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[[''The Gamers]]'' is a film series produced by [[The Dead Gentlemen]]. There are currently{{when}} two films in the series: the 2002 short film [[''The Gamers]]'' and the sequel [[The Gamers|''The Gamers: Dorkness Rising]]''. This page is for tropes from both films.

[[''The Gamers]]'' follows a group of gamers playing a game similiarsimilar to [[Dungeons and& Dragons]] as they are about to face the final villain in the campaign. The action switches between the players, who have to deal with things like an absent gamer, a girl in a nearby room who is trying to study, and dice rolls, and the characters, who have to deal with things like bandits, a dead party member, and whether or not they are unconscious.

* The Princess: A [[Distressed Damsel|damsel in distressDistress]] that looks suspiciously like that girl down the hall.

In the feature-length second movie, ''The Gamers: Dorkness Rising'', a different group is trying to make their way through a campaign but they keep dying. They decide to run it over again and add some new blood, but the only person they can get to join is one player's ex-girlfriend. The campaign deals with a necromancer who is taking over the world...or so it seems at first. Unlike the first film, all of the players names are revealed, as well as the fact that the game they are playing is explicitly [[Dungeons and& Dragons]], since they had the consent of [[Wizards of the Coast]] to use their game.

* Lodge/Sir Osric: The [[Game Master|DM]] of the campaign. He's trying to write a module based on the game, but is frustrated by his players' powergamingpower-gaming. His [[GMPC]], Sir Osric, is a Paladin placed there solely to police the party. Flirts awkwardly with Joanna for much of the movie.

* King Erasmus the Randomly-Biased: [[What's Up, King Dude?|Sovereign king]] of the realm. Unusually acquiescent to random goings-on in his court.

Not to be confused with ''[[Gamers (Film)|Gamers]]'' , a film about a far more dysfunctional crew of players, or the Scottish film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450269/ GamerZ].

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: <s> Ambrose</s> Magellan recites the phrase ''"Da mihi fermentum"'' while casting a spell. Translation (hidden in spoiler text for people who'd rather figure it out): {{spoiler|'''"Give me booze."'''}}

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: {{spoiler|The first movie ends with the characters breaking into the room and slaughtering their players. The second movie reveals at least one is [[Not Quite Dead]], but severely traumatized by the event}}.

{{quote| '''Flynn''': There's 37 more of me, assholes!}}

{{quote| '''Rogar:''' "My intelligence is ''four''? '''[[Large Ham|OUTRAGEOUS!!]]''' [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Gimme that pen."]]}}

* [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Pirates]]: This trope is invoked by name in universe when Lodge and Joanna are playing Pizzajitsu (Pirates vs Ninjas).

* [[Five-Man Band]]: see above. Also,for the first movie. inIn the second movie:

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: At first I thought that the fact Lodge wouldn't allow the monk to be an elf, but let them fight goblins, was a [[Plot Hole]]. But thinking about it, the adventure is based on the '''mythology''' of Western Europe, so goblins are okay. But until [[The Lord of the Rings]], elves were nothing like [[Dungeons and& Dragons]] elves, so he couldn't play one!

* [[Fun Withwith Subtitles]]: The DVD of ''Dorkness Rising'' has quite a few unusual choices for subtitles, including [[Leet Lingo|1337 $p33k]], [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign|Swedish Chef]], and [[Zeroes and Ones|binary]] (which [[Cool but Inefficient|takes up the entire screen]]). Also "d20," which references all the combat techniques and skill checks used in the game.

{{quote| Sing it! Give it to me! Give it up! Oh, you can't 'cause y'all ''dead''!}}

* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Cass [[Rules Lawyer|makes a scene]] about not being allowed a saving throw which he can't win short of a natural twenty. He gets his way and [[Critical Failure|rolls a 1]].

{{quote| '''Lodge''': Y-y-you can't backstab it! You can't *sneak-attack* an inanimate object! <br />

'''Leo''': Why not? It's PRONE! <br />

'''Lodge''': It doesn't have a discernible anatomy! <br />

'''Leo''': It's got a SPINE! Doesn't it? <br />

['''Leo''' rolls a [[Critical Failure|Natural 1]], causing '''Flynn''' to stab himself] <br />

'''Leo''': [in shock] [[Spoony Bard|Bards suck]]. <br />

{{quote| I shall spread the buttery justice of Therin over the toast of your iniquity! <br />

The succulent jam of light shall sweeten the sourdough of your evil ways! <br />

The creamer of light will dull the bitterness of your evil unholy coffee taste!<br />

The spatula of purity shall scramble the eggs of your maleficence! }}

* [[Impossible Thief]]: Nimble steals a guy's pants without him noticing... while the victim is sitting on a barstoolbar stool.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Flynn maintains that he is able to sneak attack a book, despite it's lack of a discernible anatomy, due to the fact that it has a "spine". ([[Did Not Do the Research|Despite bards not being able to sneak attack in the first place.]])

