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** [[Fair for Its Day|Good For Its Day]]: Unlike most other [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[The Eighties|80's cartoons]] such as ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' and ''[[Thundercats]]'', this show actually had [[Character Development]] and strong writing behind it, much like ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''. A decade or so later, ''Transformers'' would receive a well-made [[Beast Wars|sequel series]] featuring many of ''Dungeons & Dragons''' strengths. Another decade later, and [[Transformers Animated|well]]-[[Transformers Prime|written]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|80's]] [[G.I. Joe: Renegades|cartoon]] [[Thundercats 2011|reboots]] would become commonplace.
=== From the film ===
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Ridley, The Empress, and Damodar seems to deliver his lines like this a lot of the time.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Damodar, who proved popular enough to appear in the sequel. Possibly because he {{spoiler|kills [[Ethnic Scrappy|Snails]]}}.
** Xilus, leader of the Thieves Guild, most likely because Richard O'Brien makes him just so damn entertaining to watch.
** Are we forgetting PROFION?
* [[Ethnic Scrappy]]: Snails.
* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: Damador's blue lipstick.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: The Emperess attack with a flock of Golden Dragons, a.k.a. Fire monsters. The wizards counterattack with... fireballs and Red Dragons!? So, you're attacking a creature immune to fire with fire!? WTF!?
* [[Ham and Cheese]]: Irons just revels in [[Chewing the Scenery]] here, and is considered the only good part of the film for some.
** So much so that [[That Guy With The Glasses]] says this very phrase when describing Irons' performance.
*** Related to TGWTG, [[Paw Dugan]] played Profion in ''[[Suburban Knights]]''... and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iTZSS2gefk was] [http://twitter.com/#!/cosmicbushell/status/85800292934885376 dead-on]!
** This film also contains Richard O'Brien. This is notable for one very significant reason: he is ''the most understated actor in the whole film''. Think about that for a minute.
*** Actually Tom Baker is. Poor [[Doctor Who|Doctor]].
*** Thora Birch also clearly gives no fucks in her performance as the Empress.
* [[Narm]]: Ridley's [[Big No]] when {{spoiler|Snails is killed}}, complete with dropping to his knees and a [[Skyward Scream]].
** ''Everything Damodar says.''
*** Not to mention his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVjE-WdGm2Q&feature=related utterly ridiculous facial expressions] when Profion puts that worm... thing in his brain.
** That noise that the dwarf makes after his helmet is shot off. It's a high-pitched "Nyur! Nyur!" sort of sound. Some think it was a mating call.
* [[Role Association]]: Hi, [[Rocky Horror Picture Show|Riff Raff]]! Nice to see you make a cameo in this film.
** Not to mention that [[Doctor Who|The Fourth Doctor]] is the king of the elves.
** And [[Jeremy Irons|Profion]] is an [[The Lion King|lion usurper]].
* [[Running the Asylum]]: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D fanboy and [[The Determinator|spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]].
* [[So Bad It's Good]]: A lot of the movie is hilarious in its cheesiness, hamminess and dated effects (and genuinely hilarious on rare occasions), unless you're a [[Serious Business|serious]] D&D fan, in which case it's like being eaten feet-first by rats.
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