History WebVideo / DougDoug

* EpicFail: On more than one occasion, Napoleon manages to snag defeat from the jaws of victory because despite the anything goes nature of his ability to cheat, manages to do something leads to his defeat, whether it's flipping the board directly putting his king in checkmate, or having a bishop make an illegal move that results in it [[TeamKiller team killing]] the king.

** [=PointCrow=] in ''I ran unethical social experiments on Twitch Chat'' is the only chatter to not even remotely consider selling out his ideals in thinking Doug is bad at 2D-Platformers, despite the stakes at hand, and is punished by having his messages reversed as a result. When Doug does so, he points out he could simply type in reverse to get his messages read as normal, but choses not too after doing so and remains dedicated to the bit the rest of his time on the experiment.

** Though it has not been shown in an edited video (as of December 2023), a new rival to Twitch chat emerged in the form of Doug's [=YouTube=] chat, following changes to Twitch rules that allow streaming simultaneously on both platforms. Compared to Twitch chat, [=YouTube=] chat is friendlier to Doug, is apparently happily married, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and live in the attic instead of the basement]]. To say the two chats dislike each other is an understatement.

** Though it has not been shown in an edited video (as of December 2023), a new rival to Twitch chat emerged in the form of Doug's [=YouTube=] chat, following changes to Twitch rules that allow streaming simultaneously on both platforms. Compared to Twitch chat, [=YouTube=] chat is friendlier to Doug, is apparently happily married, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and live in the attic instead of the basement]].

** Upon learning that the ruler of Walmart is named Walter, chat started spouting [[Series/BreakingBad "waltuh... put your dick away, waltuh"]] memes.

* DramaticIrony: As their chess game against Twitch chat is nearing the end, the Napoleon AI announces their plan to decisively win the game: [[NamesToRunAwayFrom the "Napoleon Ultra Paradox"]]. As they list out each step of the maneuver, crowing that this will immediately defeat Twitch chat, [[spoiler:[[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Doug loudly and repeatedly points out that the move]] '''[[TooDumbToLive immediately]]''' [[KaizoTrap would put Napoleon in checkmate]].[[note]]To explain, the ''first step'' involves moving the king into the ''worst place'' on the board in that moment, causing it to be surrounded by Twitch chat's bishop, rook, and king, automatically putting it into check. Napoleon ''then'' would have all of his remaining pawns surround his king; while the AI ''says'' this would take out Twitch chat's king, in reality, it would prevent ''Napoleon's'' from moving, '''causing an instant checkmate'''.[[/note]]]]

Most videos involve Doug tackling ridiculous gaming challenges, such as controlling games with voice commands, completing a task while making things ''way'' harder with mods, or allowing his Twitch chat[[note]]Short for Chat[[/note]] to control the game. No matter the video, things usually tend to go off the rails, sometimes with Doug describing things with food analogies.

* FantasticDrug: [[GoodBadBug Horse tilting]] of all things becomes this during Doug's Dark Brotherhood speedrun with random weapons. By the end he's doing it just to get down short corridors.

** The Shuffler from Shuffle-Mania seems to be one at first, not knowing what game is being played next (usually declaring it to be ''Super Mario 64'') and often pulling up different personality modules and glitching throughout the stream. It gets more sentient-seeming as the event goes on, and at the end it is revealed that [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope it was never an AI]] and was in fact [[WebVideo/Jerma985 Jerma985]] hidden under the set the whole time. In typical [=DougDoug=] fashion, he and Doug then challenge the winners of Shufflemania to a round of tennis with Parkzer as the ref.]]

'''Doug:''' Woof?\\

** This is what the ChatGPT Pajama Sam Brothers descend into if left to live too long, using completely nonsensical and unprompted solutions for their problems.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Because the ChatGPT version of Sam wasn't ''fully'' aware of the fact that he was in [[VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside a point-and-click adventure game]], he keeps trying to do actions that aren't allowed (eg. [[JumpingOffOfTheSlipperySlope trying to literally murder trees with terrorism]]) or aren't the actual solution (eg. trying to walk across the river with the plank of wood[[note]]when in reality, all that happens is that Otto is shown that wood floats, so he can float too[[/note]]), go off on non-existent quest chains (eg. trying to do a favor for the friendly tree he encounters after losing his items, when the tree isn't game important), [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and try and defeat High Demon Elgrim]].

