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* CynicalMentor: Related to the above, Max is none too happy about his new role as a mentor.
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* CynicalMentor: Related to the above, Max is none too happy about his new role as a mentor. He will teach the player things, but it's always followed by an insult.
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: This being Sam & Max, the player's status as such is naturally made fun of.
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: This being Sam ''Sam & Max, Max'', the player's status as such is naturally made fun of.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: Parodied in that Sam and Max are both still aware of their surroundings as the credits roll.
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* FreezeFrameEnding: Parodied in that Sam and Max are frozen diving for the phone and both are still aware of their surroundings as the credits roll.
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* RelocatingTheExplosion: When you first arrive at the office, Max will hand the player lit tnt. Your options to have it explode away from you includes tossing it into the office, or out the door.
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* RelocatingTheExplosion: When you first arrive at the office, Max will hand the player lit tnt.dynamite. Your options to have it explode away from you includes tossing it into the office, or out the door.
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* UltimateLifeForm: [[spoiler:The Aquabears themselves. The only way to defeat them is to jump start their hibernation cycle]].
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* UltimateLifeForm: [[spoiler:The Aquabears themselves. They're immortal, invulnerable, and there's about 8 billion of them waiting to get out of nanospace and take over the Earth. The only way to defeat them is to jump start their hibernation cycle]].
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** The car radio in the title sequence references the events from the finale of [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse The Devil's Playhouse]], stating it's been 11 years since [[spoiler:the "giant devil Max" attacked the city]].
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** The car radio in the title sequence references the events from the finale of [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse The Devil's Playhouse]], Playhouse]]'', stating it's been 11 years since [[spoiler:the "giant devil Max" attacked the city]].
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** The Tunnel of Tough Love's entrance bears a strong resemblance to the attraction in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad Hit The Road]]. Max comments on the familiarity of it. The "Dunk The Beast" dunking booth from the same game reappears here as well.
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** The Tunnel of Tough Love's entrance bears a strong resemblance to the attraction in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad Hit The Road]].the Road]]''. Max comments on the familiarity of it. The "Dunk The Beast" dunking booth from the same game reappears here as well.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Aquabears, also known as tardigrades, are a recurring element of the game, with the amusement park that most of the plot happens in being themed around them.
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* GodInHumanForm: Helios Papadopolis, owner of a food truck on Narrow Street, is implied to be the actual greek god in hiding.
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* GodInHumanForm: Helios Papadopolis, owner of a food truck on Narrow Street, is implied to be the actual greek Greek god in hiding.
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* TomTheDarkLord: One of the demons that invades the Nutrihole is the Archfiend of the 12th circle of Heck, Todd. That being said, the only amount of power he displays is tossing fireballs at the player, similar to what the other demons were doing.
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* TomTheDarkLord: One The last of the demons that invades the Nutrihole is the Archfiend of the 12th circle of Heck, Todd. That being said, the only amount of power While at first he displays is tossing just throws fireballs at the player, similar to what player much like how the other previous demons were doing.threw objects, after his first defeat he possesses Max, but from there he just floats in place spouting random lines while the player and Sam focuses on undoing said possession.
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* TomTheDarkLord: One of the demons that invades the Nutrihole is the Archfiend of the 12th circle of Heck, Todd. That being said, the only amount of power he displays is tossing fireballs at the player, similar to what the other demons were doing.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Max mentions there were supposed to be ten challenges, but the supreme court banned the last one for being cruel, unnecessary, and lacking pizzazz.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as [[Franchise/SamAndMax “the iconic duo themselves”]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as [[Franchise/SamAndMax “the the iconic duo themselves”]] themselves]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as [[franchise/SamAndMax [[Franchise/SamAndMax “the iconic duo themselves”]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as [[franchise/sam&max [[franchise/SamAndMax “the iconic duo themselves”]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as [[franchise/samandmax “the iconic duo themselves”]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as [[franchise/samandmax [[franchise/sam&max “the iconic duo themselves”]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as the [[franchise/samandmax “the iconic duo themselves themselves”]] the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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'''Samand & Max: This Time It's Virtual!''' is Virtual!''' is a VR adventure game developed by Happy Giant and was released on July 8, 2021. Rather than playing as the iconic duo themselves the player is instead playing as [[FeaturelessProtagonist a newbie recruit]] to the Freelance Police, with Sam and an unwilling Max acting as their mentors.
