History VideoGame / BenThereDanThat

* BlobMonster: Bob the Blob, who is actually a superhuman whose body is 86% water (a normal human's is 80%). [[spoiler:Ben accidentally kills him [[WeaksauceWeakness with a sponge.]]]]

* IRegretNothing: Normally, this is a beautiful, poignant phrase. In this game, however, it's [[spoiler:a petulant gripe that ''directly causes the end of the world.'']]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Referenced repeatedly, mostly involving Dan. The most obvious, of course, is the dialogue that results from trying to use Dan on Dan.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: They accidentally kill all of humanity. Now they trying to use time travel to stop this from happening. [[WhatAnIdiot Rather then stop themselves about a couple of weeks in the past they decided to prevent coat hangers from being invented.]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: There's an entire dimension of superheroes with really lame powers. The first one you encounter can fly, but it's more of a hovering a few inches off the ground.

* IRegretNothing: Normally, this is a beautiful, poignant phrase. In this game, however, it's [[a petulant gripe that ''directly causes the end of the world.'']]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:It turns out that the world was being detroyed because of them. Ben's refusal to feel guilty about this and just wanting to go back to killing things that got in their way disgusts the Clockwork God, who gives up on humanity and deactivates the barrier that protects mankind, deciding to replace humanity with a new race planning to upload himself into Dan.]]

* CuttingTheKnot: Ben... erm... [[KillEmAll does this sometimes.]]

After nearly 11 years, a third game was released on Steam in 2020 titled ''Lair of the Clockwork God''. Instead of being a traditional point and click adventure, it mixes elements of the point and click style with PlatformGame elements.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: At one point Ben uses a [[spoiler: wooden plank]] to cross a river of lava. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] if you examine the [[spoiler: plank]]:

-->'''Dan:''' Thank heavens for [[spoiler: heat resistant wood]], now.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Future Ben and Future Dan write themselves out of history.]]

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: [[spoiler: The aliens are actually Ben and Dan's future selves in disguise]].

* RetGone: [[spoiler: The fate of Future Ben and Future Dan. They disappear soon after being informed there be two Future Bens or two Future Dans, but the results of their actions remain after bootstraping their world conquest]].

** [[spoiler: Turns out this was [[EnforcedTrope done deliberately]] by some game-reviewers-turned-[[EvilGenius evil-geniuses]].]]

* BadFuture: [[spoiler: Hitler rules the world, and reality itself is collapsing due to his overuse of time rifts]].

* ChekhovsGun: Well, this being an adventure game, every single item you can pick up will later prove useful. But [[spoiler: Ironjaw's jaw]] is a more conventional example.

* CrapsackWorld: The beginning of the game. [[spoiler: Dan and Ben, rulers of the world, order everyone to watch ''Magnum, PI''. Everyone dies due to starvation and filth.]]

* MindControlDevice: [[spoiler: Coat Hangers!]]

* [[spoiler:ResetButtonEnding: What happens at the end of the game, more or less.]]

* ShoutOut: This game is a continuation of the love letter to Creator/LucasArts' SCUMM games of the early nineties. From the annoying parrot to "I'm selling these fine leather jackets."

* DrinkingGame: The three Britains in the authentic British pub The Limey in the {{Eagleland}} dimension play one: they finish their glass whenever someone says "Come on England!". However, since the only drink they can get is low-alcohol American ale, they don't get very drunk as a result.

* RetGone: [[spoiler: The fate of Future Ben and Future Dan]].

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: There's an entire dimension of superheroes with really lame powers.

A third game is in the works! It is called [[http://www.sizefivegames.com/2019/04/07/announcing-lair-of-the-clockwork-god/ Lair of the Clockwork God]] and is set to be released in early 2020!

It all makes sense when you play it …

Sort of.

** If you talk to the electronic door lock in the first screen, you get a shout-out to ''{{Sneakers}}'' ("My voice is my passport. Verify me.")

* BetterThanABareBulb: Pretty-much everything that happens is [[LampshadeHanging lamshaded]] the hell out of.

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