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Mark Edward Fischbach (born June 28, 1989 [Age 27]) is a popular vlogging and gaming YouTuber known by his username, Markiplier. He mainly uploads playthroughs of various video games, most notably horror games, such as Neverending Nightmares, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, SCP – Containment Breach, Five Nights at Freddy's, and many others.
About
He has accumulated more than 16 million subscribers, and makes a milestone video every time he hits a 1,000,000 milestone to show his fans his gratitude and often includes news about upcoming projects. He is often considered to be the "most caring YouTuber" due to his heartfelt appreciation to his viewers and his tendency to show his emotion on camera.
He is primarily known for his videos pertaining to Slender, SCP: Containment Breach, Drunk Minecraft, Cry Of Fear, Amnesia Custom Stories, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Happy Wheels Highlights. His online handle (Markiplier) is a combination of his first name, Mark, and the word 'Multiplier'.
He currently works with a few people, Tyler, his long time bestfriend since 4th grade, who mostly helps Mark with upcoming projects and events. Ethan, a blue haired guy who runs the channel CrankGameplays and is most known for helping Mark edit Let's Plays, and other videos Mark does. Kathryn, Marks editor and good friend, who also is a good friend of Amy. And Amy, Marks girlfriend who mostly helps Mark plan events (Read more about Amy below). All 4 have been shown in resent videos, and are good friends of Mark.
Mark is currently dating a girl named Amy Nelson [citation needed] who is a graphic designer, known on twitter as iceddarkroast, and who has a new website coming up. They prefer to keep their relationship private, according to tweets from Amy. More recently, Amy has been showing up in Mark's videos and livestreams.
Marks favorite color was previously said to be green, but after a very blunt and obvious realization, he has changed it to red.
Biography
Mark was born in the Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii as the incarnation of Eddy, from the popular cartoon "Ed, Edd & Eddy", and was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is half-Korean from his mother and half-German from his father, but despite his background he is only fluent in English. He has attempted to speak Portuguese and other languages, but as per usual, it ends horribly. He knows some basic Korean courtesy of his mother, but very little.
Mark's father passed away (after a long battle with cancer) when Mark was 17, which led him to become very depressed. Mark studied to become a biomedical engineer at the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out of college to pursue his YouTube career.
Mark often hosts monthly charity livestreams (almost all of which are on a Saturday around the middle to end of the month) in which he raises money to donate to charities like the Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He and his community have raised $1,118,645.14 in total and the number grows with every livestream.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Prominent video games
Cry Of Fear
One of Markiplier's earliest, and most popular play-throughs was Cry of Fear. This play-through was one of the earliest horror game videos to feature Mark using a face cam. Originally a mod for the first Half-Life game, Cry of Fear has recently become a standalone game. Mark is a big fan of Half-Life and kept up with all the mods for the first Half-Life before his YouTube days. He was very impressed with the quality of the mod, and the amount of work that had been put into creating original content for the mod. Although stumbling through the first couple of videos, he quickly adapted to the game and everything it threw at him. Mark's play-through can be found here.
Happy Wheels
An early playlist, and one of his most popular ones, is "Happy Wheels Highlights". As of August 17, 2016, Markiplier has uploaded 92 episodes of Happy Wheels Highlights. It's a montage of Happy Wheels player-made mini-games, that are completely or somewhat different to one another. It's notable that Markiplier often skips the most played levels. The most common ones that he finds are Glass Breaks, Bottle Runs, Spike Falls and Ball Throws. He also likes to play popular "Markiplier-themed" mini-games. The playlist can be found here.
Slenderman
A few of Markiplier's most popular videos are those of his Slenderman playthroughs. He has mastered many of the Slender games, including Prison, Claustrophobia, Hospice, 7th Street, Mansion, and more. After trying a few times, he dedicated a few of his videos to a serious play-through of Slender: Haunt, which he eventually mastered as well. He has yet to complete the original Slender: The 8 Pages, Slender: The Arrival, Carnival, or Christmas Special. Mark has said that the Christmas Special (which replaces Slenderman with a jolly Santa Claus, the grim music with Christmas music, buildings with gift boxes, and static with "Ho ho ho!") is truly horrifying in its own way, while also apparently a destroyer of childhoods.
He seems to have grown quite fond of Slenderman, as seen in his playthrough of the indie game called Evil, where a gargantuan version of Slenderman was seen. With such appearances, he took to calling Slenderman "Slendy." which is commonly known as Slenderman's nickname.
As of late, Mark has stated that he feels like Slender has run its course, but despite that he does play new Slender games when they come out.
Indie Horror Games
Markiplier has played many indie horror games, dedicating multiple playlists to them. He takes suggestions from his subscribers, as well as finding them himself. Sometimes, Yamimash or other YouTubers recommend games to him, or he plays games that other YouTubers played that he finds intriguing.
Though he has received requests to play games built on RPGMaker, such as Ib or Mad Father, he has stated in a video before that he feels that such games are silly, and aren't really his style. However, due to very good criticism about the RPG game The Witch's House, Mark decided to "give it a try". After the gameplay, Mark admitted he had a wrong idea about RPG games and that they too can be scary. Since The Witch's House, Mark has played Paranoiac, Mad Father, Ib, and the Crooked Man, and the classic version of Corpse Party and has asked his viewers to suggest more games to play. Most of his fans suggest he plays the newer version of Corpse Party or Misao, both of which he said he will be playing as soon as he finds time for it.
Mark had originally confused the classic Corpse Party with the newer version, stating at the end of the play-through that he was confused and said that he knew Cryaotic's play-through was much longer than his (it was roughly 30 parts, about half an hour or longer each.) When he realized his mistake he promised to do the newer version of Corpse Party as soon as he finds time, as the newer Corpse Party is a very lengthy game.
The playlist can be found here.
After he plays the games he usually gives a short critique about the game before ending the video. While playing "Evil," an Indie Horror Game, Mark was not amused. He couldn't find the objective of the game, and while he liked a few mechanics of the game, he did not think that the slow-paced and clumsy controls kept the atmosphere going. Whatever atmosphere the game had grown in the first moments of the experience was completely obliterated soon after. A balloon version of Slenderman left Mark confounded, also stating that one couldn't just put scary stuff in a game to make it actually scary.
