| 1 | ->''"Hello, everyone, I am Tessellating Hexagons..."'' |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TessHex Tessellating Hexagons]] (first name Connor, aka [=TessHex=] or Tess) is a British [=LPer=] who provides insightful, [[CloudCuckoolander somewhat nonsensical]], and occasionally [[SurrealHumor surreal]] commentary. He also occasionally does vlogs and videos based around Tumblr and the Series/EurovisionSongContest. In addition to having a Platform/YouTube account, [=TessHex=] is also on [[https://twitter.com/TessHexagons Twitter]], [[https://www.patreon.com/TessHex Patreon]], [[https://tesshex.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]], and [[https://www.twitch.tv/TessellatingHexagons/ Twitch]]. |
| 4 | !!Games that Tessellating Hexagons... |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:...is currently Let's Playing]] |
| 8 | * ''VideoGame/RipenedTinglesBalloonTripOfLove'' |
| 9 | [[/folder]] |
| 10 | [[folder:...has Let's Played]] |
| 11 | * ''VideoGame/TouchDetective'' |
| 12 | * ''[[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Spyro Adventure]]'' |
| 13 | * ''{{VideoGame/Ib}}'' |
| 14 | * ''{{VideoGame/Klonoa}}: Empire of Dreams'' Versus (with [=SuperAlex641=]) (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 15 | * ''VideoGame/BombermanTournament'' [[note]]Although he didn't consider this a blind [=LP=], he admitted he only recalled the game very vaguely prior to playing it.[[/note]] |
| 16 | * ''{{VideoGame/Ristar}}'' |
| 17 | * ''VideoGame/ChoiceOfTheDragon'' |
| 18 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' Versus (with Yuki) (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 19 | * ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' Versus (with europezgal08) (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 20 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' [[note]]Listed on his channel as "Let's Finish The Minish Cap", in which he plays the game to 100% completion from where the versus left off.[[/note]] |
| 21 | * ''{{VideoGame/Anodyne}}'' |
| 22 | * ''{{VideoGame/Klonoa}} 2: Dream Champ Tournament'' Versus (with [=SuperAlex641=]) (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 23 | * ''[[VideoGame/TouchDetective Touch Detective 2½]]'' |
| 24 | * ''{{VideoGame/Eversion}}'' |
| 25 | * ''{{VideoGame/Jazzpunk}}'' |
| 26 | * ''{{VideoGame/Klonoa}}'' [[note]]The 2008 UpdatedRerelease of ''Door to Phantomile'' for Wii[[/note]] |
| 27 | * ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' [[note]]Chosen by a [[AudienceParticipation fan poll]][[/note]] |
| 28 | * ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' |
| 29 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' [[note]]Blind[[/note]] |
| 30 | * ''VideoGame/AnotherCode: R - A Journey into Lost Memories'' |
| 31 | * ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'' |
| 32 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Quest'' |
| 33 | * ''[[VideoGame/HunieCamStudio [=HunieCam=] Studio]]'' Versus (with europezgal08) (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 34 | * ''{{VideoGame/Oxenfree}}'' |
| 35 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' [[note]]Merciless[[/note]] (with Joth Ending) |
| 36 | * ''VideoGame/CursedMountain'' [[note]]Blind[[/note]] |
| 37 | * ''Even The Ocean'' |
| 38 | * ''[[{{VideoGame/Klonoa}} Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]'' |
| 39 | * ''VideoGame/Portal2'' Co-Op (with Joth Ending) |
| 40 | * ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' Versus (with [=HeatherOnStevia=]) (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 41 | * ''[[VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage Spyro 2: Gateway To Glimmer]]'' |
| 42 | * ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 8]]'' (with europezgal08) |
| 43 | * ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' |
| 44 | * ''VideoGame/LostWinds'' |
| 45 | * ''VideoGame/LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias'' |
| 46 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Pikmin 3]]'' |
| 47 | * ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'' |
| 48 | * ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus'' |
| 49 | * ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' [[note]]Revisited in 2020 due to the release of [[DownloadableContent two DLC chapters]].[[/note]] |
| 50 | * ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' |
| 51 | * ''[[VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt Wario Land: The Shake Dimension]]'' |
| 52 | * ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' |
| 53 | * ''VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland'' |
| 54 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' Versus (with Yuki) [[note]]Listed as "Mario Bros. Galaxy", in which Tess plays as [[DifficultButAwesome Luigi]], against Yuki playing as [[JackOfAllStats Mario]].[[/note]] (Winner: [[spoiler: Tess]]) |
| 55 | * ''VideoGame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg'' |
| 56 | * ''VideoGame/TouchDetective Rising 3: Does Funghi Dream Of Bananas?'' |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/YoshisCraftedWorld'' |
| 58 | * ''[[VideoGame/BugFables Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling]]'' |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | [[folder:...has Streamed]] |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' |
| 62 | * ''[[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Spyro Adventure]]'' [[note]]Listed on his channel as "Spyro Adventure Redux"[[/note]] |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' |
| 64 | * ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Episode I'' |
| 65 | * ''VideoGame/McPixel'' |
| 66 | * ''Camera Obscura'' |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' [[note]]The Simon Wai prototype version[[/note]] |
| 68 | * ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Ruby]]'' [[note]]Listed on his channel as a [[SelfImposedChallenge "Lazy Nuzlocke"]].[[/note]] |
| 69 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' |
| 70 | * ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival]]'' (with his parents) |
| 71 | * ''[[VideoGame/WiiParty Wii Party U]]'' (with his parents) |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/WiiParty'' (with his parents) |
| 73 | * ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing]]'' (with his mother) |
| 74 | * ''[[VideoGame/FortuneStreet Boom Street]]'' (with his parents) |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/NintendoLand'' (with his parents) |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/PleaseDontTouchAnything'' |
| 77 | * ''[[VideoGame/BishiBashi Bishi Bashi Special]]'' |
| 78 | * ''[[VideoGame/BombermanMax Bomberman Max 2 Blue Advance]]'' |
| 79 | * ''[[{{VideoGame/Scribblenauts}} Scribblenauts Unlimited]]'' |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'' |
| 81 | * ''{{VideoGame/Anodyne}}'' |
| 82 | * ''[[VideoGame/SonicColors Sonic Colours]]'' |
| 83 | * ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 8]]'' |
| 84 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' (with [=HeatherOnStevia=]) |
| 85 | * ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Episode II'' |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' (with europezgal08, [=SuperAlex641=], [=HeatherOnStevia=], and Joth Ending) |
| 88 | * ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' (with [=HeatherOnStevia=]) |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix'' |
