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*BreadEggsMilkSquick: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''[[VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos leather corsets]]'' from the moons of Mars.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''[[VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos leather corsets]]'' from the moons of Mars.
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--> Making your way through the Venusian jungle is a bit like working security in the front rows of a rock concert mobbed by giant broccoli.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: Doctor Hackles' list of failed past plans includes one involving genetically-modified badgervarks.
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* FamedInStory: Max is well-known to the point of having licensed action figures that are even localized acorss the galaxy. Doris, however, is not recognized by the Xavians and is confused to be just Max's sidekick.
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* FamedInStory: Max is well-known to the point of having licensed action figures that are even localized acorss across the galaxy. Doris, however, is not recognized by the Xavians and is confused to be just who confuse her for Max's sidekick.
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* LongTitle: Twelve words. It's part of the "{{pulp|Magazine}} science fiction" feel.
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* LeftFieldDescription: The [[LemonyNarrator narration]] is fond of making somewhat bizarre and definitely humorous comparisons. Especially in footnotes.
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* LeftFieldDescription: The [[LemonyNarrator narration]] is fond of making somewhat bizarre and definitely humorous comparisons. Especially in footnotes. One example is the AffectionateParody-flavored description of old pulp serials PurpleProse tendencies:
--> Making your way through the Venusian jungle is a bit like working security in the front rows of a rock concert mobbed by giant broccoli.
--> Making your way through the Venusian jungle is a bit like working security in the front rows of a rock concert mobbed by giant broccoli.
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* SequelHook: If you translate the message you get from entering the ClassicCheatCode, it describes the game as "the first Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning adventure". Combined with the AndTheAdventureContinues ending, it seems like a sequel may have been planned, but it was abandoned.
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* SequelHook: If you translate the message you get from entering the ClassicCheatCode, it describes the game as "the first Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning adventure". Combined with the AndTheAdventureContinues ending, it seems like a sequel may have been planned, but it was abandoned. In October 2022, [[https://twitter.com/emshort/status/1580946459263787009 Short said]] that she [[ShrugOfGod doesn't remember]] if there were any plans to make more.
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--> It’s amazing how Doris de Lightning was able to fit her long red hair under this short brown wig.
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* EvilGloating: Ch’awwwk even has a screen to illustrate his expository speech.
-->'''Ch’awwwk:''' What good is it to have a secret weapon if nobody wants to know about it? Guards, seize them! Make them listen eagerly! Damn it, I want enthrallment!
-->'''Ch’awwwk:''' What good is it to have a secret weapon if nobody wants to know about it? Guards, seize them! Make them listen eagerly! Damn it, I want enthrallment!
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* EvilGloating: Ch’awwwk Ch'awwwk even has a screen to illustrate his expository speech.
-->'''Ch’awwwk:''' -->'''Ch'awwwk:''' What good is it to have a secret weapon if nobody wants to know about it? Guards, seize them! Make them listen eagerly! Damn it, I want enthrallment!
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--> You don’t know exactly how much power is in these pants [[note]](nudge nudge wink wink)[[/note]]
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--> You don’t don't know exactly how much power is in these pants [[note]](nudge nudge wink wink)[[/note]]
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--> Fashions in fortress defense must change with the times. Once red got boring, for a while no lair was complete without a maze of green laser beams, and then for a brief space purple was all the rage. This tipped things over the edge, leading to, in quick succession, hot pink, silver, and taupe, until trends converged to infrared. That in turn lasted about six months before evil overlords everywhere got tired of accidentally walking into the invisible laser beams and getting dropped into the shark pit, and now it’s back to red. There have been some brief flirtations with mixing red and blue lasers, but you have to issue intruders special glasses and it’s not really worth it.
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--> Fashions in fortress defense must change with the times. Once red got boring, for a while no lair was complete without a maze of green laser beams, and then for a brief space purple was all the rage. This tipped things over the edge, leading to, in quick succession, hot pink, silver, and taupe, until trends converged to infrared. That in turn lasted about six months before evil overlords everywhere got tired of accidentally walking into the invisible laser beams and getting dropped into the shark pit, and now it’s it's back to red. There have been some brief flirtations with mixing red and blue lasers, but you have to issue intruders special glasses and it’s it's not really worth it.
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* MarionetteMaster: Ch’awwwk's weapon will grant him control over the birds of Earth (this is the clever bit), in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the Solar System]].
