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* MurderByMistake: Mortimer acquires a needle laced with PerfectPoison. By [[spoiler:hiding it in a forgery of Queen Beyonce's amulet]] his intended target is made quite clear. However, the needle instead ends up poisoning [[spoiler:Prince Chessurick Thathird, when he attempts to [[TheStarscream usurp control from Beyonce using her amulet]]]]. Mortimer makes the most out of the situation by [[SurvivorGuilt guilting his intended victim over the sudden death of his actual victim]].
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** In season 3, he gets a magic tattoo that allows him to summon a longbow [[spoiler:- made out of the bones and tendons of his forearm.]] Not only is it ''excruciating,'' it makes one guard puke and terrifies another into [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere running away]].

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** In season 3, he gets a magic tattoo that allows him to summon a longbow [[spoiler:- made [[spoiler:made out of the bones and tendons of his forearm.]] Not only is it ''excruciating,'' it makes one guard puke and terrifies another into [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere running away]].



--> '''Mortimer:''' This must be a difficult moment for you. I can understand. [[spoiler:- I lost a family, too.]] Sort of thing that stays with you, isn't it? Stays with you your whole life. You're haunted the rest of your days wondering if there's anything you could have done to make it happen differently. Don't you...?

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--> '''Mortimer:''' This must be a difficult moment for you. I can understand. [[spoiler:- I [[spoiler:I lost a family, too.]] Sort of thing that stays with you, isn't it? Stays with you your whole life. You're haunted the rest of your days wondering if there's anything you could have done to make it happen differently. Don't you...?
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** '''Mortimer:''' This must be a difficult moment for you. I can understand. I lost a family, too. Sort of thing that stays with you, isn't it? Stays with you your whole life. You're haunted the rest of your days wondering if there's anything you could have done to make it happen differently. Don't you...?

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** --> '''Mortimer:''' This must be a difficult moment for you. I can understand. [[spoiler:- I lost a family, too. too.]] Sort of thing that stays with you, isn't it? Stays with you your whole life. You're haunted the rest of your days wondering if there's anything you could have done to make it happen differently. Don't you...?
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* BreakThemByTalking: Mortimer does this to [[spoiler:- Queen Beyonce, under the guise of telling her of her son's assassination. By the tone of his voice, it's heavily implied that Mortimer has experienced exactly what the Queen is now feeling.]]
** '''Mortimer:''' This must be a difficult moment for you. I can understand. I lost a family, too. Sort of thing that stays with you, isn't it? Stays with you your whole life. You're haunted the rest of your days wondering if there's anything you could have done to make it happen differently. Don't you...?
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* {{Foil}}: Eggolier and Sigmar are opposites. TheChessmaster versus the SpannerInTheWorks. Eggolier always thinks ten steps ahead, while Sigmar is impulsive and brash. She's not afraid to manipulate to get her way, while he's always trying to do what's immediately good. Eggolier is [[BitchInSheepsClothing always putting up a friendly facade to achieve her goals]], while Sigmar [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold is irritable and no-nonsense but amicable deep-down]].
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* EatBrainsForMemories: Invoked. When Oob steals a memory, that memory is sucked out of the victim's head, eventually killing them when it takes all of them. It's shown gnawing on Sigmar's boots in an effort to get his memories, implying that it actually does at least eat their bodies in the process.

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* EatBrainsForMemories: EatBrainForMemories: Invoked. When Oob steals a memory, that memory is sucked out of the victim's head, eventually killing them when it takes all of them. It's shown gnawing on Sigmar's boots in an effort to get his memories, implying that it actually does at least eat their bodies in the process.
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* EatBrainsForMemories: Invoked. When Oob steals a memory, that memory is sucked out of the victim's head, eventually killing them when it takes all of them. It's shown gnawing on Sigmar's boots in an effort to get his memories, implying that it actually does at least eat their bodies in the process.

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The party must track down the titular Jade Homunculus after it was stolen by a flower man with the amusingly inappropriate name of "Davorty Cornhole." In season 2, their goal shifted to slaying the Worm-God, King Fuzzyhug, and stealing his platinum heart. In Season 3, their goal has shifted to robbing Queen Beyoncé Knowles of a certain magical artefact during a ball. The videos have character interactions animated in ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'''s art style.

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The party must track down the titular Jade Homunculus after it was stolen by a flower man with the amusingly inappropriate name of "Davorty Cornhole." "

In season 2, their goal shifted to slaying the Worm-God, King Fuzzyhug, and stealing his platinum heart. heart.

