do not mess with Cry.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: In The Walking Dead Season 2, Cry left behind Sarah. He went on to try and [[http://cryaotic.tumblr.com/post/92675620424/in-regards-to-a-certain-videogame-sarah defend his actions]], claiming she couldn't survive in the world. Though he doesn't touch on the implications of her [[AmbiguousDisorder disability]], his statement could sound ableist to some people.

* UnfortunateImplications: In The Walking Dead Season 2, Cry left behind Sarah. He went on to try and [[http://cryaotic.tumblr.com/post/92675620424/in-regards-to-a-certain-videogame-sarah defend his actions]], claiming she couldn't survive in the world. Though he doesn't touch on the implications of her [[AmbiguousDisorder disability]], his statement could sound ableistic [[http://bossy-becky.tumblr.com/post/92919797497/today-i-learned-i-dont-like-cryaotic to some people]].

* UnfortunateImplications: In The Walking Dead Season 2, Cry left behind Sarah the first chance he got. While that alone is shocking enough, he went on to try and [[http://cryaotic.tumblr.com/post/92675620424/in-regards-to-a-certain-videogame-sarah defend his actions]], claiming she couldn't survive in the world and would drag everyone down. Though he doesn't touch on the implications of her [[AmbiguousDisorder disability]], his statements sound ableistic [[http://bossy-becky.tumblr.com/post/92919797497/today-i-learned-i-dont-like-cryaotic to some people]], especially when you recall how he saved [[TheScrappy Ben]], who's actions unintentionally killed Duck, Katjaa, Carley/Doug, Brie, and drove the group apart.

* HeReallyCanAct: Cry has a gift for voice acting, demonstrated prominently in his [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL100E6F8D8D47702F CryReads]] and LetsPlay of VisualNovel/CorpseParty or general games with high StoryToGameplayRatio.

** He is now providing the voice of The Wizard in the upcoming game Pop-Up Dungeon.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3Rs7TZVLs 'Hey Kid']]. A video that was uploaded at around the same time (day and hour) that his niece was born, welcoming her to the world.

** Cry Reads, mostly ones centered around Creepypasta. As time goes on, he reads it in a hushed monotone, and eventually leans more towards reading it in the perceived tone of the narrator at the time of writing. As a result, the readings go from dramatic, to chilling, to convincingly terrifying.

* NightmareFuel: Watching Cry break down in SCP-087 can be terrifying, especially when you consider how casual he gets towards horror games right before it.

