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** His word on most modern [=JRPGs=] in general. He does play them and like some, but it's clear as day that he finds a good majority of them to be inferior to the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}-era ones.

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** His word on most modern [=JRPGs=] in general. He does play them and like some, but it's clear as day that he finds a good majority of them to be inferior to the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}-era Platform/{{S|uperNintendoEntertainmentSystem}}NES-era ones.



* PortingDisaster: Minor one, in-universe. He considers the UsefulNotes/GameboyColor remake of ''Crystalis'' to be far inferior to the original.

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* PortingDisaster: Minor one, in-universe. He considers the UsefulNotes/GameboyColor Platform/GameboyColor remake of ''Crystalis'' to be far inferior to the original.

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* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond''



* ''Destiny of an Emperor'' [ongoing]



* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (SNES) [ongoing]

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* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (SNES) [ongoing](SNES)



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* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond''



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: HC got more animated and stopped cutting to clips as time went on. Having a few videos deleted for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright reasons]] kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips. His earlier LetsPlay videos are also a little more informativ, and doesn't make fun of the games as much or deliver as many SelfDeprecation or TakeThat lines, occasionally yelling "GAAAAAME!".

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: HC got more animated and stopped cutting to clips as time went on. Having a few videos deleted for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright reasons]] kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips. His earlier LetsPlay videos are also a little more informativ, informative, and doesn't make fun of the games as much or deliver as many SelfDeprecation or TakeThat lines, occasionally yelling "GAAAAAME!".



* IncrediblyLamePun:
** "Piece of Powdah" (with powder, as opposed to the usual "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Piece of Powah]]").
** The ''Trials of Mana'' co-op [=LPs=] with his brother contain a running gag, usually like this:
-->HC: And she cried.
-->JB: How hard should I punch him, viewers?
** Three so far in ''Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection'', each of them doubling as cliffhangers and [[{{Foreshadowing}} thinly-veiled spoilers]]:
-->'''HC''': Or will Baron throw a MONK-ey wrench into our plans? [[spoiler:''(foreshadowing the fight against Yang in Baron)'']]
-->'''HC''': Or will Baron's army deliver us a ''crushing'' defeat? [[spoiler:''(foreshadowing Cagnazzo's attempt at ending the lives of the heroes)'']]
-->'''HC''': Can this game get any ''edgier''? [[spoiler: ''(foreshadowing the arrival of Edge, a ninja of Eblan)'']]
** [[RunningGag He grows increasingly exasperated]] with the use of these in ''Dragon Quest IV''.
** In the ''Dragon Quest V'' LP, there was a pun to end all the puns: [[spoiler:Dr. Agon]]. Cue HeadDesk.
** One in ''Final Fantasy XII'', doubling as a CallBack to ''Final Fantasy I'':
-->'''HC''': But can we defeat the mighty Marilith? Or will she 'Kary' us home in a body bag?



* LamePunReaction: Often, especially in the ''Dragon Quest'' playthroughs. See IncrediblyLamePun above for examples.

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* LamePunReaction: Often, especially in the ''Dragon Quest'' playthroughs. See IncrediblyLamePun above {{Pun}} below for examples.



* {{Pun}}:
** "Piece of Powdah" (with powder, as opposed to the usual "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Piece of Powah]]").
** The ''Trials of Mana'' co-op [=LPs=] with his brother contain a running gag, usually like this:
-->HC: And she cried.
-->JB: How hard should I punch him, viewers?
** Three so far in ''Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection'', each of them doubling as cliffhangers and [[{{Foreshadowing}} thinly-veiled spoilers]]:
-->'''HC''': Or will Baron throw a MONK-ey wrench into our plans? [[spoiler:''(foreshadowing the fight against Yang in Baron)'']]
-->'''HC''': Or will Baron's army deliver us a ''crushing'' defeat? [[spoiler:''(foreshadowing Cagnazzo's attempt at ending the lives of the heroes)'']]
-->'''HC''': Can this game get any ''edgier''? [[spoiler: ''(foreshadowing the arrival of Edge, a ninja of Eblan)'']]
** [[RunningGag He grows increasingly exasperated]] with the use of these in ''Dragon Quest IV''.
** In the ''Dragon Quest V'' LP, there was a pun to end all the puns: [[spoiler:Dr. Agon]]. Cue HeadDesk.
** One in ''Final Fantasy XII'', doubling as a CallBack to ''Final Fantasy I'':
-->'''HC''': But can we defeat the mighty Marilith? Or will she 'Kary' us home in a body bag?



