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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: On one episode, Drew wanted to talk about Sexy Beach 3. He then went on to talk about how great the environments looked.
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** The hosts don't live there, either. They use [[TeleportersAndTransporters a series of rifts]] to travel to the mansion from their respective living places around the world.
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* AbusiveParents: Mitch Rozetar was raised by Roman Catholics. Enough said.
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* AbusiveParents: Mitch Rozetar was raised by Roman Catholics. Enough said.
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Random Assault is a entertainment podcast encompassing videogames, music, tv shows, and movies. However most of the focus is on videogames, and usually there is tangents about ridiculous stories that happened in their personal lives.
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''Random Assault'' is a entertainment podcast encompassing videogames, music, tv shows, and movies. However most of the focus is on videogames, and usually there is tangents about ridiculous stories that happened in their personal lives.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: Very noticeable when they just talk to one random thing to the next with no purpose. Matt falls back on his penis, Alex talks about how much he hates certain things , and Mortal Kombat, Mitch projects loudly about JRPGS, and animes like OnePiece, and Kate talks about how she's poor, fat, and that she can take 12 inches of a 17 inch dildo up her ass.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: Very noticeable when they just talk to one random thing to the next with no purpose. Matt falls back on his penis, Alex talks about how much he hates certain things , and Mortal Kombat, Mitch projects loudly about JRPGS, and animes like OnePiece, ''Manga/OnePiece'', and Kate talks about how she's poor, fat, and that she can take 12 inches of a 17 inch dildo up her ass.
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* TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary: Mitch is known to speak in TV Tropes on the show, which Kate often yells at him for.
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* TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary: JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary: InUniverse. Mitch is known to speak in TV Tropes on the show, which Kate often yells at him for.
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Their first collaboration podcasting was a TalkRadar Fan Extravaganza. Soon afterwards their podcast getting away from the TalkRadar name was Friends With Benefits. It was Friends with Benefits for the first 5 episodes, until there was another podcast that registered the name Friends with Benefits first thus changing the name to Random Assault.
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Their first collaboration podcasting was a TalkRadar ''Podcast/TalkRadar Fan Extravaganza. Extravaganza''. Soon afterwards their podcast getting away from the TalkRadar ''[=TalkRadar=]'' name was Friends With Benefits. It was Friends with Benefits for the first 5 episodes, until there was another podcast that registered the name Friends with Benefits first thus changing the name to Random Assault.
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** For a while, was competing with other TalkRadar-inspired shows such as B-Cubed, PCN-Gen, and GNA.
** Could also be dueling with TalkRadar, or Laser Time, ironically the show that inspired them.
** Could also be dueling with TalkRadar, or Laser Time, ironically the show that inspired them.
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** For a while, was competing with other TalkRadar-inspired ''Podcast/TalkRadar''-inspired shows such as B-Cubed, PCN-Gen, and GNA.
** Could also be dueling withTalkRadar, ''[=TalkRadar=]'', or Laser Time, ironically the show that inspired them.
** Could also be dueling with
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* FromClonesToGenre: First as a homage to TalkRadar, Random Assault then became it's own thing like PCN-Gen, KGB, GNA, and Pixel Heroes.
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** Tony left the show after episode 105 to very little fanfare.
*** Subverted with Alex, who got the show's entire first livestream dedicated to him leaving
*** Subverted with Alex, who got the show's entire first livestream dedicated to him leaving
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* TheBusCameBack: Tony returned for the episode 150 special.
** Alex came back briefly for episode 280, not even staying for an entire segment.
** Alex came back briefly for episode 280, not even staying for an entire segment.
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* RapeIsLove: Just about been the motto ever since fans of Random Assault were dubbed RAPE-ists. (RAPE being the acronym "Random Assault Podcast Episode", which is how the episodes are usually titled, followed by the episode number.)
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** 2012's Halloween spooktacular was a massive ShoutOut to AreYouAfraidOfTheDark, with each host telling a different scary story.
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** 2012's Halloween spooktacular was a massive ShoutOut to AreYouAfraidOfTheDark, Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark, with each host telling a different scary story.
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** Creator/JewWario, LoadingReadyRun's Graham and Paul, the aforementined Dan Amrich, and GamesRadar's Cheryll deRosario have done Artist Liners for the show.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Dan Amrich as Santa Claus.
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** JewWario, LoadingReadyRun's Graham and Paul, the aforementined Dan Amrich, and GamesRadar's Cheryll deRosario have done Artist Liners for the show.
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*** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.
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*** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.''Film/TheChristmasToy''.
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*** Matt doesn't have anything prepared either, and accidentally recaps the story of HigurashiWhenTheyCry.
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*** Matt doesn't have anything prepared either, and accidentally recaps the story of HigurashiWhenTheyCry.''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Alex finally played GhostTrick, he made it out to seem that he hated the game, much to the irritation of the other hosts. Turns out Alex loved the game, though.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Alex finally played GhostTrick, ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'', he made it out to seem that he hated the game, much to the irritation of the other hosts. Turns out Alex loved the game, though.
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** The banner for episode 033 features Matt is PhoenixWright's signature pose.
** The banner for episode 036 is a GIANT homage to GhostTrick.
** The banner for episode 036 is a GIANT homage to GhostTrick.
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** The banner for episode 033 features Matt is PhoenixWright's [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright's]] signature pose.
