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“	Hey, everybody! It's Chuggaaconroy!	”
―Emile at the beginning of almost every single Let's Play video he makes

Emiliano Rodolfo "Emile" Rosales-Birou (born: April 8, 1990 (1990-04-08)), better known by his online alias Chuggaaconroy or Chugga for short, is an American YouTuber, Let's Player and video essayist who has made content online since 2008. He is known for his high production values, regular update schedule, lighthearted and mostly family-friendly approach to games, his propensity for catchphrases and running gags, his impressive lung capacity, his bad puns, and overblown reactions to things that happen throughout his playthroughs. Regarded as one of the greatest Let's Players of all time, Emile's content focuses on playing games several years after their initial release dates, mainly of titles he's played numerous times before. He reached 1 million subscribers and 760 million views in 2015, and has 1.25 million subscribers and 1.24 billion views as of 2024.

Emile created his YouTube account in 2006, and began his career in 2008 with a Let's Play of EarthBound. Since then, he has made comprehensive walkthrough Let's Plays on various video games, the majority of which were released on Nintendo platforms, including titles from the Mother, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, Kirby, Pokémon and Xenoblade Chronicles video game franchises. Emile commentates in an informative manner in his videos with the purpose of guiding viewers to complete the game themselves. Emile's channel grew in popularity as his gameplay videos were often recommended on YouTube's suggestions. After more than two years of making Let's Plays, Emile became a YouTube Partner in 2010, and became Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job in 2013. In the years since, Emile has made his Let's Plays more professional and informative, and has since branched out to video essays such as Discardables and Chugga Sticks It to Sticker Star.

Alongside his own Let's Plays, Emile is one of the three founding members of the collab channel The Runaway Guys, alongside Johnathan Wheeler (Proton Jon) and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun), who have done 47 Collab Let's Plays and reached 487 thousand subscribers and 397 total video views in 2023. In addition to their videos, The Runaway Guys have also hosted Thrown Controllers event, a live game show which focuses on video game trivia and challenges. The group has also done gaming live-streams for charity, hosting The Runaway Guys Colosseum stream for the non-profit organization Direct Relief. Emile has also done collaborations with several other YouTube Let's Players, including Stephen Georg and several Runaway Guys guest stars including his ex-fiancee MasaeAnela.

Early life

Emiliano Rodolfo Rosales-Birou was born on April 8, 1990 and is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. He is of French and Mexican descent. He had four siblings that died as miscarriages, and almost died himself at six months due to an allergic reaction. Emile has mentioned that he was poor as a child. His mother was featured in one of his videos, "My Mom Guesses the Fighters of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate & More", in 2019.

Emile’s father left his family when Emile was young. In his Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Let’s Play, Emile makes he clear his father was emotionally and physically abusive to Emile with him saying that it caused him to fear for his life when he was very young, and when Emile did finally cut him out of his life his father multiple times tried to gaslight and victim blame Emile to think that he was a terrible person for cutting him out of his life, attempts that failed and only made Emile cutting his father out an easier choice and reaffirms that it was the right decision.

Emile had been a member of the EarthBound community fan-site Starmen.Net as a teenager, where he became friends with future content creator Stephen Georg (StephenPlays/StephenVlog) in 2005.

Career

Solo Let's Plays

“	Hey, everybody! It's Chuggaaconroy! I've been making Let's Plays here for quite a while now, and really appreciate the support from every one of you! If you'd like updates on upcoming projects, what's going on with progress of new videos, or what conventions I'll be at, I recommend following me on either Facebook or Twitter. As a side note, I don't mind answering questions on my Twitter, but keep in mind that I'm not always online. Also remember that I don't give out my friend code or answer questions about future projects.	”
―Emile's channel description

Emile in 2008

Emile created his YouTube account on July 26, 2006 under the alias of "Chuggaaconroy". Originating from the chugging sound of a running train, Emile got the name from a random name generator on a Cartoon Planet website; his username was originally "Chugga A. Conroy" before he changed it to "Chuggaaconroy". In 2007, just as the Let's Play format was getting popular, Emile found he really enjoyed watching videos of Ninja Gaiden and Kaizo Mario World by Jonathan Wheeler (Proton Jon), with Emile later citing Jon as his biggest inspiration for making videos. On March 16, 2008, Emile uploaded his first video, a handheld recorded video of a Super Smash Bros. Brawl replay, entitled "Super Smash Bros. Brawl Boss Very Hard Clear".

On March 26, 2008, Emile began his first Let's Play; EarthBound. He started out doing exclusively RPGs such as EarthBound, Mother 1, Paper Mario, Mother 3, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, but beginning with Super Mario Sunshine, he started doing other genres as well, such as platformers. Emile's Let's Play series of Super Mario Sunshine became by far the most popular of his Let's Plays and helped boost Emile's popularity, alongside several other Let's Plays he released around this time, including his Let's Plays of Pokémon FireRed and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Emile (circa 2000s)

Emile's channel further grew in popularity as his gameplay videos were often recommended on YouTube's suggestions. Back when video replies were allowed on YouTube, he had a lot of fan interactions then when challenging someone in-video to do certain gameplay content a certain way or better. Many of his earlier videos seem to lack much of his trademark enthusiasm—he's much quieter and speaks in a much less high-pitched, more deadpan voice. In earlier Let's Plays, Emile tended to mash through and talk over story content (dialogue, cutscenes, etc.) while being generally dismissive of what was going on. Emile has cited the 11 minute time limit that YouTube had at the time as the reason for this.

Emile in 2013

In 2010, after more than two years at making Let's Plays, Emile became a YouTube Partner, which was unprecedented among Let's Players at the time (multiple others have since become partners), due to the legal "gray area" that showing game footage entails. In July of 2010, Emile was suspended under false copyright claims weeks after fellow Let's Player Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun) also had his account suspended for the same reason. A month later, Emile had his account restored, as did Tim. Let's Plays he released around this time include Pokémon Crystal, Ōkami, Super Luigi Galaxy, Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin 2, and Super Paper Mario, while Ōkamiden was the first Let's Play to feature his iconic C_c logo. After he became a YouTube Partner and could upload longer videos, Emile started reading through dialogue completely, and actually makes an effort to give characters in the games good voices.

Emile in 2021

In 2013, Emile became a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time job, and has continued making Let's Plays including Xenoblade Chronicles, Splatoon, Pikmin 3, Pokémon Black & White, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Splatoon 2, Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. He also made two redux Let's Plays, EarthBound in 2018 and Paper Mario in 2023, which contain more background informing than the original Let's Plays. In 2020, Emile began making his Let's Plays more professional and informative, and he also branched out to video essays in 2023. For his channel's tenth anniversary, Emile made a two-hour long video titled "Creating a Let's Play: What You've Taught Me", where he goes over his process for making let's plays.

Video Essays

“	Paper Mario: Sticker Star was the most disappointing thing since online smash brothers. It's downright impressive how this game understands nothing about why people like RPGs and how much it botches being a follow-up to Super Paper Mario, and the worst thing is that this game ushered in a new era of mediocrity that denies the old Paper Mario from continuing. That's what stings so bad years later, this new Paper Mario refuses to go home. It's not just one substandard game, it's an influential bad game that won't stop infecting other better games that had potential. Even if the newer ones are better, they're still held back by terrible decisions that have stuck around for God knows why. And with Mario and Luigi seemingly dead, one of my favorite series of all time is just kind of to sat on while the publisher keeps pretending this is what Paper Mario is. This is going to be kind of long, a multiple parter for sure.	”
―Emile at the start of his Chugga Sticks It to Sticker Star series

Emile working on a script

Besides Let's Plays, Emile has made several video essays, including Discardables (2020-2024), Chugga Sticks It to Sticker Star (2022-2023) and Pokémon Moves You've (Probably) Never Heard Of! (2024). In a departure from his usual Let's Plays and the occasional skit, these videos are done in a style that would be more expected on a video game analysis channel.

