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* AssholeVictim: Spooking Vito Sardini could be considered justified to an extent, as his apathy led to Polterguy's death from a shoddy product. Subverted with Flo and the children, who just happen to be his family members and likely not involved in his business decisions.
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* AssholeVictim: Spooking Vito Sardini could be considered justified to an extent, as his apathy led to Polterguy's death from a shoddy product. Subverted with Flo and the children, who just happen to be his family members and likely not involved in his business decisions.decisions, however their character bios do suggest that they are all generally unlikable people as well, even if Polterguy has no personal grievance against them (Flo's hobbies include "whining and moaning" and "collecting furs", Tony is shown sticking a rat in his sister's hair, and Mimi is depicted ripping the wings off of a butterfly).
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* BringMyBrownPants: One of the many reactions Tony and Mimi can have to Fright-ems is to wet their pants.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Happens often when the family members witness the jump scares. They will just jump out of their clothes.
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* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Happens often when to the family members witness adults. Polterguy can [[LiteralMetaphor literally scare the jump scares. They will just pants off]] of Vito and Flo. When sufficiently spooked, Vito can also jump out of their his clothes.
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* VengefulGhost: Polterguy's main motivation is to take revenge on the Sardini family. He is a FriendlyGhost towards the player still.
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* HauntedHouse: In this game you are actively encouraged to to this. Polterguy can activate a lot of fright 'ems to scare the hell out of Vito's family. The family has no defense for this besides flee.
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* HauntedHouse: In this game you are actively encouraged to to do this. Polterguy can activate a lot of fright 'ems to scare the hell out of Vito's family. The family has no defense for this besides flee.
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* AssholeVictim: Spooking Vito Sardini could be considered justified to an extent, as his apathy led to Polterguy's death from a shoddy product. Subverted with Flo and the children, who just happen to be his family members and likely not involved in his business decisions.
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* JumpScare: All over the place: After Polterguys lets the chandelier fall onto the dining room's table in the opening cutscene, he can make armours walk, let sharks appear form the floor, let [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] fly, let spikes appear from the the sofa and many many more.
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* JumpScare: All over the place: After Polterguys Polterguy lets the chandelier fall onto the dining room's table in the opening cutscene, he can make armours walk, let sharks appear form the floor, let [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] fly, let spikes appear from the the sofa and many many more.
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* {{Poltergeist}}: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around household items.
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* {{Poltergeist}}: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around or transforming household items.items. And in true poltergeist fashion, he's tethered to the Sardinis themselves, not necessarily the house they inhabited, as he follows them each time they move out.
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* GhostlyGlide: Polterguys default method of moving forward.
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* GhostlyGlide: Polterguys Polterguy's default method of moving forward.
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* WholePlotReference: Of course to ''{{Film/Poltergeist}}''. Comes with a lot of [[ShoutOut ShoutOuts]].
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* GhostlyGlide: Polterguys default method of moving forward.
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* GhostlyGlide: Polterguys default method of moving forward.
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* GenreBusting: With its unique gameplay it barely fits into an established genre. Mostly it's classified as action game, sometimes action adventure or even a simulation game.
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* FriendlyGhost: Polterguy is this towards the player (he speaks towards the audience a lot between levels), but not towards the Sardinis.
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* FriendlyGhost: Zigzagged. Polterguy is this towards the player (he speaks towards the audience a lot between levels), but not towards the Sardinis.
* GhostlyGlide: Polterguys default method of moving forward.
* HauntedTechnology: There's a TV, a computer, a toaster, a radio and very much more.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent, green ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and everybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels. It's unclear whether he has other weeknesses like light etc., the Sardinis move into a new house at daytime but escape only at nighttime.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent, green ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and everybody will just pass through him. He can't walk through walls and has to use the holes in the walls where the doors should be. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels. It's unclear whether he has other weeknesses like light etc., the Sardinis move into a new house at daytime but escape only at nighttime.
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* FriendlyGhost: Polterguy is this towards the player character (he speaks towards the audience a lot between levels), but not towards the Sardinis.
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* FriendlyGhost: Polterguy is this towards the player character (he speaks towards the audience a lot between levels), but not towards the Sardinis.
* HiddenDepths: According to the on-screen text, daughter Mimi is surprisingly the inventor of DDT.
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* JacobMarleyApparel: Polterguy is wearing his cool leather outfit from the moment he died.
