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->''"Hello everybody, and welcome back to Let's Play VideoGame/DeadSpace2!'' [cackles] ''[[SanitySlippage I went a little crazy]]... but I'm going to make sure that I finish this game.'' [laughs as he shows the audience his inventory full to bursting with medium Med Packs, three Stasis Packs, and [[MoreDakka full stacks of Pulse Rounds]]]''"''
-->-- '''Mark''' starting his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkRtXTN8qAw second attempt]] and CurbStompBattle on ''Dead Space 2'''s final level with his newly-bought Pulse Rifle

There are times where in the face of adversity, WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} proves his AwesomeEgo [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome isn't just for show]].
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* Anytime he manages to figure out a solution to a puzzle by himself. Especially if it involves {{Moon Logic|Puzzle}} à la ''VideoGame/PleaseDontTouchAnything''.
* Mark's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ1i48z6G74 first attempt]] at beating ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2's'' final level has him sticking to his promise not to use the Pulse Rifle in this playthrough, as a direct response to his overuse of it in the first ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''; as a result, he is frustrated from the get-go and uses up most of his resources just getting to the final battle where he proceeds to die several times to the battle's numerous swarming enemies and the main boss's OneHitKill. The last straw is discovering that he went into the final battle with only ''two small medkits''. As indicated on the page quote, his ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkRtXTN8qAw second]]'' try has him fall back on the Pulse Rifle ''hard'', eschewing all other weapons and loading his inventory with nothing but medkits, stasis recharges and Pulse Rifle ammo. [[MoreDakka Lots of ammo]]. He then proceeds to cut through the final level like a hot knife through butter, all while [[LaughingMad laughing like a maniac]]. He ''owns''.
-->''[while blowing the legs off of the [[ImplacableMan Ubermorph]]]'' [[DissonantSerenity What are you doing there, you silly goose!]]
* His PreAsskickingOneLiner in the finale of his ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' playthrough:
-->"You die first."
* This counts as this and also [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] but during his livestream of [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-087-B]], he decided to go down to at least floor 50 before ending when requested by a substantial donor, which he not only does during his next attempt but also manages to reach the end.
* Mark's attempt at ''Probably Archery'', a game that is the bastard child of ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' and ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e90NNtTmhrw Which he does very good at]].
* Near the end of the [[https://youtu.be/GavN2qSwzD4?t=476 first part]] of his ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' series, Mark accidentally falls to his death, and when Yamimash asks how he died, he responds by claiming Minx killed him. This causes LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez, [=Sp00nerism=] and Yamimash to viciously chase after her, and it ends in [=Sp00nerism=] getting shot down from both Minx and Yamimash (who was frantically firing from behind him), who turned out to be the traitor all along!
** At the start of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgj7k2cze-U second part]], he manages to kill the traitor, [=CaptainSparklez=], at the very second that the match starts.
** Of course, Minx [[HilarityEnsues gets her revenge]] in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epHaAsW0m2Q third part]].
* His second ''Nether'' video has Mark stumble upon two seemingly friendly players and he helps them kill some monsters. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTtU37jl3PU&t=15m19s Shortly afterwards]], he is [[EtTuBrute betrayed]] and [[InTheBack attacked]] by one of the other players and has to flee. Immediately after loudly lamenting his lack of a gun, he stumbles across an assault rifle with a full mag and returns to [[LaserGuidedKarma hunt down his attackers]]. Made even funnier by the original attacker rushing Mark only to realize he is now [[KarmicDeath significantly outmatched]], and his friend trying to make a [[OhCrap speedy]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere exit]] before being gunned down.
-->[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTtU37jl3PU&t=15m50s Going into a nearby building]]] ''"Oh, if I find a gun in this house, you're going to get it! '''RIGHT UP THE [[AssShove ASS]]!''' I'm going to pay you back!"'' [turns around and finds a '''''Mag DR-15'''''] ''"[[LaughingMad Ohohaha]]! Did they ever make a mistake to mess with me!"''
* After so many times, being so close and failing... Mark '''''FINALLY''''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PHk0rDUtG4&t=26m14s beats]] ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}''.
* He finally makes it to the fifth night in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'' but runs out of power before he hits 6 AM. The lights go off, and Freddy comes out and finishes his song that gives the player extra time. The screen cuts to black and then, in the split-second before he would have died, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXtVrNdD3YA&t=19m22s Mark makes it to 6 AM.]]
** He also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5GfhGFVCFE managed to clear the game]] on 4/20 mode (a custom game with all four AIs set to their hardest difficulty, which even ''Scott Cawthon, the developer himself, could not beat''). [[{{Determinator}} It took him seven hours.]]
*** It should be noted that [[Awesome/FiveNightsAtFreddys FNaF's Crowning Moment of Awesome]] page has a section devoted to listing the few Let's Players that have beat 4/20 mode, and Markiplier, being one of the first, is right near the top of the list. And he has always been among the first to clear the ultra-hard mode of each game in the series. When Mark yelled out that he is "''the King'' of ''Five Nights at Freddy's''!", he was not far from the truth.
