History YMMV / TheRunawayGuys

** The video upload schedule introduced with ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' drags out series longer, due to Emile reducing video length in exchange for more videos over the course of several days, compared to before when he would upload a series of videos (or one extremely long video) within a single day.
** Mario Stadium from ''Fortune Street'' got backlash for this, as it was uploaded over the course of 8 parts, despite Yoshi's Island (which only had 6 parts) having close to the same total running time.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld''. Not only did it have more episodes than the average TRG co-op, but only two were uploaded per week instead of the usual three (the third slot was filled by ''VideoGame/DokaponKingdom'', another long-runner). As a result, the LP lasted almost ''five months'', agitating some fans who wanted to see something new. It didn't help that replays of levels were left uncut, unlike in previous projects where only important bits were kept in (such as ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''), and that video lengths were reduced to roughly 15 minutes on average, resulting in some episodes only featuring a single level. And it ''especially'' didn't help that the [[ThatOneLevel final level]] was split into [[EndingFatigue three separate videos]], which earned Emile criticism.

** ''Dokapon Kingdom'' was a constant victim of this, largely due to story progress constantly being impeded by the three fighting with each other...[[MortonsFork to progress the story.]] As a result, a good third of the series leans towards {{Filler}}‚ albeit enjoyable Filler. The nature of the upload schedule (it was used as filler between the main projects) also meant that the playthough had been going on for four years.
** ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''. Many commenters felt like it went on far too long for a relatively short game, with several videos consisting mostly of Boo hunting or Tim making no progress due to dying, [[{{Padding}} all left mostly uncut.]] Not helping is the length of these videos, with only the finale passing the twenty-minute mark.
** ''Overcooked'' outstayed its welcome for many viewers once the Guys started to experience the relatively low ceiling for Stars required to unlock levels, resulting in multiple episodes spent in earlier levels and even forcing some videos to consist entirely of attempting to 3-star a single stage they had already spent a large amount of time with. This combined with the short videos and the upload schedule means a not insignificant amount of viewers were tired of it before episode 15. Didn't help that after completing the main story, they continued the project by going through the game's DLC and versus mode. Some fans have even started to joke that the channel's become a cooking channel.
** Some commenters have expressed frustration with ''100% Orange Juice!'' lasting so long. Though this case is quite {{justified|trope}}, since the Guys couldn't record in person through 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there wasn't much else they could do but play games like ''OJ'' that have online play, some have questioned why they don't add a bit more online game variety to break up the monotony of just playing ''OJ'' non-stop. Alleviated when they did start playing another game in late December 2021.

** Shipping Emile and Masae was common for a while due to their VitriolicBestBuds nature, close proximity to each other in real life, and Emile's teasing comments about her being adorable. This mostly stopped when Masae was [[https://twitter.com/masaeanela/status/1446306340712984582 revealed]] to be dating [=BrettUltimus=].

** Some just go straight for the [[FoeYay Jon/Emile]].

** In the 2019 Colosseum, a joke about [[LetsPlay/JoshJepson Josh]] being blamed for everything that went wrong became a RunningGag that the chat and donators started getting in on. Checking his Twitter the day after revealed that this was actually getting to him pretty badly, and [[DudeNotFunny it swiftly stopped being funny]]. These jokes (and similar ones making Josh a ButtMonkey of the Colosseum crew) also soured further in September 2020, when Josh was admitted into the ER for mental health reasons.

* AbandonShipping: During the earlier years of the channel, Tim was often shipped with LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}} due to them having good chemistry and a love for toilet humor, but the shipping stopped once Lucah started dating (and later married) Jon.

** ''100% Orange Juice!'': In Beginner Town (Winter), Jon switched his character to Sora (Military), who was reskinned to look like his stream mascot [=RosaJon=]. While the character has been met with positive reception by people who think the mod is cute and/or sexy, some people have complained that the mod is [[BreastExpansion inherently fetishistic]] and is better kept exclusively to Jon's streams and out of TRG. In Fungus Cave, Jon switched the skin back to his normal self, saying that he thought it was a bit too much.

