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->''"Hello, everybody! My name is Markiplier."''
Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), better known under his Website/YouTube alias [[https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME Markiplier]][[note]]a {{portmanteau}} of "Mark" and "multiplier" derived from his [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earliest YouTube content]], which consisted of sketch comedy with him playing all of the characters[[/note]], is a gamer from Cincinnati, Ohio who is currently based in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. He broadcasts daily LetsPlay videos on [=YouTube=] and occasionally streams on Website/{{Twitch}}. His channel predominately features OTT reaction videos and playthroughs of SurvivalHorror games, as well as monthly charity livestreams.
As of this writing, Mark's channel has surpassed 34 million subscribers and 19 billion views across all videos. He has also raised over 3 million dollars for different charities. His brother, Tom, makes the webcomic ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' and has appeared in some of his videos.
For a sampling of his best material, horror games such as ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'', ''VideoGame/MadFather'', ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'', ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' and all six of the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' titles are a good place to start. He also recorded [=LPs=] of non-horror titles, such as ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' and ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''. Another unusual aspect of the channel are user-submitted [[GameMod Mods]], frequently those adapted from ''Amnesia'' and ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' (notable examples of the latter include ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'' and ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters''); Mark enjoys spreading the love to indie developers and plugs their submissions almost weekly. For a long time, he had also recorded a series of videos called ''Drunk VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' with his two friends, LetsPlay/LordMinion777 (Wade) and Muyskerm (Bob), but it was discontinued after 69 episodes due to Mark's inability to process alcohol properly.
Over the years, while he affirms that he will never abandon [=LPs=], Mark has slowly been branching out from gaming into other areas such as acting and voice talent. He frequently does multiple comedy skits and challenge videos portraying several characters of his own, most notably the pink-moustached Wilford Warfstache and his own EvilCounterpart Darkiplier. He’s additionally appeared in multiple music videos by WebVideo/RandomEncounters, most notably the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' songs. In 2017, he started the improv-based “You’re Welcome” tour, which has visited the USA and Europe to date.
Additionally, Mark has taken part in more ambitious original content that relies considerably on [[AudienceParticipation audience engagement]]. He created the four-part original video series[[note]]8, if you count the Jim segments)[[/note]] ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'', which ran from October 10-13, 2017, where viewers worked to solve the murder mystery surrounding the death of the actor Markiplier. Later, in 2019, he and various other content creators worked together to make ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier'', in which the viewer plays the role of Mark's partner in crime in [[{{Gamebooks}} an interactive narrative with multiple branching paths]]. A sequel to ''Heist'', titled ''WebVideo/InSpaceWithMarkiplier'', was released on April 4th, 2022.
On November 15th, 2019, Mark and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2S7CGceq5tsuhcVyACdA3g Ethan Nestor]] created ''WebVideo/UnusAnnus'', a channel made with the intent to be deleted after exactly one year, a premise that manifested in [[CentralTheme recurring themes]] of [[WeAllDieSomeday death's inevitability]] and [[CarpeDiem making the most out of life]] as well as utterly bizarre, frequently semi-NSFW content made in [[RefugeInAudacity complete defiance to any and all advertiser-friendly monetization guidelines]]. The channel was deleted on November 14th, 2020 at the end of a 12-hour livestream, with almost 1.5 million concurrent viewers tuned in at the stream's final moments.
In May 2021, Mark, Wade, and Bob started their own podcast, ''Podcast/{{Distractible}}'', and in February 2022 Mark and his friend Tyler Scheid started another, ''[[https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hn3qhWe5NqnhLFKytyfFW Go! My Favorite Sports Team]]''. Both podcasts are currently ongoing.
On April 21st, 2023, Mark [[https://twitter.com/markiplier/status/1649446935646830592?s=46&t=5uDQNeLwqBmw-em94Z3HyQ formally announced]] that he would be directing a self-financed full-length film adaptation of the indie horror game ''VideoGame/IronLung''. It is planned for a theatrical release.
[[folder:Games Markiplier Has Played]]
* ''1916 Der Unbekannte Krieg''
* ''VideoGame/The4thWall''
* ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie''
* ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters''
* ''VideoGame/AkaManto''
* ''VideoGame/AliceIsDead''
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation''
** ''VideoGame/AlienBlackout''
* ''VideoGame/AmandaTheAdventurer''
* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'', and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheBunker'', including Justine's campaign and custom stories:
** ''La Caza''
** ''Abduction''
** ''Followed by Death''
** ''The Machine''
** ''Lost the Lights''
** ''Tenebris Lake''
** ''Gary: Dark Secrets''
** ''Gary: Snowy Secrets''
** ''The Attic''
** ''Isle''
** ''Agony of Insanity''
** ''Oblivion: Drops of Wine''
** ''Kidnapped''
** ''Weird Dreams''
** ''Study of Insanity''
** ''The Dark Room''
** ''Poisonous''
** ''The Things in the Night''
** ''Disponentia''
** ''Black Forest Castle''
** ''The Cruel Ways of Dr Richard Jones''
** ''Through the Portal''
** ''Emma's Story''
** ''Digressiophobia''
** ''Killings in Altstadt''
** ''White Night''
** ''The Great Work''
** ''Rain''
** ''Obscurity''
** ''When Life No Longer Exists''
** ''The Grey Eagle''
** ''It's Hurting My Eyes''
** ''A Late Night Drink''
** ''Fear Amnesia'' [[note]]Based on ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon''[[/note]]
** ''Castle of Devastating Diseases''
** ''Fekete Keres''
** ''Gustav''
** ''Destiny Rebellion''
** ''A Coward's Debt''
* ''Ampu-Tea''
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep''
* ''VideoGame/AmongUs''
* ''VideoGame/AtDeadOfNight''
* ''VideoGame/{{Anatomy}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Anna}}''
* ''VideoGame/AoOni''
* ''VideoGame/TheBabyInYellow''
* ''VideoGame/BadDream''
* ''VisualNovel/BadEndTheater''
* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning''
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine''
** ''VideoGAme/BendyAndTheDarkRevival''
* ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' [[note]] More specifically,both Rebirth and its expansion Afterbirth [[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/BlackSnow''
* ''VideoGame/BlankDream''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodwash}}''
* ''VideoGame/BlushBlush''
* ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom''
* ''Bunny Man Lost Souls''
* ''VideoGame/TheCallistoProtocol''
* ''VideoGame/CalmTime''
* ''Cannibal Café''
* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' with Yamimash, [=CinnamonToastKen=] and {{LetsPlay/MangaMinx}}
* ''VideoGame/ChickenFeet''
* ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' with Yamimash
* ''VideoGame/ChooChooCharles''
* ''VideoGame/{{Closure}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Clustertruck}}''
* ''VideoGame/CorpsePartyPC98''
* ''The Corridor''
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins''
* ''VideoGame/TheConvenienceStore''
* ''VideoGame/TheCouncilOfHanwell''
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSnow''
* ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'' and its various custom campaigns
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''
* ''Dark Ocean''
* ''Dark Cut''
** ''Dark Cut 2''
** ''Dark Cut 3''
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkwood}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''
* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland''
* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2''
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3''
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpaceRemake''
* ''VideoGame/DeepSleepTrilogy''
* ''VideoGame/{{Depth}}''
* ''[[VideoGame/DereDotExe DERE.EXE]]'' and ''DERE EVIL.EXE''
* ''VideoGame/DevilDaggers''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''
* ''VideoGame/DontEscape''
* ''VideoGame/DontLookNow''
* ''VisualNovel/DontTakeThisRisk''
* ''VideoGame/DonutCounty''
* ''VideoGame/Doom2016''
** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal''
* ''Drive Time Radio''
* ''VideoGame/DudeStop''
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
* ''VideoGame/EmilyWantsToPlay''
* ''VideoGame/{{Endoparasitic}}''
* ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''
* ''VideoGame/{{Erie}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheEscapists''
* ''VideoGame/{{Evil}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin''
** ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2''
* ''VideoGame/{{Exmortis}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}''
* ''VideoGame/FAITHTheUnholyTrinity''
* ''VideoGame/FatalFrameII: Crimson Butterfly''
* ''VideoGame/FearsToFathom''
* ''Fibrillation''
* ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}''
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''
** ''Videogame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach''
* He has played various fanmade clones of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'':
** ''VideoGame/OneNightAtFlumptys''
** ''Five Nights at Treasure Island''
** ''Five Nights at Wario's''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtCandys''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys'' and its sequels
** ''VideoGame/TheGlitchedAttraction''
* ''VideoGame/TheForest''
** ''VideoGame/SonsOfTheForest''
* ''VideoGame/ForgetMeNotAnnie''
* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''
* ''VideoGame/FranBow''
* ''VideoGame/FromDust''
* ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' horror maps in collaboration with Yamimash
* ''VideoGame/GartenOfBanban''
* ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''
* G-mod [[MurderMystery Murder]] with {{LetsPlay/SeaNanners}}, Hutch, and [=AllShamNoWow=] in one instance, LetsPlay/PewDiePie, Ohmwrecker, and LetsPlay/MangaMinx in another, and more often with his own crew.
* ''VideoGame/{{Grave}}''
* ''VideoGame/GreyHalfLife2''
* ''Grimind''
* ''VideoGame/{{Grounded}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheGrudge''
* ''VideoGame/GunsOfIcarusOnline''
* ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'', of which he does Highlights rather than full-length episodes
* ''VideoGame/TheHeilwaldLoophole''
* ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries''
* ''Hide''
* ''VideoGame/House2020''
* ''The House 1'' & ''2''
* ''[[VideoGame/HuniePop HuniePop 1]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HuniePop2 2]]''
* ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hyde}}''
* ''Hylophobia''
* ''VideoGame/IAmBread''
* ''VideoGame/ImOnObservationDuty'' 4 & 5
* ''VideoGame/ISeeYou''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''
* ''Illusion''
* ''Illusion Ghost Killer''
* ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz''
* ''VideoGame/{{Imscared}}''
* ''Inculcation''
* ''VideoGame/Input6''
* ''VideoGame/{{Inscryption}}''
* ''VideoGame/IronLung''
* ''VideoGame/ItSteals''
* ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''
** ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden''
* ''VideoGame/TheJoyOfCreationReborn''
* ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram''
* ''VideoGame/{{Kholat}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}''
* ''VideoGame/KnockKnock''
* ''VideoGame/KravenManor''
* ''Labyrinth'' (the one involving "naked Slender Men")
* ''Labyrinth'' (the one based on Myth/GreekMythology)
* ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin''
** ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabinCollection''
* ''VideoGame/LastCaseTheDisappearanceOfAmandaKane''
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lasting}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''
* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares''
* ''VideoGame/LoneSurvivor''
* ''VideoGame/MadFather''
* ''VideoGame/TheManFromTheWindow''
** ''VideoGame/TheManFromTheWindow2''
* ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan''
* ''Maze''
* ''Mental Hospital''
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', both [[AlcoholInducedStupidity drunk]] and sober.
* ''VideoGame/MirrorLayers''
* ''VideoGame/{{Misao}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheMortuaryAssistant''
* ''VideoGame/NeverendingNightmares''
* ''Next Car Game'', a ''very'' early alpha version of ''VideoGame/{{Wreckfest}}''
* ''VideoGame/NightOfTheConsumers''
* ''VideoGame/NightmareHouse 2''
* ''VideoGame/NightmareOfDecay''
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''
* ''One After Another''
* ''VideoGame/OneChance''
* ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch''
* ''One Late Night''
* ''VisualNovel/OneNightStand''
* ''VideoGame/OneShot''
* ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie 2'' [[note]]Played multiplayer with his brother, [[Webcomic/TwoKinds Tom]].[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''
** ''VideoGame/OutlastII''
* ''VideoGame/OxygenNotIncluded''
* ''VideoGame/PapersPlease''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paranoiac}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paranormal}}''
* ''Penis Cloner''
* ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Overture''
** ''Penumbra: Black Plague''
** ''Penumbra: Requiem''
* ''Pesadelo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Phasmophobia}}''
* ''[=PokéSlender=]''
* ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime''
* ''VideoGame/PowerwashSimulator''
* ''VideoGame/PresentableLiberty''
** ''VideoGame/ExoptableMoney''
* ''Psycosis''
* ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Raft}}''
* ''The Rake Hostel''
* ''The Rake Return To The Asylum''
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage''
* ''Resolute Dark''
* ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain2''
* ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy2''
* ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach''
* ''SCP-087-B''
* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOverLoathing''
* ''VideoGame/SinisterSquidward''
* ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds''
* ''VideoGame/{{Skinwalker}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'', including the ''Slenderman's Shadow'' maps and ''Slender: Haunt''.
* ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''
* ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher''
* ''VideoGame/SluggishMorss''
* ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}''
* ''VideoGame/Spectre1991''
* ''Stalked''
* ''Stonewick Manor''
* ''VideoGame/SonicDreamsCollection''
* ''VideoGame/SonicExe''
* ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'' (formally known as ''Spooky's House of Jumpscares'')
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}''
* ''VisualNovel/SuckerForLove''
* ''VideoGame/SuperHot''
* ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''
* ''VideoGame/SwampSim''
* ''Tanatophobia''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tattletail}}''
* ''Tea Party Simulator''
* ''The Terrible Old Man'' (Based On a H.P. Lovecraft Story)
* ''The Theater''
* ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame''
* ''VideoGame/TheyBreathe''
* ''VideoGame/TotallyAccurateBattleSimulator''
* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon''
* ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem''
* ''VideoGame/TromboneChamp''
* ''{{VideoGame/ULTRAKILL}}''
* ''[=UnExit=]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Underhell}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
* ''Unfair Mario''
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''
* ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheVisitor''
** ''The Visitor Returns''
* ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}''
* ''VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGame''
** ''VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGameII''
* ''VideoGame/WeNeedToGoDeeper''
* ''VideoGame/WestOfLoathing''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wick}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse''
* ''[[VideoGame/WhackYour Whack Your Boss]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/WhackYour Whack the Thief]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Which}}''
* ''Where Am I''
* ''VideoGame/WorldWarZ''
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Original Works with their own pages]]
[[index]]
* ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier''
* ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier''
* ''WebVideo/UnusAnnus''
* ''Podcast/{{Distractible}}''
* ''WebVideo/InSpaceWithMarkiplier''
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
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!!Markiplier and his videos provide examples of:
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%% AN EDITING COMMENT TO ALL TROPERS: Weblinks are NOT examples!
%% Examples should be written and explained as to how any given trope applies to it per wiki policy.
%% Additionally, please refrain from troping Markiplier as a person.
%% TV Tropes discusses works of fiction, of which Let’s Plays and Web Videos are catergorised as such.
%% All examples should come from the videos posted on his Website/YouTube channel.
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* AbortedArc:
** Drunk ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and, by extension, drunk playthroughs of anything else, is pretty much done forever, considering Mark's body [[https://youtu.be/wPjr8sT9t8E?t=462 can't process alcohol correctly]] and continuing the series would mean putting his health at risk.
** His ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' playthrough would have ended prematurely due to the fanbase berating him for [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings not playing it "the right way"]], with some inadvertently spoiling [[spoiler:the more serious side to Sans]] while criticizing Mark's goofy-sounding choice of voice acting for said character. However, he eventually streamed his playthrough of the entire Pacifist route along with Tyler, who had no prior experience of the game.
* AbsurdlyDedicatedWorker: Accidentally aces ''VideoGame/TheMortuaryAssistant'' by diligently tending to the cadavers, bluntly yelling "NO VISITORS!" at the apparitions (and in one case, charging a Shadow Person while jabbering nonsense), and bumbling around with Letting Paper occasionally; being more concerned that his boss will be upset he hasn't done his job than [[spoiler: an actual demon trying to possess him]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Quite a handful of the games Mark plays have puzzles in them, and whether he admits it or not at any given time, there are quite a few puzzles and other problems he's managed to solve [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing without having any idea]] [[IndyPloy what to do]].
** Mark managed to solve a riddle in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'' without knowing what the riddle was.
** He knew the numbers in the safe combination in ''VideoGame/AoOni'', but the clue provided was of no help, so he was relegated to making a guess. He got it right on his first guess.
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'' he managed to solve a puzzle involving several of the same paintings... by walking to a row and happening to pick the right one without even knowing how the puzzle worked.
** In the ''Silent Hill Alchemilla'', Mark solved a box puzzle by mashing random buttons and a valve puzzle by turning random valves. In his words, "this game sure is good at making the dumb feel smart!"
** In ''VideoGame/MadFather'', he used the mini-chainsaw on a random person, causing the person to [[{{Gorn}} explode into bloody chunks]]. While it caused him to have a HeroicBSOD, it was nonetheless the correct solution to advance.
** In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', Golden Freddy [[JumpScare appeared]] right at the end of the phone call on the third night. Mark panicked and pulled out the camera, as it was the only option that wouldn't force him to look. As he exited the camera while looking at a poster, Mark managed to instantly look at the Golden Freddy poster through the camera without knowing that doing so would de-summon Golden Freddy.
** In ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'', Markiplier achieves this when ''he is the first one to receive the demo from Scott Cawthon along with a set amount of youtubers who were specially picked hours before the game's release''. There are ''no'' playthroughs online, ''no'' instructions - the [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds Phone Dude]] is about as helpful as a brick - and yet he manages to somehow beat nights 1 and 2 with very little trouble [[labelnote:spoiler]]It later turned out that it's impossible to die on night 1 either way[[/labelnote]]. This is strengthened when the full version comes out and he breezes through the nights '''with no issues at all'''. This becomes even more noteworthy when he does a second playthrough to get the GoldenEnding while actually knowing how to play, and ends up failing repeatedly on the levels he'd accidentally breezed through prior.
** In his first playthrough of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', while playing as Mike he is {{Jump Scare}}d by a wolf, and fails the quicktime event to punch it. The wolf turns out to be docile.
** [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in Slither.io, where he got into the top 4 before he had any idea what he was doing.
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Often a part of his delivery. Once, upon discovering the player character was a woman, he referred to her as a "F'mail."
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the fan game ''With the Addition of Markiplier'', Tiny Box Tim is the main antagonist, having grown extremely bitter after Mark "abandoned" him in ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In the true ending of the game, [[spoiler:in-game Mark ends up [[DeathByAdaptation destroying him]]]], much to the real Mark's dismay.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
** Attempted in his playthrough of ''Silent Hill: Alchemilla.''
-->'''Markiplier:''' Is some diabolic demon gonna come dashing down this dank and dusty hallway filled with death and destruction? Dare I say that it doesn't... know... what... I am gonna do to that demonic... dastardly devil. Yeah!
** In his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' playthrough, he initially calls Bonnie, the bunny animatronic, "Bunny Bolliday", which doubles as this and a ShoutOut to Billie Holliday. In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' he takes to calling Springtrap (the main animatronic) "Bunny Bastard Bitch Balls".
* AffectionateParody: The commentary for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH1dxBctsZ0 episode 14]] of Turbo Dismount mostly consists of him affectionately making fun of the WebVideo/GameGrumps - of which he is an honourary member.
-->'''Mark:''' [ambiguously australian accent] Hey boys, hey boys, it's me, Ross from Game Grumps, hey, what's your favorite episode, boys- [ragdoll crashes on the first obstacle]
-->'''Mark:''' [normal voice] God dammit Ross.
* AGoodNameForARockBand:
** During his ''Outlast'' playthrough, he comes up with "Tea Party of the Dead" and immediately {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it.
** From the final part of ''White Night'', he suggests that "Eyeballs in the Wall" would be a good name for a Death Metal band name.
** In ''Fibrillation'' he comes up with "Origin of Insanity". He then demands that anyone who uses it give him 25 cents for every note they play.
** In ''Videogame/TheCrookedMan'', he gives the name "Menagerie of Insanity". Humorously enough, Menagerie of Insanity is already the name of a few things, including an e-book by Jacob Russell Dring.
** And in ''Videogame/TheEvilWithin'', he's come up with "Sounds of Nightmare" after hearing the incredibly loud scraping of a thresher trap.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Drunk Minecraft. The only conclusion where you get a group of drunk adults playing Minecraft with an admin that's happy to give them whatever they want, provided they don't piss the admin off, which of course they do.
* AlterEgoActing: Mark has created quite a few alter-egos, with the most famous of them being Wilford Warfstache (an eccentric, pink-moustached reporter) and Darkiplier (a crafty HumanoidAbomination). Whenever they make an appearance in his videos, they’re portrayed as being completely different characters while he interacts with them as Markiplier (his online persona). All of them are listed on the [[Characters/{{Markiplier}} characters page]].
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Darkiplier and [[LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} Antisepticeye]] are equally threatening as evil alter-egos of Let's Players, but there's one thing they fear: a hungry Dark Chica![[note]] Said video is considered to be non-canon however, since it is meant to be a comedic crossover.[[/note]]
* AmazonChaser: Why he's so invested in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]]. His explanation behind his massive crush on her character is that "it's not a sexual thing, it's about power". Sure enough, any scenes where he sees Lady Dimitrescu give a beating to Ethan are reacted quite positively, most of them with an impressed lovestuck grin. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRGfjev4kWY Then there's this quote from his first video about her]]:
-->''"I want a woman that can crush my head with [[MurderousThighs in-between her thighs.]]"''
* AmbiguousSyntax: In part one of his "Fear Amnesia" playthrough, he takes note of a giant-ass knife. He then clarifies "Not a giant ass-knife, a giant-ASS knife. Got to watch where your hyphens are."
* {{Angrish}}: His commentary regularly ventures into this, especially while playing particularly obtuse puzzle games or ones riddled with FakeDifficulty.
** His playthrough of "Getting Over It" often devolved into this, usually just before he broke something.
** Some of his reaction videos lampoon this with on-screen text attempting to decode what he just said -- or giving it titles like "Walrus" and "Man-Baby Mating Call".
-->''itsamonstermidgymonster\\
ESSAGUNAGETME\\
UHNOWANAZAPPIN\\
WHUTISZIZHATHING?''
* AnythingThatMoves: Mark tends to flirt with characters when he gets scared during horror games. He has been known to flirt with zombies, monsters, the character that he's playing, and sometimes himself or the audience.
%%* ArchEnemy: For the purposes of ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'', onward: Balloon Boy.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When he plays ''Whack the Cheater,'' Markiplier's complaints are that you shouldn't kill people, that you should direct your anger at the proper person if you're being cheated on, and that the game had no sound.
* ArtifactTitle: His "3 Scary Games" series was initially titled accurately, but now can more accurately be described as "however many scary games I can fit into a ~30 minute video". Sometimes it's 2, sometimes it's 5.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: {{Lampshaded}} in his video ''THE ULTIMATE BET'' when he pulled out a prop revolver and accidentally pulled the triggered. An actual gunshot was edited in, and he said "Oops!"
%%* AscendedMeme: Whoever made ''A Late Night Drink'' put in a "Where's the blacksmith?!" reference.
* AtomicFBomb:
** Combined with ScreamsLikeALittleGirl in the second video of his ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}'' LP, when he sees the second monster that he had not encountered during several prior playthrough attempts.
--->'''Markiplier:''' ''[in a super high voice]'' WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?!
** Mark has admitted he has an anger problem. As such, his playthroughs of Rage Games, designed as they are to be as frustrating and annoying as possible, tend to be filled with both these and {{Cluster F Bomb}}s, with ''VideoGame/IAmBread'' and ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'' being particularly triumphant examples.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDLqaJi11o?t=10m21s Drops one during his Slender: Haunt 1.1 playthrough.]]
%%** Also during his oculus rift playthrough of Dreadfalls he started dropping these in an increasing amount as he wore down.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66sNL_2ztnw&t=10m4s Drops one]] after dealing with [[spoiler:Balloon Boy]] once again in his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' playthrough.
* AuthorAppeal: Russians, he loves Russians. He also loves dogs, as multiple vlogs and playthroughs will show you.
%%* BackToBackBadasses: Mark and his brother Tom in ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie 2''.
* BadassBoast: Markiplier will make ridiculous boasts while playing [[SurvivalHorror horror]] games, usually to the effect of him being "too tough" or "so handsome" that the monsters are avoiding him, only to have one crash in and scare him into screaming bloody murder.
** Mark declares that "I am the KING of Five Nights at Freddy's!" after beating the game's Sixth Night, one of the hardest modes.
%%** In part six of his Eleusis LetsPlay he brags about how he could take on a wolf.
* BadBadActing: Mark's attempt at hiding his knowledge of the fact that "Error #53" is a horror game and not a cutesy adventure game is... unconvincing. Especially noticeable as unlike his other videos he doesn't react to the scares at all, and blames all the monsters and jumpscares on TechnoBabble terms.
%%* BadSanta: Mark-in-a-Santa-suit more or less acts this way when playing the Christmas versions of ''A Very Organized Thief'' and ''Viscera Cleanup Detail''.
%%** Mark plays the Happy Wheels in-game version of Santa this way too. Not far off the Happy Wheels "canon" as Santa laughs jovially when his elves die.
* BaitAndSwitch: In his joke video about what he does while he's not making Let's Plays, he has "Steal other Youtubers' ideas" at Number 4. We then have a shot of him staring at LetsPlay/PewDiePie videos... before he tells his digitally-voiced parrot [[WebVideo/JonTron Jacque]] to shut up about stealing them.
* BerserkButton: Multiple.
** Interrupting him mid intro isn't smart, as several Drunk Minecrafts will show you:
--->'''Markiplier:''' Hello everybody, and welcome back to...\\
'''Bob:''' Adjga...\\
'''Markiplier:''' [[BigShutUp SHUUUUUT UUUUUP!!!]]
--->'''Markiplier:''' Hello every...\\
'''Bob:''' Third time in a row!\\
'''Markiplier:''' God Damn it!! - *incoherent babbling and FacePalm on webcam* [[INeedAFreakingDrink I'm finishing off this bottle of wine]].
** Gameplay that involve SomeDexterityRequired. Mark liked ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'' itself but was in a constant rage over its bad controls throughout his playthrough. Similarly, his first attempt at playing ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL7Jg-uT96E I Am Bread]]'' causes him to be so angry that he appears to be ''[[BerserkerTears crying]]'' at one point.
** He stated in Ragdoll Runners that he hates video games with bad controls.
** Basically any intentionally frustrating videogames or Rage Games will set him off.
** [[BackseatDriver Backseat Gaming]]. Be it people complaining in the comments or giving stuff away in chat during streams, he really, REALLY doesn't like it and his reaction is usually to either ignore all chat or straight-up troll the people.
*** During his playthrough of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_JQXkvqCU Visage]], he got so fed up with chat that he spends 15 minutes running through the upper floor of the house, lamenting how he can't find the door which would be opened with the key titled "Basement" while instructing his mods to permaban anyone that tries to have him go downstairs.
*** He did a few episodes of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' before aborting the series due to the comment section demanding him to "fix" mistakes and putting spoilers in. Almost a year later, he revisits it with his friend Tyler during a stream in which he ignores chat, purposefully demands to be cruel to the characters and doesn't take the game serious. In the final section, he goes into a big rant on how he acknowledges that he would have ''loved'' Undertale as it is very charming, but it all got ruined by people spoiling and forcing him. Ironically, he gets informed soon after that the chat got again filled with demands on how to do a fight "properly", causing him to again fly into rage and considering out loud if they should abort the stream.
** He simply can't stand ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}'' due to victory being based on [[TrialAndErrorGameplay random]] [[LuckBasedMission chance]] rather than individual skill or ability. Even mentioning it will generally get Mark on the defensive, with him typically insisting that he beat it fair and square. This created an amusing scenario in which Vanish was mentioned in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UPW2RLw9eA&t=5m20s fan-made game]], setting in-game Mark off on a rant that supposedly lasted four hours and ended with "and people died", which inadvertently sets off the ''real'' Markiplier, who only realizes just in time that he too was about to start ranting about Vanish.
*** Actually, cheating, taking an easy way out, or relying on luck at all, even in real life - ''especially'' in real life - is a good way to set him off. Even suggesting that he take a shortcut (whether in playing ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' or signing calendars) can seriously upset him. In the game "You Left Me," he actually refused to see the final ending of the game, because it required him to - even in a hypothetical, fictional universe - select the option "Give Up."
** [[PressXToNotDie Quicktime Events]] tend to annoy him, especially if they're overused (as was, in his view, the case with ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'').
%%** Perhaps [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKp7tg_sgcY THIS]] is his best known example.
* BigDamnHeroes: He uploaded a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEQtpnGp_I livestream video]] titled "I Literally Won't Shut Up Until You Subscribe To LetsPlay/PewDiePie", where he desperately urged the viewers to subscribe to [=PewDiePie=] as fast as possible to not let Creator/TSeries become the most-subscribed channel on Website/YouTube. For reference, at that point, [=PewDiePie=] had 60 thousand more subscribers than [=T-Series=], but the latter gained them two-three times faster than the former. The result was [=PewDiePie=] gaining ''a million subscribers in just two days''.
* BigNo: Occurs when he accidentally knocks the heart that he needed to transplant out of the edge of the screen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpmeiVhuNI&t=10m in Surgeon Simulator 2013.]] He also does this occasionally whenever he loses a patient, but he [[SubvertedTrope then cuts it off]] with an 'oh well', or 'next patient'.
** Occurs again when Mark thinks he's finally completed Vanish, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkl5tSOARr0&t=17m only to be killed while unlocking the gate.]]
** Many, many, ''many'' examples in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/IAmBread'', [[NintendoHard for obvious reasons]].
** He lets out two [[BigNo Big No's]] when he finds out that [[spoiler:he's about to harvest the fur of his in-game cat for money]] in ''VideoGame/ExoptableMoney''.
** He does this in response to a particular comment telling him that he'll never be a [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Grump]] during a roast video.
** In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' upon receiving [[spoiler:the [[BestialityIsDepraved Bestiality achievement]].]]
** He lets out a comical one during his 'Reading Your Comments' video in response to one of the questions asking for marriage.
** He has a surprisingly large one during his first VideoGame/UntilDawn play-through when he accidentally lets [[spoiler:Ashley]] die.
%%** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0p2EJBiITo this]] video the titular event has him let out one.
* BigYes: He celebrates with one whenever he manages to complete a night in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' as a result of their infamous difficulty of keeping the animatronics at bay. Special mention goes to the time when he [[HarderThanHard beats 4-20 mode.]]
** Another example worth mentioning was in the "Don't Touch Anything" video, when he was able to complete a Morse code puzzle from memory. Followed by "Oh, man, let me high-five myself a million times!"
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: A staple of the Drunk Minecraft series, with so much of what they're building resembling penises, and whatever else they make typically not having ''any'' resemblance to what they initially had in mind.
* BlackComedy: [[https://youtu.be/F8jIP5SX5Kg?t=1515 Occasionally dabbles in it]], sometimes [[SelfDeprecation at his own expense]].
--> '''[[VideoGame/{{Superliminal}} Dr. Glenn Pierce:]]''' In the event that this elevator does ''not'' wake you up, please don't interact with anything that strikes you as psychologically significant. For example, if you see your parents, please punch them in the face as hard as you can and immediately run away.\\
'''Mark:''' Okay... alright, got it. If I see my dad, I'm gonna punch him in the face and then run away. Which makes sense, because he would be a zombie. [[labelnote:Explaining the joke]]His dad passed away due to cancer when he was little.[[/labelnote]]
* BlasphemousBoast: PlayedForLaughs in a promo for his podcast, ''Distractible''. Mark drops it right in the middle of his ''Videogame/{{House}}'' play through, and tells Lixian to make it big and bombastic, which he does. Then he tells him to make it blasphemous, stops and reconsiders for a moment, and then tells Lixian to go ahead and make it blasphemous. Lixian proclaims the podcast is "more entertaining than the Literature/{{Bible}}."
* BlatantLies: "Totally not afraid" of X. Running to the exit for "efficiency". "Just unlocked this door here, with a super secret code I guessed on the first try."
** ''Drunk Minecraft'' is a kid-friendly all-ages series. Just ask all the penises.
** ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}'' features the line of Nota-Pe-Nis tractors, which are most definitely specialized farming equipment and absolutely not vaguely phallic siege engines.
* BloodyHilarious: His ''Happy Wheels Highlights ''is basically Bloody Hilarious: The Series due to the creatively gory situations in which the MadeOfPlasticine characters get reduced into LudicrousGibs.
* BlueScreenOfDeath: One level in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' has him rage to a point where the video goes into a mock BSOD.
--> Markiplier.exe has stopped working
-->(
-->RAGE_MAXIMUM=YES;
-->TANTRUM: THROWN;
-->//
-->If this is the first time you've encountered this error, please restart your computer. If this error appears again, please follow these steps:
--> Remove Mario Maker game disk. Break disk in half.
* BookEnds: His ''Hotel Remorse'' video starts and ends with the presence of the creepy Woody mask on a black background.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Says [[LetsPlay/JackSepticEye "Top of the mornin' to ya, laddies!"]] often enough for this to qualify.
* BrainBleach:
** While playing ''[[VideoGame/{{Outlast}} Outlast: Whistleblower]]'', he's grossed out by an inmate aggressively masturbating over a pile of corpses. Later in the DLC, he was so disturbed by the tableau that the Groom created of "a woman giving birth" that Mark actually blurred out the scene and told viewers if they wanted to see it, they'd either have to play the game on their own, or go watch someone else's playthrough.
** In his [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys Five Nights at Fuckboy's 3 playthrough]] [[spoiler:he finds the "hydra dildo" in room 7 and begins to quip "does it have like... nine-heads and when you cut one o-" then he stops short with a vaguely disturbed look on his face and simply continues playing.]]
** Mark is quite disgusted in his first episode of ''VideoGame/{{Soma}}'' when he believes that the black fluid dripping from the machines is robot semen.
** During Claire's side of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'', Mark declares for the game to burn when he reads a file about Chief Irons saying that "[Irons] almost came" while cutting open a tiger for his taxidermy hobby. He's also grossed out when he encounters said taxidermied tiger later while looking around the office.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** When playing "Cry of Fear: Halloween Collab", Mark hears a noise he's never heard before. He says "What was that!? I never heard that! It was like a frickin' bull! Or a moose! Or a moose bull! Or a boose! Or a mole! I don't know. It was something. I didn't like it."
** In his ''KOREAN [=McDonalds=] vs AMERICAN [=McDonalds=]'' video.
--> "As an American, I like a select few things: I like freedom ! I like money ! I like boobs ! I like... boob freedom, with money !"
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: His playing of [[WebVideo/{{Danisnotonfire}} Dan]] and [[WebVideo/AmazingPhil Phil]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG9_Cs0wbN0 7 second challenge]] app, which has him naming three things that will be invented come the year 3000.
-->"Hoverboards, time travel, and then.. robots you can have sex with."
* BreakTheCutie: What VideoGame/PresentableLiberty does to him. It starts normal and humorous, but gradually Mark undergoes a SanitySlippage, getting so immersed in the game that [[spoiler:the deaths of Sal and especially Charlotte]] leave him broken and empty.
--> '"I stopped ''playing'' the game and just started ''living'' it halfway through that."'
%%* BrickJoke: "[[UnstoppableRage Where's The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJO-ZSqcjw Blacksmith?]]" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwclpVEIso He finds it]] and [[spoiler:[[TwistEnding it turns out]] [[TomatoInTheMirror to be him all along.]]]]
* BringMyBrownPants: After encountering (and being killed multiple times by) the blind and lobotomized patient in VideoGame/NeverendingNightmares and realizing that he has to rely on his senses to attack, Mark coolly tries to play off how frightened the patient made him.
--> '''Mark:'''[[https://youtu.be/QR4ncSuuGpU?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiAUsKnPUnW43eW91huYek8_&t=599 "You didn't hear nothing. I ain't worried about nothing. You don't smell nothing. That's not poop in ''my'' pants. Who-who put all this poop in my pants?!"]]
** This exchange during his playthrough of Five Nights at Freddy's 2:
--> '''Mark:'''"I can't let Chica in here. If I die by Chica, I'm gonna literally poop my pants!" (Five seconds later, he drops the camera, and Chica's there to kill him) "HIIII, CHICA!! What the hell?!"
* BrokenRecord: He has released three videos ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQQ832etlYA "rar"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZAnd4YVNU "BOOP SUPERJUICE"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buEAc96SuyY "RÖKNING FÖRBJUDEN"]]) that consist of a single short loop repeated over and over for 10 minutes.
** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Gotta go fast!]] Gotta go fast! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7fpM_PyUNE Gotta go fast...]]
%%* BullyingADragon: In episode 13 of Drunk Minecraft, Mark spends a large chunk of the episode teasing Latingoddess (the server moderator) by shipping Zombiemold (Latin's boyfriend and the owner of the server) with all of his female fans. Needless to say, [[TraumaCongaLine the end result is what you'd expect.]]
* ButtonMashing: In this [[https://youtu.be/_dcmkufzLto?t=1m38s video]], he demonstrates that yes, he can button mash ''very'' fast with his mouse.
* CaptainObvious: His reaction to seeing an unmoving man covered in blood and wounds in part two of Grey was simply: "That guy is dead!"
* TheCameo: He's the announcer on the ''SMASH!'' track on Music/{{Starbomb}}'s ''Player Select'' album.
** In an example of someone appearing in his videos, [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Ar]][[WebVideo/GameGrumps in]] shows up a couple of times in the second part of his ''Sonic Dreams Collection'' playthrough. Given that he sometimes records at the Grump Office, this isn't surprising.
* CameraAbuse: "Fast.EXE" ends with Sonic Mark [[https://youtu.be/G7fpM_PyUNE?t=68 running head-on towards the camera and slamming into it.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** [[CoolChair "I got a chair!"]] in ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' and [[MakeSureHesDead "I don't trust you!"]] in VideoGame/DeadSpace. "(HOLY) BALLS!!!" in general.
** Addressing each scare as an unwanted door-to-door salesman. "''(shuddering laugh)'' "Noooo, thank you" and "I don't want any."
** "Hello, Baaaaaaaaaaaabay!" to female characters, statues, and pictures in his ''Amnesia'' playthroughs.
** "Like a boosh!", "I booosh you!" "I boooll you!" while playing box-jumping puzzles.
** "Haaaaa-biskey!" or "SHABOOSHKI!”
** He ends his video with this sentence: "Thank you all so much for watching, and as always, I will [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger SEEEE YOOOUUU]]... in the next video. BYE BYE!"
** "I'm too pro!" [[TemptingFate Almost invariably, something bad follows this statement.]]
** "SHADDAP, NURSE!" ''(apropos [[TheGhost no one in particular]])''. Spawned from his playthrough of Surgeon Simulator, he invariably says this line whenever he’s put into a doctor role.
** In Drunk Minecraft: "ZOMBIE!!!" (the owner of the server) and "Shut up, Wade!/[[BlameGame I blame Wade"]].
** "BOXES!!" whenever he spots a pile of destructible crates in a [[VideoGame/GarrysMod GMod]] horror map.
** "All right, all right, all ''riiiiiiight''."
** "[[GroinAttack Dick-punching party]]!" Said when extremely frustrated at a game's developer.
** Expect Mark to say "OW, MY ASS!" or "OW, MY PENIS/BALLS!" if he dies a rather... [[GroinAttack painful]] or [[AssShove embarrassing]] death in ''VideoGame/HappyWheels''.
** "All right, kiddies!", for whenever he's imitating Santa Claus.
** He occasionally calls monsters - such as the VideoGame/AoOni - "buttstabbers".
** "That's what she said." Spoken whenever he makes an innuendo.
** In ''Outlast'', he's taken to saying "Little piggy no no, little piggy go go home now" whenever he goes through a narrow squeeze, thanks to the [[ImplacableMan big burly guy]] calling him a "little pig" before [[DestinationDefenestration tossing him off]] a two floor ledge.
** Asking "Did I won? Diiid I woooon?" whenever game endings are unclear, not even providing AWinnerIsYou screens.
** In ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'', whenever he plays as Wheelchair Guy, he starts off by saying, "I'm just an old man!" Doubles as CaptainObvious.
** Every time he successfully accomplishes ''anything'' in ''{{VideoGame/Dishonored}}'', be it [[FlashStep teleporting behind a foe]], [[StealthExpert sneaking by a guard]], [[OneManArmy slaughtering his way through a group of enemies]], or [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking picking up a piece of bread]], he will proudly say "Like a shadow in the NIIIIGGHHT...", or "Master Assassin!"
** When figuring out game objectives, he'll usually say "I'll play your game, you ''rogue''", or "I'm picking up what you're putting down..."
** "You are so weird!" for whenever he comes across a strange person/creature repeatedly.
** Saying (or screaming, rather) "[[DrivenToMadness I'M GONNA LOSE MY MIND!]]" when he's particularly frustrated with a game, mostly when he's getting killed multiple times, very quickly.
** "I saw a shadow!/I saw something in the darkness! You can't say I didn't!/Don't tell me you didn't just see that!" usually said when he spots something moving in a dark corner, or running past him.
** When confronted with a JumpScare or other monster, he'll say "HI!" or "Hiiii." in his inimitable, exaggerated fashion.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'', his catchphrase is "If I could ''just stop'' doing X" when he's trying (and failing) to accomplish a task. "[[HughMann Normal human]]! NORMAL!" also frequently comes into play when characters’ attention are focused on him.
** "Fuck a duck!", "I'm fluuuuuubernucked!", and "I'm so boned, I'm so boned, I'm so BONED!" whenever he's screwed up.
** "What a bunch of bull!" when he dies or gets hurt in what he considers to be a bullshit way.
** "Goody-goody gumdrops!" when he does something right or something doesn't fuck up.
** "How big are your boobs?" seems to appear a lot in his play through of ''VideoGame/HuniePop''.
** "[[SelfDeprecation I could've been an engineer...]]"
** Mark tends to gush "this is SO COOL" when a game features something he's interested in, especially space. Naturally this reaches ridiculous levels when he plays ''Universe Sandbox''.
** "Once more into the breach" when it's usually after a retry or two.
** "You wanna run that by me again?" for extremely brief visual or audio events.
** "Life is ours to choose!" from ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'' is sometimes invoked in the context of living one's life to the fullest, and is quoted in his "About" description on [=YouTube=].
%%* CassandraTruth: Nobody believed Mark when he started screaming out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpL9EnN-RBQ Latin's return.]] [[spoiler:It's not until the very end of the video when she blows Mark and Yami up does anyone believe him.]]
* CensoredForComedy: The entire point of his Unnecessary Censorship videos, where he bleeps out innocent words to make them seem more dirty.
* CerebusSyndrome: The first three chapters of ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' tell a comedic story that heavily references ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''. [[spoiler:The fourth chapter is a dark GainaxEnding that kills off the FeaturelessProtagonist, and reveals the origins of [[BewareTheSillyOnes Wilford Warfstache]] and [[HumanoidAbomination Darkiplier]].]]
* ChristmasEpisode:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWIrrIFFDV8 Gary Snowy Secrets]] for Amnesia.
** Slender: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoJlZX5mG0 Christmas Special]], despite being posted in January.
** A Drunk Minecraft [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNwlIuILqeY Christmas special]], with [=FyreUK=].
* CirclingBirdies: Mark sees stars and hears tweeting birds while in a VideoGame/PunchOut parody.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mark has his moments that causes him to come up with commentary that makes no sense. It's particularly obvious whenever he's sick [[{{Determinator}} and yet makes videos anyways]] or when he's playing Google Feud.
* ClusterFBomb: Markiplier typically makes a conscious effort to use [[GoshDangItToHeck PG language]] (saying such things as "hecky-heck" or bleeping his own language), even while playing video games that qualify as an M-rating, though will start swearing (sometimes A LOT) when he gets too frustrated with glitches in the games, his inability to overcome obstacles within them, or just generally freaked out.
** His Let's Play of ''Dreadhalls'' is notable for possibly having the highest F-Bomb count in any Markiplier video to date.
** One part of his ''Surgeon Simulator 2013'' Let's Play had him so furious that he stopped playing for a moment just to let out a series of cusses.
-->''"I have to get all the fucks out."''
** On his second playthrough of ''Vapour'', he [[spoiler:dies very many times]] causing him to rage. [[spoiler:In the end, he gives us an amazing series of f-bombs, while {{Flipping the bird}} with two fingers.]]
-->'''Markiplier:''' God fuck me! God fuck it, fuck-fuck it, I dont want it! Fuck you, and fuck all of you, fuck you to hell, FUCK OOOOOFFFF!
** A sudden unexpected [[https://youtu.be/HiJJjIGDGII?t=35m5s facehugger out of nowhere]] prompts another one near the end of ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation''. Mainly because he hadn't saved in a bit and had to repeat things in order to get back to where he was.
** One of the {{Animated Adaptation}}s of his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' play through highlights a somewhat creative string of you, fuck, and "fucky".[[note]]'''Markiplier:''' Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck! Fucky, fucky, fucky YOU![[/note]]
** His first playthrough of ''Depth'', due to combining his dislike for the ocean and especially sharks, is close to 20 minutes of Mark delivering rapid fire "fucks" as he tries to survive the onslaught (by one viewer's count, nearly 106 fucks).
** Basically any game with jump-scares or "rage" games (like ''I Am Bread'' or ''Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy'') promises TONS of profanity from Mark as he shits himself either in fear or in frustration.
*** [[https://youtu.be/BEY39Ekth30?t=13m27s Case in point.]]
* CompanionCube:
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' custom story ''A Late Night Drink'', Mark finds a tiny version of the normal wooden box and [[CutenessProximity grows fond of it]], calling it Tiny Box Tim. He gets separated from it later on, much to his sorrow, and when he finally crosses paths with the tiny box once again near the end of the story, [[YankTheDogsChain he's unable to pick it up.]] Tiny Box Tim has since become a recurring "character" in any of his Let's Plays of ''Amnesia'' custom stories, and a familiar sidekick showing up in the gifts his fans send him, including many fan-created Markiplier games.
** In his Let's Play of ''The Forest'', he is attacked by a female native who he kills and accidentally dismembers, grabbing hold of one of her arms. He quickly discovers the arm to be a powerful and easy way to clear out branches and vegetation, adopting it and calling it "Armanda." He even starts freaking out when he thinks he's lost the arm.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', he names the four building robots Jeffrey, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Samwise]], Billy and Marshal, saying they're his sons, presumably with his computer "wife" [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Karen]].
** In ''VideoGame/FireWatch'', he gives the forest ranger cutout Forrest Byrnes a demonic personality and seems saddened when he isn't able to take him with him and accidentally throws him down a cliff.
** ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has Mark develop an obsession with a bear pelt hat he wears starting from part 10 of his playthrough and ends up developing [[BerserkButton an irrational hatred]] against [=NPCs=] [[RummageSaleReject questioning Arthur's clothing]] (at one point [[DisproportionateRetribution knocking one out]]) and against story missions forcing Arthur to wear something else.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' has the Crystal Dimitrescu be this for him in that he refuses to utterly sell it and wanted to get through [[HauntedHouse House]] [[CreepyDoll Beneviento]] as quick as possible so it would reappear in his inventory again. He also believes in HesJustHiding even though she literally crumbled to dust after her boss fight... and still holding what's essentially her SoulJar!
%%* ComicalAngryFace: From about 20:32 to 21:02 of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7ObQS5CxI video]] of the Cry of Fear mod The Stairway.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' he sees the check after completing five nights and presumes that the date is the main character's birthday. It takes him the next video to realize [[spoiler:it's a sign that the game's actually a prequel.]]
* CoolChair: Makes frequent use of and references to these during ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' and its subsequent Mods as a useless weapon/security blanket against the unkillable monsters featured in the games.
-->'''Markiplier:''' I have a chair! Yeah! You didn't like it last time! [-You'll like it even less this time. 'Cuz it's goin up yo butt.-] [[AssShove Whole chair, up yo butt!]]
* {{Corpsing}}: InUniverse. In his [[https://youtu.be/0APwKHtdMCY World's 2nd Quietest Let's Play]], he realizes that he can't whisper his Santa voice without breaking down laughing.
* CurbStompBattle: PlayedForLaughs in his Lichtspeer video, where it's him with the titular weapon vs a whole crowd of people with "[[LaserBlade light whips]]" (glowsticks) [[spoiler:It's essentially an anti-climactic line-up as they all take turns getting stabbed one at a time.]]
* CurseCutShort: The second episode of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/IAmBread'' features this, plus a [[SmashToBlack Smash to Kitten Mark]] after Mark fails to climb over a duvet in the bedroom level, hits his RageBreakingPoint and begins [[DieChairDie smashing his controller]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_L_a0U1jQ in a fit of serious rage]].
--->'''Mark''': "[[TranquilFury I don't care. I really don't care.]] [[RageBreakingPoint I just don't- I don't wanna play this anymore-]] [''[[PercussiveTherapy begins smashing controller]], starts [[SuddenlyShouting shouting]]''] [[{{Angrish}} I FUCK,]] '''[[CurseCutShort FU-]]'''"
* CutawayGag:
** When enraged by ''Amnesia: A Late Night Drink'', Mark takes a break to calm himself down. During this break, he cuts to images of kittens.
** He also makes multiple kitten-scenes when climbing the octopus in ''Octodad''. However, even the kitten-scenes become increasingly traumatizing the more frustrated he grows.
* CutenessProximity: His response to finding a tiny version of the wooden box in the [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent Amnesia]] custom story ''A Late Night Drink'', whom he names Tiny Box Tim. This also happened when he did his ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'' video when he encounters the perpetually joyful and carefree slimes.
** It's touched upon in his video of the Markiplier mod for ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', explaining that he has a tendency to become fascinated by tiny versions of normal objects (like baby shoes, for example).
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Mark beginning to realize the stalker with VaderBreath is SCP-106. "He's gonna ''get'' me and... bite my nipples off!"
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* DeadpanSnarker: Common to most LetsPlay videos, Markiplier is humorously underwhelmed by the lack of logic that motivates the storyline, making aside comments to defuse the tension and point out cliches in games.
* DeconstructorFleet: "A Heist With Markiplier" takes normal, cliché horror, drama, and thriller genres and subverts or destroys the definition of them. For example, a zombie apocalypse can be defined as desperate for someone else to bond with them; the set is manipulated in the film itself; obvious fallacies in a defining genre's plots are made note of.
* DelayedReaction: During his let's play of ''VideoGame/TheCrookedMan'', it took him about a second to realize that the Crooked Man is standing behind him in one segment. He promptly lets out a terrified shriek upon the realization.
** A better example is when he played the demo version of ''It Moves''. It took him a while before he realized that there was a red face getting more visible during the Labyrinth section.
* DerangedParkRanger: In his let's play of ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'', he envisions the wooden cutout of park ranger mascot Forrest Byrnes as a loud-mouthed lunatic raving about the oncoming end.
--> '''Markiplier as Forrest Byrnes''': "''HELLO! HI FRIEND! HOW'S IT GOING!? DEATH ONLY AWAITS YOU IN HERE! WATCH OUT FOR FIRES! DON'T BE SWIMMING NAKED WITH FIREWORKS, OR I'LL COME FIND YOU!''"
* DespairEventHorizon: Part 13 of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' has him end up making a choice to "Investigate Voice" with Ashley. [[spoiler:This results in Ashley getting her head torn off by a Wendigo.]] Mark leaves the screen, screaming in frustration, then returns, burying his face in the back of his chair, along with several {{Big No}}s. He even plays through the entire game again just to avoid the outcome, complete with an AtomicFBomb.
** Mark almost has another one in the same playthrough when [[spoiler:Mike]] dies in the final action sequence because Mark thought not moving was the correct solution. It wasn't. But, before the game can save, Mark quits to the title screen and reloads the game.
* {{Determinator}}: Mark has shown time and time again that he hates giving up on finishing games or looking at walkthroughs, since he's determined to prove that he can figure things out himself. If he ever looks at a guide, it's because he's ''really'' stuck.
** Despite how much the game frustrates or scares him, Mark is determined to beat Vanish, even though the game appears to be equally determined to never let him win. Eventually, after nine videos plus hours of playthroughs that we never saw, he finally succeeded.
** The same can be said for his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. He spends seven hours offscreen attempting to beat "4/20 mode" (the hardest custom difficulty possible) until he finally wins. Exaggerated with him doing the same with the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 sequel]], where he plays the Golden Freddy mode, AKA 10/20, for ''nine hours straight''.
** Mark displays his amazing staying power in the fifth episode of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/BenAndEd'', where he attempts to do an [[https://youtu.be/nBos5axGbtE?t=805 incredibly difficult jump course]] in Level 10. The level in question is optional, and within the level, said jump puzzle is also optional. Mark nevertheless tried for ''two and a half hours'' to finish one relatively short challenge. He nevertheless gets infuriated due to [[FakeDIfficulty the game's strange, difficult physics engine and poor, unreliable lighting.]]
** Then there's the part where he solos two levels of ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'', a game meant to be played with ''four people''. Take note, the game is already NintendoHard even with four players. Obviously it took him hours to finish those levels through trial and error but he just won't quit.
** Naturally, though, his crown jewel is ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''. No matter how angry, annoyed, or spiteful he becomes, Mark will beat it. Not even losing his original save file deters him from the game.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''VideoGame/UntilDawn Animated'' has Mark casually slap a wendigo in the face while [[spoiler:retrieving Ashley's body.]]
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Invoked when Markiplier encounters Springtrap; he tries to survive by making friendly Chit-chat with him. It doesn't last, but it does stall for quite a while.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: in ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', he builds "Big Box Barry" in waters that are too shallow for her, causing her to list to the side after building. He [[BadBoss berates one of his "sons"]] ([[CompanionCube the building robots]]) for [[NeverMyFault building it wrong]].
* DieChairDie: When playing an ''Amnesia'' custom story, Markiplier will usually make sure to smash any of the small glass display cases lying around.
* {{Dissimile}}: Mark describes ''A Good Husband'' during part one of its playthrough:
-->'''Mark:''' It's kinda like ''VideoGame/TheSims''... except not at all like ''The Sims'', because it's not at all like that.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Quite a lot in ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' -- when he first sees Lola in a bikini, he spends about a minute screaming.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** In the bloopers for "DARKIPLIER vs ANTISEPTICEYE", Mark has difficulty saying his lines when he realises how many of them sound like he's hitting on Jack.
** In Mark's third video for ''Sort The Court'', his inability to "Say no to Magic" each time it is offered to him, despite it constantly giving him bad luck, comes off as very reminiscent of someone with a drug or gambling addiction, something he eventually acknowledges.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: He practically waves his hands and dances in front of SCP-096, then barricades himself behind three doors to see if it gives chase. [[TheJuggernaut Yep]].
-->'''Mark:''' ''[wiggles eyebrows]'' ...Is he coming after me? YEAH HE'S COMIN AFTER ME! AAAAGGGH ''[ripped to shreds]''
** He has a bad habit of doing this to the Evil Monkeys in ''Dark Deception''.
---> '''Mark:''' I know I shouldn't mess with them, but they're so much fun to mess with.
--->[Later On]
--->'''Mysterious Voice:''' Run, they're right behind you!
--->'''Mark:''' SHADDUP he's not right behin- OHGODHE'SRIGHTBEHINDME
** A strange example, but in ''One Night at Flumpty's'', Mark sees Grunkfuss the Clown in his office, and scared of the jumpscare that he thinks is coming very soon, he taunts Grunkfuss by saying this-
---> '''Markiplier:''' ''[playfully]'' N-nothing can happen to ''[Birthday Boy Blam attacks]'' [[HellIsThatNoise MEEeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!]] AAH FUUUCK!! '''[[TheFriendNobodyLikes WHAT WAS THAT?]]'''"
* DontCelebrateJustYet: In Part 9 of his ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' playthrough, Mark discovers the bear hat you can collect from the Legendary Bear pelt. Absolutely delighted at the discovery, he rides off into the hills.
--> '''Mark''': Cause number one, things [[BornUnlucky never work out for me like this]]! Things [[InstantlyProvenWrong absolutely never 100% work out for me like this]], so to have just, this... fall in my lap where I ''have'' the bear pelt ''already'', the trapper's got it, I get my hat, that's all I ''[[[KilledMidsentence rides horse over a cliff]]]'' wa- wa- [[BigNo NO!]] WAIT! NO! [[BigOMG OH GOD]]!
* DoubleTake: During his ''VideoGame/AoOni'' playthrough, after spending quite some time stuck on a puzzle and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKaFnTa0D0M#t=236 finally, proudly, passing it]].
-->''[While going to a locked door he'd just found a key for]''
-->'''Mark:''' Okay sorry I get way too excited about this sort of stuff. I never get these puzzles right, so you gotta give me credit when I get it! And I get it good, ''yeah''. Sorry, little too excited. Little too excited!
-->''[When attempting to enter a door that had previously opened with no problem, and finding it's now locked]''
-->'''Mark:''' Little too excited! Everyone was else was probably- Wait what?
-->''[The titular monster appears right on cue]''
* DrinkingGame: The ''Drunk Minecraft'' series, where Mark and his two real life friends Bob and Wade drink alcohol while playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. HilarityEnsues. For a drinking game within a drinking game, take a shot every time a reference is made to ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''.
** For his Website/YouTube channel in general: take a shot for every video that has the words "scariest game ever" (or a variation thereof) in the title.
* DrJerk: This is how he portrays himself when playing ''Surgeon Simulator''. He's constantly yelling at his "nurse", and the way he treats his patients could be considered MeatgrinderSurgery... except calling it "surgery" is probably being generous.
* {{Eagleland}}: In his eighth Vanish playthough, he passes a lot of the time by recounting the history of America to his viewers.
-->'''Mark:''' We Americans like coffee. We dip our hamburger and donuts into coffee every morning and then we drink that, and then we pray to the American flag, which has a big middle finger on it, by the way...
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** His first batch of videos didn't use a facecam. Since Mark's reactions are considered one the best things about him, it makes watching his earliest videos feel very strange.
** In the early days, Mark was significantly more panicky when it came to reacting to horror games, and his jokes were more subdued and grounded compared to the bombastic and zanier tone he would adopt later on.
** Mark's voice initially had a more Midwestern accent during the channel's early days, due to him living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Midway in 2014, the Midwest aspects of his voice faded away, as he ended up moving to California.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Invoked; Mark got right up to the final area of ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', but then ended his playthrough, saying that because he hadn't earned it legitimately (the game was still incomplete at the time and he had to use console commands to progress) any ending he got would be hollow and meaningless. [[SequelHook However, he did promise to pick the game back up once it's officially released]].
* EldritchAbomination: The wool statues that he, Bob and Wade created in the now discontinued ''Drunk Minecraft'' series can count as this, though it's always PlayedForLaughs.
* EmptyRoomPsych: Lampshaded by Mark after running into another room with nothing but creepy dolls in Neverending Nightmares.
* EpilepticTrees: [[invoked]]In Markiplier's explanation of his video "DAMIEN", he mentions that his viewers have a tendency to miss questions that he felt should be obvious in favor of over-analyzing smaller details.
-->'''Markiplier:''' ...This is what I mean when "People focus on the nuances". People worry about what the voices are saying. They're not worried about ''why'' you're hearing voices. [...] They skate right over, they're like "Oh yeah, of course there would be voices in that void. I've been in voids before..."
* EpicFail: A lot of his ''Happy Wheels highlights'' highlight these moments, especially the assassin levels where he somehow manages to kill himself a bunch of times, but never the target.
** Of course, bad enough when he manages to stab himself in the head a few times. But repeatedly stabbing yourself in the ''ass''?
** ''Especially'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSfikrbLV4&t=2m26s this moment]] where the most damage he does to the target is knock him over.
** Not to mention the running gag of his accidentally decapitating himself on pogo levels. Just normal levels, not traps or explosives.
** In ''VideoGame/PropHunt'' video 13 he manages to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VObP-Kv-4s&t=10m die]] ''before the round starts''. [[ExaggeratedTrope Twice]].
** During ''The Impossible Quiz'' he opted to use a skip on a question that could never be gotten wrong.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'', he ended up wandering around for several minutes (even adding in a JumpCut to cut out even more wandering) when all he had to do was jump up to a small ledge. He immediately [[HeroicSelfDeprecation called himself out on it]].
** In Ross' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' level, he managed to [[https://youtu.be/m1l3nYSdyIA?t=11m27s completely screw up]] a puzzle by putting a spring in an awkward position, causing the shell to fall off the platform and screw his chances of beating it. Mark immediately suffered a HeroicBSOD as a result of his screw up.
** In ''Dead by Daylight'', after Mark warns Wade about a bear trap by him, Mark proceeds to step into that same trap. He runs into another trap shortly after.
** In ''Trouble in Terrorist Town'', after failing to kill the traitor and getting killed himself multiple times, Mark gets fed up and goes for the kill-them-all approach. The end result? He ends up killing the only two innocents (besides himself) before being gunned down by the traitors.
** In ''Golf With Your Friends'', he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2wrJvT_C4&t=10m38s completely missed]] one of the game's most basic elements (the power bar) because his microphone was in the way and didn't realize until Wade mentioned the bar while giving the others advice. The guys tease him about this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvEq-fHhlI for a while]].
** In ''Hand Simulator'', he, LetsPlay/JackSepticEye and Pokimane play the ''Grenade Toss'' game. Mark accidentally blows himself up ''nine times in a row''. It isn't until Seán tells him to let go of the grenade that [[TooDumbToLive Mark realizes his mistake]]... Before Mark kills himself once more.
-->'''Pokimane:''' [[ARareSentence This feels weird to say]], but you're really good at killing yourself.\\
'''Mark:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Thank you. Thank you.]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In his 'reaction compilation' videos, the subtitles often simply revert to question marks, a cascade of letters, or the word 'derp'.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Mark obviously does not like [[VideoGame/MadFather Dr. Drevis]], especially as the game is winding down. He wonders why the doctor would cheat on his wife when she's very attractive and very loving and devoted. He even becomes disgusted with him wanting to [[spoiler:turn his daughter into a doll and wanting her to be "ripe enough". His treatment towards Maria is even worse and Mark voices his disapproval of it.]]
** He's very disgusted by [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs David the cannibal leader]]. He's obviously not very keen of cannibalism, but he's downright furious with David using this as a means to keep a whole village alive, especially since women and children live there. What makes him hate David even more is his interest in a [[{{Ephebophile}} fourteen-year-old girl]].
** He reaches the good ending of ''VideoGame/{{Misao}}'' and is disgusted by what the villains did to the titular character.
* EvilLaugh: Sometimes does this, such as in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887Ctfk5rSY&t=14m this video]], when he accidentally kills a patient in ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'' and goes a little crazy, pretending to be a DeadlyDoctor..
** He also frequently does this while playing ''VideoGame/HappyWheels''' Kill Them All levels.
** In [[https://youtu.be/dn-ZrC-R-AU?t=3m40s his playthrough of Sonic Dreams Collection]], after creating his OriginalCharacter in the character creator, he tries to position it, causing it to glitch around. Markiplier pretends to be the character, giving it a demonic voice and a creepy laugh, followed by a {{Beat}} and Mark saying, in his normal voice, "[[MoodWhiplash Okay...]]"
* EyeScream: The ''Watson-Scott Test'' asks a question where every possible answer ends in being specifically stabbed "in the eyes" -- the first three (come what may) by the mysterious narrator, the fourth by "yourself". Mark selects the fourth, then proposes "stabbing" himself "in the eyes, with the reverse of the knifes, so the blades are poking up, and when you try to stab me, I stab you ''with my eyes''."
* FailedASpotCheck:
** Mark fails to notice on-screen prompts and hints quite often in his Let's Play of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3''.
** In Part 4 of ''VideoGame/AoOni'', he manages to miss [[spoiler:a hanging body]], as he's more focused on solving a puzzle at the time. It's only after it [[spoiler:hits the ground]] that he notices it.
** In Part 2 of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', he begins the fourth day listening to the starting phone conversation as per usual. Unfortunately, he becomes so interested in it that he completely forgets to check any part of the building and defend himself, in a game about checking parts of the building so he can defend himself. [[spoiler:Needless to say, he's killed before the phone conversation even ends when Foxy sprints into the office.]]
** A particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example occurs when he plays ''{{VideoGame/Monstrum}}.'' Mark hears the monster stomping around a floor above him, but when the footsteps fade away for a brief period, he assumes he's safe and launches into his usual amused ramblings. When you watch the video, you can actually hear the monster stomping up to him and ''see the light flickering off of him,'' but Mark is too busy [[MotorMouth talking to the ceiling to notice.]] Amusingly, the monster waits for Mark to stop speaking before ''roaring right into his ear, making him freak out.''
** In ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'', he somehow manages to miss picking up the Agony Crossbow (a silent and very versatile weapon) ''multiple times'' throughout his playthrough, ironically complaining about the lack of a crossbow whenever he picks up various types of bolts for it. It takes him until ''part 7'' of his playthrough to finally get one, and only because it was well lit and easily noticeable that time around. Similarly, he fails to notice that there are options for upgrading Sebastian's maximum sprint time, all the while cursing every time he has to take a breather after jogging for 3 seconds.
** In ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'', he frequently misses key interactions with objects on his first pass, causing him to spend excessive amounts of time solving even relatively simple puzzles. Partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to the game developers making objects fit so well into the background that you often won't know you can click on something until the prompt appears.
** DoubleSubverted in the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' livestream. Mark noticed Alphys [[spoiler:giving you the correct answers]] during Mettaton's quiz... but he and Tyler ignored it when Mettaton started trolling them.
** In his ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'' playthrough, he rushes through Specimen 8's room so fast that he fails to notice the monster at all. He then manages to remain completely oblivious to Specimen 8 chasing him, in spite of the monster's telltale InterfaceScrew and creepy chase theme.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption:
** ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}'' for the longest time, though he did eventually beat it after nine episodes and [[{{Determinator}} hours of unrecorded gameplay]]. The experience still haunts him, two years later.
** ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds'' is rapidly becoming this. Six episodes in and he hasn't beaten the game once, even on Easy Mode.
** To date, Mark has failed ''every single one'' of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos. Mark justifies it as him being "a giggly bitch" - indeed, he tends to laugh easily and has difficulty suppressing it.
*** He finally succeeded at "winning" the challenge in late October 2019...if you discount the part where [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he gets up and runs into his closet while giggling]] after watching a woman describe how she mistook a dead body in a ditch for a mannequin, [[DissonantSerenity and then asking her audience how they think she looks shortly afterwards]].
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Has one of these in his playthrough of ''Five Nights At Freddy's 4'' during the cutscene that shows [[spoiler: The Bite]]; right before it happens, his jaw drops as if he realizes what he's about to see.
* FlatWhat: Has a visual reaction upon finding the "Dancing Room" in ''The Darkest Words''.
* FlippingTheBird:
** Done in ''Vapour'' when he decides to RageQuit.
** Also in "F*ck This Game", where he dances with middle fingers out on the bottom left.
** "OCULUS RIFT FAIL" ends with him doing this with both hands after getting a [[GroinAttack vicious kick to the groin]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: This is somewhat the case with his brother Tom. While Tom acts more mature, Mark acts more silly. This can be seen in their VideoGame/OrcsMustDie 2 Let's Play. Also, Mark likes to tease Tom occasionally. In his VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Let's Play, Mark makes fun of furries... His brother writes a fairly famous furry webcomic.
* ForegoneConclusion: The ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5H7HqayshM fail compilation.]] The whole point of that video is to show a couple of different ways Markiplier lost in [[ThatOneLevel 4/20]] [[HarderThanHard Mode]].
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Parodied in the ''Sonic.exe'' playthrough.
-->''Don't turn around; that thing standing directly behind you will just get pissed off.''
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: In his ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' videos with other Youtubers, [[LetsPlay/MangaMinx Minx]] is everyone's go-to ButtMonkey as they repeatedly accuse her of being the traitor. At one point, Mark leaps to his death and tells everyone Minx murdered him (on no basis whatsoever), who amusingly turned out to be the actual traitor. [[spoiler:Subverted, it was Spoon who was actually the traitor but from Mark's POV, it did look like it was Minx.]]
--> '''Mark:''' Minx didn't ''actually'' kill me, but boy you guys really went for it!
* FreezeFrameBonus: In his first ''Dungeon Nightmares'' playthrough, when a skeleton falls all of a sudden, there's a text reading: "OMG u so handsome" appearing over it. It's quite easy to miss if you freak out.
** Also a lot of compilation videos with in-video subtitles have - at times - small text appear for a split second, making it sometimes a rally for commenters on who can list all the "secret" gags first.
* FreudianSlip:
** From one of his ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' custom story videos:
---> '''Mark:''' My mouth is just watering at the thought of that giant juicy sausage! Can't wait for the flavour to blow in my mouth. ''[{{beat}}]''' ''Explode'' in my mouth. Wait, what am I talking about? Wait a minute!
** Says the following [[https://youtu.be/wDjjgmHWWkk?t=5832 during a livestream]] of ''[[VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack Jackbox Party Pack 6]]'', which leaves even himself confused:
---> '''Announcer:''' Uh oh, here comes trouble!\\
'''Mark:''' Here comes trouble in the shape of '''my ass!''' ''[shakes head and laughs]'' I don't know what that means... I don't know what that means, but you should feel threatened!
* FriendToAllLivingThings: During his ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'' playthrough. Mark claims that back when he was a child, he fancied himself as this; of course, that turned out not to be true.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: One of his ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' videos has a small ad appearing on the corner of screen that has Wilfred Warfstache doing a silent promotion for a game show called "Disc of Wealth". This {{foreshadow|ing}}s the "Markiplier TV" skit in which Warfstache hosts said game show.
* FunWithSubtitles: His first video for ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' has his introduction subtitled in Japanese before aping the opening to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
** Happens to great comic effect throughout his ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' reaction compilations.
* GeekPhysique: [[AvertedTrope Nope]], he's got a healthy amount of muscle. Especially in his arms.
--> '''[[ShirtlessScene Mark]]:''' ''Who the hell're you calling '''girrrly''', boy!?''
* GenreSavvy: Tends to quickly figure out how to avoid monsters in the games he plays. And usually can tell [[ThisIsGonnaSuck when things are going to get scary very fast]]. He's also able to pick out suspicious places and people very quickly in games, which is particularly amusing when [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight the non-suspicious person he off-handedly said was probably evil turns out to be evil after all]].
** In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' he figures out pretty quickly some of the reveals, particularly [[spoiler:the detective main character having a DarkAndTroubledPast, the entire game being a shared dream, and the villain's plan being GrandTheftMe]].
*** In addition, during the final battle, he runs out of ammo and dies. As the game buffers for him to try again, he says, "It's a {{rule of three}}; you're supposed to get three shots on him! That's, like, that's like the thing!"
** He pays attention to who has VideoGame/{{Misao}}'s body parts and is able to reach the good ending by [[spoiler:killing Mr. Sohta, who had a connection to her hands, instead of Tohma, who had no body parts.]]
** In his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough, [[spoiler:he correctly guesses that the psycho that made death traps was Josh within seconds of seeing him.]]
*** [[spoiler:Too bad he was GenreBlind when it came to [[SchmuckBait Ash]][[OffWithHisHead ley]]...]]
** In his ''VideoGame/Prey2017'' playthrough, he figures out the biggest plot twist of the game that [[spoiler:he was [[TomatoInTheMirror a Mimic]]]] half an hour in his ''first episode''.
** In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'', he figures out that [[spoiler: Arthur stole Percy's ID instead of just lying about his age right after he sees the hallucination of the Bobby who calls Arthur Percival.]]
** The second he lays eyes on [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Monika]], he suspects that she's either going to be the first to die or turn out to be evil. [[spoiler:Later, as early as Act One, he susses that Monika is manipulating things behind the scenes, but he's not sure what her motive would be.]]
