Line #70 AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk


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4	->'''The Dwarf:''' So, is that the dungeon?\
5	'''The Ranger:''' Indeed, it's the famous Dungeon of Naheulbeuk.\
6	'''The Dwarf:''' It doesn't look that great.\
7	'''The Ranger:''' Don't go by the look; nobody ever came back out of it.\
8	'''The Dwarf:''' Really?\
9	'''The Ranger:''' Well, as a matter of fact, nobody ever entered it.
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11	''Le Donjon de Naheulbeuk'' ("''The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk''") is a French audio series which started in 2001, available for free [[http://www.penofchaos.com/warham/donjon.htm on the Internet]], as well as various materials related to its universe. It was created by John Lang, under the nickname of Pen of Chaos (shortened to POC).
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13	An AffectionateParody of tabletop [=RPGs=], it tells the "amazing" story of a group of [[AccidentalHero stereotypical roleplaying characters]], who are trying to storm the aforementioned dungeon in the search of a magic artifact. It turns out, however, that they're all less than competent. And that they hate each other. A lot.
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15	The series' notoriety has grown in French-speaking countries over the years, and gave birth to a wide internet community. Over time, it evolved into a franchise now spanning several media:
16	* Two seasons for a total of 30 episodes had been produced.
17	* The third, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons took the form of novels:
18	** Season 3: ''La Couette de l'oubli'' ("''The Quilt of Oblivion''")
19	** Season 4: ''L'Orbe de Xaraz'' ("''The Orb of Xaraz''")
20	** Season 5: ''Le Conseil de Suak'' ("''The Council of Suak''")
21	** Season 6: ''Chaos sous la Montagne'' ("''Chaos under the Mountain''")
22	** In June 2013, the first two seasons also take the form of a novel ''À l'aventure, compagnons!'' ("''On an Adventure, Comrades!''").
23	** In 2019 came out the first novel not following the group, ''Les Veilleurs de Glargh'' (''The Watchmen of Glargh'')
24	* The first two seasons got adapted into comics with Marion Poinsot[[note]]She also does the covers for all novels[[/note]] at the drawings and the third one begins to.
25	* Apart from the main series, several productions added flesh to the Land of Fangh (the setting of the series), developing the sheer absurdity of the adventures, ranging from fake advertisements for such products as the Chiantos candies (which have the interesting property of increasing one's capacity to annoy everybody around; a spoof of "Mentos", the French name approximately would translate to English to something like "Annoytos") or the Durandil swords, to an online encyclopedia about the history and the societies of the setting.
26	* Pen of Chaos, who is primarily a musician, also started to write humorous songs taking place in the Naheulbeuk world, before interpreting them on stage with his group, the Naheulband. Various [=CDs=] compiling those songs (as well as several bonuses) had been released.
27	* An adaptation as an [[AllCGICartoon animated CGI]] series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCGhP_BjgSQ is on its way.]]
28	* A video-game adaptation was released in September 2020 called ''Le Donjon de Naheulbeuk: L'amulette du Désordre'' ("The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos"). It is turn-based and use [[UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} the Unity game engine]]. Along with the main cast of characters you get to hire an 8th adventurer: [[ThePaladin a Paladin]], [[QuirkyBard a Minstrel]] or [[CombatMedic a Priestess]].
29	* A second video-game adaptation was released in November 2023 called ''Maitre du Donjon de Naheulbheuk'' ("The Dungeon Master of Naheulbeuk"). This is a simulation à la ''Videogame/{{Dungeons}}'' or ''Videogame/DungeonKeeper''. It's a {{Prequel}} starting 10 years before the main series, and puts the player in the shoes of Reivax, Xhandar's long-suffering half-golbin underling. Reivax has been hired to work in the title dungeon, and is tasked with turning it from a mediocre heap to the fearsome and deadly place it is by the start of the series.
