History Series / HarmonQuest

* OffTheRails: Becomes clear at the end of Season Two. [[spoiler: Whatever plot Spencer had planned for the season, likely involving the scroll written in Draconic, is tossed aside in Episode Four when the heroes kill the Caretaker of the Abyss because they couldn't beat him at bar trivia, causing a merging of the Demom Realm and Earth.]]

[=HarmonQuest=] is a television series created in 2016 by Creator/DanHarmon. It follows the heroic (or not-so-heroic) deeds of Harmon and a lineup of other comedians and actors (two regulars plus at least one "guest star" per episode) participating in a tabletop fantasy role playing campaign. It is a blend of animation and live-action, semi-improvisational comedy. In-studio portions (filmed before a live audience) showing Harmon and friends and the campaign's GameMaster sitting around the gaming table are interspersed with animation showing what their characters are doing within the game world. Think of it as part Saturday morning cartoon (albeit an ultra-violent one) and part ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''.

[[caption-width-right:350:The three regular members of the {{HarmonQuest}} adventuring party: Beor O'Shift, Fondue Zubag, and Boneweevil.]]

->''"Since the dawn of the 1970's, fantasy role-playing games have provided men and women with an escape from their awkward lives. Today the most awkward of them all, Dan Harmon, is summoning celebrity friends to play these games of old in front of a live studio audience in Hollywood! I am Spencer, the Game Master, and this is HarmonQuest!"''

[=HarmonQuest=] was released exclusively on the subscription-based comedy streaming service Seeso, although the first episode is available on Website/YouTube. Due to Seeso closing, the show was moved to Creator/{{VRV}} for a second season starting in September 2017. The show was renewed for a third season on October 2018, and it will air on August 18, 2019.

[=HarmonQuest=] was released exclusively on the subscription-based comedy streaming service Seeso, although the first episode is available on Website/YouTube. Due to Seeso closing, the show was moved to Creator/{{VRV}} for a second season starting in September 2017. The show was renewed for a third season on October 2018, and it will air on August 18, 2019z

[=HarmonQuest=] was released exclusively on the subscription-based comedy streaming service Seeso, although the first episode is available on Website/YouTube. Due to Seeso closing, the show was moved to Creator/{{VRV}} for a second season starting in September 2017.

[=HarmonQuest=] was released exclusively on the subscription-based comedy streaming service Seeso, although the first episode is available on YouTube. Due to Seeso closing, the show was moved to Creator/{{VRV}} for a second season starting in September 2017.

[=HarmonQuest=] was released exclusively on the subscription-based comedy streaming service Seeso, although the first episode is available on YouTube. Due to Seeso closing, the show was sold to VRV Select for a second season starting in September 2017.

* BackForTheFinale: In the last episode of Season 2, "The Sorcerer of the Storm", the gang encounters [[spoiler:Eddie Lizard (Kumail Nanjiani) in Celty's castle, after parting ways with him back in Season 1, Episode 8.]] Notably, this is the first time in the series that a guest star, and subsequently their character, has returned on the show.

* DownerEnding: Surprisingly, Season 2 ends on a pretty low note. [[spoiler:The party defeats Celty, who informs them that she was only trying to keep the Demon Realm from merging with the surface world, which was only happening because the party previously killed the being who kept the two separated in the first place. Now that the only person who would've been able to fix things is dead, the trio are stuck in an apocalyptic wasteland, Fondue's death and temporary existence as a spirit was for nothing, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Spencer is even more uncertain at there being a new season.]]]]

* RunningGag: Beor will often bumble into a social encounter with blunt awkwardness, while her player will quickly give an aside, "[[DumpStat I have *no* Diplomacy]]."

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In [=S2E7=], when guest player Jason Mantzoukas[[note]]who is unfamiliar with tabletop role playing games[[/note]] gets very into his character, culminating with a fit of [[EvilLaugh diabolical laughter]], he breaks for a moment to ask if he’s playing the game right. Spencer chokes through laughing, “yes, yes, yes.” [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS1Sw-E_MVM 1]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[The party's incompetence at bar trivia indirectly leads to the Demon Realm combining with Earth.]]

* BackForTheFinale: In the last episode of Season 2, "The Sorcerer of the Storm", the gang encounters [[spoiler:Eddie Lizard (KumailNanjiani) in Celty's castle, after parting ways with him back in Season 1, Episode 8.]] Notably, this is the first time in the series that a guest star, and subsequently their character, has returned on the show.