History Podcast / Fandible

* ClassyCatBurglar: Goldshot, Angela's character in [[http://paradigmconcepts.com/rotted-capes/ Rotted Capes]]. Former supervillain cat burglar, before the zombie apocalypse rendered ostrich-egg-sized jewels and antique ''objets d'art'' worthless. Now, she fights for survival and ''ersatz'' cocktail parties. Master archer and equestrienne. Her costume was designed by Vera Wang.

** The end-of-session boss fight in the [[ComicBook/{{AtomicRobo}} Atomic Robo]] game, [[http://www.fandible.com/atomic-robo-the-deadliest-topping/ The Deadliest Topping]], featured a [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs triceratops]] [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever fungus monster]] that had been spawned by a [[GoneHorriblyWrong scientifically enhanced mushroom pizza]].

* AdorablyPreciousChild: Tamara from The Shambling fits this to a T once she gets out of her shell and enjoys Christmas.

* RunningGag: The ''End of the World'' episodes are rife with these, played to great effect. Since Angela never tells the group which apocalypse they will be playing, they also serve to help reveal the scenario.

* RunningGag: The End of the World episodes are rife with these, played to great effect. Since Angela never tells the group which apocalypse they will be playing, they also serve to help reveal the scenario.

** The session always begins with the group meeting a drunken poker game, where the same characters are always introduced (but with different low-end jobs or deadbeat lifestyles every time).
** The group always travels to Sammy's Bodega to get more beer, during which they notice some hint of what sort of apocalypse they will be encountering. Sammy is always "played" by B-list actors/actresses.

** Competition between the shabby bachelors they play, and the much more successful, stable, and morally upstanding bachelorettes next door.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: During the [[http://www.fandible.com/origins-2014-con-report/ Fandible gamers' visit to the 2014 Origins Game Fair]], Jésus took some drawing lessons. This resulted in Daniel issuing a challenge to [[http://pencil-monkey.tumblr.com/post/94432366548/ draw the entire Fandible crew in dragon form]], because: reasons. (Everything's better with dragons, and Podcast/{{Fandible}} is no exception.)

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Usually invoked by Jesus. Though maybe its because he typically dies first in every game? [[CaptainObvious Particularly prevalent in horror games]], such as the [[TabletopGame/{{NewWorldOfDarkness}} God-Machine Chronicles]], [[GameMaster GM'ed]] by Daniel.

* EvilChancellor: Jarren the Enchanter, a [[Characters/{{MagicTheGatheringPlaneswalkers}} Planeswalker]] who favors blue/white spells, played by Daniel in [[TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}} Magic: The Gathering]] - [[http://www.fandible.com/magic-the-gathering-the-savage-green/ The Savage Green]]. Referring to himself as the "Merlin of his age", he's the [[CourtMage king's confidant]], nay: ''[[EvilChancellor vizier]]'', on his native plane of existence. His motto is: "If the people aren't happy, we will ''make'' them happy."

** Raz K'thüün. (And yes, [[http://www.fandible.com/category/planescape/ that's the same name he used last week]], except with added umlauts. [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Because it's more metal, that way]].) [[Characters/{{MagicTheGatheringPlaneswalkers}} Planeswalker]] from [[TabletopGame/{{MagicTheGathering}} Magic: The Gathering]] - [[http://www.fandible.com/magic-the-gathering-the-savage-green/ The Savage Green]]. Favors a red/black deck, i.e. he's a wielder of "death energies and overwhelming destruction". ([[HeavyMithril Cue guitar riff]].) He's known on his native plane as "The Merchant of Death" (and may presumably have some slight resemblance to [[Film/{{LordOfWar}} Nicolas Cage]]). Actually, his physical appearance is... well, quite similar to his [[TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} Planescape:]] colleague, Tsaviel, except somewhat less [[ComicBook/{{TheSmurfs}} Smurf-colored]].

The franchise has also branched out into other media formats than audio, such as a [[EasternRPG JRPG-style]] computer game called [[http://www.fandible.com/unhallowed-metropolis-horatios-story/ Horatio's Story]], about [[RatStomp a man who's forced to fight an infestation in his own basement]], and a YouTube channel called [[http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFanditube the Fanditube]], currently featuring a video with an orky bedtime story: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-a03AJgsdQ Goodnight Barsher]].

** Most of the kids from Billy's games are this to a degree. [[spoiler: Which makes it all the more heartrending when a girl loses her brother, or children from Congealed Happiness end up dead. Billy is NOT afraid to kill off people; children just end up as casualties as well.]]

** Stored Gods is FULL of this trope. Characters from previous stories show up, and the entire auction covers goods from Founder's Heights. [[spoiler: It may as well be called Congealed Happiness 2: Not only does the Ink Monster show up again to kill people, his minion of choice is April Bwire from Pure Wax, who met her at the end after the wax monster fiasco, and they even run into Frances, one of the main three characters from Congealed Happiness. The story makes a point to mention previous stories at least once; Peggy mentions His Holy Light University by name, the story takes place in the same state camp Honeybranch was, etc.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Tiffany against the [[spoiler: Gashadokuro]], having rolled an exceptional success.
* CurbStompCushion: Though, to be fair, the [[spoiler: Gashadokuro]] DID hurt David's character quite a bit.

* DualBoss: Moira vs. [[spoiler: Nelland's Mourner, in Moira's favor.]]

* EverybodyDidIt: [[spoiler: Zig-zagged; most people were connected with two murders. In Billy's story of Buried Memories, the plot revolves around four unconnected people seeing incredibly weird things in a retreat and being unable to sleep. Turns out, they aren't as unconnected as it seems. It ends up being a murder plot where two lesbian lovers had their entire lives ruined by these four people; Miranda, the NPC sister of Daniel's character did a delivery he was supposed to do but didn't while drunk. When Miranda was coming back, David's character, a drunkard actor, ran her over, and was too wasted to do anything. When she finally got help, Jesus' character, a doctor, froze up during the surgery due to PTSD, costing Miranda valuable time and causing her to die when the replacement doctor was too late. The other lesbian lover, an NPC named Cynthia, was broken by Miranda's death, and tried to find a way to help herself survive. She ended up working under Angela's character, a business woman with medical anger problems who was aspiring to become CEO, a promotion not too far off. However, Angela's character overworked Cynthia and ended up exploding and throwing a coffee mug at her, which, combined with the recent passing of Miranda, drove her over the edge and caused her to commit suicide.]]

* FlatWhat: From [[spoiler: Janus of all people when Loppy outright tells him she needs to kill him during the Supernatural game.]]

** Mr. Smiley, a major [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] from David's TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}} game, is a corporate spokesperson [[SelfDemonstrating/{{TheJoker}} blessed with a fixed grin, an endearing laughter, and a total moral vacuum in the benighted pit where a normal person would have a soul]] - or at least have a tendency to hesitate before plunging head-first into murder, hiring people to commit murder, or generally just stabbing people in the back if they're in his way.

* {{Joisey}}: Tiffany Capelli (played by guest star Emily in the [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Supernatural]] game session, ''Paint The Town Dead''), an overly tanned dark-haired [[VampireHunter vampire hunter]] who loves [[TheEighties hair spray]], [[Music/{{Madonna}} Madonna]], [[TheEighties aerobics and jazzercise]], hails from [[JerseyShore a certain region of New York]].

** '''Jesus:''' (No, not ''[[{{Jesus}} that]]'' [[{{Jesus}} guy]]. It's pronounced "''[[KungFuJesus Hay-Soos]]''".) The nerd who loves t-shirts with ''hilarious'' pop cultural references.