| 90 | * ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' |
| 91 | * ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' |
| 92 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' (with [=HeatherOnStevia=]) |
| 93 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Randomised'' (with [=SuperAlex641=], europezgal08, and Joth Ending) |
| 94 | * ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' - Year 1 (with [=SuperAlex641=], europezgal08, and Joth Ending) |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' (Chapter 1 Demo) (with europezgal08 and Joth Ending) |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime (Almost) Everything-Sanity'' (with [=SuperAlex641=], europezgal08, and Joth Ending) |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/KeepTalkingAndNobodyExplodes'' and ''Quiplash 2'' (with europezgal08 and Joth Ending) |
| 98 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Everything-Sanity'' (with europezgal08 and Joth Ending) |
| 99 | * ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 7]]'' (with his parents) |
| 100 | * ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' |
| 101 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Randomised'' (with europezgal08) |
| 102 | * ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' [[note]]A second playthrough, in which he shows [[AnotherSideAnotherStory other story routes]] that he couldn't show in his main Let's Play.[[/note]] |
| 103 | * ''VideoGame/Anodyne2ReturnToDust'' (Exclusive Pre-Release Look) |
| 104 | * ''Jackbox Party Pack 5'' |
| 105 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Randomised'' (with [=SuperAlex641=], europezgal08, and Joth Ending) |
| 106 | * ''Jackbox Party Pack 7'' |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' ("Death Wish" Mode Streams) |
| 109 | * ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Pokémon Sword]]'' |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | [[folder:...has done Video-Essays of]] |
| 113 | * San Marino at Eurovision: What's a Micro-State To Do? (Final Grade: [[spoiler:D]]) |
| 114 | * Tess's Top Ten Eurovision Performances |
| 115 | * Probably the Greatest Game of 2016: ''Even The Ocean'' (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B]]) |
| 116 | * Sweden at Eurovision: Of Strong Songs and Stronger Strategy (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B]]) |
| 117 | * You Don't Have to Like ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B/C]]) |
| 118 | * Andorra at Eurovision: Always The Bridesmaid... (Final Grade: [[spoiler:D]]) |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}}'', Whatever That Means (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 120 | * How to Win Eurovision: My College Dissertation |
| 121 | * Tess's Top Ten Unique Levels In Gaming |
| 122 | * How to Win Eurovision (Part 2) |
| 123 | * The Enchanting World of ''VisualNovel/{{Nekojishi}}'' (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 124 | * Moldova at Eurovision: Why So Serious? (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 125 | * Czech Republic at Eurovision: The Power of Applied Knowledge (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 126 | * ''[[VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams Journey of Dreams]]'': The Sequel [=NiGHTS=] Needed? (with [=HeatherOnStevia=]) (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B]]) |
| 127 | * Tess's Top Ten Junior Eurovision Entries |
| 128 | * ''[[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998 Spyro The Dragon]]'' - The Birth of a Legend (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 129 | * Slovakia at Eurovision: Living with the Worst Luck in Europe (Final Grade: [[spoiler:E]]) |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/AnotherCode: R'' - A Game Worth Remembering (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 131 | * What Happened To Türkvizyon? |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'': A Walk on the Weird Side (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B]]) |
| 133 | * United Kingdom at Eurovision: A Nation of Spoilt Brats? |
| 134 | * Tess's Top Ten BGM in Gaming |
| 135 | * North Macedonia at Eurovision: Too Much of a Good Thing? (Final Grade: [[spoiler:D]]) |
| 136 | * In Honest Defence of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B]]) |
| 137 | * Hungary at Eurovision: A Masterclass in Humility (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'': An Instant Modern Classic (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 139 | * Belarus at Eurovision: A Literal Next-Gen Approach (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 140 | * Is ''VideoGame/CursedMountain'' Really That Bad? (Final Grade: [[spoiler:E]]) |
| 141 | * Azerbaijan at Eurovision: Burning Bright, or Burning Out? (Final Grade: [[spoiler:B]]) |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'''s Tantalising Potential (Chapter 1 Demo) (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A/B]]) |
| 143 | * Junior Eurovision: Hope for the Future of Music |
| 144 | * I Don't Hate ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 145 | * Albania at Eurovision: Smooth Sailing or Total [[FunWithHomophones Shqipwreck?]] (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 146 | * Tess's Top Ten Overrated Games |
| 147 | * Bosnia & Herzegovina at Eurovision: To Rise, Perchance to Fall (Final Grade: [[spoiler:C]]) |
| 148 | * How ''VideoGame/{{Anodyne}}'' Swept Me Away (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' & How to Tell a Story (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 150 | * Bulgaria at Eurovision: Be Brief, Be Bright, Be Gone (Final Grade: [[spoiler:A]]) |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | [[folder:...will Let's Play in the future]] |
| 153 | * ''{{VideoGame/Braid}}'' |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni: Wrath of the White Witch'' |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' |
| 156 | * ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | !!Tropes Tessellating Hexagons and his videos demonstrate: |
| 159 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: [[https://mobile.twitter.com/TessHexagons/status/679836475924561920?p=v According to Twitter]], he once spent three minutes singing along to a Croatian song that he completely knew and understood, "temporarily forgetting" that he couldn't speak Croatian. |
| 160 | * AerithAndBob: His [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Ruby]] team consists of Pokémon [[ThemeNaming named after]] [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision artists]]...aside from his starter, a Mudkip named ''[[WordSaladHumor Soupy]] [[OddNameOut Tom]]''. |
| 161 | ** It also includes a Seedot named [[PunnyName Petra Sede]].[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke After Petra Mede, host of the 2013 and 2016 editions of the]] Series/EurovisionSongContest.[[/note]] |
| 162 | ** This continues in his [[Videogame/PokemonSwordAndShield Pokémon Sword]] streams, too, right down to his starter (Jeremy the Sobble) [[OddNameOut ignoring the pattern entirely.]] |
| 163 | * AmbiguouslyBi: In his review of Poland's [[Series/EurovisionSongContest 2014 Eurovision entry]], he makes his opinions on the female figure quite clear, but, at the same time, he doesn't exactly oppose being shipped with Alex (not to mention his attraction to [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore]] or [[VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus Sly]]). |
| 164 | ** Since this trope was listed here, he has started making occasional reference to it, and how [[TeasingCreator he has no intention of clarifying his sexuality one way or another]]. |
| 165 | * {{Angrish}}: During one of the harder [[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs Agent]] [[StealthBasedMission 9]] [[ThatOneLevel levels]]. He temporarily starts [[LaughingMad laughing loudly]] once he actually succeeds. |
| 166 | ** Whenever he screams in rage, [[RuleOfFunny a picture of a pterosaur flies across the screen]]. |
| 167 | ** The last battle of part 11 of his [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Ruby]] stream series devolves into this by the end of it. It even takes over his end-of-stream outro shortly thereafter. |
| 168 | --> '''Tess:''' I swear, I'm just... I'm just gonna lie down and have, like, an aneurysm or something. Oh, wow. Just... See you when next I see you. I'm gonna need therapy after this episode. And, no, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem I'm not gonna count any of those deaths]], because wow. Just wow. [[MadnessMantra Just wow, just... wow. Just... WOW.]] JUST...[[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING--]] ''(incomprehensible)'' |
| 169 | * ArousedByTheirVoice: Heather succumbs to this regarding Reala's voice in the ''[=NiGHTS=]: Journey of Dreams'' video-essay, to the point that Tess uses it against her to refute her counter-argument about the game's final grade. |
| 170 | * ArtEvolution: Towards the end of the ''[=HuniePop=]'' LP, Tess fixes some issues with his computer, resulting in a much smoother framerate. |
| 171 | * AsLongAsItSoundsForeign / PardonMyKlingon: "Fyakku". |
| 172 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: In ''Ib'' #3, he's distracted from checking a injured Garry by a painting, which he proceeds to check instead. |
| 173 | ** At the end of his video "The Friendship Test", Tess shows the pre-written "official" answers he and europezgal08 had prepared for the video. In the corner of that page, alongside his own answers, he also supplies the following: |
| 174 | --> ''[[WeirdAside Oh, sweet damn, this is a sexy pen to write with~♪]]'' |
| 175 | * AudienceParticipation: He's the owner of the [[PunBasedTitle Yourovision Song Contest]]. |
| 176 | * BerserkButton: He does ''not'' [[TranquilFury react well]] to [[spoiler:Flowey [[KickTheDog killing Asgore.]]]] |
| 177 | -->'''Tess:''' Well then, ''you little [[spoiler:golden-petalled]]'' '''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]'''... [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I believe we have a score to settle. So let's do this.]] |
| 178 | ** He doesn't take too kindly to [[VideoGame/AnotherCode Charlotte Graham's]] condescending attitude, either. |
| 179 | * BigShutUp: Tess doesn't react too well to all of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap Ezlo's tutorials]]. |
| 180 | * BigWhat: During ''The Minish Cap'' Versus, when Yuki delivers the bad news about [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} Bambi's mother]]. |
| 181 | ** Delivers several in a row after he discovers on a date with [[VideoGame/HuniePop Audrey]] that his last move was not consumed. As he explains in a later episode, this was because he moved a Joy token in the same move, and thus didn't use up that move. |
| 182 | * BilingualBonus: He titled one episode of ''Touch Detective'' "Joyeux Noel", which, in addition to meaning "Merry Christmas", could also be interpreted as "Joyous Noel", referring to Noel the Ice Fairy. |
| 183 | ** In part 4 of ''Bomberman Tournament'', he says the intro completely in [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]], right down to translating his own name and using his [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original]], [[DummiedOut unused]] [[MythologyGag intro-catchphrase]]. |
| 184 | * BirdsOfAFeather: He identifies with [[VideoGame/HuniePop Beli and Nikki]] quite a bit, considering his [[TheQuietOne IRL]] [[ShrinkingViolet personality]]. |
| 185 | * BlandNameProduct: In VEDA 2015 #6, he takes a drink of "Bepsi" from a "Loca-Cola" glass. |
| 186 | --> '''Tess''': Go ahead, just ''try'' and sue me for product placement. |
| 187 | * BrickJoke: One involving a potato during VEDA 2014, where the brick came down [[RuleOfThree three times]]: once at the end of #17, again at the end of #18, and once more, at the end of #30. |
| 188 | ** During ''Empire of Dreams'' Versus, he threatens to censor Alex if he sings the Zulu chorus of "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Circle of Life]]" one more time. Towards the end of the versus, he actually does mute Alex's audio in several places, citing this as his reason for doing so. |
| 189 | ** In his review of Belarus' song for [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision 2015]], he fires a [[KamehameHadoken Hadouken]] to demonstrate the type of visual effects he is talking about. At the start of the last review of the series, the energy ball comes back and hits him in the face. |
| 190 | ** Early on in ''[=HuniePop=]'', he mentions that there's a spider jiggling outside his window. A few episodes later, he takes note of the spider again. |
| 191 | ** Also in ''[=HuniePop=]'', while on a date with Tiffany, he makes a joke about the sounds one would hear if [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy Fazbear]] played the game. After he completes the post-final-date minigame with her, the infamous scream is edited in alongside [[TheImmodestOrgasm certain other sounds]]. |
| 192 | * BritsLoveTea: VEDA and his vlogs occasionally feature tea, and it's established that he quite enjoys it. |
| 193 | ** Referenced during ''Spyro Adventure'': |
| 194 | --> '''Tess''': [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker It instantly refills all your health and magic, and doubles your attack until the next time you get hit.]] That is what tea does...but only if you're a British person. |
| 195 | ** Also addressed in his song "British Girls [[GratuitousForeignLanguage (My,]] [[TheForeignSubtitle Brytyjskie)]]", in which he drinks a cup during an instrumental break that precedes the following lyrics: |
| 196 | -->This special thing we have in our genes\ |
| 197 | Makes us all addicted to tea |
| 198 | * BuffySpeak: He often asks characters in his [=LPs=] to not [[MadLibsCatchphrase 'do a X']]. |
| 199 | ** In his review of the [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Hungarian Eurovision entry for 2015]], he states, several times, that the song "[[ItMakesSenseInContext doesn't offer you the cookie]]". He also compares the Portuguese song to both lemon sorbet and lasagne. |
| 200 | * TheCameo: Alex, with whom Tess would later do his first and fourth versus with, made a brief appearance in the last segment of Tumblr #4 during VEDA 2014. He has since appeared in Tumblr Snack videos, and voices Papyrus, Flowey, and [[spoiler: [[WalkingSpoiler As]][[TrueFinalBoss riel]]]] in parts 28 and 29 of ''Undertale''. He also makes a brief appearance in ''Master Quest'' as the voice of Saria. |
| 201 | ** Yuki (along with Alex, Laura, and [=HeatherOnStevia=]) makes several appearances in Tumblr Snack #3, before taking part in Tess' second versus. |
