History VideoGame / TAGAP

* InvincibilityPowerUp: Blue pills in the first game make you temporarily invincible, but slow you down and make everything else speed up. The sequel replaces them with blue vials, which are found in rare spots (instead of being rewards for killing enough enemies), but can be carried with you and activated at any time.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Every named Penguins has a name beginning with P: [[SuperPrototype Pablo]], [[TheDragon Pedro]], [[PsychoPrototype Primo]], and [[MissionControl Paola]].

TAGAP ('''T'''he '''A'''pocalyptic '''G'''ame '''A'''bout '''P'''enguins) is a series of side-scrolling freeware [[ActionGame Action Games]] in the style of {{Abuse}} made by Penguin DT, an indie game dev studio. As the name suggests, the series is about penguins and apocalyptic scenarios involving MoreDakka, StuffBlowingUp, and [[FantasticDrug Fantastic Drugs]].

* FantasticDrug: The titular TAGAP ('''T'''issue '''A'''ugmenting '''G'''reen '''A'''ddictive '''P'''ill). Heals you instantly, augments your reflexes, may cause mind control and/or hallucinations. You pass an entire level of ''2'' [[FunnyMoments completely stoned on the stuff]].

* CriticalExistenceFailure: Justified in-universe - pretty much all modified penguins possess a certain amount of TAGAP in their body. This allows them to [[healingFactor regenerate instantly from any injury as if it never happened in the first place]], but it's not limitless: the regeneration consumes the TAGAP in their body, and once that's depleted, any attack is enough to kill them.

* SplitScreen: ''2'' allows two players to play in co-op as Pablo and Pedro. Besides increasing the amount of enemies, co-op takes in account the fact that the players lose a lot of vertical visibility due to the split screen, and thus redistributes the enemies so that they mostly spawn from the left/right sides of the screen. This way, the game tries to avoid the cheap shots of having an enemy attack from above/below with no time to react.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Funky Prophet is revealed to be this. He initially feared that "the black penguin" he saw in his vision would've destroyed Pluto, and voted in favor of the war; but he ends up changing his mind when he saw what Pluto's militarization has brought, correctly guessing that the war itself was the threat.
** [[spoiler:The Warlord himself was this. He was anti-war, but decided to personally lead a recon mission anyway. If Earth was hostile, he would've gotten useful intel for the upcoming war; if it wasn't, he could've personally testified the fact in order to prevent the war]].

*** MIRV: It's both the FPS Missile Launcher (three missiles with limited auto-aiming) and the FPS Rocket Launcher (one single unguided missile, which isn't as damaging as the three guided missiles, but has a bigger explosion - which can [[ArmorPiercing pass through shields]]).

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: apparently the weather controlling satellites were designed for "Fight global warming, ecological terrorism, and getting the weather predictions ''right'' for once".

** Subverted in '33, where toxic waste or lava will quickly kill you if you don't get out soon.

* DefeatMeansFriendship/HeelFaceTurn: After Pablo defeats him and saves his life, Pedro decides to join him against R.E.P.

* DoubleEntendre: in the second game, there is a club featuring [[spoiler:tit]][[spoiler:mice]].[[labelnote:*]] [[NotSoAboveItAll Pedro]]'s reaction over the radio is what really sells it.[[/labelnote]]

* FantasticDrug: The titular TAGAP ('''T'''issue '''A'''ugmenting '''G'''reen '''A'''ddictive '''P'''ill). Heals you istantly, augments your reflexes, may cause mind control and/or allucinations. You pass an entire level of ''2'' [[FunnyMoments completely stoned on the stuff]].
** There is also a red pill that [[OneUp regenerates]] somebody when on the brink of death, a purple one that gives acrobatic skills, and a blue one that makes you invulnerable but slow... which is rendered by ''[[InterfaceScrew speeding up everything but you, music included]]''.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Pablo picking up the soap in 3's Prison level to lure out one of the keycard carrying guards.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Pablo, in a sense. Glowenko attempted to create an empowered, intelligent cyber-penguin fit to be a general for his army. He succeded, but it turned out that Pablo was intelligent enough to have a rightful morality and enough power and ability to single-handedly destroy Glowenko's plans.
** Primo has been revealed to be this in side-materials. He was enginereed by R.E.P. to crave military conquest and domination, and to be loyal to R.E.P. After he was put in stasis by his creators, he came to the conclusion that his creators "fired" him... which he interpreted as the order to "stop being bound to R.E.P.". And since he still craved for world domination, he decided that he would've sought it solely for '''himself'''.

* StylisticSuck: The Virtual Reality Environment level in 3.

