History Fridge / SpaceQuest

* A lesser one, but still unnerving. just how long was Roger in that stasis unit between ''Space Quest'' II and III? It was long enough for a chintzy gewgaw to accumulate 400,000 buckazioids interest from Gippazoid Novelty (though it may be more due to LoanShark tendencies). For that matter, the same company who keeps hassling Roger over the interest is the same one who put together that deadly slot machine in Ulence Flats. Do they ''usually'' kill their customers, and Roger's just been 'lucky?'.

* Also in ''Space Quest IV'', the Sequel Police will pursue Roger to every time period in the game--except for Space Quest I. Why? ''Because Space Quest I isn't a sequel.''
** However, the Sequel Police (or at least one of them) did go to ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge''.

* For a comedy series, ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' had a particularly vile one. In ''Space Quest IV'', Roger is tossed through time by his son, a battle-scarred fighter for LaResistance at the age of 19. Roger's home world of Xenon is a post-apocalyptic nightmare full of Sequel Police terminators, killer robots, and [[AndIMustScream any living being found given a lobotomy and having their eyes wired open]], run by a supercomputer corrupted by Roger's {{Archenemy}}. After Roger dispatches the Vohaul computer, his son says they had to go back in time in order to find "the only man who defeated Vohaul." That means Roger is stuck in a StableTimeLoop - he remembers what happened (as we see in Space Quest V), but he can't prevent the horrors he saw from happening...and Junior heavily implied that Roger and Beatrice both don't live to see him grow up.
* Another bit of FridgeHorror is in The Next Mutation where you realize that the CorruptCorporateExecutive has been regularly bribing Quirk to dump the mutagenic sludge. We saw the devastation it wreaked on Klorox II, but ''how many other planets'' did this stuff get dropped on? Even better is that a ship the size of the Goliath should have dozens or hundreds of crew members, but only a dozen or so are rescued...and there are puddles of sludge ''everywhere'' on the ship, indicating those are the crew's remains. Seriously, Two Guys, this is supposed to be a comedy?
** Confirmed when Roger says "We managed to cure what's left of the Goliath's crew"...
* A lesser one, but still unnerving. just how long was Roger in that stasis unit between Space Quest 2 and 3? It was long enough for a chintzy gewgaw to accumulate 400,000 buckazioids interest from Gippazoid Novelty (though it may be more due to LoanShark tendencies). For that matter, the same company who keeps hassling Roger over the interest is the same one who put together that deadly slot machine in Ulence Flats. Do they ''usually'' kill their customers, and Roger's just been 'lucky?'.

* The cloned life insurance salesmen from VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge. Sure, this might sound LaughablyEvil. Until you realize they actually have been genetically engineered to NOT take "NO" for an answer, and an [[AdultFear adult gamer]] ponders how clingy one can be in real life, without being genetically engineered.

** However, the Sequel Police (or at least one of them) did go to ''SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge''.

* In ''Space Quest IV'' you get to buy (actually it's required to beat the game) a hint book for Space Quest IV. However, most of the hints are useless, and why wouldn't they be? Thanks to time travel, you actually spend most of the game in Space Quests XII, X and I!

** However, the Sequel Police (or at least one of them) did go to ''Space Quest II''.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Roger when he tells him she [[ExtremeOmnivore eats like a goat]]. Stellar reminds him that Dr. Beleaux told her to change her diet, and patched her body up after Roger got out.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Roger when she tells him she [[ExtremeOmnivore eats like a goat]]. Stellar reminds him that Dr. Beleaux told her to change her diet, and patched her body up after Roger got out.

* For a comedy series, ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' had a particularly vile one. In ''Space Quest 4'', Roger is tossed through time by his son, a battle-scarred fighter for LaResistance at the age of 19. Roger's home world of Xenon is a post-apocalyptic nightmare full of Sequel Police terminators, killer robots, and [[AndIMustScream any living being found given a lobotomy and having their eyes wired open]], run by a supercomputer corrupted by Roger's {{Archenemy}}. After Roger dispatches the Vohaul computer, his son says they had to go back in time in order to find "the only man who defeated Vohaul." That means Roger is stuck in a StableTimeLoop - he remembers what happened (as we see in Space Quest V), but he can't prevent the horrors he saw from happening...and Junior heavily implied that Roger and Beatrice both don't live to see him grow up.

* A lesser one, but still unnerving. just how long was Roger in that stasis unit between Space Quest 2 and 3? It was long enough for a chintzy gewgaw to accumulate 400,000 buckazioids interest from Gippaziod Novelty (though it may be more due to LoanShark tendencies). For that matter, the same company who keeps hassling Roger over the interest is the same one who put together that deadly slot machine in Ulence Flats. Do they ''usually'' kill their customers, and Roger's just been 'lucky?'.

** In the Space Quest 1 remake, you can crash into another Sierra game (Conquest of the Longbow IIRC), and there's an offhand comment in your death screen that if you were in your own universe, the life-threatening injuries you sustained would be easily fixable. Maybe the same principles apply here.
* The cloned life insurance salesmen. Sure, this might sound LaughablyEvil. Until you realize they actually have been genetically engineered to NOT take "NO" for an answer, and an [[AdultFear adult gamer]] ponders how clingy one can be in real life, without being genetically engineered.

* For a comedy series, ''SpaceQuest'' had a particularly vile one. In ''Space Quest 4'', Roger is tossed through time by his son, a battle-scarred fighter for LaResistance at the age of 19. Roger's home world of Xenon is a post-apocalyptic nightmare full of Sequel Police terminators, killer robots, and [[AndIMustScream any living being found given a lobotomy and having their eyes wired open]], run by a supercomputer corrupted by Roger's {{Archenemy}}. After Roger dispatches the Vohaul computer, his son says they had to go back in time in order to find "the only man who defeated Vohaul." That means Roger is stuck in a StableTimeLoop - he remembers what happened (as we see in Space Quest V), but he can't prevent the horrors he saw from happening...and Junior heavily implied that Roger and Beatrice both don't live to see him grow up.

** FridgeBrilliance: Do ''you'' see anything else to do on that planet?

* Who would want to play a slot machine that kills you if you get the wrong combination?** A really high payoff?

* Kind of an obvious one, but SQ6 ends with Roger seemingly deciding to leave Beatrice for Stellar. That means that unless Roger Jr. has already been conceived before the events of this game, he'll never exist. That, or Roger will cheat on Beatrice while remaining married to her. Jerkass move, considering he already knows he's fated to have a son with Beatrice.

** Another bit of FridgeHorror is in The Next Mutation where you realize that the CorruptCorporateExecutive has been regularly bribing Quirk to dump the mutagenic sludge. We saw the devastation it wreaked on Klorox II, but ''how many other planets'' did this stuff get dropped on? Even better is that a ship the size of the Goliath should have dozens or hundreds of crew members, but only a dozen or so are rescued...and there are puddles of sludge ''everywhere'' on the ship, indicating those are the crew's remains. Seriously, Two Guys, this is supposed to be a comedy?
** A lesser one, but still unnerving. just how long was Roger in that stasis unit between Space Quest 2 and 3? It was long enough for a chintzy gewgaw to accumulate 400,000 buckazioids interest from Gippaziod Novelty (though it may be more due to LoanShark tendencies). For that matter, the same company who keeps hassling Roger over the interest is the same one who put together that deadly slot machine in Ulence Flats. Do they ''usually'' kill their customers, and Roger's just been 'lucky?'.