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#1 Jay_Ibero_911 Nov 30, 2008 21:01:50	C'mon...I know you're out there. Admit it. Also...do you think he'd be a fighter or a paladin...or perhaps a warlord? Probably be from Cormyr (closest FR region to Cornwood I think)...Pehaps go Purple Dragon Knight to gain "Fancy Man" status?
#2 Dragon9 Dec 01, 2008 10:13:03	Who?
#3 kenobi65 Dec 01, 2008 10:26:17	It's a "Futurama" reference. It's the name of Bender the robot's D&D character. http://theinfosphere.org/Titanius_Anglesmith
#4 Jay_Ibero_911 Dec 02, 2008 8:42:42	I'm suprised...I figured there would be more Futurama fans among us...
#5 Dragon9 Dec 02, 2008 8:58:40	I have enjoyed the show in the past. Although I don't watch with enough regularity or interest to have much memorized about it. Except Snuu Snuu. That was too damn funny... :D
#6 kenobi65 Dec 02, 2008 9:56:59	I'm suprised...I figured there would be more Futurama fans among us... I'm actually a pretty big fan...but I haven't yet seen "Bender's Game", the direct-to-DVD movie that you're referring to.
#7 amysrevenge Dec 02, 2008 10:18:56	I don't believe in directly copying things like that.
#8 KarmaInferno Dec 02, 2008 21:53:09	Obscure reference is obscure. -karma
#9 Jay_Ibero_911 Dec 03, 2008 10:36:43	Obscure reference is obscure. -karma Eh...well I guess in that case if I did make a warforged character by that name not many would mind because not many would get it...
#10 _metz_ Dec 03, 2008 16:44:40	Copying a fantasy character's DnD character is STILL copying another player's PC... I always preferred originality, or at worse, a parody over existing concepts.
#11 fleetfang Dec 03, 2008 17:39:10	Jay, For the record, I got your reference. I'd also thought of making a Titanius... but I have my warforged PC already. :D Not to hijack the thread, but I was sorely disappointed with the lack of respect the Futurama folks had for D&D in Bender's Game... especially considering that the directors in 'Making of" extras really seem to enjoy D&D. And by that I mean to say that they really exemplify the worst stereotypes of D&D and the people who play it. The film did nothing to undermine those steroetypes and pretty much just made fun of the game and gamers who play it. Those are easy jokes to make and they don't really appeal to Futurama's core audience of geekdom. That's my initial two bits, anyway.
#12 _metz_ Dec 03, 2008 18:15:33	And yet, in the parody lies a LOT of truth.
#13 Dragon9 Dec 03, 2008 19:36:53	I always preferred originality, or at worse, a parody over existing concepts. So... my upcoming Druid, Ulgore, champion of Toril and preventer of climate change, master of cold... is he a parody, or is he unoriginal? :P
#14 Jay_Ibero_911 Dec 03, 2008 20:07:18	So... my upcoming Druid, Ulgore, champion of Toril and preventer of climate change, master of cold... is he a parody, or is he unoriginal? :P You know...I JUST got that! I'd call him a parody of the parody...Unoriginally original.
#15 chainlink Dec 08, 2008 23:33:30	Obscure reference is obscure. -karma Thanks a lot, I guess I can forget about sleeping tonight. Blasted TVTropes!
#16 fleetfang Dec 09, 2008 7:05:43	Revisited "Bender's Game" ojn Sunday with a good size of gamer friends, none of whom had seen it before. I must say that the second viewing was FAR better than the first. Oh, and according to the subtitles, the fancyman of Cornwall goes by the name Titanius Inglesmith, though 'Angle' does seem more probable. Word. "When will young people learn that Dungeons and Dragons doesn't make you cool?!!"
#17 kenobi65 Dec 09, 2008 13:23:58	Oh, and according to the subtitles, the fancyman of Cornwall goes by the name Titanius Inglesmith, though 'Angle' does seem more probable. Indeed, since "Anglesmith" seems to be an archaic form of "Bender". :D