Siblings

""PLAYING RUNESCAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE?!?!""

- Rob's ever popular shout, "Runesuck"

Siblings is a popular Flash series about two brothers: Johny, a super mellow teenager who is fond of playing Runescape, playing guitar, and talking on the phone; and his older brother Rob, who always does obnoxious ramblings and gets his brother in trouble. Everything is animated using a drawing tablet.

Created by Robert Winchester (aka the real Rob), this series originated on Newgrounds. It also got a spot on its own Web site, as well as on Deviant ART and YouTube.

Episode list:
 * 0. Day of the Devil
 * 1. Runesuck
 * 2. Don't Wake Robby!
 * 3. Dog Daze of Boredom
 * 3.2 Pop-a-Cap!
 * 4. Half Beard
 * 5. Not-the-Final Fantasy XII
 * Not-the-FFXII Extras
 * 5.2 Heinous Anus Zone
 * 5.3 tWHYlight
 * 6. Don't Sleep, Robby!

If you came here looking for sibling tropes, follow this way, please.

This series includes examples of: "Johny: Ah, what the hell?! I thought you left!
 * Adorkable: Johny.
 * Affectionate Parody: The mini-episode "Heinous Anus Zone" pokes fun at sidescroller design in video games.
 * Amusing Injuries: In the mini-episode "Pop-a-Cap!", Rob (after he watches a show about reflex testing) uses a broom to hit Johny in the back of the legs and makes him fall over...while forgetting that he's supposed to test someone's reflexes in the front of the knees.
 * Animal Talk: Spike, the family dog, in "Dog Daze of Boredom".
 * Annoying Younger Sibling: Johny.
 * April Fools' Day: The "Untitled" cartoons.
 * Arch Enemy: Rival, an Evil Sorcerer wannabe who is Rob's rival. He appears only in "Half Beard".
 * Art Evolution: The drawings are very crude in "Day of the Devil", a pilot episode, because it was only made in one day. But for the rest of the series, they started to get much better.
 * Oh yeah, this page details the evolution of the character designs.
 * Art Shift: The flashback scene in "Runesuck" is the only scene in the series to be drawn using lines instead of the brush tool.
 * As Himself: The real Rob as Rob, his little brother Johny as Johny, and some of the others. But the real Rob claims that the characters aren't real people; they're heavily based on real people, so the characters are:
 * The Danza
 * Ink Suit Actor
 * And of course, Rob himself is an Author Avatar.
 * Babies Make Everything Better: Mason.
 * Badass Beard: Rob's half beard in "Half Beard".
 * And his "reverse goatee" in The Stinger of the same episode.
 * Beard of Evil: Rival.
 * Berserk Button: Don't ever play country music near a sleeping Rob, or else he'll shoot your stereo.
 * Body Double: Played for Laughs in "Half Beard", when someone who resembles Rob gives Johny a car ride and waves goodbye to him -- only for Rob himself to show up behind Johny.

Rob: That was the decoy Rob!

Johny: I'm not gonna even try to understand that one."

"Basch: Fuck you!...Fuck you!...FUCK YOU!
 * Bonus Material: Found in the "Extras" sections in each episode. This includes audio clips that never made it in the final product, as well as animated extra scenes.
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Johny does it twice when he sets up his Rube Goldberg Devices (see quotes below) in "Don't Wake Robby!" and "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Brick Joke: The plot point of "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Butt Monkey: Johny. His life is always abused by Rob.
 * Calling Your Attacks: "HALF BEARD, GO! FORM OF...HALF OF MY BEARD!"
 * The Cameo: Mr. T in "Runesuck" and "Heinous Anus Zone".
 * Canada, Eh?: Rob's friend Max, a woman who lives in Canada.
 * Canon Discontinuity: "Day of the Devil", due to the fact it's a pilot for the series and that it features very poor drawings that were done quickly. That's why it was marked as episode zero.
 * Catch Phrase: "For the hell of it."
 * Chekhov's Gag: In the scene in "Half Beard" where Johny gets a phone call from his friend CJ, the latter can clearly be heard shouting "RuneScaaaaaaaaaaape!" on the phone several times, a nod to the earlier episode "Runesuck".
 * Chewing the Scenery: "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLF BEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRD!!!!"
 * "HOLY SHIT, STOP THE WORLD!! IT'S ONE GIL!!"
 * Cluster F-Bomb: Basch in "Not-the-FFXII Extras" does this when he and the team confront Vayne.

Balthier: I think he's referring to me.

Basch: Oh, well, still, fuck him.

Vayne: No, Basch, (transformation) FUCK YOU!"

