History Podcast / BigGrandeTeachersLounge

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Howard's last name is actually Levi's, as in the brand of jean, but he generally writes and pronounces it as Levis to distance himself from the brand (of which he is the heir to).

* {{Juggalo}}: Sam becomes immersed in the Juggalo lifestyle throughout the 4th season, even gaining a girlfriend from the Family known only as "Curly Fry".

* AnythingThatMoves: The teachers have collectively dated and/or been engaged to a number of truly terrible men and women, along with a countless number of animals and inanimate objects.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Bill and Todd share a Pornhub account and literally use it constantly (as in the minute one of them logs off the other logs on).

* BigBeautifulMan: Sam is occasionally mentioned to have an erotically curvy body that allowed him to have a career as a {{Creator/BET}} [[FanserviceExtra video vixen]] before he became a teacher. He later starts his own Instagram account that is filled entirely with suggestive pictures of himself, [[ADateWithRosiePalms which Bill regularly masturbates to]].

* {{Animorphism}}: Bill's alternating addictions to [[IncrediblyLamePun Ostragen and Bearoids]] cause him to mutate into an ostrich and a bear, respectively.

* DeathBySex: With a particularly pathetic twist; Howard dies of a heart attack caused by the panic he felt at the ''thought'' of losing his virginity.

* TheCorruptible: Bill falls under the control of shady and manipulative men practically once per season. In season 6, he full-on joins a cult [[WhatAnIdiot under the mistaken belief that it is a frat]].

[[caption-width-right:300:Class is out and the coffee's on.]]''The Teachers' Lounge'' is an improvised comedy podcast on the Earwolf network which follows the lives of four highly questionable education professionals played by Drew Tarver, Dan Lippert, Jon Mackey and Ryan Rosenberg. Indifferent to their students and focused on their own short term goals and aspirations, the teachers find themselves in many unlikely scenarios and even far outside of the teaching profession.

* AxeCrazy: Sam Weatherman tends to be the most violent and destructive of the four.

** Social distancing brought on by the COVID-19 epidemic had the show's new episodes ostensibly be unreleased content recorded during [[TheNoughties the early 2000s]] to justify their lower audio quality. [[UpToEleven On top of that]], the early 2000s episodes are set in Cancun, with Creator/{{MTV}}'s Spring Break going on in the background, essentially giving it two gimmicks at once.

* CrisisCrossover: The final minisode before the debut of season 9 was a crossover between every single SimilarSquad rival podcast established in the previous seasons. This means that it features each of the four hosts playing ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters six characters each]]'' [[TalkingToThemself all at once]] to naturally chaotic results.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: From season 4 onward the show is occasionally "hijacked" by a rival podcast featuring a SimilarSquad of four different characters played by the members of Big Grande. So far, these include "The Preachers' Lounge" (starring four local preachers), "The Bleachers' Lounge" (starring four local dads with sons in the same little league), "The Creatures' Lounge" (starring four blues musicians), "Van Thieves" (starring four van thieves), "The Teachers' Barge" (starring four members of the crew of a trash barge) and "The Beachers' Lounge" (starring four beach bums). These episodes generally have nothing to do with any of the ongoing plots in the main show.

** Despite looking like a human, Todd is [[ArtisticLicenseBiology apparently a single-celled organism]] and lactates an energy drink-like fluid.

* SimilarSquad: From season five onward, it has been revealed that the universe the podcast takes place in is home to ''several'' similarly-named podcasts starring four men who sound and act remarkably similar to, but not ''quite'' the same as, the teachers.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: The teachers will sell each other out for their own gain in a second.

* {{Flanderization}}: Bill Cravy's voice becomes increasingly more high-pitched and absurd-sounding across the first three seasons, to the point where the fourth season [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] it by canonically revealing him to suffer from "ridiculous voice", which is [[{{Metaphorgotten}} alternatively used as an analogy for being a closeted homosexual and having a terminal illness]]. Howard being a pathetic wet blanket virgin also steadily starts to overtake his character as soon as his virginity is established.

** Bill [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial constantly taking about how long and real his hair is]].

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Bill will emphatically insists "I ain't gay no more!" whenever he interprets someone as accusing him of being attracted to men.

* BackToSchool: The ostensible plot of season 6 is that the teachers go back to college to find themselves. In practice, them actually attending classes is rarely brought up, something which is mercilessly lampshaded in the latter half of the season.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: From season 5 onward the show is occasionally "hijacked" by a rival podcast featuring a SimilarSquad of four different characters played by the members of Big Grande. So far, these include "The Preachers' Lounge" (starring four local preachers), "The Bleachers' Lounge" (starring four local dads with sons in the same little league), "The Creatures' Lounge" (starring four blues musicians), "Van Thieves" (starring four van thieves), "The Teachers' Barge" (starring four members of the crew of a trash barge) and "The Beachers' Lounge" (starring four beach bums). These episodes generally have nothing to do with any of the ongoing plots in the main show.

* BurgerFool: From season 5 onward, Todd takes a second job at Burger King that he's so embarrassed by that he constantly tries to hide it from the other three. His excuses basically always reach ImplausibleDeniability levels.

[[caption-width-right:300:Class is out and the coffee's on.]]Teachers lounge is an improvised comedy podcast on the Earwolf network which follows the lives of four highly questionable education professionals played by Drew Tarver, Dan Lippert, Jon Mackey and Ryan Rosenberg. Indifferent to their students and focused on their own short term goals and aspirations, the teachers find themselves in many unlikely scenarios and even far outside of the teaching profession.

* SuddenlySexuality: Todd abruptly gets engaged to another man in a poorly thought out attempt at being a feminist (by his logic, [[SelfDeprecation the most considerate thing he can do for women is go gay]]).