Brawl and whether or not the character Wolf was a clone of Fox. A friend of theirs said they should make a podcast where they talk it out, and Arin came up with the name Game Grumps. This idea evolved into both the Game Grumps channel and Let's Play series. On August 22, 2012, Game Grumps VS, a spin-off of Game Grumps, debuted. The show is virtually the same as Game Grumps with the exception that the Game Grumps play two-player versus games. The show shares the same time slot as Game Grumps. In September 2012, Barry took over the role of editing Game Grumps videos from Jon. On June 25, 2013, it was announced that Jon would be leaving Game Grumps in order to focus on his own show JonTron, and that Arin's friend Danny from Ninja Sex Party would be serving as his replacement. In October 2013, Ghoul Grumps, a cosmetic change for Halloween, debuted. The only differences between Ghoul Grumps episodes and regular Game Grumps episodes are branding and generally the games played on the show are Halloween or scary-themed.

Unlike Game Grumps VS episodes, Ghoul Grumps episodes are still considered to be Game Grumps episodes and not their own show. In December 2013, a similar Christmas-themed Jingle Grumps debuted. In February 2014, Valentine's Day-themed Date Grumps debuted, with Arin's wife Suzy appearing in place of Danny. Late in 2014, Kevin was announced to be taking over the role of editor of Game Grumps from Barry. On April 1st 2015, Arin and Ross introduced a currently single-episoded spin-off called Toon Grumps.

It should be noted that the two situations differ in motivation and the fact that Anthony (unlike Jon) was never fully replaced.As it was April Fools' Day, they were fibbing that they canceled Game Grumps and Steam Train, in order to go back making animated videos.Anthony Padilla's departure from Smosh can be compared to Jon Jafari's departure from Game Grumps, since both started with a fairly low budget and were hosted by two friends meeting in a localized environment.Spin-off shows include Steam Train, where Ross and a guest or two play games from Steam Game Grumps VS, where they play more competitive games Guest Grumps, where a guest joins the regular hosts Game Grumps Animated, which showcases fan animations Steam Rolled, where they play four-player versus games and Table Flip, where they play tabletop games.Īs of January 2019, the Game Grumps have 5 million subscribers and 4.5 billion views. The channel has expanded to include other hosts besides the main two as a part of spin-off shows since Jon's departure, including Ross O'Donovan, Barry Kramer, Suzy Berhow, and Brian Wecht, as well as various guest hosts. The YouTube channel for Game Grumps was part of Polaris, a network owned by Maker Studios, from June 2013 to January 2016, but now operates under JETPAK, a network created by Adam Montoya (SeaNanners). After Jon left the show in 2013 to focus on his own online career, he was succeeded by Danny, who continues to co-host the show with Arin.

20 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS! (Danny, Arin, Barry, & Suzy)Ĭreated in 2012 by co-hosts Arin and Jon Jafari (JonTron), Game Grumps centers around its hosts playing video games with comedic commentary and discussion.

MEGA MAN X SPEED RUN WITH GAME GRUMPS (Smosh Games Button Bash) (Danny & Arin).

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