** As early as part 5 of his ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' playthrough, Mark guesses correctly that [[spoiler:one of Herr Strauss's debtors infects Arthur with tuberculosis by coughing in his face]] mere minutes after said spoilered event happens. Bonus points with how subtle the connection is (to the point where most players would need [[RewatchBonus another playthrough to put two and two together]]). He even made the guess completely nonchalantly to boot! Ironically, Mark completely forgets about this moment by the time he reaches chapter 6, wondering if [[spoiler:the start of Arthur's IncurableCoughOfDeath is [[WrongGenreSavvy just him having a cold]]]].
** Any horror game he plays where he gets a tutorial on how to run is always given the response of "Why do I need to run?" [[spoiler: many horror games don't tell you how to run until it's the first time you need to run from something]]
* GhostlyAnimals: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Xb-DtuZAk short video]] features "Ghost Dog", which is a (supposedly) ghostly version of Mark's dog Chica floating through a graveyard.
* GilliganCut: In ''Five Nights at Freddy's: the Lost Episode'', Mark does one of these.
-->'''Mark:''' I'll be fine. So long as something hasn't changed, I'm good.\\
''[Fade out. Fade in]''\\
'''Mark:''' ''[nervously]'' Oooookay, something changed.
** Another of these happens in the Golden Freddy Mode of ''FNAF Sister Location''.
--->'''Mark:''' Without further ado, I'm going to be trying Very Hard Mode, and let's see how long it takes. It is currently Tuesday, December 20th. It is now 12:36 PM. I'm going to let you know the exact time that I am done. Ready? Here we go.\\
''[A few seconds of intense game play is shown. We suddenly cut back to the level select menu with Mark now wearing different clothes.]''\\
'''Mark:''' Hi. It's now day two.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Mark and Bob tease Wade in this way during Drunk Minecraft, tying in with his being the group's ButtMonkey. Subverted if you watch Wade's videos, where his girlfriend Molly is a presence in several of his [=LPs=], most prominently ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'' and his own Minecraft videos.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Most of the time, Mark keeps the language PG-13 and tries not to outright curse if he can help it, with the exception of loud freak-out reactions. When he starts dropping {{Cluster F Bomb}}s repeatedly, he's really unnerved or angry.
** A couple of Super Mario Maker videos have him donate money to charity, with $100 added for every time he swears.
* GratuitousGerman: During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', he repeatedly says, "Scheiße" (crap/shit).
* GroinAttack: In "OCULUS RIFT FAIL", someone records Mark playing a Rift game while standing up and talking to his audience, only for another person to run up and give him an almighty kick to his nads. Mark is cut off mid-sentence, drops his controller, and promptly crumples to the ground in pain. [[FlippingTheBird And then flips them off.]]
* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: In-universe. When he likes a game he is playing, he doesn't hesitate to compliment it and even explains his reasons for liking it.
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* HamToHamCombat: He attempts to out-ham the Stanley Parable narrator, directing insults at him and generally refusing to go along with his place.
* HeelRealization: He has one at the end of ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'', where he literally spends about a minute in total silence after finding out that [[spoiler:he was playing Ellen the Witch and he was fighting the ''real'' Viola.]]
** A more lighthearted example is mentioned in ''Cuphead'', where (on account of figuring out how ''not'' to set off the balloons), he "realizes" he was just running through a carnival shooting at random, [[AndThatsTerrible and that is bad]]. (A later enemy gets him saying that ''they're'' the "murderer" here; that wasn't him...)
* HellIsThatNoise: [[invoked]] SCP-173's music cue whenever he's in the vicinity. Somewhere.
--->"WHAT? WHY IS THERE IS THERE MUSIC?!"
* HeroicBSOD: When going through his first let's play of Slender: The Arrival, Markiplier was foiled by the proxy in chapter 3 just as he was about to escape via the mine-shaft elevator, sending him into a screaming mess. The next time, he manages to get to the elevator and up the shaft before this can happen again, and everything seems okay with the level effectively over. Then a bug in clipping issues when stepping off the elevator platform towards the exit sends the player character plummeting to their death. Mark is so utterly shocked and unprepared for what is quite possibly the most epic unintentional "screw you" destiny could ever give a gamer, that his commentary stops in its tracks, as does his ability to even use facial expressions as he stares blankly at the screen for the next fifteen to twenty seconds in absolute silence, un-moving.
** His playthrough of ''VideoGame/MadFather'' featured a puzzle where he had to recreate a murder scene. He used the mini-chainsaw on the "terribly frightened" girl in the puzzle room, causing the girl to explode into bloody pieces. Mark sat, unmoving, with his mouth hanging open for a good five seconds.
** Both monsters from his ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}'' playthroughs (of the two he's seen so far, anyway) have caused him to FreakOut followed by a HeroicBSOD, due to ''how badly he was caught off guard.''
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'', when [[spoiler:the bite incident occurs after the fifth night]], Mark can do nothing but stare in open-mouthed horror for almost twenty seconds. Even after he recovers, he's still visibly disturbed for the rest of the video.
** When he accidentally gets Ashley killed in Until Dawn by forgetting that [[spoiler:a wendigo can mimic human voices]], he covers his eyes with his arms for a good twenty seconds before removing his headphones and walking offscreen to scream out his frustration. The saddest part is he remembers this vital information ''the second'' he screws up and can't go back.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Mark will occasionally point out moments that he FailedASpotCheck, or otherwise couldn't figure out a relatively obvious solution to a puzzle. The most notable of these moments was during a playthrough of ''{{VideoGame/Outlast}}'', where he spent a good few minutes wandering around, only to find that [[EpicFail he only needed to jump up a small gap]], which caused Mark to declare himself "the biggest idiot who ever lived." Even worse is that Mark added in a JumpCut to cut out even more pointless wandering around.
** Mark will even express disappointment in himself if he takes a while to figure out any puzzle, even if his method of figuring it out was actually quite clever or not the most straightforward way. Expect the comments section to express amazement when this happens (if the puzzle was particularly frustrating for a lot of people).
* HilarityEnsues: Every. Single. Drunk Minecraft. Especially when they have a serious objective in mind. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUPY75g177M This]] one in particular has them try to build Smokey the Bear. It turns out as... uh... just watch it.
-->'''Wade:''' Why do we try to build things? They NEVER turn out right!
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: During Mark's playthrough of A Late Night Drink, Mark spends 15-20 minutes searching for 4 keys in a library. He pulled out books for 20 whole minutes. One key was behind a candlestick NEXT to some books, but other than that, Mark needlessly pulled out books for 20 whole minutes. He eventually did recognize it as his own failure when he included it in one of his compilations, putting arrows pointing to the keys everytime one is in-frame to show how obviously he missed some of them (specifically the key next to the statue).
* HollywoodToneDeaf: [[https://youtu.be/epHaAsW0m2Q?t=5m25s His "attempt" at singing in this video]] fits the bill, especially considering Mark has shown to be capable of singing very well.
* HopeSpot: Mark very, ''very'' narrowly escapes being mauled by [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy]] on his first night, and celebrates accordingly... before being immediately reminded he has four[[note]][[spoiler:actually six]][[/note]] more days to go.
-->'''Mark:''' Oh no... ohnononono... ''[Freddy Appears]'' '''[[VerbalTic HI!]]''' OH GODDAMNIT! HOW'RE YA DOIN!? [6 A.M.] Did I make it...? I MADE IT! YEAH-HAH! [2nd Night] Ohgodnotagain...
** Oh, and then there was the infamous moment in ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}'', where he got the keys, found the door, unlocked the door... and was killed before being able to leave.
** In part 6 of ''Amnesia: Killings in Aldstadt'', Mark is tormented by a [[BrokenRecord neverending loop]] of the shop theme from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' produced by a soundtrack bug, and tries to end it all by [[DrivenToSuicide repeatedly jumping off a tall balcony]]. When he goes up the stairs to do it again, the loop stops... '''only to start all over again'''.
* TheHyena: In his own words he is "a giggly bitch by nature."
* HypocriticalHumor: In one of the VideoGame/GarrysMod horror maps Mark ran with Yamimash, he takes a second to good-naturedly mock a "bananus buttsex" poster, saying "We'll stick with our highbrow humor." He then turns on noclip and [[ToiletHumor proceeds to fart his way across the map]].
* IdiotBall: ''Alien: Isolation'' gives the player a tool to track the motion of enemies: the aptly-named "motion tracker". Despite this, multiple times in Markiplier's playthrough (especially in the final third of the game) he'll forget about this '''crucial gameplay tool''' and instead cower in fear in a dark corner calling out, "Is someone there?!" or "Where did you go?!" to the [=NPCs=]. While it's true that an enemy can hear the tracker's beeping, and that might have influenced his decision to not use it, testing it out would have revealed they can only hear it if you're close enough to give them a rectal exam, not fifteen feet away.
%%* IdiotHero: [[HeroicSelfDeprecation At least as far as he's concerned]].
* IHatePastMe: In part 17 of "Afraid of Monsters" Mark is forced to backtrack through an area he had already went through. He's forced to fight several monsters he had originally run past and wonders why he left so many. "Damn you, past me!"
* TheImmodestOrgasm: In ''Golf With Your Friends'' with Jack, Bob and Wade, Jack says "Top o the morning!" triumphantly after a good hit. Bob then asks if that's what he says when he "finishes" and then jokes that all Youtubers do that. Which cues all of them to grunt out their intros in the funniest way possible.
* {{Improv}}: For his final ''VideoGame/MadFather'', he uses a real cough for a piece of dialogue.
* InelegantBlubbering: His first run-in with SCP-106, aka "Radical Larry" resulted in this.
** Now with subtitles, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GmUpy6ArA The Impossible Lets Play: Hot Sauce Challenge]].
%%** If used in fear out of anything such as an EldritchAbomination, HilarityEnsues.
* InsistentTerminology: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] during his playthrough of Huniecam Studio in order to maintain his kid friendly atmosphere. Mark repeatedly insists that the girls in the game are filming Let's Play videos, that they are going to the photo studio to make thumbnails for their Let's Plays, and that they go to the sleazy motel to search for cash under the furniture. Naturally, everything you see from the game itself makes it immediately clear what's really going on.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: On the first episode of his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' playthrough, he remarks that the first night is usually not that bad. Literally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLAyD1R73c two seconds later]] he gets jumpscared.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: A lot of his lines tend to be very odd, but they do make sense, even [[MindScrew this]] [[BodyHorror one:]]
-->'''Markiplier''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdYqOsaNT-s&feature=youtu.be&t=5m18s "The head of my dead child is pinned to my ass!"]]
-->'''Markiplier''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSfikrbLV4&feature=youtu.be&t=4m40s "At least it's in my ass, it can't kill me if it's in my ass!"]]
* JumpCut: A RunningGag whenever he takes too long in tedious grinding or if he’s screwed something up.
* JumpScare: He falls victim to many in horror games. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i98eb1VXy4Y#t=188s And manages to pull one on us nicely.]]
** This video of ''Slender: The Nine Pages'' has Mark encounter [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M-dO7_UKhY&t=4m58s an incredibly frightening jump scare]] that greatly terrified Mark so much, it looked like it could have given him a heart attack.
** Deconstructed [[ShownTheirWork quite well]] in "Are Jumpscares Scary?"... [[spoiler:[[DeconReconSwitch Or]] [[CatScare not]].]]
** At the start of the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm0QPWVo29U Hotel Remorse]]'' video, Mark's creepy-as-all-hell Woody mask pops up all close to the camera right out of nowhere accompanied by a scream.
* KubrickStare: Invoked for two minutes and thirteen seconds in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC0xVc7Mso8 Hello Kitty Online]] episode. It's not a still photo.
* KillItWithFire: Has this reaction to one of the [[spoiler:alien's]] body parts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0juVK_vz-H0&t=3m making noises]] in ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''.
** Similarly during his OFF playthrough, when a head starts emerging from the mouth of a Pastel Burnt.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' and ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', he ''loves'' using the flamethrower on certain enemies. Even though he's overjoyed to have this weapon on hand, he quickly learns to use it in a more controlled manner.
* LamePunReaction: In [[https://youtu.be/SQYTLccjkg4?t=62 episode 22]] of the "Try not to Laugh" series.
--> '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]]''': That's just a stupid boulder!\\
'''Spongebob:''' It's not just a boulder! It's a rock! ''[Spongebob hugs the rock, then [[VisualPun a political map of Iraq]] appears over it]''\\
'''Mark:''' ...I hate you.
* LargeHam: One of the appeals of watching his Let’s Plays are his hilariously exaggerated reactions to everything. Especially when he does his "[[Franchise/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]] voice".
* LaserGuidedKarma: During Mark and Bob's VideoGame/{{Rust}} playthrough, Mark killed a guy who offered to help break into a building. Mark killed him the moment he turned his back on him and it turned out that he didn't have anything of value. Later on that same player came back packing a pistol and killed Bob. [[DidntThinkThisThrough The fact that they built their home right next]] [[IdiotBall to the house they were breaking into didn't help.]]
* LaughingMad: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QopD-ap3F28 The Markiplier Land]] episode of Drunk Minecraft, where the gang (or Mark and Wade at least) are at the end of a session and a lot drunker than normal. Mark dissolves into fits of laughter half a dozen times, to the confusion of his friends, with the first one lasting almost two minutes straight.
--->'''Bob:''' What's going on with Mark?\\
'''Wade:''' I don't know. [[IThinkYouBrokeHim He broke.]]
** At the end of his VideoGame/DeadSpace2 playthrough. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQ-GkRGXmQ It even got a Highlight.]]
* LeaderWannabe: Odds are, if he's playing with other Let's Players in a team, Mark will declare himself the leader of the group, regardless if he knows the game or not.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: While he was playing ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'''s new mode ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Meet The Medic]]) on the birthday stream, and after finally beating it, Wade was laughing in the background at Mark taking as long as he did and almost failing. Cue an angry Mark making Wade play until he either won or failed, while he was sitting in the background with a rather funny (but angry) expression.
** While playing ''Skate 3'', Bob criticized Mark for not doing enough funny stuff. Mark hands the controller over and tells Bob to do it, if he thinks he can be funnier. The very next thing Bob does is [[https://youtu.be/FRimGHRBU64?t=2m22s run his skater into a pole]] [[GroinAttack groin-first]], which makes Mark crack up.
* TheLoad: [[invoked]] in his "VideoGame/HeaveHo Mega Episode", [[LetsPlay/LordMinion777 Wade]] is this, partially because he didn't have nearly as much playing time as Bob, Jack and Mark, who played several rounds of the game together, and partially because after a few beginners levels, they went straight to the levels ''after'' Bob, Mark and Jack had played, a major DifficultySpike for a newbie.
* LuckBasedMission: He states that he's not a fan of these in his ''Five Nights At Freddy's'' 4-20 mode video, since success in a game should be dependent on a player's skill. Note that in this specific instance, he's attempting an nigh-impossible challenge and has died to Freddy dozens and dozens of times due to random chance ''despite playing as perfectly as possible''.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Discussed. In an interview with Anthony Padilla, Mark explains the origins of his memetic crying reaction. Upon being sent a compilation of his fans thanking him for doing what he does, Mark starts crying not out of happiness but because he grew his channel from the ground up and formed a personal connection with each and every one of his earlier subscribers: [[GoneHorriblyRight now that he has become successful, he cannot form that kind of personal connection with his fans due to how many there are.]] Nevertheless, Mark still tries his best to help others out, any way he can.
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* MadnessMantra: In his penultimate Vanish video, Mark undergoes a major SanitySlippage from anger and desperation, repeating phrases over and over again, pleading with the game to just let him win.
* {{Malaproper}}:
** The most common one is Mark pronouncing the word "room" almost like "rum". He doesn't take it very well when LetsPlay/JackSepticEye [[https://youtu.be/cDIB-XKHWfs?t=510 points it out]], and he lampshades it himself at the start of his playthrough of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX0xK_6osg Run Rooms]]''.
** "Amm-ro" for "ammo," "dablit" or "dablage" for "dammit[=/=]damage" respectively.
** After a particularly hearty laugh in a ''Skate 3'' video, his lungs hurt, and he says he thinks he "tore up his areola a little". The word he's looking for is ''alveoli''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Played for laughs, but Mark's ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' videos with other Youtubers show that he's actually pretty good at plotting to get the others to kill each other ([[ItAmusedMe even if he's not actually the traitor that round]]) when he's not too busy screwing around.
* ManlyTears: Mark has occasionally choked up on camera, especially during emotional moments in certain video games, or when talking about how honored he is by his fans. He’s also seen trying to hold back tears while talking about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cxoZLPyR0 friend's death.]] Contrary to what Mark hilariously insists, it doesn't take away from his manliness one bit.
* MilesGloriosus: According to his boasts, Markiplier will gloriously kick the butt of any monster he encounters. [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Just don't get him anywhere near the actual monsters]].
* MistakenForForeigner: While reading viewer comments, he [[https://youtu.be/R6EHLR6q-tM?t=4m48s came across one]] which read "Mark! Are you going to America soon?" and was completely baffled. He had been born in Hawaii and grew up in Cincinnati.
* MonsterClown: ''World's Quietest Let's Play 2 Animated'' has Mark eaten by one of these. then finds himself surrounded by clown versions of Bob, Wade, [[LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} Jack]], [[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Pewds]], and the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps''.
* MotorMouth: As a natural reaction when pants-shittingly terrified, Mark will tend to babble anything that comes to mind. The best example of this is during his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' playthrough, he talks with the animatronic that's about to kill him like he's having a tea party.
--> "Hey, buddy! How’s it going? You wanna- you wanna get a noise? Like, over there? Like over ''there''. There’s a bunch of noises. Like, noisy noises… I heard the noisest noise I ever heard over in room 10… Is that a room, room 10? You might wanna check out room 10, because room 10, whew, boy lemme tell you all the stuff that’s in room 10…"
* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSStABDWVWU "Markiplier in Slow Motion"]], in which Mark manages to use {{overcrank}} to make the tasks of burning paper, spinning a bag of bread, and jumping on a couch all look equally badass.
** His Best Fiends trailer to promote the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTVgHSSJado charity.]] Yes, it was unnecessarily over the top.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Mark had a heartbreaking case after playing ''Ripest of Fears", a fangame dedicated to him. He realized that he's been trying so hard to get more subscribers that he's been neglecting the fans he already has. He promised to go back to how he used to be, and was desperately holding back tears at the end of the video.
** He has an in-game example for ''VideoGame/MadFather'' when he was setting up the final murder scene in the memory section. He playfully swung his mini chainsaw at the female statue only to successfully kill her. Obviously, he didn't realize this was part of the game and was just messing around.
** Another in-game example is when he played ''VideoGame/CalmTime''. He admitted that he just finished Drunk Minecraft and wasn't prepared for such a dark game. He especially felt bad for being forced to kill the only kid there.
** He slowly starts thinking this during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Off}}''. After seeing the purified zones, he starts wondering what he's really doing. [[spoiler:Meeting the Judge after defeating Japhet, having to kill the helpless Burnt in the subway tunnel, and being forced to kill Hugo eventually make him realize that he's done '''''bad'''''...]]
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', he expresses horror over killing Mia [[spoiler:the first time.]]
--> "I was gonna run for it! I didn't want to be a part of this!"
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: When they're playing together, Bob or Wade will sometimes say "[[Film/TheRoom Oh hi, Mark]]". In one episode of ''VideoGame/TheForest'', Bob even mentions the trope by name.
* NeverMyFault: One of the running gags of Drunk Minecraft is Mark's utter refusal to accept blame for anything that goes wrong during play, preferring to blame [[ButtMonkey Wade]] for everything. Taken to silly extremes in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL4E8CE9E89554302E&v=B0mTulbBtHI this]] episode, were Mark accidently spills his drink on his keyboard, breaking it, and spends the rest of the episode running in and out trying to get a new one. An episode later, he's blaming it on Wade.
** Lampshaded by [[LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez Jordan]] on his guest appearance when he's told of this:
---> Jordan: So that's your excuse?
---> Mark: No! It's not my excuse!
* TheNicknamer: Markiplier will, on occasion, randomly nickname characters in video games things like "Billy" (that's the name given to [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-173]] as well as to the Scavenger Bots in ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'') if he doesn't trust the character (as seen in his play-through of VideoGame/{{Penumbra}} and ''VideoGame/NightmareHouse 2'' as well as a sewer pipe he called "Jerry" in an ''Amnesia'' Mod.
** The Brute from ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' was dubbed "Mooseman" by Markiplier, mostly due to [[HellIsThatNoise the sound he makes]].
** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys "It's just not a party without my good friend]], Mr. [=BunBun=]. Or Mr. Happy Duck. Mr. Quacky Smack."
*** From the same game series, there's [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 the Marionette]], or as Mark calls it, the baby, so named because, as Mark says, "[[SurvivalMantra You don't want to wake the baby!]]"
** He also nicknamed the robots in the Vehicle Bay in ''Subnautica'' Jeffrey, Billy, Marshall, and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Samwise]], the Cyclops as ''USS F**k the Ocean'' and ''Big Box Barry'', the female AI voice is his [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants computer wife, Karen]], the P.R.A.W.N. suit is ''Mr. Fister'' and his various Seamoths are ''F**k A Duck'', ''Bubblebutt'', ''Bumblebutt'' and ''Bubblegum''. In the finale, he names the Cuddlefish "Calvin", and gives his rocket the same name in its honor.
** During his playthrough of ''{{VideoGame/Vanish}}'', he called the monsters "Molepeople", which led to the fandom calling them Molemen.
* NoIndoorVoice: He can get quite shouty, to say the least.
* NoJustNoReaction:
** During his Outlast: Whistleblower playthrough, Mark reads the subtitle "childhood, sexual, reptile imagery" in reference to weird dreams a patient is having. He starts asking what that is and seems to start asking for someone to make fanart of it, but he stops himself at the words "draw some f-" and says, "No, no. God", instead.
** Whenever a game he's playing has RapeAsDrama implications, he either has this reaction, says something along the lines of "Not going to touch that with a X ft pole", or just tries to ignore it completely.
** In [[https://youtu.be/xsaY4x8UKBE?t=2m26s Happy Wheels Highlights #67]], he has this reaction upon seeing Tiny Box Tim with a massive boner.
** During his playthrough of ''Phobia'', he keeps repeating "No" when someone, or something, keeps knocking on his bedroom door. Obviously, he knew something was wrong and he really didn't want to open the door. There's even an animation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9l59hARAhM scene]].
** [[https://youtu.be/72cmuAjEjM4?t=19m22s And you have this reaction during his playthrough of]] ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: PlayedForLaughs in his ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' playthrough.
--->'''Mark:''' Dude, I'm doing good. Hey, you're cold? Whatever. You're gonna be warm tonight, so...shut up. ''[Dramatic music starts]'' I ain't dealing in penalties anymore, I'm frickin' balling! I'm balling out my ass! ''[Dramatic music [[RecordNeedleScratch stops]] as Mark makes a cringey face]'' [[ThatCameOutWrong Ueeegh...ugh]].
* NoodleIncident: Mark mentions one to introduce his alcohol of choice while playing ''Five Nights at Fuckboy's''. Said alcohol of choice is the 'delicious cinnamon whisky that got [Mark], Bob, Wade, Jack and Yamimash in trouble in Boston at PAX East.' Apparently, none of them will ever tell what actually happened, although Mark says not too much trouble.
* NoSell: ''World's Quietest Let's Play 2 Animated'' has Mark's sword breaking on Little Johnny's head despite having the objective to kill him in a round of ''Happy Wheels ''.
* NothingIsScarier: Markiplier often praises game developers for making use of this and gets easily freaked out from a games suspense and atmosphere when this trope is successfully implemented.
** His collaboration with Yamimash on the Abandoned Metro Garry's Mod map shows that he has little tolerance for games and maps which seem like they're building suspense and atmosphere, but then [[AntiClimax don't do anything with it]].
** Mark's produced this trope by himself in some cases, like the "Don't blink" and "Don't move" videos. Or in the credits of some games, like "Hotel Remorse".
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Puts it to truly glorious use in ''VideoGame/AmongUs''.
* OhCrap: A couple in-game reactions:
** In his play-through of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', he was not happy to encounter a second Bloater.
** Encountering Chris Walker in ''Outlast: The Whistleblower''. The character was so impactful that he somehow remembered his name.
** Just about anytime a monster from {{Vanish}} appears. Usually, though, he gets upset with them.
** The instant he realizes that ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' has more than five nights, his glee at "beating" the game vanishes.
** One out-of-game example is when he dropped his iPad in a tub of water. Yes, he kind of overdid the reaction, but he was ''very'' upset that it happened.
** In Part 13 of ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'', when he spends several minutes admiring a new part of the map he's just discovered.
---> '''Mark''': What the hell is... What the hell is this? What ''is'' this? There's a camera... Hi! And it's frickin' following me and I hear one-\\
''[Gas suddenly starts getting pumped into the room en masse]''\\
'''Mark''': Ah! Aw crap, what the- what- what is this?\\
''[Mark finds a piece of paper revealing that the room he's in belongs to [[KillAllHumans SCP]]-[[CompleteImmortality 682]].]''\\
'''Mark''': ''Oh no!'' ''[starts running]''\\
''[SCP-682 [[FromBadToWorse roars from behind a wall]]]''
** Witnessing [[spoiler:The Bite Incident]] in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''. He suddenly realizing something is ''horribly wrong'' [[spoiler:when the BigBrotherBully decides to put the main character's head in Fredbear's mouth]] and is rendered speechless [[spoiler:when it clamps down]].
*** Another one from the game's Halloween Edition, when he hears [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 the Puppet's]] OminousMusicBoxTune.
----> '''Mark''': YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THE BABY WAS BACK!!
** He had multiple ones in ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}'', though he had a very visual one when encountering the cameras for the first time:
--->''[camera activates alarm]''\\
'''Mark:''' Roar? ''[realizes that the monster will follow the noise]'' OH CRAP!
** During his playthrough of a demo title called HUMAN, Mark's usual playful and sarcastic demeanor goes right out the window [[spoiler: when he realizes that the excessively loud footsteps he was hearing throughout the game were actually [[RightBehindMe a second set of footsteps closely following his]]. Even worse, rapidly turning around [[NothingIsScarier reveals nothing else in the room with him]].]] For the next few minutes, Mark is almost as deeply unsettled as when he played Dreadhalls on the Oculus Rift.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In a general sense, most of Mark's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiCQ2YFy-GSu3xUHgjmKI472 vlogs]] fit the bill. They're not all-caps titles, usually cover a serious real-life topic, and Mark's tone of voice is down to earth. If he's [[ManlyTears getting]] [[TranquilFury emotional]], it's not in a comical, exaggerated manner like most of his other content.
** Beginning with ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'', Mark stopped adding all-caps clickbait to the titles of [=FNaF=] videos. This is likely due to the game being the flagship series that helped rocket his channel into stardom (as well as earning him the unofficial title of the King of Five Nights at Freddy's), and as such he treats the games with enough respect that he feels he doesn't need to put clickbait in the title in order to draw an audience for them.
** Mark's time with ''Getting Over It'' is probably the angriest he's ''ever'' gotten at a game since ''I Am Bread''. We're talking screaming like a banshee, swearing like a sailor, ''chair-throwing'' levels of rage. It's absolutely frightening to see Mark get this mad, and at one point, [[BewareTheNiceOnes he venomously says that he hopes Bennett Foddy dies in a fire.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaz7ofl5wQ YouTube has a huge problem...]] has Mark [[TranquilFury trying not to blow his lid]] in most of the video as he describes what amounts to a website-related version of a GameBreakingBug that affected a large portion of his viewer base shortly after the release of ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier''.[[labelnote:tl;dw]]Several of his viewers had their Google+ accounts banned in their entirety for the [[SarcasmMode grievous crime]] of spamming emotes in the ''A Heist With Markiplier'' livestream. It should be noted that the emote spamming was something Mark requested as a means of voting through chat.[[/labelnote]]
* OrphanedSeries: His ''[[VideoGame/DementiumTheWard Dementium II]]'' play through. Despite claiming that he was enjoying the game the series abruptly ended at part 4. And since that was uploaded back in December of 2013 it looks like Markiplier isn't interested in finishing it.
** His ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' with Wade as well. Latest video was uploaded on Oct 7, 2014... [[SubvertedTrope or not]]. It was just on an ''incredibly'' long hiatus, as the newest episode was released on May 18, 2015. Also semi-PlayedStraight, as it's a reboot with Wade as well as Tyler now.
** His long series, ''Drunk Minecraft'', is now on permanent hiatus as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjr8sT9t8E Mark reveals that he's had to go to the hospital]] because of drinking alcohol[[note]]his body can't process alcohol properly as he's stated numerous times.[[/note]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: An odd example happens in Mark's playthrough of the fangame ''A New Home'', as he repeatedly points out that the representation of him in the game isn't like him at all (being an arrogant {{Jerkass}} who neglects his fans and friends, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking prefers salad over meat]]). [[spoiler:He soon figures out that it's someone pulling a GrandTheftMe similar to ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'', and that the real Mark is the white-cloaked being chasing him.]]
* {{Overcrank}}: Utilised in the videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSStABDWVWU "Markiplier in Slow Motion"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQaYBKPgr4w Slow Mo Dance | Markiplier & TomSka]].
* OverlyLongGag:
** Mark while playing Neverending Nightmares on medicine for an ear infection.
-->''"You're not gonna get me this time. I'm ready for ya! I'm ready for ya, creepy painting of a little girl! I'm ready for ya, Slenderman in the distance over there! I'm ready for ya,... crop... symbol of Ohio! I'm ready for ya, screamin' baby! I'm ready for ya, town about to be consumed by weather! I'm ready for ya, picture of a soldier! I'm ready for ya, picture of crows fly- *bird flies by window* uhhhh. I wasn't ready for ya, vulture."''
** One of the endings for ''A Date With Markiplier'' has him attempting to dig through the concrete floor of a jail cell for ''ten minutes straight'' while making no progress, and he continues to dig as the video ends.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: When he plays "BWAK" he describes it as "a horror chicken game unlike any other" and jokingly says he knows there have been a lot.
%%* PainfulBodyWaxing: In his waxing challenge video. Funny thing is, he actually ''enjoyed it''.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2FpjcDaroU The Drowned Man]]", in which Mark plays a ghost hunter investigating [[RealLifeWritesThePlot unexplained water damage]] in Wade's house.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Coined in the finale of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' -- Resipriciousness: "A strong urge to engage in coitus with with anime women."
* PowerUpLetDown: During his second run of ''{{VideoGame/Subnautica}}'' he was thrilled when he finally was able to ([[NoFairCheating legitimately]]) earn the Prawn MiniMecha... only to climb in and realize that the suit on its own has no special abilities (other than being able to survive massive sea depths).
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: The animated "MAGICAL MISCHIEF (with chica!)" turns what was originally just a normal comment about ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' into one of these.
--> '''Markiplier''': By the way, death is permanent and whatnot. ''[attacks the monster and kills it]''
* PreciousPuppies: Mark is very much a dog person, as multiple videos illustrate. In some videos he plays with his mom's and brother's dogs, and in November 2015 he got one named Chica. Plenty of vlogs feature Mark fawning over her.
* PrecisionFStrike: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVXn7vswOM 2020 - A Comprehensive Review]]'', in the light of the year's [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic problems]], consists of only a single word, which is of course...
-->'''Mark''': Fuck.
* PressXToNotDie: Mark does ''not'' like Quicktime Events, as he [[RunningGag repeatedly expresses]] during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan''.
* ProductPlacement: Mark plugs his and [[LetsPlay/JackSepticEye Sean's]] clothing brand, Cloak, multiple times in part 10 of his ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' livestream (and half of the times he does it, he's {{Corpsing}}).
* ProperlyParanoid: Because he has played so much ''Amnesia'', he has become terrified of mannequins. Even if they're inanimate, he freaks out and takes off their heads.
** He gets ''really'' freaked out he first meets the [[VideoGame/AlienIsolation Working Joes]]. The first thing he does is spastically shooting at it. [[spoiler:He was right to be scared of them.]]
** During the first night of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', Markiplier hears the word "golden" in the Phone Guy's introduction and immediately latches onto it. [[spoiler:With good reason, because Golden Freddy ''is'' in this game, and is more of threat than ever.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in his recent playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'', when he has to make the choice [[spoiler:of whether he should kill or spare the WAU.]] He ultimately makes the decision not to go through with it, based on his interpretation of Ross - that of a sinister stalker with an unknown agenda. Apparently, the many humans who had either been [[YourHeadAsplode killed]] or [[AndIMustScream preserved]] by the WAU, along with its progressive destruction of the Earth's remaining ecosystems, [[StupidGood were not significant factors against the question of preserving its life.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: One of the ''Drunk Minecraft'' episodes revolves around Mark, Bob, Wade, and Zombiemold attempting to make TNT cannons... except the first three have no clue how to and decide to improvise. The video ends when Mark finally manages to land a shot on Zombie's fortress, but the sheer amount of explosives he used blew away most of what he built.
-->'''Mark:''' I blow up my own shit all the time, I don't care about that, but I got ya. I got ya! I GOT YA! Woooo!
* TheQuietOne: Tyler as seen in the ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' videos isn't particularly chatty in comparison to Mark and Wade. As a result they nickname him "One Word Tyler" and "Stone Face Tyler". His later appearances in Mark’s videos avert this trope, since he’s either playing the StraightMan to Mark’s goofy antics or partaking in the same sense of humour.
* RageQuit: He does this at the end of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9-JvZ3fibY Hell Was Here]]'', when he [[ObviousBeta immediately dies upon spawning in an empty room]].
** He also does this towards the end of "The Hat Man". He was getting into the game at first, but after the Hat Man started cornering him, he got angry when he was forced to replay the whole game again. It was even worse when he had another YankTheDogsChain moment when the Hat Man got him at the last stage.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC4lIwUnJWs I Am Bread]] exasperated him so much that he ''lost his voice and smashed a hole in his controller'', followed by vowing to never play the game ever again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oEbp0U19CA This wasn't a vow that he kept for very long.]]
** His LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' [[spoiler:when he inadvertently led Ashley to her death]]. However, it's more of a "Rage Restart" than a RageQuit.
*** He does another after [[spoiler:failing to save Mike]], restarting the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 via SoftReset.
** He does this after Welcome to the Game 2 just pushes his buttons. He didn't even die before rage quitting. He just decided to back off from the computer and go on a tirade before quitting.
* RapidFireNo:
** One time in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', while wearing the Freddy helmet, hoping that an animatronic won't get him, he rattles off 25 "no"'s in rapid succession. [[JumpScare Then Chica appears.]] Played for humor in the ''FNAF'' reaction compilation, by putting the caption "YES" next to Chica.
** Also shows up in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', when fighting the Pastel Burnt and an [[https://youtu.be/HJ84nb7DFII?t=7m Elsen Head peeks out of the Burnt's Mouth.]]
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkEPehMcS4 ice bath challenge]] after Mark accidentally drops his [=iPad=] into the water.
** At the end of his thirteenth video of his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' [[spoiler:after inadvertently leading Ashley to her death]].
* ARareSentence: Drunk Minecraft in general tends to produce these. Some gems include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PML1MFplyM&t=21m "This waterfall doesn't touch the penis!"]], "I'm being molested by an albino spider", and "Get your head out of my thong."
** Another ''Minecraft''-related example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3qmCXB2qx_U "I just turned our diamonds into pork chops!!!"]]
** In part six of his ''Grey'' playthrough, he says "I shouldn't have wasted so much ammo shooting those babies. That's something I never thought I'd say ever in my life."
** SCALE gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfFhQ8K-2pM "Oh God I fell through the penis!"]]
** "[[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac I'm]] crying all the piles of poop open!"
** "Stop fingering my circle!" shows up a few times in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIB-XKHWfs&t=7m48s Gmod Sandbox]] gives us this gem:
--->'''Mark:''' What if I put thrusters on a baby?\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Mark:''' ''[laughing]'' That's a question that everyone should ask themselves...\\
'''LetsPlay/JackSepticEye:''' [[LampshadeHanging That is something I never thought anyone would ever say!]]
