History VideoGame / PokerNight2

[[RunningGag So,]] [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice an Irish Wolfhound detective and his insane lagomorph friend]], [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} a talkative Pandoran robot]], [[Franchise/EvilDead a zombie-fighting department store clerk]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers a former bodyguard with a license to kill]] walk into a bar with a table run by [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} an incredibly murderous and corrupt AI]]...

''Poker Night 2'' is the sequel to 2010's ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', only this time with the player up against [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]], [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]] in Texas Hold'Em or Omaha, with [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] being the dealer. Returning from the previous game are [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Reginald Van Winslow]] (who is now simply hosting the game) and [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] (who is now watching from a table and [[{{Troll}} mocking everyone else]]). The game was released on April 24, 2013 for Xbox Live Arcade, April 26, 2013 for Steam, and April 30, 2013 for UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}}, with an [=iOS=] port released in May, but is no longer available online after the license expired.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: On Brock's recommendation, Ash teams up with [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Dr. Orpheus]] to fight hell-demons at one point.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: In-universe: Sam quickly realizes just how ridiculous the events of ''The Devil's Playhouse'' sound after recapping them aloud.

** Aside from being one, the game also mocks Ash's tendency to end up in these even joking that there were going to be ''Franchise/EvilDead'' crossovers with ''Film/JamesBond'' and ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''.

* FamousFamousFictional: Claptrap gushes about meeting Ash, [[ComicBook/FreddyVsJasonVsAsh the man who took on]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet the Nightmare King]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th the Hockey Mask Slasher]], and the ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' [[TakeThat invasion of 2016]].

--->'''Ash:''' You know, there's a fine line between insanity and brilliance, and you're somewhere along the lines of [[TooDumbToLive dumbass.]]
-->'''Sam:''' Wow, gutsy ''and'' stupid, way to go!

--> '''Brock:''' The way I hear it when [=GLaDOS=] was plugged in she went coo-coo-bananas and wiped out the scientists that created her.
--> '''Sam:''' [[LampshadeHanging You'd be amazed how many robots do that.]]

--->'''Max''': And hey, what is the deeeeal with antipasta? Does it blow up when it touches regular pasta? I mean, come on!

--->'''Claptrap''': Fractal-positronic antimatter!? I love that stuff! Rots the flesh off of skags in seconds, man!\\
'''[=GLaDOS=]''': '''H[-E'S JOKING-]. I[-T ACTUALLY TAKES SEVERAL AGONIZING MINUTES-].'''

-->'''Brock''': ''(Referring to Ash' mechanical hand)'' That's the thing with your '''UsefulNotes/{{steam}}'''punk neural interface: It's cool to look at, but [[PerpetualBeta it's buggy as hell]].

---> Player name
---> Source material

---> '''Claptrap:''' I'm shutting down my award-winning conversation subroutines until SOMEONE opens up their wallet!

--> '''Claptrap''': Hey! Buddy! Are you just idling so you can hear the crap we say? ''(says some gibberish)'' Is this hidden dialogue entertaining to you? ''(says some more gibberish)''

---> '''Claptrap:''' SHUT THE F**K UP, STEVE! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MNf-FO294&t=10m03s And people say I'm annoying!]]

-->'''Claptrap''': [[{{Angrish}} Rassle frassle &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@# &%@#!]] When TheMovie comes, I AM SO OUTTA HERE!

-->'''Claptrap''': Let's see if I can suck you in with a bet that doesn't trigger your primitive flight reflex. Oh, wait, did I say that out loud?

-->'''Claptrap''': Beaten by humans. Man, am I gonna catch hell from the other robots at the next "Kill the Humans!" meeting. Wait, forget I said that last part.
** Sam occasionally screws himself over this way
-->'''Sam''': I c''ould'' brazenly bluff my way through this hand...but since I just said that out loud, I think I'll fold.

-->'''Brock''': Great. Another reason to die young.

--> Aww fuzznuggets.
--> [[SymbolSwearing Asterisks!]]
--> [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Belgium!]]

--> You MagnificentBastard, take it!

-->'''Claptrap:''' Yaugh! [[EpicFail How does a]] '''virtual coin''' [[HeadsTailsEdge land on its side!?]]

-->'''Brock''': You know what I'm talkin' about! The Deadites, the vampires, the never-ending battles against the forces of darkness. That stuff.\\
'''Ash''': Eh, all that craziness is behind me, Brock-o. Wendy and I are just gonna settle down, pop out a few kids, and live out our lives like a couple of ''normal'' people.

-->'''[=GLaDOS=]''': '''I[-T WAS AN... ILLUMINATING EXPERIMENT-].'''\\
'''Ash''': You made that up just for the pun, didn't you?\\
'''[=GLaDOS=]''': '''M[-AYBE-]. S[-AY CHEESE-].''' ''([[ProveIAmNotBluffing camera flashes]])''

-->'''Brock:''' Oh yeah, those guys'll eat you alive.

