History WebVideo / HeroesAndHalfwits

* EatTheDog: Rand immediately expresses a desire to eat Tib the moment the party meets him. Even learning Tib can talk doesn't dissuade Rand. He merely asks Tib if he can eat him when he's dead. Surprisingly, Tib is okay with it, considering he wouldn't care, being dead.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mogar does this at one point during a rest period. Unfortunately as a Dragonborn he's quite loud and the others are perfectly aware of what he's doing in the corner...

* RescueSex: Mogar and Bo Jingles reveal to Na in the first episode of the second season that they're a little miffed that she didn't offer this to them when they first saved her back in the forest. Mogar even claims that this very fact is what led to him to go on ADateWithRosiePalms back in season 1.

%%* {{Expy}}: Bo Jingles and Bor Ealis both show shades of [[Machinima/RedVsBlue Grif and Simmons]] respectively. No big surprise given that they're played by the same people.

'''Mogar:'' 'What about some halfwits?

--> '''Ryan/Albus:''' ''(to [[spoiler:Allison-]]Orma about a drinking contest)'' "I'd advise you not to take any, [[spoiler:you don't know who you'll be]]."

* Main/CliffHanger: The season 1 finale ends in the midst of a casino heist gone awry, with the fate of Team 1 (Bo Jingles, Mogar, Naa, and Father Dorie) unknown [[spoiler:after narrowly surviving the fight in the Truth Room and coming up with a plan to cover it up]] and Team A (Albus, Bor Ealis, Orma, and the kenku) entering the VIP area [[spoiler:only to discover that their cover as an upstart duke and his entourage has been blown as casino security surrounds them.]]

--> '''Bo Jingles:''' (''singing'') Ribcage the beautiful/Land that I love/Build a wall here and hide behind it/Because we're scared of everybody that's different [[spoiler:KILL THE MAYOR!!]]
--> '''Albus:''' [[spoiler:HOW HARD WAS THE PLAN?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO INTRODUCE HIM FIRST, HE'S NOWHERE NEAR US!!!]]

'''Albus:''' "They wouldn't expect that." \\
'''Bo:''' "Throw them off."

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: Bo Jingles was killed by an angry forest spirit called Yakshashamu all the way back in episode 5, who then [[KillAndReplace assumed Bo's identity]] for the rest of the adventure.]]
* DirtyCoward: Bo Jingles.
* ElvisImpersonator: Really the only way to describe Ollie, the strange being [[spoiler:and God of Chaos]] that's visited the party in their dreams.
* EpicFail: During their first ever battle Ryan ends up rolling a '''0''' for initiative (due to rolling a 1 and having a -1 modifier). Depicted hilariously in [[http://vetisa-art.tumblr.com/post/145735403101/roll-for-initiative this short strip]].
** Episode 8 can be seen as a string of failures for Michael. After the CliffHanger ending of episode 7 we find out that he [[spoiler: ran several feet deep directly in to a gelatinous cube. What's worse is he rolls a 1 on his attempt to escape and then rolls a 5 with his inspiration die, leaving him one short of the value he needed to save himself. He would have been safe if he'd rolled anything other than a 1!]]

* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Albus hates complicated mathematics.
* {{Expy}}: Bo Jingles and Bor Ealis both show shades of [[Machinima/RedVsBlue Grif and Simmons]] respectively. No big surprise given that they're played by the same people.

* FantasticRacism: Bor Ealis, despite being a paladin, is not known for his kindness towards other species - bar those few in his 'troop'.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Orma to some extent. She helped calm an injured wild animal just because it was no threat to the party as it was and had 3 cubs. She later calms and tames two pack-beasts that belonged to a drow party and had them carry burdens for the party for a short while, as well as deciding to get more in tune with nature later on.

* HotBlooded: [[spoiler:Jeremy-]]Orma is shaping up to be this.
* HoYay: In the season 2 finale, Bor Ealis and Bo Jingles hold hands and share a romantic moment as they're both hiding underneath the stage.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Happens every time Orma passes out. So far she has been:]]

** Albus also falls under this, although in a completely different way.

* LawfulGood: An InUniverse example where the paladins Bor and Mogar are ''supposed'' to be this.

* TheLoad: Bo Jingles was designed to be this.
* TheLoonie: Again, Geoff fulfills this role easily as Bo Jingles, his antics often leading to unnecessary conflict and all around wacky hi jinx. Ryan also counts to a bit of a lesser extent, but is usually the one cleaning up after Geoff's messes.

* OnlySaneMan: Mogar mostly, although Bor also counts sometimes.
* ThePaladin: Again, Bor and Mogar.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Albus' ferret familiar. Amusingly it had always been with him, Ryan had just never mentioned it until the forth episode.

* ReTool: After the end of Volume 1, Episode 35 begins with a TimeSkip and updates to various characters.

-->'''Ryan:''' I clutch my chest and fall to the ground!

* SupportingProtagonist: In Episode 26, Michael hilariously theorizes that [[spoiler: the entire party is actually the supporting cast to the adventures of Naa, Father Dori, and Cork, dubbing them "the real campaign."]]

** There's also Akshay, an old homeless man who accompanies the party for a while after they travel to another plane of existence.

** Bor to a lesser extent; he regularly acts in a snobbish and jerkass way and the others are quick to show their annoyance at it.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Albus, to the point that he went from originally being 'Chaotic Neutral' to being 'Neutral Evil'.
* {{Troll}}: Albus. Once told Bo Jingles that there was a massive snake sneaking up on him and rolled high enough that the tiefling took off running just for the heck of it. Again, this is no big surprise given who his player is.
** Bo Jingles as well, which is par-the-course for Geoff Ramsey.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The swelling of the party led to the players wanting to use the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] (and especially the two bird-like Kenku) as meat-shields. [[spoiler:In Episode 12 one actually dies. No one seems to care]].

** Even more now that the party have finally been able to communicate with him properly and learn his name (Cork). Orma is even learning his language.
* YourHeadAsplode: Albus gets a kill like this during Episode 21 against an opponent in mid-laugh.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Geoff as the RB [=TETRA=] 3 security robot.
--> '''RB [=TETRA=] 3:''' I have... issues.

* GiantSpider: [[https://darthvagabond.tumblr.com/image/172514942674 Wendell the Big Spider]]

* PropRecycling: When Geoff appears as the RB [=TETRA=] 3 security robot in episode 2, he is inexplicably wearing more eye stickers from his Wendell costume on his face.
--> '''Geoff (in RoboSpeak):''' It's possible I bought too many eyes, and did not want them to go to waste. They might... ''always'' appear.
* PyroManiac: Kneebone, a female [=NPC=] that joins the party during the first arc.

->'''[[GameMaster Frank]] (as an [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]]):''' ''You guys have all come here at an interesting time. A time when one could say we do need adventurers. Heroes even.''
->'''Orma:''' [[RefusingTheCall ''That's not us.'']]
->'''Mogar:''' [[TitleDrop ''What about some halfwits?'']]

''Heroes & Halfwits'' is a bi-weekly show from Creator/RoosterTeeth that depicts five of their well-known personalities with [[GameMaster Dungeon Master]] Frank going on an adventure in a session of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons. Sessions go live first on [[http://achievementhunter.roosterteeth.com/show/heroes-halfwits their website]] for Sponsors, later getting released publicly and then to the Creator/AchievementHunter Youtube channel.

Seasons 1-3 are set in a world with an ongoing war between our heroes dwelling and another city (Jackalheart), our band of five are enlisted soldiers trained and being sailed over to help with the battle efforts. Tasked with infiltrating the city, they are caught up in a mysterious incident that decimates the fleet with them having been thrown clear at the last second by their Battlemage superior. With a Featherfall spell cast upon them they land unharmed in the jungle nearby the opposing city and must go about their mission regardless. [[spoiler:Unfortunately they're very good at getting sidetracked]].

Season 4 is a complete {{Retool}}, trading the fantasy setting for sci-fi. It is set in a future Earth, with our heroes as students/faculty at a school for kids with genetic imbalances. The heroes are quickly pulled into an adventure to save the planet from an unknown group dabbling in illegal experiments.

* Frank as the [[GameMaster Dungeon Master]].
* [[Creator/AchievementHunter Geoff Ramsey]] as Bo Jingles, a somewhat cowardly Tiefling bard. After the TimeSkip in season 3, Geoff plays as [[spoiler:[[EnsembleDarkhorse Akshay]] the drunken master]]. In season 4, Geoff becomes a sort of "co-DM" with Frank, playing as various [=NPC=]s and boss characters.
* [[Creator/RoosterTeeth Gustavo "Gus" Sorola]] as Bor Ealis, a Lawful Good Human paladin. In season 4 he plays as Thimbledick, a Gnosin pilot.
* [[Creator/AchievementHunter Ryan Haywood]] as Albus Cumberbatch, a half elf warlock. In season 4 he plays as Rand the Dand Hood.
* Creator/MichaelJones as Mogar, a Dragonborn paladin. In season 4 he plays as Tiberius "Tib" Nightshade, a hybrid talking dog.
* Griffon Ramsey[[spoiler:/[[Creator/AchievementHunter Jack Pattillo/Jeremy Dooley]]/Allison/Miles Luna/Adam Thompson/Bethany Feinstein/Steve Hilderbrand]] as Orma, a female Orc barbarian. In season 4 Griffon plays as IO, a sentient colony of nanobots called a Shimmerswift.


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