The Bit That Took 5 Years To Finally Pay Off | Fantasy High [Vulture Compilation]

In episode 8 of season 1 of Fantasy High (from 2018), the Bad Kids took an unintended interest in a vulture watching them from afar. And in episode 8 of season 3 of Fantasy High, everything has come full circle.
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[@dimension20show]

This is our Endgame (if Endgame were about a random vulture)

[@thatoneguy225]

What a beautiful end

[@picklejho69]

"there was a carbon monoxide leak..." Zac never fails to hit the nail

[@ProjecTJAD]

I'm so excited for tomorrow, just unnecessarily excited for a d20 episode just to see what's happening with this vulture conclusion.

[@vaultdweller64]

@@ProjecTJADyou mean TODAY. It’s Wednesday

[@ProjecTJAD]

@@vaultdweller64 time zones. They come out in the early hours of Thursday for us Europeans.

[@juicetinerrng4219]

The fact they made a custom background for the dome EXACTLY FOR THIS SCENARIO proves the Heroes' obsession with the vulture.

[@eddiemate]

To be fair, Brennan had basically led all the breadcrumbs to point at the vulture. It'd be crazy if the players *ignored* it.

[@ginsengaddict]

Right?! All that extra work for a bit that there was no guarantee of getting used, but they were confident enough to do it anyway.

[@shotgunbadger]

"Hey Brennan just getting stuff ready for Junior Year, need any special backgrounds or light effects?" "Nah, just the normal Fantasy High stuff, maybe some extra backgrounds...oh right and I need THE VULTURE DIMENSION"

[@July-gj1st]

@@eddiemate Yeah, I mean the fact that there was a miniature for it kinda implies there's something going on with the Vulture.

[@eddiemate]

@@July-gj1st Plus while it's excluded from this edit, Brennan kinda just told Ally they didn't really need to take the actions they planned on taking. I believe he might've also said "You could try talking to that vulture" but that's something I'd need to check to be certain.

[@Minifigure17]

The silent expression of pure devastation on Lou's face is ... priceless

[@thedocblock6421]

Lou was on EXU Calamity, I'm sure he's glad its *just* the Vulture Dimension this time.

[@aleeysaurasrex]

Complete dissassociation

[@rugma1696]

​@@thedocblock6421Brennan was being generous 😂

[@marzipanmenthol]

It's so genuinely pained- like he honestly looks like someone just told him about a war crime

[@theflash4490]

“Wha-?”

[@Envy_Dragon]

I can't get over how fantastic it is that in that last scene, Brennan did the ol' tired DM "are you SURE you want to waste your entire turn talking to a bird, instead of helping your party, every single member of whom is in incredible danger? are you SURE you want to throw away a full minute when every second counts?" And meanwhile he had an elaborate visual effect and a whole-ass model prepared for when Ally inevitably chose to interact with the vulture anyway

[@chestersnap]

He's done a lot of campaigns with these chaos demons

[@FullCircleStories]

Like any good DM would

[@cha0sniper]

He knows who his players are xD

[@nicolejordan5977]

Lou actually looks so upset at the end. No mirth. No joy. Shock and fear and exasperation.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Brennan forever traumatized him in Calamity

[@Zelmel]

@@jimmy_the_squid9456I mean, he did whip out the Asmodeus voice there with the vulture.

[@jeremyreese9452]

i feel like lou can sense it coming, the first time Ally commits to interacting with the vulture, lou can feel the oncoming future-pain

[@jodinsan]

There is no joy in the Vulture Dimension. No mirth or whimsey. Only shock, fear, and exasperation.

[@nicolejordan5977]

@@Zelmel I did not even pick up onthis you’re so right he was having flashbacks

[@MarioGMan25]

Brennan fuckin knew what the Vulture's activation phrase would be as soon as the season started.

[@ljc5277]

They unlocked the secret aspect of the vulture

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

"Hey there girlie~"

[@pragalu]

The activation was overreaction to ally misgendering the vulture.

[@Saxdude26]

"Totally normal vulture... that has nothing to do with what's going on" Brennan warned them.

