The Runaway Guys Colosseum/Trivia

This is a planned Trivia section for the TRG Colosseum page to lessen the bloat of the main page.

Some trivia regarding the totals come from this spreadsheet kept up by Kinstone's archive group.

General Trivia

 * The "Colosseum" moniker is not exclusive to TRG's charity events. Kinstone and Direct Relief Gaming also uses this name for Mario Masters Colosseum.
 * TRG Colosseum was not only the first of these, but also the most consistent to happen every year. Since its inception in 2018, it has been an annual event even through the COVID-19 pandemic. It has also raised the most money compared to the other Colosseum-labeled events, for per-segment total, event total, and grand total between all events.
 * The logos and stream package also looks the same. In 2023, the Mario Masters Colosseum event of that year (Kaizo Colosseum) had the same style of logo update that TRG Colo did earlier that year.
 * Pokéthon, another event run by Kinstone and Direct Relief Gaming, also uses a similar stream overlay but is not grouped under the Colosseum name.
 * The spelling used reflects the spelling of the game Pokémon Colosseum, which Emile has LP'd in the past.
 * The Tiltify account used for these events was originally MC's account. This was later renamed to simply "Colosseum".
 * The Lamp and Lord Dona'tor were both conceived because of this event and have since become staples of the show to some degree.
 * Emile's LP during the inaugural event was Pokémon Black and White. Several months before the event, in Episode 40 of that LP, he reveals that he does a little dance upon hearing the Hiker Encounter theme in Black and White (and its sequels) to annoy friends. This "Hiker Dance" has stuck as the theme that plays for every USD$10,000 milestone since, to Jon's chagrin.
 * Jon genuinely started to hate the dance due to the repetitive nature and doesn't hide it, mostly due to his own segment (Chaos Cookie) crossing the $10,000 threshold multiple times. Reluctantly, he tries to spice things up when doing it by swinging other objects like Rosa's star nunchucks ( especially when he was cosplaying as Rosa ), for example. At the end of TRG Colo 2023, he literally exits the frame upon someone else mentioning it.

2019

 * This is both the only four-day and five-day event. There is one segment missing in the playlist, that being Jules' bonus "Day 5" incentive segment streamed to his channel from Emile's house a week(?) after to push the final total past $180k. It was a Mario 64 speedrun race between Jules and Masae, much like the Mario 64 speedrun race from the year prior that began their soft speedrun rivalry that's referenced in later years. The only surviving footage of this stream is in a highlight clip posted by 1PressL2P. As far as we know, Jules did not archive the original VOD and it may be lost to time.
 * This bonus segment, as explained by Emile, was an incentive during the 2D Mario Relay Race on Day 4 that would've happened right before the finale (the next segment after) as a bonus race. Due to time, the incentive was quickly replaced by the now-infamous Jump Up, Super Star!/"THIS IS AN AD" singalong at the end of the 2019 Super Mario Odyssey Moon Race during Day 4's finale. The team decided to do the incentive anyway as a separate stream because so much money was being raised for it to be met before the goal changed.
 * There was a $180,000 goal incentive made during the last segment for sending Jon to bed early. This made everyone STOP donating instead. Though not played straight, this was referenced by Emile when the milestone was finally reached. During the bonus segment, it forced Jules to change his speedrun to 70 stars (rather than 16 stars, which is possible thanks to a glitch). For every additional thousand dollars donated after, Masae must collect 1 extra star.
 * Though officially "Day 4.5", if you count this segment as "Day 5" like the Bokoblin spreadsheet does, this is the only event that has lasted five days. Technically, Colosseum campaigns run for several months before closing, but this actually counted as an official day of the event even if it only lasted one segment and was mostly done to push the grand total higher one last time.
 * The final total on Day 4 at the finale was $178,106. Before this segment started, the total went up about 150 dollars to $178,260 (even).

