History VideoGame / BadDayLA

[[caption-width-right:255:From left to right: The Sargeant, Beverly, Anthony Williams, The Sick Kid, and Juan.]]

* ManOnFire: This constantly happens in the game, in which you have to put them out.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Averted-the shotgun is pretty weak due to every enemy being a bullet sponge. It's not even an example of ShortRangeShotgun; you can literally be poking an enemy with the

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Anthony ended getting fired from his job due to getting sick of how jerkish society was by coming into his bosses office naked, and throwing poop at him. He changes his view over the course of the game.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Averted-the shotgun is pretty weak due to every enemy being a bullet sponge.

* XraySparks: Happens whenever you get shocked in this game for example by a taser.

* ProneToVomting: The Sick Kid due to a disease he has. He gets cured at the end of the game.

Bad Day L.A. is a PC game designed by in 2006 by American [=McGee=] and developed by Enlight Software, where the player is Anthony Williams a former Hollywood agent turned homeless. Taking place in the city of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, California the city is suddenly hit with a ton of disasters ranging from an earthquake to a terrorist attack all at the same time. With everything going to hell, it's up to Anthony to save the day.

* {{Jerkass}}: Anthony is pretty much the kind of guy that nobody likes, and he knows it before returning it in spades. In spite of this, the game's mechanics focus you to be heroic to progress ([[DeadpanSnarker with Williams remarking on it and being an ass in the process]]), before he almost spontaneously TookALevelInKindness thanks to the Sick Kid calling him a hero. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Doesn't stop him from being racist towards the Mexican Army while saving the city.]] Of course, a fair amount of the people he's a jerk to [[CrapsackWorld kind of deserve it.]]

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Adverted as the shotgun is no more powerful than the sniper rifle.

Bad Day L.A. is a PC game designed by in 2006 by American [=McGee=] and developed by Enlight Software, where the player is Anthony Williams a former Hollywood agent turned homeless. Taking place in the city of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, California the city is suddenly hit with a ton of disasters ranging from an earthquake to a terrorist attack and it's up to Williams to save everyone!

Job won't be easy though, after all, all these different disasters are happening at the same time in one day!

* CharacterDevelopment: In the first third of the game Anthony is very selfish and sleazy but other time becomes selfless and more caring.

* AssholeVictim: There are tons of these in the game, like the the man who honked at Williams, asked him to put out his car's fire, drove off, got a shotgun, and used it to demonstrate what to not do and what to do in an non-simulated fashion! A guy he shot at then punched him from behind killing him.
* BigDamnHeroes: The gang that Williams forms.

* ChangedMyMindKid: Williams does this when he has the getaway pilot fly without the group but then makes him turn the chopper around to get everyone.
* CharacterDevelopment: In the first third of the game Anthony Williams is very selfish and sleazy but other time becomes selfless and more caring.
* ChaseScene: When Williams is shooting out of the ambulance, he's being chased by the terrorists.

* DeadpanSnarker: Williams is this BIG TIME.
* DiscretionShot: When Williams takes a crap in front of everyone on the highway the camera points upwards on the relieved expression on his face.

* DoubleEntendre: A man in a burger costume is being chased by some zombified dogs so he screams, "They want my pickle!" which Williams responds with "Don't talk about yo pickle to me!"

* FireBreathingWeapon: Williams obtains the Aerosol Flamethrower version of this.

* FlippingTheBird: Williams does this to a couple of rude drivers before shit starts hitting the fan.

* {{Gorn}}: There's plenty of it with all the people getting smashed, dismembered, eaten, with all the disaster.

* HellishCopter: Every time Williams manages to find a chopper to ride in it ends up crashing for whatever reason.
* HeroicFireRescue: In the Fire Chapter of the game Williams does this for a mom, a sex doll, and Beverly's Chihuahua.
* HeroicSacrifice: Williams stays behind to detonate the bomb in the city while everyone else leaves.

* ItsUpToYou: Williams has to do pretty much everything!
* {{Jerkass}}: Williams is pretty much the kind of guy that nobody likes, and he knows it before returning it in spades. In spite of this, the game's mechanics focus you to be heroic to progress ([[DeadpanSnarker with Williams remarking on it and being an ass in the process]]), before he almost spontaneously TookALevelInKindness thanks to the Sick Kid calling him a hero. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Doesn't stop him from being racist towards the Mexican Army while saving the city.]] Of course, a fair amount of the people he's a jerk to [[CrapsackWorld kind of deserve it.]]
** Just to highlight how much of an asshole Williams starts off as, early game he has to save a baby in danger. When he doesn't feel like trying to carry the baby back to its mother, however, he just opts to ''[[BlackComedy punt it like a football at her]]'' and then cracks a one liner afterwards.

* LifeMeter: Represented by numbers under Williams' HUD face.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Williams ended getting fired from his job due to getting sick of how jerkish society was by coming into his bosses office naked, and throwing poop at him. He changes his view over the course of the game.

* MolotovCocktail: Williams can carry plenty of these flaming bottles!
* OverreactingAirportSecurity: William and the gang have to deal with this when they try to get on the plane out of L.A.
* PlayerInventory: Williams has this in the form of HyperspaceArsenal with all the weapons and items he can carry at once.
* PowerUps: This game is LOADED with them such as ones that increase your health which include fast food, soda, alcohol, and even porn magazines complete with a fapping sound when picked up.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The shotgun is the most powerful gun in the game per shot for short to mid range combat other than the sniper rifle.
* ShoutOut: Sometimes when fighting Williams will say things like "Another one bites the dust!" which is a reference to a Music/{{Queen}} song of the same name.
* {{Stereotype}}: This game plays around with them such as the blue collar Hispanic worker as well as the white, military, patriotic, American.

* VulgarHumor: There's a TON of it in the game such as Anthony Williams talking about "Mud Butt" "If you don't want to see my mud butt, you best close yo eyes!"