History Awesome / UltimateSidemen

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[[caption-width-right:350:From seven VitriolicBestBuds to seven #1 bestselling authors.]]

The following members of the group have their own pages for awesome moments ''without'' the other Sidemen:
* Awesome/{{KSI}}
* Awesome/{{miniminter}}
* Awesome/{{wroetoshaw}}
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[[folder:General Gameplay]]
* After having been given the XMustNotWin treatment in ''Uno'' on Xbox 360 for the longest time, [[spoiler:Ethan (with the help of Vik as a partner) easily wins his first game of ''Uno'' in March 2015.]]
** Simon and Josh [[SoreLoser weren't satisfied]] with that happening and say that [[spoiler:Ethan]]'s win counts as only half a win because of [[spoiler:it being a partner ''Uno'' win with Vik]] and go for another game. [[spoiler:Ethan and Vik beat them again to fulfill the "full" win.]]
* ''[[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames London 2012]]'':
** In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvoS_gsMWA session]] where Josh, Simon, Ethan,[[note]]under the Gamertag, "[=PoshCleric87=]"[[/note]] and Tobi and played as mainly English-speaking countries,[[note]]Josh as UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, Simon as UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}, Ethan as UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, and Tobi as their native [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom Great Britain]][[/note]] all four Sidemen in the session managed to pull off some awesome feats.
*** [[spoiler:Josh]] got a massive head start in the men's 100m hurdles and did his run cleanly, resulting in [[spoiler:a 12.93-second gold medal win.]]
*** In the men's shot put, [[spoiler:Simon broke the game's world record of 23.97m[[note]]The real world record for men's outdoor shot put is actually 23.12m, set by Randy Barnes in 1990. Barnes also holds the men's indoor record of 22.66m, set in 1989.[[/note]] by ''a centimetre'' on the ''first throw''. However, Josh manages to beat ''that'' by ''another centimetre'' on the fourth throw, making the world record '''23.99m'''.]]
*** They all managed to compete well in the women's 100m backstroke, with a difference of three tenths-of-a-second between first ([[spoiler:Tobi at 59.56 seconds]]) and last ([[spoiler:Simon at 59.86 seconds]]). (In case you need to know, [[spoiler:Josh got silver at 59.68 seconds and Ethan got bronze at 59.76 seconds.]])
*** [[spoiler:Ethan gets his first gold medal win in the game in the women's vault.]]
*** Finally, [[spoiler:Josh]] proves his continued dominance in the game [[spoiler:with an 8.86m gold medal win]] in the men's long jump.
** [[https://youtu.be/iySJTwF3iRU?t=767 In a game with all the original six Sidemen,]] [[spoiler:JJ gets the world record in men's weightlifting over 105 kg with 214.00 kg]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} Plus'':
** [[CurbStompBattle Vik's dominance]] in a session with himself, Josh, Ethan, and Tobi. [[FromNobodyToNightmare He literally went from zero money at one point to owning four monopolies with all hotels on two of them.]]
** Another ''Monopoly Plus'' CurbStompBattle happens when JJ gets an non-stop streak of luck from the start, which gets worse when Ethan gives him the blue monopoly. It's especially fitting that the richest Sideman in real life would become the CorruptCorporateExecutive in ''Monopoly''. Even better that this was JJ's first Sidemen ''Monopoly'' game.
** JJ [[CurbStompBattle does it again]] with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P39599ai5-M speed dice in play]] against Tobi, Vik, and Josh, despite [[spoiler:the game disconnecting JJ and Vik after an hour of play]].
** One more for the road for JJ against Vik, Simon, and Josh where JJ goes from barely getting any properties with a lot of cash to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoTSwDyGNB4 winning the game!]]''
* ''TabletopGame/TrivialPursuit'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrEdGGmW8Js In Simon, Ethan, and Josh's]] game, Josh went from always losing to [[spoiler:winning the whole thing in the final round]].
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azayd5d8wt0 this]] game with the original trio and Tobi, Ethan and Simon started harnessing [[HoYay the power of]] [[PortmanteauCoupleName Emon]] and choosing the same answers. Almost each answer that they chose would be correct.
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0R9eTT0nw this]] game with just the trio, Simon has to choose from a large sum of tennis players, most of which he doesn't even know. He manages to get two right before he picks a wrong one.
** Any time that an XMustNotWin strategy is pulled off successfully.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIHvKyWzag JJ plays the game for the first time.]] [[spoiler:Guess who wins.]]