** "[[https://youtu.be/R2fOg8VssEE?t=414 I just... beat a blood baby to death with a hammer!]] [[LampshadeHanging I can't believe I said those words!]]"
** "[[https://youtu.be/U7RcoUFY33w?t=645 You know, there are certain things you don't expect to exclaim at the top of your lungs, so that your neighbours question you even more than they have in the past. But I don't give a fuck. I'M JERKIN' OFF MAH CAR!]]"
* RatedMForManly: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHjN19JCaLk This AMA video]], which gradually crosses into TestosteronePoisoning territory.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Markiplier failed the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vnE7PP5zYk Markiplier quiz]], somehow.
* RealMenEatMeat: Mark gets considerably offended when he reads a letter of resignation in ''Amnesia: Rain'' where, among other things, the maid criticizes him for being stupid because "[[StrawVegetarian isn't the fact that you eat animals and I don't proof enough?]]". He spends a few minutes afterwards gushing about how good meat tastes.
* RealMenWearPink: His Warfstache logo is pink, he actually enjoyed his waxing challenge, takes pole dancing lessons, and is actually an easy crier when it comes to how much he loves his fans and fan community. When he dyed his hair pink as a result of a livestream goal, he liked it enough to keep it and recolor it into a softer shade of cotton candy pink. It borders on InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, honestly.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Has one for the developer of ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEY39Ekth30 part 3]] of his playthrough:
--> '''Mark''': This is the worst game I have ever played in my entire life. I have never hated a game more than this game. And it's fucking ''pretentious.'' [[SarcasmMode "Oh, it's hard, therefore it's rewarding,"]] no, it's hard because it's bullshit, and you made it that way, so you fucking ''know'' it's bullshit. It's not any wonder of game development, no, you made it bullshit because you know how to make a game bullshit! You're not a ''fucking prophet'' because you made a hard game! [[TranquilFury You are no saint. You are not better than me, just because you made a bullshit game.]] You are not. You are not.\\
''[Mark falls, and Bennett begins to quote William Carlos Williams]''\\
'''Mark''': Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. You ''know'' you're making it worse. I ''know'' you know you're making it worse, with your bullshit quotes, from people who are actually contributing to society when they were alive, which is ''not you'', developer of this game! [[NotSoDifferentRemark You are doing nothing, just the same as I am! You and I are the same temporary bullshit piece of human organism, which we all know and hate!]] We all know!
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In-Universe. He wasn't too fond of [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Natuski]] in the first act of the game, but when act two kicked in and [[spoiler: Yuri and Monika both go crazy, he wastes no time clinging to [[OnlySaneWoman her.]]]]
* {{Retirony}}: Discussed in Foreign Creature.
-->'''Mark (about the security guard that the titular creature was about to kill):''' Let me guess, it's your last day of retirement[[note]] he meant last day ''before'' retirement[[/note]], you don't have a care in the world, do ya?
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: [[https://youtu.be/hEXBcXhw2RY Try Not To Laugh #3]] has Mark cracking up over someone reading all the various misspelled ways people have asked pregnancy related questions.
* RuleOfThree: He has a long running "3 Scary Games" video series, where he [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plays 3 scary games]] and reviews them.
* RunningGag:
** “Poof! :3” occurs mostly in the compilations as a sound effect.
** “Hating” Wade, especially in Drunk Minecraft and Prop Hunt.
** "Pressing B to Blow" is a running gag for the channel as a whole, coined after a weirdly-named prompt in his let's play of ''Dungeon Nightmares''. Any livestream would often have Mark reading out a comment, particularly if he's stuck on a difficult game.
** In his ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}'' videos, he repeatedly insists the death machines are in fact [[BlatantLies farming equipment]].
** His SelfDeprecation for dropping out of college to pursue [=YouTube=]. "I could have been an engineer..."
** Throughout his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough he makes jokes about "partying like porn stars", based off an early line from Josh. Also, mispronouncing "wendigo".
** He's [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Purple Guy]]. He first states it in one of his playthrough videos ("Maybe I'm Purple Guy!"), in the opening for WebVideo/GameTheory's 'Why FNAF Will Never End' video he appears out of the locked box stating "It was me!", and his title card in 'Warfstache Interviews Markiplier' video lists his occupation as 'Purple Guy'.
** Mentioning cranberries when reading dialogue spoken by old people.
** Bear traps, first encountered in ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'', then in ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', and now they're all over the place in Lethe. And he just keeps stepping in them.
** After he quit his ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' playthrough due to an unruly fanbase, any mentions of the game will have Mark react with some kind of horror.
** When he returns to the aforementioned game in a live stream format, he humorously lampshades that they [[GodwinsLaw mention Hitler in nearly every stream of the game.]]
** While playing ''Subnautica'', he constantly forgets to pay attention to the Oxygen meter. The game has a verbal Low Oxygen warning, and he still misses it.
*** After he equips the Stillsuit, each time it reclaims water, Markiplier will comment that [[ToiletHumor he pissed himself]], regardless of the situation, sometimes interrupting himself to do so. This culminates in the finale, where his time capsule consists of an epitaph and is filled with bags of reclaimed water.
*** In the livestream finale of ''Subnautica'', he has a running gag where he ignores the pleas to turn off the Precursor gun and says that it's just a urban legend. Later in the episode it turns into a running gag where he says didn't accidentally kill [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Calvin the Cuddlefish]] and then reload his save.
** Mark's obsession with conducting sneak kills in ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2''. He insists on sticking to this method even in situations where using other weapons are more preferable, comes up with several [[PreMortemOneLiner pre-mortem one-liners]] involving food (particularly soup) before one-shotting zombies, and is reluctant to upgrade any abilities that are not related to sneaking to the extent that even Tatiana chides him for not doing so.
** This one is shared with Bob: Derrick. "HOW DARE YOU?!"
** Conversing, or arguing with, his editor Lixian.
** Pronouncing Genius as Junyus.
** From his review videos, asking for a sponsor, and admitting that he would be willing to shill their products if given one. Thus far, only two companies have responded to Mark's requests for a sponsorship deal... with absurdly insulting gifts instead of sponsorship deals.
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* SanitySlippage: After a tough time in the final boss fight of ''Dead Space 2'', he goes LaughingMad and fills his inventory with nothing but [[MoreDakka Pulse Rifle]] ammo and health kits, and it's a little bit like watching ComicBook/TheJoker do a Let's Play.
** His entire ''Surgeon Simulator 2013'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOU6G8zvXQ video]] is an 11-minutes plus epitome of this trope as he plays an increasingly unhinged doctor.
** Throughout the first play in the [[RageQuit final]] video of ''Vanish'', Mark becomes increasingly frazzled and panicked.
** In a ''Happy Wheels'' montage where he played ONE ''Dark Souls''-based level, he slowly slipped into this. And he was well aware of this.
--->"Do you think - in the future - when I'm at my insanity hearing, that they'll use this as evidence that I really did lose my mind?"
** ''I Am Bread'' makes Mark so angry with the controls/the physics/himself/life in general that he just breaks down and weeps. No big surprise that it was made by the same people behind ''Surgeon Simulator 2013''.
** He undergoes another during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/PresentableLiberty''- except it [[TearJerker isn't]] [[PlayerPunch played]] [[NightmareFuel for]] [[DespairEventHorizon laughs]] [[BreakTheCutie at all]].
* TheScrappy: In-universe. He isn't a fan of [[VideoGame/{{Off}} Zacharie]], which is amusing considering his [[EnsembleDarkHorse reputation in the fanbase]].
** Whenever he plays ''Happy Wheels'', he makes it an objective to kill Little Johnny.
** He is '''not''' a fan of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Misao}} Sohta]]. When he found out what Sohta [[BreakTheCutie did to Misao]], he had immense hatred for the guy and even when learning how much his life sucked due to so much bullying for his appearance and childhood, Mark was ''still'' hateful towards Sohta. When the game reveals that Aki forgives Sohta for what he's done, Mark flat out states that Sohta cannot be forgiven that easily for what he did]].
** He doesn't seem to be fond of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Phone Guy]], sighing and groaning when Phone Guy starts in with his normal "Hello, hello?" and even theorizing that he might be the killer during ''2''.
** In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', he doesn't seem to like Mike or Josh very much. The former he dislikes for being a JerkJock, while the latter he dislikes for his creepy behavior. When Dr. Hill asks him which one he dislikes more in one of the therapy sessions, he has to take a moment to think it through. Both wound up [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued from his Scrappy heap]] - eventually he warmed up to Mike because of him [[HeroesLoveDogs befriending a wolf]], and while his hatred of Josh only increased [[spoiler:after the reveal that he's the psycho making death traps]], one of his late segments [[spoiler:shown ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]] started Mark toward calling Josh's schtick retrospectively one of the coolest things in the game.
* SaveScumming: Does this towards the end of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' to bypass the game's autosave mechanic and get the game's best possible ending after making several mistakes that resulted in the death of characters during the finale.
* TheScream: Becoming cornered or trapped by SCP-173. In one playthrough, SCP-173 hops through an office window rather then [[ThereWasADoor use the door]] as expected...
-->'''Mark:''' No! NO! '''NOOOOO--AAAAAUUURRGHG''' ''[neck snap]''
** And in another, Mark [[FaceDeathWithDignity faces it down]] as his eye meter depletes to zero...
--->'''Mark:''' '''[[TakingYouWithMe I'm taking you with me!]]''' KEEP LOOKING AT ME! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-- ''[neck snap]''
** In Part 8, Mark ''finally'' gets the jump on 173 via surveillance cam, then does an end run around it. (Or does he?)
--->'''Mark''': ''Imma getcha. Imma getcha. Imma getcha! I SEE YA! I SEE YA! I SEE YA!'' Oooohh yeah, like a boss! ''(neck snap)''
** Part 10, "Worst Scare Ever", is so named for 173 zipping right in front of Mark, who grips in forehead in pain from so much screaming. Finally, he just saunters up to it.
--->'''Mark:''' ''[snarls angrily]'' HI!♥\\
''[pokes statue]''\\
'''Mark:''' 'SCUSE ME!\\
''[173 doesn't budge]''\\
'''Mark:''' Fine, kill me! ''[neck snap]''
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Virtually every horror Lets Play. Especially funny if he had previously been boasting his toughness Quite a few videos, particularly Drunk Minecrafts, have him screaming in fury as well.
* ScrewDestiny: Even though Mark knew that the point of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is to live with the choices made, he snapped when [[spoiler:he accidentally got Ashley killed, and decided to play the entire game over again, just to give all the characters a satisfying ending]].
* ScrewYourself: Admits in his fifth "Reading Your Comments" video that he'd like to go to Mars with his sole company being an OppositeSexClone.
* SelfImposedChallenge: He pulls off a SoloRun in ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'', a game meant to be played with four people. He's currently done A1 and B1 in his name.
* SensoryAbuse: Lixian seems to be a fan of doing this, if his edits are any indication.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough. [[spoiler:As soon as Ashley gets killed, Mark's response after he calms down is to vow to play ''the entire game'' over again so that everyone is still alive.]]
* ShaggyDogStory: His ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' antics with Wade and LetsPlay/JackSepticEye. They spend an entire video trying to get into a military base and steal jets. Jack and Wade succeed multiple times, but Mark keeps getting killed in silly ways. Until he finally manages to steal one... and promptly crashes it in a pile of crates without even managing to get it to fly because he doesn't know how to turn the thing. Goes to full ShootTheShaggyDog levels in the following video, where he opts to keep the helicopter they got to the base with rather than try again, only to go down in flames to a badly aimed missile of Jack's. A later episode has him succeed again in stealing a jet, but gets shot down after about 10 seconds by a military plane.
* ShakingTheRump: There's a backstory to this. One time, a fan asked Mark if he knew how to twerk, and he didn't. And so, he followed up with a video where [[https://youtu.be/RrZL1D7eojk he tried to twerk.]]
* ShareTheMalePain: Can't go through a ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' highlight video without a character being shot in the crotch and Mark screaming "Oh, my dick!"
** While playing the Gluskin section of ''Outlast: Whistleblower'', he moved uncomfortably around his chair while watching Gluskin castrated his other victims.
** When Lisa of ''Whack the Creeps'' kicks one of the titular creeps in the nads with a blade sticking out the front of her shoe, Mark goes InstantSoprano for about a second.
* ShipperOnDeck: He's a huge fan of [[VideoGame/UntilDawn Ashley/Chris]]. How much? When he [[spoiler:gets one of them killed in a pretty stupid manner (he forgot that wendigos can impersonate voices)]] he breaks down and resolves to play the game over just so they can have their happy ending.
* ShmuckBait: The thumbnail for Penis Cloner displays an image of Mark with a repulsed look, and says "DON'T CLICK". Naturally, no one listened; [[StreisandEffect it became one of his most viewed videos from 2013]].
** He falls for one himself in ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz Book''. One of the choices for Question 26 is "Please Don't Press This"; he presses it anyway, and ends up [[spoiler:resetting the entire game]].
** Happens again in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' when he's doing the expert 100 Mario challenge. He sees a pit filled with powerups, and though suspicious, decides to get them. He ends up trapped in the pit.
* ShoutOut:
** Mark occasionally quotes stand-up comedian Creator/BrianRegan in his videos. He also uses "Alright, alright, alriiiight" from comedian Kevin Hart.
** In Happy Wheels Highlights #25 Mark says "Mycaruba," a catchphrase/running gag that was started by the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' (Mark is friends with the members of the GG channel). He also occasionally asks "Barry" to edit his video while in-game.
** During a play-through of ''Phobia 1.5'', he uses a fast-forward cut while singing "Escape From the City" from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
** He'll occasionally use [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Mr. Garrison's]] old catch phrase "You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!"
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'', he drops a ceiling on an enemy while screaming "[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Take this! My love, my hate, and all of my sorrow]]!" and is left wondering, [[Film/{{Se7en}} What's in the box?"]].
*** In one of his The Consequence [=DLC=] videos, he sings a section of [[EpicRapBattlesOfHistory Isaac Newton versus Bill Nye]]
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':
*** When playing the first game for the first time, before '''the lore''' exploded in popularity, he accidentally calls Freddy Fazbear "[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Fuzzy Lumpkins]]".
*** After getting repeatedly mauled by animatronics on the sixth night of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', he screams "[[Film/{{Aliens}} They're dead, alright? Can I go now?!]]"
*** In his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', he references the SigningOffCatchphrase for ''WebVideo/GameTheory''. His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNTBC7Qe-R0 compilation video]] with that scene even shows a picture of its host [=MatPat=].
*** During the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgnZSmbYn0 Five Nights at Freddy's 4 - Part 5]] video this text pops up:
---->''My heart was beating out of my chest. [[Music/{{Eminem}} Palms are sweaty. Knees weak. Arms are heavy]].
** While playing ''VideoGame/RoadRedemption'', Mark quotes Drax the Destroyer from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': ''"Nothing goes over my head! My reflexes are too quick!"''
** During his playthrough of ''Videogame/SuperHot'', Mark references the bridge keeper's questions from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
--->'''Mark''' ''(to a red enemy)'': Okay sir, I'm gonna ask you a few questions before I kill you. What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color? ''Blue?!'' You're red! *''kills the enemy''*
** In "Chicken Walk", he names his baby chicks "Billy" and "[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen]]". [[note]]He was number one![[/note]]
** During ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden'':
--->'''Mark''': I gotta get to the next save point. ''[[Film/ForrestGump I gotta find Bubba!]]''
** In his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34BjxhA1pJ0 Popcorn]]" sketch, he tries to make a sandwich in a bizarre kind of way ala WebVideo/HowToBasic. Makes it funnier Mr. Basic himself commented on the video, saying "Have you seen Chef?".
** [[https://youtu.be/ito8eaM0Oa0?t=26m11s While they're doing]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext The Bonercast]], "Eugene" (Mark) mentions if his boner should be the boner that will [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann pierce the heavens.]]
** During "3 Scary Games #9", he enters [[Music/NinjaSexParty "6969"]] into a keypad.
** In ''Escape the Ayuwoki'', Mark briefly stumbles over his words and calls the Ayuwoki [[AccidentalMisnaming "Ayaya"]], which gets [[Manga/KiniroMosaic Karen]]'s [[https://youtu.be/uIauXFVABIQ?t=10 face]] superimposed on top of Mark's for a brief moment.
** In their playthrough of VideoGame/HeaveHo, Bob, Jack and Mark quote several catchphrases from the WebVideo/GameGrumps playthrough of the game, notably "Grab my hand" said in the same English accent and Jack saying "Fuck the coin" when they didn't want to kill themselves repeatedly to try and get the coin.
* ShownTheirWork: Praise has been given to "Are Jumpscares Scary?" for really living up to its title, by producing a haunting and unnerving atmosphere that most games produce before dropping the jumpscare... [[spoiler:although Mark's video ends on a CatScare.]]
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "Thank you all so much for watching. Click the annotations for more videos that I've done. And as always, I will see you in the next video. Bye-bye!"
* SkewedPriorities: When he first plays ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', the loading screen reveals that he is receiving even less money than last time, and he really starts yelling, apparently more worried about that than survival.
* SkippingSchool: As revealed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYxexot_Ig this]] Creator/SethMeyers interview, Mark used to do this back when he was still in college, since his biomedical engineering degree was something he just followed at the behest of his [[EducationMama strict Korean mother]] instead of something he actually wanted to do with his life. Since he couldn't just move out of the house on a whim at the time, hanging out at Starbucks for several hours every weekday was how he hid both his lack of interest in higher education and fledgling [=YouTube=] career from his mother.
* SkywardScream: In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn Animated,'' after he [[spoiler:gets Ashley killed,]] he goes to [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Pride Rock]] and lets a couple of them out.
%%* SlasherSmile: One of his running gags. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxLFBEB0USA Case in point.]]
* SmiteMeOMightySmiter!: The Latin's Wrath episode of Drunk Minecraft. At one point Mark jumps on top of the house to taunt Latin (the moderator of the Minecraft server).
--> ''Mark:'' Latin, bring it on! Bring it OOONNN! [[TooDumbToLive EVERYBODY WANTS TO BONE YOUR BOYFRIEND!!!]]
* SoreLoser: He completely melts down after losing 4-1 to Wade in ''Mole Hammers''.
* {{Squee}}: If you ever doubt that Mark is a big dork, just look at his reaction to anything related to space. A good chunk of his ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' playthrough was appreciating the scenery of space, and he takes his geeking out up to eleven when he plays [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ZMeOh_VBc Universe Sandbox]].
** Mark's playthrough of VideoGame/Doom2016 is one gigantic, ultraviolent squee as he relives the joy of the first Doom with 21st Century graphics and gore. [[https://youtu.be/pCygvprsgIk?t=1739 Then he finds the chainsaw.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: He acts like this during his ''Flappy Fedora'' and ''Yandere Simulator'' playthroughs. This is PlayedForLaughs, of course, with the former being a parody of neckbeards and the latter being an exaggerated interpretation of the {{Yandere}} archetype.
* StealthPrequel: [[spoiler:His version of ''Drive Time Radio'' puts him in Kyle and Brett's position as the EldritchAbomination radio host and the viewer in [[AccidentalPun the driver's seat]], leading up to a segue for ''WebVideo/InSpaceWithMarkiplier'' if they get the answers correct.]]
* StunnedSilence: This happens to him when he sees the TwistEnding in ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse''. He stays quiet for over a minute before he recovers.
** He stays quiet and wide-eyed for several seconds during a scene in [[https://youtu.be/_9Bl3VRdizY?t=17m16s FranBow]]. He blinks himself into working again and continues on.
** More so when he completes the game ''Reunion''. [[spoiler:He finally reaches the boy he had been trying to find, to find out that the character he had been controlling was trying to kill the boy due to him suffering from schizophrenia. Mark is in complete shock from that point until the end of the video ]].
** More humorously, when he finds the "Dancing Room" easter egg in ''The Darkest Words'' all he can do is [[FlatWhat stare]].
** Happens ''several'' times when playing ''{{VideoGame/Monstrum}}''. The first two times it happens when he hadn't realized there was a monster so close (or, in the second case, he hadn't realised there was a monster ''at all''), but the third time it was the brutal manner of death that got him.
** During his playthrough of the "Silent Hill: Alchemilla" demo, he stays silent for seven seconds after he realizes the last part of the demo has changed.
** After witnessing [[spoiler:the Bite Incident]] in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'', Mark can do nothing but stare in open-mouthed horror for almost twenty seconds.
** Mark and Tyler are both shocked when [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey kills Asgore]] after they spare the latter.]] Tyler is the first to respond by saying that he hates [[spoiler:Flowey.]]
** When he finally reaches the earliest memory of Johnny during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'', he enters a quick one between a couple of [[WhamLine wham lines]] when everything starts to click about what just happened.
--->'''Eve:''' Didn't you see it in his room, Neil? [[spoiler:...Johnny slept on a bunk bed.]]
--->(Mark goes silent and gives the camera a look of [[spoiler:horror]])
--->(a new text bubble pops up at the bottom of the screen)
--->'''Mark:''' (reading in a very quiet voice with the same expression) [[spoiler:Joey...]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: While playing ''[[VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack Jackbox Party Pack 6]]'', he plays a minigame involving making up definitions for fictional words. At the end of one round, Mark [[https://youtu.be/wDjjgmHWWkk?t=4249 goes on a tirade]] about how juvenile the audience's sense of humor is, because a definition involving [[SexComedy a sex joke]] got the most votes over Mark's.
* SurvivalMantra: "Little piggy no no, little piggy go home", starting with his first encounter with Chris Walker in ''Outlast'', he sings this little verse in an attempt to ward off another incident of the man pulling him out of his hiding places. It even transfers over to ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'' when he is running from the manpigs.
** He briefly uses a modified version of it again later in ''Among the Sleep'' while trying to hide from the giant woman.
** From his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'': "Don't wake the baby!", his frantic cry when trying to keep the music box wound and "the baby" from killing him.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}'', Mark insists that the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Killdeathinator5]] is NOT a murder machine, [[BlatantLies but a farming tool.]]
-->'''Mark:''' It's got a plow in the front for tilling the field, [[HumanResources for when you kill everyone, and they fertilize the soil.]]
** Same goes for its SpiritualSuccessor, the Nota-Pe-Nis.
** And again in his ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' livestream. The crops are planted in that pattern because it makes for aerodynamic farming, that's all!
** Mark is not a masochist. He just wants to see how much pain his body he can take.
** Mark will have you know that his obsession with Lady Dimitrescu is not sexual in nature. He just respects her power. Please ignore the boob textured mousepad and body pillow.
* SwearJar:
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfnVCduWglY Mario Maker #15]]'', he decides to donate $100 to charity every time he swears. He ends up owing $3,700.
** Mark creates the "Destroy My Channel" challenge for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDcKPXDcKI a livestream]] of ''Getting Over It'', in which he challenges viewers to unsubscribe from his channel if he swears and to re-subscribe if he makes progress. He manages to not cuss most of the time and makes do with GoshDangItToHeck, but ends up making very little progress.
* SynchroVox: Used in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndsaoMFz9J4 MEOW]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujRLvZ61jE WOOF]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Q3YDezqcM MOO]]'' to hilarious effect, where Mark's mouth is overlaid over cat and dog videos respectively.
* TakeThat:
** Usually doesn't do these and if he has a problem with a game he is usually direct with expressing it. Still does this occasionally, such as in Part 2 of his ''The Curse of Blackwater'' playthrough, when he gets attacked by a Necromorph, he comments that there must be a portal in the game to the Franchise/DeadSpace universe and mocks that it's where all the scariness of the series went.
** There's also this little bit from ''Probably Archery'':
--->'''Mark''': "I'm like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] crossed with [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} that guy from]] ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} that no one cared about!]]"
** The ''Flappy Fedora'' video is stuffed to the brim with pot shots at men's rights activists and "nice guys".
** He's not fond of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' movie and made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJb-rYPc6eg a video]] making fun of it. He even stated that the video is not sponsored and that he'll never want that sponsorship.
** In one video Markiplier talks about Halloween decorations have to be good whether you live in a house, a van, or the garbage, and if one looks closely when he mentions "garbage", it's actually a picture of Ricegum. Ricegum apparently wasn't happy about it.
** As seen in his ''Try Not to Laugh'' videos, Mark has noticeable disdain towards the "Deja Vu" meme [[note]]adding Dave Rogers' song of the same name to various videos[[/note]], as he gets more and more annoyed when it appears in the videos he watches. The latest video to feature it had Mark stopping the video less than a second in and declaring it to be a dead meme.
* TemptingFate: If Mark is bragging about how good he is at a game (along the lines of "I'm too pro!"), expect something to go hilariously wrong in a few moments.
** Poor Mark just can't win in ''Containment Breach''. He was sure that he'd eluded 173, only to open a sliding door and see the statue leering at him. Mark had just blinked before opening the door.
** In another instance, Mark fled SCP-106 by ducking into an elevator. 106 simply walked through the wall.
** In his ''Cry of Fear'' LP, Mark laughs off a warning telling him to 'watch out for the trees'. [[http://youtu.be/YZY4WQlXmxE?t=2m30s Guess]] what happens next..
** In Vanish:
--->'''Mark:''' That doesn't necessarily guarantee there's a monster nearby, that only means that something's start-
--->''[Monster appears, killing Mark]''
** Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'':
--->'''Mark:''' So the first night is usually never that bad in any of the games so I play thro-
--->''[Chica kills Mark]''
--->'''Mark:''' It's always when I'm saying something. It's always when I'm "Oh, I'ma be ok. Oh, everything's fine!"
** In Part 8 of his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough, Mark brags about how he's made good choices so far since all the protagonists are still alive. [[spoiler:Ten minutes later, Matt dies because of two wrong choices he makes at the beginning of the video: [[GuideDangIt letting Emily keep the flare gun and choosing to try to save her when the wendigos attack the radio tower.]] ]]
** In ''Boogeyman #5'':
--->'''Mark:''' The good thing is: It's quiet!
--->''[Music box starts playing]''
--->'''Mark:''' Nevermind!
* TenderTears: Mark's known for keeping his heart on his sleeve and being unafraid to cry on camera. For example, he made sure he recorded his immediate response to the six million subscriber fan video because crying was the only genuine reaction he had.
* ThatCameOutWrong: In his playthrough of The Visitor Returns Mark mentions how the assimilation of the raccoon was not as violent as it could have been:
-->'''Mark:''' Normally when I go inside things they explo- Okay THAT really does not need to be taken the wrong way.
** In "Reading Your Comments 8", one comment is "''VideoGame/HuniePop'' is a porn".
--->Yes. And it's very fun. Oh, I shouldn't say that. Oh that's not what I mean, I take it back. I mean it ''is'' fun, it's a fun game, I'm not saying porn is fun. Uhh, oh God...
** "Oh man, [[JumpScare I didn't even see Chica comin'!]]" ''(suddenly realizes what that line sounds like)'' "Aaaah, [[LampshadeHanging that's not a joke for the Internet to enjoy!]]"
* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld / RuleOfTwo: Markiplier intentionally invokes this in "A Heist With Markiplier".
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to ''himself'' when he [[spoiler:causes Ashley's death in ''Until Dawn'']]
-->'''Mark:''' ''I can accept my mistake with [[spoiler:Matt,]] I can accept that, I can accept it, I can accept that, what I cannot accept is the bullshit that you just made me watch you freaking stupid Markymoo. I'm yelling at myself, because I'm a freaking idiot. (Points to himself) YOU! HOW DARE YOU! HOW COULD YOU LET [[spoiler:ASHLEY]] DIE LIKE THAT?! [[spoiler:ASHLEY]] WAS COOL!
* TooDumbToLive: During a segment of Drunk Minecraft, Mark teases the server's mod, Latingoddess, that Zombiemold (the server's owner and Latingoddess's boyfriend) has a lot of fangirls. She then proceeds to kill him. With lightning. ''A lot''.
* TotemPoleTrench: Mark claims the scientist from ''Sort The Court'' may in fact be one of these.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Takis. Mark has gone on numerous tangets about his love of takis. Bizarrely, he doesn't actually eat the chips. He likes to suck the powder off.
* TheUnintelligible: Lapses into this when he's particularly upset. Or after he's consumed hot sauce.
* VerbalTic: He has a few. While playing horror games, he'll emit a rapid-fire, "Why-why-why-why-why" when he's genuinely creeped out.
* VillainousBreakdown: The ''Flappy Fedora'' video is pretty much him acting as the stereotypical [[BitchInSheepsClothing "Nice Guy"]] slowly [[SanitySlippage going insane]] from constant rejection.
--> It's an awfully euphotic day, don't you think? So just come on, give me a chance! Please! I-I-I I DESERVE IT, DON'T I?! I'M THE ALPHA MALE!! [[{{Angrish}} I'M FVEHRY TELGENT! ARHVHRGA!!]]
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Occurs in his ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}} LP.
-->'''Mark:''' These look dangerous. I should probably not jump face-first into them... but when have I ever listened to good reason? Whop! ''[jumps into bear trap]'' Ew...
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wade. They pick on, insult, and screw each other over in games all the time, but they are friends. When Mark and Wade did a joint LP of ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'', Wade mentions that Mark's treatment of him in Drunk Minecraft has actually convinced a lot of people that Mark is actually a massive JerkAss. They don't actually believe that Mark and Wade are friends, and ask Wade if he's being forced to go along with Mark and do things. They both find this hilarious, and though Mark and Wade both assure viewers that they are indeed friends, they do nothing to correct people's assumptions in the Drunk Minecraft videos themselves.
* VocalDissonance: His rather deep voice initially contrasted his sinewy appearance and Asian features until he began developing more rugged features.
* VocalEvolution: Compare how Markiplier sounded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjOLGq7LNCk 2013]] to how he sounds in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xX5LANn5Y 2015]]. (Note: he blamed it on ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'' causing him to ragescream so hard it changed his voice.)
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* WaitingSkeleton: In his "A Date With Markiplier" {{Gamebook|s}} series of videos, Markiplier encounters one of these in the cell he and his date can find themselves in after being imprisoned by the Chef for not paying for their restaurant bill. This prompts him to search for a way out - either dig through the cell floor with a fork he stole (which proves to be ineffective) or pick the lock with said fork.
* WaxingLyrical: During [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1gQ8VvRszs&t=11m55s Part 4 of his Five Nights at Freddy's playthrough]], on the sixth night:
-->''Fill my life with hate...''
-->''[[Music/PapaRoach Cut my life into pieces]]''
-->''Don't shove me in a suit''
-->''I hate you to your head''
-->''Right down to your glute''
-->''...or brand-new boots''
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Markiplier has one of these after he rages on an ''Amnesia'' custom story. Also done in Octodad, together with a background collage of increasingly disturbing kitten videos.
* WhamEpisode: 2017's ''A Date With Markiplier'' initally seems like a silly interactive movie, until the audience chooses to go to the Horror play. The route is not notable in that it's DarkerAndEdgier than the other routes, but that, after years of fan speculation, established that [[EvilCounterpart Dark]][[BigBad iplier]] was RealAfterAll.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: One episode of 3 Scary Games has Markiplier hung up over an [[https://youtu.be/gQgPlwY9fFE?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiBSFOFhTC5wt75P2BES0rAo&t=1120 unusual dog name]] for several minutes.
-->'''Mark:''' I've never criticized a dog's name in my entire life, but... ''Bob Bingi!?''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Creepy mannequins/suits of armor are his archenemy, seeing as he encounters them a lot (starting with ''VideoGame/NightmareHouse 2'' and then again in the ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' custom stories). After a particularly hair-raising puzzle involving false books and stalking mannequins in ''Kraven Manor'', one of them is crushed in a bookcase trap, prompting Mark to [[EvilLaugh cackle maniacally]].
** He’s also not too fond of creepy things pertaining to children or babies in horror, referring to them as "diabolical".
** Courtesy of the Working Joes in ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', Mark reveals that he has [[https://www.verywellmind.com/automatonophobia-2671847 automatonophobia]].
** While all of the death animations in the "Whack Your/The _____" games gross Mark out, the ones that get the most reactions out of him involve [[ImpromptuTracheotomy neck]] [[SlashedThroat trauma]].
** He has alluded to being afraid of the ocean, particularly the idea that something could be lurking in the water to harm him, and sometimes informs his fans that if he ever gets stuck in the ocean, they are to come and save him. During his ''{{VideoGame/Depth}}'' LP, he admits that while he hates the ocean, he finds [[ThreateningShark sharks]] in particular truly terrifying. Hence "F*** the ocean" is a common refrain for him while playing both ''Subnautica'' and ''Raft'', which is a name for a ship in the former and the latter features a shark enemy.
* WouldHitAGirl: Discussed [[https://youtu.be/4IzkH6ggOHQ?t=157 here]], he would hit a girl in self defense but also believes that violence is wrong.
* WouldntHurtAChild: He tends to get very upset when a game requires him to attack/kill children.
* {{Yandere}}: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxQiDG6aCg Best Friends Forever]], Markiplier acts pretty much ''exactly'' like this to Ken. It is... surprisingly terrifying, even when PlayedForLaughs...
-->'''Video Description:''' ''"Markiplier wants to be your best friend! Who are you to ignore my love? No one ignores my love..."''
** And then he plays ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', where he gets into character quickly. He sings about his obsession with Senpai while attempting each of the murder methods.
** [[spoiler:Darkiplier]] is heavily implied to be one for [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the audience]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyU_1JD2wuA A Date With Markiplier]]. It's especially creepy considering [[spoiler:he also happens to be a HumanoidAbomination]].
* YankTheDogsChain:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkl5tSOARr0 In his fifth]] episode of ''Vanish'', he finally reaches what appears to be the end of the game and begins to unlock the exit door. Then a monster sneaks behind him and kills him. Cue ''several'' [[BigNo Big "NO!"s]]. His eighth Vanish video had him get the keys twice, but he was unable to find the door and escape.
** In ''Five Nights at Freddy's'', he just ''barely'' beats Night 5 in a display of true awesomeness and is [[BigYes very ecstatic]] about it... only to be crushed when he sees that there's a Night 6.
-->''"WHY IS THERE A SIXTH NIGHT? '''WHY?'''"''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLvAoo33UQ The (almost) Perfect Run]] in ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds''. He had a really great start, almost made it to the end, and then all of the bad luck starts.
* YouMonster: Tyler responds to [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey killing Asgore]] during the Neutral Run]] by saying, "Oh, I hate him."
* YourOtherLeft: Mark falls victim to this [[https://youtu.be/rjgi9ifImRQ?t=174 in part six]] of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted''. In the first "Parts & Services" stage, he is instructed to remove Bonnie the bunny's left eye. Because the game has him facing Bonnie, Mark takes the eye on ''his'' left, Bonnie's right, and is promptly killed. This happens one more time before he works out that the game means Bonnie's left, and he's able to do it correctly on the third try.
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->''"Hello, everybody! My name is Markiplier."''
Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989), better known under his Website/YouTube alias [[https://www.youtube.com/user/markiplierGAME Markiplier]][[note]]a {{portmanteau}} of "Mark" and "multiplier" derived from his [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earliest YouTube content]], which consisted of sketch comedy with him playing all of the characters[[/note]], is a gamer from Cincinnati, Ohio who is currently based in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. He broadcasts daily LetsPlay videos on [=YouTube=] and occasionally streams on Website/{{Twitch}}. His channel predominately features OTT reaction videos and playthroughs of SurvivalHorror games, as well as monthly charity livestreams.
As of this writing, Mark's channel has surpassed 34 million subscribers and 19 billion views across all videos. He has also raised over 3 million dollars for different charities. His brother, Tom, makes the webcomic ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' and has appeared in some of his videos.
