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[[File:SuburbanKnights_6323.jpg|frame|"Okay, you all look epically ridiculous. Now this is the kind of team that's gonna get us riches!" <ref>The smudges are [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110707021038/thatguywiththeglasses/images/thumb/2/26/3year.jpg/607px-3year.jpg autographs]. Left to right, top row: [[Dark Maze Studios|Ed Glaser]], [[Todd in
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The third year anniversary special for [[That Guy With
▲{{quote| ''Names will be remembered. Quests will become legends. And legends will become... [[Shaped Like Itself|legendary]].''}}
It is an adventure-comedy about [[
▲The third year anniversary special for [[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With the Glasses]], featuring 18 contributors, and separated into 7 videos that were posted in the week of June 26th, 2011; the final installment appeared the following Saturday, July 2nd.
The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130801031236/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31222-the-third-year-anniversary-teaser teaser] is here, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023012559/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/31413-suburban-knights-full-trailer the full trailer here.]
▲It is an adventure-comedy about [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]], like [[Kickassia|last time]], gathering a ton of reviewers and leading them into going on a quest. But this time, it is for a legendary gauntlet that is hidden somewhere in suburban Illinois, and according to the map, they must all dress up as famous fictional characters in order to find it.[[hottip:*:[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Not LARPing, though. That's something completely different that only dorks do. That's totally not what this is.]] Real villains start showing up to stop their plans, and they discover that [[And You Thought It Was a Game|this isn't so much a "game" as they had first assumed!]]
* Part 2 can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925061435/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31499-suburban-knights-part-2 here.]▼
* Part 3 can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925020243/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31511-suburban-knights-part-3 here.]▼
* Part 4 can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925113445/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31517-suburban-knights-part-4 here.]▼
* Part 5 can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924224539/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31529-suburban-knights-part-5 here.]▼
* Part 6 can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925022310/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31543-suburban-knights-part-6 here.]▼
* Part 7 can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925052202/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31557-suburban-knights-part-7 here.]▼
Commentaries were also provided, by [[The Spoony Experiment
▲* Part 2 can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31499-suburban-knights-part-2 here.]
▲* Part 3 can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31511-suburban-knights-part-3 here.]
▲* Part 4 can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31517-suburban-knights-part-4 here.]
▲* Part 5 can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31529-suburban-knights-part-5 here.]
▲* Part 6 can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31543-suburban-knights-part-6 here.]
▲* Part 7 can be found [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/31557-suburban-knights-part-7 here.]
▲Commentaries were also provided, by [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|The Spoony One]] [http://spoonyexperiment.com/category/channel-awesome/suburban-knights/ and friends],[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara/Iron Liz]] [http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/search/label/commentary as well] and [http://phelous.com/node/791 one] by [[Phelous|Phelan]] and [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|Brad]]. (Doug and Rob's one is exclusive to the DVD release) [[hottip:*:Show runner Holly Brown also joined [[Chaos D 1]], [[Welshy]], [[Brows Held High]]'s Oancitizen, [[The Rap Critic]] [[Forget About It]]'s Sad Panda, and [[Diamanda Hagan]] in [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/34066-suburban-knights-the-absentee-commentary a joke "absentee commentary"]
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== A-H ==
* [[Abandoned Playground]]: "A worthy place to call our battlefield!" Though it turns out to be not quite abandoned, as a mother comes with her daughter.
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: In-universe, [[Played for Laughs]], and then lampshaded afterwards.
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'''Luke:''' I'm going to turn around now. That better be what I think it is. }}
* [[Acting for Two]]/[[Talking to Himself]]:
** Doug plays both the Critic, the Watcher In the Woods {{spoiler|aka [[Bum Reviews
** Spoony returns as the Gate Cleaner. And adds a wife, the Housekeeper, [[Crosscast Role|also played by him]].
* [[Adorkable]]: [[Bad Movie Beatdown
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Cinema Snob tells a homeowner that Group 2 barging into her house was this. Angry Joe then [[Tap
* [[All Women Are Lustful]]:
** Each of the female reviewers cling to [[Jew Wario]] when they see his costume. {{spoiler|It's David Bowie from ''[[
** Lupa also agrees with the guys when they say the internet is good for porn.
*** Though it's averted in this instance in Nostalgia Chick's case.
* [[Alternate Ending]]s: Two on the DVD, both of which follow rather than replace the original. The first continues the parody of the ''[[Star Trek II:
* [[Amazing Freaking Grace]]: Twice in Part 7. Once from Paw with a kazoo, and then again when Linkara sings a parody to the Critic.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]:
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** The disappearance of Jaffers is "Sad. Very, very sad."
** "And on a lighter note, the President has been shot."
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: After Linkara tells Critic about the Necronomicon {{spoiler|and how it could possibly bring back Ma-Ti}}, he says how no one from the site would be able to help him since they're all "adventured out". [[Gilligan Cut]] to...
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* [[And Then What?]]: {{spoiler|After Malachite talks on his smartphone. The critics point out the hypocrisy of it all. When the Critic asks Malachite what he's going to do after he rids the world of technology, Malachite just stands there and replies, "Think of something."}}
* [[And You Thought It Was a Game]]: The reviewers begin their quest under the assumption that it's all a game that Jaffers made up. By Part 5, even the Critic realizes that "This ain't no game anymore."
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** Spoony ''assumes'' that the Cloaks are a group of LARPers and nothing more. He's wrong.
** Linkara points out to the Critic that magic is the only explanation for a witch suddenly spouting blinding lights, then vanishing.
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'''Linkara:''' ''Real''ly! Then ''how'' did she ''do'' it?!
*ominous [[Beat]]*
'''Critic:''' ...keep walkin'. }}
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: {{spoiler|Suede}}, but [[Justified Trope|then again]], everyone was happy to see {{spoiler|him}}, and vice-versa, so {{spoiler|he}} just basically let them win so they could {{spoiler|catch up on old times.}}
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* [[Big No]]: Angry Joe and Spoony both do this upon learning the "free car" was a ruse, Joe with a Cluster Big No and Spoony with a single extended one. It's implied that the rest of the reviewers each made one as well when they happened upon the truth about the "free car."
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]:
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'''Everyone else''': '''''SHUT UP!!!''''' }}
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]:
** Instead of actual [[The Lord of the Rings|Elvish]], the Nostalgia Chick speaks [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|a mixture of several foreign languages]], such as Hindi and Irish. What she's actually saying doesn't match up to the subtitles. For instance, when she says "Póg mo thóin" (Irish) in response to Benzaie's Conan speech, it's subtitled as "It's cool," but she's actually saying "Kiss my ass."
*** Averted, one line she speaks is English and is [[Waxing Lyrical|a lyric from]] "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies.
*** She misquotes the BNL line (Chikiti China, not Chikiti Chinese), though. And at another point, she utters "who's your daddy" over and over real fast.
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** In Part 1, Ma-Ti surprises the Critic by appearing in his room from out of nowhere. {{spoiler|Linkara does the same thing at the end before singing about Ma-Ti}}.
** Bill's music at the very beginning is an instrumental version of [[Sad Panda]]'s "Flight of Fantasy", which plays over the credits.
** The quest both begins and ends with somebody fetching [[
* [[Brand Name Takeover]]: {{spoiler|Malachite's phone is an EVO 4G, but the Critic calls it an iPhone as that has become basically synonymous with smartphones.}}
* [[Breaking the Fellowship]]: At the very beginning, no less.
* [[Brick Joke]]:
** "Hypnotize them with its cheap novelty?", about the supposed uselessness of [[Jew Wario]]'s juggling-trick with the Fushigi Ball in part 2. In part 3, it actually works like that in battle.
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** In Part 1, The Nostalgia Critic tells Ma-Ti that he can't join the quest because Nostalgia Chick has lost her contact lens, and he needs to stay behind and find it for her. He returns in Part 3, contact lens in hand. Happens again with the excuse that Mickey needs goat porn. {{spoiler|Occurs again in a not-so-funny fashion when the Critic offhandly tells Ma-Ti to get him a coffee, and he later finds it sitting on the counter. After Ma-Ti's death}}.
** There is one lovely brick joke in Part 5. {{spoiler|Several years ago, [[That Dude in
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: {{spoiler|"Of the people I've met, Ma-Ti was the most... hearty."}}
** More of an [[Overly Narrow Superlative]], {{spoiler|hearty}} is a real word after all.
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** The Critic gathering a skeptical TGWTG crew, Film Brain being a huge NC fanboy, and Handsome Tom being the quiet one are carried over from ''[[Kickassia]]''. Angry Joe even declares that the Critic has done it again. (a removed line would have him saying "[[TGWTG Year One Brawl|First a brawl]], [[Kickassia|then invading Molossia...]]")
*** And no one besides Film Brain and Luke are happy when The Critic tricks them into going to Chicago.
*** [[
** The reaction of the female reviewers to [[Jew Wario]]'s costume is a [[Shout-Out]] to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130731125733/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/5570-labyrinth Lindsay's] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608062001/http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/03/ycpt-3-20-labyrinth-famicom/ Jew Wario's] reviews of ''[[
** The "EPICNESS!!!!!!!" tape features a nod to both Doug's GNN/Lori Prince Live sketch, and Spoony's ''[[Mazes and Monsters]]'' review; specifically the film's [[Broken Aesop]] that games like ''[[Dungeons
** The Nostalgia Critic again brings up Chick-fil-A's policy of being closed on Sundays.
** Spoony brings two characters of his ''[[Ultima]]'' reviews (Gandalf and the Gate Cleaner).
** In Part 4, a girl enters the story talking on her phone ending a conversation with, "And then my dad shot her, it was weird." Which is a line of dialogue that [[
** In part 4, after the witch attacks, Linkara says "It's magic, you don't have to explain it," an infamous line uttered by [[Joe Quesada]] to defend [[One More Day]], which Lewis turned into an often-used quote on his show.