** Mark's so worn out from his seven-hour grind trying to survive the last night, he actually has TearsOfJoy when he finally beats the 4/20 mode!
** His winning attempt was to be his ''last'' attempt as stated at the end of his failure compilation. Thankfully for all of us, it ended in victory.
** Part 1 for ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' surged to the top of his videos as the most viewed of all time in a matter of a ''month''. Maybe because Mark has some exemplary reactions to all the JumpScare moments and he loudly billed it the "SCARIEST GAME IN YEARS".
** It should be noted that Part 1 can be seen as the ''perfect'' introduction to the game because it covers all the bare essentials new players need to know. It shows all three initial animatronics how they move, it also shows what happens when you run out of power and it covers getting killed by Foxy. In short, it shows everything the game has to offer in just one video. Well, the stuff Scott wants shown, anyway...
** Mark got an ''accidental'' Moment of Awesome in Part 2: while listening to Phone Guy's recording on the Night 3 conversation, he accidentally looked at the poster that summons Golden Freddy, causing him to appear in the office. Mark, in the midst of panicking, inadvertently does ''[[AchievementsInIgnorance exactly the right thing to defuse the situation]]'', specifically raising and putting the camera back down. By Mark's own admission, he had never even ''heard'' of Golden Freddy up until that point.
* In Mark first's playthrough of ''[[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth]]'' he picked up a green, floating brain that followed him around and would explode after coming into contact with an enemy. He also picked up Dead Cat, which gave him [[OneUp nine lives]] but also lowered his health to one heart. He not only reached Mom, but he defeated her on his last life despite the difficulties of his own combat mechanics.
** To help clarify, the brain item, called Bob's Brain, is considered DifficultButAwesome by the community, extra emphasis on difficult, with the Dead Cat, meaning the slightest error in judgement or a bad stroke of luck can kill you.
* Similar to how he beat 4/20 mode on the first game, Markiplier beat 10/20 mode on ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' after [[{{Determinator}} NINE hours of trying]] and is one of the first 10 people to have done so. His video is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9qPj-YJcN8 here]].
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', he tries ramping a dump truck over the Army base fence. Instead of a clean jump, he ends up hooking the bed of the truck on the fence, balancing for a few seconds, then ''tipping over into the base, landing on all four wheels.''
* His video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F68PsfYsd_U Pursuit of Happiness]]", made for when he reached six million subscribers, has Mark mention that he was invited to the White House, along with other [=YouTubers=]. It was said that [=YouTubers=] were the "voice of a new generation," and that [[DareToBeBadass they could influence a lot of people]]. Mark ''rejects'' this idea, saying that he doesn't influence his community, but rather, he's simply the catalyst for creating a community of awesome people that all influence each other. Instead, he empowers his community to influence a lot of people, saying that there's nothing they can't do.
* He beat Nightmare Mode of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' after just ''17 minutes and 55 seconds'' of trying. He then went back through the game a second time, fulfilling [[GuideDangIt all of the conditions]] to unlock the GoldenEnding, meaning he's cleared all three ''Freddy's'' games with HundredPercentCompletion.
** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR7tP8VgI3M&t=9m55s triumphant threat]] towards Purple Guy when he figures out the point of the post-Night 5 minigame, namely scaring the killer into Spring Bonnie so the aging suit will butcher him.
--> "Oh! Oooooh! Does it mean I have to force you into that suit, you bitch?! You get in that... goddamn suit! ''I will make you!'' I will goddamn make you get in that goddamn suit."
** Still not satisfied, he goes up and beyond the call and plays ''[[HarderThanHard Aggressive Nightmare Mode.]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av5zGnNPqSo And wins!]] The kicker? He's in a very tight schedule when he pulls this off!
*** Scott even added a ''fourth'' star to the title screen for completing the mode after learning of Mark's victory.
** It's a minor one, but Mark managing to survive the last hour of the Third Night by [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath sparking a nice conversation with Springtrap]].
--> "God damn it! The ventilation system goes out and that son a bitch- ''[He turns to see Springtrap [[RightBehindMe in the main window]]]'' oohhhhhh, hey...heeeeeey! HEEEEEY! Ohhh, you know...I-I was just...[[SpeakOfTheDevil talking about you]]! Ohhhh, we had the best time. Do you remember? You remember back when I told you to go fuck yourself, and you didn't? Oh, I thought that was a very clever choice. [[BlatantLies You and me, we get along so well these days]]. I-I really feel...you know, staring into your eyes...this long...scientists proved that it builds a connection between two people. And...you know, all in all, [[CasualDangerDialogue the lights may be blaring]], but I'd like to think of that as red hot burning love that feel in my heart for you? ''[5 AM comes]'' [[BigYes YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH]]! Boop-de-boop-de-boopie boop! [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu I don't love you at all]]!"
