Line #46 WebVideo/DirigibleDays


1	At the [[AlternateHistory height of the Victorian Age]] a strange [[CometOfDoom asteroid]] crossed the orbit of our planet. While it didn't collide with it, Earth was caught in the meteor storm that followed. TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ensued. [[WorldInTheSky Islands in the sky]] and odd animals appeared.
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3	Now, almost a thousand years AfterTheEnd, civilization has scrambled itself back together: [[{{Steampunk}} steampower]], medicine, architecture and politics flourish. Having figured out the secrets of the [[{{Phlebotinum}} aetherite]], humanity took to the sky as [[BoldExplorer explorers]], [[SettlingTheFrontier colonists]], [[{{Prospector}} miners]], exiles and [[SkyPirates pirates]].
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5	The current year 997 is a turbulent one. With [[CivilWar dissent]] among the Royal League, the expansionist policy of [[TheEmpire Empire of Rabasa]] and the Abrahamic Auctoritas being replaced by odd new faiths, like the [[ReligionOfEvil Cult of Cthulhu]], adventure is inescapable in these ''[[TitleDrop Dirigible Days]]''.
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7	The ''Dirigible Days'' series consists of five web original live-action episodes and a {{continuation}} comic book that introduces new characters and a new mission.
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9	Features voiceover narration by Creator/AnthonyDaniels.
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11	Crowdfunded. For more information, see the official website at: dirigibledays.day304.com.
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13	!! Tropes found in these DIRIGIBLE DAYS:
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15	* AcousticLicense: The S.S.Beatrix boys manage to have a perfectly good conversation in the engine room.
16	* AdventurerOutfit: Josie wears the Airman variant: a cool leather vest, an aviator scarf [[spoiler: that hides the {{steampunk}} contraption on her neck]], a newsboy hat and a pair of goggles that actually protect her eyes while flying.
17	* TheAlcoholic: Right after Keitel specifically warns him that one more offense of drinking on the job ''will'' get him fired, Albertson is seen, [[AddledAddict already drunk]], downing a shot in the very same tavern where Dunbar is seeking for a mechanic. [[spoiler: And where Antonio Cornell, the man he's supposed to be on a lookout for, is casually reading a newspaper, with only a hat to conceal his face.]] Antonio Cornell himself steals bottles and drinks on the job while on board of S.S.Beatrix.
18	* ArtificialLimbs: Captain Dunbar has a [[GatlingGood Gatling]]-ArmCannon, because he [[CareerEndingInjury lost his own]] in an airship crash.
19	* BigDamnHeroes: Hooper attempts to [[spoiler: brain Strega with a wrench, but the Hierophant notices and [[NeckLift captures]] him, too. The resulting {{cliffhanger}} is resolved by Josie walking in with her dagger AND the S.S.Vandal crew boarding the ship]].
20	* {{Blackmail}}: [[PinkertonDetective Cornell]] won't tell the authorities a word about the brawl Dunbar and Hooper have just [[CurbStompBattle won]], if they take him and his "cargo" aboard. So they do, and get caught in the plot.
21	* BlingOfWar: Captain Dunbar might have a number of medals, but captain Keitel habitually wears enough of them to protect him from bullets.
22	* BountyHunter: In the web series, Cornell, an agent of [[PinkertonDetective Pinkerton Bounty Hunters]], is after [[HighPriest Salazar Strega]]. With extreme prejudice.
23	* TheCameo: OnceAnEpisode intro narration by Creator/AnthonyDaniels.
24	* CasanovaWannabe: Dunbar. When confronted with Josie's DarkAndTroubledPast [[spoiler: as a Cthulhu cultist (he hates those)]] he rhetorically asks why she couldn't have been in the ''Sisterhood of the Almighty Orgy'' instead. And there's the flirting with the tavern wench. And a female mercenary. And the off-colour jokes.
25	* ComebackTomorrow: Albertson, not the sharpest tool in the shed, comes back with a gun. And he was the one to [[SoreLoser start the insult match in the first place]]!
26	* CreepyMonotone: No matter what Strega is saying, he says it in the same, even, slightly buzzing tone.
