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-->'''Kyle''': I feel that Duke ''would'' autograph with a cock.
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**As part of the Minecraft Awesome Anniversary episode, Fraser had all the builders create a field of cocks, with one massive diamond cock to tower over them.
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**Datura was an especially (and unusually) erotic episode, from Fraser groping a statue of a woman to wanting to slap a pig's ass.
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** Fraser and the others are also guilty of this from time to time, from the [[RefugeInAudacity corpsefucker joke]] in [[HeavyRain Heavy Rain]] to gangbanging an NPC in [[FourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]].
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* NoFourthWall: The team (especially Becky) constantly deliver lines directly to the camera/audience. Particularly lampshaded in episodes where they have to sort out settings on Xbox Kinetic games and thus have to show the (usually invisible due to greenscreen) studio on screen through the Kinetic's camera, causing Ben (or the chat) to cry out "No, the fourth wall!".
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** Fraser was also a pretty crappy parent during the ''[[HeavyRain Heavy Rain]]'' playthrough.
* AnythingThatMoves: Ben frequently plays this up for laughs. He often makes lewd comments at things ranging from the potentially underaged characters in ''Let's Play Ballerina'' to his cat/girl/boy/whatever "fiancee" Nekoevangeline on Minecraft Awesome, to inanimate objects, or even [[FanficFuel his fellow co-host Fraser]].
* AnythingThatMoves: Ben frequently plays this up for laughs. He often makes lewd comments at things ranging from the potentially underaged characters in ''Let's Play Ballerina'' to his cat/girl/boy/whatever "fiancee" Nekoevangeline on Minecraft Awesome, to inanimate objects, or even [[FanficFuel his fellow co-host Fraser]].
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**And [[AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] on multiple occaisions.
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* ManOfAThousandVoices: Fraser, while narrating games without voice acting; sometimes switching to drastically different voices for the same character.
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In May 2012, the Adsense on their [=YouTube=] account was disabled, cutting off the VGA's income. As a result, they have since started uploading their videos to Blip again and primarily hosted on the still-under-construction [[http://videogamesawesome.net Video Games Awesome! website]].
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In May 2012, the Adsense on their [=YouTube=] account was disabled, cutting off the VGA's income. As a result, they have since started uploading their videos to Blip again and primarily hosted on the still-under-construction [[http://videogamesawesome.net Video Games Awesome! website]].
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** Becky and Ben telegraphing obvious solutions to hacking puzzles in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''.
-->''That one and that one. And those two...''
-->''That one and that one. And those two...''
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* RapeAsComedy: The VGA crew is the only crew which can make [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbOa4KuYuRM gang rape seem hilarious]].
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** They (especially Fraser) got really pissed off at Kratos during the ''[[GodOfWar God of War III]]'' playthrough because of his tendency to massacre innocent people, especially women, often in cruel ways. Fraser even said that [[spoiler: Kratos impaling himself]] was the best thing he'd ever done.
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** They (especially Fraser) got really pissed off at Kratos during the ''[[GodOfWar God of War III]]'' ''VideoGame/GodOfWar III'' playthrough because of his tendency to massacre innocent people, especially women, often in cruel ways. Fraser even said that [[spoiler: Kratos impaling himself]] was the best thing he'd ever done.
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* {{Cosplay}}: They usually dress up like character from the games they play, which Becky makes herself. Some examples [[http://ffsfan.wikia.com/wiki/Becky_Blow here]].
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* {{Cosplay}}: They usually dress up like character characters from the games game they play, play that day, which Becky makes herself. Some examples [[http://ffsfan.wikia.com/wiki/Becky_Blow here]].
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* NoHuggingNoKissing: Fraser and Becky refuse to kiss on camera, saying "we're not that kind of people".
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* NoHuggingNoKissing: Fraser and Becky refuse to kiss on camera, saying "we're not that kind of people".people", although Becky [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L63cuaLUDx4&feature=g-u-u isn't above hugging and flirting with Fraser]].
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* EpicFail: For one of the ''You Don't Know Jack'' questions, all four of them chose the wrong answer, but to their surprise, it was the Wrong Answer of the Day, giving them all a huge bonus.
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* EpicFail: For one of the ''You Don't Know Jack'' questions, all four of them chose the wrong answer, but to their surprise, it was the Wrong Answer of the Day, Game, giving them all a huge bonus.
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** "Did you hear the rumor?", a line from ''Catherine'''s ''{{Catherine}}'''s highly repetitive dialogue.
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* {{Cosplay}}: They usually dress up like character from the games they play, which Becky makes herself. Some examples [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GkaEwe70A0&feature=relmfu here]].
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* {{Cosplay}}: They usually dress up like character from the games they play, which Becky makes herself. Some examples [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GkaEwe70A0&feature=relmfu [[http://ffsfan.wikia.com/wiki/Becky_Blow here]].
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* {{Cosplay}}: Becky makes a lot of the costumes for the games they play. Some examples [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GkaEwe70A0&feature=relmfu here]].
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* {{Cosplay}}: They sure like to dress up, thanks to Becky, who creates most, if not all of the costumes herself.
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* {{Cosplay}}: They sure like to dress up, thanks to Becky, who creates most, if not all Becky makes a lot of the costumes herself.for the games they play. Some examples [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GkaEwe70A0&feature=relmfu here]].
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-->'''The Chatroom''': I want to say that's racist, but I don't know who it's racist to!
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* YouJustToldMe: During a session of ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Fever'', Ben often was a lot better at the games than Fraser, and the chat frequently cheered on Ben or a member of the gang that wasn't even present whenever Fraser ''did'' do well.
-->'''Fraser''': (reading the chat) Fraser "Ben is better than me in every way" 2012
-->'''Becky''': Well, you said it.
-->'''Fraser''': Must've been drunk.
-->'''Becky''': No, you just said it, just now.
-->'''Fraser''': I did? Wow...oh ''fuck''.
-->'''Fraser''': (reading the chat) Fraser "Ben is better than me in every way" 2012
-->'''Becky''': Well, you said it.
-->'''Fraser''': Must've been drunk.
-->'''Becky''': No, you just said it, just now.
-->'''Fraser''': I did? Wow...oh ''fuck''.
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* OhCrap: Despite his foggy memories of prior playthroughs of ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' while playing the game on ''VGA'', Fraser instantly realises that Manfred van Karma means business just from his name being uttered.
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* ManOfAThousandVoices: Fraser, while narrating games without voice acting; sometimes switching to drastically different voices for the same character.
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** "[[ThatMitchellAndWebbLook Oh, and that's a bad miss]]."
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* OnlySixFaces: Discussed in ''VideoGame/DeadIsland''.
-->'''Fraser''': He has a face tattoo so that you'll remember him.\\
'''Ben''': So that he won't look the same as everybody else?\\
[...]\\
'''Fraser''': The Japanese use different-coloured hair, Americans use face tattoos.
-->'''Fraser''': He has a face tattoo so that you'll remember him.\\
'''Ben''': So that he won't look the same as everybody else?\\
[...]\\
'''Fraser''': The Japanese use different-coloured hair, Americans use face tattoos.
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* ForInconveniencePressOne: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XcE-Q4CEEU Tech Support AWESOME!]]" has the gang waiting on the line for someone to fix their Internet connection.
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** "[[VideoGame/{{Catherine}} I have...really bad diarrhea!]]"
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** SantaClaus trolled the ''Minecraft'' Christmas build at the end by [[{{Griefer}} griefing]] all the buildings.
