History VideoGame / TomatoAdventure

They do this with the help of Gimmicks, mechanical weapons made by [=DeMille=]'s inventor friend Seremo, and by obtaining the Toy Parts, six mysterious items possessed by King Abira's Super Kids, a sextet of powerful, but reckless children.

The Ketchup Kingdom is a land inhabited by children of all ages where tomatoes are everything. During the "Tomatoversary", the King Avira presents to his subjects the Super Caracooker, a ray gun that can transform anything and anyone into playthings such as toys and playgrounds. [=DeMille=], the player character, watches this on TV in his school bus home in Cobore Village, where "Droppers" (those who dislike tomatoes) are forced to live till they change their attitudes towards the food. He and his girlfriend, Pasaran, are allowed to leave the village for one week during the Tomatoversary, however, and they decide to use that one week to go find Pasaran's missing Gimmick Robo. Avira's henchmen Brikky and Grikky capture Pasaran, as the king means to use her Heart Energy to power his Super Caracooker and turn all the kingdom's inhabitants into toys. It's now up to [=DeMille=] and his friends to save Pasaran and the entire Ketchup Kingdom.

They do this with the help of Gimmicks, mechanical weapons made by [=DeMille=]'s inventor friend Seremo, and by obtaining the Toy Parts, six mysterious items possessed by King Avira's Super Kids, a sextet of powerful, but reckless children.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's never explained what exactly happened that caused the Gimmick Robo to be split apart, how its parts became Avira and the Super Kids, or whether Avira and the Super Kids have any memories of when they were the Gimmick Robo. Avira apparently does, though, considering he's the Gimmick Robo's head and loves Pasaran dearly.]]

* BigBad: King Avira, who wishes to turn everyone in the Ketchup Kingdom into toys.
* BrainyBaby: King Avira sucks on a pacifier, suggesting that he is still a baby. Despite that, he's smart enough to speak coherently, invent a ray that turns people into toys, and seek to extract the Heart Energy from Pasaran.

* FatalMacGuffin: [[spoiler: An odd case. The toy parts that form the Gimmick Robo are necessary to enter Gimmick Palace. [=DeMille=] and company recreate it--albeit without its head--but it proceeds it to obstruct them all throughout the palace. It turns out the Gimmick Robo was Pasaran's, and it had fallen in love with her long before it split apart into the six Super Kids and Avira (who's actually its head), and sees [=DeMille=] and company as obstructions towards marrying her and turning the whole kingdom into toys like itself.]]

* FusionDance: [[spoiler: After Avira is defeated, the Gimmick Robot busts in and forcefully unites with him, as Avira is in fact the missing head of the robot turned to a new form after the robot was split apart. However, since Avira wasn't reverted back into the robot head, this results in an entirely new being called Abiwrath, who serves as the final boss of the game.]]

* ImprobablyHighIQ: King Avira has an IQ of ''over 5000'', [[spoiler:because he's actually the head of a robot]].

* LoveMakesYouEvil: The primary reason Avira, [[spoiler:a.k.a. the Gimmick Robo]], does what he does: He's '''obsessed''' with marrying Pasaran.

* ThemeNaming: King Avira's henchmen are named Brikky and Grikky.

* ToyTime: One area in the forest has a toy theme. There are things like giant playing cards and wooden toy airplanes in this area, and the ground here is built out of LEGO bricks. Avira himself means to do this to the whole Tomato Kingdom.

The Ketchup Kingdom is a land inhabited by children of all ages where tomatoes are everything. During the "Tomatoversary", the King Avira presents to his subjects the Super Caracooker, a ray gun that can transform anything and anyone into playthings such as toys and playgrounds. [=DeMille=], the player character, watches this on TV in his school bus home in Cobore Village, where "Droppers" (those who dislike tomatoes) are forced to live till they change their attitudes towards the food. He and his girlfriend, Patharan, are allowed to leave the village for one week during the Tomatoversary, however, and they decide to use that one week to go find Patharan's missing Gimmick Robo. Avira's henchmen Brikky and Grikky capture Patharan, as the king means to use her Heart Energy to power his Super Caracooker and turn all the kingdom's inhabitants into toys. It's now up to [=DeMille=] and his friends to save Patharan and the entire Ketchup Kingdom.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:It's never explained what exactly happened that caused the Gimmick Robo to be split apart, how its parts became Avira and the Super Kids, or whether Avira and the Super Kids have any memories of when they were the Gimmick Robo. Avira apparently does, though, considering he's the Gimmick Robo's head and loves Patharan dearly.]]