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* DescendedCreator: Steve Purcell voices Duncan B. Dills, the creator of the Aquabears
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* TheMentor: Both Sam and Max, moreso the former who's a fair bit friendlier to the player.
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* TheMentor: Both Sam and Max, moreso more so the former who's a fair bit friendlier to the player.
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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Cap'n Aquabear's Funtime Park, a park that was abandoned "under misterious circunstances". After Sam and Max haphazardly renovate the place as training grounds, it becomes arguably even more dangerious. Many of the modified atractions include tunnels ridden with swinging axes and flails, and swings from high heights. How much of this was already present in the original park is unknown.
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* AmusementParkOfDoom: Cap'n Aquabear's Funtime Park, a park that was abandoned "under misterious circunstances". mysterious circumstances". After Sam and Max haphazardly renovate the place as training grounds, it becomes arguably even more dangerious. dangerous. Many of the modified atractions attractions include tunnels ridden with swinging axes and flails, and swings from high heights. How much of this was already present in the original park is unknown.
* BatmanColdOpen: The game starts off with the player caught in the middle of one of Sam & Max's usual adventures.
* DeadlyTrainingArea: The obstacle courses involve saw blades, pits and active bombs.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If you croak, you'll just wind up back at the start of the segment you failed at with a little lost time.
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If you croak, you'll just wind up back at the start of the segment you failed at with a little lost time.
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-->'''Sam:''' Max isn't very good with similies.
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-->'''Sam:''' Max isn't very good with similies.similes.
* FeedItABomb: [[spoiler:How Cap'n Aquabear is ultimately defeated.]]
* GameplayGrading: You get ranked based on how fast you completed each segment of the training course.
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* InSeriesNickname: Max calls the player "Lumpy" and Sam calls the player "Kid."
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* HaveANiceDeath: Dying during the training course earns you a pithy comment from your would-be trainers.
* HeroicMime: Your character gets no dialogue during the game. Lampshading when Max complains that you're no good for setting up straight lines.
* InSeriesNickname: Max calls the player "Lumpy" and Sam calls the player "Kid." "
* LampshadeHanging: During the escape room training, Sam admits that the majority of their adventures are more about puzzle solving than actually fighting bad guys.
* HeroicMime: Your character gets no dialogue during the game. Lampshading when Max complains that you're no good for setting up straight lines.
* InSeriesNickname: Max calls the player "Lumpy" and Sam calls the player "Kid.
* LampshadeHanging: During the escape room training, Sam admits that the majority of their adventures are more about puzzle solving than actually fighting bad guys.
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* MythologyGag: The game is chock full of references to all previous instalments of the franchise.
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* MythologyGag: The game is chock full of references to all previous instalments installments of the franchise.
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** The Tunel of Tough Love's entrance bears a strong resemblance to the atraction in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad Hit The Road]]. Max comments on the familiarity of it. The "Dunk The Beast" dunking booth from the same game reappears here as well.
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** The Tunel Tunnel of Tough Love's entrance bears a strong resemblance to the atraction attraction in [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad Hit The Road]]. Max comments on the familiarity of it. The "Dunk The Beast" dunking booth from the same game reappears here as well.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: [[spoiler:Cap'n Aquabear somehow gains telekinetic powers after arriving in the human-sized world. This is lampshaded repeatedly by Sam.]]
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* UpliftedAnimal: [[spoiler:The park's Aquabears, after having been exposed to the piece of [[AppliedPhlebotinum moon rock]] donated to the park by Sam and Max themselves. They are not particularly happy with this, as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation their evolved brains made their existence in the microscopic void unbearable.]]]]
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* UpliftedAnimal: [[spoiler:The park's Aquabears, after having been exposed to the piece of [[AppliedPhlebotinum moon rock]] donated to the park by Sam and Max themselves. They are not particularly happy with this, as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation their evolved brains made their existence in the microscopic void unbearable.]]]]]]]]
* YouGetMeCoffee: One of the hazing ritual tasks is to make Sam a cup of joe.
* YouGetMeCoffee: One of the hazing ritual tasks is to make Sam a cup of joe.
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-->'''Max:''' (baby talk) Who’s a good little freak of nature? Who’s a good little freak of nature?
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-->'''Max:''' (baby talk) (BabyTalk) Who’s a good little freak of nature? Who’s a good little freak of nature?
