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2	[[caption-width-right:300:[[ObfuscatingStupidity Their slogan says it all, really.]]]]
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4	''Fandible'' is an Actual Play [[RolePlayingGame roleplaying]] podcast.
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6	The franchise has also branched out into other media formats than audio, such as a [[EasternRPG JRPG-style]] computer game called [[http://www.fandible.com/unhallowed-metropolis-horatios-story/ Horatio's Story]], about [[RatStomp a man who's forced to fight an infestation in his own basement]], and a [=YouTube=] channel called [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFanditube the Fanditube]], currently featuring a video with an orky bedtime story: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-a03AJgsdQ Goodnight Barsher]].
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8	You can find the episodes [[http://www.fandible.com/ here]], or download them from iTunes.
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10	(This podcast should not be confused with the [[PerfectlyCromulentWord entry of the same name]], found in the chapter on lexicraftology in the book ''"How to Raise Your I.Q. by Eating Gifted Children"'', by Lewis B. Frumkes.)
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12	!!This Series Provides Examples Of:
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14	* AbstractEater: The [[EldritchAbomination Ink Monster]] from Billy's [[TabletopGame/{{NewWorldOfDarkness}} NWoD]] games [[spoiler:[[HorrorHunger feeds on people's memories.]]]] Several listeners have actually commented on the Fandible website, complaining about [[NightmareFuel sleep loss and spontaneous bed-wetting as a result of listening to these episodes]]. Especially when they've heard the Ink Monster's voice.
15	* ActionGirl: Angela's characters tend to belong in this category, although - unlike certain other members of this trope - they usually exhibit exactly ''zero'' percent gratuituous cleavage, talkativity, or mercy. Examples include:
16	** Jene Rodriguez, [[DeathWorld Catachan]] heavy gunner from [[TabletopGame/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]].
17	** Moira Clayton ''née'' Hepburn from [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]].
18	** Natasevya from [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]].
19	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Tamara from The Shambling fits this to a T once she gets out of her shell and enjoys Christmas.
20	** Most of the kids from Billy's games are this to a degree. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more heartrending when a girl loses her brother, or children from Congealed Happiness end up dead. Billy is NOT afraid to kill off people; children just end up as casualties as well.]]
21	* TheAgeless: Alexander [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish McIntyre]], a 200 year old alchemist, played by Jesus in the [[TabletopGame/{{TheDresdenFiles}} Dresden Files RPG]] Christmas Special.
22	* AscendedExtra: Adele the ex-prostitute, who was hired as Dr. Israel's lab assistant in [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]].
23	* BadassAdorable: Penny (an occasional guest player) had a character in [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Planescape:]] [[http://www.fandible.com/category/planescape/ Welcome to Sigil]], a 4'8" tall magical spider-monkey with a jewel permanently embedded in her forehead, and [[PuppyDogEyes adorable eyes]]. This monkey was also - [[DramaticPause wait for it...]] a [[BareFistedMonk monk]]. A [[{{Pun}} Shaolin simian]], if you will. And she was raised by a magical temple. Not the people who lived at the temple - the place was deserted - she was raised by ''the actual building''. See? ''[[AWizardDidIt Magic]]''.
24	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Clarence Dobbs, reluctant candy mogul and owner of a magic lamp (played by Billy in the [[TabletopGame/{{TheDresdenFiles}} Dresden Files RPG]] Christmas Special). The character was heavily inspired by the movie Film/{{Kazaam}}. When Clarence was a little boy, he found a magic lamp with a genie in it. His first wish was for "candy!", and the genie's powers delivered a candy store. Ever since, he's put tremendous effort into trying to get rid of the candy store, which he's come to loathe and hate. Amusingly, his struggles only serve to make his candy empire grow even more vast.
25	* TheBigGuy: Barsha D. Barsha ([[FunetikAksent the 'D' stands for 'Da']]), Billy's lovable [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000Orks}} Ork]] character from [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]].
26	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Usually invoked by Jesus. Though maybe its because he typically dies first in every game? Particularly prevalent in horror games, such as the [[TabletopGame/{{NewWorldOfDarkness}} God-Machine Chronicles]], [[GameMaster GM'ed]] by Daniel.
27	* BlessedWithSuck: David, one of the players, is notorious for keeping the [[CriticalFailure fumbles and Nat 1s]] coming, hard and fast. (Beware, kids: [[TheJinx Do not let this man touch your]] [[RandomNumberGod polyhedrals!]])
28	** Fandible has only played a single session of [[TabletopGame/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]], but the players [[CriticalFailure rolled enough 99s]] to last an entire year-long campaign.
