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[[caption-width-right:350:''(kazoo music)'' ''(Dani Carr's giggle)'']]
''Crit Recap Animated'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ActualPlay series ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', where a group of well-known voiceover artists and actors sit around and play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The series is an official TheAbridgedSeries, taking the viewers through the staggering amount of material ''Critical Role'' has to offer, given that the main series' episodes average 3-4 hours each.
Season 1 of this show features the cast reprising their [[WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaignTwo Campaign 2]] roles, and guest party members also returned.
Season 2 was announced on December 12, 2022, and eventually premiered on December 16, 2022. It follows [[WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaignThree Campaign 3]] and the adventures of Bell's Hells.
You can watch the series via [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1tiwbzkOjQy8yF8esjgVomDXKD-XmG20 the official playlist.]]
[[folder:The main cast of Season 1/Campaign 2]]
* DungeonMaster Creator/MatthewMercer as various [=NPCs=]
* Creator/LauraBailey as Jester Lavorre, tiefling cleric
* Creator/LiamOBrien as Caleb Widogast, human wizard
* Creator/TravisWillingham as Fjord Stone, half-orc warlock
* Creator/SamRiegel as Nott the Brave, goblin rogue
* Creator/TaliesinJaffe as Mollymauk Tealeaf, tiefling blood hunter [[spoiler:and Caduceus Clay, firbolg cleric]]
* Creator/AshleyJohnson as Yasha Nydoorin, aasimar barbarian
* Creator/MarishaRay as Beauregard Lionett, human monk
* Lore Keeper Dani Carr as TheNarrator.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:List of Season 1 episodes]]
* ''Meet the Mighty Nein''
* ''Come Together'' (episodes 1-8)
* ''Secrets of Zadash'' (episodes 9-16)
* ''The Gentleman's Bargain'' (episodes 17-25)
* ''Iron & Blood'' (episodes 26-35)
* ''Adventure on the High Seas'' (episodes 36-47)
* ''The Other Side'' (episodes 48-69)
* ''The Sword & the Angel'' (episodes 70-91)
* ''Family Ties'' (episodes 92-112)
* ''Weird Magic'' (episodes 113-141)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The main cast of Season 2/Campaign 3]]
* DungeonMaster Creator/MatthewMercer as various [=NPCs=]
* Creator/LauraBailey as Imogen Temult, human sorcerer
* Creator/LiamOBrien as Orym of the Air Ashari, halfling fighter
* Creator/TravisWillingham as Bertrand Bell, human fighter [[spoiler:and Chetney Pock'O'Pea, gnome rogue/blood hunter]]
* Creator/SamRiegel as Fresh Cut Grass, [[spoiler:Aeormaton]] warforged cleric
* Creator/TaliesinJaffe as Ashton Greymoore, earth genasi barbarian
* Creator/AshleyJohnson as Fearne Calloway, faun druid/rogue
* Creator/MarishaRay as Laudna, Hollow One sorcerer/warlock
* Lore Keeper Dani Carr as TheNarrator.
[[/folder]]
!!Crit Recap Animated contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion:
** Yasha puts on Patterson's lab coat and glasses and dashes off in "Come Together", only giving "I have things to do." as explanation on why she will meet up with the party later in Zadash. Creator/AshleyJohnson's role as Patterson on ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'' is the reason for Yasha's frequent absences from the party. Additionally, Yasha dons the costume again while the party investigates the chair in the Brenatto apothecary, as Patterson is a forensics scientist.
** Lythir is played by Sam Riegel instead of Matthew Mercer. He dramatically interrupts the Mighty Nein's audience with the Bright Queen by pointing, shouting "OBJECTION!", and accusing them of being Imperial spies. Sam voiced Phoenix Wright in four ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games.
* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Caleb and Essek prepare to unveil Veth Brenatto "in all her halfling glory" to a waiting Nein, but the curtain is pulled aside to reveal Nott still a goblin.]]
* AscendedMeme: Essek is introduced with Sam singing "HOT BOI!" in harmony with himself, similar to Essek's entrance being greeted with enthusiastic capslocking of "HOT BOI!" in the Twitch chat for ''Critical Role''. Whenever he reappears, "HOT BOI!" can be heard in the background.
* BarBrawl: Fjord tries to negotiate his way out of one when he accidentally crashes into a goliath. Beau scuttles those efforts by yelling, "BAR FIGHT!" and uppercuts the goliath anyway.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Caleb gains a pair, as well as VoiceOfTheLegion, as he examines the Beacon in "Secrets of Zadash".