** The banner for episode 036 is a GIANT homage toGhostTrick.''VideoGame/GhostTrick''.
** The banner for episode 036 is a GIANT homage to
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* RefugeInAudacity
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* AudioErotica: Alex has a "sexy voice".
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* ChristmasSpecial: Touches on many of the standard tropes of the format, and featuring none other than Dan Amrich as jolly ol' Saint Nick! Many of the show's past guests also make appearances.
** CharacterFocus: The special is about Tony trying to figure out the true meaning of Christmas.
** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.
** DidIMentionItsChristmas: Alex is obsessed with Christmas-time, both in the special and in real life.
** Season Finale: The ChristmasSpecial doubles as the finale for Season 1, with Season 2 starting in 2012.
** TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Played with. Tony discovers the meaning of Christmas, and Alex points out that Santa giving everyone gifts sort of nullifies the point of Tony's speech. Santa then flatly asks Alex if he wants presents or not.
** CharacterFocus: The special is about Tony trying to figure out the true meaning of Christmas.
** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.
** DidIMentionItsChristmas: Alex is obsessed with Christmas-time, both in the special and in real life.
** Season Finale: The ChristmasSpecial doubles as the finale for Season 1, with Season 2 starting in 2012.
** TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Played with. Tony discovers the meaning of Christmas, and Alex points out that Santa giving everyone gifts sort of nullifies the point of Tony's speech. Santa then flatly asks Alex if he wants presents or not.
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* ChristmasSpecial: Touches ChristmasSpecial:
**2011's Christmas episode touches on many of the standard tropes of the format, and featuring none other than Dan Amrich as jolly ol' Saint Nick! Many of the show's past guests also make appearances.
** *** CharacterFocus: The special is about Tony trying to figure out the true meaning of Christmas.
** *** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.
** *** DidIMentionItsChristmas: Alex is obsessed with Christmas-time, both in the special and in real life.
** *** Season Finale: The ChristmasSpecial doubles as the finale for Season 1, with Season 2 starting in 2012.
** *** TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Played with. Tony discovers the meaning of Christmas, and Alex points out that Santa giving everyone gifts sort of nullifies the point of Tony's speech. Santa then flatly asks Alex if he wants presents or not.not.
** 2012's Christmas special was a madcap adventure to find Mitch, who had been kidnapped by the Krampus. [[spoiler: Slabflapper returns, convincing the Krampus to capture Mitch with the hope of luring all the hosts together to exterminate them once and for all.]]
*** DarkerAndEdgier: This Christmas special was written by Alex, and it shows. There's a lot more violence and touchy material to be found here compared to the previous Christmas episode.
***HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Slabflapper's refusal to bow to another gets him in an argument with the Krampus, which causes the Krampus to take his powers completely. He does not realize this until the end of the episode, when he attempts to attack the hosts and they instead gang up on him. It is implied that Slabflapper was either killed or brutally injured in the ensuing melee.]]
**2011's Christmas episode touches on many of the standard tropes of the format, and featuring none other than Dan Amrich as jolly ol' Saint Nick! Many of the show's past guests also make appearances.
** 2012's Christmas special was a madcap adventure to find Mitch, who had been kidnapped by the Krampus. [[spoiler: Slabflapper returns, convincing the Krampus to capture Mitch with the hope of luring all the hosts together to exterminate them once and for all.]]
*** DarkerAndEdgier: This Christmas special was written by Alex, and it shows. There's a lot more violence and touchy material to be found here compared to the previous Christmas episode.
***HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Slabflapper's refusal to bow to another gets him in an argument with the Krampus, which causes the Krampus to take his powers completely. He does not realize this until the end of the episode, when he attempts to attack the hosts and they instead gang up on him. It is implied that Slabflapper was either killed or brutally injured in the ensuing melee.]]
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* HalloweenSpecial: A massive 3-hour episode in which the hosts are being pursued in a HauntedCastle by Matt's EvilTwin, Slabflapper.
** DramaticThunder: Used gleefully in this special.
** HauntedCastle: The HalloweenEpisode takes place in one of these, which Tony mysteriously inherits.
** IGotARock: Said word-for-word by Matt near the beginning of the special.
** TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the HalloweenEpisode, the cast is able to record a normal podcast even while being hunted by Slabflapper.
** UnexpectedInheritance: The set-up for the HalloweenEpisode. Tony inherits a HauntedCastle from his dead uncle. [[spoiler: It's all in Slabfapper's plot to lure the hosts into one place and kill them.]]
** DramaticThunder: Used gleefully in this special.
** HauntedCastle: The HalloweenEpisode takes place in one of these, which Tony mysteriously inherits.
** IGotARock: Said word-for-word by Matt near the beginning of the special.
** TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the HalloweenEpisode, the cast is able to record a normal podcast even while being hunted by Slabflapper.
** UnexpectedInheritance: The set-up for the HalloweenEpisode. Tony inherits a HauntedCastle from his dead uncle. [[spoiler: It's all in Slabfapper's plot to lure the hosts into one place and kill them.]]