Some Indie Games he has played include, but are not limited to:
Hide, Stalked, One Late Night, Evil, Hyde, Slendytubbies, Inside, The Corridor, Maze, Hylophobia, The Rake: Return to Asylum, The House, The House 2, Where Am I, Bunny Man: Lost Souls, Labyrinth, Labyrinth (as in Greek Mythology), The Rake: Hostel, Which, 1916, Imscared, Resolute Dark, Forest, Lasting, Exmortis, Mental Hospital, Illusion, Pesadelo, Inculcation, Sonic.exe, Dark Ocean, Fibrillation, Dream of the Bloodmoon, Five Nights at Freddy's, and The Grudge.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Often citing Amnesia as a truly terrifying game, Markiplier has dedicated many of his videos to the play-through of both Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and custom stories made for the game.
So far, his favorite custom stories seem to be: The Things in the Night, The Great Work, and the upcoming A Machine for Pigs. Here is a list of his Custom Story playthroughs:
Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs
Markiplier began his A Machine For Pigs play-through on the same day that it was released, and produced 10 episodes of it. Although very excited for the game, he feels it was lacking in the fear factor that made The Dark Descent such a good horror game. That being said, he still appreciates it for what it is, despite the disappointment in his exceptions for the game.
SCP Containment Breach
Despite saying he won't play this game again, Mark continues to do so. SCP involves different monsters starting with a root SCP followed by some number (i.e. SCP-001). SCP-173 (or 'Billy") is the most common one which instantly kills you when your character blinks. He has also played through different mods of the game, including Slender Mod and My Little Pony. He also played a fan-made mod of the game that changed all monsters' textures, as well as many other textures and sounds, to either be related to him or his channel or to be Markiplier himself. After the release of version 0.7.1, Mark started doing videos on SCP Containment Breach again (sometimes "cheating" his way through because the game can be a pain in his butt.) He restated that SCP Containment Breach has given him some of the biggest scares. After another halt, Mark came back again with the release of version 0.8.
Drunk Minecraft
- "Hello, everybody, and welcome back t—[muyskerm: (something unintelligible)]—SHUT UUUUUUUUP!"
- —from Episode 2
Markiplier's first Drunk Minecraft video was uploaded to his channel on the 8th of August 2012 and very rapidly became a fan favourite. It mainly features him with his 2 friends muyskerm (Bob) & Lordminion777 (Wade) playing Minecraft while intoxicated. The first season consisted of 32 episodes and ran until early December. After many requests, Mark uploaded the 1st of the 2nd season of Drunk Minecraft on the 21st of March 2013, and in the 2nd season, Mark, Bob & Wade have objectives to complete competitively to become the winner of the episode, the true winner being determined by their "Eye in the Sky", Zombiemold, also known as Zombie. Even though it has not been announced how long the 2nd season will run for, Mark revealed in Q&A session that Drunk Minecraft would be interrupted, since Bob moved away to finish Law School. The series returned on October 27, with the episode "DON'T KILL THE CHICKEN." Upon the return, the previous style of Season 2 faded, with a more open theme, that is, without as many contests.
A spin-off series entitled "Drunk Prop Hunt" also appeared. This has taken place on both the Garry's Mod game and Minecraft maps most likely built by Zombiemold.
The series came to an abrupt end at episode 69. For health reasons Markiplier can no longer drink alcohol.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Mark is extremely popular for his Five Nights at Freddy's play-throughs, his first video of Five Nights at Freddy's was posted shortly after the game was released. The game sparked some interest in him, also making him say that it was the 'scariest game in years' and making him do a full play-through of it. He was even the second person to have recorded footage of beating 4/20 mode. After playing FNaF, Mark dubbed himself the king of Five Nights at Freddy's, a title still recognized to this day.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Mark started his play through of the second game a few days after it was released, saying that it was the 'scariest game ever made' and had more difficulty beating it then the last game due to FNaF 2's high difficulty. Once again he was the second person to complete the hardest mode, dubbed 10/20 mode, however, Mark did not do the other custom night challenges.
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Mark started his play-through the same day the game was released, and was confused as to why there was no animatronic in the first night. Once he reached night 2, Mark stumbled through the game for a few tries, but eventually learned how to play and zipped through the game easily. Once he beat night five, he was confused as to why there were multiple endings. He then completed nightmare mode in 2 tries in the next episode. In his latest episode, Mark got the good ending and stated that even though the series had ended, it was a great game and stated that many people who hated horror games played the game out of curiosity. He said that he thinks there won't be another game in the series but that he, along with all the other fans of the game, is trying to find out what happened in FredBear's Family Diner, and the origins of Shadow Bonnie and Golden Freddy.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4: The Final Chapter
Markiplier stated in a video from Five Nights at F*ckboy's 3 that he is excited for Five Nights at Freddy's 4 and that he can't wait for it to come out. He started this series the day it was released, and had completed 20/20/20/20 mode by the 4th of August 2015.
Markiplier Completing the 20/20/20/20 Mode on Five Nights at Freddy's 4
List of Games Played
- :the game:
- 10 Second Ninja
- 12 Grapes
- 100 Floors Horror Elevator
- 400 Years
- 7 Days to Die
- A Box Full of Joy
- Absolute Drift
- A Good Husband
- A Good Wife
- Agar.io
- Air Control
- Alice is Dead
- Alien: Isolation
- Alone
- Amnesia: A Coward's Debt
- Amnesia: A Late Night Drink
- Amnesia: Castle of Devastating Diseases
- Amnesia: Fekete Keres
- Amnesia: Obscurity
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Amnesia: The Four Horsemen
- Amnesia: The Grey Eagle
- Amnesia: When Life No Longer Exists
- Among the Sleep
- Ampu-Tea
- Antumbra
- Ao Oni
- A Story About My Uncle
- Attack on Titan: The Game
- Avian
- Bad Dream
- Bad Dream: Butcher
- Bad Dream: Graveyard
- Bad Dream: Hospital
- Bad Dream: Memories
- Battleblock Theater
- Besiege Alpha
- Bewilder House
- Black Rose
- Black Snow
- Blank Dreams
- Bleached Eyeballs
- BNKR
- Boibot
- Bonnie Simulator
- Boogeyman
- Brighter Day
- Broforce
- Brutal Doom
- Brutal Mario World
- Bulb Boy
- Bunker 16
- Burrito Galaxy
- Call of Duty
- Calm Time
- Canabalt
- Captured
- Catlateral Damage
- Catlateral Damage Redux
- Cat Mario
- Charge!