* BlatantLies:
** Avantika goes from angrily snapping "That's mine!" as the Nein take her journal and show it to the Plank King, to nervously laughing, "Did I say that was mine?" as her very next line.
** Trent Ikithon has two Beacons in his hands, then chucks one aside and claims very unconvincingly that the Dwendalian Empire only had one beacon.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Caleb explains the Fragment of Possibility granted by the Beacon as "It means I get a free reroll if I fail at something," which is only applicable to his player Liam, who is the one to roll dice in the real world.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Keyleth]] appears from the back in "Family Ties", during TheReveal that one of the villagers on Rumblecusp was [[spoiler:her MissingMom, Vilya]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: Dani ends the episodes with an exasperated "Oh, Mighty Nein." as a holdover from the live-action recaps. In "The Other Side", she [[AlternateCatchphraseInflection says it sadly,]] as the Nein are forced to [[spoiler:run for their lives and abandon Yasha with Obann and the Laughing Hand.]] In "Family Ties" she says it delightedly as the Nein discover that [[spoiler: Mollymauk is alive]], and again in "Weird Magic" when she finds out at the end that [[spoiler: Caduceus could see her the whole time]].
* CatchphraseInterruptus: After Nott describes her backstory of [[spoiler:being drowned in a river by goblins and [[CameBackWrong coming back from the dead as one of them]]]], Fjord starts to say the Mighty Nein's SharePhrase, "That's rough, buddy". However, Nott interrupts Fjord by screaming "I know it's rough!"
* CrossCastRole: Dungeon Master Creator/MatthewMercer reprises his role as multiple non-player characters, regardless of gender: Ophelia Mardun, the Bright Queen (both women), Expositor Dairon (she/they nonbinary), etc.
* CurseCutShort: Parodied in "Adventure on the High Seas". Beau screams "What the fu-" as the party is in the Happy Fun Ball, and finishes "-uck!" as they return to the ship.
* DancePartyEnding: In "Weird Magic", almost every major character who appeared during the recaps shows up in the backgrounds as the Nein dance in the foreground and Dani recaps where they end up.
* DeathGlare: As the party comforts Fjord over the loss of his powers, Beau wants to talk about his accent instead. Jester turns to Beau and glares at her in a nonverbal "Not the time!"
* DenserAndWackier: It's completely faithful to Campaign 2 while simultaneously leaning in hard on the silliness. Even the art style is reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''.
* EvilLaugh: Obann indulges in one when he reveals his true identity, quickly followed suit by the Laughing Hand.
* ExactWords: Dani says the Nein "pick up Ophelia". Ophelia's coat is promptly snagged by Caduceus' staff, physically picking her up.
* FourthWallObserver: Caduceus is able to see Dani, TheNarrator; his eyes follow her as she moves around. In the main show, Cad is best known for his proficient perception. [[spoiler: At the very end in the post-credits scene, he breaks the fourth wall by thanking her, revealing outright that he could see her the whole time.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** Beau's [[StringTheory conspiracy corkboard]] in "Family Ties" has a piece of scrap paper on it that reads "Stuff we didn't get to on Crit Recap Animated (sorry!!)".
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At least OnceAnEpisode.
** Caleb making a silly face and tickling Frumpkin's belly in "Secrets of Zadash", while the fey familiar is wearing a gray top hat.
** Frumpkin lying on his back and tossing a skull into the air, while Keg and Beau make out in "Iron and Blood".
** Nott rapturously kissing solid ground as the party gets ashore in "Adventure on the High Seas".
** "The Other Side":
*** The party examining The Chair in the trashed Brenatto apothecary.
*** While a group of Kryn soldiers successfully restrain the Nein in the Bright Queen's audience chamber, a lone drow tries to push Yasha off her feet to no avail; she only looks nonplussed. Nott, being a small goblin girl, gets carried by another guard like a football underneath his arm.
*** Essek's reading material: "Dunamancy and You." (Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}.) Also, half the party's reaction to him: Caleb and Jester make heart eyes, Nott gets a LuminescentBlush and ''fans herself.''
** "Family Ties":
*** As the party is loading their ship with supplies, Caleb dresses up Frumpkin in a little sailor outfit with a CatSmile on his face.
