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Characters of Malcolm in the Middle
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The cast of Malcolm in the Middle as of season 5, (from behind, left to right): Christopher Kennedy Masterson as Francis, Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, Erik Per Sullivan as Dewey, and Justin Berfield as Reese. (In front, left to right) Jane Kaczmarek as Lois and Bryan Cranston as Hal.
The following characters had significant roles in the American television comedy series Malcolm in the Middle, which was originally televised from 2000 to 2006 on the Fox Network.
Contents
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1 Characters
2 Character Appearances
3 The Family
3.1 Hal
3.2 Francis
3.3 Malcolm
3.4 Lois
3.5 Reese
3.6 Dewey
3.7 Jamie
4 Recurring characters
5 References
Characters[edit]
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Originally there were four brothers (although Malcolm's oldest brother attended a military school away from home, so Malcolm was still the middle sibling left at home). A fifth son was introduced in the show's fourth season, a boy named Jamie. The boys are, from eldest to youngest: Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie. In the final episode, Lois discovered she was pregnant with a sixth child. In the third season, Francis travels home (to celebrate his father's birthday) with an Alaskan girl named Piama, and reveals that they are married.
During the first season, the writers decided to keep the family's last name a mystery. In the fifth season episode "Reese Joins the Army (1)", Reese uses a fake ID by the name of "Jetson" to lie about his age. In the series finale, "Graduation", Francis' employee ID reads "Nolastname" (or "No Last Name", a joke referring to the fact that the family name was never spoken aloud). In the same episode when Malcolm was introduced to give the graduation speech, the speaker announces Malcolm's name, but microphone feedback makes his surname inaudible, even though he does appear to mouth the phrase "No last name".[1]
In the pilot episode, the name Wilkerson can be seen on the name badge of the uniform Francis is wearing at Marlin Academy. In the sleeve notes for the season 5 DVD released in Europe, the family is referred to as the Wilkersons in the description for the episode "Block Party". British television advertisements and some Fox promotional material also occasionally referred to the family as the Wilkersons, although this name was never spoken aloud in the series. In an early version of the pilot, Malcolm had an exchange of dialogue with a classmate, who claims to have overheard his parents talking about Malcolm's family and asks him what his last name is. When Malcolm responds, "Wilkerson, why?" the friend replied with the punchline, "Oh...who are the 'Pariahs'?"
Out of the show's six leads, Cranston, Berfield and Sullivan were the only ones to appear in all 151 .
Character Appearances[edit]
Actor
Character
Season
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Main characters
Jane Kaczmarek Lois Main
Bryan Cranston Hal Main
Christopher Masterson Francis Main Recurring
Justin Berfield Reese Main
Erik Per Sullivan Dewey Main
Frankie Muniz Malcolm Main
Catherine Lloyd Burns Caroline Miller Main Recurring
James and Lukas Rodriguez Jamie Recurring Main
Recurring characters
Craig Lamar Traylor Stevie Kenarban Recurring
David Anthony Higgins Craig Feldspar Recurring
Gary Anthony Williams Abe Kenarban Recurring
Evan Matthew Cohen Lloyd Recurring
Kyle Sullivan Dabney Recurring
Daniel Von Bargen Edwin Spangler Recurring Flashback
Will Jennings Kyle Recurring Flashback
Drew Powell Drew Horton Recurring Flashback
Arjay Smith Ken Finley Recurring Flashback
Karim Prince Stanley Winn Recurring
Eric Nenninger Eric Hansen Guest Recurring Flashback
Merrin Dungey Kitty Kenarban Guest Recurring Guest Guest
Kasan Butcher Joe Guest Recurring Flashback
Tania Raymonde Cynthia Recurring Guest
Cloris Leachman Ida Guest Recurring
Emy Coligado Piama Tananahaakna Recurring
Chris Eigeman Lionel Herkabe Recurring Guest Recurring
Victor Z. Isaac Kevin Recurring
Brenda Wehle Lavernia Recurring
Sandy Ward Pete Recurring
John Ennis Artie Recurring
Kenneth Mars Otto Mannkusser Recurring
Meagen Fay Gretchen Mannkusser Recurring
The Family[edit]
Hal[edit]
Hal, played by Bryan Cranston (all 151 episodes), is the father of the family. Though relaxed in his parenting when compared to Lois, Hal has shown that he can slide into a disciplinarian when confronted by the boys' bad behavior. He comes from a wealthy family who resent his choice to marry Lois over Susan (an action also shared by Victor and Ida). Hal has a hard time making good decisions, which he often deferred to Lois. Despite the fact many of the neighbors hate his family, Hal blends in well with them. He loves Lois more than she loves him, never even thinking about other women. He is also very scared of her, even more than the boys are, which is why he often bribes their sons to take the fall for his wrongdoings. He is very neurotic and has a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, and also enjoys unusual hobbies. Hal is also a sex addict, this was revealed in the episode "Forbidden Girlfriend" when Lois is taking medication and is unable to have sex for an entire week, it is mentioned again in the episode "Poker 2" when Hal tells his friends he has sex 14 times per week. It was also revealed that Hal was a chain smoker before quitting the habit. Hal's best friend is Abe Kenarban.
Francis[edit]
Francis, played by Christopher Kennedy Masterson (119 episodes), is the oldest of the brothers, whom Malcolm often looks up to. It is revealed in the episodes "Sleepover" and "The Bots and the Bees" in season one that Francis was a breech birth, and in "Flashback" in season 2, that Lois was in labor with him during her and Hal's wedding. A rebel from birth, showing signs of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder, he was exiled to Marlin Academy by Lois for his behavior before eventually emancipating himself to run away from the Academy to work in Alaska, incurring his mother's wrath. Upon moving to Alaska, he marries a local woman named Piama, who is about one year older than him, and had previously been married briefly, and whom Lois doesn't like. In the series finale, Hal discovers that Francis has taken a job with Amerysis, and Francis admits he likes sitting at a desk sorting computer data. However, he also admits that he has no intentions of telling Lois about the job and enjoys torturing her by telling her that he's still unemployed.