The inspiration for Discardables came from one of Emile's hobbies besides making videos; collecting Pokémon trading cards. Having begun collecting since 1998, Emile has built up quite an impressive collection of them, having over 400 cards. He stores his cards in custom binders designed by Stephen, with a gold star on the spine meaning one of every card, and diamond stars meaning every version of every card. In July 2020, Emile asked if his fans would be interested in occasional videos about card collecting tips or his stories about it, and got a lot of requests to do it. This resulted in the Discardables series. Emile released the first two videos in 2020, a third in 2022, and a fourth in 2024.

The inspiration for Chugga Sticks It to Sticker Star came from Emile's well-documented history with Paper Mario: Sticker Star, which he referred to as "an exercise in loathing" and Tom Fawkes referred to as "a hate-hate-hate-hate relationship". Like many other critics, Emile found the game disappointing due to its frustrating game design and toned down story, gameplay, and characters. As he was a fan of the first three Paper Mario games and wanted to like this one as well, Emile chose to 100% it, adding to his frustration further. A breakdown of the game mixed with his usual brand of humor, the Chugga Sticks It to Sticker Star series deconstruct and dissect all of the problems that plagued his experience, as well as expanding on his complicated feelings towards the shreds of genuinely good moments that evoke what Paper Mario had been in the past, and his extreme frustration at the numerous deeply flawed design choices that could have been avoided or mitigated. The series started in November 2022 amid his redux LP of Paper Mario, and concluded in November 2023. He also released a separate video containing the entire series in December 2023.

In late July and early August 2024, Emile made a series of video essays which he uploaded daily, including the videos "The Ridiculous Quest for Figurines in Wind Waker", "How Gen III Roaming Legendaries Destroyed My Childhood", "Every Side Game in Kirby's Epic Yarn", "Sonic Colors DS is Different, but GOOD!", "Sonic Colors - Sonic Simulator (Part 3)", "Sonic Colors - Sonic Simulator (Part 4)" and "All of Chuggaaconroy's Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Bios". He also released the first episode of a potential series titled "Pokémon Moves You've (Probably) Never Heard Of!". These videos served as bonus videos for Let's Plays that previously did not have them. On August 6th 2024, Emile announced that after having released these series of bonus videos, he confirmed that two further bonus videos, Kirby Fighters & Battle Frontier, will happen but he was unsure of when. He also revealed that there were reasons he couldn’t do them at the time, which he said he'd explain later.

YouTube Shorts

Emile began to produce YouTube Shorts on his main channel in November 2024, all of which have been edited by MonkeyNess. They consist of short clips from memorable moments of Emile's Let's Plays. Notable shorts include MARIO RPGS AREN'T F-ING S*** ANY MORE, Groudon in a Nest Ball, SHINY KOFFING, The Hiker Dance and The Waterwraith.

The Runaway Guys

“	When making a brand new collaborative Let's Play channel, a lot of things need to be done. First of all, you've got to be sure you pick a first game that's sure to bring out the frustration in everybody! The next thing is to make sure that your recording equipment can take the loudness associated with such frustration! Next, you have to think of a clever name for the whole channel.	”
―Emile in the video announcing The Runaway Guys

Emile with Johnathan Wheeler (Proton Jon) and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun)

Emile is a founding member of The Runaway Guys, a collab channel with Jon and Tim. The idea for the channel came from Emile and Jon wanting to do collaborative projects, with Tim joining as he was a mutual friend of theirs. Emile is in charge of maintaining the channel, although Jon has made posts and comments for the channel as well. For the first two years, updates usually only occurred every Saturday, but this was changed to Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday following an announcement on February 8, 2013. Videos for Mario Party games (starting with the third) and Fortune Street were also posted daily (each board beginning on Saturday and continuing every day until its end).

Their first Let's Play premiered on February 5, 2011. The three of them were the only ones participating, but many of their later videos feature additional players. As of 2024, 46 main collab Let's Plays have been produced, along with five side collab Let's Plays and six tournament Let's Plays. Along with their official long-running Let's Plays, they have done one-shot filler Let's Plays (labeled "The Runaway Gaiden"), tournaments featuring multitudes of guest players, and side collab projects that they gradually update and use as filler between regular projects.

Emile at PAX West 2018

On occasion at various conventions, the Runaway Guys have their own panel, called Thrown Controllers, a live game show which focuses on video game trivia and challenges. The event is broadcast on numerous gaming conventions such as PAX, Magfest and Momocon. In its debut at PAX East 2012, two teams took turns answering questions and playing video game challenges, either against each other, solo, or against members of the audience. At PAX Prime 2012, they retooled the game into a single-person quiz show with challenges, similar to the initial concept except for one person at a time, and this is how it has been done since. Many prizes are awarded at these panels, ranging from character pins from Fangamer to (as a grand prize) an actual video game console, such as a Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, or Nintendo Switch. In May of 2018, The Runaway Guys Colosseum was live streamed as a weekend long event to raise money for Direct Relief. This was followed up in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. All of them once again in benefit of Direct Relief. With the combined efforts of the community, event staff, and the performers, a total over $1,000,000 was raised by 2023.

The first of the main three Runaway Guys, Emile is usually the best or at least better players of whatever game the group is playing. He is the loudest and most energetic of the three main guys. He also tries to annoy Jon as much as possible and allows for situations where the viewers could laugh at the group's collective suffering. In the Mario Parties (up to Mario Party 4), he played Donkey Kong. In Mario Party 5, he switched to Daisy. In Mario Party 7, he switched again to Toad. In Super Smash Bros, he played Ness. In Mario Kart 64, he played Wario. In the New Super Mario Bros. series, he played Mario, but switched to Yellow Toad in New Super Luigi U. In Kirby's Return to Dreamland, he played Kirby. In Fortune Street, he played Bowser Jr. for the first three boards, then switched back to Donkey Kong starting from Slimenia. In the Tournament Arc of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he played Lucas. In Mario Power Tennis, he played Bowser Jr. In Mario Kart: Double Dash, he played Toad on Team Streetpassers with MasaeAnela. In the Rayman series, he played Rayman. In Castle Crashers, he played Red Knight. In The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, he played Red Link. In Secret of Mana he played the Boy. In 100% Orange Juice!, initially he played as QP, but later switched to Sumika.

Collaborations and Guest Appearances

Emile has collaborated with several other YouTubers, including several guest stars of The Runaway Guys on their various Let's Plays. He has also made several guest appearances, most notably by making regular appearances on Stephen Georg's vlog channel. Emile was also well known for his work with TheSpeedGamers, and appeared live at their home base for two separate marathons.

While he worked with TheSpeedGamers, Emile did speed-runs of games, such as EarthBound and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for marathons. He helped commentate a few times, and also had an account on the TheSpeedGamers forums. He appeared on-camera during the Winter 2009 Pokémon Marathon, wearing a silver mask concealing his face. He helped out in the Mother/EarthBound marathon with TheSpeedGamers, by doing a speed run of EarthBound, and attempting to break the world record. Due to unfortunate circumstances, he did not accomplish his goal. He attended the Mario Marathon on June 11, 2010 for TheSpeedGamers, to raise money for ACT Today, where he took off his mask and showed his face to the public for the first time.

Some time after revealing (via Twitter) that he is a fan of the game commentary group BrainScratch Commentaries, Emile met up with the quartet of un-professional commentators to do matches of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and co-commentating Super Mario Galaxy. Some even guest starred on his own projects, with SomecallmeJohnny joining him for the ScareScraper, and Ted being part of the scrapped Melee tournament on The Runaway Guys.

