SuperMega

SuperMega is an American YouTube channel created by Ryan Elias Magee (born: ) and Matthew Hobbes "Matt" Watson (born: ). The channel features gaming, sketch comedy, a weekly podcast, and vlogs.
==History==
===Cyndago===
Matt and Ryan were originally part of the YouTube channel Cyndago with their friend Daniel Kyre. Cyndago was a sketch comedy channel originally created by Ryan and Daniel, with Matt officially joining the channel on Augsust 10, 2015. Cyndago would also frequently collab with gaming YouTuber Markiplier. 
Following Daniel's death, Cyndago was disbanded in September of 2015. Ryan and Matt have moved on and created a variety duo and channel that we see today.
===Kids w/ Problems===
In 2014, the song We Sell Drugs was uploaded to Kids w/ Problems, a sketch comedy channel created by Matt and his friend Jackson Tucker. In 2015, the channel went on a small hiatus due to Matt joining Cyndago. After Cyndago's end, Ryan officially joined Kids w/ Problems. Kids w/ Problems most recent video was uploaded in 2016, although Matt and Ryan have stated it is not officially over.
===Game Grumps ===
Matt and Ryan have appeared on the Game Grumps channel several times, their first appearance in the 2016 stream Retro Give Grumps!. Later in 2016, Matt and Ryan were confirmed as the new editors for Game Grumps, as well as OneyPlays and KittyKatGaming. In 2019, SuperMega uploaded a video announcing that they would be leaving Game Grumps to focus on their own channel.
===SuperMega===
On April 12, 2016 the video Welcome to SuperMega! was uploaded to the SuperMega channel, announcing that Matt and Ryan would uploading gaming related content, movie reviews, and a weekly podcast. SuperMega gained 50,000 subscribers by July 2, 2016, and later got 100,000 subscribers by September of that same year. In 2018, SuperMega had reached 500,000 subscribers.
==Series==
===Let's Plays===
Let's Plays is one of the primary focuses of the SuperMega channel, featuring Matt and Ryan playing various games. Some games, such as Pikmin, Donkey Kong Country, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Animal Crossing, feature multiple episodes. Other games only have one episode, like Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader and Drawful.
====2 GROWN ASS MEN PLAY====
2 GROWN ASS MEN PLAY is a series of Matt and Ryan playing games typically aimed at younger kids, such as Club Penguin, Moviestar Planet, and Roblox. 2 GROWN ASS MEN PLAY CLUB PENGUIN is currently the sixth most viewed video on the channel.
===SuperMegaCast===
The SuperMegaCast was a weekly podcast done by Matt and Ryan, consisting of them talking about current events, recent movies and video games, and stories from their lives. The podcast also frequently had guests come in and talk with Matt and Ryan. SuperMegaCast was the longest-running series on the channel, at 357 episodes.https://youtu.be/rifOJVzU1Vo?si=5ZTUqmJhi30Qb5q3
====SuperMegaCast Guests====
Name 	Debut 	Number of Episodes	Website
FrankJavCee 	Episode 2 	2 	FrankJavCee
Vernon Shaw 	Episode 5 	1 	VernonShaw
Oney 	Episode 11 	3 	OneyNG
Ding Dong 	Episode 25 	4 	dingdongvg
Ross O'Donovan 	Episode 34 	5 	RubberNinja
Julian 	Episode 36 	4 	WAN! WAN! Games
Pamela Horton 	Episode 43 	1 	PamelaHorton13
Egoraptor 	Episode 55 	3 	egoraptor
Tucker Prescott	Episode 56 	3 	tuckerprescott.com
Nathan Yaffe 	Episode 83 	1 	AtNathanYaffe
Jimmy Whetzel 	Episode 93 	1 	Jimmy Whetzel
Don 	Episode 101	1 	taikodon
Rav 	Episode 102	2 	Rav
Kill Bill 	Episode 102	2 	Kill Bill: The Rapper
Jacksepticeye 	Episode 103	1 	jacksepticeye
Ian Hecox 	Episode 107	1 	Smosh
Jackson Tucker 	Episode 108	5 	JacksonATucker
Harrison Tucker	Episode 108	2 	HarrysonTucker
Dan Avidan 	Episode 115	1 	Ninja Sex Party
nothinbutlag 	Episode 139	4 	nothinbutlag
Dolan Dark 	Episode 147	1 	Dolan Dark
Freddie Dredd 	Episode 153	1 	
Freddie Dredd
Maxmoefoe 	Episode 159	1 	maxmoefoe
Anything4Views 	Episode 159	1 	Anything4Views
Gus Johnson 	Episode 178	1 	Gus Johnson
Eddy Burback 	Episode 178	1 	Eddy Burback
FoolishKia 	Episode 180	1 	FoolishKia
===The Movie Review Show===
Since the announcement of SuperMega in 2016, movie reviews were a planned series, but it wasn't until 2018 that the first review came out.
