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1* Reading Atomic Toxic Cake's message to them during the ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' episode: even if ATC doesn't get to play with them, they thank Matt and Pat for the show and says it cheers them up when they're not feeling well.
2-->'''Matt:''' You are the best, Atomic Toxic Cake America Man.
3* In the ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'' video Matt's adorable reaction to summoning a Puggle (Pug in-game). And their horror when a zombie zombifies it.
4* Although Matt and Pat hate kids, in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale'' Let's Plays, Matt genuinely cares about the choices he makes for Clementine's sake.
5** One specific example is when Lee needs to hurry and stop Clementine from [[spoiler:eating human meat]], Pat is yelling at Matt to hurry and Matt is distraught that the game is lagging. When they succeed, both sigh and sound genuinely relieved.
6** An odd example, they trashtalk each other with accusations of who is the worse caretaker:
7--->'''Matt:''' [[spoiler:You know what is monstrous?]]\
8'''Pat:''' [[spoiler:Stealing from your dad's pharmacy?]]\
9'''Matt:''' [[spoiler:I was going to say: scarring Clementine's for life by murdering a man in front of her.]]\
10'''Pat:''' [[spoiler:I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THERE!]]
11** When they find out [[spoiler: Clementine has been talking to someone over the walkie-talkie]], Matt freaks out.
12--->'''Matt:''' Who was that, some creepy pedo?!\
13'''Pat:''' [[{{Troll}} Maybe.]]
14** There are points in the Let's Play where Matt and Pat stop talking or arguing with each other and just "Awww" at Clementine because she's ''just that cute''. Remember, Matt and Pat don't like kids.
15* During the third round of ''Worms 2: Armageddon'', Woolie and Matt have Pat on the ropes with only a few worms left. This exchange happens:
16-->'''Pat:''' I can... I can still do this, because Zangief [one of his worms] can defend the Russian skies.\
17'''Woolie:''' ...but can he, though?\
18'''Pat:''' ''[sounding near tears]'' Y-yeah... I can-- I can hold it together...\
19'''Matt:''' Okay, now I'm actually feeling sorry for you 'cause you sound really upset.
20* A very slight example from their ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Revengeance]]'' playthrough, but toward the end, the two of them bring up the rather astounding delays to the EU release of ''[[VideoGame/Persona4Arena Persona Arena]]'', and despite the fact that they frequently mock their UK audience -- especially the accents -- it's clear that they are genuinely sympathetic for people who haven't had the chance to play the game yet.
21* Not from any of the videos, but on the official facebook page, the two warned people on the east coast NOT to go to the Assassin's Creed midnight launches if Hurricane Sandy would possibly interfere, noting that NO game is worth losing your life over. To paraphrase one comment, we really do have Two Best Friends.
22* Matt's response to [[http://tbfp5evr.tumblr.com/post/50889025766/okay-matt-is-one-of-the-best-human-beings-ever-i this]] message on their Facebook page shows how much they care about their fans.
23* A light example from their video on ''[[VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon Blood Dragon]]'': when the game tasks the two of them to save a nerd they almost immediately dub the nerd Creator/JamesRolfe. After that they state how much they would love to save James Rolfe from a life-threatening situation, such as pushing him out of the way of a speeding car.
24* From first meeting Ellie in their Let's Play of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', the best friends had nothing but snark and derision for her; yelling at her when she got in their way, making fun of her whenever she said something aggressive or rude, and other more specific scenarios over the episodes. The heartwarming bit is watching the two of them slowly warming up to her. As the series progresses, they begin to say nicer things (for example, they compliment her on her moxie after she makes several fat jokes at Bill's expense) and although the snark still flows on occasion, they've become much more open in praising her.
25** One of the best examples so far is in Episode 14, where Pat is healing and is caught off guard by a bat-wielding hunter. Pat panics and scrambles to put away the medkit and pull out a weapon in time, but to no avail. Just as the hunter lifts his bat, though, [[BigDamnHeroes two shots from an off-screen Ellie stumble the hunter]], [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome allowing Pat a crucial second to beat down the stunned enemy.]]
26---> '''Pat:''' ''OHMYGODELLIETHANKYOUSOMUCH''
27** [[spoiler:Even though Pat had been ripping on Ellie the whole play though; in a futile attempt to not get attached to her like he did with Clem. You could still hear the blood lust in his voice when was trying to get to her, and when he walked into the operating room reloads the shorty and blows the surgeons face clean off and without a seconds thought goes after the nurse and Matt actually has to be like "Wait what are you doing?" and then at the end Matt was talking about the needs of the many out weighing the needs of the few Pat seemed insulted that Matt would be okay with Ellie dying.]]
28* Pat and Mat's love for dogs and their delight when they show up in videogames as seen in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' and ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''.
29** They even seem to get oddly attached to Togo, the bizarro-teleporting dire-wolf dog, during their Cabela episode.
30** In their playthrough of ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' for Shitstorm 2, they express genuine concern on whether or not if the dog noises they hear early in the game are coming from a dog that is injured. Later when they come across Brown, both mention how cruel it looks that he's been tied up and wish they could cut him down. Both Matt and Pat have mentioned before that they are dog lovers.
31** The animated intro to ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs2012'' features a couple of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sleeping]] [[PreciousPuppy dogs]]. Their [[CutenessOverload reaction]] to them really sells it.
32** Their reaction when [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale Clementine]] meets an abandoned dog in the forest is this, then it becomes funny when they realize the dog is kind of aggressive after they have her pet it.
33* At the end of the fourth ''Super Best Friendcast'' they give shout outs to their fans for all the content dedicated to them, specifically fan blogs on Tumblr, their wiki and this [=TVTropes=] page. They are especially surprised by the amount of dedication seen in their wiki and their [=TVTropes=] page in particular.
