- Awesome Music: Their most recent intro songs which Barley made himself.
- Base-Breaking Character: Renny is either loved for his humorous banter and intense reactions. Others find him obnoxious and drags things out because he's too afraid to progress.
- Ensemble Dark Horse:
- Renny has appeared the most as a guest, earning him love by some of the fans.
- David Leatherhoff since he terrorizes and messes with the duo. Even showing occasional shades of Silent Snarker as noted by their Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut livestream.
- Evil Is Cool: This is repeatedly said about David Leatherhoff by Barley.Barley: David's a cool guy, he isn't afraid of anything.
- Heartwarming Moments:
- Spike's happiness and relief when he finds barley again in Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut (Part 2).
- During Fright Week 2013 in Garry's Mod, they try out their custom Tim & Allen models before Barley notices Spike as Mr. Struts in on of the toolpouches. Spike takes a look and exclaims that Barley has Charles. Barley gives a couple Big "WHAT?!" before checking himself (breaking the env_cubemap for reflections in the process) and notices he also has the decal of the wheelchair before letting out an overjoyed "Ooh my God!~". You can hear the smile in his voice as they discover this, showing they really appreciate fan content.
- Memetic Mutation:
- "Meeester maaaan!", "Lil' ol' man!" and "You tiny man."note
- "Why is sexy such as Barley."note
- Narm:
- Nightmare Retardant: This happens a lot. One to note is in Ghoul's World, when they see Jugulms Face by spawn.Barley: What the-, Haha! Look at his face!Spike: Yahaha! Yeah! Ha ha ha!, That's his face! It's like, "yeah~!"
- Paranoia Fuel: David Leatherhoff instils this, and often does it well in their Afraid of Monsters: Director's Cut playthrough.
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