* TakeYourTime: [[{{Catchphrase}} Of course the best time to do sidequests is when the world's in grave danger/imminent danger,]] [[LampshadeHanging absolutely!]]

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* TakeYourTime: [[{{Catchphrase}} [[CharacterCatchphrase Of course the best time to do sidequests is when the world's in grave danger/imminent danger,]] [[LampshadeHanging absolutely!]]

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: HC got more animated and stopped cutting to clips as time went on.
** Having a few videos deleted for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright reasons]] kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: HC got more animated and stopped cutting to clips as time went on.
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on. Having a few videos deleted for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright reasons]] kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips.clips. His earlier LetsPlay videos are also a little more informativ, and doesn't make fun of the games as much or deliver as many SelfDeprecation or TakeThat lines, occasionally yelling "GAAAAAME!".
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* BigYes: Often, when defeating [[BonusBoss various]] [[FinalBoss bosses]] at critical health.

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* BigYes: Often, when defeating [[BonusBoss various]] [[FinalBoss bosses]] various bosses at critical health.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: InUniverse, his opinion of ''Soul Blazer'', to a much greater extent, ''Illusion of Gaia'', and even more so ''[=NieR=]''. He also thought of VideoGame/MysticArk as this.
--> '''HC''' ''(in his forum, imagining how he'd commentate the game in an LP)'': Did ''Illusion of Gaia'' make too much sense for you?
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mentioned during ''Final Fantasy XIII'' regarding 12-year old players and the resident InnocentFanserviceGirl.


** His word on most modern [=JRPGs=] in general. He does play them and like some, but it's clear as day that he finds [[SturgeonsLaw a good majority of them]] to be inferior to the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}-era ones.

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** His word on most modern [=JRPGs=] in general. He does play them and like some, but it's clear as day that he finds [[SturgeonsLaw a good majority of them]] them to be inferior to the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}}-era ones.
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* PetPeeveTrope: InUniverse. Plots with the motif of [[UnwittingPawn people being manipulated]]. Not to the point of being a BerserkButton, but he does actively dislike it.

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* PetPeeveTrope: InUniverse. Plots with the motif of [[UnwittingPawn people being manipulated]]. Not to the point of being a BerserkButton, but he does actively dislike it.
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** Laid [[UpToEleven THREE glorious F-Bombs]] near the end of his ''Final Fantasy XIII'' LP.

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** Laid [[UpToEleven THREE glorious F-Bombs]] F-Bombs near the end of his ''Final Fantasy XIII'' LP.

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** [[UpdatedRerelease Pixel Remaster]] [ongoing]

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** [[UpdatedRerelease Pixel Remaster]] [ongoing]Remaster]]



* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (SNES) [ongoing]



* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (SNES)

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* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (SNES)

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-->As we all know, rumours and legends in jRPGs are always 100% accurate.

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-->As -->"As we all know, rumours rumors and legends in jRPGs are always 100% accurate.accurate, absolutely!".



* AprilFools: Played ''The World Ends With You''... for all of one video.

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* AprilFools: Played ''The World Ends With You''... for all of one video. He did the same thing with {{VideoGame/Nier}} and VideoGame/VirtualBoyWarioLand.



** CursedWithAwesome: He has mentioned some beneficial effects to the curse.

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** CursedWithAwesome: He has mentioned some beneficial effects to the curse.curse, like averting [[PerformanceAnxiety the Let's Play curse]] in several occasions.



* CatchPhrase: Way too many one might argue, [[{{CatchPhrase/HCBailly}} that now have its own page]].

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* CatchPhrase: Way too many one might argue, [[{{CatchPhrase/HCBailly}} that now have he has its own page]].page for these]].



