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''Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough'' is a 2018 short film written and directed by [[Film/TooManyCooks Casper Kelly]] and [[Series/YourPrettyFaceIsGoingToHell Nick Gibbons]]. It was distributed by Creator/AdultSwim as part of its ''Infomercials'' series.
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''Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough'' is a 2018 short film written and directed by [[Film/TooManyCooks Casper Kelly]] and [[Series/YourPrettyFaceIsGoingToHell Nick Gibbons]]. It was distributed by Creator/AdultSwim as part of its ''Infomercials'' ''{{Series/Infomercials}}'' series.
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* PlayEveryDay: ''Boobfart Jumpflop''.
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* PlayEveryDay: ''Boobfart Jumpflop''.Jumpflop'', being a parody of freemium mobile games.
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* PoorMansPorn: Blair pulls up cartoon images of [[{{Yiff}} mostly naked furries]] for his [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexy time]].
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* PoorMansPorn: Blair pulls up cartoon images of [[{{Yiff}} mostly naked furries]] for his [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexy time]].time.
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* PoorMansPorn: Blair pulls up cartoon images of mostly naked [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] for his [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexy time]].
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* PoorMansPorn: Blair pulls up cartoon images of [[{{Yiff}} mostly naked [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] for his [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexy time]].
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* GodIsDead: [[spoiler:TheMaker apparently shoots and kills itself]].
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* GodIsDead: [[spoiler:TheMaker apparently shoots and kills itself]].themself]].
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* AchievementMockery: [[spoiler:The end of the video gives the viewer the achievement "20 mins You'll Never Get Back".]]
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* AchievementMockery: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The end of the video gives the viewer the achievement "20 mins You'll Never Get Back".]]
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* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Xanzicon mind controls Anya to make her do the dishes.]]
* DomesticAbuser: The BigBad mind controls his girlfriend to make her do the dishes.
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--->'''God:''' So the biggest take away here is not to run too many simulations within your simulation. You run the risk of not only getting nesting simulations, but an increasing chance [[TheGamePlaysYou you're a simulation yourself]].
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* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler:Xanzicon has a mind-control chip in his girlfriend Anya, and he implants one in Fire Quacker]].
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* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler:Xanzicon [[spoiler:Xanzicon]] has a mind-control chip implanted in his girlfriend Anya, Anya and he implants one later, in Fire Quacker]].Quacker.
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* HotCoffeeMinigame: Firequacker accidentally picks "Masturbate" out of a list of activities and awkwardly helps Blair Trigger do this.
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* VanityLicensePlate: The chef's van has the license plate "[=L!CNZ PL8=]" (licks plate).
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The short starts with live-streamer Blair Trigger playing a {{walkthrough}} of ''Final Deployment 4'', where he plays as a soldier named Scourge fighting in an AlienInvasion BugWar. After defeating the final boss, the war ends and Scourge has to return to ordinary life. To [[TameHisAnger deal with his anger]] and [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]], Scourge starts [[GameWithinAGame playing his own walkthrough]]. From there, the story starts to [[MindScrew get a little more complicated]].
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The short starts with live-streamer let's player Blair Trigger playing a {{walkthrough}} of ''Final Deployment 4'', where he plays as a soldier named Scourge fighting in an AlienInvasion BugWar. After defeating the final boss, the war ends and Scourge has to return to ordinary life. To [[TameHisAnger deal with his anger]] and [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]], Scourge starts [[GameWithinAGame playing his own walkthrough]]. From there, the story starts to [[MindScrew get a little more complicated]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Blair Trigger.
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: One of the comments in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Film/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
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* SelfDeprecation: One of the chat room comments remarks that the film is just a poor man's ''Film/TooManyCooks''. This short film was made by one of the same creators, Casper Kelly.
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* SpeakInUnison: When the characters start each making their own walkthroughs, their conversations start to overlap as they give the same advice. At one point, they all share a moment of depression over TheMeaningOfLife.
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** ''Final Deployment 4'' parodies the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' franchise as well as {{VideoGame/Earth Defense Force}}.