34* In their ''[[VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}} Indigo Prophecy]]'' playthrough, Pat expresses legitimate frustration and concern with the way the mentally ill are often poorly portrayed in media. Woolie mentions that in their 8th podcast, Pat's concern really touched a number of viewers.
35** Wonderfully followed up on and proven to be something both Woolie and Pat take an interest in during a later podcast, as they discuss a study that has proven that playing Mario for about thirty minutes a day improves one's ability to think and even brain size; As Pat cutely points out, it's ''not damaging'' and, at the very least, it ''improves someone's ability to play Mario''. At best? It could potentially -- theoretically -- ''improve the condition of people suffering from degenerative diseases like Alzheimers''.
36* And now we can add "cat lover," at least for Matt. In the video where Matt introduces his cat, it opens on a shot of the cat sleeping in its little bed while the opening music from ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' plays. Then the cat proceeds to do more adorable things like crawl under the couch to hide, and get belly rubs from Matt.
37** The kitty is now named [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition Zach]] and further proves himself an adorable fluff-ball. He's also a rescue cat, and it's clear in the video how much Matt adores him.
38** Even better is that during a podcast Matt talks about how he's moving out of his apartment instead of getting rid of Zach like his landlord wants.
39*** The other Zaibatsu members also quickly took to Zach and vocally so; As of December 2015, Matt and Pat actually launched an LP with Pat declaring he had been holding and petting the cat, which.. Given it's ''Pat'', is somewhat surprising.
40* The Christmas special podcast included some ridiculously sweet Christmas stories, including Pat's parents spending the night making a stop motion animation of the presents appearing under the tree when he had set up a camera to try and catch Santa and Woolie's mom taking him and his brother "fishing," where she had them cast their lines over the living room saloon door and attached their presents to them.
41* While playing ''[[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream I Have No Mouth]]'', Pat makes a poor decision during episode 8. [[spoiler:He accidentally throws a switch labeled MOTIVATOR, which electrocuted a group of dogs. You could see and hear them being shocked and killed.]] [[TearJerker He immediately regrets it, and almost goes back to the previous save state, rather than continue]]. [[spoiler:When he shoots the ship down by accident, prompting AM to make him restart.]]
42** Part 12 of the ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' LP as well. As mentioned on the awesome page, for most of the game, Pat had been going by the strategy of carefully examining everything in the environment before making his decision or taking any action. Then he comes up against a Nazi scientist about to remove the spinal cord of a child. [[spoiler:He looks around the room a little and upon finding a scalpel, immediately goes to stab the scientist with it.]] Even Woolie wasn't expecting that. After a guard kills Pat for it and the sequence starts over again, [[spoiler:he just does the same thing again and finds a way to get away with it]].
43* Arguably invoked bizarrely during their '''Barbie Dreamhouse Party''' episode when Matt demands that Barbie 'eat a burger' and then insists he wants a Barbie with 'Gianna Michaels' proportions; While it partly steps into UnfortunateImplications territory given Michaels is a porn-star, it arguably demonstrates that Matt has better ideas of body image than the makers of Barbie, and the Best Friends actively rail on the fact that the makers of Barbie have been petitioned to change Barbie's figure in the past and denied the possibility.
44* Episode 17 of their ''VideoGame/DisasterDayOfCrisis'' LP starts with Pat needing Matt to pause the game so he can answer a phone call from home, because Pat says he can't miss calls from home, because he's worried that the call might be something like "Your dad has died." It's just his mom calling in to say hi, and it ends with Pat telling his mom [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas he loves her]]. Turns into a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when he tells Matt to cut that part out of the video so no one knows he loves his mom.
45* Episode 6 of ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'': they go for the worst choices possible, and end up whoring Jodie out, assuming the game will stop them from doing so. Jodie ALMOST does it, everyone starts panicking; but fortunately, Jodie refuses at the last second. When Jodie is nearly forced to, they try to kill the man doing so, and proceed to continue their problems with David Cage.
46** Okay, to put this in less flowery language: Matt, Pat, and Woolie hate ''Beyond Two Souls'', and every character in it: ESPECIALLY Jodie. But when they realize that Jodie's actually about to blow a guy for ten dollars, everyone starts panicking: even Pat, the most caustic to the game feels even more guilty because he was the one who actually made Jodie do it. When Jodie says no, everyone in the group's incredibly relieved. Then the guy attempts to rape Jodie and Woolie is granted control of Aiden; Pat encourages Woolie to stop him, and Woolie gladly complies. And then in another act of compassion for Jodie, Pat and Woolie insist on killing the guy before Jodie begs Aiden to stop. As much rep Pat gets for being the angry and volatile one, he's always very compassionate to younger female characters: even the ones he claims to despise. He's a complete PapaWolf, and no one notices; not even him.
47--->'''Pat:''' Okay, okay, you know what? Wow, that was weird. We're all gonna make fun of David Cage some more. That is true. That being said... I have to say, that is THE most uncomfortable a game has EVER made me. If the point of art is to make you feel emotions, BOY did I feel a bunch of emotions there.
48** A more subtle one: after Pat comments that if he showed up for a date and the girl answered the door while ordering pizza and wearing the clothes Jodie is currently wearing (a comfy T-shirt and underwear), he'd fall in love instantly, you can hear Matt quietly say "That's how it worked with me."
49* Oddly heartwarming, but in Episode 4 of the ''Best Friends Mailbag'', Pat fakes being cut by Woolie's utterly notorious box-opening, and Woolie actively starts freaking out. Like, as much as these guys mock and ridicule one another, Woolie absolutely wouldn't want that to happen.
