History VideoGame / UmJammerLammy

* HornyDevils: The original version of "Taste of Teriyaki" has lyrics like "the angel's been very mean to me" and "if I could have another wish, I want the devil to join my next dish". The US version changed these lyrics to refer to "my friend" and "a man," respectively.

* InformedSpecies: Lammy's a lamb; she looks more like a goat or fawn. The original Lammy sketches looked a lot more lamb-like, but the executives wanted Lammy to look like a cool college girl]]. In this concept art for [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lammy_versions4_3805.jpg early Lammies,]] one of them looks like a jogger and several of them look a bit like poodles. Then they found the right one... almost.

* ChainsawGood: The fifth stage has Lammy and Paul Chuck carving a guitar with a chainsaw to Rock-A-Billy.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Just try to get past Stage 3 against Rammy or [=PaRappa=] [=CPUs=]. They will '''''win'''''. A LOT.

* HornyDevils: According to this [[https://web.archive.org/web/20100318021055/http://www.cracked.com/funny-3566-um-jammer-lammy/ Cracked Article]], the original version of Taste of Teriyaki was supposed to be about this.

* LimitedSocialCircle: Averted realistically; Katy is part of two friend circles that don't interact with each other ([=PaRappa=] and his friends, Lammy and Ma-san). By ''[=PaRappa=] the Rapper 2'', though, they've consolidated into a single social circle, playing it straight.

* SpinOff: 'One to the main ''[=PaRappa=]'' series, though [=PaRappa=] can be unlocked as a playable side character.

* LimitedSocialCircle: Averted realistically; Katy is part of two friend circles that don't interact ([=PaRappa=] and his friends, Lammy and Ma-san). By ''[=PaRappa=] the Rapper 2'', though, they've become close enough friends to create a single social circle, playing it straight.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: If you fail Stage 6, Teriyaki Yoko will break out of the ground and order you to start over, saying Lammy should be banned from every game, to she will ask if she means the one she's already in as well.
** In addition, at the start of the original version, [[spoiler:when she sees she has died and gone to Hell, Lammy will say that means the game is over, and comment on how stupid that is.]]

-->''Yeah, that's right! My guitar's in my mind.''\\

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the song of Stage 1's DreamSequence, "I Am a Master, and You", Chop Chop Master Onion raps about fire, a {{bab|iesMakeEverythingBetter}}y, a plane, the "necessary [wood-chopping] skills to build a guitar", and [[PlanetHeck Hell]]/a tropical island, which is what Lammy will have to undergo in the following stages.
** Not just that, but the moves that Chop Chop calls out to Lammy: burn, cry loud, fly high, chop that wood, and down.

* FakeBand: [=MilkCan=].

* FirehouseDalmatian: Chief Puddle, the firefighter who guides Lammy in putting out a fire in the first level is a Dalmatian.

* FloatingLimbs: The character [[NurseWithGoodIntentions Cathy Piller]] is shown to have raymanian ''segments'' when viewed form the side.

* InformedSpecies: WordOfGod says Lammy's a lamb; she looks more like a goat or fawn. The original Lammy sketches looked a lot more lamb-like, [[ExecutiveMeddling but the game company wanted Lammy to look like a cool college girl]].
** In this concept art for [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lammy_versions4_3805.jpg early Lammies,]] one of them looks like a jogger and several of them look a bit like poodles. Then they found the right one...almost.

* SplitPersonality: Captain Fussenpepper flips between DrillSergeantNasty and a doddering old man whenever he gets hit on the head.
** Lammy herself is a borderline example. She's normally a neurotic mess, but she becomes much more confident and capable when she has her guitar (or if she can [[MindOverMatter imagine having it]]).

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Cathy Piller is always coughing up a weird pink cloud full of God-knows-what as she talks, [[CoveredInGunge much to]] [[NauseaFuel Lammy's dismay]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU5kBlENd_0 Check it out in all its chunky, oozing glory.]]

* XRaySparks: These show up when you do poorly on Teriyaki Yoko's stage and get electrified. Even the little frog face on [=PaRappa=]'s hat seems to be affected. Also, Lammy and Rammy's hearts can be seen through their ribcages if you look closely.

* FirehouseDalmatian: Chief Puddles, the firefighter who guides Lammy in putting out a fire in the first level is a Dalmatian.

* DummiedOut: Chop Chop Master Onion's song can only be done solo by Lammy and nobody else (presumably because the level it take place in was supposed to be her dream sequence). However, hidden data exists for [=PaRappa=]'s take on the song. The only difference between his and Lammy's is the fact that Chop Chop Master Onion's end-of-level speech is slightly different to accommodate the fact that he was speaking to [=PaRappa=] instead of of Lammy, and [=PaRappa=]'s differently worded response to that. Otherwise, it's exactly the same.

A RhythmGame developed by [=NanaOn-Sha=] and released by Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation in 1999, ''Um Jammer Lammy'' is a rock-themed SpinOff of ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper''. It features the same visual aesthetic and gameplay as it's predecessor but focuses on musicianship rather than rapping and has a tighter storyline.

