Focus Comma Group | Critical Role C3E12 Highlights & Funny Moments

[@supermutantsam1160]

“That’s probably…trauma, what?” fucking mood lmao

[@salchi-papa]

Taliesin's nose dive reaction after giving the name "Aaron" is probably one of the greatest things of the episode

[@canucklehead9250]

It sounded closer to "Aarn..."

[@ciferlu254]

He looked so ashamed that he absolutely beefed it, I've never seen Taliesin look that embarrassed by something he said 😂

[@immortallegacy100]

Matt's stealthy Constitution roll after "She could die at any moment" is really underrated.

[@acopper3488]

Gosh I love Robbie. Also the guitar?? **chef’s kiss**

[@javaadsportal6362]

B&G got more than their money's worth just from Robbie's bars, **chefs kiss** *indeed*

[@Annuhlynne]

Glad he's gone lol

[@exessen1684]

@@Annuhlynne omg you're so cool and contradictory

[@the-truestblue]

@@exessen1684 They're probably just one of those people who are getting annoyed that Robbie is loved in community than they are 😂

[@JustinSIsTank]

...also the chest hair. ...what? I blacked out a second. Did I say something?

[@DragonSouled79]

Conjuring ghosts by moonlight Scaring children by daylight Her Form of Dread is a real fright She is the one called Sailor Laudna

[@cameronhall6825]

Sailor Ghoul surely

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

"Lauda Moon" actually fits the rhythm of the song even better! ♥

[@estoericaferret]

*claps* Give this person a fucking Grammy.

[@GypsyInFenra]

When I read this comment it had 666 likes 😆

[@ShadowyFox_86]

😂😂😂 This is amazing.

[@AvauntVanguard]

I honestly really like "focus group" as the name. It's cheeky enough and has some personality to it.

[@Mooverine]

I’m with you. I thought it was dumb at first but over the course of the episode it really grew on me.

[@rimurutempest4945]

@@Mooverine yeah, kinda like Mighty Nein, it sounded so dumb at first but it really grows on you.

[@mayaenglish5424]

I mean even Vox Machina is kinda Smart/Dumb. lol Voice Machine is a play on them being voice actors, so Focus, Group might just be Smart/Dumb enough to work.

[@rimurutempest4945]

@@mayaenglish5424 Yeah, but that was an out of the game, corporate decision since they didn't want their team name to be Super High Intensity Team, or S.H.I.T. for shot, which was what it was in the home game so I'll give it a pass.

[@ricosrealm]

I personally like "The Focus Troupe" as a play on the focus group name... Matt also called them a 'troupe' a bunch of times during that episode.

[@romxxii]

The best part of Sailor Laudna is that Robbie came up with it, and then instantly regretted it.

[@myrmidonmamori]

Haha! I didn't even think about the fact that Robbie plays Tuxedo Mask until you just pointed out it's funny he's the one that came up with it.

[@beeta137]

@@myrmidonmamori And Matt's enthusiasm is even funnier given *he* played Prince Demand!

[@ChaoticbratDND]

My heart bleeds for poor Dorian. He was so excited to show off his best self 😢 not his "royal" self

[@MaxEllSibSwe]

If Robbie isn't going to be a legit regular then I'm calling this triggering his character's leaving... God that entire sequence was fucking heartbreaking, tomorrow is going to kill me

[@LydiaTereK]

😭

[@romxxii]

@@MaxEllSibSwe Yeah, it was very much a death flag, and Robbie really played it up nicely. You could see Ashley's face light up as she recognizes the chiffon dress before Dorian crumples it up and leaves it in the bureau. Dude is literally rejecting his flamboyant, fun bard self for the group.

[@firedragonbri547]

@@romxxii can someone explain, I didn’t see it in the video and I don’t watch the actual videos(nor did I watch exu) so can y’all explain what happened plz!

[@Hollister_87]

@@firedragonbri547 In EXU, Dorian and Co entered a beauty pageant and he had a fancy chiffon robe that he was really excited to wear. His crumpling it up with the homemade mask and throwing it in the wardrobe was basically him rejecting his newfound freedom and having to regress back to his past as an heir to a Kingdom pretty much. He was throwing away his new self, to go back to what was expected of him. Masterfully acted and roleplayed by Robbie. it broke my heart.

