History Pinball / Diner

[[caption-width-right:350:The original VideoGame/DinerDash,]]

->'''Waitress:''' "Order up!"

Although ''Diner'' was only a modest success for Williams, it remains a popular game for players who enjoy its lighthearted theme, varied shots, and humorously appropriate sound effects and music. A digital version was once available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before the license to all WMS tables expired on July 1, 2018.

* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents[=/=]AmericansAreCowboys: Buck speaks with a Texan drawl and wears a big white Stetson hat.
-->'''Buck:''' "I'll have the Texas chili and fries!"

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Unlike ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}'', you don't have to serve all the customers with one ball.

* DoWellButNotPerfect: It is arguably better to avoid taking the Stir the Cup shot after D-I-N-E-R is spelled. If the shot is taken, the whole word needs to be re-spelled to light the lock, rather than just the "R".
* FiveTokenBand: Done literally with the customers -- a stereotypical Indian (Haji), a stereotypical Britian (Babs), a stereotypical Russian (Boris), a stereotypical Hispanic (Pépé), and a stereotypical American cowboy (Buck).

* GreasySpoon
* IAmVeryBritish: Babs, of course.

* JustAStupidAccent: The customers' accents.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A little nationalistic tune plays when you complete a customer's order.
** LimitedSoundEffects: Boris uses the same Leitmotif as Gorby from ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}''.

* SpinningClockHands: The Dine-Time clock, which advances an hour when certain switches are hit. Serving all five customers and collecting the Dine-Time bonus rewards one million points for each hour.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To Ritchie's earlier work, ''Pinball/{{Taxi}}''.

* WelcomeToCorneria: This can be an annoyance if the player takes too long to fill the orders.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Boris talks like this.
-->'''Boris:''' "Hey! Get lead out!"

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/diner-pinball_9963.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The original VideoGame/DinerDash]]

Although ''Diner'' was only a modest success for Williams, it remains a popular game for players who enjoy its lighthearted theme, varied shots, and humorously appropriate sound effects and music. A digital version is available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

* CaptainErsatz: Babs and Boris are obvious caricatures of MargaretThatcher and Boris Yeltsin, respectively. It's also believed Haji is based on Bill Gates, and Pépé was modeled after Pancho Villa.

* AmericanAccents[=/=]AmericansAreCowboys: Buck speaks with a Texan drawl and wears a big white Stetson hat.

-->'''Babs:''' "I'd like an Iced Tea and a frankfurter."

* CaptainErsatz: Babs and Boris are obvious caricatures of MargaretThatcher and Boris Yeltsin, respectively.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Order up!"]]
->'''Crooner:''' "Numbah one!"

->'''Waitress:''' "Numbah one!"

Although ''Diner'' was only a modest success for Williams, it remains a popular game for players who enjoy its lighthearted theme, varied shots, and humorously appropriate sound effects and music.

''For the 1982 film by Barry Levinson, [[Film/{{Diner}} click here.]]''

* FiveTokenBand: Done literally with the customers.

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->'''Boris:''' "Hey! Get lead out!"

Taking place in a 1950s-style train car diner, the player takes the role of a waitress who has to serve five hungry customers -- Haji, Babs, Boris, Pepe, and Buck. As each person calls out an order, hit the drop targets for their dish and their sides, then collect the Grill bonus before it gets cold. Serve all five customers and you can collect the Dine-Time Jackpot, an award based on the game's backbox clock. For more tips, make successive shots to the cash register, Beat the Rush, then spell D-I-N-E-R for a chance to Stir the Cup for a pipin' hot couple'a millions. Let the jazz from the jukebox take your stress away, because those customers are waiting...

->'''Boris:''' "Hey! Get lead out!"

Taking place in a 1950s-style train car diner, the player takes the role of a waitress who has to serve five hungry customers -- Haji, Babs, Boris, Pepe, and Buck. As each person calls out an order, hit the drop targets for their dish and their sides, then collect the Grill bonus before it gets cold. Serve all five customers and you can collect the Dine-Time Jackpot, an award based on the game's backbox clock. For more tips, make successive shots to the cash register, or spell D-I-N-E-R for a chance to Stir the Cup for a pipin' hot couple'a millions. Let the jazz from the jukebox take your stress away, because those customers are waiting...