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For the first time for a campaign, it actually makes sense to say this about episode 69: Nice. (Third time's the charm?)

Media References

• (0:00:48) Sam: I was hacking into the email of my fiercest rival, the horrible musician known as Twilight Sparkle.

• (0:02:10) Marisha: Okay, it’s KenTuckEverlasting. (Tuck Everlasting)

• (0:02:33) Travis: It’s FrenchPeopleSuck1789. (French Revolution)

• (0:04:43) Liam: That’s Fanta.

• (0:06:38) Sam: Colm R.R. McGuinness (George R.R. Martin, J.R.R. Tolkien)

• (0:06:56) Liam: Sam, you look like a goth Sonic the Hedgehog.  Matt: A really bad Shadow cosplay.

• (0:07:04) Laura: He looks like Sebastian from Stardew. [...] Marisha: Are you romancing Sebastian?  Laura: I haven’t romanced anyone yet, but I think I’m going to go for Elliott. [...] Marisha: Oh, the tragic writer.  Laura: But Sebastian’s pretty good, too.  Travis: Matt, make it stop!  Matt: Nah, Krobus all the way. Anyway, I believe that concludes our announcements.  Sam: Abigail?  Laura: You know one!  Matt: Abigail was the first one. She’s fine.  Marisha: She’s the gamer girl.

• (0:10:09) Travis: *singing* These broken wings. (“Broken Wings” by Mr. Mister)

• (0:12:05) Marisha: *singing* Taken a long rest.  Sam: *singing* Taking a long rest downtown. (“A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton)

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Media References

• (0:03:56) Matt: Having Overlook Hotel flashbacks.

• (0:04:05) Liam: Getting Death to Smoochy vibes over here.

• (0:14:40) Travis: *singing* I think we’re alone now. There doesn’t seem to be-- (“I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tommy James & The Shondells)

• (0:15:48) Sam: Just see like “Terminator” like analysis.

• (0:28:04) Liam: Fruit of the Loom?  Laura: Fruit of the Loom!

• (0:37:13) Marisha: *singing* Wheel in the sky keeps on turning. (“Wheel in the Sky” by Journey)

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• Total puns on blue perennem flowers: 14

• Total Temp HP Matt added in retribution: 22

  • There were 11 puns prior to the combat encounter, but Matt only caught 10. He did add an extra bonus tally for alliteration.

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• (0:19:57) Travis: I was a beat poet, but it didn’t work out. (rhythmic drumming) The forest is dead, and so (snaps) are we. [...] Dig it. (Beat poetry)

• (0:43:02) Travis: Getting f***ing Nerf football-ed out there.

• (0:50:57) Marisha: These are Altoids.

• (1:04:21) Travis: Drakkar Noir.

• (1:06:07) Travis: I’ll try and close the distance on the vrock with my Lady Deathstrike claws and my wolf mask.

• (1:11:10) Travis: *singing* Hurt so good.  Travis and Marisha: *singing* Come on, baby, make it hurt so good.  Marisha and Liam: *singing* Sometimes flames don’t feel like they should.  Marisha and Travis: *singing* You make it.  Travis: Ugh, ugh.  Marisha: *singing* Hurt so good. (“Hurt So Good” by John Mellencamp)

• (1:16:10) Liam: Let’s go, R2. (R2D2)

• (1:27:25) Travis: *singing* Ooh wah-ah-ah-ah! (“Down With the Sickness” by Disturbed) NSFW

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• (0:09:46) Ashley: I said “Kentucky Route Zero.”

• (0:13:37) Sam: A mighty wind. (A Mighty Wind)

• (0:20:09) Travis: A mighty wind.

• (1:14:01) Chetney: Do they bleed?  Maeve: They bleed.  Sam: We can kill it. (Predator)

• (1:43:41) Liam: Did you create Optimus Prime?

• (1:59:11) Taliesin: Healing supreme. It’s got sour cream.  Marisha: I was going to say, it’s got sour cream.  Laura: Crunchwrap. (Taco Bell)

• (2:18:01) Travis: (as Kermit the Frog) Kermit the Frog here.

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• (0:00:49) Sam: I wanted to say “high noon,” but oh, Matt sounds sexier! (Overwatch)

• (0:07:07) Liam: They’ve been rubbed in Werther’s, too, this set.

• (0:09:46) All: *singing* Makin’ our way. (“A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carleton)

• (0:10:04) Travis: *singing* I’m coming out. (Diana Ross)

• (0:10:08) Liam: (like Gollum) Yes!

