History WesternAnimation / TheLegendOfVoxMachina

** ''Whitestone Chronicles--Ripley'': To be released in 2024, revealing the origin of one of the party's arch-enemies, Dr. Anna Ripley.

''The Legend of Vox Machina'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the [[WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaignOne first campaign]] of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''. The series is produced by Creator/{{Titmouse}}, and is distributed exclusively on Creator/PrimeVideo in weekly batches of three half-hour episodes, starting from January 28, 2022. Season two is set to air on January 20, 2023 in the same format, and a third season is in production.

** The TitleSequence opens with a raven flying over Emon, which splits into six golden threads that seek out the members of Vox Machina from across Tal'Dorei. [[spoiler:In "Belly of the Beast", Vax communes with the Matron of ''Ravens'', a goddess who explains these threats represent Fate, and she has the ability to use them to guide people towards their destiny -- such as by bringing Vox Machina together, as the opening sequence suggests]].

** The TitleSequence opens with a raven flying over Emon, which splits into six threads that seek out the members of Vox Machina from across Tal'Dorei. [[spoiler:In "Belly of the Beast", Vax communes with the Matron of ''Ravens'', a goddess who explains these threats represent Fate, and she has a limited ability to use them to guide people towards their destiny -- such as by bringing Vox Machina together, as the opening sequence suggests]].

* ActorAllusion:
** When a child sees Vax doing some tricks with a coin, the kid asks if he's a wizard. Creator/LiamOBrien, the voice of Vax, played the wizard Caleb Widogast in Campaign 2 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''.
** While Brimscythe was already dubbed the Iron Storm in the original web show, here he's voiced by Creator/DavidTennant, who as the Tenth Doctor boasted "I'm the oncoming storm" (a nickname given to him by his enemies).
*** On top of that Brimscythe has a horde of gold and treasures, enough gold [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 one could swim in it...]]
** Vax calls Percy a "preening peacoated peacock", which applies to Creator/TaliesinJaffe's ostentatious tiefling from Campaign 2 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'', Mollymauk Tealeaf.
** Creator/AshleyJohnson was in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' as Beth the waitress, who tells the camera that Franchise/CaptainAmerica saved her life. Pike fights with a round shield made of light similar to Cap's, and she can throw the shield as well as ShieldSurf.
** In Episode 10, Scanlan mentions that, now they've found evidence of the Briarwoods' deeds, they could easily settle things with them in court instead of in battle. His actor, Creator/SamRiegel, voices Phoenix Wright in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, which he also occasionally referenced on-stream.

** In the podcast, [[spoiler:Vex's first death via the trapped sarcophagus was immediately solved with a quick ''Revivify'' spell. In the show's rendition, not only does her death take an entire episode to undo, but its treated with ''far'' more emotional gravitas than in the podcast and has lasting consequences regarding Percy and Vax's relationship.]]

** "Goliath", as a ''[=D&D=]'' race, is ''not'' covered by the OGL and is under copyright, so Grog and his fellows are only ever referred to as a "half-giant" or "the Pack".

** [[spoiler:Craven Edge, the [[TalkingWeapon Talking]] EvilWeapon that Grog takes from Sylas Briarwood, acts suspiciously like [[Literature/TheElricSaga Stormbringer]].]]

** Craven Edge, the [[EvilWeapon evil]] [[TalkingWeapon talking]] EmpathicWeapon that Grog finds, acts suspiciously like [[Literature/TheElricSaga Stormbringer]].

** In the podcast, [[spoiler:Vex's first death via the trapped sarcophagus was immediately solved with a quick ''Revivify'' spell. In the show's rendition, not only does her death take an entire episode to undo, but its treated with ''far'' more emotional gravitas than in the podcast.]]

** In the campaign, the players use the word "[[Main/BoardGames Jenga]]" as a safe word in case things go pear-shaped. In the show, Grog instead suggests the word "chenga".

** In the show, the Fey Realm and Westrun arcs [[TwoLinesNoWaiting happen simultaneously]] due to a malfunctioning Plane Shift spell splitting the party. In the campaign, all of Vox Machina took on the Westrun arc together and went to the Feywild after defeating Umbrasyl.

** In the campaign, Scanlan was a member of Dr. Dranzel's troupe as part of his backstory. In the show, they meet for the first time in Westrun.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Saundor sweet-talks Vex and preys on her trauma to seduce her into giving him her heart, until the moment she rejects him. Without missing a beat, he then calls her a bitch, says all women are the same, and physically attacks her. This calls to mind real-world incel behavior, fitting for a character whose stream counterpart has been referred to as "an acrimonious tree spirit with deep-seated toxic masculinity".

** Instead of the Beholder being an independent denizen of the Sunken Tomb as in the campaign, Zahra actually summons it (well, [[WritingAroundTrademarks a copyright-friendly substitute]]) to fight Vox Machina so they can steal the Vestige. In fact, Zahra was the one who ''killed'' it on-stream. She does help fight it and apologize afterwards, however.

** In Season 2 Episode 4, Zahra summons a Beholder-esque monster to attack Vox Machina, hoping to petrify them all, steal the Vestige and have Kash restore them afterwards. When she later joins the fight against it, [[EvilIsNotAToy she almost immediately ends up petrified herself.]]