History VideoGame / DukeNukemForever

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Many were taken aback with Duke's flippant attitude towards [[spoiler: The Holsom Twins' deaths]] when he is supposedly fighting to save Earth's babes.

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to Duke's earlier outings, the amount of sexual content/low-brow humor is increased dratically in frquency.

* FingerlessGloves: He's got nuke-symbol branded sport gloves as opposed to his old biker leathers.

* RuleOfFunny: The number 69 is the ArcNumber, after all. Of course, considering the US in the ''Duke Nukem'' universe has gone through a MadScientist trying to TakeOverTheWorld, two {{Alien Invasion}}s, and maybe even some time traveling baddies and mutant monsters, depending on whether you place the console games and ''Manhattan Project'' in canon, it wouldn't be a stretch to think that various Presidents got offed during the meantime.

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[[DevelopmentHell This is taking forever!]] [[DescribeTopicHere Time to stop pissing around and describe this bad boy!]]

* WritersCannotDoMath: The game claims to be set twelve years after ''Duke Nukem 3D''. However, at the beginning of the game, we are informed that the USA is on its 67th president. Even if we assume that all of the presidents in the intervening time only served a single term (four years), that would place DNF in 2104 at least. Therefore, either the writers ignored their mathematics when it comes to the passage of time, or the USA went through some serious political instability.

* ShoutOut: Check the page.

* DummiedOut: Using console commands, players can give Duke a weapon called the Mini Nuke, complete with model, textures, animations and all — everything, in fact, except the damage expected from a nuclear missile.
** The console itself. You need to use an external program to re-enable it.

* {{Fanservice}}: The Holsom Twins provide most of this.

* On the other hand, it's become an industry-wide RunningGag when talking about VaporWare. While the game was still in production, it was frequently used as a punchline in the same way as "[[CueTheFlyingPigs when pigs fly]]" or "when hell freezes over", thanks to its [[ScheduleSlip constant delays]] and ''"When It's Done"'' release date set by its original developers.

* IndecisiveParody: It's rather laughable to see a game with regenerating health and a two-gun weapon system attempt to deliver a TakeThat to Franchise/{{Halo}}. Especially right before a segment that bears a striking similarity to Halo 2's second level.

* RantInducingSlight: Justified in that beer is a PowerUp, and GenreSavvy aliens were trying to keep it from Duke.

* BerserkButton: [[http://cdn.gearboxsoftware.com/dukenukemforever.com/assets/audio/DUKE_Map03_Line_04.mp3 This]] is the first time we have ever heard Duke truly angry. Not just "[[TranquilFury This really pisses me off]]", but ''tangible human rage''. Duke loves his babes, and by God does he hate aliens.
-->'''Duke:''' ''Not my babes! NOT in my town!'' You alien motherfuckers are gonna pay for this!

* CallBack: You can sign "Why I'm So Great," Duke's autobiography first mentioned in ''Duke Nukem II''.
** Interacting with the "Balls of Steel" pinball machine back in ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' would cause Duke to remark "Hmm, don't have time to play with myself." Now that you ''can'' play "Balls of Steel", Duke says "[[DoubleEntendre Now I]] ''[[DoubleEntendre have]]'' [[DoubleEntendre time to play with myself!]]"

** The very first boss is similar to ''Duke Nukem 3D'''s [[spoiler:Cycloid Emperor]]. In fact, the entire level is pretty similar to the last ''3D''[='=]s last level, right down to [[spoiler:the field goal]].

* CaptainObvious: Done as a joke, some of the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111020004750/http://blog.gamestaq.com/2011/07/duke-nukem-loading-screen-quotes/ loading screen messages]] give obvious advices, to say the least:

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Enemies with guns never reload, but you have to, which makes combat unfair at times.

* CosmeticAward: Aside of the achievements, simply leveling up (No challenges required) earns you decorations for "My Digs", which when selected takes you to a whole separate floor of Duke's casino which you can explore at will, much like Croft Manor in VideoGame/TombRaider. Most of these are just photos of Duke doing manly things or giant gold statues of naked babes.

* EveryoneHasStandards: In the DLC campaign, Duke, as hedonistic as he is, refuses to play a video game that involves pimp-slapping women.
** A HypocriticalHumor, considering how the equivalent of multiplayer "capture the flag" of this game is...

* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: The [[BlingBlingBang Golden M1911]]. It's shiny, and it's Duke's.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: It's mentioned that Duke can bench press 600 pounds, which would put his strength as being 5 times that of the average human male. While a 600 pound bench press is within the range of human possibility, the individuals who can manage it are generally the same size as [[Franchise/GameOfThrones The Mountain]], rather than Duke's more normal HeroicBuild physique.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: In "The Doctor Who Cloned Me", Duke is apparently able to survive on the surface of the moon just fine, simply by holding his breath.

* BookEnds: In the beginning of the game, you take a piss and kill a giant cyclops alien in a videogame. [[spoiler: The last boss is that very alien, and you piss in his eye socket after killing him. To which he remarks before fighting him, is a one liner ascended from a very familiar one: "I'll rip your eye out and piss on your brain!"]]

(On the loading screen) ''Picking up turds doesn't take away ego, even though we really wanted it to.''

* NoFairCheating: Averted. One of the loading screen messages mentions that if you ever get lost, you could always cheat by looking at [=FAQ=]s online. The Steam version would even suspend the game with the Steam overlay key combo so you can take your time to look up whatever it is you want to look up (including website/YouTube videos) using Steam's integrated web browser, then let you instantly get back to the game with no time wasted using the same key press.

* NoFairCheating: One of the load screen hints tells you that if you ever get lost, you could always cheat by looking at FAQs online.
** The Steam version would even suspend the game with the Steam overlay key combo so you can take your time to look up whatever it is you want to look up (including Website/YouTube videos) using Steam's integrated web browser, then let you instantly get back to the game with no time wasted using the same key press.