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* {{Crossover}}: The podcast had one with the podcast ''Podcast/TheAmeliaProject'', where Chuck Octagon and the ''Greater Boston'' narrator meet main characters from ''The Amelia Project''.
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In Greater Boston, a man wills himself to death because he can't handle the uncertainty of something as simple as a RollerCoaster due to his borderline-SuperOCD. His roommate is given his eventual job at an astrology magazine thanks to his (possibly ghostly?) advice, and is given the job by a woman who hates her job and coworkers at said astrology magazine. His mystery-obsessed brother leaves a camp dedicated to seeing Bigfoot, only to quit and find work on a submarine trying to find the lost city of Atlantis. An eccentric college professor suggests that the Red Line of Boston secede from the city to become its own independent municipality.
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In Greater Boston, a man wills himself to death because he can't handle the uncertainty of something as simple as a RollerCoaster due to his borderline-SuperOCD.obsessive-compulsiveness. His roommate is given his eventual job at an astrology magazine thanks to his (possibly ghostly?) advice, and is given the job by a woman who hates her job and coworkers at said astrology magazine. His mystery-obsessed brother leaves a camp dedicated to seeing Bigfoot, only to quit and find work on a submarine trying to find the lost city of Atlantis. An eccentric college professor suggests that the Red Line of Boston secede from the city to become its own independent municipality.
* ScheduleFanatic: '''Leon Stamatas''' - to the point of planning out even the most mundane events months in advance on his calendar.
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* SuperOCD: '''Leon Stamatas''' - to the point of planning out even the most mundane events months in advance on his calendar.
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A podcast set in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} city of Boston]], just a bit... [[WorldOfHam odder]] [[CityOfWeirdos [[QuirkyTown than]] [[MagicRealism normal]].
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* BiTheWay: Mallory says she could have gone for Dmitri if he was younger, but she's more interested in ladies right now.
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* BiTheWay: Mallory says she could have gone for Dmitri if he was younger, but she's more interested in ladies right now.
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* CrystalBall: Leon's ghost is trapped inside the one given to Gemma and it is used by Oliver to spy.
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* HostileAnimatronics: [[spoiler:Ethan has a few cheese robots from Wonderland, and they are pretty scary.]]
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* {{Claustrophobia}}: [[spoiler: Isabelle has a bad case of this.]]
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* {{Claustrophobia}}: [[spoiler: Inverted - Isabelle has a bad case of this.agoraphobia.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Gerald Poletti 'consults the ghost of Mary WollestoneCraft' to decides to change his name to Panda to Extinction Event to Dipsh*t. His co workers laugh at him behind his back, but he believes in the power of his name.
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* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Dmitri encounters a few on his journeys:
** He joins a group looking for {{Atlantis}} and finds it himself.
** He meets DB Cooper, who gives him some money and tells him a story.
** He joins a group looking for {{Atlantis}} and finds it himself.
** He meets DB Cooper, who gives him some money and tells him a story.
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* PhonyPsychic: Subverted: though Gemma believes everyone at Third Sight is just BS-ing, it is shown some people at the company think it is real.
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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Wonderland's roller coaster is this for Leon. Subverted in that it wasn't the ride itself that killed him, but his own inability to deal with the anticipation.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: [[spoiler: Isabelle has a bad case of this.]]
* {{Claustrophobia}}: [[spoiler: Isabelle has a bad case of this.]]
* TheMaidenNameDebate: Male variant. Chuck considers taking Andy's name Wood, but Mallory convinces him to keep Octagon.
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* RichBitch: Emily, though it turns out she isn't so rich.
* SirSwearsALot & ClusterFBomb: Gemma often falls into this, but Mallory is the queen of the trope.
* StartsWithASuicide: A variant.Whether his death Though whether it was a suicide or not (it could is debatable (it's somewhat implied to be), Leon's death is in the first episode and sets off much of the events.
* SirSwearsALot & ClusterFBomb: Gemma often falls into this, but Mallory is the queen of the trope.
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* UndergroundCity: The City of Red Line, as it was formerly (and still is) a subway. Not all of it is underground.
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* UndergroundCity: The City of Red Line, as it was formerly (and still is) a subway. Not all of it is underground.underground.
* WalkTheEarth: Dmitri's current position.
* WeddingSmashers: [[spoiler: Episode 22 is a disaster. Oliver and his group organize it so hot baked beans splatter down on the cast, scalding some people, and the broken train canopy destroys a couple of residences.]]
* WalkTheEarth: Dmitri's current position.
* WeddingSmashers: [[spoiler: Episode 22 is a disaster. Oliver and his group organize it so hot baked beans splatter down on the cast, scalding some people, and the broken train canopy destroys a couple of residences.]]
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* MysteriousBacker: Few people know [[spoiler: Oliver is the publisher of Third Sight.]]
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* MysteriousBacker: Few people know [[spoiler: Oliver is the publisher of Third Sight.Sight and the backer of Emily's campaign.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Leon, especially when around Oliver.
* FakePsychic: Subverted: though Gemma believes everyone at Third Sight is just BS-ing, it is shown some people at the company think it is real.
* FakePsychic: Subverted: though Gemma believes everyone at Third Sight is just BS-ing, it is shown some people at the company think it is real.
* LoveInterestTraitor: Louisa's new boyfriend [[spoiler: Phil is working with Oliver.]]
* MysteriousBacker: Few people know [[spoiler: Oliver is the publisher of Third Sight.]]
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* StartsWithASuicide: A variant. Whether his death was a suicide or not (it could be), Leon's death is in the first episode and sets off much of the events.
