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** There are several shout-outs to Wiki/TVTropes itself, such as FrothyMugsOfWater and AWinnerIsYou.

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** [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] is given credit for killing Mufasa.

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** [[Disney/TheLionKing [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] is given credit for killing Mufasa.
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** There are several shout-outs to TVTropes itself, such as FrothyMugsOfWater and AWinnerIsYou.

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Now everyone is after the lost planet and its secret, including space pirates and an evil galactic empire.

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Now everyone is after the lost planet and its secret, including space pirates and an [[TheEmpire evil galactic empire.
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* TheEmpire: The Empire of Many Suns is this.

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* TheEmpire: The Empire of Many Suns is this.Suns.
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** When you first reach Planet 404, a plain message appears, thanking you for playing. After a moment Jethro announces that the game's not over yet, and the game continues.

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** [[spoiler: When you first reach Planet 404, a plain message appears, thanking you for playing. After a moment Jethro announces that the game's not over yet, and the game continues.]]
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You take the role of [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Captain Jethro]] as he races against space pirates and an evil alien empire to discover the secret of the legendary Planet 404.

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An alien archaeologist has discovered the location of the legendary Planet 404, before going missing himself.
Now everyone is after the lost planet and its secret, including space pirates and an evil galactic empire.
You take the role of [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Captain Jethro]] as he races against space pirates and an evil alien empire to discover searches for the secret of the legendary Planet 404.
titular planet.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Pew! Pew!]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:Pew! Pew!]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Looks like someone doesn't like spam.]]
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--> "Buff was here too"
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* KilroyWasHere: Some unseen character named Buff scrawled his attendance in several different places, such as a secret pirate base and an imperial jail cell.
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* StealthPun: Planet 404 is a planet which could not be found (until now). A 404 error is what you get when a requested web page isn't found.
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* BadassAdorable: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.

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* BadassAdorable: [[spoiler: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.]]
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* BadassAdorable: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.



* BadassAdorable: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.
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* [[BadassAdorable]]: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.

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* [[BadassAdorable]]: BadassAdorable: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.
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* [[BadassAdorable]]: Captain Death. A cute amoeba-like creature who runs a ruthless pirate business.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Lampshaded. There is an acquirable item with this exact name.
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* SpacePirates: Most of the enemies are these.

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* SpacePirates: Most of the enemies are these.these.
* TheEmpire: The Empire of Many Suns is this.
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* FridgeLogic: The clerk at the Unemployment Office mentions getting rid of unemployment ''one way or another'' before sending you on dangerous missions. In the toughest mission, the machine you must destroy turns out to belong to none other than the Unemployment Office. This implies that the Office deliberately creates these suicidal missions in order to kill off unemployed people and improve the unemployment rate.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Conveniently placed under a jail cell.



* CreditsGag: Severl.

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* CreditsGag: Severl.Several.


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** In the Empire of Many Suns' jail there is a poster that looks a lot like the one from [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption The Shawshank Redemption]]. [[spoiler: Jethro refuses to touch it, since he might accidentally tear a hole in it or something.]]
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** This is one of the actual messages whenever you beat a mission.
** When you first reach Planet 404, a plain message appears, thanking you for playing. After a moment Jethro announces that it's not over yet, and the game continues.
* CreditsGag: The credits thanks random people, such as "the neighbor who once lent me his drill". At the end of the credits the player is told there's nothing more to see, since this isn't a [[Creator/MarvelStudios Marvel]] movie.

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** This is one of the actual messages whenever you beat get for beating a mission.
** When you first reach Planet 404, a plain message appears, thanking you for playing. After a moment Jethro announces that it's the game's not over yet, and the game continues.
* CreditsGag: Severl.
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The credits thanks random people, such as "the neighbor who once lent me his drill". drill".
** [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] is given credit for killing Mufasa.
** The player is thanked for actually reading the credits.
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At the end of the credits the player is told there's nothing more to see, since this isn't a [[Creator/MarvelStudios Marvel]] movie.


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* GlobalCurrency: The in-game currency is aptly named ''Generic Money Units''.


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** The [[CoatFullOfContraband shady upgrade seller]] on Planet Mula is Lefty the Salesman from ''Series/SesameStreet''.
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You take the role of Captain Jethro as he races against space pirates and an evil alien empire to discover the secret of the legendary Planet 404.

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You take the role of [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Captain Jethro Jethro]] as he races against space pirates and an evil alien empire to discover the secret of the legendary Planet 404.




* AllDeathsFinal / DeathIsCheap: Whenever Captain Jethro is killed, he's killed for good. However, the games shifts to a parallel universe, where Jethro is (still) alive.

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\n* AllDeathsFinal / DeathIsCheap: Whenever Captain Jethro is killed, he's killed for good. However, the games shifts to a [[AlternateUniverse parallel universe, universe]], where Jethro is (still) alive.
* AWinnerIsYou: Played with, twice:
** This is one of the actual messages whenever you beat a mission.
** When you first reach Planet 404, a plain message appears, thanking you for playing. After a moment Jethro announces that it's not over yet, and the game continues.
* CreditsGag: The credits thanks random people, such as "the neighbor who once lent me his drill". At the end of the credits the player is told there's nothing more to see, since this isn't a [[Creator/MarvelStudios Marvel]] movie.



* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: The secret of Planet 404 is that it contains an evil crystal that has the power to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the galaxy]].]]
















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** Captain Jethro is named after [[Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies Jethro Clampett]]. The only other named human in the game is Pearl.
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A mix of [[Main/PlatformGame platform]], [[ShootEmUp space combat]] and bits of [[PuzzleGame puzzle]] and [[PointAndClick point-and-click]].

You take the role of Captain Jethro as he races against space pirates and an evil alien empire to discover the secret of the legendary Planet 404.

Download it [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.InsertNameHere.Planet404 here]] for Android systems.

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!!''Planet 404'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* TwoDSpace: Space combat is basically this.

* AllDeathsFinal / DeathIsCheap: Whenever Captain Jethro is killed, he's killed for good. However, the games shifts to a parallel universe, where Jethro is (still) alive.

* FrothyMugsOfWater: Items in the bar include "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Non-alcoholic milk]]", "Apple juice", "JRPG Soda" and actual "Frothy mug of water".

* ShoutOut:

** There are several shout-outs to TVTropes itself, such as FrothyMugsOfWater and AWinnerIsYou.

** The postmortem "Meanwhile, in a parallel universe..." message looks [[ALongTimeAGoInAGalaxyFarFarAway oddly]] [[Franchise/StarWars familiar]].

** In a combo shout-out, there is a space station named [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]][[Literature/HarryPotter ¾]]

** The weapon-seller on Planet Mula is Literature/XiapoYellipZump.

* SpacePirates: Most of the enemies are these.

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