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The series also spawned multiple [[TieInNovel children's books]] (which may not have been published), including ''SPY Fox: The Official SPY Manual'' and ''SPY Fox: Twenty Thousand Leaks Under the Sea'', as well as a ''[[http://www.davewindett.com/various/fox.html SPY Fox]]'' ComicBookAdaptation. Humongous also released a number of promo materials for the games, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20020204010946/http://www.humongous.com/ads/SPYFoxPromo/SPYcontent.asp?content=VillianDossier&dossierArchive=Morrie including stories featuring new villains that have never appeared in the games, such as Dr. Morrie Arty, Dr. Fu Manch Hugh, and Baron Von Bluefield]].

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The series also spawned multiple [[TieInNovel children's books]] (which may not have been published), including ''SPY Fox: The Official SPY Manual'' and ''SPY Fox: Twenty Thousand Leaks Under the Sea'', as well as a ''[[http://www.davewindett.com/various/fox.html SPY Fox]]'' ComicBookAdaptation. Humongous also released a number of promo materials for the games, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20020204010946/http://www.humongous.com/ads/SPYFoxPromo/SPYcontent.asp?content=VillianDossier&dossierArchive=Morrie including stories featuring new villains that who have never appeared in the games, such as Dr. Morrie Arty, Dr. Fu Manch Hugh, and Baron Von Bluefield]].

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* DevelopersForesight: ''Dry Cereal'' has dialogue recorded for the extremely unlikely event that the player will attempt to get more Chicken Knuckles after using them on the alligators, although due to a coding oversight it doesn't play.

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** Attempting to contact Monkey Penny with the watch inside Mobile Command Center in all three games will have Monkey Penny call him out for contacting her while you're in the same room as her.
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* OrigamiGag: In the third game, ''Operation Ozone'', Fox infiltrates a Scottish hydroelectric dam in a parody of ''Film/GoldenEye'''s introduction sequence, and an informant there gives him a sheet of paper from which to build a [[ShoePhone rocket-powered origami skateboard]]. The player's job is to click on the three parts in the proper order to build the skateboard. Clicking on the parts in the wrong order turns the skateboard into an origami model of one of three Humongous Entertainment characters; [[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Sam]]'s head, [[VideoGame/FreddiFish Freddi Fish]], or [[VideoGame/PuttPutt Putt-Putt]].

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** At one point in the Jungle Spyfox has to outrun a [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk giant chicle]].

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** At one point in the Jungle Spyfox in ''Operation Ozone'', Fox has to outrun a [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk giant chicle]].chicle]].
** In ''Operation Ozone'', the code to enter Poodles Galore's moonbase corresponds to a five-note jingle, nodding to a similar song-based password in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (which itself is the alien melody from ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', which the jingle in ''Operation Ozone'' is a lawyer-friendly pastiche of).
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* ForTheEvulz: {{Subverted}} - despite S.M.E.L.L.Y.'s title as a Society of ''Meaningless Evil'', Larceny, Lying and Yelling, most of its villains actually have the plain objective of bringing around some sort of profit to them. [=LeRoach=] is also not of this trope by instead planning to wreak havoc on the World's Fair to seek revenge for [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide being too short to go through a turnstile]] and being publicly laughed at for this deficiency when he was younger.
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* PiranhaProblem: Mr. Udderly first appears tied up over a tank of piranhas. Spy Fox quickly points out how odd it is to have such a tank in the middle of a ''Feta cheese factory''. ''Cheese Chase'' also plays this straight.

