The Runaway Guys is a collaboration between Chuggaaconroy, ProtonJon, and NintendoCapriSun. They Let's Play games together, and plan to have a special guest for most of their projects. There are many tropes about them, now the player-specific tropes go here.
Tim. He — as Yoshi — has been attacked by steam in Luigi's Engine Room, chased by a giant boulder in DK'S Jungle Adventure, bitten by a Pirahna Plant in Peach's Birthday Cake, and eaten by a giant fish on Yoshi's Tropical Island.
Jon as well, mostly during DK's Jungle Adventure. Then Yoshi's Tropical Island. Then he won.
Jon: GAAAAAAME!
Chuggaaconroy has spells of being this every now and again, so that practically makes everyone these.
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Josh Jepson gets his turn at this; while NCS tends to die as often as him, he at least gathers more lives, meaning Josh usually has the least lives and the most deaths.
A large portion of the Great Maze in Subspace Emmissary can be summed up by "TIIIM!"
Chromatic Arrangement: Both in terms of characters in New Super Mario Bros and of names in Brawl, Chugga is Red (He's called the fearless leader), Jon is Blue (He's shown to be better at the games than the other two, while knowing the most,) and Tim is Green (The most laid-back and gentle of the three). Josh even fulfills the Yellow fourth member part of the trope.
Chuggaa has done a couple of them. One of the best ones when he won in a Tug-o-War game.
NintendoCapriSun also makes a few, often when the other two are yelling.
As of episode 14 of the New Super Mario Bros., Jon has apparently found reason to use one, after royally screwing everyone over. Considering how it sounded, though, maybe it would be more accurate to call it a TrollLaugh.
Since New Super Mario Bros., however, Jon has stolen this title, withvaryingeffectiveness. Though with the highest kill count and lowest death count, it's easy to say he's great at it even with the fails.
Large Ham: Chugga is the Largest Ham of the entire group, as per his usual LP's where he sends his mic levels skyrocketing into the red zone. He really doesn't like it when things don't go his way.
When Jon is having a round in Mario Party that doesn't go his way, he starts shouting GAAAAAAAME. He also has quite a few freak-outs like this during other boards, especially Eternal Star.
And the fact that TV Tropes has labeled NCS as The Medic and Josh as The Chick. It's pretty much confirmed by now that they've been reading this page.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Averted in the case of NCS, whom the two others address by his real name, Tim, quite often. Played straight with Chuggaaconroy, even though his real name, Emile, is widely known. And subverted by ProtonJon, whose nickname contains his real name. (No, it isn't Proton.)
Emile: His first name is Proton, his last name is Jon. Plot twist!
Ironically, NCS does usually call him "Proton" rather than "Jon".
Finally averted with Chuggaa in New Super Mario Bros. Wii in World 6.
Red Oni, Blue Oni, Purple Oni: Chuggaa and Tim could be seen as this trope, while Jon rapidly switches between red and blue at times. The other two are always red and blue, though.
Verbal Tic: Chugga has a habit of suddenly saying "Luigi!" whenever NCS does something of note in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii videos.
Josh also did this a couple of times.
Vitriolic Best Buds: The relationship between Jon and Chuggaa has definite shades of Type 2.
Especially prevalent in New Super Mario Bros., with them repeatedly trying to kill each other.
Guess what was Jon's and Chugga's most common death cause at the end... EACH OTHER.
Summed up well in this conversation:
Jon: *to Chugga* I hate you.
Chugga: No you don'-
Jon: YES I DO!
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Josh also joins in, getting a Type 2 relationship with both Jon and Chugga. Tim is the only one not hit by this.
One of the main three Runaway Guys, Chuggaa is usually the best or at least better players of whatever game the group is playing. He also tries to annoy ProtonJon as much as possible and allow for situations where the viewers can laugh at the group's collective suffering. In Mario Party 1 and Mario Party 2, he played Donkey Kong, in Super Smash Bros, he played Ness, in Mario Kart 64, he played Wario, in New Super Mario Bros Wii, he played Mario, and in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played as Kirby. In the Tournament Arc of Super Smash Brothers Brawl, he played Lucas, and in Mario Power Tennis he played Bowser Jr.