** For [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam AI Sam:]] "Babagaboosh!"

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Sam 17 during [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam Doug's playthrough]] of ''Videogame/PajamaSam''. While discussing Sam's code, Doug accidentally presses the button to let him listen in, and upon registering the discussion Sam 17 promptly dies. The implication Doug and Chat take from this is that he realized he was an AI and broke from the revelation.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam AI Pajama Sams]], starting from 4, start to talk about a mysterious villain seemingly greater in threat than Darkness (although thanks to Doug's description of the scenario, they prioritize capturing Darkness) named High Demon Elgrim. He can apparently be summoned to the corporeal realm by sacrificing 18 children, which Doug did.

* SuddenlyShouting: The Pajama Sams that Doug utilizes during [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam the Pajama Sam stream]] tend to do this a lot. The tone of their voices can change on a dime, and they go in and out of shouting at points. Sometimes they end their sentences with full on screeches.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: The AI Sam simulator in WebVideo/AIPajamaSam that Doug tasked to play ''VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside'' is "killed" whenever they're not being useful or something goes wrong behind the scenes, but a supposed clone of it takes its place before it's killed.

** At one point during the ''WebVideo/AIPajamaSam'' stream, Sam finds himself taking part in a quiz show, with the first topic he picks being about Ancient Egypt. Upon being asked who the basis for the Sphinx was, [[spoiler:Sam answers "King Tut", [[DramaticIrony while also bragging that he hopes the rest of the questions weren't as "easy" as this one, "else, we would be out of a show!"]] [[InstantlyProvenWrong This was the wrong answer.]][[note]]It's King Khafre.[[/note]]]]

* VocalDissonance: There are [[https://youtu.be/W3id8E34cRQ?t=6761 two]] [[https://youtu.be/W3id8E34cRQ?t=5236 points]] in [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam Doug's Pajama Sam stream]] where Sam's AI voice suddenly gets ''very'' deep. Doug and chat both call it "rapid puberty."

* WeHardlyKnewYe: While there were [[spoiler:25]] Pajama Sam [=ChatGPT=] brothers in the WebVideo/AIPajamaSam stream, only 8 of them are actually involved in beating the game. This is because of a combination of unfortunate tech issues and Doug's own incompetence in updating context to the brothers/saving the file, forcing him to put down the rest of the brothers immediately before they even get onto the field or say anything.

** This is what the [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam ChatGPT Pajama Sam Brothers]] descend into if left to live too long, using completely nonsensical and unprompted solutions for their problems.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Because the [[WebVideo/AIPajamaSam ChatGPT version of Sam]] wasn't ''fully'' aware of the fact that he was in [[VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside a point-and-click adventure game]], he keeps trying to do actions that aren't allowed (eg. [[JumpingOffOfTheSlipperySlope trying to literally murder trees with terrorism]]) or aren't the actual solution (eg. trying to walk across the river with the plank of wood[[note]]when in reality, all that happens is that Otto is shown that wood floats, so he can float too[[/note]]), go off on non-existent quest chains (eg. trying to do a favor for the friendly tree he encounters after losing his items, when the tree isn't game important), [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and try and defeat High Demon Elgrim]].

** In ''WebVideo/AIPajamaSam'', based on the ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' series, Doug tries to beat the [[VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside first game in the series]] by using an A.I. to have it decide what to do, but the A.I. often tries to do random things that don't make sense with the information provided (such as trying to make some kind of chemical to cross water) and inevitably [[WordSaladHumor spirals into complete incoherence after enough inputs]], forcing Doug to essentially "kill" it and redo it to fix it, which doesn't solve it long term. The stream itself is one of his longest because of that.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Throughout ''Mario Maker, but random images cover every level'', after being convinced they're unimportant to the Youtube audience and that their donations don't matter, Chat has been striking by spamming ..., and instead of listening to their demands, Doug doubles down and at times even puts up a pre-recorded Chat for cheap labor. [[spoiler:It backfires on him when Chat happens to be blocking the screen of his challenge later on, and suddenly they're the ones with the power, meaning Doug has to listen to their demands for them to use emotes only and end the strike]]. To add insult to injury, it's a donation and a couple of helpful chatters that get him through the rest of the challenge.

-->'''The Shuffler''': [=ERROR=]! [=FIRE=]! [=BIRTHDAY!=] I was on my -[=BIRTHDAY!=]- one time and I downloaded a bunch of -''Peggle'' race with Twitch chat- then I went in -[=NO=]!- I fell into the toilet and shit my pants...

