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&quot;It was a terrible song of Trogdor.&quot;
 
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''"It was a terrible song of Trogdor."''


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A [[Powered by The Cheat]] video for a song from a '70s commercial for a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game|board game]].
A [[Powered by The Cheat]] video for a song from a '70s commercial for a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game|board game]].


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'''Page Title:''' Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men
'''Page Title:''' Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men


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* [#Transcript 1 Transcript]
* [#Fun_Facts 2 Fun Facts]
** [#Trivia 2.1 Trivia]
** [#Remarks 2.2 Remarks]
** [#Inside_References 2.3 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 2.4 Real-World References]
* [#YouTube_Version 3 YouTube Version]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]


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''{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads "WHEN THE Seventies", with "Seventies" written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}''
 
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''{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads &quot;WHEN THE Seventies&quot;, with &quot;Seventies&quot; written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}''


'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies, there was—
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies, there was—


''{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads &quot;TRAGDAR&quot;. Trogdor is smiling and making the &quot;OK&quot; sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads &quot;CONTAINS: CONTENTS&quot;.}''
''{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads "TRAGDAR". Trogdor is smiling and making the "OK" sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads "CONTAINS: CONTENTS".}''


'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —a commercial for a board game.
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —a commercial for a board game.
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' It was a terrible song—
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' It was a terrible song—


''{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for &quot;Terrible SONGS RECORDS&quot;. At the bottom, it reads &quot;-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-&quot;, and below it, &quot;THE POW-UH SURGE&quot;. The side reads &quot;SIDE A&quot;.}''
''{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for "Terrible SONGS RECORDS". At the bottom, it reads "-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-", and below it, "THE POW-UH SURGE". The side reads "SIDE A".}''


'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —of Trogdor. They made seven inches—
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' —of Trogdor. They made seven inches—
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' So The Cheat made a video. ''{turns toward the camera and stops bouncing}'' Does this ''{snickering}'' sound like Strong Bad at all?
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' So The Cheat made a video. ''{turns toward the camera and stops bouncing}'' Does this ''{snickering}'' sound like Strong Bad at all?


''{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads &quot;The Pow-uh Surge&quot; against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}''
''{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads "The Pow-uh Surge" against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}''
 
<blockquote>
>The Pow-uh Surge<br />
>"Trogdor was a man"<br />
>Terrible Songs Records<br />
>Dir:The Cheat
</blockquote>


<blockquote>The Pow-uh Surge<br />
&quot;Trogdor was a man&quot;<br />
Terrible Songs Records<br />
Dir:The Cheat</blockquote>
''{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}''
''{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}''


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And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!


Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S)<br />
Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S) <br />
Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (S, more different S)
Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (S, more different S)


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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}''
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}''


'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the &quot;a&quot; in &quot;thousand&quot;}''
'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}''


'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}''
'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats?
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats?


''{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters &quot;end&quot;.}''
''{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters "end".}''
 
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&quot;Well, this is a new computer.&quot;


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''"Well, this is a new computer."''


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* The [[Monosodium Dreams]] has been replaced by a [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|newer computer]] parodying the newer Intel-based [[iMac|iMacs]].
* The [[Monosodium Dreams]] has been replaced by a [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|newer computer]] parodying the newer Intel-based [[iMac|iMacs]].
* This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap.
* This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap.
* There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for &quot;record store&quot; as of the release of the short.
* There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for "record store" as of the release of the short.
* This is the first time that Trogdor has been seen [[Flying|flying]].
* This is the first time that Trogdor has been seen [[Flying|flying]].
* &quot;When the Seventies&quot; is an example of [[Deliberately Poor English|deliberately poor English]].
* "When the Seventies" is an example of [[Deliberately Poor English|deliberately poor English]].


