History Awesome / EightBitTheater

** There's also [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/11/02/episode-477-third-attack/ Ice 9.]] For one thing, it's the first time we get to see Red Mage implement a plan that works perfectly instead of failing hilariously. Also, it's... ahem... very [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]].

!!Meta
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/05/19/episode-1129-there/ This]] is "Episode #1129: THERE" (published in mid-May 2009), and [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/06/26/episode-434-wouldnt-you-like-to-know/ this]] is "Episode #434: Wouldn't You Like to Know?" (published in late June of 2004). The fact that he planned out a strip '''five years in advance''' is either insane or awesome...probably a little of both.
** The fact that he planned out the Onion Kid's rise as Sarda, which is caused by the entirety of the subsequent comic over nearly a decade's time. '''Holy shit.'''
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/01/21/episode-651-thief-of-time/ Remember Thief's line about stealing his class change from the future?]] Well, three years and 500 strips later, we find out [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/09/19/episode-1174-oh-thats-what/ precisely where he stole it from.]] Yet another Crowning Moment for Brian Clevinger.
** And remember: Thief has no one to blame but himself.
* March 20, 2001: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/20/episode-007-kamehameha-or-something/ It'll never work.]] Cut to February 20, 2010 ('''nine years and 1214 strips later'''): [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/20/episode-1221-longest-set-up-in-webcomic-history/ Okay, maybe it will.]]
** The latter strip also doubles as White Mage's ultimate Crowning Moment of Awesome.
** Actually, the early dates are inaccurate because the comics were not organized by date prior to November 2003; 8BT really started in January 2001. All this does is make the longest BrickJoke ever more impressive by a scant few months.

--->''Sarda:''' From?

* Using said evil to [[spoiler: re-kill the Fiends, absorb their evil, and create black tendrils]]

* Comic [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/29/episode-1166-the-wizards-that-did-it/ #1166]] [[spoiler: A CMOA for BM and RM successfully working together and distracting Sarda.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''RM:''' It's just a distraction.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Sarda:''' From?]]
--->[[spoiler:'''BM:''' ''[[OneLiner ME!]].'']]

* Without even really ''trying'', Black Mage once again screws over [[spoiler:Sarda aka the former Onion Kid]]. How? Black Mage's ''sheer evil'' [[PhlebotinumOverload overloads]] [[spoiler:''Sarda'' and turns him into a portal for ''Chaos''.]] It's awesome in a very scary way.

** White Mage went on to [[spoiler: build a new team and defeat Chaos]], making Red Mage indirectly responsible for saving the world.
* Foreshadowing [[spoiler: Sarda's PhlebotinumOverload]] when he claims that [[spoiler: Sarda channeling his own magic, the four elemental orbs, AND Black Mage's evil power]] couldn't possibly exist. In this one case, ''Red Mage'' was smarter than ''[[spoiler: Sarda]]''.

* The following setup: Red Mage looks into datasphere. Black Mage looks into datasphere. Black Mage is confronted by his avatar dark god and claims the datasphere was empty. [[spoiler: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/06/16/episode-1141-how-deep-does-the-a-hole-go/ Cut to Red Mage's a-hole]], where he reveals; "I absorbed the contents of the datasphere. I know how to destroy everything that will exist. That '''includes''' Sarda."]]

** The [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/02/12/episode-383-spinal-snap/ first Fiend battle with Lich]] where he goes into an UnstoppableRage after a brief HeroicBSOD when [[spoiler:Black Mage is killed by Lich.]]

* Successfully [[spoiler:outwitting a trickster god.]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/12/30/episode-1077-kitchen-nightmares/ The sequence starts here.]]

* [[spoiler: THE ONION KID IS SARDA!]]

* Garland is usually a [[HarmlessVillain ridiculous]] [[AffablyEvil softie]] of a villain. Eventually, his band of evil adventurers decide to mutiny against him. At a meeting that Garland himself caters. After the minions eat his special tacos, Garland proceeds to list the reasons why the mutiny will fail, in particular [[spoiler: that the tacos were stuffed with [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/01/02/episode-790-its-where-the-powder-comes-from/ Amnesia Peppers.]]]] Not bad for a guy who was once bullied by the princess he had kidnapped.

** The fact that he [[spoiler: planned out the Onion Kid's rise as Sarda, which is caused by the entirety of the subsequent comic over nearly a decade's time.]] '''Holy shit.'''

* [[spoiler:March 20, 2001: [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/20/episode-007-kamehameha-or-something/ It'll never work.]] Cut to February 20, 2010 ('''nine years and 1214 strips later'''): [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/20/episode-1221-longest-set-up-in-webcomic-history/ Okay, maybe it will.]]]]
** The latter strip also doubles as [[spoiler:White Mage]]'s ultimate Crowning Moment of Awesome.
** Actually, the early dates are inaccurate because the comics were not organized by date prior to November 2003; 8BT really started in January 2001. [[spoiler:All this does is make the longest BrickJoke ever more impressive by a scant few months.]]

** The fact that he [[spoiler: planned out the Onion Kid's rise as Sarda, which is caused by the entirety of the subsequent comic over nearly a decade's time.]] '''Holy shit.''' Brian Clevinger, you MagnificentBastard.

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Red Mage:

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Sarda:

Black Belt:

Garland:

Bikke:

Drizz'l

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-->'''Red Mage''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Should have probably told Black Mage to get out of the way first.]]

* Killing [[ThreeHundred Spartans']] [[CaptainErsatz Captain Ersatzes]] [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/04/17/episode-834-world-war-rock/ and making them look like idiots at the same time.]]