History LetsPlay / Videogamedunkey

-->''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YplCV7Se4ts&list=PLMBTl5yXyrGSa67JeYb6ctt1gCvL9BdEX more]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMBTl5yXyrGQ68Ny1mXCAaSwbjpcVwm49 dunkey]] [or some permutation thereof]''

Jason Gastrow, also known as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/videogamedunkey videogamedunkey]] or simply "Dunkey", is a Website/YouTube [[LetsPlay gamer]] from Wisconsin, although his video style is often highly experimental from video to video.

He started his channel in October 2010 to modest reception, although he was on the Internet [[OlderThanTheyThink for many years beforehand]], making Flash animations on Newgrounds as well as owning a few older [=YouTube=] channels called [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Meatwadsprite Meatwadsprite]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/jmonkey21/videos jmonkey21]] (which is his oldest channel, dating back to 2006).

His initial claim to fame was through his ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' videos, although he would officially quit playing and making videos for the game in 2015.

--->'''Dunkey''': Oh boy. If I die here, I'm gonna build [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs two life-size animatronic T-rexes]] [[LudicrousGibs to rip me apart limb from limb]] while a team of NAVY Seals [[MoreDakka guns me down with a barrage of M16 assault rifles]] onstage during a [[Music/JustinBieber Justin Beaver]] concert, and engraved on my tombstone, it'll say, "OH BOY I'M DEAD".

* TheAbridgedSeries: Essentially what the ''Halo: Recap Evolved'' series amounts to. Four videos summing up ''VideoGame/Halo1'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo2 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Halo3 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/Halo4 4]]'' in a non-stop stream of RapidFireComedy.

* BigBad: Steinfeld is this in [[RamblingOldManMonologue Dunkey's true story]] about VideoGame/MegaMan2.
** His evil deeds include trying to become [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir The Fresh Prince]], [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises taking over Hawaii and blowing it up with a nuke]], [[Film/ChildsPlay creating an evil doll that kills people]], [[RuleOfFunny escaping the basement]] and [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 turning into an alien to try to take over the world]].

** End of the ''Toy Story'' dunkview.

** After he tries and fails multiple times to enter the [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Twoson Hospital]] without accidentally exiting (his controls are messed up) in "God Damn Mushroom".

** In the fourth episode of his ''Earthbound'' series, he says that Microsoft is run by ants. The statement is reused in the ending segment of his "Microsoft Sucks" video.

* CallingYourAttacks: '''''[[LargeHam DUUUUUUUNKEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY BLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!]]'''''

** His ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' playthrough frequently uses the phrase "I'm back in the saddle".

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: At the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtplRk6BdyA Dundertale]], it's revealed that [[spoiler: Lesser Dog]] is the true villain responsible for [[Main/{{NeverMyFault}} Dunkey's actions]] throughout the game. Cue [[spoiler: lots of petting]] set to [[AwesomeMusic/{{Undertale}} Megalovania]].

** "God Damn Mushroom", an episode of his ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' playthrough, has Dunkey struggling to cope with a mushroom that has permanently fixed itself atop Ness' head. Near the end, he just gives up entirely, pleading for death to come and claim him.

** The one thing that disgusts him greatly is the ugly physique of his VideoGame/DarkSouls character.

* HypocriticalHumor: In his Beyond Two Souls video, he does a voice-over for the horse scene. The man who's taking care of the horse says that white people can't work horses and that they are weak from their lives of luxury. This same man is white himself.

** Whenever he screams "I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN" in ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}''.

* MadnessMantra: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npC_lOcWAnU BAKE ME A CAKE.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: His video for ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'' consists entirely of alternating between footage from the trailer (featuring a team acting like a legit special ops unit but with more banter, and definitely ''not'' like any players you've ever met) and Actual Gameplay Footage (featuring a bunch of goofballs constantly throwing grenades at each other, driving off cliffs, sniping the wrong targets, and laughing like maniacs all the way).

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: His ''Crappy Company'' videos, where he completely diverts from his typical goofy nature and discusses/laments serious topics in his life.

* PetPeeveTrope: Dunkey mentions a couple of his in his video on game critics, and uses both examples to illustrate why he doesn't like most [=JRPGs=] and why it's unusual that he actually enjoys ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
** {{Animesque}}: He can't stand most anime, as well as [[{{Fanservice}} certain]] [[GagBoobs tropes]] that go with it, as shown with his video on ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''.

