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			''Ye approacheth yon INTERSECTION. Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH , and DENNIS .''

			'''Dennis''' is a , notably appearing as a character in [[Thy Dungeonman]].

			== In Thy Dungeonman ==

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	''"You get back heeeeeere!"''		''"You get back heeeeeere!"''

	~~https://web~~.~~archive~~.~~org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www~~.~~hrwiki~~.~~org/w/images/thumb/~~a~~/ac/20050701_fanstuff_nj_sign~~.~~PNG/180px~~-~~20050701_fanstuff_nj_sign~~.~~PNG~~		"Dennis" first appeared in the version of Thy Dungeonman seen in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[video games]], nonsensically listed as an "exit" alongside the cardinal directions north and south. The full game revealed Dennis as a character that [[Thy Dungeonman (character)\|Thy Dungeonman]] can speak with, a man wearing a sporty frock coat and a long "jimberjam" (which he purchased on sale at a discount market) who enjoys pacing around nervously. The "obvious exit" from visiting him is to head in the direction of "[[Not X\|Not Dennis]]". Although he is boring to have a conversation with, Dennis is quite knowledgeable about what [[parapet\|parapets]] are and will happily share this information if given a trinket.

			Dennis' role is much diminished in the other [[Thy Dungeonman (series)\|''Thy Dungeonman'' games]]. In [[Thy Dungeonman II]], typing "dennis" will [[Thy Dungeonman II Messages\|tell the player]] that Thy Dungeonman "hasn't seen Dennis in a fortmoonnast." He is not referenced in [[Thy Dungeonman 3]].

			The email [[web comics]] features a brief clip of the cartoon show ''The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman'', where the characters all appear as barely-anthropomorphized words. "Dennis" is seen angrily chasing "[[Ye Flask]]".

			== Other Dennises ==

	~~''Ye approacheth yon INTERSECTION~~. ~~Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH, and DENNIS~~.''		https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/e/e2/Franzer.gif

	''~~'Dennis'~~'' is a name frequently used, especially in [[Thy Dungeonman]]. [[The Brothers Chaps]] also pay homage to the comic strip [[Dennis the Menace (US)\|Dennis The Menace]] in many [[Toons\|toons]], and reveal it in their commentaries. Dennis is sometimes used as one of the "obvious exits" in the Thy Dungeonman games, its opposite being "[[Not X\|Not]] Dennis". In Thy Dungeonman he wears a sporty frock coat and a long "jimberjam" (which he purchased on sale at a discount market), and he enjoys pacing around nervously. [[Thy Dungeonman (character)\|Thy Dungeonman]] thinks Dennis is boring to have a conversation with. To win the first Thy Dungeonman game you must give Dennis a trinket, after which he tells you what [[Parapet\|parapets]] are, allowing Thy Dungeonman to leave thy dungeon. In [[Thy Dungeonman 2]], Dennis has a significantly smaller role as an Easter egg. Typing "dennis" will give you the message "Ye hasn't seen Dennis in a fortnight. Maybe luck is on your side." Dennis was later seen in [[web comics]] in "The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman" as a cartoon form of the word "Dennis" chasing "[[Ye Flask]]" for unknown reasons. In [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]], there is an item called "Ye Flask of Dennis".		''Mr. Franz''

	~~Outside of~~ [[~~Thy Dungeonman~~]]~~, several other line drops in~~ the [[~~Homestar Runner~~ (~~body of work~~)\|~~Homestar Runner~~]] ~~body~~ of ~~work have surfaced from time to time~~, ~~but it isn't always clear whether or not the Dennis~~ mentioned ~~is referring to the same Dennis~~ in ~~Thy Dungeonman~~. ~~In the old~~ [[Strong Bad's ~~Message Bored\|~~Message Bored]], [[Matt Chapman]] used an avatar that cycled through [[Secret Pages\|several actors]] ~~named~~ Dennis. In [[~~8-Bit is Enough~~]]~~, clicking on the pennants in Extended Play will show~~ a ~~fake credits sequence that mentions Dennis~~ as "~~Best~~ Dennis".		* [[The Brothers Chaps]] pay homage to the comic strip ''[[Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)\|Dennis the Menace]]'' in several [[Toons\|toons]] through the use of [[Silhouettes\|silhouettes]], as mentioned in DVD commentaries.
			* On [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], [[Matt Chapman]] used an avatar that cycled through [[Secret Pages\|several actors named Dennis]] ([[Dennis Hopper\|Hopper]], [[Denis Leary\|Leary]], [[Dennis Quaid\|Quaid]], and [[Dennis Franz\|Franz]]) and another cycling through images of only Dennis Franz.
			* A [[Bubslegum Comics\|Bubslegum Comic]] features a shadowy figure wearing a trench coat identified as "Dennis", specified in a caption to be Dennis Franz.

	== Appearances ==		== Appearances ==
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	* [[Thy Dungeonman]]		* [[Thy Dungeonman]]
	* [[Thy Dungeonman II]]		* [[Thy Dungeonman II]]
	* [[TV Time Toons Menu\|Glitched TV Time Toons Menu]]		* [[TV Time Toons Menu\|Glitched TV Time Toons Menu]] — A glitch, now fixed, showed an empty page titled "Dennis".
	* [[Weekly Fanstuff 2005\|Weekly Fanstuff]]		* [[Weekly Fanstuff 2005\|Weekly Fanstuff]] — A fan-submitted photo of a road sign near [[New Jersey Route 347]] indicates the directions south, north, and Dennis in a manner reminiscent of ''Thy Dungeonman''.
	* [[Bubslegum Comics]]		* [[Bubslegum Comics]]
	* Email [[web comics]]		* Email [[web comics]]
	* [[8-Bit is Enough]]		* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — A [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)\|fake credits sequence]] lists Dennis as "[[Best boy\|Best]] Dennis".
	* [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]]		* [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] — One [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items\|Item of Trogdor]] is "[[Ye Flask]] of Dennis".
	* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]]		* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — A [[Fake YouTube End Screens\|fake autoplay thumbnail]] presents a "DENNIS%" [[Longplay (video games)\|longplay]] of [[Hallrunner]].
			* [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]] —
			** The [[Page Titles\|page title]] includes the tagline "Shadow of Dennis".
			** "Obvious exits" from the [[Wine\|wine]] tasting with [[Ratt]] are East, West, and Dennis.
			* [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] — A "Thy Dungeonmusk" colognac (emblazoned with a flask) has the "obvious smells" of "Seventies, Men's Room, and DENNIS".
			** [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023\|A later tweet establishes that]] the colognac is "by Dennis".

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	! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#0c0;" \| [[Thy Dungeonman]]		! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#0c0;" \| ''[[Thy Dungeonman (series)\|Thy Dungeonman]]''
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	\| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc" \| '''Games'''		\| style="text-align:center;background-color:#cfc" \| '''Games'''
	\| [[Thy Dungeonman\|Volume ~~One~~]], [[Thy Dungeonman II\|Volume II]] ([[Thy Dungeonman II Messages\|responses]]), [[Thy Dungeonman 3\|Volume 3]] ([[Thy Dungeonman 3 Commands\|commands]], [[Thy Dungeonman 3 Messages\|responses]], [[Thy Dungeonman 3 Walkthrough\|walkthrough]])		\| [[Thy Dungeonman\|Volume I]], [[Thy Dungeonman II\|Volume II]] ([[Thy Dungeonman II Messages\|responses]]), [[Thy Dungeonman 3\|Volume III]] ([[Thy Dungeonman 3 Commands\|commands]], [[Thy Dungeonman 3 Messages\|responses]], [[Thy Dungeonman 3 Walkthrough\|walkthrough]])
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			\| [[Thy Dungeonman (character)\|Thy Dungeonman]], '''Dennis''', [[Dongrel]], [[Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels]], [[Minor Thy Dungeonman Characters\|Minor Characters]]
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	\| [[~~Thy Dungeonman (character)~~]], [[~~Ye Flask~~]], [[~~Dongrel~~]], [[~~Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels~~]]~~, '''Dennis'''~~, [[~~Minor~~ Thy Dungeonman ~~Characters\|Minor Characters~~]], [[~~Thy Dungeonman Instruction Manual\|Instruction Manual~~]]		\| [[Ye Flask]], [[Thy Dungeonman Instruction Manual\|Instruction Manual]], [[video games]], [[E-mail Birds\|Text Quest]], [[web comics\|The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman]], [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]]
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'''Dennis''' is a [[Category:Name running gags|frequently used name]], notably appearing as a character in [[Thy Dungeonman]].

