History VideoGame / Panic

''Panic!'' (known as ''Switch!'' in Japan) is a 1993 game for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD, developed by Sega and Office I[[note]]That's not a roman numeral. You're supposed to pronounce it as "eye".[[/note]] and published in the United States by [[Creator/DataEast Data East USA]]. It's the story of a boy and his dog, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment among other things]].

''Panic!'' (known as ''Switch!'' in Japan) is a 1993 game for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD, developed by Sega and Office I[[note]]That's not a roman numeral. You're supposed to pronounce it as "eye".[[/note]] and published in the United States by [[Creator/DataEast Data East USA]]. It's the story of a boy and his dog, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment among other things]].

--> ''"The most fun you'll have with a CD since you learned those suckers could fly!"''

* ExcitedShowTitle: Doubly so in its international name.

* GagBoobs: Drinking a certain potion will cause Slap (or [[https://youtu.be/-6phOfN_AVQ?t=24m36s Stick!]]) to grow a large pair of breasts. He smiles sheepishly until [[FanDisservice another pair grows on his arms.]] [[BodyHorror And another pair on his head. And a dozen or so more]] before all of them vanish with a hiccup.

* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: They make an appearance in numerous scenes, usually falling from above and turning your character into a [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Slap sandwich]].

* DummiedOut: Two rooms were completely removed from the US version, each for their own reason: 02-B, which takes place in front of a cigarette dispenser [[NoSmoking (removed due to tobacco reference)]], and 09-B, which involves a laptop with a Japanese keyboard (most likely removed for the sake of translation convenience, as there already was another room that had an English typewriter). Both rooms are only accessible in the Japanese version.

* [[WidgetSeries Widget Game]]: Pretty much the whole point of the game is to see what weird thing will happen next.

The game was later ported to the [=PS2=] with some minor {{Bowdlerization}} involving the booby traps, but luckily, if you don't mind just having the CD, you can comfortably get the US version with it being priced at around $20 as of this writing. If you want a complete US version, well... [[CrackIsCheaper you know.]] Importing a complete Japanese copy is not as strenuous on your wallet for one game, but if you want to see what's going on before a purchase, there is an awesome Let's Play of this done by a Mr. Frankomatic of Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeRlFUhzDgA&feature=related here]] that provides the gist of the game.

* LetsPlay: Done by Frankomatic in the description link, and it's awesome. Followed up by a run of the game where he triggers all of the gags.

** A giant foot of squashing makes an occasional appearance, clearly in homage to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. It's not the actual Foot of Cupid from the Branzino painting, [[LawyerFriendlyCameo as Monty Python owns a trademark on that]].

''Panic!!'' (known as ''Switch!'' in Japan) is a 1993 game for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD, developed by Sega and Office I[[note]]That's not a roman numeral. You're supposed to pronounce it as "eye".[[/note]] and published in the United States by [[Creator/DataEast Data East USA]]. It's the story of a boy and his dog, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment among other things]].

** The giant foot of squashing from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' makes an occasional appearance.

* AsideGlance: Slap frequently reacts to gags by looking directly at the player as if to say "You saw that too, right?"

* TheCameo: Where have we seen [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus that giant foot]] before? Hmm...

* CutawayGag: At least one button per room triggers these.

* OffTheShelfFX: A large number of sound effects are obviously just some guy making noises with his mouth. It adds to the overall extremely silly effect the game is going for.
* RunningGag: That damn genie keeps popping up in the strangest places, hums a few bars of his little {{Leitmotif}}, and then jets off like a deflating balloon.

* ShoutOut: [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/panic/panic-30.png This]] seems to be a parody of ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'''s Catbus.

* TheVoiceless: Subverted. There's one room where Slap will repeat whatever phrase the strange gizmo in there shouts. Apart from that, he only makes general vocalizations a la [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]].

* GagBoobs: Drinking a certain potion will cause Slap (or Stick!) to grow a large pair of breasts. He smiles sheepishly until [[FanDisservice another pair grows on his arms.]] [[BodyHorror And another pair on his head. And a dozen or so more]] before all of them vanish with a hiccup.