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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Does Mrs. Sanderson call Chibi-Robo "Cheebo" as an AffectionateNickname, showing that he's the only person in the household she still likes, or because she doesn't care to call him by his proper name and is only calling him what he thinks his name is?
* AwesomeMusic: The game has some pretty [[EarWorm catchy]] music here and there. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I76cOsLZ9c&feature=related Free Rangers' Theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx-0pIVXEEo Drake Redcrest's Theme]] in particular.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does Mrs. Sanderson call Chibi-Robo "Cheebo" as an AffectionateNickname, showing that he's the only person in the household she still likes, or because she doesn't care to call him by his proper name and is only calling him what he thinks his name is?
* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game has some pretty [[EarWorm catchy]] music here and there. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I76cOsLZ9c&feature=related Free Rangers' Theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx-0pIVXEEo Drake Redcrest's Theme]] in particular.



* {{Mondegreen}}: A lot of the [[SpeakingSimlish simlish]] said by Mr. Curater is up to interpretation.

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* {{Mondegreen}}: A lot of the [[SpeakingSimlish simlish]] {{s|peakingSimlish}}imlish said by Mr. Curater is up to interpretation.



** After Mrs. Sanderson locks herself in her room and threatens divorce, if you go to Jenny's bedroom at night, she'll be staring at her toy TV, which is showing a strange symbol, while mumbling "Circle. Middle. Radar?" Considering what's happening with her parents, it's not much of a stretch to think that Jenny is going through a {{Heroic BSOD}}. She's so focused on the TV, ''her toys don't even bother to stay still.''

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** After Mrs. Sanderson locks herself in her room and threatens divorce, if you go to Jenny's bedroom at night, she'll be staring at her toy TV, which is showing a strange symbol, while mumbling "Circle. Middle. Radar?" Considering what's happening with her parents, it's not much of a stretch to think that Jenny is going through a {{Heroic BSOD}}.HeroicBSOD. She's so focused on the TV, ''her toys don't even bother to stay still.''



* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', ''Chibi Robo: Zip Lash'' is going to be the best ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game we're going to get for a while.

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* SpiritualLicensee: SpiritualAdaptation: Outside of ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', ''Chibi Robo: Zip Lash'' is going to be the best ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game we're going to get for a while.



* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues, all while keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues, all while keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]divorce]].
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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', with {{Product Placement}}s from ''[[VideoGame/Pikmin Pikmin 2]]''. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.

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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', with {{Product Placement}}s from ''[[VideoGame/Pikmin ''[[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Pikmin 2]]''. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin 2. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.

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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach'' [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'', with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin 2.''[[VideoGame/Pikmin Pikmin 2]]''. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.
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* EightPointEight: While the original Chibi-Robo got mostly favorable reviews of at least 8 out of 10, Game Informer gave it a ''''5 out of 10.'''' People were not pleased with that.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Does Mrs. Sanderson call Chibi-Robo "Cheebo" as an AffectionateNickname, showing that he's the only person in the household she still likes, or because she doesn't care to call him by his proper name and is only calling him what he thinks his name is?
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* FridgeBrilliance/HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the original game, the four aliens whom Giga-Robo saved and befriended look very similar to Chibi- (or Giga-)Robo. [[spoiler: But at the end of the game, as they leave, each alien turns into a black squid-like creature, suggesting that this is their true form.]] The aliens chose that particular form as a tribute to the friend who saved them!

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* FridgeBrilliance/HeartwarmingInHindsight: FridgeBrilliance: In the original game, the four aliens whom Giga-Robo saved and befriended look very similar to Chibi- (or Giga-)Robo. [[spoiler: But at the end of the game, as they leave, each alien turns into a black squid-like creature, suggesting that this is their true form.]] The aliens chose that particular form as a tribute to the friend who saved them!
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* FridgeBrilliance/HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the original game, the four aliens whom Giga-Robo saved and befriended look very similar to Chibi- (or Giga-)Robo. [[spoiler: But at the end of the game, as they leave, each alien turns into a black squid-like creature, suggesting that this is their true form.]] The aliens chose that particular form as a tribute to the friend who saved them!
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** After Mrs. Sanderson locks herself in her room and threatens divorce, if you go to Jenny's bedroom at night, she'll be staring at her toy TV, which is showing a strange symbol, while mumbling "Circle. Middle. Radar?" Considering what's happening with her parents, it's not much of a stretch to think that Jenny is going through a {{Heroic BSOD}}. She's so focused on the TV, ''her toys don't even bother to stay still.''
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* GeniusBonus: Peggy the fashionable penguin from ''Zip Lash'' , who wear very bright, colorful outfits, says she's very popular in Harajuku, Japan.


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** Krushelmeyer, the French nutcracker from ''Zip Lash'' is pretty flamboyant. He even gets hearts in his eyes when he first meets Chibi.
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* MemeticMutation: [[http://jasper-rolls.tumblr.com/post/131166899336 tfw you find a snack]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Space Hunter Drake Redcrest, an Expy of [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]] who is as [[LargeHam hammy]] as [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Captain Falcon]]. This may be why he was in ''Photo Finder'' [[spoiler: and ''Zip Lash'']]
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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin2. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.

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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin2.VideoGame/Pikmin 2. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''ZipLash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin2. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.

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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''ZipLash'' ''Zip Lash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin2. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: ''ZipLash'' for some it's like a slow paced platformer like VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach [[XMeetsY meets]] VideoGame/SuperMetroid, with {{Product Placement}}s from VideoGame/Pikmin2. While not bad, is it not terribly exciting either, causing it to fall into this for some.



* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.

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* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.

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* NoExportForYou - ''Park Patrol'' in Europe. The rest of the world likely won't see the third game with it being 2 years old, the DS being succeeding and [=NoA=] refusing to localize ''anything''.

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* NoExportForYou - ''Park NoExportForYou:''Park Patrol'' in Europe. The rest of the world likely won't see the third game with it being 2 years old, old and the DS being succeeding succeeded.
* ScrappyMechanic: In ''Zip Lash'' the next level you head to is determined by a spin of the wheel. It becomes annoying when you have a few stages left to complete,
and [=NoA=] refusing if you land on one you've already done, you have to localize ''anything''.finish it again before you get another chance at the wheel. You can manipulate the wheel so that you can go where you want to more likely, but at that point a straight level select would have been better.
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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight and VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} game we're going to get for a while.

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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight'' and VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}, Chibi ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', ''Chibi Robo: Zip Lash Lash'' is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' game we're going to get for a while.
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* BrokenBase: Initial previews for ''Zip Lash'' are generally positive, but there's a few who find the game unfun and/or generic.

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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight and VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} game we're going to get for a while.



* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight and VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} game we're going to get for a while.

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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight and VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Among those who wanted another adventure game we're going to get and/or are nostalgic for a while.the first one, the new franchise direction has not been well received.
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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} game we're going to get for a while.

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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight, VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight and VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} game we're going to get for a while.
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* SpiritualLicensee: Outside of VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight, Chibi Robo: Zip Lash is going to be the best VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} game we're going to get for a while.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues all while keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues issues, all while keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues and keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues and all while keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww, what a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues and keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww, what Awww! What a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues and keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]

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* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Awww, what a cute little game about cleaning up messes, making people happy, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers helping people with their psychological issues and keeping a family from being torn apart by divorce!]]
* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.
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* NoExportForYou - ''Park Patrol'' in Europe. The rest of the world likely won't see the third game with it being 2 years old, the DS being succeeding and [=NoA=] refusing to localize ''anything''.

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* TearJerker: Several moments have the potential to make you misty-eyed. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyIQHDpJ0R8 This music alone is potent without its similarly-tragic backstory.]]



* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.
* UncannyValley: Mr. Curator just does not look right. One good example of this would be how often his fingers bend backwards ''well'' beyond what should be possible.

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* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.
* UncannyValley: Mr. Curator just does not look right. One good example of this would be how often his fingers bend backwards ''well'' beyond what should be possible.possible.
* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.
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* HoYay - Between ''robots,'' no less. Telly is certainly, um... ''dedicated'' to Chibi.

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* HoYay - HoYay: Between ''robots,'' no less. Telly is certainly, um... ''dedicated'' to Chibi.



* TearJerker: Several moments have the potential to make you misty-eyed.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyIQHDpJ0R8 This music alone is potent without its similarly-tragic backstory.]]

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* TearJerker: Several moments have the potential to make you misty-eyed. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyIQHDpJ0R8 This music alone is potent without its similarly-tragic backstory.]]



** The [[spoiler:Bowling]] sticker in Park Patrol is very difficult as well, [[spoiler:though that's mainly due to [[FakeDifficulty the sensitivity of the touch screen.]]]]

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** The [[spoiler:Bowling]] sticker in Park Patrol is very difficult as well, [[spoiler:though that's mainly due to [[FakeDifficulty the sensitivity of the touch screen.]]]]screen]]]].
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* {{Mondegreen}}: A lot of the [[SpeakingSimlish simlish]] said by Mr. Curater is up to interpretation.
-->[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_91AVIqO9s&list=UUzORJV8l3FWY4cFO8ot-F2w#t=146 'Nuff wanks.]]



* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.

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* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.DysfunctionJunction.
* UncannyValley: Mr. Curator just does not look right. One good example of this would be how often his fingers bend backwards ''well'' beyond what should be possible.
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* HoYay - Between ''robots,'' no less. Telly is certainly, um... ''dedicated'' to Chibi.
** Chet too.
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* AwesomeMusic: The game has some pretty [[EarWorm catchy]] music here and there. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I76cOsLZ9c&feature=related Free Rangers' Theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx-0pIVXEEo Drake Redcrest's Theme]] in particular.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[InUniverse In the first game]], using the Chibi-Radar in the living room will turn up a "dig spot" in the carpet. Dig and a ''little fat blue man in a purple speedo with a spark plug for a head'' will pop out, and continuing to jab him with the spoon will cause him to dance in place and grow to five times his size before awarding you Happy Points and vanishing. "Mr. Prongs" doesn't do a thing in the main plot or come up at all in between any other times you might look for him again for the points.
** Also, just what the hell were those little portals in the wall? You open a "Chibi-Door," and you're suddenly in a tiny room with MushroomSamba background and music.
* CultClassic
* NightmareFuel: Sunshine, with his constant moodswings and occasional [[NightmareFace scary face]].
* TearJerker: Several moments have the potential to make you misty-eyed.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyIQHDpJ0R8 This music alone is potent without its similarly-tragic backstory.]]
* ThatOneSidequest: The [[spoiler:Space Scrambler]] sticker is much more difficult to get than the others, even when you know what you have to do.
** The [[spoiler:Bowling]] sticker in Park Patrol is very difficult as well, [[spoiler:though that's mainly due to [[FakeDifficulty the sensitivity of the touch screen.]]]]
* TheWoobie: ''[[InUniverse Many.]]'' Then again, it is a DysfunctionJunction.

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