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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', while climbing Mount Lanayru, Max notices something demonic-looking a distance away; he briefly thinks it's a shrine, but when Tim tells him it isn't, he just hesitantly decides not to go near it. If you don't know what he was actually looking at, it'll be just as creepy to you as it was to Max, especially since it seemed to be moving and breathing. If you ''do'' know what it was; specifically, [[spoiler:''[[BonusBoss Naydra the dragon]]'']], chances are you'll tense up at seeing Max in such an early game state considering going after it. It doesn't help that [[MissionControl Tim]] didn't even know what it was.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', while climbing Mount Lanayru, Max notices something demonic-looking a distance away; he briefly thinks it's a shrine, but when Tim tells him it isn't, he just hesitantly decides not to go near it. If you don't know what he was actually looking at, it'll be just as creepy to you as it was to Max, especially since it seemed to be moving and breathing. If you ''do'' know what it was; specifically, [[spoiler:''[[BonusBoss Naydra [[spoiler:''Naydra the dragon]]'']], dragon'']], chances are you'll tense up at seeing Max in such an early game state considering going after it. It doesn't help that [[MissionControl Tim]] didn't even know what it was.
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* The three-parter about ''FanFic/{{Cupcakes}}'' in ''Cutie Mark Laboratories''. The second episode isn't too scary, but the first and third could creep people out.

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* The three-parter about ''FanFic/{{Cupcakes}}'' ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' in ''Cutie Mark Laboratories''. The second episode isn't too scary, but the first and third could creep people out.
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* Anyone with aquaphobia will relate to Max whenever his comes up. And the general reasoning for his aquaphobia is also worth noting: barring his general fear of unknown sea creatures, [[AdultFear he nearly drowned from falling in a lake as a very young child.]]

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* Anyone with aquaphobia will relate to Max whenever his comes up. And the general reasoning for his aquaphobia is also worth noting: barring his general fear of unknown sea creatures, [[AdultFear he nearly drowned from falling in a lake as a very young child.]]
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* In ''Dead By Daylight'', everyone gets pretty creepy when they play as the killer and get into character. [[CreepyMonotone Rhino is eerily polite and softspoken,]] [[LargeHam Jero is loud and hits on all sorts of horror movie tropes,]] [[DissonantSerenity Dan is so casual it's scary on its own,]] and [[MoodSwinger Max alternates between all three at a moment's notice]].
** When Max is the killer the second time, he's approaching Rhino's position. Rhino, seemingly in a panic, just crouches against a wall and hopes for the best. Max runs over, standing mere feet away from him, checks an empty closet, and leaves without seeing Rhino. FailedASpotCheck, sure, but you can tell Rhino was damn terrified.
--> '''Jero''': My kingdom for a generator!
--> '''Rhino''': ''(muttering)'' [[PottyFailure My kingdom for a]] ''[[PottyFailure urinal...]]''
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** In season 2, [[spoiler:Rhino's]] death. For one thing, it's the death of [[spoiler:a SoleSurvivor from the first season (alongside Jero) and the group's main strategist and leader]]. For another, due to the bump in editing detail, rather than just the dramatic death sound and a brief lingering on the deceased's death screen, [[spoiler:we get a [[JumpScare very sudden]] representative image of Rhino being gutted ''and lifted off the ground'' by a zombie pigman's sword, complete with a realistic blood splatter in the background and a very loud, wet stabbing sound effect]].
** Also in season 2, each {{Cliffhanger}} episode ending. All of them are designed to make the viewer feel tense about what comes next, and they work. Check under the {{Cliffhanger}} trope on the main page for the list.

