#mentopolis episode 3

[saingirl101]

Only 10 mins in and we've already gotten a best nemeses moment between Conrad and Danny

Danny at any moment:

[cuelovecrime]

everyone who's working on the subtitles is doing god's work, honestly

[dimension-20-every-introduction]

Everyone Introduced in Dimension 20′s Mentopolis episode 1

[remarcely]

Imagine pushing a guy out of your office window, standing by the broken glass to watch him fall with a satisfying smirk-

- only to see the guy, while maintaining eye contact, put his hands down his pants and root around near his balls

[crestfallercanyon]

I’ve never watched dimension 20 previously, and I have always wanted to learn more about dnd and role playing games like that — but I am watching mentopolis and nothing has made me laugh his much and gasp in like the awe of surprisingly good storytelling and intrigue as much as this for some time

[measureyourlifeincake]

ive recently learned that for some reason i find the thing where you wear a hoodie under a non-hooded jacket really hot??? not sure what to do with this self-knowledge

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

What are you most excited about?

I am most excited about the new DND show coming out tonight!

(Words added: about)

[morayofsunshine]

fam i can barely keep up with watching dimension 20 i have like 4 campaigns i'm really really wanting to watch right now but don't have the time for them all so how on earth are they playing all those campaigns

[workingwhileidream]

Okay Burrow's End had me thinking some thoughts... So here are my favorite Dimension 20 moments that rotate like a rotisserie chicken in my brain (in no particular order other than the order I thought if them).

- Riz goes into the butthole of the Corn Ooze Monster (Fantasy High). The first absolutely insane shenanigans move anyone makes on D20, setting the tone the show will have forever.

- Raphaniel kills Queen Pamelia (Ravening War). I think I saw Brennan's soul leave his body briefly when he got that How Do You Want To Do This from Matt. Time was an absolute flat circle that day.

- Hank convinces Brennan to let him role savvy instead of sneak (Mentopolis). Hank is one of the most famous content creators, having him on the show was phenomenal to begin with. Then right out of the gate, he pulls this move in his first episode. And it just works. Hilarious, instantly iconic.

- Jet Dies (A Crown of Candy). When Lapin dies, it is shocking but I wasn't attached to him as a character. Lapin was a bit antagonistic and his death happens early in the season. On the other hand, Jet is instantly likeable. Emily and Siobhan are amazing as siblings, their performances this campaign are some of my favorites. I have siblings and I am very close to them, so this hit me like a ton of bricks.

- The entire epilogue of Burrow's End. "Are you pitching and Air Bud ending?" is one of the instant hall of fame quotes from this show. I started crying I was laughing so hard.

- Ylfa's bottleneck and the TPK (Neverafter). There are so many close calls for total party kills in Dimension 20 history, but this is where it finally happens and it's only 3 episodes in. I was on edge, expecting another TPK at any turn, for the rest of the campaign.

- 3 nat one initiative rolls for the battle that literally opens the season (A Starstruck Odyssey). The beginning of a new season is always full of excitement. This season was extra special, having everyone back in the dome after the pandemic and the season being based off Brennan's Mom's comics. The zoom energy is still in the air and I still think about this season opener a lot.

- Mother Timothy Goose breaks Snow White's concentration with a cantrip (Neverafter). Only Ally Beardsley could and we all damn well know it. Still didn't stop me from being so far in disbelief that all I could do is laugh.

- Hob's "You will never know another lonely day" speech to Rue (A Court of Fey and Flowers). I will still cry about this if I think about it for too long. Rue and Hob's romance is the heart of this season to me. I won't be over it ever.

- Gertrude convinces Nyruth to give the Questing Queens very powerful boons after the Queens tried to rob them only a few hours earlier (Dungeons and Drag Queens). The fact that this season exists drives a level of serotonin into my brain that is unimaginable. This is the definition of a big swing and when Bob rolls well, Brennan has no other choice than to honor it. This is one of the moments I have made a meme of. I cannot wait for season 2.

- Wuuvy shows up to the duel and she did not come to play (A Court of Fey and Flowers). Aabria has talked about how Wuuvy is one of her favorite NPCs and I feel the same. Wuuvy and Rue's relationship has such a great arc and this moment is so pivotal.

- Fabian's no good very bad day (Fantasy High Sophomore Year). An iconic moment in D20 history that was truly wild to watch live. For everything to go so fantastically bad for Fabian and Lou was unprecedented. There is a reason why people still talk about this moment to this day.

- Amathar survives being pushed off the castle (A Crown of Candy). Brennan tried to kill Lou so many times in this campaign. I really thought Brennan had gotten him with this one, my stomach sunk. But Lou pulls it out and Amathar lives once again.

- Pib plays "Smoke on the Water" (Neverafter). "I stepped out to play 'Smoke on the Water' " is also a hall of fame quote to me. This list could be all Pib moments if I'm being honest, he's my favorite Zac character. And the fact that Zac doesn't roll well makes this moment funnier to me.

- Buddy Bear gets planted with the All Blossom (Dungeons and Drag Queens). Jujubee and Brennan owe me a therapy session for this one. I sobbed. My cat is my baby and I will be ruined the day she leaves me, so I get it. I really do.

- "Eat your dice, Brennan" (Fantasy High Sophomore Year). A great bit made physically possible by Siobhan. I hope Siobhan gives him gummy dice or something like that so that Brennan can continue to eat his dice for Junior Year.

