Episode Title: Matt's Scaly Kettle
- Round 1: "Henricus"
- Round 2: "Dangers of the Engagement Period"
Tropes:
- Anachronistic Clue: Chris' story about Henricus the drunkard in "Ancient Roman times" is well told and convinces all the other participants, but has one glaring flaw: it claims to both have happened in Caesar-era Rome and after Jesus became a public figure (Caesar died in approximately 14AD. Besides, a drunkard in northern Europe would not have heard about Christianity until a couple hundred years after Jesus' death, at which point Rome already was in shambles).
- I Am Very British: After everyone makes convincing lies for the Henricus article, Gary, Chris and Matt all go "well done, good show, we've seen him right off" in various upper-class English accents.
- Loophole Abuse: Gary claims for his article of Henricus the old race horse was famous for winning the Grand National in 1899 by at one point going around a gate meant to be jumped.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Chris does this when he starts talking about a German film called "Dangers of the Engagement Period". Later he drops it and gives a pretty detailed article description.
- The Points Mean Nothing: Tom saying: "Congratulations to whoever won. I haven't been keeping track of the scores, [turns to camera] and you shouldn't have, either!". He then adds a piece of text in the end screen that apologises for anyone at home actually keeping track.
- Self-Deprecation: Chris's article is so convincing that Tom cannot decide if he made it up on the fly or if it's his plan for if he ever goes back in time, to which Chris remarks "I'm from the north, I've already gone back in time".
- Show Stopper: Chris gets applauded by the rest of the Tech Dif crew for his Henricus story, which was so intricately told, that it left everyone flabbergasted when it was revealed it wasn't true. To quote Matt: "I was believing you, and it was my bloody article!"
- Shout-Out: When asked for the description of Round 2's article, Chris says "what's through the round window Gary?", a reference to "Play School", an '80s British kids show.
- This Is Going to Be Huge: Chris claims that Henricus tried to start his own religion this way, which ended in his entire group getting killed, and Henricus getting drunk for the rest of his life.
- Trivial Title: As with "Not Even A Real Abbot", the title is an unrelated quote said in the episode that has no relevance to the game at hand. It refers to Matt taking a sip out of his tea and laughing at the same time, and complaining about a scaly kettlenote