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* IsometricProjection: The default view of the game is an isometric view inside the houses (the ceilings and walls are invisible). This goes for the main levels and the underground.
* JacobMarleyApparel: Polterguy is wearing his cool leather outfit from the moment he died. His skateboard is still gone for good.
* JacobMarleyApparel: Polterguy is wearing his cool leather outfit from the moment he died. His skateboard is still gone for good.
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* LeftHanging: After the Sardinis flee the fourth house, [[spoiler:we never get to see them again and their fate is completely left ambiguous. However Polterguy suggests that he will continue with his haunting but he does not specify where he will do this.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Sardinis flee the fourth house, [[spoiler:we never get to see them again and their fate is completely left ambiguous. However Polterguy suggests that he will continue with his haunting but he does not specify where he will do this.]]
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* FriendlyGhost: Polterguy is this towards the player character (he speaks towards the audience a lot between levels), but not towards the Sardinis.
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* GhostlyGoals: Polterguy is a mix between type A (friendly) and B (vengeful). His main motivation is to take revenge for his death and freak out the Sardinis, but towards the player he's genuinely friendly and does not mean any harm. In the end, [[spoiler:he temporarily switches back to his human form (with no indication that he ever aimed for this), just to become a ghost again. While taken by surprise, he seems to be fine with this.]]
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* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In the very end, [[spoiler:Polterguy turns into his human form after he has driven out the Sardinis the fourth time (without any foreshadowing that this would be possible). A second later, he's slammed with an anvil and turns back into his ghost form again.]]
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* WallMaster: The arms in the underworld only come out when Polterguy immediately passes them. They are very strong and hurt him a lot.
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* PeekABooCorpse: Polterguy can summon a lot of them in various spots (e.g. the shower), they come with a surprising level of blood.
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* {{Invisibility}}: Polterguy is completely invisible to the family, only the dog can detect him.
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* NewHouseNewProblems: The Sardinis go through no less than four houses. All of them are haunted.
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->''I've got a radical surprise for 'em''
-->-- '''Polterguy'''
-->-- '''Polterguy'''
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* DemonicPosession: With a magic spell called "zombie eyes" you can possess one family member and scare the other ones with them.
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* DemonicPosession: DemonicPossession: With a magic spell called "zombie eyes" you can possess one family member and scare the other ones with them.
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* DemonicPosession: With a magic spell called "zombie eyes" you can possess one family member and scare the other ones with them.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Sardinis flee the fourth house, [[spoiler:we never get to see them again and their fate is completely left ambiguous. However Polterguy suggests that he will continue with his haunting but he does not specify where he will do this.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Sardinis flee the fourth house, [[spoiler:we never get to see them again and their fate is completely left ambiguous. However Polterguy suggests that he will continue with his haunting but he does not specify where he will do this.]]]]
* XtremeKoolLetterz: There are magic spells called "supr-scare" and "ecto-xtra" for you to pick up.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: There are magic spells called "supr-scare" and "ecto-xtra" for you to pick up.
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* FoodFight: Tony and Mimi have one in the opening cutscence. What they throw around looks strangely just as green as your ectoplasm.
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* VisualPun: One of the fright 'ems is the family's computer. It's mouse will turn into a huge real mouse.
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* TotallyRadical: Polterguy is a teenage punk who loved to ride skateboards (at least as long as he was still alive), moves in a cool and edgy manner, does a punky dance routine and uses a lot of 90s slang like "I'm right behind your sorry butts", "dude the slimeballs deserve it", "don't go too far you sorry suckers", "let's hose 'em good" and "we better keep after those scumbags".
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* TotallyRadical: Polterguy is a teenage punk who loved to ride skateboards (at least as long as he was still alive), moves in a cool and edgy manner, does a punky dance routine and uses a lot of 90s slang like "I'm right behind your sorry butts", "dude the slimeballs deserve it", "don't go too far you sorry suckers", "let's hose 'em good" and "we better keep after those scumbags"."I've got a radical surprise for 'em".
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* SanityMeter: Each family member gets one in the form of a fear level. It starts at "calm" and eventually reaches "low", "medium", "high" and "very high", together with a picture that shows how terrified everybody is. Only a "very high" the family members will leave the house, as long as a door is near.