In Season 3, their goal has shifted to robbing Queen Beyoncé Knowles of a certain magical artefact during a ball. ball.

In season 4, their goal shifted to safeguarding peace negotiations between the Flora and Fauna Folk.

The videos have character interactions animated in ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'''s art style.
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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Apparently the kingdom is in semi-open war with the Flora- and Fauna-Folk; at least according to Egelier. The Season 3 finalé reveals that the Flora- and fauna-folk are at war, and Dehidré's neice wants the party to guard the Peace Talks because she fears that he may attack it.

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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Apparently the kingdom is in semi-open war with the Flora- and Fauna-Folk; at least according to Egelier. The Season 3 finalé reveals that the Flora- and fauna-folk are at war, and Dehidré's neice daughter wants the party to guard the Peace Talks because she fears that he may attack it.
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** Elderly Dwarves refer to non-dwarves as "Upsiders" and immediately distrust them. Jack illustrates it by invoking the RacistGrandpa trope. ''"There's your really racist grandma, your kinda not-racist but still kinda-racist mom, and then there's you."''

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** Elderly Dwarves refer to non-dwarves as "Upsiders" and immediately distrust them. Jack illustrates it by invoking the RacistGrandpa RacistGrandma trope. ''"There's your really racist grandma, your kinda not-racist but still kinda-racist mom, and then there's you."''

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* AlternativeCalendar: The calendar of Angondardii has twelve months like normal, but they have [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Janbuberry, Febbuberry, Count Chocula]], Hoag, Maryfeather, Beatrice, [[Music/{{Fergie}} Fergalicious]], Sexstilus, Virgison, Dree Monday, Senendu and Solistice

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* AlternativeCalendar: The calendar of Angondardii has twelve months like normal, but they have [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Janbuberry, Febbuberry, Count Chocula]], Hoag, Maryfeather, Beatrice, [[Music/{{Fergie}} Fergalicious]], Sexstilus, Virgison, Dree Monday, Senendu and SolisticeSolistice.


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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, [[InvisibleAnatomy he doesn't usually have a mouth]], [[PlayedWith but the same emotion is communicated]]: Sigmar's default expression is an unimpressed, annoyed glare.
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* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: {{Inverted}}, for Mortimer's party outfit is a be-mirrored lounge suit and star-shaped, pink-framed, mirrored shades. This disco style of fashion only really existed when {{Disco}} was popular in the late 1900's, yet Mortimer manages to make the flamboyant appearance work in a medieval setting.

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* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: {{Inverted}}, for Mortimer's party outfit is a be-mirrored lounge suit and star-shaped, pink-framed, mirrored shades. This disco style of fashion only really existed when {{Disco}} was popular in the late 1900's, 1970's, yet Mortimer manages to make the flamboyant appearance work in a medieval setting.
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* MistakenForGay: After Grinderbin takes Mortimer into a room for a talk, Sigmar sees them walking out cheerily acting casual, and leans into Dabarella and whispers "I think they're fucking."

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* MistakenForGay: After Grinderbin takes Mortimer into a room for a talk, Sigmar sees them walking out cheerily acting casual, and leans into Dabarella and whispers "I think they're fucking." Mortimer later uses this as part of his cover story as to why he and Grinderbin swapped outfits as part of one of his schemes, claiming that "This is what happens when you get dressed in the dark."
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* NotTheIntendedUse: Queen Beyoncé's [[PowerCrutch necklace]] is actually [[spoiler: the power source for the robot army, which itself is only supposed to be bodies for the dead to reincarnate into. Karen Ferryman is mildly annoyed when she finds out one of her acolytes built the facility with a way to control the robots into it, and she asks that its punch card reader be left empty.]]

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* NotTheIntendedUse: Queen Beyoncé's [[PowerCrutch necklace]] is actually [[spoiler: the power source for the robot army, which itself is only supposed to be bodies for the dead who don't want to move on to reincarnate into. Karen Ferryman is mildly annoyed when she finds out one of her acolytes built the facility with a way to control the robots into it, and she asks that its punch card reader be left empty.removed.]]

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* ChefOfIron: Dabarella is a War Chef. Many of her weapons in a battle are also various cooking utensils. She's also capable of making a very good meal, if called to do so.