50* On episode 28 of the podcast, Liam discusses what he did for Valentine's Day. His girlfriend had flown away to France in Early January, and he had told her that he wouldn't be able to see her on Valentine's Day, because he only had the money for either that trip, or a trip with her to Japan later in the year. But he made plans to do fun things with her on Skype that day, and told her that something would be flown in via courier that Friday. When Friday came around, and his girlfriend went to answer the door, LIAM was waiting for her, and they spent the whole day going around Paris and seeing the sights. SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} ensued when Matt was disappointed that Liam didn't wear a bow.
51** Liam's girlfriend has returned the favor. She insisted that she wouldn't be able to come in early, and Liam decided to watch X-men instead and invited the guys over. All of the guys told him no, and told him to go home where his girlfriend was waiting for him.
52* In Podcast #26, they get a fan question from a fan fearing he's falling away from gaming because he can't enjoy it anymore. What follows is a long and very comforting, nigh-jokeless conversation affirming that, yes, everybody gets that way sometimes, and it feels awful. They go on to explain in detail everything the fan needs to do to get his hobby back on track, and how to avoid the pitfalls from happening. Pat closes by saying that, if that doesn't work, he may be suffering clinical depression and should seek help. Its somber, and heartfelt and amazing to listen to.
53* In mailbag 5, one of Woolie's items is [[spoiler:the Gameboy Color that was stolen from him as a kid]]. His sheer happiness and gratefulness nearly drives him to tears.
54* Podcast episode 28's Letter Time includes a letter of someone asking that if the Zaibatsu had the power to destroy one website, which one would they pick. Matt and Woolie ''immediately'' think the Westboro Baptist Church.
55* Podcast episode 30's Letter Time, they receive a letter from a gay couple in a long distance relationship looking for advice on good games to play once they finally meet up in person. They all stop to congratulate them before giving advice on nice romantic fighter games.
56* With mailbag 6-B, when they find a second ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]'' box set, valued at over $500, Matt, Pat, and Woolie all immediately agree that Liam should get it, since he hadn't gotten his chance at a big flashy item from any of the other mail they had gotten.
57** Going along with the above, the Zaibatsu thank the audience profusely for sending such expensive gifts, saying that, while they're honored, they would feel a lot better knowing that fans weren't sending themselves into debt over "a bunch of guys playing video games." For all the love the fans have sent them, the Zaibatsu send it right back.
58--->'''Pat:''' Feed your kids. And if you don't have kids, feed yourself.
59* [[spoiler:Wyclef's send off in episode 9 of Nuzlocke. Beautiful, heart-wrenching, and setting the standard for what is likely to be many poke-deaths in the future.]]
60* A minor one, but there was something about Woolie getting into ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' as a virgin to the series, and his joy playing it, overcoming some stupidly sticky situations, and even thanking Pat for helping him along.
61** The sequel video with Liam and Pat counts, as it's one of the few times we see Pat relaxed. There are few jokes, and no anger, just two friends exploring the game together.
62* Their fans have been sending them so many big things that they actually can't continue the mailbag. There's generosity, and then there's this.
63* You can't watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9zGAv0mUtg Super Best Friends Watch Nintendo E3 Press Conference 2014]] without smiling. Matt, Pat and Woolie become kids again as information pours in, the three getting excited more and more as the video goes on.
64** Right out of the gate, they ''adore'' the Iwata/Reggie "fight".
65** ''Yoshi's WOOLLY World''.
66** They're thoroughly amazed when Nintendo actually shows footage of the open-world [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild ''Legend of Zelda WiiU'' game]], and they are very impressed by what they see.
67** Toward the end of the Fox/Little Mac ''Robot Chicken'' sketch (by the way, they love the ''Robot Chicken'' sketches), they're about to make a joke, but they immediately stop everything because the Platinum Games logo comes up. Pat and Woolie freak out. All three of them subsequently go coconuts when they find out that ''Bayonetta'' will be bundled in with ''Bayonetta 2'' free of charge.
68* If you want to see more childlike joy from the boys, just watch their ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' video. From Woolie and Pat talking about how all [you] wanted to do as a child was become a hero to Liam and Matt telling each other they love one another after that finale, it's one big hug of a video. With dick jokes.
69* At Con Bravo, Liam "breaks {{Kayfabe}}" to say that Fighterpedia was actually really good. [[https://youtu.be/QF--OHFRDrw?t=1h36m58s Woolie gets up and gives him a hug.]]
70* Liam continues to be Best Boy for the Nuzlocke Livestream, staying off camera for great lengths of time so that he could go full mother hen mode and cook a full course meal for Woolie so he could keep playing. And judging from Woolie and Pat's reactions, [[SupremeChef it's pretty good food too.]]
71** What? No mention of them beating the game? Pat, Woolie, and Liam completely lose their shit, bringing back that childhood spirit of Pokemon.
72* Despite [[TheScrappy their thoughts]] on [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Chico]], Matt and Pat are horrified that metal spikes were driven through his legs.
73* [[http://youtu.be/b0SB5XerFEs?t=1h26m51s The sheer joy in their voices]] while fighting Baz, the character they added by backing ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight''.
74* Episode 53 of the podcast revealed that while in Cuba, Matt ''proposed'' to his girlfriend.
75** As of October 31, 2015, Matt and his girlfriend Leana are now ''married!'' Not only that, but they also released a [[https://youtu.be/EmeYzH9bWbo compilation video from the wedding, with honeymoon DLC]] and it manages to be a [=CMoA=], [=CMoH=], ''and'' [=CMoF=] all at once. Conglaturations, Mr. and Mrs. [=McMuscles!=]
76* Plague of Gripes, while playing ''Dark Souls 2'', has to run away from an Enemy player to talk to Pat really quick. What did he say? "Sir, I'm trying to have a conversation with my friend." Thought it was sweet.