Malcolm[edit]
Malcolm, portrayed by Frankie Muniz (150 episodes), is the protagonist of the series. He is Five years younger than his oldest brother Francis, one year younger than his older brother Reese, Four years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 15 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. In the first episode of the series, he is discovered to be a child prodigy and immediately moved from his regular class into the 'Krelboynes', a class for gifted students. Despite his high intelligence, he still gets into mischief either alongside or working against his brothers (in particular, Reese), although he becomes more self-absorbed and egotistical in the later seasons as he goes through puberty. Malcolm, like Reese, is not very popular. However, he has had a number of girlfriends during the series run. Even though he is very intelligent, Malcolm has a short temper, can be easily manipulated and also has problems containing his opinion about himself. Malcolm also occasionally serves as the voice of reason, and does have a conscience, (for instance, despite emotionally manipulating a grieving Hal to buy him a car in the episode "Hal Grieves," when the time comes to make the purchase he finds he can't go through with it). In the series finale, it is revealed that Lois intended him to have a hard life, knowing that he is destined to assume the role of President of the United States; she wants him to remember where he came from to get there and try to help families like his own when he assumes the office. Malcolm eventually comes to terms with his future, after being unable to tell Lois he can't do it. In the series finale, Malcolm begins taking classes at Harvard University. Throughout the series, Malcolm frequently breaks the fourth wall and talks to the viewer about either the current situation or giving exposition about past events.
Lois[edit]
Lois, played by Jane Kaczmarek (146 episodes), is Francis, Reese, Malcolm, Dewey, and Jamie's angry and temperamental mother. She is an overbearing control freak despised by the neighbors to the point that they refuse to invite her to their gatherings, revealed in "Mono". Unlike Malcolm, Lois isn't bothered by it and tries her best to blend in with it. She was revealed to be a charming and a nurturing mother while Francis was little, but toughened up. She is also always stubbornly right, to the point of being unable to say that she was wrong. It was also shown that she is overbearing and mad as a result of her children's bad behavior, and not her pure hate. At the series finale, Lois is revealed to be pregnant with a sixth child (actually twins). Her unfairness and behavior also come from her miserable childhood, living with a tough mother and an uncaring father (both of whom favored her younger sister, Susan).
Reese[edit]
Reese, played by Justin Berfield (all 151 episodes), is the second oldest of the sons. He is two years younger than his older brother Francis, one year older than his younger brother Malcolm, six years older than his younger brother Dewey, and about 16 years older than his youngest brother Jamie. It was revealed in the episode "Flashback", in season 2, that Reese has been vicious from the womb, so vicious in fact that when he kept kicking Lois during labor, she pushed him out by force. A complete moron from birth, Reese is the worst-behaved of the brothers. Reese is inclined to beat up the Krelboynes. He is intimidated by certain students, including Ira, a dumb jock at school. Despite his violent, idiotic nature, Reese is a culinary prodigy, after finding that he has a talent and genuine love for cooking and baking. He is also the favorite grandson of his grandmother Ida, who taught him the importance of having patsies. In the series finale, Reese moves in with Craig Feldspar and is a janitor at his alma mater North High.
Dewey[edit]
Dewey, played by Erik Per Sullivan (all 151 episodes), is portrayed as being quieter and more inclined to the arts than his brothers. He soon finds he is a musical prodigy, and as the series goes on he becomes more caring and thoughtful especially in regards to his younger brother Jamie, whom he decides not to bully like he was by Malcolm and Reese. Lois remarks at one point that unlike Malcolm, who would have to work hard to achieve success, Dewey would have success handed to him. Dewey joins the Buseys, a class for the emotionally disturbed, by mistake and ends up becoming their unofficial teacher. He ended up caring for his fellow students so much that, when the mistake was uncovered, he feigned severe emotional problems so he could remain. In the final few seasons, Dewey becomes increasingly bitter towards his parents due to them overlooking him throughout his childhood and neglecting his interests. Because of this, he forces them to give Jamie the childhood he never had. In the last episode, he and Jamie (the only other remaining brother living at home) continued the tradition of causing havoc all over the house.
Jamie[edit]
Jamie was played by identical twin brothers James and Lukas Rodriguez (35 episodes). The youngest brother born who is the only brother to have beaten Lois in her own game, bordering to attacking her (though Reese was mostly responsible for feeding him soda). Like Malcolm and Dewey, Jamie is revealed to be intelligent, evident when he tricked Reese into taking a marker after he colored part of the wall.
Recurring characters[edit]
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Stevie Kenarban, played by Craig Lamar Traylor (56 episodes), is Malcolm's best friend and classmate. He is wheelchair-bound and is missing a lung, requiring him to speak slowly and take deep breaths after saying a word. Though Malcolm is initially upset when Lois arranges a "playdate" for him and Stevie in the pilot episode, the boys immediately find common ground, particularly their love of comic books, and become friends. His parents are very overprotective of him, although Stevie displays in many episodes that he lives very comfortably with his disability and even has a dark sense of humor about it.
Craig Feldspar, portrayed by David Anthony Higgins (39 episodes), is Lois' co-worker at the Lucky Aide. He is a hopeless romantic, and has unrequited feelings for Lois. He is very childish and is a coward. He plays the ukulele and the banjo, and he sings in a countertenor voice. By the end of the series, Craig becomes Reese's roommate.
Piama Tananahaakna, played by Emy Coligado (29 episodes), is Francis' wife whom he met and married off-screen during his year in Alaska. Piama is about a year older than Francis, and before him, Piama had previously been married briefly. Primarily due to her being brought home under volatile circumstances, in which Francis (while still a minor, although emancipated) shocked the family with news of the marriage and thus disrupting Hal's birthday party, Lois disliked Piama from her introduction in the third season and into the fourth. However, after an embarrassing encounter with her wealthy in-law's, Lois has been much more respectful of Piama. She originally started off against having children, but by Graduation, Piama got over it after Reese's prank went awry ("We may as well go ahead and have kids now, I'm not afraid of changing diapers any more.")