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32	!!''Le Donjon de Naheulbeuk'' provides examples of:
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34	* AmusinglyAwfulAim: [[TheDitz The Elf]]'s ineptitude with her bow, in a parody of the racial archer, is a constant RunningGag of the series. It has happened that she hit ''something'', but it's very rarely what she aimed at. Notably, [[StandardizedLeader the Ranger]]'s leg during a fight with a troll -- at first confusing him since the troll wasn't armed with a bow. Or, at another time, the chest of one of the dwarves that the party was rescuing from a squad of orcs; at least they could blame the orcs on this one, thanks to the Enchantress [[BeQuietNudge silencing the Elf in time]].
35	* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: In the third novel, some cheerleaders are quite upset that males of the guild have no intention to rape them. They did not even [[CrashingThroughTheHarem enter in their changing room on purpose]].
36	* ArtifactOfDoom: The 12 statues of Gladeulferah, when "properly" used. Which means wrapped in ham and laid out around a dancing one-legged gnome.
37	* ArtifactTitle: The main characters leave the eponymous dungeon at the end of the first season, never to come back again. And it even gets seized by the administration because Zangdar the Dungeon Master is too broke to pay his taxes. Explained at the end of the last novel, though: all seasons after they left the dungeon either were consequences of them going there or involved Zangdar trying to get revenge on them. Now that [[spoiler:Zangdar is dead]], the Ranger feels that they had to his point only lived one adventure but now something else begins. [[spoiler:It could also have something to do with the fact that they found a seventh member who did not die/quit this time.]]
38	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:The Elf gets crowned Queen of the Elves in season 5.]]
39	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: [[spoiler:The Dwarf's reaction to the Elf's death]]. In a more... physical approach, even though he constantly berates the Elf, the Dwarf was still as horny as the other males when she decided to go bathing in the nude.
40	* BaguetteBeatdown: The Ranger accidentally attacks a weremole with a tuna sandwich, drawing it instead of his sword in the confusion. This ends as badly as you think it can.
41	* BarrierWarrior: Zangdar. The fourth season novel reveals that due to relying on his invulnerability sphere and never casting other spells, he lost the ability to control the latter.
42	* BeQuietNudge: In Book #21 of the ComicBookAdaptation, after the party saved a bunch of dwarves from a battalion of orcs, the Enchantress grinds her staff into the Elf's foot when the latter is about to mention that the arrow currently sticking into the chest of one dwarf seeking medical help is actually one of her own.
43	* BigBrotherInstinct: The Ogre towards the Enchantress.
44	* BringNewsBack: After the attack in tome 5, the group is the first to reach civilization, and promptly send {{Instant Messenger Pigeon}}s to the cities of Glargh and Waldorg to warn the authorities of the threat.
45	* CantUseStairs: The Golbarg, an ancient demon that's trapped in the dungeon's abandoned floor because he's been hit with a curse that specifically prevents its victim from using stairs.
46	* CerebusSyndrome: Even though it's still first and foremost an AffectionateParody and a very funny one, the seasons 4 and 5 are more serious than the previous ones.
47	* CombinatorialExplosion: At some point in season 2, the group is kind of lost on their way to Boulgourville, carrying lots of ordinary items (some rope, a bow) and unlikely ones (among which nautical skis, an inflatable sword, a magic cleaning wipe...). When they debate that maybe they can use the items to get out, the Dwarf sarcastically suggests one such use:
48	-->'''The Dwarf:''' I see what kind of thing you mean: With the three-fingered mittens we use the bow to kill some birds, we roast them on the kebab skewers on a fire made in the sugar box with bits and pieces of the nautical skis, and we eat them with the octopus's forks! We wipe our spit-soaked mouths with the magic cleaning wipe, after which the Elf smears herself with the stupid ointment vial, and performs a dance around the fire while wearing the crazy slippers and the bear tooth necklace, and waving the inflatable sword around! And in the end we HANG ourselves with the rope, because we're STILL LOST and we're RIDICULOUS!