** In Part 5, {{spoiler|Film Brain plays as the dorky and smaller Nazgûl/Cloak.}} The dialogue throughout the scene is a [[Call Back]] to the Nostalgia Critic's Old Vs New for Lord of the Rings when he discusses how the Nazgûl would have reacted to Frodo being changed into one of them.
** Also in Part 5, Benzaie makes reference to his {{spoiler|longstanding rivalry with That Dude in the Suede, which had not been brought up much since Suede left two years ago.}}
** During the Critic's first [[Rousing Speech]] (and right before he notices everyone has run out the door), he calls them his "proud, [[Warriors of Virtue]], a film he once reviewed.
** During {{spoiler|Ma-ti's funeral}}, Linkara is seen wearing his starfleet uniform, which he also wears on [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* [[The Cameo]]:
** Doug and Rob's father, Barney Walker, is the newscaster.
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** {{spoiler|[[James Rolfe]]}} as the Voice of the Ancients.
** {{spoiler|[[Lord Kat]]}} as [[Conan the Barbarian|Crom]].
** Elisa ([[The Nostalgia Chick
** Nella as the Chick's stunt-woman.
** ..''Somewhat'' {{spoiler|[[The Last Angry Geek]] is one of the cloaks, but only takes his cloak off in the last video.}} before running away.
* [[Can You Hear Me Now?]]: When the Critic's group tries to call Spoony's group in episode 5, they find they can't get a connection. Obscurus Lupa and Linkara suggests that someone may be using magic to block the call.
* [[Care Bear Stare]] /ThePowerOfFriendship: {{spoiler|As Malachite and Ma-Ti get stuck in their [[Beam-O-War]], the whole team starts cheering and chanting "HEART!". It really pushes Ma-Ti forward.}}
* [[Cast
* [[The Cavalry]]: Team 2 arrives in the middle of Team 1's battle and they back them up.
* [[Cerebus Callback]]: A miserable Critic wanders home and sees that Ma-Ti still got him his coffee.
* [[Character Development]]: While Critic becoming less of a brat and more of a hero is more obvious, they all get a bit. They go from cowards who loathe each other to brave people who can kinda sorta be considered a [[Nakama]].
** Luke and [[Bad Movie Beatdown
* [[Chain Letter]]: {{spoiler|Critic reveals that the map is part of one during Part 3. His allies aren't amused. The Good Witch of the Woods hints that this is not a good thing. It's eventually revealed that Malachite sent the letter to trick people into finding the gauntlet for him.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
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* [[Collective Groan]]:
** At the "EPICNESS!!!!!!!" tape:
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'''[[
** Also when they are told that they will be fired if they don't participate in the quest and when Linkara/King Arthur suggests a sing-along.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: The Cloaks use a machine gun, leading Joe to reply with his own. Linkara eventually gets tired of swordfighting and uses his pistol. And when Joe uses his gun again, {{spoiler|Lupa grabs a spare to shoot.}} And as a reference, after The Good Witch Warrior Of The Woods starts shooting lightning during a climactic battle, {{spoiler|Suede punches her saying, "I find that quite vexing."}}
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** [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]: Film Brain and Luke on a Cloak ("Expecto my fist!").
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: The Critic just doesn't understand that the Chick and Lupa want him to {{spoiler|keep his legs close together}}.
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'''[[
'''Nostalgia Chick:''' There are...There are certain things that need to remain closed.
'''Nostalgia Critic:''' I know, and I for one respect Chick-fil-A for not serving people on Sunday. I wonder if we can get it so they don't serve Christians. }}
* [[Cosplay]]: Goes hand-in-hand with [[LARP]]-esque adventure quests, though the term itself is never mentioned.
* [[Cower Power]]: Critic clings hard to the Chick (even though she's about a foot smaller than him) when the Witch Warrior gets tired of his and the team's teasing.