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* InsectoidAliens: The aliens in ''Final Deployment 4'' and ''Alien Invasion 5: Revenge of the Insectoids''.
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* InsectoidAliens: The aliens in ''Final Deployment 4'' and ''Alien Invasion 5: Revenge of the Insectoids''.Insectoids'', which appear to be in a SharedUniverse.
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* VanityPlate: The chef's van has the license plate "[=L!CNZ PL8=]" (licks plate).
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* {{Wallbonking}}: Blair Trigger as he's wandering around his house [[spoiler:controlled by Fire Quacker]].
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* VanityPlate: The chef's van has the license plate "L!CNZ PL8" (licks plate).
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: A comment in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Film/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: A comment One of the comments in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Film/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
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* DoubleEntendre: A not-so-subtle one is given during the credits.
-->'''Unicorn:''' I sure am ''horny''. [laughs]
-->'''Unicorn:''' I sure am ''horny''. [laughs]
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-->'''Blair Trigger:''' Here, you press "X" to have your alien press "glarp" to have Fire Quacker press "X" to have... [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Holy shit, is that me?]]]]
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* HurricaneOfPuns: Blair Trigger has quite a few puns.
** When he introduces himself:
---> '''Blair Trigger:''' What up, y'all? It's your boy Blair Trigger. ([[FingerGun Blau Blau Blau Blau]]). AKA [[Literature/WheresWaldo Blair's Waldo]], AKA [[Film/NationalLampoon Blairly Legal]], AKA The Trigga Man.
** Also while he's playing ''Final Deployment 4''.
---> '''Blair Trigger:''' Now, here the Queen's tail sac bursts open, spreading ASS-id juice -- [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre see what I did there]] -- everywhere.
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''Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough'' is a 2018 short film written and directed by [[Series/TooManyCooks Casper Kelly]] and [[Series/YourPrettyFaceIsGoingToHell Nick Gibbons]]. It was distributed by Creator/AdultSwim as part of its ''Infomercials'' series.
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''Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough'' is a 2018 short film written and directed by [[Series/TooManyCooks [[Film/TooManyCooks Casper Kelly]] and [[Series/YourPrettyFaceIsGoingToHell Nick Gibbons]]. It was distributed by Creator/AdultSwim as part of its ''Infomercials'' series.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Casper Kelly calls this short film his "[[https://twitter.com/heyCasperKelly/status/1014180009341345792 sorta sequel]]" to ''Series/TooManyCooks''.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Casper Kelly calls this short film his "[[https://twitter.com/heyCasperKelly/status/1014180009341345792 sorta sequel]]" to ''Series/TooManyCooks''.''Film/TooManyCooks''.
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: A comment in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Series/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: A comment in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Series/TooManyCooks [[Film/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
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* LampshadeHanging: The "Achievement Earned!" banner starts lampshading what's happening in the story, like "Moment of Reflection" or "[[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask Multi-Task Master]] trophy".
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* PlayEveryDay: Boobfart Jumpflop.
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* SuicideDare: Scourge [[{{Hallucinations}} sees a pair of lips]] in the wallpaper which say, "Why don't you just kill yourself?" Scourge tells the lips to shut up.
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* SuicideDare: Scourge [[{{Hallucinations}} sees a pair of lips]] in the wallpaper ceiling which say, "Why don't you just kill yourself?" Scourge tells the lips to shut up.
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''Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough'' is a 2018 short film written and directed by [[Series/TooManyCooks Casper Kelly]] and [[Series/YourPrettyFaceIsGoingToHell Nick Gibbons]]. It was distributed by Creator/AdultSwim as part of its ''Infomercials'' series.
The short starts with live-streamer Blair Trigger playing a {{walkthrough}} of ''Final Deployment 4'', where he plays as a soldier named Scourge fighting in an AlienInvasion BugWar. After defeating the final boss, the war ends and Scourge has to return to ordinary life. To [[TameHisAnger deal with his anger]] and [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]], Scourge starts [[GameWithinAGame playing his own walkthrough]]. From there, the story starts to [[MindScrew get a little more complicated]].
