The thing is, he did, in fact, get the least amount of points at the end. As he said he would. But because Ally and Oscar were both so good at being middle of the road that they tied for first, that made Brennan second place by default, and since Sam had decided second place would be the winner, Brennan won. But Brennan (almost) never sacrificed his integrity within the episode. He did, in fact, try his hardest at every turn. So we have a paradox on our hands where Brennan technically won the episode through his hard work.
Unfortunately when 2 people tie for first, the next person is 3rd, not 2nd. So I do find it strange they gave it to Brennan but, oh well, they do as they want to.
@@UltimaKeyMaster that's not how skipping works for this kind of scenario. You wouldn't skip second place unless the tie was for first place. If two people reach the end of a race at the same time immediately after the first-place finisher but before any other racers, they tie for second, not third, then you skip _third_ place and the next person is listed as 4th place.
In the after episode about the episode, Sam said he chose them carefully. Brennan for his hyper-competitiveness, Ally for their talent in undermining Brennan and Oscar for being completely uncompetitive and just happy to be there.
You can hear Beardsley start in on him almost immediately "Excellence never pays, hmm?" and then they draw Oscar into joining in with the LOTR stuff. (I maintain he was sincere about being excited to read them to start, then Ally dying of laughter at Brennan losing the books to a non-fan just activated the comedy instinct to needle him)
Whats truly amazing is watching Brennan ping pong between hating the concept and trying his best and his inability to resist competition and actually trying to do the mid rules.
@ragdollrose2687 making Brennan face paradoxes or reveal layered layers (if you saw the bingo episode) I think is Sam's way of showing Brennan love.... And trying to break him...
@@ragdollrose2687I think it was the difference between the objective tasks, like push ups, where he hated the idea of not trying 100%, vs the performance ones where he could gamesmanship and play the players and thus is still applying maximum effort
The fact that you could absolutely tell before Sam had even started announcing the final scores that Brennan had figured out he was going to be awarded the 2nd place win is just so perfect
fun fact: the royalty free song that plays during brennan and oscar's dance was also used for some reason in a bumper in the tv station for my city's subway system, and whenever i hear it i cant help but layer on top of it "DANCE IS A SIN"
@@Butterratbeesome cities have little TVs in their subways. The song that Oscar and Brennan plays sometimes on one of those little TVs in the subway. This person, upon recognizing the song, either mentally or perhaps out loud, chants, "DANCE IS A SIN!"
it's less the fact that it's about birds IMO it's more the fact that sam played him like a fiddle by not only choosing less known birds but also requiring the specific species instead of the general family like the other two players (simease fireback vs pheasant)
@rainbowbarfeverywhere yeah he was stressed bc sam rigged the game, not because he Particularly loves birds. I think he loves birds in the way he does all of nature cause he's curious and loves knowledge
@@buttonsfan There's a great moment when Brennan is interviewing his mom for the Starstruck D20 season, and she tells a story about how he got a question wrong on a little quiz at the end of kids magazine about animals or something, and she tried to console him being like "It's okay, it's not a test" and his response was "You don't understand I *want* it to be a test!" So yeah, probably a pretty long time ahaha
I feel like it should be noted that in the behind the scenes episode for Second Place, Brennan's gong bang was so loud is messed up the lights on the set.
What impresses me the most in that episode, is that not only did Brenna Won, got second and last in a 3 person contest, During the sacrifice of thepoints phase, the way they all chose their numbers was the ONLY scenario, where that could have happened.
It's not the only scenario, actually. There are a lot of other ways to do it, but one is: Oscar bets 5, Brennan bets 3, Ally bets 2. Brennan wins the round and stays at 12, and Oscar and Ally both end up at 13; they still tie for 1st overall so Brennan is still last in points, 2nd place, and the winner.
