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->''"Howdy guys, it's [=NintendoCapriSun=] here!"''
-->-- '''[=NintendoCapriSun=]''', opening almost every video ever

[[https://www.youtube.com/user/nintendocaprisun NintendoCapriSun]] (real name Tim Bishop) is a popular [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] on Website/YouTube, with over 400,000 subscribers. He is very prolific, having made full Let's Plays of dozens of games. On December 15, 2010 he announced that he had been made a [=YouTube=] Partner. In 2011, he joined a new LP collective called LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys along with LetsPlay/ProtonJon and {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}.

In addition, he has two separate Website/YouTube channels: [[https://www.youtube.com/user/BreakingNCS BreakingNCS]], which is dedicated to video blogs and other miscellaneous content; and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/JealousGuy JealousGuy]], which actually predates [=NintendoCapriSun=] and focuses more on rants and short film stuff. He is also a member of Creator/{{Polaris}}.

As of 2016, he streams regularly on Website/{{Twitch}}, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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!!Games [=NintendoCapriSun=] has Let's Played:

[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:The Legend of Zelda]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' (Platform/NintendoGameCube version)
** And again in Hero Mode on the HD Remastered Version (livestream)
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''
** [[SelfImposedChallenge And again with three hearts.]]%%invoked
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''
* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink''
** [[SelfImposedChallenge And again, with three hearts.]] [[note]]due to Website/ScrewAttack.com's renovations and his own inactivity, this run was sadly lost to the passage of time[[/note]]%%invoked
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast''
** As well as a 100% race with JB of [[https://www.youtube.com/nowloadingchannel Now Loading]], [[https://www.youtube.com/bear0flove Bear0fLove]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/deathe88 deathe88]]
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'': [[NewGamePlus Second Quest]] [[SelfImposedChallenge (swordless)]]%%invoked
** And again, [[SelfImposedChallenge using only three hearts]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' Randomizer Crapsanity
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Randomizer''
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'' (Blind from Mt. Crenel onwards)
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' (Ongoing)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mega Man]]
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX1''
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX2''
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX3''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan1''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan3''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan4''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan5''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan6''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan9''
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan10''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mario]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' (with [=Empolo18=])
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' (with [=Empolo18=])
** And a solo replay while his capture card was getting fixed.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''
* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' (co-op with Chibinekodemyx)
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''
* ''VideoGame/NewSuperLuigiU'' (co-op with [=Empolo18=])
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''
* ''VideoGame/PaperMario64''
* ''Super Mario 35''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Randomizer''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' (Ongoing)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yoshi]]
* ''VideoGame/YoshisStory''
* ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland''
* ''VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld''
* ''VideoGame/YoshisCraftedWorld''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Metroid]]
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Metroid 1}} Metroid]]''
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes''
* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption''
* ''Super Metroid Rotation'' (a GameMod of ''Super Metroid'')
* ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion''
* ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission''
* ''VideoGame/MetroidDread''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Banjo-Kazooie]]
* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''
* ''Banjo-Tooie''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Final Fantasy]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' (Four Job Fiesta)
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' (Twice)
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' (livestream)
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' (livestream)
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Castlevania]]
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse''
* ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV''
* ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}''
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow''
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventure'' (Blind)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:MOTHER]]
* ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''
* ''VideoGame/Mother3''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Contra]]
* ''Contra III: The Alien Wars''
* ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''
* ''Super C''
* ''Operation C'' (Blind)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Donkey Kong Country]]
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1''
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest''
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' (Blind)
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pokémon]]
* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire]]'' (Blind)
* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby]]'' (LeftHanging due to NCS losing his copy when he moved houses in 2015)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ace Attorney (blind)]]
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' cases 4 and 5[[note]]He had already watched an LP of the first three cases and wanted it to be a blind playthrough[[/note]]
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''
* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''
* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice''
* ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney 2''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dragon Quest]]
* ''[[VideoGame/DragonQuestI Dragon Warrior]]''
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders''
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' (Main Story)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Danganronpa]]
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''[[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Danganronpa 1.5: Ultra Despair Girls]]'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' (Blind, Livestream)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other / Unsorted]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' (Four-way race with himself, LetsPlay/ProtonJon, LetsPlay/{{SuperJeenius}}, and LetsPlay/{{Pcull44444}})
** And again, this time between himself, [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Gr33n47 Gr33n47]], [[https://www.youtube.com/user/NinoshotheLandmaster Ninosho]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ewilliams2011 Erin Williams]]
* ''[[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Super Ghouls N' Ghosts]]''
* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''
* ''Dungeons of Daggorath''
* ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]''
* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' and its remake
* ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana''
* ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore''
* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' (Blind)
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' [[note]]Finished, but he hasn't ruled out spontaneous updates for the sake of fun[[/note]]
** With a new [[SelfImposedChallenge no-sunflower]] playthrough in June 2019. %%InUniverse
** Another playthrough with the game running at double speed in November 2022.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''
* ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'' (dubbed a "LMAO" [Let's Mess Around On], as it was more for fun)
* ''Smartball''
* ''Film/{{Willow}}''
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime''
* ''VideoGame/CloudberryKingdom''
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni''
* ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars''
** ''Super Empire Strikes Back'' (Blind)
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Life Force]]''
* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon''
** ''A Bird Story''
* ''Secrets of Grindea''
* ''VideoGame/CastleInTheDarkness''
* ''VideoGame/YoNoid''
* ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfPip''
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''
* ''VideoGame/BloonsMonkeyCity'' (a single video)
* ''VideoGame/TotallyRad''
* ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero''
* ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}''
* The ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' Trilogy: (Blind, Livestream)
** ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''
** ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward''
** ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma''
* ''VideoGame/StardewValley''
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} Tetris 99]]''
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster'' (Blind)
* ''VideoGame/BlasterMasterZero'' (Blind)
* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''VisualNovel/{{Eliza}}''
* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' (Blind, Livestream)
* ''VideoGame/FortuneStreet''
* ''VideoGame/{{Rakuen}}'' (Blind)
* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioParty''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tunic}}'' (Blind)
* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989''
* ''VideoGame/BatmanSunsoft'' (NES)
* ''VideoGame/BugFables''
* ''VideoGame/IdleDice''
* ''VideoGame/Lufia2RiseOfTheSinistrals'' (Blind)
[[/folder]]

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!!His Let's Plays provide examples of:
* HundredPercentCompletion: NCS didn't think he could get everything in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' because some of the golden bananas were extremely difficult for him to get, not to mention the Nintendo and Rareware coins, but he persevered and got everything. He was in complete shock.
