History VideoGame / ShovelwaresBrainGame

* ShoutOut: As expected for Shovelware Studios, this game is LOADED with them, especially the prizes. As a matter of fact, there's also many that [[ShoutOut/ShovelwaresBrainGame they needed their own page]].

* ShoutOut: As expected for Shovelware Studios, this game is LOADED with them, especially the prizes.
** At the beginning of the show, the Dancing Banana will sometimes tumble down the stairs during his entry and lie in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' death pose as a result, only to bounce right back up without a hitch.
** When the stop sign prize is shown, the Announcer, akin to ''Series/SesameStreet'', describes its eight fantastic sides and eight awesome angles. He even says "[[Creator/JackBlack Oh, man!]]"
** Looking at the description of the moai prize when won says it would look great [[VideoGame/Splatoon3 going in your locker.]]
** Win or lose the ''Donkey Kong''-styled minigame, and Dancing Banana (and Peel, if you win) [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD will say "I'm outta here!" before jumping off-screen Sonic style]], to the bafflement of the Cantaloupe (and Peel if you don't win).
** Sometimes after the show has ended, the Dancing Banana will Backwards Long Jump on the stairs akin to ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.
** Another alternate variation has the Dancing Banana instead climb up to the second floor of the audience seats like with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', with a stamina meter akin to that game.
** The "car battery!" bit is borrowed from ''Series/{{Victorious}}''.
** The "[[WebVideo/DrewGooden Road work ahead?]]" question is from [[https://youtu.be/9sPthPleEKo this Vine.]]
** One of the audience members is a PerpetualSmiler orange, and one of his cutscenes have him brandishing a knife. [[WebAnimation/AnnoyingOrange Doesn't that sound familiar?]]
** In one of the space questions related to the section of space between Mars and Jupiter, one of the answers is "[[VideoGame/SonicColors Asteroid Coaster]]".
** During one question, the Announcer talks about the Wright Brothers as if they were the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', only to realise he's talking about the wrong brothers and correcting himself on the spot.
** Speaking of Mario, one of the prizes you can earn is a [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld football chiseled from stone.]] The Announcer even states that it's "even official size!"
** [[WesternAnimation/PhineasandFerb A-g-l-e-t]], don't forget it.
** [[ChickenJoke "Why did the chicken cross the road?"]] [[WesternAnimation/VeggieTales "Weed eater."]]
** When presenting the toasters prize, the Announcer remarks, [[VideoGame/HotelMario "You know what they say... "All toasters toast toast!""]]
** "The Thinker" is a reference to the first murder weapon of the first murder case of the first VisualNovel/AceAttorney game. Although the actual presentation of the prize doesn't reference Ace Attorney, its description in the prize menu does. It's the description of "The Thinker" in the evidence menu, copy-pasted word-for-word. ("A statue in the shape of 'The Thinker.' It's rather heavy.")
** Sometimes, in-between questions, the TV channel may change from its normal broadcast to a "Schedule" bumper from [=GW6=] (a reference to WebVideo/Local58) and a parody of Series/{{Seinfeld}} called "Slimefeld".
** Of the places you can win a trip to, there is [[VideoGame/SkiFree the Swiss Alps]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 San Francisco]], and Paris catacombs (Where your challenge is this: [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion To find... a way out!]]
** One of the lines introducing the Monumental Landmarks category is [[Film/TheRoom "Oh hai, Monumental Landmarks!"]]
** One of the quips made by the Dancing Banana whenever someone picks the Zoo Pals category is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FncC-sn_VFk "Quack! Quack! Zoo Pals!"]]
** One of the "Nonsense non-sequiturs" questions requires you to tell the difference between two pictures. [[Series/TheOfficeUS They're the same picture]].
** A couple of the "Nonsense non-sequiturs" questions are directly lifted from VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz.
** The voice samples for the right-hand cherry (from the camera view) is lifted from [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody's laughter]].
** Speaking of those cherries, they have a similar dynamic to [[Franchise/TheMuppets Statler and Waldorf]].

