History VideoGame / SPISPOPD

* TurnsRed: Matilda in both ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. [[spoiler:Her head must be destroyed three times. On the second round, her head's protective hide falls off, allowing her to fire her Death Beam faster; at the same time, her tail projectiles have a slightly increased effective range. On the final round, her skull and mouth is blasted away, rendering her unable to fire her Death Beam, but causing her tail projectiles to have an ''insane'' range that makes close-up attacks near-suicidal.]] In ''Supreme'', Dozer the Dozerian's front grille gets blown off when it is down to half of its maximum health, [[spoiler:revealing a gigantic WaveMotionGun]].

* CarFu: Using your You-Go to run over various monsters ''GrandTheftAuto'' style in ''Supreme''.

A direct sequel to ''SPIPSPOPD'', ''[[http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRL SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic]]'', was released seven years later in May 2000, and was the first game in the series played from a [[ThreeQuartersView 3/4]] TwoAndAHalfD perspective. Bouapha reprises his role as the player character, but this time, he has to deal with the game's eponymous character: a MadScientist who plans to take over the world by creating a ZombieApocalypse. Bouapha must WalkTheEarth and defeat Dr. Lunatic's poker buddies to obtain the four Keys of Lunacy that will allow him to open the front door of Dr. Lunatic's stronghold. Two {{expansion pack}}s were released for ''Dr. Lunatic'', the ''Expando-Pak'' and ''Fun Pack'', which primarily added more levels and monsters to the original game. ''Dr. Lunatic'' and its expansion packs were re-released in October 2011 as a single game, featuring slightly optimised code that improved the game's compatibility with the most modern operating systems.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: SPISPOPD is one of the things you will do most of the time in ''SPISPOPD''.

* LimitBreak: The Rage attacks in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'', which require filling up the Rage meter to maximum in order to be activated. Depends mainly on the character being used and can be altered if a secondary weapon is equipped.

* PurelyAestheticGender: Averted ''hard'' in ''Supreme'' with Lunachick, Dr. Lunatic, Shtupid Shroom and Happy Stick Man.

* TwoAndAHalfD: ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. The monsters, characters and projectiles are full 3D models, but the floor textures and walls are made of 2D sprites, the game is played from a fixed overhead view, and Bouapha can only be controlled in the compass directions (although he can be bounced into the air if the correct tile parameters are set).

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Death Turret in ''Supreme''. Anything that gets within half a screen's range to just one of these are unlikely to survive the barrage of missiles it unloads relentlessly. The Missile Pack's Rage attack also qualifies, and the player can do this with a Missile Pack just by holding down the secondary fire button.

** TheBrute: Sphinxter

The first game of the series, ''SPISPOPD'', was made in 1993 in response to an old {{VideoGame/Doom}} joke revolving around how that game's title caused so much anticipation. ''SPISPOPD'' followed the story of Bouapha the Gourdslayer as he travelled around Pumpkinia to retrieve stolen candles and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin smash the pumpkins responsible for stealing them]].

* ScratchDamage: The Eensy Weensy only has one attack, which does 1 HP damage.

* ShoutOut: Several, to {{Doom}}:

** [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: He is also [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous hard-coded]] to revive as the [[ClimaxBoss Super Duper Zombie]] the moment you defeat him.]]

In September 2003, a complete overhaul of ''Dr. Lunatic'', titled ''[[http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRLSUP Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Cheese]]'', was released. ''Supreme'' radically altered the user interface of ''Dr. Lunatic'', with its primary claims to fame being the over-1000 levels a standard install of it has, a ton of UnlockableContent and an extremely easy to use [[LevelEditor World Editor]] that allows players to create their own levels ([[YouHaveResearchedBreathing once they have unlocked it]]). Just like ''Dr. Lunatic'', ''Supreme'' has received an UpdatedRerelease in May 2012.

A direct sequel to ''SPIPSPOPD'', ''[[http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRL SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic]]'', was released in 1998, and was the first game in the series played from a [[ThreeQuartersView 3/4]] TwoAndAHalfD perspective. Bouapha reprises his role as the player character, but this time, he has to deal with the game's eponymous character: a MadScientist who plans to take over the world by creating a ZombieApocalypse. Bouapha must WalkTheEarth and defeat Dr. Lunatic's poker buddies to obtain the four Keys of Lunacy that will allow him to open the front door of Dr. Lunatic's stronghold. Two {{expansion pack}}s were released for ''Dr. Lunatic'', the ''Expando-Pak'' and ''Fun Pack'', which primarily added more levels and monsters to the original game. ''Dr. Lunatic'' and its expansion packs were re-released in 2011 as a single game, featuring slightly optimised code that improved the game's compatibility with the most modern operating systems.

In 2003, a complete overhaul of ''Dr. Lunatic'', titled ''[[http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRLSUP Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Cheese]]'', was released. ''Supreme'' radically altered the user interface of ''Dr. Lunatic'', with its primary claims to fame being the over-1000 levels a standard install of it has, a ton of UnlockableContent and an extremely easy to use [[LevelEditor World Editor]] that allows players to create their own levels ([[YouHaveResearchedBreathing once they have unlocked it]]).

