History Videogame / Psychonauts

** It was nerfed at the end of September 2011 for the Steam version.

** Also, does Dr. Loboto [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas remind you of anyone?]] Not to mention Black Velvetopia -> Oogie Boogie's Casino.

* FluffyTheTerrible: A horrific, mutated lake monster--with a deep, thoughtful voice, natch--named Linda.

* LostForever: ''Lots''. The only way to be sure you're getting OneHundredPercentCompletion is to pretty much go everywhere and talk to everyone after completing an objective instead of moving on to the next objective. Even if that next objective is in the same room. ''Except'' for the Punching minigame in Basic Braining. Don't leave that until it won't allow you to do it anymore.

* JokeItem: The crow feather. Using clairvoyance on it helps solve a puzzle, but it can be solved with luck. Clairvoyance can also be used on it to find out where items for a couple of the GottaCatchEmAll quests are, provided that those items are outside and that Raz is standing within mind-range of a crow.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Vodello gets you to make the hoops spin by [[PassThroughTheRings passing through them]] in order to "lighten up the party"

* KillItWithFire: One of your standard psychic powers. Target the squirrels and seagulls.

* OverlyLongGag: [[http://v2.razputin.net/index.html@page=razputin%252Ffeatures%252Ftimwords.html This interview]] with Tim Schafer. Specifically, his response to the first question.

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In addition to the main game storyline, the game features several "Memory Reels" that contain backstory on the characters and act as small, self-contained stories. These "Memory Reels" contain examples of:

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Edgar's girlfriend.
** Oddly enough inverted with Edgar's girlfriend as well, who dumped the large and manly Edgar to go out with the MALE cheerleader captain.
* BerserkButton
* BindleStick: Though he already has a backpack, so doesn't really need to carry one.
** How else would you know he's a Gypsy?
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: More like "Ballet School of Horrors." Still. That's rough, Gloria.
* DirtyMindReading: Sasha learned to never read your parents' minds [[OhKitty the hard way.]]
* FallingIntoHisArms: Sasha catches Milla in this fashion after they escape from an exploding building. They both look [[ShipTease quite happily flustered.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:What becomes of the orphans Milla takes care of. Also, Boyd's reaction to being fired.]]
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Poor Sasha...]]
* MindScrew: ''The World Shall Taste My Eggs!''
* OhKitty: [[spoiler:[[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead Reading your dad's mind]] is probably not the best place to learn what your MissingMom was like...]]
* OrphanageOfLove: Milla's old job. [[spoiler:Before it burned down.]]

* BullfightBoss: Literally. [[spoiler:Though when it turns out that the bull is actually the owner of the headspace the level takes place in, it becomes a ''[[InvertedTrope matador]]''-fight boss. But you win by convincing the matador that he's actually a bull, so [[DoubleSubversion Double Inverted]]?]]

* CrossdressingVoices: Nika Futterman voices Dogen, but she also voices the Whispering Rocket Lady and the Rainbow Squirts.

*** If you play the game on {{Steam}}, you even get an achievment for showing everyone Mr. Pokeylope.

Raz is quickly caught by the camp's leaders, but he's allowed to stay for one day until his psychic-hating dad will come to take him home again. During his one day of training, he discovers that something horrible going on: someone is stealing the brains of his fellow campers, leaving them mindless zombies obsessed with television and hacky-sacking. As he tracks the brain-stealing scheme to the source, he hones his powers, and encounters a variety of [[EccentricTownsfolk eccentric]] and downright crazy characters. Raz finds himself forced to literally [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind get into their heads]] and fight his way through their memories and mental disorders.

The game is especially notable for its level of detail. Every line of dialogue in ''Psychonauts'' is voiced, and every single character has elaborate voiced reactions to virtually [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything every item, ability or situation that Raz can show them]]. This is even true for characters who aren't actually around when certain items or abilities are available -- hacking the game reveals that the game data has scripted reactions for these things regardless. Additionally, the majority of characters have their own separate plot lines and interactions, many optional cut scenes, and random little conversations that can be overheard by Raz.

Raz is quickly caught by the camp's leaders, but he's allowed to stay for one day until his psychic-hating dad will come to take him home again. During his one day of training, he discovers something odd going on: someone is stealing the brains of his fellow campers, leaving them mindless zombies obsessed with television and hacky-sacking. As he tracks the brain-stealing scheme to the source, he hones his powers, and encounters a variety of [[EccentricTownsfolk eccentric]] and downright crazy characters, often literally [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind getting into their heads]] through the use of a "Psycho-Portal" that allows a person to enter someone else's mind.

