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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After his traumatic experience with the corpse, Teddy winds up blacking out. Verne opts to give him mouth-to-mouth to try and revive him (and also to low-key mess with him), something Kara heavily objects to both in-and-out of character. As such, once Teddy wakes up, and (after he tries to punch Verne) Verne decides to punch him for flinching, Teddy decides that this is the end of their friendship. And according to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, this only gets resolved in their adulthood when Verne tries to get Teddy to punch him back.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After his traumatic experience with the corpse, Teddy winds up blacking out. Verne Vern opts to give him mouth-to-mouth to try and revive him (and also to low-key mess with him), something Kara heavily objects to both in-and-out of character. As such, once Teddy wakes up, and (after he tries to punch Verne) Verne Vern) Vern decides to punch him for flinching, Teddy decides that this is the end of their friendship. And according to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, this only gets resolved in their adulthood when Verne Vern tries to get Teddy to punch him back.
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* TwistedAnkle: Due to the decision to keep walking to the corpse during the night in order to beat Ace's gang to it, Verne winds up getting his foot caught up in the railroad tracks. He doesn't ''twist'' it, but rather ''[[FromBadToWorse breaks]]'' it.
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* TwistedAnkle: Due to the decision to keep walking to the corpse during the night in order to beat Ace's gang to it, Verne Vern winds up getting his foot caught up in the railroad tracks. He doesn't ''twist'' it, but rather ''[[FromBadToWorse breaks]]'' it.
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* AmbiguousSituation: After Andy announces that [[InSpiteOfANail Chris winds up getting stabbed in a fast-food restaurant trying to stop a fight]], Scott ''immediately'' points out that it's likely (because of Paulo's roleplaying) Chris probably ''[[AdaptationalVillainy started]]'' that fight.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: When discussing ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and [[ActingInTheDark how David Prowse was kept in the dark about Vader's relationship with Luke]], Scott accidentally states the fake line Prowse was given to say was "''I'' killed your father", even though that makes no sense given how Luke ''already accused Vader of that''. The ''actual'' fake line was that "''Obi Wan'' killed your father".
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* CrisisOfFaith: Variation: When the group discovers the crutch, Jon decides to roll for Gordie's Thaumatology, and due to a Crit Fail, he decides that it's cursed. Kara then decides to roll for Teddy's Zen Buddhism to get a better perspective on the matter... and ''also Crit Fails'', causing him to side with Gordie on the crutch being cursed.
-->'''Kara''': [[ARareSentence What does it mean to Crit Fail Buddhism?]] ''Do I kill him?''
-->'''Kara''': [[ARareSentence What does it mean to Crit Fail Buddhism?]] ''Do I kill him?''
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: After his traumatic experience with the corpse, Teddy winds up blacking out. Verne opts to give him mouth-to-mouth to try and revive him (and also to low-key mess with him), something Kara heavily objects to both in-and-out of character. As such, once Teddy wakes up, and after (after he tries to punch Verne) Verne decides to punch him for flinching, Teddy decides that this is the end of their friendship. And according to the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, this only gets resolved in their adulthood when Verne tries to get Teddy to punch him back.
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* ScaredStraight: Out of the entire group, Teddy winds up having the worst time when they finally uncover the corpse: not only does Teddy wind up losing his quirk of having a child's understanding of the soldier life, but when he winds up impaling his arm ''into'' the corpse as they struggle to pick it up (and, due to a Crit Fail fright check, sinks ''deeper'' in once something inside gives way), Teddy not only develops a phobia of all criminal activity, but he passes out from fright.
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* ScaredStraight: ScareEmStraight: Out of the entire group, Teddy winds up having the worst time when they finally uncover the corpse: not only does Teddy wind up losing his quirk of having a child's understanding of the soldier life, but when he winds up impaling his arm ''into'' the corpse as they struggle to pick it up (and, due to a Crit Fail fright check, sinks ''deeper'' in once something inside gives way), Teddy not only develops a phobia of all criminal activity, but he passes out from fright.
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* DarkerAndEdgier / LighterAndSofter: Hard to say, really. On one hand, it's more of a semi-philosophical character study than the boys' adventure the original film was. Though on the other hand, the kids don't face nearly as much danger here, and the overall tone is more comedic.
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* DarkerAndEdgier / LighterAndSofter: Hard to say, really. On one hand, it's more of a semi-philosophical character study than the boys' adventure the original film was.was, ''and'' Teddy accidentally shoves his hand through the corpse as they try picking it up. Though on the other hand, the kids don't face nearly as much danger here, and the overall tone is more comedic.
* ScaredStraight: Out of the entire group, Teddy winds up having the worst time when they finally uncover the corpse: not only does Teddy wind up losing his quirk of having a child's understanding of the soldier life, but when he winds up impaling his arm ''into'' the corpse as they struggle to pick it up (and, due to a Crit Fail fright check, sinks ''deeper'' in once something inside gives way), Teddy not only develops a phobia of all criminal activity, but he passes out from fright.
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* TotemPoleTrench: The boys think about doing this while calling the police, but eventually decides not to, perhaps realising that the cops wouldn't see them, anyway.
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* TotemPoleTrench: The boys think about doing this while calling the police, but eventually decides not to, perhapsrealising realizing that the cops wouldn't see them, anyway.
