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* CirclingBirdies: If Blasternaut is knocked to the ground in the final level, stars circle around his head as he gets back up again.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: The game ends with Spot getting rescued but the Trash Alien escaping, presumably so that he will be available to torment the Blasterpals on future adventures. This never really came to fruition, however. After this game, the Trash Alien's only appearance is a cameo in ''Mega Math Blaster'', in which he is portrayed as being in jail already.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: The game ends with Spot getting rescued but the Trash Alien escaping, presumably escaping. If this was done so that he will the Trash Alien would be available to torment the Blasterpals on future adventures. This adventures, it never really came to fruition, however. fruition. After this game, the Trash Alien's only appearance is a cameo appearances are cameos in ''Reading Blaster: Invasion of the Word Snatchers'' and ''Mega Math Blaster'', in both of which he is portrayed portray him as being in jail custody already.
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* SelfDestructMechanism: Activated by the Trash Alien right before he flees his ship at the end of the game.
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* BoundAndGagged: Spot is seen tied up in the spaceship level with a cloth wrapped around his mouth.
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* VideoGameRemake: The game is a remake of ''New Math Blaster Plus!'', which in turn was a remake of ''Math Blaster Plus!'', which was itself a remake of a game simply titled ''Math Blaster''. And it was remade itself as ''Mega Math Blaster''.
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* MillenniumBug: The game suffer from this-- any game played after 2000 will produce a completion certificate with the date given as the corresponding year in the 1900s. As in, if you finished the game in 2001, your certificate would say 1901. This also occurs in ''Secret of the Lost City''.
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* MillenniumBug: The game suffer suffers from this-- any game played after 2000 will produce a completion certificate with the date given as the corresponding year in the 1900s. As in, if you finished the game in 2001, your certificate would say 1901. This also occurs in ''Secret of the Lost City''.
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* Bound and Gagged: Trash Alien chains up Spot in his ship and wraps a cleave around his mouth.
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* RetroRocket: Blasternaut gets around in a purple one.
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''Math Blaster Episode 1: In Search of Spot'' is an EdutainmentGame in the ''[[VideoGame/BlasterSeries Blaster]]'' series. It teaches basic arithmetic for elementary-aged children.
This game is actually the third remake of the original ''Math Blaster'', but it marks a significant turning point for the series. While previous versions were just collections of space-themed math games, ''In Search of Spot'' was the first to include an actual storyline. It's a simple storyline about Blasternaut rescuing his robotic pal Spot from the villainous Trash Alien. And while Blasternaut and Spot had both been in ''New Math Blaster Plus'', ''In Search of Spot'' marks the first ever appearance by Galactic Commander. The three of them would subsequently be established as the Blasterpals.
The game was followed by a sequel, ''VideoGame/MathBlasterSecretOfTheLostCity'', and a remake, ''VideoGame/MegaMathBlaster''.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* BrokenBridge: Occurs in the form of an engine which is out of fuel.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: The Trash Alien is one.
* FailedASpotCheck: The plot is kicked off by Blasternaut dismissing Spot's suggestion that their ship is out of fuel, which is confirmed by the fuel gauge in the console just to Blasternaut's left.
* FlyingSaucer: The Trash Alien uses a red one.
* ForTheEvulz: The Trash Alien just litters around space for the spite of it.
* TheJoyOfX: The title ''Math Blaster Episode 1: In Search of Spot'' is probably a double reference to ''Series/InSearchOf'' and ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''.
* MillenniumBug: The game suffer from this-- any game played after 2000 will produce a completion certificate with the date given as the corresponding year in the 1900s. As in, if you finished the game in 2001, your certificate would say 1901.
* SpaceFriction: At the beginning, you can hear Blasternaut's [[RetroRocket ship]] screech to a halt above the planet's surface, [[SpaceIsNoisy with nothing to imply that there is any atmosphere]].
* UndergroundLevel: One where you chase the Trash Alien through a series of caves.
* VideoGameRemake: The game is a remake of ''New Math Blaster Plus!'', which in turn was a remake of ''Math Blaster Plus!'', which was itself a remake of a game simply titled ''Math Blaster''. And it was remade itself as ''Mega Math Blaster''.
This game is actually the third remake of the original ''Math Blaster'', but it marks a significant turning point for the series. While previous versions were just collections of space-themed math games, ''In Search of Spot'' was the first to include an actual storyline. It's a simple storyline about Blasternaut rescuing his robotic pal Spot from the villainous Trash Alien. And while Blasternaut and Spot had both been in ''New Math Blaster Plus'', ''In Search of Spot'' marks the first ever appearance by Galactic Commander. The three of them would subsequently be established as the Blasterpals.
The game was followed by a sequel, ''VideoGame/MathBlasterSecretOfTheLostCity'', and a remake, ''VideoGame/MegaMathBlaster''.
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!!This game provides examples of:
* BrokenBridge: Occurs in the form of an engine which is out of fuel.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: The Trash Alien is one.
* FailedASpotCheck: The plot is kicked off by Blasternaut dismissing Spot's suggestion that their ship is out of fuel, which is confirmed by the fuel gauge in the console just to Blasternaut's left.
* FlyingSaucer: The Trash Alien uses a red one.
* ForTheEvulz: The Trash Alien just litters around space for the spite of it.
* TheJoyOfX: The title ''Math Blaster Episode 1: In Search of Spot'' is probably a double reference to ''Series/InSearchOf'' and ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''.
* MillenniumBug: The game suffer from this-- any game played after 2000 will produce a completion certificate with the date given as the corresponding year in the 1900s. As in, if you finished the game in 2001, your certificate would say 1901.
* SpaceFriction: At the beginning, you can hear Blasternaut's [[RetroRocket ship]] screech to a halt above the planet's surface, [[SpaceIsNoisy with nothing to imply that there is any atmosphere]].
* UndergroundLevel: One where you chase the Trash Alien through a series of caves.
* VideoGameRemake: The game is a remake of ''New Math Blaster Plus!'', which in turn was a remake of ''Math Blaster Plus!'', which was itself a remake of a game simply titled ''Math Blaster''. And it was remade itself as ''Mega Math Blaster''.