Victor Welker and Ida Kenzel-Welker, played by Robert Loggia (1 episode) and Cloris Leachman (11 episodes) respectively, are Lois' parents of a German-Croatian background. Victor dies some time before the events of the season two episode "Christmas", in which Ida is widowed. Ida harbors a strong dislike for both Francis and Lois, evident for the way she has been treated by them. She favors Reese, which allows him to love her. Ida belittles Malcolm for being weak in not standing up against his mother and largely ignores Dewey (although she did, on one occasion, save him from being hit by a car, causing her to lose a leg). Ida harbored resentment towards Victor's secret other family for stealing what was rightfully hers, until Lois discovered that she isn't blood related to Victor (and possibly Susan as well) and abandoned Ida. Ida acknowledged that her life growing up in Croatia under the Ustaše was difficult, possibly due to the Ustaše's policies.
Abraham "Abe" Kenarban, played by Gary Anthony Williams (19 episodes), is Stevie's father and Kitty's husband, and a close family friend of both Lois and particularly Hal. Abe is initially depicted as cowardly and dependent on Kitty's guidance (which he attributes to his upbringing, having been raised by his grandmother and four spinster aunts). However he ultimately becomes more self-reliant after Kitty's departure. Despite this, Abe is more than willing to take Kitty back after her return, going as far as to harbor resentment towards Lois after she criticized Kitty's decision to leave.
Kitty Kenarban, played by Merrin Dungey (5 episodes), is Stevie's mother and Abe's wife. Because of actress Merrin Dungey's commitment to the ABC series Alias, Kitty remains unseen for much of the series before it is revealed that she abandoned her husband and son, briefly throwing Stevie into a deep depression. She returns briefly in the season six episode "Kitty's Back".
Caroline Miller, played by Catherine Lloyd Burns (15 episodes), is the primary teacher of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" class in the first two seasons. She is shown to be overly-earnest as well as to adore Malcolm, who might possibly have been her favorite student. In season 1, she is included as part of the main cast, but in season 2, is a recurring character. In season 2, she is shown to be pregnant until she gives birth to her baby in the parking lot. After her baby was born, she quit teaching. She was never seen or mentioned again after season 2.
Cynthia Sanders, played by Tania Raymonde (4 episodes), is one of Malcolm's classmates. She has a very extensive vocabulary, but has a difficult time making friends. Depicted as relatively cheerful, Cynthia becomes one of Malcolm's earliest crushes on the show, although a relationship never develops. Cynthia is last seen claiming to never have sex with Malcolm again (which never happened in the first place) to snap him out of a recent funk and keep him from pulling a prank meant to get him sent away like Francis.
Lloyd Jensen, played by Evan Matthew Cohen (25 episodes) is one of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" classmates who recurs throughout the series. He frequently worries about random small things, gets hurt, and falls victim to bullies. He also has an effeminate personality.
Dabney Hooper, played by Kyle Sullivan (24 episodes) is one of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" classmates who recurs throughout the series. Often depicted as the weakest and most cowardly of the group, Dabney's life is almost completely controlled by his overbearing mother, although in his last appearance his ability to release his anger towards his mom results in him immediately developing a tougher persona.
Flora Mayesh, played by Kristin Quick (15 episodes), is one of Malcolm's other "Krelboyne" classmates. Flora was mostly just a background character and rarely had dialogue and was therefore not in the credits for 12 of her episodes.
Eraserhead, played by Will Jennings (12 episodes), is one of Malcolm's "Krelboyne" classmates who recurs throughout early episodes of the series.
Kevin, played by Victor Z. Isaac (5 episodes)
Jessica, played by Hayden Panettiere (4 episodes), is a classmate of Malcolm and Reese's. In one instance, she babysat Malcolm and Reese despite being younger than them, embarrassing the brothers.
Mr. Herkabe (first name Lionel), played by Chris Eigeman (8 episodes), is introduced in Season 3 as the Krelboynes' teacher after Caroline leaves. A Krelboyne himself in middle school, he was forced into a teaching career after losing his millions in a failed dot-com company. He is portrayed as an evil and conniving man who thrives on psychological warfare and making children suffer. He is especially threatened by Malcolm and quickly becomes his nemesis at school, even blackmailing North High's principal, Block (before Hodges took over), into hiring him as vice principal when Malcolm enrolls there. For some reason Mr. Herkabe also intensely enjoys humiliating Reese to antagonize Malcolm more. However, Herkabe's arrogance in confessing that he had failed gym and lied about not taking the course, was brought to light that led to his GPA Award being revoked by Mr. Hodges. He was last seen being humiliated by Reese during dodgeball.
Commandant Edwin Spangler, played by Daniel von Bargen (16 episodes), is the military veteran in charge of the cadets at Marlin Academy. He has a contentious relationship with the rebellious Francis throughout his entire stay at the Academy, although the two were shown at times to have a deep sympathy for the other's emotional scarring. After Spangler is fired from Marlin Academy and arrives in Alaska, Francis gets him a job at the Snow Haven Retirement Home where he has free rein to bully the elderly.
Cadet Eric Hansen, played by Eric Nenninger (28 episodes), one of Francis' friends and classmates from Marlin Academy. Francis accompanies Eric in his plan to abandon the Academy to find well-paying labor work in Alaska. At the end of season three, Eric is seen for the final time being left by Francis to hitchhike home, possibly as revenge for even suggesting to find work in Alaska.
Lavernia, played by Brenda Wehle (10 episodes), is Francis and Eric's malevolent boss who owns the logging site in Alaska. She has a debt book and presumably knows every dirty secret about her workers. Lavernia has a personal grudge towards Piama, who blackmailed her to be nice to Francis by holding her pet parakeet hostage.
Otto Mankusser, played by Kenneth Mars (13 episodes), is Francis' friendly and cheerful boss at the dude ranch, albeit a bit naïve at times.
Ed, played by Paul Wilson (5 episodes), is one of the many neighbors who despises Hal and Lois, along with Reese. He has shown some favoritism towards Malcolm for helping him set up his new computer.
Ira Prescott, played by Jonny Acker (3 episodes), is a student of North High School. He is Billy's older brother and Reese's bully. Ira made his first appearance in "Forbidden Girlfriend" in which he owns a car which Reese ruins by using Dewey in pouring cement in it and letting Billy take the blame for the prank. With Dewey's help, Ira got his revenge on Reese for his prank and using Billy by simply beating him up. He returns briefly in Season 5's "Malcolm Films Reese" who is among the students in humiliation and in Reese's Apartment when Malcolm is tutoring Ira and help get him a passing grade in his classes so he can keep his spot on the North High School sports team(which is never specified). Unlike Reese, Ira has more respect for Malcolm.