* TotemPoleTrench: The boys think about doing this while calling the police, but eventually decides not to, perhaps
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Starring Jon Miller as Gordie Lachance, Paulo Quiros as Chris Chambers, Kara “Pitr” Strait as Teddy Duchamp, Scott Aiello as Vern Tessio, and [[GuestHost Andy Hoover]] as the Dungeon Master.
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Starring Jon Miller as Gordie Lachance, Paulo Quiros as Chris Chambers, Kara “Pitr” Strait Strait[[note]] credited as “Pitr Strait” [[/note]] as Teddy Duchamp, Scott Aiello as Vern Tessio, and [[GuestHost Andy Hoover]] as the Dungeon Master.
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Starring Jon Miller as Gordie Lachance, Paulo Quiros as Chris Chambers, Pitr Kara “Pitr” Strait as Teddy Duchamp, Scott Aiello as Vern Tessio, and [[GuestHost Andy Hoover]] as the Dungeon Master.
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-->'''Pitr!Andy''': He called you, [[TheComicallySerious I believe his words were, "King of the Pussies"?]] [[LampshadeHanging Uh, I- I apologize to our- our listeners for the frank language.]]
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* NoSell: Upon noticing that the corpse isn't wearing shoes, Vern mentions to Gordie that "[he thinks] the train knocked him out of his shoes"[[note]]a direct nod to Narrator!Gordie making a similar observation in the movie[[/note]]... only for Gordie to ''shut that down'':
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-->'''Gordie''': (bluntly) That's not a thing, Vern.
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-->'''Teddy''': [-Hey, Vern? You're my worst friend.-]
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-->'''Scott!Andy''': You [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when.. uh, when this train actually passed over you.
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-->'''Scott!Andy''': You [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when..when... uh, when this train actually passed over you.
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-->'''Andy:''' We're here with noted writer Gordie Lachance about his new novel, ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Train Above Me]]'', and I understand that this is from a... this is from a traumatic experience you had in your youth sometime, out there in rural Oregon?\\
'''Gordie:''' Yeah, that... that's right, Andy. Thank you so so much. It's an honor to be on the show, and this was drawn from a semi-autobiographical place, and... [[FauxSymbolism obviously in the book I turn it more into a metaphor for the way life can pass you by unless you're ready to grab on to it as it's speeding on above you,]] and... this brought me back when I was starting...\\
'''Andy:''' We actually talked to a... a young man that knew you at the time -- his name is Ted Duchamp -- who said that you [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when this train actually passed over you.\\
'''Gordie:''' Well no, no...\\
'''Andy:''' He called you -- [[TheComicallySerious I believe his words were -- "King of the Pussies."]] [[LampshadeHanging I... I apologize to our listeners for the frank language.]] I think he meant that in a good way, though. [[ReallyGetsAround Cause you're good at eating out, right?]]\\
'''Vern:''' WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
'''Gordie:''' Yeah, that... that's right, Andy. Thank you so so much. It's an honor to be on the show, and this was drawn from a semi-autobiographical place, and... [[FauxSymbolism obviously in the book I turn it more into a metaphor for the way life can pass you by unless you're ready to grab on to it as it's speeding on above you,]] and... this brought me back when I was starting...\\
'''Andy:''' We actually talked to a... a young man that knew you at the time -- his name is Ted Duchamp -- who said that you [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when this train actually passed over you.\\
'''Gordie:''' Well no, no...\\
'''Andy:''' He called you -- [[TheComicallySerious I believe his words were -- "King of the Pussies."]] [[LampshadeHanging I... I apologize to our listeners for the frank language.]] I think he meant that in a good way, though. [[ReallyGetsAround Cause you're good at eating out, right?]]\\
'''Vern:''' WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
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-->'''Gordie''': Yeah, that... that's right, Andy. Thank you so so much. It's an honor to be on the show, and this was drawn from a semi-autobiographical place, and... [[FauxSymbolism obviously in the book I turn it more into a metaphor for the way life can pass you by unless you're ready to grab on to it as it's speeding on above you,]] and... this brought me back when I was
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-->'''Pitr''': [-[[LampshadeHanging Okay, how long- how long are we gonna tolerate this?]]-]
-->'''Scott!Andy''': We actually talked to a... a young man that knew you at the
-->'''Gordie''': Ah, Teddy.
-->'''Scott!Andy''': You [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when.. uh, when this train actually passed over
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-->'''Gordie''': Well no,
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-->'''Paulo!Andy''': I think he meant that in a good way,
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-->'''Vern:''' WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: By the time the boys find the corpse, Vern has become this due to having [[KickTheDog broken his ankle, and needing help to walk]]. Not only does Teddy outright state Vern's his "worst friend", but there are ''several'' instances of murder threats towards him.
-->'''Gordie''': Vern? I'm seeing a dead body today. I'm seeing a dead body ''today''. Vern, I am ''sick'' of your ''shit'', you better use that goddamn crutch, or so help me, the dead body I see? ...''[[ImpliedDeathThreat Teddy's]]'' gonna find it for me.
-->'''Chris''': Well, shouldn't I find it, 'cause I have the gun, I mean, just for the whole bit we're doing right now?
-->'''Gordie''': Vern? I'm seeing a dead body today. I'm seeing a dead body ''today''. Vern, I am ''sick'' of your ''shit'', you better use that goddamn crutch, or so help me, the dead body I see? ...''[[ImpliedDeathThreat Teddy's]]'' gonna find it for me.
