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2[[caption-width-right:350:Three guys, infinite possibilities.]]
3->'''LetsPlay/TomFawkes:''' How do we still have synergy during this?\
4'''LetsPlay/ProtonJon:''' 'Cause this is how TRG works! We get angry, and we focus!
5-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Overcooked}}'' Episode 7: "[[https://youtu.be/6rzAg-ydHIs No Bacon Double Cheeseburgers]]"
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7''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRunawayGuys The Runaway Guys]]'' was a collaborative group of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]] on Website/YouTube, comprising of {{LetsPlay/ProtonJon}}, {{LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun}}, and {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}. Chugga was in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon had made posts and comments for the channel as well. For the first two years, updates usually only occurred every Saturday, but this was changed to Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday following an announcement on February 8, 2013. Videos for ''Mario Party'' games (starting with the third) and ''Fortune Street'' were also posted daily (each board beginning on Saturday and continuing every day until its end).
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9Their first Let's Play premiered on February 5, 2011. The three of them were the only ones participating, but many of their later videos have featured [[SpecialGuest additional players]].
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11Along with their official long-running [=LPs=], they have done one-shot filler [=LPs=] (labeled "The Runaway Gaiden"), tournaments featuring multitudes of guest players, and side collab projects that they gradually updated and used as filler between regular projects.
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13On occasion at various conventions, the Runaway Guys had their own panel, called ''Thrown Controllers'', essentially a game show inspired by ''Series/NickArcade''. In its debut at PAX East 2012, two teams took turns answering questions and playing video game challenges, either against each other, solo, or against members of the audience. At PAX Prime 2012, they {{retool}}ed the game (mostly due to the previous iteration being plagued by technical problems and a sluggish pace) into a single-person quiz show with challenges, similar to the initial concept except for one person at a time, and this is how it had been done since. Many prizes were awarded at these panels, ranging from character pins from Fangamer to (as a grand prize) an actual video game console, such as a Platform/Nintendo3DS, Platform/WiiU, or Platform/NintendoSwitch. There also existed an open-source edition of Thrown Controllers for others to make their own version of the game show, [[https://nathanielpett.itch.io/thrown-controllers-community-edition hosted here.]]
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15In 2018, they started the now-annual charity marathon, The Runaway Guys Colosseum, raising money for Direct Relief and featuring many of their friends and fellow [=LPers=]. [[CompanionCube And a lamp. The lamp is important.]]
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17They have a ShoutOut page [[ShoutOut/TheRunawayGuys here]], a Character Sheet [[Characters/TheRunawayGuys here]], an EpicFail page [[EpicFail/TheRunawayGuys here]], and a DrinkingGame [[DrinkingGame/TheRunawayGuys here]].
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19As of February 2024, the group is now on indefinite hiatus due to controversies surrounding Chuggaaconroy that made it impossible to move forward with him involved in any capacity; however, Jon has confirmed that Thrown Controllers and Colosseum will continue under different branding. Later in March, that year's Colosseum was confirmed to be happening in May, now rebranded as Thrown Controllers Colosseum.
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21%%Click [[https://www.therunawayguys.com/ here]] to view the channel's official website.
22----
23[[foldercontrol]]
24!! Collabs
25
26
27[[folder:Main Collabs]]
28* ''VideoGame/MarioParty1''
29* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' (ft. LetsPlay/JoshJepson)
30* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Subspace Emissary)]]''
31* ''VideoGame/MarioParty2''
32* ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''
33* ''VideoGame/WiiParty''
34* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' (ft. LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}})
35* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' (ft. LetsPlay/{{JoshJepson}})
36* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' (ft. LetsPlay/{{SuperJeenius}})
37* ''VideoGame/MarioParty3''
38* ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$]]''
39* ''VideoGame/NewSuperLuigiU''
40* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' Story Mode
41* ''VideoGame/MarioParty4''
42* ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins''
43* ''[[VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet LittleBigPlanet 2]]'' (ft. LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}})
44* ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' (ft. [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]])
45* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''
46* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''
47* ''VideoGame/MarioParty5''
48* ''[[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Kirby's Dream Course]]''
49* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' (ft. LetsPlay/StephenPlays)
50* ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends'' (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
51* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch, guide, and occasionally take over)
52* ''VideoGame/MarioParty6''
53* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes''
54* ''VideoGame/WiiPartyU''
55* ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' (Tim plays, Emile and Jon watch and guide)
56* ''VideoGame/MarioParty7''
57* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch and guide)
58* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' (Jon plays, Tim and Emile watch and guide)
59* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' (ft. LetsPlay/StephenPlays)
60* ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch, guide, and occasionally take over)
61* ''VideoGame/MarioParty8''
62* ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'' (Tim plays, Emile and Jon watch and guide)
63* ''VideoGame/{{Overcooked}}'' (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
64* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana''
65* ''[[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} Battletoads Arcade]]''
66* ''VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice''
67* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch and guide)
68* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (Both arcade and SNES versions; Emile and Tim play the SNES version while Jon guides)
69* ''VideoGame/MarioPartyDS''
70* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''
71* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime Remastered'' (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch and guide)
72* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Side Collabs]]
76* ''VideoGame/FortuneStreet'':
77** Yoshi's Island
78** The Observatory (ft. LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}})
79** Mario Stadium (ft. LetsPlay/{{JoshJepson}})
80** Slimenia and Delfino Plaza (ft. LetsPlay/{{SuperJeenius}})
81** Mt. Magmageddon (ft. [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]])
82** Robbin Hood Ruins (ft. LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}})
83** Mario Circuit (ft. [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]])
84** Peach's Castle (ft. LetsPlay/StephenPlays)
85** Pirate Ship (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
86** Starship Mario (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
87** Castle Trodain (ft. [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]])
88** Super Mario Bros. (ft. LetsPlay/StephenPlays)
89** Alefgard (ft. [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]])
90** Bowser's Castle (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
91** Good Egg Galaxy (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
92* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' (THQ's 2012 Wii U version)
93* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' ([=PS4=])
94* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' (THQ's 2010 Wii version)
95* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' (Hasbro's 2000 second edition version)
96* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' (Ubisoft's 2018 Switch version)
97* ''VideoGame/{{Anticipation}}''
98* ''VideoGame/MarioPartySuperstars'':
99** Yoshi's Tropical Island (ft. LetsPlay/JoshJepson)
100** Space Land (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
101* ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp]]''
102[[/folder]]
103
104[[folder:Tournaments]]
105* ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', with 10 competitors [[labelnote:featuring]]LetsPlay/JoshJepson, LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}, [=ALoyalGamer=], LetsPlay/{{SuperJeenius}}, LetsPlay/{{Donnabellez}}, LetsPlay/{{SKArmedageddon}}, and [[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} Diabetus]][[/labelnote]]. This tournament was double-elimination style (if you lose a round, you go to the loser's bracket. If you lose another round, you're out of the tournament).