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* There's a JumpScare in the first episode of ''The Drawing Board'' during a discussion about jumpscares. A GenreSavvy viewer will expect it, though.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0CktbdOJc Ohai, I'm SAWme Guy]], the 2013 Halloween Special. Of particular note is when [[spoiler: Max ''kills Snowdrop'' as part of a test]].
** Or TheReveal of [[spoiler: Zero being the bad guy]].
** 2014 was going to have a sequel, but it was filmed too close to Halloween and couldn't be edited in time. Apparently it would have expanded on the previous one's plot, featured more deadly traps and unexpected plot twists, and had [[DissonantSerenity a very, very calm Max]].
*** And that part two might still be released later...
* In one livestream, while playing ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', Max [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou falls to his death]] - and instantly goes quiet for several seconds as his vertigo kicks in. It's a little unnerving. He seems fine for the rest of the stream, though.

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* There's a JumpScare in the first episode of ''The Drawing Board'' during a discussion about jumpscares. A GenreSavvy viewer Anyone with aquaphobia will expect it, though.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0CktbdOJc Ohai, I'm SAWme Guy]],
relate to Max whenever his comes up. And the 2013 Halloween Special. Of particular note general reasoning for his aquaphobia is when [[spoiler: Max ''kills Snowdrop'' also worth noting: barring his general fear of unknown sea creatures, [[AdultFear he nearly drowned from falling in a lake as part of a test]].
** Or TheReveal of [[spoiler: Zero being the bad guy]].
** 2014 was going to have a sequel, but it was filmed too close to Halloween and couldn't be edited in time. Apparently it would have expanded on the previous one's plot, featured more deadly traps and unexpected plot twists, and had [[DissonantSerenity a very,
very calm Max]].
*** And that part two might still be released later...
* In one livestream, while playing ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', Max [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou falls to his death]] - and instantly goes quiet for several seconds as his vertigo kicks in. It's a little unnerving. He seems fine for the rest of the stream, though.
young child.]]



* [[http://ask.fm/RLYoshi/answer/119247202797 This story]], while also pretty awesome, brings up two scary facts: first, that Max was attacked at night and could've been in major trouble if he didn't have his box cutter. Secondly: the fact that Max ''is way too calm about all this.''



** He cut out his commentary in the third part because it consisted of yelling from being scared and {{Angrish}}... and, as we learn at a later date, it also consisted of [[spoiler: ''his heart stopping for almost fifteen seconds from the final JumpScare'']]. No wonder he won't play ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''...
* Downplayed, as it's more just creepy than anything, but in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYjMc8QiYg April Fool's episode]] of ''Cutie Mark Laboratories'', some odd messages show up at 4:11 and 6:30...
--> [[spoiler: what is honesty?]]
--> [[spoiler: perhaps honesty is a lie in and of itself]]
** The first of those gets a CallBack via FreezeFrameBonus in the next episode, around 1:04. It's hard to tell whether this is just a joke or not.
** It then gets mentioned in a later episode. It's likely just some sort of RunningGag.
* Max, who suffers from major aquaphobia, [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126484408955/as-in-fear-of-swimmingdrowning-or-fear-of-fish goes into detail about why he has such a fear]].
** [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126570070680/do-you-think-mlp-can-actually-change-someones Also from his Tumblr,]] the reveal that if not for ''My Little Pony'', Max's life would almost definitely have [[UsedToBeASweetKid gone]] [[TragicDropout very]] [[DrivenToSuicide differently]].
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* ''Dungeons & Dragons'':
** For a human, Max can really sound like a wild beast when he tries. See [[https://youtu.be/PnSGsxFPamU?t=2009 his manticore growls]] followed by his ''roar.'' Dranthar may not have been intimidated, but ''you will be.'' Granted, this comes with being a voice actor; it just comes so out of the blue.
** Also, the fact that Max put a group of level 1 players up against a manticore. A manticore that, as he later revealed, he made ''more'' powerful than the compendium listed. [[spoiler:Granted, none of them got knocked out, let alone killed (though Talak came close), but that was more due to Max's bad rolls; had a single multi attack actually hit with all three strikes, or even just two of them on the same person, literally any member of the party could have easily been taken down then and there.]]
** That session ended with Sweety (Jerry's character) getting attacked in the middle of the night, while sleeping in the heavily guarded city castle. Who was his assailant? [[spoiler:Charon Tarnish; Max's tiefling rogue from the Faleburg Chronicles, hired by the BigBad.]] There's just something very unnerving about knowing that a former [[spoiler:player character]] is now going after our heroes.
*** One can't help but worry what would happen if [[spoiler:[[ImprobableAimingSkills Fiora]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer Shiranti-]][[TheGunslinger Vimy]]]] was called in as a new foe...
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', while climbing Mount Lanayru, Max notices something demonic-looking a distance away; he briefly thinks it's a shrine, but when Tim tells him it isn't, he just hesitantly decides not to go near it. If you don't know what he was actually looking at, it'll be just as creepy to you as it was to Max, especially since it seemed to be moving and breathing. If you ''do'' know what it was; specifically, [[spoiler:''[[BonusBoss Naydra the dragon]]'']], chances are you'll tense up at seeing Max in such an early game state considering going after it. It doesn't help that [[MissionControl Tim]] didn't even know what it was.
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** Also noteworthy is that Max originally recalled the foyer as having ghosts during the blackout. That doesn't happen, but imagine: you got scared by the blackout as a kid and went to the only safe spot in the game you knew of, and found that not only was it dark with no save point, ''but the ghosts were there too and nowhere was safe.''