* [[Cringe Comedy]]: Not very much, but the Nostalgia Critic's {{spoiler|crotch shot}} in the woods is pretty awkward as the {{spoiler|Nostalgia Chick}} and {{spoiler|Obscurus Lupa}} try to figure out a way to let him know without actually telling him that they can {{spoiler|see his underpants}}. In the end {{spoiler|The Nostalgia Chick just gives up and tells him she can see his balls}}.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler|The Puppeteer}} was handling NC's Fellowship without breaking a sweat... {{spoiler|until [[
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: As compared to [[Kickassia]]. While the screwball comedy, reference jokes, and character dynamics are still in fine form, in this one, cars explode, innocent bystanders are wantonly killed, the villain is genuinely terrifying, {{spoiler|the fate of the world's technology is on the line}}, and death is [[Killed Off for Real|not nearly as cheap]].
* [[Dark Is Evil]]: Everything about {{spoiler|Malachite's}} outfit is black- his [[Nice Hat]], his [[Badass Longcoat]], even his [[Black Eyes of Evil]]. {{spoiler|The rather less-evil people in Jaffer's crew}} are all wearing black as well, with the majority doning black masks.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: [[Todd in
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: It would be easier to list the characters that aren't.
* [[Debut Queue]]: They even ask to be introduced one at the time "[[Lampshade Hanging|because it's more dramatic]]."
* [[Designated Girl Fight]]: Played straight, then subverted. At first Chick and Lupa just fight the witch, but then Chick fights Jaffers and Lupa becomes an [[Action Girl]].
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "Names will be remembered. Quests will become legends. And legends will become... legendary."
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'''Witness:''' He was emotionally troubled. }}
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Ma-Ti}} dies in Critic's arms. Critic doesn't take this well.
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* [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|Do Not Taunt the Good Witch of the Woods]]
* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]: Who knew the woods and bike trails of Chicago suburbia were so dangerous?
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'''Others:''' SHUT UP! }}
* [[Dope Slap]]:
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* [[Evil Is Cool]]: In-universe. In Part 7, Malachite manages to deflect every single bullet fired at him by Angry Joe and Obscurus Lupa with his staff. Joe's response to this? "Whoa. That was ''awesome''!"
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: In-universe. A female passerby remarks that Malachite is "pretty hot" after he delivers a rant about the evils of technology to her.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Expy]]: GNN newscaster Larry Prince in the "EPICNESS!!!!" video is one of Lori Prince, one of Doug Walker's past sketch characters, who himself is an [[Expy]] of Larry King.
* [[Exposed to
* [[Eye Poke]]: During the first fight against the Cloaks, Brad pokes a Cloak in the eyes and runs away.
* [[Fan Service]]:
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** Some fans see Critic's upskirt shot as this. Lewis lampshades this by saying all the Critic fans hit their screencapture button at this exact moment, Doug brags on his commentary about even guys telling him they thought it was hot, and Film Brain had his turn when he went on a Fetish Fuel Wiki trawl, saying that it ''had'' to be listed as such.
** Benzaie walking around in a leather outfit shirtless.
** That's quite a neckline, [[The Nostalgia Chick
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: {{spoiler|Malachite}} was not destroyed as was thought in the final battle. Instead, he has been banished to his ultimate hell...a cursed realm of evil and damnation AND low-low prices..."ALL-AROUND CAFE!" And don't even ask how the bathroom breaks work.
* [[Fastball Special]]: Handsome Tom and 8-Bit Mickey attempt one. Doesn't go well.
* [[Female Gaze]]: The person who has shown the most skin so far is, well... guess.
** When [[Jew Wario]] reveals his [[Labyrinth
* [[Finger-Poke of Doom]]: {{spoiler|Malachite}} finger flicks Spoony, and sends him flying around the world. Twice!
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: {{spoiler|Film Brain and Luke.}}
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** Linkara reveals that in one of his reviews {{spoiler|he sings [[Grief Song|Ma-Ti's song.]]}}
* [[Foe Yay]]: Film Brain and Luke Mochrie. Despite having spent the previous three parts fighting over the Critic's affections, they spend a significant portion of Part 4 holding hands. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Doing so to speak to a mystical stone phantom, perhaps, but holding hands nonetheless.]] After Part 5, they start getting along.
* [[Freeze
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: Leave it to the good folks at [[Channel Awesome]] to inject a little bit of humor into something as depressing as {{spoiler|Ma-Ti}}'s death. {{spoiler|Ma-Ti is cremated by Todd and his ashes are poured into an Quaker Oats oatmeal canister (8-Bit Mickey comments that they should've used a Pop-Tarts box instead), and Tom chucks the thing god-knows-where while Paw plays "Amazing Grace" on the kazoo.}}
* [[Funny Background Event]]: When Crom is talking to Benzaie in Part 6, both Critic and Jaffers chase each other with the latter's sword, while Phelous fights a Cloak's sword barehanded.
** When Ma-ti first shows up, saying he's here for a free car and then begging to join the quest despite not being sent a note, he's holding a card that says "Car thing. YAY!"
* [[Fun
* [[Gag Penis]]: [[Jew Wario]] as [[Labyrinth
* [[A Glass in
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: Ma-ti.}}
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Bill's murder in the opening scene.
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* [[Hand Wave]]: In a commentary Linkara noted that people will likely question why he can use magic in his show safely when the special establishes that magic in the TGWTG universe drains your life force. Turns out {{spoiler|his hat}} protects him.
* {{spoiler|[[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]}}
* [[Here We Go Again]]: At the beginning where all the reviewers realize that [[
** Linkara gets worried when {{spoiler|the Critic is interested in looking for the Necronomicon, a book that can raise the dead. Maybe. If it exists}}.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Invoked when the third Cloak takes off his hood.
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* [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]: In addition to the [[Combination Attack]] of Luke/FB, {{spoiler|Suede}} on the Witch.
* [[Ho Yay]]: [[In
** "Mr. Critic is mine, understand?" Looks like Film Brain still has his crush.
** Although [[That Came Out Wrong|it wasn't intended this way,]] the [[In
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
** Malachite has a smartphone. He's promptly called out on this and he flat out denies that it's technology.
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== I-P ==
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]:
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'''Critic:''' Yes, and the way to pain is to [[Groin Attack|nail you in the nads]]. }}
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Todd when he finds out that {{spoiler|Malachite's Hand is hidden in the field where they started.}}
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* [[Klaatu Barada Nikto|Klaatu Barada Necktie]]
* [[Large Ham]]:
** The entire series is set to become sheer [[Ham
** As for [[Ham
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: {{spoiler|When they are being chased by the Cloaks, [[Bad Movie Beatdown
** {{spoiler|When Malachite sends Spoony flying around the world. Spoony eventually comes back and crash lands right on top of him}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]:
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* [[Magikarp Power]]: {{spoiler|Ma-Ti, even though it's really just his ring that saves the day.}}
* [[Mama Bear]]: {{spoiler|In Part 3, when Team 2 is battling on a playground, preventing anyone from using it, a mom and her kid show up, and the mom ain't pleased.}}
* [[Man Child
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: Film Brain's "pea" analogy in Part 2.
* [[Mood Swinger]]:
** Upon learning the truth about the "free car" both Joe and Spoony instantly go from good cheer to screaming a [[Big No]] in anguish.
** Part 5 has Team 1 realizing that {{spoiler|Malachite is still alive, was waiting for someone to try and find the gauntlet by using the map he sent in a chain letter and had placed a tracking spell on, and that not only does Team 2 have ''that'' map, but they're also unaware of the tracking spell}} immediately followed with {{spoiler|the return of [[That Dude in
* [[Mood Whiplash]]:
** The beginning of the film sees an innocent driver being killed and his car blown up. Then after the title we get the usual wackiness of the TGWTG crew.
** The end of Part 6. They're victorious and have found the gauntlet, but then everything goes silent and they all get an [[Oh Crap]] look on their faces: {{spoiler|Malachite is right across the road}}.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Critic and Benzaie due to the [[Stripperific]] nature of their costumes and [[Jew Wario]] for playing a [[Memetic Sex God]]. With the weather being the way it was, the former two regretted wearing so little.
* [[Music Video]]: For Sad Panda's song [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925025016/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/sadpanda/spmusicvideotheater/31584-suburban-knights-music-video "Flights of Fantasy"], which plays over the closing credits. '''''WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS SPOILERS!'''''
* [[Musicalis Interruptus]]: Linkara keeps trying to sing in Part 2, but everybody tells him to knock it off. His efforts in Part 3 go just as well. He's interrupted yet again in Part 7, {{spoiler|but is finally allowed a whole song when he argues that he didn't even get a story arc, though his acting ability may have made up for it}}.
* [[Nakama]]: Out of verse, as always. But even in verse, they become this. They're still assy and snarky, but they stand together and comfort each other when one gets upset or hurt.
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* [[Ninja Prop]]: In a production like this, it's understandable that villains and minor characters would be played by the site's supporting cast and less visible reviewers. So it's a surprise when Cloak #1, portrayed by [[The Last Angry Geek]], {{spoiler|actually ''is'' the Last Angry Geek}}.
* [[No Except Yes]]:
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'''Critic:''' No! That's just a bunch of dorks dressing up and fighting for a fake reward.
'''Spoony:''' While we're a bunch of dorks dressing up and fighting for a real reward.
'''Critic:''' Exactly! }}
* [[No Fourth Wall]]:
** The reviewers know [[The Oner]] is for the trailer and can read the on-screen subtitles to understand Arwen!Nostalgia Chick. [[Channel Awesome|But then this is pretty much status quo for them]]. Oddly enough they can't seem to read San!MarzGurl's subtitles, but then again, they did have to be ''told'' to read the subtitles by the Nostalgia Chick.
