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''[[The Guild]]'' is an online [[Vlog Series]]-style sitcom created by [[Felicia Day]] of ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]]'' fame (and credited by [[Joss Whedon]] as an inspiration) after a two year addiction to ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Each 3-8 minute episode centers on "The Knights of Good", an online guild in an unnamed MMORPG [[Brand X|similar to]] ''WOW''.
 
Recognitions include winning the 2007 Youtube Video Award and the 2008 Yahoo Video award. You can keep up with the series at its official website, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070914054022/http://www.watchtheguild.com/ watchtheguild.com.]{{Dead link}} A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU music video] called "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar" was released to promote the third season. This song is the [[Trope Namer]] for [[Date My Avatar]]. The episodes come out on Tuesdays on watchtheguild.com, Xbox Live, Zune, and MSN video. [[Tough Act to Follow|Without trying to top it]], they went [[Bollywood]] to promote the fourth season, as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrN3Rh55uM here]. It took the top #3 spot in the US iTunes chart and the #1 in the UK on the day of its release.
 
For their fifth season´s launch on youtube, they released "[[Proud to Be a Geek|I'm the one that's cool"]], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFhgupR565Q&list=UUaBf1a-dpIsw8OxqH4ki2Kg&feature=plcp here].
 
Currently{{when}} spinning off into a [[Dark Horse Comics]] series.
 
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Zaboo, but it has nothing to do with looks and everything to do with his lack of emotional maturity and over-the-top stalkery behavior. Although, as of the end of Season 4, he's beginning to look less abhorrent...
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* [[I Call Him "Mister Happy"]]: Mr. Wiggly. "They won't know that's my name for it... unless I hold open the mic like that." Actually referenced as early as season 1 in an outtake: Zaboo mentions his penis's name, and Clara mentions that her husband's has a name as well.
* [[I Can Change My Beloved]]: In season 1, Zaboo tries to pull this on Codex. (When it doesn't work out he instead tries to change himself, but that's a different story.)
* [[Idiosyncratic Wipes]]: Season 3 episode 7 has a Batman homage using the head of [https://web.archive.org/web/20140104090304/http://finnsmulders.com/ "Finn Smulders"].
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Zaboo weakly suggests this trope might apply when he challenges Wade Wei to a fight, only to find out that Wade is a professional stuntman. Vork immediately shoots him down, pointing out that Zaboo's game character is a [[Squishy Wizard]], and so his game experience doesn't apply to the real world, where casting spells is impossible.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]:
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** Followed by {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking]]}} in season 5
* [[Shout-Out]]: In season three, episode four:
{{quote|'''Codex''': Without the two [[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog|hammers (holds up her fists)]] of the guild, Tink and Vork there... (Looking at her hands) What are these?}}
** Also:
{{quote|'''Riley''': You left the stable? Bad Horse!}}
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