History VideoGame / YouDontKnowJack

* You Don't Know Jack (UsefulNotes/PlayStation: Once we realized "Hey wait, the current gen consoles are using that fancy CD technology!”, we decided to introduce our trivia craziness there. Had to strip down the graphics a bit, but it still came out good and featured almost all the hilarity of Volume 3.

* You Don't Know Jack ''Mock 2'': Second UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} game. We went a little cheaper on this one using minimal graphics and leftovers from both ''The Ride'' and ''LFF!''. Still a fun time though.

* You Don't Know Jack ''2011'': Back and better than ever for TheNewTens. This was actually our first multi-console game. Not only did our PC fans get love but so did UsefulNotes/Playstation3, UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, UsefulNotes/NintendoWii. Heck, even the Ouya (the little guy needed ''some'' games on it). Though for some odd reason we didn't give the PC ports online multiplayer. Hmm.

Hey, did you know that Creator/CarseyWerner attempted an actual TV game show, with Creator/PaulReubens hosting? ([[ButHeSoundsHandsome One suave-o announcer, too.]]) It lasted six episodes on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] [[ScrewedByTheNetwork before it got replaced]].[[note]]This was the only other time Carsey-Werner attempted to venture into the world of game shows, the first being revivals of ''Series/YouBetYourLife'' from 1988 (hosted by [[Series/FamilyFeud Richard Dawson]] that didn't go beyond pilot) and 1992-93 (in syndication and hosted by Creator/BillCosby))[[/note]] Well, at least the computer games aren't going anywhere... I hope. Actually, now that Creator/{{THQ}} (the company that produced the revival for all three major consoles [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the]] UsefulNotes/NintendoDS on February 8, 2011) has gone bankrupt, for a while it looked like I'd need to start looking for a new job. Thankfully, Jackbox started self-publishing, and even handed me some sweet new gigs hosting ''Fibbage'', all of its sequels, ''Fakin' It'' and ''Champ'd Up''. So that should keep the lights on and the cats fed. For now.

** ''Offline'', the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} release (Which has questions from ''Movies'' Volume 3 and ''Offline''), ''Louder! Faster! Funnier!'', and ''Mock 2'' (Which combines questions asked from Schmitty's part of ''The Ride'' (with a few Roadkill questions from various other parts including his) and questions from ''Louder! Faster! Funnier!'').

* MultiPlatform: ''2011''. Also Vol. 3, which was more or less ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStation as simply ''You Don't Know Jack''.

** One of the Question Eleven songs in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation game is based on the music of the B-52s.

Hey, did you know that Creator/CarseyWerner attempted an actual TV game show, with Creator/PaulReubens hosting? ([[ButHeSoundsHandsome One suave-o announcer, too.]]) It lasted six episodes on Creator/{{ABC}} [[ScrewedByTheNetwork before it got replaced.]][[note]]This was the only other time Carsey-Werner attempted to venture into the world of game shows, the first being revivals of ''Series/YouBetYourLife'' from 1988 (hosted by [[Series/FamilyFeud Richard Dawson]] that didn't go beyond pilot) and 1992-93 (in syndication and hosted by Creator/BillCosby))[[/note]] Well, at least the computer games aren't going anywhere... I hope. Actually, now that Creator/{{THQ}} (the company that produced the revival for all three major consoles [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the]] UsefulNotes/NintendoDS on February 8, 2011) has gone bankrupt, for a while it looked like I'd need to start looking for a new job. Thankfully, Jackbox started self-publishing, and even handed me some sweet new gigs hosting ''Fibbage'', all of its sequels, ''Fakin' It'' and ''Champ'd Up''. So that should keep the lights on and the cats fed. For now.

* '''Who's the Dummy?''': So, I've deen tracticing my {{ventriloquism}}. Trodlem is, I have troudle with my "B"'s, "P"'s and "M"'s, so you'll have to tay extra attention to the wording of the question and answers.

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In ''The Ride'', you get the chance to engage in "{{FlakJack}}" by hammering that S key. It floods the screen with screws, destroying any chance to get the question right. Any money the "screwee" loses for getting it wrong then goes to you... but if they get it right, ''you'' get screwed, and the amount they win for a correct answer comes out of ''your'' score.

* OedipusComplex: A question in episode 31 uses this and combines it with ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

* '''Who's the Dummy?''': So, I've been practicing my {{ventriloquism}}. Problem is, I have trouble with my "B"'s, "P"'s and "M"'s, so you'll have to pay extra attention to the wording of the question and answers.

* '''Order Question''' (A.K.A. "[[LongTitle It's The Put The Choices Into Order Then Buzz In And See If You Are Right... Question!]]"): I’m gonna list three things, sometimes more, and you have to choose the option out of four that puts them in the right order. And I'm giving away an extra $1,000 if you get one of these right.

* ButtMonkey: Buzz's treatment in ''The Ride''. The only time he ever gets a chance to host is during a Guest Host question near the Bottom, much to the annoyance of Nate. %% (ZCE) Any of Cookie's interns in ''2011''.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In ''2011'', the animation for question 10 has the "1" plunge its head into the "0"'s hole. Shortly afterward, baby "n" pops out of "0."

* DoubleTheDollars: In every Volume except ''Headrush'', ''The Ride'', ''5th Dementia'', and ''The Lost Gold'', a correct answer's base value will be doubled in the second half (Questions 8-14 in ''LFF!'', Questions 6ix-10n in ''2011'', [=OUYA=], ''Party'', and ''2015'' , and Questions 11-20 in all other versions). The notable exceptions was Volume 2's "Fiber Optic Field Trip" and "Celebrity Collect Call" questions worth $5,000, and Volume 3's "Impossible Questions" worth $20,000.