The Ace: Not normally, but in Mario Power Tennis. To the point where Rodri is praised for being the only player to NOT be curb-stomped by him.
Adult Child: Played for laughs, and done intentionally, but his childish humor easily fits this trope.
Somewhat appropriate since he is the youngest of the three members.
For example, he apparently tried to kiss everyone one night
make Jon (and possibly the viewers) question this more. Strangely, he never shows any signs of this in his own LPs, so he could just be deliberately acting weird to make these videos funnier.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He has a habit of being distracted, such as pointing out how nice the background looks, while in the middle of gameplay.
Better than a Bare Bulb: If there is any form of coincidence, irony, or status quo change in either the game or with the three of them, Chuggaa will point it out sooner or later.
Born Lucky: As per his normal LP's, Chugga has huge strokes of luck in Mario Party, including winning the majority of the boards, having his stars switched with the leader at the last second thanks to Chance Time, and running into multiple Star Spaces in one turn.Subverted concerning the dice rolls that determine turn order, as he keeps getting to move last.
Also, in the sequel, getting a last second hidden star on the final turn in Pirate Land, ultimately leading to his victory.
Jon points this out in Horror Land of Mario Party 2 and refers to it as Chugga's "stupid luck".
Call Back: Chugga has referenced the Runaway Guys videos in his then-current solo LP's — Pikmin 2 and Luigi's Mansion. He specifically references "Don't Eat The Mushroom" whenever a poison mushroom shows up in the mansion.
Likes to say "Maybe-possibly-almost-not-quite" instead of just a simple "maybe" (or anything similar).
Character Development: He starts out in Mario Party rather normal, only having occasional Large Ham or Cloudcuckoolander moments, with pretty much the only real humour from him coming from his rivalry with Jon. By New Super Mario Bros. Wii, however, he's become much more entertaining.
Character Exaggeration / Flanderisation: After the incident in the first LP about him never having seen an Indiana Jones or Back to the Future film, Jon now reacts with exaggerated shock every time Chuggaa mentions he's seen any film.
Similarly, in Mario Party 2, Jon likes to exaggerate Chugga's love of the Wario "DOH, I MISSED" catchphrase (together with Chugga's encyclopaedic knowledge of games) by claiming Chugga has an annotated list of every single situation in the game where the catchphrase appears.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Not stupid, per se, but tends to not play too well in Subspace Emissary. However, when they reach normal matches rather than platforming, he proves to be quite competent.
He shows this even more in the bonus battle and tournament, doing amazingly well in both. He wins both of their matches in the bonus battle, and reaches fourth place in the tournament. And he likely could have gotten even higher, if he hadn't lost his first match due to a rolling crate spawning and ramming him offscreen.
Curbstomp Battle: He's on the delivering side in Mario Power Tennis, constantly. He was one of the only ones to practice, though.
Determinator: According to Jon's Formspring, Chuggaa really wanted to be Player 1 in Kirby's Return to Dream Land since the three of them hadn't changed player numbers since the beginning, despite not being terribly good at the game. So he allegedly powered his way through the game in order to prove to Jon that he was capable of being Player 1. And he was, once the project began.
Grammar Nazi: Is the first to correct Jon whenever he says something like "Tim and me", reminding him to say "Tim and I" instead.
Griefer: Usually the one that screws the other guys out of victories.
The Hero: The unofficial leader, due to his gaming skill. Furthered by him always being Player 1, except in Subspace Emissary, where the guys took turns as Player 1, Player 2, and not playing.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Lost his tournament match against SuperJeenius, thanks in part to accidentally losing a life at low damage.
Later, he loses to Diabetus when he forces the match into Sudden Death. Though to be fair, if he didn't do that, he would've lost anyway, since Diabetus was about to kill him.
Hypocritical Humor: Tortures Jon with the "Move faster Pokey" line for fun, but reacts in pure agony whenever Jon mentions Steve.
Mr. Exposition: He is often the one to know the most about the game they're L Ping, and will supply information about the details and background of it as they play.
No Indoor Voice: Utterly screams whenever something really good or bad happens.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Subverted over the course of the Runaway Guys as a whole. Jon refers to him as Emile more often over time. Tim mostly just responds to others, therefore doesn't call the others by any name.
Out-of-Character Moment: He occasionally becomes angry or irritable, despite usually being the cheerful one. Most prominent examples are Bowser Land of Mario Party 2, the Precision F-Strike example below, and the Mario Party 2 recording failure story listed on their Epic Fail page.
Poke the Poodle: His revenge on Jon for trying to kill him is to not replace the batteries in Jon's controller until after the game is over.
Precision F-Strike: A hard one to hear; after they got a star coin which took them quite a while to get, only to have the only one alive, Jon, die at the end, Chugga says this:
Surrounded by Idiots: In an inversion of what normally occurs, Chugga claims this during Episode 10 of the Super Smash Bros. Brawl LP.
ProtonJon: Oh, so you're the one saying [you're] surrounded by idiots now!
Troll: It's difficult not to imagine Chugga making a trollface when he makes an Incredibly Lame Pun or screws Jon over. His teachers always said (and he agrees) that he does not work well with others, which explains why he acts differently than in his solo videos.
Well Done Son Guy: He seems to want to impress ProtonJon (his inspiration to be an LPer) in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl playthrough.
One of the three main Runaway Guys, Jon is also a great player, but is usually messed up by the game or Chuggaa. Tends to act like he's Surrounded by Idiots. In Mario Party 1, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party 2, he played Mario, in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, he played Blue Toad, in Super Smash Bros, he played Captain Falcon, and in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played as Meta Knight.. In the Tournament Arc in Super Smash Bros Brawl, he played Ike, and in Mario Power Tennis he played Luigi.
The Ace: Although bad luck or his teammates tend to screw him over. Cemented when he won the Brawl Tournament Arc. Subverted in the Mario Tennis arc, where he was the very second loser.
Berserk Button: His old catchphrases, such as "Move faster Pokey".
Insulting his mother is shown to be one in the first episode of Horror Land.
Canada, Eh?: The other two comment on his dialect.
The latter part of the Subspace LP took place at his home in Canada. Chugga frequently states that he's in "enemy territory", and at one point Jon realizes he can kick Chugga out of his house.
He even claims he is allowed to deport Chugga from Canada, or at least put him under citizen's arrest.
In Western Land in Mario Party 2, they lampshade the rather Canadian way Jon says "No."
Fake Nationality: Not true, but accused of this. Someone called him out on pretending to be Canadian, despite the fact that he is genuinely Canadian.
Flanderization: In Mario Party, he tends to be a jerk sometimes, but only when it's justified or Played for Laughs. In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, he becomes an outright Token Evil Teammate whose sole purpose is to kill Chugga.
Subverted somewhat, as he seems to go back to normal during Subspace Emissary.
For the Evulz: After getting over Chuggaa nearly giving him a black eye, he's still determined to make Chuggaa use a continue. When asked why, he simply says "Because I can!"
Handicapped Badass: During the Smash Bros. filler video, he beat Chuggaa and Tim, while using a controller he wasn't used to.
During the Tournament, it was revealed that he didn't get a lot of sleep and was tired beforehand. And he won anyway.
Purple Oni: The calm and collected one during Mario Party (most of the time). Switched to red from blue when New Super Mario Bros. Wii started up. Ironic, considering he plays Blue Toad. Yes, Jon not only shares this trope with another Runaway Guy, but has actually been on both ends of the trope's spectrum.
Took a Level in Jerkass: Goes from somewhat annoyed with Chugga in Mario Party to outright trying to kill him (and occasionally Josh) in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Even more after Chugga accidentally gives him a black eye.
He goes back to "normal" in Subspace Emissary, though he still tries to annoy Chugga whenever possible.
Troll: In episode 14 of Mario Bros., he actually starts being more annoying again because he hasn't "been trolling enough" apparently.
He Tries very hard in the last videos to get Chugga killed enough times to have to use a continue. He even asked Josh and Tim to help. (It failed.)
He had the most teammate kills, and was Chugga's leading cause of death.
Another of the main three players, NintendoCapriSun (also just "NCS" or "Tim") is the quietest and nicest of the three. This usually means Chuggaa and Jon will beat him, though he's not by any means bad at games. In Mario Party 1, Mario Kart 64 and Mario Party 2, he played Yoshi, in New Super Mario Bros Wii, he played Luigi, and in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played as King Dedede. In Super Smash Bros, he initially played Yoshi in his match against Chugga, then switched to Fox for the remainder of the video. In the Tournament Arc in Super Smash Bros Brawl, he played Diddy Kong, and in Mario Power Tennis he played Yoshi.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: It's been theorized by the other Guys that the reason he keeps dying in the games is because he's not paying much attention as he plays.
This was definitely present in the final stages of Subspace Emissary, where Tim died or caused the others to die constantly. Reached its logical conclusion in this superb Non-Sequitur right at the end.
Badass Decay: One of the most noticeable things about him on this channel is that he's a lot worse at games than usual. On some occasions, this is a Justified Trope, though. This also applies to his performance in Subspace Emissary after doing considerably better in the filler episodes of the last LP.
Blue Oni: Even calmer and more careful than Jon was in Mario Party. Plus, it sticks during the transition to New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Cloudcuckoolander: Somewhat. He tends to talk to himself in the background, usually while others are talking over him, so viewers will often only catch snippets of what he's saying and wonder what the hell's running through his mind. This can often lead to an Orphaned Punchline.
Dark Horse Victory: Teased for Yoshi's Tropical Island, but Jon won instead. Tim did, however, win earlier at Wario's Battle Canyon.
Deadpan Snarker: Occasionally, but definitely not as much as the others.
Gasshole: NCS belches several times in just about every video.
Lampshaded once when they pointed out that someone other than him belched.
On Yoshi's Tropical Island, once the rest of the group got a whiff of something, he admits he'd passed gas three times by that point.
Hidden Depths: He shows that he is very skilled at button mashing in Mario Party 2. He even avoids being caught by Chugga in Crane Game, when Chugga had 40 seconds to go.
Mad Libs Catch Phrase: Eventually, he keeps making his 'in the bathroom' joke, but replacing the last word with anything relevant.
Magikarp Power: After struggling through much of the New Super Mario Bros. Wii run, he ends up practically carrying the team come the final stage.
The Medic: During New Super Mario Bros. Wii, he usually pops the other players' bubbles.
Nice Guy: Tim is very gentle compared to the others, only stealing from the CPU during Mario Party. He also never dicks over anyone else during NSMB Wii, either by intentionally using them as springboards or grabbing them and throwing them down pits.
This also adds a bit of Fridge Brilliance as to his low score on Mario party; nice guys finish last.
Only Sane Man: Almost the entire time in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Also during other games, though to a somewhat lesser extent.
Out-of-Character Moment: Any time NCS sends his voice skyrocketing for one reason or another (to the extent he outdid even Chugga) usually ends up catching everyone involved off guard.
]]. However, since the Mario Party LP started, he's been the Butt Monkey of the group, having both lost more coins than he's earned and placing in dead last in at least half of the boards. Fans speculate he's holding back and will go One-Winged Angel at an opportune moment. And as of Episode 16, they may be right.
He seems to be getting this in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. So far, he's died on the first Goomba, lost more lives than anyone else, and was the first player to have to use a continue. This can mostly be attributed to his nice guy nature in refusing to use everyone else as springboards, and falling to his death (except once). And as Josh Jepson pointed out in a comment, he actually feels he's doing worse than Tim because Tim never usesthe bubble mechanic. On the bright side, he's collected a good majority of the Star Coins so far, but the LP is too early on to say for sure if this will be a constant.
He does seem to be doing better than Josh now, but he's still miles behind Chugga and Jon in the long run.
