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* KingUnderTheMountain: Dean's father, [[UnfortunateNames Little Dick.]]

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* KingUnderTheMountain: KingInTheMountain: Dean's father, [[UnfortunateNames Little Dick.]]



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Emperor Jackie sounds like a certain ([[Creator/ElvisPresley '50s singer]] - particular in his later years.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Emperor Jackie sounds like a certain ([[Creator/ElvisPresley ([[Music/ElvisPresley '50s singer]] - particular in his later years.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Emperor Jackie sounds like a certain ([[Creator/ElvisPresley '50s singer]] - particular in his later years.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The Night Demon.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: The Night Demon. By contrast, Lord Darkness sounds rather nasal.

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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Dean]], in the Puzzles episode.

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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Dean]], Dean in the Puzzles episode.



* CallARabbitASmeerp: The denizens of Lower Earth have never heard of camels. However they do have creatures called 'flamels'.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The denizens of Lower Earth have never heard of camels. However they do have humped, desert-crossing creatures called 'flamels'.



* CliffHanger: The ending of the sixth episode.

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* CliffHanger: The ending of the sixth episode.last episode of the first season.



* GroinAttack: Kreech smashes the 'orbs' of the White Wizard. This upsets the White Wizard long enough for Kreech to smash his actual magic orbs.



* WeWantOurJerkBack: When they bring Dean BackFromTheDead and take the opportunity to "improve" his personality, they accidentally make him into a simpering coward. In order to change him back, they have to kill him again.

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* WeWantOurJerkBack: When they the Questers bring Dean BackFromTheDead and take the opportunity to "improve" his personality, they accidentally make him into a simpering coward. In order to change him back, they have to kill him again.
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* AffablyEvil: Lord Darkness ultimately becomes this to the Questers, partly because they keep [[VillainsOutShopping running into each other under bizarre circumstances.]] He and Creek even sit quietly at the back for Sam's wedding.

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* AffablyEvil: Lord Darkness ultimately becomes this to the Questers, partly because they keep [[VillainsOutShopping running into each other under bizarre circumstances.]] He and Creek Kreech even sit quietly at the back for Sam's wedding.

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* AffablyEvil: Lord Darkness ultimately becomes this to the Questers, partly because they keep [[VillainsOutShopping running into each other under bizarre circumstances.]] He and Creek even sit quietly at the back for Sam's wedding.



* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Penthiselea often does this to Sam, such as when the heat causes her to remove her breastplate.



* KingUnderTheMountain: Dean's father, [[UnfortunateNames Little Dick.]]



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lord Darkness. The Night Demon. Also, Lord Darkness himself goes to some effort to name his new torture device... the Petard of Irony.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lord Darkness. The Night Demon. La Grande Bastardo. Also, Lord Darkness himself goes to some effort to name his new torture device... the Petard of Irony.
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* RiddleMeThis: the Dragon Lord Golnar challenges the questers with the fiendish riddle [[spoiler: “What is it that is brown and yet also sticky...?]]
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* RiddleMeThis: the Dragon Lord Golnar challenges the questers with the fiendish riddle [[spoiler: “What is it that is brown and yet also sticky...?]]
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** A third series episode is set in "the mines of Grazak Dun in the dark mountains of Akanazar in the farthest reaches of the land of... Colin".

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** A third series episode is set in "the mines of Grazak Dun in buried deep beneath the dark mountains of Akanazar in the farthest reaches of the land of... Colin".


* GenreSavvy: Sam is the author of several fantasy novels, which occasionally helps or hinders him in Lower Earth.
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ElvenQuest is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

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ElvenQuest [=ElvenQuest=] is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4.



!!Tropes used by ElvenQuest

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!!Tropes used by ElvenQuest[=ElvenQuest=]
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** A third series episode is set in "the mines of Grazak Dun in the dark mountains of Akanazar in the farthest reaches of the land of... Colin".


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** Another episode sees the Questers slaying a monster called the Grundel and fearing the wrath of its mother.
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* TautologicalTemplar: The White Wizard.
-->'''Wizard:''' [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Sometimes you have to do difficult things if you want everything to be perfect]]. And I do want everything to be perfect. And I'm the living embodiment of goodness, so whatever I want must be good. D'you see? \\
'''Sam:''' OK! So, he's a complete nutcase.
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** Also when the Queen demands a written saga of party's adventures:
-->'''Penthiselea:''' Oh, if only one of us was a professional writer.

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* AllPeriodsArePMS: Queen Eleanor, "beautiful but wildly unpredictable queen of Premenstrua".



* AllPeriodsArePMS: Queen Eleanor, "beautiful but wildly unpredictable queen of Premenstrua".
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Menstrual Menace is about supernatural horrors caused by a woman\'s period. All Periods Are PMS is about women being cranky that time of the month. See this Trope Repair Shop thread for more info.


* MenstrualMenace: Queen Eleanor, "beautiful but wildly unpredictable queen of Premenstrua".

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* MenstrualMenace: AllPeriodsArePMS: Queen Eleanor, "beautiful but wildly unpredictable queen of Premenstrua".
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Not sure of accuracy of my \'Aerith and Bob\' entry so I changed it. The way the names are said is correct though.


* AerithAndBob: In the first episode the questers introduce themselves to Sam as "Lord Vidar, Penthiselea and Dean, the Dwarf".

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* AerithAndBob: In the first episode the questers introduce themselves to Sam are introduced as "Lord Vidar, Penthiselea and Dean, the Dwarf".
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** TheHero: Lord Vidar

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** TheHero: TheLeader: Lord Vidar
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* AerithAndBob: In the first episode the questers introduce themselves to Sam as "Lord Vidar, Penthiselea and Dean, the Dwarf".
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Not to be confused with ''ElfQuest''.

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Not to be confused with ''ElfQuest''.
''ComicBook/ElfQuest''.

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* DogsAreDumb

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* DogsAreDumbDogsAreDumb: Amis, with a mix of AttentionDeficitOohShiny, MyInstinctsAreShowing and CloudCuckoolander.


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* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Amis is entirely human in appearance, but the doglike instincts don't go away.
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* StraightGay. There are hints that Dean is this, during the first season. He doesn't appear to be interested in discussing it. The innuendo increases in later seasons (see TransparentCloset).

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* StraightGay. There are hints that Dean is this, during the first season. He doesn't appear to be interested in discussing it. The innuendo [[{{Flanderization}} increases in later seasons seasons]] (see TransparentCloset).
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Amplified my original entry on Dean being Straight Gay and linked it to the following Transparent Closet entry.


* StraightGay. There are hints that Dean is this. He doesn't appear to be interested in discussing it.

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* StraightGay. There are hints that Dean is this.this, during the first season. He doesn't appear to be interested in discussing it. The innuendo increases in later seasons (see TransparentCloset).
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* TheNicknamer: The escape officer in Trollditz. His first priority in coming up with a time-critical escape plan is to give the new inmates cool nicknames.
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* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Dean fits the bill all the way, with the exception of being in a TransparentCloset.


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* WholePlotReference: The fourth series finale has the gang trying to escape from maximum security prison "Trollditz", evading the German-accented guards and planning to dig three tunnels called Tom, Dick and Harry. It's a RunningGag that Sam finds all of this very familiar, but can't put his finger on why. The episode's title? "Film/TheGreatEscape."
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* BlackCloak: "You will make sure you separate the darks from the whites, won't you? Only your Terrible Black Cape of Maleficence does tend to run..."
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* NumberTwoForBrains: Kreech, though he tries to be something between HypercompetentSidekick and nanny, bless him.
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* VillainsOutShopping: The Questers run into Lord Darkness and Kreech all sorts of places, like [[spoiler:a book launch in a labyrinthine mine]].
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** Dwarves are oppressed by the "lankeys", according to Little Dick the dwarf.
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* FoodChains: The Fat Hog, which [[spoiler:causes everyone who eats there to turn into pigs so they can be killed and served to future diners.]]

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