History YMMV / TheRunawayGuys

* 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''.
** Emile switching off to Toad for ''VideoGame/MarioParty7'' can be seen as this for those who felt that the jokes surrounding Daisy have overstayed their welcome.
** After the sheer volume of months featuring nothing but ''100% Orange Juice!'', the release of the ''Battletoads Arcade'' collab on Christmas Day 2021 was viewed as a welcome breath of fresh air, alongside vocal confirmation from Emile that ''OJ'' is nearing its end.
** After numerous complaints of ''Super Metroid'', ''A Link to the Past'', and ''Luigi's Mansion'' not having their [[{{Padding}} moments of no progress]] be edited out, ''Banjo-Kazooie'' finally complied with these complaints and had its aimless moments extracted to form a more cohesive experience.

* ThatOneLevel: Level 5-1 of Minigame Island in ''Mario Party 1'' gave the Guys a ''ton'' of trouble. Thanks to Cast-Away's wonky physics, the amount of time spent reeling in the fishing line, ''and'' the hefty amount of coins needed to clear it, it took ''ten'' losses split between two videos for them to finally win.

** 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.]]

** During the Tangled Cords segment of the 2019 Colosseum, Tom and Jon - in response to the idea of Colosseum being a day longer every year, which Jon was very much against - joke that eventually there would be a year that Jon just isn't a part of. The Covid-19 pandemic soon ensured that Jon (and many others) were unable to get together for the next three Colosseums, and in 2022 after lots of stress building up, Jon admitted he had been considering quitting the Colosseum in the following years because of everything being too much to handle.
** At the end of ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', Jon asked if they would be going onto ''9'' or be taking a detour. Emile admitted he wasn't exactly sure at the time. There ended up being a huge detour in their ''Mario Party'' playthroughs thanks to the Covid-19 pandemeic, with their ''Mario Party DS'' LP being delayed for three years.

** 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''

*** ''Mario Party DS'' is perhaps even worse for him in terms of luck; virtually every board has either yanked seemingly-certain victory away from him in the final turns or given him one rare unlucky event after another in close succession. This, combined with the fact that Jon said on stream that one board made him so upset he lost his voice, has made many viewers genuinely feel bad for him.

* At the end of Mario Party 8, Jon asked if they would be going onto 9 or be taking a detour. Emile admitted he wasn't exactly sure at the time. There ended up being a particular detour that stopped the group from doing a whole lot for a while.

* MythologyGag: Whenever he gets the chance to, Emile will say "Press L to P!" (on of their original ideas for the channel name).

** During Jon's May 18, 2014 stream on Twitch, the Guys played a round of ''Mario Party 6'' and selected Daisy as the CPU player. After a ThatCameOutWrong line ("Should we do Daisy on Hard?"), the jokes, shipping, and drawings started popping up immediately. [[UpToEleven And then Emile decided to make a "heart-shaped box" comment without knowing what it's slang for]]...

*** Taken UpToEleven in Jon's May 2016 livestream of ''Mario Party 10'' where just about nothing went his way. He got so frustrated and upset that [=#HugsForChuggs=] and variations thereof started flying around Twitch chat because the game was just that cruel to him.[[note]] He lost Bowser Party.... playing ''as Bowser'', in the mode designed to be near unloseable for the player playing as him. [[/note]]

** Emile switching off to Toad for ''Mario Party 7'' can be seen as this for those who felt that the jokes surrounding Daisy have overstayed their welcome.

