| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unnamed_9065.jpg]] |
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| 3 | -> ''"My name is Stephen Georg. I play video games."'' |
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| 5 | [[https://www.youtube.com/user/stephenplays StephenPlays]] is a Website/YouTube LetsPlay channel in which Stephen and Mallory Georg play video games, begun in late 2010. Stephen also has [[https://www.youtube.com/stephenvlog a separate channel]], [[WebVideo/StephenVlog StephenVlog]], where he documents his life with Mal (and, previously, his college roommates), which he had been doing successfully for a year before [=StephenPlays=]. He has also been involved with several ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' related fan productions such as ''Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange'', and joins LetsPlay/ProtonJon, LetsPlay/TomFawkes, and WebVideo/The8BitDrummer on the Podcast/DiscOnlyPodcast. |
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| 7 | His website, which includes a list of Memorable Moments, the [=LP=] schedule and frequently asked questions, among other things, can be found [[http://stephengeorg.com here]]. |
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| 10 | !!Current [=LPs=] |
| 11 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'' (with Mal) |
| 12 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin 4}}'' (with Mal) |
| 13 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}'' |
| 14 | |
| 15 | !!Recurring Series |
| 16 | * '''[=First20=]''': Every Friday, Stephen and Mal play the first twenty minutes (or so) of a video game they own. |
| 17 | * '''Demo Fridays''': On occasional Fridays, Stephen and Mal play a demo of a game on XBL or PSN. Substitutes for [=First20=]. |
| 18 | * '''GTA Online''': Stephen [[WebVideo/StephenVlog and Friends]] mess around in Grand Theft Auto Online. Sporadically released on Saturday nights when Stephen and Friends isn't released. |
| 19 | * '''Animal Crossing New Horizons''': Stephen [[WebVideo/StephenVlog and Friends]] visit each island owned by a friend in Animal crossing and mess around. |
| 20 | * '''Memorable Moments''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Humorous and memorable moments]] from previous [=LPs=]. Posted Monday-Thursday. |
| 21 | * '''Mini-Golf Versus''': Stephen and Mal play mini-golf at various locations in Myrtle Beach, sometimes with friends. |
| 22 | * '''Morning Mario''': Stephen plays a viewer-submitted level from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' every weekday morning. |
| 23 | * '''Grandpa's Game Garage''': Stephen plays viewer-submitted levels from ''VideoGame/GameBuilderGarage''. |
| 24 | * '''Stephen and Friends''': Stephen, Mal, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin and]] [[WebVideo/StephenVlog Friends]] play various multiplayer games. Sporadically released on Saturday nights when GTA Online isn't released. |
| 25 | * '''Extra Life''': Every fall, Stephen and Mal host a video game marathon on [[http://twitch.tv/stephengeorg their Twitch channel]] with [[http://www.extra-life.org/ Extra Life]] to raise money for their local children's hospital. These videos are later uploaded on the [=YouTube=] channel. |
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| 27 | [[folder:Previous [=LPs=]]] |
| 28 | * ''VideoGame/ABirdStory'' (with Mal) |
| 29 | * ''VideoGame/{{ABZU}}'' (with Mal) |
| 30 | * ''VideoGame/AShortHike'' (with Mal) |
| 31 | * ''VideoGame/AWayOut'' (with Mal) |
| 32 | * ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' |
| 33 | * ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'' |
| 34 | * ''VideoGame/AriseASimpleStory'' |
| 35 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' |
| 36 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 37 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' |
| 38 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' |
| 39 | * ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 40 | * ''VideoGame/BattleBlockTheater'' (with Mal) |
| 41 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock'' |
| 42 | * ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' |
| 43 | * ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' (+ DLC) |
| 44 | * ''VideoGame/BrothersATaleOfTwoSons'' (with Mal) |
| 45 | * ''VideoGame/{{Chulip}}'' (with Mal) |
| 46 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' (with Mal) |
| 47 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'' (with Mal) |
| 48 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' (with Mal) |
| 49 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' (with Mal) |
| 50 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'' (with Mal) |
| 51 | * ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' (with Mal) |
| 52 | * ''VideoGame/DragonBallAdvancedAdventure'' (with Mal) |
| 53 | * ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' |
| 54 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' |
| 55 | * ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' |
| 56 | * ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' |
| 57 | * ''VideoGame/FindingParadise'' (with Mal) |
| 58 | * ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'' (with Mal) |
| 59 | * ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' (with Mal) |
| 60 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI'' |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' |
| 62 | * ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' (with Mal) |
| 64 | * ''[[VideoGame/Halo2 Halo 2 Anniversary]]'' (with Mal) |
| 65 | * ''VideoGame/Halo3'' (with Mal) |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' (with Mal) |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/Inside2016'' (with Mal) |
| 68 | * ''VideoGame/ItTakesTwo2021'' (with Mal) |
| 69 | * ''VideoGame/Journey2012'' (with Mal) |
| 70 | * ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' (with Mal) |
| 71 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby's Dream Course]]'' (Campaign Stephen only, versus with Mal) |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' (with Mal) |
| 73 | * ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' (with Mal) |
| 74 | * ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' (with Mal) |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'' (with Mal) |
| 77 | * ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 3'' (with Mal) |
| 78 | * ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' |
| 79 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' (with Mal) |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' (with Mal) |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' (with Mal) |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' (with Mal) |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion1'' (with Mal) |
| 84 | * ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers]]'' |