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* SanityMeter: Each family member gets one in the form of a fear level. "fear level". It starts at "calm" and eventually successively reaches "low", "medium", "high" and "very high", together with a picture that shows how terrified everybody is. Only a they are. On "very high" the family members level, they will leave completely panic and escape the house, as long as a door is near.nearby (if not, they'll just flee to another room and finally calm down again if you don't scare them again).
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* ChainsawGood: In the garage, Polterguy can activate a chainsaw a scare the crap out of the family members (mostly Vito, because he hangs around he a lot).
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* ChainsawGood: In the garage, Polterguy can activate a chainsaw a scare the crap out of the family members (mostly Vito, because he hangs around he here a lot).
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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a 1993 video game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Electronic Arts (ported to Playstation Portable in 2006). In a shout-out to the haunted house genre, it gives the player the unique experience of being a poltergeist. It includes various horror themes, even some blood and gore, but always in a comedic way.
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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a 1993 video game released for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Drive/Genesis]] developed by [[Creator/ElectronicArts Electronic Arts Arts]] (ported to [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable Playstation Portable Portable]] in 2006). In a shout-out to the haunted house genre, it gives the player the unique experience of being a poltergeist. It includes various horror themes, even some blood and gore, but always in a comedic way.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocent teenagers. He has a nasty facial expression, smokes a fat cigar, values his money over everything and has according to the on-screen text an MBA in sleazy economics.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocent teenagers. He has a nasty facial expression, smokes a fat cigar, values his money over everything and has according to the on-screen text an MBA in sleazy economics."sleazy economics".
* PunnyName: "Polterguy" is of course a pun on "Poltergeist".
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* SurpriseJump: All of the family members do this at some point. They jump very high into the air and ofter expose their underwear.
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* SurpriseJump: All of the family members do this at some point. They jump very high into the air and ofter often expose their underwear.
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* TheNineties: The game was made in 1993, in probably set in this year and comes with a lot of 90s slang and costumes.
* BatScare: Happens in the underworld. Polterguy has to dodge a swarm of bats that emerge from a coffin.
* BloodyHorror: Polterguy can temporarily turn a table cloth into a pool of blood.
* BodyHorror: Many fright 'ems are like this, like a mutilated corpse in the shower or some deformed creatures that Polterguy can summon.
* BloodyHorror: Polterguy can temporarily turn a table cloth into a pool of blood.
* BodyHorror: Many fright 'ems are like this, like a mutilated corpse in the shower or some deformed creatures that Polterguy can summon.
* CreepyBasement: The underworld is presumably set beneath the Sardini house and has many spooky things in them like skulls, coffins, bats, pits and arms reaching for you.
* ExorcistHead: Some of the fright 'ems invoke this, for the summoned monsters and for the Sardinis.
* FlatScare: When their fear level is on high or very high, even less impressive fright 'ems will set the Sardinis off and they look for a way to escape the house.
* FlatScare: When their fear level is on high or very high, even less impressive fright 'ems will set the Sardinis off and they look for a way to escape the house.
* GenreBlindness: The Sardinis fail to see that just moving to another house won't fix their problem. Even after they've been scared out of three of them in the same way that clearly points to a poltergeist, they just move to another house. Also, they never hire a ghostbuster or something like this.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent, green ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and everybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent, green ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and everybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels. It's unclear whether he has other weeknesses like light etc., the Sardinis move into a new house at daytime but escape only at nighttime.
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* VisibleInvisibility: Polterguy is visible to the player (he's a transparent, green ghost) but invisible to the family except the dog.
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* VisibleInvisibility: Polterguy is visible to the player (he's a transparent, green ghost) but invisible to the family except the dog.dog.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Sardinis flee the fourth house, [[spoiler:we never get to see them again and their fate is completely left ambiguous. However Polterguy suggests that he will continue with his haunting but he does not specify where he will do this.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the Sardinis flee the fourth house, [[spoiler:we never get to see them again and their fate is completely left ambiguous. However Polterguy suggests that he will continue with his haunting but he does not specify where he will do this.]]
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* CapitalismIsBad: Until the day of his death, Polterguy is just a normal 90s teenager. He dies because the Sardini Company sells crappy skateboards just for profit without regards for safety and life.
* ChainsawGood: In the garage, Polterguy can activate a chainsaw a scare the crap out of the family members (mostly Vito, because he hangs around he a lot).