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* PiranhaProblem: Mr. Udderly first appears tied up over a tank of piranhas. Spy Fox quickly points out how odd it is to have such a tank in the middle of a ''Feta cheese factory''.factory'', and also quotes the reputation of piranhas being able to render a cow into a skeleton in moments (...which Mr. Udderly is). ''Cheese Chase'' also plays this straight.
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* WhoopeeCushion: ''Dry Cereal'' begins with SPY Fox skydiving from an airplane without a parachute, and needing to use one of his spy gadgets to make a safe landing on the island of Acidophilus. One of the gadgets SPY Fox can have with him is a whoopee cushion, which he can land on, after which it makes a rude sound.
-->'''SPY Fox''': Phew! Pardon me! That airline food will get you every time. That's certainly not the kind of entrance a super spy like myself normally makes.
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* CompanyCrossReferences:
** In ''Dry Cereal'', if Hong Kong Doodle is blocking the path to the captive dairy cows, one of his Cock-a-Doodle Fu moves is the [[VideoGame/PajamaSam Pajama Slam]]. The icon in the top left of the page for this move is a lunchbox.
** At the beginning of ''Operation Ozone'', if Fox follows the instructions to the rocket-powered origami skateboard in the wrong order, he will end up creating dioramas of VideoGame/PuttPutt, VideoGame/FreddiFish, and the head of Pajama Sam.
** Also in ''Operation Ozone'', in the path where Fox needs to get a freshwater pearl for Professor Pushpin's congeal pill, Fox can ask Herman the Fisherman to tell him a fish story. Herman will tell him that he had a big yellow fish on his line once, but it pulled out a pair of plastic safety scissors, cut the line, and got away, referencing the events of ''VideoGame/FreddiFish2TheCaseOfTheHauntedSchoolhouse''.
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* MismatchedAtomicExpressionism: Possibly as a ShoutOut to the decades in which this parody of the TuxedoAndMartini spy genre originated, all of the games' art styles are very angular and geometric, the basic aesthetic mismatches its fills and strokes, and is limited in animation.

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-->'''Weasel''': Not you again! How many times do I have to tell you? This is a private party and without an invitation, you are not allowed to go on board! Sheesh! (Cue Spy Fox theme when Spy Fox whisks out his invitation) The nerve of some people. You'd think they would... (sees invitation) YEEHEE!!! Let me see that. Signed, Russian Blue. (Cue HeelFaceTurn) Oh sir! We are ever so honored to have you on board with us today. Please, feel free to come and go as you wish.\\
'''Spy Fox''': (dryly) Why thank you. How gracious of you. ([[AsideComment to the player]]) What a weasel.\\
'''Weasel''': I trust you will have an enjoyable visit. Aand if there is any way in which I can kiss up to you any more sir, I trust you will let me know.\\
'''Spy Fox''': But of course!

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-->'''Weasel''': -->'''Weasel:''' Not you again! How many times do I have to tell you? This is a private party and without an invitation, you are not allowed to go on board! Sheesh! (Cue ([[ThemeMusicPowerUp Cue Spy Fox theme when Spy Fox whisks out his invitation) invitation]]) The nerve of some people. You'd think they would... (sees invitation) YEEHEE!!! Let me see that. Signed, Russian Blue. (Cue HeelFaceTurn) Oh sir! We are ever so honored to have you on board with us today. Please, feel free to come and go as you wish.\\
'''Spy Fox''': Fox:''' (dryly) Why thank you. How gracious of you. ([[AsideComment to the player]]) What a weasel.\\
'''Weasel''': '''Weasel:''' I trust you will have an enjoyable visit. Aand if there is any way in which I can kiss up to you any more sir, I trust you will let me know.\\
'''Spy Fox''': Fox:''' But of course!



** In the TrueEnding of ''Dry Cereal'', Spy Fox reprograms William the Kid's robot pilot to send his blimp to Spy Corps. Jail and sets of William's pilot ejector seat. Spy Fox escapes safely on the blimp's only parachute, while William falls and lands in a cell at Spy Corps Jail.
** In the true ending of "Some Assembly Required", Spy Fox meddles with the sewer's pipe system so that [=LeRoach=]'s planned escape route to Fiji will instead lead him to a prison cell. Spy Fox then flushes [=LeRoach=] down the pipe, sending [=LeRoach=] into a prison through the cell's faucet.

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** In the TrueEnding of GoldenEnding for ''Dry Cereal'', Spy Fox reprograms William the Kid's robot pilot to send his blimp to Spy Corps. Jail and sets of William's pilot ejector seat. Spy Fox escapes safely on the blimp's only parachute, while William falls and lands in a cell at Spy Corps Jail.
** In the true ending of "Some one for ''Some Assembly Required", Required'', Spy Fox meddles with the sewer's pipe system so that [=LeRoach=]'s planned escape route to Fiji will instead lead him to a prison cell. Spy Fox then flushes [=LeRoach=] down the pipe, sending [=LeRoach=] into a prison through the cell's faucet.



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* HindenburgIncendiaryPrinciple: William the Kid's getaway blimp in the TrueEnding to ''Dry Cereal''; after William is ejected and (literally) thrown into Evil Villain Jail, the blimp ends up descending to Earth and [[OffScreenCrash is heard exploding among crashing]].

