History VideoGame / StayTooned

** In Dr. Pickles' castle, Frank ''almost'' achieves this by preparing to give Pixel and Chisel the same [[ExplodingCigar explosive cigars]] they gave him in an earlier gag, only for Dr. Pickles to interrupt.

* DownerEnding: Combined with GainaxEnding, to boot. At the end, all the cartoons get back in the TV.[[spoiler:..but just as they transport back into Toonland, Chisel grabs you and takes you along with the others, and you remain trapped in Toonland as a cartoon.]] Quite a dark ending for a kid-oriented game.

* ChainedToARailway: When you first enter the Wild West room, you have to place a set of bricks into a train tunnel so a train won’t run over Fiddle. After enough time has passed, regardless if you set up the bricks or not, a train will run over Fiddle, although there are three endings, which include:

* ButtMonkey: Fiddle. Being cartoon characters, he also qualifies as an IronButtMonkey.

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* NervousWreck: Fiddle is one of these, [[JustifiedTrope which isn’t too surprising when you consider his ButtMonkey status.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Katrina to Fiddle and Schmooze to Pixel.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler:"Chisel, we can't let them get away with this!" [[WhamLine "That's right, buddy.]] ''[[TakingYouWithMe You're coming with us.]]''"]]

* NoFourthWall: The game loves to exploit this trope, with the toons often tricking you into believing you've crashed the game, interacting with your ''cursor'', and Ben Howard appearing in random places.

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler:"Chisel, we can't let them get away with this!" "That's right, buddy. ''[[TakingYouWithMe You're coming with us.]]''"]]

* PieInTheFace: One of the many hijinks the toons can throw at you. Ben even gets hit with a live action variant at the beginning.

* SwallowTheKey: In the Malt shop room, Pixel and Chisel mention tricking Fiddle into swallowing one of the apartment keys. To get it back, the player has to feed Fiddle more and more food until he explodes, ''destroying the diner'' in the process.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Fiddle. He's the only toon that's explicitly on your side when it comes to finding the remote, occasionally leaving encouraging messages and even a few hints near the apartment's floor plan.

* BigEater: Fiddle and Scoops. They even both get songs about how much they like food.

* BigEater: Scoops. He even sings a song about how much he likes food.

* CatsAreMean: Inverted with Fiddle, who leaves encouraging messages and even a few hints, but played straight with Pixel and Chisel, who enjoy causing mischief, and will do anything they can to stop you from getting the remote.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Fiddle. He's the only toon that's technically on your side when it comes to finding the remote, occasionally leaving encouraging messages and even a few hints near the apartment's floor plan.
** Katrina as well. She never maliciously gets in your way like the other too. ns and is, at most, neutral to your quest in finding the remote. She also gifts you a key in return for filming her and Fiddle's wedding.

** The fine print on the slot machine in the casino room mentions [[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Lost Wages.]] The slot machine itself also functions similarly to the Slots O'Death from the original [[VideoGame/SpaceQuest]].

** The fine print on the slot machine in the casino room mentions [[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Lost Wages.]] The slot machine itself also functions similarly to the Slots O'Death from the original ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest''.

** The fine print on the slot machine in the casino room mentions [[VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Lost Wages.]]

* BlobMonster: The Purple Glop.

** Katrina as well. She never maliciously gets in your way like the other toons and is, at most, neutral to your quest in finding the remote. She also gifts you a key in return for filming her and Fiddle's wedding.

** The view of the Enterprise in the future room also bears a slight resemblance to the SCS Eureka from ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestV''.

Not to be confused with ''Stay Tooned'' the Canadian Docu-series created by Creator/EricBauza.

** Funnybone president Joel Fried voices Chisel.

* DownerEnding: Combined with GainaxEnding, to boot. At the end, all the cartoons get back in the TV.[[spoiler:..but just as they transport back into Toonland, Chisel grabs you and takes you along with the others, and you remain trapped in Toonland as a cartoon for all eternity.]] Quite a dark ending for a kid-oriented game.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mrs. Findley's ImageSong contains a shot of her meatloaf with sparks flying out of it. [[spoiler:This is a major clue as to where the missing remote is.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: It's never explained what happens to the toons that are not required for the player to zap back inside the television set, although it's possible that that they were zapped into the television set as well offscreen.]]

* ChainedToARailway: When you first enter the Wild West room, you have to place a set of bricks into a train tunnel so a train won’t run over Fiddle. If you done set up the bricks, a train will run over Fiddle, although there are three endings when you do set up the bricks. These include:

** Shmooze saving Fiddle with the train running over the former.

* SchmuckBait: Located in the casino room is a slot machine labeled "WIN THE REMOTE" that Pixel and Chisel comment as "the perfect hiding spot" for the remote. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted due to the fact you actually ''can'' win the remote from it, but the chances of it happening are slim-to-none. While the Casino Room doesn't cost anything, if it's broken for any reason, you cannot use the slot machine for the rest of the game.]]

* BlueBoyPinkGirl: Chisel and Pixel.

* ImageSong: All of the five major toons have musical numbers dedicated to them. Taken UpToEleven with Scoops, who has an amazing singing voice and ''four'' songs about himself, but he only seems inclined to sing to the player and not anyone else.

** The room housing the blueprint activity is a slightly modified version of the train station from Funnybone's ''3D Jungle Train''.

* PayPhone: There's one on the building's first floor, and, after the player gets Frank to hang up, it's pivotal to reaching the endgame.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters