The Nintendo character with zero Google results 

"No one had heard of Pappy Van Poodle, so I only had one option... I flew to Japan"

This man deadass single-handedly brought this character back from the abyss

Pappy von Poodle is not a creepypasta; he's a comfypasta

The year is 2021 and Pappy Van Poodle now has so many search results that it extends into the 2nd page of google!

Did you do it? Yes. What did it cost? Nick’s apartment.

Nick: *finds a character who's been hidden for years* News Outlets: *SO WE DISCOVERED A SECRET NINTENDO CHARACTER*

I like the Pappy Van Poodle route. Rusty is richer on top of receiving the items he needs and gets to see his old friend often. I think Nintendo prepared him with the assumption that some people won't haggle at least once haha but apparently no one did lol.

"the weapon rusty uses against you is guilt" so basically undertale genocide route

it's so fun to go through the google image search that EVERY single image has that little bar where it say [6-1 days ago]

You've created 1.1 million search results for Pappy Van Poodle in the last year

This makes me wonder what other giant companies have ultra-obscure characters that have absolutely no evidence on the internet?

I actually found Pappy on accident when I was super sleepy and wasn’t paying attention to my options. Glad to see him realized openly.

You probably just brought tears of happiness to the guy who had the idea for this character

Pappy Van Poodle is now a GoogleWhack, a search with only one result on Google. Congratulations on this achievement.

A whole new problem is that when the eShop goes down next March, the purchases won't be able to be made so the game may be unplayable legitimately, if it isn't already

You have successfully made Pappy Van Poodle more known, and now there's more than 1.1 million results for him! You have just created history

Player: Let me pay retail price because I'm a normal customer Man without a wife and 10 kids: 50% off, take it or leave it

now all the game news sites are saying "WE FOUND THE SECRET DOG"

I'm glad you made this video, because I had a similar situation where my 3ds was lost, and my son was playing through it, and since we figured out you don't need to rebuy it, I just let my 6-year-old son play it, not worrying about him blowing all my money. I tried showing him all the negotiating stuff, but he wasn't really getting it. One day I came home, and my son was so excited because he bought all of them last 8 games, and I got in there and sure enough, all the games were bought and when I talk to Rusty he was going on about Van Poodle and him helping him. I even saw the last clip with Van Poodle in it, and I was quite confused about the whole thing, but now I have seen your video, it makes more to sense

2021 update: I got curious about this and looked up Pappy, ironically he came up, AND you were refrenced. Now that's a redemption arc

Wow, clickbaity title 100% delivers, absolutely no bamboozle, excellent video, 5 stars

Your tombstone will say "He discovered pappy van poodle" You'll never outdo it, why even live?

One specific Google search will actually mention you as a RU-vidr being the first person to post about our comfy little boy

it may just be me but I think it's so cute searching him up now and seeing how much love and fanart is dedicated to him

Pappy van poodle spent years literally hiding behind a pay wall

You started a giant fanbase from a character who previously had no search results and for that I say: 👏

I actually have a friend who owned this game and played with it for a bit. I felt bad for the dog because it felt like I was taking money out of him... But we all know the money actually goes to Nintendo

At the time of posting this video nobody knew about or cared about Pappy, but now under 3 years later, 6,729,233 have heard his story

I merely typed "Papp" and the FIRST result was Pappy Van Poodle. Congratulations my dude, you oughta feel proud

pappy van poodle was added on Nintendo Life just 30 minutes ago

Chris cham

Well Nick, you did it. You took Pappy von Poodle from no results to 213000 results in three years. (One of them is a link to the Sonichu wiki lmao)

Dam,I hope you realise that not everyone can say about themselves that they have brought back a forgotten character into existence. Remember that my dude.

This man singlehandedly made google go from 0 results to 39,400 results in 5 days

nick is the only youtuber that has changed the course of gaming history multiple times, he reignited interest in a forgotten e-shop download masterpiece, brought light to one of the most obscure characters in gaming history and made him a phenomenon, made one of the rarest video games of all time playable to the public, sparking a huge community of speedrunners, sparked interest in a forgotten flash game that now has a full remake on steam, and potentially even revived the entire super monkey ball franchise with his video on the games announcer, sparking a full remake of the first two games in the series.

jeez this was posted 4 whole years ago? I remember when it was only a few weeks old... way to make me feel old... still has to be one of the greatest videos I ever watched, it inspired me to want to make my own high production value content (a dream that has yet to come to fruition lol) thanks for this video, it will always hold a special spot in my heart.

Pappy Van Poodle now has a subreddit you should be very proud

If this dude's apartment never burned down I dont think he would have ever found out about this character

I love this. This has to be the most wholesome game ever made.

I just looked up this character 2 years after this video came out and now there's actually a ton of results! So congrats on bringing recognition to a previously unknown character!!

Pappy Van Poodle is now the most popular Nintendo character

Congrats, they are now making a petition to make him a playable character in Smash Bros

THANKS I JUST SAW RULE 34 OF PUPPY VAN POODLE WHEN I SEARCHED HIM UP, JUST THANKS

its not a "light pattern" its still a dark pattern, getting you to believe you are getting it for a much better deal so you feel you have an obligation to buy it in a much more innocent seeming way than typical coupon codes, sales etc

Damn it, NOW akinator knows everyone.

