The answer did indeed lie between the paths

@mageytodd659

Ай бұрын

Brennan accidentally getting the premise before points have even been awarded

@neminem233

Ай бұрын

Holy shit wait

@joeiechristiansantana9641

Ай бұрын

@@neminem233 No wait.

@Foggen

Ай бұрын

He saw the Golden Path

“No wait :(“

@PandiLive

Ай бұрын

:(

@HenryMiller-ox1xu

Ай бұрын

:(

@drei5573

Ай бұрын

:(

@coolava2952

Ай бұрын

:(

@NateBancroft

Ай бұрын

:(

the way ally knew brennan so well- ‘hes gonna write a long speech and at the end of it will be a zero”

@tirlas

Ай бұрын

He had started writing his speech when while Ally was talking.

@amosamazing

Ай бұрын

@@tirlas yeah and he didn't even write zero

@Aurarora

Ай бұрын

big ol' goose egg

@favoredexistentialcrisis5881

Ай бұрын

​@@Aurarora gang!!

@Raegoer

Ай бұрын

@@favoredexistentialcrisis5881it’s a fat zero!

The thing is, he did, in fact, get the least amount of points at the end. As he said he would. But because Ally and Oscar were both so good at being middle of the road that they tied for first, that made Brennan second place by default, and since Sam had decided second place would be the winner, Brennan won. But Brennan (almost) never sacrificed his integrity within the episode. He did, in fact, try his hardest at every turn. So we have a paradox on our hands where Brennan technically won the episode through his hard work.

@christopherjorissen5582

Ай бұрын

I saw a comment at some point saying that, in this episode, brennan got first, second and last at the end of the game

@castlebeki

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately when 2 people tie for first, the next person is 3rd, not 2nd. So I do find it strange they gave it to Brennan but, oh well, they do as they want to.

@arandomcomment5808

Ай бұрын

@@castlebekiDon’t know what reference you’re using to get that conclusion. Why would they get third and just leave the second place open?

@castlebeki

Ай бұрын

@@arandomcomment5808 If you have 2 persons that come before you in placement, then you are 3rd.

@arandomcomment5808

Ай бұрын

@@castlebeki But if those two people have 1st, who has 2nd?

”As long as I am on this stage drawing breath” implies that there will be a time when Brennan is on stage while dead

@karllee2593

Ай бұрын

You say that like he won’t be 93 on Dimension 20, breathing his last while Lou fails a wisdom save.

@DK-go6nw

Ай бұрын

@@karllee2593I’m just imagining Brennan is 93 but Lou is the same age as present day

@Bobberation

Ай бұрын

He was the body dropped during Sam Says

@totallynotamemberoftheethi4978

Ай бұрын

i think the implication is he thinks that one day Sam's going to give him a stress heart attack while on stage lmao

@Chespin_god

Ай бұрын

Like he wouldn't be so committed to die on camera for like 5 points

Only Brennan Lee Mulligan can get the least amount of points, come in second, and still win all in the same Game Changer episode.

@UltimaKeyMaster

Ай бұрын

Even funnier that he won despite not actually coming in second. Nobody came in second because it's skipped in a tie.

@DuskTheBard

Ай бұрын

@@UltimaKeyMaster not always.

@Vi_Vi_1

Ай бұрын

And be furious about it 😂

@RabblesTheBinx

15 күн бұрын

​​@@UltimaKeyMaster that's not how skipping works for this kind of scenario. You wouldn't skip second place unless the tie was for first place. If two people reach the end of a race at the same time immediately after the first-place finisher but before any other racers, they tie for second, not third, then you skip _third_ place and the next person is listed as 4th place.

@sawchuk519

6 күн бұрын

@@RabblesTheBinx but the tie was for first place.

Whats truly amazing is watching Brennan ping pong between hating the concept and trying his best and his inability to resist competition and actually trying to do the mid rules.

@ragdollrose2687

Ай бұрын

But by trying to be mid he's actually doing his best at this specific game Sam is really trying to break him

@unvoicedapollo3318

Ай бұрын

​@ragdollrose2687 making Brennan face paradoxes or reveal layered layers (if you saw the bingo episode) I think is Sam's way of showing Brennan love.... And trying to break him...