*** [[spoiler:The way that he won was especially crazy; it essentially all came down to ''one question'' in the final round, and JJ was the only one to get it right. The DelayedReaction Josh, Ethan, and Simon have once they realize that, yes, JJ has won on his first time playing, is the icing on the cake. JJ also has a great reaction; he's as shocked as everyone else.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Skate}} 3'':
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm2ojZmBbh4 WE MUST BEAT ETHAN]] episode:
*** Simon's in the lead for the majority of the Crystal Crashers level. Then, near the end of the level, [[spoiler:Ethan pulls the rug from underneath him by surpassing him with '''4058''' points.]]
--->'''Ethan''': Yes, the Redeemer! Christ the Redeemer, mate!
*** Josh managed to beat his ''56,000'' point score just by cannonball jumping in a parking lot.
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFNPPUlBlZg WE SUCK]] episode:
*** The Coffin Gang. As in, [[CrazyAwesome all of the Sidemen are deathracing while simultaneously lying down on their boards.]]
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njF7DVNdytg FRESH MEAT]] episode:
*** On the Hotel Plummet level, Josh manages to get three consecutive scores of over 100,000 points (usually, it was just by doing the torpedo move and then cannonballing, but still).
* ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'':
** In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCEttlDEvg first game]] of ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'', JJ does ''exceptionally'' well, and despite getting the usual XMustNotWin treatment, [[spoiler:he wins the whole thing]].
** In one video, JJ had problems reading the words "anthropologist", "squirrel", and "Rolls Royce", which sent the Sidemen into hysterics. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsRjFiuDxg another video]], a card is made with those words that JJ is ultimately forced to read as the Czar. He actually gets through it, only being stopped to repeat something once.
* In a game of ''Uno Rush'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp0syFFBZ7M Josh, Tobi, Vik, and Simon,]] the first game begins with Josh and Tobi on one team and Vik and Simon (or "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Vimon]]" as Simon's now calling it) on the other team. [[spoiler:"Vimon" wins the first game in two rounds in around ''one minute''. Not only that, Vik won the second round by being able to play all seven cards in his hand when it started on him, ''preventing anyone else from playing a card that round''.]]
* ''Golf with Your Friends'':
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptpel76o22Q In this video]], Josh manages to [[https://youtu.be/Ptpel76o22Q?t=30s get a hole-in-one]] on a bumpy course ''with bouncy ground activated''. The best part? He gets it within '''5 seconds''' of the round starting.
** Wanna know why Josh named one of his episodes of this game "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFDnKQ-aEd0 THE BEST ENDING TO A VIDEO EVER?!]]". Here's what happened: [[spoiler:Josh has to score in a hole with little time left on a level with malevolently realistic physics that find it necessary for the ball to roll down a giant slope in a way that takes up time since it's moving so slowly. He ends up scoring with '''one second left'''.]] [[https://youtu.be/VFDnKQ-aEd0?t=27m45s Here's when it all starts]], and [[https://youtu.be/VFDnKQ-aEd0?t=29m25s here's the good part]].
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptpel76o22Q this]] game of ''Golf with Your Friends'', Vik managed to score ''four hole-in-ones'' on the first four holes of the game, immediately establishing him as [[XMustNotWin everyone's target]].
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMFZ7KdJUqw this]] ''Tower Unite Minigolf'' episode, Ethan finally wins in first place after so many episodes of unluckiness and rage.
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKq8xZrv5I this]] video of ''Soccer Physics'', both Simon and Josh had "flawless" 5-0 games.
* In a ''VideoGame/{{Peggle}} 2'' [[https://youtu.be/SUaxfztnyVk?t=731 match between Vik, Josh, and Tobi,]] Vik decides to use a random character and gets Jimmy Lightning (the character Josh frequently uses and incorrectly refers to as "Spunk the Chipmunk"). [[spoiler:Using the layout of the table and Jimmy's multiball ability, Vik proceeds to ''smash'' almost the entire level on his ''first ball'' for '''over one million points!''']]
** To be fair to [[spoiler:Josh]], he didn't do half-bad either by [[spoiler:getting over 400,000 points]], but [[spoiler:there was no way he was ever going to come close to Vik's score]].
* In the first 3 minutes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X28AtjOPp9U this Agar.io video]], Vik managed to get on the leaderboards.
