Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Together Forever - PART 3 - Game Grumps

Summary

In this Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Battle Mode episode, Dan and Arin team up for some delightfully chaotic co-op, starting with Renegade Roundup and then moving into Bob-omb Blast. The pair lean hard into the jokes, riffing on adorable character choices, pretending to know Splatoon, and celebrating how well they work together while also roasting each other nonstop. Their teamwork in the prison-escape mode is surprisingly effective, with one player camping cells while the other hunts down enemies and frees teammates. Later, the episode turns into a bomb-heavy free-for-all where they discover a sneaky strategy of placing bombs near item spawns. Between the victories, they trade insults, weird slang, and absurd commentary, keeping the whole thing fast, goofy, and energetic.

Highlights

• Dan requests same-team play and the duo immediately turns it into wholesome chaos 💙
• They riff on cute character builds, including metal Peach, Shy Guy, and a sneaker-style kart 👟
• They joke about sounding knowledgeable about Splatoon just by saying “the new one” with confidence 😎
• Their Renegade Roundup coordination actually works really well, with one chasing and one guarding cells 🧠
• They celebrate getting everyone out and joke that they should do a show together because they’re crushing it 🌟
• Bob-omb Blast gets messy fast as they use bombs to block item spawns and ambush each other 💥
• The episode ends with classic Grumps trash talk, including a fake-out friendly goodbye and a final roast 😈

Key Takeaways

• Dan and Arin team up for some surprisingly effective co-op mayhem 🤝
• Renegade Roundup becomes a highlight thanks to their callouts and cell-camping strategy 🚓
• They keep joking about pretending to know games they barely mention, especially Splatoon 🎮
• Bob-omb Blast turns into a minefield of sneaky traps and chaotic explosions 💣
• The episode is packed with playful insults, ridiculous slang, and classic Grumps banter 😂

Overview

The episode opens with Dan asking to be on the same team, and Arin happily agrees, setting up the friendly-chaotic vibe right away. They spend a lot of time joking about character selection, goofy vehicle setups, and how cute or absurd everything looks. Even before the matches start, the banter is already in full swing, with fake expertise, silly impressions, and plenty of nonsense.

Once the Renegade Roundup match begins, they settle into a surprisingly effective rhythm. One player handles chases while the other camps cells, and they quickly start calling out targets, openings, and escapes. The teamwork is genuinely strong, and they end up laughing about how well they’re doing while still slipping in jokes about embarrassment, old mishaps, and how getting caught is just part of the fun.

Later, they jump into Bob-omb Blast, where the energy shifts into pure explosive chaos. They figure out a few cheeky strategies, like dropping bombs near spawn points, and keep one-upping each other with ridiculous commentary. By the end, the episode is less about the game itself and more about the endless stream of teasing, triumph, and off-the-wall improv that makes their dynamic work so well.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 02:30: Team Play Setup and Character Picks Dan requests that they play on the same team, so the hosts set up a team-based Renegade Roundup match in Mario Kart 8. They joke about character and vehicle picks, including cute and goofy options like Shy Guy, Pink Gold Peach, the shoe kart, and large wheels, while keeping the tone playful and light.
• 02:30 - 05:00: Coordinated Hunting in the First Battle The group quickly coordinates during the first battle, calling out targets, assigning roles like chasing and camping the cell, and successfully coordinating captures of multiple opponents. They celebrate how well they work together and joke that they should do a show together, while also joking about embarrassing Game Grumps moments and laughing off personal humiliation.
• 05:00 - 07:30: Turning the Tables: Escape and Recovery The players are struggling in a chaotic prison-escape style game mode, with one player constantly being targeted and repeatedly getting eaten or caught. They coordinate to free teammates, use items like fiery fireballs, and try to locate objectives on the map while one player takes on the role of the rescuer.
• 07:30 - 10:00: Aggressive Tagging and Balloon Battle Momentum The players celebrate a strong round of Stealing/Tagging, with one player proud of freeing many people and ending up as the last one in jail. The tone is playful and congratulatory as they praise each other’s performance and appearance before shifting into battle mode.
• 10:00 - 12:30: Bomb Traps, Surprise KOs, and Strategy Talk The group talks through a successful bomb trap strategy in Mario Kart-style gameplay: one player lures others into a predictable path, drops bombs where opponents need to pick them up, and gets a surprising but effective KO, joking that it should be reported as an exploit because it’s so overpowered.
• 12:30 - 15:00: Endgame Banter, Friendly Trash Talk, and Sign-Off The segment is mostly playful endgame banter, with the speakers encouraging more aggressive trash talk and trading exaggerated insults for comedic effect. One speaker jokes that the episode seemed over before delivering a final zinger, then they close out with a mock-secret insult about Aaron before signing off.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Together Forever - PART 3 - Game Grumps Transcription

