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This story follows the adventures of Explorington III, a valiant @ in the ASCII dungeons of [[Angband]]. Bitter, cynical and just plain weird. And that's just the hero. A liking for, and knowledge of, the [[Roguelike]] genre of games comes in handy when reading this three-day-a-week strip. You can read it [http://angband.calamarain.net here]. (However, some browsers seem to have difficulty maintaining the page, as the page often shifts to a completely different website, and so this comic may no longer be available.) |
This story follows the adventures of Explorington III, a valiant @ in the ASCII dungeons of [[Angband]]. Bitter, cynical and just plain weird. And that's just the hero. A liking for, and knowledge of, the [[Roguelike]] genre of games comes in handy when reading this three-day-a-week strip. You can read it [http://angband.calamarain.net here]. (However, some browsers seem to have difficulty maintaining the page, as the page often shifts to a completely different website, and so this comic may no longer be available.) |
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Has nothing to do with ''[[Tales From the Pit]]'', a separate and totally unrelated webcomic. |
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=== Tropes featured include: === |
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* [[After the End]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-19 This strip] {{spoiler|is a subversion}}. |
* [[After the End]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314045239/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-19 This strip] {{spoiler|is a subversion}}. |
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* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-02 So you need this guide to tell them apart.] |
* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307053059/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-02 So you need this guide to tell them apart.] |
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* [[Anticlimax]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-22 By your powers combined...] |
* [[Anticlimax]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313044153/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-22 By your powers combined...] |
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* [[Art Shift]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-10 Here]. |
* [[Art Shift]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170918103048/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-10 Here]. |
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* [[Auction]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-07 Auctioning off the One Ring] may be harmful to your health. |
* [[Auction]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308095032/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-07 Auctioning off the One Ring] may be harmful to your health. |
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* [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-25 That is not the right way to use a Staff of Power!] ({{spoiler|You're supposed to lube it up first!}}) |
* [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313101804/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-25 That is not the right way to use a Staff of Power!] ({{spoiler|You're supposed to lube it up first!}}) |
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* [[Bill Bill Junk Bill]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-07-06 Here]. |
* [[Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313052625/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-07-06 Here]. |
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* [[Bond One-Liner]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-11 This strip] does it with copious lampshading. |
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311071250/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-11 This strip] does it with copious lampshading. |
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* [[Boss Battle]]: [[Lampshaded]] [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-09 here]. |
* [[Boss Battle]]: [[Lampshaded]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311054305/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-09 here]. |
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* [[Brain Bleach]]: There are several examples. |
* [[Brain Bleach]]: There are several examples. |
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** This is Explorington's reaction to [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-11 walking in] on Morgoth and Sauron... [[Blatant Lies|rehearsing]] for a play. |
** This is Explorington's reaction to [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313111705/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-11 walking in] on Morgoth and Sauron... [[Blatant Lies|rehearsing]] for a play. |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-05-19 A novice paladin who saw Morgoth naked.] |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307091937/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-05-19 A novice paladin who saw Morgoth naked.] |
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* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-08 Here]. |
* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310200053/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-08 Here]. |
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* [[Clip Show]]: Lampshaded [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-05 here]. |
* [[Clip Show]]: Lampshaded [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311182549/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-05 here]. |
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* [[Comeback Tomorrow]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-20 Only 33 minutes and 2 seconds late...] |
* [[Comeback Tomorrow]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161133/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-20 Only 33 minutes and 2 seconds late...] |
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* [[Confessional]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-21 Angband players have a lot to confess]. |
* [[Confessional]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312002927/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-21 Angband players have a lot to confess]. |
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* [[Consummate Liar]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-10 The kobold]. |
* [[Consummate Liar]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312045331/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-10 The kobold]. |
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* [[Crack Pairing]]: Explorington [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-07-11 ships Legolas/Balrog]. (And is apparently a fan of ''[[The Very Secret Diaries]]''.) |
* [[Crack Pairing]]: Explorington [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308152011/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-07-11 ships Legolas/Balrog]. (And is apparently a fan of ''[[The Very Secret Diaries]]''.) |
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* [[Cutting the Knot]]: Explorington solves [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-18 riddles] this way. And [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-05-02 wins rock-paper-scissors games]. |
* [[Cutting the Knot]]: Explorington solves [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102552/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-18 riddles] this way. And [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310132621/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-05-02 wins rock-paper-scissors games]. |
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* [[Duck Season! Rabbit Season!]]: Explorington [[Duck Season! Rabbit Season!|can't]] get Sauron to fall for it. |
* [[Duck Season! Rabbit Season!]]: Explorington [[Duck Season! Rabbit Season!|can't]] get Sauron to fall for it. |
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* [[Explosive Breeder]]: ''[[Angband]]'' has them, so they [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-09 have to show up eventually]. |
* [[Explosive Breeder]]: ''[[Angband]]'' has them, so they [https://web.archive.org/web/20170918104302/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-09 have to show up eventually]. |
