| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e26124d7ab2e55bad3b6a64df5501242.png]] |
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| 3 | Team Four Star is a Texas-based production studio and Abridged Series SuperGroup best known for ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', amongst other works. |
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| 5 | At the moment, the group is active on [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamFourStar YouTube]]. Viewers can also check [[http://teamfourstar.com their official site]] to find special LetsPlay videos of ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', ''VideoGame/SeriousSam 3'', and ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. |
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| 7 | TFS productions tend to be rather popular, as well as genuinely funny, due to the enormous amount of networking, voice talent and writing acumen that can be focused on any given project. Of course, this can also result in AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder, as all of them have series of their own, in addition to their TFS responsibilities.[[note]]This has led to a misconception in certain parts of the fanbase where, if a series goes on hiatus, they will accuse TFS of focusing on whatever other projects are being released in the interim instead of working on the postponed one. In reality, since the speed of all the projects mainly depends on their director/editor, they rarely if ever have any effect on each other's schedules. (Example: If ''DBZA'' goes on hiatus, it's up to Kaiser to bring it back, and whether or not Takahata is making new episodes of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged'' has no real effect on that outcome.)[[/note]] |
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| 9 | In August 2017, the team entered the realm of official, non-parody dubs, with a dub of the anime film ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]'', based on the manga ''Hell's Angels''. |
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| 11 | After the completion of their channel's keystone project, ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', the team has shifted to mostly original works, as seen with various TFS Original video shorts, along with parody works like ''WebVideo/XInXMinutes'' and ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'' (which takes place in ''DBZA''[='=]s canon). |
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| 13 | [[AC:Members]] |
| 14 | * Creator/{{KaiserNeko}} (Scott Frerichs)[[note]] Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''. Editor and Writer of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged''[[/note]] |
| 15 | * Creator/{{Lanipator}} (Nick Landis)[[note]]Writer of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''[[/note]] |
| 16 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/user/takahata101 Takahata101]] (Curtis Arnott)[[note]]Writer of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''. Director, Producer, and Writer of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged''. Director, Producer, and Writer of ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabriged''.[[/note]] |
| 17 | * Creator/MasakoX (Lawrence Simpson)[[note]]Graphic Artist and Editor of ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabriged'', Assistant Editor of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''[[/note]] |
| 18 | * Antfish (Anthony Sardinha)[[note]]Director, Producer, and Editor of ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabriged'', as well as host of the TFS podcast[[/note]] |
| 19 | * Krosecz (Stephan Krosecz)[[note]]Editor of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged'', Creator and Animator of ''Fist Master'', Creator of ''Unabridged'', TFS Originals Manager[[/note]] |
| 20 | * [[https://twitter.com/AinTunez AinTunez]] (Cliff Weinstein)[[note]]Music Producer[[/note]] |
| 21 | * Tyler Coy[[note]]Cinematographer, Camera Operator, chaos gremlin[[/note]] |
| 22 | * Nowacking (Jesse Nowack)[[note]]Actor, Editor, thirst trap[[/note]] |
| 23 | * Jacob Quinn [[note]]Manager, Lawyer, Bookkeeper, and whatever else is needed[[/note]] |
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| 25 | [[AC:Frequent Collaborators]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | * Faulerro (Chris Tout) |
| 28 | * Creator/MarcSwint |
| 29 | * [=TehExorcist=] (Creator/HowardWang) |
| 30 | * Creator/GaijinGoombah (Michael Sundman) |
| 31 | * [=GanXingba=] (Marc Soskin) |
| 32 | * General Ivan ([[Creator/ChrisGuerrero Christopher Guerrero]]) |
| 33 | * Creator/LittleKuriboh (Martin Billany) |
| 34 | * [=Megami33=] (Corinne Sudberg) |
| 35 | * Creator/PurpleEyesWTF (Nick Lizzo) |
| 36 | * Remix (Joshua Gotay) |
| 37 | * Shudo Ranmaru (Creator/AmberLeeConnors) |
| 38 | * WebVideo/TotallyNotMark |
| 39 | * WebAnimation/DevilArtemis |
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| 41 | [[AC:Former Contributors and Collaborators]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | * [=Vegeta3986=] (Brandon Rainsford)[[note]]Former voice actor and writer, left midway through Season 2 of ''DBZ Abridged''[[/note]] |
| 44 | * [=1KidsEntertainment=][[note]]Former Let's Play Editor[[/note]] |
| 45 | * Kirbopher (Creator/ChrisNiosi) |
| 46 | * Creator/{{Hbi2k}} (Ben Creighton)[[note]]Chief Executive Officer, Co-Writer of ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged''. Left the team in January 2019.[[/note]] |
| 47 | * [=CZBacklash=] (Creator/ChrisZito)[[note]]Graphic Designer, Dungeon Master at ''TFS at the Table'', Let's Play contributor. Left the team in December 2022.[[/note]] |
| 48 | * [=MasterWuggles=] (Grant Smith)[[note]]''TFS Plays'' Commentator and Social Media Manager. Left the team in January 2023.[[/note]] |
| 49 | * [=LordMoonstone=] (Kirran Somerlade)[[note]]''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' Writer and Let's Play Editor. Left the team in January 2023.[[/note]] |
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| 51 | [[AC:List Of Ongoing Works]] |
| 52 | [[index]] |
| 53 | * ''WebAnimation/DragonShortZ'' |
| 54 | * ''WebVideo/XInXMinutes'' |
| 55 | * ''WebAnimation/FistMaster'' |
| 56 | * ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'' |
| 57 | * ''WebAnimation/MagicTimeWizards'' |
| 58 | * ''[=DieselDust=]'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5bEuz_xgLo pilot]]) |
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| 60 | [[AC:List Of Finished/Cancelled/Other Works]] |
| 61 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''[[note]]Completed September 14, 2018. Originally was planned for a fourth season covering the Buu Saga, but was cancelled and ended its run in 2018. The team would produce a series of shorts known as ''Buu Bits'' in collaboration with WebVideo/TotallyNotMark for his review of the saga in 2023, making it the closest to a TFS adaptation of the Buu Saga.[[/note]] |
| 62 | * ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''[[note]]Completed December 8, 2018.[[/note]] |
| 63 | * ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged''[[note]]Completed December 11, 2020.[[/note]] |
| 64 | * ''WebVideo/AttackOnTitanAbridged''[[note]]On indefinite hiatus/cancelled due to [[Main/ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues]].[[/note]] |
| 65 | * ''WebVideo/{{Unabridged}}''[[note]]Completed December 22, 2023.[[/note]] [[/index]] |
| 66 | * An AlternateDVDCommentary of ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', which can be found [[http://www.rifftrax.com/iriffs/teamfourstar/team-four-star-riffs-dragonball-evolution at RiffTrax]] & [[http://teamfourstar.com/podcast/tfs-riffs-dragon-ball-evolution/ on their website.]] |
| 67 | * ''Classic TFS Plays'', a series of LetsPlay videos for the following games (with [=Takahata101=], [=KaiserNeko=], Lanipator, and [=GanXingba=]): |
| 68 | ** ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' (Antfish filled in for Taka in one mission) |