- Chicken Walk
- Christmas Shopper Simulator
- Christmas Shopper Simulator 2: Black Friday
- Citizen Burger Disorder
- Civilization VI
- Classroom Aquatic
- Cleverbot Boibot
- Cleverbot Evie
- CLOP
- Cloudberry Kingdom
- Clustertruck
- Continuous
- ContinuousLY
- Critical Mass
- Cry of Fear
- Dark Cut
- Dark Deception
- Dead Bits
- Dead Space
- Death Dice Overdose
- Deep Sleep
- Deep Down in Space
- Deepest Sleep
- Deputy Dangle
- Destroy the Porn
- Devilry
- Devil's Tuning Fork
- Diep.io
- Disco Dodgeball
- Disco Discomfort
- Dishonored
- DLC Quest
- Dreadhalls
- Don't Escape
- Don't Escape 2
- Don't Escape 3
- Don't Make Me Turn This Car Around
- Don't Shit Your Pants
- Don't Starve
- Don't Starve Together
- Don't Take This Risk
- Don't Tax Me, Bro!
- Don't Whack Your Teacher
- Doom (2016)
- Dota 2
- Doucebag: Beach Club
- Doucebag's Chick
- Doucebag Life
- Drawful
- Dream.exe
- Dropsy
- Dude, Stop
- Dumpy Going Elephants
- Dungeon Nightmares
- Dystopixelia
- Electronic Super Joy
- Element4I
- Eleusis
- Env
- Enviro-Bear 2000
- Exoptable Money
- Extreme Treadmill Survival
- Failman
- Fatal Frame 2
- First Person Lover
- Fist of Awesome
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2
- Five Nights at Freddy's 3
- Five Nights at Freddy's 4
- Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location
- Five Nights at Fuckboy's
- Five Nights at Fuckboy's 2
- Five Nights at Fuckboy's 3
- Five Nights at the Chum Bucket
- Five Nights at the Krusty Krab
- Five Nights at Treasure Island
- Five Nights at Wario's
- FlapBound
- Flappy Fedora
- Flora's Fruit Farm
- Fly in the House
- FOC/US
- Forget Me Not Annie
- Four Second Frenzy
- Fran Bow
- Frightened Pixels
- Fuck This Game
- GAME OF THE YEAR: 420BLAZEIT
- Garry's Mod
- Gasosta
- Genital Jousting
- Gentleman's Dispute
- Ghost Supermarket
- Giraffe Attack
- Give Up
- Give Up 2
- Goat Simulator
- Go Home You're Drunk
- Goofball
- Grand Theft Auto V
- H1Z1
- Handless Millionaire
- Handless Millionaire 2
- Happy Wheels
- Haunted Memories
- Heavy Bullets
- Hektor
- Henry Stickmin: Breaking the Bank
- Henry Stickmin: Escaping the Prison
- Henry Stickmin: Stealing the Diamond
- Henry Stickmin: Infiltrating the Airship
- Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex
- Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!
- Hot Dog Heartache
- Hotel Remorse
- Hotline Miami
- HuniePop
- Hunted
- I Am Bread
- Ib
- I Miss You
- Incredipede
- Ink
- In Lucy's Eyes
- Infinideer
- Insomnia
- I Wanna Be the Guy
- Joy of Creation
- Jurassic Heart
- Kerbal Space Program
- KHOLAT
- Killing Floor 2
- Kill The Bad Guy
- Kitty Powers' Matchmaker
- Knight Squad
- Knock Knock
- Kraven Manor
- Lea
- Last Case
- Layers of Fear
- Lego Worlds
- Lethal League
- Lethe
- Lone Survivor
- Lord of the Aisle
- Lullaby for an Electric Toaster
- Lumen
- Lurking
- Mad Father
- Magicite
- Mari0
- Markiplier... My Name Is... Mark
- Markiplier: The Game
- Markiplier: The Game 2
- Miami Shark
- Minecraft (while drunk)
- Misao
- MLG Flappy Bird 420
- Mole Hammers
- Mole Hammers 2
- Monstrum
- Mr. Kitty Saves The World
- Muddy Heights
- Murder at Masquerade Manor
- Nether
- Neverending Nightmares
- Next Car Game
- Night Blights
- No Time to Explain
- Nyctophobia
- Octodad
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch
- OFF
- Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator
- One Chance
- One Finger Death Punch
- One Night at Flumpty's
- One Night at Flumpty's 2
- Orbitor
- Outlast
- Overgrowth
- Overnight Redux 2
- Paranoic
- Passing Pineview Forest
- Penis Cloner
- Pesadelo
- Phobia
- Plague Inc. Evolved
- Plug and Play
- Point Perfect
- Poly Bridge
- Potato Man Seeks the Troof
- Power Drill Massacre
- Presentable Liberty
- Probability 0
- Probably Archery
- P.T.
- Punishment: The Punishing
- Punk's Not Dead
- Quadrant
- QWOP Hacked
- Racket Boy
- Ragdoll Olympics
- Rake
- Raspy Hill
- Reigns
- Reimaging :the game:
- Replaying :the game:
- Riddle School
- Ripest of Fears
- Road Redemption
- Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal
- Rocket League
- Rust
- Safari Showdown
- Sally.exe
- Santa Claws
- Santa's Rampage
- Santiplier: The Game
- Sara is Missing
- Scale
- SCP-432
- SCP Containment Breach
- ScreenCheat
- Segway of the Dead
- Serious Sam 3:BFE
- Sightline
- Silent Hill
- Silent Hill: Alchemilla
- Silly.TIFF
- Sins of the Father: Eternium
- Skate 3
- Slender
- Slender: The Arrival
- Slender: The Eight Pages
- Slendytubbies
- Sluggish Morss
- Soccer Physics
- SOMA
- Song of Horror
- Sonic.exe
- Sonic Unfair
- Sortie En Mer
- Sort the Court
- Speedungeon
- SpeedRunners
- Spewer
- SPIME
- Spongebob Slendypants
- Spooky's House of Jumpscares
- Spore
- State of Decay
- Stranded Deep
- Submachine 1: The Basement
- Subnautica
- Sumotori Dreams
- Sunky.mpeg
- Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
- Super Hexagon
- SuperHOT
- Super Mario Maker
- Super Pig
- Super Squat Simulator
- Super Wolfenstein HD
- Surgeon Simulator
- Sushido
- Swamp Sim
- Sydney Shark
- Table Tug
- Table Tug 2
- Table Tug 3
- Tea Party Simulator 2014
- That Dragon, Cancer
- The Binding of Isaac
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth
- The Cat That Got the Milk
- The Curse of Blackwater
- The Cursed Forest
- The Escapists
- The Evil Within
- The Floor is Jelly
- The Forest
- The House
- The Impossible Game
- The Impossible Quiz
- The Impossible Quiz 2
- The Impossible Quiz Book
- The Last of Us
- The Murder of King
- The Plan
- There Is No Game
- The Sims 4
- The Stanley Parable
- The Static Speaks My Name
- The Stranger
- The Unfair Platformer
- The Very Organized Thief
- The Witch's House
- The Worst Workout of Your Life
- They Breathe
- Timore
- Transistor
- Trollface Quest
- Trollface Quest 2
- Trollface Quest 3
- Trollface Quest 4
- Trollface Quest 5
- Trollface Quest 13
- Toribash
- To the Moon
- Towel Required
- Town of Salem
- Turbo Dismount
- Uhcakip.exe
- Uncanny Valley
- Undertale
- Unfair Mario
- Universe Sandbox
- Until Dawn
- Vanish
- Velocibox
- Video Game: The Game
- Virtusphere
- VVVVVV
- Whack The Thief
- Whack Your Boss
- Whack Your Computer
- Whack Your Ex
- Whack Your Neighbour
- Where is My Hammer
- White Night
- Will You Press the Button?
- Windlands
- With the Addition of Markiplier
- With the Addition of Markiplier: Asses and Angels
- With the Addition of Markiplier: Dance with Caution
- World's Hardest Game
- World's Hardest Game 2
- Would You Rather?
- Wrestle Jump Nuremo Dos
- XCVB
- Yandere Simulator
- Year Walk
- Zoo Race
Live-streams
Mark has done numerous live-streams on Twitch. He has also done a few major charity live-streams, 1 of them being the $8000 Cancer Research Charity Donation and an almost $7000 donation to an organ charity. In one of his other live-streams, held on May 18, 2013, Mark and his community were able to raise over $20,000 for the "American Cancer Society" charity in under 9 hours. In the livestream in July 2014 Mark and his fans raised over $81,000 for Best Friends Animal Society over the course of 12 hours. In total, Mark, with the continued support of his loyal subscribers have raised $628,670.14 since the last charity live-stream.
His streams are always held on his twitch channel, but on his May livestream for 2015, he voiced his interest in switching over to YouTube's streaming service once they fix all the bugs in the system. He said that he thought it was better to have his streams on the same website, to make it more convenient and more connected to his channel. His Twitch account can be found here.
YouTube Channels
Markiplier
His first channel was known as "Markiplier". It was his original gaming channel. Due to a problem, this channel couldn't be partnered, so Mark started a new gaming channel so he could be partnered. On January 12, 2016 his channel was hacked by a twitter account called "OurMine." OurMine posted a video on Mark's channel with the OurMine twitter logo and profile pic that played music. The video was soon deleted by YouTube during the middle of the day.
Markiplier Livestream Archives
Markiplier Livestream Archives is an inactive channel of Mark's. It holds Mark's live streams. It has been inactive since mid-2012.
MarkiplierGAME
MarkiplierGAME is Mark's current channel.
Co-Op Video Games
Markiplier has played collaboration horror games a few times. He first did a collaboration with another popular YouTube Horror Let's Player, Yamimash. After this, he played multiple Garry's Mod custom horror maps and an Indie Game called Slendytubbies with Yamimash, and played a non-horror game called Castle Crashers with Yamimash, TheRPGMinx, and CinnamonToastKen.
He has played a game called Primal Fear, which he is considering playing co-op with other YouTubers. However, he has let his subscribers decide.
He also played Trouble in Terrorist Town, Murder and Prop Hunt, with YouTubers such as TheRPGMinx, Ohmwrecker, PewDiePie, Seananners, CaptainSparklez, Yamimash, EatMyDiction1, Jacksepticeye, GassyMexican, and Bob & Wade from Drunk Minecraft.
He has done another set of videos with CaptainSparklez of Gentleman's Dispute and the sequel Max Gentleman. They both have different perspectives on their channel, but Markiplier's perspective includes the bloopers.
Animations
Markiplier showcases some of the fan-animated videos on his channel and in return, is able to pay the artist for their work. The YouTube animator Lixian is of special note, being the first animator to be featured and also as the creator of a large number of the animations featured on Markiplier's channel.
Several notable animations on his channel involve the game Yandere Simulator.
Another animator that animates for Markiplier is a youtuber that goes by the name GrittySugar. She has made a minimum amount of animations for Markiplier.
Musical career
Markiplier also has a history with music. He made one of his older Outro music tracks. This was known as "Funky Outro", and it was homemade by Markiplier himself. He has also sang in several videos such as "How To Beat A Monkey At Chess: THE MUSICAL", "FNAF: The Musical Feat. Markiplier (Night 1)", and "Five Nights at Freddy's: The Musical – Night 2". He also came back for Nights 4 and 5 of the Five Nights at Freddy's musical series.
According to "The Markiplier Quiz", Mark has played the trumpet in a school band.
Markiplier also starred in the music video/song from Starbomb for Egoraptor. There, he sang. He portrayed the announcer for the new "family" game known as "Super Smash Brothers".
In a collaboration with the channel "Good Mythical Morning", he played the Phone Guy in a song they wrote about Five Nights at Freddy's.