* In Vik's ''VideoGame/{{Geoguessr}}'' episode with Fangs, they somehow end up [[https://youtu.be/oOvJ7zS1gWw?t=714 in a photo studio]] with no way out. The only clue as to where it may be is that it's possibly somewhere in Germany, as they notice German text. They make a wild guess somewhere in the middle of the country [[spoiler:and they get 4709 points for being 120 kilometres away from where it is (in Nuremberg).]]
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[[folder:''FIFA'']]
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-og3yVlWj8E Josh and Simon's TOTS "Discard Pack" challenge]], Josh was winning 4-2 when they both got ''a TOTS card'' and none of them were able to discard it, since they both had the same stat (in this case, the top-right stat, which is dribble). So, they both opened a pack again, and whoever got the lower stat amount (this time, shooting) had to discard their TOTS and the pack they recently opened. [[spoiler:Josh got ''another'' TOTS card, and he won that round, thus he was able to keep both of the TOTS cards he got!]]
* To be honest, Josh's pack luck in ''FIFA 15'' is absolutely ''insane''. When the TOTY was still out, he got ''two 99 Ronaldo cards'' in one pack opening! JJ's reaction after Josh got his second 99 Ronaldo card was absolutely priceless!
** Video links: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itAONToBams for the first 99 Ronaldo card]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3R7sYqe85k for the second 99 Ronaldo card]].
* In Simon and Ethan's game of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZzEHd4JrOs search and discard]], [[spoiler:Simon gets two successful hits ''in a row'' (taking out Ethan's purple card as well as his TOTS Azpilicueta), succeeds at making Ethan discard his TOTS Sanchez, and ultimately wins the game.]]
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[[folder:''Grand Theft Auto V'']]
* Considering how [[DrivesLikeCrazy bad of a driver]] he is and [[ButtMonkey how much he gets screwed over by the others]], it's weirdly awesome whenever JJ actually wins a race in the game.
* The Sidemen (sans Ethan) played a custom five-round ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto Online]]'' Last Team Standing deathmatch called "Dodge the Jet", in which one team of RPG snipers on a container platform above the Maze Bank Tower must try to shoot down a team of gunless fighter jets trying to knock them off. JJ, Tobi, and Vik were Team 1 (Ultimate Sidemen) and Harry, Simon, and Josh were Team 2 (and Tobi noticed that it was [[UnfortunateImplications "Ethnics vs. Whites"]]). In an exciting, nerve-racking and very close match, [[spoiler:Team 1/Ultimate Sidemen/"Team Ethnics" managed to defeat Team 2/"Team Whites" by knocking them off the platforms in the final round. Vik knocked off Josh and Harry in one fell swoop, then it was immediately followed by Tobi kamikaze diving onto the platform, which knocked Simon off in the process]].
** Video links: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCFR26D5ofA#t=454 Josh's perspective]] (the third event in the video, starts at 7:35), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ_C8YzoMMs Simon's perspective]] (the first event in the video), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7nY7pLo8dU Vik's perspective]] (the whole video).
** In the second round, after some time of fruitlessly shooting at the circling jets, [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/_7nY7pLo8dU?t=5m12s Vik landed a clean, killing shot on Harry]]]].
*** [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/_7nY7pLo8dU?t=9m25s Harry even got some revenge come round 4.]]]]
** In the fourth round, [[spoiler:Vik shot down both [[https://youtu.be/_7nY7pLo8dU?t=10m25s Josh]] and [[https://youtu.be/_7nY7pLo8dU?t=10m40s Simon]] with about 30 seconds in between]].
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbMYy_E9VE this video's]] sky-high motorbike race, Tobi is very dissatisfied when Josh gives him the rocket treatment. In retaliation, Tobi kills Josh with two blasts arranged in such a manner that the first blasts him up and the second blasts him up higher, leaving Josh's body airborne for long enough to get rammed by Tobi's bike. Revenge is a dish best served ''awesome''.
* In yet another snipers versus vehicles LTS match, JJ and Vik double team on the Zentorno Gang by [[https://youtu.be/Bg-nR4jo2QY?t=581 using their trucks to knock off and kill the entire team at once.]] Better is how Vik swerves to the right at the end of his ramp to deal the finishing blow.
* [[https://youtu.be/rdSaU8miJNM?t=11m17s Vik's epic life-saving maneuver]].
-->'''Vik''': Oh, what I did was..heroic.