** Arwen!Chick distracts Cat with a... montage? How does that work?
*** This is the same woman [[TGWTG Year One Brawl|who weaponized a]] [[
*** And in Part 7, it's pretty much lampshaded by the reviewers that it really does [[Confusion Fu|nothing but confuse people.]]
** At the end of Part 7, Linkara complains that he didn't get a song ''or'' a character arc.
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** {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Actually]], it was revealed in the DVD that someone ''did'' in fact find the gauntlet. Not someone we really want having it, though.}}
* [[Non Sequitur Thud]]: 8-Bit Mickey, after being [[Fastball Special|thrown by Handsome Tom.]]
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** Spoony {{spoiler|after being launched into the air & sent flying around the world ''several times' by Malachite}}.
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
** Luke's previous quest for treasure.
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** Todd {{spoiler|cremating Ma-Ti.}} Both acknowledged as such by the Critic and Todd remarking that the others would probably be better off not knowing the details.
* [[Not So Different]]: {{spoiler|Jaffers and his friends turn out to be another group of costumed geeks like the Critic and his reviewers. This is further lampshaded by real-life brothers Doug and Rob Walker playing the Critic and Jaffers respectively, and [[That Dude in
** {{spoiler|Jaffers is also very pitiful, only written without the usual weird brand of affection that the Critic gets.}}
* [[Offhand Backhand]]: MarzGurl does this to Todd accidentally.
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* [[Oh Crap]]:
** Spoony's fellowship has an epic one when they realize the Cloaks [[Real After All|really are supernatural beings]].
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** The Critic realizing he's spilled the beans on {{spoiler|getting the map from a chain letter.}}
** After realizing {{spoiler|Malachite set the whole thing up and put a tracking spell on the map, the Critic remembers Team 2 has the original map, and there's no way to contact them.}}
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** Note that Linkara walks a bit out of frame, forcing the camera to jerk to the left. This is because he got confused about when they were splitting up.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: The girl using a cellphone {{spoiler|who Malachite kills}} (played by one of Doug's ex-girlfriends) got quite some attention from the fandom, ever since her ''one second'' appearance in the trailer.
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* [[Only the Worthy May Pass]]: And none of the gauntlet's guardians think any of the reviewers are worthy.
* [[Opt Out]]: Whomever it was that took a desk job and was replaced by {{spoiler|[[That Dude in
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: In Part 4, Film Brain and Luke keep on dropping their stone just to watch the Gate Cleaner snarl at the camera, which he is contractually obligated to do every time someone calls him by stone. He eventually gets tired of it and tells them ''never'' to call him ''again''.
** {{spoiler|Malachite}} forcing the Critic to repeatedly punch himself in the groin 13 times in a row. The oddly realistic crunch sounds don't help.
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** "EXPECTO MY FIST!"
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: "Go back to the litterbox, pussy of puppety doom!"
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: [[The Angry Joe Show
** Upon learning the location of the gauntlet, by a variety of the cast: "Oh, you've got to be '''FUCKING''' KIDDING ME! {{spoiler|IT'S RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED?!}}"
* [[Prop Recycling]]: Benzaie's wig is the same wig that Doug uses whenever he plays Douchey McNitpick.
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* [[Really Dead Montage]]: {{spoiler|After Ma-Ti's death, one of these plays while Linkara sings}}.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: {{spoiler|Malachite}} delivers these to his victims. [[Comically Missing the Point|They always miss the point]].
* [[Recognition Failure]]: [[King Arthur]], [[Willow]], [[The Neverending Story (
* [[Red Herring]]: Spoony's ring is an unintentional example - he decided to wear it as a jokey, cheap version of Gandalf's elven ring and didn't realise until it was too late that it looked just like {{spoiler|Aeon's ring, the key to defeating Malachite.}} This confused a lot of viewers; and Spoony stated in his commentary that he regretted wearing the ring because of this, ''however'' several other participants in the commentary pointed out that he shouldn't as it helped obscure the ''real'' twist.
* [[Reference Overdosed]]
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** Played straight with the second rousing speech given by the Critic before the final showdown with Jaffers' group.
* [[Rule 34]]: Referenced by the Nostalgia Critic.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Several
** Angry Joe constantly screwing up the "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya." line by forgetting that the line was referring to Montoya's father, and not his [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|brother/mother/lawyer/hamster]]; only to be corrected by someone else. {{spoiler|Taken to the logical extreme in Part 7, when Joe refers to himself as "Amigo Toyota" (but does get the "father" part right), and everyone else just faceplams in the background}}.
*** This winds up generating a fan (And cast) favorite line out of The Cinema Snob in episode 6
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'''Todd:''' FATHER!