While collaborating with other YouTuber, and close friend, Matthias, in challenges such as the Disney Song challenge and the "Never Have I Ever" game, he admitted to taking a few singing lessons.
Acting career
Markiplier has had a somewhat successful acting career in his life through his channel. Although he never got a job in acting, he has made multiple YouTube Videos that involve him acting. One of these include "Let's Play: Real Life". He is rather good at it. He also voiced himself in the real video game "PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist", and even PewDiePie himself said that he was a good voice actor.
Markiplier has also acted/done voice work for other channels. Like on Game Theory, he was featured in the intro of the 2nd Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Theory on the channel, where he says it was him who is purple guy and that "it's not just a theory". Or when he has featured himself talking on Game Explain.
He has also acted in Bart Baker's music video parodies of Meghan Trainor's "Lips are Movin'" and Jason Derulo's "Wiggle".
Personality
Markiplier plays with a style contrasting that of many other Let's Players on Youtube. While some, such as ChaoticMonki, play with a subdued, sarcastic, and sometimes panicked mood, and others such as PewDiePie play with a constantly confused, panicked, and action-packed way, Mark plays with a mixture of both. When things are quiet, he thinks and calms down before trying to solve the puzzle... at least he tries to.
He commonly takes on an exaggerated facade of courage and bravado when clear of danger, proclaiming his superhuman strength, bravery, and incredible good looks. He (jokingly) overstates either his gaming skills, or his incompetence with solving puzzles, and threatens off-screen monsters, and sometimes real people, with a variety of awkward-often chair related-violence.
Upon the appearance of an enemy, he often panics, giving his trademark (no pun intended) screams and fleeing towards the nearest available closet. Upon the escape from the threat, his smooth attitude returns and so do his jeers of derision towards the game's antagonist.
However, on games such as Cat Mario or Give Up, or any nonsensical puzzle, he goes into a fit of rage. He is often very fired up while playing such games. He often describes this as "World-Ending Rage."
Alongside his suave and sonorous voice, Mark has a well-trained eye for quality in games, praising creative or innovative features, especially physics. He's willing to play a game through to its end despite any faults it may have, even particularly bad ones, showing his appreciation for all games.
After playing a game, he will often pause for a minute before ending the video to talk about the quality of the game, what it did and didn't do well, as well as giving the developer advice as to how to make the game better.
Mark has a special place in his heart for his fans and has shown it numerous times during vlogs and milestone videos. He had been going through a rough patch in his life before he started doing YouTube and making people laugh, and posting videos of him playing games was the thing that kept him going. It still keeps him going today, actually. In every milestone video, Mark has shown his appreciation and love for his fans, saying that he would be nowhere without them and he believes that every single one of them have the potential to change the world.
3 Million Subscriber Milestone feat. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Mark often says that he believes that with the right person leading the community, they can do amazing things and do so much good in the world, they just need to be pushed in the right direction.
In his 3 Million Subscriber Milestone video you can see the love and support he gives his fans and how he wants the best for all of them, with them wanting the same for him. The community they share is known for being one of the most positive fanbases on YouTube, some saying possibly that it may be the best on the Internet as a whole. Most fanbases like PewDiePie tend to be more "wild" than Mark's, but the community on Mark's channel is living proof that if all the fans can share the same common goal, they can become a group that literally do anything they can put their minds to, and Mark is determined to make sure that that opportunity doesn't go to waste.
Alter Egos
Wilford Warfstache
Wilford Warfstache is the most popular alter ego of Markiplier. He is the pink mustache wearing journalist and reporter. Wilford is somewhat of the mascot of Markiplier's Channel. Wilford is also a cold-hearted killer, known to have murdered at least 3 people and a dog.
Darkiplier
Darkiplier is Markiplier's evil personality. Unlike Mark, he says morbid, dark, and disturbing things to the viewers.
Santa Clause
Mark's portrayal of Santa Clause is an evil and sadistic parody of Santa Claus.
Mark-bot
Mark-bot is simply a robotic persona of Markiplier.
The Ham-Fisted Avenger
The Ham-Fisted Avenger is a less known persona of Markiplier. He mainly uses it in Livestreams.
Shane Walsh
Markiplier's version of Shane Walsh is an exaggerated version of the Shane Walsh form the Walking Dead
Hershel Greene
Markiplier also has a twisted version of Hershel Greene from the walking dead.
Sally McSaggyTits
Markiplier uses this persona to mask his username when playing on public servers to prevent attracting too much attention from fans.
BUMBUM
Another fake persona to prevent too much attention from fans on public servers
Markimoo
Also another fake person, used in Agar.Io, etc. It is also what his fans refer to him sometimes.
Controversy
On January 2016, Mark gained controversy after he posted a video of a horror game called "The Hospital". The reason why it is controversial is because the jumpscares in the game are actual pictures of gore, the pictures include a person's face after having it being skinned, and a nude woman's corpse being dismembered by an unknown person wearing a suit and gloves. The video has not been taken down yet, and can still be found on Mark's channel, it is unknown if Mark knows that the jumpscares are real images of gore or not.
Subscriber Milestones
- Markiplier hit 1 million subscribers on October 24, 2013.
- Markiplier hit 2 million subscribers on April 5, 2014.
- Markiplier hit 3 million subscribers on August 16, 2014.
- Markiplier hit 4 million subscribers on October 23, 2014.
- Markiplier hit 5 million subscribers on December 18, 2014.
- Markiplier hit 6 million subscribers on February 12, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 7 million subscribers on March 29, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 8 million subscribers on June 15, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 9 million subscribers on August 16, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 10 million subscribers on October 12, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 11 million subscribers on December 31, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 12 million subscribers on March 23, 2016.
- Markiplier hit 13 million subscribers on May 26, 2016.
- Markiplier hit 14 million subscribers on August 8, 2016.
- Markiplier hit 15 million subscribers on October 23, 2016.
- Markiplier hit 16 million subscribers on January 3, 2017.
Video View Milestones
- Markiplier hit 1 billion video views on October 25, 2014
- Markiplier hit 2 billion video views on April 3, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 3 billion video views on August 27, 2015.
- Markiplier hit 4 billion video views on February 1, 2016.
