History VideoGame / PrzygodyReksia

''Przygody Reksia'' (''Adventures of Reksio'') is a Polish series of PC [[PointAndClickGame point & click games]] made and published by Aidem Media, starring Reksio the dog, a character from ''Animation/{{Reksio}}'', an animation of the same title - though, [[InNameOnly apart from main character]], the games don't actually have much to do with the animated series. The games are known for its [[ReferenceOverdosed many shout-outs,]] a [[NoFourthWall lack of fourth wall]] and an [[NintendoHard absurdly high level of difficulty for a kids' game.]]

* LongSongShortScene: The soundtrack "Pathos" is 33 seconds long, but only the last 5 seconds are used in the game.

* LogoJoke: [[CompanyCameo Aidem Media logo]] is shown as sign on book in form of [[Ouroboros snake swallowing own tail]]

* WizardDuel: Duels end when one of the two parties is hit with the same smell three times. Poultry of Chaos regularly challenge Reksio to a duel and his final opponent is the evil wizard [[spoiler:in his bat form]].

-->"Maldurf Von Kretoff":[[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus We are stopping this program, because this is getting too silly]]

* UpdatedRerelease: ''City of Secrets: Limited Edition'' is a remake of the game with improved graphics, subtitles for Reksio, an English version and removed mazes.

* CopyProtection: The games have a security system to make it sure the games were bought legally. In the first four games, Mr. Policeman demands the player to input the code that came with the instruction booklet (or a magazine if the game was bundled with it). In ''Captain Nemo'', the Mad Hatter tells the players to press a button only if they bought the game legally.

** Moles appears as enemy in Treasure of Pirates game. Original Moles is not amused.

%%* GreatEscape: Kretes must do one to free Reksio from jail.%%Do what?

* MythologyGag: When picking up the washing machine early on in the game, in the following dialogue Moles mentions Reksio's friend, a boy from the [[Animation/{{Reksio}} original cartoon]].

* PrehistoricMonster: THe Old One, a gigantic snake found in [[ForbiddenZone The Chute.]]

* ForWantOfANail: What fixes the future is [[spoiler:Reksio and Kretes apologizing for breaking Rosetails' statue]].

%%* GetBackToTheFuture: The entire plot.

%%* HappilyAdopted: Kari Mata Hari and Captain Nemo.

** In Pirate’s Treasure in scene Moles is interrupted by Space Hen humming Imperial Marsh

** InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: Some characters and plot points in the game prove to be very important later. Moles joins Reksio in adventures starting with the next game. The space chicken from the UFO level beclme antagonists in the next game. The island itself is revisited in the fifth game, where it's revealed to go through the [[ChekhovsGun Line Date]] - which is important in helping Reksio and Moles return home.

%%* GameWithinAGame: Whole game is this.

%%* TeamworkPuzzleGame: The whole Time Machine game is this.%%Is what?

* OminousLatinChanting: Not exactly Latin, but it still appears in several themes.

%%* SherlockHomage: Schlafrock Holmes.

* TakeThatMe: The characters spend the ending credits commenting on (and mostly criticizing) the creators' job.
%%* TimeTravelRomance: Between Reksio and Kari Mata Hari.
%%* TrappedInThePast

* CopyProtection: The games have a security system to make it sure the games were bought legally. In the first four games, Mr. Policeman demands the code that came with the magazine. In ''Captain Nemo'', the Mad Hatter tells the players to press a button only if they bought the game legally.

* SuddenlySpeaking: [[spoiler:Reksio speaks for the first time in the ending.]]

* ProductionForeshadowing: Every game of the series ends with Cliffhanger related with next part. But also in game we can see some
** in Pirates Treasure narrators’ first words is “one day Reksio has decided to go into space… wait. That’s wrong story”, which is related with next game “Reksio and UFO”. Later we also see in volcano crashed UFO

** In the ending, [[spoiler:pieces of Nostradamus' costume can be seen scattered on the sofa after Moles' grandchildren finish their journey. Moles still thinks Nostradamus was a real person... at least until Nosek [[SecretIdentityVoiceChanging speaks with Nostradamus' voice using a microphone]].]]