====Reviewed Movies====
*Halloween (2018)
*A Madea Family Funeral 
=== Live Action Content===
SuperMega's live action videos includes a wide variety of content, such as vlogs, comedy sketches, and food tasting videos. SuperMega has gotten guests to appear in these videos as well, such as Finn Wolfhard in COOKING WITH FINN WOLFHARD and Oney in 3 GUYS JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME.
===Drunk Drawing===
A series of videos of Matt and Ryan, and sometimes guests, drawing various things with a computer mouse while drunk.
===Music===
SuperMega has produced multiple songs through their channel. A recurring character is Nathan, played by Matt Watson, who sings the Nathan's Christmas album and My Two Lovely Uncles. My Two Lovely Uncles features Oney as Uncle Fungus, and is purchasable on iTunes. Matt released the song covid-19 type beat on March 26, 2020. On 14.2.2021 SuperMega teased their next album. So far 3 new songs (presumably connected to the new album) came out.
== Controversy==
On July 27, 2023 Twitter artist and NSFW cosplayer Lex Updog released a statement and two hour videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5lfscbPnnY making accusations against SuperMega and their former channel artist, her ex, DonDRRR, also known by "Dondorororo" or "SoftDon".https://twitter.com/niceupdog/status/1684639902561107968 Within these statements, she claimed Don, her boyfriend at the time, had pressured her to give him oral sex, after originally being told she didn't want to. Months later, she described this event as sexual assault, and broke up with Don. She also claimed SuperMega had covered up this assault. In this video she included a lot of unrelated details smearing SuperMega, such as the housing dispute that ended their friendship, and included invoking the name of their deceased friend, Daniel Kyre.
Don made a statement regarding his interactions with Lex and SuperMega.https://twitter.com/DONDRRR/status/1684695162289557504?s=20 He had confirmed that he had tried pressuring her into giving him oral sex. He reiterated, however, that these acts were consensual. Many viewers detested some of the dismissive language used such as "I want to apologize to Lex for any trauma she may feel regarding out past relationship."https://twitter.com/SappySappster/status/1684703504860852224?s=20 He has since lost 10,000+, followers on Twitter, with many of his former friends cutting off contact from him.
Matt would cancel the remaining two shows of his 2023 tour stating he will have a response 'as soon as possible.'https://twitter.com/matthwatson/status/1684679036394405888
On July 31, 2023, four days after the release of Lex Updog's video, both Matt and Ryan released separate videos in response to the situation.https://youtu.be/yyOxdRQDlzchttps://youtu.be/TakTLyaaBAE In said videos, they proved with screenshots that Lex had lied about several aspects of her allegations against them, particularly in regard to the alleged cover up, and the housing disputes. Lex claimed they had covered up what she described as an assault, but Matt and Ryan demonstrated that it was Lex who requested they not bring the story public. They demonstrated that they warned collaborators about Don behind the scenes as well. It was at this point that the public opinion swayed back into SuperMega’s favor. 
On August 23, 2023, Matt and Ryan collectively put out a statement on the channel and Patreon stating that they would take time off from the internet, putting the channel on an indefinite hiatus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQRCTHtbUT8
== Post-Controversy ==
On February 27, 2024, SuperMega released two videos, a new music video titled I Love Working Outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoW8Bzhszxw, and an announcement video titled SuperMega Returns.https://youtu.be/QOu2ftH4QRA?si=jiZVsoNkuHLrIKsl In the latter video, it was announced that they would be moving away from Let's Play content to focus on more "consistent high-quality content". To supplement the Let's Play content, SuperMega has moved to videogame livestreams, which will then be edited into "highlight reels".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3CK61jBegM These became the first two videos to be released publicly under the SuperMega name since the announcement of their hiatus.
On March 11, 2024, SuperMega released their new podcast, supermegashow, which will serve as the replacement for the SuperMegaCast.https://youtu.be/NHp_l8RJyeA?si=vAG0U7NheN-haf20
==Related Channels==
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong Dancing is a channel created by Matt and Ryan during their Donkey Kong Country Let's Play. The channel has only upload one video, titled Dance.mp4, which features a loop of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's dance from Donkey Kong Country paired with the song Im So Fresh You Can by Torbop.
==Trivia==
* Ryan, Jackson, Justin, and Harrison all appeared in the TheEllenShow video Ellen's Writers Speak the Lyrics at IKEA.
==References==
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