*** During [=TravelerCon=], Yasha can be seen using a harp as an electric guitar.
** In the DancePartyEnding of "Weird Magic", Yussa can be spotted breakdancing by a careful observer.
* GetOut: "And stay out!" The Nein are thrown out of the tavern in "Meet the Mighty Nein" when Beau instigates a BarBrawl.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Yasha rips a zombie in half in "Come Together".
* HotDrinkCure: Caduceus and Jester lend a sympathetic ear for a tragic backstory as Yasha sits wrapped up in a blanket with a cup of tea.
* HyperspaceHolmesHat: Whipped out by the Nott the Best Detective Agency members (read: Nott and Jester), with the catchphrase "We're on the case!", with bonus magnifying glasses.
* InstantlyProvenWrong:
** Yasha makes a RousingSpeech to the party before they enter the tomb. "Whatever is beyond that door, we'll face it together. Are you with me?" They agree with a TeamHandStack and do so, until [[spoiler:poor Yasha promptly gets the BrainwashedAndCrazy treatment, and is taken away from the party for a time.]]
** Reani introduces herself to the party and tells them she can totally help them fight a white dragon. GilliganCut to everyone cowering and screaming beneath a shield as Gelidon roars: Nott's [[EyePop eyes pop out]], the perpetually chill Caduceus is shocked and shouting, Caleb cries profusely, Fjord is in TroubledFetalPosition sucking his thumb, Reani and Jester are [[SecurityCling clinging together.]]
** Dani claims in "The Sword and the Angel" that the Mighty Nein "diplomatically broach the prospect of peace talks." Beau pipes up immediately, with her typical BrutalHonesty: "Honestly, the Bright Queen just wants her fuckin' beacon back."
** "Weird Magic":
*** Astrid tells Caleb that he can find anti-scrying amulets in the Sanatorium he was locked up in. Caleb remarks that this sounds like a great idea and they definitely won't run into Trent Ikithon while there. SmashCut to a black screen with the title card "SCENE MISSING" with sounds of screams and explosions, with the next scene following up by revealing that the Nein accidentally led Ikithon and the Volstruckers right to their families.
*** After the Nein successfully spring a trap on Lucien, Fjord triumphantly declares "We got you!" Lucien immediately teleports away.
* KazoosMeanSilliness: The opening theme is a kazoo melody reminiscent of a few bars from the main series theme, "Your Turn To Roll", except off-key. ''Crit Recap Animated'' is more wacky and condensed than ''Critical Role'' altogether.
* KillItWithFire: Fjord dumps [[spoiler:his pact blade, the Sword of Fathoms, (from Uk'otoa, a water-based creature)]] into boiling lava. This causes it to melt.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After she's been [[spoiler:snapped out of the Laughing Hand's mind control]], Yasha has no idea what Traveler Con is when Jester brings it up. This enables Jester to explain it to her and the audience.
* MicDrop: In "Family Ties", Caduceus tells Trent Ikithon "Respectfully, I hope you can find someone to mourn you when you're gone". He then drops a microphone and disappears in a puff of smoke.
* MiseryPoker: Caleb launches into his tragic backstory of brainwashing, TykeBomb training, and patricide in "The Gentleman's Bargain". Beau and Nott share their own tragedy ("I was shipped off to the Cobalt Soul for being a problem child." "I was a torturer's assistant.") in somewhat misguided attempts at sympathizing with him.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The party hesitates at helping the town of Alfield with their gnoll problems up until the townspeople hold out gold pieces.
* PragmaticAdaptation:
** The party's entire plot of disguising the humans in a human-unfriendly environment is cut, so Caleb's passionate "I am no friend to the Empire" speech is delivered in his normal costume instead of the canonical "[=BDSM=] gear".
** Some of the beloved [=NPCs=] had to be cut for time. Spurt the kobold inventor, for example, gets a single [[spoiler:"R.I.P Spurt"]] message in Xhorhas.
** The battles are largely glossed over, save for one or two really important moments. Instead, still images of what happened are interspersed on the screen over the course of a few seconds to give the audience an idea of what happened.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Family Ties", where Beau's [[StringTheory conspiracy corkboard]], which includes various pieces of information not referenced in the recaps, has a piece of scrap paper on it that reads "Stuff we didn't get to on Crit Recap Animated (sorry!!)".
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Doubling with MindControlEyes. [[spoiler:When she's under Obann's control, Yasha's eyes take on glowing red rings.]]