* ChainsawGood: In the garage, Polterguy can activate a chainsaw a scare the crap out of the family members (mostly Vito, because he hangs around he a lot).
* DiabolusExMachina: After Polterguy [[spoiler:defeats the final boss, he returns into his human form again, but an anvil appears out of nowhere, lands on his head and turns him into a ghost again.]]
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* HappyDance: Whenever Polterguy collects all ectoplasm in the underworld, he does a short dance to celebrate.
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* HappyDance: Whenever Polterguy collects all ectoplasm in the underworld, he does a short dance to celebrate. It is more of a punk dance however.
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* JumpScare: All over the place: After Polterguys lets the chandelier fall onto the dining room's table in the opening cutscene, he can make armours walk, let sharks appear form the floor, let [[ChansawGood chainsaws]] fly, let spikes appear from the the sofa and many many more.
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* JumpScare: All over the place: After Polterguys lets the chandelier fall onto the dining room's table in the opening cutscene, he can make armours walk, let sharks appear form the floor, let [[ChansawGood [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]] fly, let spikes appear from the the sofa and many many more.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Polterguy goes only by the name Polterguy. His real name is neither revealed in the game nor in the manual.
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* StockCostumeTraits: Polterguy is a teenage punk. He has a mohawk and wears a leather jacket and a torn jeans.
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Polterguy's last piece of dialog tells us that he will continue spooking around after he has been revived and made a ghost again.]] However, no sequel was ever produced.
* StockCostumeTraits: Polterguy is a standard 90s teenage punk. He has a mohawk and wearsa an oversized leather jacket and a torn jeans.knee-torn jeans.
* SurpriseJump: All of the family members do this at some point. They jump very high into the air and ofter expose their underwear.
* TotallyRadical: Polterguy is a teenage punk who loved to ride skateboards (at least as long as he was still alive), moves in a cool and edgy manner, does a punky dance routine and uses a lot of 90s slang like "I'm right behind your sorry butts", "dude the slimeballs deserve it", "don't go too far you sorry suckers", "let's hose 'em good" and "we better keep after those scumbags".
* StockCostumeTraits: Polterguy is a standard 90s teenage punk. He has a mohawk and wears
* SurpriseJump: All of the family members do this at some point. They jump very high into the air and ofter expose their underwear.
* TotallyRadical: Polterguy is a teenage punk who loved to ride skateboards (at least as long as he was still alive), moves in a cool and edgy manner, does a punky dance routine and uses a lot of 90s slang like "I'm right behind your sorry butts", "dude the slimeballs deserve it", "don't go too far you sorry suckers", "let's hose 'em good" and "we better keep after those scumbags".
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocent teenagers.
He has a nasty facial expression, smokes a fat cigar, values his money over everything and has according to the on-screen text an MBA in sleazy economics.
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* ColorMotif: The color green is associated with the presence of ghosts in this game. Polterguy, the ectoplasm and the on-screen text all share the same slimy, bilious green.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Happens often when the family members witness the jump scares. They will just jump out of their clothes.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocentteenagers.
teenagers. He has a nasty facial expression, smokes a fat cigar, values his money over everything and has according to the on-screen text an MBA in sleazy economics.economics.
* CoveredInGunge: Polterguy constantly has to collect ectoplasm (bilious green slime) that drops from the ceiling when he successfully has scared a person out of the room or when he's in the crypt.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Happens often when the family members witness the jump scares. They will just jump out of their clothes.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocent
* CoveredInGunge: Polterguy constantly has to collect ectoplasm (bilious green slime) that drops from the ceiling when he successfully has scared a person out of the room or when he's in the crypt.
* HappyDance: Whenever Polterguy collects all ectoplasm in the underworld, he does a short dance to celebrate.
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* Intangibility: The family will just pass through him. However the ecto monsters and the monsters in the underworld can touch (and hurt) him.
* Invisibility: Polterguy is completely invisible to the family, only the dog can detect him.
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* Intangibility: {{Intangibility}}: The family will just pass through him. However the ecto monsters and the monsters in the underworld can touch (and hurt) him.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromFast: Sardini sounds suspiciously similar to {{Sadist}}. They are evil after all, at least Vito.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sardini sounds suspiciously similar to {{Sadist}}. They are evil after all, at least Vito.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sardini sounds suspiciously similar to {{Sadist}}. They are evil after all, at least Vito.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: One of Polterguys jump scares. In the garage he can make a tied up person make appear in the trunk in Vito's car.
