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* TheWikiRule: [[https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki The Scribblenauts Wiki.]]
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** The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' have not been released in Europe. It has been released in Europe on PC, complete with translations in European languages.

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** The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' have not been released in Europe. It has been released in Europe on PC, complete with translations in European languages.
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* NoExportForYou:
** ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'', ''Unmasked'' and ''Showdown'' have never been released in Japan, unlike their predecessors.
** The Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' have not been released in Europe. It has been released in Europe on PC, complete with translations in European languages.
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* FranchiseKiller: After a five year long SequelGap came along Scribblenauts Showdown which thanks to it's dismal reviews and sales likely spelled doom for any future games Scribblenauts was going to have save for a CompilationRerelease.

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* FranchiseKiller: After a five year long SequelGap came along Scribblenauts Showdown ''Scribblenauts Showdown'', which thanks to it's its dismal reviews and sales likely spelled doom for any future games Scribblenauts ''Scribblenauts'' was going to have save for a CompilationRerelease.



** Maxwell's hat was a extra that came with pre-orders of the first game.

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** Maxwell's hat was a an extra that came with pre-orders of the first game.



* ThrowItIn: Whenever someone actually succeeded at "Stump The Dictionary" at E3 (like with "plumbob"), the devs made a note to add the word before release. They also threw in the references to Feep's famous post.

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* ThrowItIn: Whenever someone actually succeeded at "Stump The Dictionary" at E3 (like with "plumbob"), the devs made a note to add the word before release. They also threw in the references to Feep's famous post.
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* TyopOnTheCover: In ''Unlimited'', on the WB Games logo screen before the main menu shows up, it reads "Copyright © 1007-2012 RAD Game Tools, Inc".
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* TheWikiRule: [[https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki The Scribblenauts Wiki.]]

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* TheWikiRule: [[https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki The Scribblenauts Wiki.]]]]
* WordOfGod: [[http://www.destructoid.com/scribblenauts-caught-in-sambo-racism-controversy-148940.phtml In the first game, writing "Sambo", an offensive term for black people, would spawn a watermelon, which is stereotypically associated with black people.]] The creators pointed out that the reason for this was that there is a fruit called "sambo" that looks like a watermelon, and that they had no idea Sambo was an offensive term.
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* FranchiseKiller: After a five year long SequelGap came along Scribblenauts Showdown which thanks to it's dismal reviews and sales likely spelled doom for any future games Scribblenauts was going to have save for a CompilationRerelease.
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** Maxwell's NiceHat was a extra that came with pre-orders of the first game.

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** Maxwell's NiceHat hat was a extra that came with pre-orders of the first game.



** Pre-ordering ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'' got you [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/234018-421740_10151050213214646_419880108_n.jpg your choice of revamped versions of]] either Maxwell's, his sister's, or his Doppleganger's NiceHat.

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** Pre-ordering ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'' got you [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/234018-421740_10151050213214646_419880108_n.jpg your choice of revamped versions of]] either Maxwell's, his sister's, or his Doppleganger's NiceHat.hat.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The meme references in the first game solidly date the series to the late 2000s/early 2010s when they were still relevant to Internet culture. By the time of ''Unlimited'' (the last game to have the meme objects, though out of copyright concern rather than datedness), most of them were considered ancient at best and downright forgotten at worst despite it coming out just three years after the original game.
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** There's an unused, unfinished stadium level that was also used by the developers as a test level. It can be briefly seen on the PC version by using the "--autoloader" command line parameter. If you want to actually play in it, however, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iatBzHL6C8 memory hacking]] is needed.
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* DummiedOut:
** The original game's manual mentioned you could buy 30 extra levels from the ollars store. The levels were never implemented, and instead of just removing the section where you're supposed to buy them, the button to get to it was made invisible. Trying to access it makes the game freeze.
** There's a number of items in ''Unlimited'' that can only be accessed by using a glitch that exploits the object editor, some of which imply this. Among the more interesting ones are two rays, one which switches the gender of whoever is shot and one that turns whoever is shot into a random "monster" out of a rather large list.

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* DevelopmentGag: "[[spoiler:Scribblenaut]]" spawns the original protagonist before he was changed to Maxwell. [[spoiler:Your reward for HundredPercentCompletion is the ability to play as that character]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: ''Scribblenauts'' was developed by 5th Cell. Go look at their logo. Now go look at the cover of the notepad Maxwell holds on the cover of the first game.
* FollowTheLeader: Before the game ''even came out'' (in fact, only a few days before), a FlashGame called [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Turtlesoup4290/the-wizards-notebook?referrer=Jayisgames "The Wizard's Notebook"]] borrowed the game's central concept but with a much smaller dictionary.
* KillerApp: Even before its release, millions of DS units were sold just for the game.