Emile made regular appearances on Stephen Georg's channel, and they appeared in each other's videos regularly. Emile helped to push viewers to StephenVlog by featuring Stephen on his channel (for Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode) and appearing in the vlogs. He also made several appearances on StephenPlays, such as the Mario Party Boards and Mario Party series, You're In The Movies, the Splatoon First20, and in the last episode of Pokémon LeafGreen. He also gave them a multitude of gifts, including a 3DS, an Xbox One, a Wii U, two Nintendo Switches, and one of the rarest GameCube game. On the other hand, Stephen and Mallory helped Emile by designing his iconic C_c logo and made a new one for each LP starting with his Ōkamiden Let's Play in 2012, and continued to make graphics for his Let's Play videos until 2022. Starting from 2013 and continuing until 2020, Stephen and Mal continued to visit Emile every year in either December or January to spend time with each other and exchange presents. As of July 2024, the friendship status of Stephen and Mallory with Emile since his controversy is unknown. As a result, it is also unknown wether they will ever collab again.

From 2014 to 2021, Emile did several collaborations with fellow Let's Player and ex-fiancee MasaeAnela, on both their channels and also on The Runaway Guys and Stephen's vlogs. The Let's Plays they collaborated on include Pikmin 3, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fortune Street, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Party 2, Splatoon, Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo, Pokémon Black & White, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Splatoon 2. From Pokémon Emerald to Pokémon Black & White, Masae created artwork for Emile's Pokémon Let's Plays, typically for his bios of Legendary Pokémon. Emile collaborated with Pokémon YouTuber Marriland on the now unlisted series Chugga & Marriland In DisastORAS!!. He collaborated with another Pokémon YouTuber Tama Hero on several projects on both their channels. In 2008, Emile co-hosted the weekly podcast Warp Zone with AntDude (formerly known as Sonikdude) as they discussed Nintendo related topics, releases and fan questions. Emile collaborated with several other YouTubers and Let's Players in his Pikmin 3 Mission Mode series, including Stephen, Jon, Tim, Lucahjin, ProJared, The Completionist, Yoshiller and Masae.

Emile in his June 2024 Nintendo Direct reaction with Tim

Since 2022, Emile and Tim have done reactions to Nintendo Directs which are uploaded to Tim's channel. These videos contain their reactions to several game announcements including Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Pikmin 4, Super Mario Wonder, the Super Mario RPG remaster and the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remaster. Of these, the reaction to The Thousand-Year Door remaster is perhaps the most notable due to Emile's overjoyed reaction at Mario RPGs not being "fucking shit anymore", referring to his dislike of the modern Paper Mario games (Paper Mario: Sticker Star in particular). Emile uploaded this reaction to his own channel under the title "The Thousand-Year Door Reaction".

In July 2022, Emile joined fellow Pokémon streamers Partyarlie, Ajentvee, and Bryand as contestants on The4thGenGamer's Speedrun Survivor series. He was coached by PulseEffect and they ultimately won the challenge. Their complete run was not shown in the Speedrun Survivor series itself, as The4thGenGamer announced after the seventh episode that the series in its intended form would be cancelled, but later released a condensed version of the series in one video, which revealed that Emile and PulseEffect won the challenge. Like the other contestants and coachers, Emile was interviewed throughout the series on several occasions; his complete interviews were later released on The4thGenGamer's Patreon account. PulseEffect later released a video of his and Emile's run.

In December 2022, Emile collaborated with YouTubers JaidenAnimations, Alpharad, and ScottFalco on a video where they played Splatoon 3. Emile lent Jaiden his DS, which was fitted with a capture device, so she could record gameplay for her video on Fossil Fighters, with Jaiden giving him a shout-out at the end of the video "The Most Underrated Game Ever" for his generosity. In October 2023, Emile guest starred on the podcast Razzle Dazzle to discuss Xenoblade Chronicles. In December 2023, Emile and Tim guest starred on the podcast Nintendo Switch Online Game Club by Good Vibes Gaming, appearing in the episode "Target Earth".

Personal life

Emile has mentioned in videos that he struggled with family and financial issues during his childhood, as well as with autism. For a short period of time, he believed he was misdiagnosed, writing in 2011: "Found out this week that I was never autistic and was put in special ed and on medication as a kid for no reason because the school thought my "different" behavior was a mental disability and not being gifted, which is what I really am. Oh, educational system, how you fail us time and time again. Always thought it was odd being told "you're disabled and need help" when I could do everyday things just fine. Then again, I never used it as a crutch for sympathy, so I guess nothing's changed." However, in his EarthBound redux Let's Play, In Episode 55, Emile finally reveals that he is autistic, explaining he only took things back because a relative convinced him that he wasn't, and explains some things about how his mind works, right down to the way in which he visualizes his thoughts rather than remembering mental text blurbs the way that neurotypical people do.

In his first few years, Emile never showed his face, except for one video he posted about wanting to see EarthBound on Virtual Console, when he was uploading his first playthrough of EarthBound, although he took it down shortly after and kept his face a mystery for newer subscribers. But he eventually subverted this after his appearance on TheSpeedGamers. Nowadays, while he still acts shy while on camera, he's no longer afraid to show his face. In his day-to-day life, Emile tends to follow a pretty straightforward and rigid schedule. He goes to the gym on a frequent basis to psyche himself up for recording and even hired a personal trainer, he neatly organizes his video game and merchandise collections, and he tends to frequent the same restaurants over and over again (notably Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings). Emile does spice things up with his eccentric personality, but as stated in his Animal Crossing: New Leaf LP on his birthday, this routine makes him feel happy and accomplished. As of 2019, Emile resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He lived in a rented apartment for years before he owned his first house in 2015.

Aside from YouTube, Emile is active on Facebook, Bluesky and Twitter. He has more than 108k Facebook fans, more than 258k Twitter followers and 18k Bluesky followers. On Bluesky and Twitter, he regularly talks about video games and interacts with his followers. From November 2024 onwards, Emile has stopped promoting his Twitter account in favour of BlueSky, stating that due to the "violent videos, disturbing content and hate speech", Emile stopped feeling comfortable promoting Twitter to his audience as a nice place to follow him, stating that "no kid should have to see that stuff." After many asking him over the years, Emile decided to open a PO Box in November 2024.

In October 2024, Emile announced the death of his grandfather, and spent that week spending time with his family and taking care of anything difficult for them. He returned the following week and thanked his audience for all the well wishes about his grandfather, which his extended family saw and appreciated. Emile had known this was coming for a while, and thought the last 5 times he saw him could've been the last time, so he considers himself lucky to have seen him so many extra times. He was a great-grandfather of two, one of which is 11 years old, so he made it really far. Emile revealed it was a packed week for his family as they found out his grandparents had bedbugs the day after he passed, so they had to move his grandmother, her dog, and guests to other houses while also dealing with all the work that comes with someone dying, so Emile was glad he was there for support.

Relationships

Due to an especially traumatic time when he was assaulted as a child, Emile was left unable to enjoy sex until well into his adult life. He struggled with comprehending anything sexual, which hindered his attempts at relationships. Even with people he was comfortable dating, Emile struggled with concepts like them seeing him naked or enjoying sex for years after that. On an EarthBound-centric podcast, Emile told the story about his first girlfriend, back in high school. She was a huge EarthBound fan, but she wasn't the nicest person, and the relationship turned sour. Emile's best friend at the time decided to try to find out what was going on, and he found out the only reason she was dating Emile was to impress Toby Fox.

Emile was in a relationship with MasaeAnela for 10 years

Emile and MasaeAnela previously dated for 10 years and they were engaged to be married; but went their separate ways in 2021 due to conflict of interests with keeping their relationship discreet, social pressure from the community fanbase adding additional strain to their publicized dynamic, and concerns regarding Emile's personal interactions with certain individuals over time. The both of them made an agreement at the time to quietly and gradually disassociate from each other's content, which became tested in January 2024 when pressed to provide commentary on Emile's status after allegations of a different case began to surface. Masae officially announced her status of no longer being in collaboration with Emile, but later publicly made peace with him and resumed their agreement to disassociate from each other.

Emile and Masae's relationship had been non-publicized from the beginning, with only their friends and some close associates being in the know. However, a subset of the TRG fanbase community took note of their (at the time) friendly dynamic as it appeared on the screen and ran with it by shipping the two as friends-to-potential item, which was a topic amongst the fanbase on several occasions. While the agreement to keep the relationship private for mutually agreed upon at the start, at some point after their engagement, Emile expressed a desire to make their status publicized, which Masae insisted on keeping private due to social pressure regarding their public appearances as perceived by the community. Emile ultimately respected her wishes and the relationship remained privitized up until January 2024.

