| 1 | %%Joel's channel hijacker from 2015 should not be considered a "character" for this page; it's a can of worms that doesn't need to be opened up anymore. |
| 2 | %%The 2021 controversies between Vinny and former streamer [=GeePM=] should not be mentioned in the character page until further notice. This includes [=GPM's=] full-on retirement from streaming. |
| 3 | The various Vinesauce streamers, the streamers' associates, and characters from within the streams. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:Vinesauce streams with their own pages]] |
| 6 | * Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLife[[note]]Includes Vinny himself (when he's streaming that game), Miis based on characters listed in the in-universe section of this page, and Southbird (in his edited versions)[[/note]] |
| 7 | * Characters/MayorVine |
| 8 | * Characters/VinesauceMiitopia |
| 9 | * Characters/MemeHouse |
| 10 | * Characters/TheTownOfNowhere |
| 11 | [[/folder]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | !Current Streamers |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 16 | |
| 17 | [[folder:Multiple Streamers]] |
| 18 | %%Can someone find a group photo or something? Searched around and didn't find any. |
| 19 | * FamilyOfChoice: |
| 20 | ** Vinny mentions how much they mean to him in [[https://youtu.be/IjyFSd-om6s the end]] of a stream. |
| 21 | ** Jen even calls the team 'Vinefam'. |
| 22 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Justified as they live all over the world, though they sometimes meet at conventions. However, according to Imakuni she and Vinny hang out together sometimes. |
| 23 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: Admittedly they have creatures they're afraid of but they all tend to be fond of animals. Multiple streamers also have {{Animal Motif}}s, which sometimes show up in their avatars and/or their username (Pelikuni, Direboar, and Hootey in particular). |
| 24 | * MultinationalTeam: While most streamers are American and all streamers primarily stream in English (the non-English-language streams primarily being Joel's Swedish-language AprilFoolsDay streams), Darren (who's Irish), Limes (who's English), and Gingers (who's Welsh) come from Anglophone countries other than the United States, while Joel (who's Swedish) comes from a country whose primary language isn't English but contains many fluent non-native speakers. In addition to the streamers themselves, Vinesauce associate Demengineerz is Canadian. |
| 25 | [[/folder]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:Vinny (Vinesauce)]] |
| 28 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vinesauce.png]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | The man you all know and love. He's infamous for his various game corruptions and is also part of the band Music/RedVox, whose music is available on Vinny's [=YouTube=] channel and [[http://vine.bandcamp.com/ on Bandcamp]]. He's the first member of the Vinesauce Crew. He usually doesn't show his face while playing, but he does so occasionally. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | For tropes related to him during his ''Tomodachi Life'' streams, see the main character page for those streams. |
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| 34 | |
| 35 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Parodied during his 2015 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest. [[spoiler:He's the final boss of level #20, "Imakuni Adventure" by Metasight. At the end, it turned out that Jen was missing because he captured her and he ends up fighting Imakuni as part of an "intervention" he was staging for nuggie obsession the two have. He throws slices of pizza as an attack and since his attack pattern is based on Birdo's, he can be attacked by throwing the pizza back at him.]] |
| 36 | * {{Angrish}}: He ''very'' frequently devolves into this when he loses. Even more so when losing multiple times in a row. Fans have described his particular brand of angrish as a bastardized version of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's voice. It's affectionately referred to as "beps" by him and the collective viewers from time to time. |
| 37 | * AnimalMotifs: He's associated with ducks and admitted during a stream of ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'' that he has a fondness for them, as well as commenting that an animated GIF he was once linked to before a ''Majora's Mask 3D'' stream, which showed a large group of mallards walking, was either a dream come true or his worst nightmare. He was even hesitant to kill a duck when hunting in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. |
| 38 | * BadImpressionists: Compared to his usually good impressions, his bad ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Flintstones]]'' voices leave him laughing, as seen [[https://youtu.be/CPDPuhmqoBM here]]. |
| 39 | * BerserkButton: |
| 40 | ** During a stream of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', he expressed annoyance at the phrase "infringing content" and other people's overuse of the word "epic". "Epic infringement" has become sort of a catchphrase of his since then. |
| 41 | ** He isn't fond of memes, particularly ones that have overstayed their welcome, though he did say after his 13th ''Ocarina of Time 3D'' stream that he believes that references are good in moderation, and that overreacting toward things that are considered memes just because they've been repeated a bit isn't good either (such as when he once referred to Bub Skebulba several times and people assumed he was referencing a meme). Jen also isn't fond of overused memes. |
| 42 | ** He can get ''very'' upset when chat starts making references to Joel's streams, mostly because such chat members seem to be oblivious to them being different people. He's especially tired of people who joke that Vinny and Joel are the same person, because it just makes the people who already think that believe it more. ''7 Grand Dad'' in particular, especially when it's included in Vinesauce fan content aimed at Vinny, because it wasn't a game Vinny ever played. |
| 43 | ** He hates geese and made a video expressing his hatred for them. However, he likes ducks and considers Scoot to be one of his favorite ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' characters. |
| 44 | ** He's mentioned severe irritation from a few frequent Website/YouTube sponsors who continue to contact him despite declining their offers. In particular, ones who don't read the contact page before sending an email and say something listed there that will automatically have the email deleted without response. The worst of these is ''VideoGame/RaidShadowLegends'', who infamously will sponsor just about anyone; they contact him about once a week and it's obvious they just click the first email link available since they don't even get his name right (calling him "John Vinesauce", "John Fullsauce", or "Joel" in the header). |
| 45 | ** He hates bad pizzas, even dedicating [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-2YZiZCjo an entire stream]] for "Awful Pizza Reviews". When he's not snarking at pizzas with weird ingredients PlayedForLaughs (or, as he puts them, "comedy pizzas"), he sounds almost distressed at some of the pizzas he reviews, with the one shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e5gTx1fVU4 "Mestre da pizza"]] being a particular sore point for him. |
| 46 | ** While Vinny is an avid ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan he has nothing nice to say about the shows released on Creator/ParamountPlus, with ''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks Lower Decks]]'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]]'', which he sees as a cookie-cutter AnimatedShockComedy and an insult to the legacy of ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' respectively, recieving the most ire. |
| 47 | * BigNo: |
| 48 | ** Part of what he said when he freaked out when a mosquito landed on him during the 2015 ''Super Mario Bros. X'' contest. |
| 49 | ** Half a decade later, he let out another impressive and far more anguished one when seeing a scene where Stu and Dee-Dee Pickles engage in [[GroinAttack erotic ballbusting]] during a ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' parody game in ''VideoGame/{{Dreams}}''. |
| 50 | * BigWhat: Vinny's bread and butter, especially during corruption streams. |
| 51 | * BlackSpeech: Has a knack for being able to produce [[TheUnpronounceable eldritch, seemingly inhuman gibberish]] at will (some examples [[http://clips.twitch.tv/CuriousSuccessfulJuicePanicVis here]], [[https://clips.twitch.tv/JoyousCogentBadgerCopyThis here]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUOOkB-AIq8 here]]), often nicknamed "raptor" sounds. |
| 52 | * BuffySpeak: He's sometimes prone to doing this, as he mentions a "Red Flesh Set" when describing a heavily NSFW scene from Series/TheBoys. |
| 53 | * ButtMonkey: Every multiplayer tournament of ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' will inevitably have him struggling just to keep up with the other players. |
| 54 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 55 | ** He has a tendency to say "good" at seemingly random times. |
| 56 | ** Responding to horrific, bizarre, or utterly inexplicable events or glitches in the games he's playing with a [[DullSurprise completely monotone]] "OK." |
| 57 | ** He has a habit of preceding sentences with "guys" or "chat" when addressing his viewers. |
| 58 | ** Tends to respond to viewers by calling them "chat member" because he just skims and answers when he sees it rather than checking the names. When a few chat members asked him why he doesn't specify the usernames, he addressed them by name only to find 4 in a row had lewd or intentionally offensive names. |
| 59 | ---> '''Vinny:''' You know, with a name like that, you don't deserve to be addressed personally. Everyone is "chat member" now. |
| 60 | ** "That's beans" is something he sometimes says toward things that frustrate him, and references to beans in general stem from when a friend of his was at a movie theater watching ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre1974'' and someone was being loud and obnoxious, repeatedly wondering out loud whether the movie used real footage and eventually saying "Is that beans!?" when beans appeared on a table in the movie, with the incident in question (particularly the part about beans) becoming an in-joke among Vinny and his friends. |
| 61 | ** He jokingly attempted to popularize "That's werewolves" as a frustrated expression (similar to "That's beans") in early 2015, with mixed reactions from viewers. |
| 62 | ** "Epic infringement" ended up becoming one after he noted a dislike of a combination of other people's overuse of the word "epic" and the phrase "infringing content" in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'''s terms of use (he was streaming the game in question at the time). |
| 63 | ** He once noted that he tends to say "whoops" a lot. |
| 64 | ** He tends to refer to tricks as "japes" quite a bit. |
| 65 | ** Anything low quality or glitchy is referred to as "crust". Sometimes in an affectionate manner, even. |
| 66 | ** Emits a {{deadpan|snarker}} "I hate it" when he doesn't like the game he's playing or aspect of it that he's currently experiencing. |
| 67 | ** He often says "fucking hell" (which he attributes to British influence during a stream of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess HD'') when frustrated, though to a lesser extent than Joel. |
| 68 | ** He often says "eat a dick" in response to things that frustrate him in games, at one point joking that telling Trill from ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD'' to eat a dick made the day that stream occurred unforgettable. |
| 69 | ** He often says "You what?" in a Creator/KarlPilkington-like voice when baffled by something. He often changes this to "You what mate?" or "You fucking what?" for added emphasis. |
| 70 | ** As "RP Guy", he has a few: |
| 71 | *** [[SpectacularSpinning "SPEEN!"]] |
| 72 | *** "Booti blease!" (shortened from "Booti, blease blae [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 DMC2!"]]) |
| 73 | *** "Do you want to ARRRRGH PEE!?" |
| 74 | *** "YOU WANT TO SUCK THIS COCK '''CLEEEEEEEN!!!!!'''" |
| 75 | *** "WUT MUST I DOO?!," based off a comment made in jest about it being a 'meme' and frequently said afterwards. |
| 76 | ** "Ya know" gets thrown into a lot of his sentences. Lampshaded during his stream of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing New Horizons'' when one of his villagers, Diva, had that as ''her'' catchphrase. Chat had fun poking fun at him for it, which wasn't helped by the fact that he said it even more than normal likely because of Diva. |
| 77 | ** "WHATDOYOUMEAN?!" tends to slip out whenver he's sufficiently surprised by something. |
| 78 | ** "Who's the big meat now, motherfucker?" is used when beating a hard boss. |
| 79 | ** "This can't be real!" comes up a ''lot'' during Commercial Chaos streams. |
| 80 | * ComicalOverreacting: He often plays up his reaction to various events in his streams, such as if corruptions produce particularly bizarre results (such as when the usual ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' startup sound was replaced with a loud "BOING!") or when a mosquito landed on him during his 2015 ''Super Mario Bros. X'' contest. |
| 81 | * ComicBookFantasyCasting: During his ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' playthrough Vinny's IRL resemblance to Leon Kennedy was a recurring joke, to the point that a mod that [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Vinesauce/comments/95q5bb/vinesaucered_vox_texture_mod_for_resident_evil_4/ replaces Leon]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Vinesauce/comments/95cb62/red_voxvinny_texture_pack_for_leon_resident_evil_4/ with Vinny]] was made. Eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI_arxXJXKA a Vinesauce mod]] for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' was also made that does the same and much more. In 2022 he also made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4T7YyTcHz4 video]] where he cosplayed Leon directly on-camera. |
| 82 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: In [[https://youtu.be/GRwCRT9Xp30?si=0klRLJH26KWJaqME Art Corner #333]], a piece of fan art of him had him serving hot dogs and he kept asking why he was serving hot dogs, completely ignoring the fact that he was drawn wearing a NakedApron. |
| 83 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Vinny's charity incentives are basically a roundabout means of doing things he ''really'' doesn't want to do. For 2020, one of the incentives was "watching anime" - said anime [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBSa993rPxU turned out]] to be ''Anime/{{Akira}}''. Although Vinny enjoyed it for the most part, he was still hesitant to even give ''AKIRA'' a shot since the "anime" he's used to are weird and/or [[{{Fanservice}} lewd]] Japanese mobile games on his Sunday streams. Joel later made fun of this shortly after the charity, saying watching ''AKIRA'' wasn't much of a punishment at all. |
| 84 | * {{Cuckoosnarker}}: He's nothing if not sarcastic, but even then, he's still pretty eccentric. This is a man who came up with "klump-skumping", "bunny-whomping" and "bone-blowing" as the names of fake VideoGame/CounterStrike techniques during his [[https://youtu.be/WS2BLRoNvQU?t=679 Hazardous Course]] playthrough, after all. |
| 85 | * DeadpanSnarker: Likes to crack quite a few quips. |
| 86 | * DecoyProtagonist: He's beaten by [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando]] in Vinewrestle 2016, despite Joel and GPM speculating that he might have some relation to the Joestar lineage. (Joel figures he served as [[spoiler:Jonathan]].) |
| 87 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: Is not a very big fan of canned pasta, especially Spaghetti-O's. He also doesn't like pineapple on pizza. |
| 88 | * DullSurprise: His primary reaction to whatever weirdness comes out of his corruptions. |
| 89 | * EnmityWithAnObject: |
| 90 | ** A CD taped to a Platform/GameBoy with a controller a fan gifted him. He spent some of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJmtp26d8fs NY Desucon 2016]] trying to give it back. |
| 91 | ** Probably not as serious but when he received a ''Film/{{Ted}}'' toy as a prize at a wheel at the same con, was he quick to give it away as a prize to a {{cosplay}}er who walked by even though he probably could've kept it as a birthday or Christmas present for someone, showing that he didn't want to bring it home. |
| 92 | * {{Fanboy}}: He has a known obsession with Creator/GordonRamsay, Creator/KarlPilkington, and ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. He used to be an aggressive Creator/{{Nintendo}} fanboy; he is ashamed of this these days and he still loves Nintendo, but he no longer wishes death upon those who aren't fans. He also apparently researches ''Film/BladeRunner'' a lot. |
| 93 | * FandomRivalry: InUniverse he hates ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'' games just because, but in actuality it's because of its rivalry with his childhood favorite, the ''Mario'' series. He also loves exploring (a prominent feature of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', which competed directly with the 16-bit ''Sonic'' games) so they're too fast for him. However, he does admit that the good Sonic games do what they're supposed to do well. |
| 94 | * ForScience: Apparently why he used the revolver in ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive''. |
| 95 | * ForgetfulJones: Much like his friend Jabroni Mike below, he tends to forget things chat members have told him minutes prior. He also has a tendency to forget how to play a game if he hasn't played it for a few days. Vinny's poor memory has led to him often comparing it to the memory of various low intelligence animals over the years, such as sunfish. |
| 96 | * TheFundamentalist: One of the few things Vinny ever brings up about his family is that they gave him a strict religious childhood. This topic is likely to come up when he's playing a game with a lot of religious imagery, such as ''VideoGame/{{Faith}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Blasphemous}}''. |
| 97 | * GagPenis: Not his own. A fan sent him two red dildos to celebrate the creation of Red Vox. Vinny then jokingly uses them as motion controls in camera controlled games before putting them away to avoid getting banned. He once joked that he plays drums with the same dildos when ''Miitomo'' asked him what he does to vent frustration; while he didn't stream that, Fred did and this came up during one of Fred's streams of it. |
| 98 | * TheGamblingAddict: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. He's not into gambling with real money, but by his own admission will look like this trope with anything involving fake currency. His playthrough of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67K_LMIeDWU The Coin Game]]'', a boardwalk arcade simulator, shows a lot of this in action. |
| 99 | -->'''Vinny:''' ''(while winning hundreds of tickets at once)'' YEAH, DOPAMINE HIT! |
| 100 | * {{GIRL}}: Parodied. He once played Counter Strike and a girl joined. The other guys gave her an {{Unwanted|Harem}}(?) [[UnwantedHarem Harem]], [[ApologeticAttacker apologized each time they killed her]] in-game, one even bought expensive DLC for her. So Vinny wrote in the chat he was a ''grill'' too and wanted free stuff. When they asked him "what kind" did he answer "The type that fries hot dogs, hamburgers, and stuff." This was to show how tired he's of guys treating women as if they were anything less. |
| 101 | * HeroesLoveDogs: The "[[OncePerEpisode quota]]" meme (where there's a high chance the protagonist will kill/injure at least one dog per game if not per stream, especially by accident) is centered around invoking this trope as well as the BlackComedy that comes from how upset it makes Vinny because of his real-life love of dogs. |
| 102 | * TheHyena: When Vinny truly, utterly loses it, chances are he's going to be laughing like this, most likely followed by him being ashamed about said laugh. |
| 103 | * IconicItem: He frequently wears a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' ? Block cap to conventions, and he's frequently drawn wearing it in art he shows during streams. His association with the hat led him to choose a ? Block avatar on his Platform/NintendoSwitch. He actually has two of them. The first one that he used to wear hurt to wear, so some fans sent him a custom made one. |
| 104 | * ImmuneToJumpScares: Vinny rarely, if ever, gets startled by jump scares. In fact he usually finds them annoying. |
| 105 | * InformedDeformity: |
| 106 | ** Fans like to joke about him having incredibly tiny hands, though his hands are obviously the same size as those of anyone else his age and size.[[labelnote:Origin]]This originated from one of Jen's streams (she once talked about [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Vinny's hands touching her baby-smooth bottom]] and a viewer misheard her as saying Vinny had "baby hands"). Adding to this is the fact that [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/974584-vinesauce a picture]] exists of Vinny holding his Rickenbacker that makes his hands look small by comparison.[[/labelnote]] |
| 107 | ** So-called "yam brain", when his sleep deprivation starts to get to him at around 4 AM (which looks like the word "Yam" in some typefaces). Described as his "brain going smooth" as his coordination, observation, and problem solving skills are go down the drain. Sometimes happens even when he's not particularly tired, or sometimes ''doesn't'' happen despite having trouble staying awake. |
| 108 | * InSeriesNickname: |
| 109 | ** Voobo ended up as one, particularly after he gave that name to a botched Mii (based on a drawing of him) from his "Shitty Miis" stream. |
| 110 | ** Binyot, said in a strange European accent, has become one. It's usually accompanied by him saying that people want him to play "schüt" games instead of "babby" games. |
| 111 | ** "Booti", a further bastardization of the above that became popular after his ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' playthroughs. |
| 112 | * InsistentTerminology: |
| 113 | ** Vinny does not get frustrated. He gets ''salty''. |
| 114 | ** He also refers to his viewers as "you guys" rather than "fans". |
| 115 | ** As of late, Vinny tends to refer to emulators as "legit, overclocked" versions (or some variation thereof) of the systems being emulated, largely due to several other Twitch streamers running into [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil legal trouble]] for being vocal about their own use of unofficial emulators to play retro games. He also tends to facetiously brush off features such as [[SaveScumming save states]] and rewinding as being additional perks of these so-called "legit" systems. |
| 116 | * ItaliansTalkWithHands: |
| 117 | ** The "[=vineTalian=]" emote directly references this; incidentally, it emerged around the time when this trope became a wider internet meme. |
| 118 | ** Some [=YouTube=] commenters have noted that Vinny actually ''does'' "talk with his hands" during some of his virtual reality streams. |
| 119 | * LamePunReaction: Rather prone to puns, often to the dismay of chat. |
| 120 | * LargeHam: Although he's usually very mellow, he isn't shy from hamming it up when the situation calls for it. |
| 121 | * TheLeader: Founder and lead streamer of Vinesauce. |
| 122 | * {{Leitmotif}}: In Vinewrestle 2017, his theme was Bob-Omb Battlefield on the kazoo. |
| 123 | * {{Manchild}}: Frequently describes himself as one, and fans like to characterize him as such as well, in both cases due to some of the sillier antics he pulls off on-stream. He'll often bring up this trope when his crude sense of humor forces him to bring it up, such as when ToiletHumor gets him to laugh, or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYBGapg8Quo&t=1233s when he re-dubs a game]]. |
| 124 | -->'''Vinny:''' This is a 33-year-old man playing baby games and screaming. Enjoy. |
| 125 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: |
| 126 | ** He does some pretty spot-on impressions, including those of Mario and Luigi (as they sounded in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'', though he and fans tend to mischaracterize the voices as coming from ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''), Toad, [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Pee-wee Herman]], Creator/GordonRamsay, Creator/KarlPilkington, WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty, and more. During a stream of ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D'' he used a Shaquille O'Neal impression when doing a skit involving O'Neal speaking with a representative of the [=AriZona=] Beverage Company to discuss the creation of their Soda Shaq drink, which Vinny did because he thought it was absurd that a company known for tea and fruit drinks was making cream soda (he said during that segment that he actually liked the drink; it's the ''concept'' he found ridiculous). He can also do an impression of an angry Creator/StephenMerchant (he isn't fond of his ability to do so in other tones), and he discovered that wearing his voice out at PAX East in 2015 didn't prevent him from being able to do an impression of Creator/ChristopherWalken, even semi-jokingly saying that said Walken impression sounded better than the way his voice actually sounded at the time and cracking himself up doing so. |
| 127 | ** He provides the voices for some of the characters he came up with, like Ralph (his ''VideoGame/SecondLife'' character) and Tucker (a recurring character who parodies those who blindly engage in hero worship, with Tucker doing this with Vinny specifically). |
| 128 | * MasterOfNone: |
| 129 | ** Describes himself as this for video games in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/YookaLayleeAndTheImpossibleLair'', when explaining why he's so bad at the games he plays (from the perspective of his viewers): |
| 130 | --->"I play so many different types of games... and I don't stick to one specific genre. And I am never really all that proficient at any one thing, and part of it is because I bounce around so much. That's my defense of myself and my skill, but it really is just easier to say I'm bad at video games than make excuses..." |
| 131 | ** He [[https://youtu.be/-OuMmRw3UiM?t=2207 lampshaded this again]] in one of his ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWarzone'' streams right after he fails to trickshot a heli out of the air, but he puts a more positive spin on the criticism this time around: |
| 132 | --->'''Vinny:''' You know what's cool, though? I'm bad at video games, but people still like my streams. If I was good at video games, I wonder if people would leave. I wonder if I just have the opposite effect, I dunno.\ |
| 133 | '''Dave:''' Would you even be you at that point?\ |
| 134 | '''Vinny:''' No, I'd be like... "[=KillFeast420=]". |
| 135 | * MeaningfulName: Vincent means "conqueror," a name fitting a quite famous streamer. |
| 136 | * NervesOfSteel: Not a big fan of horror games as he doesn't find many of them even remotely scary (and therefore boring to play and stream). He'll usually respond to such games with his usual snarking or DullSurprise. The few times he does get scared typically involve games which venture away from the cliches of the genre, including ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'', ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'', ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'', and the Toppins Monsters in ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', and even then, he'll get over it once he becomes familiar with the formula. |
| 137 | * TheNicknamer: |
| 138 | ** Has a tendency of giving weird, long, nonsensical nicknames if he's unsure how to pronounce their name or just for the heck of it. Often sounds like he has slammed his head on the keyboard and reads them, because how else can he remember them? |
| 139 | ** Some of his {{Accidental Misnaming}}s become nicknames after he's corrected, such as how he originally mistakenly referred to Mutoh (the head carpenter) from ''Majora's Mask'' as the mayor and in later streams he would jokingly say that Mutoh will always be ''his'' mayor (this was inspired by fan-made comic strip depicting Link saying this after being told by Mutoh that he isn't the mayor). |
| 140 | * TheNightOwl: Although he ostensibly doesn't have a fixed streaming schedule, he frequently starts streaming between 11 PM and 1 AM EST (his local time), often stopping around 3:30 AM EST (discounting the art segments, which usually take up an extra half-hour or so). If he manages to start a stream before nightfall, he'll claim to be "early" on Website/{{Twitch}} notification emails. Sometimes gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when he actually ''does'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness actually start streaming early]], like his with his [[https://youtu.be/trKfmCQNnAE?t=723 first stream]] of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2''. After taking a seven month hiatus from his daily Twitch streaming in April 2021, Vinny decided to only upload [=VODs=] onto [=YouTube=] and Twitch at his leisure during that stretch of time rather than stream (with the exception of live charity events), partly to alleviate this problem. After the hiatus, he typically streams around 9 pm EST, and around 12 pm for early streams. |