%%* TimeMachine: The Sofa Czasu (Sofa of Time)

* Kevlard: Moles' [[FatComicRelief Bebzon]] in third dimension is only thing able to stop [[BlockPuzzle particle emitter]]

* HamsterWheelPower - Most of Rooster Artificer's inventions are powered by Diesel the Hamster running on his wheel.
* HeroicMime - Reksio himself. [[TheUnintelligible Though rather than actually being mute, he communicates by barking.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun - Many and often [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Unfortunately, most of them get LostInTranslation. An example from ''Wizards'':
---> '''Moles (in Piklibia's dungeons):''' Dungeons! Or female wild boars? Another great linguistic joke. [[note]]"lochy" means both "dungeons" and "female wild boars", which the dungeons incidentally have[[/note]]

* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum - Rooster Artificer's inventions like the time travelling sofa etc.

* NoFourthWall - It just doesn't exist. Characters (especially Moles) will often talk [[InteractiveNarrator to the narrator]], to the player, to the game creators [[WhoWritesThisCrap and lampshade some of the worse pieces of dialogue or scenery]].

* ProductionForeshadowing – every game of the series ends with Cliffhanger related with next part. But also in game we can see some

---> '''Moles:''' [[CatchPhrase Oh mama]]. It souds like EpicFail. I am even scared what would happen if we used to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial travel in submarine around the world ]][[note]]in next part they are traveling in submarine[[/note]]

---> '''Moles:''' [[Film/BladeRunner All those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain]].

* AntiFrustrationFeatures - After several failed attempts at the notoriously difficult map minigame, the player will simply receive a different copy of the map from Robinson, if they decide to quit.
* BatOutOfHell - There are several in volcano level.

* ConvectionSchmonvection - Halfway through the game, the characters must cross a cave filled with lava inside an active volcano. How? By jumping on rocks partially submerged in lava!

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness - Reksio is solo, Moles is just comic relief, [[ExcusePlot there is no real story]], the game is much shorter and easier than its sequels and there are even more [[UnexpectedGameplayChange sudden changes in gameplay.]]

* MessageInABottle - How Reksio finds treasure map.
* MacGuffin - The titular treasure is just there for the sake of having a goal for the game. However, reksio wants to find the treasure to give it to the pirates, who in turn want to send it to the Lonely Egg's House.
** MacGuffinTitle: The game was named after the the treasure the pirates want to find.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish - Apparently the entire universe speaks Polish. The fourth game implies that Polish language was actually brought to Earth by aliens in ancient times, but [[EternalEnglish this obviously raises different questions.]]

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace - [[WorldOfBadass In this universe everyone is Batman.]] Most notably Diesel the hamster, who serves as [[HamsterWheelPower the power source for our heroes' spaceship]] and spends most of the game in a cage on the outside of it, completely unprotected from the void of space.

* DoomsdayDevice - Jajo Śmierdzi (Stinky Egg), a parody of the Death Star. We don't see power of the weapon, but it's supposedly powerful enough to be only thing [[TheEmpire Galactic Henpire]] needs to TakeOverTheWorld.

* EvilOverlord - Kurator (lit. The Henperor), parody of Emperor Palpatine, but mixed with Darth Vader.

* HeelFaceTurn - [[spoiler:after Jajo Śmierdzi is destroyed, Kurator performs it. Just because with the doomsday weapon he has been building his whole life destroyed, he has actually nothing to do.]]

* LaResistance - The rebellion against Galactic Henpire, aptly named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin La Resistance]].

* LoveAtFirstSight - Moles and Molly fall in love soon after they meet, complete with an ImagineSpot full of romantic images.
* LukeIAmYourFather - Parodied; The Henperor states this during his confrontation with Reksio... only to burst into laughter and [[InterspeciesAdoption state how illogical it would be.]] [[spoiler:Then played straight, when it turns out The Henperor is Rooster Artificer's long lost twin brother.]]

* RememberTheNewGuy - [[GadgeteerGenius Rooster Artificer]] makes his debut in this game as Reksio's old friend and neighbour, though he wasn't mentioned even once in previous games. Though it's justified due to Reksio being TheUnintelligible.

* StarCrossedLovers - Roman and Julitta are caught in the middle of a family feud [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten all because the head of Motykiusze forgot to return an important object borrowed from the Ciapciuleci]]. The two families are separated by a wall. Thankfully, the conflict is solved in the end and the two [[{{Pun}} lovebirds]] are reunited.

* BatOutOfHell - [[spoiler: The One Who Disturbs So Much, the BigBad of ''Wizards'', turns into a bat at the end of the game.]]

