History Podcast / ComicBookCast

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Armin, the podcast's founder and Lover of Aquaman.
** TheLancer: Sean, one of the founding members, who is known for his love of women, ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', and the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe.
** TheSmartGuy: Tom, the other founding member and resident Brit known for his love of Kevin Smith.
** TheBigGuy / TagalongKid: Ben (former member of the CBC) was the youngest and often the loudest member of the cast known for his love of Spider-man
** SixthRanger: Joel, a late comer to the show, who is known for his love of obscure supervillains and Creator/GailSimone. Joel also seems to be the resident DC fan balancing out the rest of the cast.
** TheChick: Armin's wife has taken up this mantle, as she recently occasionally reviews ''The Walking Dead'' comics. She co-reviewed ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' with him, and has appeared in at least two CBC podcasts around that time.

In their "CBC 83 Bayification" podcast, Armin and Joel made a gentlemen's agreement based upon ''Days Of Future Past'', and told their listeners to put it on Wiki/TVTropes. If Armin likes it, he will apologize on the Internet. If Joel hates it, he will have to dress up as a hipster at the next Comic-Con.

** Joel's is anything related to ''Film/GreenLantern'' producer Creator/GregBerlanti and actor Creator/RyanReynolds.

** Armin's is Creator/MichaelBay’s work on the ''Franchise/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies and anyone who makes fun of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}.

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?: Sean all the way.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin: They are called The Comic Book Cast and they talk about, guess what, comic books.

As of July of 2012, the group's original Xvorpsm channel had been terminated. They were on the verge of 1700 subscriptions, but the group bounced back with their brand new channel, '''[=ComicBookCast=] 2''' .

Currently, the line-up of podcasts includes:
1. CBC - where movie news, TV news, and general theories are discussed. Lately, fan questions have also been answered.
2. Blood Sweat Comics - Joel and Armin usually host this one, but other [=YouTubers=] or Comic Book Cast members appear. Topics include what they have been reading recently and comic book news.
3. Off Topic - This is back after a recent ScheduleSlip. Tom hosts this one, and they typically talk about television and bizarre news articles.
4. Control Breakers - Joel and Armin discuss video games and video game news.

In their "CBC 83 Bayification" podcast, Armin and Joel made a gentlemen's agreement based upon ''Days Of Future Past'', and told their listeners to put it on TV Tropes. If Armin likes it, he will apologize on the Internet. If Joel hates it, he will have to dress up as a hipster at the next Comic-Con.

** [=Hybrid007=] is a fellow [=YouTube=] reviewer, and has his own channel entitled Hybrid Network. It focuses on analyzing comics and movies. Hybrid reviews East Of West on the Comic Book Cast's channel.

** Joel's is anything related to ''Film/GreenLantern'' producer Greg Berlanti and actor Creator/RyanReynolds.

* ButtMonkey: Being the one of youngest member of the cast, Ben was often made the butt of many jokes. including Green Lantern Movie. Now that he has left the show, S.J. has taken his place, with the members outright admitting that they will make fun of him if he is not on a podcast with them.

** "T-DOGING IT" - When a member of the cast just shuts up or is given nothing to really anything to say, like The Walking Dead TV character trope.

** TheChick: Armin’s wife has taken up this mantle, as she recently occasionally reviews ''The Walking Dead'' comics. She co-reviewed ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' with him, and has appeared in at least two CBC podcasts around that time.

** Armin is a fan of Magneto (of ''X-Men'' fame) and has often supported his ideals, even stating that given their similar backgrounds (both were immigrants from war torn regions, both faced discrimination due to their heritage) he would act the same way.

* TrueCompanions: Even when the bust each others balls, you get the feeling they are all good friends.

The Comic Book Cast is a semi-regular podcast featured on [=YouTube=] and iTunes. It is made up of 5 permanent members and a revolving door of guests. Known for their blunt "take no prisoners" approach to judging comics and movies, the show aims to appeal to an older teen/adult audience. Aside from the regular show, the cast is known for doing solo/group Comic Reviews, Let's Plays, riffs, trailer breakdowns, first impressions, Easter eggs and news segments on their [=YouTube=] channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/ComicBookCast2) Recently, the Let's Plays and Riffs have been moved to Blip TV and their second YouTube channel, [=Arminies616=].

As of July of 2012, the group's original '''Xvorpsm''' channel had been terminated. They were on the verge of 1700 subscriptions, but the group bounced back with their brand new channel, '''[=ComicBookCast=] 2''' .

