History VideoGame / MadWorld

** [[spoiler: Black Baron is a subtle example, at first he's shown to be a stereotypical pimp who is then revealed to be the Deathwatch Champion. Kreese Kreely states the baron isn't black, the baron has lightning bolt tattoos, his hair has a pair of lightning bolts as part of the design on it, and his jewellery reads "BB" which is initially seen as an acronym for "Black Baron" until you realise it resembles "88", which stands for "Heil Hitler" in political terms.]]

This ComicBook-style tale follows Jack Cayman, a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw-wielding]] contestant in the world's goriest game show: Death Watch. Contestants, with sponsors, compete in a vicious bloodbath to see who will emerge as the victor. The show has temporarily taken over a Manhattan-like metropolis island, leaving authorities in a panic. Jack is one of the contestants under the hand of sponsor "XIII," and his boss has high hopes for him. There's more to Jack than there appears on the surface, however...

No relation to ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' or the Music/TearsForFears' song.

** Holmes is a ''very, very vulgar'' Expy of Fode, the Pod Race announcer from ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]''. They are voiced by the same guy (Greg Proops), after all.

[[caption-width-right:325:[[BraggingThemeTune Jack/Jack/He's a psycho maniac/that's right/it's death on sight/don't matter who's wrong or right]].]]

->''"It's a Mad, Mad World, and you caught in the game/You put yo life on the line/I put a HOLE IN YO BRAIN!"''

* ThoseWackyNazis: Twice; Von Twirlenkiller speaks with a German accent and his character design is comparable to a Nazi officer. Big Bull Crocker is suggested to be a Neo-Nazi due to the number 88 being emblazoned on the back of his jacket; in political terms 88 stands for "Heil Hitler".

* {{Area 51}}: The fourth area, called Area 66 in game.

* AssKicksYou: "Looks like Little Eddie's turning the other ''cheek''!"
* AwesomenessMeter: Runs your chainsaw.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Rank 1 turns out to be [[spoiler:The Black Baron and his hoe]], and it makes for an amazing final boss.

* TheGreys: In the fourth area. They're perhaps the only enemies in the game who aren't necessarily hostile towards Jack, but only because they're running away from the stage's normal enemies. [[spoiler:One of them ''is'' hostile to Jack, however. The last boss of Area 66 is a Grey that's piloting a giant robot.]]
* HiddenDepths: It's implied that Kreese Kreeley likes to play golf when he's not taking part in Deathwatch.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: About half the bosses are done in with their own weapons.
* HornyDevils: Elise, the boss of the Castle level, though it's more heavily implied she's actually a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vam]][[VampiresAreSexGods pi]][[TheVamp re]] rather than a succubus, what with the ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} outfit, swarms of bats, coffin hiding places, mentions of [[VampiricDraining blood-drinking]], and the note in the level description about a bat spirit that attacked and devoured a woman who used to come to this chapel to pray. The main reason she's speculated to be a succubus is because she's got demonic horns.

* InformedAttribute: While "Buckshot" appears to be Howard Holmes's nickname, neither he nor Kreese bring it up outside of introductions.

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/TheRunningMan'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' in [[ComicBook/SinCity SIN CIT-AAAAAAAY]]!
* RefugeInAudacity: The violence is more [[TheSimpsons Itchy and Scratchy]] than anything else, which is how they get away with so ''much'' of it.

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''Film/BattleRoyale'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' in [[ComicBook/SinCity SIN CIT-AAAAAAAY]]!

* BlackComedy: Nearly all of the game, particularly the commentary by Kreese and Holmes.

'''Howard''': "Why can't you get it out like your brother?"\\

* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
** Howard explains that his ex-wife threw his stuff out of the house because he didn't treat her like a woman, never put the lid down on the toilet, and couldn't get it up like his brother.
** When "The Strip" stage is first shown, the camera begins with a shot of Jack riding his motorcycle down a typical neon-lit casino street, then pans out to reveal more casino-themed decorations such as pinball bumpers, flashing lights on attractions, and... a wall of bloodied spikes.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Howard's marraige to his ex-wife can best be described as a complete trainwreck from everything he says about it.

