Carl and Donut have a truck to race, a cat who can’t reach the pedals, and a whole lot of upgrades to figure out. This week, we’re breaking down Chapter 6 of A Parade of Horribles as the racing heats begin, the dungeon AI gets increasingly glitchy, and the team discovers that keeping everyone alive is going to be a lot harder than it sounds.

We talk Donut’s character development, the best upgrades for their food truck, why Samantha absolutely cannot be trusted behind the wheel, and the challenges of stopping awakened NPCs from killing each other. Plus, we appreciate some of Matt Dinniman’s finest gremlin dialogue and take a moment to miss Katia.

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Carl has wood. Rend has grown approximately 900% overnight. Donut wants to set people on fire. And somehow, this is all part of the plan.

In Chapter 5, Carl and the gang help Team Free Love tow their van toward the finish line, which gives us plenty of time to discuss dead manatees, terrible horns, magic wood, kudzu, and the general question of what the hell Team Sparkles is supposed to be.

Plus, we get some neat bugbear lore, a mysterious vote involving Otto the slime guy, and the extremely uncomfortable arrival of Linus at the crawler meet-and-greet.

And, of course, Donut has some things to say about Ellie's nipples, fan fiction, and why she should probably consider not saying every single thought that enters her head.

It's a relatively quiet chapter by Dungeon Crawler Carl standards, but there's a LOT packed into it—and some of the groundwork here hits considerably harder once you know what's coming.

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In this episode of The Apocalypse Will Be Podcasted, we’re recovering from the absolute insanity of Dragon Con. We recap the panels and Q&As we attended with Matt Dinniman and Jeff Hays, including some fascinating insights into writing characters, monsters, Book 9, and the future of Dungeon Crawler Carl.

Then we dive into the real madness: cosplaying as Church of Princess Donut missionaries, the massive DCC photo shoot, the first-ever DCC parade group, meeting fellow Crawlers, an absolutely ridiculous amount of fandom swag, and just how much this fandom has exploded in the past year.

Basically, Dragon Con was incredible, chaotic, exhausting, and completely unhinged. We loved every minute of it.

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Chapter 4 of A Parade of Horribles

The Traco triplets are dead, Donut obliterates a Screeching Death Manatee, and we meet Radoslav and Yasha, two suspiciously dressed bugbears whose dreams of freedom give Carl another chance to choose kindness in an otherwise hopeless dungeon.

We discuss horrifying theme parks, fuck-off cockatiels, Donut's latest hat acquisition, Carl refusing cigarettes, the mysterious "nothing" (the other nothing).

Plus, Dragon Con excitement, Patreon drops, Sexy Scolopendra, and plenty of completely unnecessary tangents.

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It's chapter 3 and the Wacky Races are officially underway! Carl, Donut, Mongo, and their completely normal food truck take on the Cave of the Screeching Death Manatees. We dig into Carl’s post–Faction Wars headspace, the growing theme of vengeance, Prepotente’s discovery about how the heats really work, and why keeping the other NPC teams alive suddenly matters.

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Chapter 2 throws Carl and Donut headfirst into the madness of Floor 9 as they learn the brutal race rules, meet their garage goblin Hedy, and discover they've been assigned... a "heavily armed" food truck. We also dive into Cascadia's unraveling, AI chaos, possible adaptation changes for the TV series, and react to the first official casting announcement.

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The 10th Floor is finally here. We break down the opening chapter of A Parade of Horribles, from the aftermath of Justice Light's trap and the chaos consuming the Scolopendra Club to Donut's new class, impossible late stage crawler numbers, and the gremlin job interview that ends exactly the way you would expect for DCC.

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Princess Donut finally meets Car's wife, Princess Chandra. The the result is one of Book 8's most memorable chapters, maybe even the entire series. We discuss Donut's psychological takedown, the Princess Posse's growing influence, the dangers of underestimating Donut, and why this chapter delivers some of the best payoff in the entire series.

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