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* One of the [=NPCs=] in ''Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos'' is Aurora Luna Wynterstarr, a {{Dhampyr}} who recently changed her name with black hair and an extremely goth fashion sense. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' has officially made a ShoutOut to ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''

--> ''Disclaimer: [[RantInducingSlight By the sole act of opening this book]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall you acknowledge your complicity]] in [[ItsAllAboutMe the domains-spanning conspiracy that denied me, Azalin Rex, Wizard-King of Darkon]], my rightful place as both author of and cover model for what could have been so much more than this doubtful collection of lies and slanders. Fortunately, as I've recently found my immortality [[TheChainsOfCommanding unburdened by the trivialities of rule]], I have endless opportunity to pursue thorough vengeances for even the pettiest affronts. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Please prepare for my coming]]. [[ManOfWealthAndTaste I expect to be quartered in the utmost comfort]] while [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we personalize your redefinition of the word "horror."]]''

--> The editor of this journal takes no responsibility for the veracity of the author's claims. The editor will point out that the author believes that his hamster can talk (I've only ever heard it squeak), comes from space and has a hamster sister the size of a horse....

* One of the [=NPCs=] in ''Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos'' is Aurora Luna Wynterstarr, a {{Dhampyr}} who recently changed her name with black hair and an extremely goth fashion sense. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' has officially made a ShoutOut to ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''

[-[[caption-width-right:350:That's what you get for touching someone's chest without permission.]]-]

* There's also a bit of meta Fridge Humour in ''Fizban's Treasury of Dragons'', in the spell ''ashardalon's stride''. It essentially functions as a NitroBoost, increasing your speed and damaging any enemy you run past. As with most spells, its damage scales based on the level of the spell slot used... but the speed boost ''also'' scales based on the spell slot. And the higher the speed boost, the more enemies you can run past. This has the effect that the spell's maximum potential damage, for a character with the default 30 ft. speed, is 140x + 14x[[superscript:2]]. [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards The wizards are]] ''[[LiteralMetaphor canonically]]'' [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards quadratic]].

* ''Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft'' introduces Nepenthe, an evil sapient sword who serves as the [[BigBad Darklord]] of a carnival-themed domain. It also mentions that it used to be the tool of a sword-swallower, implying that this terrifying KnightTemplar sword who's only purpose is executions used to be part of a parlor trick that involved sticking down a half-ogre's throat.

-->'''Comment on the [DragonRider Drakewarden Ranger]]:''' "They say that rangers tend to look a lot like their bestial companions. That makes the Drakewardens among the most attractive humanoids"

[[caption-width-right:350:That's what you get for touching someone's chest without permission.]]

* Sending, a spell that allows one to send a 25-word message to someone anywhere, anytime, and unlike with Messege, they are almost never expecting it.

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* Sending, a spell that allows one to send a 25-word message to someone anywhere, anytime, and unlike with Messege, they are almost never expecting it.
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[[folder: The Films]]
Despite their varying quality from SoBadItsGood, to SoOkayItsAverage, the film adaptations have some amusing moments. Particularly the [[SoBadItsGood horrendous]] [[Film/DungeonsAndDragons 2000 film]].

* [[HamAndCheese Everything Jeremy Irons says and does]]. Literally '''Everything'''
** Bruce Payne also adds his raw supply of ham to the movie, and ''evvvvveeerrrry tiiimmmmee heee exxxtteeeenddsss his sentancesssss'' counts as a moment in its own right
* Snails' opinion on his and Ridley's plan to break into the ''magic school'' as there in the middle of climbing an extremely tall tower.
--> '''Snails:''' Why it gotta be so high up!
--> '''Ridley:''' Quiet!
--> '''Snails:''' Can't we just rob the first floor next time?
--> '''Ridley:''' Shush!
--> '''Snails:''' Why don't we just rob ''God'' while we're up here!
** A few minutes later, Snails is calling Ridley out on how he had said the heist would be 'easy', to which Ridley retorts that he said it 'wouldn't be impossible'. Snails launches into a tirade about the time one of Ridley's bright ideas got Snails a GroinAttack from a halfling they were robbing. What pushes it into hilarious territory is how Ridley ''mouths along with Snails'': clearly it's not the first time Snails has brought it up!
* Snails getting relationship advice from [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Elwood]].
--> '''Elwood:''' You gotta be kidding! The problem with elves is they don't got no meat on their bones! You gotta get yourself a nice 250-pound dwarf, huh?! With hair on her chin you can hang onto!
--> '''Snails:''' ''(dashes off, looking like he's about to puke)''
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[[folder: The Animated Series]]
[[AC: The Night of No Tomorrow]]