* RunningGag:
** Characters would quote [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "That's rough, buddy."]] after a party member reveals their tragic backstory. The RunningGagStumbles when Fjord tries to do the same and Nott snaps back, cutting him off mid-sentence: "I ''know'' it's rough!"
** An episode-contained gag: Nott exasperatedly asking "''Now'' can we go save Yasha?" after every side quest in "The Sword and the Angel". It's only after Yasha rejoins the party, Fjord dumps [[spoiler:the sword from his warlock pact with Uk'otoa]] into lava, and the party manages to get the war to come to a temporary standstill that the Mighty Nein can finally do that.
* SchmuckBait: In a case of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Exactly What It Says on the Tomb"]], Obann willingly opens the box that says "Warning: This tomb contains the Laughing Hand. Bad News! Do not open!" It ''is'' bad news, but for the Mighty Nein. [[spoiler:Fjord gets wounded, they are forced to flee from the Hand and leave a BrainwashedAndCrazy Yasha behind.]]
* SharePhrase: "That's rough, buddy." Said by a member of the Mighty Nein to another member when they describe their DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ShoutOut:
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "That's rough, buddy."]] is a SharePhrase among the Nein whenever someone reveals their traumatic backstory.
** "The Sword & The Angel":
*** [[https://youtu.be/FfcDt-eRWSQ?t=142 The Mighty Nein strike a pose]] that is reminiscent of [[Anime/DragonBallZ the Ginyu Force]]. Jester does Anime/SailorMoon's "I'll punish you!" pose.
*** Beau holds a book skyward and shouts "To the library!", just like [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka.]]
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "And now you're all caught up on episodes [X] through [Y] of Campaign 2!" This is followed by something terrible happening, with Dani adding "Oh, Mighty Nein..."
* SingleTear:
** The Bright Queen sheds one as [[spoiler:the Beacon is returned to the Dynasty after Caleb pulls it out of their Bag of Holding]].
** Yasha sheds one after [[spoiler:she gets brainwashed into a FaceHeelTurn, and the Mighty Nein are forced to seal her in a cavern with a demon at the end of "The Other Side"]].
* SureLetsGoWithThat: This exchange in "Adventure on the High Seas":
--> '''Avantika:''' Together, we can free him, our patron, The Great Leviathan, Uk'otoa!\\
'''Fjord:''' Right. Free him. Yep. Totally my goal, hoo! Same page.
* ThatPoorCat:
** When Jester chucks the abyssal anchor to one side, a pained meow can be heard - presumably she hit poor Frumpkin, Caleb's feline familiar.
** Another cat is the casualty of Trent chucking a Beacon aside.
* TearsOfBlood: Following Obann and investigating a creepy cavern underneath Bazzoxan, the Nein walk past rows of winged statues weeping blood.
* TearsOfJoy: Everyone's crying in [[spoiler:Veth and Yeza's reunion scene once the Mighty Nein rescue Yeza]]. Even Dani, who had said [[TryingNotToCry she wasn't going to cry.]]
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler:Yasha cries as the Nein close the chamber door in on her, as she's [[FightingFromTheInside fighting Obann's mind control from the inside.]]]]
* TemptingFate:
** Nott indulges in this as the party approaches Felderwin to check up on [[spoiler:her husband and son.]]
---> '''Nott:''' At least things can't get any wo- ''(screams as she sees the town in ruins, including the Brenatto Apothecary)''
** After successfully negotiating with the Bright Queen, Fjord cheerfully says, "Well, things are finally looking up for us!" SmashCut to the Nein closing Abyssal Rifts, with Yasha, Beau, and Jester all looking very heroic - [[InstantlyProvenWrong except Fjord,]] who makes a very undignified expression as he gets jabbed by a monster's stinger.
* TroubledFetalPosition: While the Nein all cower in the corner in this position as they watch [[spoiler:the Plank King snap Avantika's neck]], Caleb has his hands over his ears while rocking back and forth - he cast Wall of Fire earlier and was feeling the effects of a traumatic flashback. Later, as the party exits the Happy Fun Ball, Jester gets a turn at this.
* UncleSamWantsYou: The Bright Queen wants you... to close the Abyssal Rifts, according to a poster found by the Mighty Nein.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Kiri the kenku, in an adorable take on the trope. Due to a curse on her species, she can only mimic other people's speech, so the lines she repeats has this sound effect.
* XRaySparks: Yasha suffers this when she gets hit by the lightning elemental in "Adventure on the High Seas".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''(kazoo music)'' ''(Dani Carr's giggle)'']]
''Crit Recap Animated'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ActualPlay series ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', where a group of well-known voiceover artists and actors sit around and play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The series is an official TheAbridgedSeries, taking the viewers through the staggering amount of material ''Critical Role'' has to offer, given that the main series' episodes average 3-4 hours each.
Season 1 of this show features the cast reprising their [[WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaignTwo Campaign 2]] roles, and guest party members also returned.
Season 2 was announced on December 12, 2022, and eventually premiered on December 16, 2022. It follows [[WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaignThree Campaign 3]] and the adventures of Bell's Hells.
You can watch the series via [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1tiwbzkOjQy8yF8esjgVomDXKD-XmG20 the official playlist.]]
[[folder:The main cast of Season 1/Campaign 2]]
* DungeonMaster Creator/MatthewMercer as various [=NPCs=]
* Creator/LauraBailey as Jester Lavorre, tiefling cleric
* Creator/LiamOBrien as Caleb Widogast, human wizard
* Creator/TravisWillingham as Fjord Stone, half-orc warlock
* Creator/SamRiegel as Nott the Brave, goblin rogue
* Creator/TaliesinJaffe as Mollymauk Tealeaf, tiefling blood hunter [[spoiler:and Caduceus Clay, firbolg cleric]]
* Creator/AshleyJohnson as Yasha Nydoorin, aasimar barbarian
* Creator/MarishaRay as Beauregard Lionett, human monk
* Lore Keeper Dani Carr as TheNarrator.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:List of Season 1 episodes]]
* ''Meet the Mighty Nein''
* ''Come Together'' (episodes 1-8)
* ''Secrets of Zadash'' (episodes 9-16)
* ''The Gentleman's Bargain'' (episodes 17-25)
* ''Iron & Blood'' (episodes 26-35)
* ''Adventure on the High Seas'' (episodes 36-47)
* ''The Other Side'' (episodes 48-69)
* ''The Sword & the Angel'' (episodes 70-91)
* ''Family Ties'' (episodes 92-112)
* ''Weird Magic'' (episodes 113-141)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The main cast of Season 2/Campaign 3]]
* DungeonMaster Creator/MatthewMercer as various [=NPCs=]
* Creator/LauraBailey as Imogen Temult, human sorcerer
* Creator/LiamOBrien as Orym of the Air Ashari, halfling fighter
* Creator/TravisWillingham as Bertrand Bell, human fighter [[spoiler:and Chetney Pock'O'Pea, gnome rogue/blood hunter]]
* Creator/SamRiegel as Fresh Cut Grass, [[spoiler:Aeormaton]] warforged cleric
* Creator/TaliesinJaffe as Ashton Greymoore, earth genasi barbarian
* Creator/AshleyJohnson as Fearne Calloway, faun druid/rogue
* Creator/MarishaRay as Laudna, Hollow One sorcerer/warlock
* Lore Keeper Dani Carr as TheNarrator.
[[/folder]]
!!Crit Recap Animated contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion:
** Yasha puts on Patterson's lab coat and glasses and dashes off in "Come Together", only giving "I have things to do." as explanation on why she will meet up with the party later in Zadash. Creator/AshleyJohnson's role as Patterson on ''Series/{{Blindspot}}'' is the reason for Yasha's frequent absences from the party. Additionally, Yasha dons the costume again while the party investigates the chair in the Brenatto apothecary, as Patterson is a forensics scientist.
** Lythir is played by Sam Riegel instead of Matthew Mercer. He dramatically interrupts the Mighty Nein's audience with the Bright Queen by pointing, shouting "OBJECTION!", and accusing them of being Imperial spies. Sam voiced Phoenix Wright in four ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' games.
* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Caleb and Essek prepare to unveil Veth Brenatto "in all her halfling glory" to a waiting Nein, but the curtain is pulled aside to reveal Nott still a goblin.]]
* AscendedMeme: Essek is introduced with Sam singing "HOT BOI!" in harmony with himself, similar to Essek's entrance being greeted with enthusiastic capslocking of "HOT BOI!" in the Twitch chat for ''Critical Role''. Whenever he reappears, "HOT BOI!" can be heard in the background.
* BarBrawl: Fjord tries to negotiate his way out of one when he accidentally crashes into a goliath. Beau scuttles those efforts by yelling, "BAR FIGHT!" and uppercuts the goliath anyway.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Caleb gains a pair, as well as VoiceOfTheLegion, as he examines the Beacon in "Secrets of Zadash".