49	* ContinuityNod: The characters sometimes refer to the events depicted in some of the Naheulband's songs. That's why the Elf should never know why trolls want apples when they see her...
50	* CrashingThroughTheHarem: In ''L'Orbe de Xaraz'', the protagonists crash through the brute-ball cheerleaders' changing room while trying to escape their pursuers.
51	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Their [[WeAreStrugglingTogether constant bickering]] and the fact that they are, indeed, [[IdiotHero quite dumb]] tends to make people forget that they get stuff done: they [[SavingTheWorld saved the world several times,]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beat a demon,]] killed two monsters inside the most dangerous Dungeon on the planet and more.
52	* DeadpanSnarker: Every member of the group tends to fall into this, but the Dwarf is clearly the champion in this domain.
53	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Justified by Destiny Points, which allow a character's teammates to bring them back from the dead. Also subverted because if you run out of them, you get KilledOffForReal. Although you can be resurrected even if you're out of Destiny Points, via a magical ritual. But it's very expensive, and it can't work if the body and/or the mind of the dead one are too heavily damaged.
54	* DesperateObjectCatch: The alchemist fire at the end of season 3.
55	* DistractedByTheSexy: Happens frequently in the novel, as the Elf has a really high "charisma"...
56	* TheDitz: The Elf, and how!
57	* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Supplemental material mentions a major fire spell called the "Conflagration of Doom". Its upgraded version is called the "Conflagration of Quake".
58	* DramaticIrony: At the end of season 6, the Magician and the Ranger celebrate the fact that, [[spoiler: with Zangdar dead, they no longer have to worry about people pursuing them]]. What they don't know is that now, [[spoiler: a very old and very powerful vampire lord ''and'' a wizard lieutenant of Gzor have them on their shit list]].
59	* DumbassHasAPoint: While the Ogre isn't very smart and is clearly only in the group due to his strength, a good idea pops up in his head every once in a while. The most notable instance was when he offered to give a troll bits of goblin for food so they wouldn't have to give him the Elf.
60	* DumbBlonde: The Elf, even compared with everyone else.
61	* DumbMuscle: Played straight with the Ogre, but surprisingly averted with the Barbarian. He's not exactly a genius, but he found the right answers to most of the enigmas the group needed to solve and often shows elements of being the OnlySaneMan. Sort of justified when he reached level 2 and gained one intelligence point. Finally, the first book acknowledges his (relative) smartness by stating that he is seemingly more clever than most of his kin. See also GeniusBruiser below.
62	* ElvesVersusDwarves: Oh boy, where to start?
63	-->'''The Elf:''' ''[who has fallen in a hole]'' Help me, I'm stuck!\
64	'''The Dwarf:''' She says we can leave her behind.\
65	'''The Elf:''' Get me out of here, it's slimy!\
66	'''The Dwarf:''' She says she wants us to drop rocks on her and put her out of her misery.
67	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Basically what the group tries to prevent in the novel. [[spoiler:After all, they played a part in it...]]
68	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The main characters are only identified by their race or their class. More than 10 years after the start of the series, we still don't know their real names. Some moments in the season five imply (or outright state) that they ''don't'' want to give their real names. The Elf and the Barbarian receive the "fake" names of Selenia and Chef Taurogh (Chief Bullogh) respectively. Interestingly, everyone else has an actual name.
69	* EyesOutOfSight: In the comic-book version, the Dwarf wears a helmet fully covering his eyes, and even without it he still has thick bangs to hide them. Later albums reveals it is a [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame generic feature of the dwarf race]].
70	* FailedASpotCheck:
71	** As she enters Zangdar's lair, the Elf complains about how ugly the rug is. The Ranger then has to point out the iron golem that's barring their way to her...
72	** Another one in season 2 when the Dwarf notices a weirdly-shaped piece of furniture.
73	--->'''Dwarf:''' Hey, there's a coat-hanger shaped like a lizard!\
74	'''Dwarf:''' The coat-hanger, [[OhCrap its eyes just moved!]]
75	* FalseFlagOperation: The first part of the tome 5 baddie's plan.
76	* ForcedEuthanasia: At one point the elf falls into a PitTrap and yells at the rest of the party to rescue her. [[https://lacomtedugeek.fr/repliques/humour/le-donjon-de-naheulbeuk/elle-dit-quon-devrait-lui-balancer-des-rochers-sur-la-gueule-pour-lachever/ The dwarf has different ideas.]]
77	-->'''Ranger:''' What's she saying?\
78	'''Dwarf:''' She says we should leave her down there and be on our way.\
79	'''Elf:''' Get me out of here, it's all sticky!\
80	'''Dwarf:''' She says we should drop big rocks on her head to finish her off.
81	* FourFingeredHands: Orcs have them. When one character's arm gets orcish due to some weird Orc medicine, they notice two of their fingers have merged.
82	* FullFrontalAssault: The Elf during the boat ambush in season 3.
83	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: The Elf has AmusinglyAwfulAim in the origial audio play, frequently missing enemies or outright accidentally shooting her allies during fights. In the video-game adaptation, she actually has pretty good aim.
84	* GeniusBruiser: The Barbarian may like fighting above anything, but he has still solved some riddles that his companions couldn't answer. Of course, it may say more about the "intelligence" of the others...
85	* GentleGiant: Kinda. The Ogre is treated and acts like any other member of the group and is not evil, but he still has a very strong appetite. And he does have weird tastes sometimes...
86	* {{Gesundheit}}: The Dwarf takes offense at this happening:
87	-->'''The Enchantress:''' ''[reading a location on the map]'' Chnaffon!\
88	'''The Ranger:''' À tes souhaits.\
89	'''The Barbarian:''' À tes souhaits.\
90	'''The Dwarf:''' Die!
91	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: At the end of ''La Couette de l'oubli'', [[spoiler:the adventurers manage to kill the evil wizard who wanted to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt awake the God of Slumber]], and thus manage to save the entire world. Except that it all happened in the wizard's secret lair, so absolutely nobody except them knows about it.]]
92	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The Enchantress and the Elf fight at range (though the Elf has trouble hitting the right target) while the rest of them clumsily plunder into melee.
93	* {{Homage}}: One song from the Naheulband is a Homage to ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7M-_BEsjgE With the accompanying fan-art, it leans into Crossover.]]
94	* HowDareYouDieOnMe: [[spoiler:The Enchantress when the Elf dies...]]
95	-->[[spoiler:'''The Enchantress:''']] Shit! Shit! Shit! How could you do that!
96	* HypercompetentSidekick: [[spoiler:Gluby]]
97	* IdiotBall: Happens a lot, and is sometimes lampshaded.
98	-->'''The Enchantress:''' ''[reading a chapter in a book, about Boulgourville, the Lost City, where they have to go]'' In the past, it was impossible to find, but today it's signposted.\
99	[...]\
100	'''The Ranger:''' Show us the map; is it far from here?\
101	'''The Enchantress:''' Well... It's not on the map.\
102	'''The Ranger:''' Wait... What do you mean?\
103	'''The Enchantress:''' They say it's meant to discourage those who want to find the Lost City.\
104	'''The Ranger:''' ''[in disbelief]'' ... So, {{let me get this straight}}: they ''signpost'' the way to a lost city which is not on the map because they don't want it to be found?\
105	'''The Enchantress:''' Exactly.\
106	'''The Dwarf:''' That's utterly stupid!\
107	'''The Enchantress:''' Indeed.
108	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: The Elf knows absolutely nothing about sex and about how other races deal with nudity. Combined with her gorgeous looks, [[DistractedByTheSexy this can be devastating for the male members of the group.]]