| 202 | ** Laura appeared as the opponent of his [[VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland third versus]]. She also makes a guest appearance as a co-commentator in part 6 of ''Ristar'', and again in part 1 of ''Klonoa'', and parts 12 and 37 of ''[=HuniePop=]''. She also appears as the voice of Toriel in parts 28 and 29 of ''Undertale'', and appears regularly in Tess's streams. |
| 203 | ** Tess makes an appearance as a featured artist in one of Yuki's rap tracks, as well as co-commentating for a brief period in Yuki's solo [=LP=] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. |
| 204 | ** [=HeatherOnStevia=] joined Tess for the finales of ''Anodyne'', ''Klonoa'', ''[=HuniePop=]'', and ''Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil'', along with the streams of ''Skyward Sword'' and the ''Danganronpa'' games. She also reviewed ''[=NiGHTS=]: Journey of Dreams'' with him in a video-essay (represented by [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Akane Owari]]). |
| 205 | ** Tristan [=MacAvery=] makes a guest appearance in parts 28 and 29 of ''Undertale'' as the voice of Asgore. |
| 206 | ** Jenettera appears in Tumblr Snack #4, and co-commentates with Tess in ''Master Quest'' during the Forest Temple. |
| 207 | * CatchPhrase: "Can you not?" and "Really?" |
| 208 | * ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject[=/=]UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: In ''Empire of Dreams'' VS #2, when he refers to "scaly things". Also when he addresses Klonoa by his "furry little arse". |
| 209 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the video icons for ''The Minish Cap'' VS, Tess is wearing a blue tunic (and has his channel icon as his belt buckle), while Yuki is wearing yellow. |
| 210 | ** In ''Oxenfree'', subtitles are colour-coded according to which character says them. Occasionally, Tess adds in subtitles for his own quips as well, marked in [[RealMenWearPink pink]], which is not used by any other character in-game. |
| 211 | * {{Corpsing}}: He can't get through his intro for episode 37 of the same series without dissolving into laughter. |
| 212 | * CouchGag: During ''Pikmin 3,'' in order to bypass [=YouTube=]'s overzealous copyright-protection system, he started blurring out the daily sequence of the S.S. Drake landing on PNF-404, adding random thoughts on top of that, such as: |
| 213 | --> ''"You Can Discover Everything You Need To Know About Everything Just By Looking At Your Hands"'' |
| 214 | --> ''"If you play Series/TheXFiles theme in a major key, it basically turns into VideoGame/WiiSports music. You're welcome."'' |
| 215 | --> ''"[[ParanoiaFuel Do you ever get deja-vu?]]"'' |
| 216 | ** Each of his video-essays involves a small skit before the opening animation. |
| 217 | * CruelMercy: His reasoning for [[spoiler:sparing Flowey in the Neutral ending of ''Undertale''; Tess says that he won't let him die or give him access to any power, and Flowey would have to live with the fact that he had been defeated.]] |
| 218 | -->[[spoiler:'''Flowey:''']] ...why are you being...so nice to me? |
| 219 | -->'''Tess:''' Trust me: ''I'm not being nice.'' [[BadassBoast If I were being nice, I would've ended this]] ''[[BadassBoast long ago.]]'' |
| 220 | * CutenessProximity: He gushes whenever he encounters a dog in ''Undertale''. |
| 221 | ** He also squees when [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] first reveals himself. |
| 222 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Tess]] won ''Empire of Dreams'' VS [[spoiler: 4 points to 0]]. |
| 223 | ** [[spoiler: Tess]] won ''The Minish Cap'' VS in exactly the same way. |
| 224 | ** This happens again for [[spoiler: Tess]] in ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' VS. |
| 225 | ** [[spoiler: Averted]] in ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS, with the final score being [[spoiler: 3 points to 1]] in favour of [[spoiler: Tess]]. |
| 226 | ** ''[=HunieCam=] Studio'' VS brings the most profound one to date, with [[spoiler: Tess']] final score being [[spoiler: over 7 times the size of Laura's]], at [[spoiler: 98,337 to 13,790]]. |
| 227 | ** The intro to one episode of ''The Minish Cap'' VS features a literal example, in homage to the [[WebAnimation/{{Asdfmovie}} asdfmovie]] series. |
| 228 | * CurseCutShort: During his live reactions to ''Eurovision: You Decide'', there's a vignette about recent [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision winners]]. Just as he mentions how he "still doesn't understand why Azerbaijan won in 2011", a clip of the 2012 winner (whom Tess has made clear [[BerserkButton he hates with a passion]]) comes on, prompting a PrecisionFStrike censored only by a jump-cut. |
| 229 | * CypherLanguage: Saurian. |
| 230 | * DeadpanSnarker: He and Alex snark occasionally, but the post-editing onscreen text snarks a ''lot''. |
| 231 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the ''Ib'' LP, he reads '???' as 'Mm?'. After doing this numerous times in a row, [[LampshadeHanging he notes how suggestive it sounds]]. |
| 232 | ** Particularly prominent when he stumbles across an EasterEgg in the form of an apparently-erotic novel, with the more suggestive words censored out in this way. |
| 233 | --> '''Garry''': ...Don't read this kind of stuff until you get older. |
| 234 | ** In ''Bomberman Tournament'', Comic #2. [[UnusualEuphemism Tess' increasingly exasperated reactions say it all.]] |
| 235 | ** Episodes 5 and 12 of ''[[VideoGame/TouchDetective Touch Detective 2½]]'' are entitled "A Handful of Bonus" and [[OralFixation "A Mouthful of Bonus"]] respectively. |
| 236 | * EitherOrTitle: All four episodes that cover the fourth case of ''[[VideoGame/TouchDetective Touch Detective 2½]]'' have one of these. |
| 237 | * FailedASpotCheck: In ''Bomberman Tournament'''s Pretty Base, Tess doesn't notice a switch hiding underneath a soft block. He then proceeds to leave and wander around on the overworld, oblivious to his mistake and [[LampshadeHanging saying how he was probably missing something extremely obvious]] (while the post-editing onscreen text [[DeadpanSnarker snarked]] at him). He rectifies this in the next episode, noting how this moment is forever immortalized on Website/ThisVeryWiki. Ironically, this wasn't what he had needed to do to progress after all. |
| 238 | ** Yuki does this a few times early on in ''The Minish Cap'' VS. |
| 239 | * {{Fanboy}}: Tess is a big fan of the Series/EurovisionSongContest, as he quite frequently allows Eurovision references to bleed into his commentary. |
| 240 | ** He also appears to be a fan of WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse. |
| 241 | * FlashbackNightmare: During VEDA 2014, he disclosed that he still gets these two years after having finished high school. |
| 242 | * FloweryInsults: [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon "I will slit your kneecaps and ship you to Antarctica,"]] "You can choke on your spoon," "This soggy lampshade can back the fuck up," et cetera. |
| 243 | ** From ''The Minish Cap'' VS: |
| 244 | --> '''Tess''': I will [[UnusualEuphemism spank your wood]] [[DisproportionateRetribution until you bleed]], or at least [[Music/BadLipReading until you scream "soufflé"]]! |
| 245 | ** ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' VS adds: |
| 246 | --> '''Tess''': Slow your roll, yoghurt-breath! |
| 247 | * {{Foil}}: Alex is this to Tess, not knowing much about things outside North America (for the most part) and being fairly blunt compared to Tess. |
