History VideoGame / WarioMasterOfDisguise

* ContinuityNod: [[AllThereInTheManual In the game's manual]], Wario refers to himself as a [[VideoGame/WarioWare famous video game designer]] when talking about saving and auto-saving.
%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Carpaccio, as well as Count Cannoli.

* VehicularAssault: Against Cannoli, who seems to get a lot of inspiration from [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Doctor Robotnik]].

* VehicularAssault: Against Cannoli, who seems to get a lot of inspiration from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Doctor Robotnik]].

''Wario: Master of Disguise'' is a PuzzlePlatformer for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

!!'''This game provides examples of:'''

* AntiHero: Again, Wario. He steals the TransformationTrinket of the show's main hero, the phantom thief Count Cannoli, and goes up against both him and other baddies so that he can claim all the treasure for himself. [[spoiler:After unwittingly unsealing Terrormisu, he defeats her only because she's worse then him.]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Carpaccio, as well as Count Cannoli.

* ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics: The title theme in the Japanese version [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsM5Hpap2TE has lyrics]], which were removed in international releases.

* GhostLegLottery: Appears as a minigame that can be played from a chest.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Cannoli and Carpaccio's respective themes, which are also {{Boss Remix}}ed for their respective BattleThemeMusic.

* NonindicativeName: The Superfantastical Money Tree, one of the game's treasures.

* NonstandardGameOver: [[spoiler:Losing to Carpaccio at his race results in him and Cannoli forcefully taking Wario's Wishstone pieces.]]

* PhantomThief: Count Cannoli (The Silver Zephyr), but at the beginning of the game, Wario steals his magic wand, Goodstyle, and becomes a PhantomThief himself (The Purple Wind). The game's Japanese title, ''Kaitou Wario the Seven'', really spells this out -- ''kaitou'' is Japanese for phantom thief, and the "seven" part suggests two classic examples, Lupin the Third and the Fiend of Twenty Faces (seven being how many costumes Wario has, besides the basic thief).

* PunnyName: A lot of the enemies' names are this. Spoonatic, [=DaVincheese=], Ramenses II, Snackeral, and Sarcopha Guy, to name a few.

* RealityWarper: Arty Wario, courtesy of his ArtInitiatesLife (see above).

* RedBoxingGloves: Wario can use one attached to a spring as part of his Genius disguise.

* ReflectingLaser: Cosmic Wario's upgrade gives him this.

-->''This amazing treasure lets you look through absolutely everything...which means that you end up seeing NOTHING AT ALL! Think about it.''

* RiddleOfTheSphynx: The third-level boss has the player answering a sphinx's riddles, the answers being objects you saw during the level (including the "man" riddle). Miss a question and you die instantly.

* ShipLevel: S.S. ''Caviar'', the luxurious cruise ship where the first two episodes take place.

* NoPronunciationGuide: An odd aversion: "Carpaccio" is an actual word (it's a kind of Italian food), but for anyone who's never seen the word or doesn't know how to say it, the identically-named man sounds it out for Wario, who keeps getting his name wrong.
--> '''Carpaccio:''' "Car", as in "car", and I got a nice one. "Pac", as in "posh", which my mansion is. "Cio", which rhymes with "B.O.", which is what YOU got! Seriously bud, shower much?

* AttackItsWeakPoint: All bosses except Ka-Bloom! and Stuffy the 64th. Cannoli and Carpaccio use machines that can be weakened by hitting or pressing certain buttons in them, Barfatonic Lavachomper's weakness is in the uvula, Poobah the Pharaoh has it in the crotch, and Terrormisu has a different one per phase.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: The Royal Golden Tools, one of the treasures.

** Also the Arty Disguise. Arty Wario is very useful for creating extra platforms that can press switches, act as extra steps, and even defeat certain enemies and bosses. He can even restore his own health and create fast travel doors! However, using Arty Wario takes a ''lot'' of work. He has the most difficult design to draw and then when you do get him, you have to draw even more designs which could end up failing. What's worse is that Wario absolutely ''cannot move'' while using this disguise. That means whenever he is painting (which takes a few seconds by the way), he is at the mercy of any enemy/boss in the game that is in range.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Wario defeats an ancient (presumably only fictional) demon, but he's unable to bring the fictional treasure he earned back to the real world.]]

* BossRemix: Count Cannoli and Carpaccio's [[BattleThemeMusic boss battle themes]].

* BuildLikeAnEgyptian: Poobah the Pharaoh's Pyramid.

* DownTheDrain: Ancient Waterworks, a temple that has an internal watery passageway.

%%* ExpositionFairy: Goodstyle.

* LethalLavaLand: Sweatmore Peak, thematically. In terms of gameplay, it's more reminiscent of UnderTheSea due to Wario's eventual ability to turn into a submarine and "swim" through the lava.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Cannoli and Carpaccio's themes.