29	->'''David:''' You just did, in under 45 minutes, what I have endured for the last two years.\
30	'''Billy:''' My god, it's ''awful!'' Why are you still playing?\
31	'''Angela:''' Why are you ''here?!''\
32	'''David:''' I don't know! It's like StockholmSyndrome for [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40k]].
33	-->-- ''[[TabletopGame/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]]: [[http://www.fandible.com/only-war-99-problems/ 99 Problems]]''
34	* BondCreatures: Slyvix, the [[http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Gyrinx Gyrinx]] who adopts Angela's character as a suitable owner in [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]].
35	* ButtMonkey: David usually ends up playing this role, mostly due to his [[CriticalFailure legendary dice rolling]].
36	** Arianna Ackerman (Angela's character from the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] [[http://www.evilhat.com/home/atomic-robo/ RPG]] beta playtest, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]]). Intern and meteorology student. Her contractual obligations include:
37	*** Fetching coffee.
38	*** Making fresh coffee when the pot's empty.
39	*** Being used as triceratops-fungus-monster bait.
40	* ByronicHero: Lord Byron Clayton, Billy's character from [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]]. (He's gotten the name right, but tends to struggle with the "hero" part.)
41	* CannibalismSuperpower: Telka Prant (Angela's Kroot Mercenary character from the [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]] campaign) is able to om-nom-nom her fallen enemies to recover health, and occasionaly steal their neato powers.
42	* ClassyCatBurglar: Goldshot, Angela's character in ''TabletopGame/RottedCapes''. Former supervillain cat burglar, before the zombie apocalypse rendered ostrich-egg-sized jewels and antique ''objets d'art'' worthless. Now, she fights for survival and ''ersatz'' cocktail parties. Master archer and equestrienne. Her costume was designed by Vera Wang.
43	* ContinuityNod: In most of Billy's NWOD specials, there are subtle callbacks to his older stories. For example, the Christmas special took place next to Founders' Falls (Which was, in an earlier story, a small town) and the Honeybranch song from camp Honeybranch is referenced in the beginning of the special. It's also not that odd to hear very similar names in-universe. Out of universe, Billy also often stumbles when making new characters, and has almost named someone Allison and Susanna, the former a prominent NPC in his first special, and the later the name of his wife's character in the Founder's Day campaign.
44	** Stored Gods is FULL of this trope. Characters from previous stories show up, and the entire auction covers goods from Founder's Heights. [[spoiler:It may as well be called Congealed Happiness 2: Not only does the Ink Monster show up again to kill people, his minion of choice is April Bwire from Pure Wax, who met her at the end after the wax monster fiasco, and they even run into Frances, one of the main three characters from Congealed Happiness. The story makes a point to mention previous stories at least once; Peggy mentions His Holy Light University by name, the story takes place in the same state camp Honeybranch was, etc.]]
45	* CurbStompBattle: Tiffany against the [[spoiler:Gashadokuro]], having rolled an exceptional success.
46	* CurbStompCushion: Though, to be fair, the [[spoiler:Gashadokuro]] DID hurt David's character quite a bit.
47	* CrusadingWidow: Moira Clayton ''née'' Hepburn, Angela's undead-butt-kickin' undertaker from [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]].
48	* DeadlyDoctor: Partially invoked by Nadia Braga, the Goddess of Medicine (Angela's character in [[http://www.fandible.com/category/actual-play/part-time-gods/ Part-Time Gods]]), when she uses her divine powers of totally-not-quack-medicine to attack one of her opponents - by summoning [[InstantLeechJustFallInWater a swarm of leeches]].
49	* DealWithTheDevil: Trevor Söze (played by David in the [[TabletopGame/{{TheDresdenFiles}} Dresden Files RPG]] Christmas Special) has made deals with so many different demonic entities, they're forced to queue up and take a number to get a chance to torment him.
50	* DemBones: During the final boss battle at the end of [[spoiler:the 1980s [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Supernatural]] game session, ''Paint The Town Dead'', the team of hunters fight a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gashadokuro Gashadokuro]], a giant-sized stealthy cannibalistic skeleton from Japanese mythology]].
51	* ADogNamedDog: Genie, a genie who lives in a magic lamp (played by Angela in the [[TabletopGame/{{TheDresdenFiles}} Dresden Files RPG]] Christmas Special). She was named by her current owner, Clarence Dobbs (played by Billy).
52	* DrugsAreGood: Lucas Charam, Daniel's character in the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Supernatural]] game session, ''Paint The Town Dead'', enjoys chain smoking doobies. His addiction is not quite [[TheStoner so bad that he's unable to function normally]], but his self-prescribed medicinal ganja lands the team in hot water occasionally - for example, when he starts hotboxing in the Haverford city morgue, with the locals cops waiting outside. He hates the [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Reagan]] era's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Abuse_Resistance_Education D.A.R.E program]], because he thinks the acronym stands for "Drugs Are Really Expensive".
