Every NPC Is Now Named David | Critical Role C3E25 Highlights & Funny Moments

[@gabebaum6527]

Erika rocking back and forth and quietly humming hold music to herself is almost as good as the time Grog got petrified and Travis held the thumbs up pose he got petrified in for 10 minutes.

[@demonzabrak]

I need a clip or episode number for that grog moment if anyone would be so kind as to help me out.

[@spacecocaine1823]

@@demonzabrak likewise

[@ShaneDavisDFTBA]

@@demonzabrak me too!

[@ShaneDavisDFTBA]

It’s C1E61 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnu2aHqjgsSVis0

[@Juhimuz]

Here you go, someone has clipped it kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnu2aHqjgsSVis0

[@MycoArsenic39]

Get your popcorns ready everybody. The Laudna and Imogen slow-burn drama/tension is thick in this one.

[@broadwaybroad]

That’s what turned me off to this campaign.

[@oulaavii]

@@broadwaybroad huh?

[@ultrabigfella]

@@broadwaybroad character drama? But you liked the other Campaigns?

[@broadwaybroad]

@@ultrabigfella Not a fan of forced drama. It feels like this was orchestrated from the beginning and not organic. Also don’t care for the characters.

[@ultrabigfella]

@@broadwaybroad I guess that's just opinion then, because this is the realest pc on pc conflict I've felt from any campaign.

[@PassingMaxQ]

I love that Sam and Liam are trying to get back at Laura for randomly deciding that Caleb was stinky in C2. Liam tried to say Imogen’s messages have banjos playing in the background. Sam tried to say Imogen’s eyes cross whenever she uses telepathy.

[@hiro1001]

In Laura's defense, Caleb smeared himself with literal shit more than once lol

[@abcrasshadow9341]

@@hiro1001 liam commited to the bit, but Laura decided in episode 1 like 20 minutes in that Caleb is stinky.

[@hiro1001]

@@abcrasshadow9341 Go back and rewatch episode 1, Liam is the first one to say Caleb is dirty and smells bad. Laura just runs with it as a running gag even after he cleans up (but again, even soon after his first clean up he intentionally smears shit over himself as part of a disguise.)

[@antonymilne1346]

@@hiro1001 to be fair to Liam, he just said that Caleb was dirty, not that he smelled bad. The dirt could be just straight up dried dirt, soot or even dust, given their travelling conditions. None of which are necessary smelly, especially if they're new on the person.

[@daniellewis1789]

I don't think it's revenge, I think there's equal opportunity fuckery whenever the opportunity presents itself.

[@ProeliatorDeus]

Marisha hiding under a book will never not be adorable

[@DatChibiGamer]

The way Erika said “I FUCKN LOVE QUOKKAS” blasted me into next week

[@watchvids8214]

How's the next episode?

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Girl can give off an energy wave that powers through the screen XD

[@JustinSIsTank]

You know, when Marisha dressed up as the park ranger for her one-shot the other week, I immediately wanted to see a "Ranger Ray" show, where it'd be done "Blue's Clues"-style (human interacting with green screen) and she'd be meeting the animals/creatures of Tal'Dorei. This quokka bit seemed like half of a pilot episode.

[@watchvids8214]

Just mix in the hand puppets from the yee haw game ranch and you've got gold

[@coreypacillo8204]

take my money 💰💰

[@TheyCallMeCarg]

0:48 Marisha wearing a black t-shirt to hide the tire tracks after Sam threw her under the bus.

[@darkdragonite120]

crying laudna is equal parts horrifying and heartbreaking

[@blackdragonxtra]

I picture her with a running mascara look, but she doesn't wear mascara.

[@tidesbreath]

Sam's instant disappointment after Imogen says her and Laudna aren't involved is just so good

[@sirjuggles]

Marisha's face change at that same moment at 23:00 when she goes from "Oh phew we don't have a problem" to "WAIT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN" is INCREDIBLE.

[@antonymilne1346]

Knowing Sam, it'd because he was dying to troll the relationship.

[@Event42NULL]

I love the marisha "fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK" at 14:30 as she slowly tries to crawl into a hole to disappear. "How did I make every POSSIBLE wrong decision?!"

[@giannacarter9711]

Wow I did not notice that little Orym/Imogen exchange at around 3:50…… Liam and Laura really do know how to break my heart don’t they

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

I swear Liam has eyes that give auto gut punches

[@cl3matis]

every single week I look forward to these. every single time. keep doing what you're doing you absolute legend.

[@Mooverine]

100% agreed! These vids often are the…highlights… of my week.

[@procrastinator99]

LEGEND!!! **Rimelord-voice**

[@jpgq5747]

Same here!! I could watch these videos multiple times and still laugh at them.