No relation to ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld''.

* CrapsackWorld: A world where not only can Deathwatch be set up on a kidnapped island [[spoiler:by one pharmaceutical company]], but a world where apparently this has been going on for centuries. On the other hand, Deathwatch is explicitly for settling conflicts that would lead to a lot more people dying in war, instead of dozens of elite fighters and hundreds of mooks. [[spoiler:The current Deathwatch competition not having any real motive besides the mere spectacle of it all is what inspires Gesser to help Jack bring the competition down.]]

* CrapsackWorld: A world where not only can Deathwatch be set up on a kidnapped island [[spoiler:by one pharmaceutical company]], but a world where apparently this has been going on for centuries. On the other hand, Deathwatch is explicitly for settling conflicts that would lead to a lot more people dying in war, instead of dozens of elite fighters and hundreds of mooks.

* AwfullyWeddedLife: Howard's marraige to his ex-wife can best be described as a complete trainwreck from everything he says about it.

** During the boss battle with Jack's EvilTwin Kojack, Kreese will comment that Jack is [[ScrewYourself ramming himself against himself]] and adds thaat's the most violent masturbation ever. Howard will then giggle and discretely say that's nothing.

** During the boss battle with Jack's EvilTwin Kojack, Kreese will comment that Jack is [[ScrewYourself ramming himself against himself]] and adds thaat's the most violent masturbation ever. Howard will then giggle and discretly say that's nothing.
** Kreese recollects the time he slid down a wire, saying he couldn't jerk off for two days. When an astounded Howard questions how it took him only two days to heal, Kreese nonchalantly replies that it took four weeks to heal, [[BreakingInOldHabits he just had no willpower]].

* ActionCommands: Counter moves and many of the finishing moves. Also for "Power Struggles", similar to counter moves. The ending even gives you one last Action Command in order to kill [[spoiler:Leo]].
* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** During the boss battle with Jack's EvilTwin Kojack, Kreese will comment that Jack is [[ScrewYourself ramming himself against himself]] and adds thaat's the most violent masturbation ever. Howard will then giggle and discretly say that's nothing.
** Kreese recollects the time he slid down a wire, saying he couldn't jerk off for two days. When an astounded Howard questions how it took him only two days to heal, Kreese nonchalantly replies that it took four weeks to heal, [[BreakingInOldHabits he just had no willpower]].
** During Jack's battle with the Black Baron, Kreese will crack a joke that Howard flogs the sausage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Howard then excitedly proclaims that he lives for leap years.

* AmbiguouslyGay: The second boss, Jude the Dude, a {{Dual Wield}}ing, kung-fu kicking, rollerblade-wearing killseeker in cowboy costume, is referred to by the commentators as "the Ambiguously Gay cowboy" and "the [[Film/BrokebackMountain Brokest Back in the West]]" (the latter of which is also used on posters scattered in the walls of his arena). A deleted execution of Jude also involves [[AssShove sodomizing him with his own pistols.]]

-->'''Kreese:''' (refering to Jude the Dude) Howard, I ''hate'' that prick. When we fought, that dirty bastard kicked me with his spurs and [[GroinAttack tore my scrotum.]]

** [[spoiler:The upper class of Varrigan City bribed Deathwatch to not only keep them safe during the madness, but to also give them front-row seats and simulate a DistressedDamsel plot for their entertainment. Furthermore, one of these seemingly innocent upper class, Leo, is the main reason Deathwatch even took place in the city, just so his family could regain losses of money; they even helped install the death traps.]]
** [[spoiler:Lord Gesser was an avid supporter of Death Watch prior to the game starting, and he isn't working to stop it because of moral qualms about depopulating Varrigan City, as he's in full support of the rich abusing their power; the only thing that bothers him is seeing Deathwatch reduced to a contest for mere gambling. He wants to see the grand clash, and destruction, of ideals and ideologies.]]