@gaz-l621

26 күн бұрын

​@@ragdollrose2687I think it was the difference between the objective tasks, like push ups, where he hated the idea of not trying 100%, vs the performance ones where he could gamesmanship and play the players and thus is still applying maximum effort

@Emily-zx5qs

25 күн бұрын

There was a change in his strategy when he realized the premise of the end of the game. Second place wins, so he wanted the most points.

@Hayden_Lummus

21 күн бұрын

@@Emily-zx5qsor rather, the least points

It is the contrast between Ally's smug attitude, Brennan pissed af and Oscar just happy to be there that really makes the episode 😂

@Sabbathtage

Ай бұрын

In the after episode about the episode, Sam said he chose them carefully. Brennan for his hyper-competitiveness, Ally for their talent in undermining Brennan and Oscar for being completely uncompetitive and just happy to be there.

@ShortKid226

Ай бұрын

loved watching Oscar. the whole time hes just like "this is great!"

@pollyanna0014

Ай бұрын

@@ShortKid226Gandalf? What’s that?

@gaz-l621

26 күн бұрын

You can hear Beardsley start in on him almost immediately "Excellence never pays, hmm?" and then they draw Oscar into joining in with the LOTR stuff. (I maintain he was sincere about being excited to read them to start, then Ally dying of laughter at Brennan losing the books to a non-fan just activated the comedy instinct to needle him)

Brennen: *Improvs an inspiring speech at the drop of the hat* Oscar: "What?" Ally, Sam, and the entire crew: "First time?"

@NickHoad

Ай бұрын

I think the “what” was more in response to Brennan being OK with coming second than the speech itself

@burnin8able

Ай бұрын

The fact that you could absolutely tell before Sam had even started announcing the final scores that Brennan had figured out he was going to be awarded the 2nd place win is just so perfect

@EpicNerdsWithCameras

Ай бұрын

I assumed he was preparing for Brennan to launch into one of his famous improvised rants, and was caught off guard by how calm his tone was.

I notice that he's still bringing up the Roseate Spoonbill incident...

@jacobhiggins6113

Ай бұрын

he doesn't care about birds, he swears

@rainbowbarfeverywhere

Ай бұрын

it's less the fact that it's about birds IMO it's more the fact that sam played him like a fiddle by not only choosing less known birds but also requiring the specific species instead of the general family like the other two players (simease fireback vs pheasant)

@athenabrown3117

Ай бұрын

​@rainbowbarfeverywhere yeah he was stressed bc sam rigged the game, not because he Particularly loves birds. I think he loves birds in the way he does all of nature cause he's curious and loves knowledge

@tumblingartist

13 күн бұрын

2:03

Ally is so on the ball immediately with the gong; "I would like to answer the question: Brennan." Bloody hilarious!

@jeremysorejian

Ай бұрын

"wait no"

@Vi_Vi_1

Ай бұрын

His face kills me every time 😂

@rabnerd28

18 күн бұрын

I do want an episode with that premise now

@neonplaygirl1295

3 күн бұрын

i haven’t seen Dropout content in years no disrespect but did Ally transition?

@Vi_Vi_1

3 күн бұрын

@@neonplaygirl1295 Yes! They've been transitioning for a couple years now 😊

fun fact: the royalty free song that plays during brennan and oscar's dance was also used for some reason in a bumper in the tv station for my city's subway system, and whenever i hear it i cant help but layer on top of it "DANCE IS A SIN"

@janebird0482

2 ай бұрын

man you're so right that fact IS fun 😂

@KaelWrit

Ай бұрын

@@Butterratbeesome cities have little TVs in their subways. The song that Oscar and Brennan plays sometimes on one of those little TVs in the subway. This person, upon recognizing the song, either mentally or perhaps out loud, chants, "DANCE IS A SIN!"

@kitschking

Ай бұрын

lmao

@wHat-tHe...

Ай бұрын

​@@KaelWrit your phrasing kind of implies that DANCE IS A SIN is some kind of urban curse

@tumblingartist

13 күн бұрын

7:08

“I am playing poker right now on my phone.” That’s just stupid enough to make me spit out my water

@temmiecody

Ай бұрын

Literally the best line in Game Changer history idc

The funny thing is, technically, Brennan came in first, second and last place at the same time

@mikewade1604

9 күн бұрын

And third spiritually.