53	* DualBoss: Moira vs. [[spoiler:Nelland's Mourner, in Moira's favor.]]
54	* TheEeyore: The characters from ''Bulldogs: Machinations of Murderbot'' travelled in a space ship called ''"The Cheating Bastard"'', whose A.I. was [[MoodyMount broody and borderline suicidally depressed]]. (Mostly due to being sentient enough to realize how awful the people it was travelling with, were.)
55	* EverybodyDidIt: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged; most people were connected with two murders. In Billy's story of Buried Memories, the plot revolves around four unconnected people seeing incredibly weird things in a retreat and being unable to sleep. Turns out, they aren't as unconnected as it seems. It ends up being a murder plot where two lesbian lovers had their entire lives ruined by these four people; Miranda, the NPC sister of Daniel's character did a delivery he was supposed to do but didn't while drunk. When Miranda was coming back, David's character, a drunkard actor, ran her over, and was too wasted to do anything. When she finally got help, Jesus' character, a doctor, froze up during the surgery due to PTSD, costing Miranda valuable time and causing her to die when the replacement doctor was too late. The other lesbian lover, an NPC named Cynthia, was broken by Miranda's death, and tried to find a way to help herself survive. She ended up working under Angela's character, a business woman with medical anger problems who was aspiring to become CEO, a promotion not too far off. However, Angela's character overworked Cynthia and ended up exploding and throwing a coffee mug at her, which, combined with the recent passing of Miranda, drove her over the edge and caused her to commit suicide.]]
56	* EvilChancellor: Jarren the Enchanter, a Planeswalker who favors blue/white spells, played by Daniel in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering -- [[http://www.fandible.com/magic-the-gathering-the-savage-green/ The Savage Green]]''. Referring to himself as the "Merlin of his age", he's the [[CourtMage king's confidant]], nay: ''[[EvilChancellor vizier]]'', on his native plane of existence. His motto is: "If the people aren't happy, we will ''make'' them happy."
57	* EvilWeapon: Captain Renaldo "Awesome-Pants" Macharius, Daniel's character from [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]], wields a sentient [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000Eldar}} Dark Eldar]] blade. They take turns attempting to corrupt and torment each other.
58	* TheFace: ''Literally'' the job description for Roslyn Foisie, Angela's charming dwarf pacifist in TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}.
59	* FantasticArousal: Quantus the Tech Priest, David's character from [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]], is equipped with a very... ''versatile'' set of [[ArtificialLimbs mecha]]-[[CognizantLimbs dendrites]].
60	* FantasticDrug: Applies in every sense of the term, when referring to "[[PsychoSerum hizzy]]", an imaginary (and ''wonderful'') drug, introduced in David's TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} game. It's main effect? It affects the user's mind, making them believe that they're [[Franchise/{{Batman}} a violent vigilante hero, driving around town really fast in souped-up armored vehicles, fighting crime and shouting at random people]]. And who wouldn't want to be ''that''? (But seriously, kids: [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing drugs are bad.]])
61	* {{Fartillery}}: Leo, one of the P.H.I.S.H.E.S (Parareality Harmonic Independent Surface Hydrodynamic Entity Systems) from the "oceans" of zero-point energy. Dr. Thomas Elwood caught him and keeps him in contraption that looks suspiciously like a toy balloon. Leo likes radishes, and his primary attack is [[{{Fartillery}} wind-based]].
62	* FiveManBand: The Podcast/{{Fandible}} lineup usually consists of five people, with an occasional session where one or more players are indisposed, or sessions featuring guest stars. The players all take turns [[GameMaster GMing]], in different games. The five core members of the group are (in alphabetical order):
63	** '''Angela:''' The literature nerd. Married to Billy.
64	** '''Billy:''' The nerd who loves doing accents. Married to Angela.
65	** '''Daniel:''' The tech/computer nerd.
66	** '''David:''' The [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] nerd who [[TheJinx aren't allowed to touch other people's dice]].
67	** '''Jesus:''' (No, not ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} that]]'' guy. It's pronounced "''[[KungFuJesus Hay-Soos]]''".) The nerd who loves t-shirts with ''hilarious'' pop cultural references.
68	** Besides the five official Fandimembers, Podcast/{{Fandible}} also features an officially unofficial sixth member: [[http://www.fandible.com/sir-fanditoaster/ the Fanditoaster]]. No, it's not a person, it's a ''toaster''. Donated by one of their fans, actually. They love it like a child. A shiny metal child that cooks lunch, and hardly ever keeps you up at night with its loud screaming.
69	** Oh, and then there's Penny, who sometimes joins the games, and has made several drawings and character portraits for the group, [[http://fandible.tumblr.com/ which can be seen on the site's Tumblr]]. She's still outranked by the Fanditoaster, though, because the toaster's got more fans. Every time they do a popularity poll, the Fanditoaster keeps popping up.
70	* FightingIrish: Marcas O'Carrol the Irish [[{{Dhampyr}} dhampir]], David's character in [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]].
71	* FlatWhat: From [[spoiler:Janus of all people when Loppy outright tells him she needs to kill him during the Supernatural game.]]
72	* FlyingCar: Dr. Thomas Elwood (Daniel's character from the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] [[http://www.evilhat.com/home/atomic-robo/ RPG]] beta playtest, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]]) harnessed the powers of zero-point energy. He used it to build a [[FlyingCar flying golf cart]].
73	* FoodAsBribe: Barsha D. Barsha convinced Telka the Kroot mercenary to bring a squad of her fellow [[CannibalismSuperpower man-eating space bird-people]] on a mission, by promising them tasty comatose Space Marine snacks for gobby-gobby time.
74	* FreakyIsCool: David tends to gravitate toward a certain type of characters, e.g. [[{{Emo}} emo]] [[{{Goth}} goth]] [[PsychopathicManchild man-children who smile a lot]], or [[MalevolentMutilation heavily body-modded]] Satanists wearing naught but spiked leather adult diapers under their [[ConspicuousTrenchcoat billowing trenchcoats]]. Examples include:
75	** Jerome Clay, God of Remorse and Regret from [[http://www.fandible.com/category/actual-play/part-time-gods/ Part-Time Gods]]. He ''[[GodsNeedPrayerBadly literally]]'' feeds on human suffering, lives in a dilapidated old mansion, and had no qualms about using some of his emotionally damaged female parishioners as "payment" to Chad (the God of Nerds) for his assistance.
76	** Trevor Söze from the [[TabletopGame/{{TheDresdenFiles}} Dresden Files RPG]] Christmas Special. He's got ominous tattoos, piercings in his '''everything''', ''and'' a shaved head. Oh, and he's a sorcerer who dabbles ''much'' too heavily in diabolism.
77	** Tsaviel, a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Tiefling]] Witch (male) who worships K'thuun, the dread (and dead) God of Disease and Malfunction. Appears in [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Planescape:]] [[http://www.fandible.com/category/planescape/ Welcome to Sigil]]. Tsaviel has pale blue skin, a greasy rat's nest of long [[PrehensileHair tentacular dreadlocks]], and [[ThongOfShielding an outfit that would make a male stripper blush]]. His eyes are blueish-white (with no pupils, but with a look of ''manic'' interest), his teeth are yellow with jaundice, and his skin is covered with constantly dying-and-regenerating throbbing black veins. Oh, and he's got pierced ears. And his familiar is a terrier-sized scorpion named Makai. Is it really necessary to mention Tsaviel's ability to vomit his own entrails onto potential food items - or enemies - and slurp the whole mess back up for later digestion, like he's a giant house fly?
78	** Raz K'thüün. (And yes, [[http://www.fandible.com/category/planescape/ that's the same name he used last week]], except with added umlauts. [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Because it's more metal, that way]].) Planeswalker from ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering -- [[http://www.fandible.com/magic-the-gathering-the-savage-green/ The Savage Green]]''. Favors a red/black deck, i.e. he's a wielder of "death energies and overwhelming destruction". ([[HeavyMithril Cue guitar riff]].) He's known on his native plane as "The Merchant of Death" (and may presumably have some slight resemblance to [[Film/{{LordOfWar}} Nicolas Cage]]). Actually, his physical appearance is... well, quite similar to his [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Planescape:]] colleague, Tsaviel, except somewhat less [[ComicBook/{{TheSmurfs}} Smurf-colored]].
79	** Most of the other characters in [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]] have learned to give a wide berth to Quantus the Tech Priest, especially if they're carrying exotic-looking yet innocent - some might say: ''virginal'' - gadgets. (See the entries for FantasticArousal and PowerPerversionPotential for more of the salubrious details.)
80	** One of the running gags in [[TabletopGame/{{HollowEarthExpedition}} Hollow Earth Expedition]] involves David's character, Zap MacGuffin, and his alleged habit of [[{{Squick}} carving off people's faces and wearing them like a mask]].
81	** Mr. Smiley, a major [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] from David's TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} game, is a corporate spokesperson [[ComicBook/{{TheJoker}} blessed with a fixed grin, an endearing laughter, and a total moral vacuum in the benighted pit where a normal person would have a soul]] - or at least have a tendency to hesitate before plunging head-first into murder, hiring people to commit murder, or generally just stabbing people in the back if they're in his way.
