History WebVideo / GameGrumps

''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps Game Grumps]]'' is a LetsPlay web series on Website/YouTube where two co-hosts play games together and provide live commentary, with conversations ranging from [[ShownTheirWork sophisticated discussions about the design of the games they're playing]] to [[SeinfeldianConversation bizarre tangents unrelated to anything happening on-screen]] with plenty of [[LargeHam ridiculous screaming]] and [[HomoeroticSubtext bromance]] thrown in, producing frequently hilarious and occasionally NSFW results. The channel updates daily, and now has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/GameGrumps favorite episode crowner]]!

** [[VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale Egofaptor]] (which is also Arin's Website/{{Tumblr}} domain name)

* MoreThanMeetsTheEye: [[invoked]]Arin and Danny have a terrible first impression of ''VideoGame/DeadlyCreatures'', from a silly title screen, a save file system that uses the same graphic interface as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, {{Narm}}y cutscenes and animation, and the game apparently doing a serious number on Arin's Wii's processor. Once they start playing, though, they have a really great time, [[spoiler:to the point where they keep playing it off-screen after their Ghoul Grumps series ends]].

** Their commercials for real Grump products are full of this. Their commercials for non-Grump products (Like Website/{{Crunchyroll}} or the VideoGame/ShovelKnight Toys/{{amiibo}}), though more "refined", still feature deliberately bad and/or over-the-top acting.

** Episode 36 of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'' was completely animated by [[http://linzb0t.tumblr.com/ Linzb0t]] due to the game footage getting lost.

** Episode 10 of ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Second Opinion'' had an annotation on the video warning about the extensive discussion of suicide, due to the plot focusing on Derek treating a suicidal patient. The annotation is now gone, but the warning is still in the description.

** In the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' playthrough of ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Second Opinion,'' they interpret Sidney Kasal saying, "They don't even understand what Caduceus stands for" as [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "Caduceus" actually being an acronym]]. Arin improvises that it stands for the nonsensical phrase "Cool And Daring Under Cars, Everybody Understands Sue."

* SkewedPriorities: Before performing surgery on a young girl in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'', Arin laments how the blanket on the operating table covered up her boobies. Dan yells at him to get his priorities straight.

** Whenever the Grumps play any sort of "Visual Novel"-type game (such as ''Sakura Spirit'', ''Go! Go! Nippon!'', or ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter''), they tend to narrate while playing, and generally let most of the cast fall into this. Ross is [[NoIndoorVoice particularly]] [[LarynxDissonance notorious]] for doing this.

* ''Game Grumps VS'', in which the hosts compete against each other instead of trading off or playing together.
* ''Guest Grumps'', in which a notable guest joins in. Past guests have included Creator/FinnWolfhard, Creator/JamieLeeCurtis, and Music/WeirdAlYankovic.
* ''Game Grumps Animated'', a platform to showcase fan-made animations that utilize the Grump's commentary for audio and inspiration. Consistently releases on Thursdays.
* ''Grump Out'', where the Grumps upload miscellaneous content such as behind-the-scenes footage, live-action ads, podcasts, and just about anything else they can come up with. It is hosted on its [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ0o3l-H3y_n56C3yJ9EHA own separate channel.]]
* ''Game Grump'', which is a Let's Play featuring only Arin or only Dan. These are often done when one of the Grumps is unavailable to take part in a session.
* ''10 Minute Power Hour'', an unscripted live-action series hosted on Game Grumps' ''The Grumps'' channel and starring Arin and Dan. [[NeverTrustATitle Despite the name, most of the episodes are more than ten minutes long.]] The series aired from 2018-2020 before it was put on hiatus due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, but resumed on March 21st, 2022.