For a sampling of his best material, horror games such as ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'', ''VideoGame/MadFather'', ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'', ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'' and all six of the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' titles are a good place to start. He also recorded [=LPs=] of non-horror titles, such as ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' and ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''. Another unusual aspect of the channel are user-submitted [[GameMod Mods]], frequently those adapted from ''Amnesia'' and ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' (notable examples of the latter include ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'' and ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters''); Mark enjoys spreading the love to indie developers and plugs their submissions almost weekly. For a long time, he had also recorded a series of videos called ''Drunk VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' with his two friends, LetsPlay/LordMinion777 (Wade) and Muyskerm (Bob), but it was discontinued after 69 episodes due to Mark's inability to process alcohol properly.
Over the years, while he affirms that he will never abandon [=LPs=], Mark has slowly been branching out from gaming into other areas such as acting and voice talent. He frequently does multiple comedy skits and challenge videos portraying several characters of his own, most notably the pink-moustached Wilford Warfstache and his own EvilCounterpart Darkiplier. He’s additionally appeared in multiple music videos by WebVideo/RandomEncounters, most notably the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' songs. In 2017, he started the improv-based “You’re Welcome” tour, which has visited the USA and Europe to date.
Additionally, Mark has taken part in more ambitious original content that relies considerably on [[AudienceParticipation audience engagement]]. He created the four-part original video series[[note]]8, if you count the Jim segments)[[/note]] ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'', which ran from October 10-13, 2017, where viewers worked to solve the murder mystery surrounding the death of the actor Markiplier. Later, in 2019, he and various other content creators worked together to make ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier'', in which the viewer plays the role of Mark's partner in crime in [[{{Gamebooks}} an interactive narrative with multiple branching paths]]. A sequel to ''Heist'', titled ''WebVideo/InSpaceWithMarkiplier'', was released on April 4th, 2022.
On November 15th, 2019, Mark and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2S7CGceq5tsuhcVyACdA3g Ethan Nestor]] created ''WebVideo/UnusAnnus'', a channel made with the intent to be deleted after exactly one year, a premise that manifested in [[CentralTheme recurring themes]] of [[WeAllDieSomeday death's inevitability]] and [[CarpeDiem making the most out of life]] as well as utterly bizarre, frequently semi-NSFW content made in [[RefugeInAudacity complete defiance to any and all advertiser-friendly monetization guidelines]]. The channel was deleted on November 14th, 2020 at the end of a 12-hour livestream, with almost 1.5 million concurrent viewers tuned in at the stream's final moments.
In May 2021, Mark, Wade, and Bob started their own podcast, ''Podcast/{{Distractible}}'', and in February 2022 Mark and his friend Tyler Scheid started another, ''[[https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hn3qhWe5NqnhLFKytyfFW Go! My Favorite Sports Team]]''. Both podcasts are currently ongoing.
On April 21st, 2023, Mark [[https://twitter.com/markiplier/status/1649446935646830592?s=46&t=5uDQNeLwqBmw-em94Z3HyQ formally announced]] that he would be directing a self-financed full-length film adaptation of the indie horror game ''VideoGame/IronLung''. It is planned for a theatrical release.
[[folder:Games Markiplier Has Played]]
* ''1916 Der Unbekannte Krieg''
* ''VideoGame/The4thWall''
* ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie''
* ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters''
* ''VideoGame/AkaManto''
* ''VideoGame/AliceIsDead''
* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation''
** ''VideoGame/AlienBlackout''
* ''VideoGame/AmandaTheAdventurer''
* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'', and ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheBunker'', including Justine's campaign and custom stories:
** ''La Caza''
** ''Abduction''
** ''Followed by Death''
** ''The Machine''
** ''Lost the Lights''
** ''Tenebris Lake''
** ''Gary: Dark Secrets''
** ''Gary: Snowy Secrets''
** ''The Attic''
** ''Isle''
** ''Agony of Insanity''
** ''Oblivion: Drops of Wine''
** ''Kidnapped''
** ''Weird Dreams''
** ''Study of Insanity''
** ''The Dark Room''
** ''Poisonous''
** ''The Things in the Night''
** ''Disponentia''
** ''Black Forest Castle''
** ''The Cruel Ways of Dr Richard Jones''
** ''Through the Portal''
** ''Emma's Story''
** ''Digressiophobia''
** ''Killings in Altstadt''
** ''White Night''
** ''The Great Work''
** ''Rain''
** ''Obscurity''
** ''When Life No Longer Exists''
** ''The Grey Eagle''
** ''It's Hurting My Eyes''
** ''A Late Night Drink''
** ''Fear Amnesia'' [[note]]Based on ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon''[[/note]]
** ''Castle of Devastating Diseases''
** ''Fekete Keres''
** ''Gustav''
** ''Destiny Rebellion''
** ''A Coward's Debt''
* ''Ampu-Tea''
* ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep''
* ''VideoGame/AmongUs''
* ''VideoGame/AtDeadOfNight''
* ''VideoGame/{{Anatomy}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Anna}}''
* ''VideoGame/AoOni''
* ''VideoGame/TheBabyInYellow''
* ''VideoGame/BadDream''
* ''VisualNovel/BadEndTheater''
* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning''
* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine''
** ''VideoGAme/BendyAndTheDarkRevival''
* ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' [[note]] More specifically,both Rebirth and its expansion Afterbirth [[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/BlackSnow''
* ''VideoGame/BlankDream''
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodwash}}''
* ''VideoGame/BlushBlush''
* ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom''
* ''Bunny Man Lost Souls''
* ''VideoGame/TheCallistoProtocol''
* ''VideoGame/CalmTime''
* ''Cannibal Café''
* ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' with Yamimash, [=CinnamonToastKen=] and {{LetsPlay/MangaMinx}}
* ''VideoGame/ChickenFeet''
* ''VideoGame/ChivalryMedievalWarfare'' with Yamimash
* ''VideoGame/ChooChooCharles''
* ''VideoGame/{{Closure}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Clustertruck}}''
* ''VideoGame/CorpsePartyPC98''
* ''The Corridor''
* ''VideoGame/CondemnedCriminalOrigins''
* ''VideoGame/TheConvenienceStore''
* ''VideoGame/TheCouncilOfHanwell''
* ''VideoGame/CrimsonSnow''
* ''VideoGame/CryOfFear'' and its various custom campaigns
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''
* ''Dark Ocean''
* ''Dark Cut''
** ''Dark Cut 2''
** ''Dark Cut 3''
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkwood}}''
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''
* ''VideoGame/DeadIsland''
* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace''
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2''
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3''
** ''VideoGame/DeadSpaceRemake''
* ''VideoGame/DeepSleepTrilogy''
* ''VideoGame/{{Depth}}''
* ''[[VideoGame/DereDotExe DERE.EXE]]'' and ''DERE EVIL.EXE''
* ''VideoGame/DevilDaggers''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}''
* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''
* ''VideoGame/DontEscape''
* ''VideoGame/DontLookNow''
* ''VisualNovel/DontTakeThisRisk''
* ''VideoGame/DonutCounty''
* ''VideoGame/Doom2016''
** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal''
* ''Drive Time Radio''
* ''VideoGame/DudeStop''
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
* ''VideoGame/EmilyWantsToPlay''
* ''VideoGame/{{Endoparasitic}}''
* ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon''
* ''VideoGame/{{Erie}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheEscapists''
* ''VideoGame/{{Evil}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin''
** ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2''
* ''VideoGame/{{Exmortis}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}''
* ''VideoGame/FAITHTheUnholyTrinity''
* ''VideoGame/FatalFrameII: Crimson Butterfly''
* ''VideoGame/FearsToFathom''
* ''Fibrillation''
* ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}''
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''
** ''Videogame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach''
* He has played various fanmade clones of ''Five Nights at Freddy's'':
** ''VideoGame/OneNightAtFlumptys''
** ''Five Nights at Treasure Island''
** ''Five Nights at Wario's''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtCandys''
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys'' and its sequels
** ''VideoGame/TheGlitchedAttraction''
* ''VideoGame/TheForest''
** ''VideoGame/SonsOfTheForest''
* ''VideoGame/ForgetMeNotAnnie''
* ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''
* ''VideoGame/FranBow''
* ''VideoGame/FromDust''
* ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' horror maps in collaboration with Yamimash
* ''VideoGame/GartenOfBanban''
* ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''
* G-mod [[MurderMystery Murder]] with {{LetsPlay/SeaNanners}}, Hutch, and [=AllShamNoWow=] in one instance, LetsPlay/PewDiePie, Ohmwrecker, and LetsPlay/MangaMinx in another, and more often with his own crew.
* ''VideoGame/{{Grave}}''
* ''VideoGame/GreyHalfLife2''
* ''Grimind''
* ''VideoGame/{{Grounded}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheGrudge''
* ''VideoGame/GunsOfIcarusOnline''
* ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'', of which he does Highlights rather than full-length episodes
* ''VideoGame/TheHeilwaldLoophole''
* ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries''
* ''Hide''
* ''VideoGame/House2020''
* ''The House 1'' & ''2''
* ''[[VideoGame/HuniePop HuniePop 1]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/HuniePop2 2]]''
* ''VideoGame/HunieCamStudio''
* ''VideoGame/{{Hyde}}''
* ''Hylophobia''
* ''VideoGame/IAmBread''
* ''VideoGame/ImOnObservationDuty'' 4 & 5
* ''VideoGame/ISeeYou''
* ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''
* ''Illusion''
* ''Illusion Ghost Killer''
* ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz''
* ''VideoGame/{{Imscared}}''
* ''Inculcation''
* ''VideoGame/Input6''
* ''VideoGame/{{Inscryption}}''
* ''VideoGame/IronLung''
* ''VideoGame/ItSteals''
* ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''
** ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden''
* ''VideoGame/TheJoyOfCreationReborn''
* ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram''
* ''VideoGame/{{Kholat}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}''
* ''VideoGame/KnockKnock''
* ''VideoGame/KravenManor''
* ''Labyrinth'' (the one involving "naked Slender Men")
* ''Labyrinth'' (the one based on Myth/GreekMythology)
* ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabin''
** ''VideoGame/LakeviewCabinCollection''
* ''VideoGame/LastCaseTheDisappearanceOfAmandaKane''
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''
* ''VideoGame/{{Lasting}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}''
* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares''
* ''VideoGame/LoneSurvivor''
* ''VideoGame/MadFather''
* ''VideoGame/TheManFromTheWindow''
** ''VideoGame/TheManFromTheWindow2''
* ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan''
* ''Maze''
* ''Mental Hospital''
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', both [[AlcoholInducedStupidity drunk]] and sober.
* ''VideoGame/MirrorLayers''
* ''VideoGame/{{Misao}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheMortuaryAssistant''
* ''VideoGame/NeverendingNightmares''
* ''Next Car Game'', a ''very'' early alpha version of ''VideoGame/{{Wreckfest}}''
* ''VideoGame/NightOfTheConsumers''
* ''VideoGame/NightmareHouse 2''
* ''VideoGame/NightmareOfDecay''
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''
* ''One After Another''
* ''VideoGame/OneChance''
* ''VideoGame/OneFingerDeathPunch''
* ''One Late Night''
* ''VisualNovel/OneNightStand''
* ''VideoGame/OneShot''
* ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie 2'' [[note]]Played multiplayer with his brother, [[Webcomic/TwoKinds Tom]].[[/note]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''
** ''VideoGame/OutlastII''
* ''VideoGame/OxygenNotIncluded''
* ''VideoGame/PapersPlease''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paranoiac}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Paranormal}}''
* ''Penis Cloner''
* ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Overture''
** ''Penumbra: Black Plague''
** ''Penumbra: Requiem''
* ''Pesadelo''
* ''VideoGame/{{Phasmophobia}}''
* ''[=PokéSlender=]''
* ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime''
* ''VideoGame/PowerwashSimulator''
* ''VideoGame/PresentableLiberty''
** ''VideoGame/ExoptableMoney''
* ''Psycosis''
* ''[[VideoGame/SilentHills P.T.]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Raft}}''
* ''The Rake Hostel''
* ''The Rake Return To The Asylum''
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Remake''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard''
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage''
* ''Resolute Dark''
* ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain2''
* ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy2''
* ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach''
* ''SCP-087-B''
* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOverLoathing''
* ''VideoGame/SinisterSquidward''
* ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds''
* ''VideoGame/{{Skinwalker}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}'', including the ''Slenderman's Shadow'' maps and ''Slender: Haunt''.
* ''VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival''
* ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher''
* ''VideoGame/SluggishMorss''
* ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}''
* ''VideoGame/Spectre1991''
* ''Stalked''
* ''Stonewick Manor''
* ''VideoGame/SonicDreamsCollection''
* ''VideoGame/SonicExe''
* ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'' (formally known as ''Spooky's House of Jumpscares'')
* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable''
* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}''
* ''VisualNovel/SuckerForLove''
* ''VideoGame/SuperHot''
* ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''
* ''VideoGame/SwampSim''
* ''Tanatophobia''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tattletail}}''
* ''Tea Party Simulator''
* ''The Terrible Old Man'' (Based On a H.P. Lovecraft Story)
* ''The Theater''
* ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame''
* ''VideoGame/TheyBreathe''
* ''VideoGame/TotallyAccurateBattleSimulator''
* ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon''
* ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem''
* ''VideoGame/TromboneChamp''
* ''{{VideoGame/ULTRAKILL}}''
* ''[=UnExit=]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Underhell}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''
* ''Unfair Mario''
* ''VideoGame/UntilDawn''
* ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheVisitor''
** ''The Visitor Returns''
* ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}''
* ''VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGame''
** ''VideoGame/WelcomeToTheGameII''
* ''VideoGame/WeNeedToGoDeeper''
* ''VideoGame/WestOfLoathing''
* ''VideoGame/{{Wick}}''
* ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse''
* ''[[VideoGame/WhackYour Whack Your Boss]]''
** ''[[VideoGame/WhackYour Whack the Thief]]''
* ''VideoGame/{{Which}}''
* ''Where Am I''
* ''VideoGame/WorldWarZ''
* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Original Works with their own pages]]
[[index]]
* ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier''
* ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier''
* ''WebVideo/UnusAnnus''
* ''Podcast/{{Distractible}}''
* ''WebVideo/InSpaceWithMarkiplier''
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
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!!Markiplier and his videos provide examples of:
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%% AN EDITING COMMENT TO ALL TROPERS: Weblinks are NOT examples!
%% Examples should be written and explained as to how any given trope applies to it per wiki policy.
%% Additionally, please refrain from troping Markiplier as a person.
%% TV Tropes discusses works of fiction, of which Let’s Plays and Web Videos are catergorised as such.
%% All examples should come from the videos posted on his Website/YouTube channel.
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* AbortedArc:
** Drunk ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and, by extension, drunk playthroughs of anything else, is pretty much done forever, considering Mark's body [[https://youtu.be/wPjr8sT9t8E?t=462 can't process alcohol correctly]] and continuing the series would mean putting his health at risk.
** His ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' playthrough would have ended prematurely due to the fanbase berating him for [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings not playing it "the right way"]], with some inadvertently spoiling [[spoiler:the more serious side to Sans]] while criticizing Mark's goofy-sounding choice of voice acting for said character. However, he eventually streamed his playthrough of the entire Pacifist route along with Tyler, who had no prior experience of the game.
* AbsurdlyDedicatedWorker: Accidentally aces ''VideoGame/TheMortuaryAssistant'' by diligently tending to the cadavers, bluntly yelling "NO VISITORS!" at the apparitions (and in one case, charging a Shadow Person while jabbering nonsense), and bumbling around with Letting Paper occasionally; being more concerned that his boss will be upset he hasn't done his job than [[spoiler: an actual demon trying to possess him]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance: Quite a handful of the games Mark plays have puzzles in them, and whether he admits it or not at any given time, there are quite a few puzzles and other problems he's managed to solve [[IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing without having any idea]] [[IndyPloy what to do]].
** Mark managed to solve a riddle in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'' without knowing what the riddle was.
** He knew the numbers in the safe combination in ''VideoGame/AoOni'', but the clue provided was of no help, so he was relegated to making a guess. He got it right on his first guess.
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}'' he managed to solve a puzzle involving several of the same paintings... by walking to a row and happening to pick the right one without even knowing how the puzzle worked.
** In the ''Silent Hill Alchemilla'', Mark solved a box puzzle by mashing random buttons and a valve puzzle by turning random valves. In his words, "this game sure is good at making the dumb feel smart!"
** In ''VideoGame/MadFather'', he used the mini-chainsaw on a random person, causing the person to [[{{Gorn}} explode into bloody chunks]]. While it caused him to have a HeroicBSOD, it was nonetheless the correct solution to advance.
** In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', Golden Freddy [[JumpScare appeared]] right at the end of the phone call on the third night. Mark panicked and pulled out the camera, as it was the only option that wouldn't force him to look. As he exited the camera while looking at a poster, Mark managed to instantly look at the Golden Freddy poster through the camera without knowing that doing so would de-summon Golden Freddy.
** In ''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'', Markiplier achieves this when ''he is the first one to receive the demo from Scott Cawthon along with a set amount of youtubers who were specially picked hours before the game's release''. There are ''no'' playthroughs online, ''no'' instructions - the [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds Phone Dude]] is about as helpful as a brick - and yet he manages to somehow beat nights 1 and 2 with very little trouble [[labelnote:spoiler]]It later turned out that it's impossible to die on night 1 either way[[/labelnote]]. This is strengthened when the full version comes out and he breezes through the nights '''with no issues at all'''. This becomes even more noteworthy when he does a second playthrough to get the GoldenEnding while actually knowing how to play, and ends up failing repeatedly on the levels he'd accidentally breezed through prior.
** In his first playthrough of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', while playing as Mike he is {{Jump Scare}}d by a wolf, and fails the quicktime event to punch it. The wolf turns out to be docile.
** [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in Slither.io, where he got into the top 4 before he had any idea what he was doing.
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Often a part of his delivery. Once, upon discovering the player character was a woman, he referred to her as a "F'mail."
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the fan game ''With the Addition of Markiplier'', Tiny Box Tim is the main antagonist, having grown extremely bitter after Mark "abandoned" him in ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''. In the true ending of the game, [[spoiler:in-game Mark ends up [[DeathByAdaptation destroying him]]]], much to the real Mark's dismay.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
** Attempted in his playthrough of ''Silent Hill: Alchemilla.''
-->'''Markiplier:''' Is some diabolic demon gonna come dashing down this dank and dusty hallway filled with death and destruction? Dare I say that it doesn't... know... what... I am gonna do to that demonic... dastardly devil. Yeah!
** In his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' playthrough, he initially calls Bonnie, the bunny animatronic, "Bunny Bolliday", which doubles as this and a ShoutOut to Billie Holliday. In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' he takes to calling Springtrap (the main animatronic) "Bunny Bastard Bitch Balls".
* AffectionateParody: The commentary for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH1dxBctsZ0 episode 14]] of Turbo Dismount mostly consists of him affectionately making fun of the WebVideo/GameGrumps - of which he is an honourary member.
-->'''Mark:''' [ambiguously australian accent] Hey boys, hey boys, it's me, Ross from Game Grumps, hey, what's your favorite episode, boys- [ragdoll crashes on the first obstacle]
-->'''Mark:''' [normal voice] God dammit Ross.
* AGoodNameForARockBand:
** During his ''Outlast'' playthrough, he comes up with "Tea Party of the Dead" and immediately {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it.
** From the final part of ''White Night'', he suggests that "Eyeballs in the Wall" would be a good name for a Death Metal band name.
** In ''Fibrillation'' he comes up with "Origin of Insanity". He then demands that anyone who uses it give him 25 cents for every note they play.
** In ''Videogame/TheCrookedMan'', he gives the name "Menagerie of Insanity". Humorously enough, Menagerie of Insanity is already the name of a few things, including an e-book by Jacob Russell Dring.
** And in ''Videogame/TheEvilWithin'', he's come up with "Sounds of Nightmare" after hearing the incredibly loud scraping of a thresher trap.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Drunk Minecraft. The only conclusion where you get a group of drunk adults playing Minecraft with an admin that's happy to give them whatever they want, provided they don't piss the admin off, which of course they do.
* AlterEgoActing: Mark has created quite a few alter-egos, with the most famous of them being Wilford Warfstache (an eccentric, pink-moustached reporter) and Darkiplier (a crafty HumanoidAbomination). Whenever they make an appearance in his videos, they’re portrayed as being completely different characters while he interacts with them as Markiplier (his online persona). All of them are listed on the [[Characters/{{Markiplier}} characters page]].
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Darkiplier and [[LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} Antisepticeye]] are equally threatening as evil alter-egos of Let's Players, but there's one thing they fear: a hungry Dark Chica![[note]] Said video is considered to be non-canon however, since it is meant to be a comedic crossover.[[/note]]
* AmazonChaser: Why he's so invested in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Lady Dimitrescu]]. His explanation behind his massive crush on her character is that "it's not a sexual thing, it's about power". Sure enough, any scenes where he sees Lady Dimitrescu give a beating to Ethan are reacted quite positively, most of them with an impressed lovestuck grin. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRGfjev4kWY Then there's this quote from his first video about her]]:
-->''"I want a woman that can crush my head with [[MurderousThighs in-between her thighs.]]"''
* AmbiguousSyntax: In part one of his "Fear Amnesia" playthrough, he takes note of a giant-ass knife. He then clarifies "Not a giant ass-knife, a giant-ASS knife. Got to watch where your hyphens are."
* {{Angrish}}: His commentary regularly ventures into this, especially while playing particularly obtuse puzzle games or ones riddled with FakeDifficulty.
** His playthrough of "Getting Over It" often devolved into this, usually just before he broke something.
** Some of his reaction videos lampoon this with on-screen text attempting to decode what he just said -- or giving it titles like "Walrus" and "Man-Baby Mating Call".
-->''itsamonstermidgymonster\\
ESSAGUNAGETME\\
UHNOWANAZAPPIN\\
WHUTISZIZHATHING?''
* AnythingThatMoves: Mark tends to flirt with characters when he gets scared during horror games. He has been known to flirt with zombies, monsters, the character that he's playing, and sometimes himself or the audience.
%%* ArchEnemy: For the purposes of ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'', onward: Balloon Boy.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When he plays ''Whack the Cheater,'' Markiplier's complaints are that you shouldn't kill people, that you should direct your anger at the proper person if you're being cheated on, and that the game had no sound.
* ArtifactTitle: His "3 Scary Games" series was initially titled accurately, but now can more accurately be described as "however many scary games I can fit into a ~30 minute video". Sometimes it's 2, sometimes it's 5.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: {{Lampshaded}} in his video ''THE ULTIMATE BET'' when he pulled out a prop revolver and accidentally pulled the triggered. An actual gunshot was edited in, and he said "Oops!"
%%* AscendedMeme: Whoever made ''A Late Night Drink'' put in a "Where's the blacksmith?!" reference.
* AtomicFBomb:
** Combined with ScreamsLikeALittleGirl in the second video of his ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}'' LP, when he sees the second monster that he had not encountered during several prior playthrough attempts.
--->'''Markiplier:''' ''[in a super high voice]'' WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?!
** Mark has admitted he has an anger problem. As such, his playthroughs of Rage Games, designed as they are to be as frustrating and annoying as possible, tend to be filled with both these and {{Cluster F Bomb}}s, with ''VideoGame/IAmBread'' and ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'' being particularly triumphant examples.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDLqaJi11o?t=10m21s Drops one during his Slender: Haunt 1.1 playthrough.]]
%%** Also during his oculus rift playthrough of Dreadfalls he started dropping these in an increasing amount as he wore down.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66sNL_2ztnw&t=10m4s Drops one]] after dealing with [[spoiler:Balloon Boy]] once again in his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' playthrough.
* AuthorAppeal: Russians, he loves Russians. He also loves dogs, as multiple vlogs and playthroughs will show you.
%%* BackToBackBadasses: Mark and his brother Tom in ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie 2''.
* BadassBoast: Markiplier will make ridiculous boasts while playing [[SurvivalHorror horror]] games, usually to the effect of him being "too tough" or "so handsome" that the monsters are avoiding him, only to have one crash in and scare him into screaming bloody murder.
** Mark declares that "I am the KING of Five Nights at Freddy's!" after beating the game's Sixth Night, one of the hardest modes.
%%** In part six of his Eleusis LetsPlay he brags about how he could take on a wolf.
* BadBadActing: Mark's attempt at hiding his knowledge of the fact that "Error #53" is a horror game and not a cutesy adventure game is... unconvincing. Especially noticeable as unlike his other videos he doesn't react to the scares at all, and blames all the monsters and jumpscares on TechnoBabble terms.
%%* BadSanta: Mark-in-a-Santa-suit more or less acts this way when playing the Christmas versions of ''A Very Organized Thief'' and ''Viscera Cleanup Detail''.
%%** Mark plays the Happy Wheels in-game version of Santa this way too. Not far off the Happy Wheels "canon" as Santa laughs jovially when his elves die.
* BaitAndSwitch: In his joke video about what he does while he's not making Let's Plays, he has "Steal other Youtubers' ideas" at Number 4. We then have a shot of him staring at LetsPlay/PewDiePie videos... before he tells his digitally-voiced parrot [[WebVideo/JonTron Jacque]] to shut up about stealing them.
* BerserkButton: Multiple.
** Interrupting him mid intro isn't smart, as several Drunk Minecrafts will show you:
--->'''Markiplier:''' Hello everybody, and welcome back to...\\
'''Bob:''' Adjga...\\
'''Markiplier:''' [[BigShutUp SHUUUUUT UUUUUP!!!]]
--->'''Markiplier:''' Hello every...\\
'''Bob:''' Third time in a row!\\
'''Markiplier:''' God Damn it!! - *incoherent babbling and FacePalm on webcam* [[INeedAFreakingDrink I'm finishing off this bottle of wine]].
** Gameplay that involve SomeDexterityRequired. Mark liked ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'' itself but was in a constant rage over its bad controls throughout his playthrough. Similarly, his first attempt at playing ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL7Jg-uT96E I Am Bread]]'' causes him to be so angry that he appears to be ''[[BerserkerTears crying]]'' at one point.
** He stated in Ragdoll Runners that he hates video games with bad controls.
** Basically any intentionally frustrating videogames or Rage Games will set him off.
** [[BackseatDriver Backseat Gaming]]. Be it people complaining in the comments or giving stuff away in chat during streams, he really, REALLY doesn't like it and his reaction is usually to either ignore all chat or straight-up troll the people.
*** During his playthrough of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj_JQXkvqCU Visage]], he got so fed up with chat that he spends 15 minutes running through the upper floor of the house, lamenting how he can't find the door which would be opened with the key titled "Basement" while instructing his mods to permaban anyone that tries to have him go downstairs.
*** He did a few episodes of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' before aborting the series due to the comment section demanding him to "fix" mistakes and putting spoilers in. Almost a year later, he revisits it with his friend Tyler during a stream in which he ignores chat, purposefully demands to be cruel to the characters and doesn't take the game serious. In the final section, he goes into a big rant on how he acknowledges that he would have ''loved'' Undertale as it is very charming, but it all got ruined by people spoiling and forcing him. Ironically, he gets informed soon after that the chat got again filled with demands on how to do a fight "properly", causing him to again fly into rage and considering out loud if they should abort the stream.
** He simply can't stand ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}'' due to victory being based on [[TrialAndErrorGameplay random]] [[LuckBasedMission chance]] rather than individual skill or ability. Even mentioning it will generally get Mark on the defensive, with him typically insisting that he beat it fair and square. This created an amusing scenario in which Vanish was mentioned in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UPW2RLw9eA&t=5m20s fan-made game]], setting in-game Mark off on a rant that supposedly lasted four hours and ended with "and people died", which inadvertently sets off the ''real'' Markiplier, who only realizes just in time that he too was about to start ranting about Vanish.
*** Actually, cheating, taking an easy way out, or relying on luck at all, even in real life - ''especially'' in real life - is a good way to set him off. Even suggesting that he take a shortcut (whether in playing ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' or signing calendars) can seriously upset him. In the game "You Left Me," he actually refused to see the final ending of the game, because it required him to - even in a hypothetical, fictional universe - select the option "Give Up."
** [[PressXToNotDie Quicktime Events]] tend to annoy him, especially if they're overused (as was, in his view, the case with ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan'').
%%** Perhaps [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKp7tg_sgcY THIS]] is his best known example.
* BigDamnHeroes: He uploaded a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEQtpnGp_I livestream video]] titled "I Literally Won't Shut Up Until You Subscribe To LetsPlay/PewDiePie", where he desperately urged the viewers to subscribe to [=PewDiePie=] as fast as possible to not let Creator/TSeries become the most-subscribed channel on Website/YouTube. For reference, at that point, [=PewDiePie=] had 60 thousand more subscribers than [=T-Series=], but the latter gained them two-three times faster than the former. The result was [=PewDiePie=] gaining ''a million subscribers in just two days''.
* BigNo: Occurs when he accidentally knocks the heart that he needed to transplant out of the edge of the screen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpmeiVhuNI&t=10m in Surgeon Simulator 2013.]] He also does this occasionally whenever he loses a patient, but he [[SubvertedTrope then cuts it off]] with an 'oh well', or 'next patient'.
** Occurs again when Mark thinks he's finally completed Vanish, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkl5tSOARr0&t=17m only to be killed while unlocking the gate.]]
** Many, many, ''many'' examples in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/IAmBread'', [[NintendoHard for obvious reasons]].
** He lets out two [[BigNo Big No's]] when he finds out that [[spoiler:he's about to harvest the fur of his in-game cat for money]] in ''VideoGame/ExoptableMoney''.
** He does this in response to a particular comment telling him that he'll never be a [[WebVideo/GameGrumps Grump]] during a roast video.
** In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' upon receiving [[spoiler:the [[BestialityIsDepraved Bestiality achievement]].]]
** He lets out a comical one during his 'Reading Your Comments' video in response to one of the questions asking for marriage.
** He has a surprisingly large one during his first VideoGame/UntilDawn play-through when he accidentally lets [[spoiler:Ashley]] die.
%%** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0p2EJBiITo this]] video the titular event has him let out one.
* BigYes: He celebrates with one whenever he manages to complete a night in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' as a result of their infamous difficulty of keeping the animatronics at bay. Special mention goes to the time when he [[HarderThanHard beats 4-20 mode.]]
** Another example worth mentioning was in the "Don't Touch Anything" video, when he was able to complete a Morse code puzzle from memory. Followed by "Oh, man, let me high-five myself a million times!"
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: A staple of the Drunk Minecraft series, with so much of what they're building resembling penises, and whatever else they make typically not having ''any'' resemblance to what they initially had in mind.
* BlackComedy: [[https://youtu.be/F8jIP5SX5Kg?t=1515 Occasionally dabbles in it]], sometimes [[SelfDeprecation at his own expense]].
--> '''[[VideoGame/{{Superliminal}} Dr. Glenn Pierce:]]''' In the event that this elevator does ''not'' wake you up, please don't interact with anything that strikes you as psychologically significant. For example, if you see your parents, please punch them in the face as hard as you can and immediately run away.\\
'''Mark:''' Okay... alright, got it. If I see my dad, I'm gonna punch him in the face and then run away. Which makes sense, because he would be a zombie. [[labelnote:Explaining the joke]]His dad passed away due to cancer when he was little.[[/labelnote]]
* BlasphemousBoast: PlayedForLaughs in a promo for his podcast, ''Distractible''. Mark drops it right in the middle of his ''Videogame/{{House}}'' play through, and tells Lixian to make it big and bombastic, which he does. Then he tells him to make it blasphemous, stops and reconsiders for a moment, and then tells Lixian to go ahead and make it blasphemous. Lixian proclaims the podcast is "more entertaining than the Literature/{{Bible}}."
* BlatantLies: "Totally not afraid" of X. Running to the exit for "efficiency". "Just unlocked this door here, with a super secret code I guessed on the first try."
** ''Drunk Minecraft'' is a kid-friendly all-ages series. Just ask all the penises.
** ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}'' features the line of Nota-Pe-Nis tractors, which are most definitely specialized farming equipment and absolutely not vaguely phallic siege engines.
* BloodyHilarious: His ''Happy Wheels Highlights ''is basically Bloody Hilarious: The Series due to the creatively gory situations in which the MadeOfPlasticine characters get reduced into LudicrousGibs.
* BlueScreenOfDeath: One level in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' has him rage to a point where the video goes into a mock BSOD.
--> Markiplier.exe has stopped working
-->(
-->RAGE_MAXIMUM=YES;
-->TANTRUM: THROWN;
-->//
-->If this is the first time you've encountered this error, please restart your computer. If this error appears again, please follow these steps:
--> Remove Mario Maker game disk. Break disk in half.
* BookEnds: His ''Hotel Remorse'' video starts and ends with the presence of the creepy Woody mask on a black background.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Says [[LetsPlay/JackSepticEye "Top of the mornin' to ya, laddies!"]] often enough for this to qualify.
* BrainBleach:
** While playing ''[[VideoGame/{{Outlast}} Outlast: Whistleblower]]'', he's grossed out by an inmate aggressively masturbating over a pile of corpses. Later in the DLC, he was so disturbed by the tableau that the Groom created of "a woman giving birth" that Mark actually blurred out the scene and told viewers if they wanted to see it, they'd either have to play the game on their own, or go watch someone else's playthrough.
** In his [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys Five Nights at Fuckboy's 3 playthrough]] [[spoiler:he finds the "hydra dildo" in room 7 and begins to quip "does it have like... nine-heads and when you cut one o-" then he stops short with a vaguely disturbed look on his face and simply continues playing.]]
** Mark is quite disgusted in his first episode of ''VideoGame/{{Soma}}'' when he believes that the black fluid dripping from the machines is robot semen.
** During Claire's side of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'', Mark declares for the game to burn when he reads a file about Chief Irons saying that "[Irons] almost came" while cutting open a tiger for his taxidermy hobby. He's also grossed out when he encounters said taxidermied tiger later while looking around the office.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs:
** When playing "Cry of Fear: Halloween Collab", Mark hears a noise he's never heard before. He says "What was that!? I never heard that! It was like a frickin' bull! Or a moose! Or a moose bull! Or a boose! Or a mole! I don't know. It was something. I didn't like it."
** In his ''KOREAN [=McDonalds=] vs AMERICAN [=McDonalds=]'' video.
--> "As an American, I like a select few things: I like freedom ! I like money ! I like boobs ! I like... boob freedom, with money !"
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: His playing of [[WebVideo/{{Danisnotonfire}} Dan]] and [[WebVideo/AmazingPhil Phil]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG9_Cs0wbN0 7 second challenge]] app, which has him naming three things that will be invented come the year 3000.
-->"Hoverboards, time travel, and then.. robots you can have sex with."
* BreakTheCutie: What VideoGame/PresentableLiberty does to him. It starts normal and humorous, but gradually Mark undergoes a SanitySlippage, getting so immersed in the game that [[spoiler:the deaths of Sal and especially Charlotte]] leave him broken and empty.
--> '"I stopped ''playing'' the game and just started ''living'' it halfway through that."'
%%* BrickJoke: "[[UnstoppableRage Where's The]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJO-ZSqcjw Blacksmith?]]" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSwclpVEIso He finds it]] and [[spoiler:[[TwistEnding it turns out]] [[TomatoInTheMirror to be him all along.]]]]
* BringMyBrownPants: After encountering (and being killed multiple times by) the blind and lobotomized patient in VideoGame/NeverendingNightmares and realizing that he has to rely on his senses to attack, Mark coolly tries to play off how frightened the patient made him.
--> '''Mark:'''[[https://youtu.be/QR4ncSuuGpU?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiAUsKnPUnW43eW91huYek8_&t=599 "You didn't hear nothing. I ain't worried about nothing. You don't smell nothing. That's not poop in ''my'' pants. Who-who put all this poop in my pants?!"]]
** This exchange during his playthrough of Five Nights at Freddy's 2:
--> '''Mark:'''"I can't let Chica in here. If I die by Chica, I'm gonna literally poop my pants!" (Five seconds later, he drops the camera, and Chica's there to kill him) "HIIII, CHICA!! What the hell?!"