'''Cinema Snob:''' "[[Berserk Button|That's not even a PERSON!]]" }}
** Spoony losing and promptly running back to retrieve his hat. Seemingly ended as of Part 3, abandoning it after being blasted off during his [[You Shall Not Pass]] attempt.
*** The running gag wasn't even intentional. Spoony just, genuinely, and unscriptedly, kept losing his hat, realising it was gone and going back to get it. They just decided to keep it in the final product. That doesn't stop it from being hilarious, though.
** The Critic stopping Ma-Ti from joining the adventure with increasingly ridiculous [[Snipe Hunt
** Linkara trying to get everyone else to sing with him.
** The Critic saying how there's no such thing as magic and Linkara getting pissed off.
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** In regards to the previous anniversary specials, the [[Cluster F-Bomb|back-and-forth "Fuck you!"]] returns once again, this time between Angry Joe and the Voice of the Ancient World.
* [[Science Destroys Magic]]: Part of the premise.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Both Cloak 1 {{spoiler|([[The Last Angry Geek]])}} and [[
** In Spoony's commentary, it was stated that Linkara was meant to do the same as the Snob, but this was cut as it was just the exact same joke.
* [[Sequel]]: Judging from the personalities and the [[Here We Go Again]] scene at the beginning, this clearly follows the same exact characters from ''[[Kickassia]]'', and takes place after it.
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* [[Sequel Hook]]: Lampooned.
** {{spoiler|Played straight in an [[Alternate Ending|alternate]] [[The Stinger|stinger]] on the DVD.}}
* [[Serendipity Writes the Plot]]: Paw was supposed to play an actual kazoo, but they lost it, so a part of the broken [[Ask That Guy With
** Elisa's part was meant to be played by one of Rob's friends. Also, after Elisa nearly passed out from being duct taped to a wall, the shot was discarded and redone with her taped to the couch instead.
** [[Dark Maze Studios|Ed Glaser]] was supposed to be a Cloak, but due to weather conditions he chose to remain backstage and [[Iron Liz]] took over the role.
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** Joe finds Lupa in leather with a machine gun surprisingly hot.
** During Part 7, [[Jew Wario]] and Nostalgia Chick can be see holding each other while the whole group {{spoiler|shouts 'Heart' in unison to aid Ma-Ti}}, and later the latter rests her head on former's shoulder during {{spoiler|Ma-Ti's funeral}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Suburban Knights
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Thirty years ago, the President ''was'' shot. On March 30, 1981, [[Ronald Reagan]] survived an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. Possibly doubles as a [[Genius Bonus]] as well.
** There used to be two more added lines after this which made it clearer that it was Reagen they were referring to (Jewario worrying about the President and Critic telling him he'll be fine), but it was cut for whatever reason. This led to a few viewers wondering if they were talking about Obama or someone else, forgetting that the tape was made in the 80's.
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* [[Snipe Hunt]]: How the Critic keeps stopping Ma-Ti from joining them, ranging from protecting non-existent children and elderly to finding goat porn.
** Lampshaded in Part 5, along with [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]].
* [[Solemn Ending Theme]]: Sad Panda's song "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130925025016/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/sadpanda/spmusicvideotheater/31584-suburban-knights-music-video Flight of Fantasy]".
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: "Cat" is obviously a puppet. {{spoiler|Justified when Cat turns out to be a ''in-universe'' puppet.}}
** Jaffers and the Cloaks had some awfully wobbly swords for their supposed lethality. Just sayin'.
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** Ma-Ti {{spoiler|and later Linkara}} show up in the Critic's bedroom from out of nowhere.
* [[Stealth Pun]]:
** [http://twitter.com/#!/ShadowTodd/status/86559074434555904 The title.] Also, [[
*** Which also resulted in a lovely awkward moment when {{spoiler|he checked into the hotel while wearing the costume. "Reservation for Jones?"}}
** [[Bad Movie Beatdown
** What's [[
** The line "{{spoiler|I love the Power Glove. It's so bad}}" is said by [[The Wizard (
** [[Jew Wario]]'s introduction while [[Freud Was Right|a picture of a tower]] is behind him.
* [[The Stinger]]: The Gatecleaner's wife saying "Shut up, mommy's in the rock!"
** Except on the DVD, where it's {{spoiler|[[Atop the Fourth Wall
* [[Stock Footage]]: During the flashback scene explaining {{spoiler|Malachite and Aeon}}, there's a shot of an erupting volcano. That you probably can't film in Chicago.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Not only invoked but also completely justified, since in-universe all the characters (except {{spoiler|Malachite}}) are normal people putting on an act of being a fantasy character for the purposes of the quest. Even the magic-using Cloaks and Good Witch are everyday people {{spoiler|Jaffers}} recruited to protect the gauntlet.