See the whole short on [[https://www.adultswim.com/videos/infomercials/final-deployment-4-queen-battle-walkthrough/ Adult Swim]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjmDPGJI-4 YouTube]].
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* AchievementMockery: [[spoiler:The end of the video gives the viewer the achievement "20 mins You'll Never Get Back".]]
* {{Adorkable}}: Blair Trigger.
* AlienInvasion: The game ''Final Deployment 4'' is about a war with alien bugs that invade earth, and its aftermath.
* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Xanzicon mind controls Anya to make her do the dishes.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Xanzicon, who is mind controlling everyone]].
* BoomHeadshot:
** [[spoiler:Scourge kills Xanzicon with a headshot.]]
** Featured in the first-person shooter game after the credits.
* BrokenRecord: Most of the characters [[spoiler:after they're freed from MindControl]], though Fire Quacker and Moonwalker keep quiet.
* BugWar: See the entry for AlienInvasion.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Blair Trigger's roommate interrupts Blair's "sexy time".
* ChameleonCamouflage: The first-person shooter apparently has this.
* CosmeticAward: All of the in-game "achievements" appear to be useless. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at one point by Unicorn.
-->"If the takeover happens sooner, you can get a platinum achievement! It's pretty meaningless, but gives you the illusion you're doing something with your life."
* DeathIsDramatic: Garcia's death in the game ''Final Deployment 4'', though at the same time [[MoodDissonance Blair Trigger mocks the scene]].
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: All the characters play video games to escape the depressing reality of an apparently pointless life.
--> "All I know is, when I play video games, I feel like I have a purpose. Why can't life have that?"
* DoubleEntendre: A not-so-subtle one is given during the credits.
-->'''Unicorn:''' I sure am ''horny''. [laughs]
* EasterEgg:
** Blair wears a ''Unicorn Bust'' shirt, and there's a ''Blair Trigger'' post in Unicorn's room.
** Scourge has a picture of Anya on his helmet.
* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Scourge plays ''Moonshaft'' on his smartphone while he goes out to save his ex-girlfriend.
* FirstPersonShooter: Two are featured after the credits, but they both crash.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** When Unicorn starts her walkthrough, you can briefly see the outline of the ChameleonCamouflage first-person shooter who appears later.
** You can see the ping-pong table loading when Blair Trigger starts walks to the kitchen.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The universe crashes when TheMaker kills itself, and the BlueScreenOfDeath is the ball in VideoGame/{{Pong}}]].
* TheGamePlaysYou: [[spoiler:The game Blair Trigger plays has an alien bug which controls all the characters (including Blair Trigger).]]
* GamerChick: Fire Quacker.
* GameWithinAGame:
** The main story arc [[spoiler:features seven layers of game walkthroughs within each game]].
** There's even a couple more after the credits [[spoiler:with FirstPersonShooter characters TheMaker]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by TheMaker:
--->'''God:''' So the biggest take away here is not to run too many simulations within your simulation. You run the risk of not only getting nesting simulations, but an increasing chance [[TheGamePlaysYou you're a simulation yourself]].
* {{Gasshole}}: Boobfart.
* GivenNameReveal: Scourge's mother calls him [[spoiler:Lawrence]].
* GodIsDead: [[spoiler:TheMaker apparently shoots and kills itself]].
* GoodBadBugs: InUniverse example, where Blair Trigger demonstrates a glitch where Scourge is able to hide in a wall to be safe from acid.
* {{Hallucinations}}: Scourge has quite a few, including seeing lips telling him to kill himself, [[spoiler:a "PTSD attack" where his room turns into a battlefield]], and seeing his [[InterspeciesRomance ex-girlfriend have sex with a bug]] while in a hospital waiting room.
* HeroicBSOD: When Blair Trigger [[spoiler:sees himself through the RecursiveReality]].