• (0:39:30) Sam: Garfield?  Travis; Hail, Lord Garfield.

• (1:25:18) Laura: I have the Pride and Prejudice thing going, too.

• (1:27:54) Marisha: I love it, maybe they’re black laced gloves like a little Madonna…

• (1:28:15) Marisha: It’s a little Baba Yaga.

• (1:37:51) Laura: Arkham Asylum.

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Media References

• (0:00:20) Matt: And I believe Sam has prepared a special SAM Talk about it. (TED Talks)

• (0:06:03) Travis: *sings* America… (Team America: World Police)

• (0:13:49) Travis: Woody Woodpecker?

• (0:11:54) Aabria: Full Kill Bill sirens.

• (0:12:02) Matt: This is full-on like Doctor Strange being knocked through all the dimensions.

• (0:38:06) Matt: Yeah, the physics are a little weird, you start shaking like in Skyrim.  Aabria: I pull out my weapon right before we land, that cancels the fall damage.

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Media References

• (0:00:26) Sam: Well, remember last year-- you do, Matt-- when Old Spice teamed with Netflix’s “The Witcher”...

• (0:00:57) Matt: The Kikimore, Yennefer’s transformation, the Myriapod ambush?

• (0:01:06) Sam: I am! Of Roach.  Matt: Geralt’s horse?

• (0:1:56) Marisha: This is that Yarpen Zigrin’s actual martel from the series!

• (0:25:59) Marisha: Oh, I was going to say in the “Take On Me” music video?  Taliesin: Yeah, the “Take On Me” music video.  Utkarsh: *sings “Take On Me” melody*

• (0:31:52) Matt: It’s stretching away like No-Face from “Spirited Away,” like pushes outward.

• (0:36:26) Emily: Shout out to The 2 Crew. (Not Another D&D Podcast)

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• (0:01:18) Sam: First up, me and Marisha are going to do a meme called guy mansplaining.

• (0:01:32) Sam: Now Taliesin’s going to give me a Drake-style “Nah, maybe.”

• (0:02:07) Sam: All right, Liam, give me, “Hide the Pain Harold.”

• (0:02:37) Sam: Give me that cute doge.

• (0:02:42) Sam: Now give me “One Does Simply Not.”

• (0:02:46) Sam: Now give me Salt Bae.

• (0:03:22) Sam: We did the lady yelling at the cat meme.

• (0:03:49) Liam: Are you feeling Den Thelyss in this Chili’s tonight? (The Office)

• (0:13:22) Liam: What does our cougar look like again?  Aimee: Fran Drescher. [...] Liam: (like Fran Drescher) I’m an air elemental!  Aimee: From Flushing.

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Media References

• (0:16:44) Matt: (Wilhelm scream)

• (0:18:01) Marisha: Rainbow Dash.  Taliesin: Rainbow Dash is about to happen.

• (0:24:19) Liam: Not the bees! (The Wicker Man)

• (0:24:35) Matt: Not the bees! (The Wicker Man)

• (0:31:23) Taliesin: We’re literally dressed like a Girl Scout camp counselor.

• (0:34:20) Emily: I do a really impressive “Matrix” roll right into the second hit.

• (0:46:33) Liam: *singing* Do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men? (“Do You Hear the People Sing?” from Les Miserables)

• (0:46:41) Utkarsh: *sings “Seven Nation Army” (White Stripes)

• (1:10:38) Emily: Like bile Go-Gurt.

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Media References

(0:00:37) Sam: …Ashley Judd classic, Double Jeopardy.

• (0:01:55) Sam: Have you ever heard of Drizzt Do'urden? Well, the Humblebragger knew him when he was in high school when his name was Drizzt Goldberg. 

• (0:02:05) Sam: He’s got Strahd on speed dial…

• (0:02:07) Sam: …and his most dangerous attack is boring you to death with a story about hanging out with Jason Mraz and Vince Vaughn’s cousin in Reno.

• (0:02:31) Sam: Her legendary action is blasting Ascension Millenium by Corey Feldman until you’re incapacitated.

• (0:02:51) Sam: You must beat a DC 25 Wisdom Save or be distracted by him loudly mansplaining how Dogecoin is going to change the entire ebike business. Wen Lambo, baby. (cryptocurrency)

• (0:47:11) Marisha: I’ll Assassin’s Creed it and fall in the middle of the group.

• (0:47:45) Emily: I have Greenpeace clipboard volunteer energy.

• (1:00:29) Taliesin and Matt: *singing* Makin’ our way. (“A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton)