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** When the dragon uses his breath weapon on Spoony ([[spoiler:actually just an illusionary image of him]]), Big Mike (the DM) rolls:
-->'''Spoony: BOTCH!''' ''*stands up*'' [[LargeHam GREATEST IN THE WORLD!]] ''*starts chanting "Yes! Yes! along with the audience*''\\
'''Big Mike:''' Spoony... please look a little closer at the dice. It's a seven.\\
'''Spoony:''' ''*deflated*'' Oooh... *{{beat}}* You still miss, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]].\\
'''Big Mike:''' ''*dejected*'' Yes, I do...
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** Another amusing note from the crowd after everyone began to hit the fallen dragon's spine, "I DUB THIS PARTY 'SPINAL TAP'!"
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* The titular Bardic Knock Spell, which consists of simply knocking on a locked door and punching the person who opens up.
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** People in the crowd keep calling out references to Spoony's Ultima IX review, especially "What's a paladin?"; sometimes this is funny but other times it's just annoying. Then a few minutes later, Spoony tops them all when the DM says that the campaign is set in a land called "Britannia" and the crowd reacts...
--> '''DM:''' That wasn't deliberate, Spoony.
--> '''Spoony:''' No, it's okay. I have an advantage. After all, ''my knowledge of the land shall be great!''
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** His talk on Takos. "I don't know what it is but I want it! There's a male tako and a female tako. I could go for some takos right not!"

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** His talk on Takos. "I don't know what it is but I want it! There's a male tako and a female tako. [[IncrediblyLamePun I could go for some takos tacos right not!"now!]]"




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** Generally, the way he portrays [=DMs=] as AdmiringTheAbomination as they gleefully look up "interesting" aquatic monsters to throw at the players.
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** The way he keeps saying "Giant ''FUCKING'' Octopus!" in a pissed off tone near the beginning.
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** His talk on Takos. "I don't know what it is but I want it! There's a male tako and a female tako. I could go for some takos right not!"

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* From ''Never Get On The Boat'':
** Spoony trying to stand back up a [[{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] stand that fell over before just casually tossing them aside.
-->'''Spoony''': Team Rocket's blasting off again!
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** Linkara accidently killing an opponent he tried to immobilize by shooting an arrow to its knee. The arrow alone wouldn't have killed it, but the fact that his opponent had several weapons stuck in his hide and a bag full of crushed glass in his face thanks to Spoony, combined with the shot to the knee being a critical hit, caused the opponent to fall over front first, imapling himself on the weapons.

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** Linkara accidently accidentally killing an opponent he tried to immobilize by shooting with [[MemeticMutation an arrow to its knee. to]] [[TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the knee]]. The arrow alone wouldn't have killed it, but the fact that his opponent had several weapons stuck in his hide and a bag full of crushed glass in his face thanks to Spoony, combined with the shot to the knee being a critical hit, caused the opponent to fall over front first, imapling impaling himself on the weapons.
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** Linkara accidently killing an opponent he tried to immobilize by shooting an arrow to its knee. The arrow alone wouldn't have killed it, but the fact that his opponent had several weapons stuck in his hide and a bag full of crushed glass in his face thanks to Spoony, combined with the shot to the knee being a critical hit, caused the opponent to fall over front first, imapling himself on the weapons.

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* From [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/08/26/conbravo-2012-d20-live/ ConBravo 2012 - D20 Live]]:
** The recounting of "The Greatest Swordsman in the World". A single boast by Tandem the Spoony pisses off the wrong guy, a dedicated sword specialist, who felt his honour was sullied. He challenges Tandem to a duel to first blood - he botches, losing his sword, as Tandem gets a crit. He concedes, but follows Tandem around, asserting his boast around powerful fighters in hopes to get him killed. However, he wins every battle, even managing through luck and guile to defeat a gigantic, tree-wielding gladiator by crippling his primary arm and finishing him off with DeathByAThousandCuts. The gobsmacked specialist never bothered him again. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
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'''Both (in unison):''' "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome MAGIC DOG SHIT!!]]"\\

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'''Both (in unison):''' "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome "[[MundaneMadeAwesome MAGIC DOG SHIT!!]]"\\

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*** "Mr. Mockingham, come here! You have to see this! I made a golem...out of shit! Not just any shit though, magic dog shit!"