* BlatantLies:
** Avantika goes from angrily snapping "That's mine!" as the Nein take her journal and show it to the Plank King, to nervously laughing, "Did I say that was mine?" as her very next line.
** Trent Ikithon has two Beacons in his hands, then chucks one aside and claims very unconvincingly that the Dwendalian Empire only had one beacon.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Caleb explains the Fragment of Possibility granted by the Beacon as "It means I get a free reroll if I fail at something," which is only applicable to his player Liam, who is the one to roll dice in the real world.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Keyleth]] appears from the back in "Family Ties", during TheReveal that one of the villagers on Rumblecusp was [[spoiler:her MissingMom, Vilya]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: Dani ends the episodes with an exasperated "Oh, Mighty Nein." as a holdover from the live-action recaps. In "The Other Side", she [[AlternateCatchphraseInflection says it sadly,]] as the Nein are forced to [[spoiler:run for their lives and abandon Yasha with Obann and the Laughing Hand.]] In "Family Ties" she says it delightedly as the Nein discover that [[spoiler: Mollymauk is alive]], and again in "Weird Magic" when she finds out at the end that [[spoiler: Caduceus could see her the whole time]].
* CatchphraseInterruptus: After Nott describes her backstory of [[spoiler:being drowned in a river by goblins and [[CameBackWrong coming back from the dead as one of them]]]], Fjord starts to say the Mighty Nein's SharePhrase, "That's rough, buddy". However, Nott interrupts Fjord by screaming "I know it's rough!"
* CrossCastRole: Dungeon Master Creator/MatthewMercer reprises his role as multiple non-player characters, regardless of gender: Ophelia Mardun, the Bright Queen (both women), Expositor Dairon (she/they nonbinary), etc.
* CurseCutShort: Parodied in "Adventure on the High Seas". Beau screams "What the fu-" as the party is in the Happy Fun Ball, and finishes "-uck!" as they return to the ship.
* DancePartyEnding: In "Weird Magic", almost every major character who appeared during the recaps shows up in the backgrounds as the Nein dance in the foreground and Dani recaps where they end up.
* DeathGlare: As the party comforts Fjord over the loss of his powers, Beau wants to talk about his accent instead. Jester turns to Beau and glares at her in a nonverbal "Not the time!"
* DenserAndWackier: It's completely faithful to Campaign 2 while simultaneously leaning in hard on the silliness. Even the art style is reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''.
* EvilLaugh: Obann indulges in one when he reveals his true identity, quickly followed suit by the Laughing Hand.
* ExactWords: Dani says the Nein "pick up Ophelia". Ophelia's coat is promptly snagged by Caduceus' staff, physically picking her up.
* FourthWallObserver: Caduceus is able to see Dani, TheNarrator; his eyes follow her as she moves around. In the main show, Cad is best known for his proficient perception. [[spoiler: At the very end in the post-credits scene, he breaks the fourth wall by thanking her, revealing outright that he could see her the whole time.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** Beau's [[StringTheory conspiracy corkboard]] in "Family Ties" has a piece of scrap paper on it that reads "Stuff we didn't get to on Crit Recap Animated (sorry!!)".
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At least OnceAnEpisode.
** Caleb making a silly face and tickling Frumpkin's belly in "Secrets of Zadash", while the fey familiar is wearing a gray top hat.
** Frumpkin lying on his back and tossing a skull into the air, while Keg and Beau make out in "Iron and Blood".
** Nott rapturously kissing solid ground as the party gets ashore in "Adventure on the High Seas".
** "The Other Side":
*** The party examining The Chair in the trashed Brenatto apothecary.
*** While a group of Kryn soldiers successfully restrain the Nein in the Bright Queen's audience chamber, a lone drow tries to push Yasha off her feet to no avail; she only looks nonplussed. Nott, being a small goblin girl, gets carried by another guard like a football underneath his arm.
*** Essek's reading material: "Dunamancy and You." (Doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}.) Also, half the party's reaction to him: Caleb and Jester make heart eyes, Nott gets a LuminescentBlush and ''fans herself.''
** "Family Ties":
*** As the party is loading their ship with supplies, Caleb dresses up Frumpkin in a little sailor outfit with a CatSmile on his face.