[@EpicNerdsWithCameras]

Has the same energy as a magician saying "there's nothing up my sleeves."

[@kizikucalegon8673]

@@EpicNerdsWithCameras Precisely the same energy as a DM going "Are you sure you want to do this?", because.. y'know. That's exactly what it is.

[@misscurls101]

It's amazing how much of this season is Brennan's Revenge against the Intrepid Heroes. Like, Vulture Dimension, his self-insert Anti-Fig NPC, forcing Fig to work with Porter.... It's like every possible chicken coming home to roost and it's AMAZING 😂

[@dominiquebroussard1611]

I can't wait till we find out the bird guy knows the vulture somehow. Or, if they get out of the Vulture Dimension, they go to the same support group about burned down nests

[@christopherwood7559]

That's the vibe I got, too. You can only push your DM/GM so far before they make you suffer for your antics. And they pushed a man that thinks in villain monologs.

[@BillyKamp]

Don't forget that Night Yorb was not a real thing, it was a jumbled name that they found as an anagram that made no sense, and as a bit they started to push it, and Brennan made the Hangman speak of it with fear. "Don't mention the Night Yorb". So basically to further agree with you, the season started with a Rib at the group.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@christopherwood7559 It feels like a declaration of challenge, like he's saying "I've had 5 years to learn how you all tick, and it's time to use that."

[@misscurls101]

@@BillyKamp I was so afraid of mentioning the night yorb that I forgot it was also a device to wind Brennan up 😂

[@TheBlackDemon1996]

I like how Ally's the one being punished, even though, as this video points out, it was originally Zac's fault...

[@emmakane6848]

Well, mechanically Zac is the one not receiving the Help Action.

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

​@@emmakane6848i think Digby was already giving Gorgug the help action which is why Brennan was baiting Beardsley

[@dealinginfiction]

Zac is a ninja like that. And to be fair. Aly full on kept escalating it.

[@polyoptika4382]

@@dealinginfictionyup. they all knew this was coming and Kristin is spiraling anyway so it makes sense for someone just realizing they’ve been far too casual in their faith of the god they raised from the dead and committed to take care of and just go fukk it I’m gonna just go talk to this vulture since I don’t know what else to do bc I doubt it will work, meanwhile Ally for sure knows it’s gonna work. it was like “I dare you” “no I dare you!” until Kristin reached the vulture and spoke to it. I’ll treasure this 5 year mind game for eternity.

[@bmatos5785]

People think kids these days only care about iphones and hot chip but truly the children yearn for the vulture dimension

[@dankpikachu6422]

they also yearn for the mines

[@dillonbensoni3903]

this is tremendous

[@richardlamarre3610]

They would have also taken cow dimension but you take what you can get.

[@Spiritoftherain]

What I love about this compilation is that it gives an entirely new dimension (no pun intended) too Lou's dead-eyed reaction to the reveal at the end. He nat 20'd into a half pipe to interact with the first vulture! He defended Ally to the death for them investigating that vulture pro-bono! He wasn't sick of the shenanigans, he wanted to BE the shenanigans! Ally just got there first as Kristen! My man got vulture scooped.

[@darrienjones8917]

When you put it like that, it makes a lot of sense

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

+

[@richardmiddaugh9749]

Idk, I kinda feel like he's just so shell shocked from Brennan's chaos from both Dimension 20 and the Calamity that all he can think is "Oh my God, what unholy curse from the deepest pit of Brennan's sadistic and limitless creativity did we just unleash upon ourselves?"

[@faroshscale]

"it seems sinister insofar as all vultures seem sinister" is so funny to me

[@lesliebohn627]

I was once paddleboarding, & saw this HUGE vulture in a tree watching me, & I just knew it knew that I was gonna drown & it was going to eat my remains, so I paddled back to shore, packed up, & left. And I love paddleboarding. I don't leave for anything, but it put some primordial fear into my heart that day. So "all vultures are sinister" deeply resonates with me.