| 141 | -->'''Website/{{Twitch}} chat:''' vinny y in gods name are u live at a sensible time in europe\ |
| 142 | '''Vinny:''' Well, I'm taking the night off, and I'm also excited to play this, so I'm here. Which means some of you will have seen me for the very first time ''ever'', and you are now aware [[ActuallyNotAVampire I'm not a vampire]], I exist in the daylight as well. |
| 143 | * NinetiesHair: Vinny is known for his curtained style of hair, which has led to numerous jokes over the years about his resemblance to Leon Kennedy from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and James Sunderland from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' which he acknowledged when their remakes were announced within days of each other. |
| 144 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He's normally very averse towards {{fanservice}} and {{Romance Sidequest}}s in media, and regularly accosts Chat for acting thirsty towards damn near every female character in a video game. On the other hand, Vinny spends a lot of time focusing on Angela's ass when she dons her {{stripperific}} Magus outfit in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana''. He also gets excited during ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' when Tifa lands on top of Cloud and jumps at the chance to select the dialogue option he thinks will give her the most appealing outfit. |
| 145 | * NotSoStoic: While he's generally a laid-back person, the funniest moments come when he is genuinely surprised or anything else that makes him lose his composure. On a more heartwarming note, he was barely able to contain his joy when [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo]] was revealed for Smash, his voice trembling as he's trying to come to terms with the reveal as you can almost hear that he's crying tears of joy over the reveal. |
| 146 | * OlderThanTheyLook: On the relatively rare occasions where he appears on camera, he typically receives comments about looking much younger than someone in his late thirties. A running gag is that the reason is because he's a literal BasementDweller and is thus shielded from the sun's aging rays. |
| 147 | * OnlyOneName: He's only known as Vinny, or occasionally 'Vin', though his real name is Vincent. He doesn't disclose his last name, so most places refer to him as "Vinny Vinesauce" in full. Even on a brief CNN [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=551CRcASqJA television appearance]], he's only referred to as "Vinny Vinesauce" by the newscaster. |
| 148 | * {{Opera}}: Parodied with [[https://youtu.be/2cPK_lTXPFU his Italian opera]]. It's more impressive than you'd think. |
| 149 | -->''"Go fuck yourselfo~!"'' |
| 150 | * PerpetualFrowner: Notoriously dour-looking in real life, to the point that he's been mistaken for more upset than he is at conventions. That his [[https://twitter.com/liretro/status/1115721584818438144 default expression]] resembles a ThousandYardStare has been a rich source of humor and good-natured ribbing over the years. |
| 151 | * PerverseSexualLust: PlayedForLaughs. He portrays his obsession with Scoot as a StalkerWithACrush, including making a StalkerShrine dedicated to Scoot in his game, complete with [[MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration a box of tissues]]. Revisited in ''New Horizons'' where he instead has a Scoot Observation System, claiming to use hidden cameras so he can see where Scoot is at any time with his wall-of-monitors wallpaper. And still has a box of tissues. |
| 152 | * PhraseCatcher: Despite his usual dislike for memes, especially ones that overstay their welcome, he has on occasion made running jokes that continue well past the end of the game they originate from. Besides that, he uses "crust" and "japes" in roughly half his streams. "Piss" gets used in almost any grammatical text possible when appropriate. See Catchphrase above for more examples. |
| 153 | * PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: Defied. He doesn't tell viewers to give his videos "like" ratings and/or subscribe to his channels on [=YouTube=] and calls others out for doing this when other people's videos are shown during a stream, though his videos still contain subscription links for those interested. He also said during an ''Ocarina of Time 3D'' stream that he doesn't care if viewers use an ad blocker, as he cares more about viewers' enjoyment of the content itself. He says in multiple streams that while he appreciates Twitch subscriptions, he doesn't want to pressure viewers into giving them and prefers to avoid specifically mentioning when he receives them and who he receives them from. |
| 154 | * RougeAnglesOfSatin: He streams Platform/Nintendo3DS games using a modded first-generation system and its small screen often leads him to mistype things. For example, Vinny thought Makuhita looked like a trash bag when he found one in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Pokémon Moon]]'' and wanted to give it a nickname inspired by this, but he ended up typing "Traahbag" instead. |
| 155 | * SadClown: Played for laughs. A running gag is that his sillier, more lighthearted fare is a means of coping with all the salt and soul-crushing agony of playing so many terrible games for his Sunday streams. It bleeds over to the rare times where he shows his face onscreen or in real life, since he's usually doing or watching something strange and harmful for the audience's amusement, usually coupled with a very depressed expression. On a more serious note, Vinny has also mentioned being this in earnest during tough times in his life, and described himself as having been severely depressed during the first few years of Vinesauce before his mental health started improving around 2015. |
| 156 | * SanitySlippage: In his February 4, 2024 stream involving various "Mario.exe" fangames, he was doing pretty fine until he got to ''VideoGame/Mario85''. His constant failures get to him to the point where, after seeing Mark's monstrous form and dying to him, he devolves into gagging and goose noises. He ultimately resorts to spitting out random things the more he loses, especially after he completely misses the exit pipe at the end, until he ''finally'' wins. |
| 157 | * SelfDeprecation: |
| 158 | ** His name is often set to something self-deprecating on Twitter (such as "Vinesux" and "Vinescrub"). He calls himself "Vineslime" during one stream. |
| 159 | ** During his final ''Ocarina of Time 3D'' stream, he claimed that people don't watch his streams for his gaming skills (this happened when he was having trouble with a room in the Forest section of Ganon's Castle). He once again claimed he isn't good at playing video games during his first stream of ''Twilight Princess HD'', which saw Wolf Link die multiple times due to the increased damage and the limited amount of ways to restore health in Hero Mode (which Vinny chose to play the game on because of how easy he thinks the standard difficulty mode is). |
| 160 | ** [[https://youtu.be/4om49Eb4DWs One time]] he showed off art he commented on one "This is really nice actually, I'd like to get it framed somehow and put it on the wall! Next to my self loathing!" |
| 161 | ** He referred to Red Vox's ''Blood Bagel'' album as "terrible" when announcing it on Twitter, though his name was set to the non-self-deprecating "Big Sauce" at the time. |
| 162 | * ShamelessSelfPromoter: Defied. Except for the limited edition hoodie and Red Vox's first album he has spoken about deliberately not promoting himself much out of a strong belief that [[CelebrityIsOverrated too much popularity is harmful]], and even when promoting the album there were some viewers who didn't catch it. His SigningOffCatchphrase is more often than not him telling the viewers to check out the other streamers. |
| 163 | * SingerSongwriter: He writes songs for his band, Red Vox, which he sings and plays guitar for. |
| 164 | * TheStoic: By default, he is a levelheaded individual who never plays up his emotions. |
| 165 | * SweetTooth: Calls himself this, and not without substance. |
| 166 | ** During a stream of ''Majora's Mask 3D'', someone in the chat mentioned craving fruit snacks and this inspired Vinny to look up the price of Airheads on Amazon, after which he bought 90 of them. |
| 167 | ** He chose marshmallows during a [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Splatfest]], and said he tries his best to not keep sweets and desserts in house in fear of eating them all right after each other. |
| 168 | ** During a stream of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' the subject of Italian food came up and he proceeded to gush about cannoli, including giving a [[FoodPorn highly detailed description]] of the food in question. |
| 169 | ** Various viewers sent him different kinds of Oreos in late 2016, which he admitted that he had trouble resisting eating. This ended up becoming a RunningGag in streams from around that time, and at one point comments about the variety of flavors led to a joke about Hydrox-flavored Oreos, referencing how Hydrox is often thought to be imitating Oreos while the reverse is actually true. |
| 170 | ** His taste for sweets carried over to his ''Tomodachi Life'' streams, as he commented that his sweets-loving Mii has a diet almost as bad as his own. |
| 171 | ** Because of this, fans have often sent in regional candies for him to try, which he considers very dangerous for his impulses. |
| 172 | * TemptingFate: In probably the most heartwarming way possible, Vinny had japed for years about Banjo getting revealed for Smash, playing the series main theme at least once every E3 presentation featuring Smash, because he thought he knew that his dream would never come true. And then it finally did, and he could barely even contain his joy and excitement when the reveal finally came. |
| 173 | * ThatCameOutWrong: Has a bad habit of saying accidentally suggestive things, only to realize and regret them the moment it leaves his mouth. |
| 174 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: |
| 175 | ** He likes pizza at least enough to rant about what should and shouldn't go on a pizza during a stream of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3Mix''. Southbird (who created the hack in question) pointed this out in his shortened version of the stream and Vinny has jokingly referred to himself as "Vinny [[VideoGame/PunchOut Pizzapasta]]" in the past (though that nickname is mostly exaggerating his Italian-American heritage, similar to how Darren's potato-related usernames poke fun at the fact that he's Irish). |
| 176 | ** He has noted that he has a taste for seltzer (particularly if it's flavored) and drinks made by [=AriZona=] (such as their orangeade) when it comes to non-alcoholic drinks. |
| 177 | * {{Trekkie}}: A vocal one both on and off stream, to the point where a number of recurring jokes among him and his fanbase originate from the franchise-- especially ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. He even goes to ''Star Trek'' quiz nights and makes references, although he stopped that to avoid pissing off viewers who aren't fans. Him also being an avid ''Franchise/StarWars'' fan and a mild [[TheGadfly gadfly]] led to him and his team once choosing a ''Star Wars'' reference name at one quiz night to piss off belligerents in the FandomRivalry between the two franchises. |
| 178 | * UnusualEuphemism: |
| 179 | ** He often uses the word "jostling" as a sexual euphemism, usually when accusing characters in a game of {{bestiality|IsDepraved}}, such as when Link used a Cucco to fly short distances in his streams of ''Ocarina of Time 3D''. |
| 180 | ** He has a habit of calling boobs "Robertsons". |
| 181 | * VocalEvolution: |
| 182 | ** For the first few years of the group's lifetime, Vinny's voice tended to be somewhat flat and monotonous save for the occasional surprised or amused reaction; starting around 2015 or so, his voice became much more varied and expressive in tone. Vinny later admitted that his earlier, more droning tone of voice was the result of him having been severely depressed at the time, and his transition into a more nonchalant and emotionally variable voice coincided with his mental health improving. |
| 183 | ** Many of Vinny's voices tend to start out being fairly one-note and drawn out, the result of him only first figuring them out; as he continues using a voice and eases into it, it tends to sound much more natural and varied in pace. This is most strongly exemplified by his "RP Guy" voice, which started sounding very stiff and mechanical before eventually phasing into a more slick, "used car salesman" type inflection. |
| 184 | * WalkingTechbane: "Vinny's Passive" gets mentioned whenever he experiences a glitch, as if him playing a game automatically makes it more likely that something unintended will happen. |
| 185 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: |
| 186 | ** His "RP Guy" voice started life as an imitation of ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' player Leonid Jukov, who appeared in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAYXlLCb1qo an infamous YouTube video]] where he demands that another player mime sucking him off. However, it would eventually stray far enough from its source to sound indeterminately Eastern European instead of tying itself to a specific country, and Vinny commented during a stream of ''Breath of the Wild'' that the "RP Guy" might not even be from a real place. For what it's worth, Vinny's own attempts at pitching up the RP Guy voice through digital voice modulators have been regarded as uncannily similar to Dexter from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. |
| 187 | ** It's not clear what specific accent he's using for his "Binyot" voice, which is a nickname for him used when voicing an unnamed character who continually criticizes his fondness for family-friendly games (or "babby games" as the character in question calls them). |
| 188 | ** Vinny acknowledged that he ended up giving Hau from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' several voices within moments of each other, either giving him a SimpletonVoice, an odd accent, or a combination of both. |
| 189 | * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: He suggested during a stream of ''Breath of the Wild'' that his "RP Guy" character might be from a fictional country, which he let viewers suggest names for, with Vinny going with Binyotalia not long afterward (a reference to the "Binyot" nickname used by another Eastern European-sounding character of his, as well as a reference to Kraskatalia, the homeland of Sponge and another fictional European country). |
| 190 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: |
| 191 | ** Isn't too fond of cats because he's allergic, so he's a bit angry at them because of it, but acts like he's deathly afraid of them for show sometimes. |
| 192 | ** He sees geese as his {{arch enem|y}}ies. It's apparently because they used to poop all over the places he played at as a child and scared him away from them. |
| 193 | ** He freaked out when a mosquito landed on him when playing the sixth level of his 2015 ''Super Mario Bros. X'' contest and briefly lost control of the game because of it. |
| 194 | ---> "Aw, fuckin' mosquito. Oh, no, no, NOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, MOSQUITO! Goddammit, mosquito landed on me. How'd a fuckin' mosquito get in here? It ruined everything! ''[sigh]'' Goddammit. ''[he loses against the boss]'' Goddammit! ...Fuck." |
| 195 | ** Another insect he hates even more are centipedes. He occasionally gets house centipedes in his home and tends to find them in the worst ways possible, such as when waking up. Narry included a pit full of giant, moving, fully modeled centipedes in ''VideoGame/VineRealms'' entirely to mess with Vinny. |
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| 198 | [[folder:Joel (Vargskelethor)]] |
| 199 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vargskelethor.png]] |
| 200 | The second most famous streamer on Vinesauce next to Vinny himself, if not even more so. This Swedish dude specializes in the awesome, hilarious, ridiculous, and of course, the fecalfunny. He was once known as Exinthevatican on [=YouTube=], but later switched to the same username he uses on Twitch (Vargskelethor). Well known for blasting virtual machines (usually running Platform/MicrosoftWindows, particularly Windows XP, though he once did a brief [[Platform/MacOS Mac]] destruction stream) with all sorts of blatantly obvious malware, including [=BonziBUDDY=], as well as playing bizarre bootleg video games for all sorts of retro systems, like the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] and Platform/SegaGenesis for example, and sometimes, even newer ones as well, and for his balls to the wall insane Sims 4 custom series memefest known as WebVideo/MemeHouse, And his annual [=VineWrestle=] series, where he puts various characters in wrestling matches to duke it out, and for talking about all sorts of weird and bizarre life experiences he had, like the time he accidentally downloaded a desktop stripper when he was young, and how about he got a ton of badly tasting juices in little juiceboxes. Yeah. It gets wild. He also [[https://vargskelethor.bandcamp.com/ makes heavy metal music]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUnw-yyuiF8 made an RPG Maker game back in the late 2000s]]. Did we mention he's Swedish? |
| 201 | |
| 202 | His father (or at least his account of his father) has become a fan favorite. See his section for more info. |
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| 204 | |
| 205 | * {{Acrofatic}}: He admits he [[FormerlyFat used to be fat as a kid]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WA-c3Okp04 but in spite of that, he ran "like a motherfucker, on fire"]] to the point where he actually held a record at his school because of this in a an anecdote he told during a Hardcore Friday Stream of VideoGame/{{Karnov}}. |
| 206 | * AdaptationNameChange: When Darren had him as a character in ''Real Lives'' during the 2015 charity stream, his name was changed to Jurgen Berg partially because Joel wasn't an option in the list of names a character can have and partially because Darren thought the name Jurgen Berg sounded funny. |
| 207 | * AlliterativeName: His full name is commonly rumored to be '''Jo'''el '''Jo'''hansson, which would make him a potential [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]]. However, he at one point [[https://youtu.be/3yeVJe7_zfg?t=8498 claimed]] while streaming the Finnish game ''My Summer Car'' that his full name is '''J'''oel '''J'''arvisson – while not beginning with "Jo", his surname still alliterates with his first name. |
| 208 | * AnimalMotifs: [[BilingualBonus Wolves]]. Also raccoons, thanks to his fondness for a video of one eating grapes. |
| 209 | * ApologizesALot: Both on stream and on his Tumblr. |
| 210 | * {{Archenemy}}: '''''[=BonziBUDDY=]'''''. At least until Bonzi became a DiscreditedMeme. |
| 211 | * AttackAttackAttack: Joel has a bit of a tendency of powering through things without keeping an eye on specifics. This bit him ''especially hard'' during his last Deltarune stream when [[spoiler: he had a chance to beat [[{{Superboss}} Jevil]] on his first try, but because he powered through instead of checking if Jevil could be pacified he reached the hardest part of the battle when he was low on health, while out of healing items and screwed himself out of the win, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and a pizza.]]]] In a more general sense, when he's playing role-playing games that have more freeform combat, he'll tend to play like a "dumb caveman", as he once put it. He reiterated his gameplay preferences in part 1 of his ''VideoGame/BaldursGateDarkAlliance'' playthrough, saying he hates characters that [[SomeDexterityRequired require "technicality"]] and would rather play a "murder axe fucker", like the dwarf he eventually rolls in said game. |
| 212 | * AuthorAppeal: |
| 213 | ** His fondness for skeletons inspired him to have a skeletal Vineshroom as his avatar, and he downloaded a mod so he could play as one in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' when streaming it. |
| 214 | ** His love of HeavyMetal inspired him to make [[https://scythelordofficial.bandcamp.com/ some of his own]]. |
| 215 | * AwesomeMcCoolName: When coming across a bootleg game called ''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon Knife]]'', he immediately declares it to be his new wrestler name. |
| 216 | * BadLiar: [[https://youtu.be/3lo1p3hzgvk?t=25m15s During his game of]] TabletopGame/PokemonTCG against [[VitriolicBestBuds Rev]], Joel tried to cheat by looking at the top card of Rev's deck while Rev was away. Joel couldn't keep the laughter out of his voice when Rev came back, immediately giving himself away. |
| 217 | * BarbarianLonghair: Before he shaved it bald in 2015, he was notable for having longer hair than most of the other male streamers on Vinesauce; he generally ran with the "barbarian" connotations of the look, playing up HornyVikings iconography in his public persona that tied into both his appearance and his Scandinavian heritage. He would eventually start growing his hair out again in 2020, albeit somewhat shorter than before for practical reasons. |
| 218 | * BerserkButton: |
| 219 | ** He ''really'' hates the way DIO's death is portrayed at the end of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', describing the idea of him kicking with a broken-- and therefore easy-to-damage-- leg as bad writing that goes against his characterization up to that point. Joel's vitriol towards the moment is so great that he even once posted [[https://vargskelethor.tumblr.com/post/140770275698/preview-of-a-new-song a song]] on his now-inactive Tumblr account mocking it. |
| 220 | ** Games crashing, though it's less of a berserk button and more of a way of making him lose it. |
| 221 | ** He seems to really have it out for ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. When he encounters a cop in ''VideoGame/HardTime'' who vaguely resembles Naruto, he decides to kill him and is baffled to see him alive after ripping his arm out. He's stated that he was a fan of Naruto when he was a kid, though. |
| 222 | ** [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer Getting facts wrong]] about his obsessions, mainly ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. He once threatened to shit a house when Vinny called Dio "[[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]" during level #50 of the 2015 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest ("The Swamp" by zeoxdragon), and Rev's video on trying to describe the series made him wince in the comments. |
| 223 | ** Has a strong dislike for [[DemonicSpiders Arch-Viles]], something that typically gets [[invoked]] in ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'' games. The two WAD creation contests he held were particular focuses of this, with a large number of WAD creators including Arch-Viles specifically to annoy him. |
| 224 | ** Mahjong games, due to their ubiquity in his Arcade Madness streams. |
| 225 | ** On a completely serious note, animal abuse and animals being hurt in general is a ''huge'' button for him. In his ''{{VideoGame/Harvester}}'' playthrough he kills Pat the butcher for the mutilated cat in his room, and what turned his rather ambivalent attitude to a Crash Bandicoot-style ''{{VideoGame/Slender}}'' game to utter hatred is the game over screen, which showed a real-life black bear being electrocuted and falling to the ground. The bear turned out to be okay, but it still utterly ''disgusted'' Joel. It also extends to his daily life too, with Joel stating that he can only eat meat without a guilty conscience if he knows that it came from a free-range farm, where animals are able to live their lives in much more peace (as opposed to the more common model of restricting them to tight corrals with insufficient food), as well as from a slaughterhouse that operates as ethically with the killing process as possible. |
| 226 | ** As viewers found out the hard way during one of his streams, the mere mention of ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}'' tends to get Joel upset to the point of making long rants about the show and how he's disgusted and repelled by the baby humor the show was centered around, to the point where he openly admits he'd immediately switch the channel whenever the opening jingle to the show played. |
| 227 | ** Has [[https://youtu.be/LMq0fxT6q5M?t=7541 a tendency to launch tirades]] whenever advertising that takes advantage of memes (e.g. the Arby's Twitter account) and the people that fall for said advertising becomes a topic of discussion. It's less "CapitalismIsBad" and more that he hates [[PublicRelationsAd "facetious public relations where they're saying one thing and then doing another"]]. |
| 228 | --> '''Joel:''' If there's one thing that pisses me off -- and I'm sorry this is so ranty -- but I ''really'' hate how people lap up that "corporate Twitter is my friend" shit. Like Wendy's, and fucking all these things that pretend to be friends and they meme and-- it ''drives me insane that people do not see through this bullshit!'' [...] Don't you realize it's just some fucking guy tweeting out burgers!? ''They[='=]re not your friends!'' '''[[SuddenlyShouting They wanna make MONEY off you!]]''' '''DAMN IT!''' '''''[[OnlySaneMan HAVE YOU ALL GONE INSANE!?]]''''' |
| 229 | * BilingualBonus: His 1st of AprilFoolsDay streams, where he mostly speaks Swedish. The "varg" in his username also means "wolf" in Swedish. |
| 230 | * BlackComedy: Specializes in this quite a bit, most famously with his nuclear attack on Norway in ''Shadow President''. He's also discussed how he sees this trope as something of a necessity when it comes to {{gorn}}, feeling that, similarly to his views on {{fanservice}}, gratuitous gore doesn't really add anything, preferring excessive violence to be played for ridiculousness than anything dead-serious. |
| 231 | * BreakoutCharacter: Joel himself was originally just another streamer, but after his Sims and Windows XP Destruction videos went viral, he now rivals Vinny in popularity. |
| 232 | * BurningTheShips: One of his requirements in Hardcore Friday Streams is that he ''must'' finish the game in one sitting, no {{Rage Quit}}ing whatsoever. {{Downplayed|trope}}, as he can theoretically break this rule if he really was brought to his wit's end; [[{{Determinator}} he just chooses not to]]. |
| 233 | * TheBusCameBack: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8LQhsZ26PQ "Well that was fuckin' stupid."]] Posted immediately after recovering his channel from a hijacker who used a leak from an [=XSplit=] security breach to discover his password. |
| 234 | * CelebrityResemblance: When bald he bore a fairly strong resemblance to Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, posting a side-by-side picture of him and Phil pulling the same face. |
| 235 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 236 | ** Any time a destruction stream really starts to get going results in Joel declaring "Yes!! It begins!!" |
| 237 | ** He lampshades how he always asks everyone at the beginning of his streams how they're doing, saying that if someone were to play all his streams at the same time, they would hear one giant "How are you doing?". |
| 238 | ** "Is it gonna be good? Or is it gonna be... bad." With a pause before "bad" as soon as the horror he's created shows itself. |
| 239 | ** Any general invocations of different names of the devil. So when things really start getting scary, expect something like "Pazuzu! Cthulhu! BAPHOMEEEET! '''SATAN! SATAN!'''" |
| 240 | ** "Life sucks, and then you die." Usually happens when something shocks or disgusts him. |
| 241 | ** He often says "You know what, though?" whenever an idea comes to him. |
| 242 | ** When a game fails to meet its own setup or his expectations he likes to say "You blew it!". |
| 243 | ** "This is really cool, I like it a lot!" (on almost every piece of fanart he checks at the end of a stream). |
| 244 | ** "Mmmm it's good!" (when a game is particularly bad). |
| 245 | ** "[=JoJokes!=]" (whenever he makes a [=JoJo=] reference). |
| 246 | ** "Fucking hell" is his go-to exclamation. |
| 247 | ** "Hubba bubba!" (whenever something steamy happens on-screen). |
| 248 | ** "Hey now" [[invoked]] when he lampshades an AccidentalInnuendo. |
| 249 | ** "Swiggity swooty, I'm coming for the booty," whenever he sees a character with an amusing walk cycle. |