** Elderly Dwarves refer to non-dwarves as "Upsiders" and immediately distrust them. Younger Dwarves just use it out of cultural habit with no real malice behind it. Jack illustrates it by invoking the RacistGrandpa trope. ''"There's your really racist grandma, your kinda not-racist but still kinda-racist mom, and then there's you."''

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** Elderly Dwarves refer to non-dwarves as "Upsiders" and immediately distrust them. Younger Dwarves just use it out of cultural habit with no real malice behind it. Jack illustrates it by invoking the RacistGrandpa trope. ''"There's your really racist grandma, your kinda not-racist but still kinda-racist mom, and then there's you."''


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* FantasticSlurs: The slur "upsider", used by racist dwarves against non-dwarves. Younger Dwarves [[InnocentBigot just use it out of cultural habit with no real malice behind it]].


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* SuicidalPacifism: The party is generally against hurting important [=NPCs=] whenever possible. They try to avoid killing Latavia Ticklepuss despite him being an ObviouslyEvil EldritchAbomination, and keep Kalandra Ticklepuss alive for way longer than they need to, despite the fact she's made her intent to kill everyone in the room quite clear and refuses to cooperate in any capacity even if it means her certain death. The only exception is Mortimer, who very nearly does kill Kalandra, and has previously stated that murdering the entire adventuring party during their sleep to cover his own ass is an actual consideration he once had.
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* [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]] as [[spoiler: a changeling currently taking the form of]] an elf-dominant HeinzHybrid (called a "half-elf" entirely to save time) GentlemanThief (Rogue/Bard) named Mortimer Rafflesworth Everwind-Smythe.

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* [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]] as [[spoiler: a changeling currently taking the form of]] an elf-dominant HeinzHybrid (called a "half-elf" entirely to save time) GentlemanThief (Rogue/Bard) named Mortimer Rafflesworth Everwind-Smythe.
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** Sebastian Piss gives tattoos that allow the summoning of weapons [[spoiler: made out of the bearer's flesh, bones, and tendons]], but "the price is pain." 1d12 damage per +weapon level to get the tattoo, and again for the TransformationSequence. The Religeon Check Siggy whiffs implies that Piss is some kind of Evil entity; meaning that Sigmar made a [[DealWithTheDevil Warlock Pact with him;]] confirmed in the Season 3 finalé.
** What Sigmar intended as an act of good by breaking off his wedding to Eggolier so she could be with his sister ended up "ruining her life." 1) He outed them to what is likely a highly conservative society, and 2) he abandoned an arranged marriage, which would have rent assunder the alliance their parents intended.

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** Sebastian Piss gives tattoos that allow the summoning of weapons [[spoiler: made out of the bearer's flesh, bones, and tendons]], but "the price is pain." 1d12 damage per +weapon level to get the tattoo, and again for the TransformationSequence. The Religeon Check Siggy whiffs implies that Piss is some kind of Evil entity; meaning that Sigmar made a [[DealWithTheDevil Warlock Pact with him;]] him.]] This being a faustian bargain is confirmed in the Season 3 finalé.
** What Sigmar intended as an act of good by breaking off his wedding to Eggolier so she could be with his sister ended up "ruining her life." life" and she'd been wanting to deck him ever since. 1) He outed [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset "outed"]] them to what is likely a highly conservative conservative, religeous society, and 2) he abandoned an arranged marriage, which would have rent assunder the alliance their parents intended.

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** Sebastian Piss gives tattoos that allow the summoning of weapons [[spoiler: made out of the bearer's flesh, bones, and tendons]], but "the price is pain." 1d12 damage per +weapon level to get the tattoo, and again for the TransformationSequence. The Religeon Check Siggy whiffs implies that Piss is some kind of Evil entity; meaning that Sigmar made a [[DealWithTheDevil Warlock Pact with him.]]

