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2	->''"Strap on your fantasy seat belts and brace your asses for... The Adventure Zone!"''
3	-->-- '''The Announcer'''
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5	[[Recap/TheAdventureZone See here]] for the main recap page.
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8	In this, the pilot episode of The Adventure Zone, the [=McElroys=] create the characters with which they'll build a new -- and hopefully very, very lucrative -- fantasy fiction franchise. Join in the campaign as Justin (Taako), Travis (Magnus) and Clint (Merle), led by Dungeon Master Griffin, take their first steps into the unknown.
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11	!!Tropes:
12	* AdaptationalNameChange: Sildar Hallwinter is changed to Barry Bluejeans.
13	** Goblins are now goblins, gerblins or gorblins.
14	* BuffySpeak: Pointy rock things.
15	* ChekhovsGun: Discussed
16	* CurbstompBattle: The first battle with gerblins ends in a massacre, with none of the party even taking a scratch.
17	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Many aspects, such as Taako's idiocy and Magnus and Merle's gruff voices, are yet to be introduced. Merle has the Life domain.
18	* FlamingArrows: A gorblin uses one.
19	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Magnus cuts a goblin in half.
20	* MinMaxing: Parodied in a joke intro of Magnus
21	* NewMediaAreEvil: The 70’s moral panic over D&D is referenced.
22	* OnlyOneName:
23	--> '''Justin''': I do have a last name but it's a secret that will only be revealed later in the adventure.
24	* PilotEpisode: Referred to as such in the opener.
25	* ShoutOut:
26	** Series/{{Deadwood}}
27	** Literature/TheHungerGames
28	** Series/TheLeague
29	** Creator/LarryTheCableGuy
30	** Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey
31	** Literature/TheHobbit
32	** Series/TheDukesOfHazzard ("If we gotta get away from Boss Hogg, I'm the guy you want at the front of the wagon.")
33	* VideoGameTutorial: Much of the episode is Griffin and Justin explaining the rules.

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