** All three of the Guys have just as many fans as they do detractors, with a notable lack of a middle ground.
*** Many fans love Emile for being a {{Keet}} who consistently livens up the mood, as well as his [[BornLucky absurd luck]] shaking things up in competitive settings. However, plenty of fans also consider Emile to be [[NoIndoorVoice obnoxious]] and mildly {{entitled|bastard}}, with said fans considering his luck too overbearing and his lack of direction in blind collabs a [[{{Filler}} pace breaker]].
*** Tim has many fans who consider him a {{dark horse|victory}} during competitive settings, as well as finding his overall [[MellowFellow calm demeanor]] pleasant and his various [[ShoutOut pop culture references]] a nice bonus. His detractors, however, find his {{Gasshole}} tendencies and penchant for ToiletHumour to be either annoying or nauseating, and consider him to not contribute much to collabs while Emile and Jon do the heavylifting.
*** Jon has tons of fans that love him for being the most [[OnlySaneByComparison level-headed]], insightful, and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] of the bunch, as well as his taste in video games being far-reaching and offering unique experiences. On the other hand, many fans also consider him to be the most [[{{Wangst}} whiny]] and overtly [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids cynical]] of the bunch, believing that collabs start to take a downward turn when he's not enjoying himself.

*** Jon has tons of fans that love him for being the most [[OnlySaneByComparison level-headed]], insightful, and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] of the bunch, as well as his taste in video games being far-reaching and offering unique experiences. On the other hand, many fans also consider him to be the most [[{{Wangst}} whiny]] and overly [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids cynical]] of the bunch, believing that collabs start to take a downward turn when he's not enjoying himself.

** Shorter playthroughs tend to be less memorable, though not necessarily worse. ''Castle Crashers'' and ''Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$'' in particular don't have nearly as much to them as other playthroughs on the channel.

* SeasonalRot: The channel had a bad drop near the end of 2013. ''Castle Crashers'' was a decent, if short, playthrough, but it was followed with ''Mario Party 3'', which had [[BrokenBase many divisive moments]]. After that was, out of nowhere, ''Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$''; it had a decent reception, but felt more like filler despite being labeled as a main project, and it had barely anything memorable in it. Then came the ''Bomberman Live Battlefest'' tournament, which had similar problems and was similarly out of nowhere, and to date is among the least viewed content on the channel, let alone just the tournaments. ''New Super Luigi U'' was the final part of this, as while it is fondly remembered by fans, it is infamous for having the most frustrated Jon yet and felt like a slight letdown by being the first ''New Super Mario'' game without a fourth player. Afterwards, ''Mario Party 4'' pulled the channel the rest of the way out of the slump after ''Luigi U'' already helped.

* SeasonalRot: The channel arguably had a bad drop near the end of 2013. ''Castle Crashers'' was a decent, if short, playthrough, but it was followed with ''Mario Party 3'', which had [[BrokenBase many divisive moments]]. After that was, out of nowhere, ''Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$''; it had a decent reception, but felt more like filler despite being labeled as a main project, and it had barely anything memorable in it. Then came the ''Bomberman Live Battlefest'' tournament, which had similar problems and was similarly out of nowhere, and to date is among the least viewed content on the channel, let alone just the tournaments. ''New Super Luigi U'' was the final part of this, as while it is fondly remembered by fans, it is infamous for having the most frustrated Jon yet and felt like a slight letdown by being the first ''New Super Mario'' game without a fourth player. Afterwards, ''Mario Party 4'' pulled the channel the rest of the way out of the slump after ''Luigi U'' already helped.

*** Jon has tons of fans that love him for being the [[OnlySaneByComparison level-headed]], insightful, and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] of the bunch, as well as his taste in video games being far-reaching and offering unique experiences. On the other hand, many fans also consider him to be the most [[{{Wangst}} whiny]] and overly [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids cynical]] of the bunch, believing that collabs start to take a downward turn when he's not enjoying himself.

** Daisy officially being Emile's player character as of ''Mario Party 5'' (since Donkey Kong is no longer available as a playable character). Some people love the fact Emile is playing her due to all the AccidentalInnuendo that occurred regarding the character, and think it'll be a great fit for more humor. Others feel like she's already turning into a ForcedMeme and there really isn't much for Emile to work with using her, and greatly prefer the idea of him switching to Toad, who they feel has much more opportunity for funny moments since Emile is rather infamous for his spot-on Toad impressions. Daisy also gets some hate from those who consider her responsible for [[spoiler:Chugga failing to win a board in ''5'' and ''6'']].

