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* ThisWayToCertainDeath: In case it wasn't obvious enough where you're headed, piles of bones litter the patch to Trogdor's lair.
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* SoundDefect: If the player rings the innkeeper's service bell, the narration notes, without explaining further, that it eschews the traditional "ding" onomatopoeia in favor of a clear and resounding "DUNG!"
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* SoundDefect: If the player rings the innkeeper's service bell, the narration notes, without explaining further, that it eschews the traditional "ding" onomatopoeia in favor of a clear and resounding "DUNG!"[[TheDungAges "DUNG!"]]
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** [[spoiler: The final command required for victory counts as this, as attacking Trogdor just gets you killed, albeit with Trogdor showing respect for your efforts immediately prior to your burnination.]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: You have obtained the Trog-Sword for use in smiting the giant dragon Trogdor once and for all! [[spoiler: Oh wait, your sword is effectively a toothpick that doesn't even mildly annoy him. And his burninating breath reaches at least 100 feet in front of him, which puts a bit of a kibosh on a follow-up attack prior to your painful incineration...]]
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* SoundDefect: If the player rings the innkeeper's service bell, the narration notes, without explaining further, that it eschews the traditional "ding" onomatopoeia in favor of a clear and resounding "DUNG!"
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* CallBack: Trying to make friends with the Kerrek will lead to the game telling you it won't work for you if it didn't work for Strong Bad, referencing the sbemail "for kids".
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* BittersweetEnding: After going through all the puzzles to prepare to face Trogdor, [[spoiler:he just reveals that he can't be beaten and burninates you to death anyway. But because this is as close as anyone's ever gotten, a statue is erected in your honor anyway. The game humorously presents this as an unironic HappyEnding]].
* CallBack: Trying to make friends with the Kerrek will lead to the game telling you it won't work for you if it didn't work for Strong Bad, referencing the sbemail "for kids".
* CallBack: Trying to make friends with the Kerrek will lead to the game telling you it won't work for you if it didn't work for Strong Bad, referencing the sbemail "for kids".
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* WhatTheHellPlayer: The game calls you out for a few things, such as attempting to harm Poor Gary the horse.
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* WhatTheHellPlayer: The game calls you out for a few things, such as things.
** The trope image comes from this game, where the game mocks the player for attempting to harm Poor Gary thehorse.horse.
** The innkeeper's closet is filled with something called "old man rub". If the player tries to take some, the game will simply say "[[EveryoneHasStandards You disgust me.]]" There is a similar response for trying to pick up the desiccated old bones on top of Trogdor's mountain.
** The trope image comes from this game, where the game mocks the player for attempting to harm Poor Gary the
** The innkeeper's closet is filled with something called "old man rub". If the player tries to take some, the game will simply say "[[EveryoneHasStandards You disgust me.]]" There is a similar response for trying to pick up the desiccated old bones on top of Trogdor's mountain.
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-->--''Peasant's Quest'' [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/pqtrailer.html Preview]]
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As a {{Retraux}} title, the game uses a text-based interface heavily reminiscent of the oldest ''King's Quest'' games found on early computers. Graphics do exist, but you have to type in Rather Dashing's actions.
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* CurbStompBattle: After all of the trials Rather Dashing endures to prepare for the confrontation with Trogdor, [[spoiler:he's still just one ordinary guy trying to fight a gigantic, fire-breathing, "kinda indestructible" monster all by himself. He's immediately burninated to a crisp.]]
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* RealityEnsues: After all of the trials Rather Dashing endures to prepare for the confrontation with Trogdor, [[spoiler:he's still just one ordinary guy trying to fight a gigantic, fire-breathing, "kinda indestructible" monster all by himself. He's immediately burninated to a crisp.]]
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You get a special item by throwing a baby into a lake for no reason. [[InfantImmortality He's fine, though.]]
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You get a special item by throwing a baby into a lake for no reason. [[InfantImmortality [[ImprobableInfantSurvival He's fine, though.]]