• Segment 1: 00:00 - 02:30 Hey, I'm Grubs. I'm not so Grub. And we're the Game Grumps. Hey, welcome back. Hello. And welcome back to uh the third episode of Mario Kart 8. Um so Dan uh made a special request. Yep. Uh he wanted to play on the same team. Yeah, I'd like that. Because I mean that's just adorable, isn't it? I don't mean that in a condescending way. I just No. Why would that be condescending? No, because you said it so not condescendingly. Shy Guy. Yeah, he's cute, right? He's adorable. You get to pick your fucking color. Be a light blue shy guy. Pink gold, not rose gold. Uh, I could drive in a shoe. That's cool. Um, really cool. I'm sure. Whoa. Are you metal Princess Peach? Yeah. Um, rose gold. Princess Peach. Whoa. I like the big wheels, man. They make me feel huge and excited. I like the roller. Wow. Oh, it looks like you are um like you're you don't have tires and you're just running on the axles. Look at this cuteness. You like the submarine? It's pretty fun. An old lady who lived in a shoe. The sneaker driving shoe, dude. Excellent. The sneaker. Come on, dude. Come on, dude. Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. All right. Here we go. Cool, man. Okay, so you wanted to be on the same team. Uh, which we can do in Renegade Roundup. Yeah, let's do that. So, let's Yeah, let's do some same team shit. Yeah. So, you and I are working together in the Urchin Underpass. You got it. Okay. That's some Splatoon shit right there. It sure is. A game you never played, but I adore. Mhm. And I cannot wait for Splatoon. And all I have to say is it sure is. And it immediately sounds like I know what I'm talking about. Isn't that a sweet little development? That is a great move to use in conversation until they like they're like, "Oh, what's your favorite thing?" And you're like, "Uh, uh, the first one." I love how it's called Splatoon.
• Segment 2: 00:00 - 02:30 The new one. I'm really a big fan of the new one. That's always a good move. Oh, yeah. The most recent, definitely. You mean the only uh Yeah, that's what I uh That's what I said. Well, I actually played the E3 demo, which was significantly different. I'm hoping that that's true. Usually true for most games. Okay, so we got to find ourselves. Got one. Got one. Oh, I know. I almost got one. I totally got one. Shit, man. And then I let one get jumped right by me.
• Segment 3: 02:30 - 05:00 Got to find a Got to find a a bromo. Oh shit. Was that was that ano? Was that an EMO? Yo, we got to work together on this. We got to like cover all of our flanks. There's Roy. There's Roy. There's fucking Roy. He's mine, bitch. Oh, you fucker. You open the cell, Donkey Kong. You're mine. You're mine. Yeah. Fuck you, Luigi. You're mine, you little monkey bastard. Okay, I'm going to No, with the inkies. I'm camping the cell, dude. Camp in the cell. So, you can you can do the chaseies and I'll camp the cell. Okay. Wait, do do we have to knock them out in order to eat them? You could say that about pretty much anybody. Got them. Yeah. Fuck all y'all bitches. Eat them. Yeah. Yeah, dude. Dude, all you got is dry bones left. Or dry Bowser. I'll find him. Skelea Bowser. Where's he at? Oh, I see him. I see him. Oh, he's coming. Wait, no, I don't see him. He's too far away. Do you see the beast? Have you got him in your sights? Uh, okay. So, he's he's down left side. He's coming. Oh, it looks like he almost got eaten. He's getting chased by villager man. She's going for him. Oh, she's going. She's coming in. Yeah, dude. Dude, we make a great team. We sure do. Look, we both got two people. We should do a show together. We're so good, Aaron. I mean, uh, we're so good, Aaron. Dude, wouldn't it suck if we lost? Yes, it would. Wouldn't that just be embarrassing? Yeah. I wonder what the most embarrassing moment for each of us has been on Game Grumps. Um, probably when I couldn't spell I. That was up there. You also shit yourself. That was really funny though, during Parodius. Yeah, it was it was really funny when you couldn't spell I too. Yeah. I guess my embarrassment is just a hilarious situation for everybody. I don't mind. Yeah. I mean, fuck it. I mean, it's
• Segment 4: 02:30 - 05:00 like, is it truly embarrassing if I can laugh about it immediately? Yeah. No. Okay. Like, I don't know. It's like if you're embarrassed, it's like, oh no. And it makes you feel horrible and shit. That's true. I kind of I kind of got over myself a long time ago. Yeah. Look at this rain effect. [Music] God, they're huge. Yeah. About the size of golf. Big ass rain droplets. Wait. Oh shit. We're not the cops anymore. Oh, we're running. Yeah. Oh. All right. That's fine. That's a god damn it. I immediately got snatched up. What's up, villager? Yeah. Good job. Wipe that fucking smirk off your face, you dumb
• Segment 5: 05:00 - 07:30 bastard. Uh-oh. Someone's on my tail. You got to You got to get us out, man. I got to get you out. This is your job, bro. I'm in and you're out. This is all over. A fucking There's only two left. That sounds like your problem. You really got to be careful. Yeah. Woo. Was that you? No, it was middle Mario. He's the job. He's the He's the jambo. I'm going to hang out with you. Oh, that's not you. Fucking fuck you. Fuck. Ah, damn it. I got eaten again. This is tough, man. Yeah, especially in the sneaker car. Everyone looks out for me. I got a bad smell. Let me out. Let me out, bitch. Let me out. This fiery fireball. Just throw it, bro. Neat. You can throw a couple of them. Oh my god, it's just you. You need to let us out. Where are you? Where Where's the thing? It's on the map. But don't pay too much attention to it cuz Oh my god. You're a fucking legend. Got it. You are a godamn love you, girl. Love you. Oh shit. Okay, this fucker's dead. This fucker's dead. This fucker's dead. Damn it. Damn it. Fucking Roselina. You garbage person. Did you get caught again? You garbage. You're not even a real princess. Coming for you. Here we go. Oh no. Oh, the two metals are in here. It's going to weigh it down. Open that cell, baby. Get it for me. Get it for me. Get it for me. I already did. Help. Help. No, you didn't. I opened the cell. Ah, it's not open. I'm still trapped. Here it comes again. Go. Yeah, boy. Yeah, boy. Let me just run myself into a corner real quick. Oh, this is excellent. Yes. Yes. Yes. Oh god, he's right on my tail. I need to find some fucking cops to dick over. Whoa. No, no, no. Damn it. This is an impossible level to be a prisoner on. I don't know, dude. Whoa. He just destroyed the cage. Are there multiple cages? Maybe I should cage. No, there's only one in the center.
• Segment 6: 05:00 - 07:30 And fucking I'm in the zone. I'm in the zone of bone. Let me out, girl. We got two in there. Where am I? There. I'm going. Oh, there are two prisons. Yeah. Shit. You're right. And yo out. Yeah, we Yeah, that's right. Thank you, brother. That's right, son. Oh, fucking got your back. Now, let's let the other ones out. And Oh, we're doing really well. No, no, no, no, no, no. Yes. I'm a fucking master of disaster, bro. I'm like drifting by these motherfuckers like they don't even care. I know. I know. I'm I'm doing a little Tokyo drift myself. The little piranha
• Segment 7: 07:30 - 10:00 plants are getting mad hungry. It's very exciting cuz they can't deal with my ste, bro. People can't deal with my ste either. That's really interesting. Ste are edgy. Peach caught my ste. Oh, you're the first one to get caught by the ste, bro. Dude, we killed it. We fucking killed it. Fucking won. Eight people, dude. I sprung a lot of people. You should be fucking proud. I should. I ended up in jail. I was at the end. I was the only one in jail. But still, dude, great job. Yeah, man. You, too. Crushing it. God, you And you're handsome. You're handsome. What? What? Aaron, no. No. What? What? No. Uh, yeah. Battle time. Um, I'm going to be fucking Link, dude. No, you were Link. Look at Try Bones. He's just like, uh-huh. Yeah. I'm just kind of cruising. You be your