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{{quote|''Kill the monsters. Steal the treasure. Stab your buddy.''}}
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You are in a dungeon. Also present in this dungeon are monsters and treasure. You have been sent on a holy quest to kill the monsters and steal the treasure. Unfortunately, everyone else in your party is trying to do the same thing.
''[http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/ Munchkin]'' is a card game series by [
This is very [[Munchkin]]ly. Do it.
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** Also some "monsters" in ''Super Munchkin'' such as the "Wimpy Thugs" series.
* [[All Women Love Shoes]]: In ''Star Munchkin'', the [[Hot Amazon|Bionic Bimbo]] can be deterred from attacking you if you give her shoes. Indeed, she even pays you handsomely for the footwear item, with 3 Treasures. [[You Bastard|You can then fight her anyway.]]
* [[
* [[An Adventurer Is You]]
* [[Attack of the Monster Appendage]]: Squidzilla, The Big Ole Planet Eater Guy, The Unspeakably Awful Indescribable Horror and Big Foot.
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** Munchkin Cthulhu had 3 expansions and a line of [http://www.worldofmunchkin.com/toys/chibithulhu/ plush toys.]
** The Unspeakably Awful Indescribable Horror in the standard deck may also be a Lovecraft reference.
* [[Cool School]]: The Munchkin Spell Skool.
* [[Cute Is Evil]] - it's not a fluffy kitty, it's the set's nastiest, most powerful monster. Called 'The Evil'.
** Also, the My Little Cthulhu doll, which makes it impossible to avoid [[Secret Circle of Secrets|Joining The Cult]]
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* [[Goddamned Bats]]: Invoked, adding Bat type enemies into a fight already including one is a free action in Munchkin Bites. With some nasty luck, that level 2 Bat monster just became a horde of bats, combined level 29. Bat Masterson from The Good, The Bad, and The Munchkin counts btw. Hong Kong in Munchkin Fu, Goths in Munchkin Cthulhu and Sharks in Munchkin Booty (which, naturally, includes [[Amoral Attorney|the lawyer]]) work the same way.
* [[Happy Fun Ball]]: The "Duck of Doom".
** The text on it also qualifies as [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]--"You should know better than to pick up a duck in a dungeon!"
* [[Have a Nice Death]]: the "Bad Stuff" on some monster cards
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The guy who did [[The Unspeakable Vault of Doom]] did the artwork for one of ''Munchkin Cthulhu'' 's expansion pack.
** The Magnificent Hat card features art by [[Phil Foglio]]. Double Bonus: It's sported by a [[Girl Genius|Jaegermonster]].
** Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, featuring Aubrey from [[Something
** The regular series artist is famed gaming cartoonist John Kovalic, best known for his ''[[Dork Tower]]'' comic series.
* [[House Rules]]: Inevitable, considering that "Argue about the rules" is actually in the rules.
* [[Humans Are
** The Good The Bad And The Munchkin has a character class that gets bonuses if other players face the "bad stuff" of a monster after a defeat, and the Schadenfreudian Slip item works in a similar fashion, encouraging backstabbing even further. This is also a feature of the "Dark" race modifier.
* [[I Know Kung Faux]]: Parodied in ''Munchkin Fu,'' with techniques like Drunken Monkey Kung Fu, Fee Fi Fo Fu, and Stomach Fu.
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** The "Vampire Hunter" in ''Munchkin Bites'' is a [[Buffy|blond girl]] in a [[Iconic Item|strangely familiar jacket]].
** A "Bowie Knife" has the word "[[David Bowie|Ziggy]]" written on it.
** "You must fight a Rabbit! However, it's ''that'' rabbit, from [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|''that
** Munchkin is illustrated by John Kovalic. So, it's a perfectly normal thing that the PCs sighted include [[Dork Tower|Matt, Carson, Ken and Igor.]] ''[[Dork Tower]]'' throws in a reverse [[Shout-Out]] [http://www.dorktower.com/2006/11/03/comics-archive-853/ here.]
** [[Pokémon|Pukachu, I]]--''([[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]])--ew...''
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** One of the expansions to ''Star Munchkin'' contains a plasma gun. The picture shows the item in question being carried by [[Schlock Mercenary|Sergeant Schlock.]]
** One particular encounter in ''Star Munchkin'' is an ''Ogre'' cybertank.
** One of the Space Ships in the expansion booster for Star Munchkin is "[[Firefly (TV series)|Housefly]]" which grants specific bonuses if you're using it with the cowboy set.
** ''[[Eric and the Dread Gazebo]]'': Commemorated with a [[
* [[Superhero]]: Super Munchkin. That's right, munchkins trying to [[Playing Against Type|play superheroes.]] Weep.
* [[That One Rule]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] in the rulebook. "Decide who goes first by rolling the dice and arguing about the results and the meaning of this sentence and whether the fact that a word seems to be missing any effect."
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* [[Faceless Mooks]]: The Faceless Army.
* [[Jumping the Shark]]: the name of the supplement about pirates.
* [[
* [[Most Common Superpower]]: In ''Super Munchkin'', the Cleavage Stun and the spray-on costume. (The former is only usable by females, while the latter grants a higher bonus to females than males.)
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: Implied - the below-mentioned [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|Thing Man Was Not Meant To Know]] is depicted as a mass of tentacles behind a censor bar. The description says it doesn't mind knowing ''female'' characters.
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