History YMMV / Jerma985

* LGBTFanbase: Jerma has a downright massive one, to the extent where "gay people talk about big Jerma streams like they're the Superbowl" is a popular joke online. Much of this stems from the {{camp}}y, elaborate nature of Jerma's content and the lack of any prominent "dudebro" elements. This section of his fanbase further increased in size after he [[https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/jerma985-speaks-out-over-transphobia-and-lgbt-hate-in-his-twitch-chat-1528557/ explicitly called out]] transphobic chat members and voiced solidarity with the LGBT+ community.

* ArchiveBinge: Jerma's been at it for over ''10 years'' now. There's plenty of content on his now-defunct original Jerma985 [=YouTube=] channel, plus his stream highlights on 2ndJerma, plus his full streams on Twitch. Don't forget the plethora of videos featuring him on channels like [[WebVideo/{{Star}} Ster]]'s too!

* ArchiveBinge: Jerma's been at it for over ''10 years'' now. There's plenty of content on his now-defunct [=YouTube=] channel, plus his stream highlights on 2ndJerma, plus his full streams on Twitch. Don't forget the plethora of videos featuring him on channels like [[WebVideo/{{Star}} Ster]]'s too!

** The Green Screen from Jermania 2018, thanks to delivering ''the'' best performance of any character during the Jerma Rumble. Not only did he win, but he currently holds the record for most eliminations in a single Rumble at a whopping ''10'', meaning he eliminated almost half the contestants. When Jerma tried to redo it for a more fair fight, the Green Screen itself crashed the game, and resisted almost all attempts at putting him in his place. Jerma had to throw a GameBreaker of a character at him to stop him, and it almost didn't work. [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]] comparisons were quick to come.

** The Green Screen character born from the 2018 Jermania, thanks to delivering ''the'' best performance of any character during the Jerma Rumble (winning it and mowing down almost half the contestants by himself), crashing the game when Jerma tried to redo it, and resisting almost all attempts at putting him in his place. Jerma had to throw a GameBreaker of a character at him to get him to stop, and it almost didn't work. [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]] comparisons were quick to come.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Bugleberry obtained a ''lot'' of new fans and love after the [[https://youtu.be/VZw4Jp6uFUs cauldron stream]], especially after the reveal that Bugleberry is the one who creates the Jerma characters. It got to the point that chat sided with Bugleberry when Jerma called in to bully him!

* TheScrappy:
** B. F. Bugleberry has fallen to this. Among hardcore Jerma fans he is just a BaseBreakingCharacter, but you can't argue with numbers: Bugleberry's appearance on the Halloween 2019 stream caused the viewership to drop by around ''4,000 people.'' The Youtube video of the same segment, Bugleberry Teaches You A Lesson, is also one of 2ndJerma's least-viewed videos.
*** RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Bugleberry obtained a ''lot'' of new fans and love after the [[https://youtu.be/VZw4Jp6uFUs cauldron stream]], especially after the reveal that Bugleberry is the one who creates the Jerma characters. It got to the point that chat sided with Bugleberry when Jerma called in to bully him!

* AcceptableTargets: Usually Jerma makes sure to stray away from talking seriously about politics. However the one time he breaks this rule is in his 2020 awards stream, when he visibly gets angry when reading off Mitch Mcconnell's name during the best impression segment. Feeling that he is too widely hated for anyone to get mad at him for it.[[note]]For context, this was right after Mcconnell blocked a proposal for $2000 stimulus checks despite support within even the GOP, a move that was very much opposed across the political spectrum.[[/note]]

* AcceptableTargets: [[Website/YouTube YouTubers]] who make lowest-common denominator, LargeHam content with immature humor, or "Tubers", as Jerma calls them. He often speaks in a faux exuberant voice and imitates their content in mockery of them, most famously [[https://youtu.be/rMCg45jqYAQ?t=131 here.]]

* UnacceptableTargets: Dogs are this to Jerma. He makes it no secret that he's an huge animal lover, but dogs are especially a soft spot for him, and therefore, he attempts to avoid harming dogs of any sort in games he plays, only resorting to violence when absolutely necessary. Whenever Etalyx harms/kills dogs just to mess with him, Jerma's reactions are usually those of a DudeNotFunny variety.

* MemeticPsychopath: Jerma in-universe since around late 2017, with fans playing him up as a bloodthirsty sociopath while he himself chimes in by [[spoiler: killing people in-universe.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In several videos, Jerma laughs too hard and exclaims "Ow my chest!" or "I'm gonna pass out!" While this was amusing in the past, it became a bit more sinister when Jerma began experiencing chronic chest pain in 2020 that hindered his ability to stream, which was likely related to his previous laughter-induced pain.

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** The end of the video "Patch Notes", which starts out as a rather mundane video in which he reacts to patch notes for various games. Then he reacts to patch notes for... Himself. And he doesn't like what the update has in store for him, but is unable to stop it from dowloading, so he decides to [[CutTheJuice unplug the ethernet cable]]. It's then revealed that he has [[BrainComputerInterface various cables installed in the back of his neck]], which he starts pulling out trying to find the ethernet cable, increasingly desperate as the dowload continues. Inherent disturbingness of that concept aside, it starts off fairly comical. He unplugs a cable line, and then a phone line after receiving a spam call, finally hitting a switch that makes him sneeze, much to his confusion as to why he even has that. But then he pulls out the HDMI cable, which makes him go blind and [[OhCrap start to really panic]]. After that, he pulls out the RCA cables, going deaf, and the SpecialEffectFailure of pulling out one of the ports instead of the cable only makes it worse. This leaves only the ethernet cable, which he's desperately trying to remove as the download finishes... And the last few seconds of the video imply he failed.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: There are several minor characters from the Jermaverse who have become considerably popular with the fandom. Notable examples include The Egg, Glue Man, and Mr. Green.
** Burgah Boy may also count as one for older fans.

** A fair amount of overlapping exist between Jerma fans and WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} fans, on account of Jerma's streaming style being pretty similar to Vinny and Joel's and due to Jerma being friends with the two.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In several videos, Jerma laughs too hard and exclaims "Ow my chest!" or "I'm gonna pass out!" While this was amusing in the past, it became a bit more sinister when Jerma found out in 2020 that he had an untreated hiatal hernia amongst other health problems that were likely related to his laughter-induced pain.

** Parodied and Enforced with a New Year's themed Jerma Rumble consisting of old twitch chat memes generated through the year, with the winner being the only one allowed to be carried over into the New Year; All others were banned. [[spoiler: The reigning champion was Baldcoin.]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: While streaming ''VideoGame/{{Scorn}}'', the protagonist must put a small, baby-like creature in a pod and watch as it gets crushed to harvest its blood. Horrific. Jerma playing the ''Film/AustinPowers'' theme song during this sequence? Hilarious

* CrossesTheLineTwice: While streaming ''[[VideoGame/Scorn]]'', the protagonist must put a small, baby-like creature in a pod and watch as it gets crushed to harvest its blood. Horrific. Jerma playing the ''Film/AustinPowers'' theme song during this sequence? Hilarious

* CrossesTheLineTwice: While streaming ''VideoGame/Scorn'', the protagonist must put a small, baby-like creature in a pod and watch as it gets crushed to harvest its blood. Horrific. Jerma playing the ''Film/AustinPowers'' theme song during this sequence? Hilarious

* LoveToHate: Definitely B. F. Bugleberry. He is by no means a good character - he's not very funny, charismatic, or appealing to look at. But there's something about him that is so ironically hilarious and stupid that he remains a fan favorite.

--> '''Announcer:''' He just threw a shitty CG fireball at [[spoiler: Jerma]]!

** When it isn't being depressing, the stream of ''VideoGame/TheSims1'' is this. The Sweets family lives a miserable life in poverty, with some additional AdultFear sprinkled on top of it as they have a child. Eventually, the parents die in two freak accidents, with their daughter actually watching her mother and a family friend burn to death. This causes her to create a fantasy world in order to escape her extremely traumatic reality.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** On his game show games stream, for the ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' game, he put his name as "fuck off [[Creator/RegisPhilbin regis]]". This has become less funny in 2020 than it was in 2017 after Regis' death.
** In several videos, Jerma laughs too hard and exclaims "Ow my chest!" or "I'm gonna pass out!" While this was amusing in the past, it became a bit more sinister when Jerma found out in 2020 that he had an untreated hiatal hernia amongst other health problems that were likely related to his laughter-induced pain.