** Darn near every video, even his FAQ on himself. He really, really enjoys these.

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** Darn near every video, even his FAQ on himself. He really, really enjoys these.these, especially for dramatic moments in most of the games he has played, sometimes ending the episode saying something between these lines:
--->'''HC:''' "Have a good day, if you can! [[EvilLaugh Mwahahahaha!]]"



** Whenever he utterly obliterates an enemy.

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** Whenever he utterly obliterates an enemy.enemy, even accidentally.



* IMeantToDoThat: Sometimes he says this when he ends up doing something that goes his way, without him meaning to do it.



* LevelGrinding: Usually averted. He demonstrates stat- and resource-allocations which allow you to bypass grinding, assuming you engage (rather than run from) all the enemies randomly encountered while traveling from Point A to Point B and during dungeon exploration.

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* LevelGrinding: Usually averted. He demonstrates stat- stat-wise and resource-allocations which allow you allows the player to bypass grinding, assuming you they engage (rather than run from) all the enemies randomly encountered while traveling from Point A to Point B and during dungeon exploration.



* TheTeetotaler

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** He didn't make it secret his disdain for [[VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge Briggs]], being a pirate that doesn't get his comeuppance due to the questionable morality of the game. Although, [[spoiler:he expressed sadness for Briggs's death in VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn, despite being a pirate.]]

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* PrecisionFStrike: On rare occasions; it varies. He sometimes refers to his cuss-word per-series quota. The rarity of him cussing has made his fans make up text lines like "When [=HCBailly=] cusses, a volcano erupts somewhere on Earth".

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* PrecisionFStrike: On rare occasions; it varies. He sometimes refers to his cuss-word per-series quota. The rarity of him cussing has made his fans make up text lines like "When [=HCBailly=] cusses, a volcano erupts somewhere on Earth". However, he started saying the F word less and less until he stopped altogether from doing this.



* TheScrappy: Doesn't care for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cait Sith]]. [[invoked]]

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* TheScrappy: Doesn't He has some characters that he doesn't like, sometimes invoking this. To list some of them:
** He doesn't
care for [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cait Sith]]. [[invoked]]Sith]], at all.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Lulu]] was a sore point for him at a point because of her attitude towards Wakka on the path to the Kilika Temple. He also expressed disdain for [[{{Jerkass}} Donna]] and [[SmugSnake the Luca Goers]]. This point in the game almost made him to not LP the game.
** He also expressed an irrational hatred for [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Praline]] because of her singing, reminding him on one of his pet peeves: J-Pop.



* ThatOneSidequest: The mini game with Cid in the Desert Palace. [[invoked]]
** He will sometimes index these in separate appendix videos rather than in the main [=LPs=].

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* ThatOneSidequest: There has been some of this during his Let's Plays, causing him to dread the moment when he has to do them:
**
The mini game with Cid in the Desert Palace. [[invoked]]
** During the VideoGame/FinalFantasyX LP, there were three instances of this: The Chocobo racing minigame for Tidus's crest, dodging 200 bolts at the Thunder Plains for Lulu's crest, and the Butterfly minigame at Macalania Woods for Kimahri's crest, all of them done in the same episode. The first one was rather egregious in the sense that the Chocobo minigame was almost a cause for not being able to LP the game.
** The Namingway sidequest in the 3D version of VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV was this for him, due to having to acquire a [[RareDrop Rainbow Pudding]] at a certain point. He also had to farm for rare drops in the Pixel Remaster of ''Final Fantasy IV'' for some of the achievements that involved the secret summons and the Pink Tail.
** The minigame to acquire the Earth Chant in VideoGame/BreathOfFireII was also this, dreading the moment in which he couldn't put it off for longer, having to do it before progressing with the plot.
** He will sometimes index indexed these in separate appendix videos rather than in the main [=LPs=].Let's Plays, but after a certain point, he considered these as part of the LP, either during the main portion of the game, or the postgame.



* TooAwesomeToUse:
** He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTcu6bieww says this]] about [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy Megalixirs]]. [[invoked]]
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SUv_UlMQsM Let's Play Final Fantasy Tactics #71]] he calls Elixirs "part of the 'too good to use' club". [[invoked]]
* {{Troll}}: He accuses ''Radiant Historia'' of being this after one of the game's multiple [[BadEnding Bad Endings]], [[spoiler: in which Marco kills everyone in response to one of his old friends being accused of spying and being captured.]]