** He was just as blown away to have played ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' to completion, and even states that he didn't expect to pull it off simply due to how packed full of content the game is.
* AbortedArc:
** Tim opted to not finsh ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' simply due to the fact he wasn't having fun with it.
** ''Miitopia'' is currently up in the air as it was billed as a "Let's Mess Around On" and Tim has stated he didn't know how much of it he was actually going to showcase.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At the end of the final boss rematch in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'':
-->'''NCS:''' Right in your face, man, [[ItMakesSenseInContext right in your armpit]]! How many different places on Bowser's beaten, battered, bruised, beleaguered, bludgeoned body can we hit next? (''{{Beat}}'') Those are all actually words, too.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Invoked in Episode 6 of his ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' LP. After making a joke, he deduces that Koops is in an abusive relationship with his girlfriend (which, to be fair, is strongly implied).
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: After completing the second dungeon in Minish Cap, Tim completely forgot to pick up the reforged Picori Blade from Melari.
* BadassAdorable: For a grown man he manages to be this with his love for cute characters, [[https://youtu.be/9na6QKWki7I adorable drawing style]], and endearing quirks. He's also a badass at video games when serious.
* BadassBoast: [[https://twitter.com/Lost_CapriSun/status/829428651674501121 This]] tweet regarding a quick ''Zelda II'' race he participated in.
* BaitAndSwitch: In Part 14 of ''Lufia II'' he's backtracking to the Ruby Cave but gets a bit lost and enters the Treasure Sword Shrine. However, the footage immediately cuts to him entering the Ruby Cave instead.
* BerserkButton:
** Green rupees.
** Getting [[MoneyForNothing Rupees as rewards]] for [[ThatOneSidequest long sidequests]] sometimes angers him, too. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Jovani]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime the Skulltula Family]] are good examples. %%invoked
* BigOMG: In his LP of ''Mother 3'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cWqB37dXSnk#t=408s Part 51]], where he went through a door and the Ultimate Chimera was waiting behind it.
* BigWhat:
** He gets a really good one in his ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' playthrough [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4nKzlYUpT4&t=7m28s here]].
** He does this and FlatWhat so often in his ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' playthroughs that he added a "What" counter starting with the third game. The crowning example from that series is at the very end of Part 28 of Case 5.
** In his ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' playthrough, he does this upon clearing the level ''Target Terror!'' and learning that the next one is the dreaded ''Bramble Scramble''.
** To be expected at any plot twist during his ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' streams.
** ''Lufia II'':
*** Part 19 ends with an epic one when he's commenting on how deep the scene with Tia after the Ancient Tower feels, then the game suddenly cuts to [[spoiler:Maxim and Selan's Wedding Ceremony]].
*** Part 20 follows it up with another one when [[spoiler:Maxim and Selan's child is born]].
* BigYes: Numerous times, but the crowning example is when he discovers the [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Great Mighty Poo]].
* BorrowedCatchphrase:
** Likes to do this with other [=LPers=]' catchphrases, especially LetsPlay/HCBailly and LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}.
** In his ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'' streams he adopted Mondo's "Piece of shit!" whenever the character himself appeared on screen or to refer to him in general.
** He'll occasionally crack his own version of LetsPlay/GunarmDyne's RunningGag of, "If you're [doing something that references a similar character/event from another title], you're playing the wrong game."
* BrainBleach:
** In ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', Tim has this reaction whenever the 9-year-old Pearl Fey channels the busty adult Mia Fey and takes on her bodily characteristics.
** He's not exactly pleased to see Maya Fey in a {{meido}} outfit in ''Trials and Tribulations'', either.
* CallBack:
** After he fails to grab the last Green Star and falls into a pit in [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 Clockwork Ruins Galaxy]]:
-->'''NCS:''' [[BigNo Dude, nooo! NOOO!]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Good-bye, my horsey! Good-bye!]]
** His LP of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' is subtitled "The [=StupOid=] Run," which is a call back to his first four videos, "Super Mario Bros. 3: The Stupid Run".