[@frostrose8550]

I grew up in a house on top of a cliff in CA and vultures liked to nest about halfway down the face of that cliff. Let me tell you, there's nothing quite as terrifying as playing outside in the 100 degree heat and a vulture with a wingspan longer than you are tall flying about 15 feet above you

[@jthomas-tv5xt]

Lou being shell shocked at the vulture dimension reveal is peak D20. He's so tired, and the defeated look in his eyes makes the situation even more ridiculous.

[@KiraCatlady]

He is so done 😂

[@UpperLeftRC]

The amount of excitement I experienced when I saw the feathers flying across the dome walls was frankly unhealthy. I have since apologized to my neighbors the screaming….

[@Imperial_Squid]

Seriously, these come out at midnight where I am and I'm always so nervous about pissing someone off by laughing too hard, this one came so so close

[@EpicNerdsWithCameras]

That level of preparedness just reinforced how thoroughly Brennan planned for this. He *knew* there was no way the players were going to pass up on interacting with that vulture, and he was absolutely correct.

[@extragarb]

I absolutely love how threatening it is to shout "You are entering the Vulture Dimension". A deeply intimidating declaration

[@nicholasporter4635]

"We're never gonna reference that vulture again"

[@Saxdude26]

Five years later: Hey giiiiiiiirlie~

[@rakuranhawke8600]

He lied as naturally as he had breathed.

[@edamommy]

Time for Kristen to become a Nature Cleric

[@toddalexander5015]

Ain't nothing natural about that vulture

[@atlasdwyer8220]

If anything, this bird is a gateway to being a death domain cleric

[@neminem233]

My favorite part is how there’s a whole animation and setpiece, like Brennan had 100% faith in the Bad Kids that’s *someone* would interact with the vulture

[@ryanpetriello3461]

If I remember correctly, in the Adventuring Party following this episode Brennan said he and the crew had the Vulture Dimension prepared to go during every battle just in case someone did exactly what Beardsley did.

[@arillusine]

I know we’re all talking about Lou’s absolute devastation at the reveal but I’d love to turn your attention to Zac totally losing it when Brennan brings out the new set piece 😂

[@craseydreams]

yes lmao it's my fave moment to rewatch he's laughing so much his face is like in a rictus of agony

[@hoid9407]

Zac's, "Carbon monoxide leak" comment was absolutely my reaction vocalized. His one liners are just SO good

[@MathrocksTavern]

There was real fear in Beardsley’s eyes when the vulture king responded. It was incredible

[@meganjones3427]

That little what "what?" from Beardsley after the vulture goes "what did you call me?" just kills me every time.

[@collector8502]

Kudos to the editor for finding all the mentions of the vuture, even if it was just a line from a random video

[@dimension20show]

We've been waiting for this moment for a while now

[@RepairmanJacked1]

Without a doubt, one of the funniest things Brennan has ever done and got the best reactions from the entire cast. From Murph just losing it to Lou's stunned silence and being just completely done with life to Zac's quiet "there was a carbon monoxide leak in the dome". Just perfection.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

This trap being sprung on Ally as Kristen is fucking poetic with both how of course Ally is the first to engage with the weird thing, and how Kristen's whole character arc up to this point has been her neglecting her responsibilities for stupid shit that doesn't matter or isn't important to the big picture of what's going on. Leave it to Ally Beardsley to walk ass-first into a weird thing without consideration, and leave it to Kristen Applebees to get distracted by a random vulture while in the middle of a fight and half her team is incapacitated and another mind controlled.

[@saraghhh]

To be fair, the other side of the table DID wholeheartedly approve of them using their turn to engage with the vulture.

[@belindaluna2067]

@@saraghhh That's very true. And Brennan very clearly baited them; people are acting like Brennan didn't _want_ them to fuck with the vulture.

[@andsailedcalmlyon]

​@@saraghhhwell, the table minus poor Murph

[@benjaminhartsock3281]

@@andsailedcalmlyon and lou. look at that expression.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@belindaluna2067 I don't blame them, I just think it's hilarious that Kristen was the one who was baited into it.