* PrecisionFStrike: Near the end of the Olaf video, which was devoid of swears up to that point, when [[spoiler:he loses to Kennen in a duel.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Dunkey:''' (in calm English accent) And that is why Kennen is considered [[SophisticatedAsHell The Fucking Filthy Whore of League of Legends]].]]

** See BitingTheHandHumor.

* TemptingFate: Near the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3rwO0ndPKw "Um Jammer Lamma" video]].

* WhamLine: From [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_oEB0qf7Hg Dunkey's Best of 2015]]: [[spoiler:[[TheStinger PSYCHE!]] Number one is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2''!]]

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: We get to see a picture of a young Dunkey and his mom in his VideoGame/HalfLife2 dunkview.

* BaitAndSwitch: In his 2015 Best Games of the Year, he states that he'll be retiring Super Mario Brothers 2 as Game of the Year since it has been reigning champ for 13 straight years. And VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain was his number one and the credits roll...[[spoiler: PSYCHE! [[RunningGag STILL THE KING BAYBEE]]]] The "Best Games of the Year" series itself is an example, as it's not a ranking of games that ''came out'' that year, necessarily, just ones that he ''played'' that year.

** He starts his ''Videogame/GodOfWarPS4'' review by pointing out that he was not selected to receive a review copy of the game, [[NotScreenedForCritics which is usually a bad sign.]]

** "Not even close, baby!" (has become something of a [[MemeticMutation meme]] for League of Legends players)

* ContinuityLockout: Dunkey experiences this in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSYWIh7ajR4 Injustice 2]]'' in regards to the story from the [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs previous game.]]

** Starting with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1krWkG5l_cU Part 2]], his VideoGame/MegaMan2 LetsPlay becomes [[MythArc a lengthy and strange story]] about his encounters with his arch-nemesis, Steinfeld, rarely saying anything relevant to the game. Many of the Youtube comments ask [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs what Dunkey was on]] when he made the videos.

** Dunkey in his Draw My Life video, where he [[AssPull suddenly]] [[MoodWhiplash ends up]] [[spoiler:[[BlackComedy hanging himself]]. Not only that, but he draws "FUCK MY LIFE" nearby.]]

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: His Zac video has Dunkey insisting this after every AccidentalInnuendo.

* IdiosyncraticRatingsScale: In his "Dunkview" videos, he awards "dunk points" to games, though usually not in any seriousness whatsoever, and amazing games can be rated 0/5 (to date the only ''serious'' 0/5 game rating he's ever given has been ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''), while lackluster ones (''VideoGame/{{Knack}} 2'' [[CatchPhrase bay]][[MemeticMutation beeeeeeee]]) can get 10/5 (for the graphics alone, even).
* IncrediblyLamePun: When talking about Michael from [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA V]] while he rides a motorcycle through a beach, a caption appears saying "more like Bike-el".
** When his VideoGame/DarkSouls character gets killed by spiked wheels, Dunkey complains, "These guys are a wheel pain in my ass!"
** When talking about ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', Dunkey says that the game floored him such that he fell through the floor to hell. Afterwards, he said, "That's one hell of a game."

* KillEmAll: His videos of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'', and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weaK0WuNSyQ Night at the Museum]]" has Dunkey seemingly by himself in a dark, creepy museum. The terrifying music, the darkness, the gradual SanitySlippage, [[spoiler:[[FridgeHorror the pure silence at the end...]]]]

** The Website/YouTube comment that incited Dunkey into reviewing ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' segues from [[HePannedItNowHeSucks complaining about Dunkey not liking the franchise]] to using the N-Word on him. The comment below even points out he's white.
* OhCrap: End of the ''Toy Story'' dunkview, after he dies and then he remembers that he's playing on an emulator, and it doesn't save.

* SurrealHorror: After a series of hilarious ''League of Legends'' videos, Dunkey [[MoodWhiplash suddenly]] comes out with an [[NightmareFuel incredibly creepy video]] with tons of random, disturbing imagery. Want to watch it? Click [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O4SRcNBGp8 here]]. [[ShmuckBait Have fun.]]

