History VideoGame / ArzetteTheJewelOfFaramore

** One of the [=NPCs=] in Norin Swamp seems to be based on Glutko from ''The Faces of Evil'', as she's a fat, green-skinned ogre with a prominent, cyclops-like eye and a big-lipped mouth with fanged teeth. However, unlike the [[ImAHumanitarian man-eating monster]] Glutko, [[VirtuousCharacterCopy she is kind and gentle woman who is only interested in gardening.]]

** Right next to Salvik is a middle-aged woman who says her husband was turned into a monster and asks you to find her some jewelry in a way that makes Arzette a little uncomfortable — like Alora, who has a similar story and quest and [[AbhorrentAdmirer seems to be interested in Link as well]]. She also mentions that she got the canteen she gives you from a hero, like Lady Alma.
** Dewey, the man stuck on the upper floor of the library, has a color scheme reminiscent of VideoGame/IMMeen. He speaks with a similarly high-pitched and condescending tone of voice, and is very vocal about how he hates libraries.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: In Casual Mode and Normal Mode, [[spoiler;and even in Hero Mode]], Arzette doesn't lose anything upon death but progress on the current screen (unless a checkpoint flag was touched). Arzette even retains any [[FictionalCurrency Rubies]] she picked up prior to death. You return to full health upon death, so dying on a new screen is essentially a free heal. The biggest inconvenience is that enemies respawn as well. This isn't the case with [[spoiler:Classic Mode, which readopts the "continues" system from ''The Faces of Evil'' and ''The Wand of Gamelon'' where you'll only have two respawns upon death in a given area before being booted back to the map screen]], nor with [[spoiler:One-Shot Mode, which requires you to finish the game in a single sitting, with only a single life and no saving. You ''are'' granted the option to continue your run with your collected items, as well as toggling whether or not bosses remain defeated across attempts.]]

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Arzette doesn't lose anything upon death but progress on the current screen (unless a checkpoint flag was touched). Arzette even retains any [[FictionalCurrency Rubies]] she picked up prior to death. You return to full health upon death, so dying on a new screen is essentially a free heal. The biggest inconvenience is that enemies respawn as well.
** Averted with [[spoiler:Classic Mode, which readopts the "continues" system from ''The Faces of Evil'' and ''The Wand of Gamelon'', where you'll only have two respawns upon death in a given area before being booted back to the map screen.]]
** Averted even harder with [[spoiler:One-Shot Mode, which requires you to finish the game in a single sitting, with only a single life and no saving. You ''are'' granted the option to continue your run with your collected items, as well as toggling whether or not bosses remain defeated across attempts.]]

** [[spoiler:Hero Mode: Unlocked by completing Normal Mode. Enemies deal extra damage.]]

** Alven is an anthropomorphic moose with hooves for hands. Despite this, he has no problem mixing drinks as a bartender. [[spoiler: Or swinging a hammer as a blacksmith.]]

* GetBackHereBoss: [[spoiler: Daimur, unlike the rest of the bosses of the game, does not have a proper health bar. Instead, he flees from you while throwing projectiles at you. When you corner and attack him, the battle is over in one hit. This is very likely a nod to how Ganon dies with one hit of the VillainBeatingArtifact in the original Zelda CD-i games.]]

* HardTruthAesop: While being honorable and showing mercy is usually a good thing, focusing on HonorBeforeReason can end in disaster. King Rahklin not executing Duke Nodelki for his treason but sentencing him to hard labor might have been more honorable, but it just meant that Nodelki was free to release Daimur from his prison. Arzette takes this lesson to heart, and [[spoiler: instead of showing mercy to Nodelki or simply sealing Daimur again, she instead kills them both to end the threat for good]].

** [[spoiler: In Durriden Forest, by hopping from the branch where the area's coin is to the nearby treetop, you can get into the area with the Sword Wave ''well'' before you're intended to. This not only gives you a ranged attack early, but because the Sword Wave also destroys magical barriers, you can skip getting the Smart Gun. There's even an achievement for beating the game this way.]]
** [[spoiler: The exit to the shack in Norin Swamp that houses the Griffin Boots, unlike the front door, isn't locked. Since the only obstacle inside is a red color magic barrier, which you have to have acquired a method of destroying in order to even gain access to Norin Swamp, this means you can sneak in the back way and snag the Boots early, which opens up the game ''significantly''.]]

