History YMMV / PlumbersDontWearTies

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While the game itself is godawful, you have to admit the music more than makes up for it. Some noteworthy ones are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-UCkntJGg Wild Heart]]" [[note]]the chase scene music[[/note]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzUFXGmvdc 3DO version's credits]] music, the latter of which wouldn't sound out of place on a late-80s melodrama.

** The infamous photo of the narrator in the chicken mask while he chastises you. Might we add, a photo that is '''upside-down''' -- as if the developers didn't think the ''chicken mask'' was already a random enough detail. The fact that the viewer was already exposed to random pictures of race cars and pandas at the beginning of the game and yet the picture ''still'' managed to be bizarre anyways is really saying something. WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd puts it best:
--->'''The Angry Video Game Nerd:''' ''(hears the game's wrong answer sound effect and the narrator appears, with an inverted color filter)'' What’s with the crazy filters…?\\
'''Narrator:''' [[WhatTheHellPlayer Oh, now you done it! You really done it! How could you make Jane into such a perverted young thing?! I’ve guided a lot of people through this story, but I’ve never seen such a disgusting series of plot choices in my life!]]\\
''(as he says the second part, he inexplicably appears upside-down with a chicken head; much to the Nerd's utter incomprehension)''\\
'''The Angry Video Game Nerd:''' ''...A fuckin' chicken mask!'' ''(double {{facepalm}})'' An upside-down fuckin' chicken mask. ''(he tries to figure it out but quickly gives up)''

* MainstreamObscurity: Despite its notoriety, very few people have actually played this game.
-->'''Narrator''': Well sport, you think you can get through this without achieving the lowest score in the history of this game?
-->'''Angry Video Game Nerd''': '''What, there's somebody else who played this shit?!'''

* {{Squick}}: If you accept Thresher's "indecent proposal", you are greeted with the image of Jane riding him while in his boxers with a crop and whip. Again, WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd puts it best during said scene:
-->'''Angry Video Game Nerd''': '''''WHAT KINDA FUCKED-UP GAME IS THIS?!'''''
* StrangledByTheRedString: Even if the primary focus is on the two people you are trying to hook up ([[TakeAThirdOption or not]]), there's surprisingly little development in their relationship. They meet at a parking lot, John later tries to save her from Thresher for [[TheDulcineaEffect no apparent reason]], then he goes into an emotional speech on how much he wants her for a lifetime (again for no reason), and at the end, they are discussing marriage ('''yes, really'''). That's all. Perhaps it's building more on the fact that they're pressured by their parents to marry rather than truly loving each other?

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While the game itself is godawful, you have to admit the music more than makes up for it. Some noteworthy ones are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-UCkntJGg Wild Heart]]" [[note]]the chase scene music[[/note]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzUFXGmvdc 3DO version's credits]] music.

-->'''The Angry Video Game Nerd:''' ''(hears the game's wrong answer sound effect and the narrator appears, with an inverted color filter)'' What’s with the crazy filters…?\\

** The infamous photo of the narrator in the chicken mask while he chastises you. Might we add, a photo that is '''upside-down''' -- as if the developers didn't think the ''chicken mask'' was already a random enough detail. The fact that the viewer was already exposed to random pictures of race cars and pandas at the beginning of the game and yet the picture ''still'' managed to be bizarre anyways is really saying something.

* {{Squick}}: If you accept Thresher's "indecent proposal", you are greeted with the image of Jane riding him while in his boxers with a crop and whip. WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd put it best during this scene:
-->'''Angry Video Game Nerd''': WHAT KINDA FUCKED-UP GAME IS THIS?!

* ShockingMoments: The reaction that some people had upon realizing that Limited Run Games is re-releasing Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for modern systems.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While the game itself is godawful, you have to admit the music more than makes up for it. Some noteworthy ones are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-UCkntJGg Wiid Heart]]" [[note]]the chase scene music[[/note]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzUFXGmvdc 3DO version's credits]] music.

** [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Oh, of course, the whole game.]] But, specifically, ''the narrators''. Even more specifically, '''their battle'''. If that still ''isn't'' enough, Jane in an S&M outfit who's trying to "satisfy" her boss.

* BileFascination: Most who have actually ''heard'' of it usually tune in to see just '''how''' unwatchable it really is. So much so that the game is getting rereleased on modern platforms.

* ValuesDissonance: John's mother expressing fear when inquiring if John is homosexual and then relief when he replies in the negative probably wouldn't stand in today's society.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: The narrator's incredibly tacky purple suit and random hats in every shot definitely fall under this; the chicken mask however is easily the most infamous instance of it in-game.