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* BalefulPolymorph: The Keepers of Trogdor will all turn you into something bad if you fail to answer their questions correctly (or bribe them with the right item). One will turn you into Ron Cumberdale, a smelly bully from fourth grade who he hated. One will turn you into a corny folk singer, and the last will transform you into a skeleton. Considering you get a game over if any of these fates befall you, they all can be assumed to be [[FateWorseThanDeath Fates Worse Than Death]].
* BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:When Trogdor awakens, the narration states that Rather Dashing starts to wish he had some Depeasant adult undergarments right now.]]
* BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:When Trogdor awakens, the narration states that Rather Dashing starts to wish he had some Depeasant adult undergarments right now.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Even though Rather Dashing's sword proves to be rather ineffectual against Trogdor, he does nevertheless hear the dragon whimpering as it stands to its full height. Then it turns out it's the peasant who's whimpering!]]
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* LemonyNarrator: The narration is definitely full of a lot of snark that won't hesitate to call you out on your less savory deeds.
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* ThePigPen: All peasants are supposed to smell terrible, and the fact that Rather Dashing doesn't smell due to having recently come back from vacation leads the guard to assume he is not a peasant. To fix this, he has to put on the belt of the Kerrek, a giant PigMan who stinks to high heaven.
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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Averted. Trying to be friendly with the Kerrek like will result in nothing happening but the game snarking at you, or the monster getting even more murderous. The only way to deal with the Kerrek is to kill it with an arrow.
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* UnendingEndCard: The game hangs at the end on the statue of Rather Dashing that was supposedly made after he gets burninated by Trogdor. Click a button from the site's menu bar to exit or the refresh button on your browser to restart the game.
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* UnendingEndCard: The game hangs at the end on the statue of Rather Dashing that was supposedly made after he [[spoiler:he gets burninated by Trogdor.Trogdor]]. Click a button from the site's menu bar to exit or the refresh button on your browser to restart the game.
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* WorldOfJerkass: Pretty much everyone in this's game's a jerk. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Innkeeper is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* WorldOfJerkass: Pretty much Just about everyone in this's game's this game is a jerk.JerkAss. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Innkeeper is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* UnendingEndCard: The game hangs at the end on the statue of Rather Dashing that was supposedly made after he gets burninated by Trogdor. Click a button from the site's menu bar to exit or the refresh button on your browser to restart the game.
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* DevelopersForesight: If you say "haldo" to Dongolev before learning its meaning from Mendelev first, he'll reply "What'd you read that in PQ Stragedy Guide? Go talk to my brother first."
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** If you say "haldo" to Dongolev before learning its meaning from Mendelev first, he'll reply "What'd you read that in PQ Stragedy Guide? Go talk to my brother first."
** If you type "Throw Baby" at the lake before getting the baby, the game will say "I think you misread the walkthrough on Website/GameFAQs. You gotta get the baby first."
** If you say "haldo" to Dongolev before learning its meaning from Mendelev first, he'll reply "What'd you read that in PQ Stragedy Guide? Go talk to my brother first."
** If you type "Throw Baby" at the lake before getting the baby, the game will say "I think you misread the walkthrough on Website/GameFAQs. You gotta get the baby first."
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* JerkAss: Pretty much everyone. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Innkeeper is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* WorldOfJerkass: Pretty much everyone in this's game's a jerk. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Innkeeper is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* AffectionateParody: Closely mimics ''King's Quest'', but replaces the valiant Sir Graham with a smelly peasant that nobody respects, and replaces the various fairy tale characters with ''Homestar Runner'' in-jokes like Trogdor and Kerrek.
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* AffectionateParody: Closely mimics ''King's Quest'', ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', but replaces the valiant Sir Graham with a smelly peasant that nobody respects, and replaces the various fairy tale characters with ''Homestar Runner'' ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' in-jokes like Trogdor and Kerrek.
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* AffectionateParody: Closely mimics ''King's Quest'', but replaces the valiant Sir Graham with a smelly peasant that nobody respects, and replaces the various fairy tale characters with ''Homestar Runner'' in-jokes like Trogdor and Kerrek.
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* ThisLoserIsYou: The game constantly hammers home just how much of a uneducated, smelly, simple-minded peasant you are. The characters all treat you like dirt, and so does the narrator. When examining the Kerrek tracks, the narration reads:
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* ThisLoserIsYou: The game constantly hammers home just how much of a an uneducated, smelly, simple-minded peasant you are. The characters all treat you like dirt, and so does the narrator. When examining the Kerrek tracks, the narration reads:
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* ThisLoserIsYou: The game constantly hammers home just how much of a uneducated, smelly, simple-minded peasant you are. The characters all treat you like dirt, and so does the narrator. When examining the Kerrek tracks, the narration reads:
--->If you weren't a simpleton you might think these were Kerrek prints. But since you are a simpleton, you just go, 'Yay! Piggies!'
** This all comes to a head in the end, when [[spoiler:''getting killed by Trogdor'' is enough to make you a hero in the eyes of the other peasants]].
--->If you weren't a simpleton you might think these were Kerrek prints. But since you are a simpleton, you just go, 'Yay! Piggies!'
** This all comes to a head in the end, when [[spoiler:''getting killed by Trogdor'' is enough to make you a hero in the eyes of the other peasants]].
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* FromZeroToHero: Subverted and parodied in ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest''. The hero, Rather Dashing, is a humble peasant who dwells in a thatched-roof cottage. He swears to save the land by slaying the dragon Trogdor who has been menacing the countryside and goes on an epic quest. [[spoiler: Rather Dashing completely fails at his goal, and gets burninated to death in the final boss battle.]]
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* FromZeroToHero: Subverted and parodied in ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest''.parodied. The hero, Rather Dashing, is a humble peasant who dwells in a thatched-roof cottage. He swears to save the land by slaying the dragon Trogdor who has been menacing the countryside and goes on an epic quest. [[spoiler: Rather Dashing completely fails at his goal, and gets burninated to death in the final boss battle.]]
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* JerkAss: Pretty much everyone. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Old Man is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* JerkAss: Pretty much everyone. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Old Man Innkeeper is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: You have to climb some cliffs on the way to face Trogdor. They are plagued with rolling boulders and pterodactyls.
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* NoTrueScotsman: Even though Rather Dashing is a peasant, the knight doesn't believe he is because he doesn't dress, smell, or be on fire like a peasant.
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* RealityEnsues: After all of the trials Rather Dashing endures to prepare for the confrontation with Trogdor [[spoiler:he's still just one ordinary guy trying to fight a gigantic, fire-breathing, "kinda indestructible" monster all by himself. He's immediately burninated to a crisp.]]
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* RealityEnsues: After all of the trials Rather Dashing endures to prepare for the confrontation with Trogdor Trogdor, [[spoiler:he's still just one ordinary guy trying to fight a gigantic, fire-breathing, "kinda indestructible" monster all by himself. He's immediately burninated to a crisp.]]
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* ClimbingTheCliffsOfInsanity: You have to climb some cliffs on the way to face Trogdor.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Naked Ned, the peasant whose robe you steal. The other characters regard him as a creepy pervert, and there's [[MysteriousPast no backstory]] other than him just being an elusive nudist. Considering that his cottage door has no doorknob, it's entirely possible that he just accidentally got shut out without his clothes.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Trogdor is quite polite to you before he burninates you.]]
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* JerkAss: Pretty much everyone. The Knight is obnoxious and condescending, the Baby Lady is a nagging shrew and a [[spoiler:scam artist]], Mendelev and Dongolev are surly, the Old Man is a senile old weirdo who tries to feed his medication to the baby, and ''the narrator himself'' constantly mocks you. [[BigBad Trogdor]] is actually the most polite character in the game. It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course.
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* FromZeroToHero: Subverted and parodied in ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest''. The hero, Rather Dashing, is a humble peasant who dwells in a thatched-roof cottage. He swears to save the land by slaying the dragon Trogdor who has been menacing the countryside and goes on an epic quest. [[spoiler: Rather Dashing completely fails at his goal, and gets burninated to death in the final boss battle.]]
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* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:Trogdor regards Rather Dashing as such when you speak to him, finding it impressive how the peasant managed to get further than anyone else who has tried.]]
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* BerserkButton: Offering to buy [[TheTeetotaler the Kerrek]] a Cold One will cheese it off.
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