The New Norm Speedrun any% (00:00:47:09)

Okay, so I think this deserves some explanation, since the New Norm video game is not exactly widely known to the public. The New Norm was a video game tie-in to the animated sitcom of the same name, which was released on all current-gen gaming consoles (PS5, Xbox series X, Nintendo Switch), steam, and the epic games store, not long after the series aired it's final episode. However, due to rushed development, the game is cluttered with many bugs which can break the game in unsatisfactory ways. For my run, I'm using the nintendo switch version. The first glitch used was a glitch during the leg scratching sequence at the beginning of the game where moving the control stick in a certain way can skip immediately to the scene where Norm gets scared upon seeing woke beer. Next, I was able to successfully perform the glitch where exiting the game and going back during the title card sequence can skip a good chunk of dialogue and skips the quick time event where Norm has to choose between based dialogue and woke dialogue. If you fail the quick time event, Norm uses the woke dialogue, which gives you 100 woke points (which are irrelevant to this run) and skips the entire chaz introduction scene. Then, I managed to pull off the glitch during the charlie fist bump quick time event where you have to perform a frame-perfect button press that skips even more dialogue and goes straight to the couch scene, where you play as charlie and have several quick time events of making offensive jokes. Thankfully, we only need one, which I discovered choosing the third offensive joke during the football game will actually make norm instantly throw the woke beer at chaz, which makes the game freeze and causes the quick time event where norm opens the can of beer to be skipped, and we go to the final cutscene, which is where the run ends.

[crumbypaige]

i keep getting comments on this video so if you're here please watch this instead

[OFS_Razgriz]

By coincidence, this is also the world record for the longest time anyone has spent watching that show without jumping off the nearest cliff.

[briandiomede]

People talking about beer skip like it isn’t a 2 frame window smh.

[chrisiz]

you can save about a single second by turning profanity off since it skips the "FACK YOU!" line !

[Shifsabre]

If you don't scratch your ankle, you can skip straight to the beer

[sedeuphadude]

Little known fact: The New Norm uses a heavily modded version of the Source engine, specifically based on the version used by Half-Life 2: Episode 1. Through a hard-to-perform glitch, you can get the Pulse Rifle, and use the alt-fire projectile to kill Elon, who is stored out-of-bounds at all times. This will instantly get you the bad ending. Also, spawning in any HL2 enemy during the leg scratch QTE will cause Charlie to die, crashing the game when you get to the Charlie fist bump QTE.

[SamArt]

0:20 should’ve been a quick time event

[DeathAngel-ftoz]

...Man i'mma be real I don't even think a shitpost saves this show.

[objectoons]

this feels like a ytp but with a timer on the top

[grizzlydino]

1:22 Imagine if New Norm actually gets added to Fortnite

[Growingcrazy]

Man I miss when we speedran American dad

[collegeidiotsofficial]

If you mashed The A button You can get the paddle stuck in the floor causing the beer to never be picked up Skipping the progress line, saving you a few seconds 0:03

[Rob_Boss]

I'm glad he didn't take the time save at 0:11 and went out of the way for the woke points cutscene. a true gamer

[TSMKstudios]

I love how all of these ytps have to have norms famous catchphrase “b0ner”

[Mr_BoozeVA]

The game doesn’t tell you, but you actually don’t have to scratch your ankle to complete the level. It makes things a little easier but it’s technically not required.

[justanamitard]

The fact that they put musk in there and he didn't even retweet it.

[mike]

This feels like one of those “Extended by AI” videos but it has felt the touch of human intervention. Remarkable.

[Passageofsky]

We need to edit this whole show to be super supportive and positive.

[thisperson]

I love how the skip at 0:11 in the speedrun actually helps raise trans awareness and respects our trans siblings like people. Truly the greatest coincidence in speedrunning history!

[pixel__huh]

You can use a tactic called piss skip if you let the dog quicktime event fail and then spam the beer button norm will open the shaken beer