History Videogame / Deathspank

* LanternJawOfJustice
* LargeHam: [=DeathSpank=] is very bombastic.

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Sandy]]
* BadSanta: Santa is one of the villains of ''Thongs of Virtue''.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sandy]]
* FallenHero: The possessors of the Thongs have all ended up corrupt, save for [=DeathSpank=]. This is implied to be due to his stupidity.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Parodied with a prostitute who ''literally'' has a golden heart.

** The Sequel "The Baconing" picks up on that tradition. The game has a high chance on crashing at the penultimate boss fight and corrupting your savegame. No Fix is known for that. Yeah, it looks like Hothead Games really hates their customers.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:An option in the ending.]]

* SadisticChoice: At the end of the second game, [[spoiler:after Sandy goes mad due to the Thong of Peace, [=DeathSpank=] must choose between sacrificing himself to save her, or be forced to kill her. There is no third option. According to ''The Baconing'', the latter is canon.]]

* HeroicComedicSociopath: An interesting partial example, Deathspank is obsessed with altruistic ideals and heroism, but he is also a confounded imbecile with a skewed moral compass. He will accept quests from genuinely evil people (Such as The Wizard) at the drop of a hat as long as they have a quest marker above their head.

* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Sandy]]

* ForGreatJustice: Dispenser of Justice.

* TwentyBearAsses: Pretty much every mission except for boss fights and the slight handful that involves a puzzle. Forgivable because they can by and large be completed in three minutes.

** The Baconing ends with DeathSpank [[spoiler: commandeering [=AntiSpank=]'s time machine and going into the past.]]

* BigBad: Lord Von Prong in the first game. [[spoiler:Sandy for both games.]] The AntiSpank in The Baconing.

* SadisticChoice: At the end of the second game, [[spoiler:after Sandy goes mad due to the Thong of Peace, Deathspank must choose between sacrificing himself to save her, or be forced to kill her. There is no third option. According to ''The Baconing'', the latter is canon.]]

** The Baconing ends with DeathSpank [[spoiler: commandeering Anti Spank's time machine and going into the past.]]
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:The Sacrifice Ending, where after killing [=DeathSpank=] Sandy is unable to bring herself to properly destroy the thongs and instead hides them away as she grows old and in regret.]]

''[=DeathSpank=]'' is a two-part ActionRPG in the vein of ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}'', developed by Creator/RonGilbert of the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series and centered around IdiotHero Extraordinaire [=DeathSpank=], self-proclaimed "Hero of the Downtrodden, Dispenser of Justice and Vanquisher of Evil". The first half, ''Orphans of Justice'' (or simply just [=DeathSpank=]) has our hero on a quest to obtain [[MacGuffin The Artifact]], and later, rescuing orphans from Lord Von Prong. The second part, ''Thongs of Virtue'' has [=DeathSpank=] traveling to various locales to defeat those corrupted by the Thongs of Power.

A sequel known as ''The Baconing'' was released in August of 2011. Taking place after [[spoiler:[=DeathSpank=] killed Sandy]] and established the land of [[{{Egopolis}} Spanktopia]], [=DeathSpank=] must once again save the world, this time from [[EvilCounterpart The Anti-Spank]], created when [=DeathSpank=] wore all of the thongs at once.

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!!!The game features examples of:

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Sandy]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: [=DeathSpank=] will beg the player to "Block, you fool, BLOCK!" if he takes too many hits without blocking.

* {{CoOp Multiplayer}}: A second player can enter the game as Sparkles the Wizard, sharing the same lifebar as [=DeathSpank=]. The sequel has Steve Von Prong, ninja and son of Lord Von Prong.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: When you die you're sent back to the nearest outhouse and without a handful of your money... that you can get back by returning where you died to pick it up. Since the enemies don't respawn if you don't change maps...
** The only downside to dying is that you come back with a small amount of health, and whatever you were fighting will have full health again.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [=DeathSpank=] is a parody of such names.
** Possibly a play on how players tend to name their characters something along the lines of [[Webcomic/PennyArcade SkullAssassin]] in games.