""WARNING! The clip you are about to see is FAKE. All the places, characters, and events are more or less fictitious in their presentation and you are expected to know it never happened. It ain't a biography, people, it's an internet cartoon. Expect nothing but lies. LIES! P.S. You cannot refund time, so if I end up wasting yours, then do us both a favor and get over it. Using levitation! Using levitation! P.S. You cannot refund time, so if I end up wasting yours, then do us both of a favor...then do us both a favor and get over it. Using levitation! Using LEVITATION!...PSYoucannotrefundtimesoifIendupwastingyoursthendousbothafavorandgetoverit Using LEVITATION! LEVITATION! LEVITATION! Using LEVITATION! Ti revo teg dna rovaf a htob su od neht, sruoy gnitsaw pu dne I fi os, emit dnufer tonnac uoy S.P. P.S. You cannot refund time, so if I end up wasting yours, then do us both a favor and get over it. Using levitation! Peeeeeeeee.Eeessssssssss. Yooooouuuuuuu canooooooooott refuuuuuuuuuuuuund tiiiiiiiiiiime soooooo, if Iiiiiiiiiiii eeeeeeennd uuuuuup waaaaaaaaaasting yoooooooooouuuuuuuurs, theeeen doooo uuuusssssss booooooooth a favooooor annnnnnd get ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooveeeeeer iiiiiit.""
 * Comically Missing the Point: Johny at times, because he tried not to listen to Rob's ranting.
 * Comic Book Adaptation: The series was adapted into a very short-lived webcomic in winter 2010 that lasted for only two strips. These two strips are called "Skipping" and "Crotch Shot".
 * Content Warnings: Parodied at the beginning of "Siblings Untitled 01".

"Johny: Haha! I finally found the perfect way to get Rob up! More perfect than the last plan which was also perfect! ...Sort of."
 * Continuity Nod: In later episodes such as "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII" and "Don't Sleep, Robby!", Rob's ball of duct tape from "Runesuck" and his paper-mâché hand from "Dog Daze of Boredom" were seen sitting on his shelf in his room. Also, foam Buddha from "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII" shows up again in "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Cutaway Gag: "Count Robulaaaaaa!"
 * Deadpan Snarker: Rob, at times.
 * Also, Johny towards him some of the time.
 * Department of Redundancy Department:

"Rob: If it doesn't turn into a teenybopper movie with vampires in it for the hell of it...IT'S A TEENYBOPPER MOVIE WITH VAMPIRES IN IT FOR THE HELL OF IT!!"
 * Deranged Animation: The dream sequence in "Don't Sleep, Robby!", as well as all the Mind Screw stuff.
 * Disney Acid Sequence: The dream sequence in "Don't Sleep, Robby!", again, but without any lyrics.
 * Double Take: At the beginning of "tWHYlight":

""ONEPATHETICALLYSHORTBATTLELATER!"
 * The Dragon: Lackey, Rival's silent lackey, who acts snake-like but is human.
 * Dream Sequence: Rob has two in "Don't Wake Robby!" and "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Duct Tape for Everything: In "Runesuck", Rob had a ball of duct tape. He told a story to Johny that back at school, he used duct tape to create a drawing of a grey alien on the hallway wall under pressure from his teacher, who then told him to take it down, so Rob takes the tape down and rolls it up into a ball.
 * Easter Egg: Pops up throughout most of the series.
 * Every Episode Ending: An animated outline drawing appearing on a white background after the ending credits. It's colored blue, red, green, purple or pink.
 * Everything's Better with Bob: Rob.
 * Everything Talks: In the beginning of "Half Beard", Rob has a conversation with his beard when he faces the necessity of shaving again. When he tells it to stop screaming in pain, it obliges.
 * Face Palm: Johny does it at the end of "Don't Wake Robby!", when Rob goes back to sleep in the tub.
 * Rob in "Don't Sleep, Robby!", upon learning from Max about the music band Billy Talent only having one person named Beck.
 * Failure Is the Only Option: Johny tries several elaborate plans to make Rob wake up in "Don't Wake Robby!", but they didn't work out at all.
 * This is repeated in "Don't Sleep, Robby!", but this time, he's trying to make Rob go to sleep.
 * Fast-Forward Gag: Happens twice at the end of "Not-the-FFXII Extras", complete with a Motor Mouth Narrator.

"ONEFIERYTRANSFORMATIONLATER!""