27	* Franchise/CthulhuMythos: A Cult of Cthulhu is mentioned as one of the new religions that have been popping up. The web series has a leader of it as the main villain - he was born in Boston and holds two degrees from the Miscatonic University.
28	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Josie has one. [[spoiler: With Strega and the Cult of Cthulhu. Her vocal cords have been cut to MakeAnExampleOfThem.]]
29	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: It takes the combined forces of all the S.S.Beatrix crew, AND a [[VillainousRescue happy accident]] but yes, they [[spoiler: manage to kill Strega dead. [[AndTheAdventureContinues Or is he dead?]] ]].
30	* DisabledSnarker: Josie is ''very'' mouthy for a mute girl (she uses a chalkboard). [[spoiler: She also has a weird gramophone thingy on her neck that allows her to speak normally, but prefers not to use it.]]
31	* DisproportionateRetribution: Arrive late for the Cult of Cthulhu ceremony, and interrupt Strega's preaching? [[spoiler: Lose your vocal cords.]] Tell Strega you've got his eye on him? [[spoiler: Say goodbye to the eye.]]
32	* DividedStatesOfAmerica: In the cast page, Hooper is stated to be from "United Tribal Nations of West America (Shoshone)".
33	* DividedWeFall: [[{{Jerkass}} Cornell]] inflicts this trope on Dunbar and Josie.
34	* DrunkenSong: Dunbar and Hooper are sitting over some bottles. Cut. Cue Dunbar and Hooper on the street, staggering, singing something that may be in French. Or just gibberish.
35	* DueToTheDead: [[EvenEvilHasStandards Villain he may be]], but Strega closes the eyes of [[spoiler: Antonio Cornell]] after [[DiesWideOpen killing him]].
36	* EvilGloating: Strega has a habit of monologuing about the Great Old Ones (and how they will conquer the world, and so on) in CreepyMonotone. He does not change the tone [[NighInvulnerability after taking several bullets to his chest]].
37	* EyeScream: Strega, having [[InsaneTrollLogic come to a logical conclusion]] that [[spoiler: captain Dunbar is ''not blind enough'']] rips his eye out and [[BondOneLiner quips about it]].
38	* TheFaceless: Strega. He wears a [[GasMaskLongcoat breathing apparatus]] that may or may not indicate an alien nature.
39	* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: When confronted with the sheer, unflappable ''nutcaseness'' of Salazar Strega's beliefs:
40	-->'''Dunbar''' (chuckles): Spoken like a true believer.
41	* FantasticSlurs: "Squidhead" for Cthulhu cultists.
42	* AFatherToHisMen: As long as you're on captain Dunbar's boat, you direct all your insults to him and his HandCannon.
43	* GasMaskLongcoat: Salazar Strega. Also a CommissarCap with an [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos octopus badge]] and the sort of black gloves that every discerning villain should have in his wardrobe.
44	* GenkiGuy: Hooper, the new engineer on S.S.Beatrix. [[InnocentlyInsensitive Lovably bumbling]], totally [[MrFixit overqualified]], took the job because he "wants to see the world".
45	* GreaseMonkey: Hooper, the good-natured MrFixit, gets impressively greasy while working. He's also an impressively efficient mechanic, who manages to improve the engine output by 5% on his first day.
46	* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: A huge meteor shower that broke up parts of the planet "[[AmbiguousTimePeriod at the height of the Victorian Age]]".
47	* HollywoodAtheist: Dunbar has a pretty low opinion on religions in general and hates the Cthulhu cultists in particular.
48	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Strega has this kind of attitude towards [[spoiler: Josie Deveraux]], which is creepy even when [[BoundAndGagged the "pretty" isn't tied to a railing]].
49	* IllegalReligion: The [[ReligionOfEvil Cult of Cthulhu]]. Wonder why...
50	* {{Jerkass}}: Cornell steals from his fellow bounty hunters, goes out of his way to antagonise people whom he's ''already'' blackmailed into giving him a ride, and is generally a rude idiot with a badge.
51	* KrakenAndLeviathan: Apparently, there are [[TheSkyIsAnOcean flying]] ones around.