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* [[Expospeak Gag]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-04 The troll]. |
* [[Expospeak Gag]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314021710/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-04 The troll]. |
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* [[Fallen Angel]]: Morgoth [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-11-12 takes "fallen" literally]. |
* [[Fallen Angel]]: Morgoth [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313042354/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-11-12 takes "fallen" literally]. |
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* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: The whole point of [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-24 this strip]. |
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: The whole point of [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309001358/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-24 this strip]. |
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* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]] / [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-06-27 Here]. |
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]] / [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312122152/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-06-27 Here]. |
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* [[Fluffy Tamer]]: Explorington tries to play Tarrasque tamer in [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-05-16 this] strip. It doesn't go well. |
* [[Fluffy Tamer]]: Explorington tries to play Tarrasque tamer in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314110554/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-05-16 this] strip. It doesn't go well. |
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* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-12-10 Narsil], the indestructible blade that was broken. |
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308211420/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-12-10 Narsil], the indestructible blade that was broken. |
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* [[Gender Bender]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-30 Via reincarnation.] |
* [[Gender Bender]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309062834/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-30 Via reincarnation.] |
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Trolls are [[Running Gag|often]] treated this way. |
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Trolls are [[Running Gag|often]] treated this way. |
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* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: Subverted [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-04 here] when they turn out to agree with each other. |
* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]: Subverted [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307113701/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-04 here] when they turn out to agree with each other. |
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* [[A Good Name for |
* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222711/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-10-19 In the rant.] |
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* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-03-21 Angels aren't allowed to swear]. |
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314090107/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-03-21 Angels aren't allowed to swear]. |
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* [[Hollywood Jehovah's Witness]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-02-10 Or, well, Priests of Eru]. Same thing. |
* [[Hollywood Jehovah's Witness]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309163541/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-02-10 Or, well, Priests of Eru]. Same thing. |
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* [[Homage]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-26 This guest strip] is an homage to ''[http://angband.oook.cz/comic/ The Angband Comic]'', an earlier webcomic with a very similar premise. As is [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-23 this] later main-sequence strip. |
* [[Homage]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308082502/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-26 This guest strip] is an homage to ''[http://angband.oook.cz/comic/ The Angband Comic]'', an earlier webcomic with a very similar premise. As is [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313120406/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-23 this] later main-sequence strip. |
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* [[Hydra Problem]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-19 Don't attack death molds with a scythe of slicing.] |
* [[Hydra Problem]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310132257/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-19 Don't attack death molds with a scythe of slicing.] |
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* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: "Deep and serious" [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-14 should not be confused with] "meaningful and relevant". |
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: "Deep and serious" [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307162855/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-14 should not be confused with] "meaningful and relevant". |
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* [[I Have This Friend]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-14 And he has trouble with premature ejaculation]. |
* [[I Have This Friend]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307170354/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-14 And he has trouble with premature ejaculation]. |
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* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: Taken to absurdity [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-06 here]. |
* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: Taken to absurdity [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314135341/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-06 here]. |
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* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Or should that be a [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-04 kobolditarian]? |
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Or should that be a [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311163425/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-04 kobolditarian]? |
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The troll is [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-11 not a fan]. |
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: The troll is [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310035532/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-11 not a fan]. |
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* [[Inflationary Dialogue]]: Inverted [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-20 here]. |
* [[Inflationary Dialogue]]: Inverted [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314110606/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-20 here]. |
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* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: |
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-18 Morgoth's experiments with trans-dimensional gateways didn't always go as planned.] |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313135742/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-18 Morgoth's experiments with trans-dimensional gateways didn't always go as planned.] |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-15 This series] is a crossover with ''[[Nethack]]'' comic ''Dudley's Dungeon''. |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309222045/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-15 This series] is a crossover with ''[[Nethack]]'' comic ''Dudley's Dungeon''. |