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''Video Games Awesome!'' is an online show centered around five friends who sit on (and behind) a couch and play video games, offering their opinions, cracking jokes, and sometimes just hanging out. It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of ''AwesomeVideoGames'', as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG. Since then it has more or less overtaken its show of origin in terms of content and popularity. Hosted by Fraser Agar and co-hosted by Kyle Huinink, Deacon Publicover, Becky Blow and Ben Taylor (who temporarily left the show to attend college but has since returned).
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''Video Games Awesome!'' is an online show centered around five friends who sit on (and behind) a couch and play video games, offering their opinions, cracking jokes, and sometimes just hanging out. It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of ''AwesomeVideoGames'', ''WebVideo/AwesomeVideoGames'', as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG. Since then it has more or less overtaken its show of origin in terms of content and popularity. Hosted by Fraser Agar and co-hosted by Kyle Huinink, Deacon Publicover, Becky Blow and Ben Taylor (who temporarily left the show to attend college but has since returned).
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* TeamMom: Becky. She makes treats, sews costumes, and keeps Fraser's trolling in check. She's also the executive producer of ''AwesomeVideoGames'' and ''Video Games Awesome!''.
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[[caption-width-right:348:The VGA cast, cosplaying as WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons]]
''"Hello and welcome to ''Video Games Awesome!''!"''
''Video Games Awesome!'' is an online show centered around five friends who sit on (and behind) a couch and play video games, offering their opinions, cracking jokes, and sometimes just hanging out. It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of ''AwesomeVideoGames'', as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG. Since then it has more or less overtaken its show of origin in terms of content and popularity. Hosted by Fraser Agar and co-hosted by Kyle Huinink, Deacon Publicover, Becky Blow and Ben Taylor (who temporarily left the show to attend college but has since returned).
Much of the show’s appeal stems from its casual and laid-back atmosphere. The show is unscripted and intentionally does not focus on hardcore gaming, instead emphasizing fun above all. Many installments are designed to provide the perspective of gamers approaching a game for the first time; to that end, most of the games played are current at the time of the episode's release (though they have occasionally dabbled in retro gaming with titles like Earthbound and Doom), and usually some or all of the cast has not played the game before, allowing for genuine first impressions and reactions.
Featured on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses affiliate Blistered Thumbs [[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/show/show-video-games-awesome here]] and on YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/user/farfromsubtle here]].
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!This show provides examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: They beat a boss in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' by throwing Deacon's and Becky's characters at it.
* AccidentalInnuendo: Basically ''any'' time restoring PP or running out of PP is mentioned in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', the group hear "peepee". [[invoked]]
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: "I read Youtube comments for a living."
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Couple's Catherine Co-op!"
* {{Adorkable}}: Ben and Deacon.
* AbusiveParents: While playing ''[[CookingMama Babysitting Mama]]'', due to the game chastising them for "shaking the baby" too often due to touchy Wii controls, the group eventually lapse towards this out of frustration.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fraser has trouble being distracted too much by ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' maps.
-->''All right, I'm gonna continue with aughts. I'm not gonna get sidetracked. [Less than a minute later] Sorry guys, I got sidetracked. Is aughts yelling at me?''
* TheBard: Fraser will often sing little songs about the game he's playing.
* BatDeduction:
** Invoked several times during a playthrough of ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'', as Fraser tries to solve the Riddler's puzzles by way of the TropeNamer:
-->'''Riddler:''' Don't ''cut'' yourself on this ''sharp''ly observed portrait.\\
'''Fraser:''' Portraits... [[LeonardoDaVinci the Mona Lisa]]... [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]... [[{{FOX}} FOX Broadcasting]]... foxes... the fur shop!!
** They also do it in the ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' video.
** And in ''VideoGame/LANoire''.
-->'''Gun shop owner''': Said he worked at Hartfield's, jewelery store just up on Broadway.\\
''Kyle gasps''\\
'''Fraser''': What's that mean?\\
'''Kyle''': The jewelery store...no wait, that's a shoe store. Nothing.\\
'''Fraser''': But the jewelery store...pearl earrings...layaway...LC...bank...shoes...woman? Police...\\
'''Kyle''': Cops...''Police Cops''.\\
'''Fraser''': Investigation. Murder investigation! The murder was in the jewelery store!\\
'''Kyle''': (overlapping) Sea...it happened by the sea...C is for Catwoman!
* BellisariosMaxim: From a sign inside the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' map. [[invoked]]
-->''Please no smoking. Also, no pointing out the folly of lighting a wooden building with torches. Thank You''
* BerserkButton:
** Don't mention Canadian Bacon. Don't bring it up. Don't make fun of it. You have been warned.
** Fraser can get really ticked off when the others move off of the green screen.
** Fraser hates the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission_buses TTC]], both in ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim]]'' and real life.
* BondOneLiner: After drilling a bad guy in the heart in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', Fraser comes up with a ton of them:
-->'''Fraser''': Part two! Drill to the heart! [...] I guess ''you're'' the one who got screwed, or, look out for those heart-holes...I hear they're catching! Looks like [[DiagnosisMurder the diagonosis is...murder]]! [...] [''reading Kshade's comment''] This is not a drill...and then make some reference to the painter who made ''This is not a pipe''. [...] C'est n'est pas drill [''sic'']. [...] I'm a regular René Magritte!
** Not too long after, when a character's clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks and crushed:
-->'''Ben''': [[XDaysSince Days without an accident]]: Zero.
-->'''Fraser''': [[LampshadeHanging You should be an action hero, Ben]].
* BootstrappedTheme: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNS8pxZWNw Ya Burnt]]'' by Starship Amazing has become the de-facto theme to the show after it (and the rest of the album, ''Ya’ll Stop Bloggin’'') was played on the show.
* ButtMonkey: Deacon.
* CanadaEh: The all-Canadian team really loves it when any game features Canada as a setting, such as ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' (Toronto) or ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' (Montreal, where the developers are from).
* TheChewToy:
** Deacon. The others even make fun of him when he isn't there.
** [=EnterMEUN=], the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' builder dressed as ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. At one point he's even called "the Deacon of the sea".
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
** The Future ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Build was split into two segments, with the first ending on a cliffhanger of the Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' escaping in a [=DeLorean=] after his TARDIS broke down.
** The Adventure Build ends on a wall that would take several weeks to break through to save [=NekoEvangeline=].
* ClusterFBomb: The opening to the ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' video.
-->'''Fraser''': Fuuuuuuuuuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck! Dicktits! Fucking dicktits. Son of dick...it's ''Bulletstorm''!
* ColbertBump:
** Fraser played [[http://www.youtube.com/user/nfamoustv#p/u nfamoustv]]'s songs on one of their live shows; his subscriptions more than tripled within minutes.
** They showed the website of Kyle's place of work, and the weight of visitors crashed it.
* CollectiveGroan:
** During the Microsoft Press Conference at E3 2011, the gang find out there is a new ''Star Wars'' game...on the Kinect.
** Several times during the ''Duke Nukem Forever'' gameplay, when they think Duke will finally get a chance to go outside and kick some ass, only to be stymied by yet another obstacle. [[http://youtu.be/VtZquwTXIX4?t=24m Like this.]]
** A number of Fraser's [[DrSeuss Seussian]] rhymes are reacted to this way.
** And a double when playing ''NBAJam'':
-->'''Fraser''': So that was our first regular match, Lakers vs Beastie Boys. Looks like they let the beat...''mmmDROP''.
-->'''Others''': Oooh...([[{{Beat}} beat]])...oooh...
-->'''Fraser''': You can only groan once to a bad joke.
* {{Cosplay}}: They sure like to dress up, thanks to Becky, who creates most, if not all of the costumes herself.
* CouchGag: Literally, when the gang enters and exits the screen in a manner befitting the game they're playing. For example, with ''Harley-Davidson Roadtrip'', they "rode" the couch in like a motorcycle.
* CutenessProximity: The ''Kinectimals'' tiger for Ben ("His name is Skittles!"), and the ''Let's Play Ballerina'' outfits for all the guys ("She looks darling!").
* DelayedReaction:
** It takes the boys a few seconds to catch on to "Twilightning Round".
** The chatroom, at best, has a four-second delay, so back-and-forth between the chat and gang tends to get messy.
** Fraser occasionally takes a second to process the rest of the group's jokes.
* DescriptionCut: At the start of ''{{Uncharted}} 3'', Nathan's deal starts to go bad:
-->'''Fraser''': They wouldn't have walked into this situation. They have a plan.
-->''[Nathan grabs a pool cue and attacks the closest man.]''
-->'''Fraser''': That's the plan!
* {{Determinator}}: After spending almost ten minutes trying to get the infamous ''[[ThatOneSidequest Veni Vidi Vici]]'' trinket in ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'', Fraser declares he's spent too long on it to give up. He then spends another thirty minutes trying to get it, almost until his hand gives in, before finally [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing succeeding]].
* DontExplainTheJoke:
** "Get it? She shit everywhere!" "She just had to leave the room to take a big shit!"
** "He made a joke about your masculinity."
** "Join us next week on ''Crocodile Tears''! 'Cause he cries, and the croc."
* DoubleEntendre: They all use them, but Becky LOVES them.
* DownerEnding: The ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' episode. The gradual drop of excitement to outright depression amongst the crew as they progress through the game is heartbreaking.
* DudeNotFunny: Fraser's [[{{in-universe}} reaction]] during {{Catherine}} to the chat trolling him on the time left in the game.
* EasyModeMockery: Averted, they always play on the easiest setting and call it 'Super Fraser mode'.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Fraser apparently forbids the others from playing or learning about some games until they play them on the show. He also wouldn't let them see the ''Babysitting Mama'' doll until he [[ItMakesSenseInContext gave birth to it on camera]].
* EpicFail: For one of the ''You Don't Know Jack'' questions, all four of them chose the wrong answer, but to their surprise, it was the Wrong Answer of the Day, giving them all a huge bonus.
* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: Usually in the pattern of [Game] is AWESOME! or for multiparters - [Subtitle]! - [Game] is AWESOME!
* FarEast: The "Frasia" build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', mixing ancient and medieval Japan, China and one Korean turtle boat. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]] [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers a Megazord]]. Also, the non-build challenge area Shiro Shiro.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Fraser
** TheLancer: Ben
** TheBigGuy: Kyle
** TheSmartGuy: Deacon
** TheChick: Becky
* FootFocus: Becky usually goes barefoot.
* ForcedMeme: Fraser hates Yogscast.
* GagPenis:
** Just how many giant cocks did their original ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server have?
** And the first structures built in the second one were giant cocks.
** In ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', Duke is given a chance to draw up a battle strategy on a dry-erase board. Fraser spends five minutes drawing an army of giant cocks attacking the monster. Later, a kid asks for Duke's autograph, so Fraser draws cocks in his book.
-->'''Kyle''': I feel that Duke ''would'' autograph with a cock.
* GameBreakingBug: Fraser seems to be a magnet for these. In ''Harley-Davidson Roadtrip'', the game stopped accepting controller input, twice. In ''DeadIsland'', he got his truck stuck on a wall, and stepping out of the vehicle killed him, twice. In ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', essential puzzle pieces glitched themselves out of existence, [[RuleOfThree twice]].
* TheGhost: The Doctor (from ''Series/DoctorWho'', frequently just called "[[IAmNotShazam Doctor Who]]" by Fraser) in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Future build, who creates diversions for Fraser-as-the Master and only just escapes in his TARDIS through various eras in history. Finally appeared in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' build.
* GirlishPigtails: Becky's trademark hairstyle.
* GoodBadBugs: [[invoked]] In ''DeadIsland'', Fraser somehow got stuck in rage mode for about ten minutes, with all all the experience bonuses that came with it. The downside was that it made the game scream at him for the entire time.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fraser had the guys play ''Scene It: Twilight'', thinking the joke would be on them. He then started to regret it.
* HypocriticalHumour: In the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' live build.
-->'''Fraser''': So, yeah, you guys may think I'm vengeful and fickle god, but I know the names of all my subordinates. I take time to know each of them. ''(turns to a Minecraft player)'' Who the hell are you?!
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming [[ExcitedEpisodeTitle is AWESOME!]]
* IncrediblyLamePun:
** The guys love these.
** Therefore turning the chat room into a HurricaneOfPuns.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Briefly seen in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Christmas build.
* JackOfAllStats: According to Fraser, he's ideal for action games. Ben's better at them, but is deathly quiet while concentrating, and Becky provides more comedic panicking, but is terrible at them. Fraser's somewhere in the middle.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fraser makes fun of Deacon all the time and troll his fans given the chance, yet at the end of his vlogs and live shows he always says he loves them.
* KindheartedCatLover: The live show announcements Fraser posts on YouTube almost always feature at least one of his and Becky's cats.
* KnockKnockJoke: During the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' fanfest. It really didn't go over well with the others.
-->'''Fraser''': Received the [=NokNok=] Shell.\\
'''Ben''': [=NokNok=].\\
'''Deacon''': Who's there?\\
'''Ben''': Mario.[[hottip:*:pronounced as Marry-o]]\\
'''Deacon''': Mario who?\\
'''Ben''': Mario......won't you Mario me?
* KnowNothingKnowItAll:
** You could essentially play a drinking game with how much game trivia the team gets completely wrong - even when they're right in the middle of playing the relevant game. Just watch Fraser play ''Portal 2'' completely positive that there's going to be a giant rebellion of robots as a major plot point.
** While playing ''Catherine'', Fraser ignored the items tutorial, thought the chat room was lying when they said he could use items, despite an instruction to do so sitting in the bottom right corner of the screen, and then criticized the game for not explaining this feature to him.
** Intentionally invoked from time to time, when Fraser confidently describes things incorrectly, such as combining the plots of several movies. This is done mostly to troll the chat and Ben.
* LargeHam: Fraser as Santa in the intro and outro of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Christmas build.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Fraser claims to do this in one of his ''RedDeadRedemption'' rampages.
* LeftHanging: The Future ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build doesn't really resolve the Doctor/Master story.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Fraser notes ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' as this. The gang fall clearly into the "love it" side. [[invoked]]
* MacroZone: The "Benormous" build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', featuring a room with a couch and TV, and a giant-sized garden.
* MegaCrossover: While a few pop cultural references appeared in prior ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' builds, the future-themed one has a continuing story arc of the Master from ''Series/DoctorWho'' (portrayed by Fraser) chasing the Doctor, and ending up in a soundstage filled with a multiple-franchise space battle centred on ''StarTrek'''s Borg. Later, Fraser discovers [[DisneyThemeParks Tomorrowland]], an unmanned {{Gundam}}, InvaderZim's house, Cogswell Cogs from ''TheJetsons'', {{the Matrix}}, 2015 Hill Valley from ''BackToTheFuture Part II'', Planet Zebes from ''{{Metroid}}'', New New York from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and others.
* {{Megane}} / {{Meganekko}}: Becky and Ben sometimes wear glasses.
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: While Ben plays ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' poorly, Fraser states that his middle name should be "Reckless Abandon". Fraser later uses the phrase to describe himself.
* NeverLiveItDown: Neither Fraser nor the server mods will forget Ben killing the wolf Ruddadog in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. [[invoked]]
* NoHuggingNoKissing: Fraser and Becky refuse to kiss on camera, saying "we're not that kind of people".
* NonIndicativeName[=/=]OddNameOut: The fifth ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build that was named after one of the team, instead of having a pun based them like "Frasia" or "Deactor Seuss" is simply called "Kyle".
* NoodleIncident: Occasionally one of the gang might reference some past event without going into detail. Fraser apparently once shat on a train.
* OffTheRails: Several parts of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' adventure builds, but especially the one based on ''MonkeyIsland''.
* TheQuietOne: Deacon. Cementing the ''Duke Nukem Forever'' episode's MoodWhiplash when he speaks possibly the most he ever has on VGA to explain why he considers it a bad game.
* ReadTheFreakingManual[=/=]FailedASpotCheck:
** Fraser will often skip, ignore, or misinterpret the game's instructions, onscreen or otherwise - the official stance is that they don't want to bog the episode down with them going through tutorials or reading manuals, but more often than not this results in Fraser and company asking the chat to walk them through the game. For example, in ''Catherine'', he thought the chat room was lying when they said he could create a block, even though the command to do so was highly visible in the corner of the screen.
** In ''Uncharted 2'', the old man sends Nathan and a guide to find the remain of his expedition:
-->'''Fraser''': Are we going to hunt a bear?
** Fraser talked over the "Dis or Dat" instructions in ''YouDontKnowJack'', and burned the rest of the round asking the others what he was supposed to do.
** They skipped a tutorial for ''Chick Chick Boom'' and were thus mystified by Corncobman.
** After the instructions for crouching in ''Dead Island'' flashed on and off, Fraser claimed that the game hadn't told him how to do it.
** And in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', the elevator code is mentioned (and displayed in captions) twice, but Ben and Fraser don't notice it.
** In Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, Fraser keeps making waypoints on the map, but puts them at the wrong place and then complains about being lead the wrong way. At the beginning he also completely ignores the icon indicating where he is on the map and thinks the waypoint THAT HE MADE HIMSELF TO KNOW WHERE TO GO is his current location.
* RefugeInAudacity: Some of the titles for the show suggested by the chat-room during the Deus Ex playthrough.
-->'''Fraser''': I don't even wanna say some of these out loud...
* {{Retirony}}: The cactus trap Professor Frink built for Deacon in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' build was said to have happened both on his birthday ''and'' one day before his retirement.
* RunningGag:
** "Unsubbing." Fraser thinks it's hilarious when people go out of their way to announce that they're unsubscribing (usually because of too many/not enough ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' episodes), so they and their viewers like to come up with other vapid reasons for unsubscribing, usually in the format of "Not enough X, unsubbing".
** Mr./Mrs. X is Y. Started when Fraser started trolling one of his mods called mrchrismad, frequently calling him Mr. Chrisismad; ever since, the live chat applies this to anger or any other emotion any of the cast is feeling.
** Whenever Fraser changes a game's difficulty to Easy to play on, the chat room praises him in some variation, that he "Passed the game's stage on Hard Mode." In fact whenever Fraser changes the difficulty to Easy Mode, he and the Chat Room declare the game is on Super Fraser Mode, [[BlatantLies the hardest difficulty imaginable]].
** "...First try!"
** "We just beat the dragon!", an ''AwesomeVideoGames'' reference, and "We did it! We saved him!", apparently a ''WetHotAmericanSummer'' reference.
** "It takes a real kind of jerk/asshole..."
** The guys joke about Ben's dyslexia a lot. It also seems to be an inside joke among them that Ben is a pedophile.
** "You dyslexic fuck."
** "Did you hear the rumor?", a line from ''Catherine'''s highly repetitive dialogue.
** "...you cock."
** "She's already dead!"
** "...and that X was Ben's father." On one occasion, this shifted to Ben saying "and that boy was me".
** "Because she's a woman!"
** X is/isn't a good Y pilot.
** [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries TAS Batman]] 1992-1995. Do not touch the display!
** "And on my ''birthday''!"
** Fraser's trollface.
** "[[YouFool Fool]]." from ''AsurasWrath''.
** "Big ups!"
** Confusing ''StarWars'' with ''StarTrek''.
--->'''Fraser''': (after a long tangent about [[ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]]) ''Star Trek Episode I: [[StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search for Spock]]''.
** "Er, um, uh...you know the rest." ''(with liberally applied fake Australian accent)''
* {{Scandalgate}}: In ''SidewayNewYork'' Fraser referred to his rap (used earlier in a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build) containing the word "niggaz" as being subject to Goldteethgate.
* SceneryGorn:
** The remains of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Giant World after the giant Creeper explosion.
** Fraser putting TNT and lava in the troll part of the ''Minecraft'' server's first anniversary build.
* SceneryPorn: Every ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build. Taken further by the "artistic" pull-away at the end of the first anniversary of the original server.
* SerialEscalation: They started off doing ten-minute segments weekly, which soon bloomed into multi-hour live shows daily. For the ''Skyrim'' release, they were live for ''nine hours straight''.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The narrative of the Future build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ShesGotLegs: Becky as Mrs. Claus in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzNRs4KHG8&list=PLC3C658C8168F298F&index=1&feature=plpp_video Minecraft Christmas build]].
* ShoutOut:
** The builders on their ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' servers make a lot of popular culture references. One build was based specifically on the works of DrSeuss.
** The gang quotes ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' so much, their April Fools joke revolved around them being sued by FOX for infringement.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Deacon.
* SoreLoser: Fraser hates to lose, especially to Ben or Deacon.
* SoundEffectBleep: Done with words. Early on, any swears would be removed from an episode in post and either blanked or replaced with inoffensive words from elsewhere in the episode (this was heavily and repeatedly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] whenever it happened). This practice eventually fell by the wayside, especially as more and more of their shows were done live and they started doing M-rated games.
* SpitTake: After a [[OverlyLongGag long string of dick jokes]], Fraser couldn't hold his water in.
* StepThreeProfit: On a mission board in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Frasia Build.
-->''Avenge Drift's Parents''\\
''Rank:?????''\\
''Reward:Profit''
** Mellisbaker's sign in the Eden Temple section of Frasia.
-->''Step 1: Build Temple''\\
''Step 2: Show Live''\\
''Step 3: ????''\\
''Step 4: Profit''
** And near an "interactive" giant Lazuli ore block in the Benormous build.
-->''Get that pick [sign points towards chest]''\\
''1. Hit button''\\
''2. ????''\\
''3. Profit!''
** Used as part of a riddle in the adventure map build. Apparently question marks is actually what comes before profit.
* SublimeRhyme: Their DrSeuss build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has the gang saying a lot of Dr. Seuss like rhymes, mostly from Fraser, [[PainfulRhyme with mixed results]]
-->'''Fraser''': What is this? My ''Minecraft'' just crashed.\\
{{Beat}}\\
What the frig rhymes with crashed?!
* TakeThat: While watching an impromptu stage performance in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
-->'''Fraser''': Oh, this is the most disorganised show I've ever seen. [mock shrugging] What is this, [[SpidermanTurnOffTheDark Spider-Man on Broadway]]?
* TakeThatAudience: Fraser notes that Mallow from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'''s snivelling sounds just like the chat.
* TeamMom: Becky. She makes treats, sews costumes, and keeps Fraser's trolling in check. She's also the executive producer of ''AwesomeVideoGames'' and ''Video Games Awesome!''.
* TeamPet:
** The ''Babysitting Mama'' doll started to get used as a fill-in for absent party members, and now routinely gets included in videos, and gets it own costumes when the others dress up. They've since named it Hank.
** Becky's [[LittleBigPlanet Sackboy]] plushie has begun to make appearances as well.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Whenever the gang play multiplayer games.
* ThatsWhatSheSaid: One of their favorite go-to gags.
* ToiletHumor:
** Fraser ''really'' loves how ''{{Learning with the PooYoos}}'' has red bubbles that fart and a "fart button". Fraser and Becky sign out the episode with handfarts.
** The gang are also amused when the blow-up boxer in ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Fever'' makes fart noises when inflated improperly.
* {{Tradesnark}}: Fraser got a lot of amusement out of finding the symbol selection in the [[HelloInsertNameHere name entry]] for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', choosing Hank™ as Link's name for the game.
* TriviallyObvious: Becky sums up the Kinect avatar chat as "something to do".
* {{Troll}}:
** Pretty much all of Fraser's ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' builders are this, trolling Fraser with green couches, green "crouch rooms" and the occasional green comfy chair.
** During ''Arkham Asylum'', Fraser started trolling Ben by saying, [[TheEmpireStrikesBack "And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!"]] in out-of-context situations. Then they both started trolling Becky by saying it every few minutes. Then Becky trolled everyone by calling it a ''StarTrek'' quote.
** Fraser trolled the others with an edited version of the ''Just Dance 2'' trailer, which showed the same clip of terrible dancing over and over. He also set them up to play a "mystery game", which turned out to be ''Scene It: Twilight''.
** Fraser did the same thing with a trailer for ''Dance Star Party'' the following year.
* TwoGamersOnACouch: ...and between one and three behind it.
* UnderwaterCity: The "[[SpongeBobSquarePants Beckyni Bottom]]" build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with a few {{Underwater Base}}s connected to it.
* VideoGameCaringPotential:
** The guys are put off by the brutal carnage Kirby unleashes during ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', especially in light of the fact that the "enemies" don't attack him, can't even hurt him, and are just going about their business when you run across them.
** They (especially Fraser) got really pissed off at Kratos during the ''[[GodOfWar God of War III]]'' playthrough because of his tendency to massacre innocent people, especially women, often in cruel ways. Fraser even said that [[spoiler: Kratos impaling himself]] was the best thing he'd ever done.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** In ''RedDeadRedemption'', with the "Diplomatic Immunity" cheat.
** Also in ''{{Skyrim}}'' when Fraser spent over half of the show running around slaughtering non-player characters.
* TheWildWest: The Old West ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Fraser's French-Italian-Spanish-Russian-Badly burned Albanian accent used for [[PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Maya Fey]].
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings:
** The ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server had to be whitelisted due to griefers.
** The chat during live streams is now Turbo club-members only to prevent the show's increasing viewership from spoiling the games being played and trolling Fraser and co.
* AWorldwidePunomenon: In the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Christmas build, there was a penis, but also a large chicken in the ice sculpture contest. The latter was disqualified because they "already had a giant cock".
* WorstWhateverEver:
** Fraser's slow getaway in ''RedDeadRedemption''.
-->'''Fraser''': Worst. Getaway. Ever.
** And his Minecart ride in Old Port on the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server.
-->'''Fraser''': Worst. Ride. Ever.
* XDaysSince:
** The Creeper Testing Ground in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Beckyni Bottom build had 0 Days without injuries.
*** In the Frasia build, a shrine to "Super Quiet Creepers" had a "0 Days since last explosion" sign.
*** The Mine all Mine Offices and bunkrooms in the adventure map build proudly declares a massive ''two'' days without an accident.
** In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', Ben uses this as a BondOneLiner when a bad guy's loose clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks.
-->''Days without an accident: ''zero''.''
* YouFool: Fraser uses this speech pattern a lot while imitating the cast of ''AsurasWrath''.
* YouSayTomato: The group's pronunciation of "DrSeuss" (like "Dr. Zeuss") was immediately called out by the entire chatroom.
[[caption-width-right:348:The VGA cast, cosplaying as WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons]]
''"Hello and welcome to ''Video Games Awesome!''!"''
''Video Games Awesome!'' is an online show centered around five friends who sit on (and behind) a couch and play video games, offering their opinions, cracking jokes, and sometimes just hanging out. It began in June 2009 as a spin-off of ''AwesomeVideoGames'', as a way for the creative team behind that series to release content and stay visible between updates of AVG. Since then it has more or less overtaken its show of origin in terms of content and popularity. Hosted by Fraser Agar and co-hosted by Kyle Huinink, Deacon Publicover, Becky Blow and Ben Taylor (who temporarily left the show to attend college but has since returned).
Much of the show’s appeal stems from its casual and laid-back atmosphere. The show is unscripted and intentionally does not focus on hardcore gaming, instead emphasizing fun above all. Many installments are designed to provide the perspective of gamers approaching a game for the first time; to that end, most of the games played are current at the time of the episode's release (though they have occasionally dabbled in retro gaming with titles like Earthbound and Doom), and usually some or all of the cast has not played the game before, allowing for genuine first impressions and reactions.
Featured on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses affiliate Blistered Thumbs [[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/show/show-video-games-awesome here]] and on YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/user/farfromsubtle here]].
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!This show provides examples of:
* AbnormalAmmo: They beat a boss in ''LittleBigPlanet 2'' by throwing Deacon's and Becky's characters at it.
* AccidentalInnuendo: Basically ''any'' time restoring PP or running out of PP is mentioned in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', the group hear "peepee". [[invoked]]
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: "I read Youtube comments for a living."
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Couple's Catherine Co-op!"
* {{Adorkable}}: Ben and Deacon.
* AbusiveParents: While playing ''[[CookingMama Babysitting Mama]]'', due to the game chastising them for "shaking the baby" too often due to touchy Wii controls, the group eventually lapse towards this out of frustration.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Fraser has trouble being distracted too much by ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' maps.
-->''All right, I'm gonna continue with aughts. I'm not gonna get sidetracked. [Less than a minute later] Sorry guys, I got sidetracked. Is aughts yelling at me?''
* TheBard: Fraser will often sing little songs about the game he's playing.
* BatDeduction:
** Invoked several times during a playthrough of ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'', as Fraser tries to solve the Riddler's puzzles by way of the TropeNamer:
-->'''Riddler:''' Don't ''cut'' yourself on this ''sharp''ly observed portrait.\\
'''Fraser:''' Portraits... [[LeonardoDaVinci the Mona Lisa]]... [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]... [[{{FOX}} FOX Broadcasting]]... foxes... the fur shop!!
** They also do it in the ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' video.
** And in ''VideoGame/LANoire''.
-->'''Gun shop owner''': Said he worked at Hartfield's, jewelery store just up on Broadway.\\
''Kyle gasps''\\
'''Fraser''': What's that mean?\\
'''Kyle''': The jewelery store...no wait, that's a shoe store. Nothing.\\
'''Fraser''': But the jewelery store...pearl earrings...layaway...LC...bank...shoes...woman? Police...\\
'''Kyle''': Cops...''Police Cops''.\\
'''Fraser''': Investigation. Murder investigation! The murder was in the jewelery store!\\
'''Kyle''': (overlapping) Sea...it happened by the sea...C is for Catwoman!
