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[[File:Munchkin games 1343.jpg|frame|Munchkins are universal.<ref>Not shown: Munchkin Zombies, Munchkin Axe Cop, and Munchkin Conan.</ref>]]
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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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** 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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* [[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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