| 69 | ** ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' |
| 70 | ** ''VideoGame/SeriousSam 3'' (On hiatus) |
| 71 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'' (Played separately by Kaiser and Lani) |
| 72 | ** ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' |
| 73 | ** ''Dragon Ball Z'' video games (including the ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai Budokai]]'' and ''Super Butouden'' series) |
| 74 | * ''TFS Plays'', a successor of the above series with a more consistent cast (Lani, Kirran, and Grant) and typically doing single-player games while they all deliver {{MST}}-style commentary. |
| 75 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' (Featuring their custom character Dumplin; Kaiser is part of the LP instead of Grant) |
| 76 | ** ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' (Wherin they explore all the roads of Gotham City as Arkham Batman, Adam West, and finally as Terry [=McGinnis=]; Kaiser starts as part of the cast but as it took time from his editing and voice acting he ceded his position to Grant roughly 1/2 way through with intermmitent appearances from then on) |
| 77 | ** ''Transfomers: Devastation'' |
| 78 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' (Featuring drunken runs as the blue-skinned "Last survivor of Earth," Dumplestilskin) |
| 79 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' (Featuring Cpt. Richard Ravager the Third[[note]] That's Mr. Mrs. Sir Knight Lord Lady Fairy Prince Kentucky Fried Flying Rocket Rocketeering Ravishing Rez Monster Monk Super Silver One Punch President Mayor Doctor Chief Parker Master Champion Coach Professor General Honorary Leftenant Bachelor Barbarian Pirate Ex Husband and Former Father Captain Richard "The Raptor" Ravager III, to you[[/note]]) |
| 80 | ** The various Funny/TeamFourStarNuzlockePlaythroughs, [[SelfImposedChallenge Nuzlocke]] challenges of various ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games:[[invoked]] |
| 81 | *** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon LeafGreen]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuring the protagonist Lakigr.) |
| 82 | *** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon SoulSilver]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuring the protagonist Tantor.) |
| 83 | *** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Pokémon Moon]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuring the protagonist Larenti, the divorce child of Tantor.) |
| 84 | *** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Emerald]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuring the protagonist Maqubi) |
| 85 | *** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Platinum]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuring the protagonist Ryfuba.) |
| 86 | *** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Pokémon Shield]] Nuzlocke'' (Featuring the protagonist Granrran.) |
| 87 | ** ''VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors 3'' |
| 88 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' |
| 89 | ** ''[[VideoGame/{{DarkSouls3}} Drunk Souls 3]]'' (Featuring the third member of the Dump family, Lady Dumpè) |
| 90 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2'' (Featuring Puddin, the daughter of Dumplin and Towa. Later also features Lirran, fusion of Lani and Kirran, as well as Frogurt, the time-displaced child of Puddin and Cooler).[[index]] |
| 91 | * ''LetsPlay/TwoSaiyansPlay'', a takeoff on ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' in which Lani and Taka provide commentary [[InCharacterLetsPlay in-character as Vegeta and Nappa]].[[/index]] |
| 92 | ** ''Krillin Plays'' (alternately ''Vegeta Makes Krillin Play''), in which Lani comments on one-player (usually horror) games in-character as Krillin. Started with Vegeta forcing Krillin to play ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''. |
| 93 | ** ''Renegade For Life'', featuring Vegeta playing video games solo. |
| 94 | ** ''Baldies Play'', in which Nappa and Krillin play video games together. |
| 95 | ** ''Nappa Plays'', featuring Nappa playing video games solo. |
| 96 | ** ''Goku's Gonna Show You'', in which Goku plays popular games on Platform/{{Steam}}. Typically joined by Gohan. |
| 97 | * ''Yes Yes Love Adventure Go!'', in which Taka and Zito play {{Romance Game}}s. Canceled for various reasons but later revived on Taka's Twitch channel with Gaijin Goombah replacing Zito. Prior to the revival, it was replaced with the following: |
| 98 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4 Golden'' (discontinued after 53 episodes, including several Memestreams) |
| 99 | ** ''The Memestream'', where Taka and Zito play games with an emphasis on [[MemeticMutation meme jokes]] and generally DenserAndWackier than the other streams. Indefinite hiatus and replaced with Zito's ''Bargain Barrel'' streams until his departure from the team.[[invoked]] |
| 100 | ** ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'', an ActualPlay roleplaying series involving Taka and Zito, hosted on Taka's channels.[[note]]The series now has its own Twitch channel, but the vods are still archived on Taka's personal Youtube channel.[[/note]][[index]] |
| 101 | * ''WebVideo/TFSAtTheTable'', A stream for tabletop games, including a pirate themed D&D campaign that ran from 2017-2019, with Chris Zito as the DM.[[/index]] |
| 102 | * ''TFS {{Podcast}}'' ([[http://teamfourstar.com/feed/podcast Episode feed here]]) |
| 103 | * Abridgimon episode 2 (an AprilFoolsDay video) |
| 104 | * Creator/LittleKuriboh's works (''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow'', etc.)[[note]]Hosted on website due to Little Kuriboh's constant battles with Website/YouTube copyright.[[/note]] |
| 105 | * Voice acting for professional works[[note]]See Trivia.TeamFourStar's PromotedFanboy entry for contributions of individual members[[/note]]: |
| 106 | ** ''VisualNovel/TheLetter''[[index]] |
| 107 | ** ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]'' |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/SuperKnockoffVS'', the team's very first video game! |
| 109 | * [[/index]]''[=FourStarBento=]'', an anime-themed and general TFS side channel. |
| 110 | ** ''Anime FMK'', a weekly discussion & review show wherein Ben, Scott, and Kirran discuss the latest anime and whether they should continue discussing it (Fuck) or stop discussing (Kill), culminating in picking the best of the season (Marry). Canceled because it was taking up too much of their personal time that could be spent working on other projects. |
| 111 | ** ''Saturday Morning Sushi'', wherein Scott goes over Western localizations (or Americanizations) of popular anime. |
| 112 | ** The [=TalkCast=] Podshow podcast was moved to this channel, up until it's 76th and final episode. |
| 113 | ** Reviews and video essays by [=KaiserNeko=]. |
| 114 | ** A series of [[DVDCommentary Director's Commentary]] videos going over the entirety of ''DBZ Abridged'', started by Lanipator and [=KaiserNeko=] in 2022, with [=Takahata101=] doing his own starting in 2023. Starting with Episode 42, all three members commentate together. |
| 115 | ** A series of tier list making videos ranking various subjects (ie. best anime dad, best Bulma outfits, etc.) featuring Kaiser, Lani, or other TFS members. |
| 116 | ** Bento Bar: A series where two members of [=TFS=] have to make a themed cocktail drink, complete with the incorporation of a secret ingredient. |
| 117 | ** Dragon Ball GTFS: A review/commentary series where Lanipator and [=KaiserNeko=] rewatch the entirety of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', cutting between their reactions to the Episode and offering their own insights and thoughts about the episodes they watched. |
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| 119 | Not to be confused with Creator/FourStarTelevision. |
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| 121 | ''This tropes list is for the group as a whole, their Let's Plays, and works without their own pages.'' |
| 122 | !!Tropes: |
| 123 | * TheAce: [=GanXingBa=]. He's typically calling out suggestions in the games. Lampshaded by Taka during ''Hard Rain'', when Gan is actually killed and they don't have a defib. |
| 124 | -->'''Taka, panicking:''' [[WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou We can't do the finale without Gan!]] |
| 125 | ** Second in line for that position would have to be Antfish. He gets the highest accuracy everytime he plays with them, and their playthrough of ''Dead Center'' with him is one of the few times where they have zero deaths and very few incaps. Simply put, Antfish is the anti-Taka. |
| 126 | ** Taka actually ends up being this with ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' in their live streams. Of course, since they ended up making a drinking game out of how often they died during the game, Taka ultimately got banned from playing it. |
| 127 | * TheAllSolvingHammer: During the Renegade For Life LetsPlay of ''Scribblenauts'', Vegeta seems to view Shoggoths as these. |
| 128 | * AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Aside from this being a staple of every abridged series, they have been known to apply this treatment to characters in the games they play, such as imagining [[Franchise/KingdomHearts King Mickey Mouse]] as a [[TheCaligula corrupt tyrant]] and the mother of the PlayerCharacter in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon SoulSilver]]'' as having a drinking problem. [[invoked]] |
| 129 | * AlternateDVDCommentary: Taka, Lani, and Kaiser recorded an [=MST=]-styled one for ''Film/DragonBallEvolution''. |
| 130 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Kaiser summed it up thusly at an 18+ panel: |
| 131 | -->'''Kaiser:''' We have Lanipator, who's comfortably straight. We have [=MasakoX=], who's ''painfully'' straight. And then we have Takahata who's...straight? |
| 132 | -->'''Taka (chuckling):''' It's true. |
| 133 | * AndStarring: Little Kuriboh gets this type of credit in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. In the first season he was a guest star, only playing the narrator, by the second season he more or less became a main member of the group. |
| 134 | * AntiHumor: ''[[AprilFoolsDay Piccolo plays card games]]''. The thumbnail sets it up as Piccolo playing ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft''… but in reality he's just playing solitaire in complete, dead silence besides vocal grunts. |
| 135 | * AnyoneCanDie: Par for the course in their Nuzlocke runs, but even those who stay on the team for almost the whole game can succumb to this, such as [[spoiler:Alex the Fearow]] in ''[=LeafGreen=]'' and [[spoiler:Ivan Ooze the Slugma]] in ''[=SoulSilver=]''. |
| 136 | * AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The phrase "top-to-bottom" is used quite often when describing things for "[=DBcember=]". |
| 137 | * BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the ''Moon'' Nuzlocke, [[spoiler:Sito and Gunbeak, the only two survivors of the main party, have an egg together that hatches into their son, Victory the Pikipek]]. |
| 138 | * BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:In the ''[=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke, after withdrawing Martin the Ratata from the PC and training him up, he dies in the very next episode.]] |
| 139 | ** [[spoiler:Also true for Beezy and Lakigr's team, who are all killed by Tantor when they return as opponents in ''[=SoulSilver=]''.]] |
| 140 | * BerserkButton: PlayedForLaughs in ''Dicks of the Old Republic'', where Taka will occasionally act like his character Varoosha is sensitive about being blind and will blow up at people who talk about eyes, vision, or the like. |
| 141 | * BigBad: Taka becomes the defacto one during their playthrough of ''DBZ: Super Budoten 2''. Taka ends up taking advantage of an [[GoodBadBugs exploit]] that allows him to stun-lock his opponent in an attack cycle, allowing him to beat Lani, Kaiser, and Kirran all in a row. |
| 142 | --> '''Lani:''' Okay, we've established Taka's not allowed to play anymore; because he likes to kick people into the corner, like a jerk. |
| 143 | ** [=LordMoonstone=] plays as the monster against the "Classic Team" [[note]]Lani, Taka, Kaiser, and Gan[[/note]] in ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}.'' |
| 144 | * BigNo: |
| 145 | ** The entire group's reaction to the SequelHook at the end of ''Film/DragonballEvolution''. |
| 146 | ** Lani lets out a loud "No" when Dumplin is briefly killed by Demigra in ''Dragonball Xenoverse''. |
| 147 | ** Lani, Kirran and Grant have a huge one in ''[=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke, when [[spoiler:their beloved son Ivan Ooze dies]]. |
| 148 | * BlackComedy: Many Dead Baby Krogan jokes are made in the Fire base Dagger Part Two video, including the subtitle. |
| 149 | --> How many dead Krogan babies does it take to make a dead Krogan baby joke? |
| 150 | * BookEnds: Larenti's first two Pokémon in the ''Moon'' Nuzlocke are Sito the Rowlet and Gunbeak the Pikipek. [[spoiler:They're also the only two party members left alive in the end.]] Grant [[LampshadeHanging makes a note]] of how appropriate this is. |
| 151 | %%* BrickJoke: They have utterly ''mastered'' the concept. |
| 152 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 153 | ** Taka is (playfully) the most picked on, especially during the ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' videos. |
| 154 | ** Gan tends to refer to Jun as the most useless member of Team Noble. |
| 155 | ** Howard became this regarding the livestream after [[spoiler:Siegward]] died on his watch during ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3''. The stream chat quickly nicknamed him "Howard the Coward" and regularly flings abuse at him, even blaming him for deaths in the Nuzlocke LP (despite the fact that he has absolutely nothing to do with the Nuzlocke). Of course, it's ''mostly'' in jest. |
| 156 | ** Gourdon in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'' Nuzlocke becomes one [[spoiler:posthumously]], with everyone mocking him whenever they can. |
| 157 | ** Mr. Stake in ''Pokémon [=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke. [[EmbarrassingLastName His very name]] in reference to his LowTierLetdown nature is bad enough, but he also slams his head into things and is only capable of saying his new name. Although after he starts to become more [[NighInvulnerable unkillable]] he transitions into being more of an IronButtMonkey. |
| 158 | ** Dodoria in their ''Xenoverse 2'' play-through. Puddin dumps him for Cooler, ignores his affections at first, beats the crap out of him, then eventually [[HopelessSuitor strings him along]] because it makes her feel pretty and then when he [[YankTheDogsChain finds new love in]] [[CrackShip Cooler,]] it doesn't last as Cooler and Puddin are back together by the next episode and Kirran opines it was doomed from the start as Dodoria could never reach the pinnacle that is Cooler. |
| 159 | * CainAndAbel: In ''Xenoverse 2'', they play this angle between Puddin and Mira, since Puddin is Dumplin's daughter with Towa while Mira is Towa's creation. |
| 160 | * CallForward: Both Goku and Vegeta have done gags in their respective LP shows where they tried to imagine what they'd look like if they grew beards, which is represented with a still from ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' where it actually happened. |
| 161 | ** Likewise, the fanmade "Abridging" of the ''Xenoverse'' LP underscores the joke of Lani (as Mr. Satan) saying, "This isn't even my final form!" by adding in a picture of Super "Saiyan" Mr. Satan[[note]]Which happens in a ShowWithinAShow[[/note]] from ''Super''. |
| 162 | * CarFu: Lanipator is very fond of using vehicles to ram the enemies with in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' such as the "hero truck". It doesn't always work, mostly because he'll try it using anything with four wheels--include forklifts and airport luggar carriers. |