* ''WebVideo/SteamTrain'', which followed the same format as its parent show, but featured PC games instead of console titles. It was hosted by [[WebVideo/RubberRoss Ross O'Donovan]] (of [[https://www.youtube.com/user/RubberNinja Rubber Ninja Animation]]), with guest stars switching between Arin, Danny[[note]]who was originally supposed to be the show's permanent second host until he replaced Jafari[[/note]], Barry, and Suzy. ''Steam Train'' ran from 2013 to 2016 before O'Donovan stepped away to focus on his animation career.
* ''Steam Rolled'', in which four players competed against each other in console and PC games. Arin and Ross were regulars, while the other two players are filled in alternately by Danny, Suzy Berhow (Arin's wife), and Barry Kramer (the Grumps' first editor and uploader). With the introduction of ''Grumpcade'', Steam Rolled exclusively featured PC games. As with ''Train'', the show ran from 2013 to 2016.
* ''WebVideo/TableFlip'', a formerly Polaris-exclusive show in which Suzy, Barry, and several guest stars played tabletop and card games while dressed in period clothing. The show ran for 32 episodes from 2013 to 2016.
* ''Grumpcade'', a show where any combination of hosts could play console games (except Arin and Danny, since that's just ''Game Grumps''). Like ''Table Flip'', this show was also open to guests outside the main group. On November 5, 2015, Brian Wecht (a.k.a. Ninja Brian, also of Ninja Sex Party and Starbomb) made his ''Game Grumps'' debut on a ''Grumpcade'' replay of ''VideoGame/BurgerTime''. The show ran from 2015 to 2018 as the second of three daily uploads for the ''Grumps'' channel before it pared down to two daily uploads.
* ''Guild Grumps'', a five-episode mini-series where Ross challenged Arin, Danny, Barry and Suzy to play ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and get from level 90 to level 100. The catch is that Ross is supposedly the only expert, while the rest had never played the game before. It was filmed in a RealityShow format which included gameplay footage and the group complaining about the whole situation. Hilarity ensues.
* ''Doodle Doods'', a 20-episode series in 2017 that aired on Fridays, where either Ross, Arin and/or Chris "[=OneyNG=]" O'Neill from ''WebVideo/OneyPlays'' (the three of them being professional animators) sketched with guests humorous cartoons centered on a single topic such as TV series like ''Manga/DragonBall'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', or an episode centered on funny-named birds when Holly from [[Characters/GameGrumps Commander Holly Plays]] is featured.
* ''The G Club'', an 18-episode podcast aired in 2017 featuring various members of the Grumps crew as well other guests to talk about movies and games, either specific titles or general themes.
* ''Dragons in Places'', an 8-episode ''Dungeons & Dragons'' podcast that aired in 2017 starring Arin as Rascal Dorvin, Suzy as Amanda and Omega, Barry as Flen Turindabber, Ross as Femur Clavicle, and Holly as Alba Blackleaf, with ''WebVideo/ProJared'' as their Dungeon Master.

--->'''Danny:''' In terms of what we were hoping [[ObviousBeta this game]] would be, it really has come through for us with flying fucking colors.

** One of the ''Videogame/SonicBoom'' videos [[ColdOpen opens]] with Barry showing Arin his editing work, and how Sonic sometimes appears twice in one frame, speed lines are ahead of the characters, and tons of weird stuff that Arin and Danny didn't notice whilst playing because it all happens in the blink of an eye, showcasing how Sonic Boom was an ObviousBeta.

* GutturalGrowler:
** Their chain smoker interpretation of [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Maelle]].
--->'''Dan:''' '''WUAAAGHTERIN' CAN'''
** [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Mr. Wilson]] has a deep, growly voice as he is clearly too tired of everyone's crap.

* CheerThemUpWithLaughter: When Arin struggles to get the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Arpagos Egg]], Dan decides to [[https://youtu.be/Yc_7BomiPuk?t=11m10s lighten the mood]] with lame jokes which [[TheGadfly annoy Arin]].

'''Arin:''' It kinda looks like an upside-down Sonic the Hedgehog—\\

** The Ten Minute Power Hour consists of almost nothing but this with episodes that hew closely to the premise to ones that have a bizarre subplot (Danny being held hostage by Arin) to ones that are completely derailed by a totally unrelated event (getting sued by LetsPlay/JackSepticEye).

* AdaptationDisplacement: [[invoked]] [[ConversedTrope Conversed.]] Ross and Markiplier are unaware that the ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr'' series is based on a cartoon.

** Happening with ''VideoGame/{{Chulip}}'', but, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs given the]] [[WidgetSeries game's content]], it's probably to be expected.

** Ben censors out a dildo in the 2020 playthrough of ''VideoGame/HouseParty'' with an image of Jesus Christ, and censors out a sex scene by blocking the whole screen with more religious imagery.

* KingKoopaCopy: Discussed. While playing ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'', Danny says that there was no reason why the game had to have Mario characters. Arin agrees and comes up with [[invoked]] [[SerialNumbersFiledOff knockoff names]] for all the characters.
-->'''Arin:''' Yeah, if they put, like, Jimmy Johnson and the Johnsonettes... was kidnapped by, um, Evil, uh, (stuttering) Turtle Monster Dragon...\\
'''Danny:''' Yeah.\\
'''Arin:''' Then everyone would be just fine.

* AcceptableTargets:
** The Grumps occasionally make fun of the WebVideo/TheIrateGamer and [=DarksydePhil=]. Jon lampshaded this in the third episode of their ''VideoGame/IncredibleCrisis'' series, stating that the Irate Gamer is probably the only person they can make fun of without getting in trouble with their fans.
** Website/YouTube and their content policy has been fodder for this. Many episodes bring up how, due to how videos are monetized now, it is fiscally unfeasible for highly-produced content and animated content to be made anymore. This is especially evident in their April Fool's 2015 video where they make an hour-long video of them animating sped up, with maybe 4-6 seconds of footage being created, and at the end of the Guild Grumps where they have a cute animal mascot lambast Website/YouTube and tell viewers [[TheMerch buying merch is the only way the Grumps can keep doing highly produced content]].
** Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} gets this, especially from Arin, who will likely hate on any game in the series regardless of how good or bad it actually is (he does at least play the games he slags off, though).