106* ''[[VideoGame/MarioTennis Mario Power Tennis]]'', with 9 competitors [[labelnote:featuring]]LetsPlay/JoshJepson, LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}, [=CloudFangLP=], [=PurpleRodri=], [=ALoyalGamer=], and [[WebVideo/IsItAGoodIdeaToMicrowaveThis Jon Paula]][[/labelnote]]. This tournament was single-elimination style (if you lose a match, you're out of the tournament).
107* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' again, this time with 16 competitors [[labelnote:featuring]]LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}, [=PurpleRodri=], LetsPlay/{{Donnabellez}}, LetsPlay/Pcull44444, LetsPlay/SuperJeenius, [[LetsPlay/StephenPlays Stephen and Mallory]], Creator/AttackingTucans, LetsPlay/JoshJepson, and the crew from LetsPlay/WiiRikeToPray[[/labelnote]]. Double-elimination style.
108* ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'', with 22 competitors (2 on a team) [[labelnote:featuring]]Curly Mustaches ([=CloudFangLP=] and [=GaiaCrusher9=]), Purple Pwniez ([=SullyPwnz=] and [=PurpleRodri=]), LetsPlay/StephenPlays (Stephen and Mallory), [=PressBallsToContinue=] (LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}} and [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]]), Beard Willis (LetsPlay/ProtonJon and WebVideo/TheCompletionist), Orange Yoshis ([=MunchingOrange=] and [=YoshiToMario=]), Jepsons (LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun and LetsPlay/JoshJepson), [=StreetPassers=] (LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} and [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]]), Koopa Krew ([=SirEnobmort=] and [=KoopaKungFu=]), WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} (Slowbeef and Diabetus), and 41 Pimps ([=ShadowMario41=] and [=MadameWario=])[[/labelnote]]. Single-elimination style.
109* ''[[VideoGame/BombermanLive Bomberman Live: Battlefest]]'', with 24 competitors [[labelnote:featuring]]WebVideo/{{Brutalmoose}}, [=MasaeAnela=], [=PurpleRodri=], [=StephenPlays=] (Stephen and Mallory), The Completionist, Dodger, [=LiamSixx=], [=MunchingOrange=], [=KoopaKungFu=], [=SirEnobMort=], [=SullyPwnz=], Lucahjin, [=AttackingTucans=], Jon Paula, [=ALoyalGamer=], LetsPlay/Pcull44444, [=KoshiSushi=], [=SpaceHamster=], and [=WiiRikeToPray=] (Chris and Tyson)[[/labelnote]]. Single-elimination style.
110* ''[[VideoGame/{{SuperSmashBros}} Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.]] Tournament'', with 17 competitors [[labelnote:featuring]]LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}, LetsPlay/{{MasaeAnela}}, LetsPlay/JoshJepson, Creator/{{AttackingTucans}}, Yoshiller2, [[LetsPlay/StephenPlays Stephen and Mal]], [=Cobanermani456=], WebVideo/{{JonTron}}, Tom Fawkes, Edobean, [=PKSparxxx=], [=SullyPwnz=], [=SmoothMcGroove=], [=GlitchxCity=], WebVideo/{{SomeCallMeJohnny}}, [[WebVideo/{{BrainScratchCommentaries}} ExandShadow]][[/labelnote]]. Single-elimination style.