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* TooAwesomeToUse:
** He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tTcu6bieww says this]] about [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy Megalixirs]]. [[invoked]]
** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SUv_UlMQsM Let's Play Final Fantasy Tactics #71]]
TooAwesomeToUse: There has been times where he calls Elixirs has considered items that either heal MP or heal full HP or MP, calling them "part of the 'too good to use' club". [[invoked]]
club", [[InvokedTrope invoking]] this trope. Very rarely he has to break into those items, mostly for emergencies.
* {{Troll}}: He accuses accused ''Radiant Historia'' during the original LP of the game of being this after one of the game's multiple [[BadEnding Bad Endings]], [[spoiler: in which Marco kills everyone in response to one of his old friends being accused of spying and being captured.]]



* UpdatedRerelease: He redid his ''Arcana'' LP, after doing it once as one of his first [=LPs=], long ago.

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* UpdatedRerelease: There has been some instances of this, either involving Let's Plays of his own, or [[UpdatedRerelease game rereleases]]:
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He redid his ''Arcana'' LP, after doing it once as one of his first [=LPs=], long ago.ago.
** He has also done multiple Let's Plays of VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV after the original LP of the fan-translation back in 2008: He did the PSP version in 2012, the 3D version on PC in 2015, and the Pixel Remaster version (alongside the original SNES version for some points of comparison) in 2022.
** He also did a LP of the DS version of VideoGame/ChronoTrigger back in 2013, updating his knowledge to better reflect his experience with the game, while banning stuff he used in the original LP, like the Crisis Arm.
** He also redid his VideoGame/FinalFantasyII LP in 2021. After gaining some well needed knowledge during the years between the original and the remaking of the LP, he showed the fruits of his hard work in the remaking of this, putting the game under his knees by abusing the game mechanics, and having a lot of fun overall.
** And he also did a LP of the Switch version of VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening back in 2021.



* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: InUniverse, his opinion of ''Soul Blazer'', to a much greater extent, ''Illusion of Gaia'', and even more so ''[=NieR=]''.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: InUniverse, his opinion of ''Soul Blazer'', to a much greater extent, ''Illusion of Gaia'', and even more so ''[=NieR=]''. He also thought of VideoGame/MysticArk as this.



* YouKeepUsingThatWord: He says this to an NPC in ''Radiant Historia'' regarding "inconceivable", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q35RajJhkcE#t=13m0s after various other NPCs used this word in a strange manner.]] (On that occasion, they weren't even using that word, but said "impossible" instead.)

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* YouFool: One of his trademark phrases is: "You insolent fool!", which is used at every single opportunity that someone says that word. Lampshaded during in the VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories LP, when in an instance, Rozalin said his phrase verbatim.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: He has lampshaded this trope multiple times during his Let's Plays, when people says this to an NPC in ''Radiant Historia'' regarding "inconceivable", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q35RajJhkcE#t=13m0s after various other NPCs used this word in a strange manner.]] (On "Inconceivable", "Impossible", "Incomprehensible" or similar words that occasion, they weren't even using that word, but said "impossible" instead.)reflect the same meaning.
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* ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (SNES)
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** [[UpdatedRerelease Pixel Remaster]]

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** [[UpdatedRerelease Pixel Remaster]]Remaster]] [ongoing]



* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' [[UpdatedRerelease Pixel Remaster]]

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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' [[UpdatedRerelease Pixel Remaster]]



** Then there's if the game allows you to tank damage or if there's [[SlippySlideyIceWorld an ice level]].

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** Then there's if the game allows you to tank damage [[DrawAggro tank]] [[StoneWall damage]] or if there's [[SlippySlideyIceWorld an ice level]].



* ChildHater: Definitely not a hater, but rather he just doesn't care for real life children. Twice he scoffed when a parent told their kid that when [[spoiler: the Younglings]] died in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', they were [[HesJustHiding not dead]]. He's also said numerous times he didn't want to have kids, because according to his ''Dragon Quest IV'' LP, he didn't consider having children a good "[[UnusualEuphemism return on investment]]".

