Ludwig Von Ballencrusher

Ludwig Von Ballencrusher was a human athlete who hailed from Russia, a man obsessed with going to the Olympics so as to purchase large quantities of potatoes.
== Background ==
In his home country, Von Ballencrusher would do squats for days on end, hoping to one day take part in the Olympics. (SKETCH: Super Squat Simulator)
He anticipated winning in the Olympics, and using the medals as currency with which to purchase potatoes. (SKETCH: Super Squat Simulator)
== Biography ==
Von Ballencrusher introduced himself to onlookers, and ordered them to begin doing squats, until their deaths. He revealed some of his past to onlookers, before acknowledging the copious amounts of spit he'd been producing.
He ordered the onlookers to continue doing squats, insulting the viewers. While speaking, his accent changed from a Russian one to a Scottish one, and Von Ballencrusher acknowledged that his nationality had changed.
He continued to rant about winning medals and potatoes, before he squatted for the two-hundred-fiftieth time, at which point he let out a guttural yell, and faded away, having transcended reality. (SKETCH: Super Squat Simulator)
== Personality ==
Von Ballencrusher was driven by the ambition of making his home country proud, by winning the Olympic Games, and by harvesting potatoes.
== Weapons and Abilities ==
* Incredible Endurance: After years of hard training, Von Ballencrusher has advanced to an athletic level that allows him to conceive of exercising until death.
* Spitting Prowess: Von Ballencrusher spits frequently when he talks; he likens it to a cloud of mist in front of his eyes.
* Above Average Strength: Can crush human testicles with the same ease he can crush walnuts... with his bare hands.
* Highly Developed Thighs: Has massive strength in his legs from his constant exercise routine of endless squats, to the point he can crush coconuts between his legs.
* Reality Warping: After doing 250 squats successively, he managed to transcend reality to some higher plane of existence.
== Trivia ==
* Ludwig Von Ballencrusher has appeared only once, in Super Squat Simulator, on July 30th, 2013. Despite this seemingly insignificant addition to the "Markiplier Canon", he has subsequently been made the subject of numerous fan animations, and the subject of a fan game that Mark played on the channel.
* A piece of fanart depicting him appeared on the title card for Happy Wheels Highlights #45, art done by JeffKyler14. The same piece of fanart was also used for the title card of an animation made of "Super Squat Simulator", also by JeffKyler14, though it didn't actually resemble the character within the animation itself.
* Von Ballencrusher is one of the few Markiplier characters that doesn't have a set appearance of some kind, unless one counts the title card, in which case he is merely a far more muscular version of Fischbach. In "The Worst Workout of Your Life", a fan game centered around the character, his appearance is modeled after Mark's from the video Markiplier Twerks. The same applies for the aforementioned JeffKyler14 video.
* On the 28th of November, 2017, Mark made a post on Tumblr stating, "TRUE fans stan the best ego of all time... Ludwig Von Ballencrusher", along with the hashtag, "BEGIN DO SQUAT". After a fan replied to him with a joke about the pronunciation of the name, Mark made another post, where he said he "forgot the umlauts", and spelled the character's name as "Lüdwig Vön BÄWLÏNcrusher". Until he makes another appearance, it will remain unknown whether the umlauts are canon...
== Quotes ==
* TBW
== Appearances ==
* Super Squat Simulator (first appearance)
* Markiplier Highlights #8 (stock footage from "Super Squat Simulator")
* The Worst Workout of Your Life (fan game based on "Super Squat Simulator")
*THE RED ROOM ('Surprise Celebrity Appearance' Welcome to the Game Part 3 in the closed captions at 7:54) 
Category:Humans
Category:Heroes
Category:Athletes
Category:Empowered Humans
Category:Reality Warpers
Category:Characters played by Mark Fischbach