| 163 | * CasualDangerDialogue: Half of the running commentary the team provides during their Let's Plays is this, to the point of arguing weather or not the virus that made the zombies would have infected Batman ([[SeriousBusiness it wouldn't]]), Superman, and who would be the cause (Lex Luthor and Braniac), while in a underground, flooded cavern, filled with zombies. |
| 164 | * CloserToEarth: During the ''Fallout 4: Nuka-World'' videos, the guys remark on the fact that while their male LetsPlay characters tend to be {{Sociopathic Hero}}es, {{Villain Protagonist}}s, and the like, their female characters (like [[VideoGame/DarkSouls3 Dumpae]], [[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2 Puddin]], and Maqubi) are always [[TheCape straight-up heroic, noble, characters]]. |
| 165 | * CompanionCube: Kaiser, Lani, and Gan all have their own cubes in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''. Lani's is Gnome Chompski, Kaiser's is propane tanks, and Gan's is gas cans. |
| 166 | -->'''Kaiser:''' "Oh, hey, he had a sword." |
| 167 | -->'''Lani:''' "I just had a fatal- WHEEEEREEE? Aaaahhh yeah, come to Lani." |
| 168 | -->'''Taka:''' "Oh God, Lani, just get a room with it." |
| 169 | * CordonBleughChef: In Bento Bar, two people have to make a themed alcoholic cocktail for one other person to drink. Not only does the drink have to be themed, but they also need to incorporate a bizarre ingredients together; with the main challenge is avoid becoming a Cordon Bleugh Chef with what they've been given. The first episode requires Jesse and Kaiser to use at least one part of a packet of chicken-flavored instant ramen. [[spoiler:Despite Kaiser initially coming out and making a pretty alright and balanced drink with the ramen packet (if Lani is to be believed), Jesse ends up winning the contest of cocktails (Lani admitting that there's something oddly compelling about the briny saltiness and orange mix).]]. |
| 170 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: |
| 171 | ** The guys play Dumpae, their character for ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'', as a noble warrior whose main quirk is being a bit of a BloodKnight; this is a stark contrast to both her "father" [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Dumplestiltskin]], who would slaughter anyone he came across, and [[VideoGame/Fallout4 Cpt. Ravager]], who started off noble before becoming a kill-happy cannibal. |
| 172 | ** Where Lakigr was an otherwise normal young adult in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'' Nuzlocke, Tantor in ''Pokémon [=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke is a 28-year old {{jerkass}} who talks in PokemonSpeak and ignores or berates his mom (who has a drinking problem). Meanwhile Tantor's [[SpinOffspring son Larenti]], the protagonist for ''Pokémon Moon'' Nuzlocke, contrasts with both the former MC's by both being the actual appropriate age the game says he is but also being an utterly unenthused trainer who is only doing his Pokémon quest because everyone on the island is forcing him to do so. |
| 173 | ** While Dumplin was a [[KiManipulation ki attack]]-reliant fat Majin who suffered a few early defeats against the Saiyans on Earth, his daughter Puddin is a thin CuteBruiser who prefers melee combat and manages to [[CurbStompBattle kick Vegeta around like a ragdoll]]. |
| 174 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In their new "Wednesdayhem" gaming stream[[note]] It was originally "Tuesdayhem", but it was moved to Wednesday to make room for their TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons stream.[[/note]], two members of the team go head to head in three rounds of video game challenges- one each selected by the contestants, one selected from random choices by the audience. The winner goes on to compete the next week, while the loser has to step aside. However, if the loser manages to finish with ''negative'' points (which requires them to not only lose every competition, but also have points deducted by losing their own challenge or [[LaserGuidedKarma being an ass]]), they must endure a terrible punishment: [[spoiler: they have to go eat at Applebees.]] |
| 175 | ** On top of that, [[spoiler: the winner gets to choose what appetizer they have to order.]] |
| 176 | ** It has been noted that this might change in the event that [[spoiler: Applebees winds up sponsoring them,]] in which case their second choice is [[spoiler: Olive Garden.]] Although they note that that might be too cruel, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even for them.]] |
| 177 | * CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: While the "Abridgimon" episodes have had plenty of digs at stuff on the web or fan culture that bothers the team (including the Fine Brothers), each of the [=DigiDestined=] is set up to make fun of one of themselves. |
| 178 | ** Joe has Creator/LittleKuriboh's busy convention schedule (to the point it distracts him from releasing new content) and hatred of United Airlines. |
| 179 | ** Izzy represents Lani, who used to be a video reviewer for TGWTG. |
| 180 | *** Speaking of which, Creator/DougWalker even gets in on the fun as Gennai: |
| 181 | ---->'''Gennai:''' Hi! I'm Gennai! [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic I remember it because]] [[WebVideo/DemoReel nobody wanted to watch my other show.]] |
| 182 | ** Tai represents [=ShadyVox=], since both rap and are admitted bronies. |
| 183 | ** Sora [=GirlVoice=] represents how all the male actors (particularly LK) are [[LarynxDissonance terrible at girls' voices]]. |
| 184 | ** The Dark Masters are voiced by Lani, Taka, and Kaiser (the core members of the team) and only care about money and selling T-shirts. |
| 185 | ** Devimon declares that he learned having money is more important than having an opinion, a play off the perception that Grant "sold out to the enemy" by joining a group he'd spent years critiquing[[note]]Though obviously he's friends with TFS and simply doesn't care for the style of humor ''DBZ Abridged'' used past Season 1[[/note]]. |
| 186 | *** The "Kai 2.9" April Fools special shows Lani, Taka, and Kaiser as a bunch of coked-out drunks doing nothing but referencing their old memes so they can sell more shirts. [[TheAlcoholic Taka's even shown drinking an entire box of wine on his own]] ([[RealitySubtext Taka would quit drinking entirely shortly after the special premiered]]). |
| 187 | * DatingCatwoman: In ''Xenoverse 2'', the gang consider Puddin and Cooler (who not only curb-stomped her in their first fights, but also returned several times over the game to attack her) to be in a relationship by the end of the main story. |
| 188 | * DeadpanSnarker: Lani, Taka and Kaiser are the most prominent, but everyone on the team is this to the point of SnarkToSnarkCombat constantly happening at their convention panels. |
| 189 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the second ''Jackbox'' videos, the guys are very upset that there isn't actually a book called "Teach Your Dog How to Dog to Your Dog". |
| 190 | * DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: At the end of the [[Anime/DragonBallZKai Kai 2 Breakdown]], Kaiser openly admits to withholding the episode in question for the sake of a joke and ''[[OhCrap immediately]]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere regrets it.]] |
| 191 | * DisproportionateRetribution: During Halo Reach, Gan gets annoyed with his team mates and starts killing them. Taka for his singing and Kaiser for shooting Gan's falcon. Kaiser is also blamed for numerous things, including [[spoiler: Kat's death]]. |
| 192 | ** Lani's ''Skyrim'' playthrough has two examples, one in response to the other. While wandering through a small farm he accidentally steals a gourd; some time after paying the debt and going to jail he gets attacked by mercenaries hired by the farmer (as a reminder, the gourd cost '''one Septim''). Because he can't kill the farmer (she's Essential), Lani instead kills her daughter, [[YourSoulIsMine traps her soul]] in a Black Soul Gem and puts it on the mantel in his home, going back periodically throughout the rest of the playthrough to verbally abuse her. |