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]]; one of the female bosses is simply knocked out a window to her death, but the other is [[{{Gorn}} very messily]] crushed to death by a giant animatronic.

* BlackFace: Black Baron is hinted to be a white man in blackface makeup by the commentators. Due to this, his appearance in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' is called "Blacker Baron" in reference to actually being a black man rather than a man in blackface.

%%* BoastfulRap: "Ain't That Funny", "Look Pimpin!", and "You Don't Know Me".
* BookDumb: Kreese was smart enough to survive Deathwatch, but has trouble understanding "big" words and has a violent reaction whenever Howard mentions math.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The announcers roast the game developers during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LiVySaI-3M the end credits]].

* CrapsackWorld: A world where not only can Deathwatch be set up on a kidnapped island [[spoiler:by one pharmaceutical company]], but a world where apparently this has been going on for centuries.

** XIII [[spoiler:(aka Lord Gesser) could count for his efforts at trying to destroy the games due to them not filling any real agenda besides money]].

** Little Eddie is easily several times Jack's size, wields a spiked ball bigger than his head, and is gigantically muscular, but from his behavior, it's clear that he's borderline retarded. Little Eddie loves his big bada-booms!

** If you thought ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' was bad... The sole reason why ''[=MadWorld=]'' got away with what ''Manhunt'' couldn't is because the former is RefugeInAudacity while the latter is fairly realistic in its extreme violence.

** Howard constantly mocks his wife for sexual promiscuity... while he also talks about his own sexuality, which is basically Depraved Omnisexual.

* [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame]] [[StealthPun Hurricane]] [[HurricaneOfPuns of Puns]]: ''[[PungeonMaster Howard.]]'' Kreese too, on occasion, but Howard '''really''' gets into it during the Von Twirlenkiller fight, to the point of a LampshadeHanging.

** While enemies can survive metal poles to the face...

%%* MadeOfPlasticine: They get ripped in half by chainsaws pretty easily.

* ProductionForeshadowing: An advertisement for The Gates of Hell can be found in the subway. [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} The game that that appeared in]] was still in development at the time of this game's release. Said game then made a reference to ''Madworld'' in return, when visiting The Gates of Hell, coincidentally. And then in ''Anarchy Reigns'', the stylish witch then meets Jack and the others.

* RunningGag: Howard's commentary always finds a way of circling back to his spectacularly failed marriage.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The player can simply walk up to the {{Mooks}} and beat them up to kill them, but that awards barely any points required to proceed. Instead, you are encouraged to kill the enemies in increasingly crueler ways, such as impaling them with objects scattered around the arena before shredding them with a meat grinder.

* BreastAttack: Jack headbutts Elise's breasts.
* BrokenAesop: "Remember kids, stay off the drugs — drink booze, like I do!"
* [[BullfightBoss Bullfight Miniboss]]: Big Bull Crocker, Yee Fung, and Big Long Driller.

* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Kreese, most of the time.
* BoastfulRap: "Ain't That Funny", "Look Pimpin!", and "You Don't Know Me".
* BookDumb: Kreese. Howard is usually the one who has to explain "big" words and concepts. And Kreese will usually respond violently.
-->'''Kreese''': There can only be one number one in this fight to the death!
-->'''Howard''': Well ''duh''. It's a ''mathematical fact'' that there can only be one number one!
-->'''Kreese''': For the last fucking time, '''''NOBODY SAID THERE'D BE MATH!'''''
-->'''Both''' ''(singing)'': ''I blame our schoooooooools.''
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Howard's elaboration of his ex-wife's explanations of throwing his stuff out of the house.
-->'''Howard:''' Jack lobs those losers like they were like my ex-wife tossing my belongings out the second story window of our house! ...Without even so much as a warning. I asked her why, but all I got was the same old "I want to be treated like a woman!" and "You never put the lid down on the toilet!"
-->'''Kreese:''' Aaannnddd we're back! From the sad epic that is Howard's life to rejoin Death Watch!"
-->'''Howard:''' "Why can't you get it up like your brother?"
-->'''Kreese:''' Shut yer trap!
** A visual instance later on in the game; When "The Strip" stage is first shown, the camera begins with a shot of Jack riding his motorcycle down a typical neon-lit casino street, then pans out to reveal more casino-themed decorations such as pinball bumpers, flashing lights on attractions, and... a wall of bloodied spikes.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LiVySaI-3M The announcers during the credits.]]