** With Danny, they had Steve-O, Jacob Anderson ([[Series/GameOfThrones Grey Worm]]), Creator/FinnWolfhard ([[Series/StrangerThings Mike Wheeler]]), Weird Al Yankovic, Rob Schneider and his wife, Dan Harmon, Ben Schwartz, and Thomas Middleditch.

** Ross', as [[LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} Markiplier]] once put it in one of his Mario Maker videos, "three pronged laugh" (even though it has four).

** Several jokes during the first act in their ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' playthrough turn out to perfectly fit the SurpriseCreepy nature of the later acts.

* ShooOutTheClowns: A sort of meta case occurs in the ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' playthrough; after the game [[SurpriseCreepy shows its true colors]] and the Grumps are sent back to the first act, they repeat all of their readings of the dialogue without making any of the jokes they had been making before, instead just reading the dialogue word-for-word. As at least one commenter noted, this manages to make the atmosphere all the more unsettling, as you're left waiting for a joke that will never come.

** The "Game Gyaru" merch reimagines Arin and Dan as Arina and Daniella, a ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' parody.

* RefrainFromAssuming: [[invoked]] Arin misidentifies "Where Do We Go from Here?" by Jamiroquai as "That's the Way Love Goes". Especially funny given that (A) ''both'' phrases are in the refrain, and (B) asking "Where do I go from here?" was what got him off on a [[WaxingLyrical lyric-quoting tangent]] in the first place.

** When Arin notices that [[StupidStatementDanceMix remixes]] usually don't have many samples from him, Jon reasons that it's because Arin's the more stoic one, specifically calling him the StraightMan.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: Many. %% Limiting this to ones they actually favorite.
** [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/495574 Pause Balls]] and [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/495602 Poppy Bros]] by Waterflame.
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2llHyXVaWo Pause Balls (Acid Jazz Remix)]] by mirrorpiece.
** [[http://youtu.be/2L6POqtJ_Bk Goof Troop Boop]] by [=LilTommyJ=], but that leans more towards VoiceClipSong.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU-U04aCOKs Ice Hair]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXKtGN3Ztw0&feature=plcp A Piece of Bass]] by Fiery Nugget.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcC3XBbodZc Butt Bumpin']] by Archers of Agincourt.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk9bmH28L_k Game Grumps Remix]] by Dollar Taco.
** [[http://youtu.be/BzuHumToRww Ooh Gosh Ooh Darn]] by oddboy18.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbDCk3XTDI BaBoom!]] by atpunk01.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UucpqKDGnY Bernard the Biscuit]] by liltommyj.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbfvR5JOts8 Grump It]] by Lew D. It uses clips from ''Mario Maker'', so there's [[ClusterFBomb a bit of swearing]].
** Both of the Grumps stated at their [=MAGFest=] panel that their favorite remix is [[http://youtu.be/K4m5mr41g4c Banana Shoes]] by xXJerryTerryXx.
** Lampshaded by both in the second Pokémon Emerald episode. Arin starts singing his version of the Pokémon theme. Jon tells him to keep going until Waterflame makes a remix.
** There's so many that one fan decided to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QDc6k5eKzo compile a bunch of them into an unofficial soundtrack.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjm1c8BtoM Diddle Kid]] - by Sbassbear + Ryan Storm.
--> ''Arin'': That diddle... that diddle kid. *laughs*
--> ''Danny'': Oh, "Diddle Kid"? '''Please''' don't make that a character.
--> ''Arin'': *laughs more*

* NoPronunciationGuide:
** Yump»♢, though Arin [[SubvertedTrope quickly decides]] to pronounce it Chevron Diamond.
** Subverted with Bakuhaku♀♀, which they decide is pronounced "Bakuhakuuf."

* RetroGaming: A good deal of their videos play through old Nintendo games.

The co-hosts are referred to in the series' theme song/intro as "Grump" and "Not-So-Grump". Grump has been played by [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]] since the show's debut on July 18, 2012, while Not-So-Grump was originally played by [[WebVideo/JonTron Jon Jafari]] until he left the show on June 25, 2013, at which point he was replaced by Leigh Daniel "Danny" Avidan, a.k.a. Danny Sexbang of Music/NinjaSexParty. NSP and Hanson later collaborated to form the supergroup Music/{{Starbomb}}.