* DiskOneNuke - The Sleep Spell. It can be learned as the second, third or fourth spell, is one of easiest to cast, and has the most useful effect, ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin putting enemies to sleep]]). Since magic duels in this game are won when you hit our enemy with the same spell three times, the best way to win most (if not all) duels in the game is to spam Sleep.
* EvilOverlord - Yet another, this time it's a powerful wizard that trapped Reksio in the Wonderland, Ten Który Tak Potwornie Mąci (The One Who Disturbs So Much).

* FollowTheWhiteRabbit - What Reksio has to do at the beginning of the game because he is stuck inside a trap that he can't escape without going in circles. The White Rabbit shows him the correct path.

* TheHomewardJourney - Reksio's (and especially Moles') main motivation to save Wonderland is fact that it's only way to get back home.

* PortalBook - How Moles gets into Wonderland: building Teleporters that launched him inside the album where the pages of interest were opened.
* RedPillBluePill - Reksio has to choose between the red bone and the blue bone. Or rather, would have to choose if Burektor Mateusz hadn't lost the blue bone.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil - Enemies (Chaos Fowl) get more powerful throughout the game.
* StepOneEscape - The game begins with Reksio locked inside a magical trap. The first task is to follow the white rabbit who shows Reksio the correct path. The rabbit leaves him alone after they get inside a room with a mirror, so it is up to Kretes to free Reksio from the prison.

* OneMillionBC: Reksio and the roosters' ancestors lived in Prehistory as the game's equivalent to cavemen alongside dinosaurs. [[spoiler:The dinosaurs are eventually teleported somewhere else before the impeding doom.]]

* AncientAstronauts - The Ancient Kretons, met in Prehistory, are the first moles that settled on Earth. They travelled to the planet after finding out about the disaster that would wipe out all dinosaurs, but after finding out the planet is habitable, they forget about their mission, which naturally falls in the hands of Reksio and Moles. The impact Kretons had on the Earth is further explored in the next game.

* BerserkButton - Moles isn't impressed with his future self in general, but what really sets him off is hearing that he doesn't care about (or even really remember) Molly.
* CantTakeAnythingWithYou - How the Sofa of Time works. Reksio and Moles can't take any items with them when they exit a period through the Time Funnel.
* CyberpunkForFlavor - The bad future Reksio and Kretes visit has a strong cyberpunk vibe, being a gloomy technologically advanced dystopia, with some references to ''Film/BladeRunner'' thrown in.
* DontTryThisAtHome
---> '''Narrator:''' Moles really wasn't drowning, and the Aqualung was working perfectly. Regardless, dear children, better don't try mimicking Moles' endeavour when you're at summer camp.

* [[EternalEnglish Eternal Polish]]: Reksio and the Roosters' ancestors speak the [[{{Fictionary}} cavemen language]], which is based on Polish, but mixed with other languages. Everybody else, regardless of place and time period, speaks modern Polish.
* FailedASpotCheck - The BadFuture chapter begins with our heroes arriving at Rosetails' headquarters. Since the time machine can only be activated and arrive at certain places (known as Time Craters and Time Hills, respectively) and the future is fully controlled by Rosetails, they had plenty of time to secure the Time Hills with all sorts of laser cannons and several guardians. The thing is, said guardians are so absorbed with gloating about how impenetrable their security is, they don't even notice the heroes appearing before they are already well out of reach.

* ForWantOfANail - What fixes the future is [[spoiler:Reksio and Kretes apologizing for breaking Rosetails' statue]].
* FutureMeScaresMe - Moles really doesn't like his future self. Doubles as IHatePastMe, though future Moles doesn't recognize himself.

* ImpossiblyCompactFolding - Time machine is this to justify hiding it into pocket

* KidFromTheFuture - [[spoiler:Nostradamus is actually Moles' grandchildren in disguise.]]

* MarsAndVenusGenderContrast - According to Moles, this is the (literal) case for all moles, although in their case, men came from Venus while women came from Mars.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe - Moles meets his future self. He's very excited... until he finds out his old self doesn't have a family and doesn't even remember Molly.
* MythologyGag - When picking up the washing machine early on in the game, in the following dialogue Moles mentions Reksio's friend, a boy from the [[Animation/{{Reksio}} original cartoon]].

* SequenceBreaking - Multiple times throughout the game:
** Midway through the prehistoric chapter you have to help an ancient inventor Rykus in building the first car, which you will need to get to the Time Crater.You are supposed to find an engine and replace the square stones he used as wheels with something round - however you don't actually need the wheels and only thing they do is increase the vehicle's traction. As long as you don't mind beating possibly the hardest minigame in the game with a vehicle that handles like a trike with inflatable wheels driving on oil-covered ice, you can just skip half of the chapter.