* BellisariosMaxim: From a sign inside the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' map. [[invoked]]
-->''Please no smoking. Also, no pointing out the folly of lighting a wooden building with torches. Thank You''
* BerserkButton:
** Don't mention Canadian Bacon. Don't bring it up. Don't make fun of it. You have been warned.
** Fraser can get really ticked off when the others move off of the green screen.
** Fraser hates the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Transit_Commission_buses TTC]], both in ''[[VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim]]'' and real life.
* BondOneLiner: After drilling a bad guy in the heart in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', Fraser comes up with a ton of them:
-->'''Fraser''': Part two! Drill to the heart! [...] I guess ''you're'' the one who got screwed, or, look out for those heart-holes...I hear they're catching! Looks like [[DiagnosisMurder the diagonosis is...murder]]! [...] [''reading Kshade's comment''] This is not a drill...and then make some reference to the painter who made ''This is not a pipe''. [...] C'est n'est pas drill [''sic'']. [...] I'm a regular René Magritte!
** Not too long after, when a character's clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks and crushed:
-->'''Ben''': [[XDaysSince Days without an accident]]: Zero.
-->'''Fraser''': [[LampshadeHanging You should be an action hero, Ben]].
* BootstrappedTheme: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNS8pxZWNw Ya Burnt]]'' by Starship Amazing has become the de-facto theme to the show after it (and the rest of the album, ''Ya’ll Stop Bloggin’'') was played on the show.
* ButtMonkey: Deacon.
* CanadaEh: The all-Canadian team really loves it when any game features Canada as a setting, such as ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrim'' (Toronto) or ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' (Montreal, where the developers are from).
* TheChewToy:
** Deacon. The others even make fun of him when he isn't there.
** [=EnterMEUN=], the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' builder dressed as ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. At one point he's even called "the Deacon of the sea".
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
** The Future ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Build was split into two segments, with the first ending on a cliffhanger of the Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' escaping in a [=DeLorean=] after his TARDIS broke down.
** The Adventure Build ends on a wall that would take several weeks to break through to save [=NekoEvangeline=].
* ClusterFBomb: The opening to the ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' video.
-->'''Fraser''': Fuuuuuuuuuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck! Dicktits! Fucking dicktits. Son of dick...it's ''Bulletstorm''!
* ColbertBump:
** Fraser played [[http://www.youtube.com/user/nfamoustv#p/u nfamoustv]]'s songs on one of their live shows; his subscriptions more than tripled within minutes.
** They showed the website of Kyle's place of work, and the weight of visitors crashed it.
* CollectiveGroan:
** During the Microsoft Press Conference at E3 2011, the gang find out there is a new ''Star Wars'' game...on the Kinect.
** Several times during the ''Duke Nukem Forever'' gameplay, when they think Duke will finally get a chance to go outside and kick some ass, only to be stymied by yet another obstacle. [[http://youtu.be/VtZquwTXIX4?t=24m Like this.]]
** A number of Fraser's [[DrSeuss Seussian]] rhymes are reacted to this way.
** And a double when playing ''NBAJam'':
-->'''Fraser''': So that was our first regular match, Lakers vs Beastie Boys. Looks like they let the beat...''mmmDROP''.
-->'''Others''': Oooh...([[{{Beat}} beat]])...oooh...
-->'''Fraser''': You can only groan once to a bad joke.
* {{Cosplay}}: They sure like to dress up, thanks to Becky, who creates most, if not all of the costumes herself.
* CouchGag: Literally, when the gang enters and exits the screen in a manner befitting the game they're playing. For example, with ''Harley-Davidson Roadtrip'', they "rode" the couch in like a motorcycle.
* CutenessProximity: The ''Kinectimals'' tiger for Ben ("His name is Skittles!"), and the ''Let's Play Ballerina'' outfits for all the guys ("She looks darling!").
* DelayedReaction:
** It takes the boys a few seconds to catch on to "Twilightning Round".
** The chatroom, at best, has a four-second delay, so back-and-forth between the chat and gang tends to get messy.
** Fraser occasionally takes a second to process the rest of the group's jokes.
* DescriptionCut: At the start of ''{{Uncharted}} 3'', Nathan's deal starts to go bad:
-->'''Fraser''': They wouldn't have walked into this situation. They have a plan.
-->''[Nathan grabs a pool cue and attacks the closest man.]''
-->'''Fraser''': That's the plan!
* {{Determinator}}: After spending almost ten minutes trying to get the infamous ''[[ThatOneSidequest Veni Vidi Vici]]'' trinket in ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'', Fraser declares he's spent too long on it to give up. He then spends another thirty minutes trying to get it, almost until his hand gives in, before finally [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing succeeding]].
* DontExplainTheJoke:
** "Get it? She shit everywhere!" "She just had to leave the room to take a big shit!"
** "He made a joke about your masculinity."
** "Join us next week on ''Crocodile Tears''! 'Cause he cries, and the croc."
* DoubleEntendre: They all use them, but Becky LOVES them.
* DownerEnding: The ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' episode. The gradual drop of excitement to outright depression amongst the crew as they progress through the game is heartbreaking.
* DudeNotFunny: Fraser's [[{{in-universe}} reaction]] during {{Catherine}} to the chat trolling him on the time left in the game.
* EasyModeMockery: Averted, they always play on the easiest setting and call it 'Super Fraser mode'.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Fraser apparently forbids the others from playing or learning about some games until they play them on the show. He also wouldn't let them see the ''Babysitting Mama'' doll until he [[ItMakesSenseInContext gave birth to it on camera]].
* EpicFail: For one of the ''You Don't Know Jack'' questions, all four of them chose the wrong answer, but to their surprise, it was the Wrong Answer of the Day, giving them all a huge bonus.
* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: Usually in the pattern of [Game] is AWESOME! or for multiparters - [Subtitle]! - [Game] is AWESOME!
* FarEast: The "Frasia" build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', mixing ancient and medieval Japan, China and one Korean turtle boat. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]] [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers a Megazord]]. Also, the non-build challenge area Shiro Shiro.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Fraser
** TheLancer: Ben
** TheBigGuy: Kyle
** TheSmartGuy: Deacon
** TheChick: Becky
* FootFocus: Becky usually goes barefoot.
* ForcedMeme: Fraser hates Yogscast.
* GagPenis:
** Just how many giant cocks did their original ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server have?
** And the first structures built in the second one were giant cocks.
** In ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', Duke is given a chance to draw up a battle strategy on a dry-erase board. Fraser spends five minutes drawing an army of giant cocks attacking the monster. Later, a kid asks for Duke's autograph, so Fraser draws cocks in his book.
-->'''Kyle''': I feel that Duke ''would'' autograph with a cock.
* GameBreakingBug: Fraser seems to be a magnet for these. In ''Harley-Davidson Roadtrip'', the game stopped accepting controller input, twice. In ''DeadIsland'', he got his truck stuck on a wall, and stepping out of the vehicle killed him, twice. In ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', essential puzzle pieces glitched themselves out of existence, [[RuleOfThree twice]].
* TheGhost: The Doctor (from ''Series/DoctorWho'', frequently just called "[[IAmNotShazam Doctor Who]]" by Fraser) in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Future build, who creates diversions for Fraser-as-the Master and only just escapes in his TARDIS through various eras in history. Finally appeared in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' build.
* GirlishPigtails: Becky's trademark hairstyle.
* GoodBadBugs: [[invoked]] In ''DeadIsland'', Fraser somehow got stuck in rage mode for about ten minutes, with all all the experience bonuses that came with it. The downside was that it made the game scream at him for the entire time.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Fraser had the guys play ''Scene It: Twilight'', thinking the joke would be on them. He then started to regret it.
