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** And when you get to that point in the game, the narrator tries [[Reset Button|to to tell the tale from the beginning, again]]. The Bard will have none of it.
* [[Impossible Item Drop]]: The [[Lemony Narrator|Narrator]] [[Lampshade Hanging|expresses incredulity]] in the early game when a wolf drops a sword. He says he'll skip all such passages from now on, and the bard complains that its his primary source of income.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Ego Sword, {{spoiler|acquired by rescuing some firbolgs trapped behind a cave-in.}} It's not the most damaging weapon in the game, but you can summon creatures without unequipping it to draw your instrument, and it's got an [[Razor Wind|oddly long]] reach.
* [[Insane Proprietor]]: Crazy Thorvald.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Parodied with the Obligatory Lava Level.
* [[Lemony Narrator]]: Voiced by [[Tony Jay]].
* [[Lost Forever]]: If you run away from a village that ambushes you, all you get is a snarky comment about your reputation preceding you and it is wiped from the map. This means you miss out on the whole viking segment, and all the treasure and new summons that go with it.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Or stomp on it with a giant flying pterodactyl-like thing.}}
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Higher-level bows shoot fire arrows. You also get to summon a fire elemental and a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|firey exploding triceratops skeleton.]]
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: [[No Except Yes|He's not stealing, he's performing a public service and cleaning the chests out so they won't be cluttered.]]
* [[Magic Pants]]: {{spoiler|Caleigh's transformation into her real form shreds her dress but leaves her private bits covered. Fancy that.}}
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** The scarecrows drop diplomas (possible ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' reference).
** A group of strange little men come out to sing every time another Chosen falls. [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Seem familiar?]]
** The vorpal rat is explicitly described like the rabbit from [[Monty Python and
*** It even has the rabbit's deadly pouncing attack.
* [[Sidequest]]: Mostly of the, "Let's poke around in this old ruin full of monsters and inexplicably well-maintained traps" variety.
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{{quote|'''The Bard:''' "I've had just about enough of these atrocious alliterative announcements... [[Got Me Doing It|Now I'm doing it!]]"}}
* [[Summon Magic]]: A big part of gameplay. Several of the summon spells you get are plot-important.
** First, you can summon various creatures and warriors to back you up in battle, spending energy out of your [[Mana Meter]]. They stay with you until they're killed or banished.
** Second, you can use magical artifacts in combination with a limited supply of adderstones. These artifacts call Caleigh or one of three[[Dungeon Keeper|tower bosses]] to cause some instant or temporary effect on the field.
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: Carsgair and the Shadow Axe.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Many of the names and characters are influenced by Celtic mythology and the stories of the Orkney Islands.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Jacques and Jean.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: If you choose to be snarky to Gower in end of the mountain pass segment, the bard will [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|give the sword to him]].
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* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: ''The Tale of the Nukleavee'' and ''Here's To The Bard (Viking remix)''. {{spoiler|Both about the Bard screwing stuff up.}} Every song but the one about beer, really.
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Oh, plenty--
** Watching the "Chosen Ones" (a small army of teenagers) get killed in stupid and hilarious ways is one of several [[Running Gag|running gags]].
** You can also kill chickens and push over cows in Houton. This serves no purpose (the chickens give you minimal experience, and only occasionally drop a nugget worth 1 piece of silver, and the cows getting tipped is only there for poops and giggles) and will get a very angry cow and chicken come after you if you do it enough times.
** Count the number of times that you can arbitrarily swindle, abuse, or threaten people to get money or goods. Don't make a drinking game of it though; you'll make yourself very sick.
* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: Averted. You'll run into a guy with a '''very''' thick Scottish accent, loves to go to Pubs, but doesn't ever once engage in an act of violence.
* [[Wandering Minstrel]]: The Bard.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|You can screw together, anyway. The evil option is one sweet deal.}}
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The undead cows can be killed in one hit if attacked from the side. This is due to all the times The Bard tipped them over.
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