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=== Remarks ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Remarks</span> ===


* Prior to the retirement of [[Flash]], this toon was not shown on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]. The Flash version was only linked to from the [[Main Page Messages|Main Page messages]] at the time of its release, and later became a [[Secret Pages|secret page]].
* Prior to the retirement of [[Flash]], this toon was not shown on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]. The Flash version was only linked to from the [[Main Page Messages|Main Page messages]] at the time of its release, and later became a [[Secret Pages|secret page]].
* Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end.
* Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end.
* &quot;Dragon man&quot; Trogdor lacks his usual wings.
* "Dragon man" Trogdor lacks his usual wings.


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=== Inside References ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Inside References</span> ===


* This song is meant to be a '70s disco version of the [[TROGDOR (song)|Trogdor]] song, which originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]].
* This song is meant to be a '70s disco version of the [[TROGDOR (song)|Trogdor]] song, which originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]].
** &quot;S, more different S&quot; and &quot;[[Consummate V's|consummate V's]]&quot; are referenced, both of which are drawing techniques used by Strong Bad in [[dragon]].
** "S, more different S" and "[[Consummate V's|consummate V's]]" are referenced, both of which are drawing techniques used by Strong Bad in [[dragon]].
** &quot;Get consummate&quot; is part of a line from Strong Bad's [[rock opera]].
** "Get consummate" is part of a line from Strong Bad's [[rock opera]].
* This toon prominently features [[Sports|basketball]] and [[Buttdance|butt-dancing]].
* This toon prominently features [[Sports|basketball]] and [[Buttdance|butt-dancing]].
* The [[Board Games|board game]] mentioned is [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
* The [[Board Games|board game]] mentioned is [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
** The &quot;Tragdar&quot; on the box is a reference to [[Videlectrix One]]'s pronunciation in the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)|Trogdor!! The Board Game promotional video]].
** The "Tragdar" on the box is a reference to [[Videlectrix One]]'s pronunciation in the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)|Trogdor!! The Board Game promotional video]].
** The song's background rhythm was heard in the promotional video, and later in a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet.
** The song's background rhythm was heard in the promotional video, and later in a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet.
* The game box has the [[Nondescript Nouns|nondescript label]] &quot;Contains: Contents&quot;.
* The game box has the [[Nondescript Nouns|nondescript label]] "Contains: Contents".
* &quot;[[The Pow-uh Surge]]&quot; was previously discussed in the DVD commentary for [[road trip]] as being the musicians behind the Dancing Brothers' song, as well as &quot;Jammin' Tunes&quot;.
* "[[The Pow-uh Surge]]" was previously discussed in the DVD commentary for [[road trip]] as being the musicians behind the Dancing Brothers' song, as well as "Jammin' Tunes".
* The Dancing Brothers previously appeared in [[A Folky Tale]].
* The Dancing Brothers previously appeared in [[A Folky Tale]].
* Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says &quot;My [[Boats|boat]] take&quot; and is subsequently interrupted. The same occurs twice with Strong Bad in [[environment]].
* Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "My [[Boats|boat]] take" and is subsequently interrupted. The same occurs twice with Strong Bad in [[environment]].
* Strong Sad says &quot;2000&quot; the [[-ant pronounced with a hard A|same way]] he said it in [[suntan]].
* Strong Sad says "2000" the [[-ant pronounced with a hard A|same way]] he said it in [[suntan]].


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=== Real-World References ===
=== <span class="mw-headline">Real-World References</span> ===


* The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a children's show that aired on [[PBS]] in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
* The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of ''[[The Electric Company]]'', a children's show that aired on [[PBS]] in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
* The [[RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]] was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland.
* The [[RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]] was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland.
* The [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|Mauretania]] was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson &amp; Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906.
* The [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|Mauretania]] was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906.
* The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as Meco's [[Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band|rendition]] of the Star Wars title theme.
* The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as Meco's [[Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band|rendition]] of the Star Wars title theme.