"Rob: GASP! My theory was true! Spike can fly! FLY DOG! FLY!"
 * First Name Ultimatum: "JOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNN!" in "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Johny has "ROOOOOOOOB!" in the same episode.
 * Flash Back: Rob's duct tape story in "Runesuck".
 * A montage of Rob Squeeing at Johny in past times in one scene of "Dog Daze of Boredom".
 * The Fool: Rob.
 * Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Rob and Johny.
 * Funny Background Event: Oh boy.
 * Gag Series: Of course. The real Rob really loves randomness, so he throws it in the series.
 * Getting Crap Past the Radar: In "Don't Wake Robby!", Rob gleefully says "I'M NAKED!" while sleeping, just to make Johny get out of his room.
 * tWHYlight: "STOP SQUEALING EVERY TIME A PENIS WALKS ON THE SCREEN!!"
 * The Ghost: In "Half Beard", Johny's girlfriend is mentioned to be at the football game, but once we get to the scene with the football field, she isn't seen sitting in the bleachers at all.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Rob in "tWHYlight".
 * Heavy Sleeper: Rob in "Don't Wake Robby!".
 * Heli Critter: In "Dog Daze of Boredom", Spike is reacting with joy to Johny telling him that he's going to pet him, causing his own tail to wag so fast that it turns into a helicopter propeller.

"Rob: Shut up, I can't have awesome one-liners all the time. No wait, I got it! This game's got more deserts than...a bakery! ...Eh? Deserts? Desserts? Heh heh heh. Right?
 * But unfortunately, Spike flew so high that his tail hits the ceiling fan making him spin around, and he falls down.
 * Hilarious Outtakes: Audio-only version. There are several voiceover outtakes in the post-"Runesuck" episodes that are taken from the recording session and added as bonus extras. You can click on any button in the "extras" menu on each episode and they will lead you to another menu that has a "play" button.
 * Hotblooded Sideburns: Rob.
 * I'll Kill You!: At one point in "tWHYlight", Rob states, "I hope this doesn't turn into a musical, but I swear, if Hannah Montana makes a guest appearance, I'm gonna go on a murderous rampage. AND YOU STUPID LITTLE GIRLS ARE GONNA BE FIRST!!"
 * Incredibly Lame Pun:
 * An early joke involving this happens at one point in "Dog Daze of Boredom". Rob shows Johny a paper-mâché hand he made at school countless times making comments like "Sure comes in HANDY!", "Hands down!" and "Gotta HAND this to you!". Johny then asks "Where's your list of puns for this?" and Rob pulls it out. He takes the list and tears it up, much to Rob's glumness.
 * Rob uses another one in "Not-the-FFXII Extras":

Johny: No.

Rob: DAMN!"

"Rob: Gee, this game's got more deserts than a...fucking bakery.
 * Reused by him in the same cartoon:

Johny: It still isn't funny.

Rob: DAMN IT!

(Johny smiles)"

"Rob: That's horse slaughter! You'll get life in horse court!
 * In-Series Nickname: Rob's friend Adrian is nicknamed "ACE".
 * Insistent Terminology: This is a cartoon about fictional people, not a biography.
 * The Insomniac: Rob in "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Jerkass: Rob. Besides making his brother's life hell, he always babbles obnoxiously.
 * Kangaroo Court: Invoked in "Runesuck":

Johny: Uh, unicorn court. They get pissed off when you call them horses."

"Rob: Well, let's see, we have red wolf, orange wolf, brown wolf, blue glowing wolf, wolf on fire, wolf with a top hat, Teen Wolf, wolf with a funny mustache, wolf that turns into Link, inside-out wolf--and that's not even counting wolfmen."
 * Kneecapping: Parodied in "Pop-a-Cap!".
 * Large Ham: Rob himself.
 * Long List: Happens in "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII".

"Vayne: Where's Vaan? He's my favorite fag.
 * Man Child: Rob. Very much so.
 * Mind Screw: "Not-the-FFXII Excess".
 * The "Untitled" cartoons as well.
 * Mythology Gag: The major plot device of "Don't Sleep, Robby!", with Johny lampshading this trope.
 * Not to mention, in the football field scene in "Half Beard", various characters from Rob Winchester's other works show up sitting in the bleachers.
 * Name's the Same: Lampshaded by both Vayne and Vaan in "Not-the-FFXII Extras".

Penelo: He's hiding in the corner.

Vaan: STOP HAVING THE SAME NAME AS ME, VAYNE!

Vayne: We don't have the same name, Vaan. "Vayne" and "Vaan" are completely different, totally.

Vaan: Well, at least I'll always be a lot more fabulous!"

