Surprise Round! - A Show of Unhinged Hypotheticals
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Welcome to Surprise Round! A brand-new show inspired by our love of bizarre hypothetical questions. Join Discussion Master Murphy as he leads the crew through a series of wild scenarios.
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Banana republic. Spend most of my time hiding running around at a local mall call my brother to come with a pen. Buy the pen off of him for full amount of money. N have him help me hide. Split money after
Abel Favela
2025-05-18 21:49:40 +0000 UTCThe banana republic prompt is legitimately the best one to date
RavensBinch
2025-04-28 07:10:11 +0000 UTCFor the banana republic question: you go for a banana republic in the middle of a multi level mall during their busiest hours, so the banana republic employees are swamped by customers AND you can blend into the crowd. First step, you grab an expensive item of clothing with an alarm tag, and throw it through the main entrance, you then beat feet towards the back room. On your way you grab the closet blanket or coat you can find, and are out the back door in under a minute. THEN you re enter the mall through a separate exit, and find the nearest luxury jewelry store and make an appointment, and ask to meet with a consultant, and ask them to take you to their back office, paying the employees on shift to cover for you and claim they haven’t seen anyone, which should count towards spending as spending as much money as humanly possible. Because the floor is multiple levels, the employees likely will struggle to find you if they are looking for you on any sort of traditional tracking map, and will only know your general location, not exactly which floor you are on. You purchase you purchase one insanely expensive item, and then a bunch of little items that are still expensive, but not insanely pricey, and have luxury goods employees throw all of the things you bought out into the store and around the entrance, while announcing over the intercom, that all of those items are free, and it’s first come first serve, making a human shield of chaos, just incase the employees find the right floor. You then lock yourself inside of a utility closet/the back room until your hour is up.
The Grinch (feral)
2025-01-20 17:51:37 +0000 UTCI'd give saving the Grinch a shot, but if it wasn't immediately doable, Grinch splats.
ThacoIsWacko
2025-01-08 14:50:17 +0000 UTCunfortuantely your phone has 0 bars
Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! Torn between never wanting Skaldova to end and excitement for Duncle + Triplets to return
2024-12-12 17:46:24 +0000 UTCA banana Republic refers to countries in Latin America that were exploited by imperialist western countries (mostly the US) in order to extract cheap fruit. Democratically elected governments were toppled for babana 🍌
Lilli of the bog
2024-11-02 02:54:28 +0000 UTCWhat the hell even is a banana republic? Clearly not what i thought, i realised halfway through the discussion.
Simen Kasbergsen
2024-10-26 15:00:52 +0000 UTCThis was just fantastic
KingHalt
2024-10-10 05:42:36 +0000 UTCOn the Banana Republic challenge. Buy a ticket for a flight that's about to take off, and make sure there isn't another flight coming soon. They can track your location but probably can't figure out which flight you bought a ticket for. Use the in-flight wifi to shop online and spend the money.
James Pellegrene
2024-07-30 18:39:07 +0000 UTCMurph: "You all live in cartoon world!" also Murph: "Okay so you're greased up and on roller blades"
joel
2024-07-25 19:09:22 +0000 UTCNo joke, the Grinch sky diving movie sounds amazing. I'm just picturing the guy having nightmares about how he had to kill the Grinch, going to therapy about it and no one taking him that seriously (because it's the Grinch), and then looking out his window one night and there is someone in the Grinch costume watching him from afar. I would watch this movie so much
Cameron A
2024-07-13 23:20:00 +0000 UTCthat's beautiful and surprisingly deep and jarring in a way. finding out you're the side character in someone else's story. scary thought.
Mac
2024-06-08 04:33:46 +0000 UTCThe toilet wizard would have been so easy! Just make it Santa Claus rules where you saw him die now you're toilet wizard.
XaviorTheReaper
2024-05-30 22:25:02 +0000 UTCno hesitation let the grinch go, bonus if he's fully awake for it.
wilhelm paul martinez
2024-05-30 06:21:21 +0000 UTCTwitch made me laugh so hard I almost crashed my bike on my commute home XD
Lucas Sharrett
2024-05-24 01:26:48 +0000 UTCi love hypotheticals so much you dont even get it... all campaign hiatuses should just be this i fear <333
morgan
2024-05-22 23:01:50 +0000 UTCI always sympathised with Tom because he's just trying to do his damn job and this Jerrymouse has decided to make his life hell for it. So I think my ire, when I see that this Jerrymouse has decided to treat me as the new Tom, goes through the roof. I need to find the cartoon Tom. He is probably looking for other jobs around the city now that Jerry has left him and he's is being comically bad at them. Through the course of a montage he is gradually realising that he NEEDS the Jerrymouse in his life, and without his constant torment things are actually a lot worse. I find cartoon Tom sleeping rough with a five o'clock shadow somehow on his fur and I tell him that Jerry has moved into my house and I need his help. He immediately revitalises, rushes into the house, the two embrace like lovers, then take a beat, scrutinise each other, and then begin their old cat and mouse routine all over again. And maybe as I was writing this I realised that this has not solved MY problem, but if Jerry has moved in I think my house now follows Loony Tune law, including narrative arcs... I was always going to be a background character to their story...
Nikolaus Cox
2024-05-21 18:35:09 +0000 UTCLmao the gameshow sound effect is so funny
Sarah Osgood
2024-05-21 15:26:40 +0000 UTCIm just going to say what we're all thinking...the grinch vs trinyvale triplets when?
Colby Greer
2024-05-19 01:43:43 +0000 UTCSoooo, I was waiting for this solution to the Jerry problem and it never came up. My Solution: Pack a tiny bindle on a skewer or similar. Bonus Points if it is red polka dot. Gingerly pick up the sleeping Jerry on a small pillow, gently slide the bindle into his little hands, and then drop-kick him out your door. Bonus if you say: "And stay out!" He will be bound by cartoon law to ride the rails to the next town or until a sufficiently bushy beard has grown.
Ross Begg
2024-05-18 05:01:49 +0000 UTCi think emily is trying to steal the grinches girlfriend in one of these
becs
2024-05-16 23:21:14 +0000 UTCI hate to um actually Murph, but...the one where Elmer Fudd gets the best of Bugs, 'Hare Brush': https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27nexn
Steven Hatch
2024-05-16 18:19:01 +0000 UTCFor the banana republic, the right answer is this: you start in the banana republic in the mall of america. number of staff doesn't matter, you want maneuverability and cover. you preemptively find the nearest store that sells visa gift cards and run in and tell them to start ringing up $100,000 worth of gift cards and you'll be back in an hour. the remainder of your time is spent on evasion. you can offer $100 gift cards to people if you need help and have them meet you at the store at the end of the hour. if they have standard gps tracking they can't tell elevation and mall of america has five floors and you can hide in the vents if need be. at the end of the hour, you go and get your visa gift cards and can spend it on whatever you want.
frogwithhumanhands
2024-05-16 01:43:00 +0000 UTCCarol is definitely in on it. Don't tell her.
Dylan Howard
2024-05-14 17:53:03 +0000 UTCIris goodbye as the life leaves
Tork
2024-05-14 12:30:29 +0000 UTCI would like to note (if no one has yet) Who framed Roger rabbit states only a toon can kill a toon. The acid was the villan trying to get around that rule. So no matter what, we can't kill Jerry. Splat him
Moonlit Ghost
2024-05-14 11:30:13 +0000 UTCi want a podcast that is just surprise round omg. more! so good
Lila Goldenberg
2024-05-14 05:41:03 +0000 UTCThe one in Opry Mills in Nashville is within sprinting distance of a Bass Pro.
Ross Skeggs
2024-05-14 04:51:35 +0000 UTCIsn't Jerry chill??? Like he's just a mouse that wants food, I genuinely think if you feed him like a pet you'd be good. The only time he causes trouble is when tom interferes
MKE2ND
2024-05-14 04:34:56 +0000 UTCI want a drop a Banana Republic scenario one shot on my players now.
Monk3yTouch3r
2024-05-14 03:32:56 +0000 UTCAre there transcripts for the Hypotheticals anywhere?
