History VideoGame / TheBasementShow

* AnimalsNotToScale: Tom and the other cats, of course. [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] in comparison to Boyfriend, who's a midget.

** A more [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] [[FunnyAnimal cartoony]] example with Jerry. [[VideoGame/CognitiveCrisis Unlike]] [[VideoGame/SundayNightSuicide certain]] [[VideoGame/VsMouse other]] [[VideoGame/CrazinessInjection bipedal]] [[VideoGame/WednesdaysInfidelity mice]] Boyfriend ([[IdenticalGrandfather and his great-great-grandfather, in the latter case]]) faced before, Jerry's more like a common mouse in the show ([[WorldOfFunnyAnimals well, the cartoony anthropomorphic kind, anyway]]). Here, at least in the cutscenes, he's almost the size of ''Boyfriend and Girlfriend''. What's weird is that, in gameplay, [[YourSizeMayVary both of them and Jerry become mouse-size with no explanation whatsoever]], given the dimension of the objects and Tom's hand in the background.

#House For Sale (Jerry Mouse): The old version is based on "Sweet Dreams Are Made of Screams", by Myuu (a WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller-inspired rendition based on Music/MarilynManson's version of "[[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]"), while the V1.5 House For Sale is an original composition.

* BrokenTears: [[https://fridaynightfunking.fandom.com/wiki/The_Basement_Show/Characters?file=DepressedTomFlashbackDown.gif Tom's down pose]] during the {{Flashback}} of the ''Blue Cat Blues'' episode when he remembers how he lost his love of his life during "Shattered".

** Famished's "[[CapsLock I LOVE THAT MOUSE!]]" phrase in [[https://fridaynightfunking.fandom.com/wiki/The_Basement_Show/Characters?file=Imagen_2022-10-17_120608622.png this artwork]] is a reference to [[VideoGame/VsSonicExe Starved]]'s phrase: "[[AllLowercaseLetters i love that hedgehog]]", but in capital letters and with an exclamation mark instead of only lowercase letters.

** While Jerry in the show is an [[AntiHero antiheroic]] [[TheTrickster trickster]] at best (specially in the movies, where he's portrayed as a hero), and a mischievous sociopathic jerk at worst (with ''[[https://tomandjerry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Mouse The Year Of The Mouse]]'' episode probably having his worst act yet), he's ''far'' from the bloodthirsty SerialKiller he is in Week 1, which makes sense considering this is his creepypasta counterpart.
** Spike might be antagonistic towards Tom (and sometimes Jerry), yet he's also loyal to his owners and to his friends, and even helps Tom & Jerry in some occasions (specially Jerry, though). While it is true that he acts [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness more like a realistic fearsome bulldog]] [[WesternAnimation/DogTrouble in his first appearance]] and wants to attack both Tom '''and''' Jerry, even then, at least he isn't shown to be agressive towards ''humans''. His WB Splatter counterpart in the mod, however, looks like [[BewareOfViciousDog he's about to]] ''[[BewareOfViciousDog tear Boyfriend and Girlfriend to shreds]]'', with "Hydrophobia" being a heavy metal track [[InterfaceScrew and having a brutal screen-shake mechanic]] while ''also'' having an only-5-misses mechanic midsong, not to mention the bloody corpse of Tom in the background that was previously mutillated by him like in the original WB Splatter edit.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Famished really has such a deep voice, ''specially'' constrasting with Butch's normal voice.

* AdaptationalBadass: Tuffy (or [[IHaveManyNames Nibbles/Nebos]]) is either a baby or a child mouse that accompanies Jerry (and sometimes him and Tom) in his adventures, but he's mostly shown to be bad at fighting and puts his life in danger only to be saved by Jerry in one way or another (which makes sense considering he's a baby), though he's also been shown to prepare traps with Jerry when planning to defeat Tom. Meanwhile, [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinDSides his D-Sides counterpart]], based on the ''creepypasta Jerry'', of all people, is a teenager that took revenge on his version of Tom (called Mitt) [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade for killing his uncle Jerry]], ''by making him explode into pieces with gunpowder and taking his heart''.

