History Podcast / CoolKidsTable

*** Shannon calls the spooky forest room the ''Film/EvilDead'' room.

* DaylightHorror: Most of the drama in ''Bloody Mooney'' occurs shortly after breakfast.

*** The torture shack is similar to ''Film/{{Saw}}'' or ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.

* SurpriseCreepy: Even when the show did horror back in ''Creepy Town'', it was mostly played for laughs. In ''Bloody Mooney'', Alan spares no detail when describing [[spoiler: the half-eaten corpse of Keri's mother, and Mooney happily jumping over to eat more of her]].

* BladeOnAStick: Janus from ''Small Magic''can fight with a polearm, though he prefers using his fists.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Pops up during ''Bloody Mooney''. When the teacher in detention threatens to hit the students with a paddle, Jessica shoots back that she can't because it's 1986. Alan, through the teacher, points out that striking students was actually still allowed until the nineties.

* ''Dan, Danny, and Daniel'' (episode 49): The second year anniversary special, which uses the "Three Things in a Trench Coat" system. Three different versions of Creator/DannyDevito--[[Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia Frank Reynolds]] (Danny, played by Shannon), [[Film/BatmanReturns The Penguin]] (Daniel, played by Jake), and [[Film/SuperMarioBros Mario]] (Dan, played by Josh)--work together inside a trench coat in order to get into places Danny [=DeVito=] is not supposed to be.

* AlternateHistory: ''Dan, Danny, and Daniel'' takes place in a world where Danny [=DeVito=] plays Mario in a ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' sequel called ''2-per Mario Bros''.

* AnAxeToGrind: There's one installed in the spooky forest room in ''Creepy Town'' that [[spoiler: the monster uses to kill Die]].

** The torture room gets equipped with a chainsaw, ladder, rusty tools, and a hidden Claymore. [[spoiler: The monster activates the chainsaw to bisect Ethan opening night]]. Later on the meathook swings into [[spoiler: the back of Katie's head]].

** Olivia pours a bottle of fake blood all over the floor of the space hell room. She also paints an occult symbol there [[spoiler: that ends up devouring her.]]

** The zombie room has baseball bats and a fire axe in it.

* ''Creepy Town'' (episodes 6-8): Using the "Dead Teenager" system. In the slasher movie ''Nowhere, Kansas'', a group of shitty teens have been hired to work the annual Creepy Town haunted house. Three victims are created and controlled by each Shannon ([[LovableJock Ethan]], [[AlphaBitch Katie]], and [[DramaClub Alli]]), Josh ([[EmoTeen Spencer]], [[PerkyGoth Die]], and [[RichKids William]]), Jake (Stacey, [[GenreSavvy Oliver]], and [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Olivia]]), and Alan ([[DumbJock Frank]], [[{{Nerd}} Walter]], and Veronica). As per the game's rules, the position of Director rotates between each player every scene.

* BlandNameProduct: Several of them pop in "The Chimera Program", such as Bullseye (Wal-Mart) and Chef Cook 'em Up (Chef Boyardee).

* ''Creepy Town'' (episodes 6-8): Using the "Dead Teenager" system. In the slasher movie ''Nowhere, Kansas'', a group of shitty teens have been hired to work the annual Creepy Town haunted house. Three victims are created and controlled by each Shannon ([[LovableJock Ethan]], [[AlphaBitch Katie]], and [[DramaClub Alli]]), Josh ([[EmoTeen Spencer]], [[PerkyGoth Die]], and [[RichKids William]]), Jake ([[TheCheerleader Stacey]], [[GenreSavvy Oliver]], and [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Olivia]]), and Alan ([[DumbJock Frank]], [[{{Nerd}} Walter]], and Veronica). As per the game's rules, the position of Director rotates between each player every scene.

* TheCheerleader: In ''Creepy Town'', Stacy Quartermain is the head cheerleader. She's slightly nicer than Katie, but she'll happily throw insults at people she doesn't like.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Janus in ''Small Magic'' is destined to find a way to keep the Oni asleep and the world at peace. Maggie and Stege are called upon to protect him during his Journey.

