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''Just Another Day 2: ElectricBoogaloo'': Alpha 1 must defend against a ZombieApocalypse under the GTVA's new leader, Supreme Commander Derek Smart.
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''Just Another Day 2: ElectricBoogaloo'': [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]'': Alpha 1 must defend against a ZombieApocalypse under the GTVA's new leader, Supreme Commander Derek Smart.
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%%** Including other ''[=FreeSpace=]'' mods, like ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', ''VideoGame/{{Inferno}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Inferno|FreeSpace2}}'' ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn''.
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''Just Another Day 2.2'': A two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. Unlike other JAD installments, 2.2 is a spin-off series taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. ''JAD 2.21'' was released on 23 September, 2011, while ''JAD 2.22'' was released on 22 February, 2017.
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''Just Another Day 2.2'': A two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. Unlike other JAD installments, 2.2 is a spin-off series taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. ''JAD 2.21'' was released on 23 September, 2011, while ''JAD 2.22'' was released on 22 February, 2017.
2017. The finale, 2.23, has also been released as of 2020.
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** Despite [[RefugeInAudacity proudly declaring]] that each campaign contains copyright infringement, the references are always ''just'' different enough to avoid trouble. Ironically, the only thing for which this is totally averted is [[MoralGuardians Jack Thompson]] (who, naturally, is a villain).
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** Despite [[RefugeInAudacity proudly declaring]] that each campaign contains copyright infringement, the references are always ''just'' different enough to avoid trouble. Ironically, the only thing for which this is totally averted is [[MoralGuardians Jack Thompson]] (who, (a disgraced lawyer who was prominent in anti-video game news at the time), who, naturally, is a villain).villain.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Suggested to be what happens to the protagonist at the end of ''JAD 3''.
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* CombiningMecha: The [=GTVAvangelion=]
* ContinuityNod: Numerous in ''JAD 2.2''.
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* CombiningMecha: The [=GTVAvangelion=]
*[=GTVAvangelion=] is a giant mech made of Terran warships haphazardly stuck together.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Alpha 1
* [[DuelingGames Dueling Parody Campaigns]]: With ''Deus Ex Machina'', written by Goober5000.
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* DeusExMachina: Frequent, and {{Lampshaded}}.
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* ShoutOut: All over the place, to dozens of different things:
** ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Including other ''[=FreeSpace=]'' mods, like ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', ''VideoGame/{{Inferno}}'' ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn''.
** ''JAD 2.2'' is particularly notable for including so many shout outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that it's hard to tell whether ''[=FreeSpace=]'' or ''NGE'' is the series really being parodied.
** ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Including other ''[=FreeSpace=]'' mods, like ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', ''VideoGame/{{Inferno}}'' ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn''.
** ''JAD 2.2'' is particularly notable for including so many shout outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that it's hard to tell whether ''[=FreeSpace=]'' or ''NGE'' is the series really being parodied.
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* TemptingFate: "Now As Alpha 1 watches FRED stack the odds against him to ridiculous extremes, he sarcastically comments that the entire star system going supernova would just be perfect on top of all we need is that. FRED immediately supernovas the sun (due to speed of light delay, the shockwave will take a supernova..."few minutes to reach Alpha 1).
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''Just Another Day 2.2'': Will be a two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. A spin-off taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. Currently, JAD 2.21 has been released (it can be downloaded [[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78384.0 here]]) with JAD 2.22 still in development.
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''Just Another Day 2.2'': Will be a A two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. A Unlike other JAD installments, 2.2 is a spin-off series taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. Currently, JAD ''JAD 2.21 has been 21'' was released (it can be downloaded [[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78384.0 here]]) with JAD on 23 September, 2011, while ''JAD 2.22'' was released on 22 still in development.
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''Just Another Day 2.2'': Will be a two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. A spin-off taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. Currently, JAD 2.21 has been released (it can be downloaded [[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78384.0 here]]) with JAD 2.22 still in development.
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''Just Another Day 2.2'': Will be a two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[RebuildOfEvangelion ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. A spin-off taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. Currently, JAD 2.21 has been released (it can be downloaded [[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78384.0 here]]) with JAD 2.22 still in development.