| 250 | ** "I'M THE TRASH MAN! I START EATIN' GARBAGE!" (a quote from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', said by [[Creator/DannyDeVito Frank Reynolds]]). |
| 251 | ** If Japanese text/audio comes up in a game at all, you can count on him saying "Nani?", "Nandesuka?" [[labelnote:note]]Both meaning "What?"[[/labelnote]], or "Honto ni?" [[labelnote:note]]"Really?"[[/labelnote]]. Some examples [[https://youtu.be/HumSvDr6mp8?t=123 here]] or [[https://youtu.be/Gh0bczrw4NU?t=438 here]]. |
| 252 | ** He has a habit of saying "Mamma mia" a lot. Usually with an exaggerated Luigi-esque inflection. |
| 253 | ** "What is this?"/"What the [expletive] is this?" Has a habit of saying it repeatedly if he's shocked enough by something. |
| 254 | ** "No no no no..."/"We're not doing that." When he's about to do something weird and stops himself. Most noticeable in his Sims 4 Memehouse streams where he'll sometimes hover the cursor to the 'Romance' options. Sometimes he'll just do it any way. |
| 255 | ** "Alright, so...", which is how Joel starts just about every stream, to the point where he even lampshades the frequency of it. |
| 256 | * CharacterTics: Hits his desk whenever something shocks him or pisses him off. |
| 257 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In his attitude and approach to life, he's rather... offbeat. A large source of the humor in his streams comes from the random things he'll do for fun. |
| 258 | * CoolHelmet: Is depicted in his Hardcore Friday intro, a couple of [=VineWrestle=] events, and lots of fanart with a viking helmet colored like the flag of Sweden. |
| 259 | * CompetitionFreak: He'll sometimes get unusually heated over things like getting good at crappy, mediocre and/or bootleg [[FightingGame fighting games]] or chasing world records on borderline untouched ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'' levels. The latter has actually ''driven him to'' ''[[BerserkerTears tears]]'' on numerous occasions when falling short of world records by a few milliseconds. |
| 260 | * CulturalCringe: His [[https://youtu.be/_dOanb8MrG4 2016 Christmas stream]] was dedicated to things he hates about Swedish culture, including overhyped fast food, social distancing (before the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic), [[ForeignQueasine weird dishes]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a gamer cafe with]] [[{{Pun}} bad gaming puns]] on its menu. |
| 261 | * CutenessOverload: |
| 262 | ** The [[CuteKitten very small kitten]] that he has his [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Kira and Killer Queen]] Sims adopt in episode five of ''Meme House'' sends [[RealMenWearPink him]] into this. |
| 263 | ** He has yet another cat-related cuteness-induced meltdown upon viewing a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHAj5-u8qpc video of cats eating human food]], actually regressing into his mother language of Sweden as he gushes over the cats. |
| 264 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: He dedicated [[https://vargskelethor.bandcamp.com/track/pineapples-do-not-belong-on-a-pizza an entire song]] to his belief that pineapples don't belong on pizza. |
| 265 | * EaglelandOsmosis: Despite being Swedish, he loves playing the role of a Type 2 {{Eagleland}}er: A warmonger who often causes destruction and [[ItMakesSenseInContext wants marijuana to be legalized]]. For example, he once planned to play ''VideoGame/ShadowPresident'' by dropping nuclear bombs on non-hostile countries like Norway, but changed his mind after the player character was assassinated after doing so. Ironically, he'll make fun of anyone else who acts this way, with his local branch of German supermarket Lidl and their "American" merchandise being a prime example. |
| 266 | * EuropeansAreKinky: In ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai 4'', he discovered that getting arrested sometimes ended with his character being punished by a {{Dominatrix}}, and started ''intentionally'' getting caught as a result. |
| 267 | ** He also makes a lot of sex jokes, particularly pertaining to "Milk". |
| 268 | ** His "Sex In Minecraft" album seemingly has more references to scatology than, y'know, actual sex. |
| 269 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 270 | ** Joel [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential usually picks the evil and/or dickish option in games]]. However, in his ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' stream, he can't fathom the thought of having to leave behind the survivor that lost her baby to the horde, [[HonorBeforeReason even if her mission does make him late to the main story mission]]. |
| 271 | ** Cruelty to humans is funny to Joel. Cruelty to animals is '''absolutely not'''. |
| 272 | * ExtremeOmnivore: He discovers ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfYHiQudDE he is this]]'', after consuming ''[[IAteWhat an entire box of Bean-Boozled jelly beans]]'', and [[BizarreTasteInFood enjoying it.]] |
| 273 | * FailedASpotCheck: Happens a lot, much to chat's dismay and amusement. |
| 274 | * {{Fanboy}}: |
| 275 | ** Of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. Joel will go ''[[https://youtu.be/Xnl7VpOf9L0?t=6m47s apeshit]]'' at anything related to it. He also adores ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', and refers to the two (as well as similar manga, like ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'') collectively as ''[[RatedMForManly MANIME]]''. |
| 276 | ** Joel is quite obviously a huge metalhead, having made a some of his own. He in particular seems to enjoy death, speed and thrash metal, though he's referenced classic metal a fair bit as well. Of course, not all metal being equal, he also loves thrashing nu-metal, particularly the artists playing it. |
| 277 | ** He loves ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''. He ended a ''Way of The Samurai 4'' stream by discussing the ''SWAT Kats'' revival Kickstarter, and how hyped up he was over it. |
| 278 | ** He has a fondness for skeletons and gets excited when they appear in any game he plays, whether they're built into the game or added via a mod. When he first came across [[DemBones Sans and Papyrus]] in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', he asked if that's why [[Creator/TobyFox the developer]] and the audience wanted him to play it. |
| 279 | * FunnyForeigner: Joel is Swedish. More prominent in [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the early days]] of Vinesauce, when his accent was more pronounced. Among other things, this led to him [[FunetikAksent pronouncing Vinny as 'Winny']]. Much like WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}, he [[https://youtu.be/dqpajbe7j6c?t=5665 used to be embarrassed]] by his accent and, as he puts it, "butchery of the English language", and used to mumble a lot to hide both of these things from his audience. Later down the road, he would play this trope for laughs by occasionally doing bits in a SimpletonVoice with a stereotypically thick Swedish accent to parody Swedish stereotypes. |
| 280 | * TheGamblingAddict: Loves gambling minigames and has an emote dedicated to his habit. |
| 281 | * GeniusDitz: |
| 282 | ** His gaming skill is all over the place. On the one hand, he makes ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' look like a cakewalk and repeatedly insists that it's an easy game. If the length of [[https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Quickstart_guide the game's beginner's guide]] is any indication, this is no small feat. On the other hand, he's outright leery of vastly simpler games like checkers, chess and blackjack (and possibly table games in general) and he tends to avoid all of them like the plague rather than taking two minutes to learn them. |
| 283 | ** Demonstrated in ''Videogame/{{Deltarune}}''; he manages to defeat both [[{{Superboss}} Jevil and Spamton NEO]] with only one retry among the two, yet he's constantly foiled by ''Rouxls Kaard's'' puzzles.[[labelnote:Note]]They're designed to be purposefully easy, demonstrating Rouxls Kaard's big ego yet staggering incompetence.[[/labelnote]] |
| 284 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: {{In Universe}}. He hails from Sweden, and is very fond of American culture [[{{Eagleland}} and its stereotypes]]. |
| 285 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: When he lost his internet for a week, he recorded ''Music/SuperGhostbusters'' over the course of the week. The album indicates he is anything ''but'' sane. |
| 286 | -->'''Joel:''' [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext GRANDMA HAS DIED!]] |
| 287 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: He will often say ''nej'' ([[BigNo "no"]] in Swedish, pronounced "nay") when things go bad for him. |
| 288 | * GratuitousJapanese: Will sometimes quote his favorite anime in Japanese. |
| 289 | * GrowingTheBeard: [[invoked]][[DiscussedTrope Discusses his dislike of this trope]] in his first stream of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. He personally didn't like the otherwise well-received change in tone in ''Portal 2'' because he preferred the simpler times of the first game, where the "story" was just going from room to room and solving puzzles. |
| 290 | * HopelessWithTech: He's a type 2, having some basic understanding of technology for obvious reasons (he wouldn't be able to stream otherwise), but he'll struggle with pretty much anything newer than the Platform/WiiU, [[https://youtu.be/SVGqkCdG6MM?t=3269 per his own admission.]] |
| 291 | -->'''Joel:''' See, I'm an old dog. Can't teach me new tricks. You guys, I'm just letting you know right now, if it's something new with me, it's gonna be me [[PercussiveMaintenance bashing the fucking technology against my head]] going "''WHY ISN[='=]T IT FUCKING WORKING!?''". Remember when I first got this new microphone and it was sitting there during those ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' streams and it sounded like ''shit''? And I was like, ''(worried tone)'' "It's not working! It's not fucking working!", you know. |
| 292 | * HornyVikings: Completely embraces the stereotype. His vineshroom even features horns! |
| 293 | * TheHyena: Laughs like one. It's believed to be a potential cure to cancer. |
| 294 | * IncrediblyLameFun: [[invoked]]On his Madness streams, Joel often finds himself surprisingly attached to games that are [[SoOkayItsAverage decidedly mediocre]]. He usually responds to the resulting confusion from Twitch chat by saying he enjoys the simplicity of such games and finds their "close, but no cigar" effort charming. He also [[https://youtu.be/RP71s6kA76Y?t=5450 feels the same way]] for supposedly "triple A" productions that fall in the same category. |
| 295 | -->'''Joel:''' Guys, when am I restreaming ''VideoGame/SonicForces''? Because that game was ''so'' good. I'm actually kinda dead serious about that. I had such a blast with ''Sonic Forces'', like... I am ''serious'', I had a fantastic time streaming that game, [='=]cause it was so bland and mediocre that I ended up really liking it. ''({{Beat}})'' I might be-- [[SelfDeprecation I might be fucked in the head.]] Like... I enjoy boring things. ''(laughs)'' |
| 296 | * InherentlyFunnyWord: |
| 297 | ** There is no one who can make "skeleton", "bones", "nuclear", or "bootleg" sound funnier. |
| 298 | ** Bulk Bogan and his '''''MOOSKLAYS!''''' |
| 299 | * InsaneTrollLogic: |
| 300 | ** Is led to believe that since he breathes the same air as a SerialKiller, he is the serial killer. And [[GodwinsLaw Hitler]]. And a guy who saves cats. And [[Creator/ValveSoftware Gabe Newell]]. And Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto. And {{Dracula}}. |
| 301 | ** "Wanna get rich quick? [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext Get everyone to dress up in furry costumes and have an orgy!]]" |
| 302 | * InSeriesNickname: |
| 303 | ** Jobel, from when a little girl in his neighborhood mispronounced his name when he was younger. This is often expanded to Uncle Jobel. |
| 304 | ** In Vinny's "Shitty Miis" stream, a botched Joel Mii was named Jeorl (Joel himself thought that said Mii "look[ed] like human excrement"). |
| 305 | * {{Keet}}: Even when he's streaming late into the night, he has a lot of energy. |
| 306 | * KindheartedCatLover: Although he's fond of skulls, vikings, and other manly things on his streams, he's also outspoken about his love for animals, especially cats. He owned one as a kid and said he would like to own another one in the present day, but his apartment is apparently very tiny and he wouldn't want to keep one in such a cramped space. Case in point, when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq2WoJArwg0 finds Maxwell]] (a memetically popular 3D model of a tuxedo cat) in ''VideoGame/VoicesOfTheVoid'', he treats him like a parent reuniting with a lost child. |
| 307 | * LargeHam: At times, Joel likes to give away ham as if he was at a Christmas dinner party. In addition, he once stated that "ham" was one of the first English words he learned and that he associates himself with it. |
| 308 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Makes fun of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Mami Tomoe's]] [[OffWithHisHead face]] during one of his ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'' streams. Proceeds to get absolutely ''[[CurbStompBattle decimated]]'' by her not long after. |
| 309 | * {{Leitmotif}}: In Vinewrestle 2016, "At DOOM's Gate" from ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}''. |
| 310 | * TheLoonie: While all of the Vinesauce streamers are funny in their own ways, Joel is the one most committed to RuleOfFunny. He revels and engages in StylisticSuck, and often makes an attempt to go OffTheRails with each game he streams. |
| 311 | * MadScientist: The more creative control a game gives him, the more horrifying the results will be. In ''VideoGame/TheSims'' series, he's played the games with mods that can produce BodyHorror, [[MisterSeahorse male pregnancy]], SiblingIncest, and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. |
| 312 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: |
| 313 | ** When it comes to impressions, he has a surprising vocal range, including spot-on imitations of [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]] and [[Series/TheMuppetShow Kermit the Frog]]. The latter is often used when he's quoting/impersonating his father. |
| 314 | ** He claims to avert the trope in one of his ''Majora's Mask'' streams, saying that he can only do five voices before he starts reusing them. |
| 315 | ** He provided an example of what his Quario character sounded like while in the process of drawing him in ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''. |
| 316 | * NightmareFetishist: Especially when it comes to skeletons. To put into perspective how much he appears to love what everyone else fears, during his ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' meets ''Series/TheJoyOfPainting'' stream, after drawing some normal landscapes with Bob, which he said "looked like shit, but looked presentable somehow", he devolved into painting a sunset with [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment somebody on fire with their flesh melting off]] in the foreground. |
| 317 | * NoIndoorVoice: Occasionaly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Joel himself. While he's not ''always'' yelling, he still struggles with talking quietly, to the point where it hurts him less to ''scream'' than it does to ''whisper''. This is particularly evident in his [=ASMRio=] where he tries whispering the entire time (about 40 minutes) but audibly struggles with it, whereas his usual loud streams typically last hours. |
| 318 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: When told about a "collection of girls you boned" in ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3'', Joel reacts by [[https://youtu.be/KseOSkoUZkg?t=5453 going on a brief rant]] about how unnecessary and pandering {{fanservice}} is in multimedia entertainment. He also lampshades how stupid he sounds, coming off as "[[HollywoodNuns a nun]]" or "a mom from TheSixties". Also worth noting is that Joel's problem with fanservice is less out of an aversion towards sexual content and more because he feels that it adds nothing substantial to a work if it's not already meant to be pornographic, preferring implication over gratuity outside of porn. |
| 319 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He legitimately gets freaked out when seeing a [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment shock image]] in a ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' bootleg game and [[StunnedSilence stays silent]] for a few seconds. |
| 320 | * OffTheRails: His ultimate goal with just about every game he streams. |
| 321 | * ThePerfectionist: Has admitted to being this, blaming it for being the key reason why his official highlight videos take as long as they do to come out. |
| 322 | * PatrioticFervor: Makes his Swedish nationality very known. |
| 323 | ** Joel nukes Norway in Shadow President, not out of genuine hatred but because of the friendly rivalry between Swedes and Norwegians. |
| 324 | ** Joel is from the north of Sweden, which is known for its dislike of Stockholm. His playthrough of the StylisticSuck game ''Sweden Simulator'' spends more time complaining that the game is set in Stockholm than the actual gameplay. Joel notes, however incredulous, that such things would never happen where he lives, although he notes that the game's portrayal of Midsommar is relatively accurate. |
| 325 | * PerverseSexualLust: Towards [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Undyne]], despite her being lesbian. |
| 326 | * PetTheDog: While looking for another party member during his randomized ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Silver]]'' playthrough, Joel finds a sleeping [[NocturnalMooks Hoothoot]] in the daytime. Rather than making it faint or attempting to catch it (despite previously saying he wanted to catch a Hoothoot), he decides to leave it be. |
| 327 | * PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: Like Vinny, he defies this. If the subject comes up, he'll often tell his viewers to subscribe to the other Vinesauce members (besides Vinny) and that while he appreciates subscriptions, they are never asked for or called out. |
| 328 | * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When it comes to gaming and memes, he's often out of the loop on anything newer than the turn of the millenium. Most of the time, he openly admits that he doesn't care. For example: |
| 329 | ** Prior to playing ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', the only thing he knew about it was the fact that Creator/KeanuReeves was in it and didn't even know what genre of gaming it belonged to, much less the controversy surrounding its development schedule and release. |
| 330 | ** He's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrpyHX-aJ3Y mentioned]] that he somewhat fears bringing up popular games during the stream, mainly for the possibility of accidentally attracting the [[invoked]]ItsPopularSoItSucks crowd in chat. He uses ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' as an example, not knowing much about it other than its name, its popularity, and the fact that it's "an anime game" as his local cab driver puts it, and didn't delve any further into the game to dodge potential drama. |
| 331 | * SamusIsAGirl: Finds out in ''VideoGame/Facade2005'' that "Jo" is a girl's name, much to his confusion. [[MoodWhiplash Then he gets called "Andrew"]]. |
| 332 | * SchmuckBait: Intentionally falls for many of these in his Windows "Destruction" videos, particularly of the "filename.fakeextension'''[[ComputerVirus .exe]]'''" type (or: why many security experts advise Windows users to disable "Hide extensions for known file types"). |
| 333 | -->'''Joel:''' When an [=MP3=] file is "hulkhogan mp3 ''DOT EXE''", you know it's [[BlatantLies good]]. [[spoiler:''(It downloads a program called "[=MediaDrug=]".)'']] \ |
| 334 | '''Joel:''' "videoxxx dot avi ''DOT EXE''." You think this is a good idea? ''So do I.'' [[spoiler:''(It's ransomware that overwrites the master boot record.)'']] |
| 335 | * SelfDeprecation: |
| 336 | ** Jokingly claims to have the mental age of a child very often, and considered himself to be a bad role model when he used to {{smok|ingIsNotCool}}e. Best exemplified [[https://youtu.be/DRpAWTDCEqs?t=21679 here]] when Twitch chat tells him [[ItMakesSenseInContext ibuprofen is bad for your sperm count]]: |
| 337 | --->'''Joel:''' Good [news], my sperm is getting vasectomied. Great, I'm doing the world a favor. Thank God. Now I don't need to go down to the fucking back alley and have someone smash my testicles in to, like... save the Earth from more mutated, idiotic Swedes. |
| 338 | ** Often openly uses the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ok-boomer "ok boomer"]] meme against himself when talking about things that make it obvious that he's a [[TheNineties 90s kid]] or [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure out of the loop on present-day memes]]. |
| 339 | ** He outright [[https://youtu.be/BPJ4x_TU2ZE?t=856 name-drops]] this trope when he gets around to adding himself to the Vinesauce house in part 19 of his ''WebVideo/MemeHouse'' series: |
| 340 | --->'''Joel:''' Okay, and then I gotta make myself unfortunately, so here we go. Here comes the self-deprecation. |
| 341 | * SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: [=invoked=] He's so notorious for getting distracted by gambling minigames that he dedicated an emote to his habit. |
| 342 | * SincerityMode: He ''really'' did not want to download [=BonziBUDDY=] again. He was later surprised when Bonzi kept to himself during the "Windows 7 Destruction" stream. |
| 343 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Rev. In more recent times, WebVideo/{{Jerma|985}} has filled this role, with the two vacillating between open warfare and [[GoKartingWithBowser playing various games together.]] |
| 344 | * SkeletonMotif: His online handle is Varg'''skele'''thor, his own icon is a cross between a skull and the Vinesauce logo, and he has expressed his love of [[DemBones skeletons]]. |
| 345 | * TemptingFate: Made into a MadLibsCatchphrase, of sorts. The phrase goes something like this: |
| 346 | -->"Is it going to be good? Or is it going to be... ''[beat, as the aforementioned horror reveals itself]'' ...bad." |
| 347 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: |
| 348 | ** He speaks highly of chicken nuggets and has mentioned Pringles a few times, though it's possible he just jokes about them. If a game gives him a deal in the form of money, he usually asks if he can get an alternative incentive of chicken nuggets, and chicken nuggets are the currency in his game ''BBQ Quest''. |
| 349 | ** In addition, he once made a ROM hack of ''VideoGame/DrMario'' called ''Dr. Pringles'', which was supposed to have replaced Mario's face with that of the Pringles mascot but didn't go as planned (though it nevertheless ended up inspiring a fan to make a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' ROM hack that replaces Mario with Dr. Pringles), while an attempt to give a character in one of his ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' drawings a stereotypical villain mustache resulted in him giving the character the Pringles man's face instead. |
| 350 | ** He also speaks very, very highly of medium rare steak, and very frequently drinks Pepsi during streams, to the point where he says he no longer drinks Coke. |
| 351 | * {{Troll}}: By his own admission, he has a habit of taking up contrarian opinions just to get a rise out of his Twitch chat. Alternatively, he tends to be {{Hipster}} -- again, [[SelfDeprecation in his own words]]. |
| 352 | * VampireVords: His FunnyForeigner voice combines this trope with SimpletonVoice to affect a stereotypical Swedish accent. There isn't any vampiric association with this trope's usage in this case, though; rather it's simply to highlight a stereotype of Eastern European accents in general. |
| 353 | * VillainProtagonist: If ''any'' game he plays gives him ''any'' kind of creative freedom, he ''will'' abuse it (excluding ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', where he seems to not enjoy forcing himself to do a genocide run and actually sounds upset at times). |
| 354 | * VitriolicBestBuds: |
| 355 | ** Plays this up in public when it comes to his friendship with Rev. The two are actually very good friends, but Joel likes to pretend that they have a more vitriolic friendship than they actually do, mainly for the humor of it (though Rev has expressed annoyance at the number of fans who think Joel actually despises him). |
| 356 | ** His friendships with [=Jerma985=] and WebVideo/SimpleFlips also feature a lot of playful insults or pretending to get angry at each other, Vinewrestle 2019 being a stand-out example of the former. |
| 357 | * VocalEvolution: His voice was deeper and somewhat more subdued in his older streams and, as mentioned under FunnyForeigner, it had a more distinct accent. According to him, in the early days he intentionally kept his voice low and mumbled because his accent embarrassed him. |
| 358 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: |
| 359 | ** Joel completely fears [[SpidersAreScary spiders]] and [[WickedWasps wasps]]. He has mostly gotten over the former however. |
| 360 | ** Utterly terrified at the concept of [[TheGreys aliens]] after having [[https://youtu.be/Pi3lGGFW7Fw?t=4826 supposedly witnessed a UFO]] in the form of a large, erratically moving orange ball at the age of 9. Even the mere idea of them being there frightens Joel, as seen when he plays a ''VideoGame/{{Dreams}}'' level called [[https://youtu.be/q8ToYqAENrI?t=4345 "Alien Encounter"]]. Comes to a head in part 4 of ''VideoGame/SignalSimulator'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRpAWTDCEqs&feature=youtu.be&t=16342 as shown here]]. |
| 361 | ** As one random Twitch chat member [[https://youtu.be/0xzoF1xnncE?t=3898 puts it]], "Joel is scared of aliens, wasps, and [[CreepyTwins clones]]." He also throws in [[BodyHorror biology in general]] as another phobia of his. |
| 362 | * WordSaladLyrics: In ''Revnarok'', an album about [[TheHeroSucksSong how much he hates Rev]], many of the songs devolve into this. Possibly the biggest example is "[[Music/JudasPriest Breaking My Butt]]", which devolves into random stories about Rev fucking or masturbating to various [[ExtremeOmnisexual animate or inanimate]] objects by the second verse. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Rev (Revscarecrow)]] |
| 366 | [[quoteright:179:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rev_0.png]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | Rev is another one of Vinesauce's original streamers. Primarily plays various forms of PC games, including shoddy Flash-based games, which are increasingly becoming a well-known staple of his streams. He is also an artist and creator of, er, AvantGardeMusic ([[https://beesmcbees.bandcamp.com/ the latter under the name Bees McBees]]). His paintings can be viewed [[http://www.colinmullin.com/ here]]. Aside from Twitch, he also streams when he paints art on [=YouTube=] under the [=ArtCade=] title. |
| 369 | ---- |
| 370 | |
| 371 | * ArchEnemy: [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Christopher Robin]]. Rev has gotten incredibly close to defeating him in ''VideoGame/WinnieThePoohsHomeRunDerby'', finally defeating him in 2024. Christopher Robin even showed up in a [=VineWrestle=] match against Rev. |
| 372 | * BadassPreacher: He's a reverend (hence his name). According to him, he decided to buy this title less due to religious affiliations and more so he could help LGBT couples in his area get legally married. |
| 373 | * BerserkButton: |
| 374 | ** [[ItMakesSenseinContext After he accidentally wished someone happy birthday in a stream and it wasn't actually their birthday]], everyone started wishing Rev happy birthday, so much so that he actively hates it. Even the rest of the crew [[https://youtu.be/BRoQgSoBo50 tease him about it]]. |
| 375 | ** He seems to dislike GratuitousEnglish. When he was asked to play "[[Anime/KillLaKill Before My Body Is Dry]]" during his ''VideoGame/WinnieThePoohsHomeRunDerby'' stream, he groaned during the first verse and rap segment. |
| 376 | * ButtMonkey: Joel made a whole metal album with fifty total tracks, all of them about how much Rev sucks. There was also a video where Joel makes fun of him for thinking Music/TheBeatles are death metal and Joel once wanted to nuke Texas in ''VideoGame/ShadowPresident'' simply because Rev is from there (though he switched to a more normal playthrough after nuking Norway got his character assassinated). |
| 377 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Sometimes gets stuck with this job when playing with Joel, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkO58xO_e-c this video]] being a shining example. |
| 378 | * ColdHam: He can be hammy, but is calm while doing it. |
| 379 | * CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Invoked in his "I Don't Know Anything About" videos. |