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* HalloweenSpecial: A HalloweenSpecial:
** 2011's Halloween spooktacular was a massive 3-hour episode in which the hosts are being pursued in a HauntedCastle by Matt's EvilTwin, Slabflapper.
** *** DramaticThunder: Used gleefully in this special.
** *** HauntedCastle: The HalloweenEpisode takes place in one of these, which Tony mysteriously inherits.
** *** IGotARock: Said word-for-word by Matt near the beginning of the special.
** *** TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the HalloweenEpisode, the cast is able to record a normal podcast even while being hunted by Slabflapper.
** *** UnexpectedInheritance: The set-up for the HalloweenEpisode. Tony inherits a HauntedCastle from his dead uncle. [[spoiler: It's all in Slabfapper's plot to lure the hosts into one place and kill them.]]]]
**2012's Halloween spooktacular was a massive ShoutOut to AreYouAfraidOfTheDark, with each host telling a different scary story.
*** Mitch's story is a very Lovecraft-inspired CosmicHorrorStory.
*** Kate didn't have much prepared in the way of a story, so her tale is much more LighterAndSofter in comparison to the other tales. It quickly devolves into gay sex.
*** Tony's story asks the audience to figure out why the hosts were murdered.
*** Matt doesn't have anything prepared either, and accidentally recaps the story of HigurashiWhenTheyCry.
*** Alex's story is easily filled with the most MindRape, and in general could be considered a LastNoteNightmare to the entire episode.
** 2011's Halloween spooktacular was a massive 3-hour episode in which the hosts are being pursued in a HauntedCastle by Matt's EvilTwin, Slabflapper.
**2012's Halloween spooktacular was a massive ShoutOut to AreYouAfraidOfTheDark, with each host telling a different scary story.
*** Mitch's story is a very Lovecraft-inspired CosmicHorrorStory.
*** Kate didn't have much prepared in the way of a story, so her tale is much more LighterAndSofter in comparison to the other tales. It quickly devolves into gay sex.
*** Tony's story asks the audience to figure out why the hosts were murdered.
*** Matt doesn't have anything prepared either, and accidentally recaps the story of HigurashiWhenTheyCry.
*** Alex's story is easily filled with the most MindRape, and in general could be considered a LastNoteNightmare to the entire episode.
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** The opening to the HalloweenEpisode is an awesome, custom version of TheRaven by Edgar Allen Poe.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: For the banner of episode 011, Alex had no idea what to draw, so he just drew the cast in their underpants.
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* Mr.Fanservice: Most photographs of Matt have him naked or topless at the very least.
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* TheCameo: Dan Amrich as Santa Claus in the ChristmasSpecial.
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* RobotBuddy: The RAPE-bot, who Alex destroyed. [[IGotBetter He got better, though.]]
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* AudioErotica: Alex's "sexy voice" sounds an awful lot like Harley Quinn...
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[[caption-width-right:239:Random Assault is GO!]]
Random Assault is a entertainment podcast encompassing videogames, music, tv shows, and movies. However most of the focus is on videogames, and usually there is tangents about ridiculous stories that happened in their personal lives.
Their first collaboration podcasting was a TalkRadar Fan Extravaganza. Soon afterwards their podcast getting away from the TalkRadar name was Friends With Benefits. It was Friends with Benefits for the first 5 episodes, until there was another podcast that registered the name Friends with Benefits first thus changing the name to Random Assault.
You can find their episodes [[http://randomassaultpodcast.wordpress.com/podcast/ here]]
!!This podcast uses the following tropes:
* AbusiveParents: Mitch Rozetar was raised by Roman Catholics. Enough said.
* ActorAllusion: In the HalloweenEpisode, after Slabflapper talks for the first time, the other hosts tell Mitch to shut up, then he defends himself, having not actually said anything. Slabflapper in reality is voiced by Mitch.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Matt started the first episode documenting he spends 40 to 50 minutes jerking off. Almost qualifies as a part time job.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The show runs on this. It's ostensibly a gaming podcast, but the topics are all over the place.
* ArtStyleDissonance: Alex is the artist for the podcast, but Mitch's character design is very different from the others'. This is because Alex did his best to emulate Mitch's art style when doing his character art.
** For a little while, Mitch was doing the episode banners in Alex's absence.
** Le "Mr Suit Man" Tran did the banner for the episode he was on, episode 041.
* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The hosts are not above doing offensive Asian accents. Played straight with the title of episode 020: "Ret's Get Lacist!!"
* AudioErotica: Alex's "sexy voice" sounds an awful lot like Harley Quinn...
* BaitAndSwitch: When Alex finally played GhostTrick, he made it out to seem that he hated the game, much to the irritation of the other hosts. Turns out Alex loved the game, though.
** The banner for the HalloweenEpisode appears to be static, but is actually a Flash element. After a little bit, the banner starts to move, and all of the hosts get killed in horrific ways.
* BackgroundMusic: The show's background music consists of various tracks from various video games.
* BerserkButton: Don't insinuate that Drew likes dubsteb, don't call Kate a man, and don't talk about anime around Alex.
* BigBoosHaunt: The haunted castle Tony "inherits" in episode 031, the HalloweenSpecial.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Some of the tangents or jokes become this.
