Top: Smooth McGroove. Bottom: Charl the cat.
Smooth McGroove
(real name Max Gleason) is a musician and gamer. Originally a drummer, as of a couple years ago he branched out into covering video game music with the power of his voice. After a few original songs, Smooth launched almost exclusively into these multi-tracked, multi-session labors of love. Often, his long-suffering cat Charl will guest star in one or more of the sessions, dancing his little heart out. He also plays and streams games on his other channel, Smooth McGames.
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Franchises Smooth has spoofed
Artists Smooth has covered
Games Smooth has treated to his Acappella stylings
Here, franchises and single games are shown in the order they were performed as reflected on the channel's video page. Multiple games in the same franchise are indented and sorted by the game's release order.
- The Legend of Zelda
- Final Fantasy
- Super Mario Bros.
- Castlevania
- Mega Man X
- Street Fighter
- Mega Man
- Chrono Trigger
- Touhou Project
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- DuckTales
- Ace Attorney
- Metroid
- Mario Kart
- Donkey Kong Country
- F-Zero
- Golden Sun
- Pokémon
- Tetris
- Kirby
- Infinity Blade
- Streets of Rage
- Shining Force II
- Xenogears
- Punch-Out!!
- Contra
- Super Smash Bros.
- Fire Emblem
- Star Fox
- Minecraft
- LittleBigPlanet
- Professor Layton
- Xenoblade Chronicles 1
- Undertale
Games Smooth has streamed
- Xenoblade Chronicles 1
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Super Mario World
- Yoshi's Island
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Mario All-Stars
- Populous
- Terraria
- Path of Exile
- New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Terranigma
- Mario Kart 7
- DuckTales Remastered
- Civilization V
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
- Minecraft
- Diablo II
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Pokémon X
- World of Warcraft
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- Arche Age
- Audiosurf
- Shovel Knight
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Mario Kart 64
- The Lord of the Rings Online
- Peggle Deluxe
- Super Smash Bros.
- Mario Kart 8
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Crypt Of The Necrodancer
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
- The Sims 4
Games Smooth has played by himself (Smooth Plays)
Games Smooth has played with Sloan Slater (Smooth McBros)
Smooth McGroove's works provide examples of:
- A Cappella: He performs music using only his voice.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: His Pokémon theme parody is sung from the perspective of in-game Pokémon trainers who try to fight the Player Character using their crappy teams, only to be beaten badly. The music videos shows a poor lv. 13 Pidgey falling to a Hyper Beam from the player's lv. 70 Mewtwo.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: He has a black cat named Charl whom he frequently lifts into view during an acapella cover.
- Once an Episode: He lifts his cat Charl into one of the camera shots (occasionally more than one).
- Song Parody: He has made a parody of the first Pokémon theme song. The original is a celebratory song from the protagonist's point of view. His parody is told from the perspective of random in-game Pokémon trainers who suffer Curb-Stomp Battles at the protagonist's hands.