-->'''Chris''': Well, shouldn't I find it, 'cause I have the gun, I mean, just for the whole bit we're doing right now?
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Vern does this when Gordie tells a story about Billy Perkins, a quarterback who hasn't gone outside in years.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Literary. The kids guess that WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}} might be a Soviet spy, [[BeneathSuspicion because who would suspect him?]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Literally. The kids guess that WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}} might be a Soviet spy, [[BeneathSuspicion because who would suspect him?]]
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''They Walk by Night,'' [[TheWestern a western series.]] It even has a theme song (which the players improvise on the spot) and a subpar ContinuityReboot in TheSeventies [[WeirdWest involving Vampires.]]
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Stand By Me! Cursed Crutch! Cursed Crutch! Cursed Crutch! Cursed Crutch!''
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* ChromosomeCasting: The campaign has (including four characters (five of you include the Dungeon Master) as many as five players, DM) all of them male. [[LampshadeHanging They The players do admit that this movie is not the most diverse one they have they’re ever played through.rerolled.]]
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* PottyEmergency: Our protagonists believe that UsefulNotes/SantaClaus suffers from this on Christman Eve. They theorise that he slows down time in order to deliver all of his presents, all while sustaining himself on cookies and milk. And as everybody knows -- apparently -- you can't poop while time travelling.
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* PottyEmergency: Our protagonists believe that UsefulNotes/SantaClaus SantaClaus suffers from this on Christman Eve. They theorise that he slows down time in order to deliver all of his presents, all while sustaining himself on cookies and milk. And as everybody knows -- apparently -- you can't poop while time travelling.
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** After that, the question of [[OurElvesAreDifferent whether or not elves fuck]] is brought up. The first follow-up question to that is whether they are talking about the elves of UsefulNotes/SantaClaus or of Creator/JRRTolkien. [[note]] [[Literature/TheFatherChristmasLetters Technically, Tolkien wrote about Santa and his elves, too. The boys, however, would not know this. Said book was only published in 1976.]][[/note]] (In both cases, the answer seems to be "yes.")
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** Gordie became a writer and poet. His horror novels never became especially popular, [[CultClassic though his poems gave him a small but devoted fanbase.]] [[BrickJoke He also tried suing]] Creator/MarvelComics for creating [[ComicBook/SpiderMan a character with the same name as one of his own,]] which temporarily left him broke. Later, he wrote a book based on his own childhood, [[WhamLine which he also]] [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis adapted into a]] TabletopRPG Podcast.
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** Gordie became a writer and poet. His horror novels never became especially popular, [[CultClassic though his poems gave him a small but devoted fanbase.]] [[BrickJoke He also tried suing]] Creator/MarvelComics for creating [[ComicBook/SpiderMan a character with the same name as one of his own,]] which temporarily left him broke. Later, he wrote a book based on his own childhood, [[WhamLine which he also]] [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis adapted into a]] a TabletopRPG Podcast.
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** Once our protagonists have set up camp, Gordie is asked to tell a story about Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan. [[AnachronismStew Once the players realise that Spider-Man didn't exist at this point,]] he is instead told to invent him. Gordie then claims that "The Spider-Man of Backwater Lane" -- who seems to be Comicbook/SpiderMan InNameOnly -- is a real person, a short, thin old man with CreepyLongFingers. All children are afraid of him, but he is really a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold [[FriendToAllChildren who gives children hot chocolate and takes them fishing.]] (He also seems to be a bit of a MemeticMolester InUniverse, but it's unclear whether this reputation [[DirtyOldMan is Justified]] [[MistakenForPedophile or not.]] It's also possible that he doesn't exist at all, in which case the question would be moot.)
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** Once our protagonists have set up camp, Gordie is asked to tell a story about Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan. [[AnachronismStew Once the players realise that Spider-Man didn't exist at this point,]] he is instead told to invent him. Gordie then claims that "The Spider-Man of Backwater Lane" -- who seems to be Comicbok/SpiderMan InNameOnly -- is a real person, a short, thin old man with CreepyLongFingers. All children are afraid of him, but he is really a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold [[FriendToAllChildren who gives children hot chocolate and takes them fishing.]] (He also seems to be a bit of a MemeticMolester InUniverse, but it's unclear whether this reputation [[DirtyOldMan is Justified]] [[MistakenForPedophile or not.]] It's also possible that he doesn't exist at all, in which case the question would be moot.)
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* InSpiteOfANail: Because of a bad roll from Andy during the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, Chris (who had become a "completely average lawyer") still gets stabbed to death in a fast-food restaurant trying to stop a fight ([[AmbiguousSituation that he probably started]]).
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Podcast/FilmReroll. Based on [[Film/StandByMe the 1986 movie.]]
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Episodes 18-19 of Podcast/FilmReroll.
Having read a distressing news article about Chris Chambers, an old friend of his, writer Gordie Lachance gets nostalgic and starts to write a story about that time when they were kids, and snuck away from home with two other boys to go out on a grand adventure. It was a trip which tested their limits, forcing them to jump a train, hide from bullies, casually walk over a bridge, hide a dead body and find a possibly cursed crutch...