I mean, even with the stipulation that Brennan bets -∞ in every universe... Ally needs to come in second since if Oscar did he'd have stayed in first ahead of Ally. But Ally could have still bet 1 or 2 points. But I see your point and it is fun
Brennan saying "I'm going to get him; I'm going to get Sam Reich" as though he's about to take 'revenge' only to run up and give Sam a giant bear hug is the most wholesome shit and I love it.
ally's first answer always gets me cause like... they're right lmao. i forget what episode it was but they gave a similar answer in a previous gamechanger/um actually episode where they actually got points and it gave me major that vibes
I mean, the best thing this concept of "aim for the middle to win" in terms of points, overlooks the contestant placement. The middle podium was already Brennan's... he was destined to win.
My favorite part is "whats happening is wrong" because I fully did not clock that second place would actually be the full winner as well and thats the moment it clicked for me 😂
There's a short of a behind the scenes of Game Changer, and it's Sam saying that the first time he made Brennan angry and Brennan Brennaned out, Sam was just like, well that's an unending mine of content right there.
Also at least parts of other episodes, like the bird knowledge portion of the one where they're wearing heart rate monitors, sometimes referred to as the "Roseate Spoonbill incident"
@@FuzzyKayna Okay but putting Brennan "There is no corner of my heart I would not turn over to the world for 5 points" Lee Mulligan in the "Be Mediocre" game is objectively torture for him. That's his hell. Sam putting Brennan in this game and saying it wasn't to torture him sounds like Jigsaw when he says he doesn't kill people. Brennan would sooner start gnawing off (or chipping them, apparently) body parts than having to choose between either doing The Most or trying to win. An enthusiastically devious game designer puts someone in an almost impossible but technically winnable game? My point is that Sam is literally Jigsaw and may actually be trying to give Brennan a heart attack on set for good content. Sam is either lying to us or to himself, but deep down? He knows what he did.
I liked the dynamic shift in this episode: as soon as Brennan failed to deliver on his promise of Goose Egg #2, he actually started being faithful to the premise, with his botched Donald Trump impression and his "DANCE IS A SIN!" bits for example.
I would like to appreciate, for a moment, both your sense of comedic timing, and especially the insertion of a "the vulture dimension" video link during Brennan's dramatic speech 😂😂
Im still a little upset that Brennan didnt argue hes in third so noones in 2nd Cause placement is based on whos above you, he has 2 above him so hes 3rd
him calling it a “sick rodeo… this bizarre fucked up clown festival” while they do their little dance in the back and sam struggles SO much initially to dance in sync with them 😭😭
The two-person team challenge is a beautiful example of strategy, as soon as Sam explained the rules I knew exactly how Brennan would play it, where one person would end up being manipulated into a throw to ensure second place
In the end my giggles turned into a witchy cackle, and the cackle turned into an abominable "hon-hon-hON-HONNNG" french laugh that i do not know where it came from ❤🎉
i CANNOT get over "you're not just playing the cards, you're playing the other players." "wait, are you playing me?" "I'm playing poker right now on my phone."
Watching Brennan put in 100% even though he knows it will be his undoing feels like the last semester of college where I had already gotten into grad school with flying colors but still put WAY too much time and effort into anything while literally everyone around me was saying I could phone it in even just a little bit. Needless to say this video has very strong neurodivergent vibes
I feel like this was a master strategy from Brennan as soon as he heard the premise. If the aim of the game is second place and doing your best doesn’t award points the only way to win would be to try to out preform the other contestants. Because the more points they earn the closer they get to first and first doesn’t win thus getting himself dq’ed at the end. He said that he was going to lose so hard to actually lose he would have needed to be earning points hand over fist. I mean Brennan said it all the back in survivor “do you think I fuck around?”
The best part is how Ally egged him on the entire way. They knew just how to get Brennan's goat, and as a result, they shared in the last laugh with Oscar and Sam.
someone clearly wanted to pit two of Brennan's core attributes against each other... success and thank you for the laughs, because watching Brennan try to simultaneously win the average game and do his best is hilarious!!!
This is fantastic! I would love to see a similar breakdown of the bingo episode. Brennan 's portions made for a compelling story in the larger story of the episode.
The answer did indeed lie between the paths
Brennan accidentally getting the premise before points have even been awarded
Holy shit wait
@@neminem233 No wait.
He saw the Golden Path
the way ally knew brennan so well- ‘hes gonna write a long speech and at the end of it will be a zero”
He had started writing his speech when while Ally was talking.
@@tirlas yeah and he didn't even write zero
big ol' goose egg
@@Aurarora gang!!
@@favoredexistentialcrisis5881it’s a fat zero!
The thing is, he did, in fact, get the least amount of points at the end. As he said he would. But because Ally and Oscar were both so good at being middle of the road that they tied for first, that made Brennan second place by default, and since Sam had decided second place would be the winner, Brennan won. But Brennan (almost) never sacrificed his integrity within the episode. He did, in fact, try his hardest at every turn. So we have a paradox on our hands where Brennan technically won the episode through his hard work.
I saw a comment at some point saying that, in this episode, brennan got first, second and last at the end of the game
Unfortunately when 2 people tie for first, the next person is 3rd, not 2nd. So I do find it strange they gave it to Brennan but, oh well, they do as they want to.
@@castlebekiDon’t know what reference you’re using to get that conclusion. Why would they get third and just leave the second place open?
@@arandomcomment5808 If you have 2 persons that come before you in placement, then you are 3rd.
@@castlebeki But if those two people have 1st, who has 2nd?
“No wait :(“
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”As long as I am on this stage drawing breath” implies that there will be a time when Brennan is on stage while dead
You say that like he won’t be 93 on Dimension 20, breathing his last while Lou fails a wisdom save.
@@karllee2593I’m just imagining Brennan is 93 but Lou is the same age as present day
He was the body dropped during Sam Says
i think the implication is he thinks that one day Sam's going to give him a stress heart attack while on stage lmao
Like he wouldn't be so committed to die on camera for like 5 points
Only Brennan Lee Mulligan can get the least amount of points, come in second, and still win all in the same Game Changer episode.
Even funnier that he won despite not actually coming in second. Nobody came in second because it's skipped in a tie.
@@UltimaKeyMaster not always.
And be furious about it 😂
@@UltimaKeyMaster that's not how skipping works for this kind of scenario. You wouldn't skip second place unless the tie was for first place. If two people reach the end of a race at the same time immediately after the first-place finisher but before any other racers, they tie for second, not third, then you skip _third_ place and the next person is listed as 4th place.
It is the contrast between Ally's smug attitude, Brennan pissed af and Oscar just happy to be there that really makes the episode 😂
In the after episode about the episode, Sam said he chose them carefully. Brennan for his hyper-competitiveness, Ally for their talent in undermining Brennan and Oscar for being completely uncompetitive and just happy to be there.
loved watching Oscar. the whole time hes just like "this is great!"
@@ShortKid226Gandalf? What’s that?
You can hear Beardsley start in on him almost immediately "Excellence never pays, hmm?" and then they draw Oscar into joining in with the LOTR stuff. (I maintain he was sincere about being excited to read them to start, then Ally dying of laughter at Brennan losing the books to a non-fan just activated the comedy instinct to needle him)
Whats truly amazing is watching Brennan ping pong between hating the concept and trying his best and his inability to resist competition and actually trying to do the mid rules.
But by trying to be mid he's actually doing his best at this specific game
Sam is really trying to break him
@ragdollrose2687 making Brennan face paradoxes or reveal layered layers (if you saw the bingo episode) I think is Sam's way of showing Brennan love....
And trying to break him...
@@ragdollrose2687I think it was the difference between the objective tasks, like push ups, where he hated the idea of not trying 100%, vs the performance ones where he could gamesmanship and play the players and thus is still applying maximum effort
There was a change in his strategy when he realized the premise of the end of the game. Second place wins, so he wanted the most points.
@@Emily-zx5qsor rather, the least points
Brennen: *Improvs an inspiring speech at the drop of the hat*
Oscar: "What?"
Ally, Sam, and the entire crew: "First time?"
I think the “what” was more in response to Brennan being OK with coming second than the speech itself
The fact that you could absolutely tell before Sam had even started announcing the final scores that Brennan had figured out he was going to be awarded the 2nd place win is just so perfect
I assumed he was preparing for Brennan to launch into one of his famous improvised rants, and was caught off guard by how calm his tone was.
Ally is so on the ball immediately with the gong; "I would like to answer the question: Brennan."
Bloody hilarious!
"wait no"
His face kills me every time 😂
I do want an episode with that premise now
fun fact: the royalty free song that plays during brennan and oscar's dance was also used for some reason in a bumper in the tv station for my city's subway system, and whenever i hear it i cant help but layer on top of it "DANCE IS A SIN"
man you're so right that fact IS fun 😂
@@Butterratbeesome cities have little TVs in their subways. The song that Oscar and Brennan plays sometimes on one of those little TVs in the subway. This person, upon recognizing the song, either mentally or perhaps out loud, chants, "DANCE IS A SIN!"
lmao
@@KaelWrit your phrasing kind of implies that DANCE IS A SIN is some kind of urban curse
7:08
I notice that he's still bringing up the Roseate Spoonbill incident...
he doesn't care about birds, he swears
it's less the fact that it's about birds IMO it's more the fact that sam played him like a fiddle by not only choosing less known birds but also requiring the specific species instead of the general family like the other two players (simease fireback vs pheasant)
@rainbowbarfeverywhere yeah he was stressed bc sam rigged the game, not because he Particularly loves birds. I think he loves birds in the way he does all of nature cause he's curious and loves knowledge
2:03
“I am playing poker right now on my phone.” That’s just stupid enough to make me spit out my water
Literally the best line in Game Changer history idc
1:34 Denial
2:02 Anger
4:34 Bargaining
8:08 Depression
10:15 Acceptance
This made me laugh so hard I started coughing
😂😂😂😂😂
The funny thing is, technically, Brennan came in first, second and last place at the same time
Yes. I lost. And I broke one of my teeth.
So Brennan cared about winning too much for a long time.
@@buttonsfan There's a great moment when Brennan is interviewing his mom for the Starstruck D20 season, and she tells a story about how he got a question wrong on a little quiz at the end of kids magazine about animals or something, and she tried to console him being like "It's okay, it's not a test" and his response was "You don't understand I *want* it to be a test!" So yeah, probably a pretty long time ahaha
He has said that there is no corner of his soul he wouldn't turn over for a point, and apparently no part of his body he won't destroy.
Ally's sarcastic "yeah, stay in school, kids" fucking laid me out man. I was cackling
2:50
I love games where it’s just “fuck with Brennan.”
Ah yes. Brennan "I don't give a fuck a out birds" Lee Mulligan
Watching them try and break him will never not be funny.
I feel like it should be noted that in the behind the scenes episode for Second Place, Brennan's gong bang was so loud is messed up the lights on the set.
Heh, "gong bang"
Omg where did you see that
@@elliewellie_CZcams In the Behind the Scenes episode for this episode. It's on Dropout, but i don't know if it's on CZcams.
The stunt he pulled with the dance challenge was DEVIOUS
its like the clip of Brennen ranting and saying "I cannot win!" was so popular sam has been trying to recreate it ever since
That's why I'm here
That clip is literally how I discovered game changer. I assume that’s true for many others, too.
With deja vu, i think he's just trying to inflict psychic damage on players
It’s such an iconic BLeeM clip
What impresses me the most in that episode, is that not only did Brenna Won, got second and last in a 3 person contest, During the sacrifice of thepoints phase, the way they all chose their numbers was the ONLY scenario, where that could have happened.
It's not the only scenario, actually. There are a lot of other ways to do it, but one is: Oscar bets 5, Brennan bets 3, Ally bets 2. Brennan wins the round and stays at 12, and Oscar and Ally both end up at 13; they still tie for 1st overall so Brennan is still last in points, 2nd place, and the winner.
It’s the only one for Brennan ! Who would not have given his points anyway
I mean, even with the stipulation that Brennan bets -∞ in every universe... Ally needs to come in second since if Oscar did he'd have stayed in first ahead of Ally. But Ally could have still bet 1 or 2 points. But I see your point and it is fun
:D
Oscar immediately going "I win this so easily!" upon learning the goal of the game is an underrated moment lmao
"No wait :(" sounds like someone who is used to finding the loopholes but got distracted by the funny metal plate xd
Brennan: gives a touching monologue about trying your best
also Brennan: "Now, Sam has built a monument to devilry..."
