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* AluminumChristmasTrees: A subtle example, but Gerald Fingerson's apparent fondness for cashew chicken is an actual reference to a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashew_chicken#Springfield-style_cashew_chicken variant of cashew chicken]] from Springfield, Missouri, the home of the podcast creators. It differs from the original recipe in that it's [[DeepFriedWhatever deep-fried]].
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* AmusementPark: Splashlevania, a Dracula-themed water park, serves as the setting for the Residue's first on-screen attack.
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* BilingualBonus: Those affected by the Number Plague begin chanting a two word phrase before killing themselves. This phrase ("tawil aleaql," or "طويل العقل"), Google Translates to "long minded."
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** Ursula, one of the witches in Marvin Glass' compound, is Ursula Kemp, of the [[http://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Phil%20281b/Philosophy%20of%20Magic/Arcana/Witchcraft%20and%20Grimoires/wcwe/wcwe08.htm St. Osyth witches]]. The historical account is also quoted in-show.
** American politicians Paul Simon and Robert Byrd are mentioned as playing a role in the Circle of Knowledge.
** Ursula, one of the witches in Marvin Glass' compound, is Ursula Kemp, of the [[http://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Phil%20281b/Philosophy%20of%20Magic/Arcana/Witchcraft%20and%20Grimoires/wcwe/wcwe08.htm St. Osyth witches]]. The historical account is also quoted in-show.
** American politicians Paul Simon and Robert Byrd are mentioned as playing a role in the Circle of Knowledge.
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** The cyborgs in the series are able to take a ''lot'' of punishment.
** Clark Bishop eventually gets a buff to his toughness after [[spoiler: dying]].
** The cyborgs in the series are able to take a ''lot'' of punishment.
** Clark Bishop eventually gets a buff to his toughness after [[spoiler: dying]].
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* FishPeople: They work for Marvin Glass as security.
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* StableTimeLoop: The series features several. [[spoiler:Clark Bishop and Keith Vigna use them to their own ends.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Ferguson Beans and Bruce Robin, owners of [=BAR Corp=], like to play a little fast and loose with ethics. Ferguson, in particular, is a cocaine trafficker on the side and brags about exploiting loopholes in election law.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: ''Remarkably'' common in the series.
** Victims of The Juice Box get crushed by a DescendingCeiling.
** Those infected with the Number Plague engage in obsessive, often-graphic manners before violently killing themselves in the most readily available way possible.
** The silver balls find new hosts by slicing into the backs of their necks, ripping out their spinal column, and burying into their brains.
** Victims of The Juice Box get crushed by a DescendingCeiling.
** Those infected with the Number Plague engage in obsessive, often-graphic manners before violently killing themselves in the most readily available way possible.
** The silver balls find new hosts by slicing into the backs of their necks, ripping out their spinal column, and burying into their brains.
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* EnfantTerrible: While growing up in Calm Comfy Campground, [[spoiler: Maggie Cook]] was this.
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* MindControlDevice: The Circle of Knowledge uses a dart gun with a toxin that makes its victim extremely suggestible. It appears to be derived from a pheromone produced by the flowers growing in The City.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: You would be forgiven if you mixed up a couple of them.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: We just don't know what the hell is wrong with Keith. Luke, Keith's player, says that he [[TheLoonie prefers to play characters with bizarre behaviors]], and that [[TrollingCreator Keith is comparatively normal compared to some of his previous characters]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Beans family is one of the oldest families in Contention. Its most morally-upstanding surviving member is Keith, a coke-snorting weirdo with a LackOfEmpathy.
* BlackSheep: Keith is one to the Beans family.
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** [[TheConspiracy The Circle of Knowledge]] views The Overseer as one.
** [[BigScrewedUpFamily The Beans Family]] views Ferguson as one.
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Pretending to be People is run a using modified version of TabletopGame/DeltaGreen; many rules are used sparingly, or eschewed entirely. In addition, [[Game Master [=GM=]]] Zach incorporates elements from other games, most notably [[TwoFistedTales Pulp]] [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu Cthulhu]]. Season 1 ran from November of 2018 to September of 2020, featuring over 90 episodes of content of roughly 40 minutes to an hour in length. Season 2 of the official content is still forthcoming, although the crew have non-Contention-related episodes, both as part of the regular podcast and on Patreon.
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Pretending to be People is run a using modified version of TabletopGame/DeltaGreen; many rules are used sparingly, or eschewed entirely. In addition, [[Game Master [[GameMaster [=GM=]]] Zach incorporates elements from other games, most notably [[TwoFistedTales Pulp]] [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu Cthulhu]]. Season 1 ran from November of 2018 to September of 2020, featuring over 90 episodes of content of roughly 40 minutes to an hour in length. Season 2 of the official content is still forthcoming, although the crew have non-Contention-related episodes, both as part of the regular podcast and on Patreon.
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Pretending to be People is run a using modified version of TabletopGame/DeltaGreen; many rules are used sparingly, or eschewed entirely. In addition, [[Game Master [=GM=]]] Zach incorporates elements from other games, most notably [[TwoFistedTales Pulp]] [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu Cthulhu]]. Season 1 ran from November of 2018 to September of 2020, featuring over 90 episodes of content of roughly 40 minutes to an hour in length. Season 2 of the official content is still forthcoming, although the crew have released [=non-PTBP-] non-Contention-related episodes, both as part of the regular podcast and on Patreon.
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TabletopGame/DeltaGreen; many rules are used sparingly, or eschewed entirely. In addition, [[Game Master [=GM=]]] Zach incorporates elements from other games, most notably [[TwoFistedTales Pulp]] [[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu Cthulhu]]. Season 1 ran from November of 2018 to September of 2020, featuring over 90 episodes of content of roughly 40 minutes to an hour in length. Season 2 of the official content is still forthcoming, although the crew have released [=non-PTBP-] episodes, both as part of the regular podcast and on Patreon.
'''Given the amount of content in this podcast, the potential for unmarked [[LateArrivalSpoiler Late Arrival Spoilers]] is quite high. Proceed at your own risk.'''
'''Given the amount of content in this podcast, the potential for unmarked [[LateArrivalSpoiler Late Arrival Spoilers]] is quite high. Proceed at your own risk.'''
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** Other creatures in the podcast are implied to be examples of this, particularly [[agents of Myriad and Marvin Glass]].
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* AntiHero: Keith and John both regularly engage in illegal activities, ranging from drug use, to drug trafficking, to [[spoiler: outright murder]].
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* AntiHero: Keith and John both regularly engage in illegal activities, ranging from drug use, to drug trafficking, to [[spoiler: outright murder]].murder.
* AristocratsAreEvil: The upper-crust of The City certainly are, at any rate.
* AristocratsAreEvil: The upper-crust of The City certainly are, at any rate.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most factions in the series have done truly reprehensible things. Some of them just happen to have the world's best interests at heart.
* BloodLust: Spectators in the [[WretchedHive Den of Sin]] will gleefully lick up any available blood, be it from the contestants, the staff, or their fellow spectators.
* BloodSport: Part of the Glass Syndicate's wheelhouse.
* BloodLust: Spectators in the [[WretchedHive Den of Sin]] will gleefully lick up any available blood, be it from the contestants, the staff, or their fellow spectators.
* BloodSport: Part of the Glass Syndicate's wheelhouse.
* CoolCar: For a given value of "cool," at any rate. Drew Andrews drives a Mini Cooper.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: While not explicitly stated, none of the cyborgs we see in the series seem particularly friendly. Oddly, this may not apply to the silver balls, as [[spoiler: John Lee Pettimore]] doesn't seem out-and-out evil.
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** As time goes on [[spoiler: on, the player characters]] characters start to show signs of this. this.
* GoodIsNotNice: While it's hard to say which, if any, major players are truly good in this series, it would be easier to count the people who are both good and nice.
** [[TheChosenOne Ferguson Beans]] is described as "trying to help the world out in his own way," but also as "a [[{{Jerkass}} "total dick."]]
