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5	->''"I did it. I did the thing."''
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7	''Radical Bromance'' (also known as [=RadBros=] or [=RadDudes=]) is a group of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] that began their stint on Website/YouTube on the tail end of February 2015. The group consists of four men: Alex, Rob, Matt Walker (not to be confused with the Texas Ranger or the guy in the glasses) and Striker, who make up the [=RadBros=] team. Alternatively, there's Alex, Jake and Lindsey, who compromise the alternative [=RadDudes=] side that was created for reasons unknown.
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9	Thus far, their repertoire largely consists of Capcom or Nintendo games with modern games (typically fighters) mixed in. WordOfGod is that games that the group is familiar with are more likely to be played because Alex prefers taking the initial playthrough of a game at his own pace, but also doesn't find constant failure or exaggerated reactions to said failures to be amusing or entertaining.
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11	Their [=YouTube=] page can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoE0jthSRZBqOvwTROMIN8w here]] and updates every other day (barring ScheduleSlip). Striker has his own channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCut1qjOXdtz9__IzB6ghNpQ here]] and also runs a stream on Sunday and Tuesday evening on his [[https://www.twitch.tv/sentaistriker Twitch]] channel.
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14	!!Tropes:
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16	* AccentuateTheNegative: Walker does a lot. Alex has noted that he finds this trope incredibly tiring overall.
17	--> '''Alex:''' Who would have thought that being crabby and skeptical all the time would be so exhausting?
18	%%* AgentScully: Walker.
19	* AllOrNothing: Strangely, this seems to be the only way [[ShockAndAwe Arcblade]] works for Alex while doing PlayerVersusPlayer in Destiny, leading to either a series of kills or the enemy immediately shutting him down. Lampshaded by Alex's usage of a record scratch in the case of the it being 'nothing'.
20	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Walker being the player in ''Shantae''. In more recent times, Jake has become a regular and Alex's friend Lindsey appeared to do a playthrough of the ''Resident Evil 2'' remake.
21	%%* ArbitrarySkepticism: Everyone on the show.
22	%%* AudienceParticipation: Formerly the Hitbox chat window.
23	%%* {{Bara}}: Is Rob's preference.
24	%%* BerserkButton: Alex doesn't like when people eat his food.
25	%%* BigEater: Alex, as everyone on the show jokes.
26	%%* BigFun: While it may just be his character, Alex comes off as this or at least appears to be the most willing to have fun.
27	%%* BlackComedy: Part of the appeal.
28	%%* BossSubtitles: Overlaps with Mook Debut Cutscene and ThemeTune in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''.
29	%%* BrilliantButLazy: Alex, with great emphasis on the lazy.
30	* TheBusCameBack: Rob returned for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''. According to him, his brief hiatus was because of his job. Rob returned for a couple goes at the Prison of Elders in ''Destiny'', citing that he and Alex haven't found something to play together. The same thing happened again with ''Destiny 2'', with Rob stating that the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough will probably go unfinished. Alex has lamented this more than once.
31	* TheCameo: [=DisgruntledFerret=], author of ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'' showed up in the chat from time to time.
32	%%* CassandraTruth: Tends to happen more or less any time Alex tries to tell Walker to do something that would be beneficial.
33	* CatchPhrase: "I/You blew it!" whenever someone fails, "X, you need to chill the fuck out." with X being whatever is hassling them, "I did it. I did the thing." upon success and sighing or groaning in exasperation.
34	* ChildHater: With the word hate being a bit on the strong side. Walker and Alex have both expressed their disliking of kids and their lack of desire to have any themselves.
35	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience:
36	** Alex is partial to black and silver (but trends to blue when those aren't available), Walker's preferred color is blue, Rob's is green and Striker's is purple.
37	** Shifted somewhat with the introduced of [=RadDudes=]. Lindsey is depicted with orange gradients while Jake gets blue gradients and Alex now uses greys.
38	%%* CompetitiveMultiplayer: Bro vs. Bro, not that Striker or Alex take it seriously.
39	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Every member of the group to varying levels.
40	* DoesNotLikeSpam: Alex doesn't like onions, olives or shrimp. Walker hates olives to the point of revulsion.
41	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A fair chunk of the earliest episodes lack the Hitbox chat, the current game's logo and had a tendency to run for an arbitrary amount of time.
42	%%* EpisodeTitleCard: Alex appears to love making these.
43	* FakeDifficulty: Shantae's emulation induced input lag. Later, ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1''. Walker notices this, but Alex apparently doesn't. Or he does, but claims to compensate for it. Later confirmed in ''VideoGame/ContraHardCorps'', when the shot toggle keeps switching.
