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* CastFromHitPoints: One of Sketch's attacks tears a tiny section of the page, folding it into a plane and sending it zooming across the screen. This costs a sizeable chunk of the player's health bar and can hit Sketch on its return pass if he doesn't duck under it.
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* NerdsAreSexy: Sketch can hardly be considered bad looking, He has [[BarbarianLongHair long hair]], a [[HeroicBuild nice physique]], and it's a creative guy (He writes,draws a comicbook and it's a rock musician! [[ShownTheirWork And does it fairly well]]. Ohh, and he's {{Adorkable}},
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** BadassLongcoat: Mortus.
** BadassMustache: Again, Mortus.
** BadassUnintentional: Sketch, definitely.
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** BadassMustache: Again, Mortus.
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**BadassLongcoat: Mortus.
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* [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Rodents Of Unusual]] [[strike:Size]] [[ElementalPowers Ability]]: Roadkill is a rat with [[ShockAndAwe electric powers]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally pitched as ''Joe Pencil trapped in the Comix Zone'', featuring the same basic concept but a radically different plot and character design. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El55LRmqSOE Check it out.]]
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* AuthorAvatar: Sketch In-Universe.
* AutobotsRockOut: The soundtrack is mostly Rock, Grunge and Heavy Metal.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Alissa Cyan is [[AmbiguouslyBrown olive skinned]], wears black military gear and black sunglasses. And she's arguably the BigGood.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sketch again.
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* HeroicBuild: Exaggerated in the Super Sketch sequences. But outside of his comic he's pretty buff. The guy knows the score.
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One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, [[LightningCanDoAnything somehow affecting the comic book too.]] In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - [[ArtInitiatesLife manages to escape the comic book's pages]], and hurl the stunned Sketch (and his now electrified pet rat Roadkill) into the world of Comix Zone. Mortus intends to free himself by destroying Sketch in the comic book, as he is unable to do so in reality.
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One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, [[LightningCanDoAnything somehow affecting the comic book too.]] too]]. In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - [[ArtInitiatesLife manages to escape the comic book's pages]], and hurl the stunned Sketch (and his now electrified pet rat Roadkill) into the world of Comix Zone. Mortus intends to free himself by destroying Sketch in the comic book, as he is unable to do so in reality.
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* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. ''[[ElvisPresley SEGA!]]''")
* [[MageInManhattan Cyber-Cowboy In Manhattan]]: Mortus.
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* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. ''[[ElvisPresley ''[[Music/ElvisPresley SEGA!]]''")
* [[MageInManhattan Cyber-CowboyIn in Manhattan]]: Mortus.
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* MultipleEndings: Which you get depends on [[spoiler: whether you can beat Mortus quickly enough to rescue Alissa. If you succeed, you can bring her into the real world with you.]] Alternatively, see ItsAWonderfulFailure above.
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* MultipleEndings: Which you get depends on [[spoiler: whether you can beat Mortus quickly enough to rescue Alissa. If you succeed, you can bring her into the real world with you.]] you]]. Alternatively, see ItsAWonderfulFailure above.
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* BottomlessPits: Providing instant death, just in case the game wasn't hard enough already. There's exactly 1 pit that requires pixel-perfect timing to cross, and naturally it's in the last level. What doesn't help is that continues are only available after you beat the boss of the even paneled stages. This gives you at most three tries before having to start over ''from the first level''.
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* BottomlessPits: Providing instant death, just in case the game wasn't hard enough already. There's exactly 1 one pit that requires pixel-perfect timing to cross, and naturally it's in the last level. What doesn't help is that continues are only available after you beat the boss of the even paneled stages. This gives you at most three tries before having to start over ''from the first level''.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Alissa foiling Mortus's scheme in the comic world is enough to lure him back from the real world, at which point Sketch can proceed to kill him.]]
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Alissa foiling Mortus's Mortus' scheme in the comic world is enough to lure him back from the real world, at which point Sketch can proceed to kill him.]]
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Alissa foiling Mortus's scheme in the comic world is enough to lure him back from the real world, at which point Sketch can proceed to kill him.]]
** Mortus technically breaks it in the comic's world by constantly drawing in new enemies and hazards for Sketch.
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* HereWeGoAgain: A rather dark take on it. [[spoiler:If you win the game but fail to save the girl, Sketch will try to recreate the comic world so that he can enter it again to win the right way.]]