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*** '''Spoony:''' "Mr. Mockingham, come here! You have to see this! you've gotta come! ''Look what I did!!'' I made a golem...golem out of shit! Not ''shit''!!\\
'''Bennett (near tears):''' "Not
just any shit though, magic dog shit!"shit! Are you sitting down?"\\
'''Both (in unison):''' "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome MAGIC DOG SHIT!!]]"\\
'''Spoony:''' "It moves! It was devastating!"
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** This golden exchange:
-->'''Bennett (reading):''' "'It wasn't long before a man named Hinsty David tried using [magic dog crap] on a golem. [[CaptainObvious The result was devistating]](sic).'"\\
'''Spoony:''' [[{{Understatement}} I bet it was!]]
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*** Made even funnier with the [[BeyondTheImpossible "Double Spiked Club"]].

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*** Made even funnier with the [[BeyondTheImpossible [[UpToEleven "Double Spiked Club"]].
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!!Session 4:
* After the party survives the second ambush of the day without a hitch, [[TemptingFate Spoony wonders out loud if he should start ramping up the difficulty.]]
--> '''[[KillerGameMaster Spoony]]:''' [[CallBack Next time we're cracking out the Manure Golem.]]
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*** "Mr. Mockingham, come here! You have to see this! I made a golem...out of shit! Not just any shit though, magic dog shit!"
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** The multiple {{Not Making This Up Disclaimer}}s he gives for "Castle Greyhawk", including the legendary mage Mordenkainen is a dimensional traveler who films movies in his castle using real monsters, an encounter with the cast of ''StarTrek'' (complete with phasers), and getting into a fight with [[NorseMythology Thor]] because you walk into his dressing room.

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** The multiple {{Not Making This Up Disclaimer}}s he gives for "Castle Greyhawk", including the legendary mage Mordenkainen is a dimensional traveler who films movies in his castle using real monsters, an encounter with the cast of ''StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (complete with phasers), and getting into a fight with [[NorseMythology Thor]] because you walk into his dressing room.
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* The entirety of the bandit camp, mainly due to the sound effects used including a perfectly timed [[StockScream Wilhelm scream]]
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* Early on, after mentioning that Marzgurl was absent again due to computer troubles, Spoony gets the idea to contact her by phone (by text or voice) to see if she can somehow participate. Numerous jokes stem from the concept.
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!!Session 3:
* [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment "We find the corpse of]] [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie.]]"
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* It's revealed that PushingUpRoses opted out, Jinx leaving as a result with an in-story reason. The party jokes that "(Her) planet needs (her)!"


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* "Our old friends were too squishy. We need new friends."

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* Magnus tries to stabilize Gustav, but fails. Drama collapses as the death marker appears on the wrong party member.
-->'''Sean Fausz:''' I'm not dead! Fuck you!

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* "[[PungeonMaster Liz]]... I swear to god, I will come over there."
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* At the beginning, they get their mission from the mayor and are cued to leave, there is a silence until [[Marzgurl Maleuseu]] says "I am no longer in that building" and asks if anyone will leave with her.

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* At the beginning, they get their mission from the mayor and are cued to leave, there is a silence until [[Marzgurl [[MarzGurl Maleuseu]] says "I am no longer in that building" and asks if anyone will leave with her.
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* At the beginning, they get their mission from the mayor and are cued to leave, there is a silence until [[Marzgurl Maleuseu]] says "I am no longer in that building" and asks if anyone will leave with her.
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** The multiple NotMakingThisUpDisclaimers he gives for "Castle Greyhawk", including the legendary mage Mordenkainen is a dimensional traveler who films movies in his castle using real monsters, an encounter with the cast of ''StarTrek'' (complete with phasers), and getting into a fight with [[NorseMythology Thor]] because you walk into his dressing room.