* While playing ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5-bXHfI0oU Markiplier]] [[InVinoVeritas gives out one advice:]] [[{{Determinator}} Never give up]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSStABDWVWU Who knew slow motion could make the most mundane and nonsensical tasks look extremely badass?]]
* The ending to his playthrough of ''VideoGame/OneNightAtFlumptys''. It's five AM, his power is almost out, Grunkfuss the Clown is coming through the wall to get to him...and the power runs out, leaving him face-to-face with said clown. Mark takes a defiant stand, putting up his Double Bird Defense and the clock rolls over to six right as he asks for it.
--> *puts both fingers up* "How 'bout you take some of these back to the pit of hell that you ''crawled out of! Bring it on with six am '''motherfucker! YEAH!!'''''
* The UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny in ''VideoGame/GunsOfIcarusOnline'' with his teammates Bob, Wade, WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}} in one ship, and WebVideo/GameGrumps on another, and LetsPlay/{{Mangaminx}} in the 3rd ship. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r335Ml55dRY In the first round]], while they did lose, [[TheCaptain Bob]] skillfully maneuvers the ship to the point the four are surprised that they didn't die in the first round.
** Just those two ships have youtubers? No... As you can see in WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}'s video, nearly ''every single airship'' has a crew of youtubers, with the likes of WebVideo/JesseCox, WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer, LetsPlay/{{Cryaotic}}, and many others. Truly, an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny.
* [[https://youtu.be/2u_fBPvzqLw?t=2890 Superfight panel with 5 other Polaris Let's Players]]. The final round has him picking up AsHimself with GodModeSue[[invoked]] powers [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and is level 50]][[note]]Where Jordan, the only other person with a level, is only level ''30''[[/note]]. ''All of his opponents concede.''
* His appearances in "WebVideo/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheMusical" on Website/YouTube have to be seen to be believed.
* He beat night 4 of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' without dying, after dying a few times every night up to that point.
** Ladies and gentlemen, our ''FNAF'' king has finally secured his crown one last time by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBnw7Ht6gDE beating the 4/20 mode]] in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''. ''In 2 hours.'' '''''And admitting that it was the hardest 4/20 mode he'd ever done'''''.
** The thumbnail for the first episode of ''Five Nights at Freddy's 4'' is a spot on allusion to the first episode of Five Nights at Freddy's, the first FNAF video he's ever done.
* In Rocket League, there is the shot that Mark states is [[https://youtu.be/_AkgM5NvJzc?t=5m58s the best shot ever made in Rocket League]].
** To explain what happened, here is the order of events. Wade made it first to ball with boost, [[Main/EpicFail but drove right past it to the other side of the court]]. Mark meanwhile didn't have enough boost to get to the ball before the opposition, when he suddenly goes flying forward in the air. He slams directly into the ball, sending it straight over the heads of the confused opponents and into the goal, while Mark and Wade are dumbfounded on what happened. Upon watching the replay, it shows that the randomized third teammate ''had boosted into Mark, sending him flying at lightning speed into the ball'', in an amazing show of spur-of-the-moment teamwork.
* While small, but in his Let's Play of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6GMYpcFwM0 Poly Bridge]], Mark ''still'' shows some knowledge he got from Engineering, probably showing he still has some love for it despite dropping his major out of college.
* [[https://youtu.be/GMnI2H5MFxk?t=201 "WHO THE HELL'RE YOU CALLING GIRLY, BOY?!"]]
* His speech at the end of the [[https://youtu.be/oaK7U99Lv8Y?t=3625 Markiplier and Friends panel at PAX 2015]], where he shows that he's putting his foot firmly back into his fan community again, is truly something to behold. This especially hits hard since, at that time, the Tumblr side of the fan community was ablaze with drama for the past few months.
-->''[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "If you're someone out there on the internet and you take it upon yourselves at any moment to attack, berate, insult, spread rumors, do nasty shit to other people, you do not belong in this community and we do not care."]]''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtZgpEqfoaI His appearance]] on ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'' and had a blast with the show alongside Misses Mae. Which is pretty much related to the above.
* He manages to save the entire cast of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''. To top that off, he manages to save Emily and Matt's relationship, which is hard to do while also keeping Matt alive.
** He also pretty quickly calls Josh being the culprit behind the (first set of) freaky events at the Lodge, correctly guessing he set up the Ouija board scene to freak out Chris and Ashley and then get away from the group.
** He also replayed the ENTIRE GAME to the point that he was able to save ALL of the characters. As in, after he accidentally killed Ashley he replayed through the entire game from the ''start'', as in he had to go through all the events up until that point, all super serious, because he wanted to save Ashley and, in turn, saved '''everyone'''. Except for the Washington kids, since they're doomed by the plot.
* In his LetsPlay of the custom story Amnesia: The Four Horsemen, he manages to craft the potion to get past the poison gas ''while a monster is at the opposite end of the table''. It really takes guts to do that on top of the player character's dwindling sanity, which eventually got depleted. He manages to escape alive and retrieve [[CompanionCube Tiny Box Tim]]. For all of twelve seconds. And even when he did die, he managed to then find Tim again.
* After his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWQ34ixgx-k returning from his 2-week hiatus]] after the death of his close friend Daniel of Cyndago, Mark announced that he made [[https://www.gofundme.com/RememberDaniel a fundraiser]] in Daniel's memory for his family. As of this writing, said fundraiser has reached its $50,000 goal after ''3 days'' with almost '''''3,000 donations'''''.
* Mark interviews Creator/JackBlack [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibFVJqu22dA while him and his son Sam play]] ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''. What's more, Sam beats the first night on his first try, which even Mark admits he couldn't do.
* Prop Hunt example: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFtoQfyiu1w I LOVE YAMIMASH]] episode, he screws up by accidentally turning into a table, and ends up trashing the room trying to find something else to turn into. He finally settles as a chair and runs to the side of the door like he usually does. He does not move for the rest of the episode. Yamimash and Minx never find him. One of them even stands on Mark at some point!
** In the Prop Hunt with Bob, Wade and Jack, Bob changed into a large wooden box and hid among other boxes near Mark, who also changed into a box. Jack runs right up to Bob and shoots a grenade at him, which does no damage. Then, in a awesome bit of [[TheStoic poker face]], when Jack starts shooting him, he keeps joking about how angry Jack sounds, which makes Jack think it's not anybody, even though Jack remarks it isn't hurting him when he shoots Bob's box. Jack wanders away and later learns that both Mark and Bob were boxes. Later in the episode, Mark breaks cover to protect Bob and both Mark and Bob survive and Jack rages about it.
* Mark's latest charity was for depression and bipolar disorder. Now, this is ordinarily awesome enough, but guess who made the highest donation (of ''30,500''). You guessed it - '''Creator/ScottCawthon.'''
* Mark not only realizes the BrainUploading plot point in ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'' long before TheReveal, but also that the robot minds are copies rather than straight transfers almost immediately after the initial diving sequence. Perceptive, isn't he?
* Mark finally makes an appearance in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9bwTlAvgo YouTube Rewind 2015]] (and for a ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' segment, too!)
* Mark discovers an exploit and the end of "Mario Maker #8" that allows him to chip away at Bowser from a safe distance and win the level. Who cares if its cheap? It's a level designed by [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Ross]] of [[UnwinnableByDesign all people]]. Mark turned the tables and won the day!
* The hilariously awesome dodge he does at his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db3s1pKs0ag 5 versus 1 arrow challenge with a group of friends.]] Did not get hit once.
* Mark and WebVideo/PewDiePie team up in Felix's new series at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEsxbCl21E YouTube Red.]] Two of the most popular horror let's players finally experiencing a ''real life horror'' genre for the fans.
* Here's a CMOA for [[PluckyComicRelief Bob]]: In the Drunk Minecraft episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFI2UuUUJ2c "THE TOWERS OF IRON"]], he wins the game via ''stealing a large amount of unused iron blocks'' and placing them in a chest in a lake, and then using them within the ''last 20 seconds''. Talk about a ''serious'' GeniusBruiser.
** A double whammy between awesome and SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4256ZCUG7U THE EMERALD RUN]]: Mark is ultimately able to collect all 10 emeralds required to win, and places the final emerald into the pile ''right'' before time runs out, and '''''immediately''''' before Zombie was able to kill him with a code! It's surprisingly intense for such a humorous series like ''Drunk Minecraft'', but what's even more shocking is what happens afterwards: while Mark technically wins the game, it's ''Bob'' who gets the ultimate victory. Obviously not because he was able to collect the emeralds, but because of how he ''helped'' collect them - taking a HeroicSacrifice for Mark to complete the game. What's even better is that Mark ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness doesn't]]'' seem like a SoreLoser at all, and happily celebrates Bob's victory!
* Ever wanna see how good Mark is with a Nerf gun? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2PLQj-G_Aw Here you go.]]
* ANY time Mark does an impression of his character - ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' and ''{{VideoGame/OFF}}'' come to mind.
* The four boys are awesome manipulators when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--6h8mqs_k they all work together.]]
* After he beats the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSgQGK7Camk Foxy level]] in ''VideoGame/TheJoyOfCreationReborn'', he turns to face the animatronic and [[DefiantToTheEnd flips him off as he moves in for the jumpscare]].
* Leading his team to victory in Warcraft IRL by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcnEA8Ltodk&t=6m38s stealing the Horde flag]] ''without them noticing''. The opposing team had to be informed they'd lost, they never knew.
* Mark inexplicably [[https://youtu.be/xAr80K2h0Nc?t=2m56s doing an amazing trick]] in ''Skate 3'' while barely paying attention, barely knowing how to play, and ''flexing his character's biceps the whole time''.
* He gets all but 7 of the endings in ''VideoGame/PleaseDontTouchAnything'' all on his own.