* BitingTheHandHumor: The hosts tend to badmouth the few active listeners they have. For example, Alex calling Pipgirl fucking weird for eating toast with ketchup and that 510BrotherPanda talks like Randy Newman.
* BlackEyes: Kate is depicted with these, except they're ENTIRELY black.
* BlackMagic: Mitch's backstory is that he's well-versed in TheDarkArts, and may very well be a god of insanity and chaos. Fitting.
* BonusMaterial: As a reward for getting 100 likes on the Facebook page, the crew released a scrapped first segment of an unreleased version of episode 034, in which Alex, Mitch, Mela and Tony talk about comic books.
* BrickJoke: Sometimes the hosts will have well-timed repeats of earlier jokes.
* ButtMonkey: Mitch, without question. Sometimes Drew.
* CallBack: Boney Jones and Bookfart have made repeat appearances.
* TheCameo: Dan Amrich as Santa Claus in the ChristmasSpecial.
** JewWario, LoadingReadyRun's Graham and Paul, the aforementined Dan Amrich, and GamesRadar's Cheryll deRosario have done Artist Liners for the show.
* CanadaEh: Kate is the Canadian member of the cast.
* CannotTellAJoke: Mitch.
* CantHaveSexEver: Matt has a dry spell. Hasn't had sex in 4 years.
* CatchPhrase: "Shut the fuck up, Mitch!"
* ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam When Alex's mom or stepmom left the abusive boyfriend, all of the Southpark characters out of modeling clay that he worked so hard on were destroyed. (Episode 1)
* Chiptunes: The theme song is a chiptune song called "Assault!"
* ChristmasSpecial: Touches on many of the standard tropes of the format, and featuring none other than Dan Amrich as jolly ol' Saint Nick! Many of the show's past guests also make appearances.
** CharacterFocus: The special is about Tony trying to figure out the true meaning of Christmas.
** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.
** DidIMentionItsChristmas: Alex is obsessed with Christmas-time, both in the special and in real life.
** Season Finale: The ChristmasSpecial doubles as the finale for Season 1, with Season 2 starting in 2012.
** TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Played with. Tony discovers the meaning of Christmas, and Alex points out that Santa giving everyone gifts sort of nullifies the point of Tony's speech. Santa then flatly asks Alex if he wants presents or not.
* CloudCuckooLander: With some of the jokes, bits and tangents Mitch has come up with, he might as well be.
* ClusterFBomb: Alex leads the charge with the "Fuck em Fuck em Fuck em", where he seems a parody of himself.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: On one episode, Drew wanted to talk about Sexy Beach 3. He then went on to talk about how great the environments looked.
* CrossCulturalKerfluffle: Tony is from the UK and they got Irishman Mark Breen the same episode which lead to geopolitical escalations.
* CouchGag: Different secret sounds at the end of each episode, also done on the landing pages with silly plugs and credits for that episode's hosts.
* DateRapeAverted: This has be used in some form.
* DeadAir: Averted, as the podcast is edited, so un-needed dead air will be cut. However, it is left in [[LampshadeHanging if the hosts acknowledge it.]]
* DeadBabyComedy: Some hosts have ventured into this territory from time to time, usually to Matt's distaste.
* DeathIsCheap: The hosts die when they don't appear on episodes, and come back to life in the next one.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Episode 013's title: "Post Apocalyptic Snowboard Apocalypse".
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Mitch's attempts to save failed jokes.
* DuelingShows: Due to the show's previous name, they used to have a beef with another podcast called "Friends With Benefits".
** For a while, was competing with other TalkRadar-inspired shows such as B-Cubed, PCN-Gen, and GNA.
** Could also be dueling with TalkRadar, or Laser Time, ironically the show that inspired them.
* DumbassDJ: Andy closing song on episode 27 was the pinnacle of this.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Random Assault headquarters, which is an underground skyscraper-mansion consisting of many rooms made from all sorts of things, even garbage. The facade above ground is an old, abandoned Circuit City building with the RA logo on the side, as Circuit City buildings are red cubes, very much like the show's logo. Often, guests will be brought to the mansion with a bag over their head so they can't find their way back.
** The hosts don't live there, either. They use [[TeleportersAndTransporters a series of rifts]] to travel to the mansion from their respective living places around the world.
* EvilTwin: Slabflapper is one to Matt, in that he's literally a negative version of Matt. His skin is blue, like a film negative.
* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: Episode 020. "Ret's Get Lacist!!"
* ExecutiveMeddling: Seems to be all "The President of EA" does.
* FacePalm: Mitch once tried to make one audible on the show.
-->'''Mitch''': "Did you hear that? That was the sound of me face-palming, that was so bad."
* FanArt: Numerous examples [[http://randomassaultpodcast.com/fan-art/ here.]] Also on [[http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.201503669873045.41651.201498099873602&type=3 the Facebook page.]]
* FanFic: There has been a FanFic written about the secret love of Alex and Mitch... [[spoiler: and Matt.]]
** Matt once read a FanFic he wrote about Castlevania in his youth.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Matt
** TheLancer: Alex
** TheSmartGuy: Mitch
** TheBigGuy: Tony
** TheChick: Kate
* ForgottenAnniversary: The secret ending sound of episode 042 is a very un-enthusiastic message from Alex reminding listeners of the show's one-year anniversary.