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*** An orchestrated version pops up during his parts in the big fight scene.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The box containing the Voice of the Ancient World is very clearly labeled: "DOES NOT CONTAIN VOICE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD." Naturally, AskThatGuy put it there.
* [[Take My Hand]]: When MarzGurl is about to fall off of a slide, [[
* [[Take That]]:
** In regards to [[Liv Tyler]]'s portrayal of Arwen via Nostalgia Chick.
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** As silly as Cat is, you have to give him one thing. He's funnier than [[Jeff Dunham]].
** When Team 2 trying to get inside the last location on their map:
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** When Malachite rants about TV shows in part five, his tone gets even more hateful when he gets to ''[[Glee]]''.
** The theme song to Suburban Knights was reedited for people who found it offensive. {{spoiler|The only change was "D&D is lame" for "D&D is {{smallcaps|Okay.}} It's {{smallcaps|Okay.}}" The song is stopped by Spoony soon after that.}}
* [[Tap
** Also done to Elisa to convince her that the home-invasion by Team 2 was [[All Just a Dream]].
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Luke reacts to Paw with "I don't wanna go with him!" They end up in the same group (but without much interaction).
* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: Luke tricks Film Brain into delivering an [[Insult Backfire|unfortunate follow-up to his insult]].
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'''Film Brain:''' I will eat your pea-ness!
[''Everyone else looks over at them'']
'''Film Brain:''' Oh, no no no no no I didn't mean that, it's just...
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* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: Quoth {{spoiler|Suede.}} "I find that quite vexing."
* [[There Was a Door]]: Narrowly averted; one team realizes the Voice of the Ancients is under the floor. They nearly start ripping it up when the woman they tied up points out there's a basement.
* [[These Questions Three]]: Team 1 comes across a disembodied voice that pulls this on them. {{spoiler|It ends up just being [[Bum Reviews
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Invoked by Phelous just before the final confrontation with Malachite, {{spoiler|who blew up a speeding vehicle by letting it run into him.}}
* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: {{spoiler|Heart! Heart! Heart!}}
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Bill, the mobile phone lady, and the guy watching TV. Paw and Joe get points for being willing to fight The Cloaks even after they've [[Dark Is Evil|dimmed the light of the sun]] and [[Shock and Awe|their leader summons a ball of lightning in his hands]]. [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!|They soon change their mind]].
* [[Totally Radical]]: Bill, the poor guy who picks up the [[Big Bad]], suffers from this.
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: [[Obscurus Lupa]] asking, "Is there some sort of medicine you should be on?" was directed at [[Bad Movie Beatdown
* [[Troperiffic]]: And proud of it.
* [[A Twinkle in
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: The heroes split into two teams to follow different paths on the map.
* [[Unflinching Walk]]: {{spoiler|Malachite}} is a master of this.
* [[The Unexpected]]: One of the guardians is {{spoiler|[[That Dude in
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Not that Film Brain was the Critic's favorite from the ''Kickassia'' special. But Luke starting to muscle in for Critic's favor is obviously apparent.
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Jew Wario tries to take Todd's mask off, only to get a gun pointed at him.
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* [[Vehicle Vanish]]: Inverted; {{spoiler|Jaffers's backup}} shows up from a passing car.
* [[Villain Opening Scene]]: {{spoiler|Malachite}} gets one where he enters Bill's car and then after getting frustrated by Bill's reliance on technology kills him and blows up the car.
* [[We Have Forgotten the Phlebotinum]]: Spoony loses his map to the gauntlet at the end of Part 3. {{spoiler|Malachite finds it and returns it to them in the next part}}.
* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: {{spoiler|Aeon and Malachite}}.
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Critic as Link. Lupa as [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|a princess]]. It had to happen.
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'''Everyone Else:''' ''Promise.'' }}
* [[Wham! Episode]]:
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* [[Where It All Began]]: {{spoiler|Malachite's Hand is actually buried in the exact field where the team started their quest, inside the [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Storm Drain of Secrets]]}}.
* [[Wimp Fight]]: Everyone {{spoiler|with the exception of Malachite.}}
* [[World of Ham]]: Of course. Particular note to Phelous and Paw (who is inspired by a [[Ham and Cheese]] [[Dungeons
* [[Worst News Judgment Ever]]: On the GNN broadcast, the disappearance of a game store clerk receives higher billing than an assassination attempt against the president.
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* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: {{spoiler|Malachite regains the gauntlet, despite the efforts of over twenty adult nerds}}.
* [[You Don't Want to Know]]: {{spoiler|At Ma-Ti's funeral, Critic thanks Todd for cremating Ma-Ti following it would be best if he didn't tell them how or why. Todd agrees with this.}}
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