** In Part 31 of ''A Link Between Worlds'', he references the speedy intro he did in [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Snake Man]]'s stage.
* CandidCameraPrank: He secretly filmed himself playing ''Fibbage'' with the other Runaway Guys and LetsPlay/MasaeAnela. As a result of not knowing they were on camera, the group acted very low-key compared to their [=LPs=], especially Chuggaaconroy (though [=ProtonJon=] apparently did notice the camera early on and just decided not to tell the others).
* CharacterCatchphrase: Quite a few:
** "[[BringMyBrownPants Better get some more toilet paper]]"
** "(Yoshi!) ''So'' happy!"
** "You bite, you die!" (originally about the Piranha Plants from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'')
** You know, [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic IN THE BATHROOM!]] [[note]]This popular line comes from Weird Al Yankovic's "A Complicated Song."[[/note]]
*** *ding*
** "D'OH I MISSED!", due to LetsPlay/{{Chugga|aconroy}}'s attempts to popularize the phrase in LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys' videos.
** "A secret !" [[ShoutOut in the same fluctuation]] LetsPlay/HCBailly [[ShoutOut does it]]. Also, "STAY AWAY FROM THE SUMMONER!"
** "You tell that asshole!" appears frequently in his Let's Plays of dialogue-heavy games.
** Will often end sentences with "...lemme tell ya!"
** " ''THOOOOOUUUUUSAND'' !" Another ShoutOut to LetsPlay/HCBailly.
** [[ShoutOut "Name that movie."]]
** "Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[[OverlyLongGag oooooooooooooooooooo]]kay everyone I'm back."
** In some of his ''Legend of Zelda'' [=LPs=] (such as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' for two), he has "Oh my God! Can't wait to see!" when opening a chest.
** He's prone to singing the lyric "I keep forgetting we're not in love any more".
** "The fur-hur-hur-hur-nace!"
** "A BEE?!"
** "Two times in a row, man! Try to take a drink of water and it drips down the left side of my faaaaaace!"
** "The armory, the bakery, the armory, the bakery"
** "[[FlatJoy Yay.]]"
** (from his vlogs) "You're crazy, man! You're crazy!"
** "Smells like burning deodorant!"
** "I could sleep here." Lampshaded in part 6 of ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'', when Tim remarks he's amazed the LP has lasted this long without a mention of it.
** "DAT ASS!" [[note]]In reference to Kirlia's back sprite from ''Pokémon Sapphire''[[/note]]
** He shouts a long, exasperated "DUDE!" whenever he repeatedly messes something up (especially in ''Cloudberry Kingdom'').
** "[[Film/HomeAlone1 And smash his face with an iron]]!"
** "I like it when I'm sniffininininininin' mahmahmahmahmah balls!"
** To his viewers: "So, how's everybody doing today?" or "Hope everybody's doing okay today", sometimes followed by the day's date.
** "Is it [[Franchise/AceAttorney Edgeworth]]?" sometimes even in videos that have nothing to do with ''Ace Attorney''.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-GhLS3p9o#t=10m25s this video,]] he takes on a timed mission in ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', and he comes within one second of failing and the video cuts off.
** He does several in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', exactly where one would expect them. Cutting off before [[spoiler: Rydia re-joins the party]] is one he claims he's wanted to do his whole life.
* CoolUncle: Has two nieces who look up to him.
* CreatorInJoke: Many of his catch phrases come from his old tapes. For example, "A BEEEEE!" came from an old home movie of his family's where he was freaking out over said insect.
* CrossPlayer: For his ''Pokémon Omega Ruby'' playthrough, NCS decided to play as the female character.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory:
** With all of the ''Zelda'' videos he's made introductions to, it's no surprise that he sometimes introduces a different game entirely as "The Legend of Zelda: [Game Title]" by accident.
** When learning the mechanics of ''Pokémon'', he suffers from reflexively applying the different kind of ElementalRockPaperScissors logic common to [=RPGs=] he's more familiar with, like ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''.
* {{Determinator}}: NCS is very skilled at some games, but he is capable of beating even those ones he isn't very good at, just because he [[PunctuatedForEmphasis NEVER. GIVES. UP.]]
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: During one boss fight in ''Donkey Kong Country 3,'' he admits that knowing a certain song makes him feel "kind of gay." He immediately backs up, saying "NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat," then goes on to try and explain himself, then gives up because he's just making it worse.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Kind of. His tendency to [[FailedASpotCheck Fail A Spot Check]] coupled to his {{Determinator}} tendencies means that he has sometimes managed to beat stages or games without needing some item or ability that's supposed to be required. This in turn means he's good at SelfImposedChallenge runs. %%invoked
* DudeLooksLikeALady: In Part 11 of ''Lufia II,'' Tim initially thinks that Jaffy, the glassmaker of Clamento Village, is a woman.
* EpicFail:
** When preparing to learn magic in ''Chrono Trigger'', he spends several attempts walking around Spekkio's room in the wrong direction. He readily admits it's not one of his finer moments.
** During his February 9, 2016 stream, while playing ''Castlevania III'', he delivered the final blow to Dracula and ended up jumping into a pit at the same time as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsaSdeKuxgg here]]. One comment in the chat even said, "This is going on your Tropes page."
** In Part 7 of ''Apollo Justice'' he weighs on presenting one of two similar pieces of evidence. He presents the wrong one, then immediately presents the same one ''again''!