** ''100% Orange Juice!'': In Beginner Town (Winter), Jon switched his character to Sora (Military), who is reskinned to look like his stream mascot [=RosaJon=]. While the character has been met with positive reception by people who think the mod is cute and/or sexy, some people have complained that the mod is [[BreastExpansion inherently fetishistic]] and is better kept exclusively to Jon's streams and out of TRG.

* MagnumOpusDissonance:
** Jon has once stated that statistically, the amount of fun they have in a game is inversely proportional to a series' viewership, since many watch them just to see them bicker and suffer. He cites Rayman Origins as the prime example, since they had great fun with it, but it's among their least popular series.
** Emile has always spoken highly of the ''Little Big Planet 2'' LP, but also points out that it's one of their least viewed and talked-about series due to not being a Nintendo game.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Jon has once stated that statistically, the amount of fun they have in a game is inversely proportional to a series' viewership, since many watch them just to see them bicker and suffer. He cites Rayman Origins as the prime example, since they had great fun with it, but it's among their least popular series.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** All the death threats Jon and Josh gave to Emile are not fun to think back on after he got seriously ill and could have died. Jon even slightly mentions it on a stream expressing regret. Further not helping matters is, as Jon once revealed on a stream, he very nearly did try to strangle Emile.
** In episode 36 of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Emile [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] the fact that the guys are discussing ''VideoGame/{{Seaman}}'' on the day of narrator [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Leonard Nimoy's]] death (note that all TRG episodes are recorded months in advance). The day before the video was uploaded, Emile announced that his cat Teddy passed away. It doesn't help that the discussion was occurring in one of Big the '''''Cat'''''[='s=] levels.
** In the very next episode, Jon [[ItMakesSenseInContext tells the viewers to buy Big's new audiobook]]; amid the various places he lists where it's available is Music/{{David Bowie}}'s mind. Bowie had passed away almost a month before the episode was uploaded.
** Discussed in episode 39 of ''Link To The Past'', where Jon brings up how often real world events keep occurring between their recordings and upload dates, giving specific examples involving Music/SmashMouth (trending on Twitter on the upload date due to a celebrity feud) and Music/MontgomeryGentry (one of whom died before the video mentioning them was uploaded).
** Episode 8 of their run of ''VideoGame/NintendoLand'''s Pikmin Adventure starts out with the group singing that [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie they are in the future, the year's 2020, and it's bright]]. This video was recorded in 2019, and it is extremely clear that they had no idea of just how bad things were going to get within the next twelve months.
** Game 15 of Wheel of Fortune opens with a [[InAWorld movie-like narration from Jon]] before he starts coughing. Emile and Tim joke that the plot of the narration was about [[UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic a virus.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Jon's increased anger and bad luck in ''Mario Party 3'' and ''New Super Luigi U'' can be more painful when you realize that they were recorded right after his girlfriend of many years broke up with him. The 10th anniversary stream reveals this was also the same recording session where Emile had horrible food poisoning, he calls that trip "cursed".

'''Emile:''' '')gets grabbed by Wario)'' Wario, you just raped out what I raped out of [Jon]!\\

** ''100% Orange Juice'': In Beginner Town (Winter), Jon switched his character to Sora (Military), who is reskinned to look like his stream mascot [=RosaJon=]. While the character has been met with positive reception by people who think the mod is cute and/or sexy, some people have complained that the mod is [[BreastExpansion inherently fetishistic]] and is better kept exclusively to Jon's streams and out of TRG.

** ''100% Orange Juice'': In Beginner Town (Winter), Jon temporarily switched his character to Sora (Military), who is reskinned to look like [=RosaJon=]. While the character has been met with positive reception by people who think the mod is cute and/or sexy, some people have complained that the mod is [[BreastExpansion inherently fetishistic]] and is better kept exclusively to Jon's streams and out of TRG.

** ''100% Orange Juice'': In ''Beginner Town (Winter)'', Jon temporarily switched his character to Sora (Military), who is reskinned to look like [=RosaJon=]. While the character has been met with positive reception by people who think the mod is cute and/or sexy, some people have complained that the mod is [[BreastExpansion inherently fetishistic]] and is better kept exclusively to Jon's streams and out of TRG.

** ''100% Orange Juice'': In ''Beginner Town (Winter)'', Jon temporarily switched his character to Sora (Military), who is reskinned to look like [=RosaJon=], a running gag character from him streams. While the character has been met with positive reception by people who think the mod is cute and/or sexy, some people have complained that the mod is [[BreastExpansion inherently fetishistic]] and is better kept exclusively to Jon's streams and out of TRG.