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** The multiple NotMakingThisUpDisclaimers {{Not Making This Up Disclaimer}}s he gives for "Castle Greyhawk", including the legendary mage Mordenkainen is a dimensional traveler who films movies in his castle using real monsters, an encounter with the cast of ''StarTrek'' (complete with phasers), and getting into a fight with [[NorseMythology Thor]] because you walk into his dressing room.



** What makes that particular moment even more hilarious is that, usually it's impossible to hit Tempus Thales, and in fact, Spoony intended to have him dodge the flask or simply get hit in the chest and shrug it off as a mild annoyance. The problem was that the mage - precisely at that place and at that time - ''rolled a crit''. Spoony proceeds to reanact his reaction to it by facepalming and going "Oh God...".

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** What makes that particular moment even more hilarious is that, usually it's impossible to hit Tempus Thales, and in fact, Spoony intended to have him dodge the flask or simply get hit in the chest and shrug it off as a mild annoyance. The problem was that the mage - precisely at that place and at that time - ''rolled a crit''. Spoony proceeds to reanact reenact his reaction to it by facepalming and going "Oh God..."Oh... oh no...".



-->'''Mage''': I-I thought it was more cultists!

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*** And then he tells her that the friend she calls a wetback (ie Mexican) is actually Polish, and that on top of being a racist she was also massively stupid.

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*** And then he tells her that the friend she calls a wetback (ie (i.e. Mexican) is actually Polish, and that on top of being a racist she was also massively stupid.



* ColdGuy's dwarf making a BondOneLiner after ploughing through two bandits in two turns without armor.

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* ColdGuy's dwarf making a BondOneLiner after ploughing through two bandits in two turns without armor.
--> '''Rrerrh''': [[FunetikAksent Oih]], [[IncrediblyLamePun Tax season is]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext ovveR]].
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-->"The are wearing our '''boots'''!"

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-->"The are wearing our '''boots'''!"'''boots'''!"

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!!Part 1 & 2:
* The introduction of "[[TrrrillingRrrs Rrerrh]] the Ranger." Spoony feels the need to ask Coldguy if that's the necessary pronunciation.
* The miscellaneous teases of Jinx, PushingUpRoses' gnome druid. Her lower intelligence stat results in many YouNoTakeCandle jokes.
* "Then he dies."

