History VideoGame / BrainDead13

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: When the game was first released in the U.S., its original box cover art shows Fritz unloading a wide range of weapons under his trenchcoat in all console versions. When the game became localized for Japanese releases in October 1996, it is averted in the box art for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version (same as in the American release), but inverted when the [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/saturn/196812-brain-dead-13/images/114924 Japanese Sega Saturn version box art]] is very different, in that it adds IdiotHero Lance Galahad right next to Fritz, who looks ready to slice him with a {{chainsaw|Good}} while our hero is struggling to stay alive, indicating that Japanese Fritz ''is'' hardcore! Real peachy, Japan.

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: At least that's it says "No Cartoon Characters Were Maimed or Mutilated During the Making of This Game" on the box art's back cover of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation version.

* HardHead: Fritz. [[spoiler:During the confrontation on the [[ItsAllUpstairsFromHere stairs]], Lance uses [[DropTheHammer a big, strong iron hammer]] to whack Fritz on the head, which only makes him suffer a minor concussion until he gets up and chases him again.]] This is even lampshaded by Frankomatic.

** During the stairs sequence, Lance picks up several of Fritz's weapons to use against him, including at least [[DropTheHammer two hammers]].

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: [[spoiler: Dr. Neurosis' room.]] Everything, except him, Lance and Fritz is in CG.

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* PowerWalk: Lance has a pretty badass one when entering Dr. Neurosis's quarters.

* FeetFirstIntroduction: When Lance stumbles into Vivi's Salon and gets up, the first thing he sees is her neon purple high-heeled shoes before the camera pans up from her legs to her GagBoobs, and finally to a close-up of Vivi herself, [[MissingReflection looking at her facial mirror]].

* FreezeFrameBonus: One of the many things that fly out of Fritz's coat when he's falling down the stairs is a porno mag with Vivi's (clothed) breasts adorned on the cover.

** If you look closely before Vivi shoves Lance's hat in his mouth, you can see that he's making a quick glance at her breasts, and with a smile.
*** Fritz also stares at her boobs with obvious lust, before she throws him into the iron maiden.

--> '''Moose:''' "Alright, squirt! Third down, bases are loaded, and we're pullin' the goalie!"
--> '''Reviewer:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "That... didn't make any sense."]]

* TheIgor: Fritz.

* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Vivi.

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Played straight in Vivi's Funeral Salon in that Lance, the bumbling hero, is fully clothed, while Vivi is a big-breasted villainess in a black, skimpy, [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] outfit.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Vivi.

An interactive movie game similar to ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' and ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'', created and published by [=ReadySoft=] for MS-DOS in late 1995. As in those games, you have to input commands at the right time during the movie or face sudden death, and have to retry. Compared to ''Dragon's Lair'', ''Brain Dead 13'' gives the player slightly more time to make decisions and actually tells you when you entered a wrong command (instead of killing you, as Dragon's Lair does), but there's much less of an idea of what you're supposed to do and when (and some of the inputs are downright counterintuitive). Combine that with EverythingTryingToKillYou and you've got yourself a challenge.

* EpicFail: During the Vivi's Salon scene in which Fritz escapes from the spiked coffin, he puts on a spiked arm with a switch,[[note]]after which you can escape death by the Beautifier[[/note]] but just as Fritz is charging at Lance, he '''trips over a skull.'''

->''"If it's a challenge you want, then it's a deadly game you'll get! We shall see just who is 'average'!"''

* NeverBareheaded: Averted in Vivi's Salon, when Vivi grabs Lance's [[NiceHat baseball cap]] and uses it as a [[BoundAndGagged gag]] to ensure that he can't scream during the painful "makeover".

* GuideDangIt: Played straight in the MS-DOS version and other gaming console ports. Though you can try and {{subvert|edTrope}} this in the [=iOS=] port as well as the Japanese version of the Sega Saturn port by turning on the move guide in the "Settings" screen, which allows you to [[NoticeThis quickly press the appropriate button as soon as it lights up in certain areas]], helping you to guide Lance in the right direction, it still counts as a GuideDangIt if you press a lit button that [[DoubleSubversion turns out to be a wrong move]], especially in TheMaze and in certain boss battles that make the game UnwinnableByDesign if you run away from them.

* UnwinnableByDesign: If you accidentally run from any of the "big three," then you can't see the ending without restarting. You'll find out you've screwed up after you've crawled the castle a few times and start to suspect that it has no ending.