Line #42 Pinball/Heist


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heist.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:"I win! I ''always'' win!" --Mr. Big]]
3	->''"Ocean City. This used to be a nice place... but then Mr. Big came to town. Now the whole city answers to one person: the big man at the top. Even the cops are paid off -- now they're just his enforcers in uniform. Well, my crew and I know a good mark when we see one, and he's the biggest fish in Ocean City!\
4	Yeah, this job's gonna be fun."''
5	-->--'''Maggie Machado's OpeningMonologue'''
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7	''Heist!'' is a PhysicalPinballTable module for the P[[superscript:3]] pinball platform, designed by Stephen Silver with art by Jose Fernandez. Released in 2020, this was the third fully-featured {{pinball}} game from Creator/{{Multimorphic}} after ''Pinball/LexyLightspeed'' and ''Pinball/CosmicCartRacing''.
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9	Ocean City was once a tranquil seaside town until it caught the eye of the ruthless business mogul Frank Bigalow. With swift efficiency, "Mr. Big" took over the city's various institutions, corrupting the police into becoming his personal enforcers on the hapless citizenry. Opposing him is criminal mastermind Maggie Machado, who's got him in her sights and wants to taken him down so she can help herself to his ill-gotten fortunes. The player must help Maggie assemble her crew, ditch the cops, bash the swinging crane, and teach Mr. Big a long-overdue lesson.
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11	!! ''Heist!'' contains examples of:
12	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The cutscene at the start of Willie Burnett's recruitment mode depicts Mr. Big's car in [[CelShading cel-shaded]] CGI, whereas everything else is shown in {{limited\|Animation}} 2D animation.
13	* AlphabetNewsNetwork: A billboard can be seen advertising "BNN" (Big News Network).
14	* AntiHeroTeam: Maggie's crew are all thieves, con-artists, and other less-than-reputable types. However, they're all working to undermine the influence of a CorruptCorporateExecutive who's far worse than they are.
15	%%* BadassDriver: Willie Burnett, the driver of the crew. Recruiting him requires making some skillful shots to evade the cops chasing him.
16	* BigBad: Frank "Mr. Big" Bigelow is a crooked kingpin who's taken control of Ocean City. The protagonists' main goal is to unseat him from his position of power.
17	* CaperCrew: The protagonists are a group of criminals who work to undermine [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Big]]'s power through various capers. They're all identified by their roles in the game's introduction: Maggie Machado is the mastermind, Katherine "Kat" Burgess is a ClassyCatBurglar, Willie Burnett is TheDriver, Franklin Cooper [[{{Safecracking}} cracks into safes]], Leonid "Leo" Myshkin is the DemolitionsExpert, and Liz Sterling [[TheCracker hacks into Mr. Big's computer system]].
18	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Each member of the crew has a color assigned to indicate their roles and relevant targets to shoot during gameplay. Maggie Machado is blue, Katherine Burgess is green, Willie Burnett is yellow, Franklin Cooper is purple, Leonid Myshkin is orange, and Liz Sterling is red.
19	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Frank "Mr. Big" Bigelow is an extraordinarily rich executive who seizes control of Ocean City before the game begins. Local businesses and institutions are renamed after him (ranging from banks to shops to soda), while he [[DirtyCop bribes the police into serving his own interests]].
20	* TheCracker: Liz Sterling is a heroic example, using her hacking skills to take down Mr. Big's criminal empire.
21	* DirtyCop: The police of Ocean City unlawfully serve two separate parties.
22	** In the backstory, the cops have been paid off by Mr. Big and are effectively tools he uses to enforce his control of the town.
23	** The protagonists (who are all criminals) can exploit their corruption by [[DonutMessWithACop bribing them with donuts]] to get out of an arrest.
24	* DonutMessWithACop: If the player collects enough donuts, they can bribe the police to get out of an arrest should they fail a recruitment mode.
25	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Although all of the protagonists have full names (which are shown at the start of the game), in-game messages always refer to them by their role (''e.g.,'' "Hacker has been arrested!").
26	* EvilLaugh: If a member of Maggie's team gets arrested, the BigBad Frank Bigalow laughs afterward before taunting them.
27	* ExactProgressBar: Downplayed during Liz's recruitment mode. Her laptop displays a gigantic progress bar precisely indicating her progress in downloading all of Mr. Big's computer files, but the nature of the mode's rules[[note]]the player has to make four shots to complete it, each of which progresses the bar by 25%[[/note]] means that it only increases in increments of 25%.
28	* GenderEqualEnsemble: Maggie's team consists of three men and three women.
29	%%* GrapplingHookPistol: Kat Burgess uses one to get into and out of her heists.
30	* GreatEscape: Bashing the jail cell repeatedly starts a jail break to rescue any crew members captured by the police.
31	* HassleFreeHotwire: Willie Burnett steals a car simply by connecting two wires together.
32	* ItsAllAboutMe: Everything Mr. Big does serves to either glorify himself or ensure that he remains in control of Ocean City. This includes bribing the police for his own ends and plastering his name on every industry and billboard in the area.
33	* LaserHallway: Kat's recruitment mode involves her stealing gear from an office protected by a laser security net.
34	* LosingHorns: If any member of the CaperCrew gets arrested, the game plays stock "wah-wah" horns in response.
35	* MadBomber: Downplayed with "Leo" Myshkin. He's a professional demolitions expert who seems relatively mentally stable, but he tends to be eager to blow things up and sometimes laughs heartily when they do.
36	* NightVisionGoggles: Kat wears a pair of three-lens night vision goggles when she breaks into Mr. Big's office.
37	* PasswordSlotMachine: During her recruitment mode, Liz cracks the password to Mr. Big's computer account one character at a time. Each digit rapidly cycles between various possible characters before she lands on the right one.
38	* {{Safecracking}}: Franklin Cooper, fittingly billed as "the Safecracker," cracks safes with nimble fingers and a stethoscope.
39	* ShoutOut: Liz's side job is titled "Hack the Planet," referencing the name of a ShowWithinAShow in ''Film/{{Hackers}}''.
40	* {{Sidequest}}: In addition to modes that advance the main storyline, the characters can start "Side Jobs" for extra points.
41	* StockScream: In the game's opening, Mr. Big's {{Dirty Cop}}s are shown throwing a random man in jail. While he falls, he makes a Wilhelm scream.
42	* TokenMinority: Franklin Cooper is the only black character in the game.
43	* VanityLicensePlate: The start of "Wheelman" Willie Burnett's recruitment mode shows him stealing Mr. Big's car, which has a license plate reading "[=B1GB0Y01.=]"
44	* VillainNoLongerIdle: [[BigBad Mr. Big]] spends most of the game opposing the protagonists through various proxies (such as [[DirtyCop the police in his pocket]]). However, at the start of Crane Multiball, he throws the operator out of the cab so he can personally steer the crane against the player.

Context Pinball / Heist