** One of the "Nonsense non-sequiturs" questions requires you to tell the difference between two pictures. [[Series/TheOfficeUS They're the same picture]]
** A couple of the "Nonsense non-sequiturs" questions are directly lifted from VideoGame/TheImpossibleQuiz

** Occasionally, the announcer will mention that he's made an obby. When this happens, [[spoiler:a vent at the top of the map will open. Going through it teleports the player to the announcer's obby, and gives them a badge.]]

** The Cantaloupe appears to be one for [[WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} Bluto]], with his sailor hat, scruffy beard, and [[EyesAlwaysClosed squinting eyes]]. There's also the fact that he takes you to the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong]] mini game, as Donkey Kong was originally meant to be for Popeye.

** One of the quips made by the Dancing Banana whenever someone picks the Zoo Pals category is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA1myiuhNFA "Quack, Quack! Zoo Pals!"]]

* ADogNamedDog: Dancing Banana's nephews. The camera operator is named Oldest Nephew and the one that reveals the prizes is named Middle Nephew. Averted with the youngest, whose name is Peel.

* AnthropomorphicFood: The host, Dancing Banana and his nephews are starters. The entire live-audience also counts as this (unless you don't join the game and just watch).

* MicDrop: Dancing Banana will sometimes do this should the player picking the category get a question wrong. He even gives you a DisapprovingLook…

* DepravedKidsShowHost: Implied. While Dancing Banana is ''definitely'' the opposite of this, sometimes the Broccoli might ask him about some allegations. The security Donut also might occasionally chime in to pull out a wanted poster of Dancing Banana and ask if anyones seen him.

** Same goes for Garfunkel, who's an obvious ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} riff. The comic strip prize also mentions a [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenace Constance the Nusciance]].

* OverlyLongGag: When revealing the Dancing Hotdog prize, the Announcer gets shocked at the fact that the prize is a genuine living person and tries to change the prize but only ends up giving the Hotdog a guitar. This a reference to a Ben 10 video where Vilgax gets the Omnitrix but keeps turning into a hotdog instead.

** The "Road work ahead?" question is from [[https://youtu.be/9sPthPleEKo this Vine.]]

Ever wanted to win big? Say, a prize that's a moai ripped straight from Easter Island, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames the Harkinian Appliances patented Dinner Blaster]], or a mandatory 6 month vacation to Brazil? Oddly specific, but if that's how you roll, be sure to try your hand at Shovelware's Brain Game! With a spectacular host, several children as cam operators, a single special guest and several questions, will you prove you've got the biggest brain and win any of those oddly specific prizes?

* UndesirablePrize: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. A lot of the prizes shown are quite unusual and purposefully useless. Prizes include: a [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld stone football]], cabbage, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones caveman vitamins]] (which contain ''lead''), a tiger poster, a broken phone charger cord, a dancing hotdog, a shaken can of soda, cow tools, a rock found outside the studio, an I.O.U., etc.

* UndesirablePrize: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. A lot of the prizes shown are quite unusual and purposefully useless. Prizes include: a [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld stone football]], cabbage, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones caveman vitamins]] (which contain ''lead''), a broken phone charger cord, a dancing hotdog, a shaken can of soda, cow tools, a rock found outside the studio, an I.O.U., etc.

* ShoutOut:

** Sometimes after the show has ended the Dancing Banana will Backwards Long Jump on the stairs akin to ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''.

* EasterEgg: Sometimes, a player will get a car battery chucked at them [[spoiler:or randomly get set on fire]]. And sometimes an audience member will chime in to ask Dancing Banana a question.

** Sometimes, in-between questions, the TV channel may change from its normal broadcast to a "Schedule" bumper from [=GW6=] (a reference to [[WebVideo/Local58]]) and a parody of [[LiveActionTV/{{Seinfeld}}]] called "Slimefeld".

* UndesirablePrize: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. A lot of the prizes shown are quite unusual and purposefully useless. Prizes include: a [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld stone football]], cabbage, [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones caveman vitamins]] (which contain ''lead''), a broken phone charger cord, a dancing hotdog, a rock found outside the studio, an I.O.U., etc.