** Also happens in ''Final Fantasy VII''. He keeps daring the Battle Square slots to give him a harder challenge, [[spoiler: and then he faces [[Main/GoddamnedBats a frog]]. SmashCut to a game over screen.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The insane, bizarrely borderline non-sequitur that is his ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' Explained video. Fans of ''Kingdom Hearts'' made it clear that, aside from one or two jokes, ''Dunkey is completely accurate.''
** He later did the same thing with the ''Metal Gear Solid'' series.

* FollowTheLeader: {{Parodied}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK158ih4smY "Anthem Legends: Exodus,"]] a mock trailer for a bunch of fictional, highly cliched mashup-games including ''[[VideoGame/FarCry5 Far Cry]] [[VideoGame/MetroExodus Exodus]]'', ''[[VideoGame/Fallout76 Fallout]] [[VideoGame/FarCryNewDawn New Dawn]]'', ''VideoGame/Crackdown3: [[VideoGame/FarCryInstincts Instincts]]'', and ''VideoGame/{{Anthem}} [[VideoGame/ApexLegends Legends]]''. All or most of the games include ItemCrafting, "{{Creator/Ubisoft}} [[CrowsNestCartography Towers]]," survival gameplay with shoehorned RPGElements, and a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] setting with a [[LaResistance resistance group]] fighting a [[TheEmpire despotic regime]]. That's not even the entire list of TurnOfTheMillennium and [[TheNewTens New Tens]] trends he complains about.

* SpiritualSuccessor: He ends up concluding ''VideoGame/TheLastGuardian'' is obviously a sequel to ''VideoGame/HeyYouPikachu'', as both are all about desperately trying to get an ''extremely'' unresponsive critter to do things for you.

* PetPeeveTrope: InUniverse. Dunkey mentions a couple of his in his video on game critics, and uses both examples to illustrate why he doesn't like most [=JRPGs=] and why it's unusual that he actually enjoys ''VideoGame/Persona5''.

* EightPointEight: InUniverse. In "[[VideoGame/GoatSimulator Goat]][[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Z]] [[VideoGame/GoatSimulator Simulator]]," Dunkey gets ''extremely'' angry when one of the judges gives his perfect goat dive a 9.

* FourPointScale: Criticized heavily in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG2dXobAXLI Game Critics]] video, along with other gripes he has with the industry.

* In [[https://youtu.be/z3DTWBVJBpo Revisiting the Last of Us]] he discusses the famous quote by "Neil Drunkman”, "Simple story, complex characters." Dunkey remarks "This is the complete opposite approach of Franchise/KingdomHearts."

* {{Corpsing}}: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfO1XhRob3c Karaoke Dunkey]], when he sings a song by Music/MichaelBuble, he interprets it as "Michael Bubble" and starts cracking up.

* FakeDifficulty: UpToEleven in [[VideoGame/Left4Dead2 "Left 4 Dead All-Stars"]], where he barely lasts a good 5-10 seconds at a time without dying.

While his content currently varies from reviews ("dunkviews") to humorous gameplay to [[HiddenDepths deeply insightful]] video essays to [[AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent generally experimental videos]], most of it falls squarely under his [[CuckoolanderCommentator outlandish]], {{surreal|Humor}}, and [[BreathlessNonSequitur non sequitur]]-laden brand of humor.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: His ''Crappy Company'' videos, where he [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent completely diverts]] from his typical goofy nature and discusses/laments serious topics in his life.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** The ''Crappy Company'' videos, which are much more serious than his other videos.
** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5ZjSI5G4E tribute video]] to Robin Williams, which is also a more serious video (of course).
** "Relaxing Space Safari" is different in the sense that it's not even a gaming video--it's seven minutes of peaceful natural scenery coupled with ambient music and the sounds of nature. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX9aDLjKYww No, really.]]
** He has posted a 100% serious [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU1hnE6klVw&t=28s movie review]] of ''Film/TheShining'', reportedly his all-time favorite horror film.

* SubbingVersusDubbing: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Video Game Acting". He admits that the people affirming that japanese games sound less ridiculous if played with japanese voices over the often-terrible English dubs probably have a point... but come on, there's [[SillinessSwitch a button that makes the game instantly hilarious]] and they expect him to ''not'' use it?

* ParodyCommercial: There's one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SvoYY2lpETs Sneak Mouse]] for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZid_dh_4YA Turkish donkey plush]] apparently named "[[{{Mondegreen}} Dunkey]]". Dunkey's captioning of the Turkish speech is nothing short of hilarious.