--> '''"Ssssssmashing Pumpkins into Sssmall Piiiles of Puuuutrid Debris!"'''\\

* [[TitleScream Name Scream]]: KONGOR!! and PUMPKIN! in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. KONGOR!!, in particular, is ''very'' verbal about it.
--> '''"Ssssssmashing Pumpkins into Sssmall Piiiles of Puuuutrid Debris!"'''\\
-- ''SPISPOPD'' when it finishes loading

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: The World Editor in ''Supreme''. [[spoiler:It can be [[UnlockableContent unlocked]] for 150 coins at Kids We Be.]]

* HarderThanHard: ''Supreme With Cheese''. When cranked up to Lunatic difficulty, that is.

* HubLevel: The entire series' level structure. The original release of ''SPISPOPD'' featured a "hub world" where the player could choose which series of levels to play, and both ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme With Cheese'' start the player off on a "hub level" in any world, where they can enter other levels through doors/houses/openings/hollow trees/etc. Taking this to a T is that starting the player off on a hub level when they first enter a world is a ''requirement'' for any player-made world to be hosted on Hamumu's website.

* MythologyGag: The very presence of pumpkins as monsters, usually in secret levels, in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'', as well as candle collection being a secondary objective in the latter.

* TakeThatAudience: The defeat message shown to players in ''SPISPOPD'' was "You suck". The default defeat message in ''Dr. Lunatic'' was changed to "Try again!" but players had an option to switch it back to "You suck". ''Supreme With Cheese'' averted this completely.

* UnlockableContent: ''Supreme With Cheese'' contains many additional locations and features that are usually unlocked with coins. Even the ''[[LevelEditor World Editor]]'' is unlockable content!
* [[VictoryPose Victory Sphere of Light]]: Upon collecting all the brains on a level in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme With Cheese'', the player character will yell a VictoryQuote and illuminate the area around them.

* PsychoSerum: Defeating Dr. Lunatic in the Crazy Asylum of Madness will show a cutscene that describes how [[spoiler:he becomes a OneWingedAngel when you defeat him]].

The first game of the series, which has the same name as the entire series, was made in 1993 in response to an old {{VideoGame/Doom}} joke revolving around how that game's title caused so much anticipation. ''SPISPOPD'' followed the story of Bouapha the Gourdslayer as he travelled around Pumpkinia to retrieve stolen candles and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin smash the pumpkins responsible for stealing them]].

''[[http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRL SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic]]'', was released in 1998, and was the first game in the series played from a [[ThreeQuartersView 3/4]] TwoAndAHalfD perspective. Bouapha reprises his role as the player character, but this time, he has to deal with the game's eponymous character: a MadScientist who plans to take over the world by creating a ZombieApocalypse. Bouapha must WalkTheEarth and defeat Dr. Lunatic's poker buddies to obtain the four Keys of Lunacy that will allow him to open the front door of Dr. Lunatic's stronghold. Two {{expansion pack}}s were released for ''Dr. Lunatic'', the ''Expando-Pak'' and ''Fun Pack'', which primarily added more levels and monsters to the original game. ''Dr. Lunatic'' and its expansion packs were re-released in 2011 as a single game, featuring slightly optimised code that improved the game's compatibility with the most modern operating systems.

''SPISPOPD'' (or ''Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris'') is a series of ActionAdventure game series developed and published by indie developer HamumuSoftware that started in 1993 with the game of the same name.

* DenserAndWackier / LighterAndSofter: The first game in the series was the bloodiest and goriest. Later games softened things up to make the series more kid-friendly (such as the removal of blood and an ArtShift to {{Garfield}}-inspired graphics), with ''Supreme'' being the least bloody, least gory, densest ''and'' wackiest game in the entire series.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: The Death Turret in ''Supreme''. Anything that gets within half a screen's range to just one of these are unlikely to survive the barrage of missiles it unloads relentlessly. The Missile Pack's Rage attack also qualifies.

* MadeOfExplodium: The Boomkin is the living embodiment of this trope. It has 1 HP, and when it sees the player, it will relentlessly charge them and attempt a TakingYouWithMe collision. If it is defeated by getting hit from weapons fire, it still explode and damage the player if they are too close to it.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Using your You-Go to run over various monsters ''GrandTheftAuto'' style in ''Supreme''.

* BossDissonance: A villainous example in the form of the eponymous character in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. He has no attacks, very little life and runs from the player.
** [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: He is also [[ClassicVideoGameScrewYous hard-coded]] to revive as the [[ClimaxBoss Super Duper Zombie]] the moment you defeat him.]]

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: The World Editor in ''Supreme''. [[spoiler:It can be [[UnlockableContent unlocked]] for 150 coins at Kids We Be.]]

