Chuggaaconroy

Emiliano Rodolfo "Emile" Rosales-Birou (born: ), 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 hilariously 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 did 46 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 created the "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.
In January 2024, Emile went on hiatus after video essayist Lady Emily accused him of engaging in unwanted erotic roleplay, with Masae following by accusing him of violating her boundaries, and evidence of Emile sending sexual messages to a 15-year-old fan named Lawly when he was 19 being released in tandem with the allegations. In April 2024 Emile released a document addressing his side of the story that clarified several things and either disproved much of the allegations or showed the full context of them, with all three parties making peace at the end. He remained on hiatus until July 2024, stating that this was to protect his mental health, before beginning a gradual return that month and then making a full return in August the same year.
==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===
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".Creating a Let's Play: What You've Taught Me 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'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.
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.https://zeldauniverse.net/2010/07/19/chuggaaconroy-others-suspended-from-youtube-by-false-copyright-claims/ A month later, Emile had his account restored, as did Tim.https://zeldauniverse.net/2010/08/01/chuggaaconroy-is-back-baby/ 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 Cc 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.
In 2013, Emile became a Let’s Play creator on YouTube as a full-time jobhttps://www.wired.com/2013/07/chuggaaconroy/, and has continued making Let's Plays including Xenoblade Chronicles, Splatoon, Pikmin 3, Pokémon Black & White, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Splatoon 2 and Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. 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.Paper Mario – Episode 1: Back to the Fairy Tale
===Video Essays===
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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1279114109687148546?lang=en 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1819823767088230817https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1819841322867650945https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1819116426021818580
===The Runaway Guys===
Emile is a founding member of The Runaway Guys, a collab channel with Johnathan Wheeler (Proton Jon) and Timothy Bishop (NintendoCapriSun). 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.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.
As of February 2024, the group is now on indefinite hiatus due to controversies surrounding Emile that made it nigh-impossible to move forward with him involved in any capacity; however, Jon confirmed that Thrown Controllers and Colosseum would continue under different branding. Later in March, that year's Colosseum was confirmed to be happening in May, now rebranded as Thrown Controllers Colosseum. Following the release of Emile's response in April 2024 and his return to content creation in July 2024, Jon said that he and Tim are leaving things up to Emile.
===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 Cc 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.
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, Proton Jon, NintendoCapriSun, Lucahjin, ProJared, The Completionist, Yoshiller and MasaeAnela.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 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. However, in his EarthBound remake series he later backed down from that statement, having no evidence to disprove it. As of 2019, Emile resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He lived in a rented apartment for years before he owned his first house in 2015.
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.https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/photos/a.10150624504168175/10153449453483175/https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1180569660934234112https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1677799708465549314https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1681753648366329857 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.
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 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 playlist description for his Mother LP explicitly singles it out as his least favorite LP.
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, he tends to his pets at precise times (prior to their passing), 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.
Aside from YouTube, Emile is active on Facebook and Twitter. He has more than 108k Facebook fans and more than 258k Twitter followers. On Twitter, he regularly talks about video games and interacts with his followers.
===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 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.
At some point after his breakup with Masae, Emile began dating his current girlfriend, a woman from Scotland.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MFG-sLqyws He works hard every day to make sure their future together can be a happy, comfortable life. Emile wrote in his response to the misconduct allegations that after getting out of the psych ward, he went to live with his girlfriend and praises her for her help and describes a night when he opened up to her fully and cried about the situation, 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314823030415696 Emile has said that he might reveal his girlfriend to his audience one day when things are better.