* SequelHook: Upon defeating Von Prong, it's revealed that the source of both his and [=DeathSpank=]'s power are their thongs. Sandy then sends [=DeathSpank=] after others with thongs.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The games always start with a message stating that they're based on a true story.

A sequel known as ''[[BaconAddiction The Baconing]]'' was released in August of 2011. Taking place after [[spoiler:[=DeathSpank=] killed Sandy]] and established the land of [[{{Egopolis}} Spanktopia]], [=DeathSpank=] must once again save the world, this time from [[EvilCounterpart The Anti-Spank]], created when [=DeathSpank=] wore all of the thongs at once.

* BaconAddiction: Bacon is a part of the ''plot''.

* XMeetsY: Ron Gilbert describes it as ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}''.

* LostForever: The Primp VIP achievement/trophy in Thongs. If you open the chest in her brothel before viewing all 20 of her costumes, it's gone because Madame Primp will become hostile. The game saves as soon as you open it, so quitting out via dashboard wont save you. Also combines with [[GuideDangIt guide dang it]] because you don't know Primp will attack you, and the fact that it's in plain sight, begging you to open it while Primp is changing costumes doesn't help.
** The Konichiwa achievement/trophy is also potentially missable. You have to talk to the Japanese judge in Wortten's office to get the "Learn Japanese" book to appear in the library. If you begin the cookoff without doing so, Wortten may kill him during the battle (she kills judges at random), preventing you from spawning the book.

** Justice, worn by DeathSpank.

** Peace, worn by [[spoiler: Sandy Bravitor. Her grandfather was the forger of the Thongs, and her plan was to have DeathSpank retrieve them all so she could destroy them, and ultimately kill him as well. You can submit to her, but ''The Baconing'' reveals that DeathSpank killed her instead and took all 6 Thongs for himself]].

* HiveMind: Possibly shown by the [[PuppeteerParasite Mind Barnacles]] by DeathSpank when [[spoiler: he infects the protectors of the wells to get the quest required item they carry.]] Although they could just have a lot of information stored in them and speak on behalf of the mother barnacle instead.

** The Rudolph glitch. Sometimes Santa's top reindeer won't show up due to a bug, and you're required to kill him to get a special helmet in order to progress. If you kill all of the lesser reindeer in the area when Rudolph is missing and save, Rudolph will ''never'' show up again, and the game becomes unwinnable. However, if you allow yourself to die while at least one lesser reindeer is alive, Rudolph will come back when you do. If you're playing the PC or PS3 version, Hothead can fix your save file if it happens. If you're on 360, you're boned. What makes this glitch especially bad is that this takes place 95% of the way through the game.

'''[=DeathSpank=]''' is a two-part ActionRPG in the vein of ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}'', developed by Creator/RonGilbert of the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series and centered around IdiotHero Extraordinaire [=DeathSpank=], self-proclaimed "Hero of the Downtrodden, Dispenser of Justice and Vanquisher of Evil". The first half, ''Orphans of Justice'' (or simply just [=DeathSpank=]) has our hero on a quest to obtain [[MacGuffin The Artifact]], and later, rescuing orphans from Lord Von Prong. The second part, ''Thongs of Virtue'' has [=DeathSpank=] traveling to various locales to defeat those corrupted by the Thongs of Power.

** ChekovsGun: It turns out that the artifact was actually a power source / crafting ingredient that could be used to forge a legendary piece of armor... but since they already created six pairs of armor and needed millions of similar artifacts to make one, it was useful but pretty much vendor trash on its own. In The Baconing, you find caches of artifacts that are being used as power sources and sacrifice them to undo the curse planted on five of the armors (Deathspank was stupid enough to wear all six pairs at once).

** Possibly a play on how players tend to name their characters something along the lines of [[PennyArcade SkullAssassin]] in games.

* DemonicSpider: Just about any enemy with a level even remotely close to yours can really tear chunks out of your lifebar. Enemies that have orange or red level numbers (which indicate their threat to you) can kill you in one or two hits. And they often come in large packs.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Looks like [[{{Gundam00}} Sergei Smirnov]] found his true calling as a Dispenser of Justice!

