History VideoGame / NewTalesFromTheBorderlands

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT piss Fran off. The punk who threatened to threaten her for not giving him free frogurt learned this [[LiterallyShatteredLives the hard way]].
* BigBad: Susan Coldwell, CEO of Tediore, is the main antagonist of the game.

* DeadlyGame: The third episode has the characters compete in the gameshow "Sink or Swim", which is basically [[Series/DragonsDen Shark Tank]] but with the caveat of being tossed into a literal [[SharkPool shark tank]] if you fail to impress the host.
* EveryoneLives: [[spoiler:The GoldenEnding, in which Anu, Fran and Octavio manage to work together to defeat Caldwell and save Promethea, with [=L0U13=] having been rebuilt by the time of the epilogue]].
* Fiction500: The Dirty 30, which is basically the Forbes 500 of Promethea. Octavio's primary dream in life is to somehow get on that list.

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* InsistentTerminology: Anu insists time and time again that what she built isn't a gun, but a ''device''.
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Rhys]] is definitely more hostile to Anu than he is in earlier games to others, but his reasoning makes sense. He is running a weapons manufacturer, so creating a device that sends targets away (but lets them come back) is a bad idea in a galaxy filled to the brim with killers. Anu also had released very dangerous test subjects ''multiple'' times, costing a lot of money each time. Lastly, while he did not ask about how it could be tested, Anu did not clarify that her device only could send things away, with no indication of how to bring them back, so she effectively destroyed his personal property, if not general company property, with an extremely expensive, ultimately useless not-weapon. In the end, she is lucky he gave her as much time and patience as he did before [[spoiler:firing her]].
* MultipurposeTongue: [[spoiler:The Devourer, true to its name]], contains a long tongue to smash around and damage the environment, as well as eating unsuspecting victims.

* PercussiveMaintenance: How Anu fixes her device, complete with slapping minigame sequences.
* RecurringExtra: In each of the episodes, you can encounter a "Badass Superfan" hiding in a container who challenges the protagonists to Vaultlanders.

* ShaggyDogStory: Episode Three has the characters compete in a gameshow to get some start-up capital for a potential business... Only for Octavio to blow all of that money on effectively renovating Fran's Frogurt Shop.

->'''Fran:''' If you happen to see any corpses along the way, uh, don't worry about them... They're just, uh... yeah. Don't worry about them.

* ShoutOut: When Anu's inspecting for a second time Fran's jukebox, she asks why is there a camera inside the jukebox. Fran replies that it's for her [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnlyFans "OnlyFrans"]].

* SeriousBusiness:
** During the trip in the sewers, should Octavio fail the box infiltration, he's challenged by a Tediore trooper (named "Badass Superfan" by the game) into a game of "Vaultlanders" to see if they can pass, or are killed. The trooper, Octavio, and Fran all lapse into epic prose when discussing it.
-->'''Fran:''' Octavio must find glory in the truth of the figures. Only through plastic combat will our fates... be decided.\\
'''Anu:''' ''Why'' are you people ''like this?''
** Later on, when Anu is collecting material in order to improve her device, the Superfan is found hiding in the fridge of Fran's frogurt store. He challenges Anu under the same rules as he did with Octavio.

* WideEyedIdealist: Anu is an idealistic scientist with dreams of creating something that doesn't destroy lives, which is at odds with the fact that she works for a weapons manufacturer.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Fran was actually mentioned in ''3'' as the owner of Rhys' favorite Frogurt shop that Katagawa Jr. destroyed.

* HandicappedBadass: Fran might be a paraplegic, but she rides a surprisingly heavily-armed hoverchair.

* SuperWheelchair: Fran uses a futuristic hoverchair that comes equipped with various gadgets and weaponry such as a (short range) freezing ray and a punching fist.

* CallBack: Tediore's guns with legs make a return from ''3''. One of them, Brock, is a talking weapon that was owned by the Tediore Commander [[spoiler:who Diamond Danielle murdered during the early stages of the Tediore invasion]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do NOT piss Fran off. The punk who threatened to injury her for not giving him free frogurt learned this [[TakenForGranite the hard way]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Caldwell is dead, Tediore has been crippled, its invasion attempt failed, and Promethea was saved. However, the protagonists lost their invention, and [=L0U13=], Stitchface and Fran died, leaving Anu and Octavio to pick up the pieces]].

* CuttingTheBranches: The game puts next to no attempt into incorporating [[spoiler:choosing to kill Bivington Bradwick]], as regardless of choice [[spoiler:he's mentioned as being alive in most of the endings]] and [[spoiler:Octavio having never killed anyone]] can be a literal plot point later on.

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''New Tales from the Borderlands'' is an upcoming adventure game and sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' spin-off, ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands''. It is developed by [[Creator/GearboxSoftware Gearbox Studio Québec]]. The game was released on October 21, 2022.

The game follows three new protagonists, ordinary citizens Anu, Octavio, and Fran, as their planet of Promethea is suddenly invaded by the Tediore company, searching for yet another vault. Together, they set out to reach the vault first, make their fortunes, and save their home from corporate greed.

* AscendedExtra: Tediore, a low quality gun maker in the series, is set up as a major antagonist for the game, being confirmed as the invading force in the trailer.
* CallBack: Tediore's guns with legs make a return from the third game. One is seen in the trailer, threatening the people during the invasion.
* CorporateWarfare: The game involves Tediore invading the heroes' homeworld, as seen in the trailer.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Fran was actually mentioned in ''3'' as the owner of Rhys' favorite Frogurt shop that Katagawa Jr. destroyed. The Frogurt shop can actually be seen in the trailer.
* MultipurposeTongue: In the trailer, Octavio can be seen running from a monster that is using its long tongue to smash around and damage the environment.
* SeriousBusiness: In the gameplay trailer, Octavio and a Tediore trooper fight a game of "Vaultlanders" to see if they can pass, or are killed. The trooper, Octavio, and Fran all lapse into epic prose when discussing it.

* SuperWheelchair: Fran uses a futuristic hoverchair, as seen in the trailer, that comes equipped with various gadgets and weaponry.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: The trailer presents the main characters as the female Anu and Fran and the male Octavio.

''New Tales from the Borderlands'' is an upcoming adventure game and sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' spin-off, ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands''. It is developed by [[Creator/GearboxSoftware Gearbox Studio Québec]]. The game is set to be released on October 21, 2022.

''New Tales from the Borderlands'' is an upcoming adventure game and sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' spin-off, ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands''. It is developed by [[Creator/GearboxSoftware Gearbox Studio Québec]]. The game is set to release on October 21, 2022.