References[edit]
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HarmonQuest
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HarmonQuest
Series poster
Genre
Live improvisation
Adult animation
Composer(s)
Ryan Elder
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
20
Production
Executive producer(s)
Dan Harmon
Spencer Crittenden
Joe Russo II
James A. Fino
Producer(s)
David Ichioka
Running time
25 minutes
Production company(s)
Harmonious Claptrap
Starburns Industries
Distributor
Seeso (Season 1)
VRV (Season 2)
Release
Audio format
Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
Original release
July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) – present
External links
Website
HarmonQuest is an American adult animation/live improvisation television show created by Dan Harmon and Spencer Crittenden.[1] The show is part animated, part live action. Dan Harmon and comedians Erin McGathy, Jeff B. Davis, along with game master Spencer Crittenden, perform a fantasy roleplaying campaign in front of a live audience at Victory Studios in Glendale, CA.[2] Each episode of the show also features a special guest player. The content of their stories is then animated by Starburns Industries, and the episodes feature a mix of live and animated footage reminiscent of The Ricky Gervais Show, which Harmon cited as an influence during a Facebook Live tour of Starburns Industries.[3]
On October 19, 2016, Seeso renewed HarmonQuest for a second season.[4] In June 2017, rights to HarmonQuest were sold to Otter Media's VRV streaming service, due to uncertainty around Seeso's future.[5] The second season debuted on VRV Select, on September 15, 2017,[6] and featured guests including Kumail Nanjiani, Janet Varney, Jason Mantzoukas, Gillian Jacobs, Rory Scovel, Aparna Nancherla, Paul Scheer, Elizabeth Olsen, Rob Corddry and Patton Oswalt.[7]
Contents
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1 Cast and characters
1.1 Regulars
1.2 Guests
1.2.1 Season 1
1.2.2 Season 2
2 Episodes
2.1 Series overview
2.2 Season 1 (2016)
2.3 Season 2 (2017)
3 Development and production
4 Reception
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Cast and characters[edit]
Regulars[edit]
Dan Harmon as Fondue Zoobag, a half-orc ranger
Erin McGathy as Beor O'Shift, a half-elf barbarian warrior
Jeff B. Davis as Boneweevil, a goblin rogue
Spencer Crittenden as the Game Master, Charles the Dragon and various other characters
Guests[edit]
Season 1[edit]
Paul F. Tompkins as Teflonto, Earthscar's village champion and captain of the town's militia. Also a friend, mentor, and role model to Fondue and Boneweevil. ("The Quest Begins")
Chelsea Peretti as Deepak Chopra, a dwarven monk and the lone survivor of an attack by one of the arcane horrors unleashed by the Demon Seal. ("The Stonesaw Mines")
Steve Agee as Tech Powers, a Hellspawn bard. ("Welcome to Freshport")
Ron Funches as Captain Rib Sanchez, a famous sea captain and smuggler. ("Across the Durnam Sea")
Aubrey Plaza as Hawaiian Coffee, a gnome alchemist and prisoner of the Manoah Prison Hole. ("Manoah Prison Hole")
John Hodgman as Hohn Jodgman, a travelling merchant and sorcerer. ("Entering the Sandman Desert")
Thomas Middleditch as Dildo Bogpelt, a hobbit-like native of the Doorest of Fores. ("The Doorest of Fores")
Kumail Nanjiani as Eddie Lizzard, a Kobold janitor of the Dragon's Temple. ("The Dragon's Temple")
Rhea Butcher as James Dean, the enchanted spirit of a spectral paladin within a sword found by Fondue in the Stonesaw Mines. ("The Secret Hideout")
Matt Gourley as Chadge, Fondue's absent father. ("Earthscar Village")
Nathan Fillion as Teddar Spice, the new Elf chief of Earthscar Village. ("Earthscar Village")
Season 2[edit]
Gillian Jacobs as Chip, a goblin rogue that temporarily replaced Boneweevil during the year he was trapped in the Demon Realm. ("The Quest Continues")
Rory Scovel as Krandrelarius, a human witch whose name is as unpredictable as his personality, a previous acquaintance of Boneweevil that lives in a swamp. ("Demon Realm Devilry")
Aparna Nancherla as Beauflecks Devrye, a demon hunter of Bonebreak Village. ("Bonebreak Village")
Paul Scheer as Sensodyne, the Tooth Beast. A creature covered in glistening enamel skin-like armor. ("Into the Abyss")
Patton Oswalt as Sandpole, a magical sand nomad. ("Back to Sandman Desert")
Janet Varney as Sedona, a dwarf sorceress and proprietor of the Barely Cursed Bazaar of Commerce. ("The Barely Cursed Bazaar of Commerce")
Jason Mantzoukas as Gribble Grabble, a young, bright, but shifty orphan on the streets of Forlona. ("The City of Forlona")
Elizabeth Olsen as Stirrup, a half-elf arsonist. ("The Keystone Obelisk")
Rob Corddry as Sandy, a barbarian of the Skulltree Clan and old flame of Beor's. ("The Castle of Etylai")
Kumail Nanjiani returns as Eddie Lizzard. ("The Sorcerer of the Storm")
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
Season
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1 10 July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) Seeso
2 10 September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17) VRV
Season 1 (2016)[edit]
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1 "The Quest Begins" Paul F. Tompkins Larry Houston Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
Fondue Zoobag (Dan Harmon), a half-orc ranger, and Boneweevil (Jeff Davis), a goblin rogue, start out in their hometown of Earthscar where the Demon Seal ritual is starting. Beor O'Shift (Erin McGathy), a half-elf barbarian woman, runs into the village asking for help with the cultists pursuing her. The party fights the cultists, joined by Teflonto (Paul F. Tompkins), Earthscar's champion, and the militia he commands. During the battle a mysterious knight named Vortheon strides into Earthscar and grabs the runestone protecting the Demon Seal, thereby unleashing three evil abominations. The cultists warn the party that they will collect all three runestones and resurrect the Great Manticore to destroy the world. Vortheon then blasts the party with dark blood magic, killing Teflonto, before fleeing through a portal with the surviving cultists. The village's chief convinces the party to go through the Stonesaw Mines to Freshport to warn his brother, Dunnan, of the danger facing the second runestone.