** In Part 36 of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' he spends 15 minutes searching for a Stingray in order to learn Big Guard from it, manages to learn the spell and take down most of its HP, only for the Chicken Knife to trigger the party running away before the battle could be won.
** During his showcasing of OneHundredPercentCompletion in ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'', he goes through the entire process and beats the game again in one sitting, only to never save ''once'' the whole time. Thus the actual Completion Percentage on the file screen is still at 34 after the ending.
* EpilepticTrees: Invoked in his ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' LP, where he indulges in this, theorizing that Princess Peach has an EvilTwin who is Bowser Jr.'s mother.
* EvilLaugh: He's not ''evil'' per se, but he does have a very distinctive and somewhat sinister laugh with which you'll become familiar after watching a few videos.
* FailedASpotCheck: Missing the obvious is quite common in his Let's Plays.
** Multiple times in ''VideoGame/YoshisStory.'' Melons tend to get "camouflaged" in his fruit border, but one time he misses a melon ''right in the middle of the screen'' (and adds an annotation pointing out his flagrant missage). In another episode, he spends several minutes in a panicked state, looking for eggs, without realizing that he has a full egg train following behind him.
** Happens quite often in his blind run of ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''. He got a lot of flak one time for not immediately realizing he had to take ''cheese'' to a ''mouse''.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' features him buying a fire-resistant shield before entering the [[LethalLavaLand Goron Mines]] and then forgetting to equip it for the entirety of that dungeon. Amazingly, he manages not to lose his wooden shield despite nearly every room of that place containing fire and/or lava in abundance.
** In the Starfruit minigame in ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies,'' he continually fails to realize he has enough Sun to start planting them. He adds in annotations from the Starfruit, getting increasingly annoyed as NCS fails to plant him.
** During his mostly-blind run of the final stage of the Lost World of ''Donkey Kong Country 2,'' after getting through a chunk of the stage, he wonders if there's a checkpoint. While it's right in the middle of the screen. ''Again.'' Cue more annotations. Another life later, he drops into the checkpoint STILL without noticing it, leaving him surprised to spawn there after he died once more.
** In his blind run of ''DKC 3'', during the run of the last world, he failed to note in ''Lightning Look-Out'' that the little lightning was the warning for the big lightning. He only noted this during a bonus game, 11 minutes into the video. During the same chapter, in ''Koindozer Klamber'', he was desperately looking for a Bonus Barrel in the 2nd half of the level, and when he arrived to the screen of the Bonus Barrel, he kept throwing himself into the holes without noting the Bonus Barrel being just there. He just noted that a minute later.
** Also in his ''Mario Party 2'' solo run, while he dominated the competition (See Crowning Moment of Awesome above), he forgot to show us the detailed stats for the Mystery Land board.
** It's somewhat of a RunningGag in the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 DK64]] LP, but an egregious example can be seen in Part 16. He ended a Bonus Stage with Diddy, but then, he ''leaves behind'' the Golden Banana without picking it up. As he put it out (a comment about that action in-video): "''Umm... forget something?''"
*** In the same LP (Part 43), in ''Crystal Caverns'' while he was getting a balloon for Tiny (which is in the same area as Diddy's blueprint), he got the balloon, but missed the obvious Tiny Pad, which leads to another Golden Banana. Approximately two minutes later, when he returns to the same area with Diddy to get the blueprint, he realizes he missed the pad while he was using Tiny, leading to having to return to the same place with her later on.
*** Again, during the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 DK64]] LP (Part 67), when he was in Hideout Helm for the first time, there was a Pineapple Switch in plain sight (this switch allows you to progress further into the dungeon). He missed that switch various times. NCS changed his character from Lanky to Chunky... and he KEPT missing the switch, and he even got back to almost the beginning, being stumped. When he FINALLY found the switch, which was his excuse? [[WhoForgotTheLights The room was too dark to allow him seeing the switch]].
** In part 56 of the [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire]] blind LP, he forgot to heal before [[spoiler:the final battle against Champion Steven]]. He caught on that mistake just when he entered the room.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', he at one point visits the witch's hut but fails to note the obvious Maiamai sitting out in the open. As in some of the above examples, he places an annotation over the video, this time as though providing speech bubbles to the Maiamai who desperately wants to be rescued and is flabbergasted that Link doesn't notice him.
** During his LP of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', he tends to miss Purple Coins that are easy to find. He pokes fun of this tendency in episode 31, where he somehow misses two Purple Coins that are right out there in the open during a slow platforming section where he's ''going out of his way to look for collectibles.'' He edits in two speech bubbles, where the Purple Coins first ask "ARE YOU SERIOUS", and then "ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS" before he leaves them behind.
** Part 53 of ''Lufia II'' has him complete the first of three towers comprising the final dungeon. He wonders if the second is to the northwest or northeast of the town. He climbs the northwest despite 1. The girl back in town telling him it was the northeast tower with him ''reading that part of the dialogue out loud'' and 2. The two towers having completely different names that the in-game UI displays upon entering an indoor room. He calls himself out on this in editing.
* FatSlob: Used to be this before 2012.
* FourMoreMeasures: He makes this kind of mistake when he tries to sing along with [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay The Great Mighty Poo]]. Then once the song properly starts, he doesn't attempt to sing at all.
* FridgeLogic: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] when he named the Aeon Cindy after Dario in his ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' LP.
* {{Gasshole}}: He has active bodily functions, and [[TooMuchInformation he'll mention when they act up]].
** Extremely prevalent in his ''Skyward Sword'' [=LP=] where he seems to be invoking this trope.
* GentleGiant: He's about 6 feet tall and used to be 250 pounds (before starting his gym runs), but is probably one of the nicest people you will ever meet.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan:
** Twice during Chapter 6 of ''Mother 3''. [[TearJerker With very good reason]].%%InUniverse
** Played with in the ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' finale. Comments were saying [[spoiler:it was okay to cry in the ending cutscene where Conker states he'd give up everything to have Berri back. He never did (if he did, he held it in), but did finish it off with a "You can't end the game like that!!"]]
* GoodBadBugs: Invoked; in the first episode of his ''Apollo Justice'' LP, the colors on the touch screen are messed up and purple, but he loves it.
* GoshDangItToHeck: His signature UnusualEuphemism, "Frick-frack."
* GotMeDoingIt: LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}'s CharacterCatchphrase[=/=]VerbalTic "Sir?! Sir?!" rubbed off on him, and he admitted that she'd got him started on saying it.
* HeroicBSOD:
** After calling the parrot to the stand in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', he loses it and laughs for about 5 minutes, noting he hasn't laughed that much since the Great Mighty Poo.
** He has a much more somber one after [[spoiler:finding he reached the bad ending]] in ''Justice For All''. And at the ending of Case 4 of ''Trials and Tribulations''.
** During one moment in his ''Virtue's Last Reward'' stream, the event on screen causes him to shout a BigWhat and then freeze in place for nearly a full minute. ([[https://clips.twitch.tv/EnchantingResourcefulSpiderGrammarKing Spoiler Warning]])
** Upon the reveal of the BigBad in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', Tim is in absolute shock, and ''refuses'' to believe that [[spoiler:a NiceGuy like Bobby Fulbright could have done it.]]
** Related to the previous reveal, Tim was in shock upon Edgeworth's reveal that [[spoiler: the real Bobby Fulbright was already long dead and that the one in the witness stand and the detective that was such a nice person was really an imposter]]. Tim.exe stopped working indeed.
* HoYay: InUniverse, when he brings his real-life friend Malinda in to co-commentate on ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni''. He offhandedly mentions that he hasn't seen [[{{Bishonen}} Marcassin's]] [[ShirtlessScene swimsuit]] in Castaway Cove yet. Malinda then proceeds to milk the implications of this little comment for all it's worth.
* {{Homage}}: His playthrough of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'' has him quote and re-enact segments of WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's review of the same game.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All of his ''Shadow of the Colossus'' videos are named after episodes of ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
* IfOnlyYouKnew: Tim has a tendency to accidentally predict plot points for a game or series he's playing blind.
** In Part 37 of ''Lufia II'' he speculates Amon taking over someone's body and forcing the party to fight him as well as lamenting Iris isn't a goddess who can go back in time. [[spoiler:Daos does just that with a puppet body in ''The Legend Returns'' and Iris indeed travels back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong in NewGamePlus of ''Curse of the Sinistrals'']].
* ImaginaryFriend: [[{{Spoonerism}} "Prugga" and "Choton"]] from his ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'' videos. He starts referring to the CPU versions of Mario and DK as his [[LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys absent friends]], and starts talking to them, spouting their catchphrases for them, and even telling them to [[VitriolicBestBuds stop fighting]].
* InTheStyleOf: Much of his ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' LP has LetsPlay/HCBailly-style cliffhangers.
* IncrediblyLongNote: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apJYWg36LIo In this video,]] NCS sings Happy Birthday to LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}} and on the final line, proceeds to ''hold the "to" note for over 28 seconds.''
** Let's just say that Mr. Bishop has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkWXpHeCG0c special talent]] for this trope.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: From the hints he's dropped over the years, it seems as though his whole family is made up of skilled gamers.
* KindHeartedCatLover: After moving in with Chuggaaconroy, his cat Kirby is prone to suddenly meowing loudly in the middle of NCS's videos. He's never annoyed, and is always amused when the kitty pays him a visit.
* LargeHam: "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime CURSE YOU, CAPRISUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNN!!!!]]" He hammed up Ganondorf's voice so much that he ''lost his voice'' after yelling this line.
* LateToThePunchline: In episode 30 of ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', He got caught up on the name of the [[PunnyName Plantern]] that he had gotten some twenty episodes earlier, and had a small laughing fit.
* LineOfSightName:
** This is where his username came from.
** Referenced in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ULG0tsowbo Pokémon OmegaRuby Part 7]] where he names a Pokémon "Cheez-It" after a nearby box of Cheez-Its. "That's how you come up with the names!"
* MadnessMantra:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp0Ig_Qm38g&feature=player_detailpage#t=282s You didn't just knock me in the pit.]]
** Expect to hear "Dood!" a ''lot'' in ''VideoGame/CloudberryKingdom''.
* ManChild: Positive example. Tim is like an excited, goofy child trapped inside of a grown man's body.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: A convoluted example from part 4 of ''Castlevania'':
-->"You can't hit me twice! You already got your turn! You already got your piece. You're like that kid who eats two pieces of pizza. Not that there's anything wrong with that, because there's probably two pizzas and five kids. So there's enough for each kid to have, like, two slices. Well, I don't have ten slices! I have sixteen, and you get four, so you actually ate eight slices! You know what, screw you. Maybe you should go to the gym."
