Line #48 LetsPlay/Turpster


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2	A former member of the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} and previous CEO of the business, Mark Turpin, aka "Turps" or "Turpster" (channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/YogscastTurpster/featured here]]), joined the Yogs in 2011. While initially taking more of a background role in Yogtowers, Turps has since gone on to be prominently involved in collaborations with LetsPlay/{{Sips}}, LetsPlay/LewisBrindley and LetsPlay/HatFilms, alongside his own smaller LetsPlay videos and his more notable behind-the-scenes footage.
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4	Turpin stepped down from his position as Yogscast CEO in 2019, following allegations of inappropriate misconduct with several members of the Yogscast community.
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6	!! Series featuring Turps:
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8	* ''WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries''
9	* ''LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} VideoGame/GarrysMod series''
10	* ''Yogs on Tour''
11	* ''Yogtours''
12	* ''[=YogNews=]''
13	* Hat Films ''Stunt Lads''- as the agent.
14	* Sips' ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' playthrough #100- as the narrator
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16	!!Turpster provides examples of:
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18	* AffablyEvil: Whenever he's the murderer or a traitor and keeps politely bantering with the others. In real life, you can drop the "evil" part.
19	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Hat Films have told a story about Turps getting very drunk during a pub quiz at i49, in which they and Turps ended up in an overflow room since there were so many people there. After another team from the overflow room emerged victorious, Turps decided that this meant ''everyone in the overflow room'' had won and tried going up with the winning team.
20	* AscendedExtra: Initially a behind-the-scenes worker, albeit an important one, Turps didn't appear as often as some of the other members of the Yogs. Over time, however, he started doing more livestreams and gained a bit of an audience, eventually gaining his own channel. Then he became a recurring player on Sips' channel for ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', and developed a substantial fanbase.
21	* BadassBoast: "With Strippin gone, I am now officially the strongest man in Yog Towers."
22	* BerserkButton: Suffice it to say that his car giving out in the ''Heroes And Generals'' miniseries, plus Lewis, LetsPlay/SimonLane and LetsPlay/DuncanJones prank-calling him and pretending theirs had (to deliberately annoy him), left him fairly hacked off.
23	* BigEater: By reputation. Smiffy of Hat Films (himself no slouch) claims that he's seen Turps eat a whole family bucket of KFC chicken by himself, and the duo reportedly have plans to do an eating challenge.
24	* BondVillainStupidity: Generally he's smart enough as the murderer in Gmod, but he occasionally throws away an easy victory by taunting his last victims a little too much.
25	* BoomHeadshot: How he kills LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} in [=YogTours=].
26	* BullyingADragon: Locking Strippin in a cupboard to take over his hosting duties in ''[=YogNews=]'' probably wasn't such a good idea.
27	* ButtMonkey / TheChewToy: In ''Yognews'', he's envious of LetsPlay/{{Strippin}} initially co-hosting, and when he locks Strippin in the boot, Strippin breaks free and gives chase.
28	* CowboyCop: As a detective in ''VideoGame/TroubleInTerroristTown'', Turps tends to favour shooting first and not bothering with the questions, dubbing himself the "RDM Detective". This eventually presses Lewis' BerserkButton and drives him to murder Turps out of sheer anger.
29	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his relatively goofy nature, Turps is savvy as the murderer in Gmod.
30	* DeadpanSnarker: Often snarks at Sips and LetsPlay/HatFilms in the former's Gmod series.
31	* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Whenever playing Gmod ''Murder'', if he gets found out as the murderer he will start hamming it up with psychotic banter.
32	* EpicFail:
33	** In Sips' Gmod series, the gang play Prop Hunt and he decides to hide with Sips in a cupboard by blocking the door, theoretically keeping the hunters out. The door opens both ways and the pair are gunned down in seconds.
34	** In ''Murder'', Turps spawns with the gun in one round, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibHz4QfPcQU&list=UUD4INvKvy83OXwAkRjaQKtw#t=389 and Sips is the murderer]]. Smiffy and Ross both get murdered by Sips, but manage to shout out his in-game name, Papa Miko, and give him away before death. Turps therefore comes to the conclusion that it's Trott aka Lima Romeo, even though they don't have remotely similar names, and shoots Trott. This is after ''two people'' gave Sips away.
35	* EvilIsHammy: Whenever Turps is the murderer in ''Garry's Mod''- although he does manage to restrain himself until he's caught ''usually''.
