Media References and Puns of Episode 81: What Lies Beneath The Surface

Just putting this out there, artists: We’d love to see art of Grog as the slow-rolling Scrooge McDuck.

Media References

(0:27:37) Marisha: Call the locksmith! (Robin Hood: Men in Tights)
(0:46:30) Vax: I wasn’t about to sit back and listen to her Scooby Doo monologue.
(0:57:18) Grog: Flash. Others: Aaahhh! (“Flash” by Queen)
(0:58:11) Liam: ROTHFUSSSSSSSSS! (The Big Bang Theory)
(0:58:15) Patrick: I was sent here by Aquisitions, Inc. Matt: The last thing you hear is the laughter of a one-armed man in the distance.

(1:05:29) Taliesin: It’s a Shake Weight.
(1:05:52) Grog: If there’s a vase, I will totally smash that. Matt: You smash a few vases, actually. Taliesin: Ironically, there are two gold coins inside. (Zelda)
(1:27:55) Matt: I there’s actually some Exalted expansions that’ll let you do that.
(1:32:23) Matt: Like a slow-rolling Scrooge McDuck.
(1:49:10) Sam: She was looking for the third book of the trilogy of Patrick Rothfuss!
(1:49:41) Liam: Tolkien! Rrrah!
(2:29:05) Multiple: I throw it on the GROUND! I don’t need your dancin’! Matt: My weapon’s not a sword! Travis: Duh! Matt: I’m not part of your feudal system! (“Threw It On The Ground” by The Lonely Island) NSFWish
(2:30:06) Taliesin: *sings a bit of “True”* (“True” by Spandau Ballet)
(2:42:27) Matt: *sings* It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
(2:51:37) Patrick: Do I look like Brian Blessed who’s just walked through a bloody f***in’ massacre; am I still *indicates covered in gore*?
(2:54:09) Liam/Vax: Don’t like Dragon Age splatter?
(2:57:49) Marisha: He’s going full Heisenberg! (Breaking Bad)
(2:59:04) Liam: Yeah, Mista Shorthalt, yeah! (Breaking Bad)
(3:19:01) Taliesin: Three times. You say it three times. (Beetlejuice)
(3:25:35) Patrick: So, is it like when I left that glass of Surge out for so long that it evaporated in the cup down?
(3:27:21) Taliesin: Ladies and gentlemen, Burning Man.
(3:31:31) Kerrek: *jolting* F***! Taliesin: that was the most Brian Blessed thing, it was amazing.