| 85 | * ''[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Magic Duels]]'' |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' (with Mal, playing Mario Kart games from the N64 to the Wii U) |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' (with Mal, LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} and various guests) |
| 88 | * ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' (with LetsPlay/JoshJepson) |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' (with Mal) |
| 90 | ** ''Minecraft: The Code'' (with LetsPlay/JoshJepson) |
| 91 | ** ''Minecraft: It's Better Together'' (with Mal) |
| 92 | ** ''Minecraft: Monarch of Madness'' (with Mal) |
| 93 | ** ''Minecraft: Mystery of the Pumpkin Castle'' (with Mal) |
| 94 | ** ''Minecraft: The Tourist'' (with Mal) |
| 95 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minit}}'' (with Mal) |
| 96 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}'' |
| 97 | * ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'' (Dadliest Catch with Mal) |
| 98 | * ''VideoGame/{{Outlaws}}'' |
| 99 | * ''VideoGame/{{Paratopic}}'' (with Mal) |
| 100 | * ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' (with Mal) |
| 101 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Pikmin 2]]'' (with Mal) |
| 102 | * ''VideoGame/Pikmin3'' (with Mal) |
| 103 | * ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon LeafGreen]]'' |
| 104 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' |
| 105 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' (with Mal) |
| 106 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' Co-op (with Mal) |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' (with Mal) |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' (with Mal) |
| 109 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' (with Mal) |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' |
| 111 | * [[SiblingTeam Sister Segadventure]] (Mal and Karley): |
| 112 | ** ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames'' |
| 113 | ** ''Barney's Hide And Seek Game'' |
| 114 | ** ''VideoGame/CrystalsPonyTale'' |
| 115 | ** ''Home Alone 2'' |
| 116 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' |
| 117 | ** ''Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars'' (with Kyle) |
| 118 | * ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' (with Mal) |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' (with Mal) |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' (with Mal, Alex and Hayley) as well as the ''Bowser's Fury'' expansion (with Mal) |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' (with Mal) |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' (with Mal) |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' (with Mal) |
| 124 | * ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' (with Mal) |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' (with Mal) |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/TheShapeshiftingDetective'' (with Mal) |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' |
| 128 | * ''VideoGame/TheUnfinishedSwan'' (with Mal) |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' (with Mal) |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'' (with Mal) |
| 131 | * ''VideoGame/UnchartedDrakesFortune'' |
| 132 | * ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'' |
| 133 | * ''VideoGame/Uncharted3DrakesDeception'' |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'' |
| 136 | * ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' (with Mal) |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame'' (with Mal) |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch'' (with Mal) |
| 139 | * ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' (With Mal) |
| 140 | * ''You're In The Movies'' (with Mal and LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}, and then again with Mal, Alex, and Hayley) |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | ---- |
| 143 | !!This series of Let's Plays contains examples of the following tropes: |
| 144 | * AffectionateParody: Stephen admitted in his 10-year anniversary video that his ''VideoGame/PokemonLeafGreen'' let's play is a parody of LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}'s detailed encyclopedia-like analyses of the various mons and their stats. Emile himself provides the opening narration for the LP's beginning, and makes a guest appearance during the catching of Mewtwo. |
| 145 | * AlternateCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] |
| 146 | ** Nana is apparently a heavy drinker who also smokes. |
| 147 | ** Stephen thinks the Pokemon Trainer from ''Brawl'' is the worst Pokemon trainer ever, because he can only capture statues and, when their play his Subspace doppelganger, his Charizard jumps off the edge and kills itself in seconds. |
| 148 | ** Crystal from Crystal's Pony Tale captures the other ponies' souls. |
| 149 | ** [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Farkas]]/[[EmbarrassingNickname Fartas]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MabCa3kX_Dw is a pacifist.]] |
| 150 | ** Stephen considers Agitha from ''Twilight Princess'' to be creepy, insane and living in her own fantasy, though Mal disagrees. |
| 151 | ** In the same game, Stephen and Mal decide that the reason why [[HeroicMime Link never talks in dialogue boxes]] is that he's brain-damaged himself from walking into head-first into walls all the time during his adventures, and in reality he's an IntelligibleUnintelligible who just says "[[MemeticMutation herp skerp a derp]]" to people. |
| 152 | ** During 3D World, Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad become Barry (a self-absorbed jerk with issues), Larry (Barry's twin/brother/cousin who's just along for some reason), Pesh and Frog. After they unlock Rosalina, she is renamed Brenda (Barry's ex-wife) and replaces Frog. |
| 153 | ** In Episode 23 of ''Super Mario 64'', Stephen interprets the flying carpet as having a ClingyJealousGirl personality due to it vanishing once Mario has been away from it for a few seconds. |
| 154 | ** Link from ''Breath of the Wild'' is a pushy salesman/cult leader whose only goal in life is to sell everyone a Nintendo Switch, and who otherwise talks only in [[TranslationYes breathless, impatient monosyllabic responses to questions]]. |
| 155 | * AnnoyingLaugh: |
| 156 | ** Stephen's rendition of Midna's "Eee hee!" VerbalTic in ''Twilight Princess''. Mal repeatedly tries to stop him reading that part of the text boxes out, but it never sticks. |
| 157 | ** Stephen also gives Saria a constant, nervous one when he voices her in ''Ocarina of Time''. |
| 158 | * AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: InUniverse, Stephen sometimes thinks this towards Faendal during his more stupider moments and towards [[AxCrazy Lil' Brekflek]] when the latter [[spoiler: went a little too kill happy, killing one of the Dark Brotherhood targets and killed a guard and a [[PermanentlyMissableContent quest giver]]]]. |
| 159 | * ApologeticAttacker: Sometimes does this to enemies that are not just a RedShirt or a {{Mook}}. |