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== YouTube Version ==
== <span class="mw-headline">YouTube Version</span> ==


* The toon is titled &quot;Trogdor Was Dragon Man&quot;.
* The toon is titled "Trogdor Was Dragon Man".
* The description for this video is &quot;A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game.&quot;
* The description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."


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== See Also ==
== <span class="mw-headline">See Also</span> ==


* The [[Trogdor Was A Man Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video.
* The [[Trogdor Was A Man Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video.


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== External Links ==
== <span class="mw-headline"> External Links </span> ==


* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/trogdor-was-a-man watch "Trogdor Was A Man"]
* [https://homestarrunner.com/toons/trogdor-was-a-man watch "Trogdor Was A Man"]
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* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=37820 forum thread re: "Trogdor Was A Man"]
* [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=37820 forum thread re: "Trogdor Was A Man"]


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| [[Trogdor Live Playtest @ GenCon]] · [[SBCG4AP Playthrough]] · [[Final Hours Playthrough]] · [[Trogdor Playthrough with Strong Bad & friends!]] · [[Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!]]
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| style="text-align:center;background-color:#BFFFBF" | '''[[Songs|Music]]'''
| '''Trogdor Was A Man''' · [[Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP]] · [[Quickstart Overview (video)|Quickstart Overview]] · [[The Actions You Can Do (video)|The Actions You Can Do]] · [[Trogdor's Fiery Rage (video)|Trogdor's Fiery Rage]]
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"It was a terrible song of Trogdor."

A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a '70s commercial for a board game.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Trogdor, Peasants, The Red and Blue Knights, Strong Sad, The Cheat, The Dancing Brothers

Places: The Cheat's Computer Room, Peasantry

Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018

Running Time: 2:17

Page Title: Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men

Transcript

{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads "WHEN THE Seventies", with "Seventies" written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: When the seventies, there was—

{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads "TRAGDAR". Trogdor is smiling and making the "OK" sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads "CONTAINS: CONTENTS".}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: —a commercial for a board game.

{The board game box shakes and bursts open, with Trogdor, the Red and Blue Knights, two peasants, five tiles, a cottage base, and a burninated cottage roof flying out. The cottage roof stays in place for a moment, then moves with the rest a few seconds later.}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: It was a terrible song—

{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for "Terrible SONGS RECORDS". At the bottom, it reads "-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-", and below it, "THE POW-UH SURGE". The side reads "SIDE A".}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: —of Trogdor. They made seven inches—

{Zoom out into Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad holding the record, against a blurry photographic house background. He closes his eyes and shakes his head, throwing the record over his shoulder.}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: —but even Strong Sad thought it was not ver—

{Cut to Strong Bad's head bouncing exaggeratedly on The Cheat's computer against a rainbow background. The Cheat is silhouetted in front of the computer, and the desk is brown instead of blue. The record flies into a CD slot on the side of the computer.}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD: So The Cheat made a video. {turns toward the camera and stops bouncing} Does this {snickering} sound like Strong Bad at all?

{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads "The Pow-uh Surge" against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}

>The Pow-uh Surge
>"Trogdor was a man"
>Terrible Songs Records
>Dir:The Cheat

{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}

SINGERS: Trogdor was a man.
Trogdor was a dragon man.

Trogdor was a man.
Trogdor was a dragon man.

And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!

Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S)
Trogdor was a dragon man. (S, more different S)

(S, more different S)
(Whispering things in the '70s)

And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!

Trogdor was a man. (Get consummate, get consummate)
Trogdor was a dragon man. (Get consummate, get consummate)

Get consummate, get consummate
Consummate V's

Maybe he was just a dragon.
Maybe he was just a dragon.
Maybe he was just a dragon.
Well, he was still Trogdor.

And the Trogdor comes in the NIGHT!

{Cut to The Cheat and Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer desk}

STRONG SAD: {turns toward The Cheat} I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present.

THE CHEAT: {turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}

STRONG SAD: Well, for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. {emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}

THE CHEAT: {lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}

STRONG SAD: And what was going on with your depiction of me?