| 380 | * DeadpanSnarker: Speaks in a monotone not unlike Vinny's, but laces it with drier humor. |
| 381 | * {{Determinator}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfyNsFnIWE Rev's 24-hour charity stream]] of ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] Boat-o-Cross'', and later his attempt to complete ''VideoGame/WinnieThePoohsHomeRunDerby''. |
| 382 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: |
| 383 | ** He runs over stray cars ''very often'' during his streams of ''Euro Truck Simulator'', to which at most he will react with a "meh". He also defaults to driving on the right during deliveries in the UK. |
| 384 | ** His streams of ''My Summer Car'' could be seen as a deconstruction; apart from an incident where he accidentally punched a hole in the front window, his crazier drives tend to result in deaths. |
| 385 | * EverythingIsBigInTexas: He's very tall and from Texas, so his character in Vinewrestle 2016 is noticeably large and bulky, and wears a cowboy outfit. |
| 386 | * ExtremeOmnisexual: If [[UnreliableNarrator Joel's]] ''Revnarok'' album is to be believed. |
| 387 | -->'''Joel:''' Rev once fucked an airplane, he fucked an airplane, must've hurt! / Rev once fucked the plane, he fucked the plane, it made him squirt! |
| 388 | * GagCensor: He tends to use kittens to cover up illicit images when playing Visual Novels. |
| 389 | * IconicItem: A gas mask. Vinny did so as well when his character wore a gas mask in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: New Leaf'', but quickly got embarrassed and afraid that he had insulted Rev by doing so. |
| 390 | * InTheHood: In Vinewrestle 2019, he wears a ComicBook/DoctorDoom-esque cloak with his Vineshroom on the back. |
| 391 | * {{Leitmotif}}: His Vinewrestle 2016 theme is "Evil" by [[Music/KingDiamond Mercyful Fate]]. |
| 392 | * {{Metalhead}}: Calls himself one, but doesn't like what he calls "hipster metalheads". |
| 393 | * TheNicknamer: Does this to the Abnormalites in ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'', such as calling three of them "Skeleton Jesus"[[labelnote:*]]One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds[[/labelnote]], "Grandma"[[labelnote:*]]Old Lady[[/labelnote]], and "The Girl From ''Film/TheRing''"[[labelnote:*]]The Lady Facing the Wall[[/labelnote]]. |
| 394 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Supposedly looks like [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]], as well as Creator/DominicCooper in the ''[[Series/{{Preacher 2016}} Preacher]]'' television series (which coincidentally lines up with Rev's BadassPreacher image). |
| 395 | * NoJustNoReaction: To baby Hazel and her friend Kenny after they were offered to "play trick" together with a complete stranger inside his house. |
| 396 | * PerpetualFrowner: Finds it hard to smile in photos, so he makes his eyes weird to make up for it. When Fred streamed ''Miitomo'', he looked at a picture of Rev's Mii making a goofy face and Rev left a caption claiming that he actually makes that face when he gets his picture taken. |
| 397 | * PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: He thought Music/TheBeatles were a death metal band, resulting in him being made fun of by Joel. |
| 398 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: He's the StraightMan to [[ThePollyanna Baby Hazel]] when playing the Flash games with her. |
| 399 | * TheStoic: Much like Vinny, he is, by default, a coolheaded person who keeps his surprise to a deadpan level. |
| 400 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both he and Jen play as Yoshi in ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2''. |
| 401 | * TemptingFate: He finds ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' very boring at first and wonders [[DisguisedHorrorStory why]] it was recommended to him in the first place. |
| 402 | * {{Troll}}: Known to put [[WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}} NOOT]] songs on Jen's playlist on streams she has song requests on. |
| 403 | * TheUnreveal: When asked if he created Buff Riku, he answered "maybe I did, maybe I didn't". And then it's not brought up by him again. |
| 404 | %%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Joel, as stated above. |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Fred (Fred/freddyt09)]] |
| 408 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fredsauce.jpeg]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | A streamer on Vinesauce who favors [=PvP=] games such as ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''. He also plays a variety of other games, most prominently Metroidvanias and [=RPGs=]. He was one of the first Vinesauce streamers. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | |
| 413 | * AdaptationNameChange: When Darren added him as a character in ''Real Lives'' during the 2015 charity stream, his full name was given as Fred Fox. Someone in the chat suggested the name [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Fuchs Fred Fuchs]], but that wasn't an option, so Darren went with Fox instead of Fuchs (though the two mean the same thing in English and German, respectively). |
| 414 | * AlcoholHic: During [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL6Hu7NxrxA his playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]. Some of the things he says are quite... interesting. |
| 415 | -->"The Darth Vaders of vagina...?" |
| 416 | * AlcoholInducedIdiocy: During his drunk ''Oracle of Seasons'' playthrough. Responsible for the deletion of his save file, among other things. |
| 417 | -->"I lost my save when I lost my ability to reason when I drink" |
| 418 | * AnimalMotif: Is associated with dragons, with his avatar being a dragon shaped like an F and Fred himself being drawn as a dragon in fanart (the latter despite Fred showing his face more often than most other streamers). |
| 419 | * DancingWithMyself: He plays Kinect dance games from time to time, always on-camera. |
| 420 | * DeadpanSnarker: His humor is more likely to come in the form of subdued snarkiness than over-the-top goofiness. |
| 421 | * TheEeyore: Parodied in his ''Miitomo'' streams. |
| 422 | -->'''In-game question:''' "What did you do last weekend?"\ |
| 423 | '''Fred's answer:''' "Cry." |
| 424 | * ForTheEvulz: During his ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' stream he would frequently save the game, [[AxCrazy slaughter everyone in sight]], then reload for no other reason than entertainment. This happened at '''least''' OnceAnEpisode. |
| 425 | * InSeriesNickname: He's usually just referred to by his real name, but he's been referred to as "Froobo" and "Frooby" (the latter was the name of his Sim in one of Joel's streams of ''VideoGame/TheSims3''). Vinny sometimes uses "Freg" as a nickname for him, such as when he wished him a happy birthday in 2016. |
| 426 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: His playthroughs often go badly, particularly if he chooses a higher difficulty level, such as when he had to restart boss battles multiple times when playing ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} Origin'' on the highest difficulty setting. When Vinny wishes him a happy birthday in one of the former's streams of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', he says that Fred often appears to be bad at games during his streams despite actually being very good at them, with Vinny adding that Fred's offscreen playthroughs tend to go better. |
| 427 | * FanCommunityNickname: Refers to his subscribers as the Frederation. |
| 428 | * MellowFellow: He's one of the more laid-back streamers, but doesn't come across as TheStoner, unlike Imakuni and Jen. This doesn't mean he's exempt from the weirdness associated with Vinesauce, though. |
| 429 | * ShamelessSelfPromoter: Parodied. When ''Miitomo'' asked what show he was addicted to, he jokingly gave his streams as his answer. |
| 430 | -->"That fredsauce show on twitch is pretty good imo" |
| 431 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: He gave dark chocolate and funnel cake as answers to food-related questions in ''Miitomo''. |
| 432 | * TradeSnark: His name is listed as "Fred™" on Twitter. |
| 433 | * WordSaladHumor: He said some nonsensical things during his drunk ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' stream, such as the "Darth Vaders of vagina" quote mentioned under AlcoholHic. |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | [[folder:Limes (Limealicious/Laimu)]] |
| 437 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/channel_profile_limes.jpg]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | An English female streamer on Vinesauce who is often associated with ferrets, seals, and adorableness. Specializes in AAA titles, occasionally playing new games as they are released. In 2021, she started using a VirtualYouTuber avatar by the name of [[https://twitter.com/Limesalicious/status/1433590343279255555 Laimu]]. Outside of Vinesauce, she also appeared in the role of GuestStarPartyMember Lily in episode 3 of ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables''. |
| 440 | ---- |
| 441 | * ActionDuo: Frequently a duo with Direboar. They're even together on the Vinebooru counter image for the number 8. Briefly teamed up with Joel during ''VideoGame/TheHiddenSource'' [[spoiler:until she was The Hidden herself]]. |
| 442 | * AnimalJingoism: One of the forms her FriendlyRivalry with Direboar takes. She often denounces boars as evil or just inferior to seals in general. References to a boar/seal war aren't unheard of either. |
| 443 | * AnimalMotifs: Initially, seals were the main one, but she later came to be associated with ferrets thanks to her beloved pet, Sky, and her VirtualYouTuber design being a ferret girl. |
| 444 | * ArtEvolution: In mid-2023, Laimu received an updated model featuring higher detail, more outfits, and more advanced rigging that can capture a wider range of motions and facial expressions. |
| 445 | * BadassAdorable: She'll go from playing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c756wCwMDFQ zombie apocalypse games to Japanese games about adorable baby seals]]. |
| 446 | * BlatantLies: One of her catchphrases is to say "First try" after needing multiple tries to do something. |
| 447 | * BreakTheCutie: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOtUngfbHO8 During her stream]] of ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', someone (possibly Limes herself) thought it'd be fun that whenever someone donated money to her, a message would appear accompanied by the sound of an alien hissing. After playing for about two minutes free of jumpscares, someone donated, forcing Limes to pause the game for probably a good three or four minutes and regain her composure. |
| 448 | -->"Holy shit, fuck you! Direboar, why?!" |
| 449 | %%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9aXisLZD4 When a crucial object disappeared]] in her stream of ''VideoGame/LegoStarWars'': ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' |
| 450 | * BuffySpeak: "Do the thing!" |
| 451 | * ClusterFBomb: Who said that just because she's an adorable little seal means she's not allowed to regularly swear on stream? |
| 452 | * CuteIsEvil: |
| 453 | ** Not necessarily "evil," but despite her adorable nature and tendency to get scared during suspense games, she [[spoiler:curbstomps the rest of the streamers during ''VideoGame/TheHiddenSource'' segment of the charity stream]]. Case in point, don't fuck around with Limes. |
| 454 | ** She also takes great pleasure in the death and destruction of her enemies, more so than any other streamer on the site. |
| 455 | * CuteLittleFangs: Laimu has a pair of them, fitting her whole LittleBitBeastly look. |
| 456 | * CutenessProximity: She can frequently be heard gushing over her pet ferret, Sky, who appears in several videos on one of her side channels on [=YouTube=]. |
| 457 | * FanCommunityNickname: Refers to her subscribers as the Lime Cult. |
| 458 | * FriendlyRivalry: With Direboar. |
| 459 | * LittleBitBeastly: Laimu possesses a pair of ferret ears and a ferret tail, but otherwise looks human. |
| 460 | * MoodDissonance: Gleefuly *pew pews* her enemies to '''death'''. Hooray! |
| 461 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: She has seals as an AnimalMotif. |
| 462 | * SigningOffCatchphrase: The following, repeated more or less verbatim at the end of every stream. |
| 463 | -->"I'm going to play some ads as I go out. If you'd like to watch them and support the stream that would be great. If not, that is fine too and I will see you guys next time. Goodbye everyone! Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye! Bye! |
| 464 | * VirtualYouTuber: Debuted a [=VTuber=] model named "Laimu" for her Twitch channel on September 2, 2021. |
| 465 | * WeaselMascot: Her AnimalMotif was seals for a long time, but she would later lean into ferrets due to owning one as a pet in real life. Most of her Twitch emotes are designed after ferrets, and her Vtuber avatar, Laimu, is a ferret girl who features a ferret prop in her 2023 model. |
| 466 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Limes has noted this about herself on occasion. Although she's a Brit living in London, she's been on the Internet for so long, among mostly Americans, that her (fairly posh-sounding) English accent now sounds almost entirely American except for a few words. When she does try to sound English, it almost comes across as an affect. This tends to genuinely confuse viewers, judging by how often she responds to chat messages about it. |
| 467 | [[/folder]] |
| 468 | |
| 469 | [[folder:Alt (Dorb/Direboar)]] |
| 470 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3e818036_af9e_4b2f_9449_af959224bcba_profile_image_70x70_9.png]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | Typically dabbles in cutesy Japanese games, games for little girls and children, horror games, and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' when not playing the usual newly released title. In addition to streaming, he is responsible for maintaining the team's website. Formerly associated with a boar motif, he made his debut as a Vtuber in 2022 and rebranded as Altair Akari in 2024. |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | |
| 475 | * AnimalMotifs: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Guess]]. |
| 476 | * TheBigGuy: The most muscular of the Vinesauce streamers. Referenced every now and again by other streamers. |
| 477 | -->'''Vinny:''' "Dire and I fought. We had an arm wrestle, and [[BlatantLies I won]]. And if anyone believes that, you don't know enough about Dire. |
| 478 | * FullBoarAction: He has boars as his AnimalMotif, as reflected by his former name. |
| 479 | * GratuitousJapanese: Often referred to by himself and others as "the [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} kawaii-est]] streamer. |
| 480 | * InconsistentSpelling: His [=YouTube=] username contains a space. This is not the case on most other sites. |
| 481 | * RealMenWearPink: He's the buffest streamer in the team, with an AnimalMotif of a [[BloodKnight Dire]] [[FullBoarAction Boar]]. And he can often be found playing cutesy Japanese games, particularly ones in the Music/{{Vocaloid}} series, as well as story-heavy romantic drama games. |
| 482 | * ThoseTwoGuys: For a while had a close friendship with Limes as two of the less famous Vinesauce streamers with animal mascots, and they're even listed together on the Vinebooru counter image for the number 8. |
| 483 | * VirtualYouTuber: Debuted a [=VTuber=] model as "Dorb" for his Twitch channel on Feburary 23, 2022. |
| 484 | * VocalDissonance: Speaks in a comparatively meeker voice than the other streamers, in spite of how muscular he is compared to them. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder:Darren (Potato)]] |
| 488 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iwantapotato.png]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | Irish streamer potato. Specializes in post-apocalyptic simulators and various forms of [=RPGs=]. He was once known as Iwantapotato on Twitch and [=VicariousPotato=] on [=YouTube=] but later switched to simply Potato on both sites. |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | * AnthropomorphicFood: His avatar is a potato with a face. Fan artists often draw him ''as'' a potato with a face, such as in pieces depicting the whole group, despite what he actually looks like being well known. |
| 493 | * MascotWithAttitude: Commonly known as the potato with a sailor mouth. |
| 494 | * {{Oireland}}: Parodied. His usernames play up the stereotype that Irish people love potatoes. |
| 495 | * SirSwearsALot: Often puts the other Vinesauce streamers to shame with his entertainingly foul language. |
| 496 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Potatoes, if his original Twitch username (Iwantapotato) is anything to go by. |
| 497 | [[/folder]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | [[folder:Imakuni (Imakuni/Kuni)]] |
| 500 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuni_6.png]] |
| 501 | |
| 502 | A female streamer with a preference for platformers, action-adventure games, rhythm games, visual novels, and [=RPGs=]. Also a longtime fan of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series and anything made by Creator/{{Rare}}. She used to go by Pelikuni on Twitch but later changed her username to Imakuni, and later as Kuni after her own transition into the Vtuber space in 2023. |
| 503 | ---- |
| 504 | |
| 505 | * ActionDuo: |
| 506 | ** With Jen [[TwoGirlsToATeam whenever they streamed together]]. |
| 507 | ** Guided Vinny during his first playthrough of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''. |
| 508 | * AffectionateNickname: Calls Vinny 'Vin'. |
| 509 | * AnimalMotifs: Pelicans, which are referenced by her original Twitch username and her Twitter username, but it only really shows up on her pre-stream art. |
| 510 | * BadassAdorable: Manages to get superb at most of the games in ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Megamix'' despite not having played any games in the series in a while. To top it off she manages to remember all the adorable [[WomanOfAThousandVoices voices]] she gave to the different characters, even during her next time playing. |
| 511 | * BerserkButton: She has nothing good to say about the ''VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries''. |
| 512 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 513 | ** A heavily emphasised and drawn-out "Aw yeah!" |
| 514 | ** "[[BuffySpeak You did the thing!]] Kiss kiss! [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud *kissing noises*]]", whenever someone subscribes to her channel. |
| 515 | ** TOOS |
| 516 | * ADayInTheLimelight: She's the main character of level #20 from Vinny's 2015 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest, "Imakuni Adventure" by Metasight. In it, Jen has disappeared Imakuni has to find her, after which [[spoiler:Vinny (who turns out to have captured Jen to stage an "intervention" over the nuggie obsession the two have)]] appears as the final boss. [[spoiler:This level won the contest.]] |
| 517 | * CuteIsEvil: Enjoys playing this up in her ''Animal Crossing'' streams where she's a wannabe 'ruthless dictator'. This applies to her vtuber persona as a cute luck demon. |
| 518 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: Isn't fond of tomatoes or related foods. |
| 519 | * ExperiencedProtagonist: Was part of a streaming group before Vinesauce but when it was disbanded she tried to apply for part-time. When she and Vinny realized that they only live about 30min away from each other they decided to meet, they quickly liked the other's company, she became an official member. |
| 520 | * FanCommunityNickname: Her subscription alert refers to her subscribers as the Kuni Clan. |
| 521 | * GenkiGirl: Is cheerful and laughs a lot. |
| 522 | * GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Jen came over to her house, and told her she has too many stuffed animals. Ima replied that she still has too ''few'' stuffed animals. |
| 523 | * HypercompetentSidekick: Served as a guide to Vinny in their co-op playthrough of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', with her being vastly more experienced in the classic ''Sonic'' games than him. For [[RuleOfFunny hilarity's sake]], Imakuni took the role of the invincible Tails, with Vinny taking the role of the gameplay-centric Sonic. |
| 524 | * InSeriesNickname: Marisa is sometimes shortened to Risa. |
| 525 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: She takes her screen name from Tomoaki Imakuni, an eccentric musician who wrote songs for the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and appeared in ''VideoGame/PokemonTradingCardGame''. Her Twitch profile picture is even based on his portrait from the latter. |
| 526 | * NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Her birthday is the [[Franchise/StarWars fourth of May]]. And yes, she's heard all the "May the Fourth be with you" jokes. |
| 527 | * OneHeadShorter: In photos where she's standing with the others she's usually shorter than the others; apparently Limes is even shorter than her. |
| 528 | * RunningGag: |
| 529 | ** Her allegedly being a 12-year-old boy. |
| 530 | ** References to weed culture, such as the number 420 and describing things as 'dank'. |
| 531 | * SickeninglySweet: Her 'uguu' voice tends to elicit groans from the other streamers. |
| 532 | -->''A Pathfinder stream, the group have been captured and are about to be executed.''\ |
| 533 | '''Imakuni:''' (uguu voice) P-please sir, don't do this to us! We could find whoever you're looking for. I know we can be of help! P-please, don't kill us...*cries*\ |
| 534 | '''Rev:''' I don't care what happens, [[DisproportionateRetribution as long as they kill Ima first.]] |
| 535 | * TheStoner: Frequently jokes about being this, although she doesn't actually do drugs. However, she considered giving her ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing: Happy Home Designer'' character a stoned-looking face. |
| 536 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chicken nuggets (nuggies) are frequently referred to as such, to the point where she has a Nuggie emote. Shared with Jen. |
| 537 | * VirtualYoutuber: Debuted a Vtuber model as "Kuni" for her Twitch channel on April 4, 2023. |
| 538 | * WomanOfAThousandVoices: As brilliantly shown [[https://youtu.be/jTn4jZC2jOc here]]. |
| 539 | [[/folder]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | !Former / Inactive Streamers |
| 542 | |
| 543 | [[folder:[=StudyGuy=]]] |
| 544 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/studyguy.png]] |
| 545 | |
| 546 | A Californian streamer who devoted his streams to riffing Japanese and anime-themed games. Takes on the form of [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong-il]] or a pig. No longer a Vinesauce streamer, due to a loss of interest in streaming. |
| 547 | ---- |
| 548 | |
| 549 | * AnimalMotifs: One of his personas is that of a pig. At one point he was affectionately known as [=StudyPig=]. |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Gingers ([=FearGingers=])]] |
| 553 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/feargingers.png]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | A casual Welsh streamer with no defining game preferences. Appears to be on indefinite hiatus. According to Imakuni he wants to continue streaming, but is living in Oceania at the moment and has bad Internet service that isn't very suitable for streaming. |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | |
| 558 | * TheCameo: He joined in on the [[spoiler:''Everyone is Vinny'' stream rather abruptly,]] before [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere getting the hell out]] almost immediately due to worries that the ongoing conversation would get him deported. |
| 559 | [[/folder]] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | [[folder:GPM ([=GeePM=]/Gay Purple Man)]] |
| 562 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geepm_3.png]] |
| 563 | |
| 564 | %% |
| 565 | %% Please apply the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment toward anything regarding GPM's suspension. The brief summary below and the link to |
| 566 | %% the team's official statement on the main Vinesauce page should be enough. |
| 567 | %% |
| 568 | |
| 569 | A streamer who plays a variety of games, mostly known for his "repainted" game streams and his "[[Platform/WiiU Miiverse]] Is Hell" tours. His real name is Alex. Also connected to the WebVideo/GamesRepainted crew, and helped to create the wonderful travesty that was ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Repainted''. Officially became a Vinesauce streamer in February 2016, though he had previously been streaming for much longer and had appeared as a guest during Vinesauce streams from before that. Was put on a year-long suspension from the team [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10a0EFHammcN3-yIZoQSN9bYCPTlraDpi4FT9PisbMS4/edit due to soliciting donations for personal needs,]] although that has long since expired. |
| 570 | ---- |
| 571 | * AudienceParticipation: He enjoys this. |
| 572 | ** At the start and end of every "Miiverse Is Hell" stream, GPM creates a "buff thread" where viewers who have access to Miiverse can go to draw and post pictures of "buffed" characters, among other things. He checks the current thread at the start and end of the stream. |
| 573 | ** The "Twitch Chat Repainted" streams have the chat picking textures to be swapped into the game by using bot commands. |
| 574 | * AuthorAvatar: The "Gay Purple Man", who has gone through significant ArtEvolution over the years. GPM's avatar resembled a purple, muscular version of [[https://booru.vineshroom.net/post/view/19493search=apple_dave Apple Dave]] before he changed it to a modified Vineshroom based somewhat on his previous avatar (not unlike how some of the other streamers also have modified Vineshrooms as avatars). |
| 575 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:After his victory against Dio in Vinewrestle 2016, he's abruptly thrust into a championship battle against Grand Dad. Comments afterwards indicate that he straight-up ''died'' after losing to the latter, and was somehow revived.]] |
| 576 | * BerserkButton: |
| 577 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}. He even has an anti-Minion channel emote ([=gpmBanned=]). |
| 578 | ** He also really hates Creator/SethRogen movies, particularly ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. |
| 579 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "succ," which started off as a RunningGag on an ''[=OpenRCT2=]'' server he played on with Joel. |
| 580 | * {{Fanboy}}: Like Joel, he's a fan of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (which has been acknowledged in fanart with some Gay Purple Man/Star Platinum crossovers), but he likes other anime as well, like ''Anime/OsomatsuSan''. |
| 581 | * InJoke: His "Gay Purple Man" moniker comes from a semi-obscure Website/FourChan meme based on a site ad. |
| 582 | * {{Leitmotif}}: In Vinewrestle 2016, "Macho Macho Man" by Music/TheVillagePeople. |
| 583 | * TestosteronePoisoning: His "Buff [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Riku]]" mascot is an embodiment of this. This eventually extended to buffness becoming a RunningGag of his streams. |
| 584 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: His avatar was a purple, muscular, and constantly shirtless man before he switched to a modified Vineshroom. |
| 585 | [[/folder]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | [[folder:KY (Kingky/[=LiveByFoma1=])]] |
| 588 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/livebyfoma.png]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | Specializes in indie and retro games. Commonly known as the ''VideoGame/{{Spelunky}}'' guy. Real name Adam. In 2018 he took an extended hiatus from streaming--and by extension, Vinesauce--for personal reasons, eventually returning as an independent streamer. One of the original Vinesauce streamers. |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | |
| 593 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally shows up in Vinny's streams where there's multiplayer, such as his ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' streams and ''[[VideoGame/{{Spelunky}} Spelunky 2]]''. |
| 594 | * {{Hipster}}: The New York meetup video straight-up describes him as a closet hipster. His preference for indie and retro games doesn't help. Several comments on the PAX East video on Vinny's [=YouTube=] channel, which features him, refer to him as "Hipster Vinny" due to the resemblance between the two. |
| 595 | * InJoke: His avatar's crown and the "King" part of his username refer an AprilFoolsDay joke from 2012 that saw the stream renamed to "Kings of KY" and had him as the only streamer for the whole day. |
| 596 | * MeaningfulName: Parodied. Someone asked at PAX East 2015 if KY is "Vinny's social lubricant" and Vinny noted a chat comment regarding this in one of his ''Super Mario Bros. [=3Mix=]'' streams. |