** On the other hand, this has apparently taken the place of war, so take from that what you will.
* CrateExpectations: "Varrigan City is the crate capital of the world!"

* {{Combos}}: Bonus points when you make mooks suffer.

* {{Dissimile}}: When Jack shoves an oil can over a {{mook}} and impales him with a signpole:
-->'''Howard:''' Like shooting fish in a barrel!\\
'''Kreese:''' Actually, stabbing a signpost through fish in a barrel, and instead of fish, it's a dude. [[note]]'''Howard:''' Have you tried ''thinking''? '''Kreese:''' No.[[/note]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted in the Bloodbath Challenges. Kreese taunts Howard about his weak sex life and encourages him to kill himself. Howard starts sounding more and more distressed as the Challenge progresses. When the clock runs out, however...
--->'''Howard''': Game is over! ''*bang*''\\
'''Kreese''': Ow, you fucker, you shot me!\\
'''Howard''': What did you expect, fucktard? Did you think I was gonna shoot myself?!

* EpicFlail: Little Eddie's weapon of choice is a gargantuan spiked ball with a chain on it.
** In a later stage, if Jack smashes a spiked ball over a guy's head, Kreese will accuse him of stealing that move from Little Eddie.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being a foul-mouthed violence-loving psycho, Kreese Kreeley makes it clear in several lines that some of "Buckshot's" quirks and kinks disgust even him:
-->'''Kreese:''' When those wankers wobble you can do any fucked up shit you want to 'em.
-->'''Howard:''' Same principle as roofies!
-->'''Kreese:''' You're a sick puppy.
** Apparently, he discourages animal cruelty, but with a twist.
--> '''Kreese:''' Why'd you gotta be so cruel to animals. That's the sign of a sociopath.
--> '''Howard:''' Hey, aren't YOU the one who participated in one Deathwatch competition?
--> '''Kreese:''' Yeah, but I only killed people. [[BrokenAesop That's not as cruel]]... frog killer!
** Jack, while certainly not ''that'' evil, isn't fond of Deathwatch massacring a civilian population for their latest game this time.
** Also, [[spoiler:Lord Gesser was disgusted by the fact that rather than actually deciding the fate of the known world, the current Deathwatch games were merely meaningless slaughter for fun and profit. As such, he helps Jack take down the games]].

* ExtremeOmnisexual: '''''Howard.'''''
-->'''Kreese:''' Solid hit! He should try for a double!
-->'''Howard:''' I tried a double with a donkey and a dwarf. I walked with a limp for a week, but the dwarf grew six inches [[LampshadedDoubleEntendre if you know what I mean]].
-->'''Kreese:''' I know too much already!\\
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'''Howard:''' I can't tell if that alien's a man or a woman, but Jack sure made it his ''bitch''!
-->'''Kreese:''' How do you sex an alien, anyway?
-->'''Howard:''' As often as I can!\\
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'''Howard:''' Jack just ate a happy ending!
-->'''Kreese:''' Don't you mean [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Happy Onion]]?
-->'''Howard:''' Clearly you've never had sex with an onion!
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In-universe — Eating a happy onion can give this little gem:
-->'''Howard:''' Pay attention, kids! Jack's enjoying the benefits of eating his vegetables!
-->'''Kreese:''' Dude, you are so full of shit!
-->'''Howard:''' Guilty as charged! Everybody knows that vegetables are poison, and the only food real men eat are bull testicles and moonshine!
* FinishingMove: The point of the game. Invariably BloodyHilarious.
* FlungClothing: [[spoiler:The Black Baron]]'s coat prior to the final battle.

