The Adventure Zone: Graduation Ep. 5 “What’s Yours is Mined”
January 9, 2020 8:53 AM - Subscribe
The dorm-mates are dispatched on their first mission, squaring off against magma monsters, interplanar behemoths and a child's word puzzle. You'll never guess which one of those gives them the hardest time!
Clint's joy at getting the puzzle was also pretty amazing.
posted by dinty_moore at 1:07 PM on January 9, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by dinty_moore at 1:07 PM on January 9, 2020 [4 favorites]
Yayyy! I forgot this was coming out today! New TAZ always makes my day.
posted by beandip at 2:24 PM on January 9, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by beandip at 2:24 PM on January 9, 2020 [2 favorites]
I love that they spent so much time working out a way to resolve the Xorn without fighting and it turned out to be as uninterested in fighting as they were.
Ever since they started putting out the Balance arc as graphic novels I can't help but picture the show in that form and the scene with Sir Fitzroy lighting the way with his showers of sparks would be great.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:55 PM on January 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
Ever since they started putting out the Balance arc as graphic novels I can't help but picture the show in that form and the scene with Sir Fitzroy lighting the way with his showers of sparks would be great.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:55 PM on January 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
Yeah, the Xorn was a fabulous character. Also, most of the magmen were uninterested in fighting, too, which was also pretty great. I'm totally down for DnD with more subpoenas than swords.
posted by meese at 6:19 PM on January 9, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by meese at 6:19 PM on January 9, 2020 [3 favorites]
the scene with Sir Fitzroy lighting the way with his showers of sparks would be great
Using Prestidigitation to fuck around with people like a big annoying idiot is one of my all time favourite D&D goofs.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 5:06 AM on January 10, 2020 [1 favorite]
Using Prestidigitation to fuck around with people like a big annoying idiot is one of my all time favourite D&D goofs.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 5:06 AM on January 10, 2020 [1 favorite]
Hearing Clint get so excited about solving the word puzzle was great.
"Vait! Vait! Prepare the legal documents!"
And we start getting the first big hints that something isn't really right at the school.
posted by nubs at 7:46 AM on January 10, 2020 [4 favorites]
"Vait! Vait! Prepare the legal documents!"
And we start getting the first big hints that something isn't really right at the school.
posted by nubs at 7:46 AM on January 10, 2020 [4 favorites]
Clint McElroy, Dimension Walker is becoming semi-canon and that makes me so happy.
I'm not good with "Dr. Mushrooms" though. It was fun as a goof for an episode but kind of annoys me that it might stick for Justin's character; if he's gotta have a name, it seems unfair for him to be stuck with a silly one.
posted by ardgedee at 7:09 PM on January 10, 2020
I'm not good with "Dr. Mushrooms" though. It was fun as a goof for an episode but kind of annoys me that it might stick for Justin's character; if he's gotta have a name, it seems unfair for him to be stuck with a silly one.
posted by ardgedee at 7:09 PM on January 10, 2020
It sounds like "Doctor Mushrooms" isn't going to stick, and I'm glad -- it doesn't seem quite right to me, either.
posted by The corpse in the library at 4:05 PM on January 12, 2020
posted by The corpse in the library at 4:05 PM on January 12, 2020
Doctor Mushrooms reminds me of the goofs they made way back at the start of TAZ when they weren't really taking it seriously and had to retcon later when they realised they were taking it very seriously.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 1:48 AM on January 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by EndsOfInvention at 1:48 AM on January 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
They used Dr. Mushrooms again this episode, I think, because it's still the same day for the characters. IIRC, they said they'd been making up new names each day.
posted by meese at 7:35 AM on January 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by meese at 7:35 AM on January 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'm cool with making up new names each day, but I'm even more cool with them dropping the "we have to name the firbolg" joke the same way they dropped the "Taako is going to invent tacos" joke.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:06 AM on January 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:06 AM on January 13, 2020 [1 favorite]
UHHHHHHHH FOLKS
"We’re beyond excited to announce that #TheZoneCast Balance arc will be an animated series on @peacockTV"
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 11:27 AM on January 16, 2020 [3 favorites]
"We’re beyond excited to announce that #TheZoneCast Balance arc will be an animated series on @peacockTV"
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 11:27 AM on January 16, 2020 [3 favorites]
WTF is Peacock TV?
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:42 AM on January 16, 2020
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:42 AM on January 16, 2020
NBC's streaming service, I think?
posted by nubs at 11:44 AM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by nubs at 11:44 AM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
I'm happy to hear about this even though the chance that I'm going to subscribe to peacock is miniscule! Good for them.
(make Griffin voice all the npcs)
posted by dinty_moore at 11:45 AM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
(make Griffin voice all the npcs)
posted by dinty_moore at 11:45 AM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
Yeah it sucks that they're going to be on an also-ran streaming service that stands no chance of ever getting traction in the Streaming Wars(I would say it's a step up from Seeso), but for even a single pilot animated episode of The Adventure Zone Balance... they're going to be amazing.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 1:33 PM on January 16, 2020
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 1:33 PM on January 16, 2020
Yeah it sucks that they're going to be on an also-ran streaming service that stands no chance of ever getting traction in the Streaming Wars
Mergers and acquisitions are what happens next; the need for content will go on.
posted by nubs at 1:44 PM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
Mergers and acquisitions are what happens next; the need for content will go on.
posted by nubs at 1:44 PM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
> WTF is Peacock TV?
> NBC's streaming service, I think?
Uh, so was Seeso. Back to the same well I guess?
posted by ardgedee at 5:52 PM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
> NBC's streaming service, I think?
Uh, so was Seeso. Back to the same well I guess?
posted by ardgedee at 5:52 PM on January 16, 2020 [1 favorite]
This comment in the announcement thread cracked me up.
posted by ardgedee at 5:54 PM on January 16, 2020
posted by ardgedee at 5:54 PM on January 16, 2020
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posted by EndsOfInvention at 9:00 AM on January 9, 2020 [1 favorite]