Scott Hryciw
2024-05-13 14:52:45 +0000 UTCFor banana republic, I'd offer a group of college wrestlers $500 bucks each to immediately wrestle down and hold the banana republic employees for the duration of the hour. Then I'd go to a real estate office where I have a pre-toured, pre-arranged apartment contract for $90,000 and sign it. I'd spend whatever was left on furniture for my new place
Mayrav
2024-05-13 12:29:55 +0000 UTCThis was so much fun, almost TOO much fun because I kept getting frustrated that I couldn’t join in 😂
Matt Kilsby
2024-05-13 07:42:39 +0000 UTCbeing on the run from employees of "the republic" is so star warsy and really makes me laugh
some loser
2024-05-13 06:09:06 +0000 UTCWe want a Tom and Jerry one shot
Jack Farley
2024-05-12 18:17:31 +0000 UTCI sympathize with murph so hard for the banana republic question, the other 3 went completely insane, but he shut down the ONE thing emily said that wouldve worked, manhole cover. They arent too heavy to lift on your own and it would probably block whatever tracker the republic employees use
YugiMoto
2024-05-12 10:13:38 +0000 UTCHuh that’s odd maybe it’s an internet thing for you? Have you tried it again?
Meapyboy1234567
2024-05-12 06:35:42 +0000 UTCTwinch brothers.
Meapyboy1234567
2024-05-12 06:34:21 +0000 UTCDo you think the monkeys know about Banana Republic?
Meapyboy1234567
2024-05-12 06:32:59 +0000 UTCI live right by that banana republic in Henderson, I’ll do some scouting. Find out how many employees, their break schedules, who’s fucking who..
Joshua Qualls
2024-05-12 04:36:33 +0000 UTCOkay stay with me Banana Republic @ 7912 East Coast Hwy, Newport Coast, CA 92657 is 300-500 feet from the ocean, you start from the roof of the Banana republic, having had reserved a paraglider to meet you there. Starting the challenge you first drop your mannequin in a blonde wig off the roof. Chaos. Wait 30-40 seconds for the tracker delay and panic to kick in. Leap of the roof on your sick glider and out to the coast where the Uber aqua is waiting. High five the driver Ben and rate him 5 stars and tip him the remainder of the 100k. EZ Gamers.
Barback of Penance
2024-05-11 15:15:39 +0000 UTCI play balloon tower defense and this whole " banana republic" thing is confusing the hell out of me
tatsuo takao
2024-05-11 13:14:07 +0000 UTCfor Jerry, im picking him up and launching him out the front door of my house. if he runs away before I can do that, I'm leaving him up to my real cat. if my cat can't catch him then I'm going the emily route. if that doesn't work I'm fucking moving. I'm not dealing with Jerry's bullshit. I grew up watching Tom & Jerry and haven't thought about it in years and remember a lot of the stuff murph and caldwell were talking about but it is astounding to me how much murph remembers, assuming he hasn't seen it at all recently
Aiyana
2024-05-11 12:12:53 +0000 UTCFor the banana republic game, I'd run out to my car, drive away, and go to the nearest train/subway. Once on and moving, I'd spend 100k via online shopping on my cell phone. GG Banana Republic workers.
Clockwerk Kaiser
2024-05-11 11:02:10 +0000 UTCThe Rock hypothetical does seem like an excellent one shot idea (or more realistically, an Emily led mini arc) - start with the visions, the guide asks, “what do Slim Jims mean to you”, and immediately after the mention of “it’s all I packed for this trip, I have a duffle bag of Slim Jims and no toothbrush…” the group hears an explosion from the area towards their tents and everyone turns to see the last part of your vision manifest itself and a burst of fireworks and Slim Jims destroys the camp. Now you are trapped in the desert with these strangers, one guide, and possibly a spirit of The Rock from the past is hunting you? Will you be able to survive and make it back out to civilization? What other wrestlers may be lurking out here in the darkness and are any of them on your side? Does the fact that other people saw dead relatives in their visions mean that the Undertaker is out there with other ghosts, waiting in the night? Or are they all actual jabronis and their visions have no real meaning, whereas you have some sort of drug-enhanced link to the Rock oppa palantir/Sauron or Harry Potter/Voldemort style? See who survives Spirit Scramble in the Sand, sponsored by Slim Jim!
sabertruth19
2024-05-11 04:15:29 +0000 UTCI just listened to the first suprise round they ever did. I have a theory. The skydiving Grinch from this episode was actually the same grinch from the first episode that ruined the dinner and then begged you not to complain so they wouldn't be fired. He WAS fires due to the complaint and then he got a new job as a skydiving instructor. But he recognized you ad the one who got him fired from the reteraunt so that'd why he was goofing off to try and freak you put as revenge. Also I think that he and the Scuba Diving Grinch are two separate grinches that are arch rivals. Provably twin g3inch brothers or one is a clone. But one is only disruptive while the other is attempting to right the wrongs of his alternate Grinch Brother.