44	* {{Fan}}: Rob was formerly a big ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fan and Striker is VERY fond of wrestling, often spending a whole LP series talking about an event. Everyone seems to like TheAbridgedSeries of anything. Time will tell for Walker or Alex. Somewhat Jossed as Alex has stated that he doesn't like the connotations that come with being thought of as a fan, which is part of why he stopped choosing to be part of fan communities. Walker appears to be a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. Still, Alex and Jake seem to like ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' a lot.
45	%%* {{Fanon}}: Neither Alex nor Walker care for it. Rob and Striker consider it harmless fun.
46	%%* FastForwardMechanic: Heavily used and abused in the ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}'' episodes. Showing up more frequently in any game with padding.
47	* {{Filler}}: Bromance/EXTRA, where the hosts don't actually play anything and just talk about stuff instead.
48	%%* {{Foil}}: Each of Alex's co-hosts exhibit this in a different fashion, with Striker less so due to their similar temperament.
49	* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
50	** '''The Cynic:''' Walker (his gameplay style is also notably more cautious to Alex's aggressive, unflinching style)
51	** '''The Optimist:''' Rob (if Destiny is any indication, he is more calculating and deliberate)
52	** '''The Realist:''' Striker (takes things as they come, with a bit of the Optimist)
53	** '''The Apathetic:''' Alex
54	%%* FreezeFrameBonus: Alex did this with a few videos. In particular, the usage of the Yaranaika face in the second episode of Sophitia's Edge Master Mode. Returns in the playthroughs of the classic ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' games (seemingly throwing Walker off every time).
55	* GenreShift: An episode dedicated to riffing the [[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie OVA]] from the 1990s out of nowhere.
56	* GracefulLoser: Frequent in-game deaths or failure don't bother Alex. Slightly averted during ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' on Crystal Man's stage.
57	%%* HairTriggerTemper: Walker, hands down.
58	%%* HatesEveryoneEqually: As with the above, Walker, hands down. If it's not hate, it's disinterest.
59	* HaveANiceDeath: Invoked in a lighthearted way by the Rank E fanfare from ''Sonic Unleashed'' playing when Alex and Striker's team is defeated in ''Destiny''.
60	%%* HeavySleeper: Alex says he is this, to his own detriment sometimes.
61	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Alex and Rob give off this vibe. HilariousInHindsight after Rob reveals he's gay and Alex is asexual. The same thing appears to hold water and is combined with MoodWhiplash when it comes to Alex's two new co-hosts, Jake (returning from Bad Dudes) and Lindsey (newcomer). The commentary dynamic becomes much more lively and jovial.
62	* HostileShowTakeover: Temporary. The episodes with Alex's childhood friend Jake became 'Bad Dudes'. Became a more permanent fixture once the regular cast became not so regular, resulting in [=RadDudes=] as the alternative title.
63	* {{Irony}}: Despite being cynical and grumpy, Walker prefers optimistic and upbeat media while Alex is the inverse.
64	--> '''Alex:''' My favorite animes are ''Berserk'' and ''Manga/Golgo13''.
65	* JackOfAllTrades: In regards to video games, Alex seems to abide by this. Or want to. WordOfGod is that he very much believes in the old phrase 'jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one'.
66	--> '''Alex:''' When I was a kid, I almost exclusively played platformers, fighting games and action games. It was until I played ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' that I got a real taste of the genre. Since then, I've tried to keep my mind open to the possibility of finding the game in a genre that makes it 'click'. As a result, my backlog is now difficult to manage.
67	* LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Alex, as he also functions as the editor. A fair portion of his post-edit jokes go over everyone else's heads, to his frustration.
68	--> '''Alex:''' I work hard on my jokes, okay?
69	* LettersToTheEditor: Alex and Striker took to the mailbag in the second Cervantes episode of Soul Edge. Sometimes comes up nowadays.
70	* LevelGrinding: Averted mostly. Alex has expressed that he has zero qualms with applying the UsefulNotes/GameGenie or VideoGame/GameShark to a game to speed the process along. In ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends2'', Walker continuously stops to pick up fallen money, despite being told not to waste time.
71	* MediumShiftGag: Alex has a tendency to forget that he can't do visual gags on the show. At least until he started adding them in post.
72	%%* MellowFellow: Striker and Alex.
73	* {{MST}}: Trio Date Night, which is really more of a return to form for Alex if his dead website is any indication. Alex also made a video advertising the Bring Back Mystery Science Theater kickstarter because of his love for the show. Became a literal joke in the ninth episode of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''.
