Hitman 2 Escalation: FISH PUNS! (Let's Play The Aquatic Retribution Escalation)

[@Griffon29]

I can hear Andy's eye twitching from here. 8 seconds. Lord.

[@williamw2529]

Ya they might actually have to try stealth one day.

[@altothesting]

Andy: “So we need to steath this mission.” Mike: *Immediately goes into combat

[@gosportjamie]

To be fair, it IS Mike, so 8 seconds to get into combat probably isn't a record. For most people that would be impressive, for Mike, well, it's Mike...

[@Badgerfan4]

Can we get a video of Andy watching this video? I'd love to see his reactions to the chaos and the constant fish puns.

[@JachAnen]

And once the eye stopped, the puns began

[@Vamptonius]

Poor Andrew, sitting on a beach somewhere, totally oblivious as to why his eye started twitching.

[@callumdonington2227]

I bet he phoned up the office, time difference be damned! "Yeah Jane it's Andy. Is Mike playing Hitman badly again?!"

[@alexganje1715]

Reading the poll: estimated fish death toll Me: I guess maybe 3 Jane: Mike is on the controls Me: 15 plus it is then...

[@Lordpooz09]

Same...

[@sinasaberi1026]

that's exactly what i said

[@madalice5134]

Same lmao

[@dr.mobius5657]

*47 thinking to himself* I'm not even getting paid for this, I'm doing it for the halibut

[@sparty1744]

As Andy would say, boooooooo, ;p

[@elafimilo8199]

As everyone else would say, 👏👏👏👏👏

[@kimberlyjohnson6225]

Jane : "It takes hours for piranha to strip a skeleton." -She says casually. - Jane, is there anything you won't 'for science ' ?

[@kallasantysanty6092]

She already tested it on ... we will never know on who. There are only bones left protected by piranhas ::)

[@aerongray2228]

that and her main complaint was that its boring waiting that long XD but hey, whats an evil genius mad scientist without a tank to dunk people into?

[@aerongray2228]

@@ApesWithEgos Until the new Andy clone is finished. Only Jane knows what number clone each of the team is anymore.

[@prince_nocturne]

The MythBusters wouldn't hire her because she's too extreme.

[@TheCarrot11]

Agent 47 corners his target: "Looks like you are Trout of time."

[@ollikoskinen1]

"One could say... you're out of your depth."

[@kallasantysanty6092]

@@ollikoskinen1 I sea what you deed there, such a deep pun :P

[@jasonsorin1021]

Holy carp, that was amazing.

[@jacobfarley434]

"you're fin-ished"

[@georgewright3949]

Andrew sounds so wrong like that's probably what his grandma calls him

[@firstlast822]

If you look closely at at the aquarium with the starfish there's a pineapple, so Mike just effectively kidnapped Patrick. That's the plot of the next Spongebob movie. Where he has to rescue Patrick from 47's exotic aquarium.

[@arkenthusiast]

There's a sponge next to the pineapple too

[@prince_nocturne]

The movie gets weird when someone throws Patrick into the face of an unsuspecting guard and kills him. The guard. patrick's just fine.

[@nieblas112w]

Mike playing chess: "I'll charge with my king they'll never see it coming."

[@jamisonedwards8162]

"Just one question... What's chess?" - Egbert

[@jasonsorin1021]

I'll do you one better-who the hell is Egbert?

[@GleichUmDieEcke]

@@jasonsorin1021 No I'll do you one better: WHY is Egbert?

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

Shaun no I’ll do you one better: How is Egbert?

[@tyrannicpuppy]

@@GODOFAWSOMENESS1 Still seeking atonement.

[@ryansaxby8625]

Jane: "Bream is a kind of fish..." Me, without any hesitation: "Sweet Breams"

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Sweet breams are made of this who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas. Yeah that took me ten seconds to come up with I'm both mildly amused at myself and apalled.

[@kylegregory46]

I thought it’s bream nice knowing you

[@mattd3224]

Jane: “hey Andy gonna shoot a Hitman 2 video” Andy: “ok have fun. Watch over Mike” *8 seconds later* Andy: “why is my arm numb?”

[@hunter8i8]

Disposes of first guard into the tank. "Sea you later Chum." Throws the second guard into the tank. "His fate has been SEALed." Tosses the third guard into the tank with his mates. "Eel have a whale of a time in there."