** ''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 (but is still playing as Military Sora), saying that he thought it was a bit too much.

* AntiClimax: In ''Dokapon Kingdom'', Emile gets a nitroglycerin (an item that randomly explodes if the person holding it is hit) early on and keeps holding onto it for over 2 years of real time. Eventually, [[spoiler: Emile gets a big bug, which eats the nitroglycerin, meaning that after all that time, it never went off!]]
** During ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'''s Bowser Land, everyone (especially Chugga) keep worrying that the next Battle minigame is going to be Day at the Races, and that someone's going to land on the bank and have to pay a massive sum of coins. [[spoiler:Neither happens.]]

* StarTrekMovieCurse: Both Jon and NCS seem to have this issue performance wise in the Mario Party games. Jon has much better luck playing the even-numbered games, [[spoiler:winning the majority of the boards]] in both ''Mario Party 2'' and ''4'', while the odd-numbered games give him terrible luck, often losing coins, stars, the chances to get stars, and minigames, and his wins are fewer. Jon even brings this up when the three start playing ''Mario Party 5''. NCS meanwhile has it the other way around: his luck is horrible during the even numbered games, [[spoiler:winning no boards]] in the 2nd or 4th games, while he fares better on the odd-numbered titles. He managed to [[spoiler:get a surprising win in ''Wario's Battle Canyon'']] for ''Mario Party 1'', [[spoiler:end up the majority winner]] for ''Mario Party 3'', and [[spoiler:win a board before either Emile or Jon]] during ''Mario Party 5''. As of ''Mario Party 5'', the curse for Jon may be broken. While he does get bad luck throughout the playthrough (e.g. getting low rolls, getting sent back to the left section of the board in Future Dream by landing on the rockets) he managed to [[spoiler: win five boards in a row, which means he won the majority of the boards in Mario Party 5]]. It's now been theorized that the [=GameCube=] works out for him. Likewise, [[spoiler:Tim is the one who ends Jon's winning streak in ''Mario Party 6'' by winning Snowflake Lake, allowing him his first board win for an even-numbered Mario Party game, and then follows it up by winning Castaway Bay]], suggesting that the curse may be broken for both of them now.

** In ''Mario Party 5'', Emile plays as Daisy, so this is everywhere. Most notable in Pirate Dream (Part 2):

** During ''Mario Party 2'''s Bowser Land, everyone (especially Chugga) keep worrying that the next Battle minigame is going to be Day at the Races, and that someone's going to land on the bank and have to pay a massive sum of coins. [[spoiler:Neither happens.]]

** [[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.

** In ''Mario Party 1'''s "Grab Bag" minigame:

** Emile's [[BornLucky notorious luck]] seemed to come to an end some time after ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 3]]'', with ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 5 & 6]]'' screwing him over him most of the time. However, many people still say that he has good luck and chastise him for [[spoiler:not winning a single board]], saying that he [[spoiler:lost despite his luck, even though he mostly lost due to random board events]]. Similarly, Jon's [[BornUnlucky bad luck]] has become a sort of RunningGag, despite [[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 5 & 6]] favouring him much more than Emile.

** In Mario Party 2, we have Emile and Jon ship each other with other characters, like Emile with [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Jynx]] and Jon with [[VideoGame/WarioWare Wario]].

** Emile once again in ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Mario Party 6]]'', as the game continues to screw him over and it becomes clear that once again he [[spoiler:won't win a single board]]. He becomes [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness increasingly quiet and subdued]] every board, sometimes not saying a word for minutes at a time, which is in stark contrast to his usual LargeHam self. Even though he never complains, you can clearly tell he's not enjoying the game any more, and is simply waiting for it to be over.

