An upcoming, fanmade Motion Comic adaptation of David Morgan-Mar's venerable, Troperiffic webcomic Irregular Webcomic!, specifically its Fantasy theme, by TAPAS and Stuff Productions. The teaser
, released in April 2023, promises a reimagining of the comic's quest for the Ruby of Dwarven Might.
Irregular Fantasy! contains examples of:
- Adaptation Name Change: The comic's Soul Jewels become the Soul Gems in the adaptation. The Sapphire of Hobbitish Pluckiness is also renamed to the Sapphire of Halfling Pluck.
- And the Rest: King Dworin lists six of the ten Soul Gems before lazily concluding "and, er, four others."
- Canon Foreigner: The Pearl of Gnomish Intellect and the other four unidentified Soul Gems were created for the adaptation, for only five of the ten Soul Jewels were identified in the comic. It has been confirmed that if the other five are ever identified in the comic, David Morgan-Mar has his own ideas of what they will be, distinct from the adaptation's invention.
- Composite Character: King Dworin is the quest-giver, combining him with the unidentified Duke from the comic and the original King Dworin, who was a Posthumous Character.
- Content Warnings: Parodied by the content warning at the start of the teaser, which notes that the series is not for children... it's not inappropriate, its just not the sort of thing children would enjoy.
- Foreshadowing: The series logo hints at the involvement of several elements from the comic, namely the Death Department, the giant frogs ubiquitous to Death storylines, and a Rogues' Gallery Transplant on the part of Cthulhu.
- It Was with You All Along: The Ruby of Dwarven Might, the objective of the quest, is very clearly adorning Mordekai's belt. While this was a legitimate twist in the comic due to the limited visuals, the creators of the new medium acknowledge that it's quite obvious with fully-designed characters, making it more of a case of Dramatic Irony.
- Mythology Gag: The recitation of the long journey to reach the Golden Citadel and why, and Kyros and Draak's reactions, are lifted directly from the quest's introduction in the comic.
- Only Sane Man: Alvissa as usual, to the point that the teaser alone ends with her suffering a Thousand-Yard Stare. Dwalin has shades of it as well, clearly trying to take the quest seriously and finding the others exasperating.
- Opening Monologue: The teaser opens with King Dworin narrating the history of the Crown of Power and Soul Gems.
- Shout-Out
- The "and four others" gag is lifted from an Achievement Hunter game of Quiplash, in which Jack Pattillo only had time to read out four of the eight names on the board.
- King Dworin attempts to dub the adventurers the Fellowship of the Ruby, which they reject.
- Lambert suggests "the Handsome Halfling and Company" as a name for the party, which is a suggestion Belkar made during a similar conversation in The Order of the Stick: On the Origin of PCs.