[@diegoparga9324]

8 seconds to go into combat but half an hour to get a fish out of an aquarium!

[@Zombiesatemydarling]

That’s the Oxbox guarantee!

[@NathanWeeks]

Little-true fact: Biologists hit people with sea creatures to determine if they can be classified as a fish. But, you have to yell "FOR SCIENCE!" when you do it.

[@johnsharplin]

The Mike Gambit in actual chess is when you slip your King into your pocket and flip the board into your opponent's face

[@DiZtheJedi]

I thought it was the one where all your pieces pull out firearms and gun the other player down.

[@NathanaelKeller]

No, it's when you open the game by completely exposing the king within 8 seconds.

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

U carve the bullets into chess piece shapes and shoot your opponent if u lose

[@joj4khell]

this love-hate relationship between Mike and the game gotta be the best selling novel, it's like the game can sense it's Mike and immediately be alerted, and no matter what, Mike always is conquering the GAME

[@sirrichiofawesome9617]

The starfish didn't fail because of its biological classification, it failed because it's a lethal weapon obviously.

[@AthAthanasius]

Indeed, as they had to Pacify the targets with a Fish, not kill them with one.

[@0hgre]

looks like a shuriken, seems legit.

[@ButMadNNW626]

Came into comments just to see if anyone pointed this out.

[@9313James]

Yeah I think you're right

[@masroorahmadbani1712]

Because science

[@TjPhysicist]

I like the other narrative (which I think was Andys idea), that 47 just comes back to these levels after his mission to "do his own thing", like he has a counter in his head "If i can these things in this way, then I'm a good hitman!"

[@michiev]

Yeah it's like John Marston's inane ideas of being a master hunter.

[@AK-tr6lo]

Tj H I like to pretend Diana got drunk and created these contracts, and after she sobered up she decided she would just let 47 do his thing to avoid the paperwork of calling it off.

[@preciousrogue1833]

I feel like you now need a competition to see if anyone can actually beat 8 seconds to get into combat

[@WIMMine]

Next xmas challenge

[@Canadian_Zac]

Draw Gun, shoot guy. I'd say 2 seconds minimum time

[@NisansaDdS]

Mike. It is going to be Mike.

[@maxvel0city906]

@@NisansaDdS Exactly what I was going to say! 😂

[@kallasantysanty6092]

@@WIMMine Better idea: you need to cross the map (just pick the start point and theoretical finish place) with the biggest gun possible in hands (no disguise, gun visible) the one that will go the farthest with out getting into combat (time limit one minute) wins :D ... So it would be like opposite of what Mike just did :P

[@noelnoel88]

"Patience, Mike" - Douglas, Jane, to someone who got in combat in 8 seconds.

[@kallasantysanty6092]

To tell you the truth, it took him longer then i expected to ge there (i thought he would already start the video in combat :P).

[@noelnoel88]

@@kallasantysanty6092 Someday, no doubt.

[@Bigal3031]

@kallasanta Santa Mike aspires to 1 day start a video by lobbing a grenade into a crowd and be in combat in under 8 seconds.

[@kallasantysanty6092]

@@Bigal3031 Bullets move faster then grenades :P

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

That was by accident mind you.

[@PhantomJokerX]

First Escalation: Jane: "Oh no you are hunted" Mike: "That's fine" Final Escalation: Mike: "Oh no I'm hunted" Jane: "That's fine" Oh how the tables are turned.

[@bjgaspar]

"Must be a really exotic species...." And my first thought goes back to the Vault, and now they have Faberge caviar

[@aBardThatRolls1s]

I love that Mike just couldn't miss the oppor-tuna-ty to murder someone for science with that star fish. And it's o-fish-al, you can!

[@RG4327-]

Never would have guessed that being an aquarium guard comes with the risk of being murdered by a fishitor

[@GrimSidius]

"Oh my god, I'm on some sort of fish murder rampage." - Mike says as he reloads to murder even more fish.

[@randomusernameforchris3392]

‘Water way to go’ ‘Stuck between a Rock and a hard Plaice’ I’d have some more but I’ve put myself in a Tetra-p now

[@arjunsatheesh7609]

2:05 - Missed opportunity to say "I've got bigger fish to fry."

[@IAmKenkira]

Somewhere Andy is melting in frustration over those 8 seconds

[@altothesting]

Someone needs to make an Hitman version of the song ‘Under the Sea’ for whenever Agent 47 does this mission

[@needhumanheat]

Andy, do it

[@drymice500]

speedingahead An 'itman? Love it. 😂

[@maxvel0city906]

If they make a commenter edition of "games with a secret hard mode" can we have MIKE GETTING DETECTED IN 8 SECONDS IN HITMAN be ALL seven list subjects.

[@theonlyvampirateable]

You don't need one instance of Mike making Hitman hard mode for himself. You can probably make multiple lists of him doing that 😂

[@mar_speedman]

7 ways we made a game harder on ourselves:1- Putting Mike on Controls (Hitman 2)

[@MrDudeshutup123]

I can see that Andy edited this... Especially the emphasis on 8 seconds

[@Kakeller2]

Same. I literally read it in his voice.

[@theonlyvampirateable]

Jane said she was going to have to look, didn't she?

[@merepseu]

I can see then that Andy must have elected to delete the first card he'd written violently headdesking the keyboard into dust.

[@universall8731]

@@theonlyvampirateable yeah, Andy is on Holiday.

[@jediknight1294]

@@merepseu he had to take a mental health day after seeing it.

[@martinjamieson]

"Chaos is a ladder"... it all makes so much sense now.

[@ShauriCheshire]

Yes, I /definitely/ want this on a t-shirt! :)

[@szbnahl]

I choose to believe that Andy was also present, he was just shocked into silence the entire time.

[@CaptainSparkles135]

When 47 puts the fish in his pocket...is it technically a trouser hake 😊

[@homelessmexican410]

Thought the poll was about deaths caused by fishes, not amount of actual fish dying ;( rip all those fish

[@DeviantMugen]

28:51 "Memento moray." -47, after he throws an unconscious victim into the eel tank

[@AlanRamirez-ii1qk]

*Mike gets in combat in 8 seconds* Andy: Oh my god, already? Mike:... Andy: Gods, for once... please... just for once Mike: Oops

[@Czah5]

That Escalated Quickly: The Mike Channell Story

[@FlyingElbowKick]

"Do they keep fish in the sink?" Jane Douglas, marine zoologist

[@illustratedjill6914]

The best fish pun would have been to have an end screen saying "Fin" 😊😊😊

[@Wimpiedoodle]

39:36 > “Ow in the groin area and then the face!” Adding finsult to finjury right there

[@ARKumalarkey]

47 casually murdering people as Sweet Breams (Are Made of This) plays in the background.

[@joelmcclendon7513]

“When I fish, I catch and release.” ...into an aquarium.

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Oh my cod, this one will be stuffed to the gills with puns, right?

[@connordillivan452]

Angel Beat Don’t be salty, I’m sure a lot of them will be fresh. Water you worried about?

[@Nick-gi9gk]

It's a shame Andy was away for this escalation; I can only imagine his reaction to not only Mike being in combat within 8 seconds, but also to Mike getting a 4-star rating!

[@Iriel907]

18:05 "Love to see Hitman making brummbrumm noises in the car" ... may I recommend replaying the Colorado level for the secret exit then?

[@cearnicus]

I know I'm way late to the party but: oh lord YES! To anyone else that's late: the feat in question is called 'Rep Tires' and it's amazing. EDIT: and, of course, the new oxbox video that _just_ went up mentions this particular exit. Are you kidding me?!?

[@prabhu786]

I love the banter more than the content of the videos.

[@SohiTheTinyKittenHuman]

I love how Jane knows “it would take hours for piranhas to eat a body to a skeleton”

[@Hellwyck]

Not really. Dependant on how many Piranha and how hungry they are.

[@GODOFAWSOMENESS1]

Hellwyck how about during drought season when the water level is low and they are so hungry they aren’t shy.

[@tyrannicpuppy]

Science. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. Jane just also happens to love her job. She lives the 'Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life' adage.

[@robonixon83]

Hitman playstyles as fish puns: Mike reeks "Haddock" with explosions. Andy has the precision of a skilled "Sturgeon". Jane tries using "Coy"-ns, but eventually is discovered and goes "Turbot".