111[[/folder]]
112
113[[folder:The Runaway Gaiden]]
114* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' Round Robin Tournament
115* ''VideoGame/MarioKart64''
116* ''VideoGame/WiiSports''
117* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'' (Coin Rush mode)
118* ''VideoGame/BurnoutRevenge'' (ft. LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}} and LetsPlay/{{MasaeAnela}})
119* ''VideoGame/WiiPlay''
120* ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'' Battle Royale
121* ''Heavy Burger'' (ft. LetsPlay/{{MasaeAnela}})
122* ''VideoGame/KillerQueen Black'' (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes)
123* ''Sanrio World Smashball''
124* ''Buck Up And Drive''
125* ''Chessplosion''
126* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos''
127[[/folder]]
128
129[[folder:Lost/Status Unknown]]
130* ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' as filler with LetsPlay/{{SuperJeenius}} (revealed on one of [[LetsPlay/{{ProtonJon}} ProtonJon's]] streams) [[note]] Confirmed as lost by Jon in a stream. He notes that Jake won with relative ease.[[/note]]
131* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' tournament (revealed on WebVideo/StephenVlog and by Stephen's friend Dan on his vlog) [[note]] The tenth anniversary stream revealed the footage for this was corrupted beyond repair.[[/note]]
132* ''VideoGame/PowerStone 2'' and ''VideoGame/ChuChuRocket'' for Gaiden according to a stream of Jon's on 24th of August 2016. [[note]] Possibly also lost.[[/note]]
133* ''Mario Party-e'' [[note]]Revealed by Jon on a Fortune Cookie 2017 stream whilst playing The Choicest Voice on ''Mario Party: Island Tour''. He owned the game and they recorded it, but were unable to use the footage, so this remains lost.[[/note]]
134* ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Pac-Man Vs.]]'' [[note]] Revealed in a tweet by Jon in 2019. No update about its current status. [[/note]]
135* ''VideoGame/NintendoLand''
136** ''Pikmin Adventure'' (ft. LetsPlay/TomFawkes and [[LetsPlay/MasaeAnela MasaeAnela]])
137** ''Mario Chase'' (ft. [=MasaeAnela=])
138** ''Balloon Trip Breeze''
139** ''Donkey Kong's Crash Course''
140* All projects following the completion of ''Star Allies'':
141** Billion Road (side content)
142** Some lost ''Wheel of Fortune'' episodes
143** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''
144** ''VideoGame/MarioParty9''
145[[/folder]]
146----
147!Their Let's Play videos have provided examples of:
148[[index]]
149* '''Main Collabs'''
150** '''[[TheRunawayGuys/MarioPartySeries Mario Party Series]]'''
151** '''[[TheRunawayGuys/SuperMarioSeries Super Mario Series]]'''
152** '''[[TheRunawayGuys/OtherNintendo Other Nintendo Games]]'''
153** '''[[TheRunawayGuys/NonNintendo Non-Nintendo Games]]'''
154* '''[[TheRunawayGuys/OtherVideos Other Videos]]'''
155[[/index]]
156!General:
157* AbortedArc: During Colosseum 2020, there were two major story arcs being told. One involved a twist that Lord Dona'tor is the result of LetsPlay/TomFawkes' psychoactive imagination, and the other being [[WebVideo/StephenVlog Stephen]] revealing that [[CompanionCube the Lamp]] was EvilAllAlong. While the latter carried over into Colosseum 2021's bumpers, with the Lamp nearly killing Stephen, the former was dropped entirely, with Lord Dona'tor returning to his status as just a mysterious entity.
158* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] Done deliberately. The guys like to play certain characters to be very different than their canon personalities.
159** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Big the Cat]] is turned into a PsychopathicManchild who hits people with his fishing rod at the slightest provocation.
160--->"TELL ME WHERE FROGGY IS! '''WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME WHERE FROGGY IS?!'''"
161** Jon plays [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Captain Olimar]] as some sort of mix between [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Zapp Brannigan]].
162** During ''Fortune Street'', Stephen interprets Luigi as the type of character who ReallyGetsAround, making him into a deadbeat dad who is trying to raise money to pay for child support for his several children.
163** Brentilda is a {{Jerkass}} who bullies [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Gruntilda]], who in turn is NotEvilJustMisunderstood.
164* AnimatedAdaptation: Most are available [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7ccKlP1mD3itLUZOoZNvzQnHBP2UL5V here]]. Others can be found in [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzhwjItREv7RPScHJ59ABfUhOxWI-4bE this playlist]].
165* AprilFoolsDay: Done [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fX-2WEXcAI here]].
166* ArtificialStupidity: Whenever the guys play with AI-controlled players, expect to see examples of this or TheComputerIsACheatingBastard.
167* AscendedExtra:
168** With the exception of LetsPlay/JoshJepson, all of their main LP guests were tournament participants before being brought back.
169*** Two of those guests have ascended further than that; Lucahjin married Jon while LetsPlay/MasaeAnela serves as their tech expert for Thrown Controllers.
170** VideoGame/FortuneStreet was originally going to be a one-off project, but was popular enough to be its own side project with varying special guests.
171** Waluigi, whose popularity in Fortune Street made Jon choose him for Mario Party 3.
172** Daisy went from an AI character to Chugga's Mario Party character after Donkey Kong was turned into a NPC for Mario Party 5.
173** Wii Party was originally going to be a side project, but got turned into Main Collab #6 after technical difficulties with original Collab #6, which became Collab #7.
174** On the Colosseum side, WebVideo/TheCompletionist went from being a cameo in the 2022 edition to being one of the main stars in the 2023 edition.
