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* CoolShades[=/=]TriangleShades: The Doc's got 'em.
* TheEighties[=/=]TheNineties: Specifically, the very ''late'' '80s and the very ''early'' '90s.

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* CoolShades[=/=]TriangleShades: %%* CoolShades: The Doc's got 'em.
* TheEighties[=/=]TheNineties: %%* TheEighties: Specifically, the very ''late'' '80s and the very ''early'' '90s.



** TakeThat: The Gazillion Jackpot is in response to Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/{{Comet}}'' pinball, which had claimed (incorrectly) to have "the first ever million-point shot".



* HurricaneOfPuns: The game is positively ''smothered'' with them.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The Doc's leopard-skin lab coat.

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* %%* HurricaneOfPuns: The game is positively ''smothered'' with them.
* %%* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The Doc's leopard-skin lab coat.



* MadeOfGood[=/=]VirtueViceCodification: Parodied with the Elements of Coolness: a Magnetic Personality, the Heart of Rock 'n Roll, and the Gift of Gab.

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* MadeOfGood[=/=]VirtueViceCodification: MadeOfGood: Parodied with the Elements of Coolness: a Magnetic Personality, the Heart of Rock 'n Roll, and the Gift of Gab.



* NotThatKindOfDoctor

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* %%* NotThatKindOfDoctor


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* TakeThat: The Gazillion Jackpot is in response to Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/{{Comet}}'' pinball, which had claimed (incorrectly) to have "the first ever million-point shot".
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* EightiesHair
* AlliterativeTitle
* AwesomenessMeter: The "I" Exam.

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* %%* EightiesHair
* %%* AlliterativeTitle
* %%* AwesomenessMeter: The "I" Exam.



* CharacterTitle

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* %%* CharacterTitle



* [[LanternJawOfJustice Lantern Jaw Of Awesome]]: Dr. Dude's chin is not particularly wide, but it's ''definitely'' prominent.

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* [[LanternJawOfJustice Lantern Jaw Of Awesome]]: LanternJawOfJustice: Dr. Dude's chin is not particularly wide, but it's ''definitely'' prominent.



* TheProfessor

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* %%* TheProfessor



* ProtagonistTitle

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* %%* ProtagonistTitle



* SurferDude: And HOW!
* ThingOMeter: The Dude-O-Meter and the Jackpot-O-Meter.
* TotallyRadical: Dear. '''God.'''
* TransformationRay: The E'''X'''cellent Ray.

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* %%* SurferDude: And HOW!
* %%* ThingOMeter: The Dude-O-Meter and the Jackpot-O-Meter.
* %%* TotallyRadical: Dear. '''God.'''
* %%* TransformationRay: The E'''X'''cellent Ray.



* WeirdScience

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* %%* WeirdScience
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* HospitalHottie: As seen on the the backglass, The Nurse is a [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde-headed]] Hospital Hottie complete with ImpossiblyLowNeckline, [[BuxomIsBetter large breasts]], and [[PoppingButtons straining shirt buttons]].

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* HospitalHottie: As seen on the the backglass, The Nurse is a [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde-headed]] Hospital Hottie complete with ImpossiblyLowNeckline, [[BuxomIsBetter [[BuxomBeautyStandard large breasts]], and [[PoppingButtons straining shirt buttons]].

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* InWithTheInCrowd: This is Dr. Dude's origin -- he was a spineless {{Nerd}} until he invented the E'''X'''cellent Ray to make himself the Guru O' Groove.

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* InWithTheInCrowd: This is Dr. Dude's origin -- he was a spineless {{Nerd}} nerd until he invented the E'''X'''cellent Ray to make himself the Guru O' Groove.



* {{Nerd}}: According to his origin, Dr. Dude's original identity was a computer-using nerd named "Ben A. Glitch."
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A digital version of this table was formerly available as part of [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before their license to all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018.

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A digital version of this table was formerly available as part of [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before their license to all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018. ''Dr. Dude'' reappears on ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX3]]'' as part of ''Volume 6'' on October 20, 2020.
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Couldn't find a transparent image of the entire machine, so the backglass will have to suffice. I admit that the significant amount of text doesn't come across too well with the file size limitations, though.


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A digital version of this table is available as part of [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

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A digital version of this table is was formerly available as part of [=FarSight=] Studios' ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before their license to all Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018.
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* VisualPun: The Gift of Gab is a wrapped present with a mouth on it.

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* VisualPun: The Gift of Gab is a wrapped present with a mouth on it. The Magnetic Personality is a big magnet mounted around the head. And the Heart of Rock'n Roll is a heart-shaped electric guitar.
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* ConsolationPrize: You receive points from the Big Shot if you drain down an outlane. The amount varies depending on how many times you hit the target in front of his figurine.
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** Perhaps a slight subversion in that it can be collected after the plunge as well. The values on the "I" Exam will continue strobing, and any hits on the target will earn the lit value.

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** Perhaps a slight subversion in that it can be collected after the plunge as well.well (especially from a strong right orbit shot, and sometimes from lucky bumper hits). The values on the "I" Exam will continue strobing, and any hits on the target will earn the lit value.
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** The set of inserts leading up to it as well, each with price tags that indicate their point values.
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** Perhaps a slight subversion in that it can be collected after the plunge as well. The values on the "I" Exam will continue strobing, and any hits on the target will earn the lit value.
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* ScoreMultiplier: 2x for the remainder of the ball after draining a ball in multiball.