82	** Sploosh, David's [[StarfishAliens Tetsuashan]] character from ''Bulldogs: Machinations of Murderbot''. Resident doctor. People seem to find him [[StrangelyArousing irresistibly alluring]] [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles for some reason]], although he remains [[ChasteHero completely clueless]] about their odd behaviour.
83	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Marcas O'Carrol the Irish [[{{Dhampyr}} dhampir]], from [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]].
84	* GroinAttack: When they were fighting griffons in the Salish-Shidhe territories surrounding Seattle in the 5th [[TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} Shadowrun]] episode, ''Laying Low and Aiming High'', Daniel's character, John Kim Lee, delivered a solid stomp to one of the monsters' groins, along with a pop culture reference that tickled the GM's ditto, announcing his discovery that "[[Film/{{TheMonsterSquad}} Griffon's got nards!]]"
85	* GunNut: John Kim Lee, orc [[GunFu gun adept]], played by Daniel in TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}. He's got big guns, small guns, books about guns, books ''shaped'' like guns, posters about guns, posters about guns shaped like books about guns, guns that shoot knives, guns that shoot bombs, guns that shoot smaller guns... Sorry, what was the question?
86	* TheHedonist: Lord Byron Clayton, Billy's character from [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]], although he seems to be [[UsefulNotes/{{EthicalHedonism}} developing a sense of morality]], recently.
87	* HilariousinHindsight: In his first appearance on the podcast, Angela tells David that "we don't expect you to have an accent and weird vocal ticks, but it helps." Five years later and David is probably the most likely to have a character with an accent or weird vocal tick.
88	* HumanResources: The players always make such interesting noises when their characters have "Corpse Crackers" for dinner, in the [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]] campaign.
89	* HumansAreMorons: Graven, Billy's [[HumanAliens Arsurban]] character from ''Bulldogs: Machinations of Murderbot''. Ship pilot and programmer, addicted to a drug called [[FantasticDrug Turbo]]. Even when compared to the other two crew members, Sploosh and Phalec, he's still the [[StrawLoser biggest dork on the ship]].
90	* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Marcas O'Carrol the Irish [[{{Dhampyr}} dhampir]], from [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]], is really not a fan of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent any kind of bloodsuckers]].
91	* ImplacableMan: Glory Hog, the alien motorbike driving zombie rocker from Rotted Capes. In the first episode alone, he survived an explosion, chased the [=PCs=] through the sewers, survived a water tank falling on him from a ten story building, and just wouldn't stop chasing them.
92	* {{Joisey}}: Tiffany Capelli (played by guest star Emily in the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Supernatural]] game session, ''Paint The Town Dead''), an overly tanned dark-haired [[VampireHunter vampire hunter]] who loves [[TheEighties hair spray]], [[Music/{{Madonna}} Madonna]], [[TheEighties aerobics and jazzercise]], hails from [[Series/JerseyShore a certain region of New York]].
93	* KillerTeddyBear: [[ADickInName Phalec]] (presumably [[ADickInName short for Phalexander]]), Daniel's cute, fluffy [[UrsineAliens Ursamite]] character from ''Bulldogs: Machinations of Murderbot''. Carries a ginormous [[ChainsawGood chain axe]] that grants him bonuses to both [[PhallicWeapon intimidation]] ''[[PhallicWeapon and]]'' [[PhallicWeapon seduction]] skill checks.
94	* LovingBully: Billy dreams of having Angela's character be nice to his, and begged her to at least ''pretend'' to like him in the game. There has yet to be a game where Angela's character has shown a passing interest in Billy's character.
95	* MadScientist: Jesus is a big fan of science, especially the kind that goes Boom!, or Zap!, or [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Skree-ow!]] Thus, plenty of his games feature [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] with such proclivities. Several of the [[PlayerCharacter PCs]] fit this role, as well.
96	** Dr. Charles Israel, Daniel's character in [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]].
97	** Dr. Franklin Strauss (played by Jesus), from the [[TabletopGame/{{HollowEarthExpedition}} Hollow Earth Expedition]] campaign.
98	** Most of the characters from their [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] [[http://www.evilhat.com/home/atomic-robo/ RPG]] beta playtest, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]].
99	* MusicalEpisode: Although Fandible has never had a real musical episode, many (if not most) episodes feature situations where one of the players spontaneously burst into song:
100	** Barsha D. Barsha (Billy's character) was [[spoiler:turned into a human]] in one of the [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]] episodes, and when one of the players commented that [[spoiler:Barsha's human voice sounded like Disney's Aladdin, Billy promptly started singing Aladdin's songs, but with lyrics appropriate to the scene.]]