* ValuesDissonance: John's mother expressing fear when inquiring if John is homosexual and then relief when he replies in the negative probably wouldn't stand in today's society. To be fair, it could just mean she was worried about not having biological grandchildren if he were gay.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While the game itself is godawful, you have to admit the music more than makes up for it. Some noteworthy ones are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-UCkntJGg Wiid Heart]]" [[note]]the chase scene music[[/note]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzUFXGmvdc credits]] music.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Even if the primary focus is on the two people you are trying to hook up ([[TakeAThirdOption or not]]), there's surprisingly little development in their relationship. They meet at a parking lot, John later tries to save her from Thresher for [[TheDulcineaEffect no apparent reason]], then he goes into an emotional speech on how much he wants her for a lifetime (again for no reason), and at the end, they are discussing marriage ('''yes, really'''). That's all. Perhaps it's building more on the fact that they're pressured by their pare to marry rather than truly loving each other?
* ValuesDissonance: John's mother expressing fear when inquiring if John is homosexual and then relief when he replies in the negative probably wouldn't stand in today's society.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: While the game itself is godawful, you have to admit the music more than makes up for it. Some noteworthy ones are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-UCkntJGg Wind Heart]]" [[note]]the chase scene music[[/note]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzUFXGmvdc credits]] music.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: The narrator's incredibly tacky purple suit and random hats in every shot definitely fall under this; the chicken mask however is easily the most infamous instance of it in-game.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Similarly to games such as VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons, the game’s infamy led to a rerelease on modern platforms being announced at E3 2021 courtesy of Limited Run Games.
* {{Padding}}: ''WHY, YES, WE DO WANT TO WATCH OUR HEROES GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES IN ONE LONG, OVER-PHOTOSHOPPED SLIDESHOW.'' Also, the actors apparently got distracted easily. The chase scene quickly turns into a slideshow of the actors having fun around UsefulNotes/LosAngeles tourist traps. The fact that Jane is wearing only a bra and skirt is [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment the only indication that this has anything to do with the plot at all]]. In fact, WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's review had snippets of this montage that would have qualified...and he noted that this was ''after'' he shortened it up for the sake of giving viewers an idea of what the game was about.

* BileFascination: Most who have actually ''heard'' of it usually tune in to see just '''how''' unwatchable it really is.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Even if the primary focus is on the two people you are trying to hook up ([[TakeAThirdOption or not]]), there's surprisingly little development in their relationship. They meet at a parking lot, John later tries to save her from Thresher for [[TheDulcineaEffect no apparent reason]], then he goes into an emotional speech on how much he wants her for a lifetime (again for no reason), and at the end, they are discussing marriage ('''yes, really'''). That's all. Perhaps it's building more on the fact that they're pressured by their parents to marry rather than truly loving each other?

* SpecialEffectFailure: As an FMV game relegated to being merely a slideshow, it was bound to suffer horribly from this. The mess of unnecessary filters and cheap photoshops serve to make it that much less watchable.

* SpecialEffectFailure: As a FMV game relegated to being merely a slideshow, it was bound to suffer horribly from this. The mess of unnecessary filters and cheap photoshops serve to make it that much less watchable.

* AcceptableTargets: The game itself is a popular target of snark, due to its zero-dollar production values, super-disorganized plot, and completely random elements (such as a karate girl beating up the narrator for no purpose other than being wacky).

%%* SoBadItsGood: It's ''hilariously'' awful.

-->'''Angry Video Game Nerd''': '''''WHAT KINDA FUCKED-UP GAME IS THIS?!'''''

* BileFascination: Most who have actually ''heard'' of it usually to turn in to see just '''how''' unwatchable it really is.

* {{Squick}}: If you accept Thresher's "indecent proposal", you are greeted with the image of Jane riding him while in his boxers with a crop and whip.

* RandomEventsPlot: Probably the kindest way in which this so-called story can be summed up.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as of course the game would have still been far from perfect, but it would have been a bit more tolerable to sit through - heck, maybe even somewhat amusing at points - if it actually were full-motion video (and didn't throw in random content like the chicken mask and the outtake of the actors laughing over a flubbed line, for that matter). Even the AVGN ponders in his review during both the fight of the narrators and the chase scene what things would have looked like if the game were full-motion.

* SnarkBait: A popular target, due to its zero-dollar production values, super-disorganized plot, and completely random elements (such as a karate girl beating up the narrator for no purpose other than being wacky).

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Oh, of course, the whole game.]] But, specifically, ''the narrators''. Even more specifically, '''their battle'''. If that still ''isn't'' enough, Jane in an S&M outfit who's trying to "satisfy" her boss.

* HilariousInHindsight: The narrator is far from the only video game character to [[VideoGame/HotlineMiami wear a chicken mask]].
** Also, an innocent female young adult interviewing for a job at a MegaCorp and her would-be boss wants to have sex and perform S&M with her? [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Doesn't that sound familiar?]]
** Also, an {{Interactive|Narrator}}, LemonyNarrator [[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable who berates you for choosing the wrong option, and gets upstaged by a female narrator at one point]].

* {{Padding}}: ''WHY, YES, WE DO WANT TO WATCH OUR HEROES GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES IN ONE LONG, OVER-PHOTOSHOPPED SLIDESHOW.'' Also, the actors apparently got distracted easily. The chase scene quickly turns into a slideshow of the actors having fun around UsefulNotes/LosAngeles tourist traps. The fact that Jane is wearing only a bra and skirt is [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment the only indication that this has anything to do with the plot at all]].
** In fact, WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's review had snippets of this montage that would have qualified...and he noted that this was ''after'' he shortened it up for the sake of giving viewers an idea of what the game was about.

* EarWorm: Quite a lot of tacky run-of-the-mill elevator music to go around, including the theme song.
* FridgeLogic: It would have made more sense to edit out the offending scenes in question since turning the game into a slideshow only made it worse in the long run. The creators clearly didn't think twice about this [[MoneyDearBoy and most likely wanted to gain a quick buck]] before the ESRB was put into effect.

* SoBadItsGood: It's ''hilariously'' awful.

* EarWorm: Quite a lot of tacky run-of-the-mill elevator music to go around.