* FromClonesToGenre: First as a homage to TalkRadar, Random Assault then became it's own thing like PCN-Gen, KGB, GNA, and Pixel Heroes.
* GagCensor: Funny sound effects are used to cover up the few things the podcast DOES censor.
** In articles on the show's website, Slabflapper's face is used to cover up naughty bits in pictures.
* GuestHost: Many guests; you can count em on both hands.
* HalloweenSpecial: A massive 3-hour episode in which the hosts are being pursued in a HauntedCastle by Matt's EvilTwin, Slabflapper.
** DramaticThunder: Used gleefully in this special.
** HauntedCastle: The HalloweenEpisode takes place in one of these, which Tony mysteriously inherits.
** IGotARock: Said word-for-word by Matt near the beginning of the special.
** TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the HalloweenEpisode, the cast is able to record a normal podcast even while being hunted by Slabflapper.
** UnexpectedInheritance: The set-up for the HalloweenEpisode. Tony inherits a HauntedCastle from his dead uncle. [[spoiler: It's all in Slabfapper's plot to lure the hosts into one place and kill them.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Alex has one in the ChristmasSpecial, after his Christmas dinner, plans, and the mansion are ruined.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Dan Amrich as Santa Claus.
* HilariousOuttakes: Sometimes used for the secret ending sound.
** The entire RECORDING for the ChristmasSpecial was released the week after said special came out, which features a ton of outtakes.
* HypocrisyNod: Tony said he hated cheese but loves lasagna.
* ICallHimMisterHappy: There has been a discussion about the names of the hosts' members before.
* InconvenientSummons: Mitch has said that he can be summoned very much like Candyman, where if his name is uttered into a mirror a number of times, he will be summoned to that person.
** It is implied that Slabflapper also is summoned this way. Although, it more resembles Beetlejuice's rules. (No need for a mirror; say his name enough times in a row and he'll appear.)
* ISeeLondon: For the banner of episode 011, Alex had no idea what to draw, so he just drew the cast in their underpants.
* JapaneseRanguage: Again, used now and again and in the title for episode 020.
* LargeHam: Mitch, if he's given too much rope.
* LaughTrack: Sometimes used for laughs to parody the format of TV sitcoms.
* MissingEpisode: Episode 024.
** The original "pilot", the TalkRadar Fan Extravaganza has never been rereleased.
* MistakenForGay: Matt by his real-life friends.
* Mr.Fanservice: Most photographs of Matt have him naked or topless at the very least.
* NakedApron: Mentioned in the ChristmasSpecial.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Slabflapper.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Very noticeable when they just talk to one random thing to the next with no purpose. Matt falls back on his penis, Alex talks about how much he hates certain things , and Mortal Kombat, Mitch projects loudly about JRPGS, and animes like OnePiece, and Kate talks about how she's poor, fat, and that she can take 12 inches of a 17 inch dildo up her ass.
* NWordPrivileges: One of Matt's friends regardless of race said "Fucking Niggas in the butt." in which a Hispanic woman who overheard it looked shocked and afraid. Kate often claims that Tony has granted her The Privileges. In fact, Tony mailed N-Word Privileges cards to all the hosts.
* OnlySaneMan: Tony.
** Alex seems to fancy himself this when Matt's away.
* OverlyLongGag: If the gag starts to get too long, someone will call "Walt Disney", signifying that the joke has gotten tired.
* PornStash: Used quite often when discussing porn.
* PortalNetwork: How the hosts are able to live all around the world (USA, Canada, and even England), and be able to come together to record the podcast in [[ElaborateUndergroundBase the mansion.]]
* PreEmptiveShutUp: Used quite a bit. Three guesses as to who it's often directed to.
* PutOnABus: Drew left the show very quietly.
* RadioDrama: Due to the medium of the show (a podcast), scripted episodes (the ChristmasSpecial or HalloweenEpisode) more or less become this.
* RapeIsLove: Just about been the motto ever since fans of Random Assault were dubbed RAPE-ists. (RAPE being the acronym "Random Assault Podcast Episode", which is how the episodes are usually titled, followed by the episode number.)
* RedAndWhiteComedyPoster: The show's logo is red and white.
* RefugeInAudacity
* RefugeInVulgarity
* RobotBuddy: The RAPE-bot, who Alex destroyed. [[IGotBetter He got better, though.]]
* RuleofThree: Three segment podcast.
* RunningGag: Mitch being told to shut the fuck up, Tony's ignorance of the letter T, Matt's chronic masturbation.
* SelfDeprecation: Depending on the host, used often. Kate brings up that she is chubby, poor, has no family and no friends.
* SettledForGay: Homosexuality is not off limits.
* ShockJock: Some of the hosts fancy themselves as this.
* ShoutOut: "RA Play" is a pun on [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Rapelay Rapelay.]]
** Tony is often depicted wearing a Galactus helmet.
** The banner for episode 033 features Matt is PhoenixWright's signature pose.
** The banner for episode 036 is a GIANT homage to GhostTrick.
** The opening to the HalloweenEpisode is an awesome, custom version of TheRaven by Edgar Allen Poe.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Some of the episodes the cast thinks sucked turn out to be liked by the fans.
* SpinOff: The "Minor Assault" casts, which usually involve only two people and focus on a specific show, game, or series.