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* ChildHater: Definitely Downplayed; he's definitely not a hater, but rather he just doesn't care for real life children. Twice he scoffed when a parent told their kid that when [[spoiler: the Younglings]] died in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', they were [[HesJustHiding not dead]]. He's also said numerous times he didn't want to have kids, because according to his ''Dragon Quest IV'' LP, he didn't consider having children a good "[[UnusualEuphemism return on investment]]".



* DemonicSpiders: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Cockatrices]], [[VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom Red Magi]], [[VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals Ashasins]] [[invoked]], [[VideoGame/DragonQuestII Green Dragons and Gold Batboons]], between others.

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* DemonicSpiders: [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Cockatrices]], [[VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom Red Magi]], [[VideoGame/LufiaIIRiseOfTheSinistrals Ashasins]] [[invoked]], Ashasins]][[invoked]], [[VideoGame/DragonQuestII Green Dragons and Gold Batboons]], between others.



** Having a few videos deleted for copyright reasons kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips.

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** Having a few videos deleted for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright reasons reasons]] kind of soured him on using movie/tv clips.



-->[[Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches As you all know, in RPGs]] you'd be better off if you just never got involved in the plot at all, because the villain is trying to manipulate you into helping them.

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-->[[Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches As you all know, in RPGs]] you'd be better off if you just never got involved in the plot at all, because [[UnwittingPawn the villain is trying to manipulate you into helping them.them]].



** He often has these mocking spiels of "Back in my day, we....and ''WE LIKED IT''!". However, averted when, during ''Crystalis'', he went on a spiel about how there were no save points mid-dungeon and if you died at the boss, you had to trek ''all the way through'' the dungeon again. Right as he's about to say that they liked it, he interrupts himself and says, "Actually... no, we didn't."

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** He often has these mocking spiels of "Back in my day, we....and ''WE LIKED IT''!". However, averted when, during ''Crystalis'', he went on a spiel about how [[CheckpointStarvation there were no save points mid-dungeon mid-dungeon]] and if you died at the boss, you had to trek ''all the way through'' the dungeon again. Right as he's about to say that they liked it, he interrupts himself and says, "Actually... no, we didn't."



-->"It has a 94% chance of hitting, so it should--"
-->''*Missed!*''
-->'''''WHAT THE HELL, GAME?!?!?''''' ''(he had to dampen the sound so it didn't damage anyone else's speakers.)''

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-->"It has a 94% chance of hitting, [[TemptingFate so it should--"
-->''*Missed!*''
-->'''''WHAT
should--]]"
-->''[[InstantlyProvenWrong *Missed!*]]''
-->'''''[[SuddenlyShouting WHAT
THE HELL, GAME?!?!?''''' GAME?!?!?]]''''' ''(he had to dampen the sound so it didn't damage anyone else's speakers.)''



* PetPeeveTrope: InUniverse. Plots with the motif of people being manipulated. Not to the point of being a BerserkButton, but he does actively dislike it.

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* PetPeeveTrope: InUniverse. Plots with the motif of [[UnwittingPawn people being manipulated.manipulated]]. Not to the point of being a BerserkButton, but he does actively dislike it.



-->'''HC:''' YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME! [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun THE OWL?! THE OWL IS THE REAL FINAL BOSS?!]] REALLY, GAME?!]]
-->'''HC:''' [[OneWingedAngel What the fuck is that?!]]]]

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-->'''HC:''' YOU'RE FUCKING KIDDING ME! [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun [[ChekhovsGunman THE OWL?! THE OWL IS IS]] [[TrueFinalBoss THE REAL FINAL BOSS?!]] REALLY, GAME?!]]
-->'''HC:''' [[OneWingedAngel What the fuck is that?!]]]] that?!]]



-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR7FOzYkCbw#t=12m45s Because, as we all know, when we're fighting our friends, they're more powerful as an enemy than they are when they join our party! Absolutely!]]

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-->[[https://www.-->[[Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches Because, as we all know,]] when we're fighting our friends, they're more powerful as an enemy than they are when they join our party! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR7FOzYkCbw#t=12m45s Because, as we all know, when we're fighting our friends, they're more powerful as an enemy than they are when they join our party! Absolutely!]]
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: HC has a weak spot for green haired girls, it seems.
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