** Cry Reads, mostly ones centered around Creepypasta. As time goes on, he reads it in a hushed monotone, and eventually leans more towards reading it in the perceived tone of the narrator at the time of writing. As a result, the readings go from dramatic, to chilling, to convincingly terrifying.
* {{Tearjerker}}: There are a few moments where Cry lives up to his nickname, so to speak. There are several scenes in ToTheMoon where he gets noticeably choked up, but many people think that the saddest part was the ending of Part 11 - specifically, [[spoiler:the scene where River is removed, and the flashback that follows it]]. Before the the scene starts, he can't seem to do anything else but plead with the game for River to be alright. Once the scene begins, his voice is shaking so badly he can barely read the little amount of dialogue there is. Throughout the flashback, you can hear him sobbing quietly. Arguably, what's worse is that he doesn't take time to regain his composure after the scene-and the video-end. In the next part, you can tell that he's still crying a little. Cry's videos are an example of how sometimes, having commentary over a game doesn't detract from its emotional impact, and in rare occasions, can add to it.
** The last ten minutes of the finale to {{Ib}} is noteworthy. It all starts when Cry is forced to [[spoiler: give Garry's rose To Mary in return for Ib's rose]]. While this is happening, Cry desperately pleads for Gary to not go through with it and tries his absolute best to get Ib to communicate that to him. When Garry does go through with it, Cry gets ''very'' upset and apologizes profusely to Garry to the point of tears. It only gets worse when [[spoiler: Mary kills Garry]]. Cry then becomes silent for a good while and then swears to kill [[spoiler: Mary]]. Sadly, Cry is on the path to the worst ending and is forced to watch [[spoiler:Mary]] get off scotch free ''and'' have Ib befriend her. This all goes down with Cry ''seething'' in anger and sadness. At the very end, Cry simply says "[[TranquilFury I'm just gonna go now and just... I'm just gonna go now.]]" as the video fades to black. The kicker of course is that [[TearJerker Cry left thinking that that was the only ending.]] Watching Cry get so engrossed in the game and then get denied a happy ending in place of the worst one while the viewer knows that there are better endings is just soul-crushing.
** Cry's LP of the VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}} custom story ''A Visit To Katherine.'' He talks to himself as he goes about discovering the recordings Katherine has left for the player-character, expressing delight in the knowledge that she's apparently the player's wife, that it's their anniversary today...and then he finds out Katherine is an IllGirl. As he finds recordings of Katherine saying she hates for her husband to see her reduced to the state she's in, Cry says that he's sure he'd love Katherine "even if you vomited all over yourself." ''Then'' he finds out [[spoiler: the player-character wakes with amnesia every morning, having developed this before Katherine's own illness got worse]] and he slowly starts to break down...And ''finally'' he finds the recording revealing that [[spoiler: Katherine died of her illness prior to the game, and this is her last goodbye to the player. Cry finds the player-character in front of Katherine's grave]] and is just...speechless. When he finally does say something, all it is is a quiet, despaired [[LittleNo "Oh no..."]]
** In his Let's Play of TheLastOfUs, Cry gets ''very'' upset when it appears that [[spoiler: Joel has died, and Ellie is left on her own,]] during the start of the 'Winter' chapter. At a few points (including during the cutscene leading up to said chapter) it sounds as if he's on the edge of tears, and for several minutes can only splutter in anguished disbelief.
** During is ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' LP he fails to kill [[spoiler: The Stranger. After Clementine kills The Stranger for him]] all he can manage is a gasp while saying her name softly.
*** When the ending comes along you can clearly hear him crying in the background the whole time. When it looks like [[spoiler: Clementine might stay behind with Lee who is soon going to reanimate as a zombie ]] he begs her to go.
--> '''Cry:''' Clem, you got to go. '''Clem you got to go!'''...Please. Please go... (breaks down)
** His reaction the True End of TheWitchsHouse, especially when he cheers when 'Viola' stabs the Witch and calls her a {{Badass}} and laughs at the Witch, only for his narration to get slower and more drawn out as the truth is realised. [[spoiler: He can barely bring himself to say the [[WhamLine line "You gave it to me in the first place. Why should I have to give it back? Right, Viola?"]].]] He only manages to narrate everything following that line in a half-dead tone.
** This doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming in ''Cry Plays: VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' 's descirption, considering a lot of fans think Cry would be a great father giving his caring and protective nature to [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead Clem]], [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs Ellie]] and [[VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Elizabeth]].
-->" ''When I have a kid, I really, really hope I keep the passion I have in me now and direct it towards raising him or her. I don't want to fail them. I want to make sure I am always there for them when they need me, but give them space to grow as they wish. I don't want to mold them into my own image, I want them to branch out and become someone truly unique, but if that fucker gets outta line you bet your ass I'll bring out the discipline axe.''

-->''I just fear fucking up. I fear that when the time does come, I'll choke and I'll shy away from them. I don't want to do that. [[HandsOffParenting I don't want to be that parent who is too passive to even spend a moment with their child]]. I want to do it right. No matter how much I'd have to sacrifice.'' "

-->" ''When I have a kid, I really, really hope I keep the passion I have in me now and direct it towards raising him or her. I don't want to fail them. I want to make sure I am always there for them when they need me, but give them space to grow as they wish. I don't want to mold them into my own image, I want them to branch out and become someone truly unique, but if that fucker gets outta line you bet your ass I'll bring out the discipline axe.

I just fear fucking up. I fear that when the time does come, I'll choke and I'll shy away from them. I don't want to do that. I don't want to be that parent who is too passive to even spend a moment with their child. I want to do it right. No matter how much I'd have to sacrifice.'' "

** His reaction the True End of TheWitchsHouse, especially when he cheers when 'Viola' stabs the Witch and calls her a {{Badass}} and laughs at the Witch, only for his narration to get slower and more drawn out as the truth is realised. [[spoiler: He can barely bring himself to say the [[WhamLine line "You gave it to me in the first place. Why should I have to give it back? Right, Viola?"]].]] He only manages to narrate everything following that line in a half-dead tone.