Avi

"Can they listen to it on, eh... Spoofy?"

- Avi Avidan

Avi Avidan is the father of Danny. He was born in Israel. After serving as a tank commander in the Yom Kippur war, he moved to the USA, where he met Danny's mother in a subway and got engaged not long after. Danny often tells stories about Avi and will imitate things he says in broken English often starting with "Hey, Dan". On the Game Grumps AMA that was being done on reddit, he sent Danny a text message saying that he is watching him on the "Riddit", and had ended all of his texts with "Love, Dad". His actual voice is heard in the Pokemon FireRed episode "Starting Fires" when Danny played a voice mail by him congratulating Danny for the Starbomb "Luigi's Ballad" video getting 5 million hits. Arin mentioned after the voice mail was played that he sounded exactly like Danny's impression of him.

At the 2014 RTX Panel, Someone asked if Avi will ever make a cameo on the show and Danny said that most likely not but he will try, and that he sent him a voice mail saying that if he plays this on Game Grumps he will stop talking to him. But he played it anyway when Arin told Dan that he's already played it in private while they were playing Super Mario Galaxy and he mistakenly thought he meant he already played it on the show.

Appearances and Imitations

 * "Finale" (Castlevania: Dracula X) - October 31, 2013
 * "OOHHH NOOOOOO" (Shadow of the Colossus) - February 25, 2014
 * "Starting Fires" (Pokémon FireRed Version) - March 3, 2014
 * "Play the Dirge" (Shadow of the Colossus) - March 12, 2014
 * "Yes and Yes" (Pokémon FireRed Version) - March 20, 2014
 * "ALL HAIL THE TROUPPLE KING" (Shovel Knight) - July 13, 2014
 * "The Blizzard of '96" (Shovel Knight) - July 24, 2014
 * "Rolling Again" (We Love Katamari) - December 28, 2014
 * "EYE GRABBING TITLE" (We Love Katamari) - December 30, 2014
 * "The Many Deaths of Larry" (Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!) - January 3, 2015
 * "Rock Blasted!" (Pokémon FireRed Version) - February 13, 2015
 * "Almost the Best" (Ninja Gaiden) - March 28, 2015
 * "Jumping the Gun" (Super Mario 64) - March 30, 2015
 * "Fight or Flight" (Super Mario 64) - April 5, 2015
 * "Turning Heads" (Bloodborne) - April 7, 2015
 * "Back Again" (Super Mario 64) - May 7, 2015
 * "Dead Man Walking" (Bloodborne) - July 14, 2015
 * "Mile High Club" (Sonic Adventure DX) - August 8, 2015
 * "Mr. ButterFeet" (Super Mario Galaxy) - August 11, 2015
 * "Framing Voicemails" (Super Mario Galaxy) - August 20, 2015

Trivia

 * Avi is most famous in the fandom for his habit of frequently stopping in mid sentence saying "ehh...". He has explained to Danny that it is due to English not being his first language and having to gather his thoughts.