- Markiplier hit 5 billion video views on June 25, 2016.
- Markiplier hit 6 billion video views on November 12, 2016.
Quotes
- "Hello everybody! My name is Markiplier, and welcome (back) to [game name here]!" (Intro)
- “I will SEE YOU! In the next video! BUHBYE!” (Outro)
- "AAAAHHAHAHAHAHHHHH!!!"
- "I am TOO PRO!"
- " MY NAME IS MARKIPLIER! MY NAME IS MARKIPLIER!!!" (Markiplier warms up for 5 minutes)
- "AGGHGHHGHAH!!!"
- "FPPSHSHPPOW!"
- "I'M SO STRONG/TOUGH/BRAVE/HANDSOME/SMART!"
- "I'm not scared. Not even a little bit." (Invariably said at start of videos.)
- "Okay, now I'm scared. I'M SCARED!" Invariably follows above quote.
- "Hello Baaaby." Said to any non-corpse/monster female encountered. Commonly said to the angel statues in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and its custom stories.
- "A-ha! Chair!"
- "I don't even know what he did, I don't even care!"
- "Wade!!!"
- "Fwip-Fwop!"
- "Wait a minute... (When he notices something in a puzzle that was in his face all the time. Usually followed by an "Oh, god damnit! I'm an idiot!" )
- "SHUT UP NURSE! I'M A DOCTOR; OF COURSE I KNOW WHAT'S BEST!"
- "If I did not want to stay for a night, why would I stay more than FIVE?!"
- "AHHH! HE'S STILL THERE!"
- "I'M THE KING... OF FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S!"
- "FLOOF THE HAIR! FLOOF POWER!!!"
- "YAY! We're gonna BANG SEXICLES!!!"
- "Yo, guys! Dickbag Mc-DICKsucker here, with another WAPPY ZAPPY LET'S PLAY! WELCOME BACK TO MARIO MAKER, GUYS! WHOPEEE!!!"
- "BEASITIALITY?! I DON'T WANT THAT ACHIEVEMENT!"
- "I'm so boned!"
- "Red light. Green light!"
- "I'm a spastic saver!"
- "Not happy fun times."
- "F**k-a you, exams!"
- "Why can't I computer!! (Bashes head into keyboard multiple times) Why!!!"
- "Yup. Jumpscares Galore."
- "Holy Balls!"
- "Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe."
- "Where'd I come from, where'd I go? Where the fuck did the video go?" Playing on VR, having not remembered where the camera was but still having the VR headset on.
- "F**k you and fuck everything you care about."
- "I will first shake his hand for making such an awesome custom story, and then I'll PUNCH HIM IN THE DICK!...I'll punch them in the dick so hard they'll become women!... 'Now I'll get all of my fans go to your house and HOLD YOU DOWN while I punch you in the dick."
- "D**k Punching Party!!!"
- "Press 'B' to blow!"
- "Holy Hell!"
- "I'm a Goofy Goober, yeah!"
- "That thing likes to scream in my ear."
- "AAHH! That is a beast of legend!" (Labyrinth)
- "Warfstache don't take no shit from no one."
- "Thank you so much."
- "I'm rambling on again."
- "Sound is everything in a game."
- "Bull! BULLLLL!!!!"
- "What is going oAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
- "I boosh you!"
- "I'm King of the Squirrels!!!"
- "HAAAAABUSKI!!!"
- "I'm like the face of Cheez-It!"
- "Ahhh, piss!"
- "I'm a strong independent woman, WHO DON'T NEED NO MAN!" (Whenever he plays a female character in any game)
- "And as always, I will see yooouuu, In the next video! BYE BYEEE!"
- "BOXESSS!!!!!!!!!" (Whenever he sees boxes, particularly in Garry's Mod with Yamimash)
- "WHEREEEES THE BLAAACKSMIITH?!"
- "Doooooooon't....moooooooovvvveeee, Chealsey...don't....moooooooove..."
- "I CAN FEEL THE TREES!" (Slender: The Arrival)
- "NO THANK YOU. I DON'T WANT ANY." (Often screamed when faced with a monster.)
- "Goodie goodie gumdrops"
- "POOF!"
- "Alright alright alriiight! You gon' learn today!"
- "Little piggy no no, little piggy go home!" (Outlast & Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs)
- "Open the door, get on the floor, everybody do the dinosaur!"
- "Those are people!, Those are people!, I'm gonna go say hi to the people!"
- "Brick'd in the d**kl!"
- "God dingus dammit!"
- "Poopy Poopy in my pants!"
- "I know... I KNOW Balloon Boy, you're a dick. I get it! Remind me to punch you in the face ten times more then usual!" (Five Nights at Freddy's 3, after encountering Phantom BB)
- AAAHOW WHAT THE FUCK?" (When Toy Bonnie "scans" the Freddy mask for the first time)
- "NOT PRO ENOUGH... I'm pro enough I'm the most pro that ever proed! You don't know how much pro I pro!"
- "This is going to be an Ass blasting bitcheloid"
- "Take your cupcake and ram it up your butt"
- "FUCKING COCK!!"
- "SPONSOR EAGLE!!"
- "WHY DO I WANT DANCY PANTS TO BE MAD AT ME?!?"
- "DadaDadaDadaDan BALLORA. DadaDadaDadaDan Don't kill me. DadaDADADADADUNN...SNEAKING.."
- "This time I'm not gonna be a bag of asses and this time I'm gonna get Oblong Obelisk Oscar and do a thing."
- "VERY VERY FRIGHTENING ME HOLY SHIT HOLY FUCK... I'm dead"
- "You jiggle a lot, which is something I appreciate."
- "Where's the grabber dick?" (Who's Your Daddy?")
- "Everything's random and what you do doesn't matter because the outcome is you're gonna live and then you're gonna die! Hopefully in the middle you'll have sex somewhere"
- "I need to not make noise cuz he is blind and can only hear me, so (proceeds to accidentally smash crate loudly) ...I'm gonna die so hard."
- "You saggy-balled-saggy-boobed pile of of of of of of mmmmmm-MARKIPLIER MUCUS!
- "Come on, give me something hard! ...Don't give me something hard please."