* HypocriticalHumor: Howard constantly mocks his wife for sexual promiscuity... while he also talks about his own sexuality, which is basically Depraved Omnisexual.
** Kreese towards animal cruelty.
--> '''Kreese:''' "Yeah, but I only killed people. [[BrokenAesop That's not as cruel!]]"

* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: An inversion by the commentators.
-->'''Kreese:''' You, sir, are a fucking ''idiot!''
-->'''Howard:''' Thank you for calling me "sir"!
* IdiosyncraticComboLevels: How many "Ultra Violence"s have you gotten?

* InsultBackfire: The implicit one against Howard.
-->'''Kreese:''' ''(when the "Frame Designers" credit comes up)'' Frame designers? These guys couldn't frame Howard for sex crimes!
-->'''Howard:''' Wow, they must ''really'' suck!

* IronicName: The first boss of the game is a total behemoth of a man[[AmbiguouslyHuman (?)]] that's several times bigger than Jack, and is named Little Eddie. [[LampshadeHanging The commentators lampshade this]]:
-->'''[[BookDumb Kreese]]''': Y'know what I don't get? I don't get why they call him Little Eddie when he's so fucking big.\\
'''Howard:''' I think its supposed to be ironic.\\
'''Kreese:''' ...What?\\
'''Howard:''' You know, the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, usually a humorous or sardonic literary style or form.\\
'''Kreese:''' ...You got beat up in school a lot, didn't you?\\
'''Howard:''' [-...yes.-]

* TheJoysOfTorturingMooks: The Game. Practically a beat'em up predecessor to VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}} in this regard.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:You unlock one when you beat the game.]]

* MadeOfPlasticine: They get ripped in half by chainsaws pretty easily.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:XIII, AKA Lord Gesser.]]

* MirrorBoss: Kojack, the 10th boss of the game, who rides a motorcycle and has a chainsaw-arm like you. Given that he appears in the sci-fi-themed area, he might actually be a clone. This fact [[LampshadeHanging gets lampshaded]] throughout the fight by the commentators, who liken the battle to Jack beating up himself. Made funnier by the fact that Kreese is actually rooting for Kojack instead of Jack:
-->'''Kreese:''' C'mon Kojack! You gonna take that?!
-->'''Howard:''' Sounds like someone's pulling for Kojack!
-->'''Kreese:''' Hell yeah! Kojack is just evil Jack - and evil makes everything BETTER!
** Kreese continues to insist that Kojack will win ''even after Jack kills him.''
** Their comments over the Kojack fight provide the trope's page quote.
* MissionControl: For Deathwatch, Noa; for Jack, Amala.

* {{Mooks}}: "It's like those guys exist only to be killed by Jack!"

** In SociopathicHero flavor, perhaps; the Black Baron's [[{{Stripperiffic}} scantily clad]] ho (Mathilda), who always strikes a sexy pose after killing him. And there's those well-placed [[SpikesOfVillainy spikes]]...

--> '''Jack''': I don't help people...
--> ''[the player is given one last chance to swing the Wii remote, [[spoiler:in order to kill Leo]]]''
--> '''Jack''': ...I kill them.
* PrisonRape: Among Howard and Kreese's comments.
--> '''Howard''': That's it Jack, nail him from behind!
--> '''Kreese''': Aw shit, I just had a prison flashback.

* PungeonMaster: Howard, much to [[IncrediblyLamePun Kreese's chagrin]]. For example, when Jack [[ShockAndAwe electrocutes a]] {{Mook|s}}:
-->'''Howard:''' ''Reeeee-''volt''ing''! Get it? Re''volt''ing? [[DontExplainTheJoke 'Cause you know, electricity is measured in--!]]
-->'''Kreese:''' [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon I'm gonna stab you]] ''[[EyeScream in the EYE!]]''
** His other threat is "I'm gonna kill you NOW!"

