History Funny / Northernlion

* In episode 25, NL completes the XXXXXXXXL Challenge in under 30 minutes. A normal run for him takes 40+ minutes.
To make things even greater, he also makes it to Boss Rush in time and then completes an extra floor by going to Sheol with We Need To Go Deeper (the challenge usually ends at Mom's Heart).

* In episode 14 of ''Afterbirth'', NL finds the D100 and since people always nag him to use the run-changing items, he uses it. It gives him Mom's Knife. To put this in context, the viewers constantly complained about NL taking Mom's Knife in Rebirth because it doesn't synergise with many items.

* In episode 14 of Afterbirth, NL finds the D100 and since people always nag him to use the run-changing items, he uses it. It gives him Mom's Knife. To put this in context, the viewers constantly complained about NL taking Mom's Knife in Rebirth because it doesn't synergise with many items.

* [[BrokenRecord "Jason Bright and his followers]] [[GameBreakingBug launching into the vast unknown."]] [[note]]From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OME15GGtnEI&t=23m3s this]] episode of his Fallout: New Vegas playthrough.[[/note]]

--> '''Comment''': Suicide King is not just a run, it's a title, and I'd say the guy who [[spoiler: ends his run by committing suicide]] ''[[spoiler: nine times]]'' is pretty deserving of it, so congratulations, Northernlion, you are the Suicide King.

** In the same episode, NL finds the Hagalaz rune which has the description "Destruction". Thinking that it'll hurt enemies, he saves it for the Mom fight. However when he uses it, all it does is destroy all the rocks on the room. Made better by the fact that NL has Thunder Thighs, so he could have simply destroyed the rocks himself by walking over them.
* Episode 89 has NL doing the Suicide King challenge run. He ends up getting [[spoiler: stuck inside a curse room on the womb with nine lives but only one heart, so if he tries to leave, he dies and respawns in the curse room with one heart. He has no way of teleporting, so to simply end the run he has to kill himself nine times.]] One commenter awards him the title of Suicide King for his efforts:

* In Episode 22, "Devout", NL is having a good run with ipecac (exploding poison shots) when he picks up Bob's Brain (fires automatically, explodes when it hits an enemy). Cue an OhCrap moment when he realises he also has Sad Bombs so Bob's Brain releases ipecac shots when it hits. Then it turns up to eleven when he gets triple shot and Rubber Cement so he fires multiple shots, all of which bounce of walls and straight back into his face. See the madness [[https://youtu.be/2lDDHrFweZU?list=PL1bauNEiHIgyfeY17IPFH1LW0tRwPRYRf&t=1273 here]].

* A subtle example in Episode 27, "Speed Up", where NL played as Azazel and constantly complained about how [[GameBreaker overpowered]] he is. Comments pointed out that most of his damage was coming from the flies from his Guppy transformation rather than Azazel's brimstone, so it was Guppy that was overpowered, not Azazel. This means that NL turned Azazel into a scapegoat. [[note]]One meaning of Azazel's name is 'scapegoat'.[[/note]]

* In Episode 22, "Devout", NL is having a good run with ipecac (exploding poison shots) when he picks up Bob's Brain (fires automatically, explodes when it hits an enemy) Cue an OhCrap moment when he realises he also has Sad Bombs so Bob's Brain releases ipecac shots when it hits. Then it turns up to eleven when he gets triple shot and Rubber Cement so he fires multiple shots, all of which bounce of walls and straight back into his face. See the madness [[https://youtu.be/2lDDHrFweZU?list=PL1bauNEiHIgyfeY17IPFH1LW0tRwPRYRf&t=1273 here]].

* In Epsiode 23 of his ''Rebirth'' series, "Floss", he's doing pretty well (even making it to the secret [[spoiler:BossRush]] room). And then he picks up Ludivico Technique, which doesn't synergize very well with the other items he has, Spectral Tears and Monstro's Lung (the controllable big-tear is transparent and only damages sometimes). So now he's forced to rely on Lil' Brimstone and Technology 2 for most of his damage. He, against all odds, makes it to the [[spoiler:Cathedral]], but the room right before the final boss has ''eight'' Haunts, annoying ghosts who phase in and out of visibility, making them a pain to fight. NL loses all of his health and dies...and is then resurrected with Guppy's Collar, an item that has a 50% chance of bringing you back to life, but with only one half-heart. He tries to fight the Haunts again, and dies, again. He is resurrected again. He fights again. He dies, ''again''. This goes on for several minutes, his total resurrection count being '''''six'''''. Just to show you how hilariously ''unlikely'' that is, imagine Guppy's Collar is a coin. Heads, you come back to life, tails, you die. NL flipped a coin six times, and got heads every time, ''when he was actively '''trying''' to die!''

* In episode 4 of ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'', Northernlion [[https://youtu.be/1uqziVCNf3o?t=19m58s risks facing waves of enemies]] despite having low HP in order to gather more resources to salvage his run. Fortunaltely, the game rewards him with a treasure chest[[spoiler:, a mimic to be more accurate]]. His [[DidntSeeThatComing reaction]] is [[{{Beat}} priceless]].

* In the March 19th, 2018 NLSS, during a round of Fibbage: Enough About You, Malf wrote the phrase "I Feel Down The Stairs And Ravioli On Me" as one of his answers for the "One Truth and One Lie" segment. The rest of the cast was dumbfounded by the absurdity of the answer, and it quicky became another RunningGag for the show. [[https://youtu.be/PFWMqC0Ps2E?t=7909 see for yourself here]]

* In the March 19th, 2018 NLSS, during a round of Fibbage: Enough About You, Malf wrote the phrase "I Feel Down The Stairs And Ravioli On Me" as one of his answers for the "One Truth and One Lie" segment. The rest of the cast was dumbfounded by the absurdity of the answer, and it quicky became another RunningGag for the show.

-->'''NL''': If this is bugged, and does not give me the challenge victory for this, ohhh... I will be displeased, I will tell you that much.\\

* In episode 4 of EnterTheGungeon, Northernlion [[https://youtu.be/1uqziVCNf3o?t=19m58s risks facing waves of enemies]] despite having low HPs in order to gather more resources to salvage his run. Fortunaltely, the game rewards him with a treasure chest[[spoiler:, a mimic to be more accurate]]. His [[DidntSeeThatComing reaction]] is [[{{Beat}} priceless]].
* Episode 423 of Afterbirth starts out a fairly normal run, but eventually he comes across a half-sized room in [[spoiler:The Chest]] with six buttons. He presses three of them without thinking and gets eight Monstros and three Super Envies spawned on his head, which ends up costing half of his HP even with his Polaroid invincibility (never mind the ''[[FailedASpotCheck open door]]'' on the other side of the room). His abrupt ThisIsGonnaSuck reaction sells it:

* In episode 25 of Afterbirth+, Northernlion plays through the Pong challenge. [[spoiler:He decides to make it harder on himself by fighting Hush]] and subsequently [[spoiler: enters the Void and defeats the final boss.]] His commentary on the situation, especially if he fails, is the best part.

-->'''Ryan''': ''"You should learn to make your own bar soap and then [[spoiler: start an anarchist club in major cities around the world]] and then..."'' " THIS is just the plot to FightClub. You can't sneak this one by me mister."

* In the April 3rd, 2017 NLSS ,Northernlion leaves to go ask kate what she is playing after the show ends, as he is away all the other casters decide to break into an impromptu song based around saying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgr3wcWa4y8 "hey kate!"]]. When NL gets back and realizes what happened every one just loses it.

• In episode 25 of Afterbirth+, Northernlion plays through the Pong challenge. [[spoiler:He decides to make it harder on himself by fighting Hush]] and subsequently [[spoiler: enters the Void and defeats the final boss.]] His commentary on the situation, especially if he fails, is the best part.