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Bowser plays Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game, based on his favorite TV show.


This episode provides examples of:

  • Black Comedy: One of the things that Charleyyy says in Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game is "I wish my dad didn't touch me when I was little."
  • Button Mashing: Bowser does this in Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game to check the mail and see if there's any mail in the mailbox.
  • The Ditz: Three examples from Charleyyy in Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game;
    • When Bowser tries to get Charleyyy to brush his teeth, Charleyyy grabs a hair dryer and uses it to dry his teeth. This makes Bowser laugh.
    • When Charleyyy eats his breakfast of cereal, he does so by dunking his face in the bowl.
    • When Bowser tries to get Charleyyy to drive his car, Charleyyy gets in on the passenger side and tries to drive despite the passenger side not having a steering wheel.
  • Fictional Video Game: Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game, based on Bowser's favorite show.
  • Hearts Are Health: Charleyyy's health bar consists of four hearts in the upper-right corner of the screen. If Charleyyy gets hit, he loses half a heart, meaning he can take up to eight hits before dying. Eating cereal for breakfast restores lost health.
  • It's Short, So It Sucks!: In-Universe; Junior manages to beat Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game in ten minutes. After showing the ending screen to Bowser, Junior complains that a five-year-old can beat the game.
  • Loads and Loads of Loading: Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game has many loading screens, which gradually get on Bowser's nerves.
  • The Problem with Licensed Games: In-Universe example with Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game; the game's atmosphere and humor are very accurate to the show it's based on. However, despite being advertised as an M-rated game, it lacks a lot of its advertised adult content. It also suffers from unresponsive controls, Charleyyy gets hurt from things such as not having any mail in his mailbox and not having any gas in his car, there are tons of loading screens, and the game can be beaten in ten minutes, complete with an unsatisfying ending.
  • Shout-Out: The thumbnail for this episode features 8-bit sprites of Mario, Link, and Mega Man.
  • Toilet Humor: In Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game, one of the options in the bathroom is pressing △ to poop in the sink. We don't get to see Charleyyy do this, since Bowser doesn't select it.
  • The Unreveal: We never see just how Junior beat Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game.
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: In-Universe; Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game is rated M For Mature, and Charleyyy advertises the game as having blood and gore, intense violence, strong language, mature humor, nudity, strong sexual content, and use of drugs and alcohol. Likely due to YouTube's guidelines, the only content we get to see from it is random inappropriate things that Charleyyy casually says.
  • A Winner Is You: When Junior beats Charleyyy & Friends: The Video Game, he is rewarded with a single screen that says "CONGRATULATIONS YOU BEAT THE GAME YOU WIN".

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