[[DescribeTopicHere Describe this dimbus here]].

-->'''Dunkey:''' That's where I draw the line. Come on, [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief,]] let's get the '''fuck''' outta here!

-->"So, are these fucking limp-dick critics that don't know shit about videogames just being stupid ''again?'' ...No, it's actually really good."

-->'''Dunkey''': It's a good thing I brought my kill move, then. *[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]] theme starts playing*

-->'''Dunkey''': In Gator Golf, you play as Gator Golf. But watch out for Bubberducky, [[ReallyGetsAround HE FUCKED MY WIFE.]]

--> '''Dunkey''': Woah, is that Shaggy from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' drinking a beer? That is where I draw the line! Come on, [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], let's get the '''fuck''' outta here!

-->'''Dunkey''': [[BigOMG Oh my god!]]...Look at those red blankets over there, these are pretty nice.

-->'''Dunkey''': Wait a minute...there's been a murder! [[BlatantLies Hitman killed]] ''[[BlatantLies one maid!]]''

--> I beat the game, guys.

-->'''Dunkey''': Where are the notes? Where are the drawings?\\

-->'''Dunkey''': By using Winslow on [[Music/TupacShakur Tupac]], I've disabled all his special moves. Now he's useless!

-->'''Dunkey''': The giant bat's wings are purely for show, to scare away predators.

-->"Ooh, here we go. Yeah, tie her down. I like where this is going."

-->It turns out the whole galaxy was inside of a dinosaur's eye
-->Then I go up behind the dinosaur and slit its throat
-->Shoot it in the head and then bring it back from the dead
-->And make you eat the brussels sprout
-->And then I will make you a millionaire
-->And then I will spend all your money on crack and die

-->I've known Jay for almost 7 years now, and this is just a part of him really. When he's not being a clown, he really is a smart and creative dude. This is just a way to let that side of him flow. This doesn't mean he's done creating gaming videos, he's just expressing and toying with his creative side. Dope video though :)

-->'''Dunkey:''' Number Eight!
-->(''ten seconds of silence'')
-->...C'mon!

-->'''Dunkey''': [[CatchPhrase Not even close baby]], you know this is the classic saying, you can't FUCK MY DICK OFF!

-->'''Master:''' You need to pass it down to your apprentice, and then him to his, so that my eye can see the future.
-->'''Dunkey:''' See, now it all makes sense.

-->'''Dunkey''': Oh boy. If I die here, I'm gonna build [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs two life-size animatronic T-rexes]] [[LudicrousGibs to rip me apart limb from limb]] while a team of NAVY Seals [[MoreDakka guns me down with a barrage of M16 assault rifles]] onstage during a [[Music/JustinBieber Justin Beaver]] concert, and engraved on my tombstone, it'll say, "OH BOY I'M DEAD".

-->'''Dyrus''': Better ingredients...
-->'''Dunkey''': ...better people, Papa John's, exactly! Better pepperoni, better crust, Pizza Hut. Better Wing Street, better soda, Domino's. Better... *beat* Little Caesar's. Don't even cook the pizza, don't even deliver the pizza, Papa Murphy's.

-->'''Leah''': That cost fifty dollars, what you just did there...

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Most of Dunkey's League of Legends video names start with "Weo Weo"[[note]]pronounced [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY "wee-yoo wee-yoo"]][[/note]]. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with "Wuo Wuo Kong" and "Beo Beo Trungle".

* ParodyCommercial: There's one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SvoYY2lpETs Sneak Mouse]] for a German donkey plush appropriately named the "dunkey". Dunkey's captioning of the German speech is nothing short of hilarious.

He also has an album which [[http://dunkey.bandcamp.com/releases can be purchased off of Bandcamp for $10]] or [[http://www.mediafire.com/download/2uq04wfc14wdobp/Dunkey_Album.zip downloaded for free off of Mediafire]].[[labelnote:Note]]The Mediafire link has been provided [[https://www.facebook.com/Videogamedunk/posts/327776607371204 by Dunkey himself]], so we're not endorsing piracy or anything.[[/labelnote]]

** His "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYTirwx3FkU Phantom]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcu_dhwVA4 Dentist]]" videos also count as this, loosely retelling the story of Episodes 1 and 2 of ''Star Wars'', using footage of the Lego games, with Dunkey dubbing over it.