175* AssShove: Joked about during ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'':
176-->'''Jon:''' (as they're switching off) "It is me and you, but since there's only one character... I'll hold onto this controller and do nothing with it."\
177'''Emile:''' "Don't shove it up your ass."\
178'''Jon:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker Yes, that is exactly what I was going to do. How dare you take that option away from me.]]"\
179''(Emile laughs and Tim groans)''
180* AttractiveBentGender:
181** During Wheel of Fortune, Emile notices Jon's good-looking avatar:
182--->'''Emile:''' "Damn Jon, you got hot!"\
183'''Tim:''' (laughs)\
184'''Jon:''' "Um..."\
185'''Emile:''' "I'm just returning [[CallBack what you said before.]]"\
186'''Jon:''' "I actually said that when your character was a female, though."\
187'''Emile:''' "Oh. Well, well crap."\
188'''Jon:''' (slow clap)
189* BerserkButton:
190** Chugga hates the name Steve, due to CreatorBacklash. Also, ''never'' bring up ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' in front of him, or else he '''will''' go on a vicious tirade about it being a terrible game. In fact, the most legitimate praise he's ever given the game comes from their ''Pikmin'' series, where he complements the game for ''[[DamnedByFaintPraise working properly]]''.%%Invoked
191** Jon hates almost all of his lines from the past (especially "MOVE FASTER POKEY!"), hates it when people take [[VitriolicBestBuds his relationship with Chugga]] the wrong way, and hates almost all of Chugga's puns.
192* BigNo: Chugga [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVHI270SKU really goes wild]] with this trope. It's even gotten to the point where he has admitted it's practically his catchphrase.
193* BigWhat: Both Chugga and Jon get in on this.
194** One of them in ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty1 Bowser's Magma Mountain]]'' (courtesy of [[LargeHam Chugga]]) was even played back in slow motion in episode 2 around [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6szVI53jA&t=6m10s 6:11]].
195** NCS ended up bubbling during the second run of level 8-2 in ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', but instead of an EpicFail happening, he ended up getting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5heDCBsKPU&t=14m30s a 1-Up and some fireworks]], yet he never even appeared on the ground '''at all'''.
196* BigYes: Usually, when something good actually happens, Jon or Chugga will shout it.
197** "Luigi's Engine Room – Episode 1": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krC7HTp-H80&t=7m33s ~7:33]] probably has the biggest one in the series, so loud ''they had to turn the volume down in editing'':
198---> '''Jon:''' '''''YEAH!!! YEAH! SUCK IT!'''''
199** ''Everyone'' does this when Chugga [[spoiler:makes it to the top of the flagpole in ''3D World''[='=]s Rolling Ride Run with '''one second''' left.]] [[https://youtu.be/blniBqAusFk?t=347 It has to be seen to be believed.]]
200* BigWordShout: "GAAAAAAAAAAME!"
201* {{Bookends}}: Every regular Let's Play that they've completed so far has an example of this, whether subtle or blatant.
202** Colosseum Direct both begins and ends with the group [[ItMakesSenseInContext in individual boxes.]]
203* BootstrappedTheme: In a sense. Every video ends with stats related to the current project and links to solo channels, with music playing over it. They often use music from the game they're playing. But ever since ''Fortune Street'', they just as often use [[http://youtu.be/smxXcbAHwoI its remix of the ''Super Mario World'' bonus music.]] Chugga has even jokingly called it their theme song.
204* ButtMonkey: Tim. If something bad is going to happen to someone, it's probably going to be him. So much so that the others seem kind of protective of him, and avoid picking on him whilst bickering amongst themselves. What's strange about this is that Tim has, in the past, proven himself MORE than a capable gamer with challenges like the swordless or 3-heart runs of The Legend of Zelda.
205** An excellent example of this is part one of Mystery Land in the ''Mario Party 2'' LP. He actually manages to get lucky enough to have more coins than anyone else... and then, due to [[LuckBasedMission A Day At The Races]] and Chance Time, [[YankTheDogsChain he goes from over 80 coins to]] '''[[YankTheDogsChain one.]]'''
206*** In the very last ''Mario Party'' video, he finished the Pot o' Skills with 2 coins. The Pot o' Skills has no stars and is determined completely by coins.
207** All three have had their moments such as Jon having horrible luck in Mario Party and Chugga repeatedly dying in Sonic Adventure and Super Mario Bros. 3.
208* TheCameo: Four special guests appear in the Colosseum Direct.
209** Creator/DCDouglas makes a guest appearance in a bumper for Day 2 of the event, portraying himself as [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]]. He would go on to team with Jon in a series of Resident Evil 5 streams.
210** Similarly, well-known video game composer Grant Kirkhope drops a quick shout out to [=FamilyJules=] and the TRG crew.
211** Lindsay Jones (from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'') joins the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' segment while the group is visiting Jules's island.
212** Following the ''New Horizons'' segment, [=VoiceoverPete=] makes a surprise appearance encouraging viewers to continue donating.
213* CharacterCatchphrase:
214** Just about everyone sings [[Music/{{Beyonce}} "To the left, to the left, to the left"]] whenever one of them says to go left.
215** Chugga will often go "Might as welllll JUMP!"
216** Jon's famous "GAAAAAAAAME!"
217*** "''WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?''"
218*** "[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Bye guys!]]"
219*** "Tell me more." (Usually when Chugga's in the middle of making a stupid guess in Wheel of Fortune)
220** According to Chugga, Josh's new catchphrase is "Are you serious?"
221** "[[EpicFail Go team!]]"
222** Chugga likes saying "balls to the wall" a lot.
223** "''I GOT COMBO-ED!!!''"
224** In Subspace, "GAME!" is sometimes replaced by "CAMERA!"
225** Whenever someone makes a reference or shout out, Jon will usually say, "Thanks/Thank you (whatever is being referenced here)." Examples include "Thanks [[LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts Maxwell]]." and "Thank you, Yu-Gi-Oh!"