* GameBreakingBug: The Rudolph glitch. Sometimes Santa's top reindeer won't show up due to a bug, and you're required to kill him to get a special helmet in order to progress. If you kill all of the lesser reindeer in the area when Rudolph is missing and save, Rudolph will ''never'' show up again, and the game becomes unwinnable. However, if you allow yourself to die while at least one lesser reindeer is alive, Rudolph will come back when you do. If you're playing the PC or PS3 version, Hothead can fix your save file if it happens. If you're on 360, you're boned. What makes this glitch especially bad is that this takes place 95% of the way through the game.

'''[=DeathSpank=]''' is a two-part ActionRPG in the vein of ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}'', developed by Creator/RonGilbert of the ''MonkeyIsland'' series and centered around IdiotHero Extraordinaire [=DeathSpank=], self-proclaimed "Hero of the Downtrodden, Dispenser of Justice and Vanquisher of Evil". The first half, ''Orphans of Justice'' (or simply just [=DeathSpank=]) has our hero on a quest to obtain [[MacGuffin The Artifact]], and later, rescuing orphans from Lord Von Prong. The second part, ''Thongs of Virtue'' has [=DeathSpank=] traveling to various locales to defeat those corrupted by the Thongs of Power.

* XMeetsY: Ron Gilbert describes it as ''MonkeyIsland'' meets ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}''.

'''[=DeathSpank=]''' is a two-part ActionRPG in the vein of ''{{Diablo}}'', developed by Creator/RonGilbert of the ''MonkeyIsland'' series and centered around IdiotHero Extraordinaire [=DeathSpank=], self-proclaimed "Hero of the Downtrodden, Dispenser of Justice and Vanquisher of Evil". The first half, ''Orphans of Justice'' (or simply just [=DeathSpank=]) has our hero on a quest to obtain [[MacGuffin The Artifact]], and later, rescuing orphans from Lord Von Prong. The second part, ''Thongs of Virtue'' has [=DeathSpank=] traveling to various locales to defeat those corrupted by the Thongs of Power.

* XMeetsY: Ron Gilbert describes it as ''MonkeyIsland'' meets ''{{Diablo}}''.

'''[=DeathSpank=]''' is a two-part ActionRPG in the vein of ''{{Diablo}}'', developed by Creator/Ron Gilbert of the ''MonkeyIsland'' series and centered around IdiotHero Extraordinaire [=DeathSpank=], self-proclaimed "Hero of the Downtrodden, Dispenser of Justice and Vanquisher of Evil". The first half, ''Orphans of Justice'' (or simply just [=DeathSpank=]) has our hero on a quest to obtain [[MacGuffin The Artifact]], and later, rescuing orphans from Lord Von Prong. The second part, ''Thongs of Virtue'' has [=DeathSpank=] traveling to various locales to defeat those corrupted by the Thongs of Power.

'''[=DeathSpank=]''' is a two-part ActionRPG in the vein of ''{{Diablo}}'', developed by Ron Gilbert of the ''MonkeyIsland'' series and centered around IdiotHero Extraordinaire [=DeathSpank=], self-proclaimed "Hero of the Downtrodden, Dispenser of Justice and Vanquisher of Evil". The first half, ''Orphans of Justice'' (or simply just [=DeathSpank=]) has our hero on a quest to obtain [[MacGuffin The Artifact]], and later, rescuing orphans from Lord Von Prong. The second part, ''Thongs of Virtue'' has [=DeathSpank=] traveling to various locales to defeat those corrupted by the Thongs of Power.

* ThisIsSparta: From ''The Baconing'':
-->'''Zeus''': For I name you...[[spoiler:God. Of. ORPHAAAAANS!]]

* HeroicSociopath: An interesting partial example, Deathspank is obsessed with altruistic ideals and heroism, but he is also a confounded imbecile with a skewed moral compass. He will accept quests from genuinely evil people (Such as The Wizard) at the drop of a hat as long as they have a quest marker above their head.