Sean Boyle
2024-05-11 03:21:00 +0000 UTCJake has clearly never seen the episode of Tom & Jerry where Tom won the lottery, left Jerry alone to live in a new mansion, and Jerry decided (out of boredom) to follow Tom there and, through a series of shenanigans, steal the mansion and leave Tom homeless. Once Jerry has chosen you as a victim, you can never escape.
AdversityHire
2024-05-11 01:07:05 +0000 UTCIs anyone else’s episode only 20 minutes long? I was listening and it just abruptly ended during the 3rd question
Mak
2024-05-11 00:47:36 +0000 UTCI find Murph's cocksure approach to the Banana Republic situation wholly honorable.
Forget Spaghetti. My name is Gunch now.
2024-05-11 00:17:38 +0000 UTCI love this G.O.A.T style questions, Fallout 3 baby
Declane Gilhooley
2024-05-10 23:10:17 +0000 UTCfuck you reddit i was right
FusRohNahSon
2024-05-10 22:45:41 +0000 UTCBanana republic strat is stand alone store, starting in the back room on roller blades, escape out the back door to the car you've parked in anticipation of this day. Drive to nearby car dealership, buy $100k car and resell the next day.
MegTh
2024-05-10 21:42:44 +0000 UTChow about all these east coasters saying nevada wrong 😭 I guess it was time my favorite podcasters revealed their singular flaw
to_mara
2024-05-10 21:12:06 +0000 UTCY'all need to understand that the Jerry situation is literally the plot of the movie Mouse Hunt. The movie has all the solution you need - and not to spoil anything - but you're on the money that trying to become the Tom is going to ruin you. Please rewatch Mouse Hunt.
Kevin Redmond
2024-05-10 21:09:28 +0000 UTC“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” - me @ the skydiving grinch
Casey Kerins
2024-05-10 20:56:18 +0000 UTCTo the tune of fast car: You gotta make a decision cut the grinch or maybe die this day
McNeilly Fieweger
2024-05-10 20:54:39 +0000 UTCI would shake the Grinch awake just enough, so he can look me in my eyes as I say, "Long live the king." And cut him loose.
Ferniliar
2024-05-10 20:27:52 +0000 UTCThey were on the right path about needing a toon to beat a toon. To beat Jerry you need to make him the aggressor. And how do we do that? We invite Bugs Bunny for dinner and cook something that neither can refuse. Once that mouse threatens to ruin Bugs hard earned meal, he is finished.
Axel Ottel
2024-05-10 18:49:48 +0000 UTCThank you for pointing this out! We went ahead and made an edit. - Jake
Not Another D&D Podcast
2024-05-10 18:36:08 +0000 UTCI just hit play and have no context. This seems like the scrawling of a mad man. Can't wait!!
bacchicbasileus
2024-05-10 18:20:29 +0000 UTCFor The Rock, I'd explain I'm working on not lying. Explain everything in detail, pause, and declare that this is the moment and I've been called up to get the crew back as he's ready to challenge us for the title again and walk out without waiting for responses.
Myka
2024-05-10 18:03:40 +0000 UTCI appreciate the bbc news theme beeps in the back lol
Vignesh Mahalingam
2024-05-10 18:01:27 +0000 UTCNah fam. as soon as I see Jerry then I am left with only 2 options: either relocate him, to a place where it would where it would be funnier for him to be otherwise he'll come right back, or move. What Jerry is is not a mouse. He isn't an enemy that can be combated nor an infestation that can be cleansed. He is a natural disaster, a fault line with whiskers! It doesn't matter if you choose not to chase him, his existence in itself, is one that necessitates a chase. If you won't do it someone else will leaving you to try and survive the crossfire in your non-cartoon home
Martian
2024-05-10 17:44:13 +0000 UTCTo answer Caldwell’s question about how close is the West Des Moines Banana Republic to Cabellas: Far. You can hit up the Scheels in the same mall as BR tho.