Starring Jon Miller as Gordie Lachance, Paulo Quiros as Chris Chambers, Pitr Strait as Teddy Duchamp, Scott Aiello as Vern Tessio, and [[GuestHost Andy Hoover]] as the Dungeon Master.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: There was nothing evil about the train in the original story. It was simply a vehicle, dangerous to anyone stupid or suicidal enough to stay on the railroad. Here, the players suspect that it is a conductor-less, supernatural murder train which killed a boy ''deliberately'' and tries to get rid of our protagonists as well to cover its tracks. (Well, the book ''was'' written by [[Creator/StephenKing the same author]] as ''Literature/{{Trucks}}'' and ''Literature/{{Christine}}'', so it's not ''completely'' implausible.)
* AntiClimax: The iconic bridge-crossing scene is not nearly as dramatic as in the film. It's to the point that the grown up Gordie barely remembers it, or even if it happened during this adventure or not.
* ArtifactOfDeath: The boys treat Vern's "Cursed Crutch" as one, and theorise that it has killed all of its previous owners [[BodyHorror by cutting off their legs,]] [[SoulJar trapping their souls inside of itself.]] [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's never made clear if they are right or not.]]
* AscendedExtra: A quite morbid example. The dead boy found by the kids in the forest has now gotten a larger role, as they spend a fair amount of the climax carrying his corpse around.
* BackFromTheDead: AvertedTrope. Vern ''tries'' to bring the dead body back to life with his "cursed crutch," but it doesn't work.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The players agree to tone down their characters' foul [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero (and honestly rather offensive)]] language somewhat.
* CallBack:
** Jon asks [[Recap/FilmRerollJaws if he can come back as a shark]] if he dies.
** The first episode ends with the players [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 singing the]] ''[[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 Halloween]]'' [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 theme, and when the kids talk with a fairly naive policeman on the telephone, they ask him if his name is Jeff.]] (He says that no, he's actually called [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Joff.]]) Also, at one point the other party members [[RunningGag ask Scott Aiello's character]] [[OohMeAccentsSlipping if he's British.]]
** Joz's absence leads to a discussion of the fact that she usually plays a major role in pushing the story along [[Recap/FilmRerollTheWizardOfOz "unless she abandons all her friends for a dragon".]] Also, Andy's habit of referring to Ace's gang as "wicked teenagers" prompts Paulo to remark "''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' is not canon for this campaign".
* ChromosomeCasting: The campaign has (including the Dungeon Master) as many as five players, all of them male. [[LampshadeHanging They admit that this movie is not the most diverse one they have ever played through.]]
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Vern does this when Gordie tells a story about Billy Perkins, a quarterback who hasn't gone outside in years.
--> '''Vern:''' Why can't he leave his room?\\
'''Gordie:''' Because he knows--\\
'''Vern:''' Is the door locked?\\
'''Gordie:''' It's not the door. It's him, Vern!\\
'''Vern:''' Wait, he's the door?
* DarkerAndEdgier / LighterAndSofter: Hard to say, really. On one hand, it's more of a semi-philosophical character study than the boys' adventure the original film was. Though on the other hand, the kids don't face nearly as much danger here, and the overall tone is more comedic.
* DemotedToExtra: Ace. He's still a big threat, but the boys are better at staying away from him than they were in the film, so he only really appears once.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Literary. The kids guess that WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}} might be a Soviet spy, [[BeneathSuspicion because who would suspect him?]]
* DisposingOfABody: Our protagonists decide to hide the body of the kid they found, so that the Cobras won't find it. This actually allows them to avoid their final confrontation with Ace from the original film.
* DyingDream: This was apparently what the FramingDevice of the story would be revealed to be if Gordie had ended up dying. [[AvertedTrope This did not actually happen, however.]]
--> '''Chris:''' [[MediumAwareness Gordie, if you die that prologue is not gonna make any sense.]]
* GagPenis: Teddy has one, apparently. [[HoYay He willingly shows it to Vern, who is quite impressed.]]
* GirlsHaveCooties: Vern seems to believe this.
* ImaginaryFriend: The vague description of how the other characters only exists within Gordie's thoughts (that is, his memories) leads to the theory that the other boys never existed and that he just walked around talking to himself the whole time.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Having survived being run over by a train, Gordie decides that he will write about the event at some point in the future ([[RealMenDontCry though he plans to leave out the fact that he cried afterwards]]). [[CutawayGag We then suddenly cut to a grown-up Gordie being interviewed]] by [[TheDanza "Andy"]] on a radio show.
--> '''Andy:''' We're here with noted writer Gordie Lachance about his new novel, ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Train Above Me]]'', and I understand that this is from a... this is from a traumatic experience you had in your youth sometime, out there in rural Oregon?\\
'''Gordie:''' Yeah, that... that's right, Andy. Thank you so so much. It's an honor to be on the show, and this was drawn from a semi-autobiographical place, and... [[FauxSymbolism obviously in the book I turn it more into a metaphor for the way life can pass you by unless you're ready to grab on to it as it's speeding on above you,]] and... this brought me back when I was starting...\\
'''Andy:''' We actually talked to a... a young man that knew you at the time -- his name is Ted Duchamp -- who said that you [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when this train actually passed over you.\\
'''Gordie:''' Well no, no...\\
'''Andy:''' He called you -- [[TheComicallySerious I believe his words were -- "King of the Pussies."]] [[LampshadeHanging I... I apologize to our listeners for the frank language.]] I think he meant that in a good way, though. [[ReallyGetsAround Cause you're good at eating out, right?]]\\
'''Vern:''' WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
* {{Jerkass}}: Teddy Duchamp acts like one towards Vern, even threatening to kill him several times.