2. Blood Sweat Comics - Joel and Armin usually host this one, but other YouTubers or ComicBookCast members appear. Topics include what they have been reading recently and comic book news.

In their "CBC 83 Bayification" podcast, Armin and Joel made a gentlemen's agreement based upon Days Of Future Past,and told their listeners to put it on TV Tropes. If Armin likes it, he will apologize on the Internet. If Joel hates it, he will have to dress up as a hipster at the next Comic-Con.

** Miles AKA [=Gamersvlog15=] joined the crew to help talk Young Justice. Unfortunately the Young Justice Side Panel was one of the shows lost after the termination.
** Comic/TV [=YouTube=] reviewer Hayden Clare Heroes aka Comic Uno joined as a special guest star to review the series first 10 episodes of "Arrow".
** [=Hybrid007=] is a fellow [=YouTube=] reviewer, and has his own channel entitled Hybrid Network. It focuses on analyzing comics and movies. Hybrid reviews East Of West on the ComicBookCast's channel.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Every member of the cast invokes this trope at some point, be it Sean declaring himself The Black Baron or Joel calling himself a Sexual Tyrannosaur. Another name for Sean has appeared as "Tard Picard"
* BerserkButton: While every member has their own personal button, ones shared by the group include blind followers of director Christopher Nolan and current head of Marvel animation Jeph Loeb.
** Armin’s is Michael Bay’s work on the Transformers movies and anyone who makes fun of Aquaman.
** Sean’s is any kind of racism as well as George Lucas & the current treatment of the Star Wars series.
** Ben’s is any Spider-man misinformation and trolling.
** Joel’s is anything related to Green Lantern producer Greg Berlanti and actor Ryan Reynolds.

** Typically, Armin will say "What's up guys?" when announcing some news or giving a general update. Joel sometimes says "_____ is some __________ sh*t right there". Additionally, Sean has "I'm your host, Sean Jackson." and "Put your comments, positive and negative, in the section below. I'm Sean Jackson, have an excellent day.", at the beginning and end of his reviews, respectively.

* ClusterFBomb: A very common occurrence on the show perhaps best example being Armin during Episode 43 "Nazzis got us" “Fuck Nolan, Fuck CBS, Fuck [=YouTube=]…..”
** Especially prevalent in the vlog about DC flagging their ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' reviews.

* MindScrew: Evil twin month starring Armin's evil twin A-dawg certainly looked like it was heading this way until the group's [=YouTube=] page was terminated.

The Comic Book Cast is a semi-regular podcast featured on Youtube and iTunes. It is made up of 5 permanent members and a revolving door of guests. Known for their blunt "take no prisoners" approach to judging comics and movies, the show aims to appeal to an older teen/adult audience. Aside from the regular show, the cast is known for doing solo/group Comic Reviews, Let's Plays, riffs , trailer breakdowns, first impressions, easter eggs, and news segments on their Youtube channel ( http://www.youtube.com/user/ComicBookCast2 ) Recently, the "Let's Plays" and "Riffs" have been moved to Blip TV and their second YouTube channel, Arminies616.

Occasionally the Cast features items that are of no relation to comics.

As of July of 2012, the groups original '''Xvorpsm''' channel had been terminated. They were on the verge of 1700 subscriptions, but the group bounced back with their brand new channel, '''Comic Book Cast 2''' .

1. CBC- where movie news, tv news, and general theories are discussed. Lately, fan questions have also been answered.
2. Blood Sweat Comics- Joel and Armin usually host this one, but other YouTubers or ComicBookCast members appear. Topics include what they have been reading recently and comic book news.
3. Off Topic- This is back after a recent ScheduleSlip. Tom hosts this one, and they typically talk about television and bizarre news articles.
4. Control Breakers- Joel and Armin discuss video games and video game news.
5. Level 7- This more recent podcast has them discussing the most recent ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode.