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* TimeLimitBoss: The final boss of ''JAD 2.2'' It takes quite a bit to take out the three cores, plus there is a scripted sequence. All in all, it is very tough to end the level with the countdown at [[AlwaysClose anything higher than 00:00:00.01]]
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* TimeLimitBoss: The final boss of ''JAD 2.2'' It takes quite a bit to take out the three cores, plus there is a scripted sequence. All in all, it is very tough to end the level with the countdown at [[AlwaysClose anything higher than 00:00:00.01]]1-2 seconds left]]
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* ShoutOut: [[{{Firefly}} All]] [[HumongousMecha over]] [[LyricalNanoha the place]], [[DungeonsAndDragons to dozens]] [[StarWars of different things]], [[BluePlanet including other]] [[Fanfic/{{Inferno}} Freespace]] [[VideoGame/WingsOfDawn mods]]. ''JAD 2.2'' is particularly notable for including so many shout outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that it's hard to tell whether Freespace or NGE is the series really being parodied.
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* ShoutOut: [[{{Firefly}} All]] [[HumongousMecha over]] [[LyricalNanoha All over the place]], [[DungeonsAndDragons place, to dozens]] [[StarWars dozens of different things]], [[BluePlanet including other]] [[Fanfic/{{Inferno}} Freespace]] [[VideoGame/WingsOfDawn mods]]. things:
** ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Including other ''[=FreeSpace=]'' mods, like ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', ''VideoGame/{{Inferno}}'' ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn''.
** ''JAD 2.2'' is particularly notable for including so many shout outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that it's hard to tell whetherFreespace ''[=FreeSpace=]'' or NGE ''NGE'' is the series really being parodied.
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** ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''
** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Including other ''[=FreeSpace=]'' mods, like ''VideoGame/BluePlanet'', ''VideoGame/{{Inferno}}'' ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn''.
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'''''Just Another Day''''' is a series of parody ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'' mods, written by Axem. These are widely considered to be among the funniest things to exist in ''[=FreeSpace=]'', and achieve this effect by vaporizing the fourth wall and not taking themselves even the slightest bit seriously. Every aspect of the game is played with and used for a joke at some point or another.
The stories follow the adventures of Alpha 1, the Player Character and best fighter pilot in the GTVA, as he does battle with all sorts of bizarre things in a plot that makes no sense at all. The campaigns are as follows:
''Just Another Day'': Alpha 1 goes through a Knossos to discover a world in which anything is possible, and the inhabitants are involved in a deadly war, lead by a mysterious god-like being named FRED.
''Just Another Day 2: ElectricBoogaloo'': Alpha 1 must defend against a ZombieApocalypse under the GTVA's new leader, Supreme Commander Derek Smart.
''Just Another Day 3: Shivans on a Plane'': Alpha 1 is back, and his life is made even more nonsensically hellish as the universe tries to get him court-martialled for no particular reason. [[BlatantLies And there are some Shivans. On a plane.]]
''Just Another Day 2.2'': Will be a two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. A spin-off taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. Currently, JAD 2.21 has been released (it can be downloaded [[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78384.0 here]]) with JAD 2.22 still in development.
''Just Another Day Collector's Edition'': An "[[UpdatedRerelease Updated Rererererelease]]" of the first three campaigns, with some bugfixes, new jokes, a slightly more comprehensible plot resolution, and a [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/EXCLUSIVE2.jpg sweet new hat for]] the ''GTF Perseus''.
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!!''Just Another Day'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
* BigBad:
** FRED, the mission builder software.
** The Beta Testers in ''JAD 2.2''... or possibly STEELE, we're not sure.
* BlandNameProduct: The Sponsor Fleet from ''JAD 3'' (Kentucky Fried Turducken, Armazon, Hoppymeal, etc.)
* TheBlank: FRED doesn't have a face, so he steals Admiral Bosch's whenever he wants to communicate.
* BrickJoke: The narrator keeps promising that Shivans on a plane will appear in the next mission of ''JAD 3''. [[spoiler:They never do... until the last five seconds of the game.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Seventh's three beta cores, which can only be harmed by like-colored weapons.
* CombiningMecha: The [=GTVAvangelion=]
* ContinuityNod: Numerous in ''JAD 2.2''.
* {{Crossover}}: Caricatures of ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn'' characters make an appearance in the UpdatedRerelease version of ''JAD 3's'' anime parody mission. [[CreditsGag The actual characters are credited as playing themselves at the end.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Alpha 1
* [[DuelingGames Dueling Parody Campaigns]]: With ''Deus Ex Machina'', written by Goober5000.