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* StockCostumeTraits: Polterguy is a teenage punk. He has a mohawk and wears a leather jacket and a torn jeans.
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* AnvilOnHead: [[spoiler: In the GainaxEnding, shortly after Polterguy transformed into his human form again, a huge anvil, presumably produced by Vito Sardini's company, lands on Polterguy's head and makes him a ghost again.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocent teenagers.
He has a nasty facial expression, smokes a fat cigar, values his money over everything and has according to the on-screen text an MBA in sleazy economics.
* DelinquentHair: Polterguy has a well-kept mohawk on his head. In the GainaxEnding [[spoiler:you can see that he dyed it red]].
* EvilDetectingDog: The family's dog (a very ugly chihuahua) can detect Polterguy and will bark at him to make his ecto drop. He also can calm down the family members so you have to scare them again. The only thing Polterguy can do against the dog is using a magic spell (found in the underworld) to give him food. [[spoiler: He will turn into the final boss by the end.]]
* GainaxEnding: After Polterguy defeats [[spoiler: the dog, he shortly seems to transforms into his regular human form, then suddenly a huge anvil lands on his head (!!!) and transforms him into a ghost again.]] After this the game abruptly ends.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Vito Sardini is the CEO of the Sardini Company that sells defective skateboards to innocent teenagers.
He has a nasty facial expression, smokes a fat cigar, values his money over everything and has according to the on-screen text an MBA in sleazy economics.
* DelinquentHair: Polterguy has a well-kept mohawk on his head. In the GainaxEnding [[spoiler:you can see that he dyed it red]].
* EvilDetectingDog: The family's dog (a very ugly chihuahua) can detect Polterguy and will bark at him to make his ecto drop. He also can calm down the family members so you have to scare them again. The only thing Polterguy can do against the dog is using a magic spell (found in the underworld) to give him food. [[spoiler: He will turn into the final boss by the end.]]
* GainaxEnding: After Polterguy defeats [[spoiler: the dog, he shortly seems to transforms into his regular human form, then suddenly a huge anvil lands on his head (!!!) and transforms him into a ghost again.]] After this the game abruptly ends.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and eveybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels.
* Poltergeist: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around household items.
* Poltergeist: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around household items.
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* Intangibility: The family will just pass through him. However the ecto monsters and the monsters in the underworld can touch (and hurt) him.
* Invisibility: Polterguy is completely invisible to the family, only the dog can detect him.
* JacobMarleyApparel: Polterguy is wearing his cool leather outfit from the moment he died.
* NamesToRunAwayFromFast: Sardini sounds suspiciously similar to {{Sadist}}. They are evil after all, at least Vito.
* NuclearFamily: The Sardini family. Father Vito is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who sells crappy skateboards to innocent teenagers and does not care even if they die. Flo is his proud but easily frightened wife. Tony is their son who is interested in telescopes and ninjas. Mimi is their BrattyTeenageDaughter with GirlishPigtails. They also have an unnamed dog that makes your game harder.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is atranslucent translucent, green ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and eveybody everybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels.
*Poltergeist: {{Poltergeist}}: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around household items.items.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Polterguy's motivation is to remorselessly scare Vito and his family out of their house because Vito's company produced crappy skateboards (Polterguy died riding one of these). He is completely merciless with them.
* SanityMeter: Each family member gets one in the form of a fear level. It starts at "calm" and eventually reaches "low", "medium", "high" and "very high", together with a picture that shows how terrified everybody is. Only a "very high" the family members will leave the house, as long as a door is near.
* UnfinishedBusiness: Polterguy wants to take revenge on Vito Sardini and his family by scaring them. When he's done, [[spoiler:he briefly transforms into his human form but is turned into a ghost again. Whether he reaches afterlife or not is not revealed.]]
* VisibleInvisibility: Polterguy is visible to the player (he's a transparent, green ghost) but invisible to the family except the dog.
* Invisibility: Polterguy is completely invisible to the family, only the dog can detect him.
* JacobMarleyApparel: Polterguy is wearing his cool leather outfit from the moment he died.
* NamesToRunAwayFromFast: Sardini sounds suspiciously similar to {{Sadist}}. They are evil after all, at least Vito.
