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* EatTheDog: PlayedForLaughs with the description of the corned-beef Reuben.
-->Ahh, there's no sandwich like a good old-fashioned Reuben -- corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut, with Thousand Island dressing and pumpernickel bread, grilled to perfection. Whenever Boris eats one, he gets a misty, far-away look in his eyes, as he remembers Reuben, the first war dog he ever owned as a boy, and the night of his death.
-->God that dog was delicious.
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** Some shields increase the efficency of {{Familiars}}, like the Old School Flying Disc, the Ouija Board and the Shield of the Skeleton Lord.

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** Some shields increase the efficency of {{Familiars}}, {{Familiar|s}}, like the Old School Flying Disc, the Ouija Board and the Shield of the Skeleton Lord.

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** Some shields increase the player's elemental, weapon, or [[CriticalHit critical]] damage, like the Autumn Debris Shield, the Clownskin Buckler, the Brass Dorsal Fin, the Glass Pie Plate, the Heavy-Duty Clipboard and the Ghast Iron Heater Shield.
** Some shields damage the enemy after blocking an attack, like the Baloon Shield, Oscus's Garbage Can Lid and the Hot Plate.
** Some shields [[RandomDropBooster increase the drop rates of enemies]], like the Basaltamander Buckler, the Flimsy Clipboard, the Meat Shield, the Peanut Brittle Shield, the Pilgrim Shield and the Fake Washboard.
** Some shields [[RegeneratingHealth restore the player's hit points]] or {{Mana}} after each turn, like the Ceramic Centurion Shield, the Fleshy Lump, the Padded Tortoise and the Giant Penguin Keychain.
** Some shields increase the player's speed in battle, like the Hors d'Oeuvre Tray, the Party Crasher and the Tortobbagan Shield.
** Some shields increase the efficency of {{Familiars}}, like the Old School Flying Disc, the Ouija Board and the Shield of the Skeleton Lord.
** Dinsey's Radar Dish damages the opponent each turn, and [[GatheringSteam it grows more powerful after each hit]].
** The [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Operation Patriot Shield]] increases the StatGrinding rate and has different effects depending on the player's class.
** The HOA Regulation Book lowers the enemies' defenses and level.
** The Ancient Calendar gives the player 1 ExtraTurn per day.
** The Antique Shield is one of the few Special Ability Shields to have a ''negative'' effect: it's very sturdy, but lowers one of your stats when equipped. Oh, and it's also one of the few BreakableWeapons. The BRICKO Bulwark and Mushroom Shield also decrease some of your stats.
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* SpecialAbilityShield: many, many examples, which are also being PlayedForLaughs, even if this game is somewhat generous for what counts as a "shield":
** Some shields increase the player's stats, like the Arm Buzzer, the Astral Shield, the Barskin Buckler, the Barrel Lid and the Battered Hubcap.
** Some shields lower the chance for the player of catching negative StatusEffects, like the Ancient Stone Head, the Ox-Head Shield or the Meteorite Guard.
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** All of the comedians in {{Hell}}'s comedy club are subject to some bashing.
*** [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Larry of the Field of Signs]], whose observational humor the game repeatedly mocks as repetitive and uncreative. Defeating him gets you some observational glasses:
---->''[These glasses will] enable you to observe what's happening in the world around you, and use those observations to make hilarious jokes. That is, if you're in a parallel universe where "hilarious jokes" means "pointing out things everyone already knows.''''
*** Carbuncle Top, a parody of prop comedian Carrot Top, has all of his attack messages end in "no one laughs."
---->''You'd have to be tortured every day to find Carbuncle Top's comedy entertaining. It's like how if you hit yourself in the head with a hammer every day, a blow with a baseball bat will seem downright pleasant.''
*** Victor the Insult Comic Hellhound mocks Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and his repetitive catchphrases.
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** The Level 12 quest involves getting a war uniform for either the hippies or fratboys, then starting a war, after which the locations change and you can't get the outfits the original way. You still need one to go out on the battlefield, though. If you happen to sell or pulverize a piece of the outfit, the game will enable a superlikely adventure in the desert that will give you a replacement hippie war uniform.

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* TakeThat: While the game usually veers towards AffectionateParody, anything that Mr. Skullhead doesn't like will inevitably get one of these.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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While the game usually veers towards AffectionateParody, anything that Mr. Skullhead doesn't like will inevitably get one of these.these.
** If the Mad Hatrack wears a turban, it will quote Apu from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', then add "Stereotypes are funny!"



* TickerTapeParade: The reward for completing the Level 11 quest. [[AntiClimax It's the longest and most annoying quest in the game.]]

