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''GameGrumps'' is an American
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hosted by
Arin Hanson Arin Joseph Hanson (born January 6, 1987), also known as Egoraptor, is an American YouTuber, actor, rapper, and animator. He is well known for his Flash cartoons, as well as being the co-founder and co-star of the popular YouTube Let's Play seri ...
(2012–present) and
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(2013–present). Created in 2012 by co-hosts Hanson and Jon Jafari, the series centers around its hosts playing video games. After Jafari left the show in 2013 to focus on his own
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webseries, ''
JonTron Jonathan Aryan Jafari () (born March 24, 1990), better known online as JonTron, is an American YouTuber. He created the eponymous YouTube web series ''JonTron'', where he reviews and parodies video games, films and other media. Jafari is t ...
'', he was succeeded by Avidan. Since Jafari's departure, the channel has expanded to include many other hosts, besides the main two, who have floated in and out of the channel over time as a part of spin-off shows. Those include
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, Barry Kramer, Suzy Berhow, and
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, as well as various guest hosts. , ''GameGrumps'' has over 5.44 million subscribers and over 7.05 billion total video views. ''GameGrumps'' have also developed and published three of their own video games, '' Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator'', ''Soviet Jump Game'', and ''Homebody'', as well as writing the
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''Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret of the Grande Chateau'' and ''Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Express Train to Nowhere''.


Format

Episodes usually consist of two hosts or more playing a video game, featuring their commentary (often humorous), experience with (and opinions of) the chosen game, as well as related and unrelated discussions, along with stories from their lives. These commentaries often feature voice characterizations performed by the hosts, especially in the case of Hanson and Avidan. Many of the displayed games are sent in to the Grumps' PO box in Glendale, California, by fans. Secondarily to this is the Ten Minute Power Hour, in which The Grumps often are made to perform tasks, play classic children’s games, or play with an assortment of toys with one congruent theme. These tasks are most often done without prior knowledge of what they will be performing. Occasionally, the main topic of the episode will be food, in which case they often (intentionally or unintentionally) eat an uncomfortable amount of food (in both quantity and variety of often sickening flavors.) These are most often showcased upon the secondary GameGrumps channel, The Grumps.


History

''GameGrumps'' was created by Jon "JonTron" Jafari and Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson on July 10, 2012, and began with a video of the two playing ''
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'' uploaded on July 18, 2012 to video sharing site
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. According to Jafari and Hanson, the idea for the show came about when the two were arguing over whether or not the character Wolf from the fighting game ''
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'' was too similar to the character Fox in terms of their fighting styles. After animator Ross O'Donovan told the duo about their tendency to be "grumpy" with each other over video games, Hanson came up with the idea of a
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revolving around this concept, though the show ultimately became a video series on YouTube rather than a podcast. In September 2012, Barry Kramer was brought onto the show as an editor. Hanson and Jafari worked on the show together until June 25, 2013, when Jafari announced he would be leaving the show due to desires to focus on his own show. Many fans were upset by Jafari's departure from ''GameGrumps'', with many expressing disappointment in the decision's last-minute announcement, as well as the channel's decision to announce the beginning of ''Steam Train'' on the same day. After Jafari's departure,
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vocalist
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succeeded him as co-host of the main show. Avidan also joined animator
Ross O'Donovan Ross Kenry O'Donovan (born 17 June 1987), also known as RubberNinja and RubberRoss, is an Australian animator, voice actor, and Internet personality. He is known for his solo work as a Twitch streamer, as well as his YouTube and Newgrounds ca ...
as co-host of the show ''Steam Train'' where both play PC games. This expanded the channel's output to three videos a day: two standard ''GameGrumps'' episodes and a single ''Steam Train'' episode. ''Steam Train'' later expanded to include Hanson as a co-host at times, as well as featuring one of the group's editors, Barry Kramer, and Hanson's wife Suzy Berhow. In December 2013, Kramer and Berhow began hosting ''Table Flip'', where they dress in
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s, such as
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s, and
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s with other YouTube personalities. The series was professionally produced by Polaris, with seven cameras and extensive editing in
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to fit the content to the show's 45 to 60 minute format on Polaris's website rather than the ''GameGrumps'' YouTube channel. The final episode of ''Table Flip'' aired on October 14, 2016. In November 2014, Kevin Abernathy was hired to assist Kramer with video editing and production. Although Abernathy took on editing for most of the series, Kramer continued to edit ''Steam Train''. Since Abernathy's departure from the show in mid-2016, Kramer, Ryan Magee, and Matt Watson had taken the editing duties. In January 2015, to celebrate reaching two million subscribers, a new show called ''Grumpcade'' was launched, featuring any combination of co-hosts playing console games. The show also features guest YouTube personalities, including game critics ProJared, The Completionist, and YouTuber
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. Shortly after, in February 2015, GrumpOut, a channel dedicated to recreational and live-action video projects, was created. In November 2015, Avidan's
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bandmate
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officially joined the team, leaving behind his career as a
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. In February 2016, it was announced that Avidan and Hanson would appear at Hollywood Improv for a special performance of ''GameGrumps Live'' on March 30 and 31. Later, in April 2016, it was announced that Avidan and Hanson would appear at Levity Live in Nyack,
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for more performances of ''GameGrumps Live'' on April 29 and 30. On January 6, 2017, it was announced that the show's middle slot would no longer upload on a consistent schedule. While ''Steam Train'' and ''Grumpcade'' were not canceled, the format was changed so that they would be released only upon the creators' discretion on an occasional basis. A few substitute shows were created to fill the empty slot on certain days. These include ''Doodle Doods'', an artistic show hosted by fellow animators and YouTubers O'Donovan and Chris O'Neill (OneyNG), ''The G Club'', a media-centric podcast show, and ''Dragons in Places'', an audio-only podcast detailing a ''
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'' campaign. In December 2017, Kramer announced that he would be departing from the show to focus on his own pursuits; he was replaced by Ryan Magee and Matt Watson. In May 2019, all episodes guest starring the YouTuber Jared "ProJared" Knabenbauer were first made private then deleted entirely, presumably in an effort by the ''GameGrumps'' to distance themselves from Knabenbauer following allegations that he cheated on his then-wife and abused his fame to solicit nude photos from underage fans. Since 2015, ''GameGrumps'' has also been developing an animated series titled ''Gameoverse'', created by O'Donovan. By June 21, 2017, the development team had expanded to include writer Chad Quandt, concept artist Ashley Swaby, and story artist Krooked_Glasses.