* RasputinianDeath: You get more points the more over-the-top your kills are. Hell, this is practically the whole ''point'' of this game.

** Kreese also used to be a monstrous murderer [[spoiler:and a former Champion]], and encourages Jack to make trophies out of his fallen victims' body parts.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Jude The Dude's weapon of choice.
* RollerbladeGood: Death Blade is, well, death on wheels. His name is even partially in reference to this (and partially in reference to his SinisterScythe). Jude the Dude has what appear to be actual ice skates, though.

--> '''Howard''': "Jack lobs those losers like they were my ex-wife tossing my belongings out the second story window of our house...without even so much as a warning, I mean...I asked her why, but all I got was the same old 'I wanna be treated like a woman' and 'You never put the lid down on the toilet'..."
--> '''Kreese''': "...and we're back from the sad epoch that is Howard's life to rejoin Death Watch!"
--> '''Howard''': "'Why can't you get it up like your brother?'"
--> '''Kreese''': "''Shut yer trap.''"
* {{Sandbox}}: OF [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]]!

** Also happens within the soundtrack itself on several songs.
** Also can happen while fighting [[spoiler:The Black Baron]]. Some Power Struggles result in Jack knocking his teeth out, which spell out [[spoiler:MAD (the W in DEATHWATCH is inverted)]] as they fly by.
* ToiletHumor: Most of the announcers' dialogue involves it.

* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: This game ''[[TruthInTelevision actually lives up to this trope]]''.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The commentators don't seem particularly surprised by the [[spoiler:aliens being stored in the secret underground military base beneath Varrigan City]]. They (Kreese, at least) have seen them before.
-->'''Kreese:''' Go on, Jack! Show us the color of their insides!
-->'''Howard:''' What color is that?
-->'''Kreese:''' I don't know, but it sure ain't red. Fucking [[spoiler:aliens]]!
* UpToEleven: Beat the game and you unlock [[spoiler:[[DualWielding DUAL]] [[ChainsawGood CHAINSAWS]]]]!

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Hell, it's practically a Video Game Cruelty Prerequisite.
* VideoGameSettings:
** GraffitiTown: Varrigan City
** {{Wutai}}: Asia Town
** BigBoosHaunt: Mad Castle
** SpaceZone: Area 66
** CasinoPark: Casino Land, with a helping of AllTheWorldsAreAStage.
* TheVoice: You never see the commentators.

-->''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "And we gon' RIDE!!"]]''

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Averted in all regards in both story and gameplay.
** Jack's in-universe fanbase is the main reason the higher-ups can't just shoot him.
** [[spoiler:XIII continues to sponsor Jack even after their contract is broken due to Jack's skill.]]
** The three geishas that Jack rescues return the favor by tossing him health-restoring items during the final boss fight.

* GogglesDoNothing: Averted. Jack uses his goggles while riding his bike during the road rage levels, probably to see through all that blood splattering at high speeds.

* MookChivalry: Played straight somewhat and subverted. Enemies will take their time to attack on at least the earlier levels during Normal mode (mainly area 1 and 2). Averted with Hard mode, as even simple enemies like the street punks will do huge damage and will actually coordinate their attacks. Sometimes they will [[WeHaveReserves let one of their own be killed]] so they can trap Jack and pummel the crap outta him. This is also played straight when in a [[PressXToNotDie power]] [[ActionCommands struggle]] with the levels' MiniBoss (with the exception of [[ThatOneBoss/BeatEmUp Death Blade]]). It's justified, considering the mini-bosses are huge guys and [[SociopathicHero Ja]][[HeroicComedicSociopath ck]] is, well... [[MookHorrorShow Jack]].

