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* Fantasy: A group of roleplayers guide their party through a quest that tips the hat to Tolkien... before laughing at him.

* Space: A [[Space Opera]] [[Gone Horribly Wrong|gone bad. Very, very bad]]. Like Fantasy, also intended to be chronicling the events of an RPG, rather than directly telling a story. [http://irregularwebcomic.net/850.html With one of the same players, no less]. [http://irregularwebcomic.net/1009.html They transpose rather neatly].

* ''[[~~Myth Busters~~]]'': Adam and Jamie test somewhat more unusual myths than normal (this one crosses over with the Death one, below, [[Stuff Blowing Up|a LOT]]).

* ''[[MythBusters]]'': Adam and Jamie test somewhat more unusual myths than normal (this one crosses over with the Death one, below, [[Stuff Blowing Up|a LOT]]).

* Steve and Terry: The adventures of a crocodile hunter ([[No Celebrities Were Harmed|no, not THAT one]]), his long-suffering wife Terry, Dame Jane Goodall, and [[Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu]].

* Nigerian Finance Minister: The source of [[419 Scam|all those spam e-mails]] and his quest to raise money. Funnier than it sounds.

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* [[Easter Egg]]: In [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1466.html this] strip.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: The Great Dragon Sage Ardaxar makes one in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2252.html this strip], during {{spoiler|the simultaneous explosions the characters cause to restart the universe}}.

* [[Eighties Hair]]: In flashbacks to [[~~Myth Busters~~|Jamie and Adam]] in college.

* [[Eighties Hair]]: In flashbacks to [[MythBusters|Jamie and Adam]] in college.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [[H.P. Lovecraft|Cthulhu]] (in the form of a Lego octopus mounted on a tyrannosaurus miniature) is a recurring character, and often gets wrestled by Steve.

* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]

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* [[The Grim Reaper]]: An entire enterprise of them, manned by a cynical "Head Death".

* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]]

* [[His Name Is]]: Parodied [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/443.html here.]

* [[His Name Is--]]: Parodied [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/443.html here.]

* [[Historical Badass Upgrade]]: Sir Isaac Newton is portrayed as a [[Doctor Who|Time Lord]], and gathers various scientists from history to fix the time stream.

* [[Hook Hand]]: Colonel Haken

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* [[Weird Trade Union]]: Deaths on strike. {{spoiler|Which was eventually broken.}}

* [[Writer on Board]]: The Shakespeare theme started out as a one shot railing against the culture-deadening evils of Microsoft PowerPoint, though it moved away from this quickly.

* [[You Have Failed Me]]

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]

* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: Used intentionally with "quantum leap".