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* HereWeGoAgain: A rather dark take on it. [[spoiler:If you win the game beat Mortus but fail to save the girl, Sketch will try to recreate the comic world so that he can enter it again to win the right way.]]
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: The first stage's boss.]]
* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. [[ElvisPresley SEGA!]]")
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* ItsAWonderfulFailure: Crossed with NonStandardGameOver and HaveANiceDeath; rather than any old game over screen, dying with no continues gives you the worst ending!
* KillItWithFire:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:How you're supposed to kill the first stage's boss.]]
boss. [[SelfImposedChallenge You can try it the hard way, if you feel daring.]]]]
** In the second stage, [[spoiler:Mortus tries to do this to you by '''setting the page on fire!''']]
* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2.[[ElvisPresley SEGA!]]")''[[ElvisPresley SEGA!]]''")
* KillItWithFire:
** In the second stage, [[spoiler:Mortus tries to do this to you by '''setting the page on fire!''']]
* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2.
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* MultipleEndings: Which you get depends on [[spoiler: whether you can beat Mortus quickly enough to rescue Alissa. If you succeed, you can bring her into the real world with you.]]
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* MultipleEndings: Which you get depends on [[spoiler: whether you can beat Mortus quickly enough to rescue Alissa. If you succeed, you can bring her into the real world with you.]]]] Alternatively, see ItsAWonderfulFailure above.
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* PaperMaster: Sketch can tear part of the page off and make lethal paper airplanes out of it. Mortus's only means to kill his creator is to pull him into the page and draw monsters to attack him.
** The insane damage of the airplane is likely justified in that you are attacking the beings of the world with what equates to the undiluted fabric of their own reality.
* PuzzleBoss: All of them. The first stage's boss can be killed by [[spoiler: setting a flaming barrel under her]], the second is [[spoiler: weak against his own fingernails]] and the final boss can be killed by [[spoiler: luring him under the rocket and setting off the thrusters]]. Naturally, all three can be beaten to death normally, it's just harder (and, in the case of the final boss, will cause you to get the bad ending unless you're ridiculously good).
** The insane damage of the airplane is likely justified in that you are attacking the beings of the world with what equates to the undiluted fabric of their own reality.
* PuzzleBoss: All of them. The first stage's boss can be killed by [[spoiler: setting a flaming barrel under her]], the second is [[spoiler: weak against his own fingernails]] and the final boss can be killed by [[spoiler: luring him under the rocket and setting off the thrusters]]. Naturally, all three can be beaten to death normally, it's just harder (and, in the case of the final boss, will cause you to get the bad ending unless you're ridiculously good).
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* PaperMaster: Sketch can tear part of the page off and make lethal paper airplanes out of it. Mortus's only means to kill his creator is are to pull him into the page and draw monsters to attack him.
** The insane damage of the airplane is likely justified in that you are attacking the beings of the world with what equates to the undiluted fabric of their ownreality.
reality. And as a consequence, making the paper plane [[CastFromHitPoints puts a big dent in Sketch's health bar]].
* PuzzleBoss: All of them. The first stage's boss can be killed by [[spoiler: setting a flaming barrel under her]], the second is [[spoiler: weak against his own fingernails]] and the final boss can be killed by [[spoiler: luring him under the rocket and setting off the thrusters]]. Naturally, all three can be beaten to death normally, it's just a lot harder (and, in the case of the final boss, will cause you to get the bad ending unless you're ridiculously good).
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* PuzzleBoss: All of them. The first stage's boss can be killed by [[spoiler: setting a flaming barrel under her]], the second is [[spoiler: weak against his own fingernails]] and the final boss can be killed by [[spoiler: luring him under the rocket and setting off the thrusters]]. Naturally, all three can be beaten to death normally, it's just a lot harder (and, in the case of the final boss, will cause you to get the bad ending unless you're ridiculously good).
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* StarvingArtist: Sketch describes himself as this at one point.
--> Hey, I'm just a starving artist! Well, I used to be...
--> Hey, I'm just a starving artist! Well, I used to be...
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* XMeetsY - CoolWorld meets "DuckAmuck", and they have a baby that's a distant cousin to {{Splatterhouse}}.