** Except that, you know. A Fighter doesn't have to be a tank, there are canon D&D ways to cut a Cleric off from his Deity, swarming the party with enemies after depowering them while the bad guy laughs is a great opportunity for the players to run (except most are too dumb to think of that), and [[G MsGMs]] stating that Class/Race X does not exist in his custom world is perfectly normal, especially when stated ahead of time. Sorry, Jerkass' only point is "You're playing the game different to the way I want to, therefore you are wrong".

{{quote| '''Joanna''': Help me out here, Kevin.<br />

'''Cass''': Kevin?<br />

'''Gary''': Wait, your name is Kevin?<br />

{{quote| '''Flynn''': (singing) Shut up, peasant, rest your head, or we'll let the sorceress kill your ass dead...}}

{{quote| '''Newmoon's player''': And that will totally make up for that orphanage we burned down!<br />

You make one 11-year old cry... }}

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: In addition to being a more enthusiastic roleplayer, Joanna is able to come up with a killer combo in her first time playing. [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in that said combo involves a [[Game Breaker]] feat that shouldn't even have been available in a basic handbook (i.e.: the one that adds her dexterity & intelligence modifiers to her crit range). Cass objects to [[Straw Man Has a Point|low hit points and defense for the party's]] [[Stone Wall|Tank]]. However, {{spoiler|in the first non-[[Mook]] battle where she isn't able to crit-kill all the low-level stuff on the field, she's knocked down to a handful of hit points in the first round. [[Fridge Logic|It's not so much she out-MinMaxed the MinMaxer, it's that her play style better matches that of the GM.]] }}

{{quote| '''Nimble:''' "Did I say walk down the corridor? I meant ''sneak'' down the corridor."<br />

'''Nimble:''' "Did I say ''sneak'' down the corridor? ...I ''crawl'' down the corridor. Inch by inch. Looking for traps."<br />

* [[Send in Thethe Clones]]: Leo's bard dies quickly and often. Tired of losing levels every time he's resurrected, he asks Lodge if he can just replace his character with another when he dies. He then prepares 50 bards, sending in a new one every time the last one dies.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Cass. The fact that [[Ho Yay|Gary]] is [[Crosses the Line Twice|dressed in black and thwacking him with a riding crop]] [[Fetish Fuel|doesn't help matters]].

** Lodge's ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' shirt.

** When opening the chest toward the middle of the second movie, something resembling the ''[[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]]'' small item sound is heard.

** Most of the items from the chest in the second movie are from the card game [[Munchkin (game)|''Munchkin'']]. Shown are the Kneepads of Allure, Spiked Codpiece, Chainsaw of Bloody Dismemberment, and the Unnatural Axe.

* [[Spanner in Thethe Works]]: The tide of battle against Mort Kemnon is turned when {{spoiler|Lodge's cat jumps on the table -- which is briefly represented [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|in-universe and to scale]] -- and messes up the pieces.}}

* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: In the first movie the GM insists on allowing the bandit king to finish his speech before Newmoon can shoot him even thothough it technically allows the moment of surprise to lapse.

* [[Tap Onon the Head]]: If you need to be knocked out ''don't let the freakin' barbarian do it.''

* [[Third -Person Seductress]]: Luster, based on Gary's [[Hot Teacher]]. {{spoiler|he gets the idea to hit on Daphne, gets reminded he's playing a woman, and decides to continue hitting on her because [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]].}}

* [[Treacherous Quest-Giver]]: {{spoiler|The Hierophant}} from the second movie. [[An Aesop|Most of the players don't notice this]] because acting like [[Munchkin|Munchkins]]s has effectively rendered them [[Genre Blind]].

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: ''Technically'' not a villain, but {{spoiler|Cass had spent the entire campaign openly ridiculing and condescending to ex-girlfriend Joanna (Mid-argument, Gary breaks in to say "Why did you guys break up again?") namely for being a new gamer and [[Most Gamers Are Male|a woman]]. On top of this, his ex-girlfriend and [[Game Master]] best friend openly and blatantly hit on each other. Cass's [[Jerkass]] tendencies reach the exploding point when Joanna's character earns a single unlimited wish. Instead of using it to obtain godhood or anything else that might benefit her and/or the party, she asks for Sir Osric to be resurrected. As the group's biggest [[Munchkin]], this [[No True Scotsman|goes against everything he stands for]]. Put off by Joanna and Lodge's sentimental [[The Roleplayer|story-before-achivementachievement]] tendencies, Cass ends up [[Rage Quit|shouting at everyone and storming off]].}}

*** [[Straw Man Has a Point|Cass does have a point]] in that {{spoiler|Osric}} died [[Death Is Cheap|in a building filled to the brim with clerics where Flinn had been resurrected literally moments ago,]] but one can easily presume that {{spoiler|being killed by the Mask of Death}} might be a [[Deader Than Dead|bit more permanent]].

** And in the first movie, she's in a ''really'' different castle: {{spoiler|the dorm where the game is happening.}}

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