-->'''Sam''': Winning streaks are like dating a beautiful women. Enjoy them while you can, because it's only a matter of time before they dump you for being weird and clingy.

-->'''Ash''': Never bring a knife to a chainsaw fight, kids!

-->'''Sam:''' I haven't seen so many weak-kneed checks since Max won the Eastern Bloc Karaoke Finals.\\

-->'''Max:''' That never happened, Sam.

-->'''Ash''': I'd put these cards out of their misery, but I don't want to waste a bullet.

-->'''Brock''': Geeze, usually I get a little FOREPLAY before I get kicked in the balls!

-->'''Claptrap''': On a scale of one to ten, these cards can bite me!

--->'''Sam''': How am I supposed to make witty banter with a mute?

--> '''Brock''': A tie? What is this, soccer?

-->'''Sam''': You know, I'm still not really sure what a "Deadite" actually is.\\
'''Ash''': It all starts with an evil book that must never, ever be read.\\
'''Sam''': ''Literature/BattlefieldEarth''?

-->'''Sam''': Hey! I thought we were friends.\\
'''Max''': [[BreakingTheFourthWall It's playing computer poker by itself]], Sam. It doesn't HAVE friends.

-->'''Ash''': You know, there's a fine line between insanity and brilliance, and you're somewhere along the lines of [[TooDumbToLive dumbass.]]
-->'''Sam''': Wow, gutsy ''and'' stupid, way to go!

-->'''Claptrap''': You can't leave now! If you're gone, who'll regale me with tales of their epic battles with hygiene and interpersonal relationships?

-->[[AC:Although usually a sign of a weak hand, a check can also be used to disguise a stronger hand. In your case, I'll assume it's a sign of confusion.]]
-->[[AC:The judicious poker player knows the importance of a well-timed fold. And then there's you.]]
-->[[AC:Wow. That was a clever move that won't come back to bite you in your ample posterior.]]
-->[[AC:Congratulations, you've stopped listening to your frontal lobe and are going with your gut, where all the feces are.]]

-->'''Sam''': All in.\\
'''Max''': Sam, no! Think of the children!\\
'''Sam''': What children?\\
'''Max''': Uhhh...

-->'''Sam''': What do you think I should do, Max?\\
'''Max''': Lose 30 pounds and move out of your parents' house?\\
'''Sam''': About the '''cards''', chucklehead.

-->'''Sam''': That's how I do it in my town, homies.\\
'''Max''': "Homies"?

-->'''Claptrap:''' So [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau Marcel Marceau]], what have you been up to lately?

-->'''Ash:''' And here I thought we were playing a ''friendly'' game of high stakes poker.
-->'''Claptrap:''' I thought this was Hold 'Em, not No-Limit Douchebag!

'''Max:''' ''(spinning in circles)'' [[Film/BlackHawkDown BLACK HAWK DOWN! BLACK HAWK DOWN!]][[note]]Though that's not actually a line from the movie, it's still probably what inspired this moment of [[CloudCuckooLander Max being Max.]][[/note]]
-->'''Sam:''' Okay, then, Plan B.

--> '''[=GLaDOS=]''': '''M[-AYBE-]. O[-R MAYBE YOU'RE JUST TOO COWARDLY TO TURN LEMONS INTO LEMONADE-].'''

-->'''Claptrap''': I'm going all in... just like I did with your momma last night. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out she's a really good Poker player.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When learning Ash’s and Sheila’s descendants immigrated to Poland, Brock states he’s also Polish and congratulates Ash. When he learns they later fled Nazis and settled in a Swedish enclave in Nebraska, he has a wait a minute reaction. [[spoiler: turns out Brock is descended from Ash]]

* TwitchyEye: Brock's rather noticeable tell when he's dealt a bad hand. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NpsXS8bnHE Again, it's a nod to his source material.]]

** The ''Venture Bros.'' inventory changes the Inventory to represent Venture Industries, places some of Rusty's inventions around the building, and puts Brock in more casual clothing. [=GLaDOS=] will personally toss eliminated players into Rusty's teleporter from the episode "Powerless in the Face of Death".

* ThereIsNoGod: Claptrap will sometimes say that there is no Robot God when his chances of winning a Showdown decrease.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When learning Ash’s and Sheila’s descendants immigrated to Poland, Brock states he’s also Polish and congratulates Ash. When he learns they later fled Nazis and settled in a Swedish enclave in Nebraska, he has a wait a minute reaction. [spoiler: turns out Brock is descended from Ash]]

** Brock is the most aggressive player, actually having played Poker enough to know how to bluff and play the game properly, but has a couple of very subtle tells if your eyes are sharp enough.