[@maxmustsleep]

I want "that's probably trauma" on a t-shirt

[@dylanfooler]

God yes

[@richardlindquist709]

100%

[@ryangeewhiz]

25:48 I didn't think there would be a better Laudna line than "everyoNE BEND A KNEE" but the quickness of "lies look at this place" 😂

[@Drekromancer]

I see you are a man of culture.

[@anathem9982]

Marwa is definitely Matt's best NPC so far this campaign. He's got a knack for creating interesting shopkeepers

[@brendanhart517]

I really love Marwa

[@mayaenglish5424]

He's got a knack for making interesting everybody lol, they just talk to the shopkeepers more!

[@MostLikelyMortal]

Marwa is love, Marwa is life. We must protect this hoarding young adult at all costs

[@Oniguy_05]

I love npcs that just take the pcs crap like normal. Like it's so much more interesting than the npcs being weirded or grossed put from wacky pcs like laudna..

[@TheVercci]

Sounds like a ligma though.

[@jabisdumb]

*sobbing* _no you don’t get it Dorian was so supportive and sweet and adorable and encouraging everyone to dress in a way that felt comfortable and like themselves and then he doesn’t get to wear the thing he wanted to wear that makes him feel comfortable and like himself and he was the most excited for the ball but now he has to focus on the ring swap thing and wear a coat he doesn’t like and act like something he’s not and have people call him by his given name instead of his chosen name and and and_ *sobbing continues*

[@alonosh7184]

"That's rough, buddy"

[@Khaoscntrl]

You know…I understood why he was upset.. but getting it written out like this really makes it even more ‘feels bad man’

[@amywall9978]

yeah but u didn’t have to say it with WORDS

[@Samu-oe9pf]

I feel like this is a great exp for his recent actions in the recent eps 😭 So excited for the rp for that

[@pagansjudgment]

@@Samu-oe9pf I miss Dorian so much :(

[@VQuaileggs]

18:58 i never noticed that part with travis being a goddamn troll :v they really are just a bunch of 12-year-olds sitting in class aren't they

[@maxmustsleep]

Me neither and they absolutely are lol. I laughed so hard when i saw it here. That's why I am super thankful for these recaps But then there is the sweet moment where he hands him the ship

[@GreyAcumen]

@@maxmustsleep - did anyone catch what the conversation was after Marisha pointed out something on the ship?

[@lordhelmchen3154]

That's such a Laura Bailey thing to do, it's pretty clear why the two are married. :P

[@alvintollah]

I feel like, while Jester is like a valve for Laura, Laudna is the same thing for Marisha...

[@procrastinator99]

I also get the feeling that this is a side of her even Matt hasn't really seen. And I agree.

[@benjammin5328]

Someone has to be the overly friendly chaotic member of the party

[@Justkidding277]

@@procrastinator99 The way Matt plays into her makes me think he already has a pretty good idea what she thinks is fun, so I don't think this is new to him.

[@cryofpaine]

@@Justkidding277 I think you're half right. Laudna doesn't surprise him. But Pâté sure does. 😁

[@phillinedenniezejulle]

​​@@cryofpainethat "I am horneeeh" Paté comment still haunts me

[@MinersLoveGames]

25:15 Marisha's expression during this entire exchange are pure gold. This group is chaotic dumb as fuck and we love them for it.

[@Merjia]

I just adore how they completely double down on all their bullshit 😆

[@MaxEllSibSwe]

When she was asked about Pate and her eyes lit up I just squeed, I mean, that is just... YES

[@codewordbw3340]

It took a few re-watches to hear/see what Laura and Ashley were saying at 26:55 about the wooden ship Dorian got, but it's something along the lines of: Laura, nodding with love and pride - "He made it" Ashley - "Thats amazing... did he actually make it? Like in a shop?" Laura continues nodding And the fact that Travis actually made that ship is so awesome and cool, especially since he said at 29:14 that hes gonna do that for everyone at the table. I honestly want to be able to do something like that one day

[@UVjoint]

Man, I wonder how much focus and time-management that takes. I'd have thought that acting, CR-ing/CEO-ing, working out, and parenting would not leave much time for anything else.

