Things didn't go well for 00FU. First, his ship crashed into an alien planet, stranding him. Second, this planet is water world teeming with sea monsters who want to make sushi out of him. And lastly, his only aid comes from the most incompetent help services in history. As repeated, things didn't go well for 00FU.
"Neebs Gaming Subnautica
" is a playthrough series of the well-aclaimed survival game, Subnautica, by Neebs Gaming and co.
The series contains the following tropes:
- Actually Pretty Funny: In episode 7 of Subnautica: Below Zero, while Appsro is scoping out a location for his base, Neebs jokingly suggests that he build it right next to the base of Marguerit Maida, an extremely antisocial character who would likely not appreciate having a new neighbor. Appsro dismisses the idea at first, then after further consideration he admits that it would be pretty funny.
- Bittersweet Ending: Appsro finally gets Al-An out of his head, but Thick finds out about his unauthorized presence on 4546B and fires Neebs, Doraleous and Simon for aiding him (along with their general incompetence). This prevents Neebs from sending a rescue ship for Appsro, so he is forced to go with Al-An to his homeworld instead.
- Car Fu: Appsro would sometimes uses his vehicles to kill his attackers.
- Didn't Think This Through: Neebs needs to constantly remind Appsro to plan ahead, something that Appsro never does until he gets into trouble.
- Easy Sex Change: Used in Subnautica: Below Zero to explain why Appsro's player character is now a woman. He claims that he did it to get away from the paparazzi after the events of the first game made him famous. Apparently he was able to get it done at a chemist.
- Go Mad from the Isolation: This is used as the in-universe explanation for glitches while playing Subnautica; any time Appsro sees a fish swimming through air or something similar, some eerie music plays while he cackles wildly.
- Heroic Build: Neebs has t-shirts printed to raise awareness for Appsro's mission to get home; they depict Appsro as a barrel-chested, square-jawed action hero. While Appsro praises the design, he complains that it looks nothing like him.
- Insane Troll Logic: Simon gets flagged by HR in Subnautica for stalking Tina, Neebs' secretary. He doesn't call it stalking. He gets told the definition of stalking - which is unwanted attention - and dismisses it on the grounds that Tina can't not want it if she doesn't know about it.
- Simon probably had a pretty good chance of going out with Tina, as it turns out she really liked it when Doraleous did the same thing as Simon and she was extremely into it, too bad he stopped after the talk with HR.
- Kick the Dog: On occasions, Appsro will treat the more peaceful animals no better than how he treats the monsters that try to attack him if they annoy him enough, something that disgusts Neebs. Although Appsro will come to realize how awful it is.
- Killed Offscreen: It's unknown how the Cyclops "Deepshit" got destroyed following the Time Skip.
- Mood Whiplash: Episode 7 of Below Zero opens with Appsro fleeing in terror from a Chelicerate. Then he has his first encounter with the peaceful Glow Whales, going from panic to serenity in moments.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Appsro reacts like this whenever he sees things about to kill and eat him.
- He's also not happy that he has a disease that's going to kill him.
- The Operators Must Be Crazy: The premise of their Subnautica video, in which Appsro plays the survivor and the rest of the crew act as the support hotline.
- To run a list on their craziness:
- Neebs is the mellowed out one, who's genuinely trying to help, but he has to do things by the book because if Appsro gets found by the rescue team and he's happy and wants to stay, then that's on Neebs and it comes out of his paycheck. Neebs is also insistent on having things scanned, even when scanning is hazardous.
- Simon is the one off his meds. He's depressed, lazy, irresponsible, and the least health-cautious of the lot. He takes drugs during work hours and smokes in his office. He constantly tells Appsro that he's going to die and thinks that he's smart when in reality, he's rather dumb and doesn't give as good advice as he thinks he does, having convinced his friend to break up with a girl he'd been dating for two years and planned to propose to.
- Thick isn't as bad as the others, but he's trying to get people to sign up for premium packages as often as possible because Thick gets a bonus every time they do. He does give up on it with Appsro as he comes to terms with the fact that Appsro could very well die and it would be a waste of time.
- Doraleous is a lot more casual with Appsro, being chill but not knowing much about the job. There's a good reason for that: He doesn't actually work there at first. He's a pizza guy who found the workplace empty and decided to make a random call for fun. Appsro likes him the most because he's the â…—most upbeat, trying to see the bright side of everything, and is generally a fun guy. Hilariously, he turns out to be more helpful than the other three in terms of technical information via the database.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Much of the series' humor is from Appsro's complete and utter frustrations with Neebs and co who either don't care if he escapes or just too dumb to be of use. This is a Downplayed Trope since Appsro is sometimes at fault for his own woes.
- Time Skip: Appsro completed the early access content about six months before Subnautica's full release. This delay was worked into the plot, with a justification that Appsro's case file was lost and forgotten thanks to a personnel reorganization at HQ.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In the opening of episode 17 of Subnautica, Appsro receives a telepathic message from the Sea Emperor Leviathan. He doesn't bring this up to his operators at any time during the episode; in fact, it takes three more episodes - and a second vision - for him to see fit to mention it. Possibly justified, as they have already discussed the possibility of him going crazy from being stranded, so he probably doesn't want to give them any ammunition.
