History VideoGame / TheAdventuresOfWillyBeamish

* BlandNameProduct: Willy's [[Creator/{{Nintendo}} Nin]][[{{Atari}} tari]] console and portable [[GameBoy Game Buddy]].

* GameWithinAGame: Willy's Nintari has a ''Monster Squad'' cartridge in it that can be checked out via clicking on it. In the PC version, it's relegated to a cutscene of a generic monster-themed [[SuperMarioBros Mario]] clone; in the Sega CD version, it's fully playable and consists of a weird cross of Space Invaders and Tetris.

* SkewedPriorities
-->'''Sheila:''' "How are we supposed to make the mortgage and car payments? How are we going to pay for Brianna's gifted preschool program? Or the credit cards, or my facials, or my ''nail wraps?!''"

* ToiletHumor: Pretty much the entire scene with the school bully in the pizza place, from fart gags all the way to an exploding toilet.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Some game magazines mistakenly printed that the frog was Willy Beamish in their previews of the game.

* RefugeInAudacity: After the Frog Jump, Leona has ''every'' competing frog -- including Turbofrog, one of the most prolific animal athletes in the game's world -- rounded up and taken to her mansion with the intent to ''eat'' their legs. And she someone gets away with this until Willy shows up at her mansion and frees them.

* BigOMG

* CrossDressingVoices: Averted in the case of Willy himself, to the point that his voice actor (Michael Zibelman, [[OneBookAuthor who has no other credits]]), was prominently billed in the opening titles; presumably they saw the casting of a Real Kid ([[TradeSnark TM]]) as Willy as a selling point. It certainly beats a middle-aged woman, to be sure.

* TalkingToHimself: Willy's mother and sisters are voiced by the same woman, Roxy Ragozzino.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to make a sequel with Willy in his teenage years. But the lackluster response to the game scrapped that.

* AnimalTalk: Willy's dog, Duffy, can be heard speaking English now and then, as can Horny, Gigi, and Turbofrog. They never try to communicate across species, though. The exception is [[AmbiguouslyGay Arthur the Parrot]] who can also sing his own lyrics, set to the tune of songs the intended audience of this game was [[ParentalBonus not expected to know.]] (Namely Rod Stewart's ''Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?'')

* ToiletHumor: Pretty much the entire scene with the school bully in the pizza place, from fart gags all the way to an exploding toilet.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of the humor is roughly on the level of {{Animaniacs}}' innuendo.

* XanatosRoulette / EvilPlan: Leona Humpford and Louis Stoole's plot to make the plumbers go on strike, interrupting Tootsweet's processing of sludge and bring Frumpton to their mercy while pinning the blame on their choice of UnwittingPawn, a newly hired PR spokesman for Tootsweet... that being Gordon Beamish.

* HelloNurse: Literally.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Looking at the cover, you assume it's a harmless kid's game. Heh, won't you be in for a surprise. If you read the fine print, note that it says, "What if you were nine '''again, knowing what you know now?'''"
* WhiteCollarWorker: Gordon Beamish.

* MilitarySchool: In one of the game overs you can get, Willy ends up shipped to a military school for the summer.

* AnimalTalk: Willy's dog, Duffy, can be heard speaking English now and then, as can Horny, Gigi, and Turbofrog. They never try to communicate across species, though. The exception is [[AmbiguouslyGay Arthur the Parrot]] who can also sing his own lyrics, set to the tune of songs the intended audience of this game [[ParentalBonus not expected to know.]] (Namely Rod Stewart's ''Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?'')

* AnimalTalk: Willy's dog, Duffy, can be heard speaking English now and then, as can Horny, Gigi, and Turbofrog. They never try to communicate across species, though.

* BlandNameProduct: Willy's [[{{Nintendo}} Nin]][[{{Atari}} tari]] console and portable [[GameBoy Game Buddy]].

A {{Sierra}} AdventureGame from 1991 that ended up ported to Sega CD a year later. It tells the story of Willy, a typical '90s kid who is all set for the summer, particularly a [[BlandNameProduct Nintari]] game tournament. However, a last-minute bad grade gets Willy's gaming privileges revoked, keeping him from practicing. This little setback is minor compared what is to come as Willy tries his best to get to the competition.

* UnwinnableByDesign: This being a {{Sierra}} game, there are numerous ways you can [[LostForever leave something behind]] or otherwise screw things up.

* UselessItem: Quite a few, as can be expected from a {{Sierra}} game.

* [=~What Do You Mean, It's Not For Kids?~=]: Looking at the cover, you assume it's a harmless kid's game. Heh, won't you be in for a surprise. If you read the fine print, note that it says, "What if you were nine '''again, knowing what you know now?'''"