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=== Episode 1: [[Show Within a Show]]: ===
* After talking to [[The Faceless|Mr.]] [[Voice of the Legion|Administrator]]:
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'''Tom:''' Shut up Zack. }}
* The very first scene of the series, which includes Zack's [[Hand Puppet]].
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'''Zack:''' You're welcome, man.
'''Tom:''' You're not sorry, are you?
'''Zack:''' Nah. }}
* "If you get near the front of the camera, I will stab you! I will actually stab you!"
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* "He's a butt! I hate him!"
* Tom on explaining his supposed [[Big Little Brother|''older'' brother's age...]]
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'''Zack:''' Hahaha! Tom's a loser! }}
=== Episode 3: [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]] ===
* Heartfelt music playing as Dana tells Tom that she'll be his co-star because he sucks at his job, comparing him to a turd steaming on the carpet, that she needs to clean up.
* Zack's reaction to [[Psycho Ex
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* Tom fending off one of the more ''enthusiastic'' interviewees as she said she was "Up for anything..."
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* Eternal vigilance against "This Troper":
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* Dana finally getting fed up with Uncle Bill.
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'''Uncle Bill:''' I thought we were just hanging out...
'''Dana:''' NEXT!! }}
=== Episode 4: [[Dumbass Has a Point]] ===
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* [[Stylistic Suck|"That was unwatchable."]]
*
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'''Zack:''' Yeah!
'''Tom:''' God, I wish I had some duct tape right now.
'''Zack:''' Why?
'''Tom:''' ''To shut you up''!
'''Dana:''' To be a "dumbass with a point", you need to have a point, dumbass.
'''Tom:''' Trope still applies.
'''Dana:''' Does not. }}
=== Episode 5: [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] ===
* This gem:
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[very long and awkward beat]
'''Zack:''' I'd do her. }}
* After Dana realizes Tom is flirting with her for insulting Zack.
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* The gag of confusing their characters and themselves, especially:
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'''Tom:''' [Freezes like a rabbit in the headlights.] }}
* Just seeing Tom and Dana on the same bed, even though Dana already stated outright she dislikes Tom.
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* Also, "Why do you hate me?!"
=== Episode 6: [[Psycho Ex
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'''Dana''': "No, Tom. No, I haven't."
'''Tom''': "They're ''so'' good." }}
* And later:
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'''Dana''': "Oh no, my heart, she breaks. *Traces the outline of a teardrop down her cheek* }}
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'''Zack''': "Hah...that's why it's bad because you don't ah...you don't know a lot." }}
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'''Dana''': "That's nice, Zack." (goes inside)
'''Zack''': "Aww...why doesn't she like me? It's like she couldn't even ''see'' my boner!" }}
* On why Tom has suddenly become rather sanguine regarding Shannon.
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'''Tom''': "Oh, you mean my Ex?"
'''Dana''': "No Tom, I mean your stalker. An Ex is someone you run into at parties and pretend not to notice. And this is ''waaay'' creepier than that."
'''Tom''': "Huh..."
'''Dana''': "What do you mean 'Huh'?! A few days ago you were scared shitless of this girl...what...What is there to think about? If a guy were doing this to me I'd..."
[Long [[Beat]]]
'''Dana''': "You started sleeping with her again, didn't you?" }}
=== Episode 7: [[Walk and Talk]] ===
* At the beginning:
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'''Zack:''' "I always lose at this game!" }}
* This:
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=== Episode 8: [[Romantic False Lead]] ===
* Zack talking about his dead cat in [[The Stinger]].
*
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'''Zack:''' Not "it"! }}
* "Don't go, we still have more scenes to shoot! Also, I love you..."
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* '''Zack:''' "Wait, is the pegleg like a stripper pole?"
*
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'''Dana:''' No.
'''Zack:''' A unicorn?
'''Dana:''' ...no.
'''Zack:''' What about my undying love? }}
=== Episode 9: [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?]] ===
* Zack's line at the end of the episode, referring to Dana and Tom:
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* Or Zack's line at [[The Stinger]]:
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=== Episode 10: [[Mysterious Employer]] ===
* Zack wondering where the toilet is in the [[White Void Room|Administrator's domain]].
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'''Administrator:''' [[Silence, You Fool|SILENCE!]] <br />
[Zack gulps] }}
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** Zack using the ''Dana'' sock puppet.