| 160 | * AprilFoolsDay: A channel tradition. |
| 161 | ** 2012 had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLnI1b33Kb4 Stephen Plays: Photoshop]]. |
| 162 | ** 2015 gave the world the six-hour masterpiece that is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m85Q_6WHN0A Puzzles in Real Time!]] |
| 163 | ** 2016's April Fool's fell on a Friday, leading to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaTebXUpM4U First20]]...seconds of Minesweeper |
| 164 | ** 2017 saw a throwback to two of Stephen's old projects, Ninten Speaks and Daily Packs. The result is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP1D4ttlZrE Ninten Packs]]. |
| 165 | ** 2018 saw "Uncle Stephen's Egg Collect", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGH4DoYHQWQ an Easter-themed VR streaming right into your brain-hole.]] (since Easter Sunday fell on April Fool's Day for the first time in 62 years) |
| 166 | ** 2021 has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nc9WAU0wI Memorable Moment from a nonexisting Let's Play]] for ''VideoGame/{{ICO}}'', plus [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJTqwgumaM a variant of Broken Picturephone that is just words]]. For the former, the link to the supposed first episode leads to a JustForFun/RickRoll. |
| 167 | * ArtifactTitle: [=First20=], a series where Stephen plays through the first 20 minutes of a game to see what he thinks of it doesn't quite live up to its title anymore, as most videos under the playlist last ''way'' longer than the allotted time. |
| 168 | * AuthorVocabularyCalendar: Stephen likes the phrase 'solid damage'. |
| 169 | ** When doing songs on stream, Stephen tends to lead in with the phrase "Don't you know..." to give himself time to think of rhymes. Mal occasionally does the same with "Guess what?" |
| 170 | * AxCrazy: Lil' Brekflek. |
| 171 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Stephen comments on how many of the fights Argyl gets into should just be talked out, right before killing everyone. |
| 172 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Faendal may be an idiot sometimes but he can be terrifying as demonstrated when he thanks Argyl for [[spoiler:killing Sven]], and especially in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJaAFFjUej8 Skyrim #181]]" when [[spoiler:he murdered Argyl]]. |
| 173 | * BookEnds: He feels this way during the Dark Brotherhood questline which started with him leaving an abandoned shack and was about to end with [[spoiler: him fast traveling back to the shack to catch the boat that has his final target, TheEmperor]]. |
| 174 | * BornLucky: Mal, sometimes - for instance guessing the safe route across a dangerous floor in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' the first time after not playing the game for years. |
| 175 | ** Stephen decides that 'luck exists' after playing ''Mario Party'' against LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} for the first time. |
| 176 | * BuffySpeak: |
| 177 | ** When playing games with Mal on stream, Stephen refers to all [=NPCs=] indiscriminately as "the guy". |
| 178 | ** Almost any replenishable metered item in a game is dubbed "(X) Juice", such as "Climb Juice" for stamina in ''Breath of the Wild''. Stephen claims to have acquired this habit from Alex. |
| 179 | * BumblingSidekick: Faendal tends to make things either silly or difficult for Stephen, sometimes both. |
| 180 | * ButtMonkey: Faendal in ''Skyrim''. Carl Sagan the Pidgeotto gets this in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'' to some extent too. |
| 181 | * CallBack: Whenever Stephen plays as Toon Link in ''World of Light'', he makes sure that the tunic he's wearing is always purple as a reference to his role in ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'' Four Swords Adventures LP. |
| 182 | * CaptainObvious: Mal in ''Brawl''. A RunningGag is her non sequiturishly responding to something Stephen says by announcing what character she's playing as or what item she's holding. |
| 183 | * CatchPhrase: |
| 184 | ** "[[GoshDangItToHeck Piss!" and "You son of a gun!]]" |
| 185 | ** "[[MadLibsCatchPhrase Welcome back to more Stephen Plays (title of game). My name is Stephen Georg, I play video games, and today it's more (title of game)]]." |
| 186 | ** Mal has "Oh, what fresh hell is this!?" for particularly terrible-looking levels. Originated in the [[https://youtu.be/cfKutFjK6h0?t=956 Snow White [=First20=].]] |
| 187 | *** BorrowedCatchphrase: Often used by Stephen and, on occasions, Thomas. |
| 188 | ** In ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'', "[[MadLibsCatchPhrase X wants to battle, and he's got a Y. I have a Z]]." |
| 189 | ** Also in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'', "Aw piss, ''maaaaah braaaaaain!''" when he uses a psychic move on an enemy. |
| 190 | ** Another from ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'': "Pokeball ''goooo!''" whenever he throws one. |
| 191 | ** "YOU GOT A BLUUUUE RUUUUPEEE!" in ''Twilight Princess''. |
| 192 | ** Both Stephen and Mal have a habit of saying, "I vote that we..." when making decisions. |
| 193 | ** Two distinctive songs: |
| 194 | *** Stephen is fond of singing the Benny Hill theme whenever doing something weird. |
| 195 | *** When something doesn't go Mal's way, she awkwardly sings, "Do-do-do-do-do," until she gets back on track. |
| 196 | ** [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist "Ahhhhhhhhhh... stars above."]] |
| 197 | ** Whenever a FishingMinigame appears, Mal comments "[=Fish2Win=]!" It even became an episode title of ''Link's Awakening''. |
| 198 | ** "[[SarcasmMode It's impossible, it's never been done.]]" When faced with the prospect of [[InsurmountableWaistHighFence something perfectly reasonable being unable to be done]], either actually happening or someone questioning or bringing it up. |
| 199 | ** "One unit of ([[MadLibsCatchphrase abstract concept]])". |
| 200 | ** "job" - stemming from Stephen describing Mal technically pulling off a feat in ''Breath of the Wild'' but in the most inefficient and long-winded way possible, so it didn't warrant a "good job". This has become the chat's catchphrase when either of them do so in later streams. It even became an emote in 2023! |
| 201 | ** "Makin' friends everywhere you go!" - Stephen to Mal when she runs into a group of enemies and gets chased by them. |
| 202 | * CelebrityResemblance: In Episode 30 of ''Twilight Princess'', Stephen thinks the character Shad looks like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Frodo]]. |
| 203 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 204 | ** [[spoiler:Mal would have won ''Sonic Generations'' had she not died at the very beginning of the game.]] Stephen lampshades this. |
| 205 | ** During Mario Kart 64's Battle Mode, Stephen and Mal both get Triple Green Shells and they fire all three to allow usage of their stocked item. Due to how Double Deck is structured, the shells haphazardly ricochet off the walls, making it difficult to track and they simply try to avoid them and continue beating the pulp out of each other. [[spoiler:One of them ends up KO-ing Mal.]] Heck, the Memorable Moment for this is titled "Chekhov's Green Shell". |