* SchrodingersGun - The Magic Casket from the previous game returns during the Ancient Egypt sequence, where we see its creation and [[spoiler:why it has Reksio's pawprint on it's lid]]. However, since [[spoiler:pawprint the is left on the lid when we interact with the casket]], which is completely optional, it becomes this.
* SeriousBusiness - The Rosetails take good manners very seriously. To what extent, you ask? Well, in the future, you can be sent to prison for not saying "Bless you" after someone sneezes.
* SomethingAboutARose - Both of Nostradamus letters mention a rose as a hint to how find his hideout - the first time in a hidden room under a tavern named "The Rose", the second in a secret chamber in the Rabarbark Stronghold that's opened by moving a painting with black rose on it.
* StonePunk - A wooden car we build in Prehistory.

* TemptingFate - While building the Sofa of Time, Moles comments that he's afraid to think what would happen if they had to travel around the world instead of going to the past. Guess what the next game is about?
* TimeMachine - The Sofa Czasu (Sofa of Time)
* TotemPoleTrench - [[spoiler:In the end, it turns out that Nostradamus was actually future Moles' four grandchildren disguised in this way.]]

* CelebrityParadox - a variation. In Paris Moles briefly encounters Creator/JulesVerne himself, whose novels - particulary ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' - provide many of the shout-outs throughout the story.
* ChainOfDeals - In Cairo, you have to buy a fake camel head ([[ItMakesSenseInContext don't ask]]). However, since our heroes are completely broke, our only option is to trade it for [[spoiler:a painting]], which you pay for with [[spoiler:a paperweight]] etc.
* ChekhovsArmory - Moles's notebook. Most of the things he writes down or draws in it will turn out to be important later on. [[LampshadeHanging In fact, at one point he refers to the trope almost by name]].

* FamousAncestor - Turns out to be the case with [[spoiler: Moles and Captain Nemo]].
* AFoggyDayInLondonTown - London appears very briefly, but it's still very foggy. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the Narrator and Moles:

* GetBackToTheFuture - The entire plot.
* GrandfatherParadox - At one point, Moles meets his grandfather and he's very afraid of invoking just that. [[spoiler:Rightly so; Though he doesn't shoot him, he does accidentally convince him not to marry his grandmother, thus effectively erasing himself from existence. It takes Reksio erasing his grandfathers' memories to bring him back]].
* HappilyAdopted - Kari Mata Hari and Captain Nemo.
* TheHomewardJourney - With the Sofa of Time destroyed, Reksio and Moles have to find another way home.
* InterspeciesAdoption - Kari Mata Hari and Captain Nemo. He sometimes forgets they're not actually the same species, though.
* LateArrivalSpoiler - Even more apparent than in previous games. If you play this game before "Reksio and Time Machine", you will know from the very beginning what will happen to the time machine.
* LawfulStupid -In order to get to Dr. Jones, you have to show the guards the archaeologist's note. The only way to get one is to talk to Dr. Jones, but then again, to do that, you need the note. Good luck convincing the guards that they're expecting the impossible, though.

* LoveObstructingParents - Suprisingly, Captain Nemo at the end. After all, no proper hen runs off with a dog.
* NewAgeRetroHippie - There's plenty of them in the Shangri-La.
* OminousLatinChanting - Not exactly Latin, but it still appears in several themes.
* PricelessPaperweight - Literally. One of items you trade away during the Cairo bazaar sequence is a golden volleyball-sized scarab, which you sell ''as a '''PAPERWEIGHT.'''''
* SherlockHomage - Schlafrock Holmes.
* StealthPun - The seaman who's guarding the ship in Istanbul is a wolf. In other words, he's a Seawolf (a class of submarine).

* TakeThatMe - The characters spend the ending credits commenting on (and mostly criticizing) the creators' job.
* TimeTravelRomance - Between Reksio and Kari Mata Hari.
* TrappedInThePast
* WhoWritesThisCrap - In a cutscene at the end of the Istanbul chapter we get Moles' [[OverlyLongGag almost three minutes long]] rant about old 2D graphics, recycled and repetitive animations and the low quality of the dialogue.

