History VideoGame / FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist

* YouNoTakeCandle: Played with. Hopalong Singh, the Chinese chef, can speak perfect English, but Mom pays him to [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish Speekee Engrish]] instead because he'll sound more "authentic" that way. One of the Native Americans says he only uses TontoTalk to make the tourists happy.

*** Dying in certain circumstances causes the narrator, wrapping up Freddy's story, launch into new ones, containing references to another ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' game, ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish'', and (in a non-Sierra reference) ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.

* BrandX: The game had a quest that involved a tube of "Preparation G." In addition, Freddy mentioned to his "faithful Indian sidekick" that one of the perks of the position was all the "Rustler's Stove" chocolates he could eat.

The game includes adult themes and plenty of sultry, witty humor by Josh Mandel and Creator/AlLowe (of ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' fame). It also contains some notoriously difficult arcade sequences. The game comes with an extensive manual on common diseases and pharmacology, written in 19th century style (thus containing, obviously, many hilarious misconceptions about medical practice as a whole). There are several points in the game where Freddy must utilize a well-equipped pharmaceutical laboratory to concoct pills and potions from a large variety of chemicals.

* TheCameo: Kenny the Kid is an obvious stand in for Sierra CEO Ken Williams. It wouldn't be an Al Lowe game without a cameo from his boss.

The game includes adult themes and plenty of sultry, witty humor by Josh Mandel and Al Lowe (of ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' fame). It also contains some notoriously difficult arcade sequences. The game comes with an extensive manual on common diseases and pharmacology, written in 19th century style (thus containing, obviously, many hilarious misconceptions about medical practice as a whole). There are several points in the game where Freddy must utilize a well-equipped pharmaceutical laboratory to concoct pills and potions from a large variety of chemicals.

Years later, trouble comes to Coarsegold, as the local Sheriff starts shutting down businesses left and right, declaring their buildings as "fire-hazards". Which is kind of understandable, as the whole town is built out of wood. After trying to investigate a little into the matter, Freddy's pharmacy is almost put to the torch when the adjacent building is mysteriously set ablaze one night. Realizing that something is afoot, Freddy eventually concedes to his fate, returning to his own gunslinging ways in order to save his beloved town.

* TheCameo: Kenny the Kid is an obvious stand in for Sierra CEO Ken Williams, it wouldn't be an Al Lowe game without a cameo from his boss.

* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Freddy confronts a poker cheat named Aces in a saloon. When Aces pulls out a gun, Freddy upturns a table and hides behind it. The player is then given a targeting cursor, and everything you can hit with it results in a trick shot. Only one specific object ends up bouncing the bullet into a chandelier that falls on Aces, though.

Set in the WildWest, this game follows the exploits of a gunslinger named Freddy Pharkas (Hungarian roots unexplored). Freddy, having been proclaimed the best gunslinger in the mid-west, meets his match at the hands of the ominously-named outlaw ''Kenny''. Kenny shoots Freddy's ear off in a duel, prompting Freddy to forsake gunslinging and vow never to pick up a pistol again. Instead, Freddy picks up his ''other'' hobby: pharmacology. He moves to the town of Coarsegold, CA (a few miles away from {{Sierra}}'s headquarters in Oakhurst), and never reveals his past to any of the townsfolk.

* ZorroMark: In the climax, Freddy carves an Rx into the clothing of the BigBad, [[spoiler:Penelope Primm]].

''Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist'' is a 90's [[PointAndClickGame Point-and-Click]] {{adventure game}}. Considered one of {{Creator/Sierra}}'s best, and possibly even one of the best adventure games of the 2D VGA era. Strangely, despite being very successful, it did not receive a sequel (this was probably for the best).

* LetsPlay: By [=OreWaUsopp=].

* CopyProtection: The recipes for the medicines you have to distribute at the start of the game are AllThereInTheManual. Only problem is, when the game was re-released in the Sierra Originals version, only a truncated version of the manual was included in the CD booklet, and one of the required recipes was left out entirely. Oops! Al Lowe, the game creator, has since put the entire doc on his [[http://www.allowe.com/ website]].

Set in the WildWest, this game follows the exploits of a gunslinger named Freddy Pharkas (Hungarian roots unexplored). Freddy, having been proclaimed the best gunslinger in the mid-west, meets his match at the hands of the ominously-named outlaw ''Kenny''. Kenny shoots Freddy's ear off in a duel, prompting Freddy to forsake gunslinging and vow never to pick up a pistol again. Instead, Freddy picks up his ''other'' hobby: pharmacology. He moves to the town of Coarsegold, CA (incidentally, hometown of {{Sierra}} headquarters), and never reveals his past to any of the townsfolk.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: They way Freddy takes out the CardSharp.

Years later, trouble comes to Coarsegold, as the local Sheriff starts shutting down businesses left and right, declaring their buildings as "fire-hazards". Which is kind of understandable, as the whole town is build out of wood. After trying to investigate a little into the matter, Freddy's pharmacy is almost put to the torch when the adjacent building is mysteriously set ablaze one night. Realizing that something is afoot, Freddy eventually concedes to his fate, returning to his own gunslinging ways in order to save his beloved town.

* AnimatedActors: The HilariousOuttakes reveal this. The end credits were broken up into chunks, alternating between real credits, and then scenes where the actors got out of character and complained go the game's director. Interestingly enough, the "actors" playing the characters had different names than those of the characters' own voice actors.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After [[spoiler:Penelope]] tells Freddy "it's always the person you least expect," Freddy starts rattling off all the people he suspected even less than [[spoiler:her]].

* AnimatedActors: The HilariousOuttakes reveal this.

* CompletionMeter: Of the 1,000 points to be gathered throughout the game, the first 500 are for unlocking the pharmacy door at the beginning.
* CopyProtection: The recipes for the medicines you have to distribute at the start of the game are AllThereInTheManual.

* {{Identical Grand|son}}father: Zircon Laffer.

* PottyEmergency: Freddy has one of these after [[spoiler: the town's water supply is poisoned with a nasty substance]]. It's so bad he actually [[{{Squick}} shares an outhouse with someone else]].
** TruthInTelevision - some outhouses were ''three-holers''.
*** Except this one's barely large enough to fit one guy. And Freddy has to tell that guy to "''scooch over a bit''". Yuck.

* RoadApples: A cow patty is an inventory item. Also, horse farts.

* ShowdownAtHighNoon: [[spoiler: Close to the end of the game. There are two arcade sequences following each other very closely.]]
* ShoutOut: Leisure Suit Larry's great-grandfather shows up.

** [[VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder Cedric the Owl]] has a cameo. [[DeathByCameo A very short cameo.]]

* ChekovsGun: Freddy's false ear. It'll serve ''three'' purposes by the end of the game.