* MindScrew: From his ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' Let's Play ([[https://youtu.be/ZRnsav6wHzk?t=707 Episode 4]]):
-->"Who would've thought you'd get squished against the ceiling by a Thwomp while upside-down? So it's really like you're getting squished against the ground by a Thwomp, same as you always do. That's... that's a total mind trip. It's like I got squashed against the ground by a Thwomp, but both me and him were upside down when it happened. I... can't explain that, the absurdity of that all."
* MoodWhiplash: His habit of ending his [=LPs=] with the very upbeat [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5_KoNVNcU0 Chapter 4 intro music]] from ''Mother 3'' can lead to this, especially if the game he's just finished was something somber like ''To the Moon''.
* MotorMouth: Slips into this at times; in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9OnLBCrWM one episode]] of his ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' [=LP=] he does it throughout the video.
* TheMovieBuff: Quotes movies ''constantly,'' and has a fondness for obscure or subtle lines that only the equally dedicated will catch. It's especially evident in his ''VideoGame/{{Willow}}'' LP, as the game ''is'' based on one of his favorite movies, and he explains many details from the game as they connect to the movie.
* MusicalEpisode:
** A mild example, but he has a tendency to randomly sing a few lines of a song in some episodes of his [=LPs=].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KPvl9jFTJk Part 9]] of ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', where he "sings" most of his commentary to the game's music.
* MyGreatestFailure: A relatively lighthearted example, but he'll never forget the [[VideoGame/PunchOut "I'll take Tyson"]] incident from his childhood. He's even mentioned that he cringes whenever his sister brings the sentence up.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous:
** His Yoshi partner in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is named [[{{Creator/DenzelWashington}} Denzel]].
** ''[[Videogame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire]]'' has several Pokémon named after actors: Creator/TomHanks the Mudkip, Creator/MegRyan the Wurmple, [[Creator/PatrickSwayze Pat Swayze]] the Shedinja...
* NarrativeFiligree: In part 4 of ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars'' he expresses his fondness for this as he starts talking about throwaway lines that build a world.
* NiceGuy: Multiple people who know NCS in real life describe him as the single nicest guy they've ever met.
* NostalgiaLevel: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] during both Throwback Galaxy in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' and Whomp's Fortress in ''Super Mario 64'', as the former is a deliberate remake of the latter.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In his ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'' "Let's Mess Around On," he bemoans how he lost his recording of Space Land, which he'd beaten with an incredible '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis SIX! STARS!]]''' [[spoiler: He then beats Mystery Land with ''eight stars.'']]
* OhCrap:
** His reaction to [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWqB37dXSnk#t=10m8s Lucas being cornered by the Ultimate Chimera]]]] in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'': [[spoiler:[[TitleDrop "HOOOOOOOLLLLYYYYY SHITI'MGONNADIE!!"]]]]
** A much smaller example was when he realized he slipped off the bridge in Gerudo Valley and left Epona up there.
-->'''"Goodbye, my horsey. Goodbye!"'''
** In one of his ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' videos, he was feeling very happy because the game's composer (the one responsible for the "There's A Zombie On Your Lawn" song) found one of his videos and liked it. He was happy for a few minutes before he realized she'd heard him singing his [[ToiletHumor gross toilet-based lyrics]] over her awesome music. His mood flipped around rather quickly.
** The first time he encounters a phazon metroid in ''Metroid Prime 3'', he is ''terrified''!
* PaintingTheMedium: When text boxes in games have proper nouns in different colours, he sometimes says "COJIRO!" as a CallBack to a joke he did based on this in ''Ocarina of Time''.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLBmmFyHP6k#t=10m45s Mutilatingly]]," apparently.
* PlatonicLifePartners: He's good friends with female Let's Player LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}}, and they've co-commentated on each other's videos multiple times. One question in her FAQ is if she's dating him (or [[ReallyGetsAround any of the other popular YouTube Let's Players]]), and the answer is a simple one-word "No." (However, in one interview, NCS admitted his feelings for her [[AllLoveIsUnrequited weren't entirely platonic]], but due to a number of factors, they both knew it wouldn't happen.)
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Amazing at NintendoHard older platforms, [[LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys utterly terrible when he has to play with a control stick]] (except when he [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]] in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcy4JDMx34SscUbfXNTvZb1zr4pPojdlG Super Mario 64 Versus]]'').
* PrecisionFStrike: And when he ''does'' use it, he usually apologizes for it.
* {{Pun}}: He doesn't partake in these often himself, but the titles of his videos are usually good for a few chuckles, such as [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker "Dude, Where's Makar?"]][[note]]Dude, where's my car?[[/note]] and [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 "Take A Drill Pill"]][[note]]Take a chill pill[[/note]].
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: His delighted reaction to [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime Chili Bean]] includes this:
--> '''NCS''': Zombies. That eat it. Are defeated. And release [[ToiletHumour GAS!]]
* RunningGag: He has a few.
** Calling Bowser a float in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] the second time he does so, asking "Will this be the running gag for this LP?" [[spoiler: No, it wasn't. In the final battle, there was no mention of floats.]]