* [[https://youtu.be/UWBYT0DkYcY?t=8m40s In probably the cheekiest save in Sidemen history]], as Josh, Vik, Tobi, Simon, and Ethan are playing a level that involves driving off a ramp and landing driving on the side of a wall, Josh launches off the ramp awkwardly, does a full side flip, brushes the top of the wall, '''and still lands on the side'''. Everyone is shocked, with Vik just being pissed.
* In the first race of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F7RW0i5iHU Vik's 579th GTA V Funny Moments video]], when Vik tries using a boost to get past JJ, he ends up gaining a brief and small lead and also ends up running into the boost icon...[[OhCrap while JJ drives into the rocket icon]]. Even worse is how [[YouShallNotPass JJ deliberately stands in his way]] and only allows Vik to beg for his life. However, the rockets respawn, Vik obtains them, and he gives JJ the sweet [[LaserGuidedKarma and karmic]] revenge he deserved. Especially awesome considering how often JJ treats Vik like his ButtMonkey, and this choice moment is like [[TheDogBitesBack Vik finally gaining an upper hand on him]].
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[[folder:Football]]
* Highlights from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMPY9RZPVcM Simon's crossbar challenge]].
** Out of all of the people to be the first to hit the crossbar, it's ''Ethan''.
** Simon quipping "Time to smash it", [[http://youtu.be/MMPY9RZPVcM?t=1m59s and then doing just that]].
** JJ's last shot. Immediately after his foot connects with the ball, JJ turns to the camera and does an UnflinchingWalk as the ball bounces off of the crossbar in the distance.
* Highlights from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1oGMX6lO10 JJ's crossbar challenge]].
** Vik hitting the crossbar with his first shot, provoking everyone to [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments come and lift him up]].
** WebVideo/{{Calfreezy}} hitting the crossbar. ''Twice''. '''''In a row'''''. "DOUBLE KILL!" indeed.
* The charity football match between the Sidemen (Sidemen FC) and a group of fellow [=YouTubers=] ([=YouTube=] All-Stars) on 3 June 2016 ends with [[spoiler: Sidemen FC winning '''[[CurbStompBattle 7-2]]''']].
* After 2017's previous loss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRB-OU1wVFg 2018 had an epic comeback]] and an even bigger curb stomp against the Youtube All-Stars with a [[spoiler:'''''7-1''''']].
** [[spoiler:Simon striking the first goal only a ''minute'' into the game]].
** [[spoiler:'''Vik scoring a penalty''']].
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[[folder:Challenges]]
* Callux's self-dubbed "crazy basketball challenge":
** During the segment where the boys have to try and score a free throw facing their back to the hoop, none of them are able to do it. [[https://www.youtube.com/user/smokeypinkleopard Alexa Losey]] (who has been behind the camera up until then) volunteers to go...'''and she makes it'''.
*** She then orders all the boys to go up against the wall so she can throw water balloons at them.
** At the end of the video, JJ is the only one to score the long shot, allowing him to throw a huge bounty of water balloons at the rest of the boys. It's like watching a kid in a giant ball pit.
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOE8-XW7M0 Tobi's water balloon quickfire Q&A]], Tobi braces himself for a water balloon ''just'' in time [[https://youtu.be/vFOE8-XW7M0?t=5m27s for the balloon to whiz just over his head and splat against the wall]]. Tobi looks shocked, to say the least, once he realizes what's happened.
* From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ibLmPuojmw Harry's recent full-Sidemen crossbar challenge]]:
** When Vik goes to kick, he's given an insane buildup with interview clips of footballers [[ManipulativeEditing apparently]] describing him as a player with great potential...and he hits that crossbar like a hammer on the nail. Harry even edits in a remix of Vik's {{leitmotif}}, "Mundian To Bach Ke", as the Sidemen celebrate with him.
** When Harry announces that it's a free-for-all, he drop kicks the ball seemingly out of impulse...and actually hits the crossbar.
** Tobi managing to hit the crossbar with the ''outside'' of his foot.
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[[folder:Real-Life Videos]]
* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82lJf8_5Ps8 Sidemen Olympics]], right before his go in the keepy-up challenge, Josh admits that he's not at good at them...only to then get 31, winning him the round.
* In Simon's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx6L9wHK8-0 Hide and Seek in the Sidemen House]]", JJ does the unthinkable by ''jumping off the balcony and land onto the sofa below'', completely evading Simon. He manages to win the entire thing after being found second the last time they played hide and seek at Upload 2017.