** 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=], coupled with Emile eventually revealing he's dating someone who likes him not because he's an internet celebrity. Chugga later made several statements against shipping real people in his ''Splatoon 2'' solo Let's Play.

** 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=], coupled with Emile eventually revealing he's dating someone who likes him not because he's an internet celebrity.

** Tim in general with his overall crummy luck. Most notable was in Pirate Land in ''Mario Party 2'', when [[spoiler:a star appeared just in front of him. This star would [[ThrowTheDogABone get him out of last place]], especially since he had over 100 coins and had two turns to move to the star 5 spaces ahead of him -- [[YankTheDogsChain he didn't make it.]]]] In addition, ''Mario Party 4'' just kept screwing him over. With Jon getting lucky, including two hidden stars on one board and a ridiculous number of Boos, Tim is just ridiculously unlucky. Another board had him poised to win only for some last-second bad luck in the very last turn to screw him over. [[FromBadToWorse To make matters worse]], a comment on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5K-Ny3msHE&google_comment_id=z12usxxjtznzhjj0d23xv1t4vzuwjfihi04 part 6]] of the VideoGame/RaymanOrigins LP has someone noticing that Tim seems to be getting bubblized very frequently and at easily avoidable times, at which point Tim reveals that for about six months prior to the video's release, he's been suffering from Sleep Apnea, causing him to black out randomly if he doesn't get around 10 or so hours of sleep. Since he almost never complains about his misfortunes, though, he qualifies as an StoicWoobie.

-->'''Emile (half hamming):''' My own commentary partners are sabotaging me!
-->'''Jon:''' [[SarcasmMode It's almost like it's a competition!]]

** Tim in general with his overall crummy luck. Most notable was in Pirate Land in ''Mario Party 2'', when [[spoiler:a star appeared just in front of him. This star would [[ThrowTheDogABone get him out of last place]], especially since he had over 100 coins and had two turns to move to the star 5 spaces ahead of him -- [[YankTheDogsChain he didn't make it.]]]] In addition, ''Mario Party 4'' just kept screwing him over. With Jon getting lucky, including two hidden stars on one board and a ridiculous number of Boos, Tim is just ridiculously unlucky. Another board had him poised to win only for some last-second bad luck in the very last turn to screw him over. [[FromBadToWorse To make matters worse]], a comment on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5K-Ny3msHE&google_comment_id=z12usxxjtznzhjj0d23xv1t4vzuwjfihi04 part 6]] of the VideoGame/RaymanOrigins LP has someone noticing that Tim seems to be getting bubblized very frequently and at easily avoidable times, at which point Tim reveals that for about six months prior to the video's release, he's been suffering from Sleep Apnea, causing him to black out randomly if he doesn't get around 10 or so hours of sleep. Since he almost never complains about his misfortunes, though, he qualifies as an IronWoobie.

* FanPreferredCouple:
** During the ''Brawl'' tournament, many people thought Emile and Donnabellez were cute together.
** Some just go straight for the [[FoeYayShipping Jon/Emile]].
** Many fans feel this way about Emile and LetsPlay/{{MasaeAnela}}, thanks to their interactions during ''Double Dash'' and ([[UpToEleven especially]]) ''Super Mario 3D World''.

** Viewers began to feel this way towards ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', though, {{iron|y}}ically, due to a ''[[AwesomenessWithdrawal lack]]'' of uploads. The collab was hyped to high heavens during TRG Colosseum 2022, with a sneak peek of the first episode being shown on-stream, but much of the hype ended up petering out once the schedule was unveiled, where instead of having three videos a week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday were instead relegated to uploads of TRG Colosseum [=VODs=], while the episodes of ''Banjo-Kazooie'' proper were shoehorned into the weekend slots, only having two new episodes per week back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday. This resulted in many viewers growing tired with the wait for new episodes, often not paying the Colosseum [=VODs=] any mind, and not having anything TRG-related to look forward to on weekdays.

** ''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 ''DokaponK ingdom'', 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.