Nobody:
Brennan: Drinks the pie
Brennan saying "I'm going to get him; I'm going to get Sam Reich" as though he's about to take 'revenge' only to run up and give Sam a giant bear hug is the most wholesome shit and I love it.
“Bare minimum king” is still my favorite thing
"I'm playing poker right now on my phone" might be my favourite line of the episode, gets me every time
ally's first answer always gets me cause like... they're right lmao. i forget what episode it was but they gave a similar answer in a previous gamechanger/um actually episode where they actually got points and it gave me major that vibes
I mean, the best thing this concept of "aim for the middle to win" in terms of points, overlooks the contestant placement. The middle podium was already Brennan's... he was destined to win.
My favorite part is "whats happening is wrong" because I fully did not clock that second place would actually be the full winner as well and thats the moment it clicked for me 😂
Brennan having to stop and process everything twice in one queston
I love that there have now been 2 episodes designed specifically to torture Brennan 🤣
There's a short of a behind the scenes of Game Changer, and it's Sam saying that the first time he made Brennan angry and Brennan Brennaned out, Sam was just like, well that's an unending mine of content right there.
Also at least parts of other episodes, like the bird knowledge portion of the one where they're wearing heart rate monitors, sometimes referred to as the "Roseate Spoonbill incident"
Sam insists that this episode wasn't actually intended to troll Brennan. He just wanted his competitive energy on it.
@@FuzzyKayna Okay but putting Brennan "There is no corner of my heart I would not turn over to the world for 5 points" Lee Mulligan in the "Be Mediocre" game is objectively torture for him. That's his hell.
Sam putting Brennan in this game and saying it wasn't to torture him sounds like Jigsaw when he says he doesn't kill people. Brennan would sooner start gnawing off (or chipping them, apparently) body parts than having to choose between either doing The Most or trying to win.
An enthusiastically devious game designer puts someone in an almost impossible but technically winnable game? My point is that Sam is literally Jigsaw and may actually be trying to give Brennan a heart attack on set for good content. Sam is either lying to us or to himself, but deep down? He knows what he did.
"Winning makes you feel really sad" I will never not laugh at that line 😂😂
Oscar is the real winner because he can read that Lord of the Rings book set he won early in the game
I love watching Brennan's face when he gets the human equivalent of a BSOD and has to reboot.
I can't believe this is the first I've heard "I'm playing poker right now on my phone", that was hilarious.
I so desperately want to see Brennan on TaskMaster
“Winning makes you feel sad”
Brennan went through an entire character arc in this one episode.
I love how his monologue abt comedians building on top of eachother is then showed with the ‘That’s it’ joke in the dance challenge
A whole episode dedicated to Brennan breaking = priceless
“What’s happening here is wrong”
“There’s nothing wrong with second place.”
Brennan was on a TEAR this episode
"What's happening is wrong." When he realized he's the winner is amazing😂 9:44
Brennan saying "winning makes me feel really sad" with a mouthful of pie is such a mood
I liked the dynamic shift in this episode: as soon as Brennan failed to deliver on his promise of Goose Egg #2, he actually started being faithful to the premise, with his botched Donald Trump impression and his "DANCE IS A SIN!" bits for example.
"you dropped this"
I love how when Ally said that he had his worldview crumble for a bit, and then when the real twist happened he was like oh this is so much worse
I would like to appreciate, for a moment, both your sense of comedic timing, and especially the insertion of a "the vulture dimension" video link during Brennan's dramatic speech 😂😂
Im still a little upset that Brennan didnt argue hes in third so noones in 2nd
Cause placement is based on whos above you, he has 2 above him so hes 3rd
2nd most points
I’ll get him in the comments. Infinity is not a number, it’s a concept. His answer was valid.
This game was specifically made to work against brennan and I love him
Hahaha, so conflicted about being happy to win and being mad that it's by being mid 😂
Brennan might be the funniest comedian, like ever
Ally and Oscar dancing in the back at 10:50 just kills me 😂
This episode was tailor-made to hurt Brennan and the fact that he won it in the end is possibly the funniest thing that happened in it.