* NuclearFamily: The Sardini family. Father Vito is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who sells crappy skateboards to innocent teenagers and does not care even if they die. Flo is his proud but easily frightened wife. Tony is their son who is interested in telescopes and ninjas. Mimi is their BrattyTeenageDaughter with GirlishPigtails. They also have an unnamed dog that makes your game harder.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Polterguy's motivation is to remorselessly scare Vito and his family out of their house because Vito's company produced crappy skateboards (Polterguy died riding one of these). He is completely merciless with them.
* SanityMeter: Each family member gets one in the form of a fear level. It starts at "calm" and eventually reaches "low", "medium", "high" and "very high", together with a picture that shows how terrified everybody is. Only a "very high" the family members will leave the house, as long as a door is near.
* UnfinishedBusiness: Polterguy wants to take revenge on Vito Sardini and his family by scaring them. When he's done, [[spoiler:he briefly transforms into his human form but is turned into a ghost again. Whether he reaches afterlife or not is not revealed.]]
* VisibleInvisibility: Polterguy is visible to the player (he's a transparent, green ghost) but invisible to the family except the dog.
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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a 1993 (ported to Playstation Portable in 2006) video game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Electronic Arts. In a shout-out to the haunted house genre, it gives the player the unique experience of being a poltergeist scaring a family. It includes various horror themes, even some blood and gore, but always in a comedic way.
Hero Polterguy is a friendly punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards. These were manufactured by evil business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting him and his family through no less than four houses.
The narrative culminates with Polterguy haunting the Sardini family out of four different homes, at which point the family chihuahua transforms into a grotesque blob monster Ecto Beast, which Polterguy must confront in battle. After throwing explosives at the creature, it explodes into a gory mess, and Polterguy is confronted with floating brain enemies, which he also must throw explosives at to defeat.
Polterguy can jump into a variety of household objects ("fright 'ems") to activate them. Whenever a member of Vito's family is around, these objects will jump scare them and finally drive them insane so they'll finally leave the house.
Polterguy can't die through normal gameplay, but he has a gauge of ectoplasm (green slime). As soon as it drops to zero, he has to go to the Underworld where he has to collect a trail of ectoplasm and avoid scary traps. This is the only area where Polterguy can lose the game.
Hero Polterguy is a friendly punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards. These were manufactured by evil business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting him and his family through no less than four houses.
The narrative culminates with Polterguy haunting the Sardini family out of four different homes, at which point the family chihuahua transforms into a grotesque blob monster Ecto Beast, which Polterguy must confront in battle. After throwing explosives at the creature, it explodes into a gory mess, and Polterguy is confronted with floating brain enemies, which he also must throw explosives at to defeat.
Polterguy can jump into a variety of household objects ("fright 'ems") to activate them. Whenever a member of Vito's family is around, these objects will jump scare them and finally drive them insane so they'll finally leave the house.
Polterguy can't die through normal gameplay, but he has a gauge of ectoplasm (green slime). As soon as it drops to zero, he has to go to the Underworld where he has to collect a trail of ectoplasm and avoid scary traps. This is the only area where Polterguy can lose the game.
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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a 1993 (ported to Playstation Portable in 2006) video game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Electronic Arts. Arts (ported to Playstation Portable in 2006). In a shout-out to the haunted house genre, it gives the player the unique experience of being a poltergeist scaring a family.poltergeist. It includes various horror themes, even some blood and gore, but always in a comedic way.
Hero Polterguy is a friendly punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards. These were manufactured by evil business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting him and his family through no less than fourhouses.
The narrative culminates with Polterguy haunting the Sardini family out of four different homes, at which point the family chihuahua transforms into a grotesque blob monster Ecto Beast, which Polterguy must confront in battle. After throwing explosives at the creature, it explodes into a gory mess, and Polterguy is confronted with floating brain enemies, which he also must throw explosives at to defeat.
houses. Polterguy can jump into a variety of household objects ("fright 'ems") to activate them. Whenever a member of Vito's family is around, these objects will jump scare them and finally drive them insane so they'll finally leave the house.
Polterguy can't die through normal gameplay, but he has a gauge of ectoplasm (green slime). As soon as it drops to zero, he has to go to the Underworld where he has to collect a trail of ectoplasm and avoid scary traps. This is the only area where Polterguy can lose the game. From the second house on, he'll meet also ecto monsters and the family's dog, the only being that can spot him.