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* MarionetteMaster: Ch’awwwk's Ch'awwwk's weapon will grant him control over the birds of Earth (this is the clever bit), in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the Solar System]].
* SchoolGradeHacking: When [[HopelessWithTech Max]] can't figure out how to work a computer, the more technically-inclined Doris takes over. She says that was at the top of her electronics class for two years, and ''didn't'' even have to hack in and change her teacher's files.
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--> One time unit to destruction. Thank you for choosing Dynablast, Inc, the company that puts the “pal” in “astro-napalm”...
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--> One time unit to destruction. Thank you for choosing Dynablast, Inc, the company that puts the “pal” "pal" in “astro-napalm”..."astro-napalm"...
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** One of the T-shirt slogans in the gift shop is "TopTen Reasons [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Why Roadrunners Are Better Than Coyotes]]".
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** One of the T-shirt slogans in the gift shop is "TopTen "[[TopTenList Top Ten]] Reasons [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Why Roadrunners Are Better Than Coyotes]]".
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** One of the T-shirt slogans in the gift shop is "[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Why Roadrunners Are Better Than Coyotes]]".
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** One of the T-shirt slogans in the gift shop is "[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner "TopTen Reasons [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Why Roadrunners Are Better Than Coyotes]]".
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* ClassicCheatCode: The game has a silly response to "plugh" or "xyzzy", akin to a tie-in promo found in 80s comics. The command turns out to have been the "secret word" of the day. Max and Doris break character to address an unseen audience of "Max-and-Doris Patrol Club Members" and give them a message to decode using their special decoder rings. If you decode it successfully, it gives you two commands you can use for bonus material.
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* SequelHook: If you translate the message you get from entering the ClassicCheatCode, it describes the game as "the first Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning adventure". Combined with the AndTheAdventureContinues ending, it seems like a sequel may have been planned, but it was abandoned.
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* AndAllIGotWasThisLousyTShirt: Parodied. One of the T-shirts in the Xavian gift shop, which they plan to sell to humans after their invasion, has the slogan "my planet was brought under the dominion of the Xavian empire and all I got was this lousy t-shirt which is not nearly as good as having feathers anyway."
* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the game's GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:Doris and Max have a newfound respect for each other once they realize they successfully stopped the invasion and worked together the whole time. The Director calls them in for a mission on Saturn, and they happily accept.]]
* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the game's GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:Doris and Max have a newfound respect for each other once they realize they successfully stopped the invasion and worked together the whole time. The Director calls them in for a mission on Saturn, and they happily accept.]]
* BookEnds: Early in the game, Ch'awwwk's EvilGloating causes him to laugh so hard he falls off his perch. Doris can make a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky comment]] that she hopes Ch'awwwk's weapon has as bad balance as he does. Towards the end of the game, during [[spoiler:the brief epilogue where you control Ch'awwwk, you laugh and fall off. The Director makes a similar comment to Doris.]]
* GameBreakingBug: When using the computer around halfway through the game, attempting to toggle a switch more than once will result in a runtime error that doesn't let you use it again. Thus, if you unplug the wrong cable, you're stuck with no way to get out of the room.
* GoldenEnding: A variant. While ending the game with 90 points does result in you stopping the AlienInvasion and heading home, [[spoiler:either Max or Doris, depending on who sent the bomb up, will have died in the explosion]]. If you figure out how to [[spoiler:get the bomb into the base with nobody holding it, both characters survive]], giving you 100 points and a more satisfying ending.
* GoldenEnding: A variant. While ending the game with 90 points does result in you stopping the AlienInvasion and heading home, [[spoiler:either Max or Doris, depending on who sent the bomb up, will have died in the explosion]]. If you figure out how to [[spoiler:get the bomb into the base with nobody holding it, both characters survive]], giving you 100 points and a more satisfying ending.
* HopelessWithTech: When Max has to use a computer, he fumbles with it for quite a while, pressing random keys until he comes to a password entry screen. If he examines the hardware components, the descriptions are confused and vague. In contrast, Doris is knowledgeable in hacking and was top of her class in basic and advanced electronics (she brags that she didn't even have to change her teacher's files).
* QuicksandSucks: Early into the adventure, Max gets stuck in some quicksand. It slowly pulls him down, and if you spend too long trying to get out, it's GameOver. You can get out of it by [[spoiler:using your force generator to create a rod and having Doris pull you out]]. Alternatively, [[spoiler:if Doris kills the snake first, she can use it to pull Max out]].