** [[ToiletHumor IN THE BATHROOM!]]
*** *ding*
** "So happy!"
** "You tell that asshole!", when he agrees with a character's dialogue.
** Whenever he works his ass off and finally finishes a NintendoHard Segment or [[ThatOneSidequest Sidequest]], and the reward he gets is incredibly miniscule or undeserving, he has an understandably peeved [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rDgfXEmnBg reaction.]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60cYGTWS0w&feature=player_detailpage#t=613s here's another for good measure]])%%invoked
** [[ToiletHumor "Better get some more toilet paper."]] and the like when tackling a tough challenge.
** Has a habit of titling a video "Super Massacre" when it involves lots of death, either for [[MultiMookMelee the mooks]] [[ThatOneLevel or himself]].%%invoked
** "Is this okay, Mommy" became one during the ''Majora's Mask'' LP when he noted that if you caught something in a bottle, you held it up to the screen as if to say the phrase.
** In his ''Twilight Princess'' playthrough, he would go "I like it when I'm sniffin' mah balls!" whenever he collects a Poe's Soul.
** Sometimes, when a game gets HijackedByGanon (or [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]]), he'll edit in [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Iago]] saying "[[SarcasmMode Oh, there's a big surprise! I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from that surprise!]]".
** "[[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay There's that]] [[YetAnotherStupidDeath glass of milk again]]..."
** Ending every video of ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' with [[SceneryPorn the camera positioned inside a plant.]] [[StartMyOwn And if no plants are available, editing in fake ones.]]
** Some variant of "And find the location of the ringmaster's head!" stemming from Case 3 of the second ''Ace Attorney'' game.
** The "right now, someone is _____" annotations [[https://youtu.be/WvEBpjV9ZKg?t=567 towards the end of Part 5]] of the ''Metroid'' LP, which quickly get out of hand.
** Inserting the Stage 4-2 music from ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' into the video whenever he's exploring one of the reef areas in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
* SceneryPorn: Loves pointing these out, and has a particular CharacterCatchphrase used to describe it: "I would sleep here." Especially for places with a cozy atmosphere.
** In ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni,'' he goes gaga for it, and develops the RunningGag mentioned above, where he ends every episode with the camera positioned behind a plant. It originally started as a way to show off the detail ''in'' said plant models.
** During many of the elevator/train ride scenes in ''Metroid: Dread'', he inserts songs from different franchises as "elevator music" to pass the time when he doesn't outright edit it out.
* TheScream: He's got a very distinctive one, most famously heard when he fished up a treasure chest during his LP of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' and got ''one rupee'' from it.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', Palom mentions showing a girl his "fire rod" and leaves the game, no longer able to play. He comes back though.
* SelfDeprecation: He has a habit of bashing himself for his poor performance in LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys' [=LPs=], and will usually chide himself for stupid mistakes quite harshly.
* SelfImposedChallenge: He beat ''{{VideoGame/Contra}}'' on the [[HarderThanHard hardest difficulty]] [[NoDamageRun without losing a life]], played ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''[='=]s [[NewGamePlus Second Quest]] [[MinimalistRun without the sword]], ''[[SerialEscalation and]]'' played the same game on a 3-Heart Run. ''Damn''.%%InUniverse
* ShaggyDogStory: Part 52 of ''Pokémon Sapphire''. [[spoiler:He spends the entire episode trying to catch Regice, only for it to faint at the end, rendering the whole thing pointless]].
* ShoutOut:
** In general, he likes to spout off random lines from shows, movies and games whenever he thinks about them. Trying to name them all would take quite a while (though ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' is a popular choice).
** Starts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaJpSmkvjkI one video]] in his ''Banjo-Tooie'' LP with the same intro {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} uses.
** His ''Twilight Princess'' LP starts by making a {{Pun}} about "living on the edge", and saying it's "better than [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic living in the fridge]]".
** He occasionally uses some of LetsPlay/HCBailly's {{Catch Phrase}}s.
** In his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', he references LetsPlay/ElectricalBeast's own LetsPlay ("TELEPOR'!")
** His status on his channel is one to the song 'Afterimage', by Rush.
** He seems to be a big fan of Creator/{{Egoraptor}}, as he's referenced WebVideo/GameGrumps in his ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' playthrough and a couple of Runaway Guys videos.
** The "Mega Man! Mega Man!" running joke in ''Skyward Sword'' comes from Egoraptor's WebVideo/{{Sequelitis}} video about ''VideoGame/MegaManX''.
** In his ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' LP, during the annoying back-and-forth portion of Chapter 4, he names his videos "The ''Bored'' Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum/Legacy'', after Film/TheBourneSeries.
* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: His Let's Play of ''Lufia II'' contains several episodes of him just messing around in the optional Ancient Cave as well as him mentionining running it several more times off-camera on his main save file for the project.
* SmallNameBigEgo: [[InvertedTrope Inverted!]] For a guy with over 300,000 subscribers, he's awfully humble and has agreed to Let's Plays with many lesser-known [=LPers=].
* SmokingIsCool: Subverted, he spent a long while trying to quit his habit, even continuing it after posting the first video where he declared he would break it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: At times, he will start reciting the eloquent in-game dialogue, only to get sick of reading and crudely paraphrase the rest, such as from Part 23 of his ''Wind Waker'' LP:
--> '''Quill''': What an eerie isle this is... Everywhere else boasts clear skies and calm seas, but around here it just sucks!
* {{Spoonerism}}: "[[{{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} Prugga]] and [[LetsPlay/ProtonJon Choton]]" from LMAO ''Mario Party 2''.
