History VideoGame / ChexQuest

* ImprobableWeaponUser: The Chex Warrior carries around a ''bootspoon'' which, as the name implies, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is a spoon]]. It can be upgraded to a ''Super [=BootSpork=]'', an analogue to ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'''s chainsaw.

** Several posters in the theater (''Chex Quest 2'') reference movies such as ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.

* TheCameo: [=NaCL=] 96's ending has Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and the Hamburger Helper mascot in the audience.

** ''HD'' Features a robot modeled after [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Gizmoduck]] and Dr. O'Ryen's ending paying homage to the epilogue screens of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. Fitting, as the original game used the ''Doom'' engine.

** Most importantly, enemies do not [[SetAMookToKillAMook infight]]. Flemoids suddenly zorching each other probably wouldn't make much sense, so understandably, the mechanic is disabled. This means that trying to be clever and using what would be clever setups only results in a waste of time.
** In the original two games, splash damage from the Zorch Propulsor could hurt the player exactly like the rocket launcher. This was apparently left in by mistake, as ''Chex Quest 3'' removed the Zorch Propulsor ability to damage the player. This leads to veteran players trying to give themselves space before using the weapon out of habit, only for it to be unnecessary.

* TeleportGun: Chex Warrior's WeaponOfChoice. Zorchers don't actually kill anything, they're a portal to the Flemoid Dimension contained within a force field bubble, which breaks when it hits a (semi)solid surface.

* ActionGirl: ''HD'' has Wheatney Chexworth and Dr. O'Ryan.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Wheatney's plan to go after the Flemoids on their own homeworld sounds valiant until you realize that the Zorchers don't kill anything and it teleports them to their homeworld...which is where she foolishly chose to dive into]].

[[caption-width-right:250:Wearing breakfast as armor? Makes perfect sense.]]

On April 18, 2016, nearly a decade after Chex Quest 3 was released, Chukker announced [[http://www.chexquest.org/index.php?topic=5307.0 a remake of the first game in Unreal Engine 4 was in the works]]. It [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/804270/Chex_Quest_HD/ released]] on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on May 18th, 2020.

To tie in with the the remake, the anthology comic book, ''Untold Tales of Chex Quest'' was released.

* AdaptationExpansion: The HD edition gives the original Chex Warrior [[NamedByTheAdaptation a name (Fred Chexter]]), and adds five more playable characters, Wheatney Chexworth, Dr. O'Ryen, Shane 'The Dread' [=McBread=], [=NACL96=], and P.R.E.T.Z.L.

* AdaptationExpansion: The HD edition gives the original Chex Warrior [[NamedByTheAdaptation a name (Fred Chexter]])]], and adds five more playable characters, Wheatney Chexworth, Dr. O'Ryen, Shane 'The Dread' [=McBread=], [=NACL96=], and P.R.E.T.Z.L.

* AdaptationExpansion: The HD edition gives the original Chex Warrior [[NamedByTheAdaptation a name]] ([[AscendedFanon Fred Chexter]]), and adds five more playable characters, Wheatney Chexworth, Dr. O'Ryen, Shane 'The Dread' [=McBread=], [=NACL96=], and P.R.E.T.Z.L.

** The bridge of the spherical ship in ''HD'''s [=E1M1=] bears some resemblance to that of the USS Enterprise from [[Film/StarTrek2009 the Kelvin timeline.]]

** ''HD'' Features a robot modeled after [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Gizmoduck]] and Dr. O'Ryen's ending paying homage to } The epilogue screens of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. Fitting, as the original game used the ''Doom'' engine.

* AdaptationExpansion: The HD edition gives the original Chex Warrior [[NamedByTheAdaptation a name]] (Fred Chexter), and adds five more playable characters, Wheatney Chexworth, Dr. O'Ryen, Shane 'The Dread' [=McBread=], [=NACL96=], and P.R.E.T.Z.L.

* IceCreamKoan: How Dr. O'ryen speaks.

* TimeSkip: ''Chex Quest 3'' takes place 10 years after the first two games.

** ''HD'' Features a robot modeled after [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Gizmo Duck]] and Dr. O'Ryen's ending paying homage to } The epilogue screens of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. Fitting, as the original game used the ''Doom'' engine.
* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: P.R.E.T.Z.L. uses Text to Speech in his epilogue to speak to the viewer.]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: in ''HD'': [[spoiler: After turning his focus from heroism to fatherhood, a Flemoid appears from Fred Chexter's window.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Wheatney's plan to go after the Flemoids on their own homeworld sounds valiant until you realize that the Zorchers don't kill anything and it teleports them to their homeworld...which is where she foolishly chose to dive into]].

** P.R.E.T.Z.L. [[spoiler:Runs the Social Media account for the Intergalactic Federation of Cereals.]]
** Shane [=McBread=] [[spoiler:Returns home to be made sheriff, but instead rides off into the sunrise in search for adventure.]]
** [=NACL96=] [[spoiler:Bombs as a stand-up comic and asks the Admiral if he's going back Bazoik]]