** Many seemed to have felt this way about [[PlatonicLifePartners Tim and Lucahjin]] in earlier videos. Subverted in later videos when [[OfficialCouple Jon and Lucah started dating]].

** [[spoiler:Jon]]'s continuous winning streak in ''Mario Party 4'' caused quite a few people to quit watching the LP; the other half seemed to think he deserved it after [[spoiler: the train wreck of bad luck ''Mario Party 3'' brought him]]. It showed up again when the streak continued in ''Mario Party 5'', but is a bit more forgivable to some because [[spoiler: his bad luck is still in play - even becoming TheChewToy for ''Toy Dream'' - and he lost the first two boards so it was known he could not get a clean sweep]]. With the winning streak continuing in ''Mario Party 6'' the arguments have not stopped, only now both sides have upped the rhetoric. Those who hate the winning streak want [[spoiler: Jon]] to actually throw the game and those who don't care think the other side is being childish and point out that the wins in ''6'' are much closer than those in the previous games and that ''Mario Party'' is luck based; also [[spoiler: once again, Jon getting a clean sweep became impossible.]] A third group has also developed; they think the bad luck [[spoiler: Jon]] has means his wins are earned.
** On a similar note, [[spoiler: Emile's victory in ''Bowser's Gnarly Party'', thus preventing Jon from doing a clean sweep.]] Audience reactions varied from Emile fans celebrating his victory, to Jon fans accepting that Emile won and enraged Jon fanboys claiming that he cheated the victory from Jon. There are also a few who think [[spoiler: Emile]] went overboard in his attempts to [[spoiler: stop the winning streak]].
** And speaking of Mario Party, there's ''Mario Party 3''. A lot of people find it to be one of their weakest playthroughs, with even the guys themselves considering it an OldShame, but it also has its share of fans, particularly those of NCS due to [[spoiler:[[DarkhorseVictory him winning the majority of the boards]] and getting ADayInTheLimelight,]] with one fan list even including it in the top [=LPs=] they've done.

** Shipping Emile x Masae. Some fans think they would make an adorable couple due to a few [[ShipTease ship-teasy moments]] during their ''Super Mario 3D World'' LP. Others find it invasive and disgusting that some are trying to ship two actual people who they don't really know.

** The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes is possibly even more divisive than the above, due to the Guys' overall lack of competence and teamwork skills, the fact that Jon already LP'd the game before, and that both Jon and Chugga don't particularly like the game (going so far as to call it "joyless and charmless"). Others find the series entertaining and like how Chugga is slowly starting to find more things to like about the game.

** Robbin Hood Ruins in Fortune Street took 10 parts and 2 hours and 37 minutes in real time to finally come to an end. This lead to a lot finger-pointing at who was responsible for picking the board.
** Super Mario 3D World became this as a result of the final level, Champion's Road, taking three whole videos to complete. Even before then, things were noticeably starting to drag due to the conclusion to the main game occurring in Part 26, but the additional bonus worlds making up another 15 videos - a little over ''a third'' of the entire LP.
** Tri-Force Heroes is getting similar criticisms for the Den of Trials. Multiple episodes have consisted of little more than failed attempts at the final section, totaling to over 35 minutes of footage with no progress being made, on top of the lengthy endeavor that clearing the Den would be in the first place. Not helping is that the combat is much more repetitive than the sections of prior offender Champion's Road, and the video parts are almost TWICE as long here as those were. There's no term to describe it besides Padding.

** ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' has a RunningGag of Emile giving Magolor a very silly high-pitched voice that many viewers (and Jon) found utterly ridiculous. However, the voice Emile gives Magolor after his FaceHeelTurn actually turns out to be legitimately terrifying, with Jon himself being startled by it. Though that's a bit offset by [[NightmareRetardant the other Guys' reactions]], including Tim's (and, soon enough, [[{{Corpsing}} Emile's]]) uncontrollable laughter and Jon's unamused pleas for him to just stop. The fact that the voice would simply be described by viewers as "[[EmbarassingNickname Sinister Elmo]]" also takes away some of the scariness factor.