-->"And now we come to the sixth mission of ''Just Another Day'' ([[TakeThat which is one more than]] ''Deus Ex Machina'')."
* DeusExMachina: Frequent, and {{Lampshaded}}.
* EpisodicGame: In a prank by Axem, on ''JAD 3's'' release date, he only released the first mission of the campaign, claiming that the rest would follow in the coming months. After everyone had a good panic and [[TeasingCreator Axem]] had a laugh, he released the full campaign the next day.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Alpha 1 briefly joins FRED in order to take down [[LawyerFriendlyCameo (Not)]] Derek Smart, then immediately pulls a HeelFaceTurn back.]]
* {{Fangirl}}: Holley is one for Alpha 1. Delta 1 also comes with his own squad of fangirls.
* FunWithAcronyms: The forces of EEEEVILLLL[[note]](Enormous Erudite Evil Empire Vindicated In Laws Lacking Luddite Laymen)[[/note]].
* GenkiGirl: Holley in ''JAD 2.2''.
* GrammarNazi: The Grammar Inquisition ([[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus whom nobody expects]]) act like this, but they [[SubvertedTrope are not Nazis]]. Those would be the Nazis of Irony.
* GroinAttack: Both mecha bosses in ''JAD 3'' have their weak points in that particular area, and taking that out destroys the entire mecha. In ''JAD 2.2'', one level has the objective of destroying Shivan ships' beam turrets, which causes them to recoil. The Beta Tester explains that the beam turrets are the ships' "sensitive parts".
* GroundhogDayLoop: In ''JAD 2''. And you will actually keep looping the same missions until you figure out how to break it.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo:
** Despite [[RefugeInAudacity proudly declaring]] that each campaign contains copyright infringement, the references are always ''just'' different enough to avoid trouble. Ironically, the only thing for which this is totally averted is [[MoralGuardians Jack Thompson]] (who, naturally, is a villain).
** Terran Frakking Command, played by the face of Samuel L. Jackson.
* MoralGuardians: "We are the PCP: Politically Correct Police."
* NoFourthWall: {{Lampshaded}} as early as the third mission.
* NoodleIncident: Project ETAL was apparently blown up "in hilarious circumstances involving Kool-Aid and a beaver."
* OnceAnEpisode: Disco music
* OnlySaneMan: Alpha 1
* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: "Due to legal concerns, Derek Smart will not be appearing in this mission."
* PlotArmor: An actual law of the universe: Alpha 1 is the Player Character, therefore he cannot die[[note]]well, in canon, anyway. It's still possible to die and lose a mission[[/note]]. ''Everyone'' is aware of this!
* PuzzleBoss: The final mission of ''JAD 3'' is actually kind of challenging, and requires you to figure out each enemy's weakness before moving on.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The N00b Squad from ''JAD 2'', who make a reappearance in ''JAD 2.21''.
* RealityWarper:
** FRED
** Alpha 1 doesn't warp reality so much that reality warps around him so that he always has a way out of whatever weirdness he finds himself in.
** Alpha 1 gets a taste of reality warping when he discovers how to use cheat codes in ''JAD 2''. This culminates in what is essentially a reality warping war between him and FRED in which they both try to out-hax the other.
* TheRival: Delta 1 starts out like this to Holley in ''JAD 2.2''.
* SequentialBoss: FRED in all his incarnations. Alpha 1 gets annoyed by it.
* ShoutOut: [[{{Firefly}} All]] [[HumongousMecha over]] [[LyricalNanoha the place]], [[DungeonsAndDragons to dozens]] [[StarWars of different things]], [[BluePlanet including other]] [[Fanfic/{{Inferno}} Freespace]] [[VideoGame/WingsOfDawn mods]]. ''JAD 2.2'' is particularly notable for including so many shout outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that it's hard to tell whether Freespace or NGE is the series really being parodied.
* StayingAlive: "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, staying allllliiiiivvveee--" *RecordNeedleScratch* Oops, sorry. I meant to say: FRED, who returns from such inexplicable "deaths" as being swallowed up by a PlotHole. (Granted, it is kind of hard to kill someone who more or less controls the universe.)
-->'''Alpha 1:''' Oh, hi FRED. I was wondering when you'd show up.
* SummonBiggerFish: Alpha 1 summons the game developers at one point to help him against FRED.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Alpha 1, because nearly ''everyone'' around him was just awful, insane, or just thick.
* TemptingFate: "Now all we need is a supernova..."