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** Also noteworthy is that Max originally recalled the foyer as having ghosts during the blackout. That doesn't happen, but imagine: you got scared by the blackout as a kid and went to the only safe spot in the game you knew of, and found that not only was it dark with no save point, ''but the ghosts were there too and nowhere was safe.''''
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** [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126570070680/do-you-think-mlp-can-actually-change-someones Also from his Tumblr,]] the reveal that if not for ''My Little Pony'', Max's life would almost definitely have [[UsedToBeASweetKid gone]] [[TragicDropout very]] [[DrivenToSuicide differently]].

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** [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126570070680/do-you-think-mlp-can-actually-change-someones Also from his Tumblr,]] the reveal that if not for ''My Little Pony'', Max's life would almost definitely have [[UsedToBeASweetKid gone]] [[TragicDropout very]] [[DrivenToSuicide differently]].differently]].
* In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' Max talks about a recurring nightmare theme he has, where he'll be in some way trapped or being chased by something scary, before [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext opening up a video game menu]] and frantically trying to "exit the game" despite it being real (well, real in the dream, if that makes sense). It's a very specific and very horrifying thought to have as a frequent dream.
** Turns out this actually happened because of a moment in the very game he's playing, back when he was a kid: when the blackout happened, because he was so young, his first instinct was to go to the mansion's foyer (the only place in the game ghosts never appear in, and is lit up for 99% of the game). Finding it [[NothingIsScarier completely dark and no Toad there]] put him seriously on edge, and as soon as he entered the parlor and was surrounded by ghosts, [[FreakOut he panicked and kept hitting buttons]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere to try and exit the game,]] [[ButtonMashing opening pretty much everything besides the proper menu in the process.]] The game might seem lighthearted to us, but that sort of thing is understandably scary, especially considering his aversion to horror nowadays.
** Also noteworthy is that Max originally recalled the foyer as having ghosts during the blackout. That doesn't happen, but imagine: you got scared by the blackout as a kid and went to the only safe spot in the game you knew of, and found that not only was it dark with no save point, ''but the ghosts were there too and nowhere was safe.''
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* Max, who suffers from major hydrophobia, [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126484408955/as-in-fear-of-swimmingdrowning-or-fear-of-fish goes into detail about why he has such a fear]].