74	%%* MommasBoy: Alex admits that he is one somewhat.
75	%%* MoreDakka: Alex's preferred playing style when it comes to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil''.
76	%%--> '''Alex:''' I paid my dues. I don't need to prove anything to anyone!
77	* MostCommonSuperPower: Alex points this out about basically all of Shantae, going so far as utter 'Titties!' when Risky is present or by calling the series itself a prototype of ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' jokingly.
78	%%* NeverForgottenSkill: The reason for the speed in which ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong94'''s levels were completed so quickly...at first.
79	* NoSenseOfHumor: Definitely Walker, who hates Alex's jokes far more often than he seems to enjoy them.
80	%%* OnlySaneMan: Striker.
81	%%* ThePowerOfHate: Appears to be Walker's superpower.
82	* PretentiousPronunciation: Alex's insistence on saying the word 'elephant' in a suave accent.
83	* PutOnABus: Rob after the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' episodes. It occurred again post-''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', but didn't happen until the middle of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' playthrough and appears to be more or less permanent now, despite remaining in the intro.
84	* RedOniBlueOni: Walker and Rob (to a lesser degree) are the Red to Alex and Striker's Blue. Alex himself is the Red Oni to Striker's Blue in terms of relativity.
85	* ReusedCharacterDesign: Any faces that show up in the title cards. Striker and Walker claim to be guilty of this, Walker to a lesser extent. Alex says that he doesn't like it and prefers to avoid it, but is willing to recycle names at least.
86	--> '''Alex:''' While I wish I had Osamu Tezuka's talent, it's better to browbeat diversity into a habit for creative endeavors than develop any kind of Star System or whatever. No one wants to see the same character repeatedly. Don't be lazy.
87	* RunningGag: The suffering of Brad Vickers. Alex immediately getting up to fast forward whenever the photographer shows up in ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}''.
88	* ScheduleSlip: No new videos were posted from December 2019 until July 2020, likely due to Alex's physical and mental health issues.
89	* SiblingRivalry: Overlaps with WouldHitAGirl. In the Resident Evil: Degeneration MSTing (which Youtube took down), Walker implies that Alex and his sister physically fought frequently. Alex edited the actual line out, noting that his mother really hates when the topic is publicly broached.
90	* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "Next time on [=RadicalBromance=]..."
91	%%* SnarkToSnarkCombat: The natural result when everyone is a DeadpanSnarker.
92	* SpriteComic: Walker himself still makes one called [[http://www.crowdedstreet.net/comic/main.html The Other Side]] while not co-starring on Radical Bromance. Alex previously had several. This can occasionally lead to the two of them talking about an older game's sprite style. Came up a lot during Megaman X4 from Walker, while Alex would generally change topics.
93	%%* SurferDude: Done in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' along with TotallyRadical.
94	* TheTeetotaler: Alex is basically this, contrary to Walker and Striker to a lesser degree.
95	--> '''Alex:''' I don't like the taste of alcohol, don't like dealing with people who regularly drink and generally find the notion of using it as even a temporary problem solver to be sketchy at best.
96	* ThemeTune: Getting heavy usage following the sixth Destiny video.
97	--> Mr. X gon' give it to ya! ...Until dad comes home after spending time with the reefer man.
98	* ThemeNaming: Every game's playlist has 'bro' somewhere in the title.
99	* ThoseWackyNazis: Alex and Rob using stereotypical Nazi voices whenever they read an ApocalypticLog in ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis''. Unfortunately, it didn't make a comeback in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2''. HarsherInHindsight nowadays.
100	%%* TotallyRadical: Intentionally played up during the ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'' episodes.
101	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Alex appears to have an unhealthy love for cinnamon bread and Mongolian barbeque. Both Alex and Walker have a professed love for burgers restaurants.
102	* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: If something like this happens on this show, it's probably the audio. Emulation of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'' also appears to invoke flickering letterbox issues. Usually the reason why doing modern games takes a while.
103	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes it's difficult to tell if they're VitriolicBestBuds, BashBrothers or if Walker just dislikes Alex. As revealed during their ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles'' playthrough, Walker enjoys having an argumentative friendship of sorts with him. Alex, however, states that he really doesn't like arguments. Brought up again and mostly jossed during an episode of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. Walker's brand of humor involves taking things at face value or pretending jokes aren't funny as reactions. Aside from that, there are times than not where it comes off that Walker isn't interested in being there.
104	%%* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Deliberately invoked with the ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound\|1994}}'' title cards.

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