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* TickerTapeParade: The reward for completing the Level 11 quest.quest is a handful of confetti you can use to throw a parade for yourself. [[AntiClimax It's the longest and most annoying quest in the game.]]



* TraumaInn: Your dwelling at your campground, as well as the Comfy Sofa in your clan rumpus room.

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* TraumaInn: Your dwelling at your campground, as well as the Comfy Sofa in your clan rumpus room.room, can let you rest up and heal.



* {{Whatevermancy}}: The Pastamancer.

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* {{Whatevermancy}}: The Pastamancer.Pastamancer is a magical class that casts spells including pasta and sauce.



* WholePlotReference: The entire White Citadel quest chain was, until 9/19/14, a gigantic reference to ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', including the fratboys, cheetah, and pretty much everything about it. Now it's a whole plot reference to ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.
** The Vanya's Castle area from the "Map to Vanya's Castle" item is one for 8-bit ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI''.

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* WholePlotReference: WholePlotReference:
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The entire White Citadel quest chain was, until 9/19/14, a gigantic reference to ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', including the fratboys, cheetah, and pretty much everything about it. Now it's a whole plot reference to ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.
** The Vanya's Castle area from the "Map to Vanya's Castle" item is one for 8-bit ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI''.''VideoGame/CastlevaniaI''.
** The Path of the Plumber challenge run is full of references to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', with the gameplay being based on ''VideoGame/PaperMario64''.



* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Even goes by that name.

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* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Even goes by that name.The Wrong Side of the Tracks is an area containing guilds of thieves, hobos, shady back alleys, and pretentious artists.



* YourHeadAsplode: Happens to [[spoiler: Principal Mooney]] after beating him, due to a combination of [[{{Film/TheBreakfastClub}} 'Don't You Forget About Me']] and [[{{Series/CSIMiami}} "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!"]]

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* YourHeadAsplode: Happens to [[spoiler: Principal Mooney]] Mooney]]'s head explodes after beating him, due to a combination of [[{{Film/TheBreakfastClub}} 'Don't You Forget About Me']] and [[{{Series/CSIMiami}} "YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!"]]
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** Items that gave free runaways are heavily valued durring ascension in order to save turns by running away from useless fights. Such items that can be obtained outside the Mr. Store were balanced by either only working against certain monsters or having a low chance of success, but that still didn't stop strategies that rellied on farming as many such items as possible in order to save turns. In 2024, all Standard-legal free runaways were changed so that they work 100% of the time, but now give an unremovable effect that prevents the use of any source of free runaways while active, with the length of the effect dependent on the source of the free runaway.
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* BizarroElements:
** Hot and Cold stand in for the classic fire/ice contrast.
** Sleaze is dealt by exposure to {{Squick}}/sexual innuendo.
** Stench damage is dealt by exposure to ToiletHumor and bad smells.
** Spooky damage is dealt by exposure to NightmareFuel.
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* Disco Bandits (Offensive [[GuileHero Moxie]]), rogues who fight with knives or [[ArcherArchetype ranged weapons]], along with [[DanceBattler a variety of debilitating dance moves]]. They are the only class specializing in booze, capable of learning the Advanced, Superhuman, and Salacious Cocktailcrafting skills.

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* Disco Bandits (Offensive [[GuileHero Moxie]]), rogues who fight with knives or [[ArcherArchetype ranged weapons]], weapons, along with [[DanceBattler a variety of debilitating dance moves]]. They are the only class specializing in booze, capable of learning the Advanced, Superhuman, and Salacious Cocktailcrafting skills.
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''The Kingdom of Loathing'' (2003) is a browser-based {{MMORPG}} originally by Zack "Jick" Johnson and Josh "Mr. Skullhead" Nite, though the latter has since left the company. The overarching plot of the game, such as it is, involves defeating the aptly-named Naughty Sorceress, who has imprisoned the beloved ruler of the Kingdom, King Ralph XI, in a prism (this is known in-game as his being [[IncrediblyLamePun "imprismed"]]). But first you have to level up your character through the usual rigmarole of {{Fetch Quest}}s, monster hunting, and LevelGrinding. There are several things that make this game fairly unique among {{MMORPG}}s, however:

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''The Kingdom of Loathing'' (2003) is a browser-based {{MMORPG}} originally by Zack "Jick" Johnson and Josh "Mr. Skullhead" Nite, though the latter has since left the company. The overarching plot of the game, such as it is, involves defeating the aptly-named Naughty Sorceress, who has imprisoned the beloved ruler of the Kingdom, King Ralph XI, in a prism (this is known in-game as his being [[IncrediblyLamePun "imprismed"]])."imprismed"). But first you have to level up your character through the usual rigmarole of {{Fetch Quest}}s, monster hunting, and LevelGrinding. There are several things that make this game fairly unique among {{MMORPG}}s, however:
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* EnoughToGoAround: While everyone gets supposedly one-of-a-kind items (and in fact, due to [[NewGamePlus ascension,]] you can have ''multiple'' unique items, like a belt made from the skull of the Bonerdagon and the skin of the Boss Bat), there are a few items, like the Rainbow Pearl and Strange Tiki Idol, of which only a few were implemented and which were obtained first-come first-serve. And there are now a few things which just become harder to acquire the more people have them (or possibly the more which have been ''found'', which isn't the same thing), so that nobody's really sure if there's a hard cap or not.

