History YMMV / Raocow

** In a MAGLX2 level ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-qrqnRPm4 Sad Skillful Military Base]]), somebody made a "sad cat room" as both a joke and a memorial to both their own cat and raocow's cat Gaston. This turned out to be one of the biggest [[TearJerker tearjerkers]] in the history of raocow, probably a bigger tearjerker than the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pUAnUmsH8o original video]] which was made when Gaston passed away ( [[spoiler:the joke was about how the "villain" of that level was so evil, he set up a room for cute things being sad out of spite]] ). Many people felt like the joke was in really bad taste (and raocow even said "sometimes a joke goes a bit too far"), but raocow said that he didn't mind it, it was just that it was very unexpected. Also qualifies as a MoodWhiplash.

* DudeNotFunny: The reaction he and his fans had to the "Lowest Ranked Levels" world of Vanilla Contest '14. The overworld was [[StylisticSuck designed]] to mock the troll entries the contest would receive in previous years, except most of the lowest ranking entries this year were either [[SoOkayItsAverage just average]] or ambitiously misguided. Regardless, these levels looked as if genuine effort was put into them, and didn't warrant being labeled as complete abominations by the category they were placed in.

* CantUnhearIt: His voice for [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Marisa]], despite the hilarious VocalDissonance.

* ItsHardSoItSucks: Not from raocow himself, but a good chunk of his fanbase have a tendency to immediately bash the game raocow is [=LPing=] as soon as he starts having major trouble with it, even when he admits that it's his fault he's doing badly (which he eventually brings up.)

** "I hope I win!" [[note]]Explanation:While playing through the submissions for one of Super Mario World Central's level design contests, one of the last place entries included this in the opening text. To help bring the point home, the author also included the line written in coins in the last screen of the level.[[/note]] While not originating from raocow, it's probably safe to say he made it more popular.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The first level he makes with the [[SuperMarioBrosX SMBX]] level editor, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjdKFiL8QNk murder death place zone]], is based around a ''net with the same chasing AI a Boo would have''. And then there's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bDFjJ_jD7OY#t=866s DemoWare]], which uses the level editor to its full potential.

** raocow himself is arguably this for the LP Community. While he hasn't achieved nearly the success of other LP channels, he's been around since the inception of the genre and still makes videos for the fans that support him and out of genuine fun.

** There's a light novel series called ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties''.

** "I hope I win!" [[note]]Explanation:While playing through the submissions for one of Super Mario World Central's level design contests, one of the last place entries included this in the opening text.[[/note]] While not originating from raocow, it's probably safe to say he made it more popular.

* DudeNotFunny: The reaction he and his fans had to the "Lowest Ranked Levels" world of Vanilla Contest '14. The overworld was [[StylisticSuck designed]] to mock the troll entries the contest would receive in previous years, except most of the lowest ranking entries this year were either [[SoOkayItsAverage just average]] or ambitiously misguided. Regardless, these levels looked as if genuine effort was put into them, and didn't warrant being labeled as complete abominations as the overworld would imply.

* DudeNotFunny: The reaction he and his fans had to the "Lowest Ranked Levels" world of Vanilla Contest '14. The overworld was [[StylisticSuck designed]] to mock the troll entries the contest would receive in previous years, except most of the lowest ranking entries this year were either [[SoOkayItsAverage just average]] or ambitiously misguided. Regardless, these levels looked as if genuine effort was put into them, and the overworld is overly mean-spirited toward these entries.

* DudeNotFunny: The reaction he and his fans had to the "Lowest Ranked Levels" world of Vanilla Contest '14. The overworld was [[StylisticSuck designed]] to mock the troll entries the contest would receive in previous years, except most of the lowest ranking entries this year were either [[SoOkayItsAverage just average]] or misguidedly ambitious. Regardless, these levels looked as if genuine effort was put into them, and the overworld is overly mean-spirited toward these entries.

* AccidentalInnuendo: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boeI4YsihRk&t=9m15s So what you're saying is, keep out of]] [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Sakuya]]."

* ArcFatigue: His ''Fantasy Explorer Nitroid'' went on for quite a while.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The toy duck that raocow would occasionally squeak during videos became surprisingly popular, to the point that when it suddenly disappeared, hordes of fans started asking where it went.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In his video for 75th place for Vanilla Contest '10, he states that he is glad his cat is not there.[[note]]Although he was saying that because the video had extremely horrible audio and that it would scare the cat.[[/note]]

* HilariousInHindsight: raocow calls Yoshi a horse. [[http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=super+mario+bros+chess&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=704l3218l0l3312l22l18l0l0l0l0l226l1549l15.1.2l18l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=618&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=6331987222060900208&sa=X&ei=OVs3T47qMqnCsQLL9qDmBw&ved=0CFgQ8wIwAQ Yoshi is the knight on the Super Mario Bros Chess Set. Guess what the Knight (Which is a horse) in Chess looks like?]]