I feel like it should be noted that in the behind the scenes episode for Second Place, Brennan's gong bang was so loud is messed up the lights on the set.

@Kidzelda0

Ай бұрын

Heh, "gong bang"

@elliewellie_YouTube

Ай бұрын

Omg where did you see that

@raymondkim3740

Ай бұрын

@@elliewellie_KZread In the Behind the Scenes episode for this episode. It's on Dropout, but i don't know if it's on KZread.

Ally's sarcastic "yeah, stay in school, kids" fucking laid me out man. I was cackling

@amyji8094

Ай бұрын

2:50

1:34 Denial 2:02 Anger 4:34 Bargaining 8:08 Depression 10:15 Acceptance

@Kitsune-DAS

Ай бұрын

This made me laugh so hard I started coughing

@Vi_Vi_1

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

Yes. I lost. And I broke one of my teeth.

@buttonsfan

Ай бұрын

So Brennan cared about winning too much for a long time.

@Blattacker

Ай бұрын

@@buttonsfan There's a great moment when Brennan is interviewing his mom for the Starstruck D20 season, and she tells a story about how he got a question wrong on a little quiz at the end of kids magazine about animals or something, and she tried to console him being like "It's okay, it's not a test" and his response was "You don't understand I *want* it to be a test!" So yeah, probably a pretty long time ahaha

@mageytodd659

Ай бұрын

He has said that there is no corner of his soul he wouldn't turn over for a point, and apparently no part of his body he won't destroy.

its like the clip of Brennen ranting and saying "I cannot win!" was so popular sam has been trying to recreate it ever since

@Green0Photon

Ай бұрын

That's why I'm here

@jackdog06

Ай бұрын

That clip is literally how I discovered game changer. I assume that’s true for many others, too.

@augustefrater662

Ай бұрын

With deja vu, i think he's just trying to inflict psychic damage on players

@tumblingartist

13 күн бұрын

It’s such an iconic BLeeM clip

@riverstein7251

4 күн бұрын

No but, legitimately, Sam has said “There’s just something about making that man mad…[that is utterly hilarious].” He enjoys Brennan’s suffering just as much as we do 😂

The stunt he pulled with the dance challenge was DEVIOUS

I love games where it’s just “fuck with Brennan.”

@clintmcbride7830

25 күн бұрын

Ah yes. Brennan "I don't give a fuck a out birds" Lee Mulligan Watching them try and break him will never not be funny.

"No wait :(" sounds like someone who is used to finding the loopholes but got distracted by the funny metal plate xd

Oscar immediately going "I win this so easily!" upon learning the goal of the game is an underrated moment lmao

Brennan: gives a touching monologue about trying your best also Brennan: "Now, Sam has built a monument to devilry..."

What impresses me the most in that episode, is that not only did Brenna Won, got second and last in a 3 person contest, During the sacrifice of thepoints phase, the way they all chose their numbers was the ONLY scenario, where that could have happened.

@telanis9

Ай бұрын

It's not the only scenario, actually. There are a lot of other ways to do it, but one is: Oscar bets 5, Brennan bets 3, Ally bets 2. Brennan wins the round and stays at 12, and Oscar and Ally both end up at 13; they still tie for 1st overall so Brennan is still last in points, 2nd place, and the winner.

@MxIbatomik

Ай бұрын

It’s the only one for Brennan ! Who would not have given his points anyway

@panek6443

Ай бұрын

I mean, even with the stipulation that Brennan bets -∞ in every universe... Ally needs to come in second since if Oscar did he'd have stayed in first ahead of Ally. But Ally could have still bet 1 or 2 points. But I see your point and it is fun

@tumblingartist

13 күн бұрын

:D

“Bare minimum king” is still my favorite thing

Nobody: Brennan: Drinks the pie

Brennan saying "I'm going to get him; I'm going to get Sam Reich" as though he's about to take 'revenge' only to run up and give Sam a giant bear hug is the most wholesome shit and I love it.