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"Dennis" first appeared in the version of Thy Dungeonman seen in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[video games]], nonsensically listed as an "exit" alongside the cardinal directions north and south. The full game revealed Dennis as a character that [[Thy Dungeonman (character)|Thy Dungeonman]] can speak with, a man wearing a sporty frock coat and a long "jimberjam" (which he purchased on sale at a discount market) who enjoys pacing around nervously. The "obvious exit" from visiting him is to head in the direction of "[[Not X|Not Dennis]]". Although he is boring to have a conversation with, Dennis is quite knowledgeable about what [[parapet|parapets]] are and will happily share this information if given a trinket.

Dennis' role is much diminished in the other [[Thy Dungeonman (series)|Thy Dungeonman games]]. In [[Thy Dungeonman II]], typing "dennis" will [[Thy Dungeonman II Messages|tell the player]] that Thy Dungeonman "hasn't seen Dennis in a fortmoonnast." He is not referenced in [[Thy Dungeonman 3]].

The email [[web comics]] features a brief clip of the cartoon show ''The Animated Adventures of Thy Dungeonman'', where the characters all appear as barely-anthropomorphized words. "Dennis" is seen angrily chasing "[[Ye Flask]]".

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* [[The Brothers Chaps]] pay homage to the comic strip ''[[Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)|Dennis the Menace]]'' in several [[Toons|toons]] through the use of [[Silhouettes|silhouettes]], as mentioned in DVD commentaries.
* On [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], [[Matt Chapman]] used an avatar that cycled through [[Secret Pages|several actors named Dennis]] ([[Dennis Hopper|Hopper]], [[Denis Leary|Leary]], [[Dennis Quaid|Quaid]], and [[Dennis Franz|Franz]]) and another cycling through images of only Dennis Franz.
* A [[Bubslegum Comics|Bubslegum Comic]] features a shadowy figure wearing a trench coat identified as "Dennis", specified in a caption to be Dennis Franz.

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* Email [[video games]]
* [[Thy Dungeonman]]
* [[Thy Dungeonman II]]
* [[TV Time Toons Menu|Glitched TV Time Toons Menu]] — A glitch, now fixed, showed [[File:TVGuideDennis.png|an empty page titled "Dennis"]].
* [[Weekly Fanstuff 2005|Weekly Fanstuff]] — A fan-submitted photo of a road sign near [[New Jersey Route 347]] indicates the directions south, north, and Dennis in a manner reminiscent of ''Thy Dungeonman''.
* [[Bubslegum Comics]]
* Email [[web comics]]
* [[8-Bit is Enough]] — A [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)|fake credits sequence]] lists Dennis as "[[Best boy|Best]] Dennis".
* [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]] — One [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Items|Item of Trogdor]] is "[[Ye Flask]] of Dennis".
* [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] — A [[Fake YouTube End Screens|fake autoplay thumbnail]] presents a "DENNIS%" [[Longplay (video games)|longplay]] of [[Hallrunner]].
* [[Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle]] —
** The [[Page Titles|page title]] includes the tagline "Shadow of Dennis".
** "Obvious exits" from the [[Wine|wine]] tasting with [[Ratt]] are East, West, and Dennis.
* [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] — A "Thy Dungeonmusk" colognac (emblazoned with a flask) has the "obvious smells" of "Seventies, Men's Room, and DENNIS".
** [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2023|A later tweet establishes that]] the colognac is "by Dennis".

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