They're Vox Machina!
But they need help, too!
'Cause saving Exandria's the thing to do.
Necromancing and destroying is not the way,
Hear what Matthew Mercer has to say:
How do you want to do this?

Media References

• (0:01:30) Laura: *singing* One! (“One Day More” from Les Miserables)
• (0:01:32) Marisha: Tell yo kids! Tell yo wife! (Bed Intruder)
• (0:02:10) Liam: Will you also, someday, have a Pog episode?
• (0:02:49) Taliesin: We’re confirmed with Jim Lee X-Men Series One […] Superman vs. Doomsday cards.  Matt: Marvel Masterpiece? [...] Taliesin: Some [Jack] Kirby cards, some classic Avengers cards. [...] Marvel Universe Series 1 of 3 is what we’re really working on.

And we all say
"Oh, well I never, was there ever
A gloomstalker as magical
Mr. Mistoffelees"

He is loud and large, he is black
From the snout to the tip of his tail
He can pierce through illusions to track
With fleshless wings he sails

His shrouded form is looking for a snack
He is equally quick with his claws like a knife
He is always deceiving you into believing
That he's only hunting for life...

Critters, Matt has tasked you with assigning D&D classes to the characters in Hamilton. Don't throw away your shot at making an epic half-elf wizard character sheet for Angelica, a halfling urchin bard for Alexander, a human battle master fighter Washington, or whatever your heart desires!

Media References

• (0:01:44) Liam: *sings music from Disney’s Robin Hood*
• (0:03:03) Liam: This is Robert Siegel, and you’re listening to Critical Role.
• (0:03:32) Sam: Like, it’s going to be Daredevil again.
• (0:03:39) Liam: Spider-hand.  Travis: Punisher.  Marisha: Great Lakes Avenger.  Sam: Cat-man.  Taliesin: Great Lakes Avengers is pretty great.
• (0:03:48) Matt: Make an effort to bring back the “What The--?!” comics.

Thanks to walking-fandoms for this gif!

Laura: Our infographic is no longer valid!

If it takes making more Hamilton references to invalidate our infographic it will have been worth it. We'll leave you to it.

Media References

• (0:03:35) Sam: The Avengers! X-Men! Spider-man! And more!
• (0:04:00) Sam: Spider-man! [...] Devil Dinosaur! [...] Invisible Woman! [...] Medusa! [...] The Hood! [...] Ares!
• (0:05:54) Travis: It’s the end of the month! Wake up! Wake up! (“1st of Tha Month” by Bone Thugs N Harmony) NSFW
• (0:06:53) Laura: We worked with David Mack who is this amazing artist!
• (0:07:02) Liam: He does covers for everything! Daredevil.  Laura: Jessica Jones, I saw a Jessica Jones work. Kabuki!  Taliesin: Elektra.
• (0:14:52) Liam: Freakin’ Willy Loman, man! (Death of a Salesman)
• (0:15:00) Liam: Take a break. Runaway upstate.  Travis: *singing* Take a break!  Liam: For the summertime.  Travis: Sing it, Liam.  Liam: *singing* Take a break! (“Take a Break” from Hamilton)
• (0:15:08) Matt: Non-stop! (“Non-Stop” from Hamilton)

We're not saying that Taliesin Jaffe is on some kind of a watch list, but the man knows a lot about explosives.

Media References

• (0:01:18) Travis: Enter the Meat Man. (“Enter Sandman” by Metallica)
• (0:02:55) Laura: For a Gears of War event!
• (0:03:57) Taliesin: We’re talking about the Young Avengers this next week.
• (0:04:00) Taliesin: Just finished Wonder Woman, it was a great time.
• (0:04:13) Sam: Kid Hulk! Kid Iron Man!  Taliesin: Actually you were- Hulkling and Iron Lad.

Assignment. Burden. Business. Calling. Charge. Commission. Commitment. Job. Load. Milstone. Mission. Obligation. Onus. Responsibility. Station. Task. Trouble. Undertaking. Weight. Work.

Or, put simply, duty. 

Puns

• (0:24:35) Tary: I feel a duty, a responsibility to this family, because they are my family.  Keyleth: Grog!  Grog: You feel a doody? The privy is over there, or over there, or the front yard beckons.
• (0:28:28) Keyleth: So what exactly is your duty that you’re feeling inclined toward- Grog: *something* *general laughter* Keyleth: Dammit, Grog.
• (0:29:27) Keyleth: But Grog does bring up a point I was trying to make before he started laughing when I said ‘duty.’ Grog: *tries really hard to not laugh again*
• (0:29:37) Keyleth: You said you were compelled and felt like you had a duty. Grog: *again starts laughing, Liam and Laura are pretty gone, too* Taliesin: Stop it, Travis, god, I can’t. Liam: It’s gotten all of us now, it’s off to the races.
• (0:31:21) Grog: Can you describe to me this “duty?” Keyleth: You don’t care! Percy: That’s hard, that’s very hard. Grog: I think I do now. Like, you know. Is it real like, hard, or, you know, is it- *breaks off laughing* Tary: It’s a little more nebulous than that, Grog. Percy: You can pass on this for now.
• (0:31:56) Tary: Listen, when you see my duty, you’ll know. Grog: Copy that. Vax: It’s loose.
• (0:39:46) Tary: (while talking to his mother) Mum’s the word.
• (0:46:23) Grog: This is the meeting place of a dark group, right? A shady group? Shouldn’t we check this area for anything shady? (...) Taliesin: Is there shade? Is there shade in this establishment? Matt: It’s dimly lit, so there’s plenty of shadows.
• (1:28:00) Pike: Tell her she has nice boots, Grog. Grog: Nice boobs! Pike: Boots! Boots, boots. Grog: Boo- Boots. Boots. Boots. Nice boots.
• (2:17:58) Keyleth: Duty. Grog: Better.

You know it's a winner of an episode when the title is a media reference AND a pun! (Full Disclosure: Not all of CRStats feels this way. But, the one of us making this post does and that's what matters.)

Puns

• (Episode Title) Taryon, My Wayward Son
• (0:04:51) Matt: Elrond and Riverdale.