** Butch might be a {{Jerkass}} and a [[TheRival rival]] (though sometimes friend) of Tom, [[TheCasanova trying to rob his lover over and over again,]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese bullying him]] and, like any other cat, [[SapientEatSapient attempting to eat]] or get rid of Jerry; but if there's one thing for sure, is that he's definitely not [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous a monstruous]] [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal,]] [[AscendedToCarnivorism an extreme carnivore]] or a delusional freak ("It's better to meet them in another world than to spend the rest of your life in despair") like in this mod. Considering he's this mod's version of [[VideoGame/VsSonicExe Starved]], it's not really a surprise, either.

** [[spoiler: Both Boyfriend and Pibby's version of Boyfriend return to their respective home worlds at the end of Week 3, but Pibby's world continues to be attacked by the Darkness and Tom, Jerry, Nibbles and Spike are still enslaved by it.]]

** While Jerry in the show is an [[AntiHero antiheroic]] [[TheTrickster trickster]] at best (specially in the movies, where he's portrayed as a hero), and a mischievous sociopathic jerk at worst (with ''[[https://tomandjerry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Mouse The Year Of The Mouse]]'' episode probably having his worst act yet), he's ''far'' from the bloodthirsty SerialKiller he is in the mod, which makes sense considering this is his creepypasta counterpart.

* CompositeCharacter: [[JokeCharacter Meme Mouse]] is not really based on a character in particular (discounting Jerry, of course). He's more of a mix of [[Memes/TomAndJerry different Tom and Jerry memes]], Chinese, American and Latin American (the "¿Khé Verga?" meme).

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear why is the ''Switchin' Kitten'' Lighting angry at BF, considering the reason he's angry at Tom in his respective short was because he was attempting to kill Jerry (as always). If the MadScientist from said episode was involved or if BF just did something to make him mad ([[TakeAThirdOption or both]]) is unknown.

** The different voices used for each variant of Tom & Jerry might sound like VocalDissonance...if it wasn't for the fact that Tom & Jerry never had any definitive type of voice for each episode or adaptations (William Hanna might have made the iconic screams for Tom and some of his dialogues, but not even he stayed all the time recording all of Tom's voices). Some were more deep, others more high or in-between. So of course each Tom & Jerry would have different vocals.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear why is the ''Switchin' Kitten'' Lighting angry at BF, considering the reason he was angry at Tom in his respective short because he was attempting to kill Jerry (as always). If the MadScientist from said episode was involved or if BF just did something to make him mad ([[TakeAThirdOption or both]]) is unknown.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear why is the ''Switchin' Kitten'' Lighting angry at BF, considering he was only angry at Tom in his respective short because he was attempting to kill Jerry (as always). If the MadScientist from said episode was involved or if BF just did something to make him mad ([[TakeAThirdOption or both]]) is unknown.

* DrivenToSuicide: The Depressed Tom in Week 2, of course. Though [[VideoGame/FridayNightInBikiniBottomLostEpisodes unlike]] [[VideoGame/MistfulCrimsonMorning other]] [[VideoGame/SundayNightSuicide characters]] [[VideoGame/CognitiveCrisis with]] [[VideoGame/CrazinessInjection similar]] [[VideoGame/WednesdaysInfidelity motives]], this Tom actually doesn't come from a creepypasta, but actually from the short ''WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues''.