The game is especially notable for its level of detail. Every line of dialogue in ''Psychonauts'' is voiced, and every single character has elaborate voiced reactions to virtually every item, ability or situation that Raz can show them. This is even true for characters who aren't actually around when certain items or abilities are available -- hacking the game reveals that the game data has scripted reactions for these things regardless. Additionally, the majority of characters have their own separate plot lines and interactions, many optional cut scenes, and random little conversations that can be overheard by Raz.

* NoodleIncident: You're given a rough idea, but you never get told precisely what Clem and Crystal were trying to accomplish.

* TheComicallySerious: Sasha.

The game is especially notable for its level of detail. Every line of dialogue in ''Psychonauts'' is voiced, and every single character has elaborate voiced reactions to virtually every item, ability or situation that Raz can show them. This is even true for characters who aren't even around when certain items or abilities are available -- hacking the game reveals that the game data has scripted reactions for these things regardless. Additionally, the majority of characters have their own separate plot lines and interactions, many optional cut scenes, and random little conversations that can be overheard by Raz.

The game is especially notable for its level of detail. Every line of dialogue in ''Psychonauts'' is voiced, and every single character has elaborate voiced reactions to virtually every item, ability or situation that Raz can show them. This is even true for characters who, logically, can't ever actually see specific items or abilities in the course of the plot -- hacking the game reveals that the game data has scripted reactions for these things regardless. Additionally, the majority of characters have their own separate plot lines and interactions, many optional cut scenes, and random little conversations that can be overheard by Raz.

* RecursiveReality: In the Asylum, you can go inside Fred's mind to find him playing a board game with Napoleon. Then, you can jump on the board to find a whole living world controlled by the rules of the game. Then, you can look in the window of the castle to find...wait for it...Fred playing a board game with Napoleon.

Critically praised but initially somewhat poor in sales, ''Psychonauts'' is considered one of the great underappreciated games of its time by many gamers for its unique premise, colorful characters, and humorous dialogue. The game is also praised for its visual style, which owes quite a bit to ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''InvaderZim'' -- including RichardHorvitz playing Raz. Overall, the game presents a very inventive and solid world with virtually every character having a strong personality. In recent years, the game has picked up a lot of new fans, and is now available on Steam.

''Psychonauts'' (2005) is a well-loved action adventure game from Double Fine Productions, headed by former Lucasarts employee TimSchafer. It's the story of a young psychic prodigy named Razputin ("Raz" for short) who runs away from his home in the circus (an inversion of the usual [[TheRunaway run away to]] [[CircusBrat the circus trope]]) to sneak into Whispering Rocks, a government training camp for child psychics like himself.

Critically praised but initially somewhat poor in sales, ''Psychonauts'' is considered one of the great underappreciated games of its time by many gamers for its unique premise, colorful characters, and humorous dialogue. The game is also praised for its inventive visual style, which owes quite a bit to ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''InvaderZim'' -- including RichardHorvitz playing Raz. Overall, the game presents a very unique and solid world with virtually every character having a strong personality. In recent years, the game has picked up a lot of new fans, and is now available on Steam.

Critically praised but initially somewhat poor in sales, ''Psychonauts'' is considered one of the great underappreciated games of its time by many gamers for its unique premise, colorful characters, and humorous dialogue. The game is also praised for its inventive visual style, which owes not a little to ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', but presents a very unique and individual world. In recent years, the game has picked up a lot of new fans, and is now available on Steam.

''Psychonauts'' (2005), from Double Fine Productions (headed by former Lucasarts employee TimSchafer), is the story of a young psychic prodigy named Razputin ("Raz" for short) who runs away from his home in the circus (an inversion of the usual [[TheRunaway run away to]] [[CircusBrat the circus trope]]) to spend the summer at Whispering Rocks, a training camp for child psychics like himself. He's allowed to stay for a day, but during his training he discovers something odd going on: someone is stealing the brains of his fellow campers, leaving them mindless zombies obsessed with television and hacky-sacking. As he tracks the brain-stealing scheme to the source, he hones his powers, and encounters a variety of [[EccentricTownsfolk eccentric]] and downright crazy characters, often literally [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind getting into their heads]] through the use of a "Psycho-Portal" that allows a person to enter someone else's mind.

Critically praised but poor in sales, ''Psychonauts'' is considered one of the great underappreciated games of its time by many gamers for its unique premise, colorful characters, and humorous dialogue, and also its inventive visual style, which owes not a little to ''NightmareBeforeChristmas''.

''Psychonauts'' Wiki, the [[http://www.doublefine.com/Psycho-pedia/ Psycho-pedia]] at Double Fine.

* ThatOneLevel: Two words: MEAT. CIRCUS.

** Clem and Crystal appear to be working on one of these, looking to become [[StarWars "more powerful than you could possibly imagine."]] [[spoiler:Actually they're just planning to kill themselves. Go accurate references!]]