* AbandonShipping: During the earlier years of the channel, Tim was often shipped with LetsPlay/{{Lucahjin}} due to them having good chemistry and a love for toilet humor. But the shipping stopped once Lucah started dating (and later married) Jon.

** Some commenters have expressed frustration with ''100% Orange Juice!'' lasting so long. Though this case is quite {{justified|trope}}, since the Guys couldn't record in person through 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and there wasn't much else they could do but play games like ''OJ'' that have online play, some have questioned why they don't add a bit more online game variety to break up the monotony of just playing ''OJ'' non-stop.

** Some commenters have expressed frustration with ''100% Orange Juice!'' lasting so long. Though this case is quite justified since the Guys couldn't record in person through 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There wasn't much else they could do but play games like ''OJ'' that have online play. However, this does bring to question why they don't add a bit more online game variety to break up the monotony of just playing ''OJ'' non-stop.

** Some commenters have expressed frustration with ''100% Orange Juice'' lasting so long. Though this case is quite justified since the Guys couldn't record in person through 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There wasn't much else they could do but play games like OJ that have online play. However, this does bring to question why they don't add a bit more online game variety to break up the monotony of just playing OJ non-stop.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: After ''Super Mario 3D World'' drew criticisms over ArcFatigue due to only having two videos a week, the following round of ''Fortune Street'''s Mario Circuit received daily uploads, resulting in what many considered much better pacing. This upload schedule is also used for ''Mario Party''.

* SpoiledByTheFormat: Their ''100% Orange Juice'' videos got hit hard with this when the video uploader was giving away how many parts there were to each match (Ex: labeling the two videos for one match as "Part 1 of 2" and "Part 2 of 2"). It wasn't noticeable at first, but by the time TRG's Co-Op match on Lagoon Flight came around, it was incredibly obvious by "Part 3 of 3" that they were not going to come anywhere close to killing the Boss before the player side loses since the Boss still had almost all of its health at the end of "Part 2 of 3." It got even worse when they decided to do a Co-Op rematch, and it was labeled as just two parts instead of three, which pretty much confirmed right away that they ended up doing ''worse''. Granted, someone on the TRG team must have noticed this problem as all the ''100% Orange Juice'' videos were changed to only be labeled "Part 1," "Part 2," and so on without given away how long the match goes for. However, it's still notable within the comments of the Co-Op rematch's first part that they know the game only goes for two Parts before the title was changed.

** End of the ''Sonic Adventure'' finale, Emile says to Jon: "I saw you reach down and I thought that's what you were grabbing!" He was referring to Jon's phone. Oddly enough, one of the few times Emile makes an innuendo and nobody, himself included, calls him out or cracks up.

** Some commenters have expressed frustration with ''100% Orange Juice'' lasting so long. Though this case is quite justified. Since the Guys couldn't record in person through 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there wasn't much else they could do but play games like OJ that have online play.

** Some commenters have expressed frustration with ''100% Orange Juice'' lasting so long, although since the Guys couldn't record in person through 2020-21, there wasn't much else they could do but games like OJ with online play.

** In ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'', [[spoiler:the voice Emile gives Magolor after transforming]].
*** NightmareRetardant: ...though that's a bit offset by the other Guys' reaction, including Tim's (and, soon enough, [[{{Corpsing}} Emile's]]) uncontrollable laughter and Jon's unamused pleas for him to just stop.

** Their ''Mario Party 6'' LP to the ''Mario Party 5'' one. 5's LP is agreed by many, including the Guys themselves, to have been relatively boring, with [[spoiler: Jon going on a huge, uncontested winning streak]] and very few memorable moments. 6, on the other hand, had many hilarious moments, and while [[spoiler: Jon still won a majority of the boards]], most of the boards were much closer affairs, with everyone having a chance to win at some point. There were even a few dramatic clutch victories like [[spoiler: E Gadd's Garage]]. Fittingly, Emile considers ''Mario Party 6'' to be this towards ''5''.
* ValuesDissonance: Moreso between the Guys and the viewers; Jon has once stated that statistically, the amount of fun they have in a game is inversely proportional to a series' viewership, since many watch them just to see them bicker and suffer. He cites Rayman Origins as the prime example, since they had great fun with it, but it's among their least popular series.