[@codewordbw3340]

@@UVjoint For real

[@kkwarlock8411]

Travis and Robbie sitting together is a top tier pairing

[@Abyrae]

I keep hoping they decide to keep Robbie for realsies as a cast member. I love the energy he brings to the group.

[@loveforkuja]

same.

[@WhiffleWaffles]

Literally. If he isn't, he needs to be a major reoccurring guest! I'll be so so sad when he's gone. 😞

[@a-rat-in-your-walls]

Isn't he in the intro? That feels pretty concrete to me.

[@Abyrae]

@@a-rat-in-your-walls Not in the group shots, and he was listed as a special guest on CR Twitter as opposed to "new cast member". He doesn't sing in the intro either.

[@a-rat-in-your-walls]

@@Abyrae I didn't actually know that. I only mildly payed attention to the intro the first time it was fully revealed because I honestly can't stand it.

[@CharlieThunder24]

"Lies, look at this place!" Was one of my favorite lines this entire campaign.

[@DiehardMechWarrior]

If Matt kills Launda and Imogen’s landlady with ANY method other than old age…

[@frankie1406]

I'm actually terrified that she's going to die horribly

[@Ekkaisara]

Bruh I'm calling it

[@kryptofreak4059]

Is it possible that FCG's memory of his old group dying is something he created as a way to repress that he was somehow responsible for their deaths?

[@chilicats]

Love that theory!

[@Matisyahuwu]

It’s a pretty common theory I’ve seen I think, that he was the one to do it 👀

[@ross8093]

I do think he's adding points up to like a breakdown or something with the repressed memories where they flood back or maybe its just like the more he takes strides to remember something else happens

[@Bonestheskeleton]

@@ross8093 ooo, I love that!

[@TotallyADuck420]

So uh- I don't want to say that you're definitely right or anything (Since it hasn't been confirmed), but how does it feel to most likely be correct about that theory?

[@danielstephens1185]

18:57 Just like Laura snack-pranking Liam, you can see Travis' own imp brain engage. That was hysterical!

[@oatoverlord]

robbie peacefully playing with his dice at 19:05 and travis messing with him and making him drop his dice has the same energy of when laura messed with liam trying to peacefully eat something and yanking the food away when he was about to put it in his mouth like in the first couple of episodes in this campaign

[@BeinIan]

I've figured out what feels so different and fun about this campaign. After making the Legend of VM, I think they've started imagining the game world as a cartoon. Everything is batshit bazonkers, and I fucking love it.

[@itsnochi9447]

they went from cool anime to looney tunes 😂

[@benjammin5328]

I’m excited for after they finish releasing LoVM. The kickstarter for Legend of the Might Nein would probably follow soon after. And I think they know it would get funded within the hour

[@a-rat-in-your-walls]

@@benjammin5328 I just wish they'd finish their damn comics before moving on to other projects.

[@JustinSIsTank]

@@benjammin5328 If they kickstart a Mighty Nein cartoon after getting eleventy billion dollars from Amazon, that would be amazingly shitty, in my opinion.

[@ChargerBulldogs19]

@@benjammin5328 I don’t even know if they’d need to do a Kickstarter for M9. It’d be nice if they did that to get that direct fan involvement, but the whole reason they did the original Kickstarter was because they couldn’t sell any studios on if it was a worthwhile concept to explore. Amazon Prime already greenlit a season 2, if I’m not mistaken. The show has amazing reviews, the streaming numbers are excellent, and it sounds like the celeb voices are bought in now. And only half the season is even out. It’d be great to do another Kickstarter. But it sounds like they have investors now and a solid track record so that unless things drastically collapse for CR, they can likely make as many seasons as they damn well please without asking their fans for $750k/episode

[@dandyman4202]

Who else agrees that Robbie is a fantastic addition to the group

[@dude59974]

22:35 we 300% need a VM swimsuit calendar right??? This is going to be a thing? The sexy pictures would've absolutely been Doty's drawings.

[@erikaleo5469]

i mean babs tarr already did a sexy pinup of VM AND MN characters!

