History VideoGame / PokerNightAtTheInventory

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If you have a showdown with an opponent who has the same cards as you do, they'll comment about it.

** [[AmericanPsycho Damn right he does.]]

* [[MostFanFicWritersAreGirls Most Fan-Artists Are Girls]]: Despite Tycho asking the Player if they're going to be as immature as Gabe and show him his balls, and the Heavy constantly referring to the player as "little man," most art made by fans shows the player as a female. Lampshaded in [[http://slushee-duck.deviantart.com/art/We-we-can-t-do-that-188397448 this fan drawing]].

* [[GoKartingWithBowser Playing Poker With The Heavy]]:

* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter than Boolet]]:

* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Gabe Do?]]: Tycho sometimes asks himself this while pondering his next move. He then decides it better to keep the pants on.

** Tycho is even more careful than the Heavy, folding most of his hands. When he does bet, however, one can expect an amazing hand to appear. His playing style drastically changes as other characters are knocked out, becoming more aggressive in his betting and bluffs.
* BerserkButton:

* FeigningIntelligence

* ImmobilePlayerCharacter

* IntercontinuityCrossover

* MediumAwareness[=/=]NoFourthWall:

* OldSaveBonus: The main selling point. Characters will ante up items for use in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' if the player busts out the character who betted the item.

The trailer can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6HN3TsI8cw&NR=1 here.]] It has its own wiki [[http://theinventory.wikia.com/wiki/Poker_Night_at_the_Inventory_Wiki here]] which needs a little WikiMagic.

Followed by ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'' on April 2013.

The Shout Out page can be found [[ShoutOut/PokerNightAtTheInventory here]].

So, [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 a Russian mercenary]], [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner a loudmouthed luchador]], [[Webcomic/PennyArcade a gaming webcomic writer]], and [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice a hyperactive, sociopathic]] [[InsistentTerminology lagomorph]] walk into a bar hosted by [[VideoGame/TalesMonkeyIsland a retired pirate]]...

So, [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 a Russian mercenary]], [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner a loudmouthed luchador]], [[Webcomic/PennyArcade a gaming webcomic writer]], and [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice a hyperactive, sociopathic]] [[InsistentTerminology lagomorph]] walk into a bar hosted by [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland a retired pirate]]...

*** Looks like Winslow, sounds like Winslow, but different clothing and only identified as "The Host." As there is no copyright notice for LucasArts in the game, you can interpret him as either a CaptainErsatz or a LawyerFriendlyCameo.
*** In the intro of ''Poker Night 2'', Winslow identifies himself by name.

'''''Poker Night at the Inventory''''' is a crossover game from Creator/TelltaleGames featuring [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]], [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Heavy]] engaging the "Player," a mysterious new challenger, in a game of Texas Hold'Em poker.

** And of course, [[TalesOfMonkeyIsland Winslow]] is the host.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THESE. ARE. MY. HANDS!]]'''

* {{Squick}}: In-universe. The others are perturbed any time Tycho talks about animals.
-->'''Max:''' ''(shocked)'' Are you asking me if I ever ''schtupped'' Momma Bosco?!
** Said question is probably very squicky from Max's point of view considering he doesn't like girls, [[{{Asexuality}} or men, for that matter.]] He also sometimes forgets that he doesn't like girls. It's something of a {{running gag}} in his series.

-->'''Max:''' ''(asking after criminals he and Sam could fight)'' Oh, or if you know of a cabal of greedy corporate monsters, hell-bent on blanketing an entire generation in a deep, exploitative sadness, that would do.
-->'''Tycho:''' Oh, so chains of used videogame resellers? Yeah, we got those.

-->'''Tycho:''' Man, if I were you, I'd be ''sweating'' hate. It'd froth from my mouth and nose. It'd be like that movie, ''[[Film/ThereWillBeBlood "There Will Be Froth."]]''

-->'''Heavy:''' Strong and bad, how is boxing career?
-->'''Strong Bad:''' '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THESE. ARE. MY. HANDS!]]'''
-->'''Heavy:''' I was boxer once. In school. We have to either box or learn to herd goats. I am not good with goats.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''(singing)'' [[TooMuchInformation Too much information]], man. You're "[[SomethingPerson Too Much Information Man]]."
-->'''Heavy:''' At first, I do not like punching other boys. But then I learn to LOVE it.

*** Strong Bad is an odd case, really. In the HomestarRunner canon, he's in his 40's by now. However, if you do follow Tycho's logic, the original book that started it all came out 14 years ago, not 10.

** The game is sometimes easier on Hard, because the characters are, on a whole, more predictable. On Normal it's almost a crap shoot. Or.. er.. a randomly-chosen card game.

'''Poker Night at the Inventory''' is a crossover game from TelltaleGames featuring [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]], [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]], [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Heavy]] engaging the "Player," a mysterious new challenger, in a game of Texas Hold'Em poker.

** DoubleSubverted with the Iron Curtain. It's an all-new weapon for ''Team Fortress 2''!... but is statistically identical to the default minigun, and therefore purely cosmetic. The reason for this is that awhile back, game tie-in items were exclusive to whoever bought the game, so to keep the game balanced, all crossover tie-in items were essentially reskins. Now, most, if not all game pre-order tie-in items become random drops in ''Team Fortress 2'' a month or so later, so they've started to have unique stats and abilities. Pre-ordering a certain game only nets you early access to the weapons, plus the aesthetic title "Genuine".

** [[WallaceAndGromit Monty Muzzle]] is perusing books on the second level.

* AbortedArc: There's a sound file mentioning a murder, VideoGame/PokerNight2 is mostly just an enhanced MissionPackSequel to the first.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After being knocked out, the characters can be seen doing something in the background. Strong Bad goes to play an arcade game (Bluster Blaster, the sentient arcade machine the ''Sam & Max'' games), the Heavy sits at a nearby table and watches the game, Tycho goes to the bar, and Max... aimlessly wonders around the Inventory, as he tends to do in the ''Sam & Max'' games. Sometimes you can catch him gnawing on the stair handrails; sometimes he'll return but only his ''ears'' will be poking above the table. If Max is knocked out after Strong Bad, he goes to join him at the Bluster Blaster machine.

** The characters show varying levels, with Tycho and Strong Bad being aware of their status as game characters, while Heavy thinks his deaths and respawning are him having nightmares. Max's awareness seems to go in and out…in mid-sentence even.

* AnachronismStew: Heavy is updated from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s 50s-60s stylized setting, but only updated to about the mid-80s (he listens to HueyLewisAndTheNews and believes PurpleRain is recent), while Strong Bad and Tycho talk over computer setups and internet sites.

'''Heavy Weapons Guy:''' I just get new [[HueyLewisAndTheNews Huey Lewis]] tape. He keeps spirits up on battlefield.

** Strong Bad: "Your hair looks like a [[SonicTheHedgehog greasy hedgehog]] -- unassociated with any video game license -- that walked into a barber shop and said 'A little off the suck, please.'"
** When Strong Bad asks Heavy about his favorite video game, Tycho interrupts his answer with ''WorldOfWarcraft'', and the Heavy responds, "Ehh, it is not popular yet." This TakeThat was possibly made because how Blizzard got angry with Creator/{{Valve|Software}} due to them trademarking ''Defense of the Ancients'' which was a ''WarcraftIII'' map.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' ''(singing)'' [[TooMuchInformation Too much information]], man. You're "[[TheAdjectivalSuperhero Too Much Information Man]]."

* YouHaveBeenWarned: All of them do this, one way or another, but The Heavy does it the most menacingly.