[@AMadMage]

I hadn't even noticed that Erika was idly rocking back and fourth for THAT LONG. They're such a gem

[@talulla42]

Erika is very wiggly. Putting her next to Marisha is going to be interesting.

[@mxochimera]

That wasn't even close to the full thing, she kept going for at least as long until Laudna got back to her again.

[@WiseSageBum]

I mean... they've made out on multiple College Humor TTRPG streams

[@hazelgeorgene7719]

It was watching this that I realized how tiny Erika is. Their shoulders are shorter than the chair!

[@Samuel-sg2iv]

Yeah i realized that to, like half way through the episode how small she is.

[@BrowneePointz]

@@Samuel-sg2iv They

[@mayz7753]

@@BrowneePointz Erika goes by any pronouns

[@alphaz27]

@@BrowneePointz I believe they go by she/they pronouns but I could be wrong

[@Nemisionn]

​@@alphaz27 she/they is correct, yes

[@majorzipf8947]

Oof. That look at 3:40 that Imogen gets when she sees Laudna being friendly to Dusk…. It hurts my soul. Can they just talk and make up already?!?! And then Liam sensing through the twin connection that she’s sad. Gods damnnabbit. I love this show and these people.

[@MinersLoveGames]

18:09 That right there is the look of a man who realized he did this entirely to himself.

[@mxochimera]

16:01 At this moment when I was watching the ep, I sensed a great disturbance in the force. As if millions of souls suddenly picked up their phones and googled "quokka".

[@memory_bones]

Something that I think makes the Dusk/Imogen conversation even better is that it's possible Dusk overhead the Laudna/FCG conversation in the gift shop? Checking the episode @ and at ~01:32:00, Dusk makes an exaggerated gesture of not being able to drink the rest of their drink either, right after Laudna asked FCG to go the gift shop. At 01:34:00, Erika motions to Matt something that feels like "I'll follow". They then hold a dice as if about to roll a check in case (which feels like it could be stealth), but Laudna/FCG never actively check for people. At about 01:38:00 Erika does roll the dice they've been holding for four minutes, and Matt seems to acknowledge it. At 01:42:00, right after Laudna/FCG come back, Dusk says she now has stuff from the gift shop. (& Erika confirms she just purchased it when Liam asks) Now this might be me terribly overthinking things because it's the first time I ever spotted any sort of 'small details' but if it's even halfway true then dear lord Dusk what is your gameplan.

[@mariaelenagarciamolero1437]

I actually saw that too during the episode and for sure believe that Dusk heard them

[@CaroEmm]

Spoilers for 26: - - - - - - Well that aged well! 🤣

[@memory_bones]

@@CaroEmm that is dusk's gameplan, apparently! XD

[@padraig548]

I love the constant cat and mouse of Fearne and Chetny. Its def a game of chicken now.

[@kaizen5023]

It's so good, I live for it LOL

[@claramello6282]

i just gotta point out that every time i see your user name i read it as "marisha gay run" and i guess that's still accurate

[@diggerdog9205]

2:28

[@JustinSIsTank]

I cannot even describe how happy I was to see Burt Reynolds, Esquire at the table.

[@MostLikelyMortal]

Sam is really the only person at the table that isn’t terrified of Laura and actively pokes the bear lol

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

He knows that if Laura ever tried to attack him, he'd be instantly teleported back to the Seelie court and be safe

[@padraig548]

@@samuelstensgaard4828 nah. Hes not seelie. He is probably more from Annwn. The grey realm associated with death, that Taliesan the Bard of Bran the Blessed and King Arthur.

[@LydiaTereK]

And the bear that is called Trinket who is also vulnerable to meatballs 😂

[@FrederiekeBenIk]

I was just finishing watching the episode and really hoped that Erika's hand motion would make it into this video haha. Thanks for making these!

[@Michael_Raymond]

Erika 'Geese with the stats of raptors' Ishii: "We can't have nice things"

[@BoiWonda02]

Lol

[@ryansagan8223]

Are we 100% sure that Ashley Johnson is not actually a fey creature? Anyways, another great edit! Thank you!

[@MostLikelyMortal]

I’m becoming less convinced she’s from this plane every episode

[@padraig548]

I mean... I could see her as a duaghter of the Tuatha De Dannan

[@Vitumagna]

the "please hold" bit....my god i love erika

[@maxmustsleep]

I love this episode so much! Marishas acting, her faces during Imogens speech were so damn awesome! Add that quokka bit and I can die happy now! thanks so much for the quick upload, i really missed these

[@jau42]

"At dawn, they plan" I understood that reference

[@Cody_the_William]

When Imogen realizes Laudna was messaging Dusk instead of her. Big oof.

