The TWRP Show

A still frame from the TWRP Show opening.

**The TWRP Show** is the name of TWRP's live streams on Twitch. They regularly stream on Saturdays at 3 p.m. PST. During the show, the band plays music, video games, and interacts with fans.

## Season 1

Season 1 of The TWRP Show focused on the band playing a multiplayer video game or a board game with a short set of music at the beginning of the stream and another around the midpoint. Occasionally, TWRP featured special guests who would "assist" with rating fan submissions or would perform a short set of songs.

## Season 2

Season 2 of The TWRP Show is notable for several major changes to the show's format. The shows became more music-focused and no longer featured video games and dedicated musical sets. Instead, songs were played regularly throughout the show interspersed with moments of banter, reactions to fan-submitted artwork, and answers to selected questions submitted through social media.

The biggest change to the show in Season 2 was the introduction of the Zonal Ladder and the Wheel of Zonal Ascension. For every $100 the band receives in donations, they "ascend" one rung on the Zonal Ladder. They will then spin the Wheel of Zonal Ascension, a vertical roulette wheel usually split into ten divisions with different activities written on each tenth. The band then performs the activity that the wheel lands on, which may involve a challenge that must be completed.

### The Wheel of Zonal Ascension

* Abstract Balloon Animals - A member of the band tries to create a balloon animal
* The Great Reveal - The band reveals 1 measure from an unreleased song.
* Guess that Song - Commander Meouch plays a modified version of a song and the band tries to guess the song
* Otamatonement - Members of the band try to play a chosen song on the otamatone.
* Slow Jams - The band tries to play one of their songs at an extremely slow tempo.
* Street Art - The band works together to draw a picture.
* Talk Box Puppet Master - Doctor Sung mouths the words to one of their songs while Lord Phobos plays the notes on Sung's keyboard.
* This Week's Groove - The band plays a groove from a funk song.
* The Woodshed - Each member showcases a song or technique they've been practicing.
* Yoda Faceswap - Commander Meouch manipulates a Yoda hand puppet to match the pose and expression of a celebrity's photo.
* Zonal Hymn - Each member of the band improvises simultaneously in that week's sponsored key.

### Weekly Segments

* Fan Art Fanfare - The band shares fan art submissions
* Gooby Update - Doctor Sung shares a video of his dog, Rufus.
* The Perfect Product - A member of the band shows and tells about a product that they find particularly useful
* Something Nice - The band shares good news happening in the world.
* Thing of the Week - The band talks about something that they have been interested in.
* This Week's Sponsor - The band reveals the sponsor of the week, which is typically a musical note. Phobos demonstrates how the note is used by playing the riff from Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song."
* Q&A - They answer questions submitted through twitter.

## Running Gags

* Ascension - When the band ascends to a new rung on the zonal ladder, they lift their arms over their head and hold them there for a few seconds. Participants in the chat respond with an ascension emoticon \o/
* Doctor Sung's tiny hands are used to spin the Wheel of Zonal Ascension.
* "Immigrant Song" - Lord Phobos plays "Immigrant Song" to showcase the sponsor of the week
* Lord Phobos falling asleep.
* Martha - In season 1, episode 1, Havve Hogan was asked if he ever read *The Murderbot Diaries* by Martha Wells. Doctor Sung said that Havve "wrote that shit" and Martha Wells is Havve's pen name.
* Reverb - Commander Meouch adds excessive reverb during moments of increased excitement or importance.
* The Wheel Of Zonal Ascension Theme Song - The music played when ascending is piece of incidental music from George Romero's *Dawn of the Dead* called "The Gonk." Meouch often changes the tempo of the song.
* Zonish Priests.