* BrainyBaby: King Avira sucks on a pacifier, suggesting that he is still a baby. Despite that, he's smart enough to speak coherently, invent a ray that turns people into toys, and seek to extract the Heart Energy from Patharan.

* CartoonCreature: Pretty much everyone save for those who're clearly based on real life animals (e.g. Sofubi and Rereku). [=DeMille=], Patharan, and Aresa's species in particular is completely indeterminate, though the frills on their heads are reminiscent of lizards.
* DamselInDistress: One of the goals of the game is to save [=DeMille=]'s girlfriend, Patharan.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Neither [=DeMille=] nor Patharan like to eat tomatoes. This is important for the game, as the kingdom [=DeMille=] lives in strictly prohibits subjects from disliking tomatoes and sends them to the outskirts if they do.
* FatalMacGuffin: [[spoiler: An odd case. The toy parts that form the Gimmick Robo are necessary to enter Gimmick Palace. [=DeMille=] and company recreate it--albeit without its head--but it proceeds it to obstruct them all throughout the palace. It turns out the Gimmick Robo was Patharan's, and it had fallen in love with her long before it split apart into the six Super Kids and Avira (who's actually its head), and sees [=DeMille=] and company as obstructions towards marrying her and turning the whole kingdom into toys like itself.]]

* FunnyAnimal: Sofubi the frog, who at one point joins [=DeMille=]'s party. Rereku the mole, as well.

* GenkiGirl: Patharan seems a very excitable and energetic girl.

* HereWeGoAgain: The game ends with [[spoiler:Aresa being kidnapped by Pimara, the king of the Pepper Kingdom]], similar to what sent [=DeMille=] into action and triggered the plot of the game in the first place.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: The primary reason Avira, [[spoiler:a.k.a. the Gimmick Robo]], does what he does: He's '''obsessed''' with marrying Patharan.
* MonochromaticEyes: [=DeMille=] has eyes that are completely blue, his girlfriend Patharan's eyes are completely pink, and Aresa's eyes are completely orange.

* PinkGirlBlueBoy: [=DeMille=] is a boy who wears blue clothes, while his girlfriend Patharan wears pink clothes.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Besides Patharan and her pink clothes, there's Oops, the first Super Kid the player has to fight, who is a girl with a pink-and-white color scheme.
* PlotCouponThatDoesSomething: To pass through a wall that is preventing him from entering the Gimmick Palace to save Patharan, [=DeMille=] has to collect the six Toy Parts from the Super Kids. The Toy Parts are also used to make Gimmicks used by [=DeMille=].
* PuppyLove: Eight-year-old [=DeMille=] and seven-year-old Patharan are boyfriend and girlfriend.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: [[CartoonCreature Whatever species DeMille, Patharan, and Aresa are supposed to be]], they're absolutely adorable and wouldn't look out of place in a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game.
* SequelHook: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:[=DeMille=] and the gang find themselves near a green pepper castle, and Aresa is kidnapped by Pimara, the king of the Pepper Kingdom]], implying an idea for a potential sequel.
* ShoutOut: Rereku, a recurring mole character, is Mole Newspaper's correspondent [[Franchise/JamesBond #007]].
* TemptingFate: Aresa activates a switch to get a flow of hot water/mayonnaise going. The liquid in question doesn't flow out immediately, so she asks [=DeMille=] if he wants to check if anything's wrong with it. His response is along the lines of "Wait, this isn't going to be one of those gags where the water flows right into me when I take a look, will it?" Sure enough, that's exactly what happens when the two decide to check together.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Avria is obsessed with Patharan and wants to turn everyone in his own kingdom into toys because he and the Super Kids were originally the seven pieces of the Gimmick Robo, a toy owned by Patharan that fell in love with her.]]