** Clark Bishop may be a mostly-upstanding person, but his HairTriggerTemper often leads him to erratic, violent behavior. His prior traumas don't help.
* GoodIsNotNice: While it's hard to say which, if any, major players are truly good in this series, it would be easier to count the people who are both good and nice.
** [[TheChosenOne Ferguson Beans]] is described as "trying to help the world out in his own way," but also as "a [[{{Jerkass}} "total dick."]]
** Clark Bishop may be a mostly-upstanding person, but his HairTriggerTemper often leads him to erratic, violent behavior. His prior traumas don't help.
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* MobileSuitHuman: Victims of [[spoiler: the silver balls become this. By extension, John Lee Pettimore IV is one such example.]]
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The Residue can be repelled by water. What's more, it can be absorbed and contained by vacuum cleaners [[spoiler: and fish]].
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* WasOnceAMan:
** Doug Jacobs and Agent Trent Chad were both transplanted into the body of Salem, a house cat.
** An agent of K-Cell was turned into a raccoon at one point.
** Other creatures in the podcast are implied to be examples of this, particularly [[agents of Myriad and Marvin Glass]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Residue can be repelled by water. What's more, it can be absorbed and contained by vacuum cleaners[[spoiler: and fish]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: Strange armies of children feature prominently in the series. They serve as goons, participants in rituals, contestants in blood sports, and test subjects for fatal experiments.
* WretchedHive:
** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Den of Sin]], a social club/sporting arena for The City's rich and powerful, fits this to a T.
** To a lesser extent, the Scrap Pit serves as a coliseum catering to a more general audience.
* ThemeTune: Most episodes use Kudzu's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzn0nhY2xScKudzu's "No Backbone"]] as their theme.
** Doug Jacobs and Agent Trent Chad were both transplanted into the body of Salem, a house cat.
** An agent of K-Cell was turned into a raccoon at one point.
** Other creatures in the podcast are implied to be examples of this, particularly [[agents of Myriad and Marvin Glass]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Residue can be repelled by water. What's more, it can be absorbed and contained by vacuum cleaners
* WouldHurtAChild: Strange armies of children feature prominently in the series. They serve as goons, participants in rituals, contestants in blood sports, and test subjects for fatal experiments.
* WretchedHive:
** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Den of Sin]], a social club/sporting arena for The City's rich and powerful, fits this to a T.
** To a lesser extent, the Scrap Pit serves as a coliseum catering to a more general audience.
* ThemeTune: Most episodes use Kudzu's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzn0nhY2xSc
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Wolf the Dog exist in-universe, but also addresses the listener to give recaps of previous episodes, commentary on the players, and announcements for the show's subreddit, Patreon page, etc.
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* MechanicalAbomination: The small silver balls found in the series are sentient, inexplicable, incredibly violent, and [[spoiler: are inhabited by human-like consciousnesses which allow them to pilot their victims]].
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Wolf the Dog is arguably ambiguously canine. He howls like a dog, rummages through dumpsters at night like a stray dog, and is represented as a dog in most fanart. However, he also has a pet dog, named Wolf, and appears to have a job and a boss. Given his [[PhysicalGod apparent powers]], he may be both human and animal.
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* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Oz "Mayhem" Wolf is a cage fighter involved with the Glass crime family, who displays no explicit signs of superpowers. In at least one fight, he's equipped with technology that boosts his prodigious strength to superhuman capacity.
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** Oz "Mayhem" Wolf is a cage fighter involved with the Glass crime family, who displays no explicit signs of superpowers. In at least one fight, he's equipped with technology that boosts his prodigious strength to superhuman capacity.
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* BodyHorror: Happens remarkably often in the series, including to player characters.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Wolf the Dog exist in-universe, but also addresses the listener to give recaps of previous episodes, commentary on the players, and announcements for the show's subreddit, Patreon page, etc.
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* TheConspiracy: As might be expected in a Delta Green game. At minimum, there's [[TheMafia the Glass crime family]], [[TheMenInBlack Myriad]], and [[AncientOrderOfProtectors the Circle of Knowledge]]. At best, they're all morally ambiguous.
