History VideoGame / MutantFootballLeague

Someone at Electronic Arts is kicking themselves for not being able to [[TakeThat monetize the hell out of this resurrected franchise]]. OTOH, considering how they treated every other series they used to own like crap, this is considered a ''good'' thing.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The game was initially released in 2017 before the Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas. Since then, the game has patched the Croakland Invaders into the Lost Wages Invaders. The developers release roster updates to correspond to changes among the player ranks in the NFL every year, sometimes mid-season. For instance, the 2020 season saw Tom Brady being traded from the New England Patriots to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, so the roster update would see Bomb Shady transferred from the Nuked London Hatriots to the Terror Bay Mutantneers.
** The recent update has Ratspew Splattered transferred from the Motor City Maniacs to the Los Scandalous Damned just like his real life counterpart Matthew Stafford was traded from the Detroit Lions to the Los Angeles Rams.

* SandWorm: Certain fields have them as an environmental hazard. If any player moves to close to their burrows, expect to see them get gobbled up and killed by a giant worm that pops out and snatches them up (and fumble the ball in the process.)

* PunnyName: '''EVERYTHING''' in the game is some macabre play on words of a real world team franchise or player. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is now Airborne Dodgers of the Grim Bay Attackers. Legendary wide receiver Jerry Rice is now Scary Lice. John Elway is now John Hellway. The Indianapolis Colts are the Insane Cults. The Dallas Cowboys are the Malice Hellboys. The only exceptions are that the states of Colorado, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, Texas, Florida, and Georgia still exist, and some of the stadiums take place in real world locations that thematically fit the game. The Leaveland Burns still play in Ohio, Cracksumskull Jugulars are in Florida, and the Sin Fransicko Forty Nightmares play at Alcatraz (in the state of Crazedzonia).

Someone at Electronic Arts is kicking themselves for not being able to [[TakeThat monetize the hell out of this resurrected franchise]].

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The game was initially released in 2017 before the Oakland Raiders moved to Las Vegas. Since then, the game has patched the Croakland Invaders into the Lost Wages Invaders. The developers release roster updates to correspond to changes among the player ranks in the NFL every year, sometimes mid-season. The 2020 season saw Tom Brady being traded from the New England Patriots to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, so the roster update would see Bomb Shady transferred from the Nuked London Hatriots to the Terror Bay Mutantneers.

** The Orcs of Hazzard are an all-orc team (with the exception of megastar Mutant runningback Iron Jaw Magilicutti.) "What they lack in intelligence, they make up for in stupidity". Orcs are the most aggressive and second-hardest hitting race in the game, but are also some of the physically slowest, making their linemen very hard to survive against, but generally easy to pass over.

* RaisedByOrcs: Star running back Iron Jaw Magilicutti of the Orcs of Hazzard was abandoned in the Bayou as a baby and was literally raised by Orcs. He thinks he is one himself, despite actually being a Mutant.

** One of the free agent quarterbacks is a Mutant named [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Nuke Dukem]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: The game was created by the lead developer who created ''Mutant League Football'', and is officially acknowledged as its successor.

-->'''Defense recovering a fumble:''' Much like your mom, if I see loose balls, I'm all over them!

* InstantWinCondition: A team will be forced to forfeit if all 5 players of specific positions are killed, especially among the offensive or defensive line. Quarterbacks are easy targets with the QB Kill dirty trick that can help kill two, but Safeties, Line Bashers, Blitzers, and other positions besides running backs and wide receivers will also qualify. Injuring the last two quarterbacks on the team will also result in forfeit during their possession of the ball.

* EveryManHasHisPrice: A bribed referee will look the other way when your team properly executes a Quarterback Kill dirty play or a cheap kill to another player after the play has ended. They also love to call completely nonsensical penalties on the other team, and ''will'' hinder any legitimate attempts at scoring points. The only way to counter this is to use your own bribery on them, or kill them and take the yardage penalty that the replacing referee will incur.

* TotallyRadical: A DefiedTrope when Grim uses the "Epic" to describe a touchdown play.

* XenomorphXerox: Criminal Aliens are clearly inspired by Xenomorphs. They have elongated heads, spindly bodies, attack with their pointed segmented tails. "Xenomorph" is even a proper surname of certain players among the all-Criminal Alien Galaxy Chaos team.
* YourMom: Some of the trash talking after a particularly hard tackle.
-->Man, you went down faster than your mama at the Christmas party!

-->'''Brickhead:''' We've got a team that's gone undefeated for two seasons, won two Mayhem Bowls, and has a dynasty. It's almost like we're in a video game!\\
'''Grim:''' Uhh... We are in a video game, Bricks.\\
'''Brickhead:''' Ohhh, so that's why I don't have a real life.

* IsThisThingStillOn: After an inteception:
-->'''Interceptor:''' Great throw, buddy. I'll slip the cash into your locker after-- wait, is the mic on?

* MonsterClown: The Karcass City Creeps have a clown not unlike [[Literature/{{It}} Pennywise]] for their team logo.

!!This is Grim Bliztrow. Let's go to the field for the Tropes!

What do you get when you combine orcs, skeletons, robots, aliens, demons, cyborgs, zombies, werewolves, and mutants with UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball and ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Warhammer]]''? Well, if you also throw in copious amounts of [[{{Gorn}} violence]], then you get the Mutant Football League.

What do you get when you combine orcs, skeletons, robots, aliens, demons, cyborgs, zombies, werewolves, and mutants with UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball? Well, if you also throw in copious amounts of [[{{Gorn}} violence]], then you get the Mutant Football League.

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Ginormous dirty makes a player on the defense, usually one the hard hitters, giant, increasing size and strength.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Murder Ball dirty trick involves throwing a deadly ball that instantly kills any and all defensive players who happen to be in the direct line to the receiver. If the defense happens to play the Sticky Ball dirty trick at the same time, the murder ball will kill the quarterback.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: When the first version of the game was released, certain teams would need to be unlocked by winning a game as another other team. This would result in an achievement marking the unlocking of that team. When the Dynasty edition was released, all teams (except the OriginalGeneration teams) already came unlocked. By the developer's own confirmation on the Steam forums, it was no longer possible to obtain four specific team unlock achievements, and they are only still listed to honor anyone who actually did earn them.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: Gore-ga (not to be confused with the still existing state of Georgia) was once the states of Arkansaw, Mississippi and Alabama, which seceded from the nation after the fundamentalist Monster Orcs became too stupid to realize any better.

-->'''QB Sack:''' This quarterback is what you call a Game of Bones player -- Good for three seasons, and now he's just painful to watch.

-->'''Team Captain:''' Mutants, did Antonio bow to peer pressure when they told him a blond mustache would look stupid... did [[Creator/BenAffleck Affleck]] step down when they ridiculed his ComicBook/{{Batman}}? YES, those were brutal and humiliating defeats... probably like we will suffer.

-->'''Team Captain:''' Mutants, did [[Creator/AntonioBanderas Antonio]] bow to peer pressure when they told him a blond mustache would look stupid... did [[Creator/BenAffleck Affleck]] step down when they ridiculed his ComicBook/{{Batman}}? YES, those were brutal and humiliating defeats... probably like we will suffer.

In 1993, Creator/ElectronicArts released ''Mutant League Football'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis. An arcade-style football game where players are encouraged to kill the other team in any way they can. The fields are covered in landmines and spikepits, the referee can be bribed to give a team an advantage, and then killed by the other team if they disagree. Despite the great balance of violence, BlackComedy, and engaging football mechanics, the game never achieved massive critical success, but did become a cult classic. It did well enough that EA would release ''Mutant League Hockey'' the following year. The franchise even earned a [[WesternAnimation/MutantLeague short-lived cartoon series]] that two seasons but was quickly forgotten. After that point, the franchise died down, and Electronic Arts allowed the copyrights on the intellectual property to expire while they looked towards the future of gaming.

'''Referee:''' 10 yard penalty on the Blitzburg Steelheads for liking the ending of Game of Bones.

--->'''Brickhead:''' At least they'll save some money on the retirement party.\\