| Season 5, Ep 63 - Bridge Troll Now (w/ Padraic Connelly) | |
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| Air date | July 20, 2025 |
| Episode no. | S05E063 |
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| Cast | |
| Hosts | Arnie, Usidore, Chunt |
| Guests | Clovis the Bridge Troll |
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| Producers | Arnie Niekamp, Matt Young, Adal Rifai |
| Associate Producer | Anna Havermann |
| Post-production coordination | Garrett Schultz |
| Editor | Tony Gullick |
| Logo | Allard Laban |
| Theme music | Andy Poland |
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"Bridge Troll Now" is the sixty-third episode of season five of Hello from the Magic Tavern. It was originally released on July 20, 2025.
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Description
Returning to Hogsface means crossing the Ashit Bridge and dealing with Clovis the bridge troll.
Summary
The hosts are all crammed onto Spider-Man, the upside-down camel they met on the previous episode, as they journey back to Hogsface. They reach the Ashit Bridge, which leads into Hogsface, and are met by Clovis the Bridge Troll. The last time they saw each other was when they were fleeing Hogsface, years ago.
Clovis informs them that as part of modernization efforts, they've added other ways to cross the bridge, whether via quizzes, trivia, math or logic problems, or probing personal questions. Now that he also works in the corporate office for the bridge crossing industry, he confesses the changes in technology have been a bit of an adjustment for him, stating that he doesn't like how soulless and automated it is.
Because he hates riddles, Chunt opts to do a quiz and states that his strongest subject is Arnie. After answering several questions correctly (though most of them don't seem like questions with objectively correct questions), Arnie asks a question to Usidore, inadvertently interrupting Clovis' quiz. This triggers a change to rest of the quiz; the remaining three questions are all extraordinarily difficult. Usidore successfully answers the next question, which is good, because if they fail the quiz they would get eaten.
They discuss Clovis' cousin Mark, who guards a nearby bridge. Mark's lackluster name is due to his parents being a bit disappointed when he was born. Arnie asks Clovis to explain how trolls reproduce, and learns that after they rub their rock bodies together, trolls will cast off some dust and pebbles, which over the course of centuries become trolls themselves. During those centuries, the parent trolls eventually develop affection for their child, but it is not always immediate. Usidore reflects on his apathy for the creatures he conjures, such as the tiny horses, and wonders if he has any children out in the world. Meanwhile, Chunt continues to have no memory of his eggy baby.
Chunt keeps getting sucked into boring conversations with Mark, much to the displeasure of the rest of the group. They are forced to hear about Mark's leaf album.
Upon learning that Clovis' has a different cousin (named Exgloxlik) guarding the bridge on the other side, who does not like to ask questions at all, the group tries to cross there instead. However, Exgloxlik is afraid that Clovis would find out if he didn't issue them a quiz.
The group returns to Clovis and Usidore manages to answer the remaining two questions. He goes into the wizard state for the final question, which is about Mark's leaf album. Unfortunately, Clovis says that only Chunt and Usidore qualify as passing the quiz, and that Arnie needs to take an even harder one in order to cross the bridge. Arnie, in a panic, pushes Clovis off of the bridge, which turns out to be another acceptable way to cross. Usidore then pushes Exgloxlik and Mark off of their respective bridges as well.
The group proceeds on the road to Hogsface, taking with them a goat Chunt names Grape, but leaving Spider-Man the camel behind due to its various problems.
Emails
There are no new emails this week.
New Characters
- Mark, Clovis' boring cousin, who guards the bridge right next to his. He has a leaf album and quartz
- Jeffrey, Mark's father and Clovis' uncle
- Mary Josephine, Mark's mother and Clovis' aunt
- Bridget, Clovis' romantic interest
- Gary, the other person who guards Clovis' bridge
- Penelope, Mark's girlfriend (not to be confused with Penelope Penelope)
- Exgloxlik, Clovis' bro-y cousin who guards the bridge on the other side and makes music
Recurring Characters
Earth References
- "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson
- Senior superlatives
- Long Day's Journey into Night (play)
- Bitcoin
- "I don't see color"
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Notes
- Chunt and Usidore eat magical grapes that taste like whatever they want. (Chunt's taste like grapes, Usidore's taste like raisins.)
- Usidore does not wear underwear
- Crossing a bridge requires an R (Riddle) pass or a QR (Quiz and Riddles) code
- Troll years are 360 days. Troll percentages are also slightly different from human's.
- Usidore has committed "laws" against nature (e.g., casting a spell that requires all birds to fly upside down), which has angered local magistrates
- Chunt is colorblind, either literally or metaphorically
- If one touches another bridge while already on a different bridge, they will be subject to two quizzes
- Chunt finds a stray goat and tries to return it to Mark, but ends up keeping it and names it Grape. It turns out Grape (also called Grapes) is Clovis' collaborator.