** In particular, translating the Morse code ending when he, by his own admission, hasn't thought about Morse code in years. He's absolutely [[BigYes jubilant]] when he sees that he got it right.
* In a Minecraft animation by mlgHwnt (now known as [=StevenSuptic=]), which was part of a series where Steven [[DeathAsComedy tries to kill various YouTubers in different horrible ways]], [[AdaptationalBadass Mark was depicted as a badass fighter]] and was the only [=YouTuber=] Steven had trouble killing by his own hands. The only way Steven succeeded is by hiring [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Mark's estranged Mexican son]] to assassinate him.
* By Creator/ScottCawthon's [[WordOfGod own admission]], the segment of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' in Night 4 where the player has to tighten the spring locks whilst attempting to fend off the Minireenas was nigh impossible, and a patch lowered the difficulty. Mark was one of the few people that managed to get past it anyway despite the difficulty, and Scott collectively congratulated anyone who beat the segment pre-patch (via the patch notes), saying that they deserved the bragging rights.
** This goes a little into WMG, but considering a.) That Mark's video of this came out *just* before the patch came out, b.) That Scott has prior to this put elements into the games that he considered unbeatable only for Mark to beat them and c.) we know that Scott keeps an eye on Mark immediately after a game's release, one may get the impression that Scott made it deliberately hard just to see if Mark could beat it.
* In this ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPIOGKEp1E&feature=youtu.be&t=447 highlight]], he ejects from his segway as soon as he begins the spike fall level and wins without getting even a scratch from any obstacles.
* Mark had his mother ([[AffectionateNickname affectionately called "Momiplier"]] by his fans) play the first ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'' on camera. She handled it with amazing aplomb, keeping up conversation as she played and even laughing at being jumpscared.
** And as of New Year's Day 2018, Momiplier [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boiNsJnMu8Y plays]] ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', and gets through the first night with Freddy ''and'' Bonnie just on the edge of attacking.
* His [[{{Determinator}} sheer patience]] when it comes to struggling against [[NintendoHard some of the hardest games]] he's ever played in his life tends to count in general.
* Though he is far from overcoming his fear of the ocean/sharks, Mark returns to ''VideoGame/{{Depth}}'' a second time (after practicing with a tutorial) and does incredibly well, at one point racking up an eight kill streak and ending with the highest number of kills on his team (though not the high score).
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkIhy9MsVJQ&spfreload=5 Tyler and Ethan's surprisingly complex punishment for the Mental Age thing.]] A one man show where Mark is not only all the characters in a stage play about himself, but is the usher, tickettaker, cashier for concessions, and stagehand for the show. Even better? [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Mark does pretty damn well, all things considered.]] You have to wonder if Mark was trying to perform skillfully just to spite Ethan and Tyler.
* Mark managing to get through [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8lzMvSVE3c the hardest challenge]] in VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard, [[HarderThanHard Ethan Must Die]].
* During his [[https://youtu.be/6u637s8flMQ Pax East 2017 Panel]], Mark publicly announced what may be his biggest project yet: he, Bob, Wade, Tyler, and Ethan will be going ''on tour!''
* This is Mark's first time playing Golf It with Bob, Wade, and Jack. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3QfwU3Nn6Y After a few mistakes for the first few holes, Mark manages to stomp everybody.]]
* Mark starts to figure out the TomatoInTheMirror twist in ''VideoGame/Prey2017''... only half an hour into his playthrough.
* Mark killing the final boss in ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'' with the ''[[OneBulletLeft very last bullet in his pistol.]]'' The expression on his face just screams that he wasn't expecting that to work. Additionally, that was done on [[HarderThanHard Nightmare Mode]], making the moment itself more impressive.
* Mark keeps proving himself as the King of ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' by playing the ''[[VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator Pizzeria Simulator]]''; he got criticized for taking unnecessary risks with his pizzeria, buying stuff like Lefty and marked down objects that lead to lawsuits. He dissed the critics and said that he prefers this route, otherwise he cannot call himself the King. Turns out this was needed to achieve the Good Ending, meaning that the story of Freddy Fazbear's comes to a conclusive end. His instincts were dead-on.
* After 8 parts filled with rage, anger and mental torture Mark finally manages to summit the mountain in ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'' and finishes the game. Cue TearsOfJoy.
** Much earlier in the playthrough, Mark delivers a truly earth-shattering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the developer after one too many 'inspirational' quotes given out by the latter.
--->'''Mark''': [immediately following a RapidFireShutUp] "I know you know you're making it worse. I ''know'' you know you're making it worse, with your bullshit quotes from people who are ''actually contributing to society'' when they were alive, which is not you, '''DEVELOPER OF THIS GAME!''' You are doing '''NOTHING''', just the same as I am! You and I are the same temporary bullshit piece of human organism that we all know and hate. ''WE ALL KNOW!''"
