Mark McConville or LS Mark as he's better known, is a Irish born YouTuber who joined the platform in 2014. Beginning in 2018 and to the present, his videos consist of analytical videos and reviews, in which he talks about various works, particularly animated works and works he grew up with, such as the Sonic the Hedgehog series and the works of Butch Hartman, though his videos tend to cover a wide range of topics. He also is developing his own animated series, Rob and Clay, due for release in the near future.
He also has a second channel, launched in 2020, in the form of Splash Dash
, in which he covers a wide variety of topics related to Sonic the Hedgehog.
He also has a Twitter account in which he posts on a regular basis, as well as an secondary Twitter dedicated to his art.
LS Mark's videos discuss and contain the following examples.
- Accentuate the Negative: Subverted. Although he has gained a reputation for being harsh towards works he dislikes, he generally tries to view both the positives and negatives of a work instead of focusing purely on the negatives.
- Author Appeal:
- He makes it no secret that he is a fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and many of his videos tend to be Sonic related, which he has lamp-shaded a few times.
- He tends to frequently discuss the works of Butch Hartman on his channel, most notably The Fairly OddParents!. Like with Sonic, he has lamp-shaded this.
- He is also a big fan of The Simpsons and has covered the show quite a few times, to where he made a 6 hour video ranking every episode of the show, as of January 2021.
- He was also a fan of Family Guy in its early years and pre-Flanderization Brian and tends to bring both up in his videos. He has also made a similar video to The Simpsons where he goes over every single Family Guy episode as of December 2021.
- Spongebob Squarepants is another show he holds in high regard, at least for its first three seasons. Again, he made a video ranking every episode as of July 2022.
- South Park is another one commonly featured, and as such, also received it's own ranking video as of December 2022.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: His earlier videos were far more rant-oriented than his current videos tend to be and it wasn’t until 2018-2019 that he would develop into his current style, which itself has been redefined in the years since. He makes it clear that he is not proud of them.
- Extra-Long Episode: His ranking videos, which on average are 5 hours long. As of 2024, he has ranked all episodes of The Simpsons in January 2021, every Disney/Pixar film (up to Luca) and Family Guy episode in June and December of the same year respectively, every Spongebob Squarepants episode and South Park episode in July and December 2022, every The Fairly OddParents! episode in July 2023, and every Regular Show episode in January 2024. As mentioned at the end of the last video, a planned American Dad! ranking is set follow next in summer 2024.
- While not a ranking video in the vein of these other videos, his Five Nights at Freddy's video ranking every book based on the series from October 2022 can also be counted as such.
- Jerkass Ball: This is one of the main reasons why he thinks Family Guy has declined as much as it did, due to the show gradually stripping away most of the characters' likable traits for the sake of conflict or comedy, making them all unlikable pricks in the process.
- Running Gag:
- His second channel, Splash Dash being the channel of Mark's "best friend" is a frequent gag in his videos.
- Unless he needs a specific soundclipnote , whenever Mark uses footage from a Markiplier video the webcam footage is for some reason replaced with a loop of the guy breaking down in tears.
- I Read EVERY Five Nights at Freddy's Book
- Every child death is represented by a Minecraft explosion.
- Finding different ways to point out the overuse of characters having deceased fathers.
- Brian Griffin being hidden in a video's thumbnail.
- "THE MOUSE", a smiling, hairless rat accompanied by the first few notes of "Blue Topaz" from Rave Racer, from Ranking EVERY Disney & Pixar Movie Ever.