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* Max, who suffers from major hydrophobia, aquaphobia, [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126484408955/as-in-fear-of-swimmingdrowning-or-fear-of-fish goes into detail about why he has such a fear]].
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** Oh, and also? [[spoiler: He was aiming for the throat. ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes He was aiming to kill.]]'']]
** [[http://ask.fm/RLYoshi/answer/119361407213 Max is officially one scary motherfucker.]]
--> Once you hit me, I can claim self-defense, [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry and you really don't want to be the target of my anger when I can use that as an excuse.]]
** Max says in the first part of the 2014 Christmas special that he is "legitimately insane". Could be SelfDeprecation or just joking, [[CassandraTruth or...]]
*** He also says this around the time he lights his Christmas tree on fire and starts singing about it. That bit's PlayedForLaughs though.
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** It then gets mentioned in a later episode. It's likely just some sort of RunningGag.

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** It then gets mentioned in a later episode. It's likely just some sort of RunningGag.RunningGag.
* Max, who suffers from major hydrophobia, [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126484408955/as-in-fear-of-swimmingdrowning-or-fear-of-fish goes into detail about why he has such a fear]].
** [[http://rlyoshi.tumblr.com/post/126570070680/do-you-think-mlp-can-actually-change-someones Also from his Tumblr,]] the reveal that if not for ''My Little Pony'', Max's life would almost definitely have [[UsedToBeASweetKid gone]] [[TragicDropout very]] [[DrivenToSuicide differently]].
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** The first of those gets a CallBack via FreezeFrameBonus in the next episode, around 1:04. It's hard to tell whether this is just a joke or not.

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** The first of those gets a CallBack via FreezeFrameBonus in the next episode, around 1:04. It's hard to tell whether this is just a joke or not.not.
** It then gets mentioned in a later episode. It's likely just some sort of RunningGag.
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** He cut out his commentary in the third part because it consisted of yelling from being scared and {{Angrish}}... and, as we learn at a later date, it also consisted of [[spoiler: ''his heart stopping for almost fifteen seconds from the final JumpScare'']]. No wonder he won't play ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''...

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** He cut out his commentary in the third part because it consisted of yelling from being scared and {{Angrish}}... and, as we learn at a later date, it also consisted of [[spoiler: ''his heart stopping for almost fifteen seconds from the final JumpScare'']]. No wonder he won't play ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''...''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''...
* Downplayed, as it's more just creepy than anything, but in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZYjMc8QiYg April Fool's episode]] of ''Cutie Mark Laboratories'', some odd messages show up at 4:11 and 6:30...
--> [[spoiler: what is honesty?]]
--> [[spoiler: perhaps honesty is a lie in and of itself]]
** The first of those gets a CallBack via FreezeFrameBonus in the next episode, around 1:04. It's hard to tell whether this is just a joke or not.

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* Sometimes, Max's chanting of "Kooyanisqatsi..." comes off as more ominous than it should.



** 2014 was going to have a sequel, but it was filmed too close to Halloween and couldn't be edited in time. Apparently it would have expanded on the previous one's plot, featured more deadly traps and unexpected plot twists, and had [[DissonantSerenity a very, very calm Max]].
*** And that part two might still be released later...



* In the second part of ''Wheel of Fortune'', after getting bad spins a bit too much, Max is heard taking out a knife and cutting. We then hear, as Rhino and Jero put it, a "juicy" sound, and Max goes quiet. [[spoiler: He actually just cut the arm of his chair to give the impression he slit his throat.]]

