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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"It's like {{Film/Tron}} Backwards."]]
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4	->''"Even in the face of the apocalypse, gamers are uptight pricks."''
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6	''Doomsday Arcade'' is a comedy web series shown on The Escapist. The show tells the harrowing tale of two average civilians named Michael Lunds and Michael Shanks who are trapped in the middle of a shocking doomsday scenario: [[strike:Video game characters]] [=NPCs=] have found a way into the real world and are out to win their freedom from the oppressive [[strike:Users]] users. On the way, they not only exact their [[GenreSavvy Genre Savvy-ness]] on various game characters, new and old, but also discover that there might be a deeper reason behind the invasion which revolves around them.
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8	Let's be honest, though, [[HurricaneOfPuns you're really in it for the puns and references.]] Especially the numerous [[LampshadeHanging lampshade hangings]] of not only these puns, but also various game cliches in general. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/doomsday-arcade/492-Episode-One In short, this is one to watch...]]
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10	!!Tropes which ''Doomsday Arcade'' provides examples of:
11	* AuthorAvatar: Shanks, who pointedly directed, wrote, and starred in the series (as himself). Narcissism has indeed reached new, staggering heights.
12	* {{BFG}}: Parodied during the ''{{VideoGame/Doom}}'' episode where the Michaels find and use the ''[[Literature/TheBFG other]]'' most well-known BFG as a weapon.
13	* BlackComedyRape: [[VideoGame/HalfLife The G-man has a restraining order against]] [[IncrediblyLamePun G. Freeman]].
14	%%* BondOneLiner: ''Often''. Taken to extremes in the penultimate episode.
15	* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: VideoGame/DukeNukem - viewers are going to LOVE how much of a time gap there is in this brick joke...]]
16	%%* BroughtDownToNormal: Though neither are quite aware of it.
17	%%* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Toad
18	* CatchPhrase: "That's it, YOU'RE FUCKED!"
19	* TheCameo: Episode 21 features [[WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun Graham Stark]] [[WebVideo/UnSkippable and Paul Saunders]], who show up to [[TakeThatUs brag about how much more popular they are]]. Almost immediately afterwards, the outtake reel episode was posted, including clips from Graham's raw footage in which he apologizes for acting like a dick.
20	* ClusterFBomb: Lund after being [[ScrewedByTheNetwork kicked from the server]] in episode 1.
21	* CulturalCringe: Zigzagged with Bruce, who is an enormously silly Aussie stereotype, but also the series's most badass character and one of its most effectual heroes (the most effectual, in fact, if you ignore all the things the Michaels do by accident).
22	* ExplosionPropulsion: During a sequence where Lunds and Shanks are trying to breach the [=NPCs=]' stronghold [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 (which is being guarded by the RED Team)]], Shanks attempts to rocket jump onto the roof. [[spoiler: He ended up getting his legs blown off.]]
23	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Lund]]
24	* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: [[spoiler:"By the order of sweet mother Australia, I'm placing you under CARDIAC ARREST!]]
25	** "No, really, that's a dick move."
26	* ForgottenFallenFriend: The GFYA and [[spoiler: Lund]], but subverted with a genuine {{Tearjerker}} of a line: [[spoiler: I couldn't lose another friend]]
27	%%* HeroicComedicSociopath: The Michaels and Bruce.
28	* HumanoidAbomination: The Dicelord. He's like a really manic Slender Man.
29	%%* HurricaneOfPuns: The ENTIRE SERIES, with special mention to Episodes 3, 5, and 24.
30	* IHaveManyNames: The Dicelord, in his introductory speech, says he goes by many names, including The Creator, The Dungeon Master, and Richard Gariott.
31	** Which is a little weird, because Richard Gariott was in the room with him at the time.
32	* IdiotBall: The Michaels tend to juggle this thing between each other and hold the thing tightly between themselves at some instances.
33	* IncrediblyLamePun: The first one of many puns...
34	--> Mario: "I have a dream...cast.
35	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Laser Cat, The GFYA, Bruce, Gary]]
36	* LandDownunder: Bruce is every single Australian stereotype crammed into one person and heavily exaggerated. And then, he karate-chopped his heart out and replaced it with a live grenade.
37	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: The Michaels are being hunted because of their suppressed memories of working on ''{{Myth/Polybius}}.]]
38	%%* MadeOfIron: There's a reason for that though.
39	%%* MukokuSeki: Whiskers on Kittens.
40	%%** [[spoiler: This technique backfires with Lund. Twice.]]
41	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Colonel Nefarious - a name you can finally trust.
42	** Which is why it is surprising that he doesn't.
43	** Not to mention that one bit in the Bioshock episode where [[spoiler: she stabs a man in cold blood and maintains her sociopathic smile throughout.]]
44	* NoodleIncident: The only clue as to what GFYA stands for is a fist being rammed through something wet. [[spoiler: They eventually reveal it as '''Go fist your arsehole!''']]
45	** Not forgetting of course [[spoiler: The Man Upstairs: more of a noodle ''character'' since in the series finale there's quite a long skit about how they're not revealing his identity because he's never going to meet people's expectations. Also kinda counts as a LampshadeHanging ]]
46	* OffingtheOffspring: Odd meta example, Shanks' father actually played some of the series' roles, some of which had him trying to murder his son's character.
47	* OverlyLongGag: Anyone who was in the middle of a combat situation would not load an old-fashioned gun extremely slowly.
48	* PowerPerversionPotential: Attempted in Episode 2; poor, poor Russian Bride.
49	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The Michaels start one to avenge some innocent random dude they assume was messily killed by the [=NPCs=] in a room they teleported in, completely unaware that they had accidentally telefragged him upon entering.
50	* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Gary the Red Pyro]]; Her Parents were dickheads.
51	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Verbose Matt
52	* ShoutOut: So many. Some are blatantly obvious, but some are rather subtle, such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott#Other_accomplishments_and_interests Lord British going into space]] and the urban legend-based arcade game ''{{Myth/Polybius}}''.
53	** From the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment dream sequence based off]] ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' -
54	--> ''"Look at this report! It makes no sense! No periods, no commas, [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation no punctuation!]] Take it back!"'' [[spoiler: This is fuelled further by the likelihood of the man with the report being Yahtzee.]]
55	* TakeThat: Michael Atkinson and Alyx Vance.
56	** The former is understandable, considering the Australian origins of the show.
57	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Bruce to Kratos, using his grenade heart.]]
58	%%* TheUnReveal: [[spoiler: The Man Upstairs]] - this fact is also lampshaded.
59	%%* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: "I see no other possible outcome."
60	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Donkey Kong. He pops up in the title sequence a lot, and appears in the first episode...and that's about it.
61	%%* WrongGenreSavvy: The Michaels...very often.

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