36	* EvilIsPetty: It's implied that in ''Yogtours'', he murders Hat Films for not including him as part of the "Stunt Lads" in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
37	* EvilLaugh: As the murderer in Gmod. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KtIofe5VQ He gets a good laugh in the opening round of this video]], which [[DeconstructedTrope gives him away]].
38	-->'''Smiffy:''' [[DeadpanSnarker What's so funny?]]
39	-->'''Ross:''' Something's really tickling him. Something's really tickled you, hasn't it buddy?
40	* ExactWords: On [=YogNews=], following Strippin's departure from Yog Towers, Turps claims to be "officially the strongest man in Yog Towers". When LetsPlay/KimRichards effortlessly opens a tightly-shut water bottle while Turps struggles, Turps stands by what he said.
41	-->''Goddammit, Kim, I said strongest man. Not strongest wo-man. Can't compete with women. Their boob strength.''
42	* FauxAffablyEvil: This is how he can also behave in ''Murder'' and ''TTT'', if he chooses to sarcastically banter. He also goes from tour host to psychotic murderer with little provocation in ''Yogtours''.
43	* TheHyena: If Turps finds something funny enough, he will laugh long and hard.
44	* InTheBlood: Sips and Hat Films joke that Turps' newborn daughter screams even louder than babies usually do.
45	* LaughingMad: Mostly in ''Murder''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KtIofe5VQ This video]] has him laughing for well over a minute.
46	* LeeroyJenkins: During Round 2 of the "Lucky Walls" challenge in ''Minecraft'' (playing alongside LetsPlay/{{Rythian}} and LetsPlay/ZoeyProasheck), he rushes in on a horse in a desperate effort to take out LetsPlay/InTheLittleWood, LetsPlay/{{Sjin}} and Lewis. This fails quite badly, but points for trying.
47	* LargeHam: Turps does tend to shout a fair bit more than he should.
48	** A perfect example of this is in Kim's Cup (a ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' competition), where, when playing Franchise/DonkeyKong's track, he repeatedly ''bellows'' such things as "It is '''ON''', much like '''Donkey Kong'''!" Kim even brings it up in a later round, complaining about him doing it "every five seconds".
49	** In the intro to Hannah's "Starwhal: Just The Tip" series, this happens:
50	--> '''Hannah:''' Today, we're playing ''(pauses to snort/giggle/sigh)'' "Starwhal"...
51	--> '''Turps:''' ''(With an absolutely gleeful expression and accompanying hand movements)'' '''JUST THE TIP!'''
52	--> '''Hannah:''' ...he's been waiting to do that for ''weeks.''
53	* LargeHamAnnouncer: For Sips' ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' GrandFinale, Turps narrates over the loading screens quite loudly. The others also nominate him to introduce a new series of ''TTT'' on Sips' channel, since Trott and Lewis had rather... uninspired attempts, to put it politely.
54	* NoIndoorVoice: Turps has a notable habit of shouting a lot when panicked. This has led to acknowledgement by the other members of the crew.
55	* OhCrap: Has one in [=YogNews=], after Strippin breaks out of his car boot, confronts him and gives chase. As it turns out, Strippin's in a forgiving mood in that instance.
56	* OnceAnEpisode: Each episode of Yogtours ends with him killing the person he's interviewing.
57	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Typically Turps has a fairly loud and slightly immature demeanour when playing games with the others. However, when filming "Dad Chat", an episode of ''Rambling with Sips'', both participants talked fairly seriously about sexism, with them both expressing admiration for their mothers having raised them in an era when it must have been even harder than it is now. Turps having a daughter, he was also quite concerned about what his daughter will have to cope with when she is older.
58	** HarsherInHindsight following Turpin stepping down following allegations of sexual misconduct.
59	* PermaStubble: Turps has some stubble, but not really enough to have ''that'' big a beard.
60	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Quite a few times when he commits RDM, the person in question actually was the murderer or a traitor, although it still counts as breaking the rules and earns him a lot of flak from the other players.
61	* SerialKiller: PlayedForLaughs in Yogtours, where people joke that he's become something of one for murdering every featured person in the tour thus far.
62	* TemptingFate: After pressing Lewis' BerserkButton, he advertised his position, clearly assuming Lewis was joking about actually following up on his threat. The shock in his voice as he's being gunned down shows just how surprised he is.

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