* KissOfLife / [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Dude, He's Like, In A Coma:]] After Vern falls unconsious, Teddy starts giving him artificial respiration. When Vern wakes up, however, he thinks that Teddy was non-consensually making out with him, leading to a fight between the two.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: There are several moments like this spread throughout the campaign, arguably making it feel more like a Creator/StephenKing story than the original film.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Gordie's haiku.
-->'''Gordie:''' Dead body waiting.\\
We found him when he was lost.\\
Have we been found yet?
* NeverFoundTheBody: ZigZaggedTrope. The boys find the corpse, hide it from the Cobras, and tell the police where it is. However, they never find out what happened with it later, so it's possible that nobody ever found it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vern screams [[LargeHam "RUUUN!!"]] when Milo -- the owner of the junkyard they are hiding in -- shows up, which pretty much ensures that he notices them.
* PottyEmergency: Our protagonists believe that UsefulNotes/SantaClaus suffers from this on Christman Eve. They theorise that he slows down time in order to deliver all of his presents, all while sustaining himself on cookies and milk. And as everybody knows -- apparently -- you can't poop while time travelling.
* RecognitionFailure: Milo's confrontation with the intruders at his junkyard is not ''quite'' as intimidating as he probably hoped. Unlike his movie counterpart, he does not -- with the exception of Chris Chambers -- remember anybody's name.
-->'''Milo:''' Hey, wait a minute! I know you! ''[rolls dice]'' ... nope.\\
'''Vern Tessio:''' Yeah, you don't know shit, old man!\\
'''Milo:''' I know you too! You're... ''[rolls dice]'' Finntessio or something! You're Finntessio's kid.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''They Walk by Night,'' [[TheWestern a western series.]] It even has a theme song (which the players improvise on the spot) and a subpar {{Reboot}} in TheSeventies [[WeirdWest involving Vampires.]]
* ShoutOut:
** After pointing out that the train only goes in one direction, the players say that it [[Music/OneDirection "doesn't know it's beautiful."]]
** Andy describes Ace, the teen delinquent played by Kiefer Sutherland in the movie, as looking older than he is, perhaps as old as Series/TwentyFour.
** The kids plan to board a speeding train "just like Franchise/TheLoneRanger."
** Vern screams -- despite having his mouth full of vomit -- when Gordie lets the train run over him. The other players thinks that he sounds like [[Franchise/StarWars Jar Jar Binks.]]
** Having crit-failed in his attempt at finding a good resting spot, the boys start to wonder what terrible place they have ended up in. Among the suggestions are [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi a Sarlacc Pit]] [[TakeThat (since they only exist in Maine)]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings and Mount Doom.]] ([[AnachronismStew The former is a bit anachronistic,]] since ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' was only released in 1983.)
** Once our protagonists have set up camp, Gordie is asked to tell a story about Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan. [[AnachronismStew Once the players realise that Spider-Man didn't exist at this point,]] he is instead told to invent him. Gordie then claims that "The Spider-Man of Backwater Lane" -- who seems to be Comicbok/SpiderMan InNameOnly -- is a real person, a short, thin old man with CreepyLongFingers. All children are afraid of him, but he is really a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold [[FriendToAllChildren who gives children hot chocolate and takes them fishing.]] (He also seems to be a bit of a MemeticMolester InUniverse, but it's unclear whether this reputation [[DirtyOldMan is Justified]] [[MistakenForPedophile or not.]] It's also possible that he doesn't exist at all, in which case the question would be moot.)
** When the other asks who would win in a fight between Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Gordie's Spider-Man -- [[YouKilledMyFather if say, Superman killed the latter's son and he wants revenge.]] When Gordie says that [[ThouShallNotKill Superman never kills,]] the others bring up the Phantom Zone Villains from ''Film/SupermanII'', and make a reference to ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''. (Then they realise that -- [[RuleOfThree once again]] -- [[AnachronismStew those movies have yet to be made.]])
** After that, the question of [[OurElvesAreDifferent whether or not elves fuck]] is brought up. The first follow-up question to that is whether they are talking about the elves of UsefulNotes/SantaClaus or of Creator/JRRTolkien. [[note]] [[Literature/TheFatherChristmasLetters Technically, Tolkien wrote about Santa and his elves, too. The boys, however, would not know this. Said book was only published in 1976.]][[/note]] (In both cases, the answer seems to be "yes.")
** Their next matter of discussion is the age-old question of why WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} can talk, but not WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}}. The answer our protagonists come up with is that it's Pluto's collar which turns him into Mickey's loyal pet. If somebody removed it, Pluto would rise up on his hind legs and thank them for having released him -- [[UnexplainedAccent in a British accent, for some reason.]] [[RedScare Alternately, Pluto is a communist spy.]]
** When Ace decides to solves a mystery, the players theorize that he might be Fred from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. [[TookALevelInJerkass (Presumably after having taken a MAJOR level in jerkass.)]]
** Dungeon Master Andy compares a campfire with the one made by the Trolls in ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
** When the kids find the dead boy, the players theorise that he was really 83 years old, and had a similar condition to [[Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton Benjamin Button.]]