-->'''Blair Trigger:''' Here, you press "X" to have your alien press "glarp" to have Fire Quacker press "X" to have... [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Holy shit, is that me?]]]]
* InsectoidAliens: The aliens in ''Final Deployment 4'' and ''Alien Invasion 5: Revenge of the Insectoids''.
* InterspeciesRomance: Scourge's fiance starts dating an alien insect after the war.
* LawOfAlienNames: The named aliens are Xaxikromph and Xanzicon.
* TheMaker: [[spoiler:The God-like creature who apparently runs all the simulations]].
* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler:Xanzicon has a mind-control chip in his girlfriend Anya, and he implants one in Fire Quacker]].
* MindScrew: The main storyline features multiple [[GameWithinAGame nested simulations]] [[spoiler:which are run by a {{God}}-like creature who kills itself]].
* MotorMouth: Scourge's mother.
* {{Nerf}}: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by the first-person shooters while they're complaining about the game update.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Scourge finds his girlfriend has started [[InterspeciesRomance dating an alien bug]], and whenever he starts thinking about them his jealousy and anger meters rise.
* ParodyVideoGames: Most of the video games are parodies, either of certain genres or specific games.
** ''Final Deployment 4'' parodies the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' franchise.
** ''Moonshaft'' is a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
** ''Unicorn Bust'' is a parody of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
** ''Captain Lion'' is a parody of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''.
* PlayEveryDay: Boobfart Jumpflop.
* PoorMansPorn: Blair pulls up cartoon images of mostly naked [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] for his [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexy time]].
* RecursiveReality: [[spoiler:Fire Quacker plays Blair Trigger, who plays Scourge, who plays Moonwalker, who plays Captain Lion, who plays Unicorn, who plays Boobfart, who plays Xanzicon, who {{Mind Control}}s Fire Quacker]].
* RunningGag:
** The characters asking for likes and comments.
** The "Achievement Earned!" banner starts [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] what's happening, like "Moment of Reflection" or "[[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask Multi-Task Master]] trophy".
** In the post-credits scenes, characters advising the audience to save often.
* SanityMeter: Scourge's depression meter.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Scourge has to deal with PTSD after fighting in an AlienInvasion BugWar.
* SpeakInUnison: When the characters start each making their own walkthroughs, their conversations start to overlap as they give the same advice. At one point, they all share a moment of depression over TheMeaningOfLife.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Casper Kelly calls this short film his "[[https://twitter.com/heyCasperKelly/status/1014180009341345792 sorta sequel]]" to ''Series/TooManyCooks''.
* SuicideDare: Scourge [[{{Hallucinations}} sees a pair of lips]] in the wallpaper which say, "Why don't you just kill yourself?" Scourge tells the lips to shut up.
* TameHisAnger: Whenever Scourge gets angry or annoyed, Blair Trigger advises players to watch his rage meter.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Blair says it's possible for Scourge to [[{{Matricide}} kill his mom]], though he discourages doing this because that means you lose the game.
* VideoGameTime: Subverted. Blair says most of the video game activities happen in [[RealTime real time]], even waiting at a spaceport for 30 minutes or in a lobby for a couple hours.
* VirtualDangerDenial: Xanzicon doesn't seem to think Scourge can really kill him.
-->'''Scourge:''' You're going down!\\
'''Xanzicon:''' But you're just a game.\\
'''Scourge:''' [[YourMom Your mama's a game!]] [[spoiler:''[shoots Xanzicon in the head]'']]
* {{Wallbonking}}: Blair Trigger as he's wandering around his house [[spoiler:controlled by Fire Quacker]].
* WhoWritesThisCrap: A comment in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Series/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
* YourMom: "Your mama's a game!"
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''Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough'' is a 2018 short film written and directed by [[Series/TooManyCooks Casper Kelly]] and [[Series/YourPrettyFaceIsGoingToHell Nick Gibbons]]. It was distributed by Creator/AdultSwim as part of its ''Infomercials'' series.
