History VideoGame / Jazzpunk

[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Now, we want you to take on the task of describing this electronic first-person game]] by the name of ''Jazzpunk''. Intel describes it as a first-person comedy EnvironmentalNarrativeGame that came to Windows and OS X-enabled computer entertainment devices via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/{{GoG|DotCom}} on February 7th 2014 by way of a two-man Canadian developer by the name of Necrophone Games. A Linux port followed, and in 2016 a "DirectorsCut" featuring a greatly-expanded second level and the occasional extra gag here and there besides, was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, appearing as a free update to the PC versions in 2017.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: [[invoked]] Invoked. Polyblank can attempt to appreciate a piece of modern art at the Editor's penthouse, indicated by a bar filling up, but it eventually retracts and crashes completely, showing that he failed to appreciate or understand it in the end.

->''"Creator/AdultSwim Games picked it up. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs That kind of explains it.]]"''
-->-- '''[[{{WebVideo/Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]'''

* AsianHookerStereotype: One of the geishas on the streets of Japan implies this.

* ComputerEqualsTapeDrive: Appropriate for the setting, but even the FemBot in the first mission has one, in a [[GagBoobs rather fitting location]].

* HulaAndLuaus: The manager of the Kai Tak Resort invokes this trope with her costume...but breaks the illusion with her [[UsefulNotes/BonnieScotland Scottish accent]].

* AluminiumChristmasTrees:
** As ridiculous as the "Swing Wing" seems to be as a toy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FibZJGhhTVI it is]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Wing_%28toy%29 a real product]].
** The Komrad Krunch whistle that lets Polyblank hack into the phone system is based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper#Phreaking a real incident]] where a Cap'n Crunch whistle was used to fool AT&T's computerized phone system into granting access to outside lines. It was mostly used to make free calls.

* MultipleEndings: [[spoiler: Subverted in the game's finale. See the ButThouMust example above]].

* SpitTake: An Asian restaurant owner ends up invoking this in the player three times with really unappetising food ingredients.

** Look at a microscope, and now it's ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' against a horde of bacteria.

** The old aristocrat who speaks in SesquipedalianLoquaciousness takes this UpToEleven.

* {{Americasia}}: The "United Prefectures of Japanada", to be exact. The flag is even a blend of Japan's sun-with-rays design and the US' stars and stripes.

* DisguisedInDrag: Your plan to steal the Editor's [[MacGuffin briefcase]] involves putting on a blonde wig and lipstick and [[ShowSomeLeg distracting him]]. It seems to fool all the men in the area [[spoiler:except the Editor and lady in red, who are just playing along]].

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The mook who gets the pie in his face reacts by flatly stating "I have fourth degree burns all over my entire face".
* ManekiNeko: Well, instead of a cat, it's a squid.
* MindScrew: Some of the sequences, especially [[spoiler:escaping from the resort.]]

* RecordScratch: These appear in several random sequences for comedy. There's also a DJ minigame.

[[DescribeTopicHere Now, we want you to take on the task of describing this electronic first-person game]] by the name of ''Jazzpunk''. Intel describes it as a first-person comedy EnvironmentalNarrativeGame that came to Windows and OS X-enabled computer entertainment devices via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/{{GoG|DotCom}} on February 7th 2014 by way of a two-man Canadian developer by the name of Necrophone Games. A Linux port followed, and in 2016 a "DirectorsCut" featuring a greatly-expanded second level and the occasional extra gag here and there besides, was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, appearing as a free update to the PC versions in 2017.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Polyblank can attempt to appreciate a piece of modern art at the Editor's penthouse, indicated by a bar filling up, but it eventually retracts and crashes completely, showing that he failed to appreciate or understand it in the end.

* {{Americasia}}: The "United Prefectures of Japanada", to be exact.

* WorldOfPun: Pretty much everything is retro-cyberized, and some of the jokes can get pretty nerdy. Also taken literally in the vacation travel minigame.
-->'''Robotic Hooker:''' [giggles] ".rar~ Am I Turing you on?"
-->'''Jazz Musician:''' "Got a couple of gigs coming up. Almost a terabyte. I like dat. I record on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/Digital_Audio_Tape DAT]]."
** Jokes also reference typography (A geisha tells you "It's impolite to ask a lady her font weight.") and game design (one target says he was "born on a render farm").

* AmbiguousGender: The live-action trailer portrays Agent Polyblank as a young white male, and the cutout arms you use to manipulate objects in the game are distinctly masculine, but you can easily pass as a bombshell blonde, and can also participate in some activities with women.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Parodied in the last level, when Polyblank is told to turn around, and the camera zooms in with a dramatic sting on...a random crab who appeared previously in the game. Then Polyblank is directed a little more so his gaze lands on the real antagonist.

* BrainInAJar: Some of the vases in the fly-infested vase shop contain brains in them...[[RuleOfFunny for some reason]].

* CutAnePasteNote: Parodied. The informant sends you one to maintain anonymity, but entering his hideout reveals he got the letters from a ransom magazine which consists solely of printed mismatched letters for anybody to get the ransom-note aesthetic from one quick source.

* HulaAndLuaus: The manager of the Kai Tak Resort invokes this trope...but breaks the illusion with her [[UsefulNotes/BonnieScotland Scottish accent]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: The lady in red who gives Polyblank a drugged drink at the Kai Tak resort can later be ''turned into'' a drink by way of a jacuzzi with a blender setting and then served to somebody else.

* CardCarryingVillain: Literally in the case of the Editor.

* DisguisedInDrag: Your plan to steal the Editor's [[MacGuffin briefcase]] involves putting on a blonde wig and lipstick and [[ShowSomeLeg distracting him]]. It seems to fool all the men in the area [[spoiler:except the Editor, who is just playing along]].
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: The fate of the Director. [[spoiler:One button on his tank is a "Gatorizer". The other button turns out to be "Crocification". Both thus lead to the exact same result: the Director turning into the hungry reptile and eating you, with the exact same appearance regardless of button pressed.]]

* GodMode: This is possible by using the game's console. [[spoiler:Subverted in that nothing can actually kill you in this game except in Wedding Qake]], and parodied with the "Atheist Mode".

* ShoutOut: [[{{ShoutOut/Jazzpunk}} Has its' own page]], as well as [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=742813713 a Steam Guide]] attempting to catalogue all of them.

* SurrealHumour: In spades.

* TheToothHurts: The man who reveals that [[spoiler:the resort is a simulation]] does this to the player in order to get rid of a tooth-implanted listening device.
* TinfoilHat: The above character wears a colander on his head.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?]]: The guard at the sushi restaurant is afraid of spiders. [[RuleOfFunny For whatever reason]], he is rather quick to point this out.

* DistinctionWitoutADifference: The fate of the Director. [[spoiler:One button on his tank is a "Gatorizer". The other button turns out to be "Crocification". Both thus lead to the exact same result: the Director turning into the hungry reptile and eating you, with the exact same appearance regardless of button pressed.]]