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7th Apr '13 6:12:19 PM Antwan

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->''Oh look, what clever children! See them study, watch them learn?\\
[[ChildHater How I HATE those goody-goodies, how they make my stomach turn!]]\\
[[MemeticMolester I've got a little]] ''[[AccidentalInnuendo secret]]'' that'll really make them cry;\\
It's a nasty kind of magic, [[SmallNameBigEgo from a special kind of guy!]]\\
[[TomeOfEldritchLore This book is made to order, but it isn't to be read:]]\\
[[SchmuckBait When they open up this book,]] [[PortalBook they're sucked inside instead,]]\\
To the most unpleasant place they've ever seen:\\
The Magic Labyrinth of I.M. Meen!\\
Very scary and confusing, destination of my choosing!\\
Magic Labyrinth of I.M. Meen!''
-->[[EarWorm Opening]] [[ExpositoryThemeTune theme]] [[VillainSong song]]

I.M. Meen is an "educational" child's game where you are forced to fend off a [[{{Pun}} mean]]-spirited man and his guardians after he traps you in his magic maze. His assistant, Gnorris, [[MinionWithAnFInEvil helps you in secret]] along the way as you defeat the guardians, and eventually Meen himself.

Animated by Animation Magic, the same people behind the VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames, [[DerangedAnimation every cutscene feels like an]] [[DisneyAcidSequence acid trip]]. Because of this, I.M. Meen has become the newest face to YouTubePoop.

Had a sequel called ''Chill Manor'', which starred Meen's girlfriend/wife ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHl_nwjFh-o#t=8m42s first mentioned here]]), Ophelia, as she tries to literally rewrite history. [[spoiler:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvramB8wYDI Meen himself makes a brief appearance in the ending]].]]

The game itself is essentially a FirstPersonShooter with the only "educational" segments coming from locked doors that can be opened only by fixing grammar mistakes.

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''I.M. Meen'' contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer
* BadassBookworm: The playable characters. Literally.
** Bonus: because most of the projectile weapons are disposable, you, a prepubescent child, will be knocking out [[SmashMook gigantic trolls]] with GoodOldFisticuffs for most of the early levels.
* BraggartBoss: Meen considers himself to be the most powerful magician in the world, but seeing as he got beaten up by a little goodie-goodie armed with only good knowledge of grammar, his claim is rather hard to believe. Either he's lying or the global magic level is really low.
* BreakableWeapons: All weapons ([[SwordOfPlotAdvancement except one]]) break after a certain number of uses.
* ChildHater: Meen, of course.
* CowTools: All over the place in the Laboratory levels.
* DerangedAnimation: Given that it was animated by the same people who did the animation for the Zelda CDI games, this was bound to happen, which leads to some ''very'' [[NightmareFace creepy]] [[UncannyValley expressions]] from Meen himself.
* DifficultyLevels
* EmergencyEnergyTank: Stealth Sneakers restore all of your health. That's because your health is actually your "energy", and the sneakers somehow rejuvenate you.
* EvilLaugh: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCA5ODcjuT0 Meen's got some completely and utterly insane ones.]]
* EvilSorcerer: Meen, obviously.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Meen's exit, in the last cutscene.
* ExpositoryThemeTune: The opening song to the game, pretty much.
* FreezeFrameBonus: I.M. Meen's face in the last cutscene, when he says "But I'll be BACK!"
** As Meen threatens to "turn you into a... CHIPMUNK!", he momentarily poses in such a way as to look like one.
* {{Gonk}}: Even without the OffModel quality of the animation, Meen isn't a very good-looking guy. In particular, his face is overly thin except for his chin.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In "Hooray For Meen", Meen manages to slip by two guards of the Toxo Corporation by making it seem that one of them called the other a dope, causing both of them to fight each other.
* HauntedCastle: Levels 25 through 28 take place in one.
* HelpfulMook: Gnorris, who is Genuinely Gentle.
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Come on, Meen writes his own fanfiction. 
* HypocriticalHumor: I.M Meen clearly states that he hates people who study, but it is also explicitly stated that he is a magician, meaning he'd have to study to reach that level of accomplishment in the first place.
** Alternatively, he might hate the idea of ''other'' people studying, because that means they could become magicians too, and he doesn't want the competition.
* LargeHam: The eponymous villain.
* MeaningfulName: He is indeed "meen."
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast - Who else?
* ObviouslyEvil: Come on, would ''you'' trust someone whose name sounds like "I am mean"?
* OffModel: The animation isn't ''quite'' so bad when it's not supposed to be characters you've known since you could first pick up a controller, but ''still''...
** Notably, Meen's face looks completely different from scene to scene.
* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: Meen ''hates'' smart kids, but apparently, doesn't think they're all ''that'' smart, because almost every lock in the maze is powered by bad grammar. Literally, just fix the grammar in the sentences written on the maze, and the door opens! Justified in that Gnorris appears to have rigged the locks that way. It doesn't seem to be Meen's intention.
* PortalBook: The magic labyrinth's entrance is a book.
* PunnyName: I.M.Meen, Writewell.
* PurelyAestheticGender: You can play as a boy named Scott or a girl named Katie. Meen will refer to the player as "bookworm" regardless of chosen gender.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Your basic attack is a quick punch with no cooldown.
* StupidStatementDanceMix: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLqjJqdfVLs This,]] and some others.
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Writewell's Book.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Meen, by far. In the stories he writes about himself, (with titles that always promote himself, like "Hooray For Meen" or "Meen goes to Mars" or "You Know How Much I Love Me"), he portrays himself as a valiant, heroic figure who is attractive, smart, strong, and generally the person who gets things done while other characters are simply sidekicks.
** He also refers to himself as "the most powerful magician in the world". Getting defeated by a prepubescent kid does not lend this boast any credibility.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Meen himself is an expert in this if nothing else, wielding many ways to appear and disappear, whether it's puffs of smoke, lightning, or sparks. 
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Meen's magic book. Apparently, when someone tries to read it, they get sucked inside instead.
* {{Unwinnable}} - If you die in the last level, the game is unwinnable, because you no longer have the only weapon that can damage the final boss.
* VillainExitStageLeft: The final cutscene is Meen vowing revenge and disappearing.
** [[spoiler:And he actually ''does'' reappear during the ending of the sequel, ''Chill Manor'', to escape with the villain!]]
* VillainSong: Very scary and confusing. Destination of MY CHOOSING! Magic Labyrinth of I! M! MEEEEEEEEEHEEHEEHEEN!
* VillainTeleportation: Meen always appears in a puff of colorful smoke, and he almost always vanishes in electricity.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "Bookworm".
* YouTubePoop: This is one of the older sources!
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4th Apr '13 4:35:33 PM Luigifan

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31st Mar '13 4:51:01 PM BonsaiForest

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Examples Are Not Arguable, and Natter cleanup (I realize these were copied from YMMV, so this message isn't directed at anyone, it's just an explanation as to why I'm deleting this trope)

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31st Mar '13 3:09:40 PM Austin

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Moving from YMMV.

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