*
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'''Zack:''' It's your face. I get angry just looking at it. }}
* Writing a new episode:
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'''Dana:''' No, we can't just be ''us''. }}
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* People can't help but crack up whenever Ace says "gurt". {{spoiler|[[Not So Stoic|Including the Administrator]]}}.
* Dana and Tom trying to fog ire out how they should go about their second season.
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* Tom literally tries to [[Growing the Beard|Grow the Beard]]. Cut to Dana shoving him into the bathroom with a razor.
=== Episode 2: [[The Ace]] ===
* The [[Call Back]] at the beginning:
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'''Dana:''' Somewhere specific. }}
* Dana's reasoning for getting a new character.
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'''Tom:''' We're talking about my character, right?<br />
'''Dana:''' [[Brutal Honesty|...no.]] }}
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* "I like bacon! Who else likes bacon? I like bacon in my nose! Who else likes bacon in my nose? Bacon. It goes in noses."
* "Just found the journal I kept when I was seven. Best quote: 'if i am what i eat i think i am boogers'"
* "How is there not already a Fishbook? You know... [[
* "Tom called Dana a matryoshka doll because she's so short (I guess?). Is there a taller Dana running around somewhere?"
* "Saw that scary girl Shannon again. She had her face mushed up against the window. I tried telling Tom but he threw crickets at me."
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* "I can't tell if Tom is thinking or hit his head. He makes the same face for everything."
* "Tom's talking about music. I wish he'd stop humming. It's creepy."
* "I ENVY NO MAN! Only [[SpongeBob SquarePants
* "It's too cold out to be sweaty. Also, my blood was replaced with red slurpie years ago."
* "I got tangled up in Christmas lights today and somebody thought I was a Christmas tree."
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* "Chocolate sauce and peanut butter sandwich. The question is not "Why" but "WHY ISN'T EVERYBODY DOING THIS""
=== From Shannon's [[Character Blog]] (found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130301123743/http://tvtropes.info/echochamber/ here)] ===
* [[Ted Baxter|When will they understand that everything would be so much better if I were in it? And writing it? And directing it?]]
* The title of the first post is: ''My first blog post! Oh my god, I'm so talented!''
* Anything you can do...
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* Shannon appears to have gone right off the deep end of crazy:
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 15 September 2018
Season 1
Episode 1: Show Within a Show:
- After talking to Mr. Administrator:
Zack: He seems nice. |
- The very first scene of the series, which includes Zack's Hand Puppet.
Tom: Thank you, Zack, for ruining the 20th take. |
- "If you get near the front of the camera, I will stab you! I will actually stab you!"
- "You guys keep your dead cat in a box, too?"
Episode 2: Freudian Excuse
- "Putting pants on would be admitting defeat."
- "Aww, how tragic. Watch as my hatred turns to pity."
- "He's a butt! I hate him!"
- Tom on explaining his supposed older brother's age...
Tom: I didn't say he was older... |
Episode 3: Terrible Interviewees Montage
- Heartfelt music playing as Dana tells Tom that she'll be his co-star because he sucks at his job, comparing him to a turd steaming on the carpet, that she needs to clean up.
- Zack's reaction to Shannon bursting into the room and berating Tom and Dana.
Zack: Please don't eat me. |
- Tom fending off one of the more enthusiastic interviewees as she said she was "Up for anything..."
Tom: Oh, oh, uh...nonono No! |
- Eternal vigilance against "This Troper":
Mr. Administrator: A troper has just referred to himself in the first person. We must make an example of him. |
- Dana finally getting fed up with Uncle Bill.
Dana: God, Next! |
Episode 4: Dumbass Has a Point
- Dana bringing the guys cold pizza when she returns from getting dinner. A really nice, friendly gesture. Except that there's only one small slice left in the box.
- Zack using Buffy-Speak.
- "This is not unimpressive." "This is not me sleeping."
- "That was unwatchable."
Tom: (to Dana) Look, if you keep assuming that someone can't do anything right, sooner or later, you're gonna be proven wrong. |
Episode 5: Unresolved Sexual Tension
- This gem:
- After Dana realizes Tom is flirting with her for insulting Zack.
Dana: Tom... *takes his hands, smiles fondly* I hate you. |
- The gag of confusing their characters and themselves, especially:
Dana: Do we have sexual tension? |
- Just seeing Tom and Dana on the same bed, even though Dana already stated outright she dislikes Tom.
