History WebVideo / CarBoys

* {{Leitmotif}}: "Clair de Lune" acts as this for the series as a whole.

** Another lesser-known example is the Planet Class Locomotive.

** Nick claims that the extending polygons from messing with a locomotive wheel in Episode 21 demolished the wall behind him and would have severely injured him had he been sitting two inches to the left.

* EldritchAbomination: Busto 2.0 quickly becomes this.

''Car Boys'' was a weekly web series from Polygon which followed [[Creator/McElroyBrothers Griffin McElroy]] (of ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'' fame) and Nick Robinson (another Polygon employee) as they played/destroyed the game ''[[VideoGame/BeamNG BeamNG.drive]]''. Making use of the game's advanced soft-body physics, the two of them have many adventures with high-speed crashes, accompanied by the crash-test dummy [[CompanionCube Busto]]. The humor is similar in style to ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'', but flavored with high-octane destruction.

The series has a SpiritualSuccessor in the Polygon series ''Let's Go To Hell''.

''Car Boys'' was a weekly web series from Polygon which followed Griffin [=McElroy=] (of ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'' fame) and Nick Robinson (another Polygon employee) as they played/destroyed the game ''[[VideoGame/BeamNG BeamNG.drive]]''. Making use of the game's advanced soft-body physics, the two of them have many adventures with high-speed crashes, accompanied by the crash-test dummy [[CompanionCube Busto]]. The humor is similar in style to ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'', but flavored with high-octane destruction.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Nick claims that the extending polygons from messing with a locomotive wheel in Episode 21 demolished the wall behind him and would have severely injured him had he been sitting two inches to the left.

-->'''Griffin:''' [[NoodleIncident Remember when we got trucked?]]

The series has a SpiritualSuccessor in the Polygon series ''WebVideo/LetsGoToHell''.

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: In the very last episode, Griffin notices exactly long, thin, glitchy bits extending from their eternally falling mangled car and jokingly says that they're Beam Nick and Griffin, which is supposedly what VideoGame/BeamNG stands for.]]

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: In the very last episode, Griffin notices exactly long, thin, glitchy bits extending from their eternally falling mangled car and jokingly says that they're Beam Nick and Griffin, which is supposedly what BeamNG stands for.]]

** This also becomes the fate of [[spoiler: Nick and Griffin, becoming the Beams of BeamNG as they spend eternity in a Time Ring, relentlessly pursued by The Blob but with it unable to reach them or harm anything]].

* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:The titular "[=BeamNG=]" is, at the end, determined to stand for "Beam Nick and Griffin" after the two are transmuted into infinite beams extending through the time ring from the waterproof car.]]

** And, of course, the GrandFinale itself of "Nick and Griffin Reach The End" features [[spoiler: Nick and Griffin becoming BeamNG and successfully trapping The Blob in a Time Ring, at the cost of their own freedom]].

* MeaningfulAnagram: [[spoiler:The titular "[=BeamNG=]" is, at the end, determined to stand for "Beam Nick and Griffin" after the two are transmuted into infinite beams extending through the time ring from the waterproof car.]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: The fate of [[spoiler: Busto 1.0, in Episode 27. After using the Ovo to bring his bus high above the VR City, Nick breaks the bus, thereby freeing Busto and allowing his body to ascend to the [[FluffyCloudHeaven Sun Chips place]].]]

* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: The world underground in episode 29.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: At one point, Nick and Griffin attempt to contain [[EldritchAbomination Busto 2.0]] in the original Busto's bus, and it is played off as this.

* StoryArc: The series can be roughly split into three separate arcs.

''Car Boys'' is a weekly web series from Polygon which follows Griffin [=McElroy=] (of ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'' fame) and Nick Robinson (another Polygon employee) as they play/destroy the game ''[[VideoGame/BeamNG BeamNG.drive]]''. Making use of the game's advanced soft-body physics, the two of them have many adventures with high-speed crashes, accompanied by the crash-test dummy [[CompanionCube Busto]]. The humor is similar in style to ''WebVideo/MonsterFactory'', but flavored with high-octane destruction.

* LovecraftLite: Between all the bizzare geometries and eldritch horrors they run into while mucking about like the Planet Class Locomotive, Busto 2.0, and The Blob, the series definitely fits.

** During the [[spoiler: countdown to the defeat of Busto 2.0 at the hands of the sledgehammer]], the clock from VideoGame/MajorasMask appears at the bottom of the screen

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** Busto's name itself is derived from Nick and Griffin misremembering the name of Buster, the crash test dummy featured on ''[[Series/{{Mythbusters}}]]''.

** Busto's name itself is derived from Nick and Griffin misremembering the name of Buster, the crash test dummy featured on [[Series/{{Mythbusters}}]].