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* FirstNameBasis: Despite being okay with either name, only a handful of people refer to Badger by his actual name, Spencer.


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OnlyKnownByTheirNickName: Throughout almost all of his videos, Badger and company never refer to each other by their actual names, only shortened versions of their usernames.


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PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: In a Payday 2 video with Martin Copping (who voices Mozzy in Rainbow Six Siege), this goes both ways. First, Martin tries to tell Badger about a TV show that aired in Australia in 1996, and is shocked that Badger would have been two years old when that show was on, then he confuses George W. Bush with Ronald Reagan and asks if a real photo of Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter is photoshopped.
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* GenreSavvy: In his ''Far Cry 5'' episode when he goes after [[MasterOfIllusion Faith Seed]], he figures she's not really talking to him and punches her, proving him right when she disappears and turns into a hostage. He punches the hostage, who turns into a wolverine.
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* EasyModeMockery: In "Tomahawking Spiders for Trespassing," Badger says during his Ranger rundown in [[VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce2025 Earth Defense Force 4.1]] that you have to use a rocket launcher if you plan to play on a difficulty higher than [[TakeThat Journalist]].
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Linking in the proper EDF game.


* ''[[VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair]]''

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* [[VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair]]
* VideoGame/{{Enlisted}}
* VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas
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* [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears 5]]
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* VideoGame/HaloReach
* VideoGame/Left4Dead2
* VideoGame/Payday2
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* Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
* VideoGame/{{Valorant}}
* VideoGame/{{Warface}}
* VideoGame/WarThunder
* VideoGame/WorldOfTanks
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* VideoGame/AmongUs
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* SemperFi: As noted during a podcast appearance, Badger completed basic Marine training, but dropped out *on the day of his Boot Camp graduation* to pursue a business degree.

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* SemperFi: As noted during a podcast appearance, Badger completed basic Marine training, but dropped out *on ''on the day of his Boot Camp graduation* graduation'' to pursue a business degree.

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** There's also "YEET!" or "Yaw/Yah YEET!", for when they're making some form of risky attack or one-in-a-million shot

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** There's also "YEET!" or "Yaw/Yah YEET!", for when they're making some form of risky attack or one-in-a-million shotshot.


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* FirstNameBasis: Despite being okay with either name, only a handful of people refer to Badger by his actual name, Spencer.


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* SemperFi: As noted during a podcast appearance, Badger completed basic Marine training, but dropped out *on the day of his Boot Camp graduation* to pursue a business degree.
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** There's also "YEET!" or "Yaw/Yah YEET!", for when they're making some form of risky attack or one-in-a-million shot

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* ArtEvolution: The avatars representing Badger and his crew were usually animated frame-by-frame, until Badger got his hands on a mocap setup, and upgraded to full-motion animation for gags and skits.



* AuthorAvatar: A rotating roster of models from various video games are used to represent Badger and his crew, usually (but not always) corresponding with whatever game they're playing.



* CatchPhrase: For Badger and his buddies, it's generally some variation of "Hell yeah brother!"

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* CatchPhrase: For Badger and his buddies, it's generally some variation of "Hell yeah brother!"brother!" or "Ballin'."
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* CatchPhrase: For Badger and his buddies, it's generally some variation of "Hell yeah brother!"
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* PaintingTheMedium: Near the start of his 2022 ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'', Badger asks Bing to [[SuicideDare fall over and break his neck]], to which he "[[BlackComedy complies]]," judging by the extremely loud noise of something hitting a hard surface from his microphone. Said noise is also ''so'' crusty and artifacted that the avatar of Bing used for the sequence (a soldier from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'') is itself pixelated for the duration of the scene.
* PhraseCatcher: Skullker's default response to "[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} why are you like this?]]" is to use his soundboard to loudly fart into the microphone.



** Badgers current motion capture avatar getting shot mid-sentence and the next one taking over happens a lot too.

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** Badgers Badger's current motion capture avatar getting shot mid-sentence and the next one taking over happens a lot too.
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** Badgers current motion capture avatar getting shot mid-sentence and the next one taking over happens a lot too.
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* [[VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair]]


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* ContentWarning: At the start of his video for ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair'', he's quick to give a warning to viewers that the game, and the video by proxy, contains giant spiders.
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* MotionCapture: A major part of Badger's visual comedy involves the use of a motion capture setup used in tandem with Source Film Maker to create animated sketches based on discussions in the video and to augment his post-commentary.
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* IrrationalHatred: Badger makes a point that he doesn't have one of the British when [[VideoGame/WorldOfTanks discussing their tank arsenal]]... unlike Clu, who ''does.''
-->"I wanna bring [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Charles]] back to life just so I can kill him again."[[note]][[InUniverseFactoidFailure Charles was still alive when Clu said this]].[[/note]]
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In Badger's 2022 ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive'' video, Skullker clutches a match at one point. Reading the chat beforehand has Heavenly beg for the enemy team to kill him so the crew won't have to put up with another round of his screeching and soundboard abuse. [[TemptingFate This only exacerbates Skullker's joy]].
-->'''Heavenly''': Do NOT let him win
-->'''Heavenly''': We will never hear the rest of it\\
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'''Skullker''': ''(laughs while on [[SensoryAbuse heavy autotune]]) You fuckin' thought!''