* AdaptationalVillainy

* DayInTheLimelight - The Captain Nemo segment stars Moles as main character, unlike previous segments and the game it was based on.
* GameWithinAGame - Whole game is this
* TheOtherDarrin - In-universe expample. In Wizards segment heroes in game are using diferent voices
* PragmaticAdaptation - The whole game is Reksio and Moles playing games about their adventures (not the previous games in series, but new games based on those games) and pointing out many things were changed by creators and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks how much worse it is now]] [[HypocriticalHumour while playing and enjoying them anyway]].
* RuleOfCool - Discussed at one point.
---> '''Molly:''' What is so fun about those games, anyway?\\
'''Moles:''' You know - explosions, lasers, yeah - explosions and lasers.
* TeamworkPuzzleGame - The whole Time Machine game is this.

* AmbiguouslyEvil - The Voice. His true intentions remain a complete mystery, we don't even actually know for sure if he is really the one who trapped our heroes in Monolith in the first place.
* EldritchLocation - from the characters' point of view, the titular third dimension is this. Well, this is what you get when you put an ArtShift in a story with NoFourthWall.
* GeniusBruiser - [[GadgeteerGenius Rooster]] is this here. He is enough strong to [[BlockPuzzle move crates]]
* GreenHillZone - It is one of [[RuleOfThree three]] types of worlds. First level of tutorial and last one with all characters is this one
* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels - There are two levels of difficulty: [[NintendoHard Quite hard]] and [[HarderThanHard Even harder]]
* Kevlard - Moles' [[FatComicRelief Bebzon]] in third dimension is only thing able to stop [[BlockPuzzle particle emitter]]
* LethalLavaLand - Other world lava themed
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane - it is is unclear whether in last cutscene [[spoiler: Kornelek]] frees heroes from TheMonolith by kicking it or it was just corelation
* SlippySlideyIceWorld - Last of world. Offen is full of [[FrictionlessIce ice]]
* VideoGame3DLeap - it was first game from the series in 3D
* TheMonolith
* TeamworkPuzzleGame
* TheVoice

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep - [[ShadowDictator Mayor]]. [[spoiler: Later revealed that his real name is Janusz]]

* TheGoodKingdom: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] by Alfredo and Fernando, who were miss of old King
* GreatEscape - Kretes must do one to free Reksio from jail

* NiceJobFixingItVillain - [[spoiler: Because of rejection of Reksio's amnesty, Moles is forced to join LaResistance agaist him]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat - Bureaucracy of Poco Pane forces Moles to walking around whole city and bringing random items like screws, cheese, legitymation of revolutionist and vaccination certificate later turns out that some items were [[ChekhovsArmoury later important]]. [[spoiler: Cheese was hint that [[StockAnimalDiet Mayor is a rat]], while vaccine contains TrackingChip]]

* TrackingChip: All of Poco Pane's citizens, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg as well as Moles,]] have been implanted with these, which prevents them from leaving the city. Doing so not only sounds the alarm, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking but also causes the wannabe refugee to develop severe itches.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: After spending the whole game completely silent and unresponsive, Kretti speaks for the first time in TheStinger, but not after his colleagues erroneously come to the conclusion that he's made of plywood.

* FlyingBroomstick: Reksio has to buy a flying broomstick from [[CunningLikeAFox Lis Chytrus]] to travel to three provinces outside of Magix.By doing tasks for Burektor Mateusz and Gulguldryk Gryfindky, he earns enough money to buy a Bamboo 2000 that comes with a free scoop for Moles.

* MagicMirror: There is a mirror that has two different sides. One side is found in the magical trap where Reksio is imprisoned at the beginning of the game and the other side is in Wonderland, namely in Burektor's office. Reksio and Moles arrive in Wonderland when the latter breaks it.
* {{Mooks}}: Poultry of Chaos are regular enemies in the game that are there mostly to have somebody to duel with. [[spoiler:It turns out the disappearance of magic is how they appeared.]]

* OneMillionBC: Reksio and the roosters' ancestors lived in Prehistory as the game's equivalent to cavemen alongside dinosaurs. [[spoiler:The dinosaurs are eventually transported somewhere else before the impeding doom.]]
* AncientAstronauts - We meet them in Prehistory.
* BadFuture

* CantTakeAnythingWithYou - How the Sofa of Time works.

* [[EternalEnglish Eternal Polish]]

* InventingTheWheel: In Prehistory, one character makes the first car, which wheels are square, though they can be replaced with round ones.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe - Happens to Moles. He's very excited... at first.

* OminousMessageFromTheFuture - What kicks off the game.