** The Shuffler from Shuffle-Mania seems to be one at first, not knowing what game is being played next (usually declaring it to be ''Super Mario 64'') and often pulling up different personality modules. It gets more sentient-seeming as the event goes on, and at the end it is revealed that [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope it was never an AI]] and was in fact [[WebVideo/Jerma985 Jerma985]] hidden under the desk the whole time. In typical [=DougDoug=] fashion, he and Doug then challenge the winners of Shufflemania to a round of tennis with Parkzer as the ref.]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYuD_U9ihk Blue Line (Instrumental)]] from ''VideoGame/GranTurismo 2'', for generally heartwarming moments, but mostly whenever "A" Crew and "Z" Crew form Team Alphabet and prove ThePowerOfFriendship.

* WhamLine: While Doug is showing Parkzer the "finished" Parkzerville that he and Twitch Chat built in ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'', meteors suddenly show up, heavily damaging the city, as well as blowing up the building Parkzer was supposed to stay in too. But in the end as Doug's listing off funds for the project...

* CaptainObvious: Whenever a timer is used, whether as the amount of time left to beat a level or a speedrun timer, Chat loves to point it out repeatedly. That being said, sometimes this trope is [[SubvertedTrope subverted], as Doug will still fail to pay attention to it, making their.... concern justified.

** [[invoked]] The entirety of Twitch Chat found a new enemy: after Doug got stomped by Ludwig Ahgren, who streams on Website/YouTube - so Doug had Twitch Chat take on Ludwig's Youtube Chat, creating a FandomRivalry between the two parties. [[spoiler: Twitch Chat was able to avenge Doug's honor, and managed to defeat Youtube Chat after an uneasy start]].

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: While some of Doug's videos are straight forward with their situation, others tend to have a random theme that comes up thanks to the chat.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNSPeyf_DN0 Can you bike down GTA's Mountain using ONLY your voice?]]", originally focused on the title subject, slowly started to spark a debate between viewers on whether or not a one-shot character from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'' TV series was named Poob or Ploob, that both Doug and the viewers would work on trying to solve while also trying to run the challenge as well. By the end of the video Doug [[spoiler:completing the challenge]] is just a minor note as the focus has shifted entirely to the Poob/Ploob debate.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCEQkYXNs1w Can you drive across GTA 5 if you can't see the car?]]", thanks to a viewer saying they got a divorce, ended up having a theme around getting over a divorce, with plenty of others chiming in that they're also dealing with a divorce, and Doug trying to work some impromptu-marriage counseling into his challenge.
** "Random Enemy Spawns EVERY TIME I'M HIT (Skyrim)" begins as a normal challenge run, but near the halfway mark, a bit donation jokes about Doug having to drink skunk milk, causing the conversation to be split between Doug trying to complete the rest of the quests, and him debating with chat about the ethics of making cheese from other animals. The compilations video semi-lampshades this by having narrator Doug trying to explain the mission and becoming more passive aggressive in explaining it, while cutting back to Doug from the stream as he debates the topic.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The titular challenge in "How I beat the Hardest (and Dumbest) GTA 5 Challenge Ever Made" involves a GTA 5 mod that Doug made with two effects: every 10 seconds, the pedestrian's cars are boosted in a random direction, and taking any damage makes your car instantly blow up. The challenge is to hit five points across Los Angles in the fastest time possible. Doug, after his 20th failure, asks the people in chat who'd already completed how many attempts they had to put into it:
-->'''Doug:''' [[OhCrap You had like 500 attempts]]? ''Uh oh.''

** The Shuffler from Shuffle-Mania seems to be one at first, not knowing what game is being played next (usually declaring it to be ''Super Mario 64'') and often pulling up different personality modules. It gets more sentient-seeming as the event goes on, and at the end it is revealed that [[spoiler:it was never an AI and was in fact [[WebVideo/Jerma985 Jerma985]] hidden under the desk the whole time. In typical [=DougDoug=] fashion, he and Doug then challenge the winners of Shufflemania to a round of tennis with Parkzer as the ref.]]

* RememberTheNewGuy: In the context of the Youtube videos: during ''I ran unethical social experiments on Twitch Chat'', a couple of remaining chatters have to make an AI of Doug himself make the loudest noise possible. AI Doug hadn't been introduced or focused on in a main channel video (or even on DougDougDoug for that matter) up to that point and is abruptly introduced with no fanfare.

** [=PointCrow=] in ''I ran unethical social experiments on Twitch Chat'' is the only chatter to not even remotely consider selling out his ideals in thinking Doug is bad at 2D-Platformers, despite the stakes at hand, and is punished by having his messages reversed as a result.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: In “Cities Skylines 2, but I elected an AI as mayor”, the PETA mayor is the ''only'' mayor who was called for impeachment immediately after the election. Though Doug manages to convince Chat to wait another two and a half minutes, their opinion of her doesn’t seem to rise, with ''ninety percent'' of C hat voting for her to be removed.