| 193 | * DoNotCallMePaul: They all call each other their nicknames way more than their real names. Lani in particular mentioned the only people who call him by his real name consistently are his parents and his (at the time) wife. Some of the team averts this, including Kirran, Grant, and Zito, presumably because their actual names are shorter than their nicknames (Lord Moonstone, Master Wuggles, and [=CZBacklash=] respectively). |
| 194 | ** A running gag during the ''Legacy of Goku II'' playthrough is their refusal to accept Piccolo's name, saying repeatedly "I am neither Kami nor Piccolo." They then frequently add "But you can call me Piccolo." |
| 195 | * DownerEnding: The team acts as if the ending to ''Reach'' will not be this, as long as they keep fighting. PlayedForLaughs, obviously. |
| 196 | -->'''Taka:''' Lani, just get a room with (the sword).\ |
| 197 | '''Lani:''' I WILL WHEN REACH IS SAVED! |
| 198 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: Dicks of the Old Republic episode 17 is simply titled "Dick of the Old Republic"; it refers to the fact that Lani is playing solo for a while, as well as the fact that he's a dick for causing this situation in the first place[[note]]Despite Lani and Taka being different classes, their storyline quests always took them to the exact same locations in sequence, making it convenient to stick together. However, Lani broke the sequence by forgetting to pick up one of his quests at the right time; this pissed off Taka, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere who refused to make an unnecessary extra trip]], meaning Lani had to go do the whole quest solo in order to get caught back up[[/note]]. |
| 199 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: |
| 200 | ** For Mr. Stake during the team's ''Soul Silver'' Nuzlocke. At the start of the stream the guys hated him for his derpy design and LowTierLetdown nature and alternated between screaming at him to shut up and plotting ways for him to die. However as the play through went forward Mr. Stake became [[TookALevelInBadass consistently more badass]] and [[NighInvulnerability unkillable]] which turned the guys opinion around on him. By the end of the play through [[spoiler:Mr. Stake became one of their few original Pokémon to survive the entire Nuzlocke and defeated Lakigr's final Pokémon Buttdork]] fully earning the guys respect and love. |
| 201 | ** Zig-zagged and ultimately {{subverted}} during the finale of the ''[[VideoGame/Fallout4 Fallout 4: Nuka World]]''. After managing to activate the power to Nuka World the guys declare that this marks the end of their play through. They note that after all the Cpt. has done (which includes [[spoiler:murdering, and then eating, his son, massacring the residents of Vault 81, and allowing the residents of Far Harbour to be consumed by monsters]]) the Cpt. is now retiring (as symbolised by changing into his ''vacation clothes'') and has decided to live out his days riding the Nuka World rides. [[spoiler:However, the guys discover only the Galaxy Zone coaster is actually rideable the rest are just there cosmetically. Cue Lani screaming in impotent rage and [[SuddenDownerEnding deleting ''Fallout 4'' from his PS4's hard drive]]]]. |
| 202 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite going for the dark side options in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', Lani and Taka decide killing a group of engineers to recapture the bridge is "too dark". |
| 203 | -->'''Taka:''' We're dicks, but we're not that dickish.\ |
| 204 | '''Lani:''' We're not murders. [[FalseReassurance Mostly]]. |
| 205 | * EvilMatriarch: Towa, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' is the mother of their character Puddin. However, in TFS canon it's zig-zagged since while she's still a villain who wants to revive the Demon Realm, she does legitimately love her daughter and is at worst a little distant due to being a workaholic. |
| 206 | * ExactWords: While playing ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', the guys asked viewers to give them a name for their Deathclaw Gauntlet, saying they'd go with the comment that got the most upvotes. The top comment was "Fister's sister claw or just Fister's sister"...and that's exactly what they called it[[note]]except that due to character limits it got cut off at "or jus", which they pronounced "or juice"[[/note]]; when people complained and demanded the guys rename it, they pointed that they said they would use the top-rated comment, not ''part'' of the top-rated comment. |
| 207 | * FusionDance: A RunningGag in the gaming videos is Lanipator and Kirran fusing to form Lirran. He can't appear on camera (because his power would destroy them) and he can only stay fused for a few seconds, but he's always awesome. The guys have remarked that if they used the Potara Earrings, the fusion would be named Kirapator. |
| 208 | ** After the main story of "[[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2 The Adventures of Puddin]]", they began to create new {{Player Character}}s of each race to earn every possible achievement. Their first new character is an Earthling, and they decided to make Lirran. Lirran would make another game appearance as the protagonist of their ''VideoGame/DragonBallFusions'' playthrough. |
| 209 | ** A few other attempts have been made. During ''Bloodborne'', Kirran fused with Lani's wife Erika, which Lani called "weirdly hot". Kirran and Kaiser tried fusing into "Mooncat", but it didn't work out, with Lani telling them that Mooncat will never be a thing. |
| 210 | *** Lirran returned during [=DBCember=] 2019, and actually stayed fused for a full half-hour (albeit offscreen). Kaiser took a crack at it with Kirran, [[MergingMistake but they ended up turning into the morbidly obese Kairren]], prompting a horrified Lani to bemoan that Kaiser "got the angle wrong". |
| 211 | * GuestStarPartyMember: In 2014, fellow Youtuber [=LordMoonstone=] (aka. Kirran) would join the group for their LetsPlays and Streams. He's since joined on full time as another writer and editor of their Let's Plays. In 2015, Grant, a mutual friend of Lani and Kirran, joined in on their Let's Plays and was the third member of their trio, up until both Kirran and Grant left the group in 2023. |
| 212 | * HairTriggerTemper: In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', the guys took one of the Sole Survivor's lines from a quest[[note]]"Anyone who points a gun at me dies", from the Silver Shroud questline[[/note]] as their personal credo, eventually having the Captain go berserk and murder people for the slightest provocation. Probably the worst example was in the ''Nuka-World'' DLC where [[TooDumbToLive they had the Captain stand in the middle of a firing range]] and flipped their shit when they predictably got shot, slaughtering several important characters and locking themselves out of about half the DLC's content. |
| 213 | * HotBlooded: If Lani or Taka get a hand on a chainsaw, ''get out of their way''. This goes double for Lani and energy swords in Reach. |
| 214 | -->'''Gan:''' "What up Brute? Shotgun beats hammer, shotgun beats hammer." |
| 215 | -->'''Lani:''' "[[DynamicEntry SWORD BEATS HAMMER! SWORD BEATS HAMMER! SWORD BEATS HAMMER!]]" |
| 216 | * ImplausibleDeniability: In their Nuzlocke of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Soul Silver]]'', they claim that Chikorita is the first pure Grass type in the series. When later confronted with Tangela, they insist that it is a glitch Pokemon created by Slowmara. Delcatty receives the same treatment in their Nuzlocke of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonEmerald Emerald]]''. |
