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I think the reactions they have to each of these events demonstrate without any question (not that I have any doubts, but some people still bring it up at times I think) that the shows have not been pre-scripted or anything of the sort. That it really is for all intents and purposes improv on the spot gaming - as it should be :-) Excellent countdown! I still remember watching the cupcake one as it happened - soooo cool. hehe
Spoilers for ExU Calamity: “To extend a hand down to someone, they must be beneath you! And I am beneath no one!!” And he pulls your scalp and rips the flesh off your face. ~ I died
That whole exchange was terrifyingly beautiful. The absolute power Brennan displays through that character and the absolute futility shown on the faces of the players portraying characters who were previously haughty was marvelous indeed. ✊
I put that next to cupcake in terms of the accomplishment. Both times she got one over on Matt. Delilah (and Matt) were ready for an attack, and she still got the jump on her (and him).
The Counterspell moment hits incredibly hard when you take into account the love that Sam and Liam have for each other. To Sam, he wasn't just trying to save Vax, he was trying to save his best friend. One of the most powerful moments in the campaign that I would hope to see translated in LoVM.
I so wanted to hug Sam. The pain in his actions. That's the moment I fell for Sam. I love the entire cast, but that moment of sheer open and raw emotion moved me like no other.
100% Matt Coleville (sp?) does a video about that moment and surrounding it that cuts the core talking about what you're saying here as well - that was enough to make me tear up all over again.
@@zorkwhouse8125 sadly it looks like he's blocked that video. I can't find it in his list, and when I try to go to the link, it says he hasn't shared it. Which is really too bad because it's a really beautiful video.
My favorite thing I've seen said about that moment was from, i think, a comment on the original e114 vod: "6 people walked into that fight willing to fight a god, 1 walked in willing to fight 2."
(Campaign 2 Spoiler) One of my favorite moments is when Caleb gives the Bright Queen the Luxon Beacon. When I was first trying to get into CR I bounced around C2 and came upon that episode and when it ended with that 😘🤌 I knew CR was actually something really special and I've been a huge fan since.
That moment really shifted the entire campaign, I knew that it was basically impossible they wouldn't become aware of the beacons presence in the room so it was just a matter of if they get into a fight and lose the beacon or they somehow escape and are just on the run in unfamiliar and hostile lands indefinitely. I was definitely glad for Caleb/Liams decision in that moment. I was seriously just slack jawed the entire time
I love how Marisha starts with "MY Mom" as she is so her characters it didn't even occur to her to say that in 3rd person. In that moment she had found "her" mom
Travis is such a hype man, i love his support and reactions to everyone's things. Between him and Aabria in Calamity, i was killing myself at reactions alone
That counterspell moment is going TO BREAK EVERYONE in Legend of Vox Machina. Cause the new fans aren't gonna know it's coming, and the old fans will be waiting for it to come.
I think it will be tricky as the full impact of that scene kinda requires meta knowledge of how DnD works in regards to spell slots that they haven't established in LoVM.
@@majorzipf8947 I don't see how they can, it transcends the game. I wouldn't even try. I mean Scanlon should definitely counterspell. Unless they come up with some way to make Scanlon have to choose between one spell or the other (wish or counterspell) I can't see it working effectively in LOVM and thats fine. Not every moment can be translated and some moments will have more impact when translated.
My theory is that Scanlan will get an item that grants wishes, and then he'll only have 1 wish for the fight and they set it up real good that he's planning to use it on Vax, and then in the fight when everyone's at their lowpoint (including Vecna), they see him begin to teleport and Scanlan has to use it, maybe even including the "Is it worth it?" line to Vax right before he uses it.
@@majorzipf8947 This is how I think it COULD be done. Ioun gift Scanlan the Wish spell that can be cast only once. Then let Scanlan confide with Pike that he is saving it for Vax. He says something like "I wish you will stay and meet your end" with teary eyes. Easy to communicate that he only had one shot
I'm surprised "Whoever it was, just put it back" and "I am of the Empire, but I am no friend to the Empire" are not on this list. Unless I missed something. As magnificent and deserving of the top spot Jester's cupcake is, I couldn't put it on a list without mentioning those other two moments. Campaign 2 was so beautiful.
It was e0ic, but Grogs nat 20 and the following kill of Kevdak had more impact because it came at a time when it was high stakes, life or death, campaign lives or campaign is over.
@@I_Of_Providence I agree, they would be on a list for like, the most important nat 20s or the most epic moments in combat. Or the best kills. This list featured more story-based moments. Travis had some great moments with all of his characters. He rolled some clutch high rolls or crits to save campaigns. Its so crazy, I don't blame people who think CR is scripted.
@@I_Of_Providence to roll two nat 20s in a row is unreal, it's a 1 in 400 chance. So it's pretty epic for the players and makes the moment even more memorable. It happening at a live show in front of hundreds of people is even more crazy.
Personally,. I disagree. I think C2 was setup to create and enhance these character moments. As shown by the fact that theres a dozen more C2 moments that could absolutely make this list. I mean, how on earth did the life and death of spurt not make this list, or the bright queen, or avantikas judgement, fluffernutter, or fjords sword. C2 was built to create those moments
@@JKSSubstandard of course you could be right but in my opinion C1 has equally iconic moments in number and impact. From the beginning these nerdy ass voice actors knew how to tell stories, say yes to each other, and immerse themselves in Matt’s world.
Fix him should have been on there. And Kerrek’s letter is one of my favorites of all time because of how much both Kiki and Marisha needed it at the time. Not to mention Patrick’s incredible writing. Breaking can be making. In that context it was so powerful.
@@jasonmkc7797couldn’t agree more. C1 made me weep and roll with laughter and scream with frustration. C2 was good but IMO, C1 shook me in a way C2 never did.
i feel like an underrated moment is when Grog and Tary kill two guards in Vasselheim. I was listening to the podcast for that episode at work and had to go into the cooler to laugh it out, seriously the funniest CR has ever been!
If you haven't actually seen that scene, look it up: the reactions of the rest of the group while everything just came apart and Grog goes with "ok, everybody dies", it's just priceless.
Cupcake scene, I think, is easily my favourite bc no matter how many times I watch it, I still feel the tension and anxiety. And well, all of Calamity is amazing, but especially Sam's speech, or when Cerrit saw the two eyes of an invisible person.
Campaign 2 is littered with so many wonderful moments, from the gentle kiss Molly gives to Caleb in the manticore cave, most of the M9 seeing the ocean for the first time, Essek coming to the Xhorhause for dinner, jester telling Caleb that his actions don’t define him and he’s a good person all the way to caduceus divine interventioning the wild mother to bring Kingsley to life. I was in a dark place when I started C2, I was lonely, I felt left out of society and the world. Then I came across this beautiful band of lovely messes and like many throughout their journey they showed me that is love that makes people that no matter what life is worth living just to make the world a better place than you found it. Happy 8 years of CR everyone, I love you all and I hope there’s just as many more to come!
I was watching random movies today and came across the Avengers first film and just realized that Ashley Johnson is the waitress in the end of the movie. How the hell did I never notice this before.
Besides the ones I voted for, "You need me more than I need you.", Veth to Essek, "Welcome to the Mighty Nein", "I have passed through fire", "Would you recommend it? Ehh....", Veth's story of drowning
7:11 even after all these years…. This still breaks me. The look between Liam and Sam… there’s so much said with so little words. I would have put this at number 2. The cupcake definitely deserves number 1. She literally won D&D that night. Gah. All of these were so good. What a fun trip down memory lane. Thank you Luna and all the Critters who made this list happen. It’s a lovely little gift.
The Cupcake moment was the most legendary CR moment of all time for so many reasons, more than I care to list here, but I like some of the subtle things you might miss, like the moment where Sam sitting next to her sees her pull up Modify Memory, which leads to him telling the others to back off when they start to get worried in-character. And then Liam nodding before she names the spell, as he was probably the only one (not counting Sam of course) who figured out what she was planning. Not even Matt or Tallesin, who are SO good about these things, knew what was coming. Laura Bailey won D&D. Fun video! I'm surprised at a handful of legendary moments that *didn't* make this list, like Scanlan's Banishment counter, Fjord throwing the sword, Grog's double crits on the godling, Nott's backstory, Chutney's betrayal... or really anything from EXU Calamity, if we're being honest, lol. But that's what future videos are for!