- "Bend over backwards to accomodate me!"
- Also, "Why do you hate me?!"
Episode 6: Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
Tom: "I mean have you seen her [Shannon's] boobs, Dana?" |
- And later:
Shannon: "Shut up, you just don't know anything about love." |
Tom: "I was writing what I know." |
Zack: "Hey Dana? I followed you all day with my camera because I love you." |
- On why Tom has suddenly become rather sanguine regarding Shannon.
Dana: "So...your stalker friended me on Facebook, by the way." |
Episode 7: Walk and Talk
- At the beginning:
Tom: "Zack, I thought we were playing 'Shut the Fuck Up'." |
- This:
Zack: Wait, was [the guy from Blue's Clues] the blue one, or was the dog?? |
Episode 8: Romantic False Lead
- Zack talking about his dead cat in The Stinger.
Dana: Tom, find someone else. Date... someone else. Sleep with anyone else. |
- "Don't go, we still have more scenes to shoot! Also, I love you..."
- Dana's nickname for Shannon is "Crazyfuck McStalkerson".
- Zack: "Wait, is the pegleg like a stripper pole?"
Zack: Would you love me if I gave you candy? |
Episode 9: Did You Think I Can't Feel?
- Zack's line at the end of the episode, referring to Dana and Tom:
....Just fuck, already... Jesus! |
- Or Zack's line at The Stinger:
"[Nervously] Why are you looking at me?" |
Episode 10: Mysterious Employer
- Zack wondering where the toilet is in the Administrator's domain.
Zack: Well actually, I wanted to know where the bathroom i... |
- The Administrator getting mad at Tom for Dana's lecture.
- The Zack sock puppet.
- Zack using the Dana sock puppet.
Tom: He got angry at me. Why did he get angry at me? |
- Writing a new episode:
Tom: So, should we be arguing, or...? |
Season 2
Episode 1: Always Someone Better
- People can't help but crack up whenever Ace says "gurt". Including the Administrator.
- Dana and Tom trying to fog ire out how they should go about their second season.
Dana: Ah success. You're a fickle slut. |
- Tom literally tries to Grow the Beard. Cut to Dana shoving him into the bathroom with a razor.
Episode 2: The Ace
- The Call Back at the beginning:
Tom: Where are we going? |
- Dana's reasoning for getting a new character.
Dana: Maybe we could have a Foil to you, someone who's good in all the ways you're... not. |
Outside the series
From Zack's Character Blog Twitter account:
- "Just finished washing Tom's car. He didn't think it was funny. (I did)... To be fair, I cleaned his car with my pee. And the windows were open. And he was in it."
- "I like bacon! Who else likes bacon? I like bacon in my nose! Who else likes bacon in my nose? Bacon. It goes in noses."
- "Just found the journal I kept when I was seven. Best quote: 'if i am what i eat i think i am boogers'"
- "How is there not already a Fishbook? You know... Facebook but for fishes? Why has this not happened?! D:"
- "Tom called Dana a matryoshka doll because she's so short (I guess?). Is there a taller Dana running around somewhere?"
- "Saw that scary girl Shannon again. She had her face mushed up against the window. I tried telling Tom but he threw crickets at me."
- "I think I might have maybe kind of almost set the bathroom on fire?"
- "I haven't seen Dave in a few days. I wonder if he got stuck in the sewer again. He likes to chase rats."
- "Carried my camera through the Batman set - somebody tried to take it. I came at him like a monkey!"
- "I found a penny on the ground! It was glued there, but I kept trying to pick it up anyway. Then I remembered I glued it there."
- "I drew a face on my toilet in Sharpie. It looks angry haha! But now I regret doing it. I feel bad. I really should have made it look shocked."
- "I wonder if Dana would want a present...specifically the wig I found on the side of the road today."
- "Have you seen TV Tropes's Echo Chamber? It's like a web show within a web show wrapped in bacon."
- "What? That's not how it happened! Now Tom's just making stuff up. He didn't even mention the thing with the bacon!"
- "Holy crap! I just realized bacon used to be pigs! How long has this been true? D:"
- "When I woke up, there was ANOTHER PINEAPPLE."
- "Pigs are made of TURKEY??! Then is a turducken really a pigducken? I'm so confused. And scared."