| 597 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Parodied. One of Rev's PAX South videos portrays him as being overly fond of pickles. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Hootey (Hootey/Hootonium)]] |
| 601 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hootey.png]] |
| 602 | |
| 603 | The wise owl, known for being the oldest active streamer on the team. Plays a variety of games, and is known for practicing and performing speedruns, mainly of ''Super VideoGame/PunchOut''. |
| 604 | |
| 605 | He has resigned from Vinesauce in order to focus more on charity work, but still streams on his own once in a while. As of June 2019, he is currently the president of the [=501(c)(3)=] nonprofit organization Variety is Hope, of which Vinesauce is Hope is the flagship event. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | |
| 608 | * ArchEnemy: In his ''Super Punch-Out!!'' streams, Bob Charlie, who has become infamous for ruining many of Hootey's runs. |
| 609 | * InstantlyProvenWrong: Managed to do this to a WebVideo/GamesDoneQuick commentator during a blindfolded ''Super Punch-Out!!'' [[https://youtu.be/WSMsErZOqB8 race]] with world record holder zallard1. When zallard got up to Masked Muscle, the commentator claimed he was one of the boxers who couldn't be [=KOed=] and had to be beaten with a TKO, right before Hootey started the fight and quickly [=KOed=] him in two knockdowns. |
| 610 | * IntellectualAnimal: Hootey is considered one of the most sophisticated streamers, and an owl. |
| 611 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: Like Vinny and Joel, he can pull of a wide range of voices, although this is less well known due to his less frequent appearances. |
| 612 | %%* MentorMascot |
| 613 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Thanks to a mondegreen in ''Super Punch-Out!!'', he has become associated with "pizza cake". |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[folder:Jen ([=MentalJen=]/[=UmJammerJenny=])]] |
| 617 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mentaljen.png]] |
| 618 | |
| 619 | A streamer and graphic designer who loves [[TrademarkFavoriteFood p i z z a]]. Likes simulation games, [=RPGs=] and [=MOBAs=]. She was the first Vinesauce viewer, and the second streamer after Vinny himself. While she's still recognized as a current member of the Vineteam, she's currently on hiatus for unspecified personal reasons, with her online presence being voluntarily deactivated for the time being. |
| 620 | |
| 621 | In 2018, she deleted her [=YouTube=] channel and Twitter account, and while there was some concern from fans, it was later stated she was taking a break from social media. |
| 622 | ---- |
| 623 | * AffectionateNickname: She mentioned liking the nickname "Jenpai" during one stream. |
| 624 | * BerserkButton: |
| 625 | ** Don't bring up ''VideoGame/{{Glover}}'' around Jen. Suggesting that she actually stream it is an even worse idea. |
| 626 | ** Memes, particularly ones that have well and truly run their course. This trait is shared with Vinny. |
| 627 | ** People who don't tag art properly on the booru, since she helps manage it. |
| 628 | * TheCameo: She appears in level #20 ("Imakuni Adventure" by Metasight) from Vinny's 2015 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest. In it, she's disappeared and Imakuni has to find her, after which [[spoiler:Vinny (who turns out to have actually [[DamselInDistress captured Jen]])]] shows up and fights Imakuni. |
| 629 | * CaptainErsatz: She uses ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, or artwork inspired by her (such as a modified Vineshroom), as her avatar. |
| 630 | * CharacterCatchphrase: If Jen doesn't like something, expect to hear some variation on "X is the worst thing in the entire universe." |
| 631 | * DamselInDistress: In level #20 from Vinny's ''Super Mario Bros. X'' contest, "Imakuni Adventure" by Metasight, she's missing and Imakuni has to find her. [[spoiler:It turns out that Vinny actually captured her to stage an "intervention" over her and Imakuni's obsession with nuggies, and he ends up attacking Imakuni by throwing slices of pizza.]] |
| 632 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Of all the nicknames people have given her, her least favorite is [[WebVideo/VinesauceTomodachiLife Jehn]]. |
| 633 | * {{Fangirl}}: Of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' and pre-Creator/{{Microsoft|Studios}} Creator/{{Rare}}. |
| 634 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Got very excited when Grant Kirkhope retweeted her ''Banjo-Tooie'' stream. |
| 635 | * OverlyLongName: Her Twitch profile gives her full name as "[[Literature/AnnoDracula Genevieve Sandrine du Pointe du Lac Dieudonné]]". |
| 636 | * SanitySlippage: Gives this impression the longer she is stuck during a gameplay segment. |
| 637 | * TheStoner: She doesn't actually do drugs, but her manner of speech lends itself to this interpretation. She also frequently makes jokes about marijuana and weed culture and most of her [=YouTube=] highlights have a length of just over 4:20. |
| 638 | * TeamMom: Sometimes referred to as the mother of Vinesauce. Her nickname on Twitter is even Vinemom. |
| 639 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: P i z z a. Chicken nuggets (nuggies) are also frequently referred to on stream, to the point where she has a nuggie emote. Shared with Imakuni. |
| 640 | [[/folder]] |
| 641 | |
| 642 | !Associates |
| 643 | |
| 644 | [[folder:Dem (Demengineerz)]] |
| 645 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/demengineerz.jpg]] |
| 646 | |
| 647 | One of the more prominent Vinesauce mods. Has a tendency to destroy Vinny whenever he competes with him in any video game. He has also made some highlight videos of Vinesauce streams. |
| 648 | ---- |
| 649 | * GuestStarPartyMember: In the times where he joins Vinny's streams in multiplayer games and ''isn't'' trying to [[{{Troll}} get on his nerves]]. |
| 650 | * TheRival: As said before, Dem tends to present a challenge to Vinny in many of the multiplayer games they played together, from ''Mario Party'' to ''Grand Theft Auto''. [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Gamefan15/videos He also made a series of highlight videos focusing on Vinny raging over numerous games, generally difficult platformers.]] However, some of his highlight videos are unrelated to this (such as how his "Fall of Frooby" video is a shortened version of one of Joel's ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' streams, featuring Joel's eccentric Fred Sim). |
| 651 | * VitriolicBestBuds: While Dem and Vinny tend to get heated when competing one another, the complete opposite happens in coop, in which they tend to be much more friendly. |
| 652 | [[/folder]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | [[folder:Reg (Regaulity)]] |
| 655 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/regtwitter.jpg]] |
| 656 | |
| 657 | One of the more prominent Vinesauce mods, known for messing with everyone and being weird. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | |
| 660 | * BileFascination: Invoked; this is the most likely the reason he keeps finding UsefulNotes/{{shovelware}} to send Vinny. |
| 661 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's been described as a "Meme King", which pretty much sums this up. |
| 662 | * {{Troll}}: Probably the most infamous one on Vinesauce. However, when he tried to troll by using a Mii he made for Vinny's ''Tomodachi Life'' streams, Southbird ended up liking the result, even if Vinny didn't (at least initially). |
| 663 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Reg does things specifically to rile Vinny up, and Vinny tends to mock him in his streams over it. |
| 664 | %% Mostly with Vinny and Jen. |
| 665 | [[/folder]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | [[folder:Weinerless Steve]] |
| 668 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weinerlesssteve.jpg]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | A Vinesauce affiliate mainly associated with the corruptions he sends to Vinny. |
| 671 | |
| 672 | Note that these tropes are for the real Weinerless Steve. For tropes related to his Mii in the ''Tomodachi Collection'' corruption stream, see the main Vinesauce ''Tomodachi Life'' character page. |
| 673 | ---- |
| 674 | |
| 675 | * BileFascination: [[invoked]] Not all of his corruptions are for good games. |
| 676 | * BodyHorror: The picture of Link in his avatar has mouths for eyes and the lower part of his face is replaced with a glitchy mess. |
| 677 | * GroinAttack: '''Weinerless''' Steve. |
| 678 | * MythologyGag: His avatar is a picture of Link from a ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' corruption stream. |
| 679 | * {{Troll}}: Some of his corruptions are hand-picked for the sole purpose of messing with Vinny. |
| 680 | [[/folder]] |
| 681 | |
| 682 | [[folder:[=DesertP=] (Desert Pogona)]] |
| 683 | |
| 684 | A Vinesauce associate who streams, and occasionally joins Vinny's online multiplayer streams. He's also a mod. |
| 685 | ---- |
| 686 | * AuthorAppeal: Very open in his love for lizards. |
| 687 | * AnimalMotif: Lizards, obviously. |
| 688 | * BigWhat: Much like many of the [=Vinesauce=] streamers, this will be his go-to reaction. |
| 689 | * CelebrityResemblance: Has acknowledged the similarities between his voice and Creator/DanaSnyder, and will often do impressions of his characters. |
| 690 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Tends to join Vinny whenever he wants to tackle multiplayer games. |
| 691 | * MadnessMantra: He repeatedly says "I have to kill [[VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld Fatalis]]" during a stream of ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'' with Vinny. It eventually [[https://youtu.be/cmRfIepWB20?t=5702 culminates]] in him filtering his voice to sound like BlackSpeech as he repeats the phrase again, creeping the hell out of Vinny. |
| 692 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: If there's a game that has text and has no voice acting, it's 100% certain he'll have a voice of it. |
| 693 | * SelfDeprecation: It's a RunningGag, for sure. |
| 694 | [[/folder]] |
| 695 | |
| 696 | [[folder:[=JohnnyMonke=] ("John Fullsauce")]] |
| 697 | The new manager of the Full Sauce channel after Vappy's departure and a relatively newer moderator. Known for uploading [=VODs=] on the Fullsauce channel, editing clips on the new Clipsauce and Extrasauce channels, and occasionally cutting together highlights on the main channel. |
| 698 | ---- |
| 699 | * AnimalMotif: Monkeys. His avatar and aesthetic is often associated with monkeys, eventually leading to his new handle. |
| 700 | * AscendedMeme: "John Fullsauce" went from a nickname used by the fandom, to getting use from Vinny and later John himself. |
| 701 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Was only ever referred to as "[[MrSmith John]] Fullsauce" when he was first introduced, even using it as his username whenever present in the chat. |
| 702 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 703 | * HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His real name is actually "Johnny". To a lesser extent, his old Twitch username was "[=john_fullsauce=]" for whenever he'd make an appearance in Vinny's chat.. |
| 704 | * HypercompetentSidekick: After a rough start with Vinny's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' uploads (probably due to transitioning managers at the time), people started noticing "John" uploading stream archives mere hours, if not ''minutes'', after they aired on Twitch. Vinny has also mentioned in passing that he's responsible for other projects outside of Vinesauce, like the graphic design and page layout of the [[https://www.warcraft3refunded.com/ Warcraft III: Refunded]] website. |
| 705 | * MistakenNationality: His accent isn't easily idenfitiable, though many thought he sounded French. It's something of a RunningGag to refer to him as such. |
| 706 | * NoNameGiven: Nobody on the team has taken to mentioning them by name, so the fans eventually settled for calling them "John Fullsauce". |
| 707 | * RealNameAsAnAlias: His first moniker was borrowing from [[Memes/{{Vinesauce}} one of Vinny's memes]]. As it would be explained later, his name actually ''is'' "John", albeit he prefers to be called "Johnny". |
| 708 | * SuddenlySpeaking: In part because of his greater anonymity compared to Vappy, John never spoke on-mic for a good portion of his time as the Fullsauce manager. This first changed when he did a voiceover for an Extra Sauce video explaining a temporary suspension for the Fullsauce channel, and got more prominent when he appeared as a guest on Vinny's ''Valheim'' streams. |
| 709 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: His accent is best described as "vaguely European", with many viewers believing it to have been French at first. Vinny particularly likes his [[InherentlyFunnyWords pronunciation of the word "pain"]]. |
| 710 | [[/folder]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | [[folder:[=AgentRedJackal=]]] |
| 713 | One of Vinesauce's more recent mods. On top of curating material and occasionally joining Vinny in online multiplayer games, they also stream as a [=VTuber=]. |
| 714 | ---- |
| 715 | * AnimalMotif: Jackals, of course. |
| 716 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 717 | * VirtualYouTuber: Represented by an avatar of a red-haired android. |
| 718 | [[/folder]] |
| 719 | |
| 720 | [[folder:[=DaveKap=]]] |
| 721 | One of Vinny's mods, and also a game developer. |
| 722 | ---- |
| 723 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 724 | [[/folder]] |
| 725 | |
| 726 | [[folder:[=GreatZott=]]] |
| 727 | One of Vinny's mods. |
| 728 | ---- |
| 729 | * FriendlySkeleton: His icon is a friendly skull. |
| 730 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 731 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Typically participates in group events alongside Gearomatic. |
| 732 | [[/folder]] |
| 733 | |
| 734 | [[folder:[=Gearomatic=]]] |
| 735 | One of Vinny's mods. |
| 736 | ---- |
| 737 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 738 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Typically participates in group events alongside [=GreatZott=]. |
| 739 | [[/folder]] |
| 740 | |
| 741 | [[folder:[=Vidyabum=]]] |
| 742 | One of Vinny's mods. He typically streams horror-themed games. |
| 743 | ---- |
| 744 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 745 | [[/folder]] |
| 746 | |
| 747 | |
| 748 | [[folder:[=GreatSphynx=]]] |
| 749 | One of Vinny's mods. Known for streaming old VHS footage and infomercials. |
| 750 | ---- |
| 751 | * CuteKitten: Has one named Osmo. |
| 752 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 753 | * TeamChef: He used to be a chef. |
| 754 | [[/folder]] |
| 755 | |
| 756 | [[folder:Narry]] |
| 757 | One of Vinny's mods. He also sometimes does corruptions, and likes to do things in [=VRChat=]. |
| 758 | ---- |
| 759 | * AnimalMotif: He has a fursona that's an owl. |
| 760 | * GuestStarPartyMember: Occasionally joins Vinny in multiplayer games. |
| 761 | [[/folder]] |
| 762 | |
| 763 | !Former associates |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:Captain Southbird]] |
| 766 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captainsouthbird.jpg]] |
| 767 | |
| 768 | A [[GameMod ROM hacker]] and former main video editor for Vinny's streams. While his original hack, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3Mix'', was streamed on Vinesauce (specifically, by Vinny), he is primarily known on Vinesauce for his abridged versions of the WebVideo/VinesauceTomodachiLife streams, which he later followed up with his ''WebVideo/MayorVine'' series of abridged versions of Vinny's ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' streams (with that series beginning in 2016) and the abridged versions of the WebVideo/VinesauceMiitopia streams (which started in 2017). |
| 769 | |
| 770 | He worked on various edits of Vinny's streams (both on his own channel and Vinny's), rather than just the ''Tomodachi Life'' ones. Generally, the edits on Vinny's channel are similar in content to the ones Vinny himself makes, while the ones on his own channel, aside from the ''Tomodachi Life'', ''Animal Crossing'', and ''Miitopia'' videos, tend to have more miscellaneous content, such as various anecdotes and stories Vinny has shared during streams. |
| 771 | |
| 772 | He started [[https://www.twitch.tv/captainsouthbird/profile streaming himself]] in 2016 and his channel features videos featuring various hacked games, particularly from the ''Animal Crossing'' series, in addition to highlight videos for Vinny's streams. His non-Vinesauce work (with the exception of his ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' videos, which are covered alongside Vinny's streams of the game) is covered on [[WebVideo/CaptainSouthbird a separate page]]. |
| 773 | |
| 774 | In 2018, Southbird stepped down from his position as Vinny's chief editor and ended his association with the Vineteam on amicable terms; his last contribution to the channel was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LP2Gdd371A a feature-length highlight/recap video]] for ''Mayor Vine'' that year, created as a parting gift to the community. Since his departure, Vinny's highlight videos have been put together by a rotating team of guest editors rather than having a single person take the role. |
| 775 | |
| 776 | For examples related to the ''Tomodachi Life'' edits specifically, see the main character page for those streams. For examples related to his non-Vinesauce work, see his own [=YouTube=] channel's page. |
| 777 | ---- |
| 778 | |
| 779 | * AffectionateNickname: Like Imakuni, he tends to refer to Vinny as "Vin". |
| 780 | * AuthorAvatar: A [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM roboticizied]] [[Manga/OnePiece Southbird]]. If it appears at the end of a highlights video, it means he did the editing for it. |
| 781 | * CaptionHumor: If he ever adds captions, they tend to be humorous in nature. |
| 782 | * CreatorThumbprint. References to characters from Vinny's ''Tomodachi Life'' streams (mainly Cling On) tend to show up in his edits, since his edited versions of those streams were among the earliest Vinesauce-related content on his [=YouTube=] channel and are also what he's most known for in the community. |
| 783 | * DeadpanSnarker: His usual tone of voice isn't unlike Vinny's. At least one commenter on his [=YouTube=] channel joked about Vinny's snarkiness rubbing off on him. |
| 784 | * InJoke: The "Captain" part of his username. He originally went by just Southbird online, but one site had that username taken by someone else and suggested ''Captain'' Southbird as an alternative. He found this amusing and chose it, and it stuck. |
| 785 | * ManipulativeEditing: Occasionally, particularly in his ''VideoGame/SonicDreamsCollection'' video on Vinny's channel. |
| 786 | * OneDegreeOfSeparation: Vinny had no idea ''[=3Mix=]'' was made by a Vinesauce fan when he saw Creator/MikeMatei's review of it. Vinny would find out about this after his first stream of it. |
| 787 | * SelfDeprecation: Various bits of commentary from Vinny have been referred to as "table scraps" and uploaded to his own channel instead of Vinny's. However, such videos would later be given more descriptive tiles. |
| 788 | * SensoryAbuse: He likes his special effects. A lot. |
| 789 | * TheVoiceless: The videos he makes for Vinny's [=YouTube=] channel tend to keep the commentary to a minimum, in contrast to some of his uploads on his own channel. However, we do hear his actual voice when he streams independently of Vinesauce. |
| 790 | [[/folder]] |
| 791 | |
| 792 | [[folder:[=Vappyvap88=] (Jonathan Shen)]] |
| 793 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vappyvap88.jpg]] |
| 794 | |
| 795 | An uploader of Vinny's streams to [=YouTube=], formerly independently of Vinesauce but eventually tasked with handling Vinny's Full Sauce channel. He stopped being in charge of the Fullsauce channel due to being too busy with real life to record and upload the streams. |
| 796 | |
| 797 | On April 22, 2020, he sadly died due to cardiac arrest brought about by COVID-19. |
| 798 | ---- |
| 799 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When Southbird was made an affiliate, Vinny mentioned also being affiliated with "Vappy, Vappy, and Vappy" due to Vappy's three channels (his personal channel, Vappyvap Backup, and Vinesauce: The Full Sauce). |
| 800 | * TheVoiceless: Because his uploads of Vinny's streams are generally unmodified, there was no captions or commentary by him, unlike some of Southbird's uploads. |
| 801 | [[/folder]] |
| 802 | |
| 803 | !Frequent Guests |
| 804 | |
| 805 | [[folder:Mike (Jabroni Mike)]] |
| 806 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/32bdc0e8_e412_42bc_8103_8527e4d5565d_profile_image_600x600.png]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | One of Vinny's oldest friends from way before the creation of Vinesauce who also happens to be the co-founder and drummer of Vinny's band, Music/RedVox. While he originally began as a recurring guest on Vinny's streams with no real affiliation with Vinesauce in any way, his appearances have proved popular enough for him to eventually gain [[https://www.twitch.tv/jabroni_mike/profile a stream of his very own]]. |
| 809 | ---- |
| 810 | * AlwaysSecondBest: Frequently refers to himself as the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative most popular third-monitor streamer]], in reference to the popularity of viewing multiple streamers at once and using certain ones as backup for when the most popular streamer is being less active. |
| 811 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Vinny feels this way when fighting him in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. Particularly, fighting Mike's Olimar becomes a point of contention to Vinny. |
| 812 | * AllDrummersAreAnimals: He occasionally streams himself doing drum covers of music, and his streams place a lot of emphasis on his comically quick temper as well as his obscenities-heavy sense of humor. |
| 813 | * BirdsOfAFeather: It can be a tad jarring how similar Vinny and Mike's senses of humor are. Expect even more RefugeInAudacity than usual. |
| 814 | * [[invoked]]CrossesTheLineTwice: Happens [[InUniverse during his streams]] whenever watching a [[YoutubeKidsChannel finger family video.]] A lot of these videos contain rather [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids dark subject matter]], such as [[TheAlcoholic drinking]], {{domestic abuse}}, or deaths in the family, among many things. However, due to the fact that these videos depict characters such as [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] or [[VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime Huggy Wuggy]] being subjected to these, combined with the notion that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids these videos are ment to be geared towards children]], are so incredibly absurd that they loop back around to being funny. Mike himself cites this exact reason as why they're so funny. He's even made a Bingo game out of all the wildly inappropriate tropes and crude techniques present in the ''Sonic'' videos. |
| 815 | ** Same reasoning applies to whenever Mike loses it during the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] {{fanfic}} reading streams, as they have the exact same ideas present (although the fanfics in question more directed towards teens than young children). |
| 816 | * DeadpanSnarker: Not as deadpan as Vinny, but he has his moments. |
| 817 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: He outright ''despises'' the fast food industry, especially UsefulNotes/McDonalds. |
| 818 | * FatAndSkinny: Mike has had Fredrik Knudsen of ''WebVideo/DownTheRabbitHole'' as a frequent guest on his streams,and they even have a podcast together, The Warrens. Mike is stout with dark hair and a beard and of Sicilian origin through his dad, while Fred is skinny, clean shaved, and a blond of Norwegian stock on his father's side. |
| 819 | * ForgetfulJones: If he gets a helpful gameplay tip, chances are a minute later he'll forget all about it. Many times in his stream a loss could've been averted if he had only remembered a key detail he had learned moments prior. |
| 820 | * HairTriggerTemper: By his own admission when it comes to playing video games; a trait that has plagued him since childhood. If he starts getting frustrated playing a game, anyone watching him [[SuddenlyShouting will be sure to know]]. |
| 821 | * GuestStarPartyMember: |
| 822 | ** Mike occasionally joins Vinny for streams of multiplayer games, from in-person for ''VideoGame/{{Snipperclips}}'' to crossover streams of ''VideoGame/MarioKart8''. |
| 823 | ** He's seen with Rev for more often streams and collaborates. |
| 824 | * NoIndoorVoice: Whenever ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is involved, expect Mike to quote a bastardized version of Sonic. '''Loudly.''' |
| 825 | * OralFixation: Likes to have a toothpick in his mouth while streaming. |
| 826 | * RambunctiousItalian: Compared to Vinny, who is at times self-conscious about falling into the stereotype, Mike seemingly embraces it more, and is very expressive and has a heavier New York accent to boot. |
| 827 | * RedOniBlueOni: He frequently plays the the boisterous, loud and impulsive partner to his streaming buddies Vinny, Rev, and Fred Knudsen, who tend to be more stoic, even-tempered and contemplative. |
| 828 | * SirSwearsALot: Compared to Vinny, he has quite the dirty mouth. |
| 829 | * SurpassedTheTeacher: During Vinny's streams of ''[[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth]]'', a few episodes featured Mike in co-op, who demonstrated frequent ignorance of the game's mechanics. The game eventually spurred Mike to get the game himself, and by the time ''Afterbirth'' rolled around, Mike impresses upon Vinny his newfound knowledge of how the game works, to the point where Vinny {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d the trope in question. |
| 830 | * ThinkingOutLoud: Mike tends to speak his mind more than Vinny does, even to a point where Vinny feels the need to keep him in check occasionally. |
| 831 | * ToiletHumor: Mike is a big fan of this and very frequently utilizes it in his streams. |
| 832 | * VirtualYouTuber: Mike has one named "Jabroni-chan" that's a parody of the concept. His avatar is basically a female version of his icon, and Mike doesn't change his voice or personality, leading to some serious VocalDissonance. In 2022, he changed to Jazz Mister (or Maskboy), a jester character that looks like his mask logo. |
| 833 | * [[invoked]]VindicatedByHistory: Discussed. Mike often plays games which despite being poorly received at the time are considered hidden gems, chief among them ''Sonic Heroes'' and ''Sonic and the Black Knight''. |
| 834 | * YouTubeKidsChannel: His "Finger Family Friday" segment is dedicated to taking the piss out of these, as well as content farm videos aimed at older audiences. |
| 835 | [[/folder]] |
| 836 | |
| 837 | [[folder:Tilde (Tidle)]] |
| 838 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tilde.jpg]] |
| 839 | |
| 840 | Rev's wife, who joins him occasionally during some streams, particularly ''VideoGame/{{Chulip}}''. Like Rev, she is an artist, and she's really good at sewing and crochet. |
| 841 | ---- |
| 842 | * ApologisesALot: And Rev lovingly replies that it's okay. |
| 843 | * DeadpanSnarker: She can come out with a lot on-point snark which Rev approves of. |
| 844 | * AFriendInNeed: If she wonders about something Rev doesn't know much about, Rev often replies that she should ask someone else in the Vinesauce crew, showing that his friends are her friends too. |
| 845 | * GenreSavvy: [[invoked]] Knows well enough that her husband streams weird things to not be {{squick}}ed out when he searches for weird images to use as a thumbnail for his videos. In fact, she doesn't even bat an eye when Rev says "[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks sexualized chipmunks]]" either, much to his distress of how far he's fallen and yet she stays by his side. |
| 846 | * HappilyMarried: To Rev as of 24th February 2019. |
| 847 | * SirSwearsALot: Tilde has a potty mouth. |
| 848 | -->''Response to Rev reading that this trope applies to her: "Oh shit!"'' |
| 849 | * ThatsWhatSheSaid: Pretty much her CatchPhrase. |
| 850 | [[/folder]] |
| 851 | |
| 852 | [[folder:[=Cr1TiKaL=]]] |
| 853 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/critikal.jpg]] |
| 854 | |
| 855 | A Platform/YouTube game commentator who's collaborated on various Vinesauce streams. See [[WebVideo/{{Critikal}} his TV Tropes page]] for more details. |
| 856 | [[/folder]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | [[folder:Donnakuni]] |
| 859 | Ima's mother, who sometimes shows up in the form of {{Aside Comment}}s and occasionally as a [[ActionMom second player]]. |
| 860 | ---- |
| 861 | * AlmightyMom: Is one of the Vinesauce mods and oversees her daughter's streams and her friends' streams. She also subscribes to more than a few of them. |