!!!'''The Comic Book Cast Provides Examples Of The Following Tropes.'''
* AscendedExtra:
** Tom’s Friend Sonic Joins the show for episode Episode 37 "Assemble" 5/8/2012 to help review The Avengers. Sonic later joined Tom again in the series "Tom and Tom talk Comics"
** Miles AKA Gamersvlog15 joined the crew to help talk Young Justice. Unfortunately the Young Justice Side Panel was one of the shows lost after the termination.
** Comic/TV Youtube reviewer Hayden Clare Heroes aka Comic Uno joined as a special guest star to review the series first 10 episodes of "Arrow".
** Hybrid007 is a fellow YouTube reviewer, and has his own channel entitled Hybrid Network. It focuses on analyzing comics and movies. Hybrid reviews East Of West on the ComicBookCast's channel.
* AwesomeMccoolname: Every member of the cast invokes this trope at some point, be it Sean declaring himself The Black Baron or Joel calling himself a Sexual Tyrannosaur. Another name for Sean has appeared as "Tard Picard"
* BerserkButton: While every member has their own personal button ones shared by the group include. Blind followers of director Christopher Nolan & current head of Marvel animation Jeff Loeb.
** Armin’s is Michael Bay’s work on the Transformers movies & anyone who makes fun of Aquaman.

** Joel’s is anything related to Green Lantern producer Greg Berlanti & actor Ryan Reynolds.
** Matt's is Film/ManOfSteel.
* BootstrappedTheme: The Arkham Asylum intercom chime from Batman: Arkham Asylum, which is used before every Main podcast and episodes of "Blood, Sweat, Comics!".

** Crane Dad - The cast dubbed The Amazing Spider-Man character, (whose son was saved by Spider-Man, and returned the favor by using his crane company to help him swing across New York.), The "greatest average-man hero in the Marvel franchise"
** "Twipal" - originating from there Blade Trinity Riff, and Triple H's vampire brute character, now anyone in the cast that does something idiotic, they are "Twipal"
** "GUUUUUUUNNNZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!"- orginating from their distaste of Scott Lobdell's "Red Hood and The Outlaws" and his overuse of them and other extreme 90s things, like pouches, lots and lots of pouches. Usually said by Armin, this phrase is said during their many podcast and playthroughs.
** "Bane Dick" - started from Nolan's version of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises which developed into a out-of-nowhere meme, look up with extreme caution.

** Sean's is ''Is it racist that X does Y?''

* ClusterFBomb: A very common occurrence on the show perhaps best example being Armin during Episode 43 "Nazzis got us" “Fuck Nolan, Fuck CBS, Fuck Youtube…..”
** Especially prevalent in the vlog about DC flagging their Arrow reviews.
* DeadpanSnarker: So much snark it’s hard to describe. Tom & Sean seem to lead the snarky charge most of the time.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Frequent.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin: They are called The Comic Book Cast and they talk about guess what Comic Books.

** TheHero: Armin the Podcasts Founder & Lover of Aquaman.
** TheLancer: Sean one of the founding members known for his love of women, Moon Knight, Doctor Who, Metal Gear, and the Ultimate Marvel Universe.
** TheSmartGuy: Tom the other founding member & resident Brit known for his love of Kevin Smith.
** TheBigGuy/ TagalongKid: Ben (former member of the CBC) was the youngest and often the loudest member of the cast known for his love of Spider-man
** SixthRanger: Joel a late comer to the show known for his love of obscure Super villains & Gail Simone. Joel also seems to be the resident DC fan balancing out the rest of the cast.
** TheChick: Armin’s wife has taken up this mantle recently occasionally reviews The Walking Dead comics. She co-reviewed Thor: The Dark World with him, and has appeared in at least two CBC podcasts around that time.

* IronicEpisodeTitle: Almost every episode and a title that is ironic in some way or another.
* MindScrew: Evil twin month starring Armin's evil twin A-dawg certainly looked like it was heading this way until the groups youtube page was terminated.

** Armin, known for hating Fox's X-Men portrayal in the first few minutes of his review of his review of The Wolverine, told everyone to go see it. Lampshaded when he said "And this is me!" when describing his opinion.

* SelfDeprecation: In their promotions for the Podcast Awards, Joel says something akin to 'Yes, a podcast that talks about shark pouches and Bane Dick will have won an award."
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[invoked]] Many of the cast members have Sympathy for at least one character that is considered a villain in some media; Armin is a fan of Magneto (of X-Men fame) and has often supported his ideals even stated that given their similar backgrounds (both were immigrants from war torn regions, both faced discrimination due to their heritage) he would act the same way. Joel is a fan of Amanda Waller and the Sucide Squad, The sercet Six comic series and has a knowledge of many D-list DC super villains. Matt is a fan of many Superman villains such as General Zod.