| 206 | * CherryTapping: Likes to do this with Poison Sting as his final move in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]''. |
| 207 | * ColonCancer: In Episode 7 of ''Super Mario 3D World'', Stephen and Hayley rename the game ''Super Barry & Larry 3D Cat Land: The Movie: The Game: Based On The Comic: Which Is Also Based On Real Life Events''. |
| 208 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: |
| 209 | ** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXI2TFW8-dQ Kirby Super Star #1]]," Stephen points out the FridgeLogic that the people of Dream Land can't be starving when there's food on the ground everywhere. Mal asks if he would eat pie he found on the ground, and he says no, because he doesn't like pie. |
| 210 | ** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQV0ND1EJg the OneShot First20]], when the WhamLine of "You only get one shot, Stephen" (yes, it specifically addresses the player by name) comes up, Stephen is stunned and creeped out... because the game brought him back to his desktop. [[FailedASpotCheck He literally doesn't even notice being addressed by name.]] |
| 211 | * ContentWarnings: |
| 212 | -->"Unlike most content on [=StephenPlays=], the 'Stephen & Friends' series is uncensored and may contain strong language and adult humor. Viewer discretion and all that jazz." |
| 213 | * ContrivedCoincidence: Both Stephen and Mal and LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys ''independently'' came up with the running joke that Zelda is [[VocalDissonance a throaty-voiced chain smoker]] (with Stephen's example coming first, but the Guys not being aware of it when they did theirs). This has remarkably confused the crossover fanbase between the two. |
| 214 | ** The LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts dubbed Link "Lonk" in their playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' years before Stephen and Mal did the same, but in their case it was a variation on them having called him "Lunk" in ''Ocarina of Time'', and there's no connection. |
| 215 | * CrossPlayer: In ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'', Stephen plays as Dixie, whereas Mal plays as Kiddie. |
| 216 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Faendal has his moments. |
| 217 | * CurseCutShort: During Extra Life 2020, Stephen is sleepily losing it while playing ''Series/SesameStreet: Elmo's A to Zoo Adventure''. While trying to [[ItMakesSenseInContext spell the word "duck" with acorns]], there's this: |
| 218 | -->'''Stephen:''' Duuuuuck. Diiiiii-- oh whoops, no no no. ''[Dan is heard laughing in the background]'' |
| 219 | * CutenessProximity: |
| 220 | ** Mal and Stephen spend most of ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' gushing over how cute everything is. |
| 221 | ** During their playthrough of ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'''s ''Bowser's Fury'' mode, Stephen and Mal start gushing over several of the cats found in Lake Lapcat. |
| 222 | -->'''Stephen:''' Well, congratulations to Nintendo for creating the game of the year. |
| 223 | * CuttingTheKnot: Stephen likes to use skills like Persuade in Bethesda games to force shortcuts through missions by just convincing [=NPCs=] to see it his way. He also likes to try to break or cheese his way through shrines in ''Breath of the Wild'' and especially ''Tears of the Kingdom'' rather than trying to figure out the intended way. |
| 224 | ** On the other hand, this tendency often backfires, especially in ''Golf With Your Friends'' where Stephen is obsessed with taking shortcut trick shots that almost invariably end up taking longer and using more shots than if he just tried to do it legitimately. |
| 225 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: Guest player Alex in ''Super Mario 3D World'' complains when the game mechanics aren't consistent with those in ''Super Mario 64'' (such as not being able to ground-pound Boos). He's finally happy when the Bullies reappear from that game and are killed in the same way. |
| 226 | ** Mal often struggles with complex controls, especially when playing ''Breath of the Wild'' because she was simultaneously playing ''Animal Crossing'', ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' and ''Pikmin 3'', all of which have very different control schemes. |
| 227 | * DeadpanSnarker: Stephen's best friend Alex in his occasional appearances. Stephen himself qualifies at times. |
| 228 | * DeepSouth: Stephen is from South Carolina, and an exaggerated Deep South redneck accent is his usual first choice of voice when voicing a random NPC. |
| 229 | ** Alex (from Alabama) also does this. For example, his almost incomprehensibly southern voice acting for a military character in ''Devil's Third'' was dubbed "General [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Boomhauer]]" by the chat. |
| 230 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: In one episode of his ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' Let's Play, Stephen drives a van that he needs to destroy to the mountains of Los Santos, where he spends a decent amount of time trying to get the van to explode. Once the van does just that, Stephen briefly basks in his success...only to realize that he's now in the middle of nowhere, without a convenient way to get himself back home. |
| 231 | * {{Dissimile}}: In episode 3 of ''Brawl'', Stephen tells Mal that Rayquaza is "A [[MemeticMutation Pokemans]], like Mewtwo, but he's a dragon, and not like Mewtwo at all". |
| 232 | * EldritchAbomination: Peggy, the bizarre creature made in ''VideoGame/AmazingIsland'' during the 2018 Extra Life stream, who will supposedly awaken in 2033 and is now blamed [[WalkingTechbane for all streaming technical issues]]. |
| 233 | * EntertaininglyWrong: Stephen has a habit of guessing how game mechanics will work (e.g. when things reset) and declaring "[[CatchPhrase Almost certainly]] (it'll work like this)". [[HilarityEnsues He is almost invariably wrong]]. |
| 234 | * EpicFail: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdlzTTx0WXI The entirety of his attempt to catch Mewtwo.]] |
| 235 | * EscalatingPunchline: |
| 236 | ** Stephen keeps increasing the number of successive years that ''Kirby Star Allies'' is his 'game of the year' whenever something he likes happens in-game. The joke makes a comeback for ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'', which is apparently Game of the Year six years in a row despite only having been out for three at the time Stephen said it. |
| 237 | ** Another example in ''Breath of the Wild'' (in earlier episodes) is Stephen's description of how short Link is getting more and more exaggerated every time. |
| 238 | * EvolvingTitleScreen: When Stephen and Mal obtain the Master Sword in ''Breath of the Wild'', the opening changes from Link standing on the cliff in his old clothes to Link wearing the Champion's gear, unsheathing the Master Sword. |