LOVE POTION! Also all the pike and grog moments - her teaching him how to read and them drinking when Pike uses the earring to talk to Scanlan even though he can't hear her. The whole first half of Jugs and Rods is so f*!king funny (I'm a campaign 1 critter)
I'm about halfway to taking offense over Pike's earring scene not being on this list. You can see the entire cast's reaction of "How dare you make me feel these emotions!"
Im shocked the final wish isnt top 2 with the cupcake. My friend tried for years to get me to watch but the show seemed boring to me, it was that wish moment that brought me to tears without context
One of my favorite moments is from 2x75, where Taliesin is consoling Travis, and gives a speech right up there with his smackdown on Trent. It’s given me hope on numerous occasions. “Eventually, some day, somebody will pray for a miracle, pray for something to save them, to whatever gods are nearby, and that prayer will be answered because you’ll show up. That’s how it works. That’s what a champion is.”
For me one of the best moments was from C2 when Nott kills the baby manticore. That threw the whole episode and campaign on another level. A second point would be Notts revelation of how she became a little goblin girl. And the revel that the Meatman of Marquette was Scalion
As someone who started watching this around episode 20 of Campaign 1, I watched all these moments live. It is heart-warming and well deserved how far they come since then and excited to see what the future holds for them!
All so good, but I wish something would have made it from EXU Calamity. I loved "The Second", Sam's final speech, anything with Bolo, anything with Sam and Abria, simply Brennan saying "fire", anything.
I am surprised not more have mentioned it. For a character that was as much comic relief as anything else (outside of combat) that moment gets me in the feels every time.
Personal favorite moment is the scanlan “what’s my mothers name” scene. That is in my opinion the best episode of critical role period. Very close second for me is “I am the transmutation wizard, but you are the one who changes people, I see it everyday.” Caleb at his best, cheering up the emotional center of the party, while also being in love with her and having decided to give up on the possibility of that relationship as to not drag her down. The additional context in that scene just makes it a 10/10 moment for me, and gets me emotional every time I see it.
My whole fascination with Critical Role has been the player's reactions. I love seeing these players during powerful or intimate exchanges with each other and when Matt guides them through these immersive and incredible pieces of storytelling. Thanks for sharing some of these marvelous moments and memories. ✌️💙
I would have added two scenes from campaign one: Vax and Grog drugging Scanlan into falling in love with Percy (leading to Vex's "I will cut you!"), and the broom incident that made Travis fear for his life from the wrath of Laura. Also, I would have added Nott's backstory reveal.
All great moments! Some of my favourite moments not included: Vax's departure in the C1 Finale Cad's divine intervention in the C2 Finale "I have Passed through Fire" "FOR STRONGJAW!" Grog's double nat 20s in Search for Grog THAT Asmodeus and Zerxus scene from Calamity "I was richer for having known you" Scanlan "kills" Trinket in Grog's One Shot Honestly there are too many to list lol
"I was richer for having known you, friend" Liam is such a genius of sad beauty. That one shot was a love letter to his friends, so vulnerable and appreciative and loving, and it was so inspiring to watch. May we all know friendship like the CR cast, and may we all be able to appreciate it and express it as well as Liam.
Hiiiii! I have a rather unusual list and I won't bother trying to think of ten because paring it down wood be so difficult. But I do have a couple. 1. "I am going to tell you the story of how I murdered my mother and father. " 2.cupcake (of COURSE!!!!) 3. "I counterspell it." "At what level?" "...9" 4. "You love her ' and you're killing her!!!" 5. "Your eyes open for the first time. " 6. "I cast feeblemind" ( all the way through the resurrection ceremony in the next episode) 7. "It's okay. You killed one of us. Everyone ready? We're going to kill her together. "
One thing I always thought of with the cupcake moment is that Matt gave her a freebie with it when he could’ve done something to try and shut it down, Laura only mentions that the cupcake is laced with the dust after the hag eats it, and had he known that ahead of time then she probably would’ve had to roll a deception check to convince the hag to eat it, so he would’ve been fully in his right to ask her to do that retroactively, but he let her have it
Some moments from C1 that are worth a mention. the killing blow on Kevdak with Grog & Vex's poke ball; Pike's Divine Intervention during the Vorugal fight and Sarenrae's fist coming down from the sky to punch Vorugal; and Grog holding Scanlan's lifeless body just saying "Fix Him" that one gets me every time.
Favourite moments for me are when Vex aka Laura threatens Grog aka Travis about if he loses the broom it is great especially how Ashley tries to protect her friend. Basically any Vex moment where she is obsessed with brooms and flying especially when they lose the carpet and the other her the screams from the other room The amendment of vex's title and Laura's unexpected reaction The prank that vax plays on scanlan where he drinks a love potion and he falls for Percy Whenever marisha hits liam in any game its so funny as you can see liam having a ptsd moment when marisha says im not that unaware 😂
- Tary's introduction - Grog and Tary goes shopping - Vax and Grog drug Scanlan with a love potion - Scanlan turns into a triceratops - Grog and Scanlan search for the Lord of the Quadroads (E103, about 25 min. segment) - Jester shares the craziest thing she's ever seen (strong bug, C2E38 02:00:00)
A good list. For me the Black Powder Merchant would have to be on the listl Also the Character Introductions of the Darrington Brigade One Shot. Btw. Matt Colville did brilliant video about the counterspell moment.
I'd honestly have to say either the final fight with lucien or Molly's death. I find them to be iconic because they changed the whole party. Without Molly's death we would have never gotten to see the absolute cinnamon roll of cad and probably never gotten fjords turn to the wild mother. And in the lucien fight we see the power of love actually working to beat a bbeg. The reveal that Molly was helping, then rewatching it. Chefs kiss. Perfecto.
"It is love that makes people." That can also be taken quite literally as "Love making" is what "makes" people. I know Cad is speaking more metaphorically/spiritually, but I thought I would point out the double meaning. Addition: I think the reason Sam is so calm in the Cupcake incident is because he and Laura had been talking, trying to figure out who had the Dust. She he knew she had a plan. Maybe not exactly what it was, but he knew she had one. Though, Sam might have had an inkling, as Scanlan used Modify Memory back in Campaign 1.
Hi Luboffin. For me, Grog Strongjaw dropping from the pokeball to kill Kevdak. That is an epic and iconic moment. I would put the top 4 as Laura's Blueberry Muffin, Grog's Pokeball, Sam's Counterspell and Vecna's Hand (which I think was also not mentioned).
Exandria always talk about the hubris of the wizard and the things they brought down into the world, but they never knew about a certain Voice of the Tempest who, instead of turning into bird when falling from a cliff, CHOOSES to turn into a gold fish 😂
Cad's mic drop is so iconic! If you do a round two and looking for some more Cad wisom to put in the poll there's that amazing "moving to green beans" speech he gives to Caleb and Fjord over fish and chips while the girls get their magical tattoos. And one I think is criminally underrated from around the time Fjord ditches the Sword of Fathoms and accepts the Wildmother - E75 specifically. Caduceus talks to Fjord about what championing a god means and how someday, someone will pray to whatever god that will listenfor a miracle to save them. And it will be Fjord that's there to do it. And that *that* will be enough. Got me right in the feels that one did
Love these clips, one of the fantastic thing that I feel never gets mentioned enough, during the cupcake scene, after the role has happened and has been successful, Matt hangs for just a moment after describing the effects of the spell, and Laura sets him up perfectly with what Jester does and says that allows Matt to continue such a great scene.
Love those moments where Matt just calmly throws out bits of an old character's backstory into the new campaign. Just like these little moments of you are my dear friends and I love you. Only it's the guy who grog accidentally made a lord,. Or Kiki's mom after all these years. Just shows how much heart he has. Also it shows that there are all sorts of things moving around despite the players being ignorant of them just waiting to be discovered
I can think of one more moment that would fit as well - it's the sort of last episode of C1, with the wedding at "Dalen's Closet" I think that's the name of it (it was made as a part of a stretch goal for the kickstarter for the animated series). But the final wedding scene in that episode is one that will leave you balling after having seen the rest of C1 and is definitely a top tier moment in all of CR. I won't spoil any of it by saying anything about it, just everyone who's watched C1 needs to see that episode as well.
YES! Ah, this was a treat. And it's so true, Travis is absolutely a stand-in for the audience-but I feel like he and Ashley share that spot. Sometimes I rewatch things just to focus in on each of their reactions.
I definitely agree. For exciting moments, Travis definitely takes it with his contagious hype, but for dramatic moments, nothing beats Ashley and her enthralled expressions. I rewatched "You lied" so often - or rather I rewatched Ashley watch "You lied" so often.
I would suggest watching the entire hag scene back and pay close attention to Marisha, while yes Laura's play was epic, had that not happened/worked Beau would have been gone. You can see Marisha going through it in her own head and had decided to take the deal that was given Beau. Like she is on the verge of crying that whole time and Matt actually ignores/misses(not sure which it is hard to tell) Marisha stating that beau goes and knocks on the door again. There was a lot going on. I think it speaks volumes to the kind of thought and the effect a good game can have on its players. The simple fact that Marisha was full on ready to give up Beau and say good by to that character in that moment is also epic in its own right.
The dust of deliciousness clip is so good, but its even better within the context of the whole episode after everyone had gone in and tried to deal with the hag. Nott was ready to restart the war between the dynasty and the empire and Beau was literally going to sacrifice herself to end the curse, the stakes were all really heavy, then Jester just strolls in and tricks her. It was amazing.
One of the scenes that i i can never forget is pike and grog sitting in a whitestone bar drinking after scanlan had left, and them just acting being drunk and how they miss him, that shit always hits so hard
I think from these comments alone there's enough evidence to say ... there are far too many "greatest moments" from thousands of hours of content, and it makes me smile that so many critters have so many different favourites for so many different reasons
The battle of the Goliaths between Grog and his uncle was amazing... also the Katzenprinz monologue from Liam was a very high moment of good theatre and storytelling.
When Vax'ildan made his reappearnce, I like how everyone was flipping out and Liam couldn't get a word out cause he was in shock. He said in 4-sided dive on how Ludinus knew Vax would appear to save Keylith. And he explained that they knew from when they attacked Keylith before which is when Orym lost his husband. Otohan attacked to see if Vax, the Champion of Ravens, would appear for his lover if attacked. Liam said he asked Matt and he said, it's not the first time Keylith has been attacked to which flipped the switch in Liam brain to where he was like OH MY GOODNESS
Season 1 is underrepresented here The "Do you spice" moments. Grog on the toilet talking to craven edge The ongoing everything is chicken gag in the magnificant mansion Scanlan drinking a love potion
Campaign 3 deserves more love the whole Marisha’s fatal natural 1 + Fearne tossing a coin to save either Orym or Laudna was ine of the most intense scene ive ever witness
I don't think it really deserves to be placed among the most iconic moments, but I'll always love "Did you just put a hooker on layaway?" It was an animatic of that that made me get into CR in the first place.
Not sure about top 10, but Travis's "Hug me through my wife!" when Liam gave him the belt of dwarven kind in real life was great. One that did deserve to be on here was Vax and Grog pranking Scanlan with the love potion.
I think the inclusion of Don't you dare will likely end up in the top 5 of a lot of lists like this, objectively. Great list - great work putting this together!
EXU: Calamity had so many great moments; Loquatious's nat 20 speech, Cerrit's promise fulfilled, Nydas's speech about the value of gold to Bedran, Brennan's "Why do we tell stories" speech and of course The One and Only: BOLO
Two of the best funny scenarios for me is "Scanlan Love Potion" and when Jester saves the group with Polymorph twice as the turtle. And I can't believe that the scene of of the group hanging on the Sun Tree there.
I would argue the Chroma Conclave reveal was pretty iconic. It sure shook all of us to the core. And for those of us that started with C1, that’s a hard one to top.
One of my favorite moments of c1 was at the end of 113... They are about to reach the top of the Titan and they found three figures in their way. That moment is amazing to watch for their reactions.
I dont think there was a C2 bias. I think C2 was setup for those character moments to shine brighter than the other two. Theres even more C2 moments missing here. Avantika and the Plank king, Mollys end, "You need me more than I need you", FLUFFERNUTTER!, Spurt!, and the beacon all stand up with these other moments.