2020 (Direct)

 * This is currently the only event where multiple surprise special guests appeared throughout the weekend:
 * Voice actor D.C. Douglas appeared in a bumper, both as himself and a mo-capped Albert Wesker.
 * Following Douglas, legendary composer Grant Kirkhope also appeared in a bumper, giving a shoutout to FamilyJules who has made metal covers of his works from the Banjo-Kazooie series.
 * Voice actress Lindsay Jones (from RWBY) is the only surprise guest to be in an actual segment this year, playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons with Jules, Adri, Jack, and other TRG friends.
 * Immediately following the AC:NH segment, VoiceoverPete features in a bumper telling people to donate. His appearance was apparently commissioned by Emile.

2022

 * The total raised for this event pushed the grand total for all events to $1.3 million USD.

2023

 * The total raised for this event had easily pushed the grand total for all events to $1.5 million USD raised. After merch, this was pushed to $1.8 million.
 * The pandemic had postponed many plans for TRG Colo 2020 due to the format change. One of these was having The Completionist be a guest, which didn't happen until 2021. It is unknown if this also meant the move to a hotel ballroom was in the 2020 plans.
 * On the main page, the title of the 2023 section is an homage to how Final Fantasy VI originally released as Final Fantasy III outside of Japan.


 * Thanks to the move to a hotel ballroom, the following production upgrades occured:
 * The introduction of a full set, featuring a faux wooden wall and a CRT TV that can show a camera feed at will. To add to the 90’s basement ambiance even further, posters were also hung up with art depicting the core TRG members, done by highly regarded members of the TRG artist community: Camille Skyleste, PRimeExplorer, Sonoci (sonocomics), and Sulillium. All of them were given out as segment prizes throughout the event and were commissioned by Jyggy. Besides where the artist may have signed it digitally, the posters were hand-signed by everyone present at the event.
 * The set design in general is attributed to Klinkit, who does the same for Zeldathon.
 * Speaking of Zeldathon…
 * The monitor and camera setup is more akin to what Zeldathon uses.
 * MC's tech setup in general is made available for use, including MC's "Stream Box", which includes multiple capture devices. Its latest 2.0 variant includes two 3DS capture devices.
 * The Meat Couch, as named by Kinstone member Ganon11, is used on set when the couch is desired. Its name was made known in the aforementioned tech tour bumper, to the amusement of TRG fans not in the know.
 * The Zeldathon dungeon wall was almost used as the set backdrop, or at least used temporarily during initial setup, as seen in StephenVlog footage and a couple of the bumpers Stephen shot: Choose a Character and T-Pose Conformity, where it fit very well for those bumpers in particular. In certain shots, you can still see the Triforce insignia on it.
 * The immediate next Zeldathon event, Zeldathon Echoes, happened in the same location as this one. This is evident by the scenes outside the ballroom as well as Jyggy's behind the scenes stream on the day before that event.
 * A donation cam was introduced! The donation prizes were shown behind the donation reader in this space, and the intermission loop played on a TV on the viewer’s left as if the intermission loop itself continued on while on this view. A lava lamp was also on this set below the TV, and fans immediately claimed it as the counterpart to the original metal Lamp.
 * The donation lounge set was the topic of a bumper aired ad-lib of the tech crew explaining why they never appeared in the intro. The punchline of Klinkit screaming "MY AMBIANCE" quickly became a memorable quote.
 * Klinkit found the lava lamp while shopping and decided to put it there. It is debated on whether it is a rival to or a love interest for The Lamp we already know.
 * A backstage green room that ended up being used for props (including the making of the new cardboard cutouts of Tim and Emile in both small and tall sizes), the filming of Stephen's short videos to promote the event, and for Dan and Stephen to edit bumpers from.
 * For the first time, the entire stream was recorded locally using MC's tech instead of relying solely on OBS Studio or Twitch VODs. While still edited down by Dan, the entirety of the streams are properly backed up.
 * The only downside to this is how food is now provided by the hotel or is ordered. This is how Zeldathon operates today, but past Colosseum events at AirBNBs had Mal and Lucah cook for the entirety of the crew. This and any potential cooking segment is very unlikely going forward. Some attendees lamented at the lack of home-cooked meals during the event (the last time this occurred was, of course, at TRG Colo 2019).
 * Due to a party that happened before they came, they were given leftovers by a random guest for free. This occurred right as Stephen was about to go live for Breakfast Stream on the Thursday before the event. The same stream revealed that Masae and Jirard were guests before they were confirmed (especially the latter).