History LetsPlay / PewDiePie

* VictoryIsBoring: Being ranked as the number one most subscribed channel multiple times in a row exhausted Felix's passion for [=YouTube=], he still enjoys making videos but he modified his channel by adding new forms of content in order to prevent personal burnout and stagnation.

* VictoryIsBoring: Being ranked as the number one most subscribed channel multiple times in a row exhausted Felix's passion for [[=YouTube=]], he still enjoys making videos but he modified his channel by adding new forms of content in order to prevent personal burnout and stagnation.

Since reaching fame, Kjellberg's content has progressed from gaming and branched out into wider areas, mainly based on providing commentary, with some of his most famous series including ''Pew News''[[note]]in which [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a dizzying number of characters]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals all played]] [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles by Kjellberg]] discuss YT news (although Kjellberg himself rather conspicuously gives his own serious opinions); and that's not even getting into the [[MythArc wider story]].[[/note]], ''Meme Review''[[note]]where Kjellberg comments on one or several new memes[[/note]], and ''LWIAY''[[note]]short for ''Last Week I Asked You''; a shameless {{expy}} of the WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} series ''Yesterday I Asked You'' (''YIAY'') where Kjellberg looks at fan-submitted memes on his [[http://reddit.com/r/pewdiepiesubmissions subreddit]][[/note]].

[[HeAlsoDid Kjellberg has also]] collaborated with studio Outerminds to produce the games ''VideoGame/PewDiePieLegendOfTheBrofist'', ''PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator'', and ''[[VideoGame/PewDiePiesPixelings PewDiePie's Pixelings]]'', alongside writing a self-aware demotivational self-help book titled ''This Book Loves You'', and--with the help of his fanbase--raising over one million dollars for multiple charities.

* VideoGame/KingdomHearts

* SuddenlyVoiced: A certain German creator of custom stories for Pew has the statues greet him. '''[[JumpScare HALLO FREUNDE!]]'''

[[HeAlsoDid Kjellberg has also]] collaborated with studio {{Creator/Outerminds}} to produce the games ''VideoGame/PewDiePieLegendOfTheBrofist'', ''[[VideoGame/PewDiePiesTuberSimulator PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/PewDiePiesPixelings PewDiePie's Pixelings]]'', alongside writing a self-aware demotivational self-help book titled ''This Book Loves You'', and--with the help of his fanbase--raising over one million dollars for multiple charities.

Kjellberg has also been known to collaborate with the higher-ups of his networks. In late 2015, following the announcement of [=YouTube=] Red[[note]]now [=YouTube=] Premium[[/note]], a paid subscription service for the site, news broke of Kjellberg starring in a series named ''Scare [=PewDiePie=]'', made by the creator and executive producers of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' and revolving around Kjellberg going through real-life places designed after the horror games he became famous for playing. The first season of the show was released from February to April of 2016, the same year that Kjellberg also initiated his own personal YT network under Maker Studios named Revelmode. Both Kjellberg's network and plans to release a second season of ''Scare [=PewDiePie=]''[[note]][[NewSeasonNewName now called]] ''Scare [=PewDiePie=]: Multiplayer'', co-starring LetsPlay/JackSepticEye, and slated to premiere in March 2017[[/note]] were shut down following a particularly nasty controversy.

[[HeAlsoDid Kjellberg has also]] collaborated with studio {{Creator/Outerminds}} on VideoGame/PewDiePieLegendOfTheBrofist, [[VideoGame/PewDiePiesTuberSimulator PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator]], and [[VideoGame/PewDiePiesPixelings PewDiePie's Pixelings]], written a demotivational self-help book titled ''This Book Loves You'', and--with the help of his fanbase--raised over one million dollars for multiple charities.

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as [[https://www.youtube.com/pewdiepie PewDiePie]], is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}} Swe]][[FunnyForeigner dish]] [[Website/YouTube YouTuber]] who became immensely famous for his video game [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]]. His Italian wife, Marzia Bisognin, formerly prevalent in the [=YouTube=] beauty community, [[WebVideo/CutiePieMarzia has her own page here.]]

He was born on October 24, 1989 and initially set out to pursue a degree and career in business (to specify, industrial economics and tech management), eventually dropping out due to personal dislike of school. When he leaned into making [=YouTube=] videos, he got a huge following primarily from his horror [=LP=]s, with his [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl reactions]], recurring [[Characters/PewDiePie characters]] (usually resulting in FunnySchizophrenia), [[BerserkButton eternal hatred of barrels]], [[SirSwearsALot tendency to curse]], [[LargeHam exceptional hamminess]], and [[SurrealHumor general randomness]] carving a fairly prominent niche to his content.

