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Clockwise from bottom left: Tom, Chilled, Ze, John, GaLm, and Aphex.

The Derp Crew is a group of Let's Players consisting of Chilled Chaos, GaLm, Ze Royal Viking, Tom Fawkes, John Page (a.k.a. TehSmarty or just Smarty), and Aphex Arcade. They frequently collaborate with each other in gaming sessions, although it's rare that all of them are together at once outside of games like Shell Shock Live.

Other Let's Players that appear on a regular basis with the Crew include Ohmwrecker, GassyMexican, and SattelizerGames.

Additionally, Chilled, GaLm, Ze, and Tom have a podcast called Tangled Cords.

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  • Blog: Tom has a weekly vlog in which he talks about a few things that happen each day of that week. As he is currently living with Ze, Ze sometimes appears although he usually doesn't contribute much.
  • Brainy Brunette: Ze is pursuing a degree in computer programming and often plays Universe Simulator on his channel.
  • Butt-Monkey: John has a bad tendency to make really bad plays and moves that compromise the others, especially in ShellShock, and frequently takes abuse from everyone else, especially Chilled.
  • Crossover: Several of the guys make videos on a fairly regular basis with various members of the Vanoss crew, especially Mini Ladd and BigJigglyPanda.
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  • Gratuitous Spanish: Aphex will occasionally fall into this, given he is bilingual.
  • One Steve Limit: Averted. Chilled and GaLm are both named Anthony, while Ze and Aphex are both named Steven. As a result, a number of multiplayer games tend to result in Steven vs. Steven, Anthony vs. Anthony and Stevens vs. Anthonys matches. This was lampshaded in an episode of ShellShock.
  • Running Gag:
    • The guys constantly refer to Moscow as "Mockba" when playing Geo Guessr.
    • Gassy plays a slide whistle for comic relief.
  • Self-Deprecation: During a Mario Kart 8 session, the question of what each player's autobiography would be titled was floated. John said his was easy: Intelligence Not Required.
  • Shirtless Scene: For his first video of his playthrough of Catherine, which was recorded on Halloween, Tom dressed like the main character when in the dream sequences, meaning no shirt and a ram's horn headpiece. He also occasionally goes without a shirt in his vlog, often when he films after working out.
  • There Can Be Only One: Ze and Aphex sometimes get into a rivalry due to both of them being named Steven, and try to kill each other in-game and declare that only they can be the true Steven.
  • Toilet Humor: During a Mario Kart session, John took a break that was much longer than anyone was expecting, to the point that everyone was wondering if he and his fiancee were getting frisky or if he was stuck in the bathroom, which led to much joking about both possibilities. When he finally got back, he confirmed that it was the latter.


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