How do you feel knowing you are single handedly responsible for almost ANYTHING that has to do with Pappy Van Poodle from now on? Wow

Fun Fact: If you search who discovered pappy van poodle it will say "As a result, this extremely lovable character existed in complete obscurity for about 5 years. All of that changed when RU-vidr Nick Robinson made a video exposing Pappy to the "

I wonder if there are any other hidden characters like this that have yet to be discovered.

I'm pretty sure you were the only person outside of Nintendo to discover this character

Are you ok bro? Every time you talked about this “pappy van poodle” the screen just went white and low distorted sounds played

Managed to get this game and buy all 10 games just in time before it disappeared forever.

Well folks, less then a week until this game is no longer *legally* downloadable. Rip rusty, you won’t be forgotten.

The real question is, did Akinator know about this?

mans just basically reversed a thanos snap and brought someone back wtf

Love he went from zero Google searches to fake merch

Just wait until Pappy Van Poodle appears on Smash Bros

It's May 18, 2019 and there is already 10,600 Google results now and counting. I do believe you were successful.

I can imagine someone in a meeting with the creator of this game and someone just saying, “pappy van poodle” and the creator just stands up and sprints out the the door screaming

I remember watching this video while I did my homework! Always found your voice comforting :) Had to do a bit of searching but i found it once again!

I think the introduction of this character in the game is supposed to be a subtle way to remember the older people that have been forgotten in life by everyone.

10 days later: "About 84,600 results (0.32 seconds)"

I wonder how many other undiscovered characters exist

As of 2023, there is about 269k search results for Pappy Van Poodle

i love these videos! Im not even that interested in video games but i cant stop watching ur videos

Pappy's a metaphor for the fan that supports Nintendo almost religiously - beyond the point where they're deriving true additional benefit from their dedication to the product. If you encountered Pappy organically, then Pappy is YOU.

So if this dude's apartment never burned, this character could never have been known. Butterfly effect 🦋😵

This game is the only reason rusty is a Icon

its almost 2023 and there are now 8 pages of pappy van poodle

It's Official. May 15th of every year from this point onward will be national pappy van poodle recognition day

You're already mentioned on the Rusty's Real Deal Baseball wikipedia page "The game became the center of mainstream attention, after a RU-vid video by Nick Robinson was uploaded on May 15th, 2019, regarding Pappy Van Poodle, a character of said game."

I can’t believe it’s been three years since this video has been uploaded. I feels like it’s been only one year to be honest.

man am i glad this video showed up in my recommended again or i would never be able to download it

They should add Pappy Van Poodle for Smash. Final Smash: he takes your $4 :P

Rusty is 100% Danny Devito's fursona

Just received my pappy shirt, first time I ever order anything out of a video, but you made a pretty appealing case to be fair, this is lit!

I remember watching this video 2 years ago, subscribing to your channel, and turning on this notifications. I was astounded that you covered the game that I PLAYED on my old 3ds. The video felt super relatable. I remember haggling with rusty with those doughnuts and nose hair trimmers.

someone at nintendo who worked on this character is probablly really happy now 👀

Nick: finds pappy van poodle News: *WE* DISCOVERED A SECRET-

THIS GAME WAS LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE I HAD FOR FREE THAT WORKED ON MY OLD 3DS AND I REMEMBER THIS GUY

This is such a good take on good content kepk behind a paywall. Thanks for bringing out to light!

Pappy Van Poodle is like a super secret DLC that was too secret, nobody knew he existed

If you think outside the box, Pappy van Poodle is kind of a hidden -dlc- character that only appears with special conditions -by paying more- .

Good job, you've now also created tons of Rule 34 of Pappy Van Poodle. (the first page of google images when you search "pappy van poodle" has r34...)

Realized that this game won’t be available ever to get when the 3ds eshop closes :(

You made people consider Pappy Van Poodle for Smash 🤐

I swear i felt this whole video like it was a creepypasta _and now i'm crying._

he finally got search results you cant prove me wrong

The “Pappy Van Poodle” effect. Defy all the games countless tries to have you do the right thing and get new cutscenes and a character that nobody knew about.

congrats, I searched it up and a result was "puppy van poodle nsfw" what have you done

Immediately searches Pappy Va.... autofilled and 80,500 results

OMG I watched this video probably 3 years ago and was going crazy because I wanted to look at the game again, but google didn't show any reaults when searching for the stuff I could remember about it. Finally I found it today!

WTF THERES PAPPY VAN POODLE R34

he protecc he attacc but most importantly you bring him bacc

Welp, you just exposed one of the few characters safe from Rule 34 to the internet, thus destroying his safety.

11:19 when he actually starts talking about the character

I forgot that you made this banger of a video for a while You got so many bangers man

May 15 2019 : Pappy Van Poodle has no searches. A year later : Pappy Van Poodle now has one of the most Google searches as a Nintendo Character.

woa woa woah woah wait are you saying there's a free to play game where you can reduce the price of microtransactions by playing the game itself? wow

Ok I just found this channel from the McDonalds game. And I’m really into the real stuff on RU-vid. The real life true story movies made by people on the internet. And I really damn love this channel.