* TimeLimitBoss: The final boss of ''JAD 2.2'' It takes quite a bit to take out the three cores, plus there is a scripted sequence. All in all, it is very tough to end the level with the countdown at [[AlwaysClose anything higher than 00:00:00.01]]
* TooDumbToLive: Just about everyone. Terran Command in particular.
* UpdatedRerelease: ''JAD: Special Edition'' and ''Collector's Edition'', the latter of which contains the former.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: To fully appreciate the joke of TheReveal, you must have knowledge of what the mission builder does with non-ASCII characters if they are input[[labelnote:Explanation]]The character is simply made invisible, which allows a designer to appear to give two ships the same name without ''actually'' giving them the same name, which FRED does not allow[[/labelnote]].
* ZombieApocalypse: How exactly the zombies can fly fighters and capital ships is never really explained...
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The stories follow the adventures of Alpha 1, the Player Character and best fighter pilot in the GTVA, as he does battle with all sorts of bizarre things in a plot that makes no sense at all. The campaigns are as follows:
''Just Another Day'': Alpha 1 goes through a Knossos to discover a world in which anything is possible, and the inhabitants are involved in a deadly war, lead by a mysterious god-like being named FRED.
''Just Another Day 2: ElectricBoogaloo'': Alpha 1 must defend against a ZombieApocalypse under the GTVA's new leader, Supreme Commander Derek Smart.
''Just Another Day 3: Shivans on a Plane'': Alpha 1 is back, and his life is made even more nonsensically hellish as the universe tries to get him court-martialled for no particular reason. [[BlatantLies And there are some Shivans. On a plane.]]
''Just Another Day 2.2'': Will be a two-part release ([[WordOfGod "I heard this is the popular thing to do."]]), split into ''[[RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.21: You Are(Not) Alpha 1]]'' and ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion JAD 2.22: You Can(Not) Win]]''. A spin-off taking place between JAD 2 and 3 that features what happens when Alpha 1 leaves on vacation. Currently, JAD 2.21 has been released (it can be downloaded [[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78384.0 here]]) with JAD 2.22 still in development.
''Just Another Day Collector's Edition'': An "[[UpdatedRerelease Updated Rererererelease]]" of the first three campaigns, with some bugfixes, new jokes, a slightly more comprehensible plot resolution, and a [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/NarfPics/EXCLUSIVE2.jpg sweet new hat for]] the ''GTF Perseus''.
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!!''Just Another Day'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
* BigBad:
** FRED, the mission builder software.
** The Beta Testers in ''JAD 2.2''... or possibly STEELE, we're not sure.
* BlandNameProduct: The Sponsor Fleet from ''JAD 3'' (Kentucky Fried Turducken, Armazon, Hoppymeal, etc.)
* TheBlank: FRED doesn't have a face, so he steals Admiral Bosch's whenever he wants to communicate.
* BrickJoke: The narrator keeps promising that Shivans on a plane will appear in the next mission of ''JAD 3''. [[spoiler:They never do... until the last five seconds of the game.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Seventh's three beta cores, which can only be harmed by like-colored weapons.
* CombiningMecha: The [=GTVAvangelion=]
* ContinuityNod: Numerous in ''JAD 2.2''.
* {{Crossover}}: Caricatures of ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn'' characters make an appearance in the UpdatedRerelease version of ''JAD 3's'' anime parody mission. [[CreditsGag The actual characters are credited as playing themselves at the end.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Alpha 1
* [[DuelingGames Dueling Parody Campaigns]]: With ''Deus Ex Machina'', written by Goober5000.
-->"And now we come to the sixth mission of ''Just Another Day'' ([[TakeThat which is one more than]] ''Deus Ex Machina'')."
* DeusExMachina: Frequent, and {{Lampshaded}}.
* EpisodicGame: In a prank by Axem, on ''JAD 3's'' release date, he only released the first mission of the campaign, claiming that the rest would follow in the coming months. After everyone had a good panic and [[TeasingCreator Axem]] had a laugh, he released the full campaign the next day.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Alpha 1 briefly joins FRED in order to take down [[LawyerFriendlyCameo (Not)]] Derek Smart, then immediately pulls a HeelFaceTurn back.]]
* {{Fangirl}}: Holley is one for Alpha 1. Delta 1 also comes with his own squad of fangirls.
* FunWithAcronyms: The forces of EEEEVILLLL[[note]](Enormous Erudite Evil Empire Vindicated In Laws Lacking Luddite Laymen)[[/note]].
