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Darby, better known online as Blue Television Games (abbreviated as BTG), is an American gaming YouTuber who uploads a wide variety of gaming videos, most notably Mario and its fan games. He does live streams on occasion. He joined YouTube on September 4, 2015, and is currently residing in the United States.
Series[]
- "What If?" Series for Super Mario Games: This series essentially contains videos asking a theoretical scenario in the Super Mario franchise in the title of the video and then giving out an in-depth answer for it. A variation of this states the name of the game, and adds "but..." with some sort of change to the play.
- A Koopa's Revenge 2: In this series, BTG tends to play the Mario fan game A Koopa's Revenge 2 with a different character in each video.
- "What Can Mario?" Series: This series essentially contains videos asking a theoretical scenario on what can Mario do in the title of the video and then giving out an in-depth answer for it.
- Darby and Lair Videos: Videos featuring both Darby and Lair.
- Sonic, but rings make him FAT!: Videos of BTG playing a ROM hack of Sonic 2 becoming fat when he collects a ring.
- Mari0: Videos of BTG playing Mari0, a fan game by Stab Yourself that combines elements of Mario and Portal 2.
- Jelly Mario Bros.: Videos of BTG playing Jelly Mario, a fan game of Mario that messes up the physics of the original game.
- Super Mario Maker 2: Viewer Submitted Levels: (live stream on select Sundays at 10AM)
- NES/SNES Retro Night; "Spin that wheel!": (Live stream on Select Tuesday nights at 7PM where viewers request games which are then placed on a spinning wheel graphic where they are randomly selected)
- Mario Multiverse: (Recorded or live streamed on either Sunday or Tuesday. Uses MarioMaker-like fan-made "closed beta" games)
- ROM hacks: (more MarioMaker-like games and mods)
- Randomizers: More ROM hacks with "mixed up contents"
As of 2023, Darby has announced a possible new channel, which will focus on games other than Mario and Sonic.
Quotes[]
- "Hey, everybody, it's Darby from BLUE Television Games..." (intro)
- "Easy peasy (better than schneasy)"
- "Holy guacamole!"
- "[x]-hundred LOIKES" (the count of "likes" clicked for the stream)
- "Buzzy Beets, my friend! Don't want to have to kill you!"
- "Hammer Bros; more like Hammer NOes!"
- "Don't mind if I DEEWWWW!" (grabbing a powerup)
- "Don't know how I feel about that" (an element in a game he doesn't like)
- "This [enemy] trying to ruin my loife" (when threatened by said enemy)
- Uhhjeez! (when taken by surprise by something)
- "that's good/OK/cool!/fine" (when taking a hit but is not fazed by it)
- "kabroing!"/"kabroingage" (the spring sound of Super Mario World)
- "Goombad", "Bloopered", "skewered", "cheep-cheeped", etc. (killed by said enemies or objects)
- "You jerk; you took my [powerup]!" (spoken to enemy in game)
- "Tanook" (Tanooki suit)
- "Mushie" (mushroom powerup)
- "B Junes" (Bowser Junior)
- "Boop...boop...boop..." (hopping from enemy to enemy)
- "Get that sweet baby 100" (Grabbing the lowest part of the goal flagpole; sometimes intentionally)
- "♪ Help MEEE! ♪" (getting out of a tight spot when almost getting killed)
- "♪ Pleeease...don't hurt me♪ " (when dodging an enemy)
- "schneaky..." (when an item is hidden in a hard to find or unexpected place)
- "disco waffle ball" ("Roto-disc" obstacle in SMB3)
- "potato" (final choice on many viewer polls)
- ["Wo Ai Beijing Tianamen" clip from "HongKong 97" game ] played on livestream when small donation (less than $10) is received
- "Money Bag, dollar bill space" (audio clip produced by Darby played on livestream for a larger donation; $10 or more)
- "He's a Naked Lakitu..." (audio clip produced by Darby with dancing Lakitus sprites played on livestream when someone becomes a member)
- Subscriber sound effects: A background sound from Friday the 13th (NES) was formerly used (boom, boom, boom-boom-boomboom, to a dancing Mario), but since has been replaced by Omochao (from the Sonic series) announcing the new subscriber by name using the score clip from thegame.
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