* DrivenToSuicide: The Depressed Tom in Week 2, of course. Though unlike other creepypasta characters with similar motives, this Tom actually doesn't come from a creepypasta himself, but actually from the short WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Both Tom and Jerry rarely talk in the franchise (save for ''[[https://tomandjerry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lonesome_Mouse The Lonesome Mouse]]'' episode, the 1945 musical-comedy ''Film/{{Anchors Aweigh}}'', and [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie the 1992 movie]], at least in the classic era) ''Switchin' Kitten'' Lighting and the Body Slammer don't even talk at all in their respective episodes (with the former just growling and barking like a dog). Still, none of them would have such great songs if that was the same case in this mod.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Both Tom and Jerry rarely talk in the franchise (save for ''[[https://tomandjerry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lonesome_Mouse The Lonesome Mouse]]'' episode, the 1945 musical-comedy ''Film/{{Anchors Aweigh}}'', and [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie the 1992 movie]]) ''Switchin' Kitten'' Lighting and the Body Slammer don't even talk at all in their respective episodes (with the former just growling and barking like a dog). Still, none of them would have such great songs if that was the same case in this mod.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Both Tom and Jerry rarely talk in the franchise (save for [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie the 1992 movie]] and the 1945 musical-comedy ''Film/{{Anchors Aweigh}}''), and the ''Switchin' Kitten'' Lighting and the Body Slammer don't even talk at all in their respective episodes (with the former just growling and barking like a dog). Still, none of them would have such great songs if that was the same case in this mod.

** The initial countdown is replaced with the [[WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble "Don't you]] [[WesternAnimation/TheMissingMouse believe it"]] line said by Tom. It's also mentioned in the creepypasta itself.

** Famished "[[CapsLock I LOVE THAT MOUSE!]]" phrase in [[https://fridaynightfunking.fandom.com/wiki/The_Basement_Show/Characters?file=Imagen_2022-10-17_120608622.png this artwork]] is a reference to [[VideoGame/VsSonicExe Starved]]'s phrase: "[[AllLowercaseLetters i love that hedgehog]]", but in capital letters and with an exclamation mark instead of only lowercase letters.

** While Jerry in the show is an [[AntiHero antiheroic]] [[TheTrickster trickster]] at best (specially in the movies, where he's portrayed as a hero), and a mischievous sociopathic jerk at worst (with ''[[https://tomandjerry.fandom.com/wiki/The_Year_of_the_Mouse The Year Of The Mouse]]'' episode probably having his worst act yet), he's ''far'' from the bloodthirsty SerialKiller he's in the mod, which makes sense considering this is his creepypasta counterpart.
** Spike might be antagonistic towards Tom (and sometimes Jerry), yet he's also royal to his owners and to his friends, and even helps Tom & Jerry in some occasions (specially Jerry, though). While is true that he acts [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness more like a realistic fearsome bulldog]] [[WesternAnimation/DogTrouble in his first appearance]] and wants to attack both Tom '''and''' Jerry, even then, at least he isn't shown to be agressive towards ''humans''. His WB Splatter counterpart in the mod, however, looks like [[BewareOfViciousDog he's about to]] ''[[BewareOfViciousDog tear Boyfriend and Girlfriend to shreds]]'', with "Hydrophobia" being a heavy metal track [[InterfaceScrew and having a brutal screen-shake mechanic]] while ''also'' having an only-5-misses mechanic midsong, not to mention the bloody corpse of Tom in the background that was previously mutillated by him like in the original WB Splatter edit.

** Spike might be antagonistic towards Tom (and sometimes Jerry), yet he's also royal to his owners and to his friends, and even helps Tom & Jerry in some occasions (specially Jerry, though). While is true that he acts [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness more like a realistic fearsome bulldog]] [[WesternAnimation/DogTrouble in his first appearance]] and wants to attack both Tom '''and''' Jerry, even then, at least he isn't shown to be agressive towards ''humans''. His WB Splatter counterpart in the mod, however, looks like he's about to ''tear Boyfriend and Girlfriend to shreds'', with "Hydrophobia" being a heavy metal track [[InterfaceScrew and having a brutal screen-shake mechanic]] while ''also'' having an only-5-misses mechanic midsong, not to mention the bloody corpse of Tom in the background that was previously mutillated by him like in the original WB Splatter edit.

