History VideoGame / RamPage

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Icky the echidna, Jill the Portuguese man o' war, and Natalie the nautilus in ''Total Destruction''.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Fabio the flea and Sarah the spider in ''Total Destruction'' take this trope UpToEleven.

* {{Gasshole}}: The monsters in ''Total Destruction'' will ''always'' burp and/or fart after they eat someone or something. [[UpToEleven Even the ones who don't physically have a mouth or anus]].

** ''Total Destruction'' takes this UpToEleven with animal cruelty: live cats are the favorite food of Crock the Crocodile and [[AnimalJingoism Fifi the Poodle]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The sheer, overwhelming number of monsters populating the ''Total Destruction'' (30, plus 10 exclusive for the Wii) is arguably one of the reasons it tanked so thoroughly: None of them were particularly interesting, there wasn't much difference in stats between them, and none of them were really worth the effort to unlock.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Lizzie in the original arcade and, in terms of selectable characters, in ''World Tour'' as well. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Averted]] [[IncrediblyLamePun monstrously]] in ''Total Destruction''.

%%* HelicopterFlyswatter

%%* ManEatingPlant: Venus in ''Total Destruction''.

%%* PrimalChestPound: George does this a lot, naturally.

* BadFuture: Caused in ''Through Time.''
* BadPresent: Caused in ''Through Time.''

* PrimalChestPound: George does this a lot, naturally.

* RhinoRampage: Boris

* SkewedPriorities: In the Atari Lynx port of the original, sometimes the between-level newspapers will say an ex-mutant was arrested…[[NakedPeopleAreFunny for streaking]]. It's implied this was right after they finished causing millions of dollars in property damage and eating numerous people.

* {{Meganekko}}: Dr. Betty Veronica has large glasses and is very fanservicey.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Dr. Betty Veronica wears a short labcoat.

* MsFanservice: Dr. Betty Veronica, the HotScientist, with her DangerouslyShortSkirt, ImpossibleHourglassFigure and [[BuxomIsBetter large bust]] is definitely one in ''World Tour''.

** Myukus: [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Launches an explosive eye.]

** Myukus: [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Launches an explosive eye.]]

* {{Expy}}: Both George and Lizzie are obviously modeled after Film/KingKong and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}[[note]]Though Lizzie's design was more based on [[Film/20MillionMilesToEarth the Ymir]].[[/note]] .

* ThisWasHisTrueForm: When your monster's health is gone, hey turn back into their human form. Downplayed as they're still alive, and active enough to pull the HandOrObjectUnderwear joke.

* {{Expy}}: Both George and Liz are obviously modeled after Film/KingKong and Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.

* WasOnceAMan: Almost every playable monster seems to be this considering [[BroughtDownToNormal what]] [[NakedPeopleAreFunny happens]] when they run out of health in most games, but the original and ''Total Destruction'' explain how the monsters came to be:
** George was a Scumlabs employee who turned out as an accidental test subject (thanks to an experimental Mega-Vitamin). Lizzie swam in contaminated water. Ralph ate contaminated sausage. And in the Atari Lynx version, Larry ate tainted creamed spinach.

%%* PrimalChestPound: George does this a lot, naturally.
%%* PrimAndProperBun: Dr. Betty Veronica.

%%* RhinoRampage: Boris

* PepperSneeze: Grabbing some of this (or for whatever reason, a feather) in ''Universal Tour'' results in a ''flaming'' one that can hollow out a whole level of a building.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Dr. Betty Veronica.

%%* MsFanservice: Dr. Betty Veronica, as evidenced by her other tropes.

** In ''Total Destruction'', sometimes a person you pick up will yell at you in an Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger [[TheAhnold style voice]]: [[Film/{{Predator}} "Come on, what are you waiting for!"]]

* VomitIndiscretionShot: In all of the games, if the monsters eat something hazardous, they'll probably regurgitate it. It's worse in ''Total Destruction'', as the monsters actually sound like they're puking their guts out instead of just spitting or groaning, [[{{Squick}} and the vomit looks much grosser]].

* TomTheDarkLord: {{Justified}}, as these monsters are transformed humans.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The sheer, overwhelming number of monsters populating the ''Total Destruction'' (30, plus 10 exclusive for the Wii) is arguably one of the reasons it tanked so thoroughly: none of them were particularly interesting, and none of them were really worth the effort to unlock.

* DeadlineNews: In ''Total Destruction'', you can destroy news helicopters.

* ToServeMan: You're a giant monster and there's a bunch of little people running around. Take a guess how you're supposed to regain health. In fact, the game ''encourages'' you to eat people since they apparently give you more health than "normal" food (i.e. pizza, burgers, salad).

* ArtisticLicenseGeology: In the case of planets with ''Universal Tour''. Never minding their climates, the likes of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have ''solid'' surfaces and some have clear skies that normally don't.

* BrainyBrunette: Dr. Betty Veronica.

* EvilVsEvil: In ''World Tour'' you are still playing as destructive monsters, but your main enemy is an insanely corrupt company ran by a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive megalomaniacal CEO]]. Ditto for ''Total Destruction''.

* ManEatingPlant: Venus in ''Total Destruction''.
* {{Meganekko}}: Dr. Betty Veronica.

* MsFanservice: Dr. Betty Veronica, as evidenced by her other tropes.

* NoEnding: The destruction simply goes on and on and on and on… In the first game, the final level was on the moon, but [[AWinnerIsYou the best you got was a congratulation screen]].

* PrimalChestPound: George does this a lot, naturally.
* PrimAndProperBun: Dr. Betty Veronica.

* RhinoRampage: Boris
* SamusIsAGirl: It's a surprise for some players that Lizzie and Ruby are female, mostly due to the monsters all having relatively masculine designs and gruff voices. Less so the case in ''Total Destruction'', where the monsters are much more animalistic, and averted altogether in the original, where each monster's identity is clearly shown from the very beginning.

* ShesGotLegs: Dr. Betty Veronica.

** ''Universal Tour'' begins with George, Lizzie and Ralph having been captured and put on display as attractions in several major cities. George is in [[Film/KingKong New York]], Lizzie is in [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Tokyo]], and Ralph is in [[Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon London]].

** The movie's climax takes place in Chicago, where Creator/MidwayGames, the creators of the original arcade machine are located.

* TimeMachine: How the plot of ''Through Time'' begins.
* TimeTravel: The basic plot of ''Through Time''.