* AnswerCut: After finishing the final trail with a Good rating, Lammy calls out "Who's my next challenger?", and the scene cuts to the audience, where both Rammy ''and'' Parappa are shown.

* YourMindMakesItReal: By remembering Chop Chop's advice to recall her guitar to mind, Lammy can confidently handle any situation with the same confidence and skill she has at playing said guitar.

* BananaPeel: [[spoiler: Lammy dies and gets sent to Hell this way in European/Japanese versions. She gets out though.]]

** The cutscene for Stage 6 was re-animated so that Lammy gets flung back through time and ends up on an exotic island, instead of dying and going to Hell. Also, the line where Yoko threatens to kill Lammy with her guitar (before she remarks that she's already dead) was removed and dubbed over.
** Certain lyrics were changed too. References to the devil were changed to "a man" ([=PaRappa=]'s version) and "somebody" (Lammy's version) (while "The angel's been mean to me, that's for sure" became "My friend's been mean to me, that's for sure" in [=PaRappa=]'s version), "...so you can play in Hell" became "...so you can play in an island" [[labelnote:Note]](though the original "So you can play in Hell" line is still heard on the Winter 1999 Jampack demo disc!)[[/labelnote]], "Choppin' the trees down for the fun" became "Knowin' that we're here for the fun", and "Chop all of 'em down, every single one down" became "Come on and get down, way single one down". (In [=PaRappa=]'s version, "I love choppin' down trees just for fun" became "I love rockin' to the beat just for fun" and the entire "Choppin' down trees, just for fun" lyric became "Rollin' up high in the sun".)

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In the song of Stage 1's DreamSequence, "I Am a Master, and You", Chop Chop Master Onion raps about fire, a {{bab|iesMakeEverythingBetter}}y, a plane, the "necessary [wood-chopping] skills to build a guitar", and [[PlanetHeck hell]]/a tropical island, which is what Lammy will have to undergo in the following stages.

* PlayingTheHeartStrings: [[spoiler:Both played straight briefly and parodied in the original version of Stage 6: first, when Lammy is killed in a BananaPeel accident and her black-and-white soul [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascends to a Higher Plane of Existence]]... sort of; and then, when Lammy laments her own death in hell, "[=PaRappa=]'s End Roll in G Minor" plays briefly [[FissionMailed during the fake end credits]]... right before Jack Smash appears and stops the credits before taking her away to Teriyaki Yoko. (The full version of the sad-string song can be heard in the original soundtrack, though.)]]

* YouCantFightFate: In the original version of Stage 6 ("Vital Idol"), [[spoiler:Lammy avoids [[LookBothWays getting hit and run by an out-of-control car]] so as not to end up in hell. As she keeps running, she doesn't notice the BananaPeel that PJ Berri has left because she is in too much of a hurry, then slips on it, falls down, breaks her neck and dies, thus fulfilling Chop Chop Master Onion's [[DreamingOfThingsToCome dream prophecy]]]].

* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: After completeing their level, Lammy's instructors give her items which can change the way her guitar sounds.

* FirehouseDalmatian: The firefighter who guides Lammy in putting out a fire in the first level is a Dalmatian.

%%* KillerRabbit: Ma-San.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Cathy Piller is always puking weird pink vomit as she talks, [[CoveredInGunge much to]] [[NauseaFuel Lammy's dismay]].

* BonusFeatureFailure: For whatever reason, Ma-San's little personal movies after the credits, as well as those viewed through [=PaRappa=]'s storyline, have a seriously choppy framerate and subpar sound mixing, presumably to fit them on the disc without sacrificing the overall picture quality for all the FMVs. It's enough to make you think your disc is defective until you see that they're the same way in the [=PSN=] Store's downloadable version.

--> ''Yeah, that's right! My guitar's in my mind.''
--> ''Leave it to Lammy!''

* KillerRabbit: Ma-San.

* [[SexGod Memetic Sex Goddess]]: Bizarrely enough, Lammy is often treated in ''very'' much this type of way [[AdaptationalAttractiveness by fanart]]. To be fair, though, quite a few characters in-universe [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar strongly imply having crushes on her]] during the canonical game too, most notably [[HoYay Katy and Ma-San]], her fellow [[FakeBand Milkcan trio]] members.

* UnknownRival: Rammy towards Lammy.

* MotorMouth: Apparently, the rapping style of Captain Fussenpepper's Sergent personality involves speaking very fast. Possibly a side effect of the fact that it's a "Metal" song[[note]]For which "singing fast" is a common style of singing there[[/note]] being adapted to Hip Hop so that [=PaRappa=] can rap the song instead of singing it.

* WordSaladLyrics: The game features quite a few examples of this, most notably this one from Stage 5's intro: "Where's that place that comes in pairs whenever I'm aware? Casino here, casino there; CASINO IN MY HAIR! I wish my bear was in the air with no more time to spare! Casino here, casino there; CASINO IN MY CHAIR!"

* SurrealHumor: Especially during its "Baby Baby" and "Fright Flight" stages.