[[AC: The Eye Of The Beholder]]

[[AC: The Hall Of Bones]]

[[AC: Valley Of The Unicorns]]
* When the kids sic Venger on Kelleck, Bobby really sells it with a sing-song "Someone's getting in trouble!"

[[AC: In Search Of The Dungeon Master]]
* In "Search for the Dungeon Master," Presto demands of his hat something to stop a charging monster. His hat produces a Stop Sign. Presto's sheepish grin as he plants the sign and runs away sells it.

[[AC: Beauty And The Bogbeast]]

[[AC: Prison Without Walls]]

[[AC: Servant Of Evil]]

[[AC:Quest Of The Skeleton Warrior]]

[[AC: The Garden Of Zinn]]

[[AC: The Box]]

[[AC: The Lost Children]]
* When Eric learns that the titular children mature into the very bestial looking Alfor, "You guys grow up to be [[StarWars Wookies?]]"
* Sheila tricks a couple of lizard men into trapping themselves.

[[AC: P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster]]

[[AC: The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow]]
* Quite a few from the first half of "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow."
** First, Eric, in a panic over the Bullywugs, tries to warn his friends, while they ignore him, resulting in him [[FailedASpotCheck grabbing and shaking a Lizard Man]] to try to get his point across, only to realize a moment later who he was talking to.
** Sheila then volunteers to retrieve him from the Bullywugs and Lizard Men, all of who are fighting over who gets to capture him. Invisible, she slaps a Lizard Man on the ass, and then calmly retrieves Eric, still gibbering, from the ensuring chaos.

[[AC: The Treasure Of Tardos]]
* When Dungeon Master tells them there is great danger ahead, Eric can only reply, "What now, Oh Terrible Tour Guide?"

[[AC: City At The Edge Of Midnight]]

[[AC: The Traitor]]

[[AC: Day Of The Dungeon Master]]
* Facing off against Venger, Eric attempts to make a BadassBoast, telling old hornhead, "Only one of us will survive this, and it's not going to be me!"
* There's just something amusing about seeing Eric, now more comfortable with his new powers, casually zapping the tentacles that are trying to drag their boat under.

[[AC: The Last Illusion]]

[[AC: The Dragon's Graveyard]]

[[AC: Child Of The Stargazer]]
* Eric pulls a WellExcuseMePrincess on Bobby after telling the pint-sized Barbarian that Uni is off hanging with Kosar.
* Eric and Bobby tell Kosar that taking out the Demon will be a piece of cake, and that the Queen will probably thank them. Kosar then explains that [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the Queen IS the Demon]].
-->'''Eric''': Hold the cake.
* Eric points out to Hank that even if Diana and Kosar can see his flares, they'd have no way of signaling back, and then rebukes Presto for pulling a map of Pittsburgh from his hat. The others, tired of his negativity, ask him what ''he'' thinks they should do. He fumbles for a second, then gives us this gem:
--> '''Eric''': WHY ARE YOU BUGGING ME! ASK HIM! (points offscreen to reveal Dungeon Master, who [[StealthHiBye wasn't there a second ago]].)

[[AC: The Dungeon At The Heart Of Dawn]]
* The beginning of "Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn" includes a [[RunningGag common background shot]] of Hank and Sheila [[SleepCute leaning against each other]]. But this time, when she sees a falling boulder apparently crush Bobby, a frantic Sheila jumps up and runs off... and poor Hank topples over.