CaptLizianthus
2024-05-10 17:37:53 +0000 UTCYou guys used like 2 questions out of 400, I hope the subscriber feed becomes just *littered* with surprise rounds.
Allen S
2024-05-10 17:34:08 +0000 UTCSimply must stop shortening carabiner
Cory Wyse
2024-05-10 17:09:37 +0000 UTCThe music is incredible 😂
Mila Janus
2024-05-10 16:47:34 +0000 UTCSee the Grinch neighbor situation is being treated as a problem rather than what it actually is. An opportunity. I will finally be able to accomplish my childhood dream: Home Alone X Grinch, First Blood. Yes I know those traps would be potentially deadly, and yes I know they could sue. I don't care. The world will never offer this chance again and if I don't seize it I will regret it for the rest of my days. Plus how funny would that trial be??
Martian
2024-05-10 16:41:33 +0000 UTCAlso, just for the record, "biner" (yes, pronounced "beener") has been shorthand for "carabiner" for decades.
mike
2024-05-10 16:39:47 +0000 UTCI was going to say the same thing- that term is a slur for mexican people 😭
Audrey McCLure
2024-05-10 16:38:53 +0000 UTCObviously, you choose a Banana Republic in a mall, just barrel your way out the door and run to the nearest Kay's to buy up $100k in jewelry before any of the Banana Rep goons catch you. Then you just resell the jewelry for 50% off on eBay and enjoy your $50k.
mike
2024-05-10 16:37:49 +0000 UTChes skydiving he cant hear us oh gos
FusRohNahSon
2024-05-10 16:16:49 +0000 UTC"Hol up"
FusRohNahSon
2024-05-10 16:16:02 +0000 UTCYall ur so funny....please choose a different shorthand for carabiner ur saying beaner 💀
FusRohNahSon
2024-05-10 16:15:48 +0000 UTCCarroll is the issue. She is obviously wants to be a furry. She makes her boyfriend dress as the Grinch...and then forces him to be bad near xmas. All he was doing was letting you know, in advance, that it is going to get bad. Kudos to that guy. He needs the help.
Sand Panda
2024-05-10 15:45:10 +0000 UTCWEST DES MOINES MENTIONED???? iowa gang rise up
Katie Akin
2024-05-10 15:35:00 +0000 UTCWe should really just call this Surprise Grinch!
Bulbarat
2024-05-10 15:32:57 +0000 UTCThe amount of times they say that in this ep has me crying
Jack el destripador
2024-05-10 14:55:36 +0000 UTCOMG wife worm sewer mage is incredible. This is the magic we need
Declan Konesky
2024-05-10 14:49:49 +0000 UTCGrinch me I’m dreaming
John EldenRing
2024-05-10 14:47:52 +0000 UTC“Going to jail is pretty smart” -Cake Merkawittz
Phillip
2024-05-10 14:47:51 +0000 UTCAny other chicanx ppl choke when they shortened "caribiner"? 😭😭
Joker Muppet
2024-05-10 14:33:41 +0000 UTC#TheTwinch4Life
Phillip
2024-05-10 14:27:29 +0000 UTCI'd like to comment on the Grinch unconsciously falling from a skydiving. Now we gave survival rates of 60% for those who saved the grinch. However, the Grinch is known for his durability, and people who most survive Skyfall are unconscious. So I amend that those who let the Grinch die still get a roll of maybe 20% survival rate of the Grinch
Austin Wiggin
2024-05-10 14:14:04 +0000 UTCI’m not throwing hands with Jerry because if cartoon logic applies that little mouse is kicking the crap outta me. He might handle a splat, but I am not handling an anvil to the dome
Samuel Ryan
2024-05-10 14:10:05 +0000 UTCSomeone tell Jake not to abbreviate carabiner that way God bless 🙏
Julia Comer
2024-05-10 14:04:20 +0000 UTCBusting the What?! Lololol
Israel Nunez
2024-05-10 13:56:20 +0000 UTCI'm sorry Jake, did my WHAT just BUST?