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[[folder:Other]]
* ''The Sidemen Experience'' in 2014 had the Sidemen go against one another in various challenges. By the end, [[spoiler:Josh]] ended up being ''the'' Ultimate Sideman. Other highlights include:
** [[spoiler:Tobi]] winning the first two challenges, and he got a sundae as his reward for dealing with the chilli peppers in the first challenge.
*** Then he managed to down his Bastard Blender drink successfully when he lost.
** [[spoiler:Vik]] making such an awesome prank call that he [[spoiler:managed to go through all his cue cards]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Vik''']] ''(on helium)'': I can fit a tin of baked beans up my bum hole.
* JJ's video reacting to Harry's new car was pretty cool. Inside his car, he sees Harry's [[spoiler:(not actually his)]] Ferrari 458 in the video, says "Oh, that's cute", and puts his phone down. The camera pans out to display his '''''motherfucking Lamborghini Aventador'''''. If that didn't make him look like a douchebag, it made him look like a badass.
* After a prolonged period of Ethan not being verified on Twitter (and receiving many a teasing for it), he was finally verified, which means that all of the Sidemen are now verified on Twitter.
* Ethan finally got one million subscribers on his main channel on 23 June 2015, which means now all the Sidemen have at least one million subscribers on at least one of their channels!
* On 6 March 2016, ''all seven'' Sidemen uploaded football challenge videos to their channels simultaneously, along with the announcement of a charity football match for June 2016. It was a day they and their fans dubbed "Sidemen Sunday".
** They then followed this up on 28 May 2016 (which the fans have dubbed "Sidemen Saturday"), when all of the Sidemen uploaded videos to support the announcement of their upcoming book.
* Basically all of the Sidemen have been marveling at how ridiculously their new joint channel has been growing. It was launched on 15 May 2016, and hit the one million subscriber mark in '''three days''', which may or may not be a ''world record''.
* If there are any Sidemen fans that are also Creator/RoosterTeeth fans, you'll enjoy [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkxejcHWEAEjO81.jpg this picture]] Vik took with Burnie Burns and Creator/GavinFree.
* Tobi [[https://youtu.be/GnkmQ2rllAM?t=1m24s getting a small mention]] in a LetsPlay/PewDiePie video. His triumphant tweet of [[https://twitter.com/Tobjizzle/status/771029390943744000 "Pewdie mentioned me. I have made it."]] afterwards is the icing on the cake.
* The fact that the Sidemen's [[http://www.uploadevent.com Upload]] event managed to sell out ''in 10 minutes''.
* [[https://twitter.com/miniminter/status/791312699770671104 It has been confirmed]]: with ''Sidemen: The Book'', our seven boys have officially become #1 bestselling authors.
** The book sold '''26,436''' copies in its '''first three days''' of sale. It outsold books by Creator/JamieOliver, Music/BruceSpringsteen and Music/PhilCollins!
* The Sidemen and [=Vikkstar123=] in particular [[https://rocketleaguegame.com/news/vikkstar123-sidemen-sdmnfc-community-flags/ getting community flags]] in ''VideoGame/RocketLeague''. The Sidemen's flag is the SDMN FC logo while Vik gets a flag all to himself using his own logo.
* After famous [=YouTuber=] [=RiceGum=] released a diss track on Ethan, Callux backed his friend up by releasing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taTBfzyOrf4 a diss track]] against him that [[GracefulLoser even RiceGum admitted was good]].
* [[https://twitter.com/KSIOlajidebt/status/824308570783174656 JJ and Simon are being made playable in FIFA!]]
* Vik's [[https://youtu.be/5iHIka_IYc8 diss track]] on [[LetsPlay/ComedyShortsGamer Deji]] is this. ''No one'' ever expected he was ever gonna do it and yet pulled it off hilariously. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQMijDg3o2E Even JJ's admitted]] that while the diss track is SoBadItsGood, there's no way Deji can even win anymore.
* One of the logos players can find in ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds'' is [[http://i.imgur.com/5QYm42D.jpg Vik's channel logo!]]
* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVMCz04CmlA "SIDEMEN TOTAL WIPEOUT FOOTBALL CHALLENGE"]], only one man was able to make it out against the two walls of bubble balloons that block the way. And that is Tobi, who just rolls underneath both JJ and Harry.
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* Vik's [[https://youtu.be/5iHIka_IYc8 diss track]] on [[LetsPlay/ComedyShortsGamer Deji]] is purely mixed with this trope as HilarityEnsues.

* Awesome/{{KSI}}