** [[spoiler: The game's unlockable hard mode is named "Hero Mode", which is also the name used for various ''Zelda'' games' hard modes. Considering ''Arzette'''s inspirations, this was almost certainly intentional.]]

* TokenHeroicOrc: Zazie is a demon girl that is found in Daimur's Lair and deeply admires him, implying that she is one of his minions. However the Smart Sword can't harm her, proving she is not evil. She is also a crucial step in the ChainOfDeals needed to [[spoiler: get the game's ultimate weapon]].

* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: When Cornrad is defeated, a crow carries him off, prompting him to yell at the crow to "Put me down! Put me down!" Then the crow carries him over a cliff, and he begs "Wait, keep me up! Keep me up!" before getting [[DisneyDeath dropped to his doom.]]

** The sound effect that plays when Cornrad teleports (among other uses) is the same as when Mario enters a pipe in one ''Hotel Mario'' cutscene. Another sound effect that plays commonly (for example, when clearing a bonus round) is the dinner bell that rings before King Harkinian says "I wonder what's for dinner?" in ''Wand of Gamelon''.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Arzette doesn't lose anything upon death but progress on the current screen (unless a checkpoint flag was touched). Arzette even retains any [[FictionalCurrency Rubies]] she picked up prior to death. You return to full health upon death, so dying on a new screen is essentially a free heal.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Arzette's sword makes enemies go boom.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: Downplayed; the reveal trailer features a clip of Bonnie Jean Wilbur saying "Good!", one of her {{memetic|Mutation}} lines as Zelda from ''The Wand of Gamelon''. While Wilbur does have dialogue in the game, she never says "Good!"

''Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore'' is an "interactive animated adventure" game created by [[https://twitter.com/thedopster Seth "Dopply" Fulkerson]][[note]]who also previously made ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiRemasters''[[/note]] under the developer name Seedy Eye Software and published by Limited Run Games. It is a SpiritualSuccessor to the infamous ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Legend of Zelda CD-i Games]]'', particularly ''Link: The Faces of Evil'' and ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon'', and features background artist Rob Dunlavey returning to do artwork, along with Jeffrey Rath and Bonnie Jean Wilbur (the voices of Link and Zelda) in the voice cast as the tutorial narrator and story narrator, respectively.

* FiftiesHair: Mortar has a rather outrageous pompadour.
* EightiesHair: Arzette has a ridiculously large and poofy hairstyle, just like CD-i Link.

** Mortar is a blatant expy of Morshu from ''The Faces of Evil''. He has a similar name and design, baritone voice, and shrewd personality.

** Right next to that guy is a middle-aged woman who says her husband was turned into a monster and asks you to find her some jewelry in a way that makes Arzette a little uncomfortable — like Alora, who has a similar story and quest and [[AbhorrentAdmirer seems to be interested in Link as well]]. She also mentions that she got the canteen she gives you from a hero, like Lady Alma.

* FictionalCurrency: The currency in Faramore is Rubies. Unlike in the ''Zelda'' CD-i games, where this was a {{Malaproper}} of "Rupees", the monetary pieces in this game are actual rubies, specifically resembling red octahedrons.

** From the YouTubePoop angle, the key art of Arzette was drawn by Creator/{{Geibuchan}}, known for ''WebAnimation/TheKingsEpicAdventure'' and other videos featuring the CD-i cast. Additionally, both WebAnimation/WalrusGuy and Creator/JimmyDavis worked on art and animation for the game.

* ArtShift: The beacon activation scene as well as the scene after activating the first beacon is animated by tracing a 3D animation, and as a result is more fluid than usual and has more consistent character models. The rest of the game cutscenes are more stylized like the old CD-i animations, with have lower frame rate and wackier character shapes and movement.

* GoOutWithASmile: The king dies smiling.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Faramore is the home of both humans (with pointy ears) and anthropomorphic animals, but nobody seems to have a issue with it. The only exception is the mayor refusing to give citizenship to Cypress [[FantasticRacism for being a wolf man]].

* OverlyLongGag: When you finally complete the ChainOfDeals, you get to witness [[spoiler:Alven forge a weapon for the first time in ages. The cutscene consists mostly of him hammering at the sword with a labored grunt in each swing, broken up by a few shots of Arzette looking around as her patience thins, a brief pause when Alven tells her it'll take a little longer, and another when he almost tires out, but shakes it off and powers through. This goes on for a whole minute, but his work pays off in the end, and he rewards you with the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Smart Chainsword]]]]. The cherry on top? This is the one cutscene you can't skip.

* GenreThrowback: To "interactive animated adventures" on the Phillips CD-i, evoking the [[DerangedAnimation strange animation]] in many of their titles, specifically modeling itself after ''Link: The Faces of Evil'' and ''Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon'''s story and gameplay (albeit significantly polished), though has elements of the other ones (such as a timed minigame with the gameplay of ''VideoGame/HotelMario''). The development team went so far as to get the map painter for those games, Rob Dunlavey, as well as Jeffrey Rath and Bonnie Jean Wilbur (the voices of Link and Zelda) as narrators.

* OverlyLongGag: When you finally complete the ChainOfDeals, you get to witness [[spoiler:Alven forge a weapon for the first time in ages, grunting with every swing of his hammer for a whole minute and two fakeouts, before he hands you the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Smart Chain Sword]]]]. After a certain point we cut to Arzette impatiently lookijg around the room. The cherry on top? This is the one cutscene you can't skip.

* OverlyLongGag: When you finally complete the ChainOfDeals, you get to witness [[spoiler:Alven forge a weapon for the first time in ages, grunting with every swing of his hammer for a whole minute and two fakeouts, before he hands you the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Smart Chain Sword]]]]. The cherry on top? This is the one cutscene you can't skip.

** The mayor refuses to allow Cypress, a WolfMan, to live in Faramore Town [[FantasticRacism just because he's a wolf]]. Arzette notes that her smart sword doesn't hurt people who are friendly, which the mayor isn't being. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm He instantly grants Cypress citizenship.]]

* TokenHeroicOrc: Zazie is a demon girl that is found in Daimur's Lair and deeply admires him, implying that she is one of his minions. However the smart sword can't harm her, proving she is not evil. She is also a crucial step in the ChainOfDeals needed to [[spoiler: get the game's ultimate weapon]].

* SequenceBreaking: [[spoiler: In Durriden Forest, by hopping from the branch where the area's coin is to the nearby treetop, you can get into the area with the Sword Wave ''well'' before you're intended to. This not only gives you a ranged attack early, but because the Sword Wave also destroys magical barriers, you can skip getting the Smart Gun. There's even an achievement for beating the game this way.]]

* TokenHeroicOrc: Zazie is a demon girl that is found in Daimur's lair and deeply admires him, implying that she is one of his minions. However the smart sword can't harm her, proving she is not evil. She is also a crucial step in the ChainOfDeals needed to [[spoiler: get the game ultimate weapon]].

** There are a few anthropomorphic animal NPCs that the player can meet as well, including Cypress (a wolf) and Frich (a frog).

* BeastMan: Daimur and many of his minions are humanoid animals, with Daimur being a bat, Klive being a horse, Apatu being a cat, and Beeves being a dragon.

** One of the [=NPCs=] in Norin Swamp seems to be based on Glutko from ''The Faces of Evil'', as they're a fat, green-skinned monster with a prominent, cyclops-like eye and a big-lipped mouth with fanged teeth.
** One NPC at the tavern is a rotund drunk drinking two tankards of beer, giving Arzette advice about slashing at enemy projectiles. This trait is similar to Droolik, an NPC you encounter telling you how to deal with Glutko, even down to having a similar voice.

* AnachronismStew: PlayedForLaughs. There are things like swimsuit calendars and Elvis impersonators in what is ostensibly a MedievalFantasy setting.

** Arzette and Dail roughly correspond to Zelda and Link, being a princess and a commoner who work together to defeat the ultimate evil and restore peace to their kingdom, though their paths diverge from the ending of the original story in the CD-i games; Arzette continues to train and becomes a WarriorPrincess, while Dail retires in luxury and settles for being a QuirkyBard, sitting this adventure out.

** Rudy, when telling Arzette about hidden objects in the walls, mentions that one adventurer once found [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} a fully-cooked turkey leg inside a wall.]]

** One of the characters is a crocodile MascotWithAnAttitude with super speed. His final line is [[Anime/SonicX Gotta go fast!]].

** Count Denny the vampire has a knack for cooking breakfast, which the restaurant chain Denny's is known for.