This was lampshaded in a Facebook post:
[Chuggaaconroy]: Tim can do 3-heart runs of Zelda, beat Contra on Hard with no continues, and even beat Super Ghouls & Ghosts, yet despite all this, he does not understand the concept of pressing A to not die.
Chuggaa finally came out and just asked him about it, and Tim responded that it's the control sticks in general that mess him up so bad. The evidence matches up, as all the games he's pulled off incredibly well were before the advent of analogue sticks. Also, the fact that there are more players on the screen was mentioned.
He's doing better now in Mario Party 2, but unfortunately the Random Number God is still causing his overall performance to suffer.
Pungeon Master: Not to the same extent as Chuggaa, but he does make quite a few puns. And they're generally given a warmer reception.
The Quiet One: A common complaint in the earlier Mario Party videos is that the normally very talkative NCS was being far too quiet; all three contributors promised that he would come out of his shell in later videos. And so he did, but he's still definitely the quietest of the three.
He does do a lot of talking, though, but mainly to himself in the background.
Subverted twice in the filler videos. In Super Smash Bros.. his 'Let's get ready to rumble!' was so loud and long it left Jon and Chugga dumbfounded, then when he won in the lost recording of Mario Kart, his Big "YES!" reached Chuggaa levels of loud.
And definitely subverted as of Episode 7 of Subspace Emissary — probably because they are recording at Jon's house and not a hotel, so he doesn't have to worry about waking people up.
Jon also mentions in his interview with LPCatchPhrases that NCS is a generally quiet and shy person, so part of it is probably him warming up to his new team members.
While still the only one to never win a match, he did KO Jon once or twice during the Smash Bros. filler video, and then won Rainbow Road during the Mario Kart video.
He's also gotten loads better as of Mario Party 2. However, due to Jon and Chugga also being a bit better and luck usually not going in his favour, this tends to not show as well as it should.
The Mini-Game coaster showed that he got exceptional in playing the mini-games, particularly Hot Rope Jump. The challenge is that you have to jump fifty times and he did it on his first try!
The special guest Runaway Guy during the New Super Mario Bros. Wii LP, where he played Yellow Toad. Later, he returned to compete in the Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. He played as Link, and in Mario Power Tennis he played Koopa Troopa.
He also quickly grows tired of people replying to his Catch Phrase "I'm JoshJepson, but you knew that already" with "You're Josh Jepson?" and "Oh my god you guys, Josh Jepson's here!", as Chugga learns. Several times.
Butt Monkey: He is always trying to get 1-Ups, but thanks to bad luck, dying too much, and Jon hogging them, he can never get enough.
In the Smash Bros. Brawl Imitational Tournament, he is the first of the guys to lose a match and be sent to the "losers" side of the bracket (shortly followed by Tim). Then, later in his match against Chuggaa, he almost never landed a single hit on him, with the Shy Guy racers doing most of the damage for Josh.
Curbstomp Battle: Loses his tennis match against PurpleRodri quickly enough that they still had time to include it in the same video as Josh and Lucah's incredibly long match.
Foreshadowing / Lying Creator: The Guys mentioned at one point that they'd meet up with him, and later it was confirmed he would not be their guest player. And here he is now. Not lying per se, but it was tricky.
Hero Killer: Defeats Chuggaaconroy for good in sudden death, even after Chuggaa was buying himself time to kill him there first, and previously Diabetus had knocked Tim out of the Tournament. He's responsible for two out of three Runaway Guys losing the tournament.
The Quiet One: Not as much as ALoyalGamer, but more than other guest fighters, he likes to be quiet and focus on playing. He eventually makes some jokes and puns starting with his second match.
Running Gag: Mentioning that he's sleepy and that he's playing while asleep.
SyKhotic (played Lucas in SSBB)
The Ace: Aside from Jon, he is the only competitor to have never lost a match. At least until he fought Jon. Twice.
Funny Background Event: Himself. All of the tennis players are in the same room, and he shouts during matches he's not involved with frequently, as opposed to most everyone else being silent.
