History Podcast / AcquisitionsIncorporated

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When Viari is given an invitation to design disguises for the rest of the party before a heist, he describes elaborate outfits and prosthetics for Jim and Morgaen in great detail, and then turns to Omin. "And for you, I think, a hat."

* PackagedAsOtherMedium: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fy6EjSv5i0 intro]] to the second half of season 8 is presented InTheStyleOf UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}-era ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games, complete with 16-bit pixel graphics, white-on-blue menus, OverworldNotToScale, 2D side view battles, and even a KillScreen towards the end.

--->''Listen, I can understand the desire, and the enthusiasm, to build a global brand. [[DropTheHammer Let me show you]] how '''I''' did it.''

-->"[[spoiler: [[CatchPhrase How does 19 work for]] ''you''?]]"
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mike's CatchPhrase is "Jim winks", but Wil occasionally borrows it for Aeofel, usually directed at Jim himself.

In 2022, Penny Arcade announced that they were concluding the original run of ''Acquisitions Incorporated'', but that a "Series II" was in the works. In March 2023, a Kickstarter was launched for "Acquisitions Incorporated: The Series 2."

In 2022, Penny Arcade announced that they were concluding the original run of ''Acquisitions Incorporated'', but that a "Series II" was in the works.

* FiveManBand: In season 8, the party size is bumped up to five for the first time: Omin is TheLeader of the mastermind variety; TheLancer's role goes to [[spoiler:Viari, who is, in many ways, the opposite of Omin]]; Binwin, as the token brawler, is TheBigGuy; Jim is TheSmartGuy (StatisticallySpeaking); and Môrgæn is TheChick, being the TokenGirl of the series, who, in a subversion, is a sociopath rather than TheFace.

* NWordPrivileges: Trystan Falcone insists that she's allowed to do the comedy-Italian accent that distinguishes her weasel wildshape, but it would be racist coming from anyone else.

The plot centers on the (mis)adventures of the eponymous Acquisitions Inc., a RagtagBunchOfMisfits banded together in a pseudo-corporate formation on [[PunchClockHero a quest for fame and wealth]]. Originally consisting of TheLeader Omin Dran ([[Webcomic/PennyArcade Jerry Holkins]]), TheBigGuy Binwin Bronzebottom ([[Webcomic/PvP Scott Kurtz]][[note]]who retired after Season 10, taking Binwin with him[[/note]]), and TheSmartGuy Jim Darkmagic ([[Webcomic/PennyArcade Mike Krahulik]]), they were later ([[GuestStarPartyMember temporarily]]) joined by a number of [[TheIntern corporate "interns"]], a full list of whom and their associated tropes can be found on the [[Characters/AcquisitionsIncorporated characters page]]. In late 2018, Chris Perkins stepped down as ''[=AcqInc=]''[='=]s Dungeon Master and handed the reigns to fellow [=WotC=] producer[[note]]and Perkins' own DM[[/note]] Jeremy Crawford.

* ''[[http://www.acq-inc.com/cteam Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team]]'' is a spinoff series featuring Trystan Falcone, Kate Welch, Creator/KrisStraub, and Ryan Hartman, DM'd by Jerry and presented in association with Creator/HyperRPG. The first season aired weekly on the [[https://www.twitch.tv/hyperrpg HyperRPG Twitch.tv channel]] from March to November 2017, with the Second One premiering in January 2018.

* ''WebVideo/DiceCameraAction'', also [=DMed=] by Chris, lent out its party members Strix (played by Holly Conrad) and Evelyn (Anna Prosser) to ''[=AcqInc=]'' a few times. In turn, Omin and Binwin have appeared in their show. The entire party from this show ("the Waffle Crew") also participated in a full crossover with the "C" Team which was dubbed "Waffles Inc." After ''DCA'' was cancelled, Evelyn joined the "C" Team permanently.

* CowboyEpisode: The season 11 intro casts the main characters as Old West outlaws, complete with an awesome blues theme: Môrgæn the "[[FastestGunInTheWest Fastest Shaft in the West]]", "[[Series/HaveGunWillTravel Have Lute, Will Travel]]" Viari, Big Jim "[[TheGunslinger The Wandslinger]]" Darkmagic, Omin "[[TheDrifter High Planes Drifter]]" Dran, and Chris "Cheats At Dice" Perkins as [[MysteriousStranger The DM In Black]]. Omin even gives Jim an [=AcqInc=]-themed ButtBrand!

* CowboyEpisode: The season 11 intro casts the main characters as Old West outlaws, complete with an awesome blues theme: Môrgæn the "[[FastestGunInTheWest Fastest Shaft in the West]]", "[[Series/HaveGunWillTravel Have Lute, Will Travel]]" Viari, Big Jim "[[TheGunslinger The Wandslinger]]" Darkmagic, Omin "[[TheDrifter High Planes Drifter]]" Dran, and Chris "Cheats At Dice" Perkins as [[MysteriousStranger The DM In Black]].

