History Podcast / HelloFromTheMagicTavern

* TheMasquerade: The Mysterious Man in the Space Bunker keeps the existence of alternate dimensions under wraps by starting and ending every episode with [[BlatantLies unconvincing disclaimers]]
** In Season 2, it's revealed that [[spoiler: The Mysterious Man and Craig are the remnants of an evil alien empire forced to work in the space bunker by an alternate universe version of Arnie, who doesn't want the podcasts of his alternate selves to outshine his own.]]

* ShapeShifting: Chunt takes the form of whatever being he last had sex with. As of season 3, he can change form at will, but always has badger colouring.

->Attention, people of Earth: The podcast described in this article is not real, but it can really be found at [[http://hellofromthemagictavern.com/ Hello, from the Magic Tavern]].

* ArtifactTitle: The Vermillion Minotaur is destroyed in the season 2 finale and the main characters hit the road for the third season. Though they tend to find someplace for a drink for when they record their shows.

* FoeRomanceSubtext: Usidore and Spintax once resolved their sexual tension in a liaison so powerful that it nearly destroyed a mountain. The dwarves know it as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Wizard Fuck Mountain]]

* StatusQuoIsGod:
** Usidore has convinced a few people to join his quest, but never reaches the tipping point of leaving Hogsface and getting started.
** Arnie and the others have extensive contact with Earth through email and Twitter for 3+ years now, but none of that has affected the "Arnie can't get in touch with his family and let them know he's okay" plot point.

%%* WizardClassic: How Arnie describes Usidore.

* TokenHuman: Arnie is just about the only non-magical human in the show.

* GagBoobs: Queen Titania Belaroth is mostly known for her large breasts. Spintax the Green lives in a multifaceted gem in her cleavage.

* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Usidore, Wizard of the 12th Realm of Ephysiyies, Master of Light and Shadow, Manipulator of Magical Delights, Devourer of Chaos, Champion of the Great Halls of Terr'akkas. The elves know me as Fi’ang Yalok. The dwarves know me as Zoenen Hoogstandjes. I am also known in the Northeast as Gaismunēnas Meistar.
** And there may be other names we do not know yet.
*** Names of such great power, that if you even hear them you shall perish
** This trope applies to all wizards in general, as they also list their powers and identities in their introduction. {{Exaggerated| Trope}} with Can the Yellow - since he's the master of time and space, his introduction also includes his former and future names.

* OverlyLongName: Usidore, Wizard of the 12th Realm of Ephysiyies, Master of Light and Shadow, Manipulator of Magical Delights, Devourer of Chaos, Champion of the Great Halls of Terr'akkas. The elves know me as Fi’ang Yalok. The dwarves know me as Zoenen Hoogstandjes. I am also known in the Northeast as Gaismunēnas Meistar.
** And there may be other names we do not know yet.
*** Names of such great power, that if you even hear them you shall perish
** This trope applies to all wizards in general, as they also list their powers and identities in their introduction. {{Exaggerated| Trope}} with Can the Yellow - since he's the master of time and space, his introduction also includes his former and future names.

* GoddamnBats: The upper parts of the Lunar Sword dungeon are filled with weak, annoying enemies, starting with Klax, a skeleton who wields a rusty sword, literal bats, and acid that drops from the ceiling in regular, avoidable intervals. Even someone as unfit as Arnie is able to easily make it through and defeat these enemies.

Has a [[Characters/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Character Sheet]].

* {{Joke of the Butt}}: A rather surprising amount of discussion centres on how many buttholes everybody has.

%%* BedTrick: The usual MO of memory gremlins.

* AffablyEvil: Baron Ragoon seems like a really nice guy, but [[spoiler: he's a follower of the Dark Lord.]] Arnie isn't fooled. "I'm from the Midwest. I know the difference between nice and polite."

->The podcast described in this article is not real, but it can really be found at [[http://hellofromthemagictavern.com/ Hello, from the Magic Tavern]].

* TheAce: Spintax the Green is treated like this, much to the dismay of Usidore.

* BedTrick: The usual MO of memory gremlins.
* BornAsAnAdult: All wizards are born this way.

* WizardClassic: How Arnie describes Usidore.

* {{A Day in the Limelight}}: On two occasions, Arnie's broadcasts cuts off in the first few minutes, and the bulk of the episode follows the antics on the space station.

* AWizardDidIt: The RetCon to explain why robins were non-existent in an early episode, but came to be regular birds later on.

* {{Unfortunate Implications}}: {{In-universe}}, Jamilious the Mauve, who is black (as in he has dark skin) exists at least in part to counter the negative implications that might be associated with blackness as a result of the Dark Lord being the [[{{Colour Character}} black wizard]].

Has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Character Sheet]].

->Doesn't that sound like a delightful romp through the imagination? Just remember [[{{suspiciously specific denial}} it is not real]].

* ColorCodedWizardry: Usidore the Blue, Spintax the Green, etc.

* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Goblins in Foon are similar to the general fantasy portrayal, with a few... differences. They're small humanoids who live underground and work in the mines serving the Dark Lord. They don't actually seem that bad, but are widely discriminated against, which is somewhat understandable as they are almost offensively affectionate and constantly having sex in public. They also have some strange biology: they have milk-producing horns closely analogous to human breasts, and have dozens of children at a time in litters.

* RunningGag: Usidore's long introduction, and his ongoing quest to recruit adventurers to defeat the DarkLord.

* TokenHuman: Arnie.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The premise of the series.

* BrickJoke: In the first few episodes, Arnie (and occasionally Chunt) begin saying Hoobastank as Usidore reaches the Hoogstandjes portion of his collection of names. Cut to Episode 14, with Glenn Miller and Spants breaking out into a Usidore-themed version of "[[EarWorm The Reason]]" by, you guessed it, Hoobastank.