| 217 | * {{Irony}}: While playing ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', the guys said that Cpt. Ravager's StartOfDarkness was brought about after killing [[spoiler:Palidin Danse]], who was thought to be a Synth, and discovering that they were actually a human while hacking up the corpse. However, that character ''is'' a Synth, and TFS seemingly missed the plot point that Third-Generation Synths are virtually indistinguishable from human beings even if dissected[[note]]The most reliable way to tell is if the character drops the Synth Component item upon death, which that specific character does[[/note]]. |
| 218 | * InsaneTrollLogic: PlayedForLaughs; during the [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Drunklstiltskin]] playthrough, Grant and Kirran remarked that they had a RunningGag among their group of friends where they would dismiss statements of scientific facts by asking "Can you put it in a beaker?" This led to them joking that [[EskimosArentReal everything from giraffes to emotional trauma aren't real]] simply because they can't fit inside a beaker. |
| 219 | * JokeAndReceive: Throughout their ''VideoGame/DragonBallZSagas'' playthrough, the guys joked about Piccolo's fusion with Kami being portrayed as a transformation like it is in the ''Budokai'' games. It turns out they were right, much to their amusement. However, Piccolo doesn't "vomit" Kami up after the transformation wears off. |
| 220 | * KarmicDeath: On several occasions, one member of Team Four Star will try to kill a team mate (usually Taka) for slowing them down. Moments later, they themselves will suffer some sort of debilitating injury (frequently in the form of a Tank or Charger). |
| 221 | * KarmicTwistEnding: After all the murder, racism, and general douchebaggery of [[VillainProtagonist Captain Ravager;]] the ''Fallout 4'' Let's Play ends with him unable to ride the rides he wanted to. |
| 222 | * KillItWithFire: Lani's preferred type of grenade in [=LFD2=]. He gets a little too enthusiastic in Death Toll. |
| 223 | * LamePunReaction: In one round of ''Cards Against Humanity'' (in which they guys were playing with the Furry card pack), someone plays a white card that says "Hello Fur-iend! Howl are you doing?" Kaiser remarks "I'm a Furry, and I do NOT approve of this message." |
| 224 | * LargeHam: Everyone has a chance to get ''really'' hammy when the time comes. |
| 225 | * LaughingMad: After spending a good while trying to get [[AwesomeButImpractical Dragon Fist]] to work in Xenoverse 2, Lani and Grant finally get an opponent stunned long enough to finish the move in one of the story missions. The mission ends right before it can connect. This promps a small bit of mad laughter from Lani and Grant. |
| 226 | * LeeroyJenkins: Taka is even called the TropeNamer in Detour Ahead when he opens fire on a witch while screaming. |
| 227 | * LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: During Krillin's playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'', he struggles with the boss battle against Stefano until a frustrated Vegeta comes in and demands the controller to show him how it's done. Krillin gladly obliges, only to be left gob-smacked when Vegeta actually manages to beat the boss in only two tries; to rub salt in the wound, he did it using the same strategy Krillin had tried several times before and failed with[[note]]luring Stefano into electric crossbow traps and blasting him with the shotgun while stunned[[/note]]. |
| 228 | * LiteralMetaphor: In the ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' playthrough, when the One Reborn stops Lani's attack by smacking him with one of its limbs, he curses it as a "leg-ass arm". Grant observes that, [[BodyOfBodies considering their opponent]], this is the only time that phrase could possibly be literal. |
| 229 | * ManlyTears: The team's reaction in ''Halo Reach'' to [[spoiler: Jorge's death]]. |
| 230 | * MassOhCrap: Several can induce this during Lets Plays: |
| 231 | ** In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'': Tanks, Witches, or hordes. |
| 232 | ** In ''VideoGame/HaloReach'': Elite Generals, Elite Zealots, Brute Chieftains, Hunters, and Scarabs. |
| 233 | ** In ''VideoGame/SeriousSam 3'': Mental's Warship, the Bulls. |
| 234 | ** In ''Dragon Ball'' Games: Nappa, Freeza, Cell, Buu, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Bad Launch]], and [[FanonDiscontinuity learning that GT is canon]].[[invoked]] |
| 235 | * MemeticMutation[[invoked]]: Besides creating many, Lani is actually the subject of a well-known example, the "In The Way" Guy, which happened when someone ran in front of the camera when he proposed to his girlfriend Erika at Disneyworld. |
| 236 | * MergingMistake: [=DBCember=] 2019 has Kaiser and Kirran screwing up a FusionDance, resulting in the abomination that is Kairran. |
| 237 | -->'''Lani:''' Kaiser, you got the angle wrong! |
| 238 | * AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted with Taka during the ''Serious Sam 3'' Lets Play, where he seems genuinely horrified to learn that the population of Cairo was killed during the alien invasion. Played straight by everyone Gan, Lani, and Kaiser. |
| 239 | * MonkeysOnATypewriter: Lani explicitly described their LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' like this. The playthrough consists of Lani, Kirran, and Lani's wife[[note]]Plus Taka a couple of times while he was visiting (though they booted him off the controller for actually playing well), and Kaiser once when he and his husband dropped by to visit[[/note]] alternating turns on the controller and [[DrinkingGame taking shots every time they die or kill a unique enemy]]. Besides that, they tended to make decisions based more off of RuleOfFunny than actual game logic, like spending most of the game with their character [[IncrediblyConspicuousDrag wearing a woman's dress and shoes]] -- [[NakedPeopleAreFunny and sometimes just the shoes]] -- rather than anything that provided actual defense. All told, they beat the main game and DLC (but not the Chalice Dungeons) in about 65 hours[[note]]twenty livestream sessions, each 2 to 2 1/2 hours long, plus a little off-screen grinding for healing items[[/note]], managed to get the GoldenEnding despite doubting they would even ''get'' an ending[[note]]they almost missed out on it by arbitrarily killing Arianna and pissing off the Fake Iosefka, but ran away from the latter rather than fighting her, which meant she stayed alive until the proper EventFlag triggered[[/note]], pulled off a few feats that legitimately impressed Grant (the biggest ''Bloodborne'' fan in the group), and, again, did most of it while drinking so much alcohol that more than one session ended with Lani [[WhatDidIDoLastNight passing out on the sofa]]. |
| 240 | * MsFanservice: In their [[https://youtu.be/hle2-bGDh10 "MOUSTACHE"]] music video, [[Creator/AmberLeeConnors ShudoRanmaru]] cosplays as Android #18 (except her leggings are replaced by nylon stockings) and dances suggestively. |
| 241 | * NoYou: In their ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' LP they discuss the concept of Space Europe which is shot down with "it's a massive land", to which [=KaiserNeko=] responds, "No, you're a massive land." |
| 242 | ** The only line in "A Moment with Team Four Star: Episode 3" is "[[BrickJoke No, YOU shut up!]]" |
| 243 | ** In ''Bloodborne'' when Arianna remarks "What a [[HaveAGayOldTime queer]] scent...", Kani shouts "Fuck you! '''You're''' queer!" |
| 244 | * OrphanedSeries: ''Dicks of the Old Republic'' became this in late 2017 when the guys decided to cancel their subscriptions in protest of Creator/ElectronicArts and their mismanagement of ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017''. |
| 245 | * OrwellianRetcon: They admitted to doing this for their ''Pokemon Emerald'' Nuzlocke, as they actually wiped at Winona's gym. Because their schedule wouldn't allow them to start all the way over with a fresh character, they elected to simply restart the battle and replaced the footage of their wipe with footage of their victory. |