Jordan Holl
2024-05-10 13:40:18 +0000 UTCAs someone who has been to the Henderson Banana republic multiple times it was always deserted
Sarah D
2024-05-10 12:47:33 +0000 UTCCaldwell continuing his proud tradition of just creating his own sub-hypotheticals whenever possible lol. Man plays by his own made up rules
Sam Ninegar
2024-05-10 12:43:52 +0000 UTCI too am looking for the slightest reason to unravel and commit to explore my the mysteries of the universe.
Kyle David Perry
2024-05-10 12:40:36 +0000 UTCThe only way to kill a toon is with the dip from who framed Roger Rabbit which is a mixture of turpentine, acetone, and benzine. (Aka paint thinners). Jerry doesn't stand a chance
Cassual Grammer
2024-05-10 11:53:52 +0000 UTCAs a former banana republic employee I promise we'd prefer customers get out of our store than get an extra $10k we'd let you leave so immediately
Kellyd
2024-05-10 11:52:16 +0000 UTCMe too
JR Lonergan
2024-05-10 10:16:15 +0000 UTC"You grease yourself head to toe and you wear rollerblades." is my new favorite sentence.
Courtney F.
2024-05-10 10:09:25 +0000 UTCi worked in the macy's literally in the fashion show mall in vegas & they understaffed us so badly i'd go all day without seeing another employee sometimes so finding a low staff store would not be hard also henderson is basically just vegas lol
ursa
2024-05-10 09:58:01 +0000 UTCI spent so much time think it was banana republic as in, a country that is a banana republic, and I was so confused.
ACK
2024-05-10 09:40:59 +0000 UTCDamn I want that moonstone shirt but they still apparently don't ship to the UK 😭 anyone have any idea if they have plans to fix that?
RavensBinch
2024-05-10 08:05:16 +0000 UTCPS THE MOONSTONE SHIRT IS SO CUTE. Any chance of a tie dyed moonstone sweatshirt (ala the one Siobhan wore in starstruck szn 1) ?
Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! Torn between never wanting Skaldova to end and excitement for Duncle + Triplets to return
2024-05-10 06:24:11 +0000 UTCHer soul Irish exit 😭😂 an Irish dissociation
Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! Torn between never wanting Skaldova to end and excitement for Duncle + Triplets to return
2024-05-10 06:19:05 +0000 UTCMurphy is 100% on point in the Banana Republic argument
David Lipscomb
2024-05-10 06:16:43 +0000 UTCI love suprise round so much
amazeyphaedra
2024-05-10 06:15:55 +0000 UTCThe main fear I had with the Grinch one was that if you died, you wouldn't be remembered or talked about. The headlines would only be like "The Grinch: An Unexpected Grounding" and you'd be like a footnote in the article
Omeir Syed Ali
2024-05-10 06:13:01 +0000 UTCNOOO JAKE DON'T ABBREVIATE CARABINER LIKE THAT NOOOO
theycallmetuna
2024-05-10 06:12:30 +0000 UTCI’m truly glad this banana republic hypothetical could bring as much joy to them as it did to my coworkers when we discussed it for a few hours
Danie
2024-05-10 06:09:52 +0000 UTCCalled out as an Iowan, Slim Jims triggered a repressed memory, currently in my Jabroni era
Ralph Chavez
2024-05-10 05:56:45 +0000 UTCthe sound effects kill me
Cambarro
2024-05-10 05:56:15 +0000 UTCHell yeah
Elijah Gray
2024-05-10 05:36:54 +0000 UTCYa gotta stop saying "Busted the Beaner". Lol.
Shy-senpai
2024-05-10 05:35:07 +0000 UTCCouldn’t be happier working late
Jack K
2024-05-10 05:26:22 +0000 UTCYes
Ralph Chavez
2024-05-10 05:26:10 +0000 UTC😂🤣blimey? Haven’t seem that in a while.
Meapyboy1234567
2024-05-10 05:25:33 +0000 UTCGotta respect it
Brodie Crystal
2024-05-10 05:25:12 +0000 UTCYOOOO STAYING UP WAS SO WORTH IT. TO HEAR PUBLIC SURPRISE ROUND.
Meapyboy1234567
2024-05-10 05:25:09 +0000 UTCmain feed surprise round?! blimey!
kin
2024-05-10 05:24:45 +0000 UTC
