History YMMV / Markiplier

** Mark's initial Let's Play of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and his genuine happiness during the first two parts becomes this as the fandom's more infamous members would later on ruin Mark's enjoyment of the game, resulting in Mark pulling a ''LetsPlay/{{Mangaminx}}'' and cancelling his let's play of the game, only begrudgingly playing the game again through streams squarely out of obligation, treating it as a chore and making his displeasure at what the fanbase did very clear. Although unlike Minx, Mark didn't throw excessive pint shots at the game nor the fanbase, simply moving on from it and the fanbase using it as a cautionary tale in regards to let's plays for the game.

** All the shipping jokes between Mark and LetsPlay/{{Yamimash}} are a bit harder to laugh at after the latter was accused of being a pedophile due to flirting with a younger fan online, despite having a girlfriend at the time. Since that incident transpired, Mark has ceased doing collaborations with Yami. Neither has brought the other up since, leaving their videos a fun historical point for their channels, but ultimately confusing for someone until they go down the rabbit hole and learn why.

** With either LetsPlay/{{Yamimash}} or LetsPlay/JackSepticEye. This is often [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in their collabs and [[ShipTease they tend to share more fodder for this]].

** Was that the Bite of '87!?[[note]]Said in Part 5 of his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' playthrough upon seeing the crying child get bitten by Fredbear.[[/note]]

* TheWoobie: Mark. Poor guy has been through a lot. Crosses with IronWoobie. From losing his father to cancer, ''multiple'' health issues that have hit him, losing a friend to suicide, and that's just the tipping point. It's no wonder he breaks down crying sometimes.

* UncannyValley: Mark has an especially large problem with this due to his automatonophobia- a fear of dolls, droids, or non-human objects that try to look/act human.

*** One would think Mark calling out his own supposed ControlFreak tendencies is just another instance of his HeroicSelfDeprecation... until he has a [[https://youtu.be/eRgAXjcuqps?t=6600 little bit of a meltdown]] [[https://youtu.be/eRgAXjcuqps?t=6704 during a livestream]] [[RantInducingSlight because his co-workers didn't make a Strawpoll]]. To be fair, he was still in a bit of a sour mood over a questionable victory in the game that ended shortly before said meltdown.

** In one video in which he receives fan mail, Mark is sent a gift by Randy Stair. Yes, ''that'' Randy Stair[[note]]Stair was a small youtuber who did fan material involving Ember of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' only to then afterwards commit a shooting at his Weis Market supermarket in Pennsylvania, killing three of his co-workers before killing himself.[[/note]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight:

** After Mark made his Smash Or Pass: Pokemon video, WebVideo/GameTheory decided to try and make "Markiplier's perfect Pokemon", which ended up being [[spoiler: an Egyptian CatGirl]]. Just a few days later, Mark would make the third episode of his VisualNovel/SuckerForLove playthrough, and [[spoiler: Nyanlathotep]] just so happens to fit that description.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In December 2018, Mark released a video where he critiqued Dogfree, a [[Website/{{Reddit}} Subreddit]] critical of dogs and dog owners, as well as a support group for people who’ve had bad experiences with dogs (such as being attacked, subjected to annoying or dangerous situations, etc). Even though he told his fanbase not to pursue the site and made some nominal efforts to avoid linking to the sub (though he still referred to it by name), the video’s arguably inflammatory title (“THIS SUBREDDIT HATES DOGS”) and general exhibition of the sub meant that large quantities of the fanbase immediately began a [[FlameWar brigade]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Markiplier/comments/a7f0l5/anyone_found_posting_harassment_in_rdogfree_will/ against the subreddit.]]

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: "A Date With Markiplier", "Who Killed Markiplier?", and "DAMIEN" are where Mark's acting talents are brought to the forefront, and he does not disappoint. Many have commented that Mark should become a voice actor due to how well he portrays his characters.

--> '''Tyler:''' This makes me think like, uh... [[spoiler: Flowey is like... the actual child of the goat lady.]]

-->'''Mark (as Monika)''': Yuri, that was really good! [[spoiler:Don't you dare upstage me ever again, I will kill you.]] Thank you for sharing.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs:
** His Drunk VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} series. He also occasionally plays other games with the buzz he gets from the series.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AviEcrYvvVo His American History Lesson on Independence Day]]. Just... what.

** In one video in which he receives fan mail, Mark is sent a gift by Randy Stair. Yes, ''that'' Randy Stair[[note]]Stair was a small youtuber who did fan material involving Ember of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' only to then afterwards committed a shooting at his Weis Market supermarket in Pennsylvania before killing himself.[[/note]].

** In one video in which he receives fan mail, Mark is sent a gift by Randy Stair. Yes, ''that'' Randy Stair.

** During an ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' livestream in April 2017, Mark [[https://youtu.be/vE8pQRPwmoM?t=2722 quipped]], "Honestly, who knows what's gonna happen in 2020?" 2020 turned out be [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic quite an eventful year]].

* AwesomeEgo: Mark's ego is just to funny to be found annoying. Mainly because he's usually [[InstantlyProvenWrong immediately proven wrong with his boasts]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In December 2018, Mark released a video where he critiqued Dogfree, a [[Website/{{Reddit}} Subreddit]] critical of dogs and dog owners. Even though he told his fanbase not to pursue the site and made some nominal efforts to avoid linking to the sub (though he still referred to it by name), the video’s arguably inflammatory title (“THIS SUBREDDIT HATES DOGS”) and general exhibition of the sub meant that large quantities of the fanbase immediately began a [[FlameWar brigade]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Markiplier/comments/a7f0l5/anyone_found_posting_harassment_in_rdogfree_will/ against the subreddit.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In December 2018, Mark released a video where he critiqued Dogfree, a [[Website/{{Reddit}} Subreddit]] critical of dogs and dog owners. Even though he told his fanbase not to pursue the site and made some nominal efforts to avoid linking to the sub (though he still referred to it by name) the video’s arguably inflammatory title (“THIS SUBREDDIT HATES DOGS”) and general exhibition of the sub meant that large quantities of the fanbase immediately began a [[FlameWar brigade]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Markiplier/comments/a7f0l5/anyone_found_posting_harassment_in_rdogfree_will/ against the subreddit.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In December 2018, Mark released a video where he critiqued Dogfree, a [[Website/{{Reddit}} Subreddit]] critical of dogs and dog owners. Even though he told his fanbase not to pursue the site and made some nominal efforts to avoid calling the subreddit by name, the video’s arguably inflammatory title (“THIS SUBREDDIT HATES DOGS”) and general exhibition of the sub meant that large quantities of the fanbase immediately began a [[FlameWar brigade]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Markiplier/comments/a7f0l5/anyone_found_posting_harassment_in_rdogfree_will/ against the subreddit.]]

* AwesomeEgo: Mark's ego is just to funny to be found annoying. Mainly because he usually [[ImmediatelyProvenWrong immediately proven wrong with his boasts]].