101	** The fourth [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]] episode, ''Life's Masquerade'', featured a scene where the character [[TheDanza Penny Black]] ([[TheDanza played by the guest star, Penny]]) was turned into a proper lady, [[Theatre/{{MyFairLady}} My Fair Lady]]-style. This prompted ''everyone'' to burst into song, crooning: "[[Music/{{TomJones}} She's a lady! Whoa, whoa, whoa!]]" (Although they could only sing a few bars - not because they'd forgotten the rest of the lyrics, but uh... copyright reasons. Yeah.)
102	** [[TabletopGame/{{UnhallowedMetropolis}} Unhallowed Metropolis]]: ''The Strange Dead'' featured a scene where Lord Byron (played by Billy) displayed his usual routine for getting into an argument with his mother: after she'd berated him thoroughly, he staggered off into his room to smoke opium and bawl "[[Music/{{DefLeppard}} Pooouuur sooome suuugaaar oooon meeeee!]]", loudly.
103	** When the party tried to con another group of soldiers into relinquishing their helicopter in the [[TabletopGames/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]] game, the players emphasized their ability to bluff and swindle people by operatically ''singing'' all their deceitful, deceitful lies.
104	* NayTheist: Ree the [[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/uncommon-races/arg-samsaran Samsaran]] Summoner, played by Daniel in [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Planescape:]] [[http://www.fandible.com/category/planescape/ Welcome to Sigil]]. Works as a tour guide in his native city, Sigil. [[TrueNeutral Morally flexible]] atheist. Technically, [[FlatEarthAtheist he doesn't]] ''[[FlatEarthAtheist deny]]'' [[FlatEarthAtheist the existence of the gods]] (after all, the evidence is quite overwhelming, what with all the actual gods walking around). It's more a case of believing that [[JerkassGods the gods are super-powerful jerkwads who aren't worth believing in]].
105	* NerdInEvilsHelmet: Big Louie, a mob boss in [[TabletopGame/{{Fiasco}} Fiasco]] (portrayed by Billy). Technically, he's not a nerd, he just... happens to be very knowledgeable about certain things. Actually, it's his accountant, Stanley (played by Jesus), who's the ''real'' champion at [[TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}} Magic: The Gathering]] and [[TabletopGame/{{SettlersOfCatan}} Settlers of Catan]]. When Big Louie needs to put the thumbscrews on people who owe him favors, he lets Stanley do the dirty work. Not because Stanley is intimidating, but none of the other goombahs had time. So yeah, if you upset Big Louie, prepare to be [[TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}} trampled]]. And if Big Louie accidentally mistakes "[[TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}} plains]]" for "planes", and ends up inadvertently making a joke about 9/11? Well, that just proves that Big Louie ain't no book-luvin' four-eyes, see? Ahem.
106	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Stevens and Rubia, a very dependable pair of [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] who inexplicably keep appearing, whenever the [[GameMaster GM]] is stumped for a name or two.
107	* NonchalantDodge: When Angela's character fired her heavy flamethrower at a copse of trees in [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40k]]: [[TabletopGame/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]] - [[CriticalFailure and]] ''[[CriticalFailure missed]]'' - the players struggled to deduce a rational in-game explanation. The best they could come up with was: "[[EpilepticTrees The trees are dodgey]]".
108	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Grannek, dwarf shaman of the Honey Badger (played by Jesus), invented a new form of parachute when he tried to escape a skyscraper by leaping out of a window on the hundred-and-umpteenth floor. Well, maybe not a ''parachute'', per se; it was more like an improvised cushion - made out of a Cactus Elemental he'd conjured out of some potted plants, earlier. (He might not have learned to fly, but at least his insurance premiums went up, up and away.)
109	* OffWithHisHead: Whipping Tom, after Moira [[ActionGirl Clayton]] slashes his head off.
110	* {{Oireland}}: Ancestral homeland of David, and most of his characters.
111	* OurMonstersAreWeird: Yup.
112	** Man-Eagles. ([[CatchPhrase Insert obligatory eagle noise.]]) Sometimes, though not always, used as a [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies racial slur]].
113	** Mermaids. Specifically the ones in TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}, whose alluring singing is best avoided. (Although they technically aren't unique to Podcast/{{Fandible}}, since they're part of the official published game setting. The game designers probably didn't expect any of the players to weaponize the mermaids' mating call, though...)
114	** [[PaedoHunt Pedophile kobolds]]. Those scumbags ''deserve'' to die, so it's perfectly okay to go on a murder spree, so long as you can convince yourself afterwards that the victims were all pedo-'bolds.
115	** The end-of-session boss fight in the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] game, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]], featured a triceratops [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever fungus monster]] that had been spawned by a [[GoneHorriblyWrong scientifically enhanced mushroom pizza]].
116	** An Ink Monster that is the Billyverses answer to the Fae, a tall, lanky, memory eating ink beast that has fun toying with prey, enjoys watching carnage caused by the equally weird wax monsters, and, despite having a god complex, has a nasty allergy to iron. Oh, and it goes between acting like an adult and a small child.
117	** Reflections, also from the Billyverse; copies of the real world that don't make sense and feel the best way to explain things to people is by using Star Wars analogies in deadpan, and one has such a hard time fitting in with the real world she dresses like a goth...in a ''Christian University'', where she sticks out like a sour thumb.
118	** A plant creature that, like the ink monster, feeds off humans, but does so...by abducting drivers, putting them on Pseudo life support, and having them relive a single day over and over again. The weird part? The day it chooses to relive is ''incredibly'' stereotypically eighties, and its methods of killing people who go off its script include: Having copies of the people kill each other, having the camp counselors quarantine campers faking sickness by ''blowing them up with propane,'' dumping oysters in peoples heads, and [[BearsAreBadNews having people run at bears playing music at the highest volume.]]
119	* PetMonstrosity: Leo, one of the P.H.I.S.H.E.S (Parareality Harmonic Independent Surface Hydrodynamic Entity Systems) from the "oceans" of zero-point energy. Dr. Thomas Elwood caught him and keeps him in contraption that looks suspiciously like a toy balloon. Leo likes radishes, and his primary attack is [[{{Fartillery}} wind-based]].
120	* PottyFailure: Cottar "Teeny" Gamwich ([[{{Hobbits}} Ratling]] sniper, chef, and resident butt-of-all-jokes, played by Daniel) cooked (and served) a batch of poisonous space tubers in [[TabletopGame/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]]. Almost the entire group of hardened guerilla soldiers ended up needing a change of pants. In his defense, Teeny [[LaxativePrank didn't]] ''[[LaxativePrank intend]]'' [[LaxativePrank for them to get explosive diarrhea]], and he'd even warned them that he'd only managed to get ''most'' of the poison out of the tubers.
121	* PowerPerversionPotential: Quantus the Tech Priest, David's character from [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]], is a cyborg who's mostly composed of robot parts, and can communicate with most forms of technology. His fascination with [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000XenoRaces}} Xenos]] technology, and the methods he employs when examining alien [[LostTechnology archeotech]], are... ''disturbing.''
122	* PowerOfTheVoid: Dr. Thomas Elwood (Daniel's character from the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] [[http://www.evilhat.com/home/atomic-robo/ RPG]] beta playtest, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]]) harnessed the powers of zero-point energy. He used it to build a [[FlyingCar flying golf cart]].
123	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: From Angela's character Sienna in The Shambling: Bang bang motherfucker.
124	* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: In most Billyverse games, but due to the episodic nature and well defined characters in The Shambling, the [=PCs=] end up being a lot like this. A stunt double, a rich kid, a petty God loving thief, a construction worker, and a Romanian circus animal tamer and his monkey have never looked so close.
125	* RedOnesGoFaster: Barsha D. Barsha believes ("loik all roit-finkin' Orks") that a red paint job will, in fact, make your ship go faster. Thanks to the power of the [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000Orks}} Waaagh!]], this is sometimes the case.
126	* RobotBuddy: Dr. Strauss' mechanical scarab beetle pet, Tenure (named after his [[UltimateJobSecurity not-so-secret greatest desire]]), from the [[TabletopGame/{{HollowEarthExpedition}} Hollow Earth Expedition]] campaign.
127	* RuleSixtyThree: Has been invoked occasionally.
128	** Angela's character in [[http://www.fandible.com/category/actual-play/custom-games/agents-of-indigo/ Agents of Indigo]] was a gender-bent guy, who'd basically suffered an unusual work hazard and been transformed into a woman. He/she was very impressed with his/her [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey new attributes]].
129	** Commissar Zane Harper (David's character in [[TabletopGame/{{OnlyWar}} Only War]]) was one of the pre-generated characters that was supplied with the introductory scenario, ''Eleventh Hour''. However, the Commissar was originally (i.e. in the scenario description) a woman called Zara Harper, but was gender-bent because: reasons.
130	* RunningGag: ''The End of the World'' episodes are rife with these, played to great effect. Since Angela never tells the group which apocalypse they will be playing, they also serve to help reveal the scenario.
131	** The session always begins with the group meeting for a drunken poker game, where the same characters are always introduced with the same quirks, but with different low-end jobs or deadbeat lifestyles.
132	** The group always travels to Sammy's Bodega to get more beer, during which they notice some hint of what sort of apocalypse they will be encountering. Sammy is always "played" by a B-list actor/actress.
133	** The apocalypse always happens while the group is getting drunk out of their minds, smoking powerful weed, and destroying the apartment they are in.
134	** The group often (but not always) travels to White Castle during the apocalypse to nurse their hangovers. The White Castle often has something nefarious inside... not counting the food.