Personnel

Over time, ''GameGrumps'' has accumulated a variety of hosts, editors and other personnel since Jafari's departure in 2013, some of which are not mentioned below. All members have appeared in various roles outside of their main position.


Main hosts

Hosts of the main ''GameGrumps'' series. ;Current *
Arin Hanson Arin Joseph Hanson (born January 6, 1987), also known as Egoraptor, is an American YouTuber, actor, rapper, and animator. He is well known for his Flash cartoons, as well as being the co-founder and co-star of the popular YouTube Let's Play seri ...
– Main host (2012–present); Steam Rolled host (2013–2016); 10 Minute Power Hour host (2018–present) *
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– Main host (2013–present); Steam Train host (2013–2014); Steam Rolled host (2013); 10 Minute Power Hour host (2018–present) ;Former * Jon Jafari – Main host (2012–2013); primary editor (2012)


Other members

Official members according to the ''GameGrumps'' in various videos. These members have hosted various shows of their own, or have made appearances in Grumpcade, Steam Train and other series. ;Current *Suzanne (Suzy) Berhow – Steam Rolled host (2013–2016); Table Flip host (2013–2016); various roles (2013–present) *
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– Various roles (2015–present) ;Former *
Ross O'Donovan Ross Kenry O'Donovan (born 17 June 1987), also known as RubberNinja and RubberRoss, is an Australian animator, voice actor, and Internet personality. He is known for his solo work as a Twitch streamer, as well as his YouTube and Newgrounds ca ...
– Steam Train host (2013–2018); Steam Rolled host (2013–2016); various roles (2013–2020), '' Mario Maker'' level producer (2015–2020) *Barry Kramer – Primary editor (2012–2015); Steam Rolled host (2013–2016); Table Flip host (2013–2016); The G Club host (2017); various roles (2012–2017) *Allie Jean – PR manager, producer, occasionally appears on ''GameGrumps'' episodes (2018–2023)


Primary editors

Aside from Jon Jafari and Barry Kramer, ''GameGrumps'' has had a few editors who, aside from various appearances, were not necessarily dubbed as official members. ;Current *Ben Perry – Primary editor (2019–present); various roles (2019–present) ;Former *Kevin Abernathy – Primary editor (2015–2016); various roles (2015–2016) *Ryan Magee – Primary editor (2016–2019); various roles (2016–2019) * Matt Watson – Primary editor (2016–2019); various roles (2016–2019)


Other ventures


Non-gaming content

In recent years, ''Game Grumps'' have expanded to content that is either only tangentially or not at all related to video games. These include live-action comedy shows ''10 Minute Power Hour'' and ''Good Content'', '' Good Game'', a YouTube Premium exclusive show, and two ''Game Grumps''-published books, ''Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret of the Grande Chateau'' and ''Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Express Train to Nowhere'', supposedly written by Hanson's estranged uncle Dr. Cecil H. H. Mills; Mills is physically portrayed by Hanson under "old man" makeup. The first book was released on March 10, 2020, and published by Permuted Press. The audiobook version of ''Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Secret of the Grande Chateau'' was released on
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on August 19, 2020, narrated by Hanson in character as Dr. Cecil H. H. Mills. The second book in the series, ''Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and the Express Train to Nowhere'', was published on June 7, 2022, accompanied by its own theme song.


Philanthropy

In late 2013, the ''GameGrumps'' had put various games, which they had received multiple copies of, on
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for auction, with all the proceeds going to the children's charity Child's Play. After the auctions ended, they had raised a total of over $7,000. In June 2015, a 5-episode miniseries was released called ''Guild Grumps''. O'Donovan mentored Hanson, Avidan, Kramer and Berhow in a 5-day race to advance from Level 90 to Level 100 in ''
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''. Each participant had $1,000 to donate to a charity of their choice, if they reached the goal. If they did not, their donation would be split between those who won. In the end, O'Donovan was the sole winner, and, combined with the participants' distributed funds, donated $5,000 to
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. As of 2015, ''GameGrumps'' has raised over $70,000 by hosting charity livestreams on
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. On February 17, 2018, ''GameGrumps'' held a 6-hour livestream on
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in which they played several games, including ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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'', raising around $77,000 for the
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. Later in the same year, ''GameGrumps'' did another 6-hour livestream to raise money for Camp Kesem, raising over $37,000. On June 4, 2020, in wake of the
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and
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movement, ''GameGrumps'' announced that they had donated a total of $20,000 to charities that support Black-owned Businesses, Black LGBTQ+ support groups and various bail funds to assist arrested protesters.


Promotions

In 2013, before Jafari's departure to work on his own ''JonTron'' series, Jafari and Hanson appeared in a promotional video for the
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movie ''
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'' produced by
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. The video also featured other internet personalities Jesse Cox, Brooke "Dodger" Lawson, Mike Lamond and John Bain. In the video they played new recruits under training by "The Lieutenant Commander" played by
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. In 2015, the ''GameGrumps'' were featured in the official reveal trailer for the ''
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figure.


Video game development

On June 13, 2017, ''GameGrumps'' announced on their official X account that they were developing a video game of their own. A teaser trailer for the game was released on June 18, 2017, titled '' Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator''. After some delays, Dream Daddy was released on Steam on July 20, 2017 on both Windows and MacOS. The game was later ported to the
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and
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. On the day of its release, Hanson stated that ''GameGrumps'' was now a video game development studio. In November 2019, the channel posted two videos covering games for the Dendy video game console. It was followed by a video on December 3, 2019, where Arin Hanson "discovered" a multiplayer
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for the console. The following day it was revealed to be an elaborate promotion for ''Soviet Jump Game'', the second video game to be published by ''GameGrumps'', with a trailer released that same day. The game was released for free on
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on July 17, 2020. On June 1, 2023, ''GameGrumps'' released their third video game on Steam titled ''Homebody'', a psychological horror game published by Rogue Games.


Legacy and influence

The show and its hosts have since been referenced in a number of video games such as ''DLC Quest'' and '' The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures''. Virtual avatars of Hanson and Avidan are also featured, and voiced by themselves, in ''
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''. In the third issue of the 2016 ''
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'' Ninth Doctor comic series, an alien girl is seen wearing a "Hey I'm Grump! I'm Not So Grump!" shirt. A specially modified version of the demo for ''
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'' was played on the channel's side show ''Steam Train'' which addressed two of the show's hosts, Dan Avidan and Ross O'Donovan. In an interview with ''
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'', Olympic swimmer Tom Shields said that ''GameGrumps'' was one of his favorite shows and that he watched it "almost daily." He mentioned that the show's hosts "helped him normalize a lot of things. It's kind of a new phenomenon in his life." In 2021, ''GameGrumps'' was cited as an example of a "comfort creator" in an article from ''
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''Guest Grumps''

''Guest Grumps'' is a spin-off series in which each episode features a special guest star. The following list is in order from their first appearance on the show. * Grant Kirkhope *
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* Rob and Patricia Schneider * Brent Weinbach *
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and
Kumail Nanjiani Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-writi ...
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Michael Ian Black Michael Ian Black ( né Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including ''The State'', '' Viva Variety'', '' Stella'', '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp'', ...
* Paul F. Tompkins and
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Dan Harmon Daniel James Harmon (born January 3, 1973) is an American television writer and producer. He is best known as the creator and producer of the NBC sitcom ''Community (TV series), Community'' (2009–2015), creator and host of the comedy podcast ' ...
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Michael Ornstein Michael Marisi Ornstein (born 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Chucky Marstein on ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014) and its spin-off ''Mayans M.C.'' (2019–2023). Early life Ornstein studied acting as a c ...
* Rhett & Link *
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and her daughter, Ruby * Brian Regan *
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and her daughter, Lillie Case * Super Guitar Bros * TheOdd1sOut * Insym * RubberNinja * Jaiden Animations * Flamingo *
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Matthew Mercer Matthew Christopher Miller, known professionally as Matthew Mercer or Matt Mercer, is an American voice actor, game designer and gamemaster. He has been an active voice-over artist in video games and animation since 2002. Notable animation cre ...
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