* StrategySchmategy: In ''Ocarina of Time'', he theorizes that his own clumsy playing is the main reason he's never had much trouble fighting the infamous Dark Link.
* TakeThat:
** From the ''Majora's Mask'' LP:
--->''Alright, that's not funny, that's just obnoxious. I don't wanna turn into {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} here. OOOOOOHHHH! ...Sorry.''
** In part one of his ''Apollo Justice'' LP:
--->'''Phoenix:''' ''So, you're...''\\
'''Apollo:''' ''Fine! I-I'm fine!''\\
'''Phoenix:''' ''Ah... Mr. Fine, is it?''\\
'''NCS:''' ''So you're [[Creator/TheFineBrothers the son-of-a-bitch who tried to trademark the react channel]]!''
* TeenGenius: Went out with straight As in high school but chose to not go to college to prevent being stuck in debt.
* TemptingFate: In the 4-way ''Battletoads'' race. He dies before he can even finish his sentence. [=ProtonJon=] even gives him an achievement for it.
* ThingOMeter: When he feels one of his catchphrases will get excessive use in a particular LP, he will create a counter for every time he says it.
** ''Conker'' got an "IN THE BATHROOM" meter, which ended at 134.
** ''Skyward Sword'' got a "SO HAPPY" meter, after its absence in ''Yoshi's Story''.
*** ''Skyward Sword'' also got a "Mega Man! Mega Man!" counter as a joke at one point, due to Tim saying that every time Fi [[CaptainObvious said something obvious]].
** Starting with ''Trials and Tribulations'', games in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series got a "WHAT?" counter. In its debut appearance, it ended at a whopping ''385''.
*** The final case of ''Trials and Tribulations'' added a counter for the number of times [[ButtMonkey Larry]] got [[ATasteOfTheLash whipped]] by Franziska, with the final count being 38.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp19l-1amWY#t=2m57s part 65]] of ''Majora's Mask.'' He points out how "I'm on a boat, bitch!" is more emphatic than "I'm on a boat, motherfucker!"
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Part 46 of ''Lufia II'' is titled "The Next 2 Parts Are Short Because PAIN Is Coming" as he enters a dungeon in the latter half of the story with some of the most infamous puzzles in the game.
* ToiletHumor: Many, many examples of this throughout his Let's Plays. He's gotten better over time, however.
** A lot of fans expect him to go right back to stage one with his ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' LP, he even has a meter for how many times he says "In the bathroom".
** Later on, he forgot what number his meter was up to and started it at 9001 because it was [[Anime/DragonBallZ OVER]] [[MemeticMutation 9000]]!! [[spoiler:The actual final "In The Bathroom" count is 134.]]%%invoked
*** And when he meets [[spoiler: The Great Mighty Poo,]] his life was fulfilled.
** Not to mention all the rest of his songs about taking dumps.
*** Like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzFhS8J7NnA THIS ONE!!]]
** His GagDub of the infamous laughing scene from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' replaced the laughs with belches.
* TooKinkyToTorture / WasntThatFun: He'd only ever played the first couple of levels of ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' before taking part in the first four-player race. His reaction to the later levels of this notoriously NintendoHard game? Saying how fun it was and how he wished he'd played it growing up, to horrified reactions from the others.
* TheUnintelligible: His take on Professor Owlan in ''Skyward Sword'' has him speak in very fast gibberish.
* UnInstallment: Cases 1-3 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. Tim had already watched a Let's Play of the first three cases before deciding to play the game for himself. Because he already knew all the plot developments of cases 1-3, he opted not to record them and started his own LP with case 4.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Frick-frack," which he usually drops in place of the typical F-Bomb, [[PrecisionFStrike unless the situation is really dire.]]
* VerbalTic:
** His most notable one is "Jeez", which can be heard in every video at least once.
** Another one that appears often is "I tell ya!"
** When he reads out Kaepora Gaebora the owl's exposition in ''Zelda'' games, he adds a "hoot hoot" tic every so often.
* VisualPun: In part 43 of ''Lufia II'' he equips the Kappa Spear on Artea and replaces the weapon icon with Twitch's "Kappa" emote.
* WhamLine: In part 56 of the ''Pokémon Sapphire'' Blind LP: [[spoiler:"Go! Go onwards! The [[FinalBoss CHAMPION]] is waiting!"]]. Needless to say, NCS's reaction at this was priceless.
* WithLyrics:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4GA9Fwc_2A Takeadumponthetoilet]] from ''Mega Man 2'' and the other [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDyoXLum0Rw take a dump on the toilet]] from ''Majora's Mask'' are fan favorites
** In ''Secret of Mana'', the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLsZkgJPwnw Ice Palace Rap!]]
** He has also made his own lyrics to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlRq1Va0-q0 Forest Maze]] song.
** Tim made up lyrics as a preview for his ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8zhu_02ZK8 Castlevania]]'' LP. And again for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnJZAqQz5zA Skyward Sword]]''.
** Also made one for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJoZ7qC82s Ridley's Hideout]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' and two for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldiau7OA3JE Magmoor]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HIScFYw_7A Caverns]] from ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime''
* {{Zonk}}: His stock reaction to whenever a game does this to him (most common in his ''Zelda'' [=LPs=]) is to scream "AAAAAAAAAAAAA" as long as he can.
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