77* In the Part 6 of the ''Walking Dead Season 2'' playthrough, all that Matt and Pat can say about Nick is that he's essentially a blend of [[TheScrappy Kenny and Ben]] in terms of being TheLoad. They also repeatedly mention how much that they hope he dies, especially after [[spoiler: Nick senselessly kills Matthew]]. Despite that, they go out of their way to inadvertently save Nick's life by [[spoiler: telling Walter that Nick's a good guy at heart and feels sorrow for his mistakes]]. Matt even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this, noting that, while they don't like Nick, they aren't going to LIE about his intentions.
78** This is actually a habit with the Friends, as they repeatedly choose the moral option to save someone that they otherwise hate, as seen in the first season, with Matt saving [[spoiler: Ben from falling to his death]] in Episode 4 and him trying to save [[spoiler: Larry]] in Episode 2.
79** Despite hating pretty much every child character other than Clementine, in ''The Walking Dead Season 2'', Pat and Matt go out of their way to befriend [[NiceGuy Sarah]], treating her kindly and make no disparaging remarks regarding her. It might be because Pat recognizes that she could have anxiety or [[AmbiguousDisorder some other form of disability]] that causes her to be sheltered, but it is still nice to see them treat her in a respectable and kind way.
80** Pat becomes audibly emotional when Clementine gives Sarah the same advice on guns that Lee gave her.
81** Pat's absolute refusal to leave behind Sarah, saying he'd stay as long as he had to in order to convince her to leave. He's very sympathetic and kind to her, while others like Jane, and even the Best Friends fans, try to push him to let her die. It's heartening to see his refusal to leave behind a child of [[AmbiguousDisorder disability]] when many other LetsPlayers [[UnfortunateImplications went down that route.]]
82*** As related, when Sarah is [[spoiler:trapped underneath the rubble of the deck, Pat takes all attempts to save her with no hesitation. As a TearJerker, he and Matt cry in protest when she is eaten by walkers. Pat himself even says that he was wanting Sarah to make it out alive.]]
83** The friends seem to genuinely like Luke. As stated above, they are upset when they unintentionally upset him, defend him from Kenny at dinner, are alarmed when he is not present, defend him from Kenny AGAIN in the truck, instantly cry out in surprise and joy when he reappears at the comic book store, and instantly hug him. Pat is also very alarmed and fearful at the idea of Luke being bitten (he wasn't, he just seemed so) and he mentions that if Luke betrayed the group, he'd be really upset.
84** Although they joke about it at first, they both joyously cheer when [[spoiler:Rebecca's baby starts breathing.]]
85** Clementine tells Kenny that Lee would tell her that [Lee] doesn't have all the answers to their situation, and Matt and Pat let out an "awwww" when she adds that he would also tell her to keep her hair short.
86** Likewise, in Episode 5, [[spoiler:their horror at the insinuation that AJ had died, and their elation when he was revealed to be safely hidden in the car.]]
87** Their treatment of Arvo and their willingness to defend him from [[spoiler: an increasingly assholish Kenny in Episode 5, even after the gunfight in the opening. It ''did'' come back to bite them in the ass, just like every other player who extends him even a little kindness, but even so]].
88** Matt and Pat being audibly moved when [[spoiler: Patricia hugs Jane, and thanks her and Clementine for letting them inside Howe's.]]
89* During the third Shitstorm of Scariness and their playthrough of ''VideoGame/EscapeFromBugIsland'', Pat actively encourages Matt during the game's kinda-sorta difficult balance beam sections -- not helped by the unruly Wiimote Matt's using -- by telling him ''"Aw yeah man, you can do it, you can do it, everyone's proud of you, no-one's saying bad things about you,"'' which is entirely void of Pat's typical sarcasm.
90** In a similar sense, when Pat accidentally insults Luke in their ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo'' playthrough and begins cursing angrily, Matt actually doesn't tease him for making the wrong choice. He actually comforts Pat, assuring him that it was just an accident and not to feel bad about it.
91* While it is funny that they play games like DP and D4, but it's also worth noting they don't actively hate the game. To explain, they aren't openly hostile towards it. Like say, ''Indigo Prophecy'' or ''Beyond Two Souls''. With those games, while acknowledging that it's still pretty bad, they at least enjoy how batshit crazy it gets sometimes.
92** Relating to that, it's evident from looking through the comments on DP and D4 videos that The Best Friends going through these games has caused a whole bunch of people to buy the games and give them a try. Considering the Swery has been openly begging for people to pick up D4, it's nice to see at least a little headway.
93** Emphasized during Pat's part of the Top 10 Games Of 2013 videos, which he goes on about the game's shortcomings, but he says that despite them, or maybe because of them, the game has a charm which cannot be explained and must be played to fully understand.
94* During their ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' leftover playthrough, Pat quickly catches onto the implications that the Headmaster is molesting Clara. He and Matt express disgust, especially when they see the Headmaster advising Clara to dust a room (on her hands and knees), and Pat questions is he can just break into the room and kill the Headmaster.
95* Toward the end of their playthrough of the main ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' story, Angela's upsetting backstory is revealed in full as [[spoiler:having been sexually and physically abused by her father and brother, and mentally abused by her mother -- who supposedly told her ''she deserved it'']]. Right after Angela exits the game, Pat ''immediately'' declares her family to be the pieces of shit that they are.
96* Pat and his girlfriend Paige spend about a minute of the "Pat Stares at Japan" video [[SlapSlapKiss calling each other assholes and insulting each other]]. It's shocking how adorable it is.