The fact that he won honestly potentially hurt him more than the rest of the episode
I fucking love Brennan
That "I'm sorry" sounded so genuine but was amazing to see lol
He doesn't like betraying someones' trust outside of D&D
brennan's "no wait" is my favoriteeeee
1:18 - the anger, the madness sets in
Dance is a sin will forever be iconic
Technically by many standards if theres a tie for 1st then the next person isnt 2nd theyd be 3rd. Itd go a and b in 1st and c in 3rd.
Ive seen this episode and ive forgotten how funny the nonchalant "yes, I lost and I broke one of my teeth" was
him calling it a “sick rodeo… this bizarre fucked up clown festival” while they do their little dance in the back and sam struggles SO much initially to dance in sync with them 😭😭
God. Dammit. Now I have to resubscribe to dropout
The two-person team challenge is a beautiful example of strategy, as soon as Sam explained the rules I knew exactly how Brennan would play it, where one person would end up being manipulated into a throw to ensure second place
In the end my giggles turned into a witchy cackle, and the cackle turned into an abominable "hon-hon-hON-HONNNG" french laugh that i do not know where it came from ❤🎉
every single episode of game changer with brennan in it is just 10/10. No question.
The sickness at the heart of america... lmao!
This is really some of Brennan's best work
This was Brennan's personal hell
I appreciate that Brenan reminds Sam that he is mortal and can only push the contestants so far before they Get Him.
Devilry😭😭😂😂 This is definitely my favourite episode this season
i CANNOT get over
"you're not just playing the cards, you're playing the other players."
"wait, are you playing me?"
"I'm playing poker right now on my phone."
“You’ve made an idle of meritocracy” I’m using that
*idol
:)
*mediocrity 😉
This episode might be the most "I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me" energy that Brennan has ever displayed.
I thought the stay in school was hilarious, considering the name of the studio 😆 (no idea what to call dropout, but my point stands)
“Winning makes you feel really sad” 😂
He’s got leverage down, just needs to learn about fulcrums and he’s golden
Never before has Brennan looked so aghast at winning.
I am genuinely floored Brennan hasn’t broken his stand yet
Watching Brennan put in 100% even though he knows it will be his undoing feels like the last semester of college where I had already gotten into grad school with flying colors but still put WAY too much time and effort into anything while literally everyone around me was saying I could phone it in even just a little bit. Needless to say this video has very strong neurodivergent vibes
I feel like this was a master strategy from Brennan as soon as he heard the premise. If the aim of the game is second place and doing your best doesn’t award points the only way to win would be to try to out preform the other contestants. Because the more points they earn the closer they get to first and first doesn’t win thus getting himself dq’ed at the end. He said that he was going to lose so hard to actually lose he would have needed to be earning points hand over fist. I mean Brennan said it all the back in survivor “do you think I fuck around?”
"Winning makes me feel really sad" said no one ever but our very own brenny
His "no wait :(" has big disappointed child energy
Brennan somehow managed to place first, last, and middle at the same time!! Unintentionally!
“Bare minimum king” was cruel. Vile. Despicable.
Perfection.
9:44 "what's happening is wrong" as he realizes he gets second and therefore wins, so good!
DANCE! IS! A SIN! DANCE IS A SIN!!!!!! This was comedy GOLD XD XD XD
i could watch this episode a million times and never get tired of it
Them allowing these clips is some of the best advertising the show can muster
Sam has built a monument to devilry (evil cackle) is everything
The best part is how Ally egged him on the entire way. They knew just how to get Brennan's goat, and as a result, they shared in the last laugh with Oscar and Sam.
Infinity is not a number so he technically never put up a negative number
I love Brennan. Ive never loved him more than this episode.
someone clearly wanted to pit two of Brennan's core attributes against each other... success and thank you for the laughs, because watching Brennan try to simultaneously win the average game and do his best is hilarious!!!
This is fantastic! I would love to see a similar breakdown of the bingo episode. Brennan 's portions made for a compelling story in the larger story of the episode.
Nice editing! Brennan always crack me up!
Brannten just trying to compute is the best 😂😂😂