109	* IntercontinuityCrossover: In an episode, the Dwarf disappears for a few minutes without any reason. Well... actually, there is one. The characters of another [=MP3=] series, ''Les Aventuriers du Survivaure'' (this time a sci-fi parody), accidentally beamed him in their ship as they were trying their brand-new teleporter. He even does appear in the corresponding episode of this other series.
110	* KilledOffForReal: Several characters get killed and resurrected. [[spoiler:But not the Thief or the Minstrel, who don't have any Fate Points.]]
111	* MassOhCrap: The party has this reaction when they see the [[spoiler:massive black dragon]] flying around their rendezvous point.
112	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: During the course of the second season, the "heroes" have to travel through charming places such as the Swamps of Eternal Agony or the Road of Oblivion. And they also stopped in an inn called the Pervert Sewer Rat.
113	* NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler:Due to being BackFromTheDead, the Ranger and the Elf experience this once, and the Dwarf twice: angels with a weird sense of humor welcome them with the ItIsNotYourTime speech.]]
114	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: At the end of the second season, [[spoiler:the group learns that the wizard who hired them for getting the magical statue, and to who they sold it, wants to use it for allowing Dlul, the God of Slumber and Boredom, to cover the entire world in the Quilt of Oblivion and freeze it in an endless sleep. Whoops...]]
115	* NoFourthWall: The characters sometimes react to what the voiceover says.
116	-->'''The Enchantress:''' We'd better get out of here.\
117	'''The Ranger:''' But the voiceover said there'd be violent scenes.
118	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Zangdar is played for laughs, but he is still a powerful wizard. In fact, one of his problems is that he has difficulties controlling his power: in one instance, he accidentally destroys a good portion of a forest and of a farm after having tried to cast a fairly low-level spell.
119	* OddJobGods: Lots of them, such as Bloutos (god of carpets), Braav (god of LawfulGood, which is definitely an odd job in this setting), Mankdebol (god of bad luck and fumbles; its name phonetically means "down on luck")... Then you've got gods who kind of overlap, such as sex goddess Lafoune (can translate as "the vagoo") and love god Malgar (needless to say, the former is ''much'' more popular) or Khornettoh, god of blood and violence (a portmanteau of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Khorne]] and Cornetto, a brand of prepackaged ice cream cones), and Crom, god of brawling. Subverted by Dlul, god of Slumber and Boredom, who is probably THE strongest divinity due to every moment of sleep and boredom counting as a ritual prayer to him.
120	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Back to the two first seasons, anytime the characters actually manage to perform well, they have to describe what happened later for somebody else (and for the sake of the audience). Examples: [[spoiler:how they defeated the Iron Golem, or the mutant weremole. In both cases, one of the characters gets killed early in the fight and gets resurrected afterwards.]]
121	* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: The Ranger reads aloud the random encounter table to his teammates, telling them they could encounter the undead, orcs and goblins, trolls, giant spiders, sorcerers, cursed warriors, mutant rats, a bottle of oil, toilet paper, two sponges and ravioli. Naturally, the Dwarf quickly points out what's wrong with that list.
122	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The group's bacon is saved several times by infighting among their enemies for the privilege of killing them.
123	* OnSecondThought:
124	** [[DirtyCoward The Thief]] suggests ''someone'' should stay behind to guard the dungeon's exit, but changes his mind when the Ranger replies, "You mean someone who wouldn't get his share of the 8000 gold coins?"
125	** Also, in the first episode, the Dwarf is about to call it quits because of the freezing cold before they even enter the title dungeon. He stays after the Ranger notes that doing this would make the Elf happy.
126	* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: The Dwarf is prone to fighting, loves beer and gold, comes from a mine and uses axes. However, it looks like his entire race just loves annoying the hell out of the other races. They're the ones producing the Chiantos candies, for a start. The Dwarf is so comically stereotypical that the game frequently lampshades it. While the other characters are described as a "strong barbarian" or "a nimble elf", he's described as "a dwarf... just a dwarf".