- "Ah alas the sweet prince gone from this world... died like the little bitch he was."
- "You're Fuck You The Red Nose Dicker Basket!" (Oh Sir!! The Insult Simulator)
- "You you.......you-y-y-you look like a................you-FUCK YOU" (Oh sir!! The Insult Simulator)
- "Learn to insult?! I already know how to insult! You smarthy cuck wuged! ... What the fuck." (Oh Sir!! The Insult Simulator)
- "Imma expunge the bitchish nature out of my body. Go into badma- badmass mode. Badass Markiplier Mode! Also know as "badmass mode."
- "I'm zip zapping, I'm zappy wapping! Nobody's gonna get me when I'm zaptastic!"
- "Who disturbs the dead? Uhh... me? My name is Markiplier. Professional Dead Disturber."
- "Hey, I'm a soup kinda guy." (Hitogotchi)
- "I'm a giggly bitch by nature." (Try not to Laugh Challenge #2)
- "Penguins don't chose the pancake life." (The Whisper Challenge #5)
- "When I look at your lips, I only see penis!" (The Whisper Challenge #5)
- "I didn't even get to be eaten by a spider, which was always my dream!" (Undertale Live - Part 5)
- "I just ate that snowman's dick." (Undertale Live - Part 6)
- "I thought the last minute encouragement would've made you not be a bag of dicks." (Right Click to Necromance)
- "Well I got caught with my dick out! Fuck me then." (Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location - Custom Night - Part 2)
- "This is not what I've thought you're gonna do. I thought you're gonna start sucking my dick."
- "I've been ready for the cringe my whole god damn life. My whole life has been a cringe fest."
- "One boob and a ass make a whole woman." (CHANGE)
- "Do not pour that on me... it's colder than water." (EGGNOG ICE BATH)
- "-And if you don't, I will shove my funny foot up your mother loving behind, you crazy boys!"
- "I've got a D, but that's doesn't help me." (Mirror Layers)
- "I should've eaten that asshole!" (RANDOM CHANCE HATES ME!! | The Bear's Black Heart)
- "I FART EVEN MORE, GOD DAMN IT! (RANDOM CHOICE HATES ME!! | The Bear's Black Heart
- "Is that it's eyeballs or it's ass?!" (Astroneer | Part 2 | DEATH BY HABOOB)
- "Stop humping my face." (FREE ROAM FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 | Overnight 2 Redux)
- "Champion hole filler!" (Improv Funny Moments)
- "My grandpappy used to tell me "I love balls!" (Improv Funny Moments)
- "You wanna share the ass ramming experience." (BREAKING MARKIPLIER'S BACK | Friend Yoga)
- "Thank you. I have nothing." (RIGHT)
- "Hello ice cream my name is Markiplier and welcome to my mouth." (RIGHT)
- "Tastes like ink, and blood, mixed together" (WHAT IF DISNEY WENT BAD...?)
- "I don't a FUCK. What the color of your skin is, I don't care what religion you believe in, I don't care where you've come from and where you are now. All I care about is who you are." (RESPECT)
- "I'll make your booty go honk baby." (said to Jack in (NOTHING BUT DICKS | Cards Against Humanity w/Bob, Wade, Jack)
- "I am a lost soul on the wind. When you stand for something, you find that you stand alone and this hat & I share the same soul. We are the same. (Markiplier's February Charity Livestream)
- "HAVE I EVER looked better than I do in this hat in this moment?!" (Markiplier's February Charity Livestream)
- "I'll start inserting things into my ass." (SCARY SPOOKY MARKIPLIERS | Prop Hunt #42)
- "Hey baby, nice cow ass" (NOTHING SEXUAL ABOUT THIS EITHER... | Mr. Massagy - Part 2)
- "Espresso in my ass" (Don't Tax Me, Bro!)
- "If you love your children, throw them into the deep end of the pool." (Tyler's First Edit)
- "I've got a purple alien key & I'm going to stuck it in any purple slot that I see... sorry." (Subnautica | Part 54 | FINDING THE ALIEN CACHE!!)
Dead Space 3 (February 2013)
- [in the prologue, as Tim; when he jumps over a chasm in the cliff while rappelling down] "Ohhh, piss!"
- "Man, this is cool! This is like a f**kin' adventure game right here! I mean, I always thought that the guys at Visceral [Games] were always creative. What is that?!"
- [That last part was because the ship he was escaping was about to come down on him.]
- "Ha ha! This guy seems to have a – oh, I'm actually playing here!"
Ao Oni (August 2013)
- [to his phone] "Shaddup!" [groaning, then laughing] "...It's my mom!"
- [after finally pushing his first chair; pauses] "...OH, COME ON! How was I supposed to [know I had to] do that?! You son of a bitch!"
- "If there was just - just – a purple monster sitting in a corner, waiting for me to walk over it, I would shit myself dry. I would absolutely lose all control of my bowels!"
- "Why is this good? Why is this good?" [Ao Oni bursts in.] "AAGH - ! …What the hell?! How was I supposed to do anything?! What was that?!"
- "Oh, if that blue bastard, is just stickin' around -" [find a candle stand, which startles him] *gasp* "...That's new!"
- "You suggested?! The big bubble-blown baby suggested?!"
- [A hanged body hits the floor, startling Mark] "...! Was he there the whole time?!"
- Mark: [after unwillingly accepting Takuro into the party] "No, I don't trust you! I don't trust you as far as I can throw you! You're all of those monsters. Why would I trust him?! Why in a million years?! I saw him get garbled! …I guess I didn't see him get garbled…"
[Mark's character enters the area where he needs an item from his inventory one last time.]
- Mark: [as he opens the menu] "But I'm gonna go on a limb - " [In Takuro's place on the party window is a blue monster.] " - and assume that - " [realizing what he's seeing] " - AAAHHH!"
[Mark quickly exits the menu as he tries to escape. Unfortunately, he runs his character straight into the monster.]
- Mark: [realizing what had just happened] "…Auh, I walked right into him." [pauses, then laughs] "That was good! That was good, game! That was well done. That [sic] – You son of a bitch, that was very well done! That was good. That was very good! Oh-ho, my gawd!"