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--> '''Sketch''' Nice fingernails, dude. \\
'''Kung Fung''' Do you wish I use 'em, dude? \\
'''Sketch''' *thinking* Oh dear! \\
'''Kung Fung''' *proceeds to attack rapidly*
'''Kung Fung''' Do you wish I use 'em, dude? \\
'''Sketch''' *thinking* Oh dear! \\
'''Kung Fung''' *proceeds to attack rapidly*
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'''KungFung''' Fung:''' Do you wish I use 'em, dude? \\
'''Sketch''' '''Sketch:''' *thinking* Oh dear! \\
'''KungFung''' Fung:''' *proceeds to attack rapidly*
'''Kung
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Something that I could never forget!
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'''Sketch''' *thinking* Oh dear! \\
'''Kung Fung''' *proceeds to attack rapidly*
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'''Kung Fung''' Do you wish I use 'em, dude? \\
'''Sketch''' *thinking* Oh dear! \\
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* EekAMouse: Mongoria (the redhead with hook-tipped braids) ''hurls herself out of the page'' if you sic Roadkill at her. She even quotes the trope word for word!
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* EekAMouse: MongoriaMongoria (the redhead with hook-tipped braids) ''hurls herself out of the page'' if you sic Roadkill at her. She even quotes the trope word for word!
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Sketch Turner, a "starving artist" and freelance rock musician, is working on his newest comic book, named the "[[TitleDrop Comix Zone]]." Comix Zone is the story of the New World Empire's attempt to defend Earth from an invasion of alien renegades, with inspiration coming from Sketch's (oddly vivid) dreams and nightmares.
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Sketch Turner, a "starving artist" StarvingArtist and freelance rock musician, is working on his newest comic book, named the "[[TitleDrop Comix Zone]]." Comix Zone is the story of the New World Empire's attempt to defend Earth from an invasion of alien renegades, with inspiration coming from Sketch's (oddly vivid) dreams and nightmares.
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One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, [[LightningCanDoAnything somehow affecting the comic book too.]] In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - [[ArtInitiatesLife manages to escape the comic book's pages]], and hurl the stunned Sketch (and his electrified pet rat Roadkill) into the world of Comix Zone. Mortus intends to free himself by destroying Sketch in the comic book, as he is unable to do so in reality.
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One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, [[LightningCanDoAnything somehow affecting the comic book too.]] In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - [[ArtInitiatesLife manages to escape the comic book's pages]], and hurl the stunned Sketch (and his now electrified pet rat Roadkill) into the world of Comix Zone. Mortus intends to free himself by destroying Sketch in the comic book, as he is unable to do so in reality.
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* NintendoHard: Just see the entry.
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* NintendoHard: Just see the [[NintendoHard/VideoGamePublishers entry.]]
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* SaveScumming: ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (''[[UpdatedRerelease Plus]]'' for those outside Japan) ''Sega Genesis Collection'' and ''Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection'' (''Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection'' in Europe) all allow you to use save states. It helps ''a lot''.
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* SaveScumming: ''[[CompilationRerelease Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (''[[UpdatedRerelease Plus]]'' for those outside Japan) ''Sega Genesis Collection'' (or ''Sega Mega Drive Collection'' in Europe) and ''Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection'' (''Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection'' in Europe) all allow you to use save states. It helps ''a lot''.
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Sketch Turner, a "starving artist" and freelance rock musician, is working on his newest comic book, named the "[[TitleDrop Comix Zone]]." Comix Zone is the story of the New World Empire's attempt to defend Earth from an invasion of alien renegades, with inspiration coming from Sketch's (oddly vivid) dreams and nightmares.
One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, [[LightningCanDoAnything somehow affecting the comic book too.]] In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - [[ArtInitiatesLife manages to escape the comic book's pages]], and hurl the stunned Sketch (and his electrified pet rat Roadkill) into the world of Comix Zone. Mortus intends to free himself by destroying Sketch in the comic book, as he is unable to do so in reality.
Inside the comic book, Sketch meets General Alissa Cyan, who believes he is a superhero ("the chosen one") who has come to save their post-apocalyptic world from the evil of Mortus and the alien invaders. Ignoring Sketch's protests, Alissa sends him on his mission, [[MissionControl keeping in touch with instructions and hints via radio]].
Now that Mortus has a physical presence outside of Comix Zone, he is free to change the world as he wishes, simply by drawing in enemies for Sketch to face - or in one instance burn up part of a page. It's up to Sketch to fight panel to panel across his comic book before a final nuclear showdown with Mortus.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude
* ArtAttacker: Mortus.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Sketch Turner and General Alissa Cyan.