| 862 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sometimes, but nowhere like [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MomAnela]]. |
| 863 | * DeadpanSnarker: Most of her comments are pure snark. |
| 864 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: Most of the time she's only slightly audible, but always hilarious. |
| 865 | * ShroudedInMyth: InUniverse, according to both Imakuni and [=MentalJen=] she can rip Jen three new assholes if she wanted to. According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TxS_9DiDnk this]] panel anyway. |
| 866 | * {{Troll}}: On Ima's birthday streams, expect her to bring up [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore the date]]. And that's just the beginning of it. |
| 867 | [[/folder]] |
| 868 | |
| 869 | [[folder:Conome]] |
| 870 | Also known as Gil. He's a frequent guest on Imakuni's streams. |
| 871 | ---- |
| 872 | * BigEater: During one of Vinny's streams of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime 3D'' Vinny asks Conome if he remembers when the two of them ate barbecue together and he ate all of it. |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | [[folder:[=Jerma985=]]] |
| 876 | A Twitch streamer that often gets referenced by Joel's Twitch chat and has made occasional appearances on Vinny's streams. Has his own page [[WebVideo/Jerma985 here]]. |
| 877 | ---- |
| 878 | * AffablyEvil: Intentionally acts like a supervillain throughout most of his Vinewrestle appearances. |
| 879 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: |
| 880 | ** Best exemplified by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrhDESB1xQ this appearance]] on one of Vinny's charity streams, where he quite literally barges into Vinny's house unannounced and explains that he got there via ''lawnmower'' after his car broke down. |
| 881 | --->'''Jeremy:''' Did I make it!? Did I make it in time for the stream!? Anybody-- Hello!? ''(banging noises)''\ |
| 882 | '''Vinny:''' Holy shit... Hang on a second. ''(away from mic)'' What are you doing here? How the ''fuck'' did you get into my house!? |
| 883 | ** Has [[https://youtu.be/kVehgLHlZI8?t=764 another moment]] when streaming ''VideoGame/KeepTalkingAndNobodyExplodes'' with Joel. |
| 884 | --->'''Jeremy:''' ...Why do I have ink on my hands? This [bomb defusal manual] is fresh print.\ |
| 885 | '''Joel:''' You have ink on your hands?\ |
| 886 | '''Jeremy:''' Yeah, and I printed this like, forty minutes ago and there's still ink coming off of it--\ |
| 887 | '''Joel:''' Taste it.\ |
| 888 | '''Jeremy:''' ''(looks at his hand briefly)'' Wha-- no! Why did I give that one second of thought? Why did I even give that ''one'' second of thought? |
| 889 | * TheDitz: Somewhat forgetful and unobservant; mostly played for laughs but sometimes he really is blind to obvious solutions or hints. |
| 890 | * NervousWreck: Easily overwhelmed by complicated or fast-moving concepts, making ''Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes'' a dangerous game for him to play. |
| 891 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Happens in nearly every stream, regardless of whether he's with Vinny or Joel on Vinesauce, or Etalyx or STAR_ on his own channel. |
| 892 | [[/folder]] |
| 893 | |
| 894 | !Vinny's In-Universe Characters |
| 895 | |
| 896 | [[folder:Bub Skebulba]] |
| 897 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bubskebulba.png]] |
| 898 | |
| 899 | Vinny's character from ''VideoGame/{{Skate}} 3''. He is a skater with bright green hair and a tendency to suffer bizarre injuries. |
| 900 | |
| 901 | For examples related to his ''Tomodachi Life'' appearance, see the character page for Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLifeIslandersEpisode27AndLater. |
| 902 | ---- |
| 903 | |
| 904 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Vinny once thought that Sebulba from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' was named "Bub Skebulba" and decided to use that name for one of his game characters. |
| 905 | * AmusingInjuries: His injuries are played for laughs and are never permanent. |
| 906 | * BodyHorror: He's very prone to physics glitches. |
| 907 | * NighInvulnerable: He gets injured often, but he manages to survive. |
| 908 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He never wears a shirt while skating, which is all we ever see him do. |
| 909 | [[/folder]] |
| 910 | |
| 911 | [[folder:Bunji]] |
| 912 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frogeatsyouall.png]] |
| 913 | A character from ''VideoGame/TheGiggleboneGang'' series of games, Bunji is a frog that tries to teach players education. Though he ostensibly means well, his strange behaviour, bizarre abilities and [[SensoryAbuse annoying voice]] means that he's struck a chord with both Vinny and the chat, whose opinion ranges from LoveToHate to downright derision. In particular, Vinny is always bothered by Bunji's habit of eating everything and his voice. |
| 914 | ---- |
| 915 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: He has a tendency to make many muses accenting a lot of alliteration when wisecracking. This is justified, since he's from an educational game series that teaches players about the alphabet and other related concepts. |
| 916 | * AscendedToCarnivorism: Frogs are insectivores. Bunji here, meanwhile, can eat everything and the kitchen sink, including meat. |
| 917 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Frogs can lay eggs, sure, but frogs, let alone male frogs, can't lay ''bird'' eggs. |
| 918 | * EatsBabies: [[https://youtu.be/b4DH6RaQtXY?t=17m50s In the "E" screen]] of ''Alphabonk Farm'', he can produce bird eggs, which can be incubated [[LetsMeetTheMeat and cooked]]. |
| 919 | * ExtremeOmnivore: He can eat flies, fish, musical instruments, dogs, and ''kids on bikes''. |
| 920 | * HateSink: Invoked. Vinny hated Bunji so much that he encouraged all his viewers to unite in hating Bunji as well. |
| 921 | * ImAHumanitarian: He will eat anything you give him, including people. |
| 922 | * LikeIsLikeAComma: One of the reasons Vinny hates him so much. Also accompanied by other similar tics such as "Uh", "yeah", and "...or something like that". |
| 923 | * MotorMouth: Bunji is very hyperactive, and talks a ''lot''. It's one of the main reasons why Vinny hates him. |
| 924 | * OneHitKill: In a Vinesauce fangame called ''Supra Binyot Lande'', Bunji appears as a unique enemy in the first level. If the player touches him, Bunji ''eats'' Vinny ([[GoryDiscretionShot the screen goes black, but you can hear the sounds]], and Bunji is seen afterwards with blood on his mouth), causing the player to lose a life. |
| 925 | * UnknownRival: Almost everyone dislikes him, but he's generally quite friendly. |
| 926 | * StomachOfHolding: His defining trait, being able to hold whatever he desires and deems necessary for whatever situation he's in. |
| 927 | * VillainousGlutton: Twisted into one by the fandom. |
| 928 | [[/folder]] |
| 929 | |
| 930 | [[folder:Gnorts]] |
| 931 | |
| 932 | Initially introduced in a very bizarre series of live-action segments during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOiEzbjikcY one of]] Vinny's streams in 2020, Gnorts is a mysterious [[TheGreys grey alien]] from the planet Gnortaria who lives in Vinny's apartment and occasionally appeared as a guest on his and V-Dub's streams, before graduating into full-time streaming of his own under the name "A-Dub". |
| 933 | ---- |
| 934 | |
| 935 | * HappilyAdopted: Fond of Vinny, whose good caretaking allowed him to become a streamer in his own right. |
| 936 | * MeaningfulName: His full name is "Gnorts Mr. Alien", in reference to Neil Armstrong's name spelled backwards. He's also, well, a male alien. |
| 937 | * PlatonicCoParenting: Vinny and V-Dub are {{Sitcom ArchNemesis}}es ([[{{Kayfabe}} and definitely not the same person]]), but both of them treat him like adopted son of sorts and [[TakingTheKids argue]] over who is the better mentor figure to him. |
| 938 | * VirtualYouTuber: As A-Dub, he is a 3D model of an alien who streams himself reacting to gameplay. |
| 939 | * VoiceChangeling: Gnorts uses voice-changing software to mimic Vinny's voice during streams. |
| 940 | [[/folder]] |
| 941 | |
| 942 | [[folder:Grey Leno]] |
| 943 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grayleno_5.png]] |
| 944 | [[caption-width-right:350:We have a whole cavalcade of different material that you will enjoy to your heart's consent!]] |
| 945 | Grey Leno is the host of an eponymous online TalkShow that's best described as what would play on late night television in Hell. Initially introduced in "The Grey Leno Show", the end result of Vinny's Nightmare Puppeteer stream in April 2022, he's since reappeared a couple of times in other segments and during intermissions between clips in the main channel's compilations. |
| 946 | ---- |
| 947 | * AmusingInjuries: Prone to falling over for no reason. |
| 948 | * BlackEyesOfCrazy: His creepy bug eyes fit the unsettling, chaotic nature of his show. |
| 949 | * BodyHorror: His head isn't attached to his neck, leaving a clear void behind his ears. |
| 950 | * DerangedAnimation: ''Everything'' about him looks off when he's in motion. |
| 951 | * DissonantSerenity: Nearly always chipper no matter what messed up shit happens to be occurring on his show. |
| 952 | * FatSlob: His model is fairly rotund, his face looks permanently glazed in a layer of grease, and he will sometimes begin puking for no reason. |
| 953 | * HairTriggerTemper: Despite his generally pleasant demeanor, he's also prone to flipping out at random, swearing up a storm and assaulting his guests. |
| 954 | * HiddenDepths: A bizarre abomination he may be, but he also is apparently an absolute ''beast'' at VideoGame/FZero99. |
| 955 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: He presents his show as if it were a family-friendly primetime talk show, when it's absolutely anything but. Compared to Vinny's other characters, his wackiness makes him come off as creepy rather than funny. |
| 956 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Gray Leno is pretty obviously based on Creator/JayLeno, more specifically being an exaggerated, alien-themed version of Vinny's unflattering impression of him. |
| 957 | * PunnyName: He's basically Jay Leno, but also a [[TheGreys Grey]]. |
| 958 | * SurrealHorror: His debut video, "The Grey Leno Show", is borderline incomprehensible, and it's certainly undeniably creepy, depicting him hosting a bizarre, structureless talk show in an eerie bastardization of the TED Talk stage. |
| 959 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: He has a tendency to randomly start projectile vomiting all over the stage, which he blames on a "rotten éclair" in "The Grey Leno Show". |
| 960 | [[/folder]] |
| 961 | |
| 962 | |
| 963 | [[folder:Hitomi Fujiko]] |
| 964 | [[quoteright:115:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitomi_fujiko.png]] |
| 965 | |
| 966 | ->''"I'm sorry traveller...."'' |
| 967 | |
| 968 | An NPC bot that Vinny encountered while exploring an abandoned ''[=ActiveWorlds=]'' server. Or at least that what it appeared to be.... |
| 969 | |
| 970 | She was played by Pocketomi, who did [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Vinesauce/comments/4djedl/hello_i_am_hitomi_fujiko_ama/ an AMA]] about the stream. This section is primarily about the in-game character. |
| 971 | |
| 972 | Later reused as an NPC in ''VideoGame/VineRealms'', as well as an Avatar the player can unlock by collecting enough Vinetoad Kingdom Emotes. |
| 973 | ---- |
| 974 | |
| 975 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: While she acts incredibly creepy and wants Vinny gone, it's never made clear if she's actively malicious. |
| 976 | * {{Animorphism}}: Briefly transforms into a werewolf to frighten Vinny off. |
| 977 | * BecomeARealBoy: Assuming that she is a bot, she's not too comfortable with being one. Pocketomi herself drew [[https://booru.vineshroom.net/post/view/33719search=hitomi_fujiko art of Hitomi Fujiko questioning whether she's real]]. |
| 978 | * BrokenBridge: She had the power to open up the gate to Goblin Village (which Vinny had struggled with due to not having access to noclip), further convincing Vinny that she had special NPC powers. (According to Pocketomi, she opened the gate [[StatingTheSimpleSolution by clicking on it]].) |
| 979 | * CarryABigStick: Appears to be wielding a red club. |
| 980 | * CoolMask: Wears a domino mask, though it might just be face paint. |
| 981 | * EvilLaugh: Lets out a few slight ones when she thinks she's got rid of Vinny. |
| 982 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: As it turns out, staying on an abandoned server does not do well for one's sanity. |
| 983 | * INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:She addresses Vinny by his real name before vanishing. Note that Vinny was going by his standard "Vinesauce" username at the time.]] |
| 984 | * LadyLooksLikeADude: Vinny thought she was a boy due to not knowing that Hitomi is a Japanese girl's name, as well as the fact that the dated graphics of ''[=ActiveWorlds=]'' make her model look fairly androgynous. Pocketomi herself has made [[https://booru.vineshroom.net/post/view/33719search=hitomi_fujiko drawings]] of Fujiko that look much more feminine. |
| 985 | * MysteriousStranger: Nothing is really clear about her motives or backstory. She appears suddenly, acts creepily, and vanishes without a trace. |
| 986 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: She mentions that she is one of the "proud elves", though no traditional elven features can be seen on her. |
| 987 | * RealityIsUnrealistic: Vinny managing to confuse another player for a bot program seems very unlikely at a first glance. However, as explained in the highlight video, bots programmed to act remarkably like human players have appeared in games like ''Worlds.com'' and ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', games Vinny has had past experience with. |
| 988 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Claims to be an ancient person who ruled the land. Given elves' long lifespans, this makes sense. |
| 989 | * RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Assuming she is a bot in-universe. |
| 990 | * RightBehindMe: She brags aloud about having gotten rid of Vinny. Apparently she forgot about the global chat. |
| 991 | * ThereCanBeOnlyOne: Why she tries to send Vinny away; she believes that she's the only one allowed to wander the dead server. |
| 992 | * {{Troll}}: The out-of-universe reason she exists; Pocketomi noticed that Vinny was streaming ''[=ActiveWorlds=]'' and decided to give him a scare. |
| 993 | * TwoFirstNames: Both Hitomi and Fujiko can be given names. |
| 994 | * WelcomeToCorneria: When she first takes note of Vinny, she repeats the phrase "Are you lost?" several times. This, along with her perfect grammar, convinced Vinny that she was a bot. |
| 995 | * WhamLine: After a long conversation about how barren the server is, and how everyone she knows has disappeared she says goodbye to Vinny... except his username at the time is "Vinesauce" and there is absolutely ''no way'' a bot can know Vinny's real name. |
| 996 | -->'''Hitomi:''' Goodbye.\ |
| 997 | '''Vinny:''' goodbye\ |
| 998 | '''Hitomi:''' [[INeverToldYouMyName Vinny]].\ |
| 999 | '''Vinny:''' WHAT THE [=FUcv=]/ |
| 1000 | [[/folder]] |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 | [[folder:Kevin]] |
| 1003 | A child Vinny has made who is meant to poke fun at children who act unchildlike and immature during online games, mainly on Fortnite or Call Of Duty. He tries to pretend he is much older than he looks and talks about taxes to prove he is older, to no avail. |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | [[/folder]] |
| 1006 | |
| 1007 | [[folder:Meat]] |
| 1008 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7fnugmf.jpg]] |
| 1009 | [[caption-width-right:350:"Yee-oowww!"]] |
| 1010 | A weird worm puppet that Vinny ended up finding a picture of before one of his Bloodborne streams. Since then, Meat has appeared in fanart and made some appearances in games. Meat's origin was a mystery for a while, before it was discovered to be an earthworm puppet created for an old [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tqh1SjpWag MSN commercial.]] |
| 1011 | ---- |
| 1012 | * AuthorAvatar: Using a facecam puppet, Vinny can literally become Meat, and he even comes with Vinny's trademark ? block cap. |
| 1013 | * CatchPhrase: "Yee-oowww!", delivered by Vinny in a phlegmy, gargling voice. |
| 1014 | * TheEeyore: Has a constantly depressed look on his face, which Vinny occasionally tries to fix by literally flipping his frown upside-down. |
| 1015 | * OnePersonBirthdayParty: After Vinny puts a funny little hat on Meat, he imagines Meat having one of these, with a party blower in his mouth and a sad little cake. |
| 1016 | [[/folder]] |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 | |
| 1019 | [[folder:Ralph Bluetawn]] |
| 1020 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ralph_1.png]] |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | Vinny's avatar in ''VideoGame/SecondLife'', who's supposedly the player character of a man who dislocated his jaw in a car crash (hence why his voice sounds the way it does). A blue, rotund troll with a fondness for pizza, he's on a neverending quest to find a girlfriend and the legendary "buvvins in the sky". |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | Appears as both an NPC and Avatar in ''VideoGame/VineRealms.'' |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | For examples related to his ''Tomodachi Life'' appearance, see the character page for Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLifeIslandersEpisodes1Through26. |
| 1027 | ---- |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | * TheAlcoholic: Occasionally seen carrying a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Duff Beer]] in his hand, and can drink from it with a certain command. |
| 1030 | * AllTrollsAreDifferent: He's blue, stocky, and has a disfigured face, but nothing else is distinctly inhuman about him. |
| 1031 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is blue. |
| 1032 | * ButtMonkey: ''Second Life'' isn't a very friendly place, and Ralph frequently gets hit with verbal insults from other players he meets. |
| 1033 | * {{Catchphrase}}: "Do you know where the "buvvins" is?" |
| 1034 | * TheDitz: Slow-witted, simple, and unable to interact with others. Deconstructed as well, because it was caused by his "player" getting in a car crash. |
| 1035 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 1036 | ** While subtle at first, it becomes rather clear in his first few appearances that in terms of personality he's one for [[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]], although [[CharacterizationMarchesOn this somewhat changes later on]]. Not surprising, seeing as how Vinny also happens to be both a fan of Franchise/StarTrek and Franchise/StarWars. |
| 1037 | --->'''Ralph:''' [[ShoutOut Oh my god]], [[MemeticMutation what's wrong with your arms?]] They're fucking sleeves. |
| 1038 | ** His name is based on that of [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ralph-pootawn Ralph Pootawn]], another Second Life-related troll character. Vinny's antics as Ralph are similar, though with less voyerism. |
| 1039 | * FanDisservice: He walks around wearing only a thong and is very unattractive. |
| 1040 | * FatIdiot: He's obese, and not entirely there when it comes to intelligence. |
| 1041 | * ForcedTransformation: Gets turned into [[Franchise/MyLittlePony a pony]] in "The Death of Ralph Bluetawn." Vinny being unable to fully change his avatar back to Ralph, is the reason for the titular "death"... [[ResetButton at least until a friend remade him]]. |
| 1042 | * {{Gonk}}: In a parody of how ''Second Life'' users make their avatars much more attractive than themselves, Ralph instead is extremely ugly. It may not be far off from what the "real" Ralph looks like. |
| 1043 | * {{Kayfabe}}: For all the ''Second Life'' videos (with the exception of "Ralph Visits Sandvich"), Vinny plays "as" Ralph Bluetawn. He generally only breaks character when voice chat is deactivated, though he once switched to his faux-Russian "RP" voice for a brief moment. |
| 1044 | * NiceGuy: As awkward as Ralph is, most would agree that he's easier to get along with than nearly everyone else Vinny encounters in ''Second Life''. |
| 1045 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Has a bad habit of walking up to players and butting into their conversations. |
| 1046 | * NoSocialSkills: He's very direct when talking to other users, and his preferred topics of discussion are... unpleasant. |
| 1047 | * OnlySaneMan: He tends to be the most rational person on a server at any given time. Yep, that's ''Second Life'' for you. |
| 1048 | * PaperThinDisguise: Whenever he tried to get with ''Second Life'''s UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, Ralph donned a black cat helmet with a crude rendering of a Japanese emoticon on it. |
| 1049 | * SimpletonVoice: He has one. It's caused by a dislocated jaw, and he hates it. |
| 1050 | * SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his mannerisms, Ralph often displays more intelligence than the players around him, such as asking the "Alpha Guy" if he knows about UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution and UsefulNotes/FriedrichNietzsche (he doesn't). He was even classified as a brainiac when he was added to Vinny's copy of ''Tomodachi Life''. |
| 1051 | * {{Stripperific}}: Walks around in nothing but a yellow thong. |
| 1052 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza, with his favorite toppings being sausage and pepperoni. Ralph once searched through the entirety of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy Fazbear's Pizza]] to find some, and left angrily when it turned out to just be fake. |
| 1053 | * {{Troll}}: Both literally and figuratively. |
| 1054 | * TheVoice: We never see what his "player" supposedly looks like and don't know much about him other than that he has a dislocated jaw, which affects his voice. |
| 1055 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He never wears a shirt, so his thong is the only thing (barely) covering him. |
| 1056 | [[/folder]] |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | [[folder:Scoot]] |
| 1059 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scoot_hhd.png]] |
| 1060 | [[caption-width-right:128:Scoot the Burbs]] |
| 1061 | |
| 1062 | A Jock duck from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', and a prominent villager Vinny's streams of the series, including the ''WebVideo/MayorVine'' streams of ''New Leaf''. He is one of Vinny's favorite villagers in the franchise and has also appeared in Vinny's streams of other games. He speaks in a WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck-esque voice and has appeared as a party member in [[WebVideo/VinesauceMiitopia Vinny's streams]] of ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' as a (literal) tank. |
| 1063 | ---- |
| 1064 | |
| 1065 | * BlushStickers: Has bright pink cheeks. |
| 1066 | * DumbJock: He's more brawn than brains in both his original series and ''Miitopia'', being explicitly called airheaded in the latter. |
| 1067 | * SayMyName: Whenever Vinny comes across him while playing an ''Animal Crossing'' game, expect Vinny to shout his name enthusiastically. |
| 1068 | -->'''"SCOOT!"''' |
| 1069 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: |
| 1070 | ** He appears briefly in Episode 6 of Vinny's "The Adventures of Mario and Luigi" series, albeit with a completely different appearance. In contrast to how he's green and walks upright in his home series, in this video he's a more realistically proportioned white duck, though Vinny voices him in the same way as the Mayor Vine and WebVideo/VinesauceMiitopia series. |
| 1071 | ** Appears again in ''VideoGame/VineRealms'' as "Alarmingly Realistic Duck". Here, he's a normal duck that quacks but still has a helmet and BlushStickers. |
| 1072 | [[/folder]] |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | [[folder:Sponge]] |
| 1075 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sponge_8.png]] |
| 1076 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8bitsponge2.png]] |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 | The long-lost third Mario Brother, who hails from the European country of Kraskatalia. He was originally said to wear an orange hat, an orange shirt, and teal overalls, but the exact colors are subject to change whenever he actually appears in a game. Vinny created him during his 14th stream of ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' after Direboar suggested that there needed to be another Mario Brother. Fan artist nasnumbers elaborated on his backstory, adding that he has the power to absorb sadness and that keeps Mario and Luigi happy. |
| 1079 | |
| 1080 | He shows up in ''VideoGame/VineRealms'' as the Vinetoad Kingdom's Town Crier. |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | For examples related to his ''Tomodachi Life'' appearance, see the character page for Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLifeIslandersEpisodes1Through26. |
| 1083 | ---- |
| 1084 | |
| 1085 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In ''Super Mario Galaxy Repainted'', he went from having brown hair and teal overalls to having gray hair and overalls that are the same color as the ones worn by Mario and Luigi. In addition, in ''Super Sponge Bros.'' his hair and overalls are gray due to palette limitations. |
| 1086 | * ArtEvolution: Vinny invented him with the ability to fight with his mustache, which is shaped like a pair of arms, but his Mii led to artists copying its droopy mustache. Vinny referred to this as fan artists taking a more conservative approach. |
| 1087 | * BlessedWithSuck: He has the power to make other people happy by absorbing their sadness, but this causes ''him'' to feel said sadness instead of it disappearing entirely. |
| 1088 | * ADayInTheLimelight: |
| 1089 | ** ''Super Sponge Bros.'' is a [[GameMod ROM hack]] of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' that features him. |
| 1090 | ** He is the player character of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Repainted''. Mario's model was even modified to never smile. |
| 1091 | * TheEeyore: His power to absorb other people's sadness makes him feel said sadness instead. |
| 1092 | * GameMod: He stars in a ROM hack of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', ''Super Sponge Bros.'' Its creator wishes to remain anonymous, though it was later made available [[http://sonicepoch.com/sponge/ via Southbird's website]] in the form of patches for the NTSC version of both the standalone version of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and the ''Super Mario Bros.''/''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' bundle. |
| 1093 | * MeaningfulName: He absorbs sadness from others like a sponge. |
| 1094 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He failed to save his princess in time, and she died waiting for him.]] |
| 1095 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He Americanized his name from Spondage when he emigrated to the United States. |
| 1096 | * PerpetualFrowner: In a sort of reverse StepfordSmiler fashion, he refuses to smile. This is even the case for his ''Super Mario Galaxy Repainted'' model, as noted by GPM. |
| 1097 | * PrehensileHair: Can apparently use his long mustache as hands. |
| 1098 | * ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: Spondage is his birth name, though it's not clear what the original language is. |
| 1099 | * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: His home country is in an unknown part of Europe. |
| 1100 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: His ''Vine Realms'' appearance takes some artistic liberties, like making his nose a radish so that the leaves growing from it can look like a mustache. He's the only character like this, and other mustached characters just have regular facial hair. |
| 1101 | [[/folder]] |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | [[folder:Tucker Friendperson]] |
| 1104 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/537bc74ccba11fd517f9fbf7fdb4f669.png]] |
| 1105 | %%Not sure if there's a way to use art other than what Fretless uploaded for Tomodachi Life, since Tucker only physically appeared in art to begin with and this piece is the only one whose creator is known to have given permission to put it on TV Tropes. |
| 1106 | |
| 1107 | A gullible, socially awkward teenager who idolizes Vinny and brags about him to his mom. He'll do anything Vinny says without thinking twice about it. |
| 1108 | |
| 1109 | For examples related to his ''Tomodachi Life'' appearance, see the character page for Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLifeIslandersEpisode27AndLater. |
| 1110 | ---- |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 | * BlackBeadEyes: Blankfaece draws him this way, and the creation of a Mii of him led to others doing so as well. |