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2 "The Stonesaw Mines" Chelsea Peretti Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
Fondue, Boneweevil, and Beor reach the ruined Stonesaw Mines, where they meet the dwarven monk Deepak Chopra (Chelsea Peretti). She is the lone survivor after one of the arcane horrors attacked the mine. Deepak leads them to a volcanic forge, where they procure new equipment. One of the abominations manifests there, and takes demonic control over Deepak's body. She assaults the party, which causes Fondue to abandon them and retreat, only for Deepak to give chase. Beor catches up to them and impales Deepak, killing her and the demon within. Soon after, the party discovers a mineshaft elevator. It takes them out of the mines to find the port town of Freshport just ahead.
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3 "Welcome to Freshport" Steve Agee Larry Houston Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
Exiting the Stonesaw Mines, Fondue, Boneweevil, and Beor soon find themselves in Freshport, where they are welcomed by an eager hellspawn bard named Tech Powers (Steve Agee). Tech sneaks the party inside the Union House after being denied entrance by a guard. The party tracks down Dunnan in the study where he discloses that he has traded the second runestone to the cultists for the safety of his own family. He also reveals that the necklace around Beor's neck is the third runestone, which he tries to take by force, with the help of summoned monsters. Tech also turns on the group, after being offered a job in the dockworker's union. During the battle the study catches fire and the monsters and Dunnan are slaughtered. Tech, feeling guilty after betraying the trio, leads them to a window overlooking the Durnam Sea harbor. Fondue and Tech kiss before Tech leaves to distract the guards, giving the party time to escape into the cargo hold of a passing trading vessel.
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4 "Across the Durnam Sea" Ron Funches Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
On the trade ship, the party meets the ship's captain, famed buccaneer Rib Sanchez. (Ron Funches) The party takes an instant liking to Rib, who welcomes them aboard as his guests. A gang of adaro arrive to take over the ship. Battle ensues (with Rib and his crew assisting the party), but is interrupted by the arrival of Vortheon who crashes his vessel into the side of Rib's ship, causing the adaro to retreat in a panic. Vortheon summons the second arcane horror to attack the party. It nearly kills Rib, but is ultimately struck down by Boneweevil. Vortheon still ensnares the party in magical bindings, and steals Beor's runestone. The group (save for Rib, who is allowed to go free) is led onto Vortheon's ship which leaves for Manoah.
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5 "Manoah Prison Hole" Aubrey Plaza Larry Houston Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
The party is taken to the Manoah Prison Hole to be held captive. After Vortheon leaves, the party meets their cellmate, a gnome alchemist named Hawaiian Coffee (Aubrey Plaza). With her help, the party lures guards into their cell and takes them out. Hawaiian Coffee then leads the party through the Manoah Prison to the evidence locker on the top floor. Hawaiian Coffee recovers her potion-and-bomb-making kit, and the rest of the party recovers their weapons. Hawaiian Coffee hits Boneweevil with a potion that makes him shrink down to 1/8th of his size for no discernible reason. Prison guards find them then. The party escapes out the nearest window, while Hawaiian Coffee distracts the guards by blowing herself up. The party quickly leaves, venturing into the Sandman Desert.
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6 "Entering the Sandman Desert" John Hodgman Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
Fondue, Boneweevil and Beor search for the Doorest of Fores that lies just at the edge of the desert. As they wander they come across a peddler's caravan under attack by wraiths. The owner of the caravan, a sorcerer named Hohn Jodgman, (John Hodgman) offers them money and food if they save him and escort him to the Doorest of Fores. They force the wraiths to retreat, and then the party sets off with Hohn and his caravan. The party encounters the wraiths a second time, but once again drives them off. The battle ends with Boneweevil being restored to his natural height. The next day the wraiths arrive once again only to reveal that they are actually people and that Hohn kidnapped members of their desert tribe and transformed them with his wand into sandwiches to sell them as slaves in the next town. Boneweevil disarms Hohn of his "Wand of Sandwich", while Fondue and Beor attack and subdue him. Having taken a liking to Hohn, and feeling bad about the prospect of killing him, Fondue offers him his life if he transforms all of the remaining sandwiches back into people. Hohn agrees. With that, the group parts ways with the desert tribe and Hohn's caravan, and enter the Doorest of Fores.
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7 "The Doorest of Fores" Thomas Middleditch Larry Houston Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
Scouting through the Doorest of Fores, the group runs across a strange, tiny man named Dildo Bogpelt (Thomas Middleditch), who befriends them and agrees to help them navigate the Doorest, and seek out its guardian, Clarence. Along the way they run into multiple riddles and puzzles in the woods, before making their way to the center of the Doorest. In the center they find Clarence, the guardian of the woods, manifested as an anthropomorphic flower, and later an ent. Clarence assigns the party a series of trials of self-discovery, which they pass easily. Clarence congratulates them for being true heroes, and clears a path to their next destination. Dildo disappears leaving only a trace of pipe smoke, leaving the party to enter the Dragon's Temple on their own.
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8 "The Dragon's Temple" Kumail Nanjiani Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
The party enters the Dragon's Temple to find it abandoned except for a lone kobold custodian, named Eddie Lizzard (Kumail Nanjiani) who agrees to help them make their way through the temple. He proves to be more of a hindrance as he repeatedly tricks them into giving him their gold (and sexual favors in the case of Fondue). They come upon an idol in the shape of a dragon's egg, which helps solve a myriad of puzzles and traps as they continue. Along the way they find "master sage," a plant known for its properties in purging evil spirits. They then come upon a pedestal set before a gigantic dragon statue, upon which they place the idol. The statue shoots magical fire at the egg-shaped idol, which causes it to hatch and grow into a full-sized dragon. As they witness this, the third arcane horror bursts into the temple and possesses the dragon. Boneweevil assaults the dragon with master sage, forcing the demon out of the dragon's body. The abomination ultimately crumbles to black dust after Boneweevil shoots it with an arrow laced with more master sage. The dragon leaves the temple, revealing the door to the cult of the Manticore's innermost sanctum. Eddie Lizzard parts ways with the group, taking all of their gold with him.
