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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Lost Media Wiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] The Cutting Room Floor. In addition, [[https://toonstruck2.com/ there is a project aiming to release a remastered version of Toonstruck with the use of AI art, and then bring to life Toonstruck 2]]; the project team includes some of the people who worked on original Toonstruck.

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ExecutiveMeddling meant that only ~1/3 of what Burst Studios wanted to make made it into the game resulting in a pretty big {{Cliffhanger}}. A sequel was meant to resolve this but Virgin [[LeftHanging pulled the plug]] before it could be finished when the first game proved to be a financial disappointment. Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.here]],[[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Lost Media Wiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] The Cutting Room Floor. In addition, [[https://toonstruck2.com/ there is a project aiming to release a remastered version of Toonstruck with the use of AI art, and then bring to life Toonstruck 2]]; the project team includes some of the people who worked on original Toonstruck.
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* SequelHook: The final cut scene hints at this. Sadly the sales of the game were too disappointing to justify the sequel's development, even though the developers have stated they wish to make one.

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* SequelHook: The final cut scene hints at this.this: [[spoiler: Drew's pitch to introduce Flux into the ''Fluffy Bun-Bun Show'' is shot down by his boss, but he gets a call from Flux that they need his help with some new crisis. Drew transforms into a toon and disappears]]. Sadly the sales of the game were too disappointing to justify the sequel's development, even though the developers have stated they wish to make one.
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* AnimalSpeciesAccent: Molly the sheep speaks with a shaky voice resembling a sheep's bleat. She still retains this after she's turned into a {{dominatrix}}.

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* AnimalSpeciesAccent: Molly Polly the sheep speaks with a shaky voice resembling a sheep's bleat. She still retains this after she's turned into a {{dominatrix}}.
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** The Robot Maker's lower body is a dead ringer for a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]]'s.
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** Cutopia's arcade has arcade cabinets called [[Franchise/MortalKombat Mortal Wombat]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Sweetfighter]] and [[VideoGame/PacMan Wacman]].

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** Cutopia's arcade has arcade cabinets called [[Franchise/MortalKombat Mortal Wombat]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighter [[Franchise/StreetFighter Sweetfighter]] and [[VideoGame/PacMan Wacman]].
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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Lost Media Wiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] The Cutting Room Floor.

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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Lost Media Wiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] The Cutting Room Floor.
Floor. In addition, [[https://toonstruck2.com/ there is a project aiming to release a remastered version of Toonstruck with the use of AI art, and then bring to life Toonstruck 2]]; the project team includes some of the people who worked on original Toonstruck.
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* HypnotismReversal: The final act of the game introduces Count Nefarious's right hand, Ms. Fortune, who is a gypsy cat with HypnoticEyes. A pair of reflective sunglasses are enough to turn the tables on her, while somehow protecting the wearer as well.
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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] The Cutting Room Floor.

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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki Lost Media Wiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] The Cutting Room Floor.
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* MagiTek: The Malevolator that is powered by four magical crystals.
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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] Wiki/TheCuttingRoomFloor.

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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] Wiki/TheCuttingRoomFloor.
The Cutting Room Floor.
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* ColorCodedSpeech: Almost all characters have subtitles that are based on the color of their skin or clothes.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of the game shows poor Drew strapped to an [[ElectricTorture electric chair being electrocuted]] by the insane clown, [[MonsterClown Spike]]. In the actual game, Spike only shows up at the very end of a game in one scene and is knocked unconscious after that. While Drew can be electrocuted in the game, it is not by an eletric chair but if he chooses to try to open the scanning door with his hand to the entrance where the Malevolator is then a shock helmet will appear on him and buzz him.
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** When Ms. Fortune tries to warn Count Nefarious about an intruder in the toon world (Drew), Nefarious says "I have no time for more news of rabbits." The only prominent rabbit in the game is Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun. The implication seems to be that [[spoiler:Ms. Fortune used her psychic powers to predict Fluffy's world domination plot ahead of time, and Ms. Fortune had previously tried to warn Nefarious, but he hadn't listened]].
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** The title is a riff on ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}''.
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* StewedAlive: When Drew and Flux come to again after having been knocked out by B.B. Wolf, they are in a cooking pot in the wolf's cave, with a fire underneath and B. B. Wolf cutting carrots and adding the slices into the pot.
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** At one point after meeting Fluffy for the first time, you can ask her about King Hugh again. She will say that she "[doesn't] see him very much lately" because he's "all tied up" with other things. [[spoiler:Guess which cute and lovable bunny kidnapped him]]?