"Rob: This game's got more deserts than a, uh...sandbox.
 * Nice Hat: In "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII", Johny wears a big bowler hat, which he thinks is his party hat.
 * Niche Network: The Pointless Channel in "Dog Daze of Boredom".
 * The Nicknamer/Verbal Tic: Dan, the oldest son of the family, adds "Jew" before Rob's and Johny's names most of the time. So he calls them "JewBob" and "JewJohn". Not only that, but Dan also called other people Jews, except for his baby son Mason.
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Chew, the chihuahua who confronts Spike in "Dog Daze of Boredom", sounds a lot like Hulk Hogan. The real Rob said this is because it annoys him that chihuahuas in general were portrayed as being Mexican in media.
 * No Title: The April Fools' Day cartoons, simply called "Siblings Untitled".
 * Not Safe for Work: "Siblings Untitled 02", the second April Fools cartoon.
 * Oddly Visible Eyebrows: In the early episodes.
 * Off-Model: The entire purpose of "Day of the Devil", as it was made in just one day.
 * In one scene of "Runesuck", you'll notice Rob doesn't have a hand if you look at the lower left side of the screen.
 * In the Flash version of "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII", when Dan asks Rob "Okay, how do you hate his game then?", his mustache inexplicably disappears. Thankfully, this problem was fixed for the YouTube version.
 * Also, "tWHYlight" features some awfully bland and more cartoony drawings in certain parts because, like "Day of the Devil", it was done in a very quick way as possible, but it was made for a few days in order to get released at the end of 2008 because this was the time the first Twilight movie came to theaters.
 * Rob's face looks slightly weird during the screaming part in "Don't Sleep, Robby!". It's even lampshaded by one of the subtitles.
 * Oh Crap: Johny in "Half Beard", when he sees Rob running off to the football field laughing.
 * He also has one at the end of the episode.
 * Also, Johny and Max in "Don't Sleep, Robby!", once Rob starts going extremely crazy.
 * Only Sane Man: Johny.
 * Out-of-Character Moment: At one point in "Half Beard", when Johny calls his friend on the phone, he calls RuneScape, his favorite game, "RuneGay".
 * Overly Long Gag: Occurs a lot in the "Untitled" cartoons.
 * Overly Long Scream: Used a lot in "Siblings Untitled 01", such as the part where Rob and Johny ride a mine cart to a tropical forest screaming. Also at the end, Rob does this before Johny smacks him in the head with a chair.
 * Preemptive "Shut Up": Rob has one to Johny in "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII".

(Johny stares at Rob)

Rob: Shut up, I can't have awesome one-liners all the time."

"Johny: How could this not get any worse...
 * Rant Comedy
 * Rock Bottom: From the ending of "Half Beard":

CJ: (offscreen) Johny!

(Johny turns to see CJ holding up peacock feathers)

Johny: Oh god, he has two of them!

(Johny runs away, with CJ chasing him with the feathers)"

"Johny: Rob will smell the biscuits and gravy on the plate and come to try and eat it, tugging on the rope which'll pull the needle and the bowling ball will roll down and hit Abraham Lincoln, who'll get pissed off and throw his top hat, pressing the button that'll set the mice loose that'll stampede on the gunpowder that'll ignite on the hot oven which will set the smoke alarm off and make Rob get up. My elaborate plan cannot fail!"
 * Rotoscoping: Most of the cells in the series are based on photos that creator Rob Winchester has taken for reference.
 * This trope was most notably explained in this production picture of "Pop-a-Cap!".
 * Rube Goldberg Device: Invoked by Johny in two episodes.
 * "Don't Wake Robby!":

"Johny: Haha! Rob will smell this burrito on the plate and come to try and eat it, tugging on the rope that'll pull the thumb tack so the tennis rack will fall and hit George Washington in the face, who'll get pissed off and throw an axe that'll release the gerbils that'll chew through the string that'll trigger the catapult that'll shoot the golfball at the button that'll turn on the..."
 * "Don't Sleep, Robby!":

"Rob: CURSE YOU, T!! CURSE YOOOUUUU!!!
 * Rule of Funny: If you turn the subtitles on while watching an episode, you might recognize Winchester's snarky commentary in spades.
 * Running Gag: A skull (or occasionally a skeleton) popping up in the background.
 * Say My Name: From version B of "Heinous Anus Zone":

Mr. T: Mister!