| 239 | * FirstInstallmentWins: [[invoked]] Stephen is like this about the Pokémon franchise - not only about recent games he hasn't played, but he also remembers very little about Generations II and III despite having played them at the time, yet conversely knows almost everything about Gen I. |
| 240 | * FlatWhat: |
| 241 | ** In ''Skyrim'', when Ulfric Stormcloak [[spoiler: says he can't accept the title of High King]]. |
| 242 | ** Also in ''Skyrim'', when Astrid tells him [[spoiler: he is going to kill the bride of a wedding]]. |
| 243 | * ForeignCussWord: Stephen occasionally uses '[[UsefulNotes/BritishEnglish Wanker]]' to round out his family-friendly cussing (well, family-friendly unless the ''viewer'' is British...) |
| 244 | * ForgetfulJones: Both Stephen and Mal, but ''especially'' the former have a habit of forgetting even the most important, obvious and frequently used skills/information mere seconds after being told about it onscreen. Let's just say "[[TheFogOfAges Grandpa]]" is a pretty warranted nickname for Stephen... |
| 245 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: |
| 246 | ** During his ''Skyrim'' let's play, Stephen almost never uses his Beast Form during the events of the LP, in spite of never trying to get rid of it after completing the Companions quest. |
| 247 | ** A RunningGag in Stephen & Mal's streams of ''Breath of the Wild'' is that both of them forget the Cryonis ability exists and Mal also tends to forget she can run. |
| 248 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Stephen and Mal don't particularly care for [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Elfilin]] and generally disregard his kidnapping. The joke culminates in the ending, where they pretend to forget his name. |
| 249 | * FullNameUltimatum: |
| 250 | ** When Mal trolls him, Stephen will occasionally use her maiden name in this way. |
| 251 | -->'''Stephen:''' MALLORY WEIR! |
| 252 | ** Mal then does it to Stephen in return in ''Battle Block Theater'' when he keeps accidentally blowing them both up with grenades. |
| 253 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: In audio form from Skryim #157. "[[http://youtu.be/AsInyHslSsQ?t=24m34s You need to leave]]". |
| 254 | * GentleGiant: Stephen is a generally nice, down to earth guy. He's also 6'6". |
| 255 | * GoshDangItToHeck: Rarely ever swears. Unless you count "piss" as a swear. |
| 256 | ** An aversion in ''Shadow of the Colossus'': he gets very frustrated with Celosia, and after a grueling battle releases a tirade of (bleeped out) swears on the poor creature. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjgghnFNsqw At the end here]]. |
| 257 | ** Completely averted in ''The Last of Us'': when reading the different document artifacts he finds in the world, he reads out the swears as well. Justified, as censoring them in a game like ''The Last of Us'' would be rather pointless. |
| 258 | * HappilyMarried: Stephen and Mal. |
| 259 | * HarmlessVillain: Starting with his island in the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' videos, Thomas's ingame villain persona, Wet Bone, who attacks by sprinkling water from a watering can on his victims. |
| 260 | * HelloInsertNameHere: Stephen sometimes gives his characters silly names in one-off let's plays. |
| 261 | ** The protagonist of ''Endless Ocean'' is given the bizarre name Fargothix. That name becomes a running gag in other videos. When they play ''Harvest Moon'' for Extra Life, the protagonist is named Fargothix, his farm Farmgothix, and his dog Fardogthix. When playing ''MLB Power Pros'', Stephen decides Fargothix's last name is "Ismyname". |
| 262 | ** In Extra Life 2021, he names his character in ''Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus'' "Human??" because of his unsettling appearance akin to an alien trying to disguise itself as a human. |
| 263 | ** His character in ''VideoGame/TheDogIsland'' is named [=SuperRuffDoggoPupper=]. |
| 264 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Stephen is ''over a foot'' taller than Mal. |
| 265 | * HumiliationConga: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhxBNGsprg4&list=FLJQf_7hof1kHBkhb35_sxBA&index=6 Mario Kart #16: MKWii Shell Cup, period paragraph, beginning to end.]] [[SmugSnake "I smoked Mal in practice"]] declarations in the beginning turn into [[BewareTheQuietOnes Mal dusting Stephen in every single track]], beating him with a perfect 60 to his 39, a 21 point lead. There is not a track in the video where [[BreakTheHaughty Stephen does not leave utterly humiliated...]] only to go on to the next track and brag about how set he is. |
| 266 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 267 | ** Faendal [[spoiler: kills Argyl for killing an NPC]] but after a reload goes and [[spoiler: kills the exact same NPC.]] |
| 268 | ** In the first Mario Kart race between Stephen and Mal, Stephen tells Mal not to get too cocky because it's only the first lap of the first race. Almost immediately after, and debatably through the entire LP, Stephen ends up getting insanely cocky, usually just before a humiliating fall. |
| 269 | * {{Improv}}: Stephen is known for being able to improvise songs about what's happening in a game on the spot, sometimes [[WithLyrics set to the game's music]] but more often based on the tune of a randomly chosen real song (or even one he makes up on the spur of the moment). |
| 270 | ** On Breakfast Stream and Friday night gaming streams, a viewer donating 5000 bits with a topic will force Stephen to improvise a song on the spot (with the accompanying music changing every few months). |
| 271 | * InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTZl6VivIz0 this clip]], Alex does an AffectionateParody of Stephen that is a mix of this, DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and SmallNameBigEgo: |
| 272 | --> '''Alex:''' ''[as Stephen]'' Welcome back to [=StephenVlogs=], this is [=StephenVlogs=], my name's Stephen Georg, we are playing video games, I play video games, my name's Stephen Georg, I'm [=StephenVlogs=]. |
| 273 | * InherentlyFunnyWords: Stephen appears to think this about the word 'bunion', which crops up in a number of unexpected places. |
| 274 | * INeverSaidItWasPoison: At one point during ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'' #40, Stephen predicts a viewer's comment: "Stephen, are you drunk?" Keep in mind, previous loopy speaking aside, Stephen never even ''implied'' he was drunk prior to that. |
| 275 | * InSeriesNickname: |
| 276 | ** Stephen refers to the Blackglasses item in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'' as the "hater shades". He also refers to Pokedollars, the in-game currency, as "[[TotallyRadical P-moneyz]]". |
| 277 | ** He has several for different {{Mooks}} in ''Brawl'': Auroros are "Birds of Paradise", Bucculus are "Nipple Suckers" and Shellpods are "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Paracrosses]]". |