97** The second part of "Pat Stares at Japan" has Paige return at the end as Pat has changed rooms at his hotel to one with two single beds; Cut to Paige laughing after apparently pushing Pat ''into the gap between the beds'' and then watching him struggle. It's utterly adorable.
98* Podcast #82, following the insistence from the fanbase that Matt's girlfriend had insisted they 'turn that shit down' when it came to their playing of ''[[VideoGame/BioFreaks BioF.R.E.A.K.S.]]'', has the Best Friends crushing the 'lore' surrounding that, thoroughly explaining that it was actually ''the game'' and that none of the team's girlfriends would ever do such a thing. It's a small thing, but given the at-times unsavory mentality of the commentators on Youtube, it's still really sweet.
99* The opening to Friday Night Fisticuffs is this, starting off with Woolie greeting you and taking you to see the others where they get excited.
100* Near the end of Friendcast #85, a fan writes in and challenges the Best Friends to genuinely (as opposed to backhandedly) compliment each other individually. The Best Friends proceed to do just that, and it's a very sweet moment. That being said, it does take Pat a few seconds to put one together for Woolie.
101* During Matt and Liam's playthrough of ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', when [[spoiler:Kate is looking to Max for advice on whether she should go to the police or not to find out what Nathan did to her after the party]], Liam first decides on the "look for proof" option. When he sees how Max responds, along with Kate's dismayed reaction, he immediately regrets his decision and rewinds to choose the other option. It's sweet, especially when it seems that most other let's players went for that same option without looking back.
102** [[spoiler:Later in the episode, when Kate is threatening to kill herself by jumping off the roof of the girls' dormitories, Matt and Liam are showing ''genuine'' worry and fear for her. Matt outright screams when he sees her jumping for the first time, and is clearly getting antsy near the end of the discussion. Both are relieved when they convince her.]]
103** [[spoiler:Their genuine shock at Chloe's situation in the revised timeline finale of Episode 3, especially given that - much like Max in the game - they understand why Chloe was the way she was, but were still frustrated by her character. The reveal showed that they clearly care, even as they discuss how the possibilities will have to play out]].
104*** That despite their typical habit of pushing a joke over and over, or -- as displayed in Season 2 of ''The Walking Dead'', [[NeverLiveItDown not forgiving characters]] -- Matt and Liam are able to warm to Chloe during Episode 4 a little once she admits she was being shitty in prior episodes.
105*** [[spoiler:This makes their genuine shock at Max being drugged and Chloe being shot dead all the more heart-rending because they were really starting to warm up to her. For Christ's sake, there was nearly ''10 seconds'' of dead air as they were watching her fall, followed by gasps of shock at seeing it was Mr. Jefferson that pulled the trigger.]]
106** Liam and Matt suddenly spot familiar tester names in the credits of Episode 4. They immediately get distracted from their discussion and start cheering for their old buddies.
107* In the "Super Worst Top Ten of 2013" video, Pat calls out David Cage with legitimate fury for always having the main female characters in a rape scenario.
108* In their LP of ''{{VideoGame/Bloodborne}}'', Pat and Woolie have actively subverted their own 'controller handover at death' rule, and ''willingly'' so, when they feel that someone's time playing has been a little short. Even Pat -- notorious {{Jerkass}} that he can be -- has stated that if his play sessions start to get too long (as he was going through the early game with no issues), he'd willingly hand off to Woolie.
109** When finally beating the game in episode 52, you can hear the pair almost crying together and giving each other high-fives once they [[spoiler:defeat the Moon Presence]]. Their friendship throughout the whole playthrough has been pretty awesome; they've even given each other high-fives when defeating bosses.
110* In podcast 91: [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Slurping From the Vats]], Woolie mentions a gentlemen named Ari he picked up a modded Xbox from, who according to Woolie was concerned for him due to his lack of sports games in his Xbox library. Given their responses, the best friends took an immediate shine to Ari the Xbox Modder.
111* Liam and Woolie both spend the ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' playthrough in a state of almost child-like joy. They both talk at length about what a pure, fun, nostalgic experience playing the game is.
112** They enjoyed it so much they played for about four hours. Straight.
113* Pat, of all people, sounding genuinely impressed and proud of Liam during the ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' playthrough as he offers up some real praise for how well Liam is doing in the icy otherworld sections, and discusses his previous awesomeness during Super Mario RPG.
114* ''Her Story'': While the jokes about [[Videogame/MetroidOtherM ''The Baby'']] were inevitably made, Matt and Woolie sound genuinely sympathetic when the interviewee talks about her miscarried child.
115* Doubling as a TearJerker, shortly after the death of {{Creator/Nintendo}} president Satoru Iwata in July 2015 Matt, Liam, and Woolie all took to Twitter to give their condolences for the loss of such of a notable figure in gaming.
116** A large portion of Episode 101 of the Super Best Friendcast is dedicated to the same subject, with the Best Friends processing their feelings and some of the genuinely noble decisions Iwata made during his tenure at the helm of Nintendo.
117* Despite how much Matt says he's going to play Mike as the stereotypical JerkJock in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', most of the choices Matt's made regarding him have been genuinely good and sweet choices; comforting Jessica when she admit's she's insecure, and befriending a wolf when he had the option to kick it. Matt and Pat even talk about how hard it is to genuinely play an intentionally bad run.
118** While packed with the usual hilarious snark, their playthrough of the game has proven to be really heartwarming at points, as they clearly don't want anything bad to happen to the mostly likable characters and even rooted for the [[ShipTease couple of Ashley and Chris]] prior to their choices resulting in them kissing, at which point they actively ''cheer''. Despite their distaste toward Emily - even reacting unhappily following the "[[MemeticMutation Understand the palm of my hand, bitch]]!" scene as they point out Emily is attacking the most easily distressed of the group and ''not'' the ex-boyfriend who was most vehemently threatening to shoot her - they are also relieved when she doesn't get shot, having feared this based on the game's totem system.
119** [[spoiler: They get an EverybodyLives run on their very first playthrough of the game, without guides and without spoilers.]] Despite their talk of trying to get ''someone'' killed, they're both very obviously thrilled.
120** They were beyond excited at TheReveal that [[spoiler:Wendigos were involved and were the real BigBad]]. This heightened their enjoyment of the game when other gamers have stated that it ruins the game for them.
121* Mentioned on Pat's girlfriend's [[http://tits-in-a-toboggan.tumblr.com/post/129106979583/very-early-this-morning-i-jolted-awake-to tumblr]], she was stricken by something that caused her to pass out at Pat's place. He wasted absolutely no time in calling an ambulance for her and spending the day at the hospital with her for support. This also happened on a Monday, which is a busy day for the Best Friends because of their recording schedule for the podcast. This goes even further to showing that despite his angry and gruff exterior, Pat is a real JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
122* Matt and Liam's playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is full of them laughing at the jokes and enjoying the battle system. They even laugh at the puns and innocuous text boxes triggered by examining random objects.
123** They restarted the game from a neutral pacifist playthrough because they didn't realize it was possible at first, and the realization you can spare bosses made them feel like scumbags when they killed Toriel, so they decided to restart to go true pacifist.
124* While they do laugh at ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' since it is kind of a kid's show, they do admit the music actually gives them a good nostalgia feeling. They are in fact having a good time playing the game and remember some fond moments from the show.
125** On part 21 you can hear part outraged reaction when the game botch Choji's fight, saying that while he hates Naruto with a passion he can admit when something is done right.
126* Their playthrough of the ''Simpsons'' arcade game quickly degenerates into the four of them speaking in CONSTANT ''Simpsons'' quotes and references, to the point where's there's more of THAT then actual commentary.
127* The first episode of ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' has Pat [[CreatorsApathy caring so little about what is actually going on in the story, that he intentionally fails every prompt that he is given]], and chooses the [[TakeaThirdOption silence option]] whenever he can. That is until he is reunited with the main character's pet pig, where he shows a [[JerkWithaHeartofGold glimpse of admiration]] towards it, and makes it known through a dialogue choice.
128-->'''Pat:''' Uh... I do like the pig.
129* After fifty-four parts of ridiculing and laughing at the game, Matt and Woolie admit that they did enjoy ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''. They liken it to a little kid playing pirates in the yard as their parents (being them) watch on; sure, the kid's kinda dumb and his story makes no sense, but are you gonna be the guy to tell him he's wrong or take his wooden sword and newspaper pirate hat away? Fuck no! [[spoiler: Plus, the epic tease at a potential ''X-2'' playthrough was super hype and the perfect send off to this game.]]
130* The second ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' video has the first moral question the player is given: "Is marriage the beginning or end of your life?" [[HappilyMarried Matt doesn't hesitate to say that it begins]]. When Woolie takes his time selecting the answer, Matt insists with [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Did I stutter?"]]
131** Later on at the end of part 6 while watching Vincent in a nervous, drunken stupor after coming home, Woolie casually extends a heartwarming comment to Matt, indicting he would be completely willing to help him if he were in a similar situation.
132--->'''Woolie:''' Matt, if you ever find yourself shaking your head and twitching, downing cans [...] you need to get on the phone, and gimme a call.
133** Matt being the HappilyMarried guy continues in the final part. When they watch Vincent and Katherine's wedding reception, Matt drops this:
134--->'''Matt:''' I'll tell you: whoever you're with may never look more beautiful [than] on your wedding day. See that guy [Vincent] freaking out, when his wife comes down and he can't stop crying. ''[[[MoodWhiplash proceeds to attack the fact that the reception is inside the Stray Sheep]]]''
135* ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' has a few for the Best Friends.
136** Pat's reaction to [[spoiler:Kainé's Grandma]].
137--->'''Pat:''' Oh, I love [[spoiler:Grandma]]!
138** Likewise, when the game reveals that [[spoiler:Emil survived his sacrifice. Pat is ecstatic; he let this pet peeve of surviving slide because so many other characters, like the boss Shades, had died.]]
139* ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven'': Woolie's delight when he finds out that Jotaro used TimeTravel to [[spoiler:spend more time with his daughter, Jolyne, who he had an [[WhenYouComingHomeDad estranged]] [[TripleShifter relationship]] [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou with]] in the main timeline]].
140-->'''Pat:''' [[spoiler:He gets to be a good daddy.]]
141* There's something sweet about seeing Pat becoming genuinely giddy and excited during the final boss of ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' when he realizes just what the Soul of Cinder is.
142-->'''Woolie:''' He's just everything. He's everything.\
143'''Pat:''' No no, he's not everything. He's everyONE! He's everyone ever! [[spoiler: He's every player that ever linked the flame. I finally got my fight against the Chosen Undead!]]
144* The preview video for SBFC #166; while spoiled slightly by the complaining messages from one of the other Best Friends overlaid on the video, the preview is an adorable introduction to Pat's new cat Elmo.
145** Then, in the actual Friendcast, Pat goes into more detail about Elmo. Apparently, he has a neural condition which affects his balance and leg movements, and also has OCD and anxiety, which causes him to chew his own fur out. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, Pat is slightly allergic to him]]. Pat concludes the explanation by declaring that [[SincerityMode he loves absolutely everything about Elmo]], and that he's the best cat ever.
