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-->'''Gunther:''' "He addresses the ball."
-->'''Golfer:''' "Hello ball!"

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-->'''Gunther:''' "This just ain't gonna be your day! (snickering)"

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* AnnouncerChatter[=/=]DialogDuringGameplay

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* AnnouncerChatter[=/=]DialogDuringGameplayAnnouncerChatter



* ScrewySquirrel



* [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: This is Gunther's primary schtick.

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* [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: TakeThatAudience: This is Gunther's primary schtick.
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* TakeThatPlayer: This is Gunther's primary schtick.

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* TakeThatPlayer: [[TakeThatAudience Take That Player]]: This is Gunther's primary schtick.
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''Tee'd Off'' is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Ray Tanzer and Creator/JonNorris. It features artwork by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and David Moore, and was released by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} (under the "Premiere" label) in 1993.

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''Tee'd Off'' is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Ray Tanzer and Creator/JonNorris. It features artwork by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and David Moore, and was released by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} (under the "Premiere" "Premier" label) in 1993.
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'''Tee'd Off''' is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Ray Tanzer and Creator/JonNorris. It features artwork by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and David Moore, and was released by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} (under the "Premiere" label) in 1993.

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'''Tee'd Off''' ''Tee'd Off'' is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Ray Tanzer and Creator/JonNorris. It features artwork by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and David Moore, and was released by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} (under the "Premiere" label) in 1993.
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->'''Gunther:''' "Is that a ''range ball'' you're using?!"

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->'''Gunther:''' "Is that a ''range ball'' ball''[[note]]Or "rain foil"; it's unclear.[[/note]] you're using?!"

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* SpellingBonus: S-L-I-C-E starts a Slice Hurry-Up and lights the Extra Ball, S-K-I-N-S starts the Skins Game, and getting G-O-P-H-E-R on the Gopher Wheel enables the Go-Fore-Par-Tee three-ball multiball.

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* SpellingBonus: S-L-I-C-E starts a Slice Hurry-Up and lights the Extra Ball, target for 50 million points each hit, S-K-I-N-S starts the Skins Game, and getting G-O-P-H-E-R on the Gopher Wheel enables the Go-Fore-Par-Tee three-ball multiball.


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* WhatTheHellPlayer: Invoked by Gunther many times.
--> '''Gunther''': "What the heck are you shootin' at?!"
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* DuelingGames: With ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers''.



* PropRecycling: ''Tee'd Off'' recycles several props from earlier Gottlieb games, including the curved ramp from ''Pinball/HollywoodHeat'' and the roulette wheel from ''Monte Carlo''.

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* ShakingTheRump: Gunther dances on top of the backbox during the game to distract the player.

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* ShakingTheRump: ShakingTheRump:
** The game starts with a close-up of the golfer shaking his rear, limbering up for the tee-off.
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Gunther dances on top of the backbox during the game to distract the player.
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A digital version of ''Tee'd Off'' is available from ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

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A digital version Digital versions of ''Tee'd Off'' is are available from [=FarSight=] Studios' ''Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection'' and ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.
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-->'''Gunther:''' "He addressed the ball."

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-->'''Gunther:''' "He addressed addresses the ball."

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-->'''Gunther:''' "Hello ball!"

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->'''Golfer''': I'm getting pretty [[TitleDrop teed off]]!
->'''Gunther:''' "Temper temper!"

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->'''Golfer''': I'm "I'm getting pretty [[TitleDrop teed off]]!
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"Temper temper!"
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->'''Golfer''': I'm getting prett [[TitleDrop teed off]]!

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->'''Golfer''': I'm getting prett pretty [[TitleDrop teed off]]!
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->'''Golfer''': I'm getting prett [[TitleDrop teed off]]!


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* TitleDrop: During AttractMode, a golfer verbally expresses his frustration, as seen in the page quote at the top.
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* RageQuit: The table shows several golfers rage quitting their golf games, including one man on the backglass breaking his putter over his knee, and another golfer ont he playfield hurling his clubs off a cliff and into the ocean.

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* RageQuit: The table shows several golfers rage quitting their golf games, including one man on the backglass breaking his putter over his knee, and another golfer ont he playfield hurling his clubs off a cliff and into the ocean.
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** The playfield shows a goler in a sandtrap getting hit with a wayward ball.

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** The playfield shows a goler golfer in a sandtrap getting hit with a wayward ball.
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* PropRecycling: ''Tee'd Off'' recycles several props from earlier Gottlieb games, including the curved ramp from ''Pinball/HollywoodHeat'' and the roulette wheel from ''Monte Carlo''.
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Taking place on a tropical island, the game casts the player as a golfer spending a day on the links. However, he's badgered by Gunther the Gofer, who's out to enjoy himself by distracting the player with a barrage of dances, taunts, and insults. Go through 36 holes around the island and beneath the volcano, Slice through the coconut trees, Hook around the Dog Leg, then try for a Hole-In-One up the center lane. For more points, play the Skins Game, try for the Pitch 'n Putt, and peek into a hole and try to Find the Gopher. Spin the Gopher Wheel to build up the Go-Fore-Par-Tee, then celebrate after nine holes with some Multiball or a Lightning Storm scoring frenzy.

