A non-exhaustive list of things from TMA that I was 100% certain were just fandom jokes before I actually listened to the podcast:
- The homophobic vase.
- Jon being kidnapped and forcibly moisturized for a month.
- Jon being kidnapped three separate times in the span of a single season.
- The "I won't kill a man because you're jealous." "Why not?!" exchange between Jon and Martin.
- There are like seven or more characters all named some variant of Michael.
- Melanie calling Jon "The Ceaseless Watcher's special little boy".
- Jon asking Martin if he was a ghost.
- The "Statement of Joe Spooky" quote from Tim.
- The "Except for the vampires." "Yeah, obviously except for the vampires." exchange between Jon and Gerry.
- Mike Crew trapping a dude on a ladder forever.
- Jon asking Martin to gouge his eyes out and run away with him.
- Nikola Orsinov. Like, just in general.
- Elias being a pothead.
- Georgie being literally incapable of feeling fear.
- The bone apple teeth.
- The guy who married a bug.
Jonah Magnus' drag name would be Magnum O'Puss send tweet
A restaurant named You're Not Supposed To Be Here, where the whole point is that the vibes are unnerving. The lighting is weird, the whole place has a faint scent that's not a bad smell, but it's certainly not food smell and you can't quite identify what the hell it is. The music is weirdly janky and you can't quite tell what's wrong with it, the vocals aren't exactly garbled but sung in a language you swear you've never heard anywhere and couldn't name if you tried. Only hiring staff who have anxiety and they're 100% permitted to show how much your presence here stresses them out.
They’re scared because they know that the public is with Luigi.
They’re violating his rights because they need to maintain capitalism.
Keep talking about Luigi.
This is 100% Michael Shelley from TMA - he's even got the long fingers
If it keeps you from killing yourself it's not stupid. This applies to anything btw.
AU where everything is the same except Jon stays the same as he does in S1. No matter what fucked up paranormal event, Jon always explains it away.
Jon: *compels someone to tell their deepest secret* Jon: Obviously I'm just good at getting people to talk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You're just jealous I'm actually good at my job
Jon:*knowledge appears in Jon's head*
Jon: I'm just naturally smart.
I think somebody else submitted something to the effect of this but you know what? you get bonus points for the skit
Au where Michael just walked out of the distortion like that one dude from Mag 100. He’s shows up at the office the next day like “hey Getrude, what was that about?”
now we're talking