* HypocriticalHumour: In the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' live build.
-->'''Fraser''': So, yeah, you guys may think I'm vengeful and fickle god, but I know the names of all my subordinates. I take time to know each of them. ''(turns to a Minecraft player)'' Who the hell are you?!
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming [[ExcitedEpisodeTitle is AWESOME!]]
* IncrediblyLamePun:
** The guys love these.
** Therefore turning the chat room into a HurricaneOfPuns.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Briefly seen in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Christmas build.
* JackOfAllStats: According to Fraser, he's ideal for action games. Ben's better at them, but is deathly quiet while concentrating, and Becky provides more comedic panicking, but is terrible at them. Fraser's somewhere in the middle.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fraser makes fun of Deacon all the time and troll his fans given the chance, yet at the end of his vlogs and live shows he always says he loves them.
* KindheartedCatLover: The live show announcements Fraser posts on YouTube almost always feature at least one of his and Becky's cats.
* KnockKnockJoke: During the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' fanfest. It really didn't go over well with the others.
-->'''Fraser''': Received the [=NokNok=] Shell.\\
'''Ben''': [=NokNok=].\\
'''Deacon''': Who's there?\\
'''Ben''': Mario.[[hottip:*:pronounced as Marry-o]]\\
'''Deacon''': Mario who?\\
'''Ben''': Mario......won't you Mario me?
* KnowNothingKnowItAll:
** You could essentially play a drinking game with how much game trivia the team gets completely wrong - even when they're right in the middle of playing the relevant game. Just watch Fraser play ''Portal 2'' completely positive that there's going to be a giant rebellion of robots as a major plot point.
** While playing ''Catherine'', Fraser ignored the items tutorial, thought the chat room was lying when they said he could use items, despite an instruction to do so sitting in the bottom right corner of the screen, and then criticized the game for not explaining this feature to him.
** Intentionally invoked from time to time, when Fraser confidently describes things incorrectly, such as combining the plots of several movies. This is done mostly to troll the chat and Ben.
* LargeHam: Fraser as Santa in the intro and outro of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Christmas build.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Fraser claims to do this in one of his ''RedDeadRedemption'' rampages.
* LeftHanging: The Future ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build doesn't really resolve the Doctor/Master story.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Fraser notes ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' as this. The gang fall clearly into the "love it" side. [[invoked]]
* MacroZone: The "Benormous" build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', featuring a room with a couch and TV, and a giant-sized garden.
* MegaCrossover: While a few pop cultural references appeared in prior ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' builds, the future-themed one has a continuing story arc of the Master from ''Series/DoctorWho'' (portrayed by Fraser) chasing the Doctor, and ending up in a soundstage filled with a multiple-franchise space battle centred on ''StarTrek'''s Borg. Later, Fraser discovers [[DisneyThemeParks Tomorrowland]], an unmanned {{Gundam}}, InvaderZim's house, Cogswell Cogs from ''TheJetsons'', {{the Matrix}}, 2015 Hill Valley from ''BackToTheFuture Part II'', Planet Zebes from ''{{Metroid}}'', New New York from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' and others.
* {{Megane}} / {{Meganekko}}: Becky and Ben sometimes wear glasses.
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: While Ben plays ''VideoGame/{{Limbo}}'' poorly, Fraser states that his middle name should be "Reckless Abandon". Fraser later uses the phrase to describe himself.
* NeverLiveItDown: Neither Fraser nor the server mods will forget Ben killing the wolf Ruddadog in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. [[invoked]]
* NoHuggingNoKissing: Fraser and Becky refuse to kiss on camera, saying "we're not that kind of people".
* NonIndicativeName[=/=]OddNameOut: The fifth ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build that was named after one of the team, instead of having a pun based them like "Frasia" or "Deactor Seuss" is simply called "Kyle".
* NoodleIncident: Occasionally one of the gang might reference some past event without going into detail. Fraser apparently once shat on a train.
* OffTheRails: Several parts of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' adventure builds, but especially the one based on ''MonkeyIsland''.
* TheQuietOne: Deacon. Cementing the ''Duke Nukem Forever'' episode's MoodWhiplash when he speaks possibly the most he ever has on VGA to explain why he considers it a bad game.
* ReadTheFreakingManual[=/=]FailedASpotCheck:
** Fraser will often skip, ignore, or misinterpret the game's instructions, onscreen or otherwise - the official stance is that they don't want to bog the episode down with them going through tutorials or reading manuals, but more often than not this results in Fraser and company asking the chat to walk them through the game. For example, in ''Catherine'', he thought the chat room was lying when they said he could create a block, even though the command to do so was highly visible in the corner of the screen.
** In ''Uncharted 2'', the old man sends Nathan and a guide to find the remain of his expedition:
-->'''Fraser''': Are we going to hunt a bear?
** Fraser talked over the "Dis or Dat" instructions in ''YouDontKnowJack'', and burned the rest of the round asking the others what he was supposed to do.
** They skipped a tutorial for ''Chick Chick Boom'' and were thus mystified by Corncobman.
** After the instructions for crouching in ''Dead Island'' flashed on and off, Fraser claimed that the game hadn't told him how to do it.
** And in ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', the elevator code is mentioned (and displayed in captions) twice, but Ben and Fraser don't notice it.
** In Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, Fraser keeps making waypoints on the map, but puts them at the wrong place and then complains about being lead the wrong way. At the beginning he also completely ignores the icon indicating where he is on the map and thinks the waypoint THAT HE MADE HIMSELF TO KNOW WHERE TO GO is his current location.
* RefugeInAudacity: Some of the titles for the show suggested by the chat-room during the Deus Ex playthrough.
-->'''Fraser''': I don't even wanna say some of these out loud...
* {{Retirony}}: The cactus trap Professor Frink built for Deacon in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' build was said to have happened both on his birthday ''and'' one day before his retirement.
* RunningGag:
** "Unsubbing." Fraser thinks it's hilarious when people go out of their way to announce that they're unsubscribing (usually because of too many/not enough ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' episodes), so they and their viewers like to come up with other vapid reasons for unsubscribing, usually in the format of "Not enough X, unsubbing".
** Mr./Mrs. X is Y. Started when Fraser started trolling one of his mods called mrchrismad, frequently calling him Mr. Chrisismad; ever since, the live chat applies this to anger or any other emotion any of the cast is feeling.
** Whenever Fraser changes a game's difficulty to Easy to play on, the chat room praises him in some variation, that he "Passed the game's stage on Hard Mode." In fact whenever Fraser changes the difficulty to Easy Mode, he and the Chat Room declare the game is on Super Fraser Mode, [[BlatantLies the hardest difficulty imaginable]].
** "...First try!"
** "We just beat the dragon!", an ''AwesomeVideoGames'' reference, and "We did it! We saved him!", apparently a ''WetHotAmericanSummer'' reference.
** "It takes a real kind of jerk/asshole..."
** The guys joke about Ben's dyslexia a lot. It also seems to be an inside joke among them that Ben is a pedophile.
** "You dyslexic fuck."
** "Did you hear the rumor?", a line from ''Catherine'''s highly repetitive dialogue.
** "...you cock."
** "She's already dead!"
** "...and that X was Ben's father." On one occasion, this shifted to Ben saying "and that boy was me".
** "Because she's a woman!"
** X is/isn't a good Y pilot.
** [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries TAS Batman]] 1992-1995. Do not touch the display!
** "And on my ''birthday''!"
** Fraser's trollface.
** "[[YouFool Fool]]." from ''AsurasWrath''.
** "Big ups!"
** Confusing ''StarWars'' with ''StarTrek''.
--->'''Fraser''': (after a long tangent about [[ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]]) ''Star Trek Episode I: [[StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock The Search for Spock]]''.
** "Er, um, uh...you know the rest." ''(with liberally applied fake Australian accent)''
* {{Scandalgate}}: In ''SidewayNewYork'' Fraser referred to his rap (used earlier in a ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build) containing the word "niggaz" as being subject to Goldteethgate.
* SceneryGorn:
** The remains of the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Giant World after the giant Creeper explosion.
** Fraser putting TNT and lava in the troll part of the ''Minecraft'' server's first anniversary build.
* SceneryPorn: Every ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build. Taken further by the "artistic" pull-away at the end of the first anniversary of the original server.
* SerialEscalation: They started off doing ten-minute segments weekly, which soon bloomed into multi-hour live shows daily. For the ''Skyrim'' release, they were live for ''nine hours straight''.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The narrative of the Future build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
* ShesGotLegs: Becky as Mrs. Claus in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzNRs4KHG8&list=PLC3C658C8168F298F&index=1&feature=plpp_video Minecraft Christmas build]].
* ShoutOut:
** The builders on their ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' servers make a lot of popular culture references. One build was based specifically on the works of DrSeuss.
** The gang quotes ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' so much, their April Fools joke revolved around them being sued by FOX for infringement.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Deacon.
* SoreLoser: Fraser hates to lose, especially to Ben or Deacon.
* SoundEffectBleep: Done with words. Early on, any swears would be removed from an episode in post and either blanked or replaced with inoffensive words from elsewhere in the episode (this was heavily and repeatedly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] whenever it happened). This practice eventually fell by the wayside, especially as more and more of their shows were done live and they started doing M-rated games.
* SpitTake: After a [[OverlyLongGag long string of dick jokes]], Fraser couldn't hold his water in.
* StepThreeProfit: On a mission board in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Frasia Build.
-->''Avenge Drift's Parents''\\
''Rank:?????''\\
''Reward:Profit''
** Mellisbaker's sign in the Eden Temple section of Frasia.
-->''Step 1: Build Temple''\\
''Step 2: Show Live''\\
''Step 3: ????''\\
''Step 4: Profit''
** And near an "interactive" giant Lazuli ore block in the Benormous build.
-->''Get that pick [sign points towards chest]''\\
''1. Hit button''\\
''2. ????''\\
''3. Profit!''
** Used as part of a riddle in the adventure map build. Apparently question marks is actually what comes before profit.
* SublimeRhyme: Their DrSeuss build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has the gang saying a lot of Dr. Seuss like rhymes, mostly from Fraser, [[PainfulRhyme with mixed results]]
-->'''Fraser''': What is this? My ''Minecraft'' just crashed.\\
{{Beat}}\\
What the frig rhymes with crashed?!
* TakeThat: While watching an impromptu stage performance in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
-->'''Fraser''': Oh, this is the most disorganised show I've ever seen. [mock shrugging] What is this, [[SpidermanTurnOffTheDark Spider-Man on Broadway]]?
* TakeThatAudience: Fraser notes that Mallow from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'''s snivelling sounds just like the chat.
* TeamMom: Becky. She makes treats, sews costumes, and keeps Fraser's trolling in check. She's also the executive producer of ''AwesomeVideoGames'' and ''Video Games Awesome!''.
* TeamPet:
** The ''Babysitting Mama'' doll started to get used as a fill-in for absent party members, and now routinely gets included in videos, and gets it own costumes when the others dress up. They've since named it Hank.
** Becky's [[LittleBigPlanet Sackboy]] plushie has begun to make appearances as well.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Whenever the gang play multiplayer games.
* ThatsWhatSheSaid: One of their favorite go-to gags.
* ToiletHumor:
** Fraser ''really'' loves how ''{{Learning with the PooYoos}}'' has red bubbles that fart and a "fart button". Fraser and Becky sign out the episode with handfarts.
** The gang are also amused when the blow-up boxer in ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Fever'' makes fart noises when inflated improperly.
* {{Tradesnark}}: Fraser got a lot of amusement out of finding the symbol selection in the [[HelloInsertNameHere name entry]] for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', choosing Hank™ as Link's name for the game.
* TriviallyObvious: Becky sums up the Kinect avatar chat as "something to do".
* {{Troll}}:
** Pretty much all of Fraser's ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' builders are this, trolling Fraser with green couches, green "crouch rooms" and the occasional green comfy chair.
** During ''Arkham Asylum'', Fraser started trolling Ben by saying, [[TheEmpireStrikesBack "And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!"]] in out-of-context situations. Then they both started trolling Becky by saying it every few minutes. Then Becky trolled everyone by calling it a ''StarTrek'' quote.
** Fraser trolled the others with an edited version of the ''Just Dance 2'' trailer, which showed the same clip of terrible dancing over and over. He also set them up to play a "mystery game", which turned out to be ''Scene It: Twilight''.
** Fraser did the same thing with a trailer for ''Dance Star Party'' the following year.
* TwoGamersOnACouch: ...and between one and three behind it.
* UnderwaterCity: The "[[SpongeBobSquarePants Beckyni Bottom]]" build in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', with a few {{Underwater Base}}s connected to it.
* VideoGameCaringPotential:
** The guys are put off by the brutal carnage Kirby unleashes during ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'', especially in light of the fact that the "enemies" don't attack him, can't even hurt him, and are just going about their business when you run across them.
** They (especially Fraser) got really pissed off at Kratos during the ''[[GodOfWar God of War III]]'' playthrough because of his tendency to massacre innocent people, especially women, often in cruel ways. Fraser even said that [[spoiler: Kratos impaling himself]] was the best thing he'd ever done.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** In ''RedDeadRedemption'', with the "Diplomatic Immunity" cheat.
** Also in ''{{Skyrim}}'' when Fraser spent over half of the show running around slaughtering non-player characters.
* TheWildWest: The Old West ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' build.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Fraser's French-Italian-Spanish-Russian-Badly burned Albanian accent used for [[PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Maya Fey]].
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings:
** The ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server had to be whitelisted due to griefers.
** The chat during live streams is now Turbo club-members only to prevent the show's increasing viewership from spoiling the games being played and trolling Fraser and co.
* AWorldwidePunomenon: In the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Christmas build, there was a penis, but also a large chicken in the ice sculpture contest. The latter was disqualified because they "already had a giant cock".
* WorstWhateverEver:
** Fraser's slow getaway in ''RedDeadRedemption''.
-->'''Fraser''': Worst. Getaway. Ever.
** And his Minecart ride in Old Port on the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' server.
-->'''Fraser''': Worst. Ride. Ever.
* XDaysSince:
** The Creeper Testing Ground in the ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Beckyni Bottom build had 0 Days without injuries.
*** In the Frasia build, a shrine to "Super Quiet Creepers" had a "0 Days since last explosion" sign.
*** The Mine all Mine Offices and bunkrooms in the adventure map build proudly declares a massive ''two'' days without an accident.
** In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', Ben uses this as a BondOneLiner when a bad guy's loose clothing is caught on some caterpillar tracks.
-->''Days without an accident: ''zero''.''
* YouFool: Fraser uses this speech pattern a lot while imitating the cast of ''AsurasWrath''.
* YouSayTomato: The group's pronunciation of "DrSeuss" (like "Dr. Zeuss") was immediately called out by the entire chatroom.