Over time, their relationship gradually became strained, which Masae cites as due to Emile slowly becoming more intrusive with her boundaries despite being told to stop repeatedly, being uncomfortable with how Emile has talked to/about her in the past, and his behavior regarding interactions with other people (particularly women) both professionally and privately. Masae also cited that the size and culture of his following was to the point where she felt that she was unable to assert herself more and set boundaries without the risk of pushback, thus creating a relationship no longer on equal footing.At the time, Emile had recognized his errors and tried to apolgize to her on several occasions, but the relapse in behavioral issues combined with a small subset of Emile's following treating her as secondary to Emile's business led her to feel that Emile was ultimately negligent to addressing these issues in favor of maintaining the entertainment that came from people's speculation of their relation to each other.

In the middle of 2021, Masae and Emile quietly parted ways and made the agreement to no longer personally associate with each other through both their content and their interpersonal interactions, a result that has left considerable distress to Emile. Later in 2022, Emile had assumed that they were just taking some distance from each other and uploaded his Splatoon 2 Let's Play which contained cameos of Masae that was recorded prior to their fallout. Masae, not having approved of this, resumed conversation with him to stop using any further mentions of her, which Emile agreed to in the end. However, the community's perception of Masae as being Emile's close friend continued to linger at various occasions, even after Masae began her relationship with BrettUltimus and announced it with the addendum that they were not looking for their new partnership to be treated as entertainment.

The sudden alarm of Emile being casted in a negative light in January 2024 caused many of Emile's followers to seek out Masae's opinions and comments regarding Emile's activity, unaware that doing so put her back in a compromised position of having to engage in discussions about someone she no longer wanted to be associated with. The amount of unsolicited questioning carried over to Masae's appearance in MAGFest 2024 and on January 24th, Masae released a statement formally asserting her disassociation with Emile, disapproval of his actions, and how she was tired with people still assuming the both of them as friends. Following the statement, both Emile and Masae took a hiatus from online appearances. In April 2024, Emile requested the community to not misinteret Masae's words or continue to bother her regarding Emile's business. Masae would then privately discuss with Emile again to release another statement the next day confirming Emile's account and to again request that the community would stop unsolicitly asking them about each other or sending harassment to either one.

Emile later began dating his current girlfriend, who he announced he was dating in an episode of his Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 Let's Play, stating that he had been playing the game with her off-screen. She played a major role in helping Emile overcome Kirby's passing in July 2023, as well as supporting Emile amid the online misconduct allegations against him in January 2024, which caused her an immense amount of stress particularly as the territory she lived in at the time was published, which greatly upset her as it was not public knowledge. They continued their relationship long-distance until she moved in with Emile and Tim in December 2024. Emile works hard every day to make sure their future together can be a happy, comfortable life.

Pets

Emile holding his cat Teddy

Emile had several pets, including four cats named Kirby, Teddy, Jak and Loki, and a rabbit named Pippy. Of these pets, Kirby was his longest lived and was around for most of his career. Kirby, Teddy and Pippy appeared regularly in his videos, while Jak was mentioned in the video "Fifty Facts About Chuggaaconroy-Tag Video" and Loki was mentioned in a tweet Emile made in 2023. He tended to his pets at precise times prior to their passing.

Kirby was named by Emile's mother. He was 5 years (or roughly 36 cat years) old when Emile started his let's play career, and was part of the Chuggaaconroy youtube family for 14 years (or roughly 72 cat years) since, so his fans knew him as long as Emile. Kirby had a habit of wanting to lay on Emile's lap during recordings. Other contributions from Kirby to recordings included meows and trying to get in front of the screen. He was also discussed by Emile often in recordings, along with Emile's other cat Teddy. On September 16th, 2021, Emile announced that Kirby had end stage kidney disease, but that he was receiving medication for it. Kirby passed away the morning of July 8th, 2023, at the age of 19 years and 10 months, and Emile and Tim were there when Kirby passed away. He was eulogized in a statement which announced Emile's channel would be going silent for a few days. Emile later announced that Kirby had appeared in a few unreleased recordings prior to his death. Kirby's final recorded appearance was in Episode 48 of Pokemon Black 2 and White 2, and a tribute to him was featured at the end of that LP.

Teddy was adopted by Emile at some point after Kirby. Both cats would go on to be featured regularly in Emile's LPs, through making visual appearances and being mentioned in commentary. He was mentioned numerous times in multiple Let's Plays. Teddy was mostly found barging in on Emile while recording, sometimes messing with his recording equipment, random wires, and even his gaming system. Emile tells the story in one LP of him accidentally kicking Teddy so hard he hit the wall in his sleep. In early 2016, Teddy passed away, and was eulogized in a Facebook post and later in Pokémon Platinum - Episode 67: The Second Journey.

Pippy was Emile's house rabbit. She was a loving, smart rabbit with a bit of a temper. She was named after an Animal Crossing character of the same name. On the night of October 4th, 2019, Pippy passed away, short of her 5th birthday. Emile paid tribute in a statement later that day. The finale of Super Mario Galaxy 2 was dedicated to her. After entering the chimney of Starship Mario a message was shown instead of the engine room that appeared in the end-slate.

Controversies

Copyright issues

2010 YouTube suspension

“	Gotta say, I want to thank each and every one of you who was patient throughout this whole thing. I would've never had such a strong drive to come back without you, even if I like making videos so much.	”
―Emile's message to his fans after his account was unbanned

Emile and Tim both had their accounts temporarily suspended in 2010 due to false copyright claims

In July 2010, Emile and Tim were suspended under false copyright claims, though both their accounts were later restored weeks later. The temporary suspension led to Emile's channel getting further attention after it was reported on multiple websites including Zelda Universe and Bulbapedia, ironically doing him more good than harm in the end. The person or group of people went around YouTube reporting videos for false copyright violations under false names (like Timothy Bishop, the real name of NintendoCapriSun), sometimes affiliated themselves with large companies like Nintendo. For instance, one of Emile’s videos was taken down by a user who claimed to own the copyrights to the Pokémon franchise, while another was taken down by a user who claimed ownership over Emile’s voice.

Prior to Emile's suspension, YouTube partner support was contacted constantly in order to prevent Emile from getting suspended and to notify them about the vandals submitting the false claims. For a while, it looked like Emile might not get suspended, but the vandals redirected all of their efforts at him to finally get him suspended on July 16th. The videos that Emile received falsely copyright claims were three episodes of his Pokémon Crystal LP and one episode of his Super Mario Sunshine LP. Both Emile and Tim's suspensions were reported on multiple websites including Zelda Universe and Bulbapedia, with Emile sharing these reports to spread word of the controversy.

On July 19th 2010, Emile revealed that the vast majority of his videos still worked elsewhere, but that this might not be the case for too much longer. Emile responded by submitting counter-claims to the vandals that took down his account with false claims, by doing this, he was able to negate the effects of their claims. On July 31st 2010, Emile had his account unbanned from YouTube and thanked his fans for being patient throughout the controversy, saying "Gotta say, I want to thank each and every one of you who was patient throughout this whole thing. I would've never had such a strong drive to come back without you, even if I like making videos so much."

Following his account being restored, Emile began receiving questions asking why Tim also didn't get his account restored; Emile responded by saying "I can personally assure you: He'll be back soon." On August 3rd 2010, Emile revealed that Tim had been unbanned from YouTube. Despite having his account restored, Emile had his videos removed for no apparent reason, saying "Filling in everyone who's just waking up because I'm getting mail about it faster than I can reply: I did NOT delete my videos or set them to private. YouTube removed all my videos for no apparent reason, they all say "Video Rejected (Account Suspended)" on the My Videos page. They possibly think I'm suspended and should lose all my videos when I'm really not suspended." On August 4th 2010, Emile revealed that his videos were now back online. He clarified that this wasn't the result of any new flagging or DMCA claim, saying "Guys, this isn't the result of any new flagging or DMCA claim. I have 0 Emails telling me that a video of mine was taken down or even has a claim on it. This was YouTube's doing, has nothing to do with a flag or a DMCA claim."