| 248 | ** Between those factors, his level of skill, and his style of humour compared to Tess', Yuki takes this role up to eleven. |
| 249 | * FreezeFrameBonus: During a date with [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/HuniePop Celeste]]]], he accidentally matches some [[PoisonMushroom Broken Hearts]], causing her to ask "What is your excuse for that?!" The page on Website/ThisVeryWiki for DistractedByTheSexy flashes on-screen in response. |
| 250 | * FunnyAnimal: The endslates of the ''Portal 2'' Co-Op LP feature these representing the two players, with Tess as a lion with his signature red top hat, and Joth as an alligator with pink spines on her head. Both wear jumpsuits and boots similar to Chell's from the first ''Portal''. |
| 251 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: In an attempt to help Yuki catch up, Tess spends [[OverlyLongGag the entirety of episode 10]] of ''The Minish Cap'' VS playing ''{{Videogame/Tetris}}'' instead of the game he's supposed to be playing. |
| 252 | * FunWithForeignLanguages / SpeakingSimlish: The intro to part 3 of ''Spyro Adventure''. |
| 253 | * FunWithPalindromes: [[VideoGame/SpyroAttackOfTheRhynocs "Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?"]] |
| 254 | * GenderBlenderName: "Tess" is typically considered to be a female name. |
| 255 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: In ''Empire of Dreams'' VS #2, Tess says in Polish "My Słowianie wiemy jak nasze na nas działa!" (We, the Slavs, we know how to do it!) |
| 256 | ** He does it again in the third episode, this time with GratuitousJapanese. |
| 257 | *** And again in the sixth episode, spewing random Chinese phrases. |
| 258 | ** The entire "Mega-Mizu" video, consisting of Japanese, Spanish and German. |
| 259 | ** In ''The Minish Cap'' VS #5, Tess and Yuki have an exchange in Japanese. |
| 260 | --> '''Tess''': 日本語難しくないですね！ [[labelnote:Translation]]Japanese is not difficult![[/labelnote]] |
| 261 | --> '''Yuki''': Uh... こんにちは，私の名前はカメロンです...？ [[labelnote:Translation]]Uh... Hello, my name is Cameron...?[[/labelnote]] |
| 262 | --> '''Tess''': ...''じゃがいもがいらない！！'' [[labelnote:Translation]]...''I do not need potatoes!!''[[/labelnote]] |
| 263 | ** The endslates of Anodyne include [[{{Haiku}} Haikus]] in GratuitousJapanese. |
| 264 | ** His presentation of the results of the poll on what his next LP after ''[[VideoGame/TouchDetective Touch Detective 2½]]'' should be is delivered entirely in [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]]. |
| 265 | ** For reasons best known to himself, he portrays all of the Roaches in [[VideoGame/BugFables Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling]] as being [[GratuitousFrench French]]... by manually translating all of their dialogue and reading that out instead. |
| 266 | * GuideDangIt: He shows off several moments of this ''Master Quest'', including the fact you can go through a door with a lit Deku Stick when ''Ocarina of Time'' never required you to do so, and the code Inside The Great Deku Tree being different (3-1-2 instead of 2-3-1) with no hint telling you about it. |
| 267 | * HehHehYouSaidX: Whenever Tess says something that sounds sketchy, Alex will often snort, implying this trope. |
| 268 | * HotForTeacher: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]; in part 2 of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'', after meeting Aiko, he mentions that he's never understood the mentality behind this. |
| 269 | * IdiotBall: Briefly holds it after [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] turns him blue. He forgets that he can move left and right, and chastises himself immediately after realising it, as he would've avoided Papyrus' attacks more easily. |
| 270 | * IHaveNothingToSayToThat: Alex's response to some of the weirder thing Tess says. |
| 271 | * ImGoingToHellForThis: Tess says this in ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS after spouting [[GratuitousJapanese "Purakutisu pureisuru desu ne!"]] |
| 272 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: He ends a stream of [[VideoGame/BombermanMax Bomberman Max 2]] by downing a shot to make up for his repeated deaths [[ItMakesSenseInContext at the hands of an anthropomorphic oven]]. |
| 273 | --> '''Tess''': [[ItTastesLikeFeet ...Tastes like]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Irn-Bru]] [[ItTastesLikeFeet and feet.]] |
| 274 | * INeedToGoIronMyDog: In the video-description of part 25 of ''The Minish Cap'' VS, as Tess' justification for abandoning the final dungeon halfway through. |
| 275 | * InsaneTrollLogic: Particularly in his [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision]] Debates. |
| 276 | --> '''Tess''': (Denmark) sent a drag-queen, but we sent a drag-queen with ''feeling''! (Greece) sent a [[StealthInsult drag-queen in the form of Helena Paparizou]], who then defected to Sweden! [[DontExplainTheJoke And she's not actually a drag-queen]], but that's a segue! You can't segue, because you're Greek, and your economy can't afford Segways! Denmark ''invented'' the Segway, and, by "the Segway", I mean "the bicycle", and, by "bicycle", I mean "Copenhagen is ''full'' of cyclists"! |
| 277 | --> [...] |
| 278 | --> ...[[LampshadeHanging I'm aware that has nothing to do with your rebuttals]], but...I don't know, I'm improvising! So, in short, Greece invented butt-stuff, Denmark invented bikes, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} you can use a bike to get a nice butt]], end of story; Denmark is the best. Bish-bash-bosh, big smile on your face; go to bed. I thank you. |
| 279 | ** At one point, he attempts to pin Montenegro's shoddy qualification record on [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext faulty air conditioning]]. |
| 280 | * InSeriesNickname: Alex is usually referred to as "Canada". |
| 281 | ** Also, [[LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun Tim]] is referred to as "the Thighmaster". |
| 282 | * InsistentTerminology: "You are not [[VideoGame/BombermanTournament [=TwinDrag=]]], you are Double [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Charizard]]!" He even edits the in-game text to say "[=DblCharizard=]" instead of "[=TwinDrag=]". |
| 283 | ** This also doubles as HypocriticalHumour, considering the number of times he complains about how the game loves to [[AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload abbreviate words unnecessarily]]. |
| 284 | ** One moment in ''The Minish Cap'' VS, in which he and Yuki consistently refer to each Piece of Heart as a "[[RunningGag Pizza Heart]]", has him stop talking abruptly after saying the word "pizza", prompting him to edit his footage so that the Piece of Heart he is referring to is, instead, a heart-shaped pizza, even changing the text that followed collecting it to read, "You got a pizza!". |
| 285 | ** He repeatedly refers to [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] as "Cow [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]", and has never actually used her real name. He explains in ''Master Quest'' that this is because child Zelda's necklace resemble the Delta Rune seen on Toriel's robe. |
| 286 | ** Throughout [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Pokémon Sword]], he only ever addresses the rival character as "[[MaliciousMisnaming Loser]] [[InsultOfEndearment Hop]]". |
| 287 | * InWhichATropeIsDescribed: A fair few of his videos are named this way. |
| 288 | * IronicName: He mentions in ''Spyro Adventure'' that Connor is a Celtic name meaning "dog-lover". He really doesn't like dogs (real-life ones, anyway). |
