History VideoGame / Whacked

* TheShowMustGoOn: [[spoiler:The final fight in Hell wasn't planned for the show. After the intended final match, the show is canceled due to [[{{Satan}}Van's boss]] being concerned that one of the contestants might use [[YourHeartsDesire the prize]] to wish for something like world peace, and Van, in an act of desperation to save his show, challenges the player to one final battle against himself for an even better prize.]]

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* EveryoneHasStandards: There are, in fact, a few things Lucy isn't turned on by. She wasn't satisfied with her... ''activities'' with Lance, for one -- and also implied disinterest in Toof -- and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM-9bU4ynA8 in this scene]], she seems uninterested in Otto, not to mention she expresses disgust when Otto presents his "stool sample" (actually a pudding cup).

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The final match ends up being a hit with viewers, pushing the once-flagging ratings through the roof. The network execs call Van to inform him that they're not canceling the show after all.]] It's too bad that the game's developer, in a stunning display of irony, went out of business after releasing ''Whacked!''.

* TheShowMustGoOn: [[spoiler:The final fight in Hell wasn't planned for the show. After the intended final match, the show is canceled due to low ratings, and Van, in an act of desperation to save his show, challenges the player to one final battle against himself for an even better prize.]]

* FullFrontalAssault: Lucy, who spends most of her screentime wearing clad in nothing but boots, gloves, and [[CensorBox Censor Boxes]].

* HeavySleeper: Otto. He's literally asleep during the entire game, except for when he wakes up for a short moment in one cutscene. You're technically playing as his sentient chair.

* HiddenDepths: It's not brought up very often, but it would seem Lucy is actually quite intelligent and business-savvy. In her audition, she quickly analyzes her current audience in marketing terms to decide which of her outfits would be best received. She's also the only one who gets close enough to Van Tastic to find out he's [[spoiler: actually wearing a helmet]]. In addition, after [[spoiler:the show is cancelled and Van confesses to not having a prize]], Lucy recites a long and accurately-detailed legal document that she signed upon passing her audition simply based on memory.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In Whacked! you have Lucky the rabbit, Eugene the duck, and Lance the lion competing as equals against Lucy, Charity, and Otto, who are all human.
* LiveItem: The Goodbye Doggie.
* TheLoad: Otto to his chair in a literal fashion. The chair clearly doesn't need him for the competition, but it couldn't get past its interview otherwise.

** Eugene: Envy. Canadian Mallard that lives with his mother. Wants to fly and be a much cooler bird. Often fantasizes about killing everyone that makes fun of him for being a lame penguin/mallard.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The final match ends up being a hit with viewers, pushing the ratings through the roof. The network execs call Van to inform him that they're not canceling the show after all.]] It's too bad that the game's developer, in a stunning display of irony, went out of business after releasing Whacked!.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Once again, Lucy. She wears a skintight rubber dress that can disintegrate when she wants to the show, and she never puts on clothes after it happens on the set. It seems that she just prefers to be naked.

* TheShowMustGoOn: [[spoiler:The final fight in Hell wasn't planned for the show. After the intended final match, the show is canceled due to low ratings, and Van, in an act of desperation, challenges the player to one final battle against himself for an even better prize.]]

* SpoiledBrat: Charity.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The AI is naturally immune to any Big Red Button events that mess with the camera.

[[caption-width-right:250:Hey, everybody! It’s time to get '''WHACKED!''']]

** Lucy: Lust. Human woman with blue hair, blue latex boots and gloves with nothing else. Completely happy to boink anything that moves. She's censored by the show itself, much to her chagrin.

* ExtremeOmnisexual: Lucy seduces Otto's chair. It develops a crush on her for the rest of the game.

--->'''Otto:''' [[spoiler: Nothing. His chair is the one who actually won the contest so it kicks Otto to the curb before getting its reward, which is being part of Lucy's ending.]]

* IMeantToDoThat: Eugene sometimes attempts to HandWave being killed by claiming it was all part of his strategy.

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: A InUniverse example. One of the intermission commercials in Gameshow Mode is a "breaking news" report, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSHpqbk_SM confirming that scientists just discovered the most annoying sound]].