* MemeticMutation: "I hope I win!" [[note]]Explanation:While playing through the submissions for one of Super Mario World Central's level design contests, one of the last place entries included this in the opening text.[[/note]] While not originating from raocow, it's probably safe to say he made it more popular.

* {{Moe}}: If raocow was the exact same person except for also being an adorable young girl, he would be the most famous person on the internet. Also most [[StalkerWithACrush stalked]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Note that raocow is also straight-edge, meaning that he simply has a bizarrely appealing thought process. The art to ''a.t.x.s.'' does raise some suspicions.

* TheWoobie: The nature of raocow's [[TalkativeLoon usual commentary]] means it's quite apparent when something actually begins to [[NintendoHard break]] him. Silent raocow is one of the most heart-wrenchingly sad things you will ever hear. You want to reach over the Internet and give him a cookie or something.

* NightmareFuel: Most of his VideoGame/CopyKitty ranting is grade-A hilarity. Then he gets to the fight against [[spoiler: Exgal]], and it turns into a mix of hilarious and unnerving.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Raocow has been described as a [[EldritchAbomination friendly Eldritch Abomination]] by his fans and not as "Samuel Tanguay".

** Even [[{{Undercrank}} Chipmunk Raocow]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulX0mcTyGlw&t=5m00s spouts]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drv2guk-Rec&t=1m15s mult]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h25UNmYc8U&t=17m03s iple]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rD-eW700h0&t=3m45s ear]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkjwyyr-bPk&t=6m20s wor]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JROo1OrA4VY&t=9m25s ms]] [[Funny/{{Raocow}} while making you laugh your ass off.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The toy duck that Raocow would occasionally squeak during videos became surprisingly popular, to the point that when it suddenly disappeared, hordes of fans started asking where it went.
** Raocow himself is arguably this for the LP Community. While he hasn't achieved nearly the success of other LP channels, he's been around since the inception of the genre and still makes videos for the fans that support him and out of genuine fun.

** Raocow's "hack" with Demo (Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/ASuperMarioThing'', which was a collaboration project by Talkhaus), was this hack called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEskDyYnfaQ "What the Hell?"]] Well guess who the Chargin' Chucks were?
* GrowingTheBeard: Raocow [[http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-8824096830956537893&hl=en-CA# gets through his first LP with a straight-laced demeanour]] instead of his current wacky self. He starts to get into the swing by his second LP, and the rest is history.
* HilariousInHindsight: Raocow calls Yoshi a horse. [[http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=super+mario+bros+chess&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=704l3218l0l3312l22l18l0l0l0l0l226l1549l15.1.2l18l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=618&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=6331987222060900208&sa=X&ei=OVs3T47qMqnCsQLL9qDmBw&ved=0CFgQ8wIwAQ Yoshi is the knight on the Super Mario Bros Chess Set. Guess what the Knight (Which is a horse) in Chess looks like?]]
** Raocow did ascetic runs of Super Mario World ... well [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU recently integrated that feature to that game.]]

* ItsHardSoItSucks: Not from Raocow himself, but a good chunk of his fanbase have a tendency to immediately bash the game Raocow is [=LPing=] as soon as he starts having major trouble with it, even when he admits that it's his fault he's doing badly (which he eventually brings up.)
* MemeticMutation: "I hope I win!" [[note]]Explanation:While playing through the submissions for one of Super Mario World Central's level design contests, one of the last place entries included this in the opening text.[[/note]] While not originating from Raocow, it's probably safe to say he made it more popular.

* {{Moe}}: If Raocow was the exact same person except for also being an adorable young girl, he would be the most famous person on the internet. Also most [[StalkerWithACrush stalked]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Note that Raocow is also straight-edge, meaning that he simply has a bizarrely appealing thought process. The art to ''a.t.x.s.'' does raise some suspicions.

* TheWoobie: The nature of Raocow's [[TalkativeLoon usual commentary]] means it's quite apparent when something actually begins to [[NintendoHard break]] him. Silent Raocow is one of the most heart-wrenchingly sad things you will ever hear. You want to reach over the Internet and give him a cookie or something.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8IY2eaYLtk&feature=g-all-u This]] episode of "New! [=SMW2=] Yoshi's Island" (Which is a pretty hard game itself) has also pissed Raocow off quite a bit to putting him in a really angry and sad mood. It's pretty painful for him to watch a playthrough of level (Which was actually revised by [=YoshiFan=] because he thought the other level before was too easy for an Extra level) where [[ThatOneLevel EXACT and]] [[PlatformHell precise timing is required, along with unexpected traps that someone playing before wouldn't be aware of]].

** Raocow's "hack" with Demo (Not to be confused with ASuperMarioThing, which was a collaboration project by Talkhaus), was this hack called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEskDyYnfaQ "What the Hell?"]] Well guess who the Chargin' Chucks were?

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faGN5Xhf7dg&t=2m25s I must blow myself for the sake of science]]!"