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9 "The Secret Hideout" Rhea Butcher Larry Houston Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
As the party makes their way deeper into the cult's hideout, Fondue discovers the sword he picked up in the Stonesaw Mines is enchanted with the spirit of a spectral paladin, named James Dean (Rhea Butcher). The party finds the cultists pouring buckets of blood into a large basin in the center of the chambers, as well as drawing runes and reagents around it. The lead cultist explains they are using a combination of blood magic and the runestones' power to summon an extra-dimensional portal for the Manticore. The cultists gradually fall, but are interrupted by the return of Vortheon, who siphons the blood of the fallen cultists into the basin. The party eventually defeats Vortheon, aided by James Dean's holy magic, but Vortheon sacrifices himself to fill the last of the basin with his own blood. The ritual is completed, and the Great Manticore emerges from a dark portal and incapacitates the party. The Manticore announces its intention to return to Earthscar Village to tear open another demon portal. As it takes flight, Fondue tosses the sword containing James Dean at the Manticore, but only lodges it into its anus. As the sword goes farther away from the group, James Dean slowly fades out of existence.
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10 "Earthscar Village" Matt Gourley and Nathan Fillion Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
As the party watches the Manticore fly off into the distance, they discover the runestones were left behind. They use them to open another portal which takes them back to Earthscar, ahead of the Manticore. There they find themselves face to face with Fondue's father, Chadge (Matt Gourley), who joins the group, hoping to make up for abandoning Fondue as a child. They search the village to warn the chief, only to discover that an elf named Teddar Spice (Nathan Fillion) has replaced the original chief. Teddar joins the group as they go in search of the original chief, Sandy Michael, who knows more about the power of the runestones. Sandy comes up with a plan to use the runestones to open a portal, force the Manticore through it, and then re-seal it before more demons can escape. The Manticore eventually arrives, leaving the party to distract the Manticore while Sandy Michael prepares the seal. Though the party fights valiantly, they can't bring the Manticore towards the portal. Determined to make it up to his son, Chadge tries to drag the Manticore into the portal with himself. Through combined efforts of Chadge, Boneweevil, and the newly returned blue dragon the Manticore is forced into the portal, which closes, trapping all four on the other side. Fondue and Beor, are left to mourn the loss of their friend. In a mid-credits scene, it's revealed that both Boneweevil and the dragon, Charles, survived the trip through the portal, and have banded together to search for a way back.
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1 "The Quest Continues" Gillian Jacobs Lucas Gray Spencer Crittenden September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
One year after the onslaught of the Great Manticore at Earthscar Village, Fondue Zoobag, Beor O’Shift, and a new goblin rogue companion named Chip (Gillian Jacobs) are scaling the Thunderbluff Mountains in search of Celty Cerrilian, the Sorcerer of the Storm. They have spent the last year searching for a way to free Boneweevil from the Demon Realm. Meanwhile, Boneweevil and Charles the Dragon have survived in the Demon Realm by eating demon flesh. Boneweevil has given up hope of being rescued by Fondue and Beor. In the Thunderbluffs, Fondue, Beor, and Chip find Celty. She agrees to help the group in exchange for assisting her in locating the Diadem of Etylai, which is locked in the Demon Vaults. Celty conjures a portal to the Demon Realm and hands Fondue a scroll, written in an unintelligible language, saying that it will help them return to the Material Plane if they are separated. Reaching the entrance to the Demon Vaults, Chip trips an alarm and three hulking demons soon appear, and one grabs Celty. As they fight, Boneweevil and Charles approach the battle. An elated Beor greets them by hurling Chip with his spear at Celty’s demon captor. As the demon retreats with Celty and Chip, Celty chants a spell and a spherical explosion envelops them all, then disappears, leading Chip and Celty to a grim fate, and leaving Fondue, Beor, Boneweevil, and Charles trapped in the Demon Realm.
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2 "Demon Realm Devilry" Rory Scovel Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
After a tense reunion with Boneweevil and being introduced to Charles, there is an explosion from deep within the Demon Vaults. Charles flies them all clear and the Vault sinks into the molten river. They fly into a cloud of noxious fumes. Charles goes faint and the four plunge headlong into a swamp. The party each feel the swamp water changing their bodies, turning Beor into a wolf, Fondue into a penguin, Boneweevil into a lion, and Charles into a trout. They are immediately happened upon by an acquaintance of Boneweevil’s, Krandrelarius (Rory Scovel), an unpredictable swamp witch with a mutating name. Boneweevil asks if Krandilarius knows a potion recipe that can revert them to their normal forms, which he does. However, he is missing the final ingredient: Panacilius, a rare flower with magical properties that grows in the swamp. They wend their way through puzzle paths and acid pools to find a cliff covered in a thick Panacilius patch. Krendrilarius completes the potion and the affected party members are returned to their original forms. Fondue asks Quadrilarius if he can read the scroll left them by Celty; he awkwardly admits he cannot and then equally awkwardly demands their souls. Charles deadpans the suggestion that they just leave and the four fly away, leaving an indignant Quandralarius behind.
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3 "Bonebreak Village" Aparna Nancherla Lucas Gray Spencer Crittenden September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
In search of anyone who can read Celty's scroll, the party travel to Bonebreak Village, a township of the Demon Realm’s survivors. Charles dislikes Bonebreak and opts to sit the visit out, but leaves Boneweevil with his dragon whistle so that they can call him later for backup. After Charles drops them off, the party meet Bowflex Devrye (Aparna Nancherla), who is searching for a polyglot soul. The party offer their help and they follow screams toward a large stone barracks. They infiltrate the barracks and their search leads them to the spirit of Bowflex's partner Spencer, the polyglot she has been searching for. As they attempt to make their escape, an alarm is sounded. Boneweevil blows his whistle, anticipating the need for Charles. They escape the barracks, but the tormentor garrison that mans the barracks begins a flying blitz on Bonebreak Village, massacring its inhabitants. The party manages to escort Spencer just outside the village, who – now relatively safe – admits that he is, in fact, quite illiterate and incapable of reading the scroll. However, he tells them of another potential way out: If they can defeat the Caretaker of the Abyss “using mortal hands,” they will be released back to the Material Plane. The episode ends as the Bonebreak carnage closes in on them, and Charles is nowhere to be seen.
