Heartwarming / OneyPlays

• Chris is genuinely good friends with Julian and Ding Dong, and he'll sometimes make a point in saying so.
  • Chris says "I'm only mean to people I deeply love" to justify making fun of Julian in episode 7 of Banjo Kazooie.
• The "Season's Greetings" video from Christmas Day 2016 is funny, but it's also strangely uplifting. Listening to those songs on kazoos and slide whistles feels relaxing, and the animation of a Yueltide living room contributes to the holiday spirit.
• When Julian is struggling in Super Monkey Ball, Ding Dong tries to show him a secret exit that will help him get farther.
• After slogging through sub-par games on the Ouya system, Chris and Ding Dong have a good time with No Brakes Valet. It might be due to the delayed input, but they're happy to play an actual good game on the otherwise-trashed console.
• Julian modeling the track after Ding Dong's avatar in episode 2 of the F- Zero X Expansion Kit.
• Julian talks about how unfunny he thinks he is in Jet Set Radio Future after the infamous "I'm Gonna Call Your Mom" bit, to which Chris disagrees and calls him a "loveable sweetheart".
• Listening to Chris say how he enjoys playing Grand Theft Auto 5 (with Mods) is kind of sweet.
  • An odd form of heartwarming: most series have at least one major shouting match between Chris and Ding Dong. GTA 5 is a rare exception, where they're all laughing and in a surprisingly upbeat mood with no real shouting match.
• Julian has never played Dark Souls before, while Chris has played before and previously did a solo run on the channel. Throughout the 2017 series, Chris goes back and forth between messing around with Ding Dong and seeming genuinely interested in showing the game off to Julian, pointing out design elements and things about the game he finds neat or interesting.
• In episode 46 of their Kingdom Hearts series, Chris tells a story of how, as a kid, he really wanted a Cloud Strife keychain, but he couldn't buy it online, so he sent the company that made it the money for it through mail with a nice letter. They accepted the money and sent the keychain back to him.
• In the first episode of their Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice playthrough, one of the first enemies in the game happens to be voiced by Mick. When Chris finds out and listens to Mick do his line both in-game and next to him on the couch, he starts excitedly screaming "That's yoooouuuuu!" He then proceeds to run up to the enemy while exclaiming that he's Chris and get instantly killed.
• In the eighth episode of their "Resident Evil 4" playthrough, around halfway through the episode (more specifically at 6:55) Julian says:
  Julian: "Chris, I love you."
  Chris: "I love you too, dude!"
  Julian: "You're a good boy!"
  Chris: "You're a good boy!"
  Julian: "no I'm nOT!"
  Chris: "I-I would happily give you a dollar."
• "just a cat panting..." All topped off with Chris gushing "Good boy!"
• Chris calling his dad to hear his Donald Duck impression.
  Mr. O'Neill: Hello?
  Chris: Yo, dad?
  Mr. O'Neill: G'day, how's it going?
  Chris: Hey dad.
  Mr. O'Neill: You alright?
  Chris: I'm good, can you just do me a favor?
  Mr. O'Neill: Sure I can, son.
  Chris: Can you do me your impression of Donald Duck real quick?
  Mr. O'Neill: (as Donald) I love my son.
  Chris: (Laughs) Thanks dad.
  Mr. O'Neill: (Angry Donald Duck noises)
• The end of the Kingdom Hearts II series marked the end of Ding Dong and Julian's status as hosts for the show. So, in Oneyplays fashion, they end things in a funny yet sweet way. At the very end of the finale is a simple black screen that has a warped version of Sora's model pop up on the left, with text thanking the audience on the right. All the while, the main menu theme for the game series "Dear Beloved" plays in the background.
• This exchange from "Origins of "Dot"" in their "Superliminal" Let's Play (10:02):
  Chris: Tomar.
  Tomar: Yeah?
  Chris: You remind me of a...beautiful girl.
  Tomar: ...Why?
  Chris: You're so beautiful.
  Tomar: Thank you!
• On March 30th, 2021, Ding Dong and Julian made a temporary return to OneyPlays with a video of Bart's Nightmare. A horrible game that brings out the best commentary the gang has to offer. All three hosts sound very lively and into their short reunion, but the true heartwarming is in the YouTube comments section: Thousands of happy fans overjoyed to hear the original lineup once again, and just like nothing had changed. Even some emotional "Thank Yous" and acknowledgment of their struggles are given to DD and Julian as recognition of how much their happiness means to the community.
  • They also play YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, in which we get this exchange.
    Julian: Chris, I missed your buffoonery.
    Chris: Aw. I missed your tomfoolery.
    Julian: Aw.
    Chris: And I missed Ding Dong's...cum...
    Ding Dong: Uh uh.
    Julian: CUM.
    Chris: (laughs)
    Ding Dong: Rodery.
    Chris: C- (laughs) Camaraderie! No, just cum.
• In Ding Dong and Julian's temporary return, they had played DIGIMON STORY: CYBER SLEUTH. In part 11 on their let's play they have this exchange:
  Julian: I've always been really nervous about cops but I've never...-
  Chris: If I was you I'd be nervous you look like a fuckin' psycho dude.
  Julian: I understand that people stare, like I get it.
  Chris: *Bursts out laughing*
  Chris: I didn't mean it!
  Ding Dong, Julian, and Chris: *All start laughing*
  Chris: You look like a normal boy!
• In one video, long after Ding Dong and Julian left the show, Lyle made a lighthearted jest about the two dying at some point off camera. Chris immediately cuts in with "That's not true" and then hurriedly changes the subject. Hearing Chris get so protective about his friends who aren't around, even though he probably knew Lyle meant nothing by it is very pleasant.

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