* MadeOfExplodium: The Boomkin is the living embodiment of this trope. It has 1 HP, and when it sees the player, it will relentlessly charge them and attempt a TakingYouWithMe collision. If it is defeated by getting hit from weapons fire, it still explode and damage the player if they are too close it.

* EasyModeMockery / HardModePerks : In ''Supreme'', your final score in a level is reduced or increased by 25% if you complete a level on Normal or Lunatic difficulty respectively.

* DenserAndWackier / LighterAndSofter: The first game in the series was the bloodiest and goriest. Later games softened things up to make the series more kid-friendly (such as the removal of blood and an ArtShift to {{Garfield}}-inspired graphics), with ''Supreme'' being the least bloody, least gory, densest ''and'' wackiest game in the entire series.

* BloodierAndGorier: Unusually for this trope, the ''first'' game in the series is this. Later games go in the opposite direction, with ''Supreme'' being the least bloody and least gory of the entire series.

* [[VictoryPose Victory Ring of Light]]: Upon collecting all the brains on a level in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme With Cheese'', the player character will yell a VictoryQuote and illuminate the area around them.

* OutsideTheBoxTactic: The Dark Vampire in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'' can only be damaged [[spoiler:if you coax it onto tiles with a light setting higher than or equal a specific amount]]. It is otherwise impervious to everything.

''SPISPOPD'' (or Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris) is an ActionAdventure game series from HamumuSoftware that started in 1993 with the game of the same name. It was the very first Hamumu game to be made entirely in 2D (not to mention the first Hamumu game period). It started the continued appearance of Bouapha, who is the so-called Gourdslayer (whatever that's supposed to be), even though the events in the VideoGame/AdventuresOfBouapha series occur before the events of SPISPOPD. After Mike Hommel quit his job, he created SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic (known commonly as Dr. Lunatic), which set the standard for all other Hamumu games (low scale or otherwise) to come forth. Supreme With Cheese, which is basically a stand alone ExpansionPack to the game, is even more well known than the original Dr. Lunatic, mostly due to it's dynamic LevelEditor and improved variety. The first SPISPOPD had Bouapha traveling to Pumpkinia and retrieve the stolen candles and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin smash the pumpkins responsible for stealing them]]. Its sequel marked the ever famous confrontation with the MadScientist himself, as Bouapha had to travel the world and claim the Keys of Lunacy from his "poker buddies" and stop him from stealing brains from the zombies. So far, there has yet to be another installment in this series, though Mike Hommel might get to it one day, though.

!!SPISPOPD smashes the following tropes into small piles of putrid debris:

* CombatTentacles: The Thing and Matilda-X.
* EvenBetterSequel: Indeed, Dr. Lunatic is a much better sequel to a still somewhat enjoyable game.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: In the first game, your are in fact smashing pumpkins. Averted in the second game, since there are hardly any pumpkins to smash, apart from a BonusLevel.
* FiveBadBand

* EscortMission: Any level with Buddy Bunnies is usually one of these. One kind of Buddy Bunnies follows a predetermined path, while the other will follow Bouapha around.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Autozoids and Traffic cars.
* FrickinLaserBeams: As used by various enemies, and they're FRICKIN' HUGE, too.
* GameWithinAGame: The SPISMall has various arcade game machines you can play provided you have enough coins.
* HarderThanHard: When cranked up to Lunatic difficulty, that is.
* LethalLavaLand: Any cavern themed world/level is guranteed to be exactly this.
* LimitBreak: The Rage attacks, which require filling up the Rage meter to the max in order to be activated. Depends mainly on the character being used and can be altered if a secondary weapon is equipped.
* LockedDoor
* MetalSlime: Mad Millennium Bug.
* MadScientist: Dr. Lunatic, the titular game's BigBad.
* NintendoHard: Any of SpiderPumpkin's levels. The original SPISPOPD is arguably this way as well.
* RuleOfCool: Pretty much anything that happens in both games exemplify this. Taken much further in Supreme with Cheese due to the LevelEditor.

** The title, which originated in online discussions prior to the release of Doom in which people jokingly discussed what the ''next'' big game would be...which makes this game a {{Defictionalization}} as well!

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Precisely where you'll fight the Yeti Bros. in both games.
* StandardStatusEffects: Poison and freeze.
* StatOVision: The Monster Scanner.
* StatusBuff: Acquired through various powerups.
* StoryArc: The main one in the entire [[TheMultiverse Dumbverse]].
* HubLevel: Dr. Lunatic's level structure consists of this.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Using your You-Go to run over various monsters ''Grand Theft Auto'' style.

** Dr. Lunatic (playable version): Bolts of electricity which chain to multiple enemies.
** Luna Chick: Her megaphone, which fires large bursts of red sound energy.
** Mecha Bouapha: Same as his non-mechanical counterpart.
** Shtupid Shroom: Poison mushroom spores, which are the only weapon used by a playable character that can inflict DoT poison.
** Happy Stick Man (playable version): Random projectiles of various types.