** The other players are disappointed that Jon ''has'' seen the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, as it would otherwise be fun to see him react to their plot twists if they ever turned them into a campaign.
** They say that Vern will be ready once ''Film/TheHappening'' comes to pass, [[ProperlyParanoid as he's already suspecting the trees.]]
* SoftWater: AvertedTrope. As in the movie, the boys realize how dangerous it would be to fall down into the river from the bridge, and do all they can to avoid this fate.
* ThatCameOutWrong: While Gordie is recounting the rumors about the junk yard dog, he mentions a supposed incident in which the dog tore a kid open and ate his innards. The phrase Jon uses to describe this is "ate him out", which the other players immediate leap on, and the phrase comes back to haunt him several times later in the episode.
* TotemPoleTrench: The boys think about doing this while calling the police, but eventually decides not to, perhaps realising that the cops wouldn't see them, anyway.
* WaxingLyrical: At one point, when the kids are encouraging Gordie to tell another story, one of them misquotes the entire chorus of Music/BillyJoel's "Piano Man", beginning with "Weave us a tale, you're the story man".
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The campaign ends with one.
** Vern's leg injury never healed, which stopped him from participating in sports. He became known for being quite grumpy, but also developed a great interest in literature, and spent much of his free time at the library.
** Ted matured with age, and -- [[AdaptationalHeroism unlike his movie counterpart]] -- never became a criminal. He got a job at Milo's junkyard, and eventually took it over when Milo retired. The incident back in 1959 just became something for them both to laugh about. Ted was seen as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure [[AlmightyJanitor who would often give good advice.]]
** Chris became a lawyer focused on defending those punished for crimes they didn't commit. Unfortunately, he was still stabbed to death while trying to stop a fight. (In this adaptation, he may have also instigated it. [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead But the newspapers did not mention this.]])
** Gordie became a writer and poet. His horror novels never became especially popular, [[CultClassic though his poems gave him a small but devoted fanbase.]] [[BrickJoke He also tried suing]] Creator/MarvelComics for creating [[ComicBook/SpiderMan a character with the same name as one of his own,]] which temporarily left him broke. Later, he wrote a book based on his own childhood, [[WhamLine which he also]] [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis adapted into a]] TabletopRPG Podcast.
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Episodes 18-19 of Podcast/FilmReroll.
Having read a distressing news article about Chris Chambers, an old friend of his, writer Gordie Lachance gets nostalgic and starts to write a story about that time when they were kids, and snuck away from home with two other boys to go out on a grand adventure. It was a trip which tested their limits, forcing them to jump a train, hide from bullies, casually walk over a bridge, hide a dead body and find a possibly cursed crutch...
Starring Jon Miller as Gordie Lachance, Paulo Quiros as Chris Chambers, Pitr Strait as Teddy Duchamp, Scott Aiello as Vern Tessio, and [[GuestHost Andy Hoover]] as the Dungeon Master.
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalVillainy: There was nothing evil about the train in the original story. It was simply a vehicle, dangerous to anyone stupid or suicidal enough to stay on the railroad. Here, the players suspect that it is a conductor-less, supernatural murder train which killed a boy ''deliberately'' and tries to get rid of our protagonists as well to cover its tracks. (Well, the book ''was'' written by [[Creator/StephenKing the same author]] as ''Literature/{{Trucks}}'' and ''Literature/{{Christine}}'', so it's not ''completely'' implausible.)
* AntiClimax: The iconic bridge-crossing scene is not nearly as dramatic as in the film. It's to the point that the grown up Gordie barely remembers it, or even if it happened during this adventure or not.
* ArtifactOfDeath: The boys treat Vern's "Cursed Crutch" as one, and theorise that it has killed all of its previous owners [[BodyHorror by cutting off their legs,]] [[SoulJar trapping their souls inside of itself.]] [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's never made clear if they are right or not.]]
* AscendedExtra: A quite morbid example. The dead boy found by the kids in the forest has now gotten a larger role, as they spend a fair amount of the climax carrying his corpse around.
* BackFromTheDead: AvertedTrope. Vern ''tries'' to bring the dead body back to life with his "cursed crutch," but it doesn't work.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The players agree to tone down their characters' foul [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero (and honestly rather offensive)]] language somewhat.
* CallBack:
** Jon asks [[Recap/FilmRerollJaws if he can come back as a shark]] if he dies.
** The first episode ends with the players [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 singing the]] ''[[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 Halloween]]'' [[Recap/FilmRerollHalloween1978 theme, and when the kids talk with a fairly naive policeman on the telephone, they ask him if his name is Jeff.]] (He says that no, he's actually called [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Joff.]]) Also, at one point the other party members [[RunningGag ask Scott Aiello's character]] [[OohMeAccentsSlipping if he's British.]]
** Joz's absence leads to a discussion of the fact that she usually plays a major role in pushing the story along [[Recap/FilmRerollTheWizardOfOz "unless she abandons all her friends for a dragon".]] Also, Andy's habit of referring to Ace's gang as "wicked teenagers" prompts Paulo to remark "''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' is not canon for this campaign".
* ChromosomeCasting: The campaign has (including the Dungeon Master) as many as five players, all of them male. [[LampshadeHanging They admit that this movie is not the most diverse one they have ever played through.]]
