History Podcast / LionsLedByDonkeys

* CatchPhrase: "It gets worse!" [[note]]"He said the thing!"[[/note]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The prisoners at Castle Itter included several former prime ministers, field marshalls, generals, Charles De gaulle's sister... and a champion tennis player.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The prisoners at Castle Itter included several former prime ministers, field marshalls, generals, Charles Degaulle's sister... and a champion tennis player.

* BeserkButton: As noted under AcceptableTargets, all of the hosts hate Nazis, racists and Rhodesians, but Liam in particular will get audibly mad when the subject comes up.

* CatchPhrase: "It gets worse!"

** Brutally deconstructed in the "Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht" episode.

** Referring to people tripping over their own ducks. Usually commanders or entire countries.

** Referring to the "Uno reverse card" when something goes the exact opposite of how you would expect.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Cited as a major reason for the success of "Mad" Jack Churchill since he intimidated a German bunker into surrendering after having his troops run forward while yelling "Commando!" (so they wouldn't accidentally shoot each other) and he threatened the Germans while holding a 4 foot Scottish claymore.

* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: "Mad" Jack Churchill carried out most of his more famous exploits while brandishing a Scottish claymore and a longbow. ''In World War II''.

* WorstAid: The entirety of the medical "care" President James Garfield got at the hands of Doctor Doctor[[note]]which was his first name[[/note]] Willard Bliss. The fact he didn't wash his hands was honestly the least of it.

* RedOniBlueOni: Joe is the blue to Nick's red. Inverted when other hosts are on, as they're more prone to DeadpanSnarker.

* MagiciansAreWizards: In the Iran-Iraq War series, Nick learns the deposed Shah had a personal magician, which he assumes is a wizard, and he keeps bringing it up for the rest of the series.

Lions Led By Donkeys is a weekly history podcast largely devoted to laughing at military blunders, incompetent leadership, and generally covering wild stories from the front lines. Hosts Joe Kassabian and Nick Cassanova, along with part-time host Rich, and a cast of guest-hosts, also cover subjects such as animals in war, the history of the T-55 and the M-16; taste some [=MREs=], and review movies related to military history, however tenuous their connection to reality.

* LaserGuidedKarma: The Russians were so racist toward the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War that not only did they guard only the most obvious crossings of the Yalu River, apparently thinking the enemy was too stupid to attempt a crossing anywhere else, but were easily duped when the Japanese army began building a bridge across in full view of them as a distraction from the '''nine''' other bridges being built elsewhere along the river, allowing the Russian army to later be easily flanked, taking more than twice the number of Japanese casualties in the ensuing battle.

** In the series on genocide, particularly the one on the Cambodian Genocide, Joe initiated a rule for "Animal Facts" whenever things get too heavy.

* RunningGag: The aforementioned idea that the CIA is the 3rd host, "It gets worse!" Sign-offs with the format of "Remember, don't [action related to the content of the episode]." "And then [person from the topical episode] hit them with the Uno reverse card." "You do not, in fact, 'have to hand it to' [insert historical villain]." Also Joe's hatred for Ohio.