** One of Kreese's lines during the boss battle with [[EvilTwin Kojack]]:
--->'''Howard:''' Jack is ramming himself against Kojack!
--->'''Kreese:''' So, basically, Jack is [[ScrewYourself ramming himself against himself]]. We are watching the most violent masturbation ever!
--->'''Howard:''' (''said quietly'') Heh-heh... this is nothing.
** Another [[RefugeInAudacity particularly extreme one]] from Kreese:
--->'''Kreese:''' I slid down a wire once. Couldn't jerk off for two days!
--->'''Howard:''' Took two days to heal?
--->'''Kreese:''' Took four weeks to heal, [[BreakingInOldHabits I just had no willpower]].
** And another one during Jack's battle with the Black Baron (stop starin').
--->'''Kreese:''' Jack's gotta take a page out of your book and do it by hand.
--->'''Howard:''' Are you saying I flog the sausage too much?
--->'''Kreese:''' Only if you consider 24 hours a day, 365 days a year "too much".
--->'''Howard:''' I live for leap years!

* ButtMonkey: The Black Baron (stop staring), main host of Death Watch, is constantly thrown into his own death traps by his girlfriend. [[spoiler:Even when it turns out he's the FinalBoss, every time he recovers from a power struggle down to the end of the battle, it's still pretty hilarious.]]
* TheCanKickedHim: "Death by swirly. ''Harsh.''"

* CarFu: Jack vs. Kojack, with bikes!
** And whenever you ride your bike on your way to smash a boss, since your enemies come after you in cars of their own.

** The Black Baron's (stop staring) "Aw, ''hell'' naw!", followed by him dying from one of his own minigames.

*** Nobody said there'd be math!
*** I like scotch!
** Jack's seems to be "I don't help people. I kill them."
* ChainsawGood: Plenty of the death traps are such. It's also Jack's cybernetic, artificial arm.
--> '''Amala:''' Be careful, Jack.
--> '''Jack:''' I have a chainsaw on my arm. I'll be fine.
** They're technically buzzsaws, but Rank 71, Shogun, has a version of the double bladed spear that is actually ''dual chainsaws''.

* {{Leitmotif}}:
** Every time the Black Baron (stop staring) struts in, horns and drums play. [[spoiler:They also make up his Boss Theme.]]
** The whole hip-hop soundtrack is very guitar heavy. Play it for your friends who like rock!
* LampshadeHanging: The announcers again:
-->'''Kreese:''' It's an extra life for Jack.
-->'''Howard:''' I wonder why those other guys didn't grab that extra life?
-->'''Kreese:''' Yeah, it's almost as if they didn't see it.
-->'''Howard:''' Same with the Happy Onions and power ups. It's like ''only Jack can see them''.
-->'''Kreese:''' Weird!
* LargeHamAnnouncer: Howard and Kreese.
* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:The Black Baron...]] in every sense of the word.

* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted, slightly. The Black Baron (stop staring) gets killed so often and is such an over-the-top, comical character that he's not really scary... [[spoiler:Except when you fight him... And the trope gets played straight as all hell when he gets pissed off and "So Cold" starts playing]].
** The commentators also imply that he isn't even black.
* SerialEscalation: How many ways can you kill someone?

* SoundtrackDissonance: Averted. Not a lot of people thought upbeat hip-hop would mesh well with a beat em' up. Turns out it does! Though it's not all upbeat, especially when it comes to the Castle.
* SpikesOfDoom: The rose bushes. Inverted in that they're no threat to the player, but perfect for [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice violently impaling]] {{mooks}}.

** ''How'' many times does the Black Baron (stop staring) get maimed ''and'' killed, again? [[spoiler:Although his final boss status suggests he can take it.]]
** Same with Kreese... if we choose to believe everything he says before some bosses. Kreese apparently uses the Extra Lives. Same might apply for The Black Baron.
--->'''Kreese:''' I used an extra life once and came back as a roach.
--->'''Howard:''' Sounds like you got the "Wheel of Karma" extra life.
--->'''Kreese:''' I actually enjoyed it. You know, a cockroach can live for a week without its head?
--->'''Howard:''' Big deal. I went through eight years of marriage [[DoubleEntendre without any head]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Even the "routine" kills are insane.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: During the final battle:
-->'''Kreese:''' There can be only one number one in this fight to the death!
-->'''Howard:''' Well, ''duh!'' It's a mathematical ''fact'' that there can only be ONE number one!
-->'''Kreese:''' For the last fucking time, '''[[RunningGag NOBODY SAID THERE'D BE MATH]]'''!
-->'''Howard and Kreese:''' (singing) ''[[CatchPhrase I blame our schools]]!''

* TheVoiceless: The Black Baron's [[OverlyLongGag (stop staring)]] [[MsFanservice hoe]] Matilda never says a word. She does pose after killing him, and some of her thoughts are referenced in the song "Look Pimpin!".

* VillainSong: "Look Pimpin!", "So Cold", and "You Don't Know Me".

* WouldHitAGirl: [[MenAreTheExpendableGender There aren't a ton of them among his list of opponents in the game]], but Jack is just as brutal to women as he is to men.

* XRaySparks: Rin-Rin's blocky skeleton can be seen whenever she gets thrown into the electric signs or video monitor during her boss battle. It also happens to just about everyone who gets thrown into electric signs, not just her.
** Jack also receives this when he is hit with an electric attack. For some odd reason, there is a blank space in his mechanical arm, instead of showing the mechanical parts inside it.

* ClusterFBomb: Unsurprisingly, Howard and Kreese.
* CombatCommentator: Probably the best thing about the game other than the music.
* CombatHandFan: Boss 4, Rin-Rin's weapon of choice.

** "Awesome rack on her, though!"
*** "Aww, true dat!"
** Really, half of the banter between Howard and Kreese. They both do it while discussing Kreese's time as a roach after using an extra life.
--->'''Kreese:''' I actually enjoyed it. You know, a cockroach can live for a week without its head?
--->'''Howard:''' Big deal. I went through ''eight years of marriage'' without any head.
** Aaannnnd an example from Kreese:
---> '''Howard:''' (after Jack throws a {{Mook}} into a meat grinder back-first) Did you hear the one about the butcher who backed into his meat grinder and got a little ''behind'' in his work?
---> '''Kreese:''' No, what happened to him?
---> '''Howard:''' He backed into his ''fucking meat grinde''- [[DontExplainTheJoke Oh fuck it, never mind]]!
** And then one from Howard.
---> '''Kreese:''' ({{Mook}} gets thrown into a meat grinder) That reminds me, when's lunch?
---> '''Howard:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer After breakfast!]]
** Another one from Howard.
---> '''Kreese''': "You, sir, are a fucking idiot!"
---> '''Howard''': "Thanks for calling me 'sir'!"

* DistractedByTheSexy: Elise's power struggle. [[GagBoobs Awesome rack on her, though]]!
** Aww, true dat!
** Specifically, Jack catches Elise's wrists and forces them apart, giving him a good eyeful of her chest. Either the player fulfills another QTE ([[SomethingElseAlsoRises an upward stroke with the Wiimote]]) to [[NotDistractedByTheSexy snap out of it and headbutt her]], or she takes the opportunity to reverse it and drain your health.

* HornyDevils: Elise, the boss of the Castle level, though it's more heavily implied she's actually a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vam]][[VampiresAreSexGods pi]][[TheVamp re]] rather than a succubus, what with the ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} outfit, swarms of bats, coffin hiding places, mentions of [[VampiricDraining blood-drinking]], and the note in the level description about a bat spirit that attacked and devoured a woman who used to come to this chapel to pray. The main reason she's speculated to be a succubus is because she's got demonic horns. [[OverlyLongGag Awesome]] [[GagBoobs rack on her,]] [[OverlyLongGag though!]]
** Aww, true dat.

--->'''Howard''': [[RunningGag Awesome rack on her, though!]]\\
'''Kreese''': [[RunningGag Aww, true dat!]]
* MurderBallad: Almost every song with vocals.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Kreese. Yet another example of his BookDumb.