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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The many characters of Maniac Mansion Mania, including some new faces.]]
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4	->''"The sheets are aligned mathematically exact."''
5	-->-- '''Bernard'''
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7	%% Got a better quote? Feel free to replace it.
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9	''[[http://www.maniac-mansion-mania.com/ Maniac Mansion Mania]]'' is a series of {{Fan Sequel}}s created by [=LucasFan=] from 2005 onwards. They are based on ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' and sometimes ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle''. The PointAndClickGame is created with Adventure Game Studio. The game involves ''Maniac Mansion'' characters in a unique style that is spread out episodically, like a TV series. The episodes are thus arranged in seasons, though there are also non-sequitur specials. Most episodes are comedic.
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11	The characters live in Ronville, based on Creator/RonGilbert's name. Bernard the uber-smart nerd inventor is the protagonist. Additional characters are also featured, usually family or friends. [[VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle Hoagie]] and Michael Stoppe make quite a number of appearances.
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13	The public is free to create their own projects, provided it meets required standards.
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15	Unfortunately, most of the episodes are in German only.
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17	[[http://www.maniac-mansion-mania.com/index.php/en/international.html Find all English episodes here.]]
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19	!!'''''Maniac Mansion Mania''''' features these tropes:
20	* AlliterativeFamily: Britney is Bernard's sister.
21	* AlliterativeTitle: '''Man'''iac '''Man'''sion '''Man'''ia.
22	* BerserkButton:
23	** Weird Ed still flips out whenever something horrible happens to his hamster.
24	** Do not mess with Harry's food. Hoagie learnt this the hard way.
25	* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Britney, Bernard's sister. She often gets into spats with her brother.
26	* TheBGrade: The whole point of episode 9. Bernard bemoans the fact he got an A- for his chemistry. It's not his fault though, Green Tentacle caused an accident in the cellar, causing that part of the house to be contaminated with radiation.
27	* BigEater: Hoagie's weight and hunger is often PlayedForLaughs.
28	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted in the 2005 Halloween special. Michael actually dies after Dave and Klaus do.
29	* TheBully: Klaus. He even threatened Bernard about doing his homework.
30	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Done often. Characters sometimes [[AsideGlance look at]] or talk to the player many times throughout the episode, and sometimes have MediumAwareness.
31	* DemotedToExtra: [=LaVerne=]. Although ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'' main character Hoagie makes numerous appearances, [=LaVerne=] has been reduced to cameos, such as being a student in a classroom cutscene.
32	* FanSequel: The series takes place after the events of ''VideoGame/ManiacMansion'' and sometimes also after ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle''.
33	* FindOutNextTime: Numerous episodes end with a variation of, "See what happens on the next episode!"
34	* GadgeteerGenius: Bernard, who among other inventions created a wheel that never stops spinning and can incredibly be used as a power source.
35	* {{Geek}}: Bernard, inventor of many things, obsessed with scientific precision in all areas. It's gotten to the point where his dad tells him to just have some fun.
36	* GuideDangIt: The series is entirely made up of {{Moon Logic Puzzle}}s and verb UI, so any player unseasoned to this type of adventure game is going to have to refer to a guide multiple times. Thankfully, [[http://www.maniac-mansion-mania.com/index.php/en/spiele/komplettloesungen/episoden.html nearly every episode has a walkthrough]], Google Translate sometimes helpful.
37	* IdenticalGrandson: Hoagie looks almost identical to his father Harry.
38	* InstantHomeDelivery: Any time something is delivered, it happens instantaneously; so often to the point where characters often comment about how amazingly fast the delivery company is. Sometimes the sales listings even say "instant delivery."
39	* LostInTranslation: Episodes are all in German, and when translated to other languages, specific jokes completely lose their meaning due to word differences or cultural differences.
40	* MediumAwareness: Characters sometimes recognize the fact that they're in a game or episodic series, by saying things such as, "Oh yes, that happened last episode" or making a comment about being in a game.
41	* MoonLogicPuzzle: The series is made up of these, sometimes invoking a GuideDangIt. Many puzzles are complex or use strange logic enough that you may feel compelled to use every verb on every object.
42	* MultipleEndings: Some episodes. One example is episode 9, where you are required to send the hamster back to Weird Ed. If you send the hamster to Ed unharmed, he will become Bernard's friend for life. If you blow the hamster up before sending it back, Ed will swear revenge on Bernard.
43	* NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: Bernard cheers whenever Mr. Koslowski gives tough homework, and once he claims to wish he could get into a "hot and sweaty" homework session upon inspecting his desk.
44	* PixelHunt: The cause of many difficult puzzles. Areas or objects can be very small to find, and normally indistinguishable from the map.
45	* PlotHoles: In one episode, after observing some acid Bernard says, "Just a fair warning: Plot Hole ahead." The acid is later used on a window to dissolve the glass so an object can be thrown out - because Bernard didn't want to simply throw the object through the glass.
46	* ReallyGetsAround: Britney, Bernard's sister, whose published diary led a senator to be questioned for a "scandal," and who often openly admits she doesn't care what a man is like as long as he can have sex.
47	* RestrainedRevenge: In episode 1, Bernard wants to get revenge on his sister Britney by "messing up her bed." Although, what he actually ends up doing is much more sinister.
48	* RhymesOnADime: Hoagie's father, Harry, only speaks in rhyme.
49	* RunningGag: Many.
50	** A hatch opener appears in many episodes after its debut in episode 2, to the point where Bernard once points out he doesn't know how many different ways he's had to open the damn hatch.
51	** Mark Eteer makes a cameo in countless episodes, where he gives his commercial about mailing something in, even on episodes where you don't mail anything! His business even expands from publishing to sales later.
52	** Weird Ed's hamster gets lost quite a few times.
53	* SelfDeprecation:
54	** Characters sometimes make comments about how something is the [[BreakingTheFourthWall result of a lazy programmer]] or that something looks like a rendition of poor art.
55	** In episode 83, there's an easter egg where you open and close the cupboard in Hoagie's dining room six times. A cameo character will appear and say that he "wishes he could solve some good riddles" too. Walking around the room, he observes objects and says things like, "That is a table," [[ICantReachIt "I can't use it,"]] and "That is already open." He even reveals that he's carrying a strange random object because he "wants to combine it with something."
56	* UselessItem: Many objects that can be interacted with in some episodes are unusable in others.
57	* VideoGameCaringPotential: On many episodes, you can return Ed's lost hamster back to him unharmed. (Although on some of those episodes, the other option is to return it exploded instead.)
58	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
59	** In multiple episodes, you can optionally [[MicrowaveTheDog microwave Ed's hamster]].
60	** Averted in a particular episode where you can repeatedly ask Bernard to microwave the hamster. Although he ponders it at first, he refuses each time, until he will only call the player "master of cruelty."
61	* WouldntHitAGirl: In episode 53, if you try to use brute force on any female, Klaus will say he doesn't beat women.

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