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1Being a TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons campaign, ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' is bound to be full of these.
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6'''Campaign 1: Vox Machina (2015-2017)'''
7* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleKraghammerArc The Kraghammer Arc]][[note]]Episodes 1-16[[/note]]
8* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleVasselheimArc The Vasselheim Arc]][[note]]Episodes 17-23[[/note]]
9* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleBriarwoodArc The Briarwood Arc]][[note]]Episodes 24-38[[/note]]
10* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleConclaveArc The Chroma Conclave Arc]][[note]]Episodes 39-83[[/note]]
11* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleTaryonArc The Taryon Darrington Arc]][[note]]Episodes 84-99[[/note]]
12* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleVecnaArc The Cult of Vecna Arc]][[note]]Episodes 100-115[[/note]]
13'''Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein (2018-2021)'''
14* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleANewBeginning A New Beginning]][[note]]Episodes 1-12[[/note]]
15* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleAGentlemansAgreement A Gentleman's Agreement]][[note]]Episodes 13-25[[/note]]
16* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleIronAndTheCoast Iron and the Coast]][[note]]Episodes 26-35[[/note]]
17* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleFollowersOfTheFalseSerpent Followers of the False Serpent]][[note]]Episodes 36-47[[/note]]
18* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleShadesOfGray Shades of Gray]][[note]]Episodes 48-57[[/note]]
19* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleOrphanmakersOrdeal Orphanmaker's Ordeal]][[note]]Episodes 58-69[[/note]]
20* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleAgainstTheChains Against the Chains]][[note]]Episodes 70-87[[/note]]
21* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleReunionsAndReconciliations Reunions And Reconciliations]][[note]] Episodes 88-99[[/note]]
22* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleIdolsFollies Idol's Follies]][[note]] Episodes 100-108[[/note]]
23* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleEyesOfEiselcrossArc Eyes of Eiselcross Arc]][[note]] Episodes 109-124[[/note]]
24* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleOngoingArc Final Arc]][[note]] Episodes 125-141[[/note]]
25'''Campaign 3: Bell's Hells (2021-current)'''
26* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleCampaignThree Campaign 3]]
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28'''Others'''
29* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleOneShots One-Shots and Special Episodes]]
30* [[Awesome/CriticalRoleExandriaUnlimited Exandria Unlimited]]
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34* Anytime Matt Mercer says his CatchPhrase, "How do you want to do this?" It's going to be awesome. [[http://vox-machina.tumblr.com/ At least one fan project actively keeps track of these moments.]]
35* The Critical Role intro that has the players as their characters and then ends with Matthew Mercer casually looking up from his handbook and throwing his dice with a confident smile as they freeze in place as he closes it.
36* Whenever Grog goes into full-on barbarian mode.
37-->'''Grog:''' [[CatchPhrase I would like to RAGE!]]
38* EVERY TIME someone rolls a Natural 20!
39** Even better: The ''very first'' roll in the first episode '''was''' a Natural 20!
40* In general, many pieces of art drawn by fans of the show [[https://twitter.com/eiragwen/status/690572083865092096?lang=en are]] [[https://twitter.com/AnemoneTea/status/685030067882319872?lang=en simply]] [[http://geekandsundry.com/begin-your-own-quest-critical-role-fan-art-gallery/ amazing]].
41* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHfXAXM4O3E This opening video]], featuring the players as their respective characters performing various acts of badassery, from Travis's barbaric war cry to Sam casting spells with pelvic thrusts.
42* Critical Role sourcebooks have been announced for the world of Exandria. The first one is set in Tal'Dorei and there are plans for other parts of the world.
43* Despite starting as a one-shot birthday present, and despite simply being more or less a bunch of friends playing make-believe, Critical Role has become a successful and surprisingly far-reaching show. Critters write in with stories of the show or the players helping them in dark times of their lives, and everyone on the show seems equally touched and inspired by the fanbase.
44* Matt Mercer's talent as a ManOfAThousandVoices is always on display as he voices every single non-player character (and sometimes [[TheOtherDarrin absent player characters]]). Over the course of the first 99 episodes, he's voiced '''''five-hundred and fourty-four''''' [=NPCs=].
45* For Campaign 2, one of their sponsors [=(DnD Beyond)=] is donating $100 to [=826LA=], their favorite charity/educational organization, for every Natural 1 rolled. Cue Episode 16, with about 10 of them rolled - the players' misfortune benefits the kids around them.