===Pets===
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.https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/photos/a.10150624504168175/10153449453483175/https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1180569660934234112https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1677799708465549314https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1681753648366329857 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1677799708465549314https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1681753648366329857https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1686442432550883349 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/776523213350248448 On the night of October 4th, 2019, Pippy passed away, short of her 5th birthday. Emile paid tribute in a statement later that day.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1180569660934234112 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 ====
In July 2010, Emile and Tim were suspended under false copyright claims, though both their accounts were later restored weeks later.https://zeldauniverse.net/2010/07/19/chuggaaconroy-others-suspended-from-youtube-by-false-copyright-claims/ 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. https://zeldauniverse.net/2010/07/19/chuggaaconroy-others-suspended-from-youtube-by-false-copyright-claims/ 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 situation.https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/144726612210509
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.https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/141110935915868 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 situation, 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."https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid02cFRY5mKQFZyGUgJvcabrK13tmSbkHoGuC99Jt3C8sBaMo9DEdiY3mQYagym7RLh6lhttps://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid02BLMZNq2SE9SGmvdpmCiF6m443yCC2JNaF7h4kvC7QwZC4pnmngH7pkBqHyf56Aq5l
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."https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid0AMgBAsDZqRgzqS1irnYGYJNFcDq4eMBSAAzRfEatuW8NK2PcEs2YmuDvawkHpxbbl On August 3rd 2010, Emile revealed that Tim had been unbanned from YouTube.https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid036cg2bim4JTwej8X9EJVZR1Xb6BUPNrbJiMUFmjioAdgM1iGxnDPgRHXNLHYwZHz1l 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."https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid026mQr8PgHqjFTMDyS1pXiuGrDoCwcbxZc2h1VG7wRA3p9KLBLrCRpMFCdwSt3zAQ7lhttps://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid021WPTxLhkuUAs7S4zrT131smqy6xuZoVDEPhQQkqe4zA5FK1ejgWZxrieYn3gwr5Dlhttps://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid02MT99BmDWMZJpA5cntUCvMyNpwtHbHfRtatyCHTCfxwSGPTBUFWuQ4ckRk9bVzTPRl On August 4th 2010, Emile revealed that his videos were now back online.https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid026pUCr4oyqKchASCJyX8L6kvD8Wu9ymtQjmDLQ27Y5o6puikTUUHX1P4m54NTJHiKl 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."https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid0LN8Nn3di7rPx214MvYqZxNwaHqkQDazuVJX9n48Yt6TznnRc5f1Gkx6aBWxvB9JClhttps://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/pfbid0ALuqVSw9LLX7iat7ASrPXsKWeR8KzWARyB9ccLwu779HyGvCfqVCjqkUZ41ud44Sl
==== 2021 EarthBound 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.https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/sony-is-flagging-earthbound-videos-on-youtubehttps://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1406607177968766976https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1409949033414733828https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1416519290254249985 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.https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/sony-is-flagging-earthbound-videos-on-youtubehttps://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/06/earthbound_youtube_videos_keep_getting_flagged_for_copyright_by_sony 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1406607177968766976 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."https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1411366794540036096
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."https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1416519290254249985 The Completionist helped Emile resolve the situation, and the video was later restored.https://twitter.com/Completionist/status/1416519405513560068
==== 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.
===Alleged online misconduct scandal ===
In January 2024, Emile was accused of online misconduct involving uncomfortable behavior on his part mostly revolving around discussion of shoes. 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.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1747358571300266315https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GpSy_2mM0gP4q4uZSnjtSg0vIAIBtMxe5FL-KM4wk5I/edit While Emile did make a full apology to Emily several days laterhttps://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1747425283710255439 https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1747425285035688416https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1749497144216588522https://www.facebook.com/chuggaaconroy/posts/939398944201531, the initial allegations led to Emile's ex-fiancee MasaeAnela saying that Emile had repeatedly made her feel uncomfortable and pushed boundaries with her.https://twitter.com/MasaeAnela/status/1749980618572677542https://twitter.com/BrettUltimus/status/1749982829964882260 This was followed by speedrunner Werster posting a sexual online chat with a 15-year-old fan named Lawly when Emile was 19.https://twitter.com/wersterlobe/status/1750636240779792526https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GpSy_2mM0gP4q4uZSnjtSg0vIAIBtMxe5FL-KM4wk5I/edit
In April 2024, Emile released a document addressing his side of the story that clarified several things and either disproved much of the allegations or showed the full context of them, with all three parties making peace at the end. He admitted that he did push boundaries and not be the most appropriate to talk to, which stems from something in his childhood and he is working through it. He had been going to therapy or several months prior to this, as he knew that he had problems and was working to fix them of his own volition. 
The experience 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 situation. Emile had dreams and thoughts about ending his own life, and called the state suicide prevention hotline. He kept away from the online space under doctor's orders, staying with his girlfriend for a few months until the heat cooled down whilst continuing with therapy.
Emile also asked that his fellow YouTubers dissociate themselves from him to protect their reputations until he was able to fight back. 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. He remained on hiatus until July 2024, stating that this was to protect his mental health, before beginning a gradual return that month and then making a full return in August the same year.
====Foot fetish and harassment allegations from Lady Emily====
On January 16th, 2024, in response to a Reddit post about The Completionist charity fraud controversy containing positive messages about Emile that were posted the previous day, Emily posted a tweet in which she alleged that Emile kept trying to get her to initiate erotic foot fetish roleplay with him, including sending shoes to her house under the guise of a gift, only to "constantly ask for feet pics afterwards."https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1970r5x/you_ever_just_search_up_some_of_your_favorite/https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1747310141563715753 Emily posted screenshots of the interactions between herself and Emile over the course of the day.