* BrokenRecord: He has released three videos ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQQ832etlYA "rar"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdZAnd4YVNU "BOOP SUPERJUICE"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buEAc96SuyY "RÖKNING FÖRBJUDEN"]]) that consist of a single short loop repeated over and over for 10 minutes.
** [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Gotta go fast!]] Gotta go fast! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7fpM_PyUNE Gotta go fast...]]
%%* BullyingADragon: In episode 13 of Drunk Minecraft, Mark spends a large chunk of the episode teasing Latingoddess (the server moderator) by shipping Zombiemold (Latin's boyfriend and the owner of the server) with all of his female fans. Needless to say, [[TraumaCongaLine the end result is what you'd expect.]]
* ButtonMashing: In this [[https://youtu.be/_dcmkufzLto?t=1m38s video]], he demonstrates that yes, he can button mash ''very'' fast with his mouse.
* CaptainObvious: His reaction to seeing an unmoving man covered in blood and wounds in part two of Grey was simply: "That guy is dead!"
* TheCameo: He's the announcer on the ''SMASH!'' track on Music/{{Starbomb}}'s ''Player Select'' album.
** In an example of someone appearing in his videos, [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Ar]][[WebVideo/GameGrumps in]] shows up a couple of times in the second part of his ''Sonic Dreams Collection'' playthrough. Given that he sometimes records at the Grump Office, this isn't surprising.
* CameraAbuse: "Fast.EXE" ends with Sonic Mark [[https://youtu.be/G7fpM_PyUNE?t=68 running head-on towards the camera and slamming into it.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** [[CoolChair "I got a chair!"]] in ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' and [[MakeSureHesDead "I don't trust you!"]] in VideoGame/DeadSpace. "(HOLY) BALLS!!!" in general.
** Addressing each scare as an unwanted door-to-door salesman. "''(shuddering laugh)'' "Noooo, thank you" and "I don't want any."
** "Hello, Baaaaaaaaaaaabay!" to female characters, statues, and pictures in his ''Amnesia'' playthroughs.
** "Like a boosh!", "I booosh you!" "I boooll you!" while playing box-jumping puzzles.
** "Haaaaa-biskey!" or "SHABOOSHKI!”
** He ends his video with this sentence: "Thank you all so much for watching, and as always, I will [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger SEEEE YOOOUUU]]... in the next video. BYE BYE!"
** "I'm too pro!" [[TemptingFate Almost invariably, something bad follows this statement.]]
** "SHADDAP, NURSE!" ''(apropos [[TheGhost no one in particular]])''. Spawned from his playthrough of Surgeon Simulator, he invariably says this line whenever he’s put into a doctor role.
** In Drunk Minecraft: "ZOMBIE!!!" (the owner of the server) and "Shut up, Wade!/[[BlameGame I blame Wade"]].
** "BOXES!!" whenever he spots a pile of destructible crates in a [[VideoGame/GarrysMod GMod]] horror map.
** "All right, all right, all ''riiiiiiight''."
** "[[GroinAttack Dick-punching party]]!" Said when extremely frustrated at a game's developer.
** Expect Mark to say "OW, MY ASS!" or "OW, MY PENIS/BALLS!" if he dies a rather... [[GroinAttack painful]] or [[AssShove embarrassing]] death in ''VideoGame/HappyWheels''.
** "All right, kiddies!", for whenever he's imitating Santa Claus.
** He occasionally calls monsters - such as the VideoGame/AoOni - "buttstabbers".
** "That's what she said." Spoken whenever he makes an innuendo.
** In ''Outlast'', he's taken to saying "Little piggy no no, little piggy go go home now" whenever he goes through a narrow squeeze, thanks to the [[ImplacableMan big burly guy]] calling him a "little pig" before [[DestinationDefenestration tossing him off]] a two floor ledge.
** Asking "Did I won? Diiid I woooon?" whenever game endings are unclear, not even providing AWinnerIsYou screens.
** In ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'', whenever he plays as Wheelchair Guy, he starts off by saying, "I'm just an old man!" Doubles as CaptainObvious.
** Every time he successfully accomplishes ''anything'' in ''{{VideoGame/Dishonored}}'', be it [[FlashStep teleporting behind a foe]], [[StealthExpert sneaking by a guard]], [[OneManArmy slaughtering his way through a group of enemies]], or [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking picking up a piece of bread]], he will proudly say "Like a shadow in the NIIIIGGHHT...", or "Master Assassin!"
** When figuring out game objectives, he'll usually say "I'll play your game, you ''rogue''", or "I'm picking up what you're putting down..."
** "You are so weird!" for whenever he comes across a strange person/creature repeatedly.
** Saying (or screaming, rather) "[[DrivenToMadness I'M GONNA LOSE MY MIND!]]" when he's particularly frustrated with a game, mostly when he's getting killed multiple times, very quickly.
** "I saw a shadow!/I saw something in the darkness! You can't say I didn't!/Don't tell me you didn't just see that!" usually said when he spots something moving in a dark corner, or running past him.
** When confronted with a JumpScare or other monster, he'll say "HI!" or "Hiiii." in his inimitable, exaggerated fashion.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'', his catchphrase is "If I could ''just stop'' doing X" when he's trying (and failing) to accomplish a task. "[[HughMann Normal human]]! NORMAL!" also frequently comes into play when characters’ attention are focused on him.
** "Fuck a duck!", "I'm fluuuuuubernucked!", and "I'm so boned, I'm so boned, I'm so BONED!" whenever he's screwed up.
** "What a bunch of bull!" when he dies or gets hurt in what he considers to be a bullshit way.
** "Goody-goody gumdrops!" when he does something right or something doesn't fuck up.
** "How big are your boobs?" seems to appear a lot in his play through of ''VideoGame/HuniePop''.
** "[[SelfDeprecation I could've been an engineer...]]"
** Mark tends to gush "this is SO COOL" when a game features something he's interested in, especially space. Naturally this reaches ridiculous levels when he plays ''Universe Sandbox''.
** "Once more into the breach" when it's usually after a retry or two.
** "You wanna run that by me again?" for extremely brief visual or audio events.
** "Life is ours to choose!" from ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'' is sometimes invoked in the context of living one's life to the fullest, and is quoted in his "About" description on [=YouTube=].
%%* CassandraTruth: Nobody believed Mark when he started screaming out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpL9EnN-RBQ Latin's return.]] [[spoiler:It's not until the very end of the video when she blows Mark and Yami up does anyone believe him.]]
* CensoredForComedy: The entire point of his Unnecessary Censorship videos, where he bleeps out innocent words to make them seem more dirty.
* CerebusSyndrome: The first three chapters of ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' tell a comedic story that heavily references ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''. [[spoiler:The fourth chapter is a dark GainaxEnding that kills off the FeaturelessProtagonist, and reveals the origins of [[BewareTheSillyOnes Wilford Warfstache]] and [[HumanoidAbomination Darkiplier]].]]
* ChristmasEpisode:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWIrrIFFDV8 Gary Snowy Secrets]] for Amnesia.
** Slender: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoJlZX5mG0 Christmas Special]], despite being posted in January.
** A Drunk Minecraft [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNwlIuILqeY Christmas special]], with [=FyreUK=].
* CirclingBirdies: Mark sees stars and hears tweeting birds while in a VideoGame/PunchOut parody.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mark has his moments that causes him to come up with commentary that makes no sense. It's particularly obvious whenever he's sick [[{{Determinator}} and yet makes videos anyways]] or when he's playing Google Feud.
* ClusterFBomb: Markiplier typically makes a conscious effort to use [[GoshDangItToHeck PG language]] (saying such things as "hecky-heck" or bleeping his own language), even while playing video games that qualify as an M-rating, though will start swearing (sometimes A LOT) when he gets too frustrated with glitches in the games, his inability to overcome obstacles within them, or just generally freaked out.
** His Let's Play of ''Dreadhalls'' is notable for possibly having the highest F-Bomb count in any Markiplier video to date.
** One part of his ''Surgeon Simulator 2013'' Let's Play had him so furious that he stopped playing for a moment just to let out a series of cusses.
-->''"I have to get all the fucks out."''
** On his second playthrough of ''Vapour'', he [[spoiler:dies very many times]] causing him to rage. [[spoiler:In the end, he gives us an amazing series of f-bombs, while {{Flipping the bird}} with two fingers.]]
-->'''Markiplier:''' God fuck me! God fuck it, fuck-fuck it, I dont want it! Fuck you, and fuck all of you, fuck you to hell, FUCK OOOOOFFFF!
** A sudden unexpected [[https://youtu.be/HiJJjIGDGII?t=35m5s facehugger out of nowhere]] prompts another one near the end of ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation''. Mainly because he hadn't saved in a bit and had to repeat things in order to get back to where he was.
** One of the {{Animated Adaptation}}s of his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' play through highlights a somewhat creative string of you, fuck, and "fucky".[[note]]'''Markiplier:''' Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck! Fucky, fucky, fucky YOU![[/note]]
** His first playthrough of ''Depth'', due to combining his dislike for the ocean and especially sharks, is close to 20 minutes of Mark delivering rapid fire "fucks" as he tries to survive the onslaught (by one viewer's count, nearly 106 fucks).
** Basically any game with jump-scares or "rage" games (like ''I Am Bread'' or ''Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy'') promises TONS of profanity from Mark as he shits himself either in fear or in frustration.
*** [[https://youtu.be/BEY39Ekth30?t=13m27s Case in point.]]
* CompanionCube:
** In the ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' custom story ''A Late Night Drink'', Mark finds a tiny version of the normal wooden box and [[CutenessProximity grows fond of it]], calling it Tiny Box Tim. He gets separated from it later on, much to his sorrow, and when he finally crosses paths with the tiny box once again near the end of the story, [[YankTheDogsChain he's unable to pick it up.]] Tiny Box Tim has since become a recurring "character" in any of his Let's Plays of ''Amnesia'' custom stories, and a familiar sidekick showing up in the gifts his fans send him, including many fan-created Markiplier games.
** In his Let's Play of ''The Forest'', he is attacked by a female native who he kills and accidentally dismembers, grabbing hold of one of her arms. He quickly discovers the arm to be a powerful and easy way to clear out branches and vegetation, adopting it and calling it "Armanda." He even starts freaking out when he thinks he's lost the arm.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', he names the four building robots Jeffrey, [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Samwise]], Billy and Marshal, saying they're his sons, presumably with his computer "wife" [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Karen]].
** In ''VideoGame/FireWatch'', he gives the forest ranger cutout Forrest Byrnes a demonic personality and seems saddened when he isn't able to take him with him and accidentally throws him down a cliff.
** ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' has Mark develop an obsession with a bear pelt hat he wears starting from part 10 of his playthrough and ends up developing [[BerserkButton an irrational hatred]] against [=NPCs=] [[RummageSaleReject questioning Arthur's clothing]] (at one point [[DisproportionateRetribution knocking one out]]) and against story missions forcing Arthur to wear something else.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' has the Crystal Dimitrescu be this for him in that he refuses to utterly sell it and wanted to get through [[HauntedHouse House]] [[CreepyDoll Beneviento]] as quick as possible so it would reappear in his inventory again. He also believes in HesJustHiding even though she literally crumbled to dust after her boss fight... and still holding what's essentially her SoulJar!
%%* ComicalAngryFace: From about 20:32 to 21:02 of his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7ObQS5CxI video]] of the Cry of Fear mod The Stairway.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' he sees the check after completing five nights and presumes that the date is the main character's birthday. It takes him the next video to realize [[spoiler:it's a sign that the game's actually a prequel.]]
* CoolChair: Makes frequent use of and references to these during ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' and its subsequent Mods as a useless weapon/security blanket against the unkillable monsters featured in the games.
-->'''Markiplier:''' I have a chair! Yeah! You didn't like it last time! [-You'll like it even less this time. 'Cuz it's goin up yo butt.-] [[AssShove Whole chair, up yo butt!]]
* {{Corpsing}}: InUniverse. In his [[https://youtu.be/0APwKHtdMCY World's 2nd Quietest Let's Play]], he realizes that he can't whisper his Santa voice without breaking down laughing.
* CurbStompBattle: PlayedForLaughs in his Lichtspeer video, where it's him with the titular weapon vs a whole crowd of people with "[[LaserBlade light whips]]" (glowsticks) [[spoiler:It's essentially an anti-climactic line-up as they all take turns getting stabbed one at a time.]]
* CurseCutShort: The second episode of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/IAmBread'' features this, plus a [[SmashToBlack Smash to Kitten Mark]] after Mark fails to climb over a duvet in the bedroom level, hits his RageBreakingPoint and begins [[DieChairDie smashing his controller]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_L_a0U1jQ in a fit of serious rage]].
--->'''Mark''': "[[TranquilFury I don't care. I really don't care.]] [[RageBreakingPoint I just don't- I don't wanna play this anymore-]] [''[[PercussiveTherapy begins smashing controller]], starts [[SuddenlyShouting shouting]]''] [[{{Angrish}} I FUCK,]] '''[[CurseCutShort FU-]]'''"
* CutawayGag:
** When enraged by ''Amnesia: A Late Night Drink'', Mark takes a break to calm himself down. During this break, he cuts to images of kittens.
** He also makes multiple kitten-scenes when climbing the octopus in ''Octodad''. However, even the kitten-scenes become increasingly traumatizing the more frustrated he grows.
* CutenessProximity: His response to finding a tiny version of the wooden box in the [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent Amnesia]] custom story ''A Late Night Drink'', whom he names Tiny Box Tim. This also happened when he did his ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'' video when he encounters the perpetually joyful and carefree slimes.
** It's touched upon in his video of the Markiplier mod for ''VideoGame/DontStarve'', explaining that he has a tendency to become fascinated by tiny versions of normal objects (like baby shoes, for example).
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Mark beginning to realize the stalker with VaderBreath is SCP-106. "He's gonna ''get'' me and... bite my nipples off!"
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* DeadpanSnarker: Common to most LetsPlay videos, Markiplier is humorously underwhelmed by the lack of logic that motivates the storyline, making aside comments to defuse the tension and point out cliches in games.
* DeconstructorFleet: "A Heist With Markiplier" takes normal, cliché horror, drama, and thriller genres and subverts or destroys the definition of them. For example, a zombie apocalypse can be defined as desperate for someone else to bond with them; the set is manipulated in the film itself; obvious fallacies in a defining genre's plots are made note of.
* DelayedReaction: During his let's play of ''VideoGame/TheCrookedMan'', it took him about a second to realize that the Crooked Man is standing behind him in one segment. He promptly lets out a terrified shriek upon the realization.
** A better example is when he played the demo version of ''It Moves''. It took him a while before he realized that there was a red face getting more visible during the Labyrinth section.
* DerangedParkRanger: In his let's play of ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'', he envisions the wooden cutout of park ranger mascot Forrest Byrnes as a loud-mouthed lunatic raving about the oncoming end.
--> '''Markiplier as Forrest Byrnes''': "''HELLO! HI FRIEND! HOW'S IT GOING!? DEATH ONLY AWAITS YOU IN HERE! WATCH OUT FOR FIRES! DON'T BE SWIMMING NAKED WITH FIREWORKS, OR I'LL COME FIND YOU!''"
* DespairEventHorizon: Part 13 of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' has him end up making a choice to "Investigate Voice" with Ashley. [[spoiler:This results in Ashley getting her head torn off by a Wendigo.]] Mark leaves the screen, screaming in frustration, then returns, burying his face in the back of his chair, along with several {{Big No}}s. He even plays through the entire game again just to avoid the outcome, complete with an AtomicFBomb.
** Mark almost has another one in the same playthrough when [[spoiler:Mike]] dies in the final action sequence because Mark thought not moving was the correct solution. It wasn't. But, before the game can save, Mark quits to the title screen and reloads the game.
* {{Determinator}}: Mark has shown time and time again that he hates giving up on finishing games or looking at walkthroughs, since he's determined to prove that he can figure things out himself. If he ever looks at a guide, it's because he's ''really'' stuck.
** Despite how much the game frustrates or scares him, Mark is determined to beat Vanish, even though the game appears to be equally determined to never let him win. Eventually, after nine videos plus hours of playthroughs that we never saw, he finally succeeded.
** The same can be said for his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. He spends seven hours offscreen attempting to beat "4/20 mode" (the hardest custom difficulty possible) until he finally wins. Exaggerated with him doing the same with the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 sequel]], where he plays the Golden Freddy mode, AKA 10/20, for ''nine hours straight''.
** Mark displays his amazing staying power in the fifth episode of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/BenAndEd'', where he attempts to do an [[https://youtu.be/nBos5axGbtE?t=805 incredibly difficult jump course]] in Level 10. The level in question is optional, and within the level, said jump puzzle is also optional. Mark nevertheless tried for ''two and a half hours'' to finish one relatively short challenge. He nevertheless gets infuriated due to [[FakeDIfficulty the game's strange, difficult physics engine and poor, unreliable lighting.]]
** Then there's the part where he solos two levels of ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'', a game meant to be played with ''four people''. Take note, the game is already NintendoHard even with four players. Obviously it took him hours to finish those levels through trial and error but he just won't quit.
** Naturally, though, his crown jewel is ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy''. No matter how angry, annoyed, or spiteful he becomes, Mark will beat it. Not even losing his original save file deters him from the game.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: ''VideoGame/UntilDawn Animated'' has Mark casually slap a wendigo in the face while [[spoiler:retrieving Ashley's body.]]
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Invoked when Markiplier encounters Springtrap; he tries to survive by making friendly Chit-chat with him. It doesn't last, but it does stall for quite a while.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: in ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', he builds "Big Box Barry" in waters that are too shallow for her, causing her to list to the side after building. He [[BadBoss berates one of his "sons"]] ([[CompanionCube the building robots]]) for [[NeverMyFault building it wrong]].
* DieChairDie: When playing an ''Amnesia'' custom story, Markiplier will usually make sure to smash any of the small glass display cases lying around.
* {{Dissimile}}: Mark describes ''A Good Husband'' during part one of its playthrough:
-->'''Mark:''' It's kinda like ''VideoGame/TheSims''... except not at all like ''The Sims'', because it's not at all like that.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Quite a lot in ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' -- when he first sees Lola in a bikini, he spends about a minute screaming.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** In the bloopers for "DARKIPLIER vs ANTISEPTICEYE", Mark has difficulty saying his lines when he realises how many of them sound like he's hitting on Jack.
** In Mark's third video for ''Sort The Court'', his inability to "Say no to Magic" each time it is offered to him, despite it constantly giving him bad luck, comes off as very reminiscent of someone with a drug or gambling addiction, something he eventually acknowledges.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: He practically waves his hands and dances in front of SCP-096, then barricades himself behind three doors to see if it gives chase. [[TheJuggernaut Yep]].
-->'''Mark:''' ''[wiggles eyebrows]'' ...Is he coming after me? YEAH HE'S COMIN AFTER ME! AAAAGGGH ''[ripped to shreds]''
** He has a bad habit of doing this to the Evil Monkeys in ''Dark Deception''.
---> '''Mark:''' I know I shouldn't mess with them, but they're so much fun to mess with.
--->[Later On]
--->'''Mysterious Voice:''' Run, they're right behind you!
--->'''Mark:''' SHADDUP he's not right behin- OHGODHE'SRIGHTBEHINDME
** A strange example, but in ''One Night at Flumpty's'', Mark sees Grunkfuss the Clown in his office, and scared of the jumpscare that he thinks is coming very soon, he taunts Grunkfuss by saying this-
---> '''Markiplier:''' ''[playfully]'' N-nothing can happen to ''[Birthday Boy Blam attacks]'' [[HellIsThatNoise MEEeeEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!]] AAH FUUUCK!! '''[[TheFriendNobodyLikes WHAT WAS THAT?]]'''"
* DontCelebrateJustYet: In Part 9 of his ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' playthrough, Mark discovers the bear hat you can collect from the Legendary Bear pelt. Absolutely delighted at the discovery, he rides off into the hills.
--> '''Mark''': Cause number one, things [[BornUnlucky never work out for me like this]]! Things [[InstantlyProvenWrong absolutely never 100% work out for me like this]], so to have just, this... fall in my lap where I ''have'' the bear pelt ''already'', the trapper's got it, I get my hat, that's all I ''[[[KilledMidsentence rides horse over a cliff]]]'' wa- wa- [[BigNo NO!]] WAIT! NO! [[BigOMG OH GOD]]!
* DoubleTake: During his ''VideoGame/AoOni'' playthrough, after spending quite some time stuck on a puzzle and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKaFnTa0D0M#t=236 finally, proudly, passing it]].
-->''[While going to a locked door he'd just found a key for]''
-->'''Mark:''' Okay sorry I get way too excited about this sort of stuff. I never get these puzzles right, so you gotta give me credit when I get it! And I get it good, ''yeah''. Sorry, little too excited. Little too excited!
-->''[When attempting to enter a door that had previously opened with no problem, and finding it's now locked]''
-->'''Mark:''' Little too excited! Everyone was else was probably- Wait what?
-->''[The titular monster appears right on cue]''
* DrinkingGame: The ''Drunk Minecraft'' series, where Mark and his two real life friends Bob and Wade drink alcohol while playing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. HilarityEnsues. For a drinking game within a drinking game, take a shot every time a reference is made to ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''.
** For his Website/YouTube channel in general: take a shot for every video that has the words "scariest game ever" (or a variation thereof) in the title.
* DrJerk: This is how he portrays himself when playing ''Surgeon Simulator''. He's constantly yelling at his "nurse", and the way he treats his patients could be considered MeatgrinderSurgery... except calling it "surgery" is probably being generous.
* {{Eagleland}}: In his eighth Vanish playthough, he passes a lot of the time by recounting the history of America to his viewers.
-->'''Mark:''' We Americans like coffee. We dip our hamburger and donuts into coffee every morning and then we drink that, and then we pray to the American flag, which has a big middle finger on it, by the way...
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** His first batch of videos didn't use a facecam. Since Mark's reactions are considered one the best things about him, it makes watching his earliest videos feel very strange.
** In the early days, Mark was significantly more panicky when it came to reacting to horror games, and his jokes were more subdued and grounded compared to the bombastic and zanier tone he would adopt later on.
** Mark's voice initially had a more Midwestern accent during the channel's early days, due to him living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Midway in 2014, the Midwest aspects of his voice faded away, as he ended up moving to California.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Invoked; Mark got right up to the final area of ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'', but then ended his playthrough, saying that because he hadn't earned it legitimately (the game was still incomplete at the time and he had to use console commands to progress) any ending he got would be hollow and meaningless. [[SequelHook However, he did promise to pick the game back up once it's officially released]].
* EldritchAbomination: The wool statues that he, Bob and Wade created in the now discontinued ''Drunk Minecraft'' series can count as this, though it's always PlayedForLaughs.
* EmptyRoomPsych: Lampshaded by Mark after running into another room with nothing but creepy dolls in Neverending Nightmares.
* EpilepticTrees: [[invoked]]In Markiplier's explanation of his video "DAMIEN", he mentions that his viewers have a tendency to miss questions that he felt should be obvious in favor of over-analyzing smaller details.
-->'''Markiplier:''' ...This is what I mean when "People focus on the nuances". People worry about what the voices are saying. They're not worried about ''why'' you're hearing voices. [...] They skate right over, they're like "Oh yeah, of course there would be voices in that void. I've been in voids before..."
* EpicFail: A lot of his ''Happy Wheels highlights'' highlight these moments, especially the assassin levels where he somehow manages to kill himself a bunch of times, but never the target.
** Of course, bad enough when he manages to stab himself in the head a few times. But repeatedly stabbing yourself in the ''ass''?
** ''Especially'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSfikrbLV4&t=2m26s this moment]] where the most damage he does to the target is knock him over.
** Not to mention the running gag of his accidentally decapitating himself on pogo levels. Just normal levels, not traps or explosives.
** In ''VideoGame/PropHunt'' video 13 he manages to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VObP-Kv-4s&t=10m die]] ''before the round starts''. [[ExaggeratedTrope Twice]].
** During ''The Impossible Quiz'' he opted to use a skip on a question that could never be gotten wrong.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}'', he ended up wandering around for several minutes (even adding in a JumpCut to cut out even more wandering) when all he had to do was jump up to a small ledge. He immediately [[HeroicSelfDeprecation called himself out on it]].
** In Ross' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' level, he managed to [[https://youtu.be/m1l3nYSdyIA?t=11m27s completely screw up]] a puzzle by putting a spring in an awkward position, causing the shell to fall off the platform and screw his chances of beating it. Mark immediately suffered a HeroicBSOD as a result of his screw up.
** In ''Dead by Daylight'', after Mark warns Wade about a bear trap by him, Mark proceeds to step into that same trap. He runs into another trap shortly after.
** In ''Trouble in Terrorist Town'', after failing to kill the traitor and getting killed himself multiple times, Mark gets fed up and goes for the kill-them-all approach. The end result? He ends up killing the only two innocents (besides himself) before being gunned down by the traitors.
** In ''Golf With Your Friends'', he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq2wrJvT_C4&t=10m38s completely missed]] one of the game's most basic elements (the power bar) because his microphone was in the way and didn't realize until Wade mentioned the bar while giving the others advice. The guys tease him about this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvEq-fHhlI for a while]].
** In ''Hand Simulator'', he, LetsPlay/JackSepticEye and Pokimane play the ''Grenade Toss'' game. Mark accidentally blows himself up ''nine times in a row''. It isn't until Seán tells him to let go of the grenade that [[TooDumbToLive Mark realizes his mistake]]... Before Mark kills himself once more.
-->'''Pokimane:''' [[ARareSentence This feels weird to say]], but you're really good at killing yourself.\\
'''Mark:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Thank you. Thank you.]]
* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In his 'reaction compilation' videos, the subtitles often simply revert to question marks, a cascade of letters, or the word 'derp'.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Mark obviously does not like [[VideoGame/MadFather Dr. Drevis]], especially as the game is winding down. He wonders why the doctor would cheat on his wife when she's very attractive and very loving and devoted. He even becomes disgusted with him wanting to [[spoiler:turn his daughter into a doll and wanting her to be "ripe enough". His treatment towards Maria is even worse and Mark voices his disapproval of it.]]
** He's very disgusted by [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs David the cannibal leader]]. He's obviously not very keen of cannibalism, but he's downright furious with David using this as a means to keep a whole village alive, especially since women and children live there. What makes him hate David even more is his interest in a [[{{Ephebophile}} fourteen-year-old girl]].
** He reaches the good ending of ''VideoGame/{{Misao}}'' and is disgusted by what the villains did to the titular character.
* EvilLaugh: Sometimes does this, such as in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887Ctfk5rSY&t=14m this video]], when he accidentally kills a patient in ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'' and goes a little crazy, pretending to be a DeadlyDoctor..
** He also frequently does this while playing ''VideoGame/HappyWheels''' Kill Them All levels.
** In [[https://youtu.be/dn-ZrC-R-AU?t=3m40s his playthrough of Sonic Dreams Collection]], after creating his OriginalCharacter in the character creator, he tries to position it, causing it to glitch around. Markiplier pretends to be the character, giving it a demonic voice and a creepy laugh, followed by a {{Beat}} and Mark saying, in his normal voice, "[[MoodWhiplash Okay...]]"
* EyeScream: The ''Watson-Scott Test'' asks a question where every possible answer ends in being specifically stabbed "in the eyes" -- the first three (come what may) by the mysterious narrator, the fourth by "yourself". Mark selects the fourth, then proposes "stabbing" himself "in the eyes, with the reverse of the knifes, so the blades are poking up, and when you try to stab me, I stab you ''with my eyes''."
* FailedASpotCheck:
** Mark fails to notice on-screen prompts and hints quite often in his Let's Play of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3''.
** In Part 4 of ''VideoGame/AoOni'', he manages to miss [[spoiler:a hanging body]], as he's more focused on solving a puzzle at the time. It's only after it [[spoiler:hits the ground]] that he notices it.
** In Part 2 of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', he begins the fourth day listening to the starting phone conversation as per usual. Unfortunately, he becomes so interested in it that he completely forgets to check any part of the building and defend himself, in a game about checking parts of the building so he can defend himself. [[spoiler:Needless to say, he's killed before the phone conversation even ends when Foxy sprints into the office.]]
** A particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example occurs when he plays ''{{VideoGame/Monstrum}}.'' Mark hears the monster stomping around a floor above him, but when the footsteps fade away for a brief period, he assumes he's safe and launches into his usual amused ramblings. When you watch the video, you can actually hear the monster stomping up to him and ''see the light flickering off of him,'' but Mark is too busy [[MotorMouth talking to the ceiling to notice.]] Amusingly, the monster waits for Mark to stop speaking before ''roaring right into his ear, making him freak out.''
** In ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'', he somehow manages to miss picking up the Agony Crossbow (a silent and very versatile weapon) ''multiple times'' throughout his playthrough, ironically complaining about the lack of a crossbow whenever he picks up various types of bolts for it. It takes him until ''part 7'' of his playthrough to finally get one, and only because it was well lit and easily noticeable that time around. Similarly, he fails to notice that there are options for upgrading Sebastian's maximum sprint time, all the while cursing every time he has to take a breather after jogging for 3 seconds.
** In ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'', he frequently misses key interactions with objects on his first pass, causing him to spend excessive amounts of time solving even relatively simple puzzles. Partially [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to the game developers making objects fit so well into the background that you often won't know you can click on something until the prompt appears.
** DoubleSubverted in the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' livestream. Mark noticed Alphys [[spoiler:giving you the correct answers]] during Mettaton's quiz... but he and Tyler ignored it when Mettaton started trolling them.
** In his ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'' playthrough, he rushes through Specimen 8's room so fast that he fails to notice the monster at all. He then manages to remain completely oblivious to Specimen 8 chasing him, in spite of the monster's telltale InterfaceScrew and creepy chase theme.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption:
** ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}'' for the longest time, though he did eventually beat it after nine episodes and [[{{Determinator}} hours of unrecorded gameplay]]. The experience still haunts him, two years later.
** ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds'' is rapidly becoming this. Six episodes in and he hasn't beaten the game once, even on Easy Mode.
** To date, Mark has failed ''every single one'' of his "Try Not to Laugh" challenge videos. Mark justifies it as him being "a giggly bitch" - indeed, he tends to laugh easily and has difficulty suppressing it.
*** He finally succeeded at "winning" the challenge in late October 2019...if you discount the part where [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he gets up and runs into his closet while giggling]] after watching a woman describe how she mistook a dead body in a ditch for a mannequin, [[DissonantSerenity and then asking her audience how they think she looks shortly afterwards]].
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Has one of these in his playthrough of ''Five Nights At Freddy's 4'' during the cutscene that shows [[spoiler: The Bite]]; right before it happens, his jaw drops as if he realizes what he's about to see.
* FlatWhat: Has a visual reaction upon finding the "Dancing Room" in ''The Darkest Words''.
* FlippingTheBird:
** Done in ''Vapour'' when he decides to RageQuit.
** Also in "F*ck This Game", where he dances with middle fingers out on the bottom left.
** "OCULUS RIFT FAIL" ends with him doing this with both hands after getting a [[GroinAttack vicious kick to the groin]].
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: This is somewhat the case with his brother Tom. While Tom acts more mature, Mark acts more silly. This can be seen in their VideoGame/OrcsMustDie 2 Let's Play. Also, Mark likes to tease Tom occasionally. In his VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Let's Play, Mark makes fun of furries... His brother writes a fairly famous furry webcomic.
* ForegoneConclusion: The ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5H7HqayshM fail compilation.]] The whole point of that video is to show a couple of different ways Markiplier lost in [[ThatOneLevel 4/20]] [[HarderThanHard Mode]].
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Parodied in the ''Sonic.exe'' playthrough.
-->''Don't turn around; that thing standing directly behind you will just get pissed off.''
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: In his ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' videos with other Youtubers, [[LetsPlay/MangaMinx Minx]] is everyone's go-to ButtMonkey as they repeatedly accuse her of being the traitor. At one point, Mark leaps to his death and tells everyone Minx murdered him (on no basis whatsoever), who amusingly turned out to be the actual traitor. [[spoiler:Subverted, it was Spoon who was actually the traitor but from Mark's POV, it did look like it was Minx.]]
--> '''Mark:''' Minx didn't ''actually'' kill me, but boy you guys really went for it!
* FreezeFrameBonus: In his first ''Dungeon Nightmares'' playthrough, when a skeleton falls all of a sudden, there's a text reading: "OMG u so handsome" appearing over it. It's quite easy to miss if you freak out.
** Also a lot of compilation videos with in-video subtitles have - at times - small text appear for a split second, making it sometimes a rally for commenters on who can list all the "secret" gags first.
* FreudianSlip:
** From one of his ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' custom story videos:
---> '''Mark:''' My mouth is just watering at the thought of that giant juicy sausage! Can't wait for the flavour to blow in my mouth. ''[{{beat}}]''' ''Explode'' in my mouth. Wait, what am I talking about? Wait a minute!
** Says the following [[https://youtu.be/wDjjgmHWWkk?t=5832 during a livestream]] of ''[[VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack Jackbox Party Pack 6]]'', which leaves even himself confused:
---> '''Announcer:''' Uh oh, here comes trouble!\\
'''Mark:''' Here comes trouble in the shape of '''my ass!''' ''[shakes head and laughs]'' I don't know what that means... I don't know what that means, but you should feel threatened!
* FriendToAllLivingThings: During his ''VideoGame/{{Firewatch}}'' playthrough. Mark claims that back when he was a child, he fancied himself as this; of course, that turned out not to be true.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: One of his ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' videos has a small ad appearing on the corner of screen that has Wilfred Warfstache doing a silent promotion for a game show called "Disc of Wealth". This {{foreshadow|ing}}s the "Markiplier TV" skit in which Warfstache hosts said game show.
* FunWithSubtitles: His first video for ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' has his introduction subtitled in Japanese before aping the opening to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
** Happens to great comic effect throughout his ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' reaction compilations.
* GeekPhysique: [[AvertedTrope Nope]], he's got a healthy amount of muscle. Especially in his arms.
--> '''[[ShirtlessScene Mark]]:''' ''Who the hell're you calling '''girrrly''', boy!?''
* GenreSavvy: Tends to quickly figure out how to avoid monsters in the games he plays. And usually can tell [[ThisIsGonnaSuck when things are going to get scary very fast]]. He's also able to pick out suspicious places and people very quickly in games, which is particularly amusing when [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight the non-suspicious person he off-handedly said was probably evil turns out to be evil after all]].
** In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' he figures out pretty quickly some of the reveals, particularly [[spoiler:the detective main character having a DarkAndTroubledPast, the entire game being a shared dream, and the villain's plan being GrandTheftMe]].
*** In addition, during the final battle, he runs out of ammo and dies. As the game buffers for him to try again, he says, "It's a {{rule of three}}; you're supposed to get three shots on him! That's, like, that's like the thing!"
** He pays attention to who has VideoGame/{{Misao}}'s body parts and is able to reach the good ending by [[spoiler:killing Mr. Sohta, who had a connection to her hands, instead of Tohma, who had no body parts.]]
** In his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough, [[spoiler:he correctly guesses that the psycho that made death traps was Josh within seconds of seeing him.]]
*** [[spoiler:Too bad he was GenreBlind when it came to [[SchmuckBait Ash]][[OffWithHisHead ley]]...]]
** In his ''VideoGame/Prey2017'' playthrough, he figures out the biggest plot twist of the game that [[spoiler:he was [[TomatoInTheMirror a Mimic]]]] half an hour in his ''first episode''.
** In his playthrough of ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew'', he figures out that [[spoiler: Arthur stole Percy's ID instead of just lying about his age right after he sees the hallucination of the Bobby who calls Arthur Percival.]]
** The second he lays eyes on [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Monika]], he suspects that she's either going to be the first to die or turn out to be evil. [[spoiler:Later, as early as Act One, he susses that Monika is manipulating things behind the scenes, but he's not sure what her motive would be.]]
** As early as part 5 of his ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' playthrough, Mark guesses correctly that [[spoiler:one of Herr Strauss's debtors infects Arthur with tuberculosis by coughing in his face]] mere minutes after said spoilered event happens. Bonus points with how subtle the connection is (to the point where most players would need [[RewatchBonus another playthrough to put two and two together]]). He even made the guess completely nonchalantly to boot! Ironically, Mark completely forgets about this moment by the time he reaches chapter 6, wondering if [[spoiler:the start of Arthur's IncurableCoughOfDeath is [[WrongGenreSavvy just him having a cold]]]].
** Any horror game he plays where he gets a tutorial on how to run is always given the response of "Why do I need to run?" [[spoiler: many horror games don't tell you how to run until it's the first time you need to run from something]]
* GhostlyAnimals: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Xb-DtuZAk short video]] features "Ghost Dog", which is a (supposedly) ghostly version of Mark's dog Chica floating through a graveyard.
* GilliganCut: In ''Five Nights at Freddy's: the Lost Episode'', Mark does one of these.
-->'''Mark:''' I'll be fine. So long as something hasn't changed, I'm good.\\
''[Fade out. Fade in]''\\
'''Mark:''' ''[nervously]'' Oooookay, something changed.
** Another of these happens in the Golden Freddy Mode of ''FNAF Sister Location''.
--->'''Mark:''' Without further ado, I'm going to be trying Very Hard Mode, and let's see how long it takes. It is currently Tuesday, December 20th. It is now 12:36 PM. I'm going to let you know the exact time that I am done. Ready? Here we go.\\
''[A few seconds of intense game play is shown. We suddenly cut back to the level select menu with Mark now wearing different clothes.]''\\
'''Mark:''' Hi. It's now day two.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Mark and Bob tease Wade in this way during Drunk Minecraft, tying in with his being the group's ButtMonkey. Subverted if you watch Wade's videos, where his girlfriend Molly is a presence in several of his [=LPs=], most prominently ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'' and his own Minecraft videos.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Most of the time, Mark keeps the language PG-13 and tries not to outright curse if he can help it, with the exception of loud freak-out reactions. When he starts dropping {{Cluster F Bomb}}s repeatedly, he's really unnerved or angry.
** A couple of Super Mario Maker videos have him donate money to charity, with $100 added for every time he swears.
* GratuitousGerman: During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', he repeatedly says, "Scheiße" (crap/shit).
* GroinAttack: In "OCULUS RIFT FAIL", someone records Mark playing a Rift game while standing up and talking to his audience, only for another person to run up and give him an almighty kick to his nads. Mark is cut off mid-sentence, drops his controller, and promptly crumples to the ground in pain. [[FlippingTheBird And then flips them off.]]
* SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: In-universe. When he likes a game he is playing, he doesn't hesitate to compliment it and even explains his reasons for liking it.
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* HamToHamCombat: He attempts to out-ham the Stanley Parable narrator, directing insults at him and generally refusing to go along with his place.
* HeelRealization: He has one at the end of ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'', where he literally spends about a minute in total silence after finding out that [[spoiler:he was playing Ellen the Witch and he was fighting the ''real'' Viola.]]
** A more lighthearted example is mentioned in ''Cuphead'', where (on account of figuring out how ''not'' to set off the balloons), he "realizes" he was just running through a carnival shooting at random, [[AndThatsTerrible and that is bad]]. (A later enemy gets him saying that ''they're'' the "murderer" here; that wasn't him...)
* HellIsThatNoise: [[invoked]] SCP-173's music cue whenever he's in the vicinity. Somewhere.
--->"WHAT? WHY IS THERE IS THERE MUSIC?!"
* HeroicBSOD: When going through his first let's play of Slender: The Arrival, Markiplier was foiled by the proxy in chapter 3 just as he was about to escape via the mine-shaft elevator, sending him into a screaming mess. The next time, he manages to get to the elevator and up the shaft before this can happen again, and everything seems okay with the level effectively over. Then a bug in clipping issues when stepping off the elevator platform towards the exit sends the player character plummeting to their death. Mark is so utterly shocked and unprepared for what is quite possibly the most epic unintentional "screw you" destiny could ever give a gamer, that his commentary stops in its tracks, as does his ability to even use facial expressions as he stares blankly at the screen for the next fifteen to twenty seconds in absolute silence, un-moving.
** His playthrough of ''VideoGame/MadFather'' featured a puzzle where he had to recreate a murder scene. He used the mini-chainsaw on the "terribly frightened" girl in the puzzle room, causing the girl to explode into bloody pieces. Mark sat, unmoving, with his mouth hanging open for a good five seconds.
** Both monsters from his ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}'' playthroughs (of the two he's seen so far, anyway) have caused him to FreakOut followed by a HeroicBSOD, due to ''how badly he was caught off guard.''
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'', when [[spoiler:the bite incident occurs after the fifth night]], Mark can do nothing but stare in open-mouthed horror for almost twenty seconds. Even after he recovers, he's still visibly disturbed for the rest of the video.
** When he accidentally gets Ashley killed in Until Dawn by forgetting that [[spoiler:a wendigo can mimic human voices]], he covers his eyes with his arms for a good twenty seconds before removing his headphones and walking offscreen to scream out his frustration. The saddest part is he remembers this vital information ''the second'' he screws up and can't go back.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Mark will occasionally point out moments that he FailedASpotCheck, or otherwise couldn't figure out a relatively obvious solution to a puzzle. The most notable of these moments was during a playthrough of ''{{VideoGame/Outlast}}'', where he spent a good few minutes wandering around, only to find that [[EpicFail he only needed to jump up a small gap]], which caused Mark to declare himself "the biggest idiot who ever lived." Even worse is that Mark added in a JumpCut to cut out even more pointless wandering around.
** Mark will even express disappointment in himself if he takes a while to figure out any puzzle, even if his method of figuring it out was actually quite clever or not the most straightforward way. Expect the comments section to express amazement when this happens (if the puzzle was particularly frustrating for a lot of people).
* HilarityEnsues: Every. Single. Drunk Minecraft. Especially when they have a serious objective in mind. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUPY75g177M This]] one in particular has them try to build Smokey the Bear. It turns out as... uh... just watch it.
-->'''Wade:''' Why do we try to build things? They NEVER turn out right!
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: During Mark's playthrough of A Late Night Drink, Mark spends 15-20 minutes searching for 4 keys in a library. He pulled out books for 20 whole minutes. One key was behind a candlestick NEXT to some books, but other than that, Mark needlessly pulled out books for 20 whole minutes. He eventually did recognize it as his own failure when he included it in one of his compilations, putting arrows pointing to the keys everytime one is in-frame to show how obviously he missed some of them (specifically the key next to the statue).
* HollywoodToneDeaf: [[https://youtu.be/epHaAsW0m2Q?t=5m25s His "attempt" at singing in this video]] fits the bill, especially considering Mark has shown to be capable of singing very well.
* HopeSpot: Mark very, ''very'' narrowly escapes being mauled by [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy]] on his first night, and celebrates accordingly... before being immediately reminded he has four[[note]][[spoiler:actually six]][[/note]] more days to go.
-->'''Mark:''' Oh no... ohnononono... ''[Freddy Appears]'' '''[[VerbalTic HI!]]''' OH GODDAMNIT! HOW'RE YA DOIN!? [6 A.M.] Did I make it...? I MADE IT! YEAH-HAH! [2nd Night] Ohgodnotagain...
** Oh, and then there was the infamous moment in ''VideoGame/{{Vanish}}'', where he got the keys, found the door, unlocked the door... and was killed before being able to leave.
** In part 6 of ''Amnesia: Killings in Aldstadt'', Mark is tormented by a [[BrokenRecord neverending loop]] of the shop theme from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' produced by a soundtrack bug, and tries to end it all by [[DrivenToSuicide repeatedly jumping off a tall balcony]]. When he goes up the stairs to do it again, the loop stops... '''only to start all over again'''.
* TheHyena: In his own words he is "a giggly bitch by nature."
* HypocriticalHumor: In one of the VideoGame/GarrysMod horror maps Mark ran with Yamimash, he takes a second to good-naturedly mock a "bananus buttsex" poster, saying "We'll stick with our highbrow humor." He then turns on noclip and [[ToiletHumor proceeds to fart his way across the map]].
* IdiotBall: ''Alien: Isolation'' gives the player a tool to track the motion of enemies: the aptly-named "motion tracker". Despite this, multiple times in Markiplier's playthrough (especially in the final third of the game) he'll forget about this '''crucial gameplay tool''' and instead cower in fear in a dark corner calling out, "Is someone there?!" or "Where did you go?!" to the [=NPCs=]. While it's true that an enemy can hear the tracker's beeping, and that might have influenced his decision to not use it, testing it out would have revealed they can only hear it if you're close enough to give them a rectal exam, not fifteen feet away.
%%* IdiotHero: [[HeroicSelfDeprecation At least as far as he's concerned]].
* IHatePastMe: In part 17 of "Afraid of Monsters" Mark is forced to backtrack through an area he had already went through. He's forced to fight several monsters he had originally run past and wonders why he left so many. "Damn you, past me!"
* TheImmodestOrgasm: In ''Golf With Your Friends'' with Jack, Bob and Wade, Jack says "Top o the morning!" triumphantly after a good hit. Bob then asks if that's what he says when he "finishes" and then jokes that all Youtubers do that. Which cues all of them to grunt out their intros in the funniest way possible.
* {{Improv}}: For his final ''VideoGame/MadFather'', he uses a real cough for a piece of dialogue.
* InelegantBlubbering: His first run-in with SCP-106, aka "Radical Larry" resulted in this.
** Now with subtitles, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_GmUpy6ArA The Impossible Lets Play: Hot Sauce Challenge]].
%%** If used in fear out of anything such as an EldritchAbomination, HilarityEnsues.
* InsistentTerminology: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] during his playthrough of Huniecam Studio in order to maintain his kid friendly atmosphere. Mark repeatedly insists that the girls in the game are filming Let's Play videos, that they are going to the photo studio to make thumbnails for their Let's Plays, and that they go to the sleazy motel to search for cash under the furniture. Naturally, everything you see from the game itself makes it immediately clear what's really going on.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: On the first episode of his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' playthrough, he remarks that the first night is usually not that bad. Literally [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLAyD1R73c two seconds later]] he gets jumpscared.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: A lot of his lines tend to be very odd, but they do make sense, even [[MindScrew this]] [[BodyHorror one:]]
-->'''Markiplier''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdYqOsaNT-s&feature=youtu.be&t=5m18s "The head of my dead child is pinned to my ass!"]]
-->'''Markiplier''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSfikrbLV4&feature=youtu.be&t=4m40s "At least it's in my ass, it can't kill me if it's in my ass!"]]
* JumpCut: A RunningGag whenever he takes too long in tedious grinding or if he’s screwed something up.
* JumpScare: He falls victim to many in horror games. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i98eb1VXy4Y#t=188s And manages to pull one on us nicely.]]
** This video of ''Slender: The Nine Pages'' has Mark encounter [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M-dO7_UKhY&t=4m58s an incredibly frightening jump scare]] that greatly terrified Mark so much, it looked like it could have given him a heart attack.
** Deconstructed [[ShownTheirWork quite well]] in "Are Jumpscares Scary?"... [[spoiler:[[DeconReconSwitch Or]] [[CatScare not]].]]
** At the start of the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm0QPWVo29U Hotel Remorse]]'' video, Mark's creepy-as-all-hell Woody mask pops up all close to the camera right out of nowhere accompanied by a scream.
* KubrickStare: Invoked for two minutes and thirteen seconds in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC0xVc7Mso8 Hello Kitty Online]] episode. It's not a still photo.
* KillItWithFire: Has this reaction to one of the [[spoiler:alien's]] body parts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0juVK_vz-H0&t=3m making noises]] in ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013''.
** Similarly during his OFF playthrough, when a head starts emerging from the mouth of a Pastel Burnt.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' and ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', he ''loves'' using the flamethrower on certain enemies. Even though he's overjoyed to have this weapon on hand, he quickly learns to use it in a more controlled manner.
* LamePunReaction: In [[https://youtu.be/SQYTLccjkg4?t=62 episode 22]] of the "Try not to Laugh" series.
--> '''[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]]''': That's just a stupid boulder!\\
'''Spongebob:''' It's not just a boulder! It's a rock! ''[Spongebob hugs the rock, then [[VisualPun a political map of Iraq]] appears over it]''\\
'''Mark:''' ...I hate you.
* LargeHam: One of the appeals of watching his Let’s Plays are his hilariously exaggerated reactions to everything. Especially when he does his "[[Franchise/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]] voice".
* LaserGuidedKarma: During Mark and Bob's VideoGame/{{Rust}} playthrough, Mark killed a guy who offered to help break into a building. Mark killed him the moment he turned his back on him and it turned out that he didn't have anything of value. Later on that same player came back packing a pistol and killed Bob. [[DidntThinkThisThrough The fact that they built their home right next]] [[IdiotBall to the house they were breaking into didn't help.]]
* LaughingMad: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QopD-ap3F28 The Markiplier Land]] episode of Drunk Minecraft, where the gang (or Mark and Wade at least) are at the end of a session and a lot drunker than normal. Mark dissolves into fits of laughter half a dozen times, to the confusion of his friends, with the first one lasting almost two minutes straight.
--->'''Bob:''' What's going on with Mark?\\
'''Wade:''' I don't know. [[IThinkYouBrokeHim He broke.]]
** At the end of his VideoGame/DeadSpace2 playthrough. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQ-GkRGXmQ It even got a Highlight.]]
* LeaderWannabe: Odds are, if he's playing with other Let's Players in a team, Mark will declare himself the leader of the group, regardless if he knows the game or not.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: While he was playing ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'''s new mode ([[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Meet The Medic]]) on the birthday stream, and after finally beating it, Wade was laughing in the background at Mark taking as long as he did and almost failing. Cue an angry Mark making Wade play until he either won or failed, while he was sitting in the background with a rather funny (but angry) expression.
** While playing ''Skate 3'', Bob criticized Mark for not doing enough funny stuff. Mark hands the controller over and tells Bob to do it, if he thinks he can be funnier. The very next thing Bob does is [[https://youtu.be/FRimGHRBU64?t=2m22s run his skater into a pole]] [[GroinAttack groin-first]], which makes Mark crack up.
* TheLoad: [[invoked]] in his "VideoGame/HeaveHo Mega Episode", [[LetsPlay/LordMinion777 Wade]] is this, partially because he didn't have nearly as much playing time as Bob, Jack and Mark, who played several rounds of the game together, and partially because after a few beginners levels, they went straight to the levels ''after'' Bob, Mark and Jack had played, a major DifficultySpike for a newbie.
* LuckBasedMission: He states that he's not a fan of these in his ''Five Nights At Freddy's'' 4-20 mode video, since success in a game should be dependent on a player's skill. Note that in this specific instance, he's attempting an nigh-impossible challenge and has died to Freddy dozens and dozens of times due to random chance ''despite playing as perfectly as possible''.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Discussed. In an interview with Anthony Padilla, Mark explains the origins of his memetic crying reaction. Upon being sent a compilation of his fans thanking him for doing what he does, Mark starts crying not out of happiness but because he grew his channel from the ground up and formed a personal connection with each and every one of his earlier subscribers: [[GoneHorriblyRight now that he has become successful, he cannot form that kind of personal connection with his fans due to how many there are.]] Nevertheless, Mark still tries his best to help others out, any way he can.
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* MadnessMantra: In his penultimate Vanish video, Mark undergoes a major SanitySlippage from anger and desperation, repeating phrases over and over again, pleading with the game to just let him win.
* {{Malaproper}}:
** The most common one is Mark pronouncing the word "room" almost like "rum". He doesn't take it very well when LetsPlay/JackSepticEye [[https://youtu.be/cDIB-XKHWfs?t=510 points it out]], and he lampshades it himself at the start of his playthrough of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX0xK_6osg Run Rooms]]''.
** "Amm-ro" for "ammo," "dablit" or "dablage" for "dammit[=/=]damage" respectively.
** After a particularly hearty laugh in a ''Skate 3'' video, his lungs hurt, and he says he thinks he "tore up his areola a little". The word he's looking for is ''alveoli''.
* ManipulativeBastard: Played for laughs, but Mark's ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'' videos with other Youtubers show that he's actually pretty good at plotting to get the others to kill each other ([[ItAmusedMe even if he's not actually the traitor that round]]) when he's not too busy screwing around.
* ManlyTears: Mark has occasionally choked up on camera, especially during emotional moments in certain video games, or when talking about how honored he is by his fans. He’s also seen trying to hold back tears while talking about his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_cxoZLPyR0 friend's death.]] Contrary to what Mark hilariously insists, it doesn't take away from his manliness one bit.
* MilesGloriosus: According to his boasts, Markiplier will gloriously kick the butt of any monster he encounters. [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Just don't get him anywhere near the actual monsters]].
* MistakenForForeigner: While reading viewer comments, he [[https://youtu.be/R6EHLR6q-tM?t=4m48s came across one]] which read "Mark! Are you going to America soon?" and was completely baffled. He had been born in Hawaii and grew up in Cincinnati.
* MonsterClown: ''World's Quietest Let's Play 2 Animated'' has Mark eaten by one of these. then finds himself surrounded by clown versions of Bob, Wade, [[LetsPlay/{{Jacksepticeye}} Jack]], [[LetsPlay/PewDiePie Pewds]], and the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps''.
* MotorMouth: As a natural reaction when pants-shittingly terrified, Mark will tend to babble anything that comes to mind. The best example of this is during his ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' playthrough, he talks with the animatronic that's about to kill him like he's having a tea party.
--> "Hey, buddy! How’s it going? You wanna- you wanna get a noise? Like, over there? Like over ''there''. There’s a bunch of noises. Like, noisy noises… I heard the noisest noise I ever heard over in room 10… Is that a room, room 10? You might wanna check out room 10, because room 10, whew, boy lemme tell you all the stuff that’s in room 10…"
* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSStABDWVWU "Markiplier in Slow Motion"]], in which Mark manages to use {{overcrank}} to make the tasks of burning paper, spinning a bag of bread, and jumping on a couch all look equally badass.
** His Best Fiends trailer to promote the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTVgHSSJado charity.]] Yes, it was unnecessarily over the top.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Mark had a heartbreaking case after playing ''Ripest of Fears", a fangame dedicated to him. He realized that he's been trying so hard to get more subscribers that he's been neglecting the fans he already has. He promised to go back to how he used to be, and was desperately holding back tears at the end of the video.
** He has an in-game example for ''VideoGame/MadFather'' when he was setting up the final murder scene in the memory section. He playfully swung his mini chainsaw at the female statue only to successfully kill her. Obviously, he didn't realize this was part of the game and was just messing around.
** Another in-game example is when he played ''VideoGame/CalmTime''. He admitted that he just finished Drunk Minecraft and wasn't prepared for such a dark game. He especially felt bad for being forced to kill the only kid there.
** He slowly starts thinking this during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{Off}}''. After seeing the purified zones, he starts wondering what he's really doing. [[spoiler:Meeting the Judge after defeating Japhet, having to kill the helpless Burnt in the subway tunnel, and being forced to kill Hugo eventually make him realize that he's done '''''bad'''''...]]
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', he expresses horror over killing Mia [[spoiler:the first time.]]
--> "I was gonna run for it! I didn't want to be a part of this!"
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: When they're playing together, Bob or Wade will sometimes say "[[Film/TheRoom Oh hi, Mark]]". In one episode of ''VideoGame/TheForest'', Bob even mentions the trope by name.
* NeverMyFault: One of the running gags of Drunk Minecraft is Mark's utter refusal to accept blame for anything that goes wrong during play, preferring to blame [[ButtMonkey Wade]] for everything. Taken to silly extremes in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL4E8CE9E89554302E&v=B0mTulbBtHI this]] episode, were Mark accidently spills his drink on his keyboard, breaking it, and spends the rest of the episode running in and out trying to get a new one. An episode later, he's blaming it on Wade.
** Lampshaded by [[LetsPlay/CaptainSparklez Jordan]] on his guest appearance when he's told of this:
---> Jordan: So that's your excuse?
---> Mark: No! It's not my excuse!
* TheNicknamer: Markiplier will, on occasion, randomly nickname characters in video games things like "Billy" (that's the name given to [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-173]] as well as to the Scavenger Bots in ''VideoGame/DeadSpace3'') if he doesn't trust the character (as seen in his play-through of VideoGame/{{Penumbra}} and ''VideoGame/NightmareHouse 2'' as well as a sewer pipe he called "Jerry" in an ''Amnesia'' Mod.
** The Brute from ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' was dubbed "Mooseman" by Markiplier, mostly due to [[HellIsThatNoise the sound he makes]].
** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys "It's just not a party without my good friend]], Mr. [=BunBun=]. Or Mr. Happy Duck. Mr. Quacky Smack."
*** From the same game series, there's [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 the Marionette]], or as Mark calls it, the baby, so named because, as Mark says, "[[SurvivalMantra You don't want to wake the baby!]]"
** He also nicknamed the robots in the Vehicle Bay in ''Subnautica'' Jeffrey, Billy, Marshall, and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Samwise]], the Cyclops as ''USS F**k the Ocean'' and ''Big Box Barry'', the female AI voice is his [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants computer wife, Karen]], the P.R.A.W.N. suit is ''Mr. Fister'' and his various Seamoths are ''F**k A Duck'', ''Bubblebutt'', ''Bumblebutt'' and ''Bubblegum''. In the finale, he names the Cuddlefish "Calvin", and gives his rocket the same name in its honor.
** During his playthrough of ''{{VideoGame/Vanish}}'', he called the monsters "Molepeople", which led to the fandom calling them Molemen.
* NoIndoorVoice: He can get quite shouty, to say the least.
* NoJustNoReaction:
** During his Outlast: Whistleblower playthrough, Mark reads the subtitle "childhood, sexual, reptile imagery" in reference to weird dreams a patient is having. He starts asking what that is and seems to start asking for someone to make fanart of it, but he stops himself at the words "draw some f-" and says, "No, no. God", instead.
** Whenever a game he's playing has RapeAsDrama implications, he either has this reaction, says something along the lines of "Not going to touch that with a X ft pole", or just tries to ignore it completely.
** In [[https://youtu.be/xsaY4x8UKBE?t=2m26s Happy Wheels Highlights #67]], he has this reaction upon seeing Tiny Box Tim with a massive boner.
** During his playthrough of ''Phobia'', he keeps repeating "No" when someone, or something, keeps knocking on his bedroom door. Obviously, he knew something was wrong and he really didn't want to open the door. There's even an animation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9l59hARAhM scene]].
** [[https://youtu.be/72cmuAjEjM4?t=19m22s And you have this reaction during his playthrough of]] ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'''.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: PlayedForLaughs in his ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' playthrough.
--->'''Mark:''' Dude, I'm doing good. Hey, you're cold? Whatever. You're gonna be warm tonight, so...shut up. ''[Dramatic music starts]'' I ain't dealing in penalties anymore, I'm frickin' balling! I'm balling out my ass! ''[Dramatic music [[RecordNeedleScratch stops]] as Mark makes a cringey face]'' [[ThatCameOutWrong Ueeegh...ugh]].
* NoodleIncident: Mark mentions one to introduce his alcohol of choice while playing ''Five Nights at Fuckboy's''. Said alcohol of choice is the 'delicious cinnamon whisky that got [Mark], Bob, Wade, Jack and Yamimash in trouble in Boston at PAX East.' Apparently, none of them will ever tell what actually happened, although Mark says not too much trouble.
* NoSell: ''World's Quietest Let's Play 2 Animated'' has Mark's sword breaking on Little Johnny's head despite having the objective to kill him in a round of ''Happy Wheels ''.
* NothingIsScarier: Markiplier often praises game developers for making use of this and gets easily freaked out from a games suspense and atmosphere when this trope is successfully implemented.
** His collaboration with Yamimash on the Abandoned Metro Garry's Mod map shows that he has little tolerance for games and maps which seem like they're building suspense and atmosphere, but then [[AntiClimax don't do anything with it]].
** Mark's produced this trope by himself in some cases, like the "Don't blink" and "Don't move" videos. Or in the credits of some games, like "Hotel Remorse".
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Puts it to truly glorious use in ''VideoGame/AmongUs''.
* OhCrap: A couple in-game reactions:
** In his play-through of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', he was not happy to encounter a second Bloater.
** Encountering Chris Walker in ''Outlast: The Whistleblower''. The character was so impactful that he somehow remembered his name.
** Just about anytime a monster from {{Vanish}} appears. Usually, though, he gets upset with them.
** The instant he realizes that ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' has more than five nights, his glee at "beating" the game vanishes.
** One out-of-game example is when he dropped his iPad in a tub of water. Yes, he kind of overdid the reaction, but he was ''very'' upset that it happened.
** In Part 13 of ''VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach'', when he spends several minutes admiring a new part of the map he's just discovered.
---> '''Mark''': What the hell is... What the hell is this? What ''is'' this? There's a camera... Hi! And it's frickin' following me and I hear one-\\
''[Gas suddenly starts getting pumped into the room en masse]''\\
'''Mark''': Ah! Aw crap, what the- what- what is this?\\
''[Mark finds a piece of paper revealing that the room he's in belongs to [[KillAllHumans SCP]]-[[CompleteImmortality 682]].]''\\
'''Mark''': ''Oh no!'' ''[starts running]''\\
''[SCP-682 [[FromBadToWorse roars from behind a wall]]]''
** Witnessing [[spoiler:The Bite Incident]] in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''. He suddenly realizing something is ''horribly wrong'' [[spoiler:when the BigBrotherBully decides to put the main character's head in Fredbear's mouth]] and is rendered speechless [[spoiler:when it clamps down]].
*** Another one from the game's Halloween Edition, when he hears [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 the Puppet's]] OminousMusicBoxTune.
----> '''Mark''': YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THE BABY WAS BACK!!
** He had multiple ones in ''VideoGame/{{Monstrum}}'', though he had a very visual one when encountering the cameras for the first time:
--->''[camera activates alarm]''\\
'''Mark:''' Roar? ''[realizes that the monster will follow the noise]'' OH CRAP!
** During his playthrough of a demo title called HUMAN, Mark's usual playful and sarcastic demeanor goes right out the window [[spoiler: when he realizes that the excessively loud footsteps he was hearing throughout the game were actually [[RightBehindMe a second set of footsteps closely following his]]. Even worse, rapidly turning around [[NothingIsScarier reveals nothing else in the room with him]].]] For the next few minutes, Mark is almost as deeply unsettled as when he played Dreadhalls on the Oculus Rift.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** In a general sense, most of Mark's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiCQ2YFy-GSu3xUHgjmKI472 vlogs]] fit the bill. They're not all-caps titles, usually cover a serious real-life topic, and Mark's tone of voice is down to earth. If he's [[ManlyTears getting]] [[TranquilFury emotional]], it's not in a comical, exaggerated manner like most of his other content.
** Beginning with ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'', Mark stopped adding all-caps clickbait to the titles of [=FNaF=] videos. This is likely due to the game being the flagship series that helped rocket his channel into stardom (as well as earning him the unofficial title of the King of Five Nights at Freddy's), and as such he treats the games with enough respect that he feels he doesn't need to put clickbait in the title in order to draw an audience for them.
** Mark's time with ''Getting Over It'' is probably the angriest he's ''ever'' gotten at a game since ''I Am Bread''. We're talking screaming like a banshee, swearing like a sailor, ''chair-throwing'' levels of rage. It's absolutely frightening to see Mark get this mad, and at one point, [[BewareTheNiceOnes he venomously says that he hopes Bennett Foddy dies in a fire.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaz7ofl5wQ YouTube has a huge problem...]] has Mark [[TranquilFury trying not to blow his lid]] in most of the video as he describes what amounts to a website-related version of a GameBreakingBug that affected a large portion of his viewer base shortly after the release of ''WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier''.[[labelnote:tl;dw]]Several of his viewers had their Google+ accounts banned in their entirety for the [[SarcasmMode grievous crime]] of spamming emotes in the ''A Heist With Markiplier'' livestream. It should be noted that the emote spamming was something Mark requested as a means of voting through chat.[[/labelnote]]
* OrphanedSeries: His ''[[VideoGame/DementiumTheWard Dementium II]]'' play through. Despite claiming that he was enjoying the game the series abruptly ended at part 4. And since that was uploaded back in December of 2013 it looks like Markiplier isn't interested in finishing it.
** His ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' with Wade as well. Latest video was uploaded on Oct 7, 2014... [[SubvertedTrope or not]]. It was just on an ''incredibly'' long hiatus, as the newest episode was released on May 18, 2015. Also semi-PlayedStraight, as it's a reboot with Wade as well as Tyler now.
** His long series, ''Drunk Minecraft'', is now on permanent hiatus as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjr8sT9t8E Mark reveals that he's had to go to the hospital]] because of drinking alcohol[[note]]his body can't process alcohol properly as he's stated numerous times.[[/note]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: An odd example happens in Mark's playthrough of the fangame ''A New Home'', as he repeatedly points out that the representation of him in the game isn't like him at all (being an arrogant {{Jerkass}} who neglects his fans and friends, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking prefers salad over meat]]). [[spoiler:He soon figures out that it's someone pulling a GrandTheftMe similar to ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'', and that the real Mark is the white-cloaked being chasing him.]]
* {{Overcrank}}: Utilised in the videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSStABDWVWU "Markiplier in Slow Motion"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQaYBKPgr4w Slow Mo Dance | Markiplier & TomSka]].
* OverlyLongGag:
** Mark while playing Neverending Nightmares on medicine for an ear infection.
-->''"You're not gonna get me this time. I'm ready for ya! I'm ready for ya, creepy painting of a little girl! I'm ready for ya, Slenderman in the distance over there! I'm ready for ya,... crop... symbol of Ohio! I'm ready for ya, screamin' baby! I'm ready for ya, town about to be consumed by weather! I'm ready for ya, picture of a soldier! I'm ready for ya, picture of crows fly- *bird flies by window* uhhhh. I wasn't ready for ya, vulture."''
** One of the endings for ''A Date With Markiplier'' has him attempting to dig through the concrete floor of a jail cell for ''ten minutes straight'' while making no progress, and he continues to dig as the video ends.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: When he plays "BWAK" he describes it as "a horror chicken game unlike any other" and jokingly says he knows there have been a lot.
%%* PainfulBodyWaxing: In his waxing challenge video. Funny thing is, he actually ''enjoyed it''.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Parodied in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2FpjcDaroU The Drowned Man]]", in which Mark plays a ghost hunter investigating [[RealLifeWritesThePlot unexplained water damage]] in Wade's house.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Coined in the finale of ''VideoGame/HuniePop'' -- Resipriciousness: "A strong urge to engage in coitus with with anime women."
* PowerUpLetDown: During his second run of ''{{VideoGame/Subnautica}}'' he was thrilled when he finally was able to ([[NoFairCheating legitimately]]) earn the Prawn MiniMecha... only to climb in and realize that the suit on its own has no special abilities (other than being able to survive massive sea depths).
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: The animated "MAGICAL MISCHIEF (with chica!)" turns what was originally just a normal comment about ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' into one of these.
--> '''Markiplier''': By the way, death is permanent and whatnot. ''[attacks the monster and kills it]''
* PreciousPuppies: Mark is very much a dog person, as multiple videos illustrate. In some videos he plays with his mom's and brother's dogs, and in November 2015 he got one named Chica. Plenty of vlogs feature Mark fawning over her.
* PrecisionFStrike: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVXn7vswOM 2020 - A Comprehensive Review]]'', in the light of the year's [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic problems]], consists of only a single word, which is of course...
-->'''Mark''': Fuck.
* PressXToNotDie: Mark does ''not'' like Quicktime Events, as he [[RunningGag repeatedly expresses]] during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ManOfMedan''.
* ProductPlacement: Mark plugs his and [[LetsPlay/JackSepticEye Sean's]] clothing brand, Cloak, multiple times in part 10 of his ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' livestream (and half of the times he does it, he's {{Corpsing}}).
* ProperlyParanoid: Because he has played so much ''Amnesia'', he has become terrified of mannequins. Even if they're inanimate, he freaks out and takes off their heads.
** He gets ''really'' freaked out he first meets the [[VideoGame/AlienIsolation Working Joes]]. The first thing he does is spastically shooting at it. [[spoiler:He was right to be scared of them.]]
** During the first night of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', Markiplier hears the word "golden" in the Phone Guy's introduction and immediately latches onto it. [[spoiler:With good reason, because Golden Freddy ''is'' in this game, and is more of threat than ever.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in his recent playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{SOMA}}'', when he has to make the choice [[spoiler:of whether he should kill or spare the WAU.]] He ultimately makes the decision not to go through with it, based on his interpretation of Ross - that of a sinister stalker with an unknown agenda. Apparently, the many humans who had either been [[YourHeadAsplode killed]] or [[AndIMustScream preserved]] by the WAU, along with its progressive destruction of the Earth's remaining ecosystems, [[StupidGood were not significant factors against the question of preserving its life.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: One of the ''Drunk Minecraft'' episodes revolves around Mark, Bob, Wade, and Zombiemold attempting to make TNT cannons... except the first three have no clue how to and decide to improvise. The video ends when Mark finally manages to land a shot on Zombie's fortress, but the sheer amount of explosives he used blew away most of what he built.
-->'''Mark:''' I blow up my own shit all the time, I don't care about that, but I got ya. I got ya! I GOT YA! Woooo!
* TheQuietOne: Tyler as seen in the ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' videos isn't particularly chatty in comparison to Mark and Wade. As a result they nickname him "One Word Tyler" and "Stone Face Tyler". His later appearances in Mark’s videos avert this trope, since he’s either playing the StraightMan to Mark’s goofy antics or partaking in the same sense of humour.
* RageQuit: He does this at the end of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9-JvZ3fibY Hell Was Here]]'', when he [[ObviousBeta immediately dies upon spawning in an empty room]].
** He also does this towards the end of "The Hat Man". He was getting into the game at first, but after the Hat Man started cornering him, he got angry when he was forced to replay the whole game again. It was even worse when he had another YankTheDogsChain moment when the Hat Man got him at the last stage.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC4lIwUnJWs I Am Bread]] exasperated him so much that he ''lost his voice and smashed a hole in his controller'', followed by vowing to never play the game ever again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oEbp0U19CA This wasn't a vow that he kept for very long.]]
** His LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' [[spoiler:when he inadvertently led Ashley to her death]]. However, it's more of a "Rage Restart" than a RageQuit.
*** He does another after [[spoiler:failing to save Mike]], restarting the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 via SoftReset.
** He does this after Welcome to the Game 2 just pushes his buttons. He didn't even die before rage quitting. He just decided to back off from the computer and go on a tirade before quitting.
* RapidFireNo:
** One time in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', while wearing the Freddy helmet, hoping that an animatronic won't get him, he rattles off 25 "no"'s in rapid succession. [[JumpScare Then Chica appears.]] Played for humor in the ''FNAF'' reaction compilation, by putting the caption "YES" next to Chica.
** Also shows up in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', when fighting the Pastel Burnt and an [[https://youtu.be/HJ84nb7DFII?t=7m Elsen Head peeks out of the Burnt's Mouth.]]
** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkEPehMcS4 ice bath challenge]] after Mark accidentally drops his [=iPad=] into the water.
** At the end of his thirteenth video of his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' [[spoiler:after inadvertently leading Ashley to her death]].
* ARareSentence: Drunk Minecraft in general tends to produce these. Some gems include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PML1MFplyM&t=21m "This waterfall doesn't touch the penis!"]], "I'm being molested by an albino spider", and "Get your head out of my thong."
** Another ''Minecraft''-related example is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3qmCXB2qx_U "I just turned our diamonds into pork chops!!!"]]
** In part six of his ''Grey'' playthrough, he says "I shouldn't have wasted so much ammo shooting those babies. That's something I never thought I'd say ever in my life."