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* DevelopmentGag: "[[spoiler:Scribblenaut]]" "Scribblenaut" spawns the original concept for the protagonist before he was changed to Maxwell. [[spoiler:Your reward for HundredPercentCompletion of the first game is the ability to play as that character]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: ''Scribblenauts'' was developed by 5th Cell. Go look at their logo. Now go look at the cover of the notepad Maxwell holds on the cover of the first game.
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FollowTheLeader: Before the game ''even even came out'' out (in fact, only a few days before), a FlashGame web game called [[http://www.''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Turtlesoup4290/the-wizards-notebook?referrer=Jayisgames "The The Wizard's Notebook"]] Notebook]]'' borrowed the game's central concept but with a much smaller dictionary.
* KillerApp: Even before its release, millions thousands of DS units were sold just for the first game.



** Maxwell's NiceHat, as a matter of awesome fact.
** When you pre-order the sequel, [[http://www.destructoid.com/pre-order-super-scribblenauts-get-plush-headphones-181090.phtml as you can see]], you get some nice plush headphones. They come in grey, polka-dot, and the pictured camouflage.
** When you pre-order ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'', you get [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/234018-421740_10151050213214646_419880108_n.jpg your choice of revamped versions of]] either Maxwell's, his sister's, or his Doppleganger's NiceHat.
** Pre-ordering [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/ the third game on Steam]] gets you his NiceHat in VideoGame/TeamFortress2. It's been dubbed [[http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/218680/extras/banner.jpg The "Cockfighter"]].

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** Maxwell's NiceHat, as NiceHat was a matter extra that came with pre-orders of awesome fact.
** When you pre-order
the sequel, first game.
** Pre-ordering the sequel
[[http://www.destructoid.com/pre-order-super-scribblenauts-get-plush-headphones-181090.phtml as you can see]], came with you get some nice plush headphones.headphones]]. They come in grey, polka-dot, and the pictured camouflage.
** When you pre-order Pre-ordering ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'', Unlimited'' got you get [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/234018-421740_10151050213214646_419880108_n.jpg your choice of revamped versions of]] either Maxwell's, his sister's, or his Doppleganger's NiceHat.
** Pre-ordering [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/ the third game ''Unlimited'' on Steam]] gets Steam got you his NiceHat Maxwell's rooster hat in VideoGame/TeamFortress2.''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. It's been dubbed [[http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/218680/extras/banner.jpg The "Cockfighter"]].



* ThrowItIn: When someone actually succeeded at "Stump The Dictionary" at E3 (like with "plumbob"), the devs made a note to add the word before release. They also threw in the references to Feep's famous post.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://scribblenauts.wikia.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki Here.]]

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* ThrowItIn: When Whenever someone actually succeeded at "Stump The Dictionary" at E3 (like with "plumbob"), the devs made a note to add the word before release. They also threw in the references to Feep's famous post.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The meme references in the first game solidly date the series to the late 2000s/early 2010s when they were still relevant to Internet culture. By the time of ''Unlimited'' (the last game to have the meme objects, though out of copyright concern rather than datedness), most of them were considered ancient at best and downright forgotten at worst despite it coming out just three years after the original game.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://scribblenauts.wikia.[[https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Scribblenauts_Wiki Here.The Scribblenauts Wiki.]]
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* ManualMisprint: The manual for the first game mentions that you can buy levels from the Ollar shop, but this feature was axed from the final game and only exists in the form of an invisible button that causes the game to crash.
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* FollowTheLeader: Before the game ''even came out'' (in fact, only a few days before), a FlashGame called [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Turtlesoup4290/the-wizards-notebook?referrer=Jayisgames "The Wizard's Notebook"]] borrowed the game's central concept but with a much smaller dictionary.

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** Pre-ordering [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/ the third game on Steam]] gets you his NiceHat in VideoGame/TeamFortress2. It's been dubbed [[http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/218680/extras/banner.jpg The "Cockfighter"]]
* RecursiveAdaptation: ''Unmasked'' contained a tie-in comic as a pre-order bonus.
** Said comic has since spun off into its own, eight part comic mini-series.

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** Pre-ordering [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/ the third game on Steam]] gets you his NiceHat in VideoGame/TeamFortress2. It's been dubbed [[http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/218680/extras/banner.jpg The "Cockfighter"]]
"Cockfighter"]].
* RecursiveAdaptation: ''Unmasked'' contained a tie-in comic as a pre-order bonus.
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bonus. Said comic has since spun off into its own, eight part own eight-part comic mini-series.
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** Maxwell's NiceHat, as a matter of awesome fact.
** When you pre-order the sequel, [[http://www.destructoid.com/pre-order-super-scribblenauts-get-plush-headphones-181090.phtml as you can see]], you get some nice plush headphones. They come in grey, polka-dot, and the pictured camouflage.
** When you pre-order ''Scribblenauts Unlimited'', you get [[http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/234018-421740_10151050213214646_419880108_n.jpg your choice of revamped versions of]] either Maxwell's, his sister's, or his Doppleganger's NiceHat.
** Pre-ordering [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/ the third game on Steam]] gets you his NiceHat in VideoGame/TeamFortress2. It's been dubbed [[http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/218680/extras/banner.jpg The "Cockfighter"]]

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