* LostEpisode: As of 2016, the audio commentary for the DavidHasslehoff NickFury adaptation has vanished from the internet.

* ButtMonkey: Being the one of youngest member of the cast, Ben was often made the butt of many jokes. including Green Lantern Movie. Now that he has left the show, Sean has taken his place, with the members outright admitting that they will make fun of him if he is not on a podcast with them.

* {{Ascended Extra}}:
** Tom’s Friend Sonic Joins the show for episode Episode 37 "Assemble" 5/8/2012 to help review The Avengers. Sonic later joined Tom again in the series "Tom and Tom talk Comics"
** Miles AKA Gamersvlog15 joined the crew to help talk Young Justice. Unfortunately the Young Justice Side Panel was one of the shows lost after the termination.

* CatchPhrase
** Channing Tatum has become something of a catch phrase for the cast, especially Armin.
** Crane Dad - The cast dubbed The Amazing Spider-Man character, (whose son was saved by Spider-Man, and returned the favor by using his crane company to help him swing across New York.), The "greatest average-man hero in the Marvel franchise"
** "Twipal" - originating from there Blade Trinity Riff, and Triple H's vampire brute character, now anyone in the cast that does something idiotic, they are "Twipal"
** "GUUUUUUUNNNZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!"- orginating from their distaste of Scott Lobdell's "Red Hood and The Outlaws" and his overuse of them and other extreme 90s things, like pouches, lots and lots of pouches. Usually said by Armin, this phrase is said during their many podcast and playthroughs.
** "Bane Dick" - started from Nolan's version of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises which developed into a out-of-nowhere meme, look up with extreme caution.
** "T-DOGING IT" - When a member of the cast just shuts up or is given nothing to really anything to say, like The Walking Dead TV character trope
** "Red Hooding It" - The follow up to the following phrase, during a playthrough of a game, a member of the cast (Armin or Joel mostly) will throw teamwork basically out of the window just like in Scott Lobdell's run in "Red Hood & The Outlaws".
**"Miles Time" - When a member is late on current events, originating from Miles and his late comments about current events.
**"Totally Bojangles" - When something is so freaking awesome!
** Typically, Armin will say "What's up guys?" when announcing some news or giving a general update. Joel sometimes says "_____ is some __________ sh*t right there". Additionally, Sean has "I'm your host, Sean Jackson." and "Put your comments, positive and negative, in the section below. I'm Sean Jackson, have an excellent day.", at the beginning and end of his reviews, respectively.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome}}: Plenty including former cast member Lance who hasn’t been on the show for some time.
* ClusterF-Bomb: A very common occurrence on the show perhaps best example being Armin during Episode 43 "Nazzis got us" “Fuck Nolan, Fuck CBS, Fuck Youtube…..”

* InSeriesNickname: Joel gets often called ''[[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Bobby Hill]]''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Armin, known for hating Fox's X-Men portrayal in the first few minutes of his review of his review of The Wolverine, told everyone to go see it. Lampshaded when he said "And this is me!" when describing his opinion.
**Again, Armin in his vlogs about the Newtown and Sandy Hook shootings. Bring tissues.
* PeripheryHatedom:
** The group catches this a lot for their views on things like the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, and their extremely devoted fans, "The Nolanites".
** Joel got a little of this for his negative review of Red Hood & The Outlaws #9.
** The ever present ''Film/ManOfSteel'' arguments and a certain plot twist in ''Film/IronMan3'' also drew the fans' ire.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: DC flagged Armin's reviews of Arrow, including ones that do not use footage from the show, essentially banning them from reviewing it in video form.

* Sympathy for the Devil: Many of the cast members have Sympathy for at least one character that is considered a villain in some media; Armin is a fan of Magneto (of X-Men fame) and has often supported his ideals even stated that given their similar backgrounds (both were immigrants from war torn regions, both faced discrimination due to their heritage) he would act the same way. Joel is a fan of Amanda Waller and the Sucide Squad, The sercet Six comic series and has a knowledge of many D-list DC super villains. Matt is a fan of many Superman villains such as General Zod.

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?: Sean all the way.

The Comic Book Cast is a semi-regular podcast featured on Youtube and iTunes. It is made up of 5 permanent members and a revolving door of guests. Known for their blunt "take no prisoners" approach to judging comics and movies, the show aims to appeal to an older teen/adult audience. Aside from the regular show, the cast is known for doing solo/group Comic Reviews, Let's Plays, riffs , trailer breakdowns, first impressions, easter eggs, and news segments on their Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/ComicBookCast2) Recently, the "Let's Plays" and "Riffs" have been moved to Blip TV and their second YouTube channel, Arminies616.

** Matt's is ManOfSteel.

* InSeriesNickname: Joel gets often called ''[[KingOfTheHill Bobby Hill]]''.

* Hybrid007 is a fellow YouTube reviewer, and has his own channel entitled Hybrid Network. It focuses on analyzing comics and movies. Hybrid reviews East Of West on the ComicBookCast's channel.
* {{Awesome Mccoolname}}: Every member of the cast invokes this trope at some point, be it Sean declaring himself The Black Baron or Joel calling himself a Sexual Tyrannosaur. Another name for Sean has appeared as "Tard Picard"
* {{Berserk Button}}: While every member has their own personal button ones shared by the group include. Blind followers of director Christopher Nolan & current head of Marvel animation Jeff Loeb.

* {{Bootstrapped Theme}}: The Arkham Asylum intercom chime from Batman: Arkham Asylum, which is used before every Main podcast and episodes of "Blood, Sweat, Comics!".
* {{Butt Monkey}}: Being the one of youngest member of the cast, Ben was often made the butt of many jokes. including Green Lantern Movie. Now that he has left the show, Sean has taken his place, with the members outright admitting that they will make fun of him if he is not on a podcast with them.
* {{Catch Phrase}}

* {{Caustic Critic}}: Hoo boy...
* {{Chuck Cunningham Syndrome}}: Plenty including former cast member Lance who hasn’t been on the show for some time.
* Cluster F-Bomb: A very common occurrence on the show perhaps best example being Armin during Episode 43 "Nazzis got us" “Fuck Nolan, Fuck CBS, Fuck Youtube…..”

* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: So much snark it’s hard to describe. Tom & Sean seem to lead the snarky charge most of the time.
* Everybody Laughs Ending: Frequent.
* Exactly What It Says on the Tin: They are called The Comic Book Cast and they talk about guess what Comic Books.

** {{The Hero}}: Armin the Podcasts Founder & Lover of Aquaman.
** {{The Lancer}}: Sean one of the founding members known for his love of women, Moon Knight, Doctor Who, Metal Gear, and the Ultimate Marvel Universe.
** {{The Smart Guy}}: Tom the other founding member & resident Brit known for his love of Kevin Smith.
** {{The Big Guy}}/ {{Tagalong Kid}}: Ben (former member of the CBC) was the youngest and often the loudest member of the cast known for his love of Spider-man
** {{Sixth Ranger}}: Joel a late comer to the show known for his love of obscure Super villains & Gail Simone. Joel also seems to be the resident DC fan balancing out the rest of the cast.
** {{The Chick}}: Armin’s wife has taken up this mantle recently occasionally reviews The Walking Dead comics. She co-reviewed Thor: The Dark World with him, and has appeared in at least two CBC podcasts around that time.
* Fun with Acronyms: Sometimes the show simply goes by "CBC", not to be confused with a major Canadian broadcast company.
* {{Ironic Episode Title}}: Almost every episode and a title that is ironic in some way or another.
* {{Mind Screw}}: Evil twin month starring Armin's evil twin A-dawg certainly looked like it was heading this way until the groups youtube page was terminated.
* {{Once an Episode}}: Comments are typically asked for in a CBC podcast, depending on the amount of news that they have to cover. Less seriously, there will be potty humor.

* {{Periphery Hatedom}}:
** The group catches this a lot for their views on things like the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, and their extremely doveted fans, "The Nolanites".

** The ever present ''Film/ManOfSteel'' arguments and a certain plot twist in ''Film/IronMan3'' also drew the fan's ire.

* {{Revolving Door Casting}}: The show has settled down since the first episode but the cast is often shaken up from episode to episode. As of this writing, Armin, Joel, Sean, Matt, Tom, and Shae are members, although Shae appears less frequently.

* Self-Deprecation: In their promotions for the Podcast Awards, Joel says something akin to 'Yes, a podcast that talks about shark pouches and Bane Dick will have won an award."
* {{SpinOff}}: Tom's very own "Off Topic" podcast is a show dedicated to funny news from around the world and what is on TV.

* {{Take That}}: Nearly every video of theirs... ever!
* {{True Companions}}: Even when the bust each others balls, you get the feeling they are all good friends.