[@LeMayJoseph]

On my 40th birthday, Dimension 20 gave me the greatest gift: BEARDSLEY FINALLY GOT TO THE VULTURE DIMENSION!

[@four1629]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!

[@hade666_01]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!

[@FlorescentInk]

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY!!!!!

[@TheClassyArchitect]

Someone in that room was paid real American dollars to make that vulture dimension dome animation.

[@lobsterbisque333]

"Hey girlie" famous last words

[@Khajmer]

Ally's "what" is fucking priceless. It's not a big played up reaction, it's just a moment of genuine shock. They did not expect this to happen, they didn't expect anything to come of this. At the absolute *most*, getting a vulture ally. Beautiful.;

[@Mollymauking]

the single, definitive NO from zac is what gets me

[@spitch13]

I cannot believe a subscription to dropout is only $6 a month. This is peak entertainment

[@matthewramirez4554]

I mean, in defense of the party: the entire premise of the show is intentionally John Hughes esque, they're playing DnD where fantasy is to be expected, and these people are IMPROV COMICS and sketch writers lol. Between the half pipes, skateboarding dwarves (very teen movie), acid pits, and vultures, coupled with the fact that their comedic instincts cognitively enforce shenanigans before problem solving, a random REGULAR ASS vulture would be the most categorically insane thing there!

[@saraghhh]

I’m having the hardest time reading Lou’s reaction, but I do know he tends to make that expression when something chaotic happens that is unexpected. I don’t know if he’s enjoying himself or if he’s just lost it or what. lol

[@neminem233]

I think it’s more of a “man I wish I had done that” He’s definitely ealous of this specific scenario

[@pumpkinduke1912]

They record these for hours straight, and from his perspective the fight just got super hard. Also Lou is traumatized from Calamity and Brennan gave the vulutre asmodeus's voice

[@VashdaCrash]

​@@pumpkinduke1912Thanks, that puts a lot in perspective.

[@stwbmc98]

I like how Emily is trying to figure out a connection to Cassandra like “maybe this isn’t a total non-sequitur” but NOPE IT WAS

[@maryz9319]

Those vulture sound effects are choice. Perfect, no notes.

[@veritush]

everyone with their thumbs up, emily saying "i think this is good, i like this"... a bunch of chaos enablers! i love themmm

[@Rygoat]

Lou has the expression of a General who just found out all his troops are dead.

[@moodybookworm7856]

Ally's "What?" Gets me every time. Even they didn't expect anything.🤣

[@GZilla311]

9:16 for the moment

[@Overthinker89]

I don’t know if I’ve even seen Siobhan laugh that hard. This was her ‘tactical but late’ moment. So good!

[@LoonyTunes]

I love the brief moment of hesitation on Ally's face as they decide whether or not they're gonna commit further to the "hey girlieee" bit 😂

[@kanemoss4235]

The recap we needed before entering THE VULTURE DIMENSION

[@petrikillos]

I don't know if Lou was just too stunned, or he was legitimatelly bummed out that the inside joke was being killed. Still, I laughed my ass off when I saw the over the top visuals of the dome and the phrase "You are entering the vulture dimension!".

[@Imperial_Squid]

What do you mean killed? "You are entering the vulture dimension" is a phenomenal next beat to this bit

[@Spiritoftherain]

If anything I think he was upset he didn't get there first! Vulture FOMO.

[@ktmac8]

As Brennan has said, in comedy you gotta heighten.

[@eddiemate]

Lou just looks like that when Brennan starts doing his shit. My man is fed up.

[@admiralpepper6933]

If you've ever seen the current Exandria spin-off of Critical Role, you'll exactly have that expression like Lou at the end of that series...

[@rearct8844]

Clearly the line was pre-set because the text in the dome matched it, so I have to wonder, did Brennan spend time practicing exactly how to say "you are entering the vulture dimension" for maximum effect?