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Vern does this when Gordie tells a story about Billy Perkins, a quarterback who hasn't gone outside in years.
--> '''Vern:''' Why can't he leave his room?\\
'''Gordie:''' Because he knows--\\
'''Vern:''' Is the door locked?\\
'''Gordie:''' It's not the door. It's him, Vern!\\
'''Vern:''' Wait, he's the door?
* DarkerAndEdgier / LighterAndSofter: Hard to say, really. On one hand, it's more of a semi-philosophical character study than the boys' adventure the original film was. Though on the other hand, the kids don't face nearly as much danger here, and the overall tone is more comedic.
* DemotedToExtra: Ace. He's still a big threat, but the boys are better at staying away from him than they were in the film, so he only really appears once.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Literary. The kids guess that WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}} might be a Soviet spy, [[BeneathSuspicion because who would suspect him?]]
* DisposingOfABody: Our protagonists decide to hide the body of the kid they found, so that the Cobras won't find it. This actually allows them to avoid their final confrontation with Ace from the original film.
* DyingDream: This was apparently what the FramingDevice of the story would be revealed to be if Gordie had ended up dying. [[AvertedTrope This did not actually happen, however.]]
--> '''Chris:''' [[MediumAwareness Gordie, if you die that prologue is not gonna make any sense.]]
* GagPenis: Teddy has one, apparently. [[HoYay He willingly shows it to Vern, who is quite impressed.]]
* GirlsHaveCooties: Vern seems to believe this.
* ImaginaryFriend: The vague description of how the other characters only exists within Gordie's thoughts (that is, his memories) leads to the theory that the other boys never existed and that he just walked around talking to himself the whole time.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Having survived being run over by a train, Gordie decides that he will write about the event at some point in the future ([[RealMenDontCry though he plans to leave out the fact that he cried afterwards]]). [[CutawayGag We then suddenly cut to a grown-up Gordie being interviewed]] by [[TheDanza "Andy"]] on a radio show.
--> '''Andy:''' We're here with noted writer Gordie Lachance about his new novel, ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Train Above Me]]'', and I understand that this is from a... this is from a traumatic experience you had in your youth sometime, out there in rural Oregon?\\
'''Gordie:''' Yeah, that... that's right, Andy. Thank you so so much. It's an honor to be on the show, and this was drawn from a semi-autobiographical place, and... [[FauxSymbolism obviously in the book I turn it more into a metaphor for the way life can pass you by unless you're ready to grab on to it as it's speeding on above you,]] and... this brought me back when I was starting...\\
'''Andy:''' We actually talked to a... a young man that knew you at the time -- his name is Ted Duchamp -- who said that you [[SophisticatedAsHell cried like a little bitch]] when this train actually passed over you.\\
'''Gordie:''' Well no, no...\\
'''Andy:''' He called you -- [[TheComicallySerious I believe his words were -- "King of the Pussies."]] [[LampshadeHanging I... I apologize to our listeners for the frank language.]] I think he meant that in a good way, though. [[ReallyGetsAround Cause you're good at eating out, right?]]\\
'''Vern:''' WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
* {{Jerkass}}: Teddy Duchamp acts like one towards Vern, even threatening to kill him several times.
* KissOfLife / [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Dude, He's Like, In A Coma:]] After Vern falls unconsious, Teddy starts giving him artificial respiration. When Vern wakes up, however, he thinks that Teddy was non-consensually making out with him, leading to a fight between the two.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: There are several moments like this spread throughout the campaign, arguably making it feel more like a Creator/StephenKing story than the original film.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Gordie's haiku.
-->'''Gordie:''' Dead body waiting.\\
We found him when he was lost.\\
Have we been found yet?
* NeverFoundTheBody: ZigZaggedTrope. The boys find the corpse, hide it from the Cobras, and tell the police where it is. However, they never find out what happened with it later, so it's possible that nobody ever found it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vern screams [[LargeHam "RUUUN!!"]] when Milo -- the owner of the junkyard they are hiding in -- shows up, which pretty much ensures that he notices them.
* PottyEmergency: Our protagonists believe that UsefulNotes/SantaClaus suffers from this on Christman Eve. They theorise that he slows down time in order to deliver all of his presents, all while sustaining himself on cookies and milk. And as everybody knows -- apparently -- you can't poop while time travelling.
* RecognitionFailure: Milo's confrontation with the intruders at his junkyard is not ''quite'' as intimidating as he probably hoped. Unlike his movie counterpart, he does not -- with the exception of Chris Chambers -- remember anybody's name.
-->'''Milo:''' Hey, wait a minute! I know you! ''[rolls dice]'' ... nope.\\
'''Vern Tessio:''' Yeah, you don't know shit, old man!\\
'''Milo:''' I know you too! You're... ''[rolls dice]'' Finntessio or something! You're Finntessio's kid.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''They Walk by Night,'' [[TheWestern a western series.]] It even has a theme song (which the players improvise on the spot) and a subpar {{Reboot}} in TheSeventies [[WeirdWest involving Vampires.]]
* ShoutOut:
** After pointing out that the train only goes in one direction, the players say that it [[Music/OneDirection "doesn't know it's beautiful."]]
** Andy describes Ace, the teen delinquent played by Kiefer Sutherland in the movie, as looking older than he is, perhaps as old as Series/TwentyFour.