Rob: Right, sorry. MR. TEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

"Johny: I'll be back!
 * Earlier at the very end of "Dog Daze of Boredom": Rob shouts "SPIIIIIIIIIKE!" in a happy tone when he and Johny meet Spike again.
 * Overlapped with the First Name Ultimatum on "Don't Sleep, Robby!": "JOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNN!"
 * The Scream: "PLAYING RUNESCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE?!"
 * "EXCITE BIKE, BITCH!! WHAT? WHAT?! WHAT?!! AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!"
 * Sequel Episode: "Don't Sleep, Robby!" is this to "Don't Wake Robby!".
 * And there is one to "Dog Daze of Boredom" that is currently in the works, but unfortunately, it never happened.
 * Sequel Hook: Parodied at the very end of "Half Beard". "Reverse Goatee, coming this never!"
 * Shout-Out: All the songs that Johny plays to make Rob wake up and go to sleep in "Don't Wake Robby!" and "Don't Sleep, Robby!" respectively.
 * At one point in "Don't Sleep, Robby!":

Rob: To the future. (has Twitchy Eyes)

Johny: (looks around) God dammit."

"Max: Um, I'll be right back. Kyo! Kyo, that's a bad kitty!"
 * "EXCITEBIKE, BITCH!"
 * Sibling Rivalry: Rob and Johny. A bit.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Rob and Johny.
 * Skyward Scream: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW PRESENTIIIIIIING THE MAGNIFICENT SPLENDOR OF HALF BEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAARRD!!!"
 * "CURSE YOU, T!!! CURSE YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!"
 * "Mista!" "Right, sorry. MR. T!!!!!!"
 * Sleepyhead: Rob in "Don't Wake Robby!".
 * The Stinger: "Half Beard", "tWHYlight", and "Don't Sleep, Robby!".
 * Straight Man: Johny.
 * Squee: Done by Rob in "Dog Daze of Boredom" after Johny tells him, "I think that school's warping your mind."
 * Take That: "Runesuck" is this to Runescape and other MMORPGs in general.
 * "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII", to Final Fantasy XII.
 * And also, the mini-episode "tWHYlight", to Twilight.
 * Take That, Audience!: Some of the real Rob's commentary in the episodes' behind-the-scenes scrapbooks.
 * The same goes for most of his voiceover commentary in some episodes.
 * Take That Scrappy: The plot device of "Not-the-Final Fantasy XII", itself being a Take That towards Vaan, the game's main hero and resident Scrappy.
 * Talking Animal: Subverted with Spike, because he only talks in thoughts.
 * Talking to Himself: Not only does Robert Winchester voice Rob, but he also voices Dan, Spike, and some of the other characters.
 * That Poor Cat: Happens to Kyo, Max's cat, in "Don't Sleep, Robby!", when he runs into something that explodes offscreen. This comes after Rob shouting at Johny.

"Rob: All right, well, see you later, T.
 * They Call Me Mister Tibbs: "Heinous Anus Zone" has this exchange between Rob and Mr. T:

Mr. T: That's Mister T to you.

Rob: Yeah. Say hi to Mrs. T for me!"


 * This Is for Emphasis, Bitch: Rob is very fond of using this trope. And so does the real Rob.
 * Those Two Bad Guys: Rival and Lackey.
 * Those Two Guys: Mike and Bjorn.
 * Throw It In: Mr. T in "Heinous Anus Zone" comes to Winchester's mind while writing the mini-episode, after the part where Johny says "Fool's gold" to Rob was written.
 * Toilet Humor: In "Heinous Anus Zone", Rob comes up with a concept for a good Sonic the Hedgehog level in which Sonic is shrunk and races in someone's bowels. Johny refuses to hear about it because he thinks it's disgusting. Then at the end, Rob comes up with a revamped version of the level, this time with Sonic quickly running to a bathroom before he poops himself and dies of embarrassment. Johny still doesn't like it.
 * Try and Follow: In the Dream Sequence in "Don't Wake Robby!", Rob jumps off a tall building after being chased by forest rangers and robot guards, thus ending the whole sequence.
 * Unstoppable Rage: In "tWHYlight", Rob is in this mode because of how bad Twilight is.
 * In one scene of "Don't Sleep, Robby!", Rob goes berserk at Johny by screaming at him so he can shoo him out his room (see the "Excite bike, bitch!" quote in The Scream above).
 * Unusual Dysphemism: Depending on slang a couple of episodes use to refer to RuneScape..."Runesuck", "Runegay", "Runeshit", you name it.
 * Viewers are Morons: The scrapbooks in almost every episode, which contain behind-the-scenes information of how the episode was made. They also contain some Take That, Audience!.
 * Vocal Evolution: In early episodes, Johny sounds noticeably deeper and calm, but in later episodes, his voice is more enthusiastic sounding yet quiet.
 * Your Head Asplode: Happens once to Rob in "Siblings Untitled 04" due to the mind screw.