The short starts with live-streamer Blair Trigger playing a {{walkthrough}} of ''Final Deployment 4'', where he plays as a soldier named Scourge fighting in an AlienInvasion BugWar. After defeating the final boss, the war ends and Scourge has to return to ordinary life. To [[TameHisAnger deal with his anger]] and [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]], Scourge starts [[GameWithinAGame playing his own walkthrough]]. From there, the story starts to [[MindScrew get a little more complicated]].
See the whole short on [[https://www.adultswim.com/videos/infomercials/final-deployment-4-queen-battle-walkthrough/ Adult Swim]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjmDPGJI-4 YouTube]].
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* AchievementMockery: [[spoiler:The end of the video gives the viewer the achievement "20 mins You'll Never Get Back".]]
* {{Adorkable}}: Blair Trigger.
* AlienInvasion: The game ''Final Deployment 4'' is about a war with alien bugs that invade earth, and its aftermath.
* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Xanzicon mind controls Anya to make her do the dishes.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Xanzicon, who is mind controlling everyone]].
* BoomHeadshot:
** [[spoiler:Scourge kills Xanzicon with a headshot.]]
** Featured in the first-person shooter game after the credits.
* BrokenRecord: Most of the characters [[spoiler:after they're freed from MindControl]], though Fire Quacker and Moonwalker keep quiet.
* BugWar: See the entry for AlienInvasion.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Blair Trigger's roommate interrupts Blair's "sexy time".
* ChameleonCamouflage: The first-person shooter apparently has this.
* CosmeticAward: All of the in-game "achievements" appear to be useless. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at one point by Unicorn.
-->"If the takeover happens sooner, you can get a platinum achievement! It's pretty meaningless, but gives you the illusion you're doing something with your life."
* DeathIsDramatic: Garcia's death in the game ''Final Deployment 4'', though at the same time [[MoodDissonance Blair Trigger mocks the scene]].
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: All the characters play video games to escape the depressing reality of an apparently pointless life.
--> "All I know is, when I play video games, I feel like I have a purpose. Why can't life have that?"
* DoubleEntendre: A not-so-subtle one is given during the credits.
-->'''Unicorn:''' I sure am ''horny''. [laughs]
* EasterEgg:
** Blair wears a ''Unicorn Bust'' shirt, and there's a ''Blair Trigger'' post in Unicorn's room.
** Scourge has a picture of Anya on his helmet.
* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Scourge plays ''Moonshaft'' on his smartphone while he goes out to save his ex-girlfriend.
* FirstPersonShooter: Two are featured after the credits, but they both crash.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** When Unicorn starts her walkthrough, you can briefly see the outline of the ChameleonCamouflage first-person shooter who appears later.
** You can see the ping-pong table loading when Blair Trigger starts walks to the kitchen.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The universe crashes when TheMaker kills itself, and the BlueScreenOfDeath is the ball in VideoGame/{{Pong}}]].
* TheGamePlaysYou: [[spoiler:The game Blair Trigger plays has an alien bug which controls all the characters (including Blair Trigger).]]
* GamerChick: Fire Quacker.
* GameWithinAGame:
** The main story arc [[spoiler:features seven layers of game walkthroughs within each game]].
** There's even a couple more after the credits [[spoiler:with FirstPersonShooter characters TheMaker]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by TheMaker:
--->'''God:''' So the biggest take away here is not to run too many simulations within your simulation. You run the risk of not only getting nesting simulations, but an increasing chance [[TheGamePlaysYou you're a simulation yourself]].
* {{Gasshole}}: Boobfart.
* GivenNameReveal: Scourge's mother calls him [[spoiler:Lawrence]].
* GodIsDead: [[spoiler:TheMaker apparently shoots and kills itself]].
* GoodBadBugs: InUniverse example, where Blair Trigger demonstrates a glitch where Scourge is able to hide in a wall to be safe from acid.
* {{Hallucinations}}: Scourge has quite a few, including seeing lips telling him to kill himself, [[spoiler:a "PTSD attack" where his room turns into a battlefield]], and seeing his [[InterspeciesRomance ex-girlfriend have sex with a bug]] while in a hospital waiting room.