"I'm playing poker right now on my phone" might be my favourite line of the episode, gets me every time

I mean, the best thing this concept of "aim for the middle to win" in terms of points, overlooks the contestant placement. The middle podium was already Brennan's... he was destined to win.

ally's first answer always gets me cause like... they're right lmao. i forget what episode it was but they gave a similar answer in a previous gamechanger/um actually episode where they actually got points and it gave me major that vibes

I love that there have now been 2 episodes designed specifically to torture Brennan 🤣

@mageytodd659

Ай бұрын

There's a short of a behind the scenes of Game Changer, and it's Sam saying that the first time he made Brennan angry and Brennan Brennaned out, Sam was just like, well that's an unending mine of content right there.

@mageytodd659

Ай бұрын

Also at least parts of other episodes, like the bird knowledge portion of the one where they're wearing heart rate monitors, sometimes referred to as the "Roseate Spoonbill incident"

@FuzzyKayna

Ай бұрын

Sam insists that this episode wasn't actually intended to troll Brennan. He just wanted his competitive energy on it.

@mageytodd659

Ай бұрын

@@FuzzyKayna Okay but putting Brennan "There is no corner of my heart I would not turn over to the world for 5 points" Lee Mulligan in the "Be Mediocre" game is objectively torture for him. That's his hell. Sam putting Brennan in this game and saying it wasn't to torture him sounds like Jigsaw when he says he doesn't kill people. Brennan would sooner start gnawing off (or chipping them, apparently) body parts than having to choose between either doing The Most or trying to win. An enthusiastically devious game designer puts someone in an almost impossible but technically winnable game? My point is that Sam is literally Jigsaw and may actually be trying to give Brennan a heart attack on set for good content. Sam is either lying to us or to himself, but deep down? He knows what he did.

My favorite part is "whats happening is wrong" because I fully did not clock that second place would actually be the full winner as well and thats the moment it clicked for me 😂

"Winning makes you feel really sad" I will never not laugh at that line 😂😂

Brennan having to stop and process everything twice in one queston

I so desperately want to see Brennan on TaskMaster

Oscar is the real winner because he can read that Lord of the Rings book set he won early in the game

I love watching Brennan's face when he gets the human equivalent of a BSOD and has to reboot.

I can't believe this is the first I've heard "I'm playing poker right now on my phone", that was hilarious.

“Winning makes you feel sad”

Brennan went through an entire character arc in this one episode.

A whole episode dedicated to Brennan breaking = priceless

I love how his monologue abt comedians building on top of eachother is then showed with the ‘That’s it’ joke in the dance challenge

"What's happening is wrong." When he realized he's the winner is amazing😂 9:44

“What’s happening here is wrong” “There’s nothing wrong with second place.” Brennan was on a TEAR this episode

Brennan saying "winning makes me feel really sad" with a mouthful of pie is such a mood

This episode was tailor-made to hurt Brennan and the fact that he won it in the end is possibly the funniest thing that happened in it.

@ashrowan2143

Ай бұрын

The fact that he won honestly potentially hurt him more than the rest of the episode

I liked the dynamic shift in this episode: as soon as Brennan failed to deliver on his promise of Goose Egg #2, he actually started being faithful to the premise, with his botched Donald Trump impression and his "DANCE IS A SIN!" bits for example.

I love how when Ally said that he had his worldview crumble for a bit, and then when the real twist happened he was like oh this is so much worse

Im still a little upset that Brennan didnt argue hes in third so noones in 2nd Cause placement is based on whos above you, he has 2 above him so hes 3rd

@ILiekFishes

Ай бұрын

2nd most points

I would like to appreciate, for a moment, both your sense of comedic timing, and especially the insertion of a "the vulture dimension" video link during Brennan's dramatic speech 😂😂

"you dropped this"

Hahaha, so conflicted about being happy to win and being mad that it's by being mid 😂

I’ll get him in the comments. Infinity is not a number, it’s a concept. His answer was valid.

This game was specifically made to work against brennan and I love him

Ally and Oscar dancing in the back at 10:50 just kills me 😂

Brennan might be the funniest comedian, like ever

Ive seen this episode and ive forgotten how funny the nonchalant "yes, I lost and I broke one of my teeth" was

That "I'm sorry" sounded so genuine but was amazing to see lol

@HellInternAKACandyMD

Ай бұрын

He doesn't like betraying someones' trust outside of D&D

I fucking love Brennan

Dance is a sin will forever be iconic

every single episode of game changer with brennan in it is just 10/10. No question.