* Mark skipped a workout, and decided to punish himself by livestreaming himself [[TrainingFromHell doing a round of the Insanity workout]]. He titles it: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqAAcKoYQLE THE MOST EMBARRASSING THING I'VE DONE]]
-->'''Markiplier:''' But this is something that I challenged myself to do because I was embarrassed to do it. And if I'm embarrassed to do something, [[{{Determinator}} you better damn be sure I'm going to attack it with every fiber of my being]], [[SelfDeprecation and I'm gonna look stupid doing it]].
** At the end of the video, he has some pretty good words for anyone who wants to actually do better at anything:
--->'''Markiplier:''' Live your life as if the whole world's watching, because some day it just might.
* Despite all of the rage, all of the failures and all of the [[DemonicSpiders game-ending run-ins with Playtime]], Mark is one of the few Youtubers to have beaten ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning''. The man can be a serious {{Determinator}} when he wants to be.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk99lgmAOLE And now he managed to get the game's secret ending]], which requires ''[[HarderThanHard getting every question wrong]]''! It took him ''over 9 hours'' to do this!
* In his vlog [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InlipHDrle8 "YouTube is Broken... and Here's Why"]], Mark brings up how [=YouTube=] forced the implementation of Google+ onto Website/YouTube users, and speculates that the website blacked out for two hours because they tried disabling Google+ completely and realized it was buried too deeply into the website just to turn it off. He gently calls them out for making things harder for smaller content creators and instead of treating them like people they treat them as annoyances and refuse to give warnings when things might stop working, and Mark delivers his call outs while being classy and polite about all of it.
* During the finale episode of Claire's B Scenario in his ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' playthrough, Mark goes toe-to-toe with [[FinalBoss Birkin G4]], foregoing the mini-gun given to him specifically for this battle and using only the pistol ([[MoreDakka with nearly]] ''[[MoreDakka 250]]'' [[MoreDakka bullets he had just crafted]]) and a knife... and not only survived for ''seven minutes'', but ''wins on his first try''. ''With'' '''''eight seconds''''' ''left.''
** His "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBr0W-ujfP4 gunpowder speech]]" that precedes this showdown is the epitome of the awesomeness that was about to come.
** Not using the minigun on Birkin G4 gives him the benefit of being able to use it on G5. The only reason Mark dies is because he wanted to see what the death animation looked like.
* In one playthrough of ''Bloody Trapland 2'' with Bob, Wade and Ethan, he makes it to the end by going the hard way to the end of a level rather than taking the easy way at the same time as Wade, who took the easy way. Just to be a {{Troll}}, Wade stomps and kills Mark's character. Mark proceeds to go through the hard way ''again'', at times looking like he was going so fast that he looked like he was literally floating through the level to the rest of the players.
** In the same video he managed to get a coin by wall jumping between a wall and ''falling boulders'', it's as awesome and impressive as it sounds.
* While playing ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'', Mark encounters a glitch in night five of ''[=FNaF=] 1'' that renders him unable to use the monitor. Despite the fact that he no longer had any way of stopping Foxy from leaving Pirate's Cove, Mark manages to win anyway, relying solely on his hearing and instincts.
* A BigDamnHeroes moment: he uploaded a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEQtpnGp_I livestream video]] titled "I Literally Won't Shut Up Until You Subscribe To WebVideo/PewDiePie", where he desperately urged the viewers to subscribe to [=PewDiePie=] as fast as possible to not let Creator/TSeries become the most-subscribed channel on Website/YouTube. For reference, at that point, [=PewDiePie=] had 60 thousand more subscribers than [=T-Series=], but the latter gained them two-three times faster than the former. The result was [=PewDiePie=] gaining ''a million subscribers in just two days.''
* Playing ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain2'' for ''eight long hours'' that the game literally just gives up and lets him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfFIt25TY6A win without him touching anything.]]
* During the BTS livestream for WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier, many of his fans' Google accounts were suspended by Youtube because they would use emotes constantly to inform Mark on what they path they wanted go next. On top of that, anyone who tried to get their account reinstated would be told by the Team [=YouTube=] Twitter account that the suspensions were upheld after "careful review." After finding out, Mark took his channel to very publicly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaz7ofl5wQ&t=13s rip into YouTube for their actions]] and the fact that their automated system was [[AIIsACrapshoot very broken]]. After the video and the massive backlash that followed, Youtube began to start reinstating accounts and acknowledge that they messed up.
** During the video, Mark even mentions that he realizes that by publicly calling Youtube, it would be much harder to do another project with them like AHWM, but he didn't care because doing right by his fans was far more important to him.
* Mark has a pretty epic moment during his play through of ''VideoGame/BlairWitch'' when [[CanineCompanion Bullet]] gets injured and Ellis is being prompted by the game to leave Bullet behind. What’s his reaction to a heartbreaking scene like that? He walks for a long time (nine minutes in the video, possibly longer with unedited footage) while carrying the injured Bullet around, refusing to leave Bullet behind. He also says encouraging words like how Bullet is going to be spoiled as soon as he gets medical attention. He was so attached to Bullet that he was willing to keep playing even if he never progressed with the game. He goes on carrying Bullet for so long that the game has Ellis collapse from exhaustion and have him wake up without Bullet. Once he realizes what the game did, he starts looking for Bullet and demands to know where he is. Mark is definitely a good dog parent, even in video games.
