History YMMV / TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO

--> '''Dark Queen:''' "Oh you're right, it does taste like chicken."

** "The Carpet is Lava" is easily the duo's most controversial song, being entirely about [[DomesticAbuse a husband and his friends abusing his wife]], PlayedForLaughs. It's either [[CrossesTheLineTwice a hilarious shock comedy that's so overly brutal that it's funny]], or simply so brutal that it's just genuinely misogynistic and uncomfortable. To a lesser, if still very contentious degree, the duo has several lines easily seen as [[HeManWomanHater blatant sexism]] in their discography (such as [[StayInTheKitchen Roll's appearance]] in "Mega Man 2" and the beatdown against the Dark Queen in "Battletoads") that remain fought over by fans as to whether they're tasteless [[BlackComedy in a funny way]] or tasteless [[DudeNotFunny in an offensive way]].

* FriendlyFandoms: There's a significant fan overlap with Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, another artist who got specialized and got popular on [=YouTube=] making WithLyrics songs of Nintendo games, many of which were also shared by Duane and [=BrandO=]. It really helps that the two also shared in a similar sense of humor (albeit with Brentalfloss seen as the slightly cleaner and sillier of the projects), and they were fans of each other themselves -- Brent attended as a SpecialGuest in a few of the duo's live shows, and end up getting a proper featured appearance in "Mario 3".

--->'''Duane''': "It was really nice seeing you this weekend. I'm glad we could put our differences behind us and play MM2 for the fans again! BTW, I really enjoyed your set, and the direction you're taking with your solo work.\\

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://jetire911.deviantart.com/art/Duane-And-Brando-has-Reunited-159223816 This]] [[HarsherInHindsight was]] a meta-example.
** Duane and BrandO performing ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' at A&G Ohio 2011, and the following Facebook posts to each other.
*** Duane: "It was really nice seeing you this weekend. I'm glad we could put our differences behind us and play MM2 for the fans again! BTW, I really enjoyed your set, and the direction you're taking with your solo work."
*** BrandO: "Likewise, man! Had a rockin' time. It was great to see you, and great to see your show is just as high octane as it's always been. Keep kickin' ass, bro, I'm sure we'll see each other around! :)"
** A quote on Duane from facebook explaining the reason for their 2012 reunion: "Because I missed my friend."
** The mere fact that the two were able to reconcile and reunite after some issues that tore both them and their fanbases apart.
* HarsherInHindsight: ''The Carpet Is Lava'' suddenly becomes extremely dark with the revelation that Duane's wife (the woman in the video), according to Brando, slept with a mutual acquaintance of theirs.
* HilariousInHindsight: Behold, [[http://actionadventureworld.com/?page_id=31 The Adventures of Duane and BrandO: An NES Adventure!]]
** In the original and LP of D takes of Guerrilla War, the final line is "I make Duane look like a little bitch! Hey!" In the An NES Adventure take, the final line is "I make Brandon look like a little bitch! No."
** [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Let's do this fucking thing before I just play 3.]]
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Announcing their (really brief) reunion on April Fool's Day 2010, could also be considered a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} due to the timing.
** And the Millipede rap. The ending to it counts as a Funny Moment.
** [=BrandO=]'s Pokemon rap trolled the Website/YouTube community. Counts as a Funny Moment.
* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: Link in ''Zelda 3'' spends a little too much time at the treasure chest game.

* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: In ''A Boy and His Blob'', the Blob keeps running away from the Boy.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire LP of Devastation.
** The Air Man part of the ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' rap is also considered to be one of the best parts of their best song.
** [=BrandO's=] Castlevania 3, and Duane's ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', both released in the same general timeframe, are awesome.
** Duane's Barkley - Shut Up & Jam, provided you listened to it.
** The Shadow Link part of their Zelda 2 song.
** All of ''Mario 3'', but in particular, the Koopa Kids and Dark Land segments.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The video for The Carpet is Lava. Words fail to describe it.
** Some of the comments on their VideoGame/DoubleDragon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCPTb9h2V5s video]] show that people were upset about the use of the N-word and the word "faggot". At one point, Brando disabled the comments because of the reaction.
* GeniusBonus: The personalities of the ghosts in the ''Pac-Man'' song mirror not only their original names, but also their behaviors in the original game. Blinky relentlessly pursues Pac-Man, Pinky and Inky are more strategic (Inky also lives up to his original name, Bashful), and Clyde goes into the lower-left corner sometimes, and was long believed to behave randomly ("I'm gonna go over here right now...").