| 278 | ** He refers to Ness and Lucas as "The Mother Brothers". |
| 279 | ** Mal also has a tendency to use malapropism nicknames for characters, like 'Marro' for Mario, 'Kirbs' for Kirby, and 'Donkles, Diddles, Dixxles and Crankles' for the Kong family (these ones partly inspired by names Stephen's parents came up with while trying to name Smash Bros characters in a challenge). |
| 280 | ** Elfilin is referred to as "Elf-illin'" or "[[TotallyRadical Illin' Elf]]". |
| 281 | ** Kirby is Kirbo, and Kirby's Mouthful Mode code form is Conebo. |
| 282 | * InsistentTerminology: |
| 283 | ** Towards the end of ''[=LittleBigPlanet=] 2'', both Mal and Stephen start to refer to the game as "Mallory's Dress Simulator". |
| 284 | ** In ''Resident Evil 5'' they both refer to the [[NotUsingTheZWord non-zombie]] enemies as "new friends!" |
| 285 | ** Mal refers to the Kremlings in the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series as "friends!" |
| 286 | ** In ''Super C'' the enemy mooks end up being dubbed "Green Power Rangers". |
| 287 | ** In ''Super Mario 3D World'', largely at the instigation of guests Alex and Hayley, the player characters Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad get dubbed Barry, Larry, Pesh and Frog respectively. Stephen also refers to the game as 'Cat World', even outside the LP, to the point where he gets momentarily confused in the ''Morning Mario'' series on being reminded that's not its actual title. |
| 288 | * LowerDeckEpisode: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFY8bBhbVVE "And Friends"]] episode of Stephen & Friends is played entirely without Stephen, because Stephen was unavailable around that time (Stephen suspects it was because he was dead tired and asleep). Stephen eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QktdfzeDhKo reacted to it]] since he wasn't able to see the footage until then. |
| 289 | * MadnessMantra: |
| 290 | ** "Bait...rock...ball. Bait...rock...ball" in ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'''s Safari Zone. |
| 291 | ** "Gimme something good, gimme something good, gimme something good!" when Stephen hits an item box in ''Mario Kart'' and is waiting for the roulette to settle on an item. |
| 292 | * {{MST}}: Tends to do this over cutscenes. |
| 293 | ** For example: In ''VideoGame/{{Shadow of the Colossus}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOhlwNsn40w Agro's desire to eat Mono.]] |
| 294 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Mal and Stephen's cats (respectively) Kepler and Sagan, named after astronomers Johannes Kepler and Carl Sagan. |
| 295 | * NameMcAdjective: At the end of episode 7 of ''Resident Evil 5'', Mal claims to be "Helpy [=McHelperton=]". |
| 296 | * NeverSayDie: Spoofed in ''Pikmin 4'', in which Stephen and Mal insist [[BlatantLies no Pikmin has ever died]], and instead they go on vacation, to the retirement home, on the farm upstate, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} under the sea]]. |
| 297 | * NWordPrivileges: Stephen can refer to argonians as lizards, but no one else can. |
| 298 | * NonHumanSidekick: Well more like a sidekick that is not one of the selectable races, but [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Lil' Brekflek]] is like this. The game even refers to him as a pet. |
| 299 | * NoSenseOfDirection: |
| 300 | ** Mal - according to Stephen at least. But only in games, not in RealLife. |
| 301 | ** Stephen also claims her sister Karley is even worse, despite being an astrophysicist. |
| 302 | ** In more recent years, the joke has been reversed, with Stephen typically getting lost more often than Mal (but usually related to [[ForgetfulJones his poor short-term memory]]). |
| 303 | * NotTheIntendedUse: In ''Assassin's Creed'', the Gentle Push was rarely ever used to navigate through a crowd and instead was used on random citizens. He even lampshaded it. |
| 304 | * OldSchoolIntroductoryRap: A minor RunningGag by Alex in the "Barry & Larry: Rappers" episode of ''Super Mario 3D World''. |
| 305 | --> '''Alex:''' My name is Barry and I'm here to say, I love rappin' in the usual way... |
| 306 | * OneHeadTaller: [[HappilyMarried Stephen and Mal.]] Mal is 5'5", and Stephen is ''6'6".'' |
| 307 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted in the ''Endless Ocean: Blue World'' [=First20=], in which Stephen names the dolphin "Nancy" because there's already a human character in the game called Nancy, producing deliberately confusing and funny dialogue. |
| 308 | * OpeningNarration: "Hello everyone, and welcome back to more Stephen Plays [video game]. My name is Stephen Georg, I play video games, and today it's [video game]." |
| 309 | * OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Lil' Brekflek, one of Stephen's sidekicks in ''Skyrim''. |
| 310 | * PaintingTheFourthWall: Since Dan started editing some of Stephen's videos, live Stephen will sometimes instruct future Dan to edit in various things. On one occasion in Stephen & Friends live Dan even told future Dan to stop drinking so much chocolate milk (cut to future Dan at his computer looking disappointed). |
| 311 | * PapaWolf: Stephen and Mal don't have kids in real life, but Stephen in particular is very protective of kids in games. ''The Walking Dead'' is a good example of this, with Clementine in the first two seasons and Gabe in ''A New Frontier''. |
| 312 | --> '''Stephen''': When you put a gun to a kid's head, and you start threatening that kid? [[{{Understatement}} That's when we have a problem.]] |
| 313 | * ParodyCommercial: Starting in 2021, Stephen implements gag advertising blurbs for [[BlandNameProduct Tiny Eddie]] (a Little Debbie knockoff he made up) in Twitch streams. When a viewer drops bits and mentions Tiny Eddie, a randomly generated pitch plays for a made-up snack item. The pitches range from normal-sounding to [[BizarreTasteInFood those only suitable for the adventurous]]. |
| 314 | * PerfectlyCromulentWord: |
| 315 | ** "Agreeance" in episode 24 of ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]''. |
| 316 | ** "[[{{Portmanteau}} Arenarea]]" from Episode 11 of ''Twilight Princess''. |
| 317 | * PermanentlyMissableContent: |
| 318 | ** [[InfinityPlusOneSword Mehrune's]] [[OneHitKill Razor]]. [[spoiler:Subverted in the dream sequence near the end of the Skyrim LP.]] |
| 319 | ** The Skull of Corruption. |
| 320 | * PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Happens periodically to Stephen due to his lack of familiarity with ''Star Wars'' and ''Harry Potter''. A particular RunningGag in "Broken Picturephone", in which Stephen always refers to Hagrid simply as "Harry Potter's Big Friend" when he comes up. |
| 321 | * PortmanteauCoupleName: InUniverse. In episode 4 of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', the game combines their names into "SMALN" while they're both riding in a minecart, and Stephen decides it's their new couple name. |
