History YMMV / GarthMarenghisDarkplace

** Renwick exploding? Horrifying. His head surviving and having a conversation with Dag about how [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction he thinks he's going to die?]] Funny. Renwick [[ICannotSelfTerminate begging Dag to kill him because he can't finish the job himself,]] and how "It ''really'' hurts?" Very funny. Dag lightly whacking his head ([[SpecialEffectsFailure which turns into a dummy]]) with a shovel that just happens to be in the room? Hilarious. Sanch poking his head through the door and saying "I'll get a mop?" Utterly hysterical. Garth giving a perfectly serious speech on how he has "never exploded," but that he know what it would be like, followed by a clearly moved Dean waxing lyrical about Garth's writing abilities? Comedy gold. [[OverlyLongGag This isn't even the end of it.]] [[UpToEleven The joke continues to escalate for the rest of the episode.]]

* Renwick exploding? Horrifying. His head surviving and having a conversation with Dag about how [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction he thinks he's going to die?]] Funny. Renwick [[ICannotSelfTerminate begging Dag to kill him because he can't finish the job himself,]] and how "It ''really'' hurts?" Very funny. Dag lightly whacking his head ([[SpecialEffectsFailure which turns into a dummy]]) with a shovel that just happens to be in the room? Hilarious. Sanch poking his head through the door and saying "I'll get a mop?" Utterly hysterical. Garth giving a perfectly serious speech on how he has "never exploded," but that he know what it would be like, followed by a clearly moved Dean waxing lyrical about Garth's writing abilities? Comedy gold. [[OverlyLongGag This isn't even the end of it.]] [[UpToEleven The joke continues to escalate for the rest of the episode.]]

** "He's right Sanch, one of the main reasons I went into medicine was for the laughs. [[WeirdAside That and the pussy. And that dried up about ten years ago if you'd pardon the expression.]]"

** “You and he were... ''buddies'', weren’t you?” “Buuuut if you and he wish to be best buddies again, I won’t stand in your waAAyyY.”

* RetroactiveRecognition: Paul King, director of {{Film/Paddington}} and Film/Paddington2, appears in “Scotch Mist” as one of the techies mentioned by Dean to have been poisoned by the mist used for the titular effect.

* MemeticMutation: [[{{Anvilicious}} "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Paul King, director of {{Film/Paddington}} and Film/Paddington2, appears in “Scotch Mist” as one of the techies Dean mentions was poisoned by the mist used for the titular effect.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Paul King, director of Film/Paddington and Film/Paddington2, appears in “Scotch Mist” as one of the techies Dean mentions was poisoned by the mist used for the titular effect.

* MarySue: Dr. Rick Dagless is a brilliant doctor fighter of the weird who's always got a cool head and the right quippy line for all situations. He's also played by the utterly inept writer and director of the series.

** “You and he were... ''buddies'', weren’t you?” “If you and he wish to be best buddies again, I won’t stand in your waAAyyY.”

** “You and he were... mbuddies weren’t you?” “If you and he wish to be best buddies again, I won’t stand in your waaayyy.”

** The theme song, and "One Track Lover". The former is effectively a ClicheStorm of early eighties theme tunes and the latter is a hilariously catchy EarWorm done as an in universe music video by Todd Rivers, complete with a side of AWildRapperAppears by Dean.

%%** The theme song, and "One Track Lover".

** [[HamAndCheese "You're acting like an ape! A ''wild ape''!"]]

** One particular standout is Liz's "Black Hollow Ghost Eyes" in the first episode. They are the only part of the entire series ''not'' to suffer from SpecialEffectsFailure, and are fairly shocking as a result. Dagless gives some genuine advice about not doing that in the ward.

* IdiotPlot: ''Darkplace'' intentionally runs on this. For a couple of glaring examples: in "Hell Hath Fury", nobody realises that Liz is the cause behind the telekinetic attack on the hospital despite the fact that she is a known psychic and ''levitating objects right in front of Reed'', then in "Apes of Wrath", nobody draws the obvious connection that the slimy green-coloured water may be the cause behind the simian transformations.

** One particular standout is Liz's "Black Hollow Ghost Eyes" in the first episode. They are the only part of the entire series ''not'' to suffer from SpecialEffectsFailure, and are fairly shocking as a result. Even Dagget gives some genuine advice about not doing that in the ward.

** "You're acting like an ape! A ''wild ape''!"
** "He's right Sanch, one of the main reasons I went into medicine was for the laughs. That and the pussy. And that dried up about ten years ago if you'd pardon the expression."

%%* IdiotPlot: "Thank God I only took a tiny sip!"

** Some of the interviews with Dean Learner are pretty disturbing, since he's all but stated to be a serial killer.

%%* TooGoodToLast: Both in universe ''and'' RealLife.

** The eyeball monster raping a man with a giant pixelated penis, and ''[[MrSeahorse impregnating him]]''.

* MemeticMutation: "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."

** The theme song, and "One Track Lover".

* EarWorm: "One Track Lover".

* IdiotPlot: "Thank God I only took a tiny sip!"

* TooGoodToLast: Both in universe ''and'' RealLife.