[@TamarKim]

The music transition on “what did you call me?” is SO satisfying

[@MAJ0ROCEL0T]

I have a theory that Brennan had this planned before the start or season 3. He had the vulture in the desert (a place that makes perfect sense for a vulture) and probably had several fights throughout the season where the vulture would be present to trigger this scene. I cant get over how hilarious this was

[@andsailedcalmlyon]

Yep, this was confirmed in Adventuring Party!

[@TheGIJew.]

What tipped you off, the pre-programmed animation for the dome or the large premade set with prepared minis?

[@dubiousgm]

It would be so funny if the vulture dimension event ended and it had no impact on the actual story and they were transported back to fighting Grix

[@ccvv1119]

Lmaoooo

[@Baymax872]

Lol, good news for you!

[@moosesurgeon]

If there’s no Vulture Dimension merch I’m going to lose my mind

[@fauxgodling]

"i got sent to the vulture dimension and all i got was this stupid t-shirt"

[@MyceliumCore]

Vulture merch out now!!

[@moosesurgeon]

@@MyceliumCore thanks for the heads up! I got the pin!

[@cyranojohnson8771]

The best part is that all of this culminates in "vultures, yea or nay?"

[@Tiaintherain]

Yea

[@GZilla311]

@@Tiaintherainyou pass!

[@nonspiderweb]

Anybody else want “YOU ARE ENTERING THE VULTURE DIMENSION!” on a t shirt?

[@playin4power]

I'll never get over how good the music cue is with the guitar rift slowly building in the background and it perfectly matched with the fading in feathers in the dome. Cinema.

[@QuillanWilson]

I need the song

[@DarkBunnyLord]

Man I love how Brennan was just so confident by now that they couldn’t “not” interact with the vulture that he had a full graphic, battlefield, and boss mini made purely for the bit when they inevitably chased the vulture down in the middle of a big battle. Lmao.

[@zanthe_]

I need a Renaissance painting of Ally climbing up scaffolding to offer an enraged vulture a pizza crust.

[@puntofoo]

they shoul've called this season junior year: Brennan's revenge

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Thank you! I've been wondering about Kristen asking vultures since the last episode, because I definitely don't remember that.

[@IcyAuron]

This.

[@SuperAdventuretime10]

They’ve had this video locked and loaded since they recorded junior year 😂

[@DneilB007]

Lou is questioning all of his life choices that led him to this moment.

[@hobiiwankenobi]

Whoever is running their page knew that someone would make this compilation and said "why dont we do it first?" Smart af

[@quantumgeekpod]

Mess with the DM long enough, and the DM will mess with you lol

[@neminem233]

Just binged fantasy high for the first time this year, this was a crazy bit to finally get a payoff

[@nascarben]

Eventually, when the PC's can't let that one thing go, that one thing comes to hold them closer than they could ever have imagined.

[@lobsterbisque333]

The animation for the vulture dimension is too sick

[@Doublee73]

The visceral reactions of the party are so pure 😂 Murph’s resigned yep as Ally commits to reaching out to the vulture and Ally’s small “what” are just priceless

[@razarine]

The sound track (guitar riff on vulture dimension???). The complete lack of indication that this "totally normal" vulture was anything but. It was all so, so beautiful

[@agentapples2185]

You can tell Rick Perry and Brennan Lee Mulligan we’re ready to send the intrepid heroes to the vulture dimension 😂😂😂

[@jdmartell2899]

So fking hype for the vulture dimension 🤣😂

[@elysemeyers1256]

Lou was right though, Brennan laid out clues about owls and birds and being spied on, interacting with a mouse was an important clue, and a vulture watching them fight would be a breakcrumb is follow up on.

[@hinjew13]

I’ve watched this replay at least 20 times and watching everyone’s reaction as Ally says, “Hey Girlie” going into Brennan’s monologue is pure cinema

[@zaelheimricht4978]

Domain expansion: *_Vulture Dimension_*

[@eagleHatchling]

When Brennan started laying out the scene instead of deflecting Lou starts shaking his head because he knows how bad a sign that is

[@Zelmel]

I love how just baffled and done with everything Lou looks at the end there.

