History VideoGame / TheHouseOfTheDeadOverkill

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1M5jU5SprU Someone personally counted]] 370 of them. ''And that's not everything!''

* SequelDifficultyDrop: In comparison to previous games, where the difficulty was higher in order to eat your quarters in the arcades. In this game, it's largely due to the ability to upgrade and switch weapons.

* TheBigEasy: The setting is around a {{theme park version}} of New Orleans called "Bayou City" (the issue is muddied by a few characters mentioning the "county" they're in, but that's exactly the kind of mistake a real grindhouse B-movie would make[[labelnote:*]]The state of Louisiana has parishes, not counties.[[/labelnote]]).

* RuderAndCruder: * ''OVERKILL'' has more profanity compared to all the games that came before it, most of it coming from one of the game's protagonists, [[Main/SirSwearsALot Issac Washington]]. In fact, the game had so much dirty language that it won the Guinness World Record for most swearing in a video game...only to be dethroned by ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' a year later.

The plot of the game follows Agent G and [[TheyFightCrime reluctant partner]] Detective Isaac Washington. They're hunting down the deranged crime lord/pimp, Papa Caesar, fighting through the waves and waves of [[NotUsingTheZWord mutants]] he's unleashed. While they're tracking down Caesar, he causes the death of Varla Guns' brother, leading the hottest stripper on the Bayou City club scene to track down Caesar herself to take her revenge. She'll have to get in line though; as Washington wants to get revenge for the death of this father, also caused by Caesar.

''OVERKILL'' is a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series. It makes good use of an over the top 1980 BMovie vibe, heavily inspired by Creator/QuentinTarantino's and Creator/RobertRodriguez's double feature ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Papa Caesar is killed in the electric chair by Warden Darling, cheating Isaac out of his revenge. Candi also gets this in the [=PS3=] version when a giant cleaver the boss was using drops from the rafters it had got caught on and slices off her arm. She winds up dying from blood loss.]]

''OVERKILL'' is a prequel to the original ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series. It takes the unintentionally bad voice-acting the series is known for and [[StylisticSuck runs with it]], resulting in an over the top 1980 BMovie vibe; heavily inspired by Creator/QuentinTarantino's and Creator/RobertRodriguez's double feature ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''.

** The game is presented in [[{{Retraux}} the style of 70's B-movies]], a far different take from the main series.

** With the exception of G, none of the characters have direct connections to any characters in the arcade games.

* StylisticSuck: The game mocks the previous games' bad acting, running with it and turning it into a grindhouse film.

A PC version followed just in time for Halloween 2013, as ''The Typing of the Dead: Overkill'', including two play modes: the mode it's titled for, a follow up to the CultClassic ''The Typing of the Dead'' released on the Dreamcast and PC as well as the [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] ''The Typing of the Dead 2'' for PC, and another mode that essentially gives a straight PC port of the Extended Cut. This version also offered several purchasable dictionary [=DLCs=] which change the words needed to type with Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Filth and Love based dictionaries available. Eventually, the ability to import user-created dictionaries was added in March 2015. In addition ''House of the Dead: Overkill - The Lost Reels'' was released for [[IOSGames iOS]] and Android devices on April 25, 2013.

* MercyKill: Jasper. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d through the entire scene in question, of course.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Nigel and Sebastian, by virtue of two people being conjoined together. Washington even yells for them to put all their arms up. Ultimately, though, Sebastian's extra arms don't factor much into the fight; he's simply Nigel's weak point.

* OneLetterName: Agent G.

* ParentalIncest: Warden Darling almost definitely had this relationship with his mother, [[spoiler:transplanting her brain into the body of [[ActionGirl Varla Gunns]] and making out with her. In the end, after the main characters kill the giant mutant version of his mother, he insists on returning to the womb in order to [[TheAtoner undo his wrongs]]]]. Agent G then notes the irony of [[ClusterFBomb Washington]] referring to everyone and everything as "motherfucker" ''except'' for Darling, which he translates into Washington not meaning anything he says, and therefore actually liking G as a friend.

%% * PromotionToParent: Varla raised Jasper after their parents died.

%% * RelaxOVision: The missing reel gag.

%% * SequelDifficultyDrop: Largely due to the ability to upgrade and switch weapons.

%% * SirSwearsALot: Isaac Washington, saying "fuck" in nearly every sentence.

%% * SunglassesAtNight: Agent G has his on throughout the whole game.
%% * TattooedCrook: Varla has a red, lipstick-kiss tattoo on her left breast.

%% * TitleOfTheDead
* TragicMonster: Well, almost every single monster in the game was an innocent civilian before they turned into mutants. Two stand out, though: Jasper, per TransformationTrauma, and the Screamer, who's an unfortunate test subject used in Papa Caesar's experiments.

%% * TheUnfought: Papa Caesar and [[spoiler:Warden Darling]].

* VasquezAlwaysDies: Or, in this case, Varla Guns Has Her Brain Replaced With an Old Woman's and Her Body Mutated into a Horrible Monstrosity. [[spoiler: Ironically, this traditional "{{Tomboy}} of the TomboyAndGirlyGirl pair dies" part of the trope is inverted in Varla's exclusive chapters of the [=PS3/PC=] version of ''Overkill'', which end with GirlyGirl Candi [[AnArmAndALeg getting her arm cut off]] by Meat Katie's blade, and bleeding to death. Considering this is set just before Varla devolving into a FauxActionGirl, this raises the implication that she underwent a HeroicBSOD, and couldn't get out of it for the rest of the game.]]

* WentToTheGreatXInTheSky: One of the tactful euphenisms that Varla tries to use to tell Candi about Jasper's death in ''Extended Cut'' is that he went up the great stair lift in the sky.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Varla explicitly asks Candi why Jasper went with her. [[{{Squick}} Candi starts to explain]], though [[TooMuchInformation Varla tells her to shut up]].
%% * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: For Washington, why did it have to be elevators?

%% * YeOldeNuclearSilo: Where the mutagen originally came from.
%% * YouKilledMyFather: Papa Caesar killed Washington's father.

* ContinuityNod: The version of G's theme tune that plays over the main menu is titled ''Suffer Like G Did'', referencing the taunt that the first boss of ''House of the Dead 2''.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Crawler boss is almost literally this with the only explanation being that the mutagen doesn't only affect humans. Alternatively, given its additional human anatomy (human-like skin, a ribcage, feet with five toes, etc.) it is a ''severely'' mutated human, much like Meat Katie.

%% * HateAtFirstSight: Agent G and Isaac Washington meet this way before they get better.
%% * HideYourChildren: Averted. The "Greg" enemies are obviously diaper-clad mutant babies.

* InstantMysteryJustDeleteScene: Wearing its inspiration from ''{{Film/Grindhouse}}'' on its sleeve, Overkill a similar sequence near the end, where Isaac Washington and Agent G both solemnly prepare to do battle with the Final Boss... then one MISSING REEL later, the two of them are standing outside the burning laboratory, remarking how convenient it was they just happened to find those gatling guns. Then they fight the Final Boss for real. (The "Director's Cut" verion later adds the supposed missing sequence back in.)
* InfinityPlusOneSword: In the Extended Cut remake of ''Overkill'', it's Isaac's favorite guns, the [[spoiler: Gwendolyn]]. It has the power of the automatic shotgun, the range of the handgun, and it has BottomlessMagazines. Slightly mitigated by the fact that it doesn't have the crowd control of the shotgun, but why would you need it anyway? To get it, one must clear each stage (in any order) on Director's Cut once in "Classic Mode," where you're only allowed to use the default AMS Magnum.

%% * KillTheCutie: Aw, poor Candi. How very [[UnusualEuphemism mother-nothing]] sad.

%% * LemonyNarrator: The narrator again.

%% * LocomotiveLevel: "Scream Train", possibly a shout out to ''VideGame/ResidentEvil0''.
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Papa Caesar.

%% * LudicrousGibs: Intentionally taken to ridiculous extremes.
%% * MakeMeWannaShout: The Screamer, of course.

%% * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Warden Darling for Papa Caesar.]]

* AchillesHeel: All bosses have one pointed out just before you enter the fight.

%% * AwesomenessMeter: '''Goregasm!'''

* BittersweetEnding: G and Isaac stop Papa Cesar [[spoiler:and Clement]] from unleashing their plans, [[spoiler:but Varla's brain ends up getting separated from her body, and they can't undo that because the last boss fight was against the mutated form of it. To make matters worse, the audio tape Caesar sent G and Isaac reveals his true motive: to inform them of the underground facility of Clement's and the powerful men pulling the strings behind (Curien and Goldman). Granted, Isaac is very likely to be unaware of this until it is too late. Plus, his father is stated to be still alive.]]

%% * BondOneLiner: Washington is the king of these.
%% * BoomHeadshot: The best way to kill the mutants.

%% * BrainInAJar: At the end [[spoiler: Varla Guns]] is nothing but this.

%% * CircusOfFear: The aptly named Carny level.

%% * ContinuityNod: The version of G's theme tune that plays over the main menu is titled ''Suffer Like G Did''.

%% * CowboyCop: Isaac Washington would probably be this if we saw him do police work instead of shooting [[NotUsingTheZWord mutants]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: A parody of zombie movies in general. For example, in the ending, G and Isaac wonder what the underlying metaphor of this game was, with G suggesting "love isn't always right" and Isaac calling it a "damning indictment of contemporary feminism", pointing out that there are few other interpretations to "two dick-wielding cop cliches" [[spoiler:taking down a "hundred-foot birthing mother"]]. For another, during The Fetid Waters, Isaac asks G why they're immune to whatever it is that's creating all the [[NotUsingTheZWord mutants]] and nobody else is. [[spoiler:They aren't; the compound has a short lifespan and, as they weren't exposed to the initial dosing, they simply haven't been infected - G because he only got into town afterward, Isaac because he was at his mom's.]]
%% * DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Varla Guns]]. The trope is lampshaded and discussed by G at the end of the game.

%% * DumbBlonde: Candi, the second player who accompanies Varla in ''Overkill - Extended Cut''.

'''G:''' ''({{beat}})'' Mm, we'll take my car.[[labelnote:*]]And then his car explodes at the end of the next chapter as well. Again, for no reason.[[/labelnote]]

* FanDisservice: Plenty to go around in the Naked Terror level (exclusive to the "Extended Cut" edition) with all the zomb.. [[NotUsingTheZWord ehhh...]] mutant strippers. Specially the boss.

%% * FauxActionGirl: Before the extended cut Varla's only screen time was basically driving around and being held hostage.

* RealMenWearPink: At one point, Isaac refuses to dissect open a recently slain mutant...because he just got a ''manicure'' yesterday.

%% * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Although in this case it would have been kinder to the audience not to show that kind of love.

%5 * BrainInAJar: At the end [[spoiler: Varla Guns]] is nothing but this.

* AppendageAssimilation: Nigel and Sebastian.

* AscendedMeme: "Suffer Like G Did" is both Agent G's theme song and a [=PS3=] trophy for completing a level with only one bar of health remaining.

* AwesomenessMeter: '''Goregasm!'''

* BondOneLiner: Washington is the king of these.
* BoomHeadshot: The best way to kill the mutants.

* BrainInAJar: At the end [[spoiler: Varla Guns]] is nothing but this.

* CircusOfFear: The aptly named Carny level.
* ClusterFBomb: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1M5jU5SprU Someone personally counted]] 370 of them. ''And that's not everything yet!''

* ContinuityNod: The version of G's theme tune that plays over the main menu is titled ''Suffer Like G Did''.
* CriticalExistenceFailure: No character will even comment on being hit so if you're not paying attention to your health meter it can be surprising to see the game over screen.

* CowboyCop: Isaac Washington would probably be this if we saw him do police work instead of shooting [[NotUsingTheZWord mutants]].

* DeadManSwitch: The [[spoiler:Warden]] has one at the end.

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Varla Guns]]. The trope is lampshaded and discussed by G at the end of the game.

* DumbBlonde: Candi, the second player who accompanies Varla in ''Overkill - Extended Cut''.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Although in this case it would have been kinder to the audience not to show that kind of love.

* FauxActionGirl: Before the extended cut Varla's only screen time was basically driving around and being held hostage.

* GameBreakingBug: An irritating one; in the Crawler boss fight, wherein the circle highlighting the boss's weak spot is [[TheComputerIsALyingBastard marked too high on its arm]], and trying to shoot there won't do anything. Shooting it in the same spot it said to on the other side will cancel its attack and deal damage.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Crawler boss is almost literally this with the only explanation being that the mutagen doesn't only affect humans.
** Alternatively, given its additional human anatomy (human-like skin, a ribcage, feet with five toes, etc.) it is a ''severely'' mutated human, much like Meat Katie.

* GroinAttack: ''Overkill'' being the kind of game it is, its manual takes the time to mention that [[AvertedTrope this does not work any better than any other non-headshot]].

* HateAtFirstSight: Agent G and Isaac Washington meet this way before they get better.
* HideYourChildren: Averted. The "Greg" enemies are obviously diaper-clad mutant babies.

* KillTheCutie: Aw, poor Candi. How very [[UnusualEuphemism mother-nothing]] sad.

* LemonyNarrator: The narrator again.

* LocomotiveLevel: "Scream Train", possibly a shout out to ''VideGame/ResidentEvil0''.

* LudicrousGibs: Intentionally taken to ridiculous extremes.
* MakeMeWannaShout: The Screamer, of course.

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Warden Darling for Papa Caesar.]]

* PromotionToParent: Varla raised Jasper after their parents died.

* RelaxOVision: The missing reel gag.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Largely due to the ability to upgrade and switch weapons.
* SequelHook: The ending establishes that, at the very least, Bayou is not even ''close'' to mutant-free. And the poster for the last level says "They're just getting started."
** Not only that, there's the tape which Caesar leaves to Washington:
--->'''Caesar:''' You know of Clement Darling, yes, the cretin prison warden? It was he who originally discovered the mutant compound in a secret lab beneath his prison. Clement's ambitions are small minded, Isaac. But he has '''friends''', powerful friends. [[spoiler:(Curien and Goldman, if you haven't guessed it yet.)]]
* ShoutOut: The whole game is one long one to grindhouse films (especially Film/PlanetTerror).

* SirSwearsALot: Isaac Washington, saying "fuck" in nearly every sentence.

* SunglassesAtNight: Agent G has his on throughout the whole game.
* TattooedCrook: Varla has a red, lipstick-kiss tattoo on her left breast.

* TitleOfTheDead

* TheUnfought: Papa Caesar and [[spoiler:Warden Darling]].

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: For Washington, why did it have to be elevators?

* YeOldeNuclearSilo: Where the mutagen originally came from.
* YouKilledMyFather: Papa Caesar killed Washington's father.

** JustifiedTrope, at least in a strict chronological sense, it is a prequel.

'''G:''' Mutants. How many times do I have to tell you to [[NotUsingTheZWord not use the Z word]]?

* {{Prequel}}: To the entire series. Alluded to further in the ending, where Caeser's tape mentions that Clement, who developed the mutant compound, has [[CallForward "powerful friends"]].