- Orange Top Hat Fairy (Neverafter). It's a horror season and the cast is doing bits about how hot a mini is the entire finale and the Adventuring Party that followed. I felt the stress and off the walls energy through the screen. The Smooth Criminal pin was the first piece of Dimension 20 merch I bought.

- Viola's epic takedown of Phoebe (Burrow's End). Watching Rashawn absolutely crush it her first time in the dome was amazing. I loved Viola from the jump, her arc was so satisfying and fun to watch. Also the idea of a tiny stoat kicking a gun just the right way to get it to fire is hilarious. No notes other than please have Rashawn come back on every season she possibly can.

- Evan Kelmp warns the Rosemont student not to duel him (Misfits and Magic). Brennan's deadpan warning matched with the reactions of the other players and Aabria really make this scene. An underrated Brennan moment for sure.

- Stacey Fakename turns out to be real (Mentopolis). This was such a good reoccurring bit, so to have Stacey be real at the end of the story was too funny. In a season of bits, tropes, and puns - this one has the most payoff to me and is definitely my favorite.

[magicratfingers]

Mentopolis episode 3 doodle along [minor spoilers]

[thisisnotthenerd]

ok: the spreadsheet is updated [thisisnotthenerd's d20 stats]

so is the other spreadsheet [D20 Episode Randomizer]

both will continue updating throughout the season, with character data and episode data, so keep an eye out.

random stats for you to enjoy:

brennan is in the dome for his 20th season, 16th as GM

ally is tied with lou for most seasons in the dome as a player (11) and will overtake him in episode count by the end of the season, with 173 to lou's 170

rekha and izzy are tied with brennan for seasons as players (4), and tied for episodes (36). they've played two of their four individual seasons together (T7 & NSBU).

ify moves up to the 3-season group, with a total of 20 episodes.

alex is back for their second kids on bikes season, capping out at 16 episodes

jacob is in the dome for the first time! we're so glad to have him

R2 is officially ally's seat, given that they've spent 5 seasons and 77/173 episodes in it

in terms of the players, we're at a completely even gender split: 2 female, 2 male, 2 nonbinary.

with this season, we break 250 episodes of dimension 20

we're up to a total of 523 hours, 41 minutes, and 54 seconds. that's roughly 21.8 days, or three weeks of dimension 20, before the season starts. the average episode length is 2:10:23, and median is 2:09:08.

as for the season:

i love the concept--d20 does genre pastiche really well; they're taking an already campy concept and making it campier. they're digging into the comedy sandbox in a fun, chaotic, balls-to-the-wall way this go-around. and what a cast to do it with.

this combines multiple forms of 80's nostalgia in a way that the cast can play in easily; there are a lot of elements to play with on multiple character levels

we're back with a kids on bikes reskin, much like mentopolis. i think it's going to continue to be a staple because the system is simple enough for people to jump in quickly, it's easy to reskin with varying stats, and it has a lot of room for improvisers to play with. right now it's functionally d20's second system, with three seasons on the docket. everyone say thank you aabria for introducing kids on bikes to the dome.

the dual layer of characters is a fun flavor to add--it's just an extra filter that we get to see the cast work with, and not something we've particularly seen them do before. they aren't just playing the movie characters, they're playing them in the way that they think their original characters would perceive the archetypes.

in conjunction with that: kids on bikes lends itself well to playing with archetypes--we saw it in both mentopolis and misfits & magic. we're looking at a few here in NSBU: the action hero [car and gun variants], the femme fatale, the debonair spy, the mob boss, and the hacker.

in other words, i can't wait for june 26th!

[saingirl101]

The Prefront PI Boys during thatfight match:

Hunch getting beat up by Dom:

Meanwhile Danny:

Meanwhile Conrad:

[dimension20official]

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The Mentopolis episode 3 Adventuring Party talkback is now up on Dropout!

[dimension-20-every-introduction]

Everyone Introduced in Dimension 20′s Mentopolis episode 2

[dropoutdottv]

This week on Dropout: on Monday, a new Make Some Noise with Rashawn Scott, Ross Bryant, and Wayne Brady; on Tuesday, the trailer for Dirty Laundry season 3; on Wednesday, episode 2 of Dimension 20: Mentopolis; on Thursday, the Adventuring Party talkback; and on Friday, a new Um, Actually with Saige Ryan, Omar Najam, and Persephone Valentine!

[tigergirltail]

Partner and I have maybe puzzled out a thing re: Elias Hodge's imminent(?) demise:

Supposedly, in the context of Mentopolis, the input at the ocular cortex is the Raw Feed, the in-real-time unaltered view of The Outside World. But there's an important thing that Brennan Lee Game-Changer-Champion Mulligan would 100% know:

The Raw Feed of the outside world on your visual receptors is upside-down, because of how the eyes work.

The image we saw of the feed is right side up.

Either we (and the players) didn't see what we thought we saw, or the image has already gone through some base level of processing, and could have been vulnerable to interception by the brain-overwrite-o-tron that Elias has been working on.

Secondarily, I had thought that the turning gauge we see in the season trailer and in episode 3 symbolised height, or more grimly, distance to impact. But it's not, it's pressure, it's stress. The fall isn't what's killing Elias Hodge, the stress is.

I think the view of the Outside World we saw was a fabrication, it's what Elias Hodge is "seeing", but it's not what's happening to him. My call is he's currently strapped into his own brain machine, being fed a vision of his own death, with the intention that it reaches a critical stress threshold and puts him in either a coma or cardiac arrest.

Besides, if you wanted to be subtle about Getting Rid Of Someone, throwing them out a skyscraper window is one of the worst ways to do it.