*** During [=TravelerCon=], Yasha can be seen using a harp as an electric guitar.
** In the DancePartyEnding of "Weird Magic", Yussa can be spotted breakdancing by a careful observer.
* GetOut: "And stay out!" The Nein are thrown out of the tavern in "Meet the Mighty Nein" when Beau instigates a BarBrawl.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Yasha rips a zombie in half in "Come Together".
* HotDrinkCure: Caduceus and Jester lend a sympathetic ear for a tragic backstory as Yasha sits wrapped up in a blanket with a cup of tea.
* HyperspaceHolmesHat: Whipped out by the Nott the Best Detective Agency members (read: Nott and Jester), with the catchphrase "We're on the case!", with bonus magnifying glasses.
* InstantlyProvenWrong:
** Yasha makes a RousingSpeech to the party before they enter the tomb. "Whatever is beyond that door, we'll face it together. Are you with me?" They agree with a TeamHandStack and do so, until [[spoiler:poor Yasha promptly gets the BrainwashedAndCrazy treatment, and is taken away from the party for a time.]]
** Reani introduces herself to the party and tells them she can totally help them fight a white dragon. GilliganCut to everyone cowering and screaming beneath a shield as Gelidon roars: Nott's [[EyePop eyes pop out]], the perpetually chill Caduceus is shocked and shouting, Caleb cries profusely, Fjord is in TroubledFetalPosition sucking his thumb, Reani and Jester are [[SecurityCling clinging together.]]
** Dani claims in "The Sword and the Angel" that the Mighty Nein "diplomatically broach the prospect of peace talks." Beau pipes up immediately, with her typical BrutalHonesty: "Honestly, the Bright Queen just wants her fuckin' beacon back."
** "Weird Magic":
*** Astrid tells Caleb that he can find anti-scrying amulets in the Sanatorium he was locked up in. Caleb remarks that this sounds like a great idea and they definitely won't run into Trent Ikithon while there. SmashCut to a black screen with the title card "SCENE MISSING" with sounds of screams and explosions, with the next scene following up by revealing that the Nein accidentally led Ikithon and the Volstruckers right to their families.
*** After the Nein successfully spring a trap on Lucien, Fjord triumphantly declares "We got you!" Lucien immediately teleports away.
* KazoosMeanSilliness: The opening theme is a kazoo melody reminiscent of a few bars from the main series theme, "Your Turn To Roll", except off-key. ''Crit Recap Animated'' is more wacky and condensed than ''Critical Role'' altogether.
* KillItWithFire: Fjord dumps [[spoiler:his pact blade, the Sword of Fathoms, (from Uk'otoa, a water-based creature)]] into boiling lava. This causes it to melt.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: After she's been [[spoiler:snapped out of the Laughing Hand's mind control]], Yasha has no idea what Traveler Con is when Jester brings it up. This enables Jester to explain it to her and the audience.
* MicDrop: In "Family Ties", Caduceus tells Trent Ikithon "Respectfully, I hope you can find someone to mourn you when you're gone". He then drops a microphone and disappears in a puff of smoke.
* MiseryPoker: Caleb launches into his tragic backstory of brainwashing, TykeBomb training, and patricide in "The Gentleman's Bargain". Beau and Nott share their own tragedy ("I was shipped off to the Cobalt Soul for being a problem child." "I was a torturer's assistant.") in somewhat misguided attempts at sympathizing with him.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The party hesitates at helping the town of Alfield with their gnoll problems up until the townspeople hold out gold pieces.
* PragmaticAdaptation:
** The party's entire plot of disguising the humans in a human-unfriendly environment is cut, so Caleb's passionate "I am no friend to the Empire" speech is delivered in his normal costume instead of the canonical "[=BDSM=] gear".
** Some of the beloved [=NPCs=] had to be cut for time. Spurt the kobold inventor, for example, gets a single [[spoiler:"R.I.P Spurt"]] message in Xhorhas.
** The battles are largely glossed over, save for one or two really important moments. Instead, still images of what happened are interspersed on the screen over the course of a few seconds to give the audience an idea of what happened.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Family Ties", where Beau's [[StringTheory conspiracy corkboard]], which includes various pieces of information not referenced in the recaps, has a piece of scrap paper on it that reads "Stuff we didn't get to on Crit Recap Animated (sorry!!)".
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Doubling with MindControlEyes. [[spoiler:When she's under Obann's control, Yasha's eyes take on glowing red rings.]]