* SuperOCD: '''Leon Stamatas''' - to the point of planning out even the most mundane events months in advance on hiscalendar.calendar.
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** He reforms by the end of season one.
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* GhostlyGoals: Leon's seems to be to help Michael, but [[spoiler: Oliver has other plans.]]
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* LivingLieDetector: Melissa classifies herself as one.
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* RealJokeName: Yes, Chuck Octagon is not a fake name.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Dmitri is seen as this by his siblings and most people that knew him, with his obsession with mysteries and bizarre problems - especially his anecdotes of living on a submarine - being seen as outlandish. Paul Chelmsworth, the "Mayor of the Redline," an eccentric college professor, is a straighter example for his desire to create the Redline as an independent city within Boston.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Dmitri is seen as this by his siblings and most people that knew him, with his obsession with mysteries and bizarre problems - especially his anecdotes of living on a submarine - being seen as outlandish. Paul Chelmsworth, the "Mayor of the Redline," Red Line," an eccentric college professor, is a straighter example for his desire to create the Redline Red Line as an independent city within Boston.
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A podcast set in the [[UsefulNotes/Boston city of Boston]], just a bit... [[WorldOfHam odder]] [[CityOfWeirdos than]] [[MagicRealism normal]].
In Greater Boston, a man wills himself to death because he can't handle the uncertainty of something as simple as a RollerCoaster due to his borderline-SuperOCD. His roommate is given his eventual job at an astrology magazine thanks to his (possibly ghostly?) advice, and is given the job by a woman who hates her job and coworkers at said astrology magazine. His mystery-obsessed brother leaves a camp dedicated to seeing Bigfoot, only to quit and find work on a submarine trying to find the lost city of Atlantis. An eccentric college professor suggests that the Red Line of Boston secede from the city to become its own independent municipality.
Yes, it all sounds weird on the level of [[PodCast/WelcomeToNightVale a certain other podcast]], but it's all told with a completely straight face. The more surreal elements of the podcast, much like said other podcast, take a backseat to the complex relationships between the eccentric Bostonians to whom we are introduced. For example, while the story of Michael Tate - who is advised by [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane what may be the ghost of his roommate Leon]] - could be construed as a ghost story, there's more emphasis on the fact that he's coping with his roommate's death and relapse into alcoholism, and attempting to get his life together. Though the circumstances through which he does so are somewhat more surreal than normal.
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* TheAlcoholic: Subverted by Michael Tate - while he makes admirable effort to be TheTeetotaler, it's both implied and shown that when he falls off the wagon, (such as with the death of Leon) [[DrowningMySorrows he falls hard]].
* CloudCuckooLander: Dmitri is seen as this by his siblings and most people that knew him, with his obsession with mysteries and bizarre problems - especially his anecdotes of living on a submarine - being seen as outlandish. Paul Chelmsworth, the "Mayor of the Redline," an eccentric college professor, is a straighter example for his desire to create the Redline as an independent city within Boston.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gemma. Seen as abrasive (Not unjustifiably so) by the rest of her workplace, but she was nice enough to give Michael a job. So there's that in her favor.
* MundaneFantastic: Slightly surreal things happen daily - they just rarely directly impact the lives of the protagonists.
* RandomEventsPlot: ...Maybe?
* SuperOCD: '''Leon Stamatas''' - to the point of planning out even the most mundane events months in advance on his calendar.
In Greater Boston, a man wills himself to death because he can't handle the uncertainty of something as simple as a RollerCoaster due to his borderline-SuperOCD. His roommate is given his eventual job at an astrology magazine thanks to his (possibly ghostly?) advice, and is given the job by a woman who hates her job and coworkers at said astrology magazine. His mystery-obsessed brother leaves a camp dedicated to seeing Bigfoot, only to quit and find work on a submarine trying to find the lost city of Atlantis. An eccentric college professor suggests that the Red Line of Boston secede from the city to become its own independent municipality.
Yes, it all sounds weird on the level of [[PodCast/WelcomeToNightVale a certain other podcast]], but it's all told with a completely straight face. The more surreal elements of the podcast, much like said other podcast, take a backseat to the complex relationships between the eccentric Bostonians to whom we are introduced. For example, while the story of Michael Tate - who is advised by [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane what may be the ghost of his roommate Leon]] - could be construed as a ghost story, there's more emphasis on the fact that he's coping with his roommate's death and relapse into alcoholism, and attempting to get his life together. Though the circumstances through which he does so are somewhat more surreal than normal.
!!This podcast contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Subverted by Michael Tate - while he makes admirable effort to be TheTeetotaler, it's both implied and shown that when he falls off the wagon, (such as with the death of Leon) [[DrowningMySorrows he falls hard]].
* CloudCuckooLander: Dmitri is seen as this by his siblings and most people that knew him, with his obsession with mysteries and bizarre problems - especially his anecdotes of living on a submarine - being seen as outlandish. Paul Chelmsworth, the "Mayor of the Redline," an eccentric college professor, is a straighter example for his desire to create the Redline as an independent city within Boston.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gemma. Seen as abrasive (Not unjustifiably so) by the rest of her workplace, but she was nice enough to give Michael a job. So there's that in her favor.
* MundaneFantastic: Slightly surreal things happen daily - they just rarely directly impact the lives of the protagonists.
* RandomEventsPlot: ...Maybe?
* SuperOCD: '''Leon Stamatas''' - to the point of planning out even the most mundane events months in advance on his calendar.