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* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/10/24/counter-monkey-the-toilet-pizza/ The Toilet Pizza]] ([[http://countermonkeybook.blogspot.com/2007/11/chapter-6-toilet-pizza.html Text Version]]), from Spoony's musings about what brought it about to him putting it to use. Though at the end he notes that the only reason the story is funny is because nobody got seriously ill and/or died, which could have easily happened.
* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/11/06/counter-monkey-invisible-jason/ Invisible Jason]] ([[http://countermonkeybook.blogspot.com/2008/02/chapter-7-invisible-jason.html Text Version]]), where he recounts one of his friends managing to stand perfectly still on a car hood (and not even his own car) for ''sixteen hours'' just to avoid getting killed out of a game. By the time he's describing his returning the next morning and shouts "He's still there!", Noah is clearly right back in that moment of pure disbelief.
** This exchange between him and Jason: "'Um, is that your car?' He goes, 'What? No.' …{{Beat}}… 'What are you doing on someon– ''why are you'' on ''a car!'''"
** Oreo is sitting on the arm of the couch trying to grab a toy off his lap, but once he starts acting out what Jason was doing, she stops to stare at him with a completely puzzled expression.
** "You've been standing on the hood of a car for 12 hours? I know guys in the military who couldn't do that!"
** And when Spoony tried to get him off the car in the morning, the first thing Jason did was ask if the woman he was originally hiding from was gone.
* During his Shadowrun: The Squirt Gun Wars V-Log, his new puppy Oreo's various interruptions of his story which include jumping up on the couch beside him and trying to play (which involves biting his arm) and running into the camera while he is recording causing the whole camera to shake.
** She breaks one of her toys after just a few days, much to Spoony's outrage, and then provides the perfect deadpan reaction at his saying at the end "Can I help you?"
*** "This dog... [[{{Ripper}} Is un-fucking-believable]]!"
** The subject matter of the V-Log itself is pretty hilarious. Just goes to show the raw potential of chemical warfare when you put thought into it.
* The epic rise and fall of Vegan Steve after sending one of Spoony's old ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaigns {{Off The Rails}}.
** Oreo's fascination with his circular hand movements.
** The repeated references to Steve being a "fucknut."
* Oreo shows up again briefly in [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/10/29/counter-monkey-all-jedi-or-no-jedi/ All Jedi or No Jedi]], and just as Spoony describes something as "boring" she gives a [[FunnyBackgroundEvent big, perfectly-timed yawn]].
** He advises us to either make every player a Jedi or not use them at all when playing a ''Star Wars'' RPG, because otherwise you'll always get the non-Jedis trying to horn in on the Jedi battles.
** He made the mistake of giving Darth Vader a cameo in one of his campaigns, causing all the players to immediately drop the story in favor of hunting down and killing Vader, while Spoony desperately tried to get them back on track.
** He recounted [[MightyGlacier Wookiee players]] who had maximized their body stat to [[MadeOfIron such ridiculous heights]] that they could NoSell ''lightsabers''!
* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/11/06/counter-monkey-vampire-spoonys-jyhad/#disqus_thread Vampire - Spoony's Jyhad.]] His ultimate revenge is mainly a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, but also hilarious.
* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2011/11/22/counter-monkey-tandems-last-ride/ Tandem's Last Ride]]
** The entire thing, right from the stoner caterpillar to the battle against the Lich.
*** One of the highlights was when they realized that [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou Everything Really Is Trying To Kill You]], so they declare war on Wonderland and start killing everything in sight as a preventative measure.
** "''He's a twentieth level monk[[hottip:*:As Spoony notes, it's actually a wererat]]!''" *loud squeak by Oreo's squeaky toy that almost sounds like a frightened squeal*
*** The visual of the barely alive Tandem stabbing the remains of the Doormouse, to the point where his party members had to drag him off.
** Him singing "He's trying to enchant us! He's trying to enchant us! FUCK-ING-KILL-HIM~!" Also the idea of an elven bard singing Iron Maiden as a counter-song. And he did it at the table.
** The description of how Zeus literally kicked Tandem's ass off Olympus for boning one of his daughters (he ''thinks'' it was Athena, but he was pretty drunk at the time), which is hilariously hypocritical considering it's ''Zeus'', the patron God of ReallyGetsAround himself.
*** His reaction to Zeus [[CoitusUninterruptus walking in on them]]: "What?! '''She''' came onto '''me'''!!"
** The multiple NotMakingThisUpDisclaimers he gives for "Castle Greyhawk", including the legendary mage Mordenkainen is a dimensional traveler who films movies in his castle using real monsters, an encounter with the cast of ''StarTrek'' (complete with phasers), and getting into a fight with [[NorseMythology Thor]] because you walk into his dressing room.
* [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/01/10/counter-monkey-the-age-of-manure/ Age of Manure]]. "Everything went to shit!"
** The entire story of the Manure Golem, covering three pages front and back. Be prepared to stop the video because it hurts to keep laughing.
*** "Realizing that the Manure Golems were uncontrollable, Hinsty David created the Rod of Manure."
--->'''Spoony:''' [[ToiletHumor I create a rod of manure every day.]]\\