** RA Views, video reviews done by one host each.
** RA Plays, which are LetsPlay videos done by the hosts.
* SurpriseIncest: The other hosts claim Drew has a lot of surprise sex with his 2 younger brothers.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Usually principle than the exception. The exceptions are very rare.
* SuicideAsComedy: All the hosts will commit suicide (and even the listeners) when Random Assault hits 1,000 episodes.
* TalkingToHimself: Whenever Mitch and Slabflapper talk to each other.
* ThemeTune: Was "Popular Potpourri" from the VVVVVV soundtrack, then the Dog Ending song from Silent Hill 2, and now [[http://herecomesthemagnetar.bandcamp.com/album/assault-ep an original composition by Mitch, "Assault!", under his artist name "Magnetar".]]
* TooMuchInformation: A lot of the things Matt or Kate say.
** Kate's infamous "lemon" story.
* TrapDoor: Sometimes, a host will fall down a trap door and won't be able to get out until [[BreakingTheFourthWall their internet or Skype works aga-]]I MEAN until they climb out.
* TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary: Mitch is known to speak in TV Tropes on the show, which Kate often yells at him for.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Many times the cast asks why anyone is even listening to the show.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Kate will never be accepted by her family for wanting to be a female.
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[[caption-width-right:239:Random Assault is GO!]]
Random Assault is a entertainment podcast encompassing videogames, music, tv shows, and movies. However most of the focus is on videogames, and usually there is tangents about ridiculous stories that happened in their personal lives.
Their first collaboration podcasting was a TalkRadar Fan Extravaganza. Soon afterwards their podcast getting away from the TalkRadar name was Friends With Benefits. It was Friends with Benefits for the first 5 episodes, until there was another podcast that registered the name Friends with Benefits first thus changing the name to Random Assault.
You can find their episodes [[http://randomassaultpodcast.wordpress.com/podcast/ here]]
!!This podcast uses the following tropes:
* AbusiveParents: Mitch Rozetar was raised by Roman Catholics. Enough said.
* ActorAllusion: In the HalloweenEpisode, after Slabflapper talks for the first time, the other hosts tell Mitch to shut up, then he defends himself, having not actually said anything. Slabflapper in reality is voiced by Mitch.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Matt started the first episode documenting he spends 40 to 50 minutes jerking off. Almost qualifies as a part time job.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The show runs on this. It's ostensibly a gaming podcast, but the topics are all over the place.
* ArtStyleDissonance: Alex is the artist for the podcast, but Mitch's character design is very different from the others'. This is because Alex did his best to emulate Mitch's art style when doing his character art.
** For a little while, Mitch was doing the episode banners in Alex's absence.
** Le "Mr Suit Man" Tran did the banner for the episode he was on, episode 041.
* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The hosts are not above doing offensive Asian accents. Played straight with the title of episode 020: "Ret's Get Lacist!!"
* AudioErotica: Alex's "sexy voice" sounds an awful lot like Harley Quinn...
* BaitAndSwitch: When Alex finally played GhostTrick, he made it out to seem that he hated the game, much to the irritation of the other hosts. Turns out Alex loved the game, though.
** The banner for the HalloweenEpisode appears to be static, but is actually a Flash element. After a little bit, the banner starts to move, and all of the hosts get killed in horrific ways.
* BackgroundMusic: The show's background music consists of various tracks from various video games.
* BerserkButton: Don't insinuate that Drew likes dubsteb, don't call Kate a man, and don't talk about anime around Alex.
* BigBoosHaunt: The haunted castle Tony "inherits" in episode 031, the HalloweenSpecial.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Some of the tangents or jokes become this.
* BitingTheHandHumor: The hosts tend to badmouth the few active listeners they have. For example, Alex calling Pipgirl fucking weird for eating toast with ketchup and that 510BrotherPanda talks like Randy Newman.
* BlackEyes: Kate is depicted with these, except they're ENTIRELY black.
* BlackMagic: Mitch's backstory is that he's well-versed in TheDarkArts, and may very well be a god of insanity and chaos. Fitting.
* BonusMaterial: As a reward for getting 100 likes on the Facebook page, the crew released a scrapped first segment of an unreleased version of episode 034, in which Alex, Mitch, Mela and Tony talk about comic books.
* BrickJoke: Sometimes the hosts will have well-timed repeats of earlier jokes.
* ButtMonkey: Mitch, without question. Sometimes Drew.
* CallBack: Boney Jones and Bookfart have made repeat appearances.
* TheCameo: Dan Amrich as Santa Claus in the ChristmasSpecial.
** JewWario, LoadingReadyRun's Graham and Paul, the aforementined Dan Amrich, and GamesRadar's Cheryll deRosario have done Artist Liners for the show.
* CanadaEh: Kate is the Canadian member of the cast.
* CannotTellAJoke: Mitch.
* CantHaveSexEver: Matt has a dry spell. Hasn't had sex in 4 years.
* CatchPhrase: "Shut the fuck up, Mitch!"
* ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam When Alex's mom or stepmom left the abusive boyfriend, all of the Southpark characters out of modeling clay that he worked so hard on were destroyed. (Episode 1)
* Chiptunes: The theme song is a chiptune song called "Assault!"