%%* RoleCalled

* ShipLevel: S.S. Caviar, the luxurious cruise ship where the first two episodes take place.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Sneezemore Cave is a frigid area filled with FrictionlessIce located inside a perpetually snowy mountain.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: Wario's rivalry with Cannoli and Carpaccio has some shades of this.

* TempleOfDoom: Poobah the Pharaoh's Pyramid, which is explored underground.

* WombLevel: At the end of Sneezemore Cave, Carpaccio transforms himself into a giant head. After that, he inhales Wario. Wario must then fight him from the inside. Subversion, however, in that in his transformed state Carpaccio is made of snow and ice rather than flesh, not to mention his "real" face possibly being on the inside of the snow monster.
* WouldHitAGirl: Wario has no issues with beating the living crap out of [[spoiler:Terrormisu]].

* WeekendInventor: Wario quickly builds the Telmet [[HomemadeInventions in his back room]] so he can journey into his television.

* {{Meganekko}}: The Cutie-Pie Hypno Specs will supposedly take any girl and transform her into the WorldsMostBeautifulWoman.
-->''Dangerous spectacles, to be sure.''

* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: The game has a dolphin boss who breathes water instead of air, and the way to beat it involves trapping it above water so it gasps like a fish. [[SarcasmMode Because dolphins are obviously fish.]]

%%* HappyBattleMusic: Terrormisu's boss theme sounds like this.

%%* BadassMustache: Wario. Also Count Cannoli.

%%* AntiHero: Again, Wario.

%%* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Goodstyle, in order to defeat Terrormisu.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** The treasure description for the Fishin' Hole Fishin' Pole.
--> "This magic fishing pole will catch a fish every time you dip it in the water! But only crappie. Which actually taste better than they sound."[[note]]Note that crappie is an actual type of fish.[[/note]]
** Drawing a pattern that the game doesn't recognize while disguised as Arty Wario will cause anthropomorphic poop to appear and run away. This can even be helpful for defeating certain enemies.

* PalsWithJesus: [[spoiler:Carpaccio has been working alongside the ancient immortal Pharaoh in a friendly manner for quite some time now.]]

* PunnyName: A lot of the enemies' names are this. Spoonatic, [=DaVincheese=], Ramenses II, Snackerel, and Sarcopha Guy, to name a few.

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: As long as Wario has the Sweatmore Hotpants or is wearing the Dragon Wario disguise, lava behaves exactly like water.

* FoulFlower: One boss, Kabloom, is a giant flower that steals a piece of the DismantledMacGuffin. It starts out with an innocent face, complete with CatSmile, but when it is damaged, it gains a much scarier face.

* FrictionlessIce: [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Sneezemore Cave]] has plenty of this.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Ka Bloom! is the only boss in the game with absolutely no connection to the plot whatsoever. Poobah is very important in the game's backstory and the Barfatronic Lavachomper and Stuffy the 64th both have ties to [[spoiler:Carpaccio]].

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Sneezemore Cave.

* BigBad: Wario’s main rivals in finding the pieces of the [[DismantledMacGuffin Wishstone]] are Count Cannoli and Carpaccio, the former being a PhantomThief known as the Silver Zephyr, and the latter being the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head]] of Sigil Securities. Cannoli serves as the antagonist for the first half of the game, trying to steal back his magic wand Goodstyle from Wario, after which [[spoiler:he realizes he can't beat Wario on his own, which leads to Carpaccio recruiting him. Carpaccio then becomes the antagonist until the very end of the last level, when Tiaramisu, the cute girl who has been helping Wario, reveals herself as the ancient demon Terrormisu that [[AntiVillain Carpaccio's been trying to stop]]]].

* VehicularAssault: Against Cannoli, who seems to get a lot of inspiration from [[SonicTheHedgehog Doctor Robotnik]].

* BigBad: Wario’s main rivals in finding the pieces of the [[MacGuffin Wishstone]] are Count Cannoli and Carpaccio, the latter being a PhantomThief known as the Silver Zephyr, and the latter is the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head]] of Sigil Securities. Cannoli serves as the antagonist for the first half of the game, trying to steal back his magic wand Goodstyle from Wario, after which [[spoiler:he realizes he can't beat Wario on his own, which leads to Carpaccio recruiting him. Carpaccio then becomes the antagonist until the very end of the last level, when Tiaramisu, the cute girl who has been helping Wario, reveals herself as the ancient demon Terrormisu that [[GoodAllAlong Carpaccio's been trying to stop]]]].

* BigBad: Count Cannoli serves as the main antagonist [[spoiler:for the first half of the game. After that, he realizes he can't beat Wario on his own, which leads to Carpaccio recruiting him. He becomes the antagonist until the very end of the last level, when Tiaramisu reveals herself as a demon Carpaccio's been trying to stop.]]