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* [[Jerkass]]: Explorington. [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-11-02 Here's an example of why.] |
* [[Jerkass]]: Explorington. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314111359/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-11-02 Here's an example of why.] |
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* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Morgoth [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-05-21 claims] that the [[Department of Redundancy Department|Evil Villain]] Bible requires him to explain his big plans in exquisite detail. This also ends up doubling as [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]. |
* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Morgoth [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307092043/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-05-21 claims] that the [[Department of Redundancy Department|Evil Villain]] Bible requires him to explain his big plans in exquisite detail. This also ends up doubling as [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]. |
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* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!|Let's Split Up, Gang]]: [[Invoked]] [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-11 here]. |
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!|Let's Split Up, Gang]]: [[Invoked]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307182044/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-11 here]. |
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* [[LOLcats]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-10-01 This] strip. |
* [[LOLcats]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101234/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-10-01 This] strip. |
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* [[Look Behind You!]]: The "Look! An obvious distraction!" [[Running Gag]], which shows up [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-01-11 here], [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-03-17 here], and [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-09 here]. |
* [[Look Behind You!]]: The "Look! An obvious distraction!" [[Running Gag]], which shows up [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310035931/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-01-11 here], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314045753/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-03-17 here], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313040016/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-09 here]. |
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* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: Several absurd examples, from the perspectives of [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-28 a floor tile], [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-08 a gold piece], [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-31 a wall], [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-07 a piece of paper], [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-06 a trap], and [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-09-28 a door]. |
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: Several absurd examples, from the perspectives of [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314110600/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-28 a floor tile], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314122633/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-08 a gold piece], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311121446/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-31 a wall], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031300/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-07 a piece of paper], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308071334/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-06 a trap], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308085532/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-09-28 a door]. |
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* [[Mundane Utility]]: Sauron [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-03-12 apparently] uses the One Ring in the kitchen. What he uses it for is unclear. |
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Sauron [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306235203/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-03-12 apparently] uses the One Ring in the kitchen. What he uses it for is unclear. |
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* [[Mushroom Samba]]: A few examples. Then again, ''Angband'' itself has Mushrooms of Hallucination, so it was probably inevitable. |
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: A few examples. Then again, ''Angband'' itself has Mushrooms of Hallucination, so it was probably inevitable. |
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* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Offscreen before [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-21 this comic]. |
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Offscreen before [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313214313/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-21 this comic]. |
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* [[Noodle Implements]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-17 "And don't forget to bring the whipped cream and a potato."] |
* [[Noodle Implements]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313051050/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-17 "And don't forget to bring the whipped cream and a potato."] |
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-05 Watermelons were involved.] |
* [[Noodle Incident]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308151512/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-05 Watermelons were involved.] |
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* [[Oscar Bait]]: Parodied [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-01 here]. |
* [[Oscar Bait]]: Parodied [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311133848/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-01 here]. |
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* [[Overly Long Name]]: A [[Lampshaded]] example [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-06-06 here]. |
* [[Overly Long Name]]: A [[Lampshaded]] example [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310190145/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-06-06 here]. |
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* [[Parlor Games]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-24 Hide and seek]. |
* [[Parlor Games]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307074837/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-24 Hide and seek]. |
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* [[Parody Sue]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-20 This strip]. |
* [[Parody Sue]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313205505/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-06-20 This strip]. |
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* [[Pig Latin]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-03 Kobolds are mean.] |
* [[Pig Latin]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314061745/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-03 Kobolds are mean.] |
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* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: "[http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-07 Frasmillion]". |
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160308095032/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-07 Frasmillion]". |
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* [[Preemptive Declaration]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-05-08 Mind the FTOW.] |
* [[Preemptive Declaration]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310155234/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-05-08 Mind the FTOW.] |
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* [[Random Number God]]: Referred to by name, and acts usually in response to [[Tempting Fate]]. |
* [[Random Number God]]: Referred to by name, and acts usually in response to [[Tempting Fate]]. |