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4 "Into the Abyss" Paul Scheer Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Still threatened by the destruction of Bonebreak Village, Boneweevil notices that Charles has failed to answer the dragon whistle. As the tormentors close in, the party are rescued by another of Boneweevil’s Demon Realm friends, the toothbeast Sensodyne (Paul Scheer). The party enlist his help in getting to the Abyss. Upon arriving, they are soon met by the Caretaker of the Abyss, and challenge him to compete in games for their freedom. The party ultimately loses their initial challenge, but, in the studio, Spencer suddenly realizes that they hadn’t agreed on what the Caretaker would get if he won, so the Caretaker agrees to a stalemate based on faulty parameters. The party seize the opportunity to half-suggest, half-force a new challenge: scroll reading. The Caretaker reads the scroll out loud, causing it to pulsate with energy and disintegrate, with no effect on the Caretaker. With the scroll now wasted and the Caretaker accurately insulting the party’s intelligence, a fight breaks out. Boneweevil eventually notices the Caretaker’s reflection in the surface of the Abyss above them. Remembering the spirit Spencer’s advice, Boneweevil uses his Boots of Mad Hops to leap up and grab the ankle of the Caretaker's “reflection” with his own mortal goblin hands. Fondue and Beor follow suit and drag the true Caretaker from the Abyss and onto an equal footing with the party. The battle culminates in a spectacular vital strike from Sensodyne and the Caretaker is defeated. As the body of the Caretaker shrivels and crumbles, gravity suddenly inverts and the party begin falling rapidly upwards through the eternal darkness of the Abyss toward what they can only assume is the Material Plane.
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5 "Back to Sandman Desert" Patton Oswalt Lucas Gray Spencer Crittenden October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06)
The regulars land in the vast expanse of the Sandman Desert. Since their visit here the previous year, the desert has changed: numerous tall, stone obelisks with magical orbs atop now dot the landscape, accompanied by cracks and fissures filled with magma in the earth. They intervene in a virch attack on a group of sand nomads and meet Sandpole (Patton Oswalt), a very young half-orc sand mage. During the battle, Boneweevil's demon sword absorbs the blood of a slain virch, imbuing it with an ominous aura. Sandpole invites them back to their village for tea in gratitude and introduces the group to his grandmother, who reveals to them that the obelisks and fissures that mar the land are the work of a demon witch named Celty, who wields the Diadem of Etylai and dwells in floating castle, and the party realizes they may have once again unwittingly aided a powerful secret enemy. Boneweevil's demon sword suddenly breaks free of its scabbard and begins attacking wildly, killing several animals and villagers and bullying Fondue, who walks away sulking. The demon sword mortally wounds Sandpole, drinking a large portion of his blood and finally morphing from a demon sword into a large sword demon. Boneweevil manages to get in close and stab it and Beor cleaves it in half with Only Friend, finishing it off. The dying sword demon taunts that Celty will bring about the end of the world. Beor heals Sandpole's wounds with her runestone amulet. Fondue, trudging away in depression, sees a lattice of magical energy forming between the obelisks and flowing in the direction of Forlona, the capital of the continent.
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6 "The Barely Cursed Bazaar of Commerce" Janet Varney Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden October 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)
As Beor and Boneweevil catch up with Fondue, the Sandman Desert deteriorates further, as various demonkind escape into the world. The party approaches the capital city of Forlona, but are halted by a vast river of magma. Fortuitously, they happen upon a small, oddly new-looking tent on the volcanic shore bearing a sign with the episode title, subtitled "Everything in stock". They enter the bazaar and meet a dwarf sorceress named Sedona (Janet Varney). When asked for a way across the magma, Sedona suggests a "fold-a-boat", a magical, lava-proof boat that folds to pocket size, but asserts she has misplaced hers on account of the item's diminutiveness. Boneweevil examines The Manifest, a sentient inventory ledger, which suggests they investigate the back room. Sedona is suspiciously hesitant, claiming to have booby-trapped the back of her store; when the party insist on searching it, they discover another Sedona, tied up and locked in a trunk. Beor frees the real Sedona while Fondue tackles the fleeing imposter, who morphs into a demon. Sedona ultimately dispatches her doppelganger with a lightning bolt to the teeth, and, in gratitude for their intervention, bestow upon the party her lava-proof fold-a-boat. Leaving, Fondue trips over the half-buried hilt of a familiar orichalcum blade, the magical bastard sword he had lost in the Great Manticore’s anus one year prior.
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7 "The City of Forlona" Jason Mantzoukas Lucas Gray Spencer Crittenden October 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
The party arrive in the Capital City of Forlona and meet a beggar child who introduces himself as Gribble Grabble (Jason Mantzoukas). He tells the party of a massive keystone obelisk that appeared without warning three weeks before in the western quarter of the city, from which pours lightning and various monsters. In the commotion he was separated from his parents and the quarter was sealed off by order of the King. Several townsfolk recognize Fondue and Beor as saviors of the realm from the Great Manticore, while ignoring Boneweevil's contribution. Disgruntled and envious, Boneweevil offers to help Gribble Grabble find his parents in the western quarter. The group go to the Royal Palace to ask permission from the King of Forlona, but find it strictly guarded. Inciting a riot to distract the guards and slip inside, they reach the throne room, only for Gribble Grabble to reveal himself as a gnome assassin named "Grabble Gribble", who attempts to assassinate the King and seize his throne. The party block him, but discover in the struggle that the King is already dead. An old woman named Feldspar, the King’s Vizier, emerges and explains that the King had committed suicide the day the obelisk appeared, but that she kept his death a secret for fear of succeeding him and becoming a target for assassination. Grabble Gribble becomes the de facto king and strikes a truce with the party, offering them knighthoods and resources in exchange for saving his newly acquired kingdom from Celty.