* ChristmasSpecial: Touches on many of the standard tropes of the format, and featuring none other than Dan Amrich as jolly ol' Saint Nick! Many of the show's past guests also make appearances.
** CharacterFocus: The special is about Tony trying to figure out the true meaning of Christmas.
** ChristmasSongs: Alex made an original song for the special, "Time to Change the Mood", and the special ends with the cast singing "Old Friends, New Friends" from TheChristmasToy.
** DidIMentionItsChristmas: Alex is obsessed with Christmas-time, both in the special and in real life.
** Season Finale: The ChristmasSpecial doubles as the finale for Season 1, with Season 2 starting in 2012.
** TrueMeaningOfChristmas: Played with. Tony discovers the meaning of Christmas, and Alex points out that Santa giving everyone gifts sort of nullifies the point of Tony's speech. Santa then flatly asks Alex if he wants presents or not.
* CloudCuckooLander: With some of the jokes, bits and tangents Mitch has come up with, he might as well be.
* ClusterFBomb: Alex leads the charge with the "Fuck em Fuck em Fuck em", where he seems a parody of himself.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: On one episode, Drew wanted to talk about Sexy Beach 3. He then went on to talk about how great the environments looked.
* CrossCulturalKerfluffle: Tony is from the UK and they got Irishman Mark Breen the same episode which lead to geopolitical escalations.
* CouchGag: Different secret sounds at the end of each episode, also done on the landing pages with silly plugs and credits for that episode's hosts.
* DateRapeAverted: This has be used in some form.
* DeadAir: Averted, as the podcast is edited, so un-needed dead air will be cut. However, it is left in [[LampshadeHanging if the hosts acknowledge it.]]
* DeadBabyComedy: Some hosts have ventured into this territory from time to time, usually to Matt's distaste.
* DeathIsCheap: The hosts die when they don't appear on episodes, and come back to life in the next one.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Episode 013's title: "Post Apocalyptic Snowboard Apocalypse".
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Mitch's attempts to save failed jokes.
* DuelingShows: Due to the show's previous name, they used to have a beef with another podcast called "Friends With Benefits".
** For a while, was competing with other TalkRadar-inspired shows such as B-Cubed, PCN-Gen, and GNA.
** Could also be dueling with TalkRadar, or Laser Time, ironically the show that inspired them.
* DumbassDJ: Andy closing song on episode 27 was the pinnacle of this.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Random Assault headquarters, which is an underground skyscraper-mansion consisting of many rooms made from all sorts of things, even garbage. The facade above ground is an old, abandoned Circuit City building with the RA logo on the side, as Circuit City buildings are red cubes, very much like the show's logo. Often, guests will be brought to the mansion with a bag over their head so they can't find their way back.
** The hosts don't live there, either. They use [[TeleportersAndTransporters a series of rifts]] to travel to the mansion from their respective living places around the world.
* EvilTwin: Slabflapper is one to Matt, in that he's literally a negative version of Matt. His skin is blue, like a film negative.
* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: Episode 020. "Ret's Get Lacist!!"
* ExecutiveMeddling: Seems to be all "The President of EA" does.
* FacePalm: Mitch once tried to make one audible on the show.
-->'''Mitch''': "Did you hear that? That was the sound of me face-palming, that was so bad."
* FanArt: Numerous examples [[http://randomassaultpodcast.com/fan-art/ here.]] Also on [[http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.201503669873045.41651.201498099873602&type=3 the Facebook page.]]
* FanFic: There has been a FanFic written about the secret love of Alex and Mitch... [[spoiler: and Matt.]]
** Matt once read a FanFic he wrote about Castlevania in his youth.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Matt
** TheLancer: Alex
** TheSmartGuy: Mitch
** TheBigGuy: Tony
** TheChick: Kate
* ForgottenAnniversary: The secret ending sound of episode 042 is a very un-enthusiastic message from Alex reminding listeners of the show's one-year anniversary.
* FromClonesToGenre: First as a homage to TalkRadar, Random Assault then became it's own thing like PCN-Gen, KGB, GNA, and Pixel Heroes.
* GagCensor: Funny sound effects are used to cover up the few things the podcast DOES censor.
** In articles on the show's website, Slabflapper's face is used to cover up naughty bits in pictures.
* GuestHost: Many guests; you can count em on both hands.
* HalloweenSpecial: A massive 3-hour episode in which the hosts are being pursued in a HauntedCastle by Matt's EvilTwin, Slabflapper.
** DramaticThunder: Used gleefully in this special.
** HauntedCastle: The HalloweenEpisode takes place in one of these, which Tony mysteriously inherits.
** IGotARock: Said word-for-word by Matt near the beginning of the special.
** TalkingIsAFreeAction: In the HalloweenEpisode, the cast is able to record a normal podcast even while being hunted by Slabflapper.
** UnexpectedInheritance: The set-up for the HalloweenEpisode. Tony inherits a HauntedCastle from his dead uncle. [[spoiler: It's all in Slabfapper's plot to lure the hosts into one place and kill them.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Alex has one in the ChristmasSpecial, after his Christmas dinner, plans, and the mansion are ruined.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Dan Amrich as Santa Claus.
* HilariousOuttakes: Sometimes used for the secret ending sound.