Kjellberg is currently the owner of the most subscribed-to independent[[note]]Important distinction; he was surpassed by the Indian corporation Creator/TSeries in April 2019.[[/note]] channel on [=YouTube=] (over 100 million subs, or [[FanCommunityNickname "9-year-olds"]], and over 18 billion views across all videos) and has received a Guinness World Record for it. Saying that he's a prominent figure on [=YouTube=]--especially for outsiders and media personalities looking in--is now an egregious understatement.

Since his reaching fame, Kjellberg has distanced himself from gaming-centric content and branched out into wider areas, mainly based on providing commentary, with some of his most famous series including ''Pew News''[[note]]in which one of Kjellberg's characters, named Poppy Harlow, discusses YT news (although Kjellberg himself rather conspicuously gives his own serious opinions)[[/note]], ''Meme Review''[[note]]where Kjellberg comments on one or several new memes[[/note]], and ''LWIAY''[[note]]short for ''Last Week I Asked You''; a shameless {{expy}} of the WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} series ''Yesterday I Asked You'' (''YIAY'') where Kjellberg looks at fan-submitted memes on his [[http://reddit.com/r/pewdiepiesubmissions subreddit]][[/note]].

[[HeAlsoDid Kjellberg has also]] released a video game titled ''VideoGame/PewDiePieLegendOfTheBrofist'' (now available on [=iOS=], Android, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}), written a demotivational self-help book titled ''This Book Loves You'', and--with the help of his fanbase--raised over one million dollars for multiple charities.

** The third (and by far the most infamous) instance was when he said the N-word to another player during ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jdh7EQRgps that]]'' ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds'' live stream.

** A more infamous example was when he said the N-word to another player during ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jdh7EQRgps that]]'' ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds'' live stream.

* LampshadeHanging: The ending of the first episode of his ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'' LP has Pewdie inviting Conker to do the outro. Pewdie then lampshades that he's voicing Conker doing the outro, claiming he's trying to be funny.

* BlackComedyRape: Infamous for frequently joking about it in his pre-WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} videos. The parody in question shows how often Felix made jokes along these lines (in their 7.5 minute video montage, he said it at least ''twenty times'', the first instance is the second word uttered), which accounts for [[DudeNotFunny the outcry against]] [[VulgarHumor rape jokes]] [[CharacterDevelopment strong enougb that he stopped making them entirely]].

* BlackComedyRape: Infamous for frequently joking about it in his pre-WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} videos. People who watched the parody were appalled at how often Felix made jokes along these lines (in their 7.5 minute video montage, he said it at least ''twenty times'', the first of which is the second word he says), and expressed disdain for him accordingly. After the incident, [[DudeNotFunny there was enough of an outcry against]] [[VulgarHumor this line of humor]] [[CharacterDevelopment that he decided that he would stop making rape jokes]].

** Deciding to stop making rape jokes after the internet's outcry grew high enough.

** The "Congratulations" music video has [=PewDiePie=] lifting his sunglasses with his middle finger in a subtle way of flipping off T-Series.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: [=RoomieOfficial=] (a fellow Swedish Youtuber) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaOsNwmieE made a whole song]] about how goddamn fabulous Pewdie is.

** The first he used it was in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqCs3TdZtM this GTA 5 video.]]

** He's only used it once, and it was in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqCs3TdZtM this video.]]

* FlippingTheBird: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NFXygkRiVI&list=SPYH8WvNV1YEmYN9TN4YQhBpt76iMg4Ysx his first Obscurity video at the end]] after a bad JumpScare.

* VideoGame/MortalKombatX

* Videogame/{{McPixel}}

* NWordPrivileges: He's only used it once, and it was in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjqCs3TdZtM this video.]]

Kjellberg is currently the owner of the most subscribed-to independent[[note]]Important distinction; he was surpassed by the Indian corporation Creator/TSeries in April 2019.[[/note]] channel on [=YouTube=] (over 95 million subs, or [[FanCommunityNickname "9-year-olds"]], and over 18 billion views across all videos) and has received a Guinness World Record for it. Saying that he's a prominent figure on [=YouTube=]--especially for outsiders and media personalities looking in--is now an egregious understatement.

* ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest: He has created multiple videos showing some of the problems of being a channel with the highest number of subscribers. The most nortiorious examples are the anti-semitism scandal in 2016 and the Christchurch mosque shooting in 2019. The former caused Felix to be accused of being racist due to a bad joke being blown out of proportion. The latter caused people to blame him for the shooting after the shooter referenced the "Subscribe to Pewdiepie" meme.

* ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest: He has created multiple videos showing some of the problems of being a channel with the highest number of subscribers. The most nortiorious examples are the anti-semitism scandal in 2016 and the Christchurch mosque shooting in 2019.