History WebVideo / EpicNPCMan

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The ingredients needed for the Argons armour set are Argons Mushrooms, Argons Cup, Argons Emblem, Argons Plug, Argons Belt, Argons Lock, Argons Eyeball, Argons Helm and... Gregs Garlic.[[note]]Conspicuous lack of apostrophes as in the original.[[/note]]

** The Guard. He's [[TisOnlyABulletInTheBrain taken an arrow to the head]] (and [[FailedASpotCheck not even noticed]]), been killed by an Assassin whilst distracted, and [[ConspicuouslySelectivePerception had a bucket put on his head]] so a player could steal from the shop, [[ImpossibleThief has his uniform stolen off him]], and wound up in the town lake for one episode.
** The Pixel art version of Baelin is much less powerful/intellegent than his live action counterpart. When Britt attempts to escort him to the capital, he stands still and smiles while being attacked, wanders into danger and at one point casually [[TooDumbToLive walks off a rope bridge suspended over lava!]]

* ConspicuouslySelectivePerception: Played straight and doubly subverted in "Assassin". The guard is killed because he concentrates on the stone being thrown, despite Greg noticing the assassin and trying to tell him. Greg, on the other hand, knows what's going on, but he is programmed to look, and he knows it!

** In "Kids in games are indestructible", this crosses over with [[WouldntHarmAChild Wouldn't Harm A Child]]. The player gets pickpocketed by a little girl, who refuses to give him his gold back. Seeing no other choice, he tries to attack her with his sword, but she either effortlessly dodges it, does a BareHandedBladeBlock, or just lets the sword bounce right off her. In desperation, he shoots a fireball at her, but she emerges unscathed and starts skipping towards him, giving a sing-songey "You can't kill me!"

* NoSell: "Overpowered from Side Quests" has the player ignore the story and get powerful gear from side quests. When he decides to get back to the main story, the thieves guild leader can't even scratch him. Even a bomb blowing up in front of him does nothing.

* TeamRocketWins: The muggers finally get a successful robbery when they decide to mug a wagon. (It should be noted that they were not mugging a driver, but the wagon (as in, an inanimate object) itself.)

* TeamRocketWins: The muggers finally get a successful robbery when they decide to mug a wagon. (It should be noted that they were not mugging a driver, but the wagon itself.)

* CatchPhrase:
-->'''Baelin:''' Mornin'! Nice day for fishin' ain't it? Hu hah!\\
'''Eugene:''' Slow yourself, adventurer! ''[pathetic crying]''\\
'''Greg:''' Hello, adventurer, and welcome to the town of Honeywood!\\
'''The guard:''' For the peace of the kingdom! For the King! For the Alliance! For king and country!\\
'''The muggers:''' Let's! Go! Mug 'em!

* UniquenessValue: Straight-up subverted in the episode "One of a Kind". He provides his family heirloom, a ring, to the first adventurer. He then, more reluctantly, offers the same to the second adventurer. The box gets dropped, and we find that [[spoiler:there are actually a lot of rings in his box]].

* ArtificialIntelligence: Greg hasn't exactly figured out that he's in a video game, but is more than aware enough to realize things aren't quite right about his world. Baelin, despite his very limited AI, also seems capable of functioning past that point should he be placed under enough stress. Charles also has this; but, as one commenter put it, his partner, Bernard, has more charisma points.

** The episode "Soulmate" can be seen as a metaphor for Alzheimer's.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: In "Missing an obvious game mechanic", Rowan expresses dismay at coming across a murder scene, saying there are no clues and it will take hours to track the killers. Ben is confused since the quest should only take a few minutes with [[FluorescentFootprints Detective Mode]], slowly realizing that Rowan has no idea how to use this mechanic or that it even exists. He's stunned, then admits he's honestly impressed Rowan got this far in the game solving these quests through sheer brute force.
* ADayInTheLimelight: In "Blacksmith", the episode focuses on Bodger, the local blacksmith in Honeywood. He takes upon himself to forge a set of legendary armor for the PC's quest. Greg the Garlic Farmer doesn't even show up in the episode proper until after the segment ends.
-->'''Greg:''' Hey! What are you guys doing over there?\\
'''Bodger:''' Shut up, Greg! I've had it to here with you!\\
'''Greg:''' It just--it just kind of feels weird, me not being part of this.\\
'''Bodger:''' It's not all about you, Greg! You don't have to be involved in every conversation!\\
Everybody's ''always'' talking to Greg; well, it's ''MY'' time now!\\
'''Greg:''' ''[beat]'' You're a little bit of a dick.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: In "Blacksmith", the episode focuses on Bodger, the local blacksmith in Honeywood. He takes upon himself to forge a set of legendary armor for the PC's quest. Greg, the Garlic Farmer doesn't even show up in the episode proper until after the segment ends.
-->'''Greg''': "Hey! What are you guys doing over there?"
-->'''Bodger''': "Shut up, Greg! I've had it to here with you!"
-->'''Greg''': "It just--it just kind of feels weird, me not being part of this."
-->'''Bodger''': "It's not all about you, Greg! You don't have to be involved in every conversation!
-->Everybody's ''always'' talking to Greg; well, it's ''MY'' time now!"
-->'''Greg''': ''(beat)'' "You're a little bit of a dick."

** Most notably with Bodger who sells high level equipment to players at inflated prices. Examples include "Legendary Sword" ([[spoiler:the player finds that they are not high enough level to wield what he just purchased]]) and "Markup" ([[spoiler:where the player accidentally sells Bodger his main weapon and is infuriated to learn he has to buy it back with all the gold he has]]).

* ArtifactTitle: Originally, every episode was about Greg the garlic merchant or took place in front of his shop. Over time, fewer and fewer episodes showed the “Epic NPC Man” aside from the closing titles to the point where some seasons barely have him at all.

* BribingYourWayToVictory: In "Skipping The Grind With Money", Britt gets annoyed with Rowan when he pays real money to unlock armor that take a long time to earn with in-game progress. Rowan argues that he ''has'' earned the armor, by working at his job in real life, to which Britt concedes he has a fair point. However, she still is disgusted when the items he buys include weapons that provide a significant in-game advantage instead of just being cosmetic.

* {{Calvinball}}: "Mini Games" features a bizarre Hearthstone-esque mini game which Greg [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] as having completely incomprehensible rules.

-->'''Baelin''': "Mornin'! Nice day for fishin' ain't it? Hu hah!"
-->'''Eugene''': "Slow yourself, adventurer!" *pathetic crying*
-->'''Greg''': "Hello, adventurer, and welcome to the town of Honeywood!"
-->'''The guard''': "For the peace of the kingdom! For the King! For the Alliance! For king and country!"
-->'''The muggers''': "Let's! Go! Mug 'em!"

-->'''Evil Baelin:''' "Good evening! Glorious night for fishing, wouldn't you say? [[EvilLaugh Muhuhu... muhuhahaha!]]"

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: One player, who is used to 'F' being the 'Use' key, discovers that it is the 'Punch' key, resulting in him accidentally punching Greg constantly when he presses it to advance the conversation.

* DisproportionateRetribution: If a player kicks a chicken, or defends himself from bandits infront of the guard, they will be horribly killed.

-->'''Isaac:''' (''flatly'') It's heartbreaking knowing what has happened to the women and children. They truly are suffering in these dark times.\\

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "Baelin's Route", the rescued girl speculates aloud that Baelin might be something more than an ordinary fisherman. One of her guesses - [[spoiler:that he's an orc disguised as a human]] - turns out to be correct about a different character.
* GameplayAllyImmortality / InvulnerableCivilians: During the episode "Taking advantage of NPC's - Cannon Fodder" a patch that made village escort [=NPCs=] unkillable is introduced. Ben decides to exploit this and accepts their quests, then leads them to a high level giant demonic boss. Suddenly all the harmless-looking civilians yell out battle cries (except Baelin, who still just says his usual {{catchphrase}}) and pull out improvised weapons, then proceed to whittle down the boss' health while the player steps back and smirks.

* HaHaHaNo: When Dinkledork applies to join the Rangers Guild this is the ranger's response. Then Dinkledork puts on a Charisma Ring and the ranger immediately sees him as worthy, even though he's still the same dork as he's been before.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: In "Healing In The Middle Of Battle - Banquet", the player is low on health, so they open their inventory and chow down on several sausages, bread loaves, and cheese wheels to get back to full health.

* IgnoredEpiphany: In ''Vikings'' the Honeywood Muggers are robbed by the titular Vikings -- two of whom had distracted the pair with a polite conversation that described the very method that was used on the pair, as a third snuck up and stole their stuff -- and thus realize, for the first time in their lives, the sort of feeling that they've given their own victims. To cheer themselves up, they decide to mug Eugene.
* ImpossibleItemDrop: In "Boar Hearts" the adventurers need boar hearts for a potion so they try shooting some boars. However, instead of hearts digging around in their bodies uncovers a scarf, a health potion, and a ''chair''.

** In "Over Powered", A guard congratulates the adventurer for defeating the troll, as the guards were not strong enough to defeat him, but the adventurer was. When the adventurer accidentally kicks a chicken, the guard kills the adventurer in a single attack.

** In "Multi Escort", 4 npcs that seem to lack fighting skills and need the adventurer to protect them, are able to defeat a powerful dragon.
** In "Baelin's Route" the title character can barely block enough enemy attacks to stay alive when recruited as a companion by an adventurer, but when fighting by his own choice lays absolute waste to every adventurer and monster to oppose him. Another character directly asks about this, and he dodges the question. To be fair, initially, he really didn't know what was going on at first, and thus would be more concerned about protecting himself than killing someone he'd just met.

* InsurmountableWaistHighFence: In "Blocked Path," Rowan and Ben argue about their ability to cross an ankle-high fallen log. And in "Block", an NPC stands in a doorway, preventing the player from passing through.