** The entire RECORDING for the ChristmasSpecial was released the week after said special came out, which features a ton of outtakes.
* HypocrisyNod: Tony said he hated cheese but loves lasagna.
* ICallHimMisterHappy: There has been a discussion about the names of the hosts' members before.
* InconvenientSummons: Mitch has said that he can be summoned very much like Candyman, where if his name is uttered into a mirror a number of times, he will be summoned to that person.
** It is implied that Slabflapper also is summoned this way. Although, it more resembles Beetlejuice's rules. (No need for a mirror; say his name enough times in a row and he'll appear.)
* ISeeLondon: For the banner of episode 011, Alex had no idea what to draw, so he just drew the cast in their underpants.
* JapaneseRanguage: Again, used now and again and in the title for episode 020.
* LargeHam: Mitch, if he's given too much rope.
* LaughTrack: Sometimes used for laughs to parody the format of TV sitcoms.
* MissingEpisode: Episode 024.
** The original "pilot", the TalkRadar Fan Extravaganza has never been rereleased.
* MistakenForGay: Matt by his real-life friends.
* Mr.Fanservice: Most photographs of Matt have him naked or topless at the very least.
* NakedApron: Mentioned in the ChristmasSpecial.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Slabflapper.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Very noticeable when they just talk to one random thing to the next with no purpose. Matt falls back on his penis, Alex talks about how much he hates certain things , and Mortal Kombat, Mitch projects loudly about JRPGS, and animes like OnePiece, and Kate talks about how she's poor, fat, and that she can take 12 inches of a 17 inch dildo up her ass.
* NWordPrivileges: One of Matt's friends regardless of race said "Fucking Niggas in the butt." in which a Hispanic woman who overheard it looked shocked and afraid. Kate often claims that Tony has granted her The Privileges. In fact, Tony mailed N-Word Privileges cards to all the hosts.
* OnlySaneMan: Tony.
** Alex seems to fancy himself this when Matt's away.
* OverlyLongGag: If the gag starts to get too long, someone will call "Walt Disney", signifying that the joke has gotten tired.
* PornStash: Used quite often when discussing porn.
* PortalNetwork: How the hosts are able to live all around the world (USA, Canada, and even England), and be able to come together to record the podcast in [[ElaborateUndergroundBase the mansion.]]
* PreEmptiveShutUp: Used quite a bit. Three guesses as to who it's often directed to.
* PutOnABus: Drew left the show very quietly.
* RadioDrama: Due to the medium of the show (a podcast), scripted episodes (the ChristmasSpecial or HalloweenEpisode) more or less become this.
* RapeIsLove: Just about been the motto ever since fans of Random Assault were dubbed RAPE-ists. (RAPE being the acronym "Random Assault Podcast Episode", which is how the episodes are usually titled, followed by the episode number.)
* RedAndWhiteComedyPoster: The show's logo is red and white.
* RefugeInAudacity
* RefugeInVulgarity
* RobotBuddy: The RAPE-bot, who Alex destroyed. [[IGotBetter He got better, though.]]
* RuleofThree: Three segment podcast.
* RunningGag: Mitch being told to shut the fuck up, Tony's ignorance of the letter T, Matt's chronic masturbation.
* SelfDeprecation: Depending on the host, used often. Kate brings up that she is chubby, poor, has no family and no friends.
* SettledForGay: Homosexuality is not off limits.
* ShockJock: Some of the hosts fancy themselves as this.
* ShoutOut: "RA Play" is a pun on [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Rapelay Rapelay.]]
** Tony is often depicted wearing a Galactus helmet.
** The banner for episode 033 features Matt is PhoenixWright's signature pose.
** The banner for episode 036 is a GIANT homage to GhostTrick.
** The opening to the HalloweenEpisode is an awesome, custom version of TheRaven by Edgar Allen Poe.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Some of the episodes the cast thinks sucked turn out to be liked by the fans.
* SpinOff: The "Minor Assault" casts, which usually involve only two people and focus on a specific show, game, or series.
** RA Views, video reviews done by one host each.
** RA Plays, which are LetsPlay videos done by the hosts.
* SurpriseIncest: The other hosts claim Drew has a lot of surprise sex with his 2 younger brothers.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Usually principle than the exception. The exceptions are very rare.
* SuicideAsComedy: All the hosts will commit suicide (and even the listeners) when Random Assault hits 1,000 episodes.
* TalkingToHimself: Whenever Mitch and Slabflapper talk to each other.
* ThemeTune: Was "Popular Potpourri" from the VVVVVV soundtrack, then the Dog Ending song from Silent Hill 2, and now [[http://herecomesthemagnetar.bandcamp.com/album/assault-ep an original composition by Mitch, "Assault!", under his artist name "Magnetar".]]
* TooMuchInformation: A lot of the things Matt or Kate say.
** Kate's infamous "lemon" story.
* TrapDoor: Sometimes, a host will fall down a trap door and won't be able to get out until [[BreakingTheFourthWall their internet or Skype works aga-]]I MEAN until they climb out.
* TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary: Mitch is known to speak in TV Tropes on the show, which Kate often yells at him for.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: Many times the cast asks why anyone is even listening to the show.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Kate will never be accepted by her family for wanting to be a female.
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