Technically by many standards if theres a tie for 1st then the next person isnt 2nd theyd be 3rd. Itd go a and b in 1st and c in 3rd.

i CANNOT get over "you're not just playing the cards, you're playing the other players." "wait, are you playing me?" "I'm playing poker right now on my phone."

1:18 - the anger, the madness sets in

I appreciate that Brenan reminds Sam that he is mortal and can only push the contestants so far before they Get Him.

The two-person team challenge is a beautiful example of strategy, as soon as Sam explained the rules I knew exactly how Brennan would play it, where one person would end up being manipulated into a throw to ensure second place

In the end my giggles turned into a witchy cackle, and the cackle turned into an abominable "hon-hon-hON-HONNNG" french laugh that i do not know where it came from ❤🎉

God. Dammit. Now I have to resubscribe to dropout

brennan's "no wait" is my favoriteeeee

This is really some of Brennan's best work

Watching Brennan put in 100% even though he knows it will be his undoing feels like the last semester of college where I had already gotten into grad school with flying colors but still put WAY too much time and effort into anything while literally everyone around me was saying I could phone it in even just a little bit. Needless to say this video has very strong neurodivergent vibes

him calling it a “sick rodeo… this bizarre fucked up clown festival” while they do their little dance in the back and sam struggles SO much initially to dance in sync with them 😭😭

The sickness at the heart of america... lmao!

This was Brennan's personal hell

He’s got leverage down, just needs to learn about fulcrums and he’s golden

“Winning makes you feel really sad” 😂

I thought the stay in school was hilarious, considering the name of the studio 😆 (no idea what to call dropout, but my point stands)

Devilry😭😭😂😂 This is definitely my favourite episode this season

I feel like this was a master strategy from Brennan as soon as he heard the premise. If the aim of the game is second place and doing your best doesn’t award points the only way to win would be to try to out preform the other contestants. Because the more points they earn the closer they get to first and first doesn’t win thus getting himself dq’ed at the end. He said that he was going to lose so hard to actually lose he would have needed to be earning points hand over fist. I mean Brennan said it all the back in survivor “do you think I fuck around?”

His "no wait :(" has big disappointed child energy

This episode might be the most "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" energy that Brennan has ever displayed.

I am genuinely floored Brennan hasn’t broken his stand yet

"Winning makes me feel really sad" said no one ever but our very own brenny

Never before has Brennan looked so aghast at winning.

I love Brennan's speech at the end starts with what was probably his camp councilor brain going "hey maybe i shouldn't go so hard about getting first, that's not a good message" and so then managed to make it super wholesome

“Bare minimum king” was cruel. Vile. Despicable. Perfection.

someone clearly wanted to pit two of Brennan's core attributes against each other... success and thank you for the laughs, because watching Brennan try to simultaneously win the average game and do his best is hilarious!!!

The best part is how Ally egged him on the entire way. They knew just how to get Brennan's goat, and as a result, they shared in the last laugh with Oscar and Sam.

Brennan somehow managed to place first, last, and middle at the same time!! Unintentionally!

Is that pie…just a pan full of whipped cream?

@bugbear2357

Ай бұрын

iirc, it was originally going to be key lime pies, but they remembered last minute that Ally can't eat gluten. so they just went for pie filling with no crust

Brennans face when he realizes the rule of this game. He is by far one of my favorite modern actors/comedians.

9:44 "what's happening is wrong" as he realizes he gets second and therefore wins, so good!

Imagine not doing your best and Brennan sees 😢

The captions are tremendous

DANCE! IS! A SIN! DANCE IS A SIN!!!!!! This was comedy GOLD XD XD XD

Them allowing these clips is some of the best advertising the show can muster

"DANCE IS A SIN!" i also love how pissed off he looks that he won

Ally’s barbs like “the king of trying just enough- bare minimum king!” Need more recognition because that’s just too perfect

“You’ve made an idle of meritocracy” I’m using that

@kashiichan

Ай бұрын

*idol :)

@thomasmiller8289

Ай бұрын

*mediocrity 😉