[@kemokage]

Behold the true hook to convince the last holdouts to subscribe to :Dropout

[@gwendolynjohnson522]

I have never been more excited for an episode than I am for the vulture dimension

[@Gustavae]

I really liked this, and it caught me by surprise, but I was anticipating something else. I expected the next time the vulture to show up that Brennan was going to have something planned especially for the vulture, but I assumed the party would (in spite of Brennan) completely ignore the vulture like "No, it's just a vulture dude. You remember what happened last time?" as Brennan desperately throws subtle hints to get them to come back and toy with it.

[@Lady_Sleepless]

The build up to the Vulture Dimension is hilariou!

[@Snoozems]

I can't wait to experience The Vulture Dimension.

[@mr.minewarp1678]

The DM magic of Brennan just making the vulture fly away is brilliant.

[@July-gj1st]

Brennan pulling his Asmodeus voice for the vulture in awesome.

[@KumkumBeats]

09:16 was on the fucking beat and I fucking love it

[@silverrayn4950]

The Vulture is Dimension 20's version of Critical Role's Chair from campaign 2 lol Pointed out, attached to by players despite not having any relevance, until it comes back in a later campaign

[@nukeofficial1103]

Fig is absolutely gonna be tempted to try to become a Druid as well now

[@maboi0007]

I'm gonna call this effect of having a asthetic decor object get all the attention of the players as the Vulture effect from now-on

[@SidraMahmoud-bl9hx]

i love the pure “hey girlie” energy dissipation as he says that and the fact that it wasn’t used as much at ALL for the next couple episodes. brennan broke the hey girlie

[@kjest_3353]

The progression of Ally in this highlight video is equally interesting

[@joshchilds228]

Lou’s laugh when the vulture flies away fills me with joy

[@tafa_matai3184]

I need the vulture dimension music like I have never needed a piece of media before.

[@Epinardscaramel]

I'd missed that the rest of the cast went 👍 “yeah, it's time” 😊

[@Gegi1992]

Everyone: Oh man can you believe he had been planning this FOR FIVE YEARS?! Meanwhile Brennan probably just got fed up wiht people constantly coming up with this stupid vulture and last week decided to finally give it a purpose, haha.

[@kristengeorge8418]

9:18 the FEAR and CONFUSION on Ally's face has me WHEEZING

[@annakremras]

cant believe the finale is here already

[@robertzarfas9556]

Onetime I was floating down a creek on an inner tube, I was a few hundred feet ahead of my friends and I came around a corner to find an enormous dead oak tree with like 40 vultures perched on the branches and another 20 circling above. In that moment, curses were real, and I was 100% going to die. It was legitimately one of the scariest moments of my life 😂.

[@magickmynd1296]

I can't help but imagine that he spent SOOOOO much time figuring out ways to punish the heroes for their vulture fixation lol

[@aerynlee]

Wasn't there also a vulture in boys' night during the crazy escape from Chungledown Bim?? I think that was one of my favorite random vulture inserts

[@ArxGaming67]

We finally got access to the Secret Vulture Level

[@danielallen3454]

I expect a better payoff to this plot than Dune 2. Don't disappoint me, Brennan!

[@mysterious_drake]

The vulture arc, if you will, up to this point has been phenomenal! Thank you so much for stitching together all of these clips to give us even more back story from off-set

[@estebanaguirre965]

Lou is literally going through all stages of grief at the same time

[@Nobody00197]

That ending though where Ally is making her speech...that slow music right into the most metal intro is absolutely...*chef's kiss

[@msteerie]

Everytime I hear "You have trifled with me for the last time" I always think he's going to add "Beardsley!" at the end. Like it'd make no sense, but it always feels like its on the tip of his lips.

[@marissamason596]

Thank you for this. Im so excited for this next episode

[@lobsterbisque333]

I would have loved it if Brennan said the same thing of it just flying away

[@sean475]

never seen this series in my life and i still got hyped at the end. great editing

[@looseleaf7367]

I CANNOT impress how desperately I need to know how to get this song so I can set it as my alarm and wake up in the vulture dimension every day.