History VideoGame / Jazzpunk

* RatedMForMoney: The Director's Cut edition subverts this by carrying a T rating but has 11 descriptors describing why it needed one. One that sticks out is Mature Sexual Themes.

* [[WidgetSeries Wicket Series]] ("Weird Canadian Thing" Series)

* AdvancedTech2000: One of the gadgets has the name "Exhumer 3000" printed on it.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: As ridiculous as the "Swing Wing" seems to be as a toy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FibZJGhhTVI it is]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Wing_%28toy%29 a real product]].

* RatedMForMoney:The Director's Cut edition subverts this by carrying a T rating but has 11 descriptors describing why it needed one. One that sticks out is Mature Sexual Themes.

** Fire the degausser at one of the nondescript [=NPCs=] in the Soviet Consulate area, and they'll collapse.
** The owner of the vase shop gave you a fly swatter to deal with her infestation. You get to keep it afterwards, and yes it does work on people.

* WorldOfPun: Pretty much everything is retro-cyberized. Also taken literally in the vacation travel minigame.

-->'''Jazz Musician:''' "Got a couple of gigs coming up. Almost a terabyte. I like dat. I record on DAT."
** Jokes also reference typography (A geisha tells you "It's impolite to ask a lady her font weight.") and game design (one target says he was "born on a render farm".)

* ShockingSwerve: [[invoked]] Parodied in the last level, when Polyblank is told to turn around, and the camera zooms in with a dramatic sting on...a random crab who appeared previously in the game. Then Polyblank is directed a little more so his gaze lands on the real antagonist.

* PieInTheFace: One sidequest in the Soviet Consulate area allows you to do this to an unsuspecting mook. [[RealityEnsues Since the pie is fresh out of the oven, it burns his face.]]

* ShoutOut:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6N3Lx2v7Lo first trailer]] is a shot-for-shot remake of the ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' opening rendered in the game's engine.
*** By extension, "Filmed in [[{{UsefulNotes/Supermarionation}} SUPERPOLYGONATION!]]"
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvhybepV90M second trailer]] is an homage to ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''.
--->"I want... ROOM SERVICE! I want the club sandwich! I want the cold, Mexican beer! I want the ten-thousand credit a night pro-bot!"
** A film that can be ordered by Soviet telephone is ''[[Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch Kremlins 2: The New Batch]]''.
** The password cracker mentioned in the UnexpectedGameplayChange example functions a lot like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Geordi's visor]].
** The typewriter from ''Film/TheShining'' appears, but the words on the paper gradually degrade into repeating the word "pizza" over and over.
*** Immediately after finding this typewriter, [[Film/EvilDead2 the entire room comes to life with assorted cackling and giggling noises]].
** Picking up a fruit bowl in one area reveals a small Carmen Miranda lookalike who recites Rita Repulsa's opening speech from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' verbatim...before throwing assorted fruit at you.
*** Not to mention the entire point of the minigame it hosts is to [[VideoGame/FruitNinja use a katana to slice up a bunch of fruit before it falls.]]
** The sound effect from the below SpinningPaper example resembles the famous transition sting from ''{{Series/Batman|1966}}''.
** One moment has you playing a first-person combat game called "Wedding [[{{VideoGame/Quake}} Qake]]".
** Creator/HunterSThompson appears in full [[{{Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas}} Raoul Duke]] garb. You can also find his signature in the guest list at the Kai Tak Hotel.
** Numerous to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''
** One of the [=NPCs=] has a [[VideoGame/MondoMedicals TV for a head]]
** The Ramen Shop guy is full of them:
*** "[[Film/BladeRunner You must be Nexus 6]]"
** In the Kai Tak Resort, you can find a turtle. Interact with it and [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raphael's things -- a sai, a red bandana and some pizza]] -- will spawn.
** If you look through the coin-operated binoculars on the second floor of the Kai Tak Resort, you get the [[{{Main/BondGunBarrel}} gun barrel opening]] from the Film/JamesBond films, complete with opening theme and everything. [[spoiler:Then you find out that "James Bond" is actually hovering in front of you, but he doesn't fall [[{{Main/GravityIsaHarshMistress}} until you see him.]] And he lets out a [[{{Main/StockScream}} goat scream]] for good measure.]]
** Should you call the Kremlin on your first mission, the hold music is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkFhhnApeF4 "Theme A"]] from ''Videogame/{{Tetris}}.''
** In the resort area, you can find a sheep. [[{{VideoGame/WarCraft}} Clicking on it prompts a "Yes, mi lord?". Clicking on it repeatedly makes it explode.]]
** Typing in the "text adventure" command into the game's mock console window gives a slightly altered replica of the opening to ''{{VideoGame/Zork}}''.
** Another console command given in the help prompt is "impulse 101", a VideoGame/HalfLife2 ClassicCheatCode that grants the player all weapons in the game. Here, it just drops a random assortment of weapons in front of the player, none of which can be picked up.
** During the TravelMontage, [[Film/MadMax the East coast and centre of Australia is called "Thunderdome". The West coast is called, "Beyond Thunderdome".]]
** The final level features two jokes involving [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Dark_%28software%29 flying toasters with angel wings]].
** One side quest added to the second level sends you out to unmask "[[Film/BladeRunner realplicants]]" and "retire" them.
** During the ''Franchise/StreetFighter''-inspired minigame where you beat up a Honda, your character [[CallingYourAttacks shouts something incomprehensible]] for one of his attacks. Those in the know recognize the line as "The pipes are broken!" from ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too?]]''.
** One of the steps to get into the Kremlin's phone line involves a whistle found in a BlandNameProduct for Cap'n Crunch. This is a reference to when [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper#Phreaking an American computer programmer was able to exploit an AT&T security vulnerability using a whistle included in a box of Cap'n Crunch that emitted a tone similar in frequency to a tone that they were using for call routing]].
** In the Kai Tak Resort, the player can find a pair of bunny slippers. One of them is [[Film/DonnieDarko missing an eye, and can be used to open rather familiar-looking portals to other realities]].

* RatedMForMoney:The Director's Cut edition subverts this by carrying a T rating but has 11 descriptors describing why it needed one. One that sticks out is [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Mature Sexual Themes]].

* {{Trope 2000}}: One of the gadgets has the name "Exhumer 3000" printed on it.

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: See the ManekiNeko example below.

* ManekiNeko: Well, instead of a cat, it's a [[EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods squid]].

** The sound effect from the below SpinningPaper example resembles the famous transition sting from ''{{Series/Batman}}''.

*** By extension, "Filmed in [[{{Supermarionation}} SUPERPOLYGONATION!]]"

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Twice during the finale. Firstly, [[spoiler:the only way to beat the Editor is to let him win, then shower him with prizes so his ego becomes overinflated.]] Secondly, [[spoiler:both of the buttons below the tank the Director is being held in result in the player getting eaten by the Editor as either an alligator or a crocodile.]]

* SoreLoser: [[spoiler: Even if you beat The Editor, He claims it is "reverse winning" and you're forced to give him accolades to continue. You still get the last laugh as he literally inflates the more you feed his ego until you can send him skyrocketing via a needle.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Pretty much everyone- the opening sequence shows Polyblank being the only individual to scan with human organs, yet he can also "download" a paper file into his body, and sees static when buzzed on alcohol, and various {{Non Player Character}}s display technological or biologically-impossible aspects for RuleOfFunny.

* BestialityIsDepraved: One of the services you can reach on the Soviet phone is the Barnyard Boudoir. It is implied that it's just a scam where they first charge exorbitant amounts money for their "Steers and Studs package" on their marks' credit cards then exploit this trope to [[NotWhatItLooksLike discourage their marks from getting chargebacks]].

* BloodlessCarnage: ''Wedding Qake'' is basically a twisted version ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' in which you shoot champagne and cake bits at other people to marry them.

* PunkPunk: The game itself is named after a made-up subgenre of this. It's also rare case of actual cyberpunk set in an earlier time period (or patterned after one, at least), as opposed to just retro-futurism.

-->'''Jazz Musician:''' "Got a couple of gigs coming up. Almost a terabyte. I like dat. I record on .dat."
** Jokes also reference typography (A geisha tells you "It's rude to ask a lady her font weight.") and game design (one target says he was "born on a render farm".)

* TheNumberOfTheBeast: The ''phone'' number, that is. Or at least his extension. Apparently {{Satan}} lives in the USSR.

** During the TravelMontage, [[{{Film/MadMax}} the East coast and centre of Australia is called "Thunderdome". The West coast is called, "Beyond Thunderdome".]]

--->"I want... ROOM SERVICE! I want the club sandwich! I want the cold, Mexican beer! I want a ten-thousand credit a night pro-bot!"

** One of the trailers is a shot-for-shot remake of the ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' opening rendered in the game's engine.

** The second trailer is an homage to ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''.

[[DescribeTopicHere Now, we want you to take on the task of describing this electronic first-person game]] by the name of ''Jazzpunk''. Intel describes it as a first-person comedy EnvironmentalNarrativeGame that came to Windows and OS X-enabled computer entertainment devices via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and [[{{Website/GOGDotCom}} GoG]] on February 7th 2014 by way of a two-man Canadian developer by the name of Necrophone Games. A Linux port followed, and in 2016 a "DirectorsCut" featuring a greatly-expanded second level and the occasional extra gag here and there besides, was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, appearing as a free update to the PC versions in 2017.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When you fail the quest to "retire" three realplicants, DaChief makes you TurnInYourBadge... and your gun... and your other gun... and your other badge... and your badge gun... and your gun badge.

* ShockingSwerve: Parodied in the last level, when Polyblank is told to turn around, and the camera zooms in with a dramatic sting on...a random crab who appeared previously in the game. Then Polyblank is directed a little more so his gaze lands on the real antagonist.

** Another console command given in the help prompt is "impulse 101", a {{VideoGame/Half-Life 2}} ClassicCheatCode that grants the player all weapons in the game. Here, it just drops a random assortment of weapons in front of the player, none of which can be picked up.

* BonnieScotland: The manager at the resort is inexplicably Scottish, and claims to be trying to be "ambiguously exotic".

* HulaAndLuaus: The manager of the Kai Tak Resort invokes this trope...but breaks the illusion with her [[BonnieScotland Scottish accent]].

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Pretty much everyone- the opening sequence shows Polyblank being the only individual to scan with human organs, yet he can also "download" a paper file into his body, and sees static when buzzed on alcohol, and various NPCs display technological or biologically-impossible aspects for RuleOfFunny.

[[DescribeTopicHere Now, we want you to take on the task of describing this electronic first-person game]] by the name of ''Jazzpunk''. Intel describes it as a first-person comedy adventure game that came to Windows and OS X-enabled computer entertainment devices via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and [[{{Website/GOGDotCom}} GoG]] on February 7th 2014 by way of a two-man Canadian developer by the name of Necrophone Games. A Linux port followed, and in 2016 a "DirectorsCut" featuring a greatly-expanded second level and the occasional extra gag here and there besides, was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, appearing as a free update to the PC versions in 2017.

** One of the incomprehensible mumbles made by Creator/HunterSThompson is subtitled, "I can speak 27 languages, I can't understand anything you're mumbling."