* RunningGag:
** Characters would quote [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "That's rough, buddy."]] after a party member reveals their tragic backstory. The RunningGagStumbles when Fjord tries to do the same and Nott snaps back, cutting him off mid-sentence: "I ''know'' it's rough!"
** An episode-contained gag: Nott exasperatedly asking "''Now'' can we go save Yasha?" after every side quest in "The Sword and the Angel". It's only after Yasha rejoins the party, Fjord dumps [[spoiler:the sword from his warlock pact with Uk'otoa]] into lava, and the party manages to get the war to come to a temporary standstill that the Mighty Nein can finally do that.
* SchmuckBait: In a case of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Exactly What It Says on the Tomb"]], Obann willingly opens the box that says "Warning: This tomb contains the Laughing Hand. Bad News! Do not open!" It ''is'' bad news, but for the Mighty Nein. [[spoiler:Fjord gets wounded, they are forced to flee from the Hand and leave a BrainwashedAndCrazy Yasha behind.]]
* SharePhrase: "That's rough, buddy." Said by a member of the Mighty Nein to another member when they describe their DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ShoutOut:
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender "That's rough, buddy."]] is a SharePhrase among the Nein whenever someone reveals their traumatic backstory.
** "The Sword & The Angel":
*** [[https://youtu.be/FfcDt-eRWSQ?t=142 The Mighty Nein strike a pose]] that is reminiscent of [[Anime/DragonBallZ the Ginyu Force]]. Jester does Anime/SailorMoon's "I'll punish you!" pose.
*** Beau holds a book skyward and shouts "To the library!", just like [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka.]]
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "And now you're all caught up on episodes [X] through [Y] of Campaign 2!" This is followed by something terrible happening, with Dani adding "Oh, Mighty Nein..."
* SingleTear:
** The Bright Queen sheds one as [[spoiler:the Beacon is returned to the Dynasty after Caleb pulls it out of their Bag of Holding]].
** Yasha sheds one after [[spoiler:she gets brainwashed into a FaceHeelTurn, and the Mighty Nein are forced to seal her in a cavern with a demon at the end of "The Other Side"]].
* SureLetsGoWithThat: This exchange in "Adventure on the High Seas":
--> '''Avantika:''' Together, we can free him, our patron, The Great Leviathan, Uk'otoa!\\
'''Fjord:''' Right. Free him. Yep. Totally my goal, hoo! Same page.
* ThatPoorCat:
** When Jester chucks the abyssal anchor to one side, a pained meow can be heard - presumably she hit poor Frumpkin, Caleb's feline familiar.
** Another cat is the casualty of Trent chucking a Beacon aside.
* TearsOfBlood: Following Obann and investigating a creepy cavern underneath Bazzoxan, the Nein walk past rows of winged statues weeping blood.
* TearsOfJoy: Everyone's crying in [[spoiler:Veth and Yeza's reunion scene once the Mighty Nein rescue Yeza]]. Even Dani, who had said [[TryingNotToCry she wasn't going to cry.]]
* TearsOfRemorse: [[spoiler:Yasha cries as the Nein close the chamber door in on her, as she's [[FightingFromTheInside fighting Obann's mind control from the inside.]]]]
* TemptingFate:
** Nott indulges in this as the party approaches Felderwin to check up on [[spoiler:her husband and son.]]
---> '''Nott:''' At least things can't get any wo- ''(screams as she sees the town in ruins, including the Brenatto Apothecary)''
** After successfully negotiating with the Bright Queen, Fjord cheerfully says, "Well, things are finally looking up for us!" SmashCut to the Nein closing Abyssal Rifts, with Yasha, Beau, and Jester all looking very heroic - [[InstantlyProvenWrong except Fjord,]] who makes a very undignified expression as he gets jabbed by a monster's stinger.
* TroubledFetalPosition: While the Nein all cower in the corner in this position as they watch [[spoiler:the Plank King snap Avantika's neck]], Caleb has his hands over his ears while rocking back and forth - he cast Wall of Fire earlier and was feeling the effects of a traumatic flashback. Later, as the party exits the Happy Fun Ball, Jester gets a turn at this.
* UncleSamWantsYou: The Bright Queen wants you... to close the Abyssal Rifts, according to a poster found by the Mighty Nein.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Kiri the kenku, in an adorable take on the trope. Due to a curse on her species, she can only mimic other people's speech, so the lines she repeats has this sound effect.
* XRaySparks: Yasha suffers this when she gets hit by the lightning elemental in "Adventure on the High Seas".
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