46* With the announcement of a 45-day Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to fund a Critical Role animated special featuring Vox Machina early on in their adventuring days, the overall goal of $750,000 [=USD=] was met in ''40 minutes'' with the first stretch goal of $1 million [=USD=] being completed after ''56 minutes'', and their "ultimate" stretch goal of $3 million knocked down in 7 hours and 20 minutes. It really goes to show just how much love and passion this community has for these nerdy-ass voice actors. This is completely Awesome and Heartwarming, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAF2ZNcYBok the cast's sheer disbelief]] and StunnedSilence reactions cross it over with Funny as well.
47** The amazing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUpfKPkDdRw& animated opening]] contributed to a lot of the hype; adding an electric guitar to the song and introducing each character with style.
48** Just one full day later, the total amount raised reached over $4.3 million [=USD=].
49** Less than 48 hours after the Kickstarter launched, they raised so much money that they decided, rather than make a single 88-minute animated special, they'd turn it into a full on animated series, with more stretch goals announced including animating the Briarwood Arc.
50** By day four the total had reached $6 million which, in addition to passing the $5.75m [=USD=] stretch goal to begin the Briarwood arc, made them the highest-funded film/video Kickstarter surpassing the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' reboot which previously held this record.
51** In just over a week, the total handily crested $7 million [=USD=], managing to edge out the #9 all-time most-funded slot, still gaining about $100,000 [=USD=] per day with over 51,000 backers.
52** On April 4, one month after the campaign launched with two weeks left to go, the Kickstarter reached its final stretch goal of $8.8 million USD--allowing for ten episodes to be produced, including an adaptation of the fan-favorite Briarwoods arc! In the process, the Kickstarter has attracted over 65,000 backers and reached the #7 most-funded slot.
53** The campaign closed on April 18 at $11.3 million [=USD=], making it the fifth highest funded Kickstarter project ever.
54** Arguably the best comment on the above-mentioned animated opening, from user [=MadAsTheHatters=]: "After years of free, weekly, wholesome content, we can finally give something back to Critical Role. So Matt, [[MeaningfulEcho how do you want to do this?]]"
55** The show has been picked up by Amazon for ''two seasons''.
56* [[https://twitter.com/matthewmercer/status/1175298666648621056 An official D&D adventure module mentions Arkhan obtaining the Hand of Vecna from his journey to Exandria]], meaning that Matt's world is now '''an official, canonical part of the D&D multiverse!'''
57** It gets better--in January 2020, Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast announced ''Explorer's Guide to Wildemount'', an '''official 5e supplement!'''
58** ButWaitTheresMore In 2021, Wizards announced '''an officially-licensed adventure module based on the world of Exandria''' known as ''TabletopGame/CriticalRoleCallOfTheNetherdeep''.
59* While it's a given that ''Narrative Telephone'' will lead to the players forgetting details from the story, every now and then a cast member tells a story with ''phenomenal'' recollection and gets a well deserved round of gratitude from the panel.
60** Liam’s retelling of Jester’s Tall Tale is spot on with few details lost, complete with a convincing Jester impression. He isn’t even daunted by Jester herself screwing up. Talk about Keen Mind.
61** Travis' story in the first round is entirely improvised, yet it manages to do something that not even the carefully crafted and pre-written stories could do: make someone ''straight-up forget the ending!''
62*** That someone? His wife.
63** Speaking of Travis, he was in the second spot after Mica Burton told her story. He gave what was perhaps the best retelling of the original story of any to date, getting every major detail correct and nailing the ending. He only got the names wrong, and the Elvish (which he understandably turned into Simlish).
64*** And then Liam, who followed Travis, gave perhaps the best third retelling. It broke the "third spot curse."
65** During Matt's second story, Laura somehow tells an even better and more accurate version of Matt's story than Liam did, and Liam was the ''only'' person who heard Matt's version - Laura was third.
66** The story very often derails by the time it gets to Matt, who often goes towards the end of the line. However, his knowledge of the characters and geography of the area means he tends to reverse some of the story's degradation (such as returning Caleb's fairytale back to a forest that had been omitted by the time it got to him).
67** Aimee Carrero's story was so well received that Aabria and Matt decided [[AscendedFanon to make it canon]]: during the events of ''Exandria Unlimited: Kymal'', an NPC recognizes Dariax as Deni$e's ex and tells him she is in Kymal right now. Judging by [[OhCrap Dariax's reaction]] it is clear that the "break up letter" reached its destination.
68* Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn gets a turn at being the [[ManOfAThousandVoices Woman of a Thousand Voices]] on the audiobook for ''The World of Critical Role''! She manages very creditable impressions of all the cast members (main and guest), gender notwithstanding.
69* Dark Horse revealed that a Witcher/Mighty Nein Origins 2-in-1 issue would be their Free Comic Book Day Comic. Subverting expectations, ''The Mighty Nein Origins: Veth Brenatto'' is the A-story and ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' is the bonus, even though the latter is an international franchise with books, video games, and a Netflix show.

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