Calm Time (Nov. 23, 2013)
- "'HELP! HE KILLED HER! HE STABBED HER WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE!' …I'm very sorry."
- "'Press Control to calm yourself'." [breathes and presses Control key] "Oh, that just crouches me. How does that calm myself?"
- "Oh my god, that is so morbid!"
- "Good god! Don't do that to me! I'm not in a disposition to handle that – wait a minute. ...Uh... Lady...? Are you... Are you that lady, but in ghost -" [Cell phone in background] "Shut up; I don't have time for this!"
- "Oh my god...! That was incredibly loud!"
- "That scared the buhjeezus outta me!"
- "Aauuh, I don't wanna kill the kid!" … "Aw, that's so sad! I'm not gonna kill him. Well, I'm not gonna kill him first, anyway."
- "What is that? Is that Slender Man?!" [gets closer] "Oh, no. Sorry; I saw that thing; it looked like a giant, white box-head."
- "Nonononono...! You don't see anything..."
- [when the ghost woman appears behind him] "WWWWhoa-kay, back up there, lady...!"
- "...Dammit, where the hell are these guys? They're nowhere to be found."
- "Jeezus, lady, you need to stop that right now. I do not take kindly to that...! You're being very creepy...!"
- [when he finally attacks the child] "No – aw, no, no, no! Aw, no! Auh, I feel so bad! But remember, guys: this is just a game..." [nerves himself, then puts the child out of his misery, to put it bluntly; palms his forehead in shame] "Nhhhh... That's awful!" [turns to find the ghost woman standing behind him again] "Jeezus! Stop that, lady!"
Rust
- Bob "muyskerm": [immediately after eating raw chicken; recoils] "Oh, good gozzit! Oh my god!"
- Mark: "What? What d'you do?"
- Bob: "I-I... I ate it..."
- Mark: "Ohhhh."
- Bob: [gasps] "Oh, my god, I just threw up!"
- Mark: [starts laughing]
- Bob: "That was the most horrifying thing that's ever happened to me! I think I have salmonella! ...What the f...?!"
- Mark: "You know - "
- Bob: "Oh, my god! I'm throwing up! Do you hear that sound?!"
- Mark: "I do not!"
- Bob: "Oh my god, that's horrifying!" [pulls off his headphones]
- Mark: "I wish I was recording that!"
- […]
- Bob: "Oh, no – oh, god, it's still happening! I'm gonna throw up! Ahhhhhh!"
- "Damnit, I turned up your mike! Why did I turn it up?!"
Outlast
- "! ...What was that?! What the hell was that?! What did you just throw at me?! ...[I] wasn't ready for that! Jeezus! Calm down!"
- "That guy was, like, in full body armor! How'd they kill him?"
- "Well! Glad you're being so polite about this. You're very civil—oh my god! I didn't blo[ck]… I didn't mean to look down! Ugh! They're naked! They are sooo naked! Oh my god!"
Trivia
- On September 2015, Mark posted on his Twitter account that he would be taking on hiatus from YouTube due to the death of one of his close friends, Daniel Kyre. He confirmed the hiatus in his video, entitled Lost a Friend.
- On October 2015, Mark announced his return to YouTube after a long hiatus in his latest video, entitled Markiplier Returns.
- Mark, as showed in his pole dancing video with siennaspaldingtv , can turn his feet nearly 180 degrees.
- In one of his videos, Mark said that some of his videos can be found on Pornhub, with a title which describes him as a sexy interracial man.
- Mark has stated in a livestream that his middle name is Edward.
- Mark's older brother, named Thomas J. Fischbach, is the author of the popular webcomic TwoKinds.
- Mark has said that he has worked as a Bartender and a Carpenter.
- Mark has automatonophobia, specifically towards mannequins. He hates them with a passion and often times when he encounters one in a game he usually responds with cutting himself off and going silent, then speaking very negatively towards the mannequin, usually threatening it if it moves. He also shows distaste for animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy's because of their mannequin-esque traits. Coupled with the fact that he knows that they move doesn't help very much.
- Despite his various alcohol-related videos such as Drunk Minecraft or Drunk GTA, he claims he is very sensitive to alcohol due to a gene common among people of Asian ancestry, and does not generally drink to excess. When doing videos such as this, he takes medication as to avoid the reaction.
- This led to him having a minor heart attack after drinking alcohol while visiting his Family in Cincinnati. In the hospital he was taken, he was told that his heart was fine, but he couldn't drink anymore alcohol, a fact that Mark is fine with. This however means that Drunk Minecraft is officially over. This was explained on Reading Your Comments #4.[1]
- He is a big fan of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
- In his vlog, "Moving to LA!!" He said he had plans to move to LA in a few months so he will be able to be closer to "the heart of YouTube" and be able to collaborate with fellow YouTubers more often.
- He is addicted to Cookie Clicker, and in his vlog "Moving to LA!!" he said he has reset twice. By contrast, he doesn't play Flappy Bird, since he knew he was going to get addicted to the app. The only other version of Flappy Bird he has played is FlapBound, an EarthBound-styled game.
- For whatever reason, no matter how many times he tries, Mark simply couldn't beat the game Vanish. When he did finally beat it he had made possibly one the most excited/happy reactions on the Internet to beating a game.
Vanish UPDATED DONE FOREVER!!
- On a livestream on January 22, 2017, Marl stated his favorite color is red, instead of it originally being green.
- Some of Mark's diction includes:
- disposition
- ergo
- morbid
- room (pronounced as ruhm)
- coupon (pronounced as koo-pin)
- human (pronounced as hoo-man)
- Bowser (pronounced as Boe-ser)
- Markiplier has been in some of Bart Baker's parodies, like his Lips are Moving PARODY, when appears at the end when Meghan delivers the presents, and Wiggle PARODY, in which he is one of the Wiggles trying to stop Jason's song.
- Mark has ADD, as often stated in livestreams.
- Mark appeared in one of the episodes a Disney TV Show, A Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Anything.
- Mark was ranked third in WatchMojo's Top Ten Let's play YouTube Channels.
- On several occasions, he has stated that his favorite game is Earthbound. Despite this, he has never done a let's play of the game.
- Mark apparently almost had Doom as a surname.