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''The Carpet Is Lava'' suddenly becomes extremely dark with the revelation that Duane's wife (the woman in the video), according to Brando, slept with a mutual acquaintance of theirs.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[http://jetire911.deviantart.com/art/Duane-And-Brando-has-Reunited-159223816 This]] [[FunnyAneurysmMoment was]] a meta-example.

* {{Jerkass}}: It's better if you don't know the band and simply listen to their music.

* EarWorm: Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
** A most notable Example:
-->'Sup Little Bitches, yo my name is [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]] /\\
And I ain't coming to this place for shits 'n Chuckles. /\\
So take a step back unless ya wanna get Knocked /\\
'Cause I'm a bad mothafucka with some wicked Dreadlocks. /\\
So I'm looking at ya Sonic 'cause ya think that your Fast /\\
But if you go round for round then ya never gonna Last. /\\
'cause ya rhymes are old Bro. I think it's a no Go /\\
[[SelfDeprecation Ya sound kinda shitty like Duane and BrandO.]] /\\
But that's how it goes, so don't get me Pissed. /\\
I got some big ass hands with some spikes on my Fists. /\\
And I fly through the air with the greatest of Ease. /\\
I'm Gonna get a 1-up bustin' up some [=TVs=]. /\\
[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch, Please!]] Put yo ass on disability /\\
then Pimpsmack yo ass. Take away your credibility. /\\
Wait... [[HeelFaceTurn I gotta turn it Around,]] /\\
We gotta find Robotnik and pound his ass to the Ground. /\\
And we're coming for You and we're going straight through /\\
Right to your HQ got my nigga in blue. /\\
And he's fast too. /\\
He is who? /\\
Man I told you. /\\
Get drunk with Sonic and fuck up Robotnik.

* [[StopHelpingMe Start Helping Me!]]: In ''A Boy and His Blob'', the Blob keeps running away from the Boy.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII "Where's my shirt... Can't find it... Where... is... my... shirt..."]]
** The demo of OneWingedAngel, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII with the lyrics "I am Sephiroth/I am awesome/You are not/You are emo/I am goth/Just in case/You forgot/I'm SEPHIROTH/SEPHIROTH".]]
** "[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Yeah, Simon Belmont, bitch! Take that shit! Dracula! FUCKER!]]" The way Duane pronounces "Dracula" and drags out the R at the end of the word "fucker" is priceless.
** [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 The name's Bubble Man and I've got somethin' to]] [[KilledMidSentence sa--]]", and Air Man saying "I'm as useless as Bubble Man" shortly later.
*** In the same song, pretty much everything about Flash Man.
*** Also in the same song (at the very end): "Now get on your knees and cry like a lady ''DEAD''...yer mother"
*** Also from the same song, "I'm coming to get you, you German bastard!"
*** Not from the same song, but instead in the LP of Devastation's version of Zelda 2, if you wait till the very end of the song: "I AM ERROR, I GOT NOTHIN' TO SAY." "Dead."
** "I shit peanuts. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. SHIT. PEANUTS.]]"
** "When all's said and done, I'm not even getting laid..." and everything after that.
** [[PacMan Oh shit it's a ghost! NOOOOooooo...]]
** Although it seems to have disappeared...
-->'''Batman 1''': "I'm Batman."\\
'''Batman 2''': "''I'M'' Batman."\\
'''Batman 1''': "I am the Bat."
** Robotnik. Just...Robotnik.
-->'''Robotnik''': Well, ''HRBLRBLBLBBLLLR'', it's the egg with the most,\\
Doctor Ro''BLRLBR''tnic, Sonic, time to go or you're toast!\\
I ap''PRLBRBRLBR'' in every act with my Eggman ride,\\
New moves, new plan, no place to hi-''BRLRBLBLLBR''!
** Another example from the LP of D version of the same song:
-->'''Sonic''': Don't you know that you look like a fucking walrus?
-->'''Robotnik''': '''[[LargeHam BRLRBLBLLBR!]]'''
-->'''Sonic''': ...That flies...
** [=TheAmazingBrand0=]'s Pokemon rap trolled the Website/YouTube community.
** From the Action Adventure World Vs. The Plasmas' Metal Gear:
--> Snake: Do you see this five o' clock shadow? ''I shaved an hour ago! That's how much more manly I am than you!''
** In Episode 4 of BrandO's Zelda 3 song, during Link's [[MushroomSamba mushroom-induced hallucination sequence]], it quickly cuts back to reality, where Link is repeatedly tripping over himself in the woods while gurgling the Zelda fanfare.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Announcing their (really brief) reunion on April Fool's Day 2010, could also be considered a CrowningMomentOfFunny due to the timing.
** And the Millipede rap. The ending to it counts as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
** [=BrandO=]'s Pokemon rap trolled the Website/YouTube community. Counts as a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://jetire911.deviantart.com/art/Duane-And-Brando-has-Reunited-159223816 This]] [[strike:is]] [[FunnyAneurysmMoment was]] a meta-example.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The entire LP of Devastation.
** The Air Man part of the ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' rap is also considered to be one of the best parts of their best song.
** [=BrandO's=] Castlevania 3, and Duane's ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'', both released in the same general timeframe, are awesome.
** Duane's Barkley - Shut Up & Jam, provided you listened to it.
** The Shadow Link part of their Zelda 2 song.
* EarWorm: Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
** A most notable Example:
-->'Sup Little Bitches, yo my name is [[SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]] /\\
And I ain't coming to this place for shits 'n Chuckles. /\\
So take a step back unless ya wanna get Knocked /\\
'Cause I'm a bad mothafucka with some wicked Dreadlocks. /\\
So I'm looking at ya Sonic 'cause ya think that your Fast /\\
But if you go round for round then ya never gonna Last. /\\
'cause ya rhymes are old Bro. I think it's a no Go /\\
[[SelfDeprecation Ya sound kinda shitty like Duane and BrandO.]] /\\
But that's how it goes, so don't get me Pissed. /\\
I got some big ass hands with some spikes on my Fists. /\\
And I fly through the air with the greatest of Ease. /\\
I'm Gonna get a 1-up bustin' up some [=TVs=]. /\\
[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch, Please!]] Put yo ass on disability /\\
then Pimpsmack yo ass. Take away your credibility. /\\
Wait... [[HeelFaceTurn I gotta turn it Around,]] /\\
We gotta find Robotnik and pound his ass to the Ground. /\\
And we're coming for You and we're going straight through /\\
Right to your HQ got my nigga in blue. /\\
And he's fast too. /\\
He is who? /\\
Man I told you. /\\
Get drunk with Sonic and fuck up Robotnik.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: ''The Carpet Is Lava'' suddenly becomes extremely dark with the revelation that Duane's wife (the woman in the video), according to Brando, slept with a mutual acquaintance of theirs.
* GeniusBonus: The personalities of the ghosts in the ''Pac-Man'' song mirror not only their original names, but also their behaviors in the original game. Blinky relentlessly pursues Pac-Man, Pinky and Inky are more strategic (Inky also lives up to his original name, Bashful), and Clyde goes into the lower-left corner sometimes, and was long believed to behave randomly ("I'm gonna go over here right now...").