226** ''D'OH, I MISSED!''
227** Chugga: ONE!
228* CollectiveGroan: Often in response to a pun made by one of the Guys, mostly Chugga.
229* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
230** Confused as to who's who? Chugga is red, Jon is blue, and Tim is green (they often refer to this color arrangement as their "TRG Colors"). Save for ''VideoGame/WiiParty'', where, due to player order, this gets messed up (Chugga is blue, Jon is green, and Tim is red), but since they're using their own Miis it's still simple to tell who is who.
231*** And while Chugga is most often player 1, sometimes it will be Tim because the player color is green, in the case of [[VideoGame/NewSuperLuigiU Luigi]] or [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Link]]. Jon got Player 1 in VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror because that game doesn't have a blue player but does have a red.
232** Guest stars are often yellow, sometimes purple. This is emphasized further in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', in which Josh's name is highlighted in black rather than the other Guys' white.
233** Colors go all over the spectrum for tournaments, unique to each participant.
234* ComedicSociopathy: The Guys have acknowledged at least once that a video's view count is roughly inversely proportional to how much fun they actually had playing the game, which points to their audience showing more favoritism to projects which involve them being assholes to each other. Specifically, they used ''Rayman Legends'' as an example, since they all agree that they liked the project and had a lot of fun playing it together, but it's one of their ''least'' watched series.
235* CompanionCube:
236** During Colosseum, the lamp is treated as being just as much a part of the group as anyone else, and even gets its own section of the sitcom opening parody, with said section being a little more... [[MoodWhiplash ominous than the rest of the video.]]
237** The burger shop mascot from ''Sonic Adventure'' becomes this during the LP.
238* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: In their playthrough of ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'', Chugga gives Magolor a silly, high-pitched voice that the others compare to [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]. When Magolor [[spoiler:turns out to be EvilAllAlong and goes OneWingedAngel]], Chugga ''shouts'' Magolor's lines, [[https://youtu.be/uIQumKIT_7w making the "Elmo" voice sound downright demonic]]. The other players are initially freaked out before eventually laughing it off.
239* CuddleBug: Chance Time of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu9-I3AMu0g Mario Party's Bowser's Magma Mountain]]. [[spoiler: Thanks to Jon, Emile won the game and swapped stars with Wario.]] This led to...
240-->'''Jon:''' (about Emile) "He's hugging me! He's hugging me!"\
241'''Emile:''' (hugging Jon) "Monkey Hug!"\
242'''Tim:''' "...[[LampshadeHanging I'm witnessing.. something...]]"
243* DemotedToExtra: Emile and Tim, two of the main members of TRG, had their presence reduced considerably in Colosseum 2023. Justified as both were dealing with COVID at the time and were quarantining to keep the rest of the group safe.
244* {{Determinator}}s: The first Thrown Controllers Panel was an EpicFail and seen back at as an OldShame. They still did their next one instead of getting discouraged and has done many more since.%%Invoked
245* DudeNotFunny: In a PAX Prime 2013 wrap-up video (featuring but not created by Jon, Chugga, and Tim), at one point Chugga makes a very bad {{pun}}, prompting [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]] to call for applause from the audience. Later, Jon makes a comment about his pedometer, and Chugga responds by pronouncing it "paedo-meter". The audience is silent and Dodger says, "''Don't'' applaud for that one..."
246* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
247** Mixed with CharacterDevelopment. ''Mario Party'' had Chugga being calmer and Jon more energetic, leading to them being very similar to one another aside from their ongoing rivalry, and Tim barely talking whatsoever. In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', Chugga's goofiness was turned up to eleven while Jon embraced his inner TokenEvilTeammate, leading to their rivalry turning practically ''bloodthirsty'' (and Tim still barely talked). After that, Chugga relented to his more characteristic sense of humour; Jon, while still a {{troll}}, only did so when provoked or when it would be perfectly timed rather than practically every second; and Tim, while still the quietest, has become more talkative and even a DeadpanSnarker to rival Jon.
248** In their first few Let's Plays, they all called each other by their channel names, but eventually became close enough friends that they're on a first name basis (with Tim still calling Emile Chugga on occasion); hearing the change can be pretty drastic if you binge their videos. See FirstNameBasis below.
249* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Many of their LP recordings fall into this, since they live so far apart and can't exactly meet up every day.
250* FailedASpotCheck: A distressingly common problem for Chugga, who is prone to inobservance and impatience, causing him to miss details that make it significantly easier to progress had he paid attention. Also applies to Tim and Jon every so often (usually in ''Mario Party'') but not quite to the same extent.
251* FreezeFrameBonus: Stephen's bumper for Colosseum 2021 was filmed in 2021, and there's a brief moment where one can make out the bun he's had to tie his hair into.
252* FirstNameBasis: Over time, they've been calling each other by first names and not their usernames, more and more. (Though Jon and a few of the guests have their first names ''in'' their usernames.)
253* FriendlyFireproof: Chugga has revealed that this is enough to ''disqualify'' a game from being played by the Guys. ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' being the prime example -- in the first episode of his solo LP of the game, Chugga says that they were considering it for a collab project, but the deciding factor (apart from being limited to two players) was that the inability to screw each other over made for a much less entertaining LP.