''Tomato Adventure'' is an RPG video game that was released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in 2002. It was developed by Creator/AlphaDream, who later developed ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', and was never released outside of Japan.

* KidHero: [=DeMille=] is eight years old and the protagonist of the game.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Neither [=DeMille=] nor Patharan like to eat tomatoes.

* FateWorseThanDeath: A fan of Lilby's condemns her to this by bringing her back to life, which results in her becoming a hideous monster (that ends up killing the fan). DeMille and company put her out of her misery, however, to get back her Toy Part.

''Tomato Adventure'' is an RPG video game that was released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in 2002. It was developed by [=AlphaDream=], who later developed ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', and was never released outside of Japan.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:King Avira and the Super Kids are originally the seven pieces of the Gimmick Robo, a toy owned by Patharan that fell in love with her.]]

* BigBad: King Avira, who wishes to turn everyone in the Tomato Kingdom into toys.

* CameBackWrong: Lilby is defeated fairly early into her section of the Toy Part hunt. This forces one of her fans to steal the Toy Part from DeMille in order to revive her. Unfortunately, the revived Lilby is completely monstrous in body and mind, ends up killing the very fan who brought her back to life, and has to be vanquished again to get the Toy Part back.
* CartoonCreature: Pretty much everyone save for those who're clearly based on real life animals ( e.g. Sofubi and Rereku). DeMille, Patharan, and Aresa's species in particular is completely indeterminate, though the frills on either sides of their heads are reminiscent of lizards.

The Ketchup Kingdom is a land inhabited by children of all ages where tomatoes are everything. During the "Tomatoversary", the King Avira presents to his subjects the Super Caracooker, a ray gun that can transform anything and anyone into playthings such as toys and playgrounds. [=DeMille=], the player character, watches this on TV in his school bus home in Cobore Village, where "Droppers" (those who dislike tomatoes) are forced to live till they change their attitudes towards the food. He and his girlfriend, Patharan, are allowed to leave the village for one week during the Tomatoversary, however, and they decide to use that one week to go find Patharan's missing Gimmick Robo. Avira's henchmen Brikky and Grikky capture Patharan, as the king means to use her Heart Energy to power his Super Caracooker and turn all the kingdom's inhabitants into you. It's now up to [=DeMille=] and his friends to save Patharan and the entire Ketchup Kingdom.

The Ketchup Kingdom is a land inhabited by children of all ages where tomatoes are everything. During the "Tomatoversary", the King Avira, presents to his subjects the Super Caracooker, a ray gun that can transform anything and anyone into playthings such as toys and playgrounds. [=DeMille=], the player character, watches this on TV in his school bus home in Cobore Village, where "Droppers" (those who dislike tomatoes) are forced to live till they change their attitudes towards the food. He and his girlfriend, Patharan, are allowed to leave the village for one week during the Tomatoversary, however, and they decide to use that one week to go find Patharan's missing Gimmick Robo. Avira's henchmen Brikky and Grikky capture Patharan, as the king means to use her Heart Energy to power his Super Caracooker and turn all the kingdom's inhabitants into you. It's now up to [=DeMille=] and his friends to save Patharan and the entire Ketchup Kingdom.

The Ketchup Kingdom is a land inhabited by children of all ages where tomatoes are everything. During "Tomatoversary", the King Avira, presents to his subjects the Super Caracooker, a ray gun that can transform anything and anyone into playthings such as toys and playgrounds. [=DeMille=], the player character, watches this on TV in his school bus home in Cobore Village, where "Droppers" (those who dislike tomatoes) are forced to live till they change their attitudes towards the food. He and his girlfriend, Patharan, are allowed to leave the village for one week during the Tomatoversary, however, and they decide to use that one week to go find Patharan's missing Gimmick Robo. Avira's henchmen Brikky and Grikky capture Patharan, as the king means to use her Heart Energy to power his Super Caracooker and turn all the kingdom's inhabitants into you. It's now up to [=DeMille=] and his friends to save Patharan and the entire Ketchup Kingdom.