[@dots24]

Wake up babe, new marisharaygun video just dropped

[@procrastinator99]

**bolts upright with mussed hair**

[@alonosh7184]

18:54 OH. MY. WORD! I know this song! So much respect for sticking to that bit. Thanks so much for highlighting this. I didn't catch it when I watched it the first time around.

[@jenk4545]

Lmao aren't you special for knowing literally the most well known song in the history of the world.

[@ttt5020]

@@jenk4545 I don’t recognize/can’t hear over the talking. And no need to be rude :(

[@rmoenmjea]

Honestly these videos are so precious to me. I have very bad memory and after a week of not watching CR I basically forget everything that has happened so far. But with these videos I can rewatch everything on the weekend before the new episode comes out. Thank you do much for making these!!

[@eruduma]

The brief Percy/Keyleth vibes at 23:48 made me so happy

[@majorzipf8947]

YES. they RP off of each other SO well. I really hoped they would sit next to each other this campaign cuz I missed their energy so much.

[@elderflower2133]

absolutely obsessed with the spongebob and patrick perfume department reference

[@Archaeop-bex]

Erika’s commitment to their own hold music is beautiful

[@Matisyahuwu]

Is Imogen casting Sending to Fearne's parents? Its hard to tell, no one is counting and they're so thought out in comparison to Jester XD

[@secretsalute]

You can see Laura writes down what she's going to say first to make sure it's in the limit.

[@antonymilne1346]

@@secretsalute makes sense, Imogen is less chaotic and (I mean this nicely) more endowed with common sense than Jester was. It makes sense Jester would just rattle off whatever came to mind at the time and butcher the sending, but Imogen would be smarte than that... However, if any of the others also got sending, it wouldn't surprise me if that came back

[@marvelfan281]

Ok wow. When Orym looked at Imogen as Dusk and Laudna were hitting it off in the restaurant - my god. I suddenly burst into tears. I missed that moment in the live show. Man. These fucking people are so good at what they do.

[@connorbozynski1006]

I can’t wait to meet bbeg: Mike Oxlong

[@rhylin26]

Laudna crying to Ashton is probably my favorite scene in this campaign so far.

[@Goop_3]

Honestly, especially this week, I am very happy to see this. This episode felt a little low pace from the end of the world calamity episodes, but this really does help me with what I missed.

[@Nuclearwarlock_]

I too built a blast shield for myself and Marisha when imogen and orym talked😂

[@JulianVJacobs]

wait... is the mirror of ever-watching sitting in The Taste of Tal'Dorei in plain sight?

[@majorzipf8947]

I feel like I should know what that is but I don’t…

[@thecobe-lee9674]

3:33 I did not notice Imogen's reaction to this moment when I was watching it live that is so sad :(

[@Jujuolive]

The best recaps ever. So glad to see you posting again :D

[@bobeagle7427]

I have been with these posts since campaign 2. I love them and look forward to them. Thank you for doing these.

[@joemiller361]

I really appreciate the little chapter names, it's like a whole other joke ONTOP of all the nonsense we get to watch. So thank you c:

[@cooper_the_boss]

Erika is such a powerful ADHD mood I love them

[@Slipgatex]

@22:50 Ah yes, the universal hand signs for "romantically entangled". XD

[@draconiskittensweetie9765]

This episode was SO good it had FEARNE LORE it has JEALOUS IMODNA ANGST it has Dusk straight up ASKING IF THEY WERE INVOLVED. Truly incredible

[@exessen1684]

I love Erika Ishii so much. I'm so happy she's guesting in this campaign!

[@Logan_Baron]

Same I've been wanting her to be on CR since Campaign one.

[@samc2891]

I love watching these for all the little moments I loved and to see any I may have missed.

[@adambrekka4913]

18:54 Is Dusk humming "The Girl from Ipanema"?

[@mxochimera]

Yep. The universal "you are on hold" song.

[@Crusader94115]

I was so behind on this season but thanks to you I am all caught up now. Seriously thank you for doing these.

[@sadserah]

Great video! I wish the ship for Imogen and Laudna was real. But that face Marisha puts when Dusk says "ooh good" when Imogen says they are not a couple makes me think that she knows Dusk is interested in one of them, surely Laudna. So hyped to see in the next episode how Dusk interacts with Laudna again, and the reactions on jealous Imogen as well.

[@writerblocks9553]

I always love watching the live broadcast and wondering what moments will make the cut for these videos lol, I think we have a similar sense of humor

[@RossWssoR09]

as a podcast listener, thank you so much!

[@Dinoxdeath]

I was dozing off on the couch when the Mike Hunt part started and I was wide awake instantly 😂

[@Thiccremoch162]

If critical role land ever becomes real, there *NEEDS* to be a taste of Tal’dorei

[@glam-glo1858]

genuinely the highlight of my week seeing your videos, with all the gloom the internet brings rn, marisharaygun makes up for it

[@bg3929Z]

Thank you, Aabria, for inventing ToT. It truly is the gift that keeps on giving

[@draconiskittensweetie9765]

I wonder how many M names Sam can come up with before he starts just inventing shit

[@A.C_B.]