* DarthVaderClone: ''The Series'' Part Two introduces a mysterious Dran Enterprises employee (revealed at the end to be [[spoiler:Aeofel]]) with robes, a masked face, and a glowing magic sword. When describing him, Chris flat-out said that he basically looks like [[Film/TheForceAwakens Kylo Ren]].

* {{Expy}}: The two wisecracking gargoyles in season 9 finale are essentially fantasy counterparts of JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The first game of season 10 was composed of two mini-adventures DM'd by Mike and Patrick. In the meantime, Chris became a player himself.

* {{Mondegreen}}: The ''Call of Cthulhu'' game included closed-captioning displayed on a screen. During the reading of a suicide note, the transcriber misheard "porkhouse" as "whorehouse", which derailed the game for a few minutes when the players noticed.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: For the ''Will and Testament of James Darkmagic I'' campaign, it is explained that Jim's family is not from New Hampshire, but rather the much more fantasy-sounding "Newhamp Shire".

* BaldWomen: Auspicia Dran is so focused on business, she "doesn't have time for hair".

** ''The "C" Team'' has a ''lot'' of callbacks to the original series, given how the entire campaign seems to have grown out of Jerry's desire to apply RealityEnsues to the improvised comedy he and the others have created on-stage. Perhaps one of the most obscure call-backs was the cask of trippy Zaggernezzar beer the party receives in "Last Stone's Day", which is a callback to the 2016 Christmas Special, which is the only non-free installment of ''[=AcqInc=]'' so far, drastically reducing the number of people who have watched it.

* RealityEnsues: A big part of ''The "C" Team'' spin-off series seems to be applying reality checks to the {{Heroic Comedic Sociopath}}y of the "A" Team, e.g. many of the NPC deaths that were brushed off or even PlayedForLaughs in the main series, from Splug to Jeff, come back to haunt Acquisitions Incorporated in some way.

* ''[[http://www.acq-inc.com/cteam Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team]]'' is a spinoff series featuring Trystan Falcone, Kate Welch, Creator/KrisStraub, and Ryan Hartman, DM'd by Jerry and presented in association with Creator/HyperRPG. The first season aired weekly on the [[https://www.twitch.tv/hyperrpg HyperRPG Twitch.tv channel]] from March to November 2017, with the Second One premiering in January 2018. A fan by the name of Zee Bashew has also produced a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuNLwLRy7g-gqLLBAltHkhNcpsJ9MYOCH semi-official animated shorts]] based on select scenes from the live episodes.

''[[http://www.acq-inc.com/ Acquisitions Incorporated]]'' is a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' party starring in a series of online adventures since 2008, originally in podcast format but nowadays mainly in live shows that are published on Website/YouTube. A collaboration between ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' and Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast, the series was originally created to showcase the then-new 4th Edition of ''D&D'', but soon evolved into something of an improvisational ComicFantasy thanks to the fun dynamics between the players and excellent {{Dungeon Master}}ing by the [=WotC=] producer Chris Perkins.

* TooSoon: At the 2012 PAX session, an audience member warns the group to "watch out for acid pits", which prompts many utterances of this from the group[[invoked]], as well as a middle finger from Wil, whose character died in an acid pit a few games prior. This, of course, proves to be prophetic as they are immediately revealed to have triggered the appearance of an acid pit beneath their feet.

* ''[[http://www.acq-inc.com/cteam Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team]]'' is a spinoff series featuring Amy Falcone, Kate Welch, Creator/KrisStraub, and Ryan Hartman, DM'd by Jerry and presented in association with Creator/HyperRPG. The first season aired weekly on the [[https://www.twitch.tv/hyperrpg HyperRPG Twitch.tv channel]] from March to November 2017, with the Second One premiering in January 2018. A fan by the name of Zee Bashew has also produced a series of [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuNLwLRy7g-gqLLBAltHkhNcpsJ9MYOCH semi-official animated shorts]] based on select scenes from the live episodes.

* NWordPrivileges: Amy Falcone insists that she's allowed to do the comedy-Italian accent that distinguishes her weasel wildshape, but it would be racist coming from anyone else.

The series began as podcasts, available for {{Archive Trawl}}ing at the [[https://dnd.wizards.com/dungeon-delve/podcast-hub official WotC website]], before transitioning to live events at Penny Arcade Expos around the United States, which can, nowadays, be most easily viewed on Website/YouTube. All adventures to date are listed in their [[http://www.acq-inc.com/portfolio official Portfolio]], as well as our own [[Recap/AcquisitionsIncorporated recap]] and [[Timeline/AcquisitionsIncorporated timeline pages]].