| 289 | * {{Irony}}: Tristan [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion MacAvery]] (as Asgore) asking what anime is in part 29 of ''Undertale''. |
| 290 | * KindHeartedCatLover: As Twitter reveals, he has a few cats, including one named Meredith with whom he takes selfies. He also revealed in ''Spyro Adventure'' that he has two other cats he nicknamed "Moely Cyrus" and "Skittletits". [[YouDoNotWantToKnow He assures the viewers they'd be better off not knowing the origins of those nicknames.]] |
| 291 | * LameComeback: In ''Empire of Dreams'' #2, he uses a [[YourMom "your face"]] retort. |
| 292 | -->'''Alex''': [[DeadpanSnarker ...Witty]] [[LampshadeHanging comeback.]] |
| 293 | * LampshadeHanging: Tess finds himself invoking the Pterosaur of Rage in episode 17 of [[VideoGame/AnotherCode Another Code: R]]. He then comments on the sheer improbability of him finding an excuse to do so in a game like that. |
| 294 | ** [[VideoGame/ChoiceOfTheDragon Calemvir]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment makes a brief appearance]] shortly thereafter, with more or less the same outcome. |
| 295 | * LastSecondWordSwap / CurseCutShort: From ''Spyro Adventure'': |
| 296 | -->'''Tess''': What the actual-- [[{{Angrish}} *dying velociraptor noises*]] |
| 297 | * LaughingMad: His portrayal of Mary in the later parts of ''{{VideoGame/Ib}}''. |
| 298 | * MaleGaze: In the ''[=HuniePop=]'' Abridged video, while Jessie says "I'm more than just a pretty face, you know," the camera pans down to her chest. |
| 299 | --> '''Tess''': You certainly are... |
| 300 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: Amongst other instances, mostly from the [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision]] Debates, this example, from his attempts to defend Estonia's Eurovision track record against Cyprus: |
| 301 | -->'''Tess''': Cyprus, you're incredibly hit-and-miss. You're like a drunk penis, scattergunning urine all over the toilet of Eurovision, whereas (Estonia) sits down on that toilet and pisses neatly into the water below, and only occasionally spills over the side... |
| 302 | -->''([[{{Corpsing}} Through laughter]])'' ...and stains the carpet of non-qualification. |
| 303 | -->''(Completely dissolves into laughter)'' |
| 304 | * MotorMouth: Particularly prominent in his [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision]] Debates series, which, itself, sees him occasionally overlap into CharacterFilibuster territory. |
| 305 | * MrExposition: In ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS, Alex is the one who explains the game's plot and new gameplay mechanics. |
| 306 | * MusicalisInterruptus: Tess employs this at one point during Alex's time alone in ''Empire of Dreams'' VS. |
| 307 | --> '''Alex''': They asked me why I evolved into a [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Wobbuffet]]. I asked them...''[[{{Pun}} Wynaut]]''? |
| 308 | --> ''[[RecordNeedleScratch *WHIRRP!!*]]'' |
| 309 | --> '''Tess''' (added in post-production, alongside a picture of him [[FacePalm facepalming]]): [[LamePunReaction That. Was terrible.]] |
| 310 | ** This happens again in episode 23 of ''The Minish Cap'' VS. |
| 311 | --> '''Tess''': I'm confused right in the vegetables. |
| 312 | --> '''Yuki''': Right in the vegetables? Or are you sure it's not, like, right beside the vegetables? So, like, right in the vegetables? |
| 313 | --> '''Tess''': Much like the green willow, it is all around my hat. |
| 314 | --> ''[[RecordNeedleScratch *WHIRRP!!*]]'' |
| 315 | --> ''([[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The screen cuts to black, and the theme of the]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Forest Maze]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment starts playing on the WTF bells, as the letters "WTF" appear and disappear to represent each note.]])'' |
| 316 | * MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: His intro to part 2 of ''Anodyne'', in [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitous Finnish]]. |
| 317 | --> '''Tess''': Kusi ku'uusi! Saaranpaskantamasaari! Jääkausi on tulollaan!![[labelnote:Translation]]Piss as good as new! An island shat by Sarah! The ice-age is coming!![[/labelnote]] |
| 318 | ** Lampshaded in part 5 of ''Undertale'', where he says in Finnish, "Ilmatyynyalukseni on täynnä ankeriaita!"[[labelnote:Translation]]My hovercraft is full of eels![[/labelnote]] |
| 319 | * SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove: InUniverse; a recurring theme with his Let's Plays are games that he feels deserve this status, such as VideoGame/{{Ristar}}, the VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} series, [[VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams]], and VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland. |
| 320 | * NoodleIncident: The "Macedonia thing". |
| 321 | * {{Omniglot}}: Particularly visible in his Eurovision reviews, where he had people from Iceland to Albania remark that he pronounced their names/words/etc. remarkably well. |
| 322 | ** The "Mega-Mizu" video has him speaking Japanese, Spanish, and German. |
| 323 | ** One "[=TessHextra=]" video involves him going through his [[CollectorOfTheStrange full-size national flag collection]], and announcing the name of each flag's country of origin, in that country's national language. |
| 324 | * OnTheNext: At the end of part 26 of ''Undertale''[[spoiler:, foreshadowing the True Lab segment and featuring edited clips from ''Series/DoctorWho''.]] |
| 325 | * OnThree: How most episodes of ''Empire of Dreams'' VS are resumed. |
| 326 | ** This practice is continued in ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS. |
| 327 | * OppositesAttract: Tess states [[VideoGame/HuniePop Aiko]] to be his polar opposite, personality-wise. She's the first girl he gets to three hearts. [[spoiler: She's also the first one he beds]], not to mention [[spoiler:the only girl he beds more than once, and [[{{Bookends}} the last girl he sleeps with before his final date with Venus]].]] |
| 328 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tess is notably more serious in the Neutral finale of ''Undertale'' (recorded directly after the previous episode, which concluded with [[spoiler:Flowey killing Asgore and taking the human souls for himself]]), becoming determined to settle the score with [[spoiler:Flowey in his new Photoshop form]] once and for all. |
| 329 | * PerfectlyCromulentWord: ''The Minish Cap'' Versus gives us "ambigulous". |
| 330 | ** Part 1 of ''Klonoa'' has "molincesturbation". |
| 331 | * PetPeeveTrope: He does ''not'' like [[StealthBasedMission stealth]] [[StealthBasedGame gameplay]], with the VideoGame/SlyCooper series being a notable exception. |
| 332 | * {{Pluralses}}: |
| 333 | -->'''Tess''': How've you guyses dayses been being? [[{{Beat}} *beat*]] This is what happens when I try to be sociable... |
| 334 | ** He does this again in ''Bomberman Tournament'', [[LampshadeHanging noting how he hasn't improved since last time]]. |
| 335 | * PreEmptiveShutUp: In ''Empire of Dreams'' #1: |
| 336 | -->'''Tess''': I thought I was going to either dominate, or be dominated. ''...Shut up.'' |
| 337 | * TheQuietOne[=/=]ShrinkingViolet: He reveals in ''Empire of Dreams'' VS that, despite his proficiency with words, especially on camera, he tends not to talk all that much IRL. |