[@ProeliatorDeus]

"Focus Group" is almost perfect. Just needs one more word... Big Focus Group...the BFG! PERFECT! Also, F.C.G. 100% slaughtered his last group, calling it now

[@Stephie0125]

That was my thought when I watched!! Edit: That he slaughtered his last group, not the name 😊

[@sagniksarkar2471]

No its obviously Bertrand's Focus Group

[@romxxii]

"Focus Comma Group" was really popular in Twitch chat, or FCG

[@philipm4585]

I really wanna know what's that One Eyed Creature is ...maybe another Automaton that went rogue?

[@saskiascott8181]

Yeah he totally slaughtered them

[@xChristmas1]

Robbie’s “✨but we were available✨” in the opening ad bit still gets me a year and a half later 😂

[@shnordo]

As much as they us the "making my way" joke, they should just call themselves the "Waymakers" and be done with it.

[@lisaarmenteros8323]

Genius. I love it

[@maxmustsleep]

How do you notice all these small details and goofy moments? Like Travis messing with Robbie

[@marisharaygun]

watching every episode at least twice helps lol. but i also have years of experience with watching silly internet videos of large groups of people talking over each other so i guess i'm just kinda used to it!

[@npc626]

You, awesome person, have a gift!

[@stewartsmalls2024]

Marisha Raygun is secretly Dani Carr. 😝

[@Indrecius]

Was looking for someone to mention that, had me cry with laughter for a while. Thanks MRG! :)

[@Merjia]

Robbie is an utter legend.

[@hillwarrior6]

I’ve watched this playlist at least 8 times all the way through. This is what I fall asleep to every night. Thank you very much for making these videos! I love the clips you picked and the pacing. I always watch the latest video before starting a new episode on Monday. Thank you so very much!!! Please don’t stop making them either!!

[@PeTTs0n88]

Ashley with the chaotic and/or unintentional deadpan oneliners again - "what about your face?" and the "...oops" had me in stitches. ^^ Thanks MRG for yet another great compilation, is it Thursday yet?

[@XCrawlFan]

25:51 "Lies. Look at this place."

[@hojirick]

18:57 I love Robbie's reaction to Travis so freaking much

[@maxmustsleep]

Omg yes ❤️ Love the intro so much! Robbie is such a great addition

[@skynyrdjesus]

Wait a minute. I've seen this episode a couple times, it never clicked. Pussy was killed by a one eyed monster. I hope Sam never changes

[@butterflyeffect6298]

i still don’t get it lol

[@skynyrdjesus]

@@butterflyeffect6298 one eyed monster is an uncommon euphemism for a penis.

[@wytfish4855]

@@butterflyeffect6298 8 months late, but penis, if you catch my drift.

[@diarya5573]

Underrated early observation

[@XPrisca150]

what I like about the highlights, is that when it zooms in on Sam's face just before he makes his joke, you see him hesitate. Just for a tiny second. Especially at 30:18 . He was so unsure if he should make it, and still went for it.

[@imonlywinded]

Thank you for all the hard work with these, you are awesome!

[@alexanderburke2973]

The way Robbie holds his hand out at 19:09 like "Alas, poor Dice Tower."

[@draconiskittensweetie9765]

This is kinda silly but this has become such a comfort channel for me; if I accidentally fall down a youtube rabbit hole that freaks me out or if I get hit with anxiety, I know watching these videos will always help me clear my mind and comfort me and keep me company when i'm trying to go to bed. I really love your channel and the videos on it

[@vincentgeiszler3749]

someone tell me why “hootie and several of the blowfish” breaks me

[@kettlecliff]

Ashton really radiated teenager/young adult messing around with their friends this episode. The whole concept of the longer you hangout with friends and the more comfortable you are with them, the more braincells leave the group

[@ryangeewhiz]

18:08 same energy as the "do the roar" kid from Shrek

[@AmnesiaDream75]

MRG coming in clutch on almost-Thursday like always

[@jasjotparmar4719]

Favorite part of my week is watching cr and watching this after !

[@SuperiorChipmunk]

I just realized that "Focus Comma Group" and "Fresh Cut Grass" have the same abbreviation of FCG, which would be delightfully confusing and seems very fitting

[@The2econd3vil3xes]

I genuinely love watching these. Thank you.