| 322 | * PrecisionFStrike: Because these moments are exceptionally rare, on account of Stephen and Mal not being very prominent swearers, whenever Stephen or Mal do drop an F or S-bomb, it's pretty jarring. Thankfully, most of the curses are censored (with the exceptions of any Stephen & Friends series, or if either of them are reading dialogue in a game). |
| 323 | * ARareSentence: From the ''Garfield Kart'' videos: "You can lasagna out of a diamond. Um, that is a phrase that I just said with my human mouth, but it does work." |
| 324 | * RoboSpeak: |
| 325 | ** Both Stephen and especially Mal represent R.O.B. talking like this in ''Brawl''. |
| 326 | -->'''Mal:''' I. AM. ROB. |
| 327 | ** Mal accused Stephen himself of this at one point due to the way he pronounces [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqpd9O8Q9k "human being."]] |
| 328 | * RunningGag: Several, but usually specific to a particular LP. |
| 329 | ** [=First20=] running over twenty minutes... often by a lot. This is lampshaded in the comments. |
| 330 | ** "This reminds me of Ocarina of Time..." in ''Twilight Princess''. |
| 331 | ** "Gentle Push" in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. |
| 332 | ** In ''[=LittleBigPlanet2=]'', when asked at the end of the level "Did you like it?", Stephen replies, "'''I LIKED IT'''" in a deep, throaty [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]]-like voice. |
| 333 | ** Stephen's fake crying after something doesn't go his way. |
| 334 | ** In their [=SSB4=] LP, Mal has developed the habit of countering whatever Stephen says at the end of an episode with murdering him. |
| 335 | ** Stephen supplying an NPC with a weird voice and, after Mal's incredulous silence, replying, "That's his voice." |
| 336 | *** Also applies to when he makes weird sounds for items: "That's the sound it makes." |
| 337 | ** Stephen mentioning going to Arby's in the middle of cutscenes in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5''. |
| 338 | *** Referring to Walmart the same way during ''Brawl'' cutscenes. |
| 339 | ** Mal happily pointing out every single bee throughout the Donkey Kong Country games. |
| 340 | ** Stephen's breakdowns during Mal's episodes of ''Pikmin''. |
| 341 | ** Every time Stephen has to solve a puzzle without Mal's help, expect hilarious and often disastrous results. |
| 342 | ** They spend the entirety of ''Brawl'' arguing over how to pronounce "feyesh." |
| 343 | ** [[invoked]]Throughout Minecraft, Stephen makes fun of Mal falling into the lava [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten once]] and losing all of her items, including a stack of 64 iron. |
| 344 | ** Stephen comparing every four-legged [[VideoGame/ShadowoftheColossus Colossus]] to [[VideoGame/PokemonRedandBlue Venusaur]]. |
| 345 | ** With ''Fallout 4'': "''[moans]'' Ribcage." |
| 346 | ** In ''Limbo'' and ''Inside'', Stephen has decided that [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext left is the Burger King direction, and right is the McDonalds direction]]. |
| 347 | ---> '''Stephen:''' ''[panicking]'' Oh my god, head to Burger King now! GO TO BURGER KING NOW! |
| 348 | ** In ''Morning Mario'' and occasionally other series, after a harrowing bit of platforming or button mashing, Stephen declares 'Palms are sweaty' and then Dan edits in Music/{{Eminem}} popping up and rhyming "Mom spaghetti!" |
| 349 | ** Also in ''Morning Mario'', in videos released on Wednesday Stephen will sometimes refer to it as "Hump Day", and Dan edits in a gif of a camel saying "Whoo whoop!" |
| 350 | ** Forgetting the Cryonis ability (or not realizing they can use it in a certain situation) in ''Breath of the Wild''. |
| 351 | ** Also in ''Breath of the Wild'', Stephen sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ Dust in the Wind]]" (or a variation of the song) whenever the monk at the end of the shrines fade away into dust. |
| 352 | ** A third in ''Breath of the Wild'': every time Link recovers a memory, Stephen cheerfully ruins the poignant cutscene by adding his own version of Link's internal monologue, in which all the memories are about where his favourite fast food restaurants stood 100 years earlier. |
| 353 | ** "You Know ;)" as a response in ''Jackbox'' games. |
| 354 | ** ''Super Mario Galaxy'': Whenever a character mentions Star Bits, Stephen supplies a raspberry sound in place of the word. When the game gives both motion control or button input alternatives for the same action, he also reads out the dialogue box while ignoring the reference to motion controls as though it doesn't exist. |
| 355 | ** A rare one present across multiple games: starting with Extra Life gameplay of ''Paper Mario'', Stephen voices Bowser in his impression of [[VocalDissonance Mitch Hedberg's voice]]. |
| 356 | ** Characters having a fixation with ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' becomes this in ''A Way Out''. |
| 357 | ** Quoting the song "It Takes Two" during ''It Takes Two''. |
| 358 | ** "World's Greatest Dad" from ''Pokémon Let's Go!''. |
| 359 | ** Mal responds to irrelevant or excessive exposition from a game with a flat "[[SarcasmMode Interesting. Good to know]]." This originated from one of the "Fiasco" tabletop streams. |
| 360 | ** Since they moved to Raleigh in 2022, ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' superfan Hayley [[BlatantLies constantly claims]] that the next thing Stephen will play will be ''Xenogears''. |
| 361 | ** An unintentional one in ''Tears of the Kingdom'' is that Mal consistently always gets the shrines which take your equipment and give a combat challenge (which she hates) while Stephen nearly always gets the physics puzzle shrines he struggles with - when both would be much happier with the other. |
| 362 | * ShapedLikeItself: |
| 363 | ** At the end of Episode 14 of ''Brawl'': |
| 364 | --> '''Stephen:''' Be sure to join us next time when we go into Subspace, and things get... |
| 365 | --> '''Mal:''' Subspacey? |
| 366 | --> '''Stephen:''' ...Subspacey. Yeah. |
| 367 | ** In a ''Halo 3'' match including both LetsPlay/JoshJepson and LetsPlay/{{Pcull44444}}, Stephen explains who Pcull is because his Xbox name is different. Another player asks "Then who's [=JoshJepson=]?" and Stephen explains "[=JoshJepson=] is [=JoshJepson=]". |
| 368 | ** At the beginning of episode 49 of Twilight Princess: |
| 369 | ---> '''Mal:''' Do you see on the map, the buildings? You see they're square, like buildings?\ |
| 370 | '''Stephen:''' ''[sarcastically]'' You see the building-shaped things? |
| 371 | * ShoutOut: |
| 372 | ** Argyl is named after a character in ''VideoGame/Fallout3''. |
| 373 | ** Many of his Pokemon's nicknames are references as well. |
| 374 | ** In episode 6 of ''Pokémon [=LeafGreen=]'', he comments "Taking risks, making mistakes, just like [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Ms Frizzle]] wanted". |
| 375 | ** In episode 37 of the same LP, "[[Film/ThePhantomMenace I'm not a Pokemon, I'm a boy! My name is Anakin]]." |
| 376 | ** In episode 13 of ''Battle Block Theater'', Mal's character has a puma's head... |
| 377 | --->'''Mal:''' I'm [[Film/ThePumaman Puma Man]]! [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 I fly like a moron!]] |