** SCALE gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfFhQ8K-2pM "Oh God I fell through the penis!"]]
** "[[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac I'm]] crying all the piles of poop open!"
** "Stop fingering my circle!" shows up a few times in his playthrough of ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDIB-XKHWfs&t=7m48s Gmod Sandbox]] gives us this gem:
--->'''Mark:''' What if I put thrusters on a baby?\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''Mark:''' ''[laughing]'' That's a question that everyone should ask themselves...\\
'''LetsPlay/JackSepticEye:''' [[LampshadeHanging That is something I never thought anyone would ever say!]]
** "[[https://youtu.be/R2fOg8VssEE?t=414 I just... beat a blood baby to death with a hammer!]] [[LampshadeHanging I can't believe I said those words!]]"
** "[[https://youtu.be/U7RcoUFY33w?t=645 You know, there are certain things you don't expect to exclaim at the top of your lungs, so that your neighbours question you even more than they have in the past. But I don't give a fuck. I'M JERKIN' OFF MAH CAR!]]"
* RatedMForManly: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHjN19JCaLk This AMA video]], which gradually crosses into TestosteronePoisoning territory.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Markiplier failed the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vnE7PP5zYk Markiplier quiz]], somehow.
* RealMenEatMeat: Mark gets considerably offended when he reads a letter of resignation in ''Amnesia: Rain'' where, among other things, the maid criticizes him for being stupid because "[[StrawVegetarian isn't the fact that you eat animals and I don't proof enough?]]". He spends a few minutes afterwards gushing about how good meat tastes.
* RealMenWearPink: His Warfstache logo is pink, he actually enjoyed his waxing challenge, takes pole dancing lessons, and is actually an easy crier when it comes to how much he loves his fans and fan community. When he dyed his hair pink as a result of a livestream goal, he liked it enough to keep it and recolor it into a softer shade of cotton candy pink. It borders on InTouchWithHisFeminineSide, honestly.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Has one for the developer of ''VideoGame/GettingOverItWithBennettFoddy'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEY39Ekth30 part 3]] of his playthrough:
--> '''Mark''': This is the worst game I have ever played in my entire life. I have never hated a game more than this game. And it's fucking ''pretentious.'' [[SarcasmMode "Oh, it's hard, therefore it's rewarding,"]] no, it's hard because it's bullshit, and you made it that way, so you fucking ''know'' it's bullshit. It's not any wonder of game development, no, you made it bullshit because you know how to make a game bullshit! You're not a ''fucking prophet'' because you made a hard game! [[TranquilFury You are no saint. You are not better than me, just because you made a bullshit game.]] You are not. You are not.\\
''[Mark falls, and Bennett begins to quote William Carlos Williams]''\\
'''Mark''': Shut up. Shut up. Shut up. You ''know'' you're making it worse. I ''know'' you know you're making it worse, with your bullshit quotes, from people who are actually contributing to society when they were alive, which is ''not you'', developer of this game! [[NotSoDifferentRemark You are doing nothing, just the same as I am! You and I are the same temporary bullshit piece of human organism, which we all know and hate!]] We all know!
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In-Universe. He wasn't too fond of [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Natuski]] in the first act of the game, but when act two kicked in and [[spoiler: Yuri and Monika both go crazy, he wastes no time clinging to [[OnlySaneWoman her.]]]]
* {{Retirony}}: Discussed in Foreign Creature.
-->'''Mark (about the security guard that the titular creature was about to kill):''' Let me guess, it's your last day of retirement[[note]] he meant last day ''before'' retirement[[/note]], you don't have a care in the world, do ya?
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: [[https://youtu.be/hEXBcXhw2RY Try Not To Laugh #3]] has Mark cracking up over someone reading all the various misspelled ways people have asked pregnancy related questions.
* RuleOfThree: He has a long running "3 Scary Games" video series, where he [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plays 3 scary games]] and reviews them.
* RunningGag:
** “Poof! :3” occurs mostly in the compilations as a sound effect.
** “Hating” Wade, especially in Drunk Minecraft and Prop Hunt.
** "Pressing B to Blow" is a running gag for the channel as a whole, coined after a weirdly-named prompt in his let's play of ''Dungeon Nightmares''. Any livestream would often have Mark reading out a comment, particularly if he's stuck on a difficult game.
** In his ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}'' videos, he repeatedly insists the death machines are in fact [[BlatantLies farming equipment]].
** His SelfDeprecation for dropping out of college to pursue [=YouTube=]. "I could have been an engineer..."
** Throughout his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough he makes jokes about "partying like porn stars", based off an early line from Josh. Also, mispronouncing "wendigo".
** He's [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Purple Guy]]. He first states it in one of his playthrough videos ("Maybe I'm Purple Guy!"), in the opening for WebVideo/GameTheory's 'Why FNAF Will Never End' video he appears out of the locked box stating "It was me!", and his title card in 'Warfstache Interviews Markiplier' video lists his occupation as 'Purple Guy'.
** Mentioning cranberries when reading dialogue spoken by old people.
** Bear traps, first encountered in ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'', then in ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', and now they're all over the place in Lethe. And he just keeps stepping in them.
** After he quit his ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' playthrough due to an unruly fanbase, any mentions of the game will have Mark react with some kind of horror.
** When he returns to the aforementioned game in a live stream format, he humorously lampshades that they [[GodwinsLaw mention Hitler in nearly every stream of the game.]]
** While playing ''Subnautica'', he constantly forgets to pay attention to the Oxygen meter. The game has a verbal Low Oxygen warning, and he still misses it.
*** After he equips the Stillsuit, each time it reclaims water, Markiplier will comment that [[ToiletHumor he pissed himself]], regardless of the situation, sometimes interrupting himself to do so. This culminates in the finale, where his time capsule consists of an epitaph and is filled with bags of reclaimed water.
*** In the livestream finale of ''Subnautica'', he has a running gag where he ignores the pleas to turn off the Precursor gun and says that it's just a urban legend. Later in the episode it turns into a running gag where he says didn't accidentally kill [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Calvin the Cuddlefish]] and then reload his save.
** Mark's obsession with conducting sneak kills in ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2''. He insists on sticking to this method even in situations where using other weapons are more preferable, comes up with several [[PreMortemOneLiner pre-mortem one-liners]] involving food (particularly soup) before one-shotting zombies, and is reluctant to upgrade any abilities that are not related to sneaking to the extent that even Tatiana chides him for not doing so.
** This one is shared with Bob: Derrick. "HOW DARE YOU?!"
** Conversing, or arguing with, his editor Lixian.
** Pronouncing Genius as Junyus.
** From his review videos, asking for a sponsor, and admitting that he would be willing to shill their products if given one. Thus far, only two companies have responded to Mark's requests for a sponsorship deal... with absurdly insulting gifts instead of sponsorship deals.
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* SanitySlippage: After a tough time in the final boss fight of ''Dead Space 2'', he goes LaughingMad and fills his inventory with nothing but [[MoreDakka Pulse Rifle]] ammo and health kits, and it's a little bit like watching ComicBook/TheJoker do a Let's Play.
** His entire ''Surgeon Simulator 2013'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOU6G8zvXQ video]] is an 11-minutes plus epitome of this trope as he plays an increasingly unhinged doctor.
** Throughout the first play in the [[RageQuit final]] video of ''Vanish'', Mark becomes increasingly frazzled and panicked.
** In a ''Happy Wheels'' montage where he played ONE ''Dark Souls''-based level, he slowly slipped into this. And he was well aware of this.
--->"Do you think - in the future - when I'm at my insanity hearing, that they'll use this as evidence that I really did lose my mind?"
** ''I Am Bread'' makes Mark so angry with the controls/the physics/himself/life in general that he just breaks down and weeps. No big surprise that it was made by the same people behind ''Surgeon Simulator 2013''.
** He undergoes another during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/PresentableLiberty''- except it [[TearJerker isn't]] [[PlayerPunch played]] [[NightmareFuel for]] [[DespairEventHorizon laughs]] [[BreakTheCutie at all]].
* TheScrappy: In-universe. He isn't a fan of [[VideoGame/{{Off}} Zacharie]], which is amusing considering his [[EnsembleDarkHorse reputation in the fanbase]].
** Whenever he plays ''Happy Wheels'', he makes it an objective to kill Little Johnny.
** He is '''not''' a fan of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Misao}} Sohta]]. When he found out what Sohta [[BreakTheCutie did to Misao]], he had immense hatred for the guy and even when learning how much his life sucked due to so much bullying for his appearance and childhood, Mark was ''still'' hateful towards Sohta. When the game reveals that Aki forgives Sohta for what he's done, Mark flat out states that Sohta cannot be forgiven that easily for what he did]].
** He doesn't seem to be fond of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Phone Guy]], sighing and groaning when Phone Guy starts in with his normal "Hello, hello?" and even theorizing that he might be the killer during ''2''.
** In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'', he doesn't seem to like Mike or Josh very much. The former he dislikes for being a JerkJock, while the latter he dislikes for his creepy behavior. When Dr. Hill asks him which one he dislikes more in one of the therapy sessions, he has to take a moment to think it through. Both wound up [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued from his Scrappy heap]] - eventually he warmed up to Mike because of him [[HeroesLoveDogs befriending a wolf]], and while his hatred of Josh only increased [[spoiler:after the reveal that he's the psycho making death traps]], one of his late segments [[spoiler:shown ThroughTheEyesOfMadness]] started Mark toward calling Josh's schtick retrospectively one of the coolest things in the game.
* SaveScumming: Does this towards the end of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' to bypass the game's autosave mechanic and get the game's best possible ending after making several mistakes that resulted in the death of characters during the finale.
* TheScream: Becoming cornered or trapped by SCP-173. In one playthrough, SCP-173 hops through an office window rather then [[ThereWasADoor use the door]] as expected...
-->'''Mark:''' No! NO! '''NOOOOO--AAAAAUUURRGHG''' ''[neck snap]''
** And in another, Mark [[FaceDeathWithDignity faces it down]] as his eye meter depletes to zero...
--->'''Mark:''' '''[[TakingYouWithMe I'm taking you with me!]]''' KEEP LOOKING AT ME! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-- ''[neck snap]''
** In Part 8, Mark ''finally'' gets the jump on 173 via surveillance cam, then does an end run around it. (Or does he?)
--->'''Mark''': ''Imma getcha. Imma getcha. Imma getcha! I SEE YA! I SEE YA! I SEE YA!'' Oooohh yeah, like a boss! ''(neck snap)''
** Part 10, "Worst Scare Ever", is so named for 173 zipping right in front of Mark, who grips in forehead in pain from so much screaming. Finally, he just saunters up to it.
--->'''Mark:''' ''[snarls angrily]'' HI!♥\\
''[pokes statue]''\\
'''Mark:''' 'SCUSE ME!\\
''[173 doesn't budge]''\\
'''Mark:''' Fine, kill me! ''[neck snap]''
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Virtually every horror Lets Play. Especially funny if he had previously been boasting his toughness Quite a few videos, particularly Drunk Minecrafts, have him screaming in fury as well.
* ScrewDestiny: Even though Mark knew that the point of ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' is to live with the choices made, he snapped when [[spoiler:he accidentally got Ashley killed, and decided to play the entire game over again, just to give all the characters a satisfying ending]].
* ScrewYourself: Admits in his fifth "Reading Your Comments" video that he'd like to go to Mars with his sole company being an OppositeSexClone.
* SelfImposedChallenge: He pulls off a SoloRun in ''VideoGame/{{GTFO}}'', a game meant to be played with four people. He's currently done A1 and B1 in his name.
* SensoryAbuse: Lixian seems to be a fan of doing this, if his edits are any indication.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough. [[spoiler:As soon as Ashley gets killed, Mark's response after he calms down is to vow to play ''the entire game'' over again so that everyone is still alive.]]
* ShaggyDogStory: His ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' antics with Wade and LetsPlay/JackSepticEye. They spend an entire video trying to get into a military base and steal jets. Jack and Wade succeed multiple times, but Mark keeps getting killed in silly ways. Until he finally manages to steal one... and promptly crashes it in a pile of crates without even managing to get it to fly because he doesn't know how to turn the thing. Goes to full ShootTheShaggyDog levels in the following video, where he opts to keep the helicopter they got to the base with rather than try again, only to go down in flames to a badly aimed missile of Jack's. A later episode has him succeed again in stealing a jet, but gets shot down after about 10 seconds by a military plane.
* ShakingTheRump: There's a backstory to this. One time, a fan asked Mark if he knew how to twerk, and he didn't. And so, he followed up with a video where [[https://youtu.be/RrZL1D7eojk he tried to twerk.]]
* ShareTheMalePain: Can't go through a ''VideoGame/HappyWheels'' highlight video without a character being shot in the crotch and Mark screaming "Oh, my dick!"
** While playing the Gluskin section of ''Outlast: Whistleblower'', he moved uncomfortably around his chair while watching Gluskin castrated his other victims.
** When Lisa of ''Whack the Creeps'' kicks one of the titular creeps in the nads with a blade sticking out the front of her shoe, Mark goes InstantSoprano for about a second.
* ShipperOnDeck: He's a huge fan of [[VideoGame/UntilDawn Ashley/Chris]]. How much? When he [[spoiler:gets one of them killed in a pretty stupid manner (he forgot that wendigos can impersonate voices)]] he breaks down and resolves to play the game over just so they can have their happy ending.
* ShmuckBait: The thumbnail for Penis Cloner displays an image of Mark with a repulsed look, and says "DON'T CLICK". Naturally, no one listened; [[StreisandEffect it became one of his most viewed videos from 2013]].
** He falls for one himself in ''VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz Book''. One of the choices for Question 26 is "Please Don't Press This"; he presses it anyway, and ends up [[spoiler:resetting the entire game]].
** Happens again in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' when he's doing the expert 100 Mario challenge. He sees a pit filled with powerups, and though suspicious, decides to get them. He ends up trapped in the pit.
* ShoutOut:
** Mark occasionally quotes stand-up comedian Creator/BrianRegan in his videos. He also uses "Alright, alright, alriiiight" from comedian Kevin Hart.
** In Happy Wheels Highlights #25 Mark says "Mycaruba," a catchphrase/running gag that was started by the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' (Mark is friends with the members of the GG channel). He also occasionally asks "Barry" to edit his video while in-game.
** During a play-through of ''Phobia 1.5'', he uses a fast-forward cut while singing "Escape From the City" from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
** He'll occasionally use [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Mr. Garrison's]] old catch phrase "You go to hell! You go to hell and you die!"
** During his playthrough of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'', he drops a ceiling on an enemy while screaming "[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Take this! My love, my hate, and all of my sorrow]]!" and is left wondering, [[Film/{{Se7en}} What's in the box?"]].
*** In one of his The Consequence [=DLC=] videos, he sings a section of [[EpicRapBattlesOfHistory Isaac Newton versus Bill Nye]]
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':
*** When playing the first game for the first time, before '''the lore''' exploded in popularity, he accidentally calls Freddy Fazbear "[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Fuzzy Lumpkins]]".
*** After getting repeatedly mauled by animatronics on the sixth night of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', he screams "[[Film/{{Aliens}} They're dead, alright? Can I go now?!]]"
*** In his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', he references the SigningOffCatchphrase for ''WebVideo/GameTheory''. His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNTBC7Qe-R0 compilation video]] with that scene even shows a picture of its host [=MatPat=].
*** During the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZgnZSmbYn0 Five Nights at Freddy's 4 - Part 5]] video this text pops up:
---->''My heart was beating out of my chest. [[Music/{{Eminem}} Palms are sweaty. Knees weak. Arms are heavy]].
** While playing ''VideoGame/RoadRedemption'', Mark quotes Drax the Destroyer from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': ''"Nothing goes over my head! My reflexes are too quick!"''
** During his playthrough of ''Videogame/SuperHot'', Mark references the bridge keeper's questions from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
--->'''Mark''' ''(to a red enemy)'': Okay sir, I'm gonna ask you a few questions before I kill you. What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color? ''Blue?!'' You're red! *''kills the enemy''*
** In "Chicken Walk", he names his baby chicks "Billy" and "[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen]]". [[note]]He was number one![[/note]]
** During ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden'':
--->'''Mark''': I gotta get to the next save point. ''[[Film/ForrestGump I gotta find Bubba!]]''
** In his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34BjxhA1pJ0 Popcorn]]" sketch, he tries to make a sandwich in a bizarre kind of way ala WebVideo/HowToBasic. Makes it funnier Mr. Basic himself commented on the video, saying "Have you seen Chef?".
** [[https://youtu.be/ito8eaM0Oa0?t=26m11s While they're doing]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext The Bonercast]], "Eugene" (Mark) mentions if his boner should be the boner that will [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann pierce the heavens.]]
** During "3 Scary Games #9", he enters [[Music/NinjaSexParty "6969"]] into a keypad.
** In ''Escape the Ayuwoki'', Mark briefly stumbles over his words and calls the Ayuwoki [[AccidentalMisnaming "Ayaya"]], which gets [[Manga/KiniroMosaic Karen]]'s [[https://youtu.be/uIauXFVABIQ?t=10 face]] superimposed on top of Mark's for a brief moment.
** In their playthrough of VideoGame/HeaveHo, Bob, Jack and Mark quote several catchphrases from the WebVideo/GameGrumps playthrough of the game, notably "Grab my hand" said in the same English accent and Jack saying "Fuck the coin" when they didn't want to kill themselves repeatedly to try and get the coin.
* ShownTheirWork: Praise has been given to "Are Jumpscares Scary?" for really living up to its title, by producing a haunting and unnerving atmosphere that most games produce before dropping the jumpscare... [[spoiler:although Mark's video ends on a CatScare.]]
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "Thank you all so much for watching. Click the annotations for more videos that I've done. And as always, I will see you in the next video. Bye-bye!"
* SkewedPriorities: When he first plays ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', the loading screen reveals that he is receiving even less money than last time, and he really starts yelling, apparently more worried about that than survival.
* SkippingSchool: As revealed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvYxexot_Ig this]] Creator/SethMeyers interview, Mark used to do this back when he was still in college, since his biomedical engineering degree was something he just followed at the behest of his [[EducationMama strict Korean mother]] instead of something he actually wanted to do with his life. Since he couldn't just move out of the house on a whim at the time, hanging out at Starbucks for several hours every weekday was how he hid both his lack of interest in higher education and fledgling [=YouTube=] career from his mother.
* SkywardScream: In ''VideoGame/UntilDawn Animated,'' after he [[spoiler:gets Ashley killed,]] he goes to [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Pride Rock]] and lets a couple of them out.
%%* SlasherSmile: One of his running gags. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxLFBEB0USA Case in point.]]
* SmiteMeOMightySmiter!: The Latin's Wrath episode of Drunk Minecraft. At one point Mark jumps on top of the house to taunt Latin (the moderator of the Minecraft server).
--> ''Mark:'' Latin, bring it on! Bring it OOONNN! [[TooDumbToLive EVERYBODY WANTS TO BONE YOUR BOYFRIEND!!!]]
* SoreLoser: He completely melts down after losing 4-1 to Wade in ''Mole Hammers''.
* {{Squee}}: If you ever doubt that Mark is a big dork, just look at his reaction to anything related to space. A good chunk of his ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' playthrough was appreciating the scenery of space, and he takes his geeking out up to eleven when he plays [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ZMeOh_VBc Universe Sandbox]].
** Mark's playthrough of VideoGame/Doom2016 is one gigantic, ultraviolent squee as he relives the joy of the first Doom with 21st Century graphics and gore. [[https://youtu.be/pCygvprsgIk?t=1739 Then he finds the chainsaw.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: He acts like this during his ''Flappy Fedora'' and ''Yandere Simulator'' playthroughs. This is PlayedForLaughs, of course, with the former being a parody of neckbeards and the latter being an exaggerated interpretation of the {{Yandere}} archetype.
* StealthPrequel: [[spoiler:His version of ''Drive Time Radio'' puts him in Kyle and Brett's position as the EldritchAbomination radio host and the viewer in [[AccidentalPun the driver's seat]], leading up to a segue for ''WebVideo/InSpaceWithMarkiplier'' if they get the answers correct.]]
* StunnedSilence: This happens to him when he sees the TwistEnding in ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse''. He stays quiet for over a minute before he recovers.
** He stays quiet and wide-eyed for several seconds during a scene in [[https://youtu.be/_9Bl3VRdizY?t=17m16s FranBow]]. He blinks himself into working again and continues on.
** More so when he completes the game ''Reunion''. [[spoiler:He finally reaches the boy he had been trying to find, to find out that the character he had been controlling was trying to kill the boy due to him suffering from schizophrenia. Mark is in complete shock from that point until the end of the video ]].
** More humorously, when he finds the "Dancing Room" easter egg in ''The Darkest Words'' all he can do is [[FlatWhat stare]].
** Happens ''several'' times when playing ''{{VideoGame/Monstrum}}''. The first two times it happens when he hadn't realized there was a monster so close (or, in the second case, he hadn't realised there was a monster ''at all''), but the third time it was the brutal manner of death that got him.
** During his playthrough of the "Silent Hill: Alchemilla" demo, he stays silent for seven seconds after he realizes the last part of the demo has changed.
** After witnessing [[spoiler:the Bite Incident]] in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'', Mark can do nothing but stare in open-mouthed horror for almost twenty seconds.
** Mark and Tyler are both shocked when [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey kills Asgore]] after they spare the latter.]] Tyler is the first to respond by saying that he hates [[spoiler:Flowey.]]
** When he finally reaches the earliest memory of Johnny during his playthrough of ''VideoGame/ToTheMoon'', he enters a quick one between a couple of [[WhamLine wham lines]] when everything starts to click about what just happened.
--->'''Eve:''' Didn't you see it in his room, Neil? [[spoiler:...Johnny slept on a bunk bed.]]
--->(Mark goes silent and gives the camera a look of [[spoiler:horror]])
--->(a new text bubble pops up at the bottom of the screen)
--->'''Mark:''' (reading in a very quiet voice with the same expression) [[spoiler:Joey...]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: While playing ''[[VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack Jackbox Party Pack 6]]'', he plays a minigame involving making up definitions for fictional words. At the end of one round, Mark [[https://youtu.be/wDjjgmHWWkk?t=4249 goes on a tirade]] about how juvenile the audience's sense of humor is, because a definition involving [[SexComedy a sex joke]] got the most votes over Mark's.
* SurvivalMantra: "Little piggy no no, little piggy go home", starting with his first encounter with Chris Walker in ''Outlast'', he sings this little verse in an attempt to ward off another incident of the man pulling him out of his hiding places. It even transfers over to ''VideoGame/AmnesiaAMachineForPigs'' when he is running from the manpigs.
** He briefly uses a modified version of it again later in ''Among the Sleep'' while trying to hide from the giant woman.
** From his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'': "Don't wake the baby!", his frantic cry when trying to keep the music box wound and "the baby" from killing him.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In ''VideoGame/{{Besiege}}'', Mark insists that the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Killdeathinator5]] is NOT a murder machine, [[BlatantLies but a farming tool.]]
-->'''Mark:''' It's got a plow in the front for tilling the field, [[HumanResources for when you kill everyone, and they fertilize the soil.]]
** Same goes for its SpiritualSuccessor, the Nota-Pe-Nis.
** And again in his ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' livestream. The crops are planted in that pattern because it makes for aerodynamic farming, that's all!
** Mark is not a masochist. He just wants to see how much pain his body he can take.
** Mark will have you know that his obsession with Lady Dimitrescu is not sexual in nature. He just respects her power. Please ignore the boob textured mousepad and body pillow.
* SwearJar:
** In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfnVCduWglY Mario Maker #15]]'', he decides to donate $100 to charity every time he swears. He ends up owing $3,700.
** Mark creates the "Destroy My Channel" challenge for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipDcKPXDcKI a livestream]] of ''Getting Over It'', in which he challenges viewers to unsubscribe from his channel if he swears and to re-subscribe if he makes progress. He manages to not cuss most of the time and makes do with GoshDangItToHeck, but ends up making very little progress.
* SynchroVox: Used in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndsaoMFz9J4 MEOW]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujRLvZ61jE WOOF]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Q3YDezqcM MOO]]'' to hilarious effect, where Mark's mouth is overlaid over cat and dog videos respectively.
* TakeThat:
** Usually doesn't do these and if he has a problem with a game he is usually direct with expressing it. Still does this occasionally, such as in Part 2 of his ''The Curse of Blackwater'' playthrough, when he gets attacked by a Necromorph, he comments that there must be a portal in the game to the Franchise/DeadSpace universe and mocks that it's where all the scariness of the series went.
** There's also this little bit from ''Probably Archery'':
--->'''Mark''': "I'm like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] crossed with [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} that guy from]] ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} that no one cared about!]]"
** The ''Flappy Fedora'' video is stuffed to the brim with pot shots at men's rights activists and "nice guys".
** He's not fond of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' movie and made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJb-rYPc6eg a video]] making fun of it. He even stated that the video is not sponsored and that he'll never want that sponsorship.
** In one video Markiplier talks about Halloween decorations have to be good whether you live in a house, a van, or the garbage, and if one looks closely when he mentions "garbage", it's actually a picture of Ricegum. Ricegum apparently wasn't happy about it.
** As seen in his ''Try Not to Laugh'' videos, Mark has noticeable disdain towards the "Deja Vu" meme [[note]]adding Dave Rogers' song of the same name to various videos[[/note]], as he gets more and more annoyed when it appears in the videos he watches. The latest video to feature it had Mark stopping the video less than a second in and declaring it to be a dead meme.
* TemptingFate: If Mark is bragging about how good he is at a game (along the lines of "I'm too pro!"), expect something to go hilariously wrong in a few moments.
** Poor Mark just can't win in ''Containment Breach''. He was sure that he'd eluded 173, only to open a sliding door and see the statue leering at him. Mark had just blinked before opening the door.
** In another instance, Mark fled SCP-106 by ducking into an elevator. 106 simply walked through the wall.
** In his ''Cry of Fear'' LP, Mark laughs off a warning telling him to 'watch out for the trees'. [[http://youtu.be/YZY4WQlXmxE?t=2m30s Guess]] what happens next..
** In Vanish:
--->'''Mark:''' That doesn't necessarily guarantee there's a monster nearby, that only means that something's start-
--->''[Monster appears, killing Mark]''
** Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'':
--->'''Mark:''' So the first night is usually never that bad in any of the games so I play thro-
--->''[Chica kills Mark]''
--->'''Mark:''' It's always when I'm saying something. It's always when I'm "Oh, I'ma be ok. Oh, everything's fine!"
** In Part 8 of his ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' playthrough, Mark brags about how he's made good choices so far since all the protagonists are still alive. [[spoiler:Ten minutes later, Matt dies because of two wrong choices he makes at the beginning of the video: [[GuideDangIt letting Emily keep the flare gun and choosing to try to save her when the wendigos attack the radio tower.]] ]]
** In ''Boogeyman #5'':
--->'''Mark:''' The good thing is: It's quiet!
--->''[Music box starts playing]''
--->'''Mark:''' Nevermind!
* TenderTears: Mark's known for keeping his heart on his sleeve and being unafraid to cry on camera. For example, he made sure he recorded his immediate response to the six million subscriber fan video because crying was the only genuine reaction he had.
* ThatCameOutWrong: In his playthrough of The Visitor Returns Mark mentions how the assimilation of the raccoon was not as violent as it could have been:
-->'''Mark:''' Normally when I go inside things they explo- Okay THAT really does not need to be taken the wrong way.
** In "Reading Your Comments 8", one comment is "''VideoGame/HuniePop'' is a porn".
--->Yes. And it's very fun. Oh, I shouldn't say that. Oh that's not what I mean, I take it back. I mean it ''is'' fun, it's a fun game, I'm not saying porn is fun. Uhh, oh God...
** "Oh man, [[JumpScare I didn't even see Chica comin'!]]" ''(suddenly realizes what that line sounds like)'' "Aaaah, [[LampshadeHanging that's not a joke for the Internet to enjoy!]]"
* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld / RuleOfTwo: Markiplier intentionally invokes this in "A Heist With Markiplier".
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to ''himself'' when he [[spoiler:causes Ashley's death in ''Until Dawn'']]
-->'''Mark:''' ''I can accept my mistake with [[spoiler:Matt,]] I can accept that, I can accept it, I can accept that, what I cannot accept is the bullshit that you just made me watch you freaking stupid Markymoo. I'm yelling at myself, because I'm a freaking idiot. (Points to himself) YOU! HOW DARE YOU! HOW COULD YOU LET [[spoiler:ASHLEY]] DIE LIKE THAT?! [[spoiler:ASHLEY]] WAS COOL!
* TooDumbToLive: During a segment of Drunk Minecraft, Mark teases the server's mod, Latingoddess, that Zombiemold (the server's owner and Latingoddess's boyfriend) has a lot of fangirls. She then proceeds to kill him. With lightning. ''A lot''.
* TotemPoleTrench: Mark claims the scientist from ''Sort The Court'' may in fact be one of these.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Takis. Mark has gone on numerous tangets about his love of takis. Bizarrely, he doesn't actually eat the chips. He likes to suck the powder off.
* TheUnintelligible: Lapses into this when he's particularly upset. Or after he's consumed hot sauce.
* VerbalTic: He has a few. While playing horror games, he'll emit a rapid-fire, "Why-why-why-why-why" when he's genuinely creeped out.
* VillainousBreakdown: The ''Flappy Fedora'' video is pretty much him acting as the stereotypical [[BitchInSheepsClothing "Nice Guy"]] slowly [[SanitySlippage going insane]] from constant rejection.
--> It's an awfully euphotic day, don't you think? So just come on, give me a chance! Please! I-I-I I DESERVE IT, DON'T I?! I'M THE ALPHA MALE!! [[{{Angrish}} I'M FVEHRY TELGENT! ARHVHRGA!!]]
* ViolationOfCommonSense: Occurs in his ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}} LP.
-->'''Mark:''' These look dangerous. I should probably not jump face-first into them... but when have I ever listened to good reason? Whop! ''[jumps into bear trap]'' Ew...
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wade. They pick on, insult, and screw each other over in games all the time, but they are friends. When Mark and Wade did a joint LP of ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie'', Wade mentions that Mark's treatment of him in Drunk Minecraft has actually convinced a lot of people that Mark is actually a massive JerkAss. They don't actually believe that Mark and Wade are friends, and ask Wade if he's being forced to go along with Mark and do things. They both find this hilarious, and though Mark and Wade both assure viewers that they are indeed friends, they do nothing to correct people's assumptions in the Drunk Minecraft videos themselves.
* VocalDissonance: His rather deep voice initially contrasted his sinewy appearance and Asian features until he began developing more rugged features.
* VocalEvolution: Compare how Markiplier sounded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjOLGq7LNCk 2013]] to how he sounds in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6xX5LANn5Y 2015]]. (Note: he blamed it on ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'' causing him to ragescream so hard it changed his voice.)
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* WaitingSkeleton: In his "A Date With Markiplier" {{Gamebook|s}} series of videos, Markiplier encounters one of these in the cell he and his date can find themselves in after being imprisoned by the Chef for not paying for their restaurant bill. This prompts him to search for a way out - either dig through the cell floor with a fork he stole (which proves to be ineffective) or pick the lock with said fork.
* WaxingLyrical: During [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1gQ8VvRszs&t=11m55s Part 4 of his Five Nights at Freddy's playthrough]], on the sixth night:
-->''Fill my life with hate...''
-->''[[Music/PapaRoach Cut my life into pieces]]''
-->''Don't shove me in a suit''
-->''I hate you to your head''
-->''Right down to your glute''
-->''...or brand-new boots''
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Markiplier has one of these after he rages on an ''Amnesia'' custom story. Also done in Octodad, together with a background collage of increasingly disturbing kitten videos.
* WhamEpisode: 2017's ''A Date With Markiplier'' initally seems like a silly interactive movie, until the audience chooses to go to the Horror play. The route is not notable in that it's DarkerAndEdgier than the other routes, but that, after years of fan speculation, established that [[EvilCounterpart Dark]][[BigBad iplier]] was RealAfterAll.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: One episode of 3 Scary Games has Markiplier hung up over an [[https://youtu.be/gQgPlwY9fFE?list=PL3tRBEVW0hiBSFOFhTC5wt75P2BES0rAo&t=1120 unusual dog name]] for several minutes.
-->'''Mark:''' I've never criticized a dog's name in my entire life, but... ''Bob Bingi!?''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Creepy mannequins/suits of armor are his archenemy, seeing as he encounters them a lot (starting with ''VideoGame/NightmareHouse 2'' and then again in the ''VideoGame/{{Amnesia|TheDarkDescent}}'' custom stories). After a particularly hair-raising puzzle involving false books and stalking mannequins in ''Kraven Manor'', one of them is crushed in a bookcase trap, prompting Mark to [[EvilLaugh cackle maniacally]].
** He’s also not too fond of creepy things pertaining to children or babies in horror, referring to them as "diabolical".
** Courtesy of the Working Joes in ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'', Mark reveals that he has [[https://www.verywellmind.com/automatonophobia-2671847 automatonophobia]].
** While all of the death animations in the "Whack Your/The _____" games gross Mark out, the ones that get the most reactions out of him involve [[ImpromptuTracheotomy neck]] [[SlashedThroat trauma]].
** He has alluded to being afraid of the ocean, particularly the idea that something could be lurking in the water to harm him, and sometimes informs his fans that if he ever gets stuck in the ocean, they are to come and save him. During his ''{{VideoGame/Depth}}'' LP, he admits that while he hates the ocean, he finds [[ThreateningShark sharks]] in particular truly terrifying. Hence "F*** the ocean" is a common refrain for him while playing both ''Subnautica'' and ''Raft'', which is a name for a ship in the former and the latter features a shark enemy.
* WouldHitAGirl: Discussed [[https://youtu.be/4IzkH6ggOHQ?t=157 here]], he would hit a girl in self defense but also believes that violence is wrong.
* WouldntHurtAChild: He tends to get very upset when a game requires him to attack/kill children.
* {{Yandere}}: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxQiDG6aCg Best Friends Forever]], Markiplier acts pretty much ''exactly'' like this to Ken. It is... surprisingly terrifying, even when PlayedForLaughs...
-->'''Video Description:''' ''"Markiplier wants to be your best friend! Who are you to ignore my love? No one ignores my love..."''
** And then he plays ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', where he gets into character quickly. He sings about his obsession with Senpai while attempting each of the murder methods.
** [[spoiler:Darkiplier]] is heavily implied to be one for [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou the audience]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyU_1JD2wuA A Date With Markiplier]]. It's especially creepy considering [[spoiler:he also happens to be a HumanoidAbomination]].
* YankTheDogsChain:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkl5tSOARr0 In his fifth]] episode of ''Vanish'', he finally reaches what appears to be the end of the game and begins to unlock the exit door. Then a monster sneaks behind him and kills him. Cue ''several'' [[BigNo Big "NO!"s]]. His eighth Vanish video had him get the keys twice, but he was unable to find the door and escape.
** In ''Five Nights at Freddy's'', he just ''barely'' beats Night 5 in a display of true awesomeness and is [[BigYes very ecstatic]] about it... only to be crushed when he sees that there's a Night 6.
-->''"WHY IS THERE A SIXTH NIGHT? '''WHY?'''"''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qLvAoo33UQ The (almost) Perfect Run]] in ''VideoGame/SixtySeconds''. He had a really great start, almost made it to the end, and then all of the bad luck starts.
* YouMonster: Tyler responds to [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey killing Asgore]] during the Neutral Run]] by saying, "Oh, I hate him."
* YourOtherLeft: Mark falls victim to this [[https://youtu.be/rjgi9ifImRQ?t=174 in part six]] of his playthrough of ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted''. In the first "Parts & Services" stage, he is instructed to remove Bonnie the bunny's left eye. Because the game has him facing Bonnie, Mark takes the eye on ''his'' left, Bonnie's right, and is promptly killed. This happens one more time before he works out that the game means Bonnie's left, and he's able to do it correctly on the third try.
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