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: An example that was cut. Just before Drew is transported to Cutopia, Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait can be seen hanging on Drew's room's wall. One of the things that was cut from the game was getting to meet Vincent van Gogh.

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An example that was cut. Just before Drew is transported to Cutopia, Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait can be seen hanging on Drew's room's wall. One of the things that was cut from the game was getting to meet Vincent van Gogh.Gogh.
** In the final game, there is a plaque outside King Hugh's castle announcing the future site of a royal botanical garden. King Hugh hasn't shown any interest in gardening, but [[spoiler:rabbits love gardens, and Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun is awfully upset about her meadow being destroyed...]]
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* MissXPun:
** Ms. Fortune is a cat with PsychicPowers (a FortuneTeller), who is also evil (meeting her is a misfortune).
** Ms. Fit, ValleyGirl who runs the costume store. She's not a ''misfit'' but is instead very fit, since she's noted as buxom and in great shape.
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* AnimalSpeciesAccent: Molly the sheep speaks with a shaky voice resembling a sheep's bleat. She still retains this after she's turned into a {{dominatrix}}.
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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck two]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] on Wiki/TheCuttingRoomFloor.

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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck two]] three]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] on [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Toonstruck on]] Wiki/TheCuttingRoomFloor.
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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]].

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Some of the unused materials from the game can be seen [[http://akril15.com/sr/toon/toon.html here]] and here]], [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051029032433/http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm here]].here]], and on the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpepjZhDhg8&list=PLACMSh_URlEcwVqYAoOP-uylLtUxiXWPQ Toonstruck animator Laura Janczewski's official YouTube channel]]. Besides, there is a Wiki/LostMediaWiki [[https://lostmediawiki.com/Toonstruck_2_(cancelled_PC_adventure_game;_1996) entry for the the unreleased Toonstruck 2]].
2]], as well as [[https://tcrf.net/Proto:Toonstruck two]] [[https://tcrf.net/Toonstruck entries]] on Wiki/TheCuttingRoomFloor.

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* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Frequently. The security guards in both Cutopia and the Malevolands are shown to be frequently incompetent in their own ways. The latter's case is even lampshaded by Drew after he gets into the Malevolator.

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The security guards in both Cutopia and the Malevolands are shown to be frequently incompetent in their own ways. The latter's case is even lampshaded by Drew after he gets into the Malevolator.


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* HappyCircusMusic: "Fun Fair," a happy calliope waltz by Dick Stephen Walter, plays during the puzzle to get into Spike the clown's room. It's a SimonSaysMinigame where you click different parts of a giant clown face.

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* HereWeGoAgain: The ending has a rather tragic example. [[spoiler:Drew is inspired by his adventures (which he thinks are a dream) to incorporate Flux into Fluffy's show as a character foil. His heartfelt pitch to Sam Schmultz the next morning completely fails to move his narrow-minded boss, who is outraged that Drew went against his orders to create more cute characters. Turns out a MeanBoss won't appreciate you doing anything but exactly what he told you to do, even if your proposal is a far superior idea.]] Luckily (?) enough for Drew, [[spoiler:he's not immediately fired because his boss still needs him to create more characters. And also because his adventure was real and he gets sucked back into the Toon world soon after.]]



* RealityEnsues: The ending has a rather tragic example. [[spoiler:Drew is inspired by his adventures (which he thinks are a dream) to incorporate Flux into Fluffy's show as a character foil. His heartfelt pitch to Sam Schmultz the next morning completely fails to move his narrow-minded boss, who is outraged that Drew went against his orders to create more cute characters. Turns out a MeanBoss won't appreciate you doing anything but exactly what he told you to do, even if your proposal is a far superior idea.]] Luckily (?) enough for Drew, [[spoiler:he's not immediately fired because his boss still needs him to create more characters. And also because his adventure was real and he gets sucked back into the Toon world soon after.]]

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