| 378 | ** Episode 88 of ''Breath of the Wild'' is entitled "[[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Whistling in the Dark]]". |
| 379 | ** Episode 18 of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' has lots of references to ''Manga/TheEnigmaOfAmigaraFault''. |
| 380 | * SiblingTeam: Mal and her sister Karley form one against Stephen in one of the ''Brawl'' videos. They do it again for Sister Segadventure, though not to fight against Stephen. |
| 381 | * SimpletonVoice: Stephen does one for "Ollie" the statue in ''Twilight Princess''` Temple of Time. |
| 382 | * SpaceTrucker: In ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}'', Stephen's character C. B. [=McCoy=] was designed by him around this archetype. |
| 383 | * SpeakOfTheDevil: LetsPlay/ProtonJon has a tendency to suddenly appear in Stephen and Mal's Twitch chat on Friday night streams whenever his name is mentioned, provoking ParanoiaFuel which has led Stephen to accuse Chaz of bugging his house on Jon's behalf. (Jon also does this on LetsPlay/MasaeAnela's streams). |
| 384 | * {{Spoonerism}}: Stephen refers to ''VideoGame/TriangleStrategy'' as "Strangle Tragedy". |
| 385 | * SpringtimeForHitler: Stephen and Mal did a 6-hour video of doing a jigsaw puzzle in real time as an April Fool's joke, because ''obviously'' nobody would stick around to watch the whole thing... except fans ''loved'' it and demanded more, with a baffled Stephen later describing it as 'one of the most requested series' and doing a (somewhat different) follow-up. |
| 386 | %% * StartOfDarkness: The aspiring mage incident. |
| 387 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: In Episode 23 of ''Super Mario 64'', Stephen and Mal both making the same ''Aladdin'' reference at the same time. |
| 388 | -->'''Stephen''': You're my soulmate.\ |
| 389 | '''Mal''': I know. |
| 390 | * TheNicknamer: |
| 391 | ** Mostly during his ''Pokémon'' playthrough. |
| 392 | ** Also [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Lil' Brekflek]]. |
| 393 | * TechnicalPacifist: Stephen sometimes acts like this in ''Skyrim'' especially during the Dark Brotherhood questline, such as having Lil' Brekflek murder his targets, untill Brekflek went of a murderous rampage, causing Stephen to kill the rest of the targets himself, which even after that he still tries to get him to attack him first so that he kills them "in self defense". |
| 394 | * ThirdPersonPerson: |
| 395 | ** Stephen when playing as "Cold Kitty" in episode 9 of ''Battle Block Theater''. |
| 396 | ** Mal does the same when playing as Gooey in ''Kirby Star Allies''. |
| 397 | * TooAwesomeToUse: |
| 398 | ** Debatable whether it's this or AttentionDeficitOohShiny, but in ''Pikmin 2'' Stephen and Mal collect dozens of potions ''and never use any of them'', often talking about how they really need to start using them and then ''immediately'' starting a fight against a boss without ever using them. This only gets subverted near the end of the LP. |
| 399 | ** This shows up again in ''Pikmin 3'', with Stephen using more potions by ''accident'' than he does on purpose; he yells at himself when he realises they narrowly failed to beat the final boss in one in-game day because he never used any of the eighteen(!) potions he had spent the whole game gathering. |
| 400 | * {{Troll}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWitWzj6lRI In some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ0Ltvjl6Ls instances, Mal.]] |
| 401 | * TriggerHappy: Mal in Halo 2. When confronted with a new problem, be it ship, scarab, vehicle or stage event, her first reaction is usually to shoot at it. |
| 402 | -->'''Stephen:''' ''[upon seeing the scarab destroy a tank]'' So, uh Mal, guess what we gotta do? |
| 403 | -->'''Mal:''' ROCKET LAUNCHER? |
| 404 | -->'''Stephen:''' ...no. |
| 405 | * TheUnfavourite: Stephen loves ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'', but hates playing as Donkey Kong in it (as opposed to Diddy Kong) and repeatedly complains about how inferior a player character he considers him to be. |
| 406 | ** Yunobo in ''Tears of the Kingdom''. Neither Mal nor (especially) Stephen remember him being in the previous game or can remember his name; Mal calls him 'Daruk' while Stephen varies between 'Yajirobe', 'Darien', 'Alfredo', 'The Guy', 'Big Man', 'Gerald', 'Big Bill' and more. |
| 407 | * TheUnpronounceable: In a ''Super Mario RPG'' stream, Stephen's Twitch chat discover that he has trouble pronouncing the word "thermodynamics", [[TheGadfly and promptly donate to make him repeatedly sing about it]]. [[https://clips.twitch.tv/PrettySoftChinchillaFloof Hilarity eventually ensues.]] |
| 408 | ** After Stephen does manage to train himself to say it, the chat keep looking for other words and phrases he has trouble with. Even Tiny Eddie joins in with "Super Bowl Oil Pies". Others include "Raw Whole Bird" (an item from Zelda) and ''Film/PaulBlartMallCop''. |
| 409 | * UnusualEuphemism: "Cave Activities" is treated as one in ''Pikmin 4'' and, later, ''Tears of the Kingdom''. |
| 410 | * VerbalTic: |
| 411 | ** Mal's distinctive "Uh-''huh''" when Stephen's asking her questions about a game. |
| 412 | ** Stephen's trademark "GYUH!" laugh. |
| 413 | %% * VitriolicBestBuds: Argyl and Faendal. |
| 414 | * VocalDissonance: |
| 415 | ** Stephen gives the baby-faced child Malo a deep voice in ''Twilight Princess''. |
| 416 | ** Princess Zelda has a deep raspy smoker voice and Impa has a very high and feminine voice. |
| 417 | ** Stephen reads all of Bowser's dialogue with an impression of Mitch Hedburg. |
| 418 | * WaxingLyrical: |
| 419 | ** In the finale of ''Sonic Generations'', Mal does this with Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire". |
| 420 | ** Stephen briefly does it with "The Christmas Song" in Episode 29 of ''Twilight Princess'': "I know it's been said many times, many ways..." |
| 421 | ** And again in ''Assassin's Creed'' part 3, with Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." |
| 422 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: During Extra Life 2020, Stephen gives a ''Busy Scissors'' customer named Isaac Inks a very strange accent. |
| 423 | -->'''Stephen:''' ''[Normal voice]'' Isaac Inks, where are you from? ''[as Isaac]'' Try and guess! 'Cause I don't know! |
| 424 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Fargothix, protagonist of the ''Endless Ocean'' [=First20=] videos. |
| 425 | * WithLyrics: Stephen and Mal sing a duet to the Rainbow Road music in the Special Cup of ''Mario Kart Double Dash''. |
| 426 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Stephen sometimes tries to apply the logic of the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Pokémon'' to the game (albeit usually in a joking way). |
| 427 | * YankTheDogsChain: Happens ''constantly'' to Stephen in ''Mario Kart'' every time he tries to [[spoiler:catch up to Mal's lead in the number of cup wins]]. |
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