- "I wonder, if I leave bacon out, will it turn BACK into a pig? One way to find out!"
- "My fingernails taste like cookies :D"
- "Apparently you can retweet stuff? Wow! It's like technology and something else had a baby! (I couldn't think of a something else.)"
- "Asked dad about the earthquake. He said it happened because I touch myself :( How does he always know?"
- "Roadkill game: I lost score, but today I ran over a bottle of laundry detergent. Now dad's car is clean and pine-scented!"
- "We're out of bacon...worst day ever." "DAD BROUGHT HOME THE BACON! Worst day ever: averted."
- "Peanut butter is DELICIOUS."
- "Soooooo week old bacon does NOT become a pig again. It becomes a hospitalized Dave. Myth: busted!"
- "Ultimate challenge: Peanut butter and bacon. WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THIS BEFORE?"
- "Found Dave in a closet today. Figured there should be some kind of joke there but I just couldn't think of anything."
- "Did I always have this creepy troll doll in my underwear drawer? Where did it come from?!" #ohgodsoscared
- "I got halfway to middle school today before I realized I grew up. Then I woke up. Then I actually went to middle school. They made me leave."
- "Ha! I watched a pot today! It boiled! To be fair, it was already boiling. But I still feel like I accomplished something today."
- "Note to self: Red Bull does NOT give you wings. Remember that before you try to fly off your house next time, self. Ow."
- "Dad got a package labeled "BOMB". He didn't want to open it, so I did. Inside was a turd and a note saying "Ha ha". Thanks, Uncle Bill!"
- "Tom keeps sending me long lists of things I "need" to "do". Good thing God granted me a spam folder!"
- "Dana is talking so much I think she's on a sugar high or something."
- "Taught myself the marimba. Didn't have real drumsticks, so I used chicken drumsticks. The middle school janitor heard me and kicked me out."
- "We've got auditions tomorrow. Guess that means I should help Tom. No, wait that's the coffee talking."
- Halloween entry: "Tom says I should be myself today and that's scary enough. I told him to look in a mirror."
- "I can't tell if Tom is thinking or hit his head. He makes the same face for everything."
- "Tom's talking about music. I wish he'd stop humming. It's creepy."
- "I ENVY NO MAN! Only Spongebob, and even then only occasionally."
- "It's too cold out to be sweaty. Also, my blood was replaced with red slurpie years ago."
- "I got tangled up in Christmas lights today and somebody thought I was a Christmas tree."
- "Apparently stuffing is *not* turkey poop. Good to know."
- "Christmas ornaments that look like cookies don't taste very good. Weird."
- "Roadkill game: I ran over a sandwich today. It was roast beef, so it's kind of like roadkill."
- "I wonder if this cranberry sauce is okay. It's starting to smell like my socks."
- "Note to followers: If you drop a banana on the floor, only eat it if you haven't peeled it already."
- "Fell asleep under a tree- somebody put me in a box."
- "My shoulders ache. Either I slept bad, or someone switched my arms while I was sleeping."
- "Chocolate comes in boxes, right? I think I found some chocolate in this old box on the sidewalk. It smells kind of bad, though. (later) Nope not chocolate. I think it was raccoon poop."
- "Dave is sick today. I'm going to cure him...with SCIENCE!"
- "I keep falling asleep under bushes and then birds try to nest in my hair. Kind of rude."
- "You know what makes ham sandwiches better? Taking the ham off, and the bread, and eating the cheese."
- "I was sick, but now I'm not! Time for cartwheels!"
- "What? A new comedy about an unemployed guy? I CAN RELATE."
- "Chocolate sauce and peanut butter sandwich. The question is not "Why" but "WHY ISN'T EVERYBODY DOING THIS""
From Shannon's Character Blog (found here)
- When will they understand that everything would be so much better if I were in it? And writing it? And directing it?
- The title of the first post is: My first blog post! Oh my god, I'm so talented!
- Anything you can do...
I’m going to show him that no matter what that Dana girl does, I’ll do better. They want to have a fight by a pond? Well, he and I will have an even BIGGER fight by an even PRETTIER pond! |
- Shannon appears to have gone right off the deep end of crazy:
[Following Zack] And how did he notice me in the first place, seeing as I’ve been wearing nothing but camouflage since the whole operation began? I might have to get my roller skates out of the closet so I can keep up with him. |