'''Bennett:''' ''*laughing his ass off*'' I do that every morning.
** Spoony's fascination with the "double club." And then he and Bennett spend ages thinking up double version of other weapons.
*** Made even funnier with the [[BeyondTheImpossible "Double Spiked Club"]].
* While the ''ThievesWorld'' story gets ''[[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/counter-monkey-thieves-world-part-1-poor-impulse-control-6001618 really]]'' dark, '''[[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/counter-monkey-thieves-world-part-2-the-chicago-way-6001413 really]]''' fast, the story of some no name idiot mage throwing a bottle of acid at Tempus Thales face still had me laughing for five minutes straight. It couldn't have been a better punchline if Spoony had ''planned'' it because it was all set up perfectly, from the minor tangent early on talking about the devious horror of chucking flasks of acid at people in combat, to the descriptions of how he reacted to getting '''acid in the face''', it will leave you gasping for breath.
---> "He got a flask of acid to the face- ''there's no good way to take that!''
** What makes that particular moment even more hilarious is that, usually it's impossible to hit Tempus Thales, and in fact, Spoony intended to have him dodge the flask or simply get hit in the chest and shrug it off as a mild annoyance. The problem was that the mage - precisely at that place and at that time - ''rolled a crit''. Spoony proceeds to reanact his reaction to it by facepalming and going "Oh God...".
** Just the way he describes the reactions of the [=PCs=] during that moment is gold.
-->'''Mage''': I-I thought it was more cultists!
-->'''Other PC''': Well, '''OBVIOUSLY FUCKING NOT'''!!!
** The other players extensively debating ways to collect the bounty on their mage friend without being double-crossed, ''while standing right next to him''. Especially this part:
--->'''Mage''': "Guys, there's no way Tempus Thales is going to let you live even if you give me to him."\\
'''Other PC''': "Yeah, you're right. But on the other hand, ten thousand gold pieces!"\\
'''Mage''': "Yeah..."
** Spoony constantly making fun of Matthew's "I'm not that kind of a thief", turning it into a RunningGag thorough the story.
--->'''Spoony''': I just remembered, it was Matthew who was the first to die (killed by Tempus Thales in the final BossFight). Guess he wasn't the kind of thief who fights well.
** His frustration with the player who created a character devoted with the goddess of death, who was always brooding and even seeking out corpses to sing her praises over. He was only kept around because he could heal people; and even then he would only heal them if they would promise to say a prayer to the goddess.
---> '''Spoony''': Ugh. (''bored monotone'') "I pledge allegiance to the Reaper…"
* While the ''[[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/counter-monkey-the-prisoner-dilemma-6010925 Prisoner Dilemma]]'' vlog ([[http://countermonkeybook.blogspot.ca/2007/11/concerning-alignments-throttling.html Text Version]]) is mostly a serious talk about CharacterAlignment, the part about ChaoticNeutral characters is worth a chuckle.
-->'''Spoony''': A ChaoticNeutral character could very well burn down the orphanage, I would be like "Why did you do that!?" and they would be like "*Shrug* Eh.". *Shrugs* ''I can't argue with that''!
* An especially flaky player in the same ''Thieves World'' game once called in to say he'd be late, because he had to go back home to get his pants. "[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer It's so stupid, it had to be true]]" and Noah spends the next 15 seconds assuring us that he didn't make it up.
** After Gary's wife turned out to be horribly racist, one of his friends developed a complete {{Bile Fascination}} with it and kept trying to get her to keep talking about it.
*** Spoony's completely baffled reaction to why said wife even felt comfortable with sharing her extreme viewpoint with him, a complete stranger.
--->'''Spoony:''' ''I guess I'm a fucking Nazi!''
*** And then he tells her that the friend she calls a wetback (ie Mexican) is actually Polish, and that on top of being a racist she was also massively stupid.
** The title of the Vlog alone is comedy gold. "The Importance of Wearing Pants."
** Oreo randomly licking Burton's arm near the beginning.
* In ''[[http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/counter-monkey-dungeon-mastering-a-great-game-6049938 Dungeon Mastering A Great Game]]'', he provides a tip for dealing with players addressing a PlotHole: simply saying "Yes, that is odd..." or a similar phrase (coupled to an enigmatic smile) can turn an immersion-breaking error into an OhCrap moment, getting the players paranoid that things aren't what they seem.
** A wizard once mocked his half-orc rogue for his inability to pick pockets. He was promptly clubbed over the head and mugged, demonstrating that [[CallBack he wasn't that kind of thief]].
*** The wizard's [[ActuallyPrettyFunny lighthearted and amused reaction]] only makes it sweeter.
* In "The Dungeon Master's Secret Weapon", his bit of HypocriticalHumour about how outraged a party of adventurers will get that someone ''else'' "stole their stuff that '''they''' had rightfully stolen!"
** Another gem from the Dungeon Master's Secret Weapon video is Spoony's impression of the party after finding out their boots were stolen. "They stole our '''boots'''. They're wearing our '''boots'''."
-->"They aren't actually wearing them, they're twice their size..."
-->"The are wearing our '''boots'''!"

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