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8 "The Keystone Obelisk" Elizabeth Olsen Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden October 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
Now Knights of Forlona, the party are told that the obelisk is channeling mana from the other obelisks surrounding the city and down into the earth for some unknown purpose. To destroy it, Feldspar introduces the party to Prisoner 84, a half-elf arsonist named Stirrup (Elizabeth Olsen), an explosives expert serving a sentence for multiple acts of destruction. Given four limited-use rings of Featherfall and catapulted to the roof of the obelisk, they find a welded hatch that Stirrup blows open. Inside they stumble through a puzzle involving a magical mirror and eventually reach the obelisk's power source and destroy it, blowing the four of them clear and crumbling the obelisk. As they float to the ground, Boneweevil is lauded by a crowd, which disparages Fondue and Beor as "old news." As the lattice of energy overhead dissipates and the obelisk network goes dark, Celty's floating castle appears and fires a giant beam of destructive magic at the Royal Palace, destroying it entirely, and beginning a hostile takeover of Forlona City.
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9 "The Castle of Etylai" Rob Corddry Lucas Gray Spencer Crittenden November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03)
Under siege by Celty’s flying fortress and countless automata, the party is saved when Charles suddenly appears, ridden by a brawny barbarian named Sandy (Rob Corddry). Beor recognizes him as a member of her Skulltree Clan and as an old flame. Charles announces that the boundary between the material plane and the Demon Realm is crumbling fast; mounting Charles, they make for the flying castle, which has meanwhile formed an energy bubble around the city. Inside the castle the party splits; Fondue and Boneweevil come to blows in one area while Beor and Sandy flirt in another. The two pairs reunite in a council chamber where four regal corpses sit before a large rune-covered door. The united party attempts to heave it open, but it is a trap — the burning runes attach themselves to Beor, Fondue, and Sandy, though Boneweevil evades. Beor barely survives, but Sandy and Fondue are reduced to smoldering corpses.
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10 "The Sorcerer of the Storm" Kumail Nanjiani Dominic Polcino Spencer Crittenden November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)
The golden-glowing form of Fondue materializes from his orichalcum blade, which has captured his spirit as a spectral paladin. The door is then bashed open by a hulking mechanical golem piloted by Eddie Lizzard (Kumail Nanjiani). With Beor carrying Fondue’s corpse, Lizzard and the party team up and head to the great hall of the castle where they find Celty hysterical with rage. Battle ensues, eventually flinging them onto a balcony outside, where a storm rages as Celty floats above, firing lightning at them. Charles appears to protect the heroes from the lightning, and Celty is bested. Fondue and Boneweevil insist on reviving her to defeat her over and over, irritating Lizzard to the point that he buffs her, makes her invisible, and gives her the control of his golem. Spectral Fondue uses his ghost vision to locate the invisible witch and lands a final critical shot to her throat. Before dying, Celty reveals that the demon rifts are the result of their having destroyed the Caretaker of the Abyss and that her obelisk network was all that was keeping the Demon Realm and the Material Plane from converging. As the energy bubble surrounding Forlona dissipates, the party sees that the world outside has become a hellscape.
A pre-end-credit sequence shows an animated short, in the style of the intro to an Eighties sitcom entitled Celty and Chip, that depicts the non-canon adventures of Celty, Chip, the large red demon (credited as "Gordon the Demon"), the Baba-Yaga, and the Caretaker.
Development and production[edit]
Dan Harmon and Spencer Crittenden have been including a Dungeons & Dragons style game (Pathfinder) segment at the end of Harmontown episodes for a while with great success, when Harmon pitched the idea of HarmonQuest, originally conceived as low-budget, online-only show. Evan Shapiro, NBC Universal executive vice-president of digital enterprises, took the idea seriously, and when Seeso was developed as an NBC-owned comedy channel, an order for ten episodes of HarmonQuest was confirmed.[8][9]
Reception[edit]
The series has been likened to Critical Role, a web series streaming on Twitch and later uploaded to the Geek & Sundry YouTube channel since 2015. Unlike Critical Rôle episodes which are long-form, full-play D&D podcasts often exceeding 4hrs with low production value to cater to the more enamored and old-fashioned role-playing fan, HarmonQuest has been praised for its accessibility towards casual and beginner audiences. Javon Phillips of the LA Times said, "The show makes its ventures a lot less time-consuming and ups the watchability quotient by throwing in animated segments in digestible half-hour episodes. Gamemaster Spencer Crittenden approaches the show as just that — a show. It’s not just players playing the game and showing off their multi-sided dice-rolling skills."[10]
See also[edit]
Critical Role
The Adventure Zone
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Greene, Steve (September 15, 2017). "'HarmonQuest' Season 2: Dan Harmon On Getting to Be a Narcissist While Spencer Crittenden Does All The Work". IndieWire. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Harmonquest". On Camera Audiences. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
Jump up ^ "HarmonQuest Facebook Live tour of Starburns animation studios". Facebook. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Petski, Denise (October 19, 2016). "Dan Harmon's 'Harmonquest' Renewed For Second Season By Seeso". Deadline. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
Jump up ^ Porch, Scott (June 27, 2017). "Seeso Is Selling Two of Its Shows to AT&T-Backed VRV, May Be Preparing to Shut Down". Decider. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ Wright, Megh (August 9, 2017). "Seeso Confirms It's Shutting Down Later This Year". Splitsider. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ Petski, Denise (30 March 2017). "'There's…Johnny!', 'Harmonquest' Season 2, More Get Summer Premiere Dates On Seeso". Deadline. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Schneider, Michael (13 July 2016). "'HarmonQuest': Dan Harmon Has Managed to Turn Role Playing with Friends into a TV Show". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Berkowitz, Joe (20 July 2016). "Dungeons, Dragons, and Dan Harmon: How Spencer Crittenden Ended Up On A "HarmonQuest"". Fast Co.Create. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
Jump up ^ Phillips, Javon (22 February 2017). "'Critical Role' and 'HarmonQuest' prove watching role-playing games can be fun". LA Times. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
External links[edit]
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HarmonQuest on IMDb
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