127	* OurElvesAreDifferent: Usually, in fantasy settings, elves are described as being highly intelligent beings. [[TheDitz "Naheulbeuk"'s Elf, however...]]
128	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Arkheim von Drekkenhoff. [[spoiler:Turns out he only feeds on coyotes and is hemophiliac.]]
129	* ParodyCommercial: Apart from the regular episodes, POC also produced "commercials" for in-universe products.
130	* PowerOfRock:
131	** How the group manages to defeat [[spoiler:Zangdar the dungeon master]]... Kinda.
132	** Also, the Minstrel once tries to calm down a berserk Hill Troll using his music. [[spoiler:Subverted, as it fails miserably. SPROTCH]])
133	* PunchPunchPunchUhOh:
134	** Quite possibly what happens when the Ranger tries to attack a weremole with a tuna sandwich.
135	** Later on, he drinks a potion of courage and attacks an heavily armored nogrok (ogre-orc hybrid). The result is very much this.
136	* PunishedWithUgly: The backstory of evil demigod Gzor, as explained in one of the songs.
137	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The whole party, very much.
138	* ResurrectionSickness: In the comic, [[spoiler:the Elf is resurrected after a lengthy and costly ritual. She is, however, left very weak from the experience, and shivering in cold. She gets better after a good night of sleep]].
139	* RolePlayingGameVerse: On all support, dices are once thrown by the narrator to verify which creature will be encountered. Also, characters use RPG slang such as fate points, the competences they have and the number of points attached to it, and know which level they are. The latter, when it change, is announced by a voice-over heard by the characters.
140	* RunningGag: Several, from the Elf's ineptitude in using her bow to the Ranger's poor attempts at leadership.
141	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
142	** Tried several times by the Dwarf until he's reminded that would please the Elf or that he wouldn't get any treasures.
143	** The Paladin also makes this as [[spoiler:he's fallen in love with an elven queen, and he realizes how incompetent the others are.]]
144	* ShamefulShrinking: In the comic book, after the group is forced to fight a {{Golem}} inside ancient desert ruins, the Enchantress is grumbling that the map they were following should have contained a warning... until she checks it and sees that, yes, it does contain a warning about the golem, she just missed it. Next panel, she's reduced to the size of a midget in shame, almost disappearing in her helmet.
145	* ShoutOut: A lot, ranging from movies to literature without, of course, forgetting tabletop games.
146	** For example, the Land of Fangh contains cults dedicated to deities such as [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Slaanoush or Khornettoh]].
147	** The 20th episode was entirely devoted to shout-outs, using audio extracts of ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian\|1982}}'', ''Film/{{Willow}}'' and ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.
148	** The Barbarian promising to a bladesmith that [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} he'll be back]].
149	** A young wizard student is named [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Gary Topper and looking for his giant friend Bargid]]. (He ends up victimized by both the Dwarf (who breaks his wand) and the Enchantress who sells him the Rune Staff of Curse as "replacement".)
150	** It's apparently [[TheCameo Cameo]] Village: in the comics, the background of that village is ''filled'' with various characters of other fantasy series, such as [[Literature/RecordOfLodossWar Deedlit]] and [[Literature/{{Slayers}} Lina Inverse]], or others like [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]], that were not mentioned in the original [=MP3=] and have no interaction with the group.
151	** Among the heroes, [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian the Barbarian worships a god named Crom]], while at one point the Enchantress finds the "Robe of Archmage Tholsadum". And at a moment in the third book (season 5):
152	--->'''The Barbarian:''' Because Conan said so himself [...]
153	** Another little one: in the second novel (season 4), as the characters are walking on some docks, we're informed of an argument between a fishmonger and a blacksmith about the quality of the former's fishes. [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Now where have we seen a similar situation?]]
154	** When the Dwarf mentions that he could use a drink, Arkheim von Drekkenhoff replies [[Film/Dracula1931 "I never drink... wine".]]
