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''[http://dpadup.com The D-Pad]'' is a weekly hour-long video game [[
While the show is primarily geared toward video games, it also spends time on movies, television, music, and pop culture in general. The podcast got off to a good start, but suffered a failure to launch after a major special guest for the second episode<ref>* (later revealed to be [[Gamer Chick|NintendoFanGirl]])</ref> was suddenly unable to appear, leaving the show without much of a fanbase, whom the hosts now refer to as "The Threes" (see [[Fan Community Nicknames]] below).
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* [[Bonus Episode]]: Early on, an extra episode was marked as a "Bonus Stage" which featured Rick and Nick enduring a [[Masochist's Meal|one-hour cake race]].
* [[Bonus Material]]: ''R-Rated'', ''Game Over'', and ''Live from the Brown Carpet''. Also ''The D-Pad Let's Play'', which seems to be [[More Popular Spinoff|taking on a life of its own]].
* [[Booze
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Rick made the mistake of saying in an early episode that he used a Google spreadsheet to keep track of his progress in ''[[Pokémon Black and White (Video Game)|Pokémon Black Version]]''. John and Nick have reminded him about this in nearly ''[[Running Gag|every episode since]]''.
** Rick finally responded by just putting a [http://dpadup.com/p1/ visual representation] of it online, deciding it's better just to own it and run with it rather than fight it.
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* [[Gag Censor]]: In the (increasingly rare) event that something needs to be censored, it's often replaced by a sound effect from a classic 8-bit game.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: All three hosts, most prominently Rick and Nick.
* [[Hey,
* [[Iconic Logo]]: Justified in that the podcast's logo is based on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]'s own [[Shaped Like Itself|D-Pad]]. It is, however, the only Podsmiths product that uses a logo in place of a font.
* [[Intermission]]: Every episode features a few-minute "pause break" with musical interlude.
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* [[Multi Part Episode]]: ''Sonic Week'' consists of [http://dpadup.com/2011/06/sonic-week-act-1/ Act 1], [http://dpadup.com/2011/06/sonic-week-act-2/ Act 2], and six Let's Plays in-between.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: The loudly touted ''[[Added Alliterative Appeal|R-Rated Retro]]'' (or ''RRR''), a review series celebrating games' and systems' 20th anniversaries, never materialized (though [[Word of God]] states there is a replacement series being prepared for 21sts instead.)
* [["On the Next..."]]: Played straight in early episodes, but after a few too many big episodes fell through before they could be recorded it became a frequent lampshade. It made a comeback at the end of their first year.
* [[Our Slogan Is Terrible]]: Somehow, the show always seems to end with one of the hosts suggesting it's time to "[[Old Yeller|shoot the dog]]".<ref>* Not to be confused with [[Shoot the Dog|Shooting the Dog]].</ref>
** Thankfully, their actual ad slogan is the much more appropriate "[[Cash Cab|You game?]]"
* [[Please Subscribe to Our Channel]]: At the start and end of most episodes.
{{quote| '''Nick:''' ''[[Aliens|It's game over, man! Game over!]] Now go level up at Podsmiths.com."}}
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* [[Power Trio]]: The hosts, in various forms:
** [[Big, Thin, Short Trio]]: Rick is Big, John is Thin, Nick is Short.
** [[Chromatic Arrangement]]: Rick is green, John is red, Nick<ref>* or C/J</ref> is blue. A subtle [[Shout
** [[Comic Trio]]: Rick is the navigator, John is the [[Only Sane Man]], and Nick is the driver.
** [[Freudian Trio]]: Rick is [[The Superego]], John is [[The Ego]], and Nick is [[The Id]]
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* [[The Shill]]: Averted hard. Usually the hosts waste no time ripping into the Podsmiths when the subject comes up.
** Though every episode starts with them [[Enforced Plug|proudly affiliating themselves]] with Podsmiths and Two-Bit Pictures.
* [[Shout
** The show's ad bumper on ''Open Lounge'' ends with Rick asking [[Cash Cab|"You game?"]]
** The show's intro always ends with "and [[The Colbert Report|this... is The D-Pad]]".
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* [[Epic Fail]]: During ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 4]]'', Rick repeatedly insists he tested his video recording software ahead of time. So naturally, when they try to record... [[Critical Failure|they find themselves trying to play at roughly]] ''[[Critical Failure|one frame per second]]''. [[Replacement Scrappy|Bring on]] ''[[Knuckles Chaotix|Knuckles' Chaotix]]''!
** And when the video was finally uploaded? [[Kick Them While They Are Down|It plays exactly the way it was supposed to.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMu63hDItPY See for yourself.]
* [[Friendly Rivalry]]: [[The Hero|Rick]] and [[The Rival|C/J]] are both [[Trust Me, I'm an X|self-proclaimed]] fan-experts on the ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]'', and ''[[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]]'' series, but will argue over ''anything''. Let's Plays of any of these games crank it over to [[Rivals Team Up]].
* [[Interface Screw]]: During ''[[Chzo Mythos|5 Days a Stranger]]'' the laptop cursor is stuck in the center of the screen for the duration, and the game cursor tweaks out at random.
* [[Late to The Party]]: In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', Rick and John discuss their annoyance at being told months after the fact that a film they were in, ''Something Remote'', finally got distribution. Cue C/J, the film's ''lead''...
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* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]: Walljumping in ''[[Super Metroid]]''. An entire 15-minute episode has the whole party struggling and ultimately failing to use the move. The LP was cancelled shortly after for being too much of a pain in the ass to play.
** Walking downstairs in ''[[Chzo Mythos|5 Days a Stranger]]''
* [[Shout
** Rick is a big [[The Adventures of Duane and Brand O]] fan, singing lyrics along with the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Final Zone]] theme.
** At the start of ''[[Chzo Mythos|5 Days a Stranger]]'', John and Rick talk about the various things Australia has to offer. [[Rocko's Modern Life|Like Rocko.]]<ref>* Also [[Ben Croshaw|Yahtzee]].</ref>
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