* HeroicBSOD: When Blair Trigger [[spoiler:sees himself through the RecursiveReality]].
-->'''Blair Trigger:''' Here, you press "X" to have your alien press "glarp" to have Fire Quacker press "X" to have... [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Holy shit, is that me?]]]]
* InsectoidAliens: The aliens in ''Final Deployment 4'' and ''Alien Invasion 5: Revenge of the Insectoids''.
* InterspeciesRomance: Scourge's fiance starts dating an alien insect after the war.
* LawOfAlienNames: The named aliens are Xaxikromph and Xanzicon.
* TheMaker: [[spoiler:The God-like creature who apparently runs all the simulations]].
* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler:Xanzicon has a mind-control chip in his girlfriend Anya, and he implants one in Fire Quacker]].
* MindScrew: The main storyline features multiple [[GameWithinAGame nested simulations]] [[spoiler:which are run by a {{God}}-like creature who kills itself]].
* MotorMouth: Scourge's mother.
* {{Nerf}}: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by the first-person shooters while they're complaining about the game update.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Scourge finds his girlfriend has started [[InterspeciesRomance dating an alien bug]], and whenever he starts thinking about them his jealousy and anger meters rise.
* ParodyVideoGames: Most of the video games are parodies, either of certain genres or specific games.
** ''Final Deployment 4'' parodies the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' franchise.
** ''Moonshaft'' is a parody of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''.
** ''Unicorn Bust'' is a parody of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''.
** ''Captain Lion'' is a parody of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries''.
* PlayEveryDay: Boobfart Jumpflop.
* PoorMansPorn: Blair pulls up cartoon images of mostly naked [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]] for his [[ADateWithRosiePalms sexy time]].
* RecursiveReality: [[spoiler:Fire Quacker plays Blair Trigger, who plays Scourge, who plays Moonwalker, who plays Captain Lion, who plays Unicorn, who plays Boobfart, who plays Xanzicon, who {{Mind Control}}s Fire Quacker]].
* RunningGag:
** The characters asking for likes and comments.
** The "Achievement Earned!" banner starts [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] what's happening, like "Moment of Reflection" or "[[ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask Multi-Task Master]] trophy".
** In the post-credits scenes, characters advising the audience to save often.
* SanityMeter: Scourge's depression meter.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Scourge has to deal with PTSD after fighting in an AlienInvasion BugWar.
* SpeakInUnison: When the characters start each making their own walkthroughs, their conversations start to overlap as they give the same advice. At one point, they all share a moment of depression over TheMeaningOfLife.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Casper Kelly calls this short film his "[[https://twitter.com/heyCasperKelly/status/1014180009341345792 sorta sequel]]" to ''Series/TooManyCooks''.
* SuicideDare: Scourge [[{{Hallucinations}} sees a pair of lips]] in the wallpaper which say, "Why don't you just kill yourself?" Scourge tells the lips to shut up.
* TameHisAnger: Whenever Scourge gets angry or annoyed, Blair Trigger advises players to watch his rage meter.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Blair says it's possible for Scourge to [[{{Matricide}} kill his mom]], though he discourages doing this because that means you lose the game.
* VideoGameTime: Subverted. Blair says most of the video game activities happen in [[RealTime real time]], even waiting at a spaceport for 30 minutes or in a lobby for a couple hours.
* VirtualDangerDenial: Xanzicon doesn't seem to think Scourge can really kill him.
-->'''Scourge:''' You're going down!\\
'''Xanzicon:''' But you're just a game.\\
'''Scourge:''' [[YourMom Your mama's a game!]] [[spoiler:''[shoots Xanzicon in the head]'']]
* {{Wallbonking}}: Blair Trigger as he's wandering around his house [[spoiler:controlled by Fire Quacker]].
* WhoWritesThisCrap: A comment in the chat room says, "This is apoor man's [[Series/TooManyCooks too many coks]]".
* YourMom: "Your mama's a game!"
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