friend, dude. Woohoo. We're hanging out. I'm try to be as tall as possible. As tall as physically possible. The sponge. What does that mean? I think the sneaker is the way to do it. I think I'm slightly taller as the beam. A plane glider. Let's do it. There we go. Boom. Uh, Bowser is terrifying looking. Are you like a bone Bowser? Yeah, dude. Wow. So, this is Ba Bomb Blast, bro. Uh, we haven't done Lunar Colony yet. Let's fucking do that. Uh, I guess we're throwing bombs at each other and that's it. I'm into it. I'm I'm way into it. I love explosions. Straight up all up into it. Exploding stuff. Exploding. Sweet explosions. I'm going to explode all over you. There's just certain things that like sound good in pornos and you just can't say them yourself to girls. I'm going to fucking explode inside of you. She's like, "Please, please don't." Yeah, that's Please don't explode inside of me. Okay. So, yeah, I guess all we have are bombs. Ba bombs. So, start throwing them. Shit. Really? It's tough
• Segment 8: 07:30 - 10:00 to see in front of me with all these balloons obscuring my vision. Yeah. And all these bombs exploding everywhere. And boom. Fuck all y'all bitches. All y'all. I'm just going to lay bombs. Wow. Just crashing into people doesn't lose you a uh a balloon. No, man. This is You got to be aggressive. You got to be tight like a twigger. Yeah, I am. Whoa, look at all these boxes which are all bombs. So, spoiler alert. And fuck you. A gotcha, bitch. Sorry. I
• Segment 9: 10:00 - 12:30 thought we were friends. You were drifting in a very predictable pattern. So, I figured I'd toss a bomb or two and it worked. I thought you'd be h more happy for me. I know. I accomplished a lot. Oh, dude. What if I dropped? Oh, fuck. I've just been trailing you for the last 10 minutes and then I missed and blew up myself. Yes. Yes. Yes. My trick worked. You're dry. Wow, that really works. If you leave bombs in the places where people need to pick up bombs, boy. Yeah, that's quite a trick you came up with. What? You should call uh the Mario Nintendo Club hotline and let them know. They'll be like, "What? This is an exploit. You You're OP, bro. You're OP because of your big ass brain. You're too You're too good at at Mario. Just drop the bombs there. Yeah, sucker. On the plus side, it's not too hard to see the screen anymore because I don't have a lot of balloons blocking my vision. I'm sorry for your lots, dude. Sorry for your lots. Got lots of balloons, dude. Sorry for that. Hello, friend. God damn it. I hate the arcs that the Yes, I got I sidelined Larry. That's a special kind of lining, bro. You got to sideline Larry. Yeah, I was doing a wrong way. Charlie. I was doing a 12 Saturdays to Sunday. Shit. I got hit by Larry. Fucking Larry. Whoa. They doubled the bomage. Who was it that called me a wrongway Charlie? What? Was it our Was it our acting coach? A wrongway Charlie? Cuz I parked like facing the opposite direction outside your house. He's like Dan's out here doing a wrongway Charlie. I've never heard that before. I guess I just wasn't paying attention. As I like, he lives on a fucking hill that no one else It's a dead end. Who gives a shit? Stop coming up with names that sound like shitty gangsters. Wrong way
• Segment 10: 10:00 - 12:30 Charlie. That's like a Dick Tracy gangster. It's Tommy two times. Two times. And it's Wrongway Charlie. He's always going the wrong way. Oh, dude. What the Oh, that was me. You crushed it. Sweet, dude. You did really great. A Thank you. I uh I just I I just snuck in at 12. At 12 12th. Not my best. Yeah.
• Segment 11: 12:30 - 15:00 Okay. Maybe you should be a little more aggressive next time, Mr. Passive. Maybe I will. Captain uh Captain, suck my dick, you bitch. I kind of trailed off cuz I was like, I think the episode's over. And then you just came back with a vengeance. With a with a zinger. Yeah. O, it zinged. All right, now that we're alone, Aaron's a big fat asshole. You can put that in Ryan. He sucks. Okay, bye.