[@tyrannicpuppy]

Every time I see FISH PUNS in the recommended videos, I click. And am immediately treated to the majesty that is Mike's 8 seconds to combat. Always forget that it was on this mission that he achieved it. And then we get another forty minutes of quality Oxbox Hitman content full of puns. You can somehow also hear the Andy frustration in the '8 SECONDS' text on the blank black screen.

[@paul-juniorblack6151]

One free pun for Jane. "I'm dying to go for a dip"

[@elvispressplay7735]

Jane went full-on Sith Lord toward the end of this one. "Use the Chaos! USE IT!"

[@mar_speedman]

What about Mike and his "Andy's ways are getting to you, Jane" lol They're both Darksiders. Andy save us! lol

[@MsAquamonkey]

Never mind fancy suits and business class plane tickets, Agent 47 needs to pay a 'butt manager.'

[@DemonRumm]

I like how Jane attempted to recreate the Celebrimbor possession conga line from the Shadow of Mordor playthrough on her try, except instead it'd be 47 fish-smacking some guards in the back of the head.

[@awmperry]

They’re working for scale. The puns are just for the halibut.

[@scorpix96]

I read about that in the paper : Florida man walks into aquarium, steals fish and knocks out guards

[@rosskwolfe]

That "Pew" from Jane when she tossed the coin was the most adorable thing ever.

[@taylordudley3673]

and Mike breaks his own record, I've never been more proud. Would have been better if he had an exploding rubber duck, but still, fantastic achievement.

[@shannonolivas9524]

I bought this game on a sale a couple of months ago specifically because I'd watched the crew play though the entire first game and decided to hop on and see how I do them. I've had a lot of fun with it so far and I like how they constantly stress that all these people you're killing are actually quite evil and bad so don't feel guilty.

[@murrayreid2748]

Andy: "I feel a tremendous disturbance in the force".....😱😅

[@claireshorrors]

"It's all gone wrong" I think you mean "It's all gone Mike".

[@Hellwyck]

Will Mike be able to hit them with a starfish? I'm shuriken.

[@coyoteartist]

Starfish are in fact echinoderms meaning marine invertebrates. Scientists prefer to the term sea star.

[@the_gmac]

Hitman- We need to stealth. OutsideXbox- Walks through crowd with loaded assault rifle.

[@ChiiRayne]

It took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to realize you need to dump the bodies in tank #4 and get the fish in tank #7... Clever devs...

[@Reyven_]

I hope they enjoyed floundering around, It was no mis-tank to kelp them with their fish-sion to carpletion.

[@ARTURIEL]

I only heard Mike and Jane's voices in the beginning and I immediately thought that this video is gonna be the ultimate manifestation of the Ladder known as Chaos.

[@mar_speedman]

Use the chaos! USE IT!! lol

[@Mini_Squatch]

I dont know about fish themselves, but blue ringed octopi, and cone snails are deadly AF. Not to mention a myriad of jellyfish. Although the tricky part would be using them without dying yourself

[@nicholasalvarado1508]

When realize how bad their deaths are Because one minute you’re patrolling the aquarium and a bald man with a fish appears knocking you out then he dumps you into the fish tank and because you’re under water your gonna start drowning which probably awakens you and then you’re drowning and terrified and nobody can save you

[@sonofkabisch]

You forgot the ultimate pun..."So long and tanks for all the fish!"

[@julianmitchell2186]

I love that the video just devolves into Jane and Mike just, naming fish.

[@mattmalco10]

Mike gets into combat within 8 seconds Meanwhile elsewhere Andy falls to his knees and screams "CHANNEL "at the top of his lungs

[@tyrannicpuppy]

There are a handful of OxBox Hitman videos that just never ever get old. The final stage of Patient Zero. Haven Briefcase fun. The Undying and his epic return. Ghost mode. The faffing at the party trying to identify the Censor. And of course, Mike setting a record for getting into combat without walking in with a gun out shooting people, followed by some marvellous punage.

[@mrhedgebull1658]

Fish puns? I'm not sure... but I suppose there's a time and plaice for everything. :-D

[@AlphaOrion98]

Question card: how many deaths by fish Me: oh it depends on who’s playing- Jane: hello it’s me and mike on the controls Me: oh no, it’s gonna be all the deaths

[@sgtraytango]

That feeling when you've done this escalation with a Silent Assassin rating, then watch this video and get weirdly angry while you shout at the screen "No, Mike, shoot tank 14 once!".