146* Woolie vs. ''Reboot'' 15 for the sole fact that Woolie has begun using cheats. In the previous episodes Woolie went from enthusiastically reminiscing his favorite bits of Reboot to pretty much [[VideoGame/DarkSouls hollowing out]] so to see the removal of the frustrating platforming allowing something resembling emotion to return to his voice is nice.
147** Woolie finishing ''Reboot'', he mentions he told his girlfriend he might be stuck a the office for hours but when he sees how much is left he tweets that he'll be done soon. He is so happy he actually can appreciate the cutscenes which fit his beloved's show's writing.
148* During Part 28 of their ''extremely'' stressful ''VideoGame/OmikronTheNomadSoul'' playthough, Woolie and Pat get into a huge argument over how Woolie read an FAQ, centered around finding a locked door. While Pat is laughing throughout the argument, he eventually realizes that Woolie is legitimately mad about the whole situation, if not Pat himself. Despite Pat being frequently characterized as a JerkAss, he apologizes to Woolie when he realizes this. Woolie, eventually, apologizes as well and they get right back to playing the game.
149** In the wake of beating Omikron, Matt's announcement about taking a hiatus was put out, citing issues his health and behaviour and neglecting aspects of his life because of issues with the channel as a reason for doing so. While some have joked about arguably the most terrible game they've played breaking him, most of the fanbase -- [[UnpleasableFanbase fractured as it can be at times]] -- has united behind him in his desire to get better. There's been an outpouring of support, fanart and well-wishes, showing how much the leader of the Zaibatsu means to his fans.
150* As with Matt's hiatus, Liam leaving the Best Friends due to health concerns was similarly met with support and understanding from the fanbase.
151** In the final episode of the ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' LP, Woolie takes the last few minutes to thank Liam for the years he's spent with the channel, giving him an actual hug to send him off.
152* While playing ''VideoGame/LANoire'', Woolie meekly says "thank you for not yelling" when Cole points out a lie the rape victim said, expecting Cole to go bad cop mode like previous interrogation.
153** While exploring a home for clues, Woolie comes across a violin on the floor, and recounts his encounter with "[[MacheteMayhem Machete Man]]", the machete-wielding thief he interrupted at a young age while visiting relatives in Grenada, because the thief stole his grandmother's jewelry and his brother's violin. When Matt jokingly comments that the thief stole "his sense of safety", Woolie adds [[TearJerker the thief took that too]]. It's quick, but both Matt and Pat sincerely reassure him that one day, he'll get that sense of safety back.
154** In part 20, while interviewing Robbins, they are genuinely touched at how sincere the actor sounds, especially when Robbins is one of the only people who actually liked the victim.
155--->'''Woolie:''' That was a very human interaction.\
156'''Pat:''' That was some of the most sincere acting I've seen in the whole game.
157** A similar instance happens in part 21 when Cole Phelps is interviewing James Tiernan. When questioned about the other suspect in the case [=McCaffrey=]'s accusation that Tiernan asked him for help disposing of evidence, Tiernan breaks down, saying that he was drunk and can't remember anything about the night of the murder. He ends his monologue by meekly asking Phelps if he really did it. It's heavily implied that [=McCaffrey=] is the real murderer and framed Tiernan, manipulating him into thinking he really did it. Woolie wastes *no* time in arguing for charging [=McCaffrey=].
158** At the end of Part 30 and the beginning of Part 31, Woolie is overjoyed to see former partners Bekowsky and Rusty again after having to spend time with [[{{Jerkass}} Roy]].
159--->'''Woolie:''' Holy ''fuck'', I want you guys back so badly.\
160''[Pat laughs]''\
161'''Matt:''' Band's back together!
162* By the end of the ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' playthrough, Matt and Pat are both super worried for Makoto's safety. Pat in particular can't stop freaking out because [[spoiler: unlike all the SavedByCanon characters, she never appears or is mentioned in any other Yakuza games up to that point, so her fate is completely up in the air, and he really wants her to make it out okay instead of being [[StuffedIntoTheFridge fridged]] to trigger Majima's transformation into his persona from later games.]]
163** Of particular note, after learning that [[spoiler: Oda was the one who sold Makoto]], Pat gets REAL upset and is all for letting him die.
164* After hearing about Mae's NoodleIncident and realizing the [[AmbiguousDisorder implications]] in ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'', Woolie expresses clear sympathy for her dilemma, while admitting to being unsure how to classify her problems respectfully.
165** Earlier, when Angus talks about [[NeverLiveItDown the perception of reality being chemicals]], Woolie takes a moment to explain that his own references to feelings being chemicals isn't meant to be dismissive. He considers the fact that feelings and images are derived from various chemicals in the body [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome beautiful]].
166* In episode 108 of the podcast, Pat and Liam discuss their troubled journey from Chicago back to Montreal where they ended up stranded in an airport for 13 hours. The heartwarming part comes from the fact they discovered there was an earlier flight they could get on, but they wouldn't be able to have their luggage transferred. Liam didn't have any luggage with him, and so could have taken the earlier flight, but refused to leave Pat behind. Instead he opted to wait the full 13 hours just to keep him company.
167-->'''Pat:''' I told him to leave me and he stayed. It was just like a movie.
168** Earlier in the same podcast, Liam's face started bleeding and Pat instantly rushed to get a band-aid and stuck it on his face himself. Woolie comments that this stemmed from their newfound bond following the airport incident.
169* In a TrueCompanions moment that is also simultaneously [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hysterical]], Woolie, Matt and Pat begin their playthrough of ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' by having all three of them press a two button prompt at the same time to [[AbusiveParents have Heihachi throw young Kazuya into the volcano]]. Woolie holds a finger over one button, Pat hovers a finger over the other and Matt presses down on both to trigger it.
170* While playing ''VideoGame/TheCatLady'', Pat admits that he has no experience with children but even he realized how absurd to think there is any scenario where you can say you don't need to check on a lone baby and worries about how the game will turn up.
171-->'''Pat:''' Babies can just die at random.
172** Both Pat and Woolie are rightly horrified when they discovered what exactly had happened to Susan's baby, with Pat being especially sympathetic and shocked.
173--->'''Pat:''' That is a senseless tragedy!
174* [[spoiler:Liam returning]] to play ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm'' with Matt.
175* Woolie's genuine discomfort with ''VideoGame/MarcEckosGettingUpContentsUnderPressure'' expecting the player (ostensibly just a graffiti artist looking to make a name for himself) to straight up murder subway workers who are just trying to do their jobs free of paint fumes.
176* Matt and Pat are immediately suspicious of Gary during their playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'', Matt especially due to Gary giving him [[VideoGame/{{TonyHawksUnderGround}} Eric Sparrow]] vibes, but the second he insults [[MoralityPet Pete Kowalski]] by calling him [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "Femme Boy"]] and proceeds to act like Kowalski is in the wrong for trying to stand up to him, Pat declares him "the most hatable character ever."
177** Matt's rant against him in Episode 3, despite being the setup for a ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' joke, makes it clear that when it comes to bullies "sorry" isn't enough.
178--->'''Matt:''' Saying you're sorry doesn't actually help ''if you don't change your behavior and become a better person Bojack''.
179** When Jimmy's crew are being attacked by the Bullies, Pat urges Matt to go save [[MoralityPet Petey]] right away as he is having trouble with his opponent.
180* During his Christmas trip to New Zealand in 2017, Woolie proposed to his long-time girlfriend.
181* If you go back to the first episode of the Friends' ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' LP and check out the comments, you'll see many viewers overjoyed that they have such a positive attitude towards the game, despite its flaws.
182* The ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' playthrough has Matt, Pat and Woolie constantly [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike talking about how much they love the game and how]] [[SceneryPorn gorgeous the PS4 remaster looks.]] Woolie in particular stating in the first episode that he's unsure of how to make a "funny LP" with a game he respects the hell out of.
183* During the final boss against [[spoiler:Baldur]] of their ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' playthrough, when Atreus actively takes part in the fight and gets several hits himself, the trio end up cheering him on in a way that gives off the feeling of some [[SoProudOfYou parental pride]]. [[spoiler:On top of that they are pretty understanding of Freya's anger regarding Baldur's death as a mother who lost her child.]]
184** Before they started the game, and even a good ways into the LP, the guys would mercilessly tear into Kratos' actions in the early games, with Pat personally declaring him irredeemable for everything he did. But after a while, his portrayal as a tired man struggling to cope with his past, as well as his efforts to hide it from his son starts to grow on them, easily seeing the regret in his actions. Then, during one of their boat rides, Kratos tells Atreus a story about a horse, that had been slighted and sought revenge. A man came to the horse, and offered to help the horse find justice, as long as he rides the horse into battle. The horse agrees, and the two go on a rampage, culminating after many years in the death of the people who wronged him. But the man refused to free the horse, enslaving the horse and forcing to fight for him forever. At the end of the tale, Atreus asks if the message was "revenge isn't worth it", to which Kratos agreed after a moment of silence. Seeing Kratos admit that he was wrong to go on his rampage turned Pat right around and began showing his support for the old man.
185* Despite their [[RunningGag often professed]] hatred of Creator/QuanticDream, David Cage, and their games, and their tendency for ranting about the game they just played and David Cage in general in their playthroughs of their games, at the end of their playthrough of ''Detroit: Become Human'', the three of them not only concede that the game wasn't as bad as they thought it'd be, but also that it is easily the best Quantic Dream game, and they ''[[SincerityMode actually recommend it]]'' on it's own merits. At least until the Second Gig overwrote that goodwill.
186** During the discussion of [[BookEnds the bingo card]] at the end of the playthrough, Pat says that the two squares that would've resulted in a BINGO were: ''SPACE'' and ''The Supernatural''. He then says that he actually gives the game a thumbs up in his opinion, because out of everything on the bingo card, ''The Supernatural'' is the one he felt would've ruined the entire story, and his approval of it if the game had it. [[SincerityMode And that he's genuinely happy that it didn't do it.]]
187* This absolutely precious starter to the ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix HD]]'' playthrough, where Woolie makes Matt swear in a promise, and Matt's excellent response.
188-->'''Woolie:''' So, Matt.\
189'''Matt:''' Yes?\
190'''Woolie:''' I-- repeat after me.\
191'''Matt:''' I'll try.\
192'''The Speech:''' ''"I, (insert name here), solemnly swear, that I will play this game, as if I were a child watching Disney movies."''\
193'''Matt:''' Dude, I'm not sure if you know this, but that's the ''only'' way I play ''ALL'' of my games!\
194''[They both chuckle together]''
195* In the wake of the channel ending as the friends go their separate ways, virtually all of their fans have shown tremendous support to them and have shared countless stories over how long they've followed the channel. Many people have talked about practically being raised from childhood into young adulthood with them, and many others have talked about overcoming horrible conditions with the best friends. Even if the circumstances of the channel ending are tragic, it's very clear that what they built went beyond a channel and became a community.
196** Even more-so, despite the TearJerker nature of it; despite Matt and Pat not being friends anymore, both have stated that the channel and all the Let's Plays they made on there will remain despite their splitting up. The reason they both stated was that despite the disagreements and grievances with each other that ended their friendship, the last thing they mutually agreed on was that the channel and it's legacy was greater than their current feelings, and that even though they didn't like each other anymore, they shouldn't take it out on the channel, because they both still love their fans and the community their fans made, and agreed that they don't deserve that.

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