** [[TeenyWeenie But alas,]] [[JustForPun the Lion's pride was too small]] to impress Lucy. Which is TruthinTelevision, as real-life lions actually have very small [[JustForPun prides]].

* MostAnnoyingSound: A literal in-universe example. One of the intermission commercials in Gameshow Mode is a "breaking news" report, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSHpqbk_SM confirming that scientists just discovered the most annoying sound]].

* DressedInRubber: Lucy wears a very tight latex dress on both the game’s cover and its intro. Too tight, in fact, as it bursts apart in the intro, leaving Lucy nude for the rest of the game.

* DressedinRubber: Lucy wears a very tight latex dress on both the game’s cover and its intro. Too tight, in fact, as it bursts apart in the intro, leaving Lucy nude for the rest of the game.

--->'''Otto:''' [[spoiler: Nothing. His chair is the one who actually won the contest so it kicks Otto to the curb before getting its reward. Being part of Lucy's ending.]]

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In Whacked! you have Lucky the rabbit, Eugene the duck, and Lance the Lion competing as equals against Lucy, Charity, and Otto, who are all human.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy:

* LionsAndTigersAndHumnansOhMy:

--->'''Toof:''' [[[spoiler: [[BigEater A giant burger he can't ''possibly'' finish in his lifetime.]]]]

* FullFrontalAssault: Lucy, who spends most of her screentime wearing nothing but gloves, boots, and [[CensorBox Censor Boxes]].

* FullFrontalAssault: Lucy, who spends most of her screentime wearing nothing but gloves, boots, and [[CensorBox CensorBoxes]].

* CensorBox: [[CoversAlwaysLie Don't let the box art fool you]]; in-game, Lucy is dressed in nothing but gloves, stockings, and a couple of blue censor boxes and she is totally fine with that.

* EveryoneHasStandards: There are, in fact, a few things Lucy isn't turned on by. She wasn't satisfied with her...''activities'' with Lance, for one -- and also implied disinterest in Toof -- and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM-9bU4ynA8 in this scene]], she seems uninterested in Otto, not to mention she expresses disgust when Otto presents his "stool sample" (actually a pudding cup).

* FlamingSword: Flaming meat cleavers, actually. Attacking any player with fire when they're holding a meat cleaver results in the meat cleaver being set on fire instead, and it can in turn be used to set opponents ablaze.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Winning the competition sees Van Tastic [[spoiler: offering a new contract to sign, which lets your contestant play a bonus round for the "Grand Prize". The contract is on screen for a couple seconds, and it's a [[DealWithTheDevil a contract giving your soul to Hell]] upon your death]].

** Lucy: Lust. Human woman with blue hair, blue latex boots and gloves with nothing else. Completely happy to boink anything that moves. She's censored by the show itself, to her chagrin.

** Otto: Sloth. Incredibly pale human on a sentient easy chair. Otto is asleep the '''entire''' game, and has been this way for at least five years. His chair beats him in an attempt to wake him up, often causing some non-sequitur response from Otto. The chair is the actual contestant, Otto was just the excuse to get the chair past the auditions, and the chair seemingly can't get rid of Otto until the show's over.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The final match ends up being a hit with viewers, pushing the ratings through the roof. The network execs call Van to inform him that they're not cancelling the show after all.]] It's too bad that the game's developer, in a stunning display of irony, went out of business after releasing Whacked!.

* TheShowMustGoOn: [[spoiler:The final fight in Hell wasn't planned for the show. After the intended final match, the show is cancelled due to low ratings, and Van, in an act of desperation, challenges the player to one final battle against himself for an even better prize.]]

* FlamingSword: Flaming meat cleavers, actually. Attacking any player with fire when they're holding a meat cleaver results in the meat cleaver being set on fire instead.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Van Tastic, and your first hint is when he states after the intro matches that "I haven't seen action like that since I taught Emperor Nero that trick with the lions!". The same Nero who was a [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire Roman Emperor]] who lived from 37 AD to 68 AD, that one. Then after he introduces the Exclamation Point, he mentions in a phone call that he's been "doing this since Adam and Eve were wearing their fig leaves". [[spoiler: Then he takes the mask off once a contestant wins, revealing he's a demon in disguise]].