* LawfulStupid: The CityGuards, oh so much.
** "Perception": A guard investigates the murder of one of their comrades, only to holler out [[BrokenRecord repeatedly]] "What could have done this?!".
** "Persuade": A group of guards attempt to arrest a player for her numerous crimes. They set her free when she simply convinces them that [[BlatantLies she didn't do it]]... ''only to let her murder one of their comrades.''

* MidBattleTeaBreak: Using the pause and inventory menus to turn the tide and win mid battle occurs more than once during the series. Notable occurrences are: "How to win battles in RPG’s - Pause" and "Healing in the middle of combat - Banquet".

* MsFanservice: Whenever Britt is featured as a character, Britt's attractive appearance is often emphasized in most episodes, such as the episode about female armor in RPG video games.

* NoHeroDiscount: Skewered in "Legendary Sword" when Bodger The Blacksmith charges Adam the player for the titular sword to slay the dragons that threaten to destroy everything, including Bodger himself.
* NoSell: "Overpowered From Side Quests" has the player ignore the story and get powerful gear from side quests. When he decides to get back to the main story, the thieves guild leader can't even scratch him. Even a bomb blowing up in front of him does nothing.

** Inverted in several sketches starring 2 [=PCs=], played by Rowan and Ben. Rowan's character is using real world logic, and thus makes sense to the viewer; while Ben's character is respecting the rules of the ''game's'' logic, and thus naturally the sketch will ultimately prove Ben right.
* PhotoMode: The "Taking photos in games - Photo Mode" episode parodies this, with the NPC being not paused and getting confused about everything what's happening.

* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Most of the characters played by Britt, they don't like wearing a bikini as armor.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: The muggers can't resist trying to mug people, even high level players who can kill them in an instant. Or dragons. Or, on one bizarrely successful instance, a wheelbarrow.
* SuperDrowningSkills: In "Why Can't Heroes Swim In Games?", the player ignores Greg's insistence that they use a bridge to cross a small river that looks to be three inches deep at most. On stepping in, he's ''immediately swallowed whole''.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: In "Using An NPC Menu To Avoid Combat", a player being chased by an angry cyclops talks to Greg, which stops the cyclops in place. Greg can't help him, but the player goes through Greg's dialogue options to delay the inevitable. Eventually, there's nothing left to do but exit the conversation and get slaughtered.
* TeamRocketWins: The muggers finally get a successful robbery when they decide to mug a wagon. (It should be noted that they were not mugging a driver, but the wagon itself)
* UniquenessValue: Straight-up subverted in the episode One Of A Kind. He provides his family heirloom, a ring, to the first adventurer. He then, more reluctantly, offers the same to the second adventurer. The box gets dropped, and we find that [[spoiler:there are actually a lot of rings in his box]].

** Exaggerated in Over Powered, where an adventurer gets killed by a guard because the former ''[[DisproportionateRetribution accidentally kicked a nearby chicken]]''.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: In "Insensitively Looting Dead Bodies", Greg is aghast at the player looting the bodies of several villagers killed by bad guys. In the end, the player even loots the corpse of his female companion's mother mere seconds after she dies, ''while the companion is actively weeping over her''.

* YouMonster: The trio of players in "[[KillItWithFire Hot]] Stuff" who killed ''every maiden in Honeywood...[[ForTheEvulz for an achievement]]!''

* ArtificialIntelligence: Greg hasn't exactly figured out that he's in a video game, but is more than aware enough to realize things aren't quite right about his world. Baelin, despite his very limited AI, also seems capable of functioning past that point should he be placed under enough stress.

!! ''Epic NPC Man'' contains examples of the following

-->'''The muggers''': "Let's mug 'em!"

%%* ChristmasEpisode: Complete with in-game Christmas theme.

%%* CriticalEncumbranceFailure: "Overburdened".

* DisproportionateRetribution: If a player kicks a chicken they will be horribly killed.

* YouMonster: The trio of players in "[[KillItWithFire Hot]] Stuff" who killed ''every maiden in Honeywood...[[ForTheEvulz for an achievement]]!''
%%** The assassin in "Assassin".

* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA11NH4z1MA Open Mic]] sees a player go AFK in front of Greg, then promptly turns on porn. Greg is forced to listen to every bit of it in sheer confusion and horror.

** Players force sell him items he doesn't need at inflated prices and rob his chest left out in the wilderness.
** Another player, lies to him about accepting his quest and leads him to a demon to fight on his behalf.
** When the muggers mug the wheelbarrow, the producers like a suggestion that it belongs to Fred so much that they made it canon.
** In Baelin's path, he is restrained and robbed at knife point by a female assassin.

* ChewToy: Fred Orchardson, gets abused by both players and [=NPCs=] alike:

* ChainmailBikini: Whenever Britt (the sole female in the main cast) is playing a [=PC=], this trope inevitably comes into play.

* ChewToy: Fred Orchardson, gets abused by both players and NPC s alike: