History WebVideo / SteamTrain

* TakeThat: During their play of Spooky Cats, they joke about there being a Spooky Cats manga and how it went downhill after a few chapters with a politically fueled arc. [[spoiler:It becomes obvious what manga they're talking about when Barry says "Fucking Manga/AttackOnTitan shit up in here?]]

* DemotedToExtra: Danny. Justified because ''Steam Train'' was planned before [[JonTron Jon's]] sudden departure from ''Game Grumps'' and Danny and Ross were supposed to be exclusive to the former show while Arin and Jon continue to host the latter. Because of Danny's heavy workload with ''Game Grumps'' and NinjaSexParty, he does not appear often on ''Steam Train''.

* MyLittlePhony: The episode "Pony World 3"; which is a 50-minute oneshot of Rodd and Danny playing a game something like a crossbreed of''VideoGame/TheSims'' if it go dropped on its head as a source code and one of the crappy ''My Little Pony''s.

* EldritchLocation: Ross calls the beach in ''Piny World 3'' (wich refuses to load properly despite being non-disc) "a nightmsre world" due to its blank white background, pools of static, and inhabitants that look like shadow-folk due to their skins not loading

** Danny hasn't even so much as made an appearance for months, despite this starting out as one of his projects.

* UnfortunateImplications: Defied in-universe in LeisureSuitLarry 6. A character in the game is a transgender woman and Larry [[ScreamingAtSquick reacts with disgust]], something definitely not acceptable today, while Danny takes the Disney approach of not making it look okay while still not brushing over it.

* SurrealHorror: Sonic Dreams Collection

''"Choo-choo!"''\\
''"Stick 'em up! This is a robbery!"''

''"Choo-choo!"''

->''"He bought too many games!"''\\

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: While playing ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'', Arin and Ross run out of food on their way to Oregon. They credit their party's failing health to exhaustion instead of hunger and stop to rest for long periods of time without food. Eventually, all of their party members starve to death.

** The aforementioned playing of''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' ends with everyone dying of starvation, because Arin and Ross kept resting their party for weeks with no food.

** ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' ends with everyone dying of starvation, because they kept resting for weeks with no food.

* AllStarCast: The Steam Rolled episodes featuring ''VideoGame/GunsOfIcarusOnline'' were part of an event sponsored by Polaris, so in addition to the Grumps the players include WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, LetsPlay/JackSepticEye, WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer, WebVideo/JesseCox, [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] and more.

** Danny dislikes hearing the words "gay" and "retarded" used as insults. He's admitted that he has used both of those terms in the past because he grew up with them (being an old habit that's difficult to break put of) and he tries his best to avoid using them now. He has also pitched the idea of using the former in a positive way instead of negatively.

** Danny dislikes hearing the term "gay" and "retarded" used as an insult.

** ''Grumpcade''[='s=] intro normally shows a UFO catcher[[*]]also known as a prize grabber]] machine filled with the Grumps' heads, with the claw grabbing the heads of Ross and that episode's guest host. The ''[[VideoGame WarioWare]} Inc.'' episode, which has four hosts (Ross, Barry, Arin and Suzy), uses an intro modeled off of the character select screen from ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame''.

-->'''[[{{Kitsine}} Machiko]]:''' I know I am [[TheVamp a beautiful, exquisite creature]], but [[RescueRomance pushing me into a river so you can play a hero]] is a bit too much, Taka-kun~!\\