In the Ketchup Kingdom, during the Tomatoversary, King Avira has invented a machine called the Super Caracooker, which transforms objects, people, etc. into playthings such as toys and playgrounds. [=DeMille=], the player character, watches this on TV in his school bus home; he was forced to live in Cobore Village due to his dislike of tomatoes (anybody who dislikes tomatoes is labeled a "dropper" and forced to live in Cobore Village until they change their attitudes towards the food). He and his girlfriend Patharan are allowed to leave the village for one week during the Tomatoversary, however, and use the opportunity to go find Patharan's Gimmick Robo. King Avira's henchmen Brikky and Grikky capture Patharan to use her Heart Energy to power the Super Caracooker, and [=DeMille=] must save her and the entire Ketchup Kingdom with the help of the Gimmicks, the mechanical weapons made for him by his friend Seremo, by obtaining six items called the Toy Parts from King Avira's six Super Kids.

* SequelHook: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:[=DeMille=] and the gang find themselves near a green pepper castle, and Aresa is kidnapped by a green pepper person]], implying an idea for a potential sequel.

* HereWeGoAgain: The game ends with [[spoiler:Aresa being kidnapped by a person from a green pepper castle]], similar to what sent [=DeMille=] into action and triggered the plot of the game in the first place.

* BalefulPolymorph: The Super Cara-Cooker transforms people into toys. Sound like fun? Not when you consider that it doesn't turn people into LivingToys, but rather completely normal toys with no sign of life embedded within them whatsoever.

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Patharan's Gimmick Robo, the original form of Avira and the Super Kids.]]

* LoveMakesYouEvil: The primary reason Avira, [[a.k.a. the Gimmick Robo]], does what he does: He's '''obsessed''' with marrying Patharan.

* FatalMacGuffin: [[spoiler: An odd case; The Toy parts that form the Gimmick Robot are necessary to enter the Gimmick Palace, but once the incomplete robot is made, it starts deliberately obstructing and fighting you three times throughout the final area. It turns out the Gimmick Robot had fallen in love with Patharan long before it split apart into the six Super Kids and Avira, and sees [=DeMille=] and his friends as obstructions towards marrying her and turning the whole kingdom into toys like itself.]]

* HereWeGoAgain: The game ends with [[spoiler:Aresa being kidnapped by a person from a green pepper castle]], similar to what sent [=DeMille=] into action and triggered the plot of the game in the first place.

* ToyTime: One area in the forest has a toy theme. There are things like giant playing cards and wooden toy airplanes in this area, and the ground here is built out of LEGO bricks.

* CameBackWrong: Lilby is defeated fairly early into her section of the Toy Part hunt. This forces one of her fans to steal the Toy Part from DeMille in order to revive her. Unfortunately, the revived Lilby is completely monstrous in body and mind.

* ImprobablyHighIQ: King Avira has an IQ of ''over 5000''.

* FatalMacGuffin: [[spoiler: An odd case; The Toy parts that form the Gimmick Robot are necessary to enter the Gimmick Palace, but once the incomplete robot is made, it starts deliberately obstructing and fighting you three times throughout the final area. It turns out the Gimmick Robot had fallen in love with Pasaran long before it split apart into the six Super Kids and Abira, and sees [=DeMille=] and his friends as obstructions towards marrying her and turning the whole kingdom into toys like itself.]]

* FatalMacGuffin: [[spoiler: An odd case; The Toy parts that form the Gimmick Robot are necessary to enter the Gimmick Palace, but once the incomplete robot is made, it starts deliberately obstructing and fighting you three times throughout the final area. It turns out the Gimmick Robot had fallen in love with Pasaran long before it split apart into the six Super Kids and Abira, and sees DeMille and his friends as obstructions towards marrying her and turning the whole kingdom into toys like itself.]]