Help my annoy my group with video game/anime references

[Da Beast]

I'd just like to start by saying that I don't think that Tome of Battle is "too anime." Personally, I find it incredibly annoying to hear people assert that the material has an inherent anime flavor from which it can not be divorced. That being said, I recognize the potential to use tome of battle to represent some of the more fantastic elements within anime. I also like to bug me friends just for the hell of it. With all that in mind, I'm looking for ways to fit anime, video game references into an unarmed swordsage build. Anything that gives me an excuse to jump up from the table and shout out an attack name at the top of my lungs is a plus. Here's what I have so far

Use Burning Blade and jump up from the table, shouting out "THIS HAND OF MINE IS BURNING RED!"
Burning Blade in conjunction with Sapphire Nightmare Blade: "FALCON PUUUNCH!"
Either Searing Charge or Tornado Throw would make for a nice super sonic
Rabid Wolf Strike for a nice Iron Reaver Soul Stealer
And I suppose that if I get to level 20 I could declare a limit break whenever I use dual boost.

And I'm pretty much out of ideas. So, I'm looking to give my unarmed swordsage as many anime/videogame references as possible. I'm playing up the anime flavor purely for laughs and to make my friends' blood boil. So please, no arguments about Tome of Battle.

[Kizara]

Just use ToB and shout out the names of maneuvers in the book. You don't really need to be too creative here.

Let's take your current example:

Burning Blade in conjunction with Sapphire Nightmare Blade: "FALCON PUUUNCH!"

Just shout: "Burning Blade, SAPPHIRE NIGHTMARE BLADE!!!". I know I would be really annoyed by this after the first time.

The first time I'd laugh my arse off at you for about 2 minutes.

Twice.

[Fri]

Ah, I was just going to say that. Yeah, just say out loud everytime you use your feats or things.

But if you want specific anime/video game reference.... well, what anime/video game that your friend watched/played? It won't be funny/annoying if they haven't watched it.

[Cuddly]

Yeah, just shout the names of the moves when you do them.
"Wolf! Climbs! MOUNTAIN!"

"Your Tiger Claw is weak! It is no match for my Stone Dragon!" Make sure after you say these in an overdramatic way, standing up and shouting, you keep moving your mouth. Like a badly dubbed kung fu film.

[neochaos]

Omni Slash->Time Stand Still

...kinda like this?

I like calling Feral Death Blow as "Heaven's Wolf Slashing Fang" which is reference of anime "Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin", skill that dogs(...) use to cut dear's head off(...)

[streakster]

Hand of Death is now Mind Crush. (Wait, no! Pull out a notebook, a bag of chips, aaaand "And then I'll take a potato chip - AND EAT IT!")

That exorcism one is now "Umo gwai gwy fy dees owl".

"LOVE and PEACE!" can work for quite a few White Raven maneuvers.

Every time you dual boost, its not a limit break. It's Bankai!

THe Dragon Slave speech now prefaces use of that one Desert Wind Maneuver - Wyrm's Flame? Each and every time.

Hmmm...what maneuver suits "Light come forth!"?

[Sstoopidtallkid]

Hmmm...what maneuver suits "Light come forth!"?

Desert Wind. Any of them. At all. Pick one, IT WILL WORK.

[neochaos]

I always thought that Black Blade of Disaster is Ragna Blade and Sphere of Ultimate Desturction is Giga Slave (although it's much smaller scale. Will Sphere of Annihilation suit better?)

[neochaos]

Then which maneuver will "Hikari ni Nare" ("Become the Light") fit? (GaoGaiGar reference. when main mecha, GaoGaiGar smashes the Hammer into the enemy, it disintegrates enemy into photon particles)

[streakster]

Oh, this will fit anything:

"My voice knows kung fu!"

[Da Beast]

What is the dragon slave speech?

And it probably doesn't matter if the rest of my group is familiar with the reference or not. My DM hates anime and just the knowledge that I built a character around it will drive him nuts (assuming he doesn't kill me off outright withing the first five minutes).

[streakster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIS2b7EOpB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6ZZ...eature=related

There you go! The first is japanese, the second dubbed to English.

Wait. He hates anime? Has he never seen Slayers? It's the quintessential DnD party - the caster who vastly outperforms the rest of the group, the guy who chose a fighter and isn't really following the plot, the serious roleplaying cleric who gives speeches about justice, and the one guy who read the rules and took notes on the plot.

[Paragon Badger]

That exorcism one is now "Umo gwai gwy fy dees owl".

I miss that show.

Make some DBZ references. That's gauranteed to annoy everyone who doesn't make DBZ references.

[Kizara]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIS2b7EOpB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6ZZ...eature=related

There you go! The first is japanese, the second dubbed to English.

Wait. He hates anime? Has he never seen Slayers? It's the quintessential DnD party - the caster who vastly outperforms the rest of the group, the guy who chose a fighter and isn't really following the plot, the serious roleplaying cleric who gives speeches about justice, and the one guy who read the rules and took notes on the plot.

Without buying a DVD set, do you know of a way I could see said series? Sounds interesting, and I always liked playing Lina. :)
(not as much as Lesh mind you, but still, good character)

[Behold_the_Void]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIS2b7EOpB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6ZZ...eature=related

There you go! The first is japanese, the second dubbed to English.

Wait. He hates anime? Has he never seen Slayers? It's the quintessential DnD party - the caster who vastly outperforms the rest of the group, the guy who chose a fighter and isn't really following the plot, the serious roleplaying cleric who gives speeches about justice, and the one guy who read the rules and took notes on the plot.

Zelgadis is more the one that the DM failed to inform that it was going to be a humor campaign.

After a successful attack: There is nothing my blade cannot cut!

[Weiser_Cain]

Name all your attacks.
When you're about to pull a 'everything you know is wrong' trick yell bankai! then reequip the villain and drop a template in it.

[Da Beast]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIS2b7EOpB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6ZZ...eature=related

There you go! The first is japanese, the second dubbed to English.

Wait. He hates anime? Has he never seen Slayers? It's the quintessential DnD party - the caster who vastly outperforms the rest of the group, the guy who chose a fighter and isn't really following the plot, the serious roleplaying cleric who gives speeches about justice, and the one guy who read the rules and took notes on the plot.

I don't think there's a maneuver explosive enough to represent that attack.

[Sstoopidtallkid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIS2b7EOpB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6ZZ...eature=related

There you go! The first is japanese, the second dubbed to English.

So that's what happens when you use Iron Heart Surge to end a Dragon. Interesting. I'll have to remember that.

[poignant123]

I recommend using entire turns to give Guren Lagann speeches but improvise them with more cheesy goodness... You might also want to bring something to play loud anime theme music behind you on your turn.

[Kurald Galain]

It's over nine thousaaaaand!!!!

[senrath]

Oh, this will fit anything:

"My voice knows kung fu!"

Don't forget "My voice gives me super strength!"

[Reinboom]

I'm confused as to why you would marry ToB even more to eastern references if your intent, hidden under the "to annoy" intent, is to drive that ToB is not married to its fluff.
Unless, of course, your next character under the DM is a core class where you emphasize the stereotypical anime stylization.

[_Zoot_]

Ooh what about;

"OMG a Giant rock"

[Attilargh]

After a successful attack: There is nothing my blade cannot cut!

And if you want to be truly awesome, yell "I am [character name here], the sword that cleaves evil!" before a charging attack, followed by the above.

Oh, and don't forget the Gespenst Kiiick!

[Azerian Kelimon]

So that's what happens when you use Iron Heart Surge to end a Dragon. Interesting. I'll have to remember that.

O RLY? I think Inferno Blast, the level 9 desert wind maneuver, is TAILORMADE for that. And it's also good for Vegeta's sacrificial attack.

[Drascin]

I recommend using entire turns to give Guren Lagann speeches but improvise them with more cheesy goodness... You might also want to bring something to play loud anime theme music behind you on your turn.

Ah, yes, Gurren would be a nice starter point too... I did a Giga Drill Breaker myself in a little mini-module a month ago (flying ubercharger + valorous lance = exploding Great Wyrm). No one else got it at that moment, but I was laughing my ass off. And when you get some magic glasses, make sure you ask your local artificer to make them orange, pointy, and awesome. And get a cape.

Also, couple obvious equivalences: Searing Charge = Falcon Kick. It should even be in the text of the thing. And, if you happen to reach high levels, Five Shadow Creeping Enervation Strike = that 64-hit combo Neji from Naruto has, and whose Japanese name I can't be bothered to remember .

[AlterForm]

Make a table so you can randomly generate names for your maneuvers. Like so:

{table="Repulse the Monkey!"]Part 1|Part 2|Part 3
repulse|golden|hamster
hammer|wise|monkey
fiery|stance|earth
[/table]

Then roll randomly to determine which words to use (add articles and minor changes as needed). Roll every time you perform a maneuver or change stances. Every. Single. Time.

Just make sure your list is long enough.

[Collyer-san]

http://www.seventhsanctum.com/genera...ame=animepower

This generator Allows you to create an Attack name of Some Considerable Size, based on 3 different Catagories.

You can generate Upto One Hundred names at once... :D

Using Brutal/Destructive, Cutting/Slicing, and Killing, I got:
Bolt Crazed Omni Slice

[Tengu]

Remember to shout the names of your attacks in bad Engrish.
"Saffir Nightmaru Breidoooo!!"

Zelgadis is more the one that the DM failed to inform that it was going to be a humor campaign.

He's also the guy who plays a weird half-this and half-that race combo.

[PlatinumJester]

A super Mario style dungeon where every 40ft people have to make another jump check or die. Then at the end you fight a bitch harsh boss before being told "Your X is in another dungeon".


On boss battles, when the boss dies, shout "round 2, fight" and make the PC's fight him again.


The boss can only be killed by a specific item, that is conveniently found in his dungeon.

Annoying talking fairies called Vani that shout "Hello?" or "Listen".

Have a Tenkai'ichi Budokai.

Huge, Gundam Style Warforged.

An NPC called Sakura.

A random dirty ol' man.

Emo kid NPC who is naturally good at everything and is popular with the girls but feels that life sucks anyway.

Trading cards for everything - "Congratulations you found a 4gp shiny card and the CMW potion card".

Really andom loot system - The dead duck has 12 feathers, a pancakes worth of duckmeat, 12cp, a rusty spork and a +1 shortsword.

At the beginning of each session have a stereo play a random Japanese Theme Tune.

Have a voluntary I Wanna Be The GUy stage, where you can die by just touching a door.