2021 EarthBound video takedowns

“	Hey guys, I’m sure you’ve heard about Sony Music taking down EarthBound videos. Unfortunately, I too haven’t escaped unscathed. They started by taking my ad revenue, I disputed it, and they came back saying “Nope! We own your video!” But whatever, at least they were still up. As of today, some episodes of the EarthBound Let’s Play remake have been taken down for copyright. I’m working on the problem, but am unsure which direction it will go. It’s a shame because I consider that series one of the best things I’ve made and now you can’t view it through. For those asking “How can Sony own EarthBound videos?!” It’s because they distributed a CD of the music in Japan, so it’s in their archives of things to claim automatically.	”
―Emile's statement on the video takedowns

In June 2021, five episodes of the EarthBound redux Let's Play made by Emile got blocked by the Japanese division of Sony Music because of the game's soundtrack, which they own the distribution rights to. Emile lost his redux EarthBound Let's Plays’ ad revenue and five of his videos from the redux LP, including the 31st episode, were removed. Emile was among several YouTubers effected by this, who said that their EarthBound-based videos were being flagged for copyright by Sony. In some cases, it was reported that Sony claimed the ad revenue for the video in question; in others, the videos appeared to have been removed entirely.

Emile had filed requests to get the videos restored, and they were restored a week later on July 3rd 2021 after The Completionist helped Emile get in touch with some people who could deal with the problem. He made a tweet later that day in which he said "The entirety of the EarthBound Remake has been restored! Thanks to Completionist for getting me in touch with some people who could deal with this problem! All it took was getting somebody to actually read my emails to see these claims were fraudulent. Bonus: To the contrarians who were all "UM, ACTUALLY. You don't understand the music industry and Sony is within their full legal right to claim your videos of a game they didn't make!" Yeah, no. There's a difference between being granted a license and owning something."

However, the following week on 17 July 2021, the 5th episode of the redux EarthBound LP was taken down, which Emile tweeted about, saying "Revenge of the Sony! I guess they aren’t done claiming they made EarthBound yet." The Completionist helped Emile resolve the controversy, and the video was later restored.

Other copyright issues

Emile was originally planning on covering the Celebi event during his LP of Pokémon Crystal. However, Emile eventually learned that the artist he hired to make the drawings for the Legendary Pokémon in the series was actually engaging in art theft. This led to Emile scrapping the idea for the video entirely, as he couldn't verify if the art made for Celebi was also plagiarized and didn't want to risk anything.

Nintendo had initially targeted and content ID-claimed several of Emile's videos due to them containing footage of their games, causing his ad revenue to temporarily decrease, but later ceased doing so. A vague legal issue he was not permitted to disclose prevented the Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga LP from being released on time, forcing it to take over a month past its scheduled release.

Episode 39 of his Chrono Trigger LP ended up being delayed due to a legal squabble with an unnamed rapper who sampled the Black Omen theme in a song and consequently got Emile's video auto-claimed. The delay was spent arguing against the claim, as the rapper obviously had no legal ownership of the Chrono Trigger song, meaning that it didn't make sense for him to gain revenue from the video. Emile's video was eventually put up on August 1, 2019, with the claim having since been cleared up. Previously it was thought that Wiz Khalifa was the one who got the video claimed, as he had notoriously sampled Schala's theme for his single "Never Been". However, this supposition was debunked after Emile revealed the actual song that got him in trouble.

Misconduct allegations

“	I have done and said similar things in years past with other people. I am still friends with some of them, while I have fallen out of contact with others. If you were uncomfortable with how I behaved, this apology is for you as well. No matter my intentions, I’m sorry the impact was harmful. I will not reach out to you myself again. I recognize I have hurt people and needed to be held accountable for it. I respect anyone who feels disappointed or hurt. I decided around the time of the incident that I would never do this again and learn from it, but I would understand if you didn’t wish to support me any longer.	”
―Emile in his initial response

Emile in December 2023, a month prior to the controversy

In January 2024, Emile was accused of online misconduct involving uncomfortable behavior on his part mostly revolving around discussion of shoes in roleplay conversations. The earliest incident took place in 2010, with the rest scattered all the way until the latest in 2023. Those misconduct allegations started after video essayist Lady Emily said that Emile had persistently attempted to initiate erotic foot fetish roleplay with her. While Emile did make a full apology to Emily several days later in which he also clarified his discussion of shoes was not fuelled by anything more than fitness being one of his hobbies, the initial allegations led to Emile's ex-fiancee MasaeAnela saying that Emile had repeatedly made her feel uncomfortable and pushed boundaries with her, and AntDude saying that Emile had allegedly sent off-putting texts to his girlfriend MissFushiGaming, who alleged that Emile had made her uncomfortable on many occasions. Similar allegations were made by SunflowerASMR and Tama Hero, with the former saying Emile had allegedly tried to initiate foot fetish roleplay with her and the latter saying that Emile had many conversations she now viewed as "red flags". These was followed by speedrunner Werster posting screenshots of a sexual roleplay chat that Emile had aged 19 in 2010 with a 15 year-old girl nicknamed Lawly, who posted their entire conversation chat logs in a Google Doc, in which she stated that she now viewed the way Emile spoke to her as unacceptable.

The resulting backlash from these events caused Emile to suffer from extreme public backlash and caused him to lose more than 30,000 of his subscribers over the course of a week, while the Runaway Guys channel lost over 10 thousand subscribers. Emile also asked that his fellow YouTubers dissociate themselves from him to protect their reputations until he was able to fight back, with the Runaway Guys channel being put on hiatus due to the controversy making it nigh-impossible to move forward with Emile involved in any capacity. Emile had been going to therapy or several months prior to the controversy, as he knew that he had problems and was working to fix them of his own volition. The controversy was extremely harmful to Emile's health, as seeing the online speculation about him unfold caused him so much stress; he lost eight pounds in a week, developed internal bleeding, was in the emergency room twice for blood loss, and had his existing health issues worsened by the controversy. Emile had dreams and thoughts about ending his own life, and called the state suicide prevention hotline. It was recommended by Emile's psychiatrist that he spend as little time on social media as possible for the sake of his mental health, with Emile staying with his girlfriend for a few months until the heat cooled down whilst continuing with therapy. He initially planned to have a year-long hiatus from the internet, although he later reduced this to a three-month hiatus so he could release his side of the story earlier.

Tim's Clarification

On March 31st, 2024, Tim revealed in an interview that the allegations by Ant and Fushi of Emile sending off-putting texts to them had all been a complete misunderstanding on their part, and that Emile did not make them uncomfortable in that situation. Tim initially said that Ant and Fushi had viewed Emile's donation to Fushi as him "simping" for her, but later clarified that both she and Ant were grateful for Emile's donation. Despite Tim asking people to not harass Ant and Fushi with messages about this, they still blocked him anyway. As Tim already revealed Emile's side of the story, Emile did not mention Ant or Fushi in his response to the other allegations, which also did not mention the allegations by SunflowerASMR and Tama Hero. It was later reported that, at an undetermined time after Tim's interview, Ant admitted his allegation against Emile had been a misunderstanding.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Emile and AntDude had planned to do a collaboration together. They planned it out on Discord, and the subject of Ant's girlfriend, virtual YouTuber MissFushiGaming, came up, with Fushi planning to hang out with them while they did their collaboration. At some point, Ant told Emile that Fushi can't come to hang out with them, and at that point Emile stopped responding. Ant took this to mean that if Emile stopped responding, that meant he didn't want to do the anymore because she couldn't come. This led into a series of misunderstandings where they thought that Emile had feelings for Fushi.