* GenkiGirl: Holley in ''JAD 2.2''.
* GrammarNazi: The Grammar Inquisition ([[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus whom nobody expects]]) act like this, but they [[SubvertedTrope are not Nazis]]. Those would be the Nazis of Irony.
* GroinAttack: Both mecha bosses in ''JAD 3'' have their weak points in that particular area, and taking that out destroys the entire mecha. In ''JAD 2.2'', one level has the objective of destroying Shivan ships' beam turrets, which causes them to recoil. The Beta Tester explains that the beam turrets are the ships' "sensitive parts".
* GroundhogDayLoop: In ''JAD 2''. And you will actually keep looping the same missions until you figure out how to break it.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo:
** Despite [[RefugeInAudacity proudly declaring]] that each campaign contains copyright infringement, the references are always ''just'' different enough to avoid trouble. Ironically, the only thing for which this is totally averted is [[MoralGuardians Jack Thompson]] (who, naturally, is a villain).
** Terran Frakking Command, played by the face of Samuel L. Jackson.
* MoralGuardians: "We are the PCP: Politically Correct Police."
* NoFourthWall: {{Lampshaded}} as early as the third mission.
* NoodleIncident: Project ETAL was apparently blown up "in hilarious circumstances involving Kool-Aid and a beaver."
* OnceAnEpisode: Disco music
* OnlySaneMan: Alpha 1
* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: "Due to legal concerns, Derek Smart will not be appearing in this mission."
* PlotArmor: An actual law of the universe: Alpha 1 is the Player Character, therefore he cannot die[[note]]well, in canon, anyway. It's still possible to die and lose a mission[[/note]]. ''Everyone'' is aware of this!
* PuzzleBoss: The final mission of ''JAD 3'' is actually kind of challenging, and requires you to figure out each enemy's weakness before moving on.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The N00b Squad from ''JAD 2'', who make a reappearance in ''JAD 2.21''.
* RealityWarper:
** FRED
** Alpha 1 doesn't warp reality so much that reality warps around him so that he always has a way out of whatever weirdness he finds himself in.
** Alpha 1 gets a taste of reality warping when he discovers how to use cheat codes in ''JAD 2''. This culminates in what is essentially a reality warping war between him and FRED in which they both try to out-hax the other.
* TheRival: Delta 1 starts out like this to Holley in ''JAD 2.2''.
* SequentialBoss: FRED in all his incarnations. Alpha 1 gets annoyed by it.
* ShoutOut: [[{{Firefly}} All]] [[HumongousMecha over]] [[LyricalNanoha the place]], [[DungeonsAndDragons to dozens]] [[StarWars of different things]], [[BluePlanet including other]] [[Fanfic/{{Inferno}} Freespace]] [[VideoGame/WingsOfDawn mods]]. ''JAD 2.2'' is particularly notable for including so many shout outs to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that it's hard to tell whether Freespace or NGE is the series really being parodied.
* StayingAlive: "Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh, staying allllliiiiivvveee--" *RecordNeedleScratch* Oops, sorry. I meant to say: FRED, who returns from such inexplicable "deaths" as being swallowed up by a PlotHole. (Granted, it is kind of hard to kill someone who more or less controls the universe.)
-->'''Alpha 1:''' Oh, hi FRED. I was wondering when you'd show up.
* SummonBiggerFish: Alpha 1 summons the game developers at one point to help him against FRED.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Alpha 1, because nearly ''everyone'' around him was just awful, insane, or just thick.
* TemptingFate: "Now all we need is a supernova..."
* TimeLimitBoss: The final boss of ''JAD 2.2'' It takes quite a bit to take out the three cores, plus there is a scripted sequence. All in all, it is very tough to end the level with the countdown at [[AlwaysClose anything higher than 00:00:00.01]]
* TooDumbToLive: Just about everyone. Terran Command in particular.
* UpdatedRerelease: ''JAD: Special Edition'' and ''Collector's Edition'', the latter of which contains the former.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: To fully appreciate the joke of TheReveal, you must have knowledge of what the mission builder does with non-ASCII characters if they are input[[labelnote:Explanation]]The character is simply made invisible, which allows a designer to appear to give two ships the same name without ''actually'' giving them the same name, which FRED does not allow[[/labelnote]].
* ZombieApocalypse: How exactly the zombies can fly fighters and capital ships is never really explained...
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