** Spike might be antagonistic towards Tom (and sometimes Jerry), yet he's also royal to his owners and to his friends, and even helps Tom & Jerry in some occasions (specially Jerry, though). While is true that he acts [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness more like a realistic fearsome bulldog]] [[WesternAnimation/DogTrouble in his first appearance]] and wants to attack both Tom ''and'' Jerry, even then, at least he isn't shown to be agressive towards ''humans''. His WB Splatter counterpart in the mod, however, looks like he's about to ''tear Boyfriend and Girlfriend to shreds'', with "Hydrophobia" being a heavy metal track [[InterfaceScrew and having a brutal screen-shake mechanic]] while ''also'' having an only-5-misses mechanic midsong, not to mention the bloody corpse of Tom in the background that was previously mutillated by him like in the original WB Splatter edit.

** Spike might be antagonistic towards Tom (and sometimes Jerry), yet he's also royal to his owners and to his friends, and even helps Tom & Jerry themselves. While is true that he acts [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness more like a realistic fearsome bulldog]] [[WesternAnimation/DogTrouble in his first appearance]] and wants to attack both Tom ''and'' Jerry, even then, ''at least'', he isn't shown to be agressive towards humans. His WB Splatter counterpart in the mod, however, looks like he's about to ''tear Boyfriend and Girlfriend to shreds'', with "Hydrophobia" being a heavy metal track [[InterfaceScrew and having a brutal screen-shake mechanic]] while ''also'' having an only-5-misses mechanic midsong, not to mention the bloody corpse of Tom in the background that was previously mutillated by him like in the original WB Splatter edit.

[[caption-width-right:350:DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT![[note]]Center: ''[[FauxAffablyEvil Lost]]'' ''[[BitchInSheepsClothing Cartoon]]'' [[SerialKiller Jerry]] and [[DrivenToSuicide Depressed]] [[LoveHurts Tom]]. Clockwise from top right: [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Body]] [[CreepyGood Slammer]], ''[[FreakyFridayFlip Switchin' Kitten]]'' [[AngryGuardDog Lighting]], [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Girlfriend]], [[TheProtagonist Boyfriend]], [[BewareOfViciousDog WB Splatter]] [[BullyBulldog Spike]], [[AxCrazy WB Splatter]] [[PsychoKnifeNut Tom]] and [[OminousVisualGlitch Corrupted]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Tom]]. Not pictured: [[ZombieApocalypse the other corrupted T&J characters]], [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinDSides D-Sides]] [[AntiHero Nibbles/Tuffy]], [[StylisticSuck Proxima64 Jerry]], [[JokeCharacter Jammy]], [[MemeticMutation Meme Mouse]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Mousetale Jerry]], [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous Famished]], [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry normal Spike, normal Butch]], [[LivingToy Tom on Wheels]] and [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat Grunt Tom]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT![[note]] Center: ''[[FauxAffablyEvil Lost]]'' ''[[BitchInSheepsClothing Cartoon]]'' [[SerialKiller Jerry]] and [[DrivenToSuicide Depressed]] [[LoveHurts Tom]]. Clockwise from top right: [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Body]] [[CreepyGood Slammer]], ''[[FreakyFridayFlip Switchin' Kitten]]'' [[AngryGuardDog Lighting]], [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Girlfriend]], [[TheProtagonist Boyfriend]], [[BewareOfViciousDog WB Splatter]] [[BullyBulldog Spike]], [[AxCrazy WB Splatter]] [[PsychoKnifeNut Tom]] and [[OminousVisualGlitch Corrupted]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Tom]]. Not pictured: [[ZombieApocalypse the other corrupted T&J characters]], [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinDSides D-Sides]] [[AntiHero Nibbles/Tuffy]], [[StylisticSuck Proxima64 Jerry]], [[JokeCharacter Jammy]], [[MemeticMutation Meme Mouse]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Mousetale Jerry]], [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous Famished]], [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry normal Spike, normal Butch]], [[LivingToy Tom on Wheels]] and [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat Grunt Tom]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!