| 338 | * RapidFireComedy: His Tumblr Snack videos are this, somewhat in the vein of Platform/{{Vine}}. |
| 339 | ** His "recap" of the songs of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 had this kind of essence to it. |
| 340 | ** His ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' Abridged video. |
| 341 | * RedOniBlueOni: Alex and Heather are the red to Tess' blue. |
| 342 | ** Yuki and Joth are also blue, but not as much as Tess. |
| 343 | ** Laura, on the other hand, is so blue, she makes Tess look red by contrast. |
| 344 | * {{Retirony}}: In ''The Minish Cap'' VS, Tess goes through the entire game without getting a single GameOver...until the second-last episode. |
| 345 | * RidingIntoTheSunset: He does this in the final VEDA video with a [[BrickJoke potato]]. |
| 346 | * RightBehindMe: Yuki experiences this during ''The Minish Cap'' VS. |
| 347 | --> '''Yuki''': Oh, that puzzle was as easy as...um...as [[YourMom your mom]]! |
| 348 | --> '''Tess''': Ohh...My mum actually watches these videos, so... |
| 349 | * RunningGag: He has [[AuthorAppeal some weird fascination with potatoes]]. |
| 350 | ** Referring to The Astronomer as 'John the Weenieman' in ''Touch Detective''. Referenced in the ''Ib'' LP. |
| 351 | ** [[InherentlyFunnyWords "Fudgeballs"]] in ''Spyro Adventure''. |
| 352 | ** Saying Garry's name with ([[OverlyLongGag often overly long]]) TrrrillingRrrs. |
| 353 | ** Referencing "Boss Ass Bitch" in the first half of ''Empire of Dreams'' VS; replaced in the second half with the Zulu chorus of "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Circle Of Life]]". |
| 354 | ** Marking particularly weird sections of commentary with three bell-chimes, synchronised with the letters "WTF?", as they appear on-screen. |
| 355 | ** "I got a pizza heart!" |
| 356 | ** Referring to [[VideoGame/{{Anodyne}} Young and Mitra]] as Music/MCHammer and Music/LadyGaga. |
| 357 | ** Whenever he screams in rage, a pterosaur flies across the screen. |
| 358 | --> '''Alex''': [[LampshadeHanging Hi, pterosaur!]] |
| 359 | ** 69, ''aw yeah.'' |
| 360 | ** The Toilet. |
| 361 | ** His vlogs usually open with a small skit, followed by a phrase appearing onscreen in time with five bells. |
| 362 | ** In ''Master Quest'', short sections of Music/{{Adele}} songs accompanying Ganondorf's actions. |
| 363 | ** His favourite flavour of ice cream is apparently "[[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment existential void]]". |
| 364 | ** His predictions about upcoming events turning out to be correct, to the point where he dubbed himself the [[Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} "Ultimate Clairvoyant"]]. |
| 365 | ** '''"[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony GONTA DADDY!]]"''' |
| 366 | * RunningGagged: In the first episode of ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS, Alex starts to sing the Zulu part of "The Circle of Life", but then a gunshot cuts him off and Tess yells "''No!''" This happens again in the second episode. |
| 367 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Downplayed in ''[=HuniePop=]''; he makes an unusually high-pitched noise whenever Broken Heart tokens suddenly appear in inconvenient locations or if he makes an unexpected combo. |
| 368 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He expresses such displeasure at Austria's song for [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision 2015]] that he abandons the review. Twice. |
| 369 | ** In #21 of VEDA 2015, he plays some of ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2 Super Mario Advance]]''. He falls into the first BottomlessPit of 1-2, prompting this reaction, culminating in him abandoning the game ([[ShirtlessScene and his shirt]]) and teleporting away a la WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse. |
| 370 | * SelfDeprecation: Yuki calls himself an "official idiot" after [[FailedASpotCheck a moment of temporary idiocy]], and gives Tess permission to put that beside his name underneath his screen. Tess goes ahead and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent replaces his name with "Official Idiot" altogether]]. |
| 371 | ** At the end of part 7 of ''Bomberman Tournament'': |
| 372 | --> '''Tess''': [[SigningOffCatchphrase I have been, and will continue to be,]] [[TitleDrop Tessellating Hexagons]]...''*sigh*''...[[INeedAFreakingDrink and that's why I drink.]] |
| 373 | * SelfImposedChallenge: He played through the entirety of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' without giving any of the girls alcohol, thus earning the "Sobriety" achievement. |
| 374 | * SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Tess and Alex; it's particularly prominent in ''Empire of Dreams VS'' #2. |
| 375 | ** Tess and Yuki, considering the [[NoodleIncident piss and vinegar incident]] in ''The Minish Cap'' VS. |
| 376 | ** Tess and the ''VideoGame/TouchDetective'' series, to the point of it becoming a RunningGag during his LP of the second game. |
| 377 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: He opens part 5 of ''Ib'' by reloading an older save, to give Garry his coat, which he forgot to do the first time, which would have prevented him from getting the GoldenEnding. |
| 378 | * ShipTease: Tess with Alex; addressed several times during ''Empire of Dreams'' VS. |
| 379 | ** Brought up again during ''The Minish Cap'' VS in this exchange: |
| 380 | --> '''Tess''': Screw me right in the face.... |
| 381 | --> '''Yuki''': [[LiteralMinded Uh... I will,]] [[HoYay if no-one else will.]] ...But I think Canada might be up for that. |
| 382 | ** And again, at the end of that same episode, when he refers to Alex as his "bae". |
| 383 | * ShoutOut: In ''Empire of Dreams'': |
| 384 | -->'''[[ManOfAThousandVoices Alex]] (imitating a SimpletonVoice)''': Maybe I won't. Maybe I won't; maybe I'm sick of your shit. |
| 385 | -->'''Tess''': Shut up, Patrick... |
| 386 | -->'''Alex''': [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants No, this is Patrick!]] |
| 387 | ** [[LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun "Y'know, IN THE BATHROOM!" *ding*]] |
| 388 | *** One time [[RunningGag the pterosaur of rage]] appears, it's carrying [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda a green Rupee]], in reference to NCS' infamous scream. |
| 389 | ** The thumbnails for Let's Finish ''The Minish Cap'' has [[Franchise/MortalKombat "FINISH HIM!"]] under the game's logo. |
| 390 | ** At the beginning of his February 2015 vlog video, Tess [[Memes/{{Vine}} spits out a lemon]]. This is referenced in the first episode of ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS: |
| 391 | -->'''Tess''': And I'm back at the map screen, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext there is a lemon being fondled by all of the vines in the middle, there.]] [[DeadpanSnarker Because how else would you portray a jungle besides a load of vines molesting a lemon?]] |
| 392 | -->'''Alex''': Mm... ''Lemons?!'' |
| 393 | -->'''Tess''': (''while the same clip plays'') Hrr--rrgh--''PAH!!'' |
| 394 | ** [[LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys "I am so racist, I am so racist, I am such an asshole! Ding!"]] |
| 395 | ** From the eighth [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision]] Debate: |
| 396 | -->'''Tess''': [[Film/MeanGirls Oh, my god, Australia, you can't just ask people why they're white!]] |
