History Funny / WizardingSchoolMysteries

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* The fact that Geoffrey Travers, an older student in the AAAM whom James meets, is Creator/Jeff Bridges' [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]] in all but name, right down to being implicitly TheStoner and some of his phrases (The moon abides!).

* When the youths try to meet in the Phlegmatic study lounge, they instead find some security homunculi engaging in a DND-style RPG game.

* One of Richard's opponents is the Great Nyaa, a name that even baffles the commentators. Sure enough, he's a very cat-like wizard...who promptly gets blasted through the head by the saboteur's cursed lightning bolt.

* Titania completely ditching her professionalism to gush over Sadie Pineed, Serena's opponent and her girlfriend. It gets to the point where she violently demands that there's foul play when Sadie loses.

* James being DistractedByTheSexy when he sees Margot without her coat, exposing her sleeveless tunic.

*** Related to that, when James talks about that with Margot, she brings up the Great Mime Incursion of Francane. Whatever happened, [[EveryoneHatesMimes it clearly wasn't pretty.]]

** We also learn that clowns in Midgaheim are a form of half-demon. Yup, they're all a MonsterClown.

* Godfrey and Columbina take James out for a prank on the dean. The mission? Have Columbina produce a room's worth of balloons so that they end up crashing onto him. Sure enough, they do, and while they don't quite get the reaction they wanted (more slight irritation than anything), it is pretty amusing to see Dermberder try and save face in front of Heka by claiming that the balloons are actually [[AscendedMeme magic orbs for them to ponder.]] And from what we can gleam, he plans on pondering all of them.

* Godwyn and Columbina take James out for a prank on the dean. The mission? Have Columbina produce a room's worth of balloons so that they end up crashing onto him. Sure enough, they do, and while they don't quite get the reaction they wanted (more slight irritation than anything), it is pretty amusing to see Dermberder try and save face in front of Heka by claiming that the balloons are actually [[AscendedMeme magic orbs for them to ponder.]] And from what we can gleam, he plans on pondering all of them.

* Charlotte once again getting tipsy and slurring her words after spending too much time away from Fairyland.

* After he talks with Richard at one of the taverns, James finds that Polybeus has a big red mark on his face. The big guy tells him with a heavy heart that he should never assume Bretonch girls don't know about the Heroes of Antiquity, and he should NEVER compare romantic ventures to that of Jason. James tries to provide comfort by saying he could have compared it to Oedipus.

* Right after Serena declares that [[TemptingFate the guys will soon be calling Margot's name]], some comical Germanorean twins named Wiglaf and Wagner show up.

* According to the short-tempered innkeeper of the Puff Dragon Inn, there was an incident in which [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} a wizard brought all the brooms and mops to life.]] He had to cut them all down, and he can still hear the screams.

** Polybeus is quick to notice that James saw Margot's HellBentForLeather outfit. The narration confirms this, [[LoveMakesYouDumb stating that his mind isn't quite tethered to the Earth anymore.]]

* The boys nearly getting run over by Margot's chariot when the girls use it for a joyride to Calampen.

* Before Margot and Alys square off, Juno and Oomlowt show up on the former's side. While Oomlowt states that they'd never root against a fellow teacher, Juno innocently summons huge banners reading "Go Margot!" over their heads while he fakes surprise.

* Margot accidentally knocking James into the wall of the elevator with a playful punch to the shoulder before apologizing profusely.

* Before it turns tragic, Polybeus and Gabriev's "fight" is a total wash, with the both of them spending more time apologizing and thinking about the best approach. One part in particular has them pin-balling the same wind magic back and forth from each other before they realize they aren't getting anywhere. Then, when Polybeus gains the upper hand...he promply falls face-first into the mud created by the storm Gabriev summoned.

* After Miguel beats a wizard who looks just like a bear named Ursula Cobb, the youths end up pondering whether she was a were-bear or if a regular bear can just become a wizard just like that.

* At the beginning of their fight, Margot and Sarkani end up getting into a debate in regards to how dragon/human relationships would work after the latter brings up how her people have draconic heritage. It gets to the point where the Ruslovakian regrets bringing it up.

* Margot playfully implying that she'll resurrect James and give him a mouthful if he dares to get killed in the tournament.

* The fact that Geoffrey Travers, an older student in the AAAM whom James meets, is Creator/Jeff Bridges' [[Film/TheBigLebowski The Dude]] in all but name, right down to being implicitly TheStoner and some of his words (The moon abides!).

** The Sanguine lounge is empty, but it has clearly been used for wild parties, and Serena doesn't trust the stains all over the place.

* James' first opponent is Herring Lordred...who is literally just Lord Dhenregirr with a PaperThinDisguise consisting of a mustache, a pair of glasses, and, as James points out, a lazy anagram of his own name. Dhenregirr futilely tries to convince him otherwise [[ButHeSoundsHandsome while praising himself too.]]

* Polybeus' first fight doesn't quite go as planned, even if he wins. He's nearly late for it, and when his opponent, Waldorf Brimli, taunts him, all he has is [[BigStupidDooDooHead "your face is stupid"]]. Then, just as Waldorf is preparing to strike, Polybeus ends the fight [[GroinAttack with a lightning bolt to the nads.]] It proves to be a PyrrhicVictory in a sense, as he's stuck with the AtrociousAlias of Nutshot for a lot of the story.

* Polybeus' first fight doesn't quite go as planned, even if he wins. He's nearly late for it, and when his opponent, Waldorf Brimli, taunts him, all he has is [[BigStupidDooDooHead "your face is stupid"]]. Then, just as Waldorf is preparing to strike, Polybeus ends the fight [[GroinAttack with a lightning bolt to the nads.]] It proves to be a PyricVictory in a sense, as he's stuck with the AtrociousAlias of Nutshot for a lot of the story.

* Polybeus' first fight doesn't quite go as planned, even if he wins. He's nearly late for it, and when his opponent, Waldorf Brimli, taunts him, all he has is [[BigStupidDooDooHead "your face is stupid"]]. Then, just as Waldorf is preparing to strike, Polybeus ends the fight [[GroinAttack with a lightning bolt to the nads.]] It proves to be a PyrricVictory in a sense, as he's stuck with the AtrociousAlias of Nutshot for a lot of the story.