[[AC: The Time Lost]]

[[AC: Odyssey Of The Twelfth Talisman]]

[[AC: Citadel Of Shadow]]

[[AC: Cave Of The Fairie Dragons]]

[[AC: The Winds Of Darkness]]

* In a scene often quoted by the Game Grumps, when the main characters arrive in the D&D world, the man they meet says "ranger, wizard, and... ''[[Main/TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers acrobat]]''."
** And when he says "thief!", stating one character's new class, the newly-minted thief says "What?" and people shout "GET HIM!"



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--> ''Disclaimer: [[RantInducingSlight By the sole act of opening this book]], [[BreakingTheFourthWall you acknowledge your complicity]] in [[ItsAllAboutMe the domains-spanning conspiracy that denied me, Azalin Rex, Wizard-King of Darkon]], my rightful place as both author of and cover model for what could have been so much more than this doubtful collection of lies and slanders. Fortunately, as I've recently found my immortality unburdened by the trivialities of rule, I have endless opportunity to pursue thorough vengeances for even the pettiest affronts. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Please prepare for my coming]]. I expect to be quartered in the utmost comfort while [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we personalize your redefinition of the word "horror."]]''

--> ''Disclaimer: By the sole act of opening this book, [[BreakingTheFourthWall you acknowledge your complicity]] in [[ItsAllAboutMe the domains-spanning conspiracy that denied me, Azalin Rex, Wizard-King of Darkon]], my rightful place as both author of and cover model for what could have been so much more than this doubtful collection of lies and slanders. Fortunately, as I've recently found my immortality unburdened by the trivialities of rule, I have endless opportunity to pursue thorough vengeances for even the pettiest affronts. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Please prepare for my coming]]. I expect to be quartered in the utmost comfort while [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we personalize your redefinition of the word "horror."]]''

--> ''Disclaimer: By the sole act of opening this book, you acknowledge your complicity in the domains-spanning conspiracy that denied me, Azalin Rex, Wizard-King of Darkon, my rightful place as both author of and cover model for what could have been so much more than this doubtful collection of lies and slanders. Fortunately, as I've recently found my immortality unburdened by the trivialities of rule, I have endless opportunity to pursue thorough vengeances for even the pettiest affronts. Please prepare for my coming. I expect to be quartered in the utmost comfort while [[ThisIsGonnaSuck we personalize your redefinition of the word "horror."]]''

* Even the newest version of [[TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} a setting that's]] [[NightmareFuel/Ravenloft known for horror]] can't do without a bit of humor in the disclaimer, as seen in ''Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft'':

-->'''On Aberrant Mind sorcerers''': Tentacles, psychic powers, beings from beyond the stars - [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles one person's bad dream is another person's good time]]

--> '''Artificer Class:''' Artificers create cutting-edge problems, then try to solve them--loudly and often with collateral damage.
--> '''The above's Armorer specialization:''' Classic artificer logic right here: "What if, when our invention goes explosively wrong, we're inside it?"
--> '''Artillerist specialist:''' Some artificers ask the hard questions: "[[RunningGag Couldn't there be even more collateral damage]]?"
--> '''College of Eloquence Bards:''' Note to self: revisit work on speech-negating spell. Necessity level: ear-bleeding.
--> '''Fey Wanderer Ranger:''' Do you think a kilt is a vital part of the fey wandering aesthetic? And if not, why are you so wrong?

--> '''Artillerist specialist:''' Some artificers ask the hard questions: "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Couldn't there be even more collateral damage]]?"

--> **On Bards in general:** Music is stupid. Wait, I changed my mind. Music is fun. Play more music. No, I was right the first time. Music is stupid. But I won't maim you after all, in case I change my mind again.

--> '''Storm Barbarians note:''' You know one of the great benefits of living underground? No weather. [[ImpliedThreat Don't mess this up for me]].