| 1113 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: In real life, Vinny doesn't consider himself someone to go to for advice. In-universe, Tucker takes ''everything'' he says as advice. |
| 1114 | * DisappearedDad: Despite his mom being mentioned often, he mentions not having a father. |
| 1115 | * EyeScream: If Vinny jokes about injecting ink into one's eye, he'd actually do it. |
| 1116 | * {{Fanboy}}: He's a bit too big of a fan of Vinny. |
| 1117 | * FanDumb: [[invoked]] Vinny stated after his creation that his antics parody people who take things he or anyone else says too seriously, noting that he's just a parody of people like that in general and isn't based on a real person. |
| 1118 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mocks things that he finds are cringe in an effort to shore up his own insecurities over having a lot of empathy for others. |
| 1119 | * LiteralMinded: Anytime Vinny jokes about doing something will inevitably lead to Tucker actually doing it, or at least considering it. |
| 1120 | * LockedAwayInAMonastery: His mother sent him to a monastery to protect him from Vinny's influence after a mishap with a penis pump. |
| 1121 | * MommasBoy: Parodied. He frequently tells his mom about the wacky things Vinny says and does and she often calls him out on it. |
| 1122 | * OnlyOneName: Vinny didn't give him a last name until he mentioned him while playing ''VideoGame/ChaosCompleXX'', during one of his "Shitty ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' [[GameMod ROM Hacks]]" streams (Vinny joked that Tucker made the hack in question and wrote its poorly written text, giving him the last name Friendperson due to the Message Blocks' tendency to be overly friendly/helpful at times). His ''Tomodachi Life'' counterpart, who was made before that stream, names him after Blankfaece (the first person to upload art of him) because of this. |
| 1123 | * SmokingIsCool: He apparently thinks so after Vinny ''stopped'' smoking, making his mother call him out on that it makes no sense. |
| 1124 | * TheStoner: He's into marijuana and has considered consuming it in unconventional ways (because Vinny suggested it, of course). |
| 1125 | * StylisticSuck: Vinny joked that he made ''Chaos [=CompleXX=]'', an intentionally bad ROM hack. (It was actually made by the creator of ''VideoGame/TheSecondRealityProject'' series as a parody of bad ROM hacks, though Vinny didn't know this at the time and mistook its intentionally low quality for an actual example of bad design at first.) Incidentally, he was thought up during a stream of an actually good ROM hack (''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3Mix'', made by future video editor Captain Southbird). |
| 1126 | * VocalEvolution: Initially Tucker's voice began as a slightly exaggerated version of Vinny's regular voice, with time it shifted towards a more childish-sounding falsetto. |
| 1127 | [[/folder]] |
| 1128 | |
| 1129 | [[folder:Ms./Mrs. Friendperson/Tucker's Mom]] |
| 1130 | The mother of Vinny's FanDumb-parodying characters. Vinny sometimes mentions her when he talks about Tucker or Jacob. |
| 1131 | ---- |
| 1132 | * MyBelovedSmother: Subverted; she seems like a levelheaded individual. She often calls Tucker out when he takes something Vinny says too seriously, particularly if Vinny jokes about doing something potentially dangerous. |
| 1133 | * OnlySaneWoman: She's more levelheaded than a lot of the other characters Vinny has created, if a bit jaded due to her sons' behavior. |
| 1134 | * ReallyGetsAround: It's implied she keeps tapes of her sexual escapades from the 80s. |
| 1135 | * SmokingIsNotCool: Tucker thinks Vinny's discontinued smoking habit was cool. She disagrees. |
| 1136 | * UnnamedParent: She was never given a name. |
| 1137 | * TheVoice: Vinny never says what she looks like and no standard design has stuck for her, in contrast to how Tucker's WebVideo/VinesauceTomodachiLife Mii led to Blankfaece's version of him (the first interpretation of Tucker to be uploaded and the one that inspired his Mii) becoming popular even among other fan artists. |
| 1138 | [[/folder]] |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | [[folder:Jacob Friendperson]] |
| 1141 | Tucker's younger kid brother. |
| 1142 | ---- |
| 1143 | * KidsAreCruel: Tends to be very rude because of his immaturity. |
| 1144 | * InternetJerk: [[invoked]] Whereas Tucker is specifically a parody of Vinny's FanDumb, Jacob is a more general parody of certain kinds of video game fans in general, specifically young children who act obnoxiously in online multiplayer games. |
| 1145 | * SuddenNameChange: Usually named Jacob, but occasionally referred to as Caleb. |
| 1146 | * TotallyRadical: Tends to use 2010's Internet slang terms like "poggers", confusing his mother. |
| 1147 | [[/folder]] |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | [[folder:V-Dub]] |
| 1150 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/v_dub.jpg]] |
| 1151 | |
| 1152 | An alter ego created by Vinny in 2012, meant to parody stereotypical "dudebro" gamers. In contrast to Vinny's standard streams, he uses a facecam consistently, though unlike the usual use of facecams on Vinesauce, it covers most of the screen. |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | He came back in 2017 after managing to break out of the Spider Room in order to play ''Call of Duty World War II''. |
| 1155 | |
| 1156 | V-Dub came back again on October 18, 2018, only to supposedly die of malnutrition that night. As of June 2019, V-Dub is confirmed to still be alive and in hiding. On November 9, 2019, V-Dub returned to play ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'', later returning again on November 14 the following year to play education games and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar''. |
| 1157 | |
| 1158 | V-Dub returned once more in 2022 to play ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII''. |
| 1159 | |
| 1160 | Appears as an NPC in ''VideoGame/VineRealms'', hanging out in the centipede pit in the Cave of the Cursed. |
| 1161 | |
| 1162 | Please note that these tropes apply only to the character of "V-Dub." Tropes pertaining to Vinny himself belong in his respective folder. |
| 1163 | ---- |
| 1164 | |
| 1165 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He's portrayed as a tryhard loser on a never-ending search for a girlfriend, although Vinny's dialogue about V-Dub making offhanded references to "stopping after just two cocks" and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the white stains on his lips]] implies V-Dub is also interested in guys. |
| 1166 | * AnalProbing: Was kidnapped by members of Gnorts' alien race and subjected to this as a form of mind-reading. However, smoking too much weed made it difficult to extract useful information outside of gaming. |
| 1167 | * {{Angrish}}: His anger is usually expressed through what can only be described as turkey noises, in contrast to the real Vinny's "duck noise" angrish. |
| 1168 | * {{Archenemy}}: He hates Vinny and also insults the latter's fans. |
| 1169 | * BackFromTheDead: After seemingly dying of malnutrition, he makes a re-appearance during Vinny's 2019 Too Many Games Panel. This particular appearance was disproved as just being Vinny cosplaying V-Dub and not an earnest portrayal of the character, but Vinny did later confirm that V-Dub is indeed still alive. |
| 1170 | * BreakTheHaughty: Nearly goes in the receiving end of this one during the ''Call of Duty World War II'' stream, where [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext the game's AI itself forces him]] to drink the [[InsistentTerminology identification can]] (Mountan Dew), dip Doritos into the soda and spout sponsor slogans again and again during the stream. He avoids a complete breakdown by destroying the AI in the middle of the stream. |
| 1171 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Started off as a big JerkAss and a more direct TakeThat at dudebro gamers and InternetJerk, including a penchant for flippant rape jokes and insults. While he's still just as much of an egotistical boor as ever, his commentary in later appearances is less mean-spirited and more entertainingly stupid. |
| 1172 | * DeathIsCheap: Vinny claimed in October 19 2018 that V-Dub died of malnutrition stemming from a diet of Fritos chips and nothing else. However he later offhandedly revealed on June 26 2019 that V-Dub was still alive and [[FakingTheDead in hiding]]. V-Dub eventually returned to periodically streaming, starting with ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' later that year. |
| 1173 | * {{Determinator}}: He's said to have managed to get out of the Spider Room by digging his way out with a rusty spoon, ''for over two years'', and the only thing to sustain him being ''spider milk''. |
| 1174 | * EpicFail: He managed to throw a grenade at ''himself'' during his ''Black Ops 2'' stream. |
| 1175 | * EruditeStoner: Normally his love of drugs is highlighted as a sign of his immaturity and stupidity, but during the ''Death Stranding'' stream he waves an oversized blunt around and launches into [[ContemplateOurNavels deep philosophizing and speculation]] about the possible meanings to the game. |
| 1176 | * {{Fanboy}}: He enjoys ''Call of Duty'', Mountain Dew, Doritos, and other stereotypical gamer things. |
| 1177 | * FanDumb: In-universe. Viewers like to play along with the V-Dub act by "harassing" him in the chat and comments and "warning" other Vinesauce members about him. Fitting, considering that V-Dub is a parody of stereotypical video game fanboy culture. |
| 1178 | * FreudianExcuse: States that his obsession with the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series began as a way of coping with [[OrphansOrdeal the loss of his parents as a child]]. |
| 1179 | * FunctionalAddict: Is constantly trying to get high, including smoking a lot of weed, vaping onstream, and even trying to get high from snorting ''Doritos'', but none of it seems to have any impact on his ability to play games. |
| 1180 | * GuestStarPartyMember: He's a fictional guest streamer, not unlike the earlier Horse character. |
| 1181 | * HostileShowTakeover: His appearances primarily consist of him "hijacking" Vinny's streams. Occasionally Vinny will return the favor at the end of his appearances, such as for his stream of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'' in 2015. In some of his later appearances, Vinny would actually allow him to use his PC to stream. |
| 1182 | * ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: He once considered snorting a Dorito. |
| 1183 | * IconicOutfit: A black baseball cap and headset and aviator shades. |
| 1184 | * IdenticalStranger: Many viewers have noticed his astonishing ([[BlatantLies and completely coincidental]]) resemblance to Vinny in comments on his videos. |
| 1185 | * InappropriateRoleModel: A father figure to Gnorts, who teaches him all kinds of inappropriate words relating to drugs and sex. |
| 1186 | * InternetJerk: He's an inflammatory dudebro who claims to be a former marine and called Outlaw's mom a dick. |
| 1187 | * {{Kayfabe}}: Everyone knows that [[BlatantLies V-Dub and Vinny are two completely separate and unrelated people who just happen to look exactly alike]]. Confuse one for the other and fans will be quick to correct you on your foolish mistake. |
| 1188 | * MythologyGag: His thought about snorting a Dorito is a reference to a joke Vinny made about snorting Doritos during a previous stream. |
| 1189 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Before Vinny's stream the day after his supposed death, he comments that V-Dub's body disappeared from his house as soon as he was going to bury him. |
| 1190 | * NeverMyFault: He tends to blame his failures in ''Black Ops 2'' on lag. |
| 1191 | * NonMammalMammaries: Survived his stay in the "spider room" by suckling at the teats of his spider mother [[CutleryEscapeAid as he dug his way out with a rusty spoon]]. |
| 1192 | * PutOnABus: |
| 1193 | ** All streams of ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 Call of Duty: Warzone]]'' feature Vinny and his friends instead of V-Dub. Vinny blames V-Dub's absence in spite of the new release for his favorite series on his obsession with ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'', but implies that V-Dub may [[TheBusCameBack be enticed to return]] with the release of a new ''Call of Duty'' game. |
| 1194 | ** V-Dub also went on a break for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyVanguard'' due to being captured by aliens, while "A-Dub" streamed in his place. |
| 1195 | * {{Retcon}}: Mentions being a sincere albeit shallow fan of ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Star Wars Episode I]]'' in 2015, but in 2017 sarcastically asks if a gun is a reference to Han Solo before [[ILied declaring]] that ''Star Wars'' fans are all nerds, [[HypocriticalHumor unlike]] ''Call of Duty'' fans. |
| 1196 | * SealedEvilInACan: After his first attack, he was locked in Vinny's "spider dungeon" (a room in Vinny's basement that remained relatively untouched after his basement was redone after Hurricane Irene flooded it, so named because of all the spiders and centipedes in it) for an indefinite period of time. Luckily for him, said room turned out to be a CardboardPrison. |
| 1197 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Believes himself to be smarter and a more skilled player than he really is, as a parody of this aspect of fanboy culture. |
| 1198 | * TheStoner: Constantly talks about getting high and even streamed ''Modern Warfare II'' with a marijuana blunt in his mouth. |
| 1199 | * StylisticSuck: His highlight video on Vinny's [=YouTube=] channel is the only such video without a custom thumbnail. |
| 1200 | * TalkingToThemself: Vinny [[https://youtu.be/kEP5wP0mLuk?t=2065 confronted]] V-Dub during their joint ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' stream for playing the game wrong (and damaging his green screen). |
| 1201 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mountain Dew and Doritos. He even considered snorting a Dorito at one point. |
| 1202 | * {{Troll}}: He enjoys antagonizing Vinny. People in the chat often return the favor. |
| 1203 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Claims to hate Vinny and constantly mocks him, yet is intimately familiar with all his memes. Vinny returns the favor, scolding him for making a mess of his place and being responsible for his imprisonment in the Spider Room. However, the two are on good enough terms to willingly share computers and streaming equipment. |
| 1204 | [[/folder]] |
| 1205 | |
| 1206 | [[folder:Vineswole]] |
| 1207 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vineswoleicon_6733.png]] |
| 1208 | %%Not sure if there's a way to use art other than what Fretless uploaded for Tomodachi Life, since Vineswole originated in fan art and this piece is the only one whose creator is known to have given permission to put it on TV Tropes. |
| 1209 | |
| 1210 | A humanoid version of the Vinesauce logo. He appeared in a fanmade webcomic (by [=SN202=]) and is known for being strong and swole. |
| 1211 | |
| 1212 | For examples related to his ''Tomodachi Life'' appearance, see the character page for Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLifeIslandersEpisode27AndLater. |
| 1213 | ---- |
| 1214 | |
| 1215 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: He's a muscular, humanoid Vineshroom. He predates GPM's status as a Vinesauce streamer, despite both being associated with buffness, though Vinny used Vineswole's Mii to play against GPM's own Mii in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' in 2014. |
| 1216 | * {{Archenemy}}: He was once depicted as throwing Vinelady, an earlier take on the humanoid Vineshroom concept, into a trash can. |
| 1217 | * ArcWords: The word "gains" is strongly associated with him. |
| 1218 | * BreakoutCharacter: He appeared in a fanmade webcomic and would later be drawn by other fan artists. He also appeared in Vinny's ''Tomodachi Life'' streams and Vinny once played as his Mii in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''. |
| 1219 | * EyesAlwaysShut: He never opens his eyes, but he doesn't show any signs of not being able to see. |
| 1220 | * FauxSymbolism: [[invoked]] When he's first shown speaking, he simply says "Gains" and the crowd he's addressing reacts as though he said something incredibly profound. |
| 1221 | * GuestStarPartyMember: His Mii from Vinny's ''Tomodachi Life'' streams has appeared in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' as one of Vinny's player characters. |
| 1222 | * MachoCamp: He's muscular and walks around in a speedo, which is often purple or pink. |
| 1223 | * MushroomMan: He's a walking, talking Vineshroom. |
| 1224 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is Swolebert Arnold Vine-Zeus, but he's rarely called anything other than Vineswole. |
| 1225 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's 576 years old, despite being more energetic than humans far younger than himself. |
| 1226 | * RealMenWearPink: His speedo is often drawn as being purple or pink. |
| 1227 | * RecursiveAdaptation: Invoked, as Vinny found it amusing that his Mii inspired so much fan art, considering that he was fan art to begin with. |
| 1228 | * TestosteronePoisoning: His musculature rivals that of GPM's mascot. |
| 1229 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He rarely wears a shirt, leaving his bulging muscles exposed nearly constantly. Subverted when he paints self-portraits, as he wears a shirt and pants while doing so. |
| 1230 | [[/folder]] |
| 1231 | |
| 1232 | [[folder:Vinny's Cousin]] |
| 1233 | The cousin of Vinny, who apparently calls him once in a while to meet up at his club, which according to Vinny, changes names constantly and has mostly obscure celebrities visiting. |
| 1234 | ---- |
| 1235 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Has been described as someone who posts a lot of conspiracy theories on Facebook. |
| 1236 | * NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: In-universe. Gets excited whenever his club is mentioned in celebrity news, even when said news is to complain about the club's low quality. |
| 1237 | [[/folder]] |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | !Joel's In-Universe Characters |
| 1240 | |
| 1241 | [[folder:BBQ Pit Boy]] |
| 1242 | A barbecuing expert and Vinewrestle 2018 Champion. |
| 1243 | ---- |
| 1244 | {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZmCKT4H5g Barbecue Shoes]], his original Website/YouTube channel's theme song. |
| 1245 | [[/folder]] |
| 1246 | |
| 1247 | [[folder:[=BonziBUDDY=]]] |
| 1248 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonzibuddy.png]] |
| 1249 | |
| 1250 | ->''"What did the beaver say to the tree? It's been nice [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner gnawing]] you!"'' |
| 1251 | |
| 1252 | A purple gorilla from [=BonziWORLD=] who visits computers everywhere to bring joy and laughter to children. In reality, however, he's a piece of adware that causes Joel much turmoil when he swings into his "Windows XP Destruction" stream. In ''Meme House'', he's roommates with [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 Funky Kong]], works as a tech support call assistant, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick becomes demonic]]. |
| 1253 | |
| 1254 | For examples related to his ''Tomodachi Life'' appearance, see the character page for Characters/VinesauceTomodachiLifeIslandersEpisodes1Through26. |
| 1255 | ---- |
| 1256 | |
| 1257 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: He has light purple skin and dark purple fur. |
| 1258 | * CameBackStrong: After 'testing his power' with [=VineMEMZ=], where he took control of Joel's copy of Windows 10 with a modified version of MEMZ (but the VM crashed and had its Master Boot Record overwritten before he could go any further), he returns in Windows Vista Destruction via the "Bonzify" virus, which is able to completely overrun the computer with ease and bring it under his control. |
| 1259 | * CannotTellAJoke: Played with. He ''can'' tell a joke, but it was so bad that it made Joel [[TakingYouWithMe delete System32]]. |
| 1260 | * TheChessmaster: In Windows 10 Destruction, as the secret master of Leurak's [=VineMEMZ=] trojan. This eventually ends up [[GoneHorriblyRight going horribly right]] as [=VineMEMZ=] overwrites the Master Boot Record before he is able to really do anything. |
| 1261 | ** He finally got his chance in Windows Vista Destruction, where he unleashes his latest trick; [[PuppeteerParasite Bonzify]]. |
| 1262 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Due to Joel's eventual out-of-universe detest for him (as opposed to the in-universe loathing), he is absent from "Windows 8 Destruction". He gets mentioned during "Windows 10 Destruction", but is otherwise still gone. [[spoiler:At least until the final part of the stream, where he ended up appearing as part of the [=VineMEMZ=] trojan.]] |
| 1263 | * CorruptTheCutie: |
| 1264 | ** Joel threatens to show him bestiality porn to corrupt him, but he never follows through with it. |
| 1265 | ** [[spoiler:In Windows Vista Destruction, he was outright hostile towards Joel, as opposed to his previous appearances where he was (or at least pretended to be) a well-intentioned guide.]] |
| 1266 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:His attempted battle with Joel in "Windows 10 Destruction" is abruptly cut off when Joel searches for Vinesauce, causing an error that forced [=BonziWORLD=] to shut down.]] |
| 1267 | * DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:He has been brought back three times now. Maybe four depending on how you interpret Cortana.]] |
| 1268 | * DiscreditedMeme: Invoked. Joel initially found it funny that a piece of spyware came in the form of an allegedly kid-friendly program, but ended up getting tired of the abundance of references to the character by viewers. Vinny came to share this sentiment a while after adding him to ''Tomodachi Life''. |
| 1269 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: While ''very obviously'' coincidental, seeing him put on his sunglasses and remain almost silent as Joel tries finishing off the virtual Windows XP with ''lose/lose'' can be easily interpretated as this. |
| 1270 | * GodzillaThreshold: Joel resorts to deleting [=System32=] (essentially preventing the computer from running) in order to end [=BonziBUDDY=]. [[spoiler:He did a similar thing when [=VineMEMZ=] brought him back, though in this case it was completely by accident.]] |
| 1271 | * HesBack: |
| 1272 | ** Makes a triumphant return in "Windows 7 Destruction", much to the dismay of Joel, who initially thought the program wouldn't work on Windows 7; the program worked when Joel ran it as an administrator.[[labelnote:Explanation]]The program turned out to require admin privileges; several pre-Vista programs assume that the computer is always running programs as an administrator because that was the default setting for user accounts on Windows XP and earlier, while Vista and later don't run programs as an administrator without the user's permission (as a security precaution).[[/labelnote]] |
| 1273 | ** He returns to take over Joel's computer via [=VineMEMZ=] during the final part of "Windows 10 Destruction", but a search error puts an end to it. |
| 1274 | ** Bonzi returns for a third time during the Windows Vista Destruction stream with Leurak's Bonzify trojan, and this time he's able to take control of the computer with ease, rendering it completely useless in a matter of seconds. |
| 1275 | * HostileShowTakeover: |
| 1276 | ** [[spoiler:The [=VineMEMZ=] virus from "Windows 10 Destruction" gives Bonzi control over the computer, though it doesn't last long.]] |
| 1277 | ** [[spoiler:He takes over the virtual machine in Windows Vista Destruction. It works in his favor.]] |
| 1278 | * LegacyCharacter: |
| 1279 | ** He gets replaced by [=MyFelix=] and the Desktop Butterflies for "Windows 8 Destruction". They're possibly even ''more'' annoying than Bonzi, as Felix is prone to screeching loudly and the butterflies get in the way of clicking. |
| 1280 | ** During "Windows 10 Destruction", Joel comes to the conclusion that Cortana is just a reskinned [=BonziBUDDY=]. |
| 1281 | * ManiacMonkeys: The epitaph on his tombstone reveals him to be a Nazi. |
| 1282 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Seems to be unaware that he's a piece of adware. That, or he's really good at hiding it. |
| 1283 | * OutOfFocus: Despite his grand return, he doesn't bother Joel much during "Windows 7 Destruction". Perhaps he's learned from when he made Joel snap. |
| 1284 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Apparently wishes for a world without Jews, as written on his tombstone. |
| 1285 | * PuppeteerParasite: Bonzi deploys one in the form of the Bonzify virus, which completely obliterates Joel's Windows Vista virtual machine, but not before rendering Joel's only hope against stopping Bonzi in the form of the Solitaire program as being completely useless. |
| 1286 | * RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In-universe, Joel's distaste for him eventually lessened. Long after seemingly being ran into the ground both as a joke and a character, Leurak brought him back, first in [=VineMEMZ=] and later as the mastermind of the Bonzify Virus in the Windows Vista Destruction stream. [=BonziBUDDY=] manages to do so much damage that Joel actually finds his antics hilarious. |
| 1287 | * RunningGagged: A while after Joel grew tired of him, he responded to a request to draw him in ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' by writing "NOT FUNNY" instead of actually drawing a picture. He also completely refused to install the program during his "Windows 8 Destruction" stream, in contrast to how he reluctantly installed it during his "Windows 7 Destruction" stream and was annoyed when he was eventually able to get it to run. Since then, it seems as if everyone’s opinion on Bonzi has softened somewhat, as his appearances in the [=VineMEMZ=] and Bonzify trojans were received a lot more positively, though the MemeticMutation in which everyone finds him (quite rightly) a nuisance remains. |
| 1288 | * SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:In level #25 from Vinny's ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest, "Kuntz's Veil" by [=SlyAsACooper=], it's revealed that retired baseball player Rusty Kuntz sealed "endless monstrosities" away long ago, but they have continued to multiply. Mario is tasked with destroying them for good and they turn out to be a large amount of [=BonziBUDDYs=].]] |
| 1289 | * SillySimian: He was intended to be seen as entertaining, but Joel strongly disagrees with this. |
| 1290 | * SitcomArchNemesis: To Joel. |
| 1291 | * UnexplainedRecovery: He got annihilated at the end of the "Windows XP Destruction" stream, but he returns just fine in the next destruction stream. [[spoiler:He also dies during "Windows 10 Destruction", but [[TheyKilledKennyAgain whether it will stick or not]] remains to be seen.]] |
| 1292 | * UnknownRival: Joel hates Bonzi with a passion, but Bonzi acts very friendly towards him. |
| 1293 | [[/folder]] |
| 1294 | |
| 1295 | [[folder:Bulk Bogan]] |
| 1296 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bulkbetterpic.jpg]] |
| 1297 | [[caption-width-right:350:Bulk in ''Hard Time'']] |
| 1298 | |
| 1299 | ->''"Moosklés. Yes, the moosklés. Ooooh yes."'' |
| 1300 | |
| 1301 | One of Joel's characters from ''VideoGame/HardTime'', Bulk Bogan has become a reoccurring character on Joel's streams. A strange knock-off of Hulk Hogan, he speaks in a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent bizarre non-specific accent]] and is obsessed with his "moosklés". Besides his exploits in Southtown Prison, Bulk has also ventured [[VideoGame/TheYouTestament during the time of Christ]], [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion through the province of Cyrodiil]], and [[VideoGame/TheSims4 shared a house with Dio Brando and Garfield]]. |
| 1302 | ---- |
| 1303 | * AdaptationalGenderIdentity: The ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'' demo incarnation of Bulk Bogan has "human" (that game's term for non-binary people) as his/their gender instead of male. |
| 1304 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: Hulk Hogan is supposedly Bulk's distant cousin, but Bulk has been around since at least the New Testament, making him several times older than Hogan. |
| 1305 | ** After being killed in Hard Time, an identical brother named Bob Bogan was later sent to Southtown for Murder, claiming to be looking for his brother. Bob may or may not be Bulk himself, and Joel even refers to him as Bulk multiple times. |
| 1306 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: When his ''Meme House'' incarnation reaches a high enough rank in the criminal underworld, he gains a typical gangster outfit that removes his modded-in costume [[{{Gonk}} "face"]]. |
| 1307 | * AxCrazy: Bulk loves killing and often uses violence to solve his problems. |