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* ButtMonkey: Keith Vigna tends to receive the short end of the stick in life. This is often directly due to his own incompetence or [[JerkassWoobie moral failings]].
* CannotCrossRunningWater: The Residue can be repelled by water. [[spoiler: Well, most of the time anyway.]]
* TheChosenOne: [[TheConspiracy The Circle of Knowledge]] views The Overseer as one.
* TheConspiracy: At minimum, there's [[TheMafia the Glass crime family]], [[TheMenInBlack Myriad]], [[AncientOrderOfProtectors the Circle of Knowledge]]. At best, they're all morally ambiguous.
* ButtMonkey: Keith Vigna tends to receive the short end of the stick in life. This is often directly due to his own incompetence or [[JerkassWoobie moral failings]].
* CannotCrossRunningWater: The Residue can be repelled by water. [[spoiler: Well, most of the time anyway.]]
* TheChosenOne: [[TheConspiracy The Circle of Knowledge]] views The Overseer as one.
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* SoulJar: [[spoiler: the Balls]] can contain human consciousness and animate the bodies they possess. [[spoiler: John Lee Pettimore IV]] is shown to be one such person.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Residue can be repelled by water. What's more, it can be absorbed and contained by vacuum cleaners [[spoiler: and fish]].
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* AbusiveParents: Keith's childhood was chock-full of emotional abuse, primarily based around him being [[TheUnfavorite pointedly neglected in favor of his brother]].
* AntiHero: Keith and John both regularly engage in illegal activities, ranging from drug use, to drug trafficking, to [[spoiler: outright murder]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:What is up, my tropers]]
Pretending to be people is a HorrorComedy ActualPlay podcast detailing the misadventures of three police officers in the fictional town of Contention, Missouri.
The podcast begins on [[DaChief Chief Maggie Cook's]] birthday, where a strange, unmarked gift disturbs her to the point of tears. In the subsequent few days, officers Clark Bishop, John Lee Pettimore IV, and Keith Vigna receive a series of reports leading them into a conspiracy featuring murder, [[EldritchAbomination a strange black goo]], bizarre technology, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a councilwoman's missing dog]].
Pretending to be People is run a modified version of DeltaGreen.
!!Pretending To Be People provides examples of:
* ArtifactOfDoom: The small steel balls in the game are both interesting and capable of brutally murdering humans they contact.
* EldritchAbomination: The black goo, aka "The Residue," has supernatural power and some form of consciousness.
* HumanoidAbomination: Marvin Glass is demonstrably inhuman in his appearance, speech, and morality.
* LargeHamRadio: Radio DJ Wolf the Dog is, among other things, decidedly larger-than-life.
* PhysicalGod: Whatever Wolf the Dog may be, he is quite powerful.
* ThemeTune: Most episodes use Kudzu's "No Backbone" as their theme.
[[caption-width-right:350:What is up, my tropers]]
Pretending to be people is a HorrorComedy ActualPlay podcast detailing the misadventures of three police officers in the fictional town of Contention, Missouri.
The podcast begins on [[DaChief Chief Maggie Cook's]] birthday, where a strange, unmarked gift disturbs her to the point of tears. In the subsequent few days, officers Clark Bishop, John Lee Pettimore IV, and Keith Vigna receive a series of reports leading them into a conspiracy featuring murder, [[EldritchAbomination a strange black goo]], bizarre technology, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a councilwoman's missing dog]].
Pretending to be People is run a modified version of DeltaGreen.
!!Pretending To Be People provides examples of:
* ArtifactOfDoom: The small steel balls in the game are both interesting and capable of brutally murdering humans they contact.
* EldritchAbomination: The black goo, aka "The Residue," has supernatural power and some form of consciousness.
* HumanoidAbomination: Marvin Glass is demonstrably inhuman in his appearance, speech, and morality.
* LargeHamRadio: Radio DJ Wolf the Dog is, among other things, decidedly larger-than-life.
* PhysicalGod: Whatever Wolf the Dog may be, he is quite powerful.
* ThemeTune: Most episodes use Kudzu's "No Backbone" as their theme.
