Dennis

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

Dennis is a frequently used name, notably appearing as a character in Thy Dungeonman.

In Thy Dungeonman

"You get back heeeeeere!"

"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 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 Dennis". Although he is boring to have a conversation with, Dennis is quite knowledgeable about what parapets are and will happily share this information if given a trinket.

Dennis' role is much diminished in the other Thy Dungeonman games. In Thy Dungeonman II, typing "dennis" will 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

Mr. Franz

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

Appearances

• Email video games
• Thy Dungeonman
• Thy Dungeonman II
• Glitched TV Time Toons Menu — A glitch, now fixed, showed an empty page titled "Dennis".
• 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 fake credits sequence lists Dennis as "Best Dennis".
• Trogdor!! The Board Game — One Item of Trogdor is "Ye Flask of Dennis".
• Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare — A fake autoplay thumbnail presents a "DENNIS%" longplay of Hallrunner.
• Disk 4 of 12 - Vampire's Castle —
  • The page title includes the tagline "Shadow of Dennis".
  • "Obvious exits" from the 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".
  • A later tweet establishes that the colognac is "by Dennis".