Markiplier

Mark Edward Fischbach, also known by his online alias Markiplier, is a Korean-American gaming commentator and actor. He is known for playthroughs of games, mostly in the survival, action, and indie genres, the most popular including indie, horror, and action games. Mark is currently in a relationship with graphic designer Amy Nelson and has a dog, a golden retriever named Chica.
Aside from gaming, Mark has also ventured into other genres, including acting and improv, often collaborating with Cyndago and other YouTubers and making sketch comedies and music videos with them. Recurring collaborators of Mark include the Game Grumps, Yamimash, and Jacksepticeye. Mark's signature icon is a pink handlebar mustache, personified by his character Wilford Warfstache.
== Early Collaborations with MatPat ==
The first collaboration between Mark and MatPat was when Mark appeared in the Game Theory episode Why FNAF Will Never End. In the opening teaser of the episode, MatPat was trying to figure out a code to open the box at the end of FNAF 4, and successfully did so. The box opened to reveal Mark's signature warfstache, to MatPat's disbelief. Mark creepily said that "it was [him] the whole time, and that's no theory..."
MatPat briefly appeared in a vlog on Mark's channel titled ALL OUT WAR!!.
Mark's channel also appeared a couple of times in the Game Theory episode Is YouTube Killing Pewdiepie and H3H3...and Everyone?, specifically his videos I'M A MONSTER and BACK TO THE ISLAND!!
Mark and his friend Ethan briefly talked about MatPat and his Game Theory episode Toad's DEADLY Secret in his video SLOWEST RACE EVER | Mario Kart w/ Ethan - Part 2.
=== Early Collaborations ===
Channel 	Video(s)
The Game Theorists	
* Why FNAF Will Never End
* Is YouTube Killing Pewdiepie and H3H3...and Everyone?
Markiplier 	
* ALL OUT WAR!!
* How To Beat A Monkey At Chess: THE MUSICAL
== Crossovers with Game Theory           ==
=== Game Theory: The Secret Life of Markiplier ===
On September 2nd 2018, Matpat posted his first Markiplier Game Theory episode, diving into the Lore of Mark's channel. In "Game Theory: The Secret Life of Markiplier", Matt went over Mark's alteregos or "egos", explaining how Mark is setting up a "connected universe" on his channel, linking his different characters to an overall plot. 
=== Game Theory: The Hidden Code of Unus Annus (Markiplier & CrankGamePlays) ===
On October 24, 2020, Matpat dived into the lore of the UnusAnnus Channel, a creation of Markiplier and Ethan Nestor, aka Crank Game Play.
=== Markiplier: Smash or Pass ===
In February of 2022, Markiplier uploaded a short video titled "Smash or Pass: All 898 Pokémon" onto his main channel where he went through and ranked Pokemon by their "smashability" aka sexual attractiveness. He did this without much commentary or explanation, nor was there any particular context provided for this odd upload. It amused his audience greatly and had 18 million views as of May 2024.Smash or Pass: All 898 Pokemon-Markiplier, First Aired Feb 12 2022. 
In response to this unusual video, Matpat posted "Game Theory: I Made Markiplier's PERFECT Pokémon (Markiplier Smash or Pass)" on March 6th 2022. The Creative Director of Game Theory, Tom Robinson, took all of Mark's raw data provided in his original video and analyzed it for trends and similarities. In all, Markiplier "smashed" 73 Pokémon, favoring Pokémon with strong humanoid feminine features, flowery themes or ones with sharp spikey features (due to Markiplier's self identified "masochistic" tendencies.Game Theory: I Made Markiplier's PERFECT Pokémon (Markiplier Smash or Pass)-Game Theory, First Aired Mar 3 2022. He also favored large feminine Pokémon from the Alola region, in the colors of red, blue and purple. Taking this data together, Matpat, Tom and Assistant Editor Caitie Turner aka Caiterpillart created Mark's ultimate Pokémon, using all the characteristics he favored. They called this Pokémon "Neferkitty". 
On April 12th, Mark posted a response to the Game Theory, titled "Smash or Pass: Matpat's Perfect Pokémon" wherein he rejected Neferkitty without any explanation. This video earned 4.9 Million views as of May 2024. He later went on to thank Matpat for the episode in an unrelated video, apologizing for not smashing his Pokémon. Game Theory: Markiplier, PLEASE Smash my Pokemon! (Markiplier Smash or Pass)-Game Theory, First Aired June 25, 2022. 
In response, Matpat and Tom created a second Game Theory video, "Markiplier PLEASE Smash My Pokémon", which aired June 25, 2022. Matt double downed on most of the traits from the previous version, but emphasized the fact that most of the Pokémon Mark liked were from the Alola region, which is an in game location based on Hawaii. Mark was born in Hawaii so Matt and Tom emphasized a colorful tropical look. They based the new Pokémon on a Honeycreeper, a native Hawaiian bird. Matt and Tom also created a "troll" version that they revealed before the real version. The troll version had Mark's face pasted onto a Pokémon's body. 
Mark responded on June 26th 2022 with "Smash or Pass: Matpat's NEW Perfect Pokemon". Mark took the troll version of the Pokemon with his face and photoshopped the new bird Pokemon's face on top of it. He then very enthusiastically "smashed" the new hybrid version, telling them, "Well done. Vast Improvement". 
The Markiplier Pokémon Saga
Episode 	Channel 	Air Date
Smash or Pass: All 898 Pokémon 	Markiplier 	Feb 12 2022
Game Theory: I Made Markiplier's PERFECT Pokémon! (Markiplier Smash or Pass)	Game Theory	Mar 6 2022
Smash or Pass: MatPat's Perfect Pokemon 	Markiplier 	Apr 12 2022
Game Theory: Markiplier, PLEASE Smash My Pokemon! (Markiplier Smash or Pass)	Game Theory	Jun 25 2022
Smash or Pass: MatPat's NEW Perfect Pokémon 	Markiplier 	Jun 26 2022
=== Game Theory: The End of Markiplier (In Space with Markiplier) ===
Matpat tackled Mark's massive choose Your Own Adventure movie, In Space in Markiplier, on April 30th, 2022.
== Appearances on GT Live ==
==Gallery==
File:Markiplier logo.jpg|Mark's channel logo
File:Markiplier animation.png|Markiplier's GT Avatar
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