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* ScoreMultiplier: 2x playfield scoring for the remainder of the ball after draining a ball in multiball.
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* ScoreMultiplier: 2x for the remainder of the ball after draining a ball in multiball.
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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The Doc's leopard-skin jacket.

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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: The Doc's leopard-skin jacket.lab coat.
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* TheEighties: Yes, it came out in 1990, but it's just ''radioactive'' with 80s-ness.

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* TheEighties: Yes, it came out in 1990, but it's just ''radioactive'' with 80s-ness.TheEighties[=/=]TheNineties: Specifically, the very ''late'' '80s and the very ''early'' '90s.



* TotallyRadical

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* TotallyRadicalTotallyRadical: Dear. '''God.'''

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* MadScientist


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* TheProfessor

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* MadeOfGood[=/=]VirtueViceCodification: Parodied with the Elements of Coolness: a Magnetic Personality, the Heart of Rock 'n Roll, and the Gift of Gab.



* VirtueViceCodification: Parodied with the Elements of Coolness: a Magnetic Personality, the Heart of Rock 'n Roll, and the Gift of Gab.
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* MatchSequence: A magnet pulls the word "match" and the last two digits of the players' scores, smushing them together. The magnet then [[ReversePolarity reverses polarity]] to repel them, with "match" now forming the match number.
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** TakeThat: The Gazillion Jackpot is in response to Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''[[Pinball/Comet]]'' pinball, which had claimed (incorrectly) to have "the first ever million-point shot".

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** TakeThat: The Gazillion Jackpot is in response to Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''[[Pinball/Comet]]'' ''Pinball/{{Comet}}'' pinball, which had claimed (incorrectly) to have "the first ever million-point shot".
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* AlliterativeTitle
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** TakeThat: The Gazillion Jackpot is in response to Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Comet'' pinball, which had claimed (incorrectly) to have "the first ever million-point shot".

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** TakeThat: The Gazillion Jackpot is in response to Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Comet'' ''[[Pinball/Comet]]'' pinball, which had claimed (incorrectly) to have "the first ever million-point shot".
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* AwesomenessMeter: The "I" Exam.
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''Dr. Dude'' ([-full title:-] ''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'') is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Creator/DennisNordman with art by Greg Freres, released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics under the Bally label in 1990. Festooned with ComicBook pop-art, SpeechBubbles, and more [[SurferDude surfer slang]] [[HurricaneOfPuns and puns]] than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter. The hotter you get, the cooler you'll be; if you can raise yourself up to a Super Dude, you'll get a chance to collect pinball's first-ever ''Gazillion'' Jackpot.

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''Dr. Dude'' ([-full title:-] ''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'') is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Creator/DennisNordman with art by Greg Freres, Creator/GregFreres, released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics under the Bally label in 1990. Festooned with ComicBook pop-art, SpeechBubbles, and more [[SurferDude surfer slang]] [[HurricaneOfPuns and puns]] than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter. The hotter you get, the cooler you'll be; if you can raise yourself up to a Super Dude, you'll get a chance to collect pinball's first-ever ''Gazillion'' Jackpot.
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''Dr. Dude'' ([-full title:-] ''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'') is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Dennis Nordman with art by Greg Freres, released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics under the Bally label in 1990. Festooned with ComicBook pop-art, SpeechBubbles, and more [[SurferDude surfer slang]] [[HurricaneOfPuns and puns]] than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter. The hotter you get, the cooler you'll be; if you can raise yourself up to a Super Dude, you'll get a chance to collect pinball's first-ever ''Gazillion'' Jackpot.

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''Dr. Dude'' ([-full title:-] ''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'') is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Dennis Nordman Creator/DennisNordman with art by Greg Freres, released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics under the Bally label in 1990. Festooned with ComicBook pop-art, SpeechBubbles, and more [[SurferDude surfer slang]] [[HurricaneOfPuns and puns]] than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter. The hotter you get, the cooler you'll be; if you can raise yourself up to a Super Dude, you'll get a chance to collect pinball's first-ever ''Gazillion'' Jackpot.
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* TheEighties: Yes, it came out in 1990, but it's just ''radioactive'' with 80s-ness.
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''Dr. Dude'' ([-full title:-] ''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'') is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Dennis Nordman, and released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics under the Bally label in 1990. Festooned with ComicBook pop-art, SpeechBubbles, and more [[SurferDude surfer slang]] [[HurricaneOfPuns and puns]] than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter. The hotter you get, the cooler you'll be; if you can raise yourself up to a Super Dude, you'll get a chance to collect pinball's first-ever ''Gazillion'' Jackpot.

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''Dr. Dude'' ([-full title:-] ''Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray'') is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Dennis Nordman, and Nordman with art by Greg Freres, released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics under the Bally label in 1990. Festooned with ComicBook pop-art, SpeechBubbles, and more [[SurferDude surfer slang]] [[HurricaneOfPuns and puns]] than you can shake a thermometer at, this game challenges players to prove their cool by raising the Dude-O-Meter. The hotter you get, the cooler you'll be; if you can raise yourself up to a Super Dude, you'll get a chance to collect pinball's first-ever ''Gazillion'' Jackpot.

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