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* [[Recursive Acronym]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-21 The Recursive TRTC Creature]. |
* [[Recursive Acronym]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170918105339/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-21 The Recursive TRTC Creature]. |
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* [[Recursive Reality]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-16 Explorington's Angband character is doing rather well.] |
* [[Recursive Reality]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310094111/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-03-16 Explorington's Angband character is doing rather well.] |
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* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: The only thing Explorington uses his time machine for... is to travel back in time and give the plans for it to himself. |
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: The only thing Explorington uses his time machine for... is to travel back in time and give the plans for it to himself. |
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* [[Rickroll]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-04-04 Khamul] trains the Vibration Hounds to [[Rickroll]] Explorington. |
* [[Rickroll]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311194429/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-04-04 Khamul] trains the Vibration Hounds to [[Rickroll]] Explorington. |
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* [[Right Behind Me]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-04 Poor orc]. |
* [[Right Behind Me]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313201026/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-04 Poor orc]. |
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* [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Morgoth and Sauron prefer [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-01 Hound, Vortex, Elemental]. |
* [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Morgoth and Sauron prefer [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314032707/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-01 Hound, Vortex, Elemental]. |
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* [[Save Scumming]]: Called out by name in [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-17 this strip]. |
* [[Save Scumming]]: Called out by name in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308082722/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-17 this strip]. |
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* [[Schedule Slip]]: Inverted. The plan was to run three strips a week, but the author ran five a week for about a year because his buffer was getting too big. |
* [[Schedule Slip]]: Inverted. The plan was to run three strips a week, but the author ran five a week for about a year because his buffer was getting too big. |
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] / [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Lampshaded [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-10-27 here]. The title of the strip is even "[[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]". |
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] / [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Lampshaded [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308010141/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-10-27 here]. The title of the strip is even "[[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]". |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: |
* [[Shout-Out]]: |
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** To ''[[The Matrix]]'', [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-01-20 here]. |
** To ''[[The Matrix]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309202252/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-01-20 here]. |
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** To ''[[West Side Story]]'', [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-02-17 here]. |
** To ''[[West Side Story]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313045527/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-02-17 here]. |
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** The title of [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-03-03 this guest strip] is a ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' quote. |
** The title of [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313080126/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-03-03 this guest strip] is a ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' quote. |
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** ''[[ |
** ''[[Indiana Jones]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309000016/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-15 here]. |
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** ''[[Superman]]'', [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-18 here]. |
** ''[[Superman]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307003810/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-18 here]. |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-13 This strip]'s function is to get all the ''[[Monty Python]]'' references out of the way in one fell swoop. |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311052356/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-13 This strip]'s function is to get all the ''[[Monty Python]]'' references out of the way in one fell swoop. |
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** ''[[Harry Potter ( |
** ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313102623/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-05 here]. |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-06 This] is the strip for references to ''[[The |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307055249/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-06 This] is the strip for references to ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. |
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** To ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-16 here]. |
** To ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314172607/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-16 here]. |
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** To ''[[ |
** To ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314081700/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-04-13 here]. |
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** To ''[[Dune]]'', [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-10-24 here]. |
** To ''[[Dune]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309223443/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-10-24 here]. |
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** If you make your sword out of titanium, [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-22 you get] a ''[[Star Wars]]'' reference. |
** If you make your sword out of titanium, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160311055922/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-22 you get] a ''[[Star Wars]]'' reference. |
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* [[Spammer]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-25 here]. |
* [[Spammer]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309183302/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-25 here]. |
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* [[Stable Time Loop]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-10 these] [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-26 two] strips. |
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310005716/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-10 these] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314113758/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-01-26 two] strips. |
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-01 "You'll never pin anything on me, you evil bastards!"] |
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308110622/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-12-01 "You'll never pin anything on me, you evil bastards!"] |
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* [[Symbol Swearing]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-12 Actually,] the kobold just likes punctuation. |