* GirlsWithMoustaches: Winning the tournament in the ''Army of Darkness'' room results in [[spoiler:Winslow giving The Player a potion that will make them sleep until the next tournament. The Player drinks too much of it, falls asleep, and awakes to find that everyone, including Moxxi, Claptrap, and [=GLaDOS=], has grown a beard, and that an alien invasion has taken place during his slumber. The Player ends up fainting, and the tournament ends with Ash saying he knew the fake beards wouldn't work.]]

---> '''Claptrap:''' SHUT THE '''[[SoundEffectBleep #&$%]]''' UP, STEVE! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MNf-FO294&t=10m03s And people say I'm annoying!]]

* NiceHat:
** In the Borderlands set, Claptrap will don a top hat -- and a old-time 19th century mustache. (This is the character design from the Claptrap who runs the storage locker counter at Moxxi's Underdome in the DLC for the first Borderlands.)
** In the Sam and Max set, Sam wears a top hat.
** In the Army of Darkness set, Ash dons his Evil Ash crown. ''Borderlands'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' players can win it for themselves if they successfully win a tournament where Ash offers the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis as a bounty.
** As part of their normal outfits, both Sam and Moxxi wear nice hats.

-->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC:Brock Samson has been eliminated.]]\\

'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC:I'm not very good at jokes. But here's one. What's yellow and black and red all over?]]\\

'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC:Brock Samson if he doesn't leave this table.]]\\

'''[=GLaDOS=]''': [[AC:He's joking. It actually takes several agonizing minutes.]]
* AntiPoopSocking: After multiple consecutive losses, [=GLaDOS=] will sometimes say, "[[AC:The Player has been eliminated. Again. Perhaps you should take a break.]]"

-->'''[=GLaDOS=]''': [[AC:This tournament is giving me an overwhelming sense of deja vu. Oh, now I remember. It's just like that time my lab rats fought over a piece of cheese. The funny thing is, the rats didn't really NEED to eat the cheese, they were just conditioned to WANT the cheese by weeks of electrical stimulation. In the end they killed each other, and the cheese was eaten by one of the human test subjects. [[TooDumbToLive He died too, because the cheese was moldy]].]]

-->'''[=GLaDOS=]''': [[AC:It was an... illuminating experiment.]]\\

'''[=GLaDOS=]''': [[AC:Maybe. Say cheese.]] ''([[ProveIAmNotBluffing camera flashes]])''

--->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC:Brock has... Ace High. And The Player has... Two Pair. The Player wins the hand.]]

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [=GLaDOS=] says, "[[AC:Gentlemen... and Claptrap.]]" Justified in that Claptrap is a robot. But it's more likely because [=GLaDOS=] seems to hate him especially.

--> '''[=GLaDOS=]''': [[AC:Maybe. Or maybe you're just too cowardly to turn lemons into lemonade.]]

-->'''SelfDemonstrating/GlaDOS:''' [[AC:[[GameOver The troper has run out of examples to read and must now leave the page before everyone starts laughing.]]]]\\

* McGuffin: While jokingly asking Claptrap about the [[Film/{{Avatar}} other Pandora]], Brock refers to the movie's {{Unobtanium}} as [=McGuffinite=].

'''Max:''' ''Alis klar, der Komissar?''

** Ash is about to mentions Creator/SamRaimi as the person who wrote his most famous lines, but gets cut off by Brock before saying Sam's last name. He also references [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], saying they promised to give him a crossover with ''Film/JamesBond'' (their flagship series). See also his ActorAllusion moment.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Each character has an unique color for his or her subtitles. Brock is red, Claptrap is orange, Ash is a greenish gray, Sam is blue, [=GLaDOS=] is cyan, Winslow is peach-orange, Max is green, the Paranoia Core bounty is blue as well, and Steve's "Heyoo!" is yellow. However, the subtitles at times can be unreadable depending on the skin.

-->'''Brock:''' I'm all fuckin' in.

** While the others refer to the card in a different [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronunciation]] ("yor-ah-nus"), Claptrap's the only one to refer to it by its more common (and funnier) pronunciation ("yor-ay-nus").

* DummiedOut: There are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd80TQMPtBs several]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t53-vDECwY0 conversations]] present in the game files that are unused in the game itself.

* LaughTrack: GLaDOS triggers one of these when Claptrap says "That was more anticlimatic than my sex tape!" after there's a tie.

-->'''[=GLaDOS=]''': [[AC:This reminds me of the time my lab rats fought each other over a piece of cheese. The funny thing is, they didn't NEED the cheese. They were just conditioned to WANT the cheese through weeks of electrical stimulation. In the end, the rats killed each other, and the cheese was eaten by one of the human test subjects. [[TooDumbToLive He died too, because the cheese was moldy]].]]