Line #34 Creator/MahDryBread


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Your quasi-entertaining host as always.]]
3	A video game-based Website/{{YouTube}}r who's been making videos for over five years, Medraut Stowe is a Canadian [[https://www.youtube.com/user/medraut567 YouTube]] and [[http://www.hitbox.tv/mah-dry-bread Hitbox]] commentator, usually uploading playthroughs or "how to" videos, blending in-depth analysis with dry wit.
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5	Often collaborating with other [=YouTubers=], Mah-Dry-Bread is perhaps best known for his "Flash Trash" series, in which he and [=GodfreyGames=] play bad UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash horror games, "Payday 101," in which he analyses various weapons and skill builds in ''VideoGame/Payday2'', and his {{Creepypasta}} Readings, usually written and submitted by members of his forum.
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7	He also has a weekly Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Challenge video in which he sees if he can beat a Pokémon game with limits on Pokémon (such as only one member of a Pokémon species, Pokémon gotten through trade, or Honey tree Pokemon), a certain move handicap (no new moves after its caught, only Metronome), or no free healing (such as at a Pokémon Center or places that work similar to Pokémon Centers such as your bedroom).
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9	He is also one of the founding members of the weekly charity livestream "Pass the Controller Please," and appears on [=HeroTheyCallMe's=] wrestling podcast, "Hero is Wrestling."
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11	Mah-Dry-Bread's website is [[https://mahdrybread.com/ here]] with his forum [[http://mahdrybread.freeforums.org/ here]] and Twitter [[https://twitter.com/mahdrybread here]].
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14	!!Tropes Related to Mah-Dry-Bread:
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16	%%* AccidentalPun: Happens frequently. Mostly pointed out by his Co-Hosts.
17	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Has several play-throughs of games such as [[VideoGame/CrusaderKings Crusader Kings 2]] and [[VideoGame/HeartsOfIron Hearts of Iron 4]] where he defies history by changing the outcome of a war or changing the political system of a country.
18	* BerserkButton:
19	** Bad grammar to the point of not being to comprehend what he is reading.
20	** A story being written around a mental illness, and the author being ignorant on how that mental illness works.
21	%%* BigOlEyebrows: Just look at them.
22	* {{Determinator}}: When it comes to editing or getting a game to run? He'll do anything you can possibly imagine and then a few more ideas just to provide content to his viewers
23	** He has played an incredibly old game called ''Konung: Legend of the North''. An old Russian game made in 1999. The description of what he had to do to get the game recording has to be heard to be done justice. The story takes 10 minutes to tell.
24	** Several of his ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' challenge runs qualify. Perhaps the clearest example occurs during his Wobbuffet-only run in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Emerald]]''. He has to acquire a Leftovers, but the only way to get one is with a level 81 Zigzagoon's Pick-Up Ability. This requires training the Zigzagoon through an Experience Share, which is a very slow grind in of itself, and then fight wild Pokémon until the ability activates; something that has only a 1/10 chance of occurring. On top of that, he only has a mere '''1% chance''' of getting a Leftovers when the ability activates. He does the entire grind, getting his item.
25	* EpicFail:
26	** A few Flash Trash episodes, but most notably The Nightmare Realm, which had to be heavily edited down due to spending too much time trying to figure out how to get through a forest.
27	* FailedASpotCheck: In his challenge where he attempted to beat Pokémon Red with just an Onix, he ended up not noticing that he accidentally messed up the randomizer and replaced the wrong starter.[[note]]Having his rival end up with a Charmander instead of a Squirtle[[/note]]
28	* FanCommunityNickname: Frequently called Mo as a shortening of Mah-Dry-Bread or MDB.
29	* InsistentTerminology:
30	** Canadian Bacon is not Ham. You're thinking of Peameal Bacon. Ham is Ham.
31	** In his Pokemon challenge runs, he calls [[SeaSerpents Gyarados]] "Water Onix".
32	* MagnumOpusDissonance: He's mostly known for his {{Creepypasta}} Readings. Despite them being a very small part of his channel and him thinking of them as his least good videos [[OldShame (Excluding his early videos)]].
33	** [[AvertedTrope This is no longer the case]] as of the late 2010s/early 2020s, as his ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' challenges made him absolutely '''skyrocket''' in popularity and defined his content going forward (dwarfing the popularity of ''anything'' he had ever done previously) and he has made it absolutely clear that he [[AwesomeDearBoy loves doing them.]]
34	* RunningGag:
35	** The Forbidden Word [[labelnote:Explanation]]Saying Shrek during one of his streams will get you timed out. Why this rule exists will never be explained [[RuleOfFunny because it's funnier that way.]] He has since stopped with this gag to avoid alienating new viewers.[[/labelnote]]
36	** "How Does it Feel to be as dumb as Brandon?"
37	** 4/5, 7/10 [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to several reviews on Newgrounds that say exactly that that.[[/labelnote]]
38	** "You can do it Goku!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to a really bad FanTranslation of ''Anime/DragonBallZ: Super Saiya Densetsu'' where Piccolo is referred to as Goku at one point.[[/labelnote]]
39	** "Use a Net Ball!"
40	** "Proofread, send to friends!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to the many times he's had to say this during his Creepypasta Readings.[[/labelnote]]
41	** I was gonna add another example, but fuck it. To be specific, buttfuck it. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Originating from an [[https://youtu.be/M33tuGwqLOI?t=427 insincere apology]] during a Red Alert 3 stream.[[/labelnote]]
42	** !ye! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A reference to another fan translation of ''Super Saiya Densetsu''. [[https://youtu.be/AYLQRUUt8vA This video]] more or less sums it up.[[/labelnote]]
43	** "While I'm in Mt. Moon, I pick the Helix Fossil. I know that if I didn't say, you'd all be asking in the comments ... actually, do comment anyway; comments are good for the Youtube algorithm." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said almost verbatim in every Pokémon Challenge run in the Kanto games, with minor variations for other regions. Becomes especially ironic during his 'Kabuto-only' run.[[/labelnote]]
44	* SeriesHiatus: Following the Corsola only challenge in Gold, MDB went onto hiatus for health reasons. Ended on December 3rd, 2022, with a challenge run with Chansey in Platinum.
45	* SelfImposedChallenge: Does a lot of these in his ''Pokémon'' videos.
46	* VitriolicBestBuds: With [=GodfreyGames=] to the point where "as dumb as Brandon" is a common simile.
47	** While not ''best'' buds, he also trades ripostes with [=SuperEffector=], Mandizzle, Gadgez, Doug, [=TheMadLibrarian=], [=Whattageek=], Schaly, [=MxoLydia=], [=SecretFiri=] and [=SnappishHippo=] whenever they're present.

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