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* HindenburgIncendiaryPrinciple: William the Kid's getaway blimp in the TrueEnding GoldenEnding to ''Dry Cereal''; after William is ejected and (literally) thrown into Evil Villain Jail, the blimp ends up descending to Earth and [[OffScreenCrash is heard exploding among crashing]].
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* YoureInsane: In ''Dry Cereal'', Spy Fox says this to William the Kid after the latter announces his evil plan to drown the cows in milk so he can take over the world with his "delicious goat by-products".
-->'''Spy Fox''': Delicious? You must be insane!\\
'''William the Kid''': ''Insane'', you say! [[NoYou You're the crazy one]], if you think you can save the cows!
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Dry Cereal'', the way to the stables holding the dairy cows may be intercepted by a pool full of hungry alligators. [[spoiler:The way for Fox to get past them is by feeding them chicken knuckles with secret sauce that put them to sleep.]]
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* MostCommonCardGame: In ''Dry Cereal'', one mini-game has SPY Fox play a game of Go Fish for trinkets with a big pig, Artemis J. Bigpig, a parody of Kasper Gutman in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}''.

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* MostCommonCardGame: In ''Dry Cereal'', one mini-game has SPY Fox play a game of Go Fish ''TabletopGame/GoFish'' for trinkets with a big pig, Artemis J. Bigpig, a parody of Kasper Gutman in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}''.
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** Walter Wireless has a blatant Creator/TomBrokaw personality and voice.
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** The security guard for the Dogbot Kitchen Entrance in ''Some Assembly Required'' has a Creator/PaulLynde-like inflection.
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** The Society of Meaningless Evil, Larceny, Lying and Yelling (S.M.E.L.L.Y.), the villains of ''Some Assembly Required''.

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** The Society of Meaningless Evil, Larceny, Lying and Yelling (S.M.E.L.L.Y.), )[[note]]Oh yeah, SpyCorp's evil archnemesis...[[/note]], the villains of ''Some Assembly Required''.
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* TwoDecadesBehind: The entire premise of ''Operation Ozone'', as its title suggests, revolves around the hole in the ozone layer, an environmental issue that had largely been solved by the early 1990s, over a decade before the game was released.
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* MarathonLevel: ''Hold the Mustard'' has a reputation for being full of these, sans the boss levels mentioned above. They are about 4 to 5 minutes early on, and for a game with 101 levels, that is outrageous. [[DifficultySpike Then you get to the ones with double the amount of enemies]].

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* MarathonLevel: ''Hold the Mustard'' has a reputation for being full of these, sans the boss levels mentioned above. They are about 4 to 5 minutes early on, and for a game with 101 levels, that is outrageous. [[DifficultySpike Then you get to the ones with double the amount of enemies]].enemies.
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* AbsenteeActor
** Monkey Penny is absent from ''Cheese Chase''.
** ''Operation: Ozone'' is the only main game not to feature Walter Wireless.
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** At one point in the Jungle Spyfox has to outrun a [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk giant chicle]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1mDsbG9Wvw One]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddquxYL7Ajs of]] the two pieces of waltz music from ''Dry Cereal'' is a remix of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDWGg-d7SO8 Sam's Room theme]] from the ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' games ''No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside'' and ''[=SockWorks=]''.
** Part of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crf9q-lBelo#t=55s Chase Scene a Go-Go!]]" from ''Dry Cereal'' and ''Cheese Chase'' seems to be a remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMR4S2veiPo one of the level themes]] from ''VideoGame/PajamaSam's [=SockWorks=]''.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1mDsbG9Wvw One]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddquxYL7Ajs of]] the two pieces of waltz music from ''Dry Cereal'' is a remix re-arrangement of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDWGg-d7SO8 Sam's Room theme]] from the ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' games ''No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside'' and ''[=SockWorks=]''.
** Part Several bars of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crf9q-lBelo#t=55s Chase Scene a Go-Go!]]" from ''Dry Cereal'' and ''Cheese Chase'' seems to be a remix of are lifted from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMR4S2veiPo one of the level themes]] from in ''VideoGame/PajamaSam's [=SockWorks=]''.
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** In the final cut scene of ''Ozone'', Fox says he knows Cockadoodle Foo, a call back to a puzzle on the "white water" path in ''Dry Cereal''.

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** In the final cut scene cutscene of ''Ozone'', Fox says he knows Cockadoodle Foo, a call back to a puzzle on the "white water" path in ''Dry Cereal''.

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