* [[Symbol Swearing]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306232455/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-12 Actually,] the kobold just likes punctuation. |
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: |
* [[Tempting Fate]]: |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-01-25 Don't ever say "I can't lose" or words to that effect.] |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309170020/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-01-25 Don't ever say "I can't lose" or words to that effect.] |
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** [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-20 Or wish for things to be more interesting.] |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310070348/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-10-20 Or wish for things to be more interesting.] |
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** [[Zig Zagged]] [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-02 here]. |
** [[Zig Zagged]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306212505/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-11-02 here]. |
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** And played straight but [[Lampshaded]] [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-28 here]. |
** And played straight but [[Lampshaded]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313031157/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-28 here]. |
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* [[They Called Me Mad]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-21 Explorington claims he was laughed at] for stocking up on Potions of Weakness. And for creating... [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-06 whatever this is]. |
* [[They Called Me Mad]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312053009/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-21 Explorington claims he was laughed at] for stocking up on Potions of Weakness. And for creating... [https://web.archive.org/web/20160312204630/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-02-06 whatever this is]. |
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* [[Three Wishes]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-31 Used here, not very productively.] |
* [[Three Wishes]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314021551/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-31 Used here, not very productively.] |
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* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Invoked by Explorington [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-27 here]. |
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Invoked by Explorington [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314053550/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-07-27 here]. |
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* [[Trope Name]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-06-28 This strip]. |
* [[Trope Name]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160405094629/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-06-28 This strip]. |
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* [[Troll]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-07-11 A troll that's]... a troll. |
* [[Troll]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308152011/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-07-11 A troll that's]... a troll. |
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* [[Very Special Episode]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-23 This strip] parodies anti-drug PSAs. It would work better as an actual anti-drug PSA if Explorington didn't find one of the stoned people hilarious... |
* [[Very Special Episode]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160310164259/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-01-23 This strip] parodies anti-drug PSAs. It would work better as an actual anti-drug PSA if Explorington didn't find one of the stoned people hilarious... |
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* [[Villain Episode]]: There are a number of strips focusing on Morgoth; notably [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-25 this guest sequence]. |
* [[Villain Episode]]: There are a number of strips focusing on Morgoth; notably [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314074421/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-09-25 this guest sequence]. |
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* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Again, this is frequent. [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-05 Here's one example]. |
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Again, this is frequent. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154743/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2007-02-05 Here's one example]. |
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* [[We Were Rehearsing a Play]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-11 Morgoth and Sauron]. |
* [[We Were Rehearsing a Play]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313111705/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-04-11 Morgoth and Sauron]. |
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* [[Your Mom]]: [http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-03-14 This strip] consists solely of [[Your Mom]] jokes. |
* [[Your Mom]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309171106/http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2008-03-14 This strip] consists solely of [[Your Mom]] jokes. |
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Latest revision as of 20:44, 10 August 2019
This story follows the adventures of Explorington III, a valiant @ in the ASCII dungeons of Angband. Bitter, cynical and just plain weird. And that's just the hero. A liking for, and knowledge of, the Roguelike genre of games comes in handy when reading this three-day-a-week strip. You can read it here. (However, some browsers seem to have difficulty maintaining the page, as the page often shifts to a completely different website, and so this comic may no longer be available.)
Has nothing to do with Tales From the Pit, a separate and totally unrelated webcomic.
Tropes used in Angband Tales From the Pit include:
- After the End: This strip is a subversion.
- All Trolls Are Different: So you need this guide to tell them apart.
- Anticlimax: By your powers combined...
- Art Shift: Here.
- Auction: Auctioning off the One Ring may be harmful to your health.
- Bait and Switch Comment: That is not the right way to use a Staff of Power! (You're supposed to lube it up first!)
- Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill: Here.
- Bond One-Liner: This strip does it with copious lampshading.
- Boss Battle: Lampshaded here.
- Brain Bleach: There are several examples.
- This is Explorington's reaction to walking in on Morgoth and Sauron... rehearsing for a play.
- A novice paladin who saw Morgoth naked.
- Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Here.
- Clip Show: Lampshaded here.
- Comeback Tomorrow: Only 33 minutes and 2 seconds late...
- Confessional: Angband players have a lot to confess.
- Consummate Liar: The kobold.
- Crack Pairing: Explorington ships Legolas/Balrog. (And is apparently a fan of The Very Secret Diaries.)
- Cutting the Knot: Explorington solves riddles this way. And wins rock-paper-scissors games.
- Duck Season! Rabbit Season!: Explorington can't get Sauron to fall for it.
- Explosive Breeder: Angband has them, so they have to show up eventually.
- Expospeak Gag: The troll.
- Fallen Angel: Morgoth takes "fallen" literally.
- Flat Earth Atheist: The whole point of this strip.
- Fluffy Cloud Heaven / Fire and Brimstone Hell: Here.
- Fluffy Tamer: Explorington tries to play Tarrasque tamer in this strip. It doesn't go well.
- Gameplay and Story Segregation: Narsil, the indestructible blade that was broken.
- Gender Bender: Via reincarnation.
- Genius Bruiser: Trolls are often treated this way.
- Good Angel, Bad Angel: Subverted here when they turn out to agree with each other.
- A Good Name for a Rock Band: In the rant.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck: Angels aren't allowed to swear.
- Hollywood Jehovah's Witness: Or, well, Priests of Eru. Same thing.
- Homage: This guest strip is an homage to The Angband Comic, an earlier webcomic with a very similar premise. As is this later main-sequence strip.
- Hydra Problem: Don't attack death molds with a scythe of slicing.
- Ice Cream Koan: "Deep and serious" should not be confused with "meaningful and relevant".
- I Have This Friend: And he has trouble with premature ejaculation.
- I Know You Know I Know: Taken to absurdity here.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Or should that be a kobolditarian?
- Incredibly Lame Pun: The troll is not a fan.
- Inflationary Dialogue: Inverted here.
- Intercontinuity Crossover:
- Morgoth's experiments with trans-dimensional gateways didn't always go as planned.
- This series is a crossover with Nethack comic Dudley's Dungeon.
- Jerkass: Explorington. Here's an example of why.
- Just Between You and Me: Morgoth claims that the Evil Villain Bible requires him to explain his big plans in exquisite detail. This also ends up doubling as Cool and Unusual Punishment.
- Let's Split Up, Gang: Invoked here.
- LOLcats: This strip.
- Look Behind You!: The "Look! An obvious distraction!" Running Gag, which shows up here, here, and here.
- Lower Deck Episode: Several absurd examples, from the perspectives of a floor tile, a gold piece, a wall, a piece of paper, a trap, and a door.
- Mundane Utility: Sauron apparently uses the One Ring in the kitchen. What he uses it for is unclear.
- Mushroom Samba: A few examples. Then again, Angband itself has Mushrooms of Hallucination, so it was probably inevitable.
- My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels: Offscreen before this comic.
- Noodle Implements: "And don't forget to bring the whipped cream and a potato."
- Noodle Incident: Watermelons were involved.
- Oscar Bait: Parodied here.
- Overly Long Name: A Lampshaded example here.
- Parlor Games: Hide and seek.
- Parody Sue: This strip.
- Pig Latin: Kobolds are mean.
- Perfectly Cromulent Word: "Frasmillion".
- Preemptive Declaration: Mind the FTOW.
- Random Number God: Referred to by name, and acts usually in response to Tempting Fate.
- Recursive Acronym: The Recursive TRTC Creature.
- Recursive Reality: Explorington's Angband character is doing rather well.
- Reed Richards Is Useless: The only thing Explorington uses his time machine for... is to travel back in time and give the plans for it to himself.
- Rickroll: Khamul trains the Vibration Hounds to Rickroll Explorington.
- Right Behind Me: Poor orc.
- Rock-Paper-Scissors: Morgoth and Sauron prefer Hound, Vortex, Elemental.
- Save Scumming: Called out by name in this strip.
- Schedule Slip: Inverted. The plan was to run three strips a week, but the author ran five a week for about a year because his buffer was getting too big.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness / Talking Is a Free Action: Lampshaded here. The title of the strip is even "Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness".
- Shout-Out:
- To The Matrix, here.
- To West Side Story, here.
- The title of this guest strip is a Deep Space Nine quote.
- Indiana Jones, here.
- Superman, here.
- This strip's function is to get all the Monty Python references out of the way in one fell swoop.
- Harry Potter, here.
- This is the strip for references to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
- To Sweeney Todd, here.
- To Alice in Wonderland, here.
- To Dune, here.
- If you make your sword out of titanium, you get a Star Wars reference.
- Spammer: here.
- Stable Time Loop: these two strips.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: "You'll never pin anything on me, you evil bastards!"
- Symbol Swearing: Actually, the kobold just likes punctuation.
- Tempting Fate:
- Don't ever say "I can't lose" or words to that effect.
- Or wish for things to be more interesting.
- Zig Zagged here.
- And played straight but Lampshaded here.
- They Called Me Mad: Explorington claims he was laughed at for stocking up on Potions of Weakness. And for creating... whatever this is.
- Three Wishes: Used here, not very productively.
- Too Kinky to Torture: Invoked by Explorington here.
- Trope Name: This strip.
- Troll: A troll that's... a troll.
- Very Special Episode: This strip parodies anti-drug PSAs. It would work better as an actual anti-drug PSA if Explorington didn't find one of the stoned people hilarious...
- Villain Episode: There are a number of strips focusing on Morgoth; notably this guest sequence.
- Villains Out Shopping: Again, this is frequent. Here's one example.
- We Were Rehearsing a Play: Morgoth and Sauron.
- Your Mom: This strip consists solely of Your Mom jokes.