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* RuleOfFun: Discussed by the crew in the December 2021 ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' video on the topic of using the first-person camera, which constricts your field of view but is still used by players for the sake of immersion.
-->'''Badger''': "''World of Tanks'' players only play in first person until death forces you into third person?" That's a - that's a thing?\\
'''Heavenly''': That's awful. Why would you handicap yourself like that?\\
'''Skullker''': That's awf - why would you ever that bro, what is wrong with you?\\
'''Heavenly & Stretchy''': ''[[SarcasmMode Ooh, my immersion!]]''\\
'''Heavenly''': ''Why don't you go "immerse" yourself in a shower, bro?!''

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* BlackComedy: Used ''a lot'' in his videos in various conversations, whether it be for fictional or real life related stuff, or a combination of the two.



* RootingForTheEmpire: Sides with [[TheHorde Caesar's]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Legion]] over [[TheRepublic The NCR]] in his VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas playthrough because [[IntimidatingRevenueService he doesn't want to pay taxes.]]

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* RootingForTheEmpire: Plenty of In-Universe examples:
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Sides with [[TheHorde Caesar's]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Legion]] over [[TheRepublic The NCR]] in his VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas playthrough because [[IntimidatingRevenueService he doesn't want to pay taxes.]]]]
** He also makes it quite clear he sides with The Empire in ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII'', constantly referring to the rebels as scum.
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** Many videos and streams that also feature Skullker will include moments where he spams meme sound effects and voice changing effects from his soundboard, with varying degrees of annoyance coming from both his Twitch chat and Badger's, as well as others playing alongside him and Badger.
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* ShownTheirWork: Badger and his crew are very knowledgeable when it comes to guns and military terms and will flaunt that knowledge frequently when they notice inaccuracies in games, or just for the sake of a joke.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: Each video is filled to the brim with [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] and discussions about different topics and media.
* RootingForTheEmpire: Sides with [[TheHorde Caesar's]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Legion]] over [[TheRepublic The NCR]] in his VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas playthrough because [[IntimidatingRevenueService he doesn't want to pay taxes.]]



* ReferenceOverdosed: Each video is filled to the brim with [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] and discussions about different topics and media.
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* AuthorAppeal: Badger is a huge fan of [[ComicBook/PlasticMan]].

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* AuthorAppeal: Badger is a huge fan of [[ComicBook/PlasticMan]].ComicBook/PlasticMan.
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* AuthorAppeal: Badger is a huge fan of [[ComicBook/PlasticMan]].

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* TokenBlackFriend: Heavenly, who Badger refers to in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbK7C4d9c8& SCREAM AND LIE IN OUTER SPACE]] as a "Moderately-redeemable black guy."

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* ReferenceOverdosed: Each video is filled to the brim with [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] and discussions about different topics and media.
* TokenBlackFriend: Heavenly, who Badger refers to in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbK7C4d9c8& SCREAM AND LIE IN OUTER SPACE]] as a "Moderately-redeemable "moderately-redeemable black guy."

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Spencer Scott, better known as [=TheRussianBadger=], is a [[UsefulNotes/Canada Canadian]] [[Website/YouTube [=YouTuber=]]] and [[Website/Twitch Twitch streamer]] known for playing multiplayer games with his friends, lending his comedy, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] and [[SelfDepreciation self-depreciating style]] to his commentary.

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Spencer Scott, better known as [=TheRussianBadger=], is a [[UsefulNotes/Canada [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] [[Website/YouTube [=YouTuber=]]] and [[Website/Twitch [[Website/{{Twitch}} Twitch streamer]] known for playing multiplayer games with his friends, lending his comedy, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] and [[SelfDepreciation self-depreciating [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating style]] to his commentary.



[[folder:Games Badger has played]]
* VideoGame/AmongUs
* VideoGame/BattlefieldV
* VideoGame/CallOfDutyWarzone
* VideoGame/{{Crossout}}
* VideoGame/{{Dauntless}}
* VideoGame/DoomEternal
* VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas
* VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}
* [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears 5]]
* VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint
* VideoGame/HaloReach
* VideoGame/Left4Dead2
* VideoGame/Payday2
* VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege
* VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017
* Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
* VideoGame/{{Valorant}}
* VideoGame/{{Warface}}
* VideoGame/WarThunder
* VideoGame/WorldOfTanks
* VideoGame/WorldOfWarships
* VideoGame/WorldWarZ
[[/folder]]



* CanadaEh: Originally from Canada, but he currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

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* CanadaEh: Originally from Canada, but he currently resides in Seattle, Washington.Washington.
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** Each video/stream contains at least one M1 Garand reload sound making an appearance.
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* TokenBlackFriend: Heavenly, who Badger refers to in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgbK7C4d9c8& SCREAM AND LIE IN OUTER SPACE]] as a "Moderately-redeemable black guy."
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Spencer Scott, better known as [=TheRussianBadger=], is a [[UsefulNotes/Canada Canadian]] [[Website/YouTube [=YouTuber=]]] and [[Website/Twitch Twitch streamer]] known for playing multiplayer games with his friends, lending his comedy, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] and [[SelfDepreciation self-depreciating style]] to his commentary.

Born on September 11th, 1992, he started up his channel on May 7th, 2010, originally playing single-player games before joining his friends to play some multiplayer games together. He commonly plays shooting games, providing tutorials, reviews and personal thoughts among the randomness of his friends' discussions.

As of April 26th, 2022, he currently has around 3.9 million subscribers on [=YouTube=], and an additional 653,000 followers on Twitch.

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* CanadaEh: Originally from Canada, but he currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

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