History VideoGame / ClarencesBigChance

** [[GoldenEnding Best Ending]]: [[spoiler:The two fall in LoveAtFirstSight, and CoitusEnsues. Clarence, beyond all belief, is able to not screw up his new-found relationship, and he and the girl are HappilyMarried and spend the rest of their days together.]] [[CuttingOffTheBranches This is the canon ending, and leads into the sequel]].

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: There are plenty of penguins in the kitchen and the freezer, but they will kill Clarence just like everything else.
* ExcusePlot: Averted. Though the plot isn't very deep, it doesn't just get forgotten immediately after the beginning.

* BetterThanABareBulb: Due to the game's parodic and humourous nature, Pseudolonewolf is able to [[UpToEleven hang even more lampshades than he usually does]].

* HitPoints: You can restore them by eating literal hearts. Lampshaded;

* InterchangeableAntimatterKeys: One of the few tropes the game doesn't lampshade.

* MercyInvincibility: It actually lasts for quite a while.

* NoobCave: Clarence's room.

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[[caption-width-right:159:The man himself!]]

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* ShoutOut: The plumber enemies look very similar to the SuperMarioBrothers]. The narrator even tells you, "Just don't let them near any mushrooms and you should be fine." The credits reveal that the enemy is named "Bluigi", making the reference even more obvious.

* ShoutOut: The plumber enemies look very similar to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Luigi]]. The narrator even tells you, "Just don't let them near any mushrooms and you should be fine." The credits show you that the enemy is named "Bluigi," making the reference even more obvious.
** If you look close enough at the internet [[{{Troll}} trolls]] you're supposed to kill, they have horns that look very similar to a [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} certain other kind of troll.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Clarence ''totally isn't'' [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler.]] Not at all.

** If you get the best ending, it is actually a reference to the other guy. Clarence himself is the 'Mario' based upon how his sprite moves. The girlfriend also looks a little like Pauline.
** Clarence himself, as well as certain [=NPCs=], have noses resembling [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario's]].

As of late, Psuedolonewolf has been working on an RPG sequel, which seems to be very comical in nature, to this called "Clarence RPG: Clarence's Unsurprising Marital Problems." The sequel features Clarence and his wife, whose name is now officially Sally, and takes place chronologically after the Best Ending of Clarence's Big Chance. The game is meant to be non-violent: while the battles use the same mechanical concepts - hit points, skills that deal damage, turns, etc - bloodshed and spell flinging aren't there. Instead, the battles represent "social interactions". Rather than having HP, characters would have 'willpower' instead, and rather than having elemental skills like fire, water, etc, each skill would have an emotional 'flavour' like 'happy', 'angry', 'friendly', 'disgusting', and so on. Characters and enemies would have weaknesses and resistances to these like creatures do to elements in 'Videogame/{{MARDEK}}'.

* ShoutOut: The plumber enemies look very similar to [[SuperMarioBrothers Luigi]]. The narrator even tells you, "Just don't let them near any mushrooms and you should be fine." The credits show you that the enemy is named "Bluigi," making the reference even more obvious.

* CoolShades: [[spoiler:Clarence can get them if he is promoted to executive.]]
* {{Cyberspace}}

-->"While submerging yourself in water is fine and dandy, you wouldn't want to get bonked on the head with a nasty water droplet! That kind of thing causes injuries, you know. And death."
-->'''Programmer:''' Whatever maniac decided to give [the office supplies] real, beating, flesh-and-blood hearts was sadly mistaken when he said they'd only cause them to be more loving!

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Clarence and his personal effects are generally associated with the color pink.

* LostForever: Generally averted, as you can return to previous levels through the interdimensional hub. However, whatever you do, do ''not'' eat the burger for breakfast, as it will give Clarence permanent bad breath [[note]]Weirdly enough, the burger counts as one of the items for 100% items found; you can avoid "eating it for breakfast" by picking up either milk or cereal ''before'' you get it[[/note]]. (That is, unless you kill yourself before walking through a door or past a television, in which case you will be reset to a point before you ate the burger.)

* PathOfMostResistance

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-->"You think this shirt makes you have good fashion sense. You are deluded."

* DialogueTree: During the date.

** [[BittersweetEnding Neutral Ending]]: [[spoiler:The girl decides Clarence is not for her, although they remain somewhat friendly for a time. She introduces him to some of her friends, but he is unable to pursue romance with full vigor due to his initial failure.]]
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Clarence and the girl date for a while, although they eventually decide a romance between them is simply not meant to be. They remain friends, and Clarence gains new confidence due to his experience and continues trying to find the woman of his dreams, although the girl continues to hold a special place in his heart.]]

* LoserProtagonist: '''Clarence'''.

* {{Understatement}}: Parodied in the Worst Ending. "Clarence was slightly distressed by the outcome of the date."

** If you look close enough at the internet [[{{Troll}} trolls]] you're supposed to kill, they have horns that look very similar to a [[{{Homestuck}} certain other kind of troll.]]

** Worst Ending: [[spoiler:The girl is repulsed by Clarence and leaves him. Clarence is DrivenToSuicide and jumps in a lake, but his SuperNotDrowningSkills kick in. He meets a group of people like him at the bottom of the lake and decides to spend the rest of his days with them.]]
** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The girl is repulsed by Clarence and leaves him. A depressed Clarence loses his will to continue chasing girls, and spends the rest of his days as a BasementDweller with the internet as his only companion.]]
** Neutral Ending: [[spoiler:The girl decides Clarence is not for her, although they remain somewhat friendly for a time. She introduces him to some of her friends, but he is unable to pursue romance with full vigor due to his initial failure.]]

** Best Ending: [[spoiler:The two fall in LoveAtFirstSight, and CoitusEnsues. Clarence, beyond all belief, is able to not screw up his new-found relationship, and he and the girl are HappilyMarried and spend the rest of their days together.]] [[CuttingOffTheBranches This is the canon ending, and leads into the sequel]].

* MultipleEndings: Although the Best Ending is the canon one.

'''Clarence's Big Chance''' is a platformer made by Pseudolonewolf of FigHunter games. In it, you play as an ugly 35-year-old virgin who lives with his parents. However, recently, through an online dating site, he found a girl willing to date him! This is his titular "big chance", and he can't afford to mess it up. The game revolves around Clarence going through humorously over-the-top adventures to accomplish everyday tasks, such as getting dressed and going to work. Interestingly, though there are lots of things to do and each area is quite large, most of it is optional, and can be sped through quickly if the player so desires. However, how much you explore and what items you obtain heavily influence the outcome of Clarence's date.