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-->'''Max:''' (baby talk) Who’s a good freak of nature? Who’s a good freak of nature?
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* FluffyTamer: In the “Monster Whisperer” mini game, it’s discovered that the duo have [[spoiler:caught and trained a surviving piece of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]. They’ve trained it to do tricks and be more friendly and docile.
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* FluffyTamer: In the “Monster Whisperer” mini game, it’s discovered that the duo have [[spoiler:caught and trained tamed a surviving piece of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]. They’ve trained it to do tricks and be more friendly and docile.docile.
-->'''Max:''' (baby talk) Who’s a good freak of nature? Who’s a good freak of nature?
-->'''Max:''' (baby talk) Who’s a good freak of nature? Who’s a good freak of nature?
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* ShrinkRay: [[spoiler:The "Meet The Aquabears" attraction actually includes one. It frequently malfunctioning and leaving visitors stranded in nanospace was one of the reasons behind its closure. Max uses it near the finale to shrink himself and the player as a way to reach and rescue Sam.]]
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* ShrinkRay: [[spoiler:The "Meet The Aquabears" attraction ride actually includes one. It frequently malfunctioning and leaving visitors stranded in nanospace was one of the reasons behind its closure. Max uses it near the finale to shrink himself and the player as a way to reach and rescue Sam.]]
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* ShrinkRay:[[spoiler: The "Meet The Aquabears" attraction actually includes one. It frequently malfunctioning and leaving visitors stranded in nanospace was one of the reasons behind its closure. Max uses it near the finale to shrink himself and the player as a way to reach and rescue Sam.]]
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* ShrinkRay:[[spoiler: The ShrinkRay: [[spoiler:The "Meet The Aquabears" attraction actually includes one. It frequently malfunctioning and leaving visitors stranded in nanospace was one of the reasons behind its closure. Max uses it near the finale to shrink himself and the player as a way to reach and rescue Sam.]]
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* UpliftedAnimal: [[spoiler:The park's Aquabears, after having been exposed to the piece of [[AppliedPhlebotinum moon rock]] donated to the park by Sam and Max themselves. They are not particularly happy with this, as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation their evolved brains made their existence in the microscopic void feel meaningless.]]]]
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* UpliftedAnimal: [[spoiler:The park's Aquabears, after having been exposed to the piece of [[AppliedPhlebotinum moon rock]] donated to the park by Sam and Max themselves. They are not particularly happy with this, as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation their evolved brains made their existence in the microscopic void feel meaningless.unbearable.]]]]
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* FluffyTamer: In the “Monster Whisperer” mini game, it’s discovered that the duo have [[spoiler:caught and trained a surviving piece of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]. They’ve trained it to do tricks and be more docile.
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* FluffyTamer: In the “Monster Whisperer” mini game, it’s discovered that the duo have [[spoiler:caught and trained a surviving piece of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]. They’ve trained it to do tricks and be more friendly and docile.
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* FluffyTamer: In the “Monster Whisperer” mini game, it’s discovered that the duo have [[spoilers:caught and trained a surviving piece of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]. They’ve trained it to do tricks and be more docile, as well as named it Jeff.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Jeff, the [[spoilers: last surviving part of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]
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* FluffyTamer: In the “Monster Whisperer” mini game, it’s discovered that the duo have [[spoilers:caught [[spoiler:caught and trained a surviving piece of the hydra from the beginning of the game]]. They’ve trained it to do tricks and be more docile, as well as named it Jeff.
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* ShrinkRay:[[spoiler: The "Meet The Aquabears" atraction attraction actually has a functional includes one. It frequently malfunctioning and leaving visitors stranded in nanospace was one of the reasons behind its closure. Max uses it near the finale to shrink himself and the player as a way to reach and rescue Sam.]]
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-->'''Max:''' [[spoiler:Remember that thing with the clones and the time machine? I kept a few extras for, um, [[NightmareFuel research purposes]].]]
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-->'''Max:''' [[spoiler:Remember that thing with the clones and the time machine? I kept a few extras for, um, [[NightmareFuel [[FridgeHorror research purposes]].]]
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** BehemothBattle: [[spoiler:Related to the above, the finale includes a very short lived [[CurbStompBattle "battle"]] between the giant Max and Cap'n (The former effortlessly flings the latter into his own portal, leaving him stuck.]]
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