History VideoGame / ImprobableIsland

%% ItCameFromTheFridge: "The Thing from the Back of Your Fridge" and "The Pizza that Time Forgot" enemies.

%% LimitBreak: Given to you by your very helpful cybernetic brain implant that is not suspiciously generous in any way. Midgets also have a limit break racial ability

* NotTheIntendedUse: Theoretically, nicotine gum is meant to handle addiction from overuse of cigarettes. In practice, this problem is so infrequent that the playerbase has collectively decided it's BetterOffSold, to the point that, before the introduction of cake, one of the recommended ways to spend one's req before a drive kill was to buy some gum just to drive the price up.

* MisspellingOutLoud: When registering at the beginning of a run, the guy taking down your information is... not the most literate. "Kay, eye, tee, ee, em, oh, arr, eff. Kittymorph."

* MemoryWipeExploitation: After defeating the Improbability Drive and being [[BalefulPolymorph permanently changed by the resulting explosion of Improbability]], the Watcher suggests that the best way to handle this would be to alter your memories so that you had always been that way. When you agree, she takes the opportunity to let down her facade as TheDreaded and [[spoiler:admit that you were always her favorite contestant, and kiss you]], admitting that she's only doing this because you won't remember it anyway.

** There is a monster called "Hannibal Lecture". When killed, the player yells "Shut up, Hannibal!" Yes, they reference Wiki/TVTropes. Ironically, despite cribbing off [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs the trope namer]], the changed context means the speech is no longer an actual HannibalLecture.

* NotTheIntendedUse: Theoretically, nicotine gum is meant to handle addiction from overuse of cigarettes. In practice, this problem is so infrequent that the playerbase has collectively decided to treat it as [[VendorTrash vendor fodder]], to the point that, before the introduction of cake, one of the recommended ways to spend one's req before a drive kill was to buy some gum just to drive the price up.

* NakedOnArrival: New contestants have all their belongings removed, ''including'' the very shirt from their back. This is ostensibly to prevent them from being changed into something else, but really because [[NakedPeopleAreFunny it's hilarious]].

* KatanasAreJustBetter: A katana is available at Sheila's after a few drive kills. In addition to boosting attack by 14 (just one less than a {{chainsaw|Good}}), it also looks so cool that it boosts your charm and your favor with the Watcher. While other weapons can be more effective if used properly, the katana is one of the best for a simple AttackAttackAttack strategy.

* NotTheIntendedUse: Theoretically, nicotine gum is meant to handle addiction from overuse of cigarettes. In practice, this problem is so infrequent that the playerbase has collectively decided to treat it as [[VendorTrash vendor fodder]], to the point that one of the recommended ways to spend one's req before a drive kill is to buy some gum just to drive the price up.

** The Monthly Memento for July 2021 is a "Non-Functional Tulip", which makes a big noise about its blatantly-artificial UniquenessValue despite being one of the few Mementos which could be purchased more than once by the same account. The whole thing is a parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token NFTs]], which CMJ described as a "novel means of money laundering".

* OffTheScale :

Enjoy it free (with the option of buying things-- er... supporting the game): [[http://www.improbableisland.com/home.php here.]]

There's also a webcomic based on the game, including player cameos, [[http://itsnewday.thecomicseries.com/ here]].

''Improbable Island'' is a web-based browser game that uses the system from ''Legend of the Green Dragon.'' It takes place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture on a small island in the middle of the ocean known as [[TitleDrop Improbable Island.]] The goal of the game is to find and destroy the "Improbability Drive", which releases improbability energy. Improbable Island was the location for a scientific project being headed by a man known as Doktor Improbable, and his assistant David Abraham. Doktor Improbable set sail for the island in the late 2050s, back when it was known as Island Four. He wanted to create a device that outputs more power than it consumes, in blatant disregard for the second law of thermodynamics and the law of conservation of energy. He was sent to the island ostensibly to work on his machine in an environment without electromagnetic interference, but the truth of the matter is that he was sent there because nobody at his university could stomach the man. Long story short, he was partially successful, because in the end he created a machine that generates a type of energy that the human race has NEVER before experienced; thus [[RealityIsOutToLunch causing all sorts of chaos]]. That energy is what created the island, along with the unusual flora and fauna that inhabit it. Fun part is, you get to go around and try to kill said flora and fauna while trying to find and destroy the Improbability Drive.

Enjoy it free (with the option of buying things-- er... supporting the game) [[http://www.improbableisland.com/home.php here.]]

* EncounterRepellent: Monster Repellent Spray, as the name implies, reduces the chance of getting into a {{Random Encounter|s}} while traversing the world map.