| 246 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In [[WhamEpisode episode 21]] of the ''Platinum'' Nuzlocke, [[ThatOneBoss Galactic Admin Jupiter's]] absolute ''massacre'' of half of Ryfuba's team is so devastating that Lani forgoes the usual "Shall not be missed" and demands that everyone salute the fallen as they're released. |
| 247 | * OverlyLongGag: Them saying "Dad" like how Bobby Hill does in ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', being a reference to how the team hears Stephanie Nadolny's Gohan during their ''Budokai'' playthroughs. |
| 248 | * PanderingToTheBase[[invoked]]: InUniverse, whenever the group plays [[Creator/JackboxGames Jackbox]], they treat ''DBZ Abridged'' references as this because they know it '''always''' gets audience votes even if they aren't actually funny. In the second video Lani starts exploiting this, prompting the others to call him "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons History's Greatest Monster]]". |
| 249 | * RageQuit: Never directly invoked, but Lani said at Conneticon that this was the reason they stopped playing Serious Sam 3. According to him, when they weren't bored playing the game, they were raging from there being far too enemies swarming them. |
| 250 | ** [[spoiler: The end of the ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' playthrough was definitely this; even though they had played through the core game and all the DLC, Lani's frustration at the fact that there was only one functioning ride in Nuka-World led to him deleting the game from the [=PS4=]'s memory while screaming.]] |
| 251 | * ReallyDeadMontage: Used to send off the "dead" Pokemon in their Nuzlocke playthrough. |
| 252 | * RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]]The members of Team Four Star were ''not'' fond of the original incarnation of Broly, to the point where they actually considered skipping over his movie out of sheer hatred of the character. The ''Super'' incarnation of Broly received a much warmer reception. |
| 253 | * RunningGag: All of their works include at least one. |
| 254 | ** In the [=iRiff=] for ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' it was about trying to make the perfect wish. |
| 255 | ** In their Nuzlocke of ''VideoGame/PokemonSoulSilver'', they insist that every day is Ivan Ooze's (their Slugma's) birthday. |
| 256 | *** Tantor's mother is an alcoholic who buys useless junk with Tantor's money and is sleeping with the delivery man. |
| 257 | *** Mr. Stake cannot die. They've tried to get him killed. |
| 258 | ** Masako has a great running joke in all of his "What If?" videos: |
| 259 | ---> '''Masako:''' There is no Fake Namek....moving on.... |
| 260 | ** "Everyone knows Toriyama wanted to end it after X" is often used, as a spoof of the endless (and unfounded) rumors of ''Manga/DragonBall'''s creator originally intending it to end with Cell, Freeza, or earlier. |
| 261 | ** The start of any of their ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' runs usually leads to them alerting the first guard they see. Lampshaded by their run of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes:'' |
| 262 | ---> '''Lani:''' This is a TFS plays Metal Gear! What were you expecting to happen?! |
| 263 | ** After Taka joins Lani and Kaiser for the ''DBZA'' Commentaries from Episode 42 onwards, he almost always messes up on the shared SigningOffCatchphrase "''Next time on this thing that we're doing.''" He manages to get it right a couple of times, however. |
| 264 | * ScreamingWarrior: Taka, so very much. They've even dubbed the Kamikazes in ''Serious Sam 3'' as "Headless Takas". |
| 265 | * SenselessSacrifice: The battle with Jupiter in ''Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke'' sees [[spoiler:Cleo and Gaks]] die in an attempt to keep a critical-health Raisin alive, after several minutes debating whether or not he could outspeed Skuntank after the latter's speed was lowered. [[ShaggyDogStory Even without the Quick Claw, he ended up outspeeding it]]. |
| 266 | * ShoutOut: Loads, such as screaming [[WebVideo/CodeMENT "Team death match!"]] during their [=L4D=] LP. |
| 267 | ** "We're self-referential, people!" |
| 268 | ** Taka: "I play this adept as a jungler." |
| 269 | ** [[WebAnimation/ASDFMovie "Die potato!"]] |
| 270 | ** Their Lanturn in their ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver SoulSilver]]'' Nuzlocke is named [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Lum-chan]]. |
| 271 | * SituationalSexuality: Despite being gay, Kaiser is not above commenting on female attractiveness. In particular, during the ''Budokai 3'' playthrough he praises whomever made [[FormFittingWardrobe yoga pants]] a fashion trend, and when Lani asks "Aren't you gay?" he defends himself by saying "I can appreciate a nice ass!" |
| 272 | * SixthRanger: Antfish in the Let's Plays when he fills in for Taka. |
| 273 | * SpaceX: In addition to the many SpaceX jokes they make in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', they make references to Space Europe, Space Guantanamo, Space Obama, and Space Vancouver during their playthrough of ''Reach'', along with Space Batman in ''Mass Effect 3''. |
| 274 | ** In their playthrough of ''Budokai 3'', they mention Space Harvard, Space Battleball, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Spaceball]]. |
| 275 | * SpinOffspring: |
| 276 | ** Puddin from their ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'' LetsPlay is the daughter of Dumplin[=/=]Popo from the first one (as well as the BigBad, Towa). |
| 277 | *** Later in the same LetsPlay, they create Frogurt, who is Puddin's KidFromTheFuture with Cooler. |
| 278 | ** Larenti the protagonist for their ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Pokémon Moon]]'' Nuzlocke is the son of Tantor the protagonist of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon SoulSilver]]''. |
| 279 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Taka was a one-man squad when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j2mBle5_JM crashed Chris Sabat's panel]] at Sakuracon. Thankfully, he had the decency to give him his panel back after a few minutes. |
| 280 | * StraightGay: Kaiser evidently. |
| 281 | * TheStraightMan: [=GanXingba=] is much more down to Earth than the rest of the group during their Let's Plays, at times almost to the point of being the StopHavingFunGuy member of the team. |
| 282 | * SuddenDownerEnding: Has happened a couple of times during their Let's Plays, usually played for laughs. |
| 283 | ** During their finale of ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse Xenoverse]]'' the guys quickly realise that there is no way their going to be able to finish the [[ThatOneLevel Goku and Vegeta SSGSS Parallel Quest]] before their time limit runs out. After being revived by one of their NPC's the guys decide to go out with a bang using Dumplin's [[SignatureMove Last Blast]] but they don't have enough Ki left to fire it. Cue the timer running out before they can finish charging up and then being blasted by Vegeta's Big Bang Attack just to add insult to injury. Lani says it best: |
| 284 | --->'''Lani:''' This is the way the world ends. Not with a Bang but with A Last -!\ |
| 285 | ''(Realises he's out of Ki)''\ |
| 286 | '''Lani:''' Oh.\ |
| 287 | ''(Gets knocked out by Vegeta)''\ |
| 288 | '''Lani:''' But with a whimper. This has been the adventure of Dumplin. ({{Beat}}) Fuck it. |
| 289 | ** During the finale of their ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' Nuka World Play through the guys decide to end the adventures of Cpt. Richard Ravager the Third by playing all of the rides they can find in the theme park. [[spoiler:However as they learn only one ride actually works at Nuka World. This leads to Lani screaming in rage and deleting Fallout 4 from his [=PS4=]'s memory therefore making the entire adventure completely meaningless.]] |