Following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in 2021, eventually Emile, Ant and Fushi were at a convention together, so Emile started messaging Ant about the collaboration, wondering if they could resume their plans to make it. However, Ant never replied to any of Emile's messages until the convention was over. What Emile started doing from that point was messaging Fushi because Emile knew that she would actually answer her messages, so if he wanted to get in touch with Ant, Emile would message her. However, Ant and Fushi thought that because Emile was messaging her and not him, that he was into her, which is why they were saying they felt uncomfortable. Emile started going to Fushi's streams, some of which Tim witnessed as well. One point after Emile's cat Kirby passed away in 2023, Emile watched another of Fushi's streams where she was raising money for her cat who was sick, and Emile donated to help out with that because he sympathized with Fushi as he had lost his own cat. Ant and Fushi were grateful to Emile for the donation.

On another of Fushi's streams, she started talking about being curious about the science behind kinks and fetishes. After the stream was over, Emile sent Fushi a link to a page all about it, which was interpreted by Ant and Fushi as Emile being into her because he sent her a page about fetishes, despite her saying she was interested in it on stream. At some point, Emile and Tim were talking about moving somewhere, and had different places in mind, including North Carolina, New York, Seattle, the United Kingdom, and Canada. They were going over all these different possibilities, and at some point he started talking to Yoshiller and asked him if he knew anybody who who lives in any of these areas. Yoshiller told Emile that Ant and Fushi live in Seattle, so he could ask them what the living is like there. When Emile asked them what it's like in Seattle, Ant and Fushi thought he was trying to move there to get with her. These series of misunderstandings led to Ant and Fushi saying that Emile made them uncomfortable.

Emile's Response

“	Hey, everybody. It has been a long time since I last shared anything with you, but I now feel ready to give an update on how I've been doing, and clear up speculation on some incidents that have been brought up since my last message. Whenever something blows up online, people make a lot of incorrect assumptions based on not knowing the full story, and often assume the worst possible context. I would like to start by clearing up these misconceptions. I haven't wanted to reveal information about others, but I think at this point it's best that everything is out in the open. I have removed irrelevant personal information as I only want to say as much as I need to in order to set the record straight. Please do not bother anybody I name here - I do not want others to experience what I went through. I have already asked that people not harass my accusers and it is disappointing to see this ignored or not respected; I truly don't want anybody to be attacked over this.	”
―Emile in his Google Doc response

On April 16th, 2024, Emile posted his response to the allegations via a thread on Twitter, also posting a link to a Google Doc titled "Hey, Everybody" consisting of the same information. In the statement, Emile looked to "clear up speculation" surrounding the allegations and urged people not to bother anybody whom he talked about. In regards to Masae, he publicly revealed their previous relationship for the first time, writing that losing her was the hardest thing he's ever gone through and that he regretted how emotional he got about it and the way he handled it.

In the next section of the statement, Emile discussed his DMs with Emily. He said that in 2023 Emily reached out to him and let her know how their conversations made her feel and he apologized to her. He said she would never go public with the information, "immediately" got professional help and started seeing a therapist weekly. Then, she made it all public and "crushed" him. He refuted the idea that he asked her for foot pictures constantly, writing that he asked once if he could see photos of her wearing shoes he bought her, not realizing it would make her uncomfortable. Emile shared further screenshots of their conversations, including one where he said that Emily would "encourage [his] roleplay and jokes about shoes" and consent to and participate in it. He said that he thought he was "being dumb with consenting friends" and that at worst it was "a little embarrassing that my kink was probably one reason I liked the subject". Emile shared further screenshots of their conversations about shoes to show the tone of the conversations that led to the roleplay, writing that he believed this read as "pretty silly" from both ends. He then mentioned has autism and struggles with understanding social cues or people's limits, and said that he was confused when she stopped responding to his messages, which is why he sent her many messages after she stopped responding, writing, "I've learned now that repeated messages like this can be stressful to others."

In the next section of the statement, Emile responded to the leaked DMs that took place when he was 19 and Lawly was 15. He refuted the idea that he was a predator, writing that he was an "idiot teenager who made dirty jokes," and reiterated that he had "no intention of doing anything to this person." Emile said that because the chat was so long ago, he "[doesn't] think something that old should be treated as representative of the person [he is] now.". He said that he grew uncomfortable with where the conversations were going due to her age and he told her this numerous times. He realized he had to stop it as she would constantly initiate "raunchy topics." Emile admitted that some of the humor in the messages was not acceptable by modern standards, but that he "lacked the experience" he gained and believes it showed he had "no romantic or physical interest in them as a teen." He said that he was surprised to find she initiated the roleplay when re-reading the logs. He then shared that it was her goal to "manipulate [him] into having sex with them," sharing two times when it was touched on in conversations.

Finally, Emile shared several more statements, covering how he was as a 19-year-old, regarding a trip to the mental ward, how he's been since the allegations and what he plans to do moving forward. In the "Me at 19" section, he recalls childhood trauma in which he was assaulted as a child, leaving him "unable to enjoy sex until well into [his] adult life." He also reiterated that he's never assaulted or threatened anyone. In the "My visit to the mental ward" section, Emile admitted that he developed internal bleeding from stress, resulting in two trips to the emergency room and a prescription for sleeping medication, and admitted to having suicidal thoughts, writing that he was put in a mental ward after calling the suicide prevention hotline. He explained what he learned there and how it helped him move forward. In the next section, "How I've Been," Emile wrote that after getting out of the psych ward, he went to live with his girlfriend and praised her for her help and describes a night when he opened up to her fully and cried about the controversy, describing it as the moment he "forgave [his] past self." He said that after two months he began having suicidal thoughts and decided to move back home, continuing their relationship long-distance. She visited him, but he spent half the time writing his statement and another half in a mental ward. Finally, in the "Moving Forward" section, Emile expressed his love for his friends for trusting him and holding him accountable. He apologized for "all the heartache and worry" he caused his friends and followers. He admitted he still made mistakes and needed psychiatric help for his depression and roleplay behavior and promised it wouldn't happen again. He then listed the things he's done to get help since, including visiting his therapist, doing behavioral health sessions, the five nights in the mental ward, never missing his medication, discontinuing his roleplaying and generally learning more about his mental health struggles.

Aftermath

Emile's response resulted in a significant increase in support for him and his channels, with the subscriber counts of both his own channel and the Runaway Guys channel gradually increasing again. His response received comparisons to ProJared's August 2019 video "YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO", in which he gave his side of the argument of the allegations surrounding him in May 2019, similarly either disproving them and/or showing the full context of them. Emile replied to several messages he received. In one reply, he called his past behaviour "pretty weird" and "pretty gross", and said that it "wasn't a great way to act" and that he "still hurt feelings, consent or no." In another reply, Emile encouraged his audience to show respect towards Masae, saying "Hey, she's still a friend of my friends and someone I loved for a long time. Let's treat her with respect." In April 2024, Emile requested the community to not misinteret Masae's words or continue to bother her regarding Emile's business. Masae would then privately discuss with Emile again to release another statement the next day confirming Emile's account and to again request that the community would stop unsolicitly asking them about each other or sending harassment to either one. Emile responded to Masae's statement about their past relationship by quote retweeting it, in which he wished her the best, saying "I want everyone to know there is no ill will on my side either. You said what you thought was necessary to get people to leave you alone. It was other people who made assumptions, that was why I needed to say what I said. I wish you the best life without me in it, you deserve it. You are a wonderful human being who has done so much for me and I want you to succeed and come back from this."