135	** Stealing different terrible, uncool vehicles to escape New York and nearly getting killed in the process.
136	** All the while, there is a competition for survival between the shabby bachelors they play and the much more successful, stable, and morally upstanding bachelorettes next door.
137	* SignatureRoar: RARRR!, God of Bears (from [[http://www.fandible.com/category/actual-play/part-time-gods/ Part-Time Gods]]), always refers to himself in the third person, pronouncing his name with gusto (and a backing chorus of ordinary bears).
138	* SnakeOilSalesman: Alexander [[UsefulNotes/ScottishEnglish McIntyre]], a 200 year old alchemist, played by Jesus in the [[TabletopGame/{{TheDresdenFiles}} Dresden Files RPG]] Christmas Special.
139	* StalkingIsLove: Shortly after the Podcast/{{Fandible}} Tropes page (i.e. what you're reading, right now) was created, someone (or possibly many someones) from Podcast/{{Fandible}} posted [[http://www.fandible.com/the-most-important-part-of-fandible/ a blog post]], expressing [[Podcast/{{Fandible}} the Fandiblers']] appreciation for their fans, and the efforts that said aforementioned fans put into fandomming. Fandifanning. Whatever: ''that they put into being fans''. Later on, they've also discussed the TV Tropes page (i.e. this) in [[http://www.fandible.com/gtrt-ep-13-imaginary-ted-talks-first-gaming-experiences-and-roleplaying-tv-shows/ Geeky Topics, Round Table episode 13]], and mentioned how it totally wasn't creepy, nope. ''Nooot'' creepy at all.
140	* SuperSenses: Sentry. (His name is ''not'' Kid Sentinel. He's not a sidekick, he's an ''assistant'', thank you very much.) Played by Daniel in [[http://paradigmconcepts.com/rotted-capes/ Rotted Capes]]. His superpowers grant him enhanced senses, including the eyesight of an eagle, and the taste of an Italian. Often wears a blindfold, so he doesn't have to bear witness to the zombie apocalypse around him.
141	* TimeTravel: During the [[TabletopGame/{{RogueTrader}} Rogue Trader]] episode [[http://www.fandible.com/rogue-trader-ep-17-ascended-evil-part-1-of-2/ Ascended Evil]], the crew of the ''Shadow Labyrinth'' accidentally travelled through time due to a mishap in [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} the Warp]]. This led to several sharp remarks, such as Quantos pondering (upon their return to their own timeline) that, since they were back in their own present day, and that time was [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} the grim darkness of the far future]], this must mean that they had, in fact, gone [[Franchise/{{BackToTheFuture}} Back to the Future]]. When people mentioned their reluctance to risk further temporal peccadilloes, Billy [[Franchise/{{BackToTheFuture}} asked if they were chicken]]. Oh, and during their time warp, they picked up an [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000Eldar}} Eldar Farseer]], and since Jésus [[spoiler:needed to come up with a name on the spot]] is amazingly clever, he named the Eldar Tanniyen. (Presumably, his full name must have been [[Franchise/{{BackToTheFuture}} Biff Tanniyen]].)
142	* UnusualEuphemism: All hail [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos}} Chao- ...err,]] ''[[Characters/{{Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos}} Chris]]''. Yes, [[Characters/{{Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos}} all hail Chris!]]
143	* ViolentGlaswegian: Dr. William Gerald Clementine, David's chaotician character from the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] [[http://www.evilhat.com/home/atomic-robo/ RPG]] beta playtest, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]]. (A rare exception to David's tendency to play [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] characters.)
144	* WonderTwinPowers: Torchlight, Billy's character in [[http://paradigmconcepts.com/rotted-capes/ Rotted Capes]]. Used to be part of a pair of [[WonderTwinPowers power twins]], until his sister got bitten by zombies. Now, she wants to bite him, so they can ''both'' be super zombies, and restore their [[WonderTwinPowers twin powers]]. His fire powers are [[BoozeBasedBuff fueled by alcohol]]. [[TheAlcoholic He's got it under control, honestly!]]
145	* YouAreFat: Fandible is known for maintaining a constant level of sophistication in its levity.
146	** Dr. William Gerald Clementine, David's chaotician character from the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] [[http://www.evilhat.com/home/atomic-robo/ RPG]] beta playtest, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]], uses this trope when dealing with an obese child. Multiple times.
147	** Jerry, played by Daniel in [[http://www.fandible.com/the-end-of-the-world/ The End of the World]]. Just...everything about Jerry.
148	* YouSeeImDying: During the [[TabletopGame/{{HollowEarthExpedition}} Hollow Earth Expedition]] campaign, [[spoiler:Jack Mavrickson (played by Billy) stoically reveals to the others that he's suffering from a large brain tumor.]]

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