History WebVideo / HowToPlayBrawlLikeAMan

* [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness/"Billy"]]: A [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who is tortured by Dedede Clause and [[Franchise/MetalGear Snake]].

* [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness/"Billy"]]: A [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who is tortured by Dedede Clause and [[Franchise/MetalGear Snake]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever BIRD]] {{M|acrossMissileMassacre}}ISSILES!

* 5. [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown Never attack during a taunt]] ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg except with Sonic.]] [[MostAnnoyingSound Always attack during those.]])

* AprilFoolsDay: See above. Complete with NakaTeleeli as a guest voice!

* The Muscle Sage: A SmallNameBigEgo who constantly talks about how manly and {{Badass}} he is, and runs the SpinOff [[LetsPlay How to Play Subspace Emissary Like a Badass]]. He is played by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[CapcomVsWhatever BIRD]] {{M|acrossMissileMassacre}}ISSILES!

* CanonDiscontinuity: Played with. Episode 5, Mega Marth, is a little fuzzy regarding it's canoncy. The characters lampshade this.

->''"Since the dawn of time, a rift has existed between casual and hardcore gamers. A struggle that has threatened to tear the gaming community asunder. The question on everyone's mind: should games be played to have [[{{Scrub}} fun]] or to [[StopHavingFunGuys win]]? No side seems to have an advantage over the other, it seems that no resolution will ever be made. However, a small portion of gamers know the truth. The answer lies not on either side, but in an unknown third side. These "sages", as they have come to be known, have kept the secrets of this third answer hidden for fear that the general public was not ready to understand. In early 2008, a game was released that would change everything. That game was ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Although most gamers did not know it at the time, that game embodied the very essence of this third way. The eldest sage called a meeting to be held in his [[BasementDweller mother's basement]] and it was decided that the time to teach the public of the mythical third way was at hand. A handful of the third way's greatest sages were gathered and sent off to teach their knowledge to the world. The wisest and most attractive of these sages realized the potential that the world wide web had in spreading his message. He began to work on a great project. A video series to teach others of the third way. It would be his magnum opus.[RecordNeedleScratch] [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Unfortunately, that man would later die in a freak accident while giving his]] [[CuteKitten cat]] [[NoodleImplements a bath]]. [[DyingToBeReplaced He has left me, his young apprentice, to finish the task at hand.]] This video is the first in that series."''

''How to Play Brawl Like a Man'' is a video series on Website/YouTube by Dairun Cates, which is an instructional series about how to [[TakingAThirdOption take a third option]] in the casual vs. hardcore debate, and [[{{MANLINESS}} play like a man]]. This can be achieved by using the twelve rules of the Third Way.

* 5. [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown Never attack during a taunt]] ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg except with Sonic]]. [[MostAnnoyingSound Always attack during those]].)

* The Muscle Sage: A SmallNameBigEgo who constantly talks about how manly and {{Badass}} he is, and runs the SpinOff [[LetsPlay How to Play Subspace Emissary Like a Badass]]. He is played by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Bowser]].

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Peach]]: Is horrific.
* [[FireEmblem Marth]]: A ButtMonkey who is on the bottom of the man tier for no reason.

* [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Ness/"Billy"]]: A {{Woobie}} who is tortured by Dedede Clause and [[Franchise/MetalGear Snake]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: Marth is in to interior decorating. [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday He often claims he is not gay]].

* BritishAccents: Marth has one.

* [[spoiler: HiddenDepths: [[TheBigGuy The]] [[BoisterousBruiser Muscle]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sage,]] [[DumbMuscle being portrayed previously as sort of lacking in the grey matter department in his]] [[LetsPlay LPs,]] [[HiddenDepths has been shown to have read, and loves, The Lottery of Babylon (and read through it rather fluently for the most part).]]]]

* NoKillLikeOverkill: [[CapcomVsWhatever BIRD]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre MISSILES]]

* ThisLoserIsYou: This message is said [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments with many Xbox achievements given to the Apprentice while trying to play Olimar solo. On the Wii.]]

* [[{{Kirby}} Dedede]]: a BadSanta. A VERY BadSanta.

* TiarasRCool: Runs How To Play Brawl Like a Marth. [[spoiler: Is VERY MUCH hinted to be Marth himself.]]

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Tiaras are cool. At least her voice makes her sound like it in Inside [=HtPBLaM=].]]

* [[{{Pikmin}} Olimar]]: He starred in the first player specific episode, learned to abandon his pikmin and play manly. He is a [[DreadfulMusician singer]].

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: TiarasRCool. At least her voice makes her sound like it in Inside [=HtPBLaM=].]]

-> ''Since the dawn of time, a rift has existed between casual and hardcore gamers. A struggle that has threatened to tear the gaming community asunder. The question on everyone's mind: should games be played to have [[{{Scrub}} fun]] or to [[StopHavingFunGuys win]]? No side seems to have an advantage over the other, it seems that no resolution will ever be made. However, a small portion of gamers know the truth. The answer lies not on either side, but in an unknown third side. These "sages", as they have come to be known, have kept the secrets of this third answer hidden for fear that the general public was not ready to understand. In early 2008, a game was released that would change everything. That game was SuperSmashBrothers Brawl. Although most gamers did not know it at the time, that game embodied the very essance of this third way. The eldest sage called a meeting to be held in his [[BasementDweller mother's basement]] and it was decided that the time to teach the public of the mythical third way was at hand. A handful of the third way's greatest sages were gathered and sent off to teach their knowledge to the world. The wisest and most attractive of these sages realized the potential that the world wide web had in spreading his message. He began to work on a great project. A video series to teach others of the third way. It would be his magnum opus.[RecordNeedleScratch] [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Unfortunately, that man would later die in a freak accident while giving his]] [[CuteKitten cat]] [[NoodleImplements a bath]]. [[DyingToBeReplaced He has left me, his young apprentice, to finish the task at hand.]] This video is the first in that series"\\
— Introduction to ''How to Play Brawl Like a Man''.

* 1. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Finish with a bang]]

Not only is it informative, but it is also quite entertaining and has a regular cast of characters and a large storyline. These characters are:
!!!Characters from the series include:

* The Muscle Sage: A SmallNameBigEgo who constantly talks about how manly and {{Badass}} he is, and runs the SpinOff [[LetsPlay How to Play Subspace Emissary Like a Badass]]. He is played by [[SuperMarioBrothers Bowser]].

* [[SuperMarioBrothers Peach]]: Is horrific.

* [[{{Earthbound}} Ness/"Billy"]]: A {{Woobie}} who is tortured by Dedede Clause and [[Franchise/MetalGear Snake]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Peach and Kind Dedede.

* CharacterTiers: Not which characters are better or worse, though. Rather, which ones have the most potential to be manly. The Man Tier, it's called. However, the creator himself has stated that the placing of a few characters on that list, such as [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} JigglyPuff]] and Franchise/DonkeyKong are just jokes and not to be taken too seriously.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: It's in character for the Muscle Sage to call himself "the fan's favourite character" but that doesn't change the fact the he's actually right for once. Let's Play Subspace Emissary Like A {{Badass}} was supposed to be only be [[OneEpisodeWonder one episode]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: To illistrate how evil she is, Peach is edited to be given red eyes at one point in Let's Play Subspace Emissary Like A Badass. And CuteLittleFangs.

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: TiarasRCool. At least her voice makes her sound like it in Inside HtPBLaM.]]

* 1. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Finish with a bang]]

* YouSuck: This message is said [[CrowningMomentOfFunny with many Xbox achievements given to the Apprentice while trying to play Olimar solo. On the Wii.]]