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** Sebastian Piss gives tattoos that allow the summoning of weapons [[spoiler: made out of the bearer's flesh, bones, and tendons]], but "the price is pain." 1d12 damage per +weapon level to get the tattoo, and again for the TransformationSequence. The Religeon Check Siggy whiffs implies that Piss is some kind of Evil entity; meaning that Sigmar made a [[DealWithTheDevil Warlock Pact with him.]]him;]] confirmed in the Season 3 finalé.
** What Sigmar intended as an act of good by breaking off his wedding to Eggolier so she could be with his sister ended up "ruining her life." 1) He outed them to what is likely a highly conservative society, and 2) he abandoned an arranged marriage, which would have rent assunder the alliance their parents intended.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[Invoked]]The party has more issue dealing with Kalandra Ticklepuss (who is a powerful sorceress) than her father Latavia Ticklepuss (who is a powerful sorceror ''and'' a bloody, goopy, skeleton-y EldritchAbomination). When Latavia is [[spoiler:splattered into paste with a single action from Grinderbin]], the party remarks that they were expecting him to put up more of a fight.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[Invoked]]The [[invoked]]AntiClimaxBoss: The party has more issue dealing with Kalandra Ticklepuss (who is a powerful sorceress) than her father Latavia Ticklepuss (who is a powerful sorceror ''and'' a bloody, goopy, skeleton-y EldritchAbomination). When Latavia is [[spoiler:splattered into paste with a single action from Grinderbin]], the party remarks that they were expecting him to put up more of a fight.
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* CastFromHitPoints: Sigmar's magic bow, ''Bone-and-Marrows,'' is summoned and dismissed through a TeansformationSequence that causes him excruciating pain, to the tune of 1d12 damage.

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* CastFromHitPoints: Sigmar's magic bow, ''Bone-and-Marrows,'' is summoned and dismissed through a TeansformationSequence TransformationSequence that causes him excruciating pain, to the tune of 1d12 damage.
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* [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]] as an elf-dominant HeinzHybrid (called a "half-elf" entirely to save time) GentlemanThief (Rogue/Bard) named Mortimer Rafflesworth Everwind-Smythe.

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* [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]] as [[spoiler: a changeling currently taking the form of]] an elf-dominant HeinzHybrid (called a "half-elf" entirely to save time) GentlemanThief (Rogue/Bard) named Mortimer Rafflesworth Everwind-Smythe.

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* CastFromHitPoints: Sigmar's magic bow, ''Bone-and-Marrows,'' is summoned and dismissed through a TeansformationSequence that causes him excruciating pain, to the tune of 1d12 damage.



** Sebastian Piss gives tattoos that allow the summoning of weapons [[spoiler: made out of the bearer's flesh, bones, and tendons]], but "the price is pain." 1d12 damage per +weapon level to get the tattoo, and 1d8 for the TransformationSequence. The Religeon Check Siggy whiffs implies that Piss is some kind of Evil entity; meaning that Sigmar made a [[DealWithTheDevil Warlock Pact with him.]]

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** Sebastian Piss gives tattoos that allow the summoning of weapons [[spoiler: made out of the bearer's flesh, bones, and tendons]], but "the price is pain." 1d12 damage per +weapon level to get the tattoo, and 1d8 again for the TransformationSequence. The Religeon Check Siggy whiffs implies that Piss is some kind of Evil entity; meaning that Sigmar made a [[DealWithTheDevil Warlock Pact with him.]]
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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Apparently the kingdom is in semi-open war with the Flora- and Fauna-Folk; at least according to Egelier.

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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Apparently the kingdom is in semi-open war with the Flora- and Fauna-Folk; at least according to Egelier. The Season 3 finalé reveals that the Flora- and fauna-folk are at war, and Dehidré's neice wants the party to guard the Peace Talks because she fears that he may attack it.

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* NotTheIntendedUse: Queen Beyoncé's [[PowerCrutch necklace]] is actually [[spoiler: the power source for the robot army, which itself is only supposed to be bodies for the dead to reincarnate into. Karen Ferryman is mildly annoyed when she finds out one of her acolytes built the facility with a way to control the robots into it, and she asks that its punch card reader be left empty.]]



* NotTheIntendedUse: Queen Beyoncé's [[PowerCrutch necklace]] is actually [[spoiler: the power source for the robot army, which itself is only supposed to be bodies for the dead to reincarnate into. Karen Ferryman is mildly upset when she finds out one of her acolytes built the facility with a way to control the robots into it, and she asks that its punch card reader be left empty.]]

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* PimpedOutDress: Dabarella's party outfit is a pink, Franchise/DisneyPrincess-esque ballgown.

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** Grinderbin's party outfit can only be described as the men's equivalent of this trope.
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* PowerTattoo: During Season 3, Sigmar gets a tattoo that lets him conjure a bow whenever he wants one.


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* SuddenAnatomy: The ''Zero Punctuation''-esque artstyle used for the series usually [[FloatingLimbs omits limbs except for their extremities]]. When Sigmar gets a magical arm tattoo, he suddenly has an arm for Sebastian Piss to paint onto.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[Invoked]]The party has more issue dealing with Kalandra Ticklepuss (who is a powerful sorceress) than her father Latavia Ticklepuss (who is a powerful sorceror ''and'' a bloody, goopy, skeleton-y EldritchAbomination). When Latavia is [[spoiler:splattered into paste with a single action from Grinderbin]], the party remarks that they were expecting him to put up more of a fight.



* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: {{Inverted}}, for Mortimer's party outfit is a be-mirrored lounge suit and star-shaped, pink-framed, mirrored shades. This disco style of fashion only really existed when {{Disco}} was popular, yet Mortimer manages to make the flamboyant appearance work.

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* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: {{Inverted}}, for Mortimer's party outfit is a be-mirrored lounge suit and star-shaped, pink-framed, mirrored shades. This disco style of fashion only really existed when {{Disco}} was popular, popular in the late 1900's, yet Mortimer manages to make the flamboyant appearance work.work in a medieval setting.
* BaitAndSwitch: Mortimer casts Suggestion on Kalandra. Initially, she complies, about to spill Latavia's weakness... and then Kalandra starts swearing at him again, revealing that she's invulnerable to charm magics.


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* ChekhovsGun: When the party enters Castle Sascha's courtyard, Grinderbin sees a big stone statue depicting the royal family. Jesse pesters Jack with questions about the statue until Jack relents and confirms that yes, the statue is heavy. Come the final encounter of Season 3, the statue is used to [[spoiler:crush the FinalBoss beneath its weight]]. Complete with a flashback of Jesse asking Jack if the statue is heavy.


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* InherentlyFunnyWords: The magic word Mortimer uses to activate his Stone of Detect Truth is the goofy sounding "buggernuts".

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* NotTheIntendedUse: Queen Beyoncé's [[PowerCrutch necklace]] is actually [[spoiler: the power source for the robot army, which itself is only supposed to be bodies for the dead to reincarnate into. Karen Ferryman is mildly upset when she finds out one of her acolytes built the facility with a way to control the robots into it, and she asks that its punch card reader be left empty.]]



* SecretKeeper: Grinderbin knows what [[spoiler:Mortimer]] really is, which they talk about in S3 E8, but only refer to via allusion to not give the twist away yet. It comes out in S3 E10: [[spoiler:Mortimer is a Changeling, and [[GodzillaThreshold the massive stakes at hand lead him to finally put his shapeshifter powers to use when he's abstained from them for the whole campaign thus far]]]].

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* SecretKeeper: Grinderbin knows what [[spoiler:Mortimer]] really is, which they talk about in S3 E8, but only refer to via allusion to not give the twist away yet. It comes out in S3 E10: [[spoiler:Mortimer is a Changeling, and [[GodzillaThreshold the massive stakes at hand lead him to finally put his shapeshifter powers to use when he's abstained from them for the whole campaign thus far]]]].far]]. He also tells Grinderbin that if he ever tells anybody about it, he'll never be safe again]].

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* ProductPlacement: The series is sponsored by dice company Dice Envy starting with the third season. Sometimes they cut to the dice cam -- a camera positioned over a box with the Dice Envy logo on it -- to show off the result of important rolls.



* SecretKeeper: Grinderbin knows what [[spoiler: Mortimer]] really is.

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* SecretKeeper: Grinderbin knows what [[spoiler: Mortimer]] [[spoiler:Mortimer]] really is.is, which they talk about in S3 E8, but only refer to via allusion to not give the twist away yet. It comes out in S3 E10: [[spoiler:Mortimer is a Changeling, and [[GodzillaThreshold the massive stakes at hand lead him to finally put his shapeshifter powers to use when he's abstained from them for the whole campaign thus far]]]].


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* TrashTheSet: At the start of Season 3, Jack Packard blows up the original ''Adventure is Nigh'' viewer interface and replaces it with a smoother new one, which they can use now that the whole group is playing in-person.
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* AlternativeCalendar: The calendar of Angondardii has twelve months like normal, but they have [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Janbuberry, Febbuberry, Count Chocula]], Hoag, Maryfeather, Beatrice, [[Music/Fergie Fergalicious]], Sexstilus, Virgison, Dree Monday, Senendu and Solistice

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* AlternativeCalendar: The calendar of Angondardii has twelve months like normal, but they have [[Advertising/MonsterCereals Janbuberry, Febbuberry, Count Chocula]], Hoag, Maryfeather, Beatrice, [[Music/Fergie [[Music/{{Fergie}} Fergalicious]], Sexstilus, Virgison, Dree Monday, Senendu and Solistice

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