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** If you choose to play a 'Bees Hate You' run, [[spoiler:the Naughty Sorceress' sausage form is killed by the Guy Made of Bees, a BonusBoss in normal runs.]]

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** If you choose to play a 'Bees Hate You' run, [[spoiler:the Naughty Sorceress' sausage form is killed by the Guy Made of Bees, a BonusBoss an OptionalBoss in normal runs.]]



* BonusBoss: Baron Von Ratsworth, the "Ultra-Rare" monsters that drop the aptly-named Ultra-Rare items, Hodgman the Hoboverlord and his Hobopolis Lieutenants, the Mother Slime, the Guy Made of Bees, the ElderGods of Violence and Hatred, the list goes on.



* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Adorable Space Buddy familiar. He does damage, restores [=HP/MP=], and occasionally gives you massive stat bonuses. To get one, you have to complete [[BonusDungeon The Sea]] ''twelve times'', and then kill the BonusBoss [[spoiler:Dad Sea Monkee]]

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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Adorable Space Buddy familiar. He does damage, restores [=HP/MP=], and occasionally gives you massive stat bonuses. To get one, you have to complete [[BonusDungeon The Sea]] ''twelve times'', and then kill the BonusBoss OptionalBoss [[spoiler:Dad Sea Monkee]]



* OptionalBoss: Baron Von Ratsworth, the "Ultra-Rare" monsters that drop the aptly-named Ultra-Rare items, Hodgman the Hoboverlord and his Hobopolis Lieutenants, the Mother Slime, the Guy Made of Bees, the ElderGods of Violence and Hatred, the list goes on.



** Clan dungeons. [[BonusDungeon Hobopolis, the Slimetube, and Dreadsylvania]] require you to be in a Clan in order to play in them, and while it is possible to get the best rewards in Slimetube [[AvertedTrope by yourself]], you'll want a team of 6 people in order to find the best items in Hobopolis, and some parts of Dreadsylvania (such as the items needed to unlock [[BonusBoss the hardmode versions of the bosses]]) require co-operation between clan mates.

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** Clan dungeons. [[BonusDungeon Hobopolis, the Slimetube, and Dreadsylvania]] require you to be in a Clan in order to play in them, and while it is possible to get the best rewards in Slimetube [[AvertedTrope by yourself]], you'll want a team of 6 people in order to find the best items in Hobopolis, and some parts of Dreadsylvania (such as the items needed to unlock [[BonusBoss [[OptionalBoss the hardmode versions of the bosses]]) require co-operation between clan mates.



* SpikesOfVillainy: Occasionally worn by the EvilOverlord BonusBoss in the [=GameInformPowerDailyPro=] Dungeon. Also of note is one of said boss's equipment drops: A belt with large horns on the buckle that painfully jab the player in the stomach when worn.

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* SpikesOfVillainy: Occasionally worn by the EvilOverlord BonusBoss OptionalBoss in the [=GameInformPowerDailyPro=] Dungeon. Also of note is one of said boss's equipment drops: A belt with large horns on the buckle that painfully jab the player in the stomach when worn.
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** If you find the enemy-health-revealing Detective Skull too useful, try the [[JustForPun Defective Skull]], which "deduces" the wrong amount of health or something obvious/useless/meaningless to distract you during combat.

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** If you find the enemy-health-revealing Detective Skull too useful, try the [[JustForPun Defective Skull]], Skull, which "deduces" the wrong amount of health or something obvious/useless/meaningless to distract you during combat.
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* OurImpsAreDifferent: The Deep Fat Friar's quest involves exorcising demonic entities and Imps make up a fair number of the enemies. These Imps come in different flavors pertaining to their PunnyName — L Imps are crippled, W Imps are wimpy, P Imps are decked out in PimpDuds and G Imps are dressed in bondage gear.

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* ArmCannon: The Armgun, gained from someone who is definitely ''not'' [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Barrett]]. [[{{Squick}} His severed forearm is still attached.]]
** Also the four weapons obtained by defeating the boss monsters in the Crackpot Mystic's Psychoses.