** The kids plan to board a speeding train "just like Franchise/TheLoneRanger."
** Vern screams -- despite having his mouth full of vomit -- when Gordie lets the train run over him. The other players thinks that he sounds like [[Franchise/StarWars Jar Jar Binks.]]
** Having crit-failed in his attempt at finding a good resting spot, the boys start to wonder what terrible place they have ended up in. Among the suggestions are [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi a Sarlacc Pit]] [[TakeThat (since they only exist in Maine)]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings and Mount Doom.]] ([[AnachronismStew The former is a bit anachronistic,]] since ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' was only released in 1983.)
** Once our protagonists have set up camp, Gordie is asked to tell a story about Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Comicbook/SpiderMan. [[AnachronismStew Once the players realise that Spider-Man didn't exist at this point,]] he is instead told to invent him. Gordie then claims that "The Spider-Man of Backwater Lane" -- who seems to be Comicbok/SpiderMan InNameOnly -- is a real person, a short, thin old man with CreepyLongFingers. All children are afraid of him, but he is really a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold [[FriendToAllChildren who gives children hot chocolate and takes them fishing.]] (He also seems to be a bit of a MemeticMolester InUniverse, but it's unclear whether this reputation [[DirtyOldMan is Justified]] [[MistakenForPedophile or not.]] It's also possible that he doesn't exist at all, in which case the question would be moot.)
** When the other asks who would win in a fight between Comicbook/{{Superman}} and Gordie's Spider-Man -- [[YouKilledMyFather if say, Superman killed the latter's son and he wants revenge.]] When Gordie says that [[ThouShallNotKill Superman never kills,]] the others bring up the Phantom Zone Villains from ''Film/SupermanII'', and make a reference to ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''. (Then they realise that -- [[RuleOfThree once again]] -- [[AnachronismStew those movies have yet to be made.]])
** After that, the question of [[OurElvesAreDifferent whether or not elves fuck]] is brought up. The first follow-up question to that is whether they are talking about the elves of UsefulNotes/SantaClaus or of Creator/JRRTolkien. [[note]] [[Literature/TheFatherChristmasLetters Technically, Tolkien wrote about Santa and his elves, too. The boys, however, would not know this. Said book was only published in 1976.]][[/note]] (In both cases, the answer seems to be "yes.")
** Their next matter of discussion is the age-old question of why WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} can talk, but not WesternAnimation/{{Pluto}}. The answer our protagonists come up with is that it's Pluto's collar which turns him into Mickey's loyal pet. If somebody removed it, Pluto would rise up on his hind legs and thank them for having released him -- [[UnexplainedAccent in a British accent, for some reason.]] [[RedScare Alternately, Pluto is a communist spy.]]
** When Ace decides to solves a mystery, the players theorize that he might be Fred from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. [[TookALevelInJerkass (Presumably after having taken a MAJOR level in jerkass.)]]
** Dungeon Master Andy compares a campfire with the one made by the Trolls in ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
** When the kids find the dead boy, the players theorise that he was really 83 years old, and had a similar condition to [[Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton Benjamin Button.]]
** The other players are disappointed that Jon ''has'' seen the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, as it would otherwise be fun to see him react to their plot twists if they ever turned them into a campaign.
** They say that Vern will be ready once ''Film/TheHappening'' comes to pass, [[ProperlyParanoid as he's already suspecting the trees.]]
* SoftWater: AvertedTrope. As in the movie, the boys realize how dangerous it would be to fall down into the river from the bridge, and do all they can to avoid this fate.
* ThatCameOutWrong: While Gordie is recounting the rumors about the junk yard dog, he mentions a supposed incident in which the dog tore a kid open and ate his innards. The phrase Jon uses to describe this is "ate him out", which the other players immediate leap on, and the phrase comes back to haunt him several times later in the episode.
* TotemPoleTrench: The boys think about doing this while calling the police, but eventually decides not to, perhaps realising that the cops wouldn't see them, anyway.
* WaxingLyrical: At one point, when the kids are encouraging Gordie to tell another story, one of them misquotes the entire chorus of Music/BillyJoel's "Piano Man", beginning with "Weave us a tale, you're the story man".
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The campaign ends with one.
** Vern's leg injury never healed, which stopped him from participating in sports. He became known for being quite grumpy, but also developed a great interest in literature, and spent much of his free time at the library.
** Ted matured with age, and -- [[AdaptationalHeroism unlike his movie counterpart]] -- never became a criminal. He got a job at Milo's junkyard, and eventually took it over when Milo retired. The incident back in 1959 just became something for them both to laugh about. Ted was seen as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure [[AlmightyJanitor who would often give good advice.]]
** Chris became a lawyer focused on defending those punished for crimes they didn't commit. Unfortunately, he was still stabbed to death while trying to stop a fight. (In this adaptation, he may have also instigated it. [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead But the newspapers did not mention this.]])
** Gordie became a writer and poet. His horror novels never became especially popular, [[CultClassic though his poems gave him a small but devoted fanbase.]] [[BrickJoke He also tried suing]] Creator/MarvelComics for creating [[ComicBook/SpiderMan a character with the same name as one of his own,]] which temporarily left him broke. Later, he wrote a book based on his own childhood, [[WhamLine which he also]] [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis adapted into a]] TabletopRPG Podcast.
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