[@brendanwatroba8568]

Thank you for the DPB context. I could tell there was more to it in the moment but this is my first CR campaign

[@coltonbrown1204]

4:25 I love Tal’s ZZ Top laugh

[@k.whatever9046]

me tooo😂

[@abbylanning3308]

I do a little happy dance every time I see a new upload from you

[@Mooverine]

Omg I hadn’t even seen Travis messin’ with Robbie on my first watch! Oh man I’m tearing up!

[@mayapplesauce1396]

thank you so much for showing me all the little amazing details that i miss every week because i'm too busy trying to follow the main stuff 🙏

[@Moto_Birps]

I feel like, since Fearne has had such great luck with pickpocketing, now that she returned the amulet she is going to start failing hard on sleight of hand checks.

[@Marabcd315]

The exchange of Fearne stealing the airship is maybe the hardest I've laughed this whole campaign

[@Maddd17]

12:20 They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you're fine when you're not really fine but you just can't get into it because they will never understand-

[@masterstudios1040]

While both Vox Machina and MIghty Nein were cool names, I feel like this is the campaign where they would call themselves something stupid like "Focus, Group."

[@AlessandroOrnielli]

5:14 that is...quite the idea, Travis. 18:58 a child. A big, doofus child. And we love him for that

[@LoryK98]

I have to be honest. I love to see the close ups on Marisha with her crazy eyes out, her face and expression are so funny

[@chrism7395]

22:56 I'd like to think that, if they'd rolled high enough, the pictures would've been the NSFW flashcards Doty made for Pike and Tary

[@BillyLemonZest]

One of my favorite channels. Keep up the great work.

[@cydneygeorge-abatecola1600]

Robbie is such a great addition! He mixes so well with the rest of the kooky cast. :)

[@benjammin5328]

It’s sad that he will most likely be leaving next session

[@connorbozynski1006]

FCG, the Therapy Cleric: Trauma you say??

[@antron9732]

Coming back to this after the most recent episodes is so good knowing what happens to FCG

[@uhltide3]

omg I love the sibling energy at 19:02 so much

[@jaburr311]

Your eye for detail in these episodes is amazing. I'd already watched this episode twice and still missed out on so many hilarious and interesting moments that you found. Travis bullying Robbie, the deep cut DPB reference, and so on. I hit play on your recaps as soon as they hit my feed 100%. Thank you! Your work amplifies the already considerable joy that CR provides.

[@KarlEller]

I love and deeply appreciate these highlight videos, there are so many little moments that I miss as I'm normally doing something else with CR in the background, and these videos let me see them without having to re-watch everything multiple times.

[@TheFansOfFiction]

In a campaign that includes a walking corpse, no one expected the robot to be the main source of body horror, but between the feet, the *two* meat tongues, and the cadaver face, Sam has made it happen. edit: He also, temporarily, has an uvula in episode 21

[@coffeefan]

FCG trauma. WTF is up with that? I think he actually was a killer Robot and he's the one that killed his last group. Once his "Trauma HP" goes to zero...... Factory Reset.

[@cognitionignition]

That's when FCG loses all memory of his new friends and just goes full-on Terminator. Eyes red, wheeling towards our sleeping heroes, repeating "Smiley Day!" with his buzz-saw whirring, leftover coffee sloshing around...

[@frankie1406]

Or he loses control, it's definitely a countdown of some sort

[@VegaNorth]

… In light of recent events…

[@christa0chellew]

@@VegaNorth Oh my god

[@TenzinBeifongIII]

This aged well

[@falcychead8198]

16:00 I've loved that expression since I first heard Liam use it, but I loved it even more when I looked it up and learned that it means "fucking nuts."

[@TheFansOfFiction]

With how many times Matt brought up The Trove during the preceding episodes, trying to nudge them in that direction, you can tell he was really exited to introduce Marwa

[@jinx8687]

I love how Travis really just decided to haze the new guy as passionately as he can

[@JustinSIsTank]

21:48 I'd just like to point out that for a chunk of Campaign 2, Sam's character had a dagger that she was obsessive about keeping AND COULD HAVE KILLED HER WITHOUT WARNING!

[@frankie1406]

Exactly what I thought about too, whatever's happening it's definitely going to be a shitstorm

[@freddietickle732]

I love this channel so much because it shows me all the jokes and fun stuff I missed

[@ARavingLobster]

Travis and Robbie are just amazing lmao

[@HPFireYT]

I’m so excited for tomorrow’s episode ahhhhh. Thank you for making these highlight videos!

[@ericepperson8409]

Love how you captured the interaction between Marisha and Liam during the Idenif-EYE exchange, calling back to how much she used to assault him during the last campaign X_0

[@jenchasetheyphania]

Ashley is pure gold in this campaign, I love her so much

[@JohnSmith-zf3yk]

Plot twist: FCG is actually a baby polar bear trapped in a robutt body, "The Division" was actually just his momma bear and the monster with one eye was the barrel of a gun.

[@KillerNick115]

i love these edits so much, i almost look forward to these as much as the actual episode!!!

[@brendanhart517]

oh THAT'S what DPB was? thank you I was thinking I was missing something obvious but no just an old in joke

[@aaronbourque5494]

That's not the ONLY meaning it has.

[@piogal34]

Amazing catch!!

[@tyrannicpuppy]

Episode 8 still holds it's place as my favourite so far this campaign, but damn if this one didn't give it a run for it's money. Marwa is magnificent as fuck and I crave more of that interaction. I don't care that her store is mostly useless for stuff they'd need, she is worth a trip back regularly just for the conversation.

[@genevievekennedy8117]

great highlights as always!! thank you!!

[@benjammin5328]

Plot twist: The Critical Role set is a Domain of Dread and Matt is the dark lord. Week after week he is forced to deal with these people ruining his stories with their shenanigans,

[@2rsvold]

I love to watch your summaries to recap what happened in the episode. Good job! :)

[@TaggedByTim]

Thank you so much for showing whatever reference they're talking about. I had no idea what they were talking about with the fox and the dick in the peanut butter bits.

[@MrFoggyknights]

I just love that a small chuckle from an Eldritch Lord caused Travis to break.

[@BruderEngel]

The bit with Harold hits home really hard. I've lived and seen people act just like that.

[@Tadpoli]

18:58 And here we see yet another example of how Laura and Travis are literally perfect for each other

[@epcdid200]

WHAT WAS THAT EP??? IT´S A FULL CHAOTIC VIBE!!! I felt into a brennam or quiddie session, LOVE ALL!!!

[@SaintBigfoot]

Whatever Dorian, Fearne and Orym have going on I really love. Will Liam finally get his canon polycule? XD ALSO WAIT, TRAVIS ACTUALLY MADE THE SHIP FOR DORIAN/ROBBIE? Like he made it with his own hands, not just got it for him????

[@villi872]

i think it was a puzzle set he put together himself, he didn’t carve it from wood

[@mattrobinson5479]

Technically Caleb, Astrid and Edowolf were a couple

[@procrastinator99]

@@mattrobinson5479 Yes, but Astrid and Eodwulf were NPCs.

[@ErnieVivas1291]

According to Laura mouthing it to Ashley, he made the ship in his / a shop, so yeah, I would assume he made it for him

[@stewartsmalls2024]

I just assumed a fan gifted it and the CEO took the credit.

[@Matisyahuwu]

Robbie can’t leave, he just can’t I love him so much.

[@ModeHistoire]

Anyone can make out what Robbie says to Travis at 29:10 ? Seems to be aboit the airship I can't seem to understand

[@benjammin5328]

He was asking if Travis actually made that ship, after Marisha showed Robbie that there want a company marking anywhere. Travis actually carved that by hand/tool

[@christiandeepe6414]

My favorite part is that Fearne’s one moment of conscience cost them 300 gold, and I don’t think they ever realized the thing that she almost stole from Marwa was the Bloodwell Vial.

[@BMAK92]

This was incredible, thank you for making it

[@DarkLordShadaou]

Please don't ever stop making these XD

[@matthewevans3543]

Thanks, these are handy for when you're not feeling the whole episode

[@rdckrson]

I’m sad you didn’t include Matt’s “Some may call this junk, me, I call it treasure.” Belethor reference from Skyrim.

[@i_am_am_i]

Another gem! Thanks Marisha ✨🔫

[@Magrijack]

Daniel will return in campaign 4 as the main antagonist.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

"She asked me what was wrong...so I SHOWED her what was wrong..."