History Pinball / MedievalMadness

* SmartBomb: The Troll Bombs, which are available during "Trolls!" They're similar to the Martian Bombs from ''Pinball/AttackFromMars''.

Along the way, the player will also fight dragons, rescue maidens, participate in jousts, and rally angry peasants. Two trolls will periodically pop out of the playfield to menace the player, but Merlin the wizard is nearby to help. It's [[RuleOfFunny all]] {{played for laughs}}, with clever writing by Scott Adsit and Kevin Dorff of UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}'s [[Series/{{SCTV}} Second City]].

In 2013, Rick Bartlett of Planetary Pinball Services announced plans for a Limited Edition rerun of ''Medieval Madness,'' with improvements including a better sound system, built-in support for LED lighting, double hard coating, and a shaker motor. The one thousand units sold out in less than three hours, prompting him to announce plans for a standard edition several days later. A partnership was reached between Planetary Pinball, Chicago Gaming Company, and Creator/SternPinball to assemble the remakes, and they were delivered in March 2015.

Along the way, the player will also fight dragons, rescue maidens, participate in jousts, and rally angry peasants. Two trolls will periodically pop out of the playfield to menace the player, but Merlin the wizard is nearby to help. It's [[RuleOfFunny all]] {{played for laughs}}, with clever writing by Scott Adsit and Kevin Dorff of UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}'s [[{{Series/SCTV}} Second City]].

* DistressedDamsel: You rescue them to light up Multiball Madness and progress towards [[WizardMode Battle for the Kingdom]]. It's all PlayedForLaughs, with the damsels' suggestive dialogue, anachronistic speech, and whatnot.

* PurelyAestheticEra: This table features, among other things, a castle lord who talks like a New York gangster and wishes someone would invent the gun, a jousting match commentated like a modern-day sports game, peasants complaining that "they took our pinball machines", trolls who like "human burgers" with fries on the side, and a DistressedDamsel with a "Valley Girl" accent.

* AbnormalAmmo: The catapult fires bowling balls, [[AWorldwidePunomenon cats]], chickens, cows, and [[Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports Skull the Bone Head]].

* PrecisionFStrike: "I'm Lord Howard Hurtz; who the ''[bleep]'' are you?!

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: When you complete Battle for the Kingdom, the King of Payne rushes out from the ruins of his castle to fight you himself... then stops when just his eyes are on the dot display, does a BigNo, and blows up. There’s no explanation for him exploding, but it sure is satisfying.

* CluckingFunny: A chicken is one of the items you can catapult at the castle.

---> "Hey! [[{{Pinball/FunHouse}} What did I ever do to you?]]"

* EverythingsBetterWithCows: If you launch three cows from the catapult, the VideoMode will be "Save the Calves".
--> "Save the Ch--" MOOOOOOOOOOO
** Cows are a rather hefty presence during Barnyard Multiball.
** There's a knight riding a flying cow on the backglass.

* PsychoForHire: Sir Psycho, naturally.

* SoundEffectBleep: One of Lord Howard Hurtz's introductory clips is "I'm Lord Howard Hurtz, who the [BEEP] are you?" An operator control allowed the unbleeped version instead. (The censored version is permanently active in the digital ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade Pinball Arcade'' version.)

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The trolls.
-->'''Troll 1:''' "We eat you for lunch!"
-->'''Troll 2:''' "With croutons and sprouts!"

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: When you complete Battle For The Kingdom, the King of Payne rushes out from the ruins of his castle to fight you himself... then stops when just his eyes are on the dot display, does a BigNo, and blows up. There’s no explanation for him exploding, but it sure is satisfying.

A digital version of the game was available as part of [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' collection until July 1, 2018, when their license to all Williams and Bally tables expired. However, on September 4, 2018, Creator/ZenStudios announced that it had gained the rights to this and other WMS tables to be released within ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX3]]''. In particular, this and three other tables (''Pinball/FishTales'', ''[[Pinball/HighSpeed The Getaway: High Speed II]]'' and ''Pinball/JunkYard'') are the first to get this treatment.

-->"Biiiig dragon! [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar But I bet you're]] [[BiggerIsBetterInBed bigger]]!"

-->"Yoohoo! [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Mein helmet has horns!]]"

* SaveThePrincess

* ThoseTwoGuys[=/=]ThoseTwoBadGuys: The trolls.

* TorchesAndPitchforks

** Musician Dan Forden will occasionally spout [[Franchise/MortalKombat "Toasty!"]] when completing the second for four shots up the [[DamselInDistress Damsel ramp]].

'''Joust announcer:''' Sir Tropealot with the tropes! BOOM SHAKALAKA!
'''''TROPE MADNESS IS LIT'''''

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!!This pinball demonstrates the following tropes:

* BigNo: The King of Payne lets loose with a satisfying one when you complete Battle for the Kingdom, thereby defeating him. Sadly, this isn't present in the Pinball Arcade version.

** Occasionally, whenever you shoot the Damsel ramp, you can hear [[Franchise/MortalKombat "Toasty!" (on the second shot) and "Fatality!" (on the third shot)]]. Sound designer Dan Forden worked on both ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and ''Medieval Madness''.
** One of the jousting quotes references ''VideoGame/NBAJam''.

*** Francois du Grimm is basically one giant Shout Out to the Frenchman from ''Attack From Mars''; in addition to the two characters using the exact same voice, about half of the former's lines are {{Snowclone}}s of the latter's.** If you defeat the left Troll during the Trolls! mode, the right one can quip:

* {{Combos}}: Shooting a shot that ricochets off the right troll into the left castle wall, or the left troll into the Merlin's Magic saucer is a Troll Combo, which will award one [[SmartBomb troll bomb]].

* TheDragonslayer
* DragonsPreferPrincesses

* [[IWillTearYourArmsOff I'm Gonna Tear Your Arms Off]]: One of Sir Psycho's threats.

* MythologyGag:
** Shooting ramps consecutively prompts [[Pinball/NoFearDangerousSports Skull]] to appear. He's also one of the things fired from the catapult.
** One of only two game-opening lines that isn't spoken by the King of Payne is "It's a great day for jousting!", referencing the opening line of ''Pinball/{{Indianapolis 500}}''.

** A reference to the spiritual predecessor ''Pinball/AttackFromMars'' by the peasants: "They took our livestock and treasured historical monuments!"
*** One possible intro dialogue for Trolls! is "Trolls rule!" "That's right! Rule the universe!" Rule The Universe is the WizardMode in ''Pinball/AttackFromMars''.
*** Francois du Grimm is basically one giant Shout Out to the Frenchman from ''Attack From Mars''; in addition to the two characters using the exact same voice, about half of the former's lines are {{Snowclone}}s of the latter's.

** One of the quotes at the start of a game is "It's a great day for jousting!", a reference to a similar quote from ''Pinball/{{Indianapolis 500}}''.
** If you defeat the left Troll during the Trolls! mode, the right one can quip:
---> "Hey! [[{{Pinball/FunHouse}} What did I ever do to you?]]"