On April 18th, 2024, Lawly released a follow-up document in which she claimed that several of the things Emile said were untrue, specifically saying that she never tried to manipulate him or anyone else into sex, and clarified that she made her original statement because she was worried that Emile had had similar conversations with other underage fans, but expressed relief at this not being the case and wished the best for everyone involved, including Emile. Emile responded to Lawly's follow-up document by saying that he wasn't trying to distort things and is happy to make corrections, saying that "many of these conversations happened so long ago, it's difficult to remember everything with perfect clarity", but would try his best to do so. First, Emile believed his mother when she said Lawly had a crush on him after she sent that gift and he still distanced himself. It was clear to see that was correct. Emile stands by what he said; that he knew things had gone too far when they were younger. He similarly cannot verify when/how long they talked using Skype. He knows they didn't talk for a long time. Whether it was zero contact or minimal, he's not trying to obfuscate; his intent was the same. Emile said his goal was to "slowly fade out" in the screenshots he posted and not let anything develop on either side. Regardless, he distanced myself for years and thought she deserved a second chance much later. He was just mistaken that the adding as a friend happened at a con. Emile admitted that he did add her 7 years later and not 10, they briefly chatted a few times, but it was months/years between until they actually reconnected in 2021 and became good friends again. Later when she told Emile she wanted to have underage sex with older men, it contextualized what the intent appeared to be with her crush, so he apologized for that misunderstanding, and he still prevented anything from happening. As for who originally brought up talk about shoes, Emile apologized for speculating about that. It wasn't relevant. The logs she posted were probably the oldest record he's seen about that and he still didn't know it was tied to any kink due to his inability to enjoy sex. Emile revealed he has been in a headspace of deep self-reflection for the past several months so he's been struggling to make sense of these through-lines in his life. He also appreciated Lawly wishing him well, and said he would miss her.

On April 22nd, 2024, Emily released a final statement regarding the controversy. She sent Emile her regards and hoped for his improvement and congratulated him on taking the steps to recover, and sad that she was genuinely sorry for the mental distress caused by all this and hoped he could come out of this better and healthier than before. Unlike the follow-up statements by Masae and Lawly, Emile did not reply to Emily's final statement, but previously encouraged his audience to show respect towards Emily as well in two replies to his response, saying "I don't want Emily run off the internet. She's really good at what she does, and it'd be a shame if she quit. I will champion the message not to harass as much as is needed" and "Hey, let's treat her with respect, okay? I still hurt her feelings, consent or no. I don't want to entertain theories without proof."

Emile remained on hiatus until July 2024, stating that this was to protect his mental health, before beginning a gradual return and uploading some long-promised backlogged bonus videos, before making a full return in August the same year with a playthrough of the Future Connected Campaign of Xenoblade Chronicles. Although the controversy had since managed to settle and Emile returned to uploading videos on his own channel, the Runaway Guys channel did not properly return to uploading videos until December 2024.

Games that Emile has Let's Played

Main Let's Plays

Year	Game	Notes
March 2008-June 2008	EarthBound	99 episodes
June 2008-July 2008	Mother	36 episodes
August 2008-September 2008	Paper Mario	85 episodes
September 2008-November 2008	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars	72 episodes
February 2009-May 2009	Mother 3	108 episodes
February 2009-May 2009	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	86 episodes
June 2009-July 2009	Pokémon FireRed	61 episodes
August 2009-October 2009	Super Mario Sunshine	41 episodes
December 2009-February 2010	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	80 episodes
March 2010-July 2010	Pokémon Crystal	64 episodes
August 2010-October 2010	Super Luigi Galaxy	47 episodes
August 2010-October 2010	Pikmin	18 episodes
December 2010-April 2011	Ōkami	80 episodes
May 2011-August 2011	Luigi's Mansion	17 episodes
May 2011-September 2011	Pikmin 2	52 episodes
September 2011-December 2011	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	62 episodes
January 2012-March 2012	Pokemon Emerald	62 episodes
April 2012-July 2012	Super Paper Mario	61 episodes
August 2012-November 2012	Ōkamiden	71 episodes
November 2012-December 2012	Kirby's Epic Yarn	27 episodes
January 2013-March 2013	Pokemon Colosseum	46 episodes
April 2013-June 2013	The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	30 episodes
April 2013-June 2013	Super Mario 64 DS	40 episodes
September 2013-October 2013	Kid Icarus: Uprising	34 episodes
September 2013-October 2013	Sonic Colors	15 episodes
November 2013-November 2014	Animal Crossing: New Leaf	71 episodes
February 2014-April 2014	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	50 episodes
June 2014-June 2015	Xenoblade Chronicles	119 episodes
June 2015-September 2015	Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga	42 episodes
September 2015-November 2015	Pikmin 3 (Story Mode)	23 episodes
September 2015-December 2019	Pikmin 3 (Mission Mode)	17 episodes
December 2015-June 2016	Pokémon Platinum	86 episodes
July 2016-September 2016	Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon	36 episodes
October 2016-December 2016	Splatoon	40 episodes
February 2017-May 2017	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	75 episodes
July 2017-September 2017	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time	41 episodes
December 2017-June 2018	Pokémon Black & White	83 episodes
July 2018-October 2018	EarthBound	61 episodes
November 2018-January 2019	Yoshi's Woolly World	39 episodes
February 2019-April 2019	The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	44 episodes
June 2019-September 2019	Chrono Trigger	80 episodes
October 2019-December 2019	Super Mario Galaxy 2	48 episodes
February 2020-March 2020	Kirby: Triple Deluxe	26 episodes
April 2020	Super Mario Land	2 episodes
May 2020-July 2020	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX	47 episodes
September 2020-December 2021	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	221 episodes
February 2022-July 2022	Splatoon 2	67 episodes
October 2022-February 2023	Paper Mario	68 episodes
April 2023-January 2024	Pokémon Black 2 & White 2	106 episodes
August 2024-September 2024	Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected	22 episodes
October 2024-present	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story	TBD

Collab Let's Plays

Main Collabs

• Mario Party
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii (ft. JoshJepson)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Subspace Emissary)
• Mario Party 2
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land
• Wii Party
• LittleBigPlanet (ft. Lucahjin)
• New Super Mario Bros. U (ft. JoshJepson)
• Castle Crashers (ft. SuperJeenius)
• Mario Party 3
• Wario Ware Inc.: Mega Party Game$
• New Super Luigi U
• Dokapon Kingdom Story Mode
• Mario Party 4
• Rayman Origins
• LittleBigPlanet 2 (ft. Lucahjin)
• Super Mario 3D World (ft. MasaeAnela)
• Super Mario Bros. 3
• Sonic Adventure
• Mario Party 5
• Kirby's Dream Course
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (ft. StephenPlays)
• Rayman Legends (ft. Tom Fawkes)
• Super Metroid (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch, guide, and occasionally take over)
• Mario Party 6
• The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
• Wii Party U
• Pokémon Snap (Tim plays, Emile and Jon watch and guide)
• Mario Party 7
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch and guide)
• Pikmin (Jon plays, Tim and Emile watch and guide)
• Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (ft. StephenPlays)
• Star Fox 64 (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch, guide, and occasionally take over)
• Mario Party 8
• Luigi's Mansion (Tim plays, Emile and Jon watch and guide)
• Overcooked! (ft. Tom Fawkes)
• Secret of Mana
• Battletoads Arcade
• 100% Orange Juice!
• Banjo-Kazooie (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch and guide)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Both arcade and SNES versions; Emile and Tim play the SNES version while Jon guides)
• Mario Party DS
• Donkey Kong Country Returns
• Metroid Prime Remastered (Emile plays, Tim and Jon watch and guide)
• Kirby Star Allies

Side Collabs

• Fortune Street:
  • Yoshi's Island
  • The Observatory (ft. Lucahjin)
  • Mario Stadium (ft. JoshJepson)
  • Slimenia and Delfino Plaza (ft. SuperJeenius)
  • Mt. Magmageddon (ft. MasaeAnela)
  • Robbin Hood Ruins (ft. Lucahjin)
  • Mario Circuit (ft. MasaeAnela)
  • Peach's Castle (ft. StephenPlays)
  • Pirate Ship (ft. Tom Fawkes)
  • Starship Mario (ft. Tom Fawkes)
  • Castle Trodain (ft. MasaeAnela)
  • Super Mario Bros. (ft. StephenPlays)
  • Alefgard (ft. MasaeAnela)
  • Bowser's Castle (ft. Tom Fawkes)
  • Good Egg Galaxy (ft. Tom Fawkes)
• Wheel of Fortune (THQ's 2012 Wii U version)
• Wheel of Fortune (PS4)
• Wheel of Fortune (THQ's 2010 Wii version)
• Wheel of Fortune (Hasbro's 2000 second edition version)
• Wheel of Fortune (Ubisoft's 2018 Switch version)
• Anticipation
• Mario Party Superstars:
  • Yoshi's Tropical Island (ft. JoshJepson)
  • Space Land (ft. Tom Fawkes)
• Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

Miscellaneous Let's Plays

• Pokémon Platinum Video Coverage (DS)
  • (September 13, 2008 - September 28, 2008)
• Mega Man 2 (NES, played on a Wii) (April Fools' Day 2009)
• Mario Party 2 collab with MasaeAnela (N64, played on Wii)
• Super Mario Galaxy collab with BrainScratch Commentaries (Wii)
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Colosseum donation incentive with Proton Jon, 3DS)

Channel milestones

Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.

Subscriber milestones

• 100,000 subscribers: 2010
• 1 million subscribers: September 22, 2015

Decline

• Loss of 10,000 subscribers: January 2024
• Loss of 20,000 subscribers: January 2024
• Loss of 30,000 subscribers: January 2024

Video view milestones

• 760 million views: September 22, 2015
• 1 billion views: September 2022

Quotes

• "Hey, everybody, it's Chuggaaconroy!" or "Hey, guys, it's Chuggaaconroy!"
• "Welcome to my Let's Play of (title of game)/Welcome back to more (name of Let's Play)!"
• "In the last episode/last time, (briefly recaps previous episode's events). In this episode/this time, (states current episode plans)."
• "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
• "BAD PUNS!"
• "EXCUSE ME!!"
• "NO!!"
• "MIYAMOTO!"
• "Ah, Nintendo logic."
• "STEVE?!?! Steve is a trooper!" (Pikmin)
• "Oh! I grabbed onto the ledge!" (Super Mario Sunshine)
• "NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO FUDGESICLES" (Super Mario Sunshine)
• "NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!"
• "AAAAAAANNNDDDDUUUUUUGHHHHHHHH aw..."
• "WHAT?! WHAAAATTT?!?! WHAT?! NO! NO! NO! NO! ARE YOU KIDDING?" (Pikmin)
• "And there's the boss ke- GODDAMNIT!"
• "AAAAAGHHH, I. HATE"
• "Bowser's Arms!" (Super Paper Mario)
• "For the love... of... Hillary Duff... on a stick!" (Mother 3 / Earthbound 2)
• "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" *insert obnoxious scream here*
• "GAAAAAAAAAAAME!!!!!!"
• "D'oh, I missed!"
• “YOU ASS!!!” (Pokémon Platinum)
• “BRING IT ON!” (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• “WOLLYWOOOOG!” (Pikmin 2)
• “Let’s just go around and... shi- my controller’s dead NO! MY BATTERIES!” (Super Mario Sunshine)
• “Teddy is loafing around.” (Pokémon Emerald)
• “NOSE LASER!” (Pokémon Emerald)
• “vNUKE IT!” (Pokémon Black/White)
• “REST IN HELL, NEW PAPER MARIO! FUCK YOU!” (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake reaction)
• "PIKMIN WORLD PEACE"
• "YOU SON OF A CANADIAN!"
• "Uh-huh, I'm such a loser... " (Normally after making an awkward statement.)
• "Lord Arceus from above!." (Most Pokémon Let's Plays)
• "END OF CHAPTER!" (Paper Mario Let's Plays) (pronounced "CHEEEAPTEER!!!")
• "D'oh, I missed!" (Every series since the Mario Party Runaway Guys Collaboration)
• "WHERE YOU AT?!" (Said when something incredible happens, such as catching Groudon in a Nest Ball, or finding a Hidden Block in Mario Party)
• "For the sheer fact"
• "Whatever."
• "You jerk!" (when a Pokémon Trainer uses a Potion or a healing technique when the Pokémon is almost knocked out)
• "Should we do Daisy on Hard?"
• "I'm inside Daisy's heart shaped box."
• "Shut up" (Most Let's Plays)
• "So yeah"
• "Die" (Used many different ways)
• "Speaking of-"
• "Next time on (name of LP), we will (states plans for the next episode). See you guys then/I will see you guys later." (Ending a episode of a LP)
• "And that is (name of LP)." (said when ending finale to main story/final video of LP)

Trivia

• In a Wired interview from 2013, Emile noted that he would likely end his Let's Play career sometime before he turned 30, partially due to wanting to pursue a career as a professional video editor at the time, and also out of worry that his popularity would fade with age.
• Emile says outright he's playing certain games because he personally loves them and wants more fans to either know about the game, or convince his fans to give the game a second chance to impress them. Most of the time, this works, with many people even admitting to playing along with him or deciding to replay it after watching his Let's Plays.
• Emile's game collection is ordered alphabetically and by platform.
• Emile says outright he's playing certain games because he personally loves them and wants more fans to either know about the game, or convince his fans to give the game a second chance to impress them. Most of the time, this works, with many people even admitting to playing along with him or deciding to replay it after watching his Let's Plays. The ones listed here are just a selection of many.
  • Ōkami in particular got a lot more sales after he started playing it. Coincidentally, Ōkamiden was released near the end of his series, and likely gained popularity thanks to the first game's new fanbase.
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 1 gained a much higher profile after Emile began his LP, which was exasperated when Shulk was announced for Super Smash Bros. 4 during the LP's hiatus.
• In general, Emile tends to have a low opinion on his Let's Plays of video games that have since been remade, as they now appear outdated in contrast to whatever changes and/or new content the remakes have to offer.
  • In his fifth anniversary video, Emile reveals that he personally thinks his early Lets Plays suck, mainly because he was so afraid to be himself back then. The fact that he was limited to only ten minute videos at the time forced Emile to rush through games, in stark contrast to the more in-depth playthroughs that attempt to show off everything they had to offer that he's since become known for. The current playlist description for his Mother LP explicitly singles it out as his least favorite LP.
  • Emile admitted in part 17 of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 that he regretted using Haywire the Zebstrika on his team in the first game. This is due to Haywire severely falling off in usefulness halfway through the game and learning the winner of the nickname contest had plagiarized their name and reasoning from another website.
• Emile is considered to a VIP for the fandoms of several games he plays, including EarthBound, Ōkami, and Xenoblade Chronicles.
• In March 2023, on the 15th anniversary of Emile's first Let's Play video "EarthBound - Part 1: Meteor" being uploaded, the YouTubeGaming Twitter page posted a tweet referencing the occasion, referring to Emile as a "now let's play legend."
• He has shown himself to be incredibly generous. For example, he once gave away 24 copies of Xenoblade Chronicles to his friends for Christmas in 2013 and he gave away 30 copies of the game for his viewers for a contest in his Xenoblade LP including four factory sealed ones. This generosity is also shown in a few StephenVlogs videos, where we can see many of the gifts he has given to Stephen and Mal.
• Emile got the name "Chuggaaconroy" from a random name generator on a Cartoon Planet website.
• Emile has hesitated on doing a Fire Emblem Let's Play due to its fanbase.
• Emile's favorite Pokémon is Archen and its evolved form Archeops. This motivated him to use an Archen in Pokémon Black & White.
  • His favorite Pokémon before Gen V was Lucario, and before Gen IV it was Wartortle.
• Emile voiced the Postman in Zelda Universe's 2020 dub of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D.

See also

• Chuggaaconroy on the Chuggaaconroy Wiki
• Chuggaaconroy on The Runaway Guys Wiki
• Chuggaaconroy on the Stephen Georg Wiki
• Chuggaaconroy on the MasaeAnela Wiki

External links

Social media

• chuggaaconroy on YouTube
• @chuggaaconroy on Twitter
• chuggaaconroy on Facebook

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