* BottomlessPits: Providing instant death, just in case the game wasn't hard enough already. There's exactly 1 pit that requires pixel-perfect timing to cross, and naturally it's in the last level. What doesn't help is that continues are only available after you beat the boss of the even paneled stages. This gives you at most three tries before having to start over ''from the first level''.
** Your first introduction to these pits appears on the first page.
* DownerEnding: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss.
* EekAMouse: Mongoria
* EvilBrit: The London-accented Mooks.
--> "Gimme the respect I deserve!"
* FourthWall: Sketch and Mortus only speak to each other in person, which probably means that the FourthWall is still in effect.
* GameBreakingBug: If you're going to use the Invincibility code, make sure you don't land in lava, as it will lock up the game.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: While you do get a few limited items, most of the fighting is done with your fists and feet.
* HereWeGoAgain: A rather dark take on it. [[spoiler:If you win the game but fail to save the girl, Sketch will try to recreate the comic world so that he can enter it again to win the right way.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Kung Fung can be made to injure himself with his own exploding fingernails.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: The first stage's boss.]]
* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. [[ElvisPresley SEGA!]]")
* [[MageInManhattan Cyber-Cowboy In Manhattan]]: Mortus.
* MeaningfulName: ''Sketch'' Turner is a ''comic book'' artist. Also his previous incarnation, Joe Pencil (see below). "Turner" can also refer to the act of "turning" pages.
* MediumAwareness: Sketch, being the comic's creator, frequently interacts with the medium, being able to flip the pages, find stuff behind the paper, and fold the page pieces into paper planes.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sketch is a comicbook artist/writer.
* MultipleEndings: Which you get depends on [[spoiler: whether you can beat Mortus quickly enough to rescue Alissa. If you succeed, you can bring her into the real world with you.]]
* NintendoHard: Just see the entry.
* PaperMaster: Sketch can tear part of the page off and make lethal paper airplanes out of it. Mortus's only means to kill his creator is to pull him into the page and draw monsters to attack him.
** The insane damage of the airplane is likely justified in that you are attacking the beings of the world with what equates to the undiluted fabric of their own reality.
* PuzzleBoss: All of them. The first stage's boss can be killed by [[spoiler: setting a flaming barrel under her]], the second is [[spoiler: weak against his own fingernails]] and the final boss can be killed by [[spoiler: luring him under the rocket and setting off the thrusters]]. Naturally, all three can be beaten to death normally, it's just harder (and, in the case of the final boss, will cause you to get the bad ending unless you're ridiculously good).
* PinocchioSyndrome: Mortus wants to be Real so he can [[CardCarryingVillain take over the world]].
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Mortus's plan to kill Sketch to become Real. Sketch then rages against his would-be killer by fighting through all the villains he can draw.
* [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Rodents Of Unusual]] [[strike:Size]] [[ElementalPowers Ability]]: Roadkill is a rat with [[ShockAndAwe electric powers]].
* SaveScumming: ''[[CompilationRerelease Sega Genesis Collection]]'' allows you to use save states. It helps ''a lot''.
* SchizoTech: Sketch's comic world vaguely resembles ThundarrTheBarbarian, a mishmash of science, sorcery and mutants.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler: "until..." Also, Super Sketch.]]
* ShowWithinAShow: Sketch's comic, obviously.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally pitched as ''Joe Pencil trapped in the Comix Zone'', featuring the same basic concept but a radically different plot and character design. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El55LRmqSOE Check it out.]]
* WittyBanter
* XMeetsY - CoolWorld meets "DuckAmuck", and they have a baby that's a distant cousin to {{Splatterhouse}}.
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Sketch Turner, a "starving artist" and freelance rock musician, is working on his newest comic book, named the "[[TitleDrop Comix Zone]]." Comix Zone is the story of the New World Empire's attempt to defend Earth from an invasion of alien renegades, with inspiration coming from Sketch's (oddly vivid) dreams and nightmares.
One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a storm, a massive lightning bolt strikes outside his apartment, [[LightningCanDoAnything somehow affecting the comic book too.]] In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - [[ArtInitiatesLife manages to escape the comic book's pages]], and hurl the stunned Sketch (and his electrified pet rat Roadkill) into the world of Comix Zone. Mortus intends to free himself by destroying Sketch in the comic book, as he is unable to do so in reality.