* Mark, Bob, and WebVideo/{{Jack|septiceye}} manage to turn ''Heave Ho'', a local co-op game only, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gq4DhMdZC0 into an online game!]]'' When they claim that their minds are blown by the revelation, they really mean it.
* Mark [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5tMDGRqUOk finally succeeds in a "Try Not to Laugh" Challenge]]. It took him 23 tries, but he did it. His reaction (at the twelve-minute point) shows how happy Mark is with himself.
* In Hand Simulator Mark, Bob and Wade manage to defuse the bomb with only seconds to spare.
* Beating the first level of ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr3Cfk1TyXE on his own!!!]]'' To clarify how awesome this is, GTFO is a NintendoHard game meant to be played by 4 people. And Mark beat the first level ''by himself'' simply through [[TrialAndErrorGameplay learning the game's patterns.]] He even practised so much that, more often than not, he can actually ''count'' how many Sleepers there are in a room with just his hearing.
** He didn't just do it once. He did it ''TWICE,'' beating ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dkpHa4V2Bc the second level on his own]]'' despite the fact that 1) it's not meant to be played that way, and 2) He failed even when attempting this with the required four players. Keep in mind, the second level is WAY more brutal than the first by a sizeable margin, and he did so WITH NO HELP FROM ANYONE ELSE. This could very well turn into a second Five Nights at Freddy's scenario, where Mark beats something intentionally brutal in difficulty through sheer force of will.
** From both [[https://www.facebook.com/muyskerm/videos/1298861183926185 Bob]] and [[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1263518049?t=0h0m1s Wade's]] streams (as Mark and Sean weren't streaming on their end), they finish [=R6D1=] with barely any party wipes and beat the boss ''on their first try''.
* Mark's playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake'' sees him taking on the Nemesis's penultimate form, only to run out of ammo halfway through the fight. Worse still, he [[TooDumbToLive left his grenade launcher in storage, so he wouldn't be able to pull it out like the game all but required.]] In [[RunningGag a similar vein to his RE2 playthrough]], he handles the situation by [[CrazyEnoughToWork pulling out his knife and just stabbing Nemesis until it gives up]]. It works on '''''his first try'''''.
* Mark CATCHING A [[ThreateningShark SHARK]] WITH HIS BARE HANDS AND THROWING IT AROUND in Bad Guys At School.
** From the same video:
-->'''Wade, skateboarding around:''' Oh, hey there, are you here to bring me an early lunch?
-->'''Mark, who was playing as a chef:''' Yeah... [[PreAssKickingOneLiner A KNUCKLE SANDWICH!]] *starts beating Wade up*
* After a lot of hilarity and humiliation, Mark finally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrYLhqfuKPA gets a win]] in ''VideoGame/FallGuys''.
** Arguably even more impressively, he came very, VERY close to getting a win on his very first playthrough. The only thing keeping him from victory was that he didn’t know he had to jump for the crown in the last mini-game and grab it at the last second. If he had known, he would have won.
* Mark getting through ten whole waves of ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'''s [[EndlessGame Cyber Grind]]. On Violent difficulty. On his first try. ''With only the pistol''. He even manages to pull off a sick headshot on a [[KillItWithFire Streetcleaner]] in midair!
* After having trouble figuring out the game in his first few playthroughs of ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', Mark manages to score a win as an Impostor through sheer ObfuscatingStupidity: first all-but ''admitting'' he killed [[LetsPlay/LordMinion777 Wade]] and not having anyone believe him, and then by framing [[WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}} Sean]] for a murder Sean caught ''him'' committing. Sean is driven almost to distraction by the fact that ''nobody'' thinks Mark knows what he's doing enough to successfully frame anyone else, and ends up getting shoved out the airlock as Mark's winning move.
-->'''Markiplier''': I can't believe that worked!
** This really needs to be explained: Tyler, his fellow impostor, died halfway through the game due how bad Tyler is at lying. Which meant that Mark was on his own ''without knowing'' how to sabotage things. Even the winning move was through sheer dumb luck as even Mark thought he was doomed. Also, Mark's lie about being with Wade as an alibi was so bold, even ''Wade'' believed it!
** Toward the end of the "Detective Markiplier" video, Mark raises his suspicions against Brian during the meeting but is mostly ignored due to his [[BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible antics]] earlier. [[https://youtu.be/1k9XJ4hwU-0?t=3211 His solution]] is to stalk Brian through the base, corner him in a storeroom, and chase him around in circles while making lewd comments until Brian [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight stabbed him to death]] out of sheer annoyance. As hoped, Ethan saw the whole thing from the camera room, resulting in Brian getting ejected in the next meeting and an eventual Crewmate victory. Talk about a ThanatosGambit!