[@MSte21]

It's always hilarious to see you guys figure out what the hell to do. That's 2/3rds the fun of these videos. You guys should really make more use of the in-game map though. As in the detailed map, not the mini-map, though that too.

[@bilbo_t_baggins2762]

Dear Mike, it took you 8 seconds to get in combat. How come it took you that long?

[@ptonpc]

Ahem. "I've HADDOCK with all of these fish puns..."

[@polkarrty]

This is what hitman is like without andy 8 whole seconds of video without anything going wrong

[@InuKun2008]

Also, in reality piranhas don't react unless there are cuts which are bleeding. Hence why you can swim with them in a pool perfectly calm and they'll leave you alone if you aren't bleeding.

[@Valandar2]

The minute I heard "Aqua la vista", that was it. None of the rest even came close.

[@darrenbarlow1826]

"Be patient! Be patient!" Jane must have the memory of a fish, to have forgotten Mike getting compromised in 8 seconds...

[@kallasantysanty6092]

Most fish have quite good memory (way more then 8 seconds :P). So do not insult the (under)sea folks :)

[@kcollier2192]

@@kallasantysanty6092 Or more importantly- Jane. I think I hear a space laser getting warmed up...

[@iout]

Their gravestones will read, "Rest In Pisces".

[@Alstevens83]

Loved how the fish puns Scaled up as the video opened up and good to see the sole of the group having some good fun playing Hitman 2 and the channel has some un fin-ished business with these challenges

[@boomoloney]

8 seconds to get into combat 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I'm so proud of you Mike!! Combat just means hard mode. 🤣🤣 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻

[@andrewadamski8547]

Do you guys know about the secret dolphin exit? If not look it up, it would have been perfect for this aquatic themed escalation!

[@jiubboatman9352]

When watching all the outside crew, I feel I need to find a pun fillet.

[@Eckister]

1:54 this would be an equivalent of throwing your pawn at the king as an opening move...

[@kallasantysanty6092]

Ok, so after watching this (even before watching this) i was thinking about christmas challenges (i know, thinking about christmas in summer is weird :P), and now i know what you should do. Find a map with a fish and the most christmas appropriate disguise (any santa suits in that game?), then find a nice point to start and then you take turns (3 tries each) to knock out as many armed (i guess non armed are ok but less challenging :)) people with a fish in, let say, 30 second (no throwing). One with the best score after all three turns wins (if you get a tie, bonus round, 15 sec and only throwing (and picking up and throwing again), best score wins the day). Call it "Santa sea rampage!". And you may ask: why do we use the fish? Because (at least where i am from) we eat fish for christmas eve, so spread the good word around (fish are good for you ... maybe less when you have Mr. Hitman for christmas :P).

[@frodobaggins7710]

They missed a trick by not calling it an eSCALEation. Also, bravo on the new combat record Mike

[@Steve_Marsden]

“Fish puns? Oh, this is great! I’ve got a ton of those. Might even make Show of the Week!” *Looks at comments* “Goddammit.”

[@kidkap4]

You mean "cod"dammit?

[@knowlessman]

"the old shooty-shooty-bang-bang" loved that movie as a kid

[@DAUGHTERofIRIS]

I'm sorry but "to sleep, perchance- to bream." is the BEST fucking pun ive ever heard

[@NathanWeeks]

Really Miked that first run up, Mike-ily. Just Mike-checked that guard.

[@AlejandroGonzalez-bz4wv]

21:28 "water" way to go Mike is a legend

[@somepunkinthecomments471]

You guys absolutely KRILL me with all these fish puns.

[@thehulkster9434]

They try to determine 47's client, but what they don't realize is that he's doing this just for the halibut (that pun works better verbally).

[@simoneracioppi4305]

Getting in combat in 8 seconds is peak Mike

[@docette2015]

8 seconds. 8 seconds because you ran around the guy to avoid a frisk! XD AND what ended that particular run wasn't getting gunned down, but accidentally killing a target with the surprisingly lethal starfish! XD Oh, this is utterly delightful. I'm with you that it would have been a little better if the starfish or the apparently-droppable shark had been involved, but seeing you guys slap security guards with your beloved fish and then make terrible puns was quite good enough. XD Love it~

[@the88thdarcstar]

As you exfiltrated for the last time I was hoping someone would have said "so long and thanks for all the fish."