| 397 | ** In ''VideoGame/HuniePop'', he states "The milk is out of date!" while on-screen text says [[VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}} "THE ROOSTER IS WEARING SUNGLASSES."]] |
| 398 | ** The October 2015 vlog opens with Tess and Laura doing an adaptation of the [[Memes/YouTube "I'm At Soup" meme]]. |
| 399 | ** Episode 26 of {{VideoGame/Undertale}} ends with a "Next Time" trailer in the style of Series/DoctorWho, complete with footage from the show (with the faces of Undertale characters [[StylisticSuck pasted lazily on top]]), and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "I Am The Doctor"]] as backing-music. |
| 400 | ** Whilst taking down the elemental barriers in Ganon's Castle in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Quest]], he summons each of the sages "in the name of" the six virtues from {{VideoGame/Undertale}}. |
| 401 | * SirSwearsALot: Tess swears quite a bit. Particularly in reviews of [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision songs]] he doesn't like. |
| 402 | --> '''Tess''': [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Because potatoes are my]] [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucking]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext spirit animal...]]''[[{{Beat}} *beat*]]''...[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch]]. |
| 403 | ** He does seem to draw the line when it comes to NWordPrivileges, though. |
| 404 | ** Alex will ''not'' hesitate [[ClusterFBomb to]] [[PrecisionFStrike swear]], [[AtomicFBomb either]]. |
| 405 | -->'''Tess''': Don't make me censor your arse. |
| 406 | * SophisticatedAsHell |
| 407 | * {{Spoonerism}}: Referenced during ''Spyro Adventure'' when he promises to "go and shake a tower" once he finishes recording. |
| 408 | ** During part 6 of ''Bomberman Tournament'': |
| 409 | --> '''Tess''': [[BlatantLies I'm definitely going to cut this out]], but, I don't know, I might keep it in...for gits and shiggles. |
| 410 | ** When voicing Ganondorf in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Quest]], he mixes up one of the lines, referring to "the power of the Courage of Triforce". |
| 411 | * StageWhisper |
| 412 | * StealthInsult: In ''Empire of Dreams'' VS #2: |
| 413 | -->'''Tess''': Fucking Canadians... [[{{Beat}} *beat*]] ...I don't advise it. |
| 414 | * StiffUpperLip[=/=]SickEpisode: He doesn't seem to have any objection to recording whilst ill. |
| 415 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: Tess is the StraightMan to Alex's Wise Guy. There's a bit of overlap, though, what with Tess' non-sequiturs and Alex's deadpan reactions to them. |
| 416 | ** Yuki takes Alex's place as the Wise Guy in ''The Minish Cap'' VS. |
| 417 | * SuddenMusicalEnding: The finale of ''Choice of the Dragon'' ends this way, with Tess (as [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Calemvir]]) singing a parody version of Music/KatyPerry's "This is How We Do". |
| 418 | * SurrealHumor: He's a fan of this type of humour, and it occasionally slips into his commentary. Lampshaded in his ''Jazzpunk'' video-essay, where he admits that some people might not appreciate the game's surreal atmosphere as much as he does. |
| 419 | * TakeThat: In his two parody songs; one against Sanna Nielsen: |
| 420 | -->It's just another Swedish song\ |
| 421 | I cannot even hold a tune\ |
| 422 | All of my fans will want to murder you\ |
| 423 | If you won't vote for me |
| 424 | ** And against Cascada: |
| 425 | -->'Cause you know we are plagiarists\ |
| 426 | Singing songs that you've heard before\ |
| 427 | I'm eye-candy, backed up by a pair of mid-life crises |
| 428 | ** One episode of Minish Cap Versus sees him call out Loreen for supposedly making [[Series/EurovisionSongContest Eurovision 2012]] too predictable as an allegory for how one-sided the versus seemed at the time. |
| 429 | ** In part 1 of ''Klonoa'', he calls [[Music/TheScript Danny O'Donoghue]] a "talentless mofo who can't perform live". |
| 430 | * ThatCameOutWrong: In part 14 of ''Bomberman Tournament'', at the end of an impromptu speech about political correctness: |
| 431 | -->'''Tess''': Anyway, I'm talking myself into all kinds of holes, here. [[{{Beat}} *beat*]] Oh, that could be misconstrued, as well... |
| 432 | ** In his January 2016 vlog, about a game of Quiplash he, his parents, and Laura played: |
| 433 | -->'''Tess''': ...there was one question that was "name a scented candle designed for Kim Kardashian", and the answer that won was my mother's "Fruity Booty". That—could've worded that better. |
| 434 | * ThatWasObjectionable: In episode two of ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS, Tess quotes an example from WesternAnimation/SonicBoom, while Alex quotes [[Franchise/AceAttorney the]] TropeNamer, complete with "'''Objection!'''" speech bubble. |
| 435 | * ThatsWhatSheSaid: ''Tee-hee.'' |
| 436 | * TongueTwister: One involving crackers in Tumblr Snack #2. |
| 437 | * {{Tradesnark}}: Used in ''The Minish Cap'' VS: |
| 438 | --> '''Yuki''': Awkward Silence Ensues!™ Yeah... |
| 439 | ** And again in ''Bomberman Tournament''-- in episode 6: |
| 440 | --> '''Tess''': I can't get over the fact that I thought I solved the problem; it turns out I hadn't, then I solved the problem by accident. |
| 441 | --> ''(The words "STORY OF MY LIFE™" appear on-screen, accompanied by bell-chimes for each syllable, plus one for the ™ itself.)'' |
| 442 | ** And episode 9: |
| 443 | --> '''Tess''': Bras: They Are A Thing That Women Use™ |
| 444 | ** In ''[=HuniePop=]'', referring to Lola: |
| 445 | --> '''Tess''': Yo' Ass Travels™ |
| 446 | * TraumaButton: Public buses, and the number 36 (also, 163, 166, 167 and 168, to a lesser degree), revealed during VEDA. That said, it doesn't trigger too much of an outward reaction; rather, he bottles his responses to it up, and it usually results in the FlashbackNightmare cited above. |
| 447 | * TrrrillingRrrs: A RunningGag in ''Ib'' is Tess pronouncing Garry's name like this. |
| 448 | ** Also part of Tess' portrayal of [[VideoGame/ChoiceOfTheDragon Calemvir]]. |
| 449 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Tess and Alex often mention how they wish the other would fall behind, though it's clear that they don't mean it seriously, and neither hesitates to offer advice if the other's struggling. |
| 450 | ** He has moments of this with Yuki, too. |
| 451 | --> '''Tess''': So, I just beat the second dungeon... |
| 452 | --> '''Yuki''': You can go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yourself! |
| 453 | * WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: He calls ''Spyro Adventure'' out on this. |
| 454 | -->'''Tess''': Love thy apostrophe, goddammit! |
| 455 | * WeirdAside: He once mentioned that his first word as a child was "clock". |
| 456 | ** In part 2 of ''VideoGame/Sonic3DFlickiesIsland'' VS, he spontaneously asides that his middle name is "Microsoft Word". [[FlatWhat Laura isn't sure how to react.]] |
| 457 | ** Two episodes later, he claims his thighs can crush a human skull. |
| 458 | ** In part 1 of ''Dream Champ Tournament'' VS, he claims he is a talking turkey whose middle name is Sebastian. |
| 459 | -->'''Alex''': [[FlatWhat ...What.]] |
| 460 | * YouNeedToGetLaid: This is Tess's response to Alex [[PerverseSexualLust expressing his attraction to several Galar women]], such as Marnie, Nessa, Bea, and Melony. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | -->"And I don't have an outro for this, so..."\ |
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