** Toward the end of "YEAH, THIS IS BIG BRAIN TIME" video Trevor makes a mistake of saying Mark is incapable of a trick like self-reporting. Annoyed Mark proceeds to be hyper-focused through the rest of the game, quickly analyzing where everyone is, how they act, and uncovering the impostors.
--->'''Mark:''' Listen. [[ObfuscatingStupidity I play stupid for a bit]]. [[BadassBoast But I'm not stupid. I see everything. And I know everything. No one's gotta get away with something if I actually pay attention.]]..."Not capable of self-reporting."
* Bob has an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome in ''VideoGame/TheForest''. When Mark and Wade are both killed by island natives in a cave, Bob proceeds to single-handedly slaughter all of the enemies. Even he can't believe he pulled it off.
* In the finale of his ''VideoGame/AtDeadOfNight'' playthrough, Mark manages to successfully help Maya and all five of her friends escape on his first attempt. Keep in mind that the game doesn't let you save anymore during this stage, so if he were caught he'd have to start from the beginning of the rescue again. Not only that, but Mark completely missed doing the tutorial, so all of this playthrough has been gut instinct; by the end of it all, though, he knew enough to help Maya save the day.
* In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'', he goes through [[NoGearLevel House Beneviento]], which many consider the scariest part in the game and amongst the scariest parts of the entire Resident Evil series. In the basement section, he's scared the whole time, especially since the level is full of [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes mannequin body parts]], but Markiplier is GenreSavvy enough to realize the hiding spot where he can escape from [[HumanoidAbomination Baby]] before Baby even shows up and so he beats the level on his first try. He goes back to the upper level where [[CreepyDoll Angie]]'s boss fight is. Before he goes into the room she's in, Markiplier tries to reassure himself that he still has his crystalized Lady Dimitrescu... only to check his inventory and realize that Angie stole her.
-->'''Markiplier:''' [[LetsGetDangerous Oh, this bitch gonna die.]]
** At that point, instead of being scared, Mark gets ''[[TranquilFury mad]]''. He starts the Angie boss fight, and not only does he beat her on his first try, he wins so quickly she doesn't even do her doll attack once, meaning he takes ''[[NoDamageRun no damage]]'' during the fight.
--->'''Angie:''' You are never getting out of here.\\
'''Mark:''' I think I [[LastSecondWordSwap w...hoa]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJDTiROQq0s Part 15]] of his ''Minecraft'' Survival playthrough has Mark manage to win all six waves of an Illager raid without dying once, despite having no idea what's going on or how the Raid system works. Granted, he was wearing enchanted diamond armor and had powerful weapons at his disposal, but the fact he managed to save most of the Villagers despite being unprepared for the attack speaks wonders.
* Mark's [[NewGamePlus NG+10 run]] of ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy2'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHVLC6ukd5M shows off just how good]] Mark is when he's dedicated to a game he likes. Bonus points for him being sponsored for it twice: once when he first started playing it and another when he defeats all of the six bosses on Hard Mode.
* Mark successfully managed to pronounce TheUnpronounceable without stumbling on the word a single time in "ILASWPARSGFMTP #2" (for I Let A Sketchy Website Pick A Random Steam Game For Me To Play), which can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj6oBSQHk2M here.]]
* It takes Mark over an hour, but he manages to beat the Tree Sentinel with nothing but his starting equipment and level in ''VideoGame/EldenRing''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wIa9kwdI8 "BIGFOOT GOES DOWN!!!"]] Mark manages to [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable solo Bigfoot]] by way of trap placement, precision shooting and using the environment to his advantage. The best part? Mark lands the final shot on Bigfoot ''in Bigfoot's own lair'', leading to a beautiful shot of the monster going down with Mark's character standing in the background just watching him die.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke3yPnNC0uo He did it again]] in the updated version! And this time, Bigfoot dies ''[[KillItWithFire while on fire]]''!
* His [[https://youtu.be/fBJ72GhkuFY Try Not To Get AGE-RESTRICTED Challenge]] is one big call out to Youtube's blatant favoritism with the entire WebVideo/CoryxKenshin issue where the latter got his videos flagged despite Mark [[VideoGame/TheMortuaryAssistant playing the same thing]]. Rather than talk about it with words, he instead demonstrates Youtube's hypocrisy by outright playing a porn game (albeit heavily censored). The fact that it wasn't flagged immediately pretty much says it all. Even better, as of this writing, it's been over a year since the video was posted, and it still hasn't been flagged. Mark didn't point out their hypocrisy, he grabbed it and rammed his fist through it.
* Mark got through ''VideoGame/BuckshotRoulette'' on his first try. Let us reiterate that: the king of FNAF finished ''Buckshot Roulette'', an infamously hard game, ON HIS FIRST TRY. And it wasn't as though the game gave him a particularly lucky layout, Mark just realized immediately that this was a game of odds and proceeded to leverage every advantage intelligently.
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