Munchkin (game): Difference between revisions

** Also, the My Little Cthulhu doll, which makes it impossible to avoid [[Secret Circle of Secrets|Joining The Cult]]

** And the Perfectly Normal Bunny, which can become [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|"That Bunny"]] due to a dice roll.

* *[[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist]] A player who dies keeps his Class, Race, and Level, instead only losing all of his other cards. He revives at the start of his next turn and even gets a new starting hand of eight cards.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: The Divine Intervention card.

* [[Everything's Better With Samurai]]: ''Munchkin Fu''

** [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]

** [[Everything's Worse With Bears]] - the Over Bear and Evil Ted

** [[Everything's Even Worse With Sharks]] - ''Munchkin Booty'' has sharks. Whenever any combat includes a shark, anyone else can add another shark without a wandering monster card. ''Star Munchkin'' also has the [[Punny Name|Star]][[Incredibly Lame Pun|fish]].

* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: since [[Death Is Cheap]], replacing the dead's hand and items with eight random new cards, a fair few monsters have Bad Stuff even worse. King Tut forces the discard of everything without the replenishing hand, and the Wight Brothers reduce the player's level to 1.

** On the other hand, some Bad Stuff has no in-game effect, but can be terrible regardless. If you lose the the level 1 Goldfish, for example, the Bad Stuff is that "all the other players get to mock you". [[Don't Explain the Joke|Because you just lost to a fish in a bowl]].

* [[Fungus Humongous]]: What you get if you play the "Humongous" card on the "Fungus" monster. "Don't truffle with the Humongous Fungus!"

** To elaborate, the "Humongous" card increases a monster's level by 10. The fungus is a Level 5 Monster that states that, should it become humongous, gains 25 levels instead of 10. "Do not truffle" indeed.

* [[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".

* [[Have a Nice Death]]: the "Bad Stuff" on some monster cards

** 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 Positive]].

** In addition, the ''Super Munchkin'' deck offers a pair of [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Prehensile Pigtails,]] which give the player two extra hands.

* [[Punny Name]]: Most cards.

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Many cards vary by something that applies to you in real life. Your character's sex is ''always'' your own until a card changes it, and there are cards like the Tommy Gun that give a bigger bonus based on your name. One set has some cards that give bigger advantages to members of the military.

** Actually, there is one case where your character's gender will not be your own at the start - if you are wearing a ''Munchkin'' t-shirt (yes, they do make them, and they can be made into some of the most powerful swag), your character starts off as the gender of the munchkin on the shirt, not yours.

* [[Screw You Elves]]: Never accept help from an Elf. (They get a level when they help you kill a monster.)

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: Fights can sometimes develop into this, especially if there are many players with extended card holding rights. Say you've encountered a Plutonium Dragon and its Evil Twin, facing painful death should you fail to beat them or run away. After numerous bonuses and anti-bonuses have been played on the monsters, the dragon's Baby Clone, and its Mommy, have been introduced to the fight, multiple Powers and one-shot items have been used to help or hinder you, several different methods of backstabbing have been employed, lengthy negotiations of teaming up have been had, and you're ready to reap your whopping eight levels and twenty-five treasures... Some asshat plays a few cards, leaving you without any levels or treasure, and everyone many cards poorer. Which is, of course, very munchkinly indeed.

** ''Star Munchkin'' has two of the item 'Time Warp'. [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Guess what the pictures are doing]].

** ''Munchkin Cthulhu'' has the [[Land Down Under|Ozathoth]], and the Song of Madness {{spoiler|''Waltzing Matilda''}}.

** 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]]'' [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|movie]]. And his picture is no one else than [[Sluggy Freelance|Bun-bun]].

** [[Pokémon|Pukachu, I]]--''([[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]])--ew...''

** The Froggoth from ''Munchkin Cthulhu'' causes you to suffer [[Irregular Webcomic|Death of Choking On A Giant Frog]].

* [[Tradesnark]]: Professor Tesla's Electrical Protective Device (pat. pending).

* [[Visual Pun]]: Many. A card called "Steal a Level" depicts the theft of the tool, for example.

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=== '''Tropes referenced in-game''' ===

** [[Stupid Sacrifice]]: Whose 'special ability' is to sacrifice himself even if you're winning.

* [[Rules Lawyer]]: The "Invoke Obscure Rules" card. (Also highly encouraged in the gameplay.)

* [[Stronger With Age]]: The "Ancient" monster buff card.

** And the "Baby" nerf card showing it to be even more true.

** Also there's the Pantyhose of Giant Strength.

* [[Weapon As Familiar]]: Singing Sword, which dances after you on legs of its own, counts towards your attack damage, and sings.

 

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