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* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Averted, which is noteworthy given the time period. The stories often throw in more obscure Dungeons and Dragons concepts, such as Lolth the Spider Goddess and always lining up draconic breath weapons. While a lot of things get majorly simplified for the sake of the plot, there's no doubt that this was done consciously, not lazily.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: It's hinted in "City At the Edge of Midnight" that Eric is estranged from his father in the real world.
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]: Despite protests, Eric opens a locked box the kids are sent to find, and as a result summons ultimate evil to the Realm.
** Well, the protests were along the lines of "Oh, hey, didn't DM say not to open it? Well, whatever." Dungeon Master even pointed out that Hank as good as gave Eric permission to do so.
** Eric makes a similar mistake in "Beauty and the Bogbeast" where he picks an enchanted flower Dungeon Master warned the kids not to touch (sort of). At least this one backfires only on himself. (Although it ultimately causes the kids to return to the Realm after actually making it home.)
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** [[Team Pet]]: Uni the Unicorn
** [[Mentor Archetype|The Mentor]]: Dungeon Master
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: The gang has faced this dilemma at least three times, when they've had to sacrifice a way home for the greater good.
* [[Fur Bikini]]: Diana's outfit.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: ''See'' [[Executive Meddling]], ''above''. They already had a leash on the writers because of ''D&D'''s bad reputation in the early 80s, but the writers still managed to get a couple winners through. A great example is Eric being more of a pain in the ass than usual, causing Diana to snark off to Sheila that "he's having one of his days" (implying "time of the month").
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* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Averted, ''none'' of the main characters uses a sword.
* [[Heroic Fantasy]]
* [[
** That's nothing: Tiamat and Uni are [[Transformers|Megatron, Soundwave...half the original Transformers]], [[Scooby Doo|Freddie Jones]], [[Aladdin (Disney)|Abu]], [[Quest for Camelot|Ayden]], [[Cats Don't Dance (Animation)|Farley Wink]]... well, you get the picture.
** Dekion has the same voice as [[Transformers Generation 1|Mirage.]] Both characters are longing for better days.
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* [[Never Say Die]]: Venger particularly is prone to this. For instance, regarding Terri:
{{quote| "…And she shall dream no more."}}
* [[No Swastikas]]: One episode featured Venger messing with a time portal to our world, hoping to erase the kids from history by arming a Nazi fighter pilot with a 21st-century jet. {{spoiler|Luckily for the kids, the pilot was a [[Turncoat]] who loathed Hitler's regime (and hit it off with [[Hot Amazon]] Diana, too).}} More to the point, the tell-tale armband that he tries to ditch lost the swastika it bore in the story-boards and turned into a ''[
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Venger pulls this in "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow".
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Presto
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* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The kids
* [[Reality Warper]]: Varla the Illusionist
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Venger
* [[The Resolution Will Not Be Televised]]: The show was cancelled before the final episode was made. A script of it does exist and has been available from the writer's site. Ultimately the show was partly completed as the final episode was performed and released on the American DVD set as a radio play with Sheila's voice actress even reprising her role.
* [[Ret Canon]]: Cavaliers, acrobats, and barbarians were not classes in the original ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' [[Tabletop RPG]]; they appeared in the show first and were added to the game shortly afterwords in ''Unearthed Arcana''. <ref>The former two were dropped out of later versions of the game, but barbarians remain to this day.</ref>
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* [[Series Goal]]: Escape from The Realm and return to their own world. {{spoiler|In the never-produced finale, the kids are offered a choice of either returning home or staying in The Realm to have more adventures.}}
* [[She Fu]]: Diana the Acrobat, who is a medal-winning gymnastics practitioner in the real world.
* [[Shout
** The episode 'Prison Without Walls', written by [[Steve Gerber]], featured a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] of his earlier [[Marvel Comics]] character [[Man-Thing]].
** Also received a [[Shout
** And portraits in ''[[Baldurs Gate|Baldur's Gate]]'', where they were assumed to have been killed by Tiamat. Nice one, [[Bio Ware]].
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Sheila (who even wears violet clothes) is a bit shy, and panics horribly at the prospect of being completely alone.
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* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Dungeon Master
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Diana the Acrobat, being both black and female.
* [[Two
* [[Villain Ball]]: In at least one instance, just ''letting the kids go home'' would have both rid Venger of their perennial interference ''and'' left him free to grab their magic weapons and a very powerful grimoire. This was apparently not evil enough for him.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Eric and Lorne in "Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman".
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** [[Woolseyism]]: The Brazilian dub had the aforementioned tree say this. (In both cases it goes on to say the correct answer, preceded by "However, if you mean <competition name> in ''your world...''")
{{quote| '''US dub:'''<br />
'''Bobby:''' OK, who won the [
'''Know Tree:''' Simple, the Grey Wood Elves.<br />
'''Brazilian dub:'''<br />
'''Bobby:''' All right, who won the [
'''Know Tree:''' Easy, the Grey Forest Elves. }}
* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]: Implied. In one episode, the kids meet a classmate who was kidnapped from his home by the villain. He mentions he saw them just before the weekend started, meaning the kids haven't missed a single school day on earth over the months they spent trapped in the Realm.
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