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The Armgun, gained from someone who is definitely ''not'' [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Barrett]]. [[{{Squick}} His severed forearm is still attached.]]
** Also the The four weapons obtained by defeating the boss monsters in the Crackpot Mystic's Psychoses.Psychoses. The area is based around ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'', after all.
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* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Both Mysticality classes in the Pastamancer and Sauceror use food-based magic that utilize pasta and sauce respectively.

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* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Both Mysticality classes in the Pastamancer and Sauceror use food-based magic that utilize pasta and sauce respectively. Jarlsberg, the greatest chef-mage to have lived had even stronger food-based magic.
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* FoodBasedSuperpowers: Both Mysticality classes in the Pastamancer and Sauceror use food-based magic that utilize pasta and sauce respectively.
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''The Kingdom of Loathing'' (2003) is a browser-based {{MMORPG}} originally by Zack "Jick" Johnson and Josh "Mr. Skullhead" Nite, though the latter has since left the company. The overarching plot of the game, such as it is, involves defeating the aptly-named Naughty Sorceress, who has imprisoned the beloved ruler of the Kingdom, King Ralph XI, in a prism (this is known in-game as his being [[JustForPun "imprismed"]]). But first you have to level up your character through the usual rigmarole of {{Fetch Quest}}s, monster hunting, and LevelGrinding. There are several things that make this game fairly unique among {{MMORPG}}s, however:

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''The Kingdom of Loathing'' (2003) is a browser-based {{MMORPG}} originally by Zack "Jick" Johnson and Josh "Mr. Skullhead" Nite, though the latter has since left the company. The overarching plot of the game, such as it is, involves defeating the aptly-named Naughty Sorceress, who has imprisoned the beloved ruler of the Kingdom, King Ralph XI, in a prism (this is known in-game as his being [[JustForPun [[IncrediblyLamePun "imprismed"]]). But first you have to level up your character through the usual rigmarole of {{Fetch Quest}}s, monster hunting, and LevelGrinding. There are several things that make this game fairly unique among {{MMORPG}}s, however:
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* CueOClock: One of the hit messages when being bitten by a "toothy pirate" combines this with a pun: "What time is it? Tooth hurty."
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* TrueFinalBoss: For the Sea Quest; if you [[spoiler: forge together the sets of equipment each boss gives you per class via both Scholar and Gladiator]]; wear all 6 pieces of armor; you will face the force that's behind the Elder Gods. [[spoiler: Dad Sea Monkee; hooked up to some kind of [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} Devil's Machine]]/[[PeopleJars Person Jar]].]]

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* TrueFinalBoss: For the Sea Quest; if you [[spoiler: forge together the sets of equipment each boss gives you per class via both Scholar and Gladiator]]; wear all 6 pieces of armor; you will face the force that's behind the Elder Gods. [[spoiler: Dad Sea Monkee; hooked up to some kind of [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Devil's Machine]]/[[PeopleJars Person Jar]].]]
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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]]. You only need to be 13 to beat the game, 15 to unlock all skills, and 30 to get a trophy. Actually reaching level 256 requires either months of grinding enemies that [[LevelScaling scale to your stats]], or days of fighting the Weirdeaux monsters that get exponentially stronger until you can only beat them with cheap tricks.

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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: [[UsefulNotes/PowersOfTwoMinusOne 256]].256. You only need to be 13 to beat the game, 15 to unlock all skills, and 30 to get a trophy. Actually reaching level 256 requires either months of grinding enemies that [[LevelScaling scale to your stats]], or days of fighting the Weirdeaux monsters that get exponentially stronger until you can only beat them with cheap tricks.

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* AscendedGlitch: During the Eldritch Incursion world event, Sssshhsssblllrrggghsssssggggrrgglsssshhssslblgl was scheduled to be made vulnerable to the "Hopped Up on Goofballs" effect, complete with appropriate FlavorText. However, a dev accidentally input the wrong number, resulting in the actual vulnerability being to "Timer 7". Later in the day, they fixed this... by changing the FlavorText to better fit Timer 7.

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During the Eldritch Incursion world event, Sssshhsssblllrrggghsssssggggrrgglsssshhssslblgl was scheduled to be made vulnerable to the "Hopped Up on Goofballs" effect, complete with appropriate FlavorText. However, a dev accidentally input the wrong number, resulting in the actual vulnerability being to "Timer 7". Later in the day, they fixed this... by changing the FlavorText to better fit Timer 7.7.
** The bosses of the old Naughty Sorceress's tower were intended to be {{Puzzle Boss}}es, only defeatable by using specific combat items. However, due to PowerCreep, it eventually became possible to defeat them by brute force. When the tower was revamped, the puzzle bosses that replaced them had ''two'' solutions -- one instantly defeating them with a specific item, and one wearing their HP down with a specific strategy.

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