* [[StopHelpingMe Start Helping Me]]: In ''A Boy and His Blob'', the Blob keeps running away from the Boy.

** "[[VideoGame/{{Castlevania1986}} Yeah, Simon Belmont, bitch! Take that shit! Dracula! FUCKER!]]" The way Duane pronounces "Dracula" and drags out the R at the end of the word "fucker" is priceless.

* NeedsMoreLove: Well, one of the songs that says the game in question needs more love, specifically: ''[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda 2]]''.

* [[StopHelpingMe Start Helping Me]]: In ''A Boy and His Blob'', the Blob keeps running away from the Boy.

* Jerkass: It's better if you don't know the band and simply listen to their music.
* NeedsMoreLove: Well, one of the songs that says the game in question needs more love, specifically: ''[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda 2]]''.

--> Snake: Dude, you see this five o' clock shadow? ''I shaved an hour ago! That's how much more manly I am than you!''

** Also the video "BrandO Explains It All", telling people the truth about the split (That all implications of BrandO crossing the MoralEventHorizon were made up by Duane himself), and at the end, urging people to not let the truth of Duane's [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkassery]] towards him ruin their enjoyment of his work, and to focus purely on the music. It's saying a lot about the bond they used to have that even though Duane hates BrandO's guts, BrandO still cares for his former friend and doesn't consider DnB an OldShame.
*** Followed by [[http://www.facebook.com/notes/duane-zuwala/this-isnt-an-attack-i-promise-not-one/413916871970544 Duane's response on Facebook]], in which he said that, although he disagreed with BrandO's video, he didn't care, as he could tell that BrandO was being very [[SincerityMode sincere]] in his video, and even admitting that he told the truth, even if he left out a few things. He talked about how hearing BrandO call him his best friend for the first time ever made him feel good, and all he wanted out of Brando was an apology. The title of his response even insists that [[SincerityMode he was not intending to attack BrandO with this post]].