The Guild: Difference between revisions

* [[Defeat Means Friendship|Defeat Means Drinks]]: After his defeat, {{spoiler|Fawkes}} tells Codex "You. Me. Drinks. 8 pm. Renata's. I'll see you there."

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Vork falls into this on occasions. Zaboo does as well in Season 4, Episode 10:

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Vork rigidly follows guild rules to give an orb that changes the avatar's hair color to Tink over Clara. Clara in turn begins a reign of destruction which nearly destroys the guild.

** Season 3 revolves around this happening to Bladezz. Over a feud that began ''from a video game'', the Axis of Anarchy {{spoiler|digs up his [[Old Shame]] as a model, plants weapons in his locker at school, and [[I Banged Your Mom|has someone sleep with his mom]]. It was bad enough that it reached the point where he was going to run away from home}}.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Wade "Stunt guy" "Guns" Wei happens to be both an in-universe and out-of-universe example. In-universe, despite being a self-obessed jerk, he manages to come off looking awesome to the Guildies because he's also a real-life [[Badass]]. After beating the crap out of Zaboo and publicly humiliating Codex (Zaboo's love interest), all Zaboo can say is "he's nice" because the guy ''did motion capture for his favorite game'', and was an extra in a B-movie he loved. Then Clara, Codex's friend, ''makes out'' with Wade! Out-of-universe, his "leather pants" status has caused a few fans to think he should end up with Codex, despite how nonchalantly he comments that "she's not worth it" with a wink and a smile. And, in the spirit of equal opportunity, Riley. Her relationship with Zaboo is at best disturbing, and at worst downright twisted; she's violent, manipulative, and scarily controlling - all three neatly illustrated by her knocking Zaboo out, gagging him with tape, and chaining him up in the wardrobe because he forgot to make her breakfast. On the other hand, she's hot. Tall! I meant Tall!

* [[Dramatic Wind]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Codex at the end of episode 7 of season 4 after {{spoiler|Fawkes kisses her.}}

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Bladezz and Zaboo in "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar". Also, Wade, period.

* [[Failed Attempt At Drama]]: Zaboo's exit in 3.9 "Wit's End".

* [[Fake-Out Make-Out]]: Tink asks a drunk Codex to pretend to kiss her to obscure her face from {{spoiler|her sisters}} at the Con.

* [[Five-Bad Band]]: In season three, the Knights of Good meet a [[The Rival|rival]] guild, the Axis of Anarchy, composed of what seems to be a Five Bad ''[[Five-Token Band|Token]]'' Band.

** [[Big Bad]]: Fawkes

** In "The Return", Zaboo's game "Sir Loopalot" makes noises corresponding to the dialogue.

** The cleaning lady walking in during Codex' vlog post.

* [[Geek]]: Pretty much the entire cast.

* [[Gamer Chick]] - Riley fits this trope best but also Tink, Clara, Codex and Venom.

* [[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]]:

* [[Informed Ability]]: Sort of played with. The game they all play is the driving force of the series, and has complete control over everyone's life. But we never actually SEE the game, {{spoiler|at least, not before the climax of Series 4,}} only their reactions.

* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: Zaboo set himself up at Codex's place. Of course, he didn't intend for the innocent part, but Codex insists.

* [[Make-Out Kids]]: Zaboo and Riley at the beginning of Season 3.

* [[Man Hug]]: Averted in the season three finale {{spoiler|when Bladezz and Bruiser make up.}}

* [[Man in a Kilt]]: Fawkes.

'''Fawkes:''' Server stats. Axis of Anarchy rules. And yes, I am. }}

* [[Masochism Tango]]: Riley and Zaboo

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Vork doesn't think of himself as a bad man... well, there was that night he spent at a Hitler Youth Camp by accident...

* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted; early in Season 2 Zaboo chalks up Codex's annoyance with him to the fact that she must be ovulating. Then he whips out a miniature calender to prove it. Which, of course, only increases Codex's annoyance.

'''Zaboo(innocently):''' Kinko'ed. }}

* [[Not So Different]]: Tink to Codex about flirting with guys to get what you want from them.

* [[Post Modernism]] - the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU Do you wanna date my avatar]

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: Zaboo [[In-Universe|makes one for Codex and Fawkes]]:

* [[Power Walk]]: Parodied in the Season 2 episode "Socializing Sucks." Likewise in Season 3, episode 10.

* [[Product Placement]]: Season 4, Bing Video.

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: {{spoiler|The Master Chiefs.}}

* [[Serious Business]]: How all the characters, ''especially'' Vork, treat the guild.

* [[Sex Sells]]: Tink dresses as [[Star Wars|Slave Leia]] and [[Sailor Moon]] to sell her T-Shirts.

** Plus Tink and Clara's earlier attempts to raise guildhall money via special "chat sessions".

** Followed by {{spoiler|[[Ship Sinking]]}} in season 5

* [[Shout-Out]]: In season three, episode four:

** Also:

** Season three, episode seven: Zaboo says he's friends on [[My Face]] with Bladezz's sister. Castle's mother calls a social networking site [[My Face]] in Castle. (Whether this is intentional and if so, which is shouting out to which is hard to tell.)

** In season four episode eight:

** In season 3 episode 10, [[Reservoir Dogs]], with the music, slow-mo walking and spitting.

** In Season 5, Ep 7, Zaboo says he is off to attend a panel called "''[[Fable]]'': Tickle your way to the Monarchy."

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]:

** Also [[Ambiguously Gay|Valkyrie]]

'''Valkyrie''': Yes, is there something wrong with that? I play two girl characters because I like ''girls'', I like ''looking at girls'', I'm a ''girl-loving guy''... ...I like your shoes. }}

* [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]: When the Knights of Good try to replace Tink.

* [[Three Minutes of Writhing]]: "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar", though it's pretty obviously a parody of this type of thing. That doesn't stop it from being really freaking ''hot''. [[Felicia Day]] does a cute, awkward little smile in the very last second of the video that suggests she wasn't quite comfortable with being [[Ms. Fanservice]].

* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Several.

'''Venom''': Handicapped, The Axis's only female, and [[Ambiguously Gay]] or at least [[Bi the Way]] }}

* [[Understatement]]: Vork about Zaboo's obsession with Codex:

* [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]]: Zaboo at Valkyrie's workplace.

* [[Unperson]] At the end of season 2 {{spoiler|Bladezz deletes Tinks character Tinkerballa, removing permanently from existence her gold, reputation and "two years of [her] life". She even phrases it as "I don't exist anymore"}}