Inside the comic book, Sketch meets General Alissa Cyan, who believes he is a superhero ("the chosen one") who has come to save their post-apocalyptic world from the evil of Mortus and the alien invaders. Ignoring Sketch's protests, Alissa sends him on his mission, [[MissionControl keeping in touch with instructions and hints via radio]].
Now that Mortus has a physical presence outside of Comix Zone, he is free to change the world as he wishes, simply by drawing in enemies for Sketch to face - or in one instance burn up part of a page. It's up to Sketch to fight panel to panel across his comic book before a final nuclear showdown with Mortus.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude
* ArtAttacker: Mortus.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Sketch Turner and General Alissa Cyan.
* BottomlessPits: Providing instant death, just in case the game wasn't hard enough already. There's exactly 1 pit that requires pixel-perfect timing to cross, and naturally it's in the last level. What doesn't help is that continues are only available after you beat the boss of the even paneled stages. This gives you at most three tries before having to start over ''from the first level''.
** Your first introduction to these pits appears on the first page.
* DownerEnding: The bad ending, if you take too long to defeat the boss.
* EekAMouse: Mongoria
* EvilBrit: The London-accented Mooks.
--> "Gimme the respect I deserve!"
* FourthWall: Sketch and Mortus only speak to each other in person, which probably means that the FourthWall is still in effect.
* GameBreakingBug: If you're going to use the Invincibility code, make sure you don't land in lava, as it will lock up the game.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: While you do get a few limited items, most of the fighting is done with your fists and feet.
* HereWeGoAgain: A rather dark take on it. [[spoiler:If you win the game but fail to save the girl, Sketch will try to recreate the comic world so that he can enter it again to win the right way.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Kung Fung can be made to injure himself with his own exploding fingernails.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: The first stage's boss.]]
* LogoJoke: Like many Genesis games, this game also has one ("Test, 1, 2. [[ElvisPresley SEGA!]]")
* [[MageInManhattan Cyber-Cowboy In Manhattan]]: Mortus.
* MeaningfulName: ''Sketch'' Turner is a ''comic book'' artist. Also his previous incarnation, Joe Pencil (see below). "Turner" can also refer to the act of "turning" pages.
* MediumAwareness: Sketch, being the comic's creator, frequently interacts with the medium, being able to flip the pages, find stuff behind the paper, and fold the page pieces into paper planes.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Sketch is a comicbook artist/writer.
* MultipleEndings: Which you get depends on [[spoiler: whether you can beat Mortus quickly enough to rescue Alissa. If you succeed, you can bring her into the real world with you.]]
* NintendoHard: Just see the entry.
* PaperMaster: Sketch can tear part of the page off and make lethal paper airplanes out of it. Mortus's only means to kill his creator is to pull him into the page and draw monsters to attack him.
** The insane damage of the airplane is likely justified in that you are attacking the beings of the world with what equates to the undiluted fabric of their own reality.
* PuzzleBoss: All of them. The first stage's boss can be killed by [[spoiler: setting a flaming barrel under her]], the second is [[spoiler: weak against his own fingernails]] and the final boss can be killed by [[spoiler: luring him under the rocket and setting off the thrusters]]. Naturally, all three can be beaten to death normally, it's just harder (and, in the case of the final boss, will cause you to get the bad ending unless you're ridiculously good).
* PinocchioSyndrome: Mortus wants to be Real so he can [[CardCarryingVillain take over the world]].
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Mortus's plan to kill Sketch to become Real. Sketch then rages against his would-be killer by fighting through all the villains he can draw.
* [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Rodents Of Unusual]] [[strike:Size]] [[ElementalPowers Ability]]: Roadkill is a rat with [[ShockAndAwe electric powers]].
* SaveScumming: ''[[CompilationRerelease Sega Genesis Collection]]'' allows you to use save states. It helps ''a lot''.
* SchizoTech: Sketch's comic world vaguely resembles ThundarrTheBarbarian, a mishmash of science, sorcery and mutants.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler: "until..." Also, Super Sketch.]]
* ShowWithinAShow: Sketch's comic, obviously.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally pitched as ''Joe Pencil trapped in the Comix Zone'', featuring the same basic concept but a radically different plot and character design. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El55LRmqSOE Check it out.]]
* WittyBanter
* XMeetsY - CoolWorld meets "DuckAmuck", and they have a baby that's a distant cousin to {{Splatterhouse}}.
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