52	* LivingMacGuffin: Salazar Strega, [[spoiler: at least until he gets out of the brig]] is more or less just a MacGuffin for [[BountyHunter mercenaries and Pinkertons]] to hunt and steal from each other. [[spoiler: Of course, when he does get free, we get to see just why.]]
53	* MonochromePast: The {{flashback}}s in the web series are in sepia. [[SplashOfColor Subverted]] in Josie's flashback, where the cultists of Cthulhu wear [[BlackCloak red robes]] and [[MalevolentMaskedMen masks]].
54	* ObligatoryJoke: Strega has an unhealthy love for quips, including "[[BoundAndGagged she's a bit tied up at the moment]]".
55	* OldSoldier: Captain Dunbar isn't ''old'' in years, but he's seen his share of action and has the medals to prove it.
56	* OrphanedPunchline: With a LamePunReaction by Josie
57	-->'''Dunbar''': So I said to her - I may only have one hand, but that still means I've got five fingers!\
58	(...)'''Josie''': All your tales end up the same way. [[YouNeedToGetLaid You probably haven't shagged in years!]]
59	* PerpetualPoverty: Dunbar "can't afford a navigator".
60	* PinPullingTeeth: Everybody and their uncle opens bottles this way. Must be a gold mine, being a dentist in this world.
61	* PrivateMilitaryContractors: The Woe Claw Mercenaries, complete with [[TattooAsCharacterType organisational tatoos]]. The most prominent one we meet is Lincoln Keitel, captain of the S.S.Vandal and yet another BountyHunter after Salazar Strega.
62	* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: The Cult of Cthulhu is big on those.
63	* RedBaron: Salazar Strega, the infamous HighPriest of the [[ReligionOfEvil Cult of Cthulhu]], is known as "The Hierophant".
64	* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Josie has valid reasons to hate Strega, but seriously, VehicularSabotage just to make sure her ship is the one to take him to his execution?]]
65	* ScienceIsBad: The Cult of Cthulhu is of this opinion, which doesn't stop them from using technology to destroy the technology and bring forth the Great Old Ones (insert EvilLaugh here).
66	* ShroudedInMyth: Strega is supposedly a magician, a divine prophet of Cthulhu and [[NighInvulnerability invulnerable to fire and steel]]. Captain Keitel disbelieves, though.
67	* SilentSnarker: Whenever Josie isn't snarky in writing, she uses gestures and makes faces.
68	* TheSkyIsAnOcean: With [[WorldInTheSky islands]] and [[SeaMonster monsters]] and ships and stuff.
69	* SpecialEffectFailure: Okay, we get the low budget, but the obvious model-in-an-aquarium look?
70	* SpoilerOpening: In the intro, Dunbar is wearing an EyepatchOfPower. He's got both his eyes in the series... [[spoiler: until episode four, that is]].
71	* {{Steampunk}}: Oh, yes! With TheWildWest feel.
72	* StillWearingTheOldColors: Captain Dunbar, especially in promo pictures, where he's sporting [[BlingOfWar all his medals]].
73	* StockScream: The Wilhelm scream is used in Cornell's {{flashback}}.
74	* SwallowTheKey: [[spoiler: Strega steals the key to the strongbox that holds his things, and swallows it for later use.]]
75	* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: In episode one of the web series, Captain Dunbar is trying to hire himself a new mechanic. Interviewees are: a bearded OldWindbag, a saloon-wench who has no idea about mechanics (but the good captain is hitting on her shamelessly and gets [[FoodSlap splashed with his own drink]] when he overdoes the flirting), TheBartender (who's also a [[TheNavigator navigator]]), and [[GenkiGuy Hooper]]. Also, he ends up a bit drunk.
76	* ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines: S.S.Beatrix not only looks like a small sailboat with a slipper attached over the deck, it seems BiggerOnTheInside!
77	* WilliamTelling: Keitel's killing time by shooting at a WantedPoster of Strega, held by his crew-woman. She doesn't even flinch.
78	-->'''Crew-woman''' (with absolute sincerity): Excellent shot, sir.
79	* WorldInTheSky: Parts of it have been set floating in the sky by some {{phlebotinum}} in the meteors.

Context WebVideo / DirigibleDays