Hero Polterguy is a friendly punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards. These were manufactured by evil business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting him and his family through no less than four
The narrative culminates with Polterguy haunting the Sardini family out of four different homes, at which point the family chihuahua transforms into a grotesque blob monster Ecto Beast, which Polterguy must confront in battle. After throwing explosives at the creature, it explodes into a gory mess, and Polterguy is confronted with floating brain enemies, which he also must throw explosives at to defeat.
Polterguy can't die through normal gameplay, but he has a gauge of ectoplasm (green slime). As soon as it drops to zero, he has to go to the Underworld where he has to collect a trail of ectoplasm and avoid scary traps. This is the only area where Polterguy can lose the game. From the second house on, he'll meet also ecto monsters and the family's dog, the only being that can spot him.
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* ThreeQuartersView: The default view of the game is an isometric 3/4 view.
* AllThereInTheManual: The game's backstory is only given in the manual. Polterguy was a standard 90s teenager who liked skateboards. As those were crap, he died in an accident. Polterguy wants to tell it once but somehow chooses not to.
* HauntedHouse: In this game you are actively encouraged to to this. Polterguy can activate a lot of fright 'ems to scare the hell out of Vito's family. The family has no defense for this besides flee.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and eveybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels.
* Poltergeist: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around household items.
* ThreeQuartersView: The default view of the game is an isometric 3/4 view.
* AllThereInTheManual: The game's backstory is only given in the manual. Polterguy was a standard 90s teenager who liked skateboards. As those were crap, he died in an accident. Polterguy wants to tell it once but somehow chooses not to.
* HauntedHouse: In this game you are actively encouraged to to this. Polterguy can activate a lot of fright 'ems to scare the hell out of Vito's family. The family has no defense for this besides flee.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Polterguy is a translucent ghost and appears in his leather outfit he wore on the day he died. He can not be seen by anybody besides the family's dog. He's intangible and eveybody will just pass through him. He can't die in normal gameplay, only in the underworld, where he is sent to when his gauge of ectoplasm is empty (but he can pick up more ecto too) or between the levels.
* Poltergeist: Polterguy has become a translucent poltergeist after he died in a skateboard accident. He scares Vito's family with throwing around household items.
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Haunting Starring Polterguy is a 1993 (ported to Playstation Portable in 2006) video game released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis developed by Electronic Arts. In a shout-out to the haunted house genre, it gives the player the unique experience of being a poltergeist scaring a family. It includes various horror themes, even some blood and gore, but always in a comedic way.
Hero Polterguy is a friendly punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards. These were manufactured by evil business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting him and his family through no less than four houses.
The narrative culminates with Polterguy haunting the Sardini family out of four different homes, at which point the family chihuahua transforms into a grotesque blob monster Ecto Beast, which Polterguy must confront in battle. After throwing explosives at the creature, it explodes into a gory mess, and Polterguy is confronted with floating brain enemies, which he also must throw explosives at to defeat.
Polterguy can jump into a variety of household objects ("fright 'ems") to activate them. Whenever a member of Vito's family is around, these objects will jump scare them and finally drive them insane so they'll finally leave the house.
Polterguy can't die through normal gameplay, but he has a gauge of ectoplasm (green slime). As soon as it drops to zero, he has to go to the Underworld where he has to collect a trail of ectoplasm and avoid scary traps. This is the only area where Polterguy can lose the game.
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Hero Polterguy is a friendly punk teenager who was killed in an accident involving defective skateboards. These were manufactured by evil business mogul Vito Sardini and his corporation. Polterguy seeks revenge by haunting him and his family through no less than four houses.
The narrative culminates with Polterguy haunting the Sardini family out of four different homes, at which point the family chihuahua transforms into a grotesque blob monster Ecto Beast, which Polterguy must confront in battle. After throwing explosives at the creature, it explodes into a gory mess, and Polterguy is confronted with floating brain enemies, which he also must throw explosives at to defeat.
Polterguy can jump into a variety of household objects ("fright 'ems") to activate them. Whenever a member of Vito's family is around, these objects will jump scare them and finally drive them insane so they'll finally leave the house.
Polterguy can't die through normal gameplay, but he has a gauge of ectoplasm (green slime). As soon as it drops to zero, he has to go to the Underworld where he has to collect a trail of ectoplasm and avoid scary traps. This is the only area where Polterguy can lose the game.
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