* RedHerring:
** If you try to open the taped-shut boxes or the cold cases in the Xavian stockrooms, it'll say that you need a hacksaw or a chisel. You can read each box's label to learn its contents, too. You don't end up collecting either of these items, and you only open [[spoiler:one box, which contains {{Food Pill}}s.]]
** The break room contains a large cylinder of what appears to be soda, and a "Refill" button. You might assume you can fill something with soda, or overflow the container, but you actually can't do anything with it.
** The gift shop, which has a large array of locked cases. Only one of them is open, and it's the only one to have something you might need. You can't open the locked cases in any way.
** A few items you come across, like the metal bowl that holds the granola nuts, can be picked up but serve no practical purpose.
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** If you try to open the taped-shut boxes or the cold cases in the Xavian stockrooms, it'll say that you need a hacksaw or a chisel. You can read each box's label to learn its contents, too. You don't end up collecting either of these items, and you only open [[spoiler:one box, which contains {{Food Pill}}s.]]
** The break room contains a large cylinder of what appears to be soda, and a "Refill" button. You might assume you can fill something with soda, or overflow the container, but you actually can't do anything with it.
** The gift shop, which has a large array of locked cases. Only one of them is open, and it's the only one to have something you might need. You can't open the locked cases in any way.
** A few items you come across, like the metal bowl that holds the granola nuts, can be picked up but serve no practical purpose.
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* ShoutOut: Doris can tell the villain his EvilPlan is lifted from Creator/AlfredHitchcock (and threaten him with Hitchcock estate lawyers), and a Venusian pop band is called [[Creator/MontyPython Dead Parrot Sketch]].
* TeamworkPuzzleGame: When Max and Doris are in the same room, you can switch between them. Each one has special tools that the other doesn't, such as Max's matter creator vs. Doris's rocket pants. If they get separated, there's different puzzles depending on who you were playing as, which you solve to get back together.
* TeamworkPuzzleGame: When Max and Doris are in the same room, you can switch between them. Each one has special tools that the other doesn't, such as Max's matter creator vs. Doris's rocket pants. If they get separated, there's different puzzles depending on who you were playing as, which you solve to get back together.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Doris can tell the villain his EvilPlan is lifted from Creator/AlfredHitchcock (and threaten him with Hitchcock estate lawyers), and a Venusian pop band is called [[Creator/MontyPython Dead Parrot Sketch]].
** One of the T-shirt slogans in the gift shop is "[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Why Roadrunners Are Better Than Coyotes]]".
* TeamworkPuzzleGame: When Max and Doris are in the same room, you can switch between them. Each one has special tools that the other doesn't, such as Max'smatter creator forcefield generator vs. Doris's rocket pants. If they get separated, there's different puzzles depending on who you were playing as, which you solve to get back together.
** Doris can tell the villain his EvilPlan is lifted from Creator/AlfredHitchcock (and threaten him with Hitchcock estate lawyers), and a Venusian pop band is called [[Creator/MontyPython Dead Parrot Sketch]].
** One of the T-shirt slogans in the gift shop is "[[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Why Roadrunners Are Better Than Coyotes]]".
* TeamworkPuzzleGame: When Max and Doris are in the same room, you can switch between them. Each one has special tools that the other doesn't, such as Max's
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* QuicksandSucks: Early into the adventure, Max gets stuck in some quicksand. It slowly pulls him down, and if you spend too long trying to get out, it's GameOver. You can get out of it by [[spoiler:using your force generator to create a rod and having Doris pull you out]].
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* QuicksandSucks: Early into TimedMission: In the adventure, Max gets stuck in some quicksand. It slowly pulls him down, and if final real gameplay segment, you spend too long trying have 20 turns to get out, it's GameOver. You can get figure out of it by [[spoiler:using how to explode Ch'awwwk's evil weapon with your force generator to create a rod bomb. If you fail, the weapon goes off, enslaving all the birds on Earth and having Doris pull you out]].letting the Xavians win.
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* HurricaneOfPuns: The Xavian hideout contains a lot of bird-related puns.
** All the articles in ''Newsbeak'' magazine are loaded with bird jokes.
** Checking the Xavian's storeroom boxes also results in this:
-->''>examine boxes\\
You can faintly make out the Xavian lettering* beneath the dust. The boxes are all labeled "Catering Supplies".\\
*And man, the handwriting is terrible. Talk about chicken scratches.\\
>open boxes\\
The boxes are firmly taped shut*. Figures.\\
*This being Xavia, I need hardly mention that it's duck tape.''
** If Doris tries to jump out of the launching port, the game warns against it, saying that she might become addicted to jumping. Then, she'll be "chowing down on jumping beans, jumpropes twined around your body and stalking the streets looking for shuttles to jump-start."
** All the articles in ''Newsbeak'' magazine are loaded with bird jokes.
** Checking the Xavian's storeroom boxes also results in this:
-->''>examine boxes\\
You can faintly make out the Xavian lettering* beneath the dust. The boxes are all labeled "Catering Supplies".\\
*And man, the handwriting is terrible. Talk about chicken scratches.\\
>open boxes\\
The boxes are firmly taped shut*. Figures.\\
*This being Xavia, I need hardly mention that it's duck tape.''
** If Doris tries to jump out of the launching port, the game warns against it, saying that she might become addicted to jumping. Then, she'll be "chowing down on jumping beans, jumpropes twined around your body and stalking the streets looking for shuttles to jump-start."
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* AlienInvasion: Preventing one is Max and Doris's task.
* BarrierWarrior: Max's special equipment is forcefield generator.
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* AlienInvasion: Preventing one is Max and Doris's task.
Doris have to stop a super-weapon that will be used to enslave all of Earth's parrots.
* BarrierWarrior: Max's special equipment is a forcefieldgenerator.generator that can take various forms, such as a sphere and a long rod.
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* FootnoteFever: IF games don't usually have footnotes. This one does. They're quite [[Creator/TerryPratchett pratchettian]]. Type "footnote n" to see the nth note.
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* FoodPills: In Doris's path, you come across a box of food rations for Xavians. It contains a multitude of small, green pills that apparently contain an entire meal. You can eat one, but not any more, because then you're already full.
* FootnoteFever: IF games don't usually have footnotes. This one does.They're quite [[Creator/TerryPratchett pratchettian]].Most of them serve to add on to existing jokes. Type "footnote n" to see the nth note. Sometimes, there are footnotes within footnotes.
* FootnoteFever: IF games don't usually have footnotes. This one does.
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* ImprovisedParachute: Use [[spoiler: a large leaf to get to the ground safely]].
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* ImprovisedParachute: Use [[spoiler: When Doris is stuck in a large tree, she uses [[spoiler:a large leaf around the size of a bedsheet]] to get to the ground safely]].safely.
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* IToldYouSo:IToldYouSo: When Max saves Doris from a snake that she initially assumed was just a vine.
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* LaserHallway: In classic red, because:Doris's route, she comes across a red laser barrier. There's a shutoff button, which you can activate by either throwing something at it or using a long pole. The game has a footnote explaining why they're red:
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* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Seeing that most of the game is spent sneaking around enemy base (even if the enemy in question is a bunch of none-too-bright BirdPeople), it has lots of interesting ways you can fail.
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* MundaneUtility: Max hangs onto the ship with one hand, and uses the other to shoot Captain Dotar Sojat's crew with a blaster. A footnote speculated that if he had a third hand, he'd have possibly ordered pizza.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: While playing as [[MadScientist doctor Hackles]], type "yell".
* SelfDestructMechanism: In Max's prologue, he hits the pirate ship's self-destruct button on his way out. It was discount.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In Max's prologue, he hits the pirate ship's self-destruct button on his way out. It was discount.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: While playing as [[MadScientist doctor Doctor Hackles]], type "yell".
"yell". The text says that you scream in a not entirely manly way, and someone laughs.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In Max's prologue, he hits thepirate ship's spaceship's self-destruct button on his way out. It was discount.
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* QuicksandSucks: One puzzle involves getting Early into the adventure, Max gets stuck in some quicksand. It slowly pulls him down, and if you spend too long trying to get out, it's GameOver. You can get out of it.it by [[spoiler:using your force generator to create a rod and having Doris pull you out]].
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* YourMimeMakesItReal: The sad clown robots lock Doris in a mimed box. She counters by trapping them in it instead.
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* DoubleEntendre: Played for laughs.
** Examining Captain Dotar Sojat's stash of plundered treasure will result in the text "People have often complimented you on the quality of your booty."
** If you take Captain Dotar Sojat's box of codekeys, it says your jumpsuit has no pockets. A footnote attached says "(The stories about you having a rocket in your pocket are sadly exaggerated.)"
** Examining Captain Dotar Sojat's stash of plundered treasure will result in the text "People have often complimented you on the quality of your booty."
** If you take Captain Dotar Sojat's box of codekeys, it says your jumpsuit has no pockets. A footnote attached says "(The stories about you having a rocket in your pocket are sadly exaggerated.)"
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* MundaneUtility: Max hangs onto the ship with one hand, and uses the other to shoot Captain Dotar Sojat's crew with a blaster. A footnote speculated that if he had a third hand, he'd have possibly ordered pizza.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The evil overlords Captain Dotar Sojat can consider selling his microchips to are Ivan the Implacable, Racquelle the Ruthless, and Undor the Unkind.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The evil overlords Captain Dotar Sojat can consider selling his microchips to are Ivan the Implacable, Racquelle the Ruthless, and Undor the Unkind.
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* TeamworkPuzzleGame: When Max and Doris are in the same room, you can switch between them. Each one has special tools that the other doesn't, such as Max's matter creator vs. Doris's rocket pants. If they get separated, there's different puzzles depending on who you were playing as, which you solve to get back together.
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* VenusIsWet: A proper [[TheAmazon pulpy jungle]] inhabited by BirdPeople.
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* VenusIsWet: A proper [[TheAmazon pulpy jungle]] jungle inhabited by BirdPeople.
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* ActionPrologue: One for each of the protagonists, told from [[IntroOnlyPointOfView the baddiess perspectives]].
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* ActionPrologue: One for each of the protagonists, told from [[IntroOnlyPointOfView the baddiess baddies' perspectives]].
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* YourMimeMakesItReal: The sad clown robots lock Doris in a mimed box.box.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''[[Videogame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos leather corsets]]'' from the moons of Mars.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''[[VideoGame/LeatherGoddessesOfPhobos leather corsets]]'' from the moons of Mars.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''leather corsets'' from the moons of Mars.
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-->'''Ch’awwwk''': What good is it to have a secret weapon if nobody wants to know about it? Guards, seize them! Make them listen eagerly! Damn it, I want enthrallment!
* FantasticMeasurementSystem: Xavians measure temperature in ziknoks. Or the other standard units, yelpips.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Max's first reaction to [[ActionGirl Doris]]: So who's the little lady?"
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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Max can outwit Xavian guards. [[IdiotHero Max]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Max is an ActionHero with appropriate physique, while [[SheFu Doris]] has several puzzles based on her inability to reach things.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Max's first reaction to [[ActionGirl Doris]]:So "So who's the little lady?"
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Max is an ActionHero with appropriate physique, while [[SheFu Doris]] has several puzzles based on her inability to reach things.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Max's first reaction to [[ActionGirl Doris]]:
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* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Seeing that most of the game is spent sneaking around enemy base (even if the enemy in question is a bunch of none-too-bright BirdPeople), it has lots of interesting ways you can fail.
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* ActionHero: Max Blaster of the Captain America good looks and a trusty blaster at his side.
* AffectionateParody: Of pulp serials.
* EvilGloating: Ch’awwwk even has a screen to illustrate his expository speech.
* FamedInStory: Max, but not Doris.
-->‘I am not his sidekick,’ you snap.
* FamedInStory: Max, but not Doris.
-->‘I am not his sidekick,’ you snap.
* ImprovisedParachute: Use [[spoiler: a large leaf to get to the ground safely]].
* IToldYouSo:
--> '''Max''': I hate to say it, but I told you so. I told you early and I told you repeatedly. I told you loudly and I told you quietly. I told you—
--> '''Max''': I hate to say it, but I told you so. I told you early and I told you repeatedly. I told you loudly and I told you quietly. I told you—
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* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: BirdPeople, and it's not to eat them, but [[BadassInDistress Max and Doris]] do have to escape the Venusians' nests at one point.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: The pants in question are Doris's [[JetPack rocket pants]].
--> You don’t know exactly how much power is in these pants [[note]](nudge nudge wink wink)[[/note]]
* LaserHallway: In classic red, because:
--> Fashions in fortress defense must change with the times. Once red got boring, for a while no lair was complete without a maze of green laser beams, and then for a brief space purple was all the rage. This tipped things over the edge, leading to, in quick succession, hot pink, silver, and taupe, until trends converged to infrared. That in turn lasted about six months before evil overlords everywhere got tired of accidentally walking into the invisible laser beams and getting dropped into the shark pit, and now it’s back to red. There have been some brief flirtations with mixing red and blue lasers, but you have to issue intruders special glasses and it’s not really worth it.
* LeftFieldDescription: Thenarration [[LemonyNarrator narration]] is fond of making somewhat bizzarre and definitely humorous comparisons. [[note]]Especially in footnotes.[[/note]]
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: The pants in question are Doris's [[JetPack rocket pants]].
--> You don’t know exactly how much power is in these pants [[note]](nudge nudge wink wink)[[/note]]
* LaserHallway: In classic red, because:
--> Fashions in fortress defense must change with the times. Once red got boring, for a while no lair was complete without a maze of green laser beams, and then for a brief space purple was all the rage. This tipped things over the edge, leading to, in quick succession, hot pink, silver, and taupe, until trends converged to infrared. That in turn lasted about six months before evil overlords everywhere got tired of accidentally walking into the invisible laser beams and getting dropped into the shark pit, and now it’s back to red. There have been some brief flirtations with mixing red and blue lasers, but you have to issue intruders special glasses and it’s not really worth it.
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* MarionetteMaster: Ch’awwwk's weapon will grant him control over the birds of Earth (this is the clever bit), in order to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the Solar System]].
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* ShoutOut: Doris can tell the villain his EvilPlan is lifted from Creator/AlfredHitchcock (and threaten him with Hitchcock estate lawyers), and a Venusian pop band is called [[Creator/MontyPython Dead Parrot Sketch]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: For a while, at least, Max's casual sexism and ActionHero [[IdiotHero level of intelligence]] really irk Doris. She [[DeadpanSnarker snarks at him]] like there's no tomorrow.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: For a while, at least, Max's casual sexism and ActionHero [[IdiotHero level of intelligence]] really irk Doris. She [[DeadpanSnarker snarks at him]] like there's no tomorrow.
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* ArsonMuderAndJaywalking: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''leather corsets'' from the moons of Mars.
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* ArsonMuderAndJaywalking: ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''leather corsets'' from the moons of Mars.
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* MadScientist: A whole conference of them in Doris's prologue. They want to TakeOverTheWorld with [[EvilHasBadSenseOfHumor sad clown robots performing antics]].
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* MadScientist: A whole conference of them in Doris's prologue. They want to TakeOverTheWorld with [[EvilHasBadSenseOfHumor [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor sad clown robots performing antics]].
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* ClownCar: In the prologue, one of the attendees at a MadScientist meeting announces that they've arranged for a VW bug to be placed onsite so that their army of sad clown robots can emerge from it and seize the area.
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* ActionPrologue: One for each of the protagonists, told from [[IntroOnlyPointOfView the baddiess perspectives]].
* AlienInvasion: Preventing one is Max and Doris's task.
* ArsonMuderAndJaywalking: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''leather corsets'' from the moons of Mars.
* BarrierWarrior: Max's special equipment is forcefield generator.
* ClownCar: Inthe Doris's prologue, one of the attendees at a MadScientist meeting announces that they've arranged for a VW bug to be placed onsite so that their army of sad clown robots can emerge from it and seize the area.area.
* CompressedHair: After Doris sheds her disguise, examine the wig:
--> It’s amazing how Doris de Lightning was able to fit her long red hair under this short brown wig.
* DaChief: The Director.
* FootnoteFever: IF games don't usually have footnotes. This one does. They're quite [[Creator/TerryPratchett pratchettian]]. Type "footnote n" to see the nth note.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Max's first reaction to [[ActionGirl Doris]]: So who's the little lady?"
* IWorkAlone: Max, but this time he gets a partner and that's it.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Doris disguises herself as a secretary to infiltrate those {{Mad Scientist}}s.
* JetPack: Doris wears rocket pants for the mission - useful for scouting.
* AlienInvasion: Preventing one is Max and Doris's task.
* ArsonMuderAndJaywalking: Captain Dotar Sojat's spoils are: platinum bars from the asteroid belt, titanium neuro-packs from Centauri and ''leather corsets'' from the moons of Mars.
* BarrierWarrior: Max's special equipment is forcefield generator.
* ClownCar: In
* CompressedHair: After Doris sheds her disguise, examine the wig:
--> It’s amazing how Doris de Lightning was able to fit her long red hair under this short brown wig.
