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** AuthorAppeal / EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs / FunnyBackgroundEvent / RaptorAttack: There's a little raptor head that peeks over the edge of his desk while he's giving his report, due to said programmer being a ''big'' velociraptor fan.
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''Ninth Rock'' is a third-person {{Platformer}} created in the fall of 2011 by a team of five game design students from the University of UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} with help from TimeGate Studios (of ''VideoGame/{{Section 8}}'' fame and ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' infamy).
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''Ninth Rock'' is a third-person {{Platformer}} created in the fall of 2011 by a team of five game design students from the University of UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} with help fromTimeGate [=TimeGate=] Studios (of ''VideoGame/{{Section 8}}'' fame and ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' infamy).
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* PunnyName: MASA was originally conceived as an obvious take on NASA, but becomes funny when you realize that Pluto's problem is a lack of [[IncrediblyLamePun mass(a)]].
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* TalkingToHimself: One guy provides the voices of both Spencer and all the guards.
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* CargoShip: Examining the computer screens reveals an ode to the humble moon brick from a man who is "more than just bicurious".
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''Ninth Rock'' is a third-person {{Platformer}} created in the fall of 2011 by a team of five game design students from the University of UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} with help from TimeGate Studios (of ''VideoGame/{{Section 8}}'' fame and ''AliensColonialMarines'' ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'' infamy).
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* PlutoIsExpendable: The driving force behind the plot is Pluto's [[BuffySpeak expendableness]] and making it less expendable.
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''Ninth Rock'' is a third-person {{Platformer}} created in the fall of 2011 by a team of five game design students from the University of UsefulNotes/{{Houston}} with help from TimeGate Studios (of ''VideoGame/{{Section 8}}'' fame and ''AliensColonialMarines'' infamy).
Spencer, a young astronomy nerd, has just learned that Pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet status due to its small size. Since it was his favorite planet, he's more than a little upset and sets out to infiltrate MASA to give the planet a little more mass.
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* BlandNameProduct / WritingAroundTrademarks: MASA, Spacebook
* CargoShip: Examining the computer screens reveals an ode to the humble moon brick from a man who is "more than just bicurious".
* CreatorCameo: The news anchor who appears in the opening sequence is in fact the lead programmer.
** AuthorAppeal / EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs / FunnyBackgroundEvent / RaptorAttack: There's a little raptor head that peeks over the edge of his desk while he's giving his report, due to said programmer being a ''big'' velociraptor fan.
* EnemyChatter: Guards will randomly mumble to themselves as they patrol.
* FailedASpotCheck: The guards often fail to notice Spencer hiding behind a waist-high partition.
* FatIdiot: The guards are portly fellows who are probably lucky to have three brain cells to share between the entire team.
* FatSlob: The guards. Part of their EnemyChatter includes finding food in their pockets.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Pluto does indeed become larger - larger than Jupiter, even! A sequel was discussed in which the resultant increase in mass causes a proportionate increase in gravity and threatens to throw the whole solar system out of balance, but it never materialized.]]
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: There's a team of security guards patrolling parts of MASA (but not the public areas, apparently, even though it's technically closed at night). They are large, dim-witted, and give up chasing the player quite easily.
* PlatformGame
* PlutoIsExpendable: The driving force behind the plot is Pluto's [[BuffySpeak expendableness]] and making it less expendable.
* PunnyName: MASA was originally conceived as an obvious take on NASA, but becomes funny when you realize that Pluto's problem is a lack of [[IncrediblyLamePun mass(a)]].
* SwissCheeseSecurity: Spencer tells his mom there's a sleepover at MASA so he can get a ride to the facility, then just waltzes inside with no trouble whatsoever (the front door isn't even ''locked'').
* UnexpectedGamePlayChange: Most of the game is a light platformer consisting of running and jumping. One of the latter challenges involves using a crane to move crates to block the vision of guards, and the final task is a spherical maze which must be manipulated to collect all the energy orbs and get them inside.
* TalkingToHimself: One guy provides the voices of both Spencer and all the guards.
* VocalDissonance: Spencer is your average prepubescent child with a fitting voice. His voice actor is a grown man who is at least 6'2" and 250 lbs., give or take.
* YouAllLookFamiliar / FacelessGoons: The guards are all identical, and apparently even share a name.
---> '''Spencer:''' [[LampshadeHanging How many Charles Bronsons work here?]]
Spencer, a young astronomy nerd, has just learned that Pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet status due to its small size. Since it was his favorite planet, he's more than a little upset and sets out to infiltrate MASA to give the planet a little more mass.
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* BlandNameProduct / WritingAroundTrademarks: MASA, Spacebook
* CargoShip: Examining the computer screens reveals an ode to the humble moon brick from a man who is "more than just bicurious".
* CreatorCameo: The news anchor who appears in the opening sequence is in fact the lead programmer.
** AuthorAppeal / EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs / FunnyBackgroundEvent / RaptorAttack: There's a little raptor head that peeks over the edge of his desk while he's giving his report, due to said programmer being a ''big'' velociraptor fan.
* EnemyChatter: Guards will randomly mumble to themselves as they patrol.
* FailedASpotCheck: The guards often fail to notice Spencer hiding behind a waist-high partition.
* FatIdiot: The guards are portly fellows who are probably lucky to have three brain cells to share between the entire team.
* FatSlob: The guards. Part of their EnemyChatter includes finding food in their pockets.
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Pluto does indeed become larger - larger than Jupiter, even! A sequel was discussed in which the resultant increase in mass causes a proportionate increase in gravity and threatens to throw the whole solar system out of balance, but it never materialized.]]
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: There's a team of security guards patrolling parts of MASA (but not the public areas, apparently, even though it's technically closed at night). They are large, dim-witted, and give up chasing the player quite easily.
* PlatformGame
* PlutoIsExpendable: The driving force behind the plot is Pluto's [[BuffySpeak expendableness]] and making it less expendable.
* PunnyName: MASA was originally conceived as an obvious take on NASA, but becomes funny when you realize that Pluto's problem is a lack of [[IncrediblyLamePun mass(a)]].
* SwissCheeseSecurity: Spencer tells his mom there's a sleepover at MASA so he can get a ride to the facility, then just waltzes inside with no trouble whatsoever (the front door isn't even ''locked'').
* UnexpectedGamePlayChange: Most of the game is a light platformer consisting of running and jumping. One of the latter challenges involves using a crane to move crates to block the vision of guards, and the final task is a spherical maze which must be manipulated to collect all the energy orbs and get them inside.
* TalkingToHimself: One guy provides the voices of both Spencer and all the guards.
* VocalDissonance: Spencer is your average prepubescent child with a fitting voice. His voice actor is a grown man who is at least 6'2" and 250 lbs., give or take.
* YouAllLookFamiliar / FacelessGoons: The guards are all identical, and apparently even share a name.
---> '''Spencer:''' [[LampshadeHanging How many Charles Bronsons work here?]]