* HostileShowTakeover: Always an indication of a new "season" of ''The Ride'', except for Cookie's part. First, Cookie gets surprised on that he was replaced by Buzz for the second episode and therefore lets him fall through a trap door, completely unaware of where it leads to. This backfires on Cookie when Guy Towers kicks in. And then on Guy when Buzz comes back, although in a short while, Schmitty takes over both. And on Schmitty when Nate Shapiro takes over.

* TrapDoor: Used quite frequently in ''The Ride''.

** "This Question is Computer Generated" If you get this question category in any game, you'll be prepared for a WhamEpisode.

* SurpriseCreepy: One possible playthrough of ''Full Stream'' would have the Question 4our category be "This Question Is Computer Generated". If this is so, Round 2 would be dominated by questions related to false realities, culminating with TheReveal that [[spoiler:there's an AssimilationPlot going on revolving around Binjpipe itself]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: Oddly enough for a quiz show, ''The Ride'' was this in spades. The setting of the game went from a stereotypical game show to a dark, industrial underground set. The game was divided into themed episodes on different "floors", and during the course of the game, in many an episode, it was told to you that you were getting closer to the "bottom" - marking the first and only attempt (at least until “Full Stream”) at a proper story arc in the franchise. The best way to describe the game is probably ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Oddly enough for a quiz show, ''The Ride'' was this in spades. The setting of the game went from a stereotypical game show to a dark, industrial underground set. The game was divided into themed episodes on different "floors", and during the course of the game, in many an episode, it was told to you that you were getting closer to the "bottom" - marking the first and only attempt at a proper story arc in the franchise. The best way to describe the game is probably ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: In Vol. 3, if you type "Fuck you" twice:
-->'''Cookie:''' You know what's funny, Old Man? You know the type of person that I think does this? They, they sit around, they probably masturbate, like, five, six times a day. You know?\\
'''Old Man:''' Is that a lot? Five times a day?\\
'''Cookie:''' [[SubvertedTrope No, not, not necessarily.]]

* You Don't Know Jack Volume 6 ''The Lost Gold'': For some reason we went with a bit of a pirate theme for this one, after a long hiatus. Yeah, this is one of our odder entries. [[note]]And not well liked from what we heard either. Guess we can consider this an off day for us.[[/note]]

Hey, did you know that Creator/CarseyWerner attempted an actual TV game show, with Creator/PaulReubens hosting? ([[ButHeSoundsHandsome One suave-o announcer, too.]]) It lasted six episodes on Creator/{{ABC}} [[ScrewedByTheNetwork before it got replaced]]. [[note]]This was the only other time Carsey-Werner attempted to venture into the world of game shows, the first being revivals of ''Series/YouBetYourLife'' from 1988 (hosted by [[Series/FamilyFeud Richard Dawson]] that didn't go beyond pilot) and 1992-93 (in syndication and hosted by Creator/BillCosby))[[/note]] Well, at least the computer games aren't going anywhere... I hope. Actually, now that Creator/{{THQ}} (the company that produced the revival for all three major consoles [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the]] UsefulNotes/NintendoDS on February 8, 2011) has gone bankrupt, for a while it looked like I'd need to start looking for a new job. Thankfully, Jackbox started self-publishing, and even handed me some sweet new gigs hosting ''Fibbage'', all of its sequels, ''Fakin' It'' and ''Champ'd Up''. So that should keep the lights on and the cats fed. For now.

* DemotedToExtra: Schmitty, who hosted and did announcer work for several earlier games, was reduced to the announcer of each episode's Wrong Answer of the Game prize in ''2011''. [[note]]However, he properly hosts ''Quiplash'' and ''Lie Swatter''.[[/note]]

* UnwinnableByDesign: The "$2 Million Question" in the TV series starts at $2,000,000 but starts counting down when host Paul Reubens started reading the question, after which something would inevitably interrupt him and [[{{Padding}} stall the question]] so that the value was down to less than $1,000 by the time he finished reading it.

** Every introduction to Gibberish Question (except for ''The Ride'', which just uses random gibberish phrases) always rhymes with "Guess what it's time for!" Examples include "Wes butt t*ts slime chore" or "Stress cut with lime sore" or "Fresh slut t*ts eyesore" or "Chest struck fits lime floor".

* '''Snickerclish Restroom'''[[labelnote:translation]]Gibberish Question[[/labelnote]]: Uh-oh! Wes butt tit slime chore...[[labelnote:translation]]Guess what it's time for...[[/labelnote]] I'll give you a silly phrase, and you have to tell me what other more popular phrase it rhymes with syllable-by-syllable. And also, the punctuation is just there to throw you off. For example, “Gee, three popes?” might be gibberish for “TV Tropes”. Now, remember that the quicker you buzz in, the more money that's at stake, and that there’s no screwing on a gibberish question. As the prize money ticks down, I'll give you up to three clues to help you figure it out.

* KilledOffForReal: As noted above in EvolvingTitleScreen, the original 4 for [=4our=] was murdered in an intro in ''2011''. An f replaces it for remaining playthroughs once it dies. A substitute one later replaces it.

*** And another has a different 4 (shown to be the stepdad) watching over the goth 4's shoulder, with the tagline reading "the question that needs some space, ''Brian''".