The first DM is from June 11th, 2023, and shows Emile asking Emily to wear a pair of shoes he sent her.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1747321821756895717 The next messages are from September. In one sent on September 16th, 2023, he asks if she wants to "pick up where [they] left off" the previous night, then sends her numerous messages, which she ignores, between then and November 2023.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1748820212705562708 The next DM is taken from a September 9th, 2023, exchange in which Emile asks her to describe what she would do if he took her shoes from her at a convention. The next DM, from September 13th, shows Emile explaining that he's interested in shoes and likes talking about them with people, saying his girlfriend is okay with it because it "isn't sexual with my friends." In the next DM, he roleplays a scenario in which he trips her and takes off her shoes.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1748815469035885012 Finally, she shares a series of DMs from June 2023. The first screenshot shows a post in which a pair of sneakers is seen in the background. On June 4th, 2023, Emile messaged her about the photo, "Nice sneakers!" then asked for her PO box so he could send her sneakers, and later asked if he could see them on her.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GpSy_2mM0gP4q4uZSnjtSg0vIAIBtMxe5FL-KM4wk5I/edit Emily also posted a series of videos sharing further DMs.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1748818459033510295
A few days later, after seeing "some confusion about the timeline of events", Emily posted more screenshots of her DMs with Emile in chronological order.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1747311590662078509 Emily said that she didn’t know he was into shoes like that when she accepted and got the gift nor had no reason to suspect it, and that she got suspicious when he asked for pictures but gave the benefit of the doubt.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1748820212705562708
====Boundary violating allegations from MasaeAnela====
Emile and Masae dated for 10 years and were engaged to be married before ultimately going their separate ways in 2021. Their 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.https://x.com/MasaeAnela/status/1780751917485851072 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.https://twitter.com/MasaeAnela/status/1749980622037098687 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.https://twitter.com/MasaeAnela/status/1749980623710597484 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.https://twitter.com/MasaeAnela/status/1749980625413496943
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.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zOaX65dY3EmlTrpWZESY4Y3CKni62NOyONli_cfFP2E/preview# 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.https://x.com/MasaeAnela/status/1446306340712984582https://x.com/BrettUltimus/status/1446306338024431617
The sudden alarm of Emile being casted in a negative light after Emily's allegations on January 16th 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.https://x.com/MasaeAnela/status/1749980618572677542 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.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zOaX65dY3EmlTrpWZESY4Y3CKni62NOyONli_cfFP2E/preview# 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.https://x.com/MasaeAnela/status/1780751917485851072
====Grooming allegations from Lawly====
On January 25th, 2024, speedrunner Werster posted a Google Doc titled re: chugga to Twitter, written by a close friend of his named Lawly, writing "I'm sharing the story of a close friend of mine, to allow her to maintain anonymity. She feels it's relevant to share, given the dynamic started when she was 15 years old, and he was 19." He posted four screenshots that reveal Lawly had conversations with Emile in 2010, when she was 15 and he was 19, and the Google Doc written by Lawly offers further details on these interactions, including the full chatlog from the Gaia Online DMs and further screenshots of Discord DMs from 2021.https://twitter.com/wersterlobe/status/1750636240779792526
Emile and Lawly's conversations on AIM began with a conversation about the Mother series, including the development of the Mother 4 fangame made by several people who worked on the Mother 3 fan translation as well as many of the biggest artists on Starmen.Net. Other topics discussed include YouTube, Pokémon, Touhou Project, past relationships, and future Let's Plays that Emile had planned out. Emile also complained about young girls saying they had a crush on him from his videos. Emile and Lawly's conversations later featured roleplay between the two involving the removal of shoes and boots, and contained several mentions of pedophilia and rape. Emile and Lawly continued to stay in contact with each other for years, on Skype and Discord.
The original conversations between Emile and Lawly took place on AIM, and Lawly archived them through Gaia Online by messaging transcripts of their conversations to herself, as she felt at the time that those messages were "precious." However, upon reading over them again after the prior allegations made her question their friendship, she felt that the way in which he spoke to her was unacceptable. Lawly said that the language that she and Emile used is "dated and extremely unacceptable to say", and that it caused her physical pain to read over. Although Lawly said Emile is "outwardly a very kind guy" and didn't want to feel as though she was betraying a friend by publicly releasing these conversations, she believes given everything that she's not sure he ever truly saw her as a friend to begin with.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GpSy_2mM0gP4q4uZSnjtSg0vIAIBtMxe5FL-KM4wk5I/edit Lawly notes that in their conversation on Discord in 2021, Emile "references back to it as a fond memory for him" and that this sort of roleplay is indeed the same thing that they did when she was 15. The AIM logs Lawly shared date from between January 2010 to August of the same year, and the Discord screenshots shared range from May 2021 to November 2022.
==== Emile's 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314781074780242https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zOaX65dY3EmlTrpWZESY4Y3CKni62NOyONli_cfFP2E/preview# 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314786737062245 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314789748588906 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."https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314792839741822
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."https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314796186812645 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.".https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314799391256747 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."https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314801832370495 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314808266403958 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314810732691537https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314813224079529
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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314815812030940 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314819578507329 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 situation, 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314823030415696 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.https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1780314826926948859
==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-present 	Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected 	22 episodes
===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==
===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.
==References==
==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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