* {{Animal Motif|s}}: In ''Small Magic'', the royal family is connected to birds. They tend to listen to them and those assisting them.

* DeathByAdaptation[=/=]SparedByTheAdaptation: ''Hogwarts: The New Class'' reveals that while Fred and Tonks were killed in Rowling's books, they are alive and well in the real world.

* KillEmAll: Laid out as a definite possibility at the start of ''Creepy Town'', since the character deaths are decided by dumb luck rather than any planning and therefore it's easy for every single character to die. [[spoiler: And that's exactly what happens]].
** [[spoiler: In ''Star War'', after Kip's stunt with an ion cannon, the Force abandons the Jedi and they all fall to their deaths as the castle crumbles around them. Even the cute sloths, which they tried to save, hurtle to their deaths as well]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: The background music for ''Creepy Town'' rotates between various different Halloween-themed songs, which can lead to such instances as the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme playing while people are horrifically murdered. The cake goes to when the last group of survivors stumble into the spooky forest room where "Believe" by Music/{{Cher}} is playing on loop.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Creepy Town'' has twelve player characters, more than any other game played. Justified, though, since in this game two-thirds of them are going to die before the final act.

* ''Creepy Town'' (episodes 6-8): Using the "Dead Teenager" system. In the slasher movie ''Nowhere, Kansas'', a group of shitty teens have been hired to work the annual Creepy Town haunted house. Three victims are created and controlled by each Shannon ([[LovableJock Ethan]], [[AlphaBitch Katie]], and [[DramaClub Alli]]), Josh ([[EmoTeen Spencer]], [[PerkyGoth Die]], and [[RichKids William]]), Jake ([[TheCheerleader Stacey]], [[GenreSavvy Oliver]], and [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Olivia]]), and Alan ([[DumbJock Frank]], [[HollywoodNerd Walter]], and Veronica). As per the game's rules, the position of Director rotates between each player every scene.

* HollywoodNerd: Walter Shoemaker from ''Creepy Town'' comes the closest due to being a D&D nerd.

* AdultFear: Near the end of episode one of ''Smawl Problems'', 8-year-old cousin Derek goes missing and the others realize that, since he wanted to go swimming, he may have gone to the lake. Though Mel and April don't treat it very seriously, April and Janey have palpable concern about a small child lost in the woods and potentially coming to harm.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Die from ''Creepy Town'' has purple streaks in her hair.

** Along with character class, colour is the other part of the {{Splat}} in Josh's "Super Mario RPG' system and determines the StandardStatusEffects that a character can do in . Red is fire (burn), green is lightning (shrink), pink is love (sleep), yellow is sand (dizzy), purple is shadow (fear), light blue is ice (freeze), and regular blue is star (silence). For ''Here We Gooooo!'' itself, Dario is yellow, Yoshi is green, and Crania is purple.

* OnlyOneName: Caleb from ''Firefly: The Zelda Chronicles'' has no last name given.

* ''Creepy Town'' (episodes 6-8): Using the "Dead Teenager" system. In the slasher movie ''Nowhere, Kansas'', a group of shitty teens have been hired to work the annual Creepy Town haunted house. Three victims are created and controlled by each Shannon ([[LovableJock Ethan]], [[AlphaBitch Katie]], and [[DramaClub Alli]]), Josh ([[EmoTeen Spencer]], [[PerkyGoth Die]], and [[RichKids William]]), Jake ([[TheCheerleader Stacey]], [[GenreSavvy Oliver]], and [[SmartPeopleWearGlasses Olivia]]), and Alan ([[DumbJock Frank]], [[HollywoodNerd Walter]], and [[BandGeek Veronica]]). As per the game's rules, the position of Director rotates between each player every scene.

* BandGeek: Veronica Lyles from ''Creepy Town'', who plays the piccolo and [[BerserkButton hates when people call it a flute]].