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** Max says in the first part of the 2014 Christmas special that he is "legitimately insane". Could be SelfDeprecation or just joking, [[CassandraTruth or...]]
*** He also says this around the time he lights his Christmas tree on fire and starts singing about it. That bit's PlayedForLaughs though.
* In the second part of ''Wheel of Fortune'', after getting bad spins a bit too much, Max is heard taking out a knife and cutting. We then hear, as Rhino and Jero put it, a "juicy" sound, and Max goes quiet. [[spoiler: He actually just cut the arm of his chair to give the impression he slit his throat.]]]]
* Okay, the event and description itself really isn't scary at all, but there's just... ''something'' creepy about how Max mentions in a ''Cards Against Humanity'' video breaking an Xbox 360 controller against his kneecap, and the controller being ruined while [[MadeOfIron he himself was perfectly fine]].
* His let's play of ''VisualNovel/PartTimeJob''. Naturally, considering the game, but... yeah.
** Doesn't help that his let's play gave the game a ColbertBump and many people decided to experience it for themselves.
** He cut out his commentary in the third part because it consisted of yelling from being scared and {{Angrish}}... and, as we learn at a later date, it also consisted of [[spoiler: ''his heart stopping for almost fifteen seconds from the final JumpScare'']]. No wonder he won't play ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''...
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--> Once you hit me, I can claim self-defense, [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry and you really don't want to be the target of my anger when I can use that as an excuse.]]

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--> Once you hit me, I can claim self-defense, [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry and you really don't want to be the target of my anger when I can use that as an excuse.]]
* In the second part of ''Wheel of Fortune'', after getting bad spins a bit too much, Max is heard taking out a knife and cutting. We then hear, as Rhino and Jero put it, a "juicy" sound, and Max goes quiet. [[spoiler: He actually just cut the arm of his chair to give the impression he slit his throat.
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** Oh, and also? [[spoiler: He was aiming for the throat. ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes He was aiming to kill.]]'']]

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** Oh, and also? [[spoiler: He was aiming for the throat. ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes He was aiming to kill.]]'']]]]'']]
** [[http://ask.fm/RLYoshi/answer/119361407213 Max is officially one scary motherfucker.]]
--> Once you hit me, I can claim self-defense, [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry and you really don't want to be the target of my anger when I can use that as an excuse.]]
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* [[http://ask.fm/RLYoshi/answer/119247202797 This story]], while also pretty awesome, brings up two scary facts: first, that Max was attacked at night and could've been in major trouble if he didn't have his box cutter. Secondly: the fact that Max ''is way too calm about all this.''

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* [[http://ask.fm/RLYoshi/answer/119247202797 This story]], while also pretty awesome, brings up two scary facts: first, that Max was attacked at night and could've been in major trouble if he didn't have his box cutter. Secondly: the fact that Max ''is way too calm about all this.''''
** Oh, and also? [[spoiler: He was aiming for the throat. ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes He was aiming to kill.]]'']]
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** The third part goes right into looking through the story itself, highlighting particular points that can either scare people or gross them out if they're unfamiliar with the story.

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** The third part goes right into looking through the story itself, highlighting particular points that can either scare people or gross them out if they're unfamiliar with the story.story.
* [[http://ask.fm/RLYoshi/answer/119247202797 This story]], while also pretty awesome, brings up two scary facts: first, that Max was attacked at night and could've been in major trouble if he didn't have his box cutter. Secondly: the fact that Max ''is way too calm about all this.''
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* There's a JumpScare in the first episode of ''The Drawing Board'' during a discussion about jumpscares. A GenreSavvy viewer will expect it, though.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0CktbdOJc Ohai, I'm SAWme Guy]], the 2013 Halloween Special. Of particular note is when [[spoiler: Max ''kills Snowdrop'' as part of a test]].
** Or TheReveal of [[spoiler: Zero being the bad guy]].
* In one livestream, while playing ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', Max [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou falls to his death]] - and instantly goes quiet for several seconds as his vertigo kicks in. It's a little unnerving. He seems fine for the rest of the stream, though.
* The three-parter about ''FanFic/{{Cupcakes}}'' in ''Cutie Mark Laboratories''. The second episode isn't too scary, but the first and third could creep people out.
** The first part is about analyzing Pinkie Pie in the show to determine if she is, in fact, psychotic enough to become the killer she is in ''Cupcakes''. [[spoiler: She is.]]
** The third part goes right into looking through the story itself, highlighting particular points that can either scare people or gross them out if they're unfamiliar with the story.

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