* CuteEmUp

** Primo has been revealed to be this in side-materials. He was enginereed by R.E.P. to crave military conquest and domination, and to be loyal to R.E.P. After he was put in stasis by his creators, he came to the conclusion that his creators "fired" him... which he interpreted as the order to "stop being bound to R.E.P.". And since he still craved for world domination, he decided that he would've sought world domination for '''himself'''.

* HeroicBSOD: It's perfectly normal for players to roll on the floor sobbing thanks to just how difficult the game is.

* OneWingedAngel: Every penguin boss in the sequel. [[spoiler:Even Primo, although in his case, it's by accident]].

** Pedro's own {{Leitmotif}} is a guitar riff, taken from the first game's boss theme.

** [[spoiler:The Warlord himself was this. He was anti-war, but decided to lead a recon mission anyway: either they got proof that Earth isn't hostile; or that it is, in which case they get useful intel]].

* Initialism Title

* MoreDakka: the quad damage powerup doesn't multiply your damage - it multiplies the amount of bullets you fire. Which is cooler.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The base mooks in the first two games are [[TechnicallyLivingZombie cloned penguins]] who are almost completely devoid of intelligence, can olny do basic tasks, and hunger for the flesh of enemy penguins.

** This was toned down in the sequel - however, there are more difficult non-respawning foes, and later levels can still overflow with penguins if you don't keep up the pressure.

*** Pulsegun: Pistol, which can be manually recharged via handle.
*** Nanogrind: Another Rocket Launcher, but it is massively more effective against nanoshields, and can rebuild nano-bridges for some puzzles.

** One of the most blatant ones in ''2'' is to the XBox and the Red Ring Of Death. There is even an achievement if you replicate it by lighting the specific parts.
** ''3'' Has the Funky Doctor, who, wears a [[Franchise/DoctorWho bowtie and a fez]].
*** One of the enemies, the [=Bio-Funk=], is a penguin that has been hooked up to a machine that feeds it green gas. The similarity with [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane]] is evident.

* MirrorBoss:

** The final boss in ''3'' also qualifies, using many of your weapons, but with a twist: [[spoiler:he'll use souped-up versions of ''TAGAP 2'''s weapons. This is because he's General Primo, the BigBad from said game]].
* MookMaker: Some minibosses and bosses. In particular, one boss in ''1'' spawns zombie penguins so fast, that killing the boss before you drown in penguins is a TimedMission.

* PlutoIsExpendable: The entire reason for the third game's plot. NASA downgraded Pluto from "planet" to "dwarf planet", prompting the Plutoids to [[DisproportionateRetribution launch a planetary war in retaliation]]. [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Except not]]]].

** In ''3'', Funky Penguins with bow-ties are mooks, while those with regular ties are full-on Elite Mooks.

* PlutoIsExpendable: the entire reason for the upcoming third game's plot. [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Except not]]]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Pablo and the rockhopper penguins.

* MirrorBoss: Pedro's final fight qualifies. He can use most of your weapons (and in fact will whip out the same weapon as your current one, or a [[MoreDakka chaingun]] if you use the Uzis), and [[spoiler: uses One-Ups. Lots of them.]]. You have to break the rules and [[spoiler: use the Disintegrator, which makes One-Ups useless]].

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:the Funky Penguins]] will get a '''[[BigBad much]]''' [[BigBad larger role]] in the third episode.

* MirrorBoss: Pedro's final fight qualifies. It uses most of your weapons, either your current one or a [[MoreDakka chaingun]], and [[spoiler: uses One-Ups. Lots of them.]]. You have to break the rules and [[spoiler: use the Disintegrator, which makes One-Ups useless]].

* PlanetSpaceship: It is quickly revealed in ''3'' that the entire planet is being warped towards Earth.

* [[SecretLevel Secret Dance Club]]: there is one hidden in each game, but there are no enemies to fight in them. You gain lots of supplies, though.

** ''3'' Has the Funky Doctor, who, for some reason, wears a [[Franchise/DoctorWho fez]].
* SituationalSword: the EMP rifle. Completely useless on organic enemies and Mecha-bosses, and the secondary fire is basically useless in combat. It's also required to grab some hidden items, stops most mechanical enemies, destroys shields, and if you are a really good shot (or just are in [[BulletTime Overdose]]), you can wreck Mechapenguinators.

** [[FireBreathingWeapon Flamethrower]] (1, 2): by consuming more fuel, it can set the ground on fire to create flaming barriers.
** [[GatlingGood Minigun]] (1, 2): with a bonus SentryGun function.

** OMG-20k (1, 2): a cross between a {{BFG}} (high damage) and a RailGun (penetrating shots), with an "overload" ability that clears the entire room [[CastFromHitPoints but also damages you]].
** Plasma Gun (1, 2): [[JackOfAllStats Assault Rifle]] with the ability to generate shields.

** Sub-Machine Guns (1, 2): [[GunsAkimbo Dual]] Automatic Weapons that, due to the really low damage output, act as the [[EmergencyWeapon FPS Pistol]].

''3'' tries to avert this by putting some spin in their concept:

TAGAP ('''T'''he '''A'''pocalyptic '''G'''ame '''A'''bout '''P'''enguins) is a side-scrolling freeware ActionGame in the style of {{Abuse}} made by Penguin DT, an indie game dev studio. TAGAP 2 was recently released as well.

The website is [[http://tagap.net/ here]].

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Every named Penguins has a name beginning with P: [[SuperPrototype Pablo]], [[TheDragon Pedro]], and, in the sequel, [[PsychoPrototype Primo]].

* {{BFG}}: The OMG-20k.
* BossRush

* [[spoiler: DefeatMeansFriendship]]

* EliteMooks: Armed [[MechaMooks Penguinators]]. Rockhopper elites are added in the second game, trading resistance with intelligence.

* FantasticDrug: TAGAP. Heals you istantly, augments your reflexes, may cause mind control and/or allucinations. You pass an entire level of the sequel [[FunnyMoments completely stoned on the stuff]].

* FunWithAcronyms: The game's title, somewhat.

* HighPressureBlood:

* LethalLavaLand: the penultimate level.
* MechaMooks: Abundant in the Tokyo levels.

* MookMaker: One of the minibosses, and one of the bosses. In the latter case, they spawn fast enough that it's a TimedMission to kill the boss before you drown in penguins.
* MoreDakka: the quad damage powerup. In the sequel, iit is possible to combine it with another power up that enhances your ratio of fire and [[BottomlessMagazines gives you infinite ammo]].

* OneWingedAngel:[[spoiler: every penguin boss in the sequel. Even Primo.]]
* PhlebotinumOverdose: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. You can overdose on TAGAP, and you gain bullet time. And funky green penguins.
** [[DoubleSubverted Played straight]] in the sequel.
* [[spoiler:PlutoIsExpendable]]: the entire reason for the upcoming third game's plot.

* SecondaryFire: pretty much every single weapon and the vast majority of vehicles.

* ShoutOut: Many, especially to Doom
** The most blatant one is to the XBox and the Red Ring Of Death. There is even an achievement.

* SplitScreen: ''2'' allows two players to play in co-op as Pablo and Pedro. Besides increasing the amount of enemies, co-op takes in account the fact that the players lose a lot of vertical visibility due to the split screen, and thus redistributes the enemies so that they mostly spawn from the left/right sides of the screen. This way, the game tries to avoid the cheap shots of having an enemy attack from above/beloiw with no time to react.
* StandardFPSGuns:
** Disintegrator (1 only): Chainsaw, due to its short range, high damage and self-recharging ammo.
** EMP Rifle: Gimmicky (disables shields and robotic enemies). The secondary fire (a gravity field) is pretty much an UtilityWeapon.
** [[FireBreathingWeapon Flamethrower]]: Firethrower, plus it can set the ground on fire to create flaming barriers, at the price of higher ammo consumption.
** Minigun: [[GatlingGood self-explanatory]], with a bonus SentryGun function.
** [[NailEm Nail Gun]] (2 only): Nail Gun, plus it can deploy explosive drones that shoot multiple nails.
** OMG-20k: a cross between a {{BFG}} (high damage) and a RailGun (penetrating shots), with an "overload" ability that clears the entire room [[CastFromHitPoints but also damages you]].
** Plasma Gun: [[JackOfAllStats Assault Rifle]] with the ability to generate shields.

** [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Shotgun]]: Shotgun, also packed with Grenades (1) or Mines (2).
** Sub-Machine Guns: [[GunsAkimbo Dual]] Automatic Weapons that, due to the really low damage output, act as the [[EmergencyWeapon FPS Pistol]].

* [[spoiler:WeatherControlMachine]]: used by Primo in the sequel. [[spoiler:He mixed TAGAP with the rain in order to disable humans, which he would then calmly brainwash]].

* StandardFPSWeapons:

** [[NailEm Nail Gun]] (2 only): NailGun, plus it can deploy drones that explode with multiple nails.

* HighPressureBlood: Particularly the Super Zombies, which stand and gush blood for several seconds when you kill them.
** Taken to {{Evangelion}} levels in the second game's ending.

* BFG: The OMG-20k.