Thank you for including so much of the Themed Restaurant.

[@inakikudozaki9665]

Dusk.exe has stopped working at the cute critter moment. XD

[@thanossnap4170]

"I broke her rock!" God damn that is so perfect. Lmao

[@charissascrazy242]

Poor Mike Huntz, never even had a chance.

[@Michael_Raymond]

13:55 (Erika's soul rapidly exits their body)

[@x0gucx]

I like that laudna confides in fcg the resident psychologist and Imogen talkes to her trans-dimensional twin brother

[@mikekoloski]

Ashley look when Laura said Fearne is one of the most trust worthy person I've ever come across

[@EnragedCeilingFan]

I keep re-watching this just to see Ashley's Quokka face again. It's just too damn adorable, but I mean, come on, it's Ashley Johnson we're talking about, so what did I expect? Edit: I'm back again, that face just purges my entire bad week, it's just the best 😭

[@Maessiah_____]

I like how Aabriya turned Matt's tragic history into a cheesy resort retaurant and then Matt turned Aabriya's cheesy resort restaurant into a high fantasy Chuck E Cheese

[@FuwaNekoNya]

24:35 "MY QUOKKA FACE"

[@orangetripwire5443]

5:43 wasnt SEELIE the last name of sam and aabria's characters ine EXU calamity

[@matties1681]

Omg haha 17:08 Sam clips a clip to marshias shirt pahaha

[@majorzipf8947]

Hahahah! Now I understand the moment she put it on his hat and they both started giggling. I knew I missed something.

[@johnnyb368]

Erika is just chaotic energy personified

[@ravenstromdans]

Matt's acting as the staff of A Taste of Tal'Dorei reminds me SO MUCH of the LARPing from "Knights of Badassdom".

[@k.whatever9046]

sam pretending to be fcg not knowing abt the seelie court hurts something different after the former week's last episode of calamity holy ow

[@davidcurry5240]

NOW THAT IM EVERY NPC IN CRITICAL ROLE…

[@StiinuhGene]

Dusk asking the questions we've all been wanting to ask

[@GBCxPrime]

This… this may be the best episode of the entire show thus far. Every actor is strongly at their peak. Perfection.

[@cryofpaine]

I think this whole campaign has just been incredible.

[@21Hayden12]

As I live in Australia and more specifically Perth, West Aus I am laughing my ass off at their pronounciation of Quokka. Quo-kka. Everyone here pronounces it Quok-ka. The irony of it also hits me that all the talk of Fearne who is part goat having a marsupial pouch which isn't a thing but quokkas do 😛

[@rhylin26]

FCG: Are you mad at Imogen for being alive? 🤣

[@StevenJQuinlan]

Heh, Dusk is humming famous elevator music 'the girl from Ipanema'. That's both on point for being on hold and fucking hilarious. As is everyone collectively deciding to get all up in Imogen and Laudna's business

[@Thorkyan]

Re-watching Dusk showing the pictures of the parents after episode 26 hurts!

[@TaylorGillespie]

Matthew Mercer is a got dang comedic genius.

[@mikeox_is_small]

Ashley as a Quaca feels oddly appropriate.

[@lillianconstencedoodles]

At dawn we plan

[@cryofist]

when she r=said "romanticly entangled she made her fingers scissor lol

[@Zeradias]

Wanna see the spike of quokka searches now

[@ShadowyFox_86]

"You do not have a flesh tongue and I do not cross my eyes!" 😂

[@vinrayna2867]

Erica coming in tor the soul purpose to out Imogen and laudna

[@lukasgncz4042]

love these😍😍 missed matts brainmelt from the recap tho🙈🙈

[@CriticalCoen]

Soo... Purvon Mike Hunts.

[@Slipgatex]

@4:42 when this part happened during the stream, I had thought to myself that it would've been great if Matt made him take a point of damage because the dude was suffering back pain that day. XD

[@thegoht2212]

Happy you're back!!

[@KKsis]

These highlight videos always make my day!!

[@WillMachines]

The telepathic hold music is so accommodating

[@JuLi-fi6si]

Can u imagine if teen laudna could herself now with two girls fighting over her

[@majorzipf8947]

Whitestone Andy would have been forgotten in a flash

[@XxaxX360]

Is it just me or are the first episodes back after a hiatus always the ones with the weirdest giggly energy?

[@chrism7395]

we need a side by side comparison of Taste of Tal'Dorei vs reality

[@elderlygiraffe]

Man Ericka is so great.