* DaChief: The Director.
* FootnoteFever: IF games don't usually have footnotes. This one does. They're quite [[Creator/TerryPratchett pratchettian]]. Type "footnote n" to see the nth note.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Max's first reaction to [[ActionGirl Doris]]: So who's the little lady?"
* IWorkAlone: Max, but this time he gets a partner and that's it.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Doris disguises herself as a secretary to infiltrate those {{Mad Scientist}}s.
* JetPack: Doris wears rocket pants for the mission - useful for scouting.
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* SelfDestructMechanism: In the prologue, part of which is played as the commander of a bunch of space-lizard pirates, Max hits the pirate base's self-destruct button on his way out, prompting the parenthetical comment "You knew you shouldn't have given in to the salesdroid's blandishments, but it was offering a great 2-for-1 deal on self-destruct systems, with free installation."
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* MadScientist: A whole conference of them in Doris's prologue. They want to TakeOverTheWorld with [[EvilHasBadSenseOfHumor sad clown robots performing antics]].
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Captain Dotar Sojat and his hardened crew of [[SpacePirate space-pirate-]][[LizardFolk lizards]].
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: While playing as [[MadScientist doctor Hackles]], type "yell".
* SelfDestructMechanism: Inthe Max's prologue, part of which is played as the commander of a bunch of space-lizard pirates, Max he hits the pirate base's ship's self-destruct button on his way out, prompting out. It was discount.
--> One time unit to destruction. Thank you for choosing Dynablast, Inc, theparenthetical comment "You knew you shouldn't have given in to company that puts the salesdroid's blandishments, but it was offering “pal” in “astro-napalm”...
* QuicksandSucks: One puzzle involves getting Max out of it.
* VenusIsWet: A proper [[TheAmazon pulpy jungle]] inhabited by BirdPeople.
--> Making your way through the Venusian jungle is agreat 2-for-1 deal on self-destruct systems, with free installation."bit like working security in the front rows of a rock concert mobbed by giant broccoli.
* YourMimeMakesItReal: The sad clown robots lock Doris in a mimed box.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Captain Dotar Sojat and his hardened crew of [[SpacePirate space-pirate-]][[LizardFolk lizards]].
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: While playing as [[MadScientist doctor Hackles]], type "yell".
* SelfDestructMechanism: In
--> One time unit to destruction. Thank you for choosing Dynablast, Inc, the
* QuicksandSucks: One puzzle involves getting Max out of it.
* VenusIsWet: A proper [[TheAmazon pulpy jungle]] inhabited by BirdPeople.
--> Making your way through the Venusian jungle is a
* YourMimeMakesItReal: The sad clown robots lock Doris in a mimed box.
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You can download the game [[http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=38iqpon2ekeryjcs here.]]
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* LongTitle: Twelve words. It's part of the "{{pulp|Magazine}} science fiction" feel.
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''Max Blaster and Doris de Lightning Against the Parrot Creatures of Venus'' is a 2003 InteractiveFiction game by Dan Shiovitz and Creator/EmilyShort.
A secret weapon that could destroy the Earth is being built on Venus. The two main characters are on a mission to stop it.
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* ClownCar: In the prologue, one of the attendees at a MadScientist meeting announces that they've arranged for a VW bug to be placed onsite so that their army of sad clown robots can emerge from it and seize the area.
* LongTitle: Twelve words.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In the prologue, part of which is played as the commander of a bunch of space-lizard pirates, Max hits the pirate base's self-destruct button on his way out, prompting the parenthetical comment "You knew you shouldn't have given in to the salesdroid's blandishments, but it was offering a great 2-for-1 deal on self-destruct systems, with free installation."
A secret weapon that could destroy the Earth is being built on Venus. The two main characters are on a mission to stop it.
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!!Contains examples of:
* ClownCar: In the prologue, one of the attendees at a MadScientist meeting announces that they've arranged for a VW bug to be placed onsite so that their army of sad clown robots can emerge from it and seize the area.
* LongTitle: Twelve words.
* SelfDestructMechanism: In the prologue, part of which is played as the commander of a bunch of space-lizard pirates, Max hits the pirate base's self-destruct button on his way out, prompting the parenthetical comment "You knew you shouldn't have given in to the salesdroid's blandishments, but it was offering a great 2-for-1 deal on self-destruct systems, with free installation."
