History VideoGame / TheSimpsonsHitAndRun

** The Buzz Cola [[spoiler:being powerful enough to raise the dead explains the zombies and possibly ghosts seen around Level 7, but it does not explain the other supernatural elements, like why there are witches flying around the streets on brooms and why the Lard Lad statue is alive. Presumably, these were done for RuleOfCool.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Kent Brockman, Professor Frink, Snake, Grampa, Kang and Kodos all die at different points in Level 7; Kent's brains get eaten by zombies, Frink, Snake, and Grampa get blown up by the UFO, and the aliens die when their ship crashes into the school. In the show, all of them are still alive.]]

%%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Grandpa Abe, Kang and Kodos. Professor Frink and Snake may have died as well, as it's not explicitly stated whether they got out before their car was destroyed by the tractor beam. Kent Brockman is also devoured by zombies on TV at the start of the first mission in Level 7. Of course, since Level 7 is themed off of the ''Treehouse of Horror'' episodes, one can consider it a Halloween gag not to be taken seriously.]]

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Subverted. In Level 5 you play as Apu, the one level where the PlayerCharacter is not a Simpson family member.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Subverted. Level 5 is played as Apu, the one level not played as a member of the Simpsons family (Homer in Levels 1 and 7, Bart in Levels 2 and 6, Lisa in 3, and Marge in 4).

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Grandpa Abe, Kang and Kodos. Professor Frink and Snake may have died as well, as it's not explicitly stated whether they got out before their car was destroyed by the tractor beam. Kent Brockman is also devoured by zombies on TV at the start of the first mission in Level 7. Of course, since Level 7 is themed off of the ''Treehouse of Horror'' episodes, one can consider it a Halloween gag not to be taken seriously.]]

'''Marge:''' Mmmm, I just had it painted...

** Of the quips that play when breaking objects or smashing in to things, the Simpson family all try to shift the blame on each other:
-->'''Homer''': Bart did it.\\

'''Marge''': Send the bill to Homer.

** In some missions the timer doesn't start until you get into your vehicle, which means there's nothing stopping you from making your way to the checkpoint on foot, calling your vehicle from a phone booth, and then starting the mission with a massive time advantage.

** In some missions the timer doesn't start until you get into your vehicle... which means nothing is stopping you from driving to the next checkpoint, walking back to talk to the NPC at the previous checkpoint, and then walking to your destination without having to worry about the timer.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: The final mission gives the player a beefed-up version of Grandpa's Jeep, now equipped with a small rocket that makes it much faster... and harder to control.

* BigBadDuumvirate: That would be [[spoiler:Kang and Kodos]].

** The Open Wheel Race Car unlocked in Level 7 is a FragileSpeedster of the highest order, with maxed-out speed, acceleration and handling but extremely poor toughness. This means that while it's extremely fast, it also has extremely sensitive handling and will likely be totalled in short order. However, if fully mastered, you have a car that will outspeed everything and win practically any race.

** Unlike the TV series, the game's jokes rarely, if ever, swerve into political and/or sexual jokes, and instead rely on family-friendly graphical jokes and slapsticks (Larry the Looter and Itchy and Scratchy notwithstanding).

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:The black vans show up around the same time as the wasp cameras, so it would lead the player to believe there is a connection between them. Nope, the vans are just part of a pizza delivery service.]]