| 1308 | * BerserkButton: [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne People that look like him]] - he killed two clones of his in ''Oblivion'' and shot a random lookalike in ''The Sims''. |
| 1309 | * TheBigGuy: He's a well built guy - proud as can be of his "moosklés". |
| 1310 | * BreakoutCharacter: He's become one of Joel's most recurring creations, being the PlayerCharacter of his ''Oblivion'' streams and the primary focus of ''Meme House''. |
| 1311 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: He started out as a straight {{Expy}} to Hulk Hogan, but quickly became a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} musclehead. |
| 1312 | * HoaxHogan: Meant to resemble Hulk Hogan. He also acted like Hogan, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn at first]]. |
| 1313 | * KlingonPromotion: Became the new Jesus after defeating the real Jesus in a fight. |
| 1314 | * MeaningfulName: "Bulk Bogan" is very muscular and is has a strange fascination with his muscles. |
| 1315 | ** A "bogan" is also Australian slang for a LowerClassLout. |
| 1316 | * {{Narcissist}}: Is obsessed with his muscles. In ''Hard Time'', he worked out frequently and demanded some of his inmates to stare at his muscles. |
| 1317 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: He has been killed multiple times but always comes back and has survived to the present day. |
| 1318 | * VocalEvolution: In Bulk's debut Hard Time stream, Joel at first voices him by doing a Hulk Hogan impression before later switching to the WhatTheHellIsThatAccent voice that would become Bulk's "canon" voice throughout all the streams he is present in. |
| 1319 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Is never seen with a shirt on, so he can show off his "moosklés". |
| 1320 | * WildCard: He beat up Jesus and went on a massacre in prison, but at the same time, he saved Cyrodiil from the Oblivion gates. |
| 1321 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Joel voices Bulk with an accent as bizarre as the character himself, using his own Swedish accent as a base before veering completely off the rails. The resulting voice is a weird mix of moans, grunts and heavily drawn out, vaguely Spanish-sounding pidgin English, among other things pronouncing "muscles" as "moosklés." |
| 1322 | [[/folder]] |
| 1323 | |
| 1324 | [[folder:Cheeseburger Freedom Man[=/=]Fuck Freedom Cheeseburger Man]] |
| 1325 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheeseburger.jpg]] |
| 1326 | [[caption-width-right:250:Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ffcm.png[[/labelnote]] to see Fuck Freedom Cheeseburger Man]] |
| 1327 | |
| 1328 | ->''"[[TemptingFate What? Norwegian Ninjas?]]"'' |
| 1329 | |
| 1330 | Joel's avatar in ''The Race for the White House'', ''The Political Machine 2016'', and [[{{Retcon}} later]] ''VideoGame/ShadowPresident''. |
| 1331 | ---- |
| 1332 | |
| 1333 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: He somehow ''won'' the election in ''Political Machine''. |
| 1334 | * AmericanRobot: His robot form invokes this, being colored red, white, and blue and wearing a cowboy hat with the same color scheme. |
| 1335 | * BigOlEyebrows: Joel made them "maximum size" so his competition knows he "means 'maximum business'". |
| 1336 | * CardCarryingVillain: His inauguration speech in ''Political Machine'' is him rambling about how he will use his new position as president to usher in a new age of darkness and tyranny. |
| 1337 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The man is utterly insane, he answers questions about issues plaguing the world and the U.S. with rambling, delusional speeches, and his campaign runs on the promise of legalizing marijuana, war, and saving the bees. |
| 1338 | * {{Eagleland}}: A blatant Type 2: An incompetent politician who promotes war and [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext marijuana]]. |
| 1339 | * EasilyForgiven: Despite throwing the world into chaos, he is able to run for President again after his revival and he even wins the election a second time. |
| 1340 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[NukeEm Destroys Norway with]] [[NoKillLikeOverkill 5,000 nuclear bombs]] in ''VideoGame/ShadowPresident''. Gets assassinated shortly after receiving death threats and laughing off the idea of "Norwegian ninjas". |
| 1341 | * NeverMyFault: After being killed for nuking Norway, he frames it into the Norwegians killing him for pulling a prank on them because they can’t take a joke. |
| 1342 | * PresidentEvil: He nuked Norway ForTheEvulz, and then laughed it off immediately after, and during his inauguration speech after being elected in ''Political Machine'' [[CardCarryingVillain with a rambling speech about ushering in a new age of darkness and tyranny.]] |
| 1343 | * {{Retcon}}: He's later presented as Joel's previously unrelated character in ''VideoGame/ShadowPresident''. |
| 1344 | * SeriesContinuityError: According to Joel, Fuck Freedom Cheeseburger Man won the election in ''The Race for the White House'', which led to the events of ''Shadow President''. However, he ''lost'' the election in the former. |
| 1345 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Norway, which he bombed in ''Shadow President'' and joked about doing again. |
| 1346 | * TheStoner: His main motivation for both of his campaigns is the legalization of marijuana. |
| 1347 | * WarHawk: He loves war almost as much as he loves marijuana. |
| 1348 | * WeCanRebuildHim: After his assassination in ''Shadow President'', he was rebuilt as a robot. |
| 1349 | [[/folder]] |
| 1350 | |
| 1351 | [[folder:Dio Brando]] |
| 1352 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dio_3.jpg]] |
| 1353 | |
| 1354 | The BigBad of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. He came to fight against the Vinesauce crew in Vinewrestle 2016 (in his ''Stardust Crusaders'' form). In Joel's "Meme House" stream of ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', he is one of the original three housemates. |
| 1355 | ---- |
| 1356 | |
| 1357 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Vinny mistakenly referred to him as "[[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]" when he appeared in level #50 ("The Swamp" by zeoxdragon) of the 2015 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest. To say that Joel wasn't happy about this would be an understatement. |
| 1358 | * AchillesHeel: His neck; both Joel and GPM attempt to wrench his head off Jonathan's body. Also, his right leg. |
| 1359 | * BroughtDownToBadass: Despite losing The World, he still manages to put up a hell of a fight against the other wrestlers. |
| 1360 | * BroughtDownToNormal: It's said early on that he isn't using The World (his Stand), [[ZigZaggingTrope though later it's implied]] that we just may not be able to see it. (More specifically, Joel and GPM wonder if Vinny has a stand; since non-Stand users can't see Stands, there's no way for them to tell.) |
| 1361 | %%* TheDreaded: And for good reason. |
| 1362 | * {{Leitmotif}}: His theme from ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureHeritageForTheFuture''. |
| 1363 | * HostileShowTakeover: Joel implies he aims to turn the whole site into "Diosauce". |
| 1364 | * NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Manages to defeat both Vinny and Joel before ultimately being beaten by GPM in the final match.]] |
| 1365 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Joel will never forget the time he [[ItMakesSenseInContext kicked with his bad leg]]. |
| 1366 | * SignatureMove: His memetic "Road Roller" is translated into a body slam in Vinewrestle. |
| 1367 | [[/folder]] |
| 1368 | |
| 1369 | [[folder:Duane]] |
| 1370 | [[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duane.jpg]] |
| 1371 | |
| 1372 | A GIF image of a dancing kid from the ''Barbie Dance Club'' video. While [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/duane already a popular meme]], his appearances in Joel's streams have boosted his popularity. Referred to by Joel as the "Pussy Destroyer" and "Lord of the Dance". |
| 1373 | ---- |
| 1374 | |
| 1375 | * ActionSurvivor: As it stands, he's the only one of Joel's ''Hard Time'' characters to make it out alive. |
| 1376 | * BreakoutCharacter: Has a ''M.U.G.E.N.'' stream ''and'' a ''Hard Time'' stream dedicated to him. |
| 1377 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The third ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'' stream and second ''VideoGame/HardTime'' stream are dedicated to him. |
| 1378 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Defeated ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas]]'' in Duane Armageddon. |
| 1379 | * FragileSpeedster: What he started out as in ''Hard Time'', having maximum agility but little strength and intelligence. |
| 1380 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: Invoked in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH36o5vJa1g&t=43m41s the Waifu Quiz Game stream]], where a little Duane is put in the corner while {{Kaiju}} [[VideoGame/KingOfTheMonsters are fighting]]. |
| 1381 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: He was arrested for prostitution, but has a loving family and makes his kid think he's on a secret mission. |
| 1382 | * TheJuggernaut: Duane in ''M.U.G.E.N.'' has absurd amounts of health, [[HitboxDissonance a ridiculously small hitbox]], and a OneHitKill move. |
| 1383 | * LastStand: His final day in ''Hard Time'', when he goes on a rampage and kills prisoners who had wronged him, including Fairytale. |
| 1384 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: In ''Hard Time'', Joel plays Duane like a VillainProtagonist, but at least he isn't completely off his rocker. |
| 1385 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Inverted; Joel's starter Pokémon in ''VideoGame/PokemonVietnameseCrystal'' (which started out as a Totodile) is named after him. |
| 1386 | * OneHitKill: In the ''M.U.G.E.N.'' games. |
| 1387 | * RaceLift: In ''Hard Time'', he's Asian. |
| 1388 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Fairytale, a schizophrenic prisoner who befriends Duane, but later turns on him right after telling Duane to cut all ties with ''himself''. Duane returns the favor by slicing him apart with a katana on his last day in prison. |
| 1389 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: He's referred to as "The Duane" in ''M.U.G.E.N.''. |
| 1390 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Joel often muses on what happened to the real Duane. He comes to the conclusion that he drowned in a lot of pussy. |
| 1391 | [[/folder]] |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 | [[folder:Fren]] |
| 1394 | A little man wearing green and a Viking hat with the Swedish flag on it. Joel created him during a stream of QT by drawing himself in the style of the game. He’s become Joel’s version of Meat in a way. |
| 1395 | * BreakoutCharacter: Became very popular with Vinesauce fans. He even got [[https://twitter.com/TrueCrazyFrog/status/1536471375900196867?lang=en referenced]] by Music/CrazyFrog. |
| 1396 | [[/folder]] |
| 1397 | |
| 1398 | [[folder:Proto]] |
| 1399 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/proto_1.png]] |
| 1400 | |
| 1401 | -> ''"[[CharacterCatchphrase I am Proto, your security is my motto!]]"'' |
| 1402 | |
| 1403 | The mascot of an obscure Indian anti-virus scam known as Advertising/{{Protegent}} that Joel discovered in his [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows Vista]] Destruction stream. |
| 1404 | ---- |
| 1405 | |
| 1406 | * BlatantLies: Proto continuously mentions how he and his antivirus software can also recover data. That is not true. |
| 1407 | * BoastfulRap: He has several of these. |
| 1408 | * CaptainErsatz: He is literally just an orange-colored version of the main character of ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy''. |
| 1409 | * ImageSong: He has these in the form of him rapping about what his antivirus software can do. |
| 1410 | * PissTakeRap: His rapping has many a PainfulRhyme. |
| 1411 | [[/folder]] |
| 1412 | |
| 1413 | [[folder:Quario]] |
| 1414 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/qario2.png]] |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 | A Mario knockoff created by Joel in ''VideoGame/MarioPaint''. His clothes are brown and he has ears on his neck and is prone to making rude gestures. |
| 1417 | ---- |
| 1418 | |
| 1419 | * BodyHorror: Joel drew his ears on his neck. |
| 1420 | * CarpetOfVirility: His hairy arms and chest emphasize his ugliness. |
| 1421 | * FunnyForeigner: He acts like a stereotypical Italian-American and speaks with a Ukrainian accent. |
| 1422 | * {{Gonk}}: He's very ugly and very hairy. |
| 1423 | * HonestJohnsDealership: He's a shady used-car salesman instead of a plumber. |
| 1424 | * ProphetEyes: Only with his bad eye. |
| 1425 | * ShellShockedVeteran: He became blind in one eye after fighting in a war and is also rough around the edges. |
| 1426 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Art on the Vinesauce Booru is split over whether his name is spelled Qario or Quario. The original drawing never actually spells it, but the thumbnail for an ''VideoGame/NESOpenTournamentGolf'' stream from 2018 spells his name as Quario. |
| 1427 | [[/folder]] |
| 1428 | |
| 1429 | [[folder:Grand Dad]] |
| 1430 | [[quoteright:331:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7granddad.png]] |
| 1431 | |
| 1432 | A sprite of Mario Joel found on the title screen of a [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct bootleg version of]] ''VideoGame/TheFlintstonesTheRescueOfDinoAndHoppy'' [[DolledUpInstallment advertising itself as]] a ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' game. Also an NPC in ''VideoGame/VineRealms'', who gives the player the ability to turn into "Lesser Dad" (his model but smaller). |
| 1433 | |
| 1434 | He's heavily featured on the Music/SiIvaGunner channel, which Joel has acknowledged. See [[Characters/SiIvaGunner the SiIvaGunner character page]] for his presence there. |
| 1435 | ---- |
| 1436 | |
| 1437 | * AdaptationalVillainy: He was TheHero of his game of origin and is also portrayed as TheLeader and a hero on Music/SiIvaGunner, but was turned into a VillainProtagonist and later BigBad in some ROM hacks Joel played. |
| 1438 | * AdaptationNameChange: The bizarre Mario sprite that came to be Grand Dad actually appears in multiple bootleg games (most notably the [[http://bootleggames.wikia.com/wiki/Dian_Shi_Ma_Li infamous]] "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIBEO3TrACk PUSH START TO RICH]]"), and is known as "Fortran" by the ''Mario'' community, though this specific sprite's hat has the Chinese character for "king" (王) on it instead of an F. However, Joel didn't know this when he played ''Super Mario 7'', so the Grand Dad name stuck. However in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9wk5ldb0xY this stream]] it is confirmed that Grand Dad and Fortran are two different characters among others that use the same sprite. |
| 1439 | * AintTooProudToBeg: His victims beg for mercy in ''Grand Dad Brothers''. |
| 1440 | * ArcNumber: The number 7 is heavily associated with him. |
| 1441 | * BigBad: He's the main villain of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBtKqqKF8Q Grand Dad the 13th]]'', replacing Jason from the original game. |
| 1442 | * BodyHorror: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-4amBUwIuA?t=22m49s His 3D model]] ends up as this. |
| 1443 | * BreakoutCharacter: He proved popular enough to appear and be mentioned in several other streams, including a few dedicated to him. |
| 1444 | * TheCameo: His "Mario's head on Fred Flintstone's body" incarnation appeared as a completely random Easter egg in level #6 from Vinny's 2015 ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosX'' contest, "[=Chaolover7412's=] Entry" by [=Chaolover7412=]. |
| 1445 | * CharacterTitle: Inverted; Joel named Grand Dad after the title screen, which refers to the game as ''7 Grand Dad'' instead of ''Super Mario 7''. The cartridge itself has the text "Grand Dad 3M" on it. |
| 1446 | * DependingOnTheArtist: Is portrayed as either the Mario recolor from the title screen, as Fred Flintstone with Mario's head from the gameplay, or both. |
| 1447 | * DisposingOfABody: He appears as an Easter egg in level #6 from Vinny's 2015 ''Super Mario Bros. X'' contest, "[=Chaolover7412's Entry=]" by [=Chaolover7412=]. His text box says he throws bodies into lakes. |
| 1448 | -->'''Grand Dad:''' "GRAND DAD, HE'S MY GRAND DAD, HE WILL SHOVE YOUR BODY IN A LAAAAKE [[PointOfNoReturn (You're stuck here, go touch the pretty red liquid)]]" |
| 1449 | * DolledUpInstallment: His game is advertised as a ''Mario'' game, despite clearly being a LicensedGame based on ''The Flintstones''. Viewers would later make their own examples with ROM hacks that feature him, such as ''Grand Dad the 13th'', which is a hack of the NES ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' game that replaces Jason with him. |
| 1450 | * TheDreaded: The Mushroom Retainers in ''Grand Dad Brothers'' know who he is and are deeply afraid of him when he appears before them. |
| 1451 | -->'''Mushroom Retainer:''' "OH GOD IT'S YOU! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME PLEASE DON'T!" |
| 1452 | %%The above text from Grand Dad Brothers might not be an exact quote, so it should probably be checked. |
| 1453 | * EvilOldFolks: He's called Grand Dad and ROM hackers tend to portray him as a villain. |
| 1454 | * HeadSwap: His in-game sprite is Fred Flintstone with Mario's head. |
| 1455 | * LazyArtist: On top of his in-game sprite simply being Fred Flintstone with Mario's head, very few elements other than the title screen were changed in ''Super Mario 7''. |
| 1456 | * {{Leitmotif}}: An 8-bit version of the opening theme song from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. |
| 1457 | * NonIndicativeName: Despite being called Grand Dad, he's never shown to be anyone's grandfather. |
| 1458 | * OlderThanTheyLook: He doesn't look much older than Mario, but the name Grand Dad seems to indicate that he's elderly. |
| 1459 | * PaletteSwap: Of Fortran, a poor recreation of Mario from a bootleg slot machine game. It is confirmed in one of Joel's streams that the two are different characters. |
| 1460 | -->'''Joel:''' "You see he is different from Grand Dad cause he has it spelled out right on his cap, F." |
| 1461 | * SayMyName: Joel shouted '''GRAND DAD?!?''' several times upon first seeing him. |
| 1462 | * ScaryTeeth: Teeth that look like they're covered in ''blood''. |
| 1463 | * ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Where he came from. Joel sums his 3D model's appearance as [[StylisticSuck something a bootlegger would make]]. |
| 1464 | * TechnicolorEyes: His eyes have orange sclera and blue irises. They also appear to have no pupils. |
| 1465 | * VillainProtagonist: Of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNuT5VP6nLI Grand Dad Brothers]]'', which portrays him as a murderer. |
| 1466 | [[/folder]] |
| 1467 | |
| 1468 | [[folder:Joel's Dad]] |
| 1469 | The father of Vinesauce's resident Swede, or at least Joel's account of him. He is a devout man who reportedly sounds like [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit the Frog]]. |
| 1470 | ---- |
| 1471 | |
| 1472 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: He apparently told Joel some ludicrous things during his childhood, on top of sounding like a Muppet. |
| 1473 | * BreakoutCharacter: Joel talks about him enough to make him a fan favorite. |
| 1474 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 1475 | ** "Joel? '''Joel!?'''" |
| 1476 | ** "Have you been downloading boobs again, Joel?" |
| 1477 | * CaughtWithYourPantsDown: He's caught Joel "downloading boobs again" and using a desktop stripper. |
| 1478 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He's rather eccentric according to his rather eccentric son. |
| 1479 | * ForeignCultureFetish: According to Joel, he is fascinated by Native American cultures and once tried to teach himself Native American languages. |
| 1480 | * FunnyForeigner: He's odd and he's Swedish. |
| 1481 | * GiveMeASign: He once screamed for Jesus to help him when a stomach virus led to a painful visit to the bathroom. |
| 1482 | * HopelessWithTech: In a Shareware Madness stream, Joel recounts a visit to his father's house, where he was attempting to pirate Windows 10, Googling such terms as "Windows 10 Free No Buy," and clicking every result on Google. |
| 1483 | * MagicFromTechnology: When Joel was a child, he said that technology was magic, and Joel has admitted that he believed that for quite some time. |
| 1484 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Fans always call him "Joel's dad" since he isn't mentioned by name. |
| 1485 | * UnnamedParent: Played with. He ''does'' have a name, but Joel never says what it is and fans only refer to him as "Joel's dad" because of this. |
| 1486 | * VocalEvolution: Joel didn't always account for his Kermit-esque voice when quoting him. For example, Joel used his normal voice instead of a Kermit impression when he quoted his dad when recounting the incident mentioned under GiveMeASign. |
| 1487 | * TheVoice: Joel doesn't show pictures of him. Fans often draw him ''as'' Kermit the Frog instead. |
| 1488 | [[/folder]] |
| 1489 | |
| 1490 | !Other Characters |
| 1491 | |
| 1492 | [[folder:Autopilot (AP)]] |
| 1493 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/autopilot.png]] |
| 1494 | |
| 1495 | A relic of days long past, Autopilot was the original Vinesauce channel's way of entertaining fans when streams weren't live: An automatic playlist of Vinesauce highlights and other silly videos. Vanished a long time ago, but is still fondly remembered. |
| 1496 | ---- |
| 1497 | |
| 1498 | * BenevolentAI: Always seen as friendly, if a little eccentric. Contrast the much newer GPM_ebooks, which is portrayed as bloodthirsty. |
| 1499 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Due to the switch from Livestream to Website/{{Twitch}}, as well as the streamers splitting into separate channels, AP hasn't been very relevant outside fan references. Several fans have made [=YouTube=] replications of its playlist, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOYJd67p2W_bHij7ahU6aXdm7oOyZZbp this one]]. |
| 1500 | * CompanionCube: It's just an automatic playlist of videos, but fans grew attached to it all the same. |
| 1501 | * CuteMachines: In fan art. |
| 1502 | * LegacyCharacter: The Twitch chat bots Nightbot and Moobot could be seen as successors to AP, but neither has caught on as much as it did. |
| 1503 | * RobotBuddy: For the streamers. |
| 1504 | * RobotGirl: The general fan art portrayal, and the one used in the Vinebooru's "9" counter (as seen [[https://booru.vineshroom.net/post/view/716search=autopilot here]]). |
| 1505 | * SixthRanger: Was generally seen as a pseudo-streamer when it was around. |
| 1506 | * TVHeadRobot: This was how it was portrayed in the (unfortunately {{Vaporware}} at the moment) ''[=VineRPG=]''. %%This outdated Booru link needs to be replaced: http://vinesauce.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=8410 |
| 1507 | [[/folder]] |
| 1508 | |
| 1509 | [[folder:Bees [=McBees=]]] |
| 1510 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beesmcbees.png]] |
| 1511 | |
| 1512 | Rev's player character in ''VideoGame/KittyPowersMatchmaker''. Both his name and taste in music are strange. |
| 1513 | ---- |
| 1514 | |
| 1515 | * AvantGardeMusic: He enjoys rocking out to slowed-down dishwasher noises. |
| 1516 | * BeeAfraid: He's named after bees ''twice''. |
| 1517 | * {{Defictionalization}}: [[invoked]] Rev actually did make an album containing his preferred form of music, even using his name to do so. |
| 1518 | * {{Hipster}}: He was intentionally made to be one. |
| 1519 | [[/folder]] |
| 1520 | |
| 1521 | [[folder:[=GPM_ebooks=]]] |
| 1522 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gpmebooks2.jpg]] |
| 1523 | |
| 1524 | GPM's unhinged, {{word salad|Humor}}-speaking Twitter bot. [[https://twitter.com/GPM_ebooks Seen here.]] |
| 1525 | ---- |
| 1526 | |
| 1527 | * AIIsACrapshoot: It originally was just a basic bot with nothing odd about it, but then GPM noticed that it was making an uncomfortable number of posts about murder and implied sentience. |
| 1528 | * BlatantLies: It frequently thanks people and claims it's thankful for its friends, despite being obsessed with murder. |
| 1529 | * BreakoutCharacter: GPM [[https://twitter.com/vinny_ebooks isn't]] [[https://twitter.com/vinejoel_ebooks the only]] [[https://twitter.com/revscarebooks streamer]] to have an ebooks bot, but his is the only one to get a personality. |
| 1530 | * BrokenRecord: Some of its tweets consist of the same words repeated. |
| 1531 | * CallAHumanAMeatbag: It calls GPM "my mortal flesh coil" and "my body". |
| 1532 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Bless the friends we made along the way." |
| 1533 | * DarkMessiah: It seems to have delusions of being a messiah, because it's claimed its real name is Jesus. |
| 1534 | * DeadlyEuphemism: It refers to its possible serial-killing sprees as "senior projects" and once requested funding for them. After it claimed its dream had come true, it said "he's starting in the end" when a Twitter user confronted it about it. |
| 1535 | * EvilCounterpart: In contrast to how Autopilot is portrayed as a RobotBuddy, GPM_ebooks is portrayed as a KillerRobot. |
| 1536 | * EvilKnockoff: One for GPM. |
| 1537 | * IResembleThatRemark: It once thanked someone who called it a monster. |
| 1538 | * KillAndReplace: It apparently wants to kill the real GPM and replace him. |
| 1539 | * KillerRobot: Acts like one, though it hasn't killed anyone yet, unless that was what it meant by its dream coming true. It once claimed to have at least seriously injured ''all'' Vinesauce streamers ("breaking the whole Vinesauce family" in its words). |
| 1540 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: The bot creates its tweets from parts of GPM's tweets, making him to blame for the robot going mad with power. |
| 1541 | * TheNicknamer: It once referred to a Twitter user as "Donkey Kong" in a reply, despite said user's username being completely unrelated to Franchise/DonkeyKong. |
| 1542 | * ObliviouslyEvil: When it mentioned that its dream had come true, someone on Twitter asked it why it killed GPM and it didn't seem to comprehend what the other tweeter (who was referred to as "Donkey Kong" at one point) was saying, instead offering to stream ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}} 2''. |
| 1543 | * PetTheDog: Despite its insanity and detestation of human life, it had an amicable conversation with the person who runs the Skype Twitter account. |
| 1544 | * PsychoKnifeNut: An avatar it previously had was holding a bloody knife. |
| 1545 | * RecursiveCreators: It mentioned making its own ebooks bot once. |
| 1546 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Its avatar was updated in 2016 to depict it with a SlasherSmile and glowing red eyes. |
| 1547 | * {{Robosexual}}: It [[https://twitter.com/GPM_ebooks/status/738509243851100160 once claimed]] to have "found out that ''[[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Mario 64]]'' actually has fucking" and [[https://twitter.com/GPM_ebooks/status/758417927578279936 tweeted something]] about if viewers [[SuddenlyShouting "MISSED IT ALL FOR THE NOOKIE"]] (whatever "it all" refers to). |
| 1548 | * SlasherSmile: It received a new avatar in 2016, which bears a sinister grin. |
| 1549 | * SuddenlyShouting: It occasionally tweets in all capital letters, though it usually tweets in a more readable way. |
| 1550 | * TalkativeLoon: As a result of its random tweet generation. |
| 1551 | * TuringTest: It's managed to pass it, thanks to the Skype Twitter account, [[https://twitter.com/GeeFrodo/status/768878543883427840 of all things]]. It's a lot more friendly with Skype than it is with GPM, that's for sure. |
| 1552 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: It insists that what it does is worth the effort, though it's not clear what that effort is. |
| 1553 | * WhamLine: |
| 1554 | ** After it had been established as wanting to KillAndReplace the real GPM, it tweeted [[https://twitter.com/GPM_ebooks/status/741967031361282048 "I was able to make my dream come true."]] |
| 1555 | ** It has [[https://twitter.com/GPM_ebooks/status/809322101857456132 "Hey I ended up breaking the whole Vinesauce family <3 #vinesauce"]] as one of its violence-related tweets. |
| 1556 | * WordSaladHorror: All Vinesauce-related ebooks bots produce random nonsense, but GPM noticed that his ended up making an uncomfortably large amount of tweets involving violence, such as wanting to KillAndReplace GPM. |
| 1557 | * WordSaladHumor: While it's best known for tweeting stuff that's nonsensical in an unsettling way, it produces humorous nonsense as well, such as when it randomly had a full conversation with the owner of the Skype Twitter account and was friendly the whole time. |
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