Death by Cliché is a podcast audiobook by Bob Defendi that started in 2006, about a man named Bob Damico, who gets trapped in a Tabletop RPG.
It was published into the novel series Death By Cliche in 2016.
Tropes:
- Character Catchphrase: Convenient Plot Exposition Man's "DOOOOOOOOOM!".
- Credits Gag: Convenient Plot Exposition Man's "DOOOOOOOOOM!" Character Catchphrase.
- Doomy Dooms of Doom: Convenient Plot Exposition Man, a one-shot NPC who gives the party the adventure hook for the main quest, before collapsing and apparently dying from the effort of screaming DOOOOOOOOOM! so much and so hard. His catchphrase is used as a Credits Gag, as well as a Running Gag on the remaining episodes' Previously on….
- Previously on…
- Quest Giver: Convenient Plot Exposition Man, a one-shot NPC who gives the party the adventure hook for the main quest.
- Rustproof Blood: A villain's carpet is described as "brown, not because it was a tasteful colour, but because eventually blood dried."
- So Beautiful, It's a Curse: The ostensible villain of the game's world wears a mask to hid his face not because he's ugly, but because he's so beautiful that anyone who sees it full-on promptly has their eyes melt, shortly before they drop over dead.