| 290 | ** The ending of the story mode in ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2 Xenoverse 2]]'', [[CainAndAbel Puddin and Mira]] have their climatic battle where [[spoiler:Mira absorbs Towa. Puddin finishes the battle by incinerating Mira with a Kamehameha, killing her brother and mother in one foul swoop]]. As Dumplin put it in the EveryoneLaughsEnding: |
| 291 | ---> '''Dumplin''': HA HA HA HA! [[spoiler:My wife and son are dead!]] HA HA HA! |
| 292 | * TakeThat: |
| 293 | ** ''Abridgimon: THE MOVIE'' was a big one to Creator/TheFineBrothers and the [[WebVideo/{{React}} React World]] controversy, and to a lesser degree Toei. |
| 294 | ** In Part 9 of the 2017 [=DBCember=] (Top 24 ''Dragon Ball'' Video Games): |
| 295 | --->'''Kaiser:''' Uh...what's the Japanese word for UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}?\ |
| 296 | '''Kirran:''' "[[VideoGame/DragonballZDokkanBattle Dokkan Battle]]". |
| 297 | * TakeThatAudience: They're well aware that they're very popular with reaction channels, and frequently put in digs at people who react or re-post their content without permission. |
| 298 | * TeamKiller: Lani has been voted as the biggest one among the group. He merely replied with [[FirePurifies "the fire cleanses all!"]] |
| 299 | * TemptingFate: Lani in part 3 of Suicide Blitz |
| 300 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Occasionally during their ''Xenoverse'' Let's Play, someone will notice that Dumplin seems to be [[AsideGlance staring straight into the camera]]. It comes to a head in Episode 39, when [[spoiler:Dumplin kills Lani and Kirran]]. |
| 301 | * TonightSomeoneDies: The trope is discussed and invoked in Part 29 of ''Leaf Green Nuzlocke'': the thumbnail has a giant tombstone on it, and begins with Wanda nearly dead in a fight with [[MightyGlacier Snorlax]]. [[spoiler:However, despite ''another'' near death experience, [[SubvertedTrope they catch it and beat Celadon Gym with no casualties]]... [[DoubleSubversion then at the Fighting Dojo, a Primeape's Cross Chop crits Alex and kills him]] [[DroppedABridgeOnHim while the gang isn't paying attention]].]] |
| 302 | * TookALevelInBadass: Mr. Stake the Chikorita in the ''Pokémon [=SoulSilver=] Nuzlocke'' goes from being considered a mentally retarded [[TheLoad millstone]] of a party member[[note]]Chikorita is a Grass-type in Johto, where the first few gyms specialize in Flying and Bug-type Pokemon, both types that are super-effective on the mon[[/note]] to becoming a powerful [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stand-user]], even getting the final kill on [[spoiler: Lakigr's Raichu, Buttdork]]. |
| 303 | * TookALevelInKindness: Gan in the ''"TFS Plays VideoGame/{{Evolve}}"'' videos is much more laidback than [[StopHavingFunGuys he was]] in the classic ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' playthroughs. |
| 304 | * TotalPartyKill: More often than you would think. |
| 305 | * TrueCompanions: Despite all the snarking, [=TeamFourStar=] are a very close group of friends who love working together and it shows quite often. |
| 306 | * UglyGuysHotDaughter: Well, more "cute" than "hot" (and Dumplin arguably counts as UglyCute), but Puddin definitely fits the bill. |
| 307 | * UnskilledButStrong: Even though they're playing as Demon God Dumplin in ''Xenoverse'', the strongest fighter in every universe, the way they play as him makes him come off as lacking on many an occasion, frequently neglecting to dodge enemy attacks, and their strategy eventually boils down to relying on the [[KamehameHadoken Final Flash]] whenever they can, despite their inaccuracy in aiming it. Kaiser, Lani, and Kirran note that they're holding Dumplin back, and if they simply didn't press any buttons, Dumplin would win any battles for them. |
| 308 | * VitriolicBestBuds: They can get pretty vicious towards one another, especially Gan against Taka or Kaiser (and vice versa). |
| 309 | * VoicesAreMental: The trope is briefly discussed in their ''Xenoverse'' Let's Play. The guys don't care for it, which is why they didn't use it in ''Abridged'' when dealing with the Goku/Ginyu body swap. |
| 310 | * TheWorfEffect: After going through the early parts of ''Xenoverse 2'' with slight trouble at the hardest, often while under leveled, Puddin received multiple crushing defeats at the hands of Final Form Cooler (and while not as often, 100% Frieza) proving that she still had a large amount of improving to do. |
| 311 | * WeaponSpecialization: |
| 312 | ** '' Left 4 Dead 2'': |
| 313 | *** Lanipator: Molotov Cocktails, or "mollys," ("[[PyroManiac Fire makes everything better!]]"), the Cricket bat, the Burst/Combat Rifle, Desert Eagles (often shortened to "d'eagles") Gnome Chompski. |
| 314 | *** Ganxingba: AK-47, Sniper rifles, automatic shotgun, gas cans ("Gas can; Our greatest ally"). |
| 315 | *** Kaiser Neko: Samurai swords ("Katanananana") and magnums. |
| 316 | *** [=Takahata101=]: [[TheBerserker Chain saws]] (when he can get them). |
| 317 | ** In ''Halo: Reach'': |
| 318 | *** Lanipator: [[CoolSword Energy sword]], assorted vehicles |
| 319 | *** Ganxingba: The sniper rifle, needle rifle, and DMR (for their accuracy,) and the shotgun for up close. |
| 320 | *** Kaiser Neko: Plasma launcher |
| 321 | *** [=Takahata101=]: gravity hammers, rocket launchers, and fusion rods |
| 322 | ** In ''Serious Sam 3'': |
| 323 | *** Everyone: The Minigun and the Devastator. |
| 324 | *** Gan: Assault Rifles |
| 325 | *** Lani: The Sledgehammer and C4 Blocks |
| 326 | *** Taka: Rocket Launchers and Double-Barrelled Shotguns |
| 327 | *** Kaiser: Shotguns |
| 328 | ** In ''Mass Effect 3'': |
| 329 | *** Taka: [[UseYourHead His head]] |
| 330 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: Sometimes, it's honestly amazing that they make it through their Lets Plays without killing each other. No Mercy is probably the most extreme example. |
| 331 | * WhamEpisode: After 18 episodes with no deaths, Episode 19 of ''Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke'' has [[spoiler:[[BossInMookClothing Scientist Travon and his Kadabra]] killing Traktorr and Dager, depriving the gang of one of their strongest Pokémon and a HM Slave]]. Pico is also taken off the team due to being caught on the same route as Traktorr, though it isn't killed off. Not long after in Episode 21, [[WakeUpCallBoss Jupiter]] [[spoiler:kills off half the team, leaving only Raisin and five weak first stage Pokémon]]. |
| 332 | * WhamLine: From episode 53 of ''TFS Plays: Pokémon [=SoulSilver=] Nuzlocke'', when the boys try to release [[spoiler:Slowmara]] after she's KilledOffForReal, we get this... |
| 333 | -->"[[spoiler:Slowmara]] [[ParanoiaFuel came back!]]" |
| 334 | * WhamShot: |
| 335 | ** Invoked in the Nuzlockes--when a particularly important Pokémon's HP is whittled down to [[KilledOffForReal zero]], they zoom in on it. |
| 336 | ** Later, when the boys try to release [[spoiler:Slowmara]] after she dies, she suddenly ''pops right back up''. |
| 337 | * WhatIf: Over on his own [=YouTube=] channel, Masako does a once-a-month "What If Week" where he posts videos positing on possible scenarios for the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. His most popular series by far is ''Fanfic/WhatIfRaditzTurnedGood'', though the rest of TFS playfully teases him about the concept. |
| 338 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: TFS insist that since Dumplin [[spoiler:killed Demon God Demigra]] in ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse Xenoverse]]'', it means that Dumplin is the new Demon God, and then start referring to him as the "Demon God Dumplin". |
| 339 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Ben looks about 5 years or so older than he actually is. |
| 340 | * YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Referenced by Lani after the death of [[spoiler:Ivan Ooze]] in the ''[=SoulSilver=]'' Nuzlocke: |
| 341 | -->'''Lani:''' WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TAKE EVERYONE BUT [[TheUnfavorite MR. STAKE]]?! |
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