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Taking place on a tropical island, the game casts the player as a golfer spending a day on the links. However, he's badgered by Gunther the Gofer, Gopher, who's out to enjoy himself by distracting the player with a barrage of dances, taunts, and insults. Go through 36 holes around the island and beneath the volcano, Slice through the coconut trees, Hook around the Dog Leg, then try for a Hole-In-One up the center lane. For more points, play the Skins Game, try for the Pitch 'n Putt, and peek into a hole and try to Find the Gopher. Spin the Gopher Wheel to build up the Go-Fore-Par-Tee, then celebrate after nine holes with some Multiball or a Lightning Storm scoring frenzy.
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* AlliterativeName: The gopher's full name is "Gunther the dancing Gopher," [[AllThereInTheManual as noted in advertisements.]]

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* AlliterativeName: The gopher's Gunther Gopher, though his full name is "Gunther the dancing Gopher," Gopher" [[AllThereInTheManual as noted in advertisements.]]
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* ShakingTheRump: Gunther does this on top of the backbox to distract the player during the game.

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* ShakingTheRump: Gunther does this dances on top of the backbox during the game to distract the player during the game.player.
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* RageQuit: The table shows several golfers rage quitting their golf games, including one man on the backglass breaking his putter over his knee, and another golfer ont he playfield hurling his clubs off a cliff and into the ocean.
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* ConvectionSchmonvection: You shoot balls (golf- or pin, depending on your perspective) into a volcano.


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* LavaAddsAwesome: There's a '''volcano''' on the ''golf course.'' Why? Why not?
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* ShakingTheRump: Gunther does this on top of the backbox to distract the player during the game.



->'''Gunther:''' "Is that a ''range ball'' you're using?!"

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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Pinball/NoGoodGofers Bud and Buzz]] didn't get their own topper!"]]
->'''Gunther:''' "Temper temper!"

'''Tee'd Off''' is a PhysicalPinballTable designed by Ray Tanzer and Creator/JonNorris. It features artwork by Constantino and Jeanine Mitchell and David Moore, and was released by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} (under the "Premiere" label) in 1993.

Taking place on a tropical island, the game casts the player as a golfer spending a day on the links. However, he's badgered by Gunther the Gofer, who's out to enjoy himself by distracting the player with a barrage of dances, taunts, and insults. Go through 36 holes around the island and beneath the volcano, Slice through the coconut trees, Hook around the Dog Leg, then try for a Hole-In-One up the center lane. For more points, play the Skins Game, try for the Pitch 'n Putt, and peek into a hole and try to Find the Gopher. Spin the Gopher Wheel to build up the Go-Fore-Par-Tee, then celebrate after nine holes with some Multiball or a Lightning Storm scoring frenzy.

Although ''Tee'd Off'' was a modestly successful game for Gottlieb with 3,500 tables sold, it's a rather divisive table among pinheads. Detractors point to its uninspired sounds and cartoonish artwork as turn-offs, and note that it's easy to reap big points by starting multiball and then repeatedly looping the center lane. Supporters embrace its lighthearted theme, family-friendly humor, and undemanding gameplay, while pinball historians note that many of the same ideas would appear in Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers'' several years later.

A digital version of ''Tee'd Off'' is available from ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

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!! The ''Tee'd Off'' pinball demonstrates the following tropes:

* AlliterativeName: The gopher's full name is "Gunther the dancing Gopher," [[AllThereInTheManual as noted in advertisements.]]
* AnnouncerChatter[=/=]DialogDuringGameplay
* ChekhovsVolcano: Shooting a ball into the Volcano causes it to erupt out of the opening a moment later.
* DuelingGames: With ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers''.
* HeartSymbol: The playfield shows a male golfer smitten with a female golfer, with heart symbols around his head.
* JerkAss: Gunther, though he's more of a {{Griefer}} than a full-blown jerk.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: In "Skins", choosing to take 10 million points instead of "Double or Nothing" will result in Gunther calling you a chicken.
* PinballProjectile: An animation clip shows the golf ball bouncing wildly among a grove of coconut trees.
* RampJump: The "Pitch 'n Putt" requires shooting the pinball up a ramp and making it land in the Mean Green Hole.
* ScrewySquirrel
* ShoutOut: In addition to the obvious parallels to ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'', Gunther throws in a reference to ''Series/TheHoneymooners'':
-->'''Gunther:''' "Hello ball!"
* SpellingBonus: S-L-I-C-E starts a Slice Hurry-Up and lights the Extra Ball, S-K-I-N-S starts the Skins Game, and getting G-O-P-H-E-R on the Gopher Wheel enables the Go-Fore-Par-Tee three-ball multiball.
* TakeThatPlayer: This is Gunther's primary schtick.
-->'''Gunther:''' "Did anybody teach ya how to ''play'' this game?"
* TapOnTheHead
** An animated display shows Gunther getting hit with a golf ball.
** The playfield shows a goler in a sandtrap getting hit with a wayward ball.
* WrittenSoundEffect: The playfield and cabinet show golf balls ricocheting all over the place, accompanied by assorted [-BONK!-]s and [-ZONK!-]s.
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->'''Gunther:''' "Is that a ''range ball'' you're using?!"

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