155	* ShowSomeLeg: In the dwarf underground city, when confronted with a mob of unruly dwarf civilians accusing the party of being the cause of the bad guys' attack, and of stealing their valuables (they're not wrong on either count), the Priestess makes a magic-enhanced RousingSpeech to calm them down... and gets a potent circumstance bonus by having herself and the elf baring their breasts to the all-male crowd.
156	* SirSwearsALot: The Dwarf
157	* SpannerInTheWorks: Poor Zangdar. The main characters just keep on interfering with his plans, without them even noticing.
158	* SprayingDrinkFromNose: In the comic, the Ranger squirts tea out of his nose when [[spoiler:the Priestess announces that she and the Barbarian have "consummated their love"]].
159	* StandardizedLeader: Subverted. The Ranger is the leader by default, but nobody in the group really agrees with this, and he doesn't really have the required qualities. A running gag is the Dwarf telling him: "Hey! It's not you the leader!" The updated version of the second episode reveals that their employer designated the Ranger as the leader of the group.
160	* StrategyRPG: The video-game adaptation allows you to position characters strategically; behind cover, or to make flanking maneuvers and/or sneak attacks. You can also touch off [[ExplosiveBarrels explosive crates]] of varying effects.
161	* {{Stripperific}}: The Elf's clothes apparently don't hide a lot of skin. [[BreastExpansion And it gets worse every time she gains a level.]]
162	* SummoningRitual: Parodied with a version that requires to wrap artifacts in ham.
163	* TakeThat: A ShoutOut to ''Literature/HarryPotter'' turns pretty bad for the Potter analogue...
164	* TooDumbToLive:
165	** The Elf, again.
166	** [[spoiler:More literally, the Minstrel.]]
167	* TooFastToStop: The Dwarf, after he gains a pair of boots of speed, has lots of trouble controlling his moves and crashes a lot against the scenery. And into a trigger-happy wizard.
168	* TookALevelInBadass: Not a textbook example because it's gradual, but the company ''does'' get more competent as the seasons pass. In the fifth season, they even get ''real'' [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]!
169	* TwoGirlsToATeam: The Elf and the Enchantress.
170	* TheUnintelligible:
171	** No-one except the Enchantress understands what the Ogre says. Sometimes, it's for the best.
172	--->'''The Ranger:''' I'd really like to know why the Ogre keeps on singing when we walk!\
173	'''The Enchantress:''' Wait, I'll ask him... Gravoz vrotapa bozoh?\
174	'''The Ogre:''' Gnolo.\
175	'''The Enchantress:''' He says you can go fuck yourself.
176	** Subverted with the Troll they meet in the dungeon. At first, he only speaks in his own language, but it turns out he can speak the heroes' language and the growls are just a tourist trap.
177	** After season 3, they recruit Gluby the Northern Forest Gnome.
178	* UpdatedRerelease: The first episodes are currently being remade by Pen of Chaos with a better sound, better mixing, and additional dialogues.
179	* VegetarianVampire: Baron von Drekkenhoff, the haemophiliac vampire. He only feed on coyotes's blood.
180	* WanderingMinstrel: The Minstrel
181	* WeaksauceWeakness: The Dark Katakak, a gigantic insect-like abomination from out of this world. It combines nigh invulnerability and terrifying power with an insatiable appetite and [[spoiler:severe digestion problems. Leave it be for a while and it will probably kill itself from overeating.]]
182	* WheelOfPain: The Barbarian sets up one for training, calling it the "wheel of muscle". The Dwarf soon notices that it can be harnessed to mills, to get some gold out of the ordeal.
183	* TheXOfY: The series' title, and the novels.
184	* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: In ''The Amulet of Chaos'', it takes perks points to teach some characters how to use or perform some actions. The Ranger needs a special perk to use a shield? Believable. The Barbarian and the Thief need one to wear heavy leather armors? Less so. The Ogre needs ''three'' perks to learn how to ram blocked doors and hold a weapon? This trope.

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