254* GenreSavvy: They showed impressive amounts of genre savviness in their later ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' playthroughs. In one board in ''Mario Party 3'', Tim had the means to reach the next star, but since he had the star lead and the star was in a difficult to reach spot, he refrained from using the magic lamp and prevented the rest from getting the next stars. [[spoiler:He won the board.]] However, this trope was taken up to eleven in ''Mario Party 4'', where they frequently invoked TemptingFate and called each other out when it worked.
255* {{Homage}}: Since the 2020 edition, TRG Colosseum's intros are done in the styles of famous shows.
256** The 2020 version is based on ''Series/TheBradyBunch''.
257** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojuF-VyJj5k The 2021 version]] is based on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''.
258** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pv2uTMJmm8 The 2022 version]] is based on ''Series/{{Survivor}}''.
259* HomoeroticSubtext: Jokingly, between Jon (Waluigi) and Bowser during ''VideoGame/MarioParty3''. Bowser nearly always does his "sexy" pose for Jon every time he visits him. Jon mentions he is Bowser's husband and mentions forgetting their anniversary. Jon actually seems jealous when Daisy visits Bowser and does his sexy pose, making him talk like Christopher Walken. The other guys get in on it too, as Emile says "Jon is the one wearing pants in that relationship."
260* IncrediblyLamePun: Just as bad as in Chugga's solo videos. To Tim and Jon's eternal pain.
261** When NCS makes one at the end of Episode 6 (''[[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii Mario Wii]]''), [[EverybodyLaughsEnding everyone laughs]].
262--->'''Tim:''' Son of a beach!
263** In Episode 9 of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', there is a pun-off.
264** Not from one of their official [=LPs=], but from [[http://www.justin.tv/fangamer/b/288157069 this livestream]] of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' (Jon playing, Chugga and Tim watching):
265--->'''Tim''': [[Film/ThreeHundred THIS IS STARDA!]]\
266'''Jon and Chugga''': *{{Beat}}* *epic groans*
267** From Episode 16 of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'':
268--->'''Chugga''': *NCS and Josh have just used a twelfth continue* I guess these continues are a dime a dozen!\
269'''Jon''': Swear to god, gonna kill you!
270* {{Irony}}:
271** In ''VideoGame/MarioParty'', Chugga plays as Donkey Kong, who's a monkey. He has the least ButtMonkey moments of them all.
272** In ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', LetsPlay/ProtonJon is Blue Toad, but is a [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]].
273* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: There's a lot of this kind of talk, unsurprising considering that both Chugga and NCS are part of the group.
274* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover:
275** The various invitational tournaments (streamed on Jon's Website/{{Twitch}} channel) feature a barrage of guest players from WebVideo/JonTron to Music/SmoothMcGroove.
276** ''The Runaway Guys Colosseum'', a yearly charity livestream that's also hosted on Jon's Twitch channel. Originally launched in 2018, this weekend long event features the likes of LetsPlay/MasaeAnela, LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}, LetsPlay/StephenPlays (along with his wife Mal, AKA [=MalMakes=]), LetsPlay/JoshJepson, Creator/AttackingTucans, LetsPlay/{{Marriland}}, and LetsPlay/TomFawkes, along with musicals guests like Adrisaurus, [=FamilyJules=], and [=ToxicxEternity=]. The stream relies mainly on video game challenges, musical performances, and other miscellaneous activities to raise money for the medical relief charity, Direct Relief. Lasting about 3-4 days a year and featuring an impressive cast of participants, ''Colosseum'' is, to date, the largest collaborative event ever hosted by the channel.
277* MythologyGag: Whenever he gets the chance to, Emile will say "Press L to P!" (one of their original ideas for the channel name).
278* TheNeidermeyer: Jon's characterization of Captain Olimar in [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Pikmin]].
279* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Jon's reaction of "Move faster, Pokey!" is referenced in ''Mario Party''.
280** LetsPlay/JoshJepson claims that he's been hearing it "all his life" when Chugga starts singing, "[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Meet Josh Jepson...]]"
281* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded often]]. Whenever the three [[EpicFail all screw up majorly at once]] or otherwise cause a total failure, one of them always responds with "Good job, team!" Notable in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfZPRH8ySGQ&t=8m14s this video]].
282* NoIndoorVoice: It's nearly impossible to find even a single episode that doesn't have any one of the guys yelling.
283** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Mario Party 3 - Waluigi's Island [Part 5]," whose description reads: "I'd give you guys a volume warning for this episode, but let's be honest, they're usually needed for all TRG episodes."
284* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Right at the beginning of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'':
285-->'''Emile:''' "It's Chuggaaconroy with our special guest here!"\
286'''Josh:''' "Don't touch me please."
287* NoYay: [[invoked]]In [[https://youtu.be/yTXg8-vM9oo?t=645 episode 4]], Jon has just joined as Primm[[note]]aka Tyna[[/note]], and Emile is playing Randi. Their sprites inevitably bump against each other, and Emile decides he needs to provide the following warning:
288-->'''Emile:''' "OK, listen. There's gonna be some kind of like, you know, sexual tension between you and me. That was not what it looked like, OK?"\
289'''Jon:''' "Nope. Hard pass."\
290'''Emile:''' "Oh."\
291'''Jon:''' "Or soft pass, maybe, in this case."
292* OnceAnEpisode: Whenever they play mainline co-op Mario games, Emile usually sings a TRG-ified parody of an old cartoon. ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' started the trend with [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons The Jepsons]], ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' continued it with [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones The Timstones]], their LP of ''New Super Luigi U'' gave us [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Runawayniacs]], and so far, ''Super Mario 3D World'' capped it off by having Emile and Masae have a duet with [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Tiny Tim Adventures.]]