{The Cheat clicks and brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad}

STRONG SAD: I have that creepy bony spine...

{The Cheat clicks every time before Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad speaks}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: The Lusitania is my favorite boat.

STRONG SAD: No way! Everybody knows I'm a Mauretania man.

THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}

{Zoom in to the screen}

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: My boat is not your boat!

STRONG SAD: Ugh, stop that!

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: This is gonna all be about boats now. {smiles with his tongue sticking out}

{Cut back to The Cheat and Strong Sad}

STRONG SAD: Oh, that's a terrible idea!

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: My boat take—

STRONG SAD: {interrupts} That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! {walks away} Got me all self-conscious!

POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD: Don't you like boats?

{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters "end".}

Fun Facts

Trivia

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"Well, this is a new computer."

  • The Monosodium Dreams has been replaced by a newer computer parodying the newer Intel-based iMacs.
  • This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since Fish Eye Lens in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap.
  • There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for "record store" as of the release of the short.
  • This is the first time that Trogdor has been seen flying.
  • "When the Seventies" is an example of deliberately poor English.

Remarks

  • Prior to the retirement of Flash, this toon was not shown on the TV Time Toons Menu. The Flash version was only linked to from the Main Page messages at the time of its release, and later became a secret page.
  • Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end.
  • "Dragon man" Trogdor lacks his usual wings.

Inside References

Real-World References

  • The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of The Electric Company, a children's show that aired on PBS in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
  • The Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland.
  • The Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of September 20, 1906.
  • The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as Meco's rendition of the Star Wars title theme.

YouTube Version

  • The toon is titled "Trogdor Was Dragon Man".
  • The description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."

See Also

  • The visuals that occur during the music video.
Trogdor The Board Game Videos
Videos Trogdor!! The Board Game · Meeple Grove · Wyrmwood Video · Stack 'Em to the Heavens! · Trogdor!! The Board Game Playthrough
' Trogdor Live Playtest @ GenCon · SBCG4AP Playthrough · Final Hours Playthrough · Trogdor Playthrough with Strong Bad & friends! · Trogdor! LIVE with the Brothers Chaps!
Six-Sadded, Die Six-Sadded, Die · Don't Make Daddy P.O.'d · Peasant Burnination · Trogdor's Fiery Rage · The Void Tower · Trogdor!! The Board Game Unboxing
Music Trogdor Was A Man · Trogdor!! The Board Game Rulebook EP · Quickstart Overview · The Actions You Can Do · Trogdor's Fiery Rage


Trogdor
Toons dragon · Arcade Game · Snowglobe · Happy Trogday · Trogday 08 · Trogdor Was A Man
Games TROGDOR! · 8-Bit is Enough · Trogdor's 3D-Ungeon · Trogdor: Let's Burninate Phonics
Peasant's Quest Walkthrough · Items · Responses · Preview · Movie Trailer · Animatic · Outtakes · Your Hair is Messed Up · Here's How We Made It · Proposed Sequels
Trogdor!! The Board Game Items · Meeples · Website · Rulebook EP · · Six-Sadded, Die
Characters Rather Dashing · Peasants · Kerrek · Jhonka · Poor Gary · The Red and Blue Knights · Troghammer · The Keepers of Trogdor · Baby Lady & Her Baby
Mendelev and Dongolev · Naked Ned · Old Man · King of Peasantry · Ron Cumberdale · Pterodactyl · Munchox · Sluushfuund
Variations The S is for Sucks Dragon · Wormdingler · Trogador · Mecha-Trogador · ULTIMATE TROGDOR!!! · Frishy Freshy Dragonman
Places Peasantry · Trog-Cave · Scalding Lake · Thatched-Roof Cottages
Other Trogdor (song) · Trogdor (karaoke) · Trogdor Tablature · Trogdor Poster · TROGDOR! Arcade Machine · Consummate V's · Draw Trogdor Again
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