293* OutOfFocus: When it comes to ''Mario Party'' videos (from the first two games), Luigi gets the least screen time, since he doesn't have an amusing voice clip and isn't considered to be a hard opponent.
294* {{Overcrank}}: Happens sometimes, usually when Emile wants to play back something that happened in editing. Most of the time, the footage goes on [[OverlyLongGag longer than it needs to]] because of the funny slow-mo voices.
295* PhraseCatcher:
296** "To the left, to the left, to the left..." is started by anything saying to go left.
297** "Might as wellllll JUMP!" is started by anything saying to jump.
298** "Doh, I missed!" is started by missing something.
299** "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" is started by Chugga doing anything Jon finds either sketchy, [[IncrediblyLamePun punny]], or [[EpicFail made of fail.]]
300* PrecisionFStrike: When 3 [[ManChild adults]] play a multiplayer game where you can [[{{Troll}} screw with your friends' sanity for the sake of your own laughter]], this was bound to happen.
301-->'''Jon:''' '''[[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii "How many times have I fucking played]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Mario World]]!?'''
302** At the most, they usually resort to "Damn it!" But even Tim squeezes an actual F-Strike when he loses an intense game of Hot Rope Jump in ''Mario Party 2''. [[ApologisesALot He immediately apologizes for it.]]
303** The ''Mario Party 6'' series was actually censored for the most part; however, when Emile reveals that Jon is about to play a luck-based Duel mini-game against Boo, Jon's reaction ("Aw, for ''fuck's sake!''") is left uncensored.
304* ProductionForeshadowing: Stephen's vlog has shown he would be the player four on two projects before the projects were posted. Both projects are four-player games involving a [=GameCube=] and four Game Boy Advances.
305* PutOnABus:
306** Lucahjin is absent during the second Colosseum, as she's in the process of buying herself and Jon a new house.
307** LetsPlay/{{Marriland}} was unable to attend Colosseum 2021; to make up for his absence, Jon invites [[WebVideo/TheCompletionist Jirard Khalil]] to participate as a special guest.
308* RunningGag: Many. Chugga's bad puns, Jon being an asshole, Press L to P (In The Bathroom!). A [=YouTuber=] took the first half of the last one as their name; that user is responsible for the Top 10 videos.
309** There are also some longer-range ones that only show up occasionally, such as Jon claiming a character is "dead" and acting shocked.
310** Chugga's PopculturalOsmosisFailure tendencies (especially concerning how few movies he's seen) tend to crop up regularly in every LP.
311** The second video of every Mario LP features Chugga parodying the opening of a famous cartoon.
312** "[[BossArenaIdiocy Why did I have that installed?]]" shows up in some capacity during the Mario [=LPs=], around the final boss fight. Chugga even comments on it during the credits of ''3D World''.
313** They also have a tendency to bring up the fact that [=LPs=] are recorded months in advance due to some people not realising it.
314** Every ''Mario Party'' has at least one minigame the Guys don't like which ends up getting played nearly every board.
315** Chugga insisting that going last is a good thing in many of their ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' videos, usually when he's the one going last.
316** Whenever the trio finishes a particularly lengthy or difficult section of a video game, Chugga will attempt to troll the other guys by pretending that they never started recording.
317** Pretty much every project where Chugga plays an old single-player game involves either [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure "X wasn't cool when I was a kid"]] or "I got stuck on X and I gave up".
318* ShoutOut: The group's name is a reference to the band known as The Runaway Five in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', which both Tim and Chugga have [=LP=]ed in the past.
319** LetsPlay/ProtonJon also made a reference to Website/ThisVeryWiki!
320** LetsPlay/SirRonLionheart is impersonated by LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun.
321** For other shoutouts, check [[ShoutOut/TheRunawayGuys their dedicated page]].
322* SpecialGuest: Since just about every multiplayer game allows up to four players, they attempt to get one to join them for each LP.
323** [=JoshJepson=], playing as Yellow Toad for ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU''.
324** Lucahjin, playing as Patchwork [[CharacterCatchphrase MY BALLS!!!!!]] in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' and Blingbotnik in [=LittleBigPlanet=] 2.
325** [=SuperJeenius=], playing as the yellow knight in ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers''.
326** Masae Anela, playing as Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld''.
327** [=StephenPlays=], playing as Purple Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'' and Yellow Kirby in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror''.
328** [=TomFawkes=], playing as Barbara in ''VideoGame/RaymanLegends''.
329** [=TomFawkes=] and Masae join the gang for ''VideoGame/NintendoLand''.
330** As well as a whole slew of other special guests for the various tournaments that they've held.
331* StopBeingStereotypical: Jon has begged Emile many times over the course of the channel's history. Wherever he acts stereotypically French or Mexican, as he's [[ButNotTooForeign part both]].
332* StupidSexyFlanders: Joked about by Emile during their playthroughs of ''Brawl''.
333-->'''Emile:''' "Hey, at least I didn't call one of the other Runaway Guys 'gorgeous' ''publicly''."\
334'''Jon:''' "Dun da-dun dun."\
335'''Tim:''' (groans) "Touche."\
336'''Jon:''' "He actually saw that."\
337'''Emile:''' "E-yup."
338* TakeThat:
339** {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} LOVES taking shots at LetsPlay/ProtonJon for his ScheduleSlip. %%Invoked
340*** This is even how they start out ''Mario Party 2''!
341---->'''Chugga''': "Onto our fourth project in the time it's taken Jon to make five videos!"\
342'''Jon''': "You are a DICK!"
343** It seems that there's some vitriol toward ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'', with Chugga openly saying that they suck and ''Tim'' criticizing them for their tendency to not ReadTheFreakingManual.
344* ThatCameOutWrong: Very often the Guys have a tendency to say the worst things at the wrong time:
345** During their third collab for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' in October 2011, Emile has a screenshot of one of the enemies (looking like he's) sucking off Diddy Kong. Jon questions this.
346** In the process of fighting Kirby, Jon proves Freud right and Emile makes things worse.
347--->'''Jon:''' "Captain Falcon has tripped! Doing a seductive pose for you, Kirby!"\
348'''Emile:''' "You threw paper at him and he died..."\
349'''Jon:''' "Why is the top button so sticky!?" (Tim laughs) "What did you guys do to this controller!?"\
350'''Emile:''' (Quietly) "In ''bed''."
351** Also during ''Brawl'':
352--->'''Emile:''' "You said 'we', 'screw' and 'together' so many times in that sentence."
353** During part 4 of ''Goomba's Greedy Gala'', Jon says he left his swim trunks.
354--->'''Emile:''' "I have trunks you can borrow."\
355'''Jon:''' "All right, well, maybe."\
356'''Emile:''' "Jon is going to be wearing my pants!"\
357'''Jon:''' "Please don't ever say that again."\
358'''Emile:''' "Why not, Jon? Do you not want the world to know that you were in my pants?"
359** From the intro to ''Boo's Haunted Bash'':
360--->'''Emile:''' "The only thing scarier than this board is the fact that if Jon wins it, nobody can touch him!"\
361'''Jon:''' "I like not being touched by guys. So let's make sure."\
362'''Emile:''' "Too bad!"
363** During [[https://youtu.be/7ICgEbGz2nA?t=2m31s Episode 5]] of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'':
364--->'''Tim:''' "I'm on my knees right now."\
365'''Emile:''' "Fuck me down and pull my knees!"\
366'''Jon:''' "He's not actually on his knees, in case anyone was wondering."\
367'''Tim:''' "...yeah, that would be awkward."
368** In ''[[https://youtu.be/eVDDLmY2K7U?t=4m18s Minigame Wars Part 1]]'' for ''VideoGame/MarioParty5'':
369--->'''Emile:''' "Aw, you shoved me out of the way again!"\
370'''Jon:''' "Me? It wasn't me -- I never touched you."\
371'''Emile:''' (dully) "I know."\
372('''{{Beat}}''')\
373'''Jon:''' "You sounded really disappointed in that. That's very concerning."
374** In ''[[https://youtu.be/hFMNQ_Wo9SI?t=398 Metroid Prime Remastered part 4]] for ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeRemastered'':
375--->'''Jon:''' "Alright, time for some fightin."\
376'''Tim:''' "Time for some butt shavin."\
377'''Emile:''' (Refering to fighting enemies) "I've done that before"
378* TopTenList: Nearly all of their Let's Plays has a top 10 list of funny moments created by Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/1PressL2P 1PressL2P]] (bonus points for taking a TRG joke name as their username)! They can all be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFEE340B22C2821BC here!]]
379* TournamentArc: They have several of those. See [[TheRunawayGuys/OtherVideos here]].
380* TrueCompanions: Needless to say, the Guys are so tight-knit that they're practically brothers, a fact that Jon and Emile will happily attest to. This also extends to the 14+ friends that they collaborate with during Colosseum; the chemistry within the group is so pure and genuine that they really do feel like one big family.
381* VitriolicBestBuds: Chugga and Jon seem to have this relationship.
382* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Immediately after Jon calls himself [[ItMakesSenseInContext a professional mine cart driver]] in ''Mario Party'', a portion of commentary was removed due to personal reasons.
383** A small section of commentary in Episode 3 of ''New Super Mario Bros.'' is missing. During this segment, an explanation is displayed on the video: they discussed some of their future projects, and didn't want to spoil anyone. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Jon is thanked/blamed for this]]. [[note]]Due to them mentioning their characters being "Small, big, small, big," it can be assumed they were discussing VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet, a project that hadn't been revealed at the time.[[/note]]
384** A portion of the commentary was excised from Episode 25 of ''New Super Mario Bros. U''. Jon clarified in a comment on the video that the removed audio consisted of Emile and Josh referring to someone they hated by their full name, due to mistakenly thinking a remark from Jon was targeted at that person.
385** On part 4 of Dokapon Kingdom Battle Royale, a part of commentary was cut out and it said on the screen, "No need to worry about what was said here". No one knows what it said, but it was probably something offensive, given Jon's reaction.
386** Referenced in Part 21 of Rayman Legends as part of a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.
387* WhamLine: At the end of E. Gadd's Garage, everyone expects Emile to win or at least beat Jon in a tie. But then...
388--> '''Brighton''': Wow! There are two Mini-